Star.
London, England, 1802-02-24 00:00:00

YARMOUTH, FEL 23.

Yefterday arrived the Alonzo Soap of war, Capt. Cathcart,
with too men, p art of the crew of the Belliquesz, which were
diftributed on board the North Sea fleet; the Alonzo failed
this succubi& for the Noreo—Sailed alto the Atkin, Canaan,
laden with prize goods, for Rotterdam; and the (Economy,
Peter, for.Leghorn.—No:Packet yet arrived from Curisaliab••
Yellerday a large bark, name unknown, got on the Scrobt,l
but by the affiftance of the bore boats the was got cilwith very
little damage, and proceeded far the River.

FROM LLOYD's LIST.

De AL. Fes. sp—Arrived and Mod for the River the Hinde,
Gibfoo, from Bengal..—Wind S. S. W.
GIAVISIND' Fes. $3.--Paffed by the Hope. Dunbar, from
Bengal; Vrow Conan% Bloom, from Lear. Twe Gefulten,
Helder; and Jorge Corsellas,Sununen, from Lear; Twe
the Fanny, Rowe, for Demerara; Epreftrius,
AnnTayt, for Ja-
mica ; Henrietta, far Havre; and , I , for
Bremen.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEE. 23.
ADMIII•LTY OFFICE FEE. 23.
Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Roan Corns,
Dart. Commander in Chief of his A
Ma lefty's Ships and Vef-
kb at the Cape a Good Hor, to EVAN ?INMN, Efq.
dated at the Cape, Dee. to, t.
Sta—The private Ihlp of war the Chance, belonging to Mr.
HOGAN. of this place, and commanded by Mr. WILLAM
Worm having been an a anise on the cos* of Peru, returned
on the nth in& The Commander Of the Chance addreffed a
letter to me, couninlog an imam of his proceedings during
his cruise. He app mto have uniformly aped with great
propriety ; but his condi" and that of his dicers and men,
was, on two occaaces, fo highly creditabk to than, that I fend
Ms account of the* occurrenees for their Lordatipe informa-
tion. I am, &c. (Signed) ItOOZA CURTIS.

Enna of a Letter front M;.*11.1:111111WIIITE, Commander
of the Chance Private Ship of War, Wed oat at the Cape
of Good Hope, to Vice Admiral Sir Roos* Cuarn, Ban.

At four P. M. on the itith of Ana*, the Nand of St. Lau-
rence bearing N. E. two leagues, faw a large thip bearing down
towards us; at nine brought her to elate sake, and engaged
her within half pittol-ffiet for an hour and a half, but finding
her metal much heavier th n ours, and fidi of men, boarded her
on the !larboard quarter, lathing the Chances howfprit to her
milen-man, and after a detpaute reaftanee of three quarters
of an hour, beat them off the upper deck, but they Mil defend-
ed from the cabin and lower deck with long pikes in a moft
pliant manner,till they had twenty-five men killed and twenty-
eight wounded, of whom the Captain was one; getting final
poffeffion. the war to liofeto the Maid that with much difficulty
we got her off bore, all herbesets and rigging being cut to
pieces by our grape that. She proved to be the new Spud&
&fp Amiable Maria, of about az hundred tons, mounting
fourteen guns, eighteen, twelve, and nine-pounders, brats, and
carrying one ha deal and twenty men, from Conception bound
to Lima, laden with corn, wise, bale goods, ffic. On this m-
ention lam muck concerned to Site Mr. Bennet, a very valu-
able and brave Officer, was to dangeroufly wounded that he
died three days after the anion ; the (mind and fourth Mates,
Marine Meer, and two Semen badly wounded by pikes, but
Once recovered. On the aoth, both dips being mach ditabled,
and having inure Prifoncrs than Crew, I flood dote in and tent
eighty-fix on More in the large thip's hunch to Lima ;we after-
wards learned that feventeen of the wounded had died.

At four A. M. on the 24th September, bunting in to cut out
from the Reads of Puna, in Gulaquill-bay, a alp that I had in-
formation of, mounting as guns, fell in with a
brig, with a broad-pendant at main-top-maft-bead ; at live the
commenced her fire on us, but the being at a diftance to wind-
ward, and deGrous to bring her elute to salon, we received
three broadbda before a that was returned ; at half-paft five,
being yard-arm and yard-arm, commenced our Ere with great
effeth, and at er a very fevere aaloo of two hours and three
quarters, during the tatter part the made every effort to get
Away, I had the Latour to fee the Spasthh flag itruel to the
Chance. She proved to be the Spank& man of war brig Liftleoo,
mounting r 8 long 6-pound guns, commanded by Commodore
Don Philip de Martinez, the Senior Meer of the Spanith Ma-
rine on that coat, and manned with too men, fent from Gobi-
quill, for the e refs purpefe of taking the Chance, and then
to proceed to the Northward to take three Englilh Whalen ly-
ing in one of their Porta. She had 14 men killed and 7 wound-
; the Captain mortally wounded, who died two days after
the adios: the Chance bads men killed and t wounded ; and
had only, jo men at the commencement of thesetiors ; mount..
ing to pas, as and 6-pounders.