The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

Sattirrlay Joseph I:raw, who was on Wednesday renisioleil
on a charge of frawlitlently obtaining two pair of hoots Liam
Mr. Hedges, of Solisbury-siprare, was brought up fur re-
xinsination. Mr. Hedges tocpreeeett a di.inclinst ion to pro.
si eute,lissing reason to believe that the Prisoner, tale of his
having been driven by iliatreas In commit the fraud was cur-
rent. The Prisoner would immetimtely have been discharged,
but a crowd of stiopkerpers came firs ward to prefer flintier
clisrges against him. The Seat chaise was by Mr.. Wiggins,
a straw borniet maker, in Toltrotham-rourt road, who visited,
that six mouths ago Grsy fame to her shop with * pretended
message from a lady, who want. tl to see her, suit give her an
order fur some straw b linnets. Mrs. Wiggins was about in
send her sloop woman, but the Prisoner said It was the lady's
particular desire to give the order to herself. Mrs. Wiggins
accordingly aceninuenied the Prisoner, ash° sows contrived
to give her the slip. She found no such lady, and sun her
return home she was astounded at hearing that the ()litanies.
bad been there as if with a message from her, and had ob-
tained two of the beet Leghorn bonus Is. Mr. Keys, the
bookseller, Colemati.sirmi, deposed, that some time since
the Prisoner came to his shop, and told him there was •
gentlem•ri in Finsbury-signore who was going into the
country, and wanted to -give Mr. Keys as order fur some
books to take with I . Mr. Keys atcoritingly vri lit with the
Prisoner, 11110, on their coming to Finalist or-innate, pointed
not the house, soil said be must himself go to a tarok-rnaker's
near nt him!, to order apm tmautrato f.r his masts. Mr.
Keys found there was no inch person living at the horse, and
ran house as fast as he could, but was just too late. The
PI i POW r hul returned to the situp •aying to Mrs. Keys that
hr had lit en vent by her husband to kirk the brat folio Bible,
snit the puma edit ion of Dr.Johwaun's Dielionaty, which
was in the window, whirls M is. Keys slid not hesitate to let
bun have. Several Mho ra were AllUtilla to relate examples
of the Prisoner's address in his prufessiois. The Magus.
trate thought it was unnecessary to unship'', eliar4es against
him ; and us Mr. ileilttrp. lifttiplre about prosecuting were
✓ealms eil by areJu oh given tit the Prisuser's long-practised
frantic, h, *Ns hound uvi r to pro.ertite, OM was also Mr.
Keys; and the Prisoner was fully committed.

BOW-STIMET.
CHARGE OF BURGLARY.

On Saturday last Jaws Addows. n nolotioiss horse_
breaker, nriderwesit an ccansinaiiim before G. H. Slmstiull,
Esq. chsrgeol wish burelariscialy entering the house of Lucas
Hal', in Permline row, St
It npp'•ared that on Thursday evening hat Mr. Bull was
Crave, from his borne fur a abort period, and on his return
he Wllll much aurpriartl to find the •trert dour on the latch;
having resistively left it doidile leek. ii; lie immediately
prom-oder' over the bons►, and discovered that it had bee°
rubbed of linen, wearing apparel, and other properly to the
amu•nn: of 30/. Altosit II o'clock on the name iii;ht the
Prisoner, in company vinh :moth. r man, carrying each a
large Montle, were °lorry's' by Ellis. mid Wright, two of the
foot petrol of the Bow-street establishment in the New-
road, near E 514.011 square, and asstpecting them from their
manlier, they wrist tin In them. The Primmer'e m 114,11000
set silt running, and atierrrilesl in setting anal,. Ellis
smcril the other and arettretl him. The article* found in the
Prisoner's nucgesaion were itltutified by Mr. Hull.
Me was fully command.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
A DOG FANCIER.

Mr. Now, it pith semi, in Clowlei—street,
eliortred a Drill of the name of flerring Pond,a due
with on as.solt, and that one of his dogs bail killi d the pro.
Income's rat. The tvatehtttses, who attempted to take bhn
halo cmtaly, was kuntked down, mill the fellow was not
4 until Drew, Gilmour, and timidly, constables of this
office, were sent foe. 09 their appearance the Prisoner let
louse five ferocious dugs at them, and the officers were nut
able to rompleie their caption before the dogs hail torn and
lacerated their lege its a dssigertius 11111111er. litlndly was
cern obliged so use his pistols. and shut one of the dogs.
The utilise was committed to the Sessions, now sitting, to
answer these several outrages.

