Star.
London, England, 1807-05-25 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

By the dips Barbadoes, Capt. Lewis, and Irlam,
KAMM, from Barbadoes, arrived at Liverpool, we
learn that the THaMes frigate, which failed from
Fortfmouth on 3d March, arrived at Barbadoes on
the 15th April, and failed thence on the 18th, with
the trade for Grenada, St. Vincent's, and Jamaica.
Twenty-four fail for Surinam, Demerara, and Bel.-
him parted on the sth April, without convoy; three
of the fleet were miffing ; one of them, the Two
Friends, bound to Honduras, was captured on the
13th April to the windward of Barbadoes, by l'Eclair
French privateer; recaptured by the S !STILE fchooner,
and carried into Barbadoes. The General Ernouf
French privateer was feen to capture a brig, fuppef-
ed to be one of the THAMES'S miffing vac's, to wind-

ward of Barbadoes.
The Antigua Paper of the 16th of April) mentions
the capture of the (hip Dykes, one of the Cork fleet,
dole to windward of that Wand, by two large French
fchooner privateers, from which the Albion, from
Dublin, narrowly efcaped, owing to the appearance
of two letters of marque, bound to Jamaica. The
Dykes had a valuable cargo, and was afterwards
fees going into Guadaloupe. The trade from An-
tigua was expeatel to f:ail from that island on the 19th.
The Blips from Barbadoes were to fail the ryth.
Molt of the merchant 'dias captured at Curacoa
(69 in number), have arrived at Jamaica, under
convoy of the LATONA. The Dutch frigate, Kenau
Haftlar, a Surinam corvette, and a flying fchooner,
arrived fome time before, under convoy of the ARE-
THUSA.
Captain BOLTON, of the FISGARD, was ►eft by
Captain Barssanz, Governor of Curacoa; Captain
PesaLls, of the Marines, was Commander in Chief
of the forces; and Lieutenant SCOTT, of the Marines,
Town Major. _ _ _

" His MaJetty's !loop Cu RI cux, Barbadocs, April r 6.
" Our flip arrived here on the Bth all well. We
found this Hind very healthy, and heard fimilar
reports of the others. The fchooner Morne Fortunce
arrived here yefterday evening with the intelligence,
that the Rochefort fquadron, confifting of five fail
of the line and three ft igates, having on board 3500
troops, were hourly expo led at Martinique. The
fquadron fails from this in the evening, to cruize for
the purpofe of intercepting them. The jsth Regi•
went leave thisto-morrow for Grenada—the CURI EU!
is to convoy them to that iflAud. A regiment of
Blacks go out from this to Nafrau, New Providence,
in the CHICHESTER. I hope in my nest to fend you a
good account or the enemy. Otir Captain (SHER
air?), all the officers, and crew, are in high friths,
and we have fimilar Ilatements ft.( m all the (hips."
" His Majefty's Ship, Northumberlaml, April i 3.
gi We had a four weeks et uize here off Martinique
not long ago, and we went into Barbadocs, and
there remained for a week ; when hearing of the
French fquadron being out, and on their way here,
we put t.) fca the next day, and are now in great
hopes and momentary expectation of meeting with
them ; in fall, it is the only thing that confoles
us far having failed fa loon after fo long a cruize. As
(non at v:,e heard of them, the fignal was made to
compleat our watering as Coon as poffible ; in confe-
quence of which, we were employed all the nightwa.
tering, and one of our boatshappened to have a great
number of calks in her, and the Coxfwain was fitting
on one of the calks (leering, when the calk, with
other three, rolled overboard, man and all ; the
poor fellow could not and it being' a
dark night, only one of our men faw him, he put
out an oat to him, but he mold not lay bold of it,
and was drowned."