The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-06 00:00:00

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• • ' • DARING THIEF. •
Yeaterday J. aged about twenty, was fully ram.
,fildtteal .4 a charge of having rolitied the dwelling•ltouse 6.1 r
111 r. honour! Gale, sol.citor, Besilighall.street, of a moon. : •
•Ility or plate. The Prisoner was savored immediately after -
ilie conimission of the robbery. A handle tat' plate, tied up
ink handkereleief, was found in his posses.iour, coolant.
lot two heavy sorer cups, two large silver gravy troths,
1111ull eight table dittos, the value of whicharao upward. sof VW.
Upreo searching his pertain various other articles of property
owete foujoduipon
The Loral Mayor naid that it was a very fortunate dream.
•otance fur the public that the Prisoner had been detect. el to
so deaf • manner. He was well known at that office as
harina'yriaug'as he was,infesied the City for a considerable
time. His mode of depredation Wit, by watching a favour-
Tile opportunity of ;tiding into a house. and accreting him-
*elf until every thing was at rest, when he would emerge
from his hiding plan and Wander the 1u... se with security.
His Lordship meat .41 a singular in-tance of female reels-
lotion sail courage within hie kmoeledge, which bid takers
place alum oar of these occasions. Some months airier, the
*ife of a rearm of great respectability was retiring to rest,
. when she suddenly saw the fret of • man under the curtains
elf her bed. Instead of falling into ti‘lterlei. as !UMW would
hare done unilrr circumstances of this vesture. she resolutely
seised the by the feet and dragged him from under
the bed!, nod held him, in spite of a powerful endvavoior
which was nude be him to escape. until nu officer was pro-
cured to take him custody. Th.. P. isimee was the hien..
civil Man, and had been repeatedly brought up on similar
charges, but bad huh. vita esetioed with ompunity. 011 account
of a very repreletostble reluctance on the part of the parties
1011M9rIlle.
Mr. Gale assured his Lordship that that would not be
the case with him
The Prisoner had nothing to ssy in his defence.
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.
Saturday a numb,a, of persons, chi. fly boys, were charged
with piekiaLf pocket*, suit committinz oilier lllllrages at the
fair w tintiudield, The Prisoners generally were remanded
soul the termination or the for
SIWKING OUTRAGE.
An interesting lad appeared before the Loy! Mayor, to
complaiti of a wanton and wicked outrage committed upon
him by one Thomaa Day, iu the fair on Friday
TiseCumplainant sold that be went, in einupsny with one
or two others, tan ilie evening mentioned, to the fair, where,
haying 'dewed for a moment in !MVP into the booth of the
Delenila,t, *hose radial:lion wits then going forward. the
latter diachargeel a pistol, plentifully luarleil with powder,
a crevice, into his face, which lacerated and dis-
figured lion Mild severely. He receive.' immediate medical
as •isiahee, but still presented the, appearance of much injury,
his brad and the entire right stile of his face being bandaged
op —The Lord Mayor duetted au immediate innocuous to
be served upon Day, to answer the ccmplaint

Bradford L.•i;h I'l4, 04 Monday, was thiga attended,
tied ton• aliew of cattle WAS rallwv PrinitTteests, rotb
fut and 10,1?1, ‘olil very quickly tit Weir prices. Of sheep and
Whits ihrte was but a moderate supply. which met a ready
sale on full as good terms. Mewl not err• mom rotas, mod
isitedlv of Ikw inferior kind : they did I of obtain many pur-
ekertere. There was a Imo- quantity of rhee.e pitched,
real 1, ors of wine!, waft taken hick unsold : coward fetched
from hO4 So 60... per ewe ; lialf.coward, from 304. to 38s.
Owing to the wetness of the day, there was but little
busi-
Bo .stol Air commenced on %Vediteaty ; there was a larce
uttpply of le an beasts hick teed,iy :it advanced prices:
tat .11.11 tie ware 1, w. Horses of ia•am, &so-Tyson a mere
drat, and but few of any (kart- wr hone, which auld high.
