The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-28 00:00:00

HATTON CARVES.

Aar INconatctinitit Ssetint.tu--TitE LADY AYD TUF
MOCK acio x.—This notorious character, who it will be veva-
kited has made her ..ppearance at this office w repeatedly. ender
various usuGes, Aldridge, FM?, Foster. &c. charged with ob-
taining goods from all denominations of tradesmen., but so inge-
niously droned, that the cases could only be considered as matters
of debt, again made her appearance at this Mire, under the name
of It Mons, charged under the following circumstances, as
detailed by Colton, a constable of latinAton.
It appeared that the lady on Thursday last, accompanied by her
female accomplice, in the usual character of lady's-maid, hired
ready-furnished apartments in N 0.5, Edinund4street, Ilattic-haidge.
She represented herselfas just strived from Scotland, and that in a day
or two she expected her retinue of servant., &c. from the country,
as she purposed settling in London. She did not lose much time
in proceeding to business; for, on the following day, about three
in the afternoon, she silliest torah, but, unfortunately, in the deaf
shop in the neighbourhood share she went was Colton, the eon-
stable (making some trivial purchases), arid who recognized the
old offender. This was a glass-shop, from which she ordered a
dosea cl cut divanters, with a proportionate quantity of wine
el. From this shop she proceeded on her rounds, closely fol-
e? by Colton to watch her movements. The follow:ng is a
sketch of her route :

Front the glass-shop she went to an adjoining oil-shop, where
she gave a liberal order ; then to Mr. Harris, a news.vender, whom
Sillurtlertti to supply her regularly every morning with the princi-
pal daily papers: Mrs. Harris, Icing a patten-maker, she wished
to serve her aho, and mentioned, as she hid a number of servants
at her country•scat, who complained so much cf the dampness in
the country, she wished to scud them down, as a Christmas-lox. a
dorm of lumens and clogs. The next persons visited were the
butchers. At a butcher's, named Cooper, she ordered home a few
ribs of prime beef, as her family was small; but, within a few
yards of the Sallie stall, she sent home a buttock and Hank of beef,
a leg of veal, 6.e representing that she expected some of her servants
in town nest day (Christmas day), and it was always her habit to
make her domestics comfortable. Fallowing up this principle. she
went to a brewery in Brewer-street, and ordered home nine gallons
of ale. These morn important matters being attended to, the minor
'squishes were looked after ; and accordingly the green grocers, the
chandlers, the cheeseniongers, the coal-sheds, and the wine-vaults
were successively visited, and, before nine o'clock (within six hours
front commencing), goods to the amount of thirty pounds were
taken to the lodgings.
The manner in which the seeml tradesmen were duped is as fol-
lows :—The female accomplice planted herself a: the front window
of tl.o apartment, and when any tradesman knocked with his goods,
this woman flew down stairs and opened the door; on being inter-
rogated as to the respectability of the lady (the tradesmen supposing
this woman to belong to the house) she pre a most amiable
character of their lodger.
Colson at length followed the lady ti her house, and after col-
lecting together the different individuals concerned, entered the
lathes ai.arttuents, with another constable. They returned all the
goods to the various tradeunen, and then after hand-culling the lady
and her maid, not without receiving numerous kicks, theysonveyed
them to the watch-house.

The Slagistrate complimented the constable on his active pursuit
of this female, who had hitherto escaped justice, and observing 'het
like the moth round the candle, she had at length got into the &me.
ordered her and her lady's.maid to give twraty.four hours' notice of
bail, in default of which, they wore both committed to the New
Prison, which will probably relieve tradespeople for awhile.
On her last visit, aboutafortnight ago, she Stated that sheassumed
the same of Aldridge, because the eboininable police reports so in.
jured lice character. As Nn. %Villiams, we arc afr.itil she will
equally sutler.

TEEN-SQUA
Yesterday Gorge {reran was brought before W. D. f aciatatur,
Esq. charged with asmulting and rubbing Richard Mann of three
halt-crowns and other property on the King's highway.
The prowaeutor, it appeared. was returning home along Teter-
a:l.m, Westminster, about one o'clock on Christmas morning.
when he was attracted by several persons engaged in ringing
bells ; he consequently went to the spot, where lie remained but a
few minutes before he was robbed of his money, and violently
struck twice by the prisoner. An alarm was raised, and a watch-
maa came up. The prisoner was pointed out to him, and he was
in coasequence taken into custody.
The prisoner, In his defenCe, i.:clared, he was innocent of the
charge of assault or robbery ; be however admitted being with the
patty of bell-ringers. and that he acted as the bottle-holde: fur them.
Ile was fully committed to :sitirgate fur trial

We learn that out of the efght local preachers in the
Beverley Circuit, three enli!, resident in Beverley, hare,
withdrawn themselves from the society, and that the con-
duct cdopted towards one of their number, alle:red as the
reason of their secession, was the act and decd of a rueetiq,•
of the preachers, Inlatees, leaders, and stewards, of the
Bull Circuit—a large majority of which meeting were of
opinion that the individual &Untied to should no longer
remain a member of the Methodist Society.—Turk
Courant.

On Tuesday night, the sentinel on Arbour-hill, near the
Pbwoix-park; was attacked by three or four sanguinary
rurEina, who suddenly closed on him, cut him on the
head, knocked him down, jumped on him, and broke se-
veral of his lingers; lx•imt a horse soldier, be.was armed
only with a carbine, and this was not loaded. He was
conveyed to an hospital. where he now lies, in a dangerous
$t Trish