The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-18 00:00:00

BAWL or STAIR.

This was as action or two bills of exchange, oat for 8001.
and the other for 300 f., draws by E. Al•ti,..ult on the Earl
of stair, then J. W. H. Dalrymple, Esq. dated at Eraumls
lo May, 1816, and accepted, payable at Colitis and Co.'s.
The bard-witting of the accepter, and the buknptcy of

Nab,' ley (oho had carried ea the. business of a roirh.
ruekrr), etas proved.

The defence was usury, and WM that the b;'.ts, th.mg't
purporting to be drawn at Brussels, were actually drawn is
England, and shoal./ have had reinter esiainst as c•uddte't.
From the ',ideate of the drawly. it did riot deist." atr•
pear where the hills were draww. • Hastemwied eh., the see •
gotiation with ltdaberley Iran carried on throagir the moss-
tremolos, of nee Tomkins. Warms. rere:verl Mr.
merpterrees, and some east,. The carriages were
afterward. 'old at T It's, and altogether f.r tin twit
tolls of 5001. (one of which was she anthert of site ef ewet
/mum) he received, inetadiad the sale of the
about 5001. in own, y• be bsdi of ioof. wan lirdged with
Alaberlry a. a re'daleral seasick, One ass, *stows. *bleb the
Witness might owe him. Thee* was an onaettied ateutiert
between them.
The Cuts, Jviever v. observed, that moor of the evidence'
touched tiordsill of aooi.

Ate. Guairtt to d in take a vercli,-1 for tir,t, •od
Jury, noder his Loudthulia ditersion, roon.i acroctimely tar
the Pialuta4, 393/., *sweat of 300 f. hull and Wiliest.

VLL) Li.4ILEY, Aram 17.

Tbe above Sessions containers' this day bitfore.Mr..iflisl ace
Palk, Mr. Jtialice Bus 'tingly the Liwil Milos. and 41,,Ider.nen.
John Yale*, aged 19. and Andusel Doa;voital, aced N.
wvrr capitally ind.cied 14 a burglary in tlic Wage of- Mrs.
Bishop, Yofttindorrei, Vfestininiter, and stealaig
Mr. Justice PARK slimmed up to lib! Jury, who pio..tatarad
a verdict ufGetiffy—Death.
MELANCHOLY PROSECUTION.
Joshua Reed, mired 27, was indicted fur a biri glary In Cie
house of his father, 51r. Thome" Rerd, builder, of If :oil,
stead, and stealing 25 sovereign', SI. in silver, liti4l oilier
tousles.

William Perks slated, that on Sunday last, about halt%
past twelve, be met do. Pi-ironer in Flask-plane, linmiestestl,
who asked the witness if he wanted some nosy. ;it'd a :id
he would lend hum a sovereign; witness said lie weult:
row a shilling, as he should be able to pay that again: hat
the Prisoner gave him a crown piers, and in so doing f; °MAI
from his pocket • quantity of sovereigns, and a cloth eon-
taining several pounds of silver. He said he had cif into
his father', house, broke open the till, and took the looney.
Witness earnestly entreated him to return, but lie refitted,
aid expressed his intention to take enacts for London.
Witness the., went to his mother, sad afterwards followed
him to London, wher.e he was apprehended.
Mr. Thomas Read amid hie son was acquainted' with the
money bring in the humor. Willies, ors, at charelriliteing
the robbery. The Prisoner was not weak le his mind; but
irregular, nod addicted to drinking.
The mitfortunate young man, who appeared affected at his
situation, declined saying any thing in hi, defence.
Mr. Justice BURROUGH said this was a melancholy else;
but whatever might be live situation of the partici, I:e snit
the Jury were bound to do their duty. There was no proof
of a burglary having hero committed, and therefore-110(es-
pilot part of the charge was dose away with. The Learned'
Judge, after recapitulating the evidence, observed, the only
question to be considered was, whether the Prisoner state'
the money ?

Thr Jury, after a short consultation, returned a yertlfet of
Guilty of stealing.

