The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-07-07 00:00:00

1,026,931
3,1163.338

1,1191,500
347.000
1,910,813
71,015

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Tontine 3loneg 11,4`40,
Tu Cash brought to tbis-Accolipt. to re-
place the like Sum bawl! out 9f the
growing Produce or the Consolidated
Fund In Ireland, for public Service.' 458,285
111,4117,210

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1525.

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AT TEMPTED FRAUD fIN THE UNDERWRITERS
OF LLyYD'S.

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IMeeklenburgh Consulate, 121, Pencbureb-street,
tith July, 1823.
Slit—l think it right to lay before you, for the information of
the subscribers, the following communication received from a very
respectable quarter, dated Rostock, 27th June.
A very scandalous transaction has Just been discovered here. A
merchant of Wismar, of the name of I. E. Engel, paused to be
chartered her:, through Mr. M. Bendfelt, the ship Doro.hes Re-
gina, to load wool for London, and Captain Jurgen', of thin place,
was appointed to the command of her. Eighty bales of wool ac.
rordingly arrived and were shipped, but the cargo not being com-
pleted therewith, other respectable Rostock houses were induced to
ship biter goods by her. The bills of lading for this wool were
signed on the 11th inst., and it is said that Engel has drawn 8001.
on account thereof.
But on stowing away the wool in the vessel one of the bales
bunt. and was found to contain nothing but the offal of wool,
hay, straw, dung, atones, and other filth. Mr. Bendrelt, imme-
diataly on this discovery, issued a circular, requesting every mer-
chant to advise his triends in Hamburgh, london, &c. of the fraud,
in order to avoid further mischief. Engel has been arrested hers,
and it is reported he has confessed that the supercargo who was to
go in the vessel, and whose name is Roloff, was to have bored and
sunk her. This scheme is however now eompletely,frustrated, and
the underwriters have escaped a heavy loss. Captain Jurgeos and
his mate made the discovery. Roloft is likewise in custody, and it
remains to be seen what their fate will b.:.
CHRISTOPHER KREEFE.
Consul and Charge d'Affairs for the Grand
To J. Bennett, Esq. Lloyd's. Duchy of 3letklenburg.

Tha Alert, Ross, from Batavia to Rotterdam, was abandoned.
271 h March, in lat. 36, long. 21. Crew tared by the l'emeralrei
front China.

TIIE F 1114:- INTO rHILL•STREET.

Yes'erday afternoon the inhabitants residing in Tothilhotriset
were again alarmed in consequence of a body of smoke issuing from
the extensive tea-warehouse of Mr. Oeort',e Wilson, who lives im-
mediately
The mass of smoke was so intense, that the gteatest
fears were apprehended for the safv.y of the premises, and his bu-
siness instantly stopped. Mr. Wilson called in the assistance of
several firemen on the spot, and with them he proceeded to ascer-
tain where the fire originated, r.nd although enveloped iu the smoke,
it was discovered to proceal from a flue that ran into his front
warehouse, the wall of which was broken into, and the firemen be-
in amply supplied with buckets of water, in which Mr. Wilson
to I a leading part, while the other portion of his domestics were
busily engaged in removing Ma efesnaire and valuable stock to a
place of security, they very fortunately succeeded in preventing the
destructive clement from gaining the slightest ascendancy ; and
after an immense quantity of water had been thrown into the flue,
all fears subsided.
On the previous evening, about half-past seven o'clock, a ro-
t !true of smoke was discovered to pooled from the house of Mr.
! Smith. a woollen-draper, next dear to Mr. Wilson's house, and for
some time the firemen could not ascertain from whence it came ;
at length a fireman, named Covlapon. discovered it in a dead flue,
that ran near the staircase of Mr. Mnith's house, and adjoins to that
of Mr. Wilms:. The staircase was instantly broken down, and on
forcing the brick-work of the flue, a body of fire was discovered,
but by the immediate perseverance of the firemen, with the
Phenix, (!lobe, and Westminster engines, it was soon got under,
but not without doing considerable injury.
About three o'clock, as the lire had subsided on the premises of
Mr. Wilson, the firemen were sent fur to that of Mr. Brookes, a
iiardwareman, which joins Mr. Wilson's on the other side, stating
that the tire had also CMeTed those premises, which are also very
extensive, and the inmates became greatly alarmed, their fears,
however, were soon abated on the firemen informing them they
need not apprehend any danger.
Mr. Wilson's loss is trilling comparative to his immense stock
in the warehouse; and Mr. Brookes has not suffered any material
damage. The way in which these subsequent fires took place le
supposed to have among by some burning flakes from 'Tuesday's
morning fire falling into the chimneys.
I Yesterday, a subscription was sat on foot fee the relief of the
poor uninsured sufferers on that occasion, when in it few hours, it is
gratifying to state Mtn near MN. was collected, among whom was
Mr. Wilson, also, a greet sufferer, the sum Of two guineas.

An wrest of judgment has been moved in the Court of
King's BAtch, Dublin, in the case of the four men found
guilty of an outrageous assault, of a murderous nature, on
the 49th ult. Their conviction vas under Lord Ellen-
borough's Act, and the basis of the exception is the word
" wound" in the indictment, which word is no; in the
Statute. 'lite decision of the Judges was no• known when
the lut Dublin papers came away.