Star.
London, England, 1805-07-13 00:00:00

11INS 17.

We have been in daily expedlation of an attack
upon Sir limas Caaro's elpeditien, lying in the
Bay, from the enemy's gan and mortar boats. and
to-day the fleet intends to put to tea, to avoid the
confequenres. We underfland they are to anchor
fume where on—the coat of Africa, ontfide of the
Streights.
Sir Jamas and his Staff remain on !here till the
orders for their final departure arrive.

Some of the letters from Gibraltar (late, that on
the 15th of June the Spaniards captured one of the
gun veffels belonging to the United States, and car-
ried her into Algefiras. Our own letters do not men-
tion this circumaance.

The Two Friends, Captain NEAL!, from London
for Charlellon; has alfo been captured, off Charlef-
ton, and fent for Guadaloupe, by a French fchooner
privateer, which had the day before taken the flap
Juno, Captain MALCOLM, from Liverpool for Sayan.
nab, but being laden with falt only, they gave her up.

Early yefterday morning Mr. Basil..stco, the met:
finger, was fait off with difpatches to his Mail STY
at Windfor. In the afternoon Mr. WaGs-rarr, the
rneffenger, followed his MAJESTY toWcymouth, with
More difpatches frf m Minifters.

Thutfday Mr. Wastes CAN and others of the Com-
mittee of the Houfe of Commons for condoning the
Impeachment of Lord Ms LVILt.s, went to the Bank,
and examined the books of accounts relating to the
ferrite of the Navy.
Mrs. Dz.tro Las, widow of Mr. Illouccas, late Pay.
mailer of the Navy, being fummoned to attend the
Committee for condoning the Impeachment againft
Lard MELVILLE, and having excufed hetfelf upon the
ground of ill health. Mr. Wort-B'2AD, and tome other
Member, of the Committee, accompanied by their
Clerk, oo receiving the anfwer, immediately set off
in a hackney coach from the Committee room, to;
eramine that Lady at her houfe in Harley•ltreet.
MIDDLE sEx ELSCTION.—A Bill of Indinment was
yetlerday found a true Bill by a Grand Jury of the
t. ""y (.1 London againft John Fre?, Thomas Rove Da-
v:f ?2,1 &mos Gran/lade, 44imon Greenflade, Stephen Taylor.
.Saniud Jenkins, William Saunders, and licaz Alton Felon,
for confpiting among themfelves and with others to
corrupt divers peribnc, not having a right to vote, to
claim that right, and to vote for Sir FRANcts Box.
bt Tr, Barr, at the late Middlefex Elenion, in order
11,.tt Sir FRANCIS BURDeTT, by means of fraudulent
and fi&iti•itis rates, might he elened and returned a
Knight to terve in this prefent Parliament, in viola.
lion of the liberties and privileges of the real Free-
...Alt.' I); that totin'.

ixpA.biriort Mtn SIR plas meta.

The public will fee by the following letter from an
Officer, belonging to this expedition, that one of its
objeets is to take poiliffion of Alexandria—a meafure
which we recommended at the very commencement
of the prefent war, and which cannot fail to prove of
great importance in the farther profecution of it.—
We with we could alto annoence an expedition to
take polleifion of the Cape of Good Hope. We
might then nurfe our refources, lie upon our arms,
and let .he other Powers do what they pleafe refpea-
ing France.

44 GIBRALTAR BAT, ;MIR 13, 1805.

•" We are Rill lying here, totally uncertain of our
future deftioation, and all of us heartily tired of our
prefent life, which is as inaaive and unpleafant as
you can well conceive. We have nothing to do, and
almoß nothing to eat, but the (hip's provifions.
" We are not without fome apprehenfions of an
attempt being made upon our fleet of tranfports
from the enemy's fire•lhips or gun-boats ; and, cer-
tainly, if a few (hips or fire rafts were fent in upon
us, in our prefent crouded fituation, they could not
fail of doing incredible tnifchief, anchored as we
are feven or eight deep in fome places, off the New
Mole. Within thefe few days our bell armed !hips
have been drawn up in two lines, to refill any at-
tempts of the enemy, who are extremely formidable
with their gun boats, they having nearly 4o of them
already at the town of Algefiras, oppoflte to us,
while we have only two gun boats and two gun brigs
to oppofe them ; for, as to our frigates, they are of
no ufe againft them, and indeed the Spanifh gun-
boats feem to regard them no more than they would
fo many fheer hulks, as they can always efcape with
their oars, and fail under the proteaion of their own
batteries, whenever they are purfued by our frigates
in a breeze of wind, which however they (eldom at-
tempt to do, as they do not like to meddle with gun
boats.

