The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-10-06 00:00:00

D4RJVC ROBBERY.

At three o'clock yesterday.uttirning,ihe house of
Mr. Newman, silversmith. to romoi.llY, wag rob-
bed or phaeband jewel, to the amount of '2001.
The ell!..his effected their "Impale hi the merest dia-
bolical intoner. They in tire to an unfinished
house isi IF:ealeatreet, artjraning %Ir. NtlVlllllll.ll
bows, land g.,Ve the nitrite of fire. Tice servant
came down; usi opening the dour she nerceived the
house iii Cagle-street in flames. and was peg 61111,11 ed
by the villains, who had gut into the passage,
to ic./ 1111.1 alarm the family. Whilst she was
gain; up stairs, they went Mtn the shop, mid
sunk the property. During that time several peo-
ple had collecte-1, and broke down the boarding in
the !root of the house. Nu engines having arrived
at the tine,' the neighbours everted theinvlver to
extinguish the flames. Seileral carpenters' chests
of tools, and unfinished work, were destroyed.—
Tite vi trios have not been 4iaovered.

TO yU. wicsisT, 1101. F PattPlidETOß or /lig
Cgaliitele 0011/I.ASIO't LOTION.
While England, to her Monarch tree,
Now elmnis n Jubilee;
Let her rrA. rl, that /be to you
Mast give HygeiaN fee.
Fur sure thy woud'itios potent ►hill,
lies used her daughters fair,
While imitators tail in cure,
And thee to match despair.
We'll juin is chorus 10 thy praise,
We'U seize the trump of Fame;
We'll Teich a temple to thee raise,
And give it Vincent's name.
The shove truly Genuine (owland's Lotion is sold by
Airs. Vincent, the sole Proprietor, at No. 6. Davive-otreelp
Groevenor square, London; mid all the respectable Feeders
of centime alydtr.urs in Europe; its quarts, so. GIL 3 pipits,
zis tid.; half pipits, Its. pl.
•.• evrut counterfeits, Mrs. ',incest signs her name
spun all that is vulpine.

A fine girl, 3 years old, daughter of Mrs. Hussar,
in Leicester-street, Swallow.etreet, fell from a too
pair of atairs window, and was spiked on tlo
on Wednesday. Stir w• 111 conveyed to the hospital,
where she died the next day. A Coroner's Jury
yr.t.,rilley retie/tied • verdict of Accidental Death.
Yesterday, as two drovers, one with a drove of
oxen and the other with sheep, were driving them
frrin S along' Blackfriars-road, the mail
with the sheep was noticed by the persons passing
to beat tnem io • most cruel manner over the legs,
which lamed some of them, sod the fellow, on
being reprimanded for his unprovoked cruelty, used
the insist intolerably abusive Language to the pcop!e
for their remonstrances. A Kt.:ultra:ln present t.ff
• guinea to discover the number of his baog.,
which he was prevented from seeing by Lis sintyti,4
it, mod puttsu it in his pocket; and the other also
did the same with his bad ge.—The_regoiatiou wade
for drusers, by ordering them to wear Inelg,s, was,
thrubtlssit„ with P view to keep in elies.k the inso-
lent*, as well as the wanton act. cruelty, fre-
quently committed by these men; bat if they *ire
suffered is ievert, deface, or pot thtot out of sight
when they please, as they do at 1° sent, the gt.to4l
intention of the law is by such means rendered
completely nugatory.
A remarkable instance, proving the fame end re.
speetebility of the houseot Lrl,,te Messrs. B. Aid A.
GoLnitast O. occurred about six years sines. A bill of
exchange for WOOL drawn by them on a house at
Paris, had passed through a great many hands on
the Continent ; and when it fell due, one of the
partners who
.had accepted it was dead, and the
other, after his decease, had removed to America,
and no provanon ass made for honouring the bill.
The holder of it, staining the money, sheet-it it to
the prineipsita, a large tsercantile Luse in France,
and asked their advice on the subject ; elm said, he
n.ed be tinder no inconvenience or apprehension on
account of its not being honoured by the acceptors ;
that they knew the drawers to be such honourable
men, that they would themselves pay the bill,
rather than it should be disgraced; and they ac-
cordingly paid it. The bill was afterwards sent by
post to 'Messrs. B. and A. GoLussito, by the firm
who had thus taken it up, endorsed—" Paid by
Messrs. J. M. 'AMA ITAZ and Co. for the hatiour of
the drawers."—Such generous conduct of mer-
chants in en enemy's country, is, perhaps, unpre-
cedented, and she's the highly flattering opinion
entertained of the honour and punctuality in busi.
nets of the lute Messrs. B. and A. Got. ()Sall D.

