The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-17 00:00:00

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______ it 111010. bet Ildlietd in' town till a
quartet' before *aft o'clock, and is as follows :
" iLeW October IS, ISIS.
• Tis Qom pawmallititersshisla pi lemisy in a state of
:vita saw the& hat hod amprilacod daring • few
of a,. preceding days. Hoe 11141.11 bell a pod eight, sod
feels refreshed by bar slag).
F. HILMAR."
The Panics RaGINT went as usual to Kew,
and dined with his Royal Sister,.
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It Ilea been erroneouely stated in some of the
l'aiwo, that a person at Dover had contracted to
I.ring over the troops from France at 476. 6d. each.
• I.i.t morning Government gave notice, that on the

19th they woold be ready to receive the tenders of
soy person who would wish to enter into such con-
, tracts; the offers to be made at so much each matt.
„A at so much each horse ; the troops to be em-
barked at the rate of one man to each ton or the
vessel.

Yesterday the Earl of LIVRIFOOL and Viacount
SlD:writ had audiences of the Pattscs ItEctatir
st Carlton House.
Earl and Countess STAMM,' arrived in town
yesterday, from their seal io Kent.
Viscount and Viscountess DUDLEY-AND-WARD
srrivril yesterday at their house in Park-lace, from
Worthing.
Sir Kona: WlLLtams. Bart. M.P. arrived
yesterday at Warrtu's Hotel, Neweatreet, from his
seat in Wales.
Departures yesterday from Thomas's Hotel,
!ledgeley-square: —Lord THOMAS CECIL. for U:-
-ford; Sir Citaat.as Sumwria. Bart. on • tour;
and Mrs. HoirAce Bscaroao, for Brighton.
BIAUMARCMAie Barber of Seville way first intro-
flora WA the English St.ge, by the late Groans
Coue•a, Esq. about forty years ago, under the
title .of the Spanish Barber, at the Haymarket
Theatre. At that time JOHN PALMER woo the
Cmint.disioriera ; PARsows. Dr. Bawl(); Epsom
figura : and Mrs. BAlloisTilit. then Miss Haar:a.
the Rosana. Uptol its revival, some year, after,.
the resent Countess of Dimly was the heroine of
the Dianna.

The Te/arere, of 80"gorts, launched on Thurs.
day et Wurdwieli, was named by the Hon. Miss
TowNstimitD, daughter of Viscount SY DN SY. The
young Lady was conducted to the prow of the ship,
and • bottle of Madeira, suspended by a small cord
from the upper part of the vessel, was put into her
hood. She flutig the bottle against the ribs, and
called the ship lament. We presume the phrase
of erockiag a bottle, so much in fashion among
topers, is derived from this ceremony.
A Coblents paper contains a sort of address to
the French people, published under the name of
blselacutt. inn which the author solemnly declares,
that he hail been commisoioried to nammaniite N*-
1.011011 and his son. He actlipsto I personage.
whom he indicates by the initials M. de T., of hay.
nig made the proposition to him, with a promise
of au annuity of itoo,ooo lines. the title of Duke.
and the government of a province..-AI lf," says the
author, s• I overthrew the bronze effigy of NAPo-
t.euh, I ran at least boast of having saved. his and
his son'. life • • • 4. 1.;..4 Mont 1.491. e: I
offered him m Meier.. Had he accepted my
offer, I should have remained faithful, notwith-
Standing the museum esaatples le the wog shame-
ful treachery which took place at that epoch:"
The increase of the revenue of the Post-office in
the last quarter, compared with the quarter in 1817,
may fairly be put down to the dissolution of Par-
liament. The increased internal correspondence ;
-of-the country during a general election, wheel the
privilege frankiug letters even by Peers is taken
away for a certain period, must naturally produce
• large extra sum, added to the late increased vi-
gilatice of the officers in preventing any communi-
cation in the form of a letter, being conveyed by
any other medium than through the Post-office.
Tl.e residence of the Princess of W4l.e.s. in Italy.
is on the sea-shore, near Prato. and between 30 and
40 miles from Ancona. Her Royal Highness bay-
ing on English and very few foreign visitors, has
patronised the building of a clew theatre at Pesaro,
at which she paws her evenings as °fiestas it can be
kept open ; but the population of the place is so
small, that the audiences do not support the pere
formers, few as they are, and the company could
not exist without die Princess's subscription. The
theatre is supposed to have been built chiefly at her
expense; she has a stage box there, to which she is
attended, with some form, by her suite, including
Young AUSTIN. who is treated by the inhabitants of
-Pesaro with a degree of ceremony astonishing to an
Englishman. The Princess has not yet found a
purchaser for her seat at Como. baron BIRGADIO,
who is Steward of the Household, drives a muck
and pair in the English style, attended by a groom.
Earl GROSVENOR, some years ago, made a pre-
sent of his hatrierr to the Cheshire Hunt; but
since the return of his son, Lord lik,LeittAYS, from
him travels, a crack pack has been pat into the ken-
nel of Eaton Hall.
Bitussus, OcT. 9.—On the sth of this month
there died, in the commune of Haute-Croix. district
of Nivelles. a mother and two children, from poi-
son occasioned by the bad quality of the mush-
:owns, of which they had made use.—(Paris Paper.)
Last night the .1 litatre-lioyul in Cornwallis-
street, was totally consumed by fire, which broke
out between eleven and twelve &Omit ; though
the attendance of several engines was prompt, and
the supply of water was considerable, yet the flames
spread so rapidly, that the progress of them could
lint he effectually got under until the interior of the
building was destroyed ; the occurrence is stated
to be purely accidental. The Theatre has been
since Wednesday undergoing some necessary re.
pairs, preparatory to the introduction of Miss
STEPHINS to u Limerick audiesice—she and Mr.
HoltN, with the entire strength of Crowrotreet,
were to matte their appearance in it on stext Moo-
d:ay se'nuight. The theatre destmyeil was built in
1770, and cost 9001. which was contributed by `24
Gentle:met), who had free• tickets.—(Litopack
C'hromiele, October 10.)

