The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-02 00:00:00

POLICE.

Yesterday, a Ticket-porter was summoned by a
Gentleman More the I.OIID hi* V DR. charged with
seizing, on hoard a ship in the River, the trunks and
luggage of the gentleman, and preventing'the gen-
tleman's own servants from carrying them on shore,
and with still detaining them in his custody.
The Ticks I-porter being called upon for his de-
fence, tenJered to his Lordsb4) an Ad of Parlia-
ment, under which ho very strenuously argued,
that, as a Freeman of London, and a Ticket porter,
he had full tight and authority so to ,lo ; for that
no other person, continently with the freedom of
the city, had any right to take or land those goods
but hine,elf. _

The Luau Maeott, having interrogated the
gentleman, as to the faa of his own servants being
the persons carrying his trunks, and being assured
that they were, told the Ticket-porter he had no
right to step them. Upon this the porter became
angry, and declared, that if that was to be the dc-
cision, the freedom of London was at an et.d.
His Lordship dire ted the gentleman to apply for
the goods again. personally, to the porter, and, if
be refused to give them up. he would issue a war-
rant against him. His Lordship added, that the
porter should pay the expenses of the present appli-
cation.

A woman was brought up, ci.ri••ed with
smuggling, from a ship in the River, au( ••• forty
pounds of coffee, in pockets slung round her K ist ,
under her petticoats. The Officer, who had, last
month, at Goildhall, co/ridded her of a similar
offence, took her up on suspicion, and found the
coffee upon her.—She was fioed 41.

!OW-STREET.

Be art JA MIS RC AD$
Yesterday thou/ Spencer. the person in custody
for assaulting and roboing James Finn on the high.
way, near Edgware, was re-examined, and fully
committed to take his trial for that offence. . . _

'lwo countrymen were examined on suspickn of
stealing four geese and three ducks, found in their
possession.
Blackman and Crocker, two of the Bow-street
patr"le, proved apprehending the prisoners in
company, in St. Giles's, on Monday evening last,
and finding the geese and ducks in two sackw in
their post-scion. IVilliam Hodgson, a Lamer, near
St. Alban'b, identified the geese and ducks, which,
with others, had been stolen from his premises on
Sunday night, or early on Monday morning. The
prisoners were therefore committed for trial.
Thomas Tan was charged with stealing a cytantity
of wet linen. Winifred Morris, of Bird's-buildings,
Islington, identified the linen, which, she said, was
stolen out of her garden. on Wednesday evening.
Two of the Bow-street patrole, meeting the Prisoner,
soon after the robbery, in the City-road, with a
bundle under his arm, stopped and searched him,
when they found it to contain the linen produced
and identified by Mrs. Morris. The Prisoner, in his
defence, said, he found the linen. lie was fully
committed for trial. _ . .

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One of the Bow-street Patrole produced a quan-
tity of sheet lead, which he found in the possession
of a man he had stopped the preceding night at
Chelsea, and which there was every reasoa to believe
had been stolen from a building where this man
had been at work ; but as it could aot be positively
identified, the Prisoner was conoiBed, under the 49th
of George 11. for having lead in his possession be-
tween sun-set and sun-rise, and not being able to
account for it in a satisfaZtory manner.-114 was ad-
judged t, forfeit the sum of 40s.

On Friday evening, the vinery belonging to the
Right Hon. Lord Cowsuwoon, at Chirton, near
North Shields, was broken into, when a great quan-
tity of grapes was stolen, and a number of vines
wantonly destroyed.
Early on Wednesday morning, a vessel was sego
from shore in distress on the Goodwin Sands, and
several boats launched, but the very heavy sea bade
defiance to their approaching near enough to render
any assistance; one boat made several attempts for
vie purpose. only to save the lives of the unfortunate
men, but all their efforts were to no avail; about
nine o'clock, on the return of the back tide, she
upset, and washed into deep water ; the poor
wretches were then hanging in the rigging, which
they quitted and appeared on the qua:ter, a scene
truly effeling to the spelator, tol the ship went
down, when the whole ot them tc:l vidtims to the
raging waves in a wavry grave; they had attempt-
ed to get oat the jolly-boat, but were not able to
effea it. No certain account of the identity of this
ship was received at Deal on that day ; she is gene-
rally believed to have been a British brig from
Oporto, as the Captain ot a ship in the Oporto con-
voy, arrived that morning at Deal, stated, that he
spoke a btig in company with them on the preced-
ing night, which was then missing ; she appeatei
to he about 153 tons with yellow ides. She ar-
rived about five o'clock Wednesday morning, he-
' fore day-light, and in lying-to for a pilot, it is
supposed she drove on the south sand, the wind

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