The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-02-20 00:00:00

POLICIt.

Malt BOROVOSISTSELT.
Yesterday William Hotly was re-r',miced on the
charge of dettauding tradespeople of their goads,
by giving a haitious note, resembling those of the
Bank of England. The charges preferred in the
present instance were very numerous.
Mr. Moore, who lives at the igri of the Robin
Hood, Charles-street,St. James's-square, stated, that
a person, whom he believed to he the Prisoner, or-
dered a pint of brandy, some weeks since, to be sent
to the house of G. Byng, Esq. M. P. in St.
James's-square, for the servants, with change for
a 11. note ; a boy, who was sent with the liquor,
and who identified the Prisoner, s iid, that
he ran from the steps of Mr. Byng's door, took the
liquor and change, and gave him a fiaitious 11. 119te.
Mr. Fitzgerald, a tallow-chandler, Tothill-street,
Westminster, said the Prisoner ordered three pounds
of mould candles to be sent immediately to the
house of Mr. Annesley, M. P. in Parl-lane, with
change for a note, and lie procured possession of
the change and goods by giving another of his own
notes.
There were other charges against the Prisoner,
who was very well identified ; and it was represent-
ed that the artifice had succeeded in every part of
the west.end of the town. The notes given by the
Prisoner were very badly exerutel ; a word or two
differed from those of a real note, such as " For
the Governer and Company of the Bank of New.
gate," sm.
rile other person in custody, of the name of
Harrywon, who was suspected of the above fr.,ud,
MIS liberated; and 1106, was fully cousmizted for
trial.

Extra& of a letter from as Officer on boar.l one
of His MAJESTY'S ships cruisi.,g off the na,iiitius,
dated July 27, 18r).5:—
Our flee', is prcperly distributed, but, notwith-
standing our unwearied vigilance and attention, .1
French frigate got nut a few nights since, and, we
understand, effeard her escape by her superiority of
sailing. I am not fully acquainted with the parti-
culars. We have certainly not been so fortunate as
we espeCled ; but I trust our gaud fortune may be
reserved to crown the conclusion el our anise.
Scarcely a day passes without our speaking some
American ship or other ; lour their pipers are, in
general, so clear and correct, that they do not conic
under nor cognizance. We are wholly unable to
obtain any information whatever, either from any
of the ports in the Mauritius, or the island of
Bourbon, as a very strict embargo appears to exist
in bosh the Islands, and not a vessel of any descrip-
tion his been suffered to sail since we took op our
cruising station before this plice.
" Last week, an officer from the French Gover-
nor-General, M. Di CA's, was sent with a flag of
truce on board the Commodore's ship, for the pur-
pose of negociating an exchange of prisoners, but I
do not yet know the result. We have this instant
brought-to an English cartel ;if the boats return
in time, you shall hear what she is.
" A French ship (apparently a privateer), about
three weeks ago effeeted her escape from the Island,
notwithstanding she was chased by the Trrnerndora,
at one time going at the rate of twelve knots an
hour ; and, so confident was the Frenchman of the
superior sailing of his ship, that he kept his tri-
coloured flag np the whole time of the chase, that
we might not be deceived in the nation he belonged
to "

The Ann, —, frnm St. Vincent's, for Dublin,
is on shore on the Lancashire Coast ; and, it is
feared, will be lost.

Monday last, being the day appointed for the no-
mination of a candidate to "repiesent the County of
Suffolk in Parliament, in the room of Lord Vis-
count Booms (now Marquis CONSWA LLIS) there
was a very numerous and respedable attendance of
Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, at Stow-
market. Admiral Wi tsorr proposed THOMAS SHER*
LOCK GOOCH, Esq. the eldest son of Si. T. GoocH,
Bart. and was seconded by Sir GILBERT Arrtscx,
Bart. Mr. GoocH then addressed the Elearns, in
a speech of some length. No opposition whatever
was made, and an unanimous show of hands indi-
cated Mr. Goocrea certain election, which will take
place this day at Ipswich.
Every Ticket drawn next Saturday is sure to be
a Prize, and the First-drawn Ticket on the Sixth
Day is sure to In* '20,0001. ; therefore, those who
purchase now have a double chance, as every
Ticket drawn before the 28th instant is cure to be
a Prize, and every capital Plias already drawn has
been sold in Shares.

aiMERICAN STATE TRADE.

