Star.
London, England, 1809-11-22 00:00:00

DEAL, NOVEMBER 21.

Arrived his Majesty's ship TESIERAIRE, Admiral
DIXON, from the. Baltic ; and several vessels from the
Riven—Wind N. N.W.
HARWICH, NOVEMBER 21.

Arrived this morning the Auckland packet, Capt.
BRIDGE, with mails and twenty passengers from Flush-
ing, after a passage of three days. The packets still
remain wind-bound, as also a large fleet of colliers,
&c. &c. and the Baltic fleet.

The FIDELLE frigate was to be launched at Flush-
ing, on Thursday next.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESEND, Nov. 21.—N0 vessel; arrived to-day —Sailed the
Hector, 1)owe, for Tobago; Juno, Fisher; Sir Andrew Ham-
mond, Barr; Knapton, Child; and Tulloh Castle, —, for Ja-
maica ; Caroline, Hays ; and Albion, —, for St. Christopher', ;
Jane, Rand, for Madeira; and the Mary, Flower, fur Madeira
and Rio Janeiro.

The Resolution, Walker; and the Mary Ann, Potts, from
Sunderland,' with coals, were driven on shore, near Whii by, on
Saturday last.
The Nye Preve, front London, to Gottenburg ; the Hopewell,
Mason ; and the Fifth of May, bound to London, with coals,
were wrecked on Yarmouth Beach, on Sunday last.
The Maria, Key, from Martinique, to Philadelphia. is cap-
tured, and carried. into Guadaloupe.
The Homely, Le Viscount, trom the Brazils to Jersey, bas been
taken, and carried into

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lei it bedrgill Proissii frdai Neigosisdland;. sal the Goursu
Holmes, tike Washington, have been taken, retaken, and arrived
at Martinique.
The Sophia, Smith, arrived from Malta', sailed on the 22d ult.
in company with the Britannia, Beattie, and parted from her near
Gibraltar, on the Ist inst. ; fell in With the Garion French priva-
teer, of 12 guns, and 150 men, to whom, after a smart action,
she struck. The privateer took six bales of silk out of her, and
suffered her to proceed.
The Little Arthur, Dewson, of Portsmouth, from Gibraltar,
is captured by a French privateer off Scilly.

DISTRIBUTION OF PR; ZE-MONEY.
The Officers, Petty Officers, and Seamen of his Majesty's ships
Ville de Paris, Marlborough, Excellent, Hector, R'arrim-, Princei
Ptinceis Royal, Bat-Bear, Edgar, Montague, Powerful, Namur,
London, Gibraltar, and Prince George, on account of the IttladO-
na de Rosario, taken by the said ships October 29, 1 79-t, will be
paid to-day, at No. S, Salters'-hall-court, Cannon-street, and re-
called by Mr. Poulain, at the Same place, every Monday and
Thursday, for three years. _

he officers, Petri Officers, and Seamen of Ills Majesty's ships
Ville de Paris, Prince George, Blenheim, Warrior, Gibraltar,
Colossus, Hector, Prince-4 Royal, Excellent, Lion, Centaur, Na-
mur, London, Thalia, Powerful, Prince, Marlborough, Mon-
tague, Edgar, Success, Leviathan, and Incendiary, on account o f
the Yonge Sybrandt, taken by the said shipt June 12, 1798, will
be paid and recalled as above.

The Weazle, for the Twee Gebroeders ind Statira, captured
June, luOi ; also for part •f the cargo of the Emelie, captured
January 16, 1801, will be paid and recalled at 40. El t, Arundel-
street.

The Seahorse, for the Papal, detained December 17, 1804, was
paid Saturday last, at No. 11, Cecil-street, and will be there re•
called.

The Sparrowhawk, for I'Esperance, captured January 12, 1809,
will be paid on board on Saturday neat, and recalled at No. 11,
Cecil•street.

The Ala art, for the Goede Hope, recaptured July 27, 1808,
was paid yesrerday, at No. 18, Clement's Inn, and will be there
recalled, on Tueidays and Fridays.
The Goldfinch, tor the Nelnund, captured March 14, 18094
will be paid on hoard, on her arrival, and recalled at No. 18, Cle-
ment's-lnn, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The Sheerness, for l'Alfred, captured May 5, 1807, was
paid yesterday, at No. 10, John-street, Adelphi, and will be there
recalled, on '1 uesdays and Fridays.

