Star. — London, England, 1802-08-23 00:00:00

WEI - MOUTH, AUGUST Pas Royal Highnefs the Prince of Watts ar rived ye.;eiday al,ernoon, And after promenading th.:E.F..inade %rich the KING and the PRINCESSES, (pea the evening with their M—sits - rics at Glou. ceder Lo,.!ge. 'Tic mornine; his MAJESTY, accompanied by tl:e Prin.:: of IiiALES and Duke of CUMBERLAND, at:ended by Colonels CARTWRIGHT and Firzeny, rode to M ti.len Cagle, to review the Oxford riles, now in quartets at Dorcheder. The QUEEN and PRINCESS t• S rode in their coinages through the village. of Upway. Lalt night a private of the Guards broke open the houfe of Mr. BOLT, and dole a Myer watch ; heing fLaprifed by the neighbours before he had time to perpetrate further depredation, they pur• 1:z.1 him, and found him concealed in a boat, wrapped in the fails; after undergoing an exami -11!•oa before the Magillrates, the culprit was committed to Dorchefter prilim, to take his trial at the allizes. There will be a villble eclipfe of the fun at nine tetn minutes pail five, on the morning of Saturday VV. Alderman Coma' is gone for a few weeks with an Englilh Gentleman who has bufinefs in Cham pap,: and Alface. Lord and ricr, RolaNays, Sir WM. BARKER, Colonel and Mrs. BLENNFRMASStT, Rev. Dr. Bit ts• cot, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. BowLis, are among the latt arrivals at B at h. Yarmouth, which is at prefent the Afargais of the City of Nc wich and County of Norfolk, is very 14 of company. Among others. are Lord lAS and Lady FITLROY ; Sir M. B. Foot E., Lad) and daughter; Lady and Mr. Ha cvos, &c. At 3:anmore, on Monday, the 16th of Angit:l, the iirli Sialdcrlption Bali for the feafon took place. Though the fir it Balls are in general thin, owing to the heat of the room, and the abfence of neigh bouring latniiies, it was neverthelef, one of the bell attended of any that had ever been remem. tiered. 'the hail commenced at eight o'clock, with Airs. (...a.-a',nr ,' Trap. About twiny couple w e nt down. It was opened by Mir, Rum), daughter of Princ.:fs CASILLCICAL.I, and Mr. J. AfgficrSetwell f.liowed, &c. Among the company were Princefs CASTLECICALA and the Mica Row. ro's, part of the Marquis of Astatoes's family, &c. The intenfc heat prevented the Marquis of Amon s's amodance. Great preparations are making at the Hague for the reception of the FIRST CONSUL, who is ex pelled to vitit that city on his tour through Bel gium. He is to he accompanied by the Prince of ORA`iG R. The French garriinn at the Hague cc lebrated the birth day of the FIRST CONSUL. On Friday lafi an Officer undertook to run from Louth to Horncattle, for a fmall w ages., a dillance of 4 miles, in two boors, but performed it in one hour and 58 minutes and a half. Advice, have been received from the Cape of Coy d Hope, hating that the Hottentots have fo mentA a difpute among tbemfelves, and numbers are fAid to have (*Allen. Mr. Nell is's b. h. Liu& 8 . 7, is matched againft Mr. A ADZEWS'S ch. h. by Edmund, one four•mile beat. at the enfuing Lcicctier Races for 300 gui neas. A novel kind of funeral took place a few days ego at Rayleigh ,• Mr. J. Downs, a farmer, who died at the age of 64, ordered that his body fhould be drawn on his own waggon to the place of in• terment by four of his own horfes ; they were kd by fair of his workmen, clothed in new leather jacket., and each wearing a pair of hedging gloves. On Saturday fennight, at about half paft ten o'clock in the evening, the moon rendering the aven:ag as light as day, a young lady was walk i E alone at Brompton Crefcent, when a hackaev e tcil d) ew up, and two men forced her into it, in fpito r f her ineffedrial aruggles, and repeated cries o'-" Murder, rape, my