Star.
London, England, 1814-05-02 00:00:00

bEAL, MAY 1.

Arrived yesterday the VIPER cutter from Calais.
Sailed yesttirday the CoLossus for Cnatham, to be
pit! ofl ; and the GRIFFON sloop of war with a con-
voy for Portsmouth. Sailed to-day the GROWLER,
CRACKER, and Anent& for Portsmouth.

ITARWJCH, MAY 1.
- Arrived yesterday the Henry Freeling Packet,
with a Mail and Passengers, from Cuxhaven. Sailed
the Lord Nelson Packet, for ditto ; and the Lark
Packet, for Holland.—Wind S.

GREEKICK, APRIL 27.
Arrived here this forenoon, the ship Caledonia, of
Alloa, WILLIAM MIFAIILANA, mister: On her voyage
from Port-Glasgow to Nova Scotia she was captured
y the American privateer Scourge on.-the 20;11 of
April in lat. 51. long. 22. 44. and afterwards given
up. The Scourge lead wintered at Drontheim in
Norway, has been from the States eleven months, in
which time she had made no less then SO captures.
Since leaving Drotitheirrs she has captured the fob.
lowing vessels :—The Union, SCOTLAND, of Liver.
pool ; Winchester, Wotour. of ditto ; Symmetry,
--, of Hull • and Two Brothers, Tvexen, from
Liverpool to Lenmark, which vessel was manned
and sent for the States ; the others, except the Cale-
donia, were destroyed, the crew of the Two Brothers
have arrived here in the Caledonia. Those of the
others had been put on shore in the north of Scotland.
The Scourge was in very bad condition both in hull
and rigging. Tt.e crew also were in a mutinous
state, consisted of 60 in all, 12 of whom were sick.
The Scourge was left steering South with .an inten-
tion of falling
.in with the Halifax fleet, of which the
Captain had obtained information. The Kitty,
TuousoN, of and from this port for St. • Domingo,
was captured on the 15th February, between the
Wolf Rock and the Land's-end, by a French priva-
teer, of 20 guns and l'2o men ; and alter having been
plundered of the stores, and part of the cargo, was
burnt—Crew arrived at Brest in the privateer 28th
February.

The SCARBOROUGH, the flag-ship of Admiral FEM.
RIM CRESSY, NISUS, FERRET, and SAPPHO, were last
week ordered to be paid off. The hired armed ves-
sels are discharging from the set vice.
The SURLY, Lieutenant WELCH, arrived at Ports-
mouth on Friday, from St. Maioes, with 120 British
prisoners, principally sdluiers who were wounded at
Tdlavera. The SURLY left St. Maloes on Wednesday
morning, at which time there were 1500 more pri-
soners waiting for conveyances to return home.
Captain EDMUND PALMER has received an hono-
rary paedal from the Board of Admiralty for his
prompt, skilful, and heroic conduct iu his recent cap-
' cure of l'Etoile frigate.
The ACHILLE, Captain Hows, and SYBILLE, Cap-
tain Fotutiorr, have returned to Spithead. They
went to the westward of Scilly in pursuit of the French
frigates l'Arethuse and Illyrian, which lately put to,
sea from Morlaix, but they did not get in bight of
them. It is supposedthq are gone on a plundering
cruize off the Western and Cape de Verde Islands.
The ACHILLE chased the American privateer Prince
of Neufchatel (which had been some days cruizing
in the Channel) into Cherburgh, on Saturday last ;
and, we understand, our new friends there, imme-
diately employed themselies in preventing her.from
breaking the peace of the Channel in future : they
took out her guns, dismasted her, and released a
prize which she had sent into the port ! •
Extract of a letter from Captain OVENSIONI of the
Field. dated Thurso, 19th April :
41 I arrived here late last night. On Sunday, the
17th, at half-past eleven o'clock in' the forenoon, the
Cape bearing south, distance five niiles; observed two
American privateers, a schooger, and a cutter brig.
Immediately the schooner gave chace to the Neptune
of Mdntrose, Atm. Hoots master, and chased hint'
within three fathoms watertfihethorV, before kavinc
off chace. The schooner Wats-tit be a large vessel.'
with two topsails and two cop-Alint sails I the.star-
board side painted black,. wikh a white streak, 'the lar.
board side yellow. .The .cutter brig appeared to be
• fine vessel, yellow sides, pierced for toe 11111111 of
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I ider and by appearance full of meo."- f
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