The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-23 00:00:00

GRIA* ?ROTTING MATCH.

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Thic Match was mods un Eros. Downs on Weihsembig
Nat. f 6 00 guineas, by H. T. Metcalfe, Esq. • sporting
Erni le woe frootSomeroet•hier, who undertook to trot one of
his own 1104‘ses, nftler 1i trends, twenty Sir miles in two
hoar, within • week, and he started yesterday morning early,
oerr :1 piece of grimed of eight miles, on the Ashford road,
Id do i;. The hone did sewer, miles within 10 yards iu tbs..
fiat half hour willtout turning • hair, mad the next seven
was dune to rather less lime without distress. The bit was
drawn and the month trashed, and Mr. Metcalfe had one
minute over the boar to do the nest thirteen guiles in when
hr darted, and he Went leisore, baying a,aainute and a
half to spare. With goodlra 'oll'll (hi. extrßerdial,lF horse
C4lllltl du the third hones wont,a r he (retied its as if he bad
been doing a mile. Betting wawa 101 00 lilac.
PUNCH BOWL RX tAORDIVARY..

At an entertainment given at Setttnara Castle, ail the
25th ult. by the lion. J. Gordon, pt." Cot Provost or Stew
Galloway, to the Magistrates and of that ancient
borough, a most novel and singular potchtitOwl was exhi-
bited. This was nothing else than an eget-mons cockleshell,
from one of the South Sea &stands, weighing 11101bs. end of
proportionate capacity, moulded into a most (Wylie form,
and exquisitely elaborated by the inimitable band of Pa-
tine. When this gigantic vase, with its ocean of choicest
punch, was plseed ou the oaken table of the vaulted hall,
mid the joyous company gathered rouud, in close order,
the effect was bigh!y pleasiugsantl it was curious to observe
whet rest was given by these pecaliarities to this marry fete,
so much in the character of the bw,pnial hospitalities of otbrr
days.

• Countess Gitoreation opened her. elegant
mansion. .in Upper Grotivetior-street, yesterday.
evening to the fashionable *O4lll, with a grand
runt. which was attended by all the leading and"
distinguished fashiomthles in town.
The Countess of CH A RLEVI LL lull, yesterday
eveniog, in Piccadilly, was very elegantly attended.
The Earl and Couutess of Emit:tomsTs& are
entertaining a large party of fasitiotiahles; during
the holidays, at their rest, Aaltridge, Herta.
The Earl of 'HARRINGTON had a select Party
at dinner, yesterday at his house in the Stable-yard,
St. Jautee.s.
The Earl and Countess of BRRADALBAHR enter.
timed a select party at dinner yesterday, at their
house in Park-Line.

Lady HARRIET W. WYRiI was safely delivered
of a sou and heir yesterday afternoon. at the
Baronet's house iii St..finnes's-square. Her Lady-
ship and her infant sun, we are happy to add, are'
both doing well.
Lord BsdoT's intended entertainment on Thurs-
day next, is postponed omit the sth June.
Lady Dims. Gamma has issued cards of invi-
tation for a gravid assembly this evening, at her
house in Great.Stunhone-street, May-fair.
Mr. WARDE, Mr. FARREN, Mr. BEDFORD, and
Miss GREEN, of the Bath Theatre, are said to be
engaged by Mr. HARRIS for the opening of the
Dublin Theatre, snider the new management.--
(Freeman's Journal.)
The theatre.at Newcastle; We are..told, is now
trader the superintendence of bo:h the police and
the military. Soldiers are generally stationed in
different parts of the house, whose business it is to
subdue every patriotic emotion which may be
evinced by ray of the audience, Furl to teach, at
the same tints., the manual of modern loyalty.—
N'heri the air of " God save the king" is ordered,
woe • betide the luckless wight "who does not int-
guediatelyWncover has luckless pate:oWr should he
fell in the peiformance, some, of Noodle's body
guard, some coorageous %irailiear, or some yeti.
msnry cavalry men, either mounted qr dismounted,
will teach him better nianaer!.. by removing the
encunibrance. and should
,he save his honks in the
rencontre he may thank his stars. • True, some
little fracas now and then 'lappets from . the Obeli-
siacy and stubborn disposition otthe people to.
bend to tlier grew modes of disCipline; but r lieu
better tratued uud exercked, they will fed less dis-
posed to rebel, and will not only " honour and
obey the King," brit also "all in authority winter
him."—( Durham Chronicle.)

