The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-15 00:00:00

PONTEFRACT MELTING.

This meeting. of which we gave. last week, each
day's sport, was numerously and fashionably at-
tended. Ti e Course was in most excellent condi•
(ion, and many of the Races contested in a
style. bough there was much rain on Weir:les!,
day, yet the Course was so firm, that the print
of the horses' fell could hardly be distinp,uished
after running. On Thursday, an immense con-
course of people from the surrounding country
attended this delightful Montpelier of Ragland.—
During the meeting, the ground leading to the
St ind was thronged with numbers of the most
fashionable carriages ; slid the Stand, and the As.
sembly on Thursday evening, (when dancing oa
" the light fantastio tr.e" did wit cease tilt an un-
usual !Ate hour of the mnrning), displayed grottoes
r,f temlle beauty not to be turpassed in the Unripe.
Indeed, wherever the eye was turned. whether to
the campany in the Stand. to the beautiful set•
misruling scenery, or to the exertions of the noble
animals oe the Course. a}l formed subjeas for tae
pencil of the artist.
The Thea-re was well attended.—On Tuesday.
Every One has la: Fantt, and G.tch hie* plis
eae, ; Vscdne..d y, Fire .Hues qtf; the law''
hie Girl, and Mert:en ..fari7ver ; Tilurlday, The ie•
v,th, and Ihe t:;:•npi:e Gate, by desire of the
Stewards, lii,cou..t Poilington and T. Ducconsbe,
Esq.
. Among the C inf.any in t!,e Stand. on tNe grind.
an at the A.ssemhiy. we observed the toni.cing I--
Fe......thi.au, Len' ..10.,,n5, lard Strathmore, Lit/
Mosonrae..?., Luly Mcaboro..g.i, Ponioston, I.Mly Pot.
t 200/1. Laid Mimort„ M.o. Monici,i, Wass!. Mmoark, Sir
F. L. Wool. Sart Lolf Jriro Rams4Mu, tasty
Remitters, SO E. Smith, Rm. Hight H.. 0 John Smolt, Lad?
%MIN Miss Smyth. si, r.'f list ha W. Gerard.
Hun. H. Sat.* Lad' Saran Savite lion Mrs. Saone, Mrs
ti.nn.g. Lay GA.-Iy, Lad,' \t..rt Hu ton. Mi.. ilerto.., Lolly
E 'Ammer' Rer. %%Miamian, Res•
Roy. F. W. De 1 ry, Kr.. W. C mon, Col. mid
Colonel .tnot.in Thoush"
sots. C als,...k.:roft, Captain Crlts, Captain Hare*,
Mn .rar.on, Mr. W.lron, Mr. Mrs. and too Mmes
Mrs. Soli:lmm. Mr, Wlll:reeugh MN- are MN
liltd4.l. Mime Y,rk. 1.1.442911;50,.. M-. and Mrs. Addis...
Mir. Walker, \lre. Mara Damn, Mrs. MHIOD.
Maws R. an I V.. Mtto.., MIA II M..okaut. Mos Minikes.
Ma• Mrs Poi.-itat,'M.s. Parftct Stritant
Mr. Mr ib own .1, %if LArnvamtaa,
Mr. Tboarpron, Mr. lisurrot. as.

