The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-04 00:00:00

POLICR.

SOW STRVET.

HIGHWAY ROFIRF.RY.
Years..lay a man of colony., calling himself Prier Bisentry
dressed in livery, who said he was a servant to Lady Gower,
sr.a brought to the ace, and underwent a long easmina-
lion, before Mr. Mimic, the sitting Magistrate,charged with
havrig committed 3 highway robbery, tinder peculiar cir-
cumstances, the brief substance of which is as follows
The postchaise driver belonging to the While Hart len,
at Havana, on remitting 1 on Tuesday night last with
UN empty chaise from Farnham, took two man into his
chaise at Farnborough to ride a few miles; he had ob-
served the Pri-siner riding behind the chaise some time be-
fore, butt seeing he was a tivery•servnit, lie did not uhieet
to it. When the Iwo men got isist of the chaise, the Primmer
agreed with the driver io take him inside the chaise to Bag-
shot for eighteen-penee. After they had proceeded some
distance, and had arrived at n lonely part, the Prisoner
called out to the driver to stop, without assigiaitig any reason,
and the haler suspecting his motive to be a bail one. de-
clined complying with his remind, and immediately flogged
his horses on at a quicker parse, when the prisoner jumped
OW of the chaise, and swore he would blow the driver's
brains out if he did nut atop; and presented two pistol's,
which induced the driver to comply. The prisoner then
robbed him of his money, kr. made hint dismount from the
dirkey, unharneme one of the horses, and put a saddle ou
him ; on which the prisoner mounted, and rode back the
road the chaise had come from. The driver then pro-
ceeded on to the Whits Hart btu, at flagsbot, with only
one horse to his chaise, and related what had happened.
A number of men were dispatched on horseback, &e. is
variotts direetions, in pursuit of the robber, but an trace was
footed of him till Thursday, when be was detected at the
Pack Horse publie•house, on Titruhant Green, where he
stopped with the stolen horse, un his way to London. He
afterwards eacieprd not of a bark door of that house, when
he was pursued, amt taken in a field.
He was fully committed fur trial.

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.
JUveNtLi RANDSTTl.—Vesterday five urchins, the eldest
not more than 13 year* of ag►, named Erma finiaphries,
Harry ?Whereon, Evan Price. Jens Rolland, and Billy
Searle, were hi-might before Sir John Earner, Knight, OM a
charge which disclosed a series of unparalelled infamy awl
depravity.
The Prisoners were apprehended by Wise and Knife", ow
Tlievaday night,sleeping is, the hemp-yard at Nlessrs. Savage
and Co. in Permouilsey street. On searching them a gums-
tity of handkerchiefs and some articles of ji wellery were
foand in their possession; and such was Ilse resistance
they made, that theolficers were compelled to call the assist-
mire of two or three watchmen to peewee them. Their
CONlitlCi before the 31agidrate displayed the greatest daring,
with the reception of Rolland, who said, if be was par-
Jolted, he wool.) disclose a great massy robberies in which
he had lien concerned. The worthy Alderman pronwed to
he lenient to him, on which the boy began to detail the ca-
talogue of their crimes, till Evan Humphries, who seemed
to art the generalis•imwo all through. exclaimed, " What!
would you split (courrf%), you and at the same mo-
ment dealt him s violent blow Ull the Beek. Sir Jobe or-
dered the buy to he brought in front of the bar, which beiag
dune, be began to rehearse every act of villainy in which he
bad been engaged:—
" The first thing ever Ito at," he, " was to steal
potatoes from the wheal: aries used to lift me
in at the window, and K. ..ver that the next thing
Humphries spewed me was -to bone from the windows
of slop.shops and pawn-brokers. 1 stole a red morocco
pocket-book from a shop beyond St. Geurge's Church;
it was sold, and fetched seven pence halfpenny a piece;
ano ■t • shop near Newingtoti we stole a pocket-book,
and a hook called ' Roderick Random ;` Harry took 'eon,
hut Hill Searle and the rest were present, awl the same day
Pelee stole a pair of bouts, and 1 cribbed a pair of velvet
elites, which Iliimphries(heing the biggest) passed for Se. I
know we had Sil. each. The other things were pawned at a
shop near the Rockiagbans Arms, in the Keut•road. Harry
was making a plan to rub a gentleman's house at Camber-
well, but we had ten where to take the neap, and so we gave
it up. We very often picked pockets, and always pawned
the handkerrhiefa."
This declaration was denied by the others, who in their
tnen began to develops as many more robberies against
Rolland, which they said he had committed, and had nut
fairly shared a itli them.
The Alderman, with some decree of astonishment at such
wickedness in mere children, ovelered them to be remanded
till 31emilay.