The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-17 00:00:00

PuLICE.

BOW ',REIT.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT ASSAft.illkitTlll:4
Yesterday • geratlensaa ClOllO to this 41SCP, to a spterd.4
enelolatoned with • royal decal former, sad
informed the sitting Magistrate (Mr. Rirnie) that Le niteott.
eil by command of the Prioress of Cumberland, who reside.
at t 6, Bedfordsselware, is commtanieste to tons
flat as attempt bad been ovule upon her life, on Moo-
day night, by some unknown person. She was et she
window of her chamiter, preps' big to notitress, when •t
was alarmed by the breaking of a pane of guns :-
diately over her head. Tim (*sighs, however, wits merely
temporary, wa she had wut,al Utr Illtur an tars ike.eral
tibiae of it; but issi the following morning het f. pule at_
Lewdest .nand a small pistol bullet as the floor, and en
ezainiising the aperture in the glass,. it was fiss.ll/1 :0 be posh
• woe ma u pistol ballet veldt sr-imams, and the Princess
thee remembered that ee the time there.oe. some l 11l tg in
the street, but she •iiritsitied it to Ile persons who were is.
juicing. The cireistomadice hid excited comistrlerslik a'sai
i•• bee mind, and she was tut. mock indisposrd to ;erne, h.r
house, but she wished very much to mike a deposition of
the fact.. Air which porpoise she repos/fed the attendance t f
a Magitorate at her own resoleace.

31r7 Mollie asked if Ole suspected any particular p. ,141•
of the cutout of attempting her life t end if out, what rod
it would seawer to mike a IkpObiliWill own the ^object -
The gentleman said, she did nut au•pict any to. herr.
far person, but she had a very strong wish to area. Lp 41,e
fact.
Air. }Nettie seat a treaty officer (J. J. Smith) to the house,
and he returned in a short tune, stating, that he had 'Vitriol
the window in the state dracrilted by tbedapplit ant, end had
men the bollet,4trhirb was a little Itittentil. 'The Latiii,
however, was .44 satisfied, mid wished much to sic thc )14-
stoical,.
. Mr. !Untie they drove to Alfred.p'sce, and bad an inter,
view with the Lady. lie also saw the window and the hall,
and he expressed an opiniuu that it must have been bred
from the opposite side <I the steer I, and that the ball most
have been .early sprat when it reached the glass. The bait
was extremely small. •
Thss ilia al! that:ism aj prsnent transpired with respect. les
Ibis *fair.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SEILNICTION •
Some tense age a beautiful mut imeenvpindwil Biel, of lA,
the only daughter of a Ladyr earridiop •t -Ekberg. Terrace.
Chelsea, was suarleriTy mieind lei beau-, and no trace
could be obtained:fit her by her dintraeled purest, or by.
those ensplo).(l by her for atone days. At leag.h, bunrrea,
it was ascertainril„ 11;at io her wilts, which.Nlie wus it tiro
habit of taking in the"Kiirg'lli-tiVillt with' her !trotter, -die
had several times 111:4 an eldest!. -man, of gelille•narrly
oppearaore, who always entered into rorreersatiost wish hes
and that on the day of her elopenseat, she was sees to get
ism a chaise turd four with him, and drive...,
,aprilly assay.
It was also ascertained from her little brother, Oro the maps
repreeeuted himself tube a Peer, and talk. d of thing obliged
to allied to his duties is Parliament. In corecerptence of
them shicoveries as isuptirr was made uf Lords, but un
N.-
ble Lord could be futuid who answered the dr:scripture of
the sedocer.,

As application was 'lwo lea& by a. Major M. and aliol7ter
Geo Oman, friends of the nithappy mother, to Mr. Biro)e
whew the worthy litsitstrate ialnurdintely ordered &hams
the eller, to /MP etrery.geossarie effort so trace the folitives.
Its • few days it. wait asearetaise4 beyood a duellist that Use
seducer was Sir W. C. a Baronet and M.P., why is epeeists
of misty years of age, and that he had Conveyed ::•e unhappygirl to Scollard. Haunt( made this diacovery. the parties
again requested the advice of Mr. Birair, and at iiis retrem.
mortadellas a writ of Wien* Corpse was Dr cored, meta.
nianding Sir W. C. le give up the body of the young
she I.tiug a minor, end a m• eaenzie was immediately seat
of to Seutland, tired With this mandate. Frolli
infurM -
lion received yesterday there is no doubt that the youlOg •
Lady will be speedily restored to her faintly.

Three young men, who gave their maws Hill, Greets
wed Meta, were brought 4e this Office in the custody eof
Lewis, a romitable, frota Drery.laste Tbeatre, .►aviag
apprehended theta la the act of distributing Itriad•biLla
leading to cause a diaturbauce is the two shilling gallery of
that Theatre, mid throwing uumbert of them into the Pit.
The bill lirrided "God owe the Queen!" and dititd
Thursday, November le, 18214 .proceachug with as address
to the aesthetic, as follows ;--r •

" The audience are respectfully iuforutrit, glint the fel.
lowing new song, with new music, called r God save the
Dutch!' km been sent to the leader of the hand is lbw
theatre, and shuuld it be requested by the audience, it is
presumed it will be perfuriard,"
Four verses follow, eliding with" God save the Queen!"
The P.i.nuers had been examined before Mr.Dirme iu the
msnager's riaiss, ht• happening to be in the theatre, "rhea
Davis refused to give any account of binning?, but uu hie
brief brought to the office, he acknowledged that he wee a
carpenter, and in his defence he *aid be kaaig nothing of
Ike other Prisoners, Dill and Green, but happened to sit
sear Owns, and assisted theist to distribute '1,1)1;1.. .

Hill and Green said they weer apprestir,e fit %ir Co.,
prieteg, of Little Carter.tane, St. Peers, shout 11...:11. NO.
peered at the bottom of Ate bilk, who La•l gar.o tbrite
muory to pay for their admissive, ludo die theatre, fur the
peeves' of ilistribistiug the bilis. ' • •
Mr. William Dons, the "fresenter of the Theatre, uttered.
44, sea stated, Net it was not is the power ails. Masai:ire
to perform the mitten.' of Herbalist ireetion, it not Awaits
►era .auctioned by the Lord Cbmilies Isis. If it was per-
formed without sat►urily, the pststit attached in the shea-
rer womb' he liable to be soonolloil. The wo•t trifling ••11..