The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

CHARGE'OF CHILD 31URDE3

Yesterday a 7oring woman, of interesting appearance, and,
as we have hero iufssrisied, of rropettable tvisow awns, untha-
wed a eaarainmam upon a charge lit having murdered
liee enfant thud, of which she had berii sle altered.
The Prtsoutr. %rhos, 'same is Matilda Boiler, it was
%tali d, was possemarsluf some properly so the (muds, °pun
won+ she sahMateil. The ease has been she subject of ilr h .
befallen before a Outwit's Inquest, alien ttseJutl weer
wielded in their oputtou, :ma it was finally reads r.l lu make
airs eau a subject of ineestigatine before a Magistrate.
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.4,u 'Puri', who rewire M ft?. Chatteret,use .tteet.
alatt.ti, that heir hashrtati am a tuttateenum The Peiattner
rams to 404ge at bee &MOP ahmtt four months bark. itt.e
twat is ill health. and vibes asitett the nature of her coon-
etlaitil, she aloesd it In be the &viol. She overawe' ND las
is great dietreet olf mind until TheeNalee rob. %bra her •p.
poorases Leeame 'kW/ latriede bet stall tbsaritsrao bed

sot die lewd sospicina that she was Is a Nate of periggintry.
la • few days *firewood's, however, • male lased was found
the privy by Ile.Nhasp, the witiiere's husband. It was io
• mate of ligirefaetion. The witting dlil not perceive say
marks of 'Wrote rpm Its person.
Mrs. Province, who lodged in the woo bower with she Pei-
gaiter, deposed as so the rotundity of her amrearmtee, whirls
she attriltuted to the Jemmy. flbe was oreseirmaltv very ill;
bust up to the time of the what having bows howl, she did
wet suspect she Prisoner to love bees la a state of Keg-
asevey.
Hrs. Flietheth Hahne stated, that she lodged in the tome
Wiser with the 'Pri..neer nod was frripsently is her rompagy,
hot saw an appearance Shirk led bee to swiped that she was
In a Natter prememiey. AMNIA • fortnight back, is few days
before the Ward us* (nand in the Ware, as about asidoieht,
she Weed • shrietinc heWir entre, which morlodsied the
maim mode by • sew-bars implant. Is •dq or two after-
'wards she meidlotted this to she Pressure, etweveruntion,
she. she replied that she auppeard that it was mode by
NNW cats, who were lightiog. The witness replied, that it
might have bees made by • cat kitbag a rat ; bet if she
bad heard it, she would bare thought it wet the cry of •
• Ilr. Henry Harley, Sergeon,of lb, Fleet usseltel, staled,
that be mu galled upon is the morsisag of Tuesday last, by
Mrs. Situp. to inspect an talkies which had been found is the
privy Of her borne. He examhsell it, hot from the putrid
condition its which be folusil it, It was quite impassible to
say whether say violet/4"W bees erusinitted upon its body,
which woe much swishes is aniseipsetsce of she inert air
generated by the putrefaction. He was of opinion that in
the stele in which it was, no evidence could be gained from
its dlesection as in ohlther it hail hero bafill dead or
Re had examined its mouth and thrum, bust rusld Anil
wolhiog which hid been pot riles them winch coral Irma run
is suspect that there bail beets nay thing edmintatersd to pat
tia end to its life.
This was all the evidence adduced against the Prisoner,
whip, during Ihr examination was deeply affectrd. She one
obligril to make use of • chair. Ithe said uothirig in her
defence.
Mr. Alderman Waithmas was of °pigeon, that however
strong the evidence migist be as to suspicion, yet it
amounted to nothing more, for before a person mild be
bird for the murder or concealment of a child, its birth
must be proved, and ibis bad not been dose, exceptieg Mrs.
Sheep's bearing what she thought to be the cry of • child,
which was 'circumstance V( very little weight. Upon these
gronolls, therefore, the Worthy Alderman sneered the Pri-
soner to he discharged.
The Prisoner being well known, and bolding a respectable
rault in life, attracted a very ronitidersibk crows'.

ILL CONDI:ICI OF A WATCHMAN.
Yesterday Lord Walecoart encoded at this olfiee before
IL Raker and H. M. Dyer, Esq.'s. the sitting Magietratn, to
answer the charge of Roland, a watchman, of Mary.le hone
parish, under the following circumstances :
His Lord-hip, who was confined in the 'Whist/um until
five o'clock :it the morning, iii conseqnence of the constable
of Ike night having refused his procuring hail, or receiving
money fur his appearance, was unable to attend till a late
hour.
The watchman being sworn, stated, that on Thursday
night last, Mr. and Mrs. Wrench. who keep a public house
in the Edgeware.road, near Tyborn Turnpike, had been
spending the evening with a party till a late boar. awl on
their return they called witness, who assisted them out of the
harkney.cosich. Wilde they were standing together Isle
Lordship CAM! up, and said,'' Watchman, who are them
persons"' not an■wering hint, he repeated " Who arc these
people!" IVuurss replied that his was 1101
misery, snit desired him to go :Omni kis business, which his
Lordship refii-eat to do. abused witness iffy much, and
threatened to report hint and make him hoe his situation.
At length lie was induced to take hint to the watchbouse,
where he nes locked up.
Lord Widmann*, in hie &fence, said, that the conduct of
the watchman altogether was moo insolent and illegal. He
was returning to his residence, 9s, Park-lane, at the time
spoken of, and he saw a hackney-coach standing its the rood,
and a number of people were standing together with the
watchman. who was almost to enter the pishlic-houite to drink
with them. this Lord-hip asked him who tan were,
and he behaved with great impertinenc►, sod threatened to
take him to the watchbouse, end even posited him off the
pavement. On siting the watc►man enter the public-hues*
to drink, hi* Lordship said he would positively snake no ex.
ample of him if he entered the place to drink. and told
him be ought 1144 V) do so, Oft which he dragged him to the
watchbonse. He wee lucked up in a dark hole, nod the
constable would not bear hint. or receive bail, until a per.
sun arrived at save o'clock in t►e iuoraiee, and released him.
Watchman—Your Lordship threatened to make me hme
my situation, the mine a. you had other watchmen.
Lord W211,C01111-1 certainly bate, and will think it my
ditty to pnnieli yes.
Watchman--Yosir Lordship ought to have told the truth.
His LArdsliip—Ton any leimuur, your Wiltshire, what I
have stated is slue.
Mr. Raker, the Magistrate, said. that the watchman e►r.
taints, bad• no right to take his Lordship in charge. He
would not say how far prudent it was in him to have inter-
fered.
Lord Walsconri—Of the two the moldable acted worse.
He thought he himself lead done his duty, and was the ag-
grieved person.
Mr. Dyer said be certainly wee, and directed hie Lordship
In seek redeem by mesas of making a complaint to the
%Vetch Committee.
His Loidallip positively declared he would tumid' them to
the utmost extent.

To Ms Roiron of Ms WATERFORD MIRROR.

Carrick.on &dr, August 21.

bug through 'roar Paper to nteothu • ;feel and
extraordinary ease that isecurerd beet the Jay before yester-
day. J stacked my *heat on that ivertiug, and b.sviag oc-
caston to go next mowing to the Arid I missed one of the
stacks. I found the gate of the Acid locked, and searched
round the hotool•, bct could see oo appraranee of its have
tag been taken over the heJp•. I then went to the spot
where she stack was untir, and to my ',eat astpaishnstot.
found the /resold tomb. and that 11w top sheaf of the stack
was ;past Over the surface of the ground--I ant. Sir, gue.
RICHARD LIRANYHtiAN.