The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-07 00:00:00

4^ A F L I VTELLIGEINCE.

IPURTIINUCTII. JAN. 5.
An well the Braun. Capt. Shephearvl, Irani Ca-
dig and Fathomed'.
Sat!al the toolgyinek, or 18 guns, Capt. Skinner,
on a g•riiise.
Ihe /As. of 50 gusts, is to convoy the troops
Eery, whicti arrived from Mar.liatv.. 'Their delay, it
iv void, hav been occasional lay the -arrival of
the liaries brionging to the Guards ; but General
Sherloooke, on Inv arrival, gave waves that no Of-
ter should take more hag4age with him than he
would undertake to carry I serif ; and that no VrO•
THAI' 311041111 tae allowed to et:comp:toy the troops,
that was not able and capable of bearing great

CLERKENWELL SESSIONS.

• fritamt. Ms. 6. ,
Tfiflians Mayitortar also had lived upwards of
•fourteen years, front hid childhood. with the late
.Mrs. Carr, at Hampton-Court, until •her death,
• was indicted for an assault ,on Hobert Hartwell, a
private soldier iu the (intro,, ou %ht. night of the
seventh of August last.
The Prosecutor swore, that being centinel ow
gnarl in St. James's poi k, neer the palace, on the
above night, the Prisoner passeJ hint about the hour
of half past Moe, and asked him whether the
Spring-Garden ;Ile wits still open? *r. which he an-
swered lie did not know ; that in about an hour
•alter he L.:tine ley in e puny with another man ;
that they pa,tetl near his eeiiiry-box, and the Pri-
tamer came up to lii o. hegiut to take improper
libertisni with him. mum which he inamediately
seised him, and. ebbing fur aoisitatice, lodged him
in the guard-Iscese. for the night, whence fic war
taken the nest morning before a Mogistmte.
Two other milli:era swore to their assistbig iu se-
curing the Prisolier:
Ta rebut this charge, a matt of the name of
Ni'rittld, and Ins wife. swore that the Prisoner was
at their house, beyond ‘Vessuiings r-bridge, on that
night, which he left so late es ten *Monte* before
ten o'clock, in c s mashy with smother ; they were
the more particular as to the hour, het ause thee
were afraid they would he too late to pies: through
the park, through which their way lay ; they also
gave him an unexceptimelde character.
John F.lliwu, it *errata, living in Dour-street.
Piccadilly, was iu compauy with the Prisoner, on
the above night, at Wright's 61111.4 'amid of
being late at his matv.er 14 the ; anal he went
for shortness into the Park, at the Treasury. in or-
der to pleat out at toe palace in passing the Horse.
Guards, the trumpets were soauding forte's o'clisek ;
a. they cattle near the police, he stopped fora ;weer-
miry occasion, the l'risoner walking on ; be Hollow-
ed, and not obi-staking his companion,. he went
home, supposing; he lied walked too fast for him.
and hearth nsthi a inure till nest looming, alien
he was astonished at ltearit:g of his beta); its
rac-
tatty ; he gave him a gaol char isles, front his
knowledge of him for a tiutulter of year..
A great nitatlscr of aituesses, tradesmen and
upper-servants, resident at Hamilton-Court, and
who had known the Prisoner during the whole of
• Isis residence there, all testified his extraordinary
good conduct during the whole period ; • our fa
: tale aervaut said he Was remarkably attached to
the society orate ladies.
The Jury, with the decided concarrencc of the
I.earisesl t IlAtatlAx. lestaatly salaam! the Pro.
t otter of the charge.
.t hackney coachman, of the name of bleglS• was
trinritled of knocking downs poor Jew cast•elotheo
mats, called Meyers, without provocation.
le wits seuteuceil to be confined for a week.

COURT OF SESSION. GLASGOW.

INtiVRANCE.

stusr.tao V. Mani. &c.
This was a ruse of insurance on a vessel, which
or Diu lie I ii. the Admiralty Court, and Is of eons
side:Join. importance to underwriters. 'flue facts
emitiected wit,) it are lei follow :
Julio dastard, inerehant in Montrose, was pro-
prietor of a brig ealled the Onto., which in an-
taunt, lest*, was freighted for .11essrs. Sortie and
Cu. News:4ll4le, Waal Mead Crow. the masts r, for
a voyage out to ti►utock and back agaia N ‘A.
castle. 'Hie wawa arrived at her destined port on
the Ist of December. 1009. and, on the 9th of• that
month, the ina..ter wrote the owner-as fellows:—
" I arrived here on the let instant, wadi now I am
clear tOr to go out to the roodi u tale io the lat-
ter port of my cargo. . I have got ell the dispatch
here that pronahly lay in Cod,. power, as the fraat is
wAting in very fast. But it has cost a great deal
of expenses. as the vessel had to be lightened in
that roads, a..,1 I was afraid, after I got into the
harbour, to -,.;0 up to the tow ; nod I see now, if 1
lead gone u.i, that II slionlil hate hem froze in, os
we have had mooch ado to get up with a Isoat this
day. to clear with the to rclimit. But lam still
in good hole► of getting home lwfore the frost sets
ua very hard,. I think I will load shoat 30 I tit of
pease. thirteen sod a half qoarters to one last....
There are no oats to be got here at preseut. and US
the ►ea:an of the year would Dot allow me to stay
am longer, I thaught it was the best way for me
not to delay in loading. for an the diaereuee it
would nuke is the freight. I have sent you the
Snit bill of exchange upon Mr. Serbia of N ett-
ends, *last I think. is a very good mail, and is the
freig,iter of the vessal. I have nu other particu-
lars to *whom you of."
This letter was received by the owner of the ves-
sel on the 3uaia December, and on the oth January
tiillowirtz, being 14 days after, lie applied to Mr.
David Hill. of Montrose, agent for Mr. James
Scott, iusuratiee-broker at Ditiolee, to procure io-
tuirauce on the reseal Xo the anioasot-of 1.5n4 which
was accordingly effected upon Jo :11 Atrils. jun.
merchant, Montrose. fur Wad, ; anal Thomas
Mitchell, men-haat, in Dundee, for 4111; at *even
guineas per cent. At the mule time, Mr. Mae-
t►rd, the owner of the vessel, applied to Mt. Hill
to procure the insurance, he militated him the above
letter front Crow, the master. Neither the ori-
Wind, nor a copy of it, however, was transmitted
to the iiisoiers—the following letter only having
been addressed by Mr. Hill to Mr. Scott, his con-
, stitneut
o I wrote volt on the 7th current, Dud have now
to request that you would get insored, in essone and
fur account of Mr. John Mustard, norvcha►it here,
14101. sterli,ig on die brigantine thrion. of this
plater, David Crow, master. at and from Rostock
to Newesustle-isposi-Tyne. Mr. Mustard has a let-
ter front Mr. Crow, of time Pith ult., from Itortock.
at which time he oils loading his cargo for New-
castle, and would +ail en soon as he voila ; but the
frost was seri very hard ; ro much to, that it
was with ul:y he could get ou shore with his
low; and from the vowel nut hying iss the Snood
List, whir', is down to the tipth, iyhs neon• than imp-
halite she will lie detained all sinter. Let the above
sum he dune at at moderate a pr.luinsu as you can.
and.seail the Kilo., as illoaol."
fart:wr advice than what Crow, the mietter's
letter. toc;;tiabood. was roweirt.d ol• the em 2~1. until
the arrival of the next Halutourgh Mail, the hens