The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-08 00:00:00

3IARY.I.A.BONNE OFFICE.

RODIBEIIT AT THE FRENCH Aunassanou's.--Yearerday
Julia AllkoixtU, a fellow in the dress and havirg the appearance
of a sweep, was brought up, charged with a robbery in the house
of Prince de Polir,nac, the French Ambassador.
It appeared from the evOlotee of three of the female servants of
the I'rinre, that on Thursday, the 25th ult.. the prisoner
and said he was directett by his toaster, Mr. Perry, the chimney-
sweep, to inquire if any of the chimneys should ;be swept on the
following miming. The cook, believing hint to be the sweep
regularly employed by the family, desired him to call at six
o'clock no Saturday morning. lle did so, with another boy, and
was admitted into the bons; and was left by the kitchen-
muid apparently employed in sweeping the kitchen chimney.
lie went off in a short time after, and in the course of the sante
morning several new damask napkin., some gowns. a variety of
snicks of dress and soiled linen, and u great ant nearly new, be-
longing to the AnJbßA.Wittr, were missing from two closets, and
suspicion immediately 411 upon the prisoner, the man puticularly,
as, on laq...dry being made at Mr. Perry's, it was ascertained that
he bud not sem the prisoner to sweep any chimneys, and the fellow
l.rsd not been in his employ for several months. Application was
then made at this ufEce, are. Henry Stowell, an active officer, after
a long search', situ:Wed id apprehending him in St. (hip's, at
six o'cinek yesterday morning.
lie %vas remanded until Friday next.
None of the property has yet beet (Quad.
JOHNSON AND THE COACHMEL—Tkis indefatigable en-
forcer of tire Statutes has extended his operations from tne east to
the western extremities of the metropolis, and yesterday coot.
triennia a series of informations under the 80.11 Gnu 111. cap. 48,
sect. le, against coachmen, for leaving their heats without having
persora to Fay proper attention to them.
first-named deli-nitwit was Jo/.a Itzrper, driver of Wil-
liams's llirminginuo roach.

'The well-known liven proved, tat on the 26th Nocembee, he
saw the deteuditnt's coach, without any person a: the horses' heads.
The dereadant denied the charge, but could not disprove the tes-
timony of the informer's wituesa, ad was tiara 20s. and costs on
two idommtions.

.11;.11:yi, the driver of the Tring and Perthamstead stage,
aus lined en one iiiturnia.lon a shuiLtr aunt. Another inform:anew
agair.st the same person Wes dismissed, as it was wrong in its de-
scription of thu day on which the offence was conunitted.
it del or two ago, a young lad of very depkwalide and wretched
bu: of iutertking dietir,Ns and warner, c.:'ne into the
of he as it was atout to be closed, and, in a most alrecing manner,
implored from the oflieer ( llockridge) in waiting, atone as be
was nearly starved. The officer, touched by the &Erecting manner
in which the appeal era made, gave him some dinner, and tbs lad
then asked to ha shown lien the presence of the Magisviate, obacrir.
in,,,, with a I am, unfortunately, son of the Princess Olive
iii-i!umberlinid.' The officer haring obtained sonic particulars of
his story, at seren o'clock on Friday evening last, introduced the
boy to John Ilawlinson, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate.
The boy then stated that he had that day walked from ilounalew,
where lie lvul heat pot.boy fur two months to 31r. Sheildan, of the
Duke of IVellington pubiic. house, on the Meade, bat having been
irseloirg::(l, he hail mote to Loi.doh tl•r th.: purpose of enil.-uvour.
i.ot to o..isin seine ssidstance fro.o his mother or other relatives of
his, who moon to the very liret 11. said bis father W 36
.16kVV. Lit he had been dead for some years. A medical
lied core coirributril to his support. The boy men.
titsion tae illabes iodlviduuls who man acquainted with his

1.1. e 3lagnitrate directed Mm to he plaec,l in the workhouse until
inquiries could L. tua4e into the truth of bis statccuost.

TIIAMLS OFFICE.

gro;L4 JoAnne, Crotain of the Hone, lying at Pickle Herring
Lower Tier, and Grak.:en„ mctcof the same seise.. were
placed at die bar, to rccourt for Itrilhs. weight el iron bars fitund
nn board that tufp. The ship bad brought a load a iron, which
had been rlelistred to 31est•rs. The:Dimon on Saturday • and on
that day the bars of iron in question were found on board by an
officer of tins cmtalgis!oncnt. .

Mr. littera,. Ihinnian, cleric to Bleeers. T.horopsor, proved the
iletieiency of those bars io the cargo delivery,: by the prisoners to
hie employers.
Tbe ',usenet' rah', Chet the bars did not belong to Mmes.
Thmnpson ; but that ou delivering the cargo they trete diecuvered
to be overphie.
The :Ilagistrate convicted Johneon a penalty of M.. and
(holism in al., and in default trt paythent to le: die
former foe two months, and the latter for six months.
UNION 11 ALL.
Veeterdey. a female of genteel addrese. apparently about forty
years of agc, deeited out in a blue riding habit it:.d a ulittociioreou,

adorned with a plume of black feathers. entued the order, and
requested that the h/s;:i.trnte would bo pleased to listen to her
wtile she read aloud the contents of a paper, which she took out of
NI. reticule.

