The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-13 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

POLICE.
MANSIf)4-HOUSS.
Tna RODSFRY or Snow's ronTEß.—Old JOI Bk.'s, who
has been for many years a flat-catcher in London, and is now
nearly seventy years of age, was brought before the LORD Maros
on Saturday, charged upon suspicion of having cut the pocket of 'I
John James, porter at the banking house of Snow and Co., In
Fleet-street, and robbed him of 2,956 L in Bank of England Notes.
John James, who is likewise an old man and apparently very
decrepid, stated, that on Wednesday last, he went, by order of his ;
employers, into the City to several banking-houses, and was re-
turning, between one and two o'slock, with a pocket-book con.
raining large and small notes to the above amount. In St. Paul's
Church-yard, an elderly man pressed upon hint very much with-
out any occasion for it, as there was quite room enough to pass.
Witness asked him why he did so, but no reply was given I
witness had no suspicion of any intention to rub him, and con-
tinued his walk homeward ; just as he reached fleet-martet, be
was surprised at finding the 'An s titan pressing against him, and
asked him abut he meant by doing so? The Mall replied that he
could rot help it, as he had been pressed upon by others. Witness
upon looking round saw nobody, and begged that the man would
not repeat his conduct. However, just as he was passing Shoe-
lane, ho felt a third pressure against hint, and then there were
several persons near I . Upon turning to see who pushed him,
he observed the same man, and spoke to him. The man then
walked quickly away up Shoe-lane, and the witness put his hand
to his coat pocket, and found that his pocket-book, containing all
the notes, had been cut out of his pocket. Ile instantly gave the
alarm, but the man who had been following him, and no doubt
had robbed him, had disappeared.
Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, having received a description of
the person who had been following James, sent John Forrester,
jun. and Foster, the officers, in quest of the prisoner, whom they
found on the Kent-road, and took into custody. The moment
James saw him, he said he was the man who followed him ;_ but'
when asked by the Lord Mayor, he had his doubts. lie could not
at all swear to his identity.
The clerk in the Bank, who had on Wednesday seen two per.
sons in the Bark who seemed to la.! waiting for somebody, and,
thought he could identify them. attended, but when he saw the
prisoner he said, that there was nut the slightest resemblance be-
tween him and either of tbei.
The prisoner, upon being apprehended, and told what he was
taken for, said he wished he had been so lucky as to come in for
so comfortable a 66 swag," but he thought things of the kind dan-
gerous, and never ventured out of his own safe line of business,
for any thing of the kind. Ile declared that he had been walking
in a different part of the town at the time of the robbery, and that
be would be the last man in the world to cut a pocket.
The boat) :llar on said he could not, under such circumstances,
think of detaining the prisoner, who was accordingly discharged.
GUILDHALL.
JaMCS 7:ol,blson, who had been brought up on • charge of
horse-stealing, on the 2lst of August, in consequence of having;
uttered a valuable horse an Smithfield market for Rif. and remand-
ed fur further evidence, was again brought up this day. The horse
had been since advertised, and Mr. Sherrard Ilart, of Beaumont-
street, attended on !Saturday, and proved that the horse was his
property; be sent it last July to the lands of Coney-hatch, the pro.
perry of Mrs. Downes, to graze.
A servant of Mrs. Downes proved that the horse was stolen from
the 1 ids.
Tile prisoner was committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.
Saturday, a young man, all apprentice to a Mr. Wilkins, charged
his master with a most violent assault, under the following circum-
stance's—The apprentice cleaned his master's boots in time yard;
and, possibly imagining that the rain would soften the leather, he
therefore lett them to reap the benefit of the shower. When Ale.
Wilkins drew on his boot, he disapproved of his apprentice's prae.
lice altogether, it being halt full of water; he then seized the other
bout and broke the young man's head.
A Mrs. Birch, a lady with a strong antipathy to irregular instru-
ments of punishment, appeared on behalf of the complainant The
warrant was ordered to stand over for a fortni,;ht, and the parties, in
the mean time, were advised to conciliate matters, if possible.
A Lan FOR CorrEz.—lt is the custom at Mr. Coppleton's
coffee-shop, corner of 11'ych-street, to shut up at nine o'clock every
evening; but Mr. John William Barton, a person of gentlemanly
exterior, had no notion of such fusty rules ; and he, at a little past
nine, endeavoured to force his way in, umbrella in ham!. This was
opposed; and, after a desperate muddy battle, Mr. Barton was
'aken to the watch-house. The waiter produced a few fragments of
what hail formerly been coat., waistcoat, and shirt, all nearly
annihi-
lated in the contest. Barton was ordered to find bail.
