The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-09 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

• Yesterday the Lord. Mayor held a Court of Aldermen at Guild-
hall.
Precepts were directed to be issued for Juries to be held for the
purpose of assesaing the value of several parties' property in and
about Fleet-market, wanted for the purposes of the new market.
The Rulers for the ‘Vatennen's and Lightermen's Cosnpany
were elected for the year ensuing.
Messrs. Deshons and Hathway attended. and were sworn into thri
office of Coal-meters in trust, and Mr. Figguas into the office of
Corn-meter in trust.

Several person■ were allowed and swam Brokers, and the Beadles
of the Court of Requests were re• elected.

POLICE.

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GUILDHALL.
Mrs. Behest°. a young lady who was thrown ou t
chaise in Barbican, on Saturday night, being sufficiently rersweirkp
to be brought to Me office in a coach yesterday, W. Poole, the
driver of the hackney-coach, No. 744, was again put to the bar.
The complainant, who was scarcely able to move. dhd was sots-
ported by her father and mother, stated, that she heard the
prisoner's coach coming up at a dreadful rate, and turned her head,
but seeing there was room for two or three coaches to pass, she felt
no apprehension, and again looked another way. In a moment
after, the pole of the coach struck the middle of the back of the
chaise, and she was thrown nut forward into the road. The coach
pole then got entangled in the wheel of the chaise and overturned
it, and this momentary interruption gave the by-standers an op..
portunity of snatching her from the line of the coach wheels.
The defendant flogged his horses into a gallop, as soon as he
was free.
Mr. HUMPHREYS attended for the prisoner, and urged that the
man was unconscious at the time that any accident had occurred,
and that his loose manner of driving arose from intoxication, and
not a wanton disregard of the safety of milers. The man was now
extremely sorry, and would make every recompense in his power.
Sir J. PERRINO said, he thought this case one of a very
aggravated description, and he should call on the defendant to
find bail for the assault on Mrs. Belaaeo, and Mr. Hughes, the
surgeon, himself in 2tlol. and four securities in 601. each, and to
give 24 hours notice of bail.
Ileury Johnson was charged with stealing a piece of superfine
blue cloth, value 40L out of the shop of Mr. Simpson, draper.
Leadenhall-street, yesterday morning.
' The prisoner and another man were observed loitering about early
hi the morning, while the shops were opening, and as Mr. Shim-
son's porter, Who had the sole care of the shop st the time, was
sweeping the pavement before the door, the prisoner slipped in,
mounted the piece of cloth on his shoulders, and ran off. while his
companion fully engaged the attention of the potter by asking after
some person, and directed his eyes another way, by pointing at ob.
jeers and making inquiries. A neighbour's porter, however, IMO
had been watching, gave the alarm, and the prisoner was overtaken
and secured. Committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.
Vesterday, John Hagan, who stood charged with steelinga
cup from the carriage of the 'immutable Mr. Bayley, on Ascot
race-course, on Thursday, at the moment the horses were passing
the Royal Stand, in the presence of his Majesty, was brought up for
.final examination, when the witnesses swearing positively to his
person, he was fully committed to Newgate, for trial at the ensuing
Sessions.
WORSHIP-STREET.
CHARGE or HORSE-STEALTNO.—WiIIiam Rush, a bores.
dealer, was brought before Mr. TwYroan, for final examination,
on a charge of stealing a mare in foal, the property of Sirs. Anne
Hills, of Great IValnionden Fields, Suffolk.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the 6th of March the ani-
mal in question was stolen from a farm-yard belonging touts.
Mills. On the 14th or Hoth of March, Mr. Easton, a livery-stable-
keeper, in Upper-street, Islington, met the prisoner, whom he bad
known for several years as a horse-dealer, in the new road, riding a
mare. which subsequently proved to be the one stolen from Mrs.
Hills, and after some conversation, it was agreed to swop a black
.terse of Mr. Easton's for the mare and 301. in money. The es-
change was made, and the.mare was afterwards taken from Mr.
Easion's stables by Vann the officer. •
The account given by the prisoner was, that he bought the mare
in Smithfield from a person named Baker, who resides at
hackney.
To prove this lie called a person named Adams, a butcher, who
owed that on the II th or 12th of March he was present at the
Ring's Head, Smithfield, when the prisoner purchased the mare
from a man of the name of Baker for 171. or ltd.
' A person of very respectable appearance, named Woman, also
stated, that he accompanied Adams to Smithfield to purchase
horse ; while there Adams showed him a dark bay mars, which
was for sale, and he afterwards saw the prisoner riding the rasp
away from the market, and understood he had purchased her.
The prisoner was fully committed tor trial.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday a journeyman cibinet-niaker, named Thorough„voa,
was charged. before Alt. ALLEN, with havinggrossly insulted two
ladles in the Borough on the preceding afternoon.
' A gentleman named Hill stated, that while walking in High-
' street with the ladies at the time mentioned, the defendant, who
appeared to be in liquor, waited them, and widowing himaalf ro
the complainant, made some allusions relative to the ladies; and,
pointing to one in particular, made some peculiarly indelava eb-
serrations on her character, and actually proceeded in a rode and
offensive manner to take her round the waist. When repulsed Mr
became insolent, and Mr. Hill found it necessary to give him imo
custody.
The Magistrate reprobated the conduct of the defendant, and not
only tined him se. for being drunk, but farther ordered that he
should find bail to answer the charge at the Stasions.