The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-07 00:00:00

MR. HORSLEY'S CHILD.

Besides the letters mentioned in our paper Inst
week, • Lady obligingly called on Mr.. Horsley with
another letter received from her brother at Bremen,
dated the 44th ult. containing much interestiog in-
formation on the subject of the recovered Chill.
Of this letter the following is a copy :
" Bremen, Nov. 24, three o'clock, p.m.
Mr. Horsley, of Lundou, a hose sou was stolen (ruin him
about three wet ha past, sent last timothy, from Leer, an ex-
press on to this place to say frieud, Mr. Coleman, the British
Consul at Bremen, staling that he was then iu pur.uit of
Charles Bennett, the person who carried the child off; and
presumed, by the time, or before the express reached Mr.
Cul. mato, that the said Re•nett would be in Bremen, re.
questing him to use every exertion to apprehend the vil.
lain Mr. Coleman received the letter at five o'clock
yesterday monolog, ■ad as soon as it was day-light set
about the business. He discovered that a paresis an.
steering the description given of hors by Mr. Horsley, ill
his letter, bad come from Leer, I think, last Thursday,
and went to the London Hotel %nth the child. After stay.
int there about an hour, hr went slown the river, to a place
called Vegesack, left the child there, and r•tmned its Bre-
men, to engage a passage in the American ship Pallas,
honsid to Baltimore, for which be was in pay :210 Spanish
dollar., for in If nail child He quitted this on Friday, at
about three o'clawk, went down' no Vegesack, and on Satur-
day procenkd stall further down the river to Beaks, there to
await the Captain of the ship, to proceed to Sea aitb the first
fair wind, which would hate bleu the Mil; this aftcruotou
or tomorrow morning
" Mr Col.-mast having learnt the foregoing, would nut
trust a measetiaer with ass ostler to apprehend the unfeeling
thief; but set off himself, at eleven o'clock yesterday, l'or
Brake. He load ■►ked oar to dine with him As yesterday,
statue days ago, and accordingly l went yesterday. Mrs.
Coleman immediately informed me that he was under the
necessity art g gto Brako, fur the foregoing morons. I
however dined there, and stayed toll late in the evening;
when, at half-past ten o'clock, we were informed by the Fer-
vent that two strange» wished to speak with the Consul: we
immediately concluded that it was Mr. Horsley, who in his
letter observed he should follow the txpress as soya as pos.
tilde. In (act, it sat so. tVe immediately informed him
how far Mr. Coohatutso had proceeded, and that there was every
likelihood of the child bring recovered. I went over with
loom to his hotel, advised hint to remain there, anal wrote •
letter to Me. Coleman, euclosidg the Bow.streo t warra•t,
bud by an express sent it off to Braka.
Thia tuoruing, at day-light, art express came up from
Mr. Coleman, stating, he hail recovered the child, mood se-
cured Remelt ; requiring at the same time, if Mr. Horsley
was in Romeo, that he shtsuld come clowu to him to Brake,
to prove before the Magistrate there that he is the father of
the child. Mr. Colt mans brother-in-Low (Mr. Broilers, founa
Frankfort) and myself immediately went over ill the London
Hotel, a•d informed Mr. Horsley how to proceed—haul a
carriage procured fur him—wrist uR' at ten o'clock—and
presume that by this time be has the child in his arms. lie
will probably out return here till to.niiirrow afternoon, as
some judicial proceedings must be fulfilled for the securing
of Renown, and obtaining the child. Before Mr. Horsley
left town this moruitsg, I advised him of the mail from Cux-
haven leaviag this at fire o'clock for England ; lie inns».
diately wrote a few lines, and gave them to Mr. Berates,
who has sent them to the Post-office.
You will, my sister, on receipt of this, rail on Nis.
Horsley, sad assure her of the safely of Mr. Horsley and
child, Ii will be doing au act of humanity, which we should
ourselves wish dune to us in a similar situation."

A Paper of Saturday says, that when the father
wa• intinduced, with other gentlemen, into the room
in which his child wa., the little fellow lon sooner set
eyes nu him, than, buratitog into is kind of loy.terical
laugh, ind running into Ina arms, he at la•t got his
tongue to articulate—calling out, " 0 PA ! my
own dear PA !"

The unfeeling thief. Itrusirtt, when he found his
hellish purpose frustrattil and himself arrested, Um-
,red mercy in the most abject and humiliating
terms. lie is iu safe cu•ody ; and the sircessary
measures for transmitting the bate wretch to Eng-
land are tat proves,.
It is stated that Rentiett and the child were acts'.
ally ml board the vessel, ready to sail for America;
and that bat for the ;ormolu slid most pro seworthy
vigilance of Mr. Coleman, the British Consul, the
villain would in all probability have got Wl' with
his prize. . _ _

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

D tCRIIIII It 4.

