Star.
London, England, 1806-01-04 00:00:00

SAS r INDIA SHIPPING.

YellerdAy WAS announced at the Eafl India Houfe,
the arrival of the Hope packet off Dover, the

Dublg
Waterford

The Hope failed from Bt-ngil the 22d of Auguft, left St He-
lena inth November.
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The Charlton, G. Wood, arrived at Madras the 17th July, and
was to proceed to the Mauritius u a cartel, with French prifoners.
The Carmarthen, Lorimer, arrived in Bengal the 9th Augu ft.
The Earl Howe, Murray, and Windham, Stewart, arrived at
Madras the 17th iu1y..a.,1 were under orders to proceed to China.
'i'he Walpole, bandilands; the Sorry, —; the Ceylon, —;
and the Lord Duncan, —, are arrived at Bengal.
The Union, Captain Minn,fh, failed from Bengal for London,
on the 39th of Augult, with the Howe frigate, and parted front
them a few days after.
'1 he Ocean, Williamfon, arrived at Madras the 14th July, and
was cep et,l to fail on the gth Anglia, wit► the ►ancalter man
of war, aid two of the Company's Cups, for the Prince of Wales's
illand, on their way to China.
The imp Tr,scrs, Sanders, had been difpetehed from Bengal to
Fort M. rlhutough, for a cargo of p. oi•ce lor England.
The InkltfpcnEldc Whale was at St. Helena,

NAUTICAL i'NrZLLMINCE.
MAILS THIS DAy....Whilr*.
41,11 E. DOC nos
I 0 Gottenburg6 0 4
1 z Haroburgh . 0 1
0 1 Lcewinl Wand 0 o

TheWA Li 'sums A M packet, with a MIA from Lifl;on,
is artived at Falmouth ; the failed on the sin ult•
The letters will be delivered on Monday. The LOAD
lioaaar, and the Panics or WALES packets, arrived
at Lilbon on the 19th ult.

Yeßerday afternoon after our Paper was at Prefc,
the following Bulletin was Med, *Web being only
in a !mall part of onr impreffinu, we now tepeat

ADMIRALTY•OFFICE, JAN. 3, NW.
" On the 17th ult. in lat. 45. long. 13. so. his
Majeny's fhip Acriv■ fell in with the ARITHU3A
frigate, and part of her convoy, which had been
chafed the pi eceding day br a fquadron of the ene-
my, fuppofed to be that from Rochefort, confin-
ing of five Line of Battle Ships (one a three
decker) and Three Frigate..
" A fignal had been made for the convoy to

difperfe,and Captain Mowsaar etpreiTed his be-
" lid that none of them bad fallen into the enemy's
" hands."

Our Readers will recolleft, that the ARSTNVIA
frigate failed from Cork on the lath ult. with a
fleet for the Welt

PLtatotme, Jaw. c—Came in his Majelty's cnt•
ter Entreprenante, with difpatches from Admiral
CoauwAt.ots, whom the left on the 9th December,
rBO5, off Carthagena ; the American brig Hercu-
les. Wit. Wases matter, from New York, laden with
coffee, &c. detained by His Majefty's brig C.lpoys,
who has recaptured a Swede, which is not yet ar-
tired ; John and Charlotte, Rosso), matter, from
Oebec, for orders; the Alto us and HAZARD Coops
of war, and DiAmomb, of 32 guns, from a ernize ;
and the MALTA, of 74 guns, from Torbay.—Sailed
the Mormons, of 74 guns, on a CrtliZe.
POITISIOUTD, Jaw. 3.—Sailed yellerday his Ma-
jelly's Sip Amami, Captain W. Nitta'. The
Avot.Ao frigate, Capt. Fat-Lowss, is come up from
St. Helen's to Spithead to wait further orders, as is
the &mem' Coop. Capt. Cacrwatoar. Captain
Glottal BURLTON is apphinted to the Audacious,
Tice Capt. &MITT; Capt. ELPHINATONI FARMING
to the Ravason vice MOOISOM ; Capt. La Roca'
to the Ulllllll, Tice Woon; Capt. WOOD to the RI-
IiOLVTIONAIRI, vice FARMING.

