The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-04-09 00:00:00

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

Between the hours of one and two o'clock yro:er.
day morning, the neighbourhood of St. George's,
Wapping, was alarmed by a dreadful cra..h, like the
rolling of thunder, when it was immediately disco.
?erect that a stack of chimnies, in the centre of two
very old boas-s in Back-lane, near the extremity of
llihemary-lone, had fallen in, carrying along with
it the houses themselves, down to the round floor,
and overwhelming the unhotunate inhabitants in
one common ruin. Every assi.tance was instantly
procured, but not less than fifteen persons, male
and female, 'offered more or less. The proprietors
were two elderly women, of the names of Balfour
aril Mothers, who had let out those houses in va-
rious tenements to poor tradc:nrien, and to a great •
number a women of the town, of the very lowest
class ; so that between the inhabitants and visitors,
it is supposed there were not less than 50 or 60 per-
sons within the walls at the time. One woman was
dux out of the rubbish, guile dead ; another so much
bruised, she has since died. A Lascar, who urns in
the second floor with his female companion, leaped
out of the window, and tra&ured both his legss; he,
with two women, were carried on biers to the Lon-
don Hospital.
A Gentleman, said to be a respeeable traces-
man, in the Minoties, made his es.:ape with
many bruises, and only half his clothes. There were
a number of Lascars, and other foreign sailors, in
the home, many of whom, it is supposed, still
lie covered in the ruins. Workmen were emploled
the whole evening clearing away the rubbish.—
At eight o'clock, when they left off work, they
hai not stet with any other person=; but it is
certain that several are buried in the ruins.—
' The houses at either side were slightly propped up
last night. and though in the most frightful condi-
tion, many unfortunate persons were not deterred
from lodging in them. In the early part of yes-
terday, the St. John's and St. George's Volunteers
attended, and were of infinite service in preventing
depredations and further accidents. The houses in
that neighbourhood are in a dreadful irate of decay,
and if great attention is not paid to the repair, by the
proper officers, we may expeet to hear of many
other, and perhaps more serious accidents, that
part of London being so thickly inhabited.

The idea of the 4..01.1111g ratio% •ttratfled yesterday
a great number of Cockney Sportsmen, who rode
out at an early hour, to join in the pleasures of the
chace. A crowd of persons of all descriptions went
to the Forest also in carriages or on foot, with a
view of erjoying a laugh at the awkward exertions
of the city sportsmen. When they reached the
place of t:ieir destination, however, there was neither
stag nor hound to be seen. This celebrated Hunt
is, we understand, entirely given up.
An aet'cle from the Hague. in The Letden
6e-
vae of rite 4tll inst. says—" nags of Truce have of
la•e ii,:quently passed between Dover and Calais.
'Tae sup•;o ed objet is, the exchange of pi one? s
between the two countries ; but, whatever it may
be, we may row ezpeft that its progress will be ac-
celerat as the ‘tiMster of Marine is at present
upon the Coast, upon buiinevs of great importance."
'this day the paymeat of the April dwidends wall
commence at the Bank, and will prove a sup'', • at
this moment, peculiarly forinnate, as it will
many persons to purchase a chance in e.e present
rich Lottery, which in a few weeks may p! oduce
a handsome tudepradeace.

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SPORTIA-C. 1,4741,L;CENC.

