Star.
London, England, 1805-01-01 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE SEVERN.

The following is a detailed account of the eircum•
(lances attending the lots of his Majelly's flip the
&VEIN

" Guernfey, December i 6.

46 It was noticed fame days fince that the Seams,
lying in Grouville Bay, had fuffered very much in a
heavy gale of wind ; that the drifted, tonched on a
rock, and injured her bottom, brake her rudder, and
one fluke of her fleet anchor, which was fuppofed not
to have been a good one. At the fiat it was intend-
ed that the Mould have gone to England to be repair-
ed. Unfortunately the did not ; and a violent gale
of wind with revere Iron let in from the N. E. which
blew direftly on chore—a 'bore without Richer, and
full of dangerous rocks. Wednefday night, the I 9th
innant, at one o'clock, the cot away her main•rnall
next morning her mixen.—About twelve o'clock the
was teen driving on (bore, having parted all her an.
chars. Never was a more anxious fcene. The tide
was out, which left a strand of near a mile from the
redoubts. Here were affembled in fearful agitation
all the military in barracks at Grouville, confining
of fifteen hundred men, betides tome of the inhabi
tants of the illand. Among thefe was Commodore
the Duke de Boutu.on. He was obliged to witnefs
the fate of his Ihip. Almolt dofe on the lands, the
was Peen drifting on the blocks and craggy points of
a rock. Every exertion was made by the Comman•
der on board, Lieutenant D'Auvaitotte, (brother to
the Prince) to turn her head off. It was truly dif.
treffing to fee the unavailing efforts made to get up
fomething of a fail to the point of the foreman that
was 'landing. As (he came near the rock the terror
of the fpe6ators encreared. Infenfible to the moll
piercing cold and violence of the form, and up to
their knees in water, they flood alrnoft holding out
their hands to the people on board, fo near did the
11143 drift, as if they could catch at and rave them—
while the continued firing gun after gun for affinance
that the could not receive. Such was the fury of the
winds and wives, that inevitable dare/lion teemed
to await the unfortunate crew. By the uncommon
exertions of the military. Come boats were got, and
dragged along the lands with great difficulty, and
then attempted to be, in defpight of the elements,
forced to lea. Officers and mere were ken up to their
waif in water, ((riving in this virtuous canted who
&mild arrive with the fuccours fire, but all in vain.
The boats were obliged to return from many vain at.
tempts to reach the (hip, which was now fall on the
rock. In this dreadful fufpence two boats from the
ALcar ea (who rode out the form and was to wind.
ward) reached the Seesaw. Ropes were got to the
chore, and by five in the evening every creature (above
three hundred) were landed in fafety. One man
only remained on board, and would not, it is Paid,
quit the !hip. About eleven o'clock at night the got
off the rock, and the fpring tide carried her dole in
to the ()tore. Next day (Friday) the wind continued
almoft as fierce and cold as before. Parties from the
MI and 69th, to the amount of three hundred men,
were employed all day in getting her Ames out. Sa-
turday the fame.—She is now quite a wreck, and lice,
when the tide is out, quite dry. It is not fuppofed
that the ever can be got off. It was very fortunate
that, in all this difanrous period. no life was loft, nor
did any accident happen to the mcn : they are nriftly
lodged in an empty barrack at Grouville.—During
the form a cutter was drove on (bore, and was near
being lot. Confiderable fears were entertained for
the ALcasaa ; the, however, rope out the form :
and on Saturday, the weather being moderate, the got
round to St. Helier'(.—The Bay of Grouville, B in-
lay Bay, and all the coati oppofite to Comm., tfcc. is
now without a flip of war of any defcription."

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Captain LOIACIC is appointed to the command of
the Panics Gsoacs, 0/98 guns, at Plymouth.

Captain Sal mm is appointed to the command of the
PaOsILYTI frigate, at Porttmouth.
The Farnalian, gELDIR. from Norway for Hull,
is oa Wore near the Humber.

A few days ago a veld was 101 l on the total of
Cornwall, between Fowey and Falmouth, and every
perfon on board petithed 1 a large quantity of the
cargo has been driren on !lore, confiding of various,
merchandise,