The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-28 00:00:00

FISII_MARKET. Tnoaen►T, 11.4 y 27.

This motnin.Billingsgate Market presented but a naked ap.
pearanc.e to what we have been accustomed to see of late. Iliad
Fish were scarce, and maintained high prices. There was more
Fish this day, owing to the change of weather; the Mackerel
particularly the boat fish) were " third day," and many of the
-carriage looked gaeer on the whole, there was certainly lest
good fish in the Market to-day than yesterday. Two Dories only
were in the Market, and brought a good round price. Not a
Sturgeon or Haddock was to be seen. Soles were good, and not
very scarce. The live Whitings were fine, and fetched high prices.
Salmon was a little on the rise. The following is a list of the

130 W-STREET.
DISTRESSING CASE.—Vesterday J. a person who
had formerly been in very respectable circumstances, but whose
appearance now strongly indicated that " Misery had marked him
fur her own," was put to the bar, charged with stealing from the
Sun and Apple Tree, in White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, two
pewter pots. The unfortunate being had lodged in the house for
about a fortnight, and on Saturday last he took the property in
question to a pewterer's shop in Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, and offered!
them for sale. The marks, however, were known ; and on being
told he had stolen them he ran away. Last night the pewterer went'
to the Sun and Apple Tree to return the pots, when, to his seta
nishment, he found the prisoner sitting in the tap-room, and gave
him into custody. The landlord did not wish to give charge of
hint, in consequence of his distressed situation ; but the pewterer
insisted on doing so, and thus he appeared before the Magistrates,
Sir Richard Itirnie and 31r. Halls. The landlord did not attend,
but the Magistrates insisted on his making his appearance, and
shortly after 3lrs. Griffiths came forward, but did not by any
means wish to press the charge. She also corroborated the tale of
distress ; the case, however, was too clear, and he was about to be
committed, when it was discovered that the property could not be'
identified. Ile was discharged.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Mr. Gratauste Hertz, of Tavistock-place, • gentle-
manly young man (a foreigner), appeared upon a summons issued
on an information, charging him with riding on the footway of
Burton Crescent on Monday night last, in violation of the Street
Act. The Solicitor to the Commutsioners of the Pavement appeared
in support of the prosecution.
The watchmen who were on duty that night deposed, that be-
tween twelve and one o'clock (as the street mrl broken up on that
side of the Crescent which leads directly up to the New-mad), the
defendant rode on the footway, and though warned to retire, and go
round the arched part of the Crescent. he a.Tain returned on the
footway. for the purpose of reaching some stables.
The defendant pleaded guilty, but explained the peculiar cir-
cumstances of his case. The street was so completely broken up,
that there was not a passage left even for a horse; and as there
were no foot passengers at that hour, he conceived he might ven-
ture on the footway rather than take a circuitous route. One watch-
man allowed him to pcss, but he was ultimately stopped, and taken
to the watchhouse, where es. were demanded frost him as a pe-
nalty. He resisted the payment, but gave his address.
The Magistrate minutely inquired as to the cause of this de- I
mend, when it was ingeniously urged on the part of the watchmen, I MARRIED.
that it was only claimed as the necessary expenses which they At Dullingham, near Newmarket, Mr. William Noble, a re-
would incur by taking the gentleman's horse to the Green-yard. spectable tridesman at Brinkley. to Mrs. Sarah Sandfield, widow
of the late Mr..rosenh Sandfield, of Dullingharn, both 70 years of
The Magistrate /Sergeant SF.LI.ox) observed, that they were
The " I, •'• via the bride's son in law
maid her grand-dc.cgh .7. There were "young men and maidens.
not empowered by the Act to proceed to such extremities; and fur. We. • • • - . and the bride's
they added, that be thought it rather an ungracious act on the part
old men and children," to the comber of 000. present.
of the Commissioners to press this case, alien they had so com-
pletely broken up the entire street. I Ongfi Wednesday, at St. Mary-la-bonne Church George [Nei
!Wine, Es., e Inner Tem:, to Luc Isabella dest
The Solicitor strongly pressed for a conviction, on the grounds
that the defendant pleatled guilty. daugMerld of theq lateof th
and sister of thepi present E. B. Portman. ell
Esq-
M.l'. for Dorsetshire.
Sergeant SE always look to the virit, not the letter al
an Act, and with this impression I dismiss the case. On the 18th instant, at Dedham, Robert Whalley, Esq. of Ali:-
f'caneis Whilsey, driver and proprietor of the hackney chariot, ete High-street. to Sarah, youngest daughter of aeorge Wittiest.
No. 3?2. appeared to a summons for a similar offence on the lame (miner place.
night, and at the same spot. As it appeared, however, that at the ! (rn Tuesday last,
at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. Jas. Sexton.
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early hour of nine o'clock he drove his chariot furiously along the of the Hon. East India Company s service, to Miss Briggs.
footway, to the great terror of foot passengers, he was fined in the Walw'th•
mitigated penalty of 31. and costs.

