The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-23 00:00:00

14 HOUSE.

Yesterday s General Court was heir! at the East
lndi• House, when the dividend for the half year,
commencing the sth of January last, and enchnk
the sth of July mitt, was declared to be SI per
cent.

The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that the
Petition to the House of Commons, which iv:is ap-
proved by the last General 'ourt, had bey m pri--
sentedund ref,•rred the Co.utilA.ec for investi•
citing the atia rs of th.- Cu n That, on the
first report of Jaa*/ Ostensive? beiu* made, the
frou4e hurl relolred, that the sum of L'i,500,000
be paid to the Company, for expenses incurred iu
the public service; and it was understood that the
Commatee were to continue their investization of
the subjects costiiineti in the Company's Petition,
and to report.

The following Proprietors were re-appointed a
Committee to inspect the Company's bye likam,
siz.---

Sir Weary Strachey. Bart. Geary Sam! Wrxy, Esq.
Jolla J. Aiereratci.i, Eaq. JOUR Grnicuts, bags
William Defoe, Fag. Goofy: Cousatiag, Eaq.
Robert Harlot,
The titles of several Pa7ers presented to the
lipase of Commons were read. The Court their
adjourned, rise die.

P()LICE.

masolow-•ovsr.
FRAUD IN ROOT-IVIAIING.

lige Fmtlantli_aj‘areernas hoot-wisher, wile ,:1174.
Wore the 1.0110 MA VOR, by Mr. (Moue, a smelter in an
extrusive whotantie boot and ahrimmarehoeue an Grace-
chareh street, with' making boots le a defr:tive assnam.—
Mr. Donne stated, that the Defendant woeled for him fur
wow mollthi, mat that several of the bums which he 'node
were defective in the heels, then: being may one stitch wht re
there oncht to he four rte bre. The boots thus made, he
raid, titre hare& ti fit exportation, and if sent abroad
might here ninterivlly injured the dorm tn. of the House.
He produced two pair of boots made in this way, which were
submitted to the inspertiou of Mr. Dotty, and :enrol other
master boot-makers, io Court, who sit pronounced the con-
duct of the Prisoner en who.. e ammost the Act for the im-
provement and utactiou of tile lest... is trade.
The Defeadnot said, the defeet was ow•nn t,, an improper
instrument whichl he had inariverteo:tv used, tut had site
hid aside for a proper one, and that Ire was ready to make
gond all the boots to Imated.

. - -
T be Prusvct. a,l elprecArd eimreif eatiefied, provided alto,
that the Def. neaut Avoid wake a pa...,c acknowkdgcntat
to aLieb he also esentcd.

lo the day coach to Limerick, novo Dublin,
which was oversrt Wednesday S4e. ght, we are
greatly concerned to state that HEILMAN 01.7.11,
LACHLAN, Esq. of Limerick, uue of the paz•engers,
has been severely 'lamed ; be was thrown from
roof, and had his leg bruken and his such: dis-
located.

On Monday evening a foot rac. took place on
Kennington 1111 l . fora wagerof ten guineas, in
the prestoce 41f a number of spectators, between
one Webb, a book-lover, en Samuel, * footman
in the service of a gentieman's family at Walworth.
The, ran nearly Moat for the first li►Q cards, when
the footman took the lead, and seeminteywon with-
out much difficulty.
Last Finlay evening. Captain Hot.t.twostitY, of
the Sussex Militia, to convince his brother Officers
that his cvertions were not of the puny nature they
were wont to describe them, betted ten guineas
that lie sustained the tistigues of the next day's
march to liailshain, in common with the company,
accoutred like u private Peddler. He acconlingly„
on Saturday morni ,ig, appeared ow parade, equipped
with his musket, knapsack. Ice. and commenced
Isis match.

Sold iu shares by Swltrt. and Co. is the last Lot-
tery, N 0.8.024. a 40,0001 i\o. 8,895. a 1.0091.
/),4 t 7. a 1,0191. No. 104.11,a 1,0001. No. 11.387,
a 1,0001. No. 13.(135. a 1.0001. and 110.24:084, a
.54001. Tidgets sad Shares for the State Lot-
tery which i•rKins4ruw ing on Tuesday next,aad con-
tains six Prix.. of Twenty Thou.and Pounds, &c.
are et, sale at Swtsr and CO.'S Fortunate ()f-
-asces, No. 11. Pou;U)•, and N 4.0. 14, Charing Crass.

