Star.
London, England, 1827-12-27 00:00:00

NAVAL IN 1 ELLIGENCF..

The Shark, of Lond --gip—
on, was lost at St. Michael's about the 10th
instant; crew med.

The Ibuce Suss, for Bermuda, has put back to the River yes.
terday with Samage.
The Hero, P , from the Clyde, is supposed to be arrived
at Charleston.
The Marquis Wellesley, from Dublin to Wexford, ran on shore
on Wexford Bar on the R,d instant; cargo discharging.
Cowes, Dec. 26 —Th e Vreede, 13.sat.ace, from Havannah' to
Bermuda, put in here yesterday In a very leaky state, and must
discharge to repair.
DEAL. Dec. ‘...'6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Herald, from Dant
sic. Arrived from London the Nevis, Salvo, fur Antigua.;
HODGMON, for •St. Helena • tisncnc4en, DIA al in, for hiew-
foundlaod ; Madras, Baena, for Inds ; and Somersetsbire, Rood.
for Jamaica.
Poaisasoutit, Dec. 26.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Artived from
London the T. Laurie, MVIIIIHIAD, for Dem ; Hopewell, Pa.
Rpm, for Jamaica; Thetis, Dolmen, for ditto; and Ellen, fur the
Mauritlus.

Fat...mount, Dec. 25.—WindS W.—Arrived the Tyrian packet.
from St. Domingo, &c. end Reao'ution, Canaan; horn Traeste.
Pet back, the Planet, nature, fo: Jamaica.

THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN.

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The following is an extract of a letter from an As-
sistant Surgeon of the Genoa, written on the art ival of
that ship at Plynrouth
" Every preparation was made, on our part. for the
reception of the wounded in the cockpit; every ship
being now ready, we bore up for Navarro, folloaing
immediately after the English Admiral. 1 was stand•
ing on the .1 oop, viewing, with intense anxiety. the
probable result of our entering the harbour of Ha-
swim. We were now abreast of the fort, which is on
the tight side of the entrance, when a blank shot was
fired bout it, which made me startle a little. It no
doubt was a signal to the Tnrkiih and Egyptian fleets,
which I now saw moored in the forat-•of a half moon,
wiat their broadside lacing us. We took our station along-
side. or rather within pistol shot of a 'rakish line-
of battle ship. Every moment now became more anxi-
ous; we had scarcely dropped anchor. when I observed
the Dartmouth frigate firing musquetry upon an Egyp•
than fire ship, which bad been set on fire. The French
Admiral passing at this moment, fired a broadside into
the fire ship, which sunk her. This was a beautiful
and interesting sight. Affairs wore a hostile aspect.
A broadside was now immediately expected from the
Turkish ship abreast of us--all hands to.qoarters was
now the pipe--every officer and man to his gun. 1
retired below to the cockpit, where the surgeon and
my brother assistant irnmediately•joined me. It was
well that we retired in time, for I had not • been
below more than five minutes, when the Genoa was in
action; and truly awful was the cannosading-•which
ensued. The b. rise having become rather 'light; the
most' of the French and Russian ships were now only
slowly entering the harbour, while the Asia. Genoa, and.
Albion, were in the mean time dreadfully exposed to the
fire of many of- •he enemy's ships; which, you may
imagine, coming from all points of the crescent they
formed, played upon us•witb great force. The action
had scarcely been ceminenced tett militates, when seve•
rat pour fellows were brought thread to Us With severe
wounds.; aad so sudden was this_ title for our assistance,
and so pressing w re the cries and 'supplications •of
the wounded, that it was at first difficutt to judge
who to relieve. Operations, 1104/ever, were inch&
pensable, and we proceeded tooperforrn our duty.
The, scene in the cock-pit was now drealful—the
cues of the wounded and the dying, with. the thun-
dering roar of our enemy's cannon and our own, above
our heads. Our good noble old Captain (Bathur►t)
was brought down mortally wounded, his bowels pro-
truding. 'fete case was hopeless. He behaved with ibe
most heroic firmness; and while on the amputation
table, sequested that the Genoa would keep up the en-
gagement to the last. It was now about five a.m. the
action hiving commenced at three r.m. and it still
rags.d with dreadful tury. The Turks appeared to
fiOir, if ant with bravery, at least with desperation.
Ihe Genoa was keeping up a heavy fire upon her
oppoi ewe white she was at the same time exposed
to tie fire or several large Turkish frigates. The Asia
and Minim were similarly exposed;. a hie the test of
our squadron, with the Freach. and Ito slam. were
closely engaged ssi h the forts and the tea of the ene-
my's ft igaies and fire-ships. 'At length, some
.of the
nemy's ships having taken fire, blew up with a dread-
ful eXplOSiOli, which produced gallant cheers from our
crew•. • The tide of affairs seemed now to turn in our
tairOttt —every explosion which took place renewed rh
cheering on the pin of our men. It was not, however,
till ten minutes after seven P et. that this dieasifol and
destructive battleterminated, as you well know, with tic
destruction of the Turkish and Egyptian beets.
" Next morning, the 21st, I went on dect, and Found
we wale much disabled, particularly in the stern, via
masts and rigging. The mizen•mast now fell over the
side. and our men proceeded to tepidr nut' damages.
A grand sight now presented itself ; the Turks setting.
fire to the most of their remaining ships, a hich Waxing,
mostly blew up with a dreadful explosion, forming a
beautiful picture. The previous day about 100 Turkish
and Egyptian ships floated triumphantly in the port
of Navarin; but now. how different the scene, most of
them sunk,. burning, and blowing up, while our own
ihips, in a manner, were in a state of wreck. The
Turkish ships which the Genoa and Asia had engaged
were now ads ift, fell aboard of each other, and soon after
I saw them drift ashore complete wrecks. The carnage
amongst the Turks must have been dreadful; for, upon
examining their ships on -the 21st, their deck, were!
found literally covered with the dead and wounded.'
We now found that we had 27 in all killed on board
the Genoa, which is a greater loss than any of our ships,
ir those of the French and Russians, bad sustained. It
is rather curious that not one in the Genoa lost a leg ;
our number of wounded was above 40, al} of which,
xcept two cases, are almost well.
"Very few of the Tanks hauled their colours down,
many of them burning and blowing up with their flags
dying. .The number of Tusks killed was computed to
..se 3,000, and wounded- about 6,000.

The private accounts from Portugal state the ex-
change-with Englaad was 48. The branch of the Bank.
of Lisbon at Opot to sontinued paying is specie.

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