The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

IYESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

On Saturday, the adjournment day for the City
and Liberty of Westmintiter.. was he'd at Guild
boil I, Kind-street. 1V est ininster. Mr. MAIN-
WARING, and a number of Magistrates, appeared
on the Bench. The principal business of the day
to be brought before the Coon, wu.i the objection
taken by tue Counsel for Bill &awes, and two of
hie gang, /lorry Woodford and Bill Mille, in
consequence of as alled mistake in copying the
ble of the Art of Parliament called the Po-
ri7l,ll,.ct. In substituting " the Allitgiamtes at tyre
Thames Police-Office," instead of " the .Nlagistrates
of the Thames Police-Office." These fellows
were accordingly brought from Tuthill-fieldi
Bridcwell, and placed at the her. Mr. MAlllr
%AMINO addressed them, and said, that the Court
had no doubt of their conduct coining within the
Act of Parliament, and all !lieu of their character,
being found in the streets in conipahy together;
however, he was sorry to say, trifling as the Tarl-
atan of the recital of the Act of Parliament might
apar, it was deemed fatal to the conviction.—
fere siccoriliusiy discharged, with a suitable
adanonitien.
Should snames be again apprehended under
similar circumstances, he will be tried as an incor-
rigible rogue,'and consequently liable totransport-
maim, as he has been twice convicted.

All accounts from Yorkshire and Lancashire are
full of dreadful eomplaiiits on the state of trade,
the woollen and cotton manufactures are said to
be needy at it stand ; several respectable houses hi
Yorkshire have bad letters from their ItietßlS
America, desiring them nut to purchase any more
wool on any act:omit, and many both woollen
and cotton manufacturers have beat under the
necessity of discharging their work people, and of
shutting up their manufactinies till the return of a
better trine.—(. hresesbarry Chromick.)
Dr. Rita,,, the Inspector of naval hospitals, is
arrived at Plymouth, in order to examine into the
state of the crew of the Raleigh, of 18 gnns; after
which he will proceed to inspect the didenesit weal
medical establishments of that port.
Saturday morning, a Court-Martial was held on
board the Gladiator. iu Portsmouth harbour, on
FVilliara Custer, seaman of His MAture's ship
Medium, for desertion. The charge was }.roved,
and he was sentenced to receive goo lashes. lie
Court afterwards proceeded to try Mr. SAatr, ear-
/ penter of His MAJESTY'S ship Prtiserpine, for driiii-
kermess. He was sentenced to be dismissed his
office of carpenter, awl to serve in such other situ-
ation as the Commander-in-Chief at that port shall
direct. Rear-Admiral Sir lsAiic Corns, Bart.
President.

On Friday morning,. during the storm, a consi-
derable part of the Pnace of WALL'S wail,: is St.
James's Park, near the sentinel's boxes, was blown
down. Several trees, in the Quctx's garden, were
torn up by the roots.
Ministers have settled a new plan for the issuing
of Exchequer Bills, by which the toonaissiott will
be saved, se well as an easy accotnniohition given
to the public. They are to be issued at an office
is the Bank, to bear 4 per cent. while out ; and to
be paid or exchanged at one day's notice at the
office. This was one of the reforms taken up by
the late Ministers. as a part of the system of ge-
neral economy which it was their determination to
i,itroduce.

Mr. Jamas CAMPIIILL, pilot. of Plymouth. who
was ao instrumental in saving His Ms.rsarr's ship
La Covfaace, of 24 guns. Capt. Yco, in the
dreadful hurricane of the 49th of I)eeetnber hot,
has received a handsome letter from the Navy
and a prrsent of fifty pounds, in testimony
of his merinsrions services on that occasion.

JON s, of Rider-street, St. James's, dropped
down dead ou Saturday evening, while sitting by
ber tire side. She had returned from market in
good health, only a few minutes before.
A fine young woman, on Friday serenight, about
noon, absented herself from the wrvice of her ern--
ployer, in North-street. Chichester, and wa.s disco.
send, by one of her shoes being found on Sunday
at the edge of Fletcher's pond, in the bail leading
:ions East-Gate to South-gate, to have drowned her.
self therein. She had been dejected foe a long time,
and a reprimand from her miatress is supposed to
have affected her so, as to induce her to this mai,
act—Vardict—lasney.