The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-30 00:00:00

In the erne tieweril ea bat an enemy's army It looe-
"ire WO ill-trtlXt peaceable iulteliitants, who were not poss.
....met of the wane of defence. A Yung sans attended
w Hn had been extremely ill-treated, to endeavour to identify
"-nie of the wretches in ettetualy, loaf ver there was very
chance of tenser, as the villain" bound hie
wafted bins into apood, is a Geld adjoining the fair, and
Orsgeed tint tionsigh it; robbed hits of his hat, boots.
x 'bah basulkerehief, ke. /'heir ill-treatinent towards him
WWI on besimossimeleritel that he expected to be murdered.
'Another/ Gentleman, after rolabing hie of his watch, hat,
°"',44N Avenel. ke. sad Also ill-treating hint, they pushed
ism sediteh. where they left him in a most deplorable slate.
Another geutleasan, 11110 was treated in a similar wily,
yell line had not patience to poll off his hoots but cut
4..r0, off One geutkman wait not only robbed of bile watch
rre.ot 1110111.2, hitt of all his clothes, mild left naked in a field,
:'see ill-treating hint. These barbarities, ewrltirs, mid
4 Slik,4l ontritges, were Reicribrel to have been committed
by 'molar er:nnised rums, euisdueted by WNW respectably
armed with bludgeons. dome of them in nested,
•;.. of She lower order, some gipsies, Jews, sailors, and stem
..1 enter.
The Office woss yesterday attended by a number of per.
emus who have been wooded and rubbed at the Fair. in..
cmetions were brought to the (Mee of several persons
v No are coodned from the wounds they received.
Poe C.rtitleinan attended with his left erns In a sling;
.12.4•1 hie ehonloler was pat oat, bat was mot sore whether
itnc• caused by the blows he had reetived,or by his resist.
use their attacks.
A sergeant on the Life Guards, who had been robbed and
;-trested, attended, and •Ithoingh he is shove six feet high,
be hat in chance in defending himself, the gaog winch
artaeked him twin:: eo nnmeross and powerful.
'teat of those in custody were take, in a booth is the
Fair, Lime n se the flesh oar, the resort for this veer and di..
"orderly prr"nois, and which was kept by a men who resides
at kiyewater.
. Sir Nathaniel Cooant has very properly taken up the
bogie." ee in a very spirited trimmer, sad declared be will nut
aisettai ger any, of the parties in custody, and has again cons.
.pitted the t:y ;D 01121/ to afford all those who have suf.
treed Com their depredation' an opportunity of ;needing
tp leo'oy them. He ha. also taken the evidence of the
p ortirslarly that of John Davis,• se to the gem.
al emotive: of the ranxii of which the Prisoners formed a
:411211. Mitch praise is due to John Davit, to whose ester.
doom is I.• be attributed the apprehension of a number of
ire Prisoners. He has, however, received much injury
f oen she villains A great number of the most &Hug of
EAe carts and their leaders escaped, and are still 21 large.
T.-seseend, the officer, was present yesterday rot the
t..., "aid declared, that during kis long practice of forty
"rare, he did rot recollect such a inemcroue assemblage of
I..sur, and curls daring and oetrarous conduct.

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11,c • followilte is the substance of she examination of
t!,.eir brought from different watchAnn.e• yesterday mos-o-
f:e 7••••
Nearly Ilanterli was identified by Lieutenant Edmund
'flakes, of the Royal Navy, who stated, that on Monthly
'e Vetting. he, accompanied by his brother, was induced to
Kn tti see the hiimnun of West End Fair, and between
flail. and ten eichick be was attarlerd hi a field by
• • nitmlo-r of persons, In the amount of shout Shy, which
t,:ed: place near the entrance to the fair. The ruffians cun-
I ~rd to niugle his month, so that he was unable to call
ssei‘tipore, and from the numbers who attacked him, he
ona.de to resist the villains, who forcibly and violently
tinned bin, of his hat. and riled his pockets. They separated
sod diner him from his brother He was sure the Prisoner
err,: one of the gang whip had assaulted and robbed bim.
/la t, rreullection of the other Prisoners at the liar, lint
spur of the Piisoners who was examined on Wednesday, on
another charge for an offence committed at the fair, he was
.soee was one who attacked him, hilt owing to the length of
the rasnistiiition then, he was not able to stay at the office,
let would nsirnd the next rumination.
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Walter Oakes, Esq. the hp:ether of ibe last witness, ap-
peared with a bandage over bis right eye, occasioned by the
injury I.r had received in the attack, confirmed eh* state.
silent of bia brother, and believes the Prisoner Hancock to
4:ne of elle gang who attacked him and his Mother at the
Ts abut he declined swearing positively to him.
'Upon this evidence being given, Sir Nathaniel Conant
roldemsed the Prisoner, nod told him be was charged with a
vs. y serious offence, and committed as it wale in such • 'iot-
a:ins sad en moltuous assembly, and in suck a daring manner,
on matter whether hr actinelly committed it or not, provided
1.. was aiding and nheliing those who did, lie was equally
godly he had no doubt that if • Jury should find him
g•itliy, the Judge who tried him avoid think him • proper
object for • eremitic'''.
-Joseph Interantei, a young man, was identified at the
dour of the office, as bring one of • gang at the fair on Mon-
dly night.
Thonme Lanni', a dealer in milk, of Little Carter-lane,
'Porton' Commons, stated, that un Monday evening be went
19 In'est End fair, where he was attacked by a gang of 50 or
OW men. arrived with sticks, knocked down, and most
;feel!), herd ; they afterwards rubbed him of his watch, hat,
rrhaif, and one shoe. They used so much violence in
itskine his +stele, that they tore out his fob wills it. Some of
thane ended oat to murder him, as he knew several of them
to be bad thalamus, who reside in Old street.
The Prisoner denied being at the fair, said said he was in
mashes house all that night. He had thee, life his
las,ter's hover, who is Mr. Rutile, Bloomsbury, to take
bt;WIS 111.11.01 to the Master of the Rolls, in Chancery-tape,
/*lid be only came to the Office to see some persons.
Nis master afterwards came to the Office, and offered to
Lad hint, but he was Mfg/rated that it was not a bailable
offeuee, except before a Judge.
george Ireland, Henry Harrington, imemsk Bell, and
;rink:no Ohre', were charged by George Derrell. • special
constable, who apprehended them with • disoideirly amesn-
blage at five o'clock on Wednesday morning in the fhir. On
Ito P.isouer behind were found two pockets of winikees
beerthcs or trousers, which had evidently been cut or torit
unt.
George Ciembee was charged with attempting to pick
err rat markets to the fair um Tuesday evening.
Rummers were all remanded for a farther examination.