The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

FIRM.

About half-past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening gide.
house of Mr. Watkins, No. It Windham place, Crawford. •
street, Montagu-square, was discovered to be on firs by
the neighbours observing the flames issuing from the tir.t
and 'mind floor windows with great rapidity. They instantly
ran to the dour, lit which they kept continually knocking.
hut receiving no answer from within they with great diffi-
culty broke it open, being simnel,/ bolted and barred inside.
By the prompt exertions of the firemen the flames were ar-
rested, but nut till urarly all the furniture was destroyed,
and the houses° damaged that it must undergo a thorough
repair.

EXPORTATION OF TORACCO TO lIITLAND.—.
Mr. LUSHINOTON, of the I'n-rainy. has forwior!ed
the following leper to the Cinunui,uers of boa
Mojerly's Customs :

tivsapoor., sorvmsava 10.
EXPORT OF TOBACCO TO IRELAND.
" Treasury Chambers, July 21.
"Gentlemen—With referent? to a report of the Com-
missioners of Excise, of the bib ult., on a statement from •
Newry, in Ireland, is regard to a consignment f tobacco
from New York ; and wish reference skit to a letter of flow
Board, of the 2341 ult., to the Commissioners of Even?' d,- -
reeling a clause so be prepared allowing tobacco to be ex- -
ported.to !relied in vessels of 70 tons, the Lords Comwr••
sinners of his Majesty's Treasury desire, float until the plea-
sure of Psrliement shalt be known, you will give general
directions fur granting this indulgence.
" S. R LUSIIINGTON.
" To the Coanwissiorrere of Cultures."
Extract of a letter from Hayti. dated July 17
—.• Every thing goes on well sod quittly here
since the departure of Bottum. if we except the
jealousy of the natives in trading with foreign mer-
chants. As many obstacles are thrown in our wßv
as they Call invent, and attempts will no doubt he
made the ensuing year to exclude us altogether.
For the last six weeks the coast has been lined front
Monte Christie to the Mole by rituaY's fleet, which
has proved of great annoyance to the trade."
About seven o'clock yesterday evening, as ti
Gentleman we* sitting in his chaise, in Grace-
church-street, a thief got upon the top of the
chaise, snatched a greet coat from the seat, :and tau
on with it.

Tuesday night, whilst the Magistrates were sit- •
ting at the Office, in nation-garden, an alarm
prevailed in the street, and on the t.ffieers going out
to see the cause, they found that the art h of Me
cellar belonging to the house, at tl:c corner of Ilat-
ton-wall, which runs under ti e font-path, had fallen
THOMPSON, the constable, ahu was bring.ll,4
some prisoners to the Of iist perceiving if.
hole, fell into it, a depth of eight feet, h,.t heel.
none of them received any injury, with the eat,
lion n( a few slight bruise,.
'hiatus Peeatmeux, of Sheffield, sawmith
charged his wife, Nary, heittoftwe Mary Nieunsite
with having unlawfully and "filoniouely iiattranir•
tied with Wm. BRAMHALL, he, the said Tut)*
Peaatesoe, being still Wove. It appeared is trey •
thence, that the first marriage took place et Stet&
field, in 1814, and that on tee 10 Is of Juty last,.
the wife abandoned, for a day, her butberiertird
her children, and went with gaAtlitAL/ to Mott-
Add, and a marriage was solemnized Leta...mitten',
. banns having been there previously puhlislied, de-
scribing them as iiihahosnts of Drositie!d, though
they were resident in Sheffield. Alter tbemarriage..
or pretended marriage, iit prot.field, the wife wait
on the same evening to the horse of her !iu.hapoi
(PAttutteeN), and demanded her cloilter, and de- • '
dared that she would no longer live math him. she
being married again to BaAmnalliti.• the father "4
the youngest child, who had stood endow rot three
other children of the marriage. The woman was
fully committed for trial.

