Star.
London, England, 1819-07-15 00:00:00

FROM THE BAHAMA GAZETTES.

Early in April, the Sally, Hopkins, arrived at Nas-
sau, with part of the crew of the Celesti Spanish Gui-
neaman, that was put on board by a privateer, sup-
posed the Patriot, J. B. Commander, which captured
het..off Abaco. The Guineaman, with 170 slaves on
board, was afterwards wrecked near the west end of
Grand Bahartia ; the slaves were taken on board the
privateer, which pro,ves to be the Hornet, Captain
Ornee, from Baltimore. A long low schooner joined
her, and they both sailed together r their object is to
get the slaves into Georgia. Several of the crew left
the privateer while at Grand Bahama. We learn by
a Passenger who was on board the Saucy Jack, that
was captured by a schooner, prize to a Felucca, com-
manded by the notorious John Davis, alias Souti, that
the Saucy Jack was taken by the schooner,command-
ed by Luis Dupuis, with a crew of Blacks The Pilot
had his wife with him ; they in the most cruel man-
ner insulted this unfortunate creature, and then slung,
the husband overboard, and having shot him, cut the
body adrift. The unhappy woman -was finally car-.
tied off in the schooner. The schooner was taken by
Davi6 and part of his crew from the Southward of;
Long Island, leaving several of his men cu the Island.
Cabbage Island is the plate of rendezvous for these
robbers, and a considerable trafE.F is carried on there.
The Sir Billy Curtis, Pinder, is arrived at Nassau;
she has been dispatched with a party from the gar-
rison, to apprehend the pirates left at Long Island:
Among them are Davis and Dupuis.
His Majesty's schooner Speedwell, Lieut. Wemyss,
commander, arrived at Nassau May S, from Cuba;
she had been on shore on Girger-quay, and nearly
lost, but was got off after taking every thing out.—
The Almirante Spanish armed brig was lying under
the Key when the schooner run on shore, and taking
her for a Venezuelian cruiser, proceeded towards her
in a very hostile manner. On learning that she was
his Britannic Majesty's schooner, the Commander of
the brig changed his conduct ; but he would .not af-
ford any assistance in getting her off, though he gave
a passage to the Pilot over to the Main for the pur-
poseof procuring a vessel in one might be wanted.
The Speedwell afterwads ma with a large privateer,
the Constantia, Captain Northrop, under Artigas's
commission, with a tender. Lieut.Wemyss went on
board her, and was received very politely; Captain
Northrop professed his disposition to treat the British
flag with respect.
Accounts had reached Nassau of an engagement
havingtaken place in the Straits between a Spanish
sloop of war and the Constantin above-mentioned, in
which both vessels drew off, having suffered severely."

Letters have been received from Port-au-Prince,
(St. Domingo) dated June 4, which mention the ar-
rival of Wittswou at that place, after his escape from
Porto Bello—he came in the brig M‘Gter;or.
The follosing is an extract of a Letter received by
a Mercantile House in Leeds front their Agent at
Lisbon, dated the 29th ultimo :
64 There is no business to be done here upon anv
terms; and I have more than two-thirds of the goods
that I brought out with me now on hand. The ge-
nerality of the inhabitants here are most wretchedly
poor, and exhibit the picture of human wretchedness
in its most abject state. What little trade there is,
left is mostly in the hands of the French merchants,
who not only undersell us very materially, but are
treated with a marked preference by the inhabitants
generally. I know not how to reconcile this (to ma)
unnatural predilection ; but in spite of ail the hgrrors
inflicted on their country by the French under AlAs-
and JUNOT, the people here openly express their
detestation of their, own Government, and extol the
French upon every occasion."
Farwell &MIAMI !- habitually.speak
French write strangeverses. The finest spe-
cimen of French English ue know of, is the folinwing
inscription, placed by M. GI RA RDIN, at Erin:llpm Me,
to the memory of SLICNSTONE : •
This plain stone,
To William Shenstone. •
In his writings he display'd,
A mind natural.
At Leasowes be laid
Arcadian scenes rural.
'Poor Surwsrorin ! He used to congratulate hirilq.ll
that his name was not liable to a pun. He little
imagined that it was to be squeezed into a rhyme
such as

W~~VM,ir~_._ __
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Officers shot (Robert, a Sub-prefect duting the Hun.
dred Days, and one Lagreste,) for plotting Against
the ezisting Authorities here and in Chili. They
served under Bonaparte, and held high ranks, one of
them, I understand, having been a Marquis. They
were seiped on the way to Chili about three months

ago, were tried, convicted, and last Saturday execu-
ted. The execution xas attended with great pomp,
all the civicus, or militia, assisting, to make the cere-
mony as solemn as possible. The poor fellows exhi-
bited in their cdaduct a'striking example of c. of and
heroic behaviour ; one of them particularly, a > oung
man about thirtyfive, walked the short distance be-
tween the house of preparation and the place where
they were shot with the most erect and undaunted
deportment, although his legs were loaded with irons,
and saluted any of the ;urrcundiug spectators whom
he knew, on passing along, with perfect composure
and affability. They were interesting looking men."