Star.
London, England, 1822-08-17 00:00:00

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.

The East-India Company's ship Lowther Castle arrived off
the Isle of Wight on Wednesday morning, and in the Downs on
Thursday afternoon. .

The Bridgewater and Charles Grant arrived off the Wight on
Thursday.

The Lowther Castle and Bridgewater sailed from China on
the 23d of March, and arrived•at St. Helena on the 231 of June.
The Lowther Castle sailed from St. Helena on the 28th of June,
and the Bridgewater on the 29th of June. The Lowther Castle
spoke the Warren Hastings, outward-bound, on the 11 th of
July, in lat. 9. 51. N. long. 21. 55. W. all well. The Winchel-
sea and Dorsetshire were in sight.
The Charles Grant sailed from China on the 14th of March,
arrived at St. Helena the lath June, and sailed from thence for
England on the 22d June.

The William Fairlie, outward-bound, was all well in lat. 20•
56. S. long. 81. E. on the 13th of April. She left Table &y on
the 21st of March.

WEYMOUTH, Ara. 16.—Passed by yesterday, the ship Lusi-
tania, from Van Dieman's Land, New South Wales, Macquarie
Island, and Rio Jdneiro, via Cape Horn, having made a voyage
round the world in less time than any ship was ever known to
have done. She brings a cargo of elephants oil, and wool, from
the South Seas, and sugar and coffee from Rio Janeiro. Captain
LANGDON has brought some skeletons of the sea elephant, and
skins of those animals for stuffing. Passengers by this ship—
TIitIMAS KENT, Esq. Mr. ROBERT MASICILYNS, Mr. NOVLAND,
and Mr. Dosson ; also Miss &Lowrie, of Sydney. The Colony
of Van Diernan was in a very flourishing and improving state.—
Arrived the brig Medusa, Joins Ilunnurson Master, flom St.
John's, New Brunswick, consigned to Messrs. &um. WISTON
and Son, merchants, of this port, in 35 days passage ; also, the
ship Royal Yeoman, SLY Master, from Quebec, both laden with
timber.

FALMOUTH, Aua. 15.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived the Duke of
Marlborough packet, from Lisbon, in ten days ; and Perseverance,
Baowm, from London to Sierra Leone. Arrived off the port,
the Harvey, from Jamaica, out 65 days.—Put back, the Mon-
tague packet, for Jamaica.

PLYMOUTH, Auo. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived the John, Low-
MAN, from Prince Edward's Island.

Poarsmourn, Aurt.lB.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Lusltania,
LANGDON, from New South Wales, and proceeded up Channel.
DUAL, Auo. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived last night and to-
day, and sailed for the River, the Bridgewater, Mrrenscr., from
China; Kellie Castle (late Iltssr), from ditto; Charles Grant,
Scorn, from ditto; Harvey. Rows, from Jamaica; Leander,
CNIUSTIZ, from ditto; Emulous, HUNT, from Quebec • Britan-
nia, EVANS, from St. Kitts; Colonist, SMITH, from Barbadoes;
Regent, Catamount, from Jamaica; Active, Idowrooatror, from
diem; Albion, HAYDEN, from Berbice ; Atlas, RUT" from Vir-
ginia; and Donald, Gorr, from the Havannah.—Came down
from the River and remain with the rest, the Glory, Mokoasr,
for De .—The Bridgewater parted company on the Bth
inst. with the Abberton, Gam, from Bengal and Madras for
London, off the Western Islands. On the 29th of July, the
Colonist spoke the brig John Evans, 30 days from Trinidad, all
well, in lat. 39. long. 45. W. Also, on the 11th inst. the schooner
Dart, of Dartmouth, in lat. 48. long. 40. The brig Emulous
spoke the Betsy, of Liverpool, for Richebucto, in lat. 45. 29. N.
long. 11.30. W. all well.

Comm-House. Auo. 16.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The
Harriet, from Leghorn; Better Luck Still, from Stange Creek;
Sir Charles M'Carthy, front Sierra Leone; Tamelien, front
Christiana; Fox, from Ostend; Bridport, from Waterford; and
Lord Melville, front Calais.—Entered Outwards: The Ber-
wick, for Van Dieman's Land; Prince Regent, for Gibraltar;
Beverley, for Ilamburgh; Friends, for Elsineur ; Heros, for
Calais ; Zelder Rust, for Amsterdam ; Dart, for Ostend ; Har-
riet, for Seville; and Zealous, for Lima.—Cleared Outwards:
The Two Brothers, for Hamburgh ; William and Henry, for
Rio Janeiro; Kingston. for Halifax; Jane, for Dublin; and
Juifrow Wilhelmina, for Rotterdam.

Accounts from Norway state that a dreadful fire
broke out in the forest near Drammen, which, not-
withstanding every exertion made to check it, daily
spread, so that the whole great track of forest from
Lier to Modam was in danger of being reduced to
ashes. Several hundred peasants were ordered to re-
pair thither, and to cut down as many trees as pos-
sible, to arrest the progress of the conflagration.
ANOTHER ANN Moons.—There is a young wo-
man, about nineteen years of age, at Prestwich, near
Manchester, who has been confined to bed by sick-
ness for the last sixteen months. Her parents say
that no food, liquid or solid, has passed her stomach
during that period; and that she has not spoken one
word during that length of time. She is literally
worn to a skeleton.—Preston Chronicle.

One of the Chinese geese in the possession of Mr. Muaaav of
Broughton, built a nest this season on the top of the old Man-
sion-house of Cally, and in this elevated situation (40 feet high at
least) brought forth a very promising brood of Anglo-Chinese
cackler:. In the spring of the year, James Niel, one of the game-
keepers to the same Gentleman, discovered a wild goose nest
with five eggs in it, on the top of a very high tree in the Cally
plantations. This being considered a rare circumstance, many
persons visited the spot, which so displeased the unsocial bird
that she abandoned the nest before the eggs were hatched.
EXTRAORDINARY Pgaronstaxem—Thursday last Viscount
Nzwav, assisted by five of his own servants (men not-accus-
tomed to the work) for a considerable wager, accomplished the
het cukan task of rowing from Oxford to LOndon in 18 succes-
sive hours. The boat left Oxford in the morning, exactly as
Great Tom struck three, and arrived the same evening at Goo-
ram, and SRAILLeS Wharf, Surrey side of Westminster-bridge,
one minute and a half before nine, winning the bet by the mi-
nute and a half only.