The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-07-08 00:00:00

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POL/CE.

ht A If illOll- 110VBIL
ealentay sassed rharpeaffer, underwent
• Baal esanseaatime4tefore the Lord Mayor, on a tbsrge of
having stolen 100 sovereigns, the property of a tradesman
residing in the Borough. It appeared that about Arms
anontheitgo the Prosecutor, on his stay from the Bank, lost
• bag containing 100 sovereigns. He advertised • reward of
tweet, guineas for the recovery of the money. This
'adored a Frenchman, named Chevalier, to eOlll4l forward.
The story was, that as he and Charpentier were going over
Lundon-bridge they saw the bag of sovereign, drop from
the Prosecutor's trousers. Witness first thought of running
after the Prosecutor and restoring the money, but be was
prevailed upon by Chirpestier not to do so, the latter say.
lug that they should share alike. Charpratter, however,
sever gave bim but three sovereigns.
The Prisoner denied the charge, and represented himself
to be a merchant from Paris, and that Chevalier bad been in
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his service.

The Lord blayor did not fed himself justified in detaining
the Prisoner under the eireonlitancea of the case, and
charged hint with as admonition.

A shtral'awifioas was io atiendasee, who eoodeetd•hia
to Whttecrowetreet for the &be.

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D8A771 OCCASIONED BY A LUNATIC.
Ao inquest. wee held on Saturday eveninti wbech
txr-
cluded at ten o'clock, tin the body of Mrs. litinabelb Martin,
otherwise Elittatieth Lamb, who WM cut sod slabbed by her
nephew Thereat Prior, otherwise Thomas Male, at her resi-
dence is Cack.l•loc, Smithfield. The deceased receitrd sit-
teen wounds or her body.

The Jury returned a verdict.—" That the death of the de-
ceased was oceinioned by various wounds iutlicted by Thus.
Prior, alias Thomas Male, whilst labouring uuder a At of
temporary menial derangement."
The Cormier ordered -Prior to be rairmitted to Neerrete,
and dirrcied a bill of indictment I. hie prehrrOd mesh* Mee,
un which he will be tried niext Bestir's, .4 Ind if *WPM,
return a verdict that he was ►rune, be wifilre rewroettli
Bedlam to be cordate' during his Majesty's pleasure. s

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TH A' A &Ur• _ 4 ,
Friday ntoraing four companies of the 7th regiment of
Posileers marched iota Windsor barracks, to relieve the Cold.
stream Guards, who have resumed their aluarttrs in the me-
tropolis.
Petachments of invaNde from Ihc.l7th anti 69th moments,
arrived at Fort Pitt, Chatleam last week, from India, frump
whence the 34th reohoroull has expected shortly to etobat.k foe
this country. •

Our barracks are sow occupied by three troops of th Sd
or the King's Light ()negates, who .n11,4101' Tsnday ast
—( Brighton Herald)

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, atiLi

On Tnesday last the Rey. Alexander Nieoll, M.A. sod
Revue Professor of Hebrew, was installed Canon of Mist
Chnrch. in this Univers( I■ the room of Dr. Lame;
promoted to the Archbishopric of Cashel.
On Jane she 30th, Mr. Rlehsrd Bethel!, M.A. of Wad.
hem Colter, was elected Fellow, and Mr. Peter Cotes,
Scholar of that Society.

Same Jay Mr. Sidney W. Cornish, B.Lit. Exeter College,
was circled Fellow of that Society.
Monday last, Mr. Edward Turnover was admitted Fellow
of filt. John's o.llege, and Mr. Nixon and Mr. Thorp were
admitted ,Scholara of the use Society.

THR- LATE DURL IN SCOTLAND.

