Star.
London, England, 1806-12-31 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

Yellerday after oar paper was at peers, Dutch
papers were received by a cfrcahous rout, which ex
plain the reafon why no communications have for
foam tins bean received frets the coed of Holland.

On the :ph intlant,,a Proclamation was pubtilhed
prohibiting all interetrarfe with this country. Not
only is all commercial hwatoerfe interdicted, bat All
letters eosin from or galas to Englead. are or-

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&red se be the Poll /defers, to the Stininer
of lattice and Police..
This is only what we had prepared our Readers to
expect Ng ?OLSON wit -a(mee a fsmilar fy Item
wherever his ipeuence estendr. 4)wr nserchants and
manufacturers will fats from the meafures but thole
under his rule will fuff:r hill more feverely: -.lLher a
time the commodities in requell will find their way
throuzh ever y batrier—but at an enhanced price.

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King Louie, like the other Monarchstif new crew.
don, h a ellahlifhed two orders.' The firi is, of the
Union : it is to cnnfill of thirty Grand Crofres, end is
in fume. degtee, modelled after the French Legion of
Humor. The fecond iv, the Ueder of Merit, which
to be comport:4_of so Commanders and 300
Ktliglats, with a yearly revenue annexed to it of flxtr
thoufand fins ins, which is to be paid ont of the be, cafe
of,the revenue! It was only a few days before that his
Majefly told their .High Mightineffes, that the reve-
nues were by no means adequate to the expences of
the State, iyal that there was little probability of their
becoming fo.
The Tbirty.fifth Bulletin of the French Army, not
received before, appears in there journals.—The po-
litical part of it is of force importance. The rejee•
lion of the Armiflice is officially notified in it, as well
as the reafons amgned by his PrulEan Majeily fer
that unexpeaccl aft of energy and refolution.

The report of the death of D INF!, the Em.
prre'r of Hayti, is confirmed. He fell, it appear',
is a general and organized military infurreftion.
The circumllances of this tranfaftion, and the conic-
quences by which it was followed, are too volumi.
anus to be all cotnmurlcated in cur Paper of this
day. We have given part of them : the remainder
(hall appear to-morrow. j In the mean time, we
dire& the attention of our commercial readers to
the Proclamation of CH terrOrif a.,
A French Cartel arrived on Sunday at Dartmouth,
from Morisiz, in which Capt. B/IFIIITOPI, an Officer
of dittingaifised meri,, and Mr. Gear, both of /a
Minerve frigate, which went on fhore near Cherburgh
at the beginning of the war, came paftengers. No
news of the leaft importance had tranfpired at Moe-
lai z when the Garret left it. We base not learnt that
the brought any French papers.
A Gentleman who was made prifoncr on board a
Q2ebcc (hip, and carried into France, is arrived in
London from Morlaix, from whence he made his
efcapc. He affirms, that, prior to his coming away,
be read the Fiench Papers to the 214 inclufive, anal
up to that date they had not announced any engage-
ment between the Ruffians and French, but they
held out the probability of a great battle loon taking
place, the armies being fo blunted with relped to
each other as to render an idiots unavoidable.
The Dyes of ftscasoan died on Monday nithr,
at twelve o'clock. at his feat Goodwood, near Oil.
ehefter, in the Ind year of his age. His Grams was
Duke of RICHMOND in England, of Lemmox in ticot.
land, and of Anatomy in France. ThN la this
was recognized by the Parliament of Paris in 1777.
He was alfo a Knight of the Garter, Field Martina,
and Colonel of the Horfe Guards (hire).
The Hillfbro', I. tinny, from Nevis, is arrived at Liverpool.
Sbe failed from Tortola on the tot h of November, with a (fort
under convoy of Ida Majelty's Chips Merlin tend la Seism, sad
parted from them ins the sad att.
TOASAT, Dec. so ...Ills day attired his htiputy's ilp Ow.-
mar. Slr Salines Rom, from Portfannoth aemain ip
'Borth,
Majefty's ibim San lola, Lowden, Mars, Bellempion, Mo.
'Borth, Prince!, Royal, Prince of Wales, Ramillies, Conepannar.
ifflibraltar. Centaur, sad Palm
PLYMOUTY. Dec. sto..cal e In dm Sorinsa, of rtt gum,
'Tram the Rochefort Squadron, with the loh of her maienuft sod
fore.top-mall. hating been ftruck by lightning: tM Rochefort
Squadron hate received confider able damage during dictate gales ;
the Superb, 7n guns, has 101 l her inaßt came In alfo the [Minh
• ildpWitibrofen, Captain WILL' AMON from C.ette, with brand,.
Sailed the Revenge, of ya guns. for Pii;tftricintlia
DeCLAIIIIIII 34—AILITiVed yellorday evening his Maier-
ty'a limp Spitfire, Captain Parry Being, from off &achy Head,
and brought In with her a French lugger privateer, of a guise and
IS men, after a Bann there, during which the Ilrft and Sealed
Captain were killed. She had taken two 'effete tide cruise onto,
which was recaptured (from Macedon bound toLoodoir. ',M. •
valuable ar•gri), sad brought fate Into the Dawns—they are put
under quarantine. Arrived the Trompeufc Coop flan a cruise off
Boulogne. *OA the Jukall gun brig nn a cruise off Olkend. end
Piercer put brig off the North Foreland. Came Mown from the
River the Trite Baton and Alfred Salt Indianieo, and I.v. ral
orb. r mew trerhound argils, and remain in the Dow it. with the
Prince or Orange, ffis, Hamar, sod Antelope men of war,
fevers! minus. Soaps of war, bombs. prunis, sad fire •effela,
assany gut. briar, Britannia, Retreat.and Devaynes raft loritarnen,
and about 30a fail of other "inward bound veffels, waiters, cut•
hers, tranfports, &c.—Wind S. W.
Estratl from the log book of the Hutton, of Lynn,
()ARIA Nn matter, hound from Lynn to Portlinouth :
o Die. 17 —At five A M. taw a brig of war in the cad of ii,
fore-fail up and main-top fall to the cone,, having a large no •p
brought to under his there ; we were at this time going about five
Lnnta through the !Ater. wind about N. W. the North Fords:id
light W. S. W. of us. At ball pen fit A. M. law two fail In the
S. E. winch I did no• like. of eourfe turned the nip to the N. W.
At this done the North Foreland light bore off me W. N W.Moist
font or live d-igues, and wind about 8 W.by W. As as the
fails were mooned, I made out very plain the one to be a lugger,
busiding a brig, I immediately began Brill guns, end making the
fiend* common fur an enemy being near. When it was goad day-
light we might be about two miles Irons him, be was then very
bufy capturing and fending off the flernmull and leewardmoft
fitip.. and continued this as long a, I could fee him, which was
until -toe A. M. be wu then boarding a brig and going fir!.
10wi,7, the rill fleeting fur a port In France. It Is my firm npltdun
that hi. to as many as be could man, for after I bad been under
the North Forehead frame time, two brigs came up which I hailed:
they informed me that they were Ode by him when he want off
wit!) the lad shed. Myf.lf and ethers kept our Banal, for ma
enemy, top sail int flaws flying, and cloth under the land the
moil part of the day. but though I fair the *fps in the Downs,
and alto a of war riding open of the Queens Channel, no no •
dee whatever se,. taken of our Agnes ; a great pitty indeed, for if
either of them had, the merchantmen might have been retaken,
and very likely the privateer brought into an load& port. Out
of about fever ty WI only twenty-fit came in there, lot whet was
not captured mull have gone
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C. km Exordia, axa-sais, Dec st...Thers
I are I I (rent, arrivals of Wheat to-day, sad the
fupply rather confiderable--the fides is this itade art
, made heavily, and at rather lefi prices.—Many arri-
vals of Grain in•general are daily expe&ed—Barley
at foonewhar lefi.—Thete are very few Ist, •- of
I Malt, which is lower—Beans of both farts :1k de. lin
fate, and timely at LIR prices—These are gavial
arrivals of Oat. from the North Country, bat few of
bell quality, and this article is cheaper I and Flour
(comely fupports its NA price.

