The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

DETONATINO LETTERS.

A few days sea a hiiy, dressed in a bine jacket and
runkwy trowsers, railed ■t the house of Mr. Buller, in
Paddingtonistieet, and presented a Ii ties•, which, he said,
wit. for Mr. It. sad required no answer. The prawn who
opened the dour immediately trt•ilt the letter to Mrs Dealer,
who, as her husband was nut, laid it un the ammile-piere.
After waiting fur a couple of and seeing that Mr. IL
did slut come home, she tool( op the leiter thtokinx it WWI on
buitorsa, but the moment she broke the seal it went off with
■ very load noise, suit something *track her nil the face,
which caused a momentary pain. reavverinc from the
effect. of her fright, Mrs. Buller took up the letter, which
only cuutaiued the wool '• p,.i. !"

BROUGH4,II.

RINDAL, MARCH 24.
Yesterday being the day when it was known Mr.
Briiiighaen would arrive here, to commence his
caisvaSs, he war met beyond the hounibiry of the
county, on the I..encsyster mad, by r Wiest concourse
cif people, who instantly took the horses from Ins
csrsiage, and drew him in triumph into Hurt 00000
front thence 10 Milniliorpe, and so to Kendal. in
the whole a diststice of Courtreit miles. At a
distance of several miles from tlito town the crowd
had increased so much that the mid was literally
clinked. citeolcaile extruding Nos/arils of u
utile in len4th. anti to s crlusidrrnble distance into
the fields of both aidss the road. A heavy shower
of snow fell as the procession entered Kendal, but
W.. 14 entirely disrvgarded. The Champion of our
lisilependelice was drawn to the house of John
Wakefield, Esq. the banker, from the windows of
which he addressed the largwst concourse of people
ever assembled in this place, and his powerful and
eloquent speech was cheesed with the admiring
plaudits of the assembled thousJoide. Mr.
Brougham and his friends then adjourned to the
inn to dinner, which was insist respectably intended.
A hand of music played at inter►al* during the
evening, end to a late hots the streets were crowded
to excess;, net every thing wend off in the 11101,1
pencralrle manure, the friends of independence of
every degree conducting themselves %%nit the
greatest order and decorum. This mor tt ill Mr.
IarOIJKIIBIII CUILMICISCCiI a prrl6olllll canvass through
the county.

The party of dragoon, which were stationed in
Kendal, in aid of the civil iso.ver, have marched
back to the head-quarters.
We understand that one of the expedients fallen
ui by tiw Spanish Governmem, to enable it to fit
out the Itute.iiin squadron, is to allow the merchants
Iwriatiision to ship oil hoard two thousand tons of
merchandise, at low duties, the receipts of which,
it was expected, would afford considerable Mil. Toe
exact destination is tout told to the merchants, but
they are gtrii to underit Ind, that the force *lll be
so overwhel • g, that to whatever point of the ultra.
Marine 410 iii ii it is bound, resi.tonce on the part
of the Patriots must be vans. The scheme, bow.
ever, does not meet with great support. 'file fide"
of MoitlLLo's expedition, much larger than any
SlUilut Cali now send out, is not forgotten. The
Spanish Clergy murmur a good deal. They think
that the lieuedictions of Heaven on the Hispano.
Russian enterprize cannot be secured, tailless the
Heretical Ammeter is taken from the ships by a ie.
paints biptism, which ceremony, it is thought, will
take place previous to their putting to sea.—(Morn-
ing Paper.)

On the night of Wednesday se'imight, abont eight
o'clock, a decently dressed swan about tit yeau
of age, on her way home to Leith, came in contact
and was utile down by a horse and cart, at the top
of Leitlisstreet, where the pavement is carved away
by the encroachment of the Itegent-street build-
ings. In this perilous sitstabon she, with great pre-
seine of naiad, so soon as the horse kited his font
from otl her right baud, with her left supported his
knee, and called fir assistance. The horse stopped
of his own accord, otherwise the cart woold have
gone over her, which might have been attended
nit!, fat :I consequences.