Dovaa, Jan. 3.—Arrived the brig Capricen, of '
Chriftianfand, Capt. Rot, with a cargo of wine from 1
Caen (laft from Rarnfgate) for this port.-4ailed the 1
hay Catharina Carolina, of Helfinbourg, Captain
Ana's, with a cargo of timber, bound to London:
the fchooner Mary, of Bofton, Capt. Hanscom, from
St. Michaels, with fruit, for London, has put in here
being in want of cables.
DIAL, JAL 3.—Arrived the BRUM,' gun brig,
with two fail of Weft India Ibips Under convoy from
Yarmouth; Aucnsu and BLOODHOUND gun brigs
from a cruise ; and Fame hired tranfport, with naval
Rotes from Deptford, bound to Plymouth —Sailed
tisk Amcor' for Yarn:loath. PaAaLass gun brig on
a cruise, Ba u mit gun brig as convoy to the Trinity
patch, to lay down the buoy of the Galloper Sands,
which broke adrift in the late gales, and wastaken up
at Kingfdowd, in this neighbourhood.
Gkasnoce, JANUARY I.—The Eagle, Nation,
arrived here yetterday from Piton, after a paffage of
27 days. The Captain mentions that the Eliza
Burson, of and for London, from Prince Edward's
Mind, bad put into Piton in diftrefs, and would have
to unload.—The Faeor, CALDWILL. arrived idler-
day at the Holy Loch (Quarantine Station) from
New York, after a paffige 0122 days. flailed thence,
in company with the Francis, Sammie for this port.
Capt. C. reports that the following veffels had arrived
from hence, previous to his failing, viz. Ardent,
Caorrnwatr. le sifter a paffage of 3: days; Commerce,
WINTYI.I j Motes Gill, PATRILION ; and the George,
Simpson.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
, JAN. 33 Pared by, the Alexander, Vofe, from
New York ; Jarrow Hamada, De Boore, from St. Andiro; Al-
bion, Phelan, from Waterford; Cora, Emlfon ; and Better Luck
Still, Gorman, from Peteriburgh; Ann, Kitten, from Lubec ;
Ganges, Tone; sod Norfolk, Carr, from Dantze ; Banliburg,
*don, from Noway ; Ceram, Seddon ; Leopold, Brewer ;
Leer and 'role embalms, from Hamburgh.
ARRIVED.
Off Doiei, Mary, Hankombe, from St. Michael's ; and Dons.
fries, Beard, from Virginioz—At Dartmouth, Prickle, Blaekftone,
from Newfountilaod---At Hoylake, Young Fatlor, from
New York—At Liverpool, Telegraph, Henry, from New York;
end Alston', Holstein, from Baltimore—ln the Clyde, Eagle, Nel-
fon, from Fidon—At Cork, John, Davis, front London—At
' Dublin Fanny, Martin; and Mary, Mesle, from London—At
Memel, Flora, Amon, from Londoo—..At Lubec, Ranger, Orton,
I from Hull—At Dantzte, Four Brothers, Sterling; Two Salem,
Patrick ; and Boras Rudloff, from Londom—At Naples, Pomo.
na, Sandalls, from Penzance; and Bofton, —, from Carper—
At Baton, Alfred, Prowfc, from Newfoundland—At New Or-
leans, Thomas Jefferfon, from &Balt ; and Aurora,
Galin, from Bourdeaux—ln Yarmouth Roads, Norfolk, Carr,
from Dantzic; and Better Luck Still, —, front Peterfburgh
At Briltol, Carl Ludwig, —, from Bilboa—At Liverpool, Jane,
Howard, from Litbon; Margaret, Young, from Chatichai ; and
John Morgan, Howard, from New York—At Lifbon, Hebc,
French; Convert, Webber; Neptune, Palk; Lark, Norton;
Snake, Aldis; Serpent, Wallis; Mary, Saunders; Friends,Ham-
mond ; Hero, Sealy; Stork, Elms; Country Lars, Worth ; Lady
Ann, —; Gannett, —; and Anna Philippa, —, from
Newfoundland—ln the Clyde, Northern Friends, .--, from
Pidlon—At Gibraltar, Baffeterre, Bailey, from London—At
Chartefton, Fairweather, from London ; and Wahington,
Oughtom, from Africa.
The Ruby, Willa', from Peterfburgh for London, Is on (bore
off Dagcra Ort.
The Sifter's, Thompfoo, from Nerve fir Liverpool, has been
on (hare near Saltholms, but got off.
The Friends, Captain Spud, failed from Guernfey for London,
on the 7th of December, and has not Gore been !nerd of.

The Mary, of Hull, Captala Spurs, la loft at Vomiter.; crew
laved.

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I be Janie. M.Lauchlin, Iran Limaick far London, is caPtsica,
and carried in Galata.

7z 8 EDITOR OP 4S
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Seto Medecloa paratur,
Cum wale per loupe eralucre meras.

