Star.
London, England, 1806-09-09 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIE&

The journal of oar Well India Corrrfpondent has
juft reached us. The details which it contains of the
movements of the fleets of Admirals pitons and of
Sir Aasa. Coc ..... are not Raw intereeing, and
have been anticipated. One general fentimeot teems
to prevail throughout our Weft India Maud', of con-
fidence in Admiral Co , admiration of his ta-
bets, and great and fevere regret, that with fo very
bferior a force his operations were cramped—" Gall-
ing indeed muff have been the feelings of fuck a hero,
Placed as he was; but he acted a prudent and a ne-
cellary part." However, for the julliScation of all
patties, Come enquiry Teems to be called for. The
latter part of our Correfpondent's letter is dated bar.
basket, 16th July. Almoe the whole of the isth
Resilient bad embarked with Sir ALIMANDiII,to aft'
asmarines—thistbeythemfelvesgallantly volunteered.
The garrifon of Darbadoes, as well as the troops in
the other Maas, were tolerably healthy, though the
rainy feafon had completely fet in. The only latedeath.
of Officers are Sir RICHARD Basset, and Captain
DAILIT. More Mops are inch:wily called for—

iitelifilisilejtis aie rteidir 16.R1e lb, and
6Sth, and another had orders. the /la ; but though
quite bare of men and officers, fo much ate regiments
wanted, that the 7oth is detained till fosse regiments
aiiive from England.

The Medical Report of yeßerday, refpeeing Mr.
Fox's health, was as follows :
" Monday moeMag dos o'clock.
• Defter he. the honour to acepsidot /Ay
Mr. tee has h a. good abile, sod ettotioao to as beiproeiog
Late. notTbe whit Coebabdien Teßeedar wa dm he we
obk se rowan 4.104 of sere awes Modetnee, and be las se-
mediae, taboo illeotal dates oriels rod Wed."
Mr. Cie! a Meffeelger,_ fat off for Vienna on Sa•
tarday evenitt left, with difpatches for Mr. ADAIR.

Sunday afternoon Lord Gemmel:4a arrivid 'at
Windfor, and had an audience of his Ma'am, for
about an hour. In the ehtuing his I..nrcithip walked
on the terrace with the Royal Family, which was
nuncio* attended with company.

Yefferday Morning the Duke of YORK arrived At
Wndfnr, and tranfaded bonnet's with his Majesty
for a ennfiderable rinse

