The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-17 00:00:00

PoLres.

so*.trastt.
Oa Tuesday cast Mr. Drabs. • gentleman residing In
Mlimpole.street, Caymanslarsquare, "mime to she oifice, as
he stated, in consequence of melee la. Jug gives to him od
the preceding recoils', requiring his atteerianee respectiet
his emeheasn, will bed •berated himself firm his service,
and whom he hid been given to understand wao Ja custody.
The application was amide to the Clerks, who ►eing sat.
acquainted wills the circuanstame alluded to by Mr. Des.
kin, caused toque" to be Made iiiimpt the etliear• sod pa.
trot, but were nimble to learn that any such perms ern" is
custody, or that Mr. Deakin had bee. required to timid.
Mr. Deakin then ettplarned, that no Mnaday last it met
hie ewachma• to the police uMee, Qemnriquare, os ►osi-
er's, and expected him to retorts irs the afternoon. Ile how-
ever failed in doing so, and about eight o'clock le the even-
ing • young man of respectable appearance called no him It
his home in Wimpole•sireet sad represented himself to be
the second clerk of the police office, Bow.st►eet, sad stated
that he came in censer; f • yore* mats being •ppire.
beaded who gave his oriole as James Austin, coachearus to
Me. Deakin, of Wimple-street ; that he was not charged
with any offeocr, but that having bees apprehended as a
disurdeily person, he was merely detiiircd its custody
'until It could be aseeetaiued whether the account which
he had given of hloseelf was correct. Mr. Deakin
said it was so, and the person theo prodiseed • small
bundle of papers, which he said were the depuortioria takers
against Amite before Sir Richard Biraie, and remmted
Mr. D. to write his name ea • blank part of one of Ike
paper., a. It was necessary to produce hie signature ►efore
the Magistrate, ups which Austin wonl4 be immediately
liberated. Mr. D. w►o had not the alighted suspicion of
any imposition, Aped hi, names. directed, and told the
person he would call the following se►ri•g on Sir Richard,
to be apprised of the ciierimstaiscre, as he should not retain
the Primmer (Audio) its his service if there was any thing
culpable is his costive.. The perms thee said, that
Sir Richard Biruie had • violent cold, sad would not be
in atteudaore at the Office on the seat day, but that
it would be requisite for Mr. Deakin to rose to the Ofice.
Eveiy inquiry was made, but within setisfactury could be
ascertained lending to elucidate the mystery, and it being
quite out of the practice of the ei.tablishiseat to seed the
clerks to require the atieudsoce of 'allocates. The dFsir
remained in this state until Friday last, when the servant
came home; and the aerosol he gave of himself was, that
he had been apprehended by too pursues, who stated then,.
selves to be Police officers, sod took bow to a house in the
neighbourhood of Covent-garden, where they had emitted
him until that morning, when they bused his out, telling
his to go about Lls humans. Mr. Deakin thought it very ex-
traordinary, sad WI the following day brought the servant
to the office. Vickery, ilre of the principal 4.lficers, voice.
took to investigate the affair, and after • great deal of troy-
ble, succeeded in lading out that the whole was a fabrica-
tion, the servant haviag been in a wale of druake•oess, re-
maiming at • public-house is Westanioster.
The servant refosiug to say who the person was whom he
►ad employed to p to his master, Mr. Deakin immediately
discharged him.

Oa Tuesday messing a charge of a new species of fraud
■poet the theatres came ou to be investigated before Thomas
Halls, Esq. the sitting Magistrate. Andrew Robing*, a young
man. was brought to the °Mee by sae of the street-keepers
is the Strand. charged with attempting to gala atlntittasce
to the gallery of the Adelphi theatre by mesas of a false
cheek.

