Star.
London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

ARRIVED.

Off Dover, the Sufan, Townthend, from Lifbon—Perfeverance,
Sutherland; Stranger, Hunter; Lune, Young; Echo, Shaw;
Dorothy Forger, Sowden; Canada, Dove ; Sir Godfrey Webfter,
Spencer; Cadets Grove, NNW' ; Trufty, ; Martha, Neve ;
Leh*, Raffclls; Champlaw, Pedlar; Duke of York, Friar; Fame,
Smyth ; and the Brothers; Hepburn, from Jamaica—At Chatham
the Fame, M'Farlane, and the Ruby, —, from Riga—At Ply-
mouth, the Minerva, .Holborn, from Riga—At Liverpool..the
Jane, Smith; Thetis, Parker, and the Effex, Snowdon, from Pc-
teriburgh.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

The I.ocuft, for the El Dragona, Marengo, and Belle Pottle
captured March 7th and 13th, t 806, will be paid on board ; and
recalled at No. 32, Arundel ftrcet.

The Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante, for l'Achille, la Jennie,
and Is Marianne, captured Oetober 19, tBo6, will be paid on
board, on their arrival at Plymouth, on or after the zit of Scp
tember; and the Indefatigable recalled at No. zi, Cecil-flretc,
Strand ; the Hazard, at No. 30, George. itreet, Plymouth Dock ;
and the Atalante, at Mr. Lockyen, Plymouth.
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The Pickle and Scorpion, for la Favori, captured January 3,
1807, will be paid on board, on•their arrival at Plymouth, on or
after the aft of September next; and mailed at No. so, George
ltrect, Plymouth Dock.
The Didtator, for fundry Gibing steals, captured September 3,
1806, will be paid at No. IL Clement's Inn, on Tuefday next ;
and there recalled os Tucfdays and Fridays. •
't he Ethalion, for the Vigilance, captured November-15, 1803,
will be paid on the 3d of September, No a, James area, Adclphi;
and there recalled.

Saturday we received • levies of St. Vincent's and
Antigua Gazettes. The firmer, to the zoth of Jutie,
merely annauuce the arrival •of the divifion of the
Wafp's convoy from Cork, deQined for that island;
and the latter to the gth of July, mention the de-
parture of the Hart brig, on the prece,ting evening,
with the Mails brought by Cie zd of April and Ifi of
May packets, for Noir, MAitflrrat, St. I(itt's, and
Tor tola.
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LOSS OF THE OAHGES EAST INDIAMAN.

