The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

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OLD BaILIY, Webuksixtv, Scraidi AEI g•
John Goddard, a Captain in the army, was op-
posed by Mr. HEATH on the part of Messrs. filitcb-
cock and Colonel Hawke; on the wound that be
had not by his schedule made a proper dist loture of
his effects.

The Insolvent, who appeared to be suffering un-
der severe indisposition, on being examined, stated.
that he had been Captain and Paympster of the
55th regiment of foot; and in April last he ex-
changed with Captain Fisher, then on half pity. mid
received the difference, 4001. ; that sum was not put
into his schedule as it went in his public accounts;
he paid it to Armit and -Borough, army agents,
to make up part of his deficiencies as Paymaster to
the 55th regiment. He did not know that it was
necessary to have mentioned the 4001. in his eche -
dole. He had accumelated debts to the amount of
4,800/. within three years, they were caused by
losses he had sustained in the regiment. Quarter-
master Hutchinson owed him a great deal of money,
it was a running account. part of it was • bill
transactiou. Ile had his books to thew how the
debt from the Quartermaster did arise. He was
indebted to Gifford and Son in the sum of 2501.
it was money he lead from them within the last three
years. Ile receives Captain's half-pay at present,
7s. a day ; lie had a wife and six children, the
eldest not eight year. of age; his wife had no pro-
perty. He had a lease of a house, on which he bor-
rowed 1001.; the person its whose possession it was
would deliver it up on being repaid the 1001.: lie
had the lease of another, which lie give up to the
lessor of the house, as it was not beneficial ; he did
not know why he had mentioned the latter lease in
his schedule. He knew nothing of his furniture
hosing been sold under a distress for rent, although
the broker's account was wet out in the schedule ;
he believed his brother did know, lie was in Court.
Mr. PoLLoCIC. Counsel for the Insolvent, stated,
, that his client had been for some time suffering
under a severe nervous indisposition, which had in-
jured his memory. The fact was, that his goods
were about to he sold under a distress for rent, and
his brother paid the demand of the landlord.
The COURT were of opinion that the Insolvent
ought to be remanded for the purpose of giving
him an opportunity of going over his schedule
coolly and deliberately; there was not the least
blame to be attached to him for his want of recol.
lection ; so far from it, lie ought to be commise-
rated for the cause that had deprived him of it ;
he must swear to the truth of his schedule, •nd
they were sure lie would not without he was in fall
po ion of the facts it contained ;he would have
full time to do that between this sod Mondakyw ou
which day he might be brought up again.
Remanded mitt Mondry next.

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Them is • greet Mowery smilored by those, who have the
tegteeedie• of writing Gee bitten; they dare not write
familiary aced carelessly eves to their friends: they know
Ike* Wimp will be wpm sad despised, useless weitteu In • 1
styp. Belem ofleti groaned under thin yoke; and
malty a 017•114 has envied the happiness of his Mirages,
who begin their lette.e, without fear, in the summon style,
thus Dear Sir, I have received yours A—l beg to infect,
yos," &c.
We •shall the notice of a few epistles, which may
he deemed rather eccentric in their maosier, mode, style,
iie length; arid, first, we find that there are sons who
t.ffeet a teem/Utile brevity in their letters. Lord Sandwich
nod a very laconic mode of answering tellers. Raving
iirceired oak Trim Mr. Eden, efierward• Lord Auckland,
who just diet§ was quitting Ms old political friend, Lord
boodieirk, is reply, wrote these word.:—" Sir, your letter is
ii.fsee me, awl it will presently be behind use. I remain
your mum humble servant,"
Foote's mother, at the close of life, was &preemie me the
homily of her son, who allowed her one hasdral . plebe& a
Neu.. limier a temporary rinbarrsesment, skb waste lie 61.
lowing laconic epistle to Foote:—
" War Sam-1 am in prison fur debt ; come and assist
goer loving mother. " E. FOOTE."
answer was—
' Drar,smitlier,so awe I; which prevents his duty being
pri4l to hie loving mother by sure affectionate son,
" SAM. FOOTE.
" P.S.—I hare rent my attorney to aerial yea ; in the mean
ma.• let es hope for better days."
Humphreys, the hAter, atter beating Menitoita, wrote to
hie fi lend, simply, " I have done the Jew." Julius CleSiell
teni, Vidi, l'ici, to be sure, was more laconic, though,
we should add, more pompous.
Qnir and Rich, the actor sod manager, were always
viiisrrelling; but at length Quirt, wishiug a reconciliation,
sent this laconic epistle :
"lam at Rath." • " QUIN."
Rich replied—

