The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

CA NI 13 ER 1V ELL.

The following cases twine on 111 h.• beard on Satnrday, be-
fore the Re•. E Sumo nod Jonm Row Lop, Esq :
Timm/k/ Purcell was charged will, eulhu. and maiming
Mr. Heath, sod forcibly taking frum his person 41. in Rank
nulls.

It appeared that on the evening of the Wit day of Perk_
barn fair Mr. Heath suddenly found himself surrounded by
a pour of pickpockets, who turned all his pockets insult.
out, except air our •bieb contained hill 11W1111y. Upon which
he plated his li,nd,awl kept it pressed very forcibly, fur the
protection of his property The Priwrner,ia the groat dar.
ing manner, endeacmirtit to drag Mr. 11. idles baud away,
hut frti:inz in 11131 attempt, hr drliiwraiely hiuh from his
pocket • pen-knife, :mil rut the hack of that gentlemen's
a dreadful manlier. Mr. Heath seism! hien by the
(Aar, and imiwitledaudiiir, the cli;bria of tethers of Ilse gang
111 ►rscae I Nieurely tu..1.1 hint until the arrival of Snow
and S. cern, •ether constables, wbo, bearing a disturbance.
bodened to
He WAS CO.I. ROL

Snamof Howes wog committed for robbing Mr. Hall, of
TooWy-street, of Ms watch at Camberwell Fair, on the lath
oust. Mr. Hull, was attacked by a gang of rubbers, of which
llie Felonier was one; seeing him snatch the watch from
his fob, he collared him, a Iwo he called out to a man by the
name of Hill to rewue him; a desperate attempt was im-
mediately made to ICU h m from the grasp of Mr. H. by
his raw illy eowaradm, hilt their intention. were frustrated
by the timely arrival of several constablts.

Charles Godwin was rbarged with cutting off the coat
pocket of Mr. flaws, of No. 13, Poultry, and stealing a
packet-hook, eusitainiug ■ It note, and several documents
of a valuable description, on the 241 h Mat. at Peckham
Fair. The propel ty was found its the possession of the Pri.
esner.—Committed.
John Marin was committed for stealing two silver can-
dlestickr mid several glasses from the house of Mr. Marlon,
heensed victualler, at the Red ('ap, Camberwell, on the 2011.
lust. During the occupation of Mr. Marlin willi Ilia cos-
tumers, the Prisoner contrived to get np stairs into one of
the chambers, where he was found with the candlesticks iu
his possession. The glssms were its his packet. Upon
being taken into custody, he robber! hie CONI pocket ageismt
the wall of the room until the glasses were ground to a
powder, consequently they could out be identified.
Several other persons were committed fiw picking pockets.
The constables stated, that they had never le6oe kuowu
gangs so numerous and daring as those who infested the
fairs at Camberwell and Peckham Isst week; they prowled
about is • budy of 40 together.

Friday evening a fire broke out in a bed-roam at
Mr. 861715024.1 Library, Margate, which liltrNl-
rued the destruction of the whole of that elegant
building. but by the tine mon exertions of the
vt.itantit and inli.ibitatits, the fire was extingisittheil
after consul iiiii g the contents of the room.

We understood the gron4e hove been very no.
nitrous this year, sod no where
Alarquis of IIIutITLICS Moore. The Doke of BED.
FOalt and M.lOllllCr Gentlemen, on the I4th, killed
brace, out of which lei. Grace bagged 37 Mace
:al a half. On the following they his Grace killed
311 bracei mud was haute each day by three o'clock.

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.Vl' DEBTOBV COURT,

FRIDAY, Au(L.r 2b.

'Edward Time(Jon Goold. E*9. was O'Ntosell lry
Mrusrs. An Acl '4 a i,cl A • DREWI. 1111101 i I'3 i lOUS
gr01111(1%. The luiter took a vorlialimory obj,elion.
nutnely, • want of .tiffieient dratritstion sin the lice
or the Insolvent gent lens:see& Irrtspets sun,lrrnot
descrihrd himself as Culunel uI the Nottinglintis-
Aire Mtlttot.

Culotte! Gould, upon his eviminaticin, *fitted,
that the Corps of which lie kid bete. formerly
Colend uiis utid he did nut rece►ve any
PRY-_

Mr. Pot.t.ottc, for the Colonel, observed, that
lie was merely u titular Colonel, and his millers
bad born all personally garret! .611 lint credittaq. At
all events, the willies now appealing to typoi.e by
their Conurel clued Owl objection.

The COVIIT liver.ruled i i e obection ;. but. con-
sidering Hist the expeaditure of SUL during his
inspeiausiorot (which was since May, 1815) was too
generally stet. d, the Colonel was rernet.ded to
amend his schedule in that particular.
Mr. Richard Crowther. who was remanded on
Wednesday. fur the purpose of amendiog his sche-
dule, by sisPertii.g thirein the ninon:it of certain
jewels user in too.,essimi of his wife. but which had
wine lion **nice breis sold, now appeared. and pro-
duced his who'd u le, amended according to the older
of the Court.

Whet! lie Court on Wetlne.d:ty had ordered
this emenditteut, Mr. Crowther said that he felt
compelled to state the jewels were at no period
his property, or legally under hi. control, fur the
lady called Mrs. Crua ther was taut, in tact, his

11 hen this gentleman was put under examination
thin day,
Mr. Noittis slieweil him a paper, so folded a:
merely to expese :•igituturr, wit hunt disclosing
the general emitehte, aid inquired wi ether the
rigtorture wur in hid hatid-writrog ?—Mr. Crowther
replied it was.
Mr. Noun's then nildreFsed the Court, end said,
that ihi. paper *VHS tht: certificate of the l'risiirier's
marriage to the lady whom he, um the farmer occa-
sion, described as tad wtrea oil the cer-
tificate being examined, it bore the date of 1815
Gretna Green.
The OM la Examined the Insolvent rind Mr.
Wright, a creditor of his, and in the rod di-charged
Mr. Crowther, bring Nititdied with his <<6edule as
unleaded.

The Court Itllo then adjourned until the 14 t h of
October next.