The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-07 00:00:00

POLICE.

AUEiN-'QUARK.
Noterithatandiag that the whole of the Bow-street petrol,
Ike officers of the differ's. polite officer, aid perish a-
ble', welt yesterday ordered unt on duty to %Vestminettr on
the occasion of the Kiog goie to prorogue Parliament, the,
pickpockets mustered to oumerooe tangs, and entisinitted
assay daring robberies with Isormaiey. They'were so strong
i• numbers to some placer, that they actually seethe officers
at defiance, and even .maltreated lip m Fivir, howeker, were
brought to this office, sod underwrnt an eibmination befoer
Mr. Raynsford the sitting Magistrate. Mr. White, soul Mei
Markissid were in attendance sear the Huttke of Lords Jure
fug the time his Majesty remained 'her-.
Thomas Talks, Thomas Morgue, and Iliehatff Wells;
were the first brought in ; Morgan and Wells were vini
young lids, but Talk.. was a stout fellow, and write a cur-
tout which enabled him to cover the other I'd-misers when
picking pocket,. Judd, one i.f slur dismounted patrol,
staled that be was on duty at Colima Palace, whets the Kiug
came out to go into his carriage there was • general rash.—
Witners &weaved the Prisoner attempting several gentle-
men's pockets. Tallow generally kip. behind the others,
opened his cost and covered them from the spectators. The
coed was so great that he (witness) mould not come sip to
then' ; he, however, saw a gentleman lift op a young lady in
hie arms tow the Klee. At ibis mottivnt Mores° took his
silk handkerchief out of boa padres, and handed it to Welly,
who handed it to Tallow Wooing, with the ai.siatance of
smother patrol, meowed the three, and found two silk head.
kerchiefs upon them, owe of which she gentleman alluded to
idintilied to be his property. The gang of pickpockets col-
lected hare atteMpeed to rescue the Prisoners, and very
much di-treated theolligers.
The Prisoners were remanded.
Edward Rut*, • very good looking fellow, and who was
well dressed, was nest browebt in.
A Chelsea peseiorier slid, be was in Parliament-street
when the Kies was passing; he was eager to see his Majesty
before he went to Scotland, and was round of the honour;
he thought every body else bad the tame feeling, and
was surprised st seeing a geoileman in the crowd, and close
to the royal carriage, callow oat, " Murder! officers! my
watch !I am rubbed!" Ras. Witness went to his assistance,
sod saw the Prise's,' take his hood oust of the geetlemsa's
pocket. A. officer tame up, sod witness, with his assist.
lace, took the Prisoner into melody. The rest of the thieve*
hustled the gentleolso, robbed him, knocked him down, and
dragged him thrusgh the crowd.
The Prisoner said he was a lieeased hawker; that he lived

