The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-24 00:00:00

NEW CROWN PIECE.

. we had prepared muse shietures on the neer
Crown Piece which was about to he ushered into
the world under the imposing sanction of the Mint
Llrcular, when we heard that Government had
countermanded the Woe. far the purpose of having
0„, full length wise of Pittaoce,. an Italian
worker in the Mist. effaced front the geld of the
new rout, Ia which it held • conspicuous place.
The beakers, to whom parcels of 100 L each or the
tie* Crown pieces had been sent, have been direct-
ed, it seems, to mum them to the Mint forthwith,
for the porpoise of having slam reeitruck by the die
after this Ptstaucces moue shall be obliterated
from it. . A. e-weesher of these Crown pieces have
poised from the bomb ist the hookers to their
Meade within the last them or four days, the Mint
mild of course be content at receiving hack moth
portion as have memdeed is the beuk coffers—the
wastiwder willow eleobt, and their way into the
cabinets er envies% where they will remain an
mentalawamentalOf the conjoint fame of the Mu-
in of the sod sod Spar Nam) cct . M r. W e t.-
LISLE? POLK buil et heat shown the public that
lie dice is ts iiaimorei—what with repotting the
pert of the Mint which wort horned • couple of
years um— what with laying on the gas lately. every
yips of which be saw used—sad last, oat bast.
witkrasking dies. sad breaking them se fast as they
dm "spade. and making them over agsin, there is
t%y it, Menthe pr the Cabinet, not excepting
CAPTLIIIIIII4IIII himself, olio has had more
irons ii the Are tterins the summer mouths, this
oar worthy Mint Worker. The ',ebbe. or at hoer
thin part of it which betrays " an ignoraut impa-
tience,' feel' cirailating inehinns in specie. may
complain of the !pimps attendpiit upon Ptstatic-
ct's ambition to etendae his name. and Mr. WILL.
ILIKLIT POLO'S 'wg trispnitition to she. au
atter disregard public taste and puhlic °pieties—
but the, letter. can doubtless answer shut he has his
precgdest In the briskiises well .the niakiage-for
shit nisi Ralf-cram piece was recalled after being
imbed. mid brokers merely for giving our reetred So-
vereign the reales and distorted suck of,a Spiss pea-
met ; sod there is only Goa Crown piece es yet broken
up,and that is sicrely Iss, 9 mistake should herepfter
arise salsoir stitiqvarissit. whigliee it .was struck to
comment:rite the name .r Potabcci, of,pwa rAisx
of King Geottint the Third. As the rondentised
Crown piece (for such we are now ',steed to cell
li) aria passed all at once Prom the .die to the cabi-
rwts el she cookies, it Is right that the piiblket
Isle should know what it really was, after the pmts.
you
.notillcatiso, of its stiperlative merits its qic
Mint Circular besides, weave not without some
hops that so there is somebody hellion the curtain
to curet* emus, which, under a wise mailagement.
ought never to hove been
scantruitted in the new
siougs. mu at/inane asp nut he wholly nukes,
particularly as the die is on the eve of beiegnltered.
The attention is, it is said, at present cosigned to
sitiking off Ptieitocct's name from the die. It is
eight to inform our readers. that this invstissg name
occupied at full length, on the obverse, the plain un-
der the Kist's bend, and was repeated on i lie reverse,
I. the pint called the more,. which is the lower
part of the circle that is cut off or divided from the
rest Of des !fold; imiteti'mei foe the purpose .of re.
cording the Jett bet in the.principal Greek and
Homo coins and medals. for the purpose of insert--
log the whorl of she &lei Where the ruins were
week. ?or a succession of !votaries the Kama or
she cities were gives at fell length, but the initials
only were afterwards sbbetittited. The pewee of
diteingulsheil Magistrates were sometimes used, soil
tower* the decline cf the Romeo Consusnamealth
the ambition. of Mint Masters instigated them to
record their own names, and often the heeds of
souse illustriess persona from whotn they claimed
descent. Bet this ambition was checked, and the
practice of coining in honour of themselves, instead
of the State, was discoutiuoed. It was revived in
modern times, bat to a less extent in England than
in any other country. One of the articles of high
truisms drawn up against Cardinal %Petits, was,
that he, even is the plenitude of hie arbitrary power,
tiered to issue a coin with the type of a Cordit.sl's
hat. The poeml practice hes been for our Mint
Worker to lard his initial, hot on a Conspicuous
part of the•oeio, bet in some concealed corner only
discoverable by a microscopic eye. where it re.
attained as a sort of recorded Mint mark of the
genuine coin. Mr. WELLSsLEY POLL lest yeor
gave us his triple initials, sod braved the public
damn, which they excited. It was said of the
Ise Lord Causisoao, that when the House of
Umuniens expelled Mr. Hoses TOOK; who at for
Ilis Borough, bemuse be had once been in order?.
hi exclaimed, that if the block clothes of his friend
the Parson so frightened them. he wadi, try, as
the owner of the Borough, vault the House would
bay to his black mos, Tees, as a Member.
Las the same pod spirit of contradiction. we sup-
pose, the Mister of the Mint determioed. that as
the public had resumed to object to the introduc-
tion of 'ilir sten mask so the coinage of the realm,
he would try what they would say to the fall /corgi/
Must or Ibe Italian Artist he employed 4)11 the
•ork. He had, we know. • precedeot (by no
. MOW a uniform one) for this also—it is one drawn
from France; se that with the Italian's example,
and the French precedrist. John 801 l is amply re-
mounded for the salary or 4,0001. a year he pays
to the Muter of the Mint, independent of the col-
lateral expenses which the boughog hi the hew
to nap occasioned.
Pistaucces name is now. it seems, to be erased.
but this will only remove 1014‘ of the objections we
ti tertain to the winkinaioliiii of the die, and we
sincerely hops the present opportunity will not be
lost, of re-considering both its deign end work-
manship—both of whirls are. we !batik. unworthy
of the character of the country. and particularly
.0 of the closing reign of a Monarch. who was the
Foinder of our Royal Academy, and the steady
J'atroli oldie Fine Arts duns% • very long sod sc-
ore life. As Pisravecs's name ts disposed of, we
shall tura to the executiou of this coiw.
The obverse of the new Crown piece bears a heed
in profile, intended to be a likeness of our revered
Sovereign, whose MUDS and titles surround it. The
style of the head is certainly good, but it wants the
important end uecesaary correctness of being a
proper likeness of the King—it does uot. indeed,
degrade the contour or lineaments of the• royal
visage. as the first Half-crown piece did, the dn. if