father, my mother! &C." The cries, however, brought feveral perfons out of their houses, and among the ref, a young gtntlernan (who the writer hopes will be induced hereby to give, at one of the public offices, fuel; irni,.maticn as he was able to procure). This Gentleman foon overtook the coach, and being dole to it, noted down the number, but not till he had received Come revere blows with the whip from the coachman. When the coach reached Hyde Park turnpike, it either flopped, or was flopped, ;Ind the men within produced a letter, purport ing, that the lady was Mils —, who wa s infant, and had efcaped her keepers, who had then again fecured her. On this the young man iu quelfion difcontioued the purtiait, and no fur- ther enquiry has been made, though the circum fiances naturally excite great curiofity, converfa• tiun, and fufpicion, in the neighbourhood of brompton. Du r t.—ln the cafe of Bennett v. Grigby,which was tried at the lail aflizcs at St. Edmund's Bury, lir. ALDL R sow was Counfel for the Plaintiff. Mr. Grocer, the Defendant, conceiving himfelf to be tcfleaed upon by Mr. A. in part of hie addrtfs to I s lc Jury, applied to that Gentleman for explana tion. Mr. A. informed hint that he had not made any affertion injurious to Mr. G.; that the itVerrntes mad e by Counfel from evidence are never under h) be their ell,rtimr; that this was all the ex which the nature of the cafe admitted, he hoped it would be fatisfailory. Mr. allowed that Counfel were not refpon their conchifions from evidence ; but he that Mr. A.'s obfervations, of which he ted, aide in any refpea out of the evi the carife. To this Mr. A. could not of ' all attempts to produce a reconciliation ineffeltual,atneeting took place on Monk- I, near Norwich, on Tuefday evening, at lock. Mr. ALDERSON was attended to the Mr. MACKINTOSH ; and Mr. GRIGIT by , ar a. Two Hoots were exchanged with no tlian that of Mr. C.'s firft ball palling the fkirts of Mr. A.'s coat. A cordial re.- j lola was afterwards mad t Ay rota to 1] nation an,l that I G. in rep' • bole for t dtnittl tl coinyLsint t!en ct in le:::, and pivinct. it $ im!d I Ad.; by N . Mr.lvitp a ear.tigh t t4:4.444ic ieflthiNG7ol4l CANAL. We mentioned a thort time fince that a Com- 1 , 1 pany of Gentlemen had fuhfcrthed 4.00,0001. for the purpofe of making a Canal ftom the Bafon of the Grand Junction Canal, at Paddington, to the London Docks at Wapping. We have been fa voured with the following defcription of the line which it is intended this Canal (hall take : It will commence at the Bafon at Paddington, crofs the Edgeware Road with a little N. W. in -1 clination, palling the front of the Qeen's Head and Artichokepublic-houles ; from ihence acrofs Tottenham-court-road, between St. James's bury- ing-ground and the New River refervoir ; crofs the igew Road at the Ealt corner of Bedford Nur fery, and proceed in a direct line acrofs Gray's- Inn-lane, at the Welt corner of the Welch Charity School, over the valley at Bagnigge Wells, and under the field South of the New River Head, crofs St. John-ltreet, North of Taylor's Brewhoufe; acrofs Gofwell-ltreet, South of Gofwell-place ; the City Road talow the Turnpike-Gate North of Lady Lumley's Ahns-houles, Hoxton; Kinglland road, near the Ironmengers' Alms-houf e s ; Hack ney-road, through Nliddlefexplace; Bethnal-green New Road, Whitechapel-road at the Mount, pro-, ceedinf; in nearly a dircet line to Wapping Docks, at Well's Gardens. A committee has been named' to apply to Pat liament at its Meeting, for an Aet to carry this uleful work into immediate execution. At a late hour on Satut day night, a fire balloon fell in Welton's Park, Linc , tichts, which fet fire to a quantity of