The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

POIIIII3IOI.ITH, fainsuata 16.
Arrived the Tartar, Nun the Downs, fur Mises; ■nd the
Tiber, from a cruise.
Petard np Channel the Layton, Taylor, from Beep!, out
nearly six 'mouths: the paaseaaera leaded hero-
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• !FALMOUTH, IMPTILMIMER 14.
Arrived the William Pena, Brown, from London fur St.
Andrew's, wills loss of her foremast; and Qoeriishery packet,
with mails from New York, sailed 6th August, and fruits
Manful 20th August.
• istrotet, ItIPTHMOTM 16.
Arrived the thmeu Elitabetit, Antos, from the Caps of
Good Hope.
LIVERPOOL, swrsrmitta 15.
Arrived the F.Nil of Buckinghamshire, Johnson, from
Bombay--saileil 17th May. lilt at Ifornhay the Hoi 1111 l r-
ah', Gasps', y'4. ships Canning, Thomas Cowie, Marquis
Heady, Doke of York, sad private ship Melpomene,
Vlllllollsl, Win Loudon.
Also arrived the Lord Wellington, Gem Prioee Edward's
WAROATE, IMPTIRMUFIII 16.
Arrived off this poet the Yawns, Il.aiu, foam Jamaica for
Loodoo. .-

nut., aItIrTIVIOVII 16
Arrived aid tabled for the River, she Lord NeWilt, An-
sienna, frvisi Si. Ki ; Geurfre, White, hum Seville;
Denham, frame ; %Town, Rattle, from Petervhiircli,
fur Cadia ; Alert, Helm, (rum Mutt-dad, fur St Thomas's;
the latter remain..

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Came downs from the RIM' sad sailed, the Thalia, 11. r-
bett, fur Bestial.
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Arrived the Chance, Mentor, from P tershiireh ; Msry,
Depose, from Antitrust ; Amason, Everard, null Surety,
Brady, from Artbaneel ; Young, . (ruin Ad rim ;
Lady Stserhooialt, Reed, from SI. Vieteent's ; [Lima, Smith,
(runs Quit ;. Metcalf, 4141111111. from CAleu tie ; Litislonya.
Turner. m 411C11011 Aires; Ailienec, FIN'. r, f Prince
Edward's kin ; and Ilyncioth, Martin, from Ilts•Vuirriier.
Sailed the Iris;illeibert, for Bombay, Ste. ; Northnta-
brian, Lawson, fur :Wares, dre. ; Thomas, Corsifuot, for
the Cape of Gum' Hope; Thar's, Prck, fur Gruom, &c.;
Dilikrnce, Owitit, for Dublin ; Jung, *err, D. 1111341111,
fur Havre ; Joseph and Jane, French, fur F.iri“eur ; !Myr-
/dung, Fialayson, for Stettin ; and Csthatina, Esibere,•fur

OF letters received in town yesterday morning it
is stated, that the weavers of Chorley have all struck
fur an advance of wages. Front Preston we also
learn, that large nuinhille of the same class of
workmen hill continue tiliuld out, and that parties
of them were parading the streets. Deputies from
tlwir body had been sent into the adjoi ll ii ig towns
and villages, to nuttiest others to follow their
example.--( Times.)
On Thursday week, an illegal still was seized by
Mr. Gs/MAN, the supervisor, and Messrs. Hew-
CASTLR and JENKINS, OffiCril of Exci-e, at Bolden
Water Mill, a lonely place, between Newcastle and
Sunderland, occupied by • person mimed CARR.
The officers found in the mill about 15 gallons of
°retina& whiskey, upwards of 30 gallons of tun-
hisses, and 150 of wuh. This work 11}1,1 been go-
ing on about three mouths, and was clipable.of
producing fifty gallons of spirits • week., The
operators were CARR and two Isiah smugglers.
The articles seized were lodged in the Excise
Office in Newcastle, and all the parties concerned
will he prosecuted. l'lwy had dieposed of a load
of whiskey in that town the day before.
On Sunday se'imight„ a youth, son of Mr.
CHAMBERS, of Sturton, oear Reifurd, riling on a
pony from home to Lound Feast, upon nearly
reaching the hitter place, the animal snorted at foil
speed, when he slipped from his seat. hanging iu
one of the stirrup'', and was unfortunately k sled.
On Werltiesday last an inodipition was held
before G. B. WHITE, Gent. Cur her for the town
of Cambridge, on view of the body or CHARLES
Kay, a lad fourteen years of age (servant to Mr.
THOMAS NUTTER), who haul been playing and
swinging in a jack towel hanging in the kitchen,
when accidentally he got his nick so entangled as
to be unable to extricate himself, mid in ten minutes
was round dead. Verdict—Acchkatal Death.

At the general gaol delivery at Castletoon, Isla
of Munn, osi IYt.!t.e►dav last, Robert ✓ul+atlan,
for forging notes on the pack of England, pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen years trans.
portation.-..--Juh• Waterton and James Christian
for sheep-stealing, and- John Miller, for a rape,
prayed that they might be permitted to abjure the
Island without trial, which was granted.
Boasmaatt.—The house of FEARNBT CUTLER,
Esq. Al•leuhurg-row, King's-road, was broken Into
on Wednesday night, and plate, &c. to the amount
of nearly • hundred pounds stolen. The house
was left in the cue of a female servant duping the
tetnporary absence of the family, and from general
appearances the robbery must have been committed
by some one wall acquainted with the interior of
the house.

A true Bill season %refine Ada! found by the Grand
Jury for the County of Middlesex, against the Rev.
W. F. Platt, P. ltenvoi,e. S. T. Strutwant, J. 13.
Muvin, Stephen Witherden, Won. Bragg. J. G.
Greenwood, and S. Acres, the younger, all of the
parish of St. Matthew, Bethrial-green, for a con-
spiracy to defraud the poor-rate funds of that
parish. in passiog the accounts of Mr. Mercetois
(who, it will be recollected, was convicted s short
lime since for a fraud on the parish), and thereby
enabling that gentleman to packet no less a sera
than 9001. and upwards out of the poor-rates, fcr
his own private purpose in paying his solicitor's bills
for defending certain prosecutions which bad been
instituted against him.