The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

})OA-STRItiT.

Tederday hture Shiner". William Logan, and Richard
rowers, iandermeat a mooed examination before Sir Richard
Biris,e, charged eith fel 0000 lonely srealiaa a number of ear.
"IC ill, .11111 biCh they were snipped by the paiiul beknigioi
to the Office.

Mr. Robert Emerson. of Nu. 305, High Holborn, •
desk r in carpets, identified too of the carpets, of whieb be
bed been rubbed last Weilaesdry evenilic

Henry Chamberlain, of the Bunch of Grapes poblle-
house in De ory.line, staled, that ou Thursday eveaiug •
girl, alio he knew lived it, the same house with the Prisoner,,
trough* two carpets to his house to leave fur Powem, who
called to about leo minutes after, when be told him be could
not allow the carpets to remain is his house. la a short
time after Amide's sod Lack, belookiag to the office, en-
tered th► house, apprehended Powers, and seized the carpets.
The Prisoners were remanded for further examinattoo;
and Sir Richard Movie directed the remaining carpets nut
owned to be advertised, as well as a gold repeating watch,
gad a metal watch with a gold chain attached to it, which
were found upon William Osborn, in company with Jamas
Morrison, who were apprehended a few days since t■ St.
blatties-lsor, together with Wm. Brows, who at that time
aniqle his escape, but was apprehended yesterday morning
max brought to the office, lobes the three were committed for
aoullier examination.
Wiflisa itobinsen was charged with being concerned with
•gang of housebreakers.
Charles Reed, one of the patrol belonging to the Gies,
Hated, that on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, when he
was UN duty is Goodge-street, Tottenham Court road, he
saw the Primmer io company with two other bad characters :
he spprehnided the Prisoner; his coloraturas ran away: lb*
'Prisoner disengaged himself from him, and ran off: he par.
sued and took him again; and, ou searching him, fused two
pipe.keys and a husk. The Prisoner's compatriots were
both reputed t►ieves.

Friday night a villain made an attempt on the
life of one of the watchuveu w the vicinity of Bar-
ton-crescent, by discharging • shot at him from
either a gun or pistol, as he was 'banding at the
door of his watch-box. getting in after calling the
hoer ; the bell fortunately tuivard 1111 a, it passed
yule through the Crown ul his hat, and grazed the
tap of his head. The watt:lmmo ritruoir hie rattle,
mud although there was an immediate alarm and
want, the esteem escaped.

SOUTNIVANK SESSMNS.

Ycsterdey the Lord Map* west in state la open the See-
sift.. for the taw. and hstrogb of Southwark. Hie Lord-
, ship' passed over the thouthrwrk Bridge. He is the first laird
Blayne that ever rode in were the sew bridge.
Thongs Illimbss, a waterer', was ssdieted fa having
stolen four water of silver, the property of Digby Pswehs
Mr. Ker stated the ere fur the prosecution; Mr. Arabia
conducted the &Graze.
The presecator, Mr. Fowell, stated, Host he lives at
Nu. 22, Forater•hoL, rod had been at Margate with Mr..
Futrell is October last; they retuned on Saturdley, the
the Eclipse Mesas prket, which arrived of Tower.
stairs of dark; he had .% hosed a trunk, containing plate
and wearing apparel to the amount of 4001., and which, he
saw, was rfe at the tire ref their swivel; iramedistely they
were moored, • crowd of Cu',... and ushers erne us
board to take off the pasturage's, with their luggage; is a
short time after, ou looking for his trunk to take it or sheet,
he discovered Ihet it had disappeared; every cart was
made to retch the thief, but without success, aud the trunk
wa. never after discovered.
Mrs.•Fowell slated, that the recollected the Prisoner es
sue of those waterworn who came on board the vessel to take
Ntelliggagle wr pessengers ; she was sale he was the ma..
-'lllllltisgh Miss now very differeotly dressed ; there was a
silver leaps% aril • pepper castor amongst the plate is the
• rank. '•c,
Mr. Re tollversulitb, residing in the Borough, de-
posed, thot the 21st of October, the Monday after the Sa-
rods, we *kith the robbery had been eoinnotted, the Pei.
releactiehered for sale a silver teapot and a prpper-castor,
iMMltlilip in a moss as if for the purpose of destroying the
rtbe Primmer, who. he questioned.. to whether it
tsfebla property, asid as to the manner in which be be-
Owen pahrgard of it, asswered that they were his father's,
sal 11•614 bieugiot then front bore, where they had bees
fir a klitg time; however, he did not clearly account for
their lidos is the state is which he uttered tbata for sale;
the wits's. disheliev.d hint, and scut fur as officer, to
whom he gave him In restudy.
An officer deposed, that the Prireer, when Is custody,
liold him, that he had found the articks on Suaday eight by
.411grwater side, tied up in a bundle.
%a articles takes from the Prisoner were idestilled by
411111tperecutor sad his lady as their properly, by several
4.11111116. which bad not bees efectisally obliterated.
gor Prisoner, is his defense, repeated his story of having
the plate, and denied that be had gives say other at-
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coital to the selverssitth.

St ►veal WitIMINIM were called on behalf of the Prisoner, fur
the purpose "(proving an alibi, but they coatradimed emit
other materially. Several others gave him an excelleut
character.
' The Jury found the Prisoner Grille, bat strongly reams.
mended him to merry, on account of the very timeliest cha-
racter which he had hitherto bone.
The Common S id, the Court were always
ready to pay the almost deference to the recommendation of
twelve respectable we., such as then set la the box ; bat is
this este great lenience had already been Mean to the "'Ti-
sane-rill not sudictiog him for the capital °Croce, for there
could not be the slightest doubt that he bad stolen the frisk;
and the crime, both with reference to the amooat of thi
rubbery and the eircemetauce soder vehicle it was eon.
witted, was each as rendered it impossible fur the Court,
is the exercise of their duty to the public by protecting
the properly in the River, to overlook or mitigate. They
therefore found it their duty to sentence the Prisoner to be
transported tea seem years.