The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-12 00:00:00

POLICE•

M.tNBlO,l-111RISE•
Yesterday Mr. s,wles, a wealthy airman butt:het of Whiterliapel
market, appeared before the Lord Mayor, charged by William
Johnson, a vender of meat by read. with Laving mil" • riot and
endangered the Went the complainant.
The defendant and !its brother are beloved by the great mass of
butch in; in Whitechapel. where a hint from either of them is held
as law, and they are not the km estermed for setthig all underling
promoters of the paace a' defiance. In one imitanee, snnMfitef hat.'
lag impounded some of the sheep of one of those ll' hitechapel
rulers, the former was assured the. tie should be skinned. and the
' thrum was not without eac:ting much fear. the promises being well
known to he a man of his word. The Seale? are also esteemed for
retaining all the simplicity rind independence of manners foe which
their ancastiirsin the same trade *ere celebrated, and they seem de-
termined to midst all effort to induce them to degenerate into that
refinement into which the butchers of all oilier markets are daily
sinking.
Johnson stated, that he hail unfortunately taken the benefit of
the Insolvent Art, and owed the defendant no a few sheep--a ea.
lia4ity which raised in that gentleman the 'utmost anininsitr. No
sootier did he (comp lainantuit the Court fir the market, than all
the butchers set upon and hunted him vat of it, like a mad duo;.'
Mr. Scales, upon one occasion. nrgel on the slaughtermen with the
cry of " There stud Johnson, the infornwr ; hie, lads." and end- :
dilly they net up their pursuit, making hint iT for his life. lie I
believed they would think no more of putting a knife into him than '
into one of their own sheep, anti lie deelar.d. that unless the bord
Mayor pmtectial him, he could net cuter the markt; neept at the
bandit of his life.
Mr. Scales said, he only served this ilpinp 'inset as the Quaker I
served the dog that bit him. " Fried.', sail he, •'• 1 will root kill i
thee, but I will.give thee a bad name." TIT fact was, Air. Se-les
said, the man before his Lordship hal briiii,lat live sheep of loin.
and then took the bin,edt oldie Act; atter which he boo ght eight
sheep of his son, without saying a wordathont the former dealing. .
and Ii cease he got a receipt in the bitteliertg wayt on unstamped 4
paper, he lodged an infommtion uncut the Scutip Act. and was !
' now trying to recover the peattlty in the Court of iliceluamer..
Resides, he was the son of Johnson. ti:e i.iforicer, who had tone i
so much mischief cemitggt the bakers and publicans. Those
things induced the defendant to cau:iun 'Ms neighbours against each I
- • peroott.
The Loan MAYOR said, that thel,ra did not prevent him Itt-
Ong confidential advice to his ringhboar when. It was necessary. t
lief/oust not inutate the caultiet width was at tri'mted to the Qtrikec,
!ad because lie hail been bitten act up a ire of *mad thl"
W." and cause his object to he hunted to death.
efathor of the complainant denied that ha a's Johnson the
informer. although be certainly lll4ll7leCa to hue ede inforred
against mime petsons.in that ioarkat,4or whieft, course he had the
sanction of the wader of the blueing-4 compac v.
The cranplainaid declared, that he only wished to be enabled to
buy meat hi the market like an alter tradesman.
111 r. freaks said he might enter the market, but not one ounce of ,
meat should he buy there.
Ile war then ordered to kid emetics to keep the peace.

