The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-20 00:00:00

ROBBERIES AT prLwiciL

COVIRGEOUS FENIALL.•OO Sunday wineoing last, shout
one o'clock, as the housekeeper of Charles Ellis, Esq.
brewe►, of Stockwell, was sitting op for her master, whom
she was expecting to arrive front Loudon, slue heard the foot-
steps of someone on the stairs !eliding to her, ehaisiber, where
she was sitting, nod shortly after some one tried her door,
awl endeavoured to forte it open, but could not, it being
locked on the inside. She seised a loaded pistol, which was
en the mantle-piece, and called out " Who's there!. No an-
swer was maife; she said," If you do sot 'mower I will shoot
you," and aspen. d the dour, and saw a man running as fast as
he could down stairs and through the trout dour, which she
found open, although it was double lucked when she west op
stairs. During the retreat of the 'Atom she pulled the trig-
ger of the pistol, but it iinfuriuuately flashed in the pan;
she followed the thief into the road, mod he being very light
heeled be escaped over some fields. Mr. Ellis arrived at
home just as the thief had made his escape, and was auto-
wished in no small degree to final his house open, and his ser-
vant is the situatiuu described. This is the third time the
house had bees attempted to be rubbed within a short period.
The thief, this last lime, effected an entrance through the
drawing.rtions wiodow by taking wit a pane, which he reach.
ed by standing upon t►e vireo& over the front door.
On the same morning the house of Mr. Cooper, of Del.
with, was broken open by wrenching the door open with a
crow her. The family was alarmed, and the thieves effected
their escape without any booty.

A very large footuns has devolved to the Mar.
cloionesa of HUNTLY, by the death of her father,
Mr. BRODIE.

The Assirtant Secretory to the Commander-in-
Chief is discontinued, and Colonel SHAW has, in
consequence. retired from the Horse Guards.
SASIOBI. STEPHENS. of Tregenna Castle, Esq.
is a Candidate for the representation of the Bo-
rough of St. Ives, at the 'loci General Election.
An increase of 30,0001. hat taken place in the
cotton's at Grimsby in the last year. l 0 1816, the
duties were 70,903/. ; in the year 1817, 101,073/.
Our Penrith correspondent informs us that
during the whole time the bill-sticker was em-
ployed in rutting up the bills. announcing Mr.
Ilauu(num as the candidate to oppose the Low.
THEIL family, he was cheered by the populace in
token of their satisfaction. Thus, in the teeth of
his Lordship, do the very people around him thew
" how much they are bound to him by ties of local
and domestic attachment !"—(Carlisle Joursal.)

'the father of Muster %I:STIMULI., the youth
who was lately killed while hunting near Brighton,
is now in Paris, expecting his unfortunate 4011 to
join Wm there. and he has a married sister in the
East Indies. Happily for her, his mother paid the
debt of nature souse time since—she is, therefore.
beyond the reach of affliction. The melancholy
eveut occurring in the presence of su many respect.
able witnesses, occasioned the Inquest of a Coro-
ner to be thought by some unnecessary, the moanss
of the ill-fated youth were therefore interred w the
church-yard at Preston on Thursday morning. 'rise
Coroner, however, being of a different (mission, the
body was disinterred un Saturday, for the inspection
of his Jury.
The Hum. E. PETRE. of stopietoo Park, its th•
exercise of his usual liberality towards the town of
Selby, baring libalitliitierl his claim of 101 l use corn
exposed to sale its Selby market, many of the prin-
cipal farmers in the vicinity auuunneed, by public
notice, their tutentions of brit►t;iog their corn thi-
ther; cosisequesitly Alonday st'isisight seemed to be
ushered its us the commencemeot of a new era in

the eons trade there. About ninety waggons, loaded
with elittereitt grins, entered the place, a hick far
exceeded the expectation of the itilnibitania; many
or the most respectable dealers, r different ports
oldie country, were ill •tteuuilauite, and steal ly the
quantili true bought up at wiry good priert.