The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-19 00:00:00

. ABSCONDED nx-cou-soTaa •
.• •
The Collector of T• 1110, at the West eedullielidalihr.
laded to sown days past as harem demalgedsHMlLlSOftst
thousand pouted; the pre:deco of this Tama oratiallodertm
to be Mr. Lrarrrelot Aikinhon, the Collector. sit tMM
mil other Tema foe the parish $f ft. Jima., lad la deft-
rent to the amount et upward. of ten tleiesbad pawls—
This unfortunate man's family are very respretabl• ; hie
father kept a cheesevounger's shop for • greet number if
years in Jerenrii.street ; hr succeeded his father in the
hardness, and married the daughter of Mr. Coosiable
wealthy and eminent 'stocker is St. James's Market, with,
whom he received 5,0..001. as • Airtime. It Is summed hs
ass not prosperous is business, and the Commissioners of
the parish, out of respect fur his faiir:ly sad counexioas,
very handsomely appointed Lim Collector of the Tams.—
The increase of taxation in the parochial collectiou lo4pg
sow very enormous, it is supposed to hare produced 100
between three and four hundred a-year. It bas
discovered, that he kept n house in tbsrillOl
la-bonne, wheni be cohabited s nth a seams. affklitlid
etirery being made Lis brother called apoo ma
that unless be broke uff all connexius with this
wuald withdraw his name from being security Illp
threat is supposed to have alarmed him eeriest* as ha
nesions with the worriers were of that stature, It
a difficult matter to Weak off, has in cob
several years, had four childrea by her. add kept Mt eta&
liabment fur bee, besides one for his wife in the parish of it.
James. It is conjettured that from that time he piss.
red hie musing off, being sensible of his delicieuey; 04
there is every mama to believe that he has, for voter MO%
made up his accounts by paying the money he received for ems
tax, as the produce of another. He has also pressed the
inhabitants to pay other taxes, which has enabled Wes he
keep up appearaoces.
About six weeks siesetts told the Coutmiesioue re, bus *IA}
Ike. that he wan going ins Nottinghamshire*. a visit So •
ttemnn *cry scH !mown to them. The time having what
when be appoiuted to return, and he not appear nag, 111.11:0e sits-
pi.ion arose that all waa not right In his shales, audio conse-
quence a letter was written to the gentleman is Nottiorfterio.
shim. The Gentleman returned fur asswer, he had est 000
his house. This coufirined the suspicion ; and, on idvasigs
lion, it was asurtsined that a few days previous to his leer-
ing Loudon, he had sold out of the funds stock to the amount
betviees four and five thousand pounds, part of his
wife's foliose, and not the least trace could be made where
be was gate, or what route he had takes. The Conotna-
f
Meiners, however, issued their warrant, as particularly di-
reeled by Hie Act of Parliament, sigma by the whole of them,
; and employed Parkes sad Adkins, two active Officers belong.
I,..isg to the Public Office, Bow-street; they put the Offieen to
pagoessicia °f all the eirearnoriumes, and lett it to them tuee-
artttheiraMl.ties in finding Mr. Atkiesiti. The Ofeem wort
is that ch're axle's residence is the New Road, sad fused
Moat *be had left that pact et the time Mr. A. left Lou-
' dm; bet it weenie kilkOW*lrbere she was gone. The Officers,
however' canalised their inquinep is the oeighhogrimod.
tiO they fated a tops who had beat empiored is removiog
armed ettry large from the homer, past time pm-
rime to bat elkoad that they wets taken .to the
New los, be the Sudsy, directed for Mr. Ward, to go
by the waggon to Portemeneb, to he left till called fur
This left IMP *Pak in the °Gorr: melds, but that Mr. Al.
Limes bed ansmeel the mate of .Ward (the Name of the
mops he mhaltitod nab I) they therefore sat off express
for Putteriouth. Mites they wriest then, they foetid that
• person, militate himself Mr. Ward, had been and claimed
the trunks, sad tboy sera gessuyed frees that tosra. The
Oases% with euaorahla dillienfty, traced them by differ-
s* suessces seras Cite sentry to Tlyssouth, Fat-
ties*, mid Painases , dittithi Weer, a genes telling him-
self Mr. Ward. resided sereesi days; and ekes removed to
Tears, et here the Orem arrived oar Tuesday maim sea-
pight TheY COOMillaed their **aim, and team'. sea.
tidal isiesseatide to teldory their made that Mr. Atkisson
wee cheek mem !be ellemel same of Ward, and has pur-
chased the time of • Uwe and some Wad, and wed molding
it at with Mrs, Ward sad their bar ehildres. On the
tel-
lowing msrain they wait to the Mayor. nee Is sac Attar
Pay, sod emastositaked their breams. Re ceedirmad their
tillt"sod Ma be hod doss some hosissee him!
..aaeolipmexpernma Wei setentelmiest 'Mast he
aosfteeenimaamoppesiod te boom WM Mai stage sod
Tessier mss be had ova had goy arasesstbree
The Micas proceeded to his lest, WI Italia* mat
Mee at his door, to sr alk kis gaiden; mildreesed
bin) in a flautist miner, aue introduced favoorite
topic, which they tad learnt from the llnyorft sb aiewesed
thaw parguree, and, us as enticement to get him 'rola bossy
they kaki hi., if be would walk to the Milyoeshooseohoy
waide►ewhimthedseamesta;lLualkewiisesucutded Mau
May got him ism the Mayor's pariuur, they to:tibiae it was
the merssary to sitikiceive him, that be was awn pri-
mmer, explaiirod to him their commission At., and said
be meet give op all the motley he had made :re with ; which
he conseared to, and they retarneil to los Imam, ahem be
imbed Mn Ward far the keys, sail .4:1.v, red to the °Mews
a hog" pocket-beak, containing bank-o..tes st. 4 bills tri ib..
asepsis of upwards of five thoossed pouuds They arrived
Is London with hiss of Monday night, and he has leader.
goer several examiesitiows before the Commusoiaers, at the
home of Mr. Rice, their Clerk, in Dufour.place, Broad-
street-
He bee aseasined in custody, hitherto, of Peaches, the

