Star.
London, England, 1822-12-25 00:00:00

VIE ARMY:

Three months Half-pay to the Reduced Offlters of his Ma-
. c•y's Land Forces, due the 24th instant, will be in course of
molt on and after Wednesday the 15th of January.

z.:-.ITIONS OF THE SIXTH BATTALION OF THE

!;OPAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
w:.:c NAILES or YU IIArBAINS COMMANDM TUC Dirrrums

COMPANIES.

Ilead-quarters Woolwich.
Lientenant-G.:n2ral Sir EDWARD HOWARTH, K.C.B. Colonel

Commandant.

14 Company, Major Philip Durnford, Captain—Portsznorth.
Id Ditto, Major George Crawford, Captain—Halifax, Nova

Stl Ditto, Major David Story, Captain—Cape of Good Hope.
4th Ditto,
.3lajor James S. Sinclair, Captain—Fort George,

North Britain.
sth Ihtto, Major Thomas Gamble, Captain—Woolwich.
6th l)itto, Lieutenant-Colonel Ilarcourt F. Hokombe, Captain,

Jamaica.
7th Ditto, Major Charles Gllhnour, Captain—Woolwich.
Sth Ditto, Major Lewis Carmichael, Captain—Woolwich.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
• WA R-OFFICE, DEC. 2,3 1822.
MEMORANDUM.

His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 13th Regi-
ment of Foot being formed into a Carps of Light Infantry.
nth Regiment of Foot—Colonel Sir Samuel Ford Whitting-
Lam, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieute-
na::t Thomas Edwin Kelly to be Captain, without purchase.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—. Ensigns William Darby
and Arthur Schiel; Lieutenant William Wolesley Lamphier,
from half-pay of the 87th Foot; Lieutetiant Henry O'Shea,
from the 19th Foot; Lieutenant Archibald Campbell, from
half-pay of the sth Foot ; Lieutenant Alexander Howard,
from the 59th Foot ; Lieutenant John Petry, from the 35th
Yon; Lieutenant William Sutherland, from the 47th Foot;
lit•utenant Francis William Stehelin, from half-pay of the
13th Foot; Lieutenant James Gardner, from the 53d Foot;
Ensign George William Malim, from the 54th Foot ; Ensigt
I'etcv James Leith, from the 31st Foot.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Arthur Wilkinson, Gent.
vice Darby; Ensign Frederick George Howard, from the
25th Foot, vice Schiel.
To be Assistant-Surgeon—Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon
James Mount, M.D.
39th Ditto—Lieutenant George Booth, from the 87th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice O'Shea, appointed to the 13th Foot.
25th Ditto—Ensign Adolphus Frederick Cathcart, from the
59th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Howard,
appointed to the 13th Foot.
zt Ditto, -- Gennyss, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Leith, promoted in the 13th Foot.
47th Ditto—Lieutenant Michael Nagle, from half-pay of the
534 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sutherland, appointed to the
13th Foot.
54th Ditto—Second Lieutenant Alexander Murray Hay, from
the Ist Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Malim, promoted in the 13th Foot.
59th Ditto—Lieutenant Loftus Francis Jones, from half-pay of
the Rifle Brigade, to he Lieutenant, vice Howard, appointed
to the 13th Foot ; George Varlo, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Cathcart, appointed to the 25th Foot.
27th Datto--41rutenant Frederick Clements, from half-pay of
the Royal African Corps, to be' Lieutenant, vice Booth, ap-
pointed to the 19th Foot.
let Ceylon Regiment—Edward DPVicar, Gent. to be F.nsign,
with •ut purchase, vice Hay, appointed to the 54th Foot.
Commissions in the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester.
George limiter, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Gardner, re-
signed ; John Card Griffiths, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Mut-
ter, promoted.

A fine ancient halberd or spear-head, of excellent
workmanship, was discovered a short time since at
Kingston Hill, near Lewes, by some labourers em•
ployed in digging flints; it is nearly nineteen inches
long, and of a very elegant shape. An arrow-head,
seven inches long, was found near it.
The neighbourhood of Wapping was thrown into
considerable alarm on Monday night about six
o'clock, by a fire breaking out on the extensive pre-
tnt,es of Mr. DENT, shipchandler, in Hermitage-
street, which at first threatened great destruction : it
broke out in the warehouse, but by what means can-
not be ascertained it soon spread to a quantity of
oakum, which took fire, and burnt with great rapi-
dity ; the dexterity and exertion of the neighbours,
who soon threw the whole property into the street,
saved the premises from being burnt to the ground
by the 'aging element: five minutes more, and it
would have gone beyond their power. The Aldgate
pal i-h end iur, the Imperial, Royal Exchange, and
Pliettix, soon arrived ; but their aid was dispensed
with, and the injury was confined to the property,
only ; except that of Mr. Mir.t.a, a publican, in the
saute Areet, who tell ovci one of the limy bundles of
oakum and butt his bead bcvetcly4