HATTON-GARDEN.
A FEMALE DRUMMER.
Oa Saturday Mary Jones, otherwise Ton Jones, a female
of sinemlar appearance, was brought before the Magistratos
at this office, in custody of Iwo of the officers of the Mendi-
city Society, charged with committing an act of vagrancy,
The oilier rs slated, that a they were going their daily round.
they saw the Po tanner, who was big with child, aittiug on the
steps of a gentlemais'a door, iu (lusicesterdimeet, Quiren•
square ; she was surrounded by a large crowd, and appeared
as if she was recovering from a fainting fit, they immediate-
ly convc)ed her to the Meadirity Society's Office, in Red
Lionovaarr, where she received sonic soap, and her exami-
nation was taken, and on referring to the Meadirity banks
her name and semarkshie desnipsion was foam, entered
(•loich books they produced), whence it appeared that she
had been relieted three limes before by the Society, and
passed to ber place of settlement (Bsoniingham), from which
circumstance tiny thought lire a fit object to he brought be.
fore the Magistrateo, to he dealt with according to her de.
serfs. The Prissmor being sifted what she had to say its her
own defence, gave the following extraordinary accusing of her
life and adv.:mimes :

Sill' was a soldier% datighter ; her mother died whin she
was a child, and idw accompanied her father in his cam-
paigns habited in buy's apparel. Her father woo killed in
biutle ; and she bring left forlorn iu a steatite country, en-
listed as the age of twelve yetis; ism the 47th n.contritt or
foot, where rite .erred seven years as a drummer, and wash,

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WiNbSOR, OCTOBER 20.

BOROUGH OF NEW WINDSOR.
Oar Quarter Sessions were bolder. on Friday last, before
Insets Excision, Eaq. Mayor, and John Minister, Esq. Jus-
tice. The Recorder, Giffin Wilamn, Em. was absent, but
P.cq. attended instead.
John Wicks, labourer, was convicted of larceny, in stealing
s brass trumpet, the property of T. Eremond, a trumpeter in
the life ginreali Ii appeared in evidence, that Heimann.' and
a soldier of the same regiment were, on the 10.1. geptember,
in the Three Tuns, where the Prisoner and Once other men
were drinking. The trumpeter went out, leaving his trum-
pet in the box where he hail beets sitting. On Isis return,
in about ten minutes, lie missed his trumpet, and found the
Prisoner and his companions gone. He, *Atli Patrick Con-
way, his contrail..., went in *Parch of them, anti met them in
Ilse environs of the town. The Prisoaier NMI the rest denied
having the trumpet, but they searched the Prisoner, and
found it in his waistcoat. John Weeks was in horror.
The Presoner, in hit defence, alleged that lie was Miami-
cated, null that the trumpet was prat niacin its person, with-
out Ina knowledge
To he imprisoned three weeks.
Thomas Manly, convicted of picking the piirket of
Petit of a handkerchief, in the 11:arheloa's Acre, at Windsor,
on the day of the Coronation, was sentenced to lie publicly
whipped, and imprisoned three ni l'he Prisoner un-
derwent the personal correction on grturdsy at 12 o'clock
stephei Pugh, • private in the foul morals. was indicted
for stra!ing a petrel from the Original Coach-office, at Wintl•
nor, in the evening of the 2811. July, containing haberdashery
good. the property of Mr. Ohaili al. Tippetta, of Windsor.
The Charge of sttali.,g was established against the Prisoner,
upon yet y diet Met et titmice.
William Dsvia, book keeper at the coach-office, deposed,
that a parcel, directed to Mr. Tipp, Its, was on the way-bill,
and that the same was mis.mg; un the Sib August he ob-
tained information that led him to suspect the Prisoner, and
in company with Mr. Tippetta, he went to the barracks,
where, in a box in the possession of lite Primmer, he found
part of the property.
Mr. Tippetta confirmed the finding of the property, which
be bmight on the 27th of July, Of the house of John Ellis
and Co. of Loudon.

