Star.
London, England, 1826-07-08 00:00:00

The prisoner received an excelknt thatacter froth several wit.
maws, and the Jury acquitted him.
Wald Holliagnuorth, Richard Challis. and Joseph
Clapper, were in.ticted for a' urgtary.in the dwelling-
house of Phcebe Driver, at Stocking Pelham, in the
night time of the Bth May last, and stealing therein a
silver watch, four hams, and two pigs' faces, tier In rt.
perty ; a purse, containing five sovereigns, the proi.etty
of Sarah Salmon, and a fowling piece, the property of
Charles Salmon.

The case for the prosecution rested mainly on the
testimony of an approver, Samuel Ricketts, a youth of
17. It appeared that the prosecuttirt is a respectable
-Iderly wom in, occupying a lone house, in the parish
of Stockton Pelham, hec family consisting of a grand-
son and grand-daughter, and servants. About one in
the morning of the Bth May, the house was beset by
four men, who effected an entry by means of breaking
op n the brewhouse window. Alter making a light,
they proceeded to the bedchamber of the family, and
demandei their money, using *abusive language, but
offering no violence. They obtained from the pio.
secutor's grand-daughter A purse, containing tour so-
vete gas, and alter rifling the hour!. of the other pro-
perty mentioned in the indictment, they decamped. The
booty was afterwards divided among them. Nst day
'the prisoner Hollingsworth was apprehended, and the
others in a few days. afterwards, when Ricketts made
a voluntaiy confession, implicating the prisoners. None
of the stolen property was found upon• any of the
prisoners. According to theevidence of the acomplice,
the prisoner Hollingsworth had planned tWe 'robbery ;
at his house the others met on the night of the robbery,
and had some beer. In the details of the circumftances
of the robbery there was some yr istion between tr e
account given of it by the accomplice and that by the
other witnesses. He stated that the purse containing The
sovereigns was delivered to his companions by Sarah
Salmon, whereas the witness, Charles Salmon, stated
that he had given it, having received it from his sister.
He was, however, confirmed in other particulars of
his evidence.

Mr. Justice Hocaorci summed up the ease minutely.
The Jury deliberated about half an hour, and found all the pri-
soners Guilty.—Sentence of death was recorded.

DREADFUL FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.

FROM GORR'S LIVICRPOOL ADITtEt.TISCR.
Thursday morning, soon after 12 o'clock, the neigh.
bourhood of the Salthouse-dock experienced great ..larm
bi the appearance of fire in the extensive warehouse of
Mr. John Aspinall, Orford street. The fire commenced
in a cotton-room on the second floor, and in-a few mo-
ments threatened destruction to the neighbourhood,
which consisted chicfly of warehouses. The alarm-bells
were rung, and in a short time all the. eigines in town
hastened to the scene of conflagration, by which time
the fire had extended to other premises. Mr. Aspinall's
warehouse is situated at the corner of Orford-street; and
Under the warehouse were several offices, into which it
was found impossible to enter, with a view of saving
the.books, &c. among them, we understand, were Mi.
Cyrus Mortal's office, and also ,thst of. Mr. John (ahe..
The fire, notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen
and others, reachel several other warehouses, amoigst
which were. those of Mr. Joseph Leigh, Mr. Ri'ey, sail-
maker, Messrs. Rankin and Co. Mr. C. Fletcher, and
others whose names it was impossible, from the confu-
sion which existed, for us to collect; suffice it to say, •
that at one period were presented to the gas, of the
thousands collected to the • spot, Mr. Aspinall's ware.
house. at one corner of Orford-street, the warehouse of
Mr. Gibbons, at the opposite coiner, the other ware-
houses for forty yards in • Orford-street, and a ware-
house, the back of which was in Fixtun-lane. The ap-
pearance of the fire for several hours was awfully grand.
The engines of the different fire-offices did all in their
power to prevent its further progress, but it was impos-
sible to stop the rage of the fire, situated as those build-
ings were, and the general fear seemed to be for the
lately of the private dwellings of the neighbourhood.
The police dficers were quickly on the spot, and ren-
dered the most effectual services ky their well.tinned_
arrangements. The Mayor in a short time arrived at
the scene of desti uction, and by his decisive measures a
great deal of the property in the adjacent warehouses
was conveyed beyond the reach of the file. Soon after
his worship arrived on the spot, a great part of the
crew, and all the marines of the Bittern sloop of war,
landed, and owing% to the efficient arrangements of
Captain Price (the acting nivel officer of this port),
and Lieut. ltochford, R. N. (commander of the Bittern),
a great dell of property was saved from the destructive
element. Mr. Harrison, the quarter master, stationed
at the rendezvous, was called out at an early hour, an"
rendered a most essential service in this. c simony.
Arthis moment (three o'clock) the fire is still raging to a most
alarming extent, and threatening destruction to the neighbourhood.
THURSDAY EVENING.—The fire continued to • rage
with undiminishedlnry, until near six o'cl4ek, when it
began to abate, not so much from the labours of the
firemen, as from all the timber and combustible matter
in the buildings having been destinyed. We have not
heard of a single individual being hurt during the fi e.
The warehouses are not more than twenty yards fr•bm
the Salthouse Duck, the vessels in which could scarcely
have escaped destruction, had not the wind fortunately
blown from the south ores,. As it was, they were in
'imminent-peril; but the dock not being very full of
vessels, they were drove to the opposite or west side,
out of the reach of the danger. Various statements
have been given of the value of the property derroyed
by this calamity ; but it cannot be less than 150 0001.
of which nearly 100,0001. it is. said, is insured in the
different fire offices. The present is the most extensive
fire that has taken place in Liverpo.)l since the yc6ir
1801, when the Gorse warehouses weie destroyed.

Thursday the LORD MAYOR gave a sumptuous dinner
to the Court of Aldermen, on occasint of Sir PETER
LAURIed accession to his new honours as Alderman of
the Ward of AldersgatP.
It is rumoured thin an attempt will be made in the
next Session of Parliament to obtain permission for dis-
posing of Waterloo Bridge by way of lottery. dpon the
principle of its being thrown open 10 the public in a
much shorter time than can now be eipecte.l.
After the debate in the French Chamber of Peen, on
the subject of Otreiwto's contracts, Tat4gy_maso lOC "We 'nee
heard a great deal hi the al* alma a gr,
criminal : for my part. Irig bkio a peas anniximi
(the Duke of Ammo/Lam .
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to induce lam .to entberal hiresel4 but he refused ; 'lid
all tbreigetting bp eiikthe puot hope, the prisoner being
. n the middle (in nitro tidisSistini; thought the consta-
'null this ble) they rode back to Hoddesclon. The prisoner des
h, to be clued that the Ict was the result-of dt ukbnoess--thAt
he awful he was very sorry for what. h.cl happened, and de:
the day dared that he would be the last man to do such a thing
Conjured in his sober senses.