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ADMIRALTY Of FICO, DIU:11401■ 30.
ger, r.,Ca enter front Vtce
. Madrid Darer% Commander in
Chief ands hisiAty's ships and Very& at Jamaica, to William
IMIMM.P..Mr4. dated on board the Vahan, at Port loyal,
Odlether Lb, ak6.
air—inelnied is the copy of a letter I have received (mai Cap.
tale Inrltfirl.l. m the Munti.r, acquainting me of the capture of
the Sranfth Meter of moque San jot ph y Animas. I am. &c.
(Signed) f a. DACIr.i.

His Mayfly's Sloop Hunter, off the lilt of
Pines, St ptrmber 21, 18)6.
Sir—l have the honour to infirm you, his Ma-
jetty's Noss under try command fell in with and
captured this morniag, after four hones chacc, the
Spann (dimmer San Jnfeph y Animas letter of
marque, from Truxillo, bound to Batabann, laden
vvi h indigo and farfspatilla ; fhe alto was charged
with difpatehes which were landed previous to her
capture. She is armed with a long eight pounder in
usidlhips, and is Nall arms, had only 13 men when
taken. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) 1. H. INGLITIALD.
The following Letters are air() tranlmitted by Ad-
rnital Dacites.
His Maleity`t brig lliiierete, Port Rota, O& 24.
Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that on the
morning of the ad ()Sober, Cape Engana hearing
north fr en leagues, a fail was ,:iicovered to leeward,
to which wf* immediately gave elnice, which was
continued until 'tuft A M. on the following morn-
ing, at which time, it being nearly calm, f difpatch.
ed the boats in chace, when after a poll of two
boars they came up with, and captured her ; floe
proves to be the Frewch armed fclinoner le 1-apnlenn,
mounting one birds long nine-pounder, with four-
teen men and palfengers, hound to the city of Sc.
Domingo, from Samana, where the wax suing to get
a letter of marque, and her complemeut men.—
I have the honour to be, Zee. (Sioted)
. WILLIAM MALL.

