Star.
London, England, 1822-11-14 00:00:00

NAVAL IA TELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
'louse, when Captain Hesitv Coss was sworn into the com-
mand of the ship Keut, consigned to Bengal and China.
The undermentioned East India Company's ships arrived
Lt Bombay, as follows, viz.—llacqueen, 4th, Buckingham-
,;ire, 10th, and Castle Huntly, 11th of June. It is reported
dr.t the Berwickshire had sailed for China ; and also that the
and Duke of Ycrit were expected to follow about the
!•5,21:41 the Buckidghamshire, Orwell, Macqueen, and Castle
11 ally, ..bout the 18th July.

SAFETY OE TIM CASTLEREAGH INDIAMAN.—Further particulars.
—From the length of time since the departure of the Castlereagh
li:cliaman, bound from Bombay to London, from the former
tort, very great apprehensions were entertained that she was
The Castlereagh had sailed from Bombay early in March,
Flue which period no tidings had been received of her. Ac-
co;:nts were, however, received at the East India House, by the
F..ellow, free trader, from Bombay, by which it was learnt
that the Castlereagh had put back to Bombay, to which port she
returnA on the Bth June, having proceeded on her voyage as
far as tite rape of Good Hope, where she encountered a moat
violent gal, on the 27th April, when she made such deep water,
that the utmost exertions of the crew were barely sufficient to keep
her afloat, even though as a last resource, a very considerable
part of her cargo, consisting of spice, was thrown overboard..--
The vessel continued in a most dangerous situation during a
period of seven days, and the crew were in momentary expecta-
tion of her foundering, the water in her hold having attained the
height of from three to four feet, and the crew being so fatigued
a' to he unable to do their duty at the pumps. On the afternoon
of the sth May, the gale having ceased, and the weather having
heroine comparatively fine, the men resumed their labour at the
pumps, and after the most astonishing exertion, succeeded is
reacbhig Bombay.
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The Abbey, llone, from Drogheda for Liverpool, upset yes-
terday off the Floating Light: the Master and a female passen-i
ger were drowned.
The Seringapatam, Joy, arrived in the Downs, has brought
dispatches from Van Dienian's Land.
The Ca 3IELEON gun-brig is appointed to the Brighton station,
and is to continue off the town, during his Maar.srY's stay at
the PaviFor..
JOHN KEITH, the mate of the Mermaids of Montrose, was
drowned at lbga, on the last voyage the vessel made to that
port. The master of the Mermaid, on his passage home, ob-
served a great quantity of tallow floating in the neighbourhood
of a vesAl wrecked and nearly covered with water. The vessel's
maim is not known.

Faimocru, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hope, e-
ats, from London for the South Seas; Oscar, Sraustras, for
Ichago; Probity, COOPER, for Lisbon; Eliza, Waal), for Ma-
dr.-3 and Bengal; Ealing Grove, FALCONER, for Dominica;
Punozcomer, for Pint-au-Prince; and Manly, BAN-
-517; for Berhice.
Pi.rmcQrm, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hibberts,
L'n.trr, and Ruth, Mueao, for Jamaica ; Caledonia, 131toww,
fur Grenada; Symmetry, Nlooar, for Leghorn • and Betsey and
Ann, for the river Gambia and Sierra Leone-Lail of them are
nind-bound.
Lirri.Ettastrrott, Nov. 12.—The Michelgrove got on the bar
in coming into harbour, and is drifted to the west of the pier.
She must lighten to get in.
NEWHAVEN, Nov. 11.—The Frisk, from Dieppe, arrived here
this morning, has been seized 'and delivered into the custody of
the Collector and Comptroller here.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind W.—No arrivals or sailing&
DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Nimble, BRIGTON, from Seville; Loyalist, PARKIN,
and Albany, Comationam, from Quebec ; Seringapatam, Joy,
S.A:th Seas; Mary Ann, Lumpur, Miramichi, the two latter
remain. ame down from the River, and sailed, the Lively,
llmicitELL, for New Providence; Milford, TAY boa, Gibraltar;
Louisa, NC A Lela, Grenada ; Rebecca, Tom, St. Lucia ; Besse,
Ilin.nrit, Demerara ; Liberty, BROWN, St. Thomas's; Liver-
rool, Lew/ St. Übe's • Thisbe, Rennie, Jamaica; Nesbit,
Cner, ditto; 'Dennison, Itir.an, hrmuda; Martgrove say,
Bruton, Buenos Ayres.
PROTECTION OF THE TRADE TO COLOMBIA.
COPY OF ('OR RESPONDENCE BETWEEN SON MERCHANTS
TRADING TO COLOMBIA AND THE SECRETARY TO
THE ADMIRALTY.

