The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. JAN. 14.
Sailed the West-Indil fleet, with a hue wind,
under convoy of the Neptaae. Sty A. Wood ;
Daweraire. 74, Capt. Bisect; Pentvian. 18, Capt.
()unite,; and Corinoraid, store-ship.
&Wed the Nymph frigate, lion. Captain Perry,
far Lisbon ; Horatio. 3ti guns. Capt. Scutt, with
mosey, fur Oporto; and Airimina, .16 guns, with
tratiaports for Lisbon. _ _

PLYMUUTH, JAN. 3.

Thursday arrived His Majesty's ship Plover,
Capt. Brown, from • cruise, with her prize the
French brig privateer Le Seratem, of 18 guns,
•zed one hundred and eight men, which she cap-
tured after a short chase, out twenty dap, and had
made two captures, both of which were retaken
by the Muter, vu. the brig Drudgers, William
Alexander, master, from Martinique, with a cargo
of sugar and coffee, hound to Loudon ; she had
on board dispatches from General Beckwith, Com-
mander of His Majesty's forces at Martinique,
which were thrown overheard previoas to her bung
taken posussion of by the privateer ; and thealeop
Rambler, Watson. inviter. front Seville; laden
with oranges, bound to Landon : the twiner vessel
is arrived -here, the latter was scuttled at sea lay the
privateer, but tela Plover commit up with her SOON
after it was performed, preveated her fostisdeviug,
NMI ill consetmence she was repaired, and is hourly
expected in. The crews of both vessels arrived in
the Plverr.

The trocies. of I guns, Capt. Burk, has de•
tained and sent iu here the Amerman brig Triton,
of New-Voi It, Thompson, master, from thence,
with a cargo consisung of coffer, cotton-wool, to-
bacco. whale oil, and Ingwood, boiactl to Tannin-
gen ; she waled ou the sth Decenaber, and was de-
tained on the 3d natant.

The Meer private ship of war has detained and
seal in here the Mortician ship Here, from Cha-
rente, bound to London, laden with wine and
brandy: from the informality rust ambiguity at-
tached to her papers and bill of lading, there is
every reason to suppose she will be condemned as
prise to the Fleet.
Captain FAdington, of the Duke of licit toast.
ship. which foundered in the Bay of Foudy, ar-
rived hare )esterday.

rALMOUTH, JAIN. le.

Arrived yesterday the brig den, hisOonald
master. from &aloe for Londou ; thirty days' pas-
sage, she is put under quariuitioe; the ship Mary.
Clark master, from Plymouth, boumt to Whitt-
haveu, with thal.er; the ship Grtuada, Lower,
master. [ruin Landon, for Jamaica, to load fish;
the long Arab, Harvey, from Portsmouth, hound
to alaidtar ; the ship dtkralare. Grigg, master;
t:um Portynauth. hound to Nassau (America), in
ballast; the Przgy transport, from Lishen, sauJed
let envoy of flee Majesty's twig Comets, and
parted from ber about fourteen days sauce. with
thirty-rus sail.
It is reported this evening that the flake ((Mont-
rose' patekrt is in the Offing, from the Airline,-
Id (Willte+W lad South.

JANUARY 13.
Art...v.-4 the ligke oj.Uarlborewgk pg..ket, with
* al4ll from Liobuill it& lire days.

11-41011C1114 J%I. 13.

List ui t. acrived the Lord Ihnsran plekrt.
front Got &elites rich. l'Avedotf Bow verbero, 1l .hip.
of oar, owl shout iou "Ail of vetoed', 11Witr COI.VMV
from the r.altic. All the Esighsb .hips had tett
Sweden. EVA, JaN. 13.

Arrived the L.dy IFlNestees packet, frees Mar-
strand. She -ailed the Sth instant, at whit h time
iso res,,ela Isere at Gottenhorgh, bound in glig-
laud. Fin of them had arrived front the Baltic on
the sth or tith January: supposed they would sail
for England immediately.

A cur of a very extreenriiint7y nature hat lst-•ly
been under investigation before Mr. Graham, at
the Public Office, Dow-street cloth-factor,
who mules in the city. had his Pocket picked of
lite pocket-book, coutainingseveral bill; of eitchatige
toe considerable amount. et Lansdown fair. Tut-
hill. having imam time to run, upon hie return to
town, he sent written notices to the acceptors. not
to pay them when due. Among the acceptors, one
i. a breeches-maker. at the west end of the town.
whose hill, • for VA. was among those stolen ; the
breeches-maker had a tunics sent luau not to pay
the bill. Ou the morning of the Stli inst. the day
ou which his bill became due, a clerk of the cloth-
factor called on the breeches-maker. to caution
him against paying the bill. early in the morning.
In a few days eller, the cloth-factor and the
breeches-maker had some business together. when
the breeches-maker. to the great astoilielimeet of
the cloth-factor, produced the stolen bill, cod said
he had paid it. The efith-factor not being sati.-
lied with the account the breeches-maker Line of
Ins haring 'mid it, summoned him and his sliopman
to give evidence. in the cise of felony, before Mr.
Graham. On' M'edneulas evening an investiga.
tion took place ; the cloth-factor proved a written
notice having been left at the house of the tirri-eche
maker. not to pay the b 11, iii consetineuve of its
having been stolen ; and also a mesaa4c mug left
with the breeehee-maker's wife. early on the morn-
ing when the bill *decline due. The breeches-
maker denied having received the written entice,
or that his wife had told him the message that was
left. Mr. Graham reepseiteri to see the bill, and.
on the breech-ismisker producing it. and the Magis-
trate having examined it, he dilicov.:reti that there
was no regular receipt to it, there only being writ-
ten on the hack, " Iteceised the SA .f /emery
but no name to it, there being merely a
but no letters could be rade of it. Mr. Graliatu
desired loin to withdriM. and then examined his
shopnian ; who said he recollected a clerk of the
eotl,factor calling at their •heip early on the morn-
ing the sth init..but what lie said to his mitress
he demi it that lie heard ; he said, his 'Marcia gave
him bank notes to pay the bill, which he did to a
man aim appeered like a porter. The wester
• then elided in, and be persisting is the same
incmint he li el given befotr. Mr. Graham told
him he had a great mind to detain him on aiisilicios
of being concerned in the rolibery ; lie however
let him go, ordering him and hi. wife to attend bon
nn Satiirday. On that day the elorn.factor attend-
ed, and told Mr. Graham the breechea-maker had
agreed to give him security leg the *mount of the