The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-03-28 00:00:00

SPAT: RIMS:.
The Fives Court was crowded aesterday for the 6%41 of
Nam Harmer, as well bred a hater as ever contended fur a
prise., But, as in the rases of other eminent men, there was
'an extra slice of gammon for mltinterest, that Neste would
show :from Bristol. This bronchi many within the court,
and more round the door, to feast their eyes with so crest
I Parsonage; bn't, In use the espressioo of one of the eons-
the hernia* were/ailed, as Neale was not forth.
kremlin. The sets-to were good, amongst which were the
fullowiug :_
"crowns. and Cooper the Gipsey, bad a manly torn in
ruffianism, with alternate adeasiteges., Cooper'. lett.handeil
knack of throwing out often spoiled the rush of Scroccims,
who however placed his richt-handed bits in rallying. Strop-
gins war fluored in the last round.
Spring and Martin displayed much aciemee, and it was a
set-to diminciiishsble for good parrying rather than fur
:Martin had none the worst of it, but with ihe
virperint lentil. and Weight of gluing he bad much difficulty
in getting at him.
Cribb-and Belcher.—Tom 'Jones, who succeeded Joe,
Norton as master of the ceremonies, when the latter slipped
Ms ivied, introduced this temple rather emphatically as
WirierCrihb cad Mister Belcher; when he us. asked ener-
relies'', what he pot a hurdle to their names fur more than
rather*? Tom was iu want of words to answer. A goud
set•to, as might be expected, was the consequence.
The other aril, to 'owe between Br,, Born and Carter,
flumer and Bilton, mind Harry, hew half a bliukee,
she reward of Ma bowery.
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• DRAT lit BrI3t7IIIIISG.
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• • Yesterday as inquliillos was taken before Thomas Stjrling.
P.M. at tat. (Aires workhouse, on the body or • 'fine boy,
wanted William Read, aged only live years, who dted from
the injerits he received in consequence of his clothe. catch. '
iug lire.
It appeared from the evidence of hiamother,• poor we.
•man residing in Short's Gardens, that on Saturday night last,
about twelve o'clock, she went out on some hotlines, leaving
the deceit/v(1 child in led and the lire out, but the candle was
alight on the table. On her return in as boar the found the
house to a male of courusion, and h r child is a lodger's bed
in great sgouy, being dreadfully burned in the chest and
arms. A surgeon was sent fur, •ho adininiatered the proper
remedies. The child, ou her ingiiiiing how Ile bream.
burned, asid that while lying in his bed he thonght he would
light the tire against his mother's rotors, mad got up and took
some matches wills which he began lighting the lire, but it
is supposed, having placed the mingle near him, the llamas
of which communicating to hie bedguwis set it on fire. The
ldgers, alarmed by his sereamk 'rendered him every assiti.
stirs, bat tun late. The Jury reward a verdict or Accidental
Death.

A RESURRECTION MAN APPREHENDED.

On Thursday evening, at eight o'clock, a man of the name
of Thomas Williams, otherwise Romper, was brought before
the silting Magistrate, at the police °thee. Hamm Garden,
In the custody of Mr. Kemp, landlord of the Maidenhead, at
Watford, Hens, and a constable of the name of Simmonds,
from the same place, sorter the following circumstances:—
Mr—Kemp staled, that be saw she prisoutre, about half-peat
eight o'clock that moruiag, io Watford, in company with
another man, leaning by a post, having a parcel wrapped up
is a piece of matting and canvass in sirvir possession, which,
from their manner, he, Mr. Kemp, supposed to be some
stolen property. He weal to pecitsre•• roost:able, but before
he could Bed one t►ey were gone; bet, en inquiring, he
found the parcel was booked at the coach office, at the Rose
sod Crow), with a card sews to is, bearing the following
direction, which he proctored; "Mr. G. Wheeler, 29, Dean_
street, Tooley street, Borough, to be called for." Re and
Sisomonde the comtable opened the parcel, which they found
to contain the dead body of • girl. laformstroat was given
to she Magistrates, who canoed the body to ►e removed to
the vestry, and the elseweb.yard to be emenioed, wheel it was
discovered that it was the body of Miss Collins, • girl fifteen
years of age, who had been buried only the day before. By
order of the Magistrates the pared was lied up, with the ex-
ceptiost of the body, and forwarded according to the dins-
lion; sod Mr. Kemp ■ud Simmons. were ordered to pro-
ceed immediately to ►ondon, in order to appriebend the
villains. They travelled by the Hemel Hempstead stage,
sod strived in London ■t four o'clock, and repaired to site
Bull lass, Holborn, where the coach with the parcel arrived.
They coacealed ib.mselveri in the yard until they raw the
prisoner arrive, and inquire fur the parcel; on which they
took b'a solo custody. Thehla;ietrate told them, that as
the offence was committed in the county of Hers,, Ibeir hist
way was, to lock up the prisoner all meht, and take him
down in their custody next morning, to be examined before
the Magistrate where the /deuce was committed •ud the
witoesses resided. The pemoorr was locked up in one of
lire strung rooms all night, and taken away limedruffed yes-
terdey mot min.

JVOhFOLK ASSIZES.

The Commission baying been opened on Saturday evening,
Mr. Baron Richards went into Cutlet on Monday morning,
and immediately began to try causes. The Grand Jiiry was
sworn about noun.
Tbc Learned JODOE in his charge said, " I am sorry to
oh that the calendar presents to the Grand Jury a great
deal of trouble, though not of difficulty. I lament much to
see several cases, I trust and believe, new to this count).—
namely, eleven eases of prism's 'Amsted wish cleviroyarg ma-
chinery. Permit me to cuniplaia stoat I fear sufficient at-
tention has not been paid to the subject. lam afraid no
assistance his beat ghee to proareutions by the persons
from whom it might be expected, sod none of those persons
whose talents might have been serviceable have been eas-
ployed in assisting to frame the indictusests. harshly, Geo-
tlemen, more attention ought to be paid. Permit me to call
to your recollection the disturbances in Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, which Aril originated in
such practices as hare begets here, is breaking machinery.
So dreadful was the state of that part of the kingdom, that
murder became absolutely enamors, and a man might be
hired to murder another fur a fen shillings. All was on ing
In the neglect of the Magistrates. Prilfripiie °beta, and
we shall bear no more of there disorder*. From the ha.
puelanee of the subject I am aura 1 shall be forgiven these
observations."