Star.
London, England, 1825-03-08 00:00:00

NAVAL LVTLLLIGENGE.

LOSS OP THE UDNEY, CAPTAIN HOLDEN, FROM
INDIA TO LONDON.
The Udney having encountered the severe gale in which the
Mary and George the Fourth suffered so much, on approaching the
east coast of Africa, was compelled to bear up for DeLagoa Bay,
where she was wrecked, about the end of June. The passenger:
and chief officer arrived in a whaler at St. Helena on the Bth Janu-
ary; about 100 packages of goods saved.
The Udney sprung a leak of the coast of Watts!, on the 15th of
June, and pat into Delagoa Bay, whence she was blown out on
the 42d, and proceeded to the hlotambique Channel; she drove
into baltattzbene Bay, and was lust there on the 2d July. Part of
the cargo was saved, consisting of the following : —BO cases carda-
mums 235 bags of pepper, which were sold at Alosambique, for
the be:selit of the Underwriters. Captain Hoklen proceeded from
the Mozambique in the San Martin, and arrived at Rio Janeiro on
the 7th January, whence he proceeded to England in the Emulous
packet, and arrived at Falmouth on the 14th ultk Her paasengers
were—Lieut. Gress. his Majesty's 60th Regiment; Lieut. Daw-
son, 41st ditto • flews. Foskett and Henderson. If. C. N. I. lAeut
Stapleton ; Assistant Surgeon Weilerton, H. C. S. lAeut. ilylins,
Ceylon Rifle Corps; Mhgttr W. Wellesley—all of whom, with
the Chief Officer, proceeded in the Emma, which arrived at St.
Helena Jan. b.
LOSS OF THE GEORGIANA, CAPTAIN BADCOCK,
FROM BENGAL TO THE CAPE.
The Georgiana was totally lost at Zanzibar, northward of the
Cape—crew, atc. saved.

Polymers:rove, Matto' 7.—Wind S.& W.—Arrived from the
Downs the Honourable Company's ship Herefordshire, Hoer, for
Madras and China; Briton. Surretr; St. Mary, BA XTIR ; and
British Tar, Routines., for Jamaica; Hope, Foaatrr, for Buenos
Ayres; Lively, lirrc:unr, for Smyrna ; ar►d Mint, Sartre, for Lisbon.
His Majesty's ship BULWA RK; Captain THOMAS DUNDAS. was paid
off, and laid up in ordinary, on Monday se'nnight. It Is not certain
whether the WA minim will be commissioned in her room, ne orders
having yet been received, except to prepare masts for her.
The Hermon, Captain Wx. Jamn MUMMY, fitting at Sheer-
ness, is nearly ready, and is expected to be at- Newhaven daring the
ensuing week; where she will be stationed as a depot for the Sus-
sex Coast Blockade; the superintendence of which service will be
trandevred from Captain IPCut.r.ocu, of the Rassitues, to Capt.
Museum, who will act under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief
at Portsmouth.