The tofs of the Ganges is officially confirmed by
a letter from her Commander, Captain Harrington,
addreffed to the Governor of St. Ilelena. The (hip
was I.)ft on the 29-h of Mar, off the Cape of G. 01.
Hope, in lat. 38. 22. S. arid long 19. VO E. Mt!
had been for fume time in ale .kr date, an,ll,Taotte.l
from the red of the fleet nn the 2 ft of Nl.iy, in a
gale of wind. The following morning the St. Vin-
cent only was in fight, of whole Command,. (Capt.
line;). Captain Ildrrington fpeaks in the warmest
terms of praife far the affittance he rendered ; as alto
' of the (hip's company and crew, and a number of
.men of the 77111 regiment who were nn !maid. The
letter is accompanied by the following ex-raft from
the lug book of the (hip Ganges, rriiay, May 29
" Light airs ar.d cloudy in P. M. A. M. a light
breeze and fair, the (well much gone down, but the
Chip rolling dreadlully, aid tendering it danger-
ons for the boats to take perforis on board, whether
aftern or alongfide. At a quarter pail noon, the
St. Vincent being dill nearly four miles from us, there
being fern feet water intim well, the Item port being
now four inches off the dead wood, and the Chip un-
governable by the helm ; got the launch at all rifles
alongfide, having in vain attempted to put the ladies
on boat d out of the Han gallery, though the
!loiling was cut away for the purpofe. At three
quarters pail noon the left us with all the paffengeis.
except Mr. Rollefton, of the Bombay eftablifh-
ment, who infilled, in a manner the mod fliendly to
me, and mod linnourable to himftlf, on remaining
on board until my officers and felf quitted the Ibip.
At ore P. M. the yawl left us, with the
.tick people,
• and Come of the other (hip's .company and frildiererpt
his Majefly's 77th eegiment. The men Hill kept
working at the pumps with unabated vigour and good
will. At three P. M. eight feet water in the well,
and the hip fettling fad. At half pat} four, nine feet
water in the well, and teeing the' launch on her re-
turn, called the people up from the puinps. Down
both cutters, and fent them off, es fall as prndeoce
would permit, with orders not #ii.',tettirn. At flee,
the launch, yawl, and one of the St. Vincent's boats,
came alongfide, and by half pail -five had all left the
(hip again, full of people, the third and fifth officees
in charge of the launch and yawl. I, immediately
after the boats had quitted us? antlered the people,
and there being 49 men Hilton board (Mr. Rollef.
ton, the Chief, Fourth and Si* M:er, and myfelf
included) again Pet the pumpslei sio't k, as the night
was clofmg in fall, and the Se,,Vincent fill at force
diflance floes u's. "At fix P. M: in company with Ole
chief officer, gunner and carpenter, rifted the gun
room for the 'aft time, found the head 'of the flan
poll had forfaken the tranfomfull fix inches, the
. garboard feaM of the courvi two ineles open for
fix or feven feet down at lead, the wood ends five
inches off the Hun poll, and all the counter timber
gone at the heels. At half pill eight P. M. the st.
Vincent's boat-and the yawl once more came along-
fide, and then (and not till, then) were tfie pumps
finally quitted by My orders. Filled the two boats
and.difpatched thetn to return no more ; Ave minutes
afterwards, the'lannch came back to us, and, at three
quarters pad eight, accompanied by lr. Rollefton,
Chief, fourth, and Ilft1; officers;and all that remain-•
ed of the fhip's cornpahy, I quitted the unfortunOe
Ganges, with three cheers from us all, and twenty
minutes.after boarded the St. Vincent in fafety
where we were received by Captain. Jones, with all
that feeling and humanity.which has diainguifhed
his conduit fince our feparation from the fl et ; and
here, before the journal of this eventful voyage is
finally clofed,.l conceive it 'to be my. duty to date,
that on leaving the (hip the had ten feet water in tha
well, that the had fettled half way up her bends, and .
that (he was wholly ungovernable by the helm, that
the poop, quarter deck, and upper works generally
were tp motion, and that as no human means were .
left untried, fo were no-hum.an.powers' equal to lave
her from deftruaion.
" At day light, the St. Vincent, from, caufes se
mull appear in the log book, having made but little
progrefs in the night, faw the (hip about five miles
off, with her marls, yards, and. fails, in the fame fitu.
ation as the preceding evening At feven A. M.
Captain Jones, in compliance with my revelt, bore.
up towards her, and at nine, accompanied by Mr.
Bolleflon, the chief and fourth officer, anda full cow-
plement of men for the boat, I pulled towards her its
the launch, with the hope of Paving fame part (how
ever (mall) of the property on board.
" As we approached the (hip, obferved the water
running out of the fcuttles on the gun deck, and that
of the forecaftle was at times completely buried in
the waves. Under fuch circumstances, the (hip
being evidently in a finking Rate we conceived it
molt prudent to relinquith our objeO, and therefore
immediately returned to the St. Vincent, at this time.
not more than a quarter of a mile dillant. About
four minutes before noon, got along fide of her again,
and fortunate it was that we did fo, for fcarcely had
the launch been fecured in that filiation, before the
Ganges, in a molt extraordinary manner, paid off
before the wind, and in the lapfe of one minute funk
entirely, going down head foremod, with all bet
malts Handing, except the main top mail.
(Signed) " T. imaiimaron.”

NAVAL ArrolaTmatiTs.—Captain Cochrane, to the Prince
George ; Captain Lola& to the Northambe-land ; Capt. Morrie,
to the Renard; Capt. Coghlan, to the Elk; Capt. Chamberlayne,
to the Ardent ; Capt. Hepcniall, to the Kines-Fither.

The Fair American, DAYI3, from London for Bal-
timore, was all well on the lath of Auguft, in lat.
47. IS. long. t 4.• so.
Captain MATHIR, of the /Eolos, arrived at New
York on the 13th ult. from Canton, and gave infor-
mation that a Bikini 64, and ten Company's (hips,
were at Canton when he left that place. Some of the
Britifh feasnen had killed a Chinefe, and the Govern-
ment had demanded an Englifhman from one of the
Ihips, which was refuted, in confequence of which the
Chinefe had prohibited goods from being carried on
board the [hips.

By the brig Amphitrite, which arrived on the 6th
of July at Philadelphia, in fourteen days from L.
guira, intelligence was received, that a few days pre-
vious to her failing, an order had arrived from New
Spain; enabliflting new import and export duties, and
prohibiting the entry of Br itifh goods. Several pri-
vateers had in cunfequence been fitted ont, which had
taken fame American veffels.

The Cnmmittecof Alexandria (America) had a
meeting in the middle of July, and refulved on eta*.
p7xary furreofion of the commerce of the Potomac. •