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London, England, 1818-03-18 00:00:00

FALMOUTH, MARCH IS.

Wind W.—Put back the Ann, AIUER, for Cadiz ;
Ocean, ARROWSMITH, for Honduras; and a Dutch
,dogger, for Newry.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.
Wind. N.W.—Came in the Mary, ASHFORD, from
Oporto to Liverpool, with loss of bowsprit and bul-
warks; and the Lapwing cutter, from a cruize.

LYIHYGTON, MARCH 17.
Wind NM. strong gales.--Arrived the Lady Banks,
—, from London for Bengal, and remains with the
rest of the outward-bound ships.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16.
Wind N.W.—Arrived the Flying Fish, TitoursoN,
with the cargo of the Goree Packet, from Gibraltar ;
John and Robert, DowALosox, from St. John's, New
Bruns • ick ; and Caledonia, WATSON, from Lisbon.

JERSEY, MARCJI 11.

In the memory of the oldest inhabitants of this
island there has not been a continuance of such tern
pestuous weather as has been experienced here for the
last fortnight ; great damage has been done, particu-
larly in the storm of Wednesday night last, attended
by rain, hail, and thunder. Great apprehensions were
entertained for the packets ; one, however, arrived
yesterday evening, and brought the three mails due ;
she left Weymouth at twelve o'clock on Monday, the
wind having shifted to the N. W. During this dis-
astrous weather there has been scarcely any arrival
from France, which has made all kinds of provisions
very dear. The weather is now moderate, but the
wind has got to the S. S. W. and threatens more
storms and rain.

GRAVESEND. MARCH 17.

Arrived the Union, Asallaway, from Harlingen ; fluke of
York, Fryer, from Rotterdam; Mary, Fox, and Two Brothers,
Farington, from Ostend; and Assiduous, Jenkins, from Patras.
Sailed the Hopewell, Smith, for Barbado=s ; Galen, Tracy, for
Boston ; Letitia Tennant, Montgomery, for Belfast ; Neptune,
Stranack, for Ostend ; and Jane, Walker, for Memel.

CUSTOM-HOUSE. MARCH 17.

Sims rata® INWAILDS.—The Hero, Holloway, from Ostend;
Granger, Thomson, front Demerara ; and Forsigtighete, Wades,
from Stockholm. Ourwssos—The Boyne, Ferguson, for Ma-
deira, Isle of France, and Fort William ; Hector, Storey, and
Staniland, for Hamburgh ; Little Sally, Gibson, for
Trieste and Venice; Mary, lanes, for hlsineur and Petersburgh ;
Hope, Jones, for Dublin ; Fanny, Sadler, for Pernambuco; the
Pomona, Gay, for Para ; Reliance, Harrison; for Bahia ; raise,
Derjen, and Staines, Spencer, for cemen ; Heron, Faillant, for
CaLiis ; and Providence, M'Clelland, for Now Providence.

The ship Minerva left Liverpool on the 12th February, the
wind blowing hard from the S.W. On the Slat, at three In the
morning, she was struck with a tremendous sea, which carried
away her main and mizen masts by the board, and every thing
above deik, with one of the crew, bulwarks, rails, stancheons,
and tore the covering boards up. The shock was so great as to
I start the cetwater three inches from the main stem. In this hor-
rid situation she was pooped by the sea, which stove in the dead
lights, swept the deck fore and aft, washing the mate (Mr. Wat-
son) and one of the crew overboard, not to be regained, as she
was expected every moment to founder, the sea making a breast
over her, and in as the cabin windows, and 5 feet water in the
hold. The gale abated on the sad, when the crew succeeded
in
freeing the ship ; not a particle of canvas left except the fore top
sail, with assistance of which they succeeded in reaching Ulla-
pool, Loch Broom. Accounts have since been received that the
Minerva was burnt to the water's edge, and nothing saved of the
cargo except 20 or 30 bales of blanketing.
The French vessel which had been thrown on the
rocks near Castle Cornet, at Guernsey, on Sunday
the 22d ult. and supposed with all her crew to have
perished, has arrived at St. Malo.
Sunday se'nnight a French vessel was thrown on
the rocks at Guernsey, near St. Peter's Port ; some
of the men got on a rock, others got into a boat sent
from shore to their relief, in which was Captain DQ-
BELE, when melancholy to relate, the boat upset, and
the whole who were on board of her, consisting of
seven persons, were drowned. Those who got on
the rock were saved.
The following is an Extract of a letter from Sir
JAMES SAUMAREZ, to his brother, at Newington,
dated Guernsey, March 11 :—" It has fallen to me
to make you acquainted with a most afflicting e►ent
that has befallen our dear nephew, Nicilotais Dos RES.
-On Monday morning, soon after day-light, an ac-
count was brought to this place that a vessel had been
totally wrecked in the night near the Bay of Cobeau ;
which his father having communicated to him, he
immediately made to the spot, and was the first to
discover the unfortunate crew on a large rock,
which is not covered in the high tides. The sea was
at the time too boisterous to afford them . assis-
tance ; and, as the pde was going down, his father
and himself returned home to breakfast. He
wrote me a short note to inform me of the circum-
stance, and at the same time mentioned, that the,
crew must remain on the rock till nearly low
water, about two o'clock ; concluding, they ought
to thank GOD for so providential an escape. They
soon after returned to the coast ; and our beloved
nephew, prompted by humanity, and fearing that the
unfortunate crew would perish from fatigue and
hunger, prevailed upon six men to accompany him
in a boat and go to their assistance; they approached
the rock with some difficulty, and let go an anchor,
throwing a small grapnel, by which three of the men
reached the boat ; when a heavy sea nearly fine&
her, and lamentable to relate, another soon after took
her under the bow, and overset her. In this manta
was our beloved nephew taken front this world, with
eight other men, two of the boatmen only being
saved. The unhappy father beheld the sad catas-
trophe from the beach."
Captain I)ouitea formerly commanded his Ma-
jestv's ship ZENOBIA. He accompanied BONAPARTE
to the Island of St. Helena, was considered a zealims
and excellent Officer, and was universally esteemed
by those who knew him.