The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-31 00:00:00

NCR POCKETS.
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Yesterday •‘i•4 :,.p.i Leans, a well known Iliad.
1106CbCt, was Cll‘4 !.d by Mr. Townsend, the officer,
with. brit% a re'rdril thief.
Mr. Tosvosend stated, that he was attending his
duty at the Opera-house, an Saturday night ; just
as the Opera was over, and 4, company ;,oing
away, he seat Pe:ry's party of the oarrole to ;weal
the avenues of the Theatre, to see whether any pick-
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pockets were there, when they apprehended the Pri-
"saner, hustling the company at the corner of Pall-
Mall and the flay-Market. This statoment was con-
firmed by the patrole. The Ptisainer was ree ,gnised
to be one of Bill Soa3e's and Rd/ tr.r., gangs of
pickpockets. He is considered by the prizs (pick-
: rickets) nn- of the best pickpockets among them.
He generally attends churches and chapels, where
there are numerous congregations. 'An elegant
gold watch and seals were found upon him ; but no
person attending to make a charge again,t him,
Mr. MATT ews, the ::•itting Magistrate, called
upon him to give an account of hints, If. He re-
plied, he lived upon his fortune, which had been
left him about three years since ; but the Ma-
gistrate was not to be duped by his ipse
and very properly committed him, as arepated thief,
Under the Police .ref A few more such examples
Would stop. the depredations of these villains, at
least fer a short tine. Lang C1,,r4, and six other
,pick-pockets, were sneaking about the office during
the examination.

Pt AIL 3011nU011-STItLET
liestergay, several inhabitants from the neigh-
hotrrhood of Grosvenor-place, were summoned be-
fore the Maws rear Et at this office, be he Vestry
or St. iviary•la-bonne's k'Arish, undet the Aaof Par.
lirment, called the Mario-la-bonne A.l, wherein,
by the MU clause, the Vestry are empowered to
bring bebire the Magistrates, such persons as have
erellerl projeaions in the front of their house. or
shops, wrich obstruSed or infringed upon the Rag
or path-way of such street, and who, upon convic-
tion before th'ee Magistrates, are subjected to a
penalty of 51. for every such projeltion or obstruc-
tion, leaving to the party convided, the power of
Appealing to 'the Vestry, in mitigation of such
penalty.
Mr Rolland and sir. Ran, two persons who came
within the meaning of this At 2 of Parliament, and
resisted in Grosvenor-place, attended, pursuant to
Luminous. It appeared. that the former had been
at great at:pence, in ere ling his shop-window, but,
in consequence of the resent question, he was alter-
s'ng it. and would hive it shortly finished. Alter a
very long investigation, and minute examination-of
the Mt, the above gentlemen were both conrrehd
in the penalty of Sl. each, which the Magistrates at
the s•me time declared should not be enforced,
•*less the nuisance was continued, or the Vestry,
who bad the power, pressed for it; and further,
recommended to them. to appea.l to tLe Vestry ;
which last-mentioned persons they also advised to
have an opinion •f the first lowl autimr:ties, upon
the construEtion of some of the clauses, tespecetirg
the regrets to convict and appeal, which ‘I.4USGt,
they considered to lee very equivotMl.

A few cLiys since, a boy, between three and four
years of age, of the name of Pos.itzta, was Un-
pru,iently suffered In may into a wind-mill, at
Cockerham. while it was at work ; he welt upon the
pla:form, when he was struck by one of the sails
on hi: head, with such violence, that he died in a
short rime after.
The Non

Officers and Privates of

the first battalion of Dorset Volunteers, command-
ed by Cctionel Dad Drisse._have subscribed a day's
pay toward the Patriokic Fund ; which, with the
subscripti ns of the Officers, amounts to 50 guineas,
and has been transmitted by the Colonel to the
Secretary.
The recommendations made, that the posts which

separate the foot-ways from the carriage-roads near
London, should tie at least four feet hip, and paint-
. ed white on the tops, have, in many of tl.e environ,
Leen shamefully negleited. In Brompton and that
swiribourhoods in particular, many of these pmts
'are not so much as two feet high, and are not paint-
/et' white, so as to be discernible. The come-

