Star.
London, England, 1803-09-13 00:00:00

S6SUADfiON OFF BOULOCNT.

OFF BOULOGNE, SEPT. B.—We Rill remain on
this Ration, every now and then annoying the enemy
and interrt.pting them in their labours. A few
evenings ago we all flood in (hare abreafi of Bou-
logne and Portel, viz. our Commodore in the Au-
TUMN armed (hip, accompanied by the Dascovsav
bomb, BLOODHOUND and ARCHER, and began a heavy
cannonade, which was returned from the forts and
batteries, and kept up for more than half an hour.
The bomb threw feveral (hells into the town, whichl
we are certain did confiderable damage. At the in-
tervals, when the fmoke cleared up, we could fee
the men, women, and children flying up the coun-
try. Towards night the fignal was made to difcon-
tinue the engagement, upon which we all hauled off
the land. Several of the enemy's (hot and (hells
fell very near our fquadron ; one (hell burft over our
heads, but happily did us no injury. Shells are ter-
rible engines of deffrullion. Some days ago the
bomb threw one which fell on a houfe in the town
and killed 25 perfons.

The MIRIAM, at Deptford, is ordered to be fitted
out immediately, and to join I(c...ries fgnadroo.

The Committee of the Well India Merchants have
requefted a convoy may be appointed for the chips
bound to the Weft India lands, which has been
complied with.

A letter has been fent by the Admiralty Board to
the Lord Provoft of Edinburgh, Rating that a convoy
for the ports of Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterra-
nean, will loon fail, and defiring his Lordfhip to
fend any (hips bound to there ports immediately to
Spithead, to take advantage of it.

We have the pleafure to (late the fife arrival at
Bengal of the Earl India Company's fhip the Tot.
Teatime, Captain THOMAS Joe's, on the Bth of Fe-
bruary. She left the Cape the 2oth of Odober, and
took from thence Captain JAMLS MINZIRS, Lieute-
nant THOMAS SOTTO!, WILLIAM Wit.sow, and HAD
DON SMITH, 151 non-eommiffioned officers and pri-
vates, (even women and ten children, of his Majelly's
ald Regiment of Foot.
The Company's flip LORD Et.noe, Capt. Jams
Swim, arrived at Bengal the IR of February, with
detachments of the Bth Dragoons and aid Regiments
of Foot, and the following psltcngers from the Cape
of Good Hope—Major PAIR, Captain B. Oy),
Lieutenants WILLIAM &limit, J. M'Laas, and
LINDEN ; Qaarter-mafter DAVIS, toy non commit-
fioned officers and privates, fix women and nine chit.
dren, of the Bth Dragoons • Lieutenant HAMILTON,
Qyarter-maller Porn', Adflant Surgeon Nemec,
43 non-commiffioned officers and privates.
On Saturday lea a fplendid dinner was given at
the Government 'Houk, at Portfmouth, by the Of.
ficers of the North Glouceller, Worcefler, and He-
reford Militias, to about So perfons of dillindion
among whom were

Generals Whitelecke and Lord C. Seenerfet ; the Marqoh of
Wort-am; Earls of Eike and North* ; Lords Cawdor and De
Clifford; Admirals Montague, Holloway. and the Hon. G. Berke-
ley ; Commillioner Sir C. Sutton ; Captaios Berth, pares, Free-
mantle, sad Soden" of the Navy.
The Bands of the Regiments attended.
His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wauts was ex.
peeled laft night to Beep at Goodwood, the feat of
the Duke of lbcomowo, and it is Paid will this day
again honour the town of Portfmouth with his pre.
fence to •int the dock-yard and the fleet. His Royal
Hiirhnefs is expelled to go on board the BRITANNIA,
a Ertl rate, commanded by the Earl of Noaro ass ;
the WINDSOR Casts', of 98 guns, Captain Burgs;
and tke Maostrtcsor, of 7+ guns, Captain Jason.
The latter is completely manned and ready for fez,
and has been noticed as being one of the neateft
rigged Chips in his MAJESTY'S fervice.
Lord Fir:HARM, who is on a vifit to the Earl of
Pembroke, at Wilton. brought down thirteen brace
of birds on Thurfday before breakfail. Going again
in the eourfe of the day, he made it twenty brace and
a half.

