The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-13 00:00:00

BRUF:iL OL77'RAGE.

Some time time ago. a young lady of the first respectability, rear;
in liaker-street, Portman-square, whose personal charts sr pr.
haps the slightest recommendation to esteem, was unkermee
enough to attract the admiration of a man whose addretea do
route not possibly give ear to, as a reciprocity of metimen: vs
never likely to take place. An accideetal introduction at a pc...a
assembly was the only familiarity that ever subsisted betwi:t tx
respective familicv--yet on this slight authority then= (re cams
misapply the adjective geoffej thought proper to peen his palm
sions to an excess that left decency, ino.a. two, and good mama,
entirely out of the question. His first mode of attack ran penstA
land thi interruptions the young holy eepevieneri in her nit,
unattended, became so frequent and vexatious, that she sax on.
pelted to acquaint her uncle (at whose bouse she resides) with tb
whole story from first to last. That gentleman, highly untied a
the unmerited ill-treatineat of his niece, immediately wrote a le n
to the person complained of, dictated in the most pirempary rasa
against a repetition of the offence under pain of corporeal pia.
went. This unceremonial announcement produced a cessatra e
personal hostilities; but through relieved from the torture el lien.
mg to no:ea:one, he determined she should peruse it. A "Pee.
bullet" battery
.was therefore opened, and the young lady had Cr
daily mortification of beholding her toilet encumbeml villa es-
bossed cards and rase-coloured billet-doer, bra.thirg at the roe
time both odours and insults, with the pretty nambv-patrly
press of sun-flowers, forget-me-nots, and fettered Cupids. Thi
epistolary warfare was kept up for a considerable time.
making any impression on the besieged citadel: fresh rceloahusa
thrown up; the utmost vigils- ce was employed to pretest the
mission of these paper envoys, whether dressed in " litho fa a
roses red," and when, perchance, some stratagem,introdured
true
unwelcome Ineesengere to " my lady's chamber, ' judgmert
pronounced instanter, And the culprits were forthwith eensigrel s
an estrada-fr by the hands of .Mn. Abigail, the commas am.
tioner. Continual disappolr.tment will abate even a lot-Wish:ea
and as our hero was none of the most persevering, he at lengi in
the inutility and folly of his procedure, and immedistely need*
siege. Though we could indulge a joke on the silliness or veil
impudence which gave rise to the conduct already rated; yr. se
turn with disgust from the residue of our informant's state:art
On Monday evening the young lady above-mentioned, howl
dined at the house of a friend in Gloucester-place, vas retun.:‘
home at a little after ten o'clock, attended only by a female dma.
tic, when (most ma 1-2preyene ) her discarded suitor ensile Suppe!.
ante, accompanied by another person, both evidently 'zebrine's
The young lady had at the moment entered Portutan.srun., win&
I was unusually destitute either of watchmen or Metal POW&
The recognition was mutual ; but the young lady. hoping "Oa
would not presume to offer any molestation, walked oa at a mit
pare, without seeming to be conscious of the rencontre. Her Itepe
of escape was, however., undeceived by a rude embrace from owed
the Bacchanals, whilst the other endeavoured to take the same likty
with the servant, who, being superior to the general deb:iciest(
the sex, repelled the intruder with a thrust of an umhreae, sties
is said to have extracted at least two of bin front teeth, and
nd
forth the purple fluid in abundance: but seeing the youeg4
still struggling with her drunken assailant, this modern Amnx.a
turned her falchion in that quarter, and, by 'powerful aat'
dirvred blow, induced him to sign a release in blood. The
lady fainted, and the two fellows immediately turned dwelt
weight of their fury against the woman. whose courage Mehl
after the first effort, remained entirely defenceless. With dal►
city unparalleled in the records of cruelty, they knocked her las;
kicked her repeatedly while down; and, when at length tars
peated cries appeared to reach the ear of a distant watehmac tin
abandoned their hapless victims, and found a temporary nntal
in flight. On the watchman's arrival the servant had someitlut
recovered, but the lady was still insensible, and in that canal
conveyed home in a cinch, where the circumstances were optical
to the great distress of an affectionate family.
On the following doe it was ascertained that the chief reel
this disgraceful scene had suddenly left town, no doubt to etaiint
consequences of any legal proceedings that might hue eaten. 72
abettor is not yet trued; but when the young lady is sat:Sid-if
recovered to give evidence, those heroes may probably be set"
duced to the public in pr.opria stontirta. In the mason re
consign them to the unenviable distinction attached to a unit-, of
cowardice and brutality almost without 'parallel.
Since writinhe above, we Ine c that the servant's derecil
was taken on Wednesday morning as to the simple fad of son%
and a Magistrate's warrant forthwith granted thereon,
&Menet of the parties still prevents its execution.

