The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-12 00:00:00

POLICR.

BOW,OTIIIt .
On Friday evening, • dress and pelisse-maker, to the
neighbourhood of Diary-lane, was - charged before Mr.
Names, it all ill treatment to her appreutice, a girl shoot
16 years of age. It appeared, tint the girl, in a lit of de-
spair, thyme Memel( logo t►e basin, in the Germs Park, on
an eve•iee in the hedonism of December last ; by titucly as-
sistance she was saved, and carried home; un the neat
wormier, before day-tight, elle made • second Attempt ;
when docovered she was apparently dead ; but, ten auplying
the process recenrimesided by the Humane Society, she was
restored. The medical Gentleman who apes& d her •p
plied to t►e Humane Society foe relief fur her, which visa
immediately greeted. He also repotted, that it appeared,
she had been induced to CUOMO the rash act, by the dl
treatment of her visistreee. The Hess-re•d Mr. Piiddeo
wailed on the girl, sod ►earned from, her that her parcels
were respectab!e persons in the MitlUtry. He • mite to them,
a Mill was answered by the father eosin immediately to
Lundoo. His letters to the girl had beim ioterrep:eil, which
made her believe he had eh:inducted her. The girl stated
several Wt. of her mistress's ill treatment of her
The Worthy Magistrate reprimanded the Decadent. Oa
which she consented to give op the indentures, and return
tea gaiseas out of the fifteen she had received with t►e girl,
who was hooded over to t►e protection of her father.
George iliimphress, • well-known characters was charged
wit► stealing a piece of woollen cloth, of the ;Mae of sal.,
the property of Mr. Thomas Atterood, a woollen-draper, i■
Henrietta-street, Covent-gardea.
It appeared that the Prisoner heel t►e •adacity to go late
the Prosecutor's shop, oo Friday, between one sod two
&deck, sod wee s•akioghi with the cloth, bat was prevent-
ed by Mr. Attwood, who wee to the bock put of the shop,
sad was sot perceived by the Prisosee.—He was committed
for trial.

Two mem, of the mimes of Smith end thol, with • bny,
the brother-is-law allmitb, have been taken into custody by
Pearkes and Myatt, Bow-street °Seem eivargeit wsi
robbing the home of Mr. Hebert 'fieldsmen's., at Had-
ley, is Ease:, of bed-limes sod wearieg apparel, to • consi-
derable amount, Mast a mouth apo. Oa Thrusday they
esderwent so rammiestioe before • Beech of klmpstrates, at
Chelmsford, and were fatly aboasitted for WWI.

No cue of public nate/vat occurred ou Saturday
in any of the Courts of Law.

The assizes for the county of Hants commenced
on Tuesday, at Winchester. There was more
&Woes. tilAll at any prievions assizes for these 4.5
years past, but it atrortird uu case of great in..
terest.

The Africaine, Capt. Ilaucrart's martinet' at
Portsmouth, on Saturday, liming been prevented
from sailing by foul winds, with the Thigh laglis,
Ceylon, William Pitt, Hoddart, Northumberland.
Tigris, Euphrates, and Arre//, fur Madras, and
Bengal; and the 4/crusader, for Bombay, tinder
convoy, to a certain latitude. The Aigk, Capt.
Wm.?'; and Kite. Capt. Canna, with the West
India convoy, are likewise drtained. The Ce:beras,
Capt. WHITIY, is appointed convoy for the Me-
diterranean.

The bri,f Charring Nancy, of Jersey, PHILIP
ROSIGNIM., :Master, arrived at Portsmouth, Friday
night, from Malaga. She sailed from thence ea
the til of February, and vas the last British vessel
that left that place; the French were that day en-
tering it.

Tho Ant, Edward, and Fortran cartels, arrived
at Portsmouth, from Morlaix. on Thursday even-
ing, after twenty-eight hours' passage. Five sol-
diers wives, who were taken prisoners in Splin,
came over in them. On their arrival at Morlaix, a
Comruiasarist comes off with a guard of sol-
diers, whom he places on board the vessel,
takes the prisoners out, and carries them on
shore. He snot) returns with the women. and or.
ders the vessel to leave the port. The French will
not allow the cartels to purchase the most triflisg
necessary article.

Orders have been received at Portsmouth to
victual and store the following six ships for the
Baltic :—Virtorr, (Vice-Admiral Sir Janis Sau-
ststiat's flag-ship,) St. George, Mars, Minegistr,
Prbscen Caroliae, and Study.

The following ships will compose the next
(fourth) Beet for the Bost Indies, vie. the Dosed
Scott, for ,Madras and China ; Prestos. Pisani:.
Soee►eign. Diana, Indus, Sir William Beasley,
and Asa. for Madras and Bengal. The five first
named will take out about 900 King's troops and
• number of Of ,•ers; and the three last about 100
Company's recruit.. General Sir Ssainct. Aunt-
MUTT, Commauder•io-Chief at M —a-ras, will go
out in this fleet.

The 13th Light Dragoons, the lvt (Foot,) and
eta Regiments, sailed on Monday for Lisbon, with
the trade for Portugal and the Mediterrantmn. but
had not succeeded na Saturday in getting farther
than Yarmouth Road... Several of the trowoorta
have returned to Portsmouth to get water for the
haws belonging to the dragoons, most of which
hove been embarked three weeks.
It is in contemplation to pull down the Barracks
at Poises, and build other* 0.1 another stile. Tilt!
Worcester regiment, which o..cnpies them, will, in
that nave, go Li camp in the course of tile next
month.

Sitairday afternoon. fron men of the Ist regiment
of Foot Gnarris. from Knightsbridge lilit,rocksi
marched into l'Jrtsmniit h, hind etn hilt k for foreign
service. Three hundreil soiree of the Coldstream,
and 300 of the 3d Foot Guards, will march in on
this day and to-morrow, and will embark for
the 611012 service. Tiley are intende.l, it is Fwd. tar
an expedition, which is to be aecoinolli,li.d by
coop-de-Nein, the nsval put of which Sir SIONLY
Swim. it is supplstd, x,ll cwornand.