Star.
London, England, 1825-02-22 00:00:00

NAVAL IN I r.t.LIGENCE.

The ZZ/IltA, fitting at this port, is said to be intended for the Me-
diterranean station.

The three trial sloops are nuking every preparation for a third
contest, and it is expected they %%ill be ready by the first of
next month.

The Gtascow ig fitting at Deptford for Channel service; Captain
the I lonourable A. MAUVE, now commanding the Dattmouth, it is
said, will command the Gt.asoow.
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Rear-Admiral PLA atm has been appointed to succeed Lord CAL-
•tl.t.s, as Commander-in-Chief on the Irish station. >lr. Et.t.tort,
Purser ofthe Ordinary at Portsmouth, Is to be Secretary to Admiral
PLAMPIN.

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Arromemerrrs.—Mr. 'Noma% WALTON. Boatswain, to the
CHAMPION ; Mr. ReTurstoc, Assistant Burgeon, to the ZEBRA;
Mr. H. Gucrufzir, ditto, to the GLAUSOW ; Mr. ISAAC Rouccit,
Gunner, late of the l'AuTsloot, to the Rose.

'rite New NATAL UNIFORM.—An alteration has taken place in
the Naval Uniform recently ordered to be worn, which it may be
of importance to make known. In the undress of Petty Officers,
:he same coat has been assigned to Mates and Midshipmen as that
of a Lieutenant, but without the epaulette. This we understand to
be a mistake in the wording, as it is Hot intended that this descrip-
tion of Officers should wear other than a single-breasted coat;
and the difference between the full dress and undress coat, consists
in the former toeing lined with white cloth. and the latter not.
NOTICIC TO MAILINERL—The wreck of a vessel having been dis-
covered in the track of vessels yenning into the anchorage at Dun-
geness, the Trinity House, London, have placed a green buoy on
the same, with the following marks and bearings :—" In eight fa.
th9m, high water, spring tides, Dungeness Light House, S.W. wes-
terly, Romney Church on a martello tower, and a single tree on the
high back land in one bearing, N. by E. half E."
Wednesday his Majesty's ship BLAZES fell in with and gave
chase to a smuggler, which she ultimately succeeded in capturing
by her boats. She proved to be the Elizabeth, of Chichester, with a
crew of fouemen, and fifty tubs on boards; and the vessel and
goods have been sent to Portsmouth.

Off Plymouth, the Teneriffe packet, from Teneriffe.
The Hcnour.thle Company's ship Inglis landed her pilot off
Sidmouth, the 19th instant.
FALMOUTH, Frs. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed the Ebenezer,
BUSTARD, for Jersey.
PLYMOUTH, Frs. !O.—Wind S —Arrived the Louisa, Massuou,
front St. Alichael's, in 16 days. Off the port the Martha, Bo wasps
from New York, in 24 days. for Amsterdam.
Pcersmotrru, Frs. 21.—Calm.—No arrivals or sailings.
DEAL, Frs. 21.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrived the Apollo, BLUM;
from Berbice.—Passed through the Clio, Foarsta, for St. Vincent's.
The whole Of the outwsrd.bound have sailed in the course of the
day ; also a large fleet from Ramsgate harbour. A ship from the
westward, with " Elizabeth" in her foretopsail, passed up to-day.

His Roy al Highness the Duke of YORK has been in-
disposed, but was so much recovered yesterday, as to be able testicle
out in his cabriolet in the course of the afternoon, and is pay a visit
to the KING, at his Palace in Pall Mall. His Royal Highness was.
visited yesterday by the PrillCtSs SOTHIA.
The remains of the late Lady MosrTs were, on Sa-
turday interred in the family vault, in the church at Llannas,
Flintshire. 6ir Rewaan attended as chief mourner.
The Marquis WitI.LISLItT, we regret to hear, was so
severely indisposed with a cold, as to be obliged to postpone
Council appointed to be held at Dublin Castle, on Thursday last.
The mission of his Grace the Duke of NOJITHUM•
mutat), as Ambassador Extraordinary on occasion sf the Caro.
nation of the King of FILAXCL engrosses at present a great share of
the public attention and conversation. This embassy will be sup-
ported with extraordinary splendour. Forty of the Duke's principal
lessees have offered to accompany him at their own charge, as a mark
of respect; and it is very currently reported that his Grace's suite
will be augmented by a very numerous body of his tenantry.
This morning, at half-past three o'clock, an alarming
fire b:oke out at the house of Mr. Birnie, bookseller,
in Maiden lane, Cow 'den, - hich consumed '

