Star.
London, England, 1810-06-23 00:00:00

H,1777.

• His Majesty's ship HYPIRION, St. Domingo,
May 1, 1810.
After leaving Gonaives, we resumed our cruizing
criund between Cape Maize in Cnba and the Mole
sn St. Domingo ; and on the 27th fell in with Pe-
'ion's squadron, bettveen the Mole and Cape Francois.
We communicated with them. On the 28th, at day-
lieht, we saw them again to leeward, and another
s nairon in shore, to windward, which proved to
be Thristophe's. They immediately gave chace, and
we 'weight there would have been an action: it con-
tin led all day to the northward, the island of St.
,boniingo being out of sight at night, when they
gave over the chace ; as from Petion's squadron
hiving the decided superiority in sailing, any further
pursuit seemed fruitless.
On the 29th of March, the two squadrons had
nearly the same relative position, but nearer the
Mt le. Christophe again gave chaec, and an action !
seemed inevitable. At eleven o'clock the headmost
of Christophe's squadron, and the rear
.of Petion's I
began firing, the headmost of the latter hauling their
wind, and stopping to support the rear occasionally.
Petion's seemed studiously to avoid a general action,
but appeared willing to get all advantages by ma-
rouvering, which they were enabled to do very well,
fry rn their superiority of sailing. Petion now kept
his vind, and seemed willing to go into the Mole, I
but was then too far to leeward to effect that purpose.
Wien close in shore he wore round, went to leeward
of Christophe, keeping up a brisk fire while passing.
A miming fight was then kept up for the remainder
of the thy, no ship being taken on either side, or
materially damaged. .
I have learnt since that Christophe's Admiral has;
been slightly wounded in one of his boats when going
in to attack a fort, in the Bite of Leogane ; and,
when we were a short time since at Gonaives for re-
freshments, he was on shore at the General's, who
commands at that place.
Both of these days we followed at a respectftil dis-
tance, so as not to be suspected of taking Any part in
the contest. Those petty fleets remind me of that of
the rival states of Rome and Carthage, in their in.
fancy.
The colours or ensign of Christophe is merely red
and blue, vertical; that of Petion red and blue hori-
zontal ; so that they are the same, only differently
placed. Christophe's squadron consists of nine ves-
sels (one being added lately) ; two ships, about the
size of English sloops of war, formerly West India-
men ; five brigs (not so large as our's, hearing a
Captain as commander), one schooner, and a sloop.
Potion's consists of seven vessels—two corvettes,
four brigs, and a three-masted schooner : this is by
far the host squadron ; have the superiority in saji-
ing, are better appointed, and calculated for fight-
ing. The number of guns in each are nearly equal
..they mount about 125 in each squadron.
Christophe has two Admirals, or rather one Ad-
miral and a Vice Admiral. Petion has only a Com-
modore. The Vice-Admiral now commands the
fleet of Christophe, the Admiral being at Gonaives
wounded. You must of course know that Goodall

