Star.
London, England, 1807-06-15 00:00:00

, AMERICAN PAPERS.

We have received New York papers to the /6ih
nearly a week later than thole revi.caly in t0t..,.`
Thi molt important a, icle cf their c vrents rd iteg
to the proceedings of Sir 1..0..v ft en Pi LLEW'S 1*(1171(1104
in the Eallern Seas. By a flip which al rived at 11.;11
York on the 741 of May, in rco (1.4” linen M
we find that, previous to is fii; E. PFLLFW
had arrived at Madras ha the Culloden from Batavia,
alive he had been a fecund rime, and dellroytd lie
more Dutch veflelq of war.—Rice was 1, very learce
at Mvdras that Government had r,ffered a penile:l:
f. r all delivered within fix months.
DESTRUCTION OF THE r. tnett SNIPPING AT
. BATAVIA.

7V7RACT PROM :It PRiVali JOURNAL 07 CAPTAIN W 71.
C‘RT, FRAM SATAVIA.

SATUgOAT, OCTOIaR 111, a 8 --Thii afternoon the Eng&
frigate Caroline, of 38 guns.eomtnandc I by Captain ilaizitr, ems
into the Roads ; after having captured two (wall 1' ~tch retie!
the Weftward t. and although ai^ rm guns had been Er d ,:! Pr?*
and it was Ittlowo to he an enemy arprozching ti ‘c es
beard the Hatavian frigate Maria ReygeribuTti, of 4.! !:•c p.
her at anchor, with the topfails on the caps, and fired tt •,.

guns, and fueb as they could bring to bear, at the C2,:aiinr, tv:ra
at a great diftance.

At this time molt of the other Dwell (hips (lined their cables,
and ran afhore. The Caroline Qv): tly .I.er p ffed strorg the Des.
tral wa)l, which generally anchor farther out, and in crowing the
bows of the Maria Rcygerfburgh, gave her a broicifitle, "FAA
raked her fore and aft. The Dutch upon this cat their-tables
but by this time the Caroline had paired uttween them ind tk
land, and hove all their tepfails aback on the Dutch Odp's hr.
board quarter. In this potation they continued to engage fur tome
time.

The Dutch veffel was under a great difa.!vant-ge. not bein, ins
condition to work thy {hip, nor haying more than feventy 'white
men on board, and it was.rtot now in their power to run afhore,
as the Caroline kept between them and the lard. They, booms,
continued the anion fifteen or twenty nil: utes, when they !truck
the colours, and were inftantly boarded and taken pollilh,n of by
the Caroline's people, who quickly made fail. mot carried de
prize and their own thip out of the reach of the fire from the ba►
tales and font (loops of war,wbich bad aemyed them dining the
whole anion.

Captain Rainier did not fit a gun until within half piftol not
of the Maria Reygcrflaurgh, nor did he pay the fmalleft wtentiott
to the fire from the (bore or the other Dutch !hips. S:zured
he was with hb fingle fhip, all he could hope fur was to c 'tuft or
deftroy one vac', and he fucceeded very writ ; tut had the Duni
laid their veffels broadfide on the hank, th••y would have d. (rated
all the attempts he could have made ; for he could not have car.
tied hig own Chip near enough to du execution, and the Dutch fir;
would have funk all clic bolts hecould have fent to burn their ref.
fels. None of the American (hips r. caved any iojui y, thouLla
the thot flew very thick amongft them.

Tnu ISDA V, Nov. 2,7....f1eing ready far fea. Captain Smith, of
the Willie, and Mr. Ridgeley of the Rebecca came on hoed with
their boats crews very early, an uffilted to get the anchor u-,
tun tr.e fhlp out to a clear birth for failing 'llia to; effated by
dayti,:ht, hut an accident which i..leurrett to myfelf at thi, um
determined me to deter failing until the following roorr.:-I,t.
About nine o'clock thr:e alarm guns were fired at (..it rat, and
&tartly after fortr:l large Englifh (hips made their errata, ce.
force of which, atter a ihort caunonade,Gleneed the fort Orreft
and took lion:Boa of it, and a corvett. lying there which the,

