The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-16 00:00:00

POLICE:

MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday T. flatland was charged as follows (—Or. Lees of
Ilueklersbuyy, stated that the prisoner was his porter, arid that a
few weeks since he sent him to the Swan-with-Two-Necks with a
parcel directed for the country, containing UHL in notes and bills.
The parcel had never one to hand, and the clerk at the Swan-
with-T wo-Neeks denied all knowledge of it, anti said the receipt
which the prisoner had given to Mr. tea for the parcel was a forgery.
• No part of the property has yet been traced.
The prisoner said he gas e the pared to one of the clerks of the
inn, who gave him the receipt for it.
Remanded, to give the officer an opportunity to make further
inquiries.
Yesterday Mr. Mirk, Bramwell, a wine merchant, who stated
that ho resided at Paddington, was brought before the Luau
.3IaYoR, charged with having committed a violent assault upon a
gentleman named Walker.
Mr. Walker stated, that he was walking home the night before
with his wife, who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and his
(laughter, a child about II years of age, and having arrived at a
part of the meet where the pavement was narrow, his wife and
child walked ou, anti he followed. The defendant, who was passing
along with some other persons, moat indecently assaulted his wife.
The witness remonstrated with Mint but had nu sooner spoken than
the defendant struck him a desperate blow on the head, and de-
prived him of all sensibility. As Donn as he recovered lie found
that he was obliged himself to go to the watelt-house, as the de.
fendant, iii order to vindicate himself, began to cry out " murder,"
and sail that witness had beaten him.

The defendant denhal that he had touched Mrs. Walker; said I
the holy herself admitted it on the spot, and that lie was provoked
to izire the blow in CUIIIIeqUPIICC of receiving a kick behind. . I
Alr. Walker said. his wife had spoken with Indifference of the
insult, because she feared the consequences to I ' and her child.
Witness did not know that lie had -kicked the defendant, but he
might have done so in his passiun. lie had distinctly seen the
insult given.
The Loan MAYOR said, that unmanly assaults of this descrip-
tion were daily occurring. In fact, scarcely any woman was now
safe in the streets, even in the presence of her husband.
Defendant--My land, consider that I was kicked.
The LORD MAYOR—If you were, you deserved it well for the
indecent assault ; and I shall nuke you find bail for the assault on
Mr. Walker, and bind hint over to peosecute you.
This was accordingly done.
Ex Tessme lionattior.—Mr. Alderman Thompson, aCCOITI.
panted by Mr. Stanley, of the firm of 'Hawke% and Staley, came
to the Justice-room to complain of a very anima rubbery which
had been committed sea the premises of the latter gentleman, in
Ducksfoot-lane. We understood the Alderman to express his opi-
nion, that the circumstances did not reflect any credit un the vigi-
UDCe of the watch and ward officers of that district. The WPM!.
house and premises were left strongly secured on Saturday night,
and on Monday morning ft waa discovered that they had been en.
treed, and robbed of bills and neguciable securities to the amount
of 3,110 W., and 40 soverelints.
Mr. Brown, the Marshal, said the robbery had evidently been
committed by experienced thieves. Several serious robberies bad
been committed upon premises, which had been left unguarded, as
was the case in the present instance. The impression of a front. I
door lock wet speedily taken, and when a key fitted, admission was
instantaneous. When thieves gut in un Saturday night, they often
remained on the prendie, the whole of Sunday, packing up for
Monday morning, when a coach drove up after the departure of the
watch, and received the thieves and the plunder.
The LORD MAYOR gave the Msnbal some directions on the
subject. One hundred hounds reward las been offered fur the ap-
prehension of the thieves. Four thousand pounds, In navy bills,
were lett untouched.
OLTILD/1AL,1,.
CURIOUS CIIAROR or FRAIID.A very elegantly.dreased fe-
male, apparently about 30, who stated herself to be Mrs. Ana
Field, the wife of a cattle jobber, wu brought up yesterday before
the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Scitosx T, on the charge of
having defrauded one Isaac Hicks, a firmer and grader, from Wis-
bech, in Cambridgeshire, of the sum of NM
The prosecutor, a plain-Molting countryman, apparently old
enough to be the pnsoner's father, contented himself with say-
ing, that she had asked him for tbe loan of 3001. to redeem some
money that she was to get out of Chancery : that he was desirous
of assisting her to obtain thisroperty, and had accordingly fur-
nished her with a draft upon Messes (Fuller and Co., to that amount;
that lie waited at the Goose and (Indira, ht. Paul's Church.ysrd,
while she went to get the mow, and OD her return he allowed she
showed him the notes, and alto a paper upon which she had taken
down the numbers it them. They then walked together to South-
ampton-buildings, Holborn, erkere they went into a tavern to take
souse refreshment; and while there, she pretended to miss the notes,
and still persists that she has lost the whole of the money. He had
since ascertained that she had no to redeem out of Chancery,
end he therefore concluded ibat tho w story was a trick to de.
fraud him of the property.
The prisoner, who is a wienan of much mescal attraction,'
seemed perfectly at her eadc the eocomhen. She declared
that the complainant (who, Ina • wtes god family in the
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country) had deluded her a bore bee lembeed, sad that she had
been living with him as Me wife ever since last Esater-day was
twelvemonth. She then, with great fluency went has a minute
bissery bow the tint cheek vrbiA Mr. Hicks had boo a beaker in
Suitblidd, the sum he had sold some sheep for, was flialill pay.
mot Idea she took it to Messrs. Fuller's, became there was a
ems whim moo it; thaellieks went back with bee to Smithfield
sedge& bet Dither check; hew she got payment of It, stowed
Ms Meseta at Vs, Goose end Orldithn ; how she put them ell
bagletes MM lastly, film she missed theta all at aloe at the
, in iSouthampton-butidings, and that two men hod IA jos
implen. She, however, emitted all mention of the money she woe
to get out of Chancery; but she was extremely sorry for the loos,
and she was willing to try if she could raise him any money to
supply a past of It.
She had, it seems, intimated that she could borrow a couple of
hundred pounds among her friends I but as the complainant seemed 1
so suspictous of her she now refused to try, unless an officer was'
sent io accompany her. She bad. she said, lent Mr. Hicks a
hundred pounds, for which she had his note, and she had given
that up to him.
Mr. Alderman SCUOL CY—And you had better, I think, give
him up the other notes, for I cannot help suspecting that you know
very well where they are.
Mrs. Field—l would give them up directly, if I knew where
they were. He knows I would not keep them. 1 have frequent
bad money of his in my hands, lie has often left his pocket-book
with me.

