Star.
London, England, 1811-01-21 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY ilo.

Arrived the SNAPI sloop of war from the Leeward
Islands.

DIAL, JANUARY 20.
Sailed his Majesty's ships SAN DOMINGO, Drrrvcitt
and FOIITOSPE, for Portsmouth.---Put back the Val.
met- Castle, Milford, and the Henry Addington E Ist
ladiamen.—Wind S.W. ind fine weather.

SHF.E!NESS, JANUARY L,O.
Arrived the MANLY gun-brig, from Chatham I
OLYMPIA, from the River Thames; the MAartat.
CRUIZER, and LYNX, from the Eastward ; and Ciao.,
staa, from the Westward, Sailed for Chatham t
MERcustius and SIIELDRAXE sloops. Came into his.
bour the GLUCXSTADT sloop of wTai-. 'Went out c 4
harbour the RUBY, TherAyoa, and TRINCULO.
YARMOUTH, JANUARY 20.
Yesterday and this morning the followipg ships
left these Roads for the Norc, viz --PAkttAnz fri-
Sgate EREBUS, RALEIGH, cRUIZER, RANGER, and
itzusaasts sloops; PORTIA, ItIDBRIAST, EXERTION,
LOCUST, MARTIAL, HEARTY, BLAZER, CRACKER,
TRASHER, and:Pptcuaa gnn-brigs ; and on a cruize,
BRITOMART, VIXEN, and CHARTICLEEK.—Remain the
Roebuck and Leveret ; and in dm harbour, refitting
Acute, Censor, and Snipe gun brigs, Cheerful and
Swan cutters, Emms, Paz, Jande, and Patriot armed
vessels.—Wind S.W.
LEITH, JAN. 17.

The Ardent, GI, which sailed on Sunday, has corm,
bu'anchor ten or twelve miles down the Frith ; and
the Amiable frigate has returned to the Roads, and
is at anctionvith her convoy to the eastwafd of Inch-
keith. The Snake brig made the signal for sailing
yesterday morning- ; she is goir on a cruise. These
vessels hive siace sailed.


I A large three Matted vestel,lits*4lo,o44lo.'
tend a few days Vince.
The following whalers were 041 od the coast of
reru at the uedermtntioned dates t The Venus with.
844) barrels, the end of August; the Petseve. ;owe.
with 1500 ditto, in September4:l4bames, With 1100
ditto, in August $ Leviathan, with 600 ditto, in Jilly
Seringanatam, with 120 ditto, in September.
The Halberts; WrasoN, from Honduras to I.teadotto
was in company with the Fortitude on Tuestlay night.
The Fortitude arrived off Dover on Wedneadq.
The Lady Mitchell, HoDD, sailed from Nova
Scotia on the 28th of September, and has not since
been heard of.
The Catherine, TAIT, frcm London to Tarragona.
went into Barceßma by mistake, and was captured by
the French. •
The outward-bound West India fleet, 1 t 9 sail, was
spt ke on the sth instant in lat. 41. 481. N. long. 15.
52. W. all well.
ADMIRALTY COVET, lAMARY 17.
Allacrtino, Boyer master.—This was a further proof cue,evlth
respect to destination.—Condemned.
Dash, master.—This vessel, with others, was seized by
order of Commodore Owen, on the surrender of Brouweishavt.o g
and the question was, whether she was to be considered is a pet.
vateer or a merchant vessel? The Court concluded her to be
the latter, and entitled to protection, under one of the articles of
capitulation.—Rest oted.
master.---This was a case of a similar descrips
don.—Restnre d.
Die Fran Margaretha, Bohne maiter..-There being no chilli
in this case, ship and cargo were condemned.
Maria Dorothea, Kohlen master.—This vessel sailed ender
Swedish colours, and was captured going into an interdicted port.
—Cargo condensneL
Dorothea L.ouisa, Zirk master.—further proof required of that
property of the cargo.
Frederica Dorothea, Dahl master.—Thts vessel, under Danish
colours, vas laden with deals and iron.—Condemned.
Helena Rebecca, Fairings master.—This ship, laden with corn,
was captuted en a voyage from Humes to North Bergen.—Con-
demned.
Patrioten, Hermansen master.—This vessel, under Danish to.
lours, was laden with barley and rye. Further proof required.
Fertuna, Cordsea master,—The claimants declined proceeding
any further.—Condemued.
Heilperon Forjusen master.—This verse!, laden with malt,
was proceeding from Rostock to Bergen.—Condemned.
Frau lenge, Hendrick master.—Property restored, subject to
the captors expellees.
Anna Maria, Hagman master.—Tkis vessel was under Prtgs-
sian colours, laden with tobacco, tallow, ai.l flaz.Condenaned.
Ingelbourg Maria, Forjusen /Ant:n-7'li% vessel was El,ln with
malt, &c.—Ship and cargo condemned, and the private alveraures
restored.