which was ern:minds broken (we hops rill the,
wheel), lout it gives Der gracioaa Sovereign a broad
mad fleshy nose, and • thick mid unseemly upper
lip, which beer bat a very imperfect, if any. re-
sembhince In the original. The beck part of the
head ii worked with greet tare, lint we think with
rndiaste. bud worse effeet-wthe wreath is almost
fiat, and seems rather inserted iu the hair than en.
circling it; the twat principal curls which decorate
the brow, look More like lonic ornaments one mar.
We column than ringlets of heir on the human
head.
We have hitherto adverted le the Averse ride of
the new Crown piece. The reverse has a represents.
lion of St. George and the Devon, surrounded by
au inscription of the motto of the Garter. There
is certainly great spirit and energy in the figures of
the /mese and Knight. The hone is really boleti.
ful, and both in action and figure is • fine study
from the Elgin Marble., and the inimitable cast in
the Mews Gallery. The anatomical parts are forci-
bly and eurrectly delineated, and with sufficient
rigour and energy. But the cloak of the Knight
looks more like a leaden cast than the impression
which ought to be made by a well-executed die;
it has more of a feu-like stiffness in the folds, then
of that soft end grecefol flowing which the drapery
required. The hair is also detached from the beck
of the helmet: it emits by itself, and is oncost-
nected with eny object. We are told that the
helmets of the Guard. are about to uurlergo
an alienation, aml that they are to be lopped of
their horse-hair tails. Perhaps the Master ill the
Mint, es he seems armed with unlimited power, has
first tried the exprrimegt on the coin, before the
regioneritel tailor is call4J upon to give teal effect
to the propertied alteration. These errors in the
Minute earn of the drapery are, however, nothing,
when conaprired to the dragon ever which this nu-
Ille Grecian hers* is so unworthily employed.
We do not know whether the Master of the ()rd.
stance furn.shed the model for this dragon from the
fount in which be formed the noodoserild animal
that bears the Cadiz snorter in the Park. but we
do kriuw that in nroportions would bailie all at-
tempts to give a correct delineation of any thing to
which we attach the notion of shape or &atone.—
The neck is no bigger than that of a snake, and
coiled in the saute Mousier; it hears, in point of
rise, no proportion to the form of the body, which
is iu itself iuleed little better then a shapeless mars.
The effect of the fine appearance of the horse on
the flew of the cnin, is almost Spoiled by the un-
seemly ground which this shapeless dragon makes.
We regret that any thing should have occurred
on the revere, to have spoiled the effect or de.
eidedly the brat'part of the Artier! labours. The
letters which form the inscription on the rim are
large, and brought up so even with the edge of the
plane, or field of the coin. that the least variation in
the horizontal situation of the piece, 'while under..
going the process of the work, call in upon the
tops cud bottoms of the letters on the rim, and ac.
twiny obliterates their markings. The new piece
is also without p raised edge—it has souse canes
marginal drutiugei which farm circular rays round
each side of the coin as is the old guineas. The
want of this raised edge exposes the entire im-
pression ou the face of the coin to incessant
friction ; it Must.' therefore, while in the course
of circulatioui not Only b:colge deteriorated in
its itotriusiie relic. but any historical record
whieli the ialspression may be calculated to con.
vey, must inevitably he obliterated. We feel no
anxiety about the latter effect. as the obverse is not
a correct likeness, and because we think the lettod
of St. George' inal4ke Lhagoa a bad sot:4l4ow for
the richer". of the ibeyal anao. If the testa had
grown too common in the eyes of the Master of the
Mint, why nit resort to sere device ',lnch would
be typical of the national character. Was our
modern history (arid would Walt.tietw Nix
admit it!) less deficient than that of Greece end
More (whose achiereuseuts decorate their coins) in
the glory of its recordet.-end bad we no actions like
thaw en the National Medals now in progress, and
priacipolly too by Englinh Artists. that were
suitable for the type of a new coinage ? If a
general device, characteristic of our country.
were nectirrary, it might here been had without
pettiug to she risk of exhaustion the invent
five powers of either WELeasextr Poo` or
canto. There is, if we mistake not, in a collection
of !tomato medals extant, one struck after the Ro-
mans were in England, in which Great Britain. be-
ing an isle. it represented leaning on a rudder, and
with the prow of a ship appearing at her fret. Some
such national emblem of udr maritime character
would better suit the taste sad station of the times
them the device of St. George and the Dragon, which
corresponds with our history exactly as much as the
statues of Gog east Magog do with the sculpture
erected near them in Guildhall. It is said that
what our new Crown piece loses in character, it
dues ant gain in weight. One adteritage way re•
milt from this—as nobody will be iuclined to imitate
our taste. so nobody ail, have au inducement to
export this branch of our circulating specie.