A MAN/AC.

On Wednesday moruing an elderly woman ap.
Queen's
to the porters iu waiting at the Lodge of the
Queen's Palace, to see Her Majesty. Whey
in-
quired her business. She informed them. she was
come there hyorder of the Queen, and had brought
a parcel for her—the parcel proved to consist pnn-
cipelly of a number orprints, of elegant and highly
finished buildings, purporting to be the represent-
ations of palaces and other public buildings for
Richard Brothers, the prophet, when he reigns in
the new Jerusalem ; a large piece of cambric,
with hieroglyphics, worked with different coloured
silks, with religious sentiments ; the centre was
railed the Throne of God ; several letters ad-
dressed to Mrs. Moore. Worcester-street, in the
Borough, signed R. B. the initials of the name of
the prophet ; * letter addressed to Richard Bro-
thers, signed with the name of Moore • a print,
an excellent likeness of Richard Brothers. All
the rest of the things she produced, together with
her conversation, evidently proved her to be de-
ranged. Mr. Baker and Mr. Wake endeavoured
to persuade her to leave the Palace. and told her
the Queen was not there ; but she peremptorily re-
fused to go. saying, she was sure the Queen •
there, or she would nut have appointed the time,
and there WAS none but royalty should make her
go; they however persuaded her to go, telling her
to call again at twelve o'clock, alien the Queen
would be there, and they would introduce her.
By that hour they expected Macmanns, Townsend,
and Sayers, vista be there to attend His Majesty
upon his arrival. She, however. did not renew her
Mott.

We lament to remark, that a large and valuable
Meet are now exposed to the fury of the southerly
ales in the Downs. and that none of the boats from
Deal will afford them any relief. Many of the
ships were. yesterday. riding with signals for assibt-
ance, without receiving any. The pilots say that
they have not proper boats. We are astonished that
the merchants, &c. have not stood forward for the
preservation of their property from such a dantig
combination of upwards of one thouwind persons,
protected for the exprrss purpose of preserving vea-
lsae Crum destruction in bad weather.