The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-10 00:00:00

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.
BLAIIPHEMous Woils.—Saturday Witham Campion, who
was the Jay before apweirended upon & warrant, obtained against
him by the Solicitor fur the Treasury. for selling Paine's Age of
Reason and Palnicr's Principles of Nature., was brought before
Alderman Toon!.
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The Solicitor for the Treasury attended during the examination.
Thomas Drummond., of No. 3tl, Lisson-grove, a Bow-street
papol, stated that on Wednesday, the itch inst., he went to No. 04,
Fleet-strect, over the door of which Carlile's name was written.
Witness asked for Palmer's Principles of Nolan., which was im-
mediately served to him by the defendant. Witness then asked for
Paint's Age of Itraeon which was also readily handed to him.
For the first lie paid Ys. :end for the last he paid Is. The defen-
dant told him, that if he would take half a dozen copies a discount
of 25 per cent. should be allowed.
Mr. Litchfield, a gentleman who holds a situation in the Trea-
sury, at the request of the Solicitor, read several passages from
Purse's Age of Henson, to prove that the work was a blasphemous
libel, He believed those passages to contain profane and impious
libels against the Christian religion. Cassisle had been convicted
of selling copies of the same.
Defendant.—Allow me to ask you by what principles you prove
those pages to be blasphemous libels, and what is a bLumbemous

IVstness.—l shall answer you willingly. I conceive a denial of
the divinity of Christ, and calling Christ an impostor, is blasphemy.
Defendant.—Very good, sir; but where do you find these things
In Paine ? _ _ _

Witness.—All through the work the same spirit of disbelief
and contempt is exhibited. It is impossible not to see it in every
page.
Defendant.—Well; bat upon what principle do you say that the
books are blasphemous?
Witness.—l have already told you what I understand by blu-
r/Menden L—A ye, aye, you judge rather from what has already
been said upon the subject in Courts of Justice, than from your
own unprejudiced impression.
Altiesruan ?none ordered the defendant to find bail to answer
the ormee, himself in the mum of LIW. and two sureties in .IW. each.
The Saint/Yr for the Treasury stated to the defendant, that he
had sent to inquire after the bail, which he (defendant) had named
the day before, and had ascertained that Mr. Ellis, whose name
had been given in as one Of the securities, would not consent to be
baiL

The defendant was then lakes to the Complex in default of bail.
BOW-STREET.
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On Saturday John brans was brought up for examination, on
suspicion of being concerned In robbing the house of the Rev. W.
Pjm, of Bradwell, near Belda*, Herttortishire, on Wednesday
night., the 21st of April
Ellis, a policetter,aid, that from private information he took
the ' into custody, in St. Martin's-lane. On searching hint
he 1111 sovereigns In a leather purse, a silver watch with a
Offidlodn and seal and after he had secured him, he received a
letesisign from Ingrain to go to a watthmaker's in Charing-Cross,
land rd a gold watch which the prisoner left there to be altered and
repaired. In the course of the officer's evidence it appeared, that on
the night mentioned, Mr. Pym's house was broken into and
robbed of a great quantity of plate and other valuables, and that
the prisoner was seen the following morning * Luton, with two
others, on their way to §t. Akbaies.
James Day, a. post:bey trate George Inn at Luton, swore, that
+bout half -paten In them ng of April 23, two persons arrived
thus in a was Dot one of them. They or-
' derail a post-ehaise to Alban's,'lnd the witness, on *hing
than a mile on this side of Luton, saw the prisoner walking to-
wards St. Alban's, and he was ordered to stop and take up Ingram.
He did so, and the prlsoo • desired him to drive quick, and he
would give him . The witness knew the prisoner
when in the service of Me. anwerby, of Puck/ridge. He put them
all down at the ()rule Inn, St. Alban's, and they gave him 3s.
besides the post-chaise bits.
The Solicitor for the prosecution here said, that it would be de.
arable to send Ingram down to Hertford gaol, for the accommoda-
tion of witnesses examined before the Magistrates of the county
where the offence was committed, to which Mr.Minshull agreed,
and his commitment was made up for that gaol, and a constable
from Hertford took the prisoner away from the office.
Mr. Cot rey, of Upper C.onway-etreet, Fitzroy-square, attended by
Mr. ADOLPHUS IS his Counsel, appeared to prosecute T. 11.
Pollard, late a corn-factor, residing in Howland-street, Fitzroy-
square, under the following circumstances
3lr. ALLEY attended for the defendant. .

