The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-12-18 00:00:00

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,KPt s'a I.Ear t.' .'ffl3')eifirmihigagvai,
mart Plaid vatli Hie toed Seger e• •
lagiriog stolen t 3 pate •f
Iti =rithhaarkeseertilif
•loopinridemrerf,, .
The Meow was fully committed for trial.
BOW.STIMET.
Tailetifity a lion 'was brewed to the elite, and sedererest..
an eareseilmithealefore Sir Richard ,fiersk, having Sees tikes
in rimaliady by Or pariah irfleMaiiiieglesi constables, by direr.
lima of the parish officers, ors suspicion of his being con-
cerned will. other Men in robbing the church yard of Hit.
lingdon, near Uxbridge, of three bodies, • weniairapparentlr
about sixtyloarsvcorsoa, med. two Infants, one to appear-
aire. bas hik geese atilt.hors. They were discovered is s
roc covered seder marpicious circumstances is Ken.
einem), is the Carr Of 5.0 mes, who os the discovery
being made ran off aid effected their escape. The man
brought to she office by the coisslsibles was traced out to he
the owner of the east in which the bodies were, wham
name is Floisoryselt, a eoaeh awd earl wheelwright, in •
place- Inedible's-road, Surrey. He declared his
perfect innocence of the traesaciiou, mid accounted for bas
cart being employes' in such an iornenous transaction by
siatiog that be had let Ids cart and horse to a mall he was
in the habil of letting it to, but did not know fur what par.
pose It was used.
There being so proof that the Priotpier was one of the
mes who ran sway at air time the diacoacry was wade of the
bodies being In the cart, or sisal he was in any way consent-
ed, in stealing the bodi.s, the Magi:di-ate discharged him;
isiistever, tire eonstables stud not appear inclined so part wilbo
him without the authurily of the parish *dicers, ec be fees&
the etas who had hired his cart..
laformatiou was yesterday received at the office from
Birmingham, of forgeries hiving been committed to a cuss.
'ridership extent upon Beej sinus lioladsy, E.q. a very rates-
sire (Actor of that place, besides felonies, by loVilliam Charles
Minter, his principal cashier and clerk, who had drawn
bill- of two .oaths in the ensues of tones and James, and at.
espied in the tonne of Benjamin Holiday, its the usual way
of the house. Cris the discovery being misrule, Adkins, the late
Bowistreet officer, and now the principal Police officer at Kir-
mi sighs m, was employed, who procured •u xcel lent and cer.
bin trace of him to Liverpool, where it was supposed he would
get Inn board an American ship ; however, Adkins satisfied
himself that he had tint accomplisher' lbat, and actually
traced bim nut of Liverpool and &Mooed hiss to Manchu.
ter, in which large tonal he lost his trace of him, supposed
to have been accomplished by a disguise, which lie may have
of eried tinder a pretence of biding a scrofulous complaint
with winch be is afflicted, sad to bide which be g Ily
wears bus shift collar very high.

TUE munDEn IS WIIIrtICHAPEL.

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Sunday afternoon the reinsure of the un►ertunate Richard
Nerds, who, ■ few rights ago was waakid ■nd murdered,
as it is rh•rard, by aan award Noatinv, lIJM la cal.
body, roil agaiim whom a verdict of Wiffed .1/ardor ham
been record. by the Coroner's Jury, as wired in a floater
paper, were removed from bis late residelbre in Castle-street,
said interred is ‘Vhiterlisprl church. The deceased was fol-
lowed to the grave by all Ilse lamplighters of the neighbour-
hood (be brio% of that business), each of them dressed
is their !uniform, which is Haul:ern juce', trousers, and
gaiters of the same, and each esrryiug a bunch of
beautiful flowers in place of torches, which is the custom 011
the funeral of a lamplight►r, they being gerwrally hurled
at night, and which would have been the case in this sulan-
rholy instance had not the d d died a whitest death.—
The processionomi the whole, appeared very nest and or.
derly, but mourufel. as a number of the deceased's relatives,
who are of that bullion*, walked is it.
DREADFUL EXPLOSION ',nom GUNPOWDER.

