The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-03 00:00:00

CHILD DROPPING.

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AO 131 d man was yesterday charged by the
Churchwardens arid Vestry Clerk of the Parish of
St. Sepulchre, before the Sitting Al,:erman, on
suspicion of dropping a male child, in their parish,
by which means it became chargeable to them. The
landlord of the Golden Hull public•bousq in Cow.
lane, stated. th:•t on Wednesday. nig!it, about
eight o'clock, he perceived a Final' brindle lying
in his passage; that at 6: : view he thought it was
a linen, pinned up as as. April trick, avid was raising
his foot to kick it into the street, when be was ary
reste:l by the cries of an infant ; when, lifting up
the parcel, he found a very small infant, apparently
about six weeks old, rolleil in a bit of flannel ; that,
on going to the door. to look for the mother, he
saw no person but the prisoner, who, continuing
to lounge abort the door, and a young man hav-
ing said, he saw him in conversation with a wo-
man, a short time before. and his refusing to an-
swer any question, in -Need him to take him up "
The Prisoner, in his defence, said, he was a smith
and farrier, had not long left the Hospital, and
denied all knowledge of the child. He was, bow-
' ever, remanded, until the young man can be found.

The New As!ministration have, it is said, topped
the Commission for the Reform of the Karra.k Es-
.ablishrnent, according to the plan contained in the
Report of the Commissioners ut Military inquiry ;
and which bad adually received His Mains v's sign
manual. The filastersGArteralship of the Barracks
is an appointment of near 50001. a year.
Lord Cat Loom will be recalled from his Govern-
ment of the Cape of Gcod Hope, which he has
not yet reached, unless a politic arranrment of
his votes in a certain Assembly should, on the first
divis'on, render such a measure unnecessary. His
private Secretary, Mr. H. A Lazandair, is espeiled
hourly from Ireland.
General !deice, who was emplayed by Govern-
ment to raise men tor a foreign regiment, lately re-
turned to town from Portsmouth. He has raised
near 700 men, principally Germans, at tat small
' bounty of three guineas per man.
Cadellford, the accomplice and witness againat
O'D•aiiel, Carter and Uwe, who were capitally
Wad of burglary, at a recent Old Thiley Sessions,
has been committed for trial from Mail:iotough-
street Office, en a charge of felony. The principal
witness against the prisoner is a worn in who coha-
bited with Gore at are time of has apprehension for
the burgle, y above stated.
It is decided that the boning match between Yeas
Belcher and CraS, arid that between ree,g Reicher
and Ryes, will take place en Wednesday nest. In
the sporting circa_, at Newmarket, and in tow,.
betting Foes on freely on the event of the two
fights. ffie ae.rage betting is asout 5 and 6to 4
on the late champion; and moderate caids ot:
Young Belcher against Ryan. Two to one has
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BCIARS CONSMRACT.

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MESSAGE 0? THE PRESIDENT;
Containing a Letoloptaient of the Ciaipiroz:.