4mil/ Ma •

POLICR.•
*AMON molar.
JUVENILE OFI'ENOEHIL.
Yesterday Thomas Arundel, Joseph Daystos, Thomas
and Joke Blacken, filar buys, the eldest not more
thee 14 years of elm were c►atted with a robbery is the
shop of Mrs. Willis, jeweller, in, Himhoplenite street.'.
The boys, it appeared, formed port of • gang of young
thieves, by which the east end of the lose has tosCheers
infested, and Armoire, who is not attire than thirteen yeiri
old, was one of the leaders About three iteeke tigio they
were " ea the tweak" in Itishopsinite-sirvet, in She eve ss itt I,
milieu the ahup of Mrs. Willis attre.ried the **tinier of Arun.
del, from its isivitsg no person is it, wd•be While opened
the dour, crept epos his baud% mod horse round the coussiter,
and taking a wire of fancy noir *(abeist 24) elude WV.—
He gave the other Prisoners one ring, anti kepi the re!
nrainder. He squandered the greater plot of the ernoluee of
the property in a few Irurrsoa Illon.lay, at Stepney flies l)w
Weeleeed•y the Presenter Blocketi.bad m quarrel with At
sod in revenge fur something eh: latter said he wrist to tloa
Willis the same ei•eeiog, sod mmle a fall c 00..., of the
robbery. The other Prisoners mere in roost gnome. ;Titre-
Cement at the house of Aressrf,l's father. A sister uf *notelet
endeavoured to cities his escape from the officer.
The Lord Moyer asked Amadei what be bed dune with
the rings? .
Amulet, with an impudent grin, said he had sold part of
Mein, and made a scramble with the rest.
The Prins/refs were remanded, and ordered to be kept
separate. . . •
GUILDHALL.
WOMOI Begefon win yesterday re•exanuned, cleaned
upon suspicion of M rob& ry at the ILDICy-IDOW TAVerli, Sa-
lisbury-court, Fleet-siren.
A letter was prodneed from Mr. Knott, the Proseenior,
who had gone so Deriz,,, 14,111.11 C Mat he had succeeded in
apprehendiug the Prisoner's brother al 111.11 plan., nod was
about to proceed for London i •lately. He requested
that she Prismer might be mcain remanded.
A Gentleman stated to the Alderman, that Mrs. Knott
would have attended, but that she was exteriorly ill in cum
mequeure of she house having iinfortuuntely been burnt down
ois the msursiug of Weilsienlay.
The Prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
Sensed Fletcher and Joseph lbscst, two lads, were charged
with extensive robberies sir the house of theil• employer, Mr.
Poole, biatiusser. in Fetter kite.
The Prisoner Hunt hail bens in the habit of selling honks
at the shop of M►. /hake, a pawnbroker, its Loug.leue, who
at leech suspeciiiiir that lie Ilia not obtain them Imitestly,
stopped him, and found, upon imittiry, th♦t lb, y went the
properly of his master. Mr. Poole lot, it •ppt•rell, fir
Rome time past, been robbed of an iintnen.e number of
books, and on making inquiries at oilier Phil*, more hooks
were forted, some of winds were sold by Fleteher.—He-
mended.

lIIIALSOIIOIIOII VTR r►T.
I.4ormailon was eiren at thin office by Mr. Sta. butch. r,
in Chenies-stre.t, Dedf..td-srpoire, of a man aucwrrtna the
description of Muses', the slippused murderer of Mr. Bird,
at tiretro wide.

The Depuuent stated that he was in the parlour at the
Queen's Head and Artichoke, Maly le-bunt•, it ill, four Miter
in•rauue. The conversation turned upon the It:4.1.11111X %tate
of the weather, and the 101111111.1044 II loo.ev stodoll that the aired
prevented his moiling to a foreign country. The next
topic was the Greenwich warders, when the tdruncer
said he lived at Greenwich, and he knew Mr. Bird, alio went
Ist London lb. day Intone the murder to receive h.s dot 11Irit.l.
The straiiKer afterwurds went wit fur a lemon:try puts pose,
and Mr. Stiff followed is see if lie. horse wan safe, she n the
former started off at food as he nod./ domes Portland-v.3ot.
This awakened stivieiton, as the vitalise:et. re►euddrd No
deoocription given tti Homey in all respects. He had a Jai Ae
baud and foot, and was very pale. The offices' went reused
die thffereut houses in doe neighbourhood in pursuit.
--- Johnson, servant to Geuerul Rvlrmau, was fully emit.
milled fur trial, for ruhhing his master. The particulars
are already before the public.

