The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

MA RLBOROUGH-STREET.

William Moore, Mat!, Murray, and a little girl whose name
did not ninepin!, were yesterday brought up, charged with an
assault, which awaits only the death of the already speech'sw vic-
tim of their fury to be murder. No. 5, hasceUes-court, St. Giles's,
the theatre of the present transaction, was about ten or twelve
months ago the scene of a similar outrage, where a man was mur-
dered by his wife.
Ellen O'Neill beingssetirn, deposed, that she was returning with
her mother to the court yesterday evening, about half-punt nine
o'clock, when they were followed by the prisoners at the bar and
two other persons, who have as yet escaped. On getting within the
door of their wretched habitation they fastened it with a poker.
This bolt, however, gave way to the Impetuous rush of the pur-
suers, who broke through, when one of them, Mary Mason, the
sister-in-law of Alary Slurry, and who has not yet been caught,
instantly seized the pciker, and struck Mts. O'Neill, the mother of
the witness, several tunes acrosathe head, Mrs. O'Neill meanwhile
caning out to the prisoner Moore, " Bill you are our friend. will
you suffer me to be used so ?"—" No," he replied, " I am your
foe," and instantly gave her a terrible kick on the cheat or abdo-
men, and she fell senseless to the ground. The two female pri-
11011ers at the bar thee took her by the hair of the head, and dragged
her about in the most brutal manner.

Several persons deposed to the ;;;e effect.
One of the officers said that the woman was in a most shocking
condition, and incapable of being brought up ; she was in fact
speechless, and her life was In imminent danger.
Bill Moore, who had repeatedly attempted to speak, was now
heard—" Plaza your NVurtchip, if you place, hearken to me a
word or two ; I will speak the truth as if I was on the gallosrs ;
I did no more than part them, your Wurtchip ; not a word in the
world did I say more than that. Plaze your Vurtchip, there are
all the nei,ghbours to the fore, and they cannot say a word to the
contrary."

i'ONANT—They must all be detained t for if the woman
should die this will be a serious affair.
They were accordingly remanded, and in the mean time the
most vigilant search is to be made after the other parties in this
shucking outrage.

QUEEN-SQUARE.Ttttt DEAD 7111101:011T TO LIFE.—A man, named Jame,
1-10a7, a shoemaker, residing iu Perkins-roots, Peter-street,
‘Vestmineter, was charged by Mr. Kerr, of the Rose and Crown
public-house. in Dartmouth•street, with creating a disturbance
round his house at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, breaking the
windows, tee. against the peace, &c.
The prisoner appeared so very weak in consequence of having
some blood taken from him during the night, that be was scarcely
able to walk.

Mr. Kerr stated that the prisoner, who was intoxicated, forced
himself into the tap-room of his house, and because he would not
serve him, he began quarrelling with those who were quietly sit-
ting there, and it became necessary to turn him out wi et Geniis,
but no sooner did he get into the street than lie set to, and a ith
his fists demolished Mut squares of glass in the front window.
Handley, an officer, happening to be passing at the time, he was
given into his custody. and it was with great difficulty he could be
conveyed to the watch-house. Upon his arrival there, however,
he went into hysterics, and after endeavouring to recover him with-
out effect, they sent for a surgeon, who bled him copiously, but
did not succeed In recovering him ' • at length all considered him
dead, and the appearance of his face justified the belief; the
beadle was sent for, and the ceremony of tying up the jaw and
laying him out was gone through, and a shell procured Irom the
poor-house to convey away the lifeless body, when, on being laid in
the coffin, die supposed dead man, to the surprise of all present,
jumped up, and, as well as he was able from the weak condition he
was in, leaped out of his wooden habitation, and commenced a
violent attack on Patmore, the constable, to whom he gave a tre-
mendous black eye, and it was with some difficulty he was se-
' cured and carried to the workhouse, where evety proper attention
was paid him.
Mr. Kerr said all he warted was to be remunerated for the win.
' down he had broken, and if he paid him 12s. for them he would be
satisfied, and drop all further proceedings.
This the poor fellow agreed to and was discharged.
SEDITIOUS PLACARDII,-011 Monday evening, a Mr. Chris.
topper Dickenson who stated himself to have come from Shrews-
bury, was brought before E. MARYLAND, Esq., by Thomas
Thompson, the street-keeper and constable appointed by the Board
of Green Cloth, at Whitehall, who charged the defendant with
having posted a written placard, of a Seditious nature, at Vi'hite-
hall, Privy-gardens, &c. of which the following is a copy :
" I Christopher Dickenson, crating suffered near ten years.
through a law unjust and urequitable, having through the
space of near ten years made application to his Majesty, his Minis-
ters, and to his Parliamentary Gentlemen for redress, and received
no answer, therefore I now issue my edict.
" I proclaim, that his Majesty bath maintained a law unjust
tad unegnital4e, sub :that he nag not caused law and justice to be
executed setairdlat4oltie oath taken by him at his Coronatida.
" I prohibh *eery the Fourth, commonly called King, from
any longer reigning.
•6 I command that the next heir he proclaimed King in his stead.
" Signed by me, Christopher Dickenson, at Shrewsbury, this
14th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1823."
The Magistrate ( Mr. Maitland), after reading the above docu-
ment, and hearing the evidence of Thompson the street-keeper,
and a man named Reynolds, who assisted in his apprehension, the
defendant was ordered to be detained in Tothill-fields till inquiry
was made about him.

