The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-21 00:00:00

PUBLICATION OF lIEVORTS.

The following curious affair took place on Saturday
evening, soon after the termination of Mr. Fauntleroy s
investigation. A gentleman connected with the newspapers
had been noticed taking copious not, s of the evidence, and
even of the desultory conversation that passed on the occa-
sion ; as everything calculated to throw light on an affair of
such moment mutt have been acceptable to the public,
who naturally look to a free press for information on all
topics of great interest. Soon after he had left the office,
and was returning home by Oxford-street, he was accosted
on Blenheim-steps by a person fashionably dressed, who it
appeared was deeply interested in the investigation just
concluded. The following was pretty nearly the con-
versation :

t..tranger—May 1 take the liberty of asking you a question
or two?
__ . .

Reporter—Most certainly, Sir.
Stranger—Have not you Len notes of Mr. reuntleroy's investi.
gat ion ?
Reporter-1 have.
Stranger—lneended for publication, no doubt ?
Reporter—Though I do not feel myselt bound to answer that
question, yet I have no heiltation in saying that I intend submit.
ring them to the acceptance of the press.
Stratger—Then, Sir, I shall have as little hesitation in saying
that I am deeply, very deeply interested in its suppression.
(A long pause ensued, during which the stranger evinced much
anxiety, and appeared to wait toe some overture; none, however,
being made. he resumed.)
I stn, as I observed, deeply interested in its suppression; and if
a sum equivalent to ten tames what your notes would produce be
any inducement to you to resign them to me, you niay freely com-
mand it, and be satisfied that the circumstance shall never be ro.
pealed. My motives fur this application I cannot possibly divulge,
as I ant merely the agent of another.
Reporter-1 do nut presume to inquire what your motives may
be, but your application is altogether useless. lam myself but the
agent of others, and, were I to surrender my notes, I should com.
promise my duty to those by whom I am (though not positively
engaged) so far pledged that I could not, with honour, suppress
any thing of the sort.
Stranger—Do you. then, persist in your reselution of publishing
the report of this day's paceedings ?
Reporter—That is not my province. I persist in submitting it
' to the Editors, who will use their own discretion; and I must now
beg to decline any further conversation on the euhject.
Stranger—You will have reason to repent your determination,
Sir (angrily).
Reporter--So long as I perform my duty faithfully, 1 trust I
shall have no particular cause for repentance.
Stranger—Perhaps the papers may hare rv...son to repent it too.
for It does not follow that they have any right whatever to give in.
sertion to statements that are fur the most part discoloured by pre-
judice.
Reporter—They arc answerable for what they insert ; and with
regard to your inuendo, if directed to me, I must say, that it is not
only unjust, but ungentlemanly.
Stranger—You may yet have cause to regret the refusal you still
seem inclined to make. . . . .

Reporter—l never entertained an idea of complying with your
request.
Stranger—Very well, Sir, very well.
So saying lie turned again into Marlborough-street,
where be was immediately joined by two persons, and all
three getting into a coach List was in waiting, drove off.
This gentleman, it seems, bad come into the office at the
close of the proceedings, and was recognised by the un-
happy prisoner, but took no conspicuous part in the bu-
siness : lie was also present at the meeting of creditors, and
spoke strongly in support of the house. Had the notes
been given up in this instance, it would not have prevented
the so-much-dreaded publication, which was carefully
noted by at least three othir persons.

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QUEEN-SQUARE.
nazis° BURGLARY.—Yesterday George Richards, Samuel
Martin, JOIN Edward:, and Ed:rard Icilllam Nix, all young
men, were charged with committing a daring burglary at an early
hone on Sunday morning, in the house of a lady hauled Streacher,
residing at Vale-place, Fulhatn.
The facts elicited against the prisoners were as follow :—The
prosecutrix on Monday morning, about two o'clock, was awoke
by • noise which she thought proceeded from the lower part of
the house, and was oeca,ionell by thieves ; she threw up the sash
of the window, and sprung 3 rattle which she had prudently kept
in her bed-chamber. She also called " Watch !" but nearly half
an hour elapsed before the watchman came. She informed him
there were thieves in the house ; he was fearful of contending
alone with the robbers, and went and procured the assistance of a
man named Lowe, and they returned to the house. On their arrival
a Row.street patrol came up. Jenkins, the watchman, went round
the back of the house, and Price, the patrol, and Lowe, remained
at the front door, to prevent the escape of the thieves. At that
moment Martin and another man rushed out of the front door.
Lowe picked up a large missile, and threw it at Martin ; it struck
hint on the head, and fellaal hint to the ground 4 he, however, re-
covered, ran off, and was taken the saute morhing, at Kensington,
without a hat, and he claimed one as his own, which the olEctra
found in the prosecutriia house. The prisoner Richards was ap-
prehended by Price, as he was escaping from the house, and another
of the robbers, supposed to be the prisoner Edwards, escaped the
back way. On entering the house the patrol found a dark lan.
tern. brace and bits, skeleton keys, crow bar, phosphorus box,
matches, and other implements of housebreaking. The thieves
effected their entrance by taking a panel out of the back door,
Martin and Richards were committed to Newgate, and the other
two were discharged for want of evidence to prove their identity.