The nature of a 1 rte ,irt ,Oe.litog in the Congress
of the United tttes of America. in regard to the
Abolition of the Slave Trade, having !seen erro-
neously and inconsistently stared, in some of our
newsy tapers, the following correct account of it,
and of the circumstancits from which it arose, mat
be ae:eptable in our readers :
By the Constitution of the United Slates, the Ce.
net-al Congress was restrained from prohibit', the
importation of slaves, pilot- to the Ist of January.
I YOB. The restriction, however, not estyndinsr, to
the prnte&on of the trade in slaves from A trice to
foreign countries, in American shipping. an Ha to
prohibit this branch of commerce, under severe
penalties, was passed in 1794, and has been en-
forced, as fir AS the arm of the Government could
reach the offenders, against it.
A few years after, the different States of the Uninn
successively passed Abolition Ads, in their respect-
ive Legislative Ass,rmSlies, prohibiting the home
bran of the trade within their own jurisdiaions;
so t sat there remained no de•cription of Slave
Frade to the ports of that country, nor any in
American ships t s any part of the world, except
some smugglers, under the colour of the United
States, who traded to the French and Spanish
West Indies, and who were chiefly, if not wholly, the
disguised agents of merchants in this country, or in
the islands to which they traded.
About two years ago, however, the Assembly of
South Carolina, influenced, as is asserted, by Mer.
chants of Charlestown, in connedtion with slave-
trading houses in this country, again opened the
parts of that state, fur the admission of Negroes
The sole effaa, and, as is supposed, the sole ob.
jet, was to provide a market for the cargoes sent
en British account to the Flavannah, whets refused
that port, on account of a redundant supply, or
when the prices were below what the importers
cold afford to ac:ept. The Americans them- '
selves, it is said, have taken scarce any part in this
revived trade, tici;pt in nenti alizing British car-
goes, under their mime, since ilia recommencement
of the war.
"Ibis relapse of South Carolina, gave great and
general offence' through the Union. A Bill was
brought into Congress immediately after, to lay la
high duty on 'Lures imported ; but the *IMO?*
was resisted and relinquished, en the right prin-
ciple, that the general legislature ought not thus,
by a side wind, to du that which it was tlpresSit
restrained, by the articles of the confederation, hoot
doing iiiredly, till a peri"d not yet arrived. The
opponent., as .WC:I as toe supporters of the Bill,
were uninionaes in condeenniug the Slave Trade,
and in holdmg that it ought to be abolished through.
out the Union, as satin as the Constitution allowed
of such a contioul over the late ad of a single
State; hut they properly ohjeded to an indired en..
croachmen: on the authority of the Charlesi,own.
Assembly, however they might regret the IAIIO
which had been made of it. To this argument was
addc 1, a repugnance to the idea of raising a reve-
nue on such an article of commerce ; and, besides,
the South Carohoa Members assured the promoters
of the Biil, that the obnoxious Al would sooolse
repealed by their Cnostituents.
The pledge thus given, has not yet been taken op,
though the Government and General Congreta have
since manifested their unshaken antipathy to the
Slave Trade, by prohibiting it, in spite of the
loudest murmurs of their new Citizens of Louisiana,
in that extensive Pt ovince. Though the heat of tin
climate, and the culture of the sugar-cane, seen.ed
to demand an exception there from the general
prioziple, it has been inviolably adhered tn.
The late oircussions at Washington, which one
account has tepees nted as ending in an Ad to
abolish the Slave Trade, on the Ist of January.
tail! ; and which another accou .t has stated as
producing a rejeaion of that measure; furnish,
t•u:y related, a new proof of tla- ze 1 and
steady determination which prevail in A.oerica on
this interesting subject. The truth is, that a ha:red
of the Slave 'I rade had, in this instance, nearly be-
trayed the National Legislature into a vett un-
watrantable measure, floes which the wisdom and
moderation of the Senate rescued it only by a cast-
ing vote.
The House of Representatives, anticipating their
ionstitutonsl power, sent up a Bill for prohibiting
the importation of Slaves into any State in the
Union, from and after the Ist of January, 10(4 ;
but in the Senate it was justly opposed, and, atter
a great struggle, rejected, on the obvious principle.
that the restriclion in the constitutional ea, post-
poned the right of legislatmg for such a purpose.
and not merely that of giving an earlier operation to
the law. If we refer to the words of the restriaion
itself, not to mention its obvious spirit, it will be
difficult to conceive how any fair doubt could be
entertained on this subjed ; for the words are, ti 4
yivgr,,tdvs or emportattoo of such peel:mg as av qf the
n Stater now est,iiNg ihalt tLigh proper to adopt, shea
4* out be peuhibard L
,v the Comgrese prior to the year
" 1808."
As it was never disputed that this euphonismt
.1 seri person'," &c. was meant to be descriptive or
Slam, it is wonderful that the clause could be cue.
sidered as compatible with the passing a ',rostrata'',
prohibitory ad, in 1805. Yet, such is the im-
patience felt in America, at the temporary toleration
of the Slave Trade, by any State in the Union, that
this violent strain of the Constitution was twice sup-
ported, even in the Senate, by considerable ma.
jorities, and was defeated at last only by the Vice.
President's casting voice.
This decision took place on the 18th of December
last, and is detailed in The Nese-York Erma, Post
of December 21. The account adds, "it was al-
" lowed on iC.I Lands, that, as soon as the time
" arrived when the Congress shall possess the con-
" stitutional power of prohibiting the importation of 131
" Slaves, it would be proper for them to exercise it."

