Star.
London, England, 1810-05-01 00:00:00

riSSTRIBVTION OF PRISE-MONEY.

The Vestal, for l'lntrepkle,cuptured November 40,1!0!, will
be paid on board, on her arrival at Portsmouth.
The Hawk, for the Concession, captured July SS, 1106, was
paid to-day, at No. 1, Fish-street, Doctors' Commons, and will be
there recalled on Mondays and Fridays.
The Bold, for the Bradford and Anna Margaretta, captured
April 7 and 9, /1106, will be paid on board on her arrival, and
recalled at No. 18, Clement's Inn, on Tuesdays andFaidays, for
three months.

The Egeria, for the Aalborg, captured March 2,1 SCS, will be
paid on board on her arrival, and recalled at No. IS, Clement's
Inn, on Tuesdays ankgedays, for three months.
The Bellerophon, for the Edward, captured June 25, 1809,
was paid on board on Friday last, and will be recalled on Tuesdays
add Fridays, as above.
The Ajax, Aniphion, Dreadnought, Melpomene, Moselle,
' Orion Queen, Tigre, Thunderer, and Zealous, for the Nemesis,
captured by the Thunderer, on the 24th November, 1805, will
be paid on Tuesday, the 15th of May, at No. 70, Great Russet-
street, Bloomsbury; and there recalled, on Tuesdays and Fridays,
; fur three months.

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The Stately, for the Gambrivium, captured November 14'
1807, was paid on the 4th ult. and will be recalled at No. 23,
Norfolk-street, Strand, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for three
months.

F4PTHER PARTICULARS QF JEFFERT.

The following is an extract of an affidavit sworn
before Joni; CLARKE, Esq. Mayor of Liverpool, by
GEORGE HASSILL, mariner, who arrived at Liverpool
on the 14th ultimo, in the ship Fame, belonging to
the h lase of Neilson and Heathcote, of that town :

" The deponent states, that in the month of March, 1809, he
left the towns of Marblehead and Beverley, in the States of Mas-
sachuset, for Batton ; that about two or three days bef'►re depo-
nent's leaving Beverley, be saw a person of tke name of Jeffery,
who, he understood, was by trade a blacksmith, with whom be
had some conversation, and who told him, that he (Jeffery) was
born in the West of England, and had been put on shore in the
island of Sombrero, from an English sloop of war, by eider of
the Captain, having been conveyed in the boat by a master's mate
and four men ; and that the offence for which he was sent on
shore was, for having taken some spruce beer belonging to the
Officers--that he remained on the island for three or f Air days,
and subsisted by eating crab-fish that happened to be washed on
shore, and getting water to drink from the crevices of tke rocks
after it had rained": that he bad been taken up from the island by
the schooner Betsey, Captain Francis, of Marblehead, on her
voyage from Martinique to Marblehead. That at the time Jef-
fery came to Marblehead in the said schooner Betsey, he worked
with a butcher there, and afterwards left Marblehead for Borer-
ley, a distance of about six miles, and where deponent saw him
last in the month of March, 1809, working with a blacksmi h,
and from whom, as deponent understood, he received wages at
the rate of 18 dollars per month. And this deponent further
saith, that the said Jeffery was well known in the neighbourhood
of Marblehead and Beverley, previous to deponent's leaving, and
was generally called by the name of -the " Governor of Som-
brero," it being io notoriously known there that he had been put
on shore by the order of an English sloop of war; that Jeffery
appeared to deponent to be about 22 or 23 years of age, and about
five feet foar or five inches in height, with a light complexion,
and rather slender made."

The prisoners of war at the depot at Portsmouth
amount to about 12,000. Portchester Castle is fit-
ting up to receive between 6 and 7000 ; and Forten
Prison holds about three thousand. The prison ships
in that harbour, which at present contain those which
are to be removed to Portchester, will be paid off. It
will prove necessary to keep four or five ships in com-
mission, to hold those which the above prisons will
not, and for the immediate reception of others who
maY become captives. We are sincerely glad to hear,
that, considering their number, there are but very
few sick amongst them.
A servant of Mrs. Guest, in Red Lion-street, Cler-
kenwell, having, some time since, accidentally swal-
lowed a needle, was, a few days ago, seized with ex-
cruciating pain in the small of her back ; and, on a
neighbouring Doctor being sent for, and examining
her, he discovered the point of the needle making its
way through the skin. He immediately extracted it,
and she is now recovering.
One day last week, at Spalding, during the funeral
procession of a poor mani_a cow, which had been
over-driven, attacked the bearers, goring one of them
severely, and tearing the cloaths of some others,
compelled them to drop the corpse and fly for shelter.
The animal then, to the horror and amazement of a
great number of spectators, repeatedly butted at the
coffin, and would probably have broken it to pieces,
had not assistance been procured, and the beast se-
cured.
On Thursday morning last, one of the London
coaches from Liverpool, unfortunately overturned by
the breaking of a wheel, near the house called Mock.
beggar Hall, on the Prescot-road. The inside pas.
sengers escaped with little injury; but one of the
outside passengers, Mr. OwEN, an attorney of Staf-
fordshire, was bruised so dreadfully by the coach
falling on his breast, that he survived only an hour
afterwards. He was taken into a house by the road-
side, where he had just time to declare who he was,
and to dictate a few lines, as his last will and testa-
ment, which, at his request, was transmitted to his
friends.
FlRES.—Thursday morning a fire broke out in the
village of Fordington, near Dorchester, which at first
threatened to be of very serious consequence ; but by
the exertions of the inhabitants, aided by the timely
arrieal of the light companies of the Western battalion
of the Local Militia, it was soon gorunder. It wa3
occasioned by the too-prevalent custom of throwing
out warm ashes, which kindled, and communicated
to a fuel-house, when the whole was almost instanta-
neously in a blaze.
Friday a fire broke out in a bakehouse at Shrewton,

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR APRIL.
•
The weather, through nearly the whole of last month, has been
favourable to the farmer, by enabliwthigkto get in hiss upon
the tender soils that were somewbd sibustosol•by the heavy rains
in March. The lams have waded wails sod bate else most
pramhing appearance, which generally precedes a pal swop
The young wheats are tillovsing In the most prolific manner,
and promise to make reparation for injury date by the slug and
the frost. The Spring sown is forming a strong plant en those
lands that worked kindly; the crop in general has greatly im-
proved since the beginning of March.
The barley, owing to the genial and timely showers, comes up
regularly, in consequence of which we may expect a full and
even crop.
Oats upon lays, from the same cause, are very promising.