Star.
London, England, 1821-12-15 00:00:00

NAVAL. LVTELLNENCE.

The destination of the East India Company'sship London has
been altered from China direct, to hildras and China ; to be
afloat on the 23d of January, sail to Gravesend on the 6th of
February, stay there thirty (Lys, and i,e in the Downs on the
14th of March.

Tuesday, the Opossum brig was launched from the slip at the
North end of the Dock-yard, Sheerness ; she went off in the
finest style amid the huzzas of thousands whom the fineness of
the day had induced to the spot.
Previous to the Piosara's sailing from Chatham, on Saturday'
the Officets and crew received their first payment of salvage for
having extricated a valuable brig from a most perilous situation
after she had grounded on the Ooze Sand.

Coss, Dec. 9.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's Air Slut
&tuts (Admits) Lord CoLvtu.s) and Pnarrott, from Plymouth•

CLVDX, DEC. EL—Arrived the Hercules, from St. Andrew's
for Belfast, with loss of anchor and cable.
)11t.roe», Dec. i3.—The Endeavour, of and for Cork, from
Cardiff, was stranded on Sunday night in Waterford harbour,
and it was supposed would b: totally wrecked—crew saved.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the following
outward-hound vessels:—hover, TAveos, for Genoa; Rover,
PAY, for Naples; Prince Regent, for Gibraltar; Duke of York,
for Bermuda ; and Skylark, for Smyrna.
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PLYMOUTH, Dec. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Maria and
Eleanora, Davis, from Hantburgh for Bristol; Windlust,
GELMAN, from Palermo and Messina for Antwerp, leaky, and
must discharge; and the following outward-bound vessels:—
Acorn, for Limerick; Aurora, far Cork ; Friends, for Malta;
Malantho, for St.' Domingo ; Britain, for Dublin ; Sisters, for
Palermo and Naples ; Nautilus, fur Gitnada; Kingston, and
Duke of Manchester, for Jamaica ; I larvey, for Trinidad ;
fur Teneriffe ; Jupiter, for Gibraltar; Rolla, for Trieste; and
Younghusband, for the Cape de Verds.—Put back, the Garland
Grove, for Jamaica. Several others are off here, and will pro.
bably take shelter.—Captain RICHARD ARTHUR, U.N. is ap-
pointed an Inspector of the Preventive Waterguard in the North
of England. The Woodpark, TiteenLE, of this port, was at
Berhice, and expected to sail for London in October. The
Louisa Lang, with hemp. sailed from St. Petersburgh for this
port on the 3d ult. Lieutenant Ran, late Commander of the
lIARDWICKE cutter, is appointed to the DWARF. It is under-
stood,'
that in consequence of the Sertscca wanting a thorough
repair, the AGINCOCar, 74, will be fitted in her stead.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind S —The Thomas Contts In-
disman canoe up from Cowes Roads this morning, passedtbrough
Spi:head, and brought up again at St. Helen's.
DEAL, Dec. 14—Wind S.S.W.—Came down from the River,
the Adeona, Swale, for Jamaica; and Glatton, LOWTON, for
Honduras; and remain with the rest of the outward-bound.
HuLL, Dr.c. 13.—The Orion, Boyer, from Shields for Lon-
don, was left in a leaky state on the 9th instant ; crew taken out
and landed at Spurn; one mar. drowned. Arrived on Sunday,
the Two Brothers, Pearce, from Seville for Grimsby, with loss
of anchor and c.:ble. She .poke the Vigilant in the North Sea,
from Portsmouth for London, with loss of bulwarks, anchor
aild cable, and sails split.
MORE Plasm—The schooner Combine, Captain DURHAM,
was plundered, off Cape Antonio, by pirates, on the 13th of 00-
tober five sail of pirate vessels bore down on the Combine;
they boarded her with seven or eight men, armed with cutlasses,
&c. and commenced the work of plunder. After searching her
and finding about 500 dollars in specie, they confined the crew
in the forecastle. and calling them up one by one, endeavoured.
by brain them, to discover where the money wan; they even
threatened to shoot tht in' but no disclosure was made. The
Captain, who was in a bad state of health, was beat in the most
inhuman manner. After shifting the ballast, &c. they took out
100 hags of coffee, and every morsel of bread that could be got
at, and then ordered the schooner to proceed : she has since ar-
rived at liavannab.
CesTom-Housr, Dec. 14.—Entered Inwards :—The Corn-
merciel Packet, Irons Flushing; William, from Harlingen; the
General Pardo, from Dunkirk : Amedie, from Bourdeaux ;
Union, from Lisbon; Joseph, from Oporto; Christiana, from
Quebec; Ala:Hough, from Calais; and Eleanor, from Bout-
deaux.—Ent erre! Outwards :—The Fortune, for Naplos ; Swift-
sure, for Gibraltar; Fox, for Ostend ; Felicity, tar Rouen; the
Victory, and Susannah, for Marseilles.—Cleared Outwards:—
The Levant Star, for Dublin.
SHIPS AT CHATHAM—BULWARK, Captain Sir MURILAT MAE.
WELL (the flig-6hip) ; NoRIHUIIIIERLAND, Captain MALMO;
BANN, Captain CHy aLes Pmetars, fitting for foreign service;
Scour, Captain Turin, fitting for foreign service ; SURLY, Lieu-
tenant RICHARDSON, refitting ; Sylvia, Lieutenant JOHN WHITE,
refitting; PIONEER, Lieutenant Winer.
SHIPS AT SHIERNESS.--TARTAR (cutter), Lieutenant Wool,
?union, making good defects ; GIUMA (guard-ship), Captain Sir
THOMAS LIVINGSTONE.