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wr. rldS, 9.t. 111,. 6 yr. *A., 04. Sb. coil Egon 94. ?M.
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%fr. If-aw yth'w bt Norval, b yr.. rstd
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Mr. Andrews'. b e Are mark, t, 3..y.5. old
Mr! ish's b 1 Plithry, 2.. r.. old
lA. Foley'. rlt. h Cytaso Ab.otiste, Gird. 1111
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otld piece het two. 'Three to 1 eV Sit Dam&
6 to 1 agst. s'r.laitte-o4 to t, eur Ca.naiet Absolute.
swe&p,sidr.. of 100 tee •acl!, Is ft. for colts, e.l ilb.
24 If's. Anal Sg../. o'd .-.olefte.
Sir F Stasul.sh'r hurtle, to/its...4ot! -
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lA. H u Net W... 11,7. out .4 Mn Visteiloui
Sir C Boohurr's b. e. Soug. try Wherbry, darn by loomed,
out of 'nor tbonis dans •
Mr. 111.•Iltsh'• b. c. Lu. 1e...a11, by Ftamii.ri, out of Mat-
Lewd e.rowv.tose. Is r. h. Jo!, Moll, not of ryq.l
Coen. tkosren4r's b. c. by ght of Sir J
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hintner hunch
Mr. SVarell's briv.h,r to lion'olto
Mr. Wilson's b. c. by Haviilvt....on, out of Storpri.es
dun -
Mr. IVilsoi.'s Pnstalnon, brother to Me•rt mum • - tat
J.ord Sackyolle's C. Loy 1.1,5 z .41. nut of the se,'s dam . t
Mr. Like'. r. by Gouty, o.n of a sister us - int
Mr. Mellish's b. f. Off •.!:‘,:oes, by 5hi..:11.4 dam ke
I liel.fly,r. out of
Mr. Pantiiii% bother to Dilletante - 1.4
Lod Gresswewor'. u. e. by John elu:I, out of Tulip -
Sir C. Itisw.ipy% elf c. br,ntser Eleanor
Mr P. ft adiliffe's ch. c. by Bc:,ingbtoori, out of Dick
Andrews's daai • • rt
The indite eno'd Ores but Two. Ten to I rg.t boolveten •,
Staraord..-3 to 4 aet Pndatos,-6 to 1 ag,t. the Worthy
3 1,1 ays. Swig-4 to 1 SCit. LIICL•11111. •
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Sweepstak.o of 1038. each, to colts and s:li s warranted
turd, 17th of A I.rl, 150 x; c,!i. wairying B.t. --11nes,
Sit. Vb. rising 3 yrs old. A'.. M.
Mr titwell's c. hr Sir Peter, nut of ilyale - 1 ti
Ld. Foicy's c. by Za. Wrists, de by Fortitude, be. ght of Mr. •4
Buckle CP
Durlilgton's h. c by Sir Peter, dam by P•VaVO•ter 3
IA G H. Corenelish's f. by Corilirdri, .matt ui 1,,0i•y
Mr. Iloworth's t. by Colander, son of Mi.sGre,r.
111 P G. Osburnee eb:e. Superstition, by Buzz trd, out of
Viz,,.
The Judge couldpl.,ce but three. Two to 1 .e 4 ClasherP4 .i.
br:ting site Z.chart4it c.
Ths First Claw of the ()attend Stake. of ....Or each, b f,. LJ T.
Si, J. Sheliey's Houghtiri Lass, 4 yrs Wel, Sst 10b. - 1
Fore to 2 agst Houghton Lass.
Mr. Ladbrokes Prospero, 4) re P.M. Gib.
Six to 4 ag.t Pro-per...
Mr. Andrews's Fath.on, 3 yrs 014. Co 111 h,
Mr. Fronsey's r: b. f. be a son of s'ygoas, 3 blb.
lA. Feley's Sir Hairy thoridyliii, 5 yid c!d, 9,t r 4
Mr. Mellish's Qnid, 4 yrs. old, en. slb
LA. Grol,Ccitot.llGoth, 3 yrs. o'd. fist 14 1
Mr. JoneesJ autos, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 51 S.
Lout Foley. Little Peter, Gat beat the Duke of Greltorie
Pelisse, Cst. 10lb. D I. 40')8s. 7 to 4on Little Peter.
Mr. R. Boyce's Bramwerro, ;wt. I_:h. beat Mr. Mel:ah's
Sterelry,llet. ?lb. Ab. IN'ser. Even
Sir J. Sheller's Currycomb, Itst. nb. beat Mr. Rlachfor
Jumper, lot. 1211 b. Across the Flat,loOgs. h. ft..... 111 t. I i.e
Curri comb.
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cantons, fist. 7 beach. B C 1,00 g' h ft —f/I!' by cons•nn.
ISulceetrGranon's Pars rec. ft. Irons tort lo:oses.
Hlpporamps., SM. B C 2000 h. ft -
Lord Groswennes Meteors, rez. It front Lord Ilartynsene's Gratitude, Sit each .Ab. M. 2111 gs. h. It. ,
Mr. Sitweli's Cla-her, b. Sir Peter, nye. ft. from 1...td Dlr.
linv s on' c. by Sp r, 61.11 n by Payinater. Au. :SI. 1121*. I
2Sp rt.—No Ib ‘:aght Inentiooed.
MAINSION-HOUSE. •
Yessr•day, the children of Christ's 1-l•s•pirth, •
ogre-Able to ancient custion, were admitted to pool ,
through the Egyptian-hall, to see the deceristioas •
made for the Easter Fevival, and rs•ceire two bane,
a glass of wine, awl a six•pence or shilling reel',
from the hand cf the LORD M1.,011 (hut ant of new
coinagt, as was formerly the case). After this
ce-
remony, they again preccsled his Lordship, who •
wen,: in state to Christ's Church, artended hy,the •
RCCOCO2II, Aldermen HUNTER, HAMKEY, Dos-'
and the two SHIMITTS, &C. die. when they'
heard a Sermon preached by the Rev D-. Dn-so •
after which the Loan 11127011 and Sot mil Fre dioesi
at Barti.olomew Hospital with the Governors.

