The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-06-30 00:00:00

Robert Anderson was convicted capitally of stealing a
watch, chain, and weals valise 41. and upwards, in the ds ril-
ing-Impose of Thomas Diaper, a shopkeeper, in Dowsiing-
street, Westminster.
The Ps ;sower is upwards of 10 years of age, and has been a
professlosnsl thief for the greater part of his life. He crows•
rstsmia.• I the witnesses with all the shrewdness of ■ rain who
had b srst long ivied to Cowrie of Justice. Picklock keys, a
disk knee's, and I se-Ineaking implements, were found
under his pillow when be was taken, the morning after the
robbery.
John Rinks, John Lancaster, and Henry Parher, were
convicted of having roblied an empty home, brimming to
In S. Ford, Esq. at Chelsea, of a lark• sptantity of lead.
Elitobeth hthnrlc. aged 21, a spinster. was indicted capi-
tally. for .:ridow in the dwelling.hoisse of John Harlon, two
il. motes, nod other Ilai.k.notre, to the amount of 251. the
property critic said Bohm.
The Proseeoh,r ►tared himself to he 74 years of age. He
lived in a •mall I w• at Enfield, and the Prisoner, who was
hi. second cousin, occasionally lived with hint. 7•tie money
mentioned in the indict meut was iss a box in his led-room,
to which Prinware had free access. She left him of her own
accord, on Monday 'entitl:lst, and on the same day lie
missed his money.
Oil Isis eross-examinatiou by Mr. ALLVY, he made some
Omission. that excited nu small degree of merriment in the
Coart. The Primus-, was his second cousin. She had lived
offish him several sliffereut times, ■nd lima route back earls
IiTIW at his request. Ile tertaisily did gn after Iser more
Masi e•oee. ITlorts sloe was at Isis house he slid tell her that
lie thought one bed would du for them boils and would be
more comfortable Ile had sometimes pulled her upon his
Line, and noel• untied her waist ribbansl. Ile recollected
sire (sere r hint once) trying to tie on her garters, but she
would not slain it. He slid like her a little, and thought
Ler a nice soil lie was 71 years of age, hut he did not
know why he should not be fond of women still. He was
food of th••m, and believed he always SllOl9lll be. It was
against his will that the Prisoner left bins, and the last time
she did so he picked a gallon of gooseberries for her, and
lavogist them pet tof the way to town. He• had give's leer a
lend: note Or two by way of present, once or take, but not
v!tner.
The evidence was summed up 'by Mr. Justice 110LKOTD,
/Intl t!,e iess y found the Prisoner Not Gailly.

Arepunts have been received in Mi. City of the irrieal of
Colon. I Pewees regiment of Licht Infantry beloricintz to the
. whir-ha:tiled ill tire 'Vicoled, from lielf.tro, in the
wool, of F. 4., al A oleilvtura. We have ',erupt,' with dreg
jut crest tool great pleasure the Journal of the Adtjor of that
C.• 11.1., front the 111111 k. 11, left Ilelfast until hi. arrival at
A-i:optort, the twat of tit... Government of Colombia
%%e are sore that the real Friends of South Anwa-
rtat Irolepenrience, and the personal friend. of General
Evinci,i, will Irani with great satisfaction, that our gal-
. ta;ei Conotryno n ware received with every distinction, nut
oily by the people on the Main, hot by the Guvernnien Au-
td•rritit, as they paced. Not only WILI, their arrival looked
for—lott preparations, we may say splendid ones, were made
for th. it reception ; not only was Gen. IrEvrartnr every
where seknowlerlgell, a fact never doubled by any one who
koes loin, and who gave a candid attention to the paper;
hr produced, but it appears that he was, as lie repre-
sented himself to Ire, the personal and reticular friend of
spurt tit, and his arrival was expected with great anxiety.

.--(Pnidin Evening foal.)
'file Emma transport, with the 22.1 refit. of dragoons on
Fount, ntrived on Tuesday Mehl at Spithead.—The Emma
l•ft 31adrait on the MI. of Febinary, ateel the Cape uu the
20,h April—.4he brings no news.
The James, Drummond, f Liverpool, arrived at Saran-
ru'.
•fier having been plundered of all her specie 1110,5011
A.,'!irs;, shims, provisions, ke. on the 22.1 April, in lat.
34 10. tone. 41.21 by a Spanish ship of 300 tura, amid
will 14 runs and '2 !tern chasers, awl full of open; it was
Stenio•se,l that she was from Cubs, and had !Nell oat (WO or
elm,' Months ;she had a yellow-waisted wuenau head, pailett..l
Ll.if k, sad was Coppered to light watermark.
Manerumtis I?..csnE.—Ori the 7oli itntatit,
when a servant was returning from Nlelrose fair to
Galsolliela, mounted on a horse. tke property of
Mr. CAVE 111111,1., of Jedhurgh, which runs in the
11!:,t stage.cosch, something al.rrmed the animal,
aril caused it to leap over the parapet of Melrose-
bridge. Though the horse and its rider were pre-
cipitated into the Tweed from • height of sixty
feet. they bath providentially escaped to the shore,
with very little injury to either.
Ott Wednesday J. Bawd, convicted of felony
at the London Sessions in December last. (seeped
from the Brikrophos hulk at Sheerness, by lower.
hi* himself from the aide of the vessel, and swim.
slung on shore.
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Vt'Extrotto, Jinn 42.—0 n Tuesday evening.
Mr. Ai•Etrotr lodged in our gaol Simon Kehoe,
the fellow whom he apprehended on the quay of
Waterford. Kehoe was the captain of a gong
concerned in the late robberies in this county.—
lie had on a small-clothes belonging to Mr. itos.
•ITER, and was nu the point of leaving the country
fur America at the time be was wrested. lie has
been fully identified by Mr. itosatria's family,
at Nrwbawn. as having been the most active of the
gang in the robbery of that place. Mr. l'uor.L's
watch; and two other watches were found in his
house at Corbett-hill, and two short guns, made
hoc: muskets. The barrels are about eighteen
int:la-4 long, both charged, one of them within
slow six Indies of the muzzle. The unfortunate
man has a wife and thirteen children.. but was far
Porn being in indigent circumstances. having 75
serer of good laid. well-stocked, and 4001. at in-
terest.—(Herald.)