The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-07-17 00:00:00

THE CASHIER OF THE EAST LOTHIAN BA NY

SAVANNAH, JUNI 14.

Yesterday Mr. Wm. Borthwick, the Cashier of the Bank
of East Lothian, in Scotland. who was arrested a few days
ago, charged with haring eloped with one hundred and
seveity thousand dollars, was brought before Judge Charlton.
Bortbwick war committed by a Judge under • generll sib.
davit that ►e answered the deseriptiou of the Cashier.
Judge Cberlto• decided that the Prisoner was not charged
with any criminal offence, and that if he bad bees, that of.
fence would appear to have been committed in • foreign
country, over which the Coen had no jurisdiction. There
was a principle of amity is international law whisk would
authorise the arrest of a fugitive from the justice of a fo-
reign independent sovereignty; but it must be a matter en.
tirely depeodcat upon treaty arrangement•. Upon these
grounds, if we correct', understand the Judge, he directed
the Prisoner to ►e 'Michaelis!. Bortbwick, howeve►, wan
immediately afterwards arrested by order of the Judge, on •
bill in Chancery, prsyiag for a writ we mat, • discovery of
the affairs in retaliate, to the Bank, and fur an account, and
required to give ball to abide the decree. The Prisoner nut
being able to procure bail, ►as been committed to gaol.

The new ball-room which isimilcting at Torquay,
at the expense of Sir L. V. PALK, Bart. Lord of
the Manor, will, it is said, be the largest and
most splendid building of the sort in any watering
place in the West of England.
AFFAIR or HON ooK.—A meeting took place on
Saturday evening, near Hempstead, between Wet.
WALLACE, Esq. of Kildare, Ireland, and R. W.
JACKSON, Esq. of Armagh, in consequence of a
message sent by the former Gentleman, when, utter
an exchange of sisots, Mr. WALLACE's second de-
clared the honour of his friend fully satisfied, on
which Mr. JACKSON'S friend withdrew him from the
ground without explanation. Mr. WALLACH was
attended by J. REYNOLD*, Esq. H. P. Rifle Bri-
gade; and Mr. J ACMON by THOS. OTLAHEKTIE,
Esq. of Castlefield, county Kilkenny.—(heening
Paper.)
GREAT UNDERTAIIING.—A gentleman, now in
Edinburgh, has engaged for 1,500 f. sterling to ride
ISO miles; then to walk to the moor 10 miles, and
lu kill 40 braces of game ; he has then to walk 10
miles back : all this is to be done in 44 hours. He
is to start about theend of this month, at 14 o'clock
of the day, and we understand the horsesare engaged.

ANOTHER SHARP SHAVER.—AO account appear-
ing in the newspapers of ■ Liverpool hair-dresser
shaving 82 men in an hour. J. FINNIT. of Burs-
tein, Staffordshire, who heard of it, undertook to
shave 100 in the same time, which he completed, in
a superior manner, within one second of the hour,
and was ufterwaida chaired through the town in
triumph.
A correspondent states that horse-stealing has of
late become very prevalent in the north of England,
and that • person who was lately convicted at Lan-
caster, subsequently confessed that, in his practice,
he had stolen upwards of one hundred. Our cor-
respondent further states, that, within the last ten
dap, and within the distance of 56 miles of Car-
lisle, ao less than five horses have been stolen, di.-
poled of, and again recovered by the owner:.

MARK F. TS.

[Frew the " Leedom Mercantile Pries Current," e
Tuesday, July 16, 1822. j