The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-06-13 00:00:00

!ROOTING EXTRAORDINARF.

Among the I,llflolllB arconnt• of sporting which from time
to time have appeared !before the public, the following, per.
lb.bp-, has *rhinos been exceeded, whether we crumb!. r the
nen:bed species marked out for destruction, Ihe inimi•uv
stsaghter which took place, or the pruwes• and intberiblity
the sportsman. The anecdote is raided by a Gem!. man
robe on a tour in the western pail of this country•, dim
pledges hinew If for its accuracy. The ininibi tams resident
tourignows to that part of Bantry Etn washing the phoebe of
Glengsrift, were alarmed by the appearance of a large shoal
of whales, upon which Captain Whitt, hiving manned his
!barge, proceeded to a small rock, distant about 100 yards
from the strand. Here havirbg takr bi his station, he pa-
tiently observed the most trews of the extraordinary visi-
tn►•, till they approached within suf.:tient rarge of hip
double-brerel gun, which he used so successfully, that in
the •hart apace of one hour, lie stud, in 24 surceessive dis-
charges, 28 whales, without once missing a fish. The rune-
try people having tollected,sll)* thaw of nutria ►nyalty was
quickly conveyed to the shore, and though it fell (legally
speakiorg) to the Lord of the Suit* the Earl of Dowry, the
captors were left ito possession of the finny tribe of invoice's,
rind scarcely a farmer for mike 111 that pail of the country
but has-been more or less enriched by Um oil which was
obtained. Captain White, who is brother ter laird Mary,
had ft... Trendy remained unmanly open the sock dining his
pastime, the enemy having camped sense alarm rot kW per.
sena! *attn.—(COT. .I•lercantile CAranicle)

D.48111Y0 SWINDLERS.

Within the last Iwo or three days a imam maw, of fo,tion.
able exterior, •r►itvd hero m bairarback, mad look lodzist:s
ttt (;e.:rye-■beet. Me iantaedlaitly, antler difrfrrlll swam• a
names, hat moat etwannoaly by Omni Fox, to which was at
tacked Calmest, Major, or itimitesant, a. Inas sailed his pm
gum, visited prveral trartransen in 11)ftionth and thin loan,
of •twat Ire obtained • military coetted.hat and feather,
sword. nab, spurs, and raviolis other articles of timer, in
*lnch lie paraded the str(11•013 his prancing horse, en
faire. He lute...dared hisnaelf 11.1 board the impregnable a d:.y
or two sines, as Lord St. lAuretice, and was pOlllt ty 'btu a
through the ship by one of Use oltecers. His conduct lawritile
excited tome suspicion, a trankramona, who bad farni.h..l him
with a paw of boots, went in ISM lodigiag, aceompauied by a
cm:shade, and di maudtd psymrnt, Wlwu be drew hi. nst
a::e a pistol, and threatened to kill whitener inigitt approach.
la consequence of the assault, a warrant was obtatheil, and
1. was apprehended in a stable is stark he had lock. d
h•rewtf. Seim searched a tacitly of lure-Fetters,
otters' tickets, card. of addre►s, with din-meat name.,
131e111 bills, &c. were toasd upon him. From a London
No-penny post letter it appears lie was there on *lie 30th Ality,
11,1 has since been at Katmtroutk, &yaw, Hammon., &e.
S nee be was wises into custody, be has co:iterate' That he
litlanged to the Patriot army io South America, from which
pl Ire became to England abom eight month.. situ c, and I list
to is s native of Ili-land. Ile ass st*Cheltewham a few wcrka
azo, where be passed himself ofi as Mr. ItilMO, of the ilth
Magoon', and contracted debts, iu the course of a fortnight,
to a large amount. Ms appearance I. by no mcmis hk.•ty
to ox. ate suspicion: he *boat 20 years of age, is
very situate, with w entnittnatire lather vulgar than other-
% ise.--(PlinsowlA Dock TergrapA.)
understand that s swindler is at prment irepneing
upon inuLeep. es and misers in the country, by reprctenting
himself as the Fad of ft tithe. qir John Mud, an officer
in th• 10th Mont.., ani...le.e.mtm to his Majesty the Felipe.
rue of 1. ussia, and smisab sl.-,a other fats. hoods. lie is about
fist Lot st 5. s. imhe. hielt, of a skiks: make, pale visaged,
base 1111,11 i n.4)1, sod 5. ►,Haelitnes dressed in • greets uni-
form. A ' t time at.. Lr successfully played nit II:II tricks
00 the innkeepers betwixt Edinburgh and Siirlitrg, by bore
rowing mousey os fictitious drafts, and hiring pusttehalsts
and four. At present lie is t Mier in Fife or East Lothiant—t-
(Nelineurgis Courant.)

The tern companies nr the 33d regiment, which marched
from Edinburgh Castle no Fri.tar, arrived at Greenock ou
toreflay, -, tic uther two consicwwo.of Ilhe moue corps, which
.suartited at the same, loom so rived at Stirling.

The *tie of au ut Wetley Moer.Euck-

sis!!, with one fringle -seryvnt, end•thres smell
titen the .Lbly itrrsons in the house), were shunt-
ed it, the alight by five 11/rll todravosoing to
busk 'open •the duo,. The 'mattress levelled • gun
lMea 1t to drew:be► stitigion, sod ontivr the isthmus
11.11.—the test run oil: it is
-+oppose*► the body cis
jltrurru i.:tu u cockpit brfote to truing.

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