The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-25 00:00:00

POLICE►.

ROW .!•Tltt Et.
Yesterday the thieves were very actively employed in
plundering the company assembled in the front of Ow
ings •t (*ovent-Gardrit Four of them, v•z.
Carr, 7Aorteas Rrnmoter, Ruhrtt Monks, and lic"ry
Ilspooeks, were apprehended I.v the activity of 1.a.1t
and other., belonging to the Oifire, and underwent R.I
elimination before Mr Hicks, the milling MKistratr
the first for robbing George Tuck, • footman to the Mil,
quis of Thomond, the properly stolen dropped from
to the p. of ll.e nitife as be na, enlnn,K~Thc PI I.
sutlers were all coon:titled

,Lai teti Indor r Mr. Hirai« with hip,
toe two 11 t. • fed Basil. uut.+ to Holm $1 Thilatpli.a,
baktr in Gxeier•street. 11. e I naur.er twerul oue „f the
notes on F„0„, pied, alien lie VIVC a N.! 114111 C and ad-
dress. On Holiday night be uttered the sect.nd noir, wlben le
gave another false name and address.
He was committed fur trial.

In the month of June last Magmas Baker flak, collecto,y
clerk of Mrs. Patch and sun, merchants of Exeter, absconded
with the sum of 9701.; it was suspected that he had p 1.,:
ceederi to London, when information was sent in the otfite
and Salmon was employed to trace him out, but was put
ahk
to obtain the object of his pursuit till some clays since, •hy,,
lie found hint in an obseuie street in the palish of Si, ploy
when after hr had undergone a short examination
Mr. Flirnie, Salmon entiveyed tutu In Eaett.r. %Ince he was
examined un Friday before the Mayor, and summated for
trial at the ensuing Assizes.
SACRILEGE.
On Friday night, or early nn Saturday morning, the parish
chinch of Wairor/I, netts, was hr. ken open, by mitts', of
iron crows, or some similar instiuments, in raper/mom of
finding the saltodilt communion plait. In this Wu, to, how.
tier, they acre disappointed, as the plate is tzlgt kg i.g ,u
church, and in revenge the villains d.J all the m.sr Igge4 11'41
mini:sly could, by sidling and destroying the lidi!es, prayu.
boob, and the velvet covering to the pulpit, tle,do., ptita,
&C. parliculaey the pew belonging to the hall of E•l4 X.
MARLSOROLGII-VIRtI.T.
SINGULAR CHARGE.
Mrs. Jones, a respectable.lonktog woman, was chomi
before R. Raker, Esq. smith having received half-a-crown nee
week, far the last ten years, aud upwards, to. tie cart. snit
maintenance of a child named Austin, staling herself firm
oath to be the moth. ref the said child, and thereby drfrinio.
ing the parish of Si George's, Hanovcr.square. She hal
sworu the child to a man warned Davidson.
This application was to 'Alain hack the money ptid, as
the Defendant bad charged a Mr. Hi othetick, at Uniondiall
Police-office, some lime since, with seducing Austin .new
the country front her friends, hut there was nu foundation
for such a charge. Mis Jones thrit swore that Aust.., was
her niece and not her daughter.
In corroboration of this, Mr. Bratherick attended with
Miss Austin, at the request of the Overseers of St. Geary.,
and they both corroborated the account that Mrs.lolllll had
sworn Miss Austin Wag her niece. Mr. 11. is a dancing
master, and Austin is apprenticed to him, and she was iu
treaty at the present time for an engagement at inc et the
winter Theatres. Austin is 13 years of age, and Mr. It.
complained of the injury be had sustained by the pub ica.
huh of his having taken Miss cumin away, in Loid A. Ha-
millon's and other distinguished families where be taught.
Mrs. Junes did nut dtity that which she had Loom at
Union-hall; bat Anglin, she said, nag LCr child, and she
was ready then to swear it, sail she insisted taking her.
Mims Austin refused to go wills her, at atinz, that shy had
used her with much (lucky, and she was (trident in her
situation. There being nu etidenie to prose the frau.% Ott
case coded.