The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

AN INSANE ROBBER.

Yesterday • female elegantly dressed, whose fare was co-
vered with • veil, was observed by one of the clerks of this
Office, as ahe was leaving the place, with • law hook,
" Dickenson's Justice," which she had stolen from the Ma.
gistrate's desk; he immediately stopped her, and asked her
what she was going to du with the book' she said, '6 What
book'" he replied, " That which you have under your pe-
lisse." She persisted that she had nut got :toy thing belong-
ing to the office. The clerk brought her before the Sitting
Magistrate (T. EvaNca, Erg ) and informed him of the
transaction. She still ',misted that she had not gut the
book under her clothes, and force was obliged to be resorted
to to take it from her person.
She was placed at the bar and charged with stealing the
book, the property of his Majesty.
Magistrate—" Pray who are you, Madam?"
Prisoner-6, I don't choose to say who I am ; this you
may know, I ata au injured woman, have lost my character,
and wish to leave the country."
Magistrate—" What was your object in taking the book?"
Prisoner—" I took it because I thought you would com-
mit me to trial for stealing it, and then I should be sent out
of the kingdom."

Magionie.—o Why du you went to leave the country ?"
Prisoner-4, 1 don't choose to say; commit me if you
like; I took the hook."
Alsgistrate-10 I am afraid the Prisoner is insane."
Primacr-0 I am snot insane, nor have you any reason to
think so, I ant sacker is my intelleet as you are; I stole the
book, and had my reason fur so doing. I know it is the
King's property, and you always commit fur rubbiug the
/time. If you du not send me to trial I will comeaud rob
you again to-enorrurr."
Magistrate—" The Prisoner is evidently insane ; let her
be discharged."
The Prisoner, as abe left the office, said, " I'll visit you
again to-morrow."

SWINDLING.
Yesterday M. Painter, fErq. applied fur advice under the
following circumstances:—He stated, that some lime ago be
was attracted to a livery stables in Swallow-street, where
there was a quantity of horses to be saki, aced as he intimated
that he wanted to buy one, several were SIKIIIII to him, which
were represented to he the property of a gentleman of fortune.
The man who chewed the horses represented himself as the
groom of the owner, and succeeded is imposing spent the
applicant a beast of elegant appearance, fur which he charged
571. Mr. Painter paid the money, and the horse was pent
home; but soon afterwards proved seasoned, ix COUSWllltellet
of which it was returned. Mr. Painter repeatedly afterwards
called at the stable, but could never receive his money, or
see the supposed owner of the horse. Yesterday he called
there again. and saw the same vervain exhibit several others,
amongst which was a hunter, set up at 150 guineas He
asked him fur his money, but only received an evasive
answer.
The Magistrate ordered Jefferire to accompany the Gen-
tleman *.O the stables need take the fellow into eus.tudy ; but
when they gut there they received the tomeolieep intelligence,
that whilst Mr. Painter was going dotes to the office, the
swindler had parked sip his baggage and decanspets. The
officers, however, are su search of him.

szutve-sguAits.
HAWKING COKE WITHOUT A LICENSE.

Two persons acting as inspectors under the Hawkers' Act,
brought a poor man dressed in a soldier's old coat, and a long
whip in his hated, and charged him with harking coke about
iu a cut, drawn by oae horse, without haring a license.
Magistrate--" What do you call coke ?"
Inspector-4. The Commissioners say it is a manufactured
article."

Magistrate--" Sp it may, bet it is manufactured from
cual, and that by a special Art of Parliament is allowed to
be basked about without a license."
In►pector—" I understand a doubt on the puitit has been
tutertained at one of the offices?"
The worthy Magistrate (E. :HARZ LAN D. Esq.' said, such
doubts myy seg.:est themselves to some minds, lint he hail
none on the subject. He was perfectly cooviiiced coke was
coal in a Ikieriorsted state; and as cosl was ■lluwcd to he
►etailed without a bemuse, so must coke. He should, there-
fore, dismiss the complaint.
The poor man got his cart again; and the inspertors hail
the snn►cme felicity of having done their duty, " though
they touk nothing by the motion."

