The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-10-13 00:00:00

NEW KENT GAOL.

At the Quarter Sessions held at Maidstone last
week. it was fluidly decide d, that the site of this
extensive building should be at the North end of the
town, on the East side of Week-street.—The ar-
chitect (Mr. Alexander) having convinced the Ma-
givtrates of the peculiar atis outages attached to 'the
adoption of that situation, it was therefore for-
merly 'tumid out by Mr. Juhu Smith (the County
Surveyor. Au Wednesday. the boundaries having
been sbewn by several red flags, for the inspection
,of the M agistrutes, the same was approved, and
ultimately fixed. The Northern boundary ex-
tends to au orchard opposite the birrack gate ; and
Eastward 'surly as high as Wheeler's-street ; South,
in meadows to-hind Mr. Atkins's brew-house ; Atid
West, a little behind Mr. Jacub.on'a house.—Be-
tween the. Conyh and Muses and Mr. Winter's
house, will be the !grand entrance. and in which
well be erected a Sessious ll..use. Tbe.houialsry
walls will enclose a space of 14 acres, exclusive of a
road 40 feet wide round the whole, cominunitating
with the various roads adjoining. far the convenience
of travellers.

TOE KING e. elm tnitAIITAIITS OF WROTHAII.
At the Maidstone Sermons came oil to be tried,
• Preilentment, ureferrtd by the Rev. Georg,.
Mole and the Rev. TnuinAs Cobb, agaiiist the
lubahitents of the pariah of %lrothain, for a misde-
meanour in hot repairing u mobilo highway leading
from Wrotham to BOSol.44.l.green. This trial Is r-
ed near' c 6,•tt hours. wheu, it appearing by the tr..-
titiway of ma iv most respectable witnesses, not on-
ly that me road in que.tion was its a better state of
repair dims it had been iu fur the last hall century;
but moreover, that it was impossible to improve it
without an enormous expen-e, and indeed without
making en inroad into the adjoining hoods; the
Jury gave their yew I+et *. is of the Parish of
Moe/teas."
On Forte,, between seven and eight o'clock, •
lire broke out in the hope-kilns of Mr. H. Hai-timid.
of Temple Court. Bosbory, which destroyed the
same, with a back kitchen, and upwards of a ton
of hops... The flames were prevented from spread-
iug to. the dwelling-house by the exertions of the
ueichbours ; and the engine from Letlbury, which
arrived about 9 o'clock, was very useful in prevent-
ing further communicatiou with the adjoining
buildings.—The fire was occasioned by the dan-
gerous practice of ;diming a lighted candle arousal
a wall, which. falling down, communicating to a
heap of fresh dried bops, and immediately spread
with great rapidity.
On Wednesday wee committed to St. Angustine's
gaol, for the apace of seven days. Thomas Sutton,
waggoner to Mr. Sharp. of Littlebourn, fiur riding
eu the waggon, Without having any person to guide
the bore's, and the same being driven without any
the same day were committed to the
above gaol, Thomas Siddoos and W. Hughes,
Charged, en the oath of E. Goodwin, with having
committed an unnatural crime. on the 6th of Octo-
ber inst. at 3olinster, Isle of Sinew', in this county.
At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
fur the' Eastern Division of this county, holden
at the New Sessions-house at Sr. Am:iodine's, on
Friday last, the following pri-nitera were tried :--
Sterktos Par, domed with haying violently swatted and
beaten Fanny Fox, law wee.—Oidered to had sureties, him-
self is tont woe in sot and two 412...1. each.
Thomas Beasear, charged on ia.piciun of steelier three
mieka and one 'hop-pocket, the property of tr Baker,
Knowlton -.Tu be imprisooed and kept to bard labour is
darriwy Moak, char:ell with having stolen quintities ar
trans, the propetty of W. Whitehead —Acquitted.
Lowy Sow Roberts, charged un saspiehm of stealing a
qsaatiey oar °yaws, the property of the Free Burgemes of
tbseeabormigh —Acquitted
Willson Price, charged with haring absconded, tad left
his wife and lousily claw gamble to the parish of Arniuoition.
he imprisoned /nor months and kept to hard labour,
sad mice within that time to be publicly shipped tun yards
to Me lowa of Ashford.
Thursday forestoou, about iti7clock, a brick.
layer's labourer fell from a emtfuld at the top of a
house in Gravel-lane, East Smithfield. and expired
as he was carrying to the hospital.
A letter from Galway, dated 4th Oloher. saes—
" Monday nt,.ht last. the greatest tike of herrisiwie
twritentliereel here for many years. took place at our
Roads: sn-li was the quantity. taken, that at
der 'limpid:id, it volt computed that the tbdtrensers
asia,...iontl have received no less than 30001. fur the
right's ; notwithstanding which, they seem
to have nolnelioabon to take advantage of what
Providence puts in their power ; for yesterday even-
tug they entered into a coral 'mitten for inviting a
stop to the coasting boats throwing out their nets.
at a time when, we are gives to understand, our
Roy swarms with that sacral fish; winch having
conic to the liii•owledge of Anthony Morris, Esq.
Comluander of the Tatemshead reveune cruizer, he
imoudiattly hastened to arm his hosts, for the pur-
pose of petting a strip to such unlsieful proceed-
ings; but in despite of his utmost vegtlance, those
deluded people, to the amount of several hundreds.
*rimed with sticks a i.l stone,. put off from the
shore, for the port ..se i f uppomig him by force;
he was compelled to fire several shots in order to
disperse theta."
Theorem:lista:lce relative to a private of the Nut-
ti-igassn Militia hazing been wounded by a sentry
At tile lame regicueut. who was suited to have been
asleep on his post. has been thus explained:—The
wound was indicted uni,.fentionally by the sentry.
whip could not distinguish his comrade during the
darkness of the night. treeing some one approach
his pot, at the Naval Hospital, where he had
the care of several impressed men. *lOl haring
challenged tit ,^e mid received no reply, he present-
ed hia bayouel to pt -vent hiin proceeding; the
wounded Mall s Ivanced upon it. The relief hod
passed, and he was lagging behind, which neca.imt-
(A the mistake or the »eutry, sod the wholly
utuo-
teatwrsal that occurred.

