Star.
London, England, 1802-10-04 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

The {loop :s Bonne Citoyenne, for the capture of the French
merchantman Courageui, will be paid on Wednefday, the 13th
hit. at No. 9, New Broad-ftreet.
The cutter Pigmy, for the capture of the French brig lc Pru-
dent, will be paid at the fame time and place.
The floops Arrow and Wolverine, for the capturr of the Ro-
falia, will be paid on the fame day, at No. 13, Hart-ftreet,
Bloomlbury.
The late Blip Swiftfure, for the capture of the Spanifh frt.
gates la Florentine and El Carmine, will be paid at No. 22,
Arundel-ftreet, on the firft Thurfday, monthly.

The Hind, Flder, from Peterfburgh for Londonderry, is loft
on the coaft of Sweden.

The Enterpriie, Foucher, from St. Croix for Copenhagen,
is put back to St. Croix, leaky.
The Lovely Peggy, Captain Harris, of Dublin, has arrived
at Bourdeaux, after a paiLage of nine days—paffengers and
crew in good health.
His Majefty's (hip Ceres, from Jamaica, arrived at Sheer•
net's, (poke, on the !nth of September, in lat. 45. 20. N. long.
48. W. the alp Two Brothers, of Liverpool, Robert Cummins
wafter, out 18 days, all wcIL

The (hip Union, Hooper, from Alicant for Bofton, was in
July !aft wrecked on the Ifiand of Sable. She went on (bore at
one in 'he morning, and the lea, which was greatly agitated,
Made a breach over her, and filled her with water—in this
Bate the crew remained feveral hours; their rafts, boats, &c.
were broken to pieces by the Turf ; at length, however, they
fucceeded in floating a rope, by means of a fp3r on Chore, and
were all Caved, excepting a paffenger, named Montgomery,
who was drokrried by the Turf.
letters from Cork, dated the 24th ult. (fate, the fafe arrival
there of the Ceres, Sunning, with corlage and other goods,
for a market; the ea-earl:iced treat dittrefs on her paffige from
Plymouth; having, off the Lizard, in a gale of w nd, on the
night of the loth ult. flailed a butt-end, in confequence of
which the made fu much meter, that the Mafter. Mr. Rowe, a
paffenger, and the crew, were continually pumping for fix days
and nights; with all this exertion the could fcarcely be kept
free, and was at laft nearly finking, the crew being quite ex-
!nutted, when, to their great joy, a fail hove in fight, to which'
fignals of dittrefs being hoifted, the bore down, and took them
in tow for Cork. The cargo has, of courfe, received much
damage.
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Captain INGLEFIELD is appointed to the HUN-
TER, of 18 guns, fitting for lea in Hamoaze.
Admiral IAITCH EL arrived at Bermuda early in
Atigua, in a frigate, being appointed to the com-
:Mind of the Britifh (hips of war on the American
Ration.

A CARD.—The Inhabitants of_ London, who
write Letters to their Friends in the Country, are
requefied to fend them to the General PO. Their
Servants generally put them in a Penny Poft Of-
fice, by which means Twopence are added to the
charge. If the writers are influenced by the laud-
able view of benefiting the Revenue, they would
Chew their liberality by paying the London Poft.
Bath, September 28, atm

By letters from Curracoa, of the 3d of 'Auguft,
we learn, that the two French !hips of the line and
a floop of war, which fome time fince failed from
St. Domingo to Porto Cavello, for the purpofe of
getting mules and cattle, had been obliged to re-
turn without either, in confequence of a violent
fever which prevailed there, and carried off, on an
average, 3o perfons a day. While there, the
French Commodore, and fevers' of his officersl
died of this malady.
The Captain-General, RICHEPANSE, at Baffe-
terre, Guadaloupe, has ordered the Merchants of
Point Petre to pay a forced loan of one million of
livres Tournois. . The Merchants held a meeting
cn the fubjed, and unanimoufly refolved not to
pay it. The General commanding at Point Petre,
on being apprifed of this determination, declared,
that if they. perfilled in their refufal, he would ar-
reit the principals of them, and fend them in irons
to Baffeterre. This threat had not produced any
immediate eaedt, and we are uninformed of the
refult. The Merchants, however, mutt doubtlefs
fubmit, (tmid the General, in the Rill critical Rate
of his affairs, think proper to enforce his order.
About 400 Blacks continued in the woods well
armed ; the French hid, in a great meafure, cut off
their communication with the inhabited part of
the ifland, and were in expeaation cr Rarving the
infurgents. Such ashad farrendered, or been taken,
were fent to the Swims, until arrangements could
be made for their final difpofition. General PE-
LAGE has been fent prifoner on board a frigate to
France for trial.
La Confolante and la Volontaire, French fri-
gates,' and Salamandre, floop of war, arrived at
New York with between 7 and 800 infurgent
Blacks, who had been tranfported from Guada-
loupe. The Mayor of New York, on the 14th of
Ana, by a note to the French commander, ex-
preffed his hope that none of thefe people thould be
permitted to land, and was anfwered that they
fhould not ; on the zoth following, however, up-
wards of linty of them were taken ill, and were
fent to the Marine Hofpital on Staten Bland.—
Thefe !hips were to be followed by two other
frigates, la Cockarde, and la Romaine, and le
Cerf hoop. It was intended to land thefe Blacks
at Carthagena, but the Spaniards would not re-
ceive them; on which the Commodore Rood for
America, having difpatched one of his fquadron
to Guadaloupe for frelh inftrudtions, the receipt
of which he is to await at New York. On their ar-
rival at New York, all their provifions were ex-
hau 11 e.cl, and the Blacks were literally flarving. The
merchants were very tardy in affording fupplies,
as the payment was made in bills on the French
Government. The Blacks brewed fymptoms of
infurreaion, in confequence of which the military
on !bore were under arms; but order was loon
reftored amongft them. The Commodore's (hip,
la Confolante, had broken from her anchors at
the quarantine ground, and drifted amongit the
veffels above, when fome of the Blacks efcaped
from her; but, with the exception ..of one, were
retaken.. She afterwards anchored near Fort Jay.