The BastiNgt moo of war, from Bengal, for
whore safety apprebenrionv hod been eritertossied,
iu con.wquence of lorr having wiled from Sloth's on
26tli April, had, by accounts received lesterdoy,
urrivrd pule at the tile of Eunice. on her way to
Etsgleud.

The Proeidettre. SUTTON, arrived at Portsmouth
from Rio Imeiro. for London. nut 73 days; spoke
on 27th August, in let. 21. 12.5. long. 34. 40. W.
the Triton, from Liverpool to the East Indies, all
well. Ou gEttli. iu Ist. 20. 3. S. long. 34. W.
spoke the Celednia. from London for Oilcans,
having lost her foremast; and in list. 6. 30. N.
long. 4'. W. spoke the Jane, of Liverpool. from
Maranhaui. all well.

Au alhay of is serious nature has taken place it
Deal, between a party of smugglers and some @nen
belonging to the Severts frigate, in which it is re.
ported (me of the hoes was shot.

The accounts from Portsmouth state, that • die.
position to tuatiuy had manifested itself lament the
convicts U4I beard the Surety, Captain RAINS,
bound fee Nee South Wake, on the 19th. It ap-
pears they intended to have carried the ship iuto the
Cove of Cork, had their plans not been fortunately
di.t (armed. Five or the ringleaders were in cause.
glance heavily iroutd.—(Evening Paper.)

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ESCAPE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

fftO OUR owN INVALUNNLI MUTAT'