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• toNnolgasrorM
Yesterday the Sessions for the City of Lohd, n
were opened in the usual form, by the Rich; .
the Lorin MAYOR, ltscoaose, and the Bench of
Aldermen. After a Traverse Jury was sworn,
Daoiet Grant was given in charge for a violent as-
sault upon two constables of the city, of the names
of Groves and Swabsall, whilst engaged in the exe-
cution of their respedive duties.
It appeared, from the testimony of the two of.
fivers, corroberwed by the evidence of a soldier of
the East Lidecion Milita, th,r the Defendant, Grant,
had, between the bouts of ten and eleven, on the
night of the .11st of May last, been guilty of a vio-
lation of the public peace, in llishopsgatr-Ltieet,
contiguous to a pablic•.some, fri:gaeot • J
clout and improper charaters, and from s,,ch rea-
sons d-signated The Serf. That in pursuance of
their duzy ,rlie officers interfered. and d,,ioedthe De•
Pendant to depart ; but vet re toll by him, that he
neither cared a damn for them or the I.n o MA VON,
aid that he would not depart at their desire. On
the constables pr:•• ee.l, •g to take him to t!1• watch-
loisie, the Defendant cried out to a mob
that was colleded,"MoJt len ? must Igo ?" This
appeal excited the interest ril the multitude, a:.d the
officers were violently avi Jolted.
The Defend im, at several times, cried out, "Now
is the time—cut them," and frequently struck at the
officers. When they arrived at the watch-huu;e,
blood was porctiui to i•mt.t froru S.v.e.sall, and on
examining, it was found t ,at he was cat by tome
shafp in;trume-it, through 11;s coat, wai.tcoat, and
shirt. N ) evidence was produced on the part of
the Defendant. and the Jail, without hesitation,
found bins gritty of the two counts of the indid-
bunt

Atter a suitable admonition from the R LCOR D R,
upon the lenity of the Prosecutors, in not brirging a
capital charge, the D feadant was tirttemed to an
imprisonment of twelve calendar mmths. in the
gaol of N-wgate, for the assault ur m tiro: es.—
And, eq.:r the ezinrcira of tLit term, Le a
further imprisnnment of tw ive mxithis for the
assault r ;ion Swabs di.
ATTEMIPT TO S'IOUT A SHFRIFIrS OFFICER
The Rec. P. Gv•rass was nrzt strraig.ird Ix a
violent assault upon Wil!'am hires, sy tiring at him
a loaded pistol, on the Gas of May last, in Fen-
church-street.

The C03111014.31111.111••T opened the prosecution
on the part of the Crown. Ha had to reoret. that
a person belonging to so sacred a professi on As that
of which the Lrefendant was a member, should
have attempted, without any justifiable close, to
take away the life of a fellow creature. Ind eJ,
in regulatirg the coal! dirg passions of human
nature, wh re was foe beerance to be expeeed,
unless the example was afforded by that profession
whose more immediate province it was to initruml
Christians in the performance of their moral duties.
and to exhibit peace and good-will to all mankind ?
The Learned Gentleman then stated the nature of
the evidence which would be adduced ; and ob-
served, that the law had positively provided that
when, in consequence of mistake or misdintaien,
an Officer, executing a process of the law, shall
mistake the person, an afro° for the irjury shall
lie with the injured individual. And tiniugb the
law had not etteclied the, crime of molter to the
saying of an .othier, when improperly executing
a process of lass, yet it has ever considered such an
aggression as a very severe and aggravated ad of
eriminaii.y. In the present case, as tar as he was
instrhOed, he could n..t anticipate any thing like a
defence, unless it Was the want of consciousness in
the individual at the moment the wanton assault
was perpetrated. If such should appear, there
was a jurisdiction given to that Court to provide,
as well for the situation of the Defendant, AI tor the
claims of the public safety. He then proceeded to
produce evidence.
Wm. ionii being sworn, depsed, that he was
a ti:ket porter, at the Gnorge and Vulture, Corn
bill ; that between the hews of four and eve. on
the eveniog of the 6th of May last, he was engaged
by a ,slr. Pokes (whom he since knew to be a SLe-
riff's officer), to go with him to Fenchurch-street.
When arrived there, he saw Mr. Barber, %Ilona he
then knew to be an officer, standing in an ironmon-
ger's shop, at No 62. He heard Basher say to
Pukes, 1 see you have brought a man with you ;
yes, replied Pokes. Witness was then desired to
proceed up stairs. He did not know the nature of
the business, but presumed it was to bring &ken
some parcels. Pokes told him not to he all id. When
Witness beard this advice. he proceeded more cau-
tiously; and when he got up within a step or two
of the landing, he saw the Defendant. with whose
person he was acquainted, and whom he had fre-
quently seen
.in his clerical habit. advance towards
him. Witness ten stopped, and the Clergyman'
came up to him, levelled a pistol at him, and fired.
Not a word passed between him and the Defendant.
'i'he ball entered his right site, about six lathes
from his back. He did not fall, but re-mined down
stairs, and was taken to the Hospital, where he was
confined bit seeks. He never exchanged a word
with the Defendant. nor could there be any grourol
of enmity betw ten them.
On his cross-examination, he said that the door
between the shop and the passage was forced by the
Beiber, but that there was no great crash.
Ile could not say whether the officers followed him
up stair. or not.
Mr. Pokas, the Sheriff 'a ofScer, was next called,
bit was not in Court.

