The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-12 00:00:00

lk

,0 egos re, with entering his houih, under
~ ((remnant..., sod on tieing •poreheided
,osigh the parloor.wiodow be ma le a desperate se-
. —There Iteme a defiricare in she evidence to con•
,te a burglary, he was committed to prisms and hard
dour toe shire mouths.
The Magistrate said he bad in narrow escape with his life.
A fellow was charged with stealing seven pewter pots
from various publie.houses al the west end of the town, and
be was folly commit it d for trial.
LAMBETH-STREET.
INGRATITUDE..
Cr*T9• Boni • tulewsiter, was brought up front the
wesch•lels*.e, charged under the following circirmatatices :
Mr. Alexander Harrower, of the ()Id George, Tower-lull,
stated, that the Prisoner was tarried to his house late the
preceding night stripping wet, end apparently almost lifeless.
The person who had lorh•Eht bliss named Slrolo'imir "Pi.'
serried that he had fallen overboard a v.mrl !Moe of the
Tower, and that he halllhees a leogth of lime under water.
Ulnae these ciisnont myna every attention was paid him, and
ibaseeersaries coastdered requisite for the nature of his in.
disposition were afforded tom moil he was ultimately re.
covered.. as so be able so go home. On helot about to de-
part, the fellow, instead of rxpressing any stare of gratitude
for the wen humane and hospitable manner is which he was
treat( d, •lkged that while in the hum he wan robbed of I:31.
and crested a riot and diat•rhence, which could he sop.
pressed by nu other memos than sending him to the walcb-
house.
The Magistrate here asked the Prisoner if the charge he
had made storm* the landlord was founded in troth! Le
miswered, that be could riot account for his eondset at the
time, as he was deprived almost of all reasou, awing to the
strident he met with.
Simpson, the pertain who had taken the Primmer to Cam.
plainant's house, said lie was certain of hi. own knowledge
that Ilse man had not • peony about him at the lime, and
whet eoal.l indite. him to make sun itti insiimation Le wan
at • lon 'o know.
-.1
The Magistrate told the Prisoner hi. intention in Maim
as he had awn was quite obvious, and that he most new
fiud bail for threatening the Complainant, with buten% I
extort money from him who had so hospitably ensertansed
him. His Worship remarked, that a more aggravated ease
be had
TAiwan, Clay, alias Bann was charged...Espiritu of
having stolen the third and firm hooks of Zeno/sow, and the
lint sod mend volumes of The Messiah. which he Ind
tendered for sale at a bookseller's, is Leman-street, Good.
ansi...-fields, when stopped on Tuesday night. The hooka see
'richly hound, and supposed to have hemp stolen from Mr.
Braden's, bookbinder, near Clare-market. The Prisoner ad-
! milted hating b• en there ou Tuesday. Ile was remanded
mild Friday next.
TH A MES•OFFIEE.
Considerable interest wets yesterday excited at this office
among the Weraiminster boys, favrourlten of bull baiting, &c.
in cousequence of the celebrated Turpin, of Dortmoush-
street, Setter known by the name of Desperado, at which
most of the police officers tremble, having bees summoned
to appear in •11,11V,‘ to a charge of having properly fa bill
house, supposed to he stoles, of very considerable vela,.
The Defendant. Turpin, is one of the greatest dealers,
nnder the appellation of metier store', for stolen properly,
in %Vestraioster, for which the father, mother, brother, and
sister have Demo convicted,
Mitchell, one of the surveyor* of the tiver, together with
Forty and Green, ,ararcherl the Ih-fen/ant% house last week, by virtue of a warrant, and found a number of prime, • gun, I __
and other valuable properly, labial they supposed to have
been stolen, in eoseequesee of which Desperado was brought
to this office, under a strong body guard of three pollee
officers. Whets pat to the bar lan Friday, he begged hard ,
to he allowed till yesterday, that he might be enabled to I
bring the parties from whom he bonito the goods. Thsal
Magistrates allowed him till yesterday, when they were,
mach disappoirded by his non-appearance, and a warrant •''
was instantly breed for his apprehension, to the great'',
displeasure of the Westminster blades, use, at three o'clock,
left the office, grumbling at a sad rate. .
•
' Henry Brand, of great notoriety as a marine store dealers"
at No. 15, Cumberland-street, Middles..< Hospital, wool'
brought before J. Rsllautine, E•q. nod Captain Rialibiald'll
for having in his posee•sion a quantity of lead, widalol.
could sot satisfactorily account fur, and was fined io 6004
treated penalty of Si. t
William Kidder, a waterless's, was charged by Mr. Henry
Fisher with detaining bin 50 minutes un the Thames, un-
necessarily. •
The Complainant could not swear to the man, but to the
number of the boat, which the Defendaot said had been taken
by some other man that night.
He was Allowed Berri) day., according to Act of Portia-
men', to find the man, or then abide by a convictioa.
George Webb was convicted in the penalty of 10a. for
having possession of a gustily of powder, which be lIVI
Ma account for. .
James Dunnage* was fined 20e. for having ponessielo
some coals, supposed to be stolen.
11
• WORSHIP-STREW?. • I
ROBBERY BY CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS. 1 .
' John Williams and James Darby, chimuey-sweepers,
living in Chequemelley, Run hi 11-row, St. Lake's, were charged
with stealing a watch from the house of Mr. Jobs Winder,
apallimary, White Cron-street.
Xri Lock, an officer of St. Luke's, elated his having
'informed, by John Cowdroy, a chimney-sweeper, of
alley, that the house of one of his eulogisers bad
.highhirobbed by two persons in his ono business, and his
itV;e''s) lad, whom they had inveigled late their bands.
after Cowdroy's boy was met by the officer in Ban-
=sr, who secured hint, and look him to Mr. Winder's,
he was immediately recognised by the servant-maid,
whose watch had been stoles. The Priestlier Williams, hear.
ing the boy was taken, mitered and attempted lei reline him ;
hut, after a desperate struggle with the officer, was himself
secured, as was his accomplice Darby a few bourn after.
The bey 's testimony writs to the effect, that the Prisoners
had promised, if be would desert his master, sad call on his
costumiers as if from him, and obtais the the jobs, they
would reward him with a new soil of clothes. The Pri.
main le ft home on Saturday morning, with the determine.
tins, as they said, to grab all They could; and it was settled
that Williams should wait outside, and be ready to receive
"the swag." On loosing Mr. Winder's house, Darby said
to Wiliam/IN " All's right ;^ and they moaned to a public-
house in Grey', lug-lane, aid waited while Darby pledged
the watch for I Is.
I Tbc paortbroker's ticket was afterwsrds found by Om boy's
direction is the area of a hone IR Hatton-garden, torn in
pieces, where it had been I brown by the Prisoners.
Tba purobroker, Mr Beauchamp, of 147, Holborn-bartra,
atiended, :Ind produced the watch, •which was sworn to bt
Ebel:nth Rice, servant to Mt. Winder, as her property.
The Prisoners were folly committed to Nrwgate for trial,
•nd she boy discharged.
JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.
John Matthews and Diehard thimpiterey, lad. not more
than threw,. rears of age. stood charged with wishing the
shop of Mr. Mostly, circulating library. City road.
Van, the officer. said, he was panto( by Mr. Mosely's
shop at onen o'clock last night, whew be heard Hie glass
flank, sod perceived she Prisoners take several purses and
roller modes from the window, which he found its their
'inventor on snaring Hint.
The see erodes were sworn to, and the Prisoners were
fully command for trial.
UNION-MALL,
COURT QUARRELS.
Yesterday Mr. Cornelius Connell, Mr. Join Conseil, Mr.
/nephew Granger, and Mr. Consoling Crow ha„ knights of
the Had, were intreduced by Poole, the officer, to the Ma-
elstrom, he h•ving apprehended them oat warrants at she la-
stance of two other press:loom: gentlemen, sawed Daniel
and John Daley, for rewashing limo, and in return for Dame'
and John's Anditess, the other gientlesnint had °Maimed war.
emits against them, so that it was what is termed • cross-
charge.
These honest Mibecsiani lived is Three Tun-court, in the
Borough, and, eel Sudsy night, every stalker's sold of them ..
that hell • raki, in sbe la yours were all in Om it/wartioci. Printed and Pal
The Daley•' erimplamt ' , rd by the Magi Amt. THE 61.081:,
Mr. John Daley began; per iflemowes p. - coaxwzu.,
. A. .
. lir tit%

