The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-15 00:00:00

LITTLE Gil
Marlin Limier, be. er known by the name of
Dasogkddly, war chArgA with taking money tor in-
swatters is the I

Thomas Dale stated, that having understood the
Detention to he a person who took money for in-,
surances, he went to his house in Ogle-street,
Mary-In-bonne, and insured No. 5, for which he
paid two shillings. The Defendant took the money,
and represented him•eif as an agent to„the lottery
proprietors. i here was no evidence to prove that
the iilegal lottery had ever been drawn in Ogle-
sirri I.
Mr. Kwsmr, for the Defendant, took ■n ohjec-
tinn on this head. He submitted to the fyiattis-
TKATC, that the Defendant could not be convicted
is a rogue and vagabond tinder the little Ge Aft,
which• deviated from that of the State Lottery ;
where a man•whn took money fir insurances was
liable to cnnviBion. The Little Go Aa was v.ngue•
and indecisive ; and although the Defendant might
be liable to a fine of 5001. for-aiding and abetting
ifft illegal transaftion, yet a convillion could not•
take p`az: for tht i'fl•-nee imputed to him. The
d Counsel supported his opinion by strong
arguments, and the Magistrate coincided with
him.
The Defendant was consequently discharged.

At the A:sizet tor Simerset. s.l ich commoneel
at Wells, on Monday, Jain Deeds Num.,/ Roavoi-
fet, was found goio.l of forging the acceptance of.
?dews. CIiILD and Co. to a bill to exchange for
4201.1 y which he defrauded Madame B:ad sot+,
lace-dealer, of Bath. He was convicted, prin-
cipally, on the evidence of ELIZ. BAaNITT, who
at that time lived with him as his wife, and saw hits
commit the [orrery. The trial lasted twef:.• hours.
In two cautes, liav es a. 0 aIIOND. of little intersst,
rxc-pt to I pa:ties, the Plaintiff was successful.
Thursday, as Mr. Jostr it BICH CNO. aged 19,
second son of the Rev. James BICHLNO, of New.
bury, was bathing in the river Kenuet, near that
town, he suddenly sunk in deep water ; and although
three oilier young men were wish him, they could
yield him no assistance, and he was drowned.
Yesterday afterno n, the following dreadful acci-
dent happened :—a Mr. BOLTON, haberdasher, in
Stanhope-street,ClareMarket, was travelling with lies
son, a fine boy. tour years old, inside the Bath and
Taunton douhle-bodied coach, in Piccadilly, when
th- iloor Hew open, and the child fell nut. The hind
wheels of the vehicle, which *at loaded with from
14 to 20 passengers, went over both the legs of the
di Id, ab.ve the antic, ar.d broke the boner into
splinters. It was a spectacle too shocking to give a
full dercrirtion of ; the blood flowed copiously from
the wounds, and the legs seemed only to be hell
toyether by tie sinew,. The poor chid was taken
to the shop of Mr. Ila u Damon, in Piccadilly, where
every assistance was atorded to alleviate iu bat"-
, fernge.

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TO THE EDITOR or 27TE BRITISH
SIR, HOMO/ Goauti, Amg li, tr
An Addriui to the Public; signed A. Cod
.lo!inston%±,llaring appeared reeltfrpaper
S.lturdtt. containing the follnivirgfords. tr;z.
" Mr. Mae Artho.r, late .1101 to Alrucate-r,enieral
Nis', iSr 4', 'Per t had teen Lord M•dot, iefotom.4 n.e
y t.. his fetter, wiitc!i I hAve tie... is sty stuserairin t
.he day Isidore, teen in camping,. at ainnat, /Ma
Hutchinson, Gord,n C0..-arnaauLar iu
S^uretaiy) an rhos; tla3t a ctiii,t3.at:on na.:l tomo
with word. to my, Om& ;"and Amt Colonel i'Ardoti
ont-th:gwalltria 7.luir•te. ito4 tt, 0:4 not
any neoitesatito4 arpear tat fac.(iiascar,ln 0 iew day.. a.l
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I thiale it right to state, that Lora iltuchi
Mt. Mae Arthur, and ittysLif, were twilit trl
in the course ct oar • hats ; that I hove,wot,
most remote manner, the pleasure of \lv Ma
thut's acquaintance, never, to my revile/10cm
:ng even:sews hints; and that I never did at.an,
or piece, make ti,e of aay sack words as tho
utbuted to me. or of any words that could
interpreted.
I am. Sir, your humble'servant
J. W. (WR DON, Lietst -C4I 92i Mesin
Seat-t:ey to the Contnieuder in cube

