The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-17 00:00:00

MARKETS.

CORY-EXCHANGE, ACG. 16.
There were scarcely any fresh arrivals for to-day's market.
What little 6ne Wheat was left unsokl on Monday. was Wien s&
this trimming at prices of that day, but there was no sale for inferior
qualities. parley was in demand for grinding, but there was no
variation in the prices of this article, or of Beans or Peas. We
have to note a further increase in the price of Oats compared with
Alonday, but the business done was only to consumers in wits"
want of a supply.

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CAUTION TO HormuzErsits.—A few days ago a
Frenchman. who gave his name an F. Spovale, called at the house
of a lady, in the neighbourhood of the New Road, and obtained
from her 10/. under the following circumstances :--He stated 'hat
he was a dealer in French goods. and that he had a great gnat tr
of silks, laces, and gloves in the Custom-house, which he could
not obtain until he paid the duty, which amounted to W. 12s. and
that if the lady would advance hint 11t/, he would leave, as a secu-
rity with her, two French shawls, and a gold watch, value thirty-
seven guineas. The lady recommended him, as lie was in such
want of that sum, to pawn the articles. He excused himself from
sending the gouda rrp the vont, by stating that he made a prcaws:
to his father, upon his death.brd, never to enter into a pawn•
broker's shop. The lady advanced the money, which was to have
been returned upon the following day ; but as Monsieur Spoat.lf
did not make his appearance, she sent the articles to be exatnined,
when to her astonishment she was informed that the shawls WCT.:
made in Spitalfielda, and worth about 255. and that the watch was
valued at 30s. A similar fraud has been committed on several
houses In the City.

BIRTHS.
On the 11th Inst., the lady of William Sergeant, Esq. of Mon.
Lague-place, Bryanstone-square, of a daughter.
On the 15th ingtent, at Efehmond, the lady of the Rev. &tired
Ferocold Pearce, of a son.
On the 14th inst., at Larender-hill, the lady of Corbyn Lloyd,
Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED. -
On Tuesday, at Christchurch. Surrey, Sir. Alexander ()eddies,
of Pimlico, to Miss Mary Croft Letterman, eldest slaughter or the
late Mr. Letterman, of Ave Maria-lane.
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's church, Newington, WilFan
Quin, Esq. of the Middle Temple, to Anna Maria, younges:
daughter of Matthew Stritch, Esq. Paragon House. Walworth.
On the 12th inst.. in Loper Deal, Richard 111 Minos, Est
First Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship Ramillies, to Eliz,,binst
Eleanor Henderson, daughter cf John Henderson, Esq. of .51iddk
Deal.
Last week, at Eton College, the Rev. Edw. Coleridge, Rector of
Btonksilver, Somerset, to Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. I.h.
Keatr. head master of Eton College.
At Dornock, on the Bth inst., Mr. James Kennedy. to Miss
Janet Scott. So prevalent have Annan and Gretna Green Mari iso
become of late en the border, that it is worthy of being mentiesol
that this wedding was celebrated after the old Scotch fasbior..
Dancing was kept up with great spirit till an early hour, and the
ceremonies of breaking bread ever the bride's head when she tirt
entered her new habitation, and of throwing the stocking when Ow
young couple were put to bed, were performed to the great amuse
Went of the younger portion of the

DIED.
On the 13th inst., at the Vicarage Hotter, aged 83, the Re"
Richard Grant, 46 years of Stansted Alountfitchett ; also of Mot
Bourton, Oxon, and Rector of NVennington, Essex.
On the 4th inst., Hugh Ley, M.D. of Penzance, Cornwall.
aged 63.
On the 13th inst., John Lloyd, Esq. of Belle Vue, Tunbridge
Wells, in his nth year.
On the 13th inst., In Paris, at his apartments, No. 13. Rue
Royale, the Hon. Basil Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane returned trot
the East Indies scmc time past, after a residence of 40 yearn in that
country, with a large fortune, which has always been applied In
acts of charity and benevolence.
seetwerniP"'•

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