The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-01 00:00:00

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(FROM the lUDs rms.]
In the discharge of our duty we 1111 t week exposed
to public view some of the wickA and diabolical
arts practised by Mary Bateman, of Catuptii hi,
near this town, upon the distressed end ruined fa-
.nily of fiUtaro Perigo, of lirawley ;we shall now
sithinit to our readers some further particulars
which came out in the examinations before the
Magistrnt,s of this Borough.
Soon Asir • ['Wig° went to consult Mary Bate-
man, and while, by her arts, she was fleecing him
of all the tomey he had, or possibly could raise,
amounting, in the whole, as we have alrua,lv stated,
to 701. the imaginary Miss 131uth ordered Ilion to
bay her a lire "to order that it might be
offered u a burnt • • her Familtar, and
thereby destroy the works of darkness; she next
demanded a counterpane and sheets ; again four
poinola of bacon ; nest a cheese; ti wt a pair of
iamb's skin stockings; exclusive of the moues, bed,
china, trOVnilly pettico.its, and fatmls Bible.
In May, 1807, this prophet of ills predicted
that both Perigo and his wife would, diiriug the
month, take a veg. severe ; but they were

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consoled by the asiiirrance. that if they followed her
prescription atedtastly, this illness would not be
unto death ; iii order to which they were diria:tcd
Co eat the pudding already m,otionak; sod if that
made thetn.so t it probably would, they ware to
take each u spoon O 1 di. , mixed up with eve.
tain ingredicids, and if• they t.,•lt it all, without
bang deterred by t/iiiipparent Mums it might pro-
duce, Nisi, asaurest ebee Aar sorrows would
be at an end ! la :atone wretch 1. words were
too true ; Ptrign's Wile adhered stedfsstly to the
prescription, :Old her life paid the forfeit of her
folly. The Inidsnid, lea; faithful, escaped with
his life, and nothing more. MA, deeply infatuated
the ill-fated wife of Perigo was, mat' he collected
from the following melancholy fact :—On the
Friday precious to the Sunday on which she died,
While writhing under the most excruciating torture
frogs the effects of the deleterious drugs prescribed
by Mary Bateman, iii the name of Mass Blyth, she
extorted from her husband a promise that even if her
should i,.•ue iii liar that t, a circumstance
she did not much expect, lie would emitinue to
follow the direetinns of the sorreres". till the arrival

