The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

ATTEMPT AT SHIP ROBBERY.

Yesterday morning, about the hour of two o'clock, a man,
who says his name is John Magee, was discovered iu the
cabin of the ship Neptune, of Wexford, now lying at
Sir Julio Itogersoo's-quay. As Mathew M'Cann, Captain
of the Neptune, lay iu bed, he Paw Magee leaning over
his bedside, soil then moved off towards a shelf, where
Mr. 111Casiu's watch and other properly lay ; but on Magee's
discovering that M.. *Cann was awake, be endeavoured to
make his escape, but he was so closely pursued by Stinson,
that lie apprehended him guise up the cabin stair., and
brought bins so Ibis offic., where iuformations were lodged
against him before Sir G. Neville, who committed hiss to
Nes:gale, to take his trial at the next silting of the Quarter
Semi's'''. When brought to this office be was recogunsed as
• notorious bad ebaracter,lwlso bas beeu frequently charged
with similar outrages.
Oss Thursday night last, in consrq f a robbery eons-
misted • few nights previous is the garden of Lady Cecilia
Latoucke. in Leeson-street, Mr. Goodisou, chief peace slicer
of thus oaks, dispatched two pertain of ,be watch patrol to
Lady Ceeilia's premises, whets they concealed themselves in
the garden, awl about throe o'clock un Friday monolog
they perceived two fellows on Ike roof of Mr. fferkattl
fray's house, which is neat door to Lady Cecilia's; the fel-
lows were in the set of stripping the elates off Serjeaut
Lefroy's WOK, Wattling to make their entry through the
roof, and rob the boom Otte of the patrol pee the alarm;

The phenomenon of the Harvest Moon is owiar to the
peculiar ascent of the ecliptic, as may be discovered by
/w►wing a globe. Some signs ascend rapidly and obliquely:
others slowly and almost perpendicularly, and it is while
the full moon is in the forme► that the Harvest Moon takes
place. According to the greater or less iodisation of the
ecliptic to the horizon, so a greater ur lees degree of motion
of the globe, about its axis, will be necearaiy to cause the
same arch of the ecliptic to pees through the horizon ; eon.
sequeuily the time of its passage will be greeter ur less in the
same proportion ; but ibis will he best illustrated by as ex-
ample —Thee. fore, suppose the sun in the emus/ equinox,
rectify the globe for the latitude of Lundou and the place of
the sun ; then bring the retool, equinox, ur suit's plate, to
the western edge of the horizon, and the hour hides will
point precisely to VI ; at which time we will also suppose
the moon to be in the autumnal • quint's, and consequently
at full, and rising ixactly at the time of sass-set. But on
the following day, the son, being advanced scarcely one
degree is Ilse ecliptic, will set again very nearly al the sere•
llamas before; but the moon will, at ■ mean tate, in the
space of one day pass over nearly 13 degrees in her orbit ;
and Myriam', when idle still Nis is the eveuiug after the
equinox, the Won will be be ow the borizou; and the
globe most be turned about till 13 degrees of Libre come up
to the edge of the Wrists* ; and then the index will puiut
to 7 b. 16 m. the time of the moon's rising, which is an boor
and a quarter after situ-set. The next Jay following there
will be two hours and a half; and so on suecessivily, with
an increase of one hour and • quarter of darkness each
MOO respectively, at this season of the year; all owing to
the very great angle which the ecliptic then brakes with the
'whim at the time of the moon's riaag. Ho the other
baud, suppose the sun in the institainal equities:, or be.
ginuing of Libra, and the moon opposite to it in the mo-
unt equinox; then the globe, rectified as before, loieg
turned about the sum's place comes to the western idge
of the horizon, the lode,: will point to VI, for the time of
the Petting of the sun and the consequent mom of t►e fall
moos on that equissoctial day. Os the following day the
sun will set nearly at the same time; bat the moon being
advanced, in the 24 hunts, 13 degrees in the ecliptic (o■
which some black patches, or wafers, at that distance from
each other should previously be plaeed), the globe must be
tu•itetl aboot till that arch shall mimed to Ike horizon;
which motion of the globe wi I be hot little, since the
ecliptic now makes • very small angle with the horizon, as is
evident by the index that will point to 6 h. 17 w. fur the
time of the moon's rising on Hie second day, which is about
a ovular of en hour after sou-set. The third day, the moon
will rise within half au hour; on the fourth, within three
quarter.; end so ou ; so that it will be nearly • week before
the nights will be even a single bone without
lion; ■nd in higher latitudes the differeece will be still
greater, as oar juvenile readers may easily and by varying
Me ease un the globe, in the practice of this interesting
problem: such exercises mingle imprusemeut with pleasure.
The present harvest moult has, during its progress, bees
for several evenings au beneficial, that,
" Conscious Swains, rejoicing in the sight,
Eyed the blue vault, sail blessed the meal light."

