The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

R.EALIi NG ASSIZES.

On Monday pearliest, the Hon. Mr. Baron
Tesomesou and the Hon. Sir SOULDLN Lacasac
opened the commission (or holding the Assizes for
the county of Beaks, at Reading ; when Aaron Mal-
vin, for wilfully shooting and wounding William
Hatch, of Cookham, labourer, received sentence of
IJ,ath, and WAS left fir execuion ; Thomas Morris,
for fraudulently ieceivieg. embezzling, and making
away with hats and other goods of his master,
James Day, was sentenced to be transported for 14
years; Joseph Loydrove, foe killing and slaying
William Champion, at Sulhamstead Abbots, was
fined ten paired' ; John Jennings, for the wilful
minder of Heater Doe. of Winkfield, was acquitted,
being insane. but detained till His Majesty's plea-
sure be known; Rich-Jed Pops and Joreph Pope, for
stealing wheat out of the mill of Thomas Buder.
of Aston Torrold. were sentenced to sis moths im-
prisonment.
Ac these A ;sizes, before Mr. Baron TROMP/011,
a traverse came on to he tried, which had excited
considerable interest fu the town of Reading. It
was a prosecution at the instaoce of Dr. Valpy, the
learned master of Reading School, against Mr.
Neale, a rnaltster of that town, for a nu:sance. in
creccling a malt-house on part of Vastern-lane,
which was stated in the indictment to be a common
highway for carriages, horses, and foot passenp,ers.
It appeared, however, from the evidence for the
prosecution, that the lane in question was no tho.
roughfare for carriages or horses, and was used as a
passage only to the tenements situate within it ; and
although it was admitted to be a common footway
leading to Caversham, yet it was proved, that the
building was ereeted on ground when formerly had
been an open sewer. and planted with trees, which
had been cut down about 12 years ago, since which
time it had formed a nook or recess, which was con-
tinually covered with all sorts of rubbish anu filth.
The building formed. therefore, no entioachment
on the footway, and was, by some of the witnesses,
stated to be an improvement to the lane. Under
these ciicumstances, after a ilasted
trial
which ten
hours, although the Defendant called no witnesses,
the Jury found a verdict of Not Gritty.
Upon the verdict being returned, there was a great
shouting and clapping of hands in Court, wl.ich
the Learned JUDOS, with great propriety, instantly
repressed.

The amount of the force prepared for the South
American ezpcdition, but which has not yet sailed
horn Portsmouth, we understand, is about 2000
men. It consists of one troop of horse artillery,
one company of foot artillery. the 89th regiment•
and detachments and recruits for all the regiments
in South America. The following is a coerea list
according to the last arrangements:
Lieutenant General Whitlock°, RUM, Consmandet.in-Chief,
pruned., with tit.• brevet rank of Cltenerel.
Major General Gower, late of 10:1; Reserve, Second in Com-
mand, pr.•'
ra;r!y with o,e fans of Lieutenant General.
Rr'eadie- General &ream& 381.11 regiment.
Kr: ,door Ack:and,4d.treant thank.
'}kyadrrr Gem•ml Sir Samuel Aclituuty, lath Foot.
Co.oit; Lord Blayne, ,89th, to have the rank of Itripdeer.
(Vane Crawlord, 60th, to be Deputy Adjutaiit-Geiri.ral.
Major Trotter, S M, Avidatant Deputy.
Gaa•ter Matter Gleneral-oKet appointed.
Major Tinker, 721, Asnaant Deputy ditto.
Dr. G•ederi, Depu.y leis;ieztor of
Twortiy.cwins. toe Stall Surgeons, and tii3ny other Me-
dical People.
Communary Generai-.-Net yet ippointad.
Pay matter General—Unto.
Dom Lout Celuncl Calortan, leth, Lieut.. Colonel Forger,
and 8'034m Wynyard and Vreeinantlt, of the Uuarda, to be
Arrle.-du Camp.
Captain Raymond, Colonial and PI ivatesecretary.
Ltast.•Gdnnel Torres•, fltrth. Military Secretary.
Cavan' klplun•tone, Chid Lsiginar.
On Tuesday last, a partridge took refuge among
the fowls, in tke yard of Mr. Worry Le's Mowery,
Chester, and afterwards ran into the malt-kiln,
where, after remaining some time. it flew away, no-
molested—A very unusual circumstance, consider-
ing the openness of the winter.
A barn and stable belonging to the Earl of Cut•
CH EST sa, at Falmer, Susiez, were completely burnt

