Star.
London, England, 1821-10-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Assam; Ocr. 2.—The Ythan, from Davis' Straits, los ar-
rived here with nine fish, 140 tuns; she was reported to be lost,
along with several others. It is hoped, from this circumstance,
that the report may prove groundless in other cases. The Ythan
had not heard of the loss of the Elisabeth, of this place.
FAINGOTH' OCT. 11.PAITITIld the Bee, Raystouo,
from Poole for liverpool, leaky.
Pt.vsttorrs, Ocr. 4.—Wind &W.—Arrived the St. Johannes,
NiaLsoN, from Halmstadt for Cads • and Friends, Hum, from
London for Gibraltar. The Mariner, of Dartmouth, for Li-
verpool, has put in here with loss of mainmast, having been run
foul of. The Success and DRAIN cutters have been paid off at
this port : the crews are to be retained and employed in Ireland.
The barque Mona, BURTON, of North Shields, arrived here on
Thursday, from Chroggla, laden with timber for the Dock-yard;
sailed the 17th July, and from Gibraltar the 6th September;
spoke on the troth August, in the Mediterranean, the brig Hope,
of and from Liverpool, bound to Trieste; on the 22d September,
in lat. 47. long. 13. the ship Waterloo, from the Rant ladies;
on the 26th following, ten leagues S. W. of the Lizard, the Bed-
ford, from London for Sierra Leone. A French chasse-maree fs
said to have foundered on Tuesday off St. lye's : crew supposed
drown.!; the sails of a vessel (supposed to be the above) were
discoveredplainly at low water, about eight miles north-west of
St. lye's: the schooner Yeoman's Glory, Captain COOPICR, from
Newport, passed close by, and picked up a boom belonging to
her. The brig Lord &mouth, &mar; of this port, was
spoken with Sept. 8, in Ist. 42. long. 42. out 14 days, ail well.
The Phosida, temois, of Dartmouth, for Ferrylaod, was spoken
with Sept. 5, in lat. 46. long. 42.30. The Albatross, Emmen,
from this port, arrived at Quebec, Aug. 22, with loss of mainmast.
The Minerva, Date, from this port, arrived at Quebec Aug. 21,
in 26 days. The Forbes, Bsowx, from this port, arrived at
Calcutta Al.ril 7. The Gosport, Coz,from Oporto for New-
' foundland, was spoken Sept. 13, in ong. 191. all well. The
Zephyr, Dory, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar Sept. 3. '
The Anne, Kalman; arrived at Belfast Sept. 25, from Quebec.
The Georgians, WORTHINGTON arrived at the Isle of France on
the 25th May, from Liverpool: His Majesty's ship SRRINCIAPA-
TRW, arrived at Gibraltar Sept. 2, from Lisbon.—The following
vessels remain in the Sound:—The Union, Pease, for Lisbon;
Nautilus, Warms, with the 54th Regiment, for the Cape of
Good Hope ; Nelson, Baaner ; and Fame, A astersoma, for the
South Seas ; Rosella, Arenismi, for New York ; the Charles
Forbes* Cowie, for St. John's, New Brunswick; and the Jane,
&noncoms; for Malta. _ _ _

The irationa frigate, Sir ROIRST MINDS, now in Plymouth
Sound, will sail the first fair wind for the Coast of Africa.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. s.—Arrived his Majesty's ship ALLIGATOR,
from Madras--sailed 91 June, from the Mauritius 14th July,
and from St. Helena 27th August ; also the Tiger, BRUSH, from
the Downs for New South Wales; and Only Son, Gaily, from
Rotterdam for St. Übe's : the latter, during a heavy squall in
the night, parted from one cable and slipped anothe{. Two other
vessels also slipped their cables. Sailed his Majesty's ship Ro-
sana, on a crate.

MAI, Oct. S,.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed for the River,
the Zephyr, Cox, from Honduras : she has put back again, with
the loss of two anchors and cables. The following ships have
abo put back and remain :—Fortitude Increased, for St. Kitt's;
Britannia, for Halifax ; Minstrel, for Naples ; Ceres, for Africa;
Good Intent, for Lisbon ; and Alexander, fur Cork.— Arrived
and remain, the Princess Mary, BUT, from the South Seas ;
Briton, Rmtt•aas, from Palermo; and George, Minivan, from
Blythe for Fecamp.—The wind shifted about three *.x. from
the & S.W. to N. W. and blows hard. The ships in the Downs
ride all well.

RAXSOATI, OCT. S.—Arrived the Regent packet, Commis,
from Landon for Limerick, having slipped her chain-cable; the
Desire. ROVIIItTIRZE, from Sunderland, with her windlass broken;
Codella, USQUNAIIT, from lAindon • and the Judith, DMA IL%
with loss of anchors and cables. A London;
marked " Swift, Po-
var,
f Bridpott," much stove, also an anchor and cable, have
been brought in here. The Royal Sovereign, of this port, has
brought on shore about 70 fathoms of 16-Inch cable, a new buoy
and buoy-rope, ana an anchor of about 14 cwt.
LYAILNGTON, OCT. 5.- Arrived the SOuthworth, SAMPSOX, from
Portsmouth, for Cork and New South Wales.
Gasvasaans, (km s.—Arrived the Ann and Amelia, Snotty,
from Calcutta. _ _ _

Captain Sir T. Livntarross is appointed to the command of
the Guam, of 74 guns, at Chatham, vice Captain F. MAITLAND.
The Gamoa will sail to Longreach, where she will lay as an extra
guard-ship to the river Medway.
Tatum:TN, OCT. s.—Four or five vessels, supposed to be
colliers, cut from their anchors last night under Eccles, close to
this place.
Sour, Ocv. L—A glass bottle was picked up on the 50th
ult. by a pilot boat, with the following paper :—" Brig James,
Thomson master, from Liverpool to Jamaica, this 16th, at
twelve o'clock, am. all well, in lat. 50.6. N. long. 6.48. W. wind
W.N.W. thick weather."

