The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1815-09-06 00:00:00

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NON-ATTENDANCE OF Atmtlt 11 EN. . 1 ' 4
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yestor,lay Alderman J. J. SOLI"' preside) in the Justiet
Seat. Upon euterhig the room, he aildroacel the primal e ,
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present, and
.ohserved, that he conaide•red it. secareolary•lo V
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state the reason to wind, the non-atteudace of eut Aldear-
man on time preceding day was attributable Fur liana,•lf be '. '
could out ease that during the whole of the lasi week lee
bad, as become his duty, attended to the (Milo' of line sta-
tion, and by a pisoctual diacharge i•f deo functi ins tedielt
bad devolved upon bier, he trusted, blot left MO ;:rooll.l for •I
dissatisfaction in the suiutl of any person who hail been
brought before hint. to undertaking; the imp', tato elate or ti. iii
1 . a Magistrate, he felt that much of the pithlie eunevoielice, as t
well as plate( time, depended upon his exerouses. lie emit
not be igueiralit therefore that punctuality slitoOd he ow 1 . I
studious!, oh-creed; and had he betel an are that mm nose%
public business was delayed on Monday, (sum the w..ent to' erg
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Alderman, he should not have hesitated one moment in telt- I
hio the Chair nadar ally circumstances. It was well known 1
that the Alderwea preaided as Magistrates in reou'ar rota-' '
16 all, and that each. as his turn arrived, either attendee' ;a
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person or requested the attendance of some other Alderman
in Ids absence. For the prese lit week, it was the slaty of Sir 0 • S
C. S. HUNTAR to have atteadeel,autl an expertation was .111- .
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tertained that he would have appeared in his p'ace. He mat
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nhaent at Paris, however, and had ueglectrel vita r to attend
beituielf, or to procure the presence await. substitute—:nod
there iris 110 doubt, although at this season or tho year it
wets known that many oentleuien were ahsciet from 1001, • • It that be would lease felt no difficulty, had the re', t 11' ell ik t .
made, to have precluded all disappointment to tit. pub' e. As
the matter stood, however, the Aide, men in too is had taken .
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upon theme:lope to discharge• leis duty, noel l't 111111 re Illt a
511(1, illy:011VCIIICIICe as that already experiene :d should be
felt.
EXTENT OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR 4 :
The Worthy Alderman, on looking over the list of ri. "1 t'
smut s, which amountediu member to fort :,...1 is: cc., took oc- I
casioo to 'comment on the extraordinary extent to which the e
Fair was at present carried, being ia fart vrithuut nay re-
•''gular limits whatever. The boothes were not &Moe condoed
tolitmithfielil, and its immediate vicinity, but were carried lit ii
-*IPSO John's-street, into the Old Bailey, and in fact to a
considerable diatauce down and up every street which
branched from the market. 'Phis wee a naisance which he
considered it tube the duty of the Civil Magistracy of ihr City
to circionse•Ohe. The Fair was itself, ia• its most limited
form, as the immense list Of delinquents then before him •
but too we II esadelished, but too productive of vice and 1
crime ; Cis noel, therefore, of being eidaree I, in his estii ns.
lion it ought to he du tt itt Weed, and fur that partway his ex-
ertions should nut be wan ling. • .
Asa first step towards this desirable f.urp- se, lime Worthy 1
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Aldelatesu eles:red that Mr. Nalder, the Under-Marshal,
might be called.
Mr Mahler beim., in attendance, be was asked who it was . .
that had the care of the Fair, and the sapereutendaisee of
the hOt/thio aud skews ? He answered, that it etas tint Clerk 4.;
ofdliehl.u•ket, who received all the fees resulting Gum Ibe
booths, and whu, of coursei had the superititeudenee at. :.
hided to •
The Worthy Alderman then directed, that the Clerk of the
Market might be called before him to- ttttt rrow (this day) :.A
in order that the subject might undergo a proper
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gation. 4
VICES OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. . 1 .1
No less than twenty-two pickpockets wire then brought np. 1.
The charge s tioainst them all partook of SiTilBl. features ;
namely, of having boot stem by the Odle era ion the act of
picking te•eeke to, and of trying Gentlemen'a pockets with in- i . I
tent to steal. The (realer number of them weie remanded V
till Thar„ ay, by abide tame the Fair will have come to a . •
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conclusam.
77:to•nriv Robinson, a pic•kpucket, was committed fur trial.
upon the evidence of Johnston and Mathews, two active
41,1;o-es, twos' a charge of picking the rocket or Wilinna
rolVlr, on SattliAly afternoon, in the Fair.
