The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-22 00:00:00

,bitmilrox Samson 10.

It is stated swot positi►ely that the Prince Re-
gent will arrive immediately the houses now fit-
ting up are prepared to receive him.
Artillery waggons are the vehicles employed to
bring furniture, &c. to the Pavilion. Two hundred
workmen are employed there.
The Anniversary Meeting of the East Sussex
Auxiliary Bible Society took place on Thursday
last; the Rev. Dr. Hooker in the Chair. The
Rev. Joseph Hughes and Robert Steven, Esq. ably
advocated this magnificent institution, detailing its
utonishing progress both at homeland abroad. This
Auxiliary Society, during the past year, has re-
mitted 900/. as a donation to the Parent Institution.
The value of ule.lieenses may be judged of whin
we state. that on Monday last, the High Constable
informed the Magistrates, he had been offered by
one pe►sou 5004 and by another 4001. for the suc-
cessful exertion Dr his interest in procuring licenses
for two houses belonging to the individuals allude.
to. Mr. E. Blaker, churchwarden, declared, that
500/. had also been offered to him on a similar coo.
dition.

samosa' 21.
The lamented indisposition of her Majesty conti-
nues to render it uncertain when the Prince Regent
will be here.
General Sir Benjamin Bloomfield. on a visit to his
children, arrived at the Pavil t on Thursday eve*.
ing—Sir Benjamin war accompanied ill his journey
by Mr. Noah. said his Royal Highness's Solicitor,
Mr. Bicknell. The following day was damp
throughout, and the arrival of the Baronet being
hut little known, there were scarcely any visitors to
the Palace—the atteudance ..f Nobility there, how..
ev.•r, on Saturday, was the reverse, to whom the
answer ,riven wis., that Sir Benjamin had set off
to reinni to rarlion-hodsw, as early IN seven o'clock
the seine ino. nine.
The halos of fashionable company to this place,
yet trootinues weekly to mere .r.
Last wetk a complaint wa. made to our Magi.
Orates na si gentleman, whose real name, it appears,
is Regi: •I ! Parker. t Proctor in Doctors' Com-
m...ls, mansion severe' of the • keepers of this town,
41111 pn!,rolarly those of the Castle, who had •le-
toiled hi lii.mikte until the hill he had contracted
there should be paid. The visit of the Complainant
to the Bench was not altogether unexpected, and
prior to which, Mr. Bates, the Magistrate, pro-
duced the following letter, which he had received
frau him it day two hews:—
" lo the Naas of the Kiesperne of r is West.
a The emote which have occurred anti plare, will,
rear, prevent say tdiniwg the treaty of peace for &Weill wall
asiesioneil to this eodsitey. I shall ',ere await the v.0.'4414116
which his Majesty's :Mediates may mace to pre, whoa pow
have reported the above. and 'him eassaider how far my
power will enable roe to act witomit romosaaieatiog with
the Goverlawast of which I have the hoarier to be Charge
dee Affaires. " R. P. HOLBECKB,
_ . . .

- - - - - .
" Castle Hotel, Brighten, 13th Sept. 1818.
" To the Magistrates of 8ra5h...5."

The content* of the above at once spew the dia.
ordered condition of the us.nd of the writer, and his'
conduct at the Bench corresponded. He was hahited
iu a loose plaid kind of inoraing gown, beneath which,
on the right arm, was the detached sleeve of-a hlue
coat; round' his middle was a broad piece of
scarlet cloth, resembling a sash ; a white waistcoat,
black stock, white leather p .ntaloons, and green
slippers, completed the costume. As an ornamen-
bill appendage, a SiXpeher, with a hole through it,
depended by a ribbon from his neck, and which,
when asked to what order it appertained, lie replied,
to that of loyalty merely—it contained the King's
picture, end was quite as expressive of the attach-
ment he felt to his person and Government. in sil-
ver, air one of gold could be, end much less diffi-
cult to keep. He talked of the importance of his
mission to this country, of the check which his
proceedings had met with through the unjustifiable
conduct of the innkeepers, and which must have
the effect of involving two pokerful nations in an
expensive end bloody war. He had left this coun-
try for Grenada in October last, where he had been
high in power, and related some dreadful assassins-
tions there, in which fourteen British Officers had
linen butchered. He had left this country with the
Prince Regent's permission, and was then ready to
raise a reginieut of cavalry iu his service. Bat he
hail been impeded in all his important designs; he
had left deeds at the Castle, which entitled him to '
a property of ten thousand pounds, which they had .
refused to give up, and what was worse, to allow
him credit to the paltry amount of seven shillings.
He was anxious to obtain an interview with Lord
Bathurst sod Lord Sidmouth, but this he was en-
able to effect, unless the Bench would kindly put
him in the way of travelling to London without
money. He had a Goo dying there. mud a friend at
Dieppe; he wished to be with both, and had been
otiosity stopped midway, and could see neither.
The sitting Magistrates on this occasion were
Messrs. Bates and Hopkins, the latter, during the
incohereut remarks of the Complainant, withdrew,
teroboon the advice end assistance of Mr. Serjeant
Rut 11l l igton, bat before the latter had arrived. the
Complainant had been permitted to depart. The
Sesjeant, on learning the particulars of the cases
arid a gentleinau of the town having declared upon
oath, from circumstances that he had witnessed.
that fatal consequence' might be the result of his
continuing at large, issued a warrant to take him
into custody.
It appears that the unfortunate gentleman had
been here in September or October last year, and
was not considered then in a sane state of mind;
since then he had been in the West Indies; and had
actually bees, landed here from a boat which had
taken him from a merchant vessel, but s few days
ago, a Spanish doubloon. and a half doubloon,
being all the specie he had about him. He had at
first put up at the Old Ship, where the strangeness of
Its conduct had induced the innkeeper, very proper.
ly, to deprive him of a brace of pistols and a sword.
The White Horse, the Royal Hotel, and the Castle,
were then severally resorted to. and the innkeeper
of the White Horse had been furiously threatened
for a something which there had occurred to dis-
please him. Notwithstanding his heterogeneous
attire, he has still the appearance of a gentleman,
and often in the wildness of his expressions the
marks of a liberal education and great experience
are to be traced. He appears about thirty years
old, and corporeally in very good health. His
friends are mentioned as of the first respectability,
and Otte, probably, are unacquainted with his

return from the We Indies. He will be taken
care of until they are made acquainted with
his condition and arrival here, and then dis-
posed of as shall be deemed most proper.—
He had left this place a day or two since in a post-
chaise, but having reached Cock&ld, he recollected
that be had left a handkerchief, and a pair of black
gaiters behind him, the former, he said, being •
flag of truce, and he came back iu the same chaise,
though, perhaps, the immediate cause of his re-
turning was the refusal of the driver to take a check
upon Wigney and Co. for the hire of the chaise and
horses. But a detail of his varieties would be end-
leas. One thing, however, appears certain, that lie
is more an object for compassion than ceusures