The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-30 00:00:00

• WtOlte4ll4l/
A Sweepstakes of 21bes. I2st. each,
11.nswe ung 'Lewd, but never woo,
rode heats.
Mr. IVatt•'s br horse Marshal Carouse.
111rTi.ompeon'sfiesPefire, brot. Cr to !'
Mr. It,lonond's Cockspur. by Oberon
Mr. Mell'o.'s Landow, b 7 H üby dr
Mr letter) hikes is a SuSseriber, but el.d not name.
1 and G to 4 0,.
Mr. Mei Trafaldu, Bu. 7lb. beat S,r W. Golard's Julies
Ce,ar, ISA. last cas:e and r I.ah, 100 gs. Won re:, easy.
3 to I on Trafalgar.
Lord Darlington.* b• Anon to Bump-r, 7.1 ^lti bast Mr•
Lonaeale's comrade, est. sib. 11.11 last rtr4e • Won by a rt
hued. Ito 4 gat hamper. •

G UIL. /i FOR D RACES. •
WEDNIsDAY. MAT 20.
The Town Plate of twee rod fur veer okb.
mile hest'. The el,.:.er to be .4.14 fur gs II &Sash& I.
.Mr. U b. t , 4 yrs r0r1,144. lotb. • 1• 1 t
Mr. Viselen*. is P.A6141.66. 4 or. &A, Ct. lob. I f rfe
D. of St. Allow's b. c. SV:seacre, A yrs old, 7as. 41b. Y J...
Si4tiesDe7.
The Aie,-tbeest Mile of 401, fie Nur year* do, end spersvd::;
Foe -mile leestos TIIIS wannest t., oe ..old tor $ Alp. tl des
man. rd .
Mr. to, ilessrin% Flighty, 4 yor 04, 7 1. fOlb. •
g • re aid, tist. lib. , I S
Ms Mbey's sh h. Victory, b y:s old, tlst. 1235.
assrome
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POLICE.

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le it NSION.UOYS Z.
Three women, of genteel appearance. of different
ages, named *ea wfs, fArrir, and were
eight up yesterday before the Lord Mayor, charg-
e) wish being a party of pickpockets. It appeared
that two of the City Ufficers were on Thurs-
day appointed to watch in St. Paul's Church-yard,
for this species of depredators, daring the Anniver-
sary Prne-ssiln of the Charity Children at St.
Thethree prisoners were pointed out to them
as suc.h. They watched for sorre time, and found
that a chargo. was made by a Mrs. Margaret Wirver,
of having had her pocket picked is the crowd•
of her pocket-book. which was found by cnc of tbe
others upon ore of the prisoners, while she ender',
toured to throw it away in Ivy-lane, with her right
band, from her pocket, the lea hand being at the
same time held fast by the officer. Margaret Win-
ter appeared is Court, and Ircre to the pocket..
boAk, c.oatalning a one-'sound n ite, and other
papers and memorandums, as her property. The
Prisoners not being able to give any satistaacry
account of themselves, or their way of living, were
fully committed for trial, and Mrs. Winter b,,und
over to prosecute, which she yielded ti with reltsc-
tsnce.

17SIVICH BANIC•NOTES.
Mr. Ifirridas sad gr. . put to the Bar,
charged wich uttering forged notes, noder the feign.
ed and counterfeit signature and title of ,s the
Bask of Ipswich." or of " Hitchins mid the &sok of
Ipswich," knowing the same to be to:ged, Lheie
being nn inch Bank, not any such partnership as
that of Ralph Holden and Company, the alleged
name of the firm.
The first witness was James Page, who deposed,
that in April last, he went to a houte, No. G,
Michael's lane. Cornhi!l, with a balk- note irons :as
father, of one hundred pounds, to get smaller tames,
of five pounds each, which were proOuced in Court,
as not having been paid when demanded. He did
again in April apply for /he like mid: notes for
another like note, and was told by Stijl, that they
wcre gotn to establish a bank with country corms-
pondence, at a public-house in the Strand, whets
he *mull skew to the bey the principal. The boy .
came to the house, where Hitchins was pointed nut 1M
ti to him as such principal, but Hitchins said nothing.
It was provei, that Hitchius iised generally to
sign the notes, but that sometimes they were signed f•
latiore they were produced to be circulates] or
passed in payment. Several thousands cf these
notes were circulated and duly paid when pre-
sented, (is was stated on behaii of the Prisoners)
until the as,.ts cr means of the Hcure tailed.

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It was attempted to be proved, that Mr. Holden
was a real, and not a fiditious name; and that the
hand-writing of Httchins and Holden were so
identically Ake, that they could not be distinguish-
ed ; and that, therefore, Hitchins might have tad a
procuration or conseot to sign Holden's name ;
and one 11.omas Young, Clerk to the Firm, swore
that he bad no &Atilt that the signatures sheared to
him were Hitehins's hand-writing, until last
Sa-
tisrJay, +hen he was shewn a man called Holden,
and saw h n. write so like Hitchits, that he could
not now take upon him to dtscriminate. He was
not certain that the man seen by him was Holden.
An Engraver was produced, who proved that he
had engraved plates UT some of the notes shewn to
him in Court, and was paid for them by Still, the
Prisons,.
A Mrs. Kavanagh proved, that she had let the
house or shop. in St. MiLhasrs lane, to the Prisoner,
Still, fot carrying on tb.: business of two pArtn,:r-
ship ; but that she had not at any time seen the Pti-
ioner, Hite/sins, there.

Mr. B3LL ANL), Counsel for the Prosecution, con-
tended, that here were fully established those facts
which constitute forgery, as contra-distirgnished
from fraud, aect,rdi.:g to the best and most recent
authorities and cases ; since the aane of t...r‘sery
consisted in the falsity of the instrument passed or
tarred to be passed, under misrepresentatien, and its
the intention of the party misrepresenting it.
Mr. AL test, Counsel for the Prisor.ers, contend.
eil, that there was no misrepresent:n;(lo or errs
minality wlaatsoever amounting to • fergery, by
the Laws of England ; but admitted that tt.ere was
a gross it:demeanor and fraud, amounting to a
conspiraet, and subjeaing all the panics concerned
in it to transportation and 00:et minor punishments,
but not to death.
The Loao Matron obsreed, that although he
had heard the Counsel on both sides, it was not
owit,g to any dnibt upon his mod, for before
their argumerts he was of the cam- decided apini..is
which he now entertained, namely, that the Pri-
sonars must be both of thin fu;ly committed for •
trial, not 1.3 a ft-and only, but under the charge r f
forgery. They were, therefore, committed tts
ore

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TORE SPRING MEETING, 11107..—(Continued.)
• wittritesDA —m•Y 7.
Sweristakes of lies. 12st. each, rode by Gentlrrnen)H•
II urge ua4 In' 'Lewd, but never woo, allowei
nest. beets.
4r Watt 's br hors.. Mardis! Cerouseo ,by Weasel 1 1 •
.fr fi.o.opeon'sficaPefire, brut' er Stretch. If
dr. C.-brewers Cockspor, b 7 Oberon . 2 3

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