Star.
London, England, 1827-10-22 00:00:00

NAVAL IN"I'ELLIGtNCk.
VII Xmas, Biktitr,'from Seville to /anthill, has been t:lee bi
the ?Whined% Colo'hibian Wig df war, hod carried into Puettli
tabello.
The thanks Adets, Ittio, (loft' 'fiintliurgh to Louden; erTs *put ,
YaYntouth Isar yesterday intoning, leaky, bevies stesck.uo tIR
todde
Tee Lord Wellingnia,. Menotti, of L amine, from Archangel Yu
Weed, was stranded at Loctimody on the 6th invent.
Faciroure, Oct. 19.—Wind S.& B.a—At deed from' London the
Brawn Fuge, Goixon. for Vera Crit Helen, hiciacasar. for
'Gibraltar ; Arab, !leases, for the Medivertinean ; and Elephant
ipacitet, for Bermuda. Bailed the Plover packer, for the Leeward
Islands.
Ptutou
urt • Oct lib —*lna B.—Artived the industry) Woo.,
'hem Archangel; and Cognac, Funs. from' harente.
•DiAL. Oct. 40.—Wind variable.
per. 41 —Wind ft.—Mitred tart Finsbuty, W , from ton-
aon, for Gibraltar; Wellesley, TRUMAPI, from ditto, for Jamaica;
-mg Freak, naLOll, from Hull, foe New York.
Wetter, OCT. it.—The Nancy, of Shields, which bar bees
*wee an shut near Shl.his, has been got off, and proceeded for
"'death+ tow of a steamboat.
Temente, Oct. 19 —During the tremendous gale on the night
•o( die 10th instant, the Lord Duncan brig wu wrecked on Lowew.
tuft South Basch; and from her dangerous situation; the almost
'certain destruction of the crew, seven en number', appeared inevi-
table. Manby's mortar and apparatus were fortunately ntar at
loud, when a ripe was projected over the vessel, by which the
-craw. mere enabled to reach the shore in safety, when it was ad-
mined no other means could possibly have saved the Wks of these'
"valuable men.
poatasneew, Orr. 11.—Light aka.—Balled the Duke of Nor.
folk, Nevem, for St. Kite's ; and Sir Thomas bionro, Ctioactur
far Nasals. •
Friday tweet the Greenland whale ships came Into Leith harbour
from the Beads, and ware welcomed by loud cheers from a large
canteen/ of patentors assembled on the piers.
The Travelirr, SIIIPS0)/, arrived at Peterhead. from Davis,
en the 10th instant, with 27i fish (from 290 to 500 tuns of
41il). is the largest quantity that bee been brought to few
bowl for many years in one vassal, and we believe few such cargoes
bane ever some to the country.
11011 Till namestrinaTtLeOßATSl, OCT. 20.
Yesterday the Eiperime. tal Squadron' under the
command of Rear-Admiral Sir Tit ,111 AS HARDY, rre.
turned to this port, from their third and la.t cruise—'
except the Tyne, which ship could not rejoin the aqua.;
droll. The quadron left St. H lee's on he 24. h S
!ember, bur returned in the evening ; they weighed
again on the 28th, and stood out to sea. On each cc
teflon the wind Was moderate. Of the 28's, the Tyne
and Sapphire beat the Challenger ; the Columbine was
sepetior to the rest of the squadron ; we cannot, how-
mr, place much importance on these days, as tides
may have favoured one ship and not another. We,
however, thought it necessary to ment'on them, inas-
much as these were the oily occasions on which the
Tyne was present with the squadron.—Saturday. Sept.
so—.At awing the wind was light, but afterwards blew
half a gale. The Columbine bore up, through carrying
away her iron garnmoning ; plevious to this she beat all
the squadron. Acorn weathered the Satellite a quarter
of a mile; Challenger and Wolf a mile: Alert five or six
miles.—Friday, October 9th—Sailing two points free,
under all possible sail. Columbine beat the Sapphire
one mile, Satellite mile and a half, Alert and Wolf
two miles, Challenger and Acorn two Miles and a
quarter.—Saturday, October 6th—Close hauled, a calm,
with occasional light winch. Columbine and Challenger.
weathered thaWolf, Satellite, and Acorn, one third of
a mile, Sapphire two-thirds, f a mile, Alert one mile.—
Monday, October Bth—Close hauled, half a g.rle, with
a heavy sea. The Acorn and Sapphire, when against
the bead sea, beat all the squadron ; but on the other
tack, when the wind lightened, 'and changed so as to
