The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-07-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

-6.-
Oa Thursday a company of the 15th regiment arrived is
Hereford 6 011•• Abergavessry, sad an Friday morels/ pro-
ceeded oa their march to join the regiment at Hall,

THUNDER STORMS.

Doting the Quarter Sessions et Sleaferd, last Thursday,
the seawall emendated on that occasion, as well as the
inhabitants near she Town-hall, were greatly alarmed by
a Weeder storm, which name on about one o'clock, sod
continued warty two beers. About two o'clock the chim-
ney of Mrs. Drayroit, draper (about sloe hundred yards
from the front of the Toarn.ball), was struck by the elec-
tric laid, and, with part of the gable, fell upon the roof
of the hewer of Mr. Wheitiman, cooper, with a tremendous
trash; the electric fluid then desceeded into Mrs. Dray.
toys kitchen, where her family was then at dinner, sod
most providentially escaped uoliart. One of bee sons
bearing a mite in the chimney, east his eyes that way,
and sow a ball of Are of immense size descend, which thr ■
passed of through the window, without doing any more
damage. A few roommate before the chimney was struck an
uncommon biasing noise was beard ie the air; and when
struck the explosion was dreadful, and so tremendous that
it shook all she aeighbouring buildings: as some smoke was
seen to ;raw foie Mho a Mrs. D.'s chamber windows, it was
bared the Men* hod *met fire, and, mach to the praise of
es in both the lire-engines were wpm the spot is
miainlnat fortunately the aid was not required.
The .eity end nehthboorhood of Canterbury were visited
etelkilny,uneweieg last, betelteeo one and two o'clock, with
Al stare of thunder sod liglatniag, accompanied by a most
timmeedoes wind and rain. The wind at first came from
. the multi; but, as it increased le fury, it appeared to issue
fr.ipt ail points, carrying havoc mad devamatio• in its course.
Fortuaately the fury of the storm was tut of abort duration,
otherwise incalculable mischief must have resulted; and its
" smaeripences at this seater of the year particularly severe
aa the iebeering classes, whose harvest depends upon ins
,}reduce which has so severely felt the enrols of its mighty
glower. The bop-plaetatises in many places have received
conaiderable damage. But the loss at property does sot
appear to finish here: the orchards have suffered in a like
degree; the abundant crop of apples has been considerably
reduced, as well as other standing crops. In one orchard,
belougieg to a gentleman in this city, there were twenty
sacks blown from ar his trees. In many places tree% bare
been blown down, and Is numberless Instances considerably
deprived of their members. Ws hear at precut of to other
damage being dome.—(Zinghth Chronicle.)

The weather has again set in uncommonly fine, end fa-
vourably to the coming harvest, which promises to be a
moat beatnik' one. No transactions in .grain.--(Cork

A number of persona were yesteedey examined
st Bow-street, charged with uolswfully gaming.
They had been seised at a gaming house in Pall-
Jail!. After • long investigatioo they were all
'liberated except the two proprietors of die house,
who were ordered Is Qad boil, t—k-airelres in 11004
sod two t•cnratin it► 1001. each.