A friend of Mr. Hicks's observed, that be had never left any
like that sum in her hands. Ile might have left his pocket-
book with some OW- or MX in it with her.
Mr. Alderman Scitnt.Cf-1 cannot believe but that you know
where the notes are-31W. is a large sum, and may be the ruin of
'the man and his family.
Mrs. Field—He has been the ruin of me ; he has deluded MO
away from my husband, and I can never go back to him.
Mr. ANNIIIIIIII SCHOLEY—.Oh, yes; with this 500 L perhaps
you mean to make your peace with him.
Mm. Field --Indeed I have not seen him for upwards of a twelve-
month ; but I have no to my husband, and I dare say he
has no to me ; but as to the notes, 1 assure you I bare lost
them all.

.......
Mr. Alderman Scnot.rr observed he was extremely sorry, but
it was wholly out of Ina power to afford the cot»plainant any relief.
Helmd parted with the money to the prisoner voluntarily, sod whe-
ther idle had Imposed upon bun in the licit instance, or whether she
had really lost the notes or not, there was no criminal offence in the
transaction of which he could take cognisance, sad the prisoner
was accordingly discharged.

lIATTON-GARDEN.
Vestenlay Joseph !Pair, Jurors Osborne, alias Osman, alias
Brown, and Elizutrils Brous, who stood remanded, were brought
up for Hod examination charged with haring robbed Mr. George
Falwtiod, a baker, residing at 148, Saffron bill, of 751. in cash, on
the 3d instant.

31r. fulwood deposed, that about half-past six on that evening
he went into the lieorge public.house, in St. Jolinastron, accom-
panied by a friend, a Mr. Ilford, and that during hie stay there
Mr. Ilford requested him to discount a WI. note, upon which lie
produced his purse, containing a 2W. note, five 101. notes of the
Hank of England, and • W. note of the New Uxbridge Bank,
marked in blue ink with the signature " Samuel 1101." As there
was nu money transaction decided on between th.in, he replaced
the talks in his purse, or rather money-hag. The two men at the
bar, in company with two others, introduced themselves into can.'
via-xenon. and as Mr. Fulwoorl discoursed with his friend on the
merits of a horse of his which stood at the door, the parties went
out to view the animal. As Mr. Fulwood got to the door lie was
shoved and hustled about, and being a little in liquor he could
only swear to the important tact, that on returning to the parlour
of the publie-house he missed his money.
Thomas Baker, a butcher, of 131, Golden-lane, deposed, that
on the evening in question he was drinking in the same parlour
I with both ponies; that about a quarter before eight o'clock he saw
the complainant leave the room, followed by three or four men,
who were drinking at a separate table. On hie getting to the street
door he was hustled by a ntan not yet in custody, when the prisoner
Osman stooped to keep hiin up, while the other drew from his
pocket his purse, the string of which was hanging loosely out of
his pocket. The panics immediately made towards Smithfield,
the primmer Brhite having been originally a few yards distant from
the others. (lit the following day the witness saw at Barnet fair
our of the peLmn,4l mill u 6/. Uxbridge note in chaege, which
he cautioned the proprietor of the booth not to change, and in
three of four days afterwards he met the prisoner White in Old.
strict, at. Luke's, and the prisoner Osman in the City-road, where
lie gave then, into custody, and then communicated what he knew
of the matter to Mr. 1,
_ -