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CAMBIZRWELL
A controversy has taken place between th
gibtrates of Surrey, and the Lord of the
relative to holding this annual Fait as usual.
Magistrates .insist, that the F4ir shall not be
because is creates riot and tunank. The Lc
the Manor, on the other hand, contends, Cos
have no right tess.interfererthe ',elusive ri
holding or pteventirg the Fair being vested in
self ; And further, he contends, that it. the ,11
trains, itscd due activity and diligence in s%se
sufficient body of Constables to keep the
t' etc would be no pretence for rot and tt,
'this dispute has given rise to public rh.tict
tauter-notices, by t!!e contending parties, ai
tlndetStArld it .3
the intention. of the Lois'
Manor. that the Fair shall take place on At
nest.
A cellar in King-street, St. James's-aqua
longing to Mr. •Waud, confeaioner, New
street, was disc .vexed in flames, yesterday ma
about eight o'clock, which threatened destrof
the adjoining houses : vi.ry fortunately it wa
got under by the great exertion of the fiterne
happened in consequence of Mr. Wand's I
going to the cellar for some ice, and leat.ng tl
dle burning,wbich communicated fire to sumo

At Ne-,--actle Assizes, an atiiin came on
a 'lonia' Jury, brought by STEPHEN KIM2L/
Manager ot toe Theatre-royal in that town.
Mr. J. MITCHELL, printer of 71e 7:-.le Memo
a libel on his charlecler. After Mr. Pahl
stated the Plaiutiff's cant, and commented
series of scurrility with which the Plaintiff Its
assailed in the Defendant's Newspaper, tins
presort ot criticising the perform.:nces at t
acre, the Le,:rned Jui!ge interposed, and, at I
geshon, the Defendant agreed to poblish 2
logy, in the public papers, and to pay all a
of the aSion, as between Attorney and
A verdia was accordingly entered for the P
damages Is. The Learned Judge. aesthe req
' both parties, &Bated the following apology.:
" I am extremely sorry, sing that" maiilluly declare
tern, that the publlcaton iu quastiou, or sue otrer.
to the character or repdtat,mi of Mt. KetnYle.,
way intern Paper. eal.ed 7lie .4pc soy. I a 1..,
that I will Ira my utmost entleataans•to poem*. TM
paragraphs from fuidiag C.eir way lino my, Pare irs-tai
Thursday se'finight, an infamous transactii
place at a public house, alled Low bridge.
road between ManehlPSta and Huddersfield
two miles from the latter place. , A young
who had not been married more than a wet
evading on a visit to her sparents,
house to procure refieshment, where bite
drinking, without appearing to take Ranch n
her. Just after she had partaken of 411 of
complained of sickness. and went to fho di
her return, with many effmts, having .sigped
remained ot the liquor, her indisposition e
increased, and at this period she was farce
atiove guests to swallow What she felt the in
pagnance to taste t she was laid ors her 1)46
they pourrd arde:it spirits down her the
this situation, the young girl. wren, in the al
her father had the charge of the home. wit
rent h tnity helped her to bed—but chit
.sooner done, than she introduced into the roil
undefended stranger, the fellows alaove.n,
from whom, aided in their proceedings by ti
vile women, she was compelled to suffer awl
violence above all others the most abhotgei
feelings of a virtuous woman. Not ealet
perpetrating the above, those wretchas
to emote thenwelves with many indecent
to the disfigurement of the young wormin'l
But this Ineach of hospitality. this fIArT2
Lion of chastity, is not likely to go 141
three of,the men, and the three females atx:
tioned, are in custody. When the offend
apprehended, and read,' to be conveyed ti
the popu!ace at Hor.ley would h
them to pieces. had they not keen ra.traine
constables.— f Lads latoll.
On Saturday, after a very warm and el
noon, a thunder-storm t.lok •place in tal
Edinburgh, and neigsbouthood, which, fsie
and duratina, exceeded any that has be •
enced there tar a number of years. It co:
between two and three o'clock. a'.! cootio
short intervals. till about eight in the evet.i
violence ot the storm seeine l'to be ma
southward than over the city. fconsideral
intervening between the &she; of lightnin
coriespondtng peals of thunder.
ancommooly loud, and of long comiauens
apparently in a circutoras e
beration, from the surrounding hind. p.ol
awful crush; some of the pest* resemble
