Star.
London, England, 1805-05-06 00:00:00

IMMBURGHM.OL.

AMSTERDAM, A►RIL 23.—Our Cipurant contains the
following article :--is Yellerday it was pofitively af-
ferted, that the Brett fleet had failed with all its tranf-
ports and troops. The Toulon fleet has already been
three weeks at fea, without the leaf intelligence hav-
ing been received of it. It is believed, that it is al-
ready beyond the European Seas, and it is conjeaur-
ed, that it is dellined for the Eilt or Weft Indies."

The Toulon fleet, it is reported here, has to,oco
land troops on board ; Admiral Gaavina likewife
failed fume days later than this fleet, and has joined
it. The truth of there reports mutt foon be known.
HAGUE, Aram 23.—The 28th Regiment of French
Infantry has been Rationed at (ttyd Beveland, to pre-
vent the confcripts from making their efcape thither
from Flanders, as they have before often done.
About the loth of May the army of the expedition
will again occupy the camp at Zeyll.
The command of the French troops which do not
belong to the expedition, is given to General Miozzt.
CADIZ, Malice 29.—Six Englith (hips of war are
Rill cruizing betore our hay. We have now lying
here eight of our largell 'hips of the line, among
*ha is the Trinidada of 720 guns, all completely
ready to put to fee the fir(' favourable opportunity.
A great number of troops are embarked on board
them, and their dellination frippofed to be America.
MADRID, APRIL 5.,,-His Excellency the Prince of
Peace has written to the Commandant General at
Ferrol, that intelligence has been received that the
Englifh expedition under General CRAIO is deßined
again(' Ferrol ; expretling, at the fame time, his con-
fidence in the courage and zeal of the Commandant,
thould this intelligence prove true.
GENOA. APRIL 4.—The Senator, Lucius BONA-
PARTII, has retired for Come mouths from Milan to
Pifaro.

NAPLES, Aram 4.--Lord NELSON has feddenly
appeared with his Fleet before Alexandria, in Egypt,
but not finding the French Toulon fleet there, he fail-
ed again in a few hours, whither is not known.

MILAN, APRIL 6.—The King, our new Sove-
reign, has railed M. M. MELZI, LILLA, BOROMEI,
STAMPA,SONCINI,CAMPIARA, and Maitssc•Lces, to
the dignity of Princes, with the title of moil Serene
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH s6.—The Convention
which the late Captain Pacha had concluded with
Sateen Palha, of St. John D'Acre, and fucceffor to
Dgezzar, is known the caufe of his difgrace. The
Porte has not ratified this Convention, hut fent orders
to the Pasha of Damafcus, to march againfl the re-
bels. We have received intelligence here, that So-
liman, making a fally, was abandoned by his troops,
and made prisoner by thofe of the Pafba.
VIENNA, APRIL 17.—The Miniller, Count Louis
CORENTLEL, has been for Come days indifpoled ; but
it is hoped that he will foon be able again to receive
and confer with the Members of the Diplomatic
Corps. It is now Paid that Count PHILIP COliwrzaL,
our AnsbalTador at the French Court, will repair to
Milan, there to negeciate, relative to certain objeds.
Yederday a courier arrived here from Cnnfianti-
noplei who immediately proceeded on his journey to
London. It is reported that Lord Nst.sox has ap•
peered with his fleet off the coati of Egypt.
The Ruffian troops continue to affemble more and
more on the frontiers of Wallachia.

SwyrzsaLawn, Aram to.—We are afrured that
his Mal;Ily, the Emperor of the French, has given
orders for the formation of two of the four regiments,
which were to be railed, conformably to the late
Convention.

Lamm, Aram ; t.—A new projell, it is raid,
has been formed, with the concurrence of a great
Northern Power, for the maintenance of peace on
the Continent, and tranfmitted by a courier to Milan.
The evacuation of Switzerland is propofed, in cafe
of a peace between France and England. A great
power agrees witk England on many points, but not
with refpe& to the future pofliffion of Malta. The
latter power is unwilling to reign the advantages arif-
ing from that poifeffion, and willes at Intl to have
a decifive influence on that ifland ; on the other fide
there is a reluftance to grant the advantages, and the
rotmerflatus quo is infifted on. It is faid that M. No-
yozrtzof r will be fent again to London, with new
full powers, and further snaruil:ons to promote the
work of peace.

