Star.
London, England, 1806-09-26 00:00:00

GENERAL MIRANDA.

Accounts received here from Trinidad yellerday,
inform of the failing from thence on the a4th .ult. of
this bald and enterptiling Chieftain on his long pro-,
jelled fcheme of revolutionizing South Ametica, by
breaking the Take of Spanifb oppreffian in that eaten.
five and valuable country. His force has been con.
fidcrably augmented at Trinidad, where, bends,
upwards of three handfed trylunteers who joined his
flandard, he obtained feveral experienced Officer',
and carne: on filch a communication and intercourfc
with his adherents on the Main, as to give fanguine
hopes of his ultimate and ample Cured's. Miranda
has affirmed the title of General in Chief of the Ar-
my of Columlia, and iffued an his commiffians under
it. The Britiffi flip of war Lily, and brigs Expiefs
and Attentive, with the Prevoll, Mofambigue, and
Trimmer fchooncrs, and three gun boats, conititute
his naval force ; and when the tall accounts left 'rrt:
nidad, they hid arrived at Guiera, within the
Gulph of Paria, from whence it it thought Miranda'
would march acras In Comma, and tram thence
,to Barcelona, expetling the country thr-righ which
he paid to j in him, as he was allured of their Wig
tirell ',drawl to his cattle, and was an;inufly expedlitel
M Ceram s.

i-avausr Ma's(ly's brig Ohfervateur;
Capt. Crafion, in fourteen days from Bermuda, ar•
iived here on Thurfday lall, and frnm-intelligence
received of an American brig which be fpoke, giies
fome hopes that it has been referred for the good foi.
tune of Sir J.B. Warren to triumph ova, Willaumar
and check the young afpirant, Jerome. This 4meri•
can informed, that on the afith nit. ten ;mires yr, the
Southward of Bermuda, be fell in with fifteen fail
of the line, apparently in two cfivifions Randin to
the Notthritard ; that two frigates hauled out Burn
ti 4 aternmaft divitioq in chafe of him, but that as
loon as he 'hewed his coloUrs, they returned into the
fleet. This he Rated to have happened four days
previous to his (peaking the Ohfcreateur, and wa.
coufident to the number of (hips of die line, vatich,
though in two divilionr, were not far apart, but he
I toad not diflinguilis of what nation they were.
From the correfponding numbets of this RA; with
the !sonde flying and pserfuing fqitasirtmr, the mind
at which they arc hated to'have been fern, their pu.
fition, and appearing in two divillons, as far as any
reliance can be placed on American veracity," all
kehd to favour our uniform opinion that the enemy
could not 'ultimately efcape ; and we may now fa;rly
type, has rewirded she vigilance of a gallant Pill.
ter whit has fir el,rfely jvniftted
It has hien cdmnOdicated here from St. Lida,
that t report, elarronnsatike of what wen sled on the
id of in Olio havieg pan ¢lace og Point

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rrvada, in the neighbotirllnnsl of St. Domlimn. be.
toren a Ilritifh and at French foutsdrtn, has been' re.
aired at hfirtiniclite from St. 'Thomas's, but not in
a more authentic Ihape, although it is generally Cre-
dited. As late as the loth intl. it dnes•not appear
that they ewe& as has been reported here, any trent
naval force at Martinique; nor is the return of Wil-
kunst: talked of.
An atrival this morning from Dominica, informs'
of the capture of t"e thips Neptune, RWltrd ; Bri.
tannin, Nichnlfon ; and Johanna Charlotte, Bnrrnw.
dale, from Lond^n bound to Surinam. They were
of the.,Alerandria's convoy, but had pat ted company,
and were proceeding to the Southward, and arrived
off Marawiny River, when they fell in with the
French privateer (charmer Jeune Adelle, of 54 guns
and 125 men, which captured them on the aid ult..
and carried them into Gnadalnupe on the id intl.—
The Neptune was laden with Government floret, and
they were all valuable (hips.
. We are alto informed by the fame arrival, of the-
capture of the Ihip Duke of Yot.k, of thie p rt, from
Q2ebee, bound here, which arrived at Balleteste,
quadainope, on the 4th init.
• • Thus, while we at'e 21111410 y expening the defeat
of the enemy's fleets, his petty privateers are defpoil
big our commerce.
• - THE EVENING S': AR.

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