The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.
Mary Fit:cernld was yesterday brought before Alderman
LI:CAS. charged by Mr. Dean, wboleaale dealer in poul!..y, New-
gate-market, with atealing several articles, his property.
It appeared that Mary was suspected, and one of his young Men
being cautioned, kept a careful eye upon her. At length he SUS-
petted that she had taken a fancy to a pigeon, and a south took
place. The lint article found was a slice of beef.skirt, neat a
pigeon, then another, fourthly, a fine barn.doof fowl; fifthly, a
good fat duck; and lastly, the Mesa of a fat Lincoln sheep. The
whole of the poultry, Mr. Dean had no doubt, was his property,
which was corroborated by his salesman.
Mary, upon being called upon to defend or etplain her conduct,
made a long statement in the true Emerald brogue, taking especial
care, during her whole mutative, not to say one word about the
pigeons, the fowl, or the duck, the gravy beef, or the mutton.
The worthy Alderman Inquired if the officers had known her
before as a " pigeon-fancier ;.` but that did not appear to be the
case.

-41 ary, notwithstanding a copious flow of tears, was committed
for trial. •
Yesterday, Charles Brady, one of the watchmen of St. Brides,•
was pieced at the bar as a prisoner, before Mr. Alderman Lucas,
upon a charge of assaulting, with some violence, one of the frail
sisterhood ; but although hir offence had been committed at an
early hour in the morning, lie had, it seems, through the kindness
of the acting officer of the night, Alr. Borman been spared the
mortification of -the usual incarceration in the Giltspur-strest
Cumpter, till the hour of the Magistrates sitting arrived.
i• The complainant, Susan Wilkinson, a modest lookitig genteel
young female, stated that it raining very fast about three o'clock
yesterday morning, she sought shelter under the shambles of Fleet..
market, Mid had not been there long when the prisoner came up
and ordered her to walk on. She told him she would. But, said
he, you must go on pretty quickly. What for, she asked. Oh,
said he,-I'll soon let you know—l'll take you to the watchhouse.
Well, she replied, I will get on as fast as I can. He, however,
Immediately seized her, and carried her to the place where he had
threatened, but having no substantive charge in the opinion of the
constable of the night, Brady went away, as he said, to fetch
another witness to speak to her disorderly conduct, but whom he
failed to produce; and the constable, after waiting his return some
time to little purpose, set the complainant at large. In a few mo-
ments afterwards she walked up the market again, accompanied by
another girl, and a male friend. She found the prisoner on his
beat, again he ordered to keep moving, abused her, and on her
asking him what he meant by such conduct, struck hers violent blow
in the face, which loosened her teeth, and made her mouth and nose
bleed profusely. The other watchmen refused to take her charge
of assault ; but nevertheless they all went on to the watehhouse,
where the constable of the night held her charge to be well founded,
and she was permitted to wash the blood off her face.
She called as witnesses Ann Jones and James Ross. The latter
stated that he found the two girls standing in the market, and en.
tered into conversation with them. Almost immediately the pi-
Goner came up and abused her ; and without any other provocation
than her exclaiming " Old Brady, what do yes mean by this ?"
the prisoner struck her the violent blow described. lie knew ao-
thing of her having been taken to the watekbesee yeavieusly.
The prisoner said, Mills defence, that the ameba wasadotioady
the refuge, upon rainy nights, of all the howeakes eldelets la the
city. Respectable persons also occasionally eleregled la aareng
them and then there was an outcry of shies, rila, money,
being stolen. It was his order to keep the market dear, and in the
execution of that order he hoped he should be protected. Ile did
not Ittike this girl till she had given him a blow on the mouth, but
yet he was sorry he struck her so violently. She was not the ctut.
ratter she had represented herself, earner* her living by working at
her needle, but might be found in Fleet-street or the market live
nights out of seven.
Ale. Alderman Lucas said, that even such characters were
within the protectioh of the law, and must not be treated with bru-
tality. But these females, en the o thor band, should remember,
it was the duty of the watchmen to prevent any persons from loi-
tering about the streets at an unseasonable hour. The watchman,
in this instance, should have taken her before the officer of the '
night a mane time, end in striking her he had undoubtedly done
wrong ; but as he appeared to be sorry for it, he would advise the
girl to retire with him, and accept some compensation for the
injury.
This, with some reluctance, she assented to, and the matter was
settled.

