The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-14 00:00:00

DARING BURGLARY.

On Monday night lest a burglary was committed in the house of
Mrs. Hamer, in Princess-street, Havel-lane, Salford, under the
following citeunistancesi—A gentleman, who lodges with Mrs.
Hamer, was returning home, about half-past one o'clock, after
having been at the theatre. On reaching the house, he observed
that one of the windows, and the front door, were both wide open.
Not suspecting at the moment that any thing was wrong, he went
into the hotter, and hearing a noise and seeing a light in the back
room, he proceeded towards it, supposing that some of the family
were there; but in an instant the light was extinguished, and he
stumbled over a chair which had been placed in his way. Several
men then rushed from the room, and endeavoured to escape. lie
seized one of them, and held him for a moment ; but another of
the robbers presented a pistol to his breast, and attempted to dis-
charge it ; but fortunately it only flashed in the pan. The gentle-
man, however, relinquished his hold, and the robbers all ran
away. On searching the premises, it was found that they had
effected an entrance by forcing the window-shutter, then breaking
a 'lane, and unfastening the window, they had opened the door,
from the inside. An attempt seemed to he'd been previously
made to cut out a panne' from the door, but without effect. A
large quanti‘y of clothes had been taken from the drawers, and
lay ready to be carried off'. The robbers took awes 'a gold watch,
and a sum of money, obtained from a desk in the back room. A
pistol was also missed ; and there is little doubt that it was the one
attempted to be fired; it was loaded with ball, anti, heel it not for-
temorly missed the, would in all probability have killed the gen-
tleman at who:n it was aimed. Since the above was written, a
man has been apprehended under the following circumstances
of suspicion :—On the examination of the premises, it was'
discovered that the blade of the knife used for cutting the pannel of
the door, had been broken in the attempt, and the broken fragment
of
the blade vas picked up on the ground by Mr. Derbyshire. On
Si' ednesday afternoon, Worthington and Jefferson, two of the Man-
e:lies:et boodles, on going into the Manor Inn, saw a man named
Thomas Hughes, who, we believe, was discharged from die New
ILiley on the day before the robbery. Ile had a knife in his hand,
which one of the officers asked to look at ; and finding that one of
the blades was broken, it immediately occurred to him that that
might probably be the knife which had been used for the burglary.
Hughes was consequently takes into comedy, and on comparing his
knife with the fragment found by Mr. Derbyshire, it was quite ob_
vents that they belonged to each other. A pair of shoes too, which
were left in the house, fitted him exactly ; there was a remarkable
protubersnee on his right foot, which just corresponded with amark
on the right shoe ; and he hail on, when taken, a pair of shoes
which did not tit him, tied with the-same sort of ferretting as the
shoes found in the house. Hughes was brought up for examination
yesterday. when Mr. Derbyshire stated that he believed the shoes
would also be identified by the turnkey of the prison, as belonging
loth' pekoe, when he was discharged ; and a watchman would
prove. that he had seen him In the neighbourhood of Gravel-lane,
on the night of the burglary. He was remanded until this day,
when he will he again brought up for examination.-31ancidetter
Gun rdian cf Saturday.

TO ENORAVI or Gcass.—Cover a plate of glass with
a thin coat of wax, surrounded by low edges of the same
substance; sketch the figures with a sharp-pointed instru-
ment ; pour on a quantity of fluoric acid, and expose the
whole to the sun's beat. flic strokes made in the wax will
be soon observed wavered with a whitepowder, arising from
the solution of the glass. At the expiration of four or five
hours, take off the wax, and wash the glass. By these
means, an intelligent artist may engrave on the hardest
glass or crystal; any thing that can be engraved oa copper.
—lf corn, r't

THE BRITISH PRESS.

PROM SATURDAT NIGHTS GAZETTE.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 9th of February, 1025,
Present
t,
The King's Most Excellen Majesty in Council.
Mite Majesty.
is Council was this clay pleosed to appoint Jobs
agony, of North Rode, Esq. to be r.ff of the county of
Chester, in the room of John Smith Bointry, of Settee, Esq.
' And his Majesty was pinned to make the following sameadment
upon the Roll :
Leicestershire—Charles Monk Phillips, Esq made Charles
March Pitiliipps, Esq.
Curios Rouse, February 9, M.
The Xing was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood on Robert Buckley Contyn, of the Middle Temple,. Esq. one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court at Madras.

