The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

DUELLING.
Oa Friday evening information was received at the Orme,
that Sir John Lowther Johnson, and Robert Read, Esq. were
going to fight n duel. bi consequence of which, Adkins and
Anthony were dispatched with a warrant to apprehend them.
On Saturday morning the °ricers took Sir John into cus-
tody, in Wiginore.street, and Mr Read, at the British Hetet,
and bronght them before Mr, thi•u• a, when it appeared
that Mr. Read lied snit n challenge to sir Sohn, on Thurs-
day, by Me!.w W. requesting Sir John 'ts is the time and
plate for 56011. The cause of the CIIONICOr was sot in•
vestipled.
Mr. Lorries, of the Temple, Sir Juha's solicitor, attended,
with Admiral Nuge.it,and Mr. Ogilvie, sable b.it, who were
admitted In 15t& each, and Sir John, is zwel. to keep the
peace for twelve months, mid to appear at the next Middlesex
Sessions after that lime, to savvier what shall be objected
against liiin. Mr. Read remained in custody for want of
bail.

111 r. Ail-ingest, the detente; Tax Co:lector, underwent ex.
mnisations un Tuesday, IYednesday, and Satin day, at the
St. James's Vestry Koos% before a full Huard of the Cosi-
nalssioners, *ben it appeared that be was winos upwards of
3.H,1. after taking possession of the money and property
fir. oil upon him at Truro. Niue of the Commiastimers
signed a *arrant of commitment, by virtue or the powers
vested in them by the Act of Parliament, and delivered Lon
into the custody of Prestos sod Adkins, tue Officers also
apprehended him. They conveyed him to Nevtgate, where
be praeured apartsmaitsigt the State side.

On Saturday morning., the Duke of YOU. left
town fur Windsor, to transact some military bust-
fleas with His MaJewry ; afterwards His lioiaL
I 1 II:11N Emil went to Oatlands t.) dinner. His ROYAL
HennaLsa is es:pected in town, this day, and to-
morrow he will hold a public day at his office in
the Horse Guards.

We are authorised to state, that the paragraph
which has appeared in all the papers, statiug. that
" on Friday last the KING.* household, iu the
1.011.0 Cu LSIBERLAIICS department, commenced
pat mug lip to last Christmas; and that although
there were three quarters in arrears, sizperue in the
pound was stopped, fur prompt payment r is a gru,,s
falsehood in Coto, and that legal nrraus are taken to
punish the author of this malicious libel. The
Lady-day Quarter has, fur sonic time, been in a
course of payment.
The Catharine, Fees, from London, is arrived
at Malta, after lauding off a French privateer.
The PhTbr, OcarroN, from Cork, is arrived in
the Downs, after beating off a French privateer,
on the 24th inst. near lleachey Head.
On Monday morninc,, about a quarter past eig!it
o'clock, was launched, in gallant style, from the
ship-yard of NI r.SThEstlieN, at Paul, ■ most beauti-
ful frigate, called the Otrton Glendon-cr.—We do
not hear of any accident having happened; and,
notwithstanding the early period of the morn-
ing, a numerous asser..hla:.ry of pertions from Hull,
and other parts of the surrounding country, were
present to view the gratifying sight. She is at pre-
sent moored in Paul Roads.

The London Sessios.s will commence at Guild-
hall this day ; those fur the County at Clerkenwell,
to-morrow ; and the Old Bailey Sessions nu Wed-
iiesday. Amongst the cases cf interest fur trial at
the latter, is the eliar;m sgainst a Indy of fortune
for robbing her servant maid.
Orders sere on Wednesday received for the 3d
and 4th Dragoons, stationed in Canterbury, to hold
themselves in readiness fur immediate embarkation
for Spain. Eight to pa from sad) of these re-
giments are made sii:rct to this order, and they
are to :arm the first heavy cavalry brigade' under
the command of Major-General PIYN E. The 3d
Regiment, it is expected, will commence its march
for embarkation et Portsmouth, in the ensuing
week, and the fourth will probably follow as %ono
as transports can be made ready for their reception.
The 14th and Hith Dragoons will embark for
Spain immediately nad transports having return-
ed from Spain and Portugal, another embarka-
tion of infantry, not less than 11,001) men, will
speedily take place. The remainder of the Guards
will at this time be sent oir ; and by • subsequent
embarkation, several battalions of the line front Ire-
land and this country. ,inure heavy cavalry and
Mott artillery will in the rural; time be shipped.

