Star.
London, England, 1812-05-25 00:00:00

IMPAL INTELLIOEA'CR.

REPORTED EARTHQUAKE AT THE CARACCAL
EXTRACT OP A LETTER PROM PALMoUTH, DA
MAT 22:
" As my account of this melancholy circurn,
has been mach disputed. and &urn some quart,
flatly contradicted, it behoves me to state what at
thority I had for such a communicat: )n. Tile fol.
lowing is correctly %%hat I harm- irorn Captain Syr.
TON, of the Windsor Castle packet :
" On the 17th of April a schooner arlived at
Martinique, after a passage of seven days fintn Cu.
racoa, bringing an account that an English frigata
had arrived at that place with several persons trk
had escaped from La Guira and Caraccas, at whidi
places a dreadful Earthquake had been felt, ahkh
destroyed 15,000 inhabitants and 17 churches Caraccas ; at La Guira, about 1400 pro 4:
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exact amount of loss could not be had. let
" The frigate was watering at Tortuga when thole
people escaped from the shore Captain SnTr.,
further informed rue that the shock was fek
Demerara."

FALMOUTH, MAY 22.
Arrived the Walsingham packet, from Liimi•
10 days. Sailed the RAPID schooner,with a comp
to the Eastward. The following packets are
pected to sail in the ccurse of the night, viz. iidd,
phus, for Surinam ; Townsend, for the Brazils; ,y
the Eliza, for Cadiz. Arrived the Victory, caw
from Cork ; wzs boarded oil the Lana's End pitio7,
day by a French cutter pzivateer, but adrusi
proceed.

PLYMOUTH, MAY es.
Yesterday arrived the OncyrEs, 13 gunk Not
cruize ; the Sarah and Elizabeth, from Majorca; au
the Eliza and Jane, and Mat Ls, tenders, from Iteleo,
with volunteers and impressed men for the Nor,
Sailed the Humus, 22 guns, on a cruize to thewen.
ward. Went to CAwsaod Bay, the Cosortsenot,
74 guns, and the Putnam gun-brig to the Sc...ot
Came into Hamoaze the Atutow schooner. •
This day sailed the Inn, 28 guns, for Ccemeai
INTELLIGENT, 14 guns, for Portsmouth; Mauna'
4 guns, for Falmouth ; and the Scrunt, 18 gotta;
a cruise. The MAIDSTONE, 38 guns, (which has bee
released from quarantine), and the Pox ttov xo, of 11
guns, came from the Sound to Barnpool.—The As.
now schooner has brought in this week three prim,
French sloops, laden with wine and brand); de
ARROW also fell in with the French cutter that cap.
tured the Granger, off Scilly, (as mentioned is tlt
STAR) and was left in chase of the Eliza, which had
bore away. The Eliza, it appears, was captured,
and was in company with the privateer when the
ARROW fell in with them, on the 7th inst.. ' both the
privateer and the Eliza ran on shore—the Eliza we
attacked by the Annow's boats, and destroyed; the
cutter was protected by the batteries.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.

Arrived, his Majesty's ships LIN xEr and Warm;
the Henry,.Lrsue, and Charlotte, Aunt, (trsat
ports) from Lisbon, last from Plymouth, wherttbey
landed some French Officers, prisoners—they left
Lisbon with 20 sail of transports, on the 25th ult.
under convoy of his Majesty's ship MACEDONIA ; the
Morley, Fanny, and Plough transports, to wait for
orders; and to-day, at the Motherbank, a ship under
American colours, without a rudder. Sailed, his
Majesty's ships ASIA and PARTHIAN, on a cruiael
and the Ware, Rotator, and Phcenix, Ross, running
ships, the former for the Southern whale fishery, I
latter for the West Indies.—Wind Southerly.

DEAL, MAY 24.
Arrived his Majesty's ships VALIANT and CIATAIII
from off Flushing. Came down from the River, hi
Majesty's ships CHATHAM and ROYALIST ; and the
Albion, SKELTON, for the South Seas. - Sailed his
Majesty's ship EGMON Ti (Or off Flushing.—Wind S.W.

YARMOUTp, MAY 24. •
The BLA;ER, Lieutenant BANKS, arrived bee
from Wingo Sound in five days, with convoy, end
which, the Haabet, Capt. STIPMENUS FALK
with timber and deals, got on li.asborough Sand, ul
received considerable damage in her bottom, as*
when afloat she had twelve feet water in her hold.
she was compelled to make Harwich for repair, ha:
ing landed her deck deals to prevent her oversettiag
Remain the SOLKBAY, Dna/XI BRIT/MART, BAN,
Timm, and VIXKN.

In consequence of the superiority tithe enemy%
force in Cherburgh, the WARsmrs, 74 guns, lien
Captain BLACKWOOD; and the &mow, of 74 ow!
Captain HILATHCOTE, have, it is said, been ordeal
to the station. The enemy's squadron is now coo
manded by a Rear• Admiral. A ship of thelinesal4
a frigate, are also building at Cherburgh, and are ie
forwardness.

A large vessel, laden with timber, supposed to be
the Brutus, of Hull, was found on the coast of Scott
landA near South Uiu, the end of February, We
out any person on board, and towed into the Wog
of Ereskay.
The CHatsrzaw VII. and the DEFIANCE. ships d
the line, arrived in the Downs on Friday, from 0.4
flushing. The ELEPHANT sailed the same day to
join the blockading fleet.
The BULWARK,_ which arrived in Cawsand 01
Thursday, states, that the enemy's squadron in Ms
is blockaded very closely, and that there is no indica..
tion to start.
The Sarah and Elizabeth, which has arrived d
Plymouth from Majorca, reports that the Spaniards
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NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Inglis is appointed to the Impotwas.
Lieutentnt Gloster, to the Scipino.
Lieutenarit Hughes, to the Dauntless.
Lieutenants Baker, Rokeley, and Davey, to the fhaPenielo .
Lieutenant Rose, to the Minded.
Mr. Taylor, to be Master of Lilac Prometheus.
Mr. Jacksoo, to be Muter-of the Dauntless.
Mr. Warner, to be Master of the Nereus.
DISTRIBUTION •OF PRIZE-MONEY.
• Statics, for la Matilda, o'n Friday, at 23, Neefaagoiree.N
-called Tuesdays and Fridays.
Pitt and Terpsichore, for the Two Brothers, on the
June, at 1, James-street, Adelphi, And there ricaled.
Thruiderer and Sceptre, fey the ham, B. Kees, Eeoaties
Morgenstern, Our& Verwagting. sad De 'Made, the °U.'
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