The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-15 00:00:00

PRAUDVLRNT BANKRUPT

PO LICE.
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Yesterday Geer,* Askew, who was in this employ of Mr.
John &Baur,' a dealer in newspapers, i■ l.ineola's.lna-
pelds, was clrarged with embezzling ►arious souls of Fawley,
which he ha 4 received from Mr. Boodle, in Lower Brook.
street, for newspapers, and did not bring them to account.
He was detained in custody.

I/ II lON-NULL.
SEDITION.
A Man mused Daniel Hydon met h! up, in the cm-
lotly of Hammond Ike ollicer, and examined before L. B.
Atka, Esq. charged with having spoken certain 'editions
exprenioes of and concerning big present Majesty and his
Government.

The officer stated, that on Thursday night, between eight
and nine o'clock, be went into the Queries Head public-
bowie, in 51are Pond, where be saw the Prisoner end several
others drinking; Prisoner was nearly intoxicated. The dis-
course turned on political subjects, particularly the question
of Retorm, the secession of his Majesty to the throne,
and the general cuuduct of his Minister*. The Prisoner
said, "The King is a 41...41 v—b--4 for beeping company
with such 'rogues as Castlereagh and George Canning!"
Witness told lino to be cautious how.he indulged in such re-
prehensible language, as he was us °Ricer, and would ant
al/uw it in his pretence. Prisoner repealed the same expres-
sions swabs twice, adding something very foul each tioie, on
which he immediately took him iota custody, and lodged
him in the watch-honse. The rest of the cuntpany, who
prefeesed themselves to be Radical Reformers, did uut at all
resist his apprehension.
In his defence, he said he was a hard-working man, and
lived of No. 7, Joiner-street, Tuoley-street. tin the even-
ing in iinestioa, he had, contrary to his mind practice,
taken too much liquni, suit it lie had seed the-words im-
puted to him, he was very sorry for it, and be was wady to
"%prom his sincere contrition fur the •soiner fur wldessigh,
like malty others, be was poor and distrumicalemeiese could
trey he was ilf-affected towards the Miami duellikawpramseat,
Or the laws. "
Timm worthy Magistrate observed, that I. liilNlilte the
' present, when the fluid anarchy bed- riewelpsiwer-eum the
. land, overturning in its course every basis of social order,
-when sedition sad disaffection stalked abroad, sounding the
:tocsin of alarm and rapine, men should not have recourse
:tai ball measures. The emehict of the man •t the bar he
?viewed, as every loyal man must, as extremely criminal,
'• herd he should feel It Ms ditty to call os him for bail.
"Vile Prisoner haring so sureties was committed.
• Mr. Rex. one of the vocal performers at the Coburg
`Mem was chimed with ninkisiv a disturbance at the door
of a coffee-house near the Surrey Theatre.

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It ap;warrd tbat the Defendant on his return home at
as early hour yesterday morning, enactived he hoard sing.
iug in the coffee honer in siosstioia, and haring a desire
'to -.inn, the jovial party—a desire which lost unite of its
ardour by the torrents of rain that were that falling—he
gave ■ ;work; nn sine (venlig, he began a display of his
own professional abilities, is hopes of drawing forth soma of
the thrionsiass from within but, unforismately for him,
his Doffs distiosb.ll a slumbering watchman, alto, having
" no ear to music," and thinking that he 11:1% souse noisy
efineficaf, laid him by file heels in the watch isogon..
- The Deksdast was reprimanded and discharged.

Sir "'limas Rope took his seat at the Admi-
ralty Si', Thursday.
- The Lords of the Admiraltyleft town last mo►n.
ing on a professional visit to Pembroke Yard. •
Lord CONEURSIERE having written havoc from
the Wevt Indies, to decline the government of
Ceylon, which had been offered to him, Sir LOWRY
COLE is appointed to the administration of that
important island.
Sir Lowey Cote, es we underatand. refused the
nomination of second in command in Ireland, from
which Si► EDWARD PAGET expressed his wish to
retire; and Lieut.-General MoNTousoo goes to
Dublin to supply his place.

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