The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW STRIIT

Irntrulay John Webster wits Nl4 comsnitie.irTsiir:4l.
for allerine a forged 11. bank note, under the following C 1...

Jobe Hart, of No.lo, Hob-well-street, Stroud, sale.iwirt,
elated, that the Prisoner came to his shop o■ the Dull
and portioned a pair of trnoscrs for 15e. and iw patm...t
offered him a 11. note, which he sacpeetiac to b. a boil o,i-,
went oat sad ached another persoa's opinion, leasing Pi -
@ogee in clime of his slsopinan; that when ha retiorocil. h •
told Pvionner he thought it was a bid one, sad asked hint :o
write his name and address on it, an which Prisoner irrois
ow the note, "T. Elliot, Plouitree-.tram." oa.qttertintisi,z

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Prisoner more particularly, he was hidweed to saved for a
mutable and gin charge of him.
James Fletcher, constable of the Laverty of the Derby of
lAsteseer, stated that on the lath Mat. shoot ten te'e lock is
the morning, he was orat for by Mr. Doti, sad fooled Ow.
Primmer there; that Mr. Hart informed him Irks, hail past.
and an him the Rank note which Prisoner hsd
offered; that he asked the Prisoner where be got the
and Primmer told him he had it from his master, who lived
iw Comptoe•street ; that be hemeired at the Man when Vs i-
nner said he lodged, sad meld Sod so such perms.
The resew man whew Primmer called his master, elated,
that he had bonen the Prisoner for about asses years, an
had employed him *nationally, but sat slice September Ise..
That on Monday the Primmer came to see him, end askisl
if he would anew him (the Prisoner) to put his name to •
Beek ante which Prisoner said was a bed owe ; that after
anew persuasion he consented to let the Prissier use his
same, and on the same afternoon Fletcher the releasable
came and informed him the Prisoner wan detained.

Yesterday morning snow fell in the metropolis
for the first time since last winter.

At • time when so many actions •re threatened
for defamation of character, it may not be irrele-
vant to notice the reply of the celebrated Comedian
FOOTS, to a person who complained to him that
another had takes away his character He is the
best friend you have, Sir; for your character is a
very bad one, and the sooner you get rid of it the
better !"

FINS Seem—Two military officers, of the
names of WENTWORTH and GILLMAN, made a
het of fifty guineas aside, at a coffee-house in Ox-
ford-street, to run against each other a mile on itoo
Uxbridge-road yesterday morning. Mr. WENT.
WORTH led and kept it the first half-mile. when
they run abreast of each other until the lost ten
yards, when Gt LIMAN shot forward, and won by
two yards, in four seconds within five minute.,
without trainiog.
Turner, the pugilist, arrived in London from
Wales on Wednesday. His lameness has consi.
derably improved, which was • sprained knee, in
over-training. He rather limps. hut is able to
take his exercise, and he is gone to join Sutton, the
black at Barnes. His battle with Martin takes
places on Tuesday next. It excites more inlere.t
than any match since Randall and Turner's.—Six
to four un Turner is the current betting.
Two ships, laden with wool and other userchan.
disc, which anchored in Leghorn Bay on the 4th
instant, bring the grateful Dews that the plague has
entirely ceased at Algiers and Tunis.
The Chapel now building in Regent-street i. to
he • Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church of S..
James. It is building spoil loud belonging to the
Crown, under • warrant from the Lords Commis.
s:oners of the Treasury, mid iit halluistary sialocrin-
lion., or rather loans MIS Ilibibhebitonte of the
perish.

An affair of honour tan, istbee on Wedneeddy
at Chalk Farm. between COI. A. and Lieut.,
W. (both lately returned horn Sir Gannon &MOIR.
oox's expedition). After exhausting their ammu.
Minns a mutual arrangement took plan..

We have heard. and upon authority too, on which
we can place some reliance, that she recsipts in tlie
Custom. department at Liverpool. for toe last guar.
ter, are 400.0001. less than thase•of the correspond-
ing quarter of last year.

We have much pleasure in stating, that the ac-
counts which arrived yesieidar from Shields are of
a favourable description. The ship-owners and
beak/urn have had varisiss easiferencer on the sub.
jest of the ebonies adysiaced by the latter. and we
are assured Iltat •u arrangement lin been came id
eatisfactory to both portion. under which the keel.
mon are immediately to mama .asking.—/A yew.
Piirdr.)
A most atetitiistis attempt has been made at 801.
ton by two men, ow* tif titers wearing a white hat.
to husk. ism* ammo's tie ohicb were deposited arms,
hes thioaginglo the thils (Wag's) hamar*, One
a the istblerts fired • pistol ilt • Midler whet die.
oohed ilisk and he is shirt ihtoigh the hand. A
reward 4. tool. it Aimed NC due dpeoseq of these
assamiss.—(Airrachester Chrosirk.l

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