The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

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The silfiffillffilifelliffiffi big is sibs-
liva • Prioress vas; Abet ow the olgidAiSffile
Other, he Mirage to bed till fuse o'clock is the willedlg
'This woe pewee& by Griffiths, the gone, who wed
to @kepis the same bed with him.
Theirefelsnats on the beat deposed, that to penes passed
by the bosom on the night of the robbery, sad that all was
quiet in the street.
Migagre, the officer, proilleced a piece which had ben
est out of the doer. It appeared that the holes had been
perfented on the inside.
Six sovereign found iii the Prisoner's hox, he accosted
for by saying belied obtained them for nines, part of bin
wages is his &nail. place, from a gentleman's hostler.
Mr. Tarim, slid, be had occasion t.. pay • bill on the Fri-
day preceding the rubbery; he had a light geinee, nod
asked the Prisoner to lend him some silver to make up lb*
deficieney, abets he denied having any mosey whatever.
The groom said he lent the Prisoner 1,011110 silver ue the
Sunday preceding the rubbery; be then said be had so mosey.
Two weeberweaten said the Prisuner owed them bilk; he
mid kgsholended to take •p pert of his wages soon, sod tins
would play them.
The Prisoneer former master attended the examination,
and gave him a most excellent character; be bad bees la his
service three peeve, sad during that time prevented the house
from being robbed, three times, and shot one of the robbers
spun one occasion. The cause of his leaving the situation
was his desire of getiltni greater water.
Mr. Tattoo said he entertained the lichen opinion of the
Prisoner lbr Angrily, in conseinnee of the good character
he bad with him, but three pair of silk stockings, and other
'Liege, his (Mr. Taring's) property, being found is his box,
indiestrn he was nut quite so honest.
The Prisoner was fatly committer( fur robbing the hones,
and likewise for privately stealing the articles belonging to
Mr. Tinton, found is his box, sad the witnesses bound over
to prvineatir,-

MURDERS.


•On the eight of the 16th ult. a fret of wretches, armed
with pistols, assembled at t!,e hone of Denis Murray, of
Nieholastoon, in the enmity of Kildare, Ireland, and de_
wooded the immediate surrender of his arms, and on his
refusing to give them, a ahot was tired through the street-
door, which passed through his body. The unfortunate
win lingered anti! the following evening and then expired
in great aguity.—A reward of 1901. has been subscribed by
the inhabitsots of Nicholssiowit for the apprehension of any
of the parties concerned in this atrocious murder, and the
most active meager• a are resorted to which have any likeli-
hood of leading to a discovery.
Saturday morning's melancholy civentostauee /centred at
Selliuge, in this county. A man named Hayward lodged
in the hoes. of a small farmer, neared Inspett, of Sellinge;
soil on the above morning, after Mrr. Impel! was gone to
milk her tows, he came into a room below stairs, and, hav-
ing a gee is his hood, paid to a rhiM of impett's, " I will
go sod shoot your mother." He rhea welt to the place
where the woman was engaged iremilking, and accosted her
by *Joyner, " I have headed my gun, girl will shoot esywrif!
She reinosmitrated, and entreated him not to du an, wises he
immediately replied, " No; I will not shoot Myself, but will
strait yore," and instantly dischsrged the contents of the gun
into her sole—llse whole charge lodging in her body. The
poor woman lintere.l till seven o'clock the same evening,
when she • xpired. Hayward told his terminr what he hod
done, mod uku meatiosied the palll• to smother person. lie
is two in custody to wait the derision of the Coroner's lo-
opiest. The poor woman has left six children, the youngest
truly *coon asenths uld.—(ifoidatose Journal).

DREADFUL AFFRAY.

