The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-31 00:00:00

• irK freS.- FLIRORNY O THE RANI' OF SCOTLAND.
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.11 HARP; COURT Of AS.4IISE, OCtottitu tS.
(AM ea a Lank' Mercantil" PON
.rasuillsy, October is, 111181.). ' The trill of James M'Hertpat, allow ;Taranto Harper,
alias Dee vies, eionmeaseerl this dip before lbw C set ,IotWEST INDIA AND SPANISH MEIN 1400.111.10 - Alletsen. He was Coln- oil for Solvate emomined Ceti r.
Goofs.—The public sates hero less natiamma dor. . •
be genre no, the-hoot* of Baraboo mud Ca ,in Pails, end
*/* the leo week thee (or wine time *awl, tally Iwo having Bask of Scotland, sad circolating knell/lug them t I
*MI gonia forward piper Tuesday: Os Thomas,
was a rather better demand fur the ordinary qualities of Plan-
there be forged
The Prisoner, in coutradieto."llo the derfatations of "is.
.11•1100, but we Advance iii paid, sail a. site whole 'eel huts micona 'titmice* who redrn,sa.d him as William r
:eariatiou ems be noted la Net pares. to Foreltts there has Mn„„,„l,, plated that lei. n .nou was Jam.. Harper, 0.,"
ma heats much done; a parcel of anon st. po,oktio with that he had geoeronsly sobatiotied himself for hi. -broth.,
-Ilialooriln bags, was sold its Wedoesday at 100. 6,1. mid Sao
,is order opLtet, boo from 40
qsullisairy Porto Leo brought 1011 a. per cwt. on Thursday.
The Primmer hod lived i• Eitioloorgis in 11119 told.. if.
RUN hay bees in fair demand for expel. sots, or Dehrpinti, lobe's he 'alight the French and Gei !le
The B. P. Suaaa meshes rematos oohs* alteration; ast- languages. He disappeared •Witilenly before the for,zeiii
giber Pohlir oak or tin emits of Si. ltiete was Waugh' for. were discovered, and an noildory &snowed. He repair, it or
. ward es Friday, committing ofolitdmat7 •01l gated *two Ihe Paris, where he assorts, d the name of Capt. Wm. Haik-r,
timpand was dull, and the former ilisscriptiou was homed is and lodged in the MON deem." hotels be enfold Mot. He
50s. per Cwt. •
• - I (requested the gaming table., sod breams tatimasse wait
Faustus Stloll-4146 CUM. of Haltanaltait tral. Pet INIPI ,setne English G.-otter/tea of Atinntetion. In the month
to mobile pale on Werboodoo, bat these Were seater', as
sy t of one, 1820, under the name of William Harper Al'laboo
bidders, and the whole were "seen in. the while at 40s sod pal, he was monied to mt.. Elisabeth Bedford tt„leee.
the bruits sod yellow at 15..41.1. to Vs. Sd per tot.; good In the chapel of tho English Embassy. some time after he
ahite has been sold princely as 445.; 'here is,libsever, very walled on M. Basilian, the hooker, sad presented to him
little demand.
a letter of credit from the 1/irectora of the Bank of Scot.
PlataNTO has sot been, is roue% demand, bat prices are I food fur 1,010/. sterling. This preteorlid letter of rie•lit,
unaltered.
which had a false stamp and all the appearance of stir Rook
I.OOwOOD remains steady. FuSTIC dull. of Scotia.' paper, was not en petted by M. &anon, who
Cocoa.— A large parcel of Foreign was bemire, tit aurtion I allowed Harper so draw two hall on him, one fur 6001., and
in Weduesday, but only one tot was sold, at Ms. per cwt. the other foe 490/. Drafts which he gave to different per-
EAST INDIA PRODUCE. sons in discharge of the ripener. of his marriage, hi• bola-
°SOTO", —The inquiry since our lass has been very limited, Ines. &e. were also paid without hesitation. The *ammo
but prices are without alteration ; the sales of the week are, of these drafts was 12,699 fames. Toe Bank of Scotland.
duty paid, 110 hags Carriacou 101.1.; 2011 Smyroa 7i41. to Sd. knowing nothing of William Harper, allowed big billets be
100 Sarah, ordisary to fair titol. to ?id, ; 360 Bengal, urdi- protested, and M. Barilion discovered he had been .14910 A,
wary to good fair 51.1. to 61.1. per lb. It wait 4.6 i-covered that he had Red to Gheal, but on the ap-
efix....—The Coat India Company's sole just coweluded I 'Medico, of the Fi cot!' Government he was delivered op by
went about 10 per emit. above the prices of the preceding she antlioritita of she Netherlands, and on the 23d of March
sale. I lodged its the par., of Lille. He there made a very strange
declaration. teal that he was not she prison ,ectr.e.l,
but his brother, and that he had, in concert with the wife of
Williams AVDougal, planned his escape.
Throngh the managrment of the wife her linsbo•nl had
been sent forward to Lille ler the care of a 'gore otSese.
The carriage which conveyed him was about to tease she
yard of an inn at Coudray. when the prisoner (James) who
had followed his brother am horseback, and was dressed FL.
tatty like him. stepped into the coach while the horses were
changing. He quickly poi WI his brother's cloak and rap,
who escaped. James now indeted that he was only liable
to she punialiment fur assisting in an escape.
The indictment, however, charges the Prisoner with being
the same perenn who had been •nrcersively known molter :h.!
ram,* of Delsretun, Harper, noel William 111`Dotrgal, but
whose real name and ot 'gin air unknown. The accounts
o loch he gives of his voyages !rum Scotland to *merits, and
from America to England, are full of errore, bosh throned).
fiCal and geographical. Fur initante, he pretend' that lie
lived among the Itehignois savage,, at the distance of nia
or 140 mile* from St. Louis, the capital of the Ml.sosri
State, bus it has been proved to him that he molt make a
mistake of only shunt 300 leagues in Aiatatice. He "rip as-
sisted by an interpreter, beramie Ite•sairted that he slid not
soulerstand the French language. best he soon grew tired of
that slow owls of rommanication with the Court and Jircy,
and began to express himself in had Frearbris.whih a load
of Scotch pronunciation was rnore apparent Bona she Eng..
fish; best his extreme volultility proved that be had little
diffieslty its the choice of expressions.
la mower to queations from the President he could give
on account of his birth, bedtime no register* were kept to
Scotland. Respecting the distrihotioa of the property of
his parents, he said that his father bad given him 4001. der.
ling when he went Su New Orleans, and that he gave op all
the rest of the sweeention to his brother, with the exception
of the share of his sister, who married M. Debreton, against
whom proceeding.' for forgery had bees instituted at Edina
toth. The President reminded bite of the evidence ai.
ready given of his identity, in answer to which, he imitated
that they most have been deceived by his extreme reatinblanco
tit hi, brother. At last the Prisoner objected to be ques-
tioned by the President.
The Prnialeat—Why did mow brother call himself Harper?
Prisoner—Harper is the name of a person who left Hal
money, on eonctioon that be should take the name of the
testator.

