The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-09-27 00:00:00

PIG AND POULTRY STEALERS.

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The neighbourhood of Kiugslaad and Stoke Newington
has recently /aria infested by a gaug of pig rind poultry
virulent 1.114 on Saturday slight lasi, Mr. Nuitravii, of Nilson.
terrace, kinglaiiifs-rnatl, was rubbed of eight trucking pigs.
inquiry, he traced to Lealeahall-ormi Let, whin*
they had ho en offered to a butcher The botcher, however,
get approving of the known character of those a hoofferedi
them, would not purchase then immediately, hot aid be
would walk to the King's Head ion in the Borongh, where
the pin arr.., and look at them. They accordingly walked
over together, and the manner of the selesinea increasing his
suspicions that the pig. were out honestly come by, be
Co!ri-
vately sent a messenger to usina-Hall, requestiug that C.
lingsrund would meet them at the Inn. which he arcardinely
did, accompanied by Goff, and upprelwiiitiliz the pier and
the salesmen, 41...esa,!er ReGia.o, of Rumford, and Wilarion
Baker,ufairsbuot, conveyed them all before Ntagistrates
at this Office, a here Mr. Nuttrant also attend, rl, and swear-
ing to the pigs !wing his property, the Prisoners were fully
committed fur trial.

Willson P. 141;;1117zu, the Custom-House Officer' who has
undergone several examinations on ati.oiriou of being con-
cerned in the bur mainlined on the sib of August last,
In the Wane of Mr. White Taylor, nt Kingston, un-
derwent another long nomination, when further evidence
being ht furirsrd afttinst h'ut, he was folly ruminated
fut trial at the next Canal Assists

•AauofOCrlH *17..V.T.
A man of the 'tame of Coning:, a servant oat of pheei,
was ci“reol with a most itokceot noprovoked tyro
young I,..!ier whit re•i:le in !late-street, tie Tairsitsy teen-
The Ladu+ were retaining from Pad:hill:toe to their
',bedew?: is N..iiigligllatts-atreet they ware arcosted hy the
Defendant, and in ander to avoid him, tiny croried the road,
and turned down • bye.street. The Isclendayt followed
thrill, and behaved is the most rude mann. r to both; but on
Hoek caltioc out, noise prrnena came to their perstarow, mid
seemed Me man. Inebriating, vw the maw, but the De.
froths, was committed for • aat of bad.

The George Captain Botivici*
arrived in the [liver, from Buenos Ayres. She
from the River Mite ea the 14 August. Sig
company with the Thimbles.. *odor, from whirls
sum separated two days afterwards. The whole
of the Spanish navy h,.11 kit Buenos At res, and
emeralb d at Monte Vidi 0. the present Gee. r.
nor of which, sod all the old Spanish instodenussay
were determined to oppose the meseures of the
Junta of Sticnog Ayres, and had formally signi—
fied their determination to resist, by force if e
ceiotry, the authority of that Junta. • and eves
blockade the port of Buenos Ayres. The people of
the latter place were apprehensive that the Ports:.
gweae would assist the (Inventor of Monte Videos
as they had at Santa Catalin.i it force of 6000 men.
Ttse present Junta of Buenos Ayres, with a view to
the suppretwion of smuggling. had come to a de.
termination of lowering the import duty eery con.
siderably, and an order to that effect ate every hour
expected to be issued. The export ditty wpm;
and gthl had been lowered, the former to four and
• half, the latter to two per cent.
The Neptune man of war. from the Leeward
Islands; also the SpiVre, strop of war, twin Quebec,
with fleets under convoy, have rowed Plymouth.
Baron Gsogue holds the Great Seals of Ireland
in the absence of the Loan CHANCULLOII and tits
Marcia of the Rom.., both now in England.

