Star.
London, England, 1802-08-27 00:00:00

ARP.IVPD.

Olinovcr—Stnallbridgc, Way, from Leghorn ; Humphreys,
Shelly, from Antigua; Bilboa, Palmer, from Bourdeaux ;
`l'hutuas. Drary ; and Atalanta, —, from Virginia; Royal
Charlotte, Watts, from Grenada; Magiftratc, Peters, front
Baton ; Edward and Mary, —, from Zant ; Sally,White;
and I Lart of Oak. Perry, from Jamaica.
In the Creek—Union, Frazer, front Barcelona.
At Brill. I—Ann, Regan, from Newfoundland; and Aron,
Davis, front Demarara.

At Hun—George, Dolling, from %letter.
At Clyde—Liverpool Packet, Waite, from Ned. York; and
Princefs of Wales. Campbell from Jamaica.
At l.iverpool—Thomas W.lfon, Johns. from Nrw Orleans;
Mary Ann, Haynes, from Maffachufets; Minerva, Crew, from
Tortola; Brooks, Molinehx, from Jamaica; Elizabeth, Mei..
rind, from Sicily; and Alfred, Boardman, from Charente.
At Cork —43etfey, Hunt, from London ; and Lcarsdeei,
Stewart, from H4vannah.
A: Guernfey....kaven, —, from St. Croix.
In the Downs—ltcfpcdt, Place, from Orrto.
At Portfmouth—Ark, Simpfon, from t c Weft indica'
At Cowes—Sheddons, Curry, from Jamaica.
At Newry—Hermes, Liddle, from l.eghorn.
A: Dublin—Linenhall, Lewington, from London.
At Hamhurgh—Hamburgh Packet, —, from Load m.
At Gibraltar—Jenny, —, from Leith.
A. Jamalca—Sir Andrew ammond,Thompfon; and Mark
Anthony, Melville, from London.
At New Providence—. Anne, Dathell, from London; and '
Orange Grove, —, from Africa.
At Genoa—Antelope, Johnfon, from Liverpool
At neva—Griffin, Hafrwood, from London,
At Beur..l—Manthip, Logan, from London.

Wednefday a Court of Dinttors of the Eaft
'lsla Company was held at the India Houfe, when
the following Gentlemen attended, and were fworn
into the command of their refpative Blips, viz.
Captain ALEXANDER COMING, of the CASTE&
EDEN, for the Preftdency of Bengal ; Captain
ANDREW PATTON, of the OCEAN, for Madras,
Bombay, and China. •

The Company's frigate, the NON SUCH, has been
difcharged in Bengal, in confequence of the peace,
and the crew has been paid off.

We underhand that the Hon. Eah India Coni.
pang's (hips the Henry Addington ; Ocean, Capt.
PATTON ; Cattle Eder; Capt. ALEXANDER CUM,
IND ; and Lord L'uncan, Capt. GEORGE SALTWELL.
lately engaged to proceed to the Eaft. Indies, are
feverally to touch at the Cape of Gond Flope in
their outward pafTage, in order to take from thence
to the Ea ft Indies the remainder of the troops now
left at that Colony.
The Trent tranfport, from the Streia-hts, arrived
in the Downs, fpoke, on the I ith infant, with f
French fquadron of two fail of the line. a frigate,
and two fchooners, in lat. 44.. 55. long. 82. 4. with
troops; and on the 14th, fpoke the Eliza, DUNNy
bound to St. Thomas's, in lat. 47. 5. long. 7. 25.
all well.

The Camel (lore-fhip, arrived in the Downs,
fpokt on Saturday lafl, about eight miles t) the
eallward of the Lizard, twenty-five fail of Dutch
(hips, including two frigates, a floop, a fchooner,
and two cutters, Banding to the eaftward.—Wind
northward.

The Queen, MENZIE, from Honduras to Lon-
don, is 101 l on the Northern Triangle, Honduras.

On the 6th of July, his Majefty's fhip PLovs2
art ived at Port Royal, Jamaica, under jury malls;
having been on fhore on Anegada, and obliged to
heave all her guns overboard, and cut her 'mails
agar.