AN EXTRA- ORDINARr CHARACTER.

Letters front India furnifh the following interetl-
T.; account of an Eliq India A dventur,:r.—
a letter on this fubjea Mated Lucknow, Aug.

13, ISO I :••••--
" GFOAGII Tunmas, un Harman, ran away
from a 114, of which he W.lti boy, on the
Coromandel coati. He found his way to I lvdera-
bad, the cap;tal of the Nizam, where he ferved as a i
private foldier. He did not like thil fervice, and
fpurred on by the fpirit of adventme, lie croifed the
Feninfula, and arrived at the Begnm of Sumrnn's,
Who has a cc untry about t so miles N. W. of Del-
hi. She took him into her leivice, and he obtain-
ed her favour and ce:lfidence. She married him
an adopted daughter of. her own, and appoint-
ed him to the management of a province, the re-
venues of which be very loon nearly doubled.
The expences of his milirefs exceeded her income.
lie felt himfelf.fufficiently eflablifted to attempt
a reform. She had many Frenchmen in her fer-
vice, whom the fupported'at a great expense, and
who were entirely ufelefs to her. Thefe THOMAS
intended to have reduced. The Seiks at this time

committing depredations upon the Begum's count
try, Tniness went to retaliate, which he had often
before done with great advantage. During his
abfence, the Frenchmen found means to make his
miftrefs believe that his plan was to take her couto
try from her, and that for that reafon he had
waited for their dilmilTal.
She took the firft opportunity of fhewing
Thomas the change of her fentiments towards
tim, by infulting his wife, while he was abfent.
He immediately returned ; proteaed his wife, and
left her (the Begura's) fervice. This was in too?.
He was then at Anopfhere. He had not Soo
rupees in the world; a proof of his honefty, for
lie had been many years Collector of a Province,
which at firft yielded mow rupees, but which he
dou'led before lie left it. He now went into the
fervieeof a Mahratta Chief named APPA Row Cue-
DA. This man ordered him to raikand form foam
corps, and gave him forr e diltrias for the payment
of them. The diftrias were unequalbto the pay-
tnent of his troops, but he managed -to fupport
them by the plunder he got during the continual
Rate of warfare in which he was engaged. His
Chief was drowned : and being confiderably in
debt to THOMAS, he kept poffeflion, and at lat.
made a property of the diftrias under his charge.
He is a bold determined fellow. He augmented
his troops ; he formed, in faa, an army for him-
felf ; and by conqueß lie added to his original ter
ritory. He has often been called in as an ally by
the different contending powers in that quartet.
On one occafion he was paid a fubfidy of 50,000
rupees per month. His former mittrefs, fame
time after he left her, went to ruin, was impt ifoned
and treachernufly deprived of her country. H.
-marched to her relief, and reinstated her.
" During the lag years he has been more bold
and matte conqueßs upon a grander foale than be
fore.
,His capital, which is ore of the arongeti
places in India, is about Po miles weft of Delhi.
It is called Hanfee, and is laid down in some
the maps. From this point he entered the Seik
coimtty, beat them wherever he could find them,
and took poffeffion of a county; upon the bank''
of the Sutledge, yielding near.two lacks of rupee,
er annum The Sutledge is in -all the maps ;it
is the firli of the five rivers which form the coup
try called Pnnjaub; The Mahrattas could not
with indifference view the fuccefs of this enter
prifing adventurer. He was in their neighbour-
hood. They at firft offered to take him and his,
corps into their fervice, but they could not tittle to
terms. They then ordered General Rialto*, their.
Commander in Chien, to march againft him. The.
General did not, it would appear, like his anta-
Tnift, for he fettled with him upon his own terms.
THOMAS had then in the field io,ooo infantry,
woo good cavalry, and 5o pieces of cannon, and
he was not afraid of the Frenchman. Some friends
of mine have been long in the habits of correfpond-
ing with him. He has always given them a de-
tail of his different operations; they,are Wonderful.
Our-Government cannot gft him i but I know
Lord Mo N IiGTON feels much ogled for his
•
fuccefs.
. .
In nne of his letters he propbtes that we (hall
attack the Seas, and he rays, very juftly, that
Vac& people are the enemies both of the Mahrattas
and the Englifh. All he defires is that our Go-
vernment wail requeft the Mahrattas not to affift
the Seiks. He wants no money, no arms, no
troops ; and he engages, in three years, to deliver
to the Conipany his whole army, and all that
country called the Putrjaub, yielding a revenue of
two crones of I upees per anraim. He vtill only re-
quire to be paid for his cannon. His ambition is
to ferve his country, and it is by this means he
can do it. .
" The plan may be thought wild and impraai-
cable by thole unaciptainted with the Seik nation
and with Timm/LS. With the f qmer I have done
all I could to get acquainted ; the latter I believe
to be equal to any thing poflible to be perform-
ed, and I am fully criavinced he will accomplifh
all he has promifed, if the Meheattas will not in.,
terfere. idea is a grand one. It may give
to the nation countries upon the banks of the In-
dus got lefs valuable than thole -they now poll&
:Ilion the Ganges. It was at Attuck where Aotx•
ANDER firft law and fought the armies of India.—
It is there where GEORG& THOMAS propotes to
plant the Briar!: colours.
OCTOBER, 1801,--•• GEORGE THOMAS is now
opyofing the Mahrattas, and is nearly overpower-
od by the faperiority of their yefources ; but he
ftruzgles bard, and hitherto vidtory has attended
him. If he fucceeds in this conteft, he will bring
about a revolution as extraordinary as any the
world has yet Peen. The lag time I faw him, he
was not worth more than Soo rupees, exclufive of
his horfe. He is now able to contend, and with
fame fuccefs, for no lets than the thronp of/tile-
Mogul. To his own vfgorous conduas...l4l his
own exertions and abilities he owes every thing.—
tie has been airded by no friend—alone, and. al-
ways furrodnded by enemies.--The Frenchman
••,'.40 now oppofes hinsis.high in ticArvice of the

