The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

CILDUALL.
COMMITTAL OF RiIOUGH roN.

Yesterday Bartholomew, Rrounhlon: ofil: Navy, who bar
undergone several examinations upon the chirge ~f havont
robins! Gentlemen at the White Horse bun, Fetter.laue, V/4)
brought lip for a final ex•minatioss.
Mr. George Shudbliothaon stated that he came to town
from Macclesfield to collect debts, and set up Nt the White
Horse. Oa llse 31st of Dees-miler last has retired to bell,
taking with him bis pocket-book, containiug a Wilk note fur
10111.; five for 10/. earls; and four fur 51. each, which he
(mind in the morning had been stolen. Some bills of ex-
change which were iii his pockct.book remained untonelsed.
Mr. Wright, clerk to Hankey and Co. bankers, of Fen.
chnrch.street, stated, that he paid to a ectillenon" for n
cheek, drawn by Williams and Cross, of Paster, two notes
of 1001 earls, the one hatred 19,169, the other 19,151,
and resent smaller notes.
Mr. Thomas Slisoffieloothant, linen-draper, of Exeter, and
trother to she former a illness, received the above "rotes from
Mr. Wrivld' and gave them to his brother. The 11)01. mote
, ,•• ,
I/floaters' in cviuence stains' the Prisoner was one of theta.
Mr Kimbell, of the house of Mr. Burge, mathematical in-
! strnment maker, ricradilly, stated, that on the Ist of la•
1 assiary the Poisoner called and purchased a sextant for 16
Guineas, in payment fur which he tendered a 100/. note.-
1
Witness 'observed, that i' would be necessary to have the
instrument adju.terl, and that it would take au hour to do
so. The Privoier did slot object to leave it, and said, au •
toeing asslrei be witness, that he was Captain Wished, and
that he resided at Hatcliett's Hotel. He left the shop, after
1 having put into witness's hand, the mile 19.151 fur 100/, sod
i received the change. Soon after he returned in a coach;
, said lie could mot wait any longer, and asorst have the
sexiest,.
I Mr. Purge provrsl that be changed tte 1001. 'mute fur Mr.
Kimbell, who lo.nielit it to him from the Prisoner.
1 The (baits of evident e was eArriol to a further extesd,
dies which the Prlalllll r was fulls C 1111 l Milted.
Beiiiiirlibm :uti mple.l to destroy himself on Wednesday
I last. with laudanum, but his stomach revolted at the close,
' I whit lo was s cry great. lie appeared in good 111.:11111 yester-
II day, but was, as. 'slight lie expteted, much rls jetted.
s Bout.aittleT.

FORGED NOTES.
Vesteralay a novel case of uttering forged Bank of Eng•
land notes, lilliirrVirnt a long investigation before Richard
Risme, A pmts.( woman of genteel appearance and
:address. wearing n large white vett, was charged with ut-
terin' fmgrel notes, under peculiar circumstances. She
appeared under the names of Lydia 'Well, alias C'laglow.
On the 12th of February lasi, she above to the Red I.iou
Inn, Aspendon Common, Sussex, where she remained about
three hoots, during that time she had four glasses of mulled
LORI in payment for which she gave a five pound note, pite-
peslint to be a note of the Bank of England. Mr. liandow,
t►e landlord, not having change, he procured it of his sleigh..
beer, Mr. Baker, a grocer. In the course of 'the afternoon
of that day it was discovered that the note was a forgery,
and Mr. Bristow set off to 'tensile her, but failed in over.
taking her, but he continued am his journey to London, and
gave information to the Solicitor to the Bank.
In the afternoon of the same day, she went to the Bar-
ren Arms Inn, at West Oa instead, in a post chaise, anal
uttered a forged 11. note to Mrs. Margaret Muting, the
landlady.
Bashop the officer war employed to trace out the Prisoner,
hut he was cut able to accomplish it till last Saturday, %lieu
he funnel her holging with Mr Finnigan, in Lumney-court,
Quin-start, Bluomahury, by the name of Clay ton,l4llli it has
been ascertained that she has uttered a forged Il note at a
paitslic-house in that iseiglibourliemal. On her person were
found It. notes of the Guildford, oia Yeovil, Moist 3, and
other Banks which, it is FlIWOU'li, she has obtained change
for 5/. forged Bank of England mites. She had also a good
It and 21. Bank of England note, which she could not
give any account of, only that abe had then, ha her for some
time. She stated herself to he a married woman, but mita.
rated fr her husband. She said she had lately been cu.
g toad at Covent-garden anal Astley's Theatre as a singer.
She was committed for examination
.4 buy *as committed for further V(2,1111131'4)11, charged
with breaking open the shop of Mr. Simunands, a chemist,
in Suit thampton-street. Ois Donaldson, the con.lable, be.
mg sent for, he seat died him, and funnel un his person con-
etalt•tl a silver spools marked D., which it as supposed he
had stolen from another house.