'Two of our packet boats, arrived on tredriefday
evening at Dover from Calais, have brought ia-
telligence that very aria fcarch is made atter the
linglith newfpapers, which are not fuffered to be
read, but carried to the Minitter of Police. Very
ItriFt orders, it is laid, Lad been received about
them, not only at Calais, but at other French
ports, where it is likely they may be received.—
There is not a tingle ailulion to this prohibition
in any of the Paris papers received yeftei day.
Saturday morning, the t.i.th intl. between three
and four o'cloCk, as the Royal Charlotte (Margate
packet) was going down to that place, the ran
foul o, a large collier at anchor in the middle of
the River, near Gravefend, which accident had
nearly proved of a very alarming nature, there
being about 140 perfons on board, molt of whom
were below at the time the (truck; had the collier
been under fail the confequences mutt have been
fatal to moft on board. It was near five hours
before they got clear, and that with the lots of
moil of the throuds, &c. which the bAwfprit of the
collier carried away. The cra(h was heard by
Come watermen at Gravefend, a full mile dittance.
Much credit is due to the Captain of the collier
for his ready and humane affillance at the time in
getting the paffengers on board his vela, which
was the Providence, from South Shield*.

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FRAUD ON THE UnDERWRITERS.

Yefierday the final examination took place at
the Manfionlioufe, of IVrn. Codling, Cipt4iti of'the
brig Adventure, bound from London to Leghorn.
and funk off Nipliton on Sunday the itit of thi,
month ; as alio of nitn. M,Fartnic, one of the own
ers of the faid brig.
Thomas Cooper, Mate of the faid veffel, who
was admitted as a King's evidence, depofed, that
he went on board the laid vacl iu the Downs,
having engaged to make the voyage with her ;
but that a short time alter he had come on board,
he was prevailed upon by the pertilafion of the
Captain to join in a fcheme that was propofed of
finking the veffel after having firft plundered her.
On Saturday night he, by the particular defire
of the Captain, broke open come boxes cantaining
watches, which the Captain carried alhore at Deaf.
The Captain provided augurs for boring holes in
the (hip's bottom, and the next d.ty, the veffel
being near lit ighton, this witoefs, at the Captain's
defire, bored feveral holes in the Ihip's bottom ;
and the rell of the crew of the veffel, about five or
fix in number, confirmed the account given by
the Mate, and Paid, that on Saturday, as well as
Sunday, the Mate was (hut up with the Captain
in the cabin : that the boys, who ufed to attend in
the cabin, were not permitted to go down; and
from all thole circumflances, the crew lufpefled
that fomething wrong was going forward : that
on Sunday, finding the (hip make a great deal of
water, they were all bufily employed at the pumps;
but the Captain cried out, ‘‘ ll—n you, never
mind her ; d—n the pumps, let her go to the
bottom." After this, the Mate went down into
the hold, with a crow bar ; and in a Mort time
afterwards, the leak was found to have increafed
prodigioufiy, and the veal to be in a finking (Late.
Signals of diarefs were then made, and feveral
boats came off to her affiflance, but the Captain
would not Infer them to come alongfide, but called
out ro them to (land off, faying they fhould have
nothing to do with the veffel till he had done with
her : a (port time afterwards the veffel funk, and
the crew got alliore in the boats : a day or two
afterwards. Mr. Ea(krby, and Mr. M•Farlane,
two of the (hip's owners, came down to Brighton,
and paid the crew their wages, without dicing
any particular queftions about the lots of the (hip.
