The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

OLD.,II4ILEY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25.

William Fatty was inclitoed for stealing a box of
jPwriles'a gold, 14 pair of ear-rings, sod other air.
lecke of jewellery, the property of Mr. William
ISanuisirr.

Mr. Bannister stilted that lie was II jeweller, and
resided at Twickenham; that on the Sib of Oc-
tober he placed the property described io the in-
dictment in leis workshop, which was situated at
the back of his house. He left his shop shout four
o'clock in the afternoon. sod did not go to it again
till six o'clock the neat day, when lie discovered the
properly in question had been stolen. He traced
Or mark of footsteps, which were imp►essed on
same i•esily-turned earth, to a held at the back of
lid not discover any part of his
t s fortnight afterw•rds, when be
in question in the ears of a girl
I. at that time paid his addresses
being questioned where she ob-
taind that the Prisoner had given
his circumstance induced hias to
to search the Prisoner's premises.
gold, and a ring belonging to

in his defence, called a witneso

COURSE OP EXCII ANE
Amsterdam ....C.F It I
Ditto at sight I 1 19
Rotterdam .... t V lt 3
Antwerp lt 3
Haaniterill ...At U 37 7
A1t0na........t0 V. 37 S.
Paris 3 day's sight tb AO
ttu ..... ••I U tb
Roordeasta ?A DO
Berlin
Frankfurt oa the
Mass. Ex. M 157
Petersburg's., .3 U. 9,1
Pietism effective t 31 10 19
Trieste. .do lO 19
!Nedra.)
Cadis
Bilboa36
Barceloaa
5evi11e......... 35
Gsbealtar.

;E. FIUDAT, OCTOBER 85.
47;
rhos 436
436
Venice . .
Malta
Naples
Palermo.... per us 118
Lisbon
°Port°
, Rio Janeiro
Ilabia
Dublin
Cork

BULLION. -
Portugal Gold au € • d.
Colo, per or ....0 0 0
Foreign Gold in

Bs; 3 17 6
New Doubloons 313 0
New Dollars 0 4 9f
Silver in Bars • 0 0 0

POLICE.
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BOW-STREET.
DISTURBANCE AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

llu lbwrottay might -;he7a-te-itaace •t Drery:laae Theatre

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was greatly disturbed by the •ioleot conduct of two gentle-
men in the ',rood tier of boxes. Mr. Spring, the box.
office-keeper, being on the spot, called fur the assistance of
the'constables, and several of them is a few minutes were in
istientlanee. The gentlemen were given in their charge, but
they made a most desperate and determined resistance. so
much so that all the nfficem received bruises and wounds
before they could be secured sod taken to the watch-house.
Yesterday morning they were brought from thence to Shin
office, and underwent an examination before Str Richard
Burnie, Mr. Minshull, and Mr. Halls.
The Preeoners. on their being brought from She watch.

house, gave their names as CA;ittoph;r DoAso•, who is ■
very hill powerful man, • C,aptain is the story. The ether
Primate, gore his same, /larding Mos/ague, but did out
state bit business or Profession.
William Bond, the constable, proved Ibe violent and dis-
orderly eorsrluet of the Prisoners.
Isaac Safer proved that the Prisoner Dobson andard him
down on the wisps under She Colonoadr.
Thomas Jose. sod Thomas Drummond, belongisg to the
racy, were tooth violently assaulted by the Prisoners ; the
former had Oat of his arms le much injarrd that be was
obliged to have the asaistaisce or • surgeon, mid wore his
arm in a shag yesterday. This desperate set was committed
by the Prisoner Dobson, Woo being inch • very powerful
man caused his resiitsnre to be roust distigeross.

The Magi•trates therefore thought he ;as a proper object
to be made the greatest example of, sad ordered him to
lad hail to saswer to-all the log• Inoiseff in 1001. soil
four foresees is 501. each. The Pei/Baer 11grilwa Mwalogue
was also ordered so find Intik himself is 401. and sureties in
201. each. The Magistrates expressed their determination to
support the Miters is the enicittion of their duty; sod that
if gentlemen chose to gel drink and go to • theatre to disturb
a peaceable audience, they assist be asashraNe fur their con.
duct whets they were sober.
James Harris sad Charles Weakish were charged with
having implements of house-Weskits( its their possession.
ft appeared from the evidence of Benjamin Morris and
Wiffia'ho Nntith, two of the patrol beloagiug to the °Mee, that
ibey were urn duty yesterday morning, between twelve sod
one o'clock, is Lung Acre, when they observed the Prisouers
going toward,. St. Mariin's.laae, who, striae them, ran of,
hut were soon overtaken. The patrol asked them where
they were going. Marrss said he wag going home. On
searching him a crow-bar was found, the ends of which
were wrapped up in leather, to prevent its ralthug, and an
iron boodle.

