The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

GAMBLING.

Information having been given at this office, that n eel of
goinblers frequently assemb:tal •t the Marquis of Granby
9'nve•n, Si. Katharine's, and played at different camel, the
Chief Surveyor of Police repaired thither, with several other
officers, and found a camber of most reapectab'e ehatacirts
at cards. He called upon the landlord to account for this,
and was informed it was a club, which had hero kept there
fur a logic time, and he consequently had no power of me-
venture them. He was, however, ordered it, auleid at this
office, anti yestervisy he aim►, /slow the Magistrate impress.
upon him the tenour of the new Act of Parham :wits, and
the consequences that would attend a seenad information,
nut only to himself, but the gamhlerv, Wishes,.
The Magistrates are determined to put alt end, if
possible, to those diabolical proceedoegs, and close the doors
that are ape.t to such a ruinous system.

A very distinct lunar rainbow was observed at
Araml.l on Thursday se'ilitight„ This pltenonse.
lion had the colour of the solar rainbow, very dis-
tinct and pleasant, only considerably fainter.
IRISH LAW.—The following extract from an
affidavit read: in site Court of Common Pleas, it►
Dublin, is alike illustrative of the manner is which
1.-gal process is executed in the water island, nod
of the precision with which legal iustrumesita are
drawn :

'• And this deponent &other eolith, that on arriving at the
house of the said Di f ndaui, Mitotic in she cusinty of Gal-
wsy aforesaid, for the purpose of perautially serving bins
with the said well, be, the said deponent, ltaiseked three
several times at she outer, ennoncaly coltrei the ball door,
bat could nut obtain admittance; whereupon Ibis deponent
was proceeding so knock a rim th time, sleet, a man, to this
deponent isnbuown, holding IN his beads a musket or Won-
dei buss, at this deponent, loaded wish balls or Mar, as this
deponent bath since beard mind verily twitters, appeared et
awe of she upper windows of the said twelve, sad preventing
mod musket or blesderbuss at ibis depuesent, tbieasenid,
that if said deponent did not instaatly retire, lie would se..d
his (die deponent's) soul to hell,' which ibis deponeut verily
&shares he would here dome, had eat this deponent prrcipi•
lately escaped."
A young woman, servant to Mr. FARQUHAR,
overseer at Canny he qoarries, weut to an apartrori t
with a lamp in her hand, to procure a supply (Soil.
A cask of gunpowder, kept foe the use of the quar-
ries, was in the room, into which • spark Irma the
lamp having fallen, the powder kindled with a tre-
mendous explosion. The roof of the bootie was
carried off, and ►he woman borne along with it to
• considerable distance. Whet' the uatoni►h;d
female began to examine her situation, she found
that she had sustained very little injury, and was
much more terrified than hurt— (DiraCse Courier.)
On Friday night, as the Gloucester evening
coach approached the Callow, ahont three trades
from Hereford, owing to one of the wheels running
against a large stone in the road, the coachman ands
passenger were thrown from the box, without being
perceived by the other pusiseogera, and the harass
cuntmued their course, and brougbt the coach in
safety into Herefoid, ►tol.ping at their own accord
■t
the usual ion. The surprise of the passengers
may be imagined, when the tieeemary ioquiries were
made for the coachmen, who was seriously hurt, as
was also the passenger, which prevented their fol-
lowing the coach.