The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-07-17 00:00:00

DU ELIA XG.

Inform:aim was received at the ME"c. on ColordaY
that Sir Clio-lye Chasupiesier, and a Captain in the Gwent's,
were to tied a steel near the twitemilnetosse, on the Ede.-
itare.rnall, on Sunday nuinsint!, at five o'clock. Lavenders
tie Officer, went to the spot Onset four o'clock. :11r
p r resoles sii Foley, place, Asian in Gondol trlis'e fie
was called ut four o'clock, said went to the I.:411 of
II —'n I ae% in Sackville esrirt, where bin friends ward 1.
500,1. About five sicluek, the Earl of oec,ml".-
lord by a Gess,lesnan, sunned in a rarrine near the tw.i.
lutist .tone on the Mama/neon& They were /snowed hy
tlr Clam/bonier, on horseback, scrump suieil by too a..re
sante un his/sneak, one in livc.y, and the utiser tent A
poet-chain. next arrived, wilt one Gentleman in it, att.insof4
to be a Santessis. Another chaine arrived Maine/lottery after,
with three Gentlemen in it, the Captaid and two frie•ols. .t
Gentleman on lisiesteLeck followed, nitunsvicil to Ist, lb:: Cape
taio's Sueecua. Earl E--, his friend, and all the
panics, inneined in cminereetioss till six o'clock; wiens,.it in
nommen], that, thrinixli the interference of den intro led
seconds, an explanation took plate without EJ:laint ; or that
they sly Lavender, she °firer, weitiin. to ta'ts
into re:study in ease a breach of the peace was cummitt:ol.
The dispute originated at the Op:•ra.

Early on Friday morning, Co'nnel Thnentoa, well harm•
in the arwthic vudd. tail/ inforniutiwi that ifr Hub'Yetrii,,• •
the Attorney, of timthain;O:u.baillings, and 'Jr. %Yratlort,
of Gray's luasgea,e, Wert' going to tight a duel at Chalk
Firm that morning. Mr. Rats, in consegnence. i..ar d his
warrant against the pint les , awl Lavender w is drirpatebe.l to
execute it, ar•thapinied by Cohinel Thornton, they weLt
knit to 'Jr. tVrethea. at W. chambers in 4:ray'a f slay,
and found lion at lire/Aron : Mr. Wurthea approved into:h
autonkheil, especially at the Cultritel's interfering in the
mintier he had -dom. The Culionei very roolly replied, it
Iran immr—itile Cur him to permit Irma and Mr kltublitril to
fight a dad, reoeut both of them but got solpauch huaiarts
awl paiver aof his in their hands taiven/ler conveted Kr.
11•. to the (Mice, when he cave bail himself in Srrd tan NW,e-
tics in altil. each to keep the pence. During, this term, Vr.
Hubbard lic..ir4l that there W.th • warrant not against tom. its
in consequence utteaded at the Olice, and entered into pi.
miler sc clunks.
The dispute originated, we understoad, respecting some
bets at Newmarket.

