Star.
London, England, 1814-10-08 00:00:00

A MEP ICAN P:t IVA !TERI.

C PENOCK, OCT. 4.—The following account of
eleven c %pones made within a sort period by one
American privaterr—the Surprise—is given in a let-
ter from Captain /4'F:ohne, master of one of the cap.
tured veswls, to a mercantile home in town, received
List night ;

" St. John's, New•ff.ur.dland, Sept. 10th, Ist 4.
" Dr Ait Sit ,--I am truly worry to inform you of the capture
of the Caledonia, on Sartir.l:iy, the 34 or September, about noon,
by the American privateer aurrri.e. in lat. 41. cs. lon. 54. 50. W.
after a•sevrre passage, in which the fleet suff-red considerable
damage. Tw•o vese,'lti went down, •iz. the ship Robert, from
Liv.-rpe.rit, crew all *ay. d and one u iknown, its which it is sup-
posed all perished. On the day after my capture, we fell In with
a Itng, and after the enemy had plun4leretl herof what they want-
ed, they riveter dip tu the prisoners, in which I was, part of my
crew, and the.master and crew of the ship Mines, of Ayr, which
ha•l been captured and burnt the ev.ningbefore the Caledonia.—
' The privateer had been from New Port, Rh -de Island, only ten
days, and ha t taken sic ships, two of which belonged to our a -rt.
"1 he ships and-r Convoy of the Antelope were greatly scat-,
tared when I was taken ; there were in sight three ships, vinare-
rigged, one of which I took for tee •h'p Dudop, of Greenock,
to which the privateer gave cbace immediately ; but the weather
came on so very foggy, that when we were within a league of
her she escaped, and by that meads we lost the other two. The
privateer mounts in guns, 18 /wonders, sad tarries about ion
men. 'flit Caledonia was weed, with orders to use every cau-
tion, but it is thntiaht by people Isere she will be retaken. I am,
dear Nit., your most obedient servant, (Signed)
" WILLIAM IefARLANI."

P. S 1 open tVa again to inform you II the arrival of a ctrtel,
aria part of five ships crew., taken by the Surprise en Tuesday
last ,vis. Doris, of Saltcoats. sunk; Regent, from Quebec, sunk ;
Llvely,rrom Workington, barns ; Argo, From Cork, tarried ;
and the Wellington, which has coma to as a cartel."

The merchant ship Catharina Maria; CLASSZN, laden
with coffee, d;rect from St. Domingo, entered Ham-
burgh on the 28th ultimo. Tois is the first vessel from
that island that has reached Hamburgll for many
years.
The Jenny, M'CULLOCE ; Jamaica to Greenock.—
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
been pleased to acquaint ths Committee, that the mas-
, ter • f the above vessel is ordered to be prosecuted, for
parting company from his Majesty's ship SAPPHIRE.
in the night of the lith ult. iu lat. Si. N. long. 18 W.
in..entionaoy or through grass negl ct.
The !sloii a, country ship, sailed from Gravesend
on Thursday morning for lortsmouth, and is to pro-
ed thence 11 Bengal direct, with convoy. There
are other lic,•nsed ships taking in freight for different
' part: to the eastwarcrof the Cape, and will sail in
com pan).
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the uniermentioned Cap-
tains were sworn in tq the command of their respec-,
ive ships, viz :—Captain J. LOCKE, David Scott ;'
Captain W. HAT, Inglis ; and Captain R. S. Dm,'
avant, Vansittart, fqt Bombay and China ; Captain
A. NAIRNE, General Kyd, fur St. Helena, Prince of
Wales Island, and China.
It is finally settled, that the letters for India shall
in future be forwarded through the medium of the
General Post-Office, subject to inland postage anl
ship-letter charges.

A meeting of the Merchants interested in the trade
of Cotton Manuttures, lately took place at the
house of the Bei Consul at Cadiz, to consider
of a suitable natmial to be presented to the Spa-
nish Government* but it was a generally-received
opinion, that no further indulgences would be
granted. It is asserted to be a fact, that, about
two month ago, the Spanish Government re-
quested a loan from the British Government of about
ten millions of dollars, intimating at the same time,
that for such accommodation England should have
the preference of every other nation in her trade with
Spain and tbi Spanish colonies. With this proposal,
the British Government did not think it expedient to
comply; and to this disappointment on the part of
Spain may perhaps be mu:hilted the hostile decree
against British manufacture. The Royal Mandate
of FarinDrawn, however, assigns .the policy of main-
taining the monopoly of the Philllpine Company as
the motive of the Decree.