The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-08 00:00:00

A MANIAC.

On Wednesday sennight, a mast very retpettably
dressed in black, and with much the appearance of
a gp ttlema.t, applied at the door of the Queen's
Palace sre Lord Hawkesbury, at the time the
King was holding his Court. The gentlemen porter.
na waiting, and the police (A:erg in a' tendence, pre-
vented him of cou•se from go ng into the Palace,
telling him there wet e to state rooms for strangers
to wait in as at St. James's Palace, and that was not
a proper place to see any of the Ministers. He said
he had corresponded with Lord Hawicesbury, and
was very well known to him, and had come from
Scotland to arrange with his Lardsnip a plan that
he had for raising 20,000 seamen, VO.OOO landlnen,
and procuring 10,000 sloops, it was then discover.
ed that he hid been either drinking ton much liquor
or was disordered in his mind. Tne unfortunate man
acknowledged he had been dn..king two pints of
Madeira. and smoaking tobacco, and he weat away
quietly on being informed that the Secretary of
State's Office was the proper place to see Lord
Hawkerhury. Sioce that note he Las been extremely
trounlesome in his applications at the Secretary of
State's office, writing to Lord Hawke.bury and Ali-.
Becket, the and r Secretary of State. He has
likewise been twine to Windsor, and endeavoured
to get an interview With toe King, for the purposr of
pre-se-id ,g tutu with a sato' d, winch he say; is very
valuable, sad belonged to :le late King of
Skye s, the 3 I.y.vreet Oticer, Its- tag n.en fine
empl iyed ro trace out who he is, 44C. fotl.ld hem
to be Mr. Boyd,* very respedtable gentlemen from
Glasgow, the late principal in tne fat in of the house
at GI tsgow, of Boyd and On his friends in
London under taking to seed him home, he has net
beau taken into custody.

Sir Roa eat CitaLissa% Bart. Commander of the
d roofer at ins M nhetr'muk, Jied or F. i-
day night At his lodgings at Poi tsea. Sir Rosa's-
is succeeded in his title by his son Lieut. CHA
mass ~t the navy.

Eta Ad of a 'letter from Ragley-Hall, Worces-
tershire, dated September r.:—" The preparations
for the rec”ption of the Prince of Wales and suite
have occupied the attention of the Mail:pis and Mar-
c-Wow-6 of Hertford during the whole of the pre.
ceding week. The Prince is expeSed. VII: day, at
two o'clock, witii a party of loaning persons. His
Royal Ilignness wit remain here about ten days ;
and it is repel ted, that he will, about the end
of the month, visit ano.h_r of the Marquis's seats
in Suffolk, called 3nd'surne Hill, where the Duke
of York is expected on a shouting party, about the
24th instant. The Prince, we hear, intends visit-
ing Brighton again in Oiitober."
It will be remembered that we some time since
stated, that " Admiral Mass raou's }ionic h.itl been
broken open, and a quantity of plate stolen out of
it."—After a lawn: five months, three of the small
plated articles were this week found in a furze-bash,
near Sir Joan CAtrea'a house, at Nliltuo. 'lime
labouring man who found them took them to Sir
Join. The thief. after he had oiscovered they were
plated articles, did not think it worm while to in-
crease the risk of his being deeded by keeping
and must have thrown them there, as the furze had
grown over them.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the Right Rev.
the Lord Bishop of Chester (Dr. MAJE!4D(L) held
a Visitation in the Collegiate Church of Manches-
ter, when 5926 males and females. residing in Man-
chester and the neighbouring townships, were con-
firmed by the venerable Prelate.
Paniefraft races commence this day. The num-
ber and celebrity of the horses. and the state of the
course, promise much spurt. The ground about use
Stand is also much improved. by a rampart of earul
thrown up for the acc.immutiation of pedestrians,
and the course completely inclosed by substantial
oak posts and rails, from the distance to the win-
ning post. It may now be Pronounced as complete
a race-course as any in kaigland. Among the
horses entered are Earl S AAAAA Noses brown colt
Catrowde, the Earl of DAstaroseost's brown korse
7.4j/gar, the Duke of Hassit.vos's bay mare
Crary, and Earl FITZWILLt A :Vs Debate.
Pdop-picking has begun in Su►sea ; many grounds,
which at nue time were expected would not be worth
picking, have so changed in appearance, that they
now hold out the prospeft of a middling crop.
Others in these parts have a sheer of abundance,
are finely grown out, and should the season con-
tinue fair, (from this general aspect) the finest rim-
pies will be produced. The duty, n is concluded,
will amount considerably higher than it has been
laid at.

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POLICE.
Bow-sritarr.
Abnut three weeks si:,ce. 74,eww: liver,/ lief,
Steward of His Majesty's ship tpe War.ut ere. lyia
At Sleernessi deserted with propert Je.4llllg 114 t
Captain Cl.fton, and the .Tsar Orl icers. to a con-
soJeratbie amount. Infvriour.ro of the circum-
stances was sent to Mr. fttato. the Marsiratz.—
Last Thursday Adkinil appreheristed rum at the
Public•house adjoi..ing the Chame.
in consetrenc, of private information he had re-
ceived. Yesterday the Prisoner underwent an
mutilation before Mr. gig Ago; when it appeared, in
adjition to iris depredations on board the ;hie, lot
had committed div.rs others since he has been on
shore.
Mr. Harringtt:a. a truok•maker. of Leicester.
attended, A,!1:1 proved that the Prisoner had
two trunks of him, for Captain Chloe. and or-
dered them to b- sent to Lady Mien% hostess
where be went soon after they were drdivered., and
okrairsei them under pre:ince that he was Captain
(:ieltun's servant. arid had eaUed for :lie trunks by
desire of his assess ; and when they were sieliv:rei
to hem, he said he was going to take them to the
Captain. and askei if there were any commands
for him? Lady Clifton returned an answer, that
she had none, but Should shortly write to trait
Captain.
The Prisoner was conuniit•cl for a fUtlre el:
atuiraton, when it is expetfted Capt. Chiron, and the
ether Officers who have been robbed. will Attend.

