The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-29 00:00:00

SINOULAR OCCURRSNCR.

Oa Tuesday last, about Neves o'clock in the evening, illis
family of Mr. James Grieve, No. I, Drunimoud.street,
Edioborgh, were throws into a state of mach okras, in roo-
m(' 4 a violent explosion which took place in their
kitchen. Their wryest sad a friend of hers were alone in
the place at the time; and t►e account they give is, that
they beard a violest rumbling stoke is the chimney, which
was immediately followed by the descent of a ball of lire,
which exploded on the roof; where it kft a mark, similar to
that left by the exploding of a squib or rocket. It thee tore
ost a papa of glass is the window, sod bursted through a
lath mad Fleeter wall foto ■ closet es the opposite side,
where a quantity of earthenware was kept. Thew were
thrown to a considerable dimes* I. the passage, and the
laid apparently found its way thmagb the opposite room,
the door and window of which was fortunately open at the
time. ser►aot escaped aiburt ; but the girl, who wa■
with ber at Ike time, had km shawl set on Are, her band
scorched, as oleo her pws aad shs►tie on the same side.
The noise was beard by several of the oeighboars, and to
them seamed as if some heavy milsatance bad ranee on the
floor insinedialgly above them.

The Cases of Alf late Majesty. Dicke of Kat,
and the Duke de Berri.—The 514 Number of the
armaiLlif Gaulle of Hewn, published yesterday, contains
• eery interesting amoral oldie last neeithil and bodily of-
Leticia of his late lifsjesty, with observations as she
former, illiietratire of the twolold nature of the Wins
mind (reams mad joshed), sad the intellectual nod amid
faculties of the braid', whru under the matted of
like semi--The ease alba bite Duke of Keel—The= ,
lam of ill* Ouirtal somd of the late Duke 4e Berri, NB am.
giCal beishemet, will reemarka os. the menial aliesatto• if
the eye*, frost as elitism( Physicalist Paris—fit/Wiwi
dimovories relative to the mature and freshmen aspoodes,
mad iadiaresiaa—gasasisfed methods of motto; comsat*
lies, epikpay, gleel, Boor-al , indigestion of elderly
poopirahwispisii mugh--Deocciosess of a simple gaimuie ap-
paratra sad instruct*** for salmi it is mem of disease sad
"walla/ saimatiuu—Espoesee of the trade of sdultreattat
'kr!** of that, end the stems of &Maim, sad of tbe it t:
taitordes ImackestgiCreed trestemes of a patient is as Isis
,due kluapital--Insinctiems for Niehaus a cheap, pisals4
sag wbuksolue sublimate for ages and fru, sad a
aisel esisilarious leek beeh—Tbe essipusition of etc inn
scot," puss
aid ;kir wjapioos rade us Ike lower isms
tinisrtha giooderfol orratimi of Rymer's Cardiac Theism
tics IC tips sit eusesass.svath_.
_mode important agpleassamg
i+ —/t ease/ be obialsed (prim lie.) of ailawipui,l
_ ......rouser.rea ; ago. 4, Drury-tam ; at the Mr 1
and Holt, 17 Kw...dilly ;at all Booksellers in the Ultima
11C. . ea • awl *I theriecipet Deekaellers in Paris, Timm,
viilgor"" Mew T. 7.1, dic,—* fourth resided' of the
heflf itealVeira keys rioted, for the accinnutedatl-- -'
sew isisajbers,

learr INITLLMENck.
COURT Or CHANCERY, Lusa Wei be,
Mglmam, Fammirray
t
•
he Logo cassnent.Loa aurae into Court at
lialf.pain tell o'clock, and observed, that he was
ohlssped Ie nee as Pawky o'clock to attend its mother
place; Ise would. however, take say esetiou which
Would nut occupy the Coati' longer than that hoar.

WIIIIITg IP. LULL.
thit Ma a motion to nary minutes directing se
jostle in • tithe canoe, of no interest except to the
motile' concerned,

TICE•CHANCELLORI COURT, Lticoues ion,
111 vvvvv , IPtsitimay 11.

His Honour the Vices-CuawcaLLon was occu-
pied lista Nell-past three o'clock is bearing causes
of no interest except to the parties coocerised.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, INssantAzie
MONDAY, FILIMILIIIIT 28.
Sittings titer Hilary Tea% Witco the CIfIZIP
JUSTICI wed Common Afflict.

