Star.
London, England, 1816-01-06 00:00:00

NAVAL IhrTILLIGENCI.

FALMOUTH, JANUARY S. •
Sailed the Prussiin ship Harmony, Captain Kam.
for Dublin.—Winti N.
PLYmotini, JANUARY 4.
Came in the Dora.te, PAINCHANT, from 11{,irlaix ;
Atjean, Pim-le, from Itescoffe ; Agennri4, LEAY.
from Guernsey ; PANDnItA sloop war, hnm Ports.
mouth; and the Industry, DREW, from Vian.i.

PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 5.
Arrived the Mars, from Bermuda ' • the Mary Ann,.
from Bremen ; Essex, Olive Branch, Limerick ( FNA.
slut), Canthain, Swallow, M. 'rose. Earl St. Vincent,
Royalty, Constantine, Salisbury, Janus, Lnrd II un-
gerford, Merlin, and Alfred, fr nri the Downs ; the
Fortuna, from Riga; and Malta, from liambuigh.
Wind Westerly, and moderate.

DEAL, JANUARY S.
Arrived and stiled for the River the Miaida,
HEARD, from St. Kitts; Cossack, NEWTON, from
Malaga; Emerald, ALLEN, from Jamaica; Harriett,
HILL, from Seville.—Remain the Hnn. Cqmpany's
ships Cabalva, Castle Hu. tley, Marquis H Jutley.
and Marquis Ely, detained by contrary winds. Came
down from the River the Emma, CRIPPS, for Madras.

HARWICH, JANUARY 5.
Arrived the Alliance, MARSH, with a mail and
passengers from Gottenhurgh.—Wind N.W.
COVE OF CORK, JANUARY 1.
Arrived his Majesty's ship CYRUS, from a cruiz?.
Sailed his Majesty's ship HELICON on a cruizt:.

RAYESEN D, JANUARY S.
Arrived the James, Cunningham, from Archangel. Sailed this
Sarah Ann, Watson, for Surinam; Princess of Wales. .tewart.
for Ostend ; Jules and Julia, Lition, for Ft. Valets ; Jotv Jun,
Krygsniati, for Rouen; Zell's!), De .Zoning, for Dieppe ; John
Frio, Hewland, for Rio Janeiro; and the Maria Llizabetb,
Moayskind, for Amsterdam.
GREENOCK, JANUARY 2.
Friday night we were visited by a tremendous gale from S W.
which began about seven o'clock, and continued with increased
violence till half-past ten, when it shifted to N.W. augmented
in its fury. Considerable fears were entertalned for the :aiety of
the shipping in the Road-steal!, and at the tail r. the BaLe.—
During the storm a strange light was ,hewn from a a;.ps-
retely driving tin tl,e bank abreast of the harbour, which proved
afterwards to he his Majesty's ship Henan no assistance, how-
ever, could be afforded till the gale abated, which took place
about two o'clock In the morning: The sh.ps a: the tail of the
Bat .k had drafted far to the other side, aril at thy-light the Co-
lumbus. Anuson, Thomas Henry, Myrtle, and the Americas
ship ludependence, were seen liar; else to the Hill of Ard-
mot e, without any apparent ...auta;e ; the brig Clyde wei:t crs
shore east side of the Hill, and is now disc.iarging iwr ca:ga
Into lighttrs ; bum Atiniquani, (Amtr;can slit;•), alto wtut on
short, at Cemniell's Poitr, and itigistliarging. e Benson,
for Trinidad, drove Iror.l the harbli!ur of Pon Glasgow, into
the Bar, to toe eastward of that port, ztal is also 4ischarglog...-
'I he Heron ,Loup or war, wrilch had arrived that evening with
ii,r-barged seamea, was in the morning aground WI the bank,
n ith her rudder brat or, and her ota. s cut away she has since
flamed tiff, and been towed by one of the steaui-boats to anchor-
ing groom!. Some damage :Aso took place ainorgst the thippitg
its the e.st harboar, which was pi omoted the tide. lowlog
r .en mg the gale tr. a height et;t.ai with tla. i I.e An-
t ma. 114.Kuila:., riont Clyde to Charl..ston, was A-4 well •nt the
istit Nover.t.er, •.:70 miles east of Cbatlestnn Light. The
tea, M•Kinlay, iron hence to Liverpool, was driven on share
on Campbelton, 29th ult but exceoted to be got off without da-
mage. The sloop Macdowall, front Dominica, struck on the
Kettlebottom Reeks, Barbadues, on the Etlth of Octob.r, and
bilged; crew•saved. The Union, Stewart, of Larne, Irons Ir-
vine, was sliven on shore in Bran Lough, on the 20th ult and
tilled with water. The Saltcoats. Craig, item Quebec to Y.ei fav,
teas wrecked on the 15th ult. shouts a rui!es from Campbelrown.
Inc CordeLa, Davidson, fronts Lisbon to Clyde, oat .s days,
put into Dougias, Isle of Man, in great distress.