bring the ships astern more to windward, Columbine
weathered the Satellite half a rale, Accrn two-thirds of
aside, Sapphire a mile-and a quarter, Challenger
mile and three-quarters, Wolf and Alert four nti!es.—
Wednesday, Oct. 10th: Close hauled, half a gale, with
ahead sea.
_The trial unexpectedly terminated, from,
the Challenger carrying away her maintop-ma.t in
tacking. While it continued, the Sapphire, Challenger,
Col mbine, Acorn, and Satellite, were nearly equal ;
but the Wolf and Alert were inferior to thertz—Tues-
day, Oct. 16th : Close hauled, half a gale, with a head
sea. During tile trial, the weather became so thick that we
cannot speak with certainty as to the result. However,
the Satellite made signal that she weathered the Colum-
bine half a mile, and the Acorn that she weathered the
Satellite three quarter of a mile. Before the weather
became so thick these ships had beaten the Sapphire
considerably ; the Alert and Wolf were hull down to
leeward, The Challenger sprung her fore yard, and is,
therefore, not included hi the trial. Previous to this a.-
cident, she was beaten by the Colwanbine, Sapphire and
Satellite. From the behavionr of the ships when stowed
for Imeign service, it was evident that among the 28-
gun frigates, the Sapphire bad decidedly the advan-
tage over the Challenger. Among the corvettes the
Acorn, Satellite and Columbine, were equally superior
to the Wolf and Alert. it is evidently unfair to rap et-
'hat the 28's should beat the corvettes, on account of
the additional deck and carronades, with their top
hamper. We are only surprised that they should have
beaten them on any occasion, except sailing free. We
all know that fighting, as well as sailing, is an import.
ant quality in a man of war ; it is rather singular that
this indispensible quality should be generally over-
looked, when dwelling on the efficiency of ships. But
as the ships are nearly useless to 'the country, if they
are unable to fight their lee and weather guns in heavy
weather, we shall briefly allude to this property of the
reswls under consideration. On September 23, the
Admiial made signal for the. squadron to fire their
guns; it was blowing very fresh, but not pajtico-
lailY so, as the squadarn were carrying topgallant
tails. The Acorn and Satellite fired with comparative
eater and might have engaged an enemy if required,
even under her heavy press of sail. The Alert, Chal-
lenger, and Wolf, could not fire with any effect:—
The Columbine and Sapphire were not in company
at the time ; we cannot therefore, speak from,ea-
Petience of their capability of firing• in bad. wea-
Ow. Any person, however, at all acquainted with.
the subject, must be aware. that the Sapphire, from
." n'tille‘s, cannot be deficient in this respect;
being
m but that the Columbine, although very far from.
only 3ft: from the water,
clog crank, fro
the lowness of her ports, which are
would, in a high sea, very
'hebly fail in this material quality. On the whole,
A it fair to conclude, that the Acorn, Satellite,
Sapphire, judging of their general qualities as men
are among the finest ships of their respective
in the British Navy; that 'the chief exception
an the Columbine is the lowness of her guns; and
Ina the Challenger, Tyne, and Wolf, deficient in
city.

- rine, 28, Captain J. K. K. White, is under orders
accompany the Coromandel, store ship to Bermuda.
' Primrose, 18, Captain T.S. Griffenhoofe,will shortly
ready to proceed to the coast of Africa. The Athol
tritomart are paid off, and the latter re-commis-
by Captain Russell Henry Manners. '
part of the Ro) al Marine Artillery is ordered to
ilk in all ships its commission. A Captain is to be
Kited to lit and 2d-rates, and a Subaltern to 3d and
rates. A 74-gun ship is to have about 13 men ; a
in ship II men ; and a smaller frigate about nine
as many marines will be deducted from each
complement. The• Victor will take out detach-
for the drips on the West India station.

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