Star.
London, England, 1802-10-12 00:00:00

At Portfmomh..-John, from Deptford,.

A letter from Trincomalee gives the higheft praire to Capt.
FOOTE, of his Majefty's Ihip the See-floss t, for his exertions
in fairing the mails and Bores of la SENSIBLE frigate; to which
fervice he had been deftined by Admiral RAINIER. The fhiii
having filled with water to the gun-deck, rendered the opera-
tions peculiarly difficult; the nautical Rill of Captain Fool's,
however, furniounted every obftacie, and every th)ng valuable
has been lived from the /wreck, except the provdions. The
Stu 'tact was not loft on the Molliwal4 Shoal, as formerly
!Wed, but a few miles to the fouthward of it. The accident is
Paid to have been oecafioned by a thong wefterly current, irons
Which the error in the reckoning rote.

We have the pleafttre to ftate the cafe arrival at Bombay, on
the z9th of April, of the (hip Cattle of Good tripe, from the
Cape, atter a tedious ;mirage of 16 weeks (fis of which fife was
becalmed), and in eonfequenee was almoft deftltute of provi-•
ikons. In this deplorable situation, the fortunately, on the actls
of March, off Barren Bland, fdl in with the Hon. Fait-India.
Company's Chip the Henry Dundas, Capt. Ca R R Err HE RS, who
fupplied her in the rnoft abitidant manner, with Hit Ruck, fait'
provifions, and neceffories of every kind. •

We are favoured with the following article by
an Officer of the SEA-Hoit sE,the accuracy of which
our Nautical Readers may depend•on
Capt. Le Meme, of the French privateer le Nuke, in i 797,
while cruifing off Ceylon, fell in wiLli the Ball of Cotton Rock,
and another fhoal,abouc the exiffence of which tiavizatois have
long been doubtful, and by many fuppofed to be only ideal; I
therefore give you an account taken from the obfervations he
made.

"lo s. xB. North lat.
,and 88.20. long. from Paris, there is
a fmall Bland about 2s or 3o feet above the Surface of the fest,
between so and 6o feet long, ar.d about 20 in breadth : it is
fituated on a Sand Bank, which extends about Soo fen in a N.
E. anal S. W.direetion. At half a mile diftanee front it there is
nu founding; with too fathoms of line, and a boat's lei:gth front
it 20 fathoms water.

• "In January 1)99, Capt. Le Meme law a lboal, probably
the Ouro, and rent an Officer to examitle it; but night coming
on he was prevented from landing: the Officer reported that
this reef was three or ten feet above the furface or th:t water,
and about a mile long. Iron► Eaft to Weft: there are uo fotind-
i• gs with 'co fathoms of line at a mile diftance from it. It lics
in about so. North latitude, and 9 a. Matt longitude from Paris."
On Saturday laft, arrived at Greenock, the Euphrates, Capt.
OA LT, from black River, Jarnaica, alto- a paffage of t s weeks;
ihe encountered very bad weather ou the coalts of America;
in lat. go. long. 52. in a ve►y violent gale fmn► the N. NV . loft
her mizen matt and fore and main UT malts ; on the 9t I► ult.
fpoke the brig Fame, Capt. ItEID, of Greenoek, front Grenada
Itoutt.l for London, all wcil.
The Nepturre,Hz RT ,is arrived at Newfoundland from Na-
pica; Pandora, t ;ALT, at ditto irons the Clyde; Tbxnas,Cua.
N I, at ditto from Liverpool.

Capt. BARCLAY, of the Peggy, arrived at Port-Glafgow,
(poke, on the sth ult. in lat. 39. long. 49. the American (Lip
Birmingham,from London, out 25 days, all wcU-9►h ult. in
lat. 43. long. 40. the tip Alliance, of Livtrpoul, from jatnaica
to Liverpool,,ont 45 days.

Capt. BRUCK, of the Mary, arrived at Greenock, fpoke, on
the 7th ult. in lat. 44. 9. [(mg. all. 29. the fhip Cwakn, from Lou-
don for Bolton, all well.

The Ex, CADE, id luR near Peteribargb ; part of the cargo
favcd.

The Weftmoreland, Solitude, from Jamaica for London,
is lea ea du Ilk of Pipe&