The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-29 00:00:00

M .1 RLTIOIIOI76II.STREET.

The office wad crowded to excess yesterday morning with visitors
of every sunk soil ses—the natural fruits of the lonise indul-
geneies of boxing-tidy. Stunt:tons were the black eyes. livid
bruises. semtches of face, end rents of garment, that claimed jlar.
tire, remuneratimi, and reprehension from the hands of the worthy
Magistrates. Among the prisoners were of coarse several of that
row-loving nation, situated at the western side of St. George's
(11.mnd—she Emerald Isle. 11'e/to Doo/in was an able repre-
sentative of her compatriots of liseh sexes. redly had Wen
charges( with exciting as much public tumult as exedlent hugs.
a pliant tongue, and a solid conformation of members, could
died.

:%lagistrate—lVhy did you conduct youreelf so ?
Nally—Why then 111 tell your sweet hunou►. I was sat tipsey,
because yesterday was faulting-day.
hlaoistrate ou made a bumng.day, truly, of it. You were
must uuteowtsuut. _ _

Nei and sure if I Wall, your llonour, wasn't I drunk ?
and who'd blame a woman for that ? You know Sunticy was the
right boxing-day, but it being the übbath, we couldn't get the
Mfrs then.
:11agiatrate—And pray how and front whom do you receive
Christmas boxes?

Nay—Faith. from thousands. Where I buys my tobacco there
I gett my gins% of gin ; and where I deals for soap anti candles,
there I gets mr east of gin ; and where I buys my prides then I
gets my gifts nt gin ; and where I buys my gin, there I gets my
mints 01 Fitt ; and where,
. .

" Ning+l.7tate I th. that's doon gig. I'm ix.: at all surprised
at your irregularity.

-N7or I riihev, fait's, for I have very bad brains, and the
liquor overcomes them ; so as 1 was tipsy, and didn't mane say
ham, you'll jist let me go home.
Kelly was acectedirgly sent home.

UNION-HALL

Yesterday morning. when the Sitting Magistrate, It. J. (71.1nt
entscd the tdliec. Hall, the Chief ('unstable, upon present-
ing his daily report, stated particulars relative to a man who is rus.
pe•tel to have been knocked down and robbed. The unfortunate
to how lies in Buy's hospital, with his head iltmdfuliy fray.
tures% and with sea c.ly any hopes of memory. A man (who has
sh....m.sled) with whom he bad ►ecn tiritiking, is swim/led to have.
cumulated a dreadful assault on the poor muu.
The Illagistrat:, on heating !fall's statement. directed him to
go down to the 11•s(oital and ascertain whether the injured
man was able to give hut deposition.
The 'laic ('unstable returned and informs! the 3lngistrate that
Fry was raving mad, in C31111(111,•1:Ce of the fracture of ha skull,
anti that but little hopes W7TC entertaineti of his rcenvery.
Ilan is now collecting all the information be can wilt rokpret to
the manner in which the poor mac cume by the dreadful injuries.

The vssions under tire insurrection Act for the comity
and city or Limerick, stand adjourned to the 3d or
January. We are glad to rind that not a tingle person is
fir ilia, under that Act in either county or city gaol.—
Liineriek Chruniele.
S..b.siona under the Insurrection Act were held at the
County Court-house, KilLenny, on Monday and Tursrlay.
There were no convictions.

Monday night a nest of ettiners was discovered by the
City Pullet, in full operation, at a house outside 'r,,ioutond
gate.— Limerick Chroniele.

Not a single Leith anti London regular smack sailed
from Tnestlay so'nnight till Thursday, n hen three sailed.
'lite attire was the striking of the seamen for a►► augmenta-
Loa of war: a, which the cm:Tanks have complicit with.

MARKETS.