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.....1" ....,« ir 4111BWTHINSITAt-HALL a• - • ..e..1.- • ' P: Merreityk wow istilttlde %t tittering if forged
'pate on. the mi. e Apoi,„,„„ ii,to, ,„,..u. to .....
,t.. . be •
preparations .for the eppswitchlng Corona- *frtiiasttnodii..ft.
:n osorivol..,...cispe.,i . ;;11ijy.,..f., "gc.taank sai.
otion'aire derived), pinettedingt Slime coorederahle
•fimiltrovements in Westminster-hall are nearly The Prisoner, it op red, hall gone to tae*;o6ll4.lo:ed.; 't!na'further alieditleiSis of ... extra' ' *house of Mfs.Sibley
..White-hart-eard, Drat/.
sive' stain', are contemplated. • The
,resionstion of lases..lo impliea-atjr. s},. -omit *woiiiim ma, ga, it lea-
f
the grund window at that seed of the Hall. freirtg jaagrogs was opiftried,,„4 110,4 „ay
.. fatps „use
lit Iler -I hillato temalir vitt, soinething to drialf,—elliche
• New Polacealarsi is almost finished': the la*Pie• womanwholove hits this information. then *eked
ton of the jambs and the rec'esittithieli.4ol, *
occupied unit full-length figarm Ai* ,stier •ichize tithe, he complied. with, but said kfr
King.. &c. reniainir to be dune. It is Resew. Pb.' newt have change for aIL note, and Ite'lltrired fits
ably to hut few diet,:ehere. is at 'the apposite-S:0 k, arid drew soniethiugfroni his trockite which,
rustling sound, appeared to he setteal amtes;
of the 11) Al, behind- the Crenos of Clianeery,'44.. ,hy tarp
leitsa'a Heocir, and lietair,ken which there are strew from these he detached the nine in 4i:elation, snot
and a passage leading id the Iloilo., (4-YadiainerOs lave it to the serrantitirl of the !muse to go far half
--Ni'lr---- ''''a Mat of spirit,. aid to get ebonite.* Sne:orrent to
a.wintleir as large mid grand w that . facing
.tire. nearest .public-house, the Burley• Mow. ii,
• Pahmeeyard, made in -fact to correspond with" it:
Tins window is now •Iniost wholly hidden by time!. 134„y_i,,,, where the etweuta, suspecting into
*regular and confined Courts raid for the Knne 0 - beg bad note, detaiued it, and told the girt he fetch
Beach and Chencery*—Cdtrhe too; thatlemained the person, who bad sent ter. The PrVairiter picot
epee to the view Of the spectators M'..the Hall, with hop sailiPit• trey hesitation to the. public.
house, and the account he gave there wee, Hist tie
till the comment-enters% of Gemee .111.'s reign.
These. two Courts are to he entirely removed, by had taken the note from some _person tit Dover—
which mean* the other grand wordew will be oncei that he. had but just arrived in tows; and had
more in full view; and the eorkruen have batten' ;$0 other money about him. An afar,' ca',...-feet
to repair !het, pert of the *window which aPPease.. a • for, who, cm searchiug him, found 5/. 441.. to
abuse the Courts: . This. will greatly impasses! toe. silver in a canvass big, and iii his pocky, a tee* pair
appearance of that fine Hall, which is the largest 'of-gloves and a new pair of Kissers: On been;
in Europe unsupperted by pillars. 'llie finely co- salted by the officer where he lived, lie alerireit
loured and carrion, fiaures of ardent Kiev, which him not to ask him any questions, for he should not
are now stationed over the heads of the Lord Chau- snifter them. On the epot where the Prier:Met hail
cellar and the King's Berle!) Judges, will he re- stood previous to his being taken into a room to be
stored to the niches remaining in the jamb, on searched, a bundle of' five 11. Bank notes was
eitheeeide of this window. This end of the Hall found, also forgeries; they appeared to be from the
will then present an appearance exactly similar to same plate as the one WOO had been given to the
what it was in " olden time," in Radioed H.'s girl to get changed.
reign. That Monarch, in 1397, repaired the Hall,
-Mr. Glover, the inspector from the Bank of Pam-
which was then in a very ruinous condition ;he had land, proved the note offered, es well air the fire
the walls raised two feet, altered the windows, and which were Coned, to be forgeries,
added a new roof, as well as the stately porch and. Mr. J. Wade, the signing clerk, swore the name
other buildings. thereto signed was not his hand-writing.
The Courts of Chancery and Kiog's.Betich are The Prisoner, in his defence, said that he bad
not, it is stated, to be restored to the places which no relations living; that be hail been Innaght up
they, now occupy; but new Courts are to be erect- . in Kensington work-house, and had latterly gat