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Si a—My Lords

sulsntrTri.

Admiralty-011es, August 2.
of the Adusieulty Isavisti

reason to apprchrud, that the receptiori of Sulialitotes is
frequently so negligently atteaded to, that much fraud is
practised, with Etat consequent injury to the public Nen ice—
I am commandedio signify thew Lordships' direction, that,
iu future, vu Substitute shall he received, till he shall bare
been (eller the usual medical examination) accurately exa
ruined and approved hy the Regulating Officer himself, who
will beabeld accountable to the public fur soy loss that way
arise teens the reeeptiou of improper persoirs.-1 am, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
(Signed) J. W. CROKER.
Captain 'Brown, Regulating Officer
at Greenock.
la consequence of the above official letter, Capt. Brown,
regulating the impress 'mike hem, requests the pointer' at.
tentiou of the public thereto ; and begs to mentiou, that uo
substitute will be received iu future by him, but oa bond,
for payineut of a sum equal to such substitute, to be paid
should be be found either unlit or legally removed from the
service.
Greenock Readezvone. Oct. a, ism

81R4111GH.1.11, OCTOBER 11.

WARWIC K SESSIONS.

The Michaelmas General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace for this county were held on Tue,d4y, when
the following Pro,uners were tried and sentenerd
as under :

Arthur Beach, for stealing, in this town, 2lha of thread,
the property of Mrun. Boner and Co.; and Elizabeth Holt_
ands, fur stealing, in this town, u linen .List, the prop.rty of
Edward Chambers : to be itopnsuned six months es,h in tba

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in the house
Truss, for stealing, in this town, • brass cock, the property
of Moms. Messenger and Phiption, to be imprisoned one
month in gaol. Lewis Andertms, cliarled with
be threatening with a knif*, Saenh Ruddis, of this town ;
Mars Li ailbeater, charged Avith stealing wearing apparel..in
this town; mid John Aston, ebArgeil with strafing, in ibis
hewn, thief brash togs, value three-halfpence, the pr..ipertg
of ltd Dens--arteitted.