Harris was know• °sly st the office as • hsckneycoaeh-
man, and is said to he the owner of a hackney chariot and
three horses; Woodgate was recognized as a reputed thief,
and had bee• convicted as such some time slate.

Mr. Minabull, the Magistrate, committed them btotb for
Iwo, snoisobs to the House of Correction.
The Prisoner Harris denied that be knew tie iron crow
was in his pocket.
John Newell, the landlord of the Artichoke public-house
in While Hartyard, .as couvieted • in the penalty of 5/. by
Mr. Minabull, fur suffering drinking and tippling in his
house at half past two o'clock yesterday morning.
Mary Fletcher was brought to the office in die custody
of the beadle of St. Giles's, in male attire, and charged under
the following eircum►tnuces:—During t►e time the Board
of the Parish Officers were sitting yesterday morning, thew
were disturbed by a noise in the passage, which proved to be.
the Prisoner, who was brought there by a young man who
bad met her in the street, and recognising her to be a female,
baying loved servant with her in the same family, be con-
cludes/ she was 10 men's clothes for some improper purpose.
The only account she gave fur her change of dress was,
that she intended to go fur a sailor.

Her mother attended the investigation, who staled herself
In he a servals,. and had the care of a Nobleman's bowie. The
account she gave of the conduct of her daughter was of the
most depraved and dissolute sistere, sad it was not in her
power to do soy smote for her; the parish officers furnished
her with female clothes, and the having slept in a shed in
Norton Fidgete the previous night, Mr. Minshull considered
it as act of vagrancy, and committed her to the House of
Corrective.

Robert Walker was charged aith emaltimg a disturbance at
11,e office of a navy Prot is Lyon's Imo, by Irequeedly com-
ing to his office and dessandiug prize mosey which he bad
►eceived fourteen years ago. The Prisoner bad berm a sea-
man osi board hie Misjeviy'v Gicaie Sea/ores, and was, at
alas lime. entitled to 31. 9r. Mal• currency, which the agent
haJ paid the Prisoner and hi. shipment's at the particular re.
quell of the Camel's, mad had gut his receipt to the official
document, which be produced. The Prisoner, however, de-
nying the sigusture 'being his, the Magistrate desired him
in write his name, which, on coinparisom wish the official
dorument,eattetied the Magistrate that it was genuine.
He was discharged.

MARLBOROUGH•STREET.

NUISANCE IN HYDE PARK.

Yesterday Ph&,e U 011110011 wits charged by the Deputy
Keeper of Hyde Park under the following circumstances :
It appears that foe some time past the Park had bees in.
felled by seen and women of the must abandoned character,
and it ►eeome so great a nuisance at night, that it was dan-
gerous for ',emirs to pass through it. Innumerable cum.
pinata bad been madeof the nuisance, and orders were given
to clear the Park of all such characters. The Prisoner was
one of those in the nightly habit of attending there, insult.
ing !redrawn on passing t►rough, and was frequently
dinar sad disorderly, especially on Thursday night, when
she was taken into custody.
The Magistrate inquired whether there were not a great
number of men of infamous character who visited the Park
nightly.
The Park-keeper said there were, for the worst of pur-
poses; and so frequently did they ahead there that he could
rani y point them out.
The Magistrate considered it disgraceful that it should be
longer roidinued, and gave instructions to the Park-keeper
to apprehend all persons lurking about the Park at sonsew-
nimble hours, and bring them before him, and they should
be punished.
The Prisoner was proved to he a notoriously bad thanes
ter. and she was committed to the House of Correction to
bard labour.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
DARING ROBBERIES AND BURGLARIES.

Informative was received at this oiler, that a few days
ag• • party of London sportsmen stopped at the Swan law.
Rocks worth; they had • vest good aad abun-
dance of wise. and called for thaw kill on goiag to bed at
might, bat heroic *ay person isi the hoed! was up next atom-
ing, they &Mord without dischargiog aod carried off •
valuable iroo, the property of the landlord. _ _

Some MOM sitice the ;tables of Mr. Owen, of &mini-
bourns, near Royston, was broken open and a valuable mare,
his property, moire. The mare was traced a con.iderable
disimme on the road towards Load's, but has not yet been
rhacorxreal.

M►. Milford's house, in Webber-row, was broken into on
Thursday night. by means of a cealae-bit, and au env. 11. ut
clock, three surer table spoons, • Tawny of wearing gyps.
re!, and other property, stolen.
Ou Sunday night, or early on Monday owning, the forge
and nail-warebouse of Mr. Thomas Cooke, io St. Martin's-
street, Leieester-square, was broken into and robbed of about
cwt. of alio( •ails, with which the thieves escaped.