LAIT INTELLIGENCE.
8/•••-•
COUQT OF CHANCERY, it i.e 22. .
IN THE MATTER OF LUDLAM.
At theilittioig of the Court, yesterday tar:ruing,
Mr. Psoirross addressed the Chancellor. in the
absence of Mr. Richards. who had spoken shortly
to his Lordship, on Saturday and on illouday,
Upon the ,sine matter. lie represented to the
Court, that his duty, as draftsman in this matter.
threw upni, bun the function of preparing and
bedbug the petition, which had bees recommended
or directed by his Lordship to he presented for tra-
versing the lOgidisitioe of lunacy found against this
Geutleman, and not only his duty but his disposi-
tion led him to act with the most scrupulous atten-
tioirto his Lordship's very pointed recommenda-
tion to Mr. Richards and himself, to ascertain all
the facts necessary to be brought before the Court.
There wasa great number of office copies of orders
of Court and" affidavits, (the procuring of which
cost Mr. Ludlam upwards of 1714 which it was an-
rlerstood were at Brooke-house, Hackney, the
I,isce of his present confinement, and his Lordship
oitid be sensible of the necessity of seeing these,
in order to put the Court in possession of the
whole of his case; and without them or fresh copies.
the procuring of which would be productive of ex-
pense arid delay. it would be impossible far him
to pmforni his duty either to his Lordship or his
Tim CHANCRILIIII observed, that it was impos-
sible to be constantly travelling out of the regular
course of the Court, which Wari already beeu so
much broken in upon by this matter.
Mr. PsoWneN observed, that he had very re-
ceutly come into the cause, and having heard his
Lordship complain so heavily of former irregulari-
ties, he was the more anxious to avoid auy future
gromels for the like complaints.
The CHANCELLOR thee asked, if any application
had been made to the committee for these papers f
For his Lordship would met anticipate the refusal
of any papers or other things which were proper to
be given or produced for the benefit of the lunatic.
Mr. Ptowouw answered, that he was not pre-
pared to assert the actual refusal, though he pre-
sumed that the applicution, without his lArdsiiip's
order, would be ineffectual. lie was tree, how-
ever, to say, that he had yesterday advised the Soli-
citor, who had been referred to him by Mr. Rich-
ards, on the proposed application to the Court to
apply to the coin:nines. for these papers, and he
conceived it not unlikely, that the absence of the
Attorney from Court, at that time, was to be ac-
couuted for from his being actually there on that
very pursuit ; if, however, it should happen. that
before the rising of the Court, the apOcation
should have been made and refused, Mr. Plowden
hoped his Lordship would allow him to renew hi ap-
plication. Mr. Plowdeu then said, that notwithstand-
ing his Lordship had, on Saturday last, expressed
so marked a reprobation of the misrepresentationsof
this matter in the public prints, he had been sur-
prised at reading, yesterday, in several of them, an
article conternimi Mr. Ludlam, to the same effect,
and some parts AI which he knew to be false. He
oiKerved, that front tile nature of the article, it was
self-evident that it had been sent to the papers by
those who had the enstody of, and had actess
to. Mr. Ludlam ; and it was equally evident, that it
was pled:shed with a view to create or further a
bias akinua that unfortuuate Gentleman, either to
prevent or to give a taro to the traverse.
The CMANCILLI.OR remarked, that be had no
mesas of preventing this mischief of misrepresen-
tation iu the public papers; and that both he and
the Learned Connect had reasons to complain of
it. Bat his Lordship feared that a great part of
the evil lay within the profession.
Mr. I'Lowoes then read the instruction which
had beeu handed to him by the Attorney, and
which was an application to his Lordship, for au
order for Mr. Ludlam's Sur4tsons and his Solicitor
to be admitted to see him, without the interven-
tion of any person. sod that all the papers should
be delivered to the Solicitor. However, as his
I.oedship had so esplicitly expressed his confidence,
that the papers would not be refused ss hen applied
for, he had no doubt but that what had that day
passed in Court, would have the effect of an order.
lye should rest satisfitsl, and begged leave to return
his thaiik* for his Lordship's feelings on the occa-
sion, both on behalf of his client and himself.
The Cussiesistoa thanked Mr. Ploaden for
prittingthe matter so candidly ; and said he did him
but justice in mentioning his feelings on this acre-
sien, for he had very strong feelings indeed, and so
*none,. that he rather felt as if they had earned
hiin beyond what was strictly regular.