The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-28 00:00:00

FORGBD BANK NOTES.

A letter from a gentleman, in Stranrawer, to his
.friend in Belfast, dated April 15, says—Three men
and a woman, all from Ireland, on Monday list,
were yesterday apprehended-here, in the aa, and on
sispieion of azterirg forged guinea bank notes of the
:British Linen Company. The forgery is rather
clumsily executed, on a eoerser paper than the ge-
nuine note, and wants the watn wave round the
edges. The solocription a Win. DAllie. per Mana-
ger 'is a good irnitatirin ; but, instead of " Gen-
tle, per Accompt," the forger used, by mistake and
ignorance, I doubt not, "J. I)encle, per laivrey "
At the foot of the genuine note, on the left hand,
there is engraved, in very small chirafters, "i.
Ben o, se " within the two dashes beneath the
words "By order of the Court of Duteors." Bat
in th e. forged notes, the operator has not been able
to decyp er there levers, and has used, in their stead,
some indistina dots. The dashes are very imperfea.
The persons apprehended have been examined.—
One of them describes himself to be Daniel Breads*
blacksmith, near Magherafelt, county of Deny. He,
is a good looking, fair complexioned young man,
dressed in a blue coat, black silk waistcoat, flesh.
rolcnr"d k-rsrymere breeches, and boots, and rode a
brownish horse, in poor condition ; to sell which,
and to see some friends in Ayrshire, he says, was
the sole objea of his visiting this country. He has
been (totaled in issuing three of these notes, and in
the aft of burning a fourth,, when he was about to
be inprehendt's

Another of the persons apprehended describes
himself to be %% ilium Armour, weaver, in the
parish of Maghera, county of Deny. He is like-
wise a ynung man, tall, and wish brown hair ;
dressed in a blue coat, coloured waistcoat, green
Velveteen breeches, and half boots ; and his obje&
he sap, in visicitz Scotland. was to-see a brother in
the neighbourhood of Glasgow. He was deteaed
itt Afering one of these notes to a shopkeeper for
clta-ge.

The other person describes himself as John Stew-
art, weaver, in Mulloch,near Maghere, in the county
of Dory. This is a more agra min, thicker, and
Router, though not so tall as either of the other two,
dark complexion, is dressed in a black coat, striped
waistcoat, light.colouted breeches, black stockings,
and >hoes Be has been challenged issuing two of
these notes, and confessed having destroyed one
when he was about to be taken into cuttody.
The woman calls herself Elisabeth Wilson, resid-
ing in Havaunah-street, Glasgow, a native of Ire-
land. She was in company with these men, and
though nothing has yet been discovered against her,
she is suspeCted of bring concerned.
It h suspreted that these are only the hirelings of
the great criminal, who, in all probability. resides in
the county of Derry, and furnishes Lis accomplices
front the chief depot. accure.ing to their success in
eirc.tlating or, perhaps, he may he skulking in this
coo- try. al•sng with them. But are could not find
any notes uprn or about any of these persons, wben
thev were taken into custody.
Since receiving the above letter, we have been in-
focused, that three of the culprits effetted their
escape from jail ; but no sooner was it known, than
all the gentlemen in the neighbourhaod, and a vast
womlier of other people, set out upon different
routes in pursuit ; for such is the activity used to de-
tea forgers in Scotland, that when any are known,
a universal pursuit ensues, so that it is scarcely pos.
Bible for the delinquents to evade detedion.

Among the sufferers by t'•e dreadful calamity
which occasioned the loss of the la man of war,
in the Archipelago, we are concerned to find the
name of Lieut. Helsnr SIIITHpnr, of the Royal
Navy, son Of HIJIi/PHIttT SIOEHORP, Esq. of Can..
wick•house, near Lincoln.

