Star.
London, England, 1813-05-27 00:00:00

NASSAU, BAHAMA, MARCH ii.

Sunday last arrived the cutter Caledonia, privateer. I. W.
HINSON Commander, from a cruize blithe coast of America ;
and a good deal injured from a fight she sustained with an Ame-
rican privateer. Oa the 23d ult. at 9 A. at. off Charlston Bar,
and in sight of the light-house, she espied a ship on her starboard
bow, made sail in chace, and at 10 boarded her, when she proved
to Lie the Albion, of London, ALEXANDER NICHOLSON master,
from Demerary, bound home, with a cargo of 400 hogsheads of
sugar, 69 puncheons of rum, 10 bales of cotton and 36 casks and
300 tags of coffee. This ship had been captured on the Ist ult.
by the American privateer schooner Hazard, PLACIDE La CHAR.
Commander. Captain HINSON took possession of her,
sent his First Lieutenant and nine men on board, and made sail
to return to port with so valuable a recapture. At eleven disco.
vered a schooner in chace—when the prisoners taken on board
the Albion, an officer and six men, were secured. At noon
found the chace to come up fast, and she proveckto be the priva-
teer Hazard, which had captured the ship. At 1 P. at. the pri-
vateer having come up, the cutter prepared for action. Spoke
the ship, and ordered her to do the same, she having 12 guns
mounted on board ; which unfortunately, however, did not after-
wards prove of any service. At 3 10. P. A. the privfteer having
come alongside, the cutter commenced a heavy fire upon her,
which was returned on her part. At 3 30. had three men woun-
ded, and at 4 30. ceased firing, the piOvateer having dropt astern,
peak hallyards being shot away.
At 6. 30. the privateer having again come up, the fight was
renewed with great warmth on both sides. At seven, the priva-
teer boarded the ship on her larboard quarter, when the cutter
was in so o.attered a state as to be unable to afford the necessary
assistance to her re-capture, her braces and topsail lifts being
shot away, and the vessel very materially injured in her sails and
rigging. The enemy, having now ceased firing, the cutter was
obliged to do so likewise, and bore away; Captain HINSON being
satisfied of the impossibility either to capture the privateer or
again to, re-capture the ship ; the enemy having 56 men, and the
cutter then only 19 remaining fit for action. On the following
day, one of the wounded men, Laurence Linguist, carpenter,
died of his wounds. The cutter then made sail for Nassau. On
the 26th, in crossing the Gulph, saw a privateer schooner, but
kept on her course. On the 6th instant, off Harbor Island, saw
a sail, which upon nearing proved to be another American pri-
vatcer full of nteu. tiovo to NA! prerared icy actiov3 yfkto the

enemy sleeted of to the Eastward, soon after whiclithe cutter
again made sail and the best of her way for Nassau.
His Excellency the Governor having received Captain His.
votes report, immediately ordered the Government hired armed
ac►aener SWIFT, RICHARD COULSON Commander, to put to
sea• in quest of the privateer seen off Harbor Island, and the
SWIFT soon after sailed on that service.

AMERICAN METHOD OF MAKING WAR,
CANARY ISLANDS, APRIL 30.—0 n the 22d ultimo, '
the Spanish ship Nostra Senora de Cabadenga, Capt.
VINCENT! LEMos, from Havannah to Teneriffe, was
robbed at sea, near Madeira, by the American schoo-
ner privateer General Armstrong, Captain J. SMITH,
of Salem; under British colours, of sugar, rum, and
other articles, to the amount of between three and
four thousand dollars the Spanish crew having been
confined upwards of six hours, with sentries on the
hatches, and the Captain pinioned in the cabin of the
privateer, while the plundering was going on. On lea v-
ing the ship, they gave the following Paper:
" At Sea, March 22.
" Received of the bearer the sum of one hundred dollars, be-
ing in full for wear and rum. (Signed) " Davin LovD,
" Lieutenant of his Britannic Majesty's Schooner
Antelope, of Plymouth."
The privateer having sent her boats on shore at
Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on the 27th April, the marau-
ders were recognized ; but having information that
steps were taking for their seizure, they unfortunately
effected their escape. The purpose of this visit from
those vindicators of the rights of neutrals, was to
land the following Letter, addressed to GILBERT S.
Btwcr, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Consul. General
" April 26—On board the United States private
armed Schooner General Armstrong.
" Sta—Having captured the British packet Mary Ann, from
Malta, I am in posselsion of the Malls Cat were on board, con-
sisting.of two large leather bags of letters, whlch, should you
choose to ransom, I will deliver them up by your paying me a
handsome reward: my boat will waft three quarters of .11 hour
for your answer and the cash. I am Sir, your most obedient
servant, (Signed) " J. SMITIK."

The FIRST LORD of the Amin:Aury held a CoUn-
yestertay, and transacted business with many dis.
tinguished naval characters.

The MAJESTIC, one of the cut-down 74's. is to
sail immediately for America. Admiral GRIFFITHS
hoists his flag on board the MAJEIVC, as Comman-
der at Halifax.

