Star.
London, England, 1805-08-28 00:00:00

EAST INbIA SHIPPING,

His Majefly's fhip Tet.I4IwDOUS, of 74 Rims, Cah•
tin OSBORNE ; LANCASTER, of 64. gum.', Captain
FOTNERGILL ; and the Paxton frigate, Captain
Coccs URN. anchored in the harbour of Bombay, pre-
N:nt, to the zd of February, from their cruize off the
Ilk et France.
The following Engliat (hips, captured by the
French, we4e at the Mauritius in January:—Hope,
from Bengal, iiryitud to England ; the Princef% Char:
kite, captUred at Vizagapatam, and the Pearl, bound
'to Bombay.; The Stilling CalUs, captured by Sur-

The Charlotte and Upton Calle were at Bourbon
The Nancy (la M:me's pike) from Butfora, had
trrived life with 22 horfcs—trade was -brifk. and
fpecie pJerniful at both iGands.
His Majefty's ihipT I R rsicots,Capt,Bar.Huase, ar-
rived at Coluntbo, with a very valuable prize, a Dutch
Ball Indiaman, called the Elizabeth. which failed
from thence, aid had arrived fare at Bombay.
Hii Majetly% (hips Russest., Captain Wit.ttairs,
and th Liatea, Captain Barr, anchored in
Iladras lioad,—thel4.llner on the s zih of January,
and the la,:et nn the irth of February.
Captain SYDEVHAA, appointel. Plefident at the
emit 4,f the Peithwa, had arrived fate at Poona.
We caul& from the t es Gaadts, the following
article, dated Colombo, January g :—On the 7th of
3auu err.. ateleten P. M. a heavy and tremendous
gale of wind came on from the N. W. quarter, and
blew in rquall% with great violente until the gth in
the morning ; during which time, she Penman, Ame-
:ican (hip, was driven from her anchors and flood to
tea, but narrowly efcaped being wrecked in palling
between tbt Drunken Sailor and the &ore - and from
the lea, both without and within the bank, breaking
Co high. feveral fmall Roam rigged wife's. donie4.
!tad small boats, drove on bore, and fnine of them
vine totally destroyed. The names of the fquare-
tigged Vedas were, brig te Deikine. bench prize;
fchooner Cann ; (lop Trial; brig Henry; fnow
Paggaman ; and ketch Henrick.—We likewife hear
from Battery, that a tad from Tellicherry was
thrown on !bore, and totally loft ill that neighbour.
hood."

APPOINTMENTS AT CEYLON.
GENERAL ORDERS. COLOMBO, rac.2s. 1804.
Tbc Commander of the Forces haabeen pleated to appoint Lieu-
tenant Bridges, of the Royal Engineers, lobe Commandant of fort
Oacnburgb ; and Lieutenant Colonsi Vincent, of his Majelty's
myth Foot, to be Commandant of Point de Gale, vice Polleelt.
T'ac above appointments to commence from the tft of Jan. xBO5.
Captain L. A. Denoe, of bis Majcity's Ceylon Regiment, te ap-
point d Captain of Guides, from the t sth inftant.
Lieutenant J.T. Wemyfs, of Majefty's 19th Foot, to be Aid-
. de-Camp to the Commander date Fate% from the a3th Is tart,
"ac,: M'Loane, duetted.

Fars,
hence for Africa, *as captured and burnt, on s3d
June. off the A4ores, by the Combined Fleets, who
recaptured her prize the Minerva, a Spani(h fhip.—
Captain Stais:astr, of the Otway, that arrived here
on Saturday (one of the Jamaica fleet), left that
Ifl on the 4th ult. t 5 t fail in company, 25 for this
port—informs. that two or three (hips names not
known. got on Ihore at Negro Bay, the place of ren-
dezvous, one of them *could not be got off. Splice
an American in the Gutph, who told him he had teen
a [hip taken off the Grind Camaynes, which he fup-
pofed to be one of the flea. In lat. 35. long. 6t. was
fent along with the Dr LIGINTIA floep of war, to being
in five fail of flraggling *eels belonging to the fleet,
the DILIGINTIA took one of them, i (hip, in tow, at
did the Otway a brig, but the hawfer burning and a
fog cominz on, he taw no more of the fleet, which
he parted with three weeks fince.

LivtavooL, AyOi? 2C—The

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BROM LLOYD'S LIST.
GRAVESEND. AVGDST ay...Paffed by the Conßantia. David-
fon, from Teneriffe ; United Brothers,. Woliftut, froat.Norwav ;
Sophia. Carolina. Fulkere, and the !marten, Riker, (mm Norden.
Sailed the Sneed's, Wailer, .fe:r Cork L laird Duncan,•Lone, for
Limerick; White Swan. Block, for Stettin; Snelkeid, !Hoop;
ypnge Paton, Hamm. and the Charlotte Maria, juogen, for
Tonningen.
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DISTLIBUTIOiI Pltlit Moms,.—The Mix In-
diaman, fir fereral Mitch Sips capluied off the
Mind of St..ll:leni, will be paid at No. 3., White I
)n-court, Birchiwlane, on Friday, the 3oth
There is in the Leeward, 'kills a fquadron of
feven fail o( the line. 'Fife NURTHUPISIRLAtp) was
there when Lord NiLsoa left the iflands. Two f.
palched by Admiral Cowmcwoory arrived the, be-
Rinsing of July, and four failed froth Jamaica about
the 24th June, and would reach the Hands about the
isth of lall month, making in all feven fail pf the
line, betides four or dive frigates, and a nuthber of
rmall veifels. • ,