The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-15 00:00:00

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POLIVE.
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MURDER OF MRS POOLEY.
O Saturday,the two men and a woman, in mend
on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of tll
above ofd lady, at her house in kiorseler-demen
underwent a private examination, before Mr. GRA
RAM, for three hours. I hey were esatnined semi
rattly. The result was, after etch. of them ha
been closely interrogated by the Maniti rate, to giv
an account of themselves, -at the time of the abet
rnbhery and murder, that the man inn Rivett a;
prehended on Thursday, turned evidence, and gsll
a full account of the atrocious conduit of the aettri
perpetrator of the horrid deed. We understand ri
villains were ire the deceased's house eight hours
they first knocked the old lady down, when tire mi
errant got upon her breast and cm her throat. TI
woman not being implicated, she was discharge/4
Both the men remain in curt
FORGERIES
A gang of forgers, amounting, it is supposed,_
two hundred, has lately been discovered, and it
estimated they have committed forgeries to a keat
tetent and amount than ever was known to tl
cnuntry. They consisted principelly of old salltr
soldiers, and their wives, who forged nil!. a
powers of deceased soldiers and.sailors ; they he
been able to carry their depredations into efreet, frc
their own knowledge of men whonre'dead. nod •
learning from persons who returderrem abroad, t
description and partictilars of orhers,whn aer,tfens;
eel; it is estimated that, during the lest war a
the present, they have committed tOOO forge.
annually.
The gang have aEtually formed thermerwe's it
a re,tilar society, have a President and Se:cret
and some of them, although of tie lowest ord
have amassed so much property as to be' ably
purchase hauses.
They forged every document to answer rtl;
purpose, consisting of births, riareisige-, papteid
tern, will., etc. Blank letters were put inter
Oakes in all parts of Englavd and Ireland, Toll
pc-prase of getting t!)e post marks by digit nrlt
and they were filled with the forgery on theirs
rival in London. ,
The discovery was made,• in consequenoridr,
Seeretarv, and the principal man in the sampled!'
out and 'fighting. The former obtained a wataall
Union Hall against the latter, for an assault., ;1
Defendant, whose name is Dowley, kepusisiisos
tot the purpose of carry ire on his schemes. as. he
Borough, am• the other in Mill-Fuld, lapdog
Vauxhall-waile. On the warrant being k
fore the MAGISTRATES, at C:litAl HAIL that fa
shin did not satisfy the revenge of the Seereei
and he gave information of the forgeries .694
above Oißce, to criminate Dowley and the eel
the gang. lhe information
,was mad. know.
the Solicitors to the Navy Board and Chelsea t'
pital. They, in consequence, en/played Dorrinp
and Adkins, and tinseled them. to. spare no e:
tine or expellee in apprehending the whole of
parties.
During the last three weeks, by the exertion
the Officers. they have apprehended 12,1'who I
undergone frequent initiate examinations; al
have been discharged for. want of arideace,
14 are committed; some " • a e
lie examination before
covered that the great
the Officers, found upon
although purporting to b
of England and Ireland,
manufaaured at the same
When the Officers went
of those charged, in the"
they made a desperate 7
assisted them ; it was
voured to put out the
ton with a bayonet ;
hold of the handle, pull
their hands, and extric..
threatening to stab them,
some of them with the h-
man made his escape,
In a few days after,
company with several
and having procured 0'
secured them all.
roAcntits.
The delightful estate of Lord Robert SO
at Midhuist, in Sussex, being abundantleir
with game, particularly pheasants, causellt,t
infested with a great number of `poachers;
in, that his Lordship trhkeep fdeelp
keepers. On the night of Saturday sen
game-keepers went into the grounds, to strid
safe ; one of them having let the othei thrg
were examining a rabbit-trap; was satidenkilittl
by sevet al men (+.upposed to be six) who kisciekel
down, and beat and wounded him on his Held
in different parts of his body, in a twitittlnli
manner ; after which they fell in with the shred
game-keepers, served them in a vimilaitmienth
left them all so had that they could not-walls.
villains met a farmer's boy Tentening from
vest-home, whom they served in a like brutal
nor, because they supposetihe belonged to the)
keepers. A man was tat:sit up on Monday
on suspicina, and identified try the boy.'
Lordship sent an express on Mondry, to Sir F
Vincent, upon the business, who applied t
Graham. and he dispatched Anthony and A
The Officers succeeded in apprehending at
man, whom the beyidentified. The game-k
remain extremely ill flora their woundsiand 6
voioti
A cue came on to be beard before the
T RAT LS, at Union Hall, on Sa:ui day, in erli
persons, who are in the ht'eit of hiring boa
interested, unier the Rankin circumstances
Mr. George Smite hired a butt yesterda
night, at BlitclOViats 13.;dge, to leltfthell
for which-the Waterman denier .ded fieershilii
Mr. Smart, knowing the (are to be only nin.
demurred at paying t bat the waterman, as
was ready with a deal of abusive lingeage.
sabmitted to the imposirioa. but made I
mind to punish him for the good of the p
and accordingly sun= tined him hefnre the
MagiArates. A Waterman, wnorn Mr. Smart
nettling o', emended to ;answer to the nom
the boat; he denied hie ng had him a; a
and said, if Mr. Smart had been tan to hit

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me of them underwent a ;
re Mr. G.tanaw, who
miss of papers producer
ion them at their Itibitutil
o be documents from all 0
A, were written up= pg
ame place.
went to the rasidence of
he Mint, a man and his's,
:a resistance, and several
is at night, and they It
candles, and to :tab Don
'+ut Le succeeded in''
illed the narrowparigli
Id icatc.l himself from flq
them, and aawall '•
a bayonet. In the se
, but the wife was seevai
• Dnrrington saw the tai
'al others, in Covent-ti
the assistance of borne 3>
rOACIIERS.