dry thaw belonging to fume tabling, and had it not been for the exertions of a number of people pafling by, who battened immediately to the !Pot, the whole range of (ta bling would probably have been dellroyed. On Thurfd ty latt, as Captain %I/ATKINS was returning in his curricie from South End to his bottle at Biontfiell, in Effex, accompanied by his Lady and Mrs. CARTER, her nruber, the pole of the carriage broke, and they fell out at the heels of :he horfes, which taking fright, plunged and kicked fu violently, that all of the party:were moil feetrely, and, it is feared, dangeroitfly wounded, particularly Mrs. CARTER. Capt. WATKINi iS a naval OfEeer, who acquired a c(a . fidet able fortune by his gallant exploits in the comic of the latt war : he was the Firth Lieutenant of the much. 'arnented Capt. FAUKEKER, who was killed in boarding the French frigate la Pique. About eight o'clock on Friday morning there was a fmuke difcovered breaking out of tho win dows of the Banking.houfe of Meas. Foam a, Lu snot s, Foe sv sa, and CLatt Ks, Manfion houfe fireet, and on fearch being made from whence it came, it was afcertained that there was fume fire put in the infide of the wainkoat which fronts the hJufe, and up a wooden pipe that conveyed the water from the top. The timely auiflance of tome eilgines was rendered uklefs, as the fire was com pletely extinguifited befdie they arrived, by tear ing afide all the wainfeoating of the ottaide, which was found to be burning. This infamous act way certainly perpetrated by foam malicious perfon of perfons not yet difcovered. Very providentially the effeei was fo flow that it did not anfwer the diabolical intent. Saturday afternoon as a Gentleman and Lady, accotnpanied by two young children, were going through Broad.flreet, St. Giles's, in a (Ingle horfe chaife, it was run foul of by a brewer's dray, which nearly tore one of the wheels from the chart.— The !hock was lb great as to throw one of the children out, which the Lady providentiallycaught by the arm as it was falling, and preierved the in fant's life at the hazard of her own, the being nearly half out of the chaife at the time. The lady had her left shoulder and fide very much bt uited by the wheels of the dray, the driver of which continued his journey without the leap conccra. A houfe in Oxford-road, No. 333, oppofite John-fireet, having been pulled down loon time, for the purpoie of rebuilding, between Meffrs. Jar man and Attwood, (hoemakers, and MA's. Moore and Co. bookfcllers, the props necefrary for the fupport of the party wails were affixed; but not being thought fufficient by Mr. Jarman, he applied on Friday to the furveyot, to know whether the bottle was perfeelly fare, who, after examination, replied in the affirmative. The flack of chimnics in the party wall, which formed the chief fupport of the houfe, had been nearly cut away at bottom, for the purpore of improvements, and they were fupported only by two pieces of wood, not very thong. About twelve o'clock on Saturday night, this flack began to fink, and made the houfe give Tome flight cracks, which were repeated,till at steady two o'clock on Sunday morning, a very violent crack was heard. Mrs. Jarman then jumped out of bed, and gave the alarm to the whole houfe, in which were feveral lodgers. They jolt had time to efeape with their lives, when the party wall gave way, and, draw ing with it every floor from the honk fell with a moll violent crafh into the chafm Of the houfe purled down; furniture, piftures, dre. of every de fcription, lay buried in the ruins; and on the rub billi occ afioned by the fall, a little dog which had crept into a corner, was feen in his perilous fitua lion, by the