The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-21 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.

Yesterday, larks Crtrxtlwr, a boy 13 vears of age, was
charged by .Me. Edwards, jun. a baker of Quebec-street, with
stealing a loaf of bread out of his barrow, which he had placed near
a house in York-place, while he alto serving a customer. Tile
young delinquent, on being pursued, deliberately turned round,
and hurled the loaf at the foremost of his puasuers.
Mr. ItAtri.t N SON asked the boy's father, who was in the office,
if the boy had any occasion to steal from the effeets of hunger.
The father replied he was a poor man, but contrived to have
enough for himself, wife, and three children at home. The pri.
tuner was the only cause of his unhappiness, as he was continuidly
pilfering, and what 11'43 mo.e extraordinary, solely to gratify not
only an inordinate, but epicurian appetite, as his thefts were con-
fined to delicacies, such as fish—lobsters was his favourite ; pies,
tarts, &c.
The young rogue was remanded.
UNION-11AM..
0u T RAO E AT Tlt E COIIIIIIO Ta EAT RE.—Yes toll ay Was.
Carey, a recruit belonging to the Queen's Regiment of Foot, and
another person attached to the stone corps, were brought up in cuss
tody before 1.. 11. At. Lust, Esq. the former charged with having
flung a glass quart bottle from the gallery of the above theatre to
the stage, to the imminent danger of the lives of the audience and
persons belonging to the establishment.
Mr. Davidge, the siting stage manager, with several individuals
connecsed with the theatre, attended, and stated, that on Saturday
night last, after the conclusion of the first piece, and during the
performance of the overture to that which followed, a considerable
alarm was excited throughout the house by some person in the gal-
lery having flung a quart bottle to the stage, which fortunately
missed the head of the leader of the band, struck the toot-light
lamps, several of which it demolished, and alighted on the stage,
where it was smashed In pieces.
The M an IST HAT e called on the prisoner to state what could in.
duce him to commit such a deliberate and scandalous act as that
which had just been clearly made out against him.
The prisoner, who appeared from his manner to be unconscious
of having committed any serious offence, replied, that he was
intosticated, and he did nut know what he did ; but that if it was
now looked over, he would never do the like again.
Mr. Aced observed, that his apologies would not do ; and in
committing the defendant to gaol, in default of buil, to answer the
complaint at the Sessions, the Magistrate remarked, that hail any
fatal consequences ensued front the act, lie certainly should have
felt it his duty to commit the prisoner for murder.

FATAL AND SHOCKING ACCIOFNT.—Mr. Davis, a
farmer at Somerton, having sent his son with a horse to
some part of the farm, and he being absent nearly three
hours, a man was despatched in search of him ; when, af-
ter a diligent search, his hat was first found, Lis shoes
next, and, in various places, different parts of his gar-
ments. At length, after going nearly- a mile, lie discovered
the horse standing in a field, and the boy dreadfully
mangled lying beside him, with the halter round his thigh.
The day previous to the melancholy accident, the boy was
seen leading the horse, with a halter tied round his thigh,
and strongly admonished not to du so; and it is supposed
that, having again adopted the same dangerous method,
the horse took fright, and dragged him through several
fields, over hedges, &c., for nearly a mile.—Seisbary
Journal.
MeI.ANCHOLY ACCTDENT.—On Friday afternoon, as
Mr. D. Scrace, Solicitor, of St. James's-parade, in this city
(Bath) was returning from the village of Faulkland, when
about two miles from that place, his horse, it is conjec-
tured, tripped and threw him, and Mr. S. was dragged a
considerable distance in the stirrups, and severely kicked
by the animal. Between four and live o'clock he was found
by a farmer lying in the road, who, with the assistance of
another person, led hint back to a private house at Faulk-
land, where surgical aid was immediately procured. Hopes
were at first eutertaintd that the serious injuries he had
received would not terminate fatally, but about twelve
o'clock the saute evening he became delirious, and con.
tinned in a state of insensibility until ten o'
clock on Satur-
day morning, when he expired.--Bath Journal.