The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-15 00:00:00

alarmed try a rev of Thieves :" which proceeded from tha
kisrhen. Thr sm,m wa. full of well-areas...l company. rm
forming from (;rresterrh fair, and rn one corner of it WAS •
en.l,l4l.oing u grriotitv of Bent: notes Tit:A chest, he
was informed, kcal It. Isri,ken open, and the Promisors were
poirtut ont 1.. hue as she Rooms'
A 11,.till), wined itrowis, 01044 1111111 the was in the White
11,,,t, on TikEntay revritog ; ski re were ill well and women
co the hatrlst•o. stnottest slut.. we're the Prism,' es. Mlle oh.
serve: our of th in lift up She lid of the hue and take sponse.
thing no., swim which she transediatily taws/ her with the
then boil lid she hail takees• Witter..
cilled the landlord as loud as she could, and thew, frill tut
that olmy otitis ill use her. be raw away.
One of id, Priroster, was verso to drop a shacking by an-
.ti..-.s, !.ist nothing was ritual sin them. They were
Utah Ili tsar,— In limo, defeate they stated, that they had
Men In (;It row i. h Fair ; and ors their Morn Mopped at Ihe
lVhitr 11. of, sheer Hirt, was sume dassetae• Ist terms the
mudobey denied the riakbes), rad urged, that
Mrs. 14... inti mu.l have beer mistaken , hot that witness ohs
Kris,_ again tot asoutil, ernArrried, without alteration, lire
hooter testosissotty.
~r Ile l'risonem twee became greatly agitated, and
Lid, 1 live Gee in her shawl, very emphatically exclaimed,
th! 'lib false !" sad then horst into a flood of
tears.
'lke Prisoners were reiroideol.
DAR:NG 11.011RER1'.
Yesterday (geeing, at an early to tic, a most daring rots.
hr.) was committed at the Green Nino Tavern,lla the Kent-
The Imam was eroverted its tarry part wills people
f Ihr fair. who wry daticimr, siegisg, tiro and in the
41.1118• of Ow eintfreirra a thief forged opts the landlord's
Led norm with • strong tinsel or crow-liar, Ale then, broke
the Ins kis flre sheet of cleavers, Gook which he touts 701. in
It ilk notes, 12 tahle4 soil t 4 tea spools', •Iso a gold
~5.14. :tome infantile articles of vresriog apparel, eke.
unomo,tiog in the whole to the value of that will which be
si
A great many men were amerced standing on the stair.
r:!ss ale it the Mine the robbery ens Clllllllllilleil, were,
ille of the slario‘ villain. Informs-
tlon was *rod to this office intmethatell, nail the shale posse,.
are sin the alert.
Thee iitoorious thieves, labels at Kr • OM C. 11101116
ea void Frolic, were committed sit prison for I,l4k.sav
pucks is, cool tabbing several gentlemen of their watelwa.
warms Gaftusen.
UANK NOTE FISIGEKILsi.
Yesserdaat theories Corners/A a very most good-N.4m;
it'enieses Clark, no sisoltrAtiged mast. nod James
CVs and JnAllt Swilled a, well-dressed resgiregatrie looking
”,1111%.: 111111'11. were hfilllglit asp is the eitallthiliyari Ivrea. Lim
Mick citsl liilward Read, offieses,t6a, Poo tomer. fists a dual,
soil the two hater for a first emnsioaMome ellargsli with be-
in! emotion!' utterer. of forged Bank of Enghlool moles'
The S dicitor to the Rank attended for the proareation
William Clark was that poi Sr. the hat tool ramoilted,
when the Osier following charges sere witicfictorily made
riot az sins, loinf—First, for passing a forged Bank of Euc-
howl If. note to Lionel Gun ling, landlord of the WBlab Harp,
A)lmltorysstreel, soil giving a rant name amt address The
Pi • Mid charge agamst lino was for passing a goal Itilsok
note to Mr. Itwegg, landlord of the Seijle flesil,
Catherine's-lawe, Tower-hill. The third charge was for paw-
ing n forged 11. note ill William Roll, landlord of the Black
111,sr‘r, East Sastihfielsl..-.The charges being satiafsetewsly
made out the witnesses were bound over, arid the Premiere
wry (hilly
Thomas Corr/waif was next pot to the her, when three
charges were made out agasuat lons first, for passing a otte
pound forged note to Joshua Battu, shuemakvi, 22, Theo-
Lahr* road : arcuitol, fur passing a forged two pintail mute to
Wary the wife of Joshua Liver, ropeinaler, of High Hol-
loom : the third fur passing a forged two pound note to a
Mr. Julyn fisnitb.s-s-Folly committed.
