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1 II EAST INDIES. MADRAS, FEBRUARY 11. By a private letter from Caringa, of ,he 25th ult. we are informed, that the ship Palmer, Capt. SIGNET, Was captured the 22d, in sight of that port, by a Fr;,nch privateer, commanded by Mons. David. The Frenchman having dismantled th e P a l mer , gave h er back to Capt. SIGNET, but unfortunately on endea vouring to get into the harbour she grounded on the Point. Previous to the capture of the Palmer, she received a broadside and a volley of small arms from the privateer, which killed three men. Mons. David likewise cut out of Caringa Road the Snow Sir Tiromns STRANGE, and the Pegue gal ley, both of which vessels he returned their respective crews. The privateer that Mons. David commands is the late brig Martha; she is manned \%ith only five Eu ropeans, and IS Caffres, and carries eight 6-pound carronades. MADRAS GAZETTE, FEBRUARY is. The following dispatch from his Excellency Rear- Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. Commander-in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels serving in the East Indies, was this day received by the Hon. the Governor in Council : To the Honourable W. Petrie, Governor in Council, Fort St. George. Hoxoun.AßLE SIR—I have the honour to transmit to you a statement of our proceedings in this quar ter, by which you will be informed, that the whole of the men of war remaining to' the Powers of Holland in the East Indies have been finally destroyed. - I cannot refuse to myself the pleasure of expressing my satisfaction, that, in the execution of this service, the most cordial unchrstanding has reigned between the naval and military forces employed under the joint command of myself and Lieutenant-Colonel Lockhart ; and that, in your selection of that valu able officer to co-operate with me on this occasion, 1 consider myself much indebted to you, Sir, in Conn- cil. It is my intention to proceed to-morrow on our return to Madras, part of the squadron making the passage through the Straits of Balla, and the rest un- ; my tia:; by the way of Malacca. I have the honour to be, Honourable Sir, Your very obedient Servant, (Signed) ED. PELLEW. Muksty% Ship Culloden, off Griesse, 15th of Datmber, 1808. Having sailed from Malacca on the 20th ult. we zrrived with the squadron named in the margin,* off Po nt Panka, at the eastern extremity of Java ) on the Sth inst. with the troops embarked on board them.— The Fox reconnoitred Batavia on the passage, where ab ig only was lying in the roads. The shoal water prevented the line of battle ships from proceeding be yo d Sedaye, about ten miles up the harbour on the right, from whence, in conjunction with Lieutenant- Col onel Lockhart, commanding the troops on hoard, the Commander-in-Chief sent a commission, under a flag of truce, consisting of Captain Fleetwood Pam of his Majesty's ship Powerful, Captain Bir Charles Bardett of his Majesty's 30th regiment, and Mr. L cker, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, to treat with the Commandant of the Dutch naval force, for the surrender of the Dutch men of war under his con mand, lying at Griessee, in a dismantled state.-- A copy of their proposals follows. On their arrival at Griessee, Mr. Cowell, the Dutch Commodore, thought fit to detain the boat, and place them in arrest, contrary to the established rights of nations, sending information to that purport by one of his officers, and absolutely refusing to accept any conditions for the sun ender of the ships. The following morning, having lightened the Cul loden and Powerful, the whole of the ships proceeded up to Griessee, cannonading a battery of twelve nine and 18-pounders at Sambelangan, on the island of' Madura, on the left, the fire from which with hot shot hulled several of the ships, but providentially struck no person on board them, and was soon silenced.— The battery of Griessee fired a few shot ulso, with out effect. The Gentlemen of the Commission and the boat's crew, by order of the Commodore, on the approach' of the British ships, were removed to Sourabaya, about 15 miles higher up the harbour, and they hav ing r.'presented to the Governor and Council of that settlement, to which Griessee is subordinate, the un justifiable conduct of the Dutch Commodore, they were released the following day, and, accompanied by a deputation of three of their Members, are on their return to express the concern of that Government, (disclaiming all concurrence in this violent measure) and to receive the terms upon which a final arrange ment should be made. The affair being thus settled without further diffi culty, the men of war named in the margin,t were burnt on the evening of the II th inst, they having been scuttled previous to the Dutch Commodore's desertion of Griessee. The two former were very fine ships, but by great neglect