Trit early to quote price. of leather accurately.

lASOLVItAI BTO it' • CM' lc T.
amain", immune 4.

111 TNT MATTIS at GEORGE merit
This Insolvent w.. 0 oppiord by dr. HILATH,..w the errinnd
of fraudulent COUrfalllW4ll of pritiwily and general injustice
to Ills (real/0M Ilit• /rill, it mime:trial hero employed in
Carentog pursuits to Staffordahire, where he contracted debts
IP a very grist amount. in ailiiiiiiiii to which hr bed bees •
iraitkrupi aholit live y. nog ago. 'the to iocipal male of his
twine 114. W ..1,14.V.rd, Was /10 S.ll. gal 00000 off 111% haring 111114' •
debt of 1,0001 tor 1551 to a Sir Thom.. Bowser, Willprat
14.011111 e a prop.' legal Coarryaoe, ; and ;dad ...loge big Mimi.
•nfllll.ld, having arid some articles lido the cariosity, to de-
trawl hi. Cr,alibiiii.
From his ex titilllailllll, which Ilertlllil4l the Court a eon.
,',insist,' time. I, w t., sttlanpied tr. be peoovril, this iheiiellt
it built. stated bad been sold fraiiilidiaitly• and to estahl•sh
this ch:irge I, tiers arrr put tido thi ;1.0.W....0s hatiZet, wills
inquiries whither sit I, hail heels o . ilt. is by 111 m. These
letters certainly rmoldiesed some groan I% of .aspirins, but,
after a very tote VV111.14a1t4.11, 1111.151,...1V 11l lit-1111d having
....g wriit. n so. Ii Inter-, or ran-el any to he wittiest, Ant
th ii, on the contrary, the sale of the il. bt was n bona fide
triweactiurs„ rad that lie bail .ipprionisti ii the whole of that
money to the irtyment of his eri ila..re %Ville reaper* to
tile articles atoll lido the coma y, who'll In .lob Were. only
tau I, dr of tea MIA VIM. 144h.0tr... lilies.' 114111 he. n pond
Cie by.lois law agent, but never by I • If The 14w Agra ,
GUILDHALL.
was Isere called op, and cie.tienieil ibis statement. I
:tit ADOLPHUS Ihru 'Xenon. d lila Insolvent on his own ; John Motley, a smart hasolaotne-looking lad, scarcely 18
behalf, front o :itch it appeared that the farm which he had ; years old, apprentice to Mr. Nomile, Great New street,
vecispied hail h in succeastvely iu the basis of tin two bro. ! Federlane, was committed to the House of Correction, at
thers noel himself, and haul produced their ruin. %%h, nhe was ; the iaidange of the pariah officers of St Bride's, fur Wald of
a lionkrupt Ave years ago, the very pi rson who ouw opposed sufficient sureties to abide an order of filiation. This youth
hint yowled his &EH tingles the commission, sus: he ofierwards • had been examined bet are Sir Vim. Curti. in the early part
"Wattled his remit( ate. Siure that be bail been sunk in lir- of the acre, alto, with mitch delicacy, avoided bawling
Clothier; and the Flsialifr hail most grin rous y lent hint a : the feelings of the deluded fair one by asking nu other
Ist•W pounds 10 relieve the distress, sof tomaelf, wife, and questi 0000 3 than shore 4111111Utely occessary ; hut turning to
• ight children; and, ill return fur attic koointss. hr cheer. ; the Prisoner, astd, " Oh. you arc an •ppreatice, are you ?
tally gave his bond, by which he' rest. w.,1 the debt *hick the Yon slan't read your iodeutilrell 4.1.1C11, I think." Till' hail
Plaintiff had formerly prised under the commission. Yet ; muttered sumethisig like a blush, and confessed lie had
..0 Ibis very booed was be afterwarda arrcst..l; and feeling ' erred, but would make every at went in his power by at.
