The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-08 00:00:00

OLD 13.41 LAY, Tu REM, DECEMBER 7.

The Court was occupied with aniute►esting cases of theft
mad larcreir. timinipit Owen were the followitsc :--

.Inns *deer, !Vit Howard, Mary Campbell, Eine:kens
Malik, and Hannah Barker, were charged with assaulproc
Robert Arnot, in a ilwellonc-house, mac Closiolus-sinet, and
stealing from his person 18s. and two lisodkerchirfs.
The Prosecutor was allured auto the house in (location' on
the sight of November 13, by the Prisoner Harker, who
took him into a room and looked the dour; some difficulty
took place about preuidary arraneo•ractots; the Prosecutor
tendered half-a.crown fur drink, which the Cypriau refoisrol
with oaths and clamour, amid which brought the other Pro
timers into the room. • The united gang then set upon him ;
Howard having dealt him a blow, which dislodged bus teeth
and brought him to his knees, the others completed his
prostration. sod took the bet.uremteutioned property frum
him. He called out, and the watchman hearing a cry of
" Murder !" sprung his rattle, gathered wale other watch.
nee abort him. sod thus forced their way into the hone.
The thieves ran up the next flight of stairs.and there the
watchmen took ;hem.
They were alrfootoil redly ; but the Recoftoeit refueled
the Prosecutor his expen.ses, observing that the Court could
nut undertake to screen him from all damage whatsoever, in
a scrape which he had run into with such manifest impru-
dence.

At the public meeting at Brighton, on Friday,
for erecting a pintor to the PRINCE REGENT, Sir
MATTHEW TIERNEY contradicted, in she most
positive terms, the report, that it was the intention
or his Royal Highness partially to leave Brighton,
and pass much of his time iii the Isle of Wight.
Mr. PHILIpPs kill perform at the Bristol theatre
during the present week, having obtained front the
Managers of Covent-garden on extension of his
leave of absence for that purpose.
Mr. and Mrs. BARTLEY closed their engagement
at the New York theatre, on the lOth last, with
Ihe Honeymoon, for the benefit of Mrs. Sataks:Y.
Mr. MATUEWs, after leaving Carlisle, perforated
two nights at the Whitehaven theatre.—'• The house
was," rays the Whitehanem Gazette, " very well
filled on both nights, arid Mr. MATHEWS, we doubt
not, found his Horne' at Whitehaven so sung and
comfortable, that he will I catch the idea' of coming
again."
The civil authorities of Westminster have come
to the deteruswatitm not to permit my one to ad-
dress the meeting in Covent-garden, this dry, who
is not a housekeeper, by which Mr. IIuNT and
Mr. COBBETT will he excluded from taking any
share in the proceedtsn of the day.
WEDDERBCRN, the black preacher, was appre-
hended last week on a charge of %edition, in !publicly
recommending to the Radicals to use iron rails as a
substitute fur pikes.
A guinea of the reign of EDWARD IV. was
lately found amidst some old ruins, at Grove, near
Pembroke. h is in a high state of preservstion,
and is now in the possession of the Rev. T. OWEN.
of Pembroke. Its intrinsic value is about 154.
COOPER AND RANDAL L.—A match for 300
guineas aside was knocked up by two Noblemen
for these heroes of the list, to meet on the tat of
March next. within forty miles of this city,
twenty-four fret ring, half minute time.—(l dia-
burgh Courant.)
FOOT Ritt.F.--011 Monday, the 13th instant,
will he run, two miles. over Knovesmire, for too
guineas, betwixt GEORGE WALKER, of York, mud
CURISTOPHEi: lIALroa, brother to the Ulan who
beat PANsox.