Immediately mann :d and brought in with the fleet. All tbc Dl'd
fhips, and one Pruffian. then fi.pped their c .bles, and ran afir.et
near. the eaftern batteries, under all the fall tl.cy could fet A
this time the Powerful, of 74 guns. was difparcked to tl r eft
ward, in chace of a laige Swedith (hip. which had failed early in ebt
morning. At half paft ten A. M. the Seafiower brig
Shore of us, and well in ()lace of tome Dutch !hips en rail
fide niche bay, which had jufl failed for Samararg. Direct'y ref
terwsrds the Teirichore, fa: wed t y the Culloden. PraLe Puf.
fell, Banquet:2 the corvette AV:lll.ms, and a brig which had lees
captured the day hefore, bt and :torn Pactain to Batavia, with
powder. &e. camel:no the toads in the order mentioned, at d rook
their it ations as follows a—the Colinden. Admiral Sir Edward Peh
lew, anchored about 20, yards within where we lay—the Tap
flehore, S S.E. front her, well in (bore towards the batteries and
the ftrapded Dutch Mips—the Drake to the eaftward of the Terp•
fichore, and a little on herftarboaril quarter—the Belliqurux, after
&Ming front her Rrft pofition by fig :al, anchored S S E. from the
Admiral, and as near the more as her draught of water would pa.
mit, to airia in taking off the fire of the batteries and Dutch fhip;
from the Drake andoTerpfichorethe Ruffen anchored tierce qua.
tees of a mile to the northward and the two prizes about the lane
defiance to the eaftward of the Culloden.

The following veffels were burnt near the batte•
ries, viz :---

Frigate ?bonnie, 32 guns
Brig Adventurier (Adventurer), 20 guns States veirels.
—Zenplceg (Sca-klowir) 14 ditto
Frigate Anseitcyn, force unknown
Ship Patriot, • IS guns Comeany's (bier.
Brig Corea, force unknown
Brig Streinet d.(tivrifr)' dlr'o
Ship beugdzoombayd (Probity) ditto
Fait Indian ditto Private Mips.
Zuidcr Pule (South Pole) PrLfllan ditto
And four or five at leak whore names are not known.
On tLe red t fide ..f the Bay were burnt the Andromeda and De-
bora, the two ifc t Ihipa in Java, both which 'elong to the Gr.
vanor of Saniara ; and anottnr large (bip, the name unkfinwnw.
During the togagement, loose of the American v...ff, is wcreohhged
to flip their cables, and run out to keep clear of the Out, which
II w thick about them.

%%Idle the adlion condoned, Sir FPWARD PELIAW hailed, and
requc fled rue either to conic on board inyfett, or to fend my Chid
Mate. 1 chore the former acid wa, treated and different
Ufficera with the gitateit civility. He . fk,il me a !imber of gad.
110111, but neither offered to examine the thip's l zpr:s or any Id'
leis. After-remaining .111 hour, I returned.= hoard.

Towarets evening the fire ceafed anti the Culleden,
Teryfichore ai..l I :rake dated their births farther out. l lairs
the right the flzy was awfully illurniu teed by the blaze of 18 iarg:
Itipt : and the bit-twill up of feveral of them %Oen tie
reached the it magazines ad.leel to the grande-r of the leech
Mn one could bc!•trd the deßrueflion of fo meaty fine Dips without
131110,611 e the evils iufepara le Iron-, iv;,r, and particularly regret.
tint; that to large a portion of the rnioortunt.. thould :Ail E., the tot
of private perfons, ntel of whum were pr. hddy oppilLd to at
prat elnel attiura which firft uccaftemed

.LaII week tvo Reciments of the Soifer Militia
ii.t!) Hall r .r. Sunde.lgn•/, where chly had
b et. quart: red, the r m nth, of the Regiment were
expelie.i • • follow in 4 lew cl.l

It wo •i rem a; if ;he report of the death of Sit
HENk Y VANE TEMPEST, Bart. had been me tip'
for ► is convalercener ; tor ever (ince it originated the
we•r;ily B4rotiet ha. b e i reccvering, t the great Of
of the Courtly of Durham.