The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-20 00:00:00

A FALSE ACCUSATION ARIA' REPELLED.

Man Tuesosit.--itesterday, John Stilßard, a groom appeared
to answer the important charge of having fratultd mrly taken awry,
and disposed of, a horse, the property of his late mister, Wsliiam
Allen, Esq. of Cowdry Farm, in Surrey, and of Somerset-street,
Portman-square. On the 12th of September, Mr. Allen, accom-
panied by his Solicitor, presented to the Magistrates that the defen-
dant had, without his knowledge or consent, removed a horse,
valued at 70 guinea., from the livery scabies of Mr. Gibbs, in Tra-
falgar-yard, Mount-stria, Grosvenor-square, and had sold him for
less than half his value, namely, Mi., and that lie then had ab-
sconded CM the money. A summons was granted, to require the
attendance of the groom, on Saturday last. At an early hour on
Saturday morning, Mr. Griffith was requested, on the part of Mr.
Allen, to postpone the hearing until Tuesday, on the alleged plea,
that the defendant and his witnesses were not able to attend, in con.
sequence of their being at a distance from town. This excuse soon
appeared to have no foundation in truth, because John Stibbard, the
groom, soon made his appearance, and was ignorant of any such
hindrance. He had travelled 32 miles (front Basingstoke) to meet
the charge, and he brought with hint an undertaking from his pre-
sent master (at that place), to become security for his appearance
elsewhere, if necessary. The groom expressed his disappointment
at die delay, and informed Mr. Griffith that lie had lived three
years in the service of Mr. Allen, anti in the Course of which time
Mr. Alien became indebted to him in arrear of wages between 30/. and
40/. lie had lately left his service by mutual consent, and when Mr.
Allen discharged him, he gave him instructions to sell the horse in
question for .104, or as much as he would fetch, and having sold the
horse, he was to pas the livery-bill, and keep the remainder of the
Money in part payment of his wages. The young man told Mr.
Griffith that lie had before been employed by his late master to sell
horses, and that in this instance he dul his utmost to obtain 401.,
but he could get only 33/. He handed to the Magistrate an account
of sale for that price, regularly attested at Osborn',, stables, in
Upper !IL and also - -

were given by Mr. Allen to the renom rtipentlng the role of tte
horse, and the application of the 3ntee".
The parties remained a long time In the etree' bet Att. mien
did not attend writupport the charge. and the ewe Ras diremtd.

ATROCIOUS orritAGE.
LAWITTII-STIMET.—A loarbarotta tiaragr, namtd Dow,"
!Iran, • potatudraler, Siin entirrorthsstreci, Vi'biteehspe4
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brought tip in custody or Dalton, tie ofEcers Nho, aft.or much o,ff.
nate, snereeded in apprehending him in the Cut Etta 176 J,
and placed ii the bar charged with the commission of a nmet ineni
less asisult on n little girl named Licanoir ateLey, residing i:i
same nlighbotirhood. _

Air. Jan Scully, on whom information .he warrant Vat grar.t,.,
stated, that on last Sunday evening. while he was speaking tc,.
gentleman in Wentworib.strent. his attention was attter,d
some female onetime, he immediately turned towards die
from whence they proceeded t and ;here saw the prison., s2ixe
Infant of about seven years of age by the legs and clash ;.. •.7 ;.•
time several times against the pavement, and afterwards hut;
With great violence and pas.itin into the street. He (the sac.,.,
ran over to assist it, but be was so overcome by his feelings, that ;.:
found himself quite powerkss. Afar the pri.oner hat: accnr._
pushed his barbarity, he walked over in his door and si.t hirriteti
down in the most unconcerned manner ; but on use rersor.:, ep.
proaching to apprehend him he ran off, and escaped at :he rev
Of the premises. The child was toatiseouintly tee rived to the La
don Hospital, where It now lies in a very hopeless rata.
The Illegistrate observed, that a more brutal occurrence Li.:
searcely ever came to his knowledge, and addressing the prison::
'lard him what excuse It could possibly offer
Prisoner—l shall arty nothing now, hut wilt until I ern
ibingistrate—That opportunity shall be certainly afforded to lea.
I shall now commit you; form the dangercua state the child .t
at !present I cannot possibly think of admitting you to bail.
He was accordingly committed.

