Star.
London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lords of the Admiralty have protnotad Lieutenant W.
B. Bowvaa to the rank of Commander in the Royal-Navy,
for his active exertions during the last three years on the coast
of Ilampshire and Dorsetshire,as Inspecting Commander of the
Coastguard. Captain BOWYRA is succeeded in the command by
Captain FAILISMANTLE.
Commissioner WOOLLEY is appointed to Chatham Dock-yard,
to succeed Commissioner Sir BOIERT BARLOW, superannuated.
Mr. Hat.txus and Mr. BANES, Foremen of Chatham Dock-
yard, have been superannuated; and Mr. F. Lam, from the
School of Naval Architecture, and Mr. Ham, late Master Ship-
wright of Trincomalee Yard, have been appointed-to-their situa-
tions.

The Kinirersley Castle, Captain CROUCH, sailed from Leith
on Tuesday, for Poyais, with about 2000 emigrants.

The Owen Gmnowaa, 46 guns, Commodore Sir Roam
Matins, is ill^ only :ship of war at .Spithead. Sir Roam is
waiting his final orders to proceed to resume the command of
the squadron on the coast cif Africa.
The Jona, Scum; Favourite, thwart- ; and Mary Ann, WA!,
us, from Newcastle to London, were driven on shore on the
Hurd Sand on Thursday, where they lay on Saturday. and it
was feared would he wrecked. Crews saved.
The Shannon, PHEW.; Venus, BYGATI; and Guadiana, HMV.
mom, and about twelve other vessels, were Atria= on shore on
Friday, between Sunderland and the Tees.
FALMOUTH, Jaw. • 17.—Wind N.N.E.--Sailed the Albion,
for Comma; and the Agnes, Commercial, Vestal, Grace, Dor-
let, Plenty, Ida, Industrious, Phenix, Mary Ano, and Atalanta,
aU for London; also the Duke of Kent (2.) packet, for Lisbon.
PLYMOUTH, JAIL 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Resolution,
Beams, for. londoo. Arrived the William and Amelia, Jonas,
from St. John's. The Barbadoes and Cossack remain in the
Sound.
Poser:mount, Jaw. 111.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Marl-
borough, MIDDLZIOII, from the Downs for Jamaica.
Jaw. IP.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the William and Henry,
PAILTAIbiIi. from Leghorn; and Duke of Richmond, *meow.
from London. Sailed the Marlborough, MIDDLICION, for Ja-
maica.

Skips in Harbour.—TQnstir Crukazovnt, Raaarates, ilktarropr,
RINGDOVS, TAOISM" PAINIONA, CLINKS*, and PNLISS.
GIIRTNOCK, JAN. IQ.—Arrived yesterday, the Paragon, POL.
tocg, from Demerary ; sailed thence the 24th November. The
Hawk, APLza, had sailed for this Port 14 days previous.—
Spoke on thellth inst. 35 leagues W. of Tory, the Marath on, Born,
of and from Belfast for Jamaica, nut three days, wind S.S. W.
The day previous they had supplied with provisions the Camillus,
from Quebec for Liverpool, she had been beating about the
North Channel since 25th ult. On the 13th inst. off Malinhead,
spoke the Castle Conte, Revenue cruizer, cruizing for a ship from
Quebec for London, which had been spoke the day before by a
preventive boat, with four feet water in her hold, and the head of
rudder broken off; spoke yesterday, the Martha, Kturtrznr,
from St. John's, N. B. for Troon, for orders, ail well.

• Tuesday night, as two men were in a boat in the west bay, at
Christchurch, rowing a raft of tubs from a smuggling cutter to-
wards the shore, the boat upset, and they both perished.
The appearance of the River this morning at London-bridge,
at the ebbing of the tide, was truly terrific, from the quantity of
ice floating down. At halfpast nine, two coal-barges in endea-
vouring to shoot the centre arch, were, by the rapidity of the
current, prevented—one was drove half through one of the
small arches, the other on the starlings—they had each two
men on board, and are likely to remain in their perilous situa-
tion till the Rowing of the tide. Some humane persons from the
bridge lowered down some provisions by means of a rope, for
which the poor fellows seemed very thankful.
Sunday sennight, Mr. FARM, ironmonger, in Kendall, ac-
companied by his two brothers, went to dine with their parents,
who reside near the reservoir. After dinner, the three brothers
amused thentselees by skalting on that large body of water by
whidh the canal is supplied; but the ice not being sufficiently
strong, the two younger brothers unfortunately fell in. blr.
Nazis plunged after them repeatedly, but could not succeed in
raising them; they sunk in each others arms and perished.
DREADFUL FIRE, NEAR THE ELEPHANT AND
CASTLE.—About three o'clock yesterday morning an
alarming fire broke out in the house of Mr. Moss, a
cheesemonger, immediately at the back of the
Elephant and Castle, in tLe Walwolth toad, %%hid),
in a very short time, communicated to the next
house ( a corner one) occupied by Mr. Clapp, a con-
fectioner and pastry-cook ; and, shortly afterwards,
from Mr. Clapp's house, the destructive element
found its way to the house of Mr. Callaway, .a ,
fruiterer, in the entrance of the Kent-road. • At the
hour mentioned .it may be supposed that the families
inhabiting the houses described were fast asleep, and
that, therefore, no immediate alarm could be given
whence the fire originated ; and the three houses were
on fire at the same time, without the inhabitants
knowing their perilous situation. The fire-engines
belonging to the different Offices, and from almost
all parts of the town, were as soon as possible on the
spot, and the firemen, as is always. their custom,
were most prompt and active on their duty; but not--
withstanding a good supply of water, considering
the intense frost, no part of the premises mentioned
could be preserved. The houses are-now in complete
ruins. The different families had the most narrow
escape for their lives; and it is painful to add, that
some of them were severely hurt in the attempt to
save themselves. Little or no .property has been
saved, and nothing In proportion to the loss has been
insured. The whole of what has .been preserved is
in the Rockingham Arms, under the cnrnnt *And-
lord and the unfortunate sufferers.

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