Star.
London, England, 1829-09-18 00:00:00

From the PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, Sept. 17.

Mr. Reed. our Consul General at St. Michael's, came home in
the Undaunted, with dispatches for Government.
The Britannia, 120, went into the Sound on Monday afternoon,
the surrounding hills being covered with spectators. Among the
visitors on board, exclusive of Earl Northesk and family, were
Lords Valletort and Eliot, General Sir Willoughby Gordon Capt.
Wise, C.B. Mr. Bewes, and a number of ladies. The flag of Earl
Northesk was struck at sunset, and immediately after hoisted on
board the St. Vincent, 120. Capt. George Burdett will take the
Britannia to the Mediterranean, and Commander H. S. Marsham,
is also appointed to her. Capt. Burdett took the command on
Tuesday, and Capt. Hawker moved to the St. Vincent on the
same day. _ _ _

The sailing orders of the Britannia came down onTuesday night,
and she will sail for Malta on Saturday, as will the Lightning also
for South America.

His Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, was commissioned on
Thursday by Lieut. Edw. Bayley, to fit out as a flag-gitard-ship
for Channel service. The Rev. T. Ferris is appointed Chaplain of
her, and the Rev. J. Briggs supernumerary Chaplain of her for the
service of the Ordinary. The Rev. E. Pittman goes out acting in
the Britannia to join the Gloucester; and the Rev. J. M. Mallet
goes out in the Lightning to join the Tribune on the South Ame-
rican station. Mr. Stephen Mason is appoined Assistant Surgeon
of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, his appointment for the Britannia
being set aside. Lieut. Mallard, of the Royal Marines, moves
from the Britannia to the St. Vincent-

In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Lightning, Orestes, Leveret,
Royalist, Eclipse, Calypso, and Meteor steam-vessel.
At the Island—Bramble.
In Barnpool—Undaunted.
In the Sound—Britannia, Trinculo.
Paesscnotts.—Commander James Thorne and Raton Travers
(Rose), to the rank of Captain; Lieut. J. Talbot, of the Melville,
W. C. Swinfen, of the Druid, and George Smith (a), the Inventor
of the Lever Target, to the rank of Commander.

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Captain Little, of this division of Royal Marines, is appointed
Barrack Master at Woolwich, vice Bright, deceased ; and Captain
Giles is appointed to this division, vice Little.

Arronszxzwza.—Capt. John Hayes, C. B. Commander Drake,
Lieut. Thomas Creser, Mr. Hall, Surgeon, Mr. E. E. Vidal!,
Purser, to the Ganges • Commander C. H. Swimburne, Lieut. J.
Brown, Mr. James, Surgeon, and Mr. John Davies, Master, to
the Rapid ; Lieut. John Wainwright. to the Melville ; Mr. C. H.
Fuller, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Britannia; Commander John
Shepherd, Lieut. Arch. Reed., Lieut. S. S. Crispo, 1131. James
Menzies and John Bowler, Assistant-Surgeons, to the Barham ;
Lieuts. E. H. Seppings and W. Hand, to the Shannon ; Lieut. W.
Louis, and Assistant-Surgeon John Smith (c), to the Ranger ;
Lieutenants John I). Brisbane, Charles Tolland, Charles Bed-
does, Mr. James Sprint, Master, Mr. G. Armstrong, Surgeon,
and Mr. E. M. Denby, Purser. to the Mersey; Captain
C. Rich, Lieut. Justus Ozenham, Mr. P. Mc. Govern, Surgeon,
Alessrs. J. Sinclair, J. Campbell, and J. Mc. Intyre, Assistant
Surgeons, to the Magnificent ' • Lieutenants John Garret and John
Byng, to the Slaticy ; Lieut. J. E. Rivett, and Assistant Surgeon
C. it. Nutt, Mr. J. B. Borham, Purser to Espieglet Mr. Thomas
Richardson, Master, Mr. D. King, Surgeon, Mr. Robert Barrow,
Purser, to Grasshopper ; Lieut. T. B. Brown, Mr. 0. Evans, Sur-
geon, to Fairy; Commander H. S. Nixon, Mr. J. A. Mc. Kee,
Master, Mr. J. W. Nicholls, Purser, to tlarpy; Lieutenant H. A.
Griffith, to Icarus.