queries., as might have been expeAed, is, that by this
ftegled one palm has been ruptured,and some others
teriously injured, even since the comnscncement of
the present winter.
Honest, facetious, .I.tc% WATSON. the ri-ditrane
en Tager fit the Cheltenham fheatre, and fornwily
Clerk to the celebrated inner Kewai.e (when he left
the buskin, and his theatri 1 pinper isi i ie., for the
mere animus profession of a ,l.,eiroirrt Parson), came
,lo town last week, and, in the ..nurse of a day or two,
was visited by a violent alto k of the gout in his
hands, and one foot, to which he his been a martyr
more than twenty years. 1) awing the idea of several
months c tntinement in tosilh, and having heard of
the new system of treating that disorder, he, a few
days ago, threw away lis flannels, which he had so
long used in vans ; his sweliott and inflamed
limbs in cold water, just before he went to bed, and
the nett morning he was able dress himself, and
walk out perfealy cured ; and has ever since been
daily eraelalbg jokes with the aeries of both The-
atres; and, laughing at the gout, trudges about town
es gay as a lark.
Betweeii seven and eight Celock, on Sunday even-
ing, a firetroke out in the stables belonging to the
SWAiI with l'Svo Necks, in Ind-lane, which for a
time threatened destruJirn to the whole of that es-
seasive s mcern. The alarm was soon circulated to
all quarters of the town, and a number of engines w•:ll
maimed with firemer, and tolerably well supplied
with water, arrived, which were plied so efferflually,
that they confined the tire to the demolition of that
smarter of vie stables where it began. The horses
were, for the most part, out in the mail coaches ;
those at home were fortunately got out of the stables
alive, bat with extreme dithcalty. A part of the
hr use and prernores,that shut on Love-lane,
Ardermaribury, cattAht fire, but it was soon CILIA..
guistied.
As won as it broke out, the drums beat to arms,
and a largo patty en the l.oval London Volunteers
attended, and blocked op all the a/Venues that lead
to the Inn, which are numerous .and narrow, to All
bun firemen and their assistants, and thereby ire-
tided the property of the aka: used ittlglibuuts.

Sailed the fresuiiifs bomb, with .t convoy for thst
Downs; and the C/ui/er gun-brig on a cruise.
Dropped down to St. Helen's, His Majesty's
ships Lancia, lir, rd, and the Saracen.—Wind. S.W.
ri.vArovra, DEC. 128.
Sailed the Plover iloop„Vintral And dildrirre hired
cutters, and Lfitorri frigate, for her old station oft
the Black Rocks.
Arrived from a cruise the !Partial gar.-brig, and
His NI ajesty 's ship 7../.1161t, of 4 guns, from Ports-
mouth.
The Channel fleet took shelter in Torbay on the
26th, and sailed again on the 2Fth.
Orders came down yesterday, to store and
viaual five ships of the line and two frigates, and tit
them for foreign service, Admiral Sir R. Stiachan is
to have the command of this squadron, art hoard the
Cesar, with the St. George, Montague. &Ilona, and
Derailt frigate. &c
The crew of the Montague received six months
wages to-day.
TORZAY, nrc• 28.
On Thursday. evening, the wind very suddenly
sprung up from the N.E. and blew quite a hurri-
cane. 'lite San .loset's launch, which was, at the
time, on board one of the vi/luallers in the Bay, was
obliged to make for Brixham Pier; the night being
extremely dark, they could set perceive the en-
trance. and unfortunately got on the hack of
the Pier, where they must inevitably have been
lost, had it not been for the timely Assistance of the
people of Brixham. The wind continued to blow
very heavy all night, and yesterday Admiral Doug-
las proceeded to sea with the following ships, to re.
slime his station off Brtst, viz. !liken's', Son .lost!,
Castle, Malta, Impetatu.i, TerAble, Captain,
and Triumph. ,

FALMOUTH. DEC. 27.
Arrived His Majesty's gun-brig Haughty, trom a

Sailed the Twunshend packet, for Lisbon, with

Sailed the Friendthip tender for Liverponl; N;m-
red cutter on a cruise; and Danish brig Lac, Gil!,
for Napks.
Also, His Majesty's ships Ville de Perin, Prinrevs
Royal, Primg GtePre, Glary, Cosa', and
under the command of Admiral Cornwallis, on
cruise off lireg.

Still in Pnrt, the Drapn, 74 ; Co,!tst and Mar-
tial gun-brigs.
DLA I DEC. 29.