IT ATTON4AVEN.
Saeittrl Sinnehoute underwent a • Mal examination, charged by
Joseph Nabbs. a silk-weaver, firths at EN Grub-att.:et, with steal.
ing a silver watch, with gold seal and.key, his property, under the
following eireionstances r—The prisoner etas also a silk-weaver.
and being in distress, and out of work, the prosecutor invited him
bona* to dinner, and in two or three minutes after he left the pro.
mentor mauled his watch, which had been bangles; over the mantle.
piece. The prosecutor met the prisoner next morning, coming out
Odic ()olden liorau, Alrtersgate, and he took him into custody,
and gave him in charge to a ronsribie, when the Prisoner con/Veiled
selling the watch to a man ranted James Waters, who keeps as.e.
nerd sale-shop, at 9, limphithpstre.row' Standgete. for tilt lid.
The prosecutor and the constable went to Waters 's shop to mi.ke
inquiry ; be tint denied purchasing the watch, but finally pro-
duced it.
The prithner was committed to 14 or glt :. for trial.
Richard Taylor, Timothy Taylor, and data l:e-rift, otherwise
i Roglier4, were charged by Wm. Colton, a constable, on 'aspic iun
of committing various burglaries and rotb.:ries.
Colton stated, that a few eights ego the house of James Perry, '
Bagnigge Wells-roast, was broken Into, and upwards of fourteen
pounds' worth of table aid bed linen, shirts, shifts, and other ar-
ticles of wearing-apparel stolen therefrom ; and that the thieves
broke open the pantry, and regalsil themselves with eatables and
drinkable, on the premises ; that Its trae,sl part of the property to
some pawnbrokers' shops. which. from the description he had of
the person who pledged them, answered that of the the female pri.
ismer, who was a notorious thi and cohabited with one of the
Taylors, on whom he found a quantity of pawnbrokers' duplicates,
whtelt he suspected were for stolen artichs ; that about four o'clock
in the morning crier the above burglary, the house of a man named
Trumpet, a brick-maker, living in Brewhouse.lane, Battle-bride
11 broken into, after he and his wife were gone out to work, sad
aud
1/
all their wearing-apparel and ether things were stolen. At the
time of the robbery the female primmer was noticed by a neigh-
bour (who would come forward), walking up and down. near the
place, as if she was on the watch for something . and shortly af-
tee one of the Taylor* was seen gamine put of the house with a
burdle, and both joined, and walked off together.
kd'he charge being tajten, the urYOnal wire committed, to give
e to the whnesseetabdridotagawher epensinistion;
.14.1 n T. r, y, a bay, in the service of John 1k1;., clock-maker,
Elm-street, was chatexl by his master with stealing a silver watch.
his property. The prisoner. It apps area, after stealing the watch,
pledged It at (Ives, a pawnbroker, in tittty's Lio-ime, and went
that night to the play, and after spending the whole of the money,
intended to leave town, but he was appiehentiod. The charge being
;noted, he was committed for trial.
Francis Wrumait, a lieitneyman watch-ease-finisher, was charged
by his employer, Joseph Parker, with quitting his service, and
leaving his work unfinished. Ile was sentenced to one months'
imprisonment In the House of t'orteetior, there to be kept to hard
!Lieut.
Grimes Waddifteimt anti Richard ilfills, two of the Bow.strect
purist, were charged by George lanindon, 11 RWOIIIIIIII, with
violently assaulting him whilst on his ditty.
The complainant stated, that whilst going his rounds, between
twelve and one o'clock that morning, he ribserved the prisoner
Mills. who he had never seen before, standing up at the dour of a
hectic in II etton-i•all, and on his return, in about a quarter of an
hour after, he Ives still standing in the same place; complainant told
him he nicest not be standing there, he must walk off about his
husita-as ; prisoner refused. anti complainant laid hold of him ; the
prisoner then pulled out his staff; and said he was a Bow-street
patrol; Iselin:lon said, he.: did no; know that; any person might
show a stall fur the purpose of personating a pared, and se escape
ijastice; the watch-house was vary near, and he must come there,
when, if he proved to be what he called himself, he should not be
detained ; he refused, and l.oundon called the aid of other watch.
men ; and at the time Waddington, the other prisoner, came up to
the as stance of his hroi.her patrol, pulled out his staff, and became
very tiotous ; and at length struck bounthin .terliss the head.
The charge was surispred by other watchmen, and the Magls-
tretes ordered the ptisonets to withdraw, and beg the complainant's
pardon, or find bsol.
The parties withdrew and settled the matter amongst themselves.
A Tea t• n i't T/cx LT,— Mr. John It"iggett, of tiray's I an-
lane, attended by Mr. French, the Barrister, appeared before the
Magistrate with a charge against f'ainy, a street-keeper, lie-
longing to the Foundling limpital estate, for leaving got money
under false pretences, upon what is genarigly termed a Tyburn
ticket.
from the statement of the Learned Counsel, corro'rotated by Mr.
'l,i' iggett, it appeared that four years ago a Isurglar entered the pre-
mises of the prosecutor, Scut in his retreat he was apprehended,
with the ;miner upon him, by Wiggett, who called in I 'ariby, as a
constnide, to his assistance. The thief was convicted capitally at
the Old Bailey,. but until lately no application was mink to the
ltecoren for the Tyburn ticket, which exempts the owner of it
from serving net parochial office. Catthy applied for it some time
ago, but the Recorder would onli grant it to the original prosecutor.
The defendant induced Mr. Wiggett to imply for the ticket, the
former paying the usual fee for obtaining it, which was dune, and
the prosecutor was fnetlicr induced, not knowing the value of the
i
document. to transfer the ue to a Mr. hurler, who paid 41. to
Cadby for it ; hut ever since e year 11118, by Act of Parliament,
tacit tickets are not trarsfera e, although valuable to the original
19.1644.330 T, and which value was utskr.own to kViggett. The whole
charge against Cadby was more for the recovery of the ticket, it
heing aterreptitiously obteintd, and not of any value to Mr. Butler.
although very convenient for Wiggett. tkoloy, it opt:tared, was at
the espouse of getting a regular 'tramp at%sed to the document, in
order to make the transfer legal ; but Mr. French argued, and
which argument was tontinned by clue Magistrate—that such
transfer was useless and ill-gal. The ticket vvus delivered up to
Mr. Wiggett, upon his pn)ing a Ville*, the fix paid the rte.
cooler's clerk by Cadby, who lost his tune to obtaining it, and the
expense of the stamp fur the transf.r, as well as being obliged to
retund the 41. received from Mr. Butler fur it.
hist It 1,110R01!(;II-tiTREET.

