The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

LAMENTABLE INSTANCE OF FANATICISM.

[From the A'ultiNghrtm Herald:l
About three months since a poor man, named Wilson, a member
of the persmision called Raneers, showed symptoms of disordered
intellect. These increased, and in February had reached their
climax. On one Saturday evening he told his wife that he would
sit up, as he expected some religious company from heaven ;
that it was the day of his nativity, and that at a certain hour he
expected the Redeemer on earth to visit him. Ills wife, observing
his unhappy state, wished to sit up with Lim : this niade him quite
outrageous ; he prayed most fervently, and. being disappointed of
his heavenly visitor, declared that the wrath of heaven was about
to descend on the place, and that he must leave it. Ile ran out,
without his hat, to Nottingham, when, par,ing the shop of Mr.
Fox, he went in and uttered the most furious denunciations, de-
claring that Divine vengeance would shortly visit the town, and
warning every person to leave it. Ile then proceeded towards the
Trent-bridge, and finding the shop of Akl. Barber open, repeated
his warning for every person to quit the town. One evening he
left Nottingham, to go. as he was accustomed, to sleep at his
mother's ; however, he did not go there. After this he was no niore
heard of, and his friends supposed that he bad perished accidentallytt
or that lie had destroyed himself. So certain wore they that he was
dead, that his wife had gone into mounting. A fetv days since, to
their great surprise, they received a letter, written in his name by
the gaoler of Northampton, dated the 17th ult. In this letter they
were informed that he had been taken up for horse-stealing, shortly
after he left Nottingham; that he had been tried at the lest assizes
for Northampton, found guilty, and that sentence of death had ac-
tually been recorded against him. In consequence of this. some of
his friends proceeded to Northampton, where they found him in
prison, labouring under the religious delusion, but resigned to his
fate as the will of God. '1 he account of the circumstances attend-
ing his apprehension was as follow*:—Ile said he walked towards
London ; his feet became sore with walking, and he went into a
druggist's to purchase something to relieve them ; he had, how-
ever, only a half-enny in his pocket, and, as he states, 6d. was
demanded, and he consequently walked on without it. Shortly
after, he fell on his knees and played to God to send him a horse;
to this supplication he states he thought he received an answer,
directing him to take possession of the first white horse he should
see. On going on towards Northampton, he saw a person riding a
white or grey horse; lie followed him to an inn, where the horse
TM put into a stable,' and as soon as the owner had left it, the
fanatic walked into the stable and took out the horse. Ile was
riding off with it when the ostler followed, and naked him by what
authority he took the horse, to which his answer was, that " the
Lord had commanded him." During his imprisonment, he had
never mated where his connexions resided, or whether lie had a wife
and family. Measures have been taken to lay the particulars of the
case before the Secretary of State, who, no doubt, will consider Ithe
poor man emitted to the relief his unfortunate malady requires.

LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, MAY 2.

The demand for all sorts of Grain and Flour has been languid through.
out the w.•ek and, although the market to-day was pretty well attended,
the demand was not Increased, and a reduction took place consequently
of about 241. on Wheat, Id. on Oats, .It Is. Malting Barley 2s. and
Grinding Barley 411. Flour Is. ler sack, and Oatmeal Is. per load; beans
supportatiast week's prices.

Wheat per 70h..
s. 4. s. d.
English
Scotch 8 6 10 0
8 0 9 8
Foreign, dot.), paid
Foreign, to bond
Canada, ditty paid
Oats per 46Th.
F.nzl!ah and Scotch 3 $ 3 7
...... 6 3 8 5

Beans per Imp. Qr.
s. d. s. d.
46 0 40 0
Irish 42 0 4 i
Foreign. la bond 0 0 0
Pease per Imp. Qr.
Belling SG 0 52 0
Bray.— ....... 0 0
Poi . .... 47 0 .53 0
Floc? per2tailb.

Enefsh ..... 50-0 a bl 0

Foreign in .. 0 0 011 I ................40 0 49 0
Rye per Imp Qr..... 39 0 42 0 American per bri..... 22 0 24 0
Malt per Imp Qr..... 30 V GI 0 Dania* in bond .... II 0 20 0
Barley per Imp. Qr. Oatmeal per 2401 b.
English Malting ....33 0 36 0 English, Scotch, and
Grinding per 60tb.... 4 0 4 6 Welch ....... ...30 0 31 0
Irish
irePORTID INTO LIVIAPOOL /ROY Tilt 2'T. Or APaIL TU ras IST or

NAT INCLUSIVS.
Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beane. Peas.
Qr.. Wt. Qrs. tan
1.
17 QrS•
Ireland .. h,774 21,514 772
roinitikire 2,014 2,174 1813 527
Foreign..

