Star.
London, England, 1823-09-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Puce BLACRWOOD (late of the TOPAZL) is promoted
to the rank of Post Captain.-11r. J. MAe Doxatt, (nephew of
Sir Jaascs ALZIANIKI Gloanon, K.C.8.) of the Royal George
yacht, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. The promotion
of several other Officers of the Royal Yachts is also said to have
taken place. Lieutenant R. SHARPS is appointed to the Windsor
Castle; Mr. Micstaitx A terseit to be Purser of the ALACEITT.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sr W. Luutev, K.C.B. G 0..,
vernor of the island of Bermuda, who has been some time itt
England, returns to his Government in the GLASGOW frig ire,
Captain Dons, which ship also takes out Commissioner 8111461
and family, who arrived at Portsmouth tin Saturday evening.
A letter from Port Royal (Jamaica), dated July 20, states
that Commodore Sir Eawa an Owes continued there, in the
Oxoncessui, 74, Captain G. F. Rico. The PHAETON, Captain
NI
STORY, had sailed for Vera Cruz ; PVIACS
comet, C.B. With a eeir- through
vey thugh the Gulf Captain P..l4ew.
of Florida, and to
the Windward Islands; Hyraazow, Captain Lttracsae ; and
Stout, Captain Wanton, for the Havannah; the femme, Capt.
R. Storroan, withthe trade fur St. Jago de Cuba and Havannah ;
Taunus, Capt. A. Foases, ac Campeachy, Vera Cm, and
Tampico; GRSCIAR, Lieutenant C.awter, for Port-au-Prince.
Most of the ships were employed in convoying the country trade
front port to port, though there bad been no recent instance of
piracy, either by the Havannah or St. Domingo freehootere.
Thursday, Rear-Admiral Sir Guiana Krim, K.C.B. hoisted
his Bag in the &Alistair., 78, Captain &moon Fatcorr, and will
bail about the 10th instant, for Rio Janeiro, to relieve Commo-
dore Sir Taoatas Haim-, Bart. K.C.B. in the South American
command.
The Daniel, Amax, trrived in the Downs, frog the South
Seas, brings the following account, viz.—The 'ruscan, Stave's,
with 1,500 barrels of sperm oil ; Zephyr, STATERS, 1,200 ; and
the Elizabeth, PARLRI/, 2,300 ; which vcs‘els may be expected
from Timor daily.
The Havannah packet, Ruston, bound to Havannah, was on
shore on Saturday, off Liverpool.
The •CARNATIC, of 80 guns, building in Portsmouth Dock-
yard, is ordered to be completed by the 24th inst.
Ships at Spithead, the SPARTIATIL In the Harbour, the
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, GANORS, ALRION, GLASGOW, AIRNAI. VICTOR,
and ALACRITY.

Fuxin:zit, Sere. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Polley
and Sprightly, from In, ; Atlas, ADAMS, from Virginia in
thirty-one day.; Wenner, ()aim ; and Berensdorff, Likuau,
from Schien ; and his Majesty's ship SERINOAPATAM, iTOIII the
Eastward. Sailed the Prince Regent packet, fur the Brazils ;
Lady Arabella packer, for Lisbon ; Camden packet, fur Cadiz
and the Mediterranean; and Lady Wellington packet, for Jamaica.
PLYMOUTIIIi SEPT. 5 —Wird N.W.—Arrived the Robert and
Ann, from Bristol for Quebec, out three weeks, put hack leaky.
Sailed the Lady Kennaway, Su arms., for Calcutta. Off the port,
the Sir Andrew Liammond,from Lonlon for the South Seas.

PORTS3IOO2I4 Sew. Majesty's ship Matra!, 26 guns,
Captain FAIRFAX Moarssr, C.B. which arrived on Tuesday
from the Isle of France and the Cape of Good Hope, has oa
board his Excellency Sir RoBFRT FARQURAR, Bart. late Gover-
nor of the Mauritius; Lady Fa,aiiirAx, and suite; :.is Facet-
lency having been relieved in the Governorship of that Colony
by Lieutenant-General the lion. Sir G. L. Coi.x, G.C.B. The