The term Harvest is, we believe, derirril front a Ssxon
appellation, signifying Here Fe•st,ar Feast of Me Fruits o/
RortA; a eireonisiawie that. of itself, affords • "'nail'
that sit Bozos aneeston gave a treat to Ike nape,* of their
tore. That the conclusion of harvest in ibe Holy Laid,
where it eonesseseed in Mirth asnl ended in May, was • era-
ses of gladness, we have the testimony a (slink who says,

IA DI.I.

A more correct idea may be formed from the an-
hexed leiter+ th.on froth any account yet published,
of the drgrre in which the Britit.lt force Puttered in
the late txpedition against the Arai, tribe of Licht
800 Alt:—

Camp near Zaa, coast of Arabia, Feb. 23, 1111t1.
We arrived here uu the 29th ult., and have been delayed
ever sitter, in couterq fan insufficiency of carriage.
However, the !meant of Mlasest (who is now here) hart sup.
plied us with 1,000 cameos, and we move to morrow rowel-
ing. Our fume consists of the eStli regiment. llssmbry Euro-
pean regiment, I.t battalion 2.1 regimesti, Ist battalion 2,h
regtesriii, tlauk battalion; one troop of hone artillery, SO
foot artillery, and ogle company of pioneers. 8e..,800 Ali
is about fitly miles iu the interior. On the 10 It instae.s,
about midnight, from 400 to bOlt of thee" Beni 800 Alt f. 1.
lost• came suddenly tiu the picket on the left of the u..e
(where the European regiment, and Ist A...statism 21 re:s.
mint, were), rut it up, mid mitered the lines awns.) in film; ;
killed one officer, Captain Parr; nine European•, and three
Sepal"; wounded duet offices', Colonel Cox, Leo". Bum.
and %limitless; 20 European., and erten Sepals. We w• •r
pitched in a .traggling mausser, sod could have no ide • .4
these fellows COMIUX .0 far to pay us a rm., r tposcirperrol y
were sot prepared, or ;burls can the alert. 'f!..• p eh's;
nut even loaded. The eanausson, as you mat w• II inter....,
was dr.sdful. The Arabi were its the lines before ts,e WA*.
alum was given. They cnt down the teat., and 'spears sl
and harked •t the men, while so aituated, in a hurr:d
elm The of were wasuded between Hu it own Isar' a., • I
the mum's. On merit'', the Aruba I. ft behind them twel.e
killed and twenty-fire wounded. Since this, we have low II
very murk on the alert. These Arabs are a fine ►rave me,
of men, and particularly deale with the sword. The way
our people ate cut and mantled n astotsishiag. Irmo hate
their heads split down to the neck tinsel should. r. They use
straight double-rered swords a. sharp as razors. The eff, ct
of such a weapon in the Lauds of a 141briular Arab, is, I ear
assure you, sweeping.

VON RAY, APRIL 10.
Ky last to you was dated Zaa the day pre►ious Iu our
anartb. We reached Bea 800 Hassan, about t miles from
Beal 800 Ali„ tio theist of March, and laresied ems agairivt the
hurt plae• as the 2,1, ttavi•t oar heavy goes •od camp
equipage so der • Mono guard. In sousing rased the pit s
we were geed upon, which occasioned do • few e.as•liiea.
Whilst the General was sociiatioitring, a lowly of Arabs wee e
observed to leave the fort i iin which tba line mole a ow.. -
•seas to the left, and our brigade (06th rect. and 1.1 battalion
7th regime•[ Bombay Noire lafaatry) ad►suesd su a 'QIN).