of the tune when all their expectations of freedom
from the poAers of darkness should be comma •
mated in a happy fruition. In an ei il hour le
gave the prminse, and scrupulously adhered to it,
till forced, by hard uecessity, to violate au engage-
Ment more honourable in the breach than in the
observance. The wife. as we have already stated,
died on the Pith of May. 1807. and a letter ar- I
sired two or three days after, from Miss Blyth, in
which she attributed liar death to having ventured
to touch the enchanted bags. l'Cor were the effect•
of this disobedience- to mud here ; Inasmuch,"
mid this disciple of the Week art, in a letter to
Pair, " as your wife hem done this wicked thing,
she shall rise from the grave-- Croke your fire with
.the cold hand of deatl.--isaii you shall less the
• the of oat side." In this way site eoutinued to
practise upon his hopes and fears I but terror being
the more powerful engiee open, sefues es emus..
tt4ed hes is, it was moot frequently roosted to. and.
• with Soo mach mimes& • Driven by his_
mats to ve all dangers, slid to open the myste-
rious begs, where all his wealth was, es be inn-
tes4l:rdepissited, and finding that-thawing% like
a'r box, contained manposils, without, like
that box, having Lope at the bates*, he hurried to
the sorceress, upbraided lemoith the wicked fraud,
and told her those bags contaieed nothing of value
Ay.," rid the artful wretch, " this MOOS of
hoeing Mine great a hurry ; you have opened them
too boom" " Tun soon, dad yea say, cried Pe-
t*, indignantly., who had uowepeeed his eye. to
his folly, " I think lhave opened them imp late."
The sequel is ktiowo ; the sorcetesa was committed
bsWakatield House of Correction on Saturday. there
to await her trial, or to be• removed to the county
vial, to which her Isudmad has since been sent, fur
robbing the house of loses Snowden.
James S.sowtl and his family have also been the
dues of Mgry au, iu a degree little inferior
to "%r'go. Living at the next door to this artful
woman, she learnt that Snowden's wife had a sort
of presentiment that one of her children would be
drowned, mid offered her services to avert so heavy
a calamity. 'rite agency of Mita Blyth was called
in here agate. Mary pretended to write to her at
Think, and received a letter. dirretiog that James
Snowden's silver watch should be towed up in the
had by Mary Bateman ; next. money, to the
amount of twelve guineas, was demanded, and oh.
tamed in a member 34 good deal similar to the way
in which it was extorted from Perigo : this was also
to be sewed ul, in the bed. By and by, it became
necessary. Miss Blyth rand, is order to prevent
their son being drowned, and their daughter be-
coming abandoned. that Snowden's family should
leave Leeds, and go to Bowling, in the neighboar-
hood of Bradford, taking the bed. with the watch
and money in it. with them, but leaving a consi-
derable portion of their property in their house at
Leeds' and giving Mary Bateman the key. At
length they expressed their wish to Mary, to be
allowed to look in the bed, and take oat the watch
and money, bid the tinigipd not yet arrived : and
before this iaspection was to he made, the family of
Snowden were to take a dose, which on. at that
time in preparation for them, and was to have been
daring the present week—happily,
this dale was never taken. •
On Saturday last, James Snowden was passing
part of hie evening so a pablic-house at Bradford,-
sad The Leeds Mercury being produced, see of the
company undertook to read the article which had
produced so Millri4 conversation during the day.
under the head IViteheraft, Murder. Li...shaky !"
—Snowcieu heard the narrative with violent emo-
tion ; when it was Gui,hol. he started from Isis
chair, and made the heat of his way house. His
first care was to open the folds of the he.), olteu
lo ! instead of his watch and money. he founil--Lo
cud! Us! next came over to Leeds. and found his
house, whicli he had left is the care of Mary Bate-
man, plunder d, and oo a ~arch warrant being
procured. part 0f the property was found iii Bate-
traan's house ; John Bateman was, in comecrivores
opprelieuded, mid. as we have stated above, com-
mitted to 1:344 (.Melia, to take his trial for the of-
feace.

OLD 3.111. LY.

Fin 11 bAV. Ger 3*.

.7014.4 rilel,4 was enstriettosi .1 stowing • gras•••••, the
reapers! 0/Juha Elm ne. -
Theme. .',44Cer was cww 1C1.41 of 'fealty': lye fowls, the p.
pert/ We. Hall.
Mord** Nhorfitrol was iatLeted f w atesli.:g a shawl, t6n c
r• mounts, 1111141 a tea-spots, the rrtperty of M`lltr-
uiut

The Prostrater keeps the Plow, Crows.street, Oxfurd.
street. On the 20th of September Imt, the Penmen...lune
into his honse in the re onus, to drink, and contrived to
sirs) the artieks oat of the back paihir. He *cot awn!
witismit paying Isis reek° ,in 4 and, 'tutu fanned hi the
laadltird, be was detected',lb the shrugs about tom.—
Gui/te . _ _

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Jae. Wiprieu and Jaoiet Ainneeer were indicted rot stealing
lead a the boon at Joseph Hill.