SIEETI.VGS OF CREDITORS,
♦T TUT VANuturre COURT. IYIYOYALL•STAITII

70'11011RO W.

mini, iitTING!I.
Barber, J. Pump-row, St. Luke's, glass and china.mas •!:
Barnard. J. 11. Skinner-street, Snow-hill, printer •
.. ',.
Bouterille, W. H. Aldersifate-street. goMsatith and jest,..:t ;
Omen, T. Viumal-road, Kennington. builder - •
}sod, J. London-road, Southwark, baker - • II
Merchant, I'. Brighton, miller - -
bora . IA•
Newell, J. Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, draper Ins it
Stenning, H. Reipte, Surrey, coal-dealer - ' • itl
IVilliams, M. widow. Old Willey, eating-house-keret
SECOND 31EILTINGS. I:
Bennett, R. Ni-codford, Rolex. blacksmith - •
Dewey, W. Albion ooal.wharf, Christchurch, Sane'', rte'
1
merchant . . . li
Moore. N. Wigan, Lancashire. hots-dealer - ' 16
31 unk, IV. Warwick-place. B'ititecrosa-street, dealer in oproff io
Noyce, F. T. Richmond, shoemaker - • • I/
Powell, F. Earl-sttect, Blackftiart, corn-factor • ii
Price, NV. Ihirset-strect, Salisbury square, epticno • 6
Pulley, H. Bedford, draper - -
Taylor, T. Bosb-strtet., llonaydown, and Shad Thames" t'or.' 14
sucalman -

TIIIST MEETNGS.
Cohen, S. late of In. ll tr
olawelLseet,l Shoreditek, line•clivas 11;1
Evans, 11. Lower Smithfield. ale aml beer.merehant •
1/11.11,LNI)14. LI
Runbury, C. 11. Wood-street, ChesmOde, silk-manufartiaw
Dorman, T. and Oftley, —. Broad-street, Cheal4lde, tr.° 111 '
housemen . . -
}limit, G. London-wall, merchant - - • II
Ilammood, W. Wirkhambtock, Suffolk, shopkeePer • If
n' Hanno. E. Threadneedle-rdreet, inauninee-broker •. ii
If °old; J. and Wraith:, J. New Ilridge-street, ma

BIRTHS. 3,the Lsaii
At Somersal, Derbyahire, on Tuesday, Anus.
the lion. H. Versos, of a daughter.
In Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, Mrs.'

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Of AR I{l Ell.
(in i.,
the lOth instant, at f•hi6unt, Kett, Row, FranNje"
ner, Dui. of Wenvoe Castle, Illutnorgenshire, to
cciles, eldest daughter of Herber: Jenner, LL.D. eft:4l6'
Kent.
On the Ilth instant, Henry Michael Tij.,u, of St. Man
t*Pu'" '41;4
ingtor, Ourrry, widower, to Elizabeth lesz.dall, of

On Saturday feat, very su id yat his son-30.' by°
Grote-terrace,in Leeds, the Ho. Miles.lll;
the Methodist connection, and superintendent Gf om
Grove Academy. near Bradford. Yorkshire.
At Cheltenham, Thomas .laineaon, M.H. aced 71.

111011 WATER THIS DAY AT IiONIION 881
Morning 38 min. after 3. I Afteraoo 13 min. ate

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