Mr Collett, with the re,t of the servants, took n 1 the poiwe down to the ground on Friday. In the former
up-
Rwa'. caw., s, and torrid, to then Crain 1611IpflAr the mark
wards of sixty quarters of oats were consumed, the
he I 1..0 that war beard, aml thrown into th- churn, ttrong4
upo,‘:s ts.e4. The account I hart from Mr. property of RICHARO HART, Esq. The fire was
ett's •,ian ri..uth, vi.. reing a man of unhl_•roiatied cha,actef, fire discovered by a man at work in the hat ~ who
•ert!, beirtro.-1 am, Ac. SAM MANNING. gave the alum. The engin..s from Brighton. and
Two extraordinary ilisecveries have recently been two troops of the Fast Dragoons Irew the barracks,
made on the coast near Roscilly, about twenty miles were procured with all possible alacrity, but the
horn Swansea :—The tides of late having receded I premises were consumed ere they arrived. !fad the
nos.h farther than 'twirl. the wreck of a vessel has wind been westerly, instead of northerly, a great
appeared. which Was last there about SO years ago, part of the village of Palmer might have suffered
and a cad: of inn wke was I.nt week recovered. .1 by the conflagration.
short distance from Cie same sp:n, about I elbs. of About twelve years ago, the body of a female
Spat ;sir to and half-dollars, el the date of 1645, who had been barbarously murderci, was found in
trs,heen found amongst tLe sand, which are con- a well its Dorbanr-place, Brighton. Great exer-
jenlito. s hava formed part of the cargo of a rich clone at that time were made to discover the Who-
biostri.ll v. ace! from South America, called the Sean- mars perpetrators of the crime, all of which termi-
kesea ;taller, which was wrecked on that part of the hated in disappointment. Though so many years
toast ups :yds of a century sir •••• Several persons have elapsed since that pet kid, we are now informed,
tow lirihg, recoiled their relatives mentioning the that an individual of the Somerset Feneibles, who
ciretimstai.•:e of the latter ship being lust, and some v ONt quartered at Brighton when the murder
families residing in the neil,hticurhGod at the time, was committed, conscience-smote, has made a full
Va. strismaly LRCM)e rich, were supposed to have confession of his guilt to the MA TOR, at Norwich,
tieikrd their opulence front the wreck, notwirh. acknowledging himself to have committed the
standing every possible exertion was made by the above-mentioned murder. The MAYOR, we hear,
§ism4l,4o:l. to secure such part of bas committed him to prison, so that the full fartia

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, JAN. 2s.

Eitrall of a letter from New Or!e..ns, dated Dec.
17 :—" You have heard a great deal about treav-in !
Barr, and his associates!

" The following address oat made in open
Court, by General Wilkinson, at New Orleans, this
day, on the occasion of his appea►ing to answer to a
writ of Maeda Corpses, issued to take from his arrest
Dr. Bollman, Bun's Chief Agent in this city. N.A.
one thousand persons were present ; he had sent oC
Bollman to Charleston:
" Ca!led on to account for an aft in srldch I glory, ard for
which I trust•soy country will thit ir vult use, 1 shalt me-t the
consequences with the tirplause of my own breast, wri ch I •ntz,
wore than the Hosannas ul th:ru•an.h, or the oupulaiity of the
world; but when I cast my eye. on the meters of tins
Linn, my b:rsom i • mut by a conflict of emottem—sourovi (.., now
depravity; clarity for their sy croathiei; oar .use a: their uNi•-
cretinu; astonishment at their audacity. Would to (.;,e1 I could
Mere close the proceedings of this day; but my honour, my duty,
and the ref ty el the State forbid me. It is time an univeisal
alarm should g•r forth to rouse the ga-d einem to a set.se of
his Jager. The deceitful calm mu,t m. burger be Buff rod to
impose on us a treacherous security; utir shill the sitifices of
the confederates be Warier employed to coest the public
judgment. Treachery stalks abroad in tic* n,id‘t of us. Tres-
...Kt stalks abroad ; and the homes of Itin, at.d raiellurn, wh.!at
they ridiculq our appreheonous and scoff at our preparegooo,
with trembling solicitude implore hi. se-tliy airivted to recant
them for their openers, and to rescue them (ruin the owl-
logo of guilt and the terror punialsulant "
Finally, he charged James Alextionla with being a party to
the cos.spiracy.

This harangue bad an excellent tiro!. ; the pe.w
ple's eyes were opened, and they declared they
would rally roand the General. lle would 1,,,m
clear the city of the traitors. it Governor Chub,' ~e
could think himself authorised to suspend the 1-A-
dros Corpus Ad. He still doubts_whether he po..-
bases that power."