Jullueston stater', that as lie and Mathews were'' upon the I
,seout,'' they Moo-veil tlo• Prisoner chose 10 Alio Fu'oar, is !no a •
aas dressed iii a shootiag jacket, and having a siuld ',run 6
leis shoulder ; lie lifted up •It's pocket tool took aomet leo g
out. Witness geeing him brash, desired Mato to, to tell the
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Prosecutor to go to the Rant Inn, whrme the City Marshal
sat to how r plaints, while he went in poi seal of the PO-
I:ono. Mathews obeyed his directions, while be followed the .11'
Prisemer, and saw lam put something in las no, rhos t poi
:emu log sip to him the Prisoner quicketii d hie pie., and vii. . 1
&scoured to get uff. Witness collared him, tem e ver, riled tt ' ''i .
prevented Ma escape. The Prisoner then eita,he she tt
desperate re aistnaer, and endeavoured to re twee himself . , t
(ruin the i t ielenee of his guilt. Timis was met perm tied, i i , •
• however, anethe was finally secured. Iu his possession 11414 ' .
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• found a puck, t-book, which Folgar said bad Men taken from
hilt pocket. Upon this evidence be was secured, sod lodged •-o •
in the Compeer.
He is au ~!d offender, and has already underweut the
pterts 'ties of transportation.
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Han. Saunders was next charged with cutting the pocket
of a Mr. M'Arthur in the Fair, and attempting to snail a
haudkere•liief. Mr. "I:4•Artliur detected him in the act, and
secured him. He was remanded. I
Several wretched prostitutes were charged with disorderly • •
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conduct in the Fair. Some were seat to Brithotell, aud .. .
others were discharged.
VIOLENT ASSAULT. : 'a! ft
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John Crow and Charles Cumming were charged with AA. 1
ilatiltilq A pour woman in Chick-lane, Sinithfielenou Sunday J:-: .: t.• ' evening, in a must cruel and atrueiulia m itater.
It appeared (rum the statement of Willisoa Lynch and his
1f , wife the ,to latter of whom the woman assaulted is Si.ur, '
that ROOM dispute having arisen between the sister awl
some other women, they proceeded to blows. Mts. Loa 11
helering the quarrel, went dowu and dragged her Sister home.
She Batt scarce gut her within the threshold of the door, i't ::
however, 0111•11 She was pursued by the two Prisunirs, who •
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were armed, the one with a poker, and the other will, a Mot ..
put, given to them by the woman with whom the mi.,,,,,n0t
atandieig originated, and with these weapons they inflicted
such desperate wounds on the object of their vengoeuce, Mat
she Was carried on a shutter to St. Bulbul, anto's Hospital .
-with little hope of life. . -
'Ter Prisum rs were remanded for a week; to ascertain the . •
fate of the tinfortitutite wutnan. e
THE EFFECTS OF IMPRUDENT CURIOSITY. '
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Mutimrss araliant, a decent looking gi. I, who staoal that
odeoe lived scream with a lady in Clareadon-sq a are, S otters
'Town, was breiught lip, charged by the watchman iie Gilt-
4piar-street, Smithfield, with being riotous aud elhanderly un
"Salitrellty night lag'.
- .The • Pi:loaner, •it appeared, taking advantage of her i 1 .
attiotress"i . absence, she being at Brighton, at lit ant 111 .H I sumo
friends to see Bartholomew Fair, when her conduct
aas suds as to. Attract the attention uf the a atebataii, a 'lO II
f.equently spoke to her, bat a hits • 111:thorty she trosiol
a ole lode fnereilt e. Ste ass at halgili taken iota cost. dy,
aud had remained in custody ever sitice. •
-, She received a severe lecture from the Alderman on the
imprudence of her conduct, and was discharged. . .
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nonosorßEET. . • i
Ye!Merflly F:rficand tauten, a bill broker, as, 111011:.11i to ,
this litlice, byotelkins, who had apprehended lam 1.411 Ai 4•11.
day moreong, and underweed an exemenetion heroic Mr. t•
Mottle, on a charge of embezzling Insf. the property of
Dena Harris.
Mr BARRY attended to conduct the prosecution, and l•
allied, that the conduct of the hotly of 'Oil look, rs ha I of ,
late years been Mll'i illf11111101•, 111 fir 1"g Ili, mw. es of in. )
iliVilltilliS hilt) their possession, alai me prop tly tam.u.it jilt .
lit dism fur it, do y supposing there is as 00 law to reach t bear I.
conduct However, lo• had no thaaht hot an .4ut paosi 4 ; I 'I.
ie. the 52d year of the present King. 41...11.1!11 111V4`=. .
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sling property, wonld reach them, and eel abut, be ass
sanctioned by MM.-fat or his la armed Fra in
oda. A c.-
ssiitattesei of a Bioko tee':place a few elays silicas at the 1
Alaos uich se upon a similar charge. In the east, he had
: lk now to submit, he thought it aim b stree•iger, and is rr.•pcir
subject rur paloic punislime lit; bootee r, 1,. heel be, is ap-
plied to, as a matter of huntaltaty and Indulge:as,' to ado a,
the laves:legato..• to be teodpmeeal tee A Atts. I I min, l/rOVIIII e I
6 it MIA tie approbatieu of the Magistrates, :11r. Llirnie and
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