TOWN HALL, SOUTHWARK.
Yesterday William Lerway, aged 19, was examined before
Alderman J. J. Smith on • chair of felony.
It appeared that the Prisoner is ens of a gang of 21 thieve",
from the ages of about 12 to 20, and Ave of whom are female",
who smemble on prescribed sighs, at • low rendezvous so
Toolry.street, which is well known to the police. Their
plan is so apply to shopkeepers with • feigned sale of distress,
to solicit employment, even for t►eir food, sad obey have
always sums person of supposed good reputation to refer to
for a character. About lye days are the Primmer applied to
Mr. Death, • respectable hosier, of Aldgste, sad very re.
specifully asked if he bad any means of employment fur
him, as In was then • burden to hie poor old mother, who
had • large family to support besides him. His creditable

SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY, Ocrorra 23.

We bad s good supply of all kinds of Guile this inerMirg,
and the prices of almost every snick- has lowered • little.
A mall reduction has also takes place is the prices of lay
and Clover. The following is an accurate statement of the
prices and members :..-
To sink the •ffal per storm of 81k.
Beef....ts. 4J. to 3s. 2.1. Head of Cattle this day:
hfultors..ls. 4J. to 3s. 0.1. Beasts f. $Ol
Lamb.. 3s. 04. to 3i. 4J. faseep sod Lambs 8.160
Veal.... 3s . OJ. to 4s. Od. Calves TO
Pork ... 2. 8.1 to 3s. 8.1 Pigs ....

PRICE OF TALLOW,
Tows Tallow 48. 6.1 —• Od
Yellow Russia 47a 0.1 ... 0.1
While ditto...-6 Od —a 0.1
Soap da110....44. Od —9 0.11
Sickle.' Slok34lt Od —a 04
Milo rough..22a 0/ —a Od

DRNHALL MARKETS.
Comm.)
I Veal .... 2. IM to 3. Sd
Pork .... I. SA to 9i {d
hl to 2. 84.

PS, per Cwi.

■AW..

Kest .... 21 5. to 41 41
Sussex .... 2/ as 6. tr Pis
Essex .... 21 2s fis al es

COAL MARKET, Orroam Mo.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold Prke.

23 Newcastle
24 Sunderland
1 VI elsb Cunt

(From the London Next Price Crrmd.]

FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25.

COTTON —We have lately noticed a deckled improvement
in the Coitus market, and we have now to state an advance
of fol. to lA. on Esst India descriptions, and from rd. in
on the other qualities. The hrisk market has to.day
berm again animated by the inielligeure received from Li-
verpool: be purchases reported this week are en the most
raleasive scale, and generally at the improvement of
per lb. The sales io Landou by private couirset since
our la.t consist of

1,000 Pet mains 1144. • 11d. in hood.
250 Bowed it • ltd.
150 Madras
600 Surat, . bd. • 61.1.
1.200 Bengal .. did. • In.!.
By public sale this forenoon-
-495 bags New Orleans, lu hoed, middling to good, two lots
sold 9J. and 91d., Ilse whole thee wiihdrsoo.
305 bags Rossetti!, no hood. inferior to good fads, one lot 714.
She whole then withdrawn.
12 St. Vincent's, OP.; sold.
13 Grenada, sold, lqd.
SL'OA c—The prices of Illescovades advanced la. per rot.
ow Tuesday last, 'Wee which the lopes's/. oleos has brew
usaistalsw4, but there is little business doing.
Is Itefimil Goods there are few purchases to repast ; the
prices are about Is per cwt. lower, owing to the late fall in
Raw Sugars, and the heavy snarket.—Nolsrises are 30s. •
30s 6d.

In Foreign Sugars the purchases by private coairact have
berm considerable, about 1,200 chests, chitty yi Vow sod
I brown qiislities, which mat be both touted hither: gee/
yellow H h realised 285., mod our contract of htue Iv-
ported at 30s While Ilavammh and Brasil are snitaired
after. but the sales ►eported are aucunsiderabir.
(-egret —The public &siesta Coffee brought forward this
week me Inconsidershle, awl altogether consisting of oral.
nary rank and mixed parcels of the British Plautati tttt a ; the
whale have sold heavily at a farther reductiou of 2.. a 4s.
per cwt.; ordinary Jamaica 88s. a 93s , good ordiaary
945.• 98s. There have beru troy few parcels of fine ordi-
nary or middling lately brought forward ; the few which have
appeared have sold freely, fully supportiog the highest prices
lately realised.

