The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-05-30 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Saturday several watermen were brought before
the LOLD MA vox, charged with not wearing their
badges. Some of? them appeared with the badges
in their hats ; but said they were deterred by others;
who had threatened to drown the first that wore a
badge. One of those refradory vratermen was
brought forward, and Confessed he had said " he
would give him a riveter, and if in his power he
should not swim." The Loan MAYOR ordered this
man irhmediately co find bail for his goad behaviour,;
and tined him forty shillings roi having rowed two
gentlemen in his boat without his badge ; and told
them their conduit in resisting the la* in this war;
was the only thing to make the regulation enforced ;
that he understood some of them had made very
free with his nun?: for havhig dOne his duty. He
said he only complied with the law, as he was unte-
nable as well as they, if he did not.
Charles Robertson and Thomas Simplon, in whose
lodgings were found several skeleton. keys,. a dark,
lanthorn, crows, and ether implements; for house-
breaking, were, from a want of sucient evidence
to convict them for burglary, sent on board
tender.

LOW-STREET.
Some time since, Townsend, jun. and Laven-
der, two of the officers, returning home at a late
hour of the night, observed two men near Hanway-
yard, in Tottenham-court-road, one with a sack on
his back, the other, the smaller mar., holding it up 1:t
the bottom ; suspefting, from the weight, &c. it con-
tained the produce of some house or shop that had
been robbed that night, they went up to the man,
who dropped the sack and attempted to run away;
the officers each pursued his man, when the one pur-
sued by Townsend finding he gained upon hirr,
turned about, drew a knife on, and severely wound-
ed him, and then made hi, escape, as did the other
from Lavender. On returning to examine the sack,
it was found to contain a large quantity of men and
women's shoes, upwards of 100 pairs, taken from a
house broken open that night by the Seven Dials.
The der7edators were advertised, but not heard of
till yesterday, when the prisoner, who is sworn to as
being the man who wounded Townsend, was
brought to the office.
The East London Militia, in the morning, were
under arms in the Artillery Ground, and, as usual,
there were a great number of speaators ; one of the
men in the ranks knew the priSoner, and informing
his superior officer of the circumstance, he was per-
mitted to step out and take him into custody, add
the officer commanding ordered, as he was a despe-
rate ruffian, that he should be escorted by a file of
muequeteers to the Office. In the evening he was
examined before A. GRAHAM, Esq. and being
sworn to as being the person who actually stabbed
Townsend, when he attempted to take him into
custody, he was committed for further examination.
His. name is Wm; Ke/y ; he has already been con-
vitfled of stabbing a constable, and coofined for
twelve months in the House of Correction ; is it
well known charadter, and there is another charge
against him fur stabbing a watchman at Cow-cross:

Ten indictments have been found against Mr.
Asr tars-, late Cashier in the Bank. His trial
comes on this day. He has retained Mr.
ERSKINE, Mr. Gta33, Mr. Serjeant th.sr, &c. as
his Counsel.
On Friday morning, one of Lord GWYDER'S
grooms, who had gone out to exercise the Hon.
Mr. Be aast.'s horse, returning on a gallop, whets
near Charing-cross, his master's dog, ono of the
coach breed, which followed, bit the animal's
heels ; the animal being startled, ran on the paie-
ment, and fell against the shop windows of Mr.
Bur t tit, hat-maker, and Mr. Pta taylor
and habit-maker; a poor woman was thrown
down, and so much hurt, that Mr. ANDREWS, the
surgeon opposite, ordered her to be taken to the
Westminster Infirmary; she soon after died. The
horse had his left hind leg- broke, his cheat terlibly
laces ated, and his mouth very much mt ; he was
carried to the livery stables and killed.: Mr. &M..'
Et r. purchased him about three monthi ago for 90,
guineas, and had sir c? beets of*ied for hits ISO
guineas. The lad threw himself off; and his fall
being broken by a Gentleman of the Yeassua of the
Guard, who wasps-stag at the time's ha. was Pavia'
dentially saved.


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