Corporal John lent the Prisoner the box in which
the property was otiol, upon hi■ repreaentation that he had
received a parcel f home. Some attempts haviog been
aside by the Proton, r to implicate Williams in the transaction,
SwAsev (amine as Recorder) expressed his complete
conviction of his innocence.

William Cuckill, of Witiebonr, and John Bailey, a private
in the foot guards, saw the Prisoner sills a large lunar paper
parcel under his min, on the night of the robbery :—he sub-
sequently exhibited the g1)011111 to Bailey, and gyve him a rib-
IWO, saying that he had rect-iveJ them front hi. friends.—
Robert Fleetwood, and Geoece Cole, of Shingly, each
borscht some articles from the Prisoner, WIIi;q1 were proved
to tome been part of those consigned to Mr. Tiportts. The
possessi tttt of the goods was distinctly traced flout the Mass-
faeittrer at Norwich to his agent iii London, and thence to
the house of Ellis and Co. of whom they were porch:mil by
Mr. Tippetio. The nninfters upon Iwo pieces of crops cor-
responded with the numbers in the agent's beak.
The Jury immediately found the Prisoner
Mr. SWABIA', in passing sentence, empliaticiilly dwelt
upon the necessity of deterring others (tom committing
similar crimes, by inflirting a severe punishment. In a
eni mercial country like England the facility of committing
such robhcries was so giest, that the penalty (or the offence
must of necessity be heavy in proportion to the temptation.
The sentence of the Court was, that he should be Iraasporled
f.'r :terra years.
The Prisoner heard the sentence with the great►st
effrontery. •od at the conclusion exclaimed, " Thank pie,
my Lord ; I hope you may remain there till I come back.-
Joseph Finch, indicted as a common chest, for repeatedly
obtaining money of the Overseers of the Poor, under films
pretences, and assuming the same of another person, pleaded
Grill". He was sentenced to hard labour it the Hutton of
Correction of the county for one year.

TIIE TURF.

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NEWMARKET SECOND oc ron1:11 M E ET! NG, 1821.

FRIDAY. OCTOerlt
Hswdiesp Swortuoinko,o of 10,rs each, fog 3yr 01t14. TY C.
Mr. Crockfor.l.s for. e.lo) Slim, 1111 i W. Palms, 7.t. 911,...
Duke of Grafiou's Carloonaro, 7.1. 13 lb.
Mr. Hatoolie Ifoi.icrurian,
Mr. Jaws% Fleur-dr-Li., 14~1
Mr. Wilsou's e. by Smoletii.ko. 1/11. of Cowslip, 7-t Illb
Lit G. H. Caveudish's f. by Midillethoqie, out i.f BAlrosa,
ttst. 51b.
M. Yilheres f. by Seliw, out of Donna Clara, :at. &b.
Mr. Grerille's f. by Aladdin, 7 Ai. tilb.
The Judge plarrol but 4.
5 In 2 apt Mr. Crort.ford'A br, c.

Mr. Junes**, Ajax, Sit. beat Mr. Vinlittarro e.by Cardinal
York,lll.t. l'trat half of Ah. M. 5.'11.-5 to 4 arm 4.1,a.
Lord Exeter's Augusta Bst Sib. lwai Mr. thltly's y.t.
D. M. loNs. h. ft.-11 to b Aneusl3.
I.nrd F:xe ter'a Sultan, heat Mr. Grevilles Raeker,Bat. 7.b.
Barb. I) M. 2000, —6 to son Sultan.

DIY.. Grniam's Lanreucr, R,t. IMb. Item Mr. Grey;lles
•i.ler to Plumper, 7sl. 511). lu ♦ on Ire-
tenet.

Mr. Miss.'s Atrjer, Sit. 12Ib rte. 75gs. from Mr.
too'. St. Patrick,3.l.llb. A. F. 30i,gr. b. fr.
,Ir. T. Clarke's c. Sorcerer, 3 )rs old, 9st. spl Mr. R.
Pellet's Ajts, 2 yrs okl, 711. D. 51. lUdgi. b. 11.-01 r tty
consent.