Jahn Prefoot was henoight in the restart! of John Strisger,
• constable, of Dartford, and one of the Mose-patrole to*
hougiug to the Mace, chat gvil with a foul-pad robbery. dlf
Joseph Pin, who lodges et the One &It lon, in I) ward,
Late a 'arrant to Captain Le Blum, of the Nlcopois
Dry' Ear India ship. said, that on Weitrails': IlittfMir( last,
between foto and live u'elocl, as he was coming to London,
is a pod chaise, he was stopped between filioote.'s• hill and
Blackheath, sad be !riot, at the instant, arid e '") the talk-
hog of men, keen. the Poisoner, and two other tarn or foot,
snot- to the carriage. The Prisoner opeard the .tour of the
chain., and exelsimed s. Halloo, abet have you got hers
lVoness rc plied, " ho ere yr' ?' the Prisoner said, " lam
• Custom. house °tier." %Vitra then asked the P. 'tomer
to slow his intitority; to srli.eh he mode no mess ens, but int-
medistely seirnl a hag, that was in the button, ail. 'ham e,
to the • nue..., n loch contained some dirty I.
at,': some piece of fiCondoia holm Mow:kerchiefs, nod s(
rat other tiro n The Prisms? 'two relied op two ‘,4
nom, and the) razed the horses and chaise. The witness
pit out of the thaisc, a hen the men took a small boodle rot.
him, winds he had in his hand, containing two silk W/1: it-
eu"ta, a shirt; and neckcloth. The witness pat into the
chaise wi', Jowl the men wiab lion. They pi &weeder' to-
gether as far as Bat Lbcatb, whet, they stopped, and the Pei-
' sooner asked the witness to get oils of the chat..., he having
meet, .only °gird them 33 dollar,. soul four mum :is, to let
the bona and Cil3l/C go. ‘I.IICII he got out sdthe chaise, the
Prim ~,, r called him 041 one side, sod naked bum for the rosy.
1 he witness took the 33 dolhirs out of his p,skri, soil pat
them into his bat, leaving the four pain es in Ins pocket.
The. Priethaire imbed fin the 'mitres. 'the nitro' trim t wale
the funr gainer out of his pocket, and pet them into his list,
wish the duPars, alien the Prisoner, took the whole of the
and two of she gain,-..., and then Ow Poisoner and
the other two men went /Away, leaving the a bum of the wit-
sess's property they bad seised, is the chaise.
The Prisoner is an txtra.watehman, belonging to the Cop
tone brae. Ile acknowledged the charge, sod confessed It
was wrung. He was ouninaittcd fur farther crutirtive, oil a
charge lasghoisy robbcsy.

J. Hart and G. Kip :r. convicted of mutiny and
deserting from the DefiaNce, have had their •e menee
or ath r outwitted to transportation for lit,. T.
Boylan', who was under a like cunricti..u, has re-
ceived a free pardon.

A forgery to the amount of 30001. has, ;t •aid.
hero recenly discovered upon the B. If .st fl.iuk.
The person who i.sued the notes was traced Co La-
nark-hire, in Scotland ; hut there the clue was Let.
add he is supposed to have puled the etc coast, and
embarked for America.

Mr. 1.1: [C. n respectable grocer of Ex-ter. pat a
period to his esostetice on Yridny shornisig. by Cut-
ting his throat. A entnner's Oat on the
body—Verdsct, Lunney. One of the errent fistiores
in the metropolis. by winch Mr. LUKE'S credit was
affected, preyed on his • • d, airt wa• the cause of
his culminating this rit•la act.

The grand Sham Fight, which was to have taken
place on Thunali, at Ilitinp.reml, is pohtpotail till
the week following.
SwFlay afternoon, about three o'clock, there
was a very tempestuous htinin at Nod-or, of
thunihr, hail, sin, rani, which lasted !or onwards
of half an hour. The hail.siones that fell were as
big as • cam; tttttt marble, and might have been
swept nil in petka in the streris. It has beaten all
the it nit off the trees, and cut all the pt as and beans
down in the gardens in Wintl-ur and its environs.
It was so very severe, that it hes ',ripped all the
trees and vines, as bad as if thry ha.l bees threshed.
• Some years ago, • woman herd in • village in
filamorgatinhire, whose husband; with the title
fortune he got with her, bought s small farm ;he
had hardly closed" the purchase, wh-n draw dins
his ryes; however, not iutins,laterl with this, the
widow married a second husband, who sowed it ;
he likewise shell, and she trirll a third, who r.sped
it, hut death 110011 .natch d hint away; she Opts
married a (north, who threshed it, hit he also fol-
lowed Vie file of his predecessor.; and Or then
married • fifth hiithand, si,h whom she risjopil
the pioduee of it. All dna happvind in less than
lb months!
Ode of the Arne, ie.') seamen. wonnite,l
skirmish with some Portneuesa, at the east rad of
the tows. no the :irliglVe-r4.07 of American hides
pandence, died ia !he London llosintat nal Tuet.
day, anti another on Weolar,day.
Oa Thursday sight a considerable number of
American sailors, ander a pretence of .nine, of their
comrades having been impressed, armed thernaelvea
with staves. and pro, rested to Celeittus'i
vow, Strand-street, Liverpn. I, where they com-
mitted considcralde outrages. by broakinz
windows, mud other acts of tioleoce.