Star.
London, England, 1804-09-03 00:00:00

THE TEXEI. BLOCKADING STIADRON.

Yeßerday morning difpatches werereceived at the
Admiralty from Adm. Loots, at Dungenefs, dated
on Saturday. They Rate his return to that place late
on Friday evening, with feveral fhips under his
orders, from off Boulogne. The whole of the French
flotilla have returned into the inner harbour, with
the excvtion of about 3o fail.
Saturday difpatches were received at the Admi-
ralty from Rear Adutiral TNOIIIIIOIIOUON, commas-
ding the blockade of the Tezel—they were brought
to Yarmouth by the Ccroe frigate, at the time of
whofe departure the enemy remained in the fame Rate
'as tor Pima time pall.
The Dutch fleet in the Teed, like that in the
Roads of Breß, is conliantly engaged in mancenvres,
Inch as furling and unfurling the fails, getting under
weigh. &c. but they never fail to return with the
dole of day to their interior quarters.
Some Fetters have, however, been received by this
conveyance, brought from the Dutch coal by pilot-
boats, which Cute, that ferious difturbances had taken
place between the Dutch and French troop: at the
Helder, in which a great number of men had been
killed. Our fquadron had lately been much incom-
moded by rough winds, which had kept the crews
conficuly upon the alert ; but no ferious damage had
been fuflained. _ _

The following is an Extraa of a Letter from the
Squadron off the Tcxel, dated the 15th of Anglin :
" It has blown here very hard for rummer, al-
though not much thought of, from the frequent buf-
feting of lalt winter's dorms, which this f4oadran
I as been accuftomed to ; the (hips have been laved,
rit i g with three cables an end, and the refpeaive
Cap.ains have cantinnary direaions to prepare, at
Cie lean appearance of bad weather, their runners and
tackle for fecuring mails, top-mans, &c. in cafe of
contrive rolling.
" The Dutch fipadrna a few days agn looted
their tyrant., and appeared getting under weigh. All
was ready tot aOion in ten minutes, and much difap-
pointed were our gallant tars in confoquenee of Myn-
beer totting fails and refuming his fituation. The im-
'mule toren of mails lying in the New Diep appears
to be thinned ; many of their tranfports are reported
to have returned to Arnflerdam.
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"The Ruin', Captain Rowurv, has left us for the
Nore, to be repaired and paid (having fprung her
&c ); the Rectuuus has alfo left us for
the Downs. In the former fhip, Captain Hormata,
of the Rasso (invalided from ill health) takes
a paffage home. Lieutenant TIVIAN firll of the
Eaot.s, commands the ItAtIONABLII. pro tempore.
The flips now forming this fquadron are, the EAGLa,
ATLAS,DEriIiCII,PItIIICIbSOIFORANOI,R•I
Aeon, and Um i coax.
" The boatlwain of the Hawes cutter, who was
taken in a I:l4at with the c..rnmander of that veal, ar-
rived in the fquadron a [bort time line, in a vele!
irmu Bremen, after effelling a molt wonderful efcapc
irons the neighbourhood of the Elbe, by travelling
feveral bnridred miles on foot. He, it appears,
knocked down a French centinel placed over him.
efcaped into a forell, and avoided his purfuers by af-
cending a tree, making night marches, and laying by
in the day. He appeus a tough true Engin tailor,
he (poke in eathuliallic terms of the gallantry. refo-
lotion, and perfeverance of Lieut. Gleans., his late
Commander, What" hardfhips in being captured after
a brave druggle, and fufferings from levere wounds
after his captivity, brought tears in the hooch fel-
low's eyes as be recuuatehi than."