Floor. Oate.

Sack e. Loads.
-- 3,229 2,763
87 130

7,7d6 21;20 968 1144 87 3, 379 2,783
KIPORTIP 1411111 PI/MOD.
Oati 7 yn. ; AO gro. I now 366 brl4.

FROM TUESDAY 111GIIT'S GAZETTE.
CERTIPICATES.-MAT 23.

Thomas Abbott', Skinner-street, Snow-hill, wine-merchant—George
Tengat, 111m/cheater, corrier--John Hargrave, 'Sidled, Yorkshire,
corn-miller—Henry Buckland, Goiter-lane Cheapiode, lace-macular-
turer—John Gilbert Lynch, Upper Thames-street, dealer—William
Yeischurch,drect, merchant—William Beale, Union-Mreet,
Southwark, hat-manufactur.r—James Crossley, Union-court, Old Broad-
street, merchant.
trOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
. _

ALEXANDER MACES VZ lIC and Co., Leith, merchants; at the Exchange
Hotel, Leith, May 29 and June 13, at 1.
HENRY HART, Edinburgh, plumber; at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh, May 3 and 2'2, at 2.
Jolts Ross, Bettis, coach-proprietor; at the Saracen's Head, Beith,
May 25 and June 8, at 12.
THOMAS PIRLAT, Edinburgh, builder; at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh, May 3 and 24, at 2.
WILLIAM OGILVIE, Edinburgh, spirit-merchant, at Drysdale's Tavern,
Edinburgh, May 31 abd June 14, at 2.
JAM as Hong, Edinburgh, jeweller; at the shop of Mr. W. Marshall,
goldsmith, Edinburgh, May 27 and June 9, at I.
WILLIAM RA Lsrov, hdinborgb, auctioneer; at the Royal Exchange
Coffee-house, Edinburgh, June 6 and :M, at 2.
Joe X CSAIO, Edinburgh, silk %warehouse=
Coffee-house, Edinburgh. May 22, at 2.
Ggoaon House and Sue, Arbroath, carriers; at Fairweather's Inn,
Arbroath, May 10 and 31, at I.
Edig_burgh, spirit-dealer; nt the Waterloo Tavern,
Edinburgh, May 8 and 227 at 2.
ALEXANDER BUCOAIVAN and Soo, St. Nlnlan'., brewers; at the
Coffee-house, Stirling, May 5 and 19, at I.
JAM IN M'NAta, Glasgow, sugar-refiner; at the Black Bull, Glasgow,
May 17, at 2.
Rennie and Tnonsost, Glasgow, bleachers; at the Eagle Inn, Glas-
gow, May 4, and 19, at 12.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

