The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

Id A NSICR.HOU;E.
STATI or THE STlikErs.—Vesterday, and for several days
Past. a number of coachmen, carmen. crrand.cartmen, porters,
w and others, were brought up and fined in mit !laved
ties, for allowing their vehicles to remain standing in the
streets, and causing chit:actions in the public thoroughfares.
Never war such nutnbers pulled" before. A number of-citiiens
attended, and compludned of various systematic obstruction. in
Pitewsatii-street front the butcher.' carts, to Lesdenhall and Bishops.
pte-ietreet from the eargarave number of short stage coaches. and
Is Comltill and Cheapyide from the cro•vded state of the hackney.
coach stands; all of which they complained did great injury to
business, either by blockading their shops from any approach of
carriages, or by narrowing and often clinking up the thoroughtire
altogether. (inc tradesman, afro resides on Cornhill, said there
were only five hackney coachesi allowed on the stand before his shop,
yet they did so much injury that he would ruddy subscrihe !Pol.
for their removal ; and lie was sure I,OOOL 'tenth' be subscribed by
his neigh bnura immediately, if money could effet.t so desirable an
object. Ile suggested that several of these coach4tands might
properly be removed into the adjactnt by-streets.
Ihe Loau MAYO n said lie had long felt the magnitude of the
evil, and in order to concert measures foe its alleviation, he had eon-
s cued J< meeting cf all the deputies of the wards to which the
grievances existed.
BOW.STREET.

• POST-OFFICE ROBBEllY.—Velierdiy irellie/li/ IValkq, II let-
ter carrier at the General Pt:rat-office, was brought up in the custody
of Ituthren, charged with feloniomly aecreung a letter contain.
ins a tivc pound note, and afterwards embezzling and stealing the
note.

On the Ist of April, a letter oustaining a five pound note wan
sent from the Military College at Sandhurst. addressed to tlr.
Cox, in Portman-wrest, Portman-square. The letter, in the usual
course, would go into the hands of the prisoner for delivery. It
did nut come to hand, and the circumstance being made known at
the Post-olfce, payment of the note warn stopped at the Bank of
England, and every other precaution adopted to ensure, if possible,
the detection of the eitinder. The stolen note was subsequently
stopped at the Bank, and traced through several hands to the pos-
session of Mr. Forts, of the Cambridge Coffee-house, in Newman.
street, Oxford.strset._

fo;;;;l;tikinat on Saturday, the 3l of April. the pri..
sorer, whom he had kuown for about six weeks, from his being a
custcmcr at the house, called and asked him to change a LL note.
Ile gave witness the note now produced, and said he would leave it
and call again for thechange, but the witness said he had better
take it with him, and he gave him five sovereigns.
The prisoner, when eked what he had to say, declared that he
knew nothing at all about the note ; that he never saw it before ;
and that it was altogether a mistake.
Misistruxx advised him to say no more at present, as he
might do himself harm.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
Ezekiel Ryan, who was examined on Saturday night Iwo...charged
with having defrauded several persons, by pretending that he had
large sums of money bequeathed to him, was brought up for another
examination.

Several other persona preferred charges against him.
Mr. Ai INtiIiULL said there ente.d be no doubt that the prisoner
was a systematic swindler, but neither of the cases of fraud which
had been stated would come within the ►tatute. People should
exercise common prudence.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. upon the charge
of stealing sonic wearing apparel, the property of Pierce, the
or iginal clMplainant.
Yesterday Williams Jolt moms, aged about 30, was put to the bar,
charged with committing a must tiering, burglary in the dwelling..
house of .lira. Smith, widow, of Chapel-court, Carey-street, about
four o'clock in the afternoon. The prisoner had the audacity to
deliberately go into the house, break open the locks of three doors
in different rooms, ransack the drawers of every article worth
taking away, and then coolly walk down. He was, however, met
by the prorecutrix (who bad been but a short time out) on the
stairs, and who was induced to follow hint down the street, where
she anon discovered the nature of his errand. Site demanded P.
bundle front him, which he threw down, and then ran off towards
Clare-market. Ile was, however, pursued into Denzell.sireer,
Stanhope-street, and at length into Brown's-buildings, where lie
was taken, there not being any thoroughfare to the court.
Several sitnesses were called to bring home the charge to the
prisoner, turd Scott, the officer, produced a shawl, &c., shrill he
found in the prisoner's hat on searching him.
The prisoner said he was a stranger in town, and was fully com-
mitted, and the parties bound over to prosecute.