The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-13 00:00:00

DRURY-LANS THEATRE.

Last night this theatre was well attended to see
the comedy of Tie Provoked Husband. M►. EL.
LISTON, is Lord Torpid,. acted with mach force
and truth, as did Mr. Coorta in the part of
Molly. Mr. MUNDEN.S John Moody. is a treat in
itself; his moaner of relating the Journey of the
Wronifheitd family was admirable. Mr. Dow Tot►
and Mr. KNIGHT were excellent representatives of
Sir Frame& and 'Squire Niehard. Mrs. DAVISON.
iu Lady Taira/y. performed with spirit. The Lady
Grace of Mrs. W. WEST was an unaffected ►epre.
sentatinn, simply chaste and elegant; her descrip-
tion of the life she would lead were she married.
was justly and loudly applauded. Mrs. Hut Lows,
ea Lady Wropigheed. deserves commendation.

CAMIZIDGII.—There are to be three grand con.
earls in this Place in the course of the present month.
Miss PATON, Min D. TRAVIS, and Mr. VAUGHAN,
are engaged for the occasion. Mr. F. CILAURA is
to Ind, and ■ large body of instrumental per-
formers are to fill the orchestra. The whole, of
course, takes place with the permission of the
Vics-Cumscitu.con of the Uaivenity and the
MATOL

Ha MAJtery has been pleased to appoint Sir
WALTIII SCOTT, Bart, to be a Deputy-Lieutenaot
fur tbs county of Roxburgh.

Mr. LLOYD has signified his intention of relin.
(ionising the contert for Shropshire on the present
occasion: the struggle is, therefore, now between
Mr. and Mr. CUILDII, whose respective
Matt► Mr, of coarse, saugsiga MB is tie SOCOOPO
of their favourite candidate. The day of nomina-
tion is fixed for to-morrow, and the writ will be
ismed on Saturday.

We understand that the Royal Bank of Scotland
have come to the resolution of charging interest on
cash account credits at the rate 014 per cent. only,
at their office here, and at their branch iu Glasgow.
—( Edinburgh Paper.)

A numerous and respectable meeting of the
county of Glamorgan was held at Pyle Inn, last
week, to take into consideration the contemplated
alteration iu the conveyance of the Irish road from
Milford to Waterford ; the High Sheriff* in the
Chair. The Marquis of Burs, the Lord Lieste•
rent, stated that the object which the meetiog had
in view, met his hearty concurrence, sod that he
would give every !resistance to the county, to secure
to them,and the Principality, the privilege which
they had for a seriraof years enjoyed. Sir C. Cosa
said, he felt the greatest pleasure in communicating
that, whilst he was in London, he had several inter-
views with the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury on
the subject, and he was proud to say that his state.
meet was received with marked attention. Mr.
&automat; rose, and after making many judicious
renuseks- upon the incalculable injury which would
result to the county of Glamorgan, if the projected
alteration took place, proceeded to submit a series
•I' resolutions for the consideration of the meeting,
by which they were unanimously adopted.
Meetings of the county and of the borough of
Carmarthen were also held last week, when resolu-
tions in favour of the retention or the packet este-
blishment at Milford were unanimously agreed to.
THE FUNDS.—The market yesterday continued
agitated, though, upon the whole, rather improv-
ing. Consols for Account, 811 811 80k; ditto for
MigieT. 811 801 ; Reduced, whit ; 4 per Cents.
981 S",i; St per Cents. 9211; /4rve 4 per Cents.
1011 ; lladia Bonds, 38; Exchequer Bills, 5 7;
Small ditto, 7 8 pr. Parer i Stocks: Spaiiish,
60 63 63.89 68 57 56 57 58 ; Kumasi, 831•86;
Pe:wrap, 84 83 ; Danish, 90 •
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At Valparaiso, in Chili, a subscription is raising
for the purpose of building a pantheon or burial
place for Protestants, and a coustderable suns has
already been collected.

Schools on the Lancastrian system are now esta-
blished at Mendoza, at the foot of the Andes mono.
tains.

