Star. — London, England, 1817-08-30 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR. A Vail ftlfm Malta and Gibraltar arrived this rnernirg. The following the Proclamation issned by Cc, er it DON, Governor of Gibraltar, on the in. telligence of the plague having broken out along tie tL'tican coast. It is dated the 2?.d July, and wrs imilLshed ac the same time in Enr,lish, Spanish, and RAI in : " Gener-lroN, &c. I.iiteinar.t-Governor awl Comman• der in-Cbkf of ae rorr ct Gibraltar. lizei , glenrnt that the pbzue has manife•ted itrelf at Enna r Mien, end that the cues: of Barbary is also threatened wish it, on the way pints immediately opposite to this p l ace , his rserlltncy the Litutenanr-C overliesr deems it his duty to publish ibis N ,05carion --that all communications whit the States of the ~urican itibruchs are, for the present, subjected to the most fg. toes rpartntint." A cordon of surveillance has been established by oh. Spanish Government along the whole coast of the idand of Minorca, in order to guard against all atsivala from the Afr:can coast. SOUTH AMERICA. We have, in another column, given same extracts f-•, ti American Papers, which place the affairs of il,e Patriots in a more favourable point of view than :AI , - late accounts. We have just receised Journals 0! a still later date, in one of which, (the Ara, Tod Conosurci sl 3,lvcriiser of the BOth ult.) we find the following article. It is very important so far as re , pects Sir G. DM'GaEcwtt's Expedition. By late accounts it was thought that St. Augustine would be put in security by a Royalist squadr.in from t h e Havanna!). It now appears that the ships destined, as was ruppord, for the protection or relief of St. Au g3stiiie, were bound to Africa for cargoes of slaves " NEW YORK, JULY 30. Dy the arrival at this port, on Sunday last, of ti.e schooner Fair American, six days from the Ha. vannah, we learn, that the armament reported as having sailed from that place, to the relief of St. Annstine, was nothing more nor less than a large number of Guineamen, which sailed on the 11th alt. tinder convoy, for the Coast of Africa. The news of the capture of Amelia Island had not reached the Havanna!) •m the 6rh instant." We have also this morning received some accounts respecting affairs in Mexico, in Madrid Gaselier to the 14th instant. They are distinguished, as usual, by great affectation of confidence in the ultimate suc cess of the Royal cause. Mbra, they state, embarked near Tampico, in the little Gulf of Soto de la Ma rina, with only 4410 men—a number, we believe, not far from the truth, though certainly much increased afterwards by new recruits. In order to protect the anchorage, he is said then . to have built a small fort, which he left about fifty men to protect, and to have directed his course towards the river Panuco ; but in consequence of the vigilance of the chiefs of the district, who had taken the precaution to withdraw all the boats oa tlw river to the opposite bank, he was obliged, it seems, to eff.ct a sudden retreat, in which he was much harassed by the fire of a body of Royalist tirailleur s. A battalion (er .imerips) was then dispatched in pursuit 01 him, and to ensure the greater expedition, he infantry were mounted on horseback, while ano. dux battalion, with a body of cavalry, were so placed as to cut off his retreat from the lost. Such is the tution in which MINA is left by this Royalist re on ; And, if it be correct, we are afraid that the vx ctAtion with which it concludes, of his speedy de eat, is not without some reasonable foundation. It is remarked, and not unwisely, by this Spanish ;atetteer, that MINA, though a Chief. neither want- ng in boldness nor in a certain force of character, is vet young and without experience —and that an as. emblage of adventurers of all nations, such as he has antler his orders, must be 'idle capable of the disci. !line necessary to conquest, or of the fortitude able o bear up against any curly or sudden reverse. The L. -viers too of this part of Spanish Ants rata have Out. appears pretty certain, come forward with Any .ing of that unanimity anti zeal, which those of ttlnr pats have manifested, fof the cam of lode ?tadence ; and