A few nights ago, the wife of a main who lodges
at the house of Mr. (looomats, St. Martin's-lane,
Charing-cross, on going tolled to her husband, ob-
served him to tremble very much ; but knowing
him to be • strange character, and supposing that
he did so may to frighten her, or that he was in-
toxicated. she for some time took no notice of it ;
but the trembling contitioi.ig, she at length called
out, telling hint not to frighten her iu that manner,
or that if he did, she 'mild get up and leave him.
The msn replied he was dying ; and his wife, after
she had struck a light. was much shocked at dia..
covering a knife lying beside him, and that he was
treltenng in his bloo I. having. while in bed. cwt
hit throat. A surgeon was instantly sent for. who
sewed ep the woood, which was not very deep;
and the man is now is • fair way of doing well.
Lot ho assigns no reason whatever• for having mew
matted tins rash action.

About • fortnight ago a wet dietieming •
dent happened at Strathblene, about eleven miles
north from Glasgow. Several boys, on their way
home from school, went taco a sand-pit to divtrt
themselves; soon afire they all went away, except-
ing • ti,.e boy, son of a Mr. Ceuta. weight. Thai
boy, sot coming house at the usual tease, was missed
by Isis parents, and search immediately made by
them, hut in vain. The inhabitants of the village
and neighbourhood searched every place they could
think of, sod the satin-pit repeatedly, dunng the
whble of the day, but he we, no where to be foetid.
Emily nett morning, a party again begun digging
for him in the isod-pit, and, after long perseverance,
they again gave up their :search. A sheep-dog, a
collie, who had gone along with his master to the
pit, no sooner observed them give up the search,.
than he, with the greatest ardour, fell • scraping
with hia feet. Ou this, the people again returned
to their labour of digging in the place where poor
collie was scraping. and there soon foam! the corpse
If the unfoti write child. About the time the acci-
dent hipp.meJ there was • considerable fall of rain,
and tt is oripproesl the boy had goose to under the
gand brae in green huasilf ftual it, and that the
brat bad fallen toron

iperinie irtficiczscit.

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NEWMARKET Fill& OCTOBER MEETING,

?Mt OW Ay. °CC 4..

Mr. Howcrili's Itesslbl, 7st. i ills. hest LA Sedalia% Me;
ce;Yer, 'sac 'alb. U.U. itsups-7 to 4 solos! loyalist. •
Mr. Sliskespear•A rb. f. Sprite, bet. beat Mr. Vsaaittarro
Treasurer, Sat. tolb. Two yr. old Course, ,JoOgs.-6 to
agslast Sprite.
IA Jersey's Aatunirs, sit. beat 14 Vary's 111antioation,
net 7lb Two-yr. dJ l'l.lll 14C, 1111141•••6 It/ 4os Antonio
• IA Grosvenor's BeLlll/lio. o,i. bib. best 11r.
Fabing. 7st. 211• Ab. 11 to.,cii.-7 to 4 ora Or Yrol,ll.
LA Sarkvilte's Pilo hest Mr Stiake,qa, o's ilarropiateat
ast. ylb each. Across the Flat, ou Vasa
The 'rows Flak of sons. lir 3.yr. old colts sat. A. awl
fthio, est. Mb. D. 1. Eistrasser 3p. 7
Mr. F. Crstevn's els. I'. Jonvieits
b. of atorton's cli.r. J 'yeast
Sir F. Eirelso's b. c. by AlGlAlliskr the Great
Mr. Watioutes b. t Dimity

7 to 4 on Crhven.

