Star.
London, England, 1801-03-02 00:00:00

NEW-YORK, JANUARY s 6.

A Gentleman who arrived here yefferday in the
fh:p Borneo of Bolton, Captain SMITH, from Su-
matra, and the Cape, informs, that an Englifh
fquaciron, tinder the command of Commodore
HOTH AM, were, on the aoth of Oilober, clofely
blockading the We of France; and that this fqua-
chun had taken ten fail of French and Spauilh
merchantmen, in attempting to pafs them. A
liamburgh thir, which had paned this lquadron.
Was purlued and cut out by the Englith beats ; the
Captain of which had his arm (hot off in defend-
ing his (hip.
Our informant adds,that while at Madras, which
was about the firft of July, a Dani(h gentleman
from the Ifle of France informed him, that two
vetfels tinder American colours had arrived there
from Bourdeaux, under convoy of a French cot.-
% enc.

EAST-INDIES.

Amboyna, at the commencement of the weftern
monfnon, was fubjeCted to two fever (hocks of an
earthquake, accompanied by an hurricane, which
continued, almoft without intermillion, for two
days. The lea made confiderable encroachments
on the Ihore, and inundated the country for fevc-
ral miles : much damage had been done, but hap-
pily few lives were loft.
Some time fince an alarm was fpread at Luck.
now, which confiderably agitated the public mind.
A plot was laid to be in forwardnefs to difpoifefs
Saadut Ally *1 the Government of Oude, although
it could not be afcertained how the report origi-
nated ; vet fuch were its effeets, that the Nabob
deemed it expedient to apply to the Englifh Refi-
dent for a ftrong military force to prevent infur-
ration, and the troops at Cawnpore were in con-
fequence marched to Lucknow.
A native vefTel, arrived at Mangalore from the
Mauritius, whence (he failed about the middle of
September, has brought advice, that two power-
ful parties divided the Ifland, and that their dif.
putes were maintained with fuch violence, as to
endanger the falety of the Settlement.
Sumatra has experienced another earthquake,
from which, however, no material damage has
refulted. The health of our Settlement at Ben-
coole:. was reftored, and the Supreme Govern-
ment had been particularly attentive to its fup-
plies.
Great rart of the treafure fcized by a party of
Deems, between Bangulpore and Midnapore, has
been regained, concealed in the jungles, in conic-
utience of the contetlion of fume of the ringlead-
trs who hive been apprehended.
The Mahrattas have at length obtained pad.-
lion of the Itrong pars of Nerwa, a polition of in-
finite rtance to them at the prefi:nt jundure ;
they have repaired the fortifications, and fupplied
them with feveral addi:ional pieces of ordnance.
The difaffeaion of the Burmah army has caufed
ferious apprehenfions at Aniarapooram, and that
Government :.prears on the eve of a revolution.
The menhants and others were flying with their
,operty, and the ieamen were bufily engaged in
r eparations to take advantage of the diltraded
a:e of the country.
letter, dated Vellore, in the Eaft Indies, Sept.
a, :00. fays,—" Colonel WFLLESI.PY, who now
:•: ds the army in the field, has been a long
• • ,nrilut of a man named DNOONDIA, who
: an of of hir,ll rank in Ti eroo's ler-
• efeapcd at the capture of Seringapatam.
: . iw.ely come up with him, having only
• horfc. Dlloosti: A, whole army confined

r . hearing of our fmallforce,dctermined to
• s .. • a• tle, and aaually came three miles from
I. ;;..nit to meet us. The two armies advanced
t.;: too yards of each other, when we fainted
m•ith a round of grape, which was followed
.n: or two more. Thy immediately began
. hack ; our nien gave a loud !hoot, thari.,•ed
• and entil:÷ routed the whole of his forces.
•. I:eadful !laughter caned, and I am lorry to
.1 :, amongff the number there were 2 or 3..)0
s.eitni:n and children mallaer.:d. You will be alto.
nifhc.l, I futirx•ft, to hear of ft many women with
an army ; the tea( .11 is, a black M.lll airrays takes
his family with him whoever lie goes, and you
cannot get a fervant to follow you without his fa-
ther, mother. 3:c. accompanying him. DHOON-
DIA bit. •1:11 no•It dslperately, he was riding
cvsry nil. re, and tingling out feeeral ;
of
trr r•:rfartnirg prodigies of valour, which would
dooe honour to tlie greatell hero that ever
lived: hc lad fal ct i•treil with wounds. On
csaminin—, hint, there were found to be about 20
et:t•,andl bei:eve he had 7 or tt balls throng!: Lim.
Thais fill a m:l3 whole per:on:el coul.:gc would
hare placed biro in the Mit rank of heroes."