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Will be reeoltetiosl thee loot emelt time issaeoes, Jamb
opliableltdo4 mligeleas Jews frees elm twee& .p
befog. the loped Heyde, s. Oar* of baribmg, Sobbed Ilse
'.w lop of r. testae. `'wooWeitartele4 bs toodsehtill.
I.• street, ,dt Isere Imps plebes of woollen 'delft It wee
elfillOk Heil they hod but to rOles Iseititolow biter, se-
pesseerleut theism's", ,its Urge towhee. mod desiring to
I igelt at growth geleAbed yeti mese. Oa *het °m II utton
pietre•efstwioltist 'ea* of Iht Ruktotisa isodlloett
• • valued. On lie owed. thou Hey We. tester's ware-
: • weer, the porter dines Heidi Prisoner es leer
going out, had obese her, ..d brought her hark,
.hen she dropped • lurid pleas of weirs cloth. It ebeited
ti :4asouditheseollbetills&dhewil be able to siktarca3
0 piece e(goodeo bet eft toms wilk hooks ullir.s to it,
haw-been sebielpmently footsies /be werstroas dose to where
the Prisowartteed: This SWIMS let 41101//weassi ha to retain
• mull security aug• artiele that eisfellikettached to it though
. of coesiterable weight.- 'TIN ftesillgriessieso were brought up
• aagpossittomr for examination" Ape libeoester, the officer,
*dated that he had snores/eel 1. ,liadint wig the lodging's of
she two Prirvirets ai No. 7, Fistaburyrusarlgl, where be bad
ilisesrvereit a louts assortment's
.uf riods, consisting of silks,
valuable egasels.scneves,eiserpieces of cottons, with the marks
obliterated. The office was. tiled with shopkeepers, who
stated Ifni lnd iniasedmoodi In an extraordinary ,snorer
h.f low of divot coolet ',cognise diellrimusers; owe of thew,
mu estensive rdlit-maaelfacteree elks bad been rubbed to •
h'ea'tsesturat, *salad isse,;lf eke shawls found at the
Prisoners' liesiNierp asirie.pprperty, and had no doubt that
IS. PlPMeder of Hie shirk were also his, but could mot
*war to throw as the nuksirs were takes off, and there were
others of the mine pattern, nor mould he recognise the
Primmer's. Fle slated, however,that since the stateriseat of
tbe case had been in the re wspspers, a number of the trade
had been takiag stock, and had discovered most serious
deficiencies, whjch they did not doubt had been ocessiooed
by tbs depreilatinus uf shoplifters offset willowy deseriplicole.
The Lord Mayor th:iiieto it woull be unnecessary to mut-
tiply cases artilost the Prisoners, aud that the charge made by
Mr. Lester would be sufficient to stud the Prisoners to lake
their trial noes.
' The two Prisoners were therefore fully committed Nelda
• on the charge of having robbed Mr. Lester's warehouse, and
the parties horrid over to premeecute.
Or the examination of the Iwo Prisoners nearly all the
knows receivers of stole., goods in the City were about the
si•eitues, sad such a degree se anxiety upon the Cale was
• *whored autongtt this elit.s, es induced the officers so
suspect that the case bad extensive ramifications.
When they searched the lodgings of the Aaron. they
fused a card with the address of a man named Goole.
tun, No. 23, Old-street, it. Lnke's. Forrester and Foster
• tetawdsasely went there, and gained a sadder* admission.
The males* meanies, was excited by their appearance.
'bey • ppreheaded !mark floelston, to whom the perm's. s
belonged; they foetid hut nee piece of silk with a roller, o•
which the mark was not obliterated. This mark led to the
discovery of the newer. who hail been robbed, bus ley another
pair of foreigners than those who bail beets Mooed before
Lordeldp.
• The eviikmeeagainst the Prisoner was as folkiw.:—
S Chinese, warehromensaii to Mr. New, of Patereester-
row. silk•msonfactitrer, stated, that en that day a was awl
. tsunami, whir appeared to be foreigner's, came to the war.-
..! bolas; a piece of ailk on. stoles,, hat it was not missed
mail the Police offieeirs brought home a piece, which was
sscertained in be the roe, °peels, of she house; he was posi-
tive the silk had not brew sold, and hr had seen it uu the
Thursday.
Henry Foster, an offit4r. Trodoe49l a piece of 'lint, which
ens. ideisefged Is Mr. Nra'. property. He stated that he
h.. 1, in cringerpli ore of iofortestion, one In the apartments
rf she Privoner, at No 23. Old-street, and that lie met the
l'oner's «of« corning out of his apartment. rin • second
fi cur, with a Ipindlo confai $$ i$ ig tile silk; the Prisoner said
he knew nothing at till about She property upon being first
I.lterroesterl, but he art... Wants said that hr purchased it at
en wirer 00000 .
The parties were bound over to prosecute Gouldon for the
eni-demeanue of having in his possession stuleu property.
FORGfiRY.
JoeepA Soma was charged with haring passed • forged 101.
awe upon John Griffin.
who bars with Mr. Tacker, of Bridge-row, sta-
Cosier, slated, that the Prisoner cause t« the warehouse be-
twee,, four and fit in the evening of the 2dill of August, mod
' asked fur a ream of elrphaut paper, saying that it was fur
Isaac I.yotesi, of the Kent•road. Witness said he understood
I.yuhs's name was Illus. Lyons, to which the peiaun replied
the orgalivei but that the name of Movey was gives' to
Mm by the hers. Witness gave him cliavge for a ltd. note,
deducture 30s. fur She paper.
Mr. Christmas, fur the Sauk, stated, shat the 101 Hole pro-
direerl was a forgery: sad requested that the Primmer might
he remanded, as 'navy other tales were expected to be
seminal him-
Mug. Lyons, paper mitasefsetwrer, of she Kent-road,
said, that the Primmer had beets is his employment about a
mouth. Ile stated. that he bad sever merit Ike Priewher for
the e!epbant paper to Mr. Tucker.—Suuth was ilavis se at
back to prisou.

