The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-05-11 (London, England)

ATT AM—About the hour of seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, a party of men, fourteen or fifteen in uumber, armed with bludgeons, entered the workshop of Mr. Donnelly, white-smith, in Little Ship-street, Dublin, and violently assaulted a man named Thomas Hardin. whom they struck repeatedly. Bardin seized a bar of iron, which was red hot, and resisted for some time, but it was wrested from him. Ile was left in such a state that it was found necessary to have him conveyed to Mercer's Hospital. A man named Patrick Coates, a journeyman smith, in the employment of Mr. Donnelly, was up stairs at the time, and on hearing the noise, armed himself with a bayonet, and repaired to the spot. Ile saw two men running away,. and pursued them into the street, where be saw seven or eight more men, who ran Mr in the direction of Ross-lane. Ile continued pursuing them, calling out " atop the murderers;" but although the streets were populous at the time, no person interfere) to stop any of them, and they eircaped by Nicholas-street. This outrageous assault is supposed to have mien from combination, as foar men, who were in the sin. ployment of Mr. Donnelly, struck for an advance of wages in the week after Easter, and Hardin continued at work.—Gloagow Chronicle.  DA KING Bunu t.• AV.—Early on Friday morning a gang of thieves, supposed to be four in number, broke open the dwelling. house of Mr. Spry, watchmaker, of Hereford, and succeeded in carrying off nearly sixty watches, and about 74/. in money. Every thing indicated the systematic coolness and intrepidity of the depredators. Mr. Spry is a fruiterer, and the flour of the shop which is fronting the street was covered with the peel of oranges, on which, in the midst of their plunder, the thieves had found both time and inclination to luxuriate. Mr. Spry, about two o'clock in the morning, was induced to conic down stairs, in consequence of some noise ; but it was then too late, for the rascals had decamped. No time was lost in giving the alarm ; and that active police officer, Mr. Owen, traced and followed them to Ledbury, where they had hired a post-chaise for Worcester; and he succeeded in apprehending three of the men in the streets of that city. Their names are T. Jones (alias the Handy Post-boy), Powell, and Green. Nearly the whole of the watches were found on the person of .long; Powell had about 4W. in money taken from him; and Green was loaded with seals, chains, and Wait watches. The prisoners were conveyed back to Hertford on Satur. day.— Glow:ger Jawswal. E NT•1111i °CCU aRE CE.--011 Tuesday, the Yorkhouse coach from Bath to Oxford, was upset. The coachman had drawn up at the summit of a sharp hill going out of Swindon, for the purpose of having the wheel dragged, when unfortunately the pole of the carriage touched the flank of one of the leaders. which began kicking, and afterwards set off at a furious rate down the hill. In des ending, the coach was overturned, and we regret to announce that Lieut. 'Thomas Maris, R.N. (a gentleman well known and highly respected in ll.ith,) was throwa from Its seat, had his thigh broken in a dreadful manner, and was otherwise so much injured that he only survived till three o'clock next morning ; another of the outside passengers was seriously bruised, and one of the horses killed on the nix.  +aussw°••".