TIM LA :L' C ALAMITOUS FIRE AT CA NTE::BORY•—•
To toe melancholy aitead) rrcorded, we.ntr
add the depositions tiliZ.:l; on the Coroner's Ingu.!sr,
, wfbeh will correct an er•or in fire tofmer
of the appearance ot the uidoritioate wtims at rive
window of the fart, instead ct it :coed floor tit the .
house :—The fast witness tx“rnined Has Tho-
mas Denne, butcher, who stated, that about a (oar. .•
ter atter two o'clock on Sunday moaning, he saw Mr.
Goddard, at a window on the second thor of his
dwelling house, calling out Fire ! that he with Mr.
John Southee, (one t)t the Jury) went immediately to
the house, and Mr. Southee burst open the door,
when they found the back part of the shop and the
staircase in flames, so that it was impossible for Mr.
Goddard and his son to have escaped that way. Mr.
G. called for a ladder, and one was immediately sent
for.—Mr. Southee confirmed the above evidence, and
stated, that he saw also the son of Mr. Gadd-ad at
the window, and heard one of them say he should be
suffocated.—. Mr. Thomas Hacker stated, that between
six and seven o'clock in the morning, he was on Mr.
Goddard's premises when the fire was nearly extin-
guished, and found the remains of the deceased per-
sons among the ruins, not tar distant from each
other, -and he had nu doubt but they were suffocated
in 'the room on the second floor, and fell with the -
ruins upon the ground door, where they were found.
No evidence was adduced as to the probable cause of
the fire, and the Jury returned a verdict of —Died by
Suffocation, occasioned by the fire in the dwelling.
hodse.—Mrs. Goddard and her four helpless children,
with the maid-servant, who all escaped with scarcely
any covering, were humanely received into the house
of Mr. John Penfold, and supplied with clothing ;
and have since received every consolation their un-.
'happy sitaation will admit, at the.:fouse of Mt. James
Parnell, St. George's-street. Some Ladies have since
commenced a subscription, to replace the wearing-
apparel .of the maid-servant ; and we are happy to
state that the recommendation of the Coroner's Jury,
that a subscription should be entered into for the be-
nefit of the distressed widow and family, has beer. libe-
rally adopted.—Some unprincipled villains availed
themselves of the confusion attendanton this distress-
ful occasion, to purloin a great number of articles
from the houses of Mr. Couchman and Mr. Powell.
consisting of wearing apparel, a gilt watch, some
guineas, &c. to a considerable amount.
ALARM or Flair—(Froas a New York Pafier.)-0a
the last Sabbath evening a alaim of fire was raised
in the Methodist church in .Fqurth-street. The con-
gregation was exceedingly numerous, and thescene
which ensued passes all description. The screams of
women and children increased the general terror,
and every individual rushed forward, to escape, as he
supposed, trom a church in flames. At length, most
of the audience having made good their escape, seven
bodies, which had been trodden under foot, were taken
up, all of them severely bruised, and one .of them. a
young woman, apparently lifeless. She wasconveyed
into the adjoining house, and bled, before any symp- ,
toms of life were discovered. She then revived a
little, and last evening was still living ; and we are
happy to add, that some hopes are entertained of her ,
eventual recovery. The alarm was made by t.hievear,
who robbed several persons, during the confuswa. •

. *Bs rAumsnre QNS.
• Yesterday •Theintas Gull wail indicted for an assault
on Thomas Alfred Gull, his son, a child bet Ween
.eight and nine years of age.
Mr. W ALFORD, who opened the prosecution in be.
halt 44 the parish of St. Attn's, Soho, stated, that It
was a case of great violenciiS and particularly aggra-
vated, because the object of the defendant's cruelty
was a child eight years old, his own son. 'the defen-
dant was a jeweller, and at the time the assault hap-
pened, he lived in Little Compton-street, Soho. On
the
.81st. of October, the persons, who lodged in the
same house, heard'the child cry Murder I One of
thenr, a Mrs. Hovlgeil, went up stairs, and found the
defendant beating the infant ilbntit the head with a
stout - care ; he was covered with blood, and Mrs.
Hodges suppming it wac the defendant's intention to
kill hint. took the poor lode fellow away. The state-
ment of the Le ailed Counsel was confirtited by the
following evidence

Mrs. M. Hodges said, she lived at No. 5, Little
Core/non-street, where the defendant lodged ; r,tt the
Slst of October she was alarmed by the cries of his
child ; she went to his room, and found him beating
the boy over the head in a most dangerous way, and
unlike a father ; the child was in a mass of Woo.] ;
she took him away, and he had been under the care
of the parish officers since ; the child when sh.r re-
moved him was covered with bgs.
Mr. Willingham, another lodger in the same house,
said, he went ty to the ptisoilet's room, and fund
Mrs, Hodges dragging the child away front the pi i.
loner ; the b-y had a violent cut on the heed, and his
face was covered with blood ; he thought the child
was dead.

