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

BRIGHTON, SEPTLUBCR 7.

It is still uncertain when the Prince Regent will
next honour and• enliven dna town with tor per-
sesice—hi. Royal Highness is detained ut the Stud-
house, owing to the alarming and lamented indis-
position of the Queen.
The influx of important arrivals to this place was
very great during the last week—among numerous
others it included—

The Duchess of Welliagton, the Dueler's Dowager of
Leeds, the Dueliesa of Northumberland, the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, and the Ladies Cowper* ilie Marchioness of Laiisdown,
Laird Erskine, Lady CalthoOpe, Viscouut mid Viscountess
D'Ambray, Lady H. Thorpe, ice.
Countess Beauchamp has left as fur town ; Sir W. Bur-
roughs, ditto ; Lady Herschell, fur Slough, Bucks ; Sir
C. Amill, for York-street, Sl. James's-sulusre, Mums.' Laity
K. Haslet', fur Norio( Garda's; and Culouel Palmer, fur
Piccadilly.
Nutwithstrinding the many good houses and
lodgings occupied by edditiumil visitants since this
day fortnight. there yet retnaiu enough of both to
afford speedy accommodation to such as need them.
A considerable quantity of anions found their
way hither last week, front the opposite side of the
Channel—a supply certainly Heeded from the failure
in the union beds this year on this—the enormous
price asked and obtained for this article has been
fs+. the bushel.

Om Mooday night last a bit broke nut is the house of
James. Wilcox, of Slater•••• Bey, Blue Anchor-yard, M inorier,
iu easiseqaeoce of some of the Ore falling from the grate on
the Boor, which set Ore to some papers, and it 1.14/11 spread to
an alarming height. The Plicnnix sod several other meioses
arrived in a short that after it began, and in consequence of
a plentiful supply of water, and the arrive esertions of the
firemesit the flames were sotto subdued. Mui k injury was
dime to the premises, awl a poor waslwrwornao, a lodger in
the home, lust the whole of her clothes, and her furniture
was destroyed.

The quantity or fruit in Scotland this year is so
abundant. that the orchards on the river Clyde only.
including those situated between Glasgow and Ha-
milton. have been sold fur nearly eleven thuissad
pounds.
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An extraordinary equipage was on Friday ex-
tibited gratis at Charing-croaa, which, from the
novelty of its appearance, attracted the uttention
of all passesagera. It coaniata of • long body of
thin black iron, which turns on a pivot for the
reception of a eo.ffirt. It is placed immediately
behind the horses, and attached to the hotly of a
mourning coach. The whole is so constructed as
to carry both the dead and the &lag with the same
',air of horses. The inventor of this economical
funeral tiaideas has obtained a potent fur his ma-
chine.

....
lortuVrtiT.--There is tin., living at °leadless,
near Ibis town, one Plidtait CoDBOURN, who, on
the 24th dry of August last, entered in the 108th
vesr of her ogee She was born in a small house on
*Whittington Common, on the 4461 day of August,
1710. She has been married three times; her first
husband's Dame was hay, a tailor, but she had no
children be hum ; ►he was first married at the age
of 26. Her secund husband's name was %VAT•
KINS 011( a labourer, belonging to Sheffield, by whom
she had eight children; one sass (her youngest
child, in the 61st year of his age, wish whom
►he resides), and two daughters, are her only sur-
viving children. In the 64th year of her age she
married her third husband, -- COnsowni,
labourer, whom she survives. Her father died in
the 80th year of his age. She rats her iictuads with
an appetite, especially such things as .It. fancies
she can like, but complains of a pain in her 'lomat+
alter eating, and appears to lean forward very much
while sitting iu fuer chair ; she drinks about a pint
of malt lit! per tipsy, rail about the sinite
lily of Brutish gm ptl week. The township of
Shefbeld allows Tier 4s. per week. She has two ie-
rusioing teeth. She has of late been olten visited
both by neighbouring families and strangers.—
(*field Illtreary

:MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

1111..sDAT. SEPTI.MBrR 8.
William Dracori *t ilitilvted foe ti,.11.14.ti1y
saultang Fleury Lutvis (larLe on the 16th Prbruury
La.

