The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-05 00:00:00

SHOCKING CHAfiGE.

A charge of Mc Vrociotis character which we ever
beard or read of, has been preferred Dorn the Magistrates,
against the mate of a ship lately arrived at Liverpool, nod
wbo, we are sorry to say, has since absconded. Hr is ac.
anent of having caused the dent!' of a sick boy. by slam.
lino and other cruel tiesiiment, and of haviug dogged a black
twin till he actually died'. We can scarcely conceive it pos.
stile that two arch mosistrotis crimes shooid be really plowed
agaimii tine individual, and that individual an Englishman.
We earnestly hope, for the holluile of human nature, that an
opportunity will yet be tonsil for folly investigating this foul
*lrak In fore a Court of Justice.—( Lieerptail Canrler.)
The above-mentioned person. whose name is Thos. Came,
was ■pprel:eudid on Friday night last. by the activity of one
of
our meritorious police officers, Willisurs Jeffs. Having
received intelligence that he had Famed through this city in
the course of the day, fur llrintol, Jells imaieiliately went i■
pursuit, in a chaise and four, aud, by dint of treat exer-
tions, reached the latter city su less than three hours, and
*Ohm ivy moults of his sores, II apprehended the Prisoner
at the Mite Li 4444 aheuc be had just saki a his place in or-
der to pestered by •of the sour horn coaches. Ile was
brought has k to this city eat I)• tin 8 doirday mortal sig. and
the same day was(urwardrd to Liverpool, its the custody of
Jiffs and Macsii.--f Gloat-ran. Journal.)

Oa the morning of the 19th ult. a sloop, with
coals, Irons t‘'iselongtosi to the Isle of Man, was
forced by a violent gale into the bay of 1...ce. and
ran aground between high mid low water-mark, on
the shore 14 Gillespie. When day-light appeared,
the situstion of the sloop was discovered from the
shore, and eves), exertion was made to save, if pos.
sible, the lives of a father and son, the only persons
on hoard. A boat wait sent fur to the bay of
Auchissmaley, about a mile distant. but the two
men upon the ringing could not hear a word for
the noise of the sea. nor he made to understand by
all the signs that could be made to them, that the
iwopie on shore were bringing a boat to their relict;
The young man perceiving that the vessel must
soon go to pieces, resolved to trust to his swimming,
ilsaked hands with his father. and said he would
endeavour to get a boat to save his life—but, when
near Use shore, a distant breaker overwhelmed him,
and he 'sever appeared again upon the surface of
Ilse water. The boat came in time to save the old
also had not left tier sloop more than test Ins-
times when the mast fell overboard, and she became
a complete wreck.

A Cerman writer eueeests a eon& inetlioil of mopping
110f1f• f.oiec roaming 114.3! —the phin is, to have blinds au
attached to the head Mall of the -Mirth, that by drawing a
check miss, hard for that purpose, the blind, will Nome-
diateic dose awrr the ryes, sail runfourcling ihr horse,
corupvl hem, thropsiel. fear, to stop immediately. If the plea
he
(ruled to sasses, it ought to he adopted, particularly is
the ease great prISIr Aso• The line from the blind midis,
be Itaskeeird to the Isom of she Mir.. MI that any tiameollter
might pod, tt. rime 40 aorisleist to, ve absence of the
&Wm% kis rrineddeotly slriemed thus the meat nageveras.
Ne bowseir tailless ty be .uheisiell sad alaskieke Variable,
dip elsiplekaft his ears with surd re toiler, es ea lu prevail
hum Iresi4ag —(Ametemida !'..,asp