'YOrllLyfilliE LENT As.sq,E.ol.
_,,,,•
Aro Lord Chit,' Jounce ANIONIPro f,'
• fl
.
GUILISPALL, Yeast; Montt**, 4111fielb •
Saafils, of Ski-Meld, charged "Jail pickta f tfsnßlP"
Robert Abbey of eight wie.gaisea holes, in the Pastiot,
Satneday -
The Broom:int stated Ilse ease to the Juiy, the parties.
lora of which. as It appeared by the evidence adduced, were
no follow :..The Pioaccotor, ao old countryman, was ht.
tending an auction sale in the market on Saturday last, he.
leaven twelve and one o'cioik, when be felt someone takiog
his pocket-book out of his amallclothes pocket. Oa feeling
he found it •A'as gone ; he immediately called out, " They
have get my pocket-book!" A young man who Wood Near,
bearing Ala, looked round, and ob d the Primmer me m.
tog eat of the crowd, with • pocket book beneath his coat,
the-ead of it being uncovered. The young man pointed the
.Prisouer Oat as the thief, spun which he was permed, and
Aeon he had proceeded more than twenty of thirty yards, he
.Was seised. He desired the person oho apprehended him to
lettlinsti, and as he was moving about, Mr. Taylor, of this
taity,auctioseer, came to the spot, and caught the pocket-
book just as it was about to drop from the Prisoner's bosom.
Tim Prosecutor immediately recognized the book to be his
--the Prhouer was detaiaed.
The Prisoner, in his detente said, that be found the book
I. the market, and never wished to secrets it.
The Jury, without consultatiosi, found a verdict of Grill*,
and his Lord,liip iustantly sentenced the Prisoner to he trans.
ported Mitred the seas fur the term of his natural life. Thais,
the P, Meier eollitailltd a rubbery, was apprehended, tried,
convicted, sad transported fur life, within the space of folly-
** boon!
BURGLARY IN HIGH-OVSEGATE.
Mows Dikock, aged 44, charged with burglarismsly
breaking into the house of William Blanchard, hosier, in
High-Ouriegate, had sleight, a variety of Wide* thercoat.
The circumstances of ibis case were as follow;—Oa WeJnes.
4407 night, the 23d of May law, the Prosecutor secured his
elkspwindows, &e. About two o'clock the following morn-
-*gig was ealkd up by a permits who, on passing the shop,
damillered that the data ~,Lad bees forced. Ski. IL came
tlila~Maiin, cad found that two of the *batten had been
Holtarred, the shop,eolered, and • number of articles takes
away. Nothiag transpired calculated to lead to • dos.
cover, of the perpetrator, until half:put one o'clock on the
morning of the 25th of May, when two assistant police-
officers found the Prisoner in Gillygote, *lose to • window.
They apprehended him, and found is his possession an
empty seek, a butcher's el , a mall, two razors, two knives,
and a chisel. He first (Aid, he lived on Peasetiolmeireen,
bat afterwards ackeowledged his house was in the Lung-close.
They efriviyed him to the Hoots of Correction, and then
proceeded tittle Long Close. mid on searching a house
puioted oat to them to be the Prisoner's, they found • bag
tiled amongst the coal', eentaining 311 pin of shoes and slip-
pers, and in other parts of the house mare property was
found, which the Prosecutor identified as stolen from his
shop. Oa trying the mark, mildew the shutter, which-bed
been forced open, they were rotund to correspond with the
chisel, which the Prisoner hail in his possession when op.
prehended. As there was an direct et/Ideate than the honor
searched was actually is the occupation of the Privouee, the
Lord Chief Justice, during the trial, scot Mr. Myers, publi-
can, who resides in the Long Close, to point out Dilcocles
house to one of the persons who marched it, who, on their
retorts, staled it to he the house previously examined.
The Jury found the Prisoner Gaily, but recommended
him to merry in consequence of baring a numerous
fsatly-
The Judge passed sentence of Deofk upon him, but said tbp
reconamendatioa of the Jury should be attended to.

TORE CASTLE.—CROWN END.
110NDAY, JOLT 11.
At tea minutes after Imelte o'clock Mr. Baron W.OD
took his seal on the bench.
/lobar' 14'. fort avid Robert' Ihbetson, charged with
breaking tato the !Annie of Miss Mary Spence, of Masbam,
near Bedsie, on the7th alt. vied weskit a quantity of tawny
sad other articles.

Our readers will recollect that these Prisoners were Iwo of
those who, on the night of the 6th of June last, escaped from
the Castle, sad imatillittely proceeded (along with John
Fisher B. own, who had also escaped, and who has not bees
retaken) toMaslam, sod committed the oilmen now under
consideration.
The eircumslaseet of the case were briefly these:—During
the night of the 9th June the house of the Primecittrix, who
is as cldsrly lady, arars‘roke. into, and the sitting-room
robbed of a pocket-book, containing several 51. notes, an '
apron, two packs of cards, die. Ace. Early on the morning of
the following day, the Prisoner, called at a public house at
West Witham, 14 stiles from Maishain, where they produced
Iwo packs of cards, a (mistily of mosey, Ire. After drink-
ing freely, Ibbetson and Brows proceeded on the road to-
wards Uneasier, Welford being so intoxicated, that be sae
obliged to go to bed. Wilford- charged a W. sore, sod
bought mate clothes of the landlord. Whsle Welford ens is
bed he was apprehrsded, whew au apron and pocket-book
were timid upon him belonging to Alias Smear, and which
had bees stoles the night before. lbbetaos and Brows, it
appeared, called at another public house, at Aysgarth, four
miles from West Witco*, where Brown changed a5l aisle ;
Ibbeteoo gave the landlady's daughter a piece of bride cake,
directed to Miss Spence, which had also been stolen. From
Amiens, Brows sad Ibbetros went to health:so, is a cart,
drives by the landlord's soil, trbe, on his return home, found
a Newcastle Si. note, No. 639, amongst the straw in the cart,
Ibis note also Miss Spence ideniilled.

On beiog called spun for their defence, they said had
no more tw say, than' that ibis was the first time they had
been arreigoed at the bar. The burglary not being suffi-
ciently made out, the Jury found bath the Prieuuere.—Grf illy
of stealing to the value of 40s.
Mr. Et.sLaw, one of the counsel fur the prosecation' in-
formed his Lordship, that theta was another charge of bur-
glary against Weiford, but as be had bees convicted of a
capital (dun'', so evidence would be offered.
George Mellor, Richard 'Volker. and James Cromplow,
charged oa the oath of Riehasd Sykes, of Staittland, inn-
keeper, with hawing, I. tbs wonting of the 20th March lail,
feloniously stolen groin kis (heelball boas. one bent, Eh. ad.
Is silver, lire shirts, and other artiela.—Nof Guilty.