The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-04 00:00:00

CUI:11 ri:l,4 L.

AMERICAN COMMUNICATION.
A cit:xen of an a Ijsceot county, who recently had
his female slave committed to the Bri.lesrel I of New
York, for running away from him, applied a few
days put to the police, to hare her prosecuted foe
felony; alleging that .he stole from him articles to the
voloe of *eve° dollar., " amongst winch W.I. a very
valuable lock, that he would not base lost for fool'
dollars : he thought more of it than all the other
articles, stockings,
„Ike." The suntan bring in
Bridewell, he was told to attend there on the neat
morning at four o'clock : ite slid so, and on a fur-
ther examination it appeared, that the articles in
question were taken to another cuu:.ty, where the
complainant lives ; he. was told to take her to that
county, end prusecute her thee.
The women being brought forth, was interrogated
in the tiresence of her master.
Q. " Did you take a loch froau your master !"
A. " Yes, Sir."

Q. " Why dial yon take it ?"--A. " I could not
help it. I rail away from him because he smote('
me cruelly, and the lock was to a neek-yake, that
weighed twenty pounds, which he psi mend any
seek, as iii hang on nay shoulders: when Inns away.
a wan filed it ojy; and 1 threw it i., the creek."
'nun was the nominal value of the neck-yoke
and lock to answer the purpose of convicting tins
unfortunate slave, and enable her tyrant to trams.
port her, aril pocket the price of her West India
bond atze. The Magistrate refine Ito interfere, far.
ther than to deliver h-ei to him.
The silence of the Midsea frig:it, and of the dia.
patches brought by her, respecting a general ac.
tion on the lyth and 40th last, on the Portuguese
frontier, is considered a decisive cvidence that no
such event took place. The Mechlin sailed on the
dlith, one day later than the brig Much brought the
report of the action: and it is a most improbable
circumstance, that if such a rumour had reached
Commis, the Medusa should have temained
igno-
rant of it. It is, howiver, to be observed, that,
according to one account, the brig sailed, not from
Commas, but from Maros.
Strocatso ACCTDENT.—We are sor-y to say.
that last week, while a servant girl was cleaning a
window in town, two stories high, she fell on the
street ; she was taken up a frightful spectacle, and
carried to the Infirmary, with little hopes of recovery.
Of late several fine young girls having been killed by
being employed in the cleaning of windows several
stories high. When a servant is killed through
such employment. sorely the master or mistress of
such servant cannot be said to be !meal' the mur-
der ; besides, the practice is very indecent. To re•
medy such dangerous employment at an e-.ay ex-
pense, let every proprietor of homes have aI I the
windows in their houses (Inutile hung; then all
the windows can he cleaned with safety, and with-
out expense.—Matgose courier.)
An unfortunate accident recurred at Raiii•pte
on Wednesday: as a labour. r, named Cur In u, was
at work with others, digging away a part of the
Cliff, opposite the Quay. he very impriiikotle
un-
dermined a large piece rf the upper port, which fell
on him ; and, oltho:Ltli Le was dog out in as than
three minutes, he was taken lip a Comore. The poor
sufferer was, not a minute ; tuned of his
tt enact : only two or three ryo., aro, a fellow-la.
bonr-r was nearly crushed to death in a aimi'ar way.
Last wet k see. rap :et'. lemon's gardens, wear
Kee•nington Coinmoa, were pin:Meted of quanti-
ties of fruit ; and on Monday night some sef the.
noctnrnsl deprel'aints found mavens to litter the
garden of Mr. I-lairs, in that refetboartwied, from
they not on:y took nearly the whole of the
fruit, but likewise a quantity of linen of the value
of between 401. and 301. with which they got cli ar
off,