The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-15 00:00:00

MARV-lAA-BONNE OFFICE.

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f ADDINGTON COACUEll.—Yesterday, John //ale and Henry
Gnitir-r, the drivers of Nos. 5087 and 40'111, Paddington coaches,
appeared before Mr. Osamu, charged by a respectable Om-
tleman named Wood, with furious driving on the New-mad.
Mr. Wood detailed his case, but said he would waive the penalty
and only require an apology.
Mr. Garter tr. u observed, that the complainant was extremely
indulgent t the conduct of the Paddington coachmen in general was
very bad, and he was resolved to inflict, in cases of a second of-
fence, the full Venal of lit, which he tl.isireal they would com-
municate to their brethren of the whip on the road.
The ilef ndaats having made an apology and paid the costs, were
discharged.
THAMES OFFICE.
' Yesterday Isabella Soot's was brought to this office, charged
with violently asAulting Mr. Smith, landlord of the Black Horse
tavern, Tower-hill.

31r. Smith stated, that on Tuesday evening the prisoner came to
his hou.e in a state of intoxication, and 'desired to have liquor,
which was refused, a, which the lady was greatly enraged; and some
pewter pots standing near to her, she instantly seised them, and
struck him' violently on the head, which caused a great profusion
of blood.

'Mc prismier did not deny the charge, and was ordered to find
ball, and in default to be cosomitted to the New Prison, Clerken well.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Joh,' Ifraderses, the person charged with sending a
letter to Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, the btewm, threatening a
public exposure of using opium in the fermentation of their beer,
unless they paid him GOOL to keep silence, was again brought
before I. B. Allen, Esq. The prisoner, it will be recollected,
was allowed to go at large, upon his pronlise of attending at this
Office on a future day. He did not appear, and the firm applied
for a warrant, and the prisoner was again taken into custody.
Mr. Charles Barclay produced a letter, which he stated he had
received from the prisoner since his apprehension, accusing a moat
respecta►le firm of having been his (the prisoner's) informant re-
lative to the ehasge against their house (Messrs. Barclay and Per-
kins), being large importers of opium, for the purpose of 'duke',
sting their beer. The following letter was then read, dated from
liorsenionger-lane
.• R—l think it necessary to acquaint you with my author, as
he told me I was perfectly at liberty to do so, when I fold him
that I considered the house of Barclay and'Perkins to be friends of,
mine. The gentleman's name is Mr. Mann, of the Albion
Brewery, Whitechapel, ar Mile-end-road. His head clerk was
present when he made use of the disdainful expressions against
your house. The firm of the house is Mann and Flack.

••Jf.PHN lIENDERSON."_

. Mr. C. Barclay stated, 4110 epee else receipt at this noias he
had a communication on the subject of it with the vtry respectable
firm alluded to. These Gentlemen disavowed ever having had any
such conversation with the prisoner as that alluded to in the letter
just read.
Mr. Mann, of the firm of Blake and Mann, of the Albion
Brewery, Whitechapel-road, rattd, that about three weeks ago
the prisoner called upon him, and represented that he was in treaty
for the Cannon Cotree-house, Charing cross, and wished to borrow
3001. from them ; and said that Messrs. Barclay and Perkins were
about to advance hint 6001. to carry on business. Witness declined
lending any money to a person whom he knew nothing about ;
however he called a second time, in a fortnight, on the same
errand, and lie was again refused, upon which he declared he would
oppose us in sonic way or other ; but upon neither occasion had
witness any conversation with the prisoner respecting Messrs. Bar-
clay and Perkins being large importers of opium.
Mr. Mann's clerk corroborated his employer's evidence.
The prisoner entered into a long statement in his defence, although
admonished by the Magistrate, which, instead of palliating, greatly
aggravated his case.
The prisoner was then fully committed for triaL

The following anecdote, related by the Captain of a De-
vonport Guineaman, is from a United States Paper:—
" The bosom of the ocean was extremely tranquil, and the
heat, which was now intolerable, had made us so languid,
that almost a general wish overcame us, on the approach
of the evening, to bathe in the waters of Congo; however,
myself and Johnson were deterred from it, from the appre-
hension of sharks, many of which we had observed in the
progress of our voyage, and these enormously larges At
length, Campbell alone, who had been making too free with
his liquor case, was obstinately bent on going overboard;
and although we used every means in our power to per-
suade him to the contrary, dashed into the watery element,
and hail swam some distance from the vessel, when we on
the deck discovered an alligator making towards hint from
behind a rock that stood a short distance front the shore.
Ills escape I now considered impossible, his destruction in-
evitable, and 1 asked Johnson how we should act, who,
like myself, affirmed the impossibility to save him, and in-
stantly seized a loaded carbine to shoot the poor fellow be-
fore he fell into the jaws of the monster. I did not however
consent to this, but waited with horror the tragedy we an-
ticipated ; yet willing to do all in our power, I ordered the
boat to be hoisted, and we fired two shots at the approach-
ing alligator, but without effect, for they glided over his
scaly covering like hail-stones on a tiled pent-house, and
the progress of the creature was by no means impeded.
The report of the piece, and the noise of the blacks from
the sloop, soon made Campbell acquainted with his dan-
ger: he saw the creature making fur him, and with all the
strength and skill he was master of, made for the shore.
And now the moment arrived in which a scene was ex-
hibited beyond the power of my humble pen perfectly
to describe. On approaching within a very short dis-
tance of some canes and shrubs that covered the bank,
while closely pursued by the alligator, a fierce and
ferocious tiger spa ag towards Min. at the instant the
jaws of his first enemy were extended to devour him.
At this awful moment Campbell was preserved. The
eager tiger, by overleaping him, encountered the gripe of
the amphibious monster. A conflict then ensued—the
water was coloured with the blood of the tiger, whose
efforts to tear the scaly covering of the alligator were un-
availing, while the latter had also the advantage of keeping
his adve nary under the water, by which the victory was
presently obtained, for the tiger's death was now effected.
They both sunk to the bottom, and we saw no more of the
alligator. Campbell was recovered, and instantly con-
veyed on board. lie spoke not while in the boat ; his
danger bad so completely sobered hint, that the moment
he leaped on the deck he fell on his knees, and returned
Abanks to the Providence who hail so protected him ; and
what is most singular, from that moment to the time I am
writing, has never been seen the least intoxicated, nor has
been heard to utter a single oath. If ever there was a
perfectly reformed being in the universe, Campbell is the
man."
Con ru o N.—One of the prisoners in the High Gaol,
Exeter, against whom sentence of death was recorded, has,
since the Assizes, made over the property of a house to a
person of the name of Davenport, whose house he bad
robbed of 201. eleven years ago.
RolllEßY.—Some daring villains, on Tuesday evening,
entered the house of Mr. James Hiplxim, Montague-square, and
Ode from the butler's clmet a qua"mity of valuable plate, with
which they got clearoff. The family
°initials, ant:, the crest of a:
hone tied to a tree, were on all the art cies. Information was yet-
• terday given at all the police veers; and a reward is offered follibe
recovery of the rarely.