Star.
London, England, 1808-11-19 00:00:00

sth instant, in lat. 555.46. saw tivo strange sail isti
the westward, which Capt. RITCHIE supposed to be
the Nereide and the►lnnelinda. The St. AnArew left
the following vessels loading at Trinidad, viz. Eliza-
beth, BAIRD, •for this port, the Clarence, —, and
Brookes, —, for Liverpool.

The Royal Charlotte, MORRIS, arrived here on
Monday night from New Providence, in 35 days. On
the 25th October in lat. 39. long. 54. spoke the bri-
gantine Rolla, Capt. TuoMsoN, from Jamaica, bound
to London, all well. Nov. 6, spoke the brigantine
Seron, Capt. SHILLEBER, from Labradore, in lat. 56.
long. 20. bound to Liverpool, under jury-masts, hav-
ing, on the 26th October, experienced a gale from
the Westward, in which she was dismasted, and lost
two men. Nov. 11, spoke, off Torry, the brigantine
Hope, from Pictou, bound to Liverpool. Nov. 12,
spoke off Torry, the brigantine Active, from Pictou,
bound to Ayr. Same day, spoke the brigantine Com-
merce, DENNISTON, from hence, for Honduras, all
well.

Atop: tt

The Ball, on Monday eveningo was molt ele
MOUNTS
NORRIS; Viscountess HAWARDEN, Lady DE Rom,
Lady SOPIIIA and ISABELLA FITZGERALD, Lady
CALTIIROPE, Miss CALTIIROPE, Hon: Miss COLMANS4
HOB. MTS. WELLESLEY POLE, MTS. FITZHERBERf,
Mrs. and the Miss TIIOMPSONS, &c. &c. Lord
PE-
TERSIIASI, was likewise present. Lady A. WYNDHAM
takes her daily rides in sable attire ; her Ladyship is
an excellent horsewoman, and is envied by many.-
Lord COLERAINE takes his departure to-morrow, and
the Hon. Mr. AGAR, brother of Lard SOMERIOI,
replaces his Lordship in the ry circles.

The Collector of Taxes alluded to some days past
as having decamped with several thousand pounds,
the produce of Taxes received, pr.:lves to be M:s
Launcelot Atkinson, the Collector of the Property
and other Taxes [for the Parish of 8:. James, who is
deficient to the amount of upwards of ten thousanl
pounds.
About six weeks since he told the Commissioners,
his family, &c. that he was going into Nottingham-
shire, on a visit to a Gentleman very well known to
them. The time having arrived when he appointed
to return, and he not appearing, some suspicion
arose that all was not right is his affairs, and in cone
sequence a letter was written to the Gentleman in
Nottinghamshire, who returned for answer, that he
had not lasen at his house. This confirmed the sus-
picion : and, on investigation, it was ascertained that
a few days previous to his leaving London, he had
sold out of the Funds Stock to the amount o/between
four and five thousand pounds, part of his wife's for-
uric, and not the least trace- could he discovered
where he was gone, or what route he had taken.
The Commissioners, however, issued their warrant
as directed by the Act of Parliament, signed by the
whole of them, and employed Pearkes and Adkins,
two active Officers belonging to the Public Offices
Bear-street, whom they put in possession of all the
circumstances, and left it to them to exert their abili-
ties in finding Mr. Atkinson. The Officers went to
the residence of a woman with whom he cohabited,
in the New Road, and found that she had left them
at the time Mr. A. left London, but it was not known
where she was gone, They, however, continued their
inquiries in the neighbourhood, till they found a man
who had been employed in removing several very.
large trunks from the house a short time previous to
her setting off, and that they were taken to the New.
Inn, in the Old Bailey, directed for Mr. Ward, to
go by the waggon to Portsmouth, to be left till called
for.—This lett no doubt in the Officers' minds, but
that Mr. Atkinson had assumed the name of Ward
(the name of the woman he cohabited with) ; they
therefore set off express for Portsmouth. When they
arrived there, they found that a person calling him.
self Mr. Ward, had claimed the trunks, and they
were conveyed from that town. The Officers, with
considerable difficulty, traced them by different con-
veyances across the country to Yarmouth, Falmouth,
and Penzance. At this place, a person calling him-
self Mr. Ward, resided several days ; and then re.
moved to Truro, where the Officers arrived on Tues.
lday evening se'nnight. They continued their inquiries,
and learnt sufficient information to satisfy their minds
that Mr. Atkinson was there, under the assumed
name of Ward, and had purchased the lease of a
house 'and some land, where he was residing' with
Mrs. Ward and their four children. On the lullow-
ing morning they went to the Mayor, who is an At-
torney, and communicated their business, and who
confirmed their suspicions.—The Officers proceeded
to Mr. A.'s house ; met him at his door going to
walls in his garden, and persuaded him, under some
pretext, to walk with them to the Mayor's house.
When in the Mayor's parlour, they told him he was
their prisoner, explained to him their commhsion,
and that he must give np all the money that he had ,
made off with ; which he consented to, and they re-
turned to his house, where he delivered to the Officers
a large pocket-book, containing bank-notes and
to the amount of upwards of .5000/. They arrived
in London with him on Monday night, and he has
undergone several examinations before the Commis-
sioners, at the house of Mr. Rice, their Clerk, in
Dufour-place, Broad-street, Carnaby-market..—lie
remains in the custody of Pearkes, the officer.
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