" I am lorry to inform you that Captain FULLER,
of the loth Regiment of Light Dragoons, was
drowned on Sunday lafi, on a party of pleafure, at
the back of the Rock, owing to the boat overturn-
ing : he was a very elegant, fine young man, and a
grandfon of the great Lord HIATHTIILD, who fo
gallantly defended the Garrifon : he is much regret-
ted by every one. He was a volunteer upon the ex-
pedition.
" 1 feldom go on &me: the garrifon prefents fo
many difguiling fcenes of drunkennefs and wanton-
secs; and I never, when I can avoid it, permit any
of the men to go on &ore, that they may neither
witnefs or partake of the difgraceful examples the
garrifon daily exibits.
44 Sir Jessie CRAIG has ordered Mr. Flasaaosz,
our Cowmiiery General, to pay us all zoo days bat
and forage, which has been very welcome.
"The objea of our expedition feasts now to be pretty
well known : Sir Impels Casio is to remain at Malta,
as Commander in Chief of the forces in the Mediter-
ranean, and General Sir JOHN STeWART if to go on
with jOOO men, to take poffeffion of Alexandria, to
keep the French out of Egypt; where, however, there
can be no poffibility of their going,until their Toulon
Beet returns to that port again from the Weft Indies.
" Our troops are all very healthy on board, and
there never was an army in higher order, or fitter for
any kind of fervice.

We hear General MOWS/ has arrived at Al-
gefiras, and as the Chips there have had their colours
hoitled, and all the batteries and gun-boats have
been faluting to-day, we fuppofe it is in compliment
to him.

66 Rear Admiral Ka icor has his flag hoifted on
board the LiveLy frigate, within there few days.
" Jotts t6.—We received orders yeflerday for no
Officer to go on (bore, and for all the boats of the
fleet to be ready manned and aimed, in eonfequence
of an expefled attack from the enemy's flotilla of gun
and mortar boats, which accordingly, at fix o'clock
in the evening, we raw getting under weigh, and row.
ing towards us in three divifions ; when within about
a league of us they brought to, teeing we had about
fixty armed boats ready to receive them drawn op
infide of the men of war; and after deliberating
about half an hour, they returned to Algefiras with.
out attempting any thing. We had five frigates, fix
Hoops of war or gun brigs, and I think we fhould
have given a good account of them, had they
made the Attempt in day-light, as we intended to have
boarded them with all our armed boats. It is an at-
tack in the night which we dread. The enemy's
mortar boats have been throwing live (tells this after.
noon at Algefiras, and making them burft in the air
by way of praeice.
" Jo w e 17.—We have jail received orders forevery
perfon to repair on board, and are to fail this after-
noon through the Streights, again to take filcher in
a Bay under Cape Spartel, on the Barbary eoaft, co
avoid any attempts of the enemy's gun boats on the
!hipping, of which our commanders, both of the navy
and army, feem very apprehenfive, if we may judge
from the multiplicity of orders, and counter-orders,
which k is imporfible to help finning at fometimes, as
we have generally had a frefh plan of defence for the
men of war and (hipping every day ; and now that
their ingenuity feems to be exhaufied in contriving
new pofitions, they are going to move off to a frefh
anchoring•ground on the coati of Barbary, where,
as we (hall not be protetfted by a funk gun or battery

on More, toe after having ran the gauntlet
through all the enemy's gun boats (of which there
art about a hundred between this and Cadiz), have
an admirable opportunity of taking up a new advan•
tageous potation.
,‘ I always thought Gibraltar in our bands had
been the Kg of I& Streik:, till my arrival here; but
I now find, to my difappointment, that the Spaniards
have put a Lock upon it, which our Bey at prefent
certainly will not open, and that even an Englifls
fleet cannot lie with fafety under the guns of the
fourth."