The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-09-30 (London, England)

UNION-HALL. Beccesno•st I axis it.—Yesterday Thomas Coombs, charged with the murder of Mr. Goodhue* gardener, was again brought up. for the examination of further witnesses. The evidence given applied rather to robberies committed by the prisoner about the time of the murder, in the neighbourhood of Langley Park, than to that fact. %I &ant Kingston, gardener to Joseph Wiesen, Esq. of Ekkaal. In Kent, stated, that on the night of the 2lst of June, Mr. War.' ren's hothouse was broken open, and a thermometer sod about a hundred weight of paper stolen. The thermometer produced was that stolen. This was the thermometer taken from the pvisoma's lodging. Coombs was asked whether he had any questions to put to the witnesses, or to say anything for himself? He appeared to be in a state of despondency, and said he had co questions to ask, nor anything to say. lie was again unleaded, as further evidence is exported to be produced. Ekinoe Regan, a woman of the town, was brought up in custody, rather for the purpose of making her a witless, than of prosecuting her. Mr. Grant, of the Customs, stated that on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, he was passing along Bankside, opposite Messrs Barclay and Co.'s brewery, and received a dreadful blow, which strut!: him to the ground in a state of insensibility. On recovering, he found himself supported by persons who had found him lying on the ground, and taken up. His gold watch, which was a valuable one, was gone, and he bad no doubt it was for the purpose of robbery that he bad been kirocked down. His face ex. hibited strong marks of the violence of the blow. The shoptnan of Mr. Kirkman, a pawnbroker in the Borough, stated, that the watch had been brought to the shop by the pri. toner, who offered it in pawn for 31. and said it was the property of Mr. Murphy. il'itness kept the watch, and desired her to fetch Mr. Murphy. She went away, and did not return. The prisoner stated, that she received the watch from a man of her acquaintance, of the name of Murphy, who promised her eighteen-pence for pawning it. 11Ir. Grant identified the watch produced as the one of which he wait robbed, and said it was worth fittl. or guineas. The prisoner promised to give every information in her power respecting Murphy ; in which case she was given to understand she would not be prosecuted.  There is great reason to fear that many of the valuable horses stolen from Essex and other counties, have been taken to the water's edge and sold to go on board vessels upon the point of sailing for foreign parts. The result of the vigilant search made by the Her. Mr. Searle, of Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, for two horses stolen from him, gives strength to this suggestion. After tracing them to the water s edge, upon the Essex coast, opposite to Woolwich, Mr. Searle discovered that they had been sold to go on board a merchantman, bound for Jamaica, which sailed from that place two days before.—Bury Poet. On Tnewlsy last, Joseph Moyse, the coachman of the Regulator from Exeter to Launceston, was suddenly seized with a fatal illness at the latter place, and barely spoke after.