The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

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islet Lem. ite! *might WO by Heoktit, .cbarsed with
pealing trips/nail of *4 boots Anil pipets, the property of
his Majesty, out *the Retried Ofilee, in the Tower.
It eppeaied that the Pnalider had formerly been employed
in the Oidnauce Ofire,'and bed, by some ineans„beeorhe
puieessetla a fats* key retrieh'opened the Record Office, and
by veins of abich the'rebbefy *as perpetrated.
• Brook, the *Beer, mated that hr went in company with
Hesketh, lb enasequenee of same information which he re-
mised, so Mr. Price's, in Bitshap•gate-street, and fused the
beekeeow produced, with the leavers turn uff, in the shop of
Me. Pricey who said hit bad bought them as waste paper, aed
gave •p same sad address of the person from bed
he brieeht theta. He went, id consequence, to the place
where the i•r:einier lodged, red Wasted un Solarday for 12
hears for bum, bet he did lot come home. He afterwarde
traced him to Pairs Head.eesrt, Fencherch-street, at the
lodgloge of his *Web Wheat *here he bad secreted himsetf
en hearing that the ofilemo were after built, bn marching
the Prisoner's toilet* be firoof sole paper of the same owl
as the books which were at lle. Price's, but it had here calf
Wits pattern by Mr with.
Jame' Henry Baenewaln, $ pith is the Ordnance Ofilee,
stated that the pope* were the property of his Majesty.
They eirasisted.peleelpally of *ld ledgers, most of them SI
or ha years old, and behleglattelbe Ordnance Deparmahant.
Them* Put% of Ner. 116, fitehopegele.street, staled that
the Prisoner sheet two or three meths spas team to hie
truism mod inquired If he wasted any waste paper. turd Ito
his replying is Om the Priesote sled *het he
would give for same old book., and a prior being agreed
spun. he 'wight (*first lime about half a hundred weight.
He paid him fur it as agreed epos what was a fair price.
lie only Idoked sad saw they were old hooks, bit did not
examine them any further. He did ask the Prisoner if he
came honestly by them, and he replied a Gestleinsi at the
lest mad of the tows had gives them to him.
Joseph Ryder, a workman in the ernsowry mit the Tow*,
stated, that he raw the Prisoner at the bar ambit* not ref the
Record Mike at the Tower, with a large bundle of pager
Mt his shoulder. The Prisoner totted the duet after hilly
and pet the key in his pocket. Witness, ibliikieg that all
was not right, followed hint: he went out at the Tower, and
jail witboet the gates he gave the bundle to a porter, who
appeased waiting for him. The porter took the paper ma hie
knot, and he cerried it to Price's, the Prisoner actompairog
hies. Whams pee ieformatlise of what he bad sees, which
led to the Prieuner's apprehmision.
The Prisoner declined saying say thing in his defeat".
The Lord Mayor ordered him tu be remanded till Friday.
fe the /nese lime, we understand, search warrants are grant.
examine 'vim* thermos:mixers' slumps, se the quantity of
paper stoles is net yet aseerta.aed, bet it is supposed to he
very large.
Jolts Aniseed:, a boy of 14 Inn of age, was charged by
his father with roister' him.
Nicholas Arundeli tie fetber.rtated, that he is a chimney.
sweep, living M. Half 4tion-elley. A abort time ago, whilst
he lay ill with a sprained ankle, his son, the Prisoner, stole
true of his shirts. Previous In that, be had also stolen the
wheel Of h n Own and sold it ; and since then, to crown his
"wad d, he had sou red into the a* of a he,lthh••e of
hi., with the latest to deprive ObE tir the little beehives
which he had.
The Prisoner, its his detract, NIX illult his father had
Mod him out of deers. He ettoolfibiged to** takes
the *id, and **Wit for is, bat it Wes, heeled, to bay
himself victuals, Molder it better to IS iallh 6k father
than from ear sae else.
The Primmer% Amber, at the seggetit* of the Lard
Mayor, emmeteitel to ftimpve hiss, suil teteterm into his per.
eke egoist, so his rushee to behave better' Id femme.
mealiest* Cleutenfir who was a *DM time ago admitted
as a patient Into it. Thepors's Hospital. stood rimmed by
the Beadle with twilitrag,:g fiend shirt (pert of a eompleie
ill of clothes which tome Oa* him, he WWII •e• 141 "kid
eft* he emit late N. keapital). He said that little or so.
*MIA:O4 Itie
Member did a* My the fad, but .4 he had given
pets of the mosey Asti ti the man who had purchmed the
The Lord Mayor maimed him to he committed to Brick.
well fur one month.
GUI LDNA I. L.
Yesterday Robert Matthews and Rimmed filipbors, Sod
boys, ender 13 rears of age, liffObr•eght before the Sitting.
Magistrate, Mr. Aldetsean &holey, by the private watch-,
man employed to watch the New Bell public-home, in
Smithfield, which is a new lidding, yet is me usolinisheal
state. Ou Saturday evening, after the werklen were gone
away, the watchman saw the Preemie, who had emmealerl
themselves on the Remises, erotic:. a tool-chest, Asd ieke
eat a taw nod some other tosels.whieb they laid door by the
aide of the chest, sad be took them into restudy.
The mothers of the boys, who reside in Eagle-court,
Cierkeowell, appeared, 11•4 prayed very earnestly that they
might be forgiven, this being their era offelice, sad ro-
amed to keep them out of the way of such practices for the
fatter,.

