Star.
London, England, 1803-01-17 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE HINDOSTAN.

We are indebted to one of the Officers for a
more particular account of this unhappy affair.—
We forbear any comment on the condo& of the
Mailer of tlw Pilot (loop, which, though Appearing
on the firer bluth of the btifinefs extremely repre-
henfible, may yet, upon a candid hearing, be fad-
ficiently accounted for, to the fatisfa&ion of all
parties. The condo& of the Commander was,
throughout, colleded, manly, and humane ' • the
water was abfolutely up to the third tier of bints,
and nothing efeaped his lips that could tend, in
the lean, to difbearten the crew, who were %ding
their utmoll efforts to avoid the impending danger;
nor was it until Mr. Toasts', the Second Mate,
had brought the difmal news, that the pumps were
choaked with land, that he imparted the real de-
fperate fituation of the flip to the crew ; but when
the boats were all love in attempting to get them
out, all hands were inflantly feu to work on con-
nruding rafts. Signal guns of dinrefs were inef-
fedually fired the whole of the night, and pilot
veffels fignal to come within hail.
Shivering and hopelefs, at twelve the crew all
got on the raft or on the rigging, the fea running
mountains high.
About one A. M. the flood had made fo much,
as to make a breach half way over the foreman,
every part being completely filled with water.
At a quarter pail four. a Margate boy, with a
gallantry and humanity never to be too much ap-
plauded or rewarded, approached, and at different
times took on board the remainder of the flip's
company. Of the Sixteen people 1011, Tome were
froeen to death oa the rigging and raft. and others
ftwept away from the latter.- Had the foreman
one, which wis nionientarify etipedcd, Very file
gdeed would have efcaped.
inhiolt part of the craw, whore good conduit in
general was exemplary, have been four voyages

with the IltwoosrAm, and have flue entered on
board the CITY or Lomoon.

DOVER, JANUARY 14.
Accounts are every hour reaching us cf the me-
lancholy effeds of the gales, in the earlier part of
the week. We hope all of them are not co•red ;
hut fear moll of the following are 14: The Satre
gun brig drove from her moorings in the D .wns,
and ran alliore among the breaker ; but, by Cart-
ing her water calks, guns. and every thing on
board, for her prefervation, was got otf with little
damage. A Well Indiaman, name unknown, is
wrecked in Margate Roads, feveral of her men
perilhed, and about 403 calks of fugar are pre-
ferred. A foreign velfel is loft on the Goodwin
Sands ; her crew had deferted her before fhe (truck.
but firppofed to have been unable to reach land.
Two teffels, one laden with fait, the other with
bale goods, arc on (bore near Deal, crews fared.
The Viacw gun brig, in Dover harbour, broke
fcven hawfers, and ftranded her cable, and, in
fecuring her, feveral of her men had their fingers
cruthed. fume entirely off, by the fudden &am of
the wind upon the ropes. The light hnufes on the
Pier %vete neatly loathed away, and the piles of the
South Pier quite deftroyed. A velfel was fcen to
pats on Wednefday, bottom upwards.
Sailed the KING GEORG E, Captain Kiwc, with
palfengers for Boologne ; Barques packet, Capt.
Dant, with mails and palfengers for ditto; Ac-
live French packet, Captain CocLusv, for ditto;
Succefs, Captain Coes va, for ditto; and the Ar-
go, for Louifiana.
Arrived the Nancy, of Dover, Captain LaTt-
MORE, from Boulogne; landed Lord YARBOROUGH,
and other palfengers there yefterday. The AFtive,
Captain HEAD, from Calais, having feveral bags
of dollars and crowns on board, weighing front
two to three hundred weight, which (he landed to
be forwarded to London. The Rambler, French
packet, Captain Zustut,with mail and palfengers;
the KII4O Gsoacts, from Boulogne; and Panics
or WALL s, of Dover,Capta in SuTTON, from Calais.

The Addra, Morris, from Bolton for Newfoundland, is loft
near Ferryland
The Roebuck, Barnett, arrived in the River from Danvers,
fpoltz on the aft Of Dee. In he. ao. ay. long. 23. so, the Grace,
of London, b mod to New York, 8.1 well, after expaiencing a
very heavy gale.
On Saturday 'the Box packet, containing dm
Company's diipatebes for the Government of Fort
Saint George, and a number of private letter,
which was put on board the Ihip Hindo(lan, was
brought to the India Houfe, fortunately preierved
from the wreck of that Blip.

EGTPr.

PRIVATE LETTER.
ALIZAIIMIA, Nor. I.—We had hardly sot
rid of the horrors of the plague, and fettled sue
differences with the Turkifh foldiers, when we be-
gan to labour under another evil which has lately
become very ferious. Damanbour is the place
from which our garrifon here has in general been
' fupplied with frail provifions ; and ever fine a
detachment of our troops that had been Rationed
in that town, left it on account of the plague, the
induttrions people in the neighbourhood have been
haraffed by the depredations of the Bedouin Arabs,
particularly thofe of the tribe of Walled Ali.—
, The country people en their way to this place were
frequently robbed, and of courfe we were badly
fupplied with food. There robberies at left became
fo frequent, that it was neceffary to fend a party,
confining of two fubalterns, and ;a of the dra- ,
goons, to Birker, in order to fupprefs them. This
meafure was for fame time attended with good
effed, but the depredations have again been re-
newed with increafed audacity. The day before
yefierday a horde of Bedouins robbed all the
Arabs they could meet near Birket, of their mo-
ney, alibi, and every other property they had
about them. A party of dragoons was immedi.
ately fent in purftut of them. The Bedouins
waited until they came near, and fired their atuf-
ken. which. however, did no injury. The dra-
goons returned the fire, and wounded one man;
But there Arabs, whole horfes arc far fuperior to
ours, efeaped. A Captain and twenty men have
marched off to Birket this morning to reinforce
the party there; and, his Paid, the whole of the .
s6th regiment will go toDamanhonr is a (mays.
In my left, I told you of the arrival here of Bs-
SATIAIIi, the French Envey Extraordinary to the
Levant. Hels now at Cairo. The brig that ac-
companied him hither, has failed for France. The
frigate he came in is Rill here ; and the report of
the day is, that the will be detained until we that
receive fame accounts from England; as a Reif.
underilanding is Paid to earl between the French
and Britith Governments. I have no ground for
this but report. Every thing, however, in this
place has a myfterious appearance : Come of the
batteries here have been repaired by night, parti-
cularly one at the point of the gland of Pharos,
which commands the harbour, and another under
Fort CalfareUi. Derides, our artillery have been
reinforced by 1;o men from different regiments.
We underftand that General Sruaar exped
difpatches every day from England, with orders
for the evacuation of this country. But as it is
Rill uncertain, whether we thall leave Egypt this
feafon. winter quarters are fitting up for the army.
With refpea to the movements of the Mime-
hikes, all I have been able to learn is, that; they
are every day approaching nearer to Cairo.
The oath regiment is already gone into the
califs of Pharos, which the Turks have occupied
(lace April left. There are fill Tome Turks there;
but I am told they do net much like their new
sue& ; although the Englifh foldiers behave with
the greaten propriety towards them. The Turks
and Foglia* are at prefent on the ben terms. We
have jolt done a very extraordinary aft of polite-
nefs and refpea towards them, which, to fuck
bigots as 'boyars, bes been, matter of &Rona.
meat. The.sZsof lift month was Mahomet's
day. -Weill& contributed to the celebration
atl st,.by a Calote of SI guns front our forte, and
from the of war in the harbour.
Our garrifon is remarkably healthy; and there
is no fymptom of the plague In this country.

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