Star.
London, England, 1822-09-06 00:00:00

A AIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Fatract of a htter from the Agent to Lloyd's at St. Mary's,
Jamaica, dated the 4th of July:—" In consequence of the kJ
yielding, of the rams, the ships are very backward in their
ing; and some that have been here a considerable time h-vt
to remain, to load, till the Ist of August."
The John, JACICAON, arrived in the Clyde from Greenlard,
left the ice on the 15th ult. with 13 fish and 150 tuns of oil; saw
only 1 fish after the 9th of July, and brings the following fist
London ships, viz. on the 19th of July, the King George, 3 fi,h,
45 tuns; Margaret, 9, 155; Neptune, sor 6; on the :!3:11,
Dundee, 5, 75; and Industry, 7, 70.

PORTSMOCTN, Star. s.—Wind S. W.—Arrived his Nl..jes:i's
ship CAMIELION, from a cruise.
Dims, Stn.. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the David Lyon, Pcanr, from Jamaica ; Britanni.t,
RA NY front Lisbon ; and Speedwell, Serrox, from L'Orier.t.
Remain, the whole of the outward-bound ..s per last, all wel
HALT•PAVI SIX :—Arrived and remains, the American 1:•.?
Acasta, GRESWOLD, front New York, with loss of au
and cable.

Currost-Ifousa, Scrorsisett s.—Ships Entered Inwards :
Providential, from Oporto; Emili frc tt .tirettin ; Lord Si!,
mouth, from Petersburgh ; 13ri•annia, from Tobago;
from Jamaica ; Talbot, from Ca dais; Alars, from hotterdam;
'Banta, front Quebec ; Duke of Kent', and Rapid, from Um:
terdatn ; and the Oporto packet, from D.:al:irk —Faltered Os:-
wards: The Barbara, for Bahia; Aldhorougl•, for Calais; Lk-
nisqn, for Bermuda; Economy, for the Cape of Good Ike;
and the Gough, for Bremen.—Cleared Outwards : The Td es,
for Pernambuco; Prince Ilegett, for Gibraltar; Salamanca,
for Leghorn; Fanny, fur•C'adia;_l)emerara packet, fur Der:A:-
rata; and the Talbot, for Van Viemen's Land.
LIABILITY OF kttMEN.
George Folokr, a seaman, "as yesterday brought before the
LORD ilavon, upon a warrant, for violation of an agreement
made with the taster of a merchantman called the Britanni.l,
trading to Jamaica, which violation subjected him to very hear/
penalties by the prrmisions or a Statute of his late Majesty.
The Captain of the Britannia stated, that ;he defendaut 11:2
some time ago entered into a regular engagement with bin: to
act as seaman in a voyage to Jamaica and home. Winless h... 1
taken with him a crew just adequate to the labours of the voyag,',
and expected that his men would adhere to their eugagernen:.,
the consequences of departing kraut which at such a distance
from England as the Colonies were, might be attended with the
most serious mischief to the owners. Upon landing at Jamaica,
however, the witness found that he had the disadvantage of
desertion by three of his men to contend with, and that the L!.
fendant was one of those who bad left him in the almost insur-
mountable extremity. As he was in the habit of going voyages
to the West Indies he was determined to do all he could to pre-
vent a repetition of such acts as had so greatly inconvenienced
him, and he accordingly applied to the LORD 111avoi; for a war-
rant to apprehend the defendant upon the 37th of Geo. I IL cap.
73, intituled, " An Act to prevent the desertion of seamen man
British merchants' ships trading to the British Colonies in the
West Indies."

The Act states, that any seaman wficsshall desert from 12:s
ship during his voyage out or homewards, shall, over and .Jose
all previously existing penalties and forfeitures, forfeit all
due to him by the vessel from which he shall desert; that
third of the forfeiture shall go to Greenwich Hospital, one-thirl
to the Merchant Seamen's Fund, and one-third to the informer ;
and if the wages due under such circumstances be under the sum
of Z2O, the same shall he recoverable before one Magistrate.
' The defendant said, the cause of his desertion was an insvit
which he had received on board. He, however, thought fit to
request, that In consideration of his wife and children, he might
be forgiven, and to declare that he should never subject any °tilt r
person who should engage him for a. voyage to the inconveniency
complained of.
The complainant said, his object was to put an end to a prac-
tice the most mischievous, and not to punish an individual ulw
might think, from the frequency of the practice, that it was a
venial offence; and added, that in consideration of the claims of
a wife and children upon his compassion, he should fares,' :to
present charge.
The Loan Maim& expressed his readiness, upon all occasions,
to put in effect, against any offender of the kind, the very
curl Statute oldie 37th George 111.

UNION OF THE AMERICAN LAKES WITH THE AT-
LANTIC OCEAN..--11Ie magnificent work which iS to
render New York one of the most flourishing and
powerful States, of the same extegt of territory, that
has ever fl.urished in the long history of Empires,
goes nobly on to completion. A few months more,
and the Grand Western Canal will cause our inlanJ
seas and the ocean to mingle their great waters.—
Ten thousand men, or about that number, are now
employed on the unrivalled enterprise—the offspring
of the bold and masculine policy of our present
Chief Magistrate. We have just been informed 0.1.1 t
a canal is to be cut from Providence, Rhode Island;
to Worcester, in the State of Massachussets, the dis-
tance being about forty miles. We deem this canal
of great importance to the city of New York. It will
increase her commerce, and hasten her on, with other
combining circumstances, to that destiny, when she
will stand the London of the New World, and among
the most powerful commercial emporiums that has
ever arisen anti 'flourished in any period of society.—
Nevi York Paper.
In Kentucky a Member of Congress, Mr. H. has
the important fact that one of his colleapci,
r. B. the most of his lime in waiting on the
lanes during the last Session of Congiess. 3lany
Reuben' re doubt did worse things that this.