The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-12 00:00:00

STATE OF TEE CITY OF DUBLIN.

(From the Freeman's Journal of Wednesd.ty.)
The city was yesterday kept in a state of considerable '
agitation, from the great assemblage of unemployed people
in different places, and, in some instances, from the dispo-
sition manifested to riot and pillage. At an early hour in
the morning, several bakers carrying out bread in the
Liberty, were attacked, and the breed taken from them ;
the provision shops being kept closed, escaped pillage.
The appearance of a strong party of police had the desired
effect of dispersing the mob, but, throughout the day, the
bakers in that neighbourhood could not venture to send out
their bread without an escort of polic:.
About twelve o'clock the depot of the Rifle brigade,
which was marching into town from Naas, was followed
by A tnob of tact' or three hundred persons, chiefly boys,
until they reached the barracks in George's-street; they
went into Exchequer-street, where a quantity of bread and
some money were thrown to them from some of the baker's
shops. They then went through Grafton-street and into
liing-street, where a party of police from College-street
came up with and dispersed them.
While these scenes were passinir, a number of persons
were collected about the Royal Exchange. About one
o'clock, the Hon. Colonel Gorr came out from the Relief
Committee, and read to them the resolutions that had been
passed; upon which a general murmur of disapprobation
ran through the crowd, and a man called out, " I'll not
agree to it, by J—! I'll have bread or blood." He WA.
immediately taken into custody, and brought. to the Head-
office; his name is Edward Walsh, a labourer; he has
been remanded for further examination.
Between six and seven o'clock there was some rioting in
Lower Stephen-street, the origin of which is not at present
• known ; two of the horse patrol, and some of the inhabit-
, ants interfered, when the police were assailed with stones,
and one of them received a severe blow. They succeeded
in taking three men into custody, one of whom was after-
: wards rescued from them ; the other two were lodged in
College-street office: one of them is a butcher's boy.
SWEARING IN OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES.

From the disposition manifested yesterday and Mon-
day, on the part of the people, the Magistrates thought
it advisable to swear in a number of special constables,
in those parts of the city and liberty which were most
likely to be visited by the populace. Mr. Boileau and
Mr. • Boyce, the respectable Churchwardens of Bride's
parish, immediately offered their services, and their ex-
ample was followed by a number of other respectable
householders in that and the adjoining parishes of ‘Ver-
burgh's, St. Nicholas Within, St. Nicholas Without,
Mary's, St. James's, and Catherine's. Upwards of one
hundred special constables were sworn in, which occu-
pied the magistratessuntil a late hour in the evening.
About twenty men have been committed, in the last
two days, from the different police-offices, for being con-
cerned in these riots; and we are sorry to find that among
them are some of the unfortunate weavers. It is but jus-
tice, however, to those suffering individuals to state, that
the great body of them have had no connexion with
these proceedings, but, on the contrary, some of them
yesterday offered their assistance to the police.

Mr. R. Abernethy failed on Thursday, for the first time
in all his pedestrian matches. He had engaged to perform
03 miles a-day for 12 days, and he continued the match
till within the last two days.
Mr. R. Villeheattr, of Ashford Mount, Windsor Forest,
undertook yesterday to drive his tandem 2% miles in two
hours, for 100 slvereigns. His road was from the 27th
to the 21st and back. The•whe..l horse broke
once into a gallop in the 4th mile, and the wheels backed.
hut the distance was done within a minute of half the time.
The horses travelled steadily bask, and won the match by
two minutes.
Nannow ESC APE.—We have been favoured with the
following extract from a plicate letter, received by a
gentleman in Glasgow from his friend in Argyllshire
Argyllshire, July 25.
" Areini. Sinclair, one army herds in the isiond of Gigha. oral
who, having been born upon the batiks of Loch Awe, is not much
acquainted with seafariog ; he, however, had procured a
boat for the purpose of fishing about the shores, and on Friday,
the 7th of thismonth, he went to hit boat for the purpose of mooring
her in a safer creek ; and Craving loosened the painter, bettered
on board. By the agitation rrotimed one of the ears wem over.
board ; and, in an attempt to raeover it, Sinclair tumbled into the
sea, but condom.] to lay hpld of the gonwale, acrd by eivriing
himself, succeeded lo petting into the boat irat, in the exertion,
the second oar went overboard, and in this Itelrl.es state he was
carried to sea by a strong current. It *us late In the evening, and
his cries fur assistance were not tenth nor wgs the unfortunate
navigator and his yowl discovered. When night closed upon him
he was considerably to the southward of Highs, and his bark di-
venting her course to the Irish coast. In the course of the night, by
the turn of the title, he was carried considerably to the north of the
island; and on Saturday morning he was nbretutt of my estate of
Kci a, upon the tuainlmd, opposite to Jura, but which, in his
alarm, he did net recognize, although he had been a herd them fur
three years. The boat wan eairlei backwards and forwards in the
sound of Jura all Eaturdey, without bring discos, reel, Sinclair
supposing himself aM dor upon the Irish colic, as he had not been
aware of his course being changed by the change of the title on
Fri,tay night. On Sunday morning he was fortunately seen by
the master.of a Gigha vessel, returning from the Northern isles,
just as the current which acts into the very dangerous gulf of
Corryvreckan. hetwean the intands of Jura and Searba, was carry-
ing hint and his boat into that dreadful whirlpool, and where a
fatal termination would, in all probability, have been put to the
voyage of this fresh-water 'tailor, who will not, 1 suspect, make
any further attempt at navigation. He was without real or drink
front Friany afternoon, when he embarked, nil he wan picked up
ou Sunday morning. Messengers had been desnatched to search
the ey Islay, Jura, and Knondrile, fir Sinclair ; and his wife
and family had given hitn fur I..st."—Giafievw Courier.

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anisette on the subject or such impotent estonts gave birth to tn.
sable di+trust, founded on an idea that it was ii tended to copse the
exalt:ion of tho benefits of the Sovzreign. Amidst a people so full ,
been made for a copunim ion, I urn bound to grant it ; and lof whom a small monument is erectetl in the pariah church si.
I cannot help raying that it has been opposed under car- of St. Mary's, in this town.-11 vi;:es Gazette.
• • _______ ..; cost: ~f blay, Jura, and Knontinle, for Sinclair ; and ms one I •••• -•••-•-••--, -- -- •
and family had given him up fur Let."—Glasgow Courier. .
[ appeared to be from 40 to 50 years of age.
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