The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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him again on the lyth. Ou the adds 1
.4UtIeCIE of Saformation, he went to (ilociloe'r, eu
broker, St. Marna's-hue, where lie found the:lgete.
book. mad tire more, his proeerty. . -.;•4
Without Foote/, partner to Gigolo"). on-the 11th
of :May bought tour of the .books, of which Vie
afrigler was one, from the Prisoner. Ile gave hiM
11. for them. On the :liltl he bought the other
two ; Ire laid bought other books from him in the
. - intermediate time.
• In defence of the Prisoner, Elizulteth Lewis
snore, that on the 10th of May she was iu company--
g all the Poisoner et a public-house, when e youstg•
wait prnilueed a leas, she thought entitled " efst
.p.e/er,," and five more, for n Inch lie risked 11. tuar
ii.sl the Pmsnaier bought them fur 11. la—Thera
ncre other witnesses to his don:icier. . .
The Jury found the Plasmic; Nee Guilie. • -
William idiggiits was eapitidly nickeled fur break-
ing and entering the dwelling -house of John
\Varner, in the siertit time, and 'dealing therein a
great varietg of artichui.
. Jaue Bailey, rervaist to Mr. Warner, residing at
No. 7, littigsland-crescent, Hackni y, secured the
house in the 'thud wny, ou tile night of the 31st of
May, previous to the family retiring to rest.
. Jniiii flarrisoe, the wateloannit in that neighbour-
hood, stated, that as he rolled the hour, Half-east
four. on the morning of the Ist Juue, he observed
the gate of the court before theliode• ot-sui, sisal "hid.
it; upon passing agaite a little before five, he found
the gstc• again open, and this excitilig his sanopicions
he went up to the urea, where he saw the kitchen.;
window an, the shutters cut anal broketi, and elms
tying on the outside ; he then tried the street-door,
which was open ; upon going into the passage. he
sal, a tea and coffce,urn lying on the ground, pack-
ed up f. he called out, but received too answer i he
then went forward to the street parlour, where he
saw the Prisoner in the act of parking tap a (puns-
tity of linen in a shirt.; he asked him a hat he did
there ? to which the Prisoner auswered. he was dons":
no harm, as his brother lived in the house. Ile nee
mediately secured hilts, and, ringing the bell, be
alarmed the fatally. Upon searching the prisonparl
tour ten-spoous, a sugar tongs, and twelve doyloyie,,
were found iii his pockets. It appeared that a ifs,m%
tity of plate, and other articles. had beets conveyed
away by tome confe:lerates before the diecurtryj
`look place. . .
Tivere being no evidence of the luteglertesellestne;
of the breaking. in in the night timesedbetheryeare-
eptitted the Prisoiter of that part of the eiongstsubut
round lam Guilty of stealing in the dwellingsberese,
above the value of eos.—Death. r„,,e,
Sarah Chwirtiey. otherwise Chi/d, was ink.
fd• feinumusly marrying with Jolt's Watson ;.. e
former husband, John Courtney, being then livitiog,
The regostry of the parish of St. George, Harm-
ner-upiart, was produced, by which it appeared
that John Courtney and Sarah Child were mamed
by banns, on the sth of November, 17a.s. The
entry was agate' by the parties, and witnessed.
•Plicsaua Watson, the grandson of the second
husbanti, proved the hand-writing of tne Prisoner to
the entry ; he hail often seen her write ; Lis grand-
father wits dead; he knew her first husband ; el4t
fourteen years ago they raise to lite at his: ors jeset
father's, where they continaed three years, stool the
separated; the Pri•nner &trews/slat contiuund to
lire with his grandfather. sui his servant; opou his.
death, she claiined administration as his widow: he
wise about aD oars of age at his death ; Courtney,
her fruit husband, was living, and hid resided omit'
three streets duitaut from last from the time of het
• separation.
Edward Caurtney. the brother of the first hue- .
hand, was nein; ..I to admit his brother was still tiv-
*leg ; he saw hen this day ; he and the Prisoner had
livid together as men curl wife.
The bermed marronee was proved by the pro-
. auction of the re.nstry of St. Leonard's, Shoreoltteh,.
by which it app eared that the Prisoner and Jelin
Watson were married by balms, on the 'sad of
Notenslwr, bodi. net signature to the entry was
proved by W. Boyce. a stebseribiog witness..
The Prisoner, on hying called npou for her de-
fence, said, the present prosecution wit* carried on
aria malice by the grandson. to whom she had acted
as a another, and had reared and educated lino with
the g•eatest care.
The Learned Judge (Cnasterte), in summing
np the evilieuee to the Jury, observed, they had
nothing to do with the motives, whatever they might
suppree, which induced the present proceedings;
they had only to decide whether the charge against
the Prisoner was or was not made out its evidence ?
