The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-06 00:00:00

PIRATES.

Extract of a letter from the Supercargo of an American vessel,
dated Fernandina de Zagua (south side of Cubs), January 6,
1823 :

" We were boarded off Cape Crus by a large Patriot brig, who
treated us very politely, and informed us that he had spoken three
days before an elegant piratical brig, from Havanna, mounted with
twenty long 18-pounders, and manned by 2.50 men. She was
spoken off Cape Negri!, west end of Jamaica. The pirate bad a
white flag hoisted forehead and • red one aft. They sent their boat
with a white flag, to meet that of the Colombian brig's half-way,
where they conversed with each other for some time. The Captain
said he had been taken by the Enttlish four times, or rather his
vessels, for he had always escaped to the shore ; and his present
intention was, to cruise off Cape Negril in hopes of falling in with
some English vessel of war of equal force, and endeavour to sink
her—revenge being hie principal object. Fortunately we got into
port without meeting the pirate. The Captain of the Colombian
brig said he would have engaged her, but that his force was very
interim"

SINGULAR BAND OF INCENDIARIES.

A letter from Dresden, dated tire 22d of March, gives
the following strange account of a band of incendiaries
lately discovered in Saxony :—Since the autumn of last
year, down to last February, frequent fires have happened
during the night at Wiles-druf, three leaf ves from Dresden.
The King of Saxony, filled with humanity and zeal for
the welfare of his people, was as uneasy as afflicted at see-
ing, from his windows, such continual fires in that direo-
tion. Notwithstanding all the researches of the police,
these disastrous events still continued. It was remarked
that the incendiaries seemed to lave chosen, for the execu-
tion of their crime, eight o'clock in the evening, when tho
moon was not up, and that the flames burst out rather
later when it shined. ()n this occasion the band of incen-
diaries was not composed of men, but of an association of
women, under the guidance of a young lady, called Ste-
phanie, belonging to a very respectable family, occupied in
a tolerably productive commerce on the road from Meissen
to Dresden. But as Miss Stephanie did not find at home
sufficient to gratify her cupidity, she quitted it to engage
in a more lucrative branch of industry, and found it in
the above criminal enterprise. The police having en-
tered into the house of a countryman, seeking for the goods
that had been stolen during the last fire, found them on
the person of a servant-girl of the farm, which immediately
afterwards was found to be in flames. An involuntary
exclamation of the servant-maid put the police in possession
of the fact, and the girl then confessed the whole. The
female club, among whom were the two daughters of
a schoolmaster, who were acquainted with the manner of
forging passport, is at present in the custody of the Bailey
of Nossen, as the King means to take the whole expense
of the inquisition upon himself. Miss Stephanie, it is
said, persists in her disavowal; but it is thought that the
skilful and severe Bailey of Nossen will not fail to draw
from her the acknowledgement of her crime. It appears
that the principal instruments used to set the houses on fire
were fusses and other fire- rorks.—Journal des Debar.

The Spanish Government has just sold off' the whole of
the quicksilver on hand, from the mines of Almaden, to a
French mercantile house, deliverable in Seville at thirty-
eight dollars per quintal (about Is. 61. per lb.) The quan-
tity is about 11,000 quintals.
The Directors of the Colombian Agricultural Association
are making arrangements for sending to Colombia a num-
ber of Scotch and Irish emigrants, for whose comfort every
possible provision will be made.
On Thursday last a numerous meeting was held at Car-
lisle, at which a petition was agreed to for a revision of the
Corn Laws.

Saturday a Meeting of the Magistrates of Clanwilliam,
county Tipperary, was held at Tipperary, to take into
consideration the state of that Barony, with a view to apply
for the removal of the Insurrection Act. The rramea of
the Magistrates calling the meeting are—Sir John J. Fitz-
gerald, Edmond O'Ryan, James Scully, Richard &miller,
and William Massy, Esqrs.—Limerich Observer.
The post-office of Frankfort has tirade a new arrange-
ment, by which letters put into the post there will reach
Zurich in 49 hours (by way of ScafFbausen), and Milan in
five times hours, i.e. 48 hours earlier than at present.
The present Pope has one of the finest collections of
books in Europe. He has also a cabinet of Mosaics, some
admirable specimens of sculpture, and many rich relics of
antiquity.
The workmen are proceeding with geerat spirit in the
restoration of that fine specimen of pure Gothic architec-
ture. St. Saviour's Church, Southwark. In repairing the
choir, the workmen have discovered the remains of a mag-
nificent gothic screen, which it is the intention of the pa-
rishioners to restore.

A vacancy having taken place in the ollice of Chief Ckrk
of the Court of Requests no. the Borough of Southwark.
and the South and East hundred of Brixton, by the death
of Mr. Speck, a gmeral meeting of the Commissioners was
held on Monday to appoint a successor, when G. Drew,
Esq. of Bermondsey., was elected to till the situation.

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the case of Mr. Burnett, a colonist of some consequent.:
at the Cap^ o'.' t ;nod li 3re, whose ease has been before the
public, has now arrived in England, under a sentence of
tire years' bail:shment from that colony, and is endeavour-
ing to obtain redress from Ministers fur the harsh treatment
to which he has been subjected. Haying a suit at issue
inrolviwt property to the amount of 60,000 dollars, in
which Air. ISunttt was plaintiff, awl one Robert Hart
Court with a violation of(mana,ger of au estate belonging to the Governor, called
Sotnerset Farm) defendant, some occurrences took p:aeo
which led him to impugn the grounds on which certain
decisions to ;hat Court were trade. Mr. Burnett therefore
iti which lie charged
gave no publicity to this memorial,
jus-
ticeat‘i.(oh-esoi n et‘till'iceairn:liceib°arliriastlyo4 017 fit
11l ate'
oCmCct ni ss loners of Circuit. Mr.
nor era., he
; but merely for-
warded it to the.Covernor with a view of obtaining redress
in the only quarter where lie could with propriety look for
it. He was however found
eßhuarirre,tlt ou his trial with having, done ro
mentioned._Eue:i•te
guilty, an siihjirted to the
severe senteece before inentioned.—E4,„he ple,.

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