The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

gow.wehr IT.
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MURDER AND RORRRRY OF MR. TAYLOR,
HORN‘EY.
YestertlaW sn ...sowing than took place he tire 'Mr. Riga e.,
the silting Magistrate, agreeably le appointment, re.o
Shuman who were iti rust oly, swipe. tell of the shove moor-
of them was employed by a master timber on the
Stilit in queen's'', to Girl' anise sheep tom a fidd near
'lralsarr's-Gre ea, and he was assisted by the ntlwr, b, yrboni
Its was to allow a small portion of his pay tw his iteryie,i.
Thew Iwo 110141 r Iva luring iltYll %Cell 011 the riroi at an on.
Itallannahle hoar, fate I lA, to the sillsirion against tto .1.
They were diarherfrrl. Thy hall VOilitilArliv a•me fora weal.
A vrry Immeshes* staturti-ol apsi,in..l in ~.onie of the
isapera s,f yeime.d.? ...pecti..r let/ 141•• o hackney.
coachman, twmplriely welding to defeat the roils of piddle
justice, as It prevents the apprelien.ion of the perpetrators
of noes biwriil deeds, by pulnirly ancuintrong that a trace of
theist Is kutiota, although the farthest (noel the intention of
the writers or pahlisbers. The hackney coachman attended
the other yesterday at the rewitatmaation of the shove Iwo
men, as did the late Mr. Taylor's counts au .1 others of his
relatives.

The account James Engrave, the liackney.enriehman gave
wear that on Friday moraine, the 11th its<l lie was out with
his coach, and won after one o'clock. he set down a farts lie
Oakbrook, Is'impute, nod after thst he went to a avoid 1..
eadeavom tu get mother fare. Soon after he had settled
his easels on the stand, he observes' a man so the foot-path,
who, no coming opposite, erooicd the rued, not iiisin,red of
him how winch money he required to take him to geld.
street, in the Borough, to which he replied, 4s. el h.
sea io answer to that the nam offered his 45.; while
they were endeavouring to make a bargain, a second man
appeared in sight, and crone m the Mlle 11 reetiosi towards
his coach as the gat 1144 done, when lie accosted the Sid
man is, very familiar laneriage, and as his travedine com-
panion, and asked him what he was duke with the coach.
man, when he replied, he intended to ride home, to be sore.
The *mood malt replied to that " What a Cori you
mast be to talk to the coachman about tiding home, whets
you know that you have au money to ply fur the hire of a
coach." The first man appeared indignant it this uproot;
and answered by raying," We ti, if 1 hoe 11.1 2.1 Irne
ft watch, and if the coachman will give sae a side home. I
will Oro him dm woods." Sells..lld 1113:1 IIII.IISIIIII 11P W is
delesinined that the first man should nut role home. and poo.
emoted to enforce his threats by violence, sod arlttallY pupped
him off the fore.mheel of the coach, to make i bargain with
him, the other man saying he was determined that hu should
not ride bonse, and having furred him off the fare-wheel
of the coach, he proceeded to drag him some distance dowse
the City.road. Ile said he distinctly saw the watch offered
him by the first man for a ride, while the man was standing
we the wheel of his coach. It had a curb-dials: wish lan
seals, the one large, and the other small ; the man held
the chain in his hand, and appeared to play with it by swing.
pug it rouud his finger. He described the first Mao In he about
Eve-feet mine inches high, and aloof, wearing • jacket 11ndrr a
great coat. The second man he described as very short, about
four feet three inches high. He was desired to look :It the
two prewent, who had been suspected, which having ulnae,
he declared thew not to be she men ; the tallest of them, he
describes' so resembling die first man who applied to him to
hire his coach, and offered him a watch, hot he did out
resemble him in any other respect, being much Miner,
awl his diem not corresponding. The tall man pre-
med declared that he hail nu other clothes than those
be bad en, and these were of the most r.lllf/r drwrip.
lion, the coal Woe mach Patched. &c. Neither lie our his
companion were iletaisied its relator's., there riot appearing to
be the slightest ground of suspieum against thesis, nod they
left the trace.

The question relative to the right of the disposal of dud,
tinders, 14e. from Carlton House, came on again yesterday.
It ham been already stated, that the horse and cart of • Mr.
Cooper, of Charline, were taken on the green-yard, in the
act of removing dust, Mr. C. having contracted with a
domestic of the Prince iteweat's for the said dart ; and it
was urged, that the rubbish was the property of die 01111.
tractor of St. lawmen parish. Mr. Cooper was convicted,
by proxy, I. Ilse penalty of Int. a Pergibii 1181/1114 appealed
for him, as it was understood the case was to he argued at
the Sessions, lay appeal; but Mr. Cooper subsequently ob.
jetted to the conviction, and the Id/. bring paid, ao action
is pending fur the recovery of the same from the Moots of
Mr. Biome, the Chief Clerk, ou the ground that the cantle.
duo was out legal.

Upon this occasion, Mr. Rutland appeared as Counsel for
Carlton House, Mr. Adulphas fur Cooper, uud Mr. Audrewa
for the parish contractor.
The case was by isforanstion scaliest Thomas Laarauwr.
Mr. Cooper's carter, ►ut Mr. Adolph's, having stated, that
the action pending for the seizure of the hum and cart
would not be dropped, Mr. Andrews declined goiug Tutu
proof against Laurance, understanding that all proceedings
were shipped, end that the case was to be discussed there.
He Ito cfu►r submitted
,that the former convictious
stand.