STATE LOTTERY.—The Ticket, No. 10,730, 11
first-drawn yesterday, entitled to 211,0221. was so!cl
at Mrssrs. /laza so, Bu r, and Co.'s Office,
Royal Exchange, in one Fourth, one Eighth, and
ten Sixteenth Shares. 1 ickets and Sha•:s, warranted
undrawn, continue on Sale at the above Office. All
Tickets drawn on Saturday nest, the Filth Day, will
be entitled to 221. each, and the E,st•drawn on the
Sixth to £O.OOOl.

141 if ir .11, Iyr r i .LMENCE.
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e.,a rsnourn, etc 18.
' Artived the F.me, of 74 guns, from the Downs.
with the ,:si, W. Br Nlieh , Lord Coe I. rrofh, Bea-
rd, I. seer, L)arii Scott, Al wick Collet, livemer
Celle, Ctrei, Moe het4, a, and Ledo *Jane Mirada
, . Past Indiamen, an ! a fli.et of outward-bound yes-
eels, under convoy ; and the Serapes store-ship, and
"Amity gnn-veswl.
Yesterday, the Allita, .4, htlle, an .1 Mostriout, sill-
, e 4 to join the Channel Fleet ; and the Aletror bomb,
with a convoy, for Ctrossey.
. Lord St. Vincent will heist his flag on board the
ifbeetsita, of 100 guns, at !‘f pithead, as soon as she is
ready for sea. Captain .1 tallr's Rowen, one of the
Commissioners of the Sii k and I Itirt Board, is ap-
pointed Captain of the Chaanel fleet; and Captain
Western, a relation of his Lordship, is appointed
to command the Hibernia.
. Sailed the Arreger sloop of war, with about
twelve sail of 'vessels, under convoy, for Falmouth
and the Mediterranean ; and the Defet;dee gunevessel.
for St. Helen's.—Wind Easterly.
PLYMOUTH, M. 17.
The strong South-west wind of Friday fast,
caused the return of the Channel Fleet into Torbay.
and His Majesty's ship A:nape a second time into
Cawsand Bay, where she is now waiting for a
convoy.
Came in L'Aigle frigate from a cruise, and the
Tavel* Parsons, (turn Amsterdam, bound to Ame-
rica, leaky.
Sailed the Kite lugger, Ch-erbi gun-hrig, His Ma-
jesty's ship Convo ror, of 74 guns, Capt Pellew, the
r Tor and Endeavour. with a convoy to the West-
Ward; also, the Proviience cutter for Scilly.
His Majesty's ship Pa iner of Irate, Capt. Red-
foed, is ordered round to Plymouth to receive Ad-
miral Thornborough's flag, for the Channel station,
ender Earl St. Vincenr.
The Nemesis ft igate is gone into the Sound, and,
with the Player Sloop, received wages to-day.
DOTES, TES. 18.
The brig transport, No. 524. came in here last
eight, in distress, with a part of the 2d Regiment
of Dragoons of the German Legion ; the greatest
tof which are recruits. There was likewise on
art
a a part of the fs'flth Regiment of Foot, about
, who saved themselves, as they supposed, by get.
Ong en board from another transport, named the
"Airfare, which rail foul of them in the Downs, .ind
which they 'apposed to be sinking in the confusions
but which proved to be erroneous. Some of them
have no shoes nor stockings. and no other covering
en their bodies bat a loose coat. lfre Germans re-
port, that just hefore they were ordered to embark,
they were in constant expedation of being engaged.
as the Russians, who are at present in nooses-ion of
Hanover, to the amount of between YO ano 30.000,
seemed determined not to quit it ; while the*Pres-
iiesis, on the other hand, insist they shall. The
Pteeeh, at present, it appears, in that neighbour-
lliood, are but few in number; nothing more that'
what is sufficient to garrison a small fortified tows,
*bout seven miles distant.
• A few evenings alma fishing smack, in coming for
the harbour, got behind the North Pier Head, and
the rudder striking the round, the tiller knocked
the Master overboard; he drifted on shore is the
Bay soon after. He was, 1 am informed, the last
of km brothers, all of whom were in the same em-
ploy, and all have likewise hem drowned. We
blare a great many of those smacks, which come up
here from Torbay. for the season, where they find a
baiter market for their fish, and also a much quicker
conveyance to London.
nem., rem. 18.
'This morning arrived in the Downs, the Fury
bomb. with twenty-eight sail of traasperts, having
On board General Dundas's division of troops, and
part of the German Legion, under convoy from
Vermouth Roads, and remain in the Downs with
the ships at per last.—Wind N.E.
SHIIIRNESS, TM 18.
The Falcon sloop of war has a signal flying for
}convoy to the Elbe, Weser, Tonningen, die. and
is appointed to proceed with the trade from the
Nora, on Thursday, the 20th inst.—Wind E.N.E.
—.....--.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Get l, Frs. 18 —Pamiod by the Phenix, Wyatt ;
and the fnrtusar, Crone, front Malta . Patrician, Straultand,
irons Seydle q Ameraa, Jeltord, from Trneriffej Vaiokittnte,
Stout, Irons Jantalcal Vrow W,ltona, —; and •ne An-
tral", V tndoeer. front Enttaten. &Wed the Macro, Welloart,
fur the cease o Africa.

