The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-22 00:00:00

PuLleh.

BOW-STREFT.

Among the extraordinary charges bronght lately, have
towii atvei al men for acting as conoisbkx when not antlso-
-I.4i.ii so to tto. Sown of them have turned out to be well-
/au.% thieves, Brined with constables' staves, who, Irbess
say of their companions or gang were taken into custody,
Tiesented their staves, and perieuded to take thing into
ivatud)—when, In fact, it was to assist thews its making their
racism., and fur the purpose of plunder under the ma•k of
• A man of the mane of Dial/ was charged with pretending
'to be a constable, apprehending pickpockets at the late lire
is Drury-lure. Ile was identified by Goudwin, Balton, and
Westbrook, as being present at every public meeting, and
in, tending to be a constable.
'A titan of the name of ilyan was discovered by Goodwin,
Droned with a constable's titan', and pretending to be a con.
Diable, and acting as such, court, Drisry-lane.
al tile linseed the fire. Ile was taken into custody about
•aix week■ ago in company with the alnivroleseribeil
in Knightsbridge —No prison appeartug to make a charge,
the Poisoner was disclialged.
. .

Two others were also proved to he sham constables and
-were deprived of their pretended Aare* of office.

_QUISEX•IIQII •RS.

A young man, named Johnson, lately a clerk iu the
Bonn of Control Office, Cannon-row, was brought up in
the ...snottily of Pace, the macre, charged with stealing coo-
siderable property from the above office. It appeared that
during the last eighteen months considerable property had
bee* missed, that several biases, curtaining books and
private papers, bad been attempted to be opened. Pare
well there, and from a most minute eternisation of the
pisce, Le was of opinion that it must have been done by
some person connected with the establishment; be accord-
ingly apprehended the Prisoner on Monday morning at Isis
lodging in King-street, and &and amongst other property a
♦aluable gold watch, which proved to have been stolen off the
skill of the Hon. Mr. Courtenay, who is the bead of the Board.
Yesterday monting the officer made a further search, . and
found the covers of books belonging to the establishment,
which were of very considerable value, but which it berms
the Prisoner had sold fur waste paper.
Mr. Councils, attended and identified the welch.
. . . . . . .

The Prisoner said, he intended to return the watch; be
bad merely taken it for curiosity in order to 'hew it to a
Mead. He said he gave the seals attached to it to his wifr,
who has theta upon her own watch chain.
The Prisoner had a very toofidential situation, and was
hitherto ouch respected.—Rewasaded.

SIARLIOROUGH-VIKIIT.
DANGEROUS AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.

Captare ►Vaidron Ire Up. of the 101st regireerri. was
charged aids russaultieg sud Souadiai Samuel Plauk. au
officer belutigieg Us this office. who wax lookieg out to serve
warraut upon him ou Saturday eveeieg. Tho Derainlisot
was curnoUlted to Tolhill•6elds Bridtwell, and ordered 10
gi►e 46 boars notice of bail.

The following Gentlemen were yesterday called
to the degree of Barrister at LAW. by the [Usu. So-
cwly of Litienlies I :
Peter, Cstor, Esq.; Tbssass Canning, E•q.; Daniel Allan
Darman, Esq.; &chat d Hall A ppleyard, Esq.; and Michael
Preadergasl, Esq.

A 'windier has recently committed great depre-
dations amongst the booksellers in the metropolis,
by • system of fraud in which he liar brill ex-
tremely successful, by pretending to conic from
Gentlemen who were anxious to give an order for
,003, I/00k% and after inducing the tool...men to
accompany him to obtain the order, suddenly re-
turning with • well•timed elrUbe, thereby
defrauding them of their property. ,
Ettte.—The house of T. MuocAtryri, El. at
-Hillwood,.sts miles flout Wallet. vOl dehttoyed
byr.fire. on Sund.y night. The rrtrsiifa Isere out,
• Mid the family are in London. Thi, flames were
discoveled below at *even o'clock, slid the whole
wen i heap of tains in at; hour. is nut known
boo the tire originated, but conjecture is; ait
some clothes kit to dry woo the come of it.

kEJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

[IIIOK OUR

LIIDLO*.

