The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-29 00:00:00

FOATHILL SALE.

This attrinive rounior, closed on Mont y last,
with the retures Inc! pirzeiain. after 14N,'11..!
days, attended througliniit by 411 the ra.,k And opu-
lence 1.1 the al °cent counties. The crnercl was
great, and each v•as the scarcity of beds, that coots-
gers let their hovels for one and two guineas a night. •
'the audinu was conducted in a very excellent man..
nee. The amount of the sale must exceed 20,000
pounds. • I'he two oiabres, by Vernit. were pur-
chosed by Mr. Llwln. at 350 guineas. Ihe Porlf.is.
by Mr. Jeff.ories, at 370 guineas. 7ha Raphael,, by
Mr. Walsh Porter, at 100 guineas. The thin,. by
Romney. at 200 guineas, by Mr. Evmmysr. The
modern pittures sold high. The Lalrvie, of t!,,a Va.
tican, bought by Mr. Paul, at 6611. The China
prodoced enormous prices. The Cabinets. with Hag'
milton's Paintings, were piorchased by Mr. Oakley.
The mirrors produced near 30001 Three qt them
sold for 400 guinets each. This distinguished edict
Rea is now dismantled of all iu interior elegance; and
is to experience demolition next atnotts. being 'dyer-
used for sale on detail, and is top; bnot Ijicely
produce more than 20.0001. tha3b. seeded by tow
late Alderman Beckturd, at au expense exceeding
130,0001.
r, IfrORTHI.VG, Avousr 25—Sin p. a.

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Her /Ural High:sets the Princes Charlotte of
Wales took a tide, this evening, in her baroucbe
avid four, en the Arnndll Road, atet.oled by the
Dowager Lady de CI Rod. tia ir'clack re-
turned to V. rrwick House.

The company on the Sands was very isomer nos,
there was the usual display of donkey-Lai is. 'Nem
have been A great many excursions ou the sea the
whole of this day.
The company, at this place, is very nimercus,
and many are obliged to take a?trtmertrs at Broad-
Water, a mile and a quarter troas this place.
His Excsalency the Portuguese Ambassador, and
suite, arrived, at five o'ciocis this afternoon ; he. has
taken his house for three months. The Russian
Ambassad'ir is also here.

The I.heatre, Cos evening, was very fashionably
attended, and the performances wrist of with great
applause. In the Farce of ratrqine eied Ursa'.
Mr. Trotter, as D'eLewis., received weld deserved
approbation. as did Mr. Purser's thief, Miss De
Comp, as Primers: 14Igraine, was very much ad-
mired. Am osgst the company were the Duchess
Dowager of Manche►tar. Earl Chamois&ley,
Dowager Lady Pere, th. Portugue.e and possstan
AmbA4sadors, and several persons of thstirodtion.

Ayoub., r.

The morning is very fine, and the bathing.
machines ate in motion ; the company on the
Sands is my ounsernus. Lady Dudley and Ward
was mounted on a black horse covered with a white
net. attended by two servants. The Earl of Dor-
chester. Earl Chnlnsondeley. and Lord F. Mon-
tague, took a ride to Arundel Castle. Her Royal
Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales waked
on the lawn in the front of Warwick House, and
went into the sis4rquer which is placed near the
hevise ; after which her Royal H'ghnrs. tonic a ride
nn a donkey round the lawn. Visc-innt and Vis-
countess Sudley arrived this morning from Bognor
Rocks, and dine this afternoon with her Royal
Highness at Warwick House; and at six n'ctock
will return to Bognor Ihe Earl and Countess
Cholmondeley and a selea par:y will dine this even-
ing with the Earl of Dorchester. Lady Caroline
Darner is indisposed Her Royal Highness the Pirtle
cosi Charlut.e of Wales, it is expeeted, will take an
excursion on the water to-morrow, previous to her
Royal Highness's departure on Monday, it the
weather should permit.
There was a toot-race on th- Sands this morning,
between two coachmen, tor five gninzas a-side, to
run one hundred yards. After the first race, which
was a dead heat, they ran lour more heats, increas-
ing one bundreJ yards each heat ; when the last
heat. which was five hundred yards. was also a dead ,
heat. These two champions, it is expeCted. will be
lucked by some of our spotting gentlemen to try
again their agility.
The play next Friday, for the benefit of Mr.
Purser, will be Tile J'aspicuras Husband ; Ranee,
by Mr. H. Siddons ; lever, by Mr. Purer. At
the end of the second 241 Madame Dussek will per-
form on the harp ; and Mr. Purser will sing The
Breslin of Wortbits: ; and will conclude with 41
7th if My.terry, in which Mrs. H. Siddons will play

On Saturday night, or Sunday morning, two
persons, (the Lather and son), were suffocated, in a
sloop, lying opposite the Parade, Waterford, by a
stone coal nie, and having their hatchways closed
down. The soa-in.la* of the elder nearly lc..st his
lite by thesame cause, but hopes are entertained of
his recovery. A few m inch,' ago, a man shared a
similar fate in Waterford river, and a second person,
alio. who survived for a considerable time, has since
died in e )rk of the injury sustained at the sane
period.