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Atu-La.ClSAPlttlt.lt. oeT. •
I forbore vending you any description of this
city, knowing that you could select a more copious
and correct sae, from the storks of limy traodiers
..osand, as ts an account of the rejoicings which
marked the entrance *Fehr Sovereigns. I left that
assured, sham
totals: inetheesseefeolofetawerin cokunro.optinmessig that it
you
quite sufficient to give yell dews. and being well
could snake out, with the aid of illuminations,
fire-work., and bonfires, as krillisusi a story as the
most skilful of your eentemporeres.
But, now. that I have procured • matter worthy of
detail, you shall Sod that I am not tarty id corn-
nitinicating it. a • •
I knew, fur some time post, like many ether iso•
dividnals, who came here to pick .1, intelligence;
that very important matters were dully delisted in
Congress—but, unfortunately, like them, I knew
nothing more. Tired of inactivity—determiiied,
if possible. to worm eat some of " the secrets of
the prison-house"—I passed an entire day, in con-
'tittering what mania was the best to he pursued.
for the attainment of this important object. Weirs
of cogitating. I happened to take up a volume o
Gil Illos--oaci, after perusing some of his merry
adventures amongst the servants of the Nubility,
it immediately struck me, that an introduction to
a fro of the parti-coloured tribe would be the
kdreit mode of obtaining my desiie. Do not start
ut my mixing oith such company. I have always
revered the maxim of the present Ministers—
so boldly stied on, with reference to the Ito.
Come Tax—`, so the end be obtained. why should
we be scrupulous as to the anus." After a
greet deal of drinking, and some dffscrlty (you
see I do not reckon the " potations pottle deep"
which I felt it necessary to swallow on this occasion.
!amongst the difficulties), I was introduced to the
eastkeian of a great Northers Potentate—a devilish
clever fellow. Prom his general manners; I fancy
he is a Noblemen in disguise—an opinitin lam the
more inclined to think correct, because he drives
very badly—for your foreign Nololeiie Cannot so
noddy assume the characters of groom% jockeys,
coachmen' end prite.fightera, es the snore en-
lightened Noblemen of the United Kingdom. At
my third interview With my new stAnaintence
(during which, by the way, I lost my watch in a
very usysteriotis manner). I procured intelligence of
the must interesting nature—intelligence which, I
hope, yea will print in large letters, end moss to
be sent forth to the public, like Mr. Bathurst%
opetcheo—dooble-leodesi! It is related by Vitro-
mkt, that,A rchimedes. laving discovered • mode of
solving a difficult question suddenly left the bath,
and ten asked through the streets of Syracuse. ex-
claiming, aloud, .11Spisi. *taw. My joy was
equally great. as I attempted (for I had al drain'd
my dreughts of Rhenish down") to scamper through
the streets of bawling out, as
loudly as the hiccup would permit me—" Victoria!
Victoria!"
But you are impatient to begin the news—and 1
am most anxious to haish it, as my friend the
asthma, is waiting for ate, with '8 • stomp of
liquor" at the Tete-dm-fttratf. Know. them, that 1
have procured a circumstantial account of the
speech delivered by an Agent of one of the
European Powers. in support of the Memorial of a
great Potentate, fee the removal of Napoleon
Bonaparte from hie peeing place its roiliest% I
so denominate it, for, in compliment to the friends
of Ministers. I cannot call it a place of Imasieksvent,
or of imprisossaust—although Mr. I...eke, judging
from one of his peeitices, would be apt to differ
from them in opinion.
The Agent alluded to spoke to this effect :
" I am surprised that there should be any ob-
jection to the prima/el contained in the Memorial.
which does out require Boosparte's removal from
St. Metro., with a view to setting him at liberty
but. proposes that a proper place should be selected
for liis further detention—and, considering the ease
with which. as 1 shall presently sheet. he may
escape from the Island, I thiak at ie necessary to
provide in time. against the possibility of such as
event. by agreeing to the proposittou.
" The extreme likelihood of Bonaparte. being
carried away from St. Helena, by means of a steam
vessel, was first broached in au English newspaper,
remarkable fur the consistency of its political opi-
nions—for its strenuous exertions in favour of the
doctrine or 'quantity—from the year 1793 to the
present period. The article is said to have been
written by the Secretary to the Admiralty. a Gen.
drawn who, like theaueieut Romarn. when prepar-
ing to oppose the maritime power of the Carthe.
pavilin, obtained all his knowledge of nautical a&
fairson shore. Coming from such an authority, the
suggestion ought to have greet freight-.but, mit has
been published, 1 mean not to descant on it—and
shall now advert to other means some of which
may, and probably will. be resorted to, for the pur-
pose °frescoing Napoleon, Wive do not interpose iu
time.

