Star.
London, England, 1803-01-07 00:00:00

ARRIVED.

At Portfmnutb, Friendfhip, Cook, from St. Cbc's—At
Ply-
mouth, Purfult, Johnfou, from Va'encia ; and Unity, Bell,
from Malaga—At Falmouth, Richmond, Hathway, from Phi-
ladelphia—,At Liverpool, Sally,Curtin, from Liihnn—vAt Hull,
Fame, Law, from New York—At Cork, Weft Indian, Bain*,
from Q2cbcc ; and Dryade, Johnfon, from Maffaeltufet's—At
Barbadoes, Milnes, Albion, from New /Punfetrick ; Bolton,
R cddle ; and surprise, Carlille, from Africa...At St. Vincent's,
King Gesige, Phillips; and Aurora, —, front Africa—At
I.ifbon, John, Collks, from NewfoundlandAt Meant. Ha-
milton, liarrifon from Newfoundland—At Cadiz, Ifahclia.
Gordon, tram Philadelphia; and Thoulas and Sarah, Def.
champ, from Quebec.

FRAUD ON UNDERWRITERS.--.IIIC illicit tranf:
aftion with the brig Adventure, for which Capt.
Codling lately paid the tribute of his life in Lon-
don, when compared with the recent event of a
fimilar nature, on which the Inquifition Tribunal
at Stockholm, has juft pronounced judgment, be-
comes a relative °Neel of confederation. This aft
has jufl tranfpited in the following detail, and is
particularly held out by the German Underwriters
in the North as a public and timely warning to all
parties.

On the 601 fymptoms of rupture between Eng-
land and Rola, in zBOO, fuch outward bound veffels
as got intelligence oftheembargoat lea put into va-
rious ports of the Baltic, particularly Dantzig, for
refuge. Mr. Johan Lades, an eminent merchant,
then had one cargo in this predicament confign.
ed to him, eßimated at fix tons of gold, m hick he
(hipped again as Prullian property, on board the
edifh (hip Looifa, Captain Turls Torngren, for
St. Peterfburgh ; this /del failed the asth of June,
tBoi, with feveral others; at a certain diflance at
fea Captain Torngren parted company, and tak-
ing a courfe quite oppofite to that of the remain-
ing (hips, proceeded to the Swedifh ifland of
Oeland, and arriving at Bode he can anchor. His
crew confined of five men and a book keeper,
named Johan Ahlfledt, who went on More here,
and continued his route to Carlfcrona, from
whence he fhortly returned with two merchants,
named Otter and Karftrom, and the !!tip's broker
Lovell ; the following night thefe perfons had al-
mon all the goods taken out of the Looifa and
put into two lighters, which carried them to Carl-
fcrona. During this interval Torngren gave him-
felt out as only mate of the nip, and Ablftedt as
Captain, reporting that they came from Riga
with corn. The day after Ahlfledt having return.
ed on board, they put to fea again. In a (Lore
time a mifunderflanding arofe -between the Cap.
tain and Ahlftedt, when the latter was beat,
nfed, and difabled ; had his arms broken, his head
wounded, and his money, which he entrufled to
two failors, to take charge of for him, plundered
and carried off. Torngren now bored holes in
the (hip, and pot Koppers in, which when they
got to the latitude of Natelga betook our, and made
the men enlarge the holes, fo as to fink the (hip;
he then forbid them ever to mention the name of
Alhfledt, or to fay any thing of what had parted,
and taking out force watches with other valuable
light goods, the crew all abandoned the rad,
and left her to go to the bottom, with the unfor-
tunate man lying helplefs and-bed ridden in his
cabin on board.

Captain Toregren, with all his crew, except
Jonas Li;Rig, the mate, who kft the party here,
and went away, now proceeded to Natelga, where
they took the anal oaths that the fhip's unavoid-
able &rafter was not produced by the negle& of
any individual on board, that they had with much
difficulty fared their own lives, and that the mate
was unfortunately gone down in the flip as he
WAS endeavouring to bring off a compafs out of
the cabin. The infurance to a large amount had
been madeat Lubeck; but Mr. Lade's fufpicion
was firflawakened by an Underwriter there re.
fuang to underwrite a part of 7o ono marks, and
declining for a while to tell his motives, tM
goroully preffed for an explanations he declared
it was from his experiencing a ikons prefnmp.
Lion that fome mifchief would befal the Louifa.
—The circumftance foon after being fo fatally
confirmed, and getting to the ears of Mr. J. P.
Dailby, a very aftive merchant at Carlfcrona.
he exerted himklf to difcover the Captain and
the fuppofed drowned mate, who were appre-
hended immediately, upon which the two other
merchants took flight, but Carftrong was prem.
ly difcovered and arrefled, as werelikewife molt
of the veal's crew. A Special Commiffion of the
loquifition was appointed, to bring the conniv.
ing parties to trial, and the following fentence has
Jul been adjudged as an exemplary pa nifloment of
an aft fo fyftematically nefarious, viz. Captain
Torngren to be beheaded, and his body 'spored
on a wheel ; his property to defray the 'truces
of the yorofecution Lulling, the mate, and ano-
ther tailor, aloft aaive in the crime, to be behead.
ed. the merchant to pay a fine of four times the
value of the lading fraudulently taken of, or to
receive forty pair of !tripes, three to the pair, and
to do penance on a Sunday at the Church door, at•
ter which he is to work three years at the bulks in
Carlferona, and his property to anfwer all judicial
expences. The broker, J. Lovell, with hishrother
T. Lovell, the Diarift Crown Executor, for cons•
plicity, to be deprived of their offices, to be con-
fined for one month on bread and water, and to
do three years hard labour at the hulks : the PON.
chifFer, and the two Lightermen, who conveye4
the goods off in the night. to be imprifot
twenty-eight days on bread and water ; the Strand
Surveyor, for negleft of duty, fixteen days of the
fame penance ; and the pilot -
a number of pefuniary fines

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proved to have bought auy
iog this cargo.

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