The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-08 00:00:00

GUERNSEY, .11.KE 3.

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This day was executed, purment to hie motile..
RoLert ;;rilsvw, nlia* James Wood, a priiateni-llus
Royal Volk Raw,-ers. On Sunday. the 13th of
May, he entered the hon.,: of Michael Perrin, is the
Vale parith, witl. an intention to plunder : met-tic;
a defenceless woutau, of 73 years ol age, piousty en.
gliged in devotiocia suitali:e to the Sabbath, he, in
the meat deliberate manner, cut her throat with
razor, and nearly severed her head from the'bbey.
The hypocrisy end deception of this miscreant
could only he excelled by the horrid crime for
which he at, justly suffered. Immediately after
his appreheasrou. he requested the assistance of a
Clergyman, add intended, he his apparent contri-
tion, to relit( the vigilance of his luiepeft. Bid O.
the-eeeeriug previous tali, execution, having lost
all hope of effecting his escape, he became out-
rageous, and would have destroyed even the Minis-
ters' who (lime to instruct and console him. Vent-
inr his fury in terms too shocking to relate, he
went to the scaffold, despising every religious ad-
monition, awl laughing at his awful situation ;
fearless and undismayed, he was lanuched into
eternity ; bidding defiance to human laws, and
contemning that Divine Tribunal, before which
he was about to appear, with the accumulated guilt
el• life spent in the perpetration of every species of
wickedness. He had heeu sentenced to death in
England, but having obtained His Mujesty's par-
don, lie was removed from the hulks into the Royal
York Rangel-lg.—He was concerned with the no-
torious Abersluao. whom he called hi, father, and
repeatedly expressed hiodi termination to die geoe,
as resolutely as his other is/societal' in villainy and
murder.

Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Propri-
etoni of the Grand Janctioit Canal Company was
held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. •The Com-
pany met at 12 o'clock, when 11M. Prior.:, Esq.
was called to the Chair ; the minutes of the pro-
ceedings of the Committee were then read and
approved, and a dividend of 2 per cent. for the last
half year, exclative of the property-duty, was de-
clared. The funds of the Cuuipany appeared in a
flourishing state, and the bubiiims of the itieeting
was conducted with great harmony, the propelled
connection of the Union Canal aith the Grind
Junction. was then agitated, and ,weitierl to eli;;a4c
the attention of the meeting. A large purty sat
down to an excellent dititicr at four o'clock, when a
Dumber of patriotic and voinup•rcial toasts were
drank, and the company were higly entertained by
Meows. Legit,'[ airlor, &c. and separated well satis-
fied with the liminess of the day.
The Harp, of Poole, is lost in the ice, at New.
foundland.

The John Jones, Far •N, from London, for Pen-
sacola, sailed fiuni the Downs on the 1 !th of Sep-
tember lam, and had not arrived on the .24th of
31areh.

The War-Office Order, received ea Friday at
Lewes, for the immediate removal of the ISt
Die-
goou Guards, by a forced march, to )laucheeter
and Stockport, has been countermanded. About
one o'clock ou Saturday morning, while tht beg-
gage waggons were in the Barrack-yard at Lewes,
to receive their loading. a counter-order arrived,
confirming a route thathad been previously receiv-
ed tot their march into Northumberland and York-
shire. Had it been neeimary to hack sent them on
the above Implement duty, no heavy luggage or
women were to have encumbered the baggage
waggon*, a nrshibition that wriuld have proved very
distressing to inaoy of the soldiery' wives, which Sir
Goureav Wssersa took iota consideration. and.
to his credit w• locution it, gave ten pounds to be
distributed suiougst thew who stood toad in need
of it.

The ahoy* regiment .proteelietl from Lewes ou
Saturday, on its route, which is to lie pertOraied iu
sic divisions. and liry different rowels. Tile) ate to
arrive at their respective de.tu►atious as follow :
At Sheffield, two troops, un the add ia■tant.-3t
two ditto, nu the Itth.—At Yolk, City and
NWlrnitic,l/2 three troops un the witle—At
$: roily, oar troop. so the 27;ti.—.1ioi at :A cocas-
tie, I. 1r troop% am tile Stitt..