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M HATA RY PROMOTION&
War .Qlfiee Feb. 11, 1826.
lat Regiment of Life Ouardi--Ensign Henry Bingham String,
hum the 2th• ir.ot, to be Cornet and Dub-Lieutenant, vice Cepa,
wbo.exchanges.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant A. •fillanti Cald-
well to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lateward, who retires.
Cornet Slatthew Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice

,-.—...
Coulson Bell Pitman, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vies

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Thomas Lloyd (Riding
Master) to be Cornet, without pay.
lit Regiment of Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Barry,
from the 76th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Tedlie, pro-
moted in the 98th Foot.
Bth Regiment of I.ight Dragoons—Comet James Thomas Lord
Brudenell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murphy, who
retires.
Corporal John Miller, from the Royal Horse Guards (Hiding
Master), to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Brudenell.
13th ditto—James Edward Alexander, Gent. to be Comet, by
purchase, vice Blame, who retires.
14th ditto—John Kennedy, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Gilpin, promoted.
15th ditto—Paymaster Francis Edward Leech, from the Ude
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Robert Storey, who retires upon hats
pay 62d Foot.
Ist Regiment of Foot—To be Captains—Captain Joseph Le
Guay, from the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, vice Suckling, ap-
pointed to the 90th Foot ; Lieutenant John Stoyte, by purchase,
vice Dobbin, who retires.
!d ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel John Williams, from the half-pay,
to be bieutenant.Colonel, vice James Florence De Burgh, who
exchanges.
Captain Henry Christmas Cash to be Major, by purchase, view
Williams. promoted.
Lieutenant George Graham to be Captain, by purchase, vise
Cash.
Ensign William Joseph Berens to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Graham.
Nicholas ller.ry Jones Wrathy, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Berens.
Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Campbell, from half-pay 93.1 Foot,
to be Assistant-Surgeon.
6th Regiment of Foot--Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Arthur
Algernon Capel, from the is Life Guards, to be Ensign, vice
Baring, who exchanges.
6th ditto—Lieutenant Theodore Walsh, from half-pay 3d Dra-
goon Guards, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
7th ditto—.To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant James blaynaed
GooditT, front the 98th Foot, vice Allan, who exchanges ; Ensign
William Scarth Moorsom, from the 79th Foot, by purchase, vice
Lonl William Paulet, promoted.
Bth ditto—Assistant-Surgeon John Ferguson, from half-pay 97th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Scott, who resigns.
14th ditto—Lieutenant Charles S. Tittling, from the 67th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Wood, who exchanges.
13th ditto—John Villiers Shelley, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Beatty, promoted in the 31st Foot.
Sergeant Luke Ilanly, from the Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards,
to be Quartermaster, vice Clare, deceased.
20th ditto—Lieutenant Andrew William Gamble, from the Slat
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Byrne, appointed to
the Slat Foot.
24th ditto—Sergeant-3lajor Daniel Rielly (Acting Adjutant) to I
have the rank of Ensign, without pay.
31st ditto—To be Captains—Captain Edward William Bray,
from the 88th Foot, vice Hutton, who exchanges ; Captain John
Byrne, from the 20th Foot.
To be Lieutenant, without purchase—Ensign Alexander Beatty,
vice Gamble, promoted in the 211th Foot.
To be Paymaster—Paymaster Richard Monk, from the (,3d
Foot, vice Dawe, who exchanges.
To be Assistant—Surgeon—Assistant-Surgeon Louis Alnchin
Sheppard, from the half-pay 93d Foot.
45th Regiment of Foot—Frederick Pigott, Gent. to he Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hodgson, promoted in the 83d Foot.
47th ditto—Captain John Pennycuick, from half-pay 78th Foot,'
to be Captain. vice John Pesky. who exchanges.
Lieutenant William Ache, from the 115th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Snow, who exchanges.
48th ditto—Ensign Mackworth, from the 63d Foot, to kit
Ensign. vice John Ward, who exchanges.
63d ditto—Captain Deane Jonas Conroy, from the 69th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Silver, who exchanges.
Paymaster Andrew Moore Dawe, front the Slat Foot, to be Pay-1
master' vice Monk, aho exchangee.
64th ditto—Lieutenant Robert Woodgate to be Captain, without

purchase.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Frederick Con.
sidine ; Second Lieutenant Henry Gaecoyne, from the Rifle Bri-
gade ; Ensign John Swale Dalgety, from the 70th Foot, vice
Woodgate.
Tube Ensign, without purchue—Gentleman Cadet, Garnet Man,
from the Royal Military College, vice Considine.
Stith ditto--Hospital-Assistant William Keinlo M.D. to be

