The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-04 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

H•TTOI,7-6Altniw.-oaSaturday Joseph Mortimer, a carman,
was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing a widow
woman, named Esvia, with whom he lodged, of halt' a dozen silver
spoons, and nine shillings.
It appeared that the prisoner had been some weeks out of em-
ploy. and during that titre had come home very late, and generally
intoxicated. On Saturday, the 26th ultimo. 31rs. Earls went out
on htisMert, leaving the prisoner in bed, and on tier return found
that her bed-room door had been broken open, and a trunk, in
which tin' spoons aid money had been previously deposited, was
comely ely ransacked. The prisoner, who was the only individual
left in the house, 11:11 gore out, and did not return till one the next
morning, and then much intoxicated. She waited up for him, and
then lehhed Wilds, a constable, who took him into custody. On
his way to the watch-house he was observed trying to secrete some-
thing in his shoe, which proved to be a knife, and which he begged
hard to be allowed to retain, but this was of course refused. In
less than an hem afterwards he waseliscovered in the act of attempt-
ing to fasten one end of his neckkerebief to the railing of a small
grated window, the other end being tied round his neck. A watch
was then placed on hint for the rest of the night.
The prisoner, who denied 311 knowledge of the robbery, had
been remanded to allow time for inquiry at the different pawn-
brokers; and Wilds now stated that lie had not been able to gain
any intelligence. of the spoons. but he had learnt that the prisoner
had been seen with a quantity of silver in his possession the day
after the robbery had been committed.
Ileing unable to account for the possession of money on that day,
or Kit isructurlly to state how he at present got a living, he was again
remanded.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Mary Smith and Margaret Johnron stood charged with the fol-
lowing highway robbery.
William Winter, a plumber residing at Pentonville, stated,
that on Friday night he was passing through Way's-Inn-lane,
when he was met by the two prisoners, near Spread Eagle.court.—
Without a word haring passed, he receised a violent blow on the
'stomach, and found his watch drawn from his pocket. Ile instantly
seized both prisoners, and contrived, with considerable difficulty.
to detain them until assistance arrived. and they were taken to the
watch-house. .

A man named Scriven mid that he witnegeed the latter part
of the transaction, and saw the prisoner Smith stooping down more

than once. After the prisoners had been taken to the watch-house,
he thought something imght have been deposited where lie saw
Smith stooping ; he wormed a light, and behind some railing near,
he found the watch and its appendages, which were identified by the
prosecutor.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial.
MINT PROSECUTIONS.
Two women, named Lai kiss and Alahowry, the former of whom
carried a young child iu her arms, were brought tip in custody of
Lloyd and Isimbrick, charged aril; baying a quantity of base coin
in their possession.
After the apprehension of Taylor and his wife on Tuesday, as
already stated, Lloyd remained in charge of the premises at
lValworth ; and about ten o'clock the same nmrriltig, the prisoner
Last in came and knocked at the door, but endeavoured to escape
on learning the late of Taylor. During a struggle which ensued,
she threw a small parcel over the fence of a garden. He took her
back to 'l'aylot's house, and the packet she had thrown away was
picked up, and found to contain fi,e sixpencza, all counterfeit. He
kept her in custody until the arrival of Limbriek, and Mr. Powell,
one of the Solicitors for the Mint.
Limbriek came about twelve o'clock, and found Larkin in cos.
tody, whom lie knew to be an utterer. About two the other prisoner
came, and having asked for Taylor, was desired to walk in. She
was taken to the back parlour and panirched. and on her person was
found a good shilling, and a quantity of counterfeit shillitia and
sixpences. w th some dirty brushes, apparently used in polishing.
The he of the officers was corroborated by a number of
very respectable witnesses ; anti the difierent pieces being examined
by Mr..1..1in Field, one of the inspectors, were all proved to be
counterfeit.

.....
Mr. Sergeant Set.r.osr asked if any of the persons who witne-sed
the apprehension of lei,rk in observed any improper or indecent be-
haviour on the part of Lloyd, the officer ?
lle wits immediately answered in the negative.
Mr. Sergeant Sell.I.ON -" I have had a lett. r landed to me, pur-
porting to be the prisoner's defence; instead of which it is nothing
but a tissue of invective against the officer. who is charged aith al-
most every species of indecorous behaviour towards the prisoner
Larkin. A defence like this adds to your guilt instead of palliating
it. flail such conduct as lie is here charged with been brought
home to any of our officers, condign punishment should have follow-
ed immediately, but it has been completely disproved by his wit-
t motes."

Bosh prisoners declared themselves innocent of the charges pre-
ferred against them, but they v.-ere fully committed fer mist.

POT-1101:SE POLITICS.
Saturday, a smart spruce Irishman, named Timothy SO
was brought up under a warrant, fur assaulting James Oakes, a
broker.