[Front the London Ncir Poke Oared, Dee. 2C I

COTTON—The demand for (often wow very good in the early
part of last week, but leas was doing the last two days. We note
E. alteration in 'prices, but the holders of Egyptian Cotton are ask.
irvk rather more snoner. Th.; total sales arc about 42110 bales. via.
71.0 Nrrn•ms I I a Ili! ; Surat. GO a 711; :SIMI Madras ii Itl a
741 ; fitautals sAel a all in Wild ; and duly paiii,3on
I.,i3ptlan It /d a Ild.
LIVERTOOi., Dec. 24.

Our Cotton market remains steady, cart the !rice+ are main-
tr.ined, but there hr. been Ic•ti spirit in the tieniarid than during
the preceding we,.k, anti foe the lest two days the holders of
American Cotton have shown rather more inclinAtion to roxt the
buyer,
SUISA It —The demand for 3liiseorsele• last week was limited
the strong and tine T ugara maintained their former prices ; the soft
and the low browns were pressed on tile nisrkef, and might be m-
chased at cheaper rates. There wan no Sugars on show this fore.
noon, arid, we Inhere, there will be no business done uuring the
week, on account of the holidays. The Relined market was with•
out briskness last week, and genera piirehasies amid not be made
on lower terms —3lolasees were :fro. Gd. There is no business
doing. imelay in Iti tined goods. In Foreign Sugars no purchases
by limier: contract hare been rep roll.
w::re no pr, lie sales of Coffee brought for.
ward last week, owing to the langnio demard and the heavy market :
there were a few inquiries by private connect, chiefly fur the ordi.
nary descriptions of Jamaica, but few actual saki were reported, as
the orders trout the Continent appear limited as to prices. There
were no public sales this forenoon, and very little business is ex-
pected (hiring the neek.
It ll:E.—There have been renewed inquiries after Rice, but very
few sales are repuried ; lien,gal Rice remains Dominally 17s. a 215.;
tianditia 35, a :Mk. .

SPlCl,,za—Nutiaegs continue to attraer the attention of walla-
tors. the nearest quotation today is bas ed.; several sales of Pepper
have been lately reported, bait without any alteration in the cur-
rency. In other .piety there is no alteratimt to notice.
HUM, BRAN:IV, acd 110 blatNlll%.—The Rum market
continues to look very fins., sad the holders are so sanguine of
higher prices, that little business has lately been reperted : the
inottirers arc not only considerable, but the iniyers offer freely fin
parcels at the late currencyeibut the importers do Lot appear Mellor:I
to sell the market may, in consequence, be stated to hare consid-
erably inmroved, but ea nn sales have yet taken ibce at ally ad-
vance, •• e cannot quote a higher currency—Mandy remains steady;
the best marks housed 'a.. a 3v. ld.—The prices of limeys have
declined in Holland, hut front the scarcity here the market keels
high : the best Is. I Id. a 23.; we believe vale, at the latter rate.
FRUlT.—There Iris been a very lively deistical AT l'alentia
Raisins in base*, which are eaceedingly scarce: mid the twiny-
tines in %mond-hand have varied front Rh. to lila. ; for Drain in
baskets there appears to be extensive buyers at Is. below the quota-
tions, but the impartmare very firm in their demands; two cargoes
of !hails and Valentin* have lately arrived ; Muscatels in bunches
have also gone oft inure freely, some extensive sales haYing been
made privately at :a. 17urrants aelvanced eimaiderably last week;
the greater past of a cargo of very tine Cephalonia has been sold by
pprilvate contrast at tele.; the remainder offered by public sale on
11'ellmairlay last, and taken in fmnt DOA. to MI the proprietors
are laddit,g firmly for still higher prices; there appears to be
acaeridy any new currants in the importer's bandit, and a very great
proportion of the uhl iais been exported. The disposition of the
wholesale grocers to make their purchases by private contract, in
preference to public gale, appears to increase materially, as will
appear by the numerous tranuctions which have taken place. The
new Turley Fruit dart not go off' quite so freely. though there arc
buyers at very near the importer's prices; the demand generally
continue* to be extensive.