Yesterday Janes Forfy, a !none nom in the garb of
sailor, was brought before Mr. Markland, charged with
orating Ave pucket.losolkirichirfa, a pair of glockings, snit
A pair of leowarra, the properly of Thomas Hindman' pri-
vate is the lit Regiment of Royal Lighl DfaXoullf•
The Prosecutor was on the recruiting seivire, and was
lodging at the Hampshire Hog, its Charles-atter,. %Vol-
tninaler ; he lodged sum the same swam with the Primmer.
On Toyota, morning he got up first, mot went to the
Horse Guards to procure the form of an attestation,
for the purpii.e of swearing iu a recruit at this office ; then
In came home he mound the uleore articles from a closet
wherein tlwis were deposited. The Prisoner was tint to Ire
foetal, mid he sent in *emelt of him; he came tonne at
five lurk and (mind the Prisoner had rower.% and ac.
know tedged Ilia crime, es pre.si ng troth ition, and Ottplisring
fiogistilesa, Lull to: gave him lulu cuttoily Out Livisig

searched, a crest number of pawnbroker's duplicates was
timid upon hint.
'llse Poisoner said he had been discharged from the Hydra
frigate, Captsin D. Roberts, •bout six month. aims; that
Ilse duplicates fossil upon him belnwird to a woman in
whose house he lodged lirrYin \IV to his lodging at the 11811hp-
:hire ling; that he stole • suit of clullwim belonging 1,, In r
soar who is • shoemaker, minds he 1(4 iu Mumneeth.
stiett.—Ressauded.

SUSPICIOU DE.4TII.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
Yesterdav an hum st was laid at the Ship Tavern, Chapel.
street, in the parish of St. George in the East, betore .loth
UNWIV, Esq. Coroner fur the Eastern Division of 3liil.
diesex, on she body of Mrs. instills Welch, widow, seed CS,
• lady air property, residing at No. 13, Lower Cimino:lu-
street, St George's, who it was rumoured came to her death
by utsfair means, in consequence of her sou stud daughter-ill-
law (George aual Mary Welch) administering poison mud
spirituous liquor to her darsug her Muesli, and iu consequence
of
the Coroner receiving a letter from George
mathematical histruniesit-maker, of 29, Richard-street,
Consatertial-need, sun-in law to the deceased, contaiwing the
following charges, it was thought uecessary to institute the
present inquiry
That about three weeks previous to the death of the de-
ceased, hearing of her illness, lie called to are her, when
she asked him, " Where lie saw that topic and is—c, George,
and Mary his wife!" He. Ginn', replied, " lie had out well
theta fur two slays." She said, " Glessie. don't let Ihrial
come near me, fur they have rubbed me." /le Called aaaill
the following day, lied saw George Welch, and Slurs his
wife, in the house, whit refused him permission to go op
stairs to see his moil., .ithlaw, saying, that it was her .e.
quest lie should nut be admitted; that he wrist many 1111101
nits rwards for the tome purpose, hot never would be per-
mitted to see her; and when he asked Mary Welch bow Mrs.
Welch was, she replied, " 0, curse the old woman, I wish
she was dead!" and George Welch, her sun, said, " That site
never more would come down stairs alive." On Glenie ex-
pressing a hope for her recovery, she replied, "'then
I wish you were as hail as she. If I thougd: she would
recover I would give her somethiug to send her off" That
she household furniture left to the deceased duriug her
life was removed to the house of George Welch, who slid
that he had pawned it fur her support, but which was not
the ease, there being money allowed for that purpose. idiot
shout ten slays previous to her death he called again, and
inquired of George %Vetch and his wife, how the deceased
was, and was informed by them that she hand been asleep for
twenty.four hours. That on the 19th, of Marcia lie called its
the tenting, whet' George Welch was going up stairs to ad-
minister something to his mother, when Mary, his wife,
look a phial out of her pocket, and gave it to him, say-
ing, "Mind, don't you
,forget the drops.'" and that he,
Gltnie, was afterwards informed by a woman of the name
of Eastlake, that she had frequently fetched laudanum from
different apothecaries, at the express request of Mary
Welch; that the deceased died on the 27th of March, and
that he went several times to see the body, but was always
refltsed by George Welch, and Mary his wife. That George
Welch was very much intoxicated with liquor, and was
making a great noise; he spoke to him on the impropriety of
such conduct, his reply was." What does it matter? the old
woman is dead and sl--d!" That Glenie called the follow-
iug day on Mr. Owen, the surgeon wla attended the de.
ceased, who said be never sent her any laudanum, nor had
he ever ordered any thing of the kind to he procured for
her; bad he deemed it necessary, he would himself have
sent it to her. That they also gave spirits to the deceasrd,
although expressly forbidden by the surgeon. That under
these circumstance*, there are reasons to believe that
the sheath of Mrs. Judith Welch has been accelerated by
laudanum and other things, having been given to her con.
teary said without the knowledge of the professional gen-
tleman who attended her. He also added, that Eastlake can
prove that she heard Mary Welch frequently say," Curse
the old woman ! I wish she was dead ;" must heard George
Welch say, " That his mother was dead nod damned ;" that
a person of the name of Willis would also prove that he
heard George Welch say, " He should be glad when his
mother was dead;" and beard his wife say, " Curse the
old eat!—damn the old b—h!—l shall be glad when
she is dead," and that George Welch desired Willis to
write his mother's will, which she should sign, and that he
would get the Doctor to witness it. This will was made the
17th of March, and dated back nearly a fortnight. That
James Fletcher, and Elisabeth his wife, could prove that
George Welch told theist, previous to his mother's death,
that as IMOD as she was dead be would pull the bed from under
the old b—la, and that he would strip the !muse of the fur-
niture and that they might bury her who would, adding,
" her, I wish she was dead!" _ _

