The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-09 00:00:00

INFORMERS.

Last week, fear watchmakers of this town were convicted
of trading in silver goods (watches) without having Bret
taken oat an Excise Liceuse, as required by law, and each
Aced in the mitigated penalty of Since the license Wall
doubled in amount, the case of the poorer class of Walt h.
maker. has become extremely hard, many of them not
making, in the COMB of a year, by the sale of watches, as
touch as would defray the expense of the license; hence
some are Maimed to run a risk that it would he more pru-
dent to avoid, awl they thus frequently become the victims
of those despicable pests of society, coo informers,
who, Eke their great prototype, " go about like roaring
lions, seeking whom they may devour."
Ode of the above convictions was a case of peculiar harl-
Alp. S. Tinkler, • very poor loan, living iw Saudgate, and
who has long been struggliag to bring up a large
had an old watch given him to repair, which Ike tiwrwr said
he might dispose of if he could fur 161. White the watch
was at Tinkkes, • fellow, in the garb of a horse-dealer,
dressed in • frock coat and splashed boots, came into his
shop and bought the watch—(the wily sae the poor man
had for sale)—for the shove man, and of merle to heed an
i•formatiosi against him, as welt as the other convicted per.
sues whose shops he had visited for a similar purwise. Su
deeply did Robert Clayton, Eaq. the late Mayor, feel fiir
Thaler, that, with a humanity that sheds a lustre on office,
he paid U. towards the penalty; and Mr. Wen. Cenwictc,
*simmer of the watch, very gewerously gave M.
We are told the same of the informer is John itolleon—
that he has lately come to this part or the comptry.outid
that he regularly Maids a conventicle in this wigilboor-
hood. Sows wicked spirit will perhaps ask, for what
pose ?`We seance: No &obi, to worship God rtetorstfog
to Ike dictator of HIS conscience! ! !—( Nowroolio Popo.)

The following extract of a letter from Sussex,
contains some interesting particulars of the country
at the present lime
The present season," observes the writer, " is like a as-
road spring; grass, corn, anal weeds appesamordialty
The farmers are busy in all directions preparing tree the
wheat sowing, sad where care sad inilastry harm hers exer-
cised is the summer folio w rusalsireg eau premianhetter to
ensure a future abundant crop. The prim of Halm has de.
dined, bait chiefly by &Taunt lathe poverty of Oar rimers, to
meet their payments of rent, tams, sad psersrates. The
general opieioe, however, is, that the artist* Off materially
improve in prim after the farmers' mica. Hay is ',cry scarce,
sad if. is densaaderi per load. What the formers are to do
for winter fodder, it is not easy to tell 11.-re is a general
failure of turnips, and of all artificial eeints; and the straw
is very fight."
Me. CURW EN'S SUBSTITUTE FOR STRAW.
Front the great deficiency of straw this year ail
farmers ere, of course. desiroos of finding a sub-
stitute fur that article. not only with a view of fur-
nishing litter for their horses and cattle, but also of
providing a sufficient stock of immure for et,-
ture crops. To effect both t hoer object*, Mr.Ce ewi:o
has directed that the stalks or haunts of his extennive
crops of potatoes shall be carefully dried, and after-
wards put into stacks sod thatched, to serve fair
litter. On a visit of au agriculturist last week to
the Sehoose farm, be nine rved the sucerssfol a !op-
tion of this suceedationa for straw, cud that those
haunt were as well dried, and an comfortable fur
liar litter of cattle as any straw whatever.
In die night of Saturday hist, an alarm was ex-
cited in the neighbourhood of ilyker Bar, on the
road from Newcastle to North Shields, by the cries
of " runriler !" issuing from 31 house occupied lay
one MARTIN HALL, u blacksmith. A poison
named ANDERSON entered the premises, and be-
held Mu. beating his Wile. A NDERSON inter-
vened, its the hope of making I levist, but was
immediately attar keel by HALL. AN DERSON ra.
tamed the blow, :mil it wan tisifortunately flail, as
the suffesev only sal-sired a short time. ANDEL.
Iton has since laces, takes into custody.
The Mayor of the Commune of Adenine, near
Montlacon, lies sent as account of the death of a
women aged 111. Blots It ACACIA' was born on
the eiti of January, 1;07, and WHO married at the
age al twelve. She had been conntantly eissployid
the labour, of the held. She was remarkable for
frugality and teniperriier ; neter had recoursh to
Medicine, moil preserved to the list all her mental
and bodily faculties. The Sub-Prefect of Mont-
lucan, wishing to leave the portrait of this old we-
man, etriptoyed a female artisi to paint it who, in
order to obtain a proper light, pieced her battier old
NM chair near the door of her cottage. it is pro-
liable thud, witting in a draught of air affected her,
for on the second day she took a fair, and eight
days after, the 17th September, died iu the 114th
year of her age. She has left a numerous family,
Oat of bur &newts is TO.

