The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-05-07 00:00:00

BURGLARY IN YORK.

As • labourer was gqing to his work, between Ave and
six n'ciuck on Wednesday morning last, he discovered one
of the office doors of Mr. Sheriff Fent..., of this city, broken
open; and instantly alarmed the owner. On e•amioaliunr
it was oseertisined that an opening bad been cut i• the dour
through %loch some villain bad introduced his band and
loosed she bolt. A desk soil a drawer lead been stolen, cur-
taining copper to Ce amount of about 111.; there Isere also
a ►:leer oiniff-Inix and other articles of value its the desk;
but the robbers had ben content with the copper alone, for
the desk and drawer containing every thing as before, except
the copin•r, nese found under the gateway of the Wick
gulfs ut the Fleece Inn adjoining. It is remarkable that
many valuohle goods in the office were undisturbed, and it
is no less singular that Mr. F.'s dog, which is naturally
Seim., laid quietly under the desk even chest the thieves
were lit the office; an tuitional drowsiness. and stupidity in
the dog, load, however, been previously educe erd, and it is
probable that something had been •dmiuisteiml to him foe
the purpose. Four 4.r more suspicious men were observed
lurking about the premises the preceding evening. I• a
held near the Genres, the papers it which the copper had
been cuckooed were found the following Jay.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Ct. 1tir1..71 113;) B. L. Aim. ... iS
3 per Ct. C0tar7.221:-alf baths Stock ll9i
31 per Ctitt. Ditto 800d5..98 29 pr.
4 prr Croats.. 90i} 90! South-Sri. Stock 79j
.5 prr Ct. N. Ants. 1041 Ex. Bells, 12...9 10 pr.
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PUBLIC MATRESS.

Several nowierool• Assesnlalsges of lire unemployed weak-
rasr si its this sues and otighhoisrl ...... I have taken plate since
our last public:, ))))) a, and oh,. pressure of distress has not, we
fear, lweo at all The conduct of there naiad Y..
nate men, we are happy to ray, has nut hitherto exhibited
any symptoms of riot ur isiessiroollsaat• . %Ye Dee much to
applaud. mod litile to censure in their behaviour. At their
Werb.esday,a deputation front their body was
*east to the Mayor, with a letter, is, which they de-wished in
homely, but moving temps, the di.tress sat themselves and
their families, and implored the 1,, .tease.. In convene •
monism of thy more opialtiot for the p.upass of
tel their deist...dale l'i4t.o just" 1•.;n1,11111.1111i11, sudndu.isis-
teriuL ifl then. alert' relief and a...-inn. r n. the exigeirry of
Ilwtreasersglirrd. las thus leis.. they ilistlatincol any .11s-
position to disturb the public tranquillity, laboua sad bread
being all they as
'lke Mayo, oath lila usual humanity and good sense,
expressed has readitsess to at them all the assistance 1141
Ise !WWI r, and apponated Friday, to the toren ))))))) to meet
the priama who presented the letter. At the appoint's' limo-,
the &Total Agatha waited upon the .11a)or, who very pro-
pally apprise.' theist of the danger to which they exposed
both 'themselves and the public peace, lay meeting iu large
bodies, sod strongly recenimeinded hiatus If) that
torattoce. tie further recto; 00000 aided that those who belong. al
to the township of Leeds, al Id make their wants known to
the Parish 011icers, and those visual' belonged to other towns
should alto apply to their laarisbes. The pre rat wool of
employmeut, lie said, be hoped and Waved, would golly be
temporary, and in the mesas time if the parishes did cut
afford that relief which was neressary, the applicants must
apply to the Magistrates (us their testerferener.
The 3lnynr thrum inquired If they had any plan themselves
to volume for time mitigation of their di•tress: To thirst they
replied, that their aohjt chaos to wutk with machines', or at
machinery, which haul once been su strongly felt by the
cruppers, now no longer existed, and that they had seen
their error, sod would be glad to correct it. A plan had
been adopted, they said, by a respectable me-resold.. house at
this town, that would, if generally acted upon by those situ
dressed dolls lay machinery, afford effectual sa lief to is too.
*tolerable cumber of the cruppers.
The house alluded to wars that of Messrs. York col Sheep-
shanks, and the plan they had adopted was to employ clop.
pert only, in the workiag of their machistery, and to drew
certain kinds of cloth lay hand, thereby suiting the wo ad-
vantages of manual mid machine dressing. In this way they
were araahleal to employ snore wurkumeu thrum could ollsto
be kept, and the advantage of the system they tbooleist
would be found it ilre superior diessing of their a loth. The
interview ceded by the Mayor re-assuring them that the
inhabitants of the town felt for their situation, and by ;Weis.
tug them to abstain from all kiwis of tutaultuutor proceed-
ioge....-( Leeds Mercury.)

LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS.

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