Tae next Witness was Mr. Barber. a Sheriff's
Officer. He deposed. that on the 6th of May he
went wit 4 Pokes to arrest a person of the name
of Gi.tard or Guard. under an execution for 1201.
That on their way to Fenchurcli-street, Pokes said
he was acquainted with the person of the man de.
signaled io the warrant. Upon that assei t:on Wit-
ness depended.
Qiestioa from the Jury—Did you read the name
o. the door of the Defendant's house ?—A. Not
until next day.

i'okas had the writ in his possession ; when they
went up to the drawing-•oom of the Defendant,
Pukas :aid something which ‘Vitness did not !star ;
but when he was told that they had an execution
against him, the Defendant replied in very bad lan-
guage, and sa,sl they weer both thieves and
damned scounarols. Witness never saw • a pgr,
son, when arrested, vi. violent before. ITT

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' Dtrendant then este* through a ash (lotto
and ran up stairs. Pokas followed, and Witness al.
ter him, when they wait ast.i.e I by billets of wood
thrown down at them by the Defei.dant. They
then withdrew, Pukas to get another man. and Wit-
ness remained out-.ide the street done, to prevent
Defendant's escape. When Poises returned with
Jones, witness remarked to the latter, that they had
Avery troublesome eustnm'r up stairs. Wittiest
followed Jones op stairs, and, when about six steps
Irom him, saw Mr. Cer ant advance with a pistol
in each hand, level the one in the right hand at
Jones, and fire, without speaking a word. When
was nothing either said or dine to provoke the an-.
fence of the Defendant, true every dung was offered
to the contrary.
On his cross.extmination, witness admitted that
he did not know whist conversion's passed between
the Defendant and Pokas, when. the laiier first went
asp to him, but there was nut time for much 6
says Pokas never acqrrainted him that the De-
fendant declared be did not owe two p..n Ids to .ny
men upon earth ; mu t suppose that vie Defendant
saw him fallowing Jones up stairs when h.: fired.—•
A Mr. Beckett was the attorney in the a dtinn ; and
witness admitted. ear, in a card lie tee:Jess.' Irom
him. be was informe that the person whom they
were to arrest ender th.s warrant. had lately come
into the rierghbotohnnd of Fenchtuc:i-street, soil
had previously resides] at Cheises.
Mr. Pooie. for the Defer.dast. ably expatiated ea
the aggravated eandiaa of the officers, arid on the
probable misconeelxion which snob a trespass might
have aeateJ in the mind of the Defendant. He
also commented on the non-appearance of the of-
ficer. Pokes, upon whnse testimJny, with that of
others, the Grand Jury found the bill. It was
strange and difficuh to recorcde the condtiff of the
officers in Inning a mass with whose person
one of them professed to be acquainted. and who
was a resident in the same sweet for twelve years,
with the testimony of Ilarbe-. that the person de-
signated in the wart hal lately acme raw that fast
of the city,and had, until Nei:bin a short time, lived
at Chelsea. If such obwrvetioas dal not amount
to a justification. in his epinicm, they went to miti-
gate the conduct of the Defendant.

As there eras no evidence produced on the part of
thel)rf end ,tr.