Yesterd'y being the day .appoiiittil for the final examination of
Char*, Melva*, itneen. and llichard Sleill44, who have
been Lane days in custody. the former ehargtit with feloniously
dispiwing, for his own Use, of a tenntil:f property, belonging to
11r. Richardson, carrying on the llnen pery business in Oxford-
! street, under Mr 4itin of 111sJeohn and James, to whom he was shop.
man ; anti the two letter with receiving and dispeeting of the same,
knowing it to to; stolen; the office, at an early hourowas c,owdeti to
sufilleation„ by stadespeople in that lint, front Ilood.strect, ()afoul.
ford-ant-O. end all the surrounding neighbourhood, and it was with
unnukt ttsllkulty the whole strength of this office could keep the
a pprnaclics mit clear. The grntt amount of Mr. Richartliton's loss,
b, three tiorrittatiota, increased the interest, as it is estiutated at

Tn "ITT Isto.—We understand Mr. Thompson, jun. of Kingston.
has matched a pony in his possession to trot fifty miles in tire
hount.—A horse- the property of Mr. Burch, of Exeter, is matched'
to trot one mile is three unnutes, from the two to the three-mile
stone on the lioniton.read. The bet made is liftysoveresens to live
agaimu tho pi:ft:F.-stance. It Is to take place on Saturday morning,
the '2lst inst.
PE lIERTRIANIS3I.-IVC hear that Met:mite's race at York will
take pace on Wednesday, the Inth inst. Ile is quite sanguine ns
to the result, although the Lancashire poople any that it is impoa.
sible to he run in Into minutes and forty- svo sreoutl‘ Metcalfe is
the favourite with these who know his opted The last dar of
thlt.eyttinme„,agetionynnetentifer:ht:
Orerse e r , •••-• VIA r..—Cto Mandate afternoon, abont two Kautsford races Nletealfe ran Bury, a. lasnr..shite youth, one mite,'
and gave Bury till !aids at starting, for 301. Aletrslie tapped his
n't...• ek. no o 1 m..,';• 1-.. p broke out a 4 North Elzuham, Norfolk,
oeensionei ley 'Anne Pas•-..shea being left in *shed. The fire eons. OPP,,,,Zni en the !boulder at OP yards, and won easy.—l'ork
IMllTliritel; i.i I' n Ad' iona.houge belonging to Mr. Englebright, .t
1 _'onrotit.
Nottrh•ci:C:lrs-1;7...ta.t.4.:.,1cPC,v ‘sPle4ith truertilereotherteerwkdwelnlitssngsanmearw.hilelichmwgas- on AtheliStrenibds tilt.fig The persons m' ew"lrreto dhaadt
ing to Ale... „$:. ...., this sudden calmnly seven families, con- cannon, when they were i.bnut to tire the last salute, put a double
sintingof 3; at n' M, ore mattered /wageless. No part of the pre. charge into the piece, and as if that snot enough, they tilled it
mists was intitred. 'fte furniture, bedding. ,itc. of the sufferers, to the movnti, with turf, gross, and other substance.. The „,„
rem eateneyed in the Pall; where Mr. ?dines eery hantenely gore was literally blown to steno.; a lad about 12 rears old was killed,
them a good supper. am! remained thew to wit there Oat night. 'and leVeti or eight others watt wounded.7-An:eriratt Popo%