The Political Chief of the Province of Bilbao has
eddreNrd.e circular to the Judges of First Instance
within that district, until a law on the subject be
pissed by the Cortes, to sequestrate and register all
the properly, mot•eable and immoveable, of persons
iu arms against the Government, or who have fled
to France. The revenue arising from the ptoperty
to be applied to the indemnification of families who
may suffer by the rebellion.

Last wftk the High Sheriff of the county (it.
Sucouott. jun. Esq.) on approaching Loudon, was
►obbed of property to the amount of nearly 100/.
from the boot behind his carriage, by ►ome villains
who are too expert and successful at this sort of
►obbery ; and what makes it the more remarkable,
the tsrtu►ge was an open baroache, containing jour
rodetorti, and travelling at a great rate.—(Hump-
shire Telegraph.)

Li*
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Tuaseav, Norm's* It

TIM ZINO a. HAt.ll..
Thit was a proceeding instituted spinal the De;
fendaat, which came en for trial at the lost Assiees
for Cornwall, held at Bodmin, for penalties under
the Election Bribery Act. the 'Verdict was tor thi
Crown.
Mr. Serjeant Pam. now applied for a rklle to their
num why the Defendant should not have a new
trial. The Learned Serjeant mid the prosecution
arose oat of occurrences which had take,' place at
the last election for Members to serve in Perliameilt
for the borough of St. Ives. Os this °collies there
wets fear candidatee, Mr. Graham, Mr. Evelyn;
Sir Walter Stirling. and Colonel Milne the ton
latter Gentlemen started on Sir Christopher
Hawkins's interest, and were defeated, and it was
upon the part which Mr. Halm load taken in this
election that the present prosecution for bribery had
been commenced against him. Mr. Halve new
complained of surprise, as the ground on which he
applied for a new trial. He (Serjesnt Pell) bad
now in his hand affidavits of the Defendant.
mating. that be had given notice to the other side of
the sitter impossibility there would be of his making
flee deform» (Weft he had full notice of trial. There
were three indictments and one action pending
against the Drfendent, at the Aeolus in 1820. when
Mr. Halse.gave the notice, and due notice of trial
utsuigiven to all ; bat afterwards those notices were
countermanded: subsequently, however, and after
the Defendant had been lulled into security, by
supposing Iltit his cause would not come on, short
notice of trial was given for the same Amines.
The LORD CHIRP JUITICIR observed an appli.
cation might have been midst to a Judge at rhino-
berm to put off the trial on the ground of insuf-
ficiency of notice.
Mr. Serjeant Pitt. said there was no Judge
sitting at chambers, the circuits having commenced.
and lie must submit that a greater hardship could
not be imposed on this Defendant than forcing him
to trial on to serious a charge as this. was, suddenly
and by surprise.

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Mr. Justice BAYLEY inquired if any application
was made to the Judge at the trial to put it off on
the ground Dow urged.
Mr. Serjeaut PaLt. said he believed no such ap-
plication was made.
The LoRD Cuter JUSTICI observed it would
be dangerous to entertain applications of this sort
no slight grounds after a verdict of guilty had
been passed against a Defendant.
Mr. Serjeant PitLL admitted it would. if the ap-
plication was made on slight grounds, but here he
contended he had a strong case: had his client been
given due notice. he would have been prepared to
contradict every thing the witnesses for the prosecu-
tion had advanced. One of the principal witnesses,
on whose testimony the Jury had found a verdict
mutest bis client, named Diann, bad mince been
tried for perjury, convicted, and transported. The
'Learned Serjeont then proceeded to comment on
the evidence of other witnesses called, petticoat's!,
of two men. named Bennet and Richard.. Bennet
boosted much about his conmeasce, and then swore
be did not know what bribery menet. The testi-
mony of the other witnesses was equally improbable
and void of truth, and he had at present affidavits
answering and contradicting them in entry port of
their statements ; and evidence to this effect would
have been brought forward at the trial had not Mr.
Halite been taken by surprise.
The CHIEF Junto; said, upon the case as it now
stood upon the affidavits, which, as they were drawn
up, contradicted many of the facts proved at the
trial, the Court would grant a rule to *hew cause,
and the other side might answer affidavits by affida-
vits ; but they wished it now to be clearly under-
stoo, that it was upon the affidavits only, and
not on any•gebund of surprise, that the rule was
granted.