.Lewes rbirk and Jolts &milkers were next pot to the bar.
John Idailirick, an officer, deposed, that between five wad
six o'clock MI she prereslins ...wron:, he awl Maim sl
limo brother officer, west into (kaiak publ;r•bortsw, snarly
facto/ Surrry.i, eeee t, Stroud, the Primmer Clank. whir was its
the seeing him ester, allenntA to run ml.
Vfilsiess laid hold of bins, when be audtk lily dropped the
part cl then produces); in the parcel was found a lions
hag tuotatiting 16 five-pound, sod II two wooed forged
noir*, and in the paper covering Wei ninety U forged notes
The Prisoner also threw a small parcel duxes, tire perry, which
was near. Witwess bad Ilse seal of the privy roes up, sod
,emit a merlisboy doss who brunght up the parcel them pro-
duced, whithetwitaisted five if. forged nt.tes.
Mr. Lees the Bank Inspeet9r, proved all the moles le be
forted
Eale aril Read deposed, that the primmer, ltiviithers, on see-
ing (Arab (whom he was on comphn) with) taken into custody,
rate up the Strand, and thloagh • *mall pamage kadisig
into Ilnlywellistreet. Wititeas followed him with the try
of " Stop thief!" and he was apprehended.
Me. Williera, of the Welsh Harpoleposr,l, that he was in
company with the Prisoner, William Clink, when hr visual
bunt the tine ilMalla note.
Both she rriinntrii were remained.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.

CONSPIRACY OF !WORKMEN.
WINO n. vs:atiuscon AND ANOTHER.
11r. SCAILI.Y.TT stated,that this was an 111111 Ct
ntPnt
0011110 the two Defendants, charging them with
conspiring, in conjnitetton with divers eilvets
of
their fellow workmen, to prevent thew toaster from
re cetviug apprentices into liis service, by combining
arils each other to TO his employment, unless be
yl,itiAril from keeping such apprentices.
11r. Sam. Davenport is • calico-engraver at Man-
chester. in the month or August last lie had in his
service about 15 or lii journeymen and right Hp-
',frillier's, besides other persona emplofed in that
Jt
part of the business that was worked by machinery,
making a total of about Dti persons. He hail re-
ceived into his service • boy of the name of Green,
as a tuns-over spiritualize, but wire had not beets io
the shop more than a Yew holm, when the Defeitif-
ant Edge came into the counting-house, and said,
" I will be d—d if 4 stand it." Witness said he
hail pieviiiusly ken all the men together in close
conversa . Edge added, " that if I (the witness)
did not turn that man away (meaning Green) they
ivotild all leave Inc." Witness told the Drienihnit
Edge, that if hr was dissatisfied, he might leave
his service, and he delivered him sip a written agree-
ment, and he unities, his employment and newer
returned in it again. Witeess stated that the Ute
left their work, and that the witness and his partner,
enhancing that the cessation of heaviness occiestimed
I,y the hiss of so many hawk amok he attend. ,l
with great inconvenience, acceded to then' tirin..ll.t,
and dismissed Green from their service. Its aitaut
inoi.th they engaged .mother turn-over apprentice,
when the same general revolt took place, nn which
the ether Defendant. Ferguson, took the lend. But
iii this ease the masters refused to comply with the
requisition of the men, who all of them, except
two, entirely gained the service of the Moser:Ours
to their great inconvenience and loss.
Witness' on Its. cross-examination, amid, they had
sixteen journeyinert NIA eight apprentices, hut
ise
denied that there wow< any agreement nr understand-
ing that the nu rulivr of apprentices sl ~,,, Irl be in
the proportion of one apprentice to two journey-
Men, and he num, denied that there was any ruk on
the trade ou that subj. et.
Mr. Wti.p.i.Ams at...ieeS4rti the Jury on the part
of the Defendant, Edge. fie contetnied that in