The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-29 00:00:00

POLICS.

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GUILDHALL.
Inters D ITT TO AVOID AP °MAI OP APPILTA-
Ttow.—A genuine EinemWes, named Edward Kelly, who gets
his living, according to his own description, by „following the
markets," and a countrywoman of his, one Ellen Spring, had
taken each other's words, and been living together, as man and wife,
in Field-lane, for upwards of twelve months, and on the 12th of
August last a pledge of their mutual felicity appeared in the shape
of a fine boy. All went ou comfortr.bly as usual till last Sunday
was a fortnight, when, whether Mrs. Kelly took a little more upon
her than heretofore, hy reran') that she had now become a mother,
certain it in that Ned Kelly gave her a sound beating, blacked both
her eyes, and turned her and the child out of doors. Irish love
quarrels are soon made up, hut .trs. Kelly, though Ned offered to
take her back sgsin, refused to return, and, in a fit of indignation
and revenge, applied to the parish officers of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born. swore the child to Ned, and a warrant was issued thereon for
his apprehension. He, however, kept out of the way, and baying,
as he thought, got rid of his wife, devised a contrivance to get red
of the child also, which, if successful, he conjectured would set all
at rest with regard to the warrant against him. With this view he
dressed himself in his Sunday's best, contrived an interview with
the mother, affected all his former fondness, and persuaded her to
let hint have the child to show to the people at his lodgings. This
was in the etening of Sunday lut. flaring thus got possession of
the infant, lie covered it over snugly with his coat, and carried it
into Shoe-lane, laid it down for an instant close to the church-wall,
where there was not much light, and then began a hue and my,
which gathered a mob round him, pretending to have found the
child there. The folks in the crowd advised hint to take it to the
workhouse, and to the workhouse be actually did lake it, and left
it there, declaring to the matron, as indeed he might with a safe
conscience, that he had just picked it up under the church-wall.
When ',ruin, the overseers' beadle, saw the child in the rimming,
he suspected it to be the one Ellen Spring had sworn to Kelly, and
thought its desertion was a trick of the mother's, and was prepariog
to look out for her. Towards the afternoon. however, Ned Kelly
applied at the workhouse to demand the child he had left there,
which he now said was his. The matron, who had seen him only
for a few minutes in his Sunday clothes, did nut know him again,
and therefore r. fused to let him have the child. Ellen DOW came
up, and was clamorous to have her baby. Fruin was sent for, re.
cognised them both, took Ned into custody on the warrant he had
against him, and detained Ellen also oneettspicion of exposing the
child, and thus thee were both brought up yesterday before the
Sitting 3legistrate. Alderman Wood.
The first thing was to identify Kelly. Ellen was accordingly
sworn. . -

Who is the father of your child ? said the Clerk.—" Ned Kelly,"
said Ellen ; " there he stands."
" Indeed and I ant," nays Ned; " but I am trilling to marry yna.
I wanted her to come back to me, but she was above it. We were
to be married last Sunday, but I had no money to pay for marrying
us, so the Priest promised to do it for nothing ; but when we went
to him he was out."
Fruin here represented that this was not exactly the truth. Kelly
was willing that the l'nest should marry them, bat the woman, he
said, was up to the trick, and knew that that was not a good mar-
riage in this country, and insisted on being married according to
the Protestant religion.
" Well," replied Ned, "and I am willing to marry her by the Pro-
testants, only I have no money to pay them with, and we can't be
married without. I can keep her and the child too, and don't want
anything from the parish."
As Ellen was equally willing, so she could be made a lawful
wife, and as this arrangement would relieve the parish from any
expense with respect to the child, the affair of the affiliation, as far
as the Overseers were concerned, seemed to be at an end.
The next question wee as to the desertion, when the narrative,
as we have above stated came out, and it appeared that Ellen,
finding that Ned had actually disposed of the child somewhere,
forced hint to tell what he had done with It, and had gone with him
to reclaim it. _ .

