Star.
London, England, 1825-05-24 00:00:00

SENTENCES.

The Sessions laving concluded, the RI:CORDES proceelaid to pass
sentence OU the following prisoners:
I)aavia--John Turpin alias Tuck, fur burglary (ibis prisoner said
he was unable to prepare for his defence in consequence of the pro.
secutor having received AZ& from his wife under a promise of mercy
being extended to yrn) ; W. Brooks, fur horse-stealing ; J. Broom,
for stealing in a 4Welling-house ; W. ilenyon, for horse-stealing ; I).
Morgan, for a bdrglary ; J. Brown, for a like offence ; W. Barnet,
for stealing in S dwelling-house (this prisoner said, " my Lord, I am
innocent of the offenceband as I am thus situated, I beg you will send
nse out of Ate country") ; J. Harper. for horse-stealing ; J. Saint,
for stealing in a dwelling-house ; J. Meftrs, for highway robbery ;
William/DruYston, for burglary (this prisoner declared the person
convicted with hiM was innocent); Joseph Flowers, fur the same
offence; John Smith, for burglary; Wm. Mills. for the same
offence; (this prisoner declared Smith was innocent, and knew no
more of the burglary than an unborn child); Henry Morgan, for a
burglary in the day time ; Mary Berresford, Elizabeth Powell,
Thomas Herring, John. Wilcox, and Henry Palmer, for robberies
in ristaling houses; James Hill, for horse.stealing ; and William
Carroll. otherwise Geo. Day, for robbery iti a dwelling house:
Taasseoaravion roes Luz-- Ann Crawford, Robert North,
George Layton, John Stewart, John Connolly, Thomas Nappard,
John 'faniey, Charles Rossiter, James Bennett, William Turner,
and Edward Norman.
TSANsPOILTATION row &EVES Yawns—Charles Phillips, James
Clarke, James Steadman, Maly Davis, Jeremiah Harragan, John
Thomas, Robert Jones, Joseph Williams, Charles Bond, Benjamin
Mortimer, James Taylor, Mary Cooper, James Party, James
Reed, John Smith, Mary Brooks, James thirchell, otheiwise Bur-
ton, John Davis, John Leoaard, James Megan, Jdhn Sharpe,
Charles Wilmot, William Gampson, John Morgan, William Por-
ter, Emma Navel!, Cornelius Connor, George Williams, Lucy Tiba
hefts, Abigail Wood, Thomas Osborne, Edward Allen, William
Lee, Ann Muchet, John 'fwynam, John Matthews, Susan Garrett,
John Fitzgerald, Abraham Bolton, Edward William Nex, William
Flinn, James Dunworth, John Thompson, and Samuel Cochrane.
The majority of these prisoners were boys.
Two Masi IsiensoNsiasz—Mary Evans, a woman advanced in
years, and an old offender.
ONs Yzaa's Istraisoustruz--Emanuel Phillips, Dan. 1)riscoll,
Mary Armstrong, John Goff, Joseph Francis, John Atkins,..Pohn
Gore, Richard Browne, and Thomas Driscoll.
The remainder of the prisoners were sentenced to various period.
of imprisonment. and the Sessions having concluded, the usual
pi coozss of castigation was gone through by the common hangman
and his assistant.

Papers and letters have been received from India,
but they are not of a later date than thwe which,have
previously reached tr. In the Madras Courier bra
ordinary of December 24, we have the following par-
.
utulars of the conflagration of Rangoon, by the emis-
saries of the enemy, previous to his late overthrow
" On the 13th inst. some of the Burmese contrived to enter the
town of Rangoon, and immediately commenced their operations by
setting fire to it in different places—numbers of them were seen
running about with fire-brands, and were pursued without success.
The conflagration soon became general, and the finest streets and
largest buildings in the town have been consumed, and we regret to
say, that amongst the rest the Commissariat Office was destroyed,
together with all the papers; nut a ve►tige of the house remained
in the morning; the stores luckily escaped; the property consumed
is said to be of considerable value."

COAST OF AFRICA.—The following is an extract
from a letter from Cape Coast Castle, dated March 5,
1825 :••4‘ Commodore Buller' has sailed for Sierra
Leone, in the Maidstone, after having a.tended a Pala-
ver at this place, with the Chiefs of the Assin nation,
a most powerful people, who have come forward And
sworn, by their swords (a customary outfield of taking
a solemn oath), that they would never take up arms
but in defence of the English nation ; and in pro ,f of
their sincerity, they have brought in as hostages three
of their nearest relatives, and removed their fAmilies
on the other side of the Praa River, as required by
Colonel Grant and the Commodore. The Ashantees
will never again be in a condition to attempt hostile
measures err our forces ; they are not only become a
divided people since their defeat, but the Queen of
Akin (who owed them an old grudge) and the people
of the Bentookoo nation (who have even approached the
Ashantee capital—Coomassee), and the Assins, are all ,
become our allies, and their declared open enemy.—
There is no longer the least doubt but the Ashanters
were instigated to the late warfare by the Dutch Au-
thor:ties at the neighbouring Settlement of Elmina,
with the view of engrossing the whole of the gold
and ivory trade to themselves. Happily, now, ill is
peace ; but I deeply regret to state, that the deaths at
this place are day and hourly. It is the very hot-
bed of disease. Happily, the Commodore's crew has
escaped. sickness ; her sick list has not exceeded eight
in number, during the last six months. 'the Bann,
being sickly, is' sent to cruise off the Cape de Verds.
The Maidstone, from her necessary long stay here,
has not cruised much ; a brig she took, with 467 slaves,
has been condemned at Sierra Leone.
A ,tight shock of an earthquake was felt at Messina
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