On last
wife)
hied, at myself was z.,ieg bottle to the scow,
(his wife) 411 Three Ten-room, from Mr. Murphy% bean.,
who is my own fired cousin. if your Worthin Waite:, when
La" .4 Mr. Cornelius Connell, who without Aa your
iv , or WOrk year teary, Seized me by the I rent, and featly
etrerittled me, your frbrsifp, and then the Connell* and Mr.
ermijig rime ap. •nd dragged entrret( into the eabff of Hrs.
(MI:
II
el
yy e
ivn
od
ishwinor, pi
r e they
c.ehrirm;.
w veiee
he
se
4ci. b
Magistrate—But what did yoii do to the llerees Ikest
D
me by the treed. I was so perplexed 'bet I struck hid.
Th. whole solf de parties were held to but, le answer each
other's complaints at the Sessions.
A etsimnty-sweep, named Alai, Bitelosr, was fully met.
min.(' for stealing • jar of tolarco. The Prisoner, whilst
Mr. Lamb, a tubscroniat, residing at No. S, faller-place,
was Pitting at Ira in the pnrinur the preeeding evening,
opened the shop•done, end stole the tobacco from ofT the
counter and ran sway. A cry of " Stop thief!" tune 015 e..,
nod the Prisoner wee taken into ruatuity, basins iirrainuoy
thrown away the jar.