without the cooperation of the peo ale themselves, it were quite idle to hope even for silica ate success. la opposition to this statement of the Madrid Ga , ette, however, it most be Observed, that, by the latest eurieun advices, the affairs of MINA are presented a very different aspect. lsityii:p.ence is said to ave reached New Orleans from MINA'S follower* own to the 27th of May, stating tnat he had marched vr New St. Andero, and established his head quar ts there with a force of 2000 rank and 6k ; tha; e inhabitants received him with acclamations ataf inging of bells ; that 6000 horses had been brought ; that he mounted the whoie of his force, and on the 4th and 26th May, marched in two divisi.ms to at. ad a body of Royalists posted in the vicinity of St. kndiro—that a battle was expected to take place the 28th, arid victory was confidently anticipated. These American advices, however, are only down vac 27th of May—while those of the Madrid Ga. tle extend to the 1 lth of June—so that both ac wits may still be reconcileable, and the report of NA's ill fortune not less authentic. Lard CociirtaNE has had several hints, that if be to South America. he ought to carry a grant e C4i:tern Hundreds in his pocket and he will "Tctll,, deny, that an advocate for a more perfect re '"thilkion of the Englihh people, ought not to trans '. 1 .4 services to U otlitt midst ol t4e Atlantic. • - NAVAL INTELLIGENCL . MAILS•-aa a. DIM Milk 7 • . 1 0 Fnnet •- • 1 0 ; Waterloi d - . I 0 I iiiiit tot rgh .- 0 0 f;urrusey and Jersey i 0 .:u tenburgh •• 0 0 I.isbon - - . 0 0 Ha den - - - 0 0 Holland - - . 0 1 Ma. - - - - I 0 lirazils . - . Q 0 Jamaica - -• o 0 Extract of a letter horn the AgcLt to LLorp's, at Christiansand, dated 18th instant : " By accounts licit Fahrsund, of the i sth instant, a three masted scbosner e surprised to be a Turk, cavilled a boy oil the coast on the 11th, in the tftcrnoon—she was coining from the westward, steering east. The cru'aer Bred a gun, and shortly after took possession of the utetchasitm in, and steered we►t. " 41 great many vessels are lying wind-bound hi various har bours un tois coast. the weather having been tenmesmous this last fortnight, from this west and south." Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Dartmouth. dattd the 28th smtant : '• Arrived this day the tit. Jowl+ French bigger from Pecamp. Wu was captured sad sent tu bb the Vigilant Admirelry cutter, Lieutenant bllcata, having on board 644 tubs of spirits.* FALMOU rH, AUGUS r Arrilvd the Countess of Chichester packet, with d Mail from Malta and Gibraltar, in 18 days from the latter; and the American schooner Telegraph, from Richmond (America) in 24 Al sys riled the Shan non for Cape Coast, btA ift for Malaga, Union packet far Rochetort, and Cornelius 1.4 Leght,rn. PLYMOUTH, AUGUiT 28. Arrived the Fanny, from Leith for Malaga; Con• cordial, from Cilmir fi r Marbtilles; and Patientia, PALM, from Priderickthall for Seville. Sailed the Nimble, LAING, tcr Atric4. P.ItTSMOUTH, AUGUST 29. Arrived the Itorat. Geottog yacht from the West ward.—Wind S.W. DEAL, AUGUST e 9. Arrived and sailed for the River,the Marsh, Rico ; George 111. WEIR ; and the Britannia, SMITH, Isom Javasca.—Wind RAMSGATE, AUGUST 21P. Arrived thi Gnrle►tnn, H Itillanal, from Eastbonrs, with loss of anchor and cable, and otherwise damag ed.—A brig, said to be a Dutchman, was on shore on the Goodwin this morning, but she has got of, and in charge of a Deal boat. HARWICH, AUGUST 29. Arrived the Henry Freeling packet, with a Mail from Cualiaven. DOVER, AUGUST s 9. Arrived the Quest, Good Statesman, and Benevo lent, uansports, from Chatham. HAMBURGH, AUGUST IS. A recent letter of the brave Captain Schaumann, of the Russian ship the Industry, dated Lisbon, July 17, contains the following interesting details of the capture and ro-capture of his ship : " The AI seine privateer, a brig of '32 guns, had hoisted English colours, invited the Captain to come ' on board, on the 3d 01 July, off Cape Ftnisterre, a. dressing him in English—the latter not sus, ecting that a brig could be an Alge:ine privateer, shoved off in his boat toward the vessel, and it was not til. he had approached very near, that he perceived