The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

„ MANSION-ROUSE.
A Pocx!T PICITO ix Tut Mitestott-ROcar.—Yesterday
a woman. named Bmi:herniae, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
at the instance of Mr. Sadler, the pawnbroker, of Binhopagata.
street, to account for the possession of a snuff:box, of very high
value, which had been stolen in the Justice-room out of a Gentle-
man's pocket.
Mr. Andrew Orierson, a member of the Town Council of Edin-
burgh, and also one of the Deacons of the Master Tailors' Com-
pany of that city, stated, that on Friday last he stepped into the
Justice-room, front mere curiosity, to see his Lordship, and witness
his mode of dispensing justice. He stood amongst the crowd be.
low the bar, and just as his Lordship was admonishing a young
pickpocket in a very impressive manner on the wickedness of
his course of life, and the probable manner in which it would ter.
minate, ifs speedy change did not take place, he missed his snuff-
box, which, it was believed, one of the companions of the prisoner
contrived to steal at the moment when every one elle paid profound
attention to his Lordship's advice. He had taken a pinch of snuff
front the box the minute before he entered the Justice-room, end
he had not a doubt as to the time at which he was robbed of it. He
was advised to advertise it as lost, and to offers reward for It, as he
placed great value upon it, a body of Gentlemen having presented
it to him in consequence of some part of his conduct which met
with their approval. He followed the advice, and circulated hand-
bills, offering a reward of three guineas for the recovery of
the box. _ _

Mr. Sadler stated, that bad the hex been advertised as stolen he
should have had an opportunity of stopping the thief. The- de.
fentlant brought the box to his shop and offered it as a pledge t he
questioned her as to the manner in which she got possession of it,
and she told him that a man who had met her in the street asked
her to do the kindness for him. Witness detained the box, and
desired the woman to send the man to him, but no one else ven-
tured to enter die shop for the box. He had long known the woman
as a dealer in clothes.
The woman protested that the account she had given was correct
in every respeet. When she returned from Mr. Sadier's the man
refused to credit her statement. She wished him to return with her,
but he decline(' doing so.
The LORD MAYOR finding there was no imputation upon the
woman's character, discharged her. This was, he said, the second
case which had occurred that day, where valuable property had
been recovered in consequence of the vigilance of a pawnbroker,
and he must take the opportunity of stating, that although he had
met with see or two exceptionable cases as regcrtled pawnbrokers,
their conduct as a body was highly respectable.
Mr. Sadler said he was sure that the great body would always
maintain that character, and discountenance unworthy members.
The conduct of the trade at large had lately been scrutinised in a
very high quarter (before the Privy Council), and he had great
pleasure in stating that they had been honourably acquitted.
Indeed, lie had no doubt they would rise in the estimation of libe-
ral men, in consequence of the late attacks that had been made
upon them. lie was confident that if other trades were brought
before the public so often, they would not pass the ordeal better, if
so well.

It was admitted that Mr-Sadler was entitled to the reward offered
for the recovery of the box.
31r. Grierson highly praised his conduct, and offered him the re.
ward at the instant.
31r. Sadler requested that the Lord 3layor would bestow it upon
any public charity .of -which the funds were not eaten up by a Se-
cretary and an establishment.
Tho Loan AlaTtik reeorrinsended the Guardian Society, which
was a most excellent charity. and wits now untortunatey is so very
low a condition era'-iron' tole able to keep say officers whatever, al-
though it was one of the-most want in the metropolis.
31r. Sadler said he was very happy to give the nniney to that So-
ciety, although 3lr. Fty was at the head of it.
The pawnbrokers all say, since the Lord Chancellor has so de-
terminedly opposed.the.Bill Which was intended to upset them, that
11r. Frio is in a dee.
• • 6UHSDHALL.
Richard Wm. Jasprr, a bookbinder, residing It Noh/catreet,
Oosacll-street, who was charged a few days since with forging
the acceptances upon four bills of exchange, which he uttered to
:Messrs. Suttaby, of Stationers-court, Ludgate-stmt, stationers,
was brought up for final examination yesterday, before Mr. Al-
derman Birch.
The manner of the prisoner, which at his fleet Mewing indicated
little regard to the magnitude of the offence imputed to him, was

