The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-14 00:00:00

FROM LLOYO'N I.IST.

SCILLY, JAN. 7.—The pi. es of wreck timber that have bell
Ficked up lately about these Islands, ore mostly small proms
bulwarks, bttt no pieces of oak, so as to form any it:ea uf the saint-
ling of a ship.
Ps:3IStAXCe, Jaw. 11.—The wind nmidenly shifted lust
abut tour o'clock, Pont 1Y .W. to N.N.E. and blew a gale all
nicht, and still audinues.

Fa 1. m it,J as. 11—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet. haul
; and Magnet. Hager, foam Gattelihurgh.—rlalled th.
Doke of York packet, for the Bratilat speedy, Andrea, for Alias;
Neptune. Downing, for Terceira; Agnes, eta/tart, for Lisbon •
It isborougs, Itoyde, for Carthagena t kcftaan rcrteruan, tar
Antigua; and 14 harfe, Clark. t,r Nor York.

PL Y MOUT H. JAN. IL—l...oda! the John hhand and Atalanta'
for Jamaica ; Neacamlc, for Trio me; Belle Alliance, for Mettrall
Esicape, for Faro; and all the %cowls which put in here wild.

roars mouTti, JAN. I2.—Arrived the Norfolk, Andertiono
from Memel; and Juno, Hutchinson, from Petersburgh.
DEAL, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Amity, Gray, from Batavia;
Jane, Lewis, from Charente; Iterwickahirc, from London, he
Calcutta; and I)oris, from ditto, for St. Übe's.
Doane, JAS. 12.—The Louisa Karaloft', from Stockholut cocks
Mediterranean, ia ou shore on Dungeness Beach.
klAstoAvx, JAN. 12—The brig in quarantine provek to be On
Baron Attires...an, Johnson, from Mrs for London. The WAX
India Parket was hove conaiderably astern last tide, and is -
pectui to be got afloat the next, without lightening. The Levaat
Star was silo Lonna' of her dock, in which she laid athwart, and
mut lies Li to be hove &Anat, het has got damage to her forefoot.
She coo es lightening. The Dhod Intent, It is hoped, may Oa
got afloat, and b.-might an next tale, if it continues moderate.

o
AV ESI:7:11, AN . 12. AVMS ;ra the Victory, trubent, from
Iltuningcn ; Johanna lamina,from Antwerp; Peter Muria,
Eggers, Iroin Antwerp; Angeratesn, 'l'hmieson, from Awn,:
itledonia, Hu, from Stettin; North Sur, Verner, from Dantzte;
't hree Si•ten, Horn, from ‘‘'atertertl ; Emerald, —, frem
Dub-
lin. Sailed the Union. Iltdde. for Calais; Ann, George, ft Bahia ;
A imwell, Anderson, fur Salo:; bard Hungerford, larquliwnwn.
for 3ladeira,

l'An is, in N. 11. —The Silence, Berrie, arrived at Havre 3d int.
from 3lartinique, experienced much bad weather in the Channel.
She touched on the wreck of a weasel, near liarticur, which mend
her to leak, and she was obliged to discharge part of her o.
JAN. I3.—A Portuguese loamy of about SO tons. front
with mahogany, supposed for Nantes, was wrecked 30th ult. ea the
claw of St. (idles. Two of the new drowned.
Beg sigs. Jaw.7.--The Inot set in yesterday with *one*
winds, but it it nut likely to continue. Thep lacer, from Virgivia.
which had already discharged part of her cargo, drifted down the
River, and ran on shore, but it is reported Las been got off.
llasta.l SUES, JAN. .;.—The Aurora, Burchwordt, from Memel
for London, was stranded on the night of the 3d inst. en the iidesd
of Ameland. Crew saved.

lifitst.ti.Tan, Due. 22.—0 n the 15th inst. about 15 mile* north
of ('ape at. Vincent, the Caledonia, Primrose, fill in with she
Fidelita, Buda, from Lisbon fur this port, abandoned by the crew,
and nearly full of water.
Tni Ler E, DEC. 26.—The Nelson, of Guernsey, from Rio
Janeiro, which was on shore off Grado, has been abandoned by the
crew, and will nothe gntofl: About 1100 bags of coffee have bees
sans!, and about 1500 bags are on board.
FATAL, DEC. 17.—The Myrtle, Robertson, from Leith and
Madeira, arrived here 7th instant leaky, has been surveyed and con..
denined. The Victory, Crumb t, front Boston, also arrived on do
7th inst. leaky, and is discharging pan of her cargo.

The rietsey and Peggy, Sot.%tie, from London to Leith, pat
into Yarmouth the 12 ith nst. leaky, having struck on the Dar-
nard Sand.

The Sovereign, front hoodoo to Jamaica, was .poken within
lat. 43, long. 14, by the Mary, Purnell, which arrived at Lisboa
27th. ult. from kw.

The Renown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, from Jasselsa.
was strandrilisrar Shelhurn, 7th November.
The Carat, from Piitce Edward's Island to England, is
lost r.ear Charlotte Town.

