Star.
London, England, 1812-02-06 00:00:00

MUNGO PARKE.

Yesterday se'nnight, the Tit A is, 20 guns, Capt. Scn-
otui, arrived at Portsmouth, from the Coast of
Africa, of which she has taken an extensive range,
and where she captured several vessels trading for
slaves, in violation of the Portuguese treaty ; thereby
circumscribing that inhuman traffic, which, we are
sorry to hear, continues to exist on a considerable
scale, under the Portuguese and Spanish flags. The
THA is brings certain information respecting the fate
of MUM:O PARKE, who, it appears, after the whole of
his retinue, excepting one person, had died, was pro-
ceeding up a branch of the Niger, when, having
given an unintentional offence to a native Chief, be
was assailed whilst in a canoe, passing a narrow arm
of the river, and, leaping overboard with his Euro-
pean CompaniOn, to swim onshore, was drowned with
him. The canoe upset, and nothing belonging to the
travellers was preserved, nor did any one escape but
some of the hired attendants. Colonel MAXWELL,
commanding at Goree, being desirous to ascertain
the fate of this enterprising traveller, engaged a native,
i.iosscssing mole than ordinary intelligence, to trace
his track ; and he returned, after being a long time
absent, with the lamented result, just before the
Twits sailed. Mr. PARKE'S object, it will be remem-
bered, was to visit the city of Tumbuctoo, in the in-
to-kr t.f Afi ica, from which, when he met his death,
he was within 500 miles.

A carriage, in which were three young Ladies
(the Miss Longs of Hammersmith), W 35 overturned
on Monday night, in the road leading from Bromp-
tiai-row to the village of Old Brompton, by the wheel
coming in contact with a post, v, hich, from the
darkness of the night, escaped the observation of the
coachman. We lament to state, that all the Ladies
received severe contusions ; and one of them ( the
eldest) had her eye literally cut out by the glass of
the window, which happened to be lip; and against
which she fell. The coachman escaped without in-
jury. There is net a single lamp on this road for
nearly the extent of a mile ; to which circumstance
• may be attiibuted this unfortunate acci dent.
Tuesday afternoon, two houses (which have been in
Chancery for several years) in Great Wild-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, occupied by a cheesemonger,
exhibited strong symptoms of falling down.
.4 very elderly woman, who resided in the se-
cond floor, and was bed-ridden, on hearing the wall
crack, screamed out, and alarmed the lodgers, who
ran up stairs time enough to save her ; and two lad-
ders were placed in front of one of the houses, by
which several inmates escaped. An adjoining house;
occupied by Mr. Martin, bookseller, received much
damage. Fortunately no lives were lost.
A melancholy accident happened on Sunday last.
Miss Price, step-daughter to Mr. Rees, mercer of
Llandilo,.accompanied by a female servant on the
same horse, were both unfortunately drowned in
. crossing the river Towy, at the ford leading to White-
house Farm. The horse being found grazing in a
neighbouring field, led to a discovery of the fatal
catastrophe. Miss Price was a very amiable young
woman, and her premature loss is greatly regretted
by her numerous friends.
Yesterday, Joseph Thomas was commited for trial,
from the Thames Police, charged with forgery, hav-
ing passed a fictitious bill, for 47'94., drawn on Messrs.
Macdougall and Co.

Yesterday, at the Public-Office, Bois•-street, a jour.
neykm shorblack was charged with unlawfully pawn-
ing tss o pair of boots, which were intrusted to his care
by a inastcr shoeblack in the 'l't ruple. He was con-
victed in the penalty of twenty shillings, and the
worh of the boots.

Brown and Coiling, taken in the Strand, while at-
tempting to pick pockets, were brought before Mr.
GRAHAM, who convicted them both as reputed thieves,
under the Police Act.
Tuesday night some thieves broke into the pre-
mises of Mr. Hanmer, in the Lower-road, Islington ;
when the family being alarmed, Mr. H. fired off a
pistol, upon which the villains made a precipitate re-
treat by the back-door.
Tuesday morning some house-breakers attempted
a house in Dean-street, Soho, between five, and six
o'clock in the morning, but on the alarm being given,
tine fellow was pursued and taken by the watchman.

An audacious attempt was made to rob the house
•f Mrs. Watts, in Oxendon-street, on Saturday last,
about nine o'clock in the evening. The mistress of
the house, who was sitting in the kitchen with her
set vont, observed that s. ''..sard footsteps in the pas-
sage, and on the servant going t., .• • she was met
by two men, one of whom knocked her down, but
alatmed by her shrieks the fellows made off. It ap-
peared that the robbers had effected an entrance by
licking the lock of the stree: door.
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The house rf Mr. Stroud, mercer and hosier, near
the Gccrge and Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, was yes-
terday morning beset by a desperate gang of thieves.
About four o'clock, a young man who slept in the
shop was awakened by the watchman ringing an
alarm-bell, who exclaimed that there were thieves in
the house. The former then got out of bed, and per-
ceived two fellows packing up several articles, on
which he secured one of them, and the watchman
laid hold of the other. A scuffle ensued, and the vil-
lains struck their assailants in the face with bludgeons.
They were both, however, secured, and escorted to
Hatton Garden Office. They entered the premises
by breaking away the fan-light at the p:ivatu door,
having made several ineffectual attempts at the shutters.

An inquisition was held on Saturday at the Lon-
don Hospital public-house, Whitechapel, on the body
of J. Dewdrick, a German, who was killed by a paN
trole, ':e.hile attempting to escape with some poultry
stolen fiom the premise's of Mr. Austen, at Mr.e.end
Old Town.—Verdict Justifiable lionlidde.
Tuesday last, near twelve at night, a foreigner was
introdUced to Mr. Humby, of the King's Arms Hotel,
Christchurch, as wanting lodgings : he was shewn to
his bed-room, and his light taken away. Mr. n.
suapecting him to be a French prisoner, who had
broken prison or his parole, he was next day taken
prisoner by Mr. Miller and his assistants, and con-
fessed that he had broken his parole from Thame, in
Oxfordshire, and was a Lieutenant dc Vaisseau. He
woke committed to Southampton gaol.