the crew stretched upon the deck to conceal themselves. Upon going on board and presenting his papers, no regard was shewn to them as not being accorepanied with a Turkish passport. The vi el and cargo were declared a lawful prize, and eleven men, armed with guns, pistols, and swords, took possession of the ves sel, whilst live men of its crew, the pilot, two Ras signs, and a boy, taken out by the Captain, were put on board the privateer, and are now in slavery. As soon as the pirates had occupied the ship and con fined the Captain, with the remaining five seamen, in the cabin, the door of which was guarded by one man armed with a sword, they steered their course towards Algiers, and passed Porto on the 4th of July. However, Captain Schaumann, having en gaged his men to attempt, at the peril of their lives, their own deliverance and that of the vessel, they extricated themselves on the 6th of July, and at tacked the Mussulman crew with the greatest intre pidity. Atter fighting for nearly an hour, they suc ceeded in killing the %hole of the crew, and threw. their bodies into the sea. In this unequal conflict Captain Schaumann was wounded, but not dange rously, in the head, side, and hand. His five sailors escaped sale and sound. The vessel thus re-taken perceived another Algrrine privateer, but happily escaped this new.danger. The vessel was steered by a Lisbon pilot into this port, on the 7th of July." GRAVESEND, AUGUST 29. Arrived the lane and Margaret, Harrison, from Danitic; the Cambrian, Brownrig, from Oporto; t bra. Friends, Witty, from Kowinpberg ; Prince Regent, Barren, from Vantztc ; the Mot, Overeston, from ditto; Convert, Bidoo, from Riga; Isabella, Draining% from ditto; Active, Cross, from ditto; Nottingham, Maw, from Stettin —Sailed the Paragon, I bompson, for Peters. burgh; Frau Anna Maria, Stetionson, foe Gibraltar ; Prince Re gent, Clifford, for Bengal. - - CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUGUST SIIMPII Rama, manilas—TM Britannia. Ruble, frog We. taford; Duke of Krw, Pound, from Rotterdam; Catherine Cliariutia, &hale, from Gotteuburgb ; Barwick Mercian, Oa. anon, from Charente; Mary, Muller. from Jamaica ; and Active, Dania, Irons Calais. UOTWAIDS....IIIII Alonzo, Creaser, for Elsineur and Rip; Beaune Henrietta, Pontiff, fur Rouen ; Fame, &Umlaute, and the Mini, Scotland. fur Hamburg's; Kelso, Patting's, for Meow and Pciariburga ; Hope, Page, for Bilbao; Margaret, Nakao, kir Genoa and Leeman ; and Maria, Brown, for Boulogne. Ti=e Frederick Herman, BAKKIR, from Konigs Wig to the plus ; Goede Hoop, MVVENBROOK, from Riga to Schideni ; Jong Wilhelm, WITMOTE, from Memel to Rotterdam ; and the Eggo, HaasLoP, from Lsebau to Antwerp, were stranded on Ausland, the 22d instant. _ _ Catharine, JOHNSON. from Stockholm bound to Amsterdam $ sad the Die Saone, Bzazr, from Riga for Schidam, arrived at Harlingen, with much damage. By an arrival from Trinidad we have received let ters dated Port of Spain. July 13, of which the fol- lowing is an extract :••••• 44 The Royalists are running away tram Augustura, the capital of Guayana, and they say it cannot now hold out any longer, as the garrison, and the few inhabitants left.were convened to live on Wales, which was actually their food at the very time these people came away. sad they are com pletely blockided both by.sea and land. In a word, the Spaniards ate dished in Venezuela and New Granalls.". THP ARstr. Wedoesdit upwards of 500 tr.!” marched from 'he Inv,lid D pot, Fort Pitt, Chatham, for Chelsea Hospital. Monday a trOnp of the .sth Dragoon Guards marchrd into the King's BA racks. in Ipswich. Estract of a letter from St. Christopher's, dated . July 10 : " On the 12th ult. we disembarked at Guinea Day, render Brlmirone Hill. 