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!Ting
piratical 5e150u...... - . 'and
men were kept several days, and twit Muilly &Voted.
The Oxman, froin New to Christiana, was Uri'
tatter near Uddineaka; as the 16th uk.
Sarah, Crmansetten, front Teneriffe to Taganrock, was
hest in the ice in Taganrock Reeds, on the 1 ith ult. Crew saved,
and hopes were entertained of saving the cargo.
Coax, Dec. 21.—Arrived, the Recovery, Foresaw, from
London - and Bari Si. Vhieent, Rmvss, to take convicts to
New Soisth Waive; also the Mary. Ts: massy, from Dublin,
with fe.sale convicts for the ship Woodman.—Sailed, the Zephyr
transport, for Pottenteuth.
Faz.nonmt. Dud. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed, the Montrose,
licammosen, fa Trinidad, with Sir R. Wooeroan and suite.
Dem., Dec. 24.—Wind E.N.E.—Cams down from the
River last slight, and sailed, the Britannia, for Ja-
maica; Symmetry, DAVIDSON, for Demerara ; Ridley, Werra,
Ifoe Trieste; Harmony, GILOSIARD, for Madeira; and the Tele-
vio. for Havre.
- MOlinsozonon, Dilemmas 21.—0 n Friday, the 6th instant,,
lb, Flora. of Loaghope, Sinclair, master, from Orkney, Sound
6r London, with a cargo of herrings, came into Peterhead
Wirimmu.; and on Sunday, the Bth instant, about six P. it. when,
On down the quay, owing to the darkness -of the night, three,
ittp ma went over the pier, when two of them were unfor.l
tiallady drowned; the other saved himself by swimming.
Ciallms-House, Dec. 24.—Ships Entered Inwards :—Thi
, Singleton, and Better-luck-stia, from Stangate Creek;
tptSwenune, from Ostend ; Delight, from Dantsic • Vriendschap,
from Antwerp ; and Amelia, from Memel—Clea'red Outwards:
The Matilda, for the Cape of Good Hope; Kingston, for Ja-1
malca ; Good Hope, for New Orleans ; Delight; for Berbice;
and the James Dunlop, for St. Kitt's.
Damarannox eP Pares-Moxer.—The Pheasant, for the Nova
Felicidade, and 70 slaves, on the arrival of the ship, and recalled
at No. 15, Surrey-street, Strand.
CALCUTTA, MAY 30.
LOSS OP VII SHIP CHARLES MILLS, FROM CALCUTTA



_ Captain'
himself,
Rae. Gra
mind was,
once, and
virtu, and

repeatesily
_and and
. Wits. and
engaged after-
brig of equal
-- was meat
of his opt-
, tot -.arises. which
.- with: topmasts down. - Here Cape* Barns-
-.men amok woufded again. lie says, 'in his letter to Sr &
Noon, that, In justice to the Trenell Captain's gallantry, he
must martial", . that he never struck whilst he had a man upon
his decks $ La Dame &pouf had LSO men ' SS wore killed, 40
wounded. ..and the rest refused to stay at their quarters. In the
same year he cat out two armed schoenert &ten the Bay of Barce-
lona, and received four dangerous mast wounds; bnt, after all
kis conotkaden was not b en,*and kis courage pensinly net
neass' ' He exhibited the most undimmed conduct in the last
se. He had intelligence of a Dutch frigate being
red
in Bergen : whatever eras the force of the place, he
to attack -it; but, ere we had reached the town,
time gunboats attacked us, under very peculiar 4kadvanrages,
,and one of .hale earliest shots killed this gallant young tam—.
Be was a man who possessed a greater Share of humanity, and.
skewed kinder attention to those about him, than any man I
layer knew. Ins srvants were dear to him beyond expression;
'bad I have heard him use such language, whelk speaking, of
them, as is rather unusual for a master to use with regard to
le meant'; I verily believe he loved them truly -and affec.
doom*. A stout, seamanlike-looking Man, one that skewed
with him a long time, and whom he was very fond of, camel*
the gun-room to see his poOr body alter the action. I was streak
wkh the man's attachment : he had been lighting like a hero, and
would have fought up to his knees in blood; biat when he came
to look upon the countenance of his poor master, as he lay on
the table, he shed tears as profusely as a child.
- Captain B. (says the writer of this narrative) dined
with us in the gun-room on the evening the boats
left the ship. He was in high spirits, and rallied the,
assistant- ---, who had exhibited some ludicrous 1
.symptoms of cowardice, with a great deal of plea-
santry. When they were on the point of leaving.the
ship', " Mr. ••••••••• p" said he, with an accent half
serious and half jesting, 41 I am now going to fight
for prize-money for you. lam a married man ; let
mehave your prayers." He then insisted, in a jocu-
lar manner, on my going in the jolly-boat with some
Marines, to fetch away a small sloop we had passed
'la a creek. I was walking on the quarter-deck, as
he crossed it to go down the side: he put his hand
on my shoulder, and said, ,I GOD bless you, parson r
The next time I saw him, he*Was a dead man.

