The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-11 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Yesterday an Inquisition was held at the Penitentiary,
Milbank, before Mr. Hicta, Coroner, on the bid, iirChar
lotte Moors, • convict, who died in the presuu ou Monday
last.

Mr. John Couch, Governor of the prison, stated that the
deceased was received there on the 11th of June last; she
had beta convicted at the last Oxford Assizes of receiving
stolen goods, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen
years, which sentence was commuted to seven years in the
Penitentiary; she was thew in a good state of health, every
pretty girl, about 19 years of age, and had previously borne
a good character, and conducted herself well in prison till
her indisposition.
Mr. John Pratt, surgeon to the estoihlisliment. deposed,
that the deceased had been removed into the Infirmary on
the 24th of last month; she was afflicted with an inflamma-
tory fever, her lungs being affected; she received every
attention conformably to the regulations of the prison, sod
she died on the Bth instant. The state of the prison is
very healthy, there are only seven men sod eight women,
out of n 9, now in the Infirmary.
The Jury returned a verdict—Died by the risitaVon of
God.

A second loguest was helJ by Mr. Wm., on the same
day, at the George, Georee•court, Strand, on the body of
Mr.. Elm ebeth Child. The deceased wee the wife of Mr.
Child, of Gssile.mturt, Strand. She was about 24 years of
sage; had been married three years, and had three children.
(1. Monday night slwoent so bed is her 'lanai state of health,
and next day her husband found her dead, lying by his side;
lie sent for two medical men, who deemed she had expired
several boors before, and gave their opinion that site do nt of
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Provideseis, Pellegie free St. Andero Bleistel,
is wrecked at St. Apo'. B€4ll-41raw saved, sPd ebit gh•
Argo in a damaged state.

POLICE.

MANSION HOUSE.
J. Wilkinson was brouthi up by his employer, James
Marsh, of Fenchurch-strcet, lightermaa, under the follow-
ing circumstances :
Mr. Month stated that he bad sent the Prisoner with •
boat, to take from the East India warehouses thirty packages
of nox ranters, which was there in bond, to be shipped ou
hoard the York Merchant, which lay iu the London Docks.
Thirty packages were accordingly put by the Prisoner on
board the York Merchant, exactly similar in their external
appearance to the centime drugs, hut the contents were
Tuned to be nothing but cinders and rubbish.
Mr. Marsh was extremely anxious to have Ilia matter
folly investigated, as be was liable in penalties to the
■mount of 2,000/.
The Prisoner denied that he was employed by Mr. Marsh.
He bad his boat to carry the package., bet his employer was
a Mr. Cooper. The packages, he affirmed, were delivered
by him in the state that he received them.
The Lord Mayor directed the Prisoner to be taken before
the sitting Magistrate at the Thames Police Office.
- Haynes, who was charged by his employer, Mrs. Innis,
on suspicion of haring feloniously taken a quantity of
bank cote paper, the property of the Blanilford sod Pool
Honk, was again brought up.
Nu further evidence appearing against him, he was die-
charged.
J. Hodges and Darts were charged with stealing WM
in Batik notes.

Mr. Foyle, the book-keeper. at the Spread Eagle Inn,
Gracerhurch-street, stated, that us the 24sh of last mouth,
when he quitted the office, he left, locked op in his de►k,
201. in Bank notes, all of which were marked by him. On
the following muruiog he found that lois desk had been vio-
lently broken open, and the notes were gone. He had been
robbed in • simi!ar manner a short time before, but had
not then been able to ir.ee the robbers. Ou this occasion
one of the motes, which was a country note, payable at
Verve's, had been traced to the Prisoner Davis, who is a
porter, employed is the yard of the
George Smith, a clerk in the horse of Barclay and
Co. stated, that he had paid, on the 2514 of last month,
ten sovereigns fur a 101. country note, payable at their
house, and one of the number stolen from Mr. Foyle. He
thought the Prisoner Davis was the man to whom he paid
them.

The Prisoner Hodges staled, that Davis was his relation,
and meeting him yesterday morning, be requested him to go
to Veres and Co.'., and get payment of a one pound note
fur him, which be did, and that was a►l lie knew of the
matter.
Davis wished for time to bring forward evidence of his
innocence.
The Lard Mayor dir.eted that Hodges aboald he discharg-
ed on bail, and Davi■ to stand committed, and be brought
up again on Friday next.
Robert Lambert, driver of one of the Blackwell stages,
was brought up by one of the City officers. It has been •
practice of the drivers of these stages to loiter about Leaden-
hall-street after appearing to commence their journey, to
the great annoyance of the inhabitants of that part of the
City opposite whose shops they stopped.
The culprit 1115 dismissed, on his promise not to offend
in the like mauner again; but the Lord Mayor said, if any
cause of complaint again arose, inure severe measures must
be taken.