INSOLFEN7' DgMRS` *coma,
TIIDAT, IMPTIINIFER 16.

The business of this day was generally devoid of
interest.
John Robinson. • poor mariner, was discharged.
He had been in prison since the 4th of last June,
and the whole of his debts only amounted to :eve*•
teas pounds.
Hout.urras V. COWLIST.
Henry Cowley was opposed by 1111 r. Notate, on I
the part of Mr. Houlditch, for claridestinely re.
moving his goods to avoid re distress for rent.
The Court overruled the objection, and the In•
solvent was discharged.,
'The whole of his debts amounted only to 291.
NAM P. (LIS. •
George Iln was opposed by Mr. HEATH. The
Insolvent stated in his examination. that he bred
in Long-alley, Moortirlds. and carried on the be-
siness of a butcher. Ms wife 'had hum August
1817. to March 1818. it hotel in White Lion-street,
Goodman's-fields. She now livid in Church-row,
Whitechapel ; there were. great many beds in the
hotel kept by his wife, but the Insolvent denied
that any of them were ever his property; he be-
lieved the furniture hold been reamed by the laud.
lord. He denied that he ever stated the hotel cost
him 400 guineas. He knew a Mr. Notes. who cer-
tainly sold him a horse, but it turned nut to be a
btshop'd mare, " Newer no older than six years,
and Never no younger. That there wee the
fact," mid the Insolvent. He owed Levi money.
which was lent to his wife. Levi got a bill of
sale fur this loan, end afterwards had the fur-
niture on. account of it. This occurred about
Christmas, 1817. The Insolvent acknowledged
the sort of hotel which his wife kept, and said that
Mr. Levi, who advanced her the motley. was a
Sheriff's Officer, but be denied that he was a prn-
praetor of certain hotels its Goodotaii`r-field..
The Court conceived the oleose tratio,ction
tween the Insolvent. his wife. and Levi, to be
fraudulret. he was therefore reinauded.
John Horan was opposed by Mr. ANDILUNS.—
The Insolvent stated that he sees au upholsterer,
and that all his furniture had beta sold by the
landlord tp pay arrears of rent. He was dis-
charged.
Pliallat v. DEVIMISII.
shells Philip Devenish was opposed by Mr. Joins
Prosser, a creditor. on the gravid that the hominid
had given a power of attorney to him fur 301, out
of his half-pay. The Insolvent had subsegoesttly
given three other instruments of the same kind—be.
however, allowed the witness a certain portion out 4
of the first quarter's halfepay. He had not. how-
ever. paid any thing since. The half,pey amounted
to Al!. a-year, and the *plowing creditor applied to
the Court to appropriate a part of this pay for the
payment of his debt.
The Insolvent was discharged, except as to the
debts of Mr. Prosser (deducting the coats incurred
upon it), and another which be agreed . to pay in
two years.
'MAY v. SITNOLDO.
Michell Reynolds was opposed by Mr. Pot.tocu.
The Insolvent stated. in his r=umination, that his
wife lived in George-street, and was a dress-maker.
She Rooked for the DUCilesll of Leeds, Lady
Amherst, and other Ladies of distinction. The
Insolvent 'admitted that before Ile went to prisms, he
pledged four pieces of fine muslin and two silver
Eitleis, but they had since become a forfeit to the
pawnbroker. The debt for which he was sued
by the opposing creditor was contracted by his
brother.
111 rS.• Eady was examined.—She said she knew
the wife of the Insolvent. and had seen a variety of
articles of dress and some bales of silk stockings in
her room—some of these she offered for sale to
witness; they were expensive articles, and Mrs.
Reynolds represented them as her own property, at
least so the wituess understood the business.
The lesolverit stated, that his wife never had any
stock of her own, but bed occasionally dresses of
other dress-makers, which site sold on commission.
This evidence was confirmed by Mrs. Husband,
who said she often intrusted Mrs. Reynolds with
goods to sell on munisaion. The insolvent was
then discharged.
Thomas Bayley was opposed by Mr. ADOLPHUS
on the part of several of his creditors. The Insol..
vent was e*ormittd at considerable length. He
said that he lead compounded with his creditors in
1810, at which time he made an 'assignment of all ilia
effect.. About • year and a half after he spin en-
tered into business, and always kept regular books,
it was not terse 'het he had trumped up a set of
hooks since lie was sent tp prison; he admitted
that William Cooper, a youth 16 years of age. had
sold articles for him since his imprisonment. but
the amount did not exceed 151. or 161. He kept a
a horse up to March last, but money had been ad-
vanced upon him, and he was sold since the Insol-
rent's imprisonment, He believed the horse was
sold to one Dale in Moor6elds, for about 13/.
1 The Insolvent bought the horse for 251. worth of
wool.
There was no mention made in the schedule of
either the hone or the articles sold by Cooper, the
Insolvent was therefore remanded fur a concealment
I of properly.
WARRANT OF ATTORNEY.
Richard Fox wavopposed by Mr. A votentis for
I more than a dozen creditors. The Insolvent lasted
' in his examination that he had lived in London
about a month before his arrest. Ile had pre.
timidly lived in • house of Mr. Willis's, at Bristol.
the rent was about 701. a year, end he stayed there
for three months. Before that he had been a gro-
cer, at Gainsborough, and he followed the same
trade at Bristol. Ms furniture and stock in trade
were sold to pay oils bond for 300/. held by his
water-iii-law, Miss Bailey ; he owed her 50/. more
tattoo a note. His sister was a single lady, who
lived with her mother, in the couutry. end had a
fortune of about 700/. He gave a warrant of at-
tortiey to her last February, end Miss Bailey sold
I all the property fur 340/. He had a little freehold
at Guinshorouslo, which he left in October, 1817,
and sold to a Mr. Barlow for 600/. About that
time Ise was in possession of mere than 3,0001.
f which he occesiosially paid to creditors as they
I (*led for money. He paid no part of it to Miss
IBailey, as lie thought she would never have Naked
for it, nor did he ever contemplate being insolvent.
Mr. Pintoes, who was Coyote for the haul-

