The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-15 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

James Osborne was convicted of stealing a mare.
value 35/. from Baz.lrel Bloomfield, of Ahh,•rtou.
The Prosecutor mis.ed the mare the
morning, and with his brother went in pur►uit.
Haring traced the mare a considerable distance,
and having rode about 30 miles, they came up with
her neur Ingatestone, with the Prisoner upon her.
On asking whose mare it was, he made hot little re-
ply, except that he was going to sell her at itimiford.
He Was instantly secured, The Pri•auer said that
a person had hired him to ride the mare from Laver
Cross to Rumford 51Jrket, to which place tie was to
make the best of his way.—Desith.

Thomas Clark and Julia Cause were convicted
of stralitta four pigs, value IV., the property of
ri Mr..lahMead. of flaking.
The Prosecistor missed four pi,,ws out of the pLice
he generally keeps them iu, called Little Heath,
on the 3tith of December last. Mr. Thymus
Biggs, a neighbouring farmer, and the Prose-
cutor, traced the footsteps of the pigs, and
also the track of two men, for a considera-
Me ()rotative, and at last up to a cottage,
which was occupied by John Clarke, where it
afterwards appeared that the Prisoners lodged ;
on peeping through the key-hole. the Prosecutor,
Mr. Mead, ohertad two men in the act of dressing
a pig. His friend Mr. Biggs went to the opposite
door, but not obtaining admission. they again both
applied to the fare door, arid whilst they entered there
the Poisoners ran out ut the •other door, and jump-
ing over a ditch, they escaped and made till to-
wards some woods near by, taking with them a ball
bitch which had been tied up. On entering the
house, Mr. Mead discovered his four pigs, two of
winch were dressed, a third partly dressed, and the
other alive.—[lleie Cause said he had no hand ill
it ; Clark, he said, was his employei.j
Mr. Biggs cordirmed the whole of Mr. Mead's
tests' 11111 l y, and alter seen; ing the hogs. they went,
with several other., lir pursuit of the offenders. A
Mr. %Voodtliorpe seemed Cause, and Mr. Mosely
Tabruns took Clark, alter a pursuit cf eight or
nine miles. In passing sentence of transportation
for seven years, his Lordship observed, that the
Prisoners had proved themselves masters in a iektal-
ness of that aches i ion—they had killed unildreps-
ed the property, which was easily stole°, and on
that account the law must 'protect. It often hap-
pens, said his Lordphip. us in this installer, that
detection quickly follows crime—it is right, there-
fore, to prevent the Prisoners from repeatiiig the
crime, which they would otherwise have done, had
they tint lieelideteeted—•• for lie who begins does
out know where such vice will end."

Junes Moryen was next put to the bar, charted
with having stolen- the same four pigs from Mr.
Mead, which the two last Prisoners had sult►r.
quently •tulen. On this occasion, which hap-
petted Hine days tally previous to the last rub-
ber', the pigs were driven to the Thatched
House, at Stratford, and with the consent of the
ostler, named Capps, were allowed, at the ri (writ
of some person, whom Capps professed hot to
know a second time, to remain there all night.
Next morning suspicion having arisen that thr pigs
were stolen. Moryrti be►ng ►eru to go to the hero,
the constable, who was apprised of the circum-
stance, took Mtn into custody, and hr was indicted
for die otivoce. The evidence rested principally
upon Capps, the ostler, who differed NO ninth in his
evidence at the trial to what lie stated before the
MligistuattP, that Li* Lordship told hint lie deserved
to be committed for his prevarication. The Pri-
soner Was lietillaltd.
I'ursday turning, about six o'clock the follow-

big Prisoners convicted of cnpi:4l offences wet,.
brought up to receive indgment, viz. John Mind-
ton, John elements. Thnums Keay, John Bic&.
more. James Humphreys. Jornes Osborne, ;John
Greenfield, unit Owlet: (Hiner.
His Lordship then addressed them :—" Primm-
er*, you are arraigned at the bar, each of you,
to receive the awful seidence of the law. for the
crimes of which sort have been severally foinid
guilty, upon cases submitted in the hearing of a
large uoilience, and to a Careful and inteiligent
Jury. Although your offences were committed by
night. when Ho human eye tumid see them, there
rrttxiins no doubt of your respective guilt. We,
who pass our time in Courts of Justice. and see
how continually the nets of tlailcuetm are brought to
light, are astonished at the folly of mars in eorn.
milting throes ; for in different ways, whr:..ll Pro-
vidence sees tit, the guilty are ii brought to
light. Your lives are now forfeited to the !iirs of
your country. soil if mercy did not interfere, you
would have lint a short period to end your existence.
I hope you will make a good use of the time which
will lie allowed you. recollecting that you will
have ultimately to wive a dreadful account of
all your actions. This Himl niay he intended
by Providence as a warning to you. Many
of you have, no (timid, near relatives. who
are dreading the awful sentence that await* you.
I know die distress nri.ing front cantles is not con-
fisted to those who commit them. lii the case of
our of you, I allude to Thomas Bray, it good cha-
racter has been produced down to the time of his
offence ; on that account there will he a emsider,-
ble I may bold out to poi all, that
yotir lives »ill he spared. It will he therefore your
duty to endeavour, by future cowl conduct, to
make amends for the past." The awful sentence
in the usual words was then passed.
There are 164 inismiers on the &ender, the
greater proportion of whom are for capiill oflences.
'Twenty-seven hare received sentetice ut death.