'there are five companies of our Reenter. , here—four others are at Awigua, and the remaining one at Monserrat. Two compaoles uf the Ist West [wile Regiment, and a detachment or Artillery, couiptise the whole garri.on of the Hill and Islaol. Lord Coinhermere arrived at 13:1-hadoes on' the 3J of June. The 15th Regiment Las ettae to ilsbrax wine time sauce. The eith are returning to Europe, and the bat tal on of the 6oth Regiment will go fo Canada as sown as the Hydra itigate, which nosh the 150 to fishtail, al.:11 return to Barbadoes, so that the 6551 Regimen.. will he the os:ly one of those that were here during nearly the whole of the war tinte• tiered Last year the lalands wet , dreadfully unhealthy, and at liarbadoes the mortality among the natives. as %sell as the troops. was :dwiost beyond ezample. Ike 66th suffered in a 1-ss protn• don than most others; but this station is custaidered one of the most braithy in the et:mimetic!, and it is in this that the difference consisted, for at Antigua the men were very sickly, and the drachs numerous. At this time we art very bud*. Wednesday, the Doke and Duchess of Manutl notlon give their first public fete at Blenheim. All the apartments of that superb Mansion wete thrown pen for the reception of visitors, who began to .4ssemble at halt-past tour, and at biz o'clock nearly till persons sat down in the grand saloon to a most sumptuous repast. adorned . with all that taste could &vise and liberal4y esecute. liis Orifice's military band, stationed ill the porch, welcomed the company and added considerably to the gaiety of the assembly. About nine o'clock the Gentlemen passing through the handsome suite of drawing-rooms, joined the Ladies in the library, which was splendidly illumi nated for the occasion, and now became a brilliant promenade, *here conversation and music prolonged the entertainment to a late hour. The Marquis of Axot.asay and family are now at Beau.destri. where his Lordship will entertain a large number of lashionable visitants, during the Litchfield Races. Lord GWEDIR and Lady WH.Lotronair are enter taining a numerous party of distinguished fashion able:, at their beautiful seat, Gtimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Among them are the Marquis and Marchioness of CHOLLIONDELRY. and Lady CHAR LOTTE CHOLMONDELET. Lord Canurtasuu left town yesterday for his seat, North Cray, Kent. Sir CHARLES BURRELL and WALTER BURRELL, Esq. have, by their active exertions, at length broken up the desperate gang of robbers, who have so long infested the lower part of the county hf Sussex. The Marquis and Marchioness CORNWALLIS left town a few days since on a tour. The Earl of HARDWICKE and Lady POLLINGToN are arrived at fits Lordship's house in St. James's square, from Bath. Mr. WaTsom Timm has taken Sion House, one A the seats of the Duke of MARLBaROUGH, until the title to Houghton 11411 is made goad by the Mar quis of CHOLUONDELEY. • • We never recollect the fashionable bathing town of Al3hro' to have been more numerously attended than during the present season. Pondicherry continues to be the gayest city, in India. B.lvirral splendid entertainments have lately taken phice there. • • The affair of Lord &mantic and his opponents k shortly expected to be brought to issue. Mr. SMITH, Under•Sh.riff for the Western District, had gone in pursuit of his Lordship, with proper authority to am rest him. It is reported, says the Washirigiox Cap MA. Ga adios that an important negociation is about In be undertaken by our Government, and that the Hon. cosier A. Rodney, and John Graham, and Walter Jones, Esqrs. have been named by the President for its execution. It is conjectured their mission will be to some part of the Spanish Colonies. This is give n as the rumour of the dal. - Two Gi.vernment ships arrived at Quebec, July Si from London and Cork, with 90 settlers, and 384 troops of the 37th Regiment of Foot. On the same day a ship from Greenock arrived with 133 settlers. There is at this time at least one hundred and fifty persons employed in the novel and tasteful additions making in the interior of Drury-lane Theatre, who all u work double tides." Mr. Yourro, Mr. Rng, and Mrs. YATIVI, the tragic heroine of the Dublin Theatre, have been performing at Cork dining the Assize week, but the Theatre was but - very indifferently attended. ' Va.vxmar.z.