140LICT.
Cult. if A LL.
Catherine Thomas, a wretched-!coking Ojai,
about 40 years of age, with a still more wretched,
hiking infer: in her sums, was brought befue the
Sitting Kagistrate...., Sir MATTHEW 13i.f.Aff A IN-
Knight. charged with feloniously stealing a piece
of printed calico, the propetty of Mr.
linen-draper, in Cheapside.
It appeared, that about seven o'clock on T:turs-
- evening, th.• piece of calico in question lay at
the shop door, piled up with seveeal tither pieces,
and the Prisnner was observed, ity a young woman
passing aceldentally a' the time, to take up the
calic), and run away with it. The young woman
immediately gave the alarm, and the Prisoner was
pursued and tikes; with the calico under her arm.
When called upon to account how she became
possessed of the prcperty. she said she saw it lying
in the street, and picked it up.
She was fully committed for trial. and the parties
bound over to pto•ecute. —This wretched woman.
we ut derstand. has lately returned from transporta-
tion, 13r a similar offence.
An old man. 75 years of age. was also brass,*
before the blegtarate, charged with taking indecent
liberties with female children. In compassion lier
his age and apparent infirmities. he was discharged
for the present, ly reprimanded by the Aegis-
trate, and warned not to repeat such praCtices in
future.

MANSION-NOWE.

A gang of Jews attended upon the
nation of t•ne of their rtrsaasion, who WAS brought
before the Lotto MA Yon yesterday upon a charge
of picking th pocket of a Ditch Jew, just
orrieed t:oro the Confine:A, tor,ifly ignorailt of
the English ienguAgc ; hit interpreter, an Eng-
lish Jew, seemed net quite expert or satistnlory
in his inte,:preation of the tAtcts and cliarws ; by
reason of which the Officer of folic •, who is Jew
likewise, bad an opp.utunity of stating, that he
had found the pocket-boon of the trueiga Jc.v in
the posse,s,on cf a gang of Jew thieves, whose
haunts die Jew Officer of Police stated himself to
have been previously well aequiimed with, and
said th-y had thrown the pocket-honk befqee
him, in the r he represented before the
Lord Mayor ; in such a manner, he added, as
left him no poem of distinguishing from *MA
of the thieves it had Littlest. The charge was,
that in addition to a great number cf mernoran-
d •ms. there had been 151. cash in the pocket rook
when stolen ; bat the Officer stated, that he had
foiod a person to prove, that no money whatzver
had been in !•110 pocket-honk when stolen; and
added. that the Prosecutor h.'d so acknowledged
upon being menaced with a prosecution for preset.-
ing a f the charge ; upon which the Prosecutor (au
was sworn against biro) ofirred 'he Officer a gtvnes
if he would let the matte: drop. The Jew Utficer
of Police, in addition to t• e toregnii:g testimony,•
deposed, that the Pr'esec.i..ur had not any passport,
and was an alien recently a7r:ved in this country;
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TM Lord Mayes, nn finding this to have bees
the case, ordered the Prmnutor to he committed
to the Poultry, and notice t) be given at the •lien
(Mice.

sow seater.
Yesterdly, Bye' Eosin, the pretended Messenger,
was brought before JOHN N sacs, Esq. the Sitting
Magistrate, for exam nati a, when a new chav
we, mai a Ait .44.4 !urn cf uttering a tarred 1341 of
Exchange, purporting to be accepted by 1/4, 'lnapt
Ruspi ll i , with An intent to defraud Mr. Patmore,
jeweller, of Ludgate MI.
Pater Patmorr, a jeweller, or Wrote-hill, said,
that on the 5:11 :mt. 'the Prisoner came to him, iu
his shop, at..l looked Oaf a gold watch, a gold seal,
and a gold key, arid agreed to purchase them for
tea guineas; attJ, in payment, tendered a bill of
ez.hange for 101. 10i. purrrting to be drawn
upon, and accepted by, t% it,,atn 104pioi, of Pall.
Mall, dated London, July 3, Mai, two mouths.
Mier date.

