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London, England, 1814-12-17 00:00:00

MARCA rg, DECEMBER 16.

Arrived the Trust, FOWLER, from London far
Pool, with loss of anchor and cable, and several other
vessels with loss of anchors and cables.

LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER IS.

The Hiram, YEObIAN, from this port to New Bruns-
wick, has been captured by an American privateer,
who alter plundering her of her dry goods, gave her
up to the crew, and she has arrived at Halifax.—
Arrived the Elephant, from Bourdeaux—sailed the
7th instant ; on the IGth she was boarded by his Ma.

jetty's cutter DWARF, who informed them they were
on the look-out for an American privateer, expected
out of L'Urient, of six guns. The Theodore, Lams,
from Maranham for this port, has been re-captured
by his Majesty's ship SULTAN, and arrived at Ha
fax. The Jane, GEORGE, is recaptured, and carried
into Halifax. The Active, HARRISON, from this
port for St. Michael's, has been cut out of Punto del
Goda, by the Hero American privateer.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 16.
Saturday night last the brig Providence, of Sun.
derland, laden with coals for Schedam, went on a
shoal off Lowestoft, and afterwards got off, but wai
driven on shore on Kirkby beach, and went to pieces.
The crew took to their boat, and landed sate at
Lowestoft. The Industry, of Hull, W. Amirraoef
master, laden with slip stores, taken in at Aldbo.
rough, for Hull, was driven on shore to the south of
Pakefield crew saved. The Amphion, of Dundea,,
ALEX. CROAT, master, a large vessel of 300 tons ad;
measurement, laden with deals, taken in at Moss for
London, was driven ashore at Lowestoft, and bratt
of water. The crew (14 men and boys,) saved.
DUNOVER, DECEMBER 4.

' Last night, about nine o'clock, during a tremen-
dous gale, the sloop Katherine, fvf4wrvag masts,
about 55 tons burthen, from Dundalk, bound to
Glasgow, laden with oats, struck on the long rock et
Ballywalter, and went to pieces. The Captain ai:
a boy were saved ; but another min who was
board perished. The tide having ebbed a little bctor!
she struck, the Captain and boy, with much
culty, and after receiving many cuts and bruises, si:z,
ceeded in clambering to a dry part of the mck. Tie
boy gives account, that he then fell rill 4p, and (lid
not awake till the tide returning awoke him. He
then shouted as loud ai possible, and, as the storm
had abated, they were heard on shore, and boats put
out to their rel.cf. A few fragments of the ses:::1
have been saved.

GREENOCK, DEC. 13.
This forenoon, his Majesty's ship TA nrattus made
signal for sailing, to the ships of this port, intending
to join convoy at Cork for the West Indies, and went
down the River as far as Gowock, where she has
been obliged to anchor, the wind having set in sttnmy
from S.W.—The ships assembled at Tail of the Back
remain still at anchor. The Dunlop, ABltAliti frubi
Quebec, in beating up on Saturday night, missed stays
and drifted on the Gantock rocks, near Dunoon, buc

has since been got off with little damage.
The ship IsAbell4, CRAWFOILD, from Port Gnu.
gow for Jamaica, in working down the river
turday, got aground off the Bay of Quick ; she WAII
got off yesterday without damage. Arrived at Pot t•
Glasgow on Thursday, the brig Charlotte, DUSCAN.
sots, from Mirimachi, in SO days, a single vessel ;
loading for the Clyde, Mariner, Ma/tuna:it ;
ADAMS; Aimwell, Musa.sv ; And Elizabeth, Cll4l
TOMERSON—spoke no vessels.

Monday the master, John Brown, and six of the
crew of the ship Speed, of Leith, were landed frcm
a Dutch galliot, at Dungeness. 'the Speed wx.
captured off Cape Finisterre, on a voyage from L s•
bon to London, by the Lion American schooner.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at Z.:e
East India House, when the under-mentioned shq'
were thus stationed, viz :
Warky, 1,200 tons, Captain lames Coulee ; Hope, 1,200 • Q.t..,
Captain Jame. Prendergast; Walmer Castle, ,vou •
Luke bodds—for China.
Ceres. 1,500 tons, Capt. H. Seott—for St. Helena and Ch'ns.
Metcalfe, 319 tons, Captain Sanders; Streatham, bl ,nt 61
Captain Grant—lor Madras and Bengal.
Minerva, 950 tons, Capt. Simon Lee—for Bengal direct.
Canticle, Captain 1. istanslsard—tor Ceylon and Ben4Al,
stead of St. Helena and Bengal.
Captain T. SANDERS was sworn into the command
of the ship Metcalfe.
The Charles Grant, David Scott. Inglis, Essess
Marquis Camden, and Vansittart, all, tit INI/t) tons,
are expected to be dispatched at.the India Howe
early in January, for Bombay and Coma. . the Cap-
tains of these Indiamen have received instructions to c
take in the trobps and recruits for the Company's
service, at Sheerness, and to proceed on their voyar:
from the Downs, under the protecli.,n of the. COR's -
WALLIS, of 74 guns, and not from Port:mouth, :t
_heretofore.

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