Star.
London, England, 1820-02-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGLNCE.

FALIIO7III. Pm. Ct.—Wind EN.E.--Arrived 'several
Coasters. The following paokets are still detained :—Mancjaes.
ter, for America ; Duke of York, for the Islands; and lady
Mary Pelham, for the Brazils.
PLYMOIMI, Pm. 42.—Arrived the Jason, •Wsrsom, from Lis.
bon to London. Sailed the Market laid, Holtman, for
London.
Porrsisount, Fn. 23.—Wind S.—Arrived the Protection.
Tyson, from Cowes, having undergone a thorough repair at
that place.
Drat., Fri. 23.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River
and sailed. the Westmoreland, WaLass, for Whitehaveu. lie-

mains in the Downs the SEVISN frigate.
Haavrtcn, FEL 23.—Wind S. S. W.—Sailed the Henry Free-
ling packet, for Holland ; and Lord Nelson packet, for Cux-
haven, both with Mails.
WHIm, Fan. 22.—Tbe Harry, Moants, which got on shore
on Whitby Rock on the lath instant, has gone to pie The
stores are saved.

Noarir Sinn us, Frs. 29,—The Success, Wmaixra, of Arun-
del, with timber, got upon the Herd Sand in entering the har-
bour during a heavy,ses. The crew were saved by the life.
boat, and it is expected the vessel and cargo will be saved.
bIEL.ANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

AT. JOHNAKNEW DRUNSWICK), JANUARY 4.
The year 1319 closed w ith one of the most tre-
mendousgales ever experienced in this harbour, which
continued with unremitting fury for a period of no
less than nine hours. The appearance of the morn-
ing was unusually dark and gloomy, and, from
the violent storm that was then also raging, Par-
tridge Island could net be perceived from the town ;
nuns were, about eight o'clock, heard in the direc-
tion of it, yet such was the gloom that encompassed
the atmosphere, the cause could not be discovered.
About niner o'clock, however, we had a slight inter-
Val„ ,and a brig was distinctly seen, on the south-
east end.of W, rolling tremendously, with her masts I
both sanding; signals of distress were, at the time,.
flying on the Island; and guns occasionally fired, but
so unxiimally great was the sea, that thelaudablesefforts
both Or Messrs. Reed and Mabee, pilots, to get to the
vessel, were unavailing, and they were reluctantly.
for the preservation of their own lives, obliged to re-
turn. Between ten and eleven o'clock, the entne
shore, at the lower part of the town, was covered
with pieces of wreck, bags of pimento, oranges„.3tc.
and it was soon discoveted,from the marks en the
bags and parts of the stern, that the unfortunate ves-
sel was the elegant btig Mary, tapt. George Bell,
from Savannah-la-Mar, owned .by Messrs. Crook-
shanks and Johnson.
The public mind was now entirely engrossed in the
fate of the Master and crew, and every attempt during
the remainder of the day, almost inconsistent with
prudence, was made to obtain intelligence from the
: but although the violence of the wind in
some measure had abated during the afternoon, yet
such were its effects from the tremendous sea that
was running, the most strenuous efforts were render-
ed unavailing, and it was no until this morning we
learnt that her whole crew, 13 in number, including
the Master, had peris:led. The pilo:, Mr. D.Walker
and two of his boatmen, who had got on board th;_,
brig some time before she struck, were rescued from
a watery grave by having recourse to a desperate ex-
pedient, which, however, the exhausted state of the
Master and crew could not induce them to under-
take : a buoy was thrown overboard from the vessel,
to which a line was attached, and made fast on board
of her; this drifted on shore;-and being made promptly
secure by the people on the Island, they individually
committed themselves to the waves, and were safely
landed. The bodies of four of the lary's crew have

been found.
• - Vire have to notice the direful effects of this pheno.
meson, particularly( within the harbour. The ships
Lady Ridley and Bittern, brigs Mungo Park, Mary
Ann, United Kingdom, William, Charles, Hope, and
a number of others, were all materially injured, A
small schooner, belonging to Mr. R. Lawrence, was
entirely sunk, and rendered irreparable. The new
barracks, which bad recently been erected by Mr.
Cody, and almost inclosed, were levelled with the
ground ; and the roof of a new house, lately built and
owned by Mr, E. Cameron, situate in Sidney Ward,
was blown off. Much damage was also done in other
parts of the city.
Captain Masters, late of the schooner Thomas
Ritchie, frpm St. Vincent, for this port, arrived in
town on Saturday, with the melancholy intelligence
of the loss of that vessel, and of the lives of six
more of cur fellow-creature;. The Thomas Ritchie
was drove ashore about a mile to the westward of
the Negro Head, about two o'clock Am. the pre-
ceding morning, in the tremendous gale, and is two
hours the vessel was completely broken up, and not
„a vestige of her was to be seen. Capt. M. got ashore
on a spar yard, and carried a rope with him, which he
made fast to the cliffs, but the crew were afraid to ven- '
cure ashore by it ; it shortly parted, and another was'
got on shore and secured in the same manner, but at-
tended with as little effect, as the rope again parted ;
the vessel heeled off, went to pieces, and the fell4sw-
int persons perished ih the sight of the only..survivor,
who suffered severely from the inclemency of the
weather :—John Clarke, Mate ; Henry Beyea, son of
the late Captain &yea, William Thomson, William
Brown, Edward Baggs, and Edward Hugbs, seamed.,
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Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
Bast India House, when the undermentioned Captains
were sworn into the command of their respective
ships, viz.
Captain J. brass, Prince Regent, and Captain *.-H. Came-
aux, Duke of York, for Madras and alba; Captain. AL Ha-
stwrow, Dunira, and Captain WLass, Marquis of liuntley, for
Bombay and Cbina. •
Lieutenant J. R. THoMAs received hil` appoint-
ment yesterday, as'llag-Lieutenant to Re*t..Admirad
FAIRLIE, C.B, Commander in Chief at the .7.4eward
Islands, •
A dreadful storm occurred on the Jiith ult. *t
New York, productive of very exterasivekdarnage to
the shipping in the harbour, and lailiklidts in the city.
The storm was attended with heavy rain, and an un-
usually high tide, which had caused much damage by
inundation on the banks of the Hudson' River, as,
well as to bridges and millrdams in different part*
of its course,—Subscriptions have been liberally ess:
tered into, at New York and other places, for the relict'
of the sufferers by the dreadful fire at Savannah,
The licensed horse.dealers in Cumberland have
this week transmitted Petitions to Parliament, through
the Members for Carlisle, praying that a reduction
may be made in their license from gIS., l9s. to CS
altsi suggesting that sheep and s*ttle deal
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THE ARMY,
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We have already stated, that General Sir Salim.
HoLst is to succeed Sir DAYSTS DUWD as Governor
of Chelsea Hospital : Sir H. CALVERT iS to succeed
Sir S. Klass as Lieutenant Governor; Sir HENRY
TORRENS is to succeed Sir HARRY CALVERT as Ad-
jutant-General; and. Colonel THORNTON is to suc-
ceed Sir HENRY TORRRNB as Military Secretary to
the Commander-in-Chief.
Accounts from Canada to the 16th ultimo. state,
that the Officers of the 60th and 70th Regiments had
held meetings at Kingston and Quebec, when a con-
siderable sum of money was subscribed by them for
the relief of the distressed Emigrants from Great Brip
tain. This example has been followed by a great
number of other individuals.

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