The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-03-17 00:00:00

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On Tuesday evening Mr.. HALL,. as soon as he had taken his
seat. had come conversation with Sir RICRAPT) MAN it upon the
subject of the apprehension of a boy who was broight up In the p.r.
tertmon, for haring been found•paradiag the 'tree a with a placard
and some civic* or the " Memoirs of llarriette Wilwon."
The hay was then called farward and asked who employed him
to s.ll ii,e work? and he said that be was sent out by a shoe Maker
named Marilonald; who allowed him a trifle per day for lila time. fie
was blau,& lessuins the maw of a shosmiku 1 bye his wastes

'shilling.
Mr. Hat.t.s told the be/ he had much better abandon such •
calling as that in which be had been found by the officers. He
might now go about his business ; but the books and placards
would be detained until 31r. Macdonald, his employee, should come
for them.

Yesterday Macdonald, the shoemaker, applied to Mr. HALLS
for the placard and books, and stated that he was but the agentot
another—a man who lodged in his house having furnished hint with
them to dispo'e of.
VI. HALLS said he must send that person fur them.
Macdonald—But, Sir, they are my property as I may say ; for
my lodger has deducted the price of them trout the amount of his
rent.
Mr. Bar..t.s—l don't care. You say you had them from him,
and he must come for them.
Macdonald—.l3ut he says he won't come forward, Sir, on any ac.
Count.
Mr. Ilau.s—Then they must remain here.
line the matter ended.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Patrick Molloy, a ruddy looking absentee from the
Sister Kingdom, was brought up, in the custody of Reynolds, a
parochial constable, charged with having formed one Si a select
piny of gamblers, who, to differ from the vulgar custom of playing
at night in obaure alleys, selected the broad day light and the open
fields as the scene of action.
Reynolds stated that he observed the party in Copenhagen Fields
about nine o'clock that morning in active play, with a very elegant
assortnsent of gambling materials—thimbles, buttons, and tetn-
tents, being in abundance; on his approach the party made off,
with the exception of poor Patrick, who was encumbered with a
large board suspended by a cord from his neck; in fact, " lie had
the harness on," and was compelled " to stand the hazard of the
die." Reynolds took him into custody, and marched him oil with
his insignia to this office.
When brought before the Magistrate the following dialogue took
plate

Magistrate—Where do you live ?
Patrick—When Pin at home, in the county Cark, your Honour;
)at's Cark's own town.
Magistrate—What are you ?
Patrick—A stone-mm.oa.

Magnum e—Where do you live when you are not at home ?
Patrick—No. 2, Bloomsbury-square ; or, the same thing, your
Honour, No. 2, Hampshire Hog-yard, St. Giles's.
On being further interrogated by the Magistrate, Patrick said
be was a silk weaver as well as a mason ; in fact he was " handy"
at every thing.
The Magistrate conceiving it would be reprehensible not to give
full scope to such versatility of genius, sent him for a month to
the House of Correction.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
SwinDLlNG.—Pertzig Brandies, a fashionably dressed young
man, and who described himself as a native of Cracow in the Rus-
sian empire, wan brought before E. MAIRICLAND, Esq. charged as
a swindler.

Mr. Lewis, a boot and shoemaker, in King-street, Westminster,*
stated, that between the hours of twelve and one o'clock yesterday
the prisoner came into his shop to purchase, as he supposed, a pair
of shoes. He 'coked at several, and on his telling him the price,
he appeared not to understand the English language at all, but
kept continually making signs. The prisoner remained for sonic
time in his shop looking at the articles, and producing a sample of
bristles, asked him if he would purchase any, or if he could get
him a customer, saying he would allow him something for his
trouble, and also take a dozen and a half pair of shoes. Witness
' asked the prisoner what he wanted per Found for them : he replied
13s. or las., and that he had a quantity Ina ship lying in the Docks,
but could not get them out from the want of some money, at the
some time producing a number of shawls, musical snuff-boxes, and
watches. Ile said, " I also deal in these: they, however, are not
to be sold. as I have brought them from abroad • they are for the
valet in the servie of the 3larchioness of Devonshire's family, and
I will leave them with you if you will lend me 101. to obtain the
bristles in the Captain's possession on board the vessel." Witness
said he would endeavour to procure him a customer for the bristles,
and went to a friend's house, who instantly recognised the sample
produced from the tie of it, and exclaimed, " The Jew has re-
turned that swindled me."

Daniel Dennis, of No. 10, George-court, Piccadilly, a grindery
!and hair manufacturer, stated, that about two months ago the
prisoner came into his shop with a bundle of bristles in his band,
and asked him if he bought such. Witness replied yes; but the
prisoner pretended not to understand English, and went out. He
however returned again in about three quarters of an hour, and
requested to know how much he (the witness) could afford to give
per pound for them, saying, he had upwards of forty pounds in
that state, and a great quantity in the rough on board a ship then
lying :n the London Docks, the duty on which was paid, but he
did not know how to get them up being without money, and the
Captain had behaved as a d—d rogue and cheated him out of &01.
The prisoner said he could afford to sell them at Us. per pound,
and witness knowing they were worth double that amount, if
honestly come by, said, he had no ltesitation to become a purchaser.
The prisoner then pulled out a variety of shawls. handkerchiefs,
and a musical watch, which he said he had brought from abroad
for some Duke's Lady, but could not understand whn he meant,
and he would leave those articles with hint, if he lent him 71. 10s.
as a security, observing, that the shawls alone were worth fourteen
guineas. Witness. consequently, without the slightest hesitation or
suspicion, immediately gave the prisoner seven sovereigns and a.half.
He then left the house, saying, he should call the nett day with the
bristles; but witness never heard any thing of him afterwards, till
yesterday morning, when the last witness called upon him respecting
the purchase of some bristles. The shawls which the prisoner stated
to be worth fourteen guineas, appear not of foreign manufacture,
nor are they valued at more than 12s. each.
The prisoner on being asked what he had to say to the charge
alleged against him, replied, he did not deny obtaining from
Mr. Dennis the seven sovereigns and a-half; he would pay them
back ; he had got nothing from the other man, and the articles
he was employe.' to sell was for a person on commission.
Mr. MARK LAND said thasmight be all very true, but he should
remand him until inquiry was made; at the same time, the
Magistrate intimated there was no doubt if the present investiga-
tion gained publicity there would be several other charges of a
similar nature brought against him.
The prisoner was then remanded few a week.