LONDON.

MONDAY. MAY 6.

pain OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCRt
Confab, for mom, 521—for May gilii—Omnium 1.; z
PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY :
per Cent. Red. Ann. gqif Etch. Bills, par raprens
j per C. Coat Aa. gSi ji ()Militant 2I: 4 preen.
4 per CAM 734 74 Englith Tickets 191
g per C. Nary, Spil Conf. for ace. SS ti
s per Cent. 1797. 94 g per Cent. 1797, to be paid in
Long Ann. 16 7-loth. 9../601 October, 99i
India Bonds is. a as. dd. IrlO Omnitun, 6# prem.

Duncan. MAX I.
3i per Cent. 89i--Lithanje, Dubin: on London, u.

TheVenerable,Capt. Levrr ass, from Barbadoes,
arrived at Liverpool ; the failed on the 26th March,
and brings an account of the arrival of the Nose-
iv ra frigate, and Fix brig of war, and the fleer
under their convoy from Cork, on the 13th Marc.
—The CENTAUR man of war had arrived at Barta
does from Antigua, and had feen nothing of the
French fleet ; fhe brings no other accounts of the
French force than what was known on Saturday, only
that the Hawkefbury. CARR ; the l'.f refs, FlosT ;
Mars, MITCHELL, and the Mu quis of Lanidowne,
of London : the Alexander, DICKSON ; the Apollo.
CUMMINGS ; the Alice, Waisos ; and the Stapleton,
Niceoison, of Liverpool ; the Richmond, Warsom,
of AVllitehaven ; and feveral (mall craft, were taken
by the French at Dominica, and carried into Guade-
loupe on the eft of March : the Aurora, PHIL/ 's!,
of 'London, was burnt at Dominica.
Extra& of a letter received by a merchant of Dub-
, lin from his Correfpondent in Cork, dated April 30 :
By the VSHIRARLe and another (hip, jolt arrived
here from the Vleft Indies, bound to Liverpool, fur-
ther particulars refpeding the depredations commit-
ted by the Rochefort fquadron in thole pat ts. are now
known—they confift of the Majefteanz of Ito guns,
Lion, Union, and Jemappe, of 74 guns each, three
frigates, and two fchooners,had on board 3600
troops. Admiral Art Lisa aces commanded the fqua-
dron, and General Ls Gamma the troops, It was
the wadding of our own gun let fire to Ratan, half
which was burnt. After levying a contribution on
the inhabitants, they proceeded to Nevis, where th;y
arrived the sth of March, and burned and deftroyed
leveret Englifh (hips there, and after getting about
4,0001. from the inhabitants, !leered for St. Kitt's,
where they arrived the lith, and alto deftroyed feve-
ral (hips, and levied a contribution on the inhabitants
of ifi,oool. At the left date, 23d March, they wen
feen at anchor at Fort Royal, Martinique.
it Letters from Barbadoes received to-day, mention
the arrival of the Cork fleet, and three regiments that
failed in January laft. The (lips for Jamaica were
forwarded under cover of the ELK (loop of war."
The Ontario, STARBUCK, from New York, arrived
at Liverpool, (poke, on the 22d of April, in tat. 4y.
30. long. 29. 30. en armed brig, which failed from
Barbadoes on the ad April, with difpatcbes for Oof
vernment, which Paid, that the French were daily ex-
peeled at Barbadoes.
A letter from Charlefton, dated March 29, fare—,
" Captain Dunces, from Havannah, infOrms us,
that a heavy gale of wind from the north commenced
on the 15th init. and blew with great violence far
three days. It was reported when he failed, that
the Britifh 74, VANGUARD, was 101 l in this gale on
the Florida Reefs. and the Puttee's Cattatorre
frigate on the Martyr's Reef; the crews of both
veffels laved. Captain Du weave (poke, off the Ha-
vannah, a Britifh (loop of war, the Captain of which,
on being informed of this report, obleryed, that tie
had little doubt of its ti uth, not having leen any
thing of the frigate or VANGUARD fence the gale."
A St. Chrittopher's newfpaper of the [3th of March
is received, which contains frill accounts in detail of
the proceedings of the Rochefort fcpadron, at that
Ifland and Nevis, from the sth to the 7th of th:tt
month. This newfpaper was put on board the Liver-
pool veffel, from the Virgin Elands, as the palled
through the St. John's PalTage.
The French levied at St. Chriftopher's contributions
to the extent of r 13,0001. Reding, as the price of not
burning or pillaging the Town of Baffeter re.—More
money was demanded, but the Ifland could furoi(h
no more, though every individual coots ibuted wil-
lingly all the fpecie he heel, and the French General,
after long detaining fome of the principal inhabitants
as hollages, was at length fatisfied of that fad, and
therefore only deli led from further exactions. The
(hips in the harbour were all burnt or carried away.
I The fame fate was met by the (hipping at Nevis, and
a contribution of about soool. which was all that
could be railed, faved the chief town of that Hand.
Tire following is a correct lift of the French (qua.
dron which anchored at Sr. Chriftopher's I