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M. Swantr. Esq., charged with breaking into the room of a poor
widow, named Beaumont. residing in Lombard-street, Mint, an
stealing the whole of her half ptuperty, comas. ing of clotlies.
Front the evidence of the complainant it appeared that the pri.
toner lodged in the same house. and in the neat rcoen to the oce the
occupied. (ha Friday nnwning she went out, and on her retort
home, which was abont one o'clock In, the afternoon, distortee!.
that her room door had been broken open in her absent:, and her
boxes shared the same fate, and all the property they contained
taken away. The prisoner, of wlwm she entertained a good opinion,
and was also her next door neighbour, was requested to view the
state of her room after the robbery. Ile pretended great concern at
her misfortunes, inveighing bitterly against the persons alto had
broken into her apartment and stolen her property. As an instance
Of his duplicity on the occasion In question, the defendant, in la-
menting the loss of her property, said " The widow's curse will be
On those who participred in the robbery." From his apparent coo.
tern at the loss snatained by the poor woman, he was the last per-
son suspected of having had any 'hand in the affair. Subsequently.
however, information of the robbery having been given at this
office, one of the officers proceeded to the complainant's residence.
The farmer, on hearing the circumstances detailed, was not itc.
pressed with so favourable an opinion of Harvey's honesty and noel
character as the poor widow, and he accordingly suggested the pro.
priety of examining his person as well as his apartments. This step
having been immediately carried Into effect, on searching hint, la
his pockets were found the pattern pieces of several cowns that were
stolen on the above occasion, together with a small blue glass smell.
log bottle, which constituted a put of the contents of one of the
trunks that had been broken open. On further examination, n
hammer was found in ti.e prisoner's room, which corresponded ex-
arly with the marks made on the complainant's door and boxes is
forcing them open ; and under his bed a bonnet was discovered.
The whole of the articles were produced and identified by the
widow' as forming part of the property of which site had been
robbed.

The prisoner, who is a fellow of grave-looking aspect, wish his
hair combed down straight in font, very much resembling one of
a sect caUed the " Swaddlera," declared. with a pious ejaculation,
that he never harmed a child in his life, setting aside having corn.
mined so heinous an ofrence as breaking into a lady's room and
stealing her property. Ile could assure ever body present that he
was innocent of the charge. On being as ed Ma the complain.
ant's property came into his possession, he replied that he bad
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picked up the things found in his pockets on the head of the stair-
case leading into Mrs. Beaumont's room ; anal he added, that be
was convinced the toom must have been broken ilto by some more
earerienced thief than be happened to be. When the hammer was
mentioned to the plume; it was a circumstance attending the rob-
bery that he could not well account for, aud he renamed silent,
Be was fully committed far trial.
EARLYIDnEi Pnßoutl'aanlTaYe.
Two very young u,nlvsame.
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charged with breaking a shopkeeper's window, and stealing's('
pieces of Bandana handkerchiefs.
Mr. Houghton, a linen-draner, residing in Illackfriare-fead,
stated, that on the previous day the prisoner Cunninghame enter '1
his shop, under the pretence of purchasing an article. During tilt
time he was bargaining about the price of stockings, the linen-
deeper heard a mash in the window, and on looking towards it,
observed one of the panes of glass broken, and two pieces of silk
handkerchiefs taken out of the window. Having reason to suspect
the prisoner as one of the pang, merely sent In by his companions
to occupy the attention of those in the shop while they were corn-
mitting the robbery, fie was accordingly searched, and not a half-
penny found in his pcssession, a fact that evidently showed ha had
not come there for the purpose of making a purchase. home.
dhtlely subsequen to the breaking of the pare of glass, a gentle-
man, trim happened to Lc caning the complainant's shop at the
time, observed the prisoner Powen running away after having rut
the glass. Ile was followed and taken into custedy. On cumin.
ing his pockets a glazier's diamond was found.
fhe silk handkerchiefs, however, were not discovered.
.. .

The Magistrate having had some previtoiaintWe4e of their
characters, asked how long they had been out of gaol? Bowen re.
plied that he had only been liberated from Brixton a week, and
that he had been confined there for nine months. His companion
also acknowledged that he had been lately released from prison.
The 31agistrate committed them for three months each to Brie-
ton, and gave directions that their convictions might be returned
to the Sessions, in order that such characters should be tried before
a Jury, and sent out of the country, the punishment of the tread.
mill appearing not to have the slightest effect upon them.
The prisoners have been commuted from this office to gaol at
least ten or a dozen times each within the hut three years !

