The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-29 00:00:00

MA RLBOROUGIUSTREET.

John Eitsrard Bich, a very grave-looking corpulent oki Ronde..
man, and his son, Thomas Rich, were brought before iiir Osman,
Fasnaxr, on a charge of having committed the moat outrageow,
breach of the rules of peaceable and quiet demeanour. The
younger of the prisoners entered the box with an air of eon.
diatoms perfectly laughable ; and, in taking off' his white bat,
flourished it round his head, and prosmated his graceful patio,
almost to theiground. The old man would have been equa:ly
light and airy in his movements, but sixty winters had some.
what destroyed the elenticity of his frame. The watchman de.
tailed the "drunken frolics' of the prisoners with the precision
of a Scotchman, interruped from time to time by the young,
prisoner's interposing in a must tierce accent and ferocious manner,
such exclamations as " you lying scoundrel ;" he would evidently
have said more, but anger, indignation, and rage had choaked the
passage of his voice. The watchman went on to nay, that John
Edward Rich got so exuberant in his valour as to strike him 4 most
heavrand almost mortal blow.
NVhat, do you swear that I struck you?" bawled out the
prisoner, in a voice that " split the ears to tatters, to very rep.. '
6' I have sworn so, and I have witnesses to prove it," rLj,,inftt
the watchman, in the meek and quiet tone of his fraternity.
It is high time to put a stop to this tyranny of the night, re,
sumed the prisoner, and I will criminally indict this man at thz
Sessions.

Where do yon Jive, Inquired the Magistrate ?-413 St.
Wood-road.

What is the number P_My house has no number. I resi.l2 m
a cottage, a little distance from the road, in a retired and obrvire
situation.

What bovines. or profession do you follow follow no bon.
ness: I was brought up to the bar.
The prisoner who had undergone this examination, now feria's).
ed, or rather demanded, this affair to be deferred till the
that he might have his witnesses ready.
We cannot adjourn it, (replied Mr. George Farrant) beanie wa
cannot put off watehimuse charges, and ordered the son to pat
five shillings for being drunk, and the father to find bail for here.
struck the watchman.

Hear me, Sir George, said the elder prisoner, for one minute. 1
had been dining with some friends at Lincoln's-Inn. I had drank
a little, of course, but nothing to be named. I was assailed by tit e
fellow's jargon, and I determined to check his insolence. It mitt
be put an end to, 1 say, as Sir Richard Birnie very properly ob,
serves, there is no enduring it.
" Bring in the next charge," said the Magistrate, Interrupting
an harrangue which seemed by no means near its termination. Alf.
Rich was still going on when he was gently handed out of ths
office, in company with his son, who, with the most horrid grlr,
and the most abominable owl-like scream that ever rang through
unwilling ears, exclaimed, " It is only for the purpose of robbing
gentlemen of their property that they disturb them ; if they could
have rubbed my father of his watch, they would never have brusght
us here."

11IA RYLEBONE.
Yesterday a young woman, in an evidently delicate state of
health, applied tollr.ltAwr.txe tr for a warrant, under the follow-
ing circumstances :—She stated that she unfortunately married a
man, who, after a series of ill-usage, deserted her, but by her own
labour, and the assistance oilier friends, she was enabled to support
herself nntil about four days since, when she was brought to bed of
a child. By some means or other this had come to the ears tit her
husband, and he, on Tuesday, made his appearance, abused her In
the vilest language, struck her repeatedly, and finally snatching
from her arms the child, carried it away she knew not whither, and
she has not since been enabled to obtain any tiding of him or bee
infant.

Mr. IlAwt.rxsort asked if she had siren him any provocation
for such an extraordinary outrage.
She replied, not any In the world, and, Indeed, received hint
kindly. .

The Magistrate said, it was a most unfeeling attack, and ordered
a warrant to be issued immediately.
LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday Devitt a Greenwich pensioner, seventy years of age, et.
tended this office, on a charge of having added unlawfully to the
number of his illajesty's subjects. lie pleaded his inability to con.
tribute more than one shilling per week, which he was allowed by tlio
Hospital, and which was all he had in the world.
The Magistrate (Sir D. Wit. LIAMs) told him that the law wee
imperative, and unless he made some arrangement with the parish
authorities, and gave due security for its performance, he must of
necessity, for he hod no option, commis him to the house of Cor-
rection.

