Star.
London, England, 1810-10-24 00:00:00

LEITH, OCTOBER to.

L. His Majesty's gun•brig STRENUOUS went- out of
'harbour on Thursday last, the necessary reparis being
completed. Thursday sailed from the Roads his
Majesty's brig Cuo, Captain BAUGH, on a cruize ;
and yesterday Morning his Majesty's ship EOERIA,
Captain Hou., with 86 vessels under convoy for Got-
tenburgh, with a fine breeze at W.S.W.

Anareso—At Liverpool, the Leeds, Smith, from Rio Janeiro ;
Rover, Neven, from Para; Vietorie, Cline; and the Kingsmill,
Brura, from Maranham. At Yarmouth, Hope, Penny, from
Oporto, in eight days. At Swansea, Francis, from Phila-
delphia. .At Hull, Sampson, —, from Quebec.
The Friends, --, from Landon for Portsmouth, has been
taken, retaken, and sent into Dover.

- -
The Zephyr, Darnell, of Yarmouth, has been taken, retaken,
id arrived at Rasusgate.
- - -

The Neptune, DAVI6OI3, front Lisbon for Falmouth, is taken
by a French privateer.
The London, -- from the West-Indies, has been taken'
retaken, and arrived at inymouth.
The Milford, Ruse, from Milford for London, is on shore
near Whitstable, and full of water.

The Ocean, M'Pherson, from China, is taken and carried into
the Isle of France. . _

A ship, supposed to be an American, from the Brazils, was
captured about eight o'clock on Sunday morning, only fuue miles
from Dover harbour ; and two French privateers captured a brig
off the South Foreland, In sight of the ships in the Downs. OR
Saturday afternoon the latter was recaptured by the Castillian
sloop. French privateers swarm on every part of our coast, from
the South Foreland to the Land's End.

The Hawk, WHITESIDES, from London to Africa,
mentioned in the STAR a few days ago, foundered of
13eachy.head 9th inst. crew all lost.
CAPTURE OP FOUR FRENCH PRIVATEERS* ••••• The
Baistis, Lieutenant BENTHAM (acting), has captured
a French schooner, after a desperate action of one
hour. The Frenchman had 9 killed and 18 wounded ;
the BRISEIS, 4 killed and 14 wounded.—(See Satur•
day's Gazette.)—The French Captain was so resolutely
bent on conquest or death, that even after the schooner
had struck her colours, and the BRISEIS' people had
boarded, with a view to render every assistance to
their vanquished opponent, he, while lying on the
deck, shot through the knee, ran his sword through
one of the best men belonging -to the BRISEIS, and
killed him on the spot; but the Carpenter of the BAP
EELS observing. the transaction, immediately threw the
French Captain overboard. He was, however, after-
Wards saved bir Lieutenant BENTHAM, the humane
Commander of the BRISEIS. Lieutenant BENTHAM
is Lord GARDNER'S Flag. Lieutenant. The FAWN,
Honourable Captain Caorrox, has taken la Te.
meraire French privateer, of 10 guns and 35 men.
Captain GouszaT, of the brig Fortuna, of Cowes, is
arrived at Falmouth in the Fawn. The Fortuna was
captured on the 20th July, in her passage from Tar.
ragona to Falmouth, by five French privateers, and
carried into St. Lucar. Captain Gousgar got to
Lisbon, and proceeding for England in the Palafox,
Captain Hare, with Merino sheep, for London, was
again captured by a French privateer, and carried
into Brest : on the night of his entering into that'
harbour, he contrived to make his escape in the boat,
and got On board his Majesty's ship NORTHUMBER-
LAND off that port.—The RHLN, Captain MALCOLM,
has taken the French brig la Comtesse de Montali.
vet, of 14 guns and 58 men, which had taken the
brig Rover, from London to Lisbon ; the brig Dra.:
gon, from talencia and the Portuguese ship Fame.
—The Dori and ltavisug have taken le 1-
geurp of NA* and 78 of Dieppe,
Ead not WiV -404./ t • • •

• •
JUBILEE lOtSii. - • •
••• . (
•
SalVettl, 01011 n ! salve dartistme, regtinis:l
Qui regnas mulch, jutis amore time.
Nube ahnos te quitiquaginta Britannia vidit. •
Regnantent : Impietas en tua regna fugit.
Yiies Angtorurti crescunt, dignissima crescit
Quantum vita Pater Marline Resqve tua;
Victorlz !atm naves aciesque sequantur
Insidiis bootie te Deus ipselegat.
Eta Dzusa regnis Patent donare precamyr,
Ac etiam ut vlvas to valeasque diu!
Gosport, October 13,1810.

•;- ...,n

f~: .-fe) ti.

TIDZLITAI.

