The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-18 00:00:00

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To-morrow. Love'• Dream—A Cure fur
The Miller's Maid.

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
BY the exertions of the Society, sided by other
favouring eit commences, the !me efforts of the Was.
pliesnons and licentious press bare been checked, though Not
wholly subdued.
Rickard Cathie, the re-editor of the Tracts of Thomas
Paine, sod the publisher of other infidel Works, has been
prosecuted, cum/acted, and imprisoned, at the instastce of the
Society. Davison and Tyler base been convicted also by its
mesas for similar crimes. Mrs Cultic, having been con.
•i. taEl likewise by the Society, is now in prison, on tic infor-
mation of the Attornry.Geuerai, for a seditious libel. To
three convictions the S..corty has to add the recent ease of
Mary Aun Csrlile, the sister of the above Richard Carlile
(petressaMeel also at its expense, lug a continuation of the
MSc of her brother and his wife), sod lepton whom the
jpialgosent of the Court still remains to be passed.
Ambasd Cathie, in avowed defiatice of the laws of his
itesnailey. is still carrying on, in the prison, by different arts,
are same infamous menus of gain, and imposing on the cre.
(Italy of the uuthioking multitude by • snits of the most
mischievous publications; determined, therefore, with the
amistance Lf the public, still to stand forward sgsinst the
contiumance of these and other a (forts, subversive of the first
principles of social order, whether civil or religious, the So.
siety has already entered upon three other prosecutions
spinst the blasphemous press, and three against as malty
w holeasle dealers in °tractor publications; added to whir li it
has reeeutty been successful its proseeutiog to convict' AI
attempt to introduce obscene snuffboxes iuto one of our
first public sentiosries.
Ile following up its. resolution of lasing the funds intrneled
its care with the utmost puwee of the law. though with the
a discretion which has hitherto invariably secured its iNixiet
nesstays from failure, the Society has earnestly to renew its
appeal 'astral friend of religion and morality fur ass its •
of support. --Sea foods, by repeated prosecutions, anomuting
it:together lit Mr "'saline the last four years, have, outwitb-
exuding many liberal duseeions, been mulch reduced, and re.
mitre to be teplenished, fur flir-wpose of enabling it to
maintain the contest in which it is eitg.-sed against ',two and
avowed attacks upon the religion and nlbvujiiy of die
isonatry.
i 11 addition to the foregoing objeess, the Society el; wets its
siiiiution to the preservation of order on the Sabbath, ...sad to
the protection of the unwary from iiirgal lot:rries rota the
miusive arts of fortune-tellers, of the latter of whom it boa
to all prosecuted forty to conviction.
By Order of the Comosillee,
GEORGE PRICHARD, Secretary.
Subscriptions and dusiatious will be thankfully received by
the Treasurer, Henry Homes, Esq. 37, Fleet street; anal by
tie Secretary, at the &cacti. Office, 31, Eases-street,Straud.

ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR,
10, DEAN-STREET.
Jit. CURTIS, Aurist to hes Majesty, end to
their Hoye! Ilisintesses the Doke and MIAMI of
Gloucester, nod Surgeon to this_ Institution will e9www[Wet
AUTUMNhis COURSE of LECTURER on Ibe ANA-
TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, aqui PATHOLOGY of the EAR.
and or tha Medical Treatwat of Hee Deaf and Dumb, on
MONDAY, October 1.
For Particulars, apply In Mr. Curtis, at his own boast,
No. 2, Soho-prim.
• The Royil Dispensary is open to Pupils.

TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY
,01: LONDON.
is now approaching on which, accord-
TH E cloy
ing to ancient C,11.110M. you will be called upon to ex-
creter one of your moat important rights in the election
of a Lord Mayor fur the year ensuing, when my name will
he submitted to your consideration as the Senior Alderman
who has nut filled the Chair In serve that high office.
Oe two former occasions, Gentlemen, I experienced your
kind indulgence, when I frit it my duty to decline appear-
ing as a Candidate, owing to peculiar circumstance'', which
although of a private nature, would have rendered it
patible with propriety for me to have attempted the per-
formance if those pablie duties which are inseparably con-
nected with the due discharge of the Office of Chief Magis-
trate. The time, however, is arrived, when all personal
difficulties having been succeashilly removed, I may honestly
vesture to offer you the services of an independent man,
who expects no reward but in your approbation, and has no
other object or ambition than to gain that approbation by a
faithful and conscientious performance of the duties which
attach to the Mayoralty.
Should I be honoured with your suffrages on the day of
Election, I beg to assure you that it shall be my constant
and earnest endeavour to support the dignity of the Civic
Chair, and to maintain inviolate the rights and privileges
of the City of London.
I have the honour to be, with great respect,
Your obliged and faithful Servant,
CHRISTOPHER MAGNAY.
College-hill, September 17, 1821.