Saturday A Gentleman cut his throat at the Sur-
rey Coffee-house. in a fit of insanity. He had del):
there the preceding tight. and not appearing in the
Coffee-room the next morning. his chamber-door
was forced, when it was discovered that be had put
an end to his existence in the way described. As
yet his name and address have not been traced.
An inquisition was taken on Saturday, at the
Gate, in the Harostead Road, before G. Hooeloni,
Laq. Canner for Middlesex, on the body of an
infant child. which was found with i:s throat cot, in
a pt.:id, o•s the preceding dry. Tlie only evidence
that came before the Jury. was tt:at of a boy I,elong-
kg to a factory, vila, perceived something floating
on the surface of the water, which, on his tntic.hin7
with a ►tick, presented the features of an infant
Its throat was cut neat:y from err in eat; and. to
all apiearances, ti:e boar had been many days in
the water. 'the Jai y returned a verdict of Ws%/
Iherdir against some pm son•or penoza tialcaowa.

ANIERYCA.

pity-vont, m 42 ea 16.

There is a *pert, which has been current in 1
Washington on Tuesday sad IVednesday last. that
on Monday an express arrived at the seat of the
Governor, charged with dispatches from Governor
Claiborne, of the Orleans territory. nes:: dis•
patches are said to state, that a war with Spain has
become inevitable; that the Spaniards have become
insufferably insolent ; that they are colleAiisg at
different points, in considerable force ; and that thvy
have adually crossed the Sabine, and have taken
possession of Natchitoches.
The following article is copied from The Norfelk
Leel:er of the 2d instant-a.-
We are authorised to state, from undoubted
authority, that orders have been received by the
January Packet, by the Commander of His Britannic
Majesty's naval force in America, to release every
American seaman who may not have voluntarily
entered, and can give testimony of bis Citizen-
ship."

HEW YORK, MARCH 19.

It is supposed, that the President will convene tho
Senate, to submit the Treaty with Great Britain t
them. The following are the reagens given in le:-
tat from Washington for this supposition :
" 11:4 the President has said, that the canyini: trade was
plaeal 011 a forging favou•able to A merino Shi wog
'• That the American littercoutot witit India was favoural:4y
adiuned.
.6 Tliat the gentoal system of blncicarle was abandoned; and
that of this twerity-five Articles c wopose the T.c.ity,
twenty•three wee. altogether unexceptionable."

Captain Dickenson, arrived at Baltimore, in the
schooner !!in-n, horn St. Bartholomew's, Homy,
that letters were received there some days before he
sailed, stating the arrival of five French ships of
the line, at Porto Rico, which island &was sai3 had
been ceded to France.

MARCH 23.

Captain Harz of the ship Comer, ail tveta at
&him. re, on Monday, from New ork2lih, in-
forms, that a report of Colonel !' nr having been
taken, in consequence of the pro‘.amatinti el Go.
vernor Williams. prevailed there at 'he time of his
departure. This itnelligetsce is, in wine degree, cor-
roborated by the following article from a New Or-
leans Paper, of the 12th of Februar►:
"It this morning reported, at,d we believe
the report to be true, that Colonel Burr is now con-
fined in one of the United States armed vessels be-
fore Natchez."

Braccounts from Jamaica, we lean, tha• 3.09
men have been sent to the as.ist;nee of CutAeon,
and that Capt Brisbane is gone as Governor

AIARCH 24.

COMMERCIAL AGENCY.

Tice Merchants of the city of New-York, who are in the
habit of shopoins merchandise' to an! pail of the dommiow of
Hi. Majesty the King of Hol,nsi, are her,by notified, that the
same still be liable to confiscation, onion actenaranied by the
certificate of the undersigned.
J. G. BOciERT, Vice Commercial Agent.
March 24.

The Grand Jury of the Mississippi territory de-
clare in their presentment, that "Aaron Burr has
not been guilty of any crime A. misdemeanour against
the laws of the United States, or of lb I. territory,
qv given arm jai, occaeionAr al true or iffiqai,isult to the
good people iv that territory." "rbis carries with it a
very extraordinary aspect. If they b •lieve what they
say and are correct, what shall ts, think of the con-
duct of Wilkinson, and the Adn.intstration i If
otherwise, the evil lies deeper aid is more incurable
thin hiss been yet imagined.