.• A letter from an English merchant at Mogadore,
dated Bth September last, contains the following pa-
ragraph respecting Mußoo PARKE, the African Tra-
veller :
"1 imagine the intelligence of Mr. Parke being alive and pro-
secuting his try/eh in January last is wholly without any founda-
tion in truth. I have been at a good deal of pains to ascertain the
fate of him asd his party, and have no doubt they are no more."
A Court of Common Council is summoned to meet
on Friday next.
JEFFREY the seaman was in town on Monday last,
when the Lords of the Admiralty gave him his free
discharge from the service ; and the friends of Captain
LAKE made him a libe al compensation for the hard-
ships he had sustained. He is a good-looking young
fellow, •and confesses he made the >4 fur his name,

though he can write ' • but he says that it is common
among sailors to use the cross for shortness. He says
he was eight days on the island of Sombrero, during
all which time he had nothing but rain water to sub-
sist on, which he drank out of the crevices of the

rocks i that .several vessels passed within sight, but he
was too weak to hail them ; and that he was in the

very last stage of starvation, when the American ves-
sel touched at the island. He left town yesterday in
high spirits; with his money, to see his mother. Some 1
people were after him to make him exhibit himself
for money ; but he got his discharge from the service
expressly on the condition that he should immediately
quit London.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.-The Gametter was
represented last night, for the first time this season.
Mrs. SIDDONS, in Mrs. Beverley, displayed the whole
extent of her powers. She was naturally easy, or

severely dignified ;—affecting or imposing, as the
changing scenes of the character required. In the
scene in which Siukeley reveals his love, she really
" Muted him," with a look not armed with "the light-
nip of heaven," it is true, but with all those °genius;
feeling, and indignation. Her sudden burst at " be'
has no mistress ;" her hysteric laugh in the last scene,
when Lewson, whom she thought dead, appears ; and
the fixedness of her grief, the vacancy of her look,
and her momentary insensibility, followed by the
most powerful expression of exquisite distress after her
husband's death, will ever remain, as they have until
now been, unsurpassed. Mr. Youxo proved himself
a worthy supporter of this great actress. Great in
every scene, he was transcendently so in the last.—
W. C. Kistsca's Lesusen was full of gentlemanly
' ease, feeling, and energy. Mr. EGERTON, for the first
time before a London audience, assumed the part of
the artful, treacherous, and cowardly &achy ; and al-
though not equal to his great, but eccentric predecessor,
Come, forms a most respectable representative of
the hardened villain.—The Child of Nature followed.
The whole interest of the piece rests on the part of,
ilmanthis. When it is ably filled it causes the au-
dience to forget the want of incidents. Mrs. H.
JOHNSTON seems' to feel this, and by her exertions and
' skill, deserved the loud applause which she obtained.
The Bridal Rirg has been withdrawn from Covent-
garden Theatre. It certainly had no merit as a dra-
matic work.
A General Meeting of the Freeholders of the county
of Meath, was held on Friday, the 19th instant, for 1
! the purpose of voting a Petition to his MAJESTY on
the present state of public affairs. There was a good
deal of opposition ; but the Petition, which condemns
the present system of Administration, and includes a
strong disapprobation of the Union, was carried, and
ordered, by a large majority, to be presented by Sir
MARCUS SonenviLLE, one of the representatives of the
county. On the motion of the Earl of FINGAL, a
congratulatory Address was ordered to be presented
' to Lord WELLINGTON, who is a native of the county
1 of Meath.

Saturday se'nnight, at a Fox Hunt, a few miles
below Huntly, the Marquis of HUNTLIN principal
Groom, in the eagerness of the chace, unguardedly
pushed his horse forwaid on a rocky precipice, over
which the horse and rider were precipitated into a
deep gulph of the river Doveran. Some shearers,
near the opposite bank, hastened to. his assistance,
and observed the horse emerging from the water, in
which the Gloom was seen struggling, as it proved
ineffectually, for before they could reach the spot he
had sunk, and was unfortunately drowned. The body
was soon afterviards found, but too late to.restore
animation.
On Tuesday a Court-Martial was held at Ports.
mouth on Thomas Smith, of his Majesty's ship Gs--
nymede, for desertion. He was sentenced to receive.
150 lashes. Rear-Admiral HAROOOD President.
Public curiosity which, perhaps, has never on a Ai
milar occasion, been so strongly excited, will at length
be gratified by the perusal of Mr. Baowria's two Am*
rican Tales, 44 Weiland and Ormond,"—editions hav:
ing been announced for publication by Mr. COLBURN,
of the Public Library, Conduit-street. The former,
we understand, is dedicated to Mr. SHRRIDAN, who,
among other distinguished personages, was struck
with the originality and genius displayed by the Au-
thor in these truly extraordinary narratives.
MAnnicatouou-sutairr.—Yesterday Thomas Col:
son, collepter of the toll at the Hyde Park Corner
Bate appeared to a summons at the suit of Messrs.
ird and Co. grating-manufacturers, for illegally de-
taining a horse and cart. It appeared that the cart
contained a load of iron-grating ; and exemption
from toll was claimed on account of the iron-work
being for the use of the highways. The defendant
weighed the load, and claimed for toll and over-
weight, and on the refusal of the carter the horse and
detained. Mans

. .

NIGH if'll‘7l

•••••• .01•••••••••••M•11.

•;, *""