Star.
London, England, 1823-09-26 00:00:00

NAVAL LvTELLIGENCE.

The Tweed, Srerxr.usou, front Hull to the Cape of Good Hope,
bavirg strung a le:ak, put into Port Praya, and has been condemned.
The Lord Cochrane, Sorrow, from Alexandria to London, passed
Naha on the 9.2 d ult. all well.
The Hoop, Turas, from Gibraltar and Plyniouth, bound to Li-
ye, pool, put into 111ilford on Monday, very leaky, and must be
docked to be caulked.

The lidw;al Jones, TOOKER, for Nova Scotia, put back to Li-
♦erpaol on Tuesday, with loss of anchor and cable.
i.u.stoults, 24.--Witid W.N.W.—Arrived the Lord Ho-
Imrt packet, front the Leeward Islrnds—sailed from St. Thomas's
lith August. Sailed his Majesty's ship Psarainca, for Milford.
A large Wig has just carried away her foremast and main top-mast,
off the Gull Rock, name unknown.

Pixmocrm, Strr. 4..—Wind W.N. W. Arrived the Royal
George, 13ticacz, from the Irdian Seas, left the Sandwich Islands
November last, and spoke Aug. 13, in lat. 11.30. S. long. 25.
W. thy Fanny, COMINGS, from Liverpool for Bahia ; Sept. 4,
in lat. 35. N. ion. 40. 30. the Cherub, of Liverpool, forty days
horn Pernambuco ; alsoiarrivcd the Ann, Fleming, and New Lon-
don, from Prince Edward's Island. Put back, the Bengal Merchant,
BitowN, for Bengal. The Naha, Caws*, from Gibraltar, is liberated
from quarantine.
PONTSILIOUTH, Scrr. 25.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the Argo,
Bloccaa, from Wyberg ; Zephyr transport, from the Downs;
William and Henry, PATILICK, from ditto for Jamaica; his Majesty's
ship Jassma, from Cronstadt ; and Henry and Isabella, Baytts,
from Trieste.

Dam., SErr. 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
Pacific, of South Shields, T.sycoa, from St. John's, New Bruns-
Rick—sailed 23d August ; left the Duke of York, Ta.nos, loading.
emain the outward-bound as before.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 25.
Sums ENTERED INWARDS—The London, from New York ; Bet-
ter Luck, from Stangate Creek ; Harriet, and Atlas,from Virgi-
ltla ; Union, and Ridley, from Petersburgh ; Seven rothers, from
John's ; Boddington, from Antigua ; Prince Regent, from Mo-
gadore ; and Rambler, from llamburgb.
ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Emma, for Elsineur ; John, for Dub-
lin ; Temple, and:Frederick, for Jamaica ; Undernehming, for Bre-
inen ; Scotia, for Lisbon; Catherina, fur Rouen • Bellessina, for
Petersburg!' ; Julius, for St. Kites ; Three Sisters, for Rotterdam;
I.uey Davidson, fur the Cape of Good Hope ; and Phylkria, for
Santander.

Altaavan—At Gibraltar, the Hepsa, Lombard, from Rio ; Wit-
am and Henry, Davis, from Sumatra ; Missouri, Marshall, from
1 ew York ; Union, Lowman, from Liverpool ; Mary and Eliza,
--, front Boston; and Andromache, Matson, from Gottenburgh.
At Guadaloupe, Duc de Feltre, from Bourdeaux. At Bourbon,
Bon Pere, from Sumatra. At BourtleaUx, Franklin and Mercurio,
front Bengal ; Robuste Eugene, Bengali, and Auguste, from Gus•
ddloupe ; Reliance, Smith, front Newcastk ; Dart, front Plymouth;
and Janet and riargaret, front Leith. At Brest, on the 17th inst.
4ith a fleet, the Jean Bart man-of-war, from the West Indies. At
Genoa, Curlew, Akenhead, from Trajan Ronic•

IWYAL YACHT CLUB.

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Corms, SEPT. 2l.—Yesterday morning the Honour-
able CHARLES PUNTA I's yacht Falcon cite into har-
bour to be paid off, and laid up for the winter ; and as
-he is Commodore, we expect his example will be gene-
tally followed by the members of the Royal Yacht Club.
'1 he season has been most discouraging to yacht sailors,
yet it appears to have had but little effect in deterring
the members of the Royal Yacht Club from embarking
-as usual. Among those we have seen here with the
Commodore are,

Lord Viscount Melville in the Admiralty yacht, the Duke of Nor-
folk, Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Willoughby de Broke, J. Manse,
Esq. T. Halifax, Esq. T. Williams, Esq. W. Curtis, Esq. J. Gor-
don, Esq. J. Roche, Esq. F. H. Pare, Esq. J. Lindergreen, Esq.
in their cutters; Viscount Deerhurst, A. Bacon, Esq. 11. Perkins,
.r.,(1. J. P. Powell, Esq. Captain G. Windham, Robert J. Allen,
r.q. in their schooneri; and Sir William Curtis, Sir George Leeds.
.Bart. J. Fleming, Esq. itev. G. Capper, S. Challen, Esq. Hon.
llare, J. Shakespeare, Esq. T. A. Smith, Esq. C. R. M
Eiq. in their yawls.
hen we reflect on the distressed state of our brave
seamen, it truly gratifying to see so many noble and
op..ilent Gentlemen holding out a benevol.Jit hand to
iLcn) ; and as we know of no amusement so truly
rational, we rejoice to see our MONARCH and met; of
huh and fortune familiarising themselves to the ele-
fr.ent, and taking under their protection the men that
x:e the great source of our wealth, and the sheet-anchors
of oyr safety. It is a recreation that promotes alike the
health of the individuals and the prosperity of the
inuntly, while it is the most honourable and lca)t ex-
pensive amusement an English Gentleman can embark
in; and, therefore, we hope to see the list of its mmrt-
bets rai, idly increase. and that, under the protection
of the Kira. and the Admiralty, it will become as po-
pular as useful.

At the Seaton Reg7;;;77rittle Venus yacht, of
11111; tmouth, belonging to Lieutenant Bnoox INC, R.N. won the Srst
.1 silver Cup.
The Ten Thousand Pbund Prize fixed for the first
drawn lesterday, and which had excited so great an
interest, was sold by J. and J. SivEwttiostr, at their
6rtunAe offices 37, Corrihill; I H6born; and SB,
11..aymaiket. The number, 8,428, was shared into One
Eighth and fourteen Siiteenths, the fortunate holders
of Vhich may receive the value on demand. The
ix.:•.e.A still contains Three Pi it,es of £20,000, one of
£:10,000, and various other cipitals. The secoud day
dttu ills, will be 'ls'At Thursday.

;;'BITING BY AM.

TO Tlim EDITOR OF TIIR STAR.

Sta—Permit me, through the medium of your
Journal, to inform the drawers of checks on bankers,
that they may entirely prevent the fraud arising from
the discharge of the amount by acids, simply by writing
the amount on the back of the check, immediately op-
posite the signature ; the check -being likewise filled up
in the usual way. This plan may be universally.adopted
without trouble, delay, or expense-; and it is perfectly
secure, for any attempt to discharge thewriting on the
back would injure the signature, and render the check
useless. The only obstacles to the adoption of this simple
remeJy, which I can conceive, are, that it has not the
advantage of enriching any engraver or paper mauo-
- may occupy too much of the drawer's time,
and is wanting in elegance, being written on both sides.
I am, Sir, your's, &c. R. C.
46, Southampton-buildings, September 23.