A member of the legal profession, an Irish gentleman. who had
served the office of watchman tor seven years, was charged by a re-
spectable lool:ing woman (his wife) with frequently and cruelly
beating her, and that too when he was perfectly sober.
When called upon to explain his motive for such proceedings, he
stated that his wife " had her faults, and in consequence took upon
himself Irgolic to maize her."
The Magistrate said, he would take upon himself legally to bold
him in bail.

?Yuma. Bennett vas brought before the sitting Magistrates on
Saturday, charged with opposing two Sheriff's' (Micas, in the
discharge of their duty.
One of the °them stated, that he went to the defendant's house
in Newington, for the purpose of serving a writ upon the body of
a niaa whom they had information was secreted to the premises.
As soon as they gained access to the house, they rushed into the
parlour, but the bird was flown ; and as they had just CSUit to be-
lieve that he was still incog. up stairs, the officers were proceeding
there, and had scarcely ascended the first flight, when the defend.
art (Mr. Bennett) darted out of the back room on the first floor,
where he and the man whom they " wanted" had been together.
The defendant immediately seized one of the officers. and attempted
to throw him down stairs, when a scuttle ensued, that allowed the
man against whom they had the writ, time to escape which he did,
by jumping out of the window. The officer oddest, that although
he produced his authority to the defendant, in order to convince
hint of the legality of their proceedings, yet they met with the op-
position just stated.
The defendant, in his defence, at once admitted that part of the
statement relative to his having opposed the officers ; but said he,
" I did not know who or what they wanted, and as they were
strangers, and for aught I knew thieves, I did the best I could to
expel them from my house."
The Magistrate said, that it was evident the defendant knew
well the business upon which the officers came to his house, and
his opposing them was to give his friend an opportunity of escape.
Under the circumstances, lie should find bail to answer the cow.
plaint ut the Seasions.

Jahn Kitt and Jeremiah Wild, two young thieves, who go about
the street, calling out •• scouring paper," were brought up, charged
with having entered the house of a gentleman at Clapham.
Mr. Luseombe stated, that about live o'clock in the afternoon of
Friday, the prisoners were observed lurking about the neighbour.
hood for sonic time, entered his house, and walked boldly up
stairs while the family were at dinner. One of the children who
happened to leave the nursery, saw a dirty boy going into her
father's -Itamber t the child instantly gave information of it, when
Kitt wa► actually found in the bed-room, and his companion close
at his heels. M hen the two fellows were detected, each took out
of Ins pocket two or three sheets of scouring paper, declaring that
they mule upstairs to see it any was wanted.
The prisoners were loud in the protestations of the honesty of
their intentions, but they were sent for one month each to Brixton.

SHOCEINO ACCLDENT.—Saturday morning, Mr. Joseph
Power, of New Ross, (formerly of Carrick-on-Suir,) was precipitated
down a rock which he was descending by means of steps slightly
indented in it, at Bookie's, near lethard, county Wexford, where
he had gone for the benefit of sea-bathing. lie was killed on
the spot.
Stiocat No Cot NCIDENCe.-11'ednesilay sc'nnight, as a
man of the name of Rhodes, drayman to 3lesars. Fryer, common
brewers of Chatteris, was on his return from Warboys, in going
down the hill between Fenton and Pidley, something frightening
I the shaft horse, the man, who was riding on the dray, in getting
from his scat was knocked down, and the wheels going over him,
bruised him so, that his life was very much despaired of for several
days; he still lies at Somershani not being yet able to be removed.
Amid on Saturday anotherdraymm in the same employ, and brother
to the above unfortunate in: 4 was on his return from Renwick;
when within about half a mile of Chatteris, while passing &close
in which were a large drove of geese, the noise of which frightened
the horses and they
.04 off at full speed ; the mail observing the
Wisheach coach coming out of the town, endeavoured to het from
off the dray on which he was riding, but he unfortunately tell, and
had the flesh torn off one of his legs most dreadfully, together
with the sole, or fleshy part of his foot. However, hopes are
entertained of his recovery. Both the above men have families,
are remarkably steady, and of sober habits.—Cambriks lade-
/viand Press.