Prot :17e LONDON GAZETTE, February 28.

ADMMALT?:OFFICF, FEBRUARY 118.

Copies and ExtraCis from Letters received by
Vice-Admral RAINIER from the leveral Captains
and Commanders of his Majefty's flaps and vettels
in the Batt Indies, from the 25th Oftober 1799,
to the 28th September iBco, with accounts of
their refpeaive captures, &c.
Copy of a LLtter from Captain WILLIAM HILLS, of his Ma-
jcfly's chip OP.I.IIVI•5, dated La C4.pong, the Strei;hts of
Bat.ra, the 25th o,‘Tober, 1799.
Sir—l have the pleafure to inform you, that on
my palFage from 'Femme to the Strei,..,,hts of Ban-
ca, I yetterday difeovered two fail oftTagolanda,
which I chafed at one P. M. at three it fell calm,

all the boats were hoillpd out to tow the [hip, and
every evcrtion made to get up with them. On a
breeze fin inging up at five o'clock, we call off all
our boats, but were not able to get alongfide of
them until a quarter before nine o'clock, when we
brought thinn to a dole action on each boa, which
continued about a quarter of an hour, when they
both (truck their colours. They proved the Zee-
vraght at.d Zeelaft, the one a brig and the other a
large Panchallang, each mounting twenty-two
guns, of different calibres, from blacaflar, loaded
with rice, powder, fhet, gun carriages, and Gores
from Ternate. The veffels both belong to the
Dutch Eta India Company.
During the anion I loft qne of my belt feamen,
killed in the maintop, and five wounded, among
the latter is the Firft Lieutenant lionc KiNs, who
received a mufqttet ball through his right arm;
his conduel on this, as on every other occafion,
has given me that fatisfaetion that warrants my
recommending him to your notice and attention.
I had great pleafttre in obfcrving the /cal ofall the
officers and men on this occafion, as I have done
feveral other times (ince my arrival at thetb
which juttly entitled them to my thanks. En-
clofed 1 fend you a lift of the killed and wounded
on board the Dutch veffels. I have, Sc.

(Signed) 'WILLIAM t'ILLF.
Lift of kilted and wounded on board the undermentioned yd.-

Fels, captured by his Majeft)% Ihip ONIIIIKUS, WILLIAM
HILLS, Efq. Captain, the 29th October, 1799.
Panekallang Zeelaft, Captainjim et a JAN sew.--Nutaber on
board at the time of action, 42; 1 killed.
Brig Zeevraght, Captain Picric a Mr01..r.--Number on board
at the dirt of action, 33; 6 killed; Captain MEI. sr, and 6
rumen wounded. w.
Extrad of a Letter from Captain Groarm Ass I 1., of his Ma-
jetty's chip la ViaciNle, dated .kmboyna, the 20th May,
tfioo, to Vice Admiral RAINILC, CollllllllldCl* 1.11 Chief,
&c. &e.
I beg leave to acquaint you, that 1 arrived here,
on the 6th of May. I inclofe a lift of veffels I
captured on my pafrage, which are all arrived at
Amboyua.
A Lift of eeffels captured by Captain ASTLF,in his Majefty's
Grip la VIRGINIF, on his paffage to Amboyna, between
the 2.2 d March and 26th April, tifoo.
A Dutch prow, mounting four (wive's, fmall arms, See. man-
ned with fixteen men, laden with fundries, out three days,
from Macaffar bound to Sambauwar captured 22d March,
in lat. 6 deg. 5 min. fouth, long. 117 .kg. 2s nnn.eaft.
A Dutch prow, mounting two brats (wive's, [mall arms, &c.
manned with fifteen mcn, laden with fundries, fix days from
Macaffar, boand to Samhausva; captured 26th March, in
lat. c deg. ss min. fouth, long. 118 dep.2s lulu,eaft.
A Dutch prow, manned with 14 men, laden with fundries,
eight days from Macaffat, bound to Bamhauwa ,• captured
29th March, in bt. 5 deg. 2, min. (ouch, long la. deg. 46
min. call.
On the 26th April, in lat. x deg. to min. fouth, long. 126
d' g. 25 min. ea*, fell in with and captured the following vet--
Iris, under Dutch colours, from the Hind of Java, bound to
Ternate, viz.