The following paragraph, relative to the Aare which Mr.
Sheriff' Anton had is the publication of the Clydesdale
Journal, has been handed to as fur Insertion. One readers
will perceive that it particularly refers to mbar fell from Mr.
Abeterombic on that subject, in the House of Cumuseine, on
Tuesday teasing last : (Greener* Adrertleer.)
" We have been iuformed, that Mr. Altos was really ap-
plied to iu Spriog,lB2o, by the supporters of the ClF(letttale
Journal, to become a contributor to that paper; and that the
licentiousness of the radical press at that time, impelled him
not only to see his judicial authority to keep down insurrec-
tion, but also his acknowledged facilities of writing to dim.
sernioati miatiments utloyalty and sisbordioation. He exerted
himself is this way fur two or three months, oatil it became
evident that the mauia had subsided, when he, is a greet me..
sure, withdrew his assistance. Although this is the' very bead
mad frost of his offenilieg,' we observe it stated in some
papers, that he was the acknowledged author of many
libels, and the wholmsale traducer of prirate character.
This we believe not to be true—the troth is, after Mr. A.
withdrew his aid, the manor-meat fell into other beads,
some of them students and young lawyers, over whew
he had no control, and many personalities were then Isles-
duced, some of which were pointed spinal hiwnelf and hie
sous. It surely became hi. accuser is the House, at least to
have read some of the grass libels of which he is said to
bare been the author, and to have produced the MS. as a
proof of the validity of the aaaertioe."

THE LATE THUNDER AND LIGHTNIIVO.

On Friday morning, between one and two o'clock, we
were visited by thunder, lightning, and rain, the latter after
two months drought. We would not denominate it a storm,
as there was no wind, and the rain fell in gentle though
copious streams; iudeed, had we not known that in these
conflicts of the elements there is danger to man, we should
hare contemplated the scene SA grnnd and solemnly in.
Westing. Just before two o'clock, an apparent expire.
doe took place in the atmosphere, and we observed a
fire bolt, or elongated ball, descend, near to us, la the
western horizon; which, providentially, did no injury, as
it proved to have fallen into our harbour. Corronestions of
light, resembling pointid arrows, attended its descent, with
a tremendous peal of thunder, which shook the window.
„frames of th• near houses equal to the ecouinasion when the
air is agitated by firing a 30. pounder gun; a line of blue-
Veined-red atmosphere crossed its pat b, :tad • very strung Mil-
*envoi smell woe emitted. The water spouted up 10 or 11
feet when the bolt fell ia. About this lime the lightning struck
the main-topmast of his Majesty's guard-ship Albion, lying
iu the harbour, which splirdeeed it, and, it is expected to,
prove, the maiunsast also. The electric fluid struck the flag.
staff betweeo the topmost cap and crou.trees, and de-
scended to the quarter-deck, but where it escaped thence
no one knows, owing to the very great glare caused by
the sudden flash of lightaiug. The main-top-mast is render-
ed untervieieahle. The effects on the main mast cannot be
viscertaiued until it is taken to pieces ; bat, from a slight
fracture on the opposite side,: where the Rails which confined
some lead round the partners were forced out, it appears
to bare passed through the heart of the mast. The officers
compare the stroke to several of the gems being discharged
at the saute moment. The ship mud be hauled along-side
the sheer-hulk, to ascertain all the injury done. The rain
continued several boors, and has again fallen in a steady
fructifying course, nearly the whole of this day, whirl, most
prove of great benefit to the corps.—( Portsmouth Paper.)

MRETING4 OF CRRDITORS AT TAR COURT
OF COMMISSIO.VERS Or BANKRUPTS,
TO-MOMMOW.
raw— M. A.

J. Latter, Windsor, oilman
S Johnson, Bieliersgate.stgett,cabizairt-maker 3 1
W. Timid, sad F. W. Courtbotpt, late of Feachurch•
street, timber-merchants
S. Gonad, paddlngton.street, bookodler 2 12
T. Drifthtoa, Davies•street,
W. Raydou. late of South Aualey.ttrett, !timber— 1 It
H. R. Abbott, Throgmortoo.atreet, stockbroker 1 1
DIVIDEND.
P. /fuller, Nortutt Frigate, hosier... ll

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