•' t st.—May not Napoleon's escape be effected by
the employment of a balloon, of immense diineu-
sions ? It clearly .nn—aud. to speak the 'nab, 1
do not much approve of the *aromatic eahibitious
that have recelitly taken place in this city. There
experiments, upon • smell scale, are only the
forerunners of some stupendous attempt. How
easy is it fur the adherents of Napoleon. either
in Europe or Americo, to construct a balloon of
extraordinary magnitude, the kid to be large
enough to live iu • rough sea ? This they might
convey on board a vessel. within • few leagues of
the taking care to keep out of sight. lii
this tus %ion, the balloon might be inflated, and
(the boat bring properly manned) set adrift, at
au hour •so cilculated, that it should nut hover
over the island till utght•fall. Bonaparte, who
'keeps a regular correspondence with his agents in
Europe, apprised of the intended relief. wo•Irl be
on the look-out—mid. a rope. with a lusters bard
to the end of it, being let down, what conl4l pre-
vent the crew aloft from raising him into the
boat ? If they could afterwards make the ship.
very well—if not, they would be prepared to pro-
ceed on a voyage themselves. for which purpose the
boat ought to be fully provisioned.
•• 2d.-1 entertain greet fears that the 4mseiews

•"146 onajr, Nilibir

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Sea-Serpa,. u it is called, is nothing elae than a
'machine—a species of diving-bell—isnended for a
'visit to St. Helens. The appearance of soil' a
monster, as it 'multi bethought, would fright's'
'the guards from their posts, and Bonaparte might
then, without difficulty, march into thb mouth of
the prettified serpent. The America's Papers have
clearly some had design in so frequently.melitons-
ing on animal, which none. hut Americo', Capful's'',
who are not remediable for veracity. .pretend 'tr.
have seen. Recollect Ile Trojan Herat, said be
not deceived by the America* Sea-Serpent.
"3d..-Alay not Bonaparte be released front !Cr.
Helens, by Meant of a fennel. to •Ite
from the West-coatit of Africa to the Island Thi.
is not so chintettcal aim idea as some indiriditsis
imagine. The French are an enterprising people-,
the distenee is only 1,200 miles—and; if we look
to Ratielas. Priam of Abyssinia. who dug a
image through a tnountain to enable him to escape
from the Vale of Illeppisiess, and to certain Tun-
Waters, in England, whose labours were com-
tneuced,in the most northern pares of the kingdom
and•tenninated in the neighbourhood a the Nines
Beach, or o.d—we may easily form a just idea of
the pritetkability of the scheme.
• " 404—8 y means of a cork Jacket, or leathern'
bags. filled with tried. amid properly closed, and
a pair of artificial ratings, articles easily fabricated
in Napoleon's residence, he may be enabled
to abscond. Thos it might be nianaged :—Ou
• certain day, of which notice could easily be given,
a vessel might be statlolied off the island, at a par-
ticular distance: Bonaparte takes the air on the
steepest side, where there is a narrow path. *called
the goots*-wallr. Here. none observing. he whips
on his cork-jacket—affixes his wings to his ghoul-
ders,s-and plunges from the rock. His wings set
as a parachute, rendering his descent gradual.
Thud his breath is preserved=and. whets once he
touches the briny element. be paddlift off; in
triumph, to the receiving-ship.
"sth.—Do we not all know the power of the food-
atone? May not that be converted into the means
or hicescape ? I hate It from the best authority,
that a number of Freo'cliMen are this moment em-
ployed in the purchase of the largest loadstones *list
can be procured. But how, you ask, can the, map
wile power be used to attain such an end o—Thus:
Bonaparte may, from time to time, contrive to have
smuggled into the island. the component part; of a
complete suit of irivis-tiratore. On r night to be
agreed on, a vessel, haling an immense jigraisfid of
loadstOtif on her deck. if to aPproieh the island, as
spar as Possible. Bonelisite; it the appointed'time,
puts on his iron-armour--mud priceeds to that part
of_ the island opposite the ship. The moment
he comes within the influence of the aegis,-
tie attrilbtioto. off he goes; and, in half a le-
cowl, by means 01 his amens., he ii stack swallow
the pile of loodstone. Remember. that the Nails
were drawn out of the ship which poor Sinvilraftl the
Sailor MU employed in navigating, when she was
three leagues distant from a mountain of load tone.
This historical fact must alarm every wise man.
" Since, then, so much danger of an escape from
St. Helena may be apprehended. it is but prudence
to remote Napoleon front that place—dud. as lie
complains of want of room, let him be bsoisbed
to Siberia. with a retinue of Coseacks. Once there,
I defy him to escape—and we shall uo longer have
cotnplaiuts of a sultry climate and close confine-
Went."
Such is the substance of the Agent's speech. 1
endeavoured to get ass account of an °ratios. deliver•
ed. in French. by Lord Castlereagh; but, though I
met several who hard. 1 did not fall in With one
who understood bins.