LIVERPOOL. REPORT, Ocrorea 27.
The Cerro* markt t stl.l mailings very flitt, and the
public sales brained forward yesterday west off very heavily
at id. per lb. decline in the Odesns, Alabama., sod Deme-
rara.% and id. per lb. in the tow derrriptinus of Sea Island•.
The gawky sold is the week is 5,800 bags, and CuMitel of
1,460 Roweds at 8111. a lop., and a few at I Id. ; Or.
trans at 9d. a 120., a few ordinary at 844 , and See at ;
360 Alabsmas at 80. a 81,1.; 520 Sr. Ili•II/10 at 1214.• 18d.
• fee at 2241. sail 23d., RI stained at 12d. ; 660 Prrissnes at
1241. • Ind. ; 700 Cairns at 12.1.050 Bahia. at 111.1. ; 230
Maranhants at 110. a 12J. ; 80 Mina Novas at I Id. ; 80
Min. Denies at 81d. a 91,4. ; 320 Drnvernras at 10d. • 120.;
20 Barbadoes at 911.1. a fop., 20 Surinam@ at 11d.and 124.1. ;
140 Cartkagerias so 714. a 71.1. ; 10 '.Vest lesdaas at Sid. ; 30
Sorak at 7J. ; 170 Br-Dealt at 60 a sp. per lb. The Import
this week is 2,826 bags, viz. New Os {ram 471 bags, usher
parts of U. 8. 1,005, B. aril 1,182 bag., Rotterdam 188 bagy.
The Sugar market opened early iu the week with a good
dontatid from the Irish buyer* fur brown qualities, whirls
sold 6.1. to 1.. dearer, but the avbsequeat stoles have gone
lower again for this description. sod the market bas chord
without variation from last week'. privy" ; die quantity sold
in 760 casks: in Foreign sorts nothiar whatever is doing.
Demerara Mot have sold at 20s. tl. The denoted fur
Coffee is very limited, and eniclined to • few ',titian, for gond
ordirary, of waits* there is sone Deming on terms nearlysi-
mike to the Landon prices, and aothing has been done. Cu.
elm and Ginger are without inquiry. We have to notice a de-
cline of fully 2s. in &ICI India Rice : 1,600 bags of white
Bengal offered about 1.200 have been sold a.' I Is. fur fair to
12s. for good : Carolina is without inquiry. Rams remain
without altereition ; • small parcel of Leeward. has hero dia.
posed of at Is. 54.1. fur proof. Oyewoods ate steady; /a-
nniea Logwood has been stria at 81 Rh., Domingo at 91.. and
obi weathered °impeach, at 9/. per ion. There is • fair de.
mind fur Ash,. ; States' Pot bettor 395. a 398.6 d., Mosereala
32r. 30. for old to 345. fur new ; &moat Pearls 41s. a 42..,
and Mnntreals 37a. 3J. a 375. 6.1.