rpeCtators, which remained, with a bird hanging againfi the wall, till releafed by the hu manity of thole whom the accident had colleaed together; about two in the afternoon of Saturday, a cart arrived with a tingle prop, to fupport the front of the houfe, which appeared ready to fall every moment into the ft:vet, and, among the number of people, would have done Come mischief. It is extraordinary, that the party wall, in falling, should have drawn with it the whole infide of the houfe, floors, beams, wainfcoting, every part, leaving the back and front walls and roof (landing, apparently uninjured, but without a thing to (up. port them, except the brick-work. The infide of the houfe came away as if it never had been con. netted with the walls, which were left ftrittly a (hell. Happily no lives were loft, nor was any perfonal injury funained ; but the whole of the fu niture, and the (Lock in trade, of Meas. Jarman and Attwood, two young men, ihoemakers, who have not been a year together in bands ' were buried in the ruins. NAUTICAL INTELLIG.SNuE. MAILS THIS DAY.-WIND S. E. ♦aatnei. 2 Dublin, 2 Were.Ord I Hartiburgh I French I Mach FALMOUTH, AUGUST 20. OUT. Arrived his Majefty's brig C;anet, of t 3 guns, Captain Bur rows; the Nimble cutter, Lieutenant Ci-thlati; and Clat.fina cutter, Thomas, from a cruize aglinft the Smugglers! th• former failed again immediately.—The Role, pilot boat, Iron Dover, (poke, off Scilly, his :Vlajeity's (hip Ddit, of 64 CUM; Coromandel, of 54 guns; and Melpomene, of eo guns, Irian the Weft Indies, for Portfmouth.—The American flilp Volant, Captain Pollard, after a paffcge of go days from Charleston. with fugar, coffee, &c. for orders ; the bark Princefs Ru'. d. —, from London, for the Weft Indies; the American thip Martha, Captain Martin, front Havre de Grace, for Liroon ; the French lugger It Suret, Captain James Cherrier; and the French brig la Cybelic, Cept ,in J. Il , :adron, both, from Noir moutier, with fait for the fithery.—SaiLd the En;;lifh brig Eclipfe, Captain Jams Henderfon, for Malaga.—Paffed this port for:Hanturgh the American (hip Jam e s, Captain Cilanal ler, in 28 days from Baltimore, with tobacco, coffee, &c.—The King Georg:: packet with two Union Mails, of the gd and toth irritant, is Pali detained by contrary winds —The Duke of Kent packet, with Le-ward Bland 104111, will fail on Sunday if favourable wine.-1 he Prince Frnell, and Prineefs Charlotte packets will take Mails of neat inonea fur Jamaica and New York.—The Wahin:ham packet may he expedted every boor, with Mails from Litton, the wind h blx.vn y-fterday and all this day to the S. S. W.—Our Pilchard lithery roes on rather flowly: about 16,000 lihd.s. only have been taken In the county, PLYMOUTH, ALTrUST IT. Yetenfoy f.iled the Cancans, of i 6 guns, Capt. DELA. roes, on a cruif,.. This morning failed the Ca rscc r, of 36 guns, Capt. CAR- Tif E , for Chathirn. r',v,:cl the ATALA;ITI, of 'l6 guns, Captain MA:filial". Juft anehorrdin th.!Sound u l t:Vutch nap of 74 guns ; from her apparent good oreci., we irtugirre Mei; outwardbc.und, it havieg blown fn:fh from the S. W. On .1:1,:r fainting, the lows and hatterks were crow.!cd by female, under an i,lr th . at it was Rtar Admiral Causal:Li , and the fquadron from the Welt Indies. PORTSMOUTII, AUGUST as. Arrived the MAC:NI/MINI •man.of war, of 74 guns, from the Weft Indies; MILIIROOK. 1100 p of war, from War - at-1r; WASSINAMI and EURUII frigates, from Malta. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 22. Friday evening arriv , (l cite LiA N A packet, Capt. S rrwA 7, from Cuxhaven, with mails and parenzers: the mails were im mediately conveyed to town in a poR-ehaife. Yeiterday paired throug.i our Roads, a fleet of,Fatt country men tor the River; atro feveral laden cnUers. The pi a,A packet has failed for the Harwich Ration. Remain in the Roads the Liao; Reap of war, and Cautaxa brig. