Star.
London, England, 1812-09-21 00:00:00

JAMAICA MAIL.

The Montague packet has arrived at Falmouth in
39 days from Jamaica. The Mary Ann packet had
sailed for Falmouth a week before her. In conse-
quence of the war with America, the Governor of
Jamaica had opened the ports to Spanish and other
•essels, with flour, meal, beans, pease, and all kinds
of grain and lumber. The Montague brought the
following passengers : Mr. MOFFAT, and Mr. and
Mrs. EDWARDS. The following are extracts from the
letters and papers to the 11th ult. brought by the
above Mail :

" KINGSTON, AUGUST 7.
" By the MINORCA, from Carthagena, we learn, that the In-
dependents in that quarter are losing ground fast, a• d have been
recently defeated in several rencontres by the Royaliftts."

" KINGSTON, AUGUST S.

" The VAIRIA ace brig, of 12 guns, Lieutenant YATES, ar-
rived on Sunday from Nassau, New Providence, In tine days.
On the 26tb ult. shout 90 miles to windward of Harbour Island
she fell in with and captured the Arricrican ship Resolution, of
Philadelphia, from Amelia Island, cut ten days, bound to the
Havannah, and laden with a cargo of flour, rice, arid ranging
timber, which Lieutenant YATES sent for New Providence. On
the 30th, in the Crooked island Passage, the VAlt 1A et.E spoke the
Rn o DIAN brig, of 16 guns, Captain Boss, from Port Royal bound
to New Providence, which bad touched at Cape Francois,where
an American schooner had arrived from Philadelphia, with in-
formation of war having been declared against Great Britain, and
that fourteen privateers had sailed down the Delaware to cruize
against British vessels. Between Cape Maize and the Navassa,
the VAIIIABLE chaced three privateers ; ti ,e first she fell in with
on the 30th ult. the second on the 31st and the third on the Ist
Instant, all of which escaped by calm., aided by the darkness of
the nights.
44 he ship Prince,- FERRAN!), which sailed on Saturday
morning for Port Antonio, returned to Port Royal on Sunday,
having carried away her main-mast, and fore and wizen top-
masts, in a heavy squall, about nine o'clock the preceding even-
ing, when on' the Lower White Horses.
" The Mary Ann packet, Captain CADDY, sailed on Monday
morning with a mail for Great Britain. The GORILE sloop of
war, of 18 guns, Captain BT NO, sailed at the same time for the
purpose of convoying the packet to a certain latitude, after which
she is to proceed to Bernina's.
" The Spanish schooner la Lark, BERNAMDINO, in three days
from the Indian Coast, in ballast, arrived at Port Royal on Wed-
nesday, having been chased off that coast by a brig of a suspicious
&profane., which bad a few days previous captufed a sloop be-
longing to Mr. D tea ttz, of this city.
"A French privateer was brought into Port Royal this morn-
ing. This vessel was taken about a month ago, by the CYANIC
,frigate, of 22 guns, Captain FORREST, and carried into Curacoa ;
.sbe was then sent down with an officer and ten men, but was
captured on Thursday last, off Cape Tiburon, by an American
privateer schooner, of one gun and 30 men. The officers of the
latter made use of every, persuasion to induce our tars to join
their colours, which they manfully resisted, and, finding their en-
deavours to subvert their allegiance ineffectual, they gave her up-
after taking some sails from her and costing away her main-
boom. The privateer has black sides, with white streake, is cop-
per-bottomed, and has white mast-beads. She had captured the
brig Caltdonia, Pescara. (formerly his Majesty's brig Fire-Fly),
Welch sailed on the loth ult. from this port bound to Trinidad-
de Cubs, and ordered bee for Charleston. The name of the
privateer is la Sireare : she mounts four guns, and had on board
60 men when fallen in with by the Craw e. The capture took
'lace on the 6th ult. after a long cbacr; when the enemy,find:ng
that they.would be taken, ran her asbpre on the coast of St. Do-
mingo, from whence she was cut out by the boats Of the Clr ant.
ticw of la Sinai copriged themetiva Among all Intelun