Star.
London, England, 1806-11-17 00:00:00

MIRANDA.

A letter dated Aruba, September 27th, has been
teceired by a Gentleman in Glafgow, from his fon,
I who is an Officer in Mta•attes army. The letter is
heftily written, and enters into no details ; bat iOs
of material intereft, in fo far as it proves the fallacy
of all the reports received from America of the fai-
lure of the expedition. Admiral Comas' had fent
them. a 74 gun flip and a frigate, and had allured
them of a force from Britain to co-operate with them.
They were all in high Write, and expelled to be loon
engaged in an attempt in tome other quarter, but
their particular deflination was net known.
The following letter prom a Gentleman command.
ing the Trinidad Light Infantry Regiment, or Royal
south American Rangers, with the rank of Colonel,
to his brother in Paifley, alto contains fame intereft.
ing information receding the progrefs of MIRANDA :
Camp. Aruba, Sept. 23, !So&
0, I wrote you fully from the City of Coro, on the
tft of this month. From the palfive part which the
inhabitants of that city, the Puerta de la Vlach, and
that part.of the province of Coro we bad poffefion
of, and from the miferable appointment of the Spa-
nifh troops we have met, there remains not a fisa-
dow of doubt, that, with tOOO Britifh troops and
a few field pieces, in addition to oar preterit
force, to infure the perfons and properties of there
of influence and who are friendly to us, we could
eafily pails outlaws of all this rich province.
His Majefly's fhips ELIPHANT and la Sartre joined
us two days ago from Barbadoes ; and by the ad-
vices from Admiral COCHRANE, we have reafors.:to
believe, that troops are now on the way from Britain
to our afliftance. If the war continues, it will and
moil be taken up by the Britifh nation, as it is the
very heft thing fhe can do to counterbalance the ag.
grandifing fyllem of BONAPARTE, and to prevent
this Paradife of the World from falling under the
influence and crufhing hands of the defpot of
France."

Saturday we received the New ork papers to the
t4th ult. The French (hips were' at that time in the
Chefapeake, and level Britifh trails were off Cape
Henry. The Leopard, of so guns, and a frigate,
were cruising to the Northward. tritium:la, accor-
ding to thefe papers, continued at Aruba tnwarJs the
clofe of September, making preparations for another
attack.

A material change appears to have been effetled
in the fentiments c f the American Government to.
wards this country, and the papers under its influ-
ence are now as energetic in our favour, as lately
they *ere clamorous wind us.
A Woo paper of the rah of September mentions
that difpatchrs had julk been received 'irons Madrid,
i which were of fo mport‘ot a nature, that they
would not be made public. It is confidently report.
ed, that another large (um of money had been Will-
ed on by Spain, at the infiance of the French Go-
vernment.

The gisarantine Law againtt We@ Indiamen,
which prevented them from approaching within three
h•taited yards of the Docks of New York, was abo-
biked no the tit ult.
Saturday letters were received from Halifax, which
we underhand, mention the arrival of the Terrible of
74 sties at that port, with the lots of all her malls
the was towed in by ti.e Decade frigate.

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COWES, NOVEIABOIL

Arrived this morning the Providence of London,
Joni. PARROT mailer, from Cork for this port, wiOt
troops ; was captured laff night off Portland by 1:a
French privateer, bur, 'cleared, on thtepe,my taking
out 66 of the befi foldiers and cne commiffioned offi.
cer, and leay.ing 43 foldjers, cue cornmiGioned officer,
and furgeori on board. The Frenchmen fired into
the Providence, and wounded feveral.men :—lbe is
fuppofedio have failed from Cherbourg or St. Maloo.

41111GTNIILiTTEI, *AMR Maio
Arrived the Providence tranfpor 1,. Joan ,Pa*itht.
maller, from Cork, for this port, with tog foldiers ;
was boarded by a French privateer off Portland, when
Mailer, Mate, Commanding Officer, and 66 men,
were taken out of the tranfport, and two (cameo and
forty.three foldiers left on board ; the privateer's noes
plundered them of every thing worth taking, wound-
ed many of the men, and otherwife iUtreated them. •

FALMOUTH, NOV. re.
Arrived the Ruffian galliot, Enrerfhan, Captain •
H. PONT, from London to load for the Medirep:'
ranean ; alfo his Majefty's (hip &owns, of 32 guns,
Captain BALLARD. and Camel acne (hip, with 37'
fail of Weft Indiamen under convoy from Pont.t •
mouth, bound to Cork, to join the fleet there for the
Well Indies; the Aurora, Beown, from London,:
for Buenos Ayres and the Jane, SMITH, from Lon-,
don to unload here. Sailed his Majetly's (hip, Pt.to-
via, of 18 guns, for Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, NOV. z 5.
Came in•. the American (hip Cora, Captain G.
Hoover, from Amllerdam, bound to Baltimore,
laden with iron and other goods, detained by the Lion
privateer, the r trh inftant, but liberated fence her
arrival here : Hamburgh brig Henrick Corn lia)
Captain BOARD, from Boordeaux, for Tonningeo.
with wine and cork, detained by the Queenborough
privateer : Bremen barque .2Elus, HAMM icesow,from
Bremen to Baltimore, with linen, detained by the
Lion privateer : Bremen galliot Margaretta Doro-
thea, Kite nova, from Bourdeaux, to Bremen, de-
tained by the Betfey privateer : Bremen galliot Juf•'i
frow Mitto, &mace ea, from :Bourdon:a, to Tonninv
gen, with wine, detained by the Liongivateer : Da.
ni(h galliot Palm Baum. Captain julAtrisow, from
Malaga, to Tooningen, with wipe, ,4 fined by the
(Iseenborough privateer ; Bremdfrgdliot Caroline.
Joist true, from Bourdeaux, to •Tooningen, with
wine, by the Betfey privateer : alfo the novae, of
18 guns, from a cruize. Sailed the FOILMID4IIII.I, °CI
98 guns r and the Moweace, of 74 guns. to join the:
Channel fleet.

PORTSMOUTH. NOVLIABER z 6.
Arrived his Majefty's fhip Paucas from the Coati
of Africa. with difpatches ; and the Duke of Kent,
from Halifax. with wafts, &c. Sailed his Majefty's
(hip la Fcacm on a ernize, and SPRIGHTLY, with
the RANG ta, and Sally and Ellen tranfports, fir
Guernfey.—Wind S.W.