The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-23 00:00:00

EASIIING sIFINDLERS.

A very dashing fellow, who went by the follow-
ing names. as they suited his pu•pose, vir.
Will ins Denny, Henry Montague, Esq. and Elliot
Fawcet. E.g. and a Lady, who passed for his wife,
have practised various frauds and impositions open
several resp•Hable Hotel-keepers and lodging-house
proprietors, at the west end at the town. It was their
practice to remain for a few days at an hotel, a'd
then disappear, leaving their hills unpaid. and errs
try anot!.er onstispeetng landlord. They went
nut in a hackney coatis every merning, lull
freighted with a rare* of letters, each adapted
to the particular person whose benevolence
aud credulity they meant to abuse; and, in then'
vi.its, called on several of th- most di .t:ngutstz-3
Nubility, whose liberality enabled them, in the ev,i
ing, to fon) the mendicant, and figto - as
rate Fashionable., at the places of public arrnsemee.
However, finding that a diligent search was making
for them, and dreading an explosion, they sonie days
since disappeared. and the gentleman was on Wed
nesdAy recognised, ors his way to the Savoy prison,
as a deserter froth His Majesty's forces. The lady
proved to be his cirri amyl, the daughter of a timber
merchant, in Chewer, formerly in aft tarnce, bus now
in reduced circumsraeceg.

Grow Allen, of Upper Mayfie d. Staffordshiro.
on Msndry se'nhig'it murdered three of his chil..
dren. His wife and the •It'i, an infant in her arms.
narrowly escaped a similar Fate.—The unfr,rtuna's
man had lived 17 years in perfect harmony w•itir h s
wife, and had the charaifter of an honest and in-
dustrial; man. He had been for some time str,;ect
to eptlertie fits. NJ other cause can be ass:gheu .or
this barbarous deed.

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About three weeks since, a large dog passed
through Farnham, and took a course tits...ugh the
lea Forest, where he bit several cows and sheep.
He aft:Twards bit a Mrs. WHIT e, the wife of Lord
SeasecL's rincipal gamekeeper. She has since
died of the i.:;,../rapbsbii.
The suspected murderer of the woman at Sr.
Peter's, in the lisle of Thanet, is sately lodged is
Dover Gaol. He is a private in the German
Legion.
On Wednesday last, about four o'clock, as WIL-
LIAM TAYLOR, Esq. M. P. for Barnstaple, in Dr-
vonshire, was pasurg the Strand, in his carriage,
the horses took fright, from the snapping of the
pole, and ran with great violence against the rail;ng
of St. Clement's Church, where they were stopped`
We have great pleasure in stating, Mr. TAYLOIL
did not receive any injury, although the carriage
was broken to pieces. s
At the Annual Meeting of the Subscribers and
Friends to the School fey the Blind, at Livetpnol,
the Chairman communicated to the Meeting, that
His Royal fli3Osness the Pi ince of WA Las had been
graciously pleased to become the Patron of the
School ; and the thanks of the Meeting were voted
to Mrs. Noarow, of Macrle.6eld, for an excellent
hari—ichord; to Miss NICIIOLL, of Gateshead, Dell
ham, for an excellent forte.piano ; and to Mr.
THOMAS NORRIS, of Manchester, for a spinnet,
with which they have kindly presented the Charity.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Sartori is eiedted Pre-
sident for the ensuing year.
A brig (name unknown) one of the fleet from the
West Indier, has foundered at sea.

Oa the 14th inst. the first day of Lent Term, the
Rev. Erimuso Ws. ESTCOURT and EDWARD GAR_
RAS D Mmissi, B. A. of Oriel College, Oxford.
were admitted Masters of Arts ; and M . Ro-
PERT Suisun. of Magdalen Hall ; Evass Ha:: VERT.
of Jesus College; Enw an Lion, and Jasv PR
Boalrows, of Bra:enase College, were admitted
BAC',RIOTR of Arts.

At the Quarter Sessions, held at Bury St. Ed•
mund's, on Monday last, upon the motion r•f Sir
Cm• a Las Bce atm v. Bart. seconded by Mr. Goocro
it was unanimously resolved, " l'nat an Asvlnm fcr
poor Lunatics should be establisLed in and lor the
Liberty of Bury St. Edmund's ;" and an appli:atira
was made to the Magistrates present, to consider of
the prataicahility of converting the House of Cos.
reftion int-) a receptacle for that laudable purpos►,
the New Gaol being deemed fully adequate for a a
confinement of all the prisoners within the Libor);
and a Committee was appointed to make a report es
the subjefl at a future sessions.

As ibmtlernan was expressing his astonishment,
a d:iy or two since, at the immense weight of mer-
chandise conveyed by our broad-wheel waggons, a
bystander humourut.,,iy ysclaimed, "Pols Prilh I
Sir—what is tikeir weght, compared td the its.
mense amount .4 the heaviest metal in the anivet,e,
which is Dow bore by two little merrily-rthe
wheels in Balinghall•street ! Two articles
weigh each Thirty Thousand Pounds ! besides
others, of Five, Ten, and Twenty Thoue.ini
Pounds!"

On Tuesday se'nniyhr, about: seven o'clock,
man entered the house of Mr. B sr* s, of Ulcon,h,
Kent, with enenething black hanging over his fev_e,
and a pistol in each band, and presented one at MI.
BA YE,, who is near Si), and the ntliiir at his son, as
they were sitting one on each side the ire; in a
minute alter, two more came in, they, with seem-
ing civility, told the old gentleman they wanted
money, and would have some; he sad he wnold
not be sobbed, his lit, was of no concinence, and
seized the aim that presented the pistol at him ; the
son and his wife begged him to desist., and said his
life was more valuthle than Lis money ; two of rbo
robbers then went up stairs, leaving one below as a
guard, and took what silver sp'sons and other attio
cks they could, and about 201. in cash ; they theft
came down, and made the family submit to have
their hands and legs tied, which ass don•, and they
remained in that state till t•n o'clock, when, t.y
repeated exertion, the old lady get her bands clear,
And relieved her husband and son ; this is the thi
time t'cia house has been rrilahed within tho last two
years, and once of upwards of 441.

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INSOLVENT DEBTORS-SURREY GAOL.

K 1 G'S BENCH PRISONERS.
Serjraid ONstow in tke
Captain Lumley, Mr. Longhurst, Mr. Parsons,
and Mr. Dominic Serses, were severally brought up
and discharged, without further opposition.
Mr. Robson was now opposed, and the Conniel
was going at length into the case, when the Chair-
man said the Court had already made up their minds
on the subjeta, that Mr. Robson was not a proper
subject of relief from that Court ; and he therefore
surds finally remanded.
Mr. Swaine was remanded, his nutize being de-
fective and informal.

Mr. Angus M•Phie was brought up, and present-
ed an amended schedule, on parchment, upwards of
13 feet in length. A very long examination was
entered into, respeaing the description of the debtors
in the schedule, who were very numerous, and the
chief of the debts contrafted is the East Indies by
()ricers : the largest debt was me from the Agent
of •he Itijah of Travancore—which was tor mire than
4000 sicca rupees and interest. The Chairman re-
manded Mr. M'Phie, to be bron;ht un at the ad-
journment, to be then dischar,gesl.—As:jouri.cd to
2J of March next.

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