The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

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Yesterday, Wilfians Henley, Vey., of DI, Ginteeeeter-place.
Hemmed. Maryiehrtne. was brought soon a warrant, eherged with
wading a threatening leper to Captain Robert James Harrison, of
thea(lthwil Slum with intent to provoke him to a breach of the
pewee. The examination took place In a private room.
Viedtent Hannon, stated thnt the defendant was related to him by
marriage, and, in conaeqoence of family diq.mtrs. some quarrelling
had tai,on place between them. and person-limes had perhaps been
lather freely ri,,alt in on limb sides. At length the witnews received
limo the defendant. the letter which herniate the subject of the pre.
sent ehryge, and which he volt), believed was intended to provoke
him to Het.
The 'ttliawing is the %whoopee of the patwgraph of the letter,
*slab was es construed by Captain Harrison :—•• You have driven
aite r extremities. and 'Mention must take the eonaequenees, which
I mere yin will be very Uppkallialli, Ifbillrfer we meet, uslcsa,

hvieett. you rinticiplte me he going to flow-ntree; ; a pkee. by the
bye. who!, I cannot brio thinkirg oetttr suited to your genius them
the rnot,room Ili Blum"

31r, !lenity at once admitted sending the letter, and stated that
some Yarn veto he married the sister of Captain liarilson, whose
father, at his death, left his Widow executor alit' tssoilusry legatee
to his property. After his (Mr. Henley's) misrriage, he became
involved in pecuniary &file...ahem, and was tosown into prison.
While there hit mother-to-law offered him a Rift of 4t;01, on con-
dition that he witntei sign a release of any claim that his sire
might at any time have upon her father's estate. lie riquitsta
that sum as a I,an, Int: it was refused; and, to get out of prison,
he at length ennatntcd to sign the release. He Pico received oily
3001. on account. Latterly his wile had been staagerousiy ill. and
he had incurred heavy expenses, and money be rig an object ditii.
hint, he hati aNdtcti for the balance, but could trot get it;
Harrison, tot his sultrier, answering that he Ititd no claim what-
ever, and should nut be pant a farthing. Mr. Henley ele,cribed
en,nain Iltirti.on as having trt ImPier him.
Mr. HALL!: said lie had nothing whatever to do with the dis.
Nit. which 'trent have given rise to the letter. All that 1:e Iwd
to do Was. to .41:c care that the peace was rot brektii ; and to se-
core that object. lie must call upon 31r. Henley tie give bail, him-
self in .1001. act' two invents in troilf. each.
Mr. Henley immediately found bail, and was discharged.
HATTON GARDEN.
FiAODI ny Ptttorties.—A young woolen, named Arts nes-
mond. was charged by Mr. Lloyd, ore of the Overseers of the Up.
per Liberty of St Andrew, Holborn, with defrauding that parish Of
SUMS 1/f money, at various times, to the amount. of Ms. received for
the atipnort of a child of which she hal been delivered in the pa-
rift!), which child, she had mini-tam!) acknowledged, on bring 11111%.
peeled of fraud, ilia on the II di in .I.ntuary, and that the inrant
she had subaequently carried with her to the workhouse, was bor-
rowed from a neighbour, on pretratt of taking it out for a little air.
Dadid 'Healey, undertaker, of Short's U leii, proved the fune-
ral of the child to have taken place on the 18th of January, the ex-
penses attendant on which he hail not twelve&
The prisoner stated, in her defence, that she only w7nted to pay
the undertaker's bill, and that then site would have withdrawn her
claims on the parish.
Mr. Lloyd stated that it was a well known fact, chit in ewes of
this description the parish would have paid all the funeral expenses
it applied for in a propec manner.
She was then committed to
_prison in default of bail.
COVXTVRFEIT COlL—Tito men, ranted Flhe and I(77.'snot,
were charged wish being Manufacturers of counterfeit shillings, six-
pences, it n.
31r. Powell, the 31int Solicitor, ahtended for the proaecution.
The iirls,,,,ers lived at No. 41, Wellington.place, Wellington-
street, Illackfriars'-mad, and were on Monday night surprised at
receiving ft visit from Limhrick, Edwards, Lee. and Lloyd, four
officers belonging to the Hatton-Harden establishment, who took
then) into custody, and commenced a search of their apartments.
where they found nearly one hundred pieces of base coin. it, various
stages of perfection, some being quite finished. They likewise dis.
covered several chemical preparationa, by which different parts of
the proems of mnnufatnuring was accelerated, and of which expert.
men's were insole Wine the Magistrates.
The pieces of metal produced were all imitations of shillings and
litneuces. _ _ _

1 he prworere (who are both well known) made no defence, but
entreated the clemency nt the ?iseißtnites.
They were fully committed to take their trial at the ensuing
Guildfnrd Assizes.
Yesterday a young man, named F. Fortesese Fonstance, other-
wise umfidd, was brought before the Magirrate, to account for his
having been found, early that morning, in rather an awkward
situation, viz . under the bed of the maid-servant of Mr. Bodkin,
the honorary Secretary of the Meedicity Society. It appciteed
that he had become enamoured of the damsel, and had paid her
frequent visits; 'he representing him to her twister Rs her brother,
and stating that he was s tailor, residing at Hampton Court. On
Tuesday night Mr. Bodkin and his frently being from home, he
visited his dttleinea ; and after asking her if she was not afraid to be
left io the house by hersel', proposed to sit op in the kitchen while
she went to bed. To than, however, his fair one would not consent ;
and it was agreed that he should elm in her 'tierce,' bed. lie ac-
cordingly, at eleven o'clock, went to Mr. Bodkin's dormitory, and
she to her own bed-chamber ; but scarcely but she lovers occupied
their separate beds, ere Mr. Bodkin is turned home. Our hero was
consequently obliged to fly, with his wardrobe under his arm, from
Mr. Bost kin's beet bed, and take refuge water that of his ON ert.
heart, in the three-pair back. On Mr. B.'s entering his boudoir,
followed by the affrighted girl, be beheld with astonishment the
state of his bed, and appealed to his servant for an explanation ; in
vain—she was epecehlets ; the watchmen were called in, a search
rook place, and the luckless youth was found snugly secreted as
ale& y described. He was dragged forth, and, time having been
given him to dress himself, was consigned to the custody of the
watchmen. When before the Magistrate he still persisted that he
was the girl's brother, and that lie was a tailor, living at Hempton
Court.
The :11.acteernaelt told him he felt convinced he was not the
person.' represented himself to be, and therefore he should order
him to ml bail, and to give 21 hours notice. He was then team-
mitted to prison.
It since appears that he Is a respectable young man, a mason,
and is employed at the works now going on at Gloucester House.