TRE QueEn TRIUDIPHAN?!—The news of the
Queen's victory arrived here at five o'clock on Sa-
turday evening the IWI instant, and was received
by an immense concourse of individuals who had
assembled. in writing anxiously to welcome the ar-
rival of the mail with the expected news, which was
received with die most enthusiastic joy. The bells
were immediately rung, and continued until near
the middle of the night, and also every day, as well
es bonfire. and exhibitions of fire-4mila every night,
until Friday the 17th instant, when a general, brit.
limit, and very splendid illumination took place.
Fat sheep, purchased by subscription, were roasted
in the streets. At most of the pnncipal inns there
have been public slimier.. very numerously attended,
to celebrate the victory of an injured Queen, where
numerous appropriate toasts nod sentiments, with
excellent songs and instrumental music, created
the most exquisite hilarity. A Council was held,
called by the temporary name of •• Court of Com-
mon Pleaders," in which an action was brought
against an offender of the name of •1 Green Bag,"
who was tried and convicted of the offence area
filthiness. and also of practices noxious to decency
and morality; he was then adjudged to be hanged
and burnt with a Courier paper in his hands.—
Amongst the numerous sentiments attached to the
transparencies need in the illuminations was the
following :—•• Died, ott the 10th day of November
instant, at a great flonse in West • v ter, 8 moat cruel
and hard berated old woman, called Mrs. Pains
and Penahies, aged a little more than four mouths.
She had several husbands, some of them lawyers,
by whom she was cherished very lovingly in a green
hug! She had lived gaily up to the said day of her
decease, when, us she became extremely Istaquirl
and sickly, the Liverpool and Sidoonsh doctors
were ler the necessity of pronouncing that she
could no longer ailment life—and. of tours., she is
no more ! ! !"—A transparency of full length por-
traits of her Majesty and Alderman Wood, repre-
senting the latter presenting the Ludlow Address to
the former, %rah tither siert transparent devices,
were observed at Mr. Felton's Circulating Library ;
and various elegant mid appropriate transparenciew
and mottos were exhibited at Mr. Edwards's, met-
err ; Mrs. Sheriff's, confectioner; Mr. Welling.'..,
unwary ; Mr. Felton's, upholsterer; Mr. Smith's,
grocer ; Jlr. Smith's, mercer ; al the Angel Inn,
and several other places, which appeared equ illy
neat and elegant.

WELLINGBOROUGH, NOVEMBFR 16.

The news of the death of the Bill of Pains and
Penalties was received here on tisturday lamming
last with universal joy, the bells rang a merry
'real, anti in the evening there was a geisersl
; but the grand one was re ssrved for last
night (Wednesday), being the market-day. Some
feu individuals had made thenisrlses obnoxious l
their ill-timed opposition to the illumination, mid
were treated accordingly. A figure, we presume
Majoechi, wits burial in effigy briirre the door of
one who had made himself over offi-
cious in his opposition to the wishes of his neigh-
bours.

The illumination war the best conducted of any
we evcr reinrinber to have seen here. The hawse of
Adult Currie. Esq. was ht up with peculiar bril-
liancy. surf exhibited an elegant and appropriate
tromparvirey. which was universally admired. The
evening passed with the utmost hilarity and good
littopoir. To•niutrow (Friday) the respectable in-
habitants will celebrate the Queerer triumph with a
dinner at the two principal ions.

EXTRACT OF • LETTER /ROY ROFELEY, NEAR

GRANTHAM.

6, You would have laughed could you have seen
the rejoicing even in this retired and out-of-the-way
place; first, our tine peal of bells were going ding
doug the whole evening ; the men of the village
brought op a figure which they called My Jockey,
▪ green bag fastened to him tilled with gunpowder.
We, Queenitet, each gave :a shilling; they then
went into the field opposite the Rectory, mode a
famous bonfire, sod blew My Jockey sky high, at
the same time singing, or rather bellowing out,
• God sate the Queen P The Ladies of the vil-
lage joined iu the rejoicings."

AMIWICK.

The Editor has received a letter from the Rev.
John Boucher. of Warwick, correcting the aceount
of the rejoicings in that town, given tn Tip;
PftEss. of Saturday last. The following is
an extract :--

'• Yon state that the bells of the churches rang for seer.
rat days, Sunday not iocepted ; but that, in the best in-
stance, periaissimi was refused by the Rev. J. Moodier, the
Vicar. That the bells did nog, is mo►t true, but that nay
refusal was given by me, or auy effort Isaac to prevent such
ringing, is wholly false. 1 had a communication with only
our, and that ool•aty outs Chirrcksrord the subject, and
to him I observed, • I du not rheum to interfere at all lu the
laweineee. If yes ask my opinion, I consider it unnecessary
to ring the bells, and thus by possibility to create toofission
is the yitace; hut I would have low set eattrely it ycur own
discretion.' Sorb was my 'cut ceriaisily dictated by
my own private testier, but by wry desire out to do or say
say thing in my parish, which could be obnoxious to the
fostiags of others. I chose to express my own epinicie. bet
I did out wish to p t others from eupresistag theirs."

[FROM THE PROVINCIAL PAPERS.]

GLOUCEITER, NOVENERIII 20.