UNIOV•i/ALI..
EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION. •
A woman, about by years of age, applied yesterday to Mr.
King, the ill agistrate, for advice in the following case:—The
Complainant, whose beauty hail long ago taken refuge
is
the sepolt lire of all the Capulets, stated, that she was a
short time ago married publicly ill a young Mall kr age.
The marriage was known by Isis mother and relations, and
'le:y.1111 wit attempt to fin Lid it hut latterly he began to
~hew signs of restlessness nod inquietude, and the qas light
rt
a shop next door, kept by a buxom young woman, Recessed to
have more pleasures for hint than the holy torch of Hymen, he
was always peeping in there, and at length he took ass up-
portstnity of quarrelling grids her; and the seeds of shisseusi 111 l
toeing thus sown, it was continually kept sip till he sold all
the gum's, and thus left her destitute. The object of her
application was to hive him apprehended for the (doily, as
■be called it.
She was informed that all the goods belonged to the hus-
band, and that he was at liberty to do as he liked with them.
QIU F.F.N •SQUARE.
nonnEKY AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Yesterday thmeiree, a young man ti` shabby gen-
teel appeareiiee, was brought tip in the custody of James
Gilman, cltarged wills stralisig the hat of Christopher Sean,
Esq. out of the Committee Room, at the House of Commons.
Mr. James Pratt, Ni.. 22, James.street, Q"ckisgharn•gatr,
stated, that he was attending the Committee sin the Not-
tingham Election. and saw the Prisoner about eleven o'clock
Yesterday ne::rtiong enter the room. Four of the gesitlemen
having lost their hats within the last few days, and paiimme.r
having a suspicious appeaunuce, lie was induced In watch
him, when in a minute after he saw him take the hat, ■nd
walk ar with it under his arm ; witness followed him out
and gave hint into custody.
Magistrate—l• Prisoner, how do you get your brine"—
' " I ant a dealer in hats, Sir. I went into the room, and it
seems I took the gentlesnaii•si hat a mistake.
Magistrate—`• It seems you was wrung in taking it.
Pray, what toughies, had you there; being a hatter, you
could distineititsh a mew lest from ass old one very easily''—
" Yonr W4l!*.ilip, I ant not a hatter, lint a dresser of Wt. I
went in, in the hop• of seeing a flirted froiii Nottingham."
Magistrate How lime is it since you had beets at
work ?•'—" I bad OM 11111 Lir ellipillylll4.lll, • Worshir,
these 12 mouths; hub 1 meitsionally do jobs our my own
account. I have a wife soil two children. at i4l
~ Drury-
lane, and on their account I hope the gentlensau will not
press the rase against me."
Magistrate--.. I am 110111: fur it, bet studs fellows as you
shoot' be mirk an eramplr Ilf."
The Prisoner was fully eirminitteil to trial.

German Paper+ have iiirived. It iq +toted,
under the head of [fanny. r, the goth 11.4. that
there iq a co:unifiable deficienev in the pinillice of
the revenue. and that reenur,e Si,.t he had 1(1
extraordinary means to make it good. The pithily
expense. 1111sfe the reitmatiiiii of the legitimise (ht-
vernment. it i 4 atm mid. exceed 'hose in the reign
of is:tic/mg CoNsPARTE. The Emperor mid F.lll
p 11,44 arrived in grind Is-alth, at Venice, 1111 the ISO'.
Her Alaje.ty the i)nclievs of PAILM A ariived there
on the 15th.
In consequence of the great fall in the market
for riot cotton, expreqiies have been tent It l.i-verlicA.
verlicA. over-land to Calcium, in order to coun-
termad is speedily NY preoihle, any farther ship-
ments of that article. Ass aleoslnte engagement pi
said to hirer been entered Min Icy the ',risme. hear-
' toff; the expresqrq, to deliver thesti, allowing lust ur.
eident4 to life of in Cure niontliq from the
I date of nesting Englaml.