Star.
London, England, 1821-02-09 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

We have received Oporto Papers to the 27th ult.
They contain further particulars of the damage done
by the late flood in the Douro, which, however, was
not accompanied by an earthquake as stated in some
of our former accounts.—Among the vessels which
were in imminent peril we find the English brigantine, the Fair
Ifibemia, which being ready to sail for London, with a cargo of
wine, was forced from her moorings and driven on shore. Four
men unfortur.ately lost their lives. The Matilda, another fine
vessel, laden with wine, and bound for Dublin or Greenock,
was also carried away by the impetuosity of the current, and
Branded. The Hanoverian schooner, Anna Margaritta, with a
ergo of sugar, bound for Genoa, was forced over the bar with-
nt a single band on board, and run aground three leagues from I,
Oporto. Four Portuguese yachts upset in the river, and sunk.
A Spanish vessel shared a similar fate, as did a number of small
craft of retry description. The damage sustained by the vessels
which withstood the force of the torrent, in their Lulls, masts,
and rigging, is enormous. The waters rose to an ffnprecedented
Wight, and boats plied in the streets of the City. Several houses
were swept away, and many suffered much injury. At Villa
it soya, a great part of the wine magazines were destroyed, but
tie extent of the loss had not been ascertained. Accounts from
ruins ports along the hanks of the Douro, mention the great
loss of lives and property, in consequence of the rapid and ex-
traordinary inundation.

The following is an extract of a letter from Trini-
dad, dated 10th December All trade with the
Spanish Main is totally destroyed ; and such is the
want of mules here, that they are now selling at from
£BO to £lOO currency a-head : while Negroes can
now be purchaased here as low as when our African
trade W. 15 in its greatest activity ; we import, how-
ever, from the other Islands, only a sufficient number
to supply the waste of death, as there is no encou-
ragement to extend cultivation here ; and, as things
go on, one-third of the sugar estates of this island
must soon be sacrificed. Our Governor is to leave
us in the spring."
A person Las been arrested at Amsterdam, charged
with having put into circulation forged debentures
of HOPE and Co. for the Spanish Loan. This dis-
covery had caused the debentures for 25 florins to
fall to 18k. The forged paper is supposed to amount
to between 200 and 300 florins.

COMMON COUNClL—Yesterday a Common Council
was held at Guildhall, which was very fully attended.
On a lteport from the Committee of General Fur-,
poses for a donation of 1051. to the City of London
Auxiliary Bible Society, a discussion ensued, and an
Amendment was moved for, subscribing 2101. in
lieu, which was lost on a division by a majority of
ix.—The Court agreed to petition Parliament for
Power to raise a sum of money to repair Blackfriars
Bridge......A Bill for altering the present Law relative
to Non-freemen WAS read, and ordered to be printed.
LOTTERY TICKETS for 18s.—It is calculated that
the sa!e of whole ickets in the present Lottery will
exceed that of Shares; nor is this matter of surprize,
when it is seen that Adventurers may take their
chance of the produce of a whole Ticket for the very
trifling sum of Dtzltteen Shillings, for the next day
of drawing, Cle 14th instant, on which day Three
Capitals of 02,000 ate sure to be drawn in the first
Fire Minutes, independent of the chance of the other
treat Capitals, at the head of which stand Six Grand
1117t5 of CA ,COO. Anxious to meet the wish of all
Bisii has divided a number. of Whole Tickets
lot those who may wish to speculate upon a smaller
sc4le, width may now he had at either 4, Cornhill,
or 9. Ch: ting-Ct oss, where those who purchase Six-
teenths, may have the chance of the Prizes to be
(Lawn on %%dentine's Day for Two Shillings.