The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-04-09 00:00:00

THE CUASI?.

Ills Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet this day at Soap-
till, and at Friday at the Horseshoe% at Waylaid; each
day at ten ticksek.
A sporting Gentleman in the neighbourhood of Staines,
who ridge at least 17 stone, line ukde►taken fur • bet of
twenty pomade, to ride •a English ass from Staines to the
Crown ►no, at Readiag; • diatauee of twenty-two miks,
in three successive boars, within • mont► of the pineal
time. The rider is to give twelve hours notice previous to
starting. Bets are two to one in favour of time.

STRA NOR APOLOGY.
41MMOMMEMI
Me. Frey, of Ibis city, has been preaching in Baltimore,
nail ii appears Owl a person interrupted the public worships
by standing up in church, arts) declaring Nat he knew Mr.
Frey iu London, and that be was an " impostor.' This pro-
duced confusion is the church, sad was certainly unhand-
some and indecorous- The person, however, apologizes as
follows
" Jacob Moss, of Philadelphia, is sorry that his Jitter's'''.
rate r al (for the religion in which be was brought op) in-
duced lour to interrupt the Rev. Mir. Frey, on she evening of
Friday last, at the First Presbyterian Church. He hopes the
Bsltimoresns will accept of ibis apology.
'• Jacob Moss has the honour to inform his friends of
Raliimure, that he has arrived from Philadelphia with a
large quantity of fancy articles, which are at Mr. Barnum!,
—they will be sold ou the most reasonable terms!! "—O'er,
York Vapor.)
CONJUGAL S HNSI RI LITT.

DMritig the trial of Gracious mad William Cox at the late
Wilts Assizes, fur the murder of Joseph Strung, no Kings.
down hill (ut which they were acquitted), Mrs. Strong,
ido* of the deceased, was brought sip to he exansioed; but
because so overpowered that she fainted, snit was takew out
of Court- She was brought in again, and again fainted; she
was brought in is third time, but is Neither of these occa-
sions would she add •mother word of leer testiotouy; she
gave the whole of her evidence very reluctantly. It was
supposed that grief at the rentembranee of her is usband's fate
had deprived her of utterance: this opinion was pretty gene-
ral at ►he time, till it MRS discovered that site was actually to
have been married on that day to another husband, and that
it was with the Mimosa difficulty that they procured her to
attend the Court!

DREADFUL THUNDER STORM.

Last Monday night, about twelve o'clock, a freenesslcms
thundirr storm pissed over the city o 6 Bristol asst neighboor.
hood, arcumpanied milk bail, rain, and a violent gale of
wind. The electric fluid struck the north end of that vene-
rable and majestic pile of bwldlug, Bedclilf Tower, and
• 'arced the upper bell-{oft window, the stones or which were
Laud out, and thrown io different directrousi, and a large
apes ture made; the brain which supported use of 11w bells
was shattered In several plates, in such a manner as to ren-
der it useless ; it then liaised dowry the hell wire, and went
oat at the struck side, ionises up the lead frees the roof, mad
dislodging grisly 3 cwt. of atone, lie. Vhs perces of wire
which were famed bad all the appearame of halving been in
en iniense. fire. The low lands adjacent the eity were for
the unit inundated. Several vessels in the Channel were
drives ashore, but we have not heard of direr sustaining
my material damage. At Stewing Drew Smelter sheep
were found dead no Tuesday morning, killed by the light.
uing • liar wool upoothe whole of them appeared staged in
our direction.

the Northarnptuushire pedestrian, has
won his match for fifty gamma against titur, of ruu-
ning sixteen wades its two horses. ihr went fro inure
round the race-course at Northampton, making
seventteu miles, in one huur and fifty-six minutia.
EXTRAORUSNARY OCCURRIINCE,-.A fear days
sisace, a lady, apparently labouring under MM..
derable fatigue, called at a cottage in the neigh-
bourbons/ of Turnltem-green, iu this county, wad
applied for refreshment, fur which she tendered a
bank, mar. The seiliabilant, a female., left the
house rtlf she ptlipitic of procuring ilsaime, mitt on
her return, with great surprise, hound the stranger
moue. On hearing, as she believed, the cry of her
lamp, she hastened to its trodle, but to her utter
dismay, cliscuserest her 00•11 11.11 i bests taken away,
aud another of *tawny colour placed in its stead.
Cash to the amount of MO/. was fastened to its
breast. It is send the poor woman, influenced by
the pectiiii.ry gift, has become reconciled to the
event, unit trews the child with maternal fondues*.
,—(leote lierubl.j