eta,
There is nothing more true than that ceteris tardy,
an unwarlike, enervated and Wealthy people mull at
tali become theprey of itsneedy and warlike neighbour..
With the exception of her navy and armaments for
di.lant climates, we mull own that Gres( Britain
has long anfwered to the firft of there charafteriflics,
and that France has exaftly correfponded with the
left. The Ocean, and the faults of the old French
Government, have hitherto prevented this natural
teed front takipg place. Yet, it is certain, that for
more thaa century pan, there has been no objet
the caufebf fo mock meditation in France, as the tub-
jugationof there Iflands ; nor will this hankering ever
ceafe, fo long as we hold forth to her view the tempta•
tion of our riches and power, or until by experience
fire (hall have felt the bitternef. of failure ; to prepare
for which, ought to be the never ending care of our
Government :—But the (e preparations which are on-
ly called 'forth to meet the preffure of a keno of
danger, are not adequate to the purpoTe of averting
deigns which never Jeep, or offenfive force never en-
feebled, and which may be diffelved for the purpofe
erbeiog inftantly called together for nor deftruftion ;
as long as France crib as the now is, and we arc
am ready in arms, we never Can etieem °Deceives as
fare, for we never (unlefs we.acquire a genuine war-
like habit) can be ready fo; defence fo loon as we
May be attacked; and let it 64 obfcrved, that, indepen.
'dent of the inefficacy of fudden preparations, unlefi
time be allowed for perfecting them, the expence of
them is enormous, and will often anfwer the views
of the enemy in making us fubmit to it.
From this it refults, that we hewer can refill the de-
mands of France, however unjust, without being
forced to incur an enormous expence in guarding our
very exiftence—that our enemy will Ise blind to this
and not take advantage of it, can hardly be prefum-
ed, for as flte conftantly aims at our downfall, fire
will reed nothing that can forward it—and in this,
her favourite object, flue will efteem nothing as incon-
fiderable which may hurt us, or any facrifice diftref-
ling. when our annihilation is concerned. Let us not
imagine that any people, however true to themfelves,
fhall, in the moment of invalion, find the fame re-
fources which Caved France, during the period of her
fevereft trial; no other combination of events could
have given a people the fame energy, which thofe of
the revolution gave to the French, and thole very
eircumftances which with the ikon lighted teemed to
forebode her downfall, were the real caufes of ber
gretteft vigour.
It is true that an army which is to depend for its
gun powder on the humid putridity of death, and
has Rill to fabricate its arms before wielding them,
may teem to (tart to the combat on hopelefs ground.
But France had a population of near thirty millions
of inhabitants, who were, with little:eaception, unani-
mous in her defence, and mad with enthufialm. She
poffeffed excellent fficers, the pupils of regular in.
ftruftion ; herfrontier was covered with impregnable
bulwarks, the reparations of nearly two centuries :
the daily employed a hundred fcaffolds, which made
the molt defperate military fervice courted as a fah
retreat from the interior. The great events of the
revolution bad elevated the character of the French
and its horrors, by weaning them from their old ha-
bits of focial life, fitted them to embrace With avidity
the hardihips and dangers of the camps. Added to
there, the Government poffeffed a ireafory, into
which the reitell part of the value of the territory of
the nation could be poured, and which, without being
liable to fail, took little from the people. Such ad-
vantages can, perhaps, never again be poffelred by
one people. It mull, therefore, be evident that we
(hall never poffets that real firmnefs and vigour which
is requifite for our fairy, until we polfefs a fy Rem of
fuch general military flrength, as may leave no room
rrr Our enemy to calculate on our wealtnefs, or being
taken unawares. I (hall conclude this letter, by Rat-
ing in what refpeds two different modes of armament
are Co defective; as to hold forth nu hope of the !call
utility or perfeftability. I mention theft two modes,
becaufe it is probable they will both have approvers.
The firfi is that of forming the mats of the people
into corps, fomabing like the regular troops :—this
will never anfwer, becaufc the time requifite to learn
the fcience of manoeuvre, can never be (pared by the
mars of the people, nor could they, even if taught,
preferve it, by conflant practice, in bodies ; in the
day of trial their exertir ns or temiffriefs would
equally hurt the nucleus of our force—they would
be firft laughed at by themfelves and their compa-
nions, and then configned to contempt.
The other plan is that of arming them with pikes.
This is far worfe than the former ; the bell troops
that ever were could, if their fire arms were changed
into pikes, do nothing againft the worlt with fire
arms. Individually, in an open or inclufed country;
a pikeman can do nu fervice. Colleftively, a bodnot
pikemen can neither attack nor nand the attack of
one of fuzileers, who could exterminate them with-
out coming near them. Indeed, it is the height of
abfurdity to expel that novices armed with pikes,
will perform that higheft feat of military heroifm,
the dote charge aphid the bayonet. SI rsoaALLus.
Lambe:. 9, stns.

Lieutenant Yu Le, of the VICTORY, is promoted to
the rank of Commander, and appointed to the COM.
mand of the Etna bomb sail, under the orders of
Lord CoLuNGWOOD.

FATAL Duar..—On Wednefday morning lafi,
meeting took place near Nottingham, between En-
fign Bursae, of the 36th regiment, and k.nlign
BROWN, who was on the recruiting fervice in that
town. The parties fired together by figna!, when
unfortunately Enfign &town was /hot through the
heart, and infkantly expired, without uttering a word.
He was a promifing young Officer, greatly re peeled
As a Gentleman, and his lois is much regretted. En-
fign Burial has difappeared. They both belonged
formerly to the fame regiment, but from a ferrous
difirgreement which took place between them, the
Commander in Chief enacted them to be placed is
different corps. On their meeting at Nottingham,
however, the embers of animnfity rekindled, and the
unhappy refult has proved the loft to. Society ei
_a
very valuabk cud much relpedal bisnam

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