The Jury, without hesitation, found • verdict
of—t:eitte.
The Prooner is an old woman, seemingly about
1110 years of age.
The indictment against 11r. BOND, for writing a
threntening letter to 11r. Pniettes, for the purpose
of retorting tonney from hint, stood for trial at the
gel seat Middlesex See.iens. It hat, however, been
removed into the Court of its
removed Beach by certiorari.
Wednesday, Mr. Serjeant Seer:teen 'larvae/1y
escaped austaining souse severe injury, liv the break-
ing down of his carriage, in his way to the Court of
Common Plea,. The carriage was ea npletely se-
parated from the fore-wheels by the violence of the
shock, and the lenses raw oaf at full -peed. The
otoachrann was firing rioleutly agsiust the pavement,
but escape') with some bruises on has head.
'l'be Learned Serjcaut fortunately received no hurt.
An elderly woman, of the name of NIAIWT, house.
keeper to Mr. M A nowt, in I/swerves-row, Mery-le-
bone, sitting up for her master Wednesday morniug.
frU asleep. as it is supposed. end set fire to her ap-
parel. The first alarm was given by a watchinan,
who diactivered au unsound light its the tio.a. (leer
rosins ; anti teas being able to gain atlonittanue, he'
(erred au entrance, and found the loom in fiance.
By prompt ISMS Witte the fire was got ender, after
• alestroyasog the wainscot and faruitatite, Ent the poor
women was burnt to death. le • • I
Saugular as it may appear, the Arecoaliee-(k-
, Nell/it. is retained by 'Alm. Creeee's Vpholsteier,
ander the particular reeinuistendatiou of that lady.
who knows pretty well bow to cuutluet a delicate
'imam at Nisi Pries.
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.4r, rIPCMZEIGN LIUNLLIGENCE.
sc!.Vilig, in the shop of Jesiepll Foster, ai* be,
above the value of .ss.
Titr -I'roseetitor is a bookseller, living at No. 4, Filep THE cupwcii PAPERS.
Boa-street, Illooursbury. On the ittli ittirrfii 1" t'ern ! occuaRENCES IN POLAND.
mini% cl x bauk—tlialthaw.i'llogier• tie Iti''l6ll • • ih°"rlie ttinues his retreat with the seine
the 111 his 01111011 Oil *Wit day ;lv alto' saw rds4Bl)illijhaggi,, .1.13;! Uth of May, 12 BAIA sok
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-,..... •ecroV IMO , _ scout suet at Skirinewiee .ill
Austrian siris:Orithsr who were retreating.' They
were thrown ortirebnfuston, end 11 wire taken pri-
soners. Oil die Mortlitig of the 30th, Gen. Kosiii-
elks, who commanded the advanced guard, after
enteriog Low,es, proceeded to Slimelieeeow, where
the enemy was nut found. He had retreated to-
wards the l'elicio. Accordiug to intelligence re-
ceived here, it appears that the greater port of the
Austrian troops twee turned towards Upper Silesia..
They commit all sorts of excesses, and carry away
all proei,ious, horses, and cattle. The requisiliour
lately imposed on all the departments are carried
into effect with the greateAt sdiedsty.
" The Archduke Fet dimwit, notwithstanding his
engegement with Fritter l'ouititowski not to levy
wily contribution, required 400,000 florins of the
city of Warsaw. He also insisted Chet the produce
of the national treasury, the domains. and the re-
mains of the forced loati, raised 111 Iso3, and not
due till 1810, should he delivered to bite.. Its imi-
tation of their Cominuuder, thp Generals, °dicers,
and Soldiers, sought by all means to ruin the
country. These proceedings announced the eva-
cuation of ‘l'utsow, which followed close upon
them:
" Prince Pooiats.tski has written to the P.•ince
of Neuf:lintel, trot' Intent, on the '23tli of May,
• t•tat on the itath General Ilwatiechi Iot: pubara-
rn•ln of Jarnslow, where he made one Colonel, 'ls'
••+ee.s, unit 900 men prisnuerit. The pootessioti
of this place entirely cuts oil ell cotninetticatien
between Coteau mitt Lemberg, and bevares the
possession of three-fourths of Gallicia. The ad-
vent ed guard was within it leagues of Coteau.
The latest intelligence • rei•cited in the ( ;rand
Dimity from Prince Ponialowski- announces, that
he has taken possessioit of Brody. the hat town of
Gailliria, on the froutiers, and that tie had seized
considerable iumgat ones."
Plat!, JVltt 19.
