The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

AMZRICAN PAPERS.

probability
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dayCrIARLESTON, Nov. s:—We mentioned FT: n 5
. the Critical situation in which the 13ritish ,_,
Ls! hcr and Minorca were 16 ii on Siinday event,
with the - *trench .Privateer in. company ; and bo
circumstances,
that. one or both of the wan" ,i_
taken. We tegret that our fears have been realized,
by the capture of the' Esther, accompanied %.1,,
such a horrid and bloody massacre, that our feellaf;
revolt. at the bare recital of the dreadful tale. il
Golf
them, are these :
as far as we have, been able to
On Monday morning, about seven o'clock, the
on
privateer bore.down on the Esther, but was kept
DJ the gallantry and well-direeted flre of the brs.r":
e_aptain.laVlNG and his crew, for nearly an,h°4i,,,
the wind: hay ever becoming so light that the the
would not answer her helm, the privateer too '
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advantage with her sweeps, got alonvide, and b ePci
kled. In this situation, the contest was contillu n
or three
quarters of ren, hour, when the Frenehole;
succeeded in getting on .boar'd the Ship i h4,e tl,llllO
'were kept •
at hiy or near' twenty miuutes 11 ',„
ship's r 4
,re.cl'::; but C,tn
.7-jIl IIiVING being sew
ereij
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wounded in the thigh and
having five of iris .

ELed, ordered the colours to be struck; and retired
to his cabin. Mr. LOWDON, the Third Mate, after
}living hauled down the colours, was coining for-
ward, when he was shot, and thrown loverboard„
?our of the Privateer's men then followed Captain
Ityttio into the cabin, where he was shot, and most
cruelly mangled, and his body was thrown. over the
We before life was extin&. Mr. EnwAans, the
Second Mate, a fine young man, while in the aet of
supporting his dying Captain in his arms, was stabbed
lit several places with a small sword, and otherwise
80 severely cut in his bead, that no hopes are enter-
tallied of his recovery. By this time the residue of
the crew were driven below, when she Frenchmen,
hating complete possession of the Ship, ihe, inhu-
man monster, Ross, ordered the Prisoners .to be
brought on deck, and put to death. This being
remonstrated against by some of the Privateer's men;
ordered them to fire upon them, when several
muskets were discharged into the hatchway, which
killed the Carpenter, and mortally wounded two sea-
men, who have since died.
The Privateer is called the Creole, mounts six
tts of different calibre, is commanded by one
)14" 13intomAN, and bad on board, at the corn-
,lt,encernent of the anion,Men. They state
loss to be 6 killed and 7 severely wounded, and
anumber missing, supposed to have been knocked
overboard and drowned.
The wounded Englishmen were yesterday put on
hoard(l one of our Pilot-boats. Two of the seamen
"•il before she reached the town. Mr. ASUTON,
,t
Virst Matdied board at the wharf ; one
ptxp on
'fellow died while they were conveying him to
rhr nospital. Two seamen at the hospital, and
(sVteen others, are so dreadfully cut up, that it
suPPeised only two of the nnmber can possibly •
recover.
The CaPtain ofwounded in
the,, fleshy the Privateer was
Pert of the arm by a musket ball, and
loto,Ss slightly in the wrist : they Were both knocked
rert°ard but succeeded in regaining the Privateer.
trwe area sorry to state, that three of the seamen
‘L",enetiriti and two Portuguese) belonging to the
,jfer have entered on board the Privateer, not-
ii:shstanding they had stood- to their quarters, and
D hived well during the
The Privateer has gone off with the Esther. She
Ws s a fine Ship, and had on board a valuable cargo
are 8:e. but being in a leaky condition, doubts
entertained of her reaching port. She made t 6
;„,,,
ei of water per hour.
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i, tsxiitlreaa ..—_—.........................
of a Letter from Surinam, dated Nov. 7 :
Mai e my last the arrivals at this
.place are the
Pr ?:' GLR" (late .BLACK) ; Union, place,
;
Thes ari-L) 4 E * and Roe, law nq i all from Africa.
Cateti,ii,-.,e.11 'ollved Ship, much to the credit of the
ert`ti:;'"A"i' , -O.W, inaintained a very gallant A&ion
and:f"Nst,, `With a ~French Lugger, of.lB guns,
nil 'of ,11,,,;,,
sari:ll° have from 150 to 200 on
N,, board, It is IlippOSCd She is lately from France, as
The
heard nothing 'of 11(3' till this Aaion took place.
chaeh!nenlY, in grappling the Ship, in the mizen- .
Cc'"" VI the spritsail-yard in one of her quarter-
detports, when she was immediately lashed by
cl e tif Captain lawrt,i. At this time the Frencl,i,
lolrtlmander called out to his men, " Are you fast .
h4;:1) the English Commander replied, " Yes, we
attempt Y"'" f4St." The French then made a'desp.erate
11 r`ll),t to board the Roe, but were bravely resisted.
ofle line had on board a Captain THOMPSON, late
tile Ship Rebecca, of Liverpool, with the whole of
herforce
crew, about thirty in number. To this additional
~,r)ree it may be ascribed, that the Roe was saved, as
'.4e'Enemy was very strong, and fought while there
veils a prospeft of-success ; and was only dice gaged
.from her lashing, in consequence of carrying away
,tile bowsprit, and running into shoal water.-
-Clic above-mentioned Captain mompsoN was
aptured on the Coast of Africa on the Ist of Sep-
tember, in company with the Ship Aelive, AltrAs;
Ship Carendon,Outen; and Brig William., CHRIS-
I'II ; and which were all captured at the same time
•by the French Privateer Stilt et Daloir, of 24 guns.
.un the 2d instant arrived the, Lendon Fleet, all
Fell, under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Dart.—
:4'l O Ships for 'this place are,--the ' Friendship,
'iNtALE ; Biithi4, 1:),6V0N i and Andromeda,
41P4INT i'six passed for Berbice and ,DeMerary.—
Sailed ten Ships under convoy
.of His Majesty's
'ShiP-Lck Seine, to join the general. convoy on the
.jist."

.0 Yesterday the Parser .al the Worcester arrived at
'Rouse with the'agreeable intelligence of
,th,e arrival of, that Ship, and six other, rn
Indiaen, off
:uover, on Sunday last. This Fleet left St. Helena
°ll,, the sth of November, with the Adonis Whaler,
?kb parted company in the Channel, and stood,
it i
suPPOEed, for Milford Haven, The Ships from
, Bengal, sailed on the Ist of July, and those from
zo.oThay in the Latter end of May.
In consequence of this arrival,.we learn that the
Army under General LAKE_ was encamped, accord-
ng to the latest accounts, on Cbarnbhul River, about
forty miles from Agia. SCINDIA was said to have
still a considerable Army under his command. It
1)P Fars that
H
with some ot.x.a.rt has had several conferences
Mahratta Chieftains, whom, it was sup-
posed, he would endeavour to instigate to hostility;
but wnatever attempts maybe made in that quarter,'
rrnical to the interests of this Country, the British
t?Lver in India is sufficient to repress and punish
We sutijoin a hst of the Ships and Passchgers
arrived, viz.
orcester,
Capt. Wood, from Bombay; United Kingdom
pcglr ; Harriet, Lynch ; Huddatt, Eitatheld ; Lord Keith
Caster, and ()coati, hirraggart, trout Bengal ; Skelton
=and, from Bombay.
tetl4..!4lriazas eta OR“STEP F 'OM Bombay, Lieu-
1141-Colonel R. Seale and Master Seale; Captain Robert
al and Miss Blackall ; Lieutenant Win. Barrett,--
Frompt. Helena, Mr. Aaron Davis.
ton A!,saiqota a PIM Loa KLITI4.—MIss Elizabeth Bar.
AIL!
,Alr. and Mts. Boyd, Lieutenant W. Home, Mastez
vxander 0 r.
41311,:cazz tr.& OesAN.--Capt. I.
Jen:4R. Ford, Li en.
n,t W. Duncan, Lieutenant W. Cresswell, of His Ma-
s zad regiment. •
1116" truly worthy and much respe&ed Admiral
Lord It.tos.rock, with some other Naval Officer*,
44we set on foot a subscription, for the purpose of
a Colledi9n of. Gazettes. announcing the
t Naval Viiaories during the late and present
.•' t,lr circulating sU,Onticopies. gratis, in nil
kingdom, but mire especially on board
..t Rotas, and along the coast.
.;:•,-7w of the flaory, Lord NEL.
' - of Dundee, all

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CITY

yesterday •the Polling
\Vara- at twelve, o'clock,
numbers, were as follow:
S. Hutchinson - 140
T. Wright - . 140
S. Dixon . . t;6
T. Dixon - - :33
M. Lucas . . - 12
E. Bridges - 120 i
C, Stuart - - 113
T: Fothergill . toll
CORNHILL.
Mr. Birch '-- . 5 t Mr. Barnard .. 45
' Angel - - 41 Blunt - - 44
Jacks
.. ... 45 /sloryll - -26
Chapman - - 46 * Costicker - 20
The two latter were, new Candidates.—The Poll
finally closes this day.
FARRINGDON WITHIN.
The state of the Poll yesterday was :-
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Mr. Leigh - - 168 Mr. lames Smith -
Cadwell .' - 160 Lewis
'Pritchard - - 153 Whehle
Crowder - - 149 Ccoke
Roberts - - 1461 Walker
Stokes • - 145 Wills -
lohn Smith - 143 Scatcherd
Thomas Smith - 343 Winter
Metcalfe - - t 42 Priest

:omrnenced in the Tower
and closed at four. The

D. Laing - tee
S. 93
P. Hartshorne . go
I'. Skipper - 546
COVIIIOIII 114
Gorst - - 99
Gilson • -

135
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