As. after this trick, the Overseers had no great confidence in
Ned, the Alderman remandrd him to the f;ompter, and Ellen
and her child to the workhouse, till the whole aftiir could be satis-
factorily concluded.

BOW STREET.

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Ft AT LOTtn EGlENOWT.S.—Yesterday two woyinnen,
named Franks and Brood/ey. were placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a large quantity of lead from the works now carrying on
at the Earl of Egrenimit's, in timsrenor-place.
The Clerk of the works deposed, that some days since he re-
ceived private information that some of the plumbers had secreted
a large box full of lead, which they contrived to carry off bit by
bit. In consequence of this information, he watched the two pn.
loners closely, and saw 'Smedley unbutton his waistcoat, and place
a rolled piece of lend betwixt his shirt and his skin. The other
prisoner was unbuttoning his clothes for the same purpose, when
witness went up and detected them. The prisoners were searched,
end a great many iricces found upon them both. These robberies,
he said, had been very frequent, and on inspecting the premises, a
great many pieces of lead were found In various places, tightly
rolled up to be conies! MT.
'Smedley in his defence said, that as a plumber his avocations
compelled him to carry the lead about with him on hie shoulder.
btu ',vitt:Lt.—And did your avocations compel you to carry
the lead beneath tour waistcoat ? _ .

This seemed to stagger the prisoner, who set up no further de-
fence, than that he had a wilb and sin children.
The other prisoner observed, that it was only a pions of solder
found upon him, and he bag picked it up upon the premise • ad-
joining Lord k:grettiont's--Committed fee

HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday John Juwes alias WiMiele Lewis, a young man about
twenty years of age, and of respectable appearance (whose case stood
remanded), was brought up for foal examination, charged with the
following mhbery :
It appeared from the evidence of a beg Maid Smith, in the em.
ployment of Mr. Mason, bookseller, Nallseen, that on Tuesday ,
last, about two o'clock in the aftenseme, the prisoner mate into the
shop, and asked to see a copy of Derken`lll Viegif. On being
shown one of interior quality, of wbisi Mdisapproved (as he in-
tended it for a present) the boy west ft Maadmit sad of the shop
to look for another, and consult the of prices. On hie
return he missed an octavo edition of , of the value of
one guinea, on which the prisoner had previously laid his hand.
The second copy presented the pf Walt WOW ed of, and said that
be would return in a few minutes us pay fie it. The boy made an
of to secure hint, but he Malted est, drew the boy down, and
ran up King-street, striking at every ems who opposed him, on the
cry of " Stop thief!" by the boy s but was ultimately stopped by •
colder, and given in charge to Godfrey, of the How-street patrol.
The Cook was not found on him ; but it was proved that be bad •
companion waiting °Amide the door.
The prisoner, in a very cool manner, questioned the different
witnesses, and proved the statement of one of the Bow-street petrol
that he had been before committed from Marlborough-street ()dice,
under the name of William Lewis, for a similar offence, and tried
at the Old Bailey.
He was fully committed.
A RETIRAcTOIIir PAurrili.—Yesterday Thomas Bowstridge,
who has frequently appeared at this Mhos, was brought up by
Thiatleton, the officer, charged with riotous conduct at the City
farm-house, Islington.
Mr. Perry, the master, stated that some time ago the prisoner,
himself in • state of pauperism, married, and brought himself and
his wife chargeable to the parish of St. Panama. He had refused
to comply with the regulations of breaking stones, and was then
sent for his indulgence to the City fann-house, where he was em-
ployed in picking feathers. The allowance to the paupers daily
was a pound of bread, six ounces of meat, a pint and a half of
gruel, and occasionally two ounces of butter. They were allowed
three halfpence for every pound of feathers picked, for their profit.
On the preceding day the prisoner jumped up from his work, broke
several Fiance of glass by thrusutig his fist through them, tore one
of the doors in the workhouse off its hinges and broke it, and en-
couraged the other paupers to insubordination.
The Magistrate recognised him as an old acquaintance, and sent
hint to the House of Correction for a month.