The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-08 00:00:00

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fria'rried, as fearing llie asiaistiere tease Mine id.
kimpieees betweee berself sad her haellead, she resolved to
Capon of it, by placieg it to the Lamle of • pewabrpker,
sad coesequeetly dispatched the datighler a( her lardlady
with it, sail it was pledged al the slop of Mr. Cotimill, Si
the Berood. At the eapiratioa of i iweleemorith,
arse applied to the pawnbroker to redirma the laraisiore,
when, to her astunislaneet she was Inturaseti it bad already
been redemied. She intn:edlaiely jet es isleiri ea last,
ihra It turned nut that the befendiutt had by mine mean'
bedewed She girl also pledged it to mike as affidavit to a
Police Office that she had lust the delineate, sad eras her
esib the pawnbroker delivered up the locket to the Defend.
alt. This leas the nature of the fraud.
(Here the pawebruker's duplicate mad also the affidavit of
Hie girl, were banded to the Magistrate.]
Mrs. Rim; s, the Defendant, entered into a beg explaes.
non, In whielishe eoutemled that the had • prior churn to
the likeness of Mr. Miami, as sits Amy, previews to Pr.-
secetrit placiug herself ander that geotleaman's protection,
been wider his protection herself, sad that be had, du;;ug
that period, given her the miniature before it was plated dr
a locket; bet she had returaeJ it to hies 'Amin it het is geld,
•ad die sever had received it back; it eras, therefore, to all
'Meats add Mammies, her property. Her object I. repining
peaseseiew of it was to destroy it, as she was new marrtsdo
and to prevent any oilier female (roue wearing it. She had
carried her object isle erect, as the snioiatem was Del maw is
existrame. To prove her slimmest she called
Mr. Massey, the gentleman whose likeness all tie boo.
of contention. From his account it appeared both the Pro-
seentrix and the Defeedso. had here his mistresses, bet were
se so loafer, as they were mlw provided with besbaads.
H. admitted snaking the mieistare a preseet to the Defeat.
eat, and her having relerood it to him he be placed in •
locket, and that se had sever gives i; back; ha. dilated Ma-
lec it to the Preseeotris es r gin, as he Mad manly eat it
to her. He had (request': applied ie her fee it, but he never
;meld regain is. He fully coasidered the miniature to be the
property of Mrs. Rime*.
The Magistrate said, admitting the vaiiiiatore to be her
property, she bad evidently obtained it under fiaadulest
preintees; sad be wow ;called or leer tom:coma for that part
of the aecosasioa.
Nes. dimes said, that she bad been told by the liodlady
Si the Prosecetris where the locket was deposited, mid that
It had levee pledged by her daughter. (Ism this hiGnsa-
Ilea she proceeded to the pawobroker's to l.yeire abet it,
sad be at firs; told her it eras oat of time, nod offered le
Nit is for r gallica; but, oe lookiog at the duplicate, it was
fogad it had two mouths to ram. She said i. was her pro-
perty, and bad been pledged by a little 0.1; upon which the
pawnbroker said if the girl would swear she pledged it he
world delive: it up. Accardiugly the girl till make sada.
vi: of having pledged it, and that only, sad she regained
the miniature.

The Itlagistrate Inquired it the little girl is 41..11100 were
peerniet to prove t►at fact, and on beteg told s►c was sot,
the case wits put of or :urt►rr bearing till Grids, meat, in
order that t►e girl might ba procured ; sod is the 101111
111011 11r. itlaraey was bused over is ►ie owe rocultSiSsant
io the so. or 401. for the appearance of Wm. Laws.

DESPERATE GANG OF lIORSE STEALERS,
AND .dAREAROUS ATTACE UN TWU ZEN.