was the Lord High Admiral of Christophe ; he is I
' now rather in a civil capacity, being in America,
contracting for a frigate, which I have lately learned !
was sized, and he was obliged to be off; on account
of o ne alledged depredations on the Americans in
V.is q far er. Co fall formerly commanded a pi•iva-
teer i t the West Indies, called the Roscins ; she is
now • i t Christophe's squadron. The Government
will nf•t allaw a white to have command. Cape
Nichola Mole has been besieged by Christophe for i(l
moi t'is. We were in about five weeks ago, and
.they were then in possession of the heights on one
-,st e of the town, not more than a mile and a half dis-
tan ; opt the other a deep ravine prevented their ap-
proach. They almost every night fired shot, and
threw shells into the town, but none into the Mole,
where we lay. Some suppose this was in compliment
to the English, but I am of a different opinion, as
frnth what I have seen of them, they do not owe you
much goodwill.
dhristophe was at the Mole a few days ago, and
mettle the* troops advance, and storm two places
Much nearer the town It is said he is determined'
3*;on to take it by storm, if they do not surrender.
On the 4th of May an *English ship, called the,
Crown, which had obtained a licence in. London to
trade in any part of the West-Indies, was taken going
into the Mole with provisions for the besieged, a sof-
ici.ries to last tor six months. It seems she•had beep.
at-Port-au-Prince to barter some goods • f-,r the pro-.
,pure of the island. An American -schooner came
ii; ; her Citigi) was purchased by some agent at that
place, aid WOW on ' -boats! the "Crown, to take
round to the Mole. The Saracen -brig conveyed her
a- part of the way ; told her she. vioolJ meet the H. ,
perizas off the Mole,"and Stood in herself to Gonaives.
lie -was detained by Christophe's squadron, who
were lyingoif Ate Mole, and sent to Cape Francois,
• for having etiivroyas .property on board. The ship
and the Tyr/mining part of her cargo will, I suppose,
he restored; as the artaster declares he knew nothing
cnneetnin the- freight- he had .received on board,
rfrtlY to land it at the Mole ; and that he told tem
at:Port-au-Prince, shank! he fall in v:i:11 Christophe;.
• he vrOtild deliver up every paper,t and it seems he
vrtaild ztot.h:pre been detained, had it not been for a
letter which, tise, broke open, and it was found to
• . Contain true accounts of the property. We boarded
aind e*amined the ship a short time after, and found
iety jur,t saute Of detention, On this occasion the
Vice-Admiral canto on board of ust with several of
his Captains, end ,he err. tainly is-a very handsome,
tiallant-honking black. His uniKm is light blue;
% , Id beadt.arounsi the cuffs and -collar, turned up
! itc buff, and red ed„;ing ; plain cooked hat, . a
Vmd deal Vrenehi6tid, and
.SMA' .sword; dimity
f.veralls,, waistcoat, anti 410.e5. He is Pot more than
`..8- years of Ages . * tiiii fles4l/4 figisrer . *WI of very
easy 4 filress, He appeared a rharaCter horn to com-
mit; I, sayinx, Shia is-only doing him justice,
la- Fir.4lgl§t4ftcal happe4e4 4 row weeks agpt which

Petion is a much milder character than Christophe
—a mulatto, and the man who caused the death of
Dessalines, whose cruelties and atrocities in St. Do-
mingo are well known every where. By the most
correct information I can obtain, Christophe's party
is the most respectable and powerful ; Petion's the
most just.
The Government of this island is very despotic—
' Christophe's word is a kw. Frequently when a cri-
minal is brought before him, after hetr.ng the corn-'
I plaint, he orders him to be bayonetted on the spot,
without any trial or respite. He is •the most polite
and affable man imaginable ; lives in ye: great
I stile ; has a Palace in every quarter of his territories,
and is immensely rich. He looks well to this part of
1 his Government, and is very avaricious. He is a man
about forty ; tall, well-made, and a fine handsome
soldier-like appearance.
The produce of the island is chiefly coffee (which
is of a superior quality), and cotton ; but immense
tracks of most excellent land, once under. cultivation,
now lie totally v- tste. Neat Gon,...ives is a large track
`of
rich land, of this description, only wanting culti-
vation.
LIST OF CDRISTOPIIE'S AND PETION'S SQUADRONS.
rrox's. rosisiaNunts.
Flambcawx brig - - Gaspard i3oze, Cominusloze.
I Conquer.tut, - Gaspard
Conquelint, do. • - Frederic Bernard.
Cliakseur, do. - Fournier A.ne.
iLa Furieuse Coiverte - Cherey Mohaisen.
I— R epublicoio, do. - Gme. Desdime.
Le Derenoncourr Schooner - Pre. Desure.
Nit PS—CIIRISTOCIIeII. COMITANDEIS.
Lord Mutgrave, Ship . - Jean Baszien Baptiste, Admiral.
Grand Hayden. do. Vice Admiral.
Gen. Mafoy, Brig -
-- Jason, do. -
Surprise, do.
Foudrayant, do. - -
Rosina, do. -
Vanguard, Schooner -
Nanie unknown, Sloop.

I am sorry it is not in my power to give you a
more complete account c'f these squadrons* What
information I have obtained concerning them, has
been merely accidental.