',the Prisoner said he was a King's Megenget,
and Oat the bill wis tip ~n Mr. ilarip.ni, the dentist.
of Pall-mall. and tiers h• ing hut one M that name
in Pall-mall, he had nu dooat !pat it was the Cheese
her, and accordingly took the Ina in payment.
Richard Gipps, An appr.•'!ice to Mr PA:MOSO,
ccntirmed the abi+vz, and said, that in about a week
4f.stwards, the Prisoner came to bin in the shop,
aii.s ►aid lie had broken the tnain-;!ring of the watch
he had purcnased there, :rn.l lett it to belrepaired. and
requested the loan of another watcli, while that was
repairiNg ; he accordingly le:.t him a silver watch.
Taiisitoo, the officer, produced the watch he
found upon the Prisoner. when h,: apprehended
him, which proved to be the same the last Witness
lent him.

Um Chevalier Ruspini attended, and said hi.
Christian Dame was hat tholomew, and he resided in
Pall-Mall, that he has a son whose name is ‘Villiant,
but he dues not resiJe with him, or in Pall Mall
And after carefully inspeaing the Bill of Exchange
for 101. 10s. dated the SJ day of July, 1607, and
the accepunce of it by William Hospini, he is eon-
vtneed it is not his son's hand writing. The accept-
ance being in red ink, and the Prisoner having
said he was pre.ent when his son accepted the bill
in his haase, the Chevalier positively swore he
never kept any red ink iu hi; house. aad that he
never was preseut when his son accepted Ibis, or
any other bill.
Tne Prisoner was committed for further exam:-
nation. _ _

Auout a fortnight since, the Prisoner attempted to
obtain a Meszenasr's medal from Mr. Gilbert, the
King's goldsmith, who makes all medals, tinier a
pretence that he was a Messenger, and had lest his
meclal to La repaired two years since; since which
time he had been nut of Knglana ; but Mr. Gilbert
being well acquainted with offic;al men and customs',
soon discoveied the deception, and turned bias oat
of his house.
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Upaards of 200 fine fellovr, have volunteered
from the kart Devon regiment, and nearly three
hundred from the North D.ron ; they hsve moitly
gore into the 11th loot. Of she Bricks regiment,
quartered in Eteter, mote than 130 have ahead),
volunteered tor the 14th. It is expoded that
the first Royal Lanca►Lire will turn cut a very
large proportion► but the communication has not
yet been made to them.

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Yetterclar an alarming tire"ltri.ke not in a new.
built hbger, belonging to -itttsrs. Scott and J.,rJan,
builders and catpfiners, in K-stun-street, Great
Ciaroui-street, R.usseli-sTiare, BA in less than half
au how, the inside or ftese premises. end the
i.ig nee it.use, bil ingiiig to • Mr. Knight, were.
onto eiy coastimed ; a‘id n r the WAN ot kWh.- •
buttes, iront and rear, riimOted in with a err
meudoes Cfasil. About eight o'clock is the 1130,11.
!urA. two ot the carpenters whil WSW employed let
the tLe miter we amen were ewers!,
made a fits in the kitchen, for tote purpose of pre-1
paring their {trial/last, wieirb, by tome onforesere '
acciJent, ennimuni:rzi with ; parcel a shavings,
and, in a tai m me,,ts, Cie whole was is *smw.,
and there being a strong westerly wind at the wales
they aro* spread t h•;uie, and lankier •
Was saved OUC of eit. ler but a bed belonging to si
pr.cir wmchni ,a, who took rare ot the pr•ntisas IMO°
Mr. Knlcht. The hem,. 14 which the lire dpi '
broke use:. was nearly loisl:ed,aad in the as ul pro
paratinn f,r a tenant; and Ana is must
nrdinath &It 4,.ruary ens of the owners, went the .r
P.,rfv/tt*d•Y az the Albans fire Iziuranc: Qificet.,
no 'Le Parr, )02of 10SUriag the pr e s, but wa a ..,
I°o 140"'s Coe Cloaks having left the Office ter the ..•1
day. "l'be other b use w.s completely frothed, ,
and the .poor watennan, W.th 4IS true and three
lOoldrah, were pat in to take care of the premise
until,they
Ciouid be tenanted. The watchman had
not long gone. to bid. an, when toe fire broke out,
Jiffi :arty awoke by his oiler Who
b 4,1 been only Cure days brought to bed. The fire
was an rains., ems of the chil.teen was severely Isar*
in Cie arm bet,:re they could elle@ their neaps. .
The Aabion 6i e engine, .11J some iitiiers. awnded;
but the high wind, together .vitls a difficulty in woo 'r
curing a supply of water, prevented their Asa% y
with any eff,et for a considerable time. Several
houseb, on either side, well in an unfinished state.
and nit a!,,,we six, includii.g those burnt, ant of ,
near blz'y houses in the street, were in a hallaible;ve
eondl•iqn, it being a new street. the building of
which only commenced last spring. ,
sivitailrefk
DUJIHAAI Al LIS IA

