The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-03 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM; AtiGusi '29.

.4411.--

Oar visitors multiply diurnally ; Mons. Cowu,
alte ventriloquist, la giving a 111 W g entertainment
or the As.eintily Romani. Mr. and Mrs. EGERTON
chews' their engagement last eight, n the Chavarters
of ['upfulleaoJ (A,/, lrwia. la /troy One has his
Unirstna personated So/as. The linitea
were eleglivoily crowileil with beauty and fa.ilwu ;
5m4444 than err 0..4i veil—
The Itaimais sail March' cm uTTinisounl, Guiltless of
Jersey. Esrl ass I Giantess of Wslislegrave, Lady Ftutlkarr.
Mrs. °runts,. Major amerkins, the LAilles O'Brien, &c. tee.
Mr. Jost* I)awitna, liar t!iratriCal
amateur, performed ,soloester Itaggeriroorl, and
ultrr us, The Children Ile the ;Fowl, and in suds
a Mita tier as to thaw Wirth the warmei,t upplam:
1111111 Ilse assiliesice.
DENNING% Vorist fit is 1110111011sietd for Fs iday, 110-
der she VII MOS.! gt. 41i the MelirWlill of W Oat; LST Elt•
Mr. fillii Mrs. EGERTON'S llasirfil. at (iloucester,
is a 611 1111 11111Ulletil. under the i.aimitage or the No-
ble ti I4igiiir. oho has selected The Arnaud/rug of
the Forest, and Catherine turd reir.eha,, fur his en-
ters:l,i 1111 l ent. Vaforoat, the unknown female, and
Catherine Hu d Petraeltio, by Mr. and Mrs. EGER-
TON. The) Sky/tick and Portia to a very
crowded house on Saturday, and repeated the same
0'41.1r/tr., at Gloucester ou Monday.
The Races were very cuisserously attended, and
afforded good sport, considering it was the tint at.
tempt.

DUBLIN, AUGUST /8.

TflE FIANGMAN TRAVELLING FOR BUSINEsS.

'Wednesday morning. shoot Ave o'clock, as Mr. Tooling-
ton, belonging to this Unice, was passing through Westwoore-
land•sties t, tie observed a cooed in ante\ agitation sear
Fleet its H ; he imeos.thately proceeded to the spot, and was
iefocitted that a slesperate maniac had escaped from a lunatic
style's. had procnred arms, hail dome mooch mischief to the
people saturnine. from 1-1000)brook Fair, and that sou penes
dared g.• near 50 revue him. The tater, however, not Oa
laud by this inforittailini, molted thee/ugh the crowd, when
Settee, scarcely kaftan in appearance, presented itself—ots
face eilualid sod almost hid by a black bawd matted with dist,
and the head nearly covered by a thing reread/huff a hat, bit
Nil of hobs, through wilds a queues', of hair protruded it-
self, stmittnit erect like quills upon the fretful porcupine."
The dress ef skis extraordinary creature cuusisted of &jacket
and worsen that appeared to have beta made fur a person
of Imlky sits. They now severed a carcass with about as
mach Lek as a Brat. nie Arab cookkbrast; Mbar Hee jacket
was hid a dagger mod a sharp iestrosiest likt • knife, while
Crum a belt ewer part of a waistcoat was suspended a hap
cutlass, and on the back was a large bandk. The Officer
seised this cariosity, and asked what he was dole'? The re-
ply was" travelling ea the Kraig s duty." What did beater,
weapons about him far I—. Ts. moist hint la his business!"
What had he gotten its his handle?—" Implements of
trade," What Is year trade King's haggises!" Where
do you du hetioess?--"l've hoard chiefly I. Intisad
fur twenty years !—l've Imaged in Armagh—in Plialipseawn
Wexford—in Wicklow—ba Widerford,oad other
fur twenty years!" The °Seer immediately eouveyed to
Bauk.street, where Mr. Illoosisig, who was on duty at that
early Moor, lopirrd his NNW ; when the Primmer raid, he
was Wis. Woods," well 'mows Cur hawing" la Wicklow and
Wexford dories the last awes, pen. Mr. Mane Mg, after se-
curio' his armsopeoctj the beadle which he had canned at
his back, and which containethamosig ol her things, the follow-
ing articles :s-loug black cloak, with a cap to cover the bead,
several pieces of curd, for pialossiag the Wads, various
halters, new and worn, sod some sew and old
tails. This profers.imsal gentleman said, the cutlass was for
assistiug him in ilek wee; the &quer sod knife *ere to help
iu " exccutiouing those who rebei.robbed" the Lag; sad
that he was ping to Dundalk in search of besiege% Irwin
heard that the last executioner was dead; sod that when he
was stopped, he was proreedisig with a letter he had "reales
himself to the gaoler. To prove the truth of his stogy, and
skew that be was nu impostor, he pro the letter to the
(Acct. The following is a literal copy of this canons do-
cument
tt Mr. Juba Woods, Gaiter, Dundalk.
n Worthy Sir-1 take This timely Opertuitity of Catlin to
Sr. you, As I mu Credibly Wanted jots maws a Mao efay
Profession of Bosomy.. I now beg leave to idiom yew cos-
rerniog the Engratitwde of the Gamy of Kildare; (dace I
Ant engaged in this Innocent Batertaionig Coerce of *jig I
"fever experienced So Muth Sorrow as I have since the Dowsdal
of trade; But I should consider that I should never want iu
a Comely that I have served thnse twenty years. if their was
Gratitude its them. Now since I Sod them ungrateful to Mr
after all my past Labours sod Exertion, I shall withdraw My
Semites& float diesss,and bestow it ea yea fur the remainder of
my life; If it ts sot yeurowo fault I will work on ream/sable
Terms, as Besieges is Bad throughout the Kingdom, I will
Nock them of for le.. per Head aid dd. per ditto for Whip-
pis, ; And I think we will have a Chace after the Hero. of
Wild Guess Lodg. " I mania your
" Affectionate Friend and well wither
WILLIAM WOODS, Executioner."

At ten o'clock on IVerlioeiulay, he underwent a loos and
ludicrous esamination, before Mark Magraih, Eq. who
seat him to Newsate fur protection. He was recognised by
the Ofiktri as bring the haul/loan who disappointed the She-
riff of Wicklow, and canoed him to ride post to Holden,
some time since, to grt the amistauce of the hangman of
this city, Tom Hokin.