were considerably wantii.g in repair. The Kortemtar had long since been cut down and employed as a sheer-hulk, no other vessel of war was found in the harbour. The grenadier company of his Majesty's 30th regi ment took possession of Griessee, and with a party of artillery has effectually destroyed the guns, military stores, &c. in the garrison ; the naval stores being de stroyed by a division of seamen landed from the squa dron ; the battery of Sambelangan, has, agreeably to the terms of the treaty, been destroyed by the Dutch, and since inspected by the Commanding Othcor of Artillery. _ _ This service has completed the entire destruction of the naval force of Holland In the East Indies, the previous successes of his Majesty's ships having de prived them of every other ship of war in their service on th's station. The defenceless state of the ships now destroyed, which lay on shore alongside the - hulk, their guns being Untied, and the batteries being unequal to op. pose the fire of the squadron, did not afford a suffi cient opportunity to exercise the united naval and mi litary forces employed on this service, but the diflricul • Culloden, 74, Rear Admiral Sir Edward Renew, Captain George Bell ; Powerful,. 74, Capt. Fleetwood Yellow (Acting) ; Caroline, 36, Capt. Henry Hart ; Fox, 82, Hon. Capt. Cochrane ; Victor, 19, Capt. Thomas Groube ; Samarang, 18, Capt. Richard Buck ; Seallower, 14, Lieut. W, F, Owen ; laseur, 12, Lieut. 'l'. Langhorne. t Worcester transport; Revolude, 70; Pluto, 70; Kortcnaar, Sheer Hulk, 68 ; Runoff, Company's ship of 1000 tans, pierced icor 40 gum ties which have been surmounted in bringinz up the ships to Griessee, have called forth that active zeal and perseverance which is highly creditable to the ex ertions of the .respective Captains and Commanders, and every person on board. . The Commander-in-Chief feels himself greatly in debted to Lieutenant-Colonel Lockhart, for the or. dial co-operation with which he has been uniformly actuated in this undertaking, and for the valuable as sistance received from the officers and troops under his command ; he has only to regret that the circum stances under which the force has been employed cud not reward them by an opportunity of distinguishing themselves on shore, with their accustomed ardour and intrepidity. - - sentiment on the part of the Court of St. Petersburgb, a change for which the Nobles were prepared, by iie privations they were made to endure, and the dimi nution of income experienced by them in consequence of the exclusion of the British trade, and adopting the French system against the Americans. That the Powers of Europe will range themselves differently from,their present relations, in the event of a new war, cannot be doubted from present circum stances ; nor will NAPoLzoN venture to pursue the system he has for some time followed—a system which has added much to his disposable force, but which, after the example which the Spanish troops have given, threatens the subversion of his empire if he now continue to pursue it. It has been his practice, as was also the system pursued by the Romans, to remove the native mill i tart' of the conquered countries (no matter whether subjugated by force or by fraud) to other territories; I where, having no claims of kindred, they might be come more passive, as military automata, in coercing the i nhabitants and executing his oppressive mandates. WEST INDIES. DOMINICA, JULY 3. The convoy for England will leave Barbadoes on the 16th, and this Island on the ISth, and finally de part from Tortola on the 25th instant, and will be convoyed by his Majesty's ships GALATEA, HIPPOME. NES and NINIROD ; the latter vessel sailed from Bar hadoes last Tuesday to collect the trade at Surinam, &c. In these seas we are much annoyed by the enemy's ' --- ---- Dublin to Bar- Previous to his attack upon Spain, he prevailed cruizers: the Prince of Asturias, from badoes, was taken a few days since, about two and : upon its imbecile and corrupt Court to send oft twenty a half degrees to the windward of that island, and , thousand of their best troops, to aid and maintain his got safe into St. Pierre, Martinique, on Sunday last. '; conquests in the north of Germany. From Poland, at She had upwards of 1000 barrels of beef, pork, i 8 ".: rite date of the last accounts, he was withdrawing on board; which was a most seasonable supply for . all the native regiments, to co-operate in the re the enemy, as they were much in want of provisions ' before she was carried in : she was taken by the Re- duction of Spain, and the Tuscan troops, we are in nommee schooner privateer. i formed by the Paris Journals, have been sent on A Halifax brig, laden with pickled fish, was taken the same destination, at the very time when the and carried into Guadeloupe last week, and proved countries bordering on the Vistula and the Arno