Star.
London, England, 1803-11-15 00:00:00

Ppenei an seiive intercom-I'e with this Man& a num-
Scr of velTels having failed fur them immediately after
ti,c rims arrived, and many others being about to du
fu in a day or two.
"The French Guineaman la Braave, which foonal
ter the capture of St. Lucia, went in there and became
prize to the garrifon, arrived here yellerday from
thence, under convoy of the Pa ttczss Royal. armed
brig."

It was reported laft night, in confeqnence of an
article in a weekly paper, that the Breit fleet had put
to les, and it was added, that the DIAMOND frigate
had fallen in with two French (hips of the line and
fume refills, armed en flute, full of troops, fleeting
for Cazre Clear. This rumour, however, obta;ned
no credit. The fags, we believe, will turn out nearly
as follows :—As Captain THO••MAS ELPHINS mai. in
the DIAMOND, was cruizing off L'Orient, on the
morning of the 7th inilant, he obferved two large
(hips to the weitward, but the weather coming on
hazy,he 101 l fight of them : fuppofing them to be a part
of the enemy's fyrradron fleeting fur Ireland, he bore
away for that coall with a prefs of fail ; and on the
next morning, the Bth, he defctred two line of battle
(hips ahead, running the fame courfe, to them he
made the private fi2,nal, which not being repeated.
he concluded that they were French fbips, and thole
he had firfl Peen off I.'Orient the preceding day. In
canfequence, Captain EL? H INSTONS conveyed this
intelligence with all poffible difpatch toAdmiralLord
GARDNER, off Bantry Bay ; but 'heti lall•mentioned
(hips are certainly proved to be the MINOTALEL, of 74
guns, and another line of battle (hip, defined to
reinforce Lord GAUSS ER, neither of which, unfor-
tunately, had obferved the DIAMOND'S fignaL The
chips firfl leen off L'Orient, were a French 74, and
a frigate, firppofed to be pufhing for Brea.

Na accounts have been received of Admiral Cot*.
attis's fleet being driven off the blockading fla-
tion. If, however, the enemy fhould dude the ob-
ferration of the blockading fleet, they muff likewife
tifk a meeting with Admiral GARDNER off the coall
of Leland. The reports of the fircngth of the Brell
fleet are certainly exaggerated. A Portfmouth Paper'
lays, that there are only liven fail of the line in the
outer road and ready for ka, and fix in the inner
road in a nate of forwardnefs.

As to the French ports in the Channel, our letters
from the coati afire us, preparations are making to
give them fuch a bombardment as may deflroy the
craft affemoled in them. We ftibjoin the letters:-..-
DEAL, Nor. 13.—Another and immediate bom-
bardment of fuch of the enemy's ports as have any '
gun-boats colleEted in them, or in a (late of prepare-
, tion, is Row determined on. Boulogne is find to be
the principal °Ng& of attack. The Leoraan, of 5o
guns, Capt. MORRIS, who is appointed Commodore
of the Eat fquadron to be employed, is jolt now in
fight, with the AMBUSCADE frigate, and making for
the Downs. I have talked with an Officer belonging
to the Laoraan, who waits her arrival here, and he
has told me that Captain MORRIS, previous to the
Liling of his (hip from the Nore, fumMoned all hands
on deck, and in the moll impreffise and animating
terms defcribed to them the importance and difficul-
ties of the expedition in which they were about to
be employed ; he concluded with expreffing his reli-
ance on their fleadinefs and valour. This reliance
the crew jullified by a prompt and unanimous ex-
clamation of their readinefs to meet every poffible
danger in a caufe fo glorious. It is underhood that
this attack will be far more ferious than any that have
preceded it. It appears that in the former bombard-
ments our (hips have fired at too great a difiance
from the French coaft materially to injure their har-
bour, (hipping, or towns. In order, therefore, to
do more execution in this inftance our crnizers are to
(land clofer in (pore, which of courfe will ezpofe
them to the annoyance of the enemy's batteries—a
circumftance which mull give confiderable anxiety to
every Briton who feels folicitous for the prefervation
of the lives of his countrymen ; but no one who
juflly appreciates their gallantry can feel any fear as
to the ultimate Ale of the conceit. The °Nee is
certainly of Inch importance as to be worthy of great
rifks, if not of great facritices.
As loon as the Laorara reaches the Downs, (be is
to cone/it-rich wails as are appointed to accompany
her to Dungencfs, which is her farther deflioation,
and which is the render woos of all the veffels to be
employed in the intended bombardment. If wind
and tide (horrid be favourable, it is expeCted that the
Laorsio, &c. will proceed to Dungcnefs without
delay. Among the veffels to be placed under her
command are, I underhand, the LEDA, ARM/SCAM,
AMETNTIT and FlaaTtialllE frigates; the Hwy,
Baooneouwe, Basmastc, and ARCilka gun brig,
PFISIUS, Locust, and SuLr slut bombs. According
to the flatement of Imre perfons who profefs to be
aware of the plan of operation, it is intended to bom-
bard Boulogne, Calais, Havre, Gravclines, and
Dieppe at the fame time t—but the opinion which
kerns molt probable is, that they will commence the
attack upon Boulogne, and after haring accomplifh-
ed their objeCt will proceed to the other ports. The