td. according to the plan of the late Mr. Wyatt, his living by selling hardware; thst lethal token the
who was aureeyot-generel, and architect to George note in question horn a person to whom .iielted sold
-HI.. in es line with the Common Pleas. and the • a Watch at Dover, and the money he had in the hag
Court of Exchequer. They will thus be built on was fur the purpose of buying a .haisher'slicense.
the spice between the Walls of Westminiter Hall Baron GABILOW monied up ilw evidence in the
and the stone building which front St. Margaret's Jury, who, after a short consultation, returned a
church. There is room sufficient for most commo- verdict of' Guilty.
dioua courts. The entrances, however, will be in Before the Prisoner was taken from the dock: be
' Westminster Hall, and to be uniform with that threw a handful of the dowers and herbs wind, are
•whieh already exists into the Common Pleas. This usually placed about the Court, at the head °title
,itnproveineot is must desirubte, and lies been long principal witness for theano.ecutem.
wanted. ' .
George Datifield was isidie•ed for having in Ins
,e There are six large new windows in progress on possession a (urged Wale for IL purport' et; to lie of
each side of the roof of dation. They are about ten the Batik of Euglaud, knowing tile sane to be
*feet in height and. Silt feet six ipches yide, and are forged. .•
of Gothieeirnctore, so sr to accord exactly with It appeared by the evidence for the prhsi careen,
the windows underneath, the workmanship of the that the Prisoner had gone to the shop of 11. t Or-
alaaf• Ike, arid of Richard 11.'6 reign. Heretofore ling, buicher,•Loerer Clispinair-street, East Smith-
their were only three or four windows in the roof field, at half-past *ten o'clock on Sunday. mot,-
introduced since rile great repairs, and which were ing the yth April last, and parcliese•l a joint of
of small stud meau structure; and as to their use, lamb, for which he paid with a forged-tte potaial
there only tended to make " &litotes,' visible." . Mete, and gave his name Jesse Ward. 'The Pri-
The roof, as is known, consists chiefly of dietitian amber was taken into custody shortly after, and i,
Iwood, most curiously constructed, and of a fine ',the Thursday 'reek following the witness Cowling
opecies of Gothic. The projections are every-
r went to identify him, but thee said, " he could not
eihereouderned with angels eupporting the arms of exactly swear to hint as he stood there," though
Richerdll. or those of Edward the Confessor; afterwards, before the Magistrate, and- now, he
-ii I. the stone me/oldie); that runs rood the Hall, swore he had no doubt the Prisoner was the same
1 with the hart cove/miff under a tree.: and other person who had passed the forged note to him.
devices of Richard 11, Time and alterminiis have . The wife of the witness Curling swore that the
oresoirmed many mutilations; and Chore are to he person who passed the note was a pock-marked
repaired, "ill.'eeildlY lhoseitt tlw roor)iisade more oh- min; the could not swear the Prisoner. at the bar
vious by the large new Otithii window,. Number" was the man, though he. was extremely like him.
of workmen are noiv daily employed in the Hallow . The Prisoner was apprehended ass the night of
well as in large workshops stationed on the spree the I lib of April. at the Roebuck pahlic-house,
between the Ferry and the Exchequer. l'he grand in Whitechapel. He had, it appeared, gone in there
door of the Hall is consianitly Clured to wronger' ; to get some refreshment, when he was recognised
the only eutrinces to the Hal, are along the Exchee as au acquaintance of one .Brown, who . had beers
quer Coffie-house-passage, and by the Howie of taken up a day or two before, for uttering forged
.Commons from Old Palace-yard. note*, and was attempted to be detained by a wan
THE B RIM il It EG Al .I A. ' named Snow, but he escaped into the street, where
St. Edward's Crown, or the Diadem of the he was soon overtaken. and after some struggling,
CortMation, is an Imperial Crown of gold, erabele ultimately lodged in, the watch-house, and there
lished with diamonds, •rubies. emeralds; sapphires, searched, sod amongst other. things a small piece
and penis. On the top is a mound of gold, en. of brown paper was taken loin his pocket. The
circled with a fillet of the same metal. splendidly patrol who had assisted in taking him to the watch-
jewelled, and surmounted with I golden cross, house, on returniag by thetipat where the struggle