By a vessel arrived nt Liverpool, weAstro he=
favoured with the following intelligence from the
tlay.,ustab, dated August 1 :—.o* to coming round
the Moro, we saw 10,000 people surroundin •
gallows, on which was hanging one of JOSIPII ho.
APA ItTleth eMiettitlCS to Mexico, Don M. H.
AL,SIAN V PrilA. a young mao about 51,6 years
of age, belonging to one of the first fsactilies
%lexica. returning from College in Spain, who
had accepted of 4 or 500 blank commissions from
Jose PP, for Governors, Genitals, and Admire:a,
to be filled up at pleasure." _ _

The Marg . ate couch °renamed on Saturday, at
Chatham. The accident was occasioned by clear-
ing a carriage. There were ten outside pasmagem,
amongst whns was the Steward of the Ambhishup
of Caressive', who was dreadfully grounded is
the groin by the iron of the c such ; he was left at
Chatham without hopes of recovery ; the other out.
i.ide passengers were not materially hurt.
VA LENT' NaGUILIN and family had engaged tha
whole of the inside. and escaped unhurt. Aoothet
coach was procured to bnsig the passengers to
town.

A great roncourse of people assembled yesterday,
tit twelve fei lock, in the lisyntarlter, iu expectation
of .renal setae mere of those abominable wr►teres
stand in the pillory, hut the thocking exhibition
will not take plere until this tiny.
A anchnichiily accident happi ned on Friday even.
lost Is.t, tit the Barracks, Chothaffi. As
lerruteuaut ilascona was l•arintz lii• room in he
,fluth end. and pence ding d••s n the stone .t•pss
which are vrporated from anoth.: fight of steps h♦
o low iron railing, hr rv.•r-r.ut trims-if r•. 4 GIL
into tilt arrs.'•t a'•i• It a ,fmtur.Nte hr di..
!orate(' hie o•t k an.l fractured hi- : he lived
but a few h.,ur• It' et' the fatal at MICH,. .

At SGroi,li C..rn M•rit, t, on S•tn-rioy last
there wa. se veva de.l 01 iscsitr trvn•vrtied. and
Wheat fetched loom 444. to 44.. to.r rr.ornir, and
very tine *Ample-. r idler more. liJr.ry at ul
from 214. to eig. rer comb.

LATE MARQUIS CORNWALLIS.

GH A ZEEPORE. DEC. 26, 1800.

On Friday the 2'3d instant, the ceremony of
laying the foundstiou-stone of the. Mausoleum to
be erected over the spot containing the remains of
the late Most Ibmnunible Marquis Curnwellis, Co.
recant-General in Council, Commander in Chief,
Ste. Ste. &r. took place at Ghszeepore. The fir-
ing of sixty-six minute guns, corresponding with
the number of years attained by his Lordship),
commenced at sun-rise; during which the detach-
ment or troops that had arrived in cantonments
the preceding day f Bemires. under the com-
mand of Major Lesik marched in ordinary time
from their ground or eucatnpinent ; and dressed
by the guns, at about a quarter before the close
of the firing of the minute guns. at which pe-
riod, the whole of the troops advanced towards
the excavation, and there grounded their arms;
the European and native Officers, with the men,
repaired to thte spot, olive Major-General Mac-
donald, attended by hit Staff, stood to perform
the ceremony. At the south-west end of the
foundation, au oblong stone, of considerable weight,
was suspended by a cabie and windlass, over its
proper bed ; the cam e& was thou laid by the work-
men, and adjusted lite Major-General. who was
presented with a silver trowel by the architect fix
that purpose. The stone was then lowered to its
bed, amid the plan of the building, with the plum,
level, and valuate. successively presented to the
illijor-General, by Major C. Mount, of Engineers ;
with which. having tried the stone, and found its
p )mition to be correct, he laid it in its position, by
giving several strokes with a mallet. The follow-
ing ioscriptien, engraved nn a copper-plate, was
then .iweinsOwli by Nlajor-Orneral Macdonald, in a
cavity that liaci been cut in the stone fur its re-
ception