Sonde, night, about eleven o'clock, three homes batmen
to a Mr. Leech, • baker, of Streatham, Surrey, were stolen
out of a field, and the thieves passed through the toll-gate,
at Redhill, with them, at tee mistletoe before suouvidi,inia,
of sixteen miles, which they. did a tee @dente' withia the
hour. The animals on arriving at the gate were ready to
drop from fatigue, and were shockingly jaded. The robbers,
Iwo in somber, proceeded ia their swift career to Eariswood
Commoe, from whew* they drove twenty more hones into
the 7arm yard beloogin: to Mr. Herding. At this time, two
labors-Mg men, named Win. Weed and .tohu Gaston, were
reterniog home oa the high road, and hearieg a moles
in Harding's yard, whirl' they considered muse frets tho
eerier trying to catch his hones, and thinkiwg they would be
moms amietowee to him, they went to the prate of the farm.
yard, and called oat, "Jobe dockland, le that poor They
received the answer from two of lie robbers, of w D—e roe
eyes! what do you want r sod at thee:w momeot they were
pounced apes by two fellows, who felled them to the ground
with short bludgeons wile which they were armed, end com-
mented beating them till they were pearly lifeless mid bleed-
ing profusely rriste their wooed, 2 one of the reliant bit off
the end of one of Wood's Gofers. They were sow fel sfurced
by the other three robbers, who rode the molest hones, sod
endeavoured to eases the animals to trasaple ow them, hot
finding they did not anereed, they dismoomed, and all livis
commenced beating the poor fellows till they were pearly
dead. Owe of the villains exclaimed, " Let es kill the
1"--o." After they had en disabled the wee, they es-
saddlrd the three horses they stole from Streatham, sod
Omen. them on three of the others, sad the robbers hoeing
mounted a horse each, rode off towards Salford Gme, about
a mile further. Wood sod Cosies were so dreadoloy
tojoeed, they could sot give the Mast alarm. O. the
road to Salford the robbers were met by a farmer sassed
Thompson, of Reigate, three of whom, on seelag
turned their horsts' beads and gallopped back towards lot.
doe ; the other two proceeded ma tar as the Chapters, the
other side of Salford Gate, where they halted • short it..,
coal tbeu Wonted towards London again alter their atm-
ciates. The rubbers were traced so iimethees, whereat' chin
was lost. The vitiates are supposed to be part of ten noted
hors* mealeis, who werewolf discharged from Brixtoe House
of Correction on Saturday last, after two years coallumment,
and If so their permits are well known to the police.
The poor men, Wood and Gaston, who were se ishionanly
treated, are now Ipieg very dangerously 111 at Pelerithe
Wood, sad are attended by Mr. Steel, the surges's, at Rei-
gate.
Yesterday Mr. Richard aeffey, the High Gettable of the
Hundred of &Woo, to whom two of the motes borers
belong, gave information at the Police office, Ceicra.hell,
and the whole of the officers were iiistroeted by the Magis-
trate to be on the alert for the robbers. Mr. Leach*, horses
were left behind by tie thieves.

CORN RICILINOR, Avon? 7.
The o►erloaded stale of our market with Wheat, ad the
return of favourable weather for getting is the crepe, ►ere
together occasioaed a complete magnetics in sakes ham'
scarcely a buyer this Morrie g, and the (rude geeerally may
I* looted thi. per gamer lowe► thee on Meeday, ►at esiy a
few picked maniples could be got off at that abatement; the
quality on head is larger thaa has been keel's far a long
time. Oats were dull sale, oo rather holier lemon thou oa
Monday. White Pease a►e also offered at Ism mosey. la
Beans sad other a►ticks there is ea alteratioe.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

3 pet Ct. Red...Bli 81 101 d Aosesitses..... 80f
1 3 per Ct. C 005.... 504 1 Ex. Lill., 9.... 1,0001.
31 per Cent....... 9.1. 1 576 pr.
Cents , ggi 1 Mt' 111.
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16

4 per
New 4 per Cents. 9911
Bonk L. A0n...511
Imp. 3 per Ct. Auto. 801

_raze, small.. 5 8 7 Pt.
Lot tery Tickets, 271.19•.
Coos. for Acc..... 8O