The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

A Court of Customs' Conseil was yesterday held by the
Lord Mayor.
The Commissios of Sewers was worsted and sealed.
A Petition was presented from several inhabitants of
Fore-strest. Cripplrgate, respecting she new 'mailings in
Moorbelds, which was referred to the Bridge House Com-
mitter to canonise and report.
The Committee relative to the expenses of the several
Gaols delivered in a Report, recovatneudiug a Petition to
Parliammit upon the Um/eased repettilitere thrown upon the
City by the maintenance of Middlesex Prisoners and Coo-
♦lets in the Gaul of Nes/este, and of the evils arising from
she impracticability of soy clamineattim of Prisoners
therein under the present eirmunsiances, which was isgeserl
to, and a Petition bring prepared, was ordered to be re-
sealed in the oriel way.
On a Report from the improvement Committee, the
Court agreed out to proceed at peseta with the application
to Parliament, respecting the New Debtors Prison.
It was referred to the City Lauds Committee to Monier
into the 'mare mid emoluments of the office of Clerk of
the Papers of the Poultry Compter.
The welt Court was appointed fur the election of two
persons to fill the situations of Collectors of Rewrite sail
Leailenliall Market, and settee thereof directed to be given
on the summinsts.
Sundry Rrpurts were presented, and various other busi-
ness trausseted.

MEL4NCIIOLY SUICIDE
OF JOHN PAULL, Esq.

A Curved. Inquest war livid yesterday afternoon before
Thomas Shelton, &it. Coroner for Loudon, at the CUM.
mitte-ruons of St. Olave's Wenklionm. Soesibwark, on she
body of Jahn Paull, E•q. a merelmot in the City, who put an
dot to his exiamoe. b, .In goiter hisnott The tlecea4rd was
brother of Jatu' Peal& Esq. mho, it may he recollected.
was formerly a ("ool•date Put Westmioder. and foaled a Joel
with Sir Frauds hurdett, and who shortly arier.eards shut
himself at his house is Charles-aired. St. Janeees.squere.-
Thr decease. aas aloi toroth. r of T. Paull, Elm a inerebaut
of Birmilielirm, who puisoued himself a short time ago.
The Jure brine sworn, took a view of the body of the de-
ceased, which was in such a state that were it Not tar has
apparel his Mustily would bare been rendered doubtful.
John Stevenson, lh made id the Hom•lily stoop, wormed
sear Gunshot Wharf, on the River Thames, staled, that he
saw the body of the deemsed Eluding on Ito• surface of the
water between the 11.1milely and smother vessel, on Toes-
slay morniug last. He gut the body out of the water, sod
it was conveyed in a shell to the bun. -house of St. Olive's.

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Isabella Brown stalest, that she was housekeeper to the
de-
teased, he • as ainerchant, residing at N 0.3, Crescent, Mino-
rite. The deceased hail been absent from home five weeks
last Tuesday; prior to his leaving home, for H.me days,
be was in sash a stale of irritation of mind, and S4i clawed-
ingiv distressei', that she felt convinced he 911101 not in his
perfect facilities. She believed his affair, were einharras.ed,
and that might have produced the effect upon his mind.
For nights togvilier he would leave his bed and walk shout
the room like a pea son distracted, and when she spoke to
I ' lie would burst into less, strike his hand in great agita-
tuition against his forehead, stamp very loud, and appeared
in gent terror ; he did nut like to lie left alone. and com-
pelled her to tenant hours aid] hiu. without suffering her
to leave the apaetntvnt. 011 Saturday, previous tu his leav-
ing his house, he swallowed a great quantity of laudanum.
He afterward. confessed what he had dune, and medical aid
aas procured, SO antidote was administered to him, and lie
Irecovered from its effects. ott the Tuesday hilt,,,siuly be
appeared mach better; ■nd lietwrim ten and eleven o'clock
at night he It ft Lome in a hackney tomb, and staled that lie
would go and have a warm bails ; although she believed I •
not right in his head, it did not occur to her that some pet
pm' ought to have arrompanicil him to take care of hint.
He has left four childr. n, the youngest 18 mouths sold; his
wife died twelve months ago.
The Jury biought in a verdict of Insanity,

McLANettnt.Y AeettsratT.—An afflicting catastrophe oc.
cursed on 'Tuesday evening, at the house of M. (-swains,
Phillimore•ruw, Clapham, to Miss Annette Fouler, her
niece, and daughter or the late Capt. Firmer, of the Waggon I
Train. The young Lady was comnumg to Louth-in to a con.
ccrt, wills a party, and when adjusting her hair at the chins.
my•glass, her dress caught fire, and she was iu a moment in
a N uue. Another young Lady in the room a termed the
maid•teryvatot by her shrieks, who extiagnished time HUMS
wills the 'Men at band, but trot unlit the clotitra at the beck
were reduced to tinder, and the cap awl utsfortoottlf young
Lady's hair. Surgical aid was promptly stfoidi.l. and it is
eunroltit; to stale, that bupes are enter'. • .11 of her reco-
very, but she labours under afflicting agoutis.
NOVEL SYSTFA ov ROUSIII.Y.--Tise house of Mr. Cowls.
bard, in Percy- i, was rubbed on Tuesday, of seven
pieces of plate and a time-piece, from the parlour, whilst
a servant went up stairs with a letter from a vreli.deesaed
person on horseback, who was to wait fur an answer, but
i whip abiseuted himself before the servant reties-tied, an ac.
complier on foot having no doubt got the properly. This is
it a system of robbery which has beea more that once prac.
used with success lately.
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Early on Wednesday morning an alarming fire hroke out
I■ the house of Sle.srs. Feast' and Co. iron. fuuridrr.,
Crawford-passage, Clerkenwell, Isel ' I the Workhouse, which
raged with great fury, and at uue time threatened th Gime-
to the neighbourhood, being surrounded with pour in u..
ple's dwellings. The remises were entirely destroyed, toge-
ther with the stock in trade., several dwelling-houses were
damaged, occupied by poor nthabitante. We owl:lsland
property to the amount of nearly 3,0001. was destroyed.
Early o■ ‘Vedncsilay snuffling ae'imight a fire broke out
upon Mr. Ituhertsou's factory, in Newton lune, Matichester,
which raged with a vehemence so rapid, that the most active
assistance was notable to avert from the devoted premises the
fate of destructiuu.
About half past twelve o'clock last night, a malt.houve on
Faitlif-erten, iu this town, was di • .1 to be on fire.
Wood forming a principal part of the building, and bring
very dry, it horned with such rapidity-, that in about Id sali-
nities the whole was destroyed. Fur a short time, aTmuse
adjoining, nod the alms-houses nearly adjoiossig, were in
great danger, hut fort omits ly escaped. tire t am. d meat
cousteruat 1111 l for sums Wok-, and the pour people living in
the alins-houses, aroused frogs their beds and half naked,
eutleavourisig to save tht ir Cootiii from debtruelsou, 'aro...toted
a very distressing scene.—(MMdflono Usszcitc, Taeftium