The 2lfoniteur of to-day contains nothing of im-
potence, but tale other ueospapers hove untried
the following ortiele,;sl-
- All the evi#,eeports unfavourable to France
`have their origutin liediond. it is there that lot -
Ikvolence and elattder seam to have fixed their seat.
it is there that the, falsest end most mount iiitelli-
.wcsiere.uerated.hy rage and hatred against France.
s most :widely. ele;ellated. Good God I is it !lol-
a tir•Aluta. &kilt, ought to gigs a ready ear to
integer le tit the indoor and power of.
ronflpopfb
•Ithisilifeimelt I, Heal: the correepoutlence of a
part. q. theste,y tniteteOlf the English Ministry,
"Illed+l2wt!hefege4tmes itt 'Wilmot :
• 101hd)shio,ef,Dralin4fi, with'i4,ooo men, has
• capieulated, ~.pkt, pris of war WV arrived in
I' London.. Th. iod bi
t.ll;ing uf Spain has left Madrid.—
' Barcelona is t dire ltyllie in entreat. The Attu
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4. rises have defeated and captufed the Duke of
' Etchioges. On the other side. the roldny Schill
' hes carried off the' liiug or Westphalia. The old '
' Vector of Heade Cased, and !lie silly Duke of
' Brunswick Oafs have rav,eze.tl (lernteity with
' ta.ooo men. TheTyrolese are alretclv at Munich.
t' The Pren± arm iit.terounded arid to:t ; and the
".11flsapearr.IVapolitots„(t's ,i_iittrant in the art a
• mar; ..vity4 ocati oto . fir andfeetits army, that
sif
to4,ietstlios t3i4,,,tvio iq,c, ti.A.l: • • •• ,
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...,.. These arerptecious 0 reties; fns troth ! - The
Warp 1119440. i. to Iles tiollitentell with their:wen&
ey;seklityamttgititig, and not endeavour to
'poi:menthe comyks.o. 4 dissernisatring all thirties
• and irelitmosearat the British CatinteL 'rite Duke
of 117.1thistgeti has made hiss elf Roeder of Oviedo
and Guinn ; be.haseffected his anion with the Duke
of Dalmatia me the Mittlin; and the armies of
Spain most he very clumsy; if, united under the
Doke of Bellow) at Aleattrats, they do not avail
tisemselves of their adventages to speck the rear of
Lord Welled p, who has itteautastisly ventured to
proceed far from ()pinto.
" Barcelona is funiii•lied with all necessary sup-
plies: Things, are going on well its' Catalano, and
will go on better, through plans which have been
formed by the Duke of Castiglione (Augerean),
who is repairing to the scene of hie former glory,
and which will begin by the captureof Gerona.
Arragon is the moot subdued province of Spain.
" With respect to the great French army, the
Viceroy is in the heart of Hmigitry „the Duke of
Dantsic has his advanced posts in Bohemia, bevond
Lintz, which town is covered with impregnable
works.
" General Bertrand is displaying all possible ta-
lent in vanquishing the most formidable of our
enemies, the Demebe. Withal. a few days there
will he three bridges over the Doenhe ; the first of
boats, the seeond of rafts, the third of palisades...-.
Fifteen ths might hove hems spent in forming
a bridge of palisades over such a river as the Da-
nabs:. General Ilertrand has rustle one in tifteeu
days. Tertian throw a °bridge over the Danube,
but could not take over any entitles. Cower. it
is said, in ter. days threrr a bridge ever the !thole,
but he could not take over carriage's. And what a
difference betweero the Denials/ owl the Rhine !
The bridge of palisades winch we throw over the
Deuube, will he made in fifteen days, and the
hugest artillery will pass over it with security.
" !Fe are sorry for these timid' newsmongerss,
and the vii. spreidations of this moron. he,attee
every thing does test gr. as they wish. We are sore
taunt Majcr Sebill should escape the geilovre, and
on the 31,t of May, at Stralsuud, die the death of
the brave. •
" As to the Duke of Brunswick, his force does
Net consist of more then 4'400 men, nor that of the
old Elector of Catiel to more than 500. Thee
have been already Privet' trwrit. amt defeated by the
brave Saxon Colonel Tnielmsuit.
• If toe Fenn...bet titer, by the cameasinso " Marla sews.
aiongetr," memos the maiden 4 the pabbe batch sews.
papers, he obese that he keels' little *Weil Mom. We-
aver, one elßeisl piper nay answer the whale article, "Aide
we will mot atitscipatth—n-Dateit realer.)
.' • costs. nuts 10. .
, Thif morning. at teas o'clock, the following Im-
perial Decree, jilted • Vtettna, the 17th of Ittlays
%ow. was prochnoted iii alt the public swum,
wool market-jollities of the cite, accomissuied t the
brine of meanie from the Castle of ht. Angelo:—
" Nap's!, Zamora at illa lersseb, Sw. takiag tees
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