They were aceordiogly delivered over to their parents.
Robert Nkkone, Robert lemilb, and JoAn Leaase►. were
charged with picking the portit of Edward Pilgrim, Esq.
a merchant, of Shorter's-court, Throgniorton•strest, of
silk handkerchief.
Two police spacers obse►ving the three Prisoners, two of
whom were well-knowo chariseten, lurking about the Strand
together. sratehril thew *sum the New Church into Fleet-
street, where they saw Loekyer drew the hasidterehlef oat of
the Prosecutor's pocket. The Prosecutor turned rowed and
accused Nicholls of boring hike* his handkerchief. whew
Smith and Layer were orsktag of together—the oaken",
buerrer. ran up turd wooed all the three. They were eon.
mined fur trial.

COONrho Comm,' yogi ,charged with assaukime The...
Wildlim, a coustable, in the execution of his olio% The
tor observing a wastes atheneum of Mary C 0...,,
with another female, named Ann Collier, spec
she had commerce.' as unprovoked attack, prompeded
le separate the comb items, and take the aggressor lobe.
=y, when he was knocked doom by the Prisoner; who,
bearing the same mime, was in no way related to
lie woman. He WAS committed fur want of sureties, to as. •
ettlettro the assault itt the Sessions.
John Johnnow, was charged with rubbing his employers
Mr. Hercules Painter, trouk and case soaker, of Wood-street,
Cheapsigle.
John Clinton, an officer of Aldempte Ward, having re.
eeived information which gave him reason to think that the
Prisoner was in the bibit of plundering his master's work-
shop, was employed by Mr. Painter to watch him. About
tirenty.6.e minutes past nine o'clock on Friday morning,
beiug un the watch, he saw the Prisoner come from his mne-
ter's premises, sod observing his pockets to hang as if loaded
with some heavy article, be followed hint to No. 69, Long.
lam, where he turned up a court, into which She back door
of that house opens, mot entered by the backdoor, from
which he came out again is about four or five 'unglues,
and as be was returntog down the Conn, the officer saw
the mall win keeps the shop al No. 59, came out of the
house into the passage, and snit some money into the Pri-
soner's left hand, the Prisoner's pockets being as that lime
empty Yesterday morning, at lee minutes poet sine o'clock,
the eagle officer, with another, watched the Prisoner slain
from his mister's premise* to the same house in Long•laise, '
sad following him in at the front dour, found him in mover-
satioo with a woman in the parlour behind the shop, mid
taking him into custody foiled, imgemaled in hi• hat, about
101 b. weight of nails, and two mbar mama parcels of nails were
Ohm found in the skiip, which ainimpooded in appearanee,
liar, moil qualify, with a quantify ttf nails belosgiug to Mr.
Punter.
The Prisoner said, he had got the nails at different times
is the coigne of she last week, and OW be look them In the
slosP, in lone.lagre, to try to sell them. He dented that he
kid seer sold nue there before, bertha he had at any time
reeMetell my mosey front the penhallieltir kept that shop.
Mt. Pointer said, the Prisoner,lrkle, It appears, hell 4 wife
Red a family of six clothiers,' Itha limo M his esephig •r
ward" ofltigld years, nod could carts from ft.. to 300. a
week; lie Moo stated, Iltat the fittest to which in had be"'

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