Mr. Ansa stated ;o the Jury that thie wits a case
of peculiar aggravation.. fur the Piricerutor was
Ofphail youth, of delicate health and trod. r erre,
and the Defendant a .cchoolitiacter, rreidsog in
Mount-street, who had the rare of inn ;. and as it
would appear from the evidence he cliould adduce
for the tiruilecurion, had exereived hi. authority
the most inhuman. manner, by isiflietiiig u cevere
and cruel beating (al the rigid fir utterly come
mittiteg a casual act of trusney. The Jury would
hear the story front the bo)'s own mobil'.
Henry Loftus 'Clarke, its appearance an et.
ll...turfy interesting-looking boy, about ticirteeu
years of age; stilted, that hie. lather and mother
were dead. On the 16th of Familiars he weld to
the Defencitit'S school (to which he had been cent
by Lady AMeck, and lied kit it dui log the pre-
ceding Chrictintic) to bring away his linot:s. %Viten
he went there Defendant caught him by one hunt;
and one foot, and then beet him for a good while ;
the riTi et of the beating wua stick as to make httn
bleed ; be was unable to get his books..
Cross examined by Mr. At t..F.Y.
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Ilia father and her had, he lielut vrtl, lived riso
servants with Lady Affleck. In Feb' troy Lady A.'s
footman carried him to school, and trier he get
their he told lola muster, or one of the 'drys, that he
load forgot his grammar., and hi gat leave to go
home for it. But instead of returning home, be
went out to Kentish Town to a gerotlesusio knew,.
Baffled Chime, and utter returned for a fortnight
either to school or to Lady A /Heck's, whose servant*
were, he heard, hunting him all die time. The meson
he left the school was, than lie heard he should have
been flogged fur tome offence. When he went on
the ltith February for his bunks, his toaster asked
him if lie had a note to that elf' ct from Lady
Affieck ? Witsieve said, " No." When the war-
rant Map taken out against his Mantel lair flogging
hum so severely, three persons went with the con-
sinhle, said they executed it iu thr muddle of the
schasol-rooaa, before all the boys. aldd refilsed
the master permission to wait until after school
hours.
Cllr. Chime stated that he resit!ed in the
Temple, rod had the exclusive cede and pro-
tection, as he considered, of the hoy, who had
left Lady A (Heck's house. He recollected the
loo)'s coming back to the Temple. on the Ifith of
Frbruaoy, and complaining of the treatment lola
master gave him, of which there tenni:toed un Inc
body several severe marks of mita 1111 l loam. The
boy was at the time in a very delicate state of
health, rod saltness felt himself bound to use-
cute the muster. He went some time after with
the buy's father-in-law in the school I. r liso book,.
and the Defendant asked if 'attune came with the
authority of Lady Affieck ? he replied " No," and
the master refused to give up the books. Witness
conceived that Lady Affleck load relinquished the
care of the boy. He could not tell on what moodier
the boy bad gut out of Lady A ffleck's pooh-colon..
J. How said, the buy had bee', 10-wetly three
years in his school, and he was now returned to 111111
about ten days.
Mr. ALLfix addressed the Jury for the Deft-pda
sot, and stated that Lady A Rita bud loodly,takeu
the care of the boy, who had been onesely whipped
for absenting himself fur days together hour 5..b001.
without his patiouess knowing abet had betotne of
him.

Lady Affieck was examined. tier Ladyship
stated, that she had for a long time protected the
boy, who was the child of two of her servants, and
had sent him to the Defendant's school, of which
she had heard a most excellent shin:icier. Two or
three times before Christmas leo, the buy had run
off for a short time fruits her house, and her servants
were, at such periods, hunting the town for him.
She afterwards sent her footman to see the boy into
school, and also wrote to the master, ieqursting
that lie would flog the boy, to show hint what he
was to deserve when lie misbeliaysd iii this manner,
and exhibited such a waist of truth and gratitude.
Ls another letter she expressed her regret that Mr.
Chime should have interfered between the ditty of a
master slid pupil, and have attempted to take pos-
-1.041011 of the boy. The boy had about 3601. which
was iu the Bank for hint, and out of the interest of
which his mother used to pay his schooliuk but
bitter her Ladyship undertook change of the youth,
she shays paid for his education herself, and meant
to toninsue so to do, thus keeping his little pro-
perty together for bun until a louse period. The
buy's conduct bad become latterly so incorrect, that
she theeareised not to receive him hack again, and
sent word to Mr. Chune that he might do as he
pinned with him. She, however, wi►hing well to
the boy, did take hint back mud forgive hit, at a
subsequent period, and even now consideted that
he was under her care, as she had never relniquiale:
ed the protection she was induced fww kindness in
extend towards him. She always weaut to take
care of him.
Thomas Moore, a steward of her Ladyship's, re-
collected the boy's tuning fruits Lady A fHeck's
house, and giving a trunk, cunt. g his cluille.4
to a porter. One suit had been nought for I • by
i her Ladyship. The boy souls alter follutied the
trunk to Mr. Cheue's, iu the Temple.
Win. Smith was usher at the Defendant's bellow,
and declared, that the flogging MUN but a very
slight one, and inflicted with a small hip ch. Ile
sever saw so s►ight a flogging given for such an
offence.
Mr. MIXT said, be had several of the scholars
ready to curruborate whet the usher had just said,
bat be really saw no necessity fur calling
Mr. AgAR replied, and consended, that the
flogging had been thiduly severe and wiwarietit-

able, and referred with greet Satis!action to the
practice of the Notional Schools, v.hrie no corporal
punishments were inflicted.
Mr. COPIST (the officiating Chairman'', in choorg-
big the Jury, referred to the autiturit.re of Hulr.
Howkink., aud Blackstone, in explain:num 01 the au-
thority vested in a parent over r child, and the
of the former to thfloct Corporal poti.Ain, iu Opoli
the lamer, II it Plsolplti Ott:wise eicerfaury. hr fish,:
elide of this jurirdictiun deecturltd to the liritisio
code from the Human law, and ar4 tecogidirti
for several sucteositt ages—it *is ulnily• iniuntirdd

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