Costow-Housit, OCT. S.—Ships Entered Inwards: Mangles,
from Calcutta; Ocean, from Honduras; Active, from Calais;
Ann, from Palermo; William, from St. Petenburgh ; Endes- 1
your, from Palermo; Prince Regent, from Calcutta; Isabella,
from Jamaica ; Syren, from Calls ; Prosperous, from ditto ;
Waterloo, from Calcutta ; Hebe, from Teneriffe ; Enterprise,
from Jamaica. Entered Outwards : Jemima, for Antwerp ;
Sarah, for ditto ; Providence, for Amsterdam ; Standard, for
Jamaica.--Cleared Outwards: Syren, for St. John's ;
Inclins-
don, for Bremen ; Reliance, for Hamburg's ; /glens, foe
ditto ; Fanny, for Bt. Petersburgh ; Harmony, for Bermuda.

Extract of a letter from the Havannab, dated 12th
August Two of the transports from St. Augus-
tine, which parted company from the convoy, are not
yet arrived. A Spanish sloop of war arrived here on
the Sth inst. with a schooner which she captured off
Boca Chica, having detected her in supplying the
enemy under English colours. We are informed from
Aquadilla, that on the 10th of July a general panic
took place among the inhabitants of that place, by
the appearance in the offing of nine sail of vessels,
which they took for Patriot cruizers : all the females
fled to the mountains, and the garrison were called
out to prepare for a vigorous resistance, when at
length their apprehensions were allayed by ascertain-
ing that they were Spanish merchantmen, under con-
voy of a frigate. Ten transports sailed a few days
since, with troops on board, for Vera Cruz."

The following letter has been received by the Se-
cretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin:
Office of Committee of Ptlvy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, 20th Sept. 1821.
Stis•—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Omuta, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to
Trade and Fare iga Plantatioos to request that you will collect,
for the information of this Board, any representations which the
Manufacturers of Ireland may be disposed to make respecting
the conttnuance of the Protecting Duties granted by the Act of
Union s and that you will transmit the setts: as soon as may be
convenient, together with any observations which the Chamber
of Commerce at Dublin may desire to bring under the conside-
ration of the Lords of this Committee, in order that their Lord-
ships may be enabled fully to consider this subject; and that
suScient time may be afforded for the preparatioo of any mea-
sures which it may be deemed advisable to submit to Parliament
at an early period of the ensuing Session, in case it shall be
thought expedient to ,prOloose. any modification of the existing
duties, as settled by the Act of Ist George IV. e. 45.
J I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) THOMAS LACS.

rOrtoN WOOL

lAs we find the article on this subject,- which was
inserted in our publication of the 18th ult. has occae
skated some inquiries to be Made of as as well Si
Idrawn the attention of our Lancashire Readers, we
havebeenindeced to extend our investigation into this
Imost important matter: we have also looked a little
into the natural history of the various spacies of plants, '
from which Cotton Wool, used in fabrics, Is cultivated.'
We have reason to believe the general subject is
undergoing an inquiry in a quarter where its
merits will be Fairly considered ; and, we doubt not,
such measures will follow as its importance seems
to demand.

We cannot help, however, remarking. that should
the fadts, stated, in our former article, prove true, the
consequences to the Empire, the East India Com-
pany, and the Traders and Manufacturers of the
country, are far more extensive than at first view
we had considered them.

We have obtained a perusal of a late Calcutta
Price Current : it represents the importations brought
down the Ganges and Jumna, with their tributary
streams, to be heavy; and that the preceding week
(date Bth March), 16,245 bales had arrived at Mirza-
pore, making the total of the present crop, to that
date, 113,968 bales. This, we believe, is chiefly cul-
tivated in the Mahratta country, on the south-west
bank of the Jumna, and forms no part of the pro-
duce of Bengal, and, we suppose, little of what is
cultivated in the ceded provinces. When, therefore,
we consider the small proportion the above quantity
must bear to the whole Cotton Wool cultivated in Bri-
tish India, and States tributary to it, not a doubt can
exist, in our opinion, of a supply of the raw material
being easily obtained, to double the extent of the
wants of this country. All that appears necessary to
the accomplishment of this object may be brought
about in a very short time, by judicious and prudent
measures being established.
We could dilate upon the probable enlargement-Of
quantity, and improvement in quality, which whole-
some arrangements would secure; but we forbear for
the present, as others who are much more competent
to the task, will, we trust, do it ample justice.
On referring to Miller and others, we observe
some difference in opinion exists as to the shrubs from
which Cotton Wool is cultivated: some contend for
four distinct species, while others, and of no mean
authority, confine it only to one, aft others being only
viewed as varieties. Without attempting to offer an
opinion on this disputed point, we would only briefly
remark, that, under the impression that America cul-
tivates upon shrub, and India chiefly ttpon the annual
herbaceous plant, we notice so great a distinction in
their natural history, as to leave no doubt in our
mind that the Wool of those respective.species must
essentially differ in quality from each other; and this
circumstance greatly strengthens our belief in the
superiority of India Wool, for we tan see no other
reasonable ground for accounting for the superiority
of India cotton goods over Britub, and which, we
believe, both the manufacturers and drapers of this
country all readily admit.

ry- In our former Article on this subject, the shrub of.Anse-
rica was styled Barbadinse, it should have been Barbadense.