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GAMBLING.

. put St. James's
,(all of which had previonsly been closed in conse-
quence of the, above sentence); the unfortunate deci.
[ won of the Bench of MagistrAtes before whom the
[appeal was heard, having afforded full security to
the proprietors and frequenters of "Hells" from the
future visits of Police Officers.
The vice of gaming, when once it has taken root,
becomes the most pngovernable and irresistible pas•
stun inherent in our nature, and in its consequences
pregnant •A ith every degradation and crime which
the human mind can conceive. PUS of property,
(fiends, and respectability are its immediate and In-
evitable effects • fraud, breach of trust, robbery, and
forgery, are the means too often employed to obtain
a fresh-supply to feed this vice; and happy is the
habitual gamester if he escape the gallows, or death
by his own hand. This picture may appear over-
charged, but those who have frequented " Hells,"
or associated with men who are in the practice of so
doing, can bear testimony to its truth from daily
',witnessing its effects, even upon persons who had
formerly torne the most honourable and irreproach-
able character. .
Upwards of fifty persons of rank and family, offi-
cers and others, within the last five or six years have
been publicly branded as criminals, or have antici-
pated by a suicidal act the disgrace which would ul-
timately have overtaken them. Who does not recol-
lect the fine of those unfortunate suicides Mangles,
Grimes, and Cohen, who, almost on the threshold of
the gaming-houses,' where they had been plundered,
committed that act equally forbidden by the laws of
GOD and man? nor can the Public yet have forgot-
ten the miserable end of Hayward, Bennett, and
Barber, and others who, within the last twelve
months, Suffered for their crimes; or the dreadful,
but probable fate of James Willis, who on Wednes-
day last was tried at the Old Bailey, and capitally
convicted of stealing a silver teapot and other articles
from a coffee-house he frequented ; even this man
had formerly moved in a most respectable sphere of
society, but having unfortunately made an acquaint-
ance, who introduced him to the " gambling-houses,"
he had at different times lost upwards of £2000; and
being deeply distressed, had resorted to those dis-
graceful means which had at length placed him as a
criminal at that bar.

If the vice of gaming were confined to the higher
ranks of society, the evil would not be of so alarms
ing and destructive a nature; but we behold in the
most public streets of the metropolis " Hells," which
commence their nefarious system of plunder at twelve
o clock in the day, opening at that early hour avowedly
for the convenience of apprentices, tradesmen, mer-
chants' and bankers' clerks, numbers of whom daily
frequent the play tables, risking the property of their
employers in the delusive hope of winning money
wherewith to indulge those habits of luxury and di:.
sipation always engendered by the practice of gaming.
Thus the evil is extended, and accessible to all ranks
of society ; it therefore becomes the interest of the
mercantile world particularly to consider what mea-
sures will be most effectual to suppress nuisances of
so vicious and demoralizing a nature.
QUEEN-spies at—Yesterday, s:-veral poor people residing in St.
Margaret's Parish, applied to the Magistrate for relief. They
related various distressing circumstances; and stated, that they
had applied to the Overseer, who, instead of assisting them,
heaped on them a torrent of scurrilous abuse. The Magistrate.
after patiently listening to their details, directed the Clerk to
issue an order for Mm to give them five shillings each; and, as
similar complaints had several times come before him, that he
should be summoned to attend on a future day, when we shall
watch the proceedings, and go more into detail.
Harrow Oa 'max.—Elisabeth FWee, a country girl, was charged
with felony. She came to London to find a place of service, and
went to reside in the meantime with a Mrs. Laurence. Many
little articles were soon missed, but no suspicion fell on the pH-
saner. Mrs. Laurence's father, an rider Brother in the Charter
House, aged 86, shortly after became ill, and the prisoner was
occasionally sent with messages to him. His watch and aSt
note were next missed, but still the prisoner escaped suspicion.
The old gentleman, however, becoming worse, his daughter sat
up of a night with him, and the prisoner also as her companion;
and the latter falling asleep, Mrs. Laurence had the curiosity to
examine her pockets, and there discovered two sovereigns, the
duplicates of her father's watch, anti of her own table and bed-
linen. The pawnbrokers identified the person of the prisoner,
who seemed very callous, and was fully committed.
MAILLDOWSVON-tracts.—N. Mounsell was charged with steal-
ing a roll of carpeting from the shop of Messrs. Sewell and Cross,
in Frith-street, Soho.—Fully committed.
John dlnderews, a brazier, in Henry-street, Hampstead-road,
was charged with kicking up a row, and disturbing a religious so-
ciety, which assembled at the house of his next-door neighbour.
The prisoner, on being asked for his defence, said, that he was
the person who was really annoyed, for the prosecutor and his
society were continually disturbing him with their devotions,
as they called them, but, in his opinion, with their blasphemy,
for they were for ever calling on the name of Jesus in any
but a truly respectful way ; for instance, I bear them fre-
quently cry out ‘i Hold bin—there he is—keep him fast—
throw water on him—don't let him go," arc. In short, he could
neither have a friend to sit with him, nor could even read his
gime, from their noise and uproar. He could compare them to
nothing but a rookery !
The Magistrate asked if this Meeting was licensed? He was
answered, “ Yes ;" and the license was produced.
4 Mr. Carter (the owner of the house) said he would forgive
Anderson all the rent be owed, if be would quit, the house. This
the prisoner refused.—He was, therefore, ordered to find two
sureties in £55 eicb, amording to the Act.
thoos-Hatt.—Mr. John Haywood, a Pupil at one of the
Hospitals, was charged with interrupting the performances at
the Coburg Theatre, the preceding night. The defendant was
much inebriated, and was seated, with two friends, in the dress
circle. From the riling of the curtain he made himself obnoxious
to the audience, by hissing theperformen, especially Miss Heavy,
whilst singing ; his conduct was so violent, that the performances•
were suspended,, and could not be resumed till he was ejected
from the Rome, and lodged hi she watch.konse. He Was on.
de ss. for being drun.k, and to secompense the Officers
whom
[Armrest srazaz,--Mory Futter, Elisabeth Safer, and Aim
the ° phaid struck, and was then discharged.
Wright, the eldest not more than 16, were My committed,
charged-with felony. Fisher and Wright yrent_ to the shop of