---Tieillagr-Thstrate bowed assent; when the visitor proceeded thus:
" To the King.--I'nder the fatherly care rend goodness of his
:liajtsty's different important regulations and measure* fur the bet-
tering and restoring the labour, indnstry, and prosperity of the
counter and the people, from which the increase of wealth and.
happiriess is derived, are in contemplation. and to he brought
to the notice of the public before the meetlng of Parliament.
It is therefeire to be hoped that the real friends if the King, and
those who wish the removal of the gross abuses and mischievous
old practices, which circumstances have now rendered improper to
be longer tide:rived, eniulel meet, and consider of the some, in
order to aid and promote the patriotic, persevering, and most
laudable er.tleavoures of the late DOTtOT Itiekson, who has so
seal:nerdy and rctensive/y lent his assi+tanee in suppressing them."
After she had resd this address+, she said her object in coining
to the ogre that day war for the purpose of having the sanction of
the Magistrates to distribute the information contained in that
which tl. y bed jest heard ail over the country, for, said she, it
will he wt incslculable service to all my countrymen.
She appeared delighted et the attention which she received from
: 31e-gistrate, and told him that she must beg to trespass upon
his valuable time for a few mimes* longer, by stating that she
would shortly commence it course of keturts, on a highly-approved
system, tending to the pa:me:inn of moral rectitude. habits of in.
dustry, and the education of youth, in a manner useful to them.
Belts s a:: d profitable to their parents and their country, and of
*lnch she added, a prnspeelus would be given as soon as time and
place can be appointed hir the purpose.
The :Magistrate also approved of this plan.
hire widedrete a: nesrendy in Ith,di spirits at the favourable im.
hreodon which idis seemed to calculate she had made upon all her
earers.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISII PRESS.

Sin—Some observations have within the last few days ap,eared
in several of the Public Joumnls, in reference to the ease of lied.
bider, the landlited id the Dolphin, on Ludgatedtill, who was tiled
on Satitreay last at dr Old. ltailry, which have in many quarters
produced an iniptesslon unfavourable to the character and conduct
of the 11ov-sir:et officers. Salmon and Perry, who, it is known,
were employed by the pros. onors. 3leaars. ('rampin and Chia:M.
worth, immediately slier the robbery. Those officers request to
be showed to set themselves right with the pnblie, of whom they
are very old servanra, by a abort statement of facts. They declare
that they never had any share whatsoever in any a:tempt at a nego-
tiation for the recovery of the stolen goods alone. their anxious ob-
ject, from the tint- bring to apprehend the thieves, at the same
tinie thr.t they, of course, telt bound to do all that they could legally
for the recur, ry of the property or any part of it. They, from the
first, set their faces against compromise in any shape, and told the
partners, that if anyting of that kind was set on trot, they would
cease to act tar theta. In the meeting land there was only one)
with ?kilometre the officers had no other object than a hope that
they might, through Ids instrumentality, get at the thieves.

(rtMspin loving Keen some of tit.; remarks in the Daily
Papero, waited upor. e,ir Richard Bernie on Thursday Lau. and as-
sured bun that his officers never pdvised a comp,mmise, but, on the
contrary. declared that they would nave nothing to do with anything
of that sort. Ile was perfectly ratiatied with their conduct front
the beginning. Sir Richard flircie said he had not been inattentive
to the matter. and he had na hc.itation In saying that the officers
had done their duty properly: al:hough they were both very old
end meritoricaaoflicero, they should not be pnneeted if they stepped
the least mirk from the proper course of their duty : be felt per.
fectl, satioded with their conduct.

The °likens beg. in addition, to submit the following extract
frnio tl:e elide:lee of Mr. Cranivin, at the trial of Leilhiuer at the
Ohl :

'• The liow.street officer" made out a bill to the amount of °IL ;
but we were w satisfied with their exertions, that we gave them
fttit"

The following note was given to Salloon by r. C
22.mh,arlesworth :
•ood.street.

--. .. -----...---
" I hereby declare that Salmon and Petty, the officers. never did
advise me to compromise with the thieves; but, ou the contrary,
used every exertion to get at the thieves.
" BRYAN CRAILESVORTR.

" Ist of December, 1.1:1." ---- - --
11'31. SA I.NION. Iv, Taviatoek-street, Covent-OAm.
rETLI PERRY, Stanhope-street, Clare-market.

IVEGOCIATION WITH THIEVES.

