Star.
London, England, 1813-06-22 00:00:00

HARWICH, JUNE In.

No arrivals. Sailed the Au'kland Packet, for
Oottenburgh ; and the Lark Packet, tor H beoland
—both with Mails and Passengers. Wind E.N.E.

LEI rH, 'LINE 19.

The CHEROKRE sloop of war arrived at Heligoland
on the sth instant, with the following vess,ls tr,der
convoy, viz. the Jenny, SCOTLAND; Liberty, bp:;
William and Mary, SaLmnst; and Phoenix, —, from
Le;th ; the Isabella, BArran ; and P'ie'r BLAIN
from Glasgow; and Fanny, BLAI K; Charles, K IGI1T;
and Betsey, lbws, from Liverpo Inno, GDR..
DON, from Kirkaldy, arrived at Lisbon the 28th ult.

The Nelly and Peggy, of Ayr, from Cork to Mi.
ramichi, and the Harriet, of and for Ltindon. from
Newfoundland, were t tken and destroyed about the
12th instant, off Cape Clear, by the Fox AmeriCan
privateer.
The SABRINA sloop of war, which arrived at Ports-
mouth on Wednesday from Lisbon, spoke on the Bth
instant, in the Bay, the FAIRY sloop of war, with ten
vessels, bound to the Brazils, which had parted from
the INCONSTANT frigate; and the-next day she fell in
with the INCONSTANT.—The INCONSTANT sailed from
Portsmouth 2d inst. with a fleet of East lndiamen,
&c.—The STAR and FAIRY sailed from Falmouth
6th inst. with several vessels to join her.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE AND PRESERVATION. Mr.
COWAN and Mr. COUTTSI two masters of vessels, lately
effected their escape from a French prison, where
they had been confined more than nine years, and
were picked up at sea, in a boat only fourteen feet
long, by the ANDROMACHE frigate, Captain ToBIN,
'while cruizing on the coast of France. They had
lbeen furnished with bread and water, a compass,
quadrant, &c. by an American Captain, and were
,two days and nights at sea, happily experiencing fine
weather all the time ; but only a few hours after they
were picked up, a tremendous gale came on, with a
heavy sea, which continued more than 48 hours; and
had they not been thus timely rescued by the inter-
ference of PROVIDENCE, they most unquestionably
must have been consigned to a watery grave. The
American Captain who assisted in their escape, has
since been taken prisoner, and is now at Plymouth.
Wednesday, three French Officers, who had broken
their parole of honour, were brought to Perth under
a rtard, and lodged in the depot.
Saturday se'nnight, one of the prisoners at the
depot. Perth, who was employed as a conk, fell into
a large boiler, and was so dreadfully scalded, that he
died in the Hospital a few hours after.
The following is an extract of a letter received from
the Mediterranean :—" We left Mdm on the 224
February, to take a peep at Toulon ; w'e were only
nine days out, hut had uncommonly fine weather.
Our fleet reconnoitred the enemy's ships pretty closely,
but found them all quiet, and returned rather disap-
pointed, having flattered ourselves with the hope of
catching them out; and, under that expectation, made
the place in the night, that they might have-the plea.
sure of seeing us the first thing in the morning between
them and the land. S.nce we had been in Mahon.
this last time, we have had boisterous weather. Onj
the 13th March, the Scipion's latmch, which went out;
with the intention of giving assistance to the Confoue..'
der, a brig in distress at the mouth of the harbour,
was driven out to sea, in spite of every effort of the
brave fellows who had volunteered on the occasion
'They were pulling at the oar nearly three days, ue
able to make any port, during which time eight t
the crew died from fatigue ; and when at last the r
mainder were picked up by a Greek vessel, they we
`so much exhausted by their exertions, as scarcely
be capable of moving a limb."
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.—It is with
pleasure, that we announce the publication of .
NORTHCOTEN Memoirs of this distinguished Chara.
ter, who raised the art of Painting to unknown emi.
nence in this country, by the unremitted exertions of
forty years—A man, among whose friends the learoec
and the great were proud to be ranked, and whom
works shew how much he deserved the applause o
the age in which he lived, and the admiration o
posterity.
Acmes T.—Sunday afternoon, as some Hibernian
were performing the usual ceremonies at a wake, it
a house in White's-yard, Rosemary-lane, and just be
fore they were about to throw a bottle of gin over th
corpse of a Mrs. Thompson, the flooring of the root
in which the parties were gave way, and the whol
of the persons, together with the dead body. wer—
precipitated into a cellar, which was nearly full c
water, and not without difficulty several of the pet
sons were taken Out slightly injured.
The benevolent Mr. Wesa, who commenced h'
charitable career at Norwich some time ago, late!
distributed £1250 in Shrewsbury, £670 of which
appropriated to the putting apprentice of friendle:
and orphan children.
S sown No.—Sir C. Banbury's black colt Smolensk°, is match
far 500 guineas, to run Lord Foley's Benedict, the two mid
miles in the Newmarket October Meeting —Smolensk° to reel-
91b. Betting at Tattersal's for the St. Leger, yesterday, 6 t
agst Altisidera ; 9 to i agst Lord Strathmore; and 12 to I :
any other. Poulton is the first fasourite for the Oxford Ca
A pugilistic amateur club, of seventy members, at an annual 11
guineas each, has been formed to reward pugilists, defray an
scription purses, &c.—Amongst these milling patrons are mai
distinguished characters. Manna, the Black, is bringing ft
wird a twelve stone countryman, to fight Oliver, the garden
A match is also at band between Dutch Saw and Newton,
'en stone man, of the Bristol school. Rainer 's match, to
one hundred miles in eighteen hours, is not yet made.—
Wednesday, a well contested foot race, of 110 yards, was r
at Hunslet Moor, for five guineas, between the Brighton She
herd and Abraham Watson, a tailor of Leeds. The distance v.
run in 16 seconds, and the shepherd beat Isis antaviust abou
yard and 11 bulf.

