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rain and %qoall--nsver had a. regular breeze twelve hour. its.... .iter r aitil the lite stuck suited severely. the Soloomity e ton lips ante of 300 sheep, and goat. and risltry n 1 the Gnaw propuriiiite. Some of the other ships lust the whole they had bringing In the Company. The horned cattle ou b•wrd the Mioerro ware the hr.., they only lost our stow, and landed the res• w Irot. r , coodition than when they went on 1.04Y.1 at Capt. ‘Vehater de serves real etetlnt for he took great care, and paid g e e .' Isti t uto.' to them, as well as the pigs; he luAt about 841. ed them, wind of theist dttring the dirty weather 041 lb. coasts On limiting here we tound three Frenchmen (two married) and from 70 to 80 s l ave s, they received us very friendly, apporestly, but fro is wont we have seen of them, I faro y they are not to be trusted; however, a short tiiiir will she... The island is v.-flintily a very tine one, and ',lra' to any thin.: resiteetniA the cialtivat•nn, the wisi toning very rick Seceetil eerda, both of Esau- Peal. 1114 lodt.tn yrgrtaid, A, lt,isr been ww it. and linose very is ell, au l expect on the coolie of ate ru ul.h4 we shall Aare plenty of ireqrtsliles. Their 1. very little stlick . beltiliging to the Fiene•h on the idso.l, their return is w►ly 17 t oos t and huh.., Hi 'sheep. 103 •oat/. about •_5 Jos 1 a small quoutty of foals, so wr hair not ni.leh to t apect from thorn. The Eugenia void Miervra left this oil the 30Th or August, ho Atlivlagaticar, for rattle, &r, and, I hope, they will Itr ruceraul in pmOuritig good qu iiitity, for sill our sakes; there IS plenty of •tish here aneevery tine, though the settlers say their are some poidatlOUll; hoWeVer, at have 1110 f rape fl 'nerd aoy bad effects on shore, we always boil silver with them, but some hays found the .ilver turn black, and of coarse dot not eat the hal.. We hate had the Sirius frigate here from the Isle of trance, to "rood awl water. "Thermos awl Ls Moodie frigates are out ink—we had a brig (no doubt French) to windward of this island for 3b hours, but the dellivitur did sod thick proper to go out atter her, the French. men here made a signal •o her, soil she was off." - EXTRACT ratan ♦ havers' DATED AT FORT DUN. CAS. AUG. 17. 11409. • " There are three Euro . wsu Frenchmen. (two married). they hare massy slaves both nieo, women, land children, these people say they hare been on the island for 1 d or 13 years= • !hey have some very neat gardens, plenty of oranges and limes—the island seems to have plenty of orange. poppy, and lime trees, piue apples, calabashes, pumpkins, chillies, toad many other plants. I have seen eery few birds on the island except gulls—it is t'•te finest place •for Ash that ever I was li—tke finest mullet I ever saw, and indeed all sorts of excellent fish.— The lauding plat* is very indifferent, being 'very rocky. The island cuts but a poor appearance as yet. it ia very nsountainous and rocky, hut where there is a plain, it seems to be a err) fine soil. I have tbis day began to make .a garden ma a very iseapot, .1 hops I shall have success. Cocoa-nut tress I have only seen eight or nine. Some leo brab trees gad date. I cannot tell you mach inure about the island at present." auGurr qo. hare taken a trip this afternoonal;ol;t three riles; the se,l seems to be goodin the level part of tie sew a great many Wet trees, hut they are very lowa not of any use for loui d•sig. onit this leaves for poverisig- n ilenty of sinear-cane. .in,t very large—l had the curiosity to mesanre one of the canes, sod found it was seven inches in ci feu mfe reisee.—l also found wine carrots and c dahwha of much the same use as they are in Bombay, aid olso somas plantain trees.—l saw no hod* but a parrot sod flying fox, during lhe whole of in) jemmy. " There hare been taken nut of the ground to ile'', 4 VMS and 160 shot, with the appr.trottice of being lately buried, and we are searching for more. 'The pas are iron, and, I believe,ll-pounders." . AUGUST 21. •r The frigate Sirius anchored in the roads this eveoing.