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NAVAL lA'T'ELLIGEA'r E. .
was in rencontres of tbis sort that poor' I
. • • ~,. .. . , .. • . Bettesworthllao etnineritly distinguished hinge The Wisaanfie fall. begli iodiesd. NiAes• seders Cartels beteeeiretkir wee 'hist twenty-two yours of
to raseils.l6: -t• Pik St 'MI6* eon. Ter, Ilemedtilleettn. 'pd felblifitabli tithe. /Al m
mand of lir R. .
be • illatiittft.:l44ralenrit eneelfedei he saw at 2
The Raven, under the erunwendolgagtall P. FlSaglis has De saw it Inw*llll7 was 'hu revgaini ‘'ir
for a (ame hii .dir g paelon.• He Ski* repeatedly i
been ordered to be Completed with 21l possible dispatch,
particular, service. • craftily: 'Ne.kaitied the Carioca in the West Ind
The Whim sloop, ailed oat at Nana commanded by Lieu- creeited IMO bid.woonds on tip occasion. He raps
tenant Hanson, of the Tyne, with limn. &mows? and wards and captured La Dante Smut, a French brig
Pun.um, hildshignsen, and manned from that ship, was cap- inetaleTTAZetor in point of men. This contest w
erred on the 29th of September, while lying in Guanaha, by a ammo Cifitafti of the brig was ee confident of I
piratical schooner, a huge vessel cing. la sight: The officers and flat wally sent in e challenge to the Curie.
men were kept prisoners several days, and most cruelly treated. ; Yr" , Mir with. tereassts Aran. Here Cattalo
....

It is .a notorious and ba3e.ntattikraCts that thr
decision' on ihe- appeal made by the kall--Mal gang
of gamblers, who wete sentenced to imprisonment
and hard labour by Mr. 1-lalls,under the late Vagrant
Act, no fewer than twenty-even iihouses for play')
have been opened within the purlieus of St. James's

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cnaricu mum •....--, -
Mrs. Macguire, linen-draper, at Stratford, under pretence of
making souse purchase, but departed without buying anything.
They were watched by Mr. Gibbin, a neighbour, who, seeing I:
them joined outside by Slater, suspected something was wrong,
and gave information to an Officer, who' secured them ; when, 4
on Slater, was found a piece of printed Wu" which the pro-
secutrir identified to have been stolen from her shop at the time
Fisher and Wright had gone in there.
THAMES Power—T. Riley, charged with attempting to ob-
I%
Main property, by presenting forged ammo's wills, was re- I
examined. Nothing to carry the former fled further was
elicited, nor any new charge made. The prisoner's Counsel de-
dined
saying a word, and he was again remanded. .
.1. Freebie was charged with stealing two planes, a tea-chest,
and other articles, from a fellow-shipwright, out of the shop. i ,
fell Suspicion sn on the prisoner, and the articles were kind as 1 t
1 his lodging.— Cottorlts.d. 1.
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