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Bourdelais will be paid either on board at Clotham, for la Courier French c rvcttc, dettroyed in the Waft Indies; or at No. 22, Arundel-(treat, on the fiat Thurfday monthly. The Mermaid, for the capture of l'fifpe'ranza, will be paid on Thurfday, the ad day of September nest, at the Griffin, in Villefa-ftreet, Strand. FROM LLOYD's LIST. DEAL, AUCWIT az.—Sailed forcral outward-bound —Wind S. S. W. GRAVESEND, AUGUST .12.--Paffedhy the Monarch, Mor timore, from Madras; Morningron Packet, -----, from Bengal ; and the Duke of Montrofe, Burt, from Calcutta; Miner:a, Cooley, from Havannah; Ann, —, from Peterf burgh; Lark, Bruton; Flora, Neale; and the Robert, Ayl ward, front Jamaica; Apollo, ---, from Gibraltar; litro, Smi h , from St. Kitt's; Fame, and Prifci lla, from Waterford; Brothers, Linfon, front Q2ebec ; Re tkers, Soper, front Grenada; Dover, Brown, front Egypt; Cove, Wyatt, from Tobago; Margaret, Goodwin, from Tenerife; Adventure, —, from S. Vincent's ; Jane, Reynolds; and Garland, —, from-kfamburgb.—Sailed the Hamilton, Bai ley. for Africa; Two Friends. M.Neii, for Charleiton; Amity, Jackfon ; Elizabeth, Cobb; Waikzunkeil and Eleanor, —, for Hambursh. ARRIVED. Off Brighton—Hero, Smith, from St. Kites. At Charlefton—kehecca, —, from BriftoL At St. Vincent's—Baron Mcnnalembrrt, —, from Africa. At the I-Lwannah—Latona, Smith; Roe, --; Mary, Bars; and Fanny, from Africa. At Ancona—Vefhl, Barber, from London. In the Downs—Rankers, Soper, from Grenada; Minerva, Cooley, from Havannah ; Britannia, Miller, from Charlefton ; Traveller, Middleton; and Brothers, Linton, from Quebec; Elbe, Salmon, from Oporto; Adventure, Green, from St. Vin cent's; Peggy, Sinchir, Irons Tobago; Mary, Colnett, from Lisbon; Flora, M-Neil ; Rebecca, Samden ; Albion, Meek ; Earl St. Vincent's, Hutton; and Robert, Aylward, from Ja maica • and Flora, Merrylafs, from Smyrna. At Cowes—Pegafus, Junius, from Cliarlefton. Off Shoreham—Jamaica Packet, Drifeal, from Jamaica. Off Eafthome--Adlive, Melkt, from Martinique; and Am phlon, —, from Madeira, bound to Amfterdam ; and Tre lawney Planter, M'Donald, from Jamaica. At Liverpool—Horatio, Hodfon, from Jamaica; Charles, Morris, from New Brunfwick; Ranger, Brown, from St. Michael's; and Flanders, Mitchell, from Lifbon. At Dublin—Wafhington, —, from Bofton. At Cork—Duke of Athol, —, from Quebec. At Rofs—Ann, Ryan, from Newfoundland. At Barbadoes—Prineefs Royal, Ritchie, from Africa. At Demarara—Eliza, Reed, from Africa. At Teneriffe—Margarett, Godwin, from London. At Jamaica.—Grant, Peacock; and Lsvdy , Falluser, from London. The Ferret Southern whaler, of and from London, was (poke with on the 17th or allth of June, in lat. 26 S. long. 4 as W. all well. The Terpflchore, Barge, from Quebec for Brißol, is loft on Flat !nand, in the Oulph of St. Lawrence. The Phaeton, Billing; from the Me of May foeSt.Thomaes, is loft off Antigua. The Prince cartel, with French prifoners of war, from Ma dras for Europe, was (deed on her palfagc by the prifoneri,who carried the vcffcl into the 'Mauritius, and who were thereby enabled to man the 13ellona privateer, of 36 guns, by which fe veral of our (hips in the Indian feas have been captured. The Prince faikd Sro the Cape in company with the Suffolk, of 7; guns. It appears, that in the latitude to. S. the prifoners hay ing arranged their plan, came on deck in the evening each armed with a billet of firewood concealed under his jacket, and ac cording to the concerted diftrihution of their numbers, teemed at once, and without bloodibed, the Guards, the Officers, and the Signal-book; they continued for two days to anfwer and obey all the fignals of the Suffolk, and on the third night avaU ad lb:Werra of a knell to part company. CAPTUR F. OF THE HIGHLAND CHIPS IIs'DIAMAN: The following is in extr.td of a latter from Mr. THompsou, Lite fira Ofricer of ttc HIGH I. AND I t F,con vexing this very ttnplettlt it hit el.: A ence: " Jtriy Ro, btsck , off V izagapatana March ~ t lost " I ant fsrry to inform you of the eaptu.