A very respectable Merino, was Iwl4l at the
Cutlers' 11;411, Sheffield, on Wednesday, agree-
tible to r.quisition, the blaster Cali r tit the
Chair ; when it was unanimously resolved to
laoit.an both Houses of Parliament to discon-
tinue raising money for the public service in
future by way of Lotterv, that fruitful source
of many evil.. The Meeting was attended by
the Clergy and several Dissenting Niiniaters.—
Immediately after the close of the above, a consi-
derable reinforcement entered the Hall, compris-
ing several iron-masters, manufacturers, and gen-
tlettien interested in the coal trade, to take into
consideration the propriety of opposing the attenwt
which is now making to induce the Legislature to
impose a tax on inland pit coal. In the course of the
Meeting, a letter of the nth :nat. was read, addressed
to the Mailer Cutler. from J. A. S.WonTt.F.Y, Esq.
which it was stated that Government were not
friendly to equalising the duties. It was unanimous-
ly resolved to petitiott the House of Commons, that
no duty, however tritlitit , might be imposed upon
tithing' coal, as it was represented the 31ernbcr
tar Surrey had pledged himself io introduce the
measure, It wing fur its object the equalisation of
the existing coal duties. Similar meetings were
held on Monday at Derby and Chesterfield. at
which an 1111IIIIIF111/11% sentiment prevailed against
the tax, accompanied with Petitions to the House
of Comincns to present it.

Yesttiday li iiiiy who was incautiously climbing,
one dike trees in tit. Itine.:s Park, fell from a
cousnleroble Might to the gr,,ttuad, where lie lay
for some time opparcii,ly 111,1t,5. His compa-
Mons given iiilionnition of ins place of resi-
dence. lie was carried home in a state Out seemed
to offer' but linle hopes of ultimate recovery.

There are hut thirty prisoners for trial at tionll
Will, and thr‘e far vf3'.•uces of no uncommon mag-
nitude. Tile Civil liminess is expected to be ciru-
aidrraLle
; live Special Juries are already named.

ORIGIN oFlltotte•TlLM.—Shrove-Cole is from
the SOXOII : It Conies from the word shrive, shrift,
Or shrove, or the tide or time when they shrove or
coufesred their sins (as was customary with the Ca-
-111,616.), and received the blersed saciamerit, to the
end that tlicy more religiously observe the
holy time of Lea, immediately ensuing.
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F•TA I. A ci DENT.—Friday, while six persons
were at work in a coal pitot Tipton, a pond atwitter
burst through a rib of coal and inundated the pit.
They all inimedidtely ran to the bottom of the shaft
and clung tu the pit lope, by which they endeavoured
to ascend. One of than, SA mu EL WRIGHT. a lad
about 14, succeeded, lona twapril without injury ;
another, WILLIAM %VILMA, tell when about one
third of the way up, though materially hurt, is
alive; and the other four were killed, having fallen,
from exhaustion, when they had reached within
ten or fifteen yards or the top.

MEETINGS OF crrntror.: AT GUILDHALL,

TO-KORKUW.

X. O.

J. M. Morgan and Co. Belle Bauvage-yard, wholesale
pill& tttt ere
J. Foulreton, Upper Bedford place, merchant
J. WWl!bran, Dock head, rectifying dielilkr
C Mattress). l'i 111 l rre-billll, nit if CIIJIIt ..... •• • •• • • 3 10
J. Pu•km:ot, Deptlind, tualtster
C. R. H. Bailey, late of Swallow-Gehl, dealer .. 2 12
It. S Mil, late of Billk-IlUlldinp‘ rargeksitt
J. Cuussus, Chalton street, cheeses's...ler ..
M.J. Davies. Maidstone, steaks
.1. Thick, Islington, broker
W It Ve,:frs,Austsiefrial.,merchaht
J. Cox and Co. Gutter-lane, wholesale glovers
B. Cole, Friday-street, wars houseman .. 1 11
J. Blake, Parsusea-gieen, bu•aer 1 I 1
A. 1-celse, Sire-Imie, provision merchant
.1. Mercer, late of Heath—amyl, marker ..... .
T, F. Power, Londou-street, meichant

DIVIDENDS.
J. Koller, St. Swithin's lane, meld:hunt lO
I. Lasdr, Tokeultuww.yard, merchant ......... 10