Star.
London, England, 1822-01-22 00:00:00

NAVAL. APPOINTMENT 3.

Captain T. Nitric is promoted to the rank of Post Captain.
Mr. Gummi. KIR* is appointed Surgeon of the EuarAims.
Mr. DANA,. Lyst, Master, to the Itoyat. Gitozcz yacht.
SIMPWRECKt—FRAM AN AMERICAN PAPER.

The brig Durham, ORNI, bound to Portsmouth, cargo 2,100
bushels of salt, 180 bags of coffee, and three tons llraziletto wood,
went on shore on Orleans Beach, on the night of December 13,
et half-pas nine, in a violent storm-67 bags of coffee were landed
same morning,with part of the wood. The brig heeled off shore,
and the sea making a breach over her, stove the lung-boat to
pieces, carried away the companion way, staunsbeons, spare spars,
and everything on deck; knocked off the hatches, and filled the
vessel with water. The foretop-gallant-sail,which had been taken
on deck to repair, and several steering-sails, were thrown over-
board. The brig had not bilged, but both her hold and cabin
were partly filled with sand. About two hours after the vessel
struck, the mainmast was cut away, and drifted with the sails and
rigging. It was intended to cut away the foremast, but was pre-
vented by the axe being lost. The coffee which was got ashore
was much damaged, and the remainder lost. At low water the
brig was high on the bench. The crew succeeded in getting on
shore with much difficulty ; one of them, named Bennett,was re•
leased from the surf, nearly insensible, but afterwards revived.
The seamen lost all their clothes, except what they had on.
A large iron-bound trunk, containing the clothing of the former
Captain (gibbets) came on shore in pieces, but part of the
clothing was saved. The trunk of Captain Orne, containing the
vessel's papers, his clothing, &c. was thrown overboard, and
drifted on shore without injury. The Durham put into Ilaneaga
for water, and remained there three days. She found on the
beach an American seaman, of the name of Peter Wyer, of
Portland. lie had belonged to the Patriot armed schooner
Grenada, Captain Pelot, Which was bound from St. Martha to
St. Battlmlomew's, with sugar, and was totally lost on the Silver
Keys. The crew constructed a raft with a sail, on which they
embarked,, and were taken in tow by the schooner's boat.- Af-
terwards, captain Pelot, with his Lieutenant, four seamen, and
a boy, abandoned the raft, after taking a small quantity of bread
and water there was in the boat, ordered them to steer in the
direction of a certain star, and left them. The raft came on
shore at Ilaneaga nine days afterwards, with only six men alive,
out of 2 who had been left on it. They had nothing to subsist
on during those nine days but a small shark which they had
caught, and no water. The men who died, either perished with
hunger, or jumped overboard delirious.
Two of those who landed, the cook and a boy, expired the
next morning, and were buried on the beach. One of those
saved, a Spaniard, was left at Haneaga, and two others, an Ame-
rican, belonging to Bath, and an Irish boy, had proceeded in a
Jogger to Turk's Island. While on the raft, after the Captain
had left it, they fell in with a ship, in the night, which took eight
of them offs but a sudden squall springing up they lost sight a
the ship before she mild take any more. The boat with the
Captain reached the land, and a boy had been killed for those in
the boat to subsist on. Among those who perished on the raft
Were several inferior Officers.
Boar of the crew of the Durham (Bennett, William and Na-
thaniel Cain, and the omit) arrived in town on Wednesday
evening. They left the wreck on Monday morning, at which
time her cables and anchors, sails, and part of the rigging had
been got on shbre. Mr. Wye remained at Orleans. For eight
days before the brig went ashore they had nbt been able to get
ao obeerratitub-ziiieeteet Riper, Dee. 2441.

A curious fact occurred the last beast-market in
Chichester. A farmer sold a per. of fat .bee',, :and
absolutely refused being paid for them in gold! The
buyer was in consequence obliged to eschange his
gold for paper, at the Bank, which the farmer very
(readily pocketed.