NAVAL 7NTELLIGENCE.

►oNT%%IOUT'I. nc-ronclt 7.
!ailed lhr Re.iiintion for Gabialter and baleab ;
gator fur Droacrara.

VAT.Kot3III, afloat R S.
Arrive., the Blucher packet With a mail (rum the
Wanda: last limo St. 'l'h s., in 28 Ja)a.
rrN7ANICF, OCTOSPR S.
Put hack by stre;s of weather the Lust! C.rlitoprouh,
Vudge, fur Itlataga.

PADITOW, orros►R 5

Cainc in the Speedwell, —, from Litnerot tu
with lice sails split, bowsprit guar., and mach strained is
her tipper works; al.n the 11 ley, Kimptlimme, from Neath
to St. Ives, leaky, and lop-toast (Al lard away.
Den, neTellnt 7.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Quern, Ti.
need!'; Throw, Yarrow, f.nrio Si. Ttautn:is's ; Ilarsurmy,
tr Whims; I. ttttt from Prl.`s rola 1.0.* A 1110.4
and sailed. Cone iluwit from the Rives., the Nledilia, Ken-
nedy, for Jamaica; Hari tr, for Sierra Leon( I
Fortson*. Boyd, for Ti uuidad ; IYiltiaw, Pidinck, fix Beirut;
Patrick Ca osby,for ditto; Persevcrance, bike, for the &milt
Seas; C.nily, Carnal!, for ditto; Ceres, Ceckuer, fie Africa,
soil sailed with the whole of the outward bound for their
darrent dr:Rttsißlions except the Dolphin Dutch luau of
war, which rtmat us.

DOTTR, 91 TOlrlt 7.

The Isabella, Dail. Considered, anti him:Abeen ilf_
ed tut a hurricane, in mai. 20.30 long 62. 50. W. au n
sage (nun Grenada to I,initon, wish *ugur, rum, and Wlitt• ;
41110 ictasenzera and three of the crew 41s-owned; the Captain
and remaining past of the inc.sersigera and aver were pu1,..1
hp hp a Uaui►h ship six Jaya after, and were lan Int here this
morning.

cow,,, OCIODFR 7.
SaileJ Ihis morello!, from Jark-in-ihr-Basket, • I.ausiont,
name unknown, with culaw:cts tut New South Wales.

Ltesaroot., °mows& 0.
The Ruby, Whitey, hem brute t• Newry, ii nattily loot
in Diturhunt
Arrived the James Munroe, Wathinsma, Crum New York,
ailed 10th September.

1.1. t week ti etwainest at North Shield,! sfruck for
en advance of wages. The ship•iwners
hr+puily e(-
lowed the justice of ►heir claims. the wears were
raised from al. to 41. per trope, owl the •rrrt
quietly returned to their duty as usual.
Sir BELLINGUAII GRAHAM has ittirrlysged the
Worcestershire ht-hounds. which ►hr liarniwt is
übiut to t►ansfer iuto L.icester•hire.

MEETINGS OP COEDITORS ATOCILDN.4LL

TO-MORROW.
J. Etta, Wapping, enromo -brewer
A. Prout, Truro, grocer
A. Mawr, City-toad, merchant
It. Hine, ten. late of Dartmouth, mcreLatst $ it
W. H. Thorne. Strut ton.grotqui, oilman
J. Trur4rum, K ing44 reel, be Ider
R. E. West, *4 Margaret's-h,ll, hup.rne, chant
P. Cumbers, no%i's H a,l.roust, rnarh-mister 2 Ig
P. Dastard, late of IYelherk-►lre. I, milliner