It appeared from She evidence of roversl persons employed
at the theatre, that several admissiuss bad lately been gained
to the theatre by mewls of false tin ur metal checks, similar
to these used at the theatre, with stamped insperseious is
the middle of thew similar to the real cheeks. The masa.
gee., to avoid similar impositious, discontinued the usual
Owl's on Tuesday evvniug, and issued card checks, sod the
Prisoner presenting a (urged metal cheek on that tVellielf,
the checkdakers instantly discovered the imposition. The
Prissier, was stopped and given iglu the custody of the
street-keeper, she us searching the Prisoner found It other
wailer forged checks.
The Magistrate isquired how the Prisoner nod others .1,0
heel staked admissiun taut the theatre had comirived to pass
the mosey-taker to pay fur their admission He was
*sawed, the mosey takers were its a how awl had wie power
le prevent persona passing them, and that the cheirk-iiiki.rs
were the only persons who prevented people from going into
She house without paying.
The Magishate thought this was a very loose way of cow.
&cling the Immerse ; he way informed that the Melt mode
was adopted at all the esker theatre*, and remarked that he
was afraid the case was sot coguisible before him, as it was
only similar to forged orders, which was a fraud, sot to
sobtais nsouey, good., or chattels ; however, oa recollection,
he thought the last Yagrast Art would reach it, via.
3d George 10., cap. 40, clause 3, latter pert, " And all per.
ions hammier, or endeavouring to impose, opus any
churchwarden or armee, of the pour, or upon a charitable
or private ludurldwal, by any false and Cando.
lest represestatson, either verbally or a writ.ng, with a view
to siesta money or some ether advantage or b a. At, shall
be devoted sewers sail vagabonds, oithin the true intent and
weaning of thee Act."

The check.isker was eiamined as to how he Wel personally
iateressed is the fraud which had been committed on hiss,
w►es he slated, that hie employer bad told hist be should
be answerable fur she sossuust of the forged cheeks he had
received ; be admitted that is the traassetios with the
Primmer he did sot ask him assy questions, .or did the
Prisoner say any sheaf ; the case thew was discovered to fall
short of the anise recited clause i■ the Papas' AM, as it
requires t►at the imposition mast he either verbal or is
writisg. and if eves sane of the mord cheeks issued us Toes.
day sight had bees forged it would sot have come within
the messing of she Act of Pas hawed, as" GAL." on the
cards. being the abbee►istioa fur gallery, was printed sad
sot written.

The Prisoner stated that he lately lived as a wryest at the
Greyhunad Inn at Richmond; he was now eat of employ-
ment, and Joked at the Cork and Bottle in the Strand. A
few evenings uis•ee be west to the Al. Iphi Theatre, and
white waiting fur the duds being opened, • young soon
•lauding next to him gave him • check, which he said would
p■as him into the Theatre online' payment ; be accepted it,
presented it In the Check-t•k.r, soil he passed into the
Theatre without any difficulty; while he was is the Theatre
the same young men offered to sell him some of the same
sort of checks; he declined treattag fur them in the Theo-
Ire. but when they west oat he purchased t►e cherks which
were found on him for Is. He declared ►e knew aotbnig
too', of the riving man.—He was discharged.
Two yoga, men were charged with fighting sod making a
disturbance at the done of the same Theatre. Oar of them
proved to be the author of the laconic polices posted us
placards about the streets reaped's( this theatre. lie
stated that Mr. Rodwell had empowered him with the sole
mauagemest and di.tribution of the bills of that theatre,
nod "hat he fossil the other Prisoner selling bills, sad he
not having received them from him, he had no doubt be bad
roue by them improperly, he therefore eadesioured to force
them from Inns. which bring resisted, caused the disiertvasee.
The other Prisoner sided ►e received the lolls from Mr.
Thome., t►e relater. The author of the laconic notices was,
therefore, ordered to find bail.

Jllll/12 Lawrence was charted with feloniously stealing
11/1) valuable oriels, the property of Mr. Hutchens, of 38,
Niwfo eireet.Strood.

The Prim:user was area leaving the house aitk the riots
is his yansesaiou by she female arevaat about seven o cluck
on Tomb.), eveatag, ohs gummed hien into the Street, sad
the cry of +Atop Owl!" belay raised, be was oaken in Holy-
well-street.—Ha was coaaaastleil foe farther exanaloatioa.

Friday evening Mr. Moaate, of Spridlington.
near Lincoln, farmer, in yearning home, fell off
Ins horse, and was dreadfully hurt. He was picked
up in an insensible state by the driver of the Gains.
borough coach, and placed inside with a female
pamenger, who kindly rendered every assistance in
her power, by loosening his neckcloth and chafing hos
temples. Oa stopping at the Turk's Head Gut. in
Newport, the pour man was brought out of the
coach dead.