The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-30 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

Ir. Darfur, of Charles.stratt, Hatton-garden, plumber, and
E. Graifr, carman to Sir ita:irge Alderson, were placid at the bar
of this office, before W. GALLANT IN r., Esq. the presiding Ma.
gistrate, to account for thsposnosion or twenty-five hundred weight
of lead.
Robert Manton, one of the surveyors of this establishment.
stated that on Wednesday afternoon he followed a cart loaded from
the prisoner, Ilurrtia's house, into Broak-street. Holborn ; the pri.
loner, Graves, was driving the can, and on being hit Troirated as
to the onnten.s of the cart, said it was lead: toot ::e had been
taking live sheets of new had to the pi nailer, num.'s shop, and
that which was in the cart ;e was goinr: tale to his toaster, Sir
George Alderson, in exchange. 'Witnesa Met' said, timid tn.
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sold. gelled hint round eie bodytaad put h'7 hand-into hispocket, scquince of the troubles there, the prosecutor was under" the news_
and in adfnstsr extro,tril the purse criA •nor ~T before named. Wit- shy of seeking an asylum in England. He had not been in London
nuts then asked ha- to ,rues the money, which she refused to do. long. when he became at quainted with the prisoner, who spoke the 11;;;;;;;Iir-om-w-In:c-6-tife-iefes-o-i-can-dn- e- u-b--, insepaable. H'is coin- a.'n7lnTitrie.---... ..-----I;efor. ----
proceed further. After On the 27th init. at S•ioo;er's Hill, Kan, the Lady ot tor ...-
pinion was younger, and the horrors of unsuccessful warfare had lead in the :art, e you -
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not marked him so awlfilly. (don. and it was his duty to seize it.
having done so, witness said it bore the strongest marks of soma. 111rInieitiheeltl.z.litahrt.iiol,fti
He requested to catmints Isar left hand, which was clenched. She Spanish language fluently. He told the prisoner that lie bad a gold .
the Loins 51AY011 regretted exceedingly the misfortunes •»S m-• tl • B • llow do you account for the Veuablea, of a son.
tacked the pone under ha petticoats, and afterwards dropped it, snuff-hox to dispose of; and the prisoner stated, that, if he would mastrate to te prisoner tants-
sufferings of the poor soldiers and their companion' in arms, Patti-
witness picked it up. Witness then called t'te watchman, meet him at a public-house, he would introduce hint to the valet ofpossession of the property ? ....
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when 31-Donrld ctideavoored to yrevent her oompan: at being cap- a gentleman of great taste, who would most likely buy the boxe cularly as he had no resources from which to supply them with any The prisoner said. the ingots had bent run from tea lead, had
MARRIED.
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aril the Lady of Mr. Aldermt:
wend, but her nustat:ce proved ineffectual, and they were both He did so, and was introit ad to a person, denial in black, who efficient or !anent relief. Governniertt had Ittoranely and con.bought at i erent times,
he had d'fr ' and the remainder he had es. On the 48th inst. at St. George**. Bloomsawy, Francis Bamboos' inn
Spt
tai ten eo to the watch-bottle. came to the public-boon• This person said that his master nowt sistently given relief to a number of the proscribed refuges-a; butlel
O • In his ,APPS-exwilinatiois by the prisoner Smith be denied all breakfast, and desired the prosecutor to wait. He did so. and the lie had learned with surprise and sorrow that the allowance had changed with so many persons, that it was impassible to bring the Esq. to Margaret Jane, eldest daughter of the lion. Elphiostal
per in forward. Piggott, l'hief Justice of the !Band of Tobago.
