The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-22 00:00:00

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Yesterday T. Eaton. a young man, in the dress usuall worn
by horse-dealers, was brought up foe final examination, c
with stealing a bone and harness, the property of Mr. Bates, a
livery stable. keeper, in Ratcliffe Highway, and a gig, the property
uf a tradesman, minted Cobb, of Baker's-row, WhueebapeL
On the 7th of April, the prisoner went to Mr. Bate.' yard, sad
and said he wanted to hire a hone and chaise harness for the day.
He took his choice of several, and desired the one he selected to be
!sent to Cobb's, in Raker'is-row, where be said he held bhee • ebalse.
He observed that he was only going to Kingston-upon-Thames,
and should be back in the evening. lie wan of with the hoes'
and chaise and was never seen either by Mr. Rates at Mr. Cobb,
until Wednesday last, when the former met him so Ascot Heath
Race Course, and gave hint in charge to two of the pentad, to whom
he said, that he had sold the horse to pay debt, in order to
avoid going to prison. He was then taken before Sir Richard
Rank, in the police marquee, and committed to the !Middlesex
House of Correction for another examination, the &hely lif any)
having taken place in this county.
The manner admitted having had the horse and gig, and offered
to pay the owners their full demand fur each, but he denied that he
had sold them, or that he ever said be had. The fact was, they
were taken from him by a person to whom he owed money.
Sir It. Minx ea was of opinion that this ease was exactly similar
to that of the celebrated hlajor Semple, who having bleed •
horse and gig for a day, sold it, and applied the money to his
own use. This was held to be a felony. and he was transported.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgste for nisi.
Hat N E CON:lint x.—The drivers of the hackney-coaches,
New. 1,057 and 91, were summoned to answer the complaints oi
Mr. Hesse, the solicitor to the binary-OH/Ice, at Somerset House,
for refusing to take a fare when legally required to do so.
Mr. Hesse had a party at his house on the dreadfully rainy night
of Sunday sennight, and between eleven and twelve o'clock lie sent
his footman to procure coaches to convey his friends to their homes.
The servant went to the stand in Charles-street, Covent-garden,
where he found seven or eight coaches disengaged, but nut one
coachman could he find who was willing to go with him. The
driver of 141 said he was engaged, and would rot stir an inch ; and
the driver of No. 1,057, whom the servant had watched letting
down a fare, and coming on to the stand empty, arm.: he only came
there to water his horses, and that he was engaged. lie drove off
the stand, and in a few minute,' returned, when the servant again
spoke to him, and received the former answer, that he had only
come to water his horses. The waternien of the stand brought a
pail. tut the horses did not drink one drop. Jarvis again drove
away, and shortly after returned once more to the stand. Well,"
said the complailiant's servant, " are you come to water your horses
now ?" " Yes, Spolicy, I ani," replies Jarvis, and drew his coach
up to the side of the street, refusiag to stir from the spot. 'lts
poor footman, after being exposed to a soaking rain for two hours,
was obliged to return without a coach, and Mr. Hew was under
the necessity awaking up 'mils for his friends.
Both the coachmen declared that the story of the footman was all
false.
The driver of 1,057 was fined 10*. ard is. costs, and the other
iletertlant was ordered to pay double that amount.
lie s.titl he would not pay it.
sir Ric-nom BIRN It then directed that he should be com-
mitted to the Ilouse of Correction fur 21 days.
If .ITTON-0A }WEN.

DEPRAVITY.—VDOCT4DY, Alfred Mac.lova!, a
bar Itetween fourteen and fifteen yeamot age, was cliatgrel by Ann
3lactlougal, his niothcr, with rnbbstry and gram ill conduct. She
apKired respectable, and wax in deep mourning. She stated that
her husband lived at 117, Greek-street, Soho, where he kept two
billianl-lables. but that he died last Easter, leaving her in bidet,
pendant circumstances, and weU able to support herself and
rem respectably, but that since his death she disposed of her pros
perry in Greek-street, and had taken a private house, IS, Park-
street, t'aseden Town; that the prisoner, though young, was the
worst of ahmactara, and.ths diessied would come to an untimely
end, for he was a great thief, and did not care who lie rubbed ; that
he had frequently robbed his father, anti since his death he was
comtantly robbing her, and committing the worst actions. She
could not think of hathouring him, and bcr desire was to prosecute
him. On saying which she fell in a swoon into the man of the
servant who accompanied her. She was then carried into the air,
and the Oflice was ordered to be cleared while the maid-servant
underwent a city king primate rumination. The boy was neat
vadmined, and !many the comidairant ; no proof of robbrry being
mktuted he
hinds
tli•chargett, and vhe was advised to take him home,
and send hint to a boarding school, to which the reluctantly
consented.

MARLB()P.GU6II-.STREET.
Yesterday Catherine Fitzgerald, alias Irish Kit, who is the
terror Olin's, and it the s omen who threw the man out of
the window in I:forge-street, and has been in custody several days.
charged with rubbing Mr. Land, cutler, of St. liirtites-lane, of
seven sovereigns, was brought up fur re-examination-
It apprarili horn the statement of Mr. Land nn a former examina-
tion, that he was stopped by the prisoner in Oxford-street, about
ten o'clnelc at night. Site detained him in conversation, and by
some trhuue contrived to take his purse out of his pocket, contain-
ing the &bor.! sum. 1k put her in the wateh-house, where she was
searched, but the purse cunt.' not be toned ; and on going to the
place in Oxford-street where he met her, accompanied by the
watchman, it wan found empty.
M. Lamp not having appeared yestenlny,
Mr. Roe, the sitting 3lsgistrate, told bit that, however forta•
nate she WAS in escaping upon tins, as well as on the numerous
othir occasion. she had been brotight before him, that transporta-
tion 11111,t tinnily 1w the result of her present career, a consumma-
tion which he believed the parish of St. Giles would have tor reason
to regret, as she was no small annoyante to them.