ru,gars, rum, pimento, cotton, and logwoo.i. eeven
of the crew were faved by the a:tivity of a Ramfgate
boat.

It is expeFled that the Officers captured on board
the French Ron boat, st ill be brought on (bore t
morrow, to be examined by ,o; Admiralty Commifflor.
A very valuable Dutch tilip from SurinJni was
brought into the Downs yeflerday. prize to the Earl
Spencer privateer of this place. This privateer has
been remarkably fuccefsful !lace the commencement
of the war.

Nov. I4.—Arrived and failed for the River, the
Indifpenfible, GAADNER, from the South Seas, and
the Margaret, GRIFFITH, from Lifbon. Sailed the
LEOPARD man of war, and FORTUNAS frirAte for
Dungenefs ; HARPY, ADMAN, and PLuru (loops,
MILBROOR fchooner, LOCI.) cT, BASILISK:, and BLOOD-
' HOUND gun-brigs, on a crui/e to the coall of France.
Arrived the LARK fllop of war from a cruise. The
SRAFLOWEII !loop of war has a figral for convoy to
the Weftward.

DOTER, Nov. &4.—The wind having fomewhat
abated, feveral of our cruirers have failed again for
Boulogne and the adjacent 1;),Irt of the enemy's coaft.
Five P. M. feveral gun brigs and large cuttets are
Banding out of the Downs over to tho enemy's coaft.

We have received American Papers from Zoltan.