The Resolution tender arrived on Monday se'nnight from the
westward, and proceeded to sea again on Wednesday.
nommen Maus 6.4—Wind &S.W. strong gales, and thick
weather.— Aerived the Sphyux packet, from Chatham, and not the
Magnet packet, from Lisbon, as reported yesterday; Harmony,
Ross, from ad:la—sailed 24th December.
Porssonsu Mown 6.—Wind S.W. blowing a gale.—Arrived,
the Lady of the Lake, Gaol', from St. John's (N. B.) ; and from the
Downs, the Bandon, Wunemax, for Alexandria, and Triton,
CARTES, for Teneriffe.
COWIN MAWR 7.—Wind S.W. strong gales.—Arrived the
Sceptre, *maim, from Rio Janeiro, in 79 days, for London; and
the following outward bound vessels from the Downs, viz.—
Hautonia, Twat; for Gibraltar; Diana, Hernias, for New York;
Aietive, LINDY, for Charente; Ann, Wnurstoae, for Trinidad; and
Venus., Carex, for the Cape of Good Hope.
DIAL, Alums 7.—Wind S—Passed through the Ocean of
Whitby, from Sierra Leone-' Argus, GIRDLIM, front Charleston, in
I/2. days, for Antwerp; and Ann, Ricans, from the westward.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased
to confirm acting Lieutenants P. P. WYMN and A 'minium) Ma.
mina, of the Tweet., and have appointed them to that ship.
The Niemen transport has sailed from Portsmouth for Wool-
With, to discharge ter cargo.
The Rosa sloop, Captain the Honourable Cisours Amax, went
to sea on Thursday, merely to ascertain the trim of the vessel,
previous to sailing in company with the experimental sloops. The
trial sloops, OILIM211; Prtrites, and Cnometoit, are expected to be
Illready in a few days. The Crassezotr, on her next entice, will make
in addition of 200 yards to her canvass. Her mainsail alone con-
tains 100 yards more than that of the .oaernts.
The Twain has been ordered to refit at Spithead for Channel
service. The Somnatiest was to have sailed ou Wednesday fcr the
Cape of Good Hope, but she is now detained by Admiralty order.
Arenneratents.—Mr. Andrew Baird, Assistant Surgeon of the
Jasper, is appointed to the Royal George yacht, vice Scott pro.
mimed ; Mr. William Brown, of the Albion, to the Jasper, vice
Baird; Mr. Wm. Aitcheson, Assistant Surgeon, to the Isis, at Ja-
maica ; and Mr. George Burton, Assistant Surgeon, to the Victory.
Mr. James Lillierap Mordant, Purser of the Zebra; Lieutenant
Rd. Griffiths, to the Doris • Lieutenant Robert Caird, to the Red.
wing; Mr. Charles Osborne, Surgeon, to the Aurora; Mr. Wil-
liam Taylor Carpenter of the Myrtle, to the Phaeton ; Mr. James
Sutton, Acting Carpenter of the Tweed, has been confirmed in
that appointment ; Mr. Edward Sawkins to be Master of the
Orestes, vice Allen, discharged.
J. R. Guava, Rsq. Naval Storekeeper at Kingston, Upper Ca-
nada, has been appointed Naval Storekeeper at Deptford, /Ice
Joust Hoomus, Req.

1 Sierra Leone Gazettes to the 16th of January, state
that Cape Coast Castle continued as unhealthy as at any former
period. Among those who bad lately fallen victims to the baleful
climate, were the Rev. Mr. Dainty, the Chaplain, and Mr. CHIP.
MAX, of the Commissariat Scat.

Madras Government Gazettes to the 10th of October,
have been received, from which the following are extracu:

" CALCUTTA, SZT2I2IIIIOI 17.
The Roberts is in from Rangoon, the 26th August. Letters
dated the 21st, state, that it was understood there was an army of
110,000 men close in the neighbourhood, including cavalry, and
accompanied by thirty elephants. Our troops were strictly on the
watch. and under arms.
" Two additional European Regiments, and the Ist Cavalry, are
expected to be added to the present force of the Chittagong Divi-
deo, which wiU then amount to Isom men.
" The troops in general are in fair health, particularly the Euro-
pean portion. The 30th Native Infantry Is the most sickly."
We are glad to find that the French Government have',
'resolved to discontinue the sjandalous practice of open-'
ing the private communications passing between this
country and France, as will be seen by the following
" Calais, Sunday Evening.
" The Mayor of Calais received this day. at four o'clock, a tele-
graphic dispatch from Paris, with instructions for him and the
Sub-Prefect at Boulogne, to dissontinue opening any dispatches that
might be forwarded from this port or from that town, by mamba
*thanker's, to any part of the Continent."

Letters have been received by an eminent house in
die City, dated Rio, the Bth of January. They announce
that the EUPSROR has appointed Ministers to the Courts
of St. Petersburg)) and Paris.

The Fiench Government is putting down all clubs in
Paris, even such as exclude all politics are not excepted.
We understand that the Marine Alliance Company
have escApzd the loss that will be sustained by the un-
derwriters of the Kent—not being on the policy.

A MISTAK IL—ln the English Gentknuns of yesterday
a mistake was unconsciously made in the Leading Ar-
ticle. " Wednesday next" was named as the day of
ballot at the East India House, on the Hastings (Ines-
Lion :it is Friday, the 18th instant. There was an Ad-,
vertisement tolhat effect in the Paper, and yet the error
was committed in the Leading Article.

GUILDHALL.
Forionar —Andrew Illsiespons was yesterday fully committed by
Mr. Alderman WOOD for trial, charged with forging a bill of ex-
for LU 14e. purporting to be drawn by Thomas Oakley
ea-
change
upon and accepted by NI. Bakewell and Co. and payable
at W. Rawlings', 13, St. Dunatan'etilL.