111-;311., ■nd TAl.l.o%l*.—The Tallow market,
which was brisk, has actin be damped 1.1 two exten►ive failures:
the quotation of new yellow candle here is to-day :174.3.1. a 375. Cal.
—lletup has sold freely at 4U. and 41/. but is again Leary.—ln
Flax there is little alteration to notice.

IRISH PRI Vls R NS.—l'here is little alter-Itinn in the pviees
of Ik■ 1 and Pork ; t'•c former appears very tint.—liscon is heavy
and lov:cr.—l:utters hay?. given way 2s. to 3s. and are heavy at the
mluction.

DANGEROUS C4SE POISONING SUCCE CS-
FULL r TREATED.

Yesterday (Frisky) in Andenata's Institution, in the absence of
1)r. Itrr, a young man, in rummaging through some private draw.
eat, enclosod within a press, in which various curious specimens and
pieces of apparatus me kept, happened to east his eye on some small
covered pots of porcelain, and. opening one of them. avallowed
thoughtlessly a morsel of its contents. which must from its effects
have been the extract either of actinite or of hemlock. made by the
improved process in :death Such preparations are extremely effi-
cacious medicine* in small quantities, but become very energetic
poisons •lien taken in an mdue dose. Ile had no sooner swat.
lowed the monied than he beccine wady speechless, and soon there-
after lost also the faculty of deglutition. Fortunately lir. Ure's
chemical amistant was at hand, who immediately administered hot
water and solution of sulphate of zinc (a quick emetic) in large
quantities. It was, however, found to be impossible to excite vo-
miting. A flexible tube of caotitehtme, attached to a syringe (eam.
manly called Juke's apparatus), was tat-Wily procurtsl, and the
extremity of the smooth tube being pitt ihnin into the stomach,
the contents of this cavity were thoroughly pumped out. A mom.
City of warm water was nest injected (ten by this time thepatient
could not swallow), and thinwithdiawn. After •he stomach had
been thus Waalleli with about six syringefuffs, equivalent to nearly
sit pints of liquid, the young man felt himself almost well. As
lie still complained of an icy coldness over his body, a dose infant-
phuric ether was atlrdinimercil, which relieved this unpleasant
symptom, and he soon became able to walk home without assist.
once, en a cinivaltment state.
It deserves to be stated, that in the year 11111, 1)r. Ure brought
over with him from Ptak two of the above flexible conittehous
tubes, for evacuudinF the stomach in the above nianncr, and that he
has annually since oescribed unisindy, in his public lectures, this
inechaniecl plan of removing poison irom the stomach. 51r. Joker
is no doubt entitled to the praise of having gird made a public ex-
periment with this apparatus, on healthy individuals in London.
The method, however, has been long known to the Parisian sue.
geom. The present rase shows its efficacy and importance, fur
them ran be little that the patient would have fallen a victim
to his imprudence but Mr its seccaudile application.
. .

IV hen the stomach is oppressed with a Zollixt ion of aceseent, bi-
limo., or vivrid matter, as -happens in dyspepsia, and many other
maladies, the above instrnmeat may he beneficially employed for
evacuating the morbid contents, in the place of emetics, which,
from peculiar circumstances, may heroin, either totally
or very har.vilous.—Giargoat Cl.,

DARING Rontirotr.—Yesterday, about one o'clock, a
most daring robbery win committed on the premises of Mr.
Pike, silk-mercer, 375, High Holborn. Mr. Pike has.
within the last ten days, engaged a young man. about 30
rears of age, in the capacity of shopman ; though he
ceived an excellent reconnuelidation with him, his chief in-
ducement to engage him was his distressed situation. Yes-
terday Mr. Pike bad °erasion to open the iron safe in the
shop, in which was placed the cash-b)x ; but some circum-
stance suddenly requiring We. presence up stairs, lie left the
shop. forgetting to lock the iron-safe. The Amman
availed himself of those few minutes' absence, anal contrived
to take a bag, containing between sixty and seventy sove-
reigns, a five-pound note, and some silver out of the cash-
box. with which he instantly vanished. Mr. Pike instantly
hastened to flat ton-garden office to give information of the
robbery, and a particular description of the person of the
man. Read, jun. anal Lloyd, active officers of the esta-
blishment, were immediately despatched in pursuit of the
robber.

