Star.
London, England, 1817-01-08 00:00:00

WATERFORD, DECEMBER N.

About half. past three o'clock on Saturday, the brig
Agnes, of and from Greenock, JOHN hi,Ewors, &lif-
ter. bound to Gibralrar, Malta, and Lima, wilt an
assorted cargo of sugar, baled goods, &c. got on the
bar at the entrance of Rineshark harbour, forming
the eastern side of Tramore bay. The Captain and
crew, consis:ing of nine persons, were all saved.

LIMERICK, DECEMBER 91.
The seho•ner Little Dudley, PATRICK MORAY,'
Master, of and from St. John's, Newfoundland, for
Waterford, with oil and fish, was obliged to put into
this river on Christmas day, in so leaky a condition,
.that only for 7u passengers who were on board, it is
supposed she inust have 'gone dovro—tbe schooner
now lies near Tabor.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE•MONEY.
Eoryalus, for the destrucdon of a French vessel rn the Coast of
Sardinia, this day, at 9, New Broad.street ; mailed Wednesdays

and Thursdays.
Forester, for the Lovely Lass, on Saturday, at 22, Norfolk-
street, and there recalled.
CUS FOhl-HOUSE, JANUARY 7.
Snits Eta re:tan Iwwwaus.—The Realty, Richardson, from
Oporto; William, Johns, irons Lishog • Neptune, from
St. Übe's : Ewer, Robertson, from BOurdeaux ; and Regret,
Herrick, from Calcutta.
Oorw.taos.-- fle Colette, Dos, for Antwerp; Frederick,
flarber,lor, Magadan ; Princes, of Wales, Fox, for Ostend;
Really, Illschwell. for Baltimore, (A. S.); Three Johns, Robrts,
for Amsterdam ; Mary Ann, N% ebster. for Madras and fugal ;
Ease, Gardner, for Madeira • Prince, Braithwaite ; sad Trident,
may, for Jamaica; sad Margaret, Thomas, fur Trieste and

PLUNDERING OF WRECK(.
The inhuman conduct. so often detailed on the part
of the people termed I Wreckers: has called forth the
interference of the Bishop of S'. David's, who has
issued the following Circular Letters—
.. Rev. Sza—The disgreceibl transactions which have lately
taken place on the coast of Cardiganshire, and of Pillehrokeshire,
Induce use to request you to write** all the Clergy 'of your
Deanery, whose parishes Me 04 theo•ra coast, and to Whom (bent
that it is my warmest wish and injunction, that they will lose no
time in representing to their congregations,
tin terms • sharper
than aqy twanged sword,' the cruel and onclristianlike enormity
of pitunkring wrecks; and that, to the future, they will preach
to them on this subject once a quart*, or, at bast, twice every
year, end press smelly 00 their consciences the flagrant crintl.
nailty of this inhuman practice, so disgraceful to thetas as Britons
and Christians, to the enlightened country of whithithey are us.
three, sod more especially to the neighbourhood which they in-
habit; and wholly repugnant to every pnncil le, spiritual and
practical, of the basevolent religion they profess.
" I am, Reverend St, your faithful and affectiaeste [fiend.
" T. ST. Dams's."
NAVAL PROMOTIONS.
Captain W. Hill, Bacchus, to the rank of Pint Captain andte
command the Conway ; Captain E. Barnard, to the Bacchus ;
Captain R. Rowley. Egeria; Captain Baumgardt. Madagascar.—
The Egesia is for the Newfoundland 1414100 the Madagascar as
a troopship, is to take two hundred Royal Marine Artillery to
Quebec.—Licutenaws R. Bluest and J. Robertson (a), to be
Commanders—Messrs. Draper, Frawley. Mackellsr. Gilchrist.
Stewart, Mesh Thous**, Moodie, Foster, and Murton, to be
Lieetenantee..-Mr. J. W. Edman, to be iurgeon.—Lieutenants
T. Goble, to the Severn; G. Pierce, and I. Tully. Madagascar;
G. Dainty, &atomic: ; G. It. Tailw, Stokoe, to
be Surgeon of the Conqueror; Mr. Dallaway, to be Surgeon of
the Seven' —Mr W. Askew tote Parser or the Naval Force
on take Erie. Masters—deorge Hollnuok, ro command the
Sydney, surveying vessel; 3. Bothant, to the Cadmus; J. Living-
stone, to the Cherokee ;C. Cleveland, to the Hope. Burgeons—
!. 8. Boron, to the Albi on; Junes Osborne to the Cadmus;
George Bellamy, to ilor Egeria; Glick Osborne, to the Rosario.
Assistant-Surgeon—Anthony Donahoe. to the k.geria. Pulver—
John Thorn, to the Egeria. Edward Pownell, Esq. to be Clerk
of Survey at Woolwich Duck-yard.

We understand that two, if not three vessels, were]
lately lost on Pemb:cy Sands, Curmarthenshire I one
a Bristol West Indiaman, another a ship from St.
Ives to Newport, a third, at present unknown.
The sloop of war about to be laid down at Wool-
•wich, and named the ATHOL, is to be built of larch.
from the woods of the Duke of ATHoL. in Scotland.
;This highly esteemed wood (a native of the Alps),
having been introduced into this caontry only 80
lyears, has not, tilt now, afforded trees of a sufficient
in to give a fair trial to the timber.