At belfittm *ate diner the three prisoners, who arc all re-
,;LreLrb!e in their alx.troare (Bowen an elderly nualti, were placed
11,c bar. li. M. DYER, the Sitting 'Alai:bar:Lie.
e,L LILL of ilse zerwas iillati.with large packages and boxes
the ',tat:, property discovered lit various ItueriAlrupers, &c. to
Li koxdred pounds.
-. I vt".4t said. ottcrileaurg the case at length, he wes deter-
nii. ct ro send the pi iwnsrs before a,Jury, and they were fully com-
mittal for mix:.

EXECUTION AT HERTFORD.

Yesterday was the day fixed for carry inR Into execntion th
sentence of the law upon tire urforturate culprits who aci
tiered of the late toi,l.ery and attempt to murder Mr. 1
steward to FArl Cowper, at liertlirrdbury, on the gob of Jua
and upon IVillkm Afersioll and Cheeks Cerfirright. for
glary in the house of :11r. Gender, at Derkhemstead, c. ti
of April last, on which occasion a very considerable proyer,,
sto;en.
The circumstances of atrocity attendir.g Cie attack cis
Cowpc's steward arc too fresh in the recG:lecticn of oar r.a
need recapitulation on the present orcasiom having been ►e r
given in detail as they transpired :It the evidence at the
Jomrs Norris. lames Thosa4Y. aliaa Delis, and Jerm,e r
the late Assizes, • hen they were all three c Titally cot
►entenced.