a good supply for that island. been I are oppressed and devastated by French legions , — Many of the enemy's privateers have lately laid up, not having provisions at the islands to spare Even Denmark has been either too blind to per for them ; but the easy() of the Prince of Asturias t ceive, or too timid to resist this Machiavelian policy. will no doubt enable some of them to put to sea. I Not only has she suffered him to over-run her pro- The Admiral is in Carlisle Bay, with the Belleisle, vinces, and take possession of her principal places of Ramifies, York, Captain, and Intrepid of the line, seten . szth, but, if we are to believe the last accounts and other vessels. We do not feel the effects of the embargo in Ame- ' from Germany, she has consented to send part of her rica half so much as was expected, nor has the price force beyond the Elbe, and to garrison Bremen with of flour risen so high as many supposed : several her own means of defence. vessels, which have broke the embargo, have arrived , It must be remarked, however, that when the at at different islands, ore at Barbadoes, with 11(X) ' rangements whiiligave rise to these movements were barrels of flour, for which he ;could only obtain from 20 to 22 dollars. We have had good supplies from made, he had no suspicion of the approaching storm New Brunswick and Halifax, and the time is now which was ready to burst in Spain ; 'for had a single nearly come when we may look for numerous arri- . instance occurred of the spirit with which foreign vals from Canada, with flour, lumber, horses, &c.— ; troops may be inspired, su hen their native country, Several vessels have gone from the different islands to Quebec, whose return is now daily locked for, and raised to a sense of injuries by oppression and ty- I have very little doubt, if the Americans were to tunny, calls for the aid of their arms to avenge liar continue the embargo, so as to gave the British set- • wrongs, and vindicate her cause. Such a spirit often Clements a fair trial, but that we could in the West i waits only the influence of example., to give it irresis- Indies do very well without them: and besides, we ex pect arrivals from the Brazils of rice and cattle, as t tible they are very cheap there, and would find an excel- ; example, and should it once animate the foreigners lent market in these parts. which fill the ranks of the French armies, the 'lsaac As so many vessels are now expected from the Bri-. troops will have business enough: to do in watching tish settlements of North America, I hope the Ad -l l'their armed companions. miral will see the necessity of blockading the en"my's islands. - HALIFAX, JULY 31. We have seen a letter from Calcutta, stating, that The fleet on this station continue to bring in some it is'universally believed . in India, that 500 Irtne . b small prizes. The frigate that took the Duke of ; Officers have been sent to Persia, 2nd have begun to M NCIIF-STEIt to the West Indies, came in here en I organize the Persian armies, with the view of'otTen- Friday with a French ~ chooner, and about seventy sive operations against us. The letter stares, that the prisoners. The New York Packet, that arrived here yesterday, has not brought a word of news. To-day ; Mahrattas are preparing to declare against us, as it was mentioned that a French frigate has arrived at soon as the opportunity is given. The unpleasant the States, with dispatches from France, the contents part of this intelligence is much softened by the infcr of which were not known when the l a dy that wrote mation that our Government in India is in full pos. the account sent her letter off. The troops are just session of the circumstances, and has time to prepare returned from their excursion throuLth the woods, 'They are nearly all encamped. The Governor here, to meet the blow. • with his Staff, sets out in a few days to explore the whole of this province. A letter from General D RUM-. MONO, who has just artived at Quebec, says, he has no sort of news from that or any other quarter. The 1 3 . z ELOPE frigate brought in a Spanish schooner a few days since. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. Further accounts from New-York have arrived by way of Liverpool. The letters from thence of the 23d ult mention the great disappointment experienced by the American Government on finding that our West-India Islands receive abundant supplies of pro visions, lumber, &c. without being under the necessity of relying upon Ameteca hospitality. The following Address was lately transmitted to Lord CASTLEnEAGH, as Secretary of State for tl►e 'Colonial Department : " TO THE KING'S MOST PXCgLLENT NIAJESTT. a Most Gracious Sovereigii.