The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

111 A NtllON-HIDIIS
Yesterday, • ktter-carrier, named Gisler, Wm charged, at the
instance of the superintendents of the l'ust.ofhce, with having
forged a bond for $O/.
It appears that it is the custom of the Post-office establishment
to requtre a bond from each letter-carrier for the mini of 1.0!., ss a
security tiw the honest diecharge of his duties, iwel the regular pay-
ment of the money he receives. Two responsible persons are re-
quired to each bond, and the prisoner, upon being appoinied to the
situation, products' a paper with two signer IlieS as his security. After
he hail been wine time in office, it sous discovered that the whole
was a forgery. Ile was apprehended, and newer the persons whine
names were attached to the pretended instrument came forward
(although reluctant) to swear that, as tar as his name was con.
!errors', the bond was a forgery.
The Solicitor for the pneecutirm now stated, that the person who
bad given evidence of the forgery hail absconded. It was, he said,
necessary to prosecute the prisoner for an offence which, if not pm-
*muted, might lead to the most serious robberies. Ile, therefore,
applied fur a warrant to apprehend the witness who had withdrawn
himself.
The 1101113 MAYOR was informed that the witness had proba-
bly kept out of the way front motives id' huinanity towards the
unfortunate man at the bar. Ili* Lordship could not lend his aa.
aistance to avert the severity of the law. He certainly regretted
that the prisoner appeared not to have (smoldered that severity
when hr, as was alleged, nammitted the offence. The witness must
attend and give his testimony.
A warrant was then issued for his (the witness's) apprehension,
and the prisoner was remanded.

(it:HAMA id.-
ROBBERY BY SERVANTA.—Two additional instances of rob-
bery_by servants upon their employers rants under the cognisance
of Mr. Alderman lircas, the sitting Magistrate, at this Justice-
room, yesterday.
Tintothfi Connor, a labourer in the employ of Mr. l'cto, builder,
!dale Britain, was charged by the foreman with stealing a quan-
tity of old lead.
The prisoner protested that this was the finl thing of the sort
he had ever done.
The Alderman, however, interpreted his declaration to mean,
that It was the first time he had been detected, and accordingly
committed him fur trial.
Jodi SWIIiIiWN, a servant of upwards of three years' standing, in
the employ of Messrs. Warner, brass-founders, Crescent, Jewin-
street, was charged with a precisely similar offence, and was • au.
emitted for trial.

/IA TT( /N-f).l R I/EN.
RIOT IN Ct./AMEN WEI I. ttttt "mr..—Vour terra/lOU
mtuperi, named Mary nr,therlon, Anne Stilenrern, Monads Pur.
lortn, and Anne Cluaterlea, were brought up in the custody of '
Brown, the beadle, charged with having created an alarming riot,
last night, in Clerkenwell Workhouse
Mr. Senn, the overseer, attended, and stated, that these paupers
were placed in an inferior ward, in craotrnucnce of their mcaping
front the person conducting them to the Ophthalmic Infirmary for
assistance, rod absenting themselves for several days. %Vben placed
in the ward, they broke forty squares of glass, valued above M..
(not leaving an entire pane) tore all the walls, and were prevented
with difficulty front doing further mischief. Be also said, that'
Mary Brotherton was the ringleader, and that she had been sent
repeatedly to the House of Correction, but with no good elect.
The prisoners stated that the place where they were confined wu
a cellar (not a ward), where the hones were thrown after making
soul). The consequence was, the place was overrun with rats, and,
in their own defence, they were compelled to afford every facility for
the escape of the obnoxious animals.
Mr. 'Sergi strongly pressed the Magistrate not to semi them to the
)louse or (!nreection tin any. short duration of punishment, but to,
the sessions for trial for creating the riot.
The Msgi.trate, after some hesitation, assented to his request,
and the prisoners were committed to Clerkenwell prison for trial.
JaNiel Shin-by, a smart kinking lad, was charged with stealing
a pair of boots. value :14b. on lait Saturday evening, out of the shop
of Mr. Burger, bout and shoemaker, Albemarle-street, Clerken.
well. The primacy war apprehended that morning, coming out of
the Queen's Head public house, in (/olden-lane, where he seam
elated with a number of young thieves. Ile was remanded for a
second examination.
C. Coterhe was remanded, for the solicitor to the Mint to at..
tend, charged with bring a common utterer of false sod counterfeit
coin.