.. • -
BAYONNE, JUNE 4.
t fear, willbrenderpur coming:intention with dais island
of last month, the Ist corps ot the
kr ,
less frequent. The Saracen brig went into Gonuives. On the 6th
bay, abut three weeks ago, with money for same 44 my, Web blockades Cadiz, celebrued with great
the English merchants there. After,landiek- it, tha iplenclour and conviviality the marriage of the-Em-
Captain was to proCeed to Port-au-Prince, on the sameperor Napoleon, with the Archduchess Maria Louisa.
errand ; he was getting under weigh about nine, FRANCKFORT, JUNE 9.
o'clock at night, in' Oder to take advantage of the The following article has appeared in our papers
land-breezeovnen.hey Ared several shotat himfronioneiwith reoatrd to the maritime war: •
of the forts. He returned it, by giving them abroad " Aft hopes of peace are again extinguisheo.e.-
side. One of the English merchants (a Mr. Clarke)iThey were not founded in the slightest p0.a.:1 ap-
was taken up and sent by the black Compandantl proximation, or in any
-leaning to cona.vion on the
(General Raphael) immediately to Cape Francois, td part of the British Ministry. -The only ground still
Christophe ; and another (a Mr. O'Brien of the sam left to the speculators in the mirror of futurity,-is the
place, Gonaives) they wished to send to Jamaica, t continued residence of Mr. Mackenzie at Paris. A
Admiral Rowley ; but be being a resolute man, hold and decided undertaking seems to be beyond the
fused to go. How if will terminate I cannot say ; means of the English Ministry. Their offensive war
but the Saracen has gone in to settle it, on her wa is wholly- confined to the last portion of the Conti-
,
from Port-au Prince. Certain it is, these blacks wool abottom,has no other o sject than the
neat, and, t
give themselves airs, if we would allow them. l sacrifice of their last Ally, the squandering of their
It is most difficult to get information cencernit • -
treasures, and the maintenance of a precarious naval
The state of this island ; for though there are sever dominion by spreading terror along the coast. Of
'English reddents, they are very cautious in sayi this system we have a specimen in their proceedings
any thing about it. ..They find it most advantage° along the coast of Naples, but this sort of alarm will
to 'their pursuits to observe a profound silence, wh soon be put an end to by the serious measures in the,
two parties are contending for power. contemplation of the King of Naples."
Christophe is a perfect black, born in the island PANSCOWA, MAY 21.
Se..ehristophees—a cruel and determined charact The dissatisfaction manifested by the inhabitants
but withal very cunning and polite lam told of Servia with regard to their government, since the
pretends often not to understand English, but iit ti t 1
last campaign, has induced the Commander in Chief
understands and speaks it very well ; and by s;
finesse frequently gets information which is very ut- i Cierni George, and the other Generals to renounce
ful to kim. I will relate a circumstance of an Aire- ; their project of independence, and to make overtures
rican Master of a. merchantman, who was undergoing' of submission to two great Powers. It appears that,
someewninationi before Christophe,and unguardedly , so far back as the month of December, a deputation
made use of expressions which had nearly cost him was sent to the Russian headrquarters hi Wallachia;
his life. An English Gentleman who understood and in April, the Secretary of State Inkovich wasl
French, and acted as interpreter to Christophe, was
,sent with a similar proposal to the Court of Vienna.'
The Secretary returned on the 10th inst. to Belgrade;,eiamining this American, whobeing impatient, asked,
what does the d—d black rascal say ? Christophe j but nothing has hitherto transpired relative to the ne--
invited this American to breakfast next morning, and gociation with
th the Courts of Vienna or St. Peters-
burgh. On e 10th, a Russian officer arrived at
told him he was perfectly aware of some expressions
Belgrade with dispatches for the government. After
which had dropped from him the day before, but
a stay of a week, he returned to the head-quarters in
that he forgave him, and then cautioned him to be
Wallachia.
more circumspect in making use of such expressions
in future. -

LONDON.

Eitaxra.—Our Readers are requested to make the following cor.
rection in the Trial, Lee •. ttlaquiere, given in the Sra a
of Monday last :—ln Sculfor's evidence, after " met a young
lady" add, with another lady :—for " that he wore black' read
whether he wore a greatcoat.—ln Mr. Park's defence, for " throw-
ing off" read, covering the garb of a clergyman : for "forty, read,
thirty.