Rule toofiew cause granted.
TANN N. WADARCOTE AND ANOTNIM
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Mr. Donnas stated that this was an action
brought against the Defendants, who are constables,
for an assault and false imprisonment. The action
was tried before Mr. Baron Graham at Warwick,
and a verdict was taken fur the Plaintiff—Damages
one farthing. Mr. Denman now applied to have
the verdict set aside and a new trial granted, on
the ground of iniiidirection on the part of the
Learned Jedge. It was a proceeding originating
in the Act of l George IV. to p►event wilful and
malicious trespass. The Defendants pleaded two
pleas: first, that the Plaintiff did wilfully and
maliciously break and shiver to pieces a frame
of glass; and, secondly, they pleaded the general
issue. The facts of the case as alleged by the
Defendants were as follow : The Plaintiff, it
appeared, had been passing some time at a public-
house, and towards evening, it bring Saturday,
he went out with a loaded gun, and placing him•
self opposite to the shop of a person with
whom he had disagreed on some account pre.
viously, he fired the gun, the contents of which
Shivered the glass in the window, entered the shop.
and narrowly missed doing serious injury to several
persons at that time in the shop. In the course of
Sunday the master of the shop received information
that the Phintiff was the person who IVO the gun,
upon which the Defendant, Wadercote, was applied
to, and desired to take him late custody. This
was done on the Monday, and he was taken before
s Magistrate, who, on he■ring thestory, hesitated to
commit under Lord Elleuborough's Act, for
maliciously shooting, but recommended a proceed-
ing under the Act of the Ist of George IV. for
wilfully and maliciously destroying and damaging.
and offered to commit the party under that Act.
This was declined, and the Plaintiff was dis-
charged, on which he turned round and brought
his action against the Defendants for false impel•
sonment. The damages were naly one farthing,
but their Lordships would he swore, that in
an action of this sort, even those damages car-
ried very heavy costs. The Defendants pleaded,
first, as a special plea, the let of George IV. but
they harteleo pleaded the general issue. The Ist
of George IV. gave the constable authority to
take the offenders without warrant, and ui.der
that Act the Defendants contended they were
justified, and proved that Penn was the person
who fired the gun, by evidence stating that he
had been at the puhtic.houm mine time on the

§ideritir, mai
rent the gun was
not sititlied with
tbeintsan who
verdict for the
now contended _
her to have proceeded iury
Toe the befeddint, the plea of the general
under the Provisions of the statute of tiro. I I.
jasti6ed u constable in taking any indivi.
Alial on suspicion of friday, althoUgh the chug.
should not afterwards be substantiated. Here wee
toll proof of the felony.. Is the gin was loaded,
and a great number of panes of Oils were broken
by the shot.
The Court gialsted a rite to she, cat*:

I)OLiCE.
Yesterday flaw yoreit, tie late landlitordoW-ofiritithe 814isioff
Sea peblic.huuse, is Iledfordbulry, was brought to the Ogre
ler swether easmismiss, Charged ea ise.oteore of Wog eoro..
rersed is the oilshery ef the Portobello plifilic.basse. is Si.
Mortis's-lase, of eselt, soles, to Me aament of Sall. SINK
of the stoles ,Nee trevu traced to a mis of the same of
Heat, who woe In Ms employ, lad shout the same time oho
Primmer absconded Awe his home; lie &caseated far that
yesterday to Sir /ticked time, sad for applying fee thit
renewal of the licesse, by saying he wee obliged is at oat
remits is the country wail', to she death of kis eerie.
Mr. laws, the attorney, stmlided Ow tile Praeger, Aid
urged fee his discharge, At the resod that so reidesro Woo
produced evilest the Primmer.. to his connexios with Moat,
which was resisted by Mr. tlalla, the Magistrate, who said he
certainly should keep the Primmer soother greet, sad thought
the Prisoner was called ones t. produce Heat, whirls Mr.
Isaacs said was sot I. kis power, sir was he called iambs to
do su; he ceseplaiited that the Priermwe had bees kept is so.
letup cosieenieat costrary to the orders of the ilagietrates
fruns which the Primmer was ordered to ha released.

