The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-29 00:00:00

LAW

The Eist field day of the L'w Nviciation since
t 1 a lons vacation, c ‘mnie •cvd Iyt !vlonslay m .r.i-
ing, at (sine o'clock, is the Ti.rnyl: Gardens, And
they continued t!iem ev. ry moron p, dut log t!.c week,
except Saturday, when they w.m.MllStereci At twelve
o'cleck for the parpace cf being inspected by Bri-
t:AU. r General Whetman. .kbont one o'clock the
General., attended by his aid.du-e.imp, arrived non
ground, wiser.; he was received by Colonel Er-
skine, ard the corps, with All dale military honours,
They went through their different manceuvres and
m trchinzs, and then fired by comp mint the second
ccarpany upon the tight 0 ink hiely distingobhei
therinolves, the otir,i • disci.veied :ymptorns
of the arfeit of a luag vacation The, n. xi passed
the den's.: in divisions, attd then formed in doing
which, thYGeneral p0i0t,...1 out various i'efeco, and
they pra Elised under F.!:. and his aid-du-camp's di-
re/ion, for above it qiiArier ..f Lou., before they
could execute the manoeuvre t t hi. satist.tai.in.

h W.l) con-idetably after Ore, fare the
insitenion concluded, which it did h) titre:
Ironies. •I'he GenesAlt.:en pre,tu,:csi i‘t the
centre cf the line, uncov-rel, and in a tom srerch
thanked the gd,-.thrnen for their Att:ntinn to his di-
reaion.. The word of command was silica by
Col. ixtki.ae.

0 s Friday the Weymouth by
overturned at Czai.: ; we are 11,tiv,
neither any of the pa,....,vers, coachman, or
recerved any material injury. After some timely
assistance they pursued their journey to Weymouth.
The pavement immediately iu front of the 1-?ay-
mar Let Theatre, mi Friday n.erning sunk, owing, to
the sower giving way--one of the eillari supporting
the porch of the Theatre', full into the chasm. !ad
the oaseislent occurred during the time of pert', ~.n-ance
ance in the house, the cr:nsec,uencei, now trivi.il,
would probably have been caliin,itous
Last We:Mead:ly, about seven o'clock, a y-ry
alarming tire broke out the rosin zurp•r:r.o
_ .

In.urit.i.c:ory of Goi And :it L;vrir.v.,
Which en!:rely consumed the same; Le, t!‘

Ty great e7.erti,ris of several gtnticm r, • •-
velitt .! 031 ccrtirwa-:::::;:.„; tz,
Musbrs and CI au: it.44'..! returned t'i•er.
th 4-) ks to His knyal Higghnrr.s Yi•::ice Wrw A .4 Of
GLOUCESTER, Carain lIIGG t, Lieutenant Gi
tonNin ti.eihropshire Militia, arid Captain St meow,
and Lieutenant Beare, of the Crosleth Vuluraecr
who were present.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Ocr. 27:

TRIAL OF HENRY PERFECT,
Alias the Rev. Mr. Pawl, Wu,. the kev. Mr. Rennet, afles.
Mrs. Grant, WWII Mrs. Smith, &

The trial of this Prisoner, who was in liaed for
obtaining money, under false pretences, from the
Earl of Clarendon, occupied the whole of this day.
As we have already laid Lief. ire our readers the sub-
stance of the extrandiaary correspondence which
passed between these parties. we shall confine oat-
selves chiefly to the new particulars which came out
upon the trial.
There were several other indiSments for similar
off-nces against the Prisoner ; I nt, being convifted
on the first, they were not proceeded upon.
Mr. GUANEV, on the part of the prosecution,
in a very able and eloquent address, observed upon
the enormity of the crime with which the Prisoner
was charged, and in which he had displayed so
shocking a perversion of talents, in appropriatiug
the best feelings of the human heart to the worst of
purposes, seeking out for his prey those, whose
means were equal o their inclination, and whose
goodness of heart, and philanthropic dispositions,
were easily imposed upon, and made suleefts for
his vile arts, praftised with so much talent and in-
genuity, and which, he was sorry to say, hail fen too
well succeeded. He advated to the nueiber of
persons of this description, who infested this city ;
and then proceeded to read the several letters which
had passed between the parties, and observed upon
each lute stated them. He said, it might beasked'
on the other side, why the Prisoner had not been
indided tor a conspiracy, and Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Smith, the Rev. Mr. Paul, the Rev. Daniel Bennet,
and Mr. Henry Peeled. made parties in the india-
ment ? but his.answer was, that in the Prisoner at
the Bar they beheld all these several persons. In the
course of the trial he should be obliged to produce a
most extraordinary piece of evidence, which WAS no
other than a book found in she Psisosp is lodgings,
in which he had entered tapirs, extr rfts, or drafts,
of the whole of his correspondence, not only with
the Earl of Clarendon, but with several other hu-
Mane pertons, from whom he had extorted charity
to a large amouirt. He also had the art of writing
with either bands: and. at the end of each draft or
extraft, he noted in what handthe original letter had
been written, whether in a small running hand,
large flourishing hand, with bis right or left hand,
with what kind of wafer or wax, etc. See. He also
kept his books of accouot as tegulerly as any mer-
chant in London. One of them would be produced,
in which he had given credit for the various sums he
had received in the course of the last three years,
amounting to no less than Ariel. I 3s. od. the whole
of which hail been defrauded loom the generous
purses of benevolent and humane individuals,
by one of the greatest criminals that ever had
been brouglo before a Court of Justice. He con-
cluded by au eulogium on Isis Lordship's indefati-
gable exertions in bringing to public justice a man
so dangerous to humanity, and society in general.
The evidence then produced were the several let-
ters, winch were purred.
The first letter, in the name of Nlrs. Grant, was
read, and compared with the book. with which it
agr. :J. Ihe note at bottom was, o Exrraft, right
band, very •iriall ruaning-hanal indeed."
Ids i s.rd•hip's answer seas then read, which was
oh sympathy and humanity.
Al! the principal letters bsin4 real. one by one,
anal corni..,r7d wish the bcok, it auvratei that the
and obtained the sun 4,1 I. 5.. from his,
L •rdshi;s.. at sneory times. When his Lotdship's
answer to no id -des Gram', letters came to be
rea whereia he la ton s :hat it was not in Id. rower
t., do a' .y all her it,H•ctioirs, and siesii;eg
•'e. ones, t.. at S nothing might be fixed on sa
w dai be ,7t se vi eto her, and recom.tiending that
he sh. ul i go !II the coon ry ; the C ainsel for the