Richard Brewer, a (hip-builder, refident in
Shoreham, hearing of the lots of the (hip, went
immediately down to Brighton, and teeing part
of the (hip's malt Rill above water, he contrived
to have the veal drawn under the water Co near
the (bore as to be in a (fate of fafety. While he
was doing this, he was very much oppofed by one
Read, who pretended to have the poiftflion of the
veld as a fupercargo (and which Read is now in
Lewes gaol.)
The witnefs, however, Paid he was determined
too keep the vefel till he knew who were the real
owners of her. The Captain was with Read at the
fame time, and famed very unwilling to leave the
weal in the witnefs's poffeffion. The witnefs after-
wards brought the veal on (bore, and upon ex•
amining the (late of her bottom, he found feveral
boles which appeared to have been bored with
augurs, and a larger one that appeared to have
been made by fuch an inftrument as a crow bar.
He then produced three augurs which were found
in the (hip upon her examination.
Mr. Tallier was prefent when the (hip's hatches
were opened for the pumofe of examining her car-
go. He Paid that a confiderable number of articles
which the (hip's papers and her clearances at the
Cufkonthoufe proved to have been (hipped on
board of her, were not to be found ; in particular,
feveral cafes of hats, feveral boxes of MI6 linens,
149 ounces of worked (dyer, and a variety of
other articles were then miffing.
Mrs. Paterfon proved that 22 packages of goods
found at her houfe, were brought by her from the
houfe of Mr.M'Farlane—(in a former examination
the Paid that (he had removed them at the defire of
Mr. M•Farlane, which the now denied).
Mary Smith, her fitter, and who lives in her
bonfe, Paid thole things were brought to the houfe
by her filler in a coach, at the hour of twelve
o'clock at night. She confeffed that the word
64 Gores," were marked upon Tome of the packages.
The packages were proved to be part of the (hip's
taro.
oho Perry, an Officer of the Marine Police,
(a ter having apprehended Mr. M'Farlane) found
at the houfe of Mrs. Paterfon the 22 packages be-
fore mentioned, and which were proved to belong
to the cargo of the Adventure.
Mr. Roff, organ builder and mufical inArument
maker, proved-, that he had been employed by
Mr. Eaten by, one of the owners, to make a grand
piano-forte, which Eallerby Paid was for his daugh-
ter; and afterwards, by the order of Mr. Eafierby
and Mr. M'Farlane, he made feveral other tutifi-
cal inftruments, particularly organs, to he ex-
ported by this (hip Adventure; Once that time,
and Croce the lots of the laid (hip, he has fern two
of the organs, the one at Mr. Eaficrb) 's, the other
at Mr. M'Farlane's; he alto faw the grand piano-
forte, although; as well as the organs, it had'
been entered in the (hip's papers forcxportation.
Thomas Blagdon, a waterman and lightei man,
proved, that by the particular defire of- Mr. Eaf-
terby, he carried about ten tons of goods from
the Cullom-hook to Canada wharf, where Eafler-
by's houfe is ; ;hat many of thefe parcels were
marked A M (the fame marks as the parcels had
which were found at Mrs. Paterfon's.)
Several clerks of the Cultom.hode proved the
entries and clearances made at the Cullom houfe,
which were fur a much larger quantity of goods
than were found on board her.
Edmond Storrow had been an apprentice to
Eafterby, when be was a fail-maker in Sunder-
land ; remembers to have been prefent at a con-
veifation which took place at the houfe of Lifter-
by, between Ealterby and M'Farlane, about the
poffibility of finking (hips fo as to take in the
underwriters; it was then agreed that the Adven-
ture (hould be to funk, and t'he plan then was, that
km the witnefs was to go out as fupercargo, fell as
2; N. Cll9lllll 2t