The sensation excited throughout the country by
the termination of the- proceedings against the
Queen, las been such tea almost to defy description ;
the communications which have reached us hum alt
quarters in ilia district, Weill with recounts of the
exubersnce of the public joy upon the °celestine.
lu this city, Monday last was KWIC porticularly
appropriated to celebrate the event. Tile mowing
Was ushered in by the ringing of bell-, which con-
tinued through Out the day, and all was bustle and
actr..ily in making preprralions her the evening's
As soon us it whir &ilk, Ilse iuhrLi.
tatits commenced up. and s leerily after-
wards the whole -city pie:wined a blaze of light,
*lute being scarcely a house the was not illumi-
elated ; several timispurencieti were likewise exhi-
bited. A broil of innate., in emniamed by nap,
.Ikc. pi ranibtilsted Ow town till a late hour, the
people expressing thei► joy by incessant shwas and
lamas for the Queen, . whilrt the discharge of file.
works, Owns, &c. added Kittle hustle of the scene.
Although the streets were crowded with citizens of
all ranks, we are happy to add that the whole pow

ed ..ft nnaceompanied by occident br outrage. A i
sheep was roasted *hole in the evening on St. Ca. '
therine's Rasp, which attracted many spectators.
An Wednesday, pursuant to requisition, a large
and respectable meeting of the Freemen and
Inhabitants of this city assembled in the Shire
Hall, for the purpose of voting ■n Address of
Congratulation to her Majesty, at which the
Right 'Worshipful the Mayor, Samuel Jones,
Esq. presided. The Resolutions and Address
were passed unanimously, the former were inured
by Mr. Pytt, and seconded by Mr. Mad& ; and
the latter Was proposed by Mr. Charles Parker,
jun. and seconded by Mr. Carter. In the evening,
another illumination took place, and though it was
not so general as on Monday night, it was attended
by similar demonet.stions of rejoicing.

PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER '2l.

On AVednesday last • cart was discovered on its
way from Plymouth to Dock, with the figure of nn
Admiral, in fell uniform, standing in the centre.
As it passed it was hailed and greeted by the
plaudits of an iinesense mob, ut least ten thousand.
On its entrance into Plymouth Dock every
window was thrown open, and the inicibitants, al-
',acted by the bustle and noise, had thrust them-
selves half out, as of to catch the first glimpse or
eeplaaation of the affair.
Amongst the company thus drawn to a window in
the line of march happened to be the Hon. Copt.
Pellrw, who no sooner perceived the object than he
instantly exclaimed, with an ejaculation, pardon-
able in a sailor, " They have gut the Admiral in a
cart." In fact, the reserulilaure was so striking,
both to the figure and the exact movement id' his
body by the motion of the vehicle. that the persons
who witnessed it could hardly believe their own
eyes when they saw the real " bit of blue" coaling
up the street.
Ir appears that fame hail blown a blast in the ears
of Lord livtnouth, and he was then on ills way to
the Tomollall, to procurer the wont once of the eibil
power to drag the impostor before the Magistrates.
Oil his reprtsentotion, the constables in attend.
sore were dispatched to bring the culprit, ►art, and
ranter before the Beech, which was accordingly
dour; but immediately j• it was an tttt merit below
tint Mr. I lowkios and Mr. Lockyer. the Magi-
strates, hid oidered it to be handed oust of the cart
and ushered into their presence to prot.e its identity,
the crowd 1i -painted the limbs. which were butte
in triumph and burnt, as originally intended, under
the Hoc at Plymouth.
. . . .

The carter 'was disuiis•ed with a suitable saran-
hition, but the gallant Admiral v‘a% hooted us he
left the 'Fawn-ball, by the ti3liwuntets mid others
collected.

IKALAND.

ursum, WOVEWSEI 18.

On Thumb te the Chancellor sat for an Imur.
The Common Pleas rose about the same time, and
although it a :or :notion (lay, and this (74met 114 s toe
a long time seettred to itself the chief part of the
common law kn.:Thetis, yet the Court had not a
*lngle T•rouon t 1 entertain, and all the Courts ‘k ere
np, WI It i% (.:1*.411 before two u'elot k.
51r. Stewart alumt to retire from his
present si,ti:.tion of Nlas,:..r in Chancery : he will be
suecertlttl by Itorlerick (7ontior.

FATAL. MISTAKE.

An Inquest was held on Monday night, at the Plough
public-hawse, Rumen-street, St. James's, on the body of
Mrs. Sarah Kine. It atipeired in evidence Ilisi the deceased,
a woman of fifty-two years of age, resided an Penton..
square, and went on Thomlly to visit Mrs. Susannah Davis,
No. 14, Chain I-street, Soho, where she was asked to drink a
class of ruin, hot Mrs. Davis, in mistake, took • bottle
montsiteing au infusion of the root of meadow saffron, used
by Mr. Davis for the gout, and helped her to a glass of it,
The otrevaeed on her return home was taken ill, and con-
tinued to grow worse until Thurday, when 'are died. Mrs.
Davis also had taken about a spoonful of it. while made lire
ill, and the nsistAr was thus discovered. Verdict—that the
deceased met her e.r lila by taking an infissi 111 l of the MIA of
meadow saffron lu runs, given to Ir. r, in mistake, by Susan.
nab Davis.