Another of those lamentable menet which it has ken fro-
qviently our duly to detail, took place at Apple Bay, sear
ffirrhingtuit, on Sunday morning last, between the meg ens-
. ployed su Ow Preventive Service and • laige party of meg-
girrs, who had aasenobleil,araiteti,at that spot, to week a ves-
sel loaded with contrabawd goods ; the country was ainellird
by the report of fire-arms, and a desperate conflict ennsed;
the °Merit resolved to du their dots-, and the smoggirestie-
*ermined to meant their mew Mr. Kerr, the name ass-
minding the Preventive party. received a simplest* seise
wound us the brad, and three of hie men were slim &lOW ;
Ilse smugglers suffered materially, bet •Ititathelp succeeded
in currying off 11w whole cargo, ;4 sell as their nossuled
rompanisnes, who mutt have suffered tout* frets the quan-
tity of Mood which marked their retressting track. We atm.
drrsiand a mac belonging to Margate has bees apprehended
as one of the party, and committed for further examination.
—(Maidstone Journal, September II.)

On Saturday John Clark, an inliabitamt of Caoterbmoy,
residiog in Churcb.laue, Northgrite, was taken Jot° custody
by a likimstripet officer, on saspirino of his befog concerned
its the late affray with a party of smugglers and the pre.
rewire service neer Margate. The officer L•viag intimated
to Clark that La was known to have been concerned in the
affray, infunned kin Him if he would give evidence against
his cempsaiosa, be should lie kept harmless sod receive
• reward of km liusedred pouted.; he was then conveyed
to the Queen's Heed lOU, whi•re a similar offer was mathy
to him by a Solicitor, empl..y.d, it is presumed, by the Go.
vaursett: the Primacy, however, persisted in his innocence
of the affair, sod be was finally consigned to the care of a
party of the 9sii Lowers, at the gran)-hense of their barrack
in this city; where, alts being detained until Sunday after.
soon, he was Wormed by the Solicitiw that no charge could
be substantiated against him, ■nd he was at liberty to de.
part. We understand that a•vrral of the officers of Bow.
street Police Office were in this city mid its vicinity Averts'
Si,. lust week seeking for lamination regarding the affair,
but we do sat hear of their having taken any other petiole
into custody than the ahoy...metal ioucd.—(Ktinlisk Chrom lee)

THE LATE MURDER AT HIGHGATE..-116 MA•
Jerre, in • l'iociarsontion, dated Dublin Castle,
August 5.03 (the first Kingly proclamation issued
in Ireland during. the last 130 years), has been gra-
ciously pleased to offer a free pardon to any of the
persons concerned in the above lwrrid affair (the
actual perpetrator excepted), and the same was
forwarded to the l'ublie Office, Bow-street, on
Monday night last. The Magistrates of Highgate
have accordingly issued large placards, making
known the royal clemency, and, in addition thereto,
offering a reward of t4O/. for the apprehension of
the murderer.

An unusual mortality has prevailed in Notting--
ham and its neighbourhood, during the last five
weeks, principally arising from bowel complaints.
—The measles have also been very prevalent, and
great numbers of children hive fallen victims to
both disorders. We understand that last week
upwards of one hundred corpses were interred in
the different church curds and burial ground, of
that town.—(Boston ikzette.)
A letter from Cloinnt.l. dated September 8, says—
" Committed to Clamor-I gaol, by W. Cliarroo.
Matthew Malibu, tleanor lleuaiaa, cud Mary
Fleming, chargi-d with steoling bum the county of
Waterford, eight sheep, the property of CONNORS,
of Kilmacoina: tinder u warrant from the Lord
Chief Justice of England, and Judge Joss. one
of the Justices of Ir. loud, John Daly, late of Wool- I
wich, innkeeper, a baokrupt : by Sir ARTHUR
CANDRN. Bort. John itoorke and Wm. Croaks.
charged with assembling in arms by slight at Lied.
mire. Asti firing allots : and by Timms' FiNiatr.
Esq. Thomas Sheehan, Jahn Walsh, and Piers(
Walsh, charged with assaulting and wounding
JAMES flirt NUM, of o limb ditaL"--(faauseral
Advertiser.)