Star.
London, England, 1804-08-16 00:00:00

NIUTIC4L INTILLIGANCE.

MAILS THIS DA'
♦at. Duo..
DASD o Hasborgb
Wanton! t Lifboo

1Y,W104 & S. w.

•IR. DUI.
O 3
O 0

FaLMouTw, AUGUbT t3.—The packets which put
back on Friday laR failed again this day, viz.—The
CHISTBRIFIZICD, BLtdwr, with mails of the ifi inf.
for New York and Riau ; thegissam Ciraacorrs,
Woos, with ditto, for Jamaica ; and Town s
l)oDD, with ditto of the pit ult. and 7th inn. for
Linton—elf° failed the American brig George, Capt.
TAYLOR, for the Eaßward ; and the LADY Welt aF x
armed Ihip, Captain McKattaa, on a cruize. At.
sired the American !hip Argus, Capt. Gas; from
the Havanna)+, with fugars, Ste. s and the Loutfa,
%Lion, from Africa, both for orders. Remain in
Carrick Roads, His Majeßy's (hips 011tiltUI and
Ramose, with the outward-bound Newfoundland,
Nova Stotia, and Canada eats under •convoy.
Wind W. N. W. _

POINSPIOUTII, AUGUST Is... Arrived the. Lord
Zeitb,Union, and Harrintt Eaft Indiamen, from the
Ziown.: The Durance. 74. guns, Capt. Dram•se,
is to convoy them to St. Helena. Went nut of bar.
botiiphe Pliant* brig of war, and has fine hoifted
• ftgnal fbilhe.Weft Indies. Remain at St. Helens,
the &Oar, of 98 SHIM; ADOIII/11. COnlierALLlr.
Capt ,4fler t cwicuarrya. Capt. Snit; NIL!
Inggir,und Nersaoi cutter.—Wind S. W.
DAAL, Ana. rs.—Sailed the Biataaor now man
of war, to the wiftward ; Asuanasca Rene fhip, for
'ale River; EUILTAL US frigate, and BOII.TTA (loop of
ear. on a cruise. Arrived the touchers of Rutland.
Truelove, and Ann, tranfports, from the northward,
bound to the Mediterranean, under the direction of
lieutenant COOGAII, and remain in the Downs with
the MONANCN, UTRICHT, and lartastat.a men of
tirar ; CASTOR, CHAMPION, and MIAMI! frigates;
Atomzo (loop of war, Fuer bomb, Btoonsourin
gun brig; the armed defence fhips, tranfports; Ma-
sada cartel, and Africaine, Jonas, for the South
&as ; and Addington, —, for Jamaica.—P. S.
Put back the Ar.arr lugger, with the Ocean Eaft
lediansats, and the veil of the outward bound veirels,
which failed yeflerday morning fur Portfmouth.—
Wind S. W. blows hard.

Tamar. Avo. 13 —On the soh of July. as Capt.
Bollll.Ba, rf the Ibip A give, late of Liverpool, was
returning from Lifbmr. in a relief belonging to Lu-
beck, he fa• in lat. at long. a fleet, confining of
tribe fail of the line, and five frigates. which ft, fit mly
believe./ to have been French. The, Ike« ed tr•
Iwars, sithoogh one of the frigates came very near In
Urn t they were leering a fonthera courfe. at the
tato of nine Rants an hour, with the wind at N. W.
Cape. H. declared himfelf ready to artily this repeat
twos oath. lie belonged to the nnfortanate lot
Invoked upon the coati of Portugal. on its way out
to the V7efft.lndies.
Maauarr, Ave. night was mon dread.
• tempeftuous. A rail coming from Dover ran
aground on the rocks near the Infirmary ; but, by
aneontstras exertions, was prowideatially grit off. It
Armin the evening. before dark, this happened, or it
Is thought fhe mull have been loft A gem brig drove
from her, anew-, but was got into Ramfgate. But
I have now to record a mon dinteffing accident,
which happened on board the packet, on its way
down. Mr. Sanest, an attorney, from London, who
hod b
he een
had repe
placedatedly
•hiarrelf reminded
in, of t
whe dangerous litua-
ould perfewere in
handing before the 'trainman.. His friend. who ac-
companied him, had jun fpolten to him, and he re-
plied," Never fear ; I will take Care of myfelf ;" and
at that fatal moment the jib changed its diret'hnn,
and (wept him into the fea. The waves ran In high,
that though the boat was inftaatly launched by the
failors, and every exertion made, no ;wenn would
venture into.it, as it drove againll the veffel in filch
a defperate manner as obliged them to let it go, and
it was inflautly dented to pieces.

DISTaIIitMON OF PRIZI!-MONEY
The Dedam, ter the recapture of the Flying FIBI, en tstb
Posenther, 18os, wOl be paid the proportions tithe Cartage wiling
don the raid recapture on Feiday, the i7th init. at Foamed' i
and say Monday or Therillsy doting three yeses by Padilla and
Reps, Salter's Hai-Celnt. Caoson-ftruet.
The Eliza packet has had a (mart engagement
with a French (chooser in the Weft Indies. The fol-
lowing is an curse of a letter from the mailer,
dated Barbadoes, June t t, 5804 :
" I arrived here IA night, after a imam engage-
ment with a fcbooner of 1111 guns, and too men : we
fought her two hours and a-half, and beat her off :
She took two packets lately. We had only one boy
wounded ; the cut our rigging and fails much. lam
now Stiina the rigging to go to lea this night for la.
*mica. ''he Eliza had to guns, and 35 hands."
The Golden Grove, Bosom', from Newcallle to
3amaica, was captured on the gth of May, off Ja-
maica. by a French privateer, who plundered her,
And afterwards gave her up to the crew. On the
neat day they were captured by another French pri-
vateer, who carried her into St. Jago de Cuba on
the p4th, and on the loth the privateer took the
Golden Grove out to lea, and knitted her, as the
Spanitb Governor at St. Jago de Cuba would not
eemit the Ship to lie in that harbour, nor (offer any
if the crew belonging to her to be brought on there.
We, film days Since, mentioned in our paper, the
letermination of the Spaniila Governor at Sr. Jago
ICuba, not to idler any prizes to be brought into
at hatbour, and likewife of demanding all thole
ivhich had been brought in, and were lying in the
harbour, to be immediately taken out, whereupon
upwards of 30 Engl:fh veffels, which had been cap-
tured by the French privateers, were to en
k out of the
arbour and defiroyed, previous to that of the Gni-
n Cu":. St. JAgo de Cuba had been much in-
led with pilaffs from Hifpanirda, who tame in the
ht-time, and had let fire to (email honks, and
nc other confiderablc miichicf: