Star.
London, England, 1808-01-14 00:00:00

FLAG OF TRUCE.

The. vessel that was in waiting at Dover to carry
over the Austrian Messenger to Calais, sailed about
11 o'clock on Tuesday night with a Flag of -Truce ;
and yesterday forenoon, about 10 o'clock, another
Flag of Truce landed an Austrian Gentleman at
Dover, charged with dispatches for Prince STAII-
REMBERGt with which he reached town between 11
and 12 o'clock last night.

The Channel fleet sailed again from Torbay on
Tuesday last, to resume its station off Brest.
The Non-Importation Act took place in America
on the 14th ultimo, under certain restrictions.
A vessel bound for Bristol, last from a Spanish
p-,rt, with a cargo of wool, has arrived at Penzance,
the Captain of which states, that it was very gene-
rally believed there, that the Americans had declared
war against England.

A Leeward Island Mail arrived yesterday.
This morning arrived a mail from Jamaica, brought
to Falmouth by the Princess Amelia packet ; she

left Jamaica on the 23,1 of NoveTber.
His Majesty's ship Chichester was to sail for Eng-
land on the '26th November. The fleet for Great

Britain, &c. was appointed to sail op the 30th Novem•
ber.
Accounts from Barbadoes, of tie 27th November,
announce the capture of the ships Elliot and Juro,
from Demerara. They are stated to have been taken
on the sth of November, after an action of nearly two
hours with a French privateer schooner, La Jalouse.
They have been carried into Guadaloupe.—His Ma-
jesty's ship Blonde has been very successful in the
capture of several privateers.
The Princess Mary packet, which is arrived at Fal-
mouth, left Tortola on the Sth ult. Some days pre-
vious to her departure, Admiral COCHRANE'S squadron
was gone to cruize off the island of Santa Cruz, under
the command of Captain WOOD, of the Arethusa.—
The Admiral himself was gone to some of the Bri-
tish Islands, to make arrangements for an attack upon
the Danish islands, expecting instructions to that ef-
fect. The flank companies at St. Kitt's were in rea-
diness to join the forces at Barbadoes. The Danish
Islanders seem to have imbibed all the animosity
of the mother-country against us, and were dis-
posed to resist to-the last• extremity. A short time
before the packet sailed, two British frigates came to
an anchor near Santa Cruz : the inhabitants imme-
diately flew to arms, and sheaved every disposition to
contest our landing. The Danish force at Santa Cruz
is not believed to be formidable ; but from the move-
ments which have lately taken place amongst the
French, troops at Guadaloupe, there eras reason to
apprehend that 'attempts would be made to throw in
succours.
An inconsiderable french force did embark, in
November, on board some small ships at Guadaloupe,
perhaps with the intention of succouring Santa
Cruz ; if so, they changed the obect of their expedi-
tion, for they landed on the island of St. Bartholo-
mew, where they committed vast depredations, and
pillaged the inhabitants of a considerable sum. They
fired so well on this expedition, that the poor Swedes
were apprehensive of another visit from them, or a
fresh party. The French marauders took with them
two schooners laden with spoils.
Letters of the Ist ult. by the Princess Mary, from
St. Thomas's, give a deplorable account of the state
of that island, for want of provisions. The people
were almost in a state of famine, and saw no prospect
of relief, as the island was blockaded ; notwithstan-
ding, the Danish Governor had the temerity to refuse
a supply of provisions, which our officers, prompted
by humanity, had offered the enemy.
The Queen Charlotte packet was expected to ssul
with the next advices for England, and it is not
probable that she may furnish us with the first account I
of the attack on Santa Cruz, as it is now ascertained
that Admiral CCXHRANE'S instructions for hostilities
against that island were sent out by the November
packet. Government, we understand, delayed them
as long as possible, being willing first to leave no means
untried to conciliate the Danish Government.

• Mr. CLIvE, who lately came from Vienna on parole,
takes his passage, with his wife and two children, in
the same ,esseT with the Count de MIEN.
The Campion armed cutter arrived on Monday at
Portsmouth from Buenos Ayres ; she left the River
Plata on the 25th September, having on board the
British hostages, Captains STA,NROPE, CARROLL, and
HAMILTON, and upwards of 200 soldiers, principally
belonging to the 71st Regiment. The Campion
touched at St. Helena on the 11th of November, and
left 30 soldiers belonging to the corps in that Island.
She sailed from St. Helena on the 17th of November,
at which time the Agincourt, of 64 guns, Capt. HILL,
I was waiting at that Island, for convoy. The Cain-
' pion came as a cartels and had on board Lieutenant.
THOMAS, of the Navy, agent tin- traLsports. • ' •