Star.
London, England, 1801-02-25 00:00:00

PARIS, ki;BRUARY 111.

The American fliiP the Lucy, (la Lock), of Sa-
lem Capt. W. Russia, of 310 tons, bound from
Amllerdarn to Madeira, was Ipft on the night be-
tween the loth and I ith initint, at the diftance
of a league from Calais. She . had on board
52,000 pialtres, which were laved, and conveyed
to Calais. The reit of the cargo, confining of
brandy, gin, cheek, oil, and colours, w!ll, it is
hoped, be laved. The crew confined of I 8 men.
-lournal du Commerce ' No. 152.
Spanifh privateer has captured and carried to
Civitat, a large Englifh veffel from Smyrna, laden
with 400 bales of cotton, and a large quantity of
filk. This prize is valued at 800,000 francs.—
journal de Commerce, No. I SO.

The Cauca R Cutter, Lieutenant MORGAW,from
Yarmouth, is arrived in the Humber, to convoy
the trade from Hull for Hamburgli, which is
petted to fail fait fair wind.
The SEA-HORSE gigate, with the fleet under
convoy for Portugal and the Mediterranean, were
feen on the 3111 of January, by the EARL Sr.
Viscrar armed brig, abreag of Cape Belem, and
would round Cape Fini.terre that night. Wind
Southerly.
It is laid to be certain, that four Spanilb !hips
of the line joined Admiral GANTHEAumII'S fqua-
dron at Ferrol, and that they then proceeded to-
ward; the Mediterranean. The Britifh fquadron
mug be fome days behind them.
Saturday feveral Naval Officers attended at the
Admiralty to pay their refpe(ts to the new Firll
Lord; and Captains NEB/NOUS! and Bapni a were
appointed to !hips; the former to the MP csaa,
and the latter to the ARROW.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTIArNTSC.
TINLINO, Efq. of the &rage ; A. BROWN,' Efq:
of the GOOD DESIGN, and I. BROOKS' Efq. of the
SHARK, to the Rank of Poll-Captains.—Lieute-
nants ROBERTS and ELLIOTT, to be Commanders ;
the former fucceeds to the SNAKE, and the latter'
to the GOOD DESlGN.Captain BURROWS, to the
SLA.GULL Captain discus to the Catai. cutter;
Lord AUGUSTUS FITZROY, to the OISEAU , and
Captain CARTHEW, to the SHARK.
Vice-Admiral GasilllF.R, late one of the Lords
of the Admiralty, is appointed to the command of
the NEPTUNE, of 98 gum, which is declined for
the Baltic.
Rear-Admiral THOMAS G is appointed
to a coinniand in the Channel Fleet, in the room
of Lord Nrcson.
Captain SUTTON, of the SUPER,' is appointed
Captain of the Channel Fleet, under Admiral
Coaxavaxxis ; and
The Lords of the Admiralty have promoted
Lieutenant SMITH, commanding the MtiLaitooa
fchooner, to the rink of Commander, for his late
gallant anion with the Bs sa.ow I. The Mt ta.zitoox
mounted (lateen 111-pound carronades, on Ittut.re
coil carriages, and had no more than lo Men.
—The BEL tear, of 36 guns, and 330 then, after
having loft eislity men in the anion, had aftually
(truck to this (mall velrel, but efcaped by the
fpringing up of a breeze, which it was impoffible
fiir the hist.t.sabot to take advantage of, on ac-
count of the'crippled gate of her rigging.
Capt. WHITBY' Admiral CORNWALLIS'S former
Captain, but who is now in the Weft Indies, is
ordered home, to refume his Ration under the
Admiral.
Capt. GR,IO, fon of the late Admiral, has
been fent to Siberia by the Emperor Paw., for
refigning the Command of a Ruffian Ship of the
Line, in confequence of the tyrannical detention
of the Britifh veffels and his country-feamen.
The Admiral Parker, —, from Honduras for
London, is log on a reef; the crew is raved, and
arrived at Nall-211 on the 6th of December.
The Britannia, Avows, from London to Jamai-
ca, is put into King's Road, difmafted, having
been run foul of by three fhips.
The Nancy, FUMING, from CharHlown to
London, is put into Savannah, in great difirefs.
On Saturday le'ralight, a cutter belonging to
Portfmouth got on Ihors on the Hook Sand, at
the entrance of Pool harbour; the men on board
being perldt grangers to the coat, (as the wind
frellened fall) determined to quit the Tail and
male for the Ihore, which they reached in &fay;
hut what mutt their mortification have been, after
walking the fend fome little time, to fee the 'CSC'
flnat off without n foul nil board, without the power
of going to her, and very imprudently thus had
left the gib hoiged, and the mainfail, with only
the peak hauled down ; tinder this ltd (he flood
out to lea as well as if the bell lielmfman belonging.
to any vete! had been on board her, and tin has
sovbecn heard of since.