Yellerday being the anniverfary of their Mayn't-tee
marriage day, an entertainment was given dt Frog-
more, to their tradefmen of London and Windfor.
It was tinder the dire Lion of Prince's ELl:alarm.
His MIIJIISTY is expelled in town tomorrow.
Major Tuce re, of the 72cl regimeat, has been ap-
pointed to the command of Simon's Townf at the
Cape; and Mr. H Rose &ex, Alderman of that town,
to be Deputy Fifcal in that difiria.
Arrived at Aberdeen the Molt Noble the Marquis
CORNWALLIS, and Major-General the Marquis •of
HUNTLEY. At Edinburgh, from London, the Right
Hon. Sir BLtauat. ROUILLY, hi. Majefly'a SOlicitor-
General for England.
The Doke of Sussex has long interefied himfelf
very much in every thing that relates to the north of
the ifl-nd. His ft( yal Highnefs lately became pot.
feffed of a (word which once belonged- to the unfor-
tunite Prince Comet's. -The blade had Formerly
titre: inferiptinni, one in Gaelic, umiak in Latin,
aid the third in Freud/. The laA i& the only one
which 11111 s in a perfeti Rate; it is mfollows :.0 Ng
?attire tarkfaxt Worn ; ne na motels pas, four bum Leer."
" Draw me not without reafon ; fbeathe me not with-
out honour."
It is with fatisfaßion we learn that the County of
Iderfnik has desermined, in gratitude and affeetion to
ks dear departed Nsteon, to place the fubfcription
column of commemoration, at Burnham Thorpe. the
birth place of the Hero. It is not unworthy oibeing
hoe mentioned that, within a mile eat two of Burn-
ham Thorpe, is the very (mall village of Cock Thorpe,
**village of three houfes, or rather, three hovels only,
each of which produced its individual Admiral. This
anecdote, not unimportant to our Navel Annals,
is charaderillically related by Mr. Laawono, a
Navy Chaplain.
,and, we believe, a native of Nor.
folk.—" The three Cock Thorpe Admirals became
Flag Officers of much renown ; Sir. CH ersroensa
Minns, Sir Jane NARBONOUGN, aid Sir CLOI/DIS
LE" Braise. Norfolk has to boat her meal heroes
of remote, recent, and immediate celebrity : Sir ED
wean Bs Lair, Lord Na&sols'a Captain at the Mica—
and the juvenile and gallant Commodore of the Brito-
Sicilian foosidron,Captain HOSTS, the &Aro; of NIL-
&o. am both natives of that county."
J
ulie:an Ctieri I, Efq. of Tenderden, is re-elefted
Mayor of that corporation.for the year entitling.
Friday morning a mercantile houfe in Glafgow re-
ceived letter from ()ebec, which had been for.
warded by the Ether,DanDsaiow, one of the (hips
burnt by Immo s Botrareara. Captain Savo:season
marks on the letter, that it had been opened by Jr.
tons, and the feel of its inclofure bears the initials
78. The letter contained a bill fur sooL which
came fafe.
Private advises of i latedate, received at Hambnrgh,
affect that the gallant Prince of Here Pbiliptlhal,
whom the French announced to have died, bas nearly
recovered of his wounds.
A lady arrived in town from Verdun, where the
has been a prifoner ever fence the Belie packet was
taken, on board of which (be was a palienger—Rates,
that tines the negotiation has commenced. the pri-
foners in general are treated more liberally; and that
all paffengers, as well as many others, can obtain
paßports to return home without MTh difScolty.—
Nitinbers were on the eve of leaving France at the
time fhe came away:
A Mufical Afterpiece, from Rireot.tas, is one of
the forthcoming novelties at Covent Garden Theatre;
alfu two new Comedies are in readinefs; one from the
pen of Co&man, the other from that of MENEM!.
On Wednefday lag, a match at backfword took
place at billy's Cannings, for three bloods, between
Cooks and Lim (who as brother to hilts who broke
Blackford's head at Caine Fair), which was decided
ih favour of the forther, who broke his opponent's
head in the fourth or fittl tnalts.
The Diana. PVICILL, from Dublin for London,
has pot idto St. lye's, with 8 feet water in her hold.
' Assisi or BititaD,--There being no Court of Al.
&mint held today, the Loner Maros. after infpee.
tin the Returns ordered ft to rife One Penny in the
Peck Loaf.

Aarinytriss.—Five hundred and feventy lour
flyer coins have lately been difeovered in the neigh-
bourhood of Cartmel, by two labourers etttployed in
getting Rorie' on an caste belonging to Lnrd G VIRG,
}IBM Cat'fiNDllll. They were toclofeti in an un.
glazed earthen pot, and are the coins of Emperors
and diftinguifhed perfenages of the Roman Empire.
The coins are all in a Rate of high prefer vation, and
are now in the poirtiEon of Lord G. C*variotsit
The earthen safe was broken to pieces before its
contents were difeovered.

Yefferday fe'nnight a farm was let by auction in
the neighbourhood of Furnefs • all the boys in the
village affembled at the place Of Pale, and were very
improperly indulged with punch, which was, as is
cullomary, given among the company. Two boys
were (offered to drink fo much punch, that they be-
came completely infenfible, and were carried to bed
in that (late. One of them was exceedingly ill, and
fpeechlefs the greater part of the next day, but reco-
vered in the evening : the other boy, about nine years
of age, the fon of William Wilfon, of Dalton, was
found the next morning fpeeehlefs, and afheted Kith
convulfion, which returned at (hoer intervals with in-
created violence, till eleven o'clock at night. when he
expired in great agony.