Star.
London, England, 1814-04-15 00:00:00

NOTICE IV MARINERS.

ro MASTERS of VESSELS TRADING to BOURDEAUX.
To•the Chairman of the Committee St Lloyd's.
" SIR, Porcupine, Garonne, April 3.
" Although I am not aware how far, under phsent circum-
stanc the tomroercial interests of Britain may be benefited by
the opening, of the Garonne; yet, the interest that I feel In its
prosperi.y, Induces me to state to you, that kis list ajeaty's ships
under my orders, now command the whole navigation of the
itivrr, from Point Grave to Pouillac, and *,ll, I trust, soon to
Bou Meaux.
" he French Charts of the River are so good, that I brought
it's Majesty's squadron in in safety, without pilots, through the
Matilien Channel; hut the best at present for merchant ships is
the Grave Channel ; and lan not believe the little shoal called
Rulfine at all exists : at the changes of the tides, which are very
rapid, there are of.en appearances of breakers, where there Is no
danger.
"The yissage by Point Grave has the advasea;e of simpli-
city, as well as having no enemy's batteries to pass By thg,
Escaracier Channel, a ship can coma in also without risk of /I
shot; by the Niatilien, is can hardly be avoided from Point
Couhie. The directions fur the Garonne in the' Petite Neptune
Franvaise,' are exeellert, and may be perfectly .Ic;)endes: on.
In the Charts no dang,er is omitted, and some are introduced,
which do nut exist. If these observations prove of any benefit
to British commerce, it will give great satisfaction to, Sir, your
moa obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " C. P. Pr NXOSE, Rear-Admiral.
PILOTAGE TO OSTEND.

Ostend appears at a distance like an island : it has
a church with a spire-steeple; a town-house with a
large square tower thereon ; a high light-house like
a stone beacon ; and three wind-mills. To anchor in
the outer road bring the steeple E. S. E. or the mid-
dle mill on With the town-house, and Nienport stee-
ple just within a large sand-hill, hearing about S.S.W.
you will have 7 or 8 fathoms at low water ; and he
about 2or 3 miles from the shore. To sail into the
inner road, if your ship draws 15 feet water, you must
wait until half find ; then bring the town house to
bear E.S.E. and run in with it so, natl. yon get near
the Middlekirk bank in 7 or 8 fathoms; then steer
E. until you bring the town to hear S.S.E. or the
middle mill just open of the town house ; you may
then anchor about two-thirds of a mile from the shore
in 7 or 8 fathoms at low water, soft ground. To pro-
ceed for Ostend harbour : a pilot vessel of that place
is generally lying at sea with a blue flag hoisted, in
order to put pilots on board those ships which want
them ; and at tide-time flags are hoisted on shore,
which have the following significations :—a sm4ll blue
fig to dennte.ll feet water on the bar ; a large blue
flag, 17 feet ; a red flag, 2-1. feet. If the weather pre-
vents a pilot from coming on beard, and the wind
blows hard from North, so as to compel you to run
for the harbour, sail in about S.S.E. with the two flag.
staves on the ramparts westward of the harbour, on
with each other until abreast of the e ist pier-head :
no attention need he paid to the great light-house.
In the night a light is hoisted on each of the flag-
staves at tide-time to answer the purpose of the fi tgs
by day : he careful not to open the farthest light to
the eastward of the oth.a-, lest you should be carried
by the flood stream, which sets strong, either against
the east pier-head or eastward of it : each of the pier-
heads has on it a pole with a basket on its top. The
tide flows here on new and full days of the rwii in until
half-past 12 o'clock ; and about two miles from the
shore the stream runs eastward until four. In the
mouth of the harbour the water rises 18 feet; and at
low water there are G ; consequently the utmost depth
of water in this harbour is 21. feet. Ostend is in la+.
51 deg. 15 min. N. long. 2 der. 56 min. 30, S.E.
The shore of Flanders Is toll of sand hills and hum-
, mocks ; Mariekirk is 2 long utiles S.W. from Ostend:
Middlekirk is a high flat steeple, and li?s 5 miles S.W.
from Ostend, and 1 miles and a half N.E. by N. Born
Nieuport, which has two steeples ; one of which is a
' flat tower, the other has a spire : The Lady-ot-Lom-
haerdzyde, a high flat steeple, lies a little northwael
of Nieuport.—Fronto,tend to Niettport ahe river runs
SAW. nearly I ()miles.

About half past one o'clock in the night b:tween
Thursday and Fliday rnarning, a formidable attempt
was made on the up•coacla from Cork to llt..tdin,
near Ballysheeltame, about two miles beyond Cashel,
on its way from the latter place to Littleton. The
villains concerned in this design placed cars, ladder s,
and poles across the road at the above place ; and
when the coach came in contact with them it upset,
throwing the guards and outside passengers on the
road, none of whom, however, sustained material in-
jury. Two dragoons were about fifty yards before
the coach ; and on their coming up, were fired on by
the robbers from behind the hedges : one of the dra-
goons received a ball in the shoulder, which passed
on to his breast, and has not yet been extracted ; the
ts mind is of the most serious, if not of a mortal ma-
Lore. The other dragoon fired in the direction of the
assailants; and both returned, calling to the coachman
to stop. The coach, however, drove on, and the lead-
ing horses, leaping over the obstructions, disengaged
[lien:selves, and ran along the road. This was the
time the coach upset ; and the assailant party tired
again : when the guards of the coach recovered from
their fall, they pursued the robbers in the fields, but

it is supposed they had made off after the second vol-
ley. The two dragoons then rode into Cashel, and'
the dragoons t.cre, with a party of the Dublin mi-
litia, went out to the assistance of the coach, and in
pursuit of the ofFenders. Fresh horses and an escort
having been appointed, the coach pursued its journey
alter a delay of about three hours. One of the dra-
goons was slightly wounded in the hand.
One of the impositions to which it is most silly to
submit, is that of the present price of. Porter. At
this time last year, the price of good Barley was, at
least, Sds. per quarter; it is now less than 40s.—
Bailey then has fallen one half of its whole price ;
Porter only one twelfth of the price, to which it. had
been suddenly raised !