Star.
London, England, 1815-12-22 00:00:00

MARGATE, DECEMBER 21.

The Woodbridge E4st lodisman having got a
temporary rudder and jury-matts, proceeded this day
for the River.

F Is r-impiA SHIPPING.

The BOMBAY, whose arrival we announced yester-
day, touched at St. Helena, and sailed from thence
Gth November. BON APARTE was in very good he tlt'a
at that time ; he took seVeral of the Officers of the
BOMBAY by the hand and conversed with them a long
time. He seems to be quite satisfied as to his lnthi-
tation, but complains much of being so narrowly
watched; he is not allowed to ride on horseback with-
out being attended by some of the English (Miters.
There had been no arrivals from Eriand since the
landing of 11os/tea:ere on the
The General Stuart, homeward-bound, had re.
ceived but little damage; and was to sail from Born-
bay in three weeks arta' the Bomb 47. The Asa
country ship was about u, procead from the same
Presidency tor England. The i'dnira sailed from the
Cape for England on the 19th of October.
The ships Lard Eldon, Heddart, and Northum-
berland, ar::vcd at Madras on the 6t:t August.
'l'he ships Grant, David Scott, Inglis,
Esex, M :pink CArnden, ::ad Vansittart, sailed from
Ilombay :u China the '2'2 July, and the General
Harris ,in the lit August; also the Rose and Strea-
tham for the Mautiti,os, on ex Bth Atignl;t.
The private ships and Ntofratt ar-
rived at Bombay front the vita jone.

The following is an txtract of a letter from the
Agent ef Lieren's, at Janelici, divel Noverahrr
It is with leen I have to mention to you the
visitation we have here experienced of a stoim thet
hath been extremely disastrous to the shipp ng-in the
bays and harbours in the easiem and mie !:e part cf
ais Island. It began on the 17tleult. and coetinued
two.days with great viot:nce : the loss to the litiose-
writers at Lloyd's will be very great upon the v. ssels
that %v.:re leadieg at Aonotta Bay and Port Maria,
some of them having nearly the whole of their car-
goes on board at the time they were driven on shore,
and little or nothing saved from them. Those two
places of loading are particularly liable to disaster is
the hurricane and winter months ; and when the
wind blows with violence from a northern direction,
it is hardly possible for vessels w ride there in safety,
especially at Annotta Bay."
The following k an extract of a letter on tl:e same
subject from Mr. GARDNER, Master of the Raikes, of
Loudon, dated Kingston, Oct. 27 :••••41 On the 17th
inst. came on dark gloomy weather, with heavy rain.
On the 18th it blew, from the N. and N.V. one of
the most •reitiendous gales, attended with torrents of
rain (which lasted three days), that has been experi-
enced here these 25 years. In consequence of elects
almost all the ships in our neighbourhood are on
shore ; many are already in pieces, and none will
ever be on float again. Every drogger, shallop, and
boat, all down the North side, are entirely destroyed.
The houses are mostly washed away ; many seamen
and white people drowned, with some hundreds of
Negroes. Many estates, with their stocks, ate de-
stroyed, and a number of roads all cut up ; in short,
such a scene I never witnessed. A regular account
of this disastrous affair would fill a velnme. Tee
canes, plantations, grounds, wharfs, milk, and great
houses, with works, on the North side, nave nearly
shared the same fate. The Raikes fortunately rode
out the gale without any damage whatever ; but lest
the lone-beat, pinnace, and-jolly-boat."

CORN EXCAANC.e, DI.C. 22.--The Wheat trade
canthiues in much the tame state as on Monday, a
great dulret:s prevails, and very few sales hive been
made today, and prices are rather lower. Barley is
Is. per quarter cheaper, and very li-avy sale at that
' ieLluction, as the supply this morning has been tole.
rah/y large Irom Stalrolk, and a great deal remains
undispostAl isf. Beans and Oats are Is. per'quarter
lower. In other articles no alteration.
PSDESTBI. NlS:l.—Maidstone, D'ec. 21, (18th Da.y)
This morning l'erFne at a quarter past one
;,'clack (having last ru Lt, at a quarter past nine,
finished 60 miles), and accomplished, by six o'clock,
11 miles ; the sonr by eight o'clock, seven miles and
three quarters. At twelve o'clock they had per.
formed 16 miles and one quarter more; and at
nine o'clock this bight, they completed in the whole
G 5 miles, when they left off—making then 1,075
miles of their task—leaving 125 miles to perform irs
the last two days, which we have no doubt they will
accomplish.

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