-e of the (14 2 1,L 0 ,4 Chef, by the bretich privates,. Inh la Sabti.ite, of five guns, rd I t 6 men, conintanded by Ce avail Pine iu, in Lit. a. 11). and long. 93.36... oat the nth of February, a: two P. M. after an :tdiAl of about ball an hour, wLeti they loon Lot pm ffiCiun by h23rd O.:; %%rah ys men, the grsateft part being itittisoc ,ted. 'lle Port ugliefe Cameo and I .aleass ,ving ran from their guar iv-4 we t :al 'y at Englifli in all :I,r the (lactic,: of the thip. l'hey boarded us on the weatitrr-fide, kavin^ every thing its comp!-te r.air;lers for that purpofe--the men being in the tops and rigging, and the back of the fails toweels us, we Wan pre vented feting their intention. lam forty to add, Capt. Greena way was hided en the poop after the action. The greate:: part of the litters have been 1011, and Mr. Haldane is goat hi the Highland Chief to the IN of France. " When the privateer was fir& teen the was to windward, with American colours flying, and ftippo(ed to be tic Ame rican brig Roebuck, which veffil the Highland Chief ...itled in company from, the Cape, and had been leen twiac our lig the ralLige: the cominued edging dawn on the ifighiande Chia, carefully concealing her guns and people, (as only dire Euro peans and a few black faces were (ten) until the came within hail, rhen an.anfwer was Liven in tolerable iliglifli to a quer tion that had Mein athed I—it was then thilovered taut the had guns, and that they were (bitting them neer to :he liCe next the Highland Chief, which :nit oceafioned furpizion of her being an enemy ; and after three or four rounds with the great guns, the conceit was terminated by boarding, as above Rated. Sonic of the crew of the Highland Chief were wounded by cuddles, in !warding, but no odic.. life. was lint than Captain Greenaway's, which probably may be attributed te the general flute of int 'iv ication of the crew of the privateer, for he was fhot from a bl•unlerburs, out of one of the tops, after the fhip had aruek. las of the enemy was one officer and fever men an; 19 wounded. " The icy after the endure of the Highland Chief, the pri vateer fell in with the Roebuck, and fired into her, notwith d.anding the Lad Am:vicar colours flying, by which Lane of her flay.: and other inconliderabic damage was fultained; and Nina:L:lr Pineati made no ceremony aft.. rwards of planderiz g 11._r of filch articles as he wanted; he the.; ordered the lauds of the Roebuck to he lieif:;:d out, to receive :hr prireners on hoard; but they were firit employed upwards of 30 hours in carrying :he guns and various articles from the Highland Chici to the privateer, previous to her dictateh to the Mauridus.after which. the prifoners were put on beard the Roebuck, with a prumlf: of a fuflicleot fupply of water and pravillons, &c. but the quan tity of both Was very leant, and a want of the former article obliged the Roebuck to put into Vizagapatam. " The ittiebu:k arrived with tin: crew of the Highland Chief at Calcutta on the 14th March.