After the July were empannelled and sworn, they pro-
cerdell to the house of the deceased to take a view of the
body, which was deposited in a leaden nitro/ in an apartment
on the that floor; the body being shrouded op, no part wits
vimble lint the face, which ealsibiled no auspicious marks.
After the Jury returned to the Jury-room, the following
evidanser was adduced :

Hugh Owen, surgeon, of No. I:, Bark-lane, St. George's,
ileposied.—He was called in the moult of last Feha miry to
attend the deceased in consequence of a fall she received the
winnow. uight iu the street, and he belisveal ate broke
some of her nba; her consplaiet was an inflammation on
the lungs; bee liver was also diseased; she C 11116111114
daily to grow worse till her death, %hick happened
shunt Iwo o'clock in the afternoon, and that the range
of her death was from She above and old age; that diar.
ing Ins attenriasee she was sensible; she never et
lein-
wl of baring laudanum or opium forced out her spinal her
a all ; the lilamcd him fur not giving her opium to make her
sleep, and inked what sort of a doctor he was fur Salt doing
it. That a Mr. Glenie culled on him and told him that they
had been ttiving her sat t i 11l al or drops, unknown to ;vital. ss ; to
which witness gelatin', there was ncthinc heater for he,:'
Ile is positive in his op' that she did not die fr the
implorer use of opium. She was tiS yeas of age, and had
been addicted to drinkintf. 'filet hr was 81,1 • bed that
such an investigation sl Id take place, the tlectia.cal
lien, Rye wefts ill, and it was not to be wwtdned at that she
died.