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• CCOltr OF CHA‘ .'CgltY—nnit DAr,
Joni b. taanna—wash Otr anti.
nit win an application to commit the defendant to ate
Fleet iilitfat
of the Warden of the Prison, for a contempt of Conti, f
having married a young Lady withatlt penni,sion, and against the
consent of her guardians. The young Lady, nn Coining of age'
be.entitled to a fortune of nearly Xltooo, and the defendant
is also entitled to considerable property. An attachment had heed -
formed betVreen the young persons neatly tsVe jrears since. but the
friends being unwilling that the union should take plsce, they at
last resolved to elope, which they did, and went to ScotNad, where
they were m.irried. Their present reiWence did not appear to be
known, and under the circumstances it wad thought better, in the
first instance, to order their attendance on the Lard Chiba:Doe)
before the issuing of the order of committal.

LOSS OF THE KENT EAST LvDIAMANB

We yesterday gave a detailed account of the loss or
the Kent Indiaman, and now subjoin the following let-
ter, which contains minute details of the disaster, from
the accident which occasioned the fire, to the final
catastrophes—.
" Falmouth, March 6, 16154
" Sta.-4 enclose you a copy of the letter addressed to the Agents
to Lloyd's at this place, by Capt. Cook, of the Cambria, tespeeting
the loss of the Kent Rut Indiaman, by fire.
" I also annex a list of the passengers, troops, women, and eta.
dren which were on board at the time of the accident. The whole
of the Officers and passengets were saved, and the safety of the wo-
men is mainly to be attriboted to the noble and exemplary conduct
of the soldiers, who were as completely under the command of their
Officers, add as fespectful, u on a parade,during the trying occasion.
It is a pity so much monist be said of the sailors,as Captain Cook's
letter will explain; and had the Cambria not had the miners so
board, it is a query if one-half of the people would have been res-
cued. as the sailors were not disposed to go back to the Kent a
.second time, and the crew of the Cambria and the miners lined the
side, and by foree prevented their entering the vessel, until they bad
gone back and made further exertions to sate their fellow-ereatnres.
0 It was a truly melancholy sight to witness the condition of
the men, women, and children, Officers and their wives included,
on landing, some not having scarce a rag to cover them ; they are
all, however, by the humane and benevolent exettions of the in-
habitants of Falmouth, who immediately came forward with
abundance of clothes of every description, temporarily and com-
fortably provided for, and a subscription, amounting already to
2001. has been entered into for the relief of the most necessitous.
" The providential circumstance of the Cambria falling in with
the Kent (on St. David's Day) was very remarkable, add occurred
by reason of Captain Cook having lain-to to repair some damage to
his bulwarks; and it was also again as fortunate that he arrived
here just at the timebe did, for the wind immediately shifted. and
blew strong from the northward, which would have kept them out
a day or two longer, or obliged their beating tap for France; and
in the crowded state of the vessel (a brig of only 200 tons, with a
cargo of nearly 600 persons on board), many lives must have been
lost from suffocation, and want of coons to get at the necenaries
stowed away below. Captain Cook's conduct is most praise-
worthy; and at the mess-dinner last evening of the COlenel and
Officers of the 31st Regiment, his health was drank with nine
times nine.

