The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-08 00:00:00

BOXIYO.

CANNON AND JEN Waan.--Tout Cannon thus replies to Jem
Ward's challenge:—" After whit has barn chaffed in your paper
by Jem Wald, I feel it n to state, that although not ad-
dicted to ch:sffiag mydelf (having used to plain sailing), I can-
not but feel a pleasure In entering the pugilistic ring with such an'
accommodating cuirtand, even though the latter part of his loner
is couched in so high terms as to leave me little hopes of seems.
I can only add, that should tnt hall be buttered, sad my vend.
water-logged, I will not strike' my cokotrs nor knock under wbd'r
I hate aAO is fag locker. if Mr. Ward will come to Windier.
I will accommodate him for any sum from 1001. to SOOL"
A. Willianu puts it ferth--" that he can be hacked agaimx-
Bailey (who fought with t'abbage last Monthly week at Chipping
Sudbury) for from I. to IDOL a-stile."
Charley Oyblett ass s--•• Wynn', the Bristol youth, having dial.
lenged me for 115 L or MI., I beg to Inform him, that I am ready tO
accept of the same, sod will be dt Illy. Sperry's, the Virldttingtora
and Cat, oil Wednesday evening next, to make a deposit of SL oe
101."

THE WM1411E1.13E6 Bbi Faerti.T.--Whltebeaded Bob ban
a brother under thfrteen stone, and only eighteen yarn of age, who
will fight any mein in England who has never fought in a prise
ring. If necessary, be will pal for a subscription purse on thr
same day that Spnng and Langan fight.

OUNDLE M4G!STRATES.
SINGULAR CASE.

James Spendlove, the only ehild of a poor widen, raiding at'
Thurning, in this county, in ,the month of August last, while
driving two young ladies from Thorning to Doodle in a cart, dis-
armed a peekee-liook lying by therood-side, which he took up,
and, upon the same being entered by one of the young ladies,
was found to belong to Mr. Peal, a firma, residing at Barnwell,
a village on the road to Ound:c. It was therefore agreed (without
examining the contenti of the book) to leave the same at Mr.
Peak's. It happened, however, that the party saw Mr. Peak, in a
field near the road, upon which Spendlove got out of the cart, and
went to Peak, to whom he delivered the book, and who promised
the lad Ir. for his hoacsty.
The party then proc.cded to Dandle, thinking no fore of the
matter. Upon Spendlove's return through Barnwell, be was am.
vested by a person of the name of Pairlek, who feemiced if he
(Spendlove) bad not found a poiket-book, rid upon his saying he
bad, Patrick said Mr. Peak wanted to speak to -him, and at the
some time the Rev. Robert Roberts, Doctor in Divinity and a Ma-
gistrate, also residing at Barnwell, came up, and after asking
spendlove some qquestions as to the consents of the pocket-book,
theyall proceeded, at the Doctor's request, to the spot where the
took hail been picked up : here they found Peak and a Mr.
hlg firothr-in-law, smirching for sonic notes which Spend-
love understood were miring from the book ; after looking about
some time ineffectually, the Reverend Doctor charged Everitt to
take gpendlove into custody, upon the charge of lording the note*
that were massing; WILS forthwith taken to the Bridewell of
Oundls, fioni whence he was carried the next morning before his
Worship, and after a short examination again committed to the
Bridewell, from whence he was finally consigned as a felon to die
gaol of Northampton. It should be stated, that the Alagistore
refuird Spendlove, although lie differed to be searched ; nor did he
take dolma the whole statement of one of the young ladies who was
befine him at the time of the final examination. Besides the
missing notes there was a large sum in the book, which Peak
admitted to have been restored ; and the young lady proved that
Spendlove was never out of her sight, and that it waa Omer lin.
possible he could have taken tile notes without her seeing him do so.
Several persons, feeling for the unhappy situation of Spendlre's
poor mother, and well knowing the excellence of his character, sub.,
muted the case to Mr. 'Wells. a solicitor, at Huntingdon, who,
forthwith took don the strtements of the prisoner and the two
young ladies ' • and, upon the same being verified by affidavit,
Spent-Hove wirihad up before the lard Chief Justice of the King's
Bench, who immediately bailed the prisoner till the present As.
sizes, whm a bill of indictment was preferred for the robbery, and
returned "No true bill" by the Girard Jury. A motion vas hew
mcdiately mad fot an of copy of the record, to enable Spend.
love to commence an action for dasua,;es ; which was granted by
the Judge, after reading the affidavit of the prisoner and theme
young ladies : and it is now expected that further proceedings will
take place, the result of which may cflake th's poor fellow and his
aged mother some compensation for the anxiety, trouble, and raio-
ous expenses, to which they have been so unjustly subjected. We
understand a public subscription is also likely to take place, to aid
the fellow in obtaining redress for the wrongs he has endured.
—Huringdort Gazette.

CORONER'S INQCES7' IN TILE FLEET PRISON.

Saturday evening an Inquest was held in the Fleet Prison, before
T. SHE LTOY, Esii. Coroner for the City of London, on the body
of Thomas flopgood, a prisoner, fill years of age, who died about
eight o'clock on Thursday evening.
Mr. Brown, the IVarden of the Fleet Prison, said that the de-
ceased had been a prisoner ten years last May; that at one tint:. 'is-
let out beds to the prisoners. by which he got a living, but re,ar
latterly, on account of hi.. filthy habits, no person could skep in his
beds, and the witness was obliged to move him to the c-inimon sale
of the prison, to prevent intic:ion. The demised, a10n,.• with two
other prisoners, (the only ones on the common side) usea to attend
alternately at the begging grate UT witfdow, and all the money col-
lected was equally divided amongst them, which, by their own ac-
counts, amounted to 10 or Its. a-week for each of them: the wit-
ness, however, had no doubt that with these stuns, and other dons-
tions given to the poor side of the prison, each of them must have
' been receiving front a guinea to 255. a week.
Here the Jury expressed their surprise end regret to the Coroner
that there was no medical gentleman mpointed to attend tin
prisoners—upon which Mr. Brown, the Warden, said that he hat
often, at his own Expense, sent out for a Surgeon to attend pri
in bad health, but he could not afford to pay prolessonal
gentleircit for their attendance upon every occasion.
The Jury returned a verdict—" Died by the visitation of Gal."

A asow.—On Tuesday last ita ram Mination took pinee
before the Magistrates at Liverpool, into the circumstances of a ire
which was discovered on the premises ore Mr. Clay Hall. tallow-
amber, in Cleveland-square. The fire was first seen by some
watchmen, who obtaining an entrance to the premises, found a
quantity of staves on fire in a back room of the buildings; rin,t
proceeding further, another fire in a fr,mt room. The latter dr:
had burnt a large hole in the floor, and a large tub, with tallow in
it, was blazing in this room, By grad exertions both tires were
subdued. An Excise cam deposed, that he had locked all vp
safe. atter the workmen had lei:. No one but Mr. Hall was that
on the premises. The stock was proved to be of a very trifling
value. but Mr. Hall had recently insured to a very large amount in
two offiers, the County and the Insurance t'otnpauy of ttitathieu.
Many circumstance °laming snepi,ion were stated, which it nit tit
be improper. to the regent s.ate of inquiry, io publish. as Mr.
Hall was fully committed to Lancaster Geo!, to take his trial at the
ensuing Assizes, upon the capt•a! charge of stating tin toga pee.
metes.

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