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

WORSHIP-STREET.

OETBACEOIII AssAut.T ETON A POLICE °relent.—
Among the scourges which are the general attendants of 111arthuk.
mew fair, there has not as yet come to our knowledge any act of a
more lawless, and more brutal nature on the part of the trait.
less ruffians who are its nightly visitors, than the following
On last Tuesday night, Garton, the chief officer of this d'i;rsion,
despatched Vann, Waters, and Ilanly, to perambulate thilwell.
street, and its vicinity, which is one of the leading pampa to that
scene of infamy. One of the off.cers, who was detailicil a little be-
hind his entwades. was proceeding after them ; and Shen betarn
Bunhill-riw and \lithe l'ross-street (being them a little after 12
o'clock), a person, who gare his name as John !tenon. who lint
stated lie lived t NVilitech*Palt and afterwards in Riste.hze.
I came up, and meeting the officer, without saying a word, kroAed
off his hat ; the officer instantly seized the fellow, and apprised
him of who he was, in despite of which he was immediatzly
rounded by nearly twenty of the fellow's associates Who, der
knocking the officer down, kicked him in the moi.t shameful red
brutal manner ; they then ran off in the direction of Finsbury.
square. Ths officers being apprised, went In pursuit of them, ands;
the corner of the square in Chit:well-street, they found the primer
conversing with a person of the name of Clarke, well known at the
Old Bailey. lie was instantly' secured, and recognized as the tenon
who knocked off the ha.. Be was yesterday -brought before 31r.
I BENNETT. when the officer, who into a pitiable appearr.ner thy.
ing one of his eyes completely,closed, end otherwise so treated, is
to be tendered In of i.uty) aitanded, Lid after stating the
circumstances—

Mr. BENNETT ordered the priwiner to be held to hail. and felt
that as the Accra were in the discharge of their publis duty, 21
hours notice of the solvency of the Lail should be gii en.

LAMBETII.STREET.
PLEASCRES OT 51ATISIIION V. AtiD THREE ATTEMPTS TO
CO iturr tau le an !—Yesterday Joim Boss, a th,astno:are•her:htt irizd
shoo maker, residing in Pleasant-roe, appeared before JOll5.
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tIARDWICIC, ESq. to answer the tollowing complaint of his ES.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Roos were atiended at the office by their
parents.
yeahinfLorßoagsse,, awnitiilntaerthsoteingchydos,ingis woman,
rootth nootld
stated, that it was her misfortune, for the last three years to belied
to Mr. Ross, who was in the habit of treating her so ill, that site was
often obliged to seek protection under her father's reed; that ha
was not content with heating her, but would keep heron a short al.
lowar.ce of food : and on Saturday last he struck her several bract
without her having given him the least reason.
Mr. Ross stoutly denied the charge of striking her on Saturday,
and maid he merely clenched his fist in her lice, and in reams he
received two blows front Mrs. Ross, arid hail the marks to shear;
i but as for provisions, she never wanted, while with him, sitythire
in that way. It was true he could rot imprint her as she wished
or he intended, but it ella owing to the falling off in trade, sad net
any fault of his.
The father of Mrs. Ross said, that his daughter and Mr. Row
were but a short time married when they became very unhappy,
so much so, that, in March last, his daughter, Mrs. Ross, hest
formed a detetmination to put a period to her existence. and had
*en a quantity of arsenic, which would at the time have provtd
fatal, were it not for the exertions of Dr. King, of Stepney. who, by
administering strong emetics, caused her to throw it off ha ste.
mach. In a short time after she purchased another disc. and was
in the act of preparing it for use when witness detected her. He
found out the shop at which it was bought, and gave direct ors that
such should not be given her again, but such was her determination
that she got a third dose by sending a servant for It. and sdrplar
to relate, on the night site got it, his wife (Mrs. ROSs's =be)
dreamed that she had got a third dose in the morning. She
mentioned it to witness, and they both went to Mrs. Hoes s, and
questioned her about it. She first denied, but after searching, they
found it in the tea-put. Under these circumstances. lie hoped the
Magistrate would cause a separation, as there was no prospect of
their living happy together.
Mr. lIAunwICS. said he had no power to compel a aconites,
but would recommend the parties to cotue to some arrangement
themselves.
After a great deal of talk on both sides, it was agreed that Mr.
Russ should talc: the child, and Mrs. Ross r tarn to her father.
Mrs. Ross handed the child to its father, without apparent Coto
thin, and the parties then withdrew.
Tito A/ VRDER AT liECKENlLAS.—Yesterday morning, Sit
John Farnaby and Mr. Goodhart, of Beckenham, came to the
office, and informed Mr. ALLEN, the Magistrate, that since the
last examination of Thomas (ooutbs (now in custody), the body of
James Morgan, the unfortunate mall who had been shot, was dia.
interred, and the wound IA which he had died opened by a aurgeon,
who extracted five slugs, some shot, and three pebble stones, fart
the orifice.
It will be recollected, that when (looenbs was appreher.ded, the
leaded pistol found down the privy, into which he had throne,
was examined, and found to contain a heavy charge of powder,
shot, sloppi, and pebble stones. There was also found on his no-
son a bright steel charger, half filled with shot and slugs. The
whole of the -übocementioned charter were exhibited to sir Ju'a
and Mr. (loodhart, both of whom, after a close inspection. pn-
nounced that they exactly resembled the shut, slugs, and pebble.
stones extracted front the body of Morgan.
A few evenings ago application was made to the Magistrate of
this office, by several of the respectable inhabitants of Pitt.stren,
in the Kent-road, fur the assistance of the police, to suppress a most
intolerable nuisance to which they had been fur a length of Omen-
posed. Their cause of complaint was this :—A great Lambe of
persons, of both sexes, were in the habit of meeting at a house
in Pitt•street. for the purpose of celebrating what thrt called
their " religious rims," which were described as of the mat
extraordinary character. The sect denominated themselves "Ths
Followers of Joanna Southcote," and in the performance of thor
ceremonies, it arts stated that an old woman was selected fin
among them, who was stripped, put into a coffin, and laid est
in the paraphernalia of death, with winding-sheet, Re. and candles
placed around the coffin. In this situation the disciple would 'ire.
times lie for a couple of hours, to all, appearance ded,untilat
length the spirit would operate. On the Isor perceptible a•
turn of animation, she would set up a shout of exultation. that
would re-echo through the whole street, from one erd to theuther,
surpassing even the fatuous Irish howl. This latter proof thee':
remony, the applicanus said, was the annoyance which they ase
their families clitelly suffered from, and they now entreated thells.
Filtrates to despatch some of the officers to the sprtt, who would.
in all probability, find them at the height of their noisy and Da.
magical mummery.
In compliance with this request, two or three of the officersnet
sent down to Pitt-street, but die party against whom the cent'
was lodged. having an intimation of what was likely to moo.
made a rapid movement off, in the direction of Norwood. L'AIN!
with them a pig, which they intended to aticrificeto thentanc_wol
poor Joanna, whom they expected a visit from every day. The
peg was to be sacrificed by fire, in the presence of the follow" to
each of whom was distributed a portion of the animal. as spew-
offering, to be presented to Joanna, when she made her apperranci
among them.
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wthase nmeatigish,bo,torht osi.oidootrsooo.tytaihrter n.rnes
tot
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disturbance going forward.

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