The family of a respectable inhabitant in this town
(Huh) had recently a very narrow escape from pokoning,
under the following eircutustances:—About a fortnight ago,
the nursery-maid mixed up, in the food of an infant rather
more than a rearold, some powder which she found at the
bottom of a .jar, and supposed to be sugar. A boy, ten
yt ars of age, nephew to the gentleman, was present, and
at his request she put a quantity in some milk, of which
she, the boy, and the infant partook. Soon after they
were all attacked with most violent sickneas, and it was
found necessary to obtain medical assistance. It was then
ascertained that the powder was a mixture of sugar and
arsenic, but for what purpose it hail been intended, or by
whom it was placed in the cupboard where it was found
by the girl (who had been only a few days in the family),
remaios quite a mystery. The young woman and the boy
were pronoun:eil out of danger the following day ; but the
infant remained in a very precarious state until the 9re-
sent wed:, and, indced, is not yet perfectly reeorereCl.
Hatt .4drertiscr.

A poor man named Merchant, who MI !Mc-ceiling from
this city to Stanley with a cart bad of cider, on Widnes-
day, was on that afternoon found lying on the road a little
Mow Hempstead, dreadfully hurt, as it is supposed, by
Ow cart going over him. Ile was instantly conveyed to
our Infirmary, but so great was the extent of the injury
he hail smtainetl, several of his ribs being broken, that he
expired before he could he carried into the establishment.
It appears that the poor fellow was perfectly sober when
he departed from hence: he has left a wife and family:—
Wel/eerier Journal.

naval' and Co. remind the public, that next Friday
will be the last of the Lottery, when two Prizes of Thirty
Thousand Pounds, and all the other Prises and every
Ticket, must be drawn, and all deckled on that day. Ha-
zard anal Co. have a variety of Numbrrs am sale at their
offices, where, in the last two months, have been sold
Prizes of ¶20,001'!. and 30,0001., Royal Exchslare-gate,
and S9l, Oxford-strect, end of it teat-strea.

Fleb.if LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

BA NK IiI.TPTf !V SUPERSEDED:
owners. James Ilerllsy and Thomas Focez Willa, Sunderland, IL,

BANK;II!PTS.
John Durham, Catherine—street, Strand, cabinet-maker to render IL and Feb. n, ai twelve, at the Itar.kni•-•.. Court. Solicitor, Mr. Peach td,
Sali‘buryoquare, Fleer..itte!:
Joan I.urkln, l'annon-street-nod. slwipkeeper. eh• 1 a t;15. at one, and Feb. It, at ten, at the Bankruptii• court. s
claw, Mr. lloncley, Nassau. lace, Commercial-mad. •
James 'trough JAWI4OII and George Lawson, Nottint
M en.
Merl. Jon. 2n. 21, at ten, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at t
pmrl
Bowl, Peek-lane. S.licitura, Mr. Leeson, Thurlaad
tirgham ; and 31ernm Bicknell, Roberts, and Blewitt,
Ina. London.
William Dawson, Kingston-upon-11A, bookseller, Jai.l3.
11
and Feb. B, at eleven, at the Dog and Buck Tavern, Srilt.4,!,•
Kingston-upon-Hull. Solicitors, Aleuts. Romer and son, is..:
I.2t's-buildirgs, lax.don; and 3lessra. Ene-and and hlise2l:,
IlulL

DIVII)ENDS.
Jan. 20. John Er.rl, jun. and Thames Let, inn. ninilleit,
enetehants, at rtkven. at the Swan Hotel, Birmingham.
Jan. 20. Robert Townsend and Septimas Tmenthend. Notnar.
ham, (nth rs. at eleven, At the George the Fourth, Nottingham.
Jan. la. Edward lituford, Clapeon, merchant, at tarter. et e t
Ilan kruptt.'Enurt,

