The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PtArisour a, Dee. IL—Sailed the Berwiek, Jefry, for Yea
Dieetaa's Land.

Poaraworru, Doc. 19.—Arriwini the Brothers, Matley, from
Newcastle for Jamaica, with lass of sails.
PA LllllO4/TH, Dec. M.—Arrived the &Wee'', from Quebec.
ibmwicts, Doc. IL—Arrived the Emily packet, from Gottaa
b.
Dsc.l2.—Csaie dews from the River last night and
sailed the Timaados. far Calcutta; Eliza, for tit. Michael's;
Lloyd's and Princess Charlotte, for Jamaica; Aurora, fur Gi-
braltar; Aderna, for Smyrna;Earl of Egrassont, for the Cape
olGood Hope; and Montrose, for Trinidad. Arrived this
ins the Moist sloop of war, from a cruise.

The Fortuulei Beyer' from Rugeowald and Holland to Lan-
don, I. totally wracked near Aruodabt; part of the carp sawed.
The Stead?, Rutherford, from London to Ravannah, was at
Cruz, Tenenffe,l3tb October, and intended to sail that day.
bad bad an engagement with a prb ateer, which did consider
damage to the retort, sails, and rigging.

Tits PETIIIIIOIIOVO/1 BILL or FAIIR.—We understand. that,
at a Petty Sessions, held at Peterborough, Nov. *l, the Magi.-
trates of that liberty recommended the following seale of wages
lobe given by the surveyors of the highway. to persons employed
upon the road : l'
8. J. %
A single man
A Blab and wife
A man and wife with 1 child - - 5 6 per week.
Ditto with 3 children - - - - 6 0 per week.
Ditto with : childreu - - - - 0 9 per week.
Ditto with 4 children ' - - - - 7 6 per week.
Ditto with 5 children - - - - 9 3 per week.
Ditto with 6 ebildren - - - - 9 0 per week.
Ditto with 7 children - - - -10 0 per week.
We subjoin the scale which had been previously adopted:—
A boy - - - - - - - - - 2 0 per week.
A siugle as .
A tam avi4 011 ' 4 0 per week.
kamtfl, wife, 031 child - - - 5 0 per week.
Ellt sad 2 children
and 3 children
Ditto and 4 children
Ditto and 3 children - - - - 8 9 per week.
Ditto and 6 children
Ditto and 7 children
Inakher ease, sixpence per week for each family, it recom-
mended to be allowed to addition to the above, if they hate rent
to pay.—SissafereiNeicr.

At the last Middlesex Sessions, an order was made
by the Magistrates that the friends ortb4 Mrs in the House
of Correction should not be a;lowed to ' carry, any provi-
sioas to those confined there. OaSalemlay order was first
put in execution, when the Fairioners rose in a state of motley,
and they all retuned to wort. The keeper of the prisms ap-
plied on Monday to the Sitting Magistrate at Hatton-gardealolice,
when Mr. Rogers and Mr. Laing proceeded to the House of Cor-
rection. The most active in the mutiny were immediately sum-
moned before them, and the Magistrates directed them to be se-
parately locked up and put upon quarter allowance. Four of the
most violent were directed to be well flogged in the presence of all
the prieoners, which sentence was ionuediately executedl and it
had the desired effect upon the others, who reterned to their work,
and on the following morning the prisoners, through the 'medium
of one of the Magistrates, made a respectful application to the
Prison Committee for an increase of the prison allOwance, ia ease
the Order of Session was to be enforced The prisoners stated
that the present allowance was quite inadequate to their support,
if they were prevented accepting the assistance of their friends.
We understand that the allowance is a pound and a ball of the
best wheaten bread per day, for each prisoner, with a portion of
gnsel. sod Isa:f &pound of meat on Sundays.
GE.Asoovr, DEC. 14.—Our Sun A Market was ex-
tremely depressed this week, the sales being only 84 hi sin., which
were wholly Jamaica—The sales of Coresa have been confined
to the grocers, and amount only to 30 tierces and 30 bags; Ja-
maica at 645. to 105 s. for clean triage to fine ordinary, and Deme-
rara at 106 s. for acclaim. to bits. for middling.—There was some
demand for fine lammed Jamaica Rt a, of recent import, at the
clime of the week. and 1100 puncheons of this description were
sold at Vs. per gallon for 160. P., but nothing was done an old im-
ported or Leeward Island.-4137 logs St. UOMillgO WiIIOCANY
were sold by auetion on the 6th instant, averaging ftlEd. per foot.
—The demand for COTTON is still very limited • the sales amount
to Mt packages.—Tosscco is little inquired for, but holders are
Ilros is their prices, particularly for floe qualities.—Amuss have
been in fair demand, but there being no sellers of Pot under 435.
the sales were not extensive.—Txxxow has been sold at Us., but
only in small parcels to the consumers.—Gamx generally has bees
dull. but any sales made have been at no reduction on the prices
of last week.

inionion.—A person calling himself Lieutenant Pigmy
Moms who stated Hid he had been eighteen years in the
navy, tank a house on the New Rend, South Lynn, where he
contrived to get into debt with different tradesmen to the
' amount of nearly tool. Suspicions, however' arising respect-
ing his real character, en inquiry was act on foot, and it
was found that he hod been playing a similar game at Hull,
to the amount of anol. Rearing of the inquiry which had
been instituted, be thought it high time to decamp, and after
selling his goods to a broker and a Jew tailor, he, in com-
pany with his wife and two children, bid adieu to his Lynn
friends on Wednesday morning the tath instant, about the. e
&deck. He is said to have previously been living in nearly
the same mode at Reading, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and New-
castle. lie appears to be from 35 to so years of age, Is of
middle stature, dark olive- conrplesion. dark hair, walks
very upright, wears his bat on one side, and states himself to
be an American born.

The 19th inst. was the audit day with the Duke of
Ru-rt,Awo, at the Rutland Arms, Newmuket, when
the Duke took off 30 per cent. from his tenant..—
.Mle was not one defaulter, and all weie satisfied.