The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-22 00:00:00

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On Tuesday Thiry Todd, the driver of else cart No
124.149, was brought up Woe* Mr. Bernie, the Sitting 31••
',Ourself., charged wills • most gross outrage, to wilf,cl;.
overturning the Lady of John Read, Esq. of Compton-sloe,,
Brunewickerquare, while ice a pony-diet with her child *ce
female
were taking an airing un the Hainpatead-road, and when
they were near Jack Straw's Castle, Mrs React, who was
drivee4 her title vehicle, observed the Defendant delving a
dung-cart, in company with meiotic.. man, situ driving a
Ilene-rare They were both makseg a great noese, leallutoua,
laugh rig, &e. and drilling their 11.111111 al a trotting
and from ibeir a I constrict ales. Read became alarmed
Cu fear of accidents; she, ie. cons. drew up ruse to
the right side of the road; toetweeleviaiolaue this prudent pie,
calviou, Ilse Defendant's cart, ley hi. gross ecedietero. 4t.
oiled misbehaviour, drove SC/title,
311.1 tuned it over, when Met. Read, her child, aced servaat
were thrown out, and much injured.
The Vefeeerlane was convicted under the Act The NTiris.
taste regretted that the ',realty was not heavier than tit,:
allowed by the Highway Act, the case trete; au talretsc.t
ar,,,,a1 eel.
William, Smith, alias Riley, was brought en the office by
W 1111•1111 SVestrote, n constable, who stated that on Tuesday
bet +seen eleven and twelve o'clock, as he was as the Non,
of 11:ticlen-lane, in Itedford-oreee, Covent •goalen, he rerehesd
the Prisoner rewiring up Bedford street linen the Seco.d,
and observed him in the set of concealing roneething molly
his coat, and knowing him to be the companion of there's,
suspected he had commuted • robbery; he followed end se_
cured him, when the Prisoner called him by his nail?". and
oh el, that it was of no use making le resisiance, and as-
sured! hien it was the first !beteg of t!ee kind he had taken.
A valuable silk handkerchief ass foucal ht leat hat On h:s
way to the office, • young man who te teed come their to rice
information of his having been robbed at an early hone on
Sunday morning WI Hempstead Heath, met tin his seeing the
Prisoner pane he ultutiliieel hem as one of elo• rohb rs. He rte..
scribed himself as Robert Lake, reside. g w Totteolcam.ruu.
road. Oo Sunday soothing begot tete et the ea. ly hour of foe,
o'clock, to take a walk to Hampstead. On hie way three
he gut into the company of the Prisoner, two lettere yowl
men, and Iwo young women, by sweetener in Tottee.ham-
courtroad, to speak krone of the woruen, a how he supposed
lee knew; he joined Ike others by chance 4/11 the I.e.ct.
While they were on Hampstead Heath, lee was seddeery
knocked off the road, among the hushes, when the iirc.:
men emptied his pockets of about co.c pound in silver,
they these ran off with his hal and coat. He lead 111/
doubt of Ole Prisoner being otseof the men ; the two women
followed the men. He received no much iejury in In 4
shoulders and oilier parts of his body, that he could nut ete.
after them. It was then seven o'clock, and their were a
number of per; .... s near flee spot, belt they did not interfere
to assist him, leaving no doubt, from the toilette manner he
was knocked duwu and rubbed, but that it was a frolic with
the parties.
The l'..isoner admitted being one of the party. lie •at
committed for further examination.
Jane French, a most depraved chancier, was committed
by Mr. Bernie, for the 271 h time, besides committals hy
other Magistrates, for indecency in the public sheds, aced
breaking the windows of public-homes.
Cornelius Bryan( and Joseph Beard were eliaraed with
robbing the house of Mr. Buckley, at Kilhurn, about foue
o'clock no Monday afternoon, •uel stealing twelve se!vrr
spoons, the property of Mr. Beckley, and a silver awl',
the property of Anne Junes, his arming.
The Prisoners were kstown at the office. They were du:l2-
;1141(d fear further examination.

FATAL ACCIDENT.
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On Sunday afternoon lam, one of the coaches running
between Loudon, Little Hampton, awl was usenet
in the town of Arundel, and the whole of the outside pa..
sengers dashed with the greatest violence to the ground.
Mr. Ruined Payne,of Noble-street, war killed ou the spot;
and Mr: Cobden, holding a situation in the establishment of
Mr. Murcia, of St. Paul's Church-yard. was so dreadfully
injured, as to be confined in the country under surgical as-
sistance ever since.

A Corouer's Jury have sat on the remains of the tinrer.
tunste Mr. Payne, and returned a seidiet of `• Accidodal
Deana ;" bolt have also thought it eight to find a deutlioid of
301. against the proprietors of the cosi+.

Tuesday, at noon, some villain fired a loodrd
musket into one of the first floor windows or the
house of Mrs. LLOYD, a respectalile widow residi.ig
in Kirby-street, Ilatton-garden, not far from the
Police-Ace. 'Twelve panes of glass were brakes.
Fortunately the foully had just retired from the
room. An immediate inquiry yids made.. but the
villain escaped midi4eoverrd.