The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-11 00:00:00

PISS IN I:MIMI:LANE.

it is wow iserertaioed that this &effective Ire look its
origin from the' igoitiois d dose shavispi le Mr. Choice's
yeti, Oita eputaisosiesting to a pile of ry deals. blirmt
*llk Melt aorprising rapidity al to lief, all She etertiows of
the workmen to estiopisb U. Beery attention was New
threetedsowarde the retetseat of She lodgers' foroitore, sad
sleets other goods, as were sot Woofed, and is this charts/4e
yolk a great snootier of persuas engagel ; but instead of
leading unistante, mud unites* tool advantage of the panic
that prevaikit, sad serried Of emery thing they maid 137
their hands N.

A fellow of light ettamplesinaaaad rather decent appeartnee,
in site midst of the coursaiirsa kaucked at the door of Mr.
Levy's hoose, and isdurnied the servant that be was a friend
of her master's, who hail requested him to take the plate-box
to a plan• of security, and tint wanton impredeatly en-
trusted lune with a trunk ushittla cootained plate aid ratter
valuables. with *reveal baadead pomade, no part of which bits
been since recovered or beard of, sad a reward of oust ken-
ared puussils was yesterday offered (dr the same. Another
fellow succeeded in earryior off a million:44 table, Aid
several flue paintings, the istoperty or a Lady resident in
Dale's-cond.

Several hundred raliams foamed themselves bate Mods of
ten or a dozen each, and actually forced urea assay doers
where nu immediate danger could he •ppretseoleil, and rob-
bed the hossses i■ spite .1 the Gone's, who tu many instances
were compelled to use crass to ►epel the officious Intrusion
of t►ese Villains. The Bow-street patrol and the parish
officers exerted themselves very ably us the °tension ; bat
their numbers were inadequate to dint of the Shit:yea, and,
consequetsily, they were stuabfe in any 'materiel degree to
check the progress of plunder forcibly *hewing the arca,-
any of parish aseueintions, on the plan pursued as Bethnal-
green, where, nu a musnentous *erasion like this, several
hundred special eoustables could be °insisted at a moment's
uutice.

We feel great pleasure in stating, that the report of a
child having pe►ished,origineted in nsiscouceptiou. A lady
lodging in Mt. Clashes's horse had heen put to bed dor night
before, and received such • short (rot+t the alarm, that she
immediately feinted, and was carried in that state to the
house of Mr. Lancaster, at the corner of Russelbsireet.
Sonic persons not seeing t►e infant, concluded that rt had
perished, and armour to that effect immediately circulated
through the ueighhourhood ; but the child was suineqnently
rescued frum the HMCO, and safely conveyed to the norther,
who is now as *ell us eau be expected of a person in her
situation. We state this (scion the result of a very minute
inquiry, and is. satisfy the (clings of the neigh.
boors, many of whom weie couvisiced that S lir hail dit.luf
fright early yesterday morning. Au old gentleman who bas
been fur some years afflicted, hail a narrow escape with his
life, and a bed ridden old lady, whose daughter kept a man-
gle at osemf the homes in Duke's-court, received •
accidentrwhieb is likely to end in her death. Tbe effects
of this calamitous catastrophe are most painful to contem.
plate: by it, it is computed that no kis than twenty Lunt-
lies have been reduced from comparative afflueuce to a state
of complete beggary, all their goods being destroyed. In
Martiett's-cuart the ravage has been insist *culotte; no less
than eight or ten housed being destroyed, all of which
were occupied by working prupk, and let out its true.
menu; those bedding being adjoining Duke's-court,
burnt the backs of most of the buildings to the lath r
place, besides damaging (more or less) a number of
hostel in Drury-lane. Tile havoc can oaly be viewed
with any certainty of ascertaining its extent, from the
interior of the loaryiacground Ir Drury-lane, ■nd here the
scene is must deplorable. The damage is estimated at
50,0001.