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OLD BAILEY, JtIL 7.
Alin Green was indicted for stealing, on the lOh •
of May last, 34 yards of broad cloth, from there-,
',JAW% of Messrs. Burchel and Walford. cloth ma-
wiractiirers, in the perish of DIM. The charge
was proved by John Whitley, who saw the Peironer
with the property en the slight hod in the
iudict-
meat. It appeared that 11.1 pieces of cloth. bed
beet, hung up to dry on that day. sled the follow-
ing morning there were only 23. The property
and marks were proved by the foreman Iselougiug
to the manufactory. Verdict—Couty.
Gtorge Selby was found guilty of stealing, on
the tth of May, a hat, the property of Druiel
Yedder, hatter. in Fleet-street.

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George Lett:is, an apprentice to Mr. KeEy, a
hook-binder in ‘Vater-street, Etrunii, was iedisted
for embezzling 11. ins. the amount of a VIE his
master had sent hiw to receive. It a:speared that
the Prisoner went to Mr. Hatchard, an eminent
bookseller in Piccadilly, to receive the bill, which
was paid to I . On his return he told his master
a frivolous story, that there was something wrong
in the bill. The master some time after ei ;rd on
Mr. Hide:add. and fkuitd the bill had beim paid.
This was proved by the Prisoner's receipt on the
hook. Verdict—Guilty. The Prisoner only ld
years of age.
Jae Day IMP found guilty of deal,tag a child's -
frock, oo the 13th of April last, the property ef
Samuel Price.
Thoesoellatehirison was indicted for biking from
behind the cart of Christopher Hicks, on the 13th'
of April last, a box, coutaioing glass.
It appeared by the evidence of William Ray, a
lad, 15 years of ege, that he saw the inan ruuuiag
away with the trunk, w4i rlr he had cot from be-
hind a cart, ou the Heinpitead-road. His evidence
wills so clear, and it appearing that the Prisoner
Kari not loog returned frotu transportatiou, the
Jury found the'Prisoner ysii/ty.
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Ann Hoges, only 11 yeare of age, was iodic:el .
for stealing
sseveral articles ~of linen, from the,'
house of Mr. Pike, in Spital-fields-market, mit/
her Krother, AMA Ilo;fs, for receiving the same •
Throperty was found on the mother.
The Jury weveittal the daughter, and fouud tha
°weir/ geihy. .
A genteel man underlogkiertake the child under
his care, as having some kuos ledge of her. Thar ..
Rees/cora, who tried the cause, ordered the child
to be delivered to him.
Joke and Ciliartrs Brows, two very genteel young
men, were indicted for stealing out of the shop
of Mr. 'Edward Taylor, jeweller, in teadenhall-
street, in the parish of St. Andrew, two rings, value
upwards of twelve guineas.
It appeared, from the evidence of W. Shaw. a s
lad belonging to Mr. Taylor, that the PritOiltill 4
came into his waster's shop on the 1-3 th of Mai •
to give orders for some mourning rings. Wit-' •
item perceived him put one on his finger, ri4J
put las handkerchief over i.. and acquainted* .
master. who at the time did not went to '
rice him. He took the Prisoners' orders. and they
went nway; shortly after be missed the rings and a
pin out of the case; Prosecutor traced the Prisoner*.
to Mr. Fearne's shop in Cornhill. where the two -
Prisoners were trying to du the same thing, as they
told Mr. Weddell, the shopman, they wanted some . !
mourning rings. On slr. Taylor entering the shop. "
he said to Mr. %Veddell, When you have done •
with these gentlemen, 1 want to speak to them."
The Prisoner, Charles, immediately throe=
and gave Mr. Taylor a violent blow user !
with a whip which he heal in his hand. They wens, • •
both secured, and one of them threw Li rings cos • .
the counter, two of which were the property of Mr.
Taylor. The others at that time were not owned.
Prisoners made nu defence.—Gitilty--Destld.--. •
There were three other calks' charges 'plain tilt'''.
Eight of the rings were owned in Coin.
Joeo6 Junes, who »ago,' hail for receiving a silk • .
shawl, knowing it to be stolen, was put cii his trial.
The principal witness was a llrs. Barnett, a well
known character.--The Prisoner was discharged.

