The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-13 00:00:00

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Some soneereation then took place between the legal gentlemen
interested for the vavioutparties, the consequence of which was
the delivery of a special notice of appeal.
UNION-HALL
EZTIEWSIVIC ROSBElLY.—Yesterday a respectable-lookingtnan
named William Wicks. holding a confidential situation in she
bear ef Mum. Wider and Oreenwell, the extensive lines-
ehteplee. hesisee, and earpet-tnan 61 racturers, of lilacktriersgoad,
tidy_ of Hall, the chief constable, be-
fore ttingVaitgistrat 'M. Swaby, Esq. charged with ribbing
hie to a ceatAdtlaOce amount. A great part of the pro-•
by the phloem, and subsequently recovered by the
lef the go dee. wee produced before the Magistrate, which
=llof waboablie shawls, cards of English and French lace,
k and contort hose, and a vast assortment of riband. The
Magistrate's table, upon which these commodities were exhibited,
presented the appearance of a linen-draper's counter r indeed the
quantity and varied description of the stolen property was quite
sedielent to stock a small shop.
Mr. Greenlee'', one of the partners in the above firm, stated, that
the prisoner, with whom they had a most excellent character, was
about twelve months in their employment. Ile was superintendent
in the shop, and his duty aAs to pace up and down the warehouse,
for the purpose of seeing that the different ahopmen attended with
diligence and regularity to the orders of the customers. It was a
situation, he said, of very considerable confidence, and a handsome
salary was attached to it. Until within the last ten days or a fort-
night the greatest trust was reposed in the prisoner, when about
that period the firm were given to understand that their superintend-
ant's wife was in the habit of disposing of immense quantities of
loads in the haberdashery line. The circumstance at once excited
suspicion against the prisoner, and an expedient was hit upon
teethe purpose of detecting the decrease in their stock. Accord-
ingly one of the shopmen had orders to conceal himself in a part
of the warehouse, where he could see all and not be seen. This
plan, Mr. Greenwell said, succeeded, and the prisoner was detected
m the act of stealing some of the property.—The young man who
was placed in the shop to watch the motions of the prisoner, stated
that the superintendent was always the first individual in the shop
in the morning. Witness' received instructions to secrete himself
in a particular spot in the warehouse, from whence he could observe
all that was passing without being seen himself. On the preceding
morning, between six and seven o'clock, having taken his station
hi his hiding place, the prisoner soon afterwards descended
into the shop front his room, and having walked up and
down once or twice he went inside the counter, and approached
the riband-glass, which he opened, first having thrown a glance
round the shop, in order to see that the coast was clear from the
riband.glass he proceeded to a case, in which the silk stockings
were placed, and having taken another look round the shop the
prisoner opened it, and witness saw hint plainly take out some of
the stockings and thrust them in haste into his pocket, and after-
wards shot up the case. Having helped himself to these articles
the prisoner went out of the shop, and in the interim witness in-
keeled Mr. Green well of what he had seen.
Mr. Greenwell stated, that the latter part of the above circum-
stances having been told him by the last witness, he instantly pro.
ended in quest of the superintendant, who was not at this time in
the shop, but had gone over to a paper-stainer's opposite, with the
intention of purchasing some patterns to paper hie house with. Mr.
Greenwell immediately followed, and saw the prisoner selecting his
choice of stained paper, whom lie called a one side, and mentioned
to him his suspicions of having robbed the shop. The prisoner af-
fected to be thunderstruck at the accusation, and declared most so-
lemnly that he had never possessed himself of a farthing in a die-
honest manner. However, the facts detailed by the ehopman con-
tradicted the assertion, and Wicks showing a disposition to leave
the paper-sminer's shop, Mr. Greenwell prevented him, and dis-
patched a menenger for it constable. In the inverral, Mr. G., keep.
mg a strict eye on the actions of the superintendant, saw him slyly
introduce his hand Into one of his pockets, and directly afterwards
something rolled up in a paper dropped at his feet. It was not
picked up until Pople, the officer, made his appearance, when upon
examining the paper, two pain of silk stockings were discovered
wrapped up in it. The prisoner, upon being apprehended, did nut
utter a syllable.
•Mr. Hall stated, that subsequent to the prisoner's apprehension
he repaired to his house In Bennet-street, Blackfriars, and upon
searching the premises he discovered-the articles enumerated and
how produced, all of which were identified by Mr. Greenwell as
the property of the firm, and to have been stolen from them. In
'the comet of the search, Hall added, that he discovered a purse
containing a ea note and two sovereigns, which ryas hidden be-
Aween a bed and mattress.
At this stage of the investigation Mr. Greenwell requested that
the Magistrate would postpone the case, in order to have the at-
tendance of a most material witness, who was now out of town, and
chose evidence against the prisoner was indispensable.
The Magistrate consented to the suggestion, and the prisoner
was accordingly remanded.
The amount of the property stolen was stated to be between four
and five hundred pounds.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
An Inquisition was held before Richard Carter, Esq. the Surrey
Coroner, at the Lord Nelson, in the Kent-road. on Tuesday
evening last, on the body of a new born female child, found an
Peckham_ Field..