Th a Ktag's Plus, of iooss fur 4.. yr olds corr)ind to ,t stt.
c•yr. olds 11b. bib ti-yr. olds itst. sign: Ist 9I S.
• R. C.
drusscstor's b b. Enloe. Gies eta
IA lerscy's p c Nicholas, 4 yrsold
Sir P. Evelio s cb. c. !dealing, ayn uld ....... ...•
Mr. disokso#eorb br. h. Harpocratrs, mod • • dr
Mr. liorruttlet b. c. Jisrany. 4.71-I obi - ' Ai

WEST INDIES.
MARTINIQUE.

The following isiineritta ct of a letter, dated St.
Pierre, August U, received by a respectable com-
mercial house in the city At present we have
not oue ship of the line in these seas. Sir Alex.
Cochrane has his flag flying on board the Starriest
frigate. tie is anxiously looking for his commis-
sion as Governor of Gaudaloupe. Our troops are
very sickly indeed in that island ; and in tins, one
regiment (the 3d battalion, tiOth) has lost great
numbers. The rest of the coramlud is reported to
be as healthy as it ever can be expected to be at
t is season. This Wend is visited by great numbers
of the Aineriran vessels; they are so numerous
that only a small proportion can And a market—
those that do sell, carry off all our cash. Colonial
produce is high, as you will perceive by oar iii,
dosed prices current, and this island is overstocked
by every kind of British manufacture."

BARBADOES.
RILIDGETOWN, AID. 14.

His Excellency Governor Sir G. Ijeckwith, K.B.
this day at noon went in state from' the King's
House on Constitution Hill, to the Town-hall, to
open the first Session of the Colonial Parliament
under his Administration. His Excellency was at-
tended by the troop of Life Guards under Colonel
Jemrnett, and was drawn by four horses richly
caparisoned, the drivers and footmen in royal
liveries, having two of his military and one civil
Aides-de-Camp in the brronche with him; which
was followed by a coach with several distinguished
Staff Officers of the army, and a Marshal-at-Anna
in the rear ; a second division of the guards vlosing
the procession, which .114 one of the most .!.eudid
and gratifying ever witnessed in this island.
After his Excellency was seated at the head of
the Council Board, and the Members of the Lower
House had taken the State Oaths before him, and
other customary forms had been observed, the
Governor delivered a speech to both brooches of
the Legislature ; and the Asseoihly being returned
to their own House, a Bill of Settlement was intro-
duced and passed, and passing the Council, was
pr seated to his Excellency for Ins assent ; which
thaug giveu, concluded the business of the dry ;
and the Governor returned io the same moaner
from the Town-hall. His Excellency entertained
the COtlllt II and Assembly, and several other public
charecters, at dinner io the evening.
CARLISLE •AT, AVG. ♦.
The Prime. Aelaphas packet arrived on %Vedas...
day, in Si days, from Falmouth, with the mail due
for June; and brae since proceeded ou her route
among the islands.
Alen, the brigs Jell* and Bacchus, from Halifax;
Reasonable mail-boat, from Martinique; three
island traders, and four Americans; likewise the
Opossum sloop of war, from Sonoran, but hes
since sailed for Halifax ; as have the following
men of war—Gloire, Peruciaa, and Swaggerer.
for Man of War Br;, Tobago; Peorlen, for Gus-
&loupe; Wanderer, for the Saiuts ; and Frolic.
fur Martinique. •V lit:ST 1 I.
The Swaggerer brig of war, from T-bago, ar-
rived here un Saturday ; since which the following
British vessels have) also arrived—Schooners Rest.
from Halifax; Polly, from Newfoundland ;
and Nance, from Ovonoeo; and one American
brig Witch, with pitch-piue lumber, from Sa-
vannah.