• • tilE
Tit opasinge 1111130 of quartets art to tabs plan friday.:
Theist flataalles the Grenadier:Guards, from Westminster
ue: Whedsoe.
Ti. Id ditto, from Poetlian-street Barracks to the rower.
The 3cl ditto, from Wha&sr to Knightsbridge.
The let Battalion ofarieuldstroans, from the King's Mews to
Lower Westminster. •
The 2d do. from the King's Mews to Portman-street Barracks.
The 2d Battalion of the 3d Guards,
`frog ;be Tower to the
King's Mews.
The Veteran Battalions are to be reduced tom -tb• 115th of
March ensuing.
The Depots at Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight; are to be broke
ep as soon as tile new Provisional Battalions 'or Depots are
formed. There are to be eighteen, consisting of twelve companies
each, and will be liable to be matched about, In the same manner
as Regiments now are; but they will not be sent out of England.
If the senior Lieutenants have held that rank for a considerable
period, they will be promoted to Captains ; and all Kosigrts who
have served ten years will be promoted to Lieutenants, If they come

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within the
A detachment belonging to the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier
Guards, under the command of an Officer, is ordered to march
this day front Westminster for Brighton, for the purpose of reliev-
ing a similar detachment, which is ordered to London.
A detachment belonging to the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier
Guards, under the command of a Serjeant, is ordered to march
to-morrow morning, from Westminster, for Reading, to replete a
similar detachment ordered to London.
Detachments belonging to the 2d, 13th, 18th, 20th, 30th, 31st,
44th, 47th, 48th, 54th, 64th,.67th, 85th, and 94th Regiments of
Foot, the East India Company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked
on the sth inst. under the command of Staff Serjeant Wiettams, at
Cork, tar Bristol, on route to the Depots of their respective Corps.
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL,
Held at Up Park Camp, Jamaica, on the 20th and 21st September,
11124, for the trial of Captain JOHN WA Rags, of the 92d Regiment.
Hoasa GUARDS, 2011/ JANUARY, 1625.
At a General Court-Martial held at Up Park, Jamaica, on the
20th and 21st September, 1824, Captain JOHN WARRIW, of the 92d
Itegiotent,-was arraigned upon the undermentioned Charge, via.
0 Fur conduct most unbecoming and disgraceful to his character
as an Officer and a Gentleman, in engaging in a personal con.
filet or struggle, with Ensign Virturon, of the same corps, on
the night of the 9th inst. thereby sinking the authority of his
rank and situation as Captain in the 92d Regiment ; and
losing sight of all sense of decorum and decency, such conduct •
being in disobedience of the Articles of War, subversive of
all principles of military discipline, and most prejudicial to the
reputation and well being of his corps."
Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision :
6' The Court having given the whole of the evidence adduced
On the part of the prosecution the most attentive, mature, and deli-
berate considerarion, as also what the prisoner, Captain Warren, has
offered in his defence, is of opinion as follows, viz.
" With regard to the first part of the Charge, viz. conduct most
unbecoming and disgraceful to his character as an Officer and a
Gentleman, in engaging in a personal conflict or struggle with En-
sign Wilton of the same Corps, on the night of the 9th inst. the
Court is of opinion that the prisoner, Captain John Warren, is not
guilty, no evidence having been produced to establish that part of
the Charge.
" But, it having been clearly proved to the Court that Captain
Warren was actually engaged on the night of the 9th inst. in a per-
sonal conflict or struggle with Ensign Wilton, and that he, Captain
Warren, did not make use of the authority vested in him as Captain
in the 92d Regiment, to repress the violence of Ensign Wilton, and
recall him to a sense of bis duty, consequently sinking that authority
as stated in the Charge, and losing sight of all sense of decorum and
decency, such conduct being in breached the Articles of War, sub-
versive of all principles of military discipline, and most prejudicial
to the reputation of his Corps; the Court does, therefore, find him
the prisoner, Captain John Warren, of the 92d Regiment, Guilty
of the latter part of the Charge, as above recited.
" That part of the Charge of which the prisoner bas been proved