General Picuroau dined on Friday with Lord
HAWIII3IIOItY, at Coombe.

General Mooas is the olden fon of the late Dr.
Moose. What Gen. WASIIIIIIITOSI once Paid of a
brave Commander, may be truly Paid of him-44 He
carries a Council of War in his own (dead."
L•11IlL BRlTollll.AlthOugh we hear that )4r.
Davosom's Corps of Loyal Britons fills fo faft, that
to point out any new fource for its increafe were al.
moft unnectfary ; yet, finding that the good fence of
the Members does not objet to any clefs of men
who are refpeaable in their diffcrer.t fituations, we
would recommend to the Nobility, Gentry, and
Traders of the Metropolis to encourage their fer-
vents to join an Afociation, the eapence of which is
fo trivial, and where the convenience of every one in
it meets with loch particular attention. Befides they
would form a very fine body;—and in appearance,
and 1116,4, would give
.place to none. DIU!
grounds are now Focusing in the other parts of the
town, fo that it will be made eery to the refidenu in
the Eta. North, and South, as well as in the Well.
The book lies for fignature at the Office, No. 35,
Piccadilly, where the uniform may be feels, and par.
tinders may be had.

On Thurfday week the following bet of Zoo gui-
neas was decided at Watton, between Mr. T. MAN-
• re. of Colvellone and Mr. J. G. Wyss.. of Down.
ham market : Mr. Vitali engaged to carry a twenty
Roe lack of flour MI mile without laying it down.
or any affillince to rea, which he performed on the
turnpike mad in thirty minutes, and ran with it (e-
-yeful yards after he had won the bet before be laid
it down. Mr. &lawmen gave Mr. WTI% thirty gui.
wens to make the bet.

Mr. JonaNam., late of Arrist's Amphitheatre,
made his appearance lel night, far the Aril time thee
ten years, at the Circus, and was greeted with the
molt unbounded applaufe. The vocal powers of this
perfornser have long been held in the highdl ellima-
lion by the public ; and they never Ikons to more ad-
vantage than in the new comic lyrical addrefs, called
" whir Am, 1 or Did in a o#h" which polkas
much original humour, and WAS given by that ad-
mirals burials Gape ith chi happicil effect.

DUEL TY.

PRIVATE I:ETTER, SFPT. 9.

Felix Rourke, John KiNon, and John ilf,Cann, were
brought up and received fentence of death.—On this
occaion Baron GEORGE addrcffed the prifoners in a
moR feeling manner, but particularly Felix Rourke, to
whom be reprefented the aggravation which his
crime received from the part which he took in the
infurredion ; not only committing treafon himfelf,
but reducing others to a fimilar crime. Before
fentence was pallid, Rourke addreffed the Court in
language calculated to convey an impreffior, that
he was fuperior to the vulgar herd ; he, however,
negatively admitted, that he was a leader of rebellion
on the evening of the 23d July, but folemnly pru-
teßed that he was never concerned in the Billing of
blood.—Few, however, of thole who heard him, be-
lieved that he was fo in any refpeet, whether of in•
tention or action, free from the maffacre of that dread-
ful night.
Four prifoners put off their trial till to-morrow,
and agreed then to join in their challenges.
golipb Doran was then put to the bar and indiled
in the ufual terms of comp .ffiag the King's death.
&c. &c. in Newftreet, on the 23d July lA.—The
principal witnefs againtl him was William Harrow a
boy, not 13 years of age, who fwore that he Taw him
about ten o'clock or fo, on the evening of the 23d
July, march with twenty others through a narrow
lane in which witnefs lived, with two pikes on his
(boulder ; and on the Monday following, pointed
him out to an officer of Major StRICS, and had him
taken : the witnefs and the prifoner both worked in
the ordnance department Caftle-yard.
The defence was an alibi, but the clemency, and
mercy, and benignant Juftice of the Officers of the
Crown did more in defence of the prifoner than his
own witneffes ; for the law officers of the Crown poin-
ted out to the Court an inconfifiency between the
principal witnefs's examination, and the information
fworn by him before a bfagiflrate; in confequence of
which reprefentation, the Jury without hefitation
brought in a verdict of arquittel.—The Court after a
very proper exhortation to the prifoner, ordered him
immediately to be difcharged.