LySIitENTABI.E FACT.—Within the last eleven
months. our borough gaol has had 1,134 inmates.--
Lteds illercurp.)
On Sunday week the village of Connie, N. R.
was visited by a severe shuck of an earthquake. It
continued fur about ton seconds, and was f. It fur
several miles round. -
Rex° LECT ! !—f A ZAREO and Co. sold the First-
drawn Prig-. of 20.000/. to the present Lottery. in
Shares, No. 7,370 TO-MORROW, at Eleven o'Clurk, the
Iwo first-drawly rill lye entitied lu 20,000/. each
(Mosey and Console;. HAZARD and Co. not only 5..1.1 the
Brat-drawn Prize iu the present Lottery, hot All lb.
drawn Capital. to a firmer Lottery. The Wheal cantAists
Sic 20,0001. Prizes„ Tyru of which must be drawl, 'Manor.
raw; *ad Ali of them may be drawn. HAZARD and C'u.'s
Offices, Royal EYmhange-Fate ; 26, Curnbill ; and :I^4,
Oxitxd-strect. corner of Swallow-street.
Many persons are ioducrd to defer tittle pur-
cheats in the Lottery until the last moment—pro-
bably from the numerous instances that have occurred of
the Capitals baring been sold on the ere of the Drawing,
particularly those Capitals that hove bona shared by reran.
Tba Proprietor of a well-known Coffnhbowse. in the Shand,
purchased a MalfTicket at re can's OtSre on a Saturday Nora.
lip, which was drawn the sane day a Prise of 30,01101., and
for which he received the money nu Moutuv Morning.
Navy such oceerresees have taken place at Writs's ; and of
the last SV,oool.Pr:ze, be shared in the present tottery, Two
Shares were sold at Cornhill, and THRILL at Lndgate-strece,
oak s fete Loma before it was draws. For these retort's%
Waao's Offices will remain open until !'!even ullnea this
Night, as the Two first Pricer To-morrow Morning wilt
each receive 40,0001. in Cuestas and Mosey, and they are
probably yet on sale at 9, Curabill, or 17, Ludgate-street.

One night lam week two *nen. named tirary Fen-
nell and .sunruel JoireA, were detected io she act of
poaching in the It ballet Perk. belonging to Viscount
Gime, its Silsbee. The next day they underwent an
rearninati cccc before a Magistrate. and weie fully
committed to isikr their trial under an indictment
to be framed Loin the last bey Act. palmed for she
MOM tecctual prevention of poaching,. The gull}
&Mid 61.011 three weal were PO construct.4l by means
of screws. that they could easily be taken apart and
concealed in als qr, or even in the pap ket. These
were three so company when ilsacovertd, but blue
escaped. leaving h.' Intl behind him.

lENRZIML;I, 11EIV GUAN.411.4, AND CHILE.

We are authorised to state. that the paragraph contained
lu Tilw Times of the 2.1 instant, drooling the clueless., of
• 1030 which was supposed to 110 eirculating for Vets. gnats
and New Grmist.l4, by 'Olt thawes mi the Government of
was by ins means ititesieled to deny the existence of any
such loan, under the slot' of Ilse CommossiOners of
Ih Be %Wet HUM' iu 1....141.501. hot merely to deny t'.c statement
which appeared itt the Mfblin Jorrotal. of the 19th ultimo,
which supposed feTi•lll numailiorowil negoeistions for a
bows to h.ave beers ~,,, meured—rogocist. or um-
ther the Eoloyl. from Vencroiel3 and New Granada, nor the
Envoy from Char hid the slightest knowledge. between
whom there has always subsisted the greatest harmony, ns
shell as between their respective G enrols.

PESTITITIAS AT LLANAUTII.

HUN MIPUTIIB 111 BK.

On Wednesday, the Ist of Dec.Dec.mber,William Jones, third
son of John Jones, Esq. of I.linarth engirt, Monmouthshire,
attemeel the age oft I years, and catnr Mk. She possession of
the rstatex and properly beep:teethesl he hien be his late
great-mole, William Jour., 11sq. of Clyilia House. It
is not undeserving of remark, that the late gentleman
was also the third ants of John Junes, esq. of
emir.. grandfather of it. present highly.estiemed proprietor.
Thes foii onions roincideeic tot Stair births and names might
have ,n united the uncle in the selection of his
nephew William fur his heir, instead of either of the elite.
brothers. To cried,. ate the happy event of his sous coming
of tic, with imitable demousiratinna of festivity, and rape.
really ill benevoli tit diem/mi.
of his character, Mr. Jour" 'ordered three fat -sett to
be kilk4—twu of them to be distributed on the %Vellum.
day to the pour of the several adjoining pertain.' in
which he or his sou powasred estates, •Iteu to each
portion of beef to hr sdileil a shilling loaf of iived ; amid the
eitlwr us to he roasted whole on the Thieved iy, at Clytha
Castle, and a dinner to he given to all his and hoe sou's te-
nant. in the vicinity, with invitation* to many of their la.
spectahle height,) Clyde% Castle is delightedly situated
on • brow of the hill, lowering about the extensive planta-
tions by which it is completely encircled, having a lawn io
frost, of sews,' oi right acres. On this lawn such arrange.
menu were made, as might tend to satisfy the appetite, and
at the same time to gratify the curiosity of the country peo-
ple, to whom the uuveliy of the scene might he an übjecl of
atiaction,

