The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-06 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, MONDAY, Dim S.

These Sessions commenced this day by adjournment, at Horse-
mouger-lane, before J. 'Scare Etc, Esq. Chainuan, sod a full
bench of :Magistrates.
The Grand and Traverse Juries having bean sworn, the Chair-
man addressed the former in a neat and appropriate speech, congra-
tulating them on the lightness of the calendar, there being only
forty prisoners for trial, and those he was happy to say were not of
so aenous or offensive a nature as those that unfortunately came
under their consideration last Sessions. The Grand Jury having
retired, the following cases were investigated.
John Cronley stood indicted with feloniously stealing a quantity
of lead, the property of Mr. William Houlder, on the 24th of No-
vember last. .

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The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was in his employ up to
the 24th of last month, as foreman at the lead manufactory. On the
morning of the day ebovernentioneti he received information that
the prisoner had stolen a quantity of had. Witness obtaloed the
assistance of Orossmith the officer, who accompanied witness to the
manufactory, in Swan-street. Dover.roati, where they found a
epeantity at lead, concealed. The prisoner was taken into custody
by Grossmith, one of the Union-Hall officers, who produced the
property. and confirmed the latter part of last witness's testimony.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character for
1121110 y Jeers.
The Jury found the prisoner GelUr, and he was sentenced to
seven years ttliaopOrtatiOn.
Charles Oliver was indicted for feloniously stealing from the per.
son of Mrs. Osborne a reticule and other &mato, her property.
The prosecutrix stated that she resided in the Commercial-road,
Seutbwark. On the evening of Tuesday last she was proceding;
in compuny with a female friend, towards Hill-street, in the
Borough, lied on reaching the wall of the King's Hach prison,
she observed the prisoner standing at the comer of a street, and on
passing him the prisoner snatchW her reticule oft' her arm and ran
away. Witness cried out •' stop thief, ' and the prisouee was taken
into custody with me property upon him. Her reticule contained
some silver and several trifling articles now produced.
The prisoner declined making any defence, and he was sentenced
to seven years' transportation.

STEAM PACKET ACCIDENT Thursday, as the
City of Dublin steam packet was on its way to Liverpool, it ran
foul of n schooner. and caused so violent &concussion that the gun_
wide and part of the bowtof the packet was stove in : a young man
named Ryan. who was standing at the side. wax precipinuevi into
the see t the works were immediately stopped, or lie must have
inevitably been drawn under the paddles and crushed to death ;
beet was hove nlemeside. and he was picked up in a state of iften-
sihility. tieing brought into the cabose, a number of persons
gathered round him, and were using means for his restoration,
when an explosion of surplus steam, applied to the culinary de-
partment, took place; the roof the obese and part of the paddle
bee was blown off, and many of the passengers were scalded and
bruised. amongst whom one gentleman, Mr. W. Grans, cminected
with a London morning impel., independent of basing his legs and
thighs shockingly scolded, very narrowly escaped being thrown
I overboard. This circumstance produced au universal panic
amulet the crew and passengers, as it was feared that some
dent lied befallen the steam boiler; but on examination It was
I ascertained that none of the weeks bad suffered the slightest
damage, and every thing having bean set to rights, the packet was
speedily gut under weigh, and leeched her destination in safety on
the following morning. The most humme and polite attention
Iraq paid, to all those who were in any wise injured, by the captain,
stewards, and crew of the vessel.