NEST OF SIVINULLRS.

For many weeks pas•, a ga-g cf offenders, all
one family, have been pritaisiag impr:si:iortt upon
trades-penple, to a very considerahle amount. Tho
father, mother, daughter, and sari, arc in coalition
in the fraul• that have been raised The daugh-
ter, a genteel young woman, who occupies expen-
sive and elegant apartments, contrives to get goods
of the tradesmen, aided by her father,who ails at her
va;rt, the mother, who is housekeeper, and the
brother, who aEls as footman. The Lady calls
herstlf Mr.. Wakefield, and affeCts tn be fami-
liar with Lades of distinetion, when she calls at
different shops. and having procured as man• arti-
cles as !he thinks proper, she decamps from hey
lodgings, with her family. The father, whose name
is APErav, cr Mliae, was apprehended by Lo-
vett, on Monday evening. in §t. George's Fields,
and now remains for anntSer examination. There
are many trades-people, in the most opulent way,
ready to prefer charges against them.
NlS7r=mosig

At the last Dorchester Assizes, Winton Trent was
tried for stealing five bark-notes, of the value of
ten pAinds each, oat of the dweliing-house of N'r.
Jowl Wa t telt, of Lyme. It appeared that the
prisoner was a master cabinet-maker at Lyine, and
had been employed by the prosecutor to rena.r
same furniture i t his house, and had taken the
notes out of a small desk which stood in a chamue•.
The whole of the notes %%eye traced to the prisonc-'s
hands, and on his being charged with the felony, he
gave up such of the property as he had not dispc,ed
of. He was about thirty.tsv,) rears of age, and
several respeCtable witnesses appeared to hi, ‘harac-
ter ; the Jury found him hot recommended
him to mercy. Sir SIMON Ls Bessie !aid, as the
Jury had fee, inioended ;Jim to me.cy, he hoped, if
the clemency i.f his 3rivereqpi should bee:tended to
him, he endeavour :o matte some arm einem
by his future behaviour. Ha was aftrrwards:Aas
prievad.

YORK ASS IL ES—(Continued.)

Cits.).4oi END.
Cbar/dre withrx, was elsarge.l vri:h hae•
ing wii oily and malictcarsly set fire to a cock of
torn, the ptcperty of her master, Thns. Borns, of
hlolerci oft, near Beverley. in the East.filding of
this county.
htr. R (lee, Counsel for the Pros-en:ion, in open-
ing the CAS!, said, that the offence with which the
Pritonet• WAS cha•ged, wAs A .rime of tLe I):.,c‘e-t
and must inalig an' PARile, AA he made 0n.,.•••
vasinn not with a /lew to is•Onee the Jury to jump
more readily to the conclusion that the Prt.Oner
asras ,;uilty of it, hut, on the e.lotial y, to indin.e
'them to scrutidive The evider..:e brought in support if
the eharg, wish more than commons-care and jea
hers!. Tire Counsel then proceeded i« open the
ease; on ahieh opening we vtal: only remark, that
the C tinsel insisted on the tklereuce to he drawn
fro is cot time and place at which tile !homier
alarmed the !Arndt, with the cry of tire. and which
he represented as a strong presumption that she was
the author • f tli• fire, because she couid not other-
wise have known of its rats ewe: if this part of the
eat • there WAS nu p 1001; it Was, in faiFt, disproved ;
and we consider tarts a seasothibte opportunity of
observing, that, in our reports of the trials, we shall
detail what the witnesses really do say, and not what
the Caunsel, in ops•ning the case, allege they will say.
Mr. I homas Binns stated, that he was a tarmisr,
I and liv.d at MOl.- swift. near Beverley; that the
Prisoner hail hero his c•rvant, and was in his service
on the $9 h of September last, on which day lie re-
' prated her fur some hegira of duty, and the same
iestat ng inf,rmed her, that she should leave his •er.
vie* on the folliwing day. Ihe witness proceed ed
to relate, that in the night he heard a person come
down stairs from that part of the house where the
women SetValslS slept, and whom he heard return
up stairs in about twenty minutes ; the witness,
*opposing it to be the prisoner, called on her to
r bliag him a little water, %eters she exclaimed, •' the
Rack earth is on fire !" Alarmed at this exclama-
tion, Fh.: witness immediately got up, and having
procure', assistance. proceeded to the stack jard,
where tie found a cock of barley on fire ; the fire
had begun at the bottom, and had extended about a
yard its breadth, and the dames were extinguished
without doing any material injury. Mr. 'lions
stated, that the Lisle) had only been taken from the
1144 the pie ediog day, and was so petitMy dry,
that it was impossibk it could have taken fire of it-
self ; he also added, that on examining the corn
aftt r the tire was extingnislwd, it was found to be
merely external, and that the interior of the stack
was not in the least discoloured. a further proof,
that the lire had Is. en communicated to it from with-
out. the w sines*, in answer to a question put by
the Judge, said, that he never Allowed any of his
wrotkelic.tsi:e to smoke iu the stack yard. and lit was
' certain, that- nothing of the kind had been done the
day preen:sus to the fire. He also added, that when
he came dews the stairs, he found the kitchen-door