—This charming place of summer re. sort closed fir the season last night, with the following' farewell Address, delivered from the Orchestra, alter the Concert, by Mr. C. TAYLoa, of Covent-Garden Theatre : Laois: AND Gerrteasau—Our Motors for this season having now tennisated, I am directed by the Proprietor of these Garkus, to thank you for the support with which be has bees favoured. Unsettled as the weather has been throughout, it has bersetrely gratifying to bins to witness the Wives' which his en deavours have tacked. If unremitting attention to your amuse ment and accommodation, can secure bins the continuance of your prinvinge„ be trusts that VAVIIIALL will never forfeit the ascendancy which it has for so many years mamtained over every other Owe of *agar entertainment. In the name et the Per formes and wayself, we beg Tow to accept our warmest thank 4 for the kindness you have uniformly skews us, and fur this W 29011 we repeat sty take our leave." —Until use late showery evenings, the Gardens were numtrously and fashionably attended.—The fire walks, last night. were uncommonly brilliant. and went off with ides. Fine weather, and a beautiful moon. largely contributed to the pleasures of the night. About 7000 persons were present. gE aim) ON THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER AT YORK. ▪ and 7 to 4 apt Mr. Watt's b. c. by Whitebait. ▪ tot apt Duke of Hamilton's b. e. Restless. sad 9 to I apt Mr I. thauk7's b. c. 10 to l age Lord Milton's b. e. tiniabeaugh. . • IS to I ept.Mr. Fletcbeesb. e. Cusnolon. 100 to S apt Mr. Wilsen's b. c. by Rossombraneer. Mr. mites colt audßaisibrougb asst the gad. Randal and Belasco are matched for fifty guineas a-side w fight on the Ist of October. Even betting. A Gentleman, who resides ip the vicinity ut Col chester, has undertaken to stalk trona London tonna place, a distance of fiftrone miles, in sixteen hours and a half, for a bet 01 £5O. He starts Irom London next Wednesday morning. A Melon was ent last week in the gardens of An cram-horse, near Kelso, which weighed luilb. It was pet fectly ripe and iountl,andMCASlSled %/inches by,. BRIGh7OIV, AL'Gr,T f 9. The different watering places, alnng• this coast. were never known to be so lull hf vibilots. Brightur, Worthing, and Hastings, ate enjoying A rich harvest, and the liberal cspenditure iil na .res. among the fa shionable' diffusys plenty and employment to thou sands. Th.: new hart ut ot Shoreham. about four miles distant, will give entploy meta to some hum:beds .4 lab 'suers for more than twelve months Mr. Setjeant RUNNINGT,IN and Mr. BATICS med their seats among our bench of Magistrates, at the Towo Hall, yesterday, after a secession of snire months. The business of the Court was nearly oc cupied in liear:ng the evidence of an excise ()goer. who 1.1;d informations agait.st several houses of fame, fur sel.ing liquors %via t a licence. He had visited these houses with dal:tent unfortunate ft males, treating them with spirits, and then turned in former.. Mr. Sr A N:LEY, a respectable and tivonrite Came disn at our Theatre last se Icon, is engage,' at Drury. I tie, anJ his first appearance on the metropoliton hoards waist it: the c!tarseter of elsarkt 4:arfaty. :Li the &hal for Scandal. EAT,A2DITION TO TILE RIVER CONGO. INTEIIL6TII4IO NARRATIVE. The temperature of the sea at this time (April 46) was at the depth of 220 fathoms, 64 1 that of the surface, 80; and of the air, 81. The vessels were then in latitude 6._ - 10. N. longitude 16.45. tV. The currents from their leaving Port ?ray u , till they reached 6. 00. N. longitude IS. W. set 5 and SE. ' They then ran N.E. and E.N.E. froin eight to fi.rty miles a day, and continued in this direction till' May 5, when the expedition was in sight of Princess Island. • On that day they crossed the meridian of Cape Palmas, at the distance of 15 leagues from the Cape, the wind varying from S. in S.W. Tim greatest heat of the atmosphere was 85, in 4 clear calm, at two r, st. and the least 74, alter heavy rain, the rain as it tell being at 7.5. A large shoal of bottle-nosed porpoises or dolphins, was seen. They were attended by numerous tropic and men-of-war birds. The former, it was observed. fish in the manner of the common gull, while the Lit er ascend vet) , high, dart perpendicularly down on their prey, and, diving into the sea, will snatch from their own element the largest flying fish, and carry them off in their beaks, soaring high as before. Light breezes from the S.S.W. and S.W. carried the vessels 64e-hauled over