Star.
London, England, 1813-05-10 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, MAY 8.

Passed up Channel yesterday, his Majesty's ship
I INIPETUEUX, with about 40 sail from Lisbon. Camel
in the MUTINE sloop of war from off the Western
Islands, having taken the French corvette l'lnvinci-
ble, of 18 guns, after an action of three hours, in
which the MUTINE had only two men wounded. Lord
A. LEALCLERL'S squadron, with which the MUTINE
was cruizing, consisting of the ROYAL OAK, Eo-
1110,NT, and DESIREE, passed up Channel yesterday
evening ; they have with them an American schooner,
a prize. The MUTINE spoke a Plymouth privateer,*
having in company a fine American brig, from Bout.-
deaux. Sailed this morning his Majesty's sloop SEA..
LARK, with several transports, having on board the
Berkshire Militia, for Cork. The FAIRY gun-brig
sailed yesterday to collect the trade at Falmouth for
the Brazils.—Wind South.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.
Yesterday morning the SEAHORSE frigate, Captain
J. A. GORDON, arrived at this port from Jamaica in
•15 days, with 800,000 dollars (merchants' property)
on board. Commissioner and Mrs. WOLLEY came
home in her, for the recovery of their health, with
Captain Ross, of his Majesty's late ship RHODIAN.—
It was with feelings of regret we learned by her of
the capture of his Majesty's sloop of war PEACOCK,
of 18 guns, commanded by Captain Wm. PEAKE, by
the American sloop of war the Hornet, Capt. LAW-
RENCE. Captain PEAKE and all his Officers were
killed before the ship struck. Captain PEAKE fell
nearly at the close of the battle. The circumstances,
as brought by the SEAHORSE, are as follow :—When
in channel soundings, she fell in with a Leeward
Island packet, last from Guadaloupe, the Captain of
which informed Captain GORDON, that just before he
sailed from Guadaloupe, four of the crew of the
PEACOCK had arrived there from Demerara in a
packet-boat, bringing intelligence of the capture of
the PEACOCK, after a very severe contest, by the
American sloop of war Hornet, and that she sunk
soon after the action had ceased. By their account it
appeared, the PEACOCK and Hornet fell in with each
other late in the evening (date not stated), in sight
of Demerara : that an action was commenced with
great confidence of success on the part of the crew
of the PEACOCK; but in a very short time, the heavy
and quick firing of the Hornet completely disabled
her. The action was, howeve4, maintained with the
utmost ardour for 45 minutes, when, the ship being
reduced to a mere wreck, without mast or spar
standing, all the Officers being killed, the far greater
part of the crew killed, and the ship having five feet
, water in hold, the coloUrs were struck. The PEA-
coca( was in a sinking state, and fast going down,
when the only boat she had remaining was thrown
overboard, and the four men mentioned got into
her, and pushed off. The Hornet now passed under
the PEAcocx's stern, and said she had lost a great
many men, and was much cut up, but she would
send a boat to assist in taking out the crew.—
Before these men lost sigh; of the Hornet, the NA..
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feOci went down, and, it is apprehended, very few of
the PEACOL"K'S brava crew were sated. The boas&
aaca and Orossoit sloops of war put to sea front
Dertierara artei. the Hornet, with every chance of
coming up with her. She was On her return ib Athe-
riCa from the Coast of Brazil, when she fell in with
the PEACOCK. Captain PEACE was the eldest son of
HARRY PEAK!, Esq. one of the Surveyors of the
Navy (formerly builder of Portsmouth Dock-yard),
and brother of Captain THOMAS LARD Pima, of the
Navy. He had been seven years a Commander, and
left England only a few months for the Leeward
Islands station, on promotion: The PEACOCK was
one of the largest class of brigs of war in our serVice,
carryitig eighteen. 32-pounders. The Hornet is of
'considerably greater tonnage than the PEACOCK, and
mounts twenty 32-pound carronades, two long sizes,
and two long 9-pounders.

Arrived his Majesty's ship PRfMRO, fl'Oth the
Eastward ; and the Prussian ship Minerva, front
(Jersey, bound to Havre, sent in by his Majesty's ship
DERWENT.—SaiIed his Majesty's ship HOPS. on *
cruize►—Wind S. W.

AMERICAN PRIVATEERS-.
“ KINGSTON, JAMAICA, MARCN
44 The Martin, Darby, from Coio, arrited at
Montego Bay 23d ult. in 60 hours. Captaiii Darby
reports, that a number of privateers were off the
coast between Aruba and Maryeabo, and that three
Spanish vessels were plundered by one of them.—
To Spaniards they call themselves French, and tO
English they call themselves Americans ; and in this
manner they capture every thhig they meet.
" MARCH 13.—The Defiance, American privateer,
of three guns and 80 men, has put into Aux Cayes to
repair damages she sustained in au action with a Spa.
nish armed ship, which she at length captured, after
being frustrated in two attempts to board her. The
Spaniards had upwards of forty men killed and
wounded, and the Americans 7 killed and a great
many wounded. The Spanish ship was afterwards
given up."

« MARCH
20.-By a schooner from Pensacola, we
are informed that a British vessel, from Honduras to
London, was taken by an American privateer, and
sent for New Orleans t by the same conveyance we
learn that the ARETHVSA frigate and a sloop of war
were cruizing off the Mississippi. The FAWN frigate
arrived at Porto Cavello the 11th inst. and sailed for
La Guyr.f.the following day, on receiving informa-
tion of two American privateers being off that port.

" MARCH SUL
ig We are informed by the Master of a vessel from
St. Bartholomew's, that he fell in with and wit
boarded by the American privateer Joel Barlow, of
IS guns and 175 men, off Montserrar.4

" A letter from Martinique, dated the 15th of
March; states, that information had just been received
of the capture of the Surinam packet, off Demerary,
by the Essex American frigate."
Mon. The Carteret packet, from Sulam, has
been due since the 19th of April last.