The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-02-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, Fi.s. 20.

This day a soldier in the guards, of the name of
Apses, was convicted of a robbery in the house of
one of the sufferers by the late fire in Princes's-
street, Westminster. The Prisoner was discovered
in the house, carrying off a bedstead ; and, on be.
big questioned, he said he had been emplcy..ed to
remove the goods, some of which he offered fer
sale.
Edward Tobin and Edmund Hickey were tried
far stealing a quantity of vermillion and other co-
lours, to the value of 201. front the warehouse
of
Messrs. Bergen, wholesale colour-dealers in Pew-
lane, Cheapeide, where the • prisoners had been
employed as porters. Mr. Laurence Bergen, one
of the partners, said the 'house having been robbed
lof considerable property,lie and a clerk concealed
themselves in the warehouses when the porters
chme to work; they beard the two prisoners open
the door 'of an inner warehouse with a false key.
They saw them afterwards come out, and proceed
to the street door. They rushed after the prison-.
cry, who ran away. Tobin threw down a bundle
near the door, and was taken in l'heapettle.
Hickey sin oil near a utile before he iv. is taken.
it appeared that Tobin had been discharged a .
fortnight before this time, and had come to hr.
quire after Hickey the day before, disguised as a
Jew elottiebuhin• Verdict, guilty—Death.
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.11.11DDLISEX SESSIONS—F zit. 20.

CHARGE OF PERJURY.
THE: KINO IL J. LILLE.
• 'The Defendant was indicted for making a ralse
affidavit iu the Court of. Chancery. in stating, that
19001. paid to the Prosecutor, Mr. Emhden, of
turf celebrity, was advanced in part pa% ment df
80001. for timber *old, and which was stated in the
allegation to have been paid, lametfide, for services
rendered to the Defendant by the Prosecutor..
Mr. Embden stated, in consequence of having
advanced rums of money to Mr. G. Wetherdenn,
n gentleman of fortune, in Kent, and of his being
in want of other loans, it was agreed that Mr.
Embdc.o should find a purchaser for some timber
on Mr. Wethenleiin's estate ; and for this purpose
he applied to the present Defendant, an opulent
timber-merchant, iu Kent, who agreed to give
80001. fors certain quantity, and Mr. Einlxlen
received loot. frchn Mr. Weticerdenn for his ser-
vices. Witness stated that the Defendant had
agreed to allow him 51. ior. per load for the tim-
ber, as a share of the profits of a good bargain ;
and he received in hills of exchange 19001. He *as
afterwards applied to for this money by Mr. We-
therdenn, and he was taken to Bow-street on
charge of futud—but the Magistrate discharged
the bus;nesx.
It was contended in defence, that the 1900 T.
paid by the Defendant to the Prosecutor, was not
a doutertc ; but that it was given in part payment
of the 8,00001 due to Mr. Wetherdenn for the
timber ; and that the present Prosecutor had suf-
fered a verdict to go against him at the suit of Mr.
Wetherdenn, for the 19001. The Prosecutor had
also insured the life of Mr. Wetherdenn, who
wanted 14 menthe of being of age, for 19001. sad,
he had charged Mr. Wetherdeen with the expenses
attending that insurance. 'rhe trial took up the
whole day, and the Defendant wag acquitted.

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A notice is inserted inSaturday night's Oa:Etter*, ,
appreliendituc the
_persons concerned in sending the
foliowi na letter to Tuon As H ARDI NG. of Kuutsfordo
in the county of Chester, one of the Tax Commisiv
sioners for that district : a hundred pounds reward
is also offered for his apprehension. The letter is
as follow!. :-
- " Henliae, thou villain, thou art in danger—look to thy-
self, and think on the latter rood before it be too late, for
e'er winter be past thou *halt be so meet, thy louse shall
be in flames, and thy life in danger, (erre in monicutary ism-
ger,) thou wretch who never nnett to have hood interroorse
with mankind. Remember, and thmk on thy Isl,lllCibilli
Mite before thou goes to the Des il."
Mr. Ju®N Moore. sot of Mrs. Moose, :o the
G..cive, Bath, was one :wrong Ihe many lamented
lives who perished in the Bie::hein. He sailed as
Surgeou's Mate in the Persertynace Indianian;
and when off Prince of Wales's Wand, be vo-
Justeered his services to the unfortueete Sir Tao-
XAS TftOWSPIDGE. as kesivtant Surgeon—a cir-
" curnstance unk nea la to i.•,, family iin•il
viviti of the Perrectra:Tc, when the. 1
leucholy fate of tic.: spi,:ted wad pi,
man.

