The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-21 00:00:00

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COURT OF CHaNce.ltr, f.ircassOs-how,Auisese ?O.
The Loan Cris itcassoe • eat at nine o'clock dais
morning, when his Lardepip disposed of the few
remaining Bankrupt' Petitions, in the tonne of
winch niahiag of any pithlic interest (weaned.
Thus, in 'a
few days, his Lordship has disposed 4
ens of the longeit Until fdinktupf Petitions known
for several years. consisting of. upwards of three
handled citterut ' •
4, ow eerier if some atwi, 111Mkritgi.
When this Peiitiiai was called 10,1;Mr. Pt ok.riest
rose and said, that on a fornin day Messrs. Pe:cleat'
and Croke; who were with him in t.iit matter, had
been heard upon it, bat that he had n t had an op.
purtunity of speaking to it. When this matter 11.1
formerly been before the Coon, inn ddf-trent shape
the Learned Counsel said, he had the advantage-4
speaking before the Commissioners, none of V. n
he then saws in Court and he anticipated his L rd.
ship's wishes; nothing should ever he said in
Court, that touched any Gentleman's consiod, but
in his presence; arid that for obvious reasons. He.
should, therefore, Opleto his Lordship's ied4gance
to pnmit the Petitinn to stand over till the *at 16lf
of Petitions, and the ;Bankrupt would floj venue ;
intermediate relief under the insolvent rk 44.1 a
th s his Lordship consented : and observed, that he '
never wished any matter to be discussed in Use ab-
sence o( the parties inerested, or who might be afe
feded by what passed in Con t. He had that re.
of the panietdars of this ease, that be
coneefts4 'the Petitioner fully et-Inlet' u;s relief
under the former Insolvent A. D &Amidst, hew.
ever, had occurred hi rived of the Osten( 44.44
sum with which he then stood charged. • He
in the mean time, if those difficalan no /Inn er ray
fisted, have an opportu-ivy' of gong before. fhb
Magistrates u der tile last atilt. whete-.he might be
sure of Itseeting with every dew:. of literacy
justice. •1 I •
• On Friday (to-trinrrow) his Lordship will *
again, to give jodAnsetst fa the few reteesta causes,
vrhic't will ftnisa tare besinese of the Caen esti
asst terkn.

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PJLICE.
sX manstoo.Motritt.
Yeaterday Motown hatch a oothrit,ue•ptekpoeket.
was bom..ht fifer, the Lord Mayor, charged b
theCaptam of a Danish merobantman, wish • •
his pocket. on London Lind*. at a'
pocket book. value flea shirting*
private papers, which wive of mo value. • • '
Toe Captain ta.e.l. that as be was Wing neer ;
bridge, he tel.! that soraethireg had 'Awn n if
his pocket, and instantly lreskin,• Amu • aw
Pris thrnw the bol•k behind him. tie
of him, and cha•ry,ed him with the r hherv. he oho
Prisdner Agaied Iris* a considenAle rim , Ant en-
deavoured td get away. O. •ut the e,y •t. • 14,
however, happened to be passing by. 4 era .P -
inner was taken into custody ; e 4: aster
which, he fell down on his knies,-and ..egged tv ha
forgiren ; Fiat the offiser havng had in CY* "dy,
not less than fourteen or fit.een tunes Is tote, un

charges ut a similar nature, tut k hise to the
CArtipter. ' • •t. •
The Ptisluer ilait nothing to saxialis 449041
and was tally essustutttedfhr tr'NT. •
Thu malt matt belong.' to a 'gang Lf plckpoiketeeseee
of whom were brought befute the Ilhato Me von. ovi
Saturday list. "lh-y are /Ishii!, Jews, Badge CO*-
mining their Jepredationt,confi is themgelveialasose
entirely tse foielgners, iu ti:e mercantile end en-
-Ist ing line ; under an iJ a. t',at even if they snide.
covered. it will not be convenieet for •ha Prosecutor
to remain is England, to give evidence against
them.

Levi Brel,mia, a le+, was charged Sefore• the
Lowe MAYO.,. with s eating a piece of linen, die
property of Joseph Nataani who was of the 'saute
persuasion. '
wilt Sp-peered, from the evidence of Nathan sad his
e. that the Prisoner' b• iitg employed bittfttn to
clean awe!, came to their %pen *hen Mr. Niihau
was from home, and told Mrs. NM• tat her
husband had seitt him-for a piece of Linen, as he :.ad
got a customer for it. • The limn was, acendingly,
delivered to oisn. and be made off with n, ind was
not seen until the day before.
•Che Prisoner. in his dr.fence, stated, that the
linen had been given to him by Mrs. NathAn: to
Mise a guinea on it, until her rim wrril abse Io .
pay him some money he owed him. Lie rh-n
duced the duplicate ; but the :::,en pawtred .ot _p-
pearing to he the same as that lost by' Nathan. t. .e
Prisoner was remanded until tosnseerow; 'when the
linen is t 6 ise'produced.
On
M-oulay ntorn.44-. an Want. shoot four
months old, was forinVat the door of Mrs UAK.s's
horse. at K .ightsbridg .1 items wrapped in a toll
red tin .k. with a writtenlssper; r•censmenct-ng late
baby to t* e proteetion bi aosi 4 V. • • • •
IV verde. mooring, ats.ust en, o'clock. a 111-e was
discovered on board tlee*//torse, a ship fitted up for
temphr .ry marine bollocks, and alongside t'ae
Dack-yard Wharf, at W•solterieh. In halt .itt hour
she was in one comilete blaze. and.. by three o'clock,
was burnt to the wa'er's edge.. .h •is feared that
some lives are lost ; two men:vrhuoveiv confinen in
the black hole. are said to have per4heti. Veer al
' women and children were on board, -and h 4 only
time to escape without their clothes. The cause of
this accident has not yet been akertained.*., Some
My it was produced by a lighted candle ; others,
that the vessel wee'set on fire Wthe lightning.—
The Bathes shot se high, they sere visible in
London.
We yesterday stated that the atmosphere sr*
?eared charged with electric fireison Ttlesslay ev ;V.
tog: and that, ab 6' one o'clock yesterday morning.
a drtadtul torrent •rof rain catr.e on, accompanied
with tnunder and lightning. The storm did ant
entirely subside until ten scandal:Yesterday = about
nine • o'clock, it raged with its -greatest violence.—
Tremendous peals of thunder,..secornpanied wiry
flunking, and a orradrul shower of ra'a tor
nearly an hour. spread tetrnr among •he •
bit. •tt. We far that clisiderab:e dan...ae has
been done in various quarters; but MP have, es yet,
heard of no secideits, ez:ept that of a poor wear. h-
man, of Islington,whohes unfortunately peen struck
Mint. • .