'The fts,Ga oet summed up the evidence at
length, and concluded with 'tense/ impressing
upon the Jury, that no apprehensions either as to
property or liberty, can justify any man to take
away the life of a tellow-creature. The Jury, after
some consideration, brought in a verd;et
'Pie Cones seemed anxious to ascertain whaher
sly mitigation was hrended to he moved on the
ground of mental derangement, the Counsel for the
Defendant said, they had no such insructions. Mr.
GA alt ANII then addressee Court, evidently under
agitation, and positively denied th it the:* was any
min wounded ; he conceived the whole ideal,
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depicted the offerings he had underTonc. 1: was
then evident that be was far removed from perfect
mental composure. Sentence was postponed.

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EFFECTS No ?kin LATie STORM. '
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By a letter received in Edinburgh, on the Dal. we
ere sorry to learn the loss of the Mary, Captain Bor-
rish Lyon,, on her voyage from the Baltic to Leith,
in the storm on Sunday last. The letter mentions,
that a piece of the wreck had conic ashore at Cullen,
and a trunk containing the papers belonging to
Captain Lyons.
DUN Sal, SEPT. 6.
We Bate had a most severe storm here of wind.
31.1 rain from the N. E. which continued all list
night and to-day. Several ves,ele came on shore
en this cast, one of them a large brig, from Peters-
burgh to Dundee, laden with hemp, iron, and deals;
ail her crew. consisting of five men, are saved. She
twine on shore about a mile to the eastward of this
pace. l. As she has kepi whole ail day, and as the
gale is falling off, it is probable great part of h.rr
0,40 will be saved. Another, a sloop frrins Banff
cso London. with a cargo of hut: 1- and cheese, is also
'r on shore below East Barns, about two miles front
Dunbar. There were seven people 0111 board her,
ow cf whom was lost, nswaithstanding eves y seer-
rem being made by the people on slime to sava him.
,
.
.1 Tore are other two on shore at Thornton Loch, a
few miles farther to the eastward ; one of them is a
smack from Peterhead to ifull. with kelp. One of
bin cre.v, a young man, died erlinous, a short time
'.:
id ante he was brought on shore t the rest are all saved.
:h Ihe crew of the other vessel are also saved; but
where she was bound te. or what she was laden with,
'or
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r, 1 have not yet learnt. If is expetied, it toe storm
• i eardrum to -bate, that all their cargoes will be
he um d• .
ICtLso, seer. 7.
ty On Saturday Overting we experienced a very se-
al yen storm of wind, accompanied with torrents of
g. nip, which increased in violence daring the nigh:.
In cc osequence of this, the rivers Tweed and l'eviot
Ici wese, yesterday morning. prodigiously 'wok.
cerrrflowing the low grounds near their banks, and
to sweeping off, is their career, great quantities of
v. reaped corn. The farmers on the banks of the
en Tevint, in particular. have, we fear, severely sur-
es hired s as. for some hoers. the surface of that tive.r
• a WAS almost covered with floating sheaves. The un-
.c cat grain has Z.., we are sorry to say, been much
at- iricied by the storm. In this town less damay,e
'or arts snstained than might have been expefled ; se-
lee rail chimnies were. hewever, blown down, and
I," 'mead the houses otherwise injured. Six sheep,
Le- wnial were feeding on the Mill Ana, wire carried
d.- re tae river. but were all saved by t'.e atliv.ry of
in- the iababnants. The wind blew from the norm-
be eau, and yesterday evening veered by the north to-
g wards the west, when tie rain abated. The rivers
ere baleen been so much swolo for several years.
of GLASGOW, sere. 7.
In commence of incessant heavy rain from nine
o'clock on Saturday night till eight o'ci;cle on Son-