I:intact(' hound to %hew his hottest o kites to tlw Piaintiff, lie • lowing 2•. a week for the maintenance of list' child. The
.•ir ~.d to give up every article he had in the world, rasher worthy Bantam' observed, that the time of a rinth of that
than he sir unpleasantly situated as to go to gaol. He bad paid age met-t i.e vary v eluetile to his muster, sail probably ha
almost rill his creditors I arl illy shillings in the pound, ex- might do something to keep hint out of prison.
• 0:..1 the Plaintiff. Ott going to prison, be, however, found ' The Overseers said, they haul made lied inquiry, but his
things much snore comfortable arta he expected; and lie ; master would do nothing for him; he had paid '2Ol. • short
would never have applied fur the benefit of this Act had be time since on a similar occasion, for the Uldlidtalatire of a
not been completely pennyless i child, now chargeable to the parish of Cripplegate.
Mr HEATS Beta, tin the part of the opposing creditor, Thr Magistrate told the Prisoner he would not let him off
strongly urged the neer- ''y of giving mute tins.: to inquire : for lets than 2,. &I. per week He was thew remanded for a
sato all the facts of lire sivvir, because the lust of the la. , few days to find sureties, but being unable su to do, lee win
solvent, uudrr his examination, was such as to excite the fully committed.
BIM STREIT.
strunzest suspicion. ,
M... ADeat.ftios, in a very animated speech denied there . Friday evening Mr. M. en toner,atrn of Chancrry.latie,
was any ground fur suspicion. •pplied to the Silting Magiatrato stauce, wider 'the
The Cowslisstonsa, after going through all the facts of following circumstances :—He ws trustee lo Dr. H. a geu-
tlie e ise, cioisidered the Prisoner entitled to loss dischar,e, as tirman of property, aho was snaifurtimately reilui•cd to a
1., anw hot the slightest gionitil !anal.' to impute to him stale of mreital imbecility Havi..g repeatedly been ap-
ally improper motive 4111 the whole of hia conduct. i plied to by him for large sums of minty, more than ap.
Julio Haymer, lately a culler-tor of the slues on the Drif- : ;ware(' requisite for his usual %mints, he gut-attuned him uu
Le,... canal, wets imposed by Mr. Barry, un behalf of two ere. the subject, when Dr. IL confessed that hr had given the
.'d.o.s, on the ground of undue tweleiewre to his creditors. greater part to Mrs. E. • suntan of loose character. with
;Is cadet weal a very lime examioution by Mr Barry, from whom he had. become reemmisited. The lady, un being
o iamb it appeared, that he hail become very embrarassed pre. questioned, behaved with much arroutery, and said sbe had
a 'erns to the year ISIS, and being then in &live of being ar- claims on Dr. H. fur the stimuli' of the money received.
r.sted, he applied to the Hun. Mrs. Langley to lend him The Magistrate, on heariug the story, immediately ranted
3....11V4. mosey. She accordingly advanced Mesa 3801. un loamy. an order for the attendance of Mrs. E. oho hail first pre-
) ing her two securities, to whion he gave a warrant of attorney served the same high tone in the of as she had doue to
...-;• !its property. The money which he had thus received be Mr. M. but soon lower. d it, os being thirotesed will, cunt:.
e apeiseleal among his creditors, •I least among the must prey. • milment fur obt' • g money on false pretences. She then
tog a them. His situation as collector al the canal was worth see mid willing to accede to any is ems of accommodation
tAll. a year. The lady of shuns be had burrowed this money that might br proposed. The wellies lathed in company
tifterwarda applied to his word lea for iv; iu consequence of with an officer, and an Ili „nom( ut satisfactory to all, as it
which these two Gentlemen sold tits property to ray it.— , was understood, was entered Tutu.