COACH 10611€411.
Jolts Sorthiom alias hickey lack, underwent swallow err.
animation, charged with robbing the Sineesed omit ani
Friday 'reside, mar die name Cottager se tie. Imam se
Highgate Hill.
l• oddities 1a tea portiesiare we pee so Woodsy, lb.
guard of the Stanford comb aliesiled sod identillod the per-
mit of the Primmer as the doe who pimpled dowel beat tail
step of IM hinder boot wide the coach stopped.
The two parcels stoke from the emelt were toned by
man in a Geld near the apes. wli• delivered then as directed ;
ow of them was Air Lord Heehaw.
The iron crow, punch, and other implements for bresitieg
oafs coach.., were euseiiisesel by the Sward the beet sal.
orbited for breaking open doors of boots and pounds of
coaches that could powobly he wads; they were slow well
adapted for the timbale of desire sad bus seed to wears
Intake; they wen dada/ to dew rand by Hie, WAtte- is
robbing the Lade mail.
He was reoisaded foe rankle esaesioseiss.
kissed Scott, who woo Owed is the Prisseer's Imaging%
in is. Aaikowoterries. Seem Dishy wader saspiediess de.
esolottweereo wee shoot Is he reseeded as • nave awl esp.
booed, for basipg anissiebes or pietist* hey Ihissil be his peso
oessios ; but • sobiset-makee residing Is 1111•••Asshor redi
asioseliag, sad sluing that She Prissarelodgrel
with bin, :ad shot Hes kelp Weevl eisbio gesso &sr, tbit
essarasotiees of tow I:sovietism was ps•lpsneeL
ottsta-fQPIIIIIL
Yesterday Joseph w• 44 Piestesd, sad Jaw 1N
Wee boys, olio set well beiows to IM polite, were ehartd
wislepleithig poekeh lo tee crowd saeortin Mr. Haat iota
lows ou Holiday last.
Lassos sad Tineoril, esewtsblrs of It. Illsegares':=
stolid that they were os duly I. Pall tttsll,.asd that
Caddo Palate they observed tho Priaosercatteesptiog deft
set poolieto. Hill, the riesgest of IM shree,eisia etoseeale4
by the• net, add she araeteldea watched shed as (tril
Cbseistersos, wire* Hwy separated, has again art, a
wen taboo isle dieted,.
A pore's who stated himself to be Mutes" sewer pis
him • good character, bat it did sot Ken that he had say
psreiestse pales to lodge is, sad that the other tire had beta
Plawood was ordered to Rod boil, sad the others were folly
eeesseliteel.

PIKE WORKS.
The Res. Aft. St. Aubyn, N 0.3, Delsbay.strret, was sum.
woad to assort the consplaiist of Wm. Judd, Doe of the
liow•streat petrol. Judd staled, that about aloe o'clnck i
tlr evoolog of the oth lostent, he observed in the Blue
yard • ausolity of *goals and serpents let off is Ow yard
the Defersdant's house. He knocked at the dew, which waR
opened, sad es making his bossiness knows, • vollmasil
lasioutly shoved him ries sod shut the door la hi. face,_herr
fore he had time to show his sour He could Ms tit Mar
week. diesiseily over the roofs of the booms.
The watchman corroborated his ststemeot,ol4 the Doe
&Waal was limed tOs. and row,
Mr. Whams., mossier plumber, in Bridee.row, Vsuzboll
reed, wee summoned to soswer the ',foramina of lobo
Mervin, a Bow.sintet patrol, for kaki of *reworks also
wo the bib of November.
It was proved that somelsoys W Sired off snail crynib,
across the street, and la the yard of his house. He was con.
victed to the penalty of 10.. sad mats. He ..id be @bold
sot pay the Me, sod the Ilagimrue issued • distress war.
mat against

isi .4“4,6
ems %q.t.
direct. The ereerr. were
ith the proof. of the 119eintilre heist(
red the Rio: sod therefore eve a
eiutit The Cornelia' Serra.'
that, the Learned Judge ought for-
keeled to direct the Jury to Mad