To THE ED:TOR,—SIR.—I can very easily imagine flit?
possibility of an instrument being made to answer the purpo.e
mentioned in your paper of yesterday, namely, to cut oil the top a
a tooth ; but I cannot so easily imagine the possibility or proh-
bility of the advantage said to be derivable from the operation. I
don't pretend to be an anatomist, but it seems quite plain to me,
that if the nerves of one of my teeth, front natural or 04' tr decay,
become exposed to the action of the external air, th.e cutting
off the one.eightb of an inch, or more, from the top of the tooth,
Fill not have the effect of shielding the nerve from such action of
the external air. I should imagine the effect would be quite the
reverse. If the end of my finger is sore (Which soreness is occa-
sioned by the action of external air thereon), T should not imagine
that should relieve the soreness by cutting off one-half mr finger.
If I might be allowed to e'er a w0,..1 of advice, I should rather
say, apply something to prevent the external air from touching the
nerve, which is alt that is required. After all, Mr. Editor, you
will excuse my remarks, and perhaps some one better able will
throw a little light on the subject. A.

The weather is now very favourable for the seaso.
The turnips and after•grass, and the grass of the pasture
lands, continue to grow all the rapidity and luxuriathe
of Spring.—Carlisle P.per.

BIRTHS.
On the 15th inst. the lady of Charles lilowileo. Esq. of a son.
Oa the 17th inst. the lady of E. Levey, Esq. of a netighter.
On the 15th inst. the lady of Dr. Moore, of Lincoln's Inn-fields,
of a (taught( T.

MARRIED.
Or. the 19th lost. at St. 3/argaret's Church, Westminster, by
the Rev. Henry Fowle, the Bev. Henry Dashwood, youngest son
of Sir John Dashwoncl hlng, Bart., M.P., to Anne, the third
daup,hter of William Leader, Esq. of Putney Hill.
(In the 12:h inst. at St. George's, Hanover.square, by the Rev.
A. Obins, the Bev. J. Hurt Barber, M.A. Rector of .'tston Sand.
ford, Bucks, and Chaplain of St. James's, Brighthelmstone, to
the Right lion. the Lady Millicent Acheson, youngest daughter
of the late Earl of Gosford.
Ou the 16th inst., Frauds H. Ramadge, M.D. of Ely-place, to
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Luc Joseph Bell, Em. et
Clmbham, Surrey.
On the lllth inst. at St. George's, Cambitwell, P.obert Bard,
Esq. It N. to Mercy, only daughter of the late T.B. 31atthew$,
Esq. of the city of Rochester.
On the 10th inst. at 111urylebone church, Archibull Dyer, FM
of Park.strect, 11-estminster, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the
late Rev. Thomas Whotanley, D.D., Principal if Albau.hab,
Oxford.

DIED.
At the Rectory-Louse. Fullinorn, on the 13th inst. in his 711 t
year. the Rev. Robert ,Fiske, B D Rector of k'olbourn St. Vigor's,
and Vicar of Fulnourn All Saints, in Cambridgeshire.
On the 18th inst. at his residence, Stamford Hall, Nottingham-
shire, the Rev. Samuel Fr.vicia Dashwood.
On the 12th last. at Wcaugreen, Tottenham, Mrs. Elizabeth,
Peters.

'Onthe 16th inst. Airs. Janet Hart, wife of Harry Hart, Esl,
On the 15th inst. in the 52(1 year of :;is Age, in Hol!marvel.
Cavendish..sqoare, Joseph Jones Reynolds, Esq. of Wood-street,
ebeapside, and Folly-house, Coventry.

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IToptv Alontague-street, and also a receipt from 51r. Gibbs, fur
f Lawrence, who keeps 161. 9s. 61, being the amount of the livery-bill, which Mr. Allen
which many of the raise- desired him in the first instance to pay. lle likewise produced a
memorandum of It, given to the ostler, as tile usual gratuity ; and
the search-warrant that he informed Mr. Griffith, that in coutormity with his late master's
division now stated that order, he had plated the remainder of the money to his credit, on
'ence's house on the 14th account of his own wages, which still left Alr. Allen indebted to
in tile very same parlour him 101. or 181.
iseoveted. In consequence of Mr. Allen's request, and because of his ab. !
one of the planes. He sence, the hearing stood over until yesterday, when the groom was ,
ne square. again In attendance, bringing with him (also from Basingstoke)
Broad street, produced, Charlotte Perry, a respectable female, who had lived as house.
witnesg, keeper with Mr. Allen, and who was present when the instructions