in Kiugsload road, and was only accidentally in the crowd.
He solemnly declared his innocence, and drilled having soy
knowledge of the rest of the gen.
He was remanded.
LAISSITII-STISItTo
SHOCKING INHUMANITY—A CHILD OP
M YSTERY.
Yesterday George Blake, a sailor of gigaalie stature, Asa
ferocious appearance, Ann, his Tire, and Elizabeth Anti
Tyrrell, her mother, were brought up from St. George's
watch-house in the East, in custody of the parish officers,
and put to the bar before Sir Daniel William, and Matthew
Wyatt, Esq. the then sitting Magistrates, e barged with ex-
teeme cruelty to a male iota'', aged about two years, and on
suspicion of being ilirgalty poosesaed of the same. The poor
child, the origin of this examination, was placed on a seat in
the Justice room, when its wan and emaciated appearance
presented, literally speaking, a living skeleton. The
nation occupied the Magistrates the greater part of the day.
After the necessary arrangements were made, the following
'Masses were called is separately and examined.
Mrs. Sarah Laing, of Nu. IS, Henry-street, St. George's
is the East, beige sweet, deposed, that she was sitting is
her own house between nitre and ten o'clock on Monday
night, when her attention was arrested at seeing a crowd of
persons collected is front of the house opposite to her's,
where the primmer(' all lived together; curiosity led her " over'
the way." when she was horror-struck at seeing a poor half•'
asked keitgryloohtmg child, clambering to the window sad
screaming for bread. She ran and "fetched" the poor
little innocent some bread and butter, which she lauded is
at a broken pane in the wiaduw,and which it seemed greedily
to devour. Maas was informed by the persons steadies(
around, that the occupiers of the house bad mos net,
about ten o'clock ill the morning, leaving the chin Meted
up by itself, sad that they were sot come home since. Wm
took the poor little suferer out at the broken pane, thew
conveyed it to the watch-house, and from thence home, and
sheltered it all sight. The Prisoners came home about
eleven o'clock.
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Seve.al oilier witnesses corroborated the teeth /keel sti
Mrs. Laing, and added, that when the child was Ora heard
to cry, the window shutters were closed butt, but were sows
broken open by the mob, and that the child then seemed
fearful to come out, as if cautioned against doing so.
Mrs. Huxley deposed, she resides in the same street, and
has known the chili to be similarly coufined at various times.
It
when the Prisoners used to be at home. Witness, in the
mune of conversation with the female Prisoner Blake, was
informed by her, that she found the child some time ago,
lying in the Yarmouth road, wrapped up la • blanket, and
brought it home to her mother, who on receiving it,
" Let it share with the rest." The "old woman" (meaning
!dialler Tyrell,) told winters frequently, that the sailor seve-
ral times cruelly beat the child with a Mae on the bottom. It
is witness's Sim belief, that the child was stolen from its
proper paresis, and that it is not the offspriug of either of
the Prisoners, as represented to tie.
Mr Scudder, a very respectable man, who tills the situa-
tion of constable of the paints, said, that in censeq' of
the child being brought to the watch-house, aud being
iu-
formed of the mysterious and unnatural circiamstauces at-
tending it, he proceeded betwera tea and eleven o'clock that
night, in order to apprehend the Knower", when ea his
road he was met by Blake and his wife, lbllolll he took into
custody, and cnaveyed to the watch-holier, aud there, in
answer to some interrogatories, they told him the child was
theirs, and that the Prisoner Tyrrell was gone into the coun-
try. Bet a few minutes elapsed before she made her appear-
ance, and seemingly in a great rage demanded her " chitd,"
saying it was her " offspring;" that she had bad it after the
death of her bullhead, and to save disgrace, endeavoured le
peas it fur her daughter's. The witness took the child into
• 'private apartment of the wmcit-house, mud questioned it
as to the treatment it met with, when it said that•
"4 Mammy" frequeatly beat him serenely with a cane. He
was told by a woman who examined it, that its back was'
completely lald open from " 'scourging."
Mr. George Bagadell, of Back Church-lane, Whiteckspel„
heard the sailorma his way to the watch-house, exclaim that
the child was his, end he should have hint back.
The female Primmer Blake, being cross-examined by Sir
Daniel Williams, said ler, mother was an artificial flower
maker, and travelled the country with her uwa manufacture.
Sir Daniel—You told Mrs. Huxley that you (quad the
child in the Yanuanth-ruad, in a basket; is it time'
Pri —No, Sir, it is out.
Sir Daniel—Then where did you And it
Frisoner—lt's my mother's, Sir.
Sir Daniel—How Wag is your father dead'
Prisoner—About nun months; he was a sailor, and lived
at Liman/use.

Aun Tyra!' was then called in and examined.
Sir Delphi—How long is your husband drad, sad what
was he?
Primmew—Heiollowed.the see, aid is dead I believe better
than two years. Hot, your Worship, this latter circumstance
the undertakereas tell best ; he is is waiting.
Sir Daniel—This reference to the undertaker is outrun
proof of your tiffecticurfor your husbawd.
Mr. Wyatt—Where was the child baptised ?
Primmer—He was never baptised, your Humour.
Sir Daniel Williams realarked, that there was se sleek
mystery attached to the that the cue .sguired iigul
inquiry. He therefore ordered the parish officers to take it
imu the workhouse, and have It advertised tei else newspapers,
and that by giving an accurate description of it, the diecon-
solate pareats wuold probably he diocovesed. the worthy
Magi.trate ordered the Prisoners to give meaty-four hours
;Mire of bail.
The office and street outside were 'Bluth crowded during
the criamisatiou.
111ARIMOROVGH.STREET.
Yesterday several of the witnesses who pee ernieste io