Edward Brooks, a weaver, deposed, that on the preceding
morning, about half-past seven o'clock, he was in a field at the
back of Thuza-place, near the Kent-road, and, ncar a hedge, he ob-
servedlin the grass a something, which he thought to be a rat ; he
moved the grass with his foot, and then discovered it to be the
body of • new born infant, quite dead; he gave information to
the nearest house, and shortly after, the body was carried to the
Lord Nelson.
Mr. Thomas Pritchard, surgeon, of Burlington-place, Kent-
road, stated, he was called in to attend the deceased infant, about
nine o'clock in the morning. On examination there were no marks
of violence visible that would occasion death. The child appeared
to be full grown and perfect 4n its birth. He subsequently opened
the body, and on minute inspection, he was firmly of opinion the
child breathed, and that freely, after birth, in consequence of the
Wags being so well inflated with air ; but whether the death of the
deceased was occasioned by cold or hemorrhage, he could not say.
Witness saw no blood on the body, but proper care did not appear
to have been taken of the infant. His opinion was, that it had
been born about twelve hours. There was no doubt the child
was dead before it had been left in the field, as the body was
clean.

The Jury having viewed the body, returned the following
verdict•• The deceased was found dead—that there were no
marks of violence about it, and how it cane by its death, no evi.
deuce appes,rs before the Jury."

An Inquisition was held before Mr. Stirling, at the sign of
the Perseverance, 'll'illiant-street, Hampstead, on Tuesday, to M.
quire concerning the death of Wm. IViiliame, a young man, who
was suffocated by sleeping on the brick-kilns in the Hampstead-
road.

It appeared in evidence, that the deceased having lost his Oa.
rector by committing a felony, had no home or friend that would
receive or protect him, he wandered about, endeavouring, by hold-
ing horses and assisting the brick-makers, to support his existence;
but so trilling was this most precarious assistance that it was
proved by a companion of his, that on the day before his death he
ad only eaten three or four potatoes. Towards the close of Sa.
turday evening he, with two or three other homeless outcasts, sought
refuge from the inclemency of the night about the brick-kilos, and,
as is their usual practice, mounted the bricks, and stretched them.
selves upon the top of the pile, having previously settled that one
of the party should remain awake for a certain number of hours,
when he was to arouse another of the party, to perform in his turn
the same kind of watch, in order to guard against the veering of
the wind, by which they were liable to be suffocated. During the
night the rain fell in torrents, add penetrating through the layer
of bricks, caused a thick and sulphurous vapour to arise. The
man on the watch awoke his unhappy companions, and they with
difficulty escaped with their lives. The deceased, however, could
not be persuaded to come away from the kiln, but laid down under
some hurdles, close to it, where his companions left him, to seek
in some safer place a shelter from the rain and cold. On the fol.
lowing morning, very early, they again met, and upon approaching
the hurdles, under which the deceased had taken refuge, they 'resod
Cm cold and dead, having evidently had a violent and coned*,
I struggle.
The Jury returned a verdict of "Died from suffocation."
The parish of St. Pancras have, at their own expense, buried the
body, the deceased having, even in death, no friend who would
perform the last offices of humanity for him.
The Coroner and Jury gave some pecuniary assistance to one of
the witnesses, who appearbd in a very destitute condition.
• About three weeks ego an Inquest was held at the Nightingale'
Tavern, Lisson-grove, upon the body of the Rev. Mr. Nevill, of
‘Voodlnd Cottage, nephew, we understand, to the Earl of Abet.
gavenny.
The deceased had been Insane for some time, and under the care
of a keeper.
The keeper stated, that the Rev. Gentleman had been ten weeks
under his care. That he had often manifested great apprehanelons ;
thaq lately he had expressed an idea that the Bishop would call
upon him and take ltitu down to his living in his carriage lie
was also frequently in the habit of holding forth, u if in the
pulpit. One afternoon the unfortunate man was found lying on
his back, after having cut his throat with a razor. Medical aid was
procured, and he was kept alive for three liars, but at the end of that
period he died from the effects of the wound.
The surgeon, Mr. Bryant, said be died in consequence of ex-
haustion.
Verdict—" Died by his own hand, in a tit of insanity."

Sr/mt.—Mr. Hulmer, of Exstou Cottage, Bushey, put
an end to his life •yeeterday morning, by drowning, himself in a
pond, at the bottom of his garden. Some severe domestic affliction
is assigned as the cause. The act of suicide was seen' by a
hedger, who had not the power Of the resolution to assist the af.
Maud suicide.
The admirers of the brutality to the canine species had
an exquisite treat of Tam's), evening, at the Badger Pit, Holborn,
in a dog fight. for SO sovereigns. ‘Vedgebury seconded the winner,
and Mont the loser, which died In the pit, Ana the other was taken
away., next to dead, after three hours' fighting. To classify the
evening's amusement, a ferret killed six rats, pat to him one a• a
ttme,from a trap, by the rat killing beg, who, muse the phmeology
of our informant, lugged them out by their tails. The term sas
within six tumults it work.