guilty, being in breach of the Articles of War, the Court does, by
virtue thereof, sentence him the prisoner, Captain Join( Warman,
92d Regiment, to be dismissed his Martine. service.
"The Court having performed a painful, though an imperative
duty, in awarding a sentence commensurate with the crime of
which Captain Weems has been found guilty, the punishment of
which is expressly pointed out in the Articles of War,
feels an anxious and ardent wish to recommend the prisoner to the
merciful consideration of his MA/SST!. First, en the grounds of
his long and meritorious services with the 92d Regiment. Se-
condly, from the excellent character which he has received from
several Officers of longstanding and experience in the service; and
Thirdly, from the circumstance of Captain Wsiaaan's being a mar-
ried man, and, as far as the Court can learn, having no means of
existence, except what he now derives from his Commission :
under all these circumstances the Court begs leave, most humbly,
yet in the strongest manner, to recommend the prisoner to his
Maseru's clemency."
His Maisser has been pleased to approve and confirm the find-
ing and sentence of the Court; but, upon due consideration of all
the circumstances of this case, together with the evidence adduced
in the course of the trial, and in consideration also of the long and
meritorious services of the prisoner, and the strong recommendation
of the Court in his favour, his Mazurr has been most graciously
pleased to remit the sentence of dismissal from the service, as
awarded by the Court.
Adverting, however, to all the circumstances of the case, lob
Mums' has been pleased to consider that the continuance of
Captain WARRRN in the 92d Regiment, could not tend to the
advantage of the Corps, or to bis own satisfaction, and has, there.
fore, been pleased to command that be should be required to send
in his resignation, with a view to biz retiring from the service, by
the sale of his Commissions.

His Royal Highness the Conscawnsi-nr-Cumv directs that the
foregoing charge, preferred against Captain Joan Waltzes, together
with the finding aad sentence of the Court, and his Manarr's
pleasure thereon, shall be entered in the General Order Book, and
read at the head of every Regiment in his Masan-es service.
By Command of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
HENRY TOR RENS, Adjutant-GeneraL

award. Ddrh am evince() A similar cffspoitiOli ;lad, froth'
!tie day of learning theimfavourable nature of .the Re-
corder's Report, they all continually employed them.-
selves in prayer, witich had the happy effect of render:-
mg thelitter two composed and calm. Tile heart-rend-
ing'acene. of taking a last earthly farewel of mothers,
wives, children, and relatives,, took place on Sunday and
yesterday. Harris had i.wife and family, the -others,
it appears, were pot rplcried, but were visited by their
almost heart-broken parents. .This affecting interview
will, perhaps, be more readily imagined than described.
Thin morning, shortly before eight o'clock, Mr. Alder-
man Kay and Mr. Alderiaan Baows, the Sheriffs, with
their Under-Sheriffs and Assistants, arrived at Newgate,
and proceeded directly to the Press-room. In a few
minutes after, the Officers proceeded to the loom in
which the unhappy men had been placed.' Durham
first made his appearance. He seemed perfectly re-
signed to his fate, and observed, that the only thing he
had to regret was; Olt he had brought disgrace on a
virtuous and now heart-broken parent. Wood was nest
brought forward. He declared his innocence. Harris
was the last ushered into the Press-room. He, in the
most solemn manner, protested his innocence; and de-
clared that he did not know who committed the crime.
—ln proceeding along the, dreary passages, he con-
tinued to exclaim " Murder, marder !" and even to
the very, moment of being launched into eternity,
he protested his innocence. While exhorted by the
worthy Sheriffs to prepare for his awful end, he turned
round, and in a truly frantic manner said, " Is not this
cruel—l don't know anything about it, Gentlemen, so
help me GOD ; I don't really. Here, I've been confined
for five months, and now lamto be murdered. I was
not out from`my wife and children on the 3d of Oc-
-tober ;" and falling an his knees, he again called the
ALMIGHTY to witness the truth of his asseverationl.
The Sheriffs exerted themselves to the utmost to recal
him to a sense of the few moments he had to live, but
all was vain—he continued to declare his innocence.