It appeared in the course of that evidence that Green had
the proposal of bia companion, t, murder Mr. and Mr*. I
and that to his opinciimmi the preservation of their lives Mal
Eobability be ar :dieted ; in amsideratinn of which circuit
arl Cowper is said after the trial to have exerted his minim
ence to obtain from the refry of the Crown the remission
punishment of death in his favour, and not without au-.
ordor having been de•patched in the came of the week f
notifying his reprieve during his Maiany's pleasure. 't !,2
his two companions, however, was viewed in a lITT different
and the enormity of the offence, wart the peculiarly arrocio
cunistances which marked their share in this transactior.. t
with their previous notoriously hod character, and the t:
course of life which they had long pursued, left no fair gee,
the extension to them of any favonnehle consideration. "I
was therefore, as regarded dam, suffined to tithe it, count.
Davis. although extremely r !item, and freely &Mein...,
he had, by his former crimes, jusey merited the ignominieut
which he was about to stiffly, yen sthettuously ',mined an an
his innocence of the particular offence for which he had brr
tented; and also repeatedly aflirmicg. even in the ca t:me ol
day last, that Hants was oat rfteri at the robbery. TI
meaner of Herne since his conytrion has been in every reset
reverse of that of Davis, excepting in the particular of mai
tog that he was innocent of the crime for which be wee acs
suffer. His asseverations of his innceence have been incei
and made with the utmost violence, declaring that the exenui
his sentence would be a judicial murder, and iirevecrtirg all
of vengeance upon the heads of three who hail in stay wry CV
buted to his being placed in that awful situation. In the tout
Tuesday, In particular, his conduct Ira most ungovernable.
paroxysms of
.his rage frequently bursting forth into the
frantic expression. The perseverance of these ssforturste
the declarations of their innocence, induced Mr. Nithelsor,
ender-Sheriff; to institute a writ particulat Inquiry among
servants of Mr. Haines, as to their certainty in identify"
priooners an the individuals with whom they were enpgal ty,
morning of the robbery, the result of ~ seemed to have
no doubt whatever of their identity. Representations. hover
were made to the Secretary of State, in consequence of whir
order from that Right lion. Gentleman reached the gad r
o'clock on Tuesday night, respiting their execution until '
next. aceompanied by a letter to Mr. Wilson, the gaoler, di__
• full and aceurate report to be made of every statement and declara.
tion that had been received from Davis since his trial. On =rim
these, Mr. Crider-sheriff Nicholson r.paired insneth...tely •
cell in w hint Davis was confined, and earneady and so.cint
honed him, in order to further the ends of justice, to make
and true confession of every particular with which he was ace
al relating to the transaction in which he had been imelicatee,
darting that he had it in his power to postpone his execution
two days; at the end of which period, it' it were diecoverai tht•
had made a false statement, he would certainly be :treed •
that if his story were true, it was po,,lble that itis life on
spared. but that he must not flatter himself with any 11t
escaping ultimate punishment. Davis thereupon pniccedt
were a most ample and circumstantial confusion,
km" stated, several persona, but exculpating entinly himself
Harris from any share in the outrage upon Mr. Haines. Tel'
tendon was taken down, and signed by the prisoner, and for,
in the morning to the Secretary of State's office. The tar
man was afterwards placed in a solitary cell. and no comma.
was permitted through the night between him and Harris.
William Marshall, aged 37, and ('harks Carlarrigld, reed
it will be in the recollection of our readers, were convicted
I late Assizes of a burglary in the linuee of Mr. Gordon. at I
hamstead, in company with another prisoner named William
alma, aged 39, who was in no way related to the *shunted.
last appeared to have participated but slightly in the robbery,
haying enteud the house; and other circumstances appearing
Ilia favour. he lir.. been reprieved duriag pleasure. The yours
Marshall had fermcrly been in the service of Mr. Gordon.'
after the conviction, memorialized the seeretazy of State in
your, to procure a remissu.n of the capital punishment of bit.
fence. lint, although it was stated to have been his first transgr s.
lion, the circumstance of his having availed himself of the pew
knowledge of the premises, which he had acquired when living i
the family of the prosecutor r his servant, to conduct the rob•
to the most practicable entrance, and to those parts of tee ~
where the property of which they were in quest was depontrd.
greatly aggravated the criminality of his conduct, that he ii
deemed an unfit object of the roysi clemency. His other mew
in guilt, Cartwright, was as old and hardened offender.
Yesterday morning, at seven o'cloa, Mr. Nicholson, the'
Sheriff; arrived at the gaol, and proce.eded to the housed Mr,
son, the gaoler. A little before eight o'clock the two unhappy,
prits were removed from the cells in whit* they had prey'
night, to the chapel of the prison, where they ;pent some
prayer.
The door of the gaol was then opened, disclosing the proem".
consisting of the Under Sheriff; with his officers and aside/re
bearing white wands, followed by Mr. Wilson the gaoler. his Vet
and several gentlemen; then came the Rev. Mr. Frantiya. why
I appeared to be deeply affected, reading the verse, " I am the raw
' Tendon and the life." &c. followed by the prisoners with their iron
who repeated the responses after him. -They proceeded stair
to the sesifkM, the same on which John Thunell was executed,
which had been erected in front of die gaol on the previous evening.
Cartwright first ascended the platform, closely followed by Mr
shall, who, while the executioner was engaged in making the final
artangements with Cartwright, looked steadily around him, ;erne
sang the immense concourse assertibLA to witness the awful ne•
nanny, as if in search of some person whom he might recur&
Ile was then placed beside his assoeinte in crime. and now Enke
loraniffirer, and every preparation being completed, the roes.
diner descended, and drawing the bets, the Mop fell, lzunclatt;
both the culprits into eternity.
After hanging the anal time, the bodies were cot deer, e'
moved into the interior of the gaol.
We cannot refrain from mentioning the divert with el
were filled at noticing the admission of a female with a wen
**platform, for the perfornoutee of the absurd anti t'is;in•ne
practice of rubbing the diseased part with the lauds ei
panted malefactors.
After the execution, the Rev. Mr. Franklen at-con:Tam'
Under-sheriff and gaoler, attended by their assietant,,, to ~ n
in which Harris was awaiting the awful approa* of Ms ecrocs:
fate. On the door being opened, the unhappy man stepped
ward ; his appearance being that of a wan much flurried an
gated, though considerably cooler and more collected than
been on the
diced in the declaioprevious
Tatenvs ofnn eningilocileenirce m
whtiditlhasekhaedd so nlf he
!al
made, and he answered, " Yea, I ant ; 1 am innocent—l
it—l am i> rttrcea6" He was then informed, that the curet
his sentence was postponed until Friday, that the intervzl •
he employed in making further inquiries into the can, that
had better bestow his attention in preparing himselt to meet
doom, as nothing could prolong it beyond that pried, unless
innocence should be clearly establishei in the meantime.