Mr. Coney acid, tbat b the 14th Jan. 1823, be purchased 78
quarters of oats from Mt. Pollard, for 891. 145., and paid him thei
tollowing day hi cash 401., and 481.'s worth (30 sacks) of flour, and
the remaining U. las. be paid b_y 1.0. U., which he took up on
the 18th. On the 111th Me defendant gave him an order. upon
Mews. Giles and Co. corn merchants, for the oats, telling him, at
the same time, he had paid that house for them. He presented the
order on the 18th, but was told the oats had not been paid for by
Pollard, and Messrs. Gilea would not therefore deliver them. On
the leth Jan. 18:3, Pollard sold the witness 50 sacks of floor, which
he said he had raid foe to Mr. Gilbert, of Thames-street. Mr.
paid him 87!. 10s. the same day for the flour, and received
an ceder for the delivery upon Mr. Gilbert ; but upon the witness
presenting it, he received the same answer from Mr. Gilbert as he
had done from Messes. Giles, 4e. that Mr. Pollard had not paid
for it. _ .

The witness was ersomicanained by Mr. Alley, as to whether he
had not considered the nro transacnons only as a debt %mint his
eliau

Mr. Coney answered to the negative, adding, the defendant
had offered the lease of his house and furniture, in Howland-street,
as a security for psyment, and produced the hand-writing of Mr.
Pollard to that effect.
Mr. ALLEY argued, it ins elver Mr. Corm had accepted of
that writing as a security for the debt ; but
Mr. ADOLPILIII denied his Learned Friend's position, adding,
that a tLird act of fraud could never cover two previously com-
mittal. _ _

The defendant was breught•up by Habeas Corpus from Norwich
gaol, to answer these and similar charges about to be preferred
against him; and he was bound is good sureties, and he re-
cognizanees, to appear on Wednesday neat, when Mr. Correy will
forward witnesses to prove that Pollard did not pay fir the
oats andlour at the time he represented so to him.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Satesday Mr. W. Vigo, a commercia/ broker, of Clernent's-lenci
was brought to this antes, on the charge of having purloined some
leaves out of a book of accounts. deposited by order of the Court of
Chancery in the Six Clerks Office. The prisoner Laving obtained
awes *the book in eigion in the most confidential manner, in
osier to sai4sJsra tdfroilirs avowfamily mattes, be took ad.!
vantage of his hienorsAindnass and committed the act com-
plained of.
The ease not being pressed. the prisoner was discharged, after an
admonition from the Magistrate.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Foster OF Lowx.-041 Saturday Ales. Preece, who keeps the,
Angel Inn, in Tothillatreet, Westminster, w.a charged by John
Snowfall, a perisive.looldng young man, with an assault, while
I Mrs. Preece couctereharged him upon rather • novel interpretation
! of the Vagrant Act, "' with walking opposite her house four hours
every day, and refusing to give any satisfactory account of him.
' self." In sat of the Ent charge, Mr. Snowsall stated, that
on Friday alibi heppo was walking through Tuthill-street in a peace.
able manner, When Mrs. Preece came up to him and seized him
by the collar, calling him a villain, and other opprobrious names •
he could DC get rid of her, and at length was obliged to give be;
in charge to the watchman.
In answer to this. Mrs. Preece stated, that for the last twelve
I 'worths Mr. Seines:lll had been in the habit of walking opposite
her house four hours each day, looking up at the window, and fre-
quent!, kissing his hand. She accordingly demanded an ex lane-
tion at him, and finding him in a deep reverie, she certainly did
shake his collar, In order to gain his attention. 31n. Preece fur.
they stated, that she had two daughters, and whether in consequence
of her sign being the Angel be conceived it embleinadcal of their
attractions, and was courting an acquaintance with one or both of
them liar the four bouts were equally divided with the two). she
could not tell, not being able to get any satisfactory explanation
from either them or him, the girls both denying all knowledge of
him, except having seen him repeatedly passing their window.
The :Magistrate disallowed both charges, and advised Mr. S. not
to annoy Mrs. Y. with any sit his amatory gestures in future.