In stns v to the Magistrate, why he hail not immediately com-
municated his knowledge of the robbery to Mr.Fulwuod, he stated,
that the transaction occurring during flartholotnew fair, and having
keen so ma:ay suffer by the gangs that infested it. he was afraid to
interfere in the neighbourhood of it ; be however immediately cam-
niunicated what he knew of the matter to every person of his
ramaintanee.
Yoe chief difficulty which arose on the formev examination was
the tracing of the kt den property. It was very clearly proved
that Mr. fulwouil h ul received the notes its question from Mr.
Jones, of the t kopeis' Ann.', Wei-street, Smithfield; that a
twenty-pound note had been presented at the Bank of England,
marked Iti:2l, and paid in cash, with an indorsement, " Elizabeth
Brown, lAticaster-pl tee, City-road ;" that the five-pound note was
changed at Mr. Thu tipson'a. a linen-draper, in Alilerkgate-s•rect,
by a woman named " Satoh Winston," but who stated herself at
' the office to be wife t o the 'Tisane'. White, at the ling examination,
giving a variety of n nuts and addresses. The bills, however, were
made nut in the owne of Mrs. !lolling*, Chiswell-street.
Read, jun. aad Linibriek, officers of this establishment, deposed

lo having found blila of the goods purchased. ia a house in Wind-
sor-street, Smilers Town.
Mr. Harmer's Chief Clerk attended in support of the prosecution,
and Mr. HUMPH/lice for the defence.
The male prisoner• denied the charge. Osman represented him-
self to be a dealer in horses. %Vitae to be a general dealer in poultry,
&c. residing in Hertfordshire. The female prisoner denied any
knowledge of any party.
The parties were bound over to prosecute, but the final commit-
meitt was delayed until to-morrow, that the twenty-pound note may
be positively spoken to by the clerk of Messrs. Praed and Co. bank-
ers, Fleet-street.
MARV-LA-BONNE.

IfISTISViaI NO Ceist.--Yeaterday the Rev. lifirliael Cow...Ragan,
a Homan Catholic Friar, and an Irish lad named Timothy Morgan,
were brought up by Hurley, the beadle, un • charge of • robbery
of a very trilling nature.
It appeared, from the statement in evidence, that the accused
clergyman had only arrived in London a few days, and had ass°.
ciatod with some of the Irish residing in Prince's-street, Lisson
Green, and who had formerly composed part of his congregation,
when he was the curate of the parish of Loughlan, in the county
of RtY.V...OMITIOn. lie un Monday last had drank a very consider-
able quantity of spirits, and great confidence being placed in hint,
he was left in the house of a man named M'Donintgli. whose wife
saw hint leave the house with something very bulky in his pockets;
and she afterwards missed a waistcoat and a pair of new trowsern,
which she suspected I • to have stolen, cornioquently she corn.
menced an inquiry ; and meeting hint in the street, accused him,
but tie denied it, and was extremely indignant at being act accused ;
site, however, gave hint into the custody of liurley, to whom lie
acknowledged having stolen them, and pawned the articles for Vs.
in Paddington-street.— With respect to the other prison.., no evi-
.

dtncr war given to affect him, twirl be wax diseharlied.
Murky, un searching Mr. lloughtwan, found a printed paper and
several letters, couched and written in the most elegant style, from
the prisoner to the nobility, soliciting their aid, for the purpose of
finishing a chapel and school-house in the parish of Ilalyhavent,
Ireland.

The defendant stood leaning on his um In the bar, evidently
labouring under greit depression and nervous agitation. lilt ap.
pearance was wretched in the extreme, havingion merely an old mot
of black. _ _

(hi being asked by Mr. Ontrawm to account for his conduct.
He raised his head, and with a sigh, exclaimed in Latin—" 0
Lord, make haste to help me:" and continuing, said he was very
sorry. Ile bad an illness in the head, and, labouring under the
extreme of poverty, lie had committed this crime, which certainly,
were his repentant prayers refused. would shut hint for ever from
the pale of society. Ile delivered this fervently, with a strong
Irish accent
Hurley here said, a man named Lowry was in the office, who
accused him of stealing his hat.
Lowry advanced and said, the " Rev. Gentleman" had, during
his absence from his (dowry's) resiiience, in lkstfordbury, come up
and walked off with a new hat, leaving his old one in its place.
The prisoner exclaimed--" Oh, I only exchanged it, Sir, fur a
while l' _ .

Mr. Gs trytr nr —I have heard that exchange is no robbery, but
I don't sec how that applies in this case.
Prisoner—l am sorry fur what I have done, and intended to make
reparation, when I pawned the goals.
11r. littlyrrrit—l cannot, I am sorry to say, attend to that ;
my duty is to set upou the facts belurc uie, and I must perform
that duty by committing you.
Hurley and Lowry said, the prisoner was prevented from offici-
ating, and was excommunicated for drunkenness.
On the Clerk calling on the witnesses to enter into tl-c recog-
nizance. to prosecute, one of them, we believe Lowry, exclaimed—
" Me prosecute; by the Holy Father I will not prosecute a Priest !"
and he ran out of the odes. The others were bound over very un-
wdlingly.—The Fiume wayeenntitted.