Star.
London, England, 1809-05-09 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH.DOCK, MAY 7.

The INDEFATIGABLE frigate, which arrived here on
Friday, left lying at Rochefort, when she came away,
the CiEsAR, Rear-Admiral STOPFORD ; the Rio;E::;t.,
and another of the line ; the UNICORN and P. 1161.:. 1: i.
.gates, and several transports and smaller ves_e:-.,
The whole,however,were expected to leave Rcack;rt
in ten days from the 27th. The CASSARD,
French 74, has been destroyed ; and all the 011ic:ri
recently arrived from Rochefort state, in rc,z:Li.,.e
terms, that not a single ship belonging to the
which escaped total 'destruction, will ever be fit t r
service.

The Officers arrived in the INDEFATIGA2LE
much surprize at the statements which have a -1:
in some of the London Papers, relative to t:
events in Basque Roads; there is no truth •••
story relative to Lord COCHRANE'S rowing away
precipitately from the explosion vessel; his LordsLi;
had reached his own ship, and was flit- out of dar:g27,
some minutes before the explosion tool: place. 'Il.
story of the Lieutenant dying of fatigue in the bc,,t
and two men being nearly exhausted, and the report
of two of our boats' crews being thrown on shore
and hung by the enemy,, are. equally unfounded.—
The INDEFATIGABLE 'had a very narrow escape from
destruction. Owing to.a mistake made by a Lieute-
nant who had the command of a fire-ship, he run his
vessel nearly on board the INDEFATIGABLE before he
discovered his mistake; the foresail was burnt, and had
not the Indefatigable cut and runolte would doubt-
less have been destroyed.
Sailed last evening the Morristown armed snip, fct
SWansea, with a number of coasters under convoy.
The Captain of the Resolution hired cutter, during
the late attack in Basque Roads, had his right leg
taken off, while standing on deck, by a 24. pound shot.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 8.

Arrived his Majesty's brig LINNET, from a cruize;
and several outward-bound vessels, from the Downs.
Sailed his Majesty's ships ALERT, with a convoy, for
Newfoundland ; HANDY, with a convoy, for Cork ;
and the DEFENDER, on a cruize,—Wind variable.

DEAL, MAY S.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Panicsss CAROLINE, to the
Northward ; Etheldred, Dormer, and the Lusistiana,
for the Brazils.

YARMOUTH, MAY 3.

1 P. M.—The ALoNzo, with her convoy, bound to
Gottenburgh, is now getting under weigh, wind S. E.
fine breeze..., Sailed the ONYX, for the Texel. Ships in
the Roads the Roebuck, Calypso, Redbreast, Gorgon,
Acute, and Cheerful cutter.
GREENOCK, MAY 5.
The Hawke,. M'Cutwen, arrived here vest day
from Demarara.—Sailed 22d March, in company
with the Alice, and John, —, for Liverpool,
and Favourite, GIBSON, for this port ; parted from
them in lat. 45. long. 7. Lett loading, the . Sisters,
Cameron and Caledonia, Tnoursox, for Clyde; and
Garthland, BARCLAY, for Liverpool; to sail first
springs. Lett also loading, the. Mary, GlasoN, for
this port, and Demerara, Isous, for Liverpool ; to
sail with the fleet 15th April.—Arrived at Port Ghat
on Wednesday, the Hamlet, SMITH, from St.
Kitt's ; sailed 22d March, in company with his Ma.
jesty's frigates Penelope and "E.olus, with the trans.
ports, having on board Sir GEORGE PREVOST, and the
troops under his command, bound-to Halifax :on the
-26th, lat. 23. N. parted with them, having first re.
ceived dispatches for:Government. On the 9th ult,
Bermuda bearing NAV. distant 83 miles, fell in with
the brigs Favourite, GIBsON, and Hawke, M'C cut:x*4
bound to this port ; and the ship John, —, of and
bound fOr Liverpool—the fcrmer from Berbice, and
the two hirer from Demerara - kept company with
theni till the 11th. The Hamlet encountered very
bad weather, having been obliged to throw all liar
guns overboard except two.—The Stranger, LOWDEY,
of this port, at Belfast from Jamaica, after having
been on shore-on the Hogstiers in the windward pas.
sage.