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' There are probably but tow individuals wow
living itquainted with the history of the manufac-
Lture •of Durham hlastard. Prior to 1720 there was -.
.no such luxury as tnu,tsrd, in its present form, at it
owe moles. At that time, ti:e seed was only coa
',me tzti
',mended in • mortar. as coarsely separated
tafte integument. and in that rough stase prepared
for use. iu the year I have mentioned, it occurred
to an ell woman of the name of Clemeres, resident
at Durban% to grind the seed in a mill, and to
• pass the meal throut:h the several processes which
. are resorted to in making fl.iur from wheat. The
stet* She kept for many years to herself, and in o
the period of her ezclusiee possession of it, supplied 1
the principal parts of th: kingtintn, and in par:ems-I
lar the metropolis. with this article; and Georges .:
the First st imperil it wiih fashion, by his appsoval. -- I .
. Mr.. Ciemenu as regularly twice a-year travellellkai
to London, and to the principal towns thrtughnlii"'
England, 1.0 orders, as any tradesman's rider of 4 •
the resent day; and the old lady certrived we.
pick op, not only a decent pittance, but what
then thougl-t a tolerable competency.—From
woman's residing at Uur:iam, it acquired chemist
of Durham Mustard. • '..
The letter sen: to tne Lusty 01A Y ore on Tuesday 4
evening, from the Admiralty, codtained an applied.,"
Linn to his Lordship, w back an impress warrant 4
for t'w. City. The Navy is said to be greatly in ,
want of hands.
Sir RICK A MD ST iIiCIRAN is 'Weed in town from
Plymouth, and had en 'lluraday a long interview*
with the Board of Admiralty.
The Hews, frigate, Capt en Score, is to carry
GefiVral Sir J.% MLS CRAiC, to gorth America.
;Tffte 2d Heavy Diagoons of the German Legion,
commenced Viet march on Tu,isdsy, trim the Isle
of 'New, Sandwich, and Deal. for Camberwell,
Greened/h. Deptford, and tit, towns in the vicinity
of the metropolis, preparatory to their being re-
'hotted.
The 'Scl (King's own) Dragoons, are on their
match from gusset for Cristertiuty, where they are
ezpe9vd to arrive, in tour divisions. on the 2d, 3d,
4th, and sth of Septemb:r il at.
The Ild Dragon ( i uArriS (nr Queen's Bays) are
ordered to occupy the cart i.rcnts quitted by the
. Scl Dragoons at Chichester, .Irtindel, and that vici-
nity. which they are espeCted to reach about the litli
of September.
Tu.s.laY evening lA% two thoughtless young
rolunteers. returning from drill in the Mews, fired
off their mnikets on their en.istnee into Castle-stir. t;
the horses h a ci al,waggnn. palulog at the :moment,
took fright,and,can for ttttt 4, against the shop win-
dow of NC Ncrta..cutler. in that street. which,
they altroat•dernolished ; and two ladies, who were ' .
enfortnisetely close by the shop, were r ly cut
and bilked; they woe conveyed home, almost
wirhoor hopes of receviiry.
A garden, shoaled in Rottington-lane, near Can-
terbney, having been . f late repeatedly robbed, a
person was appointed to watc.h it on Sunday night :
when about midnight, a villain entered the premi-
ses, and soon commenced his drepredations, by
gathering some pNch-ii ; his a:”:-.ris being observed
by the other, he 1-velle3 a musket, and threatened
to shoot him, but was prevailed on to desist, by the
entreaties of the villair, who impl-'red mercy on his
knees ; he, however, no tooriarortm his antagonist off
his guard, than he knockedkim down ; and after se-
verely bruising him, made hit. escape, leaving his
-hat la the Raid _.n. We are sorry,,to learn, that no
discovery has yet been matte. •t
On Wednesimy, a G-ntlentan dressed in black,
without powder, ' - advanced in ve- Ind i--
eliaed to be corps.,
ton coach, stagiposeit,
!torn Kendal, tr. to-
going tidier into
with as apopteaii
minutes. He
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in alaritet-street,
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Tr. the Lakre in Weetvsoeeland. and
an Surry or Kent. was suddenly seised
eic fit, and Fed in the space of a fe
was conveyed, with the utmost dis-
learTst vorgegison the road. which was
at, Herb, where the body now hes.
ry about him to the amount of Si.s
besides a silver wools, said a serious