SUICIDE.—Am inquest was held on Friday evening last
before S. Walkey, Esq., Coroner, on the body of a man named
Giorge Rendle, about sixty yearn of age, a chaise cleaner and occa-
sional driver at the Old London Inn, Exeter, who put a period to
his existence by strangling himself, having fastened one end of a
muslin handkerchief to part of the tester of his bed, and the other
in a slip knot rmind his neck, by which means It is conjectured,
from the appearance of the betty, he easily effected his purpose:—
John Pearce, of whom be rented an apartment ; William Brice,
postboy ; Edward Bowe, head hostler; and Jahn Martin, chaise.
cleaner, at the above Inn, severally stated that for two weeks past,
the deceased, although of sober, steady. and industrious habits, had
been irregular in his employment, frequently made mistakes, to
which he was not formerly accustomed, and complained much of in.
disposition, such as led them to think he laboured under some men-
' tal affliction. lie had been frequently found in the stable crying,
answered with seeming reluctance when spoken to, and exhibited in
his conduct, other symptoms of an uneasy mind. The Jury re.
turned a verdict—" Died by strangling himself, thing at the time in
a state of insanity." A son of the unfortunate man was transport-
ed at the last April sessions fin a felony, which it is supposed prey.
ed upon his mind, and ultimately brought on that malady which
caused his melancholy end.—Sherburn Journal.
DEATH PROM THE BITE or A MAD CAT—On Tues-

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The learned gentleman was then removed from the bar. day last Thomas Horsfield, a tailor, residing at Cottage-place,
Newington, died of hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a mad
HATTON-GARDEN. cat. About eight weeks ago, while he was at work in his shop, a
Saturday Mr. Mick Orgar, now of Saffron-hill, but late of Ire- neighbour's cat, which was suspected to be in a rabid state, ran into
land, and his spouse, were charged with improperly intruding his house, followed by two or three persons, and although he was
their family affairs on the public. warned that she was mad, he left his work and walked over to the
The watchman stated, that about one o'clock that morning, this corner, into which the animal had crouched herself, and proceeded
amiable couple were attracting a crowd in Peteroureett by their to rub down her back, and fondle with her, in order to convince
colloquy upou a tray important subject—money. He desired them those present that they were mistaken, andthat poor puss was only
to go home; upon which Mr. Orgar swore that tt he'd send hit a little out of temper. He, however, had not caressed her many se-
wife home;" to effect which he knocked her down. The watchman conds before she seized the fleshy part of his right hand with her
conceiving that neither were in a state to travel, took them to the teeth. The poor sufferer left a wife and three children totally on.
watch-house. provided for.
Mr. Org-tr, upon being called on for his defence, proceeded in On Monday, a fine young woman, at Mar* Bridge,
a very diffuse strain of oratory, until the 31seeaconic, upon which istraie reined hint in
by reqeesting him to be a little more l while in a state of great perspiration, ocanianed by dancing at her
club, took a draught ot cold water, and was immediately taken
Mick made a low bow, and proceeded as follows :—" Plebe your
Worship, you see I was about not to epake a word until I had ill and died three days after North Wake Gazette.
On Wedneada last an Inquest was taken by Mr. Todd,
your bre. lam a hard.working man ; for I made four sovereigns. . the parish , Farley,e„ ..
Hants, on view of the body of George
I gave them to my wife, Betty, to keep; but she made away with 2" parer
about :
month,: who, on thepreceding Mon.
them all. I axed her last night to come to her men paccful home Grace,. ag bo eighteen
to liS death by falling. into vceste ailed a ,
(for to tell you God's truth. I meant to wallop her) ; Devil an inch "Xt ."'! ' ..
she'd come •so that ecalther'd me about so, that 1 sin not half as "
fu or scalding wort. Ile survived only ten hours. e outlet—Ac-
good as a madman." cede/etc! Death.