The 'torments pastel septette!, of 1 lesalt on
sevcnteen prisoners, ornangst whom were three
women, viz.--
Thomas "'mid. Thomas Russell, Jostph Smith, John
'Br..wa, Marks Brows, Duna* Allen, Hyman Harris, for
prtratety stealing ; Thomas Euless, fur di to : Miry Itiotr,
for stealing sadl. ; Jobb Taylor, for stalitausg Sarah %% owl ;
1 lunar Krat, for highway ruhkry ; Juhu Balfour fur stela-
Jag in a Jsrelling-louse, William Smith, Sarah' Burger,
hoe Gagin, aid Samuel Williams

Yesterday, the Logo NI/1101t, after examining
the returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the
price of bread to be raised an wiz., or two-peuca
in the peck-lout. to COMlDellet to-morrow ; whets
the quartern loaf, wheaten, will be sold for Is. sod
household lola. His Lordship will hold the first
Courts of Conservancy for the counties of Fritz
and Kent to-morrow.

There never, perhaps, were so many objects re.
hewed by such slender Means, es the Objects of k.
gal severity, by the SegalFri Fund. Needy one
thousand persons, it apiiters, have been esseutial•
ly relieved with less than 4001. and these obviously
the objects of the greatest misery uhich are to be
found in the community. We are sorry to ob-
serve, in a country famous for its phihinthropy,that
the SIBEILITIR are obliged so frequently to remind
Cie opulent and benevolent of their duties.
About a fortnight ewe, .1011/1 WRIGHT, a 6ne
youth, about !sixteen yrurs of age, living in the
house of Mr. J•ess, of Trelsinshun. near Brecon.
was seised with the hydrepaidna, which terminated
his life in five ur six days from khe commencement
of his illness. It appears that be ehis bitten by a
dog at Warwick, us far back as January last, and
that nine or ten other persons were battle by the
same animal.
Mr. CANNING could only connt three Foreigti
Ministers at his dienergtvee on the Kiso's Birth-
clay, those of Swedeu,. Naples, and
Beton ADLLIINZaII, PriThee CAITCLIAN:II.A. and
ent/iil Da FRONT. There are no others of the
Corps Diplorratirre in this country. The Asubas-
ii.utore, E..rove, aid Miuisten of 'Great to
the VIIINDU. European Court., •whe amounted, in
' May 100 J. to lICCNI-INIO, are nee in like manner
redeced to three. In fact Mr. CANNING ININhi a!-
moat spare himself the trouble of a;.plying
closely to the Feeucli lantrna,q. as his foreien ei.r-
le.poiidenciit is btaitiy dsit4l•l away to nothing...4i

INTELLICI.III*

rorramatril. 4UNS
Arifved theSofebay, fivat
Sailed dm ikarty a crone.—ikinal
V.I.IIOUTII, JUNE 4.
bailed thy knikaeolr armed iiip, walk a convily
for S.ll'.

Jt ma 6.
Sailed the Siopeib fur ti'e lAaltie.-11 ink% S.W.

Di:AL. JUNE 6.

Arrived the Mariner and Fearless, front a
crui►i ; and Pe/ter, from Cork, with a convoy,
hick have sailed for the River': also the Huila,
Terry, from M:ilta; Joh►n, Yates, and the Desire,
fsagraha.n, from N.:* Providence.
DOVER, Mir 6.

A fine ship, called the Agixeciart, of Loudon,
marked iU, is :arrived here, to take in truopa be-
longing to the little Corps, hitt we are not iuform-
eft of their destinutioa. The ship is one of those
which was sent to the River Pluta.• Several more
minsports, it is raid, are expeeted
A boat. of no uucomma.length, being 52 feet by
7, and which rowed with twelve oars, has been cart
i;t by one of the eatter-hrigs, frequentlr talks: gun-
twigs, bat which are upon a very &I:Alla construe-
ton, aisl sail, in general, extremely wall. The
I.lig ohas,xl her so long that the hands on board the
e.ai in number, were quite beat out. She
had no gistds on hoard when taken; the crew are
lei:. on board u man of war. Thetioat belonvd
'to Bexhill ; n day has etichna passed of late in winch
some sinum,torl goods have not been sent iu, the
number of cruisers and revenue weasels being se
pent, nudes the present short uigbta, make the
risk inicotniniwaly great. These circumstances,
added to the almost certainty of filling in with a
Trion of war, must soon pat a stop to the trade, at
least for the present. Many erroneous accounts
from Dover frequently appear in the public prints.
Some of them lately magnified the three fishing-
boats brought 11. one of which ha. 4 on board cyder,
into friur.gun-hoetts. The principal memo assigned
for *ceding fishing-beats in, is, because they are
frequently.sent coust-wars for improper perpeses;
due, —.eat in art from Dieppe and Finhool.

