The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-27 00:00:00

PULICR.

SOWAITRRITI
Yesterday a versos of resp►ctable appearance, and eke
gave his name Charles Thompson, No St, New Run& strew.
silk-mercer, was charged before Sir Richard Hirsh, %be
:Swag Magistrate, with ►awing committed • most violent
and unprovoked asaauh au • Me. Ruben C0...r of Resew's.
hill, Doctors' Commons, us Wednesday evening, ak the
English Opera House.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Crow, that he was
leaving the theatre with bit wife, and on descending one of
the stair-cases met with the Defeottant, who, with saises.l
other perao•s, was enteriag the theatre. In pameag 11111
other the Defendant thurat bin elbow *piton Mr, Cias.'•
side with great violence, when Mr. Crows called him • stupid
fellow, and asked him what he means by his behaviour; Mi.
Thompson, wittiest sasweriag him, attack Min severely un
She face; • muffle sassed, the emmtables t•terfeerd, wag M,.
Thom paw was take. into custody.
la his defence, Mr. Thompson stated that in the rolls to
enter the theatre he was forced against Mr. Cio.s, who d,.
eerily called him • fool, mad afterwards a d—d fattest liar,
goon which he work him.

Mr. Crum 'Waled upon his oath that be ever made amo of
the expressions.
Sir Richard Biroie remarked, that he had only to doltish
the breach of the pratvg, not as to the piovocatiol rhiib
calmed it ; a Jury would decide upon it, and as Mr. Tkomp•
sots admitted the assault, he must call upon buns to Sod boil
to 'mower the complvint at she neat Weatmaaster
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Mr. Thompeou produced his bail, who was accepted. acid
he was zeros diugly discharged. • e,

THE LATE AFFRAY AT CUIPPENRAM.—Mt.
MOORE is io a lair way of getting about again.
though, it is feared, with the total loos of our qr.
—( Beak CAronick.) :row

It is singulAr that not the heist intelligetnn has
been received respecting the Arctic Expednic:r.
but no serious blame ere yet entertained for the
ratrry of the vessels and crews.
The Morley, convict ship. with a detachment of
the Sd 'few both); ramie+ she convnisnd of Litaie-
nant and Adjutant' Mamat. left Sheerness
Monday owning fur the Doom, en their we? to
Van Dirnivii's Lard at'd New South Wok".

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IRSL AND.
IMPTSMSKII SM.
Sir John Newport, Barr. arrived on Wedneeduy
list at Kilbreek, county Cork, the seat of his bro.
Michnel Crengh, EN. The worthy
Old•Ittl las we are happy to learn, iii excellent
healthlr.""•
Ddriewol'Alliat lee o'clock ow Thursday moraine last a
rwreestair tool plate ulnae she Tornaike, oa the tint mid, a
small ilotanee weat of Waterfool. between Mr. harms, of
Milltainoreel, in Mai ens, sad Hr. Chutes Eyre, a LWINC.
VIM io the lo Royals, 'quartered there—the former attended
ley_ Doctor Aleock, the latter by an °Meet of his regintrost.
We parties discharged two shots esrh : lie the merged fire.
Mr. Darrnn's ball pared ihronigh she &shy part of Limo.
Ihyrit'a right (high, atirl lodged is his left, fracturing • part of
Ile moo bone; but we are happy to learn the ball was ea.
towed on the foot by Dome Akork, the seamed a 111 r.
Hamm, anti that lb. wowed, thwack motto, was not magi.
.mreit of amy itoncerotan witnie Ou Mr. Eyre's fallow,
Me. Shown left jlie cooing wohnott maltase say Almeida"' 4
use after the (01 hail bees eztrscuel, Mr. Eyre was carried
• home to the harrark by a forty of hie regiment, on a titter.
Ms waigesomed- that the doll originated in the dimintino.
nage of smell otteatims• we the part of Lieotemiat Eyre to
wady rim is a cassia to Mt. Barrins.—(Cloesel darer-
-1‘17.)
DEATH OF LORD FRANKFORT.
Digit, at his villa, wear Cloolarf, oa the Slat Mellott, Via.
Penal Ranalliot Montrumeneey, ate of hie Majemr's Moat
sartarwanOwa P. ivy Cauesi I, a 'Moue of the Linen Rimed, a
the Dellis Society, a CON 11111•41111.? for
PrasartiWasral Iswpaspaist Uss tart and Harbour of Dublin.
Mao Mll&lip I. arecceded in his titles sad estates by his
owl, Lap itaysissallr a liaison
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CORK, SePTENIIRSII.
• Early Teaterd ay morning his Grace the Dube of
Devonshire left Cork for the purpose of visiting his
' relates in the western part of this county. lie as
*Met on the way by large parties of the•gentry and
_yassatanry of the surrounding country, who accent-
fed him to Bandon. When lie reached Brinny,
liVfie horses were taken from his carriage by the
',/pupolece, who hod assembled at this point in Teat
`cumbers, and he was drawn into the town. On his
arrival, his Greet was waited oti by the Earl of
Soudan. and by all the neighbouring gentry ; after
-btAtitch hi petard the Joy to viewing the rapid mi.
pro!esoents which hem taken place jo that flourish..
• ing and important towp, under his patroliege. and
. 'aisiteared greatly' eatilisa with the general indica-
tion of prosperity which it exhibits.
to the course of the day he was waited on by a
arioutitiou from .the inhabitants of the town, and
another from the Protestasa Dissenters. by whom
he *ea presented with- appropriate addresses, as a
. politic record of his Grace's Cunt to the town, and
of the sentiments of respect and esteem which his
liberality and virtue., is a Nobleman and a laud-
lord. have so gesserally excited.
At an early hoar in the evening the town mss
brilliantly illuminated, and the night was passed by
the inhabitsula in all those deumustretions of respect
am) attachment which such an occasion demanded.