dty night, the river C:yde rose In a greater height
thee it has attained since the new bridge w is canted
to K nearly twelve years ago. The whole of Cie
I it bulge-gate was deoded, and the water advanced a
oi- cosiderable way up Jamaica-street, the Stockwell.
et- act tbe &Amu bet. The bridge; being inaccessible
of by ton passengers, carts regolarly plied at the foot
mi, ethmatea•street and Stockwell. Two arches of
sill three.* bridge over the Clyde, near Hamilton, on
rO. the reed betwixt that town and F.dinhurigh. fell re
as sw..; and the damage 'done to the harvest on
no the be ;trona& along the river must have been
he very great, as large quantities of corn and hay, and
wee canto. have floated past this dry. A young
nts min in a boat near the Clyde iron-works, and a
to yttleg man, at reatbrg, attempting to secure some
of of the Baiting grain, unfortunately lost their lives.
rli- Ace.tunts from Dumfries, Weatherise. Berwick.
a j Wni:etaren. Newcastle. &a. mention similar Moo-
ned y 441.x:hp but era da.nege of materiel moment.
rid c•acisst. SUPT. 11.
On Saturday morning commenced were a very
sty braie rain, accolnproted with a Storm of winds
fly ir (-Al contintred.e.i.bou; intermission. until Sunday
asmiag. By ir, the rivers Eden, Cakew, and Pit-
trill, were cousiderably swoln, and overflowing the
ismkt, deluged the low erounds. forming a large
ri magnificent expanse if water, beautifully spot•
left t,4 with small islands. A great deal of corn has
fits '''fl carried it'll 1 some hundreds of sheaves being
die ter. 'eating down SOW river at a time. Considera-
od lb damage lies also been done in Northumberland.
I'M The Tyne was thatsually high. sad 'great numbers
let silherves were corning do wn,wheu our correspond-
ed tat closed his letter.
t bi SitUrai,d
M. the sth instant, at Kendal, fell three
111 lie
• an half inches of rain in about sixteen hours ;ere
derive.- Kent was thereby sitiolrs to a height that
he 111 oat been a itnested for many years, and &lard
ktlnt Le low grounds, by which the tog was much M-
- 1-1, and a great deal of COTO has been carried
oa "I- During the Mood. David Braithwaite. a
MP. tea' ynung man. son of Mr. Robert Braithwaite, of
Ms arly Bridge, was drowned, at Stavely. five miles
ea. bsal Kendal ; his 'remains were t0u.141, on she fol.
to .ng morning, about two hundred yards below
gr- 11* Oace where he was supposed to have fallen in,
sie 'mug to a small branch in the centre of the river,
he 'Sidi be bad hold of with both hi. hands.
sy,
The ILlfriu
e e. Ciiltimorcam, for Dublin ; a yes-
i l
'("In Duebarton, for Drogheda ; a galliot. from
t•i. •••
L.-ble, lot Liverpool; the Preeperity, and the
net 4e';',140, Jonsson, from Whitehaven, for Duls-
-67.re o,n shore near Holyhead.
re,
Tee(; Wed /airier SW AltDett, from Archangel, for
rd. H'''' t'' "RAY lost. only a boy saved.
The sr,•
lo ' packet, W ALKelia from Bristol, is
wt s
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' •' scar Dublin.
l'ne
v• Irygy, of Bristol, is wrecked on Wicklow
air
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:Titibie•ed:if nfiatisen re
fin,olySphseriasd,, from Liverpool, for Quebec,
net
total:, d.smasted.
are,
t,,.c Poe' CI. A 111 X, from the Baltic, for Lynn,
oly 'Netted and burnt on the 17tb ult. by two De-
se• bu,
`'d lesy,y la
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stepton, ur
last, Captain s..actis•. from Jersey. foe
i
as captured by a French lugger
IP,
5:.4.11. between Poselar...A anti C...bristchurc.h__ head.
tr. ban
a
6ri..,awniecrie taken our, and the Captain only kept
an, shrew passengers, who had secreted
re.,
86.,•:14i15r,i lw. As soo,i as. the priestlier had
IN
ell. •uce from them in parmit of a brig.
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;ft, ~. geft C acne epos deck. and re-t ink her, and
1' she fir raved at Southarrn han.
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