Devitt observed', that he could do no more than he offered ; an 6
an order was immediately made out for his transmission from the
shady banks of the Thames to the less agreeable enjoyment of the
tread wheel.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS
-.-_

Sin,--In your Paper of this morning there appears, under that
head of police intelligence at Guildhall. an account of Mr. Jones,
the landlord of the White Horse, in Fetter-lane, having caused
woman to be taken into custody, for offering him a shilling which
he suspected to be bad, and which afterwards proved not to he so.
We are requested to assure you, that our client, Mr. Thomas
Jones, who has for some years conducted that highly respectable
tavern, the \Vhite Horse, in Fetter-lane, had no concern in the
matter in question, no such transaction having occurred within hit
Ito:el, and he never having heard of it till it appeared in the public
newspapers.
Front our knowledge of Mr. Thomas Jones's character and
humane disposition, we are convinced he would be the last man In
the world to azt in the manner reported, and we therefore trust
you will feel it due to him to give this contradiction the greaten pot-
sible publicity.
We are, Sir, your obedient Servants,
WILLIAMS and BETI7ELL.
Gray's-Inn, Sept. 28, 1825.

L'Ve received the account to which the foregoing letter Was.
from the Police Reporter who supplies the Morning Papers with
statements of the transactions at Guildhall.—ED. BY. Pa.l

SPORTING INTELLIGE.VCR.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

The Earl of Derby's bounds ere expected to arrive r-t the ;'etcs
to about three weeks.

H. Jolifle, Esq.'s fox-bounds will commence hur.ticg cn Myr..
day next.

This Surrey fox-hounds will commence bunting on Mandl!
next.

The Sanderstead hariers have commenced regular hunting, and
will meet every Monday,AVednesday, and Saturday, at the kg.r.e.,
at half-past nine.

CORN EXCHANGE, WIDNISDAT, SIM 2a

We have had several fresh arrivals of Grain since Monday
There was not much doing in our Market to-day, nor haul ye to
note any alteration in the currency since last day,

COAL MARKET, SEPT. 211
Whips at Market. Skips Seidl. .P.r.
1311 te:deeirinined - - - : tr, 3d to Ali b 1
1 Scotch Coal . 1 . 3133 Od to -6
7i Small Coal . .111 s 6d to 26$ 1•;

DI RTHS.
On the 211th inst. at his house, in Bath, the Lady of 91; Josrpt
Huddart, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst. the lady of the Rev. B. B. Greenlew, ofEsang,
of a daughter.
On Tuesday, at his house, In RusselLsqeare, the lady of fleurEc
Darling, 31. 1). of a daughter.

MARRIED
Mr. John Nelson Gardner, to Miss Sarah Forall, lases of the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London.
Colon it T. Foster, to Miss Lamotte, second daughter of Je.
Lagier Lamotte, Esq., formerly of Thorngrove, in the musty of
Worcester, and late of Brighton, in the county of Susses.
At Bath, the 22d inst. George Hendleston Thomas, lis4- 7th
Madras Light Cavalry, and youngest son of the late Arehiteco
Thomas, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rec. T.lltoallmrst.
Belvedere House, in that city.
On the 27th inst. ut St. George the Martyr, Quecn..quare, Jut.'
Ilornidge, Esq. of Great Ormond-street, to Anna Claris.
daughter of John Dickinson, Esq. of New North.street, Red I.am•
square.
On the 27th inst. at St. Pancras church, Hilgh Waile 3taceasg•
hey, Esq. of Tottenham. to Lucinda, second daughter of Jan,
Arbouin, Esq. of Brunswick-square.
On Tuesday, at St. John's, Hackney, George Rowley Meal.
Esq. of the sante place, to Hester, second daughter of John Rucker
IVebb, Esq: of the Island of Jamaica.
On the 2, th irate. at Elstree, Herta, Francis Burton, Jilin. 111•1).
of the 12th regiment of Lancers, to Sarah, eldest ttauthqr et th:
late Richard Baker, Esq. of Barham House.

DIED.
On Saturday last, Catharine, wife of 11. W. ',rook:, N.;
Marine HOLM' B'aliner.
On the 25th inst. at Turnhatn-oreen, Mrs. E,haabeth 11,-"c".
Gower-street, Bedford-square, widow, aged 76.
On Sunday last, aged 81, Thomas NVallis, Esq. 01 b`r g -3‘le
and Camden-street, Camden-town.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DA,
Morning 8 rub. alter 3. Evening 21 min. Argir

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