Magistrate.-IVhat are you ?—A plasterer, your llonour. A few da) s since, a fine interesting young girl, about 14
Magistrate.—And so you wanted to hammer your wife like bricks years of age, the daughter of Mr. E. Smith, of Gloucester-street,
and mortar ?—ln troth, no, your lloraiur ; but I'll be bound a went to visit her grandmother, who resides a few miles leen this
trifle of it would not have made her sick. town. On Saturday week she was requested to bring some water
Mrs. Orgar assure.] his Worship that she thought nothing of the from an adjoining draw-well: but, not Laving returned in half an
blow, and hoped that he'd forgive both parties, which the Ma. hour from the tiuie she left the house, search was made for her,
istrate assented to ; for which, es the loving couple were when she was found at the bottom of dee well, in which there was a
leaving the office, 31rs. Orgar expressed her gratitude, and ex. considerable depth of water, and into Which she hail fallen, either
claimed, tt Long life to your Honour, and may the Lord prieleie 'by overbalancing herself in reaching forasrd,or from being dragged
your days !" in by the weight of the bucket, in attempting to draw It up. She
%VAT's Awn Afeetna—An antiquated Sybil, with names enough was immediately taken out, and every means used to restore anima-
tor an old Castilian Don, was brought before Mr. La; ma, under tion, but unfortunately without effect. The grief and affliction of
the charge of swindling almost every tradesman and shopkeeper in her parents and friends, on occasion of this melancholy accident,
Mary-la.borine. This office presented a curious melange of de- may be more easily conceived than described.—Liverpool Paper.
more housekeepers, smart milliners, literary venders, greasy On Tuesday morning, Charles Lambert, Esq. of Os.
butchers, tidy hair-detours, floury bakers, with a long er cetera of borne House, Isle of Wight, crossed the water to West Cowes, at.
hatters, hosiers, and tailors. The cases were taken seriatim, and tended by these of his sons, in order to take a bath, u was his usual
the burden of the evidence was this:—Some time since the prisoner custom. His second son, Charles, a fine youth, about 17 years of*
had taken a very elegantly furnished suite of apartments at No. 33, age, wishing to bathe also, accompanied lie father into the water,
Northutitierhul.atreet, under the name of Mrs. Sarah Wirsuout, lettere lie had not been long before he cried nut he was sinking,
though her name is Fuse. On her firat inspecting the apartments, which, we are sorry to say, was too true, and he was drowned;
she scented to think the furniture rather meagre for a person of her and we have to add, that Mr. Lambert in his Great exertions to
condition, and suggested the improvement of a couple of ottomans, save him, had nearly met the saute fate. To depict the agonise]
an or.molu table, sonic bronze candelabras, and a few articles of and distracted state of the parent, at the melancholy event, is Mt.
ii„.aterie; those favours were not complied with, but, however, the possible; nor could he be prevailed on, for a considerable length of
laily came on the following day, in a very handsome Bennet, time, to quit the bathing machine and return to his home. As it
driven by her livery servant, and was admitted to the tenantry. was nearly an hour before the body was found, it was clear to every
She saw no company, but goods of every description came pour- one on the spot that Itfe was extinct. It may be some little coma-
ing in daily, and a morning levee was constantly held, at whichthe ; lation to Mr. L. and his family to learn how much and how truly
first tradespeople were in requisition, to each of whom the libeled • the surrounding friends and neighbours sympathise with them an
Mrs. Williams gave a carte blanche to send home all they thought I the unhappy event.
proper, and for which she promised payment., But unfortunately Friday week the Royal Buxton coach was again nive-
-1 tho.e I:mon:ism were " false as dicer,' oaths," and the creditors . turned, descending the hill about two miles from Buxton, and
! beaming clamorous for their money, Mrs. Williams, justly of- I eight of the passengers were severely mjured. Two ladies and an
fended at the want of respect sins n to her word by the people of i infant were conveyed to the house of Mr. Flint, the surgeon, whose
, Mary-la.bonne, took French leave one tine day, and neither miss assistance, and that of Dr. Buxton also, proved very timely. One
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tress nor wan were heard of fur a considerable time, until she was of the cases is peculiarly distressing, namely, that of!lIrs. Harvey,
met by accident, in Oxford-street, on Thursday. A suit of livery I with two infant children ; she is the daughter of the late Mr. Cum.