Jan. 18. Dennis 111I'Vartliy, Shadwell, coal-merchant, at unite
at the 'lank:qui 'nun.
Jan. IC. James Parke, Liverpool, druggist, at twelve, at 1!..e
George Inn, Dale.street„ laverpeol.
Jan. 18. John James Morgim, l'ommercial.rostl Emit, estp=to.
at twelve. at the Itsekrupts' !;our•.
Jan. 18. Richard Goodwin, Lan.h's-Conduit-street,
at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court.
Jan. 24. William Banks. Clapham, Yorkshire, woollen-dram
at ten, at the White Gorse Inn, Iluddetsfield.
Jnn. 111. J,blin Hood, Portsmouth, cocamon-breerts, at twelve,
the ilankruin'Court„..

Jan. 21. •Itichard Newhouse, Huddersfield, plumber, at tes.o
the White Horse Inn, Huddersfield.
t'ERTIFICATIN--J • 13.
John Sharthose. Hanky, Staffordshire, earthenwaregrassfse.
turer—William Robson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, buteier—llers.
min Wrigley, .31am-hewer, cotton-srinner—Thmuss
Herringthorpe, Vaults milla—John Cooke, Bristol, brer.
smith.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOI.VED.
Hannah Reaney, and Thomas Wild, Sheffield, blarkiniitbs—
‘l'illitan I.angford and Richanl 31araden, !flareltstield,
enakers--Thomsa Maitterntan Winterbottom and Jatnr. LEIOIIC%
South Shields, surgeons--George Hobson and Jobs Hco.,
Sheffield, timber-tnerchanta—lietirge Bowen and John Boom
/friend, ahip-painters--Thotnas Afelhuish Truaeott and :swan
Janne Evans. ‘Vadtbridge, ComwaJl, mercerx—Joha Sim
Castle-wharf, Nottingham, and Benjamin Southall.
etannion-earriers henry ',eel; Edwards, Thomas Howe Moan*
John Plewe., John Fox Seaton. and Richanl Noble, merchant.,
!limn Ayres, as far a. regards John Fox Seaton—John Nom
John Fox Seaton, and William Dobie Rowe_, Len:haat; hie
de Janeiro. as far as regard. John Fox Seaton—James Forward
Porter. Ijvapool, tea.dealers—Joa.i Alexandre Carnet.
Zero, Antonio Joaquin, Freire Marreco, and Ilennque J 114,4
Silva, Austln-Fnart-passage—R, Blackford and It. (
well street, tailors.—Joseph Batky and John Halpin, lturnler
Yorkshire, dyers.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
PETITIONS TO BE !man AT THE COURT, IN PORTCaAL.
STREET, LINCOI.N.S INx-♦IELns, bi.c.310, Al NINI.

Ayres, J. Stratford, Este:, coal-merchant.
lined, J. Guildford-street East, Spa-fields, printer.
Retry, %V. George..quare, Iloston, hemmed hawker.
Connolly. C. J. Regent-street, druggist
lel/bend, W. Thomas-street. f hford-lereet. ACCOnnline.
Chandler, Elizabeth, Providence-row, Vim/Jury, foither-amieses
turer.
(amp, R. Golden-lane, Old.street-road, potato-41=1er.
I:151mo, W. Lincoln. butcher.
II :Iry 1c...V. North II i 11, ('ortmall, farmer.
Ifertim, J. 'Well-street, Hackney, baker.
loicas, T. Queen's Head, Berummlsey.Mreet,
Mills, I). 1./Mon-court, Poplar, Custom-house-officer.
North, R. l'arnmo, I hfordshire, If igh Comoublv.
Radcliffe, A. Elmo olt-street, Spa.ticklt. n-luto r's di:m.ord
Stephenson, R. Chsclecotreet, Maims:ad-tool, taller.
Stool.lllllo, W. lkauntont-street, Mary-la-bonne. cotr.kceper.