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IMPROVE .VENTS k LTERATIONS is the NARKS.
Since th• appointment ot Illydat7 to be Ranger oftL
Parks, bin freedeliip hut hem imiefatigable in his remain-ill
to ilia::: arraileineuts for the good ;oreniusesat and imp, ewe-
meat of the Parks. The large eittent of grimed, fr +to the
Parade to the Prince of Waliet !t,atiles, 'used to he ocettpted
in Said:lye by young wen, woniefl,' boys, had girls, amusing
theitiselvia witl. ramie runes and revels, WI it beraine such
a scene of riot mad disorder, that his Lord.h.p, soon lifter he
C3eSe into llifiCe, tattled feat of them to he apprehended,
which put a stop :o the practice. The spot of ti un ..1, in a
trianrahr form, at the back of the Prince of Wales's Si m,
by the sale 'of New street, SpelurCarilens, to the point here
the great gun is, has fur a Nag titue been in a v•.% lia.t
state. In the Sommer iiesanu it is inertly a recuptacht foe
idle burl, and others, going to sleep on it; and in the %Vie-
ter it is in such a eumide elate, that it is read-ied impass-
able. It is maw uinkrgoirig corsiderable baptist. ; it
is roamed with young tives, so arranged, as when they are
in leaf to for.. a must delightful grove, which will have a
incasing effect, and add conindarslity to the beauty of that
yr.at of the Park. la the Greco Park, a very large pantiou
of the wall in Piccadilly, in euutimiutiou frogs that part close
to the Basin, toward. Hyde Park Cons v, is now hikingdown,
down, sad true rails am to be pat up. This improvement,
we uuderstand, is not et the pelthe expense, but at Sir James
Pulteney's, the Secretary at War whose haute is opposite
the spat ; who, it is understood, like all others who enjoy a
similar convenience, has coined into an agraemeet to :Keep
the rails, Ite. is repair.

