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London, England, 1802-01-25 00:00:00

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MAILS THIS DAY.—WIND South.
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WS MAJESTY% SHIP SYREK OFF JAMAICA, NOV. Os.

To THE EDITOR OF THR STAR.

Sta—:-Por the nfe of your Paper I fend ion an
account of occurrences that have taken place at
Jamaica. lam yours, &c.
Capt. IiotirMAIIILOf thr GARLAND, is appointed
to the CoMmand of the Toatt, of 36 guns, in
the place of Capt. Cuutcrt, deceifed.
Capt. Cita-rum; of the SHALt !loop, is made
Poft into the GARLAND.

Lieut. Ci4itai.ss Mama Wrzstor is promoted
to the Command of to SNaii floop. •
Capt. Jos. Balm, is inide•Poft, and appointed
to the COmmand of the Asiecaveivav proud
(hip at Port Royal.
Lieut. Roster BAitilltj Who fo handfontely
gained the praife of his Captain in the BOUIDILAIS,
is made Mailer and Commander • into the Cit.vr.,
so floop of war.
Capt. JoHN WINTWORTH Loinlio, a ntoft
tie-
loved and gallant Officer, late of the Aaraoa-
'limy, is nominated to the Snug, cif 32 guns.
With concern I Rate, Lient.diactusazo Mows-
GO/41104 Mr. Psavizt.a, Mailer's Mate, and ten
men belonging to the BOUILDRLAISI foundered in a
Spoil& prize, off St. Domingo, in Jane Wt.
Three monthi fine Mr. }lmam, Midthipman,
belonging to the CEIDERVS, unfortunately fell
overboard and was choivneik; a gallant Tailor
jumped after him, hut unluckily lhared the fame
fate.

A Mailer's Mate, a Midfhipman, and ten men,
went to the bottom in a (mall Spanith Prize be-
longing to the Clllitat7S, in July lail, off Cuba,
In a gale of wind.
The CuMskiLano, of 74 guns, and GALL4an,
of s 4, failed on a' cruise, the 26th ult.

Two 'French prizes belonging to the Botta-
ousts, whit Lieut. Jain, Ai,z. GIADON, Mr.
MATTMEWIIOIIII, Midthipman, and fifteen Men, were
retaken by a Spanilh privateer, and carried into
Aux Cayes, St. Domingo. General Tbusssiwr
had promifcd to releafe the whole, and fend them
to Jamaica by the fiat opportunity.
Spanilll privateers are more numerous than ever
on the Stores of jimaical they row one hundred
oars, and row to windward of all our cruisers.

The Camay, failed on 3 cruife the fame day
the Armin/I-lon and Convoy left Port Royal.

Such is the alacrity ufed by our Admiral, that
the Avor.zo only laid in harbour two days, after
ten weeks cruise; and the bOVIDELAIS, only to
hours, after a thirteen weeks cruise.
The SANS PALSIL is expeEted every hour at Port
Royal, to receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Mow-

The latea news from St. Domingo (tate, that
the 'nephew of General Toussmyur has declard
war againft his uncle, and taken poffeffion of a
large portion of St. Doiningo.

Lord BMCARR/LS and CaonellifMusnotake a
paflage home in the Rsvalaurtos. Rear. Ad-
miral SMITH goes by, the fame convoy in the VO•
LAOS, of guns; Captain Vasty.
The Sam ab of, guns, failed 10 days ago for
the biiififfippi; the TOTAZI at the fame time for
Vera Cruz ; and the Cassel** for the Ha'vannah.

The following remarkable quick pailige took
place a few days ago : the BOUIOELAIS kit the
Havannah, and on the fifth day arrived at Port
Royal, Jamaica.
Onr excellent Captain dossiuk, who has com-
manded us for the laft three years, failed in the
Minium (loop the other day, to take the command
of the MaLAMPUS. of 36 put off Vera Cruz.
11X1tACT 07 A 11070711. LITTIIIL FROM A GESTLIDIAII

AT JAMAICA, DATED DIC.6, :Bo:.

