The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION:HOUSE.

Tli C g►arnse RaTe/OZEIL-40 ewilletilieree of the report of
the ,:sse of Captain Uontez Venegaa and his brother officer in the
newspapers, several c intributioss, amounting to ISL lie. were re-
ceived by :11r. nobler, and yesterday Captain Venegas attended
and received the subscriptions.
The LORD bistros said he was much gratified that the case had
*selecd the attention of the benevolent ; but he lamented that this
exorcise of humanity could only yield temporary aid to the un-
fortunate officers, who must, if smite plan of a permanent nature
were not adopted, be in a short time plunged into as deep wretched-
ness as that from which they had just been relieved. This was, he
had good reason to believe, not a solitary case, and there was reason
to apprehend that there were many more refugees pining in want,
and perhaps in despair. To be informed of this fact was, he
knew, all that was necessary to the people of every rank in Lon-
don, to induce them to unite in establishing what it was evident was

so extremely desirable.
The lase of the funds of the Italian Committee will he dig.
tributed to-day amongst the refugees (about 120 in number). They
have been obliged, each of them, to subsist on 7s. per week, that
sum being the utmost that could be given to Colonels, Captains. Ad-
vocates, Professors, and Magistrates. There are fifty Spanish re-
fugees who hare never received any relief from Government.

Gt. ILDHALL.
Two boys, named ClJl and Austin, term brought before Mr.
Alderman WAITIIMAK, yesterday charged with rubbing their mas-
ter, Air. Taylor, printer, of Shoe-lane.
It appeared that Mr. Taylor had missed great quantities of va-
luable papers, such as manuscripts, portions of a Lexicon, and
other works, at various timer, and at length suspicion falling on
one of the numerous boys be keeps employed, he charged him with
the thefts ; the boy, after some hesitation, admitted the fact of his
having been concerned with the prisoners in disposing of very large
quantities of paper, to many of the cheesemongers' and pork.
butchers' shops round the neighbourhood. The prisoners, on be-
ing apprehended, confessed to some of the robbertni, and Miser,
another boy, was admitted King's evidence.
The following arc only a few of the shops where the prisoners
hare, at carious times, disposed of paper at the rate of 2d. per lb.,
the usual price being 41. for waste paper :—Mr. Gittir.s, Gray's-
Inn-lane ; Mrs. Ford, {lhite's-alley, Chancery-lane ; Mr. Ste-
vens, Fetter-lane; and Mr. Hawkins, Fetter-lane. They identified
the prisoners as the persons of whom thoy purchased the paper.
Mr. Taylor complained of the facilities afforded to boys dis-
posing of valuable paper as waste, to persons who never make any
inquiry, nor care of whom they purchase, so as they get it at a
cheap rate.
In some cases, however, it appeared that the prisoners had stated
that they wine in ,Mr. Taylor's employ, and that the paper was
their perquisite/, as the premises were going to be taken down.
The Alderman, in severe terms, censured the conduct of all the
above persons, and assured them that there was so nice a dis-
tinction beween their conduct aroi that of receivers of stolen
goods, arcs riling to the Act of Parliament, that if they still pur-
sued this course, they would certainly appear some day at the bar
of the OM Bailey. He then desired the clerk to read the Act re-
gaoling the receivers of stolen goods 1224 Geo. 111. cap. SR), and
after a further admonition as to their future conduct, desired them
to keep the paper to produce in Court.
The prisoners were remanded.