Star.
London, England, 1824-11-26 00:00:00

i4IAkAL INTEitiGENCi

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Weymouth,
dated yesterdays—" It is our painful ditty to report, that we have
been visited by one or the Mott violent blot-rte.:nes ever remem-
bered on this coast. Nothing but ruin and devastation surround
us. One large vessel, laden with rum, sugar, and cotton. came nn
shore about three miles west of Portland, about twelve o'clock on
Monday, and in five minutes not a vestige of her was to he seen.
From a piece of linen tied firmly round the neck of a young man,
stating that he was a passenger, the ship's name was Colville, and
every person on board perished. Seventeen of the dead bottles are
already thrown up by the sea. The Collector of the Customs his
taken posaession of the goods saved from the Colville. on the
ground that there are no papers to identify her. The Breakwater,
and nearly the whole of the Esplanade, :.re washed away. The
houses near the sea have four feet water on their basement."
The Light-house on Penzance Pier, which is 30 tons, and 30 feet
above high water-mark, was, during the gale on Tuesday, hove
bodily front its ►ase, and nbw overhangs the Pier.
The Colville, Witatoe, from Demerara to London, was totally
lost near Weymouth, and all on board drowned.
The Johannes Christiana, WeLt.s, from ltotterdam to Bout-
de"aux ; and the Two Sisters, from Malaga to ilamburgh, were to-
tally lost near Weymouth ; and three or four veasels, names un-
known, were totally lost on the North shore of the Bay on Tue,day.
The Harmonic, PETERSON, (rem Surinam to Ha.nburet, is ..ts
shore at Plymouth; cargo landing.
The Happy Return, from Dublin to London, is lost near Padstow.
The Jonge Rickard, and the Bastion, from Rotterdam to Lynn,
are on shore near Brancaster.
The Thomas and Jane, from Glasgow to Cork, is on shore near
Wicklow.

The Letitia, of St. John's, New Brunswick, h on shore at Dublin.
The Elizabeth, BROWN ; and John and Elisabeth, are on shore

near Shields.
The BLONDE frigate, with the bodies of the late King and Queen
of the Sandwich Islands, arrived at I%ladeira on ehe 1 Sth of Octo-
ber, and sailed on the 23d for Rio Janeiro and the Sandwich Islands.
—His Majesty's ship Marmot:l.n arrived the same day from Ply-
mouth, and sailed on the 23d for the West Indira. His Maje.ty b
ship VALOROUS arrived on the 3d of November from Plymouth ;
sailed the next day for the West Indies. His Majesty's ship Bat-
?abuser sailed from Madeira on the 14th ult. for the %Vest Indies.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 24. —Wind W.S. W.—Off the port, the Bra-
ganza, CORNFET, from Cephalonin—sailed 3d October. Arrived
the Desire, Ramer, from London; and Lovely Sally, WALTERS,
from Newfoundland in eighteen days—the former was obliged to
cut her second cable, after having parted her first, and run upon
the mud ;—the latter was also obliged to cut, and drove on shore;
neither of which have received any damage. The rest of the out-
ward bound, consisting of between thirty and forty sail, rode out
the gale in perfect safety. Sailed the Zephyr packet, for the islands;
Duke of Kent ditto, for Lisbon ; and the Camden ditto, fur Bue-
nos Ayres.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Wind W. quite moderate.—All the ves-
sels in the Sound have come Into Catwater, except the &neigh.
The Thomson, dismasted in the Sound, has been towed into Cat-
water. The wrecks reported yesterday continue much in the same
state, but this day being tolerably fine, every exertion is making
to get out the cargoes and save the stores. The Nelson, of this port,
with about thirty seamen of his Majesty's ship BRITANNIA, wrecked
in Bigberry Bay, all on board are drowned; the John, of Bide-
ford, WILLS, all on board drowned, except the Captain's wife,
who was saved ; the Harmonic, Prreasoe, six of the crew drowned ;
the Percy, SAYERS, full of water; Richard, Witt.tawson, bottom
completely out, and on the Rocks, the body of the ship floating by
the buoyancy of the cargo, which it is expected will be saved, but
much damaged. The Mary Ellen, Agnes, Margaret, and Scotia,
likely to be got off; Retrench, in Mill Bay, much damaged.
Poiersuouvo, Nov. 25.—Wind S. W.—The ships reported before
on shore, still remain—their cargoes landing, much damaged.:Arrived
the Swift, PAYNE, from Mogadore; Minerva, Vicente, from Ma-
laga; Eliza, Moms, from Smyrna; and the lido, Heenan, from
St. Uhe's—all in distress.
DLit, Nov. 25.—Wind W. and moderate. Nearly the whole of
the outward bound have sailed. Arrived the Acorn, Cunene,
from Oporto. Came down from the River and sailed, the Lion,
Dimwit, for Carthagena ; Delaford, Yowl°, for St. Vincent's ;
INancy, HARRIS; and Richard and Sibella, HOLLAND,-for Jamaica;
Nestor, —, for Barbadoes ; Standard, —, for Lisbon ; Earl
St. Vincent, MIDDLETON, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Adamant,
RUTLAND, for ---; and Marlborough, Mintn.rron, for Jamaica.
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 4.—A frigate, said to be an Algerine, Was
cruising off Cape St. Vincent's on the 30th ult. and it is reported that
a Portuguese vessel had been captured by her. An Independent pri-
vateer was to the eastward a few days since, and captured several
Spanish craft, some of which she destroyed, and others released.—
She has since passed to the westward, and was off Cape Spartel on
the 29th ult.

PIRACY.