to the 12th ; and from New York, to the 6tb uk

inclufive.—The intelligence :hey bring is not by any
means fo important as there was reafon to expefl;.-+-
Oa
the fuhjed of the difcufigous which have for fume
time extßed, relative to the renewal of the Treaty be-
tween this country and the United States, the Jour-
nals, which came to our hand. are totally filent. From
the French Well India laands there are no accounts
o 6 a date later than thole already in our poffeffion.
The mifery which prevails at St. Domingo is now a
matter of univerfal notoriety, and it would appear
by letters from fome of the unfortunate furviving
colnnißs, that Rocriastaseu moires lux authority
with the noon anfterity. The preffure of the fear-
city which prevailed at the Cape and the other polls
which Rill continued in the hands of the French, had
been aggravated by the unfeeling treatment of the
Governor's Agents. Even the fcantiell fupply of
proviiinns could not be procured without the mon
villainous extortion. Letters from Jamaica fpeak of
two French fail of the line, betides feveral frigates,
being at Kingflon, captured in the attempt to effect
their efcape from St. Domingo. We are not in•
dined to think that this report is coerce. At the
time that there letters were written the'efcape of the
Duguay Trouin was known, and there is no notice
taken of any part of the French force having at.
tempted to elude the vigilance of our cruisers. At
Martinique nothing material bad o,:euered. The
Governor was in daily expedation of a vifit from mg
troops. Thofe American Captains a bo have arrived
left from the Ifland, reprefent the fi lelity of the in•
habitants as being extremely doubtful. Ao fenfible
was the Governor of this, that the prose of an
invafion of the ifland had created the utmon ‘.. ,:afi-
nefs and apprehenfion. The troops were very far
from being either high fpirited er confident .ff their
ability to make an effectual refinance. It is mention.
ed that our equation off Mat tiniqua has been fo emi-
nently on the alert, that in Almon every innance the
attempts of the American veffels to enter have failed.
Already they have begun to experience the beneficial
confequences of the return of the French poffeffions
to Bricifh dominion. Since the capture of St. Lucia,
Governor Banton has iffued a proclamation defin-
ing the conditions, on which the introduction of anti.
cles of American produce will be permitted. It is
drawn up in very liberal terms, and has afforded
great fatisfaAion to the merchants of Come of the
principal trading towns of the Unit!! States. We
are happy to find that the complaints, which in many
inftances were too jußly urged of the harfh treatment
of American icemen, by our Comminders on foreign
ftatidns tinting the tan war, are likely to be complete.
ly removed. It is allowed hitherto, the moon mo-
deration has been exerted, and in every inarnce
where injlry has been unintentionally committed,
there has appeared the utmoft readincfs to give the
earlier' redlers. This is a circumftance which cannot
fail to affOrd the nog fincere fatisfallion. With the
mercantile intereft in America the French Govern-
ment is very far from being popular ; and if our na.
vat (uperiority is maintained without infolence or
oppreffion, there is no danger that their fentiments
on this fulajed will undergo any fpeedy change.
On the fubjed of the Settlement cf differences
with France, the following remarks are extraded :
they are Rated to be from a cot-feet fource ; and that
they may be relied on:—" The 3,750,0c0 dollars,that
the United States are to pay France. is to be paid to
the citizens of the United States for claims they have
upon the French Government, embraced by the Con-
vention made the 3oth September, by Meffrs. ELLS-
woarn and DAVIS. The fecond article of that con-
vention is to be cnnfidered as null and void. The
payment to the United States is to be made to the
citizens thereof, in fixty days after the final ratifica-
tion of the late convention by our Government, and

tLaz the et:Una:its refpe6ively made their demait: $
for payment. After their claims are finally liquids.
ted, a board of three Commillioners, apptfinted by
our hlinidas, are to fit in Paris, who are to exarnin::
tits liquidated claims, to fee if they properly are
claims that are embraced under the convention of the
3oth September. As Coon as this is determined, the
claimants will receive their drafts, and they will be
paid as they are prelented ; and (hould the claims
embraced by the Convention exceed the Cum of
3,750,000 dollars, the remainder is a debt remaining

1 due from France, and to be paid the claimants bi
that Republic. It is underflood that claims for lop-
plies to the W. I. Minds, demurrages on veffels from
France, veffels taken and not reffored agreable to
the conventinn of the 3oth September, and fuppliec
under contrath made by officers of the French Go-
vernment in the United States, are the proper claims
embraced by that Convention.—[Neiv idrk Z;Paio
ildtertifer.]

We have tranflated a letter from 'a Gentleman
at Port-au-Prince to his friend at St. Jago de Cuba
(Lady arrived at Paltimore), not becaufe it is of
late date. but becaufe it will give fome ilea of what
fort of Government that of St. Domingo is undo
Roc HAOIII.EAV.-N42/ rGri Movar.tile AlterVer.
24.