charge of heavy artillery. The storm was
by a heavy gust of wind. A ve•sel of
liaad had her rn tsts shivered. A plea sue
fortunately upset in the Firth. and a C.
and one of the boatrovo, tuaor innately per,.
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te'drilL ISTELLIGEIIeg.
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ii4ORTSMOUTIPI, ALGIOST 13.
-,- • Arrived, this afternoon, one of the transports
" ..ftem the l/ovrns, with troops on board for Sicily.
The Celestes, of 74 guns, is orclred to sea, with
',Paled orders i it is said she is to fellow Lord St.
Vincent on secret service. The wind is ton moth
to the Westward for her to go to sea to-night.
Sailed, sines my int, the Regattas, of 43 guns, for
elm Downs dation : Ittastioto sloop, with a convoy
for the Doane i and the Nemesis frigate, to coffee
the ships at r.hnostb, which are boand to New-
foundland.
. . Passed den to the Isle of Wight a detachment of
be Mearon's regiment.
Sailed the Labert, brig, this evening, on a et uise.
5 No orders are yet received about the 2d, 13th,
14" h, and 40th Regiments, which are marched into
this town. They caved to embark on foreign set-
rise. The North Yotk, and North Devon It.gi-
11seets, an to tontine in Camp, on South Sea Com-
sat, tat the regulars move.
lhe Captain, Capt. Cockburn, Ganes, Capt Ral-
lies and the Kinpfibar brig. are lying at St. He-
bert's, oetward-bound. and the TAAL' and Ca.srthr
*Agates. with a convoy for Newfoundland, are at
- .Srtlead.
FALMOUTH, AUGUST il.
Arrived this evening, the Po:terse Liisnbeth
puke, Kidd. with Mails from Lisbon, eleven days
• passage; left lying there the Prince 0- Woks packet,
which arrived out four days previous to the sailing
of the Prinfeu Elisibnth. An armed brig had ar.
rived there the 28th of July, with six or eight sail of
resole under convoy from Gibraltar. The packet
has brought a Portuguese Messenger, with dispatches
for our Government.
Sailed the Dab of Kent packet, Coteswnsth, with
Mails of the 7th inst. for Jamaica; and the Mon-
.beer packet, Davis, with Mails of the 7th, fir
ew York and Halifax. The Carteret packet, with
'Math foe Malta an 1 Gibraltar, of the 6th inst. sailed
late on Saturday night.
In consequence of the arrival of the Prineeet Eli:4-
W+ packet, from Lisbon, the IVnlsinghans pack- t
will sail with Mails of the 6th inst. for Lisbon.—
Wind N.W.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 12.
Came in His Majesty's ships Reiker.te and Pre,-
wepante, with a fleet of transports; Sir Steph.n La,b-
lepton and EnriSnesseer lndiamen ; and several other
vessels, ruler convoy Irons P.MISTUOULII ; Spanish
schooner St- Antonkt, --.-. from St. Sebastian's, in
,ballast, captured by the Martini grin-brig ; 'Boer°.
-red, --.-, from Barcelona ; and the Lion privateer,
from a cruise, with the following vessels which. site
has detained, vit. Joliet, of Bremen, from Nitres,
for Leghorn ; Mery (a Dane) ; Pisairth, —;
Maas Dorothea, —; and the Christionn Marge-
.sweta Lorin, —; all of Rieman, from Bnurdeastx,
' for Touningen.
. DEAL, AUGUST IS.
Arrived the Hettadar armed ship, from Falmouth,
with a convoy, which are sailed for the River ; also
arrived, the Repahu man of war, from Portsmouth;
- Cans4ataist praam, from a cruise; Files transport.
with the remainder of the ad Regiment on board,
from Ramsgate; and the Vies/ frigate, from off
Boulogne, and landed Mr. Basilic*. the Messenger.
at 12 minutes after two, p. in who immediately
pretended, in a post.chaise and four. with his dis-
pinches from Admiral Holloway, for London.—
Nothing has transpired relative to the Negotiation.
, Came down from Sheerness, the Wenniskr gua-
brig. and sailed with the betelligeni gen-brig, on a
cruise.
P.S. Arrived an American brig, detained by the
siasilisi and Locust gun-brigs.
YARMOUTH, LUG. If.
Sailed the following ships, under the command of
Vice-Admiral Russel. vit. Majestic (flag ship)
Rely, Apia ware* Nelatali. Dittelel, CVlSitlld, and
Li AillCulf, for a cruise et the Dutch Coan.
Lord Gluier arrived this morning from St. Pe-
tersburg, in the Ariailw frigate, and landed here this
forenoon.
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Arrived the Istirros and Skylark from a cruise.
The Lord hired cutter is seized by the Excise
tuner, for having on board a quantity of spirit+ in
itkgal pack Ages.

