The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-09 00:00:00

POI.ICE.

PICKPOCKETS. --
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Restated Snag time Mem, that Lieutenant Kelly lied been
bustled by a gape of pickpockets io Holborn, ant robbed of
4501. in bank of Enema' motes, hasid-a other notes. leery
possible exertion luta been made to receiver the propert!, and
detect the robbers. Lieutenant Kelly offered a reward of
1001. for the recovery of the pocket hoot and the papers,
without the notes, as the papers were of the atone import-
ance to hint, two sit them Wog certificates from Lord Nel-
son, of his ;nod conduct, besides some papers from tlie Tri-
nity-house, 6C. &r. About eight days since, a man called
apes Lieutenant Kelly, pre him tke names of air pick.
pockets, who had ?ebbed litre of kis pocket-kook, and told
him, that mon after the rubbery was cameltied, ear of the
gang, of the name of Bill &,fgerc, tout the mallets, ant ti rear
the book away; he LCIICVId ever die wait, of the told
Bath fields Prime 'nos gt.re hies such a demnpiiima
of the cements of his knot, that he bad no doubt but be mast
be ccreect, p trticulrarly ea to a paper sport OM* be had
male a au iiiticata um of the Mimi* gtv, u at tie -tt.e of
e:.falgar. Lieutemat Kelly, in ceps, queues of the circum•
stance, cove inforinstioe to the °dicers.
On Tuesday, Richard Limb( rick set off for Greensick
Fair, expecting to find a man them who to charged ,itk
:thty; as he was poising din Deptfeed, he sere a maw
stab:, :...hind to that places who tole kite he was tuts
to emu i, , some ,4 the °sheets to see a toss, atm was just
Int into the watch-house, fur baring rescued another hill
his costenty, aho had barn detected in picking • reale-
Mio a's pocket to Greeewich Park. On Lim' trick seeing
the ins% he identified him to he the nutertnas Sill S'aggoo.,,
who was charged with haring robbed Lieutenant Kelly of
4 .1411. i he in sous quence applied to Mr. Gooding', au active
)fir:borate of that mighhourhood, before. shoat hr lied
been c..areed, for prentission to take b. a to Boa -sire. t
ttt}ice to ouster the charge, which the Magistrate readily
vaad to.
Yiuereay he uedvtrest an examination Wore Mr Gllt
U.t9, toiretkir with another well-brown pickpocket of the
mine of lib! Williams, apprehended by Limberick, yesterday
murmur, in the neighbourhood of Old shalt, beteg of the
name of use et the rubbers Lieutenant Kelly bad recetr:d
information of.

Lieutenant Kelly attended, ronfeurd the oboe. *tate-
meut, and swore Fictively to naggers bein4 the mau who
trod open his 11(0 et the time he was sareni..dtd by a aura-
bet of men, sad lost a n pocket-hook ; lie immediately dis-
covered it, but was at, outused that he dA not Itt:tow wbiek
way they made off. Ile did not recallett the region of the
Fristmer NiUtsr a, who acs earsequeace chscharrd ;
Wiiiiata. has hite'l retti...ed from transportation Si.gters
u as isommittrd fee Author esaembadion

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remit Sn:;th, 014 lies Roger and Infect. Gowiaoin. three
portrre' in the ei..p'u„ meat of ilr. Lawton, mercmat and
warebuuucrma, . 2, St. Marrs-hill, were charged • • -its-
pitting% of stealing 94 nettles ut port wise, if.e pm., •ty of
tia.s employer, being part of a quantity peeked up fur Lied
l'orternutaii. Two unit r poi ttro de fused, tu they at
diber..iit times drank wine given to tLe,n by tier, -wiers„
but the I tier %aid, in t brit 4.-fi...ce, it was some ...le
they had (wind iu some half bottles. Ihe cvidemee
being insufficient, they were ,I.4.llurged with a reprimand.

The lied Meeting of the Whig Club, for the sea-
inn, was held on Tuesday, at the London Tavern,
Mr. Alderman Conan in the Chair, and which was
numerously attended. In the owirseot the evening.
" fir rustiest ficant7T, and the Independent
Electors of Westminster," as a toast from the Chair,
wa. drunk with great applause.
Major-Geueral Hewazt.t. has suceeedted Lieu-
tenant-General Tlioareon is the esintanid of the
garrison and the troops at.llull.
tin Thorniay ItVaurca KEM►, of
Staplchurst, took ■ quantity of laudanum in lute-
t.lie for bat k, and died in six hours al terwards,

A female belonging to a family of rank is row her
truy from Edinburgh. to be embarked ow beard
the Rubes, now its the Biter Thames, the ship
hired by (;ovestirinent to catty oat a cargo of fair
settlers for tirmuiy Tine b9A•u,.a for which
• this lady was. scutrrics4/o.bietestisported, we be-
herr, W:I4 *,l
The young gardener, lobo' some time ago kil!ed
his mister, Mr. WILLI/111 CHIV my, at Clapilim,
by a blutx with a 'ob.. goes out to Botany Allay. y
in comi,way with Bullude, the bankrupt, and others,
011 11( and ti.e Gambier.

• Ao accident which, luck;ly, was not attended
.with any serious consequences, hcfel Mr. At.t.►at,
the brewer, of turf celebeity, on the last day of
F.psnin Races. The• oboes tientleronis, who is
considered one-or the A didrous whips of the
day, wa., chieing a tundem from Epsom to the
Race Course, when one of the wheel. droi ped into
a rut, o 3 soe.-wisit 4 the bill, stelsith approaches the
Riihbing-house, a,:d the lehiele*.:,.t. Up 1421; > IMr.
ALLEN to tired sonic ',naives, which iiitertopistd
a tynaporar conlineLeent. los