Arrived the brig Lucy, Collin, from Tulwo, for Lon.loti,
out seven weeks; experienced very bail wrath, r, which car.
rind away her bumn and gall, stove three boat split several
sails, and damaged her bulwarks ;on December I, in Ist.
49.30 lung.l3. W.spoke the Mary, horse Prince Edward's
Islan I, for Falmouth,uut 13 weeks. Also arrived the Flora,
Khan, from Hanover fur Chichester; Liberty, Johnsou, room
Southampton fur Newcastle; end Enteral, Bell, fr, ma lbsi
Downs fur St. Kilt's.
Put back the Primrose.
FALMOUTH, 9.
Arrived the George, White, from London, for Gibraltar
and Genus; Atalanta,. Sinclair, from Miramichi in thirty.
seven dos. fur Southampton. On 38th November, its lat.
49.30. long. 8.20. W. spoke the Caroline, from London to
the East ladies.

not.TD►AD, Deem's.' 3.
The sloop Hero, Redwelly, with grain, from Dublin to
Bristol, is brought into this port shammed.
wevirouvu, Dagestan 3.
Put into this port, Ilse Favorite, (Mail, of and ham
Cowes to Cork, with loss of bowsprit.
itsamtat, D►CEMSEt 4.
Arrived the Industry, Blake, with him of author And raid,.
RAMSGATE, DECEMBER 4.
Came iu several vessels for shelter.
DEAL, DECEMBER 4.
Arrived and pedal for the River the Ratteer,
from Demerara ; City of Edinburgh, tbudby, from Mira.
miehi, in 20 slays; Caledonia, Bruise, from Shirts/a to
Grenada ; the letter remains.
Caine down from the River the Dorothy Forster, for Ja-
maica ; Prince-4s Charlotte, Beaty, fur ditto.
Several of the outward-bound tut under weigh lii' morn-
ing, with the wind at S. and tlur►e back again ibis siirruuuw
by the food tide, sad remain with the nest.

Thursday the Isl et% employtil In dig:King foe
the purpose of furious% the sewer in
lilyckmNn-
street, Borough, found or Inman skeleton et illy'
distance of 19 feet from the suiface of the grcuml.

MELTON MOWDRAY.

Among the last arrivals at this place are—
The Earl and Eonntess of Plymouth, Earls of Dentigh
and Aylesfurd, Sirs rratteis Burdett, James Ilinograve, and
Wm. Ball; Captain and Lady Crawford, and the Hon. Miss
Crurford; Captains Berkeley. MJekensie, and Nixon;
J Walker suit anise, Wirer, White, Rushland, Drummond,
Christie, Schofield, Parisi, Moore, Prire, Standish, Maher,
Evans, M.P. Kynastou, Morgan, Otway, Hammond, Brad-
shaw, and Napier, Esqrs.
So early psi the hunting season. Melton never was
known to be so full: the different studs of Itoroes st
this time present n total of upward* of 400.
The arrival of the i)uke of Wellington is daily
expected, no also of I.ortlo Kninaird and Kennedy,
with that of Mr. Gully the sewed bruiser.

INTERMRNT lit* .1 SPANDIN OFFICER

IN THE CROSS-ROADS.

On Saturday night preparations were made to put into
execution the last sad nod revoking ceremony which is
enacted in that part of our erimival rode relating to suicide,
which enacts, that all persons f d guilty by a Jury of
.felo, de .4e. shall be busied ise 11w eau roads, and u stake be
driven through their bullll a. The Cormier had issued his
warrant for the interment of she it. ceased, and directed it to
the Sheriff, of 1.111111011, as the proper officers to see the law put
in force. The body of the deceased remained at the house of
Itlrsi. %Vanier, where the deceased lodged, in Tower-street,
UMW every t1,.i.1e was ready of Sassarday night fur its removal
to the place of its destivatiuu. About eight o'clock in the
eveniug a number of laboure.s commenced digging a large
hole at the top of Upper Thanses.sireet, within a few yards
of the chain, Tower-kilt The bole, when completed, was
seven feet deep sad six feet long. Great murderer were col-
lected together al the lime the • seavaiion was being made,
and they expressed great disallllllll3ildll of the proeredinge.,
and during the absence of the .li.lolllCfs for a shoot time,
they commenced tilling up the bole again, but some City
eouatables arriving, soon caused them to desist from their
purpose.
Between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, the Serjeant
at Mace, who was appointed by the Sheriffs to superniteud
file uuplcas,nl hwiurse, and the City Marshals, with a num-
ber of City and Assistant Officers, arrived usi the spot, mid
when the place was prepared to receive the body, they went
to the house of Mrs. Warner, with the Coroner's warrant,
to demand the body of the deceased; some labourers re-
moved the slaked body down stairs (the clothes which this
deceased had sill %lien he shot himself had been takes; off),
and placed it on a shutter; it was ceseered with a sheet, and
carried away out the shoulders of foot of the labourers,
to Upper Thatnes.street, some of the officers carried torches,
and crowds followed the body to the burial place. Ou its
arriving at its destination, the shutter was laid on the soil
at the side of the grave, and by that time a great cuucourse
of persons, males sod (musy., had assembled to witness the
disguising scene, and it was generally feared that some ac-
cisleut would oecur from the great pressure, which must
have been the result had it not been for the activity of the
police. The cloth was removed from the body, and it was
exposed naked to public view. The crowd immediately ex-
pressed a fes ling of horror at the terrific sight ; cries of
"Shame! shame! scandalous! and shucking!" were loudly
vociferated by the by-standers. After the body had lain in that
condition fur a shout time, it was their throws. headlong into
the hole prepared to receive it. tVlseo it fell its, lbw noise
canoed a renewal of the expression of public feeling.—
" Where is the Comm 'a was root ?"—" Disgrarefol la a ei-
vil.sed rounds y !"-0 Horrible!" and" Isilkisnan exposure!"
Wad site language used on the occasion. The officers ordered
the place to be tilled up immediately—it was twelve o'clock
before it was sceumplkh. d ; and guards were appuiuted'for
the purpose of prevent iost the removal of the body.

