The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-23 00:00:00

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DISTRH*SINO ACCIDENT.

A distressing accident occurred on Sunday evening- last
by Ibe upsetting of • cutler belonging to the Sir Pitlephrn
Laskiagien. A party had been spending the day at Ele.
pbaata, and were returning in the evening in the cutter, 13
perms. in all, when the boat vase upset by a man going
sup to the maist.hesid to clear the topping-lift, and the party
were all plunged tato the water. Three of the boat's crew
reached the Aare by swimming. Mr. King, the Higtt.Cos-
stable 011kiniabsy,aeillirs.111161rarti Charles Lee (fisnrth son
Isf. Or. Las, et Kiweesess, Coveakirerdeu), hue aresad
west of the algeett Mrs' Infetlimmuly gremissd. The
former wits sees • few utiames after the upsetting of the
boat, trying to float himself on an awning stanchion, hot
finding himself unable to preserve his life, he was heard in
cry out, "fur God's sake take care of my wife and children !"
and then went down. Mr. B. C. Lee sunk ethateited. Own.
: • boat's length from dos upset caller. The remainder of
the party and crew got on her bottom, and after 11 hours
hard and anxious struggle reached the Island of Elephants,
and were received by the Sevjeant will all the attention and
kind treatment be had the means of sfording them. Mr.
King has left a widow and four children to deplore the loss
of a kind and indulgent husband and father. Mr. Lee was
• very promising officer in she Hon. the East India Cenn•
palsy's &flier, and universally regretied.—(Boueltay Paper.)

A. letter from Burgos of the Ist inst. says—" The
Prior and three or four of the brothers of the Con-
vent del Carmen have been arrested for participa-
tion, as is supposed, in, the designs of the Curate
Merton against the Constitution. The discovery
was effected in a singular manner. The Curate
had sent a letter to the Prior of the Convent, telling
him that his plans were ripe, aud nothing but money
was wanted, which he requested him to send by the
bearer. Our political Chief intercepted the mrs-
senger, but sent the letter to its destination by an-
other person similarly hulked, who was admitted
into the Convent, regaled suniptironslY, arid pre_
sensed with a bag of money. The next morning
the Prior was surprised by a visit from the Officers
of Justice, to whom he for a lung time refused en-
trance, and cruised the belle of the Convent to be
sounded, in the hope that the country people would
flock to his aosietairce, but without effect, and he
and his brethren of course bail Ho alternative but to
surrender at discretion. Surely these holy prisons
seek to fill heaven with maityrs."
We are happy to harm from Lanark, in Upper
Canada, that up to the middle of February affairs
were going well on with the infant settlement.—
Our enterprising countrymen found every thing
correspondent to their expectations ; and all exprets
the greatest gratitude for the kindness which they
have experienced from Government. Ali intelli-
gent writer mentions that seven weeks sufficted to
remove him from Greenock to Lanark, vie. five to
Quebec and two ifterwerds.—The land abounds
in the sugar maple; and they have been ingenious
enough to find in the woods a Went that answers
all the purposes of tea. With• good land, no rent,
and nothing that in the mother country could be
called taxes, "if they do not make their bread of
it, they will have themselves to blame."—They
wish their relations were around them. They
find the work heavy, but they have pleasure in it,
since " it is fur 'lmmodest, Ind their elirldren."—
Its consequence of the number of new settlers,
provisions were higher than usual, flour being 35a.
a barrel, or 7tol. tlm quantity necessity for a quer-
tern loaf. Meat 4d. to 641.; but the higher the
better for them, since they would all be sellers next
nuturnii. The snow begat, in November and co-
vered the truth two feet deep. The weather was
less cold than they looked fur. The unclouded sun
during the they had sueli an effect, that they were
perfectly able to work evroy day io fitting timber,
bud generally without their coats. We observe,
from the orthography, that the provincial protion-
elation of the name of the settlement to adopted,
Lanerik.—(t.hisiow Chronicle.)
The total number of persons convicted• in the
years 1818,1810. and 1810. in Ireland, of utteriug•
Forged Bank. Notes, is stated, in an official town
to an order of the House of Commons, at seventeen,
of whom none were executed.