There were no public gales of Coffee Ibis fore:loon. A
private contract reported excited some interest is She
market : it was stated, that • parcel, consisting of 200 casks
St. Domingo, ordinary to good ordinary, sold at 975. We
believe the statement to be perfectly correct, but the guar.
lily was only 60 casks. Taking into corsideratiou the low
rates of guard and line ordinary Jamaica, Pls. was • foll
price fur ordinary to good ordinary St. Domingo iu casks.
RUM, H , and HOLLANDS.—The holders ol Kim
have lately evinced • decided inclination to force sales;
parcel, have in eoaseque•ee been sold privately at le. 414.,
and one large contract of about 600 pantheons Leeward•
under proofs is reported at Is. 4d. The market may in con-
argeruce be stated heavy, and the prices a shade lower.

. .
There ire very feW Masi purchases of Brabdy lately, hat
the brat masks of Cognac any be purchased at 3a. Id , and
as the sew infer at 'etch low rates, the latter meet either so.
vases w tie old beeline to 'early the peke of His nee.
la Getters there Is outeieg doing.
TA t.Low.—Tbe peke of yellow mad!. Tallow admired
to 17.. no Teraday last ; mace which the imerovemeat
twee am Daly fully matetsieed, bet is several instasees yer.
terday Sta. Ad. was realised. Toeday lie market is no, quite
mu brisk. aid 47a. in the **mama prim. At Peter.bitegh the
quotatims lima rises from 110 so 120 rouble..

• Hinse.—The demised for Hemp, which has be.n bria,k
extensive, bas rather subsided; the nearest quutanuu in slay
is 39/. 10..

81Lc.—The ear at the fedi* Novae has goo, off eon-
siJerably higher they the prices of the lul sale. The poot
cellars, average, &e. will be vireo is our best.

Ttreaccet.—Tlee soma's are eoeetitereble, bet the per
thews continue toelmed lo small pared,. I;,r istred.ric
cusevatptsca ; the market te rectedirtgly erten.

SMUGGLING.

Treasory Chambers, October 2t, 1822
tO J. IV, BUCIII.S, RSQ. CHAIRMAN OF THE LON-

MITTIIR OF THR SHIP-OWNER.' ►OCIETY.
Sot—Having laid before the lords Commissioners silk.;
Majes Treasury your letter, dated the 16th ult. requesting,
as Chairmen of the Society of Shipowners, that the praetors
imposed (by t►e late Act foe the prevention of smuggling) on
the rasters or owners of retches* teasels, fur mire the
trims jack Is a signal, may for the present be suspended, 1
hive in coesnand to Strum you, for the soformstion of the
parties concerned, that as it appears the Lords of the Ad.
irally ore to objection that the operettas ut the Am, as far
as regards the hoisting alb. trios jock as a slava, should
not be put in Caere, au it relates to usetchest ships miring
truss beyond the Cape of Gerd Hope tad Cape Horn fur a
twelvessouth from the pawing of the Act ; and those totemic
from other foreign ports for six months, the ports of the
Channel sod North Sea excepted; their Lordships hare been
pleared to corer therein, and hate directed the Cronetates.
nit of Ike Customs to issue and rake public the o
orders accordingly.—l an, Re.
(Situd) GEO. HARRISON.

CAPE Of GOOD HOPE.

EXTRACT OF A LITTER PROW ALBANY DISTRICT,

DATED JULY 23.

" The vegetation of this district is likely to suffer. is tee.
seq of no rain having tines here fur a period of four-
teen or fifteen weeks. Vegetables, which always fetch aa
orhitant price here, will, I. all probability, be sti:l &ewer, sod
the absence of this very useful, wholesome, sod *enemy
article of food, will add to the disiress already casting is
the colony amoug the settlers. At the early part d,f tee
season the supply of vegetables which bad escaped the labels
wt. roasklerabfy below as avenge quantity, sad the drones
is likely to finish what She blight begaa.
la sire cases out of ten, it has bees found impossible is
'shit any material crops( wheat in this district. This ground
is PO strongly impregnated with sulphur and saltpetre, that
the seed is completely devoured. This has completely door
away with all enjoyment we could have derived from the sa-
lubrity of the climatic, as fluor is su cosset*, and so Dermasv
to the wants of t►e Eaglish settlers. Rice bis great plenty
here, sad has bees generally adopted as a substitute, bet its
quality ►ere is of a thin and very inferior descriptioa, sad
totally dedeical for the purposes for which it was isteadre.
The condition of the settlers iroutinnes miserable is abets.
tense, and the hardships undergone by them, are very great.
iVliat the (stare may be, it is impossible to my, bat very
little will put as end to the few prosperous peewees welisie
in view. It is hoped G eat will afford as posse relief,
otherwise the consequences will he dreadful to those, whom
no Industry can place above the ►each of want, sad shuns
most persevering efforts &wooly proved to be abortive.

hie boar: He di
property till about
NM the ear-rings
whom the Prisowei
to. Ow the girl
twined them. she
thew to her. Thi
olefin's a warrant I
when the box of
ham. were &pod.
The Prisoner, i
dl
.