prices:—
Turbot . - - ds Oil to 160 Od each
Dories (large) -21 s Od to 25s Od each
Ditto (small, almost useless) Os Od to Is Od each
Red Mullets - - Is 6d to 21 Od each
Sturgeon (prime parts) - Os tkl to Os Od per pound
Salmon (prime) - - Is
4(1 to is Gd per pound
Ditto (inferior) - Os Od to is Od per pound
Severn Salmon (crimped) - 33 6,1 to 4. CNI per pound
Salmon Dwelt' (best) - Is ld to Is 3*d per pound
Ditto (inferior) - Od to Os 10.1 per pound
Trout (best) - Os led to Is Od per pound
Ditto (soft) - Os Od to Os Rd per pound
Live Whitings - Od to 15a (Id the 13
Haddock - - - Os Od to Os Od each

Ditto (drowned or dead) - Os tkl to Oe Od each
Mackerel (boat) -30 s Ski to 32s Od per 120
Ditto (land carriage) -32 a Ski to 42s Od per 120

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, a poor
man named Wm. Leggatt, a bricklayer, tit years of age, by some
means slipped between two sealfold boards, two stories high, in
front of a house in the Royal Crescent, and, dreadful to relate, fell
on the iron railing of the area, where he hung, suspend by the
legs, as long as his flesh could hold him, and then fell into the arca
below. lye was taken up in a shocking state, having both his legs
broken, one in two places, and also his right arm, besides many
other severe contusions. lye was forthwith conveyed to the Di.-
penury. One of his legs was amputated, but the poor fellow died
yestenisy morning.-Brigntott Gerdie.

BIRTH.
On Tuesday, at het residence in the Regent's Quadrant, Madame
Caradori Allan, of a ion.

DIED.

1 On the 17th instant, at i'Mrnhepe Herefordshire, r..;:d 21.
Yesterday being Holy Thursday, no business was done, ikudamoye liwinym Eechmere, E . '
in the Courts of King s Bench, Common Pleas, or Es- On the 16th ult. at Well'ngton,lierefordshire, in the 31d S.
chequer. chequer. .. of his age, Thomas Thornton, Esq. late Acting Deputy Coror.lit.
C at' r. LTY or • PATH IR.—On Tuesday, the 18th inst. sary-Denenil to his Majesty's Forces at Sierra Leone.
an Inquisition was taken at Stradishall, by John%rayman, Gent. I On the 12th instant, at his house, Canterbury-place, Lambed',
Coroner for the Liberty of Bury, upon the body of Susan Peachey, , Peter Watson, Esq. aged 73.
a child about three years old, who died on the previous Sunday I, On the 25th instant, at his house in St. Paul's Churchyard, Mt.
morning. Much interest was excited in consequence of an opinion Richard llaker, aged 76. . .
that the father of the little girl had neglecters her since the decease On the 2.;:h ink. Martha, wicc of Mr. Large, Old Cavent I. isti.
of her modwr, and a long investigation took place, in the course : street. Oxford-street,
of which it was proved that she had been left alone, locked up in ! On the 2:nh inst. in Cecil-street, Strand, London, Miss Ilannsh
an unfurnished house, from eight o'clock in the morning till sit Kilner, of t'lscrstone, Lancashire.
o'clock in the evening of the previous Thursday. The surgeon, I, a_______. .,
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however, was of opinion that the child died a natural death. The i
11.1,(lH, WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON-BRIDGE.
Jury, after full consideration of all the evidence, returned a verdict, I
" That George Peachy, the father of the deceased. did inhumanly I ."""'"g, 44 min' after I. I Afternoon, 12 Min. after 2.
leave her without assistance for a long spat," of time prior to her e•—....si,i,- - --- - •- -
deeense, and did thereby hasten and accelerate her death."—Bury . Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J. W. CAI' al' °X
Pod. I 181, Strand; and Publlshed by R. CANNON, saws place.