11110 reduced to the greatest difficulties, he had no •Ilerna. ; VORSHIP•STREET.
s.ve but to go to prisms ; and since his confinement. hue son, ! Saturday John Sadler was fully committed,. roe a charge
• youth of IS years of age, had been elected to fill the vs. of busglariously entering Overly/Olin house of Robert Hat-
s aat situation. The Inauleent was very strictly examined cis, lit Cruss-street, Moorlields, •uo steallug a quantity of
o i.this point by the Learned Commissioner ; but his answers ; hemp and a silk hs,,,ck„„hirf,
appeared so satisfactory, that Mr. Barry, on behalf of the i ',how= owes, aii,„ Barks., alias ivatia„,,,,,„ charged
. possine creditors, gave up the appiesitiou, ens condition oft` with uttering • forged 11. note of the Bank of England.—
t.se losolveat producing several letters, which he alleged ; The note was tendered to an apothecary iu Shorcditch, in
would move, In the satisfact 44444 of the Court, that he had ' payment fur a medisal prescripti 111 l .
i'ot, lit thus applying our bis discharge, been actuated by any i
A Bank laisp..ctur proved it to be forged.
hot the purest lives. The Rini e thought the case conclusive; bat, for the
Tie L. 4 ;mitt) Commissioner was of npiiiion that there satisfaction of the public, ordered bins to be brought up on
al...fr sit circumstances in this case fur the Omit exercising •1 a future day.
Sal authority which the Act of Parliament gave it. This 1 BLACK HORSE FAIR.
r• or myth had, and lite.:!y. paid the money to the two Ile. ; The Overseen of Shoreditch applied to the Magistrates,
s• titles for Mrs. Langley's de Itt, but there was out even the ' in consequence of bills being pos.ell op; describing the
• ..dun of reshade to prove den he bad donee (tom undue . terms upon which the ground ce.eild be taken This fair,
, ,f,veg. On Ilse whole, be therefor* must be dievb"flells ' they said, was nut chartered, but a purser, 14. V the &prayed
',,prided the tenets lie had alluded to were produced sad 1 and profligate from St. Bartholomew awl Edmonton .fairs,
s strained ' • and a great nuisance in the parish.
A gaeat mans othr r P,i•oorrs were examined, none of 1 The Magistrate said, he would reader all the assistance
«hose cases Were, however, of i.romineut intrust. The ; In his power; he would. 011 audy grant warrants against the
I.esrurd Comenissiotrer, of *host attention and iudefatis ! ropoieturs of 'hews, but the peoprictur of the field wherein
Ks.t.le indeestty it is impossible to speak too highly, has made i I, was held.
c, vend mast important regellations in the Court relative 111 I SIARLOORIMPH STREIT.
r vperty, &E. *Wel cannot fail to be highly satisfactory. 1
GRAHAM'S POLACCA, OR THE TAILOR AND
II?. intimated that his intention in future was not to bold i MUSIC MASTER.
i,..i. opyositig creditors to; their. notic,s of opposition so ; John
u—
ropg. a journeyman tailor, but whose pretensions
strictly as bid'bern the practice ender his late predecessor.'
are considerable towards music, was brought up from do-
Ho also togged that Comsatl would nicer move for what
enact elk on Saturday, in the custody of a watchmen of St.
was "echil'e-dila Nan sh"nte "tie." as be never wen.- Pancras parish, situ charged him as a suspicious character.
resat any (Mrs 'except sat Wis Hirt --Adjourned till the 13th i 'lice watchman slated, that uu Friday night, at a late hour,
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be
.observed theGentlenien at the bar fur • length of time
Ow Thersilsy a debtor mason) Fenlosi was opposed by his •
standing' opposite toe house of a respectable person in
creatto,, out alir gratlnd that he I.iad uot,ocerrouted tor. arm' :
Thoreihau h-street, • airently listeuin with trammel at-
9Yel* winch In.-;.14 received fur • "'flu" PurPuse' 4uuu*li' ' 'cation, butg
at intereltils.he. would retreat some distance
Most of proenriao the Wel geptli tan a matrimonial eau. : ..
