Star.
London, England, 1804-01-18 00:00:00

FLOTILLA 017 BOULOGNE.

• D[lll., JAIlt/AltY 17.
t No farther intelligence has been received from our
(mall fquadron off Boulogne. The BASILISK, with
a convoy to the well ward, and feveral outward-bound.
EAR Indiamen, got, under weigh yeflerday, but ow-
ing to the wind, were obliged to bring up again.

DOVIR, jAN. ty.
The e French privateer fignaled from our Heights
yefievaay, I learn by a emir= juft arrived in our
Roads, is taken and carried into the Nefs Roads, the
enEiy have not (hewn much 'difpofition to come out
from Boulogne lately. • By the Mailer of the Poop
traafpartiately taken, I learn that there are about goo
gunboats in Boulogne Pier. large and fmall ; the
night be was taken be was under the convoy of a gun-
boat of the &ft daft. which had three 32-pounders,
tal confcripts, and 36 tailors on hoard, which, on
theapproach of the COUNTESS Exults hired cutter,
of fix guns, 3.pounders, and a 6 Men, cut their cable.
and ran on Shore. The. wind being fair. molt of our
cruisers have returned to their Ration off Boulogne.
The LIDA. lISMORTALITE, BLOODHOUND. Locus's..
kotexis, ARCHER, with two cutters, were left all
well off there Left night. •
Juft.arrived here from Guernfey, the Hs RCUL /Sy
GoTLINs, and FRIENDS GOODWILL, tranfports. with
the 43d Regiment on board, who are going into bar
rack's near Milford : the men look very hitrty and

Yefferday fe'nnight, Sir Roarer CALDER'S fleet
orrived fafely in Bantry Bay o, they had fucceeded 1
Admiral CORNWALLIS 111 the blockade of Bred, and
had effedually kcpt his prition, during the short ab-
fence of the pliant Admiral. •
The Dukes of YORK and Karr dined with their
Mmasrtas on Monday. In the evening her Ma-
lorry had a fele& party. The Princefs Soto.* of
GLOUCIISTIR, the Marchionefs of BATN, Lady
WALDRCRATE, and the Earls of Mot Tow and Eo so mo-
wer!. were among the company arembled 'On the
occaGon.

His Royal Highnecs the Duke of Yoaa held yef-
terday a Military Council at the Norte Guisrdis :
Lord HOCAIT, Mr. OR[ll, and the SICLITAIT at
Wat aiere prefent.
We are slefired to contra&& a paragraph copied
into our Paper of the sth infant from a Morning
Paper. mentioning an elegant ball having been given
by Lady Gosroao, at Cheltenham. It owed its
origin to tome malignant individual. •
Captlin Dummies and the two feamen, who
were brought in 'cufloefy, (port time fince, from
Lance-11er Cade, on a charge of piracy, underwent
-a final examination, and were committed to take their
trials at the next Admiralty Seffions. Captain DER-
BYINIIIa was afterwards admitted to bail, himfelf in
;ooh. and two furetics in zool. each.
In addition to the melancholy accounts received
from the Weft Indies, we are concerned to hear of
the death of Capt. VYsoati, of the.6oth Regiment
of Foot. a very promifing young Officer, who fell *
to,the •yellow fever at St. Vincent's, where it
has prevailed in a very high degree.

The Lo id Shressibury Volunteers have received
their Colours from Lady 0 . ,
A private letter is.nm.A.m(lerdanh dated January
to, rays. " I take the cpportunity of our country-
man I) 's departure for Engllnd to write you a
few lines. ,

• " The nevreft intelligence of this place is, that the
embarkations at Fluthing have commenced. Whether
there are final, or nor, i cannot tell ; there certainly
have been fome thoufands of troops embarked, and dif-
embarked before. However, this you may be Pure of,
that, whatever maybe faidof armaments in otherparts
cf Holland, Flullsing is the only port from which there
will be any coefiderable expedition. .All the fmall
armaments rendearrous there, which they do with the
greateft eafe, by means of the inner navigations, and
thby even profcls to exile' a flotilla from Cologne.
Mentz, and other places on the Rhine. Six gun boats
left Nimeguen for Fluting on the 9th. -Three or
four old Greenlandmen and fome other merchant
yeffels hare been taken up for tranfports in the Tear!!
there certainly can fail from no other part; it is in-
deed probableohat armaments will be kept up both
in the Texel and at Heivnetfluys fufficient to occupy
your attention, but the real trfedive force is at Flush-
ing, where tbe French are fuprerne, and do as 'they
plc*. in every refped.
" With refped to the Crate cf th;s country, I can
allure you, that, though the Dutch are under the do.
minion of. the French in a lamentable degree, and
Cu fer by them, in one way or another, every minute,
there have as yet been lonic limits to the r tyranny.
For infante, the French have required, that all the
Frtlifh in Rolland firould be placed under arra, as '
they have beet: in Fiance. This demand was made
a f.rtniet since, but the Dutch Government hive
demurred to it, and hitherto nothing has been done.
ho lived much at his eafe in this city,
being known to the principal families, Pays we are all
fife.

" The nine tl.nufeid Dutch troops that are upon
)he coal!, to be emba: ked again(! )03, are ("tidied
;rom all the troops in tile Dutch pay, man by man,
f" that th-re is not one entire ohl company amongft
them. About halt of them are German defences,
and other foreigners. The French have chofen both
officers and men ; thole of the former, that were molt
dcfperate in their circumllances, have been felefted.
From chie regiment, that of Waldeck, they have not
chofen one otTiecr .r man.

We have no Fiend) troops in Athflerdam, and
rear!- all the nld laws prevail here. except with telpett
tarts. At the Hagne there are about three hun.
dred t at Rotterdam. I hear, one whole regimen!.
At Maelland. Slums, the Brill. Helmet. and all
along the coati, down t• Fltilhing. they are in great
numbers, though three hallbrig•des arrived from
Hanover ha, c not yet slot down there. Owing to the
French having kept fu Inng out efil,is city, the credit
of the Bank is again pretty good. People thick their
prorcrty is at log Ware a• their (IWO hearts."