Lieutenants Bowen (1805), A. D. Ferguson (1828), and George
Hathorn (1827) are appointed to the Britannia.
Mr. C. Dickson is appointed Assistant. Surgeon to the Naval
Department at Fernando Po.
Lieutenant John Roche, of Stonrhouse, late of the Harpy, is
appointed to command the Skip-Jack schooner, at Jamaica. Lieut.
Augustus F. Tracey, cf Plymouth, is appointed to the Hyperion,
42. Mr. J. Tilly (1801), is appointed Purser of the St. Vincent.
The following midshipmen passed their examination at the
Royal Naval College, last week : Mr. Richd. Inman, Mr. Ste-
phen Grenville Free:nantle, Mr. John Frederick Guyon. Mr.Edw.
Young, the lion. Edw. George Howard, Mr. John Gunn Robin.,
Mr. Charles Trelawney Pasi-,ingham, Mr. Henry Thomas Smith,
Mr. Charles James Fox Campbell, Mr. Charles Bamber Warren,
Mr. Adam Gilhard Wescott, Mr. George Augustus Henry.
Luis Majesty's ship Nheldrake arrived at Gibraltar from Fal-
mouth and Cadiz, Aug 18. The Tyrian arrived at Madeira from
Fain:oath, July `d7, and sailed 28th for Teneriffe and Rio de
Janeiro. The Cadmus arrived at Rio de Janeiro from a cruise
June 29. The M u:ine arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Falmouth
June 30, and sailed July 5 for Buenos Ayres. The Espoir was at
St. Helena July The Grasshopper arrived at Jamaica from
Curacoa July 8, and sailed 15th for ditto. The Icarus arrived at
Jamaica from Camaynes July 25, and sailed for Curacoa 29th. The
Emulous arrived at Jamaica from Falmouth July 29, and sailed [or
Vera Cruz 51st. The Slaney arrived at Jamaica from Curaci.a
July 21, and Fairy front a cruise 29th. The Seringapatam was
spoken with Ain,u-t 15, lat. 17. 36. N. long. £6. 5. The Pallas,
hotrod to Bengal, was spoken with lat. 16. N. long. 1:(1.. The
if,peig:e arrived at liarbadoet. from Trinidad July 25.
The Stephen Knight, Wright, of this tort, on into P3dstow
the 11th instant, with damage, having been in contact with the
Sprightly, Richards, on shore at Widemouth, wear Bude.
The schooner Mary, of this port, was driven on the SARIS within
the Dunbar, near I'adstow, on the 11th inst. after beating over
during the night; the crew were saved by pilou, and the vessel has
since been got off in a leaky state.
The brig Hawke, Tapscott, of this port, un her voyage from
Newport to this place, was totally wrecked dining the heavy gales
last week in Barnstaple Bay, and all on board perished. The Mas-
ter has left a widow and five children to deplore the loss.
The Cygnet, Russell, of this port, sailed from Dundee, for the
Baltic, September 2. The Halcyon, 13owdler, arrived at Lisbon,
front this port, August 6. The Fancy, Farrant, of and frnin
this port, arrived at Malaya August 11. The Mary, Wills, ar-
rived at Newfoundland, from Figueira, August 3. 'The 'fre Sas-
'tend, Heitman, arrived at St. Übes, front this port, Aug. 21. The
Lady Frances, Dawes, arrived at Newfoundland, Irons Madeira,
Aug. 3. The Mayflower, Martin, of this port, arrived at Newfound-
land from Oporto, Aug. 8 The Active, Hayman, of this port,
arrived at Denia from Liverpool, August 15. The Christian, Ham,
of this port, arrived at Figeera from Newfoundland, August 22,
and sailed fur the former place on the 22d, all weU. The eothert,
Forbes, of this port, arrived at Lisbon Irons Newfoundland, Aug.
25. The Susan, Nicholson, of and for this port, from Archangel,
arrived at Weymouth on the 6th inst. The Fly, Soper, from this
port, arrived at Figueira Aug. 10, and sailed 16th for Labrador.
The Lady Peel, Aihley; from this port, arrived at Amsterdam the
12th inst. 'The Eliza and Nancy, Head, of this port, was at Alicanti
Aug. 28 The Elizabeth, Phelps, irons London, put into It .m. -
gate, the 111th inst. The Breakwater, Newman, of and front this
port, for Prince Edward's Island, was spoken et ith of • the sth inst.
lat. 50. 20. tong. 12. The Lloyds, Warren, of and from this port,
for Quebec, was spoken with Aug. 16, lat. 46. long. 47. "the
Mould, Paul, and Launceston, Barnes, from London (or this port,.
were in the Drums the 12:h inst.

A few days since thee Lome!! transport
the River from Acrica, having the crew of a piratical schoont r In i.
soners on board. They are 18 in number, amongst whom are t
Irishmen, our Englishman, two men of colour, four Frerchnieh,
and the remainder are Spaniards. They are a desperate-lookni;
set of men, but are wretchedly clad, and appear to be in a dept .ra-
We condition. The only witness who hai yet arrived is a muss of
eo!our. It appears that Commodore Owen, o: hi.. Majesty'.
Eden, at present on t! e African station, received information s.
February, 1828, that a piratical corvette, under French colours,
was on the coast plundering vessels of all nations, and had gone a:,
far as to condemn seven vessels at Sierra Leone. under the pr. tense
that she had caught them slave dealing. The Commodore there-
fore dispatched his tender, the Corn'elius, in search of the corvette,
and the crew succeeded in boarding the corvette while she we.
lying off the coast of Calabar. She had French colours flying at het
mast head. She was about 230 tons burden, and from her papers it
appeared that she bad sailed from St. Thomas'o, in the We..t
dies. She carried right cart i3,3e and two long guns, and w.ls
adapted for quick sailing. She was stiled the Venus. At tho
time of the capture, the Captain, who was :Ai Englishman, with bas
chief officers, and about thirty of his crew, were ashore, and up:o.
hearing of the capture, they escaped into the interior. There we:-.
35 men un board, some of whom had cutlasses and small arrn•
They said the whole party ashore were armed with muskets am:
small arms of all kinds—they were on an expedition, the nature r,l
which the pri.oners could not explain. The vessel was in ballast ,
and a great abundance of ammunition and provisions were Pend.
The prisoners were confined some time in the gaol at Fernando
and the corvette was condemned as a prize to Capt. Owen. :some
of the prisoners escaped' others died, and about 20 were put no
Sul
board the Sueld, to be brought to England fur trial, but two sit
them died on the passage.
The Man of Colour states that he was in a merchant ship, which
was plundered by the corvette, on the coast of Guinea ; she bolt
down upon them, in June, 1328, with French colours eying, and
having fired two guns, came up, and took possession, and sold tin
ship and cat go at Sierra Leone. He volunteered on board her, as
he understood some of the men to say they were bound fur St.
Bartholomew or St. Thomas's : he did not participate in any sat
their acts.
The prisoners charge the nun of colour with having truiuped
up the charge, from motives of revenge , and they say they %Noel-,
justified in making the seizures they did, as they were Portquesi
vessels engaged in slave trading.
It is expected that they will be examined next week at the
Thames Police Office.