The Magistralea lift the forester conviction as it stood,
and the appeal being lust for want of timely notice, the
case will be beard in another abape.
Alajor Len and CAarlee Ice, who stood charged wills rob-
bing a since roach in Si. Giles's, anise lime since, wore chg.
chaired front the felonious charge, for want of evidence;
but Marks Lee was ordered to find bail for alsattlting mine
of the Finnegan', at the tune of his apprehension, and tha
other was sent to Maidstone gaol on a charge of horse-
steeling.

OVION HALL.

IF.R.I.ANE GAOL

Yesterday H Peters, Esq. the High Sheriff of Surrey, Da-
vid King, and A. C. Gaston, Emirs., Maris, r.ites or the same
County, attended at this Office for the pio lune of nrikiat
inquiry concerning the emotionally lung detent hot in the Coun-
ty Gaol of several user charred wish felony, and com-
mitted for re-examination. The 111:11111'S of the non al.
laded to are--Wa. Rork, FAD. Westwood, Jos. Jeffries,
Robert Woolf, Dowd, Ino. Harlots, and joiepts
Bosh. A meeting of the Gaol Committee took place
yeatershiy, and was attended by the above-iiansed G. solemn',
when the eonsatitasents of the Prisoners being prortiteed, it

appeared that foie of them was committed Cir.re.raaasliss..
tom on the 10th of November, and the tithe's at the tatter
part of the same ninisili, and t►at they had ant toren saber.,
fluently taken befiwe a Magistrate fur their sever.il rase' to
tindery, investigation. The peculiar stature of the business
was satisfactorily explained to the Sheriff tud the Gentle-
me * by whom ha WEB intended, by Mr. Scrjeaat SeNun, the
Silting Magistrate.

The Prisoners in gentian were ekargal partly upon their
owe cunfetision, and partly upon the oatlia of credible pet-
sons, supported by strung evidence, with having Seri: con-
cerned in numerous daring rnhbrriea in Esiiex and Sm..
rey, aided by a desperate fellow, named Lichfield, whose
apprehension had Awes daily expected, who had teen pursued
by the farmers in the enmity and the puUtv fur *ore thin a
month, and who, iu fart, as, delivered MO (n hand of the
officers on Titersliy. The re•examinitino of She Prisoner.
had been postponed. in expvciat of that event, which
baring now taken place the whole party will be bruuebt
op at an early Jay, and ibe evi.lcnce agsiust thesi takes in
rope form.
The High Sheriff' and his Mends appeared perfectly skill-
Led with the esiunmit
Lichfield has been committed to the gaol it Newington,
and will abintly be taken before the Suri..7 kragtztrielea fur
(vitalisation.

the following ti an extract of a letter from the
Agent to Lloyd's at St. John's. Nrwlettnrils,..l,
dated 23.1 of Noveanher :—" The eistrorn.
Nt:a, from Beristudal athl the Mars, LE, lies. t •
Jer,ey, lute been ekixed by the l'ststme-hott.e : the
former fur havicg IrePt !mint produce, and not re-
ported, itios been t, frowned by th, Arboirtrity
Court ; the hater %%a• rrlD•ki liJet.,g
band geode ut, boind."

TO THE TIM ?Minn), Ph!;:i..t.

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Si—nl frost drier be off.. M.; sfew remasbo on
of the Poor, I 0 WI-% the adehtiein of yowl. 'read, . 1111
ly been directed 'iy tli• piiiilicatiou of some
dated Ktint's !fend. raven*, PialiteVy, 1 a... influenced Ly
humble &vise, tlottiveh in n eery offertor ife,+. ei..
the vent iihjecat wlhicti, ilotablii gs, 1.. e g. eat!. At
eloreil.ition from the most inielhtersit
In the series of liminitett shove ref ri'el I a... .t ;wears that
the s..ilsble empluyinimt of Jeti•al h. the PO, t • their b—
oort• limn., has been tiimight of 'milli: hill .4. pin truer to oc-
cupy the principl place. Trio:, sentiment :• C..1.00•,“`,1 13
he well-f m & anly oisleed the roncrerrence rein. Waldo it.bia
almost univanNiaPy loft rcreivell fur the Not awl( century,
may be presumed confidently to Innisis at, alignment in
t.
The alisrmitinnatier of a proetire aslntary, has been in
every one's mouth, and its miloppy effolito as generally boo
melded. Rot %here labourers are still to lie found in also
pogsgeosiOr. of land, in a o'6,lr:wile of 'nippy instances,
wont is yet derienntraitively eViiiciihr that Parish Relief i•,
in ale etrid einnecesoary. 'Flue writer, in a•iiinnii•i,
it is preowned with :ntny others, (-mild point to smelt 61.e-t-
-ine examples, and shook) it Le owrireal to name thi
could readily perform a task of so plratci.o a nature. Co
sientieres to leelione, Mr. Editor, 11,,, fill other comedy than
the dime culiivolum of our metier *roil, reansoio fur the yrs-
ditation of tbooe evil.; by shills Immunity ic shocked, and
every rank Li our cowrie:nit). inundated.