Star.
London, England, 1811-05-02 00:00:00

GREENOCK, APRIL 29.

The sloop Hope, HL-NTEit, from Liverpool for
Leith, laden with salt, staves, and turpentine, was run
foul of by the Nereus, SANGSTER, on Friday night, off
Wemyss Bay, and shortly after wens down—clew
saved. Sunday se'nnight, the ship Douglas, Capt.
EVANS, from Demerara for Liverpool, put into 13e1-
fast' in distress. At two o'clock A. M. of the pre-
ceding morning, she lost her fore and maintop masts,
in a heavy squ:ll off Holyhead. Four men NlE:re on
the main top gallant yard at the time of the masts
going over ; one was saved, the other three were un.
fortunately lost. The Morning Star, HALL, from
Malta, is released from quarantine. The Mars, na-
UUSON, is arrived at Lisbon from hence.
The Prince Adolphus packet, which sailed from
Falmouth the 20th ultimo, arrived at Gibraltar the
Bth• instant. A fleet limn EuLland arrived there
about the same time.

Monday arrived in Leith Roads, the AQUILON fri.
gate, from Portsmouth. The EGERTA slot pof war
was forced back t 3 the Roads on Saturday night, by
the strong easterly wind. Saturday afternwm, the
FORWARD gun-brig made the signal Jar a convoy to
Gottenburgl•.

The following vessels sailed from Oporto the 1e1:1) ult. under
convoy of the Fawn, and are all arrivotl;—the Flora, :liehvil, for
'l (Thom ; Jubilee, Letten, fcr Soutlion; Drummointl,
fur Portsmouth; and the Vice, Harris, for Yarmouth.
NAVAL APPOINTMFNTS. •

Capt. Edward Griffith to be Captain of the North Fea Fleet,
Capt. Josias Rowley to the America, Capt. Sproule to the Dorset
yacht, Capt. Karon (pro terrpore) to the Ninbe, Capt.ll man to
the Carillon ; Lieut. Creyke to be First Lieutrnant of the Chris•,
tian VII. Lieut. R. Harrison to be First Lieutenart of the Mars,
Mr. Alex. Brown, of the laaper, to be Pure of the Brune, pia
Larmotar, dismissed by sentence of a Court I.lartial. •
The lion. Capt. W. Wahlegrare, of the Melpotnne, Is pro.
motel to the rank of Pest Captain ; and Lieut. Gordon Falcon,
of the 13arfleur, to the rank of Commander.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-111PNEY.

The Wildboar, for la Verbe, captured April 12, 1809, wai
paid the 30th ult. and will be recalled at :22, Essex-street, Strand.
'I he Primrose, for a Dantsh schooner, captured May 21,1810,
was paid and will be recalled us above.
The Acteon, for the Sally, recaptured Feb. 7, 1811, and tit*
Curlew, for a Danish vessel, captured Nov.
,10, 1809, will be paid
on Friday next, and recalled at No. IS, Great George-street,
Westminster.

The Sheerness, for the Petronella, detained August 28, 1807,
was paid the 10.7 th ult. and will be recalled, at 22, Norfolk-►treet.
The Indignant, for the Vrow Cornelia, captured Oct. 1, 1809,
was paid yesterday, and will be recalled, at No.7U, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury-square.
The Arrow, for 11 Zodiaco, captured Feb. 91, 1804, and-El Sal•
vador, Nov. 26, 1804, will be paid on Saturday next, and recalled
at Nu. 23, Norfolk-street en Tuesdays and Fridays.

The Royalist, for the /F.olus, captured August 19, 1807, will
be paid on Saturday next, and recalled at No. 23, Norfolk-street;
on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Phosphorus, fur the JEolms, captured August 19, 1807,
will be recalled at No. 22, Norfolk-street.
The Bloodhound, for the Aiolus, captured August 19, 1807,
will be paid May 9, and recalled at No. 3, Clifford's bin, on
Wednesdays and Fridays.
The Tartarus, for the Alexander, captured July 6, 1810, will
be recalled at No. 2, Janus-street,
The Puissant and Linnet, for the Deodoris, captitied August
97, 1807, will be paid on beard, on Jaturday nt xt, and recalled
at No. S 2, Norfolk-street.
The Paz, for several captures at Heck, August 16, 18091
will be paid on her arrival, and recalled at 6, Stanhope-street.
The Meleager, for the Jong Lars, captured Sept.!;, :807, will
be paid on Friday next, at Nu. 1, Janice-street, Adelphi; and
-recalled on Wedestlays and Fridays.

T

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Sunday morning the Chester mail.coach was over-,
turned, two miles beyond Hockliffe. The coachman
was killed upon the spot. The passengers and guard
escaped without any. serious injury.
The Royal Vault, in Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel,
Windsor, is repairing with great dispatch, and is on a
very magnificent scale. It ti intended to have a cr,l2-*
munication by a subterraneons passage to a smaller
vault in St. George's Chapel, where the interments
arc to take place. .: •
There is now living .at the till. ge of Tterary,:itt
Staffordshire, five miles from Bunton-upon-Trent,.
Mrs. Ann Moore, who has lived, or rather existed,,
without f:iod, for three years and a half ; and with-.
out any liquor, not even so mochas a glass of water,•
for two years and a half. In respect to the use of her
frame, all the lower parts up to her body are useless,
and totally dead. Her legs are bended under her, and
tla:ir sinews grown stiff—her voice is low and faint,
but accurately distinct--abe takes snuff, and is now .
iu her 50th yeltro.•

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