The Prue:cut% Ina la Newport, lie. Way, 'Weetniin.
stir, sad the Primmer' were emplused in sepatring the roof,
of which tbe laid wee cut by them; but there being no
deuce to prove the case, hut a but, who was at work with
thaw, and a party le their guilt, they sere, slider the dierr•
ties of the Ctvairt,oorstted, ua the ground of danger is giving
credit to sorb a sr ittsess..
The Smarms havingenacki led; am RaCOLDER proceeded
to pass the awful metence ui ueath %tints the following capi-
tal couv.ru, rut
John Winsome; far beael.bi raking ; Biassed Neighbour,
fur an unnatural Grills, ; • Amnia Commies, fur uttering
enieeterfeit silver coin, ha having before been curisleted of a
Übe ; George Omik.es, far bring at large outline the
term of his set:knee toe trouspurtatissa ; George tt lisle), toe
the We °Eruct Witham Kiiitelelee, Ihrberer.skaling,
Willis. Basicirek, fur burglary ; oar was meteureJ to be.
transputted fur life, twofer f..isrtern years, sixteen fur seven
years...emittedto ht confined for different periinla in the Chime
of Corr...Oa, and atmern be pubisely slipped , Atter winch
the SaMpue were aftjetumed.
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wen-vigour& int% 30.

Arrived Goat Oporto the Primrose...! le guns.
Capt. Melo.
Sailed the Violet lugger, on a cruise off the op:.
posite coast.
On Friday, four troops d the 15th Light I)ra.
goner embarked from the Dock Yard.; end this
rooming the remainder of the regiment embarked.
The Loh Dragoons are expected here for Spain in
a short time.

The Niolte frizate,C tpL Loring, and Dexterous
gun-brig, Lieut. Tomburnt', uul etrouipairy the
troops to Spuin.

PI.YMOUTU, OCT. 29.
Came iu ilia Majesty's ships Aosparell. Con-
flict, and Black Juke, from a cruise; and Lm Belle
Copette Freud) selsomier, laden with eotite and
stumr, prise to the A apparel/.
Sittled the Alcmene. of 32. Capt. Tremlet, with
a convoy of victuallers for Torbay ; Insolent gull-
brig. Lieut. Morris, for L'Orient ; Peacock, It!,
Capt. Peak, for Comma ; and the flambee hired
argued ship, Lieut. Anstruther, for Falmouth.

plicEa, Oct. .29.
Yesterday morning, one of the tour cutters men-
tioned in my last to he taken up by Government,
supposed to he fur the conveying dispatches, bmt
out io the Roads at tide-time, to he in readiness to
tike a messenger to Calais ; when about one o'clock
4r. Shaw arrived. and proceeded immediately with
a fair wind ; a ship was seen passing to the Downs,
with a .sigaal of. distress, sad hnth wimps goin4,
but SSP boat would go of to her assistance. Tile
cutter *hob josh Mr. Shaw across is returned,
stow Waft Ida safeessLittle wood at E. and ties
weedier. DILA 1., OCT. 30.
Howseis qlle Downs His Majesty's ships, with
the otstwardsbisood, Am as. per last.—Wind calm
and due.

route, 'OCT. 27.
Arrived the Priam of Woks packet. Captain
Kirkwall (agiioff), Iron Comma, with a Mail,
after a priarisge of seven days • overshot Falmouth
is the night. Passengers Ly ht:r—Lord Ebrington,
the Swedish Colonel. Springporten, and a number
of other 91Eeers; they bring niithin new ; every
thing is going on well with the Spaniards. Gene-
ral Sir David Baird was lauded before the packet
left Carolina; the soldiers were to he lauded the
next day.

RINGST m-urow-nt, v.v., OCT. 2s.
A foreign veiled arrive I here onSliturday last, the
Captain of which repairs, that about two o'clock
in the preceding afternoon, a brig and too sloops
were captured in his si4llt, off Lynn Deeps, by a
French privateer, which immediately stood out to
Sfil with her prizes. Ca stain Osbert, of the Briton.
from Loudon, also reports. that au Saturday hest,
lie left Yarmouth Reeds, in company with w large
sleet of ships bound to the north ; after clearing the
Cockle, in missing Winteriiess, a signal was Ifying
there Ihr an enemy's small cruiser; and also at
Hoisliro*, and Cromer. When Captain Calvert
was standinz in below Cromer, a black brig, hav-
ing a suspicious appearance, with his fore top-gal-
down, black sails, and a large hole dim'
the mainsail, stood off across the Briton's haws,
and bore ,lown upon three brigs in the offing, whilst
Captain Calvert was in sight ; however, he did not
perceive that any of them were captured.