" The greatest part of the troops and their families are killetted in
the town, owing to there being but a limited accommodation at the
garrison, by realm of the ridiculous and ill-discriminating system of
economy and reduction practised some time since, which levelled
the beautiful and commodious barracks to the ground, and which
from £5 to .£lO a year would have kept in good repair."
" Brig Cambria, Falmouth, March 4, 1825.
WILLIAM SROAD AND SON; Astern TO LLOYD'S.
Gmerunains--Yas are aware of my leaving this port on the
24th ult. with passengers and goods for Mezien,and I beg to acquaint
you of my return here this morning at one A. as. under the following
circumstances :
" Tuesday last, the Ist instant, being then in htitade 47.30. and
longitude 9. 45. laying to with a strong gale from the westward,
under a can-reefed main-topsail, we discovered a large sail to the
westward, and on approaching found her to have a signals flying of
distress, which induced me immediately to render every assistance
in my power, and on nearing found her to be on fire. About three
rat. being then on her bow, we succeeded in geting the first boat
from the vessel, which proved to be the Hon. Company's ship Rent.
Captain Cobb, of 1400 tons, for Bengal and China, with troops and
passengers, amounting, with the crew, to 637 persons. From Sto
8 P.m. the boats were constantly employed in bringing the people
to the Cambria, and succeeded in saving 301 officers, non-commis-
dotted ditto, and privates of the 51st Regiment, 43 women, and 44
children, appertaining to ditto, 19 male and female private passen-
gers, and Captain Cobb, and 139 of the crew, amounting in all to
554. The flames now becoming exceedingly fierce. I could not
urge the sailors spina retinal, the sbip,nor deem it at all prudent,
for the preservation orthe lives already on board my vessel, to re-
main longer near the Kent, expecting her fnstant!y to blow up. By
accounts since made up, it is supposed that 64 soldiers, one woman
21 children, and 4 of the crew, were left when Captain Cobb quitteti
the vessel, whose conduct during the trying occasion is beyond my
bumble praise, displaying the greatest coolness and intrepidity, and
by his exertions, and these of Colonel Prawn, the commander of
the troops, who were the last to quit, the women, children, and pas-
sengers were got into the boats, and they did not leave themselves
until their influence to induce any more to go into them was
useless. At two a. it. the Kent blew up,ifter being completely
enveloped in the flames for aboutifour hours previous. The fire
originated In the after-hold, where spirits were kept for the use of
the troops, a cask of which breaking adrift and bursting, the con-
tents were unfortunately ignited by a candle in a lantern.
" I flel the greatest gratification in stating, that the Gentlemen
and their Cornish miners, in all 36, with my own crew, 11 more,
behaved throughout the trying period with the greatest kindness, in
getting the people from the boats, soothing their sufferings, giving op
their own clothes and beds to the women and childten,'volunteering
to go into the boats (which I had good reason to prevent), and
leaving nothing undone to make them as comfortable as the Mmitei
size of my brig would allow (only 200 tons) : it would be 'dealing
also, could I speak as highly of the crew of the Kent; but I cannot
refrain from expressing my great disappointment of their conduct
(in which l am borne out by Captain Cobb) derogatory in every re.
spect to the generally received character of a British seaman, by
• refusing to return to the Kent for the people after the first trip, and
requiring my utmost exertions and tigterrnination to compel them
to renew their endeavours to get out the soldiers, passengers, and
the remainder of their own shipmates who were left behind; and
it was only by using coercive measures, in conjunction with my own
crew and passengers, and telling them I would not receive them on
board unless they did so, that they prbeeeded, though reluctantly,
in their duty. I must, however, except the Olken, particularly
Mr.Thonnor, fourth mate, and Mr, Phillips, boatswain, whoa con-
duct and behaviour, in every respect, justifies my warmest praise.
" It may not be amiss to state, that two hoses after the ship blew
up, a soldier's wife was delivered of a fine boy on board the Cam
bria, and both mother and child are doing well.
" I remain, Gentlemen, your meet obedient servant.
(Signed) " NV. COOK."

►Mr. ROTHSCHILD has purchased * magnificent man-
sion in Piccadilly, where he is going to reside after Easter.
The iniquitous traffic in slaves is at present in a great
measure covered by the French flag, and the mode of
carrying it cm has been so dextrously arranged by the
merchants of that country, that they are enabled, in a
very great majority of eases, to elude the vigilance of
the English men of war stationed on the coast of Africa
for its suppression. The sea-port town of Nantz, in the
South of France, is the spot where most of the enterprises
far capturing slaves en the coast of Africa are planned,and
it is said there are few merchants in that place who
polsess capital who do not largely participate-in the
traffic, to which their cupidity is strongly attracted by
the immense profits resulting from it. Indeed, to such
perfection is the system carried, that insurances on the
venture can readily be effected at from 40to SO per cent.
while the profits in general average 900 or 400 per
cent. that is, return three or four times the amount of
capital so employed; the whole voyage, including the
bringing back a cargo to Europe, seldom occupying
more than six months. Advice: have been received
within these few days ficim Cuba, of the arrival
there of a vessel named the Orphee, with more than
500 slaves on board, which vessel was fitted out for
the voyage by the merchanti of Nantz. It is said Oho,
that some merchants in Antwerp are bharers in the. 'Oat
.cud the disgrace of the undertaking.