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A moll parcel of light Ox Miles has been sold at 10.1. per
lb. ; and 2,000 None at 6,. 10.1. a 7s 4d. each ; but inferior
aorta of Cow and Ox are still very dull, and we reduce our
queotations for such id. per lb.
There continues to be a fair demand for good Tobacco
from the trade; the sales for export are very limited, and
scarcely worthy of entice. Owing to the very heavy supplies
of Wheat and Oats Gum Ireland, the prices have again receil-
the sales of Wheat have been very hm.ted, sail confined
principally to old samples, which have gone at a decline of
641 to Ott.; the new Wheat is also at a decline of 4d. to 6,1.
and owing to the damp and inferior quality, is nrarly tonsnle-
able. New Oats are also ditfirolt of sate, owing to the bad
condition in which they arrive; old parcels have met with
purchasers rather more freely, at a decline of 2.1. to 4d. per
bushel. For American Flom in bond, there is some demand
for export; we quote this article Is. per barrel lower this
week. About 50 hogsheads fair Philadelphia Bs' k have
been sold at 17s. per ewt. For 50 serous ordinary to mid-
dling Guatimala Indigo, recently lauded, 7•. per lb. in
bond, has been paid. Sicily have hero disposed of st 211. Ss.
and 25 tons Turman its 23f. 10s per too. On Thursday
2,000 bags inferior Saltpetre were offered by auction, of
which only 900 bags were sold at 238.6 J. per cwt.

Presiiint—You say yore got clothes mak siatilar to your
brother's: what tailor made them?
Prisoner—Why du you ask ouch Trellises? 'As I know
that the Belgian Government is despotic, I s►all take good
care not to mentiou the naive of the tailor.
In answer to these questions, the Prisoner sketched with
pencil a plan of the yard of the inn at Courtesy, to explain
the mode in which hr said his brother escaped.
The Conrt then proceeded to esamine witnesses to prove
the Prisoner's identity. Several penal, with whom he had
lodged or associated, deposed that ►e was the William
Harper or M'Dougal described its the isdietment, and that
be ream to speak French perfectly well.
Major Foley, of the British `ervice, recegnised the Fri.
Goner. He bad diued with him, and had sees him more
then iffy times.
The Prisoner put questions to the witness, which were
interpreted to the Court. The Major said that he ohaerecd
nn rliffereere in bus style, 'scent that in HMO he spoke like
en Eneh•hman, whereas now be sesamed the Scotch seven.,
which aright be easily imitated.
M. Beye►ky had become ►eronity for the Prisoner to the
amount of eight hundred francs, which he was obliged
to pay. He afterwards challenged biro, and they were to
meet in the Bois de Vincennes, whore the witness waived
three hours and a half after the time appointed, but Pri-
Willer never (lime.
Presidcrt—Are you quite cerlaili of the identity of the
Prisoner ?

