The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

ROWING MATCH.

Application was 3elitrilay made to a 7tlagistrate of Kent,
tinder the following eirc ttttt st•nces :—On the Ist of last
mouth, Sir TI tttttt Wilson gave • bust to be rowed for at
Charlton, in keit.; a dispute arose riuougst the competitors,
and a stcuild trial for the prize took place nit the Bth of
Or-tuber; still, however' the affair was undecided, and the
boat was (totally rowed for nn the Rd of November, when
John 11.evria, a 'cameos's, milling at Illarkfrists, was de-
clared the victor. On Saturday last, Sir Thomas delivered
the prise to Lewis, at Cliarltuu, who made it fast at the land-
itie-pince, near the causeway st Charlton, and retired with
soave friends to the Author and Hope Inn. On the return
el teuis to the la,ding-place in about an hour after, he
found that the host was gltite, and by subsewol inquiries
he loweriaintd that it had been rowed away with by sue
the competitors, tool removed to Greenwich.
The Alagis:rate yank() a search-warrant.

On Sunday afternoon last was interred in the Church-
yard of Whitt-chapel Church, in the presence of a vast con-
course of people, the Lady of the late Sir Jeffry Dunstan,
Co. miserly .1111 Nor of Garrott, Isieving died in the hundred and
first seared' her age, as specified in the inscription on her
coffin. There were only tiro tuoitruers, although the streets
were renileieil impassable from the numerous body of spec-
tators. tier death was eAllseli more through want than iii•
fiiiiiity. She °ermined a wretched apartment in Durk-mid-
Whitethapel, and it being the request of the
deceased, ever since her hushand's death, to be buried in the
Faille pave wills him, it was cumplied with.
The upplwation made to the Congress at Aix-la.
Chapelle, by llir Government of France, for an ex-
tension from nine to twelve months of the time ori.
gisially appointed for she payment of the contribu-
tions to the Allied Powers, was acceded to, and the
I consent of the Congress specified in the Protocol.
lint intelligence liar 'seen received in town by pri-
tate sources, that this time has brew since further pro-
longed to eighteen mouths, in constipience of a re-
preitreitati iii made to the Congress by Mr. BARING,
Irolereling the liisalicial circumstances of France,
and the iiectiontoy embarrassments that might be
expecitil to arise Ginn too rapid an exportation of
specie. Mr. Ilattitsu's Memorial was tstkeo into
cramtlerititio by the Congress, and the result of the
theiuJulgessee we have mentioned.
The first payment of the contributions will, how.
t ver, be made on the G.h of January, its before set-
tled, and re uotismiler of the :Oki millions be dis-
cliarg•il lz S.t ellteels equal moothly instalments.
Oise half is t s be paid ni foreign bills on houses
ut Ilamboigli and Amsterdam, and the other
moiety at liitcrest sit live per cent. is
to be pail um the 1631 t of the contributions,
the ili•c111, al which is p ritpuued beyond the Mut
;Ills stipoloical he the tirst Conveutioti. The
.awe sate t.f iiiferest uud classificatiou of limits are
to be common to all the Power'.. The contractors,

thr. Null other It,lns of the origiml
Cou-
\rultuu, I t. 111.1111 u,nhstuihrd by this new cuntr set ;

Nab stirred to huh perftel uttamwity
by all the 1'..“ Cr!. emitvrileil.
Ab wal,r mai Isabella, 411.cuvery skips, ar-
-11.4 (;,114,-!:% it.t.d. on Saturday lama.
The SAlews, l'r (tom Liverpool to Cot k, was

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totally lost iiis the 11th instant. near Kinsale.
().' Tfiv"l•l l'ist Ilcnr y Al`Numara, IV. lltlying,
linrsel, mai John Boss, were remuted
boutilitle gaol, prorstuisit to their sentence of
elsurectrr,
w.,. srutrocrd to &Oh lit the last Assizeb fur ;sheep-
ste.diti.:, lust alter relirived from death to
tratisroltatiult fur lire. I ill) lug is a young limn of
rather un amiable 1161144J•4111011, who was lAllfUlttl.
rattly implicated from hdtiug 111 (nut
fnNrd flute. : —lilt sentence is fourteen years' trans-
portat;ou. Runlet, dans J.,tk ul the Finest, had
beets three ituoies 1:4111VICItIl before. within two
years, I.lf petit larceny previously to this of-
lesice :—lie tionsitorted far seven yedry. 1.11
ViiNe of JAW it,Sh (transportation for seven yeas.)
is by far the clog woilhy u 1 cominiseratioli ; lus
offence htiog that of t.iking only tlii.!e
of • oils, value G.I. from a neighbour's stack. which
lir expressed an iiiti utwu fir give un equivalent 1.. r
oft r he arrived home, room the coal pits, hawing
accidentally furgut:eis to carry his own Lir the use
of the horses snider his cure. A petition has beers
iiresent..tl to the Secretary of State flu Iris hrlialf,
deism-sting the particulars of Int offence ; and It is
Clll4fidrllliV lie will out be scut further
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