Star.
London, England, 1804-03-05 00:00:00

CIBEILT4R. DEC. p.

Mt Portaged* fqoadron, which had lain fo
ling •it aaebor in our Say, left it on Sunday
looming, but returned in the afternoon, owing, we
woderfland, to the inififpolition of Rear Admiral
de Gads e Silva, who commands it, and who, being
foddeoly taken ill, was brought back for the purpofe
of obtaiaing Medical AfGaance from the garrifon.-.-
Tire Rear Admiral is now better. •

Brought in by his Majelly's frigate Amrittow, a
hip laden with foga: and tobacco, and found in the
Atlantic ocean, Moaned, and abandoned by her
crew. ' The captors have not been able to difeover
tither papers oc colours. Anna Baleta is marked on
bar bra.

•••JAKOARY 2.

We ire in daily. expel:lotion of hearing, of
s war with Spin. thougrAtt Cadiz they coped they
wßlnot be obliged to go to war before Horeb.

JANDAILY 5.

Yeterday the United States fchoooer, the Nau-
tilus, arrived here from Syraoufs in eighteen days
An brings. die .melancholy accounts of the lots
and capture of the Philadelphia American frigate, of
311 rime sod pc: men, commanded by. Captain
Sanaa sacs, near Tripoli, &bout the middle of No.
vensber. The cirensuflances of bee lots were as fol.
low !--the Philadelphia was in chafe of a Tripolitan
ve&l, near that placewthich ran in More for per:-
taloa : on the Philadelphia getting into (even fa.
them water, the put about oo be other tack to wand
Of the laud, bat, unfortunately, *ruck upon a fonkew
'rock. On giving this, all the gun-boats from Tripoli
came eve to attack her. eaptain St issairrea ordered
all the malls to be cut away, in hopes of getting the
Osip of, but in vain : the gun-boats got under her
Item sad raked her, on which he ordered part of
the Ann of the hip to be blown away, .to get Tome
gusts to bear upon the enemy, and fupported this ups-
noel combat for four hours, when the flip fell nearly
upon her beam ends, from the tide's leaving befall
further ("petition being impraaicable, the them
firuck her colours, and was taken path-Ewa of, and
the Officers and crew made flares. There were a
number of Englifh (cameo on board, who are involved
In the fame hard fate, Ind who, from being taken
fighting under American Colours, will not be given
up by the Dey of Tripoli.
The fituation of the Britillt Tamen, in the Amc
rican fervice, is peculiarly bird, and demands the
interference of Government. Moll of the American
frigates on this nation have nearly hilf their comple-
ment Englifis feamen, who entered it that fervice
during the peace : on the accounts of the was reach-
ing this, four of them got away from the Antettcan
Commodore'. (kip, in the bay, and entered on board
our men 'of wart and, at the fame tin*, brought
a memorial, raped by upWards of fifty of the other
Britifit feamen on boned, requefling they might alto
be allowed to ferve their country no board our
!hips of war lying here, they having entered the Anse..
rican fervice during the peace. The American Com-
modore, hotline*, pofinvely refuted to give a man
of theth up, and it was not thought advifeable to
have recourfe to force for that purpofe, fothat a great
number of our belt feamen arc now (erring a foreign
power againfi their inclination, at a moment their
own country fo much wants their feivicer.

jAillialf 6.

The wind corning eafterly yefkerday afternoon.
the Ponape(' fmtadeon left this place. The two
frigates failed for Lifbott, and the line of battle fhip
with the Admiral. anchored at Algeftras, tinder the
proteaket of the Spanillt batteries. They were my
apprchealve of being detained here.

12.
A veirel arrieed yeflerday front the llay of
Palma, in 54 days, Where fhe left Lord NsLimes
fleet, of 53 fail of the Hoes at anchor. Genoa was
blockaded by four of oar frigates.
A Spanifk brig, in ao days fl-om Leghorn, Informs
us, that a French corvette had arrived there from
Toulon ; and that a number of Ligurian troops had
been fent to reinforce the garrifon of the Ille of Elba,
where the enemy were apprehenlive of being attacked
by a part of Lord NaLsow's fquadron.
The fever has ceafed at Malaga, bat no petfon has
been allowed as yet to return to the town, and the
port of that place is, (till Phut.

The Mrnusa has fent in fot examination a large
Portuguefe Blip, the Nuegra Senora de Lapes, of 400
tons, from Buenos Ayres, bound to Amsterdam,
with 30,000 hides on board. The WIAZ IL has cap
tared a reffel, loaded with filk, bound to Genoa, and
•he Pitons has captured a polaere, with fall, bc.und
orn Genoa to Leghorn.

21.
The public health Gems to be fo completely re-
!ored in WI tga, that the cordon of troops is ca-
►rttcd to he rem..yed, and the communication with
the ►elk of the kingdom to be re-opened on the IR of
hest month.

The men of Dillon's, who went to Genoa, have
b•rn ufed much more Severely than was reported at
Ark Not contented with oppofing their landing,
the Franco Ligurian Governmeut direeted them to
he fhipptcl off tor the Well Indies, where they mutt
lie by this time, if they have not had the good luck
to be captured LT r.-n-ie of our cruisers.