Jane Chi ke sworn, anis' that she acted se mine to the sle-
censid fr the slight that she fell, which was about fire
weeks ago ; that she was always in the room with the deceas-
ed, who was sensible to the last ; she shears ailissiniatered
the medicine to the deceased, who never complained of bar-
ing opium inspropeily administered to tier, nod never rim.
plaided of any ill treatment ; that there were never any
/pis iluuus liquors forted on tier, mid she never hail soy medi-
cine adistiosistered to her bet what the !hicksr mileted her.
The son and slaughter attic &erased always behaved well to
her ; Witorsas is of opinion that she came fairly to her death.
James Glenie, the person who sent the above statement to
11w otter, was cannoned —lie saw the decra.rd a day or
Iwo after the fall; she said to bins, keep the riigne and
w--e tho•t' out of roc house (meaning Geur,c W• lets and his
wife), hot since that lime 1w never was permitted to see bre.
eorosier-4. con know any thing concerning the death
of she deceased ?"—Answer, Nothing further than siva I
have hen'''. Shall I menthol to the July what Mr. Willis
meal' al to me ?"
Crwoiwr----" No, Sir, there is no oreasion ; what concerns
the property comes lrr legal authority ;we are here to
inquire how she came to Iser death."
The willies* left the I'OOM.
Juryman—" This affair appears to he a malicious' moldy-
note, and if Mr. Glesiies charges prove unfounded, if
pioeqble, it would he our duly to prosecute him."
Mr. James VVillia, Gent. Mier MOPq was qocatitintil by
the Coroner whether he cooki say any thing concerning the
shush of the deceased? upon which lie said he email wit.
'the Jury WI re highly indignant at Tile. °lefties charge,
and it appeal inn; from the evidence of the surgeon and 'mow
that there wive sin grounds for suspicion, rt.turntal a verdict
ul—Died Ly 14e Visitation of God.

The Nanette, GAUD, Iron► Alorteilles to Attic-
Clayey, was oltiveu on shore Hear li:►rcrloua !tot
mouth. but hor got off utter thscliorgtog, um! was
rtpairiog. . _

FEMALE SWINDL:3I.

A few dills bat k a female of elegant nropeattool;o awl pre-
possessing 'ideal railed at a resiweialile holgong-ia-•..,- iu lion
neighbourhood of Soliss.,sio sr,, sod r• To st, sl to look at
s 00000 e el-10MP, then 114:1r*Ilt. !On' Stat. it herself 1., Iss• Ole willow
of the late Captain Walker, Hood wa.o yesy losiontnie w ale a
ruble Nosily is lbs• uei,:hbourlsood, ass ar wl .he assbed
to reside. she finally bored three ru 1111 l anal, iutratiitid
herself so macho solo I C,11.11 ti the landlady, that
she contrived to Intro ow some ait.cler of stress from h. r to floc;
value tot al. after which she luck her departure, aid hit sleeve
.:iisce rimier& 111 ellUMpleure or the C 'rotund
named Welsh, which was reported its Ihr p f of yrstriday,
the pHs ties Were sill-meted t., Marlborouela.surs.ot "nice, to
ears Ilse propesiy, lust •ofit is 11W111•11. nor IC it •uplous-
cd that Welsh is the sisstuass esonstultlest the foti.d.

AGRICULTUIIk, z;c.

MONTHLY REPoirr FOR MARCH

The continuance roe wet ntid variable a natiler h.rr hod an.
favourable effects ors cold:mod wet roils, alere tin opera:limo
of husbandry are, to consequence, b irt: 4rl, and he .p. 111(
vowing will be late. Beau sowing tees fAr some time sos.
prod, it bring impossilile to wink tin :And, and ‘Sal.i•
rtanifiug on Hoist. already put ill. A aemal Api il sts.ty ;et
recover she thin-plaint,' and sickly VVhentist au.l liuProve
thews, as hes alert hsppnoci:, solo tlw litaelest crops.
site reports, fortunately. ale receirea from the must f.ontsed
and teat cultivated corn Mstricts, ulnre the Ma all hate
piosuising appearance, and the spring culture has hero fl.
wan! Beans, NNW. OA*, amid/:411(1, ete
gru 1111 l Never a more plc-Waft:l Tttrillll Potasor watt.irtt ;
the fine Sillitlity 11f the latter hat hiliptol conch to reminimisa
the stink of bread corn. The Rimming progress of slv, rot
iu slow.l. ha. at least haa our good s ffert, that of italuvinz;
pc. soils ustaccustunu nl t.. acellent inactive, to 0h'4,4
their ournips from the water-sollikso soil, a,d su fee.l it. it
sheep upon a thy lay. r. It eat herelied uu, that she pe-
riodical rot iu sheep uudr. tt6..h sloe imtion suffers, might
he, with great propriety and hole eseeptioo, trrated
cal Want of cure. 141111111111 t: has heet/Ille general, n ith sae
flews success, truss' the state of the wrath. I.