Mahrattas. A few years ago be was 'a Cook at
.Calcutta! Such are the diftinguithed competitors
whaat prefent contend lot the ImperiaVthrone of
Hindoftan !

__..„......... .
" Veg. 1802.-1 left GFORGE Tuomas conten
ding with the Mahrattas for the empire of Ilinduf.
tan. He fought feveral battles with them, in ail
a- which be compelled them to retreat; but they
were too numerous for him to gain any thing but
a name by the vietories he bad obtained. Find-
ini; that arms would not reduce him, they had re.
courfe to means more certain, though lefs honour-
able, and they fucceeded but too well. They
bribed his chiefs, and, deferted by his army, he
was obliged to flyto :lis ftrong fortrefs. .it was
1 dillant [Do miles. He reached it in 'one night,
upon one horfe. He was foon followed. The few
men who remained• with him fought bravely for
come time, hut his 'enemies fubdued than with
gold. He found it was in vain, and reidtantly
he dielated terms of *capitulation. He got so,oco
rupeesfor giving up his fort, and was befides per-
milted to carry off his property."

LAW INTELLIFENCE.

SHFRIFFS COURT, OCT. 2.

EDWARDS V. TORRIANO.
The plaintiff, Mifs Edwards, was a young lady
of about four and twenty, and lived in the capa-
city of Englith teacher at a hoarding fchool in the
vicinity of London, kept by the defendant's wife;
fhe had not been long in this fituation before the
defendant ufed every means to make her fwerve
from thofe principles of virtue which it was her
duty to inftil into the rands of the young. females
placed under the immediate care of his wife. For
a long time. the withflood his addreffes, and even
intimated them to her miftrefs, at the fame ,ime
expreffing her intention of relinquishing her fer-
vice. Mrs. Torriano, however, perfuaded the
plaintiff to remain with her, and to reft fatisfied
with difcountenancing the adth elks of her hufband.
Mifs Edwards continued in her fchool for nearly
half a year afterwards ; but at length, urged•by
the frequent importunities of the defendant, fhe
confented to an elopement with him. The princi-
pal
inftrument of perfuafion ufed by the defendant
was a letter, in which he premifed to fettle 201. a-
year on her, or in default of payment to pay her the
fum of toot.. She lived with him as his mitlrefs,
in furnithed apartments, at Brompton, about a year,
within which period the had a child. The defen-
dant's lore began to cool ; his vifits to ber became
leis frequent ; and, in Ilion, he entirely abandon.
ed her. She applied to him for the pittance he
had exprefsly undertaken to provide, but he paid
no attention to her application; the therefore
;nought the prefent action to recover the penalty
to which he had obliged himfelf, by his letter, on
failure of his promife.
The defendant fuffered judgment by dcfanit,
and made no attempt to rehit the demand. The
titer containing the promife was proved to be the
:efendant's hand writing, and the Jury returned a
erdid with tool. damages.