QUEEN—SQUARIi.
Eliza Brows, a girl of the town, and James M'Carilly, a drum-I
nicr in the Lit regiment of Grenadier tfuards, were brought before
D. W. Ile rem tE, and A. A. Witt TE, Esjrii. charged, the for-
mer with steeling, and the latter with receiving, knowing to be
stolen,. silver watch, key, and seal. value
31'4:artily is known as a most ferocious character, and was one of
the leaders of the riot between the soldiers and the Irish, in the Al.
money, Wes:minister, on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo,
in the year lira, on which occasion he drew his aide-arms, and
killed a poor old man named Cogle, and Cooper and Pace, two of-
ficers, were dreadfully beaten. APCsethy was tried at the Old
Miley Sessions, and found guilty of manslaughter. Ile received
montne imprisonment, and since then he has always hail his
attend tivetted to the s.nibbard to prevent his wing it, inching the
opinion of the commanding officer of his disposition.
Edward Black, a PCTVAIIt to Lord Ilarborough, at present resid-
ing at Stevens's itond-street, stated, that he met a woman
on Si nday night, and accompanied her to a house at No. 10, Whit.
comb street. Previous to going to sleep he put his watch under his
pillow, and, on getting up the next morning, he missed his oom-
panion and his watch, and on inquiry be found the former had left
the house between 'is and seven o'clock.

Thomas tilaseott, a watch-maker, of No. 7, Brest Chapel-street,
Westminster, slated that 111•Carthy came to his shop and offered
the watch for sale for five sovereigns, but he refused to purchase it.
John Williams, pawnbroker, of. No. I, Great Chapel•street,
stated, that the prisoner came to his shop shout eight o'clock on
Monday evening, and offered the watch and key to pledge 14 M.
Baring received inhirmation of ouch a watch having been stolen,
he detained 111•CArthy and the watch, while he sent fur Pace, an
officer, to whom he gave 111•Carthy in charge.
The case hail gone thus far before the female prisoner was in
eusiody.and 31•Carthy, in his defence, said he had the watch given
to him by a woman whose name he did not know, nor should he
kiaiw her person amain. !le was then remanded, when, M a short
time, 4 ;come Pople, an officer, received private information, on
which he instantly left the office and brought back Brown in cus-
tody. The prisoners were then Loth placed at the bar, and the fol-
lowing additional evidence obtained.
Mary Anne Winship, servant to the house No. lA, Whitcomb-
street, deposed, that the female prisoner and the prosecutor came to
her mistress's house together on Sunday night. The former gut up
and left the house before seven o'clock on Monday morning, and
the latter got up about half-past seven, when he told the witness of
his lmns

The prosecutor said he could not swear Brown was the woman
he went to this house with.

M`l'arthy and Itrown declared positively they knew nothing of
each other; and in order to prove their intimacy, Harriet Fultiter,l
of Nu. 11, Fulmer's-row, Palmer's Village. was called, who proved'
that the prisoners cohabited together in her house fur the last six
weeks.

Ppple stated, that when IlVi'arthy was searched a piece of printed
cotton was found on him, which was of the same pattern as the
other prisoner's got. n ; and on his Remelting the latter, he found a
number of duplicates, all in the Pattie of Al•Carthy, among which
was one fur Al•l'arthy's Waterloo medal.
At this instant, Samuel Smith, shotiman to Mr. Harris, of No.
AS, Tothill.street. Westminster, made his Appearance with the pro.
weistot'a seal, which he swore was pledged with him by 141`earthy,
for 10s.

The pnsonm still denied all knowledge of each other. They
were fully committed to Newgate for trial.
Such was the ferocity of this fellow's disposition, that while pro-
ceeding from the Magistrate's room to the lock-up place, he kicked
a valuable dog belonging to one of the officers so violently, that It
was not expected to live many minutes.