—We, your Majesty's loyal Sub juets of the Island of Trinki3d, most humbly beseech yuur Ma. jesty to extend to the Inhabitant , of that Island, without national or religious distincti3n, and without legal retrospection, the Bri tish Constitution, as establisha in the other British Colonies in the Wert Indies." PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Conic) ,fo • money, 86—w. 66;}--Reduced 66i. o.rinits n pr. —Ezc. Bills, 4s. Us. pr. PRICE OF STOCKS - • - ESTERDAY. 3 per C. Red Ann. 8614 India Bonds, 3s. a 4s. 3 per C. Cons. 661 65i- Excheq. Bills, 3s. a W. pretn. 4 per cent. 884 824 83 Ontnium 4 eds. 5 per Cent. Navy 881974 98 Consols for acc. 66.144 Long Ann. 184 9-16 Private letters from Rotterdam of the 29. d, repeat the rumours of approaching hostilities between France and Austria. That not only Russia but Prussia, as far as its present imbecility will permit, is• to take a part in the war against NAPOLEON. This Address was signed by, the Governor, the Chief Judge, Members of the Council, and* Cabildo, and 300 of the most respectable Inhabit..nti. Three Gentlemen are already mentioned, one-of whom, it is thought, will succeed to the important and lucrative Who of Chief Secretary for Ireland, vacant by the death of Mr. TRAIL, who was appointed ad interim ; viz. Mr. MAR,DEN, Mr. STURGES Bou.live, and Mr. COOKE. The salary, &c, &c. may be reckoned beyond ,C6OOO. The personal effects of the late Lady B MT A nount to between 300,0001. and 350,0001.; and the stan p duty on the probate of her Will to 3,5001. The Danes appear quite willing to co-operate in all the objects of BONAPARTE. Intelligence was received I yesterday that the following American vessels had been taken and condemned at Copenhagen, for vio lating the provisions of the Berlin Decree ; namely, the Meridian, Captain LORD j the Live Oak, Y O , I NI, ; 1 the Jemmina, and Fenne. 1 From the uncommonly fine appearance of the ho p , plantations in Worcestershire and in Herefordshire, there is every reason to expect an abundant crop. The Corn Harvest has generally begun in the Nor. them Counties of England. In Oats, Wheat, and Barley, the crop is abundant, and it is generally ac -1 knowledged by the Farmers that they have not had such a rich harvest, both for straw and remarkably well-filled ears, for many years. The districts alluded to consist of the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Chester, Lancaster , York, Durham, Nor : . Cumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. It seems certain that the Austrian Minister has quitted Amsterdam and returned to Vienna. He has not, however, taken with him all the Members of his Mission. His Secretary remains, and the relations of amity are not formally broken. It is evident, however, that he is recalled for the purpose of confer ring with his Court on the present posture of affairs between the two Empires of France and Austria. It is extremely prcbable that the Minister at Paris is also recalled. According to these letters, the French, on their side; I are extremely active in their preparations for the ap proaching storm. All the letters from the North of Europe, received yesterday through Heligoland, concur in stating that the Emperor ALEXANDER, upon receiving intelligence of the abdication of the Royal Family of Spain, ex pressed himself in terms of the most unqualified dis approbation as to the manner and object of that pro ceeding. The disapprobation expressed by ALEXibi DER gives some countenance to the rumours, which have come through other channels, of a chastise of A'ACTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, AUGUST Qt. Sailed the Loan CORNWALLIS packet, Captain AN THONY, with mails for the Leeward Islands ; and the American ship Flora, Captain Ammen.sox, for New. York.—Wind E. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 2S. Arrived his Majesty's ships Ractunasz, from Guernsey ; and ESCORT, from a cruize ; Liffey, FINDLAY, from London, for MaPa ; and the brig NA.trimovs, from Jamaica, having lost the convoy. His Majesty's brig DAPPIA is appointed convoy for the Downs.—Wind S. W. ' DEAL, AMIDST IS. Arrived Rear-Admiral GA/doom...in the Battao- MON, with the INVINCIBLE, WARSPITE, HERO, 1.8. VIA7HAN, and Ici.ussluous. ships of the line ; and Fatuous gun-brig, this morning from a cruize of Flushing. Sailed this day at noon for the Note, 12 sail of copper-bottomed transports.---Wind N. E. IN THE nowwe, Princes. of Orange, Bellernphnn, Warspite, Invincible , Hcro, Minotaur, Leviathan, Illustrious, Clyde, Indignant, Bustler, Bat, Furious, Bloodhound, and Phosphorus. YARMOUTH, AUGUST es. This morning Admiral RUSSELL arrived in these Roads in the MAJESTIC, 74 guns, ABOUKIR, 74, Capt: PARKER ; and Noss4u, 64, Capt. CAMPBELL ; also tin SKYLARK sloop and SEALARK schooner, from off the Dutch coast. Sailed the CHEROKEE sloop of war, with convoy for Heligoland; and the AuCkrand packet, Cart-. THOMAS BRIDGE; with mails and pas. sengers, for Gottenburgh ; also the PRINCE or WALES and CLAUDIA curers, on a cruize.