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SOW.ITRIt FT.
Yesterday William Pool, • cool-neersbant, residieg in
Sto,th street, Northauspturs-square,Clerkanwell, was brought
before Meehan' Flume, F.sq. the sifting Magistrate., an a
wn-rarit, fit asassulteng and beating Wm. Evans.
• The Complainant, who is butler to the Earl of Falmouth,
lasted, that yesterday moraine the Defendant, accompanied
e
by two of hes posters, came with a waggon lead of coals to
use residence of the Earl of Falmouth, to St. 'antes's-square,
IPA were proeeedeng to unload, when the Complainant, ans.
pec.ang frum the cheap rate at which they were to be sold
that some deception as to the measurenieut was practised,
jauposed in Mr. Paul that the esuloaeling should be delayed
s;c• as inspector from the coal-meter's other should arrive.
M.. Pool reined thunderstruck at the proposition, is which
1..• integrity as a tsadegman was doubted, and refused to
• secede to if, saying, if they did nut like to take the ensile on
kas word they should not leave them at AM, and that he should
iminedestely drive Ins wageoes away. The Complainant
the.. told him plainly that i.e would nut lie suffered to du so
geofil the inns, ewe- artived, and wu preeeediug with some
Shriller renew he when Mr. Pool enjoined silence by
a severe blow an the head, which knocked the COM.
el tenant ebeen, and he than ordered his porters to drive
the waggon ou. Several of the Earl's attendants, who had
et'.essed.ihr. assault committed us their fellow-servant, cams
to h.s asaistanee, and a erasers' fieht ensued, which teems-
. afisted, after many severe contagions havinz beets received off
te.te sides, in favour of the Defendant, who drove off with
Lim amtgow in to itemple.
tJn snensoesog one of the sacks which had been unloaded,
it wav found tube deficient in its due quantity.
Me. Pero) being called upon for his defence, he admitted
the missenli, but r offended that he was justified by the coo-
duct dike Coin plaisant, who had no authority to detain him,
as be had only given him a gentle tap on the head, and that
lie had oat she least doubt but bra Est had sustaiued the
de^o'Po the head of the Complainant bring so
eouroondeel
Hr was ordered to Mid bail far his appearance at the
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!LITTON OARDIFII.
Yesterday Thomas Hopkins', for the timpretwateiou ashore
.4i reward Wu beets offered, was rimmed with boring Mule. a
staasber lelt. r• founder's wow Ids, and inassofeetwred sypes,
aowee lows sad quadrat Dialers, firm the 1411111Idery of Be
i•,,ceat Name, t 7, Weite.street, ffuuthleiff. There were
awo other yew, manses' Bias and Vfillisassow, charted
that they were sly tools nada
guilty Iteowledge, they were Ai,-
. wiliwitteJ as el/ideate. The ease
tupktott eras fully cowsosiffed.

IIIUCIIII-5111VARIL
ASTER BY A SERVANT.
f.othian in the family of Mr.
resent a *nal eamnionlion before
J, the Maoiskates, on a charge
is Sa.Janirs's-plore, on the
arse ammo, sod obuot OW. is

tiorlatits, bit it appeartris ,Is
air of 1.1 bun w.thurt a god
thirged, and Baas WRI &hail
brit% pouted, ihopkirit was Sal
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ROBBERY QF kin JIM
YeSterday MINSOO Abettor',
Tunes, the Barrister. ttade►ae
Mr. White and pr. II m.klassol,
ref Isibbios leis inev.r's
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