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previous knowledge of her, err ►hat he attempted to compromise the pretended valet went away, and soon afterwards returned, saying since been eontined to those who were on the Duke of Wellington's 31agui• trate-I observe you bold a Look in your hand, can you ac- On IVetineoloy, at Harborne, John, second son off John La,
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• Alin be a prr•.tniary reward or in any other manner. that his master wanted to ace the box, and desired that it might be list, which regulation deprived more than one-half of the means ofEsq. of the Likes. near Kiditerminsber, to Ann Maris. serii,'
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•i ; I My r. Juryman.-The prisoners were both in company at the rent to him. The prosecutor did not like to trust him with it, but subsistence, lie did not know how that list was made up ; but he aunt fur any part by that Y
The prisolier, afier examining his book minutely, found 1111 entry daughter of George Sirocox. Esq. of Harborne. Stafordbhire• _ 0
s time est Ibe robbery, the prisoner said, " This is a coatidential friend of mine ; you may believed it consisted of the names of those who were known to the
Duke during the war. Services such as the gentlemen alluded to mugietrat,wi.,se,er may he my °Pillion al to that forming Duncan Godfrey, Esq., eldest son of Sir John ..iodfrey. hart•• 6 T.
of one hundred weight of tea lead.
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Jobs Ilticol, a stagesslooldisnan, was in company with the last depend upon hint." The prosecutor then gave the box to the oup-
I witness s.a tbr night in goottion, and saw die prisoners together. posed valet, who went away. The prisoner soon after thus slipped were too frequently forgotten in those times ; but if tile applicants
• ' •dolioany of this witness was innery respect confirmatory not succeed in meet'with him till found i i
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iresented their testimonials, he ho pal and trusted that they would any part of the inputs lying 0.. the door, yet,
you shall have the benefit of it; and as that is the only part you can Esq. of Flask Castle, Killarney. County of I►etzy.
Tha ri-dsltesy was effected in the matinee described by the last out of the room, and the prosecutor having waited tbr hint to the I
L, considered as having some claim on the humanity and generosity give any plausible account of, the remainder is forfeited ; and I -----------
t aVa. 'public-liouse more than an hour, went in search of hint, but could fit ..
• Government. Front the expectation that relief would be given adjudge you to tuty a penalty 0f„31., and, in default, you will be DIED. the
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officially, the sat
ion tbr the sufferers bad been but inconsider. committed to prism. %Vith regard to Graves, he is discharged, on the 22d inst. the Right lion. Lady Ann Reinmingtort.da-ol
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officer. The prosecutor then said to him, " While is my box r
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trjAt :V' fill :me-. event.
la s watchman in the partsli of St. Botolph, and lie replied, •• Melted down,. and I will die before I tell you able • and he did nut know, if no further ellint were Wade, what
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become of them. Tile means at the disports] of the Italian ter of the late Earl of %Vinterton, and granddaughter of TI
of rick ailt
having acted under the indocile/ of his employers.
t Lord Archer. The late Earl's once numerous family
reli
Aldo. ..e. Dean' time cry of •" Watch," and •• Stop thief," when
where the oilier men are*" The box had certain'!" been ilit•"ltY (:oninsittec were almost exhausted ; and he was inforined that after -•- •- - soft in
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be interfered, anti took cltasge of the prisoners, the prosecutor out of his possession ; but the law was clear, that if Ilesvartecrion l'ilest.-Ou Monday,,„,t,. children is now much reduced ; the present Earl and owns:,•
two men w"` and their half-brother. the lion. and Rev. Edward J. Tutu Silt
Thorne: Watts, the asheable petite night, teecived the prisoners parties obtained possession of an article by fraud, and with totem to the next week's scanty allowance had been paid thcir funds would
be oil gone. 'File misery which must ensue to oo great a number
io custody will, the stolen omoerty. . steal it. they were guilty ors felony. It was also true that the psi- of refugees would be frightful. if nothing were done to alleviate been
brought before Alderman Gerard, on suspicion of having being int*,
Thomas Wilson was r::st;ng at the time of the robbery, and law boner had not had the box given into his possession ; but it he and their distress. Ile had had various applicotiona, which moved than con NI in attrintiler to steal two d.•ad bodies from On the *Pah inst. in Sloane-street, in the 82d year of her Ogt;
the pole surviving children.
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the purse drop from hetWeo the lega of Sandi. others were in league to rob the prosecutor of it, though one may St. Johns. to et t epee %wring ced
The prisoner Smith, in her detente, oftempted to prove that the took it, all were its law equally guilty. I the number driven here by persecution was increasing to a dreadful
I extent. the church-;ard of TI - A I ' Mrs. Smith. widow of Colonel li.xoge Smith, late of the floc• No'
been detailed, the worthy Alderman %melded that such a India ComPanY's ser.CiCe.