Guns.

Guns.
Le Majeftuenx ran La Gloire
Le Magnanhns /4 Lludefatirabte - 44
Le Suffrdn 74 I.e Lynx sti
Le Jcroappe 74 L'Adson (brig)
I.e Lyon - 74 1-c Mouchcron, and anothct
L'Arnaidu 44 Schema-.

Nine merchant fhips were burnt or taken away
(from St. Chriftopber's chiefty) with cargoes of
protioce.
It was not known at the Virgin Elands, from
whencv this Newfpaper was tranfmitted on the 23i
of March, to what place the French Fleet had pro.
ceeded,afor the dearuillion at St. Chriftopher's and
Nevis.

The fame St. airiflopher Newfpaper coatido the

following important intelligence, " By a Letter from
Barbadoes, of the 7th init. it appears that (even men
of war, fuppofed to be enemies, had appeared to
windward of that Wand the day before."
There are letters from Earbadoes by the fame con-
veyance which brought theft accounts, as late as the
to:h, when neither the Cork fleet, nor Admiral
Cocifitatta, bad arrived, confequently if, the above
information be coact, the fufpicion of the ships be-
ing enemies was highly probable, or rather certainly
right. Two tranfports, with 403 troops, part of the
Cork convoy, had arrived at Barbadoes on the above
date.

A private letter, by the fame conveyance, Rates
that a gentleman who was at Dominica, on the tath
of March, law Sir Sastuat. HOOD in the CENTAUR,
with eight or ten other veils of war, pars by. He
underflood that all cruizers arriving at Barbadoes,
were ordered to join inflantly at Antigua.
A letter from St. John's, Virgin Maids, of March
23d, from a gentleman of the Fall refpatability,
Rates, " The whole of St. Domingo is in the pail.-
,‘ lion of the Blacks. General FERRAN° expated the
" French Eet, and collated his troops near the
" Sea, but was difappointed."

As the Cork fleet certainly arrived at Barbadoes on
the t 3th March, the danger to which our Weft India
Poffcffions were expofed, may be confidered as nearly
over. The enemy have not avagied themfelves of
their extraordinary opportunity. They paled all the
chain of our molt defencelefs Elands, and the da-
mage they have done is inconfiderable, compared
with the value of the interefts expofed to the ma
inanifea danger.
We have received by the Venerable the Barbados
Mercury of the 23d March, frorn wlaich we And that
every precaution had been taken there to guard
againft any attack from the enemy. Thefe details
are here unneceffary, bat we (hall fubjoin the ac-
counts which it gives of the procceding of the French
in the ifiands which they Cited, and Come interefting
details which have reached us from other quarters.
" Earbadoes (Mcretry). March 2.3.

