The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-04 00:00:00

%MIL O. IttCIIIRDSOSI.

Thig wag An action hr the amount or a quantity
of coffee winch had beca delivered to the Orren.lalt
for the benefit of Plaintiff, hut which Defendant
had converted to his own nse.

It appeired that the tiered/hint had great influ-
ence in the Wand of St. Donning°. and had come
to this country a. the agent of General Chri<toplie.
Ile wasintroduced to several Members of Admini-
stration. and procored. !rove to export a quantity
of British metchandize to that island. for the use of
General Christophe. The Plaintiff furnished Mr.
Richardson with intrehandize to the amount of
50,0001. which was sent to St. Domingo, and iii re-
turn for which Christophe sent hack a cargo of
coffee, as he wis not in the habit of exporting
specie from the country•. Of this cargo the De-
fendant had stopped fitit begs. worth betw.ru three
ai:ii font thousand pound•, on the follow I. charges:
—Gimroi••ion on selling the outward-hound curgo,
five per cent.; warehousing in St. Deming*, one per
cent; and two amid a. half per wear. charge* for the
return earl*: all which demands Plaintiff resiisted.
The first, hecatrie he had not employed Defendant
to sell his goods; he had in reality purchas-
ed them for Christophe: the second. as it was
ridiculous to charge him with storage for goods
which were purchased far Chriatophe, ■nd which
were lying in his own warehouses: the third. because
the return cargo of coffee was in fact toe price, in.
steisd of specie, for which the goods were sold: and
its NV. Robinson. if he had any thins on
Plaintiff. had a mote open for its recovery. and
had no right to appropriate to himself a pert of the
cargo.

Curl Clic( Justice MAMSPISILD observed, es it
was a question of a purely commercill nature, it
h 4.1 better he referred to some of the Gentlemen of
the Jury, who were perfectly conversant in such
•tEurs.

Alter • short consultation, it Wag aZrob•rl by the
Coui.el to ►nter a verdict lot the Ptaiatifr, subject
to arb:tration.

The rot Wsllin,a .ailed on Thtirstlay, from
Portsmouth, f Calcutta.

The Walrerke pon-brig sided horn Plymouth
on Wednesday last, with 'several transports under
protection. for Lisbon. On board the transports
are detachments fro n the 95th. end other regi-
ments, to reinforce our army in Portugal.
Yesterday a lain. by trades stone-mason, under-
took, for a wager of • Kn,ne•, to eat, "whin one
hour. three pounds of fat rusty lasco-r with the
rind on. two peck• of old pees, and a half-q nartern
krif.. which he diluted with four pots of beer, and
two half ;fonts of gM. lie performed the deli,ste
task in. 59 mutate., to the astonishment of . I
people who a.; IVlled at the Coach end
flors•a in Hill-s!reet.

On Thurtair, the Abate whale Air. AotWI3W,
hi,ots!r. •rrive.l at I)under, from Simi%
li.tvine 16 t s on tlo,ldl, which will produce ISO
t0..0. of 0,1, 61e. lar4est quaottty that tver caw to
Dundee tri one ti•ipp.

ROBBERIES.
Late on Sunday oighs, t.r colt, on Monday
Moreing. the Ohm of Utter% Ito.. and Peekheusr,
watchmakers. sit Alai.lesr-lane, c ovent-g-Irdzo, well
ilroktii oven, and r .hhe:l pt watches and other
property to a C .n. at rt,,b;e aftioinit. .It was d:sco.
llti
veer! that the ruh::e:. hat tti fur. e open every
shutter, and the smolt-door, iril ulauut success; I
they had, however, so far tocc.e. I to epees toe
door, that had they glens it but a *Alit :sll.lt, it
would have ovehed. They elT•eted the rehtre-r!, by
cutting a veep Mt of oh- of the ~Int!cri. 'fliey
must have been a long time in trak.rg the sit.
tempt, as the shutters; and door had been tried a ith
• crow and ehiasel ; and notwithstanding the 'vast!,
•t time it nitig li ive taken them, thee were not
disturbed by the watt hntiii, whose box was steady
opposite the hums,. Ili. courtiret was my glaringly.
nrgligtnt, that be was appretwoded on suspicion if
bring an occomplice, end lie has underarone several
examinations at Boa-stn.ct Unice, hut there beio.•
m
no direct prooragainst hi; he l;:st ..itrl• ...'ri:It'L!IXF:
Ile arkstowledged that he had teen tun or three
seen about the house. but was afraid to attack
them.

Cirly hlal Monday morning the shop ..f Mr.
fliiver, a lines-(lr.lmr, to S.oney S.ratior.l, we.
hrukeu open, and robbed of 15 pieces uflrali linen,
and linen drapery goods tip n coniitlerable imcmnt.
A stupid fellow of en nailer in the town paved by
the shop about three Bolick. mud saw tl:e door
open: h.. pushed and found a resistaut.e, yet
never gave coy alum, or took the le.ist never. On
the family getting op, and the robbery tieing dis-
covered: Mr. Oliver act off for Lorimiii, to give hi-
formetion at the Ptiblic (Ace. Idow-street. While
he was gone to London, Mr. P.,••, his shoputelp
learnt that two rue.' had .put some goods on bpiitd'
a boat on the Canal. lioupd for London ; in conse-
quence of w!iich, he, accompanied by M. It...berts,
a turner. of Stoney Stratford, set off for tee n.
when they found that ,Ir. Oliver had returned
home, without learning any ti.lsogii of the rohlsies
or his property. They went to the wharfs of .the
Canal, and inquired it men answering the desctip.
lion they had r.ceived had arrived with gools„ hut
without receiving an' information. They 'marred.
eil up the Canal. till Cory come near the Bridge,
which leads direct to Paddington Church, where
they found a boat unloading, aneh, on examina-
tion. proved to lie Mr. Oliver's goals, and the two
men with them of whom they had received informs.
Lion. They seized the nice. but they were too.
powerful, and made their escape; however. they
recovered the whole of Mr. Oliver's atelen pro.
petty.