now pincia elssagod,,,aad ks listened to the 'proceedings with hone 1
anxiet , ~.... ~.y. , ,
It wardefaindinddesillfg to go into such evidence only upon the
pWIT respected two bills of exchange for 25f, each, at
trite, whighpurported to be drawn by theprisoner upon,
Ifsdinocepaell by sir. Cuddon, boekseller, Paternoster-row.
AI& 'Cuddon was present, and was ready to swear to the aceept‘
. not having been written by him ; but his evidence was rti.,
lied, on the ground that as he was interested in denying his hand:
nk, he was in 14w not only not the belt, but actually so locust's
toOsedi 'witness.
S'it. tompply this deficiency, however, John Krell, a boy just'
husod., fourteen years of age, was called, who deposed that he h*.
been in the employ of Mr. Cuddon about a year and a half, an&
seen him In the act of Writing Almost daily during that tinnek
d was therefore sufficiently acquainted with that gentlermailic
.writing, to swear positively that the signatures *moan the bin,'
had not been written by him.
-Sultaby, sea. proved that one of the bills was uuered to hum
by the prisoner, on the Ist el July. It was the first transaction
they had had with him. He ordered goods to the amount of if.
and received 161. Bs. in cash, 12s. being deducted as discount.
Me. Fox, another partner, received the second bill upon the hi,
of Augnat, on which the prisoner obtained a check for 161., 904
bad the rest placed to his credit, the usual deduction for discounk
being made.
Mt. fit AtefIREYB, the solicitor fof the prisoner, said the A.L.'
derman had examined Mr. Caddon's lad so minutely as to the
hand-writing of the imeeptances, that he had no questions to ask,
nor, in the present stage, any defence to offer.
The prisoner also declined saying anythini to the &rage, and
was committed to Newgate for trial.
William Marshall, a young man, who stood charged with de-
frauding an elderly widow, who resides in an alms-honse in Hart.
street, Cripplegate, of Ulf. alto underwent • final examination.
The widow, Mrs. Medcraft, had, after a very short courtship,
obtained his promise to many her, and in order to oblige him with
the loan of 20e. drew 501. out of the Sayings Bank, and intrusted
the Bank note for that amount to the prisoner. for the purpose of
having it changed. All the change, she could obtain from hint,
however, was four sovereigns, and after redeeming his silver watch
out of pledge, buying. some gold seals, for which he gave about fa.,
purchasing a new suit of black, and paying a few trifling debts, eke
prisoner commenced a course of diasipatien, which ended not till
he had spent the whole of the remainder of the widow's money.
At length the widow summoned up resolution enough to give him
into custody.
To the Alderman yesterday the prisoner declared Mrs. M. had
platted the 50/. entirely at his service, and that she had participated
in all the pleasurable pursuits by which it had been wasted.
The father of the prisoner was indulged with a very patient
hearing, while he told a very long story of the progress of the
courtship, and his repeated efforts to break it off by representing to
the widow, the inequality between their ages, and to his son, that
the lady had been asked in church only the Sunday before shin
had formed the acquaintance with him, her name being given out in
conjunction with one John Itl‘Coy. The widow, however, replied,
" Yes, I will have William, and he shall be master of my all. I
am going to draw Mt. to pay his debts, and then we shall live
happy and comfortable."
Air. Alderman BIRCH inquired whether the prisoner could offer
any security for the re-payment of the money.
The prisoner replied he could not, nor would he consent that his
watch and seals (which were in the possession of the officer) should
be retained until he repaid the widow even five pounds.
Mr. Butler (Mr.. Harmer's clerk), who appeared for the widow,
then said, " Well, Sir, as you will not behave with common ho.
nnty, she shall have the watch now, and I will indemnify the offi-
cer for delivering it to her.
Mr. Hustrunkr's (for the prisoner ).—I must protest against
such a course, and such imputations. All the fault is not on one
side. Here is an old woman of M.—.

Airs. Medcraft. vehemently-7u false, 'ds false! I am no
such age t 'Tis false.
The Alderman eventually said, he would order the officer to re-
taio the watch until the prisoner redeemed it with W. but he would
discharge him, regretting much, however, that the law would not
reach brut.

lIATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Eugene Mucarthy was charged with haring turned a
poor labouring counrryroan-who lodged in his house out of doors,
with hie wife and three children to boot.