Vrow Helena (04), mounting eight rix-pound carriage guns
and four fwivels, manned with forty mix..
Brig Helena, mounting Twelve fix-pound gun., niauned with
twenty men.
Brig Braack, mountirg ten four-pound guns, mantle,' with
twelve men.

The three Latter veirch laden with annual fupplies for the
ga:rifon on the ifland of Tcrnue, and had on board, eadidive
of their cargoes, fpecic to the amount of feventcen thoufarid
nine hundred and forty-three Sputifh dollars.
Extra ft of a letter from Captain E. 0. o,sn ast r, of his M..jcf-
ty's Chip ARROGANT, to vice-Admiral Rnt%art, Comman-
der in Chief, kg. &c. dated on hoard his Majerly '6 chip
Aa-
-lOr.AttT, at Sea, the a6th of June, riloo.
The difficulty of getting water at Anjer Point,
induced me to proceed to Mew Bay, where I ar-
rived with the ORPHEUS, the sth May.
The 7th May we captured a finall 114, from
the He of France, in ballall, which was burnt.

May 16th, filled with the AkROGANT and OR-
PHEUS, from Mew Bay, and paffing to the north-
ward of the iflands of Batavia, made the land of
Java, 16th May, near Piaint Indramago, and hav-
ing Bumpkin ifland in fight at the fame time to
the eailward of Batavia ; the fame day difcovered
a large (hip and a brig at anchor, to whom we
gave chafe ; and who, after having made fome
fig-
nals to each other, made all fitil from us in for the
land. It was late in the evening before we got
near them, when difcovered the fhip to be a wife'
of force, and having fcveral guns on her lower
deck, and the brig alto mounting fourteen guns;
finding they could not cfcape us, they both ran on
(pore, at fomc miles diftant from each other, to the
wellward of Point Indramago. We were foon
within random (hot of the (hip, and anchored as
near her as the depth of water would admit, when
fhe began firing at us, which was returned by fe-
veral guns from each deck. About this time two
I boats were ohferved going from her full of men;
and as it grew dark fhortly after, fome of our boats
were fent to prevent the crew of the (hip from land-
ing, and to commons her to furrendcr, which they
could not do till the morning ; this I conclude A% as
with the detign of dellroying her, if they could
have accompliffied landing the crew in the night,
but the vigilance of our boats prevented this taking
place, as her boats were taken full of men the fir
'time the attempt was made. At day-break (he
furrenticred, and was taken poffeflion of, when we
ft,und her to be the Hertroy de llruntwick (armed
(hip), bel-nging to the Dutch Lilt India Com-
pany, JAN C:JRALLIus PAIMP Commander, mount-
tn; twtnty guns on the upper deck, and eight
guns on the lower deck, and manned with three
hundr: t and twenty men, part nf whom had made
their di ape on (bore.
At the time the boats were fent to prevent the
men front landing from the (hip. other boats were I
fent under the direelion of Licnienant lhaym; s , to 1
boat d the Lrig, which was fnme miles dittaiir our
us. Tltis ferv•ce he accomplithed without lf.,:suel
hon al irrougiat bee :scar u., when Nc tllll,l