A very severe squall and tempestuous sea
threatened the vessels at this anchorage the
greater part of Sunday, and throughout the mast
of the night; fortunately, however, the injury
done has been confined to a single vessel (the '
American schooner Laura) ; but to her it was most
fatal, as she is coinpletely stranded. This vessel
parted soon after eight o'clock at night, and was
drivels on the south side of the Pier, near the old
fort, where the surge very soon made a complete
wreck of her ; but happily the master and crew,
although with much difficulty, escaped upon
parts of the wreck and rafts of the cargo, consist-
ing of deal lumber ; the greater part of which, and
iii fact nearly two-thirds of her whole cargo (about
70,000 feet of lumber, with staves. shingles, &e.)
was during the night, awl even yesterday, iu de-
Sim e of a military guard sent at the request of
the master to protect it, must shamefully plundered
by a large body of negroes (both women and
men) collected near the spot. One of these
daring &previews, however, unfortunately got
shut yesterday by the serjeant of the guard, ■ud is
in danger of his life, the ball having lodged in the
man's thigh, which it is feared must be amputated.
There are such coutradictory accounts of the cir-
cumstances under which this nom got wounded,
that mail a full investigation is made, we shall for-
bear entering Into any of them.—( Barbadoes Mer-
cury.)

A large quantity of Colonel Cot GREVE'S she:l
rockets to be used against lumps in the field, has
just been sent to the army in Portugal.
Wave BY rtonvixo.—A battle wits fought in
the turnpike road leading to Colnhrook, on Thur.,-
day, betwixt two stout men. John Hayward, a wag.
goner, and Philip Coulthard, • coachman, in con-
sequence of a public-house quarrel. After fighting
45 minutes, Coulthard received a blow on the side
of the bead above the temple, which dropped hem
like an ox, visa he never rose spin. The deccawd
was apparently winning the battle, when he received
the fatal blow.

About the rear 1765, when there was a run upon
the Yank of >ennead, the I..).reciors determined to
make an experiment upon the patience of their
coientryinen, and one clerk only was employed to
receive the now., and count the silver with which
they were taken up. This nitucetivre succeeded to
admiration : the people grew tired, and the Bank
grunt an !

Da Monday evening died suddenly, at hie reel.
deuce in Gloucester, Sir Eowvn JET NEP. lint. se-
cond partner in the banking-houses of Tullius,
JEYMEt, MOIMIN and Co. at Cheltenham and
Gliicevter. He had dined with the Corporation, of
which he was an old Member, and left the room
with the Duke of Noatrot.‘ at eight o'clock in the
evening. The Duke quitted the town for Ciren-
cester, and tin- Entry o immediately returned home,
apparently in perfect health : he went in, and sat
dawn in Isle parlour. by his daughter, who was 1,111 Y•
tug on the pusho-fortr, and falling out or his chair,
espoyed without a sigh or a groan.—Sur Euwvvi was
tia his built pear.

BitiGHTON. Octant 5.
CAPTAIN ILLYANI COVRT•)IARTIAL.

SECOND DAY.

The Court was re-opened at eleven O'clock; and
Mt. Ellutaii, the Prisoner's father; was sworn. To
a question from Colonel Graham, as to his having
told him that if his son did nut attest to his mili-
tary duties, lie must report him to the General—a
measure which might be avoided by a contrary
ptocedurt —the witness said, that Colonel Grisham
sad certainly so expressed bunself to him ; and
tOrther, that he (Colonel Graham) already had
communicated the circumstance to en Odicer
at Brighten, (Lieutenaut•Colonel Whatley, of the
South Gloucester Militia), whom Colonel Graham
had given him (Mr. Eliirran) to understand, WE-
ciattd lot the General of the District, the General
at that time being absent: and who had arid that he
should communicate the affair to the General as
soon as he returned —lt also appeared, that Colo-
nel Graham had proposed to him to refer the busi-
ness in respect to his son, to Lord Chichester,
which proposal lie had rejected, in consequence of
his Lordship having previously expressed an opinion
that his son would be wrong, if he did not join his
regiment. The witness also declared, that after the
variety of remarks that his tpii's conduct had given
rise to, he felt that it would be more vindicatory of
his honour, to submit the Whole to the investigation
of a Court-Martial. io preference to any reference
whatever.