—.The Si►ias is only six days from the I.k of France. She is one of the largest frigates I bare seen in this country." AUGIVST 12. The Commodore left this for Point de aille this morning • with s fine tweeze. PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAS Th.luNg 16. We are touch tii4t, by letter* TOCeived from Sumatra, inhlligrnce hini been brought of the brig Margaret, Captuiu Angier, hosing been rut off by the native,, and every soul, excepting 14 bay, muttered. itfter takiiig not the cargo, amongst which were 21 ehe.its of opium, the .earl was set bre to, and entirely destroyed. JUNII 17. Accontits from the coast of P►dier, state, that a . Deo skip fassim Clottstarawg. with---emee opium cm board, had been cut off; and that the King of Acheen was so exasperated at the condact of the pcople, that he had proceeded to the place with a ;arse form., determined to bring the lima!) to ac count. JUNE 124. Ua Vre.lnesday last, Illustrissimo Seishor So telho, Governor of'l'tmor, embarked under the sa lute due to his rank. On passing the Portuguese frigate, he was sainted unit cheered, as also on his a►nral ou'bourd the ship. 111 which he proceeds to. Malacca, on has cony to Timor. JULY A. On Tuesday hist, the ship Clyde, Captain Tart came in from the eastward. She wings intrlli, genre of the brig Eleanor, Captain Latni,ert, having been captured at Beily, by a Dutch sloop of war, Gorr Aluboyna. This vessel had English colours wool too late for the Eleano► to effect her ...eve. Captain Lambert, and Leidy, have been lawn at Solirabaya. The Eleanor is reported to have since been lost, but the cargo all saved.— Captain Tin further states, that it was reported the whole of the Palansbang vessels, Liu laden, bad been destroyed by an EngliAi ear, in Bata via Wads; and that a 1. ea , eoant and one sea man had been creesed by the Nacodah of one of the vetseb, Wr o tutted to mention in nor last, the return of H. S. Pearson, Member of Council, to this Prt.liirlleY. lir lait.le Ino l hnrrrlay se'n night, how the Alerauder, under the liglstte due to Ids auk. AL GUST 19. The ship Sir Edward P• floc. Cyt..in Stevens, which lately urri%ed here, sri ed a ; vtiss for China, this day. Paaaroger to Chloe, the I Lou. Mr. El trhinstone. The Si. A lime's, and convoy, sailed yesterday morntu> for China, and the Voriorle arriverl this day, Mith the Arming/ono aril Perseverance, from Madr.,a. The Spencer, ,11unorch, and the other Eu ro,w .hi i .s. sail on Sunday. THE BRITISH PRESS. G 11,11) 1 LOUP E. Guadeloupe, an island of the West Indies, and "vie of the lariv.st of those called the Leeward Islands, is about :250 miles in circumference. It is represented as ItIVIIIIVti ildn Iwo parts by a channel, stoma a league und a half over, called Me Salt Meer, navigeble Only for canoes, which runs north and south, Will (Amin iiiiii cans wan the sea on both, by a large bay at each end, of which that on the Nurth'is celled Grand Cal de sew ; aud on the South Petit Cal tie Sae. The east part of the island is called Grand Terre, and is about nine teen leagues from Antigua point, on the North West to the point of Guadeloupe, on the South East, and about nine leagues and • half in the where broadest. This part is about forty leagues in circomferen, e. The west part. which is properly Guadeloupe, according to Laet, is sub divided by a ri.lge of mountains into Capesterre, on the west, and Satsesterre on the east; this is twelve leagues from north to south, awl seven and a half where broadest, and about four leagues in circuit. Both parts would be joined by an isthmus, a league and a half in breadth. were it not cut through by the river. Labat says, that the French were obliged to abendon Grandsterre, in 1696, by reason of the frequent incursions and depreda tion• committed there by the English, from Antigua and Montserrat. Besides, this part is des titute of fresh water; which is so plentiful in the other (properly called Guadeloupe. as having been first discovered and inhaliiied) that it has enough to supply the nei 4 iitiouring islands. He makes the letter ve leagues its compass, and both , slants together atio.it ninety. The salt-river, he says, i• 'shout fifty tinsel, or 300 re. t, CIVET at its mouth, towards the Great Cod de Sac, from whence it grows narrower, so that, in some places, it is not shove ninety feet over. Its deist(' is likewise as unequal as its breadth, for, in some places, it .01 carry a ,•Inis of .sou tons, and in others hardly beer 4 weasel r f