The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-04 00:00:00

4 MONSTER.

Two young Isdiee, the Misses Appleton, were imperil.
neatly accosted ott Monday evening, at dusk, at the end of
Baker-street, New-road, by a ruffian dressed like a gentle-
man, who followed them down the New-road. In endeavour.
ing to avoid his insolent importunities, the laden stopped,
when the villain stabbed one of them in the lower part of the
back and •ade off. The lady United, and the manatee
matte his escape.

Sir EDWARD BARRIS, from the ►ifle corps. is to
hen the 78tli, rice Sir S. Auctistuvir ; and Sir
ANDISW BARR•RD'is to have the battalion in the
riffle corps, rice Sir E. Hoyt V.
Alterations, it seems, are making at. Covent_
Garden Theatre, as well as at Drury-lane. but not
upon bo large a scale as the latter. Anseag the al-
terations at the former Theatre is the removal of
what is styled the Basket, the boxes behind the
dress-boxes in front.

We are requested to state, fir the information of
our 'porting friends, that no game-keeper has a
right to require them to exhibit their certificates
without previously showing his own certificate. and
his deputation.—(Alnnthester Guardian.)
Yesterday, between eleven and twelve o'clock.
the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Sheriff•. City
Marshals, and other City Officers, proceeded in
grand state to Smithfield, sod there, according to
the usual manner, proclaimed Bartholomew Fai►,
and opened the Cou►t of Pied Poudre at the Hand
and Shears in Cloth Fair. The amusements of the
day were in the usual style.
SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER I.—Captain OWEN, of
the Bellerophon, was placed on Thursday in the
most imminent peril. A convict, newly brought
here from Maidstone gaol, stabbed him with a clasp
knife in the breast, just below the nipple. Pre-
sidentially the knife struck against a rib, otherwise
the wound mast have proved immediately fatal.
The wound, as it was, had the appearance of dan•
ger at first, bet Captain OWEN is now considered
free from it.—(Evening Paper.)

PoLice.

GUILDHALL.
STAGE STRUCK MAD.
VIZ HISTORY OF CLEKIINTINA, OK TSB SORROWS

OF MIR MOTHER.

An aged female yesterday applied to the Alderman to
assist her in recovering ibis possession of ber daughter. She
stated that about six monihs ago a young woman prevailed
on her daughter to lee', her, and to join the company of a
travelling showman. Her daughter went against tier ene-
ma. The showman was now exhibiting at Bartholomew
Fair. She weal there that morning in expectation of seeing
her angel of a daughter, in which she was dtsappniuted. She
made inquiries after her from the showman and his whole
rnmpsny, and they denied all knowledge of her, whfrh mach
her •cry uneasy, and she wished to have the advice of the
Magistrate on the subject.
Mr. Payne (the Clerk of the O(lee)_" I anppose your
daughter was is the habit of dancing

The Applicant...." Let her lion; for that. She could
dance as well as any gltl of be: age in the kingdom ; but
that is not what she excels is, her mind soars above it—her
forte is tragic parts: if you had only heard her recite the part
of Juliet, it would have dune you good. Many and many
Is the time hos she rotted the tears from these old ryes;
she done it to the life: but then, Sir, if you were
but to see her in the last set, where she had
to die, she did it so naturally, sad because so stiff, just like
• corpse that had been in a coffin for six days, and she took
it so •it to heart that she would lay so for twenty minutes ;
ranee, indeed, 1 thought she was quite gone, and had alarm-
ed the neighbourhood, but • neighbour, with the assistance
of • bucket of water, the contents of which he threw over
her, brought her to. .For my part, I always liked her repre.
etiolation of Desdowans best, and many • quarrel we hid
abort it. She used to say she detested the part, for she
acted any thing that her heart was not in, and she
could nut think of • black man being her lord and insider.
She told me once that she hail an idea of studying the cha-
racter of Lady Rachel*, hut was prevented, afraid she would
never be able to wash tine blood of Dainears from ber hands ;
for although 1 say, that ought not to say it, there never was
a more tender-hearted creature in the world—she would nut
burl • bullock."

Mr. Payne—" Pray what may be the age of this youog
lady wk. is endowed with such great talent i"
Applicant—" Sixieea."

Payne—'• It is not improbable but that the showman's
story is correct, fur he sway nut koow what has become of
your daughter, because, with such ability se yin hare de-
scribed her to be possessed of, it is probable that she lies
become a member of ■ swore r. spectable theatrical company."
Applicant —" But they ►ate no right to keep my child
from me."

Alderman Cox—'4 Certainly they bare not ; bat I cannot
give you any assistance as to recovering her. You must get
a Habeas Corpus, calling on the showmen, to produce her."
Applicant—" That is the very thing I dreaded, fur if she
is a corpse, what would he the use of his producing her ? and
If she is not a corpse, I am sure she would not have staid so
long away from the affectionate arms of so good a mother.
Indeed, your Worship, I know Clementine would not."—
[This expression was accompanied by loud sobbing j
Mr. Niue requested she would dry sip her tears, as the
Alderman did nut mean to say that Clernentiva was n corpse,
bus that the only redress she had was by a writ of Habeas
Corpus, directed to the person in whose custody she was, to
produce her, or spew cause why he did not. She had
soother remedy, that of bringing an action for the loss of her
daughter's services.

Applicant—'' But no person has a right to keep a daugh-
ter from a mother."

Alderman Cox observed, that he would recommend her to
go to the City Marshals, whose duty it was to attend to the
fair, and he believed t►ey were vested with such power while
the fair lasted to compel the showman to inform her all ►e
knew about her daughter
The applicant thew retired is tears.
THE MARRIAGE ACT.

A Parish Officer applied to koow if they had at the Office
soy forgo of •fdaMb to be filled up for prrsous to swear
before beans of asarriato could be published between parties
wader the late Marriage Art?
Mr. Pasoe said they had Got.

The Officer said he did nut know how to ■ct; he had
many applications fur them from persons who wanted to be
married, and as tbry were to be sworn before a Magiatrate,
he thought the form might be in the Office.
Mr. Payne said ibis was the first application of the kind
that had been made to the Office. If the Act of Parliament
livid that the affidavit was to be made before an Alderman,
the sitting Magistrate would diacliarge his duty by swearing
the parties; but he had nothing to du with advising what the
form of the affidavit clerk to be.
Alderman Cox observed, that the Parish Officer bad bet-
ter apply to Dr. Phi Mature at Doctors Comes... fur lastruc-
twee.