Star.
London, England, 1809-07-06 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

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The Duke of Montrose packet h is brought J:itttaira
letters and papers to the 23c1 of May. The ci!
San Domingo was eip-rcied on to stir•' flier. Th.f
Spaniards have near it about :3000 effective men ;
but the French had again taken possession of tlas !'ort
of St. Jerome. On the sth May, a:: advanced pa:A
of 100 men was sent from the city, with a view :0
surprize the Spanish picket of 60 men. The latt-
perceived them, and posted themselves in ambt:sl).
Upon the, approach of their agverstries they opened
a fire upon them, which killed a Lieutenant Colonel
of the French regulars, and 4.0 men on the spot, :.ad
w mnded several. The rest fled back to the city.
About 176 sail of Americans had arrived at S!
Bartholomew's prior to the 2'2d of April, and in
consequence provisions were very low in rri,:e.
The inhabitants of Guadaloupe bad become ex.
'remely dissatisfied, owing to the impossibility of see.
di lg more than a very trifling part of their prod7ice
to market, under the feat of our numerous cruizers :
a id it was generally believed if a respectable fore,:
were sent against the island, it would.hecome an ei.sv.
conquest.

The Franchise ship of war, which was left i/
ing off Pcrto Rico, had touched at the pavannah a
short time before, where she learnt that a duty h.id
been lad on all American produce.. Upon flour it
was 10; dollars per barrel, although the price of the
commodity was only 12 dollars. The duties on other
articles were in like proportion.
The Princess Charlotte frigate at rived on the 17th
of :April at Barbadoes, with HG sail under convoys—
The ships Duncan and Canada, for Dernarara, and
five others for Surinam, had separated, making the
'A which sailed together from Cork.
The proceedings in the House of Assembly are
unimportant, but it is pleasing to discover in them that
the harmony between the Executive and Legislative
Government of the Island is restored. A Committee
was appointed to take into consideration the circum-
stances of the late traitorous conspiracy,,and to revert
the facts and their opinion upon the measures that
ought to be adopted.

KINGSTON, MAY 13.

In consequence of a representation from the Hon-
Hcuse of Assembly to his Grace the Governer, tha:
a number of foreigners of a dangerous descri; bolt
had lately arrived in this island, it was thought pro-
p• r to order a general search, and to take into cut-
tcdy all such as should be found without pi li -e
tickets. Accordingly, at a vet.; early hour on Mo &-
day morning, detachments from the 55th and 2d
West India Regiments, were stationed nt all the dif-
fertnt avenues of the City, to prevei t the egress of
any individual ; and shortly aften, arils a goner I
muster of the Horse and Foot M :itia took plac.t,
when they proceeded to 'general search tin ougho it
the city and its environs. Eighty-seve foreigner;
(7S males and .11 females), were -appre ien, cd a id
taken to the barracks ; 25 of the form r, rovi ig
suspicious, were delivered over to the Corp ate B ,ty,
all of whom, excepting seven, have been • ince I be.
rated, and some of these have, by the r own a:co irt,
arrived here since the Ist of April last.
MAY 50.—1 n consequence of the Proclan aeon 01'
the Governor of St. Jago de Cuba, expressly ord r-
ing and commanding all French persons, and fo-
reigners of whatever nation, resident there, to dep.
within a cert.iin period, a considerable number of
these people immediately availed themselves of every
opportunity to obey the order, and proceeded chiefly
to America and St. Domingo ; but at the expiration
of the given time, by far a greater proportion remain-
ed than had .left it. On inquiry, however, it was
found utterly impracticable for such a vast,concourse
of people (it having been e.omptited that there were
not less than 20,000 French inhabitants in St. Jago
de Cuba and its environs) to have embarked in so
short a period ; and the Governor, taking the cm;
into consideration,. issued a fresh Proclamation, al.
lowing them 20 days longer to prepare f r their quit-
ting the island ; when, from the number of American
vessels daily arriving, it was supposed that the whole
of them. would be able to get away. Every thing was
perfectly tranquil at St. Jago, when the Mary, whose
arrival was noticed in our last, left that port.
Arrived the American schooner Tryall, from St.
Bartholomew's. From the following intelligence
communicated by the prize master on bOard tits
Tryall, we may momentarily expect to hear of the
fill of Santo-Domingo. This vessel parted from the
Aurora on the 12th instant, at which time she was in
company with the Polyphemus, of 64 guns, Thrush
and Tweed sloops of war, and Sparrow and le Grif-
' fon brigs, lying off the city of Santo-Domingo.—
`- This respectable force, it seems, were meditating an
immediate attack on the city ; and, from the miserd-
ble condition it was reduced to, it would no doubt
instantly capitulate.
Speaking of its miserable condition, we mean the
distress it is rechced to for want of provisions, it being
almost impossible. for them to obtain any supplies,
our squadron deterring vessels from entering the port,
and the Spaniards cutting off all succours by land.—
Notwithstanding, however, the vigilance of our
cruizers off the city, the French schooner Sup.erieure,
deeply laden with provisions, &c. eluded their efforts,
and succeeded in getting safe in on the 10th instant.

Yesterday morning . Michael Newland a deserter,
who had been apprehended and confined the preceding
evening, attempted to escape from the Poultry
Compter. He txpressed a wish that the keeper would
allow him to wash himself previous to his ex:imina.
Lion, and took this opportunity to knock him down
and run into the street : he was immediately pursued
and taken before the sitting Alderman. at Guildhall,
who sent him to the Savoy.
A Coroner's Inquest sat on Tuesday at the Bunch
of Grapes public house, between Chobliam and As.
cot Heath, on the body. of Mrs. E. H. Hans n of
Nottingham-street, who met her death by being over-
turned. in a carriage on Friday last. The deceastd,
a lady of fortune, was on a,visit in the tic ighbOurhood
of Staines, and on Friday morning, whil,t ricl,ng in a
chariot near the public house, one of the horses he.
cam! restive and unmanageable in conseque ice of the
report of a gun. The carriage struck aga nst some
railing which gave way, and was pr?cipitatesl into a
kind of ditch, ten feet from the level of the road.--.--
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died on Monday. I:ifftli'arttdshs:

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