The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-17 00:00:00

WESTIIINStER SKSSIONS:
At the elate of the shove Sessions yesterday. Waklieffee.
Of WI-slicking and fuNeel notoriety. appesreil to pat is
bail, and ilsn to traverse In the next sitting of the Court. on
a charge boon ht agaistst Mini lit a gigantic watchman of P.
Martin's parish, ft.r an atimaidt committed by hint lest intssititr
when he bad forsakes his Mersey pursuits, drank plentifully
of Whitbread's hear, (In which he Is much attached) and
Hodges's " Oar* waked." and proceeded to perform the
part of a Coriafkion. The little hero, 'spiting In a %uglier
Court than the Westiniester Sessions Hour, declared hie
Intention to remove the boa by certiorari to the kiales
Beach, fur the purpose a dlsplayiug bit oratorical talents.

MIDDLESEX' SESSIONS.

TheartSmanows commenced yesterday before Mr. Cerr•T
sad a Bench of Magistrates. The Chairman mi.,: these % the
Calendar twelalwed ■ very considerable number of charge..
yet. u kr as he was at present aware of, there wai shithirg
that called tiw say particular observation from him.

TH R COUNTY TREASURER'S BOORS.
Mr. ALLEY addreolied the Court under the fullowiog eir-
enesstances :—A new rate having been imposed ma the pa.
rich of Mary le.bone, that rate bad been appealed against,
and his clients had, a few day. since, applied to the Clerk of
the Peace fur liberty to inspect the bunks of tint Tee:warm of
the County, the record of which was in his haarKlin order to
enable them to conduct the appeal tomorrow (Therwiayi. This
request had beer refused, as bad one sulmemsently made, awl
therefore he sow applied to the Court to make an .odor that
the Clerk might chew them. He contended that no .Bete
cloche to be allowed to bold in his private possess's* asp re-
cord that would stop the coarse of public Jaslite,• and that
the order ought to be mule as prayed for.
Mr. Atom-Nam also supported the application.
The Clitautwan said, the proper course world be to opal,
to the Court of Kineis Bench, which would grant a oressaks-
MM. In fact, he doubted how far this Court ought to hear
an appeal sgaiest one of its owe retie. If there were any
illegality it would appear on the face of the rote. de
complained of being followed *boat with notion of this ap-
peal. He bad even been Intruded upon while at Maser, and
whew in company, some of whom, from Um solesmity with
which this •• personal service" was made, meted', 'eked him
if be was going to he sent to the Tower.

After a a conversation of some length, it was lastly willed
that the appeal should be heard I. Sin rno w , when, if it were
found necessary, an application coald be made in the Court
of Kiac's Bench; sad in the enema time so order as made
for the inspection of the Treasurer's books.

