Star.
London, England, 1822-12-02 00:00:00

PIRACY IN THE WEST INDIES.

• The following is a copy of a letter from the Admiralty to the
Chairman of the Ship Owners Committee, in reply to his re-
quest, that periodical convoys may be appointed to protect Bri-
tish: Commerce in the West Indies :
" Admiralty Office, November 30, 1846.
" Sra—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty your letter of yesterday's date, expressing the wish
of the Committee of the Society of Ship wnlers, that the Ad-
miral on the West India star-;:, may be directed to appoint
periodical convoys to sail fr.,rl Jamaica for the protection of the
Trade through the Golf; auci, if it should appear nee ,alas
to trail% periodical convoys to sail from the West India
-I an stmmaoded by their Lordships to 'acquaint you, that or.
dell to thtli effect were some time since transmitted to the Ad-
Commaading on the above station.
I am, Sir, your very obedient humble servant.
• (Sigurd) "J. W. CRQKER.
'" J, W. Buckle, Esq. Chairman of the
Ship .owriers' Committee,"
•

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Friday night, the ship henry Porcher passe3
Portsmouth for the liiver, landing there several pas-
sengers, and a mail of 7000 letters. She left Bengal
June. 4, Madras 17th July, and the Cape of Geed
. • Hope October 3. The passengers by her are, from
Bengal—Mesirs. STocitwau., -Forterrart, DORANr,
HANNINGTON, and GASTIN ; from Mach:es—Messrs.
,SMART BLZMKENSOPP, WILLIAMS, and Mrs. Lowitr;
from the Cape—Mr. RIVERS, of the 'twirl Engineers.
The ship General Palmer was at Madras; loaded,
and would sail for England about the 12th of August;
the ship Mellish had left Bengal for Madras ;-the
ship Commerce was at St. Helena, for England ; the
General HeWitt and another.lndiaman, with the 16th
Regiment of Lancers on board, for India, had
ar-
rived at the. Cape, after fifteen weeks' passage. The
Hon. Sir .IL Rwkeftwoou had left Madras in the
L;AwriEn, 60, Captain. BAKER, for Trincomalee, in
order to meet Commodore GRANT, in the LIFFEY.—
The Admiral intended to leave the Indian command
on the 12th of August. The GLASGOW frigate, Cap-
tain,DOTLE, had gone to Calcutta, to bring !tome the
Marquis of HASTINGS.. Intelligence had been re-
ceived .at Madras of a dreadful- inundation of the
Ganges, by which all the crops, and 100,000 people
had been destroyed,. principplly inhabitants of the
neighbourhood of Patna and Moorshedebad. The
,indigo crop had previously been destroyed by the
stabs, and that article of commerce had risen to
orKch hjgfier price than it can possibly realize in Di-.
tope. No other event of importance had occurred
in our Eastern possessions at the sailing of the
above ship.
Major-General REYNELL, who went. from Ports-
mouth in the GLASGOW, to assume the post of Second
in COmmand at Bombay, has been appointed to the
cOmnrand of the second field army at Meet ut, in the
Upper Provinces of Bengal.'
The Dnivien sloop of war, Captain T. WOLRIocr,
captures!, on the 17th of August last, the Spannh
schooner Josefa Maracayera, with 21 men, and t.IIG
male slaves on board, armed with one long twent)-
four-pounder. This vessel the DRIVER had ezamined
a tuon4h before, in the river Bonny, when she had no
Aare' pn board ; but suspecting she would attenii:t
to Make. w dash out at the rime of full moon, alien
the tide would allow her to get over' elicitor, the
lialvskt contrived to be off the port on that night,
and, fortunately, got sight of her soon after she had
left the river ; the tide having then fallen, she could
not regain the river ; the chacelasted'lS hours. Only
one of the slaves had died, as they were shipped only
two hours before the; schooner sailed. ;
• The accounts from Ireland still continue to pros: t
a list of daring outrages. On Saturday 'week a young
snap was waylaid near Ball)•bay, and stabbed in seve-
eltl of the body with an instrument,
supposed to
have been a butcher's knife.; dud on Monday eveniug
a respectable woman, a lace-maker, was thiosvit it:to
p.deep cave' by three wonrcu.