the late ar-
leamt the m•-
:caa:itas 7oun3
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inmng, ere. 18.
Itresterdnyi awarding to previous tiotit'his
Glace the Lord Licuteitant proceeded- to lay Itte
tiot stone or a monument of Irish gratitude, to tie
memory of the ill wittioutNelson..
(hi this occasion the vast asletahlage of pent's' of
every detictiptuni—the crowds which throwiett the
streets, ant r Ste beauty, twilit:rot, and elegance,
which tilled the windows of every house from Cork-
hill to the Rotunda, bore snfficient testimony how
sieeerely the Irish heart beat in unison with these
feelings of grateful admiration which the monu-
ment about to be erected was intended to record.
The different 'military corps, and other bodies,
which formed the pmcession, kept assembling at
the Royal-Exchange, from eleven, until about one
o'clock, at whitih hon.., the departure of his Grace
the Duke of Rich:nom-I, trnin the Castle, was an.
it-Minted by the discharge of a cannon. The whole
p-imesAion now was in motion, and according to the
tol;turing arrangement : -
ORDER OF PROCESSION.

Tribe, of YeCITIWU Cavalry.
Two Sia-puunhow anti an appropriate Train.
Yewaeo Infaui v.
Sailers, carrying a Flag, Kt. Crone's Ensign.
Bas..d playing Ride Britannia.
Tcomeu Infantry.
A Boat on a Carriage,
IletveltlCh were Oared 12 Marine IBoys, drawn bye Sailors,
in White Jackets and Trowsers.
120 31.Arine Boys,
Melded into .3 Divisions, under Wltite, Red, and Blue Flags.
Rite Tenancy./ Corps.
Sailors, earryine Onion Jerk'.
Yrnoien Infantry.
_ - . .

. The Carps of Sea Feagibisa, headed by their Meas.
Band of Music.
Naval and Military Officers, Four and Four.
Subscribers to the Pillar,
with M bite Wands.
Fallorrs nod Studosts or Trinity College.
Common ComicaL
Sheriffs.
Lord Mayor. ge
Aldermen, iir their Scarlet Gomm.
c .tr &dilemma
Load tlayJs'a Servants. in State Liveries.
Troop of L/serious.
TareStsto Carrissas the Vanes elegantly decorated,
*Mug his EXcelleseetiAid-rie-Camps, Lc. Lc.
Battlesse Guard.
The Lord 1-irotensat

juseeserh drawn by Six Beautiful Bays:decorated in • style
of the grvatcst 'magnificence, with 4 Foutmeo
behind, in euperb bared liveries.
A Troop of Dragoons.
Two Carriages of Lord Harrington's.
A nuiesewous body of Yeomen hifentry.
Four six-posoders, elide Train of
Yeomen Artillerymen.
Rifle Corps.
Lord 'Mayor's and Sheriff's State Coaches,
Aad an rationed train of Gentienyeas' Carriages, Joe. k.e.
This procession moved from Cork-hill, through
Dame-street, Westmorland-street, over Carlisle-
bridge, along Sticky;lle-street, and passing the *cite
of the monument on the western side, continued its
course to the Itotimda ; it .then came down on the
east side of Sack ville-street, until its head foal ar-
rived at Carlisle-bridge, where it became stationary.
His Excellency and his amiable Consort and their
Mite, the Subscribers, Lord Mayor, Naval and
Military Officers, &c. fcc. had by this time entered
the suelosed pailing, when the mese:ivy preparltions
having been previously made, the stone was suspend-
ed froto a tnangle over the place .prepared to re-
ceive it, whets his Gillett ordered it to be leseered,
and taking the trowel placed souse mortar upon
it. A i.tilor then got aloft, and leat.ing on the
flai-stafl, gave the aigied to the sailort, witD-
aux, for three hearty chearmt, hnrriediwtety on which
the hands struck up Itstie lieftenevois, and three
rockets wore fired as r sigral, ta' the batteries,
which was el:l'Uvred by a rotki salute. The Pro-
cession then returned to tbraitle, when a few de
jsie was tired by the slithery,
The following is the Inscription upon the Plate
placed on the Stone:—
by the Blessing .1 Ahnighty God, to commemorate the
ttassorentLat heroic scidestrineets °file Right llou. Horatio
Loot rscoirtt Nelsoa, Duke of Bruoti, in Sicay, Vire•Ad-
am.a of the White Roue:lron of His Majesty'. Fleet, who
lip glue:pasty io the Battle off Cape Trafalgar, un the 21St
111111 of erctutur, vrtesi he obtained for his country •
...Mary over the ronthinctl Fleet. of Frame and Spain, tin-
M:ted in haral History this first Stone of a Trionnyhal
. sea had by his fines
CHARLES DULE of IDCIIIMOND sad ICNOIL,
Lord I...ecteturst General mid General Gm-inner of Ireland,
on the tad, day of Fclerusre, in th: year of oar Lard,
130 e, sad in :hi ',lli ',car Jf the Reline of oar must gra.
canoe Soceirigii Crory' the Third, in promote of the
Coined.' we appointed by the Subseribcrs .or erecting this
Monmacet.