Pilaulch, Cuyt muter 4 and longe Pieter, hos nuster.—Pro.
perty restored.

JANUARY 18.
Alexander, Raabe master:— rhis vessel, under tnis;an co.
lops, Was bound from Rubsia to London. Itestored, reserving
the question of costs, damages ant captor? erpences.
Hoop, Wryland master.—This vesseli under DLitt% colours,
laden with tar and mats, was proceeding from Archangel, ustvn.
silly, to a port in Hollant—The Court required the letters front
the owners to be produced.

CEconomie Erin master.--This Prussian vessel was lades
with wheat st:sd rye, from Stettin to Getterburg.—The Court
gave leave for the admission of capture affidavits.
Marquis Cornwallis.—This was a question of salver —One.
sixth salvage pronounced.
Vrow Elizabeth, Cloudappel master.—This vessel undtr Dutell
colours, was laden with pitch and tir.--Restored.

Entlin Gabriel, --: master —This vessel was sailing under
Danish colours, with barley and rye.—Restered, Subject to Use
expeoces of taking depositions.
HIGH COURT OF APPEAL, Lew. 19.
THZ BRIG IiERMIONE.
This was an appeal from the Court of Admiralty,
in a case of salvage of ship and.cargo, brought by the
owners of the vessel against a decree of that Court,
which had been pronounced in favour of the clainnusts,
under the following circumstances :
The vessel in question was captured by a French
privateer, on her voyage borne from the Leeward
Islands, the crew were all taken out iiteept the mate
and three ordinary seamen, and a prize-master, with
eight hands, put on board for the purpose of carrying
the captured ship into Guadaloupe. These men were
all well provided with arms—cutlasses, pistol's, ace.
During the voyage, the mate discovered, that four of
the enemy's crew were not Frenchmen, but foreigners
serving on board the French vessel, and, not o .
hole crew, only four could steer, two of those were
French, and the other two foreigners, who took the
helm alternately. The mate contrived to enter into
a sort of confidential intercourse or conspinicy with
the foreign seamen, and whenever the watch came to
their turn persuaded them to keep the vessel to the
Inorthward as much as possible, in the hope of falling
in with some friendly ship or island. In this manner
the voyage was prosecuted, the ship going for twelve
hours out-of the twenty-four, doe north, and directly
out of their intended course. The prizentaster, who
`was a bad sailor, was ignorant of this proceeding,
and when the Frenchmen took the helm, the mare
contrived to slip one of the pump-bolts into the bin.
nacle, by which stratagem the compass was attracted
to the southward, so that by this means, while thir
Frenchmen had the watch, they steered at least two
points to the northward of their regular course, and
eventually.they were brought into a most intricate
navigation among the islands, and got aground on a
reef of rocks, which run off an unnown land -by
the exertion of the crew; however, , the vessel eras
again put to rights, and proceeded on her voyage.—
The mate, disappointed thus far in his hopes, had
recourse to further stratagem, and threw is an addi-
tional quantity of old iron into the binnacle, which
had the desired effect, and made the compass swerve
still more from its point, and the next morning the
'Vessel got so fast on a ridge of rocks that all the exer-
tions of the crew woe vain. By this time the French.
men discovered that it was not the island of Guada.
lonpe that they had made,. but to their chagrin and
disappointment founphey were fast, almost within
a cable's length of the shore of the island of Antigua.
At this moment the mate seized all the arms he could
collect, and having • armed himself and comrades,
threw the remainder overboard, and bid defiance to
the enemy. The Frenchmen, panic struck, jumped
overboard, the mate immediately hoisted Epglish co-
lours, and fired three guns, and soon after assistance
came from the shore, and after much exertion the
vessel was got off, and brought, with her cargo, side
(into port, having sustained some injury.
.010 The defence against the claim for salvage was, that
the mate had only acted in this manner with a view
be prevert his being tarriedhuo an enemy's port, and
g made a prisoner of war ; and that by his means
the vessel was driven on a reef of rocks, where both
vessel and cargo might have been ultimately lost, and
therefore it was contended that the claimants were
not entitled to salvage.
The Court, after hell the arguments on both
sides, affirmed the decree the Court below.