The Reek. At Les, from Grenada, for London,
is pat iron Carricfergus, in dirtiest.
fbe Farr American, —, from New York, for
Amsterdam, i. detained, and sent into the Downs.
Extra& Of A letter from an Officer on board His
Majesty's ship fllealoin, dated Madras Roads,
August El, I Itos :
After • powers of 17 writhe, we came to an *nether in these
Roads the t3d toes. whets we fantod Admiral har Edward Pel-
le'', whom mar Admiral, Sat Thomas Trownradge, immediately
superset.' .4 us the Chicf Caminaand to the Eastward of Ceylon.
Shy the 42.$ of Jaily we toilworn' aisl a serer* gale of wind, .11
let. SS South, when the Count Last-Indiaman parted coin-
?any, horses lest her fantasia-mast, as dad the Watley, but
from what cause we could out karts. On th• Gth of Au-
gust, in lat. 19. 0 9 Sandi, long. SI 22. East. at 4 p rn. we
intimated three strange col close by the wind, in a line of
toed., on the larboard taek. All was instantly cleared (or ac-
saen, when we discuvered them to he enemy} shape, •az a threr-
decker, a 'ragout, and a prate, that showed oil, and which
we afterward. Iratind was the Ltruusoick Esst-Indiamati.—
The otitis of the line, .1114 guns, now radioed French colours,
with the -flag of a Rear-Admiral, and running •p under the
Colah•itintra lee-quartos, fired Into her , the frigate, with a
'Tenth en lin living, followed fining, and receiving our con-
voy's fire in retain, ; utrierstiog us lying by for tnem, they
reserved tbetr fire At S. 31 .we °peewit our: nn the eurisy's
flag slop, hot from the great swell, could not bring our
lower dell ;tins to beer; howeirer, she found our stain
and quanerdeck guns too warts for her, and accordingly
she cow/sled sail a-head. They crown' our hawse ab- it
nsidniint, and st day light next motiuna we saw them hull
dna • re,..artaag th.O. damages, but occascanally appearing to
bear up t.., us: however, they chose not to renew the action,
and we could nut chaceerithout •tpoeise our valuable cameo'
to the danger of twontselaratcad from us. We coceared no in-
jure except a f.riar shot throsigh our 1t,,, Ails, and the low of Mr.
Co o n• voting is to a cs, killed by a piece
of laiagndge no the quartet deck. Tn. Ga :get had a man also
killed by a 910 shut. ‘Ve f N touch d sappoitatet at the ere.
air's slim !the Marrog ge tin off. The St. Finrento has
tithe* • Preo..ll foam., of 44 guns, after a wrote action ~ft,e,
hoor., in which...he had ft.rty men lulled and wooa,ded, the
toy 1.10. This iticuriosg a izscla• cuis:r event tad. place a
-.6.3goolinarelao, A log Lenten.- t. put a period
• aundarg "aneariell the the bead with a
—9llTavern, Madras.

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