Th: plur.dering of the iflands of St. Kitt's and
Nevis by the enemy's forces, is now fully confirmed,
to the further difgrace of thefe ignoVe Commanders.
On the morning of the sth inflant, the :whole of the
French Iquaihon before Rated, with the addition of
two fchooners, arrived off St. Kitts, and about noon
the frigates and (mailer veffels came to anchor in
Baffeterre Road, and landed Soo men, who imme-
diately took poffeffion of the town and fort, the Mi-
litia having previoury marched to Brimifone Hill. A
Committee from the inhabitants was loon after fent
on board the Admiral's fhip, with offers of furrender
ing the town and its dependencies, with all arms,
ammunition, &c. on terms of capitulation. To thi:
the French Commanders replied, that " tlvay had
not tot;:e to acquit territorg, but to levy
.eoittrilniticos ;"--
they therefore demanded ioo,ooo dollars from the
inhabitants at large, .40,000 from the Colleaor of
the Cultoms, and 40,000 from the fhip owners to
[pare their veffels ; requiring that the fame fhoUld
be paid by nine o'clock next morning ; at the fame
time threatening to burn the town in cafe of delay.—
The opprefred and difmayed people found it im-
potlible to raife turn, but, by ranfatking all their
creature, t 6,0001. currency in cub was procured,
which with a Bill of exchange of to,oool.
drawn fur the purpofe, and negociated with a refl.
"dent American merchant, was paid to thefe free-
booters, in the hope that they would Ray their hands
from further outrage. This, howeier, had not the
defired effeft, for thefe infatiate robbers not only
purloined two !hips (the Caroline, laden with fugar,
and Thomas, with coffee and cotton), which they
carried off with them, but fet fire to and totally con-
fumed the following veffels, being the whole lying
there, viz.—Matthew, YOUNG ; Lady Neifon, Boa-
waft ; Opipte, ; and Thetis, SMITH, and then
proceeded to Nevis, where they alfo exaFled a heavy
contribution, of which the inhabitants not having
the means of paying more than 40001. thefe difap-
pointed banditti, by another conflagration, tfehroyed
the following veffels: Lady Jane Halliday, CHivsas;
Twins, NMI ; Nclly, Joats ; Nevis, CURREY, and
Eclipfe, DAWES..

" On the 6th intl. in the evening, thefe troops were
re-embarked, and the fquadrnn proceeded to fea, with
the avowed ir.tention of playing the fame game at
Mon:lC:rat ; the iffue of which we have not yet
learnt. Dereld as is the name of Frenchman, yet
were &WI: art. Frtnchown fuck a.; their!!!—Gracelefs
cowards! who burn and plunder a defencelefs coun-
try, but dare not approach our prote.fted fhore !
" We do not with to exaggerate the turpitude of
thefe reaegadoes, but what little merit they deferve,
we freely give them—therefore we add, that beyond
what is above flitted, they did not commit any out-
rage upon the perfons of the inhabitants, or plunder
their houfts.

" Tne enemy have fince returned to Martinique,
and by the lag accounts, arrived at Fort Royal about
eight days ago. By this contiguity our vigilance has
been increafed, but in none of the meafurcs adopted
by us, is to be traced any thing but prudent precau-
tion and watchful preparation to receive them.
" It has been with no little furprife and indignation
that we have heard it reported with much indullry,
that the neccifity and propriety of providing for the
which the enemy may import upon us,
fLould tLcir fquadron appear off tl;►is town, has ban

difeuffed by lime of our inhabitants ; and this report
gone fo far too, as to, name Tome of the molt refpec-
table of the community as conniving at fo defpicable
an idea. Without here naming the parties alluded
to, we take upon ourfelves to affert that they are
grofsly fcandalized; and we feel it a libel upon the
loyalty and patriotifm of the country to fuppofe that
even one folitary individual could be found weak and
mean enough to compromife for his fafety by dif-
gracefully purchafing with his gold, what his or* will
honotirably fccure him l"

" St. Thomas's, March 23.
" On the sth inn. the French fquadron, which
had attacked Dominica, arrived in the Roads of Baf-
feterre, St. Kitt's, confining of the following (hips:—
Le Magittrat, of 120 guns ; le Magnanime, of 74
guns; l'lndefatigable, of 44 guns; la Cygne, of 15
guns; and PAC:five, of 16 guns, with two armed
fchooners and tranfports. The Prefident of the
ifland, with the Militia, having joined the garrifon
at Brimflone-hill, no attempt was made to defend the
town of Baffeterre. The colours of Fort Smith were
Bruck on the fiat (hot being fired by the enemy, and
a Committee from fuch of the inhabitants as refided
at Baffeterre was appointed to go on board the
French fleet, and to obtain from the Commander the
belt terms they could for the town and its depen-
dencies, and for the efiates throughout the ifland.—
A detachment of the French troops was landed and
Rationed is the fort, and on Tayler's Ellate, in the
neighbourhood of the town. The negociat ion between
the Committee and the French Commander termi-
nated in the acceptance by the French of about
to,oool. Reding in money from the inhabitants, and
of the fame film from the Collator of his Majelly's
Cußoms, by a bill drawn by him on General Ma-
maws, an American Gentleman, who happened to
be on a 'Alit to St. Kitt's, which bill was accepted by
General Marts aws, and immediately paid by that
Gentleman's draft on the American Conful at Paris,
in favour of the French Commander. On the 7th
March, the French fquadron departed from St. Kitt's
for Nevis, where a contribution was levied, without
any troops being landed.

