Star.
London, England, 1803-11-11 00:00:00

-.J.L‘MAICA MAIL.

The total by the Jamaica Mail of yellerday were
not delivered out till after our Paper was at Prefs.
By the latex account received at Jamaica from St.
Domingo, our fquadron continued very clofely to
blockade the harbour of Cape Francois, in which
were three French frigates, an armed brig, and about
40 fail of merchantmen ready to take the fira oppor-
tunity of failing.
The French in St. Domingo are in the moll
wretched (late, as will appear from the following,
which has been communicated to us from a moil re-
lpettable quarter:

EXTRACT OF A LATTER FLOM FORT•AO•FEINCE, DATED ESTII

joLY, 1803.

Notwithilanding all my exertions to withdraw from hence, I
have not been able hitherto to effeEt it, and now it is accompanied
by all the difadvantsges of an evacuation. The White Population
of the Illand is in a were ofttlerableftuatiox those (d. e rqribed This
town is hemmed in on all odes, and nothing but the very greateß
exertions can procure forage for the few cattle that remain. Pro-
duce in this part of the Wand may be confidered as out of the
queftion.

It appears that the Brigands, joined by a great
number of the white inhabitants, had inverted the
Cape, and their united force was ellimated at not
lefh than eighteen thoufand men. Their Chiefs
had fent a difpatch to the Britifh Admiral, corn.
manding on that Ration, informing him, that if he
would (apply them with ammunition,they would imme-
diately attack the Cape, and on obtaining poffellion of
it, furrender it to the Britifh arms. The propofal was
forwarded to the Governor and Council at Jamaica ;1
but the Taft advices are filent with refpeet to the re.
Cult of the application. Fort Dauphin is Rated to
have fallen into the hands of the Blacks. General
ROCNAMBEAII, in one of his forties, had taken three
of the Brigand Chiefs, whom he threatened to" roan
alive." The French, it was fully afcertained, had
already loft in their conteßs with the Blacks, and
by the climate, upwards of 25,000 men; and the
Brigands continued to put to death, without dillinc-
tion, fuch of their opponents as were fo unfortunate
as to fall into their hands.

The Soaks sloop of war, Capt. ROBIRTII, on the
sd of Augull captured t s veffels which were coming
out of Jeremie. and carried them into Jamaica...—
They were bound for Cape Francois. Several other
captures have alfo been mad:.
A frigate belonging to our fquadron on the Ja-
maica Ration, is Paid to be loft off St. Domingo : '
crew raved.

The General Mnrean French privateer, of 25 grins,
and 2 so men, is captured, and fent into Port Royal,
Jamaica.
The following intelligence was communicated by
Captaia ZACAIARIAM Moons, of his Majeny's flip
BLAMCIII, convoy to the Duke of Kent, through the
Windward Paffage, September, 1803.
" Seer. co.—Boarded the American brig William,
Review Coos, mailer, Cape Nicbola Mole S. E.
(even leagues, lying a hull, in the greaten chltrefs.—
She had been taken by a brigand barge, on her voy-
age from New London to Port au Prince, and carried
into Petit Guava, where they took out her cargo,
lumber, flour, &c. &c. and gave them a cargo of
coff..e out of the French llores. All the Whites in
that part, they laid, had been murdered, with cruel-
ties attached to their families beyond the power of
language to defcribe. As foon as her cargo was
(hipped, (he was ordered to fea, and came out the
night the Bsawcas fell in with her. There were
only five perfons on board, four of whom had the
fcv,:r, having buried the mailer, mate, and fix men.
None of the furviving crew knew any thing of navi-
gation. She had but half a fuit of fails; the Bri-
gands having (tripped her of all her furniture for
their privateer,. Capt. Muuns relieved her, as far as
in his power, with bark, wine, &c. and (he limped
her courfe fn. an American brig in the north weft
quarter, which the &mac He had pallid a few hours
before, and was running over the fame ground.
" On the aid of September, at day light, chaced
a French felucca, which had fome French families,
who were in the greaten sharers, not having a mar-
fel of bread. One of the paffengers, a confiderable
Planter, had made his efcape from the Brigands, who
had then poffeffion of his wife, and had murdered
two of his children before him. They had efcaped
that night from the Brigands, and were bound to
Barracou, in Cuba : gave them their veil-el, with as
much as they could eat and drink. They informed
us the Brigands had poffeflion of Fort Dauphin.
Sept. 24.—Chafed a French fchooner: fhe proved
to be from Cape Nichola Mole, with Madame
, and fix fervants, in the mon deplorable fitua-
tion, bound to Barracou. We learned, through a
German Gentleman who was a paffenger on board,
and had kit Cape Fraacois ten days before (and who
had refided there three months), that the actual lofs
of the French, fince the an veal of their armament,
was 33,t0n men, by the climate and the Brigands'
war. An Englith frigate had run on (hone, about a
week fince, off the Capri and finding it impoffible
to get her off, the was burnt by our fleet wider the
command of Captain Loma.

There a:e three frigates and 6o merchant (hips,
with their cargoes, blocked up by the above (hips,
at the Cape ; and 2500 troops, with as many mili-
tia, then in the Cape town. The yellow fever raged
dreadfully among the whites in the ifland. Gave
them their (choosier, towed them so miles, and left
them in fight of thc:r pert."