vent, eximiued him in explanation of his dealings.
The Insolvent steed, that he had tekeu every me-
thod in hiapowerixibring his creditors to a settle-
ment; some agreed, and 'others- would not. He
got the sum of 3001. from Miss Bailey, a consi-
derable time ago, but the reason be gave the war..
rant of attorney wits, in consequence of some of
the creditors requiring tit least a part secnirity for
'the composition hi offered them, and Miss Bailey's
father agreed to recuretis. ed. its the pound of the
composition, provided Miss Bailey got a warrant
of attorney for her debt. The In.olrent complied
with this requisition, but solely for Vie purpose of
accelerating the eettleuient of hie affiirs, by ob-
taining for the creditors that security for a part of
their debts, which he could not otherwise obtain.
After he had done so, however, the creditors could
not be Brought to any unanimous concorrence„ and
Miss Bailey, contrary to arty expectation be pre-
•viously entertained, pot the warrant of attorney in
force, and psi& herself
In the course of this investigation Mr. Pot,-
l.ocit insinuated that Mr. Rolfe, the agent for the
opposing creditors, had been in the outset confi-
dentially employed by the Insolvent, and had in that
situation nestled himself of certain' information,
and partictilarly of a book of accounts now in
Court, which lie now •converted into an instrument
to oppose the present application of the Insolveut.
The Insolvent declared this was the fact, and
that lie had quitted. ell connexion with Mr. Rolfe,
on account of the gross impropriety of his conduct.
Mr; ADOLPHUS retorted upon the Insolvent, and
mid lie never saw u man applying to, that Court for
his discharge, conduct himself tri.4;such a black,
guard manner.
Mr. Serjeant RUNRINGTON-4, We must opt I
have their strong phrases used here. I oever heard
theca before in this Court.'.'
The COURT, after enumerating the grounds on
which the present opposition was founded, decided
that the warrant of attorney did. not appear to have
been given with a view to secure an undue prefer- '
...ice. bat rather for the purpose of securing so
ultimate settleineut of the nsolvent's affairs. The
Insolvent was according discharged.
The Court then permitted Mr. Rolfe to explain .
sway the charge made against him, of abusing his
confidential intercourse with the Insolvent.