considerable

lIIIIIMMINNII

MURDER in ilu COAL-?'AR D, DR URT-LANE.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
It appears that a man of the name of Matthew
Welch alias Baker, and a woman of the name of Mary
Baker alias • urphy, cohabited as man and wife in a
house belonging to Mr. Hassan, in the Coat-yard,
Drury-lane. They svere quarrelling together during
Sunday evening, and until a hte hoer on Sunday
night, during which time he pushed her down stairs,
dragged her up again, and forced her into their room.
The quarrelling is said to have been about a sixpence
he had given her to buy wood. The inhabitants of
the house and neighbourhood were kept in a state of
terror and alarm during the evening. The landlord,
who resides in the adjoining house, interfered, to en-
deavour to restore peace, produced his staff of office,
he being a parish cnnsta'ble, and threateaed to send
Welch to the watch-house, which threats he treated
with contempt, daring him or any man to touch him
in kis own apartment, and saying, the first man that
attempted it, he would knock their brains out with
the pok r which he held in his hand. This terrified
every person from interfering any more with him.—
It was past twelve o'clock when he shut himself up
in his room with the woman ; after which her
screams and cries of murder were repeatedly heard,
and blows were also heard.' After some time peace
appeared to be restored to the listening neighbour-
hood, and nothing more was heard of either of them
till about one o'clock, when Welch went to the room
on the floor above him, and asked permission to light
a candle, which was granted. About half past six
o'clock yesterday morning a woman, who lodges is
the house, went to his room to ask to light a candle,
expecting that Welch was gone out to his work, as
was iiis custom, at half past five o'clock, and that
the woman would remain. She knocked at the door,
but. no answer being given, she opened it, and found
Mary Baker on the bed : supposing her to be asleep,
she called to her, but not receiving any answer, she
went to her, and on examining her person, found her
brains beat out, several cuts on her head, and her
breast black from the blows she had received. The
woman gave the alarm, and called in several people,
who examined the body, and found it to be quite
cold. The conclusion drawn was, that she had been
dead several hours, and that the fatal blow had been
given when her screams and cries of murder ceased,
and that it was given with the poker from the state it
was found in. It was ascertained that Welch had
taken away all his clothes with him, and two loaves
of bread. It being known that he worked in the white-
lead•mills near Paddington, pursuit was made after
him there, but he had not been at work. From thence
the pursuers went to his wile, who lodges in that'
neighbourhood, where they found he had breakfasted
with his wife and children, and had left there about
ten minutes. Information being received at Bow-
street of the circumstances, a warrant was issued
against him, and several officers sent in pursuit of
him, but he is not yet apprehended.

