The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-02 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER.

Yesterday Mary Axe Roberts, a you74women of rather
interesting appearance, about IS years of see, was brought
before the Magistrates of this office, charged with the wilful
reorder of Mrs. Ann Eldersoo, • respectable middle-aged
woman, residing is Union street, St. George's- fields.
It appealed in evidence that the deceased kept • house in
Union-street, 'thick is situate is the immediate viciuity of
Devar-street, • place which is the resort of vagabonds of
every description. The Prisoner, and a seam who kept her,
'edged is this house. It sonsilhat it grades( toe( stand-
ing existed between them, with respect he this man; the
Primmer conceived that be paid move than necessary sties-
ties to the deceased, sad ea envy eceeekta that preeested

itself she flee loner to her jealousy, and eeineed a sirens*
dimmaitiaa to quart*. withileopoestel Go the sol§ert. About '
eight o'clock so Taesilay Light Ike Moo er wrist slit, .i,4
on her felara, ahead the hoer of Dine, wis toi:el by an 014
wessoao, a lod,cer is the 11111,11111, that Met -filehomon had been
up
to her room, and had taken asst' the 1,1,1 1k if ems
neeetiately to the oledreilmars F 1,0141. soil laird lier,o ilk diet
ad,
act, which floe last- r nedeennly denied, but her denia! only
tended h. 1111111.1 the irritaiinu of the t'siooriee A great
deal of eery feeliew was expensed use both eider., and at
!earth ended in the Prisoner amiultine the .1.
was far advarice.l is pregnancy. The .1. ceased leto.neil Ilia
Wirer, and a *ever took plate. rb""e of •s.ch I"
firinnier knocked the ibilai4 down • ith n blow ..f a polo r.
The deceased uttered a *roan sar two, and Mom., tw•-lawlif
exp;reelt
Mr. Ilidmes, of the Lemlno.road, vim is a reetaintile.
arrived in a short toms, and fure.il his way eats the toroise.•
. where he rowed the deceased in the from low lour, itreeehed,
an Iwo' beck, aitl gone obail and sold. The P. wooer se e send
eliapos.ol to make her rirape, hot the oak. r 1.... k her Isla
remedy. Having Netted her in the •aoch-heolor-, he re-
Inroad agedes to the house of Mr,. Enter.....e., earl sent for •
surgeon. klr. Ratty, oldie Lioaeloo.road, awn. after arrived,-
and upon • alight easnsinatiem of the lienly kr declared
her to be guile dead. Observing, Lose err, 11,1 1..1•11.11111
slate of twernaory hi which she appeared, he I idly
set about opening the Insole, with a view of exorartiog slit
infaut from die wolobt het the dereswed brit • fmr•kod-
...ing, having received meth ill is,, tor fall was an
heavy as to have accelerated the child's death, and when
taken from the womb its dia•altition was fa-d approaching :
it expired • short time aftervearilli. Their was asoest germ.
thy wrest lid bletooPabitst the hears, whwli, in the me.
Aral' Orriolearian's ...... , was elmorel by the horst lac of •
hinedvismael. The decease 4 waa the mother .4 several clone
, dren, and .as snuck respected by her neighbours.
In her defenre the Prisoner said, float a woman n:to
Plorofy hail informed her that the deceased was on the habit
of going into her room dieting her absence, for what porpott
she mould nut divine, and that on the evening 0164,11 this one
fortunate selicontre look plan, She had beets situ it, and had
brought the key down. She was amorally re erel at son h sus.
peious evading, ivhd wro In get sumo faolareation of if,
whet the deceased sttark.d her in a 1,10,11 furious manwer,
clawed her face, tore her goose, sod whet woe illensed her,
before she did any thing to her. She aeon struck in her
own defence and hail the maiertoole to killtur lejsposisoas.
The Officer sand the Prisoner had made a similar slate- #.4":1;
Meet to loin when he •pprottendrei btr. *to added, that :I":
she was a women of the town, sad that the defeated, • •
she entered her honer, knew leer to he an.
Ahe was remanded for another ?rumination. • '
The body of the deceased was removed, and the impteshv
will he held this evening.

PEARSON AGAINST FLSTCHER.

