Star.
London, England, 1805-12-16 00:00:00

iiTsr INDIES.

We hare received a large packet of Jamaica Pl.
pers to the loth Oftober inclufive One of them
Rates that orders had been received by Admiral DA-
CIEs, to fend home all the line of battle Blips and
heavy frigates on that Ration.
Twelve large French and Spanifh privateers failed
from Barracoa, the middle of September, and two
others were preparing to follow—there were then ly-
ing there ten or twelve prizes, motily Americans, and
fume of them valuable.
The Hercule and Veteran have made feveral
prizes in the Gulph of Venezula, and fent them to
Jamaica under the charge of the Gracienfe—when
this latter left the Hercule, fhe was in fearch of a4o
gun Spam& frigate, which was reporttd to be in ber
neighbourhood.
The Leander, Magicienne and Penguin, were well
in the Gulf of Florida on the 7th ult.
The Spanifh privateers in the WeR Indies capture
an veffels bound to or from a Britith port, and
numerous condemnations of fuch ptizes have taken

place both at Cuba and Porto Rico.
A (mall Spanifh fchooner, named Les Animas,
with 16 men, in chafing a veffel off Morant Keys,
Jamaica, got aground, when a party of negroes,
with equal gallantry and attachment, went againa
them, and carried them to St. Thomas's. _

The Orguizo, a fmall cruizer, under the orders of
Admiral Dscazs, fume time fince fell in with a Spa•
nith frigate off the Havannah, and engaged her fur
4o minutes, when the enemy Sleeted of

We have great fatisfaltion in being able to hate,
that Mr. PHILLIrs, the Pub Ether, who loft reveal
works in the late deftruftion of the Printing Office of
Mr. GILLETT, was infured for a fum, which will in-
demnify him from ferious lots. The principal part
of his property deftroyed on this occafion, cenfifted,
we learn, of 4000 Copies of the new Edition, Dr.
WAT K INS'S Biographical Dietionary ; of 35cto of the
new Volume of Public Charaders ; of the fifth Edi-
tion of KOTZ an ty a's Siberia ; of Mr. CaocalleS new
Work on Land Surveying; of a new Edition of Lady
PONT It ST'S Letters; of feveral (beets of Dr. Gaeco-
RY'S New Cyclopedia ; and of nearly ao,ooo Copies
of Dr. MANOR'S Spelling Book. Thefe works are all
reprinting with a degree of difpatch, which is charac-
teriftic of the known energy of their Proprietor ; in-
(much, that new Editions of Tome of them may be
expeCted to be ready in ten days or a fortnight. The
lofs of the new Types caft on purpofe for Dr. GU'
G 01Y' s new Cyclopedia, muft, however, occafion one
month's delay in the appearance of that Work.

Saturday morning the Duke of You arrived at
Winelfor, and returned to town in the afternoon. _

Yenerday morning his Majefty and the Princelres
went to St. George's Chapel, and heard a famon by
the Dean of Windfor.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE embarks for the Conti-
nent on Weduefday, with his Aide-de•Cazfips' Lieut.
Col. Starrir, Major MURRAY, Captains COOKE,
KIRA'S. and Haul, and Lieut. Col. LINSINGII/I.
His Royal Highnefs is appointed Governor General
of Hanover, as well as Captain General of the troops
of that Eledorate.

More of the Guards tire under orders for foreign
fel vice.

The 87th regiment embarked at Ramfgate on
Friday. The sift, 31“, 85th, aoth, and 88th will
do the like in the courfe of the enfuing week, with
the gtb, tith, t 3th, and t7th Dragoons.
The medicinal dares at Chelmsford were lad week
fent up to town by fpecial order. It is reported that
the camp equipage and floret in general, which are
lodged in that town, will immediately follow. for
the purpofe, as it is fuppofed, of being fent off for
the Continent.

A detachment of artillery week paged through
Cantbridge, on their route to Parkgate, where they
are to embark for Ireland.

General DALRYMPLE, who commanded the troops '
in one of the diftries of the South of Ireland, died
fuddenly on Monday fennight.
Nearly a thoufand French prifoners were on Wed-
nefday landed at Plymouth from the Royal Sovereign,
Belle& and Leviathan, from off Trafalgar, and
condufteal to the higher barracks prifon.
The Ex-Bafhaw of Tripoli, who was depofed by
his brother the reigning Prince, and whore caufe was
efpoufed and afterwards abandoned by the Ameri-
cans, has arrived in America to fclicit renewed al-
fillance to regain his throne.
The report of Scindia having taken the field in
conjunction with Holkar, and entered the Guzzerat,
is wholly difcredited at the India Houfe. The lag
official accounts from that province Rate, that the
exertions of General Sum had fuceeeded in re-ef-
tablilhing tranquillity.
The notorious pirate, Tuecoo Goroo, who has fo
long infelled the welt and north weft crafts of India,
has been taken into the French fervice, and appoint-
ed to the sommand of the gun boats which have
been built at the Mauritius for the defence of thofe
Ulan& He is a man of great daring, and inti-
mately acquainted with all the creeks and &allows
in thole fear.

The laft official accounts from Ceylon are dated
the middle of May, at which period tranquillity was
fo perfealy re ftored in the neighbourhood of Colombo,
that the troops had been recalled; and lodged in tbeir
former quarters. The jungle fever had fo wholly
fubfided, that the Lazarettos, which had been opened
for the reception of perfons afßieed with that difor-
der were abolifited.

The total force under the orders of Holkar, is Rat-
ed to have amounted only to 30,000 horfe and 4000
infantry. and that his revenues, fence greatly reduced,
did not exceed one crote s 5 lac: of rupees. The op-
pofition which he has made to the Britifh arms with
fuch means, fo inadequate to the occafion, place the
talents and enterprize of that Chief in the moft cre-
ditable point of view.
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The armed nip Loifit, under American colours,
and commanded by a Scotfitaan, named Smith, ar-
rived at Calcutta oo the aoth of June, when it ap-
pearing, from the confeffion of the crew, that the had
been fitted out for the purples of piracy, of which,
in numerous initanccs, the had been guilty, the Mar
ter was arrefted and conduced to gaol, where he kw
toodiiitely committed Weide, by means of opium.