fifty. It is a smooth clear stream, shove two leagues from the one Cal de Sac to the other, and finely shaded for the most part with mangroves. The air here is e•erc clear and healthy; and not so hot as iu Martinique. Here is also plenty of water, and as good as the will is rich, which last is not infe rior to Martinique ; it is equally cultiiated. and its pruritue is the same. The French Iwgin to send colonies to Goad drupe, about the year 1631. But it made no gre it figure, till the last century, since the be4iuning of which it has vastly increased. and the French have forti fied it with several regular forts. This island o - as first discovered by Christopher Columbus, who gave it the name it now bears, from the resemblance it 'was supposed to have to the mountain so called to Old Spain. His landing was opposed by the women of the island, with their bows and arrows ; but they were soon dispersed by the fire-arms of the Spai:i ads, 'slim obtained an easy pool' ssion of the island. They found the houses stored with large quantities of cotton, spun and unspent, and weaving it ; mention is likewise mode of iron biiiss ...4 ai.nws, and cotton hammocks. A itimig the se4e' ..Ile productions ■re the tree which yields the cepa, ha halmm ; the milk-shrub, which yields a balsamic liquor like milk ; the utoubane tree, width bears a yellow plumb. used by the na tives to fatten their hogs ; the rorbary-tree, which beers a gum similar to amber; a kind of cinnamon tree, aloes, and awn lal•wood ; Cocoa, ca. f. c, and cotton. Among the birds discovered in the island, acre patriots, partridges, turtle-doves, herons, ■nd falcons, but the most extraordinary is that callci the devil-bird ; it is a fishing bird of passage, of tl:e size of a young pullet, with a plumage of jet black. The bees are black, small, and without sting, the honey 'lever hardens, hut is tastily s of the cousistenee of rd.— Au insect, of an offens.ve smell, call•, d ravet, is very troublesome in this islautl, gnawing paper, books, and furniture ; and wou:il be intolerible, were it not for a large spider, which entangles them in it. web, anal oda rwise destroys them. On a very lofty mountain is a con.iderai.!e ii is culled the sulphur mounts:li. lu the vsar 177.5. the exports of Uttadaloupe sicrt quintals of sugar, 63,0.29 of coffee, 1,.1.; of indi g o, 1,4m4 of cocoa, and 6,193 of cotton, h 6 . '11(3 links Cud other Itr. tides, and without including the butte. o il), Muir tinique and other islands. lo the yu sr 1759 Gus daloupe was taken by the English, and r.stored at the peace in 1763. Long Ct. 34. to, .54. ts. W. Ferro. Lot. 15. 55. to lb. 47. N. LON DON, FRIDAY. MARIII !6. CAPFURE OF GUADALOrPt. At an early hour, last morning, Captain STA rt- Flat., of the navy, and Captain Witonr, of the army, urrived in town ; the former with dispute hen from Admiral COCHRANE, and the latter with dis patches from General BICLWITH, containing the details of the capture of Guadeloupe. The gntte ful intelligence was communicated, about twelve o'clock, to the LORD NI A V OR, by the following official Bulletins, which were prated up OR the front of the Mansion-House:— " Downing•street, March 15. " Me LO2D—I have the honour to inform your Lordship, gat Captain WILDA , ' arrived at my Office, Lest night, from Liceit.-General Sir Geom., BECKWITH, with the account of the surrender of the Island of Gtfnlaloupe by capitulation, on the 6th February, after a short but severe contest, very creditable to His MAJESTY'S service. " The loss, on the part or IGs MoJesra's ser vice, consists of 4 Liettietiants, 3 Serjeants, and 43 rack and tile killed; and shout .250 wounded. " I have the honour to he, &c. " LtsEItPOOL." " To the Right Hoo. the Lord Mayor." " Admiralty-OSce, March tr., 1810. "MT LORD—I have the conduction of acqnaint ing your Lordship. that the Island of Guadeloupe has surrendered to His 51 AJESTY'II forces, after some residence on the part of the enemy. " The last division of the forces was landed on the 30th of January, and the final capitulation, by which General Eacour and the whole garri son became prisoners of war, was signed on the sth of February. " It adds considerably to the satisfaction which I feel in communicating to tour Loralship this im portant acquisition, to be able to acquaint