The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-15 00:00:00

TILL RIVAL BARBERS.

Yesterday, a Frenchman, named Vetiver, was summoned heftt
the Lord Mayor, to answer for the offence of assaulting 3ft.
Money, the " hair dementor," of Threwdneedle-atreet, the lobe.
biomes of which have boom often annoyed by the contests for esp.
clarity between Mr. Money and Mr. M'Alpine, who is r• to
moor that he is able to *row the km& bred into n.ore etifsa
condition titan any other me in the predidee.
The rivals have. in the ardour of eserpetidss, distributed se&
titudes of notes of dm " Bank of Fashion" to their cuesuesso
some of whom have made • very dishonourable use of tie..
These notes, which have, upon a totem erne; the appearance ef
paper value, 'we filled up with challenges, to engage in the cons
teat of hair cutting, for a hundred, or eras a thousand pseuds.
It seems that although these challenges have provoked maw&
combats, neither will yield one jot to the other. Their UM MI
upon the panic phut of hvoility, so that it is almost impossible Is
a man to pars through Threadneedle-street twice in the some day,
without undergoing a thorough repair in the upper story., the&-
termination being to cut a man's hair whether he will or ea
In oder to aid the French assistants whom 3lr. Money and Mr.
M'Alpine have engaged, these two gentlemen have, it is knows,
imported a great number of bears, whose conduct has been the sub.
ject of great reproach amongst the neighbours.
Mr. Al'Alpine charges Mr. Money's beam with having receivd
no improvement since their introduction into this country. Mr.
Money declares that Mr. M'Alpine s hears may very well be tame,
as they can boast of English extraction, and are the whelps of
a mastiff and a bulldog. Upon one occasion, when the bears of
one of these gentlemen were represented as filthy animals, and the
abhorrence of the house-maid, the reply was, that upon the oc.
cession alluded to, they committed no offence, but went down stairs
to the back-door, like a (Thristian. The bean have, however, been
in a great measure silenced by authority.
Mr. Money stated that the defendant was one of his discarded
servants, who had gone to the shop of his rival, and identified him.
self with that party. The other night witness was standing in his
shop, when the defendant walked in, and spitting in his face with.
out saying a word, turned upon his heel and walked off. The wit.
nets was very anxious to state that he turned away the defendant
because be did not think him fit for either of his shops.
Defendant—" My low, I never spit im his face, cause I new
once go into his barber's shop."
Three of Mr. Money's men, or decorators, or splitters of hairs,
came forward and swore most positively to the fact, which was
positively contradicted by the defendant. It was also sworn that
the latter had often come to the shop door and threatened his mas•
ter's rival.
In the course of the examination the defendant exclaimed WWI.
one of the witnesses, "He not there at the time, my Lon—Ds

see me spit."
"At what time ?" said the Lord Mayor, " why you said jut
now that nothing of the kind occurred."
The defendant said he merely went to ask whether Mr. Moser
intended to transport him.
The defendants friend said that was the only object of the silt.
and that he saw no assault of the kind. He refused to sweat that
the Frenchman had not acted rather hutily on the occasion.
The Lord Mayor was indignant at this fencing with facts, sod
ordered the Frenchman to find bail.
Mr. Money, with a degree of generosity that would do honour
to any hair-dresser, said that as the Frenchman was a foreigner ha
would not harass him, but would accept an anologr.
The apology was then made, and the Lord Mayor hoped there
would be no more squabbles amongst the barbers of Threadneedle.
street.
The complainant and 4-fendant promised very fairly, but upor.
going nut at the door, we onderstand that each of them wished tha;
the other would walk into his shop some morning to be shaved.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS
AT TIIL BANKRUPTS' COURT, DAIIINGUALL-STREIT,

THIS DAY.

PIIST PIEETIXOL
Hanson. R. B. Bedford, boot and shoemaker - - - 11,
Shepperd, E. M. Homey, tavern-keeper - - -

A young married woman, at Ilastings, in a state of iirr;
nancy, received a shock from the sudden and incant.il
exhibition of a tortoise by an Italian boy, a few weeks sf.,
which eventually caused abortion, and terminated her t'••
lawn& on Thursday last.—Sesser Paper.

BIRTHS.
At Ponsonby Hall, f'und•smland, on Wednesday se'nni;:ht,
Lady of Edward Stanley, Esq. of female twins ; ore is a1i‘,..5.4
may do well, the other was still-born. Mrs. Stanley i. r.ot
danger.
On the 13:h inst. the Lady of James Langdale, Esq. of lAI4.
der-hill, Surrey, of a

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On the 13th inst. at St. Oeorge's church, Ilanover.aquate. Ho*
Eruct, Esq. of Rnwton Castle, in the county of Salop, to 1.0
Charlotte Barbara Ashley Cooper, daughtsr of the Earl of Shaft*
bury.
(In the 12. h into. at Somerton, William Weighty ;Jewett. )I.P;
fourth son of W. N. W. Herm, Esq. to Susan Moore. 6eor
daughter of Ile Rev. Pr. Ilraddy, Chaplain in (hnlinary to Itlr ~
jesty, and Rector of Somerto.i, Ifari eat-cum-Busted, and Staosbeld.
buffo) k.

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On the 9th inst. at HeHand prove, Lanenehire, aged 64 .144`1
edict ofJanies Hawn, E.eq. of Wiga.i.

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flifilt WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIMS.
Morning 49 min. after G. I Afternoon 2I '91017.

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