which bears three very .large and valuable peat!", between the Prisonte•end below had taken place,
This Crown is composerkof four crosses and four found a roll of brown paper. which tistilehed with
flours-delis, upon a golden circlet; four arches the piece taken► from the Prisoner's pocket in the
rise froth the crosses, on the intersection whereof the watch-house. and within this brown nape,- was two
mound is placed. The cap is of purple velvet, forged Bank of' England notes fa: 51. raeh.
lined with whtte taffeta, and faced with ermine.— Mr. ./atotice ,BATLEY asked the %paten (the
i the King, on his re- watch-house keeper). who produced therpieces of
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rinCrfr:an of
m the Setoartuen wat7Z by
, and in rue House of paper, to put them together in the wre which he
Parliament, is in the time shape, but much more imagiiied .they had been joined wile!, they formed
splendid. jts • crones aunt ilears.de-fis are coin- one piece only. The witness did so, botawither hie
posed of. very large and brilliant diamonds, and its Lordship or. the Qeetheineu of the Jury appeared
mound is an aqua marina.
or sia-water diamond, satisfied with the conclubitru which had
.hedi drawn
seven inches in eircumferenee, and valued at one respecting theieforater union.
hundred thousand pounds. le the front
_crow is a. The inspector of the Batik, arid the set whole .
rock ruby unpolished. 'l'hr inestimable atone is, signature was forged. were called, to prove the
of the colour of a cherry, red nearly three inches in . notes were forgeries.
length. The cap of this Crown is shun of purple The Prisoner,
amts who keepsthe A atigal
velvet, and faced with ermine. The Guidry Orb 9 in Shire-lane, Temple-bar, called two of his err-
which is placed in the King's right hand imme. 'a.ca al Tavern,
. who swore. positively that the Prisoner was its
diately befote he is crowned. and which, after bed at Shire-lane on the Sunday marling. ou the
the Coronation, he conies ' lit his left, IS' lax day and•at the hour at which•it was cileend he had
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inches in diameter. It is enriched wish a. passed the forged note to Ctirling. •• •
golden fillet, which is bordered with two rows , a The Prisoneei is 'his defence, said' the prom. co:
of pearl, and adorned with very large dine lien Wail entirely fouuded-oon isietakeoy innocent
spenrt
-Inoue's. rubies, emerald*, and sapphires. Ou. monitor anothervand that he was pers.trti
the top is an amethyst, nearly an iudi and a Half
The Prisoner ass'
.yery.rees.schible•looking man.
and upon which a golden cross is
in height, and valued at fifteen thomiand pounds, of the charge. .•.... .. ' -•-
the
set with diamonds, .. *.
one side, and a largterapphire tin 'the other. !thee a her. Justice tt
..airLEN.auelllall4 up the.eadence to
and having a lark;le"e'ivs:ia,rarlitichalyth,
siabovnd
esezewdortrch ater..ed ;retie delleering
also-four large pearls at its tingles, mod three .t its the. jejfy .wialt -his- accastotned .prectsioil and nue
mods. The whole, height of the orb and Ceuta is partiadiry. a - ~
Areal niches. The King's sceptre with the dove ' The jury. without the least hesitation, returned
.is of gold—in length three feet seven inches, ita their veldict-eafot-Garko. • •
circumference three ruches et the handle, lad rather or ' --...ies.aoo•=te:=-a•;=-; . - .;
'less at the top. The pounnekie /tickled wi:h a On Tuesday emirs , • tittle girl of „Mr. Riot:-
wo
fillet of table diamonds, end three •several petite: wait's, or Retford, monster, about S.. ,3,eisi• did.
the rod are richly orminiesited *Wt. jewels. The. harms got up stairs mins bath, elonnber, by the
mound at the lop I N1i0.4 11 14;tiettleith ,11..0401.09.; 1 assistance of a char shut reached Ile, wt. dt
above it it a ietsellJernsalem Crass, and above that tehickirnso open, teed ;.unfortunately W but,
out ; se.
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a dove of white enatiarls thee symbol' of mercy. prueidentialljaehrepiusfure ,caught tiald of a mei
I * - on :lw outeide.. add•there stwilung ouripti.dr4 411111
The Conway, 44, Captain BASIL HALL. is the observed by a oeighbonr, who gave the elatin, red
only ship. of war fitting fur (incited scrum at auy Of Mr. Illoorraix immediately dram bet iu et the pit'.
the pones dow, without basing 'attained the slight/it injury.

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