The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-06-13 00:00:00

LEWES. Jon 11.

Our Monthly Beast Market. on Tuesday test,
was welt supplied with all kinds of stock ; and near-
ly all the butchers from Brighton. and other neigh-
gearing towns. attended; but the market, owing
to the scarcity of grass, was lather a heavy one.
The fallowing were the prevailkog.prices:—.
Bed ea.,,se to as. au.
Hamm au id. to Ss. ed.
Lamb. Se 'ed. to tis.
There were also at Use above market a number of
Lae cart-horses, many of which were sold ut good
prices; and snow very well-bred pigs.
Hailolvim Market, or Wedowday, was well sup-
plied witti sheep and lamas, the sale of which, as
welt as of beasts, was ratherdoll. '

At lour Fuer to-morrow we expect a large snpply
of burned cattle, and a numerate attendance of
both buyer' and sellers.
On Monday last our Town-hall was transferred
to Mr. Amon Wilds. who, otihe evening of that
day. with ruthless hand, knocked down the seat of
Justice.
Last Wednesday. the biltabitants of Weittneston
(e village •few elides from this town), were placed
under great consternation sod alarm, on rectiviug
inforeartion or a robbery, which Mrs. Serie, senrant
to th a Hew. W. Campton, reported had. on that
day, been coMmitted in her master's twine. when
ell the fatally bat hereel were absent. She de.
scribed the robber so minutely, and with so much
confidence, that persons were sent in all directions
in porsuitof him, and a reward of fifty pounds was,
Isy hand-bill, offered fee kis apprehension and con-
vsction. The live-wad-cry and pursuit were ;go-
/misty kept up the whole of Thursday on the
sawn of which day, Mrs. Serle came and lodged
her ieformatieu before • Magistrate in this town.
wino, time was occupied nearly five hours iq taking
it, a detail of which we shall avoid. as the eonclud-
jog part of her denotation may be considered es a
'far streettneu of the whole. She stated, that the
robber, at his third vidt, on last Wetliteulay, be.
tweru one and two o'clock in the aftentoon, seized
her by the hair of her head, and thus draeged her
*Me room to room. %Mil he had °hunted of 'lir a
Ithowledge of what property th was in the hate.,
said posseasedlrimbetf of a pair of loaded pistols and
all the plate be could *find, (consisting of small ar-
ticles of hut few pounds valve,) alien lie led her
forth to execution. in the kittken, where a cord was
',related for that purpose. and after presenting one
of the pistols cad threatening to blow her brains
out if she made the least noise. be alehbetately
Axed the ucuse about her limb, and having placed
the slip.kuut tinder her left ear, turned her cot; ,'N•
claiming with an oath that 44 he had now done for
her." and departed; lout as good luck would have
it. either Xmas the stretching or silippittg of the cord,
she souk „o sa To admit of her sees touching the
Amor, 111 which 'itemise she applied o to of her
heads to the cord above her head. said thus pre.
vested suffocation, whole with her other hand, she
talk from her pricker a penknife. which she opened
with her teeth, and cot herself down, 11114 .110011
ellesemseds darned the osiglibuterbood. its abort
stated t.
On Friday, *he whispers of scepticism created a
suspicion that all was net right, which led to a more
diligent inquiry, sad to a development of the mys-
terious affair. as the plate which Mrs, Serie, in her
information before t e M agestrete, elleged to hate
been stolen, was found. wrapped up in some old
eltpseel, in her !own box, upon the prensts, bat
with the key remainiug in the lock. The pistols
were alsofoentl in a plot of grass near the home.—
Immediately after the above discovery, Mrs. Serie,
who hail been kindly entertained here sauce The/N-
-il-4y, won taken rep by a warriat, and examioeil be-
fore J. Harrison, Esq. who, late on Friday night,
folly committed her to Horsham Gaol, to take her
trisl for thesoffeoce at our next /1.5 ICS. It did not
appear, is her examination, that she bad any ac-
et/towhee in the tattiness.
The phantom of terror was so strongly depicted
theisbove artful woman, that the mho/mains of
roomettes' scarcely thought tlwoiselven safe. m
their own %cones, entit the naked truth appeared.
Last Setwirlav, Moses Maims. en under-waiter,
et the White Wart pun. ist this town. was taken use,,
°barged with hating accreted and appropriated lit
lee own use, cone try bank notes to the amount of
fifty-five pounds, which had been accidentally left
at the above iun. by Mr. hlitford. the Receiver.
General, when its was en his collection Lere about
• fortnight ago, and which he did not miss until a
day or two afterwards. The boy was suspected. in
couseqwelace Otis having been lately observed to
he very flesh of looney, and front lois having. per.
chatted, at divers shops, articles of a description
viiirh it could not be inapposed any roe in his Rhea-
tioe could, by honest unmans. have afforded. Nearly
all the notes have been traced, and re-traced to
`Milton. and one was fnond in !tag ilosseorehit. lie
was examined before .1. Harrison, Esq. and coin-
n•ined to our House of Correction, fur re-exnutina-
tinn.

One day last week, • swarm of !MP* settled on a
dead owl, which Mr. From. of lb lined, had placed
en a stick, to his garden. to scare the Innis. Thei-
smlsibeted a stove! and pleating appeantisce, and
were hived without much difficulty.
A ftw days since, a child fell into a well at Mares-
deli, and was unfortunately drowned—Coroner's
Verdict, Amide's:is/ Dead. And, the day the re.
mains of the above were interred, soother child,
about a year and a half old. fell
the tan te parish, and was suffocated—Verdict,
Anidasidil Death.
On Friday, the lit instant, as Mr. ED*
STAIIII CI. of Laughton, carpenter, was iss,iittirg it
taking dews some timber and rafters, at Clitildingly.
place, he fell. by the giving way of ,inue is kkkkk
bricks without tide, near the gallery. Tan long
ratters accompanied hint is his awful deaceot Of
upwards of 30 feet, to the bottom. where he ali4htv
ed. providentially unhurt. on a cistern, !shaking
the lid through, and part of the frame; lie dtere
wards ate a hearty dinner, and walked to his home,
nearly lour Mk% the some afternoon; the next day
(Saturday) he came on foot to this town, with his
butter. eanforrasbly to long uaitges and has ...nice
daily *nil cheerfully followed his employ as • ear-
pester. at Chiddiugly•place.—The above micieot
and lofty structure, was once the oat i.f S.r June
Jetsetter, Kin. Lon* Chief Baronet' the II • chequer,
in the long reign of Queen ELItBIIIKIII.