Star.
London, England, 1827-08-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Extract of a letter ft.( m the Agt nt to Lloyd's, dated Brennen
Avg. 15:—" Capt. John Hoax., of the Bremen whaler, lately ar'
used bete, reports having, on the 10th May last, in let. 711. North.
sailed with the Discovery ship Hecla, Captain Naar, in the vici-
nity of Spitsbergen. Captain H. was too far distant to hall her,
bet judged from her appearance that all was well."
Cr AAAAAAAA Jinx 48 —The Concesione, Sena, arrived yesterday
from Oran, in two days. A French brig had been taken by two
small (ruiners from that port, and carried into it, and her cargo of
wine and brandy sold. The same corsair had since gone to Algiers.
The French frigate which was blockading Oran had not been seen
for some days. Upwards of 1011,000 Arabs were said to be coning
from the interior for the protection of Algiers.

Juts' 30 —The French brig carried into Oran is said to be the
Aunire, bound to Havre. The crew were sent to Algiers over-
land. A French frigate, from the Eastward, anchored at Algesiras
et the evening of the 21st instant, and remains.
The LORD Mow Azimut. has appointed Captain T. S. Cairns.
Ears to the command of his Majesty's ship Primrose, now going
to Airiest.

FALSIOUTII, Asourr 17.—Wind N. to E.-111, B.—Arrived off
port. the Flushing, ICpars, from Dantsig. Arrived the Magnet
packer, Formosa, from Lisbon. Sailed the Providence, Hors,
for Malaga; Carulen, nasals, for Gibraltar; and Skylark packet,
for the Leeward Islands.

Dear., Avourr itb-and 19.•—Wind E. by a—Ttsa Woodlark,
'Akre', for New South Wales, passed last night, with
others. _ _ _ _

GIASISIIID, Miami 19.—Arrived the Jason, PARRY, Integrity,
Lawn, Ann, K incur., and Mary, DOUGLAS, from St. Peters.
burgh; Pratt, THOMPSOD, Emporium, TAYLOR, and Strange, Ric.
cant, from Archangel; Scandinavia, Zicnoi, from Stockholm;
Zephyr, Dairricsasc, Frances and Harriet, DODD, and Castlereagh,
Guam'. from Riga; Selena and Anna Christina, front Dantsig ;
Rape, F , and Viscount Downe, from Hamburgh ; and Hen-
rietta, SrILLER, frog Bremen. Sailed the Gannet, Hawn, for El-
Imre ; Milo, WriscLow, tor biennia; Dolphin, Janis, for Pa.
hrmo ; Brannon, Rawsos, for Bilboa ; Lars, B , for Smyrna;
sad Thirza, Rooting, for Hamburgb.
Poarsstotrrit' AUGUST 18.—Wind E.S.E.-19. K—Arrived his
Vy'
aiesrs ship Espoir, fsom Chatham, for the Cape; Earl of Mar,
HOY/ON, front Riga; Elizabeth and Harriet, from ditto; Choice,
eiIIEATLItY, from St. Domingo; and Holderness, &town, from
COMMA. The Anpa Robertson, lams, from Calcutta, and the
Ofbey, Svacsas, from the South Seas, with several others, passed
the Wight this morning.
moss ?HI HAMPSHIRE 88888 RAMP, DATID AUG. 18.
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The division of the Russian squadron—four sail of the line and
tout frigates—to be detached to the Mediterranean, under the com-
mand of the Rear Admiral Couet Hayden. was this day inspected
and mastered by the Commander in Chief, Admiral Sineavin,
preparatory to sailing, which, the Admiral purposes, shall take
place on Monday next. Count Hayden has shifted his Sag into
the Azoff, a 74, as being a more efficient ship than the St. Andrew.
Admiral Sineavin will return to Crenstadt in the latter ship, takings
with him four sail of the line., four frigates and a corvette, as soon
as the wind comes fair, after the departure of the other ships. A
stare-shy joined the ships going to the Mediterranean on Monday,
hum Cronstadt. The crews of the ships were yesterday paid two
months wages. It is the custom of their service to pay the men
monthly, when in port. The British squadron in the Mcditerra.
seas h composed of three ships of she line, five large frigates, twos
muter, five large and eleven small brigs—Total, Y 6 all. Their
tunes are as follow :—Asia, Albion, and Genoa, 74's; Cam-
brian, Glasgow, Seringapatam, Dryad, Dartmouth, Ariadne and
TAW frigates; Raleigh, Rifleman, Rose, Zebra, Gannet, Ala-
rm), Brisk, Canieleon, Chanticleer, Jasper, Mastiff, Parthian,
rdlcaz, Pelurous Philomel, and Mosquito. Yesterday the
29, Captain James Campbell, sailed for Vera Cruz, with
bat Ricellency M. Camscho and suite on board; the Lord Coch.
late transport, Lieut. Chapman, with ordnance and naval stores,
fst Gibraltar and Malta • Flora, Lieut. Wentworth, for Cork, to
tales part of the 73d Rest. to Gibraltar ; Orpheus, Carter, for
V.lparaiso; and Asia, with 200 convicts, for New Soutb Wales,
The Espoir, 10, Capt. Henry F. Greville, is expected here from
Chatham, to take dispatches to the Cape of Good Hope and the
31autities. The Coquette yacht, Henry Thorold, Esq. has re-
turned [IWO her cruise to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Malta, Genoa, and
Leghorn, and come into harbour to lay up for the season.

The Custom-house, on Saturday, was a scene of great
agitation, on account of a discovery of the smuggling
of tea into England, which, it is believed, has been
tarried on letely to a great extent. The ship Simeon,
Captain Rooms, from Hamburgh, has been seized by
the Custom-house Officers. She had landed a quantity
of Alva marina, or sea grass, belonging to a Jew mer-
chant of the city, and on searching it, a large slummy
of tea was found secreted. 'lhe strictest investigation
"now soaking at the Custom-house, and we believe
not the slightest suspicion attaches to the Captain or
owners if the ship.
The Thames, on Saturday morning, was covered
"h film of an oily nature, which has proved destruc-
tive to the liver fish in a great degree. An immense
quantity of eels and flounders are brought to Biilings-
Yale alive eve's, morning, and Saturday morning shoals
"eie found fl sting dead upon the sultace of the wade:,
'urPose•l to have been killed by it, or some deleterious
dlug• Tiie Dutch eel., which are brought alive to the
ma:ket iii vessels, at the bottom of which are holes to
kimit the water, died immediat. ly on toturning that pat
et vie Thames on which the ody fluid appeared.