The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-22 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, NovENDER 20.

Sir o'flock.—Their Royal Highnesses the Doke
of CAMBRIDGE and the Princess AUGUSTA have
this moment arr►ved here from Dover in two tra-
velling carriages and four. They reached Dover
yesterday evening from Sittingbourn, and remain-
ed there this day, intending to embark at that port
fu► Calais; but having been prevented so doing by
the bar, ordered the steam-yacht to proceed for this
harbour. From hence their Royal Highnesses are
expected to embark to-morrow morning.

On Tuesday last the curiosity of the good folks
of Eling and Redbridge was excited in an unusual
degree by a troop of lancers escorting • carriage
drawn by four horses, with three persons in it.
Report said it was an outlaw, for whose appre-
hension a reward of 500/. had been offered, and who
bad been concerned in smuggling in the neighbour.
hood of Ch•istehtirch, and that lie had bern ex-
chequeied for the amount of 43,000/.—(Soultiamp.
ion Chronicle.)
On the 9th instant the body of SARAH, wife of
JOHN D••tsox, pedlar. of Rothbury, Derbyshire,
was found drowned in the river Coquet, about two
miles east of the shove place. She had left her
house the preceding day in very low spirits, •
malady to which she was frequently subject. Her
shawl and bonnet were found carefully lying upon
the stubble. a few yards from the water-side. Ver-
dict—lnsanity. It is a fact no less true than re-
markable. that a short time before the account of
her fate reached Rothbury, a wild pigeon flew into
the dwelling of the deceased, a room upon the
second floor. .

Lately, in the neighbourhood of Whitworth, seme
thieves broke into a house at the hour of divine ser-
vice on a Sunday, during the absence of the owners
at church, and robbed it of several articles, with
which they decamped, leaving the following inscrip-
tion, in chalk, on a table in the kitchen :

" Two must watch as well u pray."

On Friday it'onight, as W. DAVI ES, head game-
keeper to S. Peru's, Esq. of Garnstone, in Here-
fordshire, was in the act of shooting at a wild deck,
the barrel of his gun burst close at the breech, mid
some part of the metal 'truck him on the left eye so
severely, as to totally deprive him of the sight of it,
and his left hand, which was upon the guard when
he fired, was also dreadfully shattered. He was
conveyed to the Hereford 11.firmary. where he ex-
perienced the humane attantion and skilful medical
assistance for which that excellent institution is
justly celebrated ; his hand was obliged to be im-
mediately amputated, but he is doing well. The
gun was a single barrel, and he had shot witb it
many years.

EXTENIIVF. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.—The
shop oftr. HOWARD, jeweller, of Pa►adire-street,
iu that town, was broken into some titne in the in-
terval between Saturday night the 9111 and Monday
morning the 11th instant, and articles of jewellery,
amounting in value to •boat 4001. were stolen.
Inft emotion MN sent to the Police at Manchester
that the men who had perpetrated the robbery
were suspected to be gone towards that place,
and on Thursday Mr. LAVENDER, deputy con-
stable, apprehended four men, Hugh Macdonald,
-- Rowland, James Imith, and Joseph Adams ;
upon the three first of whom he found various small
articles of jewellery. They had been Peen together
on the Liverpool-road ou the Tuesday, in a very
dirty and comfortless state; and no doubt is en-
tertained that they were concerned in the robbery.
Wednesday morning, about five o'clock, as STIL4-
CET'S Oxford stage-waggon was approaching near
to Tyburn turnpike, on its way to Newgate market,
some villains contrived to cut through the lilting,
and extract 14 flats, containing three dozen of but-
ter each, and two sacks of water•cressea, with which
they got clear oil ; nor was the robbery discovered
until the waggon stopped at the Green Man and
Still, in Oxford-street, notwithstanding there were
five passengers in it. A curt was observed to follow
in the rear, at a little distance, which excited, n•
particular notice; but there is little doubt but one
Of the gang took advantage of the fog, and banded
oat the butte► to hit companions in the cart.