Star.
London, England, 1812-12-26 00:00:00

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, OCT. 17.

%a During the greater part of Monday, there was a
Considerable fall of rain, with a heavy swell from the
southward, and strong indications of an approaching
storm. Between the hours of sit and seven of that
, evening, the wind began to blow with great violence,
and about midnight had increased to a perfect hurri.
cane, the sea being at the same time dreadfully agi-
wed, passing over the different wharfs, and sweeping
every thing in its overwhelming course. The wea-
ther continued in this boisterous state until eight
O'clock next morning, when the fury of the wind
cons!derably abated, and copious torrents of rain fell
daring the remainder of that day: Many out-houses,
fences, &c. were blown down in this city on Monday
bight, great damage done to many of the wharfs, and
many vessels in the harbour stink, bilged, and driven
ashore: few of them, indeed, escaped without da.
mage. On Tuesday evening the weather again be-
came boisterous, and the wind blew violently during
•Y, that night. Oa Wednesday, about noon; it ceased ;
' and there were only few light showers during the
• latter part of that day.
', The wharfs which have suffered are those of Messrs.
/1-loseason, Banks, and Co. ; Mr. John Jones, Messrs.
Purcell and Pacifico, Mr. John Scott, Mr. William
Cleland, Messrs. Inglis, Mills, and Co. and Messrs.
Janres Dick and Alex. Evans. The hulks of Messrs.
Crawford and M'Lean, Mr. Nicholas Uter, Mr.
Francis Carrera, and Mr. Thomas Farmer, also re-
ceived considerable injury.
Two houses and several fences were blown, down
in the town of Port Royal during the gale, and the
=sea ran so high as to carry away all the turtle-crawls,
about 80 turtles escaped.
The road between Spanish Town and this city was
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impagable until yesterday, Ore water having risen to
the height of four feet. On Wednesday a horse, be-
longing to Mr. William Gyles, attorney at law, was
drowned in it, his servant having attempted to drive
throu:;h it. The Rio Cubre was so much swollen,
that the water.reached the top of the arch of the iron I
bridge; being four feet higher than it has ever been
known to rise.
The Meemmer-bridge turnpike carriage road in St.
Andrew's, has also sustained great injury, nearly from
'350 to 200 feet of it, near the Hope-guttering, having
;been completely swept away from the foundation, so
• that it has become totally impassable even for pas.
sengers on horseback, who are now under the neces-
sity of making use of the old road.
Letters from different parts of the St. Andrew's,
Port Royal, and St. David's mountains, give deplor-
able accounts of the effects of the storm in those dis-
„ rticts ; the negro habitations on many plantations
baying been entirely blown down, plantain-walks
every where destroyed, great qua,n,ities of toffee trees
torn out by the roots, and many fruit and other treess'
31,0 Mingo down;

TM EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26.
ST. SrmagN.—Hortdai at the Stock Exchange.

We this day continue our extracts from the Cor-
respondence of the Negociations between Great Bri-
tain and America. We regret to say that, on the
part of the Americans, it exhibits a tissue of shirking,
shitting, and quibbling which we are ashamed to wit-
ness in persons speaking the same language, and pass-
ing themszßes off to the world as the descenclaats of
Englishmen. Even an unequivocal acquiescence bythe
British Government in their impudent demands on
the subject of impressment, would not satisfy them,
for our Readers will perceive, from the American
dispatches, that there is a claim lurking for compen-
sation to those who have suffered under our Orders
in Council ! After this, who can believe that the
Americans are sincere in their desire for peace on an
equitable, and of course a solid basis ?

We yesterday pointed out the monstrous absurdity
of the exemptions claimed for American Citizens, in
the affair of impressment—not a word of native born
Americans. The good old axiotn of the Civilians,
Mono potest exuere patriam, is to give way to the new
maritime Ccde Napolecn, and the decoyed seamen of
Great Britain, with a piece of dirty paper in their
pockets, called a Certificate of Citizenship, are to set
the laws 'of nations and of their country at complete
defiance. We cannot offer a better supplement to
out comments, than by repeating the dignified reply
of herd CASTLEREAGH to Mr. RUSSELL, on the sub.
ject of the impressment of British seamen from Ames
rican vessels :
1 cani.ot, however, refrain, on one single pc:tit, front et-
pressing my surprise—namely, that as a condition, preliminary
"en to a suspension of hostilities, the Government of the United
States should have thought fit to demand; that the British Go.
/ro.aeut should desist from its ancient and accustomed practice
el ;fly:Twang BritiNh seamen from the merchant ships of a foreign
State, simply on the assurance that alaw shall hereafter be passed,
to p• ohibit the employment of British seamen, in the public or
imaimercial service of that State.

Ibe British Govetnnient now, u heretofore, is ready to

eceive from the Coverntnent of the United States, and amicably
o &els. arty pr. posivon which rofesses t have i t view ei her
o (*se a'ruse in exercis._ of the practice o impressment, or to
accomplA, by m. ans less liable to vexation, the object for which
impressment has hi, erto been foua necessary ; but they canno
consent to suspend the exercise of a right upon which the naval,
strength of the empire mainly depends, until they are fully con-
vinced that means can be devised, and will he adopted, by which
the object to be obtained bythe exercise of that right can be ef-
fectually secured."

A Malta Mail arrived this morning, but, with the
exception of the subjoined, it furnishes us with little
or no intelligence of importance.

" MALTA, NOV. 18.

'Mc polacca Eliza, commanded by Capt,iin
Stccoli, laden with merchandize, from Malta direct
for Constantinople, was attacked off Candia by a
French privateer; though the latter was of superior
force, the polacca did not decline the combat, but,
after engaging her for several hours, and making
a most honourable resistance, was obliged to sur-
render.

fg The merchants of Malta; sensible of tht brilliant
though unsuccessful defence made by Capt. Siccoli
and his crew, made a subscription to reward the
valour of both. In that subscription the British
Company contributed 1000 crowns, the Anglo-Mal-
tese Company .500, the Company of Insurance of
Malta 400, the Company of the Union 250, the
Company Vilh4iosa 200, the Company Singlea
200. The whole subscription amounted to '2550
crowns, which were distributed in the following man-
ner :—To ten mariners of the crew 90 crowns each ;
to three mariners wounded, 150 crowns each ; io the
family of Nostrocomo, who was killed in the action;
270 ; to the ec,nicl Captain, Giacomo Tabeno, who
was wounded, 550 ; to Captain Angelo Siccoli, 500,
and a sword of the value of 80 crowns, and accom-
panied by a coMplimentu: y letter to Captain Angelo
Siccoli."