PICKPOCKET.
Richard Crone.; stood iudicted for unlawfully
putting his hand into the pockets of several persons
iiiient to sleet.
John *locate. a constable, stated, that he was
stationed in front of the hustiogs. Covent•garden,
duriul the late election. Hamm the Prisoner put
his head ism several pockets; another constable.
Bette, observed the Primmer, who struck him two
blows. Whoa* lied no doubt the Prisoner was in
Covent-gardeu fur the purpose of committiug a
felony.
The Prisoner called no witnesses,.
The Jury found him Cray, and he was sen-
tenced to six months imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

PSALMANAZIII4

W RSTMINSTE ft SILSSIONS.

GUILDHALL, WILATMINg
EasmAT, Omegas 23.

Wa, Clark, an •icinaii siTsr;ry decent appear.
once, was indicted for unlawfully, wickedly, and
indecently enposiug his person on the Pith of
July, in Hyde Paik, to four male children, and
divers other
Thomas lersitartilated, that he was a journey-
men painter. On the day mentioned in the indict-
ment, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon,
he saw the Prisoner at about forty yards from Gros-
veaor-gate, exposing hie person in an indecent
mum" to four children. The witness went up and
reamostrated with him ou the isidecency of his
conduct. The Primmer attempted to strike him
with a stick, mid afterwards said that if he would
go with him to • gentleman near the Serpentine
neer, the matter could be settled. Witness accord-
ingly went, and secured the Prisoner, as lie at-
tempted to tetVite as the way.
The Chairio•ii" Witness, how came you to
consent to go pith him to settle it t"
Witness—" 1 merely went to see if he had any
arcomplice."
Chairmisa...." Hassid nothing about money ?"
Witiiess--" Not • word."

MISDEVEANOR.

The Prisoner, on being called upon for his de-
fence said, he wits a married num. and some time
ugo heed as i land-steward with a lady of fortune,
in Cheshire. He denied the charge of having
iu-
decently ciposed his person; and complained of
having been assiulteri and struck by the witness
against hies.
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty.
The CHAIRII•11, in 'tossing stutiroce upon the
Prisoner. lamented that a unwise' man should have
been guilty of bUCiI on utfreire. The Court had
taken into its con.idtratiou the two mouths imprison.

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silent the Painner had alregtily taiduresis4:,,i the ari
knee was, thAt he be further imprismieti for Wu
'pace of four months.

The Jury made u small sub•aiptims to .111'4
the Proisecutm's expenses, as the Couit had ho puiso
to awird the minowit.
LeueG was indicted for shad li int; .It,sepli
Shane. 011 the ought of the 40th ref 4epiemher
'sibs Unpin to commit Cu ahooninnide offsine,. •
The Prosecutor was a 'solvate its the Colds:trearn
Regiment of Guard., ami•was ou duty Oil tire sight
iu queationi. in St. near the Gentian
Outlay': between cleseii sod twelve o'clock. Tile
l'risomer came up to the spot, lieliaveol
• 11,1111 1111 l er which lift no &ohs of has ilite!t•
11101111. The Prosecutor upon this, seised him Is/
the culler, and placed him egain4 the wan, oh•
nerving to him, tint if be attempted to escape, he
would run bins through the body with Ins bayonet.
Fie detnined him in that state until the corporal
came round with the relief-gismo(' ; he was than
bulged in the guard-house, on the ',ray to which he
repeatedly offered money to be allowed to escape.
This evidence Wes corroborated by two or three
More soldiers.
The Prisoner; who was fashionably dressed, dr:.
vied the charge, and said that he was merely soas•inL:
through the Peak iu a state of intoxication., when he
was seized by the•soldiers.—Verdict,
truce, one year's imprisoinasent its the House o!'
Correction.
The officers of the reg:ment defrayed the ex.
'tenses or the proseculion.
There were several other mei of misoleineavor
tried, but they were spite devoid Of interest.
A rumour prevailed that 31r. hunt's case agaiss•t
the High Constable of Westminster, at. 11,11,111,t
during the late election, would come oisi this d..y,
kit there is no inch case set down fur I:eltruog.

POLICE.

