Star.
London, England, 1811-11-26 00:00:00

KINGSTON, OCTOBER 12.

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It is with sincere reeret that we announce this
week the &cease of Bartholomew Samuel Rowley,
Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his
;Mak.sty's squadron on this station, which melancholy
event took WitCc at the Pen, on Monday evening, be-
tween nine and ten o'clock. The Admiral had en-
kiyed.uninterrupted good health from the period of
nos arrival in this climate, until about a fortnight
previ‘us to his dissolution,. when he had a very severe
attack of fever, which pontinued with such violence,
a; at length to affect his mental facultic,, and not--
-withitanding every medical assistance was rendered
him, efforts to save his IVe proved unavailing.-
1118areniairs were interred in the Cht:rch-yard of this
city on the following al,ernoon with every honour
due to his rank. The pro Cession set out from the Pen
• at about a quarter past five o'clock, at which time,
on a signal being made to the Rig ship, the ships of
-war and kuts commenced tiring minute guns, which
continued until the bcdy was interred.
• Admiral Rowley was the second son of the late Sir
Joshua Rowley, part. Vice-Admiral of the White
v `Squ,idrott, ho married in the year 1759, and died
on q* Vebruary, 1790. He was born in the
.'year 1763, entered the service at a very early age,
end like his father and grandfather (Sir Wrn. Row-
Admiral of the Fleet), pbtained rapid pro-
- potion. He was made yost into the Lowestoffe fri-
'gate,of al guns, on this station, on the 31st of Janu-
ary, 1781; a Rear Admiral, on the 14th of February,
a Vice-Admiral, on the 9th of November,
1803; told Adiniral (of the Blue), on the gist July,
1810. In Apr 1, 1807, he had the chief command of
ssqtratiron employed ip the Downs, in which be
continued until February, 1.087 when he was ap.
.44.4n* tea to succeed the late Viee-Adutiral Dacres in'
eltief command on this station.
•r A conspiracy, which had been fer some time in
airiiation, was fortunately 'discovered at Mar:iiiiqUe
t)e 2A;th i 4 last tr ontb, when ,5.0 cif the ringleaders
*kre takrn and put into gaol. It had been excited
by.three flegti,e“lqin St. Domingo, one of them a
48181ter to die late 'fouissint ; another of them was,
possessed rf considerable property, and, accounts
-from -Martinique say, had been air this island three
i.lifffreci timer, from which he returned to that'
island by the way of Curacoa, and it is also said, has
Conespondents here, whom endeayouri were using
to ford out,

PZ.R.AffIN PAP. Elq.

NAPLES, SEPTEMBER eft.

There is at present much bustle in opt harbours.
-The ceastißg trade is protected by thehatteries tormed
the shore. The inte:conrse between Otranto
and Corfu is seCured. cort tt is in the best possible
-state of defence, Aid that island hai not been disturbed
`by the English this year: •

NAPLES, OCTOBER 5.
The misfortune which bele' the province of Molise,
is much more considerable than it was supposed.
B: sixes the B fern°, Several other rivers, swelled by
L':e con have overflowed their banks, the
-water having poure4 down from the mountains in
int wits.. Bai;ino waventiiely laid under water, and
sot verwhe.mt d v iih sand and mild, that some thou-

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sands of labourers from the neirrlibourhood must be ; I
empl• y,cl'to render the houses again habitable. In ;1
this town was an erVnence, on which stood a tine !1
caste—the water undermined this eminence, and 'r
threw it cl,:wo; together with the bit:Wings upon it.
At Liiiinsan there was a stone bridge, which was
ca. ried away by the flu( d. '
• OC•1 otter. 6.—Thirty in the enemy's ships have ap- I
pearcd oil the island of Ponza... In consequence of 1
hearii g that this fleet n.ight have on beard nearly
-5000 ni.en, it was supposed they intended an aitack
Upon 044 t-!. his Majesty instantly dispatched his
Aujut int General Mellet to General Grenier, to en-
gage him to reinforce the garrison of that phice with
a fresh battalion. •Sul;s:quent inilmr.ation, however,
anncvinced, that the enemy directed all his forces
stgaitiNt. he mail island ( f Poprea, which now is in his
•p:•ss-.tssion. The garrison was composed buf of a few
'soldiers. We can retake this island whenever we
'choose, for,lt is ric.t iilz.dy they will employ all their
force to preserve it.
• • Ocrtraen I S.—On Wednesday last Vt,suvins threat-
ened us with 4 speedy iritiption. A black and thic.k.
'smoke was seen to rise from its crater, and frcnn litUe
io ti ,te large quai.tkies a lava gushed out with an
horrible )(use. Every thing announced the (;pproach
.•(...i.of 2.,- of those great eruptions which always leave
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et.r t atm so cleplo:able traces. Happily a calm has
succeeded, and we now have little to sear.
' VIFNNA, OCTOBER C.
Tae Metropol ran Chpter hri received orders to
n-tycj.ht,d, within the spaCe• of six wet ki, c') elect an
Arc.l4(isirop ; tri there i. rea'spit for :.opposing that
the revenuelf (14;s rich bcnctice • will be reduced to
sits•nrilFions in bank b(11s, h.catiSe the greater part of
the 4n1:4105. will be sold 14or the bener.t c•f'the State.
T.hiliaptcr is•the only itr-. in the Monarchy that
i•iiiirres proofs of hlttbiti y, there f re all its prebends
are. peculited by sans 'of the first' families in' the
totpires• . • ' ',.
~ i fl.p;•1-1INp, OCTOBER,a. . .
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This day oite of the largest magazines of provisions
yea, kittrift dpsvii ,- the. *adjoining houses rrere With
11440 Oilietalf sated:' '', -.- '
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'PETERSBURGH, OCTOBER 8.
. :OA ttlearzseh qt-q-lopot Ltst# a Rtpsian corps took
by storm an island, situate in the upper part of:the
4iver Loin, which was strongly garrisoned. The
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enemy last the lassie of-steir
great number of ltMed and 'wounded.
stated in the wbula of 100 lien.
On" the 23d, a Russian detaphment loran*
With a strong foraging pasty, near to
which ociasion the ilusilans !fad ten men killed, The,
Turks lost more than 200 men, exclusive of a
ber made prisoners.