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to be the Dolphin armed brig, effinmanded by' 'AV
VAIINTTES, belonging to the Dutch Eaft Indii
Company, mounting fourteen guns, and having
on board flity-five men.
May 24th, at day-break in the morning, we cap-
, cured, dole under the land, a armed brig of
, fix carriage guns, and tome fwivels, on a cruise
from Sumarang, which place the had left the pre-
ceding day.
On the evening of the 25th we, got fight of ja-
i • Ja-
pura, and the (hip at anchor there ; but t fell lit-
tle wind, and we were obliged to anchor at the
diftance of ten or eleven mires from it; as they had
obferved us from the chore, I thought no time was
to be loft, and therefore at eight P. M. fent all the
boats, well manned and armed, with Lieutenant
Btaynar Rics, who got to the Blip about mid-
night; and though the had been hauled clots to the
more (on teeing us in the evening) under a (mall
battery, yet the furprife was complete, and the was
boarded without any lets, many of the crew jump-
ing overboard at the time.
The battery fired on them to foon as they dif-
covered her to be in our poffeilion ; but though
Tome of the boats' oars were broke by the (hot, no
other accident.happened, and they effeCted get tint
her out before daylight, when the joined us, and
We found her to be the Dutch Eaft India Compa-
ny's (hip Undernemingonotmting fix carriage guns,
and having eighty men oa board. After putting
the prize in order,
._May 28th, joined the ORPHEUS off Cheribon,
and found that in our abfence the had captured a
Dutch brig, a (loop, and two prows ; the three
latter were detlroyed. Same day run into the an-
chorage to the weftward of Point Indramago,
where we landed moil of the prifoners ; fume of
them being very fickly.
The Dolphin brig is a new veffel well coppered,
and equipped, and well adapted for fervice, (parti-
cularly in float water), the mounts fourteen guns,
and has good room and fecurity at quarters.
A trim extra*,
(SignedlaidruJ. HOSEASON, Pro. &c.
AIROCIANT, Roads, A. M. Anglia xi, aszes.
have the pleafure to acquaint you, that
on the inorning•of the 4.th Augufi, being in fight
of Point Divy, we .dircovered two (hips in the N.E..
and a brig E. by S. to the former we gave chace,
and about noon we were fufiicieatly near to fee
that one of them was a (mall frigate with a tier of
guns, and the other a merchant (hip, both under
En lick colours. At three quarters paft tato P. M.
we had neared the chace confiderably, when the
began throwing her guns, boats, and other heavy
articles overboard. .At four P. M.•thifitot from
our chace guns went over her, when the hauled
the Engliff enfign down, and twilled French Na-
tional colours, fired her Rem cliaces two or three
times at us, and then (truck. She proved• to be
l'Uni French privateer, of thirty tuns, eighteen
and nine pounders, all f which were thrown over-
board, daring the Chace, except two eighteen noun-
ders, two nine pounders, and two carronades; the
Was commanded by JEAN Faascois donut, and
ha a crew of two hundred and fifty men,- on her
leaving the Mauritius on her prefent anise • but
had on board only two hundred and lateen men,
when "capntred, having put the reR into prizes;
'on taking poireffion of her, we fbund that the other
.milt, was the Friendihip, (Engfilli met ehantinan),
frOm Bengal bound to Madras, and that the brig
was the Bee, from Madras bound to Mafulipatam,
both of which veffels had been captured by her in
the morning : we made fail after the !hip, which
we recaptured at ten at night, but the brig made
her efcape.
L'Uni left the Mauritius the 4th May, and had
captured the Englith privateer Harriot from the
Cape of Good Hope, the Helen belonging to Bom.
ban_ and the !hip and brig before-mentioned.
Me ARROGANT, with I'Uni prize, anchored in
this road la ft night at nine o'clock, and recaptur-
ed thip Friendship I expea Shortly, as the fails to-
lerably well, and I only parted with her two days
ago. • (Signed) sow. O. OSIORNE.
Bombay, Septensber 3; !goo.
Sir—l beg leave to inform you of my arrival
'.here on the 3oth of Augu fl, after a paltage of eleven
days tiom Mocha: About fifty leagues to the esti-
ward of Aden, I fell in with and took the Clarifra
French privateer, from the Mauritius, who threw
over her guns, and cut' away her anchors with a
view to drape ; we found one hundred and forty-
eight men on board her ; the is only between two
or three years old, built at Nantz. J. s LAWKETT.
Copy of a letter front Lieutenant JAMES Mr m, commanding
his Majelty'r (choicer N , to EvA N NttlAN, Efq.
datcrl off Oporto the ad inftant.
Sir—l beg leave to enclofe, for the information
of my Lord; CoMmitfioners of the Admiralty, the
copy of a letter from me to Admiral Lord KEITH.
(Signed) JAMES 1411 N.
Vitt-Admiral RAI Nut. Ice. ace. &E.