Lieutenant Weir was then called, who deposed
that he met Captain Ellman on the 17th of Septem-
ber, at Lewes ; that he asked him if lie intended to
join his regiment at Brighton, when he answered
that he should not, unless Colonel Graham sent a
file of men after him, which lie understood he
meant to do, when of course he should join.
Samuel Gwynn, Esq. was next called, but the
Court was cleared of strangers upon the first quer
tion ; and when they were re-admitted, we under.
stond that Mr. Gwynn's evidence would be irrele-
vant to the specific charge, which only reco4iiiaed
the prisoner as holding a Captain's commission ;
and Mr. Gwynn therefore was disiiii:sed.---Ilere
clo.eil the evidence for the prosecution.
The Prisoner now commenced his defence. His
opening address, which was of considerable length,
lie read, and which appeared to have its due effect
upon the Court. Upon the first charge he de-
fended himself by stating, that the mandate of the
Lord Lieutenant did not apply to him, in respect
to the musteiing of the battalion, as that was
merely addressed to the Non-Commissioned Offi-
Seljeants, &c. and the men enrolled ; his
principal efforts were therefore directed to weaken
the force of the second charge. tie had been
balloted to serve in the Pevensey battalion origin-
ally, he admitted, and that his father, to prove
his zeal for so usefol a branch of the service, had
advised him to serve in a subordinate capacity ;
that he had. Lewever, paid the line, and subsequent-
ly accepted a Commission in the centre battalion,
when the tine he had paid, contrary to his desire,
hail been returned ; that be subsequently obtained
a Captain's Commission, which Commission, how-
ever, he had only been apprized of since the corps
had been embodied in the present instance; that
on fi.iding the corps was not to be mustered at
Lewes, as heretofore, without feeling a wish to re-
tire from the service, he solicited to exchange into
the Pevensey battalion only ; which had been de-
nied ; and the letter (which he read) that he had
received from Col. Graham, in answer to one of
his on the subject, had rendered it impossible for
him, without betraying a want of spirit, any longer
to serve under that Officer ; that he tendered his
resignation in consequence, and if he had prema-
turely acted upon his resignation so tendered, lie
trusted the Court would rather attribute it to
his inexperience in military ceremony, than to any
other circurnstunce.

The following witnesses were called en the de-
fence :
..

Colonel Thomas, who deposed that an applica-
tion had been made to him by the primmer's father,
on the suhject of Capt. Ellman'a removal to the Pe-
aviary battalion ; that he aft. retards communicated
the application to the Earl of Chichester and Col.
Graham.

I.ord C'hicheider wns then called, who confirmed
what Colonel Thomas had said ; tint observed that
he had said Captain Ellman had first to get his re-
signation accepted, and then, and not till then,
(mild he obtain the removal he desired.

Mr. &Imam senior, nod Sir David Wedder-
burnt, were severally called to give evidence on
behalf of the Prisoner ; hut the Court did not sp.
prove of the questions intended to be put to them,
and they were dismissed without being heard.
Lieut.-Colonel Cripps, sail NlNjor Ingrain, both
spoke to the exemplary conduct of the Prisoner
while under their command last year; when the de-
fence was closed, and the Court adjourned till to-
morrow.

At the General Quarter Sessions for the city of
Exeter, held at the Guildhall on Monday mill
Tuesday last, John faiddon, late Secretary to the
West of En:;' mil Fire and Life Insurance Com-
pany, was indicted for defrauding the Company of
dub ers large sums of money. The Counsel for the
prosecution tieing unable to prove the due execu-
tion of the deed of settlement, and of each and
every signature thereto, it was not allowed to be
produced iii evidence, in comirtpience of *hien the
Primaler was arrtitied. Before he was taken from
the her, the Ria:ollDlia mode some pointed uh,er-
rations to him 011 the ignominious punishment he
had so narrowly escaped ; and hoped it would ope-
rate as a warning to hies for the regulation of his
future conduct.

Saturday la-t, being the feast of St. Michael,
Mr. Alderman Pose. the Mayor Elect for the city
of Cauterhury, was soon% iuto Aire for the en-
suing year ; and at the same time. itowitite JunN
SPaaasttau, Gent. was nominated Sherd,: On
this occasion, as well with respect to ancient custom
as to the respectability of the office. the Mayer
gave an entertainment at the King's•Hrad Inn, to
about 150 persons, among whom were Jolla BA-
KER, Esq. one of the Representatives of the city
(who contributed a bock); Viscouat CHAN LILY. Sir
JOHN HONYMOOD, Bart. S. U. lusisittoTow, Esq.
M.P. the Deso of Ciinterbuiy; several oldie neigh-
holining G. Wry and Clergy, and a select portion of
the citizens.