ACCIDENTS, OFFIVCES, Ac.

Itonain Ditaisnitore.--An ankle lately appeared in the
Tywe Atercory, stating that tome old unserviceable bona,
belonging to the owners of Fawdon Colliery, had been madly
'put to death by being driven among the burning coals d a
pit-heap. We confess that, with all our disposition to give
credence to the statements of the Editor of the Aferewry, wo
entertained a belief that in this instance be had been has
posed upon ; for no Englishman, we conceived, could be guilty
of so revolting an act as that which he described. An Mao
davit of Mi individuals, in the employ of Fawdon Colliery, denying
the statement. eeetned to bear us rum in the opinion we had funned t
but that opinion, we regret foe the ssite.of humanity to state, Ma-
tinily overturned' by the following affidavit, made and sworn by a
gentleman with whom we are well acquainted, and on whose vera-
city weplace implicit confidence :—" Johnliossnan, Chief Clerk ia
his 3faiesty's l'ustonis at Newcastle, tuaketh oath and saith, that,
lon the tifth: diy of December last past, about the hoot of four in
the nfternoon, lie was ritljng oear Fawdon Colliery, in Ilse
county of Northumberland ; that he there saw a nunibet of men
and boys on the small-coal heap, and that, Co his nearer 'womb,
he observed a horse lying in the midst of the said men and boys;
that part of the said men and boys flogged the said home until it
rose ; that the said horse, when up. staggered front a lameness ill
one of its hind legs ; that the said men and boys continued to flog
the said horse, and, whenever it gut up, they immediately pushed
it down towards theedge of the heap where the coals were barring,
and at last forced the said horse over the s do of the heap of coals ;
this deponent then rode up to the spot, and there SAW the sal
horse lying on its back, • struggling amongst the burning coati.
This thponcnt further deposes, that he oleo saw three or four hams
lying in the burning coeds, partly consumed by the fire; and
also saith, that on his turning his horse round to leave the place, he
met two men apparently connected with the colliery, hurryirtg,
the spot, who exclaimed to this deponent, ' Oh. sir. it is 'haunted-
work JOHN BOWMAN."
" Taken and sworn by the deponent Jan Dimas. M Yew-
castle-upon-Tyne. this :td day of J solitary, 11121, before me, =not
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and time the town and musty
of Newcastlempon-l'yne. WM. %V It I( I I 'l', Mayor.'•
Convinced as we now are of the truth of the original statement
which appeared in the ?'one rcorn, we most cordially join with
that paper in expiating ihope that the perpetrators of this horribly
barbMws act may be brought to justice.—Dernsies Adrertler.
POAt'llYan.—Several gentian, n in didenent parts of this Ridiag,
but particularly in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, have been
much annoyed of late by the depredations of desperate bands of
poachers. The wood* of Sir William Pilkington, of Chile,
tiudfrey IVentwonh, Esq. of Woolley, and Charles Wattes
ton, hsq. of 11•altaliall, have been cleared of a vast queens
thy of game during the last and present week. On Wedge&
day night, the last mentioned gealcuion was placed in coesiderable
Personal danger, in attempting to defend his property.
r=
I awakened by the report of guns in his plantations, he rose, a
biers f, and Want (bon) the house, accompanied by his
keeper and and two other men. lining into the wonda, they beard
leveesl shots, and approached the quarter from wham' they pop.
ended. Advar.eing close to the depredators, he (mind that they
consisted of tight or ten men, well armed, who knew him, and rye-
sented their guns, saying they were an overmatch for his forte, sod
would give hint battle. flits party was indifferently provided;
I having only three guns, one of which was known not to be charged,
and the other two could not be relied upon. Mr. Waterton, ad
the gam keeper, however, presented thew pieces, and three:mord
todiont the first man who stirred: the poachers likewise stood mode
to tire. At length tilr. 'Waterton prudently determined not to se_
cur the extreme hazard of an encounter with so animal a forte
and directed his men to retreat, still pointing their pieces at ills;
gang. Having gut tint of the remit of their fire, Mr. Waterem
hastened to collect the villagers, and soon reformed to the wends
with twelve men, but the poachers had by this time disappeared,
and wets not again men or heard of. A repetition of this amen -
lance will seam ly take ) lace at %Calton, for Mr. Waterton is Deis
man to be robbed (particularly of Ms Girds) with inipunit. „v • boS it
is sine:Early to be hoped that the perniciotta system of the Mar
beivs, which gives rise to these dangerous nocturnal molests,
may be abolished in the next Session of Parlianmnt.— Leeds Pant.
IMPOSTOA.— About two months since, a fellow Winos
hinise,f 'Ebonies lisrdner, caste to the village of Maids Malik
near Ititekinhliatt., where he called on a mopes" er, to whore he
represented that his grandfathi r sop a 'sheave. and was /Joey de-
ceased, and had bequeathed him 50.0001.; that he was in pis.
session of 12-001.11.. mil kept his open ; that on his jooouev
trout IVetolwich, he was robbed at Damen of the whole of hr
money, and the pest. r part of his lothes. fie was taken in by
the eerpenter, hospitably ono riaintd, supplied with such cloths.,
as he was deficient of, sod his lodgirg and beer answered ter
' the public house for nearly five weeks. during which time the et-
gisters of the neighbouring parishes of A kley and Leek Munnetra
were searched to prove the relationship, and a letter written by ttic
IClergyman to Woolwich, to ascertain the correctness of the state-
I mean, which remains rtnammered. .%t length, • brushniskir, tan
Stony Stratford, travelling road Moreton. saw the gen•liman, at
tie:imbed him as a native of that place, and that his rent name MA
Moron. Upon hearing this, the landau-hero trade a %rah, felt-
ing his hospitable Meet that lie was pug to Buckingham, to note
the gentleman who was to bring the fortune. Suspicion beitg
awakened, by his leaving the things he bad borrowed. aid beitig
detected in falaeliond. he was watched through Iklekirgham, whin
he took the rood flit l'arltnary. It is sospeend he is gone to Its
tipper part this eomay, most protably to play, if possible, a
mutate trick. lie is photo forty, very ordinary in penson. wnseg
tolerably good great coat and shoes; 'heathe lm r eof hie dress:
very tx.'.iflirret

