The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION.

GUILDIIALL.—Vesterday Sir Wm. Blisard attended at this
utta e, before Mr. Alderman ATKINS, to prefer a complaint
against Mr. Waterhouse, the proprietor of the Swan with Two
mitts. Lad-lane, whom he had summoned for an overcharge in
the carriage a tta..-2 partridges, for which the porter charged 3s. 2d.
The game had been pain fh: at thy: place (coin which it was sent,
and Sir William resisted the imposition.
A Clerk attended to answer the complaint, and stated that the
racket had not been made out by a regular porter, but by a person
rintatoyed by the porter. They bad 173 brace of birds yes-
terday, and on such occasions they were forced to employ other
psi eons.
Scholey, one of the porters, stated that he would be liable to
a pettily of ate. if the parcels brought it, by the mail were not de-
livered by one o'clock. Ue had employed the before-mentioned
mac. whom he believed to be honest, but who had absconded.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS severely reprimanded the practice of
sending the parcels. which might be of the greatest value, round the
town by carts, under the care of persons who were rot engaged by
the establishment. The porterage allowed by the Act was quite
etlegnate to the expense of tending them round in districts, of
which regular ',erten should each take one, and sign their names
. to each ticket ; atter a severe lecture on their mode of transacting
business, the case was settled by their paying the expenses.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.
. H AT r ow.esstariEn•_Yesterday, Coro/lee Firntlion was brought
el for final examination, charged with stealing a Mk Bank of
kagland note from her late master, Mr. Brooks. ot high-street,
lieutoo-crescent, the particulars of which have already been fully
reported.
It will be recollected that the note was exchanged by a woman
named Stanley (the wife of a tailor with whom the primer lodged)
at Mr. Pastel's, landlord of the Golden Hart, Brick-lane, Spital.
fads, from whom it was taken up by a Jew money-lender, named
lieseann, the object of which was evidently to mar the prosecution.
Mrs. Stanley having admitted that she received the note fro ii the
pawner, all that reni:ined to complete the case was to prove the
identity of the one exchanged by Pastel', now in the possession of
Isa,esoit. The prisoner was therefore remanded merely for the
prod-le:ion of this person. who has contrived to elude all the in.
quotes of the prosecutor and the officers who bare been in snack of
into.
Mr. Brooks yesterday informed the Magistrates (Sergeant Belton '
mktt Mr. Laing) that as Isaacson timid not be found, it happened
,ep fortunately fur the ends of justice that the note could be idea.
oiled by another witness, from whom he (Mr. Brooks) received it
tu„parratent.
J Revelt, fists. of Burtneuereuent, stated, that some short period
erect iti• to the time when Mr. Brooks was robbed, he received at
..c Molt of England six notes of 3411. each, one of which he paid
tur. Bwobs g having taken the numbers at the time, lie was en-
abled to trace five nut of the six which had cone back to the Bank,
are the Dumber of the note which Postal changed fur 3lrs.Stanley,
so the instance of the prisoner, corresponded with that of the sixth,
wiarcb was not yet found.
The prisoner was asked if she had any thing further to say, but
she declined making a detente at present, and was fully committed
tria•
DUFFING.
Two (gni, ws named John and Thomas liar,ooghs, the latter
hoeing the appearance of a sea-faring mail, were placed at the bar
iftwaMr the following flagrant charge :
Mr. Henry Milbourne, a young gentleman, who had recently
come up to London tor the purpose of completing his studies in the
....uaaivaipos seated,. thilthe was piny up Holborn, between the
lours of pis soilseven o cluck on wednesaay evening, when he
was accosted by one of the prisoners (lobo). who asked him to
pinclutio same real navannah cigars. ale 3111bourr.e told the fel-
low several times, that he did net want them, but he stuck close to
biros still extolling the quality of the cigars, which would be sold
tor almost nothing. Tired of the man's importunity. and believing
him to be in distress, he at length agreed to take a ehilling's worth,
and was with much appearance of secrecy conducted up a dark pas.
saw In Fulwood's Rents, where he was shown into a room, and
the other prisoner stood up to receive him as if pee-informed of his
ass B. The person who decoyed hint hither addressing his ass
sedate, said," Weß,•'-itptairt, her is a getitleittau teloftill buy
same' f your cigars ; show them to him, and he'll find they are the
right sort." The pretended Oppugn observed, In reply, " Oh, I
have none that dArgt recommend so a gentleman, as they have been
dannaged by thaw.-water; but I ran show him something more
worth his attendee. teal French cam% tic worth a guinea a yard; there
is Matting at all like it In this country :" and at the same time he
opened a bundle, producing the matchless cambric. Mr. alilhoume
declared he did not want any, but the prisoners insisted on his buy-
ing one piece at all events, measuring full seven yards, which he
should have fur two guineas, being less then the third of its value.
From the significant glances which rimed between the fellows,'
Mr. M. knuckled that they were deertutned to rob him if he perr.
sorted in refusingto buy something frtnii them: however he told dam.
toilette had not so mach money about him. The prisonerssaid they
would take whatever aunt he had about hill, and call at h. hal I! ging,
ill the meting for the remainder. (Mail to escape at any price, he
gave than a guinea, declining to take the cambric, but they life.
'she forced it into his hat, and 5.141 they would show Mg ague
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be,. weal „tan him. " Mrs. Sisepbesi declared that it was ass ticket, the pressmadee 0 w
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