Of late It has become matter of writing complaint, that at
all meat fres there has been a grail lark of water from some
nose ur other. It was the case at Dr. Wakky's, is Aegyle-
street ; the Grand Jusclion main not yieldiug water for
sear an hour; and, on the present occasion, our iutuainaut
wm assured, that in klartletes-court, the firemeu were com-
pelled to raise the pavement and earth; and to cot through
the wooden popes with pule-axes, before they ctuald obtain a
sullicaency of water. We know not whose fault this may be,
but it is very reprehensible, and ought to,he noticed au She
proper quarter.

'The assistance of the foot guards was of the most vital
importuner, as by keeping of the crowd they afforded full
scope for the exertions of the firemen, which, before the ar-
rival of the military, were much impeded by the pressure of
the crowd.

11;e-foliowing little incident crested a mry lively Jesse,
of interest amongst the spectators :—ln nue of the houses
which bad taken fire, was beard the mini!l ohmic: of a bird,
and it was immedalely recollected that there was a cage iu
the first fluor. How tit extricate the little *offerer, became
the subject of consideration, and usie of the constables hu-
manely volunteered to make the trial, as the fise hall not
yet communicated to the room After much persnasion to
desist be was allowed to enter the house, sold finally rescued
the poor little warbler from his perilous situation, stud he
no sooner felt himself safe than he abstained from the whistle
which had so miraculously saved his life.

Another alarming Ire broke out yesterday morning at
Whitechapel, which destroyed two houses ; and in the aft. r.
noon a simila► disaster occurred at Rotherh;the, which was
mit got under a late hoer in the evening.

POLICE.

mAxstox-iiover.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

The last case which came before the late Lord Mayor, in
his magisterial capacity, was one of peculiar aggravation.
On Wednesday a well-known character, who called himself
Thornier Jane* Croat, nailer. WAR charged by a respectable
country geutlemaa with having robbed him of h a watch,
gold chain, sod seals, of considerable value.
SI r. T. Carroll, the prosecutor, who is an atblrt is and power.
ful man, stated that at sax o'clock ou Tuesday mening lie
was walking down Bishupsgate-street, a street at all times
almost as crowded as the Strand, when be was suddenly
seised by the arms by two own, who held him on each side so
tightly that he was unable to move, anti at the same lime a
person from behind, put his hands under the prosecutor'.
chin, and forced Wick his head. Ile was held fur some
Moments in this posture, (hiring which time he felt his
watch escape from his fob, and his pockets were deliberately
ransacked, but fortunately he bad nothing upon his per.
sun of particular value, excepting his weld,. After hav-
ing investigated the contents of each of his pockets,
rubbers released him as suddenly a: they had seized him
and decamped down the alley. near the place. Before they
decamped, however, the Prosecutor had sufficient time to
recognise the person of the Prisoner, and to see hint hand
his watch and seals to smother of the gang. The prosecutor
pursued the Prisoner with the cry of " Stop thief!' down
an alley near the spot, called Catherine-wheel-alley, when,
fortunately, a labouring men passing up the alley, heard
the cry, and seized the Prisoner as he was running, and de-
tained hint until the Prosecutor came up, who would not
°thereafter, from the intricacy and darkness of the place, have
been able to have caught site robber.
Another Gentleman who was present in the office I'
el)tailed the Prisoner as the man who had robbed him only
a few crewing* before. The Gentleman was walking down
Bishopsgate street at an early hour iu the evening, when the
Prisoner ran against him violently. He, however, begged
ten thousand pardons fur the accident, mud whilat they
were exchanging civilities contrived to steal the Gen-
tleman's pocket-book from his breast pocket. Fortunately
the book contaised wily memorandum's and papers of no
value. It INS become a practice latterly it lilt crowded
streets of the metropolis,for gauge of this yea so lie in wait
at' tbe ends of alleys, and to pumice upon passengers in the
manlier described by the prosecatur, gag them, and after
having stripped them of every slung. is r• treat as sad-
dest, into those places, in which some of their peg are
gimarally stationed to obstruct pursuit, and down which
to one, excepting the Police, can venture atter • rub-
ber, without great perfume! hazard. There are several
Oates Of this descriptinu i• Holborn aid in Hishopegste:
street, .here robberies are coialnitied Mildly, without a
ebassaasf