W•SHIPOT011 CITY. 1111.A.Y, JAIL VS.
To the Senate and Hour, of Representatives of the United
States.
Agreeably to the retattest of the House of Repre-
sentatives, communicated in their Resolution of the
1 nth inst. I procerd to state. under the reserve
therein expressed, information received, touching an
illegal combination of private individuals agninst
the peace and safety tat the Union. and a =lila: y
expedition planned by them against the territories
of a power in amity with the United States, with
the measures 1 have pursued for auppreising the
same.
I bad, foe some time, been in the constant era
pedation of receiving such further information as
would have enabled me to lay berme the Legiela-
tore, the termination, as well as the beginning and
progress, of this scene of depravity, so far as it has
been abed on the Ohio and its waters. From this.
the state of safety of the lower country might have
been estimated on probable grounds, and the delay
was indulged the rather, because no circumstance
had yet made it necessary to call in the aid of the
Legislative fueltions. Information now recently
communicated, has brought; u. nearly to the pert -el
contemplated. The mass of what I have received
in the course of these transaftions is voluminous;
but little has been given under the sandion of an •
oath, so as to constitute formal and legal evidence.
!tit chiefly in the form of let:ers, often containing
such a mixture of rumours, conjedures, and sus-
pioions, as render it difficult to sift out the real fadti.
and unadvisable to ,haz trd more than general out-
lines, strengthened by concurrent inGrmation, or
the particular credibility of the relator. la this
state of the evidence. delivered sometimes under the
resuiaion of private confidence, neither safety tear
justice will permit the exposing names, except the:
' of the principal ader, wnose guilt is placed beyond
coestion.
Some time in the latter part of September, I re-
ceivtd intimations that deigns were in agitation
in the Western Coentry, unlawful and unfriendly to
the eeace of the Union : and that the prime mover
in these was Aaron Barr, heretofore diatinlu,shel
by the favour of his couatry. The grounds of
these intimations being inconclusive, the uojeas un-
certain. and the fidelity of that eouinry known to be
firm, the only measure taken, was to urge the it:-
torments to use their best endeavours to get Wither
insight into the designs and proceedings of the sus-
pected persons, and to communicate them to me.
It was not till the latter Nit of ()Sober that the
objets of the conspiracy began to be perceived, but
Safi aci b!erided and involved in my.tery, that no-
thing disund could be *taxied nit for puw.w. In
this state of uncertainty. as t. ti.e crime contemplat-
ed. the ads done, 40.1 the legs, coarse to be pursued.
I thought it best to sena to tie scene, tiv-.ete terse
Wings were print pally ga traiiaadion, a petson in
whew iotegres . tioderstandiug, and disc emits, en-
tire coofislet.ce c end be tep se.% With instrua one
to investigate the plots going tau. to enter into cone
ference (tot which be had sutficient cred.ntials) with
governors, and all °Met officers, civil and military ;
and, with their aid, to clop,' the spot whatever should
be necessary to dsacover the designs of the conspira-
tors ; arrest their means, biing their persons 'to
punishment, and to cad cut the force of the country
to suppress any unlawful, enterprise, in which it.
should be found they were engaged. By this time
it was known that many beats were under pi epara.
lion, stores of provisions colieding. and an unusual
number of suspicious cliarafters in motion on the
Ohio. and its waters. &sides dispatching the con-
fidential agent to that qiiarter, orders were at the
same time sent to toe Guest 4,1 tie Orleans and
Mississippi terri,ories, and to tint Coin:handers of
the land and naval forces there, to be on their guard
against surprise, and in constant readiness to re-
sist any enterprise which might be *.tempted cn
the ve•-4 , poets. or other objefts under their
; and, on the Bth of November, instruaions
were forwarded to General Wilkinson, to hasten an
accommodation with the Spanish Commandant on
the oanine ; and, as lOW as that was effected, to
4..41 back with his principal force to the hither bat k
of the Mississippi, for the defence of the interesting
points on that river. By A letter, received from
that officer, co the 25th of November, but dated
Oa. 21,t. we learned, that a conaiential egret of
Aaron Burr had been deputed to him well corn-
raunications, partly written in cyphe., and patty
oral, expleihilig his designs, exaggerating his re-
sources. mid, making tech okers of eitioltiment
and command, to engage him and the army in hi:
unlawful enterprise, as he had flattered hiassell
would be successful. 'The General, with the bo-
nner of a soldier, and fidelity of a gaud
immediately dtspatchtd a trusty officer to me, wide
information of what had passed, proceeded to esta-
blish such an understanding with the Spanish Com-
mandant on the Satame, as permitted bins to wit -
draw his force acrois the Mississippi, and to enter
on measures for opposing the pr. jested enterprise.
The General's letter, winces Caine to hand on the
25th of November, as has lizen muntionvd, and
statue other mtormatiou, received a few Jays earlier,
when brought together. ueveloped Barr's general
designs, different parts of watch only bad been te •
vealed to different informants It appeared mar
its conterupiateil two distend ott.jects, sob Js
Might be carried on either jointly or secalatei;
and either the one or the oiler first as cii.6usn-
stance. should third. One of these was the sever•
ante of use 111.1U0 of these States by the Alleglia,„l:
Mountains. the other an attack on Mra:co. A
third ohjea was provided, merely ottimAile, to wit,
the settlement of the pretended pui chase of a tray
of country opt the Washita, tlanned by • tio
Bastrop This was to stir! Its ti.e pre.est 101 art
his preparations; All AMTCIh...t tei such follow.: s.
as realty wished to acquire scole.nents in that coun-
try; and a cover, under Ithaca to retreat, its ire
event of a final discomfiture of both israoclies of
his real dinegn

He found at once that the attachment ne' the
Vas emit Lwow ry oathe i ream Unton was ooh to tko
stake.. ; t.-At tts &twinkle,: tout.; got he ed
wahosat the coo er.c izstehettscAots; And that kis .
bOUICt.• %OTC te•ta,:attate. C. v.• •.