Yesterday it was expected he would have undergone another ex.
aminstion ; that however did nut take place, but we understand
Mr. Markland and a gentleman named Nethersole, whom the de-
fendant mentioned as knowing him, attended at the Secretary of
State's office yesterday morning, where a conference took place, but
the purport did nun transpire ; all we understood was, that the wit-
nesses would be sent for when required to attend.
A young woman, the daughter or niece of the defendant, was in
attendance, and requested permission to ace him, attach was readily
granted by the worthy Magistrate, and Gilmore, the chief officer of
the establishment, was-ordered to accompany her to Totbill-fields
prison for that purpose.
It seems to be the general opinion that he is insane.
UNION HALL.
THE INTENDED FIGHT AT STIISATIIAgo--011 Monday,
Harry Holt, the boxer. promoted himself before the sitting Magis-
trate, R. J. Chambers, Esq. who issued warrants sonic days ago
against several heroes df the prite.ring, for being concerned in an
intended tight on Streatham common. Harry, having made his
bow, stated that he attended en the part of his brother boxers,
against whom the a secants were Issued, and the object of his
application was to convince the Magistrate that no breach of the
peace was contemplated, and that prire.fighters were almost
among the foremost to give assistance on all occasions to the police.
la proof of this asetrtion, Harry iirodu:ed a document, to show

the estimation in which the characters of the pugilists of Ergla-d
were held, even by Royalty itself, and the ebetnniume that tic,,
bestowed upon them for their conduct during the coronation ol r,J
Majesty. Harry here pulled out a bundle of papers, and, prek: •
ing it to the Magistrate for his perusal, said that it Ira 3
munication signed by Lord tiwydyr, after the coronation, sig,,L
tag the King's entire approbation of their conduct daring the: e:re_
inony, and returning his moat gracious thanks for their
in promoting the good order that prevailed on the occasion. '.
Magistrate, however, declined rending this complimentary c; • : .z
and observed, that if a peer of the realm had been present
Common on the day of the intended fight, he would certain:;
issued a warrant against him.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the time appointed foe hear:77 th,, charges against the defendants, an Inintense crowd filled the •0". a."
anxious to witness a number of the most famous lonisers et day. The defendants were ranged in front of the Magistrates t..
ble, and answered to their names in the following order
Holt, Tom Shelton, Josh Hudson, Tom Oliver, Jack hantle..
Dick Curtis, Harry Harmer, Ned O'Neal, Jack S:rogyins, a:L:1
Dick Fishwick.
Hall, the Chief Constable, said, that there were several more
persons against whom warrants had been served, but they were nv.
now in attendance. The Churchwardens of the parish in
the fight was to have occurred were present, in order to be La..r..
over to prosecute the defendants, should they be wanted !or t!..,
purpose.
Pople, one of the officers belonging to the establishment.
detailed the circumstances that took place on the itrentit.:
of action on Tavola}, lsst, with an account of the la:an:
lag that he received from a parcel of Irish ragantuflir,,,:,
attacked him with sticks in the Pled Bull public.heure, L.
the Common, because he was one of those that prevented the
stmts. He fully exonerated the defendants from having y
cipation in the disturbance [on the contrary, they behaved ti-t,L
greatest civility, and indeed were instrumental in supprcs,in..
fight that was to have takes) place.
Mr. here asked the number of persons s:tinsosea
to be present on the common the day in question. And 'coon being answered, between two and three thousand, be observed i!a:
it certainly was a riotous assemblage of persons, who were anru .
ed there in consequence of the intended prize fight, as
by the presence of the defendants. lie considered that a:: 17,.
sent were there in breach of the peace, and he should de-i.
those now before hint accordingly.
Mr. Manama, who attended on behalf of the defendaroe,
mitted that, as no fight had taken place, consequently a bres::, the peace had not been committed.
Mr. CHAMBERS—" Illy construction of the law is, that al: per-
sons present at a fight are precisely on a footing with the
themselves, and liable to the sante punishment by law; and in 0.,
opinion I am borne out by one of the Judges, who pronounced ::
in his address to a Grand Jury at a late Assizes, when upoa de
subject of prize-fighting."
The officers all spoke in terms of high commendation of the
conduct of all the defendants, every one of whom, they sett!, end
his utmost efforts in restoring tranquillity.
The Magistrates having consulted together, observed that the:
were not disposed to go the lengths with the defendants tyldeil
they in the first instance intended, in consequence of their cot duct
and endeavour in suppressing the fight. They (the deft:Mains;
should now enter into their own recognizance! of 401. each to ap.
pear at the next Sessions, to &newer any charge that might beta.
hibited against them.
This decsion gave satisfaction to all parties, and the defendants
withdrew after having entered into the required sureties.