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

TUESDAY, JAW. 13.

COURT OF CHANCERY, LiwcoLN's

Tbc moment the Lord Chancellor entered the Court, Mr.
Sidurlay vote and told his landbhip that he had eic affidavits in
big hand.
boll? CJOANCEI.I.OR—WaI. Sir, keep them.
Mt. llopriny—Shan't I give them in, my boril ?
Lic.sp estaxcet.Los—\o, Sir; you need not give them in ull
I e4lll/or diem ; slim I give judgment I shall call for them.
Mr. Uoutisy—My Lord, may it not be necessary to consider
thew before giving Judgment ?
LORD CUANCILI.OII—No, Sir.
Gourlay—My Lord-
-I.nn 'IIATICFI on—llold your tonipm, Sir.

lintleay sat down.
• 1401 M CHANCELI.OII-11r. Hart, I request you will appoint a
day tot putting an end to this ea.e ; for I cannot allow it to eo on
thus. and to be put off to such a time, that I stall have forgot
die nature ante ease, and then must examine the evidence over
again.
^ iliwv—My Lord, I believe my client was in Court yeater-
thi,bilt there being no solicitor, and as I tun not enabled to do the
knisinepa of counsel and solicitar. I could not well determine ; but
if your boriship pleases, let it be for Thursday.
Ivan eItANCEI.I.OR —Very wen, Sir; I have nothing to im.
Wet Ytra have done all your duty.
Mr. 4:outlay—And I hope you think that I also, my Turd, have
done all my duty ?
Lo ten CHAN(' xl.oa—Von have done tnore than your duty, Sir.
'.Mr. Dourlay—l hope you will make allowances for nty situation
an feelings my Lord. lam acting for a helpless family of five
young children, who were turned out of house sad home by the
Duke of Somerset.

Lofo 16 '''' NC:;:1.1.0/L-1 cannot hear you now.
Mr. Osistriay—lVill you rot hear me on the day of giving jud,;-
• wins, my Lord ?
Lunn CHANCELLOR—No, Sir.
. M. thnerlay—May I not he heard after you give judgment?
LORD Caexedxxon—No, Sir; you will not be bean! after
• judruent.
• Mn Trod, I read In a newspaper that 1 may be
ea-beard after jnitginent : I read it in the newspaper.
• Loan Cnaircti.i.on—Sir, I know nothing of the Times; I
don't cue a farthing for the Tinier newspaper.
• Mr. Ociurlay-31y Lord, I hope you will be indulgent to me,
eonsidering—
LOUD CHANCET.I.OII—NO, Sir, I will not be indulgent to you
woe to the other party ; I shell be indulgent to no parties ; but I
shall, notwithstanding all the abuse which has bean thrown on me
in shit business-1 say I shall be just to you, and just to the other
• party ; I will be just to all—l shall be indtdgent to none. As I
canna permit this case to proceed without a prospect of tcrittin-
akin, 111 c. Mart, I shall givetudgrnent rot Mondav next, if nothing
*all have appeared before then which may render a re-hearing
OPlPessary.
. Mr. lioarlay—Then judgment will be given on Monday, my
• dialed ?
•Thaleoan ANCEI.I.OIt-1 es, Sir. When I speak of abuse
.'.4lPowt; on me for my conduct in this suit, I would wish to be un-
derstood that I do not consider such abuse has proceeded from the
,rties In the suit. No, it has come from other quarters. I have
had several applications made to me on the affair by means of let.
tax—of anonymous letters--some acmsing me of sacrificing the
interests of Mr. Gourlay to aristocratical notions and others chart .
big me with doing injustice to the Luke of Sonnereet, through a
desire of courting popularity. Thus both accuse use of injustice;
but, perhaps, the truest criterion, the strongest proof of my just
conduct to both parties, that I bare been abused by the parti-
sena of both.