The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-21 00:00:00

TtIARYLEBONE.

Yesterday Me. ilfaiite74,)un7-;;;;;;, of Oxford-street, sp.
peared before EDMUND GRIFFITH, Esq. the sitting Alaght,,t.
chrrged with having obstructed and impeded a beat Jury.
iilr. Midden, foreman of the Jury. stated, that one day In the
past week he and some other persons had to perambulate a dismee
of the parish in the capacity of Legit Jurors. During their inspet.
tion some of the Jury entered Mr.Matthewes shop, he (the witneui
remaining outside, but general practice being so to do unless called .
The Jury had not been within the shop many minutes before ir
perceived a bustle amongst them, and being twice called, he vet;
In, and was informed there wait no legsl measure in the shop. The
defendant appeared to be in a great passion, and pointing out adis.
tance nailed on the counter, said that was a fair yard measure, am
swore he would have no other. He was informed such a measure
was not legal ; and putting himself in a fighting attitude, threaten.
ed to turn the Jury out of the shop, and actually seized one of the
Jurors by the collar, in endeavouring to put him into the street.
In his defence Mr. Mathews contended that his meanness
perfectly proper. and that he had used no violence towards says(
the Jurymen. He complained that they had acted with partiality,
because he had had an altercation with them before respecting a
yard measure.

The Jurymen hnwerer swore to the assault and obstruction. sad
51r. Mathews was held to bail to appear at the sessions.

LAMBETH-STREET.

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CIRCULATION OF BASE Colre.--Yestenlay Air. POIFILIL'
being in attendance at this office on the part of the solicitor for tut
Mint, Jahn Runell and John Billam were brought up for final
examination before J. Hardwick, Eaq. the sitting Magistrute,
charged with haring in their possession a quantity of base coin.
with Intent to circulate it.

The charges against the prisoners were of a separate nature.
The first gone into was that of Russell, in substantiation of wines
Plunket, one of the beadles of the pariah of Whitechaml, Eyed.
that on the morning of the 17th inst. about two o'clu.k, being on
duty r.t the watchhouse, he heard a loud notee in the vicinity. He
in consequence went out to ascertain from whence it proceeded, and
perceived, close to the door, a number of persons, one of whom told
him that there was a man near at hand who had a quantity of 64
coin upon his peron. He accordingly went to the earner ofJobe..
street, Church. row, where he saw the prisoner, whom, from the de.'
sctiption he received, he suspected to be the person accuse.
Having stopped him he searched his person, and found on hay 12
half.cowna, all of which were base metal.

This was all the evidence as affecting Russell; and the ease
against Billam was clearly proved by IVright, a constable of East
Ham, in Essex. During Its fnvestigstion it appeared that he (ii,'•
lam) had been recently tried at Clerkenwell t.)essiona for a Until.;
offence, and that at the present moment his wife and two sons wet:
undergoing the sentence of the law at Chelmsford gaol, for practice.
of the same description.
Both the prlsoners, who an. old and well-known cffentlets, set:
fully committed for trial.