; at the Royal Exchange

David Scouter, Ni'fillim Drew, Jun. Peter Drew, and William Drew,
Glasgow—John Brooks, sea. John Brooks, jun. and Joseph Brooke, of
the Lye, Worcestershire, lire-brick-manufacturers, so far as regards John
Brooks, iten.—Jamey Bentley and Thomas Whittle, Bolton-le-Moors,
Lancashire, machine-makers—Peter P.md anti George Willson, White-
chapel, haberdashers—John Macke:ell and Richard Harwood, Worcester,
linen-drapers—John Rea and William Danis, Liverpool, grocers—Wm.
Wellingtorr, Thomas Massay, and George Swift, Chard, Somersetaldre,
lace-makers—Thomas Pickering and Robert Stephenson, Warping.wall,
and Limehouse' auchor.smlths—John Davies and James Redmayne, Har-
rington, near Liverpool. common-brewer*—dGeorge Drewry and Thomas
Brumby, Sutton-in- Holderneas, Yorkshire, ahlp-breakers--Henry Brad-
shaw and Henry Brag, Bayswater, paloters—Leeds Paine and Wm.
Henry Gilbert, Lawrence-lane, Cheapaide, conch masters—C. letterles and
R. Cockson, Great Wirrchester-street, and Contrition, Cheshire, eilktnen
—William Breeds and Wm. Henry Trontbeck, Hastings, Saloom, grocers
—Henry Cusp, and Joseph Jailicoe, Old South Sea House, merchants—
George John and George Dennis John, Peozance, Cornwall, attorueys at
law—John Coates anti Richard Morley; Ripon, Yorkshire, attorneys—
Shethill Wright and James Roscoe, Knutvford, Cheshire, attorneys—Wil-
liam Robert Fry and George Watkins, Jun. Commerciadrond, Limehouse,
timberdnerchants—John liedwell and John Glenna, Henley, Suffolk,
millers—Thuntas Smith, William Baynes Smith, and George Smith, Bir-
mingham, and Leeds, Yorkshire, tronutongens—Abel Lea, Robert Car-
michael, and Henry Lea, Kidderminster, Worcertershire, bombazine-ma-
nufacturers—Jame" Bottoroley gad George Buttousley, Manchester, en-
gravers—Thomas I;rsuhurt, John Hope, and Thomas aeration, Condit'',
ship-brokers—George Hepworth and William Hargett, Wakefield, York.
shire, woolstaplers—l'anl Catterall, Thorne. Ainsworth, and F. R. Heaps,
Macclesfield, silk-theowsters--John Cock and Abraham Cock, Jun. Truro,
plumbers—W. Steward, J. Steward, J. C.Travers, and T. Steward, Lewis-
ham, Kent, brewers, so far as regards the sold James Steward—John
Marsh and William Marti,, Barnstaple, Devonshire, tatlont—Charles Bat
nod George Bott, Edgware-road, dairymen—Eliza Bamford and Mary
Sykes, Salford, millittera—Matthew Corr Dawes and Thomas Sterndate
Fogg, Clutolton-row, Islanehmter, common hrewer,--John Kirkland, Ann
Kirkland, John Gram and Mery Ceram. Newark, Nottinghamshire, milli-
nem—Robert Goldstone and Richard Goldstone, Bath, suartteons—lames
Smith, Josh's Fenwick Lambert, and Douglas Skelton, Stone.buildings,
Lincoln's-Inn, attorneys, so far so regards the said Douglas Skelton—
Thomas Turner and Fiances Hopper, Sittlogbourne, Kent, saddlers—
Richard Janlan Nevi% WilliarnlYalden, and Nevi!! Broom, Llanelly,
Carmarthensidre, no far as regards the said William Yalden-s•John Ra-
venacmft and John Fleteher, Manchester, drapera—Jarnes Crompton and
litange FRUS, alancheeter, woollen-drapers—Robert Tomo and Rachael
Tongs', Salford, vlctuallem—Henry Jame,' Henley and William Baker
Chipping.Gngar, Essex, attorneys at law—Joseph Riddlecombe and Gee.
Iliddieconthe, tVlashans, Somerset:shire, linen.drapera—Benjamin Stokes
and Benjamin Francis Stokes, Globe-road. Mile-end, colour-manufac-
turem--Samoel Brett and Thorne* Ihvle Dyson, Leicester, howlers—John
Ferguson and James Pelmet, Newark.umm-Trent, Nottinghamshire,
woollen-drapers-40mm Jamey, Manchester, woollen draper, and James
liotroyd, Leeds, Yrolurhire, nuollen-cloth-rnanufacturer—tVilliam Baer.
house, 'tot. Ceuss-gutes, Burwlck.ln-Elmet. William Backholem, Jun. Sea-
croft, Whltlffrk, John Ilickhouse, Whit:kirk, James Backhoutte. Soacreft.
and George Flue:house, Crass-gates, colutty of York, loth:len—
lames Patterson and John Patterson, Preston, Lancashire, drapers and
tea.dealers—John NORM and J. T. Glover, tea and coffee dealers, Preston—
William Mien and Charles Ruby Thomas, linen.drapera and silk-mercers,
Bristol—Matthew "Macron and William Madan, Stockport bobbin-
turners and al:ewer-turners—John Fyfe, John Fleming. and It. hrunnock.
"r the Port Egilntnn Woollen Company, Glasgow—John Brooks and
'Phonate Ileuwell, attorney's and solicitors Southampton , Strand—
Ann lnhirmn and Robert Ryder, Manchester, cuel-merchants--Thomas
Burton and Charles Sylvester, furnishingslronmongers and stove-grate-
manntactarers, Great Russell-strect, Bloomsbury, and Oxford-street—
Charles Redfern and Robert Carp, upholsterers and paper-hangers, War-
wie'.-111.mas Austis Braddon and John Collins Browne, Launceston,
(Non val, attorney. and notiritors—John Griffin and Edward Webster,
Llveranol, betel( makers rind bricklayers—Matthew Alimmac and Samuel
Stamp, Doncaster, miller..