the Gull of Guinea. The weather was cloudy, with some rain. The tlrer mometer sunk to 78. Many of the albicore and be nitus were now taken. The albicore was found to have fourteen rays in the first dorsal fin, and the same number on the under side. The dorsal, anal, and false fins are strongly tinged with an orange colour. Whitish transverse stripes mark the lower part of the sides of the fish ; the palate is studded with bony points. The bonito is distinguished from the elbicore by the foremost dorsal fin having sixteen rays, eight false fins on the back, and seven beneath, the under sides being marked longitudinally with four black 'stripes, and the palate quite smooth. The largest albicore taken weighed 160 lb. the .common weight. was from 30 to 40 lb. This fish has been supposed to be the tunny fists of the Mediteranean." It the tupposition be correct, the enermaus disparity be tWeeethent stielind weight is most remarkable, as the tunny frequently weighs from eight to twelve hundred weight. . At this time, the bird called the booby was fre quently seen, and sever a l of tlwni were submitted to the inspection of the sc clinic gentlemen who Amin,. ponied the expedition. To them it appeared, that this creature had been erroneously described to be of the pelican genus. Of two taken at the same time, the targer• one measured eighteen inches Isom the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and weighed seven ounces. These birds usually fly in pairs. just above the surface of the water, the neck outstretched, and the tail expanded. As the species is not unknown, a minute description may be spared. From their entering the Guli to Guinea ti.e sea had appeared white, and on their approach to Prin eessisland they seemed to be sailing on a vast ocean of milk. This was judged to proceed from the im mense number of the pellucid salpa, and of the Sc) lotus genus„, which weir found its those parts. 'l'hir. teen different species of cancers were here taken ; five ut these, in form, tesembled &blimps, the others were . like crabs, but all were exceedingly small, none of them being found to be above a quarter of an iiich in • length. One of these creatures, viewed through the microscope by candle.leglit, displayed what appeared to be a most brilliant amethyst, et the size of a pin's head. This was ascertained to be the basin, and frogs this, when the aninial moved, &sties of In illiant light Were darted in all directions. The albicuies were now plentiful, some twenty a day being regularly taken with a hook and a line. Tue flying-fish found in Omni served for but. Fa. voured by the wind, tl.is creature is capable,ot a cia. siderable fl;glit but when it attccipts to nuke way against the wind, it drops aluoist immediately. Many flights of these were seen endeavouring to escape their cruel enemy the albicore.ley s n ietimes described an mended curve, unassisted by the wing alter the first • flattering on their emerging from use water, borne wholly (Ts die wind. The vicinity of land war denoted by the numbers in wi ich tlu,e crentuies, and various fishing-bi:J7, apparently gulls., were seen, and Princess Island was tni.e on the 16:h at day light. I n a ddi t i on t o tho,s• utizli Live Lean mentioned, many luminous animais were here caught; and it was the general opinion that some intLiestiug o dd s . Botts to natural histori migl.t have been made, h4d :t been possible to pre.erve those which were taker. This, however, horn their delicate urganis.stion, was in wain attempted, as mucsitmonfgtehdetnthdelirssotloviroduri;n titsti tle of wa w s in i e i: o c r or i .s i e 's q t li '' ei r ice made of them from the want of a person properly go:di& d to draw and de scribe them as seen in the microscope. Wednesda ) the Neptune packet waved at New haven from Dieppe, with Bishop, the Bow-street Officer, having in custody a young man of the name of Dickenson, who was lately a clerk in the Grave. send bank. Tne circumstance of his abkc ailing wiA £6 X), obt tined by a forged check on one of the wi l t be well T. a Bank-houses in London, - - otfictr secuted the prisoner at Abbesdle. and broag“ him back to England by way of. Dieppe. He was cant yeti to I....btiott hula BriLhtro4