The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STREIT.
Benjamin Noter was charged with stealing a silver watch.
with rdsband and gold seal attached, 'ruin the person of Mr.
Jobe bladders, of Doctors' Cowers, wader the &Bowleg
curcoassisaces

About twelve o'clock on Sunday sight last as Mr. !Reddest
was proceeding along the Singed, Innards Charing-cross,'
facing the archway leading to Swan-yard, a yowl man,
um much 'mumbling She Prisoner in ■ppesranre, came up
to him, and seizing hold of his watch ribbaud, drew the
watch from the leis, and ran sip Swan-serd. Sir. &oddest
was so astoesisbed at the audacity of the offender, that far •
moment or two he hesitated to pursue him, but presently
seeing him run across the top of Swan-yard, he ran after
him, and after pursuing him through White Hart-yard sod
other streets, during wboth he once or twice lust
sight of hies, the Primate was *topped by the watchmen,
and seemed. Os hang tins, The watch was not tumid,
but one of the watchmen stated that be had learnt that the
watch was in the possession of a girl of the tows, w►o lived
is Swan-yard, sod on applying to her fur it, she told him
that she picked it op in White Hart-yard, ■boot the
time of the rubbery, mid ilia tit ►ad been taken from her by
some other giils.
The Magistrate directed that strict inquiry should be made
as to who had possession of the watch, and remanded the
Prisoner till Friday next.
Yesterday William Corbel! was brought sip for re-ex-
amination before G. R. Mieshull, Esq. the Sitting Magi-
strate, charged with stealing a watch and appendages from
the person of Alexander &mita', the proprietor of the
Golden Cross-ion, Charing-cross.
Mr. Stratton staled, that on Friday night last he was
standing ■t the end of the Colonnade leading to the Golden
Cross Inssesard, to witness the return of his Majesty frees
Covent Garden Theatre, when t►e Prisoner, whom he had
observed standing before him fee some time, turned round,
sad laying hold of his seals, with a vio'ent swatch drew his
watch from his fob, and directly ran amongst the crowd.
A cry of " Slop thiefr was raised, sod Junes Ellis, one of
the chadnetors of the patrol belonging to the Rovr-otreet
tablisbasent, who came up at the instaist, pursued the Per.
loner, and after sense difficulty u k mud secured him,
but the watch was nut found.
Fully committed.

NARY-M1.1301E OFFICE.
CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING.

Yesterday Jolts Soffit and Joseph Draper, two athletic
men, Gipsies, were brought berme the Magistrates,
charged with stealing several horses (um ■tables, pad-
dock., Ise. at Mill Mill, Hindu,. The Priwu►n were
heavily ironed, In Consequence of out of them making a dee.
perste attempt to rec.. pr.
They were remanded until Saturday.

The Rupid and Talbot, two remarkably fine
steam packets, are daily expected in the Thames
front the Clyde ; the former is to ply regularly
between London and Rotterdam, and the latter be-
tween London and Calais.

The supply of grain was not large at Norwich
matkrt on Saturday, and prices were much the
same a larat week.—The market was well supplied
with Scots and come homebred cattle; prices bull
declining : a few fat beasts sold at about 54. per
stone. The sheep-pens were tolerably full, but
many returned unsold.
On Wednesday la.t so immense number of persons as-
sembled together in the pariah of St. Gregory's, in Norwich,
to antaeas the interest-us of Mr. Marini, a fruiterer, who had
lived at the comer of the church-yard, and who died a few
days saw is the Lunatic A,slain, at Lodduu. A moil
feeling of indignation had, it seems, bees exerted its the
public mind against some of the Neighbours of tbs. deceased,
who are charged with haring, by a lung series of aujustihs-
bb and by propagating scandalous reports
against his character, Ir►itated the poor man's feelings to
such a degree as to derange his intellects. As solos as the
burial ►erates was ceded, the populeee begs* to sent their
fury by breaking the windows of airs. William's, Mr. Vincent
sad his son, whose houses are situated directly opposite
the church-yard, sail near that of the deceased, mod in a few
msiautea scarcely • whole square airless was lett in the win-
dows of any of Ilie three houses; &memo( tumult contioued
fur some rime, mad the constables were usable to disperse
the disorderly multitude. About t►ree o'clock the Mayor
and Sheriffs, accompanied by their officers, made their ap-
pe , sad the Chief Magistrate read the Riot Act from
a weeders, sad the officers having taken-fbar or ffee persons
•twin trastodyobe people began to disperse, sal we teems
syieehief was dose. Us Thursday ais44, however, Immure
sure sad tea tielsrei, t►e indignant popaismo again au".
*bled, sad reier.eil their operations is breaking the windows
of Mr. Gitlin's" sad Mr. Tickler, who litre ea the opposite
rase( the etteel, bat were eves %epend by t►e polite
aces.

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