The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-13 00:00:00

HEREFORD COLLEGE.

We lately gave an account of II 6re in this College,
supposed in lie the work of en incendiary. I, iven-
der, the Bow.street Officer. was sent down to
ssmst the Nbigistrates iu their investigation of the
business. Clicumstances of suspicion attached to
Mr. (leper. the organist of the Cathedral. who was
particularly active in eitinguishiug the fire.—
During I.svender's stay, :mother tire broke out in
the upper cloisters, and nn repairing to it he found
Mr. Haver and hi. brother on the spot. This cir-
cumstance confirmed the previous suspicion : they
were taken into custody and lodged in Hereford
gaol.

POLICE.

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HATTOLOARDYT.
ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN JOHN HENRY DAVIS OCT

OF PRISON.

Yesterday, 3t eleven o'clock, Mr. John Teague, keeper of
C..lnspire-street ("umpire, out of which Mr. Davis effected his
escape, accompanied by one of the Marshalmes, waded sin
the Sitting Magistrate at this Office, requesting • war-
rant and a couple of Officers to search a house in Lamb's
Cundoit-street, where he received informal a trunk of
Mr. Davis's, who escaped out of his custody, Sad been ear-
ned to, previous to his leaving the prisms; his motive for
marching that house was, that • woman who had three chil-
dren by Mr. Davis resided there, and it was probable Mr.
Davis might he there, or have called there after Isis escape,
through which means he might receive informalities to lead
to his discovery.
The Magistrate informed Mr. Teague he was not autho-
rised to grant it warrant to search the house but on informa-
tion on oath that there was some stolen property concealed
therein, and Mr. Datis'e trunks or clothes tieing bronchi
there, could nut he deemed an offence of which be could
lake cognizance, the property being his own.
Mr.Teague acquiesced in the propriety of the Magistrate's
object ion ; he stated, he was informed Mr. Davis had not yet
left the cuitutry; that kis first resort was tip Lamb's Con.
duit.street, and that it was very probable he might yet lie
there, or is some other port of the town, *ma paragraph in-
serted initialise of the Myrnisig Papers, stating that there was
a fleet horse waiting fur Was in Smithfield, which he mount-
ed, his arrival in Drighttni, mid sailing inaniediatel. (sum
theuce,was inserted by some of his friends to prevent further
inquiry or pursuit. He concluded, by requesting the favour
of a couple of the officers to accompany hint and the Mar-
shalatan to Lamb's Conduit-street, where they would go sod
ask permission to search lite house, and make sods to-
quiry as might lead to his apprehension. din this request
the Magistrate assented, but none of the officers, except
those iu waiting, being in the way, they being all either at
the Sessions, or out on other duty, Mr. Teague had to wait
till one o'clock, when Wainwright and Edwards arrived,
and accompanied him to Lamb's Condait•strest, where we
understand they learned that the informations respecting
the trunk was correct, but what information they received
respecting the route Mr. Davis bad taken after Isis escape, I.
kept secret ; but we are given to understate) it was sorb
as to warrant a belief that be has amt as yet left the king.
skim, and iu all probability remains still in town. Mr.
Teague has offered our bust lied guineas reward for h • ap-
prehension.

• NoTr.—The above statement is from a person in the
habit of reporting the proeertlinas at Haltom-garden, and
will probably appear in oilier Jostens!s of this day. The
paragraph there alluded to, respecting the escape of Mr.
Doris, with the aid of a Meet horse, originated in Tile
BRITISH PIIIE4, in which it was inserted by the Editor, with
a lull confidence in its truth. It is therefore false, grossly
false, that it was inserted by some of Mr. Davis's friend. to
primal inquiry or pursuit, as most unwarrantably asserted
iu the above report. We hope fur Mr. Teague'. sake that
the report is not correct.

There has been • report for two days in the city
that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, instead
of meeting the dilapidated state of our finance.
with au effectual measure of retrenchment, means
to propose a Property Tax of 6 per cent, for the first
year, of 5 per cent, fur the second, of 4 for the third.
and so on till the deficiency shall be Made gond
the tax to affect only real property, and to tiffi-ct
no income from real property under 51501.
a year. A tax of this kind, even if granted,
would he inefficient, for it wo►►ld not produce
three millions per annum, even if it did Lot dimi-
nish the taxes on consumption, and therefore it is
to be considered as the mere nest egg. from which a
new brood of taxes on property is to be hatched.
—(l:vening Paper.)
The scrutiny at Ipswich wail resumed on Satur-
day seinnight, at the close of which day it was
again adjourned till Wednesday 1.0. t. On Friday
'sight 41 votes had been struck off the tiunsberr of
each candidate; but on Saturday the list of 'Alep‘rs.
HALDIMAND sud LCNNARD was reduced four, rod
that of Messrs. CRICIIIITT and ROUND only two.

On Saturday Met between thirty sod forty bell-riagers
from ibs neighbourhood, assembled at Mans. The Uses
cmagday began the ammements, by pealing 1,008 bob.
tripplos; nest a miscellaneous baud drew uff on the bob-
mese eyeless; and then Mr. John Austen, of Elbow, who
is bliss', amdscted a peal of 41,440, when the bells mime
round, OCCllablieli by au omission, which was very exesselde,
considering the isilrmity of Sir. Austen. To add to the
harm's, of the day, the Quest company rose, in a masterly
style, a mune of espies', twelve iu, ma I. Powell, Seq.'s
sewly.iavtased system, is which the anther maimed. The
following day o Irse sad coesplete peal of 718 tvehlo.basha
was nog M bleier, is 26 misuses Chmtick,)

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