you, that it has been effer.ted without any less ou the part of MAJRSTY . S naval service. " 1 hare the honour to be, My Lord, " Yours, &c. Me 1,1.111111 . VE." " To the Right Hoe. the Loeil Nlayor " About two o'cloc't, the Park and Tower gnu were filed, in honour of the event, and proclaimed the fall of the last of BON &PASTE'S colonies and commerce. The public have been- long apprised that an Expedition was fitting out against that lm portent, and last remainiii 4 colony of the French, in the West Indies. It sailed in two divisioes. On the nd January, the first division left Marti nique, and anchored at Doit ttica on the 23J. There it was joined by the remainder of the force on the itsth, and on the 46th the two divisions *ailed with Commodore BALLARD, and, on the same day, anchored at the &tinter, some small islands on the south-ea 4 coast of Guadalunpe. On the 2eth, the first division, under the Commander-in-Chief, land ed at Port St. Mary's, on the eastern coast, stud soon after 'proceeded to Trois Rivieres. a WWI) on the same side to the south. On the 3oth, the td division, under General Haacourr, landed at Des Habitons, and advanced direct against the right of the enemy. ERNOUF, the Commander-in-Chief, and Governor of Guadeloupe . , was apprised of our intention, and had concentiated all his force, amounting to about four thousand men, at Basse- Terre. Soon after lauding, the battalion, under Colonel STEWART, was opposed, but without suc• cess, and the enemy were driven bat k. On the Feb. a detachment of six hundred and fifty men, more than one-half Wads, under Lieut.-Colonel BUCHAN, was tint across the River des Peres, and took post on the ridge next to Eaxot F'S position. In the morning the enemy made a sortie, and had very nearly driven him off, in consequence of the part of our detachment which consisted of the fo reigners haviii 4 given way. Culimel BCC/lAN end the other Officers rallied the re-o, who stout brave ly, and, from the etrailineas of the 46:ii, :tad the riflemen of the West India Ilninsens, were en.iblc:l to charge the enemy, and chive them muter th,• guns of Bellair. After some other slight affairs and general engagement took place on the 3d Fe'ern in which the Frenrh troops behaved wit:t great steadiness. The action ass short, severe. and decisive. British gallantry and chsciiiline and the enemy were defeated with the loss of 500 men.—Many blacks and all the Militia deserted from the enemy ; and, on our part. the York Rangers suffered snneh from getting co , se to the famous bridge of arc its to ERROL; A'S position. In the rvelling of thut (lit), the reserve, 'ider Ge neral WALE, haying turned and beaten the enemy's left in the mountains. ERNM: v's sonilion became so critical, that, on the mornings of the 4th and sth, he hoisie I flays of truce at all his posts. On the St h, General HARCOURT and Commodore. BALLARD met Colonel Foorms LEA tmtstmit. and agreed upon terms or capitulation, a loch were ra tified early on the 'nor 1111 l gof the lith. Our loss esnin 44.11 at att killed, including four Lieute tioios, a a •!zilt wounded. Among the latter are H ai r meal WALE mul Major iIIKNDLISOII ; Rti , : ‘‘t .i• , tle , s'and that the great majority of the anion • I are slight cases.—There was OP opportu. oily fur the display of our nasal fere( gret to ruentiott the loss of Lieutenant the Sceptre, who vo!utiterrrd ht, sti and was killed by a music.: '18,4. The little Island of St. Niurtin, het [autos, is, we understa..d, ti clud,•J tulatiott. The House of. Cutunl.•l,, I,,st uis l sell Illu a Committee all the .1119.1 petit:loll to the Scheldt an ...tidy I not expected to rise until Three ni this morning ; 1 genrull ahmrty veiled to conclude the businems, to have been as irksome to the from the veil thrown over the pro .e, Yoga's's system of exclusion, it h.iti tisfs‘ctory and utiiiitelestiii i r, to the ituesses examined up In our o'clouti twin WooDaeora,Lerd Russt.vS, Sir and General littownittnu. Ettract of a Letter fr on board transport, tidied Mother Bank, Nldrel " The Horatio frigate has just al Needle., with a prize ; also a French she captured ulf Brest, after uu w i n and twenty nsinutes. The French fr, with naval Atoms, and has on hoard 100 She was bOUIId to the Isle of Frauce.' The owilers of the trt ;tame oil boa grab,. which WWI lately lost by spriii_ sea, will be glad to hear, that, thro Mons of Capt. MUMMER. of 14. M mar, 22,30u11e5. weight of silver. gold (lost, were saved, together w before the vessel sunk.