Star.
London, England, 1801-05-12 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZF. MONEY.

• The crew of the (loop Evc ENI r, for the recap-
ture of the brig Jtmo, will be paid their propor-
tions of the falvartc rifing from the raid recapture,
on board the the Paid on her arrival at Deal.

The crew of the Usio::i hired armed cntttr, for
the recapture of the lh:p Frieudlhip, will be paid
their relpeetive proportions of the fame, on her ar-
rival. at Portfmouth.

The crew of the RAN G F R will be paid on board
the faid floop, from the Etli inftant, their (hares of
the Johanna ; and at Arundel•flreet, the firft
Thurfday, monthly.
The crew of the hired armed cutter SWAN, lbr.
the capture of the Uligei ide Mercurius, will be paid
their proportions of the proceeds miring from the
capture, on board the SWAN, at Dartmouth, the
18th inflant.

The crew of the Hoop l'Esrircts, for the cap-
ture of the galliot Vier Vender ; galliot Jonge
Gaffina ; galliot, name unknown ; Craafh and
Waarwrick gun-boats ; will be paid their propor-
tions of the hulls, fibres, &c. on board the bid
(loop at Yarmouth, on the e6th inflant.

Captain R. C. REYNOLDS is appointed to the
ORION, of 74 guns.
Captain Goal is appointed to take the command
of the MEDUSA, of 36 guns, lately latniclicd at
Woolwich. _ _

Lieutenant DOD is appointed to the command
of the CONFLICT un•Etnat.
The Spanifh flops that chaced the Jos E cut-
ter, arrived from the Mediterranean, did not efcape
out of Brett, as was fuppofed, but are thole
which it was one of the objeas of Sir JAMES Pot-
Ti mtv's Expedition to have deftroyed in Ferrol.
It is believed they are only gone to Cadiz.
A French frigate, of 32 guns, cruifing off the
North of Ireland, Ifas captured the Riga Merchant,
of Dundee, bound to Norfolk, in Virginia, which
veffelhas been recaptured and carried into Galway.
Letters from the Duke of Clarence privateer,
Captain Rudy, dated the 29th ult. off St. Sebaf-
tian, in Spain, (tate that the and two other priva-
teers fell in with and dodged, for two days and a
night, a large Spanifh galleon frigate, of 36 guns,
deeply laden, as is fuppofed, from Manilla- She
fired at them under French colours, but on enter-
ing the port of St. Sebaftian, fhe hoilled the royal
galleon colours of Spain. Had there been a floop
of war in company, the frigate might have been
carried by boarding ; but they never law a angle
Bra]) cruiser dunng the time they dodged this
Spanifh galleon.
By the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE packet, which
arrived on Tuefday laf, we have received Ja-
maica papers of the sift March, inclufive ; of
which the following are extraas
Kiaesrow, MARCH it.—Yefferday morning his
Majefty's (hip CALYPSO failed from Port Royal,
with the convoy for Honduras. On board the
veffels for Honduras are about 3co recruits for the
sth and 6th Weft India regiments, and feveral
officers, under the command of Major VISCH F.R.
On Sunday night, about ten minutes paft eleven
o'clock, two very fevere (hocks of an Earthquake
were felt in different parts of this Ifland. We have
not yet beard of any accidents attending thole aw-
ful movements of nature.

His ?gaiety's fehooner Muscly:To parted with
the ipameward.bound fleet on Sunday lift, at one
o'clock; 43 fail were in fight, tiS leagues to the
northward and eallward of the N. E. end, all well.
The Kingfion Daily Advertifer of the a t ft, con-
tains an addrefs to the inhabitants of Jamaica.
figned a Sri, as Coolie," recommending thz
railing of a a fum of money, by voluntary fob-
fcription ; for the purpofe of alleviating in fon!
degree, the miferies of thole who are in danger of
dying for war.t of food in England!"
Thefe papers alto give an account of the fare ar.
rival of the Paine& East= p_a_cket, at Bstrhadoes.
COURTS MARTI•L.OII Wednefday a Court
Martial was held on boardthe GLADIATOR at Portf.
mouth, on Captain Dorn, for the lof. of his Ma.
jell's (hip INCIIIIOIARy, which st taken by A dmi-
ral GAN Tx eau a'sfquadron, in he Mediterranean.
—Lieutenint Juw r, Commander of the SPRIGHT-
LY cntter, was alto tried for her lazing taken by the
fame fquadron. They were both acquitted.
On Thurfday Mr. J. R. Payne, Purfer of his Ma-
jelly's H ismosrss, was tried by a Court
Martial for abfenting hind& without leave, and
defrauding fevcral of the (Aims and (hip's crew
Of --•nney du. them.

of money -due to them.
The charge being proved. the Court adjadied
him to be =tided of all his pay, and other allibw. '
antes due to him as Purfer of the Han nos r Am. and
..to be imprifoned in the Matilusliva fix month,.