The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-07 00:00:00

DARING 1:013BERY.

Tuesday morning, ahou t eight o'clock, a mate of respectable
appesoaner went into the ale, p of Mr. Griffin, a perfumer in
skinurs..siscrt, awl in the payment of some lei.
Hoeg articles tendered a ball crown. A lad, who was the only
person lift in care, not having change, very incautionsly
left the shop to preiceere some, but on his return in a few
seconds the man was gone, he having in the absence of the
I ed opener' the till and atuless thecontents,nmumntinlf to 67?.
in bank notes, which Mr. Gratin deposited there for the pur-
p:ese of paying a bill dos O. 0. worming. Ao insuirdsite pur-
atilt took place after the masher without effect.

resterrlcy a Court of Directors sifts held at the
Rot India Douse, when Captain R. A 'JUICER /*RI
I•Wlif 14 into the command of the ship Waterloo,
colieigned to St. Iltirna, Bombay, and Chioa.
The Court of Directors of the Root India Corn.
I ans. have appointed Lieutcoant-General Sir A lI,LX-
A Of It CA m t., i;nrt. G.C.B. Cirmnionder ut
(Wt at Fort St. Ilt•orge, in the room of Lieure-
tiaot•Gentral Sir THOMAS 11 ISLOP, Bart. (ICH.

Mr. JOIIN FORTNOM, of Bury St. Edmunds. is
winninted by the Lords of the Treasury to succeed
he late Colonel I fu G 111.9, as Inspector of Taxes for
tlx Coty I.i
We undr.rstaini, on very grind anthority, that the
ditieretires between the French and the Americ in
Governments on the subject of c mrree have been
adpisted, and th .t the Minister from the United
tisziteß at Paris, rod the French Government, have
mutually agreed that the 111,411 doties on aliipping,
first imposed by France, and afterward., by the
I.•oited States, as a measure of retaliation, *hall Ix.
tr.co!itioi, Acid tile trade ren.tored to It. ',staler &sit-
tiu;.-7( Tirncs.)
At the second meeting for the present year of
it, Cambridge Philosophic.il Society, on Monday
cvl+l.;fitr, WvVIUI new Nlemb.:rs were elected Fellows
of the Society. Afterwards ~ paper was rend by
.the Profe.wor or Nlineralogy, Dr. E. D. CLARKE-,
npon a remarkable forinntion of Native Nuirws,
in Devonshire. The Professor also eununuulestrd
to the. Society a discovery which he bail made re-
specting the suppo-rid Alabaster Soros, brow At
Py Mr. BELZONt from Upper
Egypt ; and which
be had foin.,l to consist of one integral mass 4,1
.rfsroceerre. The Rev. Mr. CEGI 1., of ;Magdalene
•or, K.-, :also read a very iiiiportalit paper on the
pplicatino of hydrogen g4S to produce moving
foeve in nisi hiliery ; giving at the same time a
description of an engine for that purpose; which
was exhibited to the Society.

At Ilury St. Edmunds fair on Friday lad, there
wa• s 1110. t I.lrntiful aliew of Neat Stock and Ibises
--the twiner looked in good condition. and we are
informed °foamed rather better prices than at one .
hati fair. In Horse.: very little huaineas was dome-. The
price C.l Butter varied fron► 5011. to 524. per lit kw,
acrid halves front 27a. to Ss. —Flet Cheese sold at
from Yid. to 3d. per lb.
At Norwich market on Saturday Barley again
declined in price. but other amides remained moth
ntc last ort..k.—The quantity of lean stock. Scot!.
C. wis very colibiderable: the drovera mike rr..ict
effort,. to sell, but a scarcity of cad) enu•es a dull
market. The Sheep liens were well tilled, prior
much the segue es last Situttlay.

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