The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Bvtu James Horne, Patrick Collins, Ed.
ward Fier-, and Edward Atka, all well-known characters, were
placed at the bar before JOHN If •abwicxx. Esq. on suspicion of
their being concerned in a daring burglary committed on ltionday
night, in the dwelling-house of 114. John Crowley, in East Haw,
Essex, and taking away therefrom property to a considerable
amount, consisting of copper, kitchcn, and house furniture, table
and house linen, a quantity of wearing apparel, two fowling-pieces,
a bracket clock, a valuable pier glass. and several other emelt...
The primmers were remanded till Tuesday nest.
UNION-BALL.
Yesterday, William Ciatey, a veteran in the Engineer De-
partment at Gravesend, was brought up under a warrant, granted
on the application of the Overseers of Clapham parish, on a charge
of bastariy.
Charlotte Bellington, a well-looking young woman, with a child
six weeks old in her antis, of which she had lain-in in Clapham
Workhouse, deposal, that the ectenui engineer was the father d
the child.
Mr. ALLEN inquired, in legal language, whether he might, by
possibility, be the father.
Cottey answered—Not to his knowledge. (A general laugh.)
Mr. ALLEN said, there appeared to him so much doubt in tbi,
case, that he thought he should not make the order of filiation, as
he could not suppose a man, who had the honour of serving his
Majesty, would make such a declaration, if not true.
Mr. Halt, the Overseer of Clapham, then put in the following
letter, which was read aloud.

" Gravesend, 20th July, 11124.
"My dear Charlotte—l received your dear and welewine letter,
dated 19th instant. I have been looking out every morning for the
same. My dear Charlotte, you tic-., what I towld you about our
coming together, the last time I spoke to you, I intending to marry
you as soon as Betsey do leave me, as I expect it will not be long--
and when I see any thing moving about it, I shall emmediately
write to you about it. My dear Charlotte, I want to now how you
are used in the house you are in. in respect in eating and drinking,
in sleeping, or else ware. Please to write all Partiekrs to me,
my dear Charlotte. As I have brought you in trouble, when it is
In my power I will bring you out of it. It depend the hole on Net.
sey leaving me. lily dear Charlotte, Mrs. :Vaster' and Mrs. Ellen
love and respects to you, front your effectionate and ever loving
friend and well wisher till death, my dear Charlotte,
" WILLIAM COTTEV.
lie parti,lcior in open you mind to every body. Direct to
' Coney, Offiee.keeper to the Engineer Department,
Osavesend, Kent.' My dear Charlotte, I long to sec you ; send
as ofen as you can. lily dear Charlotte, I respects you now as
much as ever. lam glad your mother has been to see you. Dear
Charlotte, is 6 kisses 90000.
" To Mrs. Charlotte Dellington, Poorhouse, Clapham,
Surrey. To be delivered immediately (post pawl)."
On this letter being read, Mr.A t.t.e• made an order of affiliation,
directing the defendant to pay 2s. a week.

On Friday, whilst three miners were working in a pit
at Groveland Colliery, in the parish of Rowley Regin, up-
wards of 30 tons weight of coals suddetdy gave way, and
killed them. _ _ _

On Tuesday week, a female servant at Penlan Renard',
Cardiganshire, fell into a well in the yard, 39 feet in
depth. A fellow-servant saw her fall, and she was rescued
from her situation without having sustained any injury.—
Shrewsbury Cl/4runiele.
A youth, seventeen years of age, of the name of Flo-
rence, was drowned on Monday morning, in Chelsea Reach.
Ile was with a party of four others, steering, when the
boat was run foul of by another, and the concussion threw
him overboard. lie was the sou of a poulterer at Battle
Bridge.
Wednesday, between one and two o'clock in the after-
noon, a man in a respectable way of life put a period to
Iris existence, at the house of a relation in Ladyfield-place,
Edinburgh. Ile had gone into • room on pretence of
writing a letter, where he perpetrated the fatal act with a
pistol.
A boy of the name of Price was sent front the neigh-
bourhood of Cleobury Mortimer, to Mr. James Coley,
surgeon, in Bridhruorth, about the middle of August.
The boy had violent fits every week, in consequence of an
extensive fracture of the skull, which be received two
years ago. Mr. J. Coley sawed out two large pieces of
the skull, and drew off nearly a wine-gluts full of water
from the brain. The operation was performed with so
much success that the patient walked about the streets a
few days afterwards ; and io about a week went home
quite cured, having hied no fits since the operation.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
On Thursday au inquest was held at the Strafford Arms
Inn, Wakefield, on Mrs. Mary Tomlinson, of Chesterfield.
The deceased had been in an ill state of health for some
time, and very much subject to fits. She left home on
Wednesday, by the Telegraph coach, fur the purpose of
visiting alt uncle at Wakefield. At New Millenlam, she
appeared to be eery unwell, and when the coach an ived at
Wakefield, she was a lifeless corpse! Notwithstanding
there were other passengers iu the coach, it was not known
that she had died until they gut to Wakefield.
On Friday morning, about eight o'clock, an explosion
happened in a spirit rectifying cellar in Jackson-street.
How the spirits took fire is not yet ascertained. A man of
the name of Bell was so dreadfully burnt that he died at
four o'clock in the Royal Infirmary. The foreman is also
much injured, but is expected to recover....GLogow
Chroxick.