Star.
London, England, 1814-12-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INaLLIGENCE.

By the HOPE packet, Captain OLDMANt which is
arrived at Gravesend from Ostend, we learn that a
number of passengers had taken their departure on the
Margate vessel BRITISH QUERN, which was unfortu-
nately lost in her passage, from A confidence of the su-
perior safety of thelatter from her size, whilst theliope
rode out the gale in safety, and made the port rf
Colchester. 'l he Captain says, a number of Irish
sand banks have been found during the late gales,
along the whole of the French and Flem sis
coast, which renders it extremely dangerous, elLcet
with vessels of a small draught of to ater.

MARGATE, DECEMBER
The sad catastrophe of the loss of the British Queen
packet is established beyond a doubt, by the arrival
here of part of the wreck, and among i:, the stern
with her name on it ; but no tidings as yet of any
one that was on board. We are all anxiously looking
out for and daily expecting the arrival of the next
Packet, the Britannia, Captain Fox, to learn particu-
lars of passengers. The weather is now very ti;:e,
and the several ships that have put in here, are ex-
pected to sail this evening.

DEAL, DECEMBER 20.
Arrived the Hannah, FENWICK, from Quebec,•and
sailed for the River. Sailed his Majesty's ships
ACTEON and MENAI for Portsmouth, and th. ?enc..
lope store-ship for Plymouth. Came down from the
River the Dawson, WiLsos, for Burgos Ayres, and
several other ships, and remain. —Wine W. tine
breezes and moderate weather.

FALMOUTH, DECEIVIDER 18.
Arrived the W alsingham packet, with a M lil, from
Malta, last frtom Gibraltar, in 13 days ; nn her as.
sage fell in with an American privateer, an 4 aft( r
action of four hours, heat her off. The West India
fleet appears to ride out the gale
,eery well, vcry few
of theta have secnnd anchors down. Wind S.S.W.

PLY:VIOU l'H, DJ!CEMBEP. 19.
Came in the Joaquina Gaspas, YALLAS, master,
hound to the Havanna!) ; MALTA man of war, from
Mllta ; WANDERER sloop of war, from Gih,altar ;
SCYLLA, HyplsnioN, and SFIELDRAKE ikinnp, of ware
from sepatafe cruizes. Arrived also the Peter End
John, Fens's, from St. Maloes. The Siphia that
was stranded in Whitsand B ty, has gone to
v-ry little of her cargo has been saved. The s,!,in
Mariner, M urtNi, in in Shields to Gibraltar ; and the
ship Europan, LAURANCR, fronl L 'Minn for Sr.
Kitt's, cut their cables and ran into C itw 'ter for
safety. The Spanish Joaquina meotioned
above, broke her anchor and ran lot() C Itwoter. T;le
brig Providence remains on the rock under Teat's
Hill, and-cannot be got off until nuxt s; rings.
GRAVESEND, DECEMBER, 19.
Arrived, Dart, Silby, from Lisbon; Elizabeth, Forrest, from
the Isle of France; Belinda, Roberts, frorn Antwerp; E•lelely,
Harede, from Caen ; Quebec, Williams, from Antwerp ; Betsy.,
Short, from Calcutta and Halifax. Sailed, Northannoo.l.Twetne,
for New South Wales; Richersteig, Laurentzen, for H i nburgh ;
Harmonic, Noordberg, for Amsterdam; Jouge Pieter, D icr, tor
Amsterdam ; Zeelust, Lowing, for Rotterdam; folorgeaster,
Vanden Berg, for Nieuport, to Randers.

The Linn United States privateer has been cap.
tured by his Majesty's ship GRANICUS, and carried
into Gibraltar.

A valuable homeward West Indiaman run rin shore
on the Columbine Sand, in the night of Thursday
last, but was got off, and carried into Hearne Bay,
by same boats from that place.
The fleet which sailed from Cork on the 2d ult.
for the West Indies, passed Madeira on the 13,h.-....
The fleet for the Brazils, under convoy of the DUN-
CAN, passed about the same time.
The Lord Nelson, Monnts, from London to Ma.
deira, put into Lisbon, with damage, from whence
she sailed on the Ist October, and had not arrived at
Madeira on the 19th ult.

The St. Petersburg!), Prince of Smolensko, Catha.
rine, Frau Anna, Harmony, Adventure, and MOS k wa,
are frozen on Archangel Bars.
The Dinaphore, AUSERT, sailed from Lishln the
26th ult. and put back.—The Master r.-ported that
be was brought to on the 28th, off the Rock, by an
American pr iviteer.
The Batchelor, Wit.solv, from Gottenburgh, is ar-
rived in the Tweed, after being on shore.
The bodies of the four Malay seamen who were
executed on Thursday last at Execution Dock for
murder on the high seas, were hung in chains on a
cross gibbet on Saturday, opposite 13lackwall
Thursday morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke
out in Mr. Merrall's carpenter's shop, near Adding-
ton-square, Margate, which was consumed.

CORN EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 21.
We had very little doing this morning, as all our buyers ar
bolding off In the expectation of large supplies on F.iday, a• the
wind n now favonnble ; the prices of ail Grain are noted the
same as en Monday.