The Potnone, fur the Amiral Decree, captured November 17,
1307, was paid yesterday, at N 0.67, Fore-street, Plymouth Dock,
and *ill be there recalled, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
The Diadem, Diomede, Raisonable, Narci4sus, Leda, Protec-
tor, and Encounter, for the liolontaire and Rolle, Was paid to-
day, at NO 13, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn, and will be there re-
called, on Wodnesdays and Thursdays.
The Jasoni for the Twee Gebroeders and Statira, captured
June, 1801, will be paid to-morrow, at No. 13, Gower-street,
Bedford-squarei and there recalled, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Nympheii, fur the Anna Margaretha, captured April 18,
1809, was paid on the 14th inst. at No 23, Norfolk-street, Strand,
and will be there recalled, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Earl Wycombe, for the Dutch East Indiamen, captured
in June 1795, will be paid at Mr. Thomas Clarke s, No. s, Fre-
derick's Place, Old Jewry, on any Monday, between the hours of
ten and two o'clock.

The Topaze, for the Orion, captured Nlay 11, 1806, will be
paid and recalled at No. 22, _Arundel street.

The Amazon, for the Jackdaw, recaptured February 17,1807
will be paid on board, oil her arrival, and recalled at No.lB, Cle.
ment's inn, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
THE LARK SLOOP OF WAR.
[A " Cotistant Reader" has furnished us with the following de-
tail of the loss of his Majesty's ship Lai it, in a heavy gale of
Cape Causada, on the 3d of August ; being the substance of the
depositions received from the three men saved from that
vessel; with a few particulars relative to the life of the late
Commander.]
Statement of William Dobson.—The Lark ana
choted at Palenque in the evening of the 2d of An.
gust, and continued at anchor until five o'clock the
next Morning, when it came on to blow hard from
the northward, and obliged us to cut our best bower
cable and stand out to sea. At about vino o►clock
the foresail and fore-top-mast stay-sail blew to pieces
in a most violent squall, which came rather a-head,
and at the same time a tremendous sea broke over the
larboard quarter, which completely filled the ship,
when she fell over upon the starboard beam ends and
instantly sunk, no other vessel in company. I imme.
diately got hold of a piece of plank, Which I found in
the water. In about an hour after I observed two
men, who proved to be John Gordon the cooper, and
John Antonio a Spaniard, who were also on planks,
and we continued together until seven o'clock in the
evening, when we were picked up by the Moselle.
John Gordon states, that after the Lark had been
struck by the sea, he tan upon deck and observed the
Captain and Officers standing upon the quarter-deck;
the Captain gave orders to haul the foresail up ; but
the clue garnets gave way, and the sail blew to pieces ;
at this time the ship was lying on her starboard beam.
ends and filling fast; in about five minutes after the
sea struck hers she sunk.

John Antonio further states, that he jumped over.
board and swam to a piece of plank; at this time the
Captain was close alongside of him in the water, but
he lost sight of him almost immediately afterwards,
when he supposes him to have sunk. They all con-
cur in stating that none but themselves can possibly
have been saved.

The brave but unfortunate Captain ROBERT NICHO.
LAs, the Commander of the LARK, served the greater
part of his time as Midshipman with Admiral HAR-
VEY in the VALIANT, and afterwards with the Hon.
Captain LEGGE in the CAMBRIAN, and went first to the
Mediterranean station by Lord Sr.ViNcENT's appoint-
ment, as Lieutenant of the BIT I ERN, in which ship he
distinguished himself, by a most persevering pursuit
of some of the enemies' boats, with a very inferior
force, in an open row-boat, till they escaped him and
his gallant little crew, nearly exhausted with fatigue,
by entering the harbour of Syracuse.' He next went
to Jamaica as First Lieutenant of the ARETHUSA,frOM
which ship he was made Commander into the DRAKE,
and soon afterwards removed into the LARK, in the
early command of which he shewed the greatest skill
and intrepidity in a desperate conflict with two guarda
costas, and in a subsequent, action with gun-boats and
armed vessels in Zispata Bay, in which his perscnal
bravely was particularly conspicuous in leading his
men to board the Spaniard, in the execution of which
duty he received several wounds. Upon SirCHAaLEs
BRISBANE'S departure from Curacoa, Capt. NICHOLAS
succeeded to the temporary government of that island,
and upon the arrival of the new Governor was ap-
pointed to settle the Tariff with the Caracca Islands;
in this he displayed so much address and ability, that
he received the unanimous thanks of the merchants
trading to that Island and the Caraccas. Captain
NIcHoLAs was just entering the 28th year of his age.
He was the second son of Mr. NICHOLAS, formerly
Member for Cricklade, and grandson of the late Ad-
miral Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND ; and it is very r!-
, m. rkable, that in a similar manner, and cn the same
station, not many years ago, also perished w th Co:n-
modore BOYLE WALSINGHAM, in the THINDERER,
Captain BOYLE NICHOLAS, who was am ther 0: the
family of Sir EDWARD NICHOLAS, Secretary of &ate
to CIIARLES the First and Second.

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