The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-07 00:00:00

FARTUQUAKE IN JAMAICA.

tlfwrrn the limgdoil Royal Gazelle of April 17.1

About ten minutes before ten o'clock en Saturday night a Mum
tremendous shock of an earthquake was felt in this city. - Mwiy
inhabitants rushed into the streets in a state of great alarm. Imme-
diately on the shuck robsiding the Spanish and Portuguese syna-
;rogue was thrown open, and it was immediately filled by venoms
of all sects, eager to return thank.. to the Almighty for their escape
from such imminent danger. Some very pathetic prayers were
read and Hummed., and the ceremony was concluded by a general
and liberal offerihg of charity. The English and Herman syna,
gigue was also opened on this alarming sod awful occasion, and
prayers were read. Very liberal offerings of charity closed the
ceremony at near twelve o'clock.
(to Sunday morning prayers were again repeated at the latter
place, in consequence of the awful visitation of tt.eprevious night.
lime ceremony was concluded by a prayer for his llajesty, his
firace ehe finverr.or, the Council, and Assembly.
i Several houses in different parts of the town and in Liguinea
: sustained injury by the earthquake.
Thus earthquake was felt with great force in Spanish Town and
at Old Harbour. At Vallahs an old house was thrown down.
Another severe shock of an earthquake was experienced in this
city on Tuesday night, about ten minutes after ten o'clock, attend-
ed with the same rumbling noise as the one on Saturday night;
tool between one and two an Wecinesday 'morning a third was
slightly felt.

PORT MARIA, APRIL. IL

On Saturday night, about twelve urinates berme ten o'clock. a
severe shock of an earthquake was felt here and in the neighbour.
hood. Its continuance was full a minute, but no injury was
sustained; and last night another shuck was felt &brim the save
hour as it occurred on Ssturdsy. Its dusation was longer, buA not
SO rarer,.

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.

Ertsom PICK POCK V.T74 ATTD i7oTrirsav MAGI 9
Chucks Ilar s twr, Giarir Riehard Ward, John Rut-
Entosercl Allen, and John l'estray, were brought before the
Magistrates at this °thee on Saturday, by Prendergast, and others of
the dismounted patrol, who apprehended wine of them for picking
pockets, and others for attempting to pick pockets, on the course at
Upwlii, during the races. Before these prisoners were put to tl:e
bar, Sir IL B t au it asked, how it happened that they were bmught
into Illiddleses, for offimees alleged to have been committed in
Surrey, a distance of full sisteen miles S--The patrol replied, that
they bud carried their prisoners, as they had caught them, before
some of the Magistrates in the neighbourhood of the race-purse,
but they directed slum to keep their prisoners in the cage at Epsom
until the races were over, and then carry them altogether to Bow-
-1 street. .

—/7;11. Blaine, and Messrs. pet.la and 31tuestust., who
were on the bench, said they were mooch obliged to the Epsom
Magistrates fig this proof of their consideration : and it was 'e-
-1 marked, that some gentlemen seemed anxious to get into the none.
mission of the peace merely that they might enjoy the name of
magistrate, without attending to the duties of ore. There were at
least eight of these gentlemen justices of the peace, residing in the
vicinity of Epsom; and yet prisoners most he detained two or three
days subout examination, and, after all, the patrol must betaken
of! their duty on purpose to escort those prisoners, at a considerable
expense, into Middlesex, though. if there should be any thing
against, them, they must inevitably he sent back into Surrey. It
was further observed, by one of their IVotships, that probably the
gentleman in the commission of the peace at hpsom were too much
engaged with the sports to attend to the punishment of thieves.
The prisoners were then placed at the bar and estamined scrip.
tin. Ilsrrison, Whateley, and Ward, were country lads, caught
in making their first attempt in the handkerchief department of
their craft; and they were ordered to be detained until inquiry
could be 'mule after their connexions. John Itatkin and Emanuel
Allen, two town roll's, well known to the police, were charged
on suspicion of having extracted a gold watch from the fob of a Mr.
llougemont, of Broad-street Buildings, just at the close of the
Derby contest, on Wednesday; but Mr. K. could not identify
their persons neither was the properly found, and therefore they
were liberated upon bail, for their appearance at the Sessions, to
answer any complaint which might be preferred against them.
These two prisoners had each a solicitor. John N'estray ryas
charged upon suspicion of having stolen two IW. mites and four
sovereigns, from the person of ills. Samuel Potter, a merchant in
the City; but there was no direct evidence against him, and he,
was committed fur 'further examination on Wednesday next, by
which time it was supposed the notes might be traced. This prl.
loner had also retained • solicitor; and Sir H. }haute remarked,'
how curious it was that those thieves who were charged with steal-
ing something of value, bad always solicitors to defend them,
whilst those idea had not been lucky enough to get any thing, were
left to defend thermtelves._ _ .