In vain did Mr. Baker and Mr. Cotton urge him to.
join in prayer with the other unfortunate malefactors.
As the time approached, his behaviour surpassed every
thing before known,—hallooing " Murder ! Murder !"
and swearing that it was because he had been a fighting-
man, drpnkard, and transported, that he was now to be
hanged. Mr. Sheriff Brown did everything to calm
his mind, but he was quite inexorable. On his being
pinioned, he became more frantic ; his shrieks and cries,
which were dreadful, continued till he arrived on the
scaffold, where he was obliged to be supported by
the Sheriffs' officers; there he would not suffer the
Ordinary to speak to him, and disturbed the other two.
Durham was very penitent, and confessed his crime.
Wood also was penitent, and in his private ejaculations,
while being pinioned, called upon GOD to forgive
him his numerous sins. In consequence of the be-
haviour of Harris, the execution did not take place for
a quarter of an hour later than usual. An immense
number of pet:sons assembled upon the occasion, whose
feelings were much hurt at the conduct of Harris.

PURTURR PARTICULARS.
The three miserable beings whose crimes have brought
this day upon them the severest punishment which
human laws are capable of inflicting, appear, from what
can be learnt concerning two of them at least, to have
pursued that course of conduct which might naturally
be expected to terminate in an ignominious death.—
Harris, convicted of highway robbei y, attended with
cruelty, has long been well known at the eastern parts
of the town, as a notoriously infamous character. About
eleven years bad he was convicted at the Old Bailey,
and sentenced to seven years' transportation : he was
not sent out of the country, bus-was kept on board the
Retribution hulk, at Sheerness, where he conducted
hiniself in so orderly a manner, that he obtained a
mitigation of his sentence, and did not serve above
three years and a half of his term.
Since his return from the hulks, he has been the constant
associate of the profligate and abandoned, and has, no
doubt, -lived almost wholly upon the produce of dis.
honest practices. His companions in iniquity, who are
well known, are said to have contributed towards
defraying the expenses of his defence, and assisting him
since his confinement. Kiddy Harris, as he was
generally called, was held in considerable reputation as
a pugilist ; and, at one period of his life, was supposed
to be capable of fighting any man of his own weight.
—He was convicted, three Sessions ago, of robbing and
maltreating the servant girl of a Mr. Hale, a silk-mer-
chant, in Stepney-fields. The facts against him on the
trial were shortly these :—Mr. Hale's house was robbed,
and the servant girl informed the officers of Worship
street, that about the time of the robbery she saw a man
lurking about the front of the house. The officers took
the girl to the yard of a public-house in Spitalfields,
where men were playing at skittles ; the prisoner was
there playing, and pointed out to the girl twice, and
she said " he is not the man." On the Sunday follow-
ing she went to Church, and on coming out in the after-
noon, about five o'clock, she saw the man she had de
scribed to the officers, standing by the Church-yard
railing, and, according to their previous directions,
she followed him till he get into a remote part
of Stepney-fields, where there is a pit of water, about a
quarter of a mile from the Cat and Mutton public-house.
...The man. then came up to her, and was joined by
Harris and another man, and she knew Harris to be the
'person she twice had seen in the yard of the public-
house, They dragged her to the pit, and Harris, she