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The Pt 1501fter AC kflOWledrli that his misoetiavinur
was occasioned by an Undroper coaueclion with
prostitutes.
Our readers re,nillea, that sez stated the

particulars of a battle which to tk place about a
to tnight since, between the Prince or asa4re guard-
ship, at Deal, and a smugg:er's se.sel, whie lend-
ing some goods. in watch the Coxswain of the
guard-ship was killed, and twa men wounded, and
one of the smugglers killed and some wounded, but
all escaped detedion. The resistance being made
with so much violence by t'ae smugglets. Anthony
and Lavender. the Bow-street Officers, were dis-
patched to endeartur to discover t tem. The Offi-
cers olstained information against one man, at
Dover, supposed to hare been concerned ia the
affair. They took him in custody before the
Marna; the witness against lino was a soldier ;
but his evidence hot beirg satiiaillo-y, the Prisoner
was discharged. Oa the soititet's se: urn back to his
guard-house, the populace set upon him, pelted him
with stones and brickha.s, And, had i: not been for
the roteetion of tl e Officers, it is supposed he
wauld have been sacrificed to their vengeance.—
The Officers. in the cum se of their inquiries. leare.al
that a young man. of the name of Pneimpson, had
been buried at a village within two miles or Deal,
under suspicious circumstances, and susp tted hint
to have been the smoggier who was shot. They
communicated their suspicion; to Captain Horton,
of the Prince of Grange guard-ship, an I the Captain
wrnm to Mr. De Laseux, at Ashford, t:.e Coroner
oft slistritt, who ordered a Jury to be summoned,
And the corm was taken out of the grave, when,
on examination. the deceased opeea•ed to t.ave
died of a shot received in ilia heart. loe Jury, not
being able ass obtain any satisfattory steessant how
he obtair.ed the woun4 brodght in th-ir verlita—
Died of a wound received jean e
HATTON 01505 W.
A person, of the name of 3111114, was yes' t!cley
charged with detaining in a fec ble manner a ma-
c lac for pi easing stocks which the soldiers wear
a'sout thtir necks. The machine was stated to be
war h 561 las and the proderty of Mo!liston and
Co s:o4k.idakers, Osborn-plaee, Whitechapel.
Joan Adolphus Panaeltn, a Swede. stated that
he is agent to Islaltiston and Ctn and that the P i-
soner worked for Clem ; that in last December the
press in que.ti m was finished by Mr. Cederboorg,
and sent to Molliston :nd Co 's warehouse, and that
'he Prisoner was paid is the gross for his lab .or,
Molliston and Co. finding the leather and machine.
The e,ii.)ner worked for his employers until June,
pre.. .us to which the press had been demanded by
too witless, in company with the maker, when Swan
refused t., deliver it up to them, alleglog it was his
own property.

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Mr. Cederbonrg, another Swede, deposed that
he made Cie press, of which Swan had po sessions
by order of the termer witness, sent it t Mal stoo's
warehouse, and that in a few days after he went so the
warehouse, in company with Mollisson, to see how
it answered. Swan said it answered very well. and
v itness took off his coat, and in a short time pressed
of those stocks, to slaw Mr. Moll st n ; it per.
formed very well ; he sent in his b:11 t, M
and G. in December, the rime the press was finish-
ed, and in March last drew a bill for .he amount
upon NVilliston and C. which was accepted by
!.lollistoo. He never received any order from
Swan as to the making, nor never considered Swan
•s the owner of it.

It was stated on behalf of Swan, that he did
keep possession of the press, not in any improper
manner, but as he considered himself justified in
doing so, as it was his Well property. With re—
sped to Mr. Mollistm having accepted .he bill in
payment fir the press, it was to prevent Cederbcurg
from arresting Swan, he having threatened to do
so.

The Magistrates being of opinion that the charge
nut anwunt to a felony, and that the Court of
Bong's Bench was the fittest pin, in which to cry
the que.tion, discharged the Prisoner.
Jaws Ja boa. and Neat, Convoy, were drought
up tor examination, charged with robbing the
garden of Henry Anson Inglis.% Esq. of Hamp-
stead, of divers itt Lizles of fruit. It appeared, that
of late the gardens about Hampstead have been
robbed, it is suppose] by a gang, of which there
was every reason to belirta she prisoners tot ',fled a
part. The Prisoner, Jackson, was seen coming
over the gate, by one of Mr. Inglish's servants, with
a peach in each band. As soon as is saw the est-
vant, he immediately turned, and matde for a gates
which was on the opposite side ; the servant
s sued and overtook his ; after he was
custody, he confuted Comte,' was
The Magistrates remanded them until
to give an opportunity to those parsons
dens have beeq robbed, of bsin present
urination.
Lloyd was breasts' up for

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