COHN-EXCHANGE, AVGI.79T

had scarcely any fresh arrivals of Grain, BO the
appearing to be more favearable for t'ie harvest, there tut
little demand for any article this atoning ; and no rariaux
prices from ;Monday cau be stated.

(From the London New Price nerrend
HEMP. FLAX, and TALLOW—The demand fee
has considerably revived; the prices have advanced: ycilwr
Tallow 113-21. 335. 6d. a 335. iitl.-1322. 34a. 3d. a 31s. fsl
Si'.. a Us. 6d.—new 365. a 365. 6d. ; for August and S
shipments 365. 6d. a 375. Hemp is also quoted higher; I
and August shipments 11111. ds. In flax that is little at
to not tee.
111 LS—The indirect reports 'from Hanburgh. &a) rctretil
the northern Fisheries, have produced no alteration in the 7-
Oils; for parcels of Greenland here the quotation is still
for arrival 231. is asked, but there bare been few centnct,reP
ether descriptions are nominally the satire as the. pr. cediro
Seed Oils continue to fluctuate; Nape heavy ;
at an advantx of Ills.

liIRTIII.
At inverioehy, on the 4th instant, tbelady of l'olonel
of a son.

MARRIED.
Tueaday„ at St. James's Church, Joseph Smyth IV,
FAq. of D'agben. in the county of York. youngest soo
late Sir William Smyth. Ham of 011 Hall. in them:int,
sex, to Katherine, iecood daughter d Jobe Trotter, LW
ham Park, liens.
On Tuesd.iy, at the Parish Church, Farnham, Surrey..
Rev. C. Austin, Mr. ti. F. Junes., of Pasklington-strcet.
Si
la-bonne, to Frances Elizabeth, tldtst daughter of the I
&sow, of the same place.
' At .t. Mary-la-bonne Church, Mr. R. R. Gilbert, t
third daughter of E. Shin. Esq. Islington.
On the 10tb instant, at St. Lawrence Jeirry, J.rees 111!
Esq. Surgeon, of Harper-.mat, 111-mnsbury, w Marl
eond daughter of Thomas Kesteven. blilk-street.
On the 7th instant, at Pudding:an Church, 31r. dame!
of Elbow-lane. Thames-street, to tsarab, youngest dam'
Ksq. of Islington.

1)1 ED.
On lice fish instant, at Adtlington.plaee, Cantlyetwell,
Sampson, late of Deal, Aged 73.
After a few hours' illness, at Margate, on the sth inst
Ann New, of Chelsea, hi her tilth emr.
On the toth instant, at his loaginga in King-wed%
Matthias Asptlen, Esq. trawniatl'lt'nerc

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