Star.
London, England, 1819-04-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The East India Company's ship Buckinghamshire, arrived off
the Wight on Wednesday; she left China in company with the
Scaleby Castle, on the sth of December last, and St. Helena,
with the Orwell also in company, on the 16th of February.
The Orwell separated from the Buckinghamshire on the 18th
of March, in Lat. 20.39. N. long. 37. 30. W. and the Scaleby
Castle on the 4th of April, among the Western Isles.
The Marquis of Huntly and Thomas Coutta had passed the
'Straits of Sunda, and were all well on the 26th of December.
They sailed from China on the Bth of that month.
The Marchioness of Ely and Prince Regent sailed from Ben-
gal the 4th of December, and were all well on the 16th of Ja-
nuary, in lat. 26. 35. S. long. 59. 21. E.
The four last-mentioned ships were to touch at the Cape.
A large ship, supposed to have been the Charles Grant, out-
ward-bound, passed the Buckinghamshire on the Ist of March,
in lat. 1. 57. N. long. 20. 37. W.
The Henourable East India Company's extra ship Henry
Percher, Captain Las; the Honourable Company's ship Fair-
he, Captain Wass; and the free trader, General Graham,
Captain WZATHEZZIAD, arrived at Bombay from Bengal, the
former on the 7th, and the two others on the Bth of December.i
- Faueotren, Aran. 20.—Wind S.W. strong gales.—The gal-
' hot Atiadne, brought in here yesterday by two cutters, has
this day been warped to the Pler.bead, and to-morrow it will
be ascertained whether any part of her cargo is yet on board ; it
is feared there can be very little, if any, as her bows are com-
pletely stove in. I
Poareatourn Aran. ft.—Wind E.N.E.—Stied the Apollo
[ Tientruir ; Cornwall, Wooers ; and Matilda, Haautmos, for
Qua-; Surrey, Moran. for Madras and Bengal; Kinnersley
Cade transport, for Barbadoes ; Canada, Sean, for New
South Wales, and the rest of the outward-bound.
Dear., Aran. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived last evening, after
' post, and sailed for the River, the Buckinghamshire, ADAMS,
from China. Came down from the River the Levant, Winn.
MORT, for. Berbice • Lord Middleton, Kean, and Broughton,
Bast, for ditto; Man, Evens, for Liverpool; Brilliant, Cuter,
be St. Lucia; Asia, Wean, for Halifax; Hopewell, C,outsos,
In Quebec, and sailed, with the whole of the outward-bound,
co their respective voyages, with a gentle breeze at N.E.
Doves, Aran. 42.—Arrived this morning the Lord Duncan
packet, Captain Pascoe, from Ostend, with a snail and passim-
Sailed this day the King George packet, Captain Knot,
ll:Calais, with passengers. The wind having got round from
the N. B. the outward-bound ships have passed by here, from
the Downs.
Ransaan, Ann 1111.—Wind N.—The wind having veered
Se the North, most of the trade bound to the West have this
dmilons.k•, Nov. 21.--His Majesty's ship Conway in acing into
the anchorage at Bahrein, on the 15th ultimo, grounded' on the
B.E. part of the And Reef, but soon floated off without any da-
mage. Captain BARHAM saw nine large vessels in the inner har-
bour, and three others in the roads, which latter put to sea before
the Conway left the island. The pirates are Said to be in con-
siderable force in the Oulph of Persia ; eighteen sail had left
Ras-alkhima together—sis were known to be cruising on the
Persian toast, having each 150 to 250 men, commanded by the
notorious chief Sheikh Hoossien bin Earns. The pirates have
she appeared in considerable force off Porebnnder, and the
nelibbouring coasts of Gurerat and Cutch, and plundered several
of the trading boats. Immediately after this information reached
the Presidency, the Hon. Company's cruisers Teigninouth and
Ariel, put to sea en Thursday in pursuit of the plunderers.
Custom nom, Arau. 22.—Entered Inwards—The Juno,
p from Jamaica • Bee, Adams, from Hombargh ; Two Bro:
then, Herrington, from Lisbon; Ann, Installa, from Cha-
rade; Slnlegton boy, from Stangate Credos Marthled,• Maser,
lIIIIM Lubeck ; Nonsuch, Monday, from to Creek a the
eastgoe, Aillet, from St. Maloes ; and Thai, Beldam, kas
Sias Felice.—OutWards—The Fame, lbmilit; Mese"
PtreiVal, and Almoragh, Whiter, for Inds; &mi. sh. Paindtr.
for Constantinople; Bare Hatfield, for Hamburgh ; Ainseidl,'
Alexandre, for Riga; logelberg, Jordet. far St. CrelLt ; Friends-
dap, Plottker, for Rotterdam; Prince of Saxe Cobourg, Smith,
far St. Mary, and Leo; Hazard. Howard, for Newfoundland.
Cleared Outwards/ The Orb, Mayne, for Petersburgh ; Linty,
Maling, for St. 'Mary's; Nottingham, Maw, for Itaittek;
Vigilant, Williams, for Dublin; Flora, Clark. for 4ZlLtOi
Active, Brown, for Sc. John's ; Margaret, Lidde, for
A letter front Boston, New England, dated March
20, says, "The packet from Savannah has been lost,
and' all hands on board perished. A steam-boat, of
400 tons has also been lost in the Ohio River, by
which six people have unfortunately lost their lives.
On the 23d of February it was very sickly at St.
Pierre, Martinique, and numbers were daily dying.
All kinds of American produce was uncommonly
dull and scarce ; no money was to be had ; sugar
was scarce and very high in price ; molasses was 68
and 70 sons, besides the colonial duty : 106 sail of
French vessels in port, mostly from France, with
produce, but could get no market. St. Eustatia, St.
Bevin's, and the Five Islands, swarmed with priva-
teers, who robbed and plundered all kinds of vessels
they fell in with. English ships which had arrived
at Martinique had been plundered by them. One of
the privateers informed, that Commodore Aury had
died of the fever."
Wednesday night, about 11 o'clock, an alarming
fire broke out in the house of Mr. Smith, baker, Rose-
mary-lane, which, in a short time, consumed the'
'bake-house, and considerably damaged the back part
of the dwelling-house. On the arrival of engines, the
flames were extinguished without further damage.
Yesterday morning, near one o'clock, another
alarming fire broke out in the house of Mr. Dudley,
Brown's-row Mile-end-road, which in a short time
consumed the interior. On the arrival of engines and
plenty of water, further damage was prevented.
Monday morning. a fire broke out in a carpenter s
shop in tfie Gallowgate, Glasgow, the whole of which
was totally consumed. The house adjoining also suf-
fered considerably, particularly the roof, which was
almost totally destroyed.
Through the vigilance of the. Sheriff of Dumfries-
shire, the two men accused of having murdered their
fellow traveller last Monday seinaight, about three
• ' es from Moffat, have been taken into :custody
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at Dumfries, and committed to the jail of that town.
'The only probable object that tempted these men to
rob and murder their unsuspecting countryman,
(they were all Irishmen) was, it would appear, to get
hold of a silver watch which the deceased had in his
possession The opinion of the sat eons who in-
spected the body is, that death ensuadfrom strang
lation. It is said one Of the men has e9aressed his guilt'
The expense now insurted in clearing, the ground
le, is k1604)00,-_ it is supposed,
leading ' the