RV MALAN Ir.—T. Richardson, alias poultry, a rough country
fellow, was also brought in front Epsom nice-course, on suspicion of
having been concerned in a burglary at Leigh, in Kent. It will, per-
haps, be recollected that the premises of Mr. Campbell, at Leigh,
were broken into on the night of Sunday, the 26th ult., and that Mr.
Campbell's son open the thieves, and, as it was supposed,
dreadfully wounded one of them- The wounded man, whose name
appears to be Pentecost, has since been apprehended and lodged in
Maidstone gaol, together with a man named Michael Haulie'r ; and
this new prisoner, Thomas Richardson, aims Donkey, was appre-
hended on Epsom race.eourse on Thursday hut, on the infonnation
of Michael Medley's brother, John. 'I his John Boesky now
deposed, that he himself is • native of Newton Toney, in 'Wilts,
and, having nothing to do in his own county, he travels about with
some other unfortunate labourers, selling brushes, acc. CM the
night of Mr. Campbell's rubbery, he and his friends were cooking
their supper under a hedge, in a lane about three miles from Mr.
Canipbell's house ; and about ten o'clock the prisoner Richardson
and Pentecost, the man who was afterwards shot by Mr. Campbell,
eame up to their fire and entered into coovemation ; in the course of
which conversation they both produced some house-breaking tools,
and talked much about stealing, end the profitableness of it.. In
about an hour they went away, and in the morning Richardson
atom bask to their camp at the lane, and got witness to cut his hair
and shave hint t afjer which he went away, and witness never saw
him again until he saw him upon Epsom race-eourne on Thursday
last; and he then gave him in charge to the patrol, nut doubting
that he was concerned with Pentecost in the robbery.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and the Magistrates or-
dered that he should be conveyed to Maidstone gaol.
MA RIAIOROUGH •ST BEET.
On Saturday, in the I:barge-book of St. George's watch-house
was one against the Bight Hon. the girl of liarborongh, henry
Bray, anti Charm Fallow, Foals., for riotous and disorderly con.
duct in the street, and fur breaking a lamp.
After • considerable delay in waiting the attendance of his
Lordship and Mr. Fallow, Mr. Bray begged that the epee might
be hatted, an be had urgent business, which required his presence
elsewhere.
Mr. Dyck consented to accommodate Mr. Bray.
The watchman, Itllara, then stated, that between one and two
o'clock that morning, he saw those gentlemen knocking, is the
most violent manner, at the door of • house of a certain description,
In South !Bolton-street, Grosvenor-square. They were peremp-
torily refused admittance; they however continued to knock, in-
slating upon being admitted. The lady of the house was at the
window, in her night-dress, calling aloud fur assistance. 'the gvn-
denten became so enraged at the door not being opened, that one of
them shook the lamppost so violently, that it fell, and was dashed
to pieces. 'Witness then marring his rattle, and conveyed the three
to the watch-house, where they contained for near an hour, when his
Lordship sent fur Mr. Gibbs, the livery-stable keeper, in Mount-
street, who immediately bailed them. They were all intoxicated,
but he could not positively say which of them broke the lamp.
The constable of the night corroborated the evidence of the watch.
man, as to their being Mum icuttd.
file. Bray asked what penally he was to be visited with for so
serious a charge ?
Mr. Dv ea—To pay the line of is.
Mr. Bray—For what ?
Mr. 1/xxs—For being drunk.
Mr. Bray—l SMUT you, Sir, I was rot drunk. I believe I
took a gums or two of claret, at the races where we hail been ; that
probably might have had sonic bile effect in the forenoon ; and on
our arrival in town we had a few bottles of wine at Stevens'a, in
Bond-street ; and on our way houie, being a little merry, and
knowing the house in Ulultometreet that the watchman speaks of.
we did knock at the door t but I again assure you, that I was net
drunk, nor did I break the lamp.
Mr. Oren—The watchman not being able to say, positively,
Which of the three broke the 'snip, vim stand acquitted of this
charge; but as to being drunk, lie swears positively you were, as
doe's also the constable of the night.
Mr. Bray—l mu only say, that I wish them joy of their oaths.
The criterion of being drunk, J suppose, will, by and by, be
measured by the number of glasses of sire a gentleman takes.
lie then paid the tine, and retired. Mr. Dyer then called on Mr.
Gibbs to produce the other two gentlemen, tend told him, he would
give hint up to three o'clock to do so, at which time, if they were
not forthcoming. he would estreat the recognisance-it. At three
o'clock Mr. Gibbs returned, and said, that, notwithstanding all
his inquiries, be could nut discover where the gentlemen were,
and begged the recognizance might be respited.
Mr. in NU and, it was very extraonlinary indeed that the
gentlemen did not appear; be would, however, reapite the rocog.
nisance to Wednesday, and if Me. Gibbs did not produce them on
that day, he would most certainly call upon him to pay the penalty
of dill. for their nitaappearance.

A MI ere a c..—Last Saturday night, a younn. man who I
had drank rather too freely, in going home, untiresseil him-
self in a street ncur the Abbey, Arbroath, under an impres-
sion that he was in his lodgings and going to heti. It is
not known how lung he had remained in this singular
situation, nor what had induced him to rene,ic ; hut next
morning he found himself in his own bed, and his clothes
were picked up in the street where he had east them oft
--% •gf azgu Frye
Bl' lit:l./inv.—Saturday night or early yesterday morning,
the warehouse of Messrs. Currie and Langfonl, wholesale
toliaeonisis, $. Shoemaker's-row, Doctors' Commons, was
feloniously entered and *tumulus' to be robbed, hut it is
supposed the villains must have been disturbed and matde
a precipitate retreat, leaving seven large black bap behind
• (which they brought there with them) full of tobacco, to-
gether with a sledge hammer, a crow bar, a dark lanthern,
and a Welter handkerchief.

I tinted at VIE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J.W.l'aitt.l
181, Strand, and Published by R. l'Axx ON, same plate.