Star.
London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

NAVAL IZITELLIGENCE.

The Princess Charlotte (whaler) .was condemned at Valpa-
raiso in May.
Tke following vessels were at Honduras on the 20th of fa!r,
viz.—Robert, Mentor, l'rogretts, Barden, Aid, Hugh Walace,
Cossack, Helena, Aurora, Hope, Highlander, Rosella, Zr Ayr,
Young Dixon, Alice, British Tar, Lady 31ackworth,
and Alercator.

Tile Rebecca, nusav, arrived in the Clyde from Jtmairn,
sailed on the 25th of July; antron the 31st, off Cuba, spoke a
schoontr, which inquired if she had seen a pirate that had robbed
several Jamaica 'hips about eight days before.
FALMOUTH, SETTEXIDE:I 20.—Wind W.—Arrived the Regv'ts
transport, from London fur Halifax. Sailed the Cha:sworth,
Meccas, for London.

PUNZANCY, SETTLMIEII 20.—The Industry, Wwrrt, in 77ttirg
under weigh, ran foul of the French schooner Marie, by which
the latter lost her bowsprit, billet head, &c.

PLTUOUTII. SErresisza 21.—Wind W.—Arrived the Grape,.
ARZISTRONO, from Topsham for New Brunswick.
Poaysmouru, Serramisca 22.—Wind N. W.—Arri-ed the
Thomas and Mary transpot t, from Quebec; Integrit' ditto, from
Plymouth; John ditto, from Cork; and Nancy, CAKIL, front
Memel. Sailed the Active, COCK, for London.
DEAN SEPT. 22.—Wind N. N.W.—Arrived and remain the
Hawker, Sumtv, from Sierra Leone ; the Lady Ridley, Vin At.,
from Jamaica; John, Fixy, from Honduras; Duke of York,
ANDERSON, from Jamaica ; Ann, THATCHER, from Bombay ; and
Victory, BILAITHWAITZ. from Quebec. Came down from the
River and sailed, the Woodstock, GRAY, for Jamaica; Britan-
nia, Irma, and Christopher, LAUB, for Bermuda ; Grancr,
CarAL, for the South, Seas ; and Emma, BAUMGA cirr, for Cal-
cutta. Also sailed, the Jessie, NOLIBROW, for New SnuthWalet,
and most of the outward-bound. ,The Ann, ,Ttiarcona, sailed

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from Bombay the 18th May, and St. Helena 3d August. The
Bombay and Herefordshire left St. Helena the 2.t1 August. The
Marquis of lay and William Pitt were to sail the 4th August.
The Providence was to leave the Isle of France the '2sth June;
the Culumbo had arrived there all well. The Orpheus sailed
from thence about a fortnight before the Ann. lxit at the
Island his Majesty's ship Torazz; the crew had become healthy.
HULL, SCPTLISSUSR ?A.—Arrived the Kiern, Gt.rxtuN, front
Davis's Straits, fifteen fish, 488 butts; Zephyr, UNTIIANIC, from
ditto, eleven fish, 340 butts; Symmetry, 31AuGeo, front ditto,
nine fish, 290 butts; and Abraham, ll.aalsoN, from Greenland,
thirteen fish, 300 butts.
Cuterow-Houst, SEPTSIMIL 22.—Ships Entered Inwards :
The Britannia, from Teneritfe ; Providence, from Cork ; Tele-
maque front Riga ; John Thomas, from Waterford ; Thais,
from Baltimore; lien, front Memel; Speedwell, from Stangate
Creek ; Tetnes, front Liverpool; Olive, from Riga ; Diana.
from Cape Coast Castle; Shamrock, from Cork ; Sarah, front
Ilamburgh ; Orient, from Bombay; Atalanta, from I lamburgh ;
Neptune, from Quebec ; Helena, from Riga ; Daphne, front St..
Petersburgh; and Treote, from Fiume —tittered Outwards:
The Elizabeth, for Rotterdam ; Douro Castle, for Hamburg!, ;
Mary, for Dublin ; Agenoria, for Elsineur ; Nells, for Genoa.—
Cleared Outwards : The Aurora, for Waterford; Fanny, fir
St. Vincent's ; Zee:neeuw, for Amsterdam ; Criterion, for N, w
York; Aurora for Bilboa ; Maria, for Cadiz; and the Kitty,
for Saint Übell.

A paragraph, headed ^ Turkish Pllni 3h mer t," having appeared
in several Papers, representing " that a Greek sailor bad beta
put on shore from the Turkish frigate Asia, end found chained
to a stake on Hon Marsh, rear Chatham, where he would have
been drowned on the next flowing of the tide, if not timely di-
covered," the Commander of the Asia (Capia:tp Mem.) has in
consequence written to the Consignees cf the ship, that the while
is a gross fiction of the sailor, or of some designir.g person. The
Captain states, that the sailor in question had stolen two watches
from one of his messmates, and was detected in selling them at
Chatham, where he was "carried before "a Magistrate to be
punished according to the English Laws—but the ship being
near her departure, it was recommended that •he should be
taken on board and punished in his own country. Accord-
ingly the man was put in irons, but was at liberty to walk
the deck, and do his work on board. When the ship was quite
ready for sea, on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning,
6th August, the sailor, unperceived by the rest of the crew, de-
serted with the ship's boat, and landed on the 1100 side, where
the boat was seen on Sunday meriting and brought away. The
.Captain was on shore at Chatham when it was reported to him,
and the following morning the ship sailed. Some days afterwards
the Asia was forced back by contrary winds into the Downs, and
thus the Captain has unexpectedly had the opportunity of ex-
posing the calumny. The sailor himself, now he is free, acknow-
ledges he deserted the ship ; and if originally he reported other-
wise, it must be considered he had a strong motive to fabricate
some story to work on the feelings of those who discovered him;,
for the fetters on his legs too plainly 'hewed he was a criminal
escaped from justice—and the ship having sailed, there wais
chance of the imposture being detected. Even without this (ge-
nial contradiction, everybody must see the Captain could have.
no motive to deprive himself of the services of a seaman, by an
act of barbarity foreign to his character, When he could, at the
end of the voyage have delivered him up for punishment in his
own country—while, on the other hand, the delinquent had every
reason to watch the opportunity of deserting, to escape punish-
ment, just as much as offenders in our jails try, at all hazards,
to regain their liberty.