The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-18 00:00:00

('llOl4'N SIDE.

Wheatley, who was indicted last Assizes. on a charge of uttering;
a forged bill to Mrs. Luce, of the Hotel, Weymouth. remains
here, in custody, preparatory to his being sent pto London, for
trial, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Uz
the indictment, in this county, for forgery, no prosecutor appear 4.
and he was acquitted, as a matter of course.

New rhILEI is stated in the Fayettevidle
(N.C.) Observer of the 7th inst. that a gold mine has re-
cently been discovered in Montgomery county, in thst
state, 'ace mile east of the Yadkin river, on Beaver dam
creek, on land owned by Mr. Angus Chisholm. The dis-
covery was made in the latter part of last summer; but
it had not been extensively worked until the present
season. For some few weeks past from one hundred to
one hundred and fifty hands have been kept constancy
at work ; each hand finds on an average from three to
eight, and sometimes fifteen dwt. per diem ; it is supposed
by many to be one of the richest mines in the state ; the
pieces found are generally` round, solid, and very purr,
though not very large. One mile east of the above mine,
there is another known by the name of Crawford's Mine,
where the gold is found on the top of a considerable moun-
tain. Mr. King, an enterprising gentleman from Georgia,
is at present employed in constructing machinery for the
purpose of washing out the gold more expeditiously than
in the common way.
SEA SERPENT AGAlN.—Captain Holdredge, of the ship
rl Silas Richards, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool,
states that in passing George's Banks, five days singe, he
had a fair view of the Sea Serpent. It was about ten rods
from the ship, the sea perfectly calm, and that part which
appeared out of water about sixty feet in length. The
head and protuberanees were similar to the representations
which have frequently been given of him by persons wha
had seen him near Cape Ann. He was going at a very
slow rate and appeared unmindful of the ship.' He was
visible about seven minutes to the passengers and crew,
who were on deck at the time. A certificate has been
drawn up and signed by the passengers, which, with a
drawing made by one of the gentlemen, gives a minute de7
scrtption of the Serpent as seen by them. The number
and credibility of the witnesses place beyond all doubt the
existence of such an animal as a Sea Serpent.—Nete Turk
Daily Advertiser.
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E;.ECTIO os.—( From the Erne Packet.)—We stated last
week that the inquest on the body of Margaret Magat:-
haran, who died in the Infirmary of Cavan, had adjourned,
in consequence of the non-attendance of witnesses. We
have since learned.that the Jnry who composed the inquest
disagreed, seven of them being for finding the follewing.-
verdict, and the other Ave dissenting on account of the
words emphatically marked, on the finding; being intro-
duced :—" We find that the said Margaret l'ilagagharan
came by her death by a gun-shot wound in her right side,
which passed through her body, which shot was fired by
Thomas Hewitt, in consequence of a riot tavern tiu3;
parties, in wtdCh the said deceased Margaret llhrtaPaian
had no concern whatever."

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