" There are five fail of the line and a frigate
here, which arrived from England a fortnight
final for what purpofe is kept profoundly fecret:
it is faid there are fix fail of the line more and
many frigates expelled shortly. I Mould imagine
it is Meant as a counterpoife for a force Paid to
be mated from France againit St. Domingo.
Should they attempt fuch a thing, it would colt
thein infinitely more men and money than the
Egyptian expedition. No man in Europe can be-
lieve to what a degree of regularity, order, tran-
quillity, and opulence, the black General Tons-
SAIUT has reftored that colony : every inch of the
Wand is under his fabjeaion) and fo wifely has he
tempered all his matures, that not a murmur is,
heard from any pity or colour on the contrary,
his name is venerated to a degree of enthurialln,
much famine to that of BONAPAIMID in France:
his troops, although nearly naked (indeed &ou-
tlands have nothing more thaw a cloth round
their middle), are in a fuperlor Me of difciplise;
and I have ken large parties ofnegroes go trough,
the whole regular exercife in a manner rkatint.rfl7l
do hoopla te 4 ?ruffian votaritn.". . '

FALMOUTH, id". 22.--This day failed his Ma-
kfty is packet LADY ACABELLA, with the American
mail : the Dust OF YORK packet will fail to-mor-
row with two mails for Lifbon, if the wind coati-
nues fair.

f'systoti rn, Jac 13.---Came in the SPIDER
fehooner' of 14 guns, from
.a cruize. Sailed for
Torbay the ROYAL Sofuta so it, of t foguns, Vice-
Admiral HARVEY; and the EXCELLENT. of 74
guns, Captain STOPFORD. Came in from Torbay
the PRINCE OF WALES, of 98 guns, Rear-Admiral
CALDER.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Laft night arrived the
Auguilus Cefar, Capt. BRAM- It Y. from Jamaica.
—Same evening failed his Majelly fhip la LOIRE
for the weftward.—The following (hips are ordered
round to Torbay :—:-BARFLEURI Rear Admiral
CoLtimowoon • ATLAS, Capt. JOWLS MALTA,
Capt. Barri ;CANADA, Capt. YORKE; ACHILLES,
Capt. WALLIS ; DORIS, Capt. BRISBANE.—Came
into harbour, a Swedilh (hip from Spithead, which
had been lying there a long time.---Arrived his
Majefty's flip la VOLAGZ, Capt. VISES, from
Jamaica.
At the Court-Martial held on Friday on board
his Majelty's kip the GLADIATOR, at Portfmouth,
for the trial of Captain Sir E. HAMILTON, of the
Tamer frigate, on charges of tyranny and oppref-
fon t .
viee-ndmirsi Sir A. MITCH:HA Prefulelll,
_ Moses GRIRTIIAM, Elq. Judge-Advocate,
The Firft Lieutenant Rated in his evidence to the
Court that Sir Ensvaan,on going out of the kip be-
tween nine and ten in the forenoon, gave very par-
ticular orderi to hare the guns and carronades on
the quarter-deck cleaned,which orders he,delivered
to the Gunner; that Sir EDWARD returned about
eleven,fwore his orders had not beencomplied with,
damned the Gunner for an old read, and inflantly
ordered the gunner and his crew to be feized up in
the shrouds. He further Rated, that the guns, car-
riages, Ste. appeared to him to have been remarka-
bly well cleaned. • A rope-yarn, or part of a fwab
lay on the muzzle of one carronade ; the carriage-
of another was marked by the feet of the topmen
paffing to the fhrouds in order to afiend, which he
explained to Sir EDWARD, but to no purpole.—
Thefe fads were corroborated by the Officers and
Quarter-mailers of the watch. It appeared that
the Gunner, an elderly man, with a family, re-
mained feized up about an hour and a half; that
he requefled the Surgeon, who was walking the
quarter-deck, to reprefent to Sir EDWARD that if he
was not taken down he fhould faint; that in confe-
quence of the Surgeon's reprefentation he was taken
down and brought aft, where he actually fainted;
that he requefted Sir EDWARD repeatedly, if culpa-
ble, to try him by a Court Martial, and in pity to
his age and infirmities, not feize him up. This
circumftance happened /hiring the cold froßy Tea-
tier. The Gunner's crew remained feized up T. ft-
til pail threc in the afternoon. Sir EDWARD, in his
defence raid, that motives of humanity had often
remained him from bringing the Gunner to a
Court-Martial for repeated intoxication, is he had
a family, and was an old man. He then pleaded
his Cervices, and Obferved, that in confequence of
a wound received in his head, while cutting out
the wound
frigate from a Spani(h port, he was
at periods nearly in a Date of mental derangement.
The Court being cleared, in a few minutes found
Sir EDWARD guilty of the charges; and fentenced
him, as was Rated in our Paperof Saturday, to be
difmiffed his Majelty's fervice.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JAN. 23.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JAN. 23.
Copy et a letter from Rear-Admiral MONTAGU. Command-
log (dicer aide Majefty's Sldps and Veal* at Jamaica to
Evan Naraaw, Efq. dated at Port Royal Harbour, the loth
of November, zBor.
Sir—Enclofed I have the honour to tranfinit
two letters from FRANCIS J. Nary, Efq. Com-
mandet of the CDRACOA, giving an account of an
action between his Majefty's armed tender PICKLE
and a Spanifh fchooner. I have the honour to
be, sec.
_(Signed) mOIiTAGO.
His Majclty's Doop CURACOA, COIRCOII Harbour,
Odober is,
Sir—l have the honour to enclofe a copy of a
letter received from Mr. ROBERT HAFER, Mailer's
Mate of his Majelty's [loop CURACOA, under my
command, and (erring on board his Majefty's
armed tender PICKLE, attached to that flap. I
beg leave to inform yon that the helms has been
refitted and failed upon a cruife.
Signed) FRANCIS JOHN NOT?.
ells bisjefty's Armed Tender Pleats, Curame har-
bour, Odd*: 13,1501.
Sir-4 beg leave to inform you, that on the
25th ult. eleven A. M. We of Ath (St. Domingo)
bearing N. W. diftance five or fix miles, being on
the (larboard tack, . a Orange fail was difcoyered
under the land bearing down urn us with an
ealign flying. When within pifitil-fhot
of the PICKLE, the enemy hoifted Spanilh colours,
and commenced an anion which continued with
a bra fire from both fides for an hour and a
quarter,, when they Attempted to board, but with-
out etc& ; finding themfelves foiled in this, they
hauled their wind, and made fail from us t Wo
wore and Rood after them, but, to my 'great Men-
tification, they were fo much our fupenor in fail-
ing, that, after a chace of one hour and a half, I
found it fruidefi to continurit. It is with ex-
treme regret that I am to inform you Lieutenant
GRRENSIIIILDS was killed forty minutes after the
commencement of the *Edon, having received a
mufket ball through his body. Our fails and rig-
ging have fuffered a good deal; and I am forry
to add that Mr. Paßacs, Midthipman, with feven
men and myfelf, were wounded. From the great
fuperiority of the enemy's force to ours, the
PICKLE only having thirty-five men, (including
officers and boys, and of theft three were render.
eel unferviceable through ficknefs) I hope the ex-
ertions ufed during the action, as well as thofe
made to come up with the enemy, will meet your
approbation. The enemy was'a large fchooner-
rigged vette,, molter g two twelve and two nine.
h pounders, and manned with about kventy men;
and I imagine mule have been a French cr Spa-
nik privateer. (Signed) ROBERT HATER.
m Dowel's/u or asza•ssosar.—To the Ra-
sin/sus, for the capture of the Aballata, a difiri-
bstkis will be made 011 Friday the jilt of Fehr:L-
I ars, at Downiatattet.