"Among the vatic defiroyed, &c. at St.Kitt's, by
the French, were the following :—The Matthew,
You::c ; Lady Nelfon, Boman; and Thomas,
GR LER sox, for London; Thetis, SMITH, for Briftol ;
and (loop Eclipfe, all of which were burnt. The
Caroline, Hates, a fine veffel, richly laden, which
alfo lay at St.Kitt's, was carried away by the enetny.
" Among the veffels deftroyed at Nevis were the
Lady Jane Hiliday; Ctitvias ; Twins, Placa ; and
Nelly."

" Chartenon, March 29.
gi On the 219 inflant, Captain LICARR fpoke the
'hip Eliza, BROWN, out nine days from St. Chtilto.
pher's, bound to Edenton. Captain B. Elated, that
the French had taken the iflands of Doniiica, Ne-
vis, Montferrat, St. Vincent's, and St—Chrifinpher's.
Captain B. was prefent when they took poffeffion of
the latter place. The French fent three frigates into
the harbour, when the colours on the Fort were
hauled dorn. The French Admiral demanded, as
a ranfom for the town, 15,0001. from the inhabi-
tants, and to,oool. from the Colleetor, which fums
were paid. Moll of the Eng flipping in the bar.
hour were burnt, but the Americans were unmoleft-
ed. Eight hundred troops were landed, but they
obferved the ftrieleft order, and were not fuffered to
plunder the fmallett article. The French fleet re.
nsained but one day at St. Chriftopher's, when they
failed to intercept the Cork fleet, which was hourly
eipeeted."

By the CHI a itz.v. of t 8 guns, arrived at Plymouth
from the Channel fleet with difpatches, we learn, that
Admiral Sir Jonepsos, with his fquadron, joined
the Channel fleet on Tuefday the 3oth ult.
We have received Ditch and French Journals, the
former to the 3d inf. and the latter to the 28th ult.
The principal intelligence in the French Journals, re-
lates to the journey of BONAPARTE and the Emprefs,
who on the 2zlt of April arrived at the Imperial Pa-
lace of Stupinis, in the neighbourhood of Turin.

We are happy to Rate that difpatches were yeller
-
day received from Cork, announcing that intelli
gence had been received there of the fare arrival of
the Cork fleet at BarbAdoes, all well.
Saturday night difpatches were received from Ad.
miral COCHRANE, and immediately fent off to his
MAJESTY.

Yellerday his MAJESTY, Princeires Soma, MARY,
and AMELIA, with their attendants, walked to St.
George's Chapel, and heard a fermon by Dr. AL-
cam. After divine fervice, the Royal Family went
to Frogmore.
On Monday one of the deepell falls of fnow ever
remembered at this time of the year, fell in the vici-
nity of Sheffield.
A fevere !hock of an earthquake was lately felt at
Manilla, and occationed contiderable damage ; feve-
ral lives are reported to have been 1011.

A jovial let of our gallant Tars giving the Toaft
lately "Nos. 4 and 9," a Gentleman prefent dked
if thofe were not the Numbers of two of the French
Gun-boats we bad kill captured—Gun-boats,esclaim.
ed the brave fellow, no, no. matter, we mean No. 4,
Cornhill, and No. 9, Charing Crofs, London—two
Lottery Ships, commanded by Commodore BUSH,
where many of us have received boffin)). of Prize
Money, and where hundreds of our meffmAtes are At
this moment fleeriog to intercept a rich Galloon that
is espaled about the 13th of this Month, worth at
leak Tca Thaufand Pounds.