"Stay
" there and be d —." " RICH."
A French wife wrote ibis affectionate and laconic letter to
her hsaband. "Je roes eerie pareeque je lea( vies dfalre:
Je finis pareequ je rime a dire' 1 write to you,
beesesel have nothing to du: 1 end my letter because 1 have
nothing to say.
We have beard of Iwo other very short ktters, from the
country.
Parson to the Parmer.—"l desire you will seed me a fat
pig, or else
Former to the Parsee —" 1 have no fat pig, and if 1
had
Our naval heroes have generally written the most welcome
of all' letters, although remarkable fur their blame's's' and
brevity. Theo, in the action between Sir George Bang and
the Spaniards. April 11, 1718, in which the English were
'kW, tout. six lioe.of battle ships, and as many smaller men
of ;war, which separated from the main body of the Spanish
fleet, at the commeucement of the action, were pursued by
Commodore Walton, and every one taken or burnt, on which
urcacion he wrote the famous letter We have taken or
sl-sttoycd all the enemy's ships or weasel. 00 the coast, as
per margin." And when Admiral Hawke gained a eunsi-
detabie victory over the French, and being Ics• of a scholar
than a are capt•io, he wrote to the Admiralty, '• 1 have
given the French a hem ty drubbing"
Some genitives have made (.hat is to some dreadful) the
t•sk of letter-writings recreation. Thus Lord Rcieshoriingh
• osild dilate tester, to nine amanuenses tow-titer, as 1 (Mr.
Pope, the p... t) was 'sound by a gm:oh-mast whit maw him du
it, *brit ;hub mind°, at Turin. He walked round the
room, and told earh,,in his turn what be was to write.
thic, perhaps, was a letter in the Emperor; another to an
old fii,tid; a third to a mistress (and by an amanuensis!)
t.d a fourth to a statesman; soul so on: stud yet he carried
t.o many mud so diffeient couticnious its his bead all at die
• line time.
A mode of writing letters is recorded by Herodotna,
lit.. S. p. 301, viz. upon it man's bald pate. Histans, the
Allie•lAu• being kept by Darius al Susa, tender an honour.
able pet tencv. and despairing of his learn home, witless be
Y 4041 find Ohl mime way that be might be sent to sea, be
pitrpereed to send to Aristagorss, who Has lots substitute
at Miklitm, to persuade his ri•Colt from Darius; hut, know.
ica that all passages were stopped and studiously 'watched,
be took this course; by got ready a inanity arraaal of his,
the hair of abuse head be caused to he shaved off, and then,
carton his bald head, he wrote his mind to Aristagoras; kept
him privately shout him, till his hair was somewhat grown,
end rhea Ind him haste to A• istagoras, and bid him cause hint
to he shave) strain, mid then ',pan We bead he should dud
what his bald had written to hot,

By the disbandment of the gallant leth hus-
sars. the rem-rabic Margot, of Ditoniterra„ who
Le fur 62 yeas commanded that regiment, is placed
in a novel siination. fie is Field-:Marshal, and
oflow;:t1 the sate of p.iy attached to the rank
it;.i.ioo/. ear), we do not know to what allowance
he will be entitled. The regulation fixing rates of
pay to General Officers whose regiments might be
rethiceil does not provide for Field-Marshal., and
it is probable that the Marquis of DROGHEDA is the
oily one of that rank who has ever been without a
regiuieut.—( Forearms's [)abien Juurnul.)
• The precise day for Egliam races ha., we believe,
not yet beets determined. We subjoin an extract
,rum the Enclosure Act of that parish, from %filch
it r iU be seen, that if these races at ally time cease,
Knotiey-mead is subject to enclosure. We most
rarilestty trust that this may be prevented ; fur we
cannot couceive any thing more utfen-ive to good
taste, titan the divi•ion and subih.isimi of • plain
so exquisitely beautiful to all lovers of tine scenery,
10 interesting an it. histoiical and poetical assi cm-
tionc.

A match to trot two bmses thirty miles in two
limas was decided oil Tuesday 411 the I(oysion
loud. A gentletusii an the vicinity of Royston, of
Arse mime of eoI3ItINGTOI/. oindrttook to perlorm
this task at two days notice, and to ride twelve
:,11111e. Ile-did fifteen miles and a half in the first
hour, and turned lOUIId twice, sgreestilii to articles.
.The other horse dud the retrouning fnurtrru mi'es
tad a half el, verly, in fifty-site minutes. Tile
sole,. aus most fatigued.
A nom of the risme of JONATHAN was locked
for ten guillVss to roil ten nide, within an hour, nil
ttie tame ground. lie did this lirs.l two miles and a
bid( in fourteen minutes lifty seconds, and coon-
oued to do each mile within the tune, and wan the
watch by one 4ninute and three accusals.
Lust week a young mull mooned 11'ssr. aged 19
years, by trade a bsktr. ut Ash. near Wilighano,
Hew, undertook for a wager 111 1110 II) miles Wlllllll
Ilie hour, *Welt be ai•comulished halls minutewithin
the tiros he went the first eight miles in 45 nii-
luses. Ile has since been backed to run a quarter
of a mile in one minute, which he performed three
beColldil within the time.
The boxing match between George Matthews,
the tinmso, and Duvey, the Welton unsigutor. will
take pl..ce this morning near Wycomb, Bucks. it
is for sot. s stde, and the men are tried good ones.
timid/4y 'morning JAMES DRAM. a respectable
Inuits:us'', was found drowned 111 the Regent's
Cana/. lie had been missing fur some days from
Wine, soil it is supposed be committed the act
himself, ill coustguriice of some depredations cow-
"stilted an bias by s vrey ties' relsuusis

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