II unlocked.
Ann Hall was next examined. who stated, that she
was servant to Mr. {lions, the last witness, and lived
with him in that capacity in September last; that
ow the SOth of September, the Prisoner and herself
went to bed about ten o'clock; that she bolted all
' the dotes, and was quite sure she did not omit to
I bolt the kitchen door. She stated, that the Prisoner
did not undress herself, but lay on the outside of the
bed. The witness said she was awaked by her mas-
ter', calling on the Prisoner for some water, when
1'
she immediately heard her exelaim "there is a great
fire in the stack-yard!" Alarmed at this outcry, the
witness looked towards the window, and saw no ap-
pearance of fire, but on getting up and going to the
window. she saw, to use her own expression, "-a
great fire kindling up somewhere, but where she
could not tell " This witness (under stated, that
there was a stack of hay and a pogeon-cote between
the window of the room where the witness and Pri-
soner slept, and the cock of corn, which was on fire.
i She also stated, that the Prisoner had told her that
I she had got up to tight the fire under the copper ; but
I that going. at her mistress's request, to put out the
' fire, *bola a quarter of an hour sifter the family was
alarmed, she found it quite extinguished, nor was
, there any appearance of its having been relighted.
The witness admitted, that it was usual for the Pri-
soner and hsrself to rise at two o'clock in the morn-
I ing, on a washing-Jay; and that the Prisoner ge-
'levelly slept on the night preceding it, with part of
! her clothes on, but did not recalleft an instance be-
fore, in which the Prisoner remained entirely dressed.
li. 01 b 4 in g questioned as to her knowledge of any re-
song. fill expression made use of by the Prisoner,
4 the said, that some words having passed between
her master and the Prisoner, the latter said she
would have her revenge of him, but that this was
said in the heat of the moment, and was about a
month pie•entis to the fire.
The evidence for the prosecution was here closed,
and the Prisoner, bring called upon for her defence,
declared, that -he was entirely innocent of die crime
laid to her chart: ; that she had got up at the usual
time, and findiiiA the fire under the copper gone out,
she had kindled it, and finding the water cold, and
not ready to wash with, she had gone up stairs to
be down a little longer, and on going to the bed-
head, ss hien was near the window, fur her night-cap,
she was snuck wi,h tie appearance of fire, which
seemed to her to be in Cie stack-yard; that she in-
stantly alarmed the family, and :afforded all the as-
sistance in her power towards extinguishing it. The
Prisoner being asked whether she had any witnesses,
answeied, " I have aowitaess but Cud ; I am too
•
poss."
Sir AL SW CNASIaIa recapittilated the evidence,
I I an I m....e some observations as to its application in
{stinging home the chatge to the Prisoner. His
Lordship observed, that a probable ground of ma-
lice had heen se ugbt for iu the reproofs given to
the Prisoner by lies master, but as she did not ap-
pear to have manifested ar,% particular resentment
on the occasion, this malice ought not to Ise pie.
turned to exist ; and as to the expression stated Ey
her fellow-servant, it was uttered in the moment of
illi l a, ion. and was at too great a distance fr ins the
time the fire took place, to warrant thr'Yery in con-
stetting them tni;ether. He also observed. that
there w illstithibe pripinhahle in the defence which
~ the ~, /Ow. *. 4 . . me gruiti ds for suviLiun,
LOU 4.... , - 1. • .•,, place about tiro time
7..0 ' / 4 • . • •' - 4.1•4' ever very •trong, and
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