The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-06-07 00:00:00

POLICE.

sow 1711EZT.

A few days ign a young man ptesenred a draft
for payment at Messrs. Biddulphs, Cot, and Co.
Bankers, Charing Cross, for the sorra of 731. 7., 6d.
but no such person as the drawer of the draft being
known there, the young man was detained, anJ
taken before Me. GOA MAU* at Bow-street, for es-
amination ; when he said, he received the draft
from another person, whose name h- melitioned,
and whom he could bring forward; but his story
not appearing very probable, and the Eta of hit
uttering a forged draft being clear, he was corn-
mined for a further hear; At the v•cond exa-
mination, the man whom theg. Prisoner had described
cure forward, and confirmed his account as to
giving him the draft, which he said he found in the
gateway of the Treasury leading from the Park ;
in this he WAS supported by another man, who de-
clared he was present at the finding of the draft ;
they, however, all being privy to the uttering of it,
Mr. Oman AM thought it his duty to detain them
until the matter could be fully developed. On
Wednesday evening the parties were again had up,
when it was proved, that the draft in question had
been written, and dropped, as a frolic, by a young
gentleman, a clerk in a certain Public Office, and
who came forward to verify the fat. There seem-
ing to be no coanenion or collusion between the
young gentleman alluded to and the other parties,
they were all dismissed ; the former receiving a
very proper admlnirion from Mr. GRAHAM, not to
indulge himself in future in inch dangerous frolics.
by which three innocent men had been tempted to
the commission t.f a crime which might have placed
their lives in a most perilous situation.

Yesterday, some dispatches belonging to a Spanish
packet, taken by the EJ/tir privateer, of Guernsey,
were brought to the Secretary of State's Office, by
the Commander of the ..E.ber. They were thrown
overboard by the Spaniards, but recovered by the
exertions of the people belonging to the privateer.
It is probable these dispatches may lead to some
knowledge of the intended operations of the enemy.
There is a report in circulation, that the Dutch
have sold the Cape of Good Ilope to the French.
In this report there is certainly no improbability ;
though we have not been able to trace it to any au-
thentic source.
The Ooli.b is arrived from the Channel fleet,
which she left all well on the 2J. Previously to her
leaving the fleet, Lord GANDNts had receive 4 an
account that the Rochfort squadron of six sail of the
li to and five frigates, had got safe into Rochfort on
the 25th ult. and not on the 19th ult. as had been
generally believed.
Wednesday accounts were received from one of our
cruisers off Boulogne, which state, that on Sun-
day morning last, fifty gun-boats, twenty baggers.
and several sloops, were observed on the outside of
Boulogne Pier.
Three Candidates started for the representation
of Shrevrsbury, vacant by the death of Sir WILLIAM
PULTZNEY,IIiZ.Rica MILD LYSTIR, jun. Esq. Flatcar
Gear agtili at, Esq. and .lona }I'LL. E.sq. but the
two former have resigned their pretensions in favour
of Mr. HILL.

Greatpreparrions are making at Orford for there-
csption of His Hai ssrT, this month; and we under-
stand the Students are in high spirits, 00 account of
the two terms which are customarily given to them
on such an malign as the Kone's vise; andarood
musical festival at the Coeuseusoration, Iv • is to
be unneoally splendid. will make this venerable
seat or the Muse a scene of weereetpled gaiety.