On Tuesday teeming Mr Peerless appeared at Sow-strret''''`
ogles., before Sir ROhelt Baker, is ieferrare to she case
..
egaiwat Fletcher alias Freakleo, wheal Ike following timbers*
took place :
Mr. Penrion...-Have yes heard any thing of Mr. Fletcher!
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Sir R. Baker..-Itin, itiiihiog, Sir.
Mr. Pearsou—Are yon sore, Sir, that you have heard'
trittlinic ?
Sir R. Baker—Qoile sere.
Mr. Pearson—But, Sir, you lianhad litters!
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Si. It Baker—Yes, Sir; what iikitiat t a ?
Mr. Prariira—Did yea sot say, sheik last letter but
two winch you have received free Fier P nediwowledged
his guilt, assigued his nosions, aaskilas works So roily,. S.
purpose of peLlicui‘so! • . .
Sir It. Baker—Yrs, I. did. '
.. . •
Mr. Wanton—Theo, Sir, I ainirilare yaw to publish thews
kites.; and I charge you eillikviag rot thew up to answer
yo•r own purposes, _

Sir Rob.-rt Baker—Sir, I cannot keep •y preatioe; th►y
are io the hoods of his Nlairit)'s lAO Whirrs.
Mr. Pearaoil—Sir, site law waSerr to whom you have given
the letter, know is as laniards friend and it ralatien .f

Sr Itsbret Baker-... 1 will say we more. Officers, rr•ose
Mr. Sanwa.

Mr. Pennon-1 will give yoor officers nn such trouble.
Too alight to know than she was u hu always 'lapetus* sour
treiseisess, would dewy year power. Mr. reitIMIN thew
left the office.

Upon this mysterious rorresponileser b•tsrren 11.teher
awl Sir Robert Holier, moor, or ore told, is to tome oat
berraftsr.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday an ingnest was held in nue tif the round towers
in the Penitentiary Pi "toot, MtUbaldo, In hire Mr. Hier, nit
the body of Charlotte Harrison, aged 19, Ishii die.' on Sim.
day last iu 11w prison. It appeared from the 'violence that
the deceased was a very fascinating gill, hut iolifintoestely,
notwithstanding the beaefit of a liberal education, else stoat.
ed front the paths of virtue and became the instrument of
designing fellow, who persnadeol her to "time iu the den.
germs" practice of uttering forged Cute% of which ulTo nee she
was found guilty at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to maim
years tromiiiiiriation. She was sent to the Penitentiary on
the ittJ of AO.lll last, since w►ich her cowl tint ten go adually
decayed, notwithstanding every attention, conformably to
the regulaituns of the prison, had been paid to her. Site lin-
gered sill death put an end to lire misery last So udity. Vll-
dlet.4jitd by the visitatiot tf God.

AGRICULTURE, ke.

MONTHLY acroar FOR OCTOBER.

The late couteursed dry weather enabled she firmer to com-
plete his bean harvest with errsl surer., as his wheat; and
even the 'northernmost parts of Scotland have shared a Ain
good fortune. Marley and Rye are WWII erupt, vigils kw large
• portion of damaged minpka in the foi mer. Beau, are fully
equal to she great raprrtatin•s of former reports. Prase, •
large crop with defective ...moles. I.lllallter, • full average
amp. Throughout England, the prices of r”rit have been era.
dually lathing until within the la 4 twit sir there market days.
Wool rather drelirees, mote hut the mixed kinds at all in rt.
.1441•14. 1111 the Vialed Slate, of America a tail surplus of
produce. little demand, and so isouey. The uneaten' part•
a the Earopeau cousins-tit exhibit a similar picture.

M►. Tilossas CoLestast, of Dover, surgeon, has
lately received a gold isirdil from the Humane So-
ciety, fur recovering to Isle Mr. Flesialf Games,
pilot of that place, after having beet, under vaster
more than twenty m 1111 l and to all oppearance
quite dead. Ou the 171 h January, 1818. 'Jr. H.
GRIGGS, his brother Mr. ROBERT GRIGGS, and
his nephew• Mr. ROBERT GRIGGS, juts. were Com.
ing on shore front fishing, wise.. the host upse►. and
caught them all under it ; Mr. R. GRIGGS sums ex-
tricated himself, and •uccerde:d in relent net his
nephew, hut all his elfin, to release Ids brother
were ineffectual. Ile then bW$l,ll o r shore, nos
nearly a quarter of a mile for as►i•tance. and Maud
MENUS. MOLL/INDS rod NORRIS (die lee unfo►tu-
nate owners of the Charlotte logges), aid Mr.
JAMES. They all proceeded tii the •p ; but lb ut
the darkness of the evening they post tite lr•ut. till
looking back, they sae• the rats rt. the :noun shin.
lug on the hurt . Af rr two rrtrn►t,rs th.y suc-
ceeded in getting the body out, bat life .1, ,cured
to be quite extroct ; it was, Waiver. taken to his.
MOLLAND.3 bootie, and Jr, COLEMAN sat soup
in attendance, and gave the proper directions, ac-
cording to tie method recommended by the Hu-
mane Society. Symptoms of reterning life ap-
peared after two hours and fifteen minutes applica-
tion. sad the ouce apparently dead body is Low re.
*ideal at Dover, and in perfect health.

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