Fish On.ll contin•r steady in price, with but little de-
mand; theie are wt any any parcels offering smiler 21/,
thongh small lots may be bought atthat price. Rape Oil is
rasher lowe►.
Rarreto SvGart.—There has been • good demand for
low lumps, and purchases email with difficulty be made at
the lowest price quoted in nur last. A few parcels of loaves
have here booed at 82.. for shipment.

SpIRIT3 or TURPCNTIMII are in 1.11 &mend, though
there is now ►ery little Hough iu the importer's hands.

Patlieript, Tuesday, October 3n, 1821, Four o'Clnek.
The B. P. SUGAR market was steady tu.day at She prices°,
Ism week; the: public 1131 e of Barbarism did not go off co
briskly, except owe lot of tine, which brought 76r 6d.
per cwt.
COrratt —it the public sales, which look place to .day,
good and fine ordinary Jamaica met with a very brisk de-
mand, and an ad of 4s. to sr. per cwt. was paid on the
prices of these descriptions; Dominica was very Ant at the
former price ; St. Dominate) was bought in at 1021. per cwt. ;
Rtnit.—A large public sale of Jamaica Kum was hrontht
forward to-day, it went off irregularly, but a decided decline
of 2d. to 3d. per gallon took place in the highest strengths,
and Id. in the lower.

M. Beyerley—l have not the least doubt. If he vt,ll
take off the handkerehief which he has tied about his heed.
you will see that he is bald.
The Prisoner refused to remote, the handkerchief until all
the witnesses had been restrained respectiog the colour of his
hair. He said the truth was that M. Bryerley hail ender,.
whored to swindle his brother oat' of SOO trance. This he
would prove by the testimony of Mr. Manning.
Mr. llaotsing Nu English lawyer) was immediately ealted,
He stated that • Captain Harpers, who appeared to be 04,
SWIM persun as the Pi isomer, hail cunanked him on h.. di 0.
ferrety! with M. Beyei ley. The dispute was settled by a-b•.
'retie's.
M. Bayerley was again called sip. and went into .1, to'•
respecting the life of the prisoner, who, 'he said; had been
worried iu Edinbutgh under thename set Debremo, and had
outlet that tome published • Freheb Grammar.
The prisoner was repeatedly checked by the Corrt fur put.
Gag insolent questions to the gentlemen and other veitotervv.
Several tradesmen with wham the prinoner had dealt ken-
tifiell bim. A Mr. Drake lad sold him three borers, for
which he wan paid by bilis on 51.
The Prisoner asked this witness whether be thought si
Scotsmen enuhi imitate the Baglieb accent'
Mr. Drake—l cannot tell.
The Advetate.Gruer•l—The witness, it is true, is an
Englishman ; bet he is a cooisuireaur in horses, stud not in
languages.
M. Florida* had not the slightest hesitation in recoglearieZ
the Promote, who spoke Preach perfectly. A Caplet,'
Harper had hems arrested is London instead of the Pri01)11,
but the inaoceoce of that geotlesnan was soon proved, sod
it was meeittaieed that the Prisoner's real same veal Pithy,-
ton, and that he had been a teacher of leaguers at Esltn-
laugh.
Mr. Moyer, an English lawyer, stated that be had beets
culeultiol by M. Bandon oo a letter of credit produced Sy a

COURSE OF EXCHANG
Arnstrrilim, C.F. 12 14
Ditto at Sight ... 12 11

IC, TUreDAV, OcToota_3o.

I.eghilrn . ..... 441
Genes 431
Venice 27 60
Malta

Rotterdam.-- 12 15
Antwerp
Dansburgh
Minna ..... 37 11
Paris 3 day's date 25 611
Ditto 25 00
Rolirdeaux 25 90
Frankfort ot► the
Maine 156
Felershargb, p. rbl. 81 3 Us.
Vienna
Trieste
Madrid 36
Cadiz 36
Bilhos 352
Barcelona 351
Reville
Gibialiar 3oj

N•ples .... 39i
l'.lrrmo, per 0z... 119
Lobbou
Oporto 5O
Rob Jaortro... 47
Rabi•
Doblin 9,
Cork 9

Porlepl Gold in f e. d.
Coin, per oz 0 0 0
Gold in Bars 3 17 10;
New Illoisbloass 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 0f
Silver ira Bars 0 4 11