BOW STREET.
Mr. Clarke, a tailor, rearrOlin George-street, Adclphi, ap.
pared on Thursday before Sk BIRNIE, under the following
circumstances :•—• . _

J. Crocker, jun. stated that he is in the employ of Messrs.
Crocker and Jardine, Manchester warehousemen, 86, Watling.
street, and that on Tuesday last ha received from Mr. Jardine three
201. notes of the Old Oxford Bank (payable at Messrs. Hammen.
ley's, Pall-mall), to get cashed. On his way. and when opposite
to St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, he looked into his waistcoat
pocket, and there saw the note safe, but when he got to the corner
of the Adelphi they were missing. He then went into Mr. Salter's
shop at that place, and afterwards proceeded to Messrs. Hammers.
let to stop payment of the notes. Ile then reamed home and
related the circumstance, and, in consequence, an advertisement
was ireertod in two of the morning papers on the next dry, offering
a reward for their restoration, but not naming any specific mm.
Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, a
gentleman called in Watling-street, requesting to know if they
were the parties to be applied to respecting some Oxford notes
which he had seen advertised as having been lost. lie was'answered
in the affirmative. He then wanted to know what reward would be
lven for their restoration ? The witness's father said he would
ave it to himself to name the sum, at the same time requesting
him to suppose himself in their situation, and then say what re. '
muneration he would like to ghee under similar circumstances. The
gentleman, who then gave his name as Clarke, said the advertise_
ment offered a handsome reward, would they think twenty pounds
I too much. Sir. Crocker said, certainly he did. Mr. Clarke, then,
after a little hesitation, named M. as the amount that would be
expected upon which Mr. Crocker and Mr. Jardine consulted,
and they finally agreed to give 191. but Mr. Clarke refused, saying
that it would not do.
Alr. Crocker, sen. then confirmed the testimony of his son as re.
garded Mr. Clarke's waiting on the firm, and In addition stated
that at his own request Slr. Clarke gave his address, and an ap.
pointment was made lot himself to call upon that gentleman at ten
o'clock the next morning (yesterday). From the great anxiety hel
felt, however, respecting the matter, and wishing to get it settled,
as soon as possible, he called on the same evening between seven
and eight, and bad an interview with Mr. Clarke, who still held I
Out for the IN., and u a proof why he lOnaself did not consider
that sum too great, he stated that some tile previously had lost
• ten pound note, for the restoration of which he had given 41.,
being nearly half the amount, and as he did not hesitate to give
almost hail lur his note, he thought it not too much to demand al
third from Mr. Crocker. ll'itness notwithstanding refused to give I
erre than ICI., and Mr. Clarke said as It was for a third person
that he was negotiating, he could not decrease his demand. He
(the witness) still refuel, when Mr.: Clarke asked if Mr. Crocker I
had the numbers and dates of the notes ? The witness said he had
not, but that he had stopped the payment of them, as the name
of " Thorpe" wa. written upon the face of each note by himself,
and in addition that he had sent for the numbers to the person of
whom lie had received them. Sir. Clarke then went out of the
room, and asked his wife for some person, and on his return said
it was eery unfortunate that he should be out at that time; lie
also said he had inspected the notes, and that he had found the in.
donement upon them as stated by the witness. lie then produced
the note.

Mr. Clarke here interrupted Mr. Crocker, and amid that part of
what that gentleman had stated was income; ; he had never saki
he was negotiating for a third person, and at the interview in the
evening, when Mr. ('rocker said he should have the numbers and
dates of the notes the next morning, he (witness) told him that if he
would bring them to him at ten o'clock that morning, he would
restore the notes upon the receipt of ten sovereigns. Mr. Clocker
said that he would go and consult his friend Mr. Salter, and that
if he came back that evening, he would return in ten minutes ; but
instead of that Mr. C. left his house, and after a lapse of some
time returned with an officer of this establishment, who served&
warrant upon him.
Sir R. Blurt t x—No, Sir, it was not a warrant; it was merely a
summons, requesting your attendance here; there is some differs
ence, let me tell you, between the two.
Mr. Clarke—Yes, Sir, there is; I do not object to appear before
either you or Mr. Halls ; so far from it, I have great pleasure in
doing so; but I do not like the line of conduct pursued by Mr.
Crocker„ who I thou{
,ht
ht was—
Sir Britsre--Stap, stop! I must have no recrimination
here. Are you, Mr. Crocker, jun. prepared to swear either that the
notes were stolen from you, or that you dropped thew out of your
pocket
Mr. Crocker, junc—No, Sir, I cut neltbec Inez to the one aor