Before Mr. Abbr.., Aratei, pieta/mg Magistrate.
DANDY PItKPOCKETS.
WFlliaw Clarki, a young mark abort twenty years of
age, dressed in the tint fathion of Dandyism', was' yeller-
day pat to the bor.
Mr. John Dean, of No. lit, Swallow-street, St. James's,
lineman sod balkier, stated, that on the day berme he was
going front hie bootee to St. Clerneut'a.lane Lombard atmr,
Le went through the TeMple, and es be passed along
Whit. -
friarw, abut two o'clock, a Mr. Beaten told him his pocket
was picked chile poteket.hook ;- he put his hand to his pa•cket
and found it *se tree. Mr. Bothell pointed to the Prirum r,'
sad a permit with him, who had just turned 'lowa a e assoc.,
tbera I new wharf. The Prisaser..and b,. companion
trollied at their leisure, until they got teethe nod of the pots.
see, whom they made a abort tura, awl went np n Ilacce,l
ruairt, width lends to Whitefriare. He called out, •• Stop
thief!" as which the Priauster's claimant'. roil; she Pri.
miter tried to tie the same—bol, forMemeo reaftin be NUI'l
not unmet Aar, was unable. At tholdipse lort (iler• entsca)
sew Lis pocket-book lying on the Bari. the court, whirh.
be picked op, mod found the Prisoner in custody at the end
of the mast. His pueket-book contained sits If Sank of
England, wad a Birmingham rote fur 51 • the latter he was
going to get souther ante for. Nothing Lad been taken out
of the puthe‘boult. He hail so kuusikdgeaf his tins mutt!
he was isfonned by Mr. Bushell; Ile did not occollect that
be had ever nth the Prisoner or his sompeolon before.
Mr. William Bushell, of remoter, hill, Salishery-sioarr,
carpenter, slated, that about two o'clock the day before I •
saw the Prisoner sad his companion follow the last witora,
in Whilefrian; he had no sespiciuu of them, as he thente t
they were oath of fashion. He saw the Prisoner put Ica
head loot Syr. Deau'a pocket awl take out his poolart.hookt
but it was dome su openly that Ire thought t• was me Sr.
quainlauce of Mr. Demo's. The Aral thing that gave him the
tenet seapleitat that they were pickpockets was k le•eire
down the passage without speaking to Mr. Dean, uu •hirla
be imfunaed Mr. Dean of his lON, sad pointed them out.
He did met go with Mr. Dam duwu the passage, as he burst
the situation of the new wharf, and that they could mot make
their escape without they came up the legged court. He
aecorehogly pasted himself et the passage sent the street. lie
saw the Prisoner sod hie companion, the latter running; be
attempted b. stilt him, but be broke from his grasp; nut so
with the Po isomer; for, when he laid hold of bins, be at.
tempted to struggle, hot be was so weak that a child tried&
have held him. De did not sok the witness why he stopp. I
him, hut sold, "Carte the dep.* He gave hint lulu she
easluef of so aim.
As °Seer stated that be orsrehed the Prisoner, anJ found
on him a small pocket hook, contain* sin If. notes, and .5
SUM watch, with • tashioanble hair chain sad Ars golil seats.
Mr. Humphreys, the Solicitor, who attended fur the Pri-
wooer, applied- to the Alieratan that the notes meta stitch
found on the Pasoaer might be delivered to him.
The Prisoser—" 'Pots ay hawse I took all of them in
the way of business?'
The worthy Al4/171111111 observed, there sever came befiou
bins a citrate ease of &Ivey ; it was fully proa ed in eon ty
respect. As to the motes and width found on the Prisouei,
he would not order Mem to be delivered to him. lle would
direct that they should be advertised in the public meas.
paws, audit was probable that the persons whom they wo re
taken from would appear to prosecute, hi which case the
releaser might be spin brought-up.
Mr. Hantobreys--0 Theo you remand him fur twitter ex-
astinetioa ?"

Aldermiss—.6 I elo not; on this charge he is fully coin.
witted for trial, but if there is another preferred against
kin it will not prevent his being brought up here."
The Prisoner was (ben taken front the bar.

1110W-STIMET.
Yesterday Mr. Edmund Wood, of Woolwich, appeared be-
fors RICHARD Slat Mt, Etq. the sitting Magistrate, to an-
swer • charge wider the chapatis Regulation Art, vas.
with unlawfully taking up the pavement lii Crcil.attert, is
the Strand, without applytior fur mid ohlatolog the cowieut
of the yon of the district. The Defesissit pleaded
guilty to the charge.
Mr. Cadugsa, the Surveyor of the Distriet of the Parish
of St. Clement Daises, stteoakd, anti stated that the act of
fishiest up the mamas' by the Defeadent, it Cecil-street,
was dime by high authority, and therefore he conaidere4 this
a very proper charge.
Oa the Magistrate asking him what that high aniburity
was, he replied it was Sir William emigretre, anti he cons
ridered that he had acted very lessiestly its proceeding for
are penalty, as Ise could have dour so fur sweaty, fleece
belies ',wank of tweedy square yards of patsies's taken
op, which would amoeut to more dear 1011/.
The Defendant was coals:led Is the mitigated penalty of
W. which is applied to the paving rates.
William Ash!.. um charged with framinimilly obtaining
a coat, the property of Mr. John Ileitaisky, from his know
in Grorgassioret, Adelphi, by undershoot to his wertsist that
Mr. &Manley hail Adieu overboard from • how ',tug at
the Adelpht, and wasted the coat to change his elothrs.
A pownbroloree duplicate foe the Pnisocutor's coat was
/sued oo the Primmer. Me was issamitted hie
Joha Taylor, • porter at the Sloamess ion, WAN toasted
up
for oversimegiug a parcel delivered by bias to 3dr. Pinker,
of Leicestersequare.
The charge was satiefoilorily rowed by the Prosecutor.
The defence .st up by the De eallawa was, that he had lost
the original ticket which he reocildid,/rom sloe book-keep..,
sod bail made out soother hiaeliel4 bad bad chart.!.l at the
rate of dd. for earls bird, which was customary if they came
lOW.' 40 miles of Loudon.