The lodger complained that the time of quitting would not ex-
pire till Sunday night, but in the morning the landlord broke open
the lock and turned him out of possession.
It appeared that the complainant's wife and children were beg.
gars on the town ; and the Magistrate, under all the circumstances,
discharged the case.
The constable and watchmen now preferred a fresh charge against
Macarthy, of having assaulted them violently during the remon-
strance of the lodger. I
klacarthy brought up a number of female witnesses to prove that
they had seen no assault committed. They then said that the dis-
turbance created by the constable and watchmen had nearly killed
a woman who had been delivered of a child two hours before.
The Magistrate ordered Macarthy to find bail.
SAVAGE ASSAULT.—John Bludgeon, a ruffianly.looking Irish-
man, whose name was rather appropriate, was brought up, charged
by George Cooper, street-keeper, of St. John's, Clerkenwsll, with
the following gross outrage :
The street-keeper stated, that in consequence of numerous com-
plaints made to him by the inhabitants of Turnmill-street, Clerk.
enwell, relative to obstructions in the public way by fruitAtalls, he
directed the defendant repeatedly on Sunday to remove his stand of
fruit, but without effect; when he proceeded to remonstrate with
him in a tone of authority, the defendant seized him by the collar,
knocked him down, and in that position kept him, while defendant's
wife kicked him most brutally in different parts of the body. For.
tunately Ballard, a parochial constable, was sent for, and succeeded
in rescuing the street-keeper. The defendant made a rapid retreat
into an adjoining court, pursued by the officers. When they en.
toted his apartments the ruffian seized the atreet-keeper by the
collar, and then made an attempt to bite his ear off. The street-
keeper luckily stooped his head, and the excision was made out of
his hat.
The hat was produced before the Magistrate, who expressed his
astonishment at the possibility of any of the human species making
a bite, even in the unrabid state, to such an extent. The com-
plainant exhibited an appearance of having been seriously In-
jured.
The Magistrate ordered the defendant to give 24 hours' notice of
bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. filsorix's Acr.—Yesterday James Brody was brought
before Mr. Tweronto, by Vann, the officer, on a warrant charging
him with cruel treatment towards a sheep, and with refusing to
produce his badge when required so to do.
Daniel Crockwsll, a beadle of Shoreditch, stated, that about half.
past two o'clock on Saturday, he aaw six sheep standing in the
Kingsland-road. panting for breath and greatly fatigued. Shortly
afterwards the defendant came out of the White Bear public house,
in company with a large black dog, and endeavoured to drive the
sheep in one direction, but they seemed inclined to take another,
which witness supposed irritated the drover, for he first struck the
dog a violent blow with an ashen stick which he had in his hand,
and then struck one of the sheep three blows in the most savage
manner on the hind leg, which he disabled, and the poor animal
was obliged to limp away on three legs. The treatment was so
brutal as to call forth the interference of some respectable inhabit.
ants who saw the transaction, and witness asked him to whom the
sheep belonged? He replied, "a gentleman." Witness then asked
him for his badge? He 'aid he had none about him; but on wit.
new producing hie staff the defendant drew from his pocket a badge
numbered 322, and said the strop which should have secured it on
his arm had been broken.
Brady, in his defence, said, that he was driving three sheep,
and having three lambs, which he had taken by mistake instead of
three other sheep, he was endeavouring to separate them, and did,
he admitted, strike one of the sheep, as stated ; but he-afterwards
expressed his regret to the officers for having done so.
The Magistrate, having consulted Mr. Martin's Act against
cruelty to animals, convicted the defendant in the lowest penalty,
10s. and costs.
It appeared that there were two informations against the defend.
ant—.one for the cruelty, the other for not wearing the badge ; but
the penalty on the latter was remitted, and the defendant, having
paid die penalty of 101.,-and 52 costs, was discharged.

Warrants were yesterday furnished against the parties
who propose- fighting a pitched battle this day in Ess
and in the event of their persisting, peremptory orders are
given for the apprehension of the parties, their backers.
&c. This trouble might have been saved, as the thing is
at rest.
ROBBERY OF A HACENEY COACHMAN.-.-TWO
well-
dressed men hired !parting, a hackney coachman, at Drury-
lane theatre, on Saturday night, and desired to be driven
to the Edgeware road. They took some refreshment at
Belcher's, corner of James-street, Covent-garden, on
their way, and got change of a sovereign of the coachman,
from which he took a three shilling fare. They desired,
when in the Edgeware-road, to be driven down a by.strett,
where they alighted, knocked the coachman down, anti
robbed him of twenty-two shillings anti his watch.
An impudent robbery was committed on Saturday night,
at the corner of Brydges-street, Covent-garden. A gentle-_,
man returning from the west end of the town had just'
crossed to Drury-lane theatre, when he was met by five or
six fellows, one of whom snatched at his watch, anti at the
same moment he received a blow on the head from another,.
which knocked him clown. The party immediately
separated, carrying with them the gentleman's bat end Itt%
watch chain (a curb, with come of the links wanting at one
end), and two seals—one with the initials 11. M. S., the
other having three thistles on a shield, and no crest. The
watch was saved owing to the defectiie state of the split
ring.
We learn from Oxford, that on Thursday, when Mr.
Mulock and his friends were attacked by the snob, they
were so violent in their proceedings that they actually threw
Mr. Mulock into the river in St. Thomas's parish, and he
certainly would have been drowned ha he not been
rescued by Mr. Spier', of Queen-street.