The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

Dl,Tell AND FLANDPBS MAILN.

DIMSSEI q. Fen. 19..
The tallow' for the iitrengt !wiring i,i the fort tom s
on the southern frontier will shortly lie pro-
seemed will' isicremril ditivvy; jt Is affirmed that
the fortification's of Totsrlory, Thom, (Alas lerso, and
Nrtmor, will hr completed in two years; the wolks
of Atli, rt particular, are spoke,. of imrster-
piece t I she modern art of fro iiticariom
Accootsta from the Finch frontiers 'my, that mt.
Onerous duel., both between mils:airy stool ; ri v4te
lirrsolo. no itt34lllllll. Or IHiliticHl ))))) , lake place
in those departments al-o, and have ibitsdm 4,1 smo.a
melancholy events. Boils the Military- :mil Civil
Alillisatttra endeavour by suirm% inealt% to check
the cast ; the military, in particular, have received an
intimation from superior authority to rivulet all oc-
oilskin% for Mimics soil with the
tune it. that thine who shall give iictirrion to such
dud, shall be severely punished,

FFBRUARY 24.

The civil tribunal of the arronthsentrot of Brus-
sels, the Chamber of Consultation. gave its deci-
sion yesterday., rm the affair which has been carry-
irerkesierirrruste-e llte month of October last. against
several persons accused of a plot tetirlittg to excite
civil war. On the report of Mr. Vim de Cas-
trek, the Juge d'lnstruction, the Chamber of
' Consultation It is declared that there is no suf.
111..frest ground of accusation again►t the Struts
Marx and 'l•ontainc, both Belgian*, tesiiiing
in this city, awl the Slew Claude Fourciit, a
Fieorlintan, mid has ordered theta to be set at
liberty. Au Ordinance of Prize de Corps has
heel, decreed agatost the others, namt ly, A lexandi e
(ali•cuiiilerl), Claude. Veber,. Francois
Berl, Ailolpl ir Pouliot, alias I.a Croix, and Louis
Bnclioz, all Frettilimen ; and Frat.cois Dirix, a
Br !gout, in roost iiiietice of this utEtir, it going to
be 1 glit before the Chamber of Accusation of
the superior Court. The public are very anxious to
know the result of tin. cause, which appears to he
Inure serious dims was at first itmtgisit-41.

FLIIttIiARY 25.

The Duke Can►bacerrs, whose return to this
city 11:111 burn 1111111/1111Cell by the French Jonioids,
arrived here tn•day, at t noon. It is said he will
'try •nine mouth., and after sisitil g the banks •.f
the Rhine, and taken the waters at Spa, will return
again to Paris. and fi X 111% almile in his hotel, in
the rm. de IA Tniversiie, whirl► 1% 110 W neeu,pird by
the Minister of the Un►ted Stairs.—(Brusseit Pa-
prrs, Ithrefary

We have the pleasure to notice the most a.itistie.
tory insult f the immediate pursuit of
depredators; and st the same time the cause of
at bet uml burglary may be traced (iii uu 11-tild
Inns occurred in many other intaasice-) to the
liikraarm trimmer in which the first hinglary had
been teseuted. It is lost a short time since as'
published an accouiit of six men breaking into the
duelling. of Mrs. Sarah Nlatm, at Cold
upon which occasion the villains decamped with-
out a booty, w censequetice of Mrs. Mann liay-
ing mad,. her escape al Is back door, and it was
alpirlielolvil Iliad she would return with assistance.
From a false economy (as will he proved in the se..
quell, although possessed of considerable property,
Mrs. Nitro', made but little stir, heisig far advanced
in age, and partly from the apprehension of being
obliged in incur an expense, st Id the &Try-
dators be found, its prosecuting them. 17.1coti-
raged by the little notice taken after the first
burglary, the villains were more successful on
Saturday night, the 4th ult. (no doubt the saute
gang), when, with it post that lay in the said,
they drove in the window and fame at rine blow;
four of them the,' entered, awl put Mts. Maim,
a Lyle girl 'drool id ears of age, ai'd an old
man servlot„ nume,t Pap., :trout 70 Yeats of age,
loan one lard, mid then. tied them by their hut di
and feel. Doriliz the time the villains were tying
Mrs. Maim and Page, the girl escaped out at the
windave, uliell &fir was Li!‘i 110141 ill by two assrses
elites without side, and put ha, k
all this, she took ;;teat notice of the persuos
of the %Mains, although they bud their faces
%lacked. Alter rohbing the premises of eight
pounds in hotel and mousy, five hams, moths. of
took, and having drank the whole stock of wine and
spirits in the house, they were departing, leaving
the Inmates tied, lola Oil bring napiested to release
them, they reiditil, that " it could only be done by
the Captain." As soon as they were gone, the girl's
bawls not being tied, she released Mrs. MAIM and
her servant ;fr the latter the villains took 7s,
the whole of his stock. Ott Sunday morning the on igh.
hours hearing of that roldwry, wrlit to the I Si, and
cleanly perceived the footsteps of the robbersond had
it lint been for the spirited determination of Mrs.
oeighbourg, lottfe perhaps had been done,
vrts oat this or cash's' ; but very properly con-
templating that a similar visit wouhl be paid to
many other hoists 111 the Hundred. If this gang of
depredators mils not discovered, it was resolved,
on the Monday morning. by the Reverend R.
('sitars' of Cold Norton, Mr. Barnes,
Nlr, Abbott, mod Nlr. Giant, all retailing near,
aita two i 'instable,, to proceed to make search,
Inking with them Ow virl and old man, that they
might identica the liaitie•, If occuleidally met with.
(irOru.r, II notorious and auapretrd
character. lodged is ith oar A tory, at Burnham,
%here the pally proceeded, but lie was absent ;
old Abney and his too sous were however taken into
custody, the gill heing positive that the two sow
uere the pa reins who lost her hack iota the window,
and alescrilwil them b. 11..sitig wosM It straw hat
lend an foraging rap : the however, deified
havilig -Imo :alleles, but on searching the Isoli.r,
they v ere both found. and 40 11 corroborating tutted*
that 'me of 111. as' Well had win the Cilia, the lop
of it lin hiss,iispiressoin evidently made by a blacked
baud, l)u 'Tuesday, .pairs Abrey, and his two
suns. Thomas roil 12..1w mil, being taken before
Charles !Writhe'. Chet k. and C. C. Parker.
E•ri. they were all committed to prig's'', to lake
their trials has the offence. The three villains now
at large, tsar suspected (from their notorious
eliameters)- to be Gentleman George. alias George
Baker, the room's, Samuel Baktr, sod Samuel
%Void, otherways Ss ffilk Sam, fur the apile-
liension hf wl warrants have hero issued.
A lirrr the elder has corifessed his knowledge of the
bin glary ; 1w does nut attempt to exonerate
his .1111 a, hilt denies haring taken tatty part in the
transoction launt —(Clichatforil Paper) 1