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TEC Aistessel or raosmyr 0. VOTES.
This was an action for the recovery of certain et.
fects supposed to belong to the bookrnist's estate,
and to remain in posses►iou of the Defendsot.whe is
related to the bankrupt. The items consisted of,
first, a sum of 5001. said to have been 'delivered to
the Defendant withoot the receipt of so adequate
consideration from him; secondly, and up-
wards for goods sold and delivered to the Defend.
ant front the bankrupt's estate; thirdly, a sum con-
noting of upwards of 3131. being the amount of two
bills given by the I)efeutlant ire behalf of the beak-
rapt, which had not been Immured.
From the evidence, it appeared that the Defendant
had, in the month of March last, when the bankrupt
found himself iusolvent, received from him the 5001.
first mentioned, no order to composed with the Cre-
ditors. This sum the Defendant had conveyed to
an attorney, in order to that arrangement ; in aid
of which he had given four bills is has own name,
antountiug totally to 4001., in order to perfect the
payment agreed upon. The sieguciation failed. A
commission of bankrupt issued against Probart ou
the Bth of May, and the above troasactions be-
came implicated in the Insolvent's affairs by the
last statute, which limitl the integrity of trainer.
tious with bankrupts to two months before the date
of the comniissiou.

For the defence it was alleged, and allowed by
the Chief Justice to be a good plea, warranted by
a recent decision of the Common Pleas, that a per.
sou acting merely as • .aemeuger (which was the
case with the Defeudeut in regard to the 500 L),
could not be liable to the estate of a bankrupt, al-
though (as had happened in the present cam) the
property might have beau dissipeted in the camas
of the transfer without any effectual object bowie(
been attained. As to the four bills, it was proved
that the Defendant had taken up two of them,
although all of them had beta given for the bank-
rupt's benefit, for effecting the composition contem-
plated, without say value having been received b 1
the Defendant.
For the second sum of 160/. for goods sold sad'
delivered, there was no objectiou uffered by the de-
fence. The Jury, therefore, bronsbt in a verdict
for the Plaiutitiii for theansisout of am mum.

OLD BAILEY, Irseavaits 0.

MAIL COACT ROSIBERT.

Georg* Patterson wee indicted for milling frees the Ches.
ter rail cued, a parcel, curtaining three brooders, value SI.
Neither the coedits's. uor She versos who delivered lie par.
al for carriage, beisg iu atteadaace to peeve the Ni. lb.
Prisower wee necessarily acquitted.

PORG ER Y.
Themes Welliiire was indicted fir tad snarls( a
bill of escbasee fur SOS. purporting to be accepted by bia
brother, Mainsel Well Joe.
The Priauser took ale bill to a politicae Its Wbilsehapel
to pt it capbed, sod received from bit• 3W. To. valise epos
it. On moventiug it to Sassett Welides, s brewer at Cam.
bridge, .boa it became dee, payment was refuse/.
The clerk to the attoreey fur the prosecution swore that
the accepteace was nut is the baud-writing of Maniac! Welt-
des.

Williams Wendell, laaltbrother to the Primus and la.
meet, wee is aitesdances as a witseas for the pragmatism,
but Mr. ALUM decisuedcsilies
The Primmer, tweeter, is hie defence, persisting is the
statement that be had rewired the Bin from his beetber,
and that it yea Smanefe haied-writieg, it was damned es-
avant', for the Pursues of public jiietice, that William
Welidos should be examaised ; sod he proved, that the is
atoreemest Purporting to be his, was out is his heed writing.
He was sot very well aeguisted with die ba.d.writisg of
his brother lismaiel, sad therefore would set speak positively
se to the acceptance brisg hie, but he thesght it woe sm.
Vie Priestlier said, he wee parry hie hember was sot pee-
seat, u be would prove the truth of his measetion.
It appeared, however, that the Prosecutor. brother had
been down to Cambridge, sod men the Prosecutor, who was
la good health on Tsesdsy Last, but saivilliag to appear os
this oeillmius. _ _ _

The Jeri; slier throe ►wee aid a half of deliberaliati
regained the Priaoser.

A meeting of the Freeholders of Northumberland
took place at Morpeth on Moodily last, for the pur-
pose of adopting an address. expreftive of condo-
lence and congratulation to his present Majesty.
The address was moved by his Grace the Doke of
NpIITHUMBILIILA ; and ea coaded by Earl GUT,

who was received with the most enthusiastic sp-
plisse, which was repeated at various parts of his
Lordship's speech. Lord t)ssutsuoit supported the
address, sod Mr. LAIIIITON. M.P. we. prevent.—
ft was tasted iu some of the Rapers that Esrl
GREY was at his late Mali:sty's funeral at Windsor:
this as a mistake; Ms Lordship was at the time
of the interment of the Royal teaming in the north
of England.

The publication of the Mose"lesser Observer, •
Saturday paper, has been suspended. in misty
A/grime, as It sees suited on placards upon the walls,
of the restrictions imposed nu Newspapers bioa„i
the late Acts. The Magistrates of Manchester had
formerly refused Mr. Witos's sureties. retriring
6, Freeholders of substantial property, and not
tradesmen." Mr. Evil's, to whom the property
bas beeu transferred, applied to Col. W.. It.Ltasts,
of Liverpool, who, we understand, has sittnided Ins
oreepteliee of those offered by Mr, Even,
jkseds Maslow.)