The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-30 00:00:00

POLICE.

ART.BOROUT.II, STRFF.T.
STEALING TWELVE DUNDRED POUNDS IN A
DWELLING-lIOUsE.

A illt Tandy, a deplorrible-looking girl, 13 years old, was
charged by her uncle, Mr. Richard Tandy, of No. 52, Tot-
tenham-rourt-ruail, with stealisig his rash-box, containing
1,159/. in Bank notes, 25 guineas, and 18 sovereigns, from
his dwelling-house.
The Piusecutor, who a few clays since retired from busi-
ness, stated, that he had taken the Prisoner tinder his roof
from charitable motives on three occasi )))) s, hut she had be-
fore been detected in thieviug. On Wednesday Mr. 'randy
had occasion to go into the city, and on his return, at nine
o'clock, 1w enisartl Ilse cash-box, which was enclosed iu a
small trunk. His sister, who kept his house, knew nothing
of the robbery, and this Office being shut, witness tippler.,
ist Thonias Foy, who got a clue which led them to a tobac-
conist's in Drury-lane, to iimuire for a girl named Horton,
who the Prisoner knew whi is -he lived next door, but Bur-
ton had since become a street-walker. Yesterday morning
the clue was further invessizsted, soul the Pri )))))))) was Arnold
at No. 12, Eden street,llampstend-road, concealed moiler a
lied. The trunk si heels C 1111131111.11 the eash.bo‘, was
found in the rom, and an ini ifectual attempt hail been
made to open it, but, fusionist.. ly, the cash box contained
the treasure untouched.

The liiinistrate inquired of the juvenile offender' if o.he
knew that the lux euntained money? and she replied in the
affirmative.

Mr. Tandy *Wird the Prisoner to be Sen 1 to sione In-
stitution; but ihe Magistrate said that could not be thole
until after conviction

The Pein ine,. was remanded, until the people (*sum Eden
select could attend.

Duct. Pncvratun.—lnformaiiini having been given that
a ilnel was about to take place on Pitney-heath, at day-
break tits IVeduesday moniing,tellween Mr M.G—si, a Svilf
Surgeon, and Ensign 13—e, in conatmience of some high
words at a coffee-house in Rood-smut, constables wire wait-
ing their reception, which being made known to the parties
when at Putney, they took another direction towards Rich-
mond.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT —WedHeldly Hun fling, between one
and two o'clock, Mr. Lowrie, the Urnai.Wijor of the Ist or
Grenadier Guards, was carried into St. George's Hospital,
with his thighs lacerated in a sliest dreadful manner, and
bleeding very profusely —ll appears that he had been at the
Guard-room at the Horse-Guards with some friends until
past one o'clock, and theta left to go tv his house at
Knightsbridge. When he arrived at the Palk gate at the
top of Votistitution.hill, he found it shut, hut i.e determined
to ket over rather than walk round the Pare, nail, in waking
the attempt, fell npon the spikes on the top of the gate;
they entered his thighs; he called out for assistance, but re-
mained in that state in the utmost agility for entire than Zeta
111111Intes twfure any one cause tip. Mr. Nelson, of Eaton-
gardens, Pimlico, forttilialcly passed with a friend, and they,
with great difficult•, extricated him from the gate, and cult-
reyrd him to the Hospital.
Mr. BAILEY, who fell in the late duel, near
London, was son of SEXTON BAILEY, of the
North Strand, Limerick, lisq.
INTERMENT.—Yesterday se'smiglit the remains
of Emmy, the youngest daughter of THOMAS
NOIRCLIFFE, Esq. of Langton, who lately died at
Eriassels, arrived in Yolk by water, and were soon
after conveyed in a hearse to Taulield, for inter-
ment.

EXTRAORDINARY INTERNENT.—Tuesday after-
noon the remains of .futiti JONES. Esq. aged 57,
were deposited in the North Cloister of liVestinin-
ster-A Wiry. The dec. 'seri was a celebrated plumber
in Tuthill-street, and fuimerly undertook the re-
pairing the part of that ancient and venerable edi-
fice where he lies in a coffin cast on purpose, under
his own direction, out of solid lead, without any
wood to enclose his remains. From the extreme
weight, it took ten men to bear his corpse to the
grave.—A similar instance is recorded of BENJAMIN
EIDOR, Esq. buried in the mine place five-and-
twenty years ago, said in the same eccentric manner.
A istarref/osts story has attracted the public at-
twits,' in this town and neighbourhood during
lost week. It seems that a family occupying 41
cottage out of the Southgate have had their linen
and wearing apparel cut and destroyed in a sin-
gular mariner, their fire put out. &c. by some
sapernararalageiscv; but we are apt to think such
a circumstance could not have occurred without
the aid of human hands. The only way in which
the sufferers are able to account fur this extraor-
dinary visitation is, that some time since, when
resident at Norwich, they refused to give alms to
a female beggar, who departed uttering violent
threats of resimge..—( Bury Paper.)