Mr. Blacker, a broker, proved that be bad been
.7oruntiilioned by Mr. M.Farlane to infure for hint
to th.: amount of 50031. whereas it had been be.
tote proved, that the entire valve of the cargo did
ant •:,cted 350c1.
The evidence being doled, C tpt. Codling and
M'Farlane (being called upon to Phew why
they thould not be committed for trial) refufed a:
the prefent Babe cf the but-Inds to make any de-
fence ; but requelled by their Connie' that they
might be admitted to hail. This was refuted b}
h.s Lord(hip, and they were fully committed to
Newgate, in order to take their trials at the next
Admiralty Sellion at the Old Bailey.
Eafterby and Read will loon be brought up for
a final examination.

PECKHAM FAIR.—On Monday night, towards
the end of the fill., Inch a fcene of villainy and
blood flied took place, as was never perhaps heard
of on a limilar occafion. At different parts of the
ground on which the fair at Peckhatn is princi-
pally held, are tome narrow entrances, through
which people pats backwards and forwards. On
their return that way about ten o'clock, a numer-
ous and defperate gang of pickpockets planted
themfelvcs near to the paffage. and as the people
came up, openly attacked thole who appeared
worth plundering. They firft thatched away the
hats of both men and women, and the women's
handkerchiefs from off their necks. Some young
women, of decent appearance, were (tripped to
their petticoats, and feveral gentlemen, after lofing
tbcir hats, had the flaps of their coats, as well as
their pockets, cut away by inftruments, and many
loft their money and watches. Thofe who refilled
were treated in the molt brutal manner. A fe-
male aetually had one of her ears cut off for the
fake of a valuable ear-ring, the villains not being
able to pull it away as they had done the other.
Many repeatable perfons who had endeavoured to
defend their property, were dreadfully mangled
with Ricks about the head and face. A young
man and woman of very decent appearance were
attacked by a party of the fame gang, on the road
leading from Peckham to London ; they cut away
the young man's pocket, and took his hat, and
then feized the affrighted female, whofe dreadful
Ihrieks, though heard all over the neighbourhood,
did nos prevent them from cutting off her poc-
kets. The fame night a young man being out
late was robbed by three villains on Blackfriars-
Bridge of a guinea. It alto appears that the gang
after robbing a young man in Peckham-lane, threw
him into a ditch, where he was found fenfelets.

A Gentleman who fell into the hands of thefe
defperate banditti gives the following account
of the treatment he experienced :—" Returning
home about half after nine, we were beret in
coming out at the public entrance by a gang
of clef-mate villains, one of whom came deli-
berately up and carried away my hat ; another
at the fame inaant (with horrid imprecations)
roared out " Knock him down, go it, go it ;" and
I was immediately (truck about the head with a
bluJgeon, and brought to the ground. They then
commenced rifling my pockets, and in the ltruggle
to prevent their doing fo, I again found myfelf on
my legs, when a dreadful feu& enfued about
my watch, which having been previoufly fecured
in the fob, could not easily be got at. During this,
a fellow with a knife cut my coat acrofs the fhoul-
ders, and tore one half completely off, and a ruf-
fian (whore face I flu& not loon forget) came up.
and, clafping me round the neck, threw me with
violence on my back. He then placed his knees
on my break and holding me dole round the
throat with one hand,began to untie my cravat with
the other. A 'umber of others were all this while
fighting for my watch, and one with a (harp inaru-
ment cut my trowfers entirely open to get at it. But
mine was only one inaance among& many, and
notwithaanding my being bruited and torn from
head to foot, 1 have reafon to believe that many
others received Dill worfe treatment. I am af:
lured that fome Gentlemen were Dripped of hat,
coat and watitcoat entirely, and moD cruelly beat
befides.

" This trans Lion, Sir, did not take place in a
corner. It was an open and avowed defiance of
all law, and therefore meths a ferious inquiry.—
The fpot they pitched upon was as light as noon
day, from the great number of lamps furrourding
it, and the gang (chiefly compofed of young men
of about twenty-five years. of age) might amount
to betwixt fifty and fury."
It is however great confolation to learn that
eighteen of there defperate villains have been ap-
prelended, have undergone an examination at the
Police Office in the Borough, and many of them
have hcen committed for trial. On Monday night,
when the violent attack was begun at the paillage
to which we have referred, the confiables were fo
inferior in number, that they were obliged patient-
ly to witnefs the depredations that took place, but
on the night following they mullered Droner and
prevented a repetition of the fame horrid Icenes.
Yefterday, at Worthip-ftreet, a Rage coachman
was crnviaed in feveral penalties, to the amount
of 61. for carrying more palfengers on the roof of
his coach than is allowed by Aet of Parliament.
Wednefday fe'nnight, an unhappy affair oc•
curred at Maryport. A quarrel, it is Paid, took
place in a public-houfe there, between two fawyer',
Robinfon Wilton and Jofeph Raven, when the
former Bruck the other a blow, which inflantly
killedhim.

A few days ago a coachman belonging to one
of the Rages going out of London, left his box
coat on the feat, and in his hurry it was Rolm.—
Soon after he direeted his courfe to Rofemary.
lane, where he raw his coat on the arm of a Jew,
he bargained for it for 28s. took, the Jew to a
bottle, gave him a hallo crown for earnell, faying
he wt.uld return in half an hour, when he return-
ed with a conliable, laying he was robbed of the
fame ; the Jew laid that he had bought it !mealy
of a ltrange man for I as. The coachman to con-
♦ince him, urged that it was his property, for he
would find in the Reeve of his coat fewed up 401.
in bank notes, which proved to be the cafe ; not
wilting to give himfelf any farther trouble, he dif-
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