,
Dragoons.
60th ditto—Brevet Major John Schoedde to be Major, by piste
chase, vice lin Thum, who retires.
Lieutenant Andrew Ellison to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Schoedde.
Second Lieutenant George Fothergill to be First Lieutenant, vies
Ell iston.
George Mason, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vine
Fothergill.
638 ditto—Ensign John Ward, from the 48th Foot, to be Ea.
sign, vice Markworth, who exchanges.
6,5 th ditto—Lieutenant William Snow, from the 47th Foot, le
be Lieutenant, vice Ashe, who exchanges.
Captain Richard Bates, from half-pay of the 628 Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Leech, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.66th ditto--To be Majors—Brevet Major James Baird, by pur-
chase, vice Lascelles, who retires; Major Samuel Patnckson, front
the 99th Foot, vice Dodgin, who exchanges.
To be Captain, by purchase--Lieutenant John Clarke, vice
Baird.
To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Ensign Philip Ditmas, vice
Clarke.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Thomas Leigh °oldie, gent. vice
Ditmas.
67th Regiment of Foot—To be Lieutenants—Ensign William
Morton Pitt SweedlanJ, without purchase, vice Munro, deceased.
Lieutenant John Manley Nand, from 14th Foot, vice Tinting,
who exchanges.
To be Ensign, without purchase—
gent. vice Sweetland.
69th ditto—Captain Jacob Silver, from the 638 Foot, to be
Captain, vice Conroy, who exchanges.
79th ditto--James Skinner, gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Dalgety, promoted in the Stith Foot.
79th ditto—Lieutenant David Campbell, from the 67th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Spier) Crawford, who retires upon
half-pay 67th Foot.
834 ditto—Ensign Studholme John ilodgson, from the 45th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Brien, deceased.
86th ditto—Assistant Surgeon Patrick Fitzpatrick, from half.pay
4th Dragoons, to be .Issistant Surgeon, vice Dudgeon, who ex-
changes.
89th ditto—To be Captains—bletrtentrnt Horatio Walpole. by
purchase, vice Hill, who retires; Captain John Hutton, from the
21st Foot, vice Bray, who exchanges.
To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Ens.„
ler. vice Walpole.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Honourable George William Fox
Kinnaird, vice Buller.
89th ditto—Second Lieutenant Honourable Cadwallader Davis
Blayney, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bell, promoted.
99th ditto—Captain Horace Suckling, from the Ist Foot, to be
Captain, vice John Lucas Cox, who retires upon half-pay.
91st ditto—Captain William Hay to be Major, by purchase, vice
IValsh, who retires.
Lieutenant Cornwall Borne to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Hay.
94th Regiment of Foot--Captain Thomas Decimus Franklyn,
from half.pay 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice Craig, appointed to the
28 Royal Veteran Battalion.
Assistant Surgeon John Lyster, from the 7th Dragoon Osman;
to be Surgeon, vice Samuel Tilt, who returns to his MUM
half-pat.
98th ditto—Lieutenant George Allan, from the 7th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice floodlit', who exchanger.
99th ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Dodgin, from the
16th Foot, to be Major, vice Patrickson, who exchanges.
Captain Aubrey Beauclerk, from the hall.pay, to be Captain,
Tice Hill, appointed to the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion.
Rifle brigade _To be Second Lieutenants—Patrick Fitzroy
Wellesley Campbell, gent. without purchase, vice Gascovne, pro.
looted in the 54th foot; Ensign John Villiers Shelley, from IStii
Foot, by purchase, vice Itlayney, promoted in the 89th Foot.
Ist West India Regiment—{William Russell, gent. to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Ellis, deceased.
2d ditto—Lieutenant Daniel O'Meara, from half.pay Royal
African Corps. to be Paymaster, vice Stopfoni, deceased.
Ist Royal Veteran Battalion_Captain Edward Enstace Hill,
from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Le Guay, appointed to the
ice Foot.
2d Royal Veteran Battalion—Captain William Alexander Craig,
from the 94th Foot, to be Captain, vice Alexander Macdonell, who
returns to his former situation on the Retired List.
UNATTACHED.
Lieutenant Lord William Paulo., from the 7.h Foot, to be

vice Thompson, promoted in the 4th Light

Woodcock James,

Gleorge William Bul-

Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Briscoe,
who retires.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Brevet Inspector of Hospitals, William Augustus Burke, M.D.
so be Inspector of Hospitals.
Brevet—Staff Surgeon Charles Collier to be Brevet Deputy In-
vector of Hospitals in the Island of Ceylon.
To be Asststant Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant Surgeon
James Sampson, from half-pay 104th Foot, vice Hospital Assistant
hi'Dermot, appointed to the Ceylon Regiment; Hospital Assistant
John O'Donnell. vice Sibbald, deceased.
To be Hospital Assistants--Hospital Assistant Temple Pearson,
from half-pay, • ice Assistant Surgeon Mitchell, whose appointment
has not taken place ; John Paterson, gent. vice O'Donnell.

MEMORA7f DA.
His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the Ensigns of the
Royal Staff Corps, being in future commissioned as Second
Lieutenants.

The Christian name of Ensign IVarren, appointed to the 4th
Foot, on 22d July last, is Peregrine, and nut Charles.

Offlre of Ordnance, Feb. 9, 1925.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Thomas Mottley,
from half-pay, vice CreaFh, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Edmund
Neal Wilford ; First Lieutenant Rich.ird Basset, from half-pay,
vice Blake, retired on half-pay—to be First Lieutenants.
Gentleman Cadet Thomas Evcdale Walker to be Second Lieu-
tenant, vice Wilford.

Office of Ordnance, Feb. 11,18'23.
Ro_yal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant William Wal-
lace Darley, from the half-pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice Miller,
retired on half. pay.
Second Captain Archibald Montgomery Maxwell, to be Captain,
vice Briscoe, retired

Corps of Royal Engineers--Captain Charles Dixon, from the
half-pay, to be Captain, vice Haldane. deceased.
First Lieutenant Lewis Alexander Hall to be Second Captain.
First Lieutenant Francis Edward Elliot, from half-pay, vice
Hall; Second Lieutenant Cowper Rose, vice Elliot ; and First
Lieutenant Montgomery Williams, from the half-pay, vice Mudge,
deceased—to be First Lieutenants.