Freeman's-court, Nov. 9, 1822.
'Sts-1n pursuance of the conversation we had the honour to
::rid yesterday with Sir George Cockburn and yourself, we beg
'leave to lay before you, for the information of their Lordships,
the grounds on which it appears to us that the trade with the
.prts of La Guayra and Maracaybo, in Colombia, require for the
}resent a regular and systematic protection, and respectfully to
azizgest the manner in which that protection may be afforded.
Of the outrages to which aU commerce in those seas is at pre-
sent exposed by piracy, their Lord,hips are doubtless fully aware.
In addition to this evil, the Spanish Commander at Puerto Ca-
Dello, General Morales, ors latterly given notice of his intenon
to capture and condemn every vessel, of whatever flag or &a-
r..cter, which he finds trading with the Colombian ports. Be
dais„ the right of doing so op two grounds : first, that be has
declared the whole extent of coast front the Orinoco 60 the lath.
nut of Darien under blockade, though with no visible means of
enforcitiz it ; and twcoutlly, that the vessels trading with the Co.
ilrohiao ports are guilty of a breach of Spanish Colonial laws.
liacouraged by tiato declAratiou of the Spanish Cununander,

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there were II the last aecounts five Spanish prliatterslitthqt out
at Porto Rico, and one or more had actually sailed. Two Bet.
tish vessele have already. been captured, both condemned, and
one of them sold, of which particulars are given in the margin.•
Two Dutch vessels have also been captured by a squadron in
which the Spanish General Morales himself is stated to have
been. ft is not pretended in any of these cases that the property
was Colombian, or belonging to any of the enemies of Spain.
Although the Spanish Commander claims the exercise of these
extraordinary rights, the Crown of Spain possesses throughout
the whole of the Colombian Republic (extending on the Atlan-
tic shore from the Orinoco to Darien, and on the Pacific from
Guayaquil to Panama) but one single fortress—that of Punta
Cabello, with no territory beyond its walls.
Under these circumstances, the necessity of affording protec-
tion to this trade, as far as British subjects are concerned, we
doubt not will be apparent to their Lordships.
The most convenient mode of granting this protection, we
submit, will be to direct the Commanding Officer at Barbados.
to dispatch a convoy regularly on the first of every month far
La Guayra and Maracaybo, with such vessel or vessels for those
ports as may have arrived at Barbadoesi to direct the Com-
mander of the convoy to inquire at La Guayra if there are any
vessel or vessels for England nearly ready to sail, and in that
case to return from Maracaybo to La Guaira, take them under,
his protection, and see them safe through the Mona Passage.—.
All this could be accomp:ished in less than a month, so that one
vessel of war would be equal to the whole duty. The home-.
ward trade from La Guayra could not go down to Dlaracaybo
without considerable delay and inconvenience, as from the latter
port it could not make the Mona Passage.
Respecting the protection of the Maracaybo trade homewards,
we would suggest, that as there is a regular communication be-
tween that place and Santa Martha, and between Santa Martha
and Jamaica, the Commander of any convoy proceeding down
from Jamaica to Santa Martha should be directed, on receiving
an intimation that any British ship was ready to proceed for
Europe, to go to Maracaybo and give her protection through
the Windward Passage.
By these means the trade to both ports, outwards and home- i
wards, would receive protection, without compelling the La
Guayra homeward trade to Incur the inconvenience of being
brought down to Maracaybo.
There being at present no British Consul at the Colombian
ports, it will be convenient, if their Lordships see no objection,
to direct the Commanding Officers of convoys to receive commu-
nicatiorts for the present from the merchants at the respective
ports, in relation to the protection of the trade.
Since the month of May last, five ships have sailed from the
River Thames, laden with British merchandise, for La Guayra
and Maracaybo, and one is now loading here, and another at
Liverpool, for the same ports.
We have the honour to be, Sir, your moat obedient servants,
(Signed) HURRY and POW LE.S. London.

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FA LK N ER and M A WDS LEY, Liverpool.
WILLIAM ACK ERS, Liverpool.
John Wilson Croker, Esq. /cc. Admiralty.
Admiralty-Office, Nov. 11.
Getivizarsat —Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty the letter of the 9th instant, signed by you and
by Messrs. Falkner and Mawdsley, and Mr. Ackers, of Liver-
pool, representing the interruptions to which the trade of this
country with the ports of Colombia is exposed, and requesting
that protection may be afforded to this trade agreeably to the
arrangement therein detailed ; I am commanded by their Lord-
ships to acquaint you, that they have directed the Officers com-
manding his Majesty's naval force in the West Indies to carry
into effect the arrangement which you have proposed in regard to
convoys; and that their Lordships have also transmitted a copy of
your letter to his Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient servant,
(Signed) J. W. CROKER.
Messrs. Hurry and Powles, Freeman's-court.
• The Phoebe, Mackie, from La Guayra to Hamburgh; and
the Zelia, Oliver, from Cadiz to Vera Cruz.