with gold lace, and a pair of jockey hoots were not forgotten for mina of the York theatrical circuit, and was on her way from
"Juhn," who has taken care to be out of the way. The different 1 Exeter to Buxton, to fulfil an engagement with Mr. Thornhill,
charges all hung upon the same point_.swindling t but that ape- the nuirager of the Buxton theatre, for the season. Her long
!cies of swindling not being cognizable in Criminal Law, the ; journey hell exhausted her funds, and one other children was much
Magistrate expressed his inability to treat the offence wit the bun, while she herself had received eevesal contusions, ant s com-
I severity it demanded. Bier. Foos smiled at this intimadon. and I pound fracture in the leg. Mr. Henry Johnston, the only person
I merely said, she hoped she should not have occasion to do so await. on the spot to whom she was known, WAS sent for. on her i . • Ist
A milliner who attended. remarked, that the clothes worn by the Buxton ; and with great kindness he immediately waited upon the
! prisoner were some of those she had fraudulently obtained at her gentlemen who presided at the tables of several hotels and boarding
I house. houses, and set on foot a subscription, to which, in a few hours,
! Then, said Mr. LAING, if the wretched woman has a proper sense the benevolent visitors of the place contributed a very liberal sum,
lof her misconduct, she will instantly strip. to he at into the hands of Mr. Ileacock, treasurer to the Buxton
Friatiner—oh, my God! Sir, would you, for decency's sake, Bath t•
sanction such a thing ? I Utah to think of it ! harity. A Liverpoolentleman was particularly Lind and
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active in aiding Mr. Johnston's exertions on this attlicting occasion.
Magistrate-1 mean to say, you ought to give back that bonnet A
...CCIDENTAL DEATH OP PHILLII.S Tile COACHMAN.
(a rich Leghorn) at least.
—Our Huntingdonshire readers will grieve to read this event; for
The prisoner at length compiled, and she divested her had of most of them have experienced the extreme care which he always
the bonnet, a wreath of lilies iind roses. and an artificial front in displayed while discharging his duties as driver of " the Old Dili.
good cud : her snotty bosom was also robbed of a lace frill, and a
Irre..ch silk handkerchief. In this trim she left the office with ant'
•" which respectable appefisuo. n the coach retains to the
day. notwithstanding the innovating. or rather the warlike
du: greatest composure of countenance;
Ten and the good-humoured
ke taste of " the proprietors," has gilded on its back the formidable
Wan-MT haying offered Ilia hnsey-woorsey MD to
screen
e " Defiance:" but Tom, so careful in averting danger from
silver locks from the inclemency of the weather; she gaily accepted others, could not turn the alien from himself. The talc is both
the r''''''''''' and
on Its return front London, on descending the hill in t
adroitly turned it into° very re'Pectiple turban' brier and melancholy. On Friday se'nnight, as the Dehe fiance was
town of
She is a native of 41 ides, is about the middle else, dark eyes,
aquiline nose. speaks quick and pertly, and, above all, seems to Hoddcedon, Phillips, seeing before him a tilted waggon called out
Le well versed fin the mysteries of Ways and ileums. several times to the driver to guide his horses more towards his own
31A 111.130RM:6 H STREET. side. Finding nothing done, nor receiving at.y answer, Phillips
eattirdav a clerk in a leeway was charged with emberelernent, endeavoured to pass. but that momeet the waggon horses tumep
but as no distinct case could he proved, the matter stands over till upod those in the coach, whirl:, at the same time eondng in con.
iVetlaeaday neat. tact with a post, he was thrown limn his box among the horses'
feet, and was taken up shockingly mutilated. One of his arms,
A (orderer, who had been summoned by a dust -collector. ap. li the wheel pa•sed, was broken in two places, as were
plied to ken. "if there was any law to compel him to make cinders ''!" *hi'
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afro two of his ribs, but ,he internal hurts were of a more serious
and ashen."
To which the Magistrate t.tylied, " there was not, as no law nature ; ter some, days he languished in the most excruciating
could compel him to mac earls. 'agony, and on 11 ednesday, an internal mortification having taken
I place, death put a peeled to his sufferings. Phillips was a robust
An apprentice who had absented himself from his master's en,. ' powerful man, in the prime of life; and although not considered
pfnement, treat Monday until Friday, was offered the aheritative of in this relined age—and refinement has extended to the knights of
begging pardon, or going to the (louse of Correction ;he chose the the whip--as a eurrttou, man,yet his bluntness was but an emblem '
latts.r, and was committal for fourteen days. of his honesty ; and as ha was a good coachniau, and punctual to'
A man named Lewis was fined 40s. under the Pavement Act ; time, so was he a kind husband and parent, and readily performed
and bad scarcely left the .Magistrates' room, when he collared the ; his duty to his neighbour. We regret to add, that he has left a
officer., " the guilty cause of all," intending to " take it out i.; large and very young family. An inquest •as held on the body ;
shaking t" foe which offence he was again introduced to the notice I the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death, aid plead a deo-
a his Wceship, who ordered Idm to find bail fur the assault. ' dand of 2s. on the wheels.—lluatingdon Paper.