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14111%lajelly'" floor Drake, a. Sea, OA. 27.
Sir—l hare much islealure in teporting to you the
rapture of the French fchooner pt hatter la Super!-e,
of 14 guns (two isineircusiders and t 2 fix-pounders)
and 94 men, commanded-by M. DOHlNinust limn,'
by Lieutenant Firrna. in his Majelly's fehnoner
Pire.4—This Officer 'reefing Ia Superb.. off Cape
Nicholas Mule on the •4th, after an arduous chace
with fweeps, got within gun Ihnt,,and commenced a
sunning fight, which he continued with little inter-
mann, ar.d iq2lllloll every direttion, until the zfith,
when at nine A. M. Cape Maize bearing N.N.W. fix
leaves, they were difeovered front the tops of the
*hip 1 commard, and it was then that I witneffed,
with the greaten fatisfaAion, a difplay of (kill and
bravery itipported far four hours autsl a half, which
entitles the parties to the greatell praife. The two
!almoners within •pitlol that kept sip a eminent fire.
La Superb feting us to leeward, made many MA-
amperes to efcape, Inn was as often foiled, Lieu-
tenant Fa Trot; carefully preferving the weather gage,
and it waanot until after a defperate 'chancre, until
the was in a finking Elate, and when our fnitunate
. ' leeward pnfition prevented further flight, that the
, ....„.. - man ran his *AA alum the racks in Oen& Bay,
ra, *felled her, accopinsuied by thole at his men
foiled
were nut either killed or dangeroufiy wounded
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a/tile trains. I rollout help repeating how much I
am gratified in slcictibing the merits of this affair,
Issi And in thus beating tetihnony to the credit which
Lienterant FIT T,41, Ills 'Abed", and men, have Re-
', quired, by the tune in which they fought and captur-
ed this notorious robber. In Is Supet be's hold were
found four men already dead of their wounds, and
three sehofe flee affords link hope; they allow that
-ri4 tell in the aAinn, and front the appearance of the
decks ninth blood Min have been Ihed. The PITT
has fuffered in her foils and rigging, and had two
'rt:en badly, and fix flightly wounded ; and I am
happy to add that we fucceeded in getting the prize
off. I am, &e. (Signed) a. NICHOLAS.
[Tranfrnitted by Admiral CocHRAIII.]
Waivenme, Antigua, Oa. 29
Sir—l have the honour to intorw you, his Ma•
jelly's !loop under -my command, on the tfilt intl.
captured the Fteneh privateer Guadeloupe packet,
carrying one gun and 4z men; dud, co. the 25th in.
Rant recaptused the American brig Franklin, laden
with mails firm Itarbadnes. I am, &c.
(Signed) T. a. cottrea.
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Dart, at Sca, November so.
1.:fr....1 have the honour to acquaint you, that this
day, in company with his Istajttly's (loop Wocsiv•
suns, in Oat. is. chit. 45 mm. N. long. 57 deg. 5 min.
W. we capenred la Jenne O•briella,`Fi each fehooner
irivatier, Ant:um-a Doe FSORD Commander. of 8
goons (tans of which Were thrown nverh-aid daring
the chme), and 75.mmt, hie from Guadelimpe, and
bad nut 'trade any capture.. I am, Sir, &c.
(Vgned) j, Sthll WAR.
Ilia Maisity's brig Grenada. November 4.
8i•--t have the fandiairso to inform you, this
day, the Landon Bridge Rork bearing S.L. five or
tie icagites, I 40-tweeted a futpieinus radii to the S.
W. and after a chace of four bouts came up and
cap:ts, eil the French privateer Ichnriner la Deuce,
having on board one gun and 24 men, nut from
Martinique 3a,chsys, and had not taken any th; IT.
1 itlrgt the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

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Hb 7,70(557's brie Grenada. Nnv. s.
Sta-m-I have the fatistaftion to acquaint you, that
this morning, the Wind "rif Can iacou bearing E.
tour or five miles, I difi.overed a fulpiciiius 'did to
the I,3llllward, and after a chart of five boors came
up with and captured the Preach privateer Ichooner
la Marianne, with a complement of 46 men. Me
mounted one frng nine pounder in midthips, which
was hove overhosrd in the chase ; nut (tom Marti-
nique four slays. I here great iaeisfatlinn in the
capture of thisveffel, as the feels very fan, and has
done Come damage to our trade. I have the honour
to be, &c. (Signed) p,1411 11•313311.
file Majtn.ol &beau' Munn Sunapee, St. Lune,
November :7.
beg leave to infirm you, that an the 16111
inn. i.fr St. Pierre's, I fell in with the national brig
Argus, when a (mall fkirmith commenced, which
continued for 4.5 minutes, when the enemy, eht.ling
sr vigils,' ces ran for pmteelion under Oa battery.
I am lorry to add that two of our men were litinufly
wounded, and three (lightly, hilinters. I have,
&c. (Signed) /313eW11.