T`► Magistrate etsW. the DefelMaet might think isitatelf
wry well sier be was net preaaisikal rue a haus), rod con-
victed his M W.; gad there Mug two auuiasunius, t..r
custmeseuated to 7..

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3 ...., Niels, .....orieu.
from Itio Janeiro. for London. nut 73 days; spoke rorerunuers tit mine stupendous attempt. Hew neer. the matt
!Istituto'. name is now. it seems. to be erased,easy is it fur the adherents of Napuleou. either ingly went, as
but this will only 71•1110fle mane of the objections we on 27th August, in bd. 21. 12.5. long. 34. 40. W.
the Triioas,from Liverpool to the East Indies, all in EaraPe or America. to construct • balloon of tempted to iiw
tote/tate to the vonkinamhip of the die. mid we extraorditiery magnitude, the noel to be large The Chairs. 1 . well. On inch, in lat. on. 3. S. long. 34. W.
sincerely hope the present opportunity will oat be enough to live iu • rough sea ? This they might consent to pro
spoke the Celedenia, from London for Calcutta.
•lost, of re-cousidering both its design sad work.
inseship—both of which are, we think. unworthy
of the character of the country. and particularly
so of the closing reign of a Monarch. who was the
and the steady A
3,liiiiviiigaia,l.muit,
alsielr:oe rue.inast; mud in lot. 6. 30. N. convey a" board a vessel. within • few lengues of Witness..."
long. e"' W. spoke the Jaw, of Liverpool, Irina
Au alleay of a serious nature has takes. place It
l'airou oldie Fine Arts during • very long said ac- Deal, between a party of smugglers and "once "r" over the island
tire life. As l'isTeucces name is dWposad of, we isclaalciall to the Severn
shall turn to the execution of this coign
The obverse of the new Crown piece beams head '
file. intended to be a likeness of our revered
pelted out of the loiter was shot.
frigate, in which it is re- ' k
time Wand. taking care to keep omit of sight. In sweomplicr."
this situation, the balloon might be inflated, and Chairmen..
(the boat bring properly manned) set adrift, at Witness—a'
Fotinder of our Royal Academy, a
u hour •so calculated. that it should slut hover The Priem
till utglit•fall. Bonaparte. who fence said, h
ceps a regular correspondence with his agents in up hued ea a
' Europe, apprised of the intended relief, would be in Cheshire.
The accounts from Portsmouth shoe. that a die .on the lookout—and. a rope. with a loam fixed decently espo
in pro
position to mutiny had manifested itself among the to the end ail, being let down, whet could pre. having been i
Sovereign, whom nand and titles surround it. The . ramjets us, beam the swig, Captain RAINS, vent the crew aloft from raising him into the against him.
style of the head is certainly good, bid it wants the
royal
1: important and accessary currectnera of being a
r ',roper likeness of the King—it does not. iodeed,
l:lrma of the. bound t.r New Smith Wales. on the 19tho It ap-
pears tlwy intended to have carried the ship into the
Cove of Cork, had their pious ent been fortunately boat ?If they could afterwsrds make the ship. The Jury fa
very well—if out, they would be prepared to pro- The CHAU
creel on a voyage themselves. for which purpose the Prismier, lame
degrade the contour ur linea
1 dimovered. Five of the ringleeders were iu conic• boat ought to be fully provisioned. beets guilty c
visage, tithe first half-crown pie.ce did, the dn. .if ' glance brevity ironid.—(Ercuisig Paper./ •• 2c1.-1 eutertain great fears that the ANN.-inn taken into its c
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