The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-10-04 00:00:00

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PROCESSIEM vtt 'BE WATERMEN.
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The river Tha presented yeuettley morning,
r'4V 1111.aorarly ho , a ►t•es,ri.f extrateadansry animation,
.I)ooo,..erst' etivity. Boats err, observed in motion
etrel4 direction; the gay habiliments of the tveter-
vie.ruceatitionellv corwariug; the ere.wefs collet:04
ozvag the hank• assembled on the seceral
swages—all indicated that umbel/nil of unusual
.oterest was in contempletion.
.soon after eight o'clock grist numbers of boats
from below London-bridge, some even from Green-
Wiet and Gravesend. had collected at the Soothe
wr..k.hreilkee, where theywere joined by hosts from
• the .ipper part of the ; hut to avAid the invent.
vo,itien«c anti danger of crowding too many busts in
the confined space between Siouthwark. bridge aid
Loudon-hridge it had been previously wronged that
.111, ,toats belonging to doe upper pint of the Myer
stee.ild await the procession at their several stations,
fall into their proper p1.1(4.11 in the lines as
the procession passed. The order of the procession
hog heels prtviouftly arranged, very little diffi-
euity was found in assigning to the ieveral boats
• floor placer; those froin below London. bridge were
•• to proceed in the centre of the river. while the
boats of the Middlesex send Surrey sides were to
skirt their respective stoves. In this order they
were to convey to Brendeobtirgh !louse the Ad-
dread from the Waternien end Lightetneen or the
r Thames, expressive of their affection foe the
Queen, and their sympathy in the sufferings her
Majesty lin tindergooe. The Gentlemen forming
• the Deputetwo of the Watermeo, were conveyed
in a very handsome barge rowed by 16 men dressed
• white silk jackets and blue tronsers. Tlwy were
Orecetled by e band of music, while three large steam
sreisels, crowded oith people, and oreetenenied with
Hags of various colours wed devices, skirted the
Surrey shores of the river, atql orcasionadly fired.
salutes from some small ewivels provided for this •
• purpose. About ten o'clock the iiroces-ion began
to more from Southwark ler dge. At this moment it
would he impossible to convey an adequate idea
of the splendour and sonnet l of tile scene.—
The slyer was literally covered with 110..1., all twar.
in!' flogs of various colours auddrscni it item, There.
• twild not be fewer than from live to six thousand
boats present, the wen in each were, for the 'nett part,
clothed uniformly in Moe or white jackets, with
Idue sashes and white favours, :and rues boat bore a
• Beg, either white, blue, or sniped, with some device
or motto. Binh if ample were heard on various
parts of the river, awl from mail 11141.1•8 along the
shorn, and the gore; as they tired from the steam'
Musts west answered by velnice from the NM.
It is impossible to do justice to the brilhaney rod
magnificence of the spectre?. The mooting was
remarkably fine, and the sparkling of the water, as
it wee diourbed by the thousands of mire, increased
the splendour of the scene. The procession ad-
s tweed rapidly up the river, being impelled both
i toe wind mod title, col was increned as it proceed-
rd, being joined by the boats of the several stations
Coeig the liver. Thr order of she procession, however,
was not long oh-erred, and before the boats pawed
W'. vtmnrtet-hridKr. they porsiicil their way without
any regard to previous. arrangements. They soon
foemetili close mass• which however detracted nas-
tltiog from the gra,,cal magnificence of the spectacle.
although it could ant fail of exciting in the minds of
the spectators on sheer sit ides of immediate danger.
- • The crowds that fined the Weeks order river.aad were
collected on the prverel bridges, defied.colcolation;
• hat we do trot thi al. that we meal oudienoto thew by
representing them at 200,000 Venous. The
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*ons who either formed n part of the joroeessiou. or
onoigled with it from curiosity, could net be fewer
its cumber than 20,000.

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QUID IRVARIL
On Manslay night n young man, named Wei. Eforatrell,
11 .1 rniumitteil for trial f this lifErr, ehnigril with bar.
ii.g rubhid Sir lon Lade of his watch, &c. about 12 o'clock
IL:.amc dav, Iw thr Kensington...roil.
hone Norris, a Jr., was riiioniiited for re ertsmiwarino
on a tenni.. charge, preferred agaiust him by Mr. 'l'. Ml-
kli•SO II of Chelsea.

OLD BAILEY, TursDAY, Orroban 3.

The Imiiners of the Session, having terminated
tin• eveniog lie C0)1%1031144E114E* NT pursed the
awful retitetice of &alb nikou tie following ciput4l
convicts ;
Henry Harris. Charles Lee, Thulium Goodall, Sarah
Piero, Elis. Callaghan „bike' Nesensiin, awl John Madden, fur
wining forged woes of the Batik of England; Thus Cf. irr,
, J. Davis, Wsei. Svltify Smith, Joseph Ellyoger, George FBI:
• wards, Richard Brailtaseei, J. Hemming, J *Wel Jacobs,
Rawl Webster, Daniel Low, and James FOX, for highway
robberies; Thous., Caloll' Adam Duckett, John Kelly,
J. T. Martin, Hriiry Lee, John Napprr, and Henry Todd,
• to,r stealing is derelliiig.liouves; T. F. Harnett, for forging
and ultrrlng .a bill of exchange ; 11. C. Turnkey, for a rob-
-4,11 the River Thrives; William Sitirelifield, fur horse-
. ; .1
booms 11 'r for van-lime ; George Orford
ar.d Peter T3lYr, for burglary; Wes. Fisher, Charles Evans,
and Thusnas BFoll'll, fur leinse.breaking, in the &Orme ;
*numb Jarvis suit Sumo Thom is, fur sitealisig in a drefing-
buirer.e; inol.Ttiontae Wooer. fur • deiestable offence.
were ordered to be tramp.' led for life; fishier.* Cut
.wire,. 'rats ; true to be toms jowled no years iu the House
Comet • ; two for true year, aid several fur shorter
periods, visor to be privately soil others publody *Lipped:
Four 118411141 f juileinveit• rispited; two were Runt Jc. each
sad discharged—odor/ which the.Cuait was adjourned to
• Wednesday stay Mon not .