The fol!owing letter le said to hare been received from
the agent employed by the English merchants, respecting
the adjustment of their claims upon the Spanish Govern-
ment. If it he true, it is a declaration of bankruptcy
against the Spanish Monarch
Ibi

" Commissioners having been appointed
ment to confer with me on the sptject of the
convention of Attach, 11123, I have ateertained
peel I hive of arranging the beitinrsa is by ►
I firmly believe that it never will be periled
sinn with any thing like instke to the tisk
'retitle your decision. The only mode
present any chance of obtainiag is by 'Br
a fc* Yeti( Mew, bkfitibg Hottest, payable hi
questinn is, viliallettlount into& piper yeti
eircuWirtencem, be treoterit to wirier,. Alit
domino Wilk ertylietrbec +Mit ewpsullent
common with the other claimants.

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• QIVAN WITH TWO NECKS, LAD-LANE, lip.
13 NERA Is MAUI!-OFFICE. Dover, Deal, Rattig,,",
Migrate, and Canterbury Patent Coaches daily.
The following Royal Mails and Post Coaches depart from and
arrive at the above Inn :
HOLYHEAD New Mail, through Stony Stratford, Trttreester
thyme), Dunchurch, Coventry, Birmingham Wolverhampton:
• Shilfital, Shrewsbury, Chtwestry, Llangollen, Corwen,i and Bangor,
every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock:
LIVERPOOL -Royal Mail, through Dunchurch, covet".
Coleshill, Lichfield, Newcastle, and Congleton, every Evening at
half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.
BRISTOL Royal Iliad, through Reading, Newbury. Marlin). rough, Caine, and Chippenham, every Evening at half-past
keen,
Sundays excepted. seven o'clock.
BA 1111 and EXETER Royal Mail, through Devizes, Melk.
sham. Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Cullumpton, every
Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.
PIA MOUTH Royal Mail, every Evening at halt-past sever
~
Sundays exccpted,seven o'clock.
EXETER Royal Mail, through Salisbury, Blindford, and D. cheater, every Evning at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, Wen
' o'clock.
FA L3IOUTII Royal Mail, every Evening at half.past seven,
Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.
MANCHESTER Royal Mall, through Northampton, Dir.
borough, Leicester, Derby, Ashboarn, Leek, and Macclesfield,
every Evening it half -past seen, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.
111R3IINGHAM New Mail (in 13 boors), through Stony
Stratford, Daventry, and Coventry (the neatest road by 10 miles)
every Evening at hall past seven, Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.
CA IthISLE and EDINBURGH Royal Msil, through Choi,.
ley, Preston, and Garatang, every Evening at half-past seven, San.
d,- a excepted, seven o'clockr
CHESTER New Mail, through Salop, Ellesmere, and Wren.
ham, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted, seer,
o'clock.
KIDDERMINSTER New Royal Mail, htmugh Birmingham,
Dudley, and Stourbridge, every Evening at half-past seven, Sur..
days excepted, seven o'clock.
NORWICH Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, Colchester. an:
Ipswich, every Evening at half-past seven, Sundays excepted,
seven o'clock.
MILFORD HAVEN Royal Mail, through Cardiff, Soansei,
Carmarthen, and Haverfordwest, every Evening, at half past seven,
Sundays excepted, seven o'clock.

x. LI OW.
I m.bury, and Oxfurd-street— On Wednesday, the 26th Aprii last, Henry William, eldest son of Dr.
eters and paper-hangers, War- Seymour, George-street, Hanover-square, aged eight years.
Collins Browne, Launceston, On Monday lasi at her house, in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, the
Griffin and Edward Webster, Dowager Viscountess Sydney, aged 90.
Matthew alimmac and Samuel At his house, In Weymouth-street, in the 64th year of his age, the lion.
Augustus Phipps, Commissioner of Excise.
eisl• On the 28th ult. Francis Atkiason, Esq. of Eirbymoorside, Yorkshire,
late been received from aged ill.
.11 merchants, respecting uo the Ist inst. at his house, Colebrook-row, Islington, John Craig,
Esq. In the 79th year of his age.
on the Spanish Govern- On Saturday last, at his house, Sandford-place, Cheltenham, William
.claration of bankruptcy Netnemie. Elie.
On the 16th ult. at Moor Green, In the county of Worcester, In the 91st
year of his age, T. Russell, Esq.
Madrid. 51areh 18, 1820. On Friday last, at her residence, at Bradford Leigh, WHO, at an ad-
ded hy the spaniah Govern. vaneed age, Elisabeth, relict of Daniel Clutterbuck, Esq.
'the British claims under the Os. the 25th ult. James Giblet,, Esq. of Hartley Wintney.
eettateed that the only pros. On the 6th of January last, Vera, the second son of Lieutenant-
-1,,b) a compromise; and u General SG Henry Vane, O.C.D.K. N. who one of the unfortunate crew
of his M~rs chip Morino, which was 'totally lost a Hydra, in the
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