The 'hock of an earthquake wa► experienced ir•.
'.ie gatrifon on the afternoon of Friday the ,3th
'all. powerful etiough both in town and to the tooth

to Stake the furniture in the bourn, and. in Come
cafes, nearly overthrew perfons who were Sanding.
Letters from various parts of the neighbourhood,
fuch as St. Roch, Algefiras, Tangiers, C.,diz, and
Malaga, Sate that it was Sill' more flrongly felt in
all thole places. At Malaga in particular. the town-
bottle and three churches Coffered coofiderably.—
The cupola of one of the latter fell down. and the
walls of all were greatly Mattered. Thee private
buildings were alto entirely defrayed; but we are
glad to obferve, that no mention is made of any
perfon having Coffered. The (hock there baled three
minutes, and was followed by four other concuffions
in the courfe of the evening. Molt of the inhabitants,
frightened by tbefe terrible fymptoms, (pent the
whole night on the public fquares, or in the Alameda.
This morning the Diana frigate arrived from
Portfmouth. in 48 days, having only four of the
convoy in company with her, viz. the Limns, with
naval floret, the Stip Betfy, the brig Aid, and a (hip
with provifiona for the Navy, and three others had
Arrived before, asking (even fail only out of the 4g
fail which left Portfmonth. We are very
five that a great number of them will be captured,
u they were very much Scattered in the violent gales
of wind they had.

JllllVallf ii. •

Accounts have jug been received., tbit one of the
convoy has been captured and taken into Tarriffs by
one of the numerous French privateers which con.
Randy lark under the Mend, and which fail out from
there with Spinal criours flying. and board every
vela that pates without convoy. The boat that
brings the account fags. that the ingest the Foglia
gretel was brought in. two Spanith lighters were lent
alosgfide of her. and that they were then unloading
her as fall as they could. On this intelligence being

communicated to the Navy, it was determined to re-
(tat fo violent a breach of neutrality, and to bring
out the prise from wader the Span& guns, let the
confequenees be what the may. Tice Diana,l
WIDSTOIIII4 and WltaiLlt brig accord ugly failed for
Tarrifa, with three gas beau armed for this pur-
pods. and we anzioney wait the event. If the Spa
niards afford them rotation, immediate hankies
will ease, as our tars will not be intimidated by the
few paltry fortifications the Spaniards have to pro.
toe that place,jusd they will pay very little attention
to that setstrality the Spaniards have on every occa.
Son fo Ihamefully violated. At the prefect moment
a French row galley *dually commands more refpea
and fubmillion in every Spina and neutral port,
than a Britifh line of battle fhip. A Captain of a
French privateer has every thing granted he requires
in all the Spud& ports. He is allowed to equip, to
man, to vianal, and to bring in and unload his prises
without trial or condemnation, whilt the reason.
Dames of oor Admirals and Ambafadors an treated
with perfect contempt. Lord Nitisor tome time
ago fent a man of war to one of the principal Spa.
ports to obtain a hipply of Bullocks for his
fqnadton, when the Englilh captain was informed in
anfwer, that he could not be allowed to have more
than four bullocks, left It Mould give offence to the
French i3ovenunent.

i*MUAt• 24.

The attempt ascot out the vetel belonging to the
convoy, which was carried into Tarriffm, failed, owing
to the current having carried the Diana and the gun
boats behind the Rock, and before they could reach
Tarriffa, the fecond day afterwards, the brig was
completely unloaded and hauled on thore, fo that
any attempt to gtt her off would have been imprac •
citable.

3•11211122 26.

The Mao frigate, from Portfhmuth, with Es.vi
Bar and his Suite on board, paired here yeßerday
evening for Egypt. She brought in here three or
four of the tattered convoy from England, which
Ire met off the Gut i among the reft the Bronte, with
naval flora for the fleet.

Maw/as—The flip Neflor, from Portfmonth,
with provilions for the navy; the flip Lady Shaw
Stewart, do. do.; the flip Duke of Monti, do. with
naval (lore. ; and the Gip Commerce, with provifions
for the garrifon.

111111117ARY 4.

On the 4th the Sophie, with the following
eleven veffels, arrived from Litbon in four days,
being part of the fcattered convoy, which had put
io there : the Andromeda tranfport, with troops and
flares, the Agent (hip, with naval floret, the Succefs,
Mellinger, Doncatler, Flora, Benjamin, Alexander,
Oak, Syrene, and Bee. The remainder of the convoy
mull have pot back to England, or have been taken.
One tranfport, with the Chaffeurs Britannique on
board, we are informed, Las been captured and car-
ried into Vigo,

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FEBRUARY 6.
Yellerday morning the HaLCYn■ brig, with the
mails for two months, arrived here from LiElton.

CADIZ, JANUARY 4.

The Aurora regiiter fhip arrived here a few days
ago from Lima: file has one million eight hundred
thoufand dollars no houd for Government, betides
rods and fpccie for individuals to a great amount,
and is fupprofed to be worth confidevably upwards of
One Million Sterling : Ike was boarded by the Ear
liih cruizers off this port, who man have bees very
much mortified at tieing fuch a prise flip through
emir hands at this critical raossast, wiles we daily
erred to hear of a war.