—The acedleii the 4th Sep. in•the 13. y of Bengal. The minutes of the etidence on t the Inquiry into the Expedition to the been printed. They relate, exclusis, prose of the Expeditioss, anti M M.P. was the only witness examined, ing passage contains the substance of —.B Whit is; the ti.tal amount of expi pears by that account, incurred by I ditian to the Scheldt?—The totsl of nary expense incurred is 83.1.2751. 10s. 211,5651. Is. 711. was incurred after' of Soutn Beveland, as far as that disti taken by t'oe Departments." Mr. WHARTON then produeed the the ►everal Departments, verifying the Elevated as BaIIAPARTC may 2:1 mon eyes, at the I resent moment, b. is in the field and in the cabinet, bendi histrothers to reign in Spain, while' poses, and disgraces another brother, ranting w maintain the rights TOM and humanity; dictating his imperil Seville, at H einburgli, and at Wiens AreildUCll: Si front her Father, in 01 her the companion of his bed, and ti Madame tic HZAIMARNOIS, while he POPE at S.ivona, as he imprisons Ft lth at Valency; seeming to sublet: der his feet, and to have triumphed atm: on the Continent ; yet do we cia, sition as in many respects most ca the &at object ou which aiteation wards the fate of which country oo garde are attracted, in proportion to of the dangers that tiara sten it, thou ; rain. is not yet lost. Conive, C. Cadiz, were still in the power of the the last accounts. The possession Cordova, cud Sevilie,can confer no s cities, it was foreseen, must open their as the barriers and passes of the Sieer forced. Even Malaga, we see, thong any means of p.•rnwnestt defence, yo invaders with the utmost ardour. is 4J% n mrrration, which Sou LT tram it i. evident that the French expencr sistuncc. •• The inhabitaists of Atli: •• rose, anal this city was only tarried Alhama, a little town, fountlrit by ti shunt toidw..y 10-tween Grenada al a.l•nt's that •• the o 310 sg• a..a,nn•al iiti ;k.arminic chuitac ;hut the superiority of the alone procured theist tin calrnur.. r after comities-o,le allusion r i Let us, horn:wee, t•rm:umpl.d, , the Peninsula, by the Islet ar, ou and ralentia still remained nil d;:n•i: I 7111lOrlalit prmiurrs, C00L11.1114 In Of 41 ort•ltre ; ports, arstioals, and vreate-t constgoriter ; Eahraftv:•.) Fur Sou 1.7 expreb.ly to ohiell we 113%e Jost sillmled, 11..0 comruavdy in Ihut citiarter. troop.of tote ..;01, torp• a• Lc • • ,t, fr..." two 1. ICSSI , " pwo v. IV 4.1 6.1.4 ar..l 11.1;!Noi." ~tto to 11, thulitt rt,r of 1.11•• of the S O W I 11 1% , • Gullie;H. ( . 01111 hot :0..1 'rls attar Led li the Fir: eh. ~.,! into.t recent intrlhgeucr ; • tidily iiilyreted ; mid in Cain - t,• able spirit of the pessants. iuhabe:ote, atv! ce hu, It p.r. t tu t t,,.f ervie r • Pt NI elt ' SI. 11 . 1, 1 . . w th e •-• i • eN to cht rer ,„l, i at Ur ir Finn ,k r hnviu~ th whilll ur r ,„, 14 ' e Pedifl4 h 1 yI L 111 ti Firmed ass.. T . O er k. wer • • DI. bt ItJanN.ldap .l- th ;i1 I the Csnyarn as of 'eh Li i• orrival off the frigate, %hid ; Di sin of Ls ill IP bl frigate is Ist, ' ci 00,000 e." a surd the " - gin I , Ira[ 4 'ougli the noes- tli I. slosp Betti. 11111 d 11211...* F. with the ere.. rut ereurrr.los, tU the itr:h dav P Scheldt 'awe 0 , rely, totl C T Vt's %atm I. Thr. so ha if lits e si s of sense II o p. at the lett Ez.irm ei f the extrusros Os. 7,1. 011.14 !tile C•4114:1211)44 Or 'unction caa 'monists free he statement as to caw th suer yodel es he a sending, oiled i a stres:s. des ° fur 01.1 y pee- omoon yu-trae ial pleasure * it run ; t. an% as d it rinkr to wake succtssrrsi at he iramiars tic et 'Eitel NAND the ist err fartui,e ars- 11 over ail retire,- Donsider Ls as- fr rests, ad •s- -ta unmet.. tor Ji the rtagnaitee 1 4 11 nearly otee• ei leag.tua, sal la e Sissularrh, 1.11 a of Creasth,, of to Soy' It ar gotr4, eft .pos of ra NlOrt . fra igh destitute* ie rr yr.t opposed Le By SEasArts- annum to Pas. b) ce kr J by farce. lk - the 11r.sr, • TU and N. , ' • : t . ; ;•ter ;" • into ;it zaal - of 6e.1 1; s 1, s: sues , 11.• r. ^ ' -•. it- ••. .r. , 1 : • - •-,,; I • " • I •T , • r • i f~