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pmserinor had offered lies a pecuniary consideration for certain fa- lion 31anuel Rodriguez, being unable to speak the English lon.' His Lordship then gave the unfortunate Spaniards a sovereign, case haul been bmught before bins. His opinion was, that Laurence Sylvester Ailtelan. in the 2d year of his age. ..., tio
tarou-s. She endeavoured to exculpate her ferow.prisoner. guage, Mr. A. Dowling was called in tn interpret his evidetice,
The coarhman and guard sere recoiled, and denied that any ogee which he gave Cu, the following effect :-I sin a native of Spans, for their temporary relief, and directed them to produce their tend.
monis& at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. the procuring of dead bodies was nectusrf for the int
- ---e- At Ha ,on Thursday, the 21st day of October, and in the iv,'
On Monday, in St. James's Char' H Dublin, the Ber
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or gentler was wade by eitherof them to the prisont-ti. and Mlle to this country about six months ago ; I bec•mie. a:. Alderman Crowther, who was present out other business, also rests of anatomical science ; but his duty as a Magistrate year of his age, Robert. l'isarles Dallas, Esq•
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Mr. :Sergeant Assets summed up the evidence. lie thought quaintest with the prisoner, and told him I wished to sell a gosh! put into the harsh of the exiles* memorial of Ili. compassion. was paramount to his feelieg, as a professional man, and it Yesterday morning. Mr. Ihro.n, of Fe t
Were had not been ►uflicieut violence used to constitute a highway snuffbox tor ID. ; fie told me he would Introduce nit to the valet 'ore in the discharge of that Common Councilman for the 11 ard of Langbourn ;he comply':
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N robbery, but the ease aasumed a charge of st,afing from the of a French Nobleman, who would probably buy it. Si 'e we :n The refitg•-•41 took their Imre, cspres,ing In WAMI terms their became necessary for Wm, fluid ,
gratitude for the teception they had met with. of indisposition on Saturday last, and continued gettingworse st-.• 1,%71
venom three times to a public-house dial I have pointed out to tl:e °Siva, duty, to remand the prisoners fur further examination. hisdisiuto e by
l'lm Jury returned a verdict of GuiJ•y of *tenting frown the Per- and the last time we SAW a person in black, whom the prisor.cr in. BOW-STREET. Yesterday they underwent a second examination ; after
a ; he was between Nand 70 year' of age.
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111 sae, against Smith, and acquitted the prisoner ill•I)onalsl. trainee(' to me as the valet in question, and be pointed to a Lug,. YesteidaT a respectablyalressed middle-age► man, camel Lot, which they were cemmittetl to take their trial for the offence --- ---- - -.13 DAY -- - Lt►NDO` ngitHlE•
t The Julius odd the prisoner Smith , that she was well known, building, which ha said was the house of the Nobleman; the mato alias Carthage, was brorght up for total exanunation, chart,ed with s[.•saions. 'this occurrence ho mused agreat
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foe he had tried her last session, and she must prepare to leave the in black lold as that his master was at breakfast, and desired us to being connected in a burglary and extensive robbery, which took sensation in the town. The pebee:oitice was, on Mon- err- -- -- •--' " ----.. 401
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country ; and Ill'asnald had had • second narrow escape. wait of the public-house, which we did, anel he came back sonic place on the 1.11. instant. in the house of Mr. Jones. haberdasher,. hundretls of µ•, • Casure
HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT I.ONDON „
Peimed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J.ls W.
Reface Aft.. Baron Oaasow aid mfr. Jvsfiee riot. ime after, anal said that his master wanted to see the box. If Leather-lane. The shop bad been but lately opened in that Ito day, eurrounded by
goods purchased. On ('varier.
' C/o the antrance at the Judges into Gs:sort, their Lordships coo- eared to test bins wills it; but the prisoner said that h_ was at of business, and an eateushre assortment of g p .181, Sound, and pablished by IL Canso*, ware pia*
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