The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

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of est'ablishiato hbohal vplisin et town
Austrian doraltatat. and also of several
for prontotisi thetrade of Italy with the
Smith of Germany, and the interiml trade of Italy

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torieni and distirs~ oilier. the friend mad,.
companion of our immortal Nntantr is mitny of
his most brilliant actions. particularly is the two
lest—Copenhagen and Trefalgare Sir Tainasere bars
left a large family to deplore his lees, is which la-
mentation a large circle of friends participate ;
and as few men possessed a more kind and bene-
volent heart, and was ever snore ready to assist
his officers. many of these have to regret the
loss of a friend and patron. Vice-Admiral Sir
GRAHAM Moose, K.C.B. will succeed to the
command. The Mochfort. of 80 guns, Captain
A. GREEN (the flag-ship on the station), has
been ordered to return to England, with tidy
FREMANTLE and her numerous family, and to
take out Sir GRAHAM MOORE to the command.—
Lieut. IlKantr live , of the Li/fry, is appointed
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir GRAHAM. Most of the
Officers of the Mt-h./Ors will be dialled. Captain
A. Swirn, it is said, will command her. The
command in she Mediterranean ha. devolved on
Capt. the Honourable HENRY MAITLAND, of the
Glasgow.
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In another pert of our Paper will be found a
sketch of the proceedings which took place at the
Chester Quarter Sestiont on the 12th inst. when
persons of the names of Swann. Swindells, Bar-
ret:show, .Sitibbs, Richards, and Sutton were tried
end convicted of a conspiracy to excite sedition at
the public meeting of the Reformers held at Mac-
clesfield on the 31st of July lad. They were sea-
ietictl, with the exception of Solon, to two years'
imprisonment. Steams was also convicted on two
other tinlicinient4 of having sold some blasphemous
libels of a very digt:sting nature—one of them writ.
ten by CARLILE, and for these he was sentenced tea
farther imprisonment of two years and six months,
so that the iteriod of SWANN's imprisonment for Ibis
combined offences extends to four years and six
months. Convictions for the wile of blasphemous
sod seditious libels have also taken place at the
OxfOrdshireSessions, and at the Ses,ious for the East
Riding of Yorkshire, and the offenders have been
punished according to their guilt. These conviction,
hove all been obtained under the old law, and afford,
as we think, • proof. if any were wanting, that no
new modes of punishment were required to
prevent effectually the sale of la. fled the
*visions of the old law been enforced twelve
months since, aii they have now been at Ches-
ter, Oxford, and in the East Riding, the country
hid been sieved 11.4 pollution of those infamous pub-
lications .which during the lust year were circulat-
ed with such' pernicious activity.

Lgst Monday Mr. Rosursom. the King's Mew
gauger. •►rived at she Secretary of Stata'a Office for
Foreign ktfairs with dispatches front Si. Peters-
burgh.

On Friday Mr. irsovar., a man employed by
Lo►d STawaitT, arrived iu Doroing.atreet with
dispatches. •

The grairs. QC Captain Wm. SHEPIIICARD,
w.illlco out of Portsmouth harbour to-morrow, and
sail aluntly aftrrward for the St. Helena. Cape. mutt
Lyle of Mawritnts station.

'The roger, Tiler. Traare, Hydra. C'heruh,
Colombia, AFerres. "serail. Bereifurd, eatark,
mud til squestaiiiiAre ordered to be sold out of the
set vice.

The Tama►, 011. Captain Azirpuft STOW. If
ordortd to br fitted foe • foreign otititio, ma bring
token out of Dock. She woo completely manned
io few day**

Theßfcchrs. !isolator. and *Jana, have been
paid off at Deptford.

The Iliad and Pioneer have come into Port'.
*math harbour ts, refit. !The Contekens is the only
, vessel ()flatly description ItSiiithead.
The ice in the lakes of Portchester and Fare-
ham, on Saturday, prevented the %hips from being
swung round by the influx and reflux of the title.
The Duke of WaLLINOTON has appointed
Captain MlNgit, late Eli(' regiment (who lost a leg
it the battle of Vittoria), to be ordnance store-
keeper at Tyner, near Portsmouth, trice Donis,
plated on the retiFement.
, Consols for Tuesday closed on Saturday at 661
and for the February account at 693 f. The
eighth instalment on Omniuni is due on Friday
Item. The abundance of money is not peculiar to
this country, as all the accounts we receive intimate
that a great surplus of unemployed capital ut pre-
sent exists in many parts of the Continent.
On Saturday last, Mr. BROTNISRI, Mate of the
Ferret cutter, seised the Levant. smuggling cutter.
of 15 tons, formerly the Duke of RICHSIOND's
yacht, having • cargo of 160 tubs of spirits and
tea. She had been running in this illicit trade
two years without detection, although frequently
examined by the cruisers on this station. Si,a
its the same vessel the Rosario detained about
iii months since, when she had in a similar
cargo to the present, which was not discovered.*
*le was hailed as a fisherman, and practised this
successful course. by means of a false lining
throughout the hull, of just sufficient width to hold
a cask. The exiiense of this curiously-constructed
stud well-finisitea depository, it is said, exceeded
it9ol. Several vessels have beep similarly fitted, at
revamp.. Two of the men %Len in her being towed
serviceable, were sent on heard the 11agsefitp, the
other was committed to Portsmouth gaol.

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