Sailed the Thrasher, Phoepiorut, and the Ignition
are-vessels, for Sheerness; eilaeeraathe
sloops of war, on a cruise.
Arrived the Cycles sloop of war, from a cruise,
and remains in the Downs, with the rest of the ships
as per last, and several sad of outward-bound
vessels.
This morring, Rear-Admiral Sri Sidney Smith
struck his flag on board His Majesty's ship Anselope.
Ca E NOCK, ID !LC. 24.
On Friday night, it came on to blow a very heavy
gide ham the h. W. which continued toe greater part
or Saturday. The American ship /4.4endenre. Walk-
er, lying at the Tail of the 13216 k. nav wit drove, ran
foul of the Lady Parier, Capt. Gilchrist, ofahis port,
outward-bound, cut one of her ca'.les, broke her
bead and cut-water, by which means, the Lady
Parker drove on shore near Drumfark Ferry ; she,
however. floated off yesterday, but has received
so much damage, that she has come into post to re-
fit. I am sorry to say, that during the same gale,
the schooner Moon, S. rvice, from Ni.wfoundland,
for Port-Glasgow, coming up the river, was, owing
to the darkness of the night, driven on slime near
Ardrossan Castle ; one man was lost, the rest of the
crew were with difficulty saved. . _

Accounts were received late last evening, of the
arrival of the Ls/He Grow, I+l46nage, of Lois
purr, at Rothe:ay Bay, from Newfoundland.

FRO"" LLOYD'S LIST.

o, Dite• 29.--ra.,r4 by the Star Roper. front
; Shfe, from Maaga ; New Galen,
from Wht011; Ruby, Diltee, fro.. P,ter.borgh • Nancy,
Waist,. from Memel; Maria, Cii4tharch, and the La.!? Gus.
I lultoll Giittetiburg..—SAirei the Faseal, fee
Hattuftot,; karl St. Valicenet, Hutt's, ler iamatea. mai the
Youil Su.us, retrcou, for Lisbon.

uuan.

Lr Standgate Creek-The llaJiia, Gray, from the Coast of
Spain.
At lholt—The Charletta.Clementene, from ram

At Loverponl-..:11te CMude Sow, PiutlUp, and Chatham,
HaNan. fun.. Prtmiburgh.

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At M.insrle—The 801 l Snotel, George from 4 )potto.
Al Cork— l'he Uni ~,, Evans, born George,
At &Mon— lity rira 404 %tarn Siam, hunt Lfindes.

The Diligence, Law, freirn New-York, for Hull,
is nn shore near Yarmouth.

The Nye, Dr•yr on, laden with corn and butter,
is lost near Flamboroogh 'lead.
The Mariner, of Newc.tstle, from the Baltic, is
lost on the Herd Sand.

Or, Wednesday evening, a very melancholht
cumstance occurred on board the Robust, in
mouth harbour, hulk to His Majesty's ship Africa:
It being Christmas Eve, the midshipmen of that
ship were invited to dine with the Officers in the
ward-room ; one of them, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, behaved improperly, and he was requested to
lave the company. He went out, armed himself
w.tli a brace of pistols, and meeting with another
Midshipman on the quarter-Jock, provoked him to
fight a duel. The latter declined the challenge, and
was going towards the wardroom to acquaint the
Commanding Officer of the outrageous condo& of
his mecsmate, when the refradnry Midshipman fired
the pistol at him just as he opened the ward-room
door, which lodged its contents in the breast of the
Cornmanding Otficer, Lieut. Fit:en, just as he was
rising to inquire into the matter. The ball remains
in his breast, and he lies in greet danger: at Haslar
Hospital. The midshipman is in custody. ifiis name,
we understand, k Mr. A. Ty axis, hiastef's Mate.
On the t 7th inst. was liberated from the Tower
of Dutilin, HOSIAT JAMES CAR T v „Esq. alter two
years three mouths chnfinement. off suspicion of
treason.
On Christmas-eve, a full-blown Clove Carnation
Flower. was cut in an open asped of the garden of
Mr. Su: rH, in Castlegate-lane, in York. It was
equally strong in smell, and beautitnl in apron-
ance. as it Woven in July or August.

The imparti of wheat Welty* farm but di ineinielerahle
sopnt.., the buvora nu•ner.,u• early ill the h•renerni. A
tweet off Arl.kly et 'l4 a d it. per (Fluter Jetraner, Ant ti.4l af-
tamed's. Bark". in Pad anpply, mid primp snopto. au.,p.rt
the r price. %V hoe and l:rey are on abiturtmee a. fiCIAI
!over. Yen fee, gmattold Keane. The Oat areivadtare Omer,
but fr,on a •Ina..d, this Varian. swirly at lAA price. lu Flour,
au altmation.

CV RENT PRICE OP GRAIN._

kV heat 4.4. 56.: GU
Fu.edo 611.. 71. 0.1
Rye 9O. 30. 01.
Barley 50. IA
...... 68.. 0.1
Wlite 34.. 44.. oa
GM, Pow' 32. 37. 0,1

Rein, (01.1) 9'4 OA.
'Pick 90•
U•lu. 494 2111. 314.
5124 94. 041
Rape Seed 41 441 04
►ine Vl.iur 604 OA
Se, n 1.. 59. 604 0 .

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