The present Session, Lint* has been convicted of com-
mitting a burglary, with Durharn; On the premises of
Mr. lt. Laae, tailor, in Burlington-street.
The as•ercbd innocence of I-Lir ris, as to the crime for
which he suffered this morning, must• be entirely dis-
believed, if, is reported this morning, his pocke:-
book was found near the spnt, where the crime for
*hid) he suffered was committed, containing
:t ntia-
her of receipts, particularly for rent.
Wood, who was found guilty of *rape near tldrnsey,
although not known is a thief by prbfession, was not of
good repute in his own neighbOtirhood. After hit con-
victiorf, he denied hiving coibmitted the act, but
charged it Upon the man who gave evidence against him.

DESTRUCtIO:v OF STOBBS' POWDLIt
MILLS.

FRoM THE EDINBURGH OBSIRVIR.

A few minutes before eight o'clock, on Friday morn-
ing, the drying-house of Stobbs' powder-mill:, about
four miles south-west of Dalkeith, blew up with a
terrible explosion ; and almost instantly thereafter,
the " relief-house," or store-room, also exploded in a
manner still more terrific. Cornwall, a workman, who
has been about thirty years at the works, was in the
dying-house, rernovin&a quantity of gunpowder. At
the door stood a small waggon, attended by a man
named Thomson, who was conveying the powder iii
casks from the drying-house to the other building
called the " relief," about thirty feet distant. How the
accident originated cannot be exactly ascertained.
The first explosion certainly took place in the drying-
house, of which scarcely a stone remains in its original
position, being scattered in all directions. At three
o cluck yesterday, part of the mangled remains in
Cornwall had been found. The head and part of the
body of Thomson were also found at some distance.
It is very difficult to say to which of the bodies the
fragments that have been discovered belong. Our
reporter saw part of the intestines of a man drawn from
a burn- that runs near by ; also part of a body picked
up in a field nearly a mile distant. The horse which
stood in the waggon was killed. 'lt was hurled to a
distance of forty feet, and the shoes of the fore and
hinder feet of that side which was next the door of, the
house were torn off. A large puncture was visible in
the animal's side, as though something had pierced
through the body. It is scarcely possible to describe
the effects of this awful explosion on the buildings and
trees adjacent. The houses for carrying on the various
branches of the work stood detached, and at a consider-
able distance from each other ; but, with one exception,
all are more or less injured, either in walls or roofs.
Some of the latter are completely driven in by thz
tremendous concussion, but no part of the machinery
seems to be injured. The houses in which the explo-
sion took place are entirely destroyed. Many of the
stones belonging to them ale driven into the earth to a
considerable depth. Most of the glass in the windows of
Stobbs' village, and at Gorebridge, are shatteted, many
of the casements forced in, and the tile roof partially,
and in some cases completely, destroyed. The trees
in the neighbourhood, many of which are of con-
siderable size, are shivered as if by lightning. To.
persons on the spot the scene was truly terrific.—
Several leaped into the water for safety, others were
beaten to the ground by the concussion, and for a time
no one had courage to inquire the extent of the devasta-
tion. People who were on the high road were com-
pletely astounded, and felt a sudden pressure, of which
they could not discover the cause, till a huge volume
of black smoke, mixed with large stones, &sc. rose from
the valley, like the eruption of a volcano, and com-
pletely darkened the air. The shock was felt at Edin-
burgh, at Lauder, and ai Haddington. At Dalkeith
one of the bells tolled, from the concussion of the air ;
and in Musselburgh several panes of glass were broken.
Several persons received contusions from stones, and a
shoema,ker, sitting at work at Gorebridge, had his head
cut by a piece of glass forced out of his window.