The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-12-08 00:00:00

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!W-ST RIFT.
On Thursday eveniniv', a gentleman in the crowd
going into Covent Garden I heatre, detefted a man's
nand in his pocket. bat being very strong, he
managed to secure him, and took him to the Brown
sear public-house ir, Bow-street, and give him in
eharee of some of the bow-street patrole, and the
grademan returned to the Theatre, and did not ap-
pear at the of to make 1,1% charge. He was, in
consequence, taken hetore Mr. Kinsmen, the sit-
ting Magictate to give an account of himself;
bin the account tieing ursatisfactory, the Magistrate
called upon the officers present to know whether they
knew any thing of him ? when Anthony and Miller
said, they thcught they knew something of him.
but could not recollect who he was; and it being
discovered he had on a wig, Miller took it off, and
they found it was worn as a disguise he proved
to be an old acquaintance, of the name of Durid
Grvo.elfr, alias Gri.We, who had barn transported
shoot fifteen years since, thr picking pickets at Drury
Lane Theatre. Hs was likewise discovered among
the crowd at the trial of Mrs. Lee and the Gordon'
at Osfoi:J. He was committed for further exatnina-
tion on Monday next
In consequence of private information being laid
Isogon Mr. Bo IS, where a Little Go, or pi wale lot-
tery. was to be drawn on Thursday evening, he
issued his search-warrant for the appre:tensiiii of
idle and disorderly persons, and rogues acid saga-
liciads. Bacon. and a large party of the patrole,
were dispatched to execute it. Abnut nine n'el ,ck,
they went to the Sutherland Arms Public-house, in
Sackville-street, and walked up cue pair of stain.
and, tindang the door fast, Bacon and Lord burst the
door open. and, an their entrance into the room.
they discovered sixteen men assembled round a
Wide, and the Lillie Co in the aft of being drawn.
They seized the wheels, and all the persons assem-
bled. and conveyed them to Tothiii-fields rridentell.
Yesterday morning they were brouti:it to the
Public-Office bow-street, and underwent an ea.l-
minsticn before Nrcnnt as BONN Esq. and Sir
Wm. PARSONS. The Officers produced the wheels:
they are round, about a foots diameter, they are
fired upon a spindle, and turn round like the
state wheels, and, when fixed upon a machine, they
are about three quarters of a yard from where the
machine stands. The whole apparatus is portable,
and fohls up in It box, which is carried about in a
green bag to the place where the drawing is to take
place. The Officer% produced a number of ivory
tickets and ivory blanks and prizes: they are all
about the size of a shilling; the numbers are tut in
t se tickets and blacked : the prizes have only a P to
der.ote them such: these were supposed to be drawn
that evening, as they were near the wheels. The
officers likrsvise produced a variety of small books
And papers With numbers upon them.
The men being called upon to give an accouid of
themselves, most of them said they were shoemak-
ers .and tailors, except one, who said his name was
J4a 11.1:',m1; that he .was no prolessioro but Was a

gentleman, and lived upon his fortune , that he had
an estate in Park-street, and money in the Stocks.'
It appeared that the landlord of the public-house
was entirely ignorant of what was going on in Ms
house. One of the men who was apprehended, whom
the landlord had a slii;ht knowledge• of, called upon
him a few days since, a•ld enquired whether lie could
meet a few friends in his club-room, about a week
since; which, being agreed to by the landlord, they
met, and had bread and cheese, and liquor, to the
amount of twenty shillings; and the same man ask-
ed leave to meet there again on Thursday evening,
but he had not the least suspicion that they met for
any other purpose than to smoke and drink.
The Magistrates will not determine upon the case
till next Tuesday.

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