On Saturday Mr. BonAn, and Mr. CONANT, the
Magistrate. attended at the House of Correction, in
Cold Bathfields, and made arrangements with. Mr.
Amass, the Governor, for the reception of Nichohon,
the murderer, who was removed thither yesterday.—
He is to be confined in one of the state rooms, with a
man. to sit up with him night and day. Lavender
and Taunton, the Bow-street officers, attended him
closely at Chislehurst.
An atrocious murder was lately committed atCawn-
pore, by a matross of artillery, named Cahill, on the
b"dy of one Moran, also a private in the same corps.
It appears, that on the evening of the Ist of July the
parties had quarrelled, and the deceased had addressed
Cahill in abusive language. The insult rankled in
his mind; and Cahill, about eight o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning, entered the barrack where the de-
eased was lying asleep upon his cot, and assailing
!aim with his fixed bayonet, was seen to make three
tabs, each of which took effect, the second passing
hrough the body of the unfortunate man, and the
bird penetrating nearly to the muzzle of the piece to
hich the bayonet was attached. Cahill was still
mployed in pressing the weapon still farther into the
ody, when one of the men in the barrack ran up,
ized him by the throat, and secured him.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday a lad, about 13 years
ad, habited like a naval officer, stating his name to
e Clifford, but who has been known by that of Smythe,
nd others, was charged with stealing a gold watch
nil a silver spoon, from the house of Mrs. M,Niel,
t Ict,ightsbridge. It appeared, that a short time
nce tie prisoner met the prosecutris in Fleet-street,
nd introouced himself by asking her in polite terms
lacive to her health; and on her expressing her stir.
. ise at being thus accosted, he informed her he had
ad the honour of meeting her at Lady Seymour's, and
tat his father was First Lieutenant of the NAWUR,
en at the Nore, of which be was a Midshipman; he
• ea continued in conversation till they arrived at the
use of the prosecutrix, when she invited him in,
ere he informed her, among other circumstances,.
at his sister had been a performer at the Surrey
reatre, but was now engaged at Drury-lane 'llea-
c ; and that his friends wished him to follow the
Me profession, but that he preferred the sea. In
ton, his manners were so plausible, that on his de-
rture he received an invitation to renew leis vlsit„
• ich he repeated in a short time, bringing with him
03, habited as a common sailor, whom he repre-
ted as his savant; and last Wednesday he called
bird time, just as Mrs. M.Niel was going out with
daughter, and received an invitation -to accom-
y her, but excused himself, alleging he had walked
oog way, and his shoes were unfit for him to be
n with ladies ; he Was then requested to go into
house, and his servant took his shoes to clean ; in
interim he went into the drawing-room, and on
departure the articles were missed. He was after-
ds traced to the vicinity of the Surrey Theatre,
d on searching him a p:iwnbi oker's duplicate was
iind, which led to the discovery of the property.—
sere ss ere also found on him a pistol, some powder,
I small shot. A pawnbroker stated, that the pro-
sy was pledged by a very different person from the
son, r.—The account he gave of himself is, that he
in ilkeimate son of parents who abandoned 1 im
his in•ancv, and he was brought up by a poor wi-
g, and has been about three months at sea, but was
'charged from the service; and since that has lived
i
an errand-boy at an oil-shop a the Strand.—He
remanded.

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