Mr. Rolfe, after being sworn, stated that he hip.
pelted -accidentally to have fallen to with the Insol-
vent at the King's Rend) Prison, and was asked by
him for ht• professional assistance in this Court ;
he accordingly agreed to assist the Insolvent, and
had had occasional conversations with him two or
three tunes, respecting his affairs, but he never had
any of his papers or his book—he never saw either,
and wbeu they were about to enter seriously into
the consideration of the business, the lusolvent pro.
posed that his case should he conducted for a spe-
cific sum, but Mr. Rolfe refused to enter upon it
unless his bill should be paid according to business
done, subject to the taxation of the proper officer.
They therefore broke off on this point. Mr.
Rolfe• with great warmth repelled the charge of his
having in their slight casual intercourse had access
to any papers which 'contained any serious etym.
Lion of the Insolvent's affairs,.
The Insolvent was ugrisi called up to the Court;
he said that he had couverstd with Mr. Rolfe re-
specting his private affairs, and had shewu him a
copy of his schedule. Hr. however, added, that lie
paid no money to Mr. R. for these conversatious,
nor did the latter make any charge.
Mr. Roue, in reply, said, it must be clear to
the Court, that had he conceived he had taken any
trouble in the Insolvent's affairs, lie would have
made a charge. Had he taken one step in giving
hint assistance. he must either have received • fee
from the Insolveut, or he should now stand as •
creditor upon his schedule fur a professional debt.
The Insolvent had admitted that he neither paid
him any money, nor considered him a creditor—how
then could he talk of having for some time pro.
(regionally employed him ? The imputation carried
with it its own refutation.

The Court declared itself satisfied with Mr.
Rolfe's explanation of the transaction.
There were a number of unopposed cases, in
which the Insolvents were discharged.

Sutctriu.—The son of a moat respectable citizen
of London, -yesterday put an end to his existence
by cutting his throat ; the supposed or real cause
that he had for committing the forbidden act, his
friends have not the most remote idea of.
FATAL. ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, a brick.
layer, named ROBIRT MARTIN, a man with a
large family, was at work in taking down a high
wall at Newingtou-green, and us he was stooping
down near the foundation, the wall fell upon him,
and crushed him so dreadfully, that he died in
consequence of the injury received, at St. Bertha-
I loniew•s Hospital, at %%hid, place an inquisition
was taken upon the body yesterday, before Tuos.
Sesi.Tom, Esq. and a verdict was retu►ned—
" Amid/Wally killed by a wall fulling upon hien."

ROBSElLY.—Yesterday morning, during the ab-
sence of the family, who, it is supposed, were watch-
ed from home, a thief entered the premises occu-
pied by Mr. GOODWIN, of Stanhope-street, Clare-
market, and by means of * skeleton key opened
the sitting-room dour, and carried off property of
considerable value, amongst which was a large
quautity of fur, belonging to a Gentleman who
had sent it to be manufactured.
We lament to have occasion to notice a serious
accident which occurred on Monday last, to Mr.
&scut, 'organs'', and a highly-respectable inhabi-
tant of Malibu. After his zealous attendance upon
a poor woman who had fractured a limb, by a fall
from a tree on which she had been brushing neorns,
at Langford, he re-mounted a young spirited how,
which. through some unexpected alarm, took fright
and became unmanageable, and threw Mr. 13.411.1ia
off so violently as to occasion considerable contu-
sions.

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At an early hour yesterday morning some villains
attempted to break tutu a house, corner of Stacey
and Compton-streets, by means of a crow-bar ; but
besug disturbed by the watchman, they mad• a
precipitate retreat.
It is a singsplar fact, that a vntleman near Ed-
monton is at this time cutting a toratlow of grass,
ten inches high, which he int/ends snaking into hay,
• should the present weather continue a few dap


ICIOO6IIO AND motris..

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The doneer *ear tremiendoestamo of the ir light weights,"
it dem% after bawling been laid up in ordinary for upwards
of a twidvetwooth upon die peace omablishmeat, is at length
suddeoly brought forward into actire service, and matched
for.llloi. aside, and I perm of SW. for the winner, under the
following circumstances Aritli Martin, the recent COtipirror
of Johnsuot—A spiritelmf-to tarok idaer between them at
Pariah's beeelit, on Wedusesday menial( last, when /kronen*
gave so much satisfaction to two gentlemen aniattem pre-
sent, that they, without hesitation, hacked lyw, and pro-
posed the above 'coolest. The battle to take place ou the Sib
' of theemilber, one. weak after the light between Randall and
Tomo. A deposit of les pounds was put flows last
at that Castle Tavern Holborn, when the slakes 'between.
Rale, sad Halt were also completed. Beta to a coosideraltl
amount Imre made that Randall. and PAles did sot tomtit
win ; aid 10 to 1 offered against naming the TURKU win-
ners. A vary sheep fight is expected between Scruggists and