The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-04-20 00:00:00

01.1) LGIII.EY, Araii. 19.

William Wright wtia iiidieted for stealing n lea-
ther harness !needling, and other articles, late tile
property of Mr. fitraiishaw, deceased, i.l the ware-
rooms of Messrs. Witistanley, auctioneers, in 11'u-
-6.1111 Mews.
The •Prisoner eas in the employ of Messrs. Win-
stailley, and was detected by au officer, who avei-
dentally saw h:::: iu the act of selling the us ticks at
en old iron shop. He was found rainy.
The Cl/11310/1 SKIJR•NiT, who toed liim, after
emu orienting un the °di. liCe. as coupled a ith breach
of trust, passed detittillee on bitlt to be publiCly
whipped.
Williaw Brreffird was indicted for stealing two
quires of paper, the property of Joseph Harris.
The Prosecutor is a tallow•chandler and soap.
boiler, living in Brood Wall, Citron Church, and
the Prisoner au exciseman and bookboaler, em-
ployed in his former capacity to visit the Wall, in
which the Prosecutor resides. The latter harsug
missed parcels of paper out of his conntiug-house
at different times, did, for the purpose of detecting
tile thicf, on the 15th of March, write his name and
the date on the inside of two quires, which he left
with the rest of the paper. On the night of the
16th, the Prisoners:erne, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, to inspect Ids premises, and in the morn-
ing early he the paper. Suspicion naturally
fell cis him, as there had not been any other person
there but ; and a search warrant hariog beets
procured, the Prosecutor, accompanied by two
Officers, proceeded to the lodgings of the Pi
iu whole! bed-room they found the paper so marked.
atom with selltr more.
Tim Prisoner to los &Jaime attempted to in-
sinuate. that the Prosecutor had been in the ha-
bits of defrauding the revenue, sod that this pro-
secution was set on foot for the purpose of revenge
for his vigilance in preventing such frauds.
These allegations the CUMAIONSIIWEANT, who
tried the Cause, sifted with the utmost patience
and perspicuity, the event of which was, that the
whole appeared wt love:luso of the Prismier's, for
the purpose of prejudicing the Jury in his favour.
They, however, without the best hesitation, pio-
nouncerl him Guilty.
The CoantoN St.AJF.ANT then, saner commeut- •
ing on the atrocity of his conduct, first, in the
commission of the crime of winch he a:IS clearly
convicted. under the sanction of his in which
such trust must of necessity be reposed iu
and nest, the aggravation of it by his attempt to
impute latch a conspitacy against those who rave
their testimony, l.iueeederl to pas.' sentence ins
him, which his present conduct demanded fur the
safety of the community, in order to rd it of one
capable of framing such au unfounded charge,
which Wit% that re should be transported to such
part as His Majesty should think fit, for the space
of seven years.

The following is the %tidiest of the Coroner's In-
quest held at Kennsare on the 6th inst. before JOHN
WELKE!, Eel. Cormier of the county cit- Kerry, on
the body of the Ker. FlT7utliaLD TISDAI.I., whose
sat.guinary and cruel murder has been so usurers
sally a subject of horror end sou ow :
.• We bud that the sad Rev. Fitz.zivald Tusdall, was wil-
fully, wantonly. and bailhuost..l murdered, on nrriinut "(hie
weal as a loyal and active Wigeitrair, by Michael Abp./4y,
and an serotsplier as yet unknown' as the aurennog uf Sun-
day she Ali of March last, on Ins way from Bantry to
!Leaman, to performs divine service."
A singular discovery oi. a robber was made on
Friday night last, at the Eagle Inn, Hentou, Herts.
Mr. PviesEtr, a draper, at Ktrightnbriilge, stopped
at the house in question, on his way to London from
Stamford, and on retiring to his bed-morn, he by
mere accident ripened the door of a spa.-ions closet,
where he beheld a man, who, however, did not
offer violence, nor had he means so to do. An
alarm was given. and the man was secured. He
had been in company with Mr. PEWSEY and some
London riders, at the house in (titration, iii the
evening, where some settlements in cash hid taken
place. The man was taken before II Magistrate
on Saturday. and he was recovissed as having
robbed a Geutleman at on Inn in Lincolnshire on
the preceding Tuesday, to which county he was
conveyed.
We yeeterday stated, that the works for the
building of Colonel GORDON'S hOtNe, at Chelsea,
had been discontinued. The Colour' has since ad-
vertised that the report to is wholly without found-
ation," and that ouly the sate of the house
has been chunerd ;" Iveving, no doubt, the walls
and chimneys just where they were intended to be.
Now, if Colonel Gottitiosi will just condescend tp
remove the whole, along with the foundation, to
the one rood generously assigned to the public, and
leave the four acres to the hospital. the public will
begin to think a little favourably of the galloon
Colonel.