The valuable American Indiaman belonging to
Mr. GIRARD, of Philadelphia, which was captured by
Commodore BURESVOLtD in the Delaware, has been
ransomed by her owner for 180,000 dollars. The
money was sent on board the Poictiers in a pilot-beat.
The ship and her cargo were worth four times the
sum,could they have been dispened of at a fair market.
Of the four vessels mentioned in 17e Gazette, as
captured by the boats of Sir J. B. WAartzm's squa-
dron, the Dolphin was a privatPer ; the Racer and
Lynx, letters of marque, for France ; and the Arab,
a ketch, for Savannah. The American Papers in-
form us, that these vessels being afterwards manned,
and converted into tenders by the were sent
farther up the Chesapeake; and about six miles above
Patuxent, fell in with a number of small craft, which
they took, together with the schooner Providence
Packet.

The following is the substance of the Act of Con-
gress of the United States, to prevent the employ.
ment of fineign seamen on bo4rd Ameliczri ships,
which has been transmitted from Washingt-n :

" 1. No naturalized Citizo-n shall be employed unless be pro-
duce the Act of his natura ization.

" 2. No sta'aring man shall be received as a passPnger in any
foreign port, unless with the permitsion of the proper officer of
the country to which he may belong, first had in writing.
" 3. Foreign Consuls and Agents shall he admirted to state
their objection to the employment of any fore:go seaman, on ac-
count el his being a subject or citizen of the state by which they
are appointed.

•` 4. Commanders of public vessels who shall knowingly em—
ploy a foreigner shall forfeit a thousand dollars for each person
so employeti. The forfeiture on board private vessels for such
offence, and for each holividual, shall be 504 dollars.

" 3. No person arriving in thr United States after the passing
of this Act shal be admitted to become a ei:izen until he shall
have resided therein five years.
" 6. Forging a certificate of naturalisation, sr using or selling
the same, or making use of a true one otherwise than for the
person to whom given, shall be felony."
An unfortunate circumstance occurred on Wed-
nesday at Yarmouth, by the LEVERET'S boat upset-
ting, by which means a midshipman and two young
seamen were drowned.

Sunday afternoon, a peter-boat, belonging to
fisherman, in which were a party of ten persons, going
down the River, was upset at ‘Voolwich, through
the unskilfulness of the party in managing the sail,
by which the whole of them were precipitated into
the water, and saved their lives by fortunately cling.
ing to the keel of the boat, until assistance was at:
forded by two young men rowing up to them, who,
with the assistance of another, a waterman, happily
succeeded in saving them from a watery grave.
Sunday se'nnight, near Bervie, James Alexander,
Master of the sloop Fame, from Sunderland to Aber-
deen, was thrown overboird by the main.boom, and
drowned.

Sir Trios(As MosTrx, Batt. M.P. for the County
of Flint, has this season planted seven hundred thou-
sand forest-trees on his estate in that county.
It is stated, that there are now upwards of 1,100
houses unoccupied in the town of Manchester, in-
cluding a rental of considerably more than £13,000.
The total premises unoccupied, of every description
in the town, farms a rental of upwards of A. 27,000.

TEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY POUNDS.—..The Ticket
9190 being the first Prize above £4O, drawn this day,
and as such entitled to £lO,OOO, was Sold by Bism
in one Quarter, one Eighth, and ten Sixteenth Shales,
at his truly fortunate Offiets, 4., Corithill, and 9, Cha-
ling Cross, where the Shareholders may receive their
Money, or exchange them for undrawn Tickets and
Shares fir the last day of drawing, which will be on
our beloved Sovereign's Birth-day, the 4th of June.
On Monday, Lave!, the turnpike-gate-kPeper at
Stone's.end, Southwark, was convicted, befav the
Magistrates of Union Hall Office, of outrageous ar.d
improper conduct to a Gentleman who resides in
Downing-street.
Joh. Goodman and Richard Hayward are fully com-
mitted for trial at the General Sessions for Canter.
bury, in July next, on a charge of robbing the Can-
terbury Union Bank.
At Tenterden Ses,ions last week, Thomas Pain and
Henry Coleman were convicted of stealing three arUirlp
and sentenced to b: transported fur seven years.

LAir INTELLIGENCE.

C6URT OZ~ KtNG'S BENCH, MAY 26.
tilt KING t. THE INHADITAV:S Or ST. GEORIMN,

H ANOVER-SQU A ttr.

Mr. JEV:t.t. applied to have the Rule which he ob-
tained last Term, in this case, made absolute.
The Arrow: BY G CNERA L said, his Learned Friend,
when he applied for this Rule last Term, told their
Lordbhips there was a measure then pending in Par-
liament on the subject ; that Bill had since received
the R,,yal assent, and the defendants were anxious to
do all required of them ; he trusted, therefore, the
. pavement of that part of the town would soon be in
'inch a state as to leave no room for complaint. It
had been necessary to advertise for contracts, &c.
which*ould occupy some time; and, under all the
circumstances, he hoped his Learned Friend would-
not object to the Rule being enlari,ved to next Term.
Mr. JEKYLL had no objection to granting the de-
fendants th;s indulgence, but as the application for'
. the Rule had been attended with such good effect,
he thought the stimulus should be continued by keep-
ing the Rule hanging over them.
The Rule was then enlarged till next Term.
TIIE NEW RIVER -CONIPANY AGAINST THE POOR'S RATE