TOO LATE ARRIVAL OF A REPRIEVE.
This day Jaws Corket and Patrick iterrke, ohs wen
tried at the ta.t •Assize■ for a highway robbery or the perso•
of • Gestlmmo, of she Welll.o.m-road, leadisig frost i►is
e4f le the Isiterorks,were executed, pwn•aat to their seattewee.
We elate, wish those reefing* •barb are w►cws•nly.ereeted by
the citeinatitance, that it • very short lime afle► the eeete-
I joe. a Kiss's owesseweer arrived is tows wish a reprieve for
the own automatist. is,.. The sloop of cavalry, who forms.
ed the roars' mend them to the gallows. sad the bearer of
eke respite, la • chaise wit► her hoses, twee wear the
vies of this Paper. as the former wore retoraieuc (rows
the execution, so that es ides stay be formed of how Iloilo
more expedition them was used weld have bees areeesavy
SO glee effect to the clement interposition of Cu,, ramest.
Withiewpeet to the korai Warms, whose artiturity directs ow
such occasion, it is right to wersiisso, end weds se with • NH
' torowirstge of the tart. t►et ohm wryer ass awcasisso
when there was Iris mum to expert that • respite would at.
rive, 114 arty' fro days have elapsed store a• answer was
received to a mesto•tal forwarded or behalf of the modems.
wench stated that the law omit take its coorse. ' It is
elistp.eper to svelte., that the reprieve was Not foinvded ow
ye& she nowt vetwour Jambi of the 'writ of the see, bat was

inertly so exercise of Ibe prerogative of merry, the (sitar, of
snit+ in its aini, is not sat 19.uch Is/ be 'assented as if the
juin dies objects hail hero equivocal: Mill, however, they
1/PI It aelettill as proper objrris sof pardon, sad their exits-
. lies, sugary the eirewasateoce, is little less than histrifyisg.
(golitliern Reporter.)

St. Pool's (rummer School having been long
considered too confined for the number of !wink,
• gareparatians are tasking to enlarge the dimenstons.
Nash, the Kingston baker. of note in the prize
ring, mid the Rumford baker, who fought the Sitf.
talk champion at Chelmsford races, are matched to
1. light for 40 sovereigns aside, on the Bth of October,
within 15 miles of London.
On passing sentence on some male and female

thieves, who behaved ►ery indecently in the Cir-
cuit Court at Glasgow, last Thursday, Loyd Mata-
Dot►fl►ire said, " Never iu my life hare 1 seen
fern-airs so hardened and so deeply suuk in de-
gustily. Your sentence is nut yet pronounced. sad
st might be increased in severiiy; bar serer shall
• range feeling sway my mind, or cause me to ag-
'-gltseste pasishneent." This is a les.uu fur some of
. our English Judges.
• Ou Wednewlay George Chendkr and habells

Copper* were convicted before N. Farbtsis and
S. ASH, &qrs., st Soutb Shields, of perjury. It
opposes this loving couple, rot relishing the neer,-
sity (Shaving their names placed upon the church
duos is their own parish, •upeured before the Sur-
rogate at North Shield*, and took the oaths of be-
lls?, inhabitants in that town, when, in fact, both of
them were rraideuts in South Shields.—(tyne
Mercury.)
SISFOULAR PRISSEIVIATION.—About three weeks
ago, Mr. liiirssou, of Bentham. was allowing
upon Ingleburough, on a sudden he missed one of
lies doge, a favourite pointer, and he left the moor
without finding her. nut did he gain any tidings of
4,er tall nine days after, when Mr. SMITHIES. of

if urtas-an- Lonstialr, also was sportiug over she same
• xtUlOll4, observing nos dog g►owling and bristling
over the mouth of one of those caverns which are

so numerous in that neighbourhood ; ou looking
down for the object which caused such conduct. he
perceived a dog et the depth of about twenty feet ;
omd having heard of the above circumstance, he
procured a rope sod ladder, sod with much chi&
culty brought the pointer safe to the top; but her
feet were so much lacerated is endeavouring to
wave frees her gloomy prison, amid being reduced
for *out of food (having reutaiued there eight
oisittli sod woe day.). she was obliged to be cor-
ned off the moor ; sod. although in that mate, ou
bearing the call of a vaorw-cock. she pricked up
her ears, and poiuted towards the spot where the
bird woo.