—Remain with the above, the ROEBUCK, RICHMOND, REDBREAST ; CA. LUSO, and HAvoc.—Wind N. W. ... FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CaavegrNo, Au cw;ro 4.5.--Passed by the Benito, Grant, from Dublin. Sailed the Phiills, Smith, for New Brunswick.; and Fame, Dixon, for Gottenbuth. The following is an extract of a letter from Cap. tain Luistint.t, of the Mary Ann, dated Gotunburgh. Ausu%t 13 ; Ihe Three Friends, Ponlson, from Portsmouth, for Steak. holm, parted company in the North Sea, and is not .yet a.-rived here. lam fearful he Ins made too free with the &caw, and has been picked up by some iluish privateers, wl,o are lurking at , the Seim ; who, When they see our cruizers, run under the land. A vessel belonging to Wells, one of the convoy bozo Ito Gottenburgh, (supposed from London) foundered in the Slave. Crew saved." The convoy above alluded to sailed from the Nose on the 2d instant. The Diana, arrived at Plymouth, sailed from Cape Fmaaake on the Itith ult. in company with the Ellen, Parker, for Leer. pool, and parted company in tat. 50. long. 9. 95. The catherine, Warden, from London, for Stockholm, Is sit shore near Malmoe. The Harmony, Wilson, from Demerara, for London, was at• tnred on t;te sad of lone, by a French privateer, and c9-riedlnto St. Niaran's. A Gentleman who was in Cadiz, after the capture of the French ships by the Spaniards, in a letter to a friend, says-- " - If the French Emperor had been a little more delicate arts secret in his method of gaining possession of the treasures in the Spanish chambes, he would hare imposed his chains upon them as eaily as upon the rest of Europe; but by losuling their religion, he struck at their most and indeed only tender point. They in ' stantly took the alarm, an i the same men who qubtly permitted French troops to take possession of the tow and strong holds, flew to arms on seeing them carry off the images a-t 4 valuables from their altars. In their last reneounter with the Fr..nch, they, from their superior numbers, defeated 18,000, and massacred them to a man. Asa proof of their religious fr .nzy, they swore, and they now tell you pnbliely radiz, thit the Virgin Mary taught, and was seen Sghtin7 at the head of t i it army ; and, ins read of colours, they now carry an image of the Virgin before the different corpi." By the last conveyance from Majesty's squadron off the North Coast oi Spain, the following Copy of a Letter from Major ROCHE to Captain At KINS was received : " His Majesty's ship Iris, July 9, off St. Vinceut s North Coast of Spain. SIR-I have the honour to acquaint you, that being one of three Officers of the British Artny, lately arrived by his Vajestee command upon the coast of Spain, with the view of asc:rtaining the disposition of the inhabitants in the Astv els, and neighbouring Provinces, towards resisting the invasion of their country against the French, as well as in the event of their boy :1 y to their King being unshaken, of giving them the strongest assurances of the entire support and co-operation of his Majesty in so laudable a struggl; _ _ i therefore do myself the honour to inform you, that Captain STA Nr r LL, of his Majesty's ship Scorpion, and myself, had yes terdAy an interview with General Po NT t, who canunantis a coils of about ROO Spaniards, in the neighbourhood of St. Vincent, whose intention is, without delay, to attack the French, at prey sent only 1500 strung, in Sa :sander, provided he !no the co-cip.+ ration and assistance of the frigates upon the coast. " Gentral Pours has no wish that any sort of risk should be incurred by the ships, nor does he desire a single seaman should be landed, his sole object being coofined to th it appearance of the harbour at the moment he makes his attack by laid. Under the conviction, thererore, of your assent to this plan, I shall return immediately to Gijon, as well to communicate this i taligence to Captains DICHY and DALY, of the Cossack and Comet, as to bring up a few light geld pieces and ammunition for the Sins niards. i " I shall, upon my arrival there, venture to take the liberty of recommending it to the consideration of these Officers, to lose not a moment in reni esvousing off Santander, for your appr3val and sanction to this pia t of co-operation for the benefit of lab Majesty's service. " I hive the honour to be, ttith great respect, Sir, " Your most obedient humb e strvant, (Signed) " ROCHE, Major of Briptie To Captain Atkin . ", commanding his Majesty's Ships and Vessels on the North coast of Spain. A dreadful mortality has raged on beard our horrexard.bound Wes; India fleet, during the whole of their passage ; and several of the shit belonging to Bristol have been placed under strict quart Captain Pow t, .e.,f the Hercules, fell a victim to the disorder, with several of his crew; and many of the vessels have suffered considerably in the loss GE their men. 4