The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-20 00:00:00

SPORTING VARIETIES.

On Wednesday night there was a diving muster of ama-
teurs of melee sports, at Duck-lane, Westminster. The
stessieemerife were, first, a dog fight between a breed of the
Trusty of Copiala Airelay'e, now in possession of rrihh,
the pugilist, and a cross bred Hanoverian pointer, belong-
ing to a gentleman in Sloane-square, for 100 es. After a tre-
mendous fight, which we cannot describe fur want of dlterati
in that line, Cribb's dog won in forty minutes, the other
not being able to come to the match.
RANDAL AND JAct Tne Btrecata.—Randal exercised
his pugilistic prowess over Jack the Butcher on Timidity
night, in consequence of the botcher vauntingly challenging
to fight any one who was not friendly to him, in a public
room. Randal, who is a stone the lightest, told him that
he was as enemy to a saucy fellow, and one who pre-
tended to be a min. Some few observations were energrti.
ally delivered by both, when the phenomenon took all the
butcher's fight out of hips in one hit, and then denounced
him as a ear. The butcher swore he would have justice at
later, and he would go to his laraeg.
The match of leto yards between Shaw, the lAncaAtire
man, and Leach (the two siriftest of the days, will he decid-
ed next Tuesday, on the Lea Bridge-ronil, fur 400 guineas.
They ran the same distance a few weeks since, when Leech
won it by about a foot. He is backed at wilds to win this,
and heavy stakes are pending.
The running hiker who ran against the Kentish youth
10 miles sio the Uxbridge,rmoi, two years since, is matchril
for 100 gs. to run Brrzier, who belt the Chicken Buttinr a
mile and * half a few days since.
The match between Rainer from Kent, and Old Tom, for
100 guineas, lb miles, un the 20th of March, is trul)
sporting one. Cul. Barton is the patron mid trainer of Old
Tom.

Betting on the fight between Printer and Spring, ou the
lit of April, is piness to worth un Painter.

PO L/C E.

FIATTOICGARIWN
THE NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR, LOCIS VINCENT.
Yesterday being the day appointed for the further examina-
tion of this notorious impostor, a number of Kew lemrn
attended from town and country to prefer charges against
him. The office table was loaded with letters from Dover,
York, Leethe, Blithe, Liverpool, and various either ;sleeve,
where he had been practising his impositions, under pe-
lmet, in some places, of being a son of Christophe, and in
others of a rich merchant in St. Domingo. When the
Prisoner was expected to be put to the bar, the gaoler
informed the Magistrates, that he was taken so ewe y
that morning, that the Physician to Cleskenwell Prtion,
Dr. Webh, ordered him into the Hospital, mid he could
not be removed with safety. Some of the Gentlemen ex-
pressing their suspicions that his illness was but feigned,
the Magistrate ordered the gaoler to go and either being the
Prisoner, or a certificate from Dr. Webb that the 'hemmer
was au ill that be could nut be removed. Ou the gaoler's
rehire be produced the necessary eertifi, ate.
The Magistrate apologia. d to the several gentlemen in se'.-
tenelance for the postponement of this examination, and in-
formed many of them, particularly friends to Capt. Clarke,
that they need nut attend the next examination, an, front
what appeared. the public were perfectly salience' he ev,s an
impostor; and his story in respect to Captain Clarke was
altogether false, es it appeared, from the letters before hien,
that the skip Robert came from St. Petersbni gh to Lisbon,
and from thence to Liverpool, where she now in, and ass
ne►er at St. Domingo; that Captain Clarke is now he Liver-
pool, and had not been in London these two year., and that
he had no knowledge of Louis Vincent. This was confirmed
by the agent at Liverpool and the owners at Bhth
There was a packet f Mr. Wilberforce deliveieil to the
Magistrates,enclosi og several letters from respee ea:iieLlisakers
in Dover, directed to Mr. Wm. Allen, druggist, Plough-
court, Lombard-street, by which it appeared that Louis
Vincent had been there, and told the mete tale of Mitres..
The gentlemen alluded to made a subscription for , and
Paid his coach-hire to London, and gave hien letters to their
agent, Mr. Allen, to assist him in London, and accompany
him to Mr. Wilberforce, all of which was complied with.
The Magistrates also received a letter from the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor of York, informing them that
• genteel young man of colour, calling himself Louis
Vincent, who answered in every respect a description he saw
in a newspaper, and who, he bad no doubt, was the
same person %rho had been in York, where he told the
same distressing
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manse distressin' tale with the exception that he gave the
Captain's name Davis, instead of Clark ; that in York
several gentlemen rave him sums of money, that his Lord-
ship gave him money, and paid his eamA-hire from thrum
to Liverpool, but that he left the coach on the road, and
they did not hear of Aim since, until they learnt from the
Newspapers that he was in custody at this office. His Lord-
ship's letter enclosed a printed statement of his ease, which
some 'milkmen had got gratuitously printed for him, for the
purpose of distributing amt Apt some gentlemen, as be pre-
tended be could not speak Eoglish.
A letter from Brussels. dated February 16, says— •
"4 Advice, from Vienna, dated the sth February..
say—lt is expected that the Imperial Patent will •
very SOOII be published, by which the sun of her
Majesty the Archduchess Maria •Lotaisia Duchess
of Parma, will be. created Duke of with
the title of Highness, and rank immediately alter
the Archdukes. It is supposed this puldicatioti
will be made at the saute time as 1114 of the .
Treaty concluded with Spain. in .respect to the
succession to the Duchies of Parma, Placentia.
aim! Guastella, and of the arrangements agreed
upon relatively to the State of Lucca, to conformity
to the act of Congress."
No trial of importance took place at the Old
Bailey yesterday.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock.. 2891 289 1 Irish 51,erCesit. 107!
3 per Ct. Ited sogi I India Bonds ....101 pr.
3perCt.Cons.79/ 80 791 I Ex. Bills, 2.. 18 21 pr.
4 per Cents 99g. I Ditto, 2e .... 22 26 pr. •
5 per Ct. N. Atm. 106 l Lottery Tickets 191.
B. 1.. Anti. .. 40 15-16 I Cons. for Acc.. 80 791
21 20 15-16
DEATHS.
Oa the 15th inst. Robert Capon, Esq. of Church-street,
Westminster, in the 52.1 year of his age.
On the 13th instant, at Melville House, Jane, Countess of
Leven and Melville.
On the 13th inttaut, nt his seat, Dunnicheo, Forfarshire,
in his 80th year, George Dempster, F.sq. many years Repre-
sentative in Parliament for St. Andrew., gre.
HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LON DoPi BRIDGE.
Morning bl after 1. I Evening 17 after S.
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