As the rooms were mot large enough to receive the company
within, m pavilion the interior of which was covered with
green baize, had (Len erected un the outside of the Castle,
stretching from the round to the extremity of the square
tower. The nx was 'vested lower clown the lawn, and its
the midway in a parallel line were placed within a fence
two waggiina loaded with cider and strung beer, genuine
C I ctrywrfa, with • 'Mont reserve in the castle iu
case of nerd. At some distance beyond, was collected
a huge pile of in, terialr for a bonfire in the earning
The day, which proved to he fine, was ushered it. by
bring a mood of twenty one canna'', die. aud a nu-
merous bind of musir paraded in front of Llanarth Court,
awl played several di li.slitful air*. From thence they march-
ed to Imisanfread House, to pay the family the same con.
gra I 11111 ilial. Between two and three o'clock, Mr. Jones,
took his seat nt the cross table, sod more than two hundred
respectable guests sat down to a moat excellent dinner,
while a great number who eolild taut obtain seats in the Pa-
%Alums went to dine in the Castle. On the removal of the
cloth, the obi family china punch•boa I, which bolds full Hi
gallons, was placed before the Chair.nan, and others of lees
ihinrosiona along the tables oat either side. After the health",
of " The King," of " The Prince Regent," and " Duke of
Y.. k," with "The culler branches of the Royal Family,"
Mr. Jones rope, and in a abort, bet neat and elegant speech,
proposed the health of his absent brother, William Jones,
of Clytlia,* which was drank with enthusiastic and lung eon-
filmed bursas, and a salute of 21 guns. lu the mean time,
the operations un the ox, which was extremely well roasted,
had commenced, and the collected multitudes were regal-
jog themselves with roast beef and strung beer. But lung
before this, the active powers of the carrwda had stag-
gered many, and laid prostrate some of the most ad-
venturoul heroes in this joyoos conflict of strength.--
Towards evening, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, with their amia-
ble danghter.itolaw, Lady Harriet Jones, made their al..
penance ; their four lovely daughters, in company with
other ladies, had already arrived at the mile, when another
round of tweuty.ohe guns, and the rapturous and tumid.
loons shouts of the people, echoing through the woods,
seemed to rend the air. Soon after this heartfelt burst of
delight, the front of the castle, between the towers, was most
brilliantly illuminated with several hundred coloured lamps,
and a display of different and extremely beautiful tranipa-
rencies, while the interior of Ilia windows of the towers were
lighted up iu the most fanciful forms. The whole was ar-
ranged with exquisite taste, midi-, the immediate directions
of the Misses Jones. While the immense crowd were gazing
with mixed delight and wouder uu this truly enchanting
blaze of light, fire-works from London were let off, in great
numbers and variety, from the battlements of the square
tower, to the utter astonishment of these good count ry people,
who at this period could not be far short of 3,000 The
ladies and gentlemen then returned to the drawing.
room, where the harp mud the violin ware in attendance, and
the ilimeing commenced, and was kept up with spirit to a
late hour; *lieu this scene of festive joy and mirth gradullay
died away into a silent calm; and the people in their re.
turn each to his humble cottage, with hearts full of gratitude,
c..lled down the benedictiosis of Heaven upon the Family of
Llanarth, which, during a long series of ages, has dwelt in
the midst of them, always iliopeusiog with a liberal baud to
their wants in distress and poverty, a full ',teatime of what-
( ver wealth Providence ha, been pleased uninterruptedly to
bestow upon it.
Such is the short history of a flay unrivalled in the recent
annals of Monmouthshire, and which will be lung and
eralefolly rem. inhered. Scenes like these are pleasant
reministences of those good old times when both landlords
mid tenants Ruud one of their chief soureeit of happiness in
the well understood harmony between them, and wheu true
liorpitality look the place of muderia refinement.
• Mr. William Junes had been hourly expected for some
dip past from the Confluent, while tie sad his brother
Edward have passed the two last years.