The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

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WORSHIP-11/RIFT.

MURDER AT 110XTON.
On Saturday the three men who found a man murdered in
Rhoiles'Aields. Hoxton, on Friday night, were besought up
by Weed and liesuedy, for exsimaation. The case has ex-
cited the greatest alarm in the whole peighbourhood, sod
has such en effect upon mauy of the isiliabitants, that they
dare not VelliVre Old of doors after dark.
The Magistrate very strictly examined the men. They all
concurred is the same detail ; they said that about eight
o'clock, when passive along the fuot-patb they feraud the
man repo* his knees (not un his face), lesuitig egaitest the
weans pales. It being dark, they observed nu blood till
they brought him to the Whitmore's Head, and then his
clothes were observed bloody, and ou examination a wound
was discovered is the breast. On examining the spot where
he was found, a great quautity of blood was peer. ieed on
the ground, his hat was at some distance uIT, and ■ stick
near to it; but there was no appearance to iodic:elle the stick
had been used in the outrage committed upon bim. The
officers discovered that he bail recently purchased the hat in
Crown street, friissbary square, cad that on the evening be
was found dead, be kid been drinking with some men in
the neighbourhood. They followed ■p this clue, and dis-
covered that be bad bees lately out of work ; that on Friday
afternoon he borrowed a shilling, and consequently could
not be robbed and murdered for his money. Isis name is
Charles Taylor; he was a jooraeyntsu plasterer, about 32
years of age; he had bees married, hut has not lived with
with hie wife for some time past• Ous Saturday two more
sticks were found in the field inside the peke, close to the
spot where the body was fantod. It is conjectured tent the
*ticks belneg to the gang eh° attacked the unfortuaate
mail. His clothes and general appearance were eliabhy.
BOW-STRIE rr.

Ose Friday Kr. Hendry, a respectable surgraii and apostle.
vary, of Jermyratreet, St. Jonea's-street, attended before
Sir Robert Baker, the Sitting Magistrate, to lodge a corn.
plaint ego sot a Frees impostor who had introduced bonself
to a number of his patients. cousistiug of families of the
highest respectability, to whom he represented himself as the
particular friend of Mr. Husby, the complainant, and that
he bail desired him to say so, and was recommended to their
notice. He spoke with so much confideace of Mr. Monday,
and appeared to know so much of his family and cos colons,
that so doubt was entertained of the troth of Isis ',pressen-
tatioo. He ietrodiseed himself to the several families as
possessing a superior knowledge in the performaure of
sleight aimed tricks or a cookiesr of a superior rank to that
class of Ines, sad at moat of the houses where, by his coll.
summate assurance stud pilllteltallig to be isdiscrately ac-
-1 unsoiled and reeweemeaded by Mr. Hamby, Whits been al-
lowed to perform besexhibitioes, which (unstated principally
of tying knots ow pocket haosikeiehiefs, also tricks with
pieces of cork, cups and balls, cords, &c. After lie Las grotto '
Orton% his exhibitions, Int makes so oiler to eke pasties to
explain Of exposed the different tricks, eat the same time
modestly iabosatiag that an extra lee is to be paid. At same
places be obtained IL At others ladies gave bon aIL Rank
note to get hint oat of their buster, some of his exhibitions
being very disgusting and isokerat. He is a tairlitwer, sod
represseets himself to be a native of Corsica. He speaks very
good Eeglish.
Sir Robert Raker promised Mr. Newby every pee/Bole
assistance to discover the impostor, and to bring him to
punishmeat foe his malpractices.