We c.-immunicated with them. on toe IL bin, at
lwht, we saw them again to leeward, and au
1u: iron in shore, to windward, which prow
be Thristophe's. They immediately gave Chace
we 'Heretic there would have been an action: it
tin led all day to the northward, the island c
being out of sight at night, when
gave over the Chace ; as from Petton's signs
having the decided superiority in sailing, any fu
pursuit seemed fruitless.
On the 29th of March, the two squadrons
nearly the same relative position, but nearer
Mole. Christophe again gave chaec, and an a
seemed inevitable. At eleven o'clock the head
of Christophe's squadron, and the rear
.of Pei
began firing, the headmost of the latter hauling
wind, and stopping to support the rear occasioi
• Petion's seemed studiously to avoid a general a
but appeared willing to get all advantages be
rent/ming, which they were enabled to do very
• frem their superiority of sailing. Petion now
his %rind, and seemed willing to go into the
I but was then too far to leeward to effect that put
I When close in shore he wore round, went to lee
of Christophe, keeping up a brisk fire while pa
t A running fight was then kept up for the rem:
.1 • of the thy, no ship being taken on either sit
materially damaged. .
• I have learnt since that Christophe's Admir
been slightly wounded in one of his boats when
in to attack a fort, in the Bite of Leogane
when we were a short time since at Gone:yes
freshments, he was on shore at the General's
. commands at that place.
Both of these days we followed at a respectf
tance, so as not to be suspected of taking any
the contest. Those petty fleets remind me of t
•
the rival states of Rome and Carthage, in th
fancy.
• The colours or ensign of Christophe is mere
and blue, vertical; that of Petion red and blu
soma/; so that they are the same, only diffe
placed. Christophe's squadron consists of nit
sels (one being added lately) ; two ships, abc
size of English sloops of war, formerly West
, I erten ; five brigs (not so large as our's, heal
Captain as commander), one schooner, and a
_ Petioa's consists of seven vessels—two cot.
four brigs, and a three-masted schooner : this
• .
far the host squadron ; have the superiority i
ing, are better appointed, and calculated for
ing. The number of guns in each are nearly
....they mount about 125 in each squadron.
Christophe has two Admirals, or rather or
miral and a Vice Admiral. Petion has only a
modore, The Vice-Admiral now commit(
fleet of Christophe, the Admiral being at Gel
wounded. You must of course know that G
c,
was the Lord High Admiral of Christophe ;
' now rather in a civil capacity, being in An
contracting for a frigate, which I have lately 1.
1. was sized, and he was obliged to b.: off,' on at
of one ahledged depred itions on the Americ
q far er. Cu; fall formerly commanded a
tee!. the West Indies, called the Roseins ;
now i r Christophe's squadron. The Gover
will net alLiw a white to have command.
- Nichola Mole has been besieged by Christophe
.;` mot Cis. We were in about five weeks age
•hey were then in possession of the heights I
-,lli of the town, not more than a mile and aln
I.tan ; ou the other a deep ravine prevented the
-i• preach. They almost every night fired shoe
threw shells into the'town, but none into the
where we lay. Some suppose this was in compl
to the English, but I an: of a different opini
• (reit what I have seen of them, they do not cu
- ankh good will.
dhristophe was at the Mole a few days ago
rnet4.le the' troops advance, and storm two
Much nearer the town it is said he is deter
soon to take it by storm, if they do not surreti
On the 4th of May an *English ship, call
Crown, which had obtained a licence in Lcmc
trade in any part of the West-ludies, was taken
iiito the Mole with provisions fee the besieged.
ici.rtCs to last tor six months. It seems she•ha
at-Port-au-Prince to barter some goods 'fel. th
,fore Of the island. An Americau••sehooner
itt ; her cello *as purchased by some agent
place, aid shipped on -bcsatd the - Crown, t(
round to the Mole. The Sweep brig convoy
• a- part of the way ; told her she. would meet th
perizin off the Mole,"and stood in herself to Got
.She 'was detained by Christophe's squadron
were lying,o *the Mole, and sent to Cape Fr;
• for having etihroY's property on board. Th
and the remaiinitg part of her cargo will, I su
be restored; as the .master declares he.knew n
•
concerning the he had .received on
only tn land it at the Mole ; and that he tole
et:Pnet.au•Prince, shoald he fall in with Cheis
• he' wintild deliver up every papera and it see
eetielet etot.bave been detained, had it not heel
letter wbithi they broke open, and it was fo
• .icintain tine accounts of the property. We b
.eind examined the ship a short time after, and
*idly jtiet wore Ot detection, On this occas
Vice-Adieiral came on board of us, With sev
his Captains, mud eertaiule is-a very ban
gallant-liloking black. His unitavn is light
i I 'el beasie..arottest the cuffs and -collar, tar
pith bar, aea red edaing ; plain cocked
Vred deal Vrenchifiiiel, and small sword ;
eveealls,,waiefeoat, and 410 q: He it Rot mor
=.3•Y`wlofage,!-* t P fles4ll4 %Ore.. 04 el
easy 3 fdress, He appeared a character born t
• matt tt sayigig, this is-only doing him justice,
firen4i§l4flee happeaed 4 row weeks agpt