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EDINBURGH, Amnia' 7.

COMPETITION OF PIPERS, lie.
The annual competition for Prizes given by the
• IHighland Society of Loadnn, to the three ben
perfntmers on the great Highland Bagpipe, was
bud in the Theatre-Royal here, on Tuesday last,
la presence of a Committee of Judges appointed
by the Highland Society of Scotland, and a nu-
merous and brilliant audience. The Theatre, on
the occasion, was crowded in every paw.
The first prize, being a handsome pipe, pro.
perly mounted, and adorned with a silver plate,
upon which there has since been engraved the
proper inseriptirm, together with 40 murk,, Scots
money, was adjudged to John *Gregor, piper to
the Highland Society of London, and to the Loyal
North Briton!.
The second prize, of 30 merits, was adjudged to
Archibald M'Arthur, piper to Ranald Macdonald,
Esq. of Staffs ; bet he having declined it, it was
given to Allan *Lean, piper to Alexander M•Leas,.
ksq. of A rdgower.
The third prize, being also 90 merits, was be-
stowed on Donald Macds.nald, a promising young
boy, son of John Maedunald, late piper to the
Caithness Highlanders.
Sir John Sinclair, the Preset, after delivering
•the prizes to the preferred cvmpetitots, by desire
L of the Committee called for Donald Macdonald,
late piper to the Caithness Highlanders, now pipe-
• maker in Edinburgh, and informed him, that a
prize had been voted to him by the Judges, for pro-
ducing the greatest nnniber of ancient pipe tunes,
properly set to music by himself, in which he had
Discovered considerable ingenuity ; and it was re-
commended to him to enatinue his exertions in this
way. and to insuuS suettother performers as should
apply to him to be taught the method of setting to
music the zn st api,roved pobracnds, and other
ancient picc-s t.i highland music.
iiaptiovemelit made by the "„performers in
general, iii consequence of the encourtgement
given by these annual competitions, was so canspi-
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