The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-04-25 00:00:00

CAUTION TO IIAWITEIIS.

An Association is about to be formed among the tensile in
Southampton, fur the purpose of promeutitig persons of this
description, attune of whom, ace 1111 l pulled by no auctioneer
of celebrity, have this week •isited Southampton with a
large assortment of jewellery, entlery, plated gouda,
stationery, &c. and opened • room at the Star Inn,
for the sale of these articles by public auction. The
goods being of a superior quality to those generally
offered to the public through the medium of these persons,
the sales have been both numerous sod respectably at-
tended. As glow per.onv fretieroll) contrive to carry uff
all the reedy money in the town, the inhabitant trade stain
nut only suffers from the loss of his profits, but the trade it-
self, for some considerable time afterwards, suffers, great de-
pressions. 'The parties alluded to having been nearly a week
in the !town, and intimating their intetitiosi of remaining 411-
other, some of the principal tradesmen met together upon Pie
subject, and pat • stop, if possible, lo the sale ; they accord-
ingly instructed their Solicitor to commerce Ir gal !weepy!.
in(' agaiust the parties, fur the penalties imputed by the
liankeis' Acts. As a mailer of courtesy, the Solicitor gave
notice of what was about to take place, and the pasties,
strafe of the consequences, were OA to embrace the offer
of quitting the town immediately. The following is a copy
of the paper which they Melted
" In compliance with the notice we base this day waived
of the intention of the trade in this town to put in force
against us the Pthalties imposed by the Acts of Parliament
relative to Hawkers, Pedlars, &e. if we matinee the sale
lately commenced by us at the Star Inn, in this town, con-
trary to the said Acts, IVe hereby promise to discontinue
such sale furthaith; and upon being permitted to withdraw
(rum the town without any of the said ritalties being en-
forced against us, we also promise in future to refrain limn
attempting any 11.11141 sale its this sou u.--Withess our hand.,
this bth day of April, 1841.
(Signed) J. K. J. H. J. W.
" We authorise the insert inn'of the foregoing paper in any
of the newspaper, which the blade may think proper to select.
J. K. J. H. J. W."
At the earnest request of the parties, the initials only of
their same@ ate honied.

11 is to be lamented that the public will give a preference
to persons of this •lass, while the trade are experiencing
every days diminution in their prr.fits, from the heavy rents,
taxes, (ie. which they arc obliged to pay; as fellow
tuwabiramea, surely th,y have a superior claim to these iti-
nerant iradera.—(Hampshire Telegraph)

A fishing-boat belonging to Cockenzie,
while hauling her lints at the mouth of the Firth
on Moodily forenoon about eleven o'clock, dur-
ing a (wavy squall of wind and ruin, was stink
by a sea breaking on bo,rd of her, when all her
crew, consisting of six mrit, were drowned. Seve-
ral boats belonging to the ►ame village were strok-
ing their lines within a short distance, but until.
the spilll was over the unlortunate boat was not
mis►ed by her companions, when one of them im-
mediately bore down to the place where she was
last seen; not a vistige of the boat or crew, how-
, ever, remained, except the !udders. a few oars,
and footspurs Boating about. Four of lite crew
were line young islets, and have left widows and
eleven children totally destitute; the other two were
old men whose families are grown up, but their
widow. are unprovided for.
On Friday last it Justice of Pe:ice Court was
held at Moffat, for the purpose of trying a woman
of the name of Mary Thomson, accused of a vio-
lent assault upon her mistress, the wife of the Rev.
Mr. MENTEATH, dissenting minister there. It
appeared from the evidence that the delitiqueut
had disguised herself by blacking her face and
putting a blanket round her, and in this state,
rapped at her mistress's door on the 2d of Farriery
last, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening,
and Mrs. AIENTEATH, who was alone, opening the
door, she (the servant) seized her, threw her down,
at.d maltreated her with such violence, as to cause
an effusion of blood. The Court having found
the libel proveu, she was sentenced to forty days
imprisonment in the gaol of Dumfries; by which
sentence she of course forfeits her wages.—(bum-
fries Journal.)