The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

PILICE.

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Three ruler men, et the ore, a of CeMier,Cuaderllmid, sad
Nixon, were put to ego bar. •It 11pp...tried that Cowley bad
Wu porter to reveral tradeeseu h the City, sod whim be
got • lueowledge of the people they traded wetly be' Wee
some ese.e to haws their sits via, basis, talseasod blomolf•
of the smoner they gam orders : be thee, assisted by the
other Iwo Prisoarra, issued orders : this traffic had
boar cairsyhte on since Direother leo% and was tut de-
bated Wit • few days ago, *lieu he delivered an order to
Mfr. Aptitudes, purporting to la. from Mr. Cook, fur a
parcel of marble, paper, and they, nut having • sulficirot
quantity In answer she order, gar the Prisoner, Co. ley, only
a pal, sod sent the remainder neat day to Mr. Cook's,
when the disearrry was made. Cowley always delivered
the order:vitiator* There were wed lees than twenty trades-
men ollipprereil to prosecute, they being swindled au of
property • coodderable arhumut.
The Primate, Cowley, being railed or he his defame, mid
he could prove that he war not to Imakir whew the orders
were rad to he delivered ; hot be Merger& acknowledged
I hat her had presented NMe of them, and reteind the goods.
and that the Ps is.nre, Cumberland, wrote the orders at la
rrgrivst.
The Line M•Yeist rums:hilted Cowley for trial, and
remanded Om *MN two P 1410.04 fur further swami.
patios.

The Merope sloop of oar is arrived *kb a mail
from the Leeward Islands. She h•s brought home
the crew of th- Priseeeu 'levees packet, lately
*recited off St. Thoma,'..

Virginia Pieper.' to the 2tith last have been nicety.
eel in towb, but their coincide are not isportaat.
The cusuitry looked anxiously to the approaching
Asaenshly of Congress, by which the future relations
of the Republic with the Belligerent Powers was to
be decided. We understai.d, from very respectshli
authority, that it has been determined by Mr Ma.
aleirv's-lifinisters not to reveke the Orden, in Casio.
ail; and if such ba their resolution, it will not be
difficult to anticipate the result.
The moments inteisded to reinforce Lord Wm..
Lieu eons army *reenlist their quarters, nor is any
further preperstinas made for their emits. king.
Pruitt( letters from Lisboa, heought by thairsirt.
nem Elisabeth packet, nate, that the French oral
oror Setstarens had discovered buricill 'fader ground
a large depot of barley and when, which they had
dui up awl apropriated to their own use. It was
understood in Lord Witudits aeon's army, that SIA4.
'RYA had sat received •..y reinforceinentis to the
13th iust. but oar army was plentifully 'applied
with every necessary ; and it WWI supposed in the
army, that Lord stl.;sorow.liodiug he could
not make en itopressimi on Ss/aliens, was about to
return to his impregnable lines. which he had left
some time since, as the rainy reason had set in, sod
the roads were innuelated. Our troop. were, never-
th/le,s, very healthy, and the sick Int comparatively
sin ill, considering the various troops that compose
the British army.
The ...Bowing light transports arrived at Ply.
mouth on Monday morning, Eras Lisbon, under
convoy of the Romulus. viz. Lady Shore, London,
Harriet, Ralph Nicholson, Harmony, Freeliwei
Rolla, Simpson, Aaocreois, Perseverance, Aliza-
beth, and Aife„ fur the purpose of takiug in de,
goons to carry to Portugal. The remainder of the
fleet passed by Plymouth up Channel, under con-
voy of the Eli:obeth, of 74 guns: they were 14
days on their passage, and bring no news.
Two men, charged with being Threshers, were
last week escorted to this town, and lodged in the
county gaol. They are said to have committed the
rarefied of which they are accused in the neigh-
bourhood of Mount Bellew.—(tyahoey Chron.)
At Dover serious apprehensions are entertained
that much more of the Cliff will fall. But the last
fall has fortunately done but little damage, as it
consisted principally of loose earth from the top.—
The Cliff has absorbed so much wet, that sc 'reedy
a day passes without a fall. There have been seven
between Dover and Folkestone. Parts of the Low
Cliffs have also given way. and fallen into the sea
between Folkestone and Sandgate.
On Saturday evening last, at about Cie o'clock.
a man of genteel appearance ciPed at the house of
Mr. CATIOID. Batitelell Buildings. to solicit do.
nations for a family of five children in distress ;
and exhibited a Petition, to which were affixed, as
subscribers, the names of several respectable per-
sons known to Mr. C. ; hut upon going out of
the house the villain contrived to steal a new het
which was in the passage, with which he decamped,
though closely pursue,).—lt is hoped this will ope.
rate as a caution, to guard against such unsuspect-
ed end specious. tropoetors.
On se'imight a fire Lusk, out at the
Palace, Abevgwilly, Carmarthenshire, about six
o'clock. It was fortunately very soon discovered,
and was speedily extinguished by the prompt and
effectual exertions of the servants of the house, and
of the inhabitants of Abergwilly ...a its neighbour-
hood. The lire was confined to one bed-room.
where it seems to have been occasioned by some
linen being placed too near the fire-place.
On Monday last, one of the quarrymen at Ply-
mouth having retired sit the usual distance to wait
the explo.ion of a rock, a stone weighing shout 301 b.
rime with immense force against his breast, which
killed him instantaneously.—A Coroner's inquest
was In-1.1 on the body, and a verd.ct brought to of
Accidental Death.

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moo km mammy MT, one (11 tne quarrymen at Fly- Norwich Corn Market, on Saturday, was but
ON. mouth haring retired ot the usual (balance to watt thinly attended, and link bo.iness transacted. l•
Seen the 'multi:ion of • rock, a stone weighing shout 301 b. the price of Wheat there was no alteration, selling
hree rime with immense force avian his breast, which from 41s. to 42% and a few very prime samples
t his killed him instauteneously.—A Coroner's inquest worth a little mere. Barley was again lowa,. sod
mtly was h(1.1 on ,he body, sad a verd.ct brought to of did not go more than 16% HMOS lOC to 20v.
Accidental death. 6d, and Oats 14s. to US. pet comb.