Lisearrea, jaw. 23.—We are fearful that :►
heavy form of ThoridAy Lilt has done cunli.te.
able damage to the thipping on the' eoall.
have only at prelim heard .of two thuips
.driven on Chore, one oppofite Bolton. and the other
near Hell-Bank : they are unloading their cargou
and expel to get the velfels off without much da•
map.

FROM LLOYD'. LIST.

DEAL, JAM. z4.—Arrived and failed for the
River the Lady Harewood, —, from Jamaica.
Sailed the Skelton Cattle, Eait Indiaman, for the
River.—Wind S. W.

GRAVESEND, JAN. 244—Paid by the King
George, —, from Calais ; Lord Duncan, MIL-
Lea, and Daher, PHILLIPS, from St. Kitt's ;
Maria, Flatus, from Martinique ; Grant, Pee•
COCK, from Bengal; Hope, WILSON, from Bilboa ;
Eliza, Doan, from St. Thomas's; Crefcent,
exams:4, and Inmelinda, FAIR, from Dematara.
Sailed the Hygeia, --, for Barbadoes ; At-
tempt, SPAIN, for Trinidad; Nancy, CAMPERLL,
for Cork; Skeene, TifORP, for Madeira: Gute
Erwagting, —, for Hamburgh ; and Stadt
Mintier, Rama, for Embden.