As Imam/ was takes us Saturday before Mr. flltaltees
Coroner fur London, at the hoes. of Mr Newman, on the
body of Richard Neighbour, a capied cuevict, who poisoned
himself on Thursday eremite, in Neu-gate. At about eleven
o'clock an alarm was given from the pi ieoures cell, by mother
couriet of the name of Badeuek, who had been put la with
Neighbour to keep up his spirits; tad on Ci.irk rind Satero
two of Mr. Neivisinu'a ions repairing thither, they foetid the
deceased violently adlicted with v,oliitang and pargiag. Mr.
Box, a surgeon res:diug in Imii;:ite.rtreirt, attmoad, end he
ascertained, that he ha.: taken a ilitantts of arsenic.
Uu his *Kiva, the man hail ceased vosnitieg The Stress*
administered au emetic, and inure of the sneak was throw%
tip Ile asked the &eras. d how he proenred the poem..
but he deeliord answering the oneatio n. Or el111111110‘..: the
body the next day, part of his stomach won rates sway.
Mr Box was positive it was the arsenic which caused death.
It appeared by the testimony of other persona, that, et anw
o'clock, a pit.. of warm beer, with some is is it, had bee*
given to him Ity his desire, Mut which he ha/ poi the arsenic.
part of the powder having been found is the bottom of the
put. It could not be ascertained by what means the &merle
YON procured. The di:teased bad bee. haforroed, a Write-
rierolay evening, that be was left for eitecntkius when hit fur-
lihole failed bias, Dad Badeock As pit W hot call Me eased
hie spirits. He asked of one of the keepers, whu cop left
with him, after Somme Boa bad &parted. to place blahs./ -
higher, and foe some cold water, a pint of which he areako
and istunediatele expired--Verdict Self Marder. The dais
ceased will be buried in the ernes-road at the emu, et' the
Old Beiley, tab day.
SKREVIIIIIYRY.CASTLP.--At, thy venerable alai
pleasant residence of the late Sir Wittiest PULTes
NLI, it large number of '• Proud Salapialiti. nete
regaled on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
with three hogsheads of British Irown Stmt, be-
longing to the late atethy patron. he friends of
the great Mailitamus cause were invited at the ex.
press rcepiesit and desire of Sir Ttfult4s Jorttr,
Bart. the present worthy representative, and exe.
cutor to the htte Countess of BATH. Universal
mirth end hartnoily enntrilintrrl iu tin small degree
to the gaiety and testisity of the occasion.
Gen. BLAKE, it is dated, eetiek/1110. was at
Agitilaa, and the advancist corps of litaiseasy
pied the strong pass in the mountimi, seer Cap.
less; and that Marshy! Net was at Arcing at the
same date, menacing St. Andir:o ; while a. corps of
Asturinns were in their momitaius near •i.ran.
The lati.sc advice,. frost Gen.,na laDareof rho
at which time heart of his army lied advancedonly
to the distance of three days' march frets Cot•uainit.
General Moons. ia said to have experienced innu-
rnershle ilifricultir on his march. haviiig been
dreatlfitll2.- impetled and weakened by the tool reads,
the torrents of rain, and the loss of writ and horses,
A Gentleman, at Bath, has received a lc-
ter from an Officer on board his NlaJcsse's %sip
Itrnotch, at Gibraltar, staling that four French
frigates had got out of Toulon, and two of
them hail been sunk ofT Genoa by an Eoglish
uf-battle ship, supposed to be the Terrible.
About 700 daggers of curious workmanship were
lately found in pnssecsion of the ['retie:. pri•on•rs,
in Norman Cross. Tiie pii<onera innout.t to 7000.
A letter from Rio Jatimm, dated the 6 h et Sep.
tetuirer, states, that the Marlboroeg/i, Commodore
GRAHAM Moose, and FOlidrayaat, Captain
CIiARLES SCUOM11`.:110, lied jo-t returned flout a
cruise of three mouths off LAI Plata; (hiring which
they destroyed the French corvette Ccasyfaiims,
close in with Maldosiuda. She hail ',sought do,.
patches front BON APA RTR, at llayouric, to General
Using+, Viceroy at haute Video. wh ch eke had
landed before the boats of the illarThortasgh and
Fendroyarst got up with her. She way totally de-
stroyed,

The Board of Excise have addressed a circular
to the 06i.ere iii the country, which state, that the
Safes of all cattle, ahleh are really part of the stock,
whether bred or porelusseri, Ave exempt from the
auction duty, when made upon the firm.
The Gareqe of Sot orday night contains an Order
in Council. forbidding all persona, raeept the
Master General of the Ordnance, for the space of
six months, from the 6th December next, to ex-
port from this kingdom, or carry coastwise, soy
gunpowder or saltpetre, or any sort of arms or
ammunition, without leave obtained from His MA-
JESTY, or his Privy Council, upon pain of mem.
ring the Penalties. hailed by all Act pursed in the
39th year of Ili% late MAJESTY'S reign.
During the late high tides, otf the Coast of Sus-
snx, at Eastbourn, the kitchens belonging to meters)
houses by the water-side were tilled with water
from twelve to eighteen inches deep, which drove
in, wit's irresistilde force, at the back doors, and
nut of the front. lu many instaines the depth of
the dater in the cellars was seven feet. The large
rocks, which are fixed opposite the houses, to se-
parate the beach from the hard ground, were com-
pletely forced from their place... S6veral, from one
to three hundred weight, were forced many feet
along the ground ! and many of 'metier awes, as
well as the chalk which the large rock* were laid
on, were scattered about in all directions. A great
part of the front of the coistran-ii,at watch-house
was washed away. Perensey Level was nimoat en-
tirely overflowed; had
.it been high-water in time
night instead of day, the whale of the stork, of
every description, most inevitably have been lost.
Through 0:2 traietv and praiseworthy exertions of
the farmers id the mighbouthood, a few sheep only
were drowned.