The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-29 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN._

Yeaterdny an elderly woman, whose ct•..aciated appearance and
cadaverous countenance indicated that her dissolution was rapidly
approaching, was brought ap. sorported hr two females, charged
wall violently am,aultiag a stout-looking middle-aged man, who
resides in the same house with her.

The onmplainant stated, that he had been a long time &clot-
mmed to be “insaulted" by this woman and her " confar tiers,"
but that on Tnesday they " molted" him in such a manner, that
he was obliged to tl yto his %Worship for proscrvatior. lie then
proceeded more detinittly to state his g7:crances. Ile csplaitied,
that on Tuesday aftrrnoon in pa*Lg down spire, one plate was
hurled down upon his head, while enciber was thrown ttillti below,
which struck him on the chin. Yintling thtNe luin,,iles were Ilyitig
from all directions, he rim ir.to the street, am! More a two-pound
stone (which be produced) was dropped fmin a two-story window,
which burst through his let ; and if it had no; been for his well-
combined lochs, which seircil as a the z-un.r de it ccr.ainly
would have brained him.

The defendant pleaded gullty, conceiving the had ample grounds
of justithortion. •• Plante your Worship." said she, •• You way
perceive tl-pt I have not loag to live, and I consider that man as
du chief rouse of it. Ile sleeps oat room to nie, sad lie coughs,
ell might lite a horse; last night the brute coughed to such a de-
poi that he shook the very bed under me, and on Tuesday, es
he vas goiris out be aggraratati me no that I did not think Pd live
till he retritcd, so I just dropped the stone upon his bead (for,

Lord help ;as ould not throw it). bat I mesot no etisrai.l, ft,
I called out to the
meant to kip Mai riZ pa.s‘elON."neers to stud out of the way, as f (ndi

--The Magistrate Congratulated her on the besignati spirit with
which she vraa about .to depart this world : he at the some thee a,
mired her that should she give ouch anodicr proof of bag at ',tic,:
all mankind, it should not pass unrewarded iu this world.

3IA 1,001101:011-STH --
SUE I.T 0 N PUGILIST Miff, fu WtrE—These ?mot,
were ycotertisy brought betbre Mr. CONANT, cnargril with grow,.
assaulting a man or the name of Fenton, a potaw-aalestnan, of
Broad-street,(iilrea. _

From Festion's statement it appeared, that a few nlghb had he
went into Shelton's house, called the Ilole.in-the.vjener, tare,
street, Lincoln's Inn.lields, and asked for a pint of beer. shehee
came in, and rudely said to him, .6 Yon hare no business in me
parlour with that apron on," and desk: 1 him to go into tie tap.
room, which he refused to do, on whkh Shelton collared him and I
forced hint out; bis wife also struck him with a leather strap which
she had in her list& She appeared, he said, to be as good
pugilist as her husband, and between them kith he had a narrow
escape from beingstfaugled....

nlieltun, in hitrdefenc-d, said it was not tbe cunont of his holm
to admit penman with aprons on diem, such as Fenton wove,. 1.0 ,
into his parlour ;but, betide this, he said, a gentlolll.lol 1010
the habit of frequenting his house cane in while Fenton wan then;
and is conyernation with hint (tlielton), a,ked him if he lt..ew any
further particulars of the Late light between Langan and spring?
Ile replied he did not ;oo which Fenton said, ".1.)--at you, yoa
do, if you wish to mention them." This, he said, was what in.
dual him to pothiro out of the Tom.

Ws wife itc.nicd having struck Feutou ; but a aitnaa which the
latter produced proved that the had.
They were °Werra to find bail for the aqtatilt.

ImARI.-I,.t.noNNI:
Yesterday a raft of vary considerable importance, as regards the
eight of police-edge:vs to give up money found in their searrit
otspicintis persons, to the pruttecatorsclatruing it, was itivesttgatA
by the Magistrat ,ts at this oifiec.
At the last Old Bailey Sessions a woman, named Goifikr, was
canvicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation, for robbing
the wife of a matter chimney-sweep. named Donlan, of nearly 101,
in notes and sovereigns. Willans the officer was employed, in the
first stage of the proceedings, to trace out the thief; and heapre.
herded the woman tiolliher, and found in a boa. In the room Dian
old couple named Lovett, a sum of money, in Alva, amounting to
331.; of course this ntmley could not be sworn Ito, but, as the man
Lovett had cohabited wire the prisoner, and the sum was vary near
the amount stolen, it was strong pretutnptive evidence that it coin.
posed part of the stolen aunt ; consequently the °Meer kept it in
his possession, and omitted to ask the Court, after the trial, as to its
disposal. In a very short time the Sheriff made his demand for the
money, it being supposed to be the property of a convicted Wong
and also Mr. lfanner, on the part of Donlan, served Wilfluts with
a notice, calling on him to give up the money. The Aker, be-
tween these demands, was hesitating how to act, when Mm, Lovett
came to the office, sad claimed the motley as hers. le'illans, be-
tween these conflicting demands, referrsd the business to the M.
gistrates, expressing his tletetniination to abide by their decision.
3lrs. Lovett satd, she had been colLeting the money for several
veers, and hid deposited it in ender that it might support her in the
decline of life.

Mr. Raw Lir:sow—Pray did you always put only silver up?
.3lrs. Lovett-0 dear! no. Sotortimes I had one-pound notes;
and on their being cried down I changed them. The money taken
is mine, and is the produce of my Industry.
An old gentlemma stepped fireweed, and said he had known Mrs.
Lovett for forty years, and bore testimony to the COlTtlanen of her
cantina and character during that period.
Mrs. Lovett, in answer to a question, said abe had the nutoey
unknown to her husband.
Mr. Rawl.' sisox *aid the case involved a point which might
lead to much litigation; and al:hough. from what he had heard
and seen of the old woman, the conviction on his ailed was that
the money belonged to her, and it st-ented hard that she should lose
it, still he was of opinion the officer was out bound to give it up if
he did not receive ..n indemnity.
Winans said he wished to arrange all right, but he hoped he
might be protected against actions.
Donlan, the other claimant. protested against the money
given up to Mrs. Lovett, and said she and ha hothead were leagued with the woman who was transported. lie had no doubt
the money was his: it was very easy to get saver for the sore.
reigns. due. ; and he should proceed to recover it He was in.
formed the officer should have paid the money into the hands of
the isloriff.
Mr. RAVILINTSON, after consulti7g with his colleague, 31r.
Griffith,, said it was onfair to eamaepossione on the character of
Mrs. Lovett ; and as the question was really ao itnportant and cri-
tical, he would sovrest, that if Meta. Lovett would give as indem-
nity and get security, the money should be given up to her, as he
really believed her to be the right owner.
The old gentleman said he had no objection to be one of the
securities.

Donlan requested time to have Mr. Harmer, his solicitor, in at-
tendance.

After some other conversation, it was deckled that the mosey
should be given up to Mrs. Lovett, if the ofEom received in in-
thannity.