The prisoner, in his defence, described the child to
In inclined to dishonesty, and said he •had corrected
him on that account. He called a Mr. Benjani;n
Smart, a goldsmith, his employer, to speak to his
character. The latter described hins as a parent who
had d,tne hiPduty by the 'child up to the time ()flues
assault.

The little buy appeared in Court, in A much better
state t:.an wi,ei• he WAS taken by the palish. T! e
officcis of St A'ir's, much to their clelit, had acted.
wit;-. the frigates!. humanity, in keeping and cloatuing
the cloid fip to tie tithe ..1 the prosecution.
The Cuazastaig. so • .iis address to the Jury. laid, a
parent was entitled to correct a child in a proper way,
but if be committed .t act of violence, lie was An-
swerable tor an ass.ful! In this C3Se it was proved,
that he had assaulted the buy with violence, arid at the
Jury believed the evid,nce, they v.ould find him guilty.
' The .114. y, without hesitaion, found hint Guilty.
Tile Counsel t, r the prosecution then produced a
letter. written by tine defendant to a Mr. Bury, of
Greek-street, Mr. Bury was the employer of
Mr. Hodges, !eisbankl of the witness, who ...as to ap.
pear ag iinst turn, and in order to Grverit him from
Biving evidence, he accused Irina of having robbed Mr.
ury of his property ; the coesequene.- was, that Mr.
bury, cting up-n the tett‘r, :itched the lodgings of
Hodg• s, and found there was not the least ground to
the ,ccusation. •

The C •urt taking all the circtimmices of the case
into consideration, sentenced the prisoner to be impri-
s ned 'ix months.

George Caid.y wIS found guilty of picking the pocket
of the Rev. 'Lon) s N d of a silk lindkadt,,f, on
6:11 ol November. 'l'be prosecutor and July re-
commt nded him to mercy!
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.Richard Wait,t, a notltionsly bad character, was
found guilty of steaiing a kg of mutton and a piece
41 beet, from the shop of Mr. Hewitt, 4)1 Ben-street,
Leicester-fields. He was senscnced fu be transported
for seven years.

7 howls:More and eeeLpetwocil were indicted for
stealing an handkerchief from M .jor Dawson, at the
Borst Guards, on the a27:h of December. Both'sen-
tenced to one year's imprisonment.
Jvhn Smith, John lardy, and P Xiang Davis, were
found guilty of stealing a great coat, from John Ro-
chester, and sentenced to six .montbs imprisonment.

Bow-mum—Yesterday Ja:l Palmy, a well-
known chatacter, charged and stands indicted for
being c'wcerncd, with several others, in robbing the
warehouse t f Messrs. Winchester, stationers, in Vil-
liers-street, in the Strand, was apprehended by Rup-
ten, in a h Arse behind Apothecary's Hall, Black-
friars. He was committed.

HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday Rcbert .4pplarcts, a
boy, between 13 and 14 years cf age, apprentice to
Mr. Lincoln, apothecary, in Hatton Garden, undere'
sent a final eramination, charged with passing a
forged (ne Fund note, purporting to be :)f the Bank
of England, with intent to defraud Mr. Birch, a
grocer, in. Leatherlane. The prisoner having satis-
factorily accounted how he got the note, was dis-
charged.
MANSION HOUSE.—Yesterday T. Bell was charged
with stealing a quantity of tea from the ladia 'tare-
houses, in Clutched-friars. He was fully canunitted
for trial.
DRURY LANE TliEATßE.—Othdlo was the Play of
last night. Mrs. itautms, who made her debut in
Juliet last week, acted. Desdemona, and snstaloed the
character throughout witli considerable effect. KEAN,
ROPE, and Mrs. Gtovea, "acted Othello, Ingo, and
Emilia, with all their wonted ability, and were tumul-
tuously applauded.
CoveNt Gaettncor.—The Opera of Cyrnln was per-
formed' last night. We were happy to hear Miss
Humus in such fine voice, and apparently recovered
from the indisposition under which She has laboured
for the last.three weeks. Her exquiiite tine "singing
certainly constitutes one of the cltier attractions of the
Piece. Are Alter-piece, called The Trial by 'Airy, :vas
revived, and met with much approbation.
SPORTING—A grand baths was given by Mr. Coke,
of Holkham, on the 22d and 23d December, to Lord
Bradford and a party of his frie'nds, when the usual
slaughter took place ; 176 phe.u.ants, with hares,and
rabbits innumerable, were brought in. Two of the
cock pheasants were weighed in censectuenee Oa
ger, when one of them Turned the scale at (our pound.
five °tutees, and the other at four pGandNtwo ounces
and a half, arid prenvoced by the best shots present
to be the heaviest birds of the kind they had ever
known. Besides the havoc made by the double-barrel-
'le'd guns of Mr. Coke's sporting visitants, the pheas
sants, it seems, have been much thinned by a disease
that has prevailed 11l the preserves at Holkhana ever
since harvest. . . , •