BULLOCK-DUNTING--EOERERY-THREE MEN
SHOE AND SEVERAL WOUNDED.

Yesterday George Yarrile‘, Jobs Gowen, and John
Rippos, three leuturioue eharucters, heasig pout of an 's-
weeties gang, were brought up its the custody iif Daliou,
Fortune, aii I Foster, cankers helunging to this office, charg-
ed under CirCiiMetativea of the must disgraceful nature, of
which the following are the particulars:—
It appeared that same villains, on Wednesday morning
last, mitered the back part of the premises of Mr. Sheffield,
butcher. of High-street, Altlgate, and stole therefrom three
fine bullock.. (which had beeu brought from the country the
day previous), for the purpuee, as it appeared, of creating
a nut and crowd to halter enable them to commit depreala.
lions about the luau. Or the tenting of the stone day,
about desk, 11000 r 1,110, persona of the most depraved and
infamous character. asaembhal in a field near Stepney Fair,
and had the bullocks secured with roper, until an appointed
time, when they were let loom, and hunted by men, dugs, he.
through different streets; and the utmost confuelou was
raised almost the town, in consequence of the whole of the
cum pursuing them, armed with sticks, bludgeons, and
uther weapons, to the veal danger of the pssseugcrs. They.
look their route towsids Whitechspel, and I penalise
on the road were tossed by the annuls. A Mrs. Williams,
who lives ie Lambeth.street, 'rattail( along wills her child
in her srma, was tossed, anal she and her infant injured in a
dreadful manner. A porter, who was proceeding along
North...Olivet, Whilechapel, with • chest of drawers on his
head, was likewise tossed; his &swees were smashed, and
himself gored and injured its a terrible manner, leaving tote
of his arms broken ; be was taken to a sturgeon in • dangerous
etatelitior. Several other persons were teased and materially
injured. The villains drove the poor besets shout the town
for a length of lime, till they because in a elate of 'sadness.
They neat drove towards Haremtreet, Spitalfielda, era enter-
ing which cue of the animals, which was more infuriated
than the Mama, rushed into the warehtteee of Messrs. Rosier
and Jacques, dyers, of thit street, followed into the shop by
a number of villains, who commenced their attack. The
whole of the windows were smashed, said nisi the paunch at
the side. of the Asap, and great injury done to to to r Faris,
as likewise to the property. The persons employed on the
premise,' were dreadfully iejoired by the animal, and were
infamonsly maltreated by the rubbers who followed it. At
length theism who worked in the shop enceeetled in tursiog
the villains out, mid managed to shat and holt the dour,
notwithstanding the Prisoners and t great body of their cum-
panions broke open the place, and acted with the utmost
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vans to quell the rho, and preveut them from robbing Ibe
place, the persons is the workhouse, who were fernished with
firemrma, threatened to fire on the depredators if they did
not desist from their purpose, which being disregsrded, they,
after subegonent entrealiei, filed noon the mob, suit fonr or
five of the villains receive.' the contents of the fire-arms,
sad were carried off from the plasm by some of their vile
etospeonms, supposed fir martins! assist•nee. Dewing this
time the other two maineale were hewed by Mute of the
mob roue.' the adjacent parse, and information hating been
received of the disgraceful trminrtion it the above Office,
Deltas', Fortner, and Foster were dispatched iststsntly to
quell the riot and apprehend the dcliasqueuts, when they
wised • the Prisoners, who appeared must active in the
affair, sod brought hem to the office. During the time the
mob were in Hare-street, several persons had their pockets
picked, aad AWE! eat completely off. An officer of White-
chapel, named Richard Plueket, wile kutteked down, and
beat by souse of the 'Maims with their sticks and blud-
geons, till they almost murdered hum, and he sow
lies is a deplorable condition at his residence iu White-
chapel. The two animal( that were driven about the street
define the transaction at the shore warehouse were with
some ffilliesilty tikes' home to Mr. hlieffichei premises, hint
the other was in too dangerous a stale to he let louse
and they were wee.eseitated to have it slaughtered its the
warehunee, and 'Derwin's conveyed home.
The Prisoners are till ill-looking fellows, well knewa by
ithe Officers. On their being searched au property wee
il foual on them. Several watuesees were present to give
evideace,
_which being satisfectory, the Prieuners wets fully
committed to Notate flat trial.

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7W Tulip.

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