A boot five o'clock on Sunday afternno• • distressing
eircumaisoce occurred at the boor. of Mr. Jm•ses Ray, of
No. 7, Regent-street, Poplar, originating in t►e too fee.
quent habit of leaviug gunpowder exposed to the access of
ignorant person•.
Mrs. Ray, accompanied by her Iwo children, was silting in
the bitches,. when it •ppeats one of them went unperceived
by her in a jar of gunpowder standing close by, and by some
mean., which cannot be actuated for, caused it lit explode.
The shuck was so great as to shatter all the windows amid
dour. to the house, distu►b the furmsitnre, and even shook the
floors and partitions from ihrir stations. The front wall of
the house was moved about half a lout into the meets, quit*
erect, from the rest of the building. Time windows of the ad-
joisaiug houses suffered in tics-tally.
On the explosion being heard, sod no person seen to come
oast of the hodse, it was concluded that the inmates must
hive either perished or beeu disabled ; and un tome of the
neighlmoin going in,• mum heart-rending spectacle present-
ed itself to view, as Mrs. Ray mid her two childreo, who
were she only inmates at the time of the accideut, were
found I)ing on the flour insensible, and mom dreadfully in-
jured. They were promptly conveyed in a roach to. the
Loudon Hospital, where Stile hopes are euiertained of their
recovery. Mr. Ray, who is a master lightermaii, was from
honor at the lime. The explosion wit heard all over
Poplar.

DESTRUCTIVE AND ALARMING FIRE

ON THE THAUEs.
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Sunday morning, between three and (one o'clock, the
inhabisaotv in the neighbourhood of Tower-bill were throw•
into the greatest confusion to consequeuce of a fire break-
iug uut in the Boddington West hobnails', lyiug of
koncere atom, in the River Thames. The fire was first
discovered by some waterinen on the beach, at which time the
flames, darkened by a bitunsioroua smoke, were shooting ra-
pidly from the hold through the main hatchway, out-sopping
its rigging and 1114141,•nd bore a truly majestic bet awfully
grand appearniire; fortunately no persons were on board.
She was moored head and stern by a chain cable, •midst •
tier of shipping, which were momentarily thren'ened with
destruction by the devastating elemeut. The scene which
took place en this sad occasion on the river, may be easier
(.4.lllTiVrti by our readers than depicted by us, its the various
ends., barges and large vends, which were considered to be
within reach of the devouring densest, were cut front their
utoor:egs, and were scut adrift indiacronivately with the tide.
The ship on lire was now left alone, mud 'hire floatisig en-
gines bailee conic up, were worked on her fore amid aft, par.
tiesilnely miss that part' to which the cables were attached, as
it was feared if they were disengaged she would Flom or with
the oilier shipping, thereby cuoimusicate to 'hem the
devouring elemesii. The flames raged wills almost in-
credible fury, siotwithstandiug the great exertions of the
eligities and the skill with which they were played
Thermic.% rigging, Ste. were of course souls. remiented, and
on her bailie burst to the waters edge the sprung • leak, and
her remainisig part sunk. There was no property at the time
ton bused, save the impleineuts and feruiture appertalumg
to the ',react
The vessel was the property of Sir. Neal, • hemp-mer-
chaut, at Lower East Smithfield, and had just • few days be-
fore uudergiose ■ thorough repair; she was registered at SOO
Inns, slid uncured in the Sun Office by the owner fur 3,000 f.
The fire is supposed to be the art of some iecetieliary, as
DON! Of the persons connected with the ship were no board
&thee three o'clock nu Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Neal
was three, who saw the fires all out, and the hatchway. fast-
ened down and secured in every manner hum any &catkins
that might otherwise occur.

At Fist Grinste.ol Fun. on Tuesday, there were
upwards of 6,000 beasts, tile greater part of which
was driven away uustild ; it was the largest fair ever
known there.