" Our lunation is frightfuL We have had only
fir or yon barrels of sour to ezill on, and this feeble
referve is now almoft ezhaufled. There do not at
prefent remain in the public flares more than racy
, barrels of flour, and other provifions in proportion.
The army has lived for fir weeks upon expeelatioa
alone. All the beeves which the inhabitants had
lived have been killed for the troopt. Great rnifun-
derflanding prevails among the Chiefs. All is con-
lotion and diforder. Many depart the place, and aft
wifely in fo doing. Others wait the return of a cll.&
patch fent to Jamaica, to determine whether to go or
remain. There is no fpecies of rapine and opprelLott
that is not pradifed by the Commanders who remain
with us. Thar avarice and cupidity are only equalled
Ly their bafends and cowardice. The public diforder
and tnifery„ fo far from teaching them moderations
feasts only to open a more eatenlive field for eaElion„
peculation and crimes of every defcriptioa. Every
thing is put under contribution. No veal can leave
the port without dearly purchafing the liberty of do.
parting. Th: price is paid to Sarazin and Lavaiettel
tsho receive it AS for the fervice of the road. gar,
MOLDS, an American, lately paid t6OO dollars. Pilo
suss purfues a war of peculation fiill mote crimlbal,
he feizes from individual; the wood and forage which
they haye fr.atched from the plain at the mouth of
the mu' :et. The latter, he pretends, Is for the heroes
in the garrifon. When a convoy of potatoes arTiyes
from the country, infead of being difiributed among
the wretched inhabitants, they are feized by him, and
openly fold to the original proprietors.....To crown
the whole, he is now fending his wife to Cohn!, per-
haps even to your city, with about zo negroes whom
he has fiolen from their owners here. Rout now fella
at 6o dollars per barrel.".

We have fubjoined copies of the returns of thp
Botrd of Health in New York and Philadelphia, fot
a few of the lateß days to which the returns reach.
At Alexandria and tome other places the retornsyl
nearly in a fimilar proportion.

NEW-YORK, 511.11/1111 47.
Thom deaths and 23 new cafes have occurred. during the leg
ae hours.

At Ptdlw4elphia, eight cafes or the uulgoest fever, thy* the.
lift 2.4 hours ending Oa Tedder forecwoo.
At itexaodrle, two heaths (but as of the Wed fee the 4$
hours eoctleig ou Monday rowohsg.

30,
Sea dacha ond 36 sew cites, during the gg boon ending
o'clock lait eyeing.

At ibbiladttlidtia: kW aim and one fididclous. dorlog ties 24
boors ending on Friday forenodn.
Ai Alciandria, only one death, during the 34 boon =dog le
Friday enoredng.

• ovrossß 3.
Fifteen &Atha and 2.4 cafes for the left ea hove, exam es Sr
tutday riming ; and ss deaths and $4 OtVi cages, far the 14 keel
ending at LK o'clock taft evening.

At l'iniadelphia, felon new cafe, and four deaths during this Sit
bours ending on TtsurfdsT forenoon.
At Mcrindril, two deaths for the 24 hours ending oo Wedne.
day morning.

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OCTOIIIIII 5.
Eleven deaths and 17 new cafes occurred, during du 24 WTI
coding it Gi o'clock lilt evening.

* AtPhiladelphia, during the 34 hoses ending on Saturday forl-
noon, is new cafes.

At Alexandria, two deaths for the 24 boors ending on Friday
one the Cucceeding a 4 Manx.

OCTOBIR 6.
Nine deaths and 4t new Cafe" in the lett 1.4 bows.

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At Philadelphia, s 6 cafes during the hit se hours, .odic os the
inttant.

At New York, its virulence has hitherto rather
increafed than abated. Mr. Lovitic sxosi,the Mayor.
who during the whole of the difirelfing fcenes which
have occurred since the difeafe made its appearance.
had been indefatigable io his exertions to afford the
bell poffible affitlance to the lick, was attacked by it,
and for feveral days his recovery was doubtful. The
phyficians who attended him had, however, on the
ad of 04ober, rekfon to hope that he would trin mph
over the virulence of the difeafe. At Philadelphia

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