Star.
London, England, 1812-07-21 00:00:00

ZAST-INDIA 8111PisINO-.

ships arrived of the Start
on SUnday, under convoy of his Majesty's ship PIM
MONTANE and ACKBAft, ViZ. BARING, DRVONSIGRR,
EDROPI, STREATHAM, LORD MELVILLE, PHGLICIX,
WILLIAM PITT, NORTHUMBERLAND, HUGH INGLIS,
PRZSTON, and WAIMEA CASTLE

The

.The first five upon the list sailed from Bengal the
Ist January, were joined at Fort St. George by the
Pucsaux, WILLIAM PITT, and NORTMUIII3EitLAND,
and sailed from thence all together on the Ist Mar Ch.
wider convoy of his Majesty's ship ACKBAIL. They
found the Huou 'Nous and Pans Tow at St. Helena :
these ships are from Ceylon, which they left the Ist
March : the whole sailed from thence with his Ma-
jesty's ship PiISDMONTAratt, ACEBAR, and DROMZ.
DART, and three Whalers, two of which were the
CYRUS and the INDISPENSABLE, on the 17th May.
The WALMER CASTLE sailed from China the 3d of
March, in company with the TAUNTON CASTLE,
PRINCESS AMELIA, and Hope, from which ships she
parted in the Streights of Sunda, on the 23d March.
The DORSETSHIRE and SCALEBT CASTLE arrived at
China the 28th of February—they sailed from Ba-
tavia nn the 11th of the month preceding.
his said all was quiet at Java, and that people of
all descriptions are pleased with the change of
Government.
The undermentioned vessels were left at St. He-
lena on the 17th May :—The GENERAL STUART,
CAMBRIDGE, JAMES SIII3.ILD, Sin WILLIAM PULTENT,
HUDDART, DEVAYNEt, OCEAN, MIME, RANKINE ;
and MAITLAND, Country ship, from Bengal, which
they left on the 14th February.
MINERVA and lianurrow, from Bencoolen.
It is supposed that some whalers were also left
at St. Helena.
The GENERAL Hswrr country ship, loaded with
rice, which sailed with the extra ships from Bengal,
put into the Cape.

TherAMACK sloop of war has arrived at Ports.
month with a fleet from Gibraltar.
The Charles, DEMPSEY, hag arrived at Belfast ; she
passed through the Jamaica fleet off Cork.
The Nialshingham packet from Lisbon brought
the following passengers : .
Messrs. Dubalehewskay, Babington' and Kelway. Dr. More.
wood, Senors Dias Santos and Mariano Semprutu, and Mrs.
Dubalcbewskay.
The Eliza, from Cadiz, brought no passengers.
The Adventure, from Brazils and Madeira, brought
passengers Messrs. Rattray and Dahmar.
FALmottni, JULY le.

Arrived the Queen Charlotte packet from Lisbon,
in twelve days; Walsingham packet from ditto, in
18 days; Adventure packet from the Brazils, in .57
days; Eliza packet from Cadiz, in 10 days, all with
Mails. The Lisbon, Mediterranean, and West-India
packets, are still detained by contrary winds.
PLYMOUTH, JULY ID.

Sailed the Svest.t.z, of 38 guns, on a cruise ; and
the SEMIRAMM 88 gons, on a cruize. Arrived the
Hrztoos, of 10 guns, from a cruize. The SHARP.
lIHnOTER, 14 guns, cause from the Island and the
Main to Stonehouse Poul.—Wind S. E.
DEAL, JULY 20.

Arrived his Majesty's brig FORSESTS; with seve-
ral West Indiamen from the Westward—the whole
are sailed for the River. Arrived his Majesty's ships
Fuscous, PKACOCis and FOLKSTON; from various
mil:in.—Wind S. W.
•
' rite Queen Charlotte, Lisbon packet, on the 12th
inst. lat. 43. 1. long. 9.59. Lizard N.E. 153 leagues
at E. spoke the William and Kay, of l'eignmouth,
from Liverpool, for Gibraltar, out 14 days. At nine,
spoke a brig under convoy of the CPOSUAWK, 20 sail,
and two ships of war a-stern.
'no Kelton, Roman, arrived at Liverpool, from
Ternambuco, parted from the. Liberty and the Fairy,
from 1104 to Liverpool, on the 50th ult.—all well.

RudOlph Matter, Charles Hivert, and Agttst Pe.
try, French officers, who lately made their elope-
ment from Dumfries, in violation of their paiole of
honour, have been traced. and apprehended by Mr.
Dasovww, the Superintendant of Polio* at Leith.—
They were sent off from thence on Friday morning,
under a military escort, to the deptit at Valleyfield.
FIRM—A manufactory of considerable value lately
took fire. in consequence of the overflowing of a gut-
ter on some unslacked lime, which had been laid on a
floor against a boarded partition. The fire was pro-,
videntially discovered in time to be got under with-
out doing great damage ; but this occurrence rot,
tend to account for fires, which frequently happlif,
without any known cause.
Another very destructive fire has taken place at
Archangel, and destroyed, amongst others, the pre-
mises of Mr. BRANTZ, containing sugar to the iralue
of 800,000. rubles.
A.n.explosion, resembling the discharge ofeannon
was heard at Helmstadt, Mag3ebourg, ice. on the
15th of April. Shortly after which a peasant per-
ceived a deep hole, made by a meteoric stone, which
had fallen, and equal in size to an infant's bead. It
it said that this aerolite differs in many respccts from
an former ones.

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