The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-26 00:00:00

CHEAP LOYALTY.

The exact value, or what may by some be considered as
more than its real valve, the actual cost of the wonderful
" manifestation of loyalty," for which the hit, Lord Mayor
assumed so much credit to himself in his speech on .St.
Thomas's Day, at the wardmote of the ward of Vintry, may
be ascertained by the curious in such matters, at the office
of the Chamberlain of London.
These very loyal gentlemen generally contrive that their
loyally shall cost them nothing, and his late Lordship, not-
withstanding his high seas" of " the distinguished honour of
attending his Majesty, as Con for of the river Thames,
upon the °edition of the late Royal Visit to Scotland," has
managed to get the whole expense of his loyalty defrayed
from the Cite purse.
The singular adroitness by which this prudent act was
effected, is worthy or being put upon record. An account
or the expense incurred upon that occasion was presented
by his Lordship to the Court of Aldermen • no small degree
of surprise was expressed at the time, anethe Committee to
whom the account was referred for examination, aware that
the general feeling of the Court was in unison with their own,
declined to recommend the payment, and actually re-
fused to sign the account. This occurred on the nth of No.
vember, the day for swearing in the new Lord Mayor, and
consequently the last Court in the then Mayoralty. It was
therefore now or never fur the soot., the amount being very
little short 01 that sum, and accordingly, at the next Court,
to the astonishment of all the members, a minute appeared
upon the journals, ordering the payment of this among other
accounts. Not a single Alderman, present on the Bth of
November, had the slightest recollection of any such order
being made, which, it was therefore conjectured, must have
missed in the hurry of business at the close of the Court.—
The order, hones er' upon inquiry, was found to be past recd,,
for in tho interim between the two Courts the money had
been received (tom tbo Chamber.
Ilad the worthy Alderman of Vintry Ward introduced this
anecdote in his speech, his °beers ation that " such &mani-
festation of loyalty was not to be forgotten or forgiven by the
persons he had described," would have bad some show of
reason it.
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The vote of thanks to his late Lordship agreed to in the
Court of Aldermen, it is observable, carefully avoids any
notice of this subject. Indeed Sir James Shaw, who moved
it, insisted that all allusion to this "manifestation of loyalty"
should be omitted; and Mr. Alderman Bridges happening to
drop the expression "splendid hospitality," Sir James, to
the great amusement of the Court, hastily rose to assure the
worthy Alderman there were no such words in his motion of
thanks.

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His Cato Lordship must surely bare forgotten these circum-
stances when he delivered his philippic against the members
of the Common Council ; or did he imagine that the proceed-
ings in the Court of Aldermen were profound secrets?

Yesterday, by order of the Right Honourable the LORD
Mayon, the prisoners in ?Negate, Ludgate., and the Consp-
tav,each received one pouod ammo. one pint of porter, and
a three halfpenny loaf, in addition to the iucreased allowance
of bread, meat, and coals given them by the City of Lon-
London.
R .—On Tuesday night some villain broke into the
couch house Intoning to Joem [clews's, Esq. of Blooms-
bury-square, which is in Threc Cup-yard, Bedford-row, and
stole the coachman's great coat, and two saleable plate
glasses out of the coach windows. Information being given
to Commas RUUD, one of the Bow-street day patrol, be suc-
ceeded in apprehending yesterday a lad named RR/icons, on
suspicion of being concerned in the rubbery, and he remains
in custody for examination.
One evening lately, a man went into a house in Chapel-
street, pretending ho wanted to purchase bread, when being
directed to a shop in the neighbourhood, by a woman who
happened to be with the landlady, ho went away. A short
time after, however, the fellow having, nu doubt, watched
the departure of this casual visitor, returned to the house,
where tho mother of the family was alone, who had just time
to observe him near her, and that he was followed by two as-
sociates, when the villain rushed upon her, and seizing the
pour woman, in ao unsuccessful attempt to throw her on the
lire, precipitated lire with great violence on the hearth,
threatening her with immediate destruction if she did net de-
liver up the key of her husband's repositories, and that s ith-
out giving any alarm. The accomplishment of the base and
nefarious purpose, seemingly so much in his power, was,
however, suddenly defeated by the fidelity of a favourite do-
mestic, a bitch; who, on seeing the alarming situation of her
mistress, made a furious attack upon the assailant, and after
a long struggle compelled him to Ily, leaving very bloody ves-
tiges of the severity of the content. Nor did the infuriated
animal quit the aggressor until she again attacked him in the
street, bringing him to tho ground, and treating him very
roughly; his worthless associates, who had declined sharing
in this part of the business, having previously disappeared.—
It is painful to add, that the shock occasioned by this brutal
outrage brought on premature ham's,. on the woman, who
was delivered two days after of a child, which died in three
days.—This daring and unfeeling ruffian is deser,hyd as a were
dressed man, about the tallest of the middle size, and of ra•
ther genteel appearance.—Ahrrdeesi Chronicle.

SHOCKING OCCU RR ERCE.—On Thursday last
David Cletor, a private belonging to a detachment of the 3d
Dragoon Guards, now stationed here, put a period to his exist-
ent. at Hexbiun. The following are the circumstances attending
this melancholy transaction :—lt appears that Clator had lately
married a young woman in this city, to whom he was passionate-
ly attached; she, however, both before and after marriage, had
been is the habit of corresponding with am:vibes. man, in the neigh-
bourhood of Carlisle. This circumstance, it is believed, coming
to the knowledge of Clator, he became extremely jealous, and
greatly disturbed in mind; kis wife, in the urcan time, having
availed herself of the protection of her mother, who resided at
Hexham, went to live with her, declaring that she could mu longer
remake with her busbaNd. Clator now deter Mined to proceed to
Hexham, and demand his wife, with a fixed resolution, as we
understand, io case of refusal, to shoot either her or himself, or
both; with which intent he carried with him two loaded
pistils. On arriving at her mother's, he met with the refusal
which he had anticipated, his wife resolutely persisting in having
nu further communication with him. His leave of absence being
now expired, and being in • state of the utmost distraction of
mind at his wife's conduct, he immediately destroyed himself with
one of the pistols which he had. The result of the Coroner's In-
quest had not arrived when this paper a as put to prem.—Carlisle
JosirsiM.
Thursday morning last two men left a box at
SIMPSON'S coach-office, Rochester, to be forwarded
to London. Mr. A LDERSLY, of Strood, who was
present at the time, having before observed the same
persons at Strood, suspected something improper, and
called in an exciseman, who was passing, and com-
municated his suspicions that the box contained con-
traband goods ; it was accordingly opened, when the
body of a man was exposed to view. The circum-
stance being made known many persons soon collected
round the office, and one of them thought it was the
body of his father, who had been buried in Strood
church-yard on the preceding day. It was accordingly
taken to Rochester workhouse, when it proved to be
the body of Wm. HERRINGTON, an aged man, many
years servant to the late Mr. BoolluesT, of Strood.
The body was re-interred on Friday, the grave having
been deepened to ten feet. Three men suspected of
the robbery, were in the meantime taken into custody,
at Gravesend. They were travelling in a light cart,
with a good horse, and had tools, such as a spade
and pickaxe, and a wrapper similar to the one the
body was shrowded in. They underwent an examina-
tion on Friday, at Rochester, and were remanded.—
, KeatisA Gazette.