Some months ago a respectable stationer, who resides near one
of tile Inns of 'court, was ebbed of stamps to a very large amount,
and of the halves of notes fur the awn of 131.101. lI e has a
shop. detached fear.] his dwelling, and indeed not at all commit-
nieving with it. In an iron safe in his shop he kept stamps,
amounting in value he between 2,040 L and 3,01:01. ; and in other
places of se 7:164 ilt-thit slisp he vlepasieedshe halves of clever HIM
notes of the Ealik of England: the other halves he kept at his
House, for OW greater stately. The locks of the rho? door, and of
the 'safe and drawers, wwe all, of tbe. best description, but they
proved to be of no avail tgainst the ingenuity of the thieves
the stamps and the bah*: of the Bank notes disappeared one
night. The safe and thv f:riswere were found locked, but the
door of the shop wv open. Skeleton keys had been used, for there
wan no mark of violence seiatever upon the decks, and the nthith,
who examined the prentiscs.declared that the thieves trust have
made several visit. to the ship before they could have succeeded In
ransacking it so effectually. The usual measures were resorted to
to accomplish the recovery of the property by information to the
',elite, and offering rowan. No one, however, seemed to be
tempted by the reward. A. ler.gth the stationer received informa-
tion that it was possible for tim to get back his stamps, if' he would
exercise a certain de:.,tree of lib,rality towards those into whose
hands they had eistneerd to fill. He expressed his readiness to give
100/. for the restoration of his property, but this offer was laughed
at. The gentlemen who went in possession of the swag were not to be
satisfied without the other hakes of the notes for 1,1001. as a reniu nerd.
Lion for their trouble in taking care of the stamps. This monstrous
proposition startled the stationer, who, however, gave no positive re.
fugal, but appointed a negotiator. Thenegcciation occupied a consi-
derable length of time, and, sr course, without ooeof the solicitors re-
gularly employed on occasions of this kind, nothing could be done.
The thieves were besought to be merciful. They would not abate
a tittle of their demand, aid determined, if the halves of the notes
were not forthcoming withal a certain tune' the stamps should be
disposed of for I,OOOC This threat had the desired elket. It was
ascertained that the stamps errs along with ao immense quantity
of oilier stamps, in a sort of " Hell," or mein r's den, near
Houndsditch ; but this fact was not known until the halves were
given up by the stationer, who was desired to take no notice of any
thing that might occur the next evening, but attend to his business
as usual. The stationer accordingly waited patiently in his shop
the whole of the day, but nobody appeared. On going over to his
desk, however, he stumbled over a large bundle, something on
the ground, and, no raising and esiu;nining it, he found that he
had in his possession evoly stamp he had lost. The thieves ex.
pressed themselves satisfi it at the result of the negotiation, as,
nithough they were not paid thy. usual per centage for their trouble,
they got the I,looi. without being obliged to .degrade themselves by
euaployirg police otficers on the occasion._

GLASGOW, Dec. S.—The frost has set in very severely.
This was the coldest morning that has been this season.
At six deka a thermometer, outside a window in Nelson-
street, indicated 260, being six degrees beneath the freez-
ing point.
Dat•Grui SUICIne.—A man of the name of Davies, a
tailor in Musselburgh, who had come into town the latter
end of last week, for the purpose of recovering a small
debt of twenty-five shillings, which was die to him, had, it
appears, after obtaining his money, fallen in with bad com-
pany, by whom he had been induced to spend the greater
share of it. Op Setarday night he returned home as far
as Yock's Lodge, *brie he remained for the night. On
Sabbath morning he inquired for a razor to shave himself,
but this fur some reaacn was not given him, and lie ordered
his boots to be brushed. When the servant returned with
them to his roans he was found suspended by his neckcloth
and a bit of rope. Medical aid was immediately obtained
from the barracks, but life was found to be extinct.
What adds much to the calamity, he has left a wife and
ten children wholly unprovided for; and was gene-
rally conmidered a sober and decent mau.—Culedunian
Mercer'.

The following most distressing accident, resulting from
the late inundation, occurred on Tuesday at Naunton
Beauchamp, in this county. A man of the name of Sher-
wood, bailiff to Mr. Hunt, of that place, attempted to
crows the brook there, which was greatly swollen, with
three horses. They had got into the middle of the stream,
when, by the force of the current, the horus were taken
of their legs, and driven amongst the piles which supported
the foot bridge, and being unable to extricate themselves,
they were all drowned. Sherwood contrived to get upon
the bridge, but, unhappily, whilst iu the endeavour to
assist the straggling animals, he fell into the torrent, and,
although several persons present greatly exerted themselves
to save him, the poor fellow also perished. The ill-feted
man was so ycars of and much esteemed by his master
as an honest and industrious servant.—This morning an
InntlNt was held at Alfrick, before tl Coroner, on the
body of Thomas Rice, who, on the evening of the above
event. was drowned in'entleavouritip, to ford Leigh Brook,
the waters at which place were higher than has been known
for 30 years. Three other persons had nearly met the
same fate a few momenta previous, but were rescued by
noun throwing a rope to than : the velocity and strength of
the current here were such as so bear down every thing
which. 'misted it; and brieges, gates, and fences, were
swept before it, causing considerable damage in the neigh-
-I,..uthood.—Wvreester Herold.