Star.
London, England, 1810-06-26 00:00:00

TIIE BALTIC.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD
lIIS IHAJI.STY'S SHIP EDGAR, DATED WINGOE•SOUND,
JUNE 16.

In consequence of a number of inaccuracies re-
specting.the operations of the fleet in the Baltic,
ap-
pearing in several papers, I beg leave to contradict
some of them. Admiral REYNOLDS, in the St. George,
' passed us on the 20th May, off Petersdorf, previous
to which we had been Senior Officer, up the Bahic,
with the Orion and Saturn, and had done nothing :
the enemy did not annoy us in the least, passiog the
Belts, with the outward convoy ; but on the 31st ult.
in again coming down, the Sheldrake and two mer-
chant brigs being some distance a-head of the convoy
at anchor, and it being calm, they came out and
opened their fire on them ; a breeze springing up
about nine, the convoy weighed, when the Ranger
and Sheldrake returned their fire, and a heavy can-
nonading commenced ; the enemy's metal was heavy,
but owing either to the inferiority of their powder, or,
want of elevation of their guns, the sloops threw their
shot much farther than their range, and obliged them
to pull in-shore, without having done the smallest
mischief.

In the evening of the 31st a large convoy passed,
under the Princess Caroline. On the 3d June, Sir
Janus SAUNAKEZ passed us, with another convoy :
the Admiral did not bring up. On the 4th, we sent
the Sheldrake with dispatches after him, and on her
return the boats again attacked her, and she narrowly
escaped. On the 6th, we anchored at Anholt, and
sent the Alexandria home with the convoy. The
improvements made and making on this island do
the Governor infinite credit ; labour has not been
spired, and a great deal of ingenuity has been exer-
cised in its fortification ; by the winter it will be ca-
pable of defending itself .Ig;linst any force the enemy
can bring against it, and there is not the smallest
doubt, that, in the course of a year or two, it
will become_a place of considerable importance to the
Baltic trade. The soil is barren, being a complete
sand-bank ; but it affords excellent water, and in abun-
dance. We watered three line-of-battle ships in three
days, not fifty yards from the beach ; by digging three
or four feet deep, you find a spring of good water,
and the same all over the Island.

,6 The enemy nuking a move to the northward with
his gun-boats, and it being expected they would annoy
the convoy between this and Anholt, was the cause of
our coming here. We have no communication with
Gottenburgh. Nothing has been heard here of the
French fleet. The trade is carried on only by. Eng-
lish licences, and very few captures have been made."
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.••••••CapI. JAMES NASA IS ap-
pointed Flag Captain at Plymouth ; Capt. BROWN, of
the PLOVER sloop, is made Post; Capt. CAMPBELL,
late of the Helicon, is appointed to the PLOVER; Capt.
T. COLE is appointed to the NORTH STAR, a new
sloop of war, fitting out at Plymouth.
The appointment of Sir ROBERT CALDER to the
Chief Command at Plymouth is at length officially
announced.

Sir RICHARD STRACHAN it now nominated to the
Chief Command in the East Indies, instead of Admi-
ral KEATS ; and will sail, it is said, in the AFRICAINE
frigate, now at Plymouth.
Sir EDWARD PELLW has left Plymouth for London,
and the CHRISTIAN THE SEVENTH iS ordered round to
the Downs, where he will hoist his flag.
Wednesday morning last, a coasting sloop took fire
in Torbay, and was burnt to the water's edge. She
had just arrived from London, laden with hemp,
spirits, grocery, !cc. no part of which was saved.—
It was providentially discovered in time to save the
lives of two boys who were asleep on board. The ves-
sel was the property of Mr. Srnanas, of Torquay.