The complainant stated, that about three weeks ago he went
into the Rifting Sun public-house, Chalton.rdreet, Somers-town, to
get a little refreshment ; whilst sitting in the parlour, the defendant.
who wan sitting at an opposite table, very politely tendered him the
not, and asked hint to think ; the handle like Macbeth's dagger,
was " to his hand," and he " clutched it with determined eager.
ness." Ile should here beg to observe, that there was nothing in
the world to which he lied such an aversion as unhariznllibations,
and lie therefore rose up, and proposed a toast to the company,
upstanding and uncovered. with three time three, " Our most
gracious Sovereign, Lord King George;" and in order to puzzle
the vulgar, he clapped the Latin addenda to the tail of it —" Rex,
Fidel Detensor." He had Ito sooner made the announcement, than
a general buz of dinapprohation rose with the detendant's party ;
presuming. however, that their disinclination to pledge Ida high_
crowned bumper arose from their want of learning, he expounded
the cattail/Meal words for their edification. but even this would net
do. Tim Sullivan, in particular, refused to drink the toast, and
roared out in a voice of t! under, " By .1— but myself likes the
female part betther; so I'll give ye. • Queen Carline, and long
life to her,' thntigh she's dead ; may G—d rest Inc mul in glory ;"
and had he as much Latin as the broker, he might have tacked
thereto the grave-stone tioieh, " Ilequiereat in ',aunt." Mr. Oakes
saw there was a disposition amongst the Irishmen to fall out upon
politics--their national characteristic ; and feeling th..t the odds
were unequal, Its thought it quite as prudent do cushion dhe
question, and melee his exit in a whole skin ; however, be just
remarked in a placid tone—" any man that honours the Queen
should pay respect to the King in the first place." This logic was
"ca,.;rere to the million," and Mr. ()Akin swallowed his bumper
alone; and in bringing himselt to a recumbent posture, he did not
perceive that the chair hail been drawn away, as his loyalty came
down on the wrong end. Thin was nut to be endured, and he told
Sullivan, who apgeared to be the rammer of this mitchievous
freak, that it was conduct unbecoming either a man or a beast.
The blood of the Stillivaits mounted high. " 1.10 you mane to be
after ceiling me a haste, do ye ? it ye do, by my own *owl, Lut
jest allow ye, that Tien Sullivan it as good a man as yerself. honey,"
and " suiting the action to the word," he took the liberty of mak-
ing his blackthorn rather roughly acquainted with the frontal bone
of Mr. Oakes'a pericranium, which raised a lump thereon, from
which the designer of the graduated scale of mountains might have
taken a more imposing altitude. The conflict then became too hot,
and poor Oakes. his bead streaming with blood, effected his escape.
Tim's defence was short and pithy—he merely said that lie gave
the complainant a " small tap on the sconce, just to taehe him
bet'er manners fur futher."

For which kind intention, observed Mr. Sergeant SELLoW. you
tong now find hail, and I would recommend you to let pohtics
clone henceforward.

MAR t.Bottoucit•sTiturr.—On Saturday, Michael Sullivan
was brought up on the charge of his wile, 31 ary, for administering
sundry pokes to her partyscoloured Irish visage. She poured forth
a torrent of Hibernian eloquence, at the expense of her mild-looking
protector, a•t apparently inoffensive child of Erin, at least six feet
high, with '• brawny shoulders, four feet square." She convinced
all present that—
" ller tongue was tipped with a bit o' the brogue,
But devil a bit at all of the blarney ;"
And poor Pat was almost overcome by the ponderous charge of
having pawned a bed, bedstead, and other articles " too numerous
to mention." He, however, rallied himself, and, in a tone " soft
as streams of sweet Killarney," assured :11r. fryer, upon his honour,
and several oilicr things, that he was the best husband in Europe
at least—that he had consulted his "better half" on the propriety
of pawning " the bits o' things," to which she had dutifully con-
sented. Ile had done an to buy some fruit, which he had dihiculty
in preserving from one of those merciless gold-laced-hat gentlemen
" what keeps the streets," and-
111r. HvEa—But what did you beat her for ?
Prisotter—Och, the bating—vs by yer IVortship, 1 did'nt base her
to Ito her any harm.
Mrs. Sullivan, however, strongly insisted on the contrary ; and
being asked it she would send him to prison or forgive him, re-
plied, that he was a most insinivating impostor, who could make
people believe just as lie pluses% and requested the Magistrate to
punish him, and lie was accordingly ordered to find bail. Pat, on
leaving the oilier, did not forget the forte of his countrymen, and
with one of his best smiles asked his Mary, " Would she be giv.
ing him a penny to get a little hit of bacca?" to which she laco-
nically replied, " 1 shan't."
Licidenaat-Colonel Archdale was brought up from a watch-
house, in the custody of Reid and Schofield. on u nameless charge,
by Frederick NVithere, his foot-boy, for which he was ordered to
find bail; !airmen* in LOW., and two sureties in 500/. each, to an-
swer the charge at the next IVestminster Sessions. The Colonel
made no answer whatever to the charge. We abstain, for obvious
reasons, from any further particulars.