kENAI Sailed from the Isle of France in the middle of May, ;r1
proceeded thence to Madagascar, which place she left the Cieh
May for the Cape of Good Hope; left the Cape of Gold I lope
9th July, and St. Helena 23d. The A RIADNE, 26 guns, Capt.
IBlooasost, and the Esetzota, Captain COLIIER; were left at the
Isle of Prance. Commodore Noetsa, C.ll. with the AMMO-
me.eNe frigate, and Datiour sloop of war, Captain liAv, were
left at the Cape, and also the 3lanaoasean, Captain NEPEAN;
' from India ; the latter was to sail the following day f.,r St. He-
lena and England, and may be daily expected. The 1/auxruiss,
26 gun ship, Captain Gametes, sailed from the Cape for England
the day before the MENAI; and she left St. Helena also the day
before the Mexat, but was to touch at Ascension on her way
home with supplies for the use of the garrison. Sir Bonner
Fleet/clue and suite landed on Wednesday evening, and the
Mssott is to come into harbour to be paid off, having been in
commission upwards of four years. On the voyage home, Sir
IL. FAINVIIAIL visited Madagascar, to take leave of the Chiefs,
and was received with great ceremony. .Many thousands of the
natives on that occasion came front a great distance in the lute.
rior, all of them bringing presents, with their own free will, as
-peace-offerings. Two thousand well-disciplined and well-clothed
black troops fired three volleys in honour of the visit. The word
of command to the soldiers was given in Eitglish. Since the
treaty concladed with the British Government for the abolition
of ,he slave-trade, the island of Madagascar is said to have Image
very great progress in civilization.
Seri. 7.—Wind R.—Arrived the Predpriate, Russian frigate,
from Cronstadt for Kamtschatka ; Alberti's, PRALII, fawn
sund. Sailed the Prince Oscar, for Cadiz.
DEAL; Sere 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the
River' the Juno, TUITT, from St. Lucia ; Vigilant, Davit:mow,
from Lisbon; and St. Vincent, Palmer, front St. Vincent's.
Sailed the whole of the outward.hound.
G a =NOCK, Serf. 2. Arrived here yesterday, the John,JAcr-
' SON, from Green'and, with 25 fish, 160 tuns of oil—the best
fished ship yet reported front thence. Left the ice in lat. 70.
20. 10ng.17. on the 16th Aug. in company with the Venerable,
of Hull, and parted company in lat. 66. 50. long. 14.
PENZANCE, Sarr. 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the brig Jo.
sepha, of this port, SANDERSON, front Petershurgh, with hemp,
tallow, &c. for this place; Sincerity, THOMAS, from
Hawkesbury, STRUGN ELL, from Southampton; Kingfisher, G irr-
vsLt., from ditto, with flour and malt ; Thomas and Mary,
SQUIRE; and Thomas, At.zie, from Bude, with bark. A large
Norway ship has just arrived'in St. Ive's roads, from Dram, with
a cargo of timber, for Hoyle. Sailed the ,Amity of this pot t,
Hearn ; Ann, 31tzt.ea; and the William and Esther, also of
this port, liereems, foe Wales. Some of the drift boats at S.
lye's landed from ten to twelve hogsheads of very fine pilchards,
taken in the drift nets. dne boat took 25,000 fish.

Vzsszts srozni wrru—The William Harris transport, from
Cork, on the 19th ult. in lat. 45. long. 48. General Brown, Goan
Liverpool to Miramichi, on the 17th, in lat. 45. long. 50. Su-
sannah, from the Clydeto Pictnu, on the 21st, in ht. 46. long.
41. and Maria Elizabeth, from liambuegh to Baltimore, on the
14th, in lat. 45. long. 46.—0 U well.
Awn:ls—At Oporto, the Cochrane, Mitchell ; Kitts, Baker ;
and Hawke, Stanley, from Newfoundland. At Lisbon, Dol-
phin, from Newfoundland. At 311ramichi, Gosport,
Jago, from Newfoundland. At Trinidad, Aurora, Blackstone,
from Newfoundland. At Newfoundland, Maria, oveys, from

the Clyde • and Siren, Taylor, from Hull. At tkoebsc:, Coun-
tess Dalhuste, Stewart, from London. At the Cape of Good •
Hope, Hero, Riches, from Mauritius. At Buenos Ayres, Alert,
Urc, frotuTencriffe. At Uessitta, Amelia, Doyle, from Lis erpoul.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of WutrrEst- .
BURG was expected at Frankfort cm the 31st ult. Her
MAJESTY travels :Is the Countess of GRONINGEN.

M. POIIADMICHIN, Chief Contractor for the Rus-
sian Army, and Major-Gen. ItlonowiNow have died .
lately, the latter of a wound received in a duel. -
IHB • •
ADELPIII TIIEATRR.-Mr. 11 !axe gave his
admirable Entertainment at this Theatre,ou Satin-

day evening, for the last time this season; and re-
turned thanks for the distinguished patronage which
he had received, in a suitable address. •
CORN F.XCIIANGE, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 8. •
The supplies of all kinds of Grain last week were middling,
but quite sufficient fot the present limited demand. This morn.
ing there are only moderate quantities of Corn fresh in, and the
weather having continued for several days remarkably fine, cautes
a general dullness to prevail In the sale of ap descriptions of.
Grain. The samples of new Wheat that at present •come to•
market are for the most part damp and unfit for our millers' use.
The trade for such descnptions has deefined is. to Ss. per qua:ier
from the prices of last Monda-y. Old samples of drL qualities
I neatly maintain lait quctatlons. Barley meets with a 14.avy sale,
at is. per quarter reduction in value. Beans sell very heavily, and
are also Is. per quarter cheaper. Bulling Peas baldly maintain
the prices last quoted. Grey Peas are unaltered. Oats a; e
pienriN), and sales can hardly be effected at a reductisin ut is
per quarter from the prices of list Monday. Flow tilde coati,- •
nues excessively dull. Rapeseed is rather lower.. •
SMITHFIELD kIARKK:f, SEPTIsIMBER.S.
The above Market was rather shell of oxen this tttprnsngl.butsl
in. small meat the supply Was good. • lligher prices • Were deZ
mantled, particularly for Reif, but the butchers did :Atli heeilliT.
to purchase freely. Cutreht l'rices:
Beef, "per stone of Albs. 35.: OS, to 4s. od. Od. to 5.,..,,
Lamb, 4s. 04. to Sa..o4..idottoo, (rig *Ai" *Or Rifeth-So. 00.
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to ss. 101
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