The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-10 00:00:00

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Char.',v R a bl telt., was yesterday brniight
before the LORD MAYOR, an i underwent a second
ex tmiaatiun II: had Morn taken ty *strut • week
siace, on suspicioir of !..ivilig stolen sorra. corms
goods, the property of pc:rms union tn. 'ha
Officer who at:pith, nde.a h. m. r tor piree•
of Scotch polka( handkerchi.ts, such as are usually
ma.ie for ex,oration to the West au-t;. which tb•
Prisoner .ad offered for .ale. die stated. t --tt
searc•ang bon, he found in his possession. du,46
cases of several I.thrr pieces of tit. sane tettutes
woich had betli pawne.i. •ditf..rrnt 114117".
ferent pawnbrokrrs, together with a dopl.cata Int
piece of very 6,1•• muslin ; bur, tl ough .Ic.ha.l moat
the strictest inquiries, he was DO' Abll! 10 find any
person who could say they had test such good .
The Prisoner, on being oat -stinted by his
ship, stattd, that he had sonic tim: stns gone •
voyage to Spanish America, and had taken ut ha J.
ware, for which he got these goods in escit4nAtes
and brought them back to England.
The Officer staied in opposition to thi., that • !if.
Parker, a pasenbrokos who wa% not :nen p e
knew the Prisoner perfedry well 11 be ia
for four years back, cleaning thoe..
The Lute Mar ors said, that he *ought a pre.
sent there was evidence sufficient to comrnt •
fully for stealing thesf g tods, the property t ; ez.
sons unknown; but thought it better first :o remand
him to prison, and have a farther eilquoy made
after the owners.

Jame. Fleminz, a boy A a tout fifteen years of
age, teas put to the bar, earged wi.iz stealing wino
and sea its Oil board the 11.nnab, late il 1: Gaeta-
sey, now lying in the River. Tint Captain stated,
that the River was infested with a gang ut pop.. of
which the Prisoner was one, who weie ontinnally
pilfering whatever they could lay their ! an..s on,
on board the different ships. He sii a, he 114
hired the Prisoner as a kind of serval., a id 11. I ::ad
him on board for about two days On S t.ur.:ay
last the boy came on shore; and, on Sunday mow l-
ing he also came of B.:tyre ; but, bef re ate return... 4
the Prisoner went :sack to the ship, and, ..aviiig in-
vited a number of people cn limo 1, stri!e toren
bottles of wine, and a quantil of spir ts. out of his
locker.

The Lorin MAYO& at fi st thought it best to
send the Prisoner on keia-d .t te;ider, butt being in-
formed that he was nut tit or the mace, he or.
dered him to be itnprisoned one mutat].
On Tuesday last, a Baker and a F our Faidoe
were summoned berme the Lu..D MA 0,, a
charge of making t-dse retui Its of the price f dour
to the Cocket k)tlice in he Mansion-howe. fli• the
returns made by the Baker, it appetite i he hid
purchased the dour at :he Fie: of s wit ny -flee
shi:lings the sack ; however, he confeued ;mere
had been a previous private agreement be v. 'ea
him and the Factor, that he should pay the La •et
only seventy shil.ings per sack. The pantie b. i..g
confronted, did not attenirt to deny the c; arge, and
;hey were accordingly corm:led in the penalty of
51. each, besides expense;. conviCtion took
place in the presence of the Master urt of
Ataistants of the Bakers' Company. woo assured his