DESPERATE GJAG OF RESURRECTION MEN.

About two o'clock on Saturday morning the inhabitants
of Shadwell nigh street were thrown into the greatest
alarm by a most daring gang of hod-snatchers, who made
a most desperate mutt k upon a pour watchman, named
Phillips, whet hail un a previous occasion frustrated their
design of stealing dead bushes from the church-yard. There
were about six of these daring villains ill company, and they
found the pour man iii his box; one of them struck him
with a bludgeon across the head, but he having gut wit of
the box, succeeded in springing his rattle. They all at that
moment commenced heating hien with bludgeons. and kick-
ing him when down, lull the blood a used in torrents
from him on the ground. The poor fellow fought aa well
as he ewtld, and heist cilling fur asoistauce. Some enure
wide lumen, and several of the neighbours, came forward as
quick as po.sihle, which put the offenders to flight, and
sated the pour matt from briuzuturtleac.l. Ile was
taken to the usteh Itou.e app;lrently dead, and still lies iu a
meat (fingerings stale .

Thr tau a assigned for this daring outrage is as follows :
A i tilde ago an Irishman, who died in the London
Hospital, after he was waksJ, w.is buried in Shadwell
Church-yard ; the following night the Borough gang of
goody matchtur, headed by u notori ;;;; • fellow, of the name
of in-welch, cows to steal the body ; Lut the watchman
having collecird a strung muster ul his brethren, engaged
them, and after fightirg nearly an huur, ;Living suit steely-
ing nosily severe blows tot Mill side, she resurrection wen
were put to flight and one of their party made prisoner;
he was next day fight,
before the Magistrates at Shadwell
Office, when he underiscut a lung examiuAtiou. and was
ordered to find hail.

The Captain of the gang (Crouteb) presented himself as
one of the hail, hut he was recognised, and consequently re-
jected. Since that period several attempts were made to
hill Ilse watchman. On wie occasion the /MAC fellows brought
some gin to Ins box fur him to drink, saying it had lucru
sent by the wife of the hishinan above mentioned ; but the
wall btnao would nut lw duped. Another time they threw •
large clone into his box, but be having assistance at hand
on this occasion, set them to flight. On Friday night, how-
ever, they came vvileutly with a full intention of murdering
him, aid in all probability would have succeeded, but for
the prompt assistance rendered by the other watchmen tad
neighbours.

ORDNAMiIt.
.lio.-

It is rumoured that the following changes art
likely to take plaice in the Ordnaote on the arrnod
of the Duke of Wellington to assume the situation
of Master-General :
Three out of the four Board Offi ers will retire,
viz. Hubert Wsrd, Esq. brother-tit-law to Lord
Mulgrtve, M.P. Clerk of the Ordnance.
Vice-Admiral Moorsom, M.P. Surveyur-Ges;.rak,
Sir H. Oakes, Lieutenant-General of the OA-
noises,.
Sir Mark Singleton, M.P. Principal Storei.
keeper, who married the (laughter of the late Nl,sr.-
quilt Cornwallis, and who lass kept his situation un-
der other changes, will probably remain.
Lieutensist-General Phipps, brother to Lord
Mulgrave, Clerk of the Deliveries, M.P will retire.
Colonel Chapman, who served in the Peninsula',
under the Duke of Wellington, will probably retain
his station.

_ .....
It is said that the Duke has uoniiated Lord
Fitzroy Somerset as his S-cretary ; and has aims
named Sir George Murray, Sir J. Dicloom, and Sit
E. Har►ey to situations ut the Board.