OLD BeilL&Y, MONDAY, SIPTZNIBER 17.

The Court and avenues leading to it were crowd•
ed at au early hour the greatest
anxiety being manifested to*itneirs t ie trial of Was.
Swiney Barnard Towner. At ten o'clock the Pri-
soner, who is a tern gent.el-looking man, was put
to the bar, but bring lame. was de►ired by Mr.
Justice Richardson to be accommodated with a seat.
The indictment was then read ; it charged the
Prisoner with falsely making and counterfeiting a
certain receipt for 1,045/. in the name of John
Penn, with intent tr defraud the Governor and
Company of tie Rank of England, and Joseph
Starling. There were three other indictments of
a similar nature for different large sums of money.
Mr. Fkrjeatit Brwaliquet, Mr. Reynolds, and
Mr. Holland condom ed the case for the Prost-cut 111 l .
Mr. Gurney, Mr. Alley. Mr. Adolphus, and Mr.
Williams, managed the defence.

Mr. Serjraiit BosaNQUET stated to the Jury, that
the Pri•oner at the bar was a clerk in the service of
the Bank of England, and employed in the Navy
5 per Cent. Odin, and op to the time that this
transaction took place his employers had no reason
to doubt his integrity. The charge against
him was, that lie had forged or that he had
disposed and put away a receipt for 1,045/.
knowing it to be forged. The teceipt purported
to he a receipt for the purchase money of certain
stock. in thr tune rif Joins Penis, which had been
given by the Primmer to a person named Starling.
John P1:1111 was entirely a fictitious personage,
created by the Prisoner at the bar for the purpose of
this hind; for it would appear that the Prisoner
at the bar was the only person who negociated the
sale of the stock, who *diseased the transfer, who
gave the ieceipts, received the produce of that
stock, and appropriated it to his own use. It
was necessary that lie should inform the Jury
that Sir Robert Peel was a considerable pro-
prietor of stock in the Navy Five per Crots.
mid as such wood credited its the ledger. On the
201 h March last an entry ass nia le trausferriog
10,000/. front Sir Robert Peel to John Penn,
of 114;11g:tie, witch Sir Hobert never transferred
either by himself er by his attorney. This was not
discovered till the month of May following, when,
on a refererice to the transfer book, it was found
that two leaves bad been 'colored from it. An in-
' 'esti:l:dam tank place. when the whole was disco.
vered. That the two leaser of the transfer book
were destioyed by design was clear, because
the pages were erased and altered!, and In order to
keep the account of Sir Koh- rt Prel correct in the
ledger, all alteration was made in a sum of 4,000/.
to his credit, by posting a figure of I before it, so
that it stood 14,0001. An attempt has kern made
to alter the figurer in what was called the prima-
ry book ; but as there was a duplicate and tripli-
cate of that not kept within the walls of the bank,
and therefore not within 11w mewl, of any person
employed in the Five per Cent. offices, that attempt
appeared to hare been given up, and the original
figures were restored. Ile should calla person olio
knew the Prisoner's haul-writing, and who would
swear the writing on the erasure way the Prisoner's
loed.wr.i/iug„ lie should prove that Sir Roiliest
Peel wade .00 trinsler of stock on the ilOth of
March. and it would be quite clear to the Jury,
that was a fraudulent transfer effected by some
person having access to the books of the office.
He should pose that these was uo John Penn of

Me. o! ER/ A IND SOOKSELLSIIIS.
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*kw, a MAINE= in the above tioe, tbaCkes beta
and wittay pan astablisked.
•;..4. Pew farther particular* ioquire with real same and ad.
drew, by letter, post paid, to X. G. Sant Coiree.hoitae
rter Nate seed apply that motet twommand from Teo to Fitters'
Hawked Pounds.