Star.
London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

ABERDEEN, DEC. 16.

Early yesterday morning, a tremendous gale came on from S.
to S. E. which continued the greatest part of the day with the ut-
most violence—and we are concerned to state, has been attended
with much loss and damage of shipping.
The sloop Jane, of Grangemouth, A. Slat PSON, from London to
Glasgow, with a cargo of horse-beans and hoops, was, about nine
o'clock in the morning, driven ashore at tikaterow ; the crew
saved, and the cargo expected to be got out, if the weather soon
becomes moderate. About the same hour, the sloop Providence,
of and har. Montrose, with coals and cinders, was put ashore on
sands of Cowie; crew saved.
The brig Hawke, Gamut' of and for this place, with coals,
from Shield!, was driven ashore near Btrvie ; crew saved—and a
vessel, it k strongly reported, was seen to founder about noon off
Portlethen. A number of vessels Were known to be on the coast,
for whose safety considerable apprehension is entertained.
About one o'clock, P. M. a brig was observed with her main-
mast gone, and being in t his disabled state unable tocicar the land,
was *bon after driven ashore at the mouth of the Don. 'Flue Life-
boat was immediately conveyed along the sands, and being launch
ed into the 1)on, was pulled across the river and through the
breakers, to the vessel, from which thy crew were brought in
safety, with the exception of the Niate, who was unfortunately
washed overboard and drowned, befofe -he vessel struck. The
vessel proved to be the Fortune, MACKIE, which sailed the pre-
ceding day for Sunderland, in ballast.
The sloop Active, Pnie&i', got into Stonelaven in the after-
noon, as did the Dart, HAD!) N, about tel o'clock in the evening,
before the sale. The Dart, about an hone before, parted with the
Nelly, of Dundee, bound fur this place with wheat.
D I wino N OF PRIZE :MONEY.
The Unite, for the Etoile de Bonaparte Ftench nationd ship of
war, captured March is, 1808, wilt be paid on board, on her
arrival at Portsmouth.

The same, for three Bales of Silk, anti Packages of Flax, taken
July 24, 1808, in a boat, will be paid as above.
The Endymion, for the recapture of the ship Ross, will be paid
on board, on her arrival in port ; and the sham not then paid will
be recalled at Mr. March's Office Gosport.
The Goshawk, toe the Wilhelm Giotavi, recaptured August
25, 1809, will be paid on board, on her arrival at Portsmouth.
The Snake, for the Carl Frederick, recaptured August 17,1809,
will be paid on board, at Leith, the 30th inst. if then in port, and
recalled at No. 14, Clement's bin.
'1 he Che. ace, for l'Union, captured March 2, and fur la Jeune
Emma, ear urcd March 7, 1809, will be paid on board, on Fri-
th), ; and recalled at No. 23, Norfolk-s:ret r, Strand, on 'Tuesdays
anstFridays, for three months.

Extract of a Letter from a young Officer, who suf-
fered shipwreck in the HARLEQUIN hired armed ship,
on Thursday the 7th inst. off Seaford :

" No doubt you have before this time heard of our misfor-
tunes, and wondered at not hearing from me. We were all in a
wretched condition, and should have been much worse, had it
not bep for the activity and generosity of the officers of the 81st
Regimelot, whine conduct I shill always remember with grad.'
rode. We sailed, as you know, from Plymouth Sound on Tues-
day afternoon, with a fair wind,itaving a convoy of 27 sail under
our care. W continued with a fair wind all the way, not hav-
ing more of it than we could wish for.-1 have seen the Papers,
which give a very incorrect statement of the melancholy affair.
We struck about four o'clock on Thursday morning. when mast
of us were in our hammocks; but we were very soon upon deck,
and cut away the masts, thinking we might get off; but the tide
flowing in, our efforts for that purpose were unavailing. Little
did we think, at the time, we were so near the shore ' all of us
thought we had struck on a rock ; and we iinmediatfly fired our
guns and burnt blue lights till all were expended; ytt still the
convoy continued to follow us, and six of them struck ; the rest
hauled their wind and got safe off: those on shore soon went to
pleas. Ours being the first vessel that struck, and nearest the
shore, we lost only two lives ; but many poor fellows belonging
to the other vessels peridied, amounting in the whole to 40.—
Such a wreck i 3 'scarcely to be remembered.
" I was washed off three times; once with a child in my arms,
whom a Lieutenant had left on board with its mother, both of
whom, however, I ultimately succeeded in getting sate to the
shore, though with much difficulty, as we were the last on the
wreck. I need not enter more into the
.detail of this melancholy
affair, the London papers having already furnished you with the
particulars."

A Swedish ship, with all her licences and papers
perfectly regular, was detained by a King's ship ; and
in one of the late gales was wrecked on the Goodwin
Sands. The owners are to bring an action against
the Captain of the King's ship for the amount of the
loss, which is estimated at -el 60,000.

A ship has arrived from Memel and Cailscrona.
She left the former on the 28th October, and the lat-
ter on 6th ultimo. From Carlscrona she sailed with
the convoy, consisting of about 150 vessels, 25 of
which had been driven, by stress of weather, into the
Swedish and DAnish harbours; and it is remarkable
that only eight have reached the ports of their desti-
nation in this country.

We learn by a letter of the 4th inst. fx9m Ham-

*ugh, that the restrictions on maritime commerce
are enforced with a rigour exceeding any that has.
been practised Owe the adoption of that system. No-
thing of Colonial or American produce is permitted
to be imported or exported. Measures, equally ri-
gorous, have been adopted in the neighbouring dis-
tricts. In Holstein, a provisional sequestration has
' been 1 yid on all goods, in order to re-investigate their
importation, and to confiscate whatever may have
been found to come from England. A similar se-
questration has taken place in Brunswick, Olden-
burg, Colberg, &c.
Yesterday die LORD Mavon ordered the price of
bread to be continued at Is. 4d. the quartern-loaf of
wheaten, and Is. Ad. household.

COIN MARKET,, MARK-1 ANC, DEC. 20.—The Market to-day
lias but few arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining quantities
on band, mostly foreign, again waiting the expected supplie, few
sales are effected, and those at little variation. Barley' and Malt
in abort sapply, and full as dear. New Tick Beans 40s. to 465.
per quarter. White Peas rather lower. The trade for Oats at
little Maculation. Flour at late prices, and fine American, whole-
sale, 58s. to 635. per barrel.

GENERAL CURRENCY AS VNDER •
Wheat_, 7 6s. 904, 10?.1. Beans, 60s. 665.
Fine litto, is ;s. 110 s. Tick ditto, 505.-555.

Rye 50s. 54.. Oats 265. SOs. 341.
Barley, 50$. 56*. Cd. Poland ditto, 871.405. 0.
Malt 80s.85; Potatoe ditto, 41s. 00,. od.
White Peas (boilers), 765. 86s. Rape Seed, 461. 521.
Grey sett*, 535. 60s. •

Pine floor, 90..951. Seconds 55.. 50..
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