Star.
London, England, 1801-01-23 00:00:00

WHITEHAVEN, JANUARY so.

Laft Friday evening, an order was received at
the Cußom•houfe here, to flop all vcffels belong-
ing to Sweden ; and the next morning a Swediill
fnow arrived here !—the only vefiel belonging to
that kingdom which has entered this port for many
months pail—She was feized, of courfe.—Her
name is Guftavus Vafa ; bound from St. Übe's to
Liverpool.—She had miftaken her courfe, and
would probably have been Branded to the north-
ward, had the not fallen in with a veffel coming
round from Hari ington, which conduited her fare
into this port.
The American veffd, loft near Dumfries, was
called the Light Horfe, ALFRED MESS', matter,
from Baltimore, bound to Bremen. _

The Huntington, GARDNER, was driven from
her anchors in Ramfay Bay, during the tremen-
dous gale on the night of the 4th intl. and pro-
bably only a few hours before the fatal accident
which befel her on this coall.

An intelligent Correfpondent to whom the pub-
lic are indebted for feveral ufeful hints, defires us
to mention the following :—The bell anchorage,
in Ramfay-Bay, is where you bring the lightlionfe
to bear by compafi W. N. W. half W. in liven
fathoms water, at half tide.

alfo broke, which fell down and jammed the til-
ler ; all the wardrobe, Ir.lkheads, and windows,
entirely blown to pieces, and the fhip left a perfect
wreck,: in fhort, a greater fcene of horror and de-
vallation could not be produced ; and we arc all
truly grateful to Goo ALMIGHTY for his mofi
fig-
nal prefervation in laving us from a danger lo
very great and alarming!"

The merchants concerned in die Oporto trade
have petitioned the Admiralty for a convoy to fe-
veral thips which have been loaded there fbr fink
time.

The French frigate le Berccau, of 24 guns, cap-
tured in 06tober liot by the Bolton American fri-
gate in the We It Indies, arrived in Nantalket Road,
is condemned by the American Court of Admi-
ralty, and was advcrtifcd fur fide by itudion un
tit: tit inflant.
We learn that the Honourable Taft-India Com-
pany's 'hips the DORSETSH IR E, Captain JOHN
RAMSDEN ; EXETER, Captain HENRY MERITON ;
BOMBAY CASTLE, Captain JOHN HAM ILI ON ; NEP-
TUNE, Captain NATHANIEL SPENS ; and COUTTS,
Captain ROB FAT TORIN ; the outward-bound China
fleet of the halt feafon, parted company with the
(hips LADY JANE DUNDAS, Captain the Him. HUGH
LINDSAY; BENGAL,Captain ADAMCU HIIi E; PHOE-
NIX, Captain WILLIAM MOFFATT ; CASTLE. EDEN,
Captain ALEXANDER CU MING ; CITY OF LONDON,
Captain ABRAHAM GREEN ; and ROCKINGHAM,
Captain THOMAS BUTLER, conligned to Bengal,
on the zBth of July, in lat. 16. S. and long. 34.. W.
all well.

The fquadron of French (hips of war which Sir
EDWARD PE I.Lew lately forced to return to Breit,
it is faid, was defined for St. Domingo, and was
carrying out thither General SAX UGUIsT d'Es PAO-
N AC. Two Civil Agents were alfo on board this
exptdition, whore bufinefs was, it appears, to en-
deavour to re-eftablifh more folidly the authority
of the Mother Country.
A private letter from an Officer on board one of
his Majefty's !hips at Plymouth, belonging to the
Channel fleet, dated the 20th infant, fays :—" We
arrived yefterday in Cawfand Bay, from the fqua-
dron of obfervation off Bra. Very little doubt
remains but that the French fquadron, which at
our appearance returned into Brett. was defined
for the Well Indies : becaufe fifteen hundred of
the perfons embarked confilled of Blacks, Mulat-
toes, and every defcription of refugees from the
Weft Indies, who had been preffed at Paris, and
fent in irons to Bra."

Extra& of a letter from a paffenger on board the
Violet, Captain HAYES, which failed from the
Clyde for Bollon on the 25th ult. dated Bowmore,
Islay, r ith January.—" I am forry to inform you
that, on the sth intl. in long. 16. 14. lat. 55. 50.
between ten o'clock in the evening and four o'clock
next morning, in a very fevere gale of wind, and
after the vac] was on her beam ends, we were ne-
cellitated to cut away her main-maft, being then
the only alternative to lave her and onr lives.—
After encountering the greatefi difficulties off the
coalt of Ireland,. we, with much hazard, have en-
tered this harbour."

Copy of a letter from Bondicar, near Alnwick,
Northumberland, dated t ith January Igo I
am forty to inform you, that. the Hope of Sunder-
land, Captain HOPKIRK, laden with oats for
Leith, was chaced nn chore by a privateer, and is
now lying in a dangerous fittmtionipeing upon
the rocks and bilged, that the tide flows as high in
the intid: as the out. I am afraid fhe will not
Rand many tides. It is really di:lT:Sing. to fee
our coatis allowed to he infeftcd fo long with there
marauding privateers, and particularly fo at this
time, when fo many velfels are on the coaft laden
with grain, which can be fo ill want:J."
Letters from Holland fay, that by order of the
Batavian Government, they have redoubled their
ailivity in all the ports of that Republic, as well
for the confirudion of new !hips of war, as for the
equipment of thole which have been lately launch-
ed.
The Chatham, of to guns, and the Peter Paul,
474, both built at Rotterdam, will loon be in a
Rate to repair to Helvoettluys. Another veal of
So guns, built at Amilerdam, one of 74, aad
two of 64, as well as feveral frigates, will repair
to the Texel. In !bort, prodigious efforts are
making to regain to the Dutch marine a part of its
former fplaidor.

A Gentleman of refpe/lability, jolt arrived from
Charlefton, informs us that the bells of Charlefton
were rung on the fuccefs of Jerricason and Buss,
before he left that place.
His Excellency Governor jai, has declined
being a Candidate for the Chan- of Government
in New York.
A bill has paired the American Houfe of Re-
prefentatives for ere Sing a maufoleum to Gene.
ral WasoINGTOI4. It is to be built in the city of
Wafhington, and will be of marble. The work is
to be conduSed under the fuperintendance of the
four Secretaries. . _ .