the Ls. ease srailnd the Bishop of Cloglire and John Ito-
"lief, attended• la llns *Sc., and had a private interwiesv
with the Msgislratr, we understand, relative to appeartaa at
the Sessions to prosecute. The soldier ts still in contioetarat
CM want of hail. It is said that the Bishop bad a passport is
his possewnoo on the morning of lils ezatainatiow, and that
be quitted the nioutry sows after his libesellbel. The See-
-114)115 CUIIIEDeIIfe on the 10th of September.
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rijr,, emirtd
" "'STEAM NAPIGATI •
lise,
• [Conciliated front our Piper of Friday inei]
'The following extracts from the answers of the
Oiler Holyhead Counties corroborate the evidence
of Captain Rogers:—
Captain Goddard says—
* These vessels, by their performances through Ilia put
whiter, have (Acceded the wawa sanguine expectations ; sod
certainly have made passages across the Channel when the
railing packets would have found ?ZOMBI dIISCUIIy to halm
accomplished them; and in so short a period of lime as
places their performance beyond the occassity of company."
to establish their great superiority."
Captain Skinner says—
~ I us of opinion a steam packet of about ISO Inas boe
Mr, of form 'bailor to that of the "Meow., with a little finer
instruce and strength of Isaithiing, with masts and snits of
the same, would be the hest ; a vessel of that description
would be able to make a voyage wisest it was uufit rather
fur any other vessel to pat to sea."
Captain Davies onyx—
" The two vessels ou this station have answered wonder.
rally welt."
The testimony of the Holyhead commanders is
not only extremely important, in consequence of
the experience tht 3, have had of the performance of
the steam packets during the last winter, but also
because it is to be recollected, that even after the
Talbot and istuahoe had been on the station, it
was their opinion that no vessel could perform the
winter service with safety hut sailing cutters, such
as the old Holyhead packets. This opinion it was
natural they should entertain, knowing so well as
they did, the heavy seas and desperate gales which
frequently prevail for weeks together in the Irish
Chanted. But the trial of last winter having now
brought them to acknowledge a change of opinion,
this circumstance does every thing that by possibi-
lity could be wonting to establish, upon the best
authority, the safety and superiority of strum boats
for this service.
Notwitbiirling the great number of steam boats
which have been constantly in use, in different
parts of the kingdom, during the last ten years,
very few accidents have occurred, and these few
were chiefly owing to the novelty of the experi-
ment ; so many precautions are now taken that
there is no reason to apprehend the recurrence of
any serious accidents. The general use of low
pressure boilers made of wrought iron or copper
has removed the possibility of accidents from their
bursting. If one of these boilers give way, the
materials do not fly. but ore rent asunder.—
This part of the subject was fully investigstud by
the Select Colussitice on Steam Navigation in 1817;
and the evidence given before that Committee con-
tains every thing that is necessary to remove till .p.
preherisions of danger from the bursting of low
poessure boilers. in respect to the furnaces. they
are so constructed that there is no danger from fire,
because there *rewriter all around them. Mr. James
Brown says, " I hardly think it possible that fire
ern take place, because the furnaces are completely
surrounded with five inches of water round every
pert." . The coals are kept in iron cases so as to
prevent all communication with the fires; and if,
in additien to these precautions, vessels are suppli-
ed wills eltioguishing fire-engines, there is no dan-
ger of accident from fire. It has been suggested,
that stenos
:vessels are wit provided with a sufficient
number of boats, and that an Act of Parliament
sherd& Eta passed to require every vessel to carry a
certain number, according to her entuage; last
your Committe, after the tallest consideration. are
strotigly of opinion that the policy of avoiding to do
ally thing that could by possibility check the spirit
or improvement which now iris° prevadent,and which
promises such great rifleman's to the public, is that
which ought to he followed. It is to be remem-
bered, that the expense of fitting out steam vessels
is very heavy, and that proper experimercts of stew
invento-ms caritiot be made but with risk of incurring
great loss; and as lathing would check the seal of
those who are disposed to make such experiments
so certainly as the meddling of officers exercising
the powers of a regulating Act of Parliament, no-
thing could be more baneful than the interference
of the Legislature with this new branch of science.
The B.llait Office of Dublin brought a Bill before
the House of Commons last yeur, fur the purpose of
appointing inspectors over the Liverpool and
Dublin pockets; but the Chief Secretary of Ire-
land, Mr. Grant, very judiciously put a stop to its
progress. Individual security in steam boats will
always be sufficiently provided for by the interest of
the proprietors constantly contributing to lead them
to do all those things which will best obtain the
custom of the public. Competition in ibis ode; as
in all others, will more effectually establish those
precautions which are right to be taken, than the
best devised regulations of sit Act of Parliamelit.
Bat at the mule time that your Committee decline
to recommend airy legislative control, they are de-
cidedly of opinion that the owners of steam vessels
who omit to provide a sufficient number of boats to
secure the safety of their Ir.s.eligeov, its cose•of any
sadden occident, see guilty of great neglect, and
not deserving of the countenarn e and support of
the public. Besides this precaution, in respect to
boat*. there ought to be on board every steam boat,
for the perusal of the psisomigers, a certificate of
some experienced engineer, to testify the atretigihi
of the boilers, the sufficiency of the valves. the
safety of the furnaces, and the general good condi-
tiou of the vessel and machinery.
The speed and regularity with which steam boats
perform their voyages is the next point worthy of
being brought under the notice of the House.
The average lewth of the voyager' of the Holy-
head packets, from the lit of June, 1841, to the
let Alf June, /83e, has been uhout seven hours and
a half ; the average, of the nailing psckets was tit-
teeu hours. Captain Percy, who commends the
I,lera London and Alargate parker, says, " We
generally make the passage in seven hours anal a
half. the distance being eighty-four miles." 110.•
James Brown says, "The Adinburgh Castle has
gone from London to Leith in fifty-eight hours, al
distance of four hoodred and htty miles; but that'
the Jong Mu is a tester vessel, her speed being'