4T -.41•11/421 si 114 Pattie

. COURSE or II
-16 1 2 .
1/1414 1114114 3$ 5
so hides' e. f 11 I.
114.41e1e6R5..• 3.1 9 2' t
Aleoss 34 to
Pis 4
LI to Va.— 24
Evieniewaz
C44is .. 4l effective
Madrisl ..... 41 elective
Mess 4n
Leglesei
Nevis ..... 44
nietil
5,1 Net

CV A 'SQL Jews 7.
Lisboa oo
cyotte
1114
t.rcl

■C 1.1 lON. -
Portugal Gold i•
Cola aad bars I. s. d.

*Tres
Doubloons
New 1/ollila
Silver la Mn
New Louie (not) • o •
Apo •n tiolook ot N•llssd
per (Sot.

MARRIAGE..".
Eta Thartday. al St. Maryala boost Chords,
Palmier, Esq. to Mrs. loalliaby Massy, widowaf lingh J
may Enq.
At the sass time, by the Britton of Carlisle,
here% Erg. of Fisting, to Miss Wallington
Yesterday, at St Gil.s's t huui,, by the Right Rev. the
Lorddl'iahop of Cliichesh.r. Licineuent.Calouel Niroth, of
Copt Ilan, Lewis, daughter of William'
Lewis, Eq. Holborn.

DEATII
At Charleston, South Cm aim, in the :sth year of hi.
• ge, Mr. Gcorge ITeorlbam, late uf Cowin-Garda Tbestie
1 Isis stsing powerful retentive faculty and brillian
fm•Ual:Cai atiditics cnahkd his to take Mr. 'habeas's pwt tft
" The Citiinet,'' on that gentleman's seccs,ism. at three
lOW} tantift, is Wti:til IBS dabOtTell great *rime% and re-
ceived several approbation& die came by his death, is aa
elsors, .beet exertism bars/ • Wed vessel; after which
lw sinviied bat a fas darn

MGM WATEIt. Tom AMY, AT 1.01%1X11N-Ittlpt
Mora. 43..u5w after ..l f Emu 11... Ibis. alter

SALES BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
BY AIR. BURTON.

DAISTAN -GE.NTECL. CF, AND CUARM-
INti GARDEN.
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rylo BE I)!SPl7.:Eoidf,l4 Mr. BURTON,
is a *wont RIFSI DLNCE, eautaiaiag Ihre beil-roesaa,
d. awing, dia:vg, mut tawaiatramos, kitchen, ,all de .
I ie era 4tAgermesta.
. Fortrr Particulars of Mr. Banos' Gz, Cornball.

FoieErr GATT ESSEX.
11E DISPOSED Orr, I,v Mr. BURTON,
binelsosse satall COTTAGE, atiglitevtly situated
et !West Gate, Wit s from town, coutonsiog two
pullets, 4 b-.!.r00.05, stere.roeses, kitchen, wash-lownse,
bake-hoaue, deer), u 1.0, beer, and cookeettar, enanwersewiree
room, toes-cnert liege g odes, tee:: cropped, chetiest-boose,
steer"; er titre; borers, hen-bones, pippriart, le. ye* sad
,eljoieditg paddock, together a'36et 1:1 sera rich radow.
hunt .
Furdicerert,ritlars looms of Mr ,
Boma, is, Cnrelkill.
fON Fr:Emit'!" nada lowni.
rrin DISPOSED OF, by Mr. BURTON,
Ilse LF.ASE ofa Cumwedioas OW ELIA NG-HOUSE,
with requisite and detorhed °Gees artery description, )-r
prokrtire plraeure sad kiLhen winless ciearh house and
stoittliog, amt shunt 111 lens rich tend, neresbii wow
at I ptosi, ift the etMll34l of Ewes.
Further pertiruisra of Mr Burton, 6c, Corrhill