—The cargo of tile prize WA, worth 4:301o1 _ _ " Mr. Lee, the fecond officer of the Highland Chief, home• dint iV nn the enemy's boarding, (while doing the gain', rcc dyed a violent blow on tae back of his neck, with a blunt cutlers, which deprived him of his lenfes for a wort timer-. had the !titruntent been ibarp, he mutt inevitably have 14g . t. A.u.s head." The following (hips of the line and frigates at Plymouth have received orders to prepare for a cruize in the Channel, before the commencemel t of the autumnal equinos.—They are to be virtual. led for four months : Silks. Guns. Commanders. Belkillis - - 74 Captain Wurrur. Centaur ~ 1" Rear-Admiral Dames. a 14 1 Cape. LITTL AAAAA L. Courageux " - 74 --- HARDT. Pirgnrd - • 48 --- WALLIS 3 HulThr - . . 38 —P. W/LLtAblioll4 Sirius - - 36 PROWS-. Carr rat •• • 32 •••-• MUNDT. AMERICAN AND LEEIVaRD ISLAND I PAPER:. American papers to the Bth of July were re ceived on Saturday. Letters from Bermuda allude to an intended infurretion of the Blacks in Martinique of a very ferious nature. The alleflination of all the Whites in the ifland was the °bled of this atrocious con (-piracy, which, it is (hied, was fet on font by ono of the rebellious Chiefs who had made his efcape from Guadaloupe. Fortunately a ditioverY was made feveral days before the ezplofion was to ta7 e Axe, and all the Whigs being prepared for de fence, this defperate enterprize was ah.indon- *. The author of the confpiracy was fent back ,o Guadaloupe in chains, with a demand on the p. 11.: of our Commander that he litould intiantly be p: t to death. By the fame channel we learn, that a great number of the French fettlers in iVLirtinicple are taking fleps to remove to Trinidad; and indeed in all the ceded Iflands there is reafim to exp Let that there will bt a fimilar defire of emizririen. The French colonial fyllem is lb impolitic; it is fo little calculated to ingPire wealthy fettlers with confidence, that nothing but neceifity can retain the moft confiderable planters in any of the French poiTeillons. _ The anniverfary of American Independence was celebrated with the ufual demonarations of joy. It was perhaps deficient in the fplendour which charaelerized the celebration on former years. On Saturday a Mail was received at the Poll.• Office from the Leeward Mantis, brought to Fal mouth by the Townfend packet, in 29 days from Tortola. The paffengers in the Townfend were, the Rev. H. CAMPBELL, from Antigua ; Captain ARBUTHNOT, of the Bth Weil India Regiment, and Capt. Rowe, from St. Kitts, and Mr. Picrat. INC, from Tortola. Intelligence is received from Jamaica by the Albion and the Richard, which veifels arrived off Dover on Friday. They mention that the malig. nant fever, which had been fo fatal at Cape Fran cois, was almoft wholly confined to that port, and that the reli of St. Domingo was tolerably healthy and tranquil. Letters from Kingfton, St. Vincent's, of July 3, Rate, that an ad has been publifhed for granting a falary to Mr. BENTINCK, as Captain. General and Governor of that illand. He had appointed a meeting of the Legiflature to take place, (portly after winch it was expelled that his Excellency would proceed to the fale, &c. of the Carib Ifiands. which was the immediate objed of hi s ;ping thither. The Affembly have voted a piece of plate to Mr. OTTLEY, who was the ailing Governor, Letters from Baffeterre, St. Kitt's, date, that accounts from Guadaloupe that the authority of the Government eitablilhed throughout the :amid, and th. Bands are now reduced to a few fcatt badly appointed parties, who, howevs Fume alarm in the plantations contiguat haunts, and form points of rendezvo c us t, (laves, &c. The damage done dating tiarretiton is very ennfirfpr..kl. 1 1171 s, July t 6, )e mention, is fully re. :ha the bri. ;/ awed and :ver. excite nts to their to runaway the late lop ,/ , • ,4 • ■