The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

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POLICE.

acor-rentre.
DARING AND OUTRAGEOUS FOOTPAD ROBBERY.
On Saturday, Thomas Fifvforald underwent another and
Anal examination before George Miusholl, Esq. charged
with a most daring footpad rubbery, on Friday the Inth
instant, in stopping and robbing Mr. Nicholas Peters, a
rentleman residing in Hampden•street, Somers Town, al mid-
day, heing between one and two o'clock, near the Regent's
Park and Primrose Hill,and tieing armed with a pistol, robbed
him of hie watch, with which he made his escape. It will
be recollected that on the evening of the day of the robbery
the Prosecutor attended at the Office to give information of
the robbery, at which time the Prisoner was seen loitering
about the Office, and answering the description of the

robber. on given by Mr. Peters, he was taken into custody,
and Mr. Peters then said he resembled the robber,
mid on searching the Prisoner's lodging a pistol was found,
which Mr. Peters said resembled the pistol with which
the robber was armed; still Mr. Peters was tenacious in
swearing to the person of -the Prisoner, for fear he might be
wrong. The worthy Mushieste considering the circum-
stances against the Prisoner extremely strong, and the
fence having bee■ committed under each daring and out.
theirons circumstances determined, that every possible exer-
ting' should be made to procure evidence to eurrobroute the
enniciritie circumstances, and gave directions that the watch
which Mr. Peter* had been robbed of should be silver-
tiaed in several Newspapers. folly and partteuilarly described,
which was accordingly dune; and on Saturday (the day ap-
pointed for another examinatiou), Mr. Hawkins, a pawn.
broker, of Druryilne, attended, sod produced a watch
folly answering the description its the advertisement,
mud which be aid lee had taken in pledge from the Prisonr
oil the day on whirl, Mr. Peters was robbed, and the
watch produced by Mr. Hawkins Mr. Peters identified as
his property, and the same he had been robbed of. The
circumstance now being so very strong against the Prisoner,
the Magistrate did not hesitate in fully committing bins
for trial, and binding the parties. over to prosecute.
• The Prisoner was recognised by Jones, the gaoler, as hav-
ing discovered him sumo time *thee, at a late hour, motor
itippiriness circumstances, in St. James's Park, uear the wall
of the King's stables.
The Prisoner denied being the man whom Jones saw there;
hot on Saturday he acknowledged that he was the man
Junes saw.
IttliEN-SQUAIRS.
THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL.
Mos Harris, owner and driver of the hackney-coach*
No 22, was summoned on Saturday before Mr. White and
Mr. Harland, to answer the complaint of James Pople,
one of the dismosinted patrol. 0,, the day the Queen's
funeral passed through the town the Defrodasit placed Isis
roach in the hue of the procession, sad caused a stoppage
at Knightsbridge; the Bow-street patrol who were there on
duty ordered him away, but he refused, alleging it was the
King's highway, and be had a right to stead there in the
avocation of his calling; he war, however, moved off, and
his iiithsher was taken. The complainant said that many
other coaches and c iris were drawn aerate the road in vari-
ous parts is a similar enamor, and proceedings were insti-
tuted against the owners as well as the Defends'''.
The Defendant expressed his sorrow fur ■cting in soy
manner offensive; he said that a gentleman took his coach
at Charingieron, ordered hint to drive bum to meet the pro-
cession, and after lie joined it, to place his coach in some
situation where a good view of it could be had; to these in-
strection he complied, and was ignorant of committing soy
offence till the polite came up and caused him to quit his
env ion.
Mr. White tolJ him, it should be known to all coarbroen
that they had uo nett, to stop in the street to impede the
progress of the King's subjects at any lime. much less
sown this occasion to stop the procession of titt. Queen's
eternal.
A Gentleman, well known to the Magistrate. said, he was
will aequaiiited with the Defeuiliod ; hr knew hint to be
a most loyal subject, sod would not wilfully transgress it he
had knows, it.
The Magistrate regretted that such a man reordered him-
pelf liable to prosecution, his conduct was represented to the
proper authoritice,and !her-Nee of the:miming him now was
to prole his identy, but whether he will be indicted or not,
Lr (the Magistrate) was nut now prepared to say. It is well
known that disterbances have been more frequently cieated
11 meat who call themselves loyal, than by well known bad
characters.
The coachman left the elfin, evAntly in dread of a pro-
NARY-Er-am (warms.
PROFANATION OF THE SABBATH.

Saturday slr. Christopher Draper, landlord of the Horse
•od I.renaditr, Oxford-road, William Lawrence, Charles
Wwwlford, and --a Alcoa, chandlers shopkeepers in
Brown-street. Mary-le•6one, appeared to summonses, on in-
formations laid against them at the instance of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, charging them with vending
their respective goods dialog divine service on the Sabbath
Day. The purport of the informations being distinctly
pr•verl by two officers belonging to the Society, the De-
ft-n(lmila were each couricted to •itigated penalties and
the costs.