The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-07-09 00:00:00

OLD BdILEY, MONDAY, JULY 8.

Charles Meredith, a very respectable loans IMO, was
tried us a charge of Withal a queenly of riqieuds tad
other article", the property of Wean. Todd, Mortises, aril
Cope, ltsberdashera, his employers.
An anonymous letter was dropped is the arra, coached is
the following kerns"—" Mr. C. Meredith, yeti are sirosglr
suspected of robbing your employer; Mears. Todd &
overheard Mr. T. to cos aaaaa then with one of the oilmen;
and one eif the hoose*aids is implicated." This letter was
addressed, "To the Cook;' who, epos seeing tie cellists
gave It to tip? Pasoner, by whom it was shows to Mr. Cops.
.The Prisoner's but was thee searched, and a small parcel
containing several whole pieces of ribbon, the subject of thrs
present charge, was found there*.
Mr. Cope admitted al at it was a getters' practice in their
bowie, fur the reting men to supply their frieuds with geode
from their warehouse, without regularly entering them to
the book; and he knew the Prisoner had a sister who kept
• shop at Walton, for whom be stied be bad made up that
parcel, as well as four parasols giblets were also found is the
box, and hail been regularly entered in the MAilt.
The Prisoner, is his defence, said he had seat the rllslasas
in question to his sister at Wsltou, by whom they had beet
returned as not tivitieg her, and it was his iuteetion to hare
replaced them is the uarebouse sib* be had time to look
out others.
Williern Wiggins, s young man, also iii the emp"oy of the
Prosecutors, and having frieods living at %Velum, deposed
to hiving brought up from the Prisouer's sister, a psreel of
the name size mid appearance ae that rimed tc the Primate's
hex.

S 1 semi witnesses give the Prisoner a mod extelleat chi.
melee foe honesty.
The Jury ',Aired for shoot Ilheen minutes, •od the• re.
termed 'lib s verdict of Not Guilty.

COLIONSICI INQUEST.

Oa Tharsday last se imagoes. was held by Richard Lowry,
Esq. Coroner, spun the body ut Mary, sae of Serjeatts-
Major Harvey, of the Scotch Greys Six troops of this
distinguished ecgieseat were proceeding to Carii,le ism their
way to Scotland, and it appeared that, on Wednesday, t►s
derenstd was riding with her son (a Inc boy), and her infant
child, upon one of the baggage cuts; and, whilst descend-
ing s bill nrar Bernick, betwixt this and Penriih, the stay-
chain belonging to the harness gave way, and the hoere be-
came unmanageable, when ibe cart was overtorsad sod the
wafurtuuate woman was immediately precipitated, with
great violence, against a wall. The infant waa throws from
her lap ■ tousiderable distance, but fortistraidy it received
no idory; Ilse boy was tern much injured, but hypes are
now entertained of his recovery. The mother was more am-
fortunate: she died from the se►n e brutes she received osi
her heaJ again.. the wall, after lingering about tea hoses at
the house of Mr. Woe. Niched, ..1 Csusewsv-house, noir
Barrock, where the fetal accident is:cis:red. Verdict—loci•
dezfal Dealk.—(Cartiak Joiraol.)

Of the four Archbishops and eighteen Bishops in
Ireland, there are two under fifty years of age,
eigtteunder sixty, tight under seventy, and four
under eighty ; leaving each oo an average of G 2
years, or collectively, that is, their united ages,
at 1,364 years.
TION LIGIITNINCI.—On Friday forenoon. der.
ing She let*endues thunder storm, a may of Ike name of
Bruckbelet, a pla-tirir, who was at work o■ a scaffold three
stories high against a house in Tunbeidge.plice, opposite Pan.
eras Nei Church, was struck with the electric fluid, and fed
from she scaffold to the ground, and was taken up *lifeless
corpse. We are sorry to add, tire unfortunate mall has left a
wife and six children to bewail his
The harvest in the nriebboui hood of Tasutos has com-
menced, and there is likely to be a plentiful produce. Mr.
Drake, of that Sown, bas cut four acres, and it is supposed
that be will Lave 50 bushels per acre.