POLICE.
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GUILDHALL.
/am scoff was charged with steeling two pines", wool-
len cord ender the following eircumstauces:—The Prisofter
went to the warehonse of M rases. Pi etc rsgi I I, Matchable were-
houses's, I. Lawrence-lane, and desired to have Iwo pieces
sf woullea cord fur Messrs. Chippendalls, of Queen-street,
which were delivered to him. Bat, as it wee raining at the
time, it was suggested that it would be hotter that they
should be covered up in a wrapper and taken to Queen-
street by Messrs. Pickeragill's porter. This the Prisoner
declined, urging that Messrs. Chippeadall would be angry
with bin if be should return without them. He was ac-
cordingly se &red to depart with the goods in his pessmesiou.
Suspicio', however, having been excited by the erarwestaesa
of his weer is pressing to be allowed is take them himself;
the porter of Messrs. Pirkeragill was directed to fellow and
watch him, whit* be accordingly did. The Pekemser pro-
ceeded &ma Queen-street, bat passed the remises of
blessre-Chippe•dall, and thee tented towards Diedgv-row,
crossed over to Jewry.atrert, and was nankin off down
Dasingball-street, followed by the porter, when be use
slopped sad takes into custody. Proof heel/ elms given
who
that the Prisosee, w was some time bath is t 'review of
Meows. Chippeudall, had mot been authorised to attais the
goods to their wane, he was committed for
Mr. Puckeridge, a veil respectable wetchutaker
jeweller, of besowhill, rharged Mr. Helms Peek ridge, of
the EJgewsre-road,and Mr.Froderfch l'echerhips, of Hosier -
lane, two of his was, with creatlag a riot and distmehaime ie
Crosier his house; and tire former also wish an assault tee a
you're, son, rimmed Francis Peckeridge.
Frets the statements of the parties and of several witnesses,
it appeared that family diteremees of rather a war. sad
violent eaters had for some time subsisted between Me.
Porkeridge, hie two eons, Henry and Frederick, mad his
daughter; the course of which led him to the dedwasiestioes
of excluding his daughter from hie horse ea Messday storm-
ing last, mud never again admitting her as a resident with
his family. la consesporace of that deterasiost. em, she De-
(endow, Frederick, accompanied kis sister to their father's
house a little before eight o'clock ea Monday evening. sad
rapped at she door for admittance, which the tar aged parent
refused. They pereeeered, however, is retain at the door
mod window of the shop ; the father, from the Irsi-draor
window., einatineed to order them sway; and at length a
crowd of persons was collected in frost of she hour, who
consmeeced with shoots and hooting* is snowy Mr. Pucker.
Mgr, from which they proceeded to the twee( the seem &easiest
aodsemreslesse appellatious, and at length to tirwwtegof
stones, several of which passed through the whitlows lOW*.
shop. la this retremity, the Cosa plaismat seas his yeengost
we, Francis, a youth about 16 yeses of age, out of the gars
ret window into the house of his seat door neighbour, for the
purpose of fetching a constable, and cm his retorts lie • short
time, after a fruitless endeavour to procure the atseudeaco
of a pewee °Meer, shalt youth wee furlong, attacked by bee
brother, Henry, by whom, bat far the interfereore of •
'eightsome, be would probably have bees severely beaks.
The complainant thee went out in search of a peace water,
and after some lime met wish two of the parish coustab4s,
by one of whom Mr. Frederick Prekeridge was altiMantes7
taken into custody, and eunveyed to the Compeer; the
Complainant. who followed thither to eater his dregs,
being booted at, abused, and pulled about by the mob me he
Vent.
The

ordered to Ind b.fl to ammo le soi
indictmest or the complaiut of their father at the Seariasse.
DOW•STICIT.
Yesterday Jokes Smith, alias Wasd. asd Nary A nom Pyle,
were brought In the office by Nicholls sod sorcral uthero,
and charged Wore Those Halls, Esq. the silting Mario.
Irate, a saspicioa of having lately committed several rib.
bevies in Surrey Md Keel. Smith was apprilooded plot
hooky murning at a bees, la Taflomstreet, Westminster ;
the Prishaer Della was takes et a home is the Hen.
ferry-road iv die ems eriflobserisosed, sled is believed so
cohabit with the miser Promoter as his wit., and to be.. ea.
misted him is committing the robberies. the her perms vas
fused a great somber of pewebrokers• dislocates fee ram
very valuable articles of property, which were supposed to
have bees stoles.
They were detained in custody.

Charles Jana Morris ass charged with s ow;sdimassiose
is entering said capacesling biwasalf is t►e Coach sod Hems
puhlir-house is Ch•rl.. street, Coveutagardrn.
William Bath, the landlord, oared that she Pinnace had
bees pointed oat to Ma a• a •atipiebsa chArccler, arid he
bet.' st his brawn Malting on Hosality he partiettiarty
watched his ssorewoota, sad in the mewing be prittoosisti to
leave the house, bat hotted of that be ►lipped up shim
He did sot MUM hint or stake as, alarm, but ems oir to
this trace for assistance, it Wag bat • tew fordo adr,
Blackburn sad theraw, t.. of the patrol, ifist•otly rettarstril
with kin, soil forted the Prisoner sitting in • Chair is a raw,"
ow the drat Boar; writhing was removed, be out haws% had
time for that potpie, rousequestly nothing ass stolen. Alter
he was la custody, and on his way to Ike ()slice, sane_
thing was beard to drop (ruin him, which !ovoid so he fuer
Auteuil' or picklock keys. On searcluoir Isis person a dark
lowers amid as Woo crow were towed In hi. waist packat.sad
la ►is breeches pockets were (sand a bottle of philology...
sad "me. mail key., csktolatid to op►n the luck* of sleaw•ss,.
-The Primmer got *tag able to give a ►atisfsetrry assussot,
of his roadoct, or how ►e became pi...mm.4 of),lnt
meats of lioasibreaklog Nand is his pos►suaiea, be ass
comasitted.