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.
JoA* Nogior, aged 24, George Adams, aged S 2, LW.
ward Ward, Lied 21, and Job Anson, apt! 2ti, wets
capitally indicted fur burglarionaly breaking awl enirrimp,
the dwelling house of William Coadell, Esq. and st.alliiig
therein s great quantity of plate and other articles of calm.
Mr. Platt stated, that he was an inmate of the Powell tor'a,
wk.) resided in Oxford-street, and bad a country hoime at
Centralised, iu 51Iddlesex, where the burglary wan MI
On the idea of the 20th of Fanner, be made the Iteueo
secure, and west to bed. About two o'clock he •as dis-
turbed by As barking of a dog and the sound of foulr.,4o'•
He immediately got up, took a douitiv.barrelled gun in In.
band, and 'flit down stairs. He had not desireuded 'mere
ibis six step when be saw a light mid figures of an... dm
hall. The witness immediately fired, and persued the rola-
hers through the dieing-room on to the lawn, where hi saw
two men running together on the grovel path, and another
alto slartl amongst some bushes. He then pulled the It
gir on his other barrel, bat it miss. d lire. He honer. e
pursued thin, to a quickset hedge, six N'et high, but tb.y
furred themselves through. Witness then reward to the
house cotton his way stumbled uver a pairof eb4i,
be took with him to his bed-room, mid there dreeeedliin,-
Pelf, and then alarmed the sereauts, who went in vati?us
directions after the burglars.

Several usher witnesses, servants, sad constajsiev. sjrre
then rolled. Two of them stated, that about` a mile pod
a bale from the house they overlook Naylor sad Adios.
On searching the former three shiver forks ansincluet (stElso
belonging to the Prosecutor were f. tied; Adam. „mask'
desperate resistance, and a loaded pistol was foiled opOut
him. The lam r had ho shoes us. About tno
yards from the house a great quautity or the stolen
.jsc,s.
perry was found in a meadow-, apparently reedy p 4 be
packed in a table cloth; near the boom a bottle of gra pu.l
•n iron bar were tissoil; the oilier two Prisoners were feu s 4
about six o'clock at N•stiing-hill, in a hey cart, in *Pup!), relia
found a cents e.bit. All the Prisoner" were seen the urty.e.
ing evening so the neighbourhood of Mr. Conskill\h,use.
Several persons gave the Prisuucts a :..rod 51..0.,:ter for
Lonesly.
Mr. Joilire PARK summed up at great lenzth to the July,
who found all the Primmer' Ostilly—hattUs.

lIIIDDL ItSE.t SgSSIONS,
Vr MN ISDAY, APaIL 17.

Mr. Thomas Colitis, a respectable baker in the Strand,
and James Fletcher, a constable of St. Clement Donee, c.a.•
indicted fur a..s.ulting soil imprisoning Peter Cooke anti
John Biers, un the 7th of ['chrome], lag. It appearedsa evi•
drnce, that Cooke, who is a common informer, meat into
Mr. Colitis's shop, sad pun:hared some loaves, which ate.
Coots being desired to weigh, and finding them short
of weight, refused to give hack to Cooke. The lazier
insisted up.tit having them, and during the cont-at HICIN
who is also a common itifuemer, came in. Ihie,•0111i
Coons then said, " I me what you are at; yun nee cants on
informers. and I mull have witnesses." He 'CCU. etttiely rent
for Dlr. Jubilee°, another Baker, who, with several other
neighbouis. came: in, and advised him to send for a conatabir;
the other Defendant, took them onto eostedy, and earsie.l
theca to Bow-street where they .vtere direhaactd, no there*
having been preferred against them. It was stated !el •rirl.
rat wituesses that the Prosavelora had helsay..l- to a
uatragetius manner, and culleekd as inetweerc crowd a h.ut
the house of Mr. Coutis. The Court belay that Mr. f!,•ntts
having sold the loaves had no right the retina shrew Imes the
pureiseaer.—The Jury fossil a verdict of Not Gala,.

•