The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

solvents!.
Three men, two of *hem stated their usages to ✓user
Smith, and the other called himself Butane, w►re yesterday
examined en suspicion of haring robbed several teelknneu's
carriages of their lueeage between liiiiehtsbridge and Pic.
cAdilly, and also of hating committed depierlatiosis on sine.
coaches, by opening the coach lockers with faker key.. Too
of the Prisoarrs were well known at the office for their du.
horn st practices, and were couserprently ronrictrd am re-
puted thieves. The other (one of Ilse Sakti's) was dis.
charged.

Mr. Wm. LAMM Wail on Monday elected Repreicatatire
the County of Hertford.

The East India Compaity's ships Wiadm► Cattle and
General kW, arrived at Madras, the 12th Jmue, aft.' a stly
favourable passage. They were expected to proceed on the,
voyage to China about the Ist of August. It is reporteJ
that the Cla►ks Graaf and Lowther Castle, sailed (mix
&filthily, for Chios, on the 9th July, mid that the orror
Bombay and China ships would follow the next 'piing.

A forged 100/. note was paid last week into tM• Bank. I
• bsiakiag-linuse in the City. This is the tint ern•r known to
so large ao amount.

Private letters to the Ist of September, tom 1
Cape of Good f-lope, mention that stint? sinall par.
tie. of the Cares had crossed the Fish River, and
had committed some depredations on the British
territory. The force of the English amonoted to
5,000 men, but as these chiefly consisted of infan-
try, Government had been applied to f•or borne
cavalry, which are much better able to check tl.e
incursions of those barbarians. In 0315,41 uener.
the 21st regiment of dragoons. returnin.; from I!'r
East Indies. hod been ordered to stop at the Cape,
in order to do duty there.
The fog has been so thick upon the Rirer Sc..
veru, these last few days, that scarcely any boat but
that with the mail would attempt to cross at the
lower passages; and the people in the mail-hoar
were obliged to steer by compass, as their only
guide.

On the night of the 10th last, the brig Alhion, of
Cardigan, DAVIES master, with coals, from Swn►sea
to Ireland, struck on a reef of rocks off IVexford.
and shortly after went to pieces. The long-boat
and part of the w►eck having been picked ups
without any tidings being obtained of the mister
and nine men that were with him when the v►ssel
struck, it is natural to conclade that they all unfor-
tu►istely met with a watery.
About hattrast ten o'clock, on Satorday se'n-
night, Mr. J. WHITCHURCH, in passing the New
Rood, between Mr. TYNDALL'S park gate and
Park-street, Bristol, on the foot-path. met two men
coining from the city. ll'hen within a few Dace•
of them, a pistol was discharged at him. Ile had
not time to recover from the shock, before he re-
ceived several blows; one of them brought him to
the gronod, where they held him, and proceeded
to rifle his pockets. Finding them desperate, Mr.
W. gave them his watch ; and on saying his pocket-
book was of no value, they replied, " Give it us—
quick !" which were the only words that passed.
Resistance was impossible from the surldeinir.s of
the attack ; and the party assailed having only an
umbrella. and being encumbered with a loose box
coot, the whole affair was instantaneous. The vil-
lains, after getting Mr. %Vpurcouacm's gold welds,
pocket-hook, and snuff-box, escaped up the road.
Mr. WIIITCHURCII, bleeding profusely, contrived
to reach a surgeon's in Park-street.