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0f.‘,0.. 7 iie.d, toot staled,
a. .0%.,,i us.inpairirs, lbw be (situ, the spot, and with mi the antics adi alma' singer,
' .he would commence • piece of music., as he perhaps thought
bid expeodeerthe mune f ri. Vrocuritift meetings between the !
~.ejihm. and .dieraent qiitati iiih whom be was desires,. of . melodist d, hut which, hafact, was neither sweet nor enchant.
•' A ' big to witness or the neighbours. tie would then return op
".seing i° 4"1"Ir- One of fibe lisle" "" 4 'dark. and
: Il3' e house,awdmanseurriorhichrausrd a suspicion that hewas
saes • particular °cession 114'er?dithr (fluted upon a Mille ;
seretaa •.d
nitliniosid.
...tng a fair owe, or bad • desigu• on 'the house, which
for the amositielit of t• large hart( of Tamales, at I tonuceo wstmss to go to the spot aud order the gent/mow
The iavestigition tritlie;• tesairshiutiii afforded much mirth ,
away,
or ens which lie. refused to go, saying he did not cure •
en Coml. The opposhititisfideat'isid•tfie ikbtor. was die- .
.Pie for him any buoy else, and although he was a watch-
t.lnitged. a'
man, if imoleut he would not 'medals ii giving him
. a good frioodop. ' He took him to the watch-house, %Mae
' be would have been discharged, but be insisted on being
' -4 up as be was brought there.

A Requisition for a Court of Common Cowles
upon the subject of the late proceedings at litn,
cheater, ass presented to the lard Knot (s.
have already stated) un Thursday, rebind elneu
o'clock iti the forenoon, to Ishii It hi. Lordship I.rfi-
mused to return sit dosser the seine till, or tat IV fl
next
morning. The ',object, however, it semi*, r..
quired serious and deliberate consideratioii, and w-
earthogly some of the Aldermen were sainntoceit
to his Lordship's Councils, and met at ad
Mmistonsliiiuse, at two ,'clock out Friday afieruoul.„
We have not learnt the iiitPrent opinions dr:is
erred, but on the results letter was received frt.'s&
his Lordslitti by one it Drioslstion st roue
n'tdotk oo Friday. rosoing .11.1 t his Lordship, civet.
formslily to their resitsiiiiiii, had directed a Court.
of Common Coui.cil to lie summoned for Thursilly„
the 9th instant, at the usual hoar.
A r requisd, 11l Sugurd by newly 100 Livery.
meet, and in precisely the 'Ape trial*, TM she plc.
Vllleci to his Lordship oil Frid..y, for the purpose a
ottraissing a Meetiog of the Livery in Courturso Halt,
to which his Lordship returned a stolid it saumer,
that lie should take ,nine to Colositter Or it. oar id
the Gentlemen who waited upon him requested to
know alien they might call for his Lordship's au.
serer ? l which his Loidship replied, " whenever
they thought prippei." 0.. inquiring ahttiser they
watt upon I • on MI/IldNy. lie ugum ntrima,
it they thought proper." The Gwollelmili. judc-
tog from the coolness of his Lordship's manner ti.it
he was averse to granting the H. 41, observed, that
he hoped his Lordship would give them a drum.
live answer, and eusted his Lordship would not
deity the Livery the use of their ism
that the Guildhall was the freehold of ike Inert.
T. whit h his Lordship replied. that he declimd
govitig soy oilier staraser at presesit, but Out he
would coueider of is. The DePotstion lbws Asti"'
drew, intruding to wait epos. his Lurttelup foe his
ileteranisiatiou this day (allasiday).

BIRTHS.

At Earl Spro.er a, Ryder Lady Barbara Pousouby, of
son. . .

Oa Wednesday, at Poling-house, nea► Arundel, the Lacy
of J. Tnenykoss, Coq of a sans sad heir.
Oo Sunday the 29th ult. sire Lady of Charles Tenaysas,
Esq. M.P. uf a sun.