The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-31 00:00:00

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the shop, and remonstrated with Christopher on the iinpreptiety
of exposing a picture 'kit was painful to the kelinge of all true
believers. Christopher, however, refused to remove it, and Yir.
Lent went out of the shop, broke the pane of glass against
the picture was placed, and pulled it out and tore it in pieces.
Christopher immediately sent for an officer, and gave Mr. Levi taw
custody, on a charge of felony, for stealing the picture. He al.,
stated, that as another shopman was handing him a similar picture
to bring to the Justice Room, Mr. Levi snatched it out of (its liata
and tore it.

Mr. Levi admitted the facts as stated.
The Alderman at once dismissed the charge of felony ; L
directed that Mr. Levi should pay for the pane of ppas;
pictures.

ROW-STREET.
On Saturday, Charles Bickers, a boy about eleven years of age,
was brought up In custody. It appaared by the evidence 'gam,:
him, that on the 13th instant, Dickers, in company with
led named Smith, went to the shop of Mr. Turner, a baker, ul
Highgate, with a cheek for 2H. 13s. Cd. purporting to be drawn
by Mr. Dowling, a respectable inhabitant of Highgate, on Mew,.
Drummond and Co. with a written request for cluing!, in the Unit
of Mr. Dowling. Mr. Turner gave the prisoner the change; and
in a few minutes he returned, with a request from Mr. D. f. a
loan of 101. which Mr. T. also gave. The cheek, when preatinted
at Drummond's, was found to ilea forgery, and the prisoner, Who is
the son of a travelling costcrmonger, was apprehended.
In his defence, the prisoner said, he did not know Dowling',
person, but received the check from a gentleman at his gate, wpv
said he was Mr. Dowling, and when he received the change of the
check he sent the prisoner fur 'helots° of 101. and after that was
brought to him, told the prisoner he was a relation of Al r. Dowling's,
and gave him a shilling for his trouble.
It was proved that the prisoner was in the habit of sitting ir. the
next pew to Mr. Dowling in church, and he evidently equivocated
in his account of the transaction.

Ile was remanded.
It was ascertained that many other sums have been obtained b,
similar deception, practised, it is supposed, by the same person.
WORSHIP-STREET.

An account appeared last week of Werasewhich occurred at ti
Office, in which a young man of the name of Anthony Compel:.
who was found, by the constable of Kingsland, loitering about the
stree's, without being enabled to give a proper account of hitntelr.
excused himself by complaining most bitterly of the maltreatment
he hail received from his father and stepmother. It will also be
recollected that the then sitting Magistrate, Mr. Benett, believing
the tale he told to be true, most humanely offered to recommeall
the boy to the Marine Society.
The Committee of this praiseworthy Institution paid the most
prompt attention to the recommendation of the Magistrate, and the
whole of the parties were summoned before them. At this iota.
view, however, the boy seems to have told • very different story to
that which he represented on the morning of hie appearance at this
Office, as the following copy of a letter from the Secretary of the
Society to the sitting Magistrate will clearly show
' Marine Society Office, Oct. 27, 1225,
"Stn,—The Committee of this Society lelt great pleasure in
rescuing Iron ruin that boy recommended by you to their notice,
named Anthony Compare ' • and the Committee entertain the
pleasing hope that he will eventually become a useful member
of society. But the Committee think it proper that you should be
informal that it has been clearly proved, upon examining the
father and the boy, that be has always been the subject of parental
kindness and attention.
" The boy has stated that he is very sorry for what he has done.
and repents heartily of having made those false emanations agent,:
his parents, which have unfortunately obtained so much pulniery,
and which, according to his own account, were made with a ilea
to induce the Magistrates to send him to sea. _

" I h3ve the honour to be. &c.
(Signed) " THOMAS KING.
" To Wm. Benett, Egg."
On Saturday Mr. Benctt observed, that the fallacious axon 7:
which the boy hud given in that Office having gone forth to the
world, and being in a high degree calculated to wound the feelinge
of the father and the whole of the family, it could only be expected
in fairness that the boy, contradiction of his own i.tory should al,
find circulation through the same medium as that which was the
means of promulgating the boy's story.
Notwithstanding the strange conduct of the youth. the Marine
Society have not withdrawn their protection from him: and be
has accordingly been sent on board the Society's ship, ',Hell I, ee
off Deptford, preparatory to his proceeding to sea under thci:
directions.