The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-09 00:00:00

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SITY. the Duke of
MIA, and Amet.ia,
Park. attended by
tr was, Generale

s ELMANZTH and
DULITT. G. Mud-
s and four to St.
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Ind MRS Peeling, Mr.
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letter attended tf.att
of Mr. CHATTLc-
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SucEtteo. The
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with a C.:lnradtl6!-
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rro sermons to be
of °stoic:. in com-
e Red. Dr. lifil-
;:ollege of Fort Ign-
ition of the ti.inshi-
Oriental loturge..
of NO/tell-It:let De!t•
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or bi..ienden, Kent •

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OUCR.
ountsitAt.t..
DEPRAVITY.
the name of Peeled was
on before Alderman Nis-
, horrid pra&ice of employing
children, male and female (ex-
number), for the purpose of corn-
e pe•ty thefts, and picking pock-
in and about the metropolis,
. late fairs of Bartholomew,
Hendon. :cc.
. the Prisoner had encouraged
thieving and picking pockets all
- wit ihity, before unneard of.
gingerbread, and the po!ket-
i children, for trifling prices,
she fairs in the character and
sausages, which the poor chil-
i A most uncommonly tine
Grey. apprentice to awe
!•lyr as his own child, and had
mint upon him upon his first
those fairs at Whitsuntide, be-
igainst the whcle gang, and the
g, a more grown boy, of the
iadwick. who had been to sea,
to London.
is aged ten years only, and
the table, before the Alder-
Ps accomplices in aesalar inc-
recessively brought into Court,
with a firmness and collected
thing we ever witnessed in
He stated that one of the
Caroline, was, with a boy of
his first seducers to the fairs,
' the handkerchiefs and other
at the bar, and sold them ;
she stele from off one of the
Friday last, at Bartholomew Fair,
thew plates, and sold them to
irn of three pence.
boy found him out on Satur-
id, as she had, in her anxious
him on the two previous occa-
- his matter, and so struck
compundlion at his conduct.
:had been seduced into, that he
mother. when she found him, his
- to go to sea ; but previous to
so doing, he would inform his master of all he
which be said would he a good thing to be
This coming to tne knowledge of
.• he ma.' e the most esiraurdinaty es-
ed by the Police, to find out and seise
these young offenders. who were myriad)
mined in the course of yesterday. Some
them, though very young, betrayed shock-
reserve and evasion on their examination; but
inhume,' being set up to confront each of
succession, they almost all individually ad-
but relueantly, some of his charges.
t !umbel of divers kinds of pocket-hand-
were produced in Court, found in the Pri-
am, when apprehended, and the boy was
minute and correct in the names and places
of all the accomplices, as Nell as in the
. by the Prisoner for the different hand-
-1,: stating. that some were sold for twn.
peace, some for three-pence, and some for six-pence,
and '‘at Belchers sometimes fetched eighteen-pence.
The duplicate of a pawnbroker wa, found upon Ca-
roline, for a shawl, and it appears. t that same of the
boyshad slept sometimes in an old box. or stall, near
Fleet-lane, for the whole night.
The Aioe• Bart took the utmost pains for the
whow day to obtain evidence from these =fen in-
mate young depredators ; but from their youth and
eat•eme teluaance in admitting the facts, and in
contra tieing each other. be could for the present
do no more than commit all those not taken away
by eh-ir respee.ve masters or parents, with assur•
slices of a vigilant care to separate and keep them
frnm the gang, to Bridewell I as also the Prisoner,
will. stria orders to prevent any personal or other
communication by the children with him, until
some of the owners of she handkerchiefs can
be found out, to substantiate =lrefully the Ps ienner's
Olt. He gave dire lions to Ms. Fitzpatrick. in
the mean time, to draw up, in his own hand-writing.
a true and correa account of this most important
eraminatior, as the case was one of the most horrid
and wicked. as well as most dangerous to society,
that ever came before the publi, And in get it in-
serted in the public Journals, calling npnn the pub-
lic at large to come forward and give such evidence
as ti the handkerchiefs and the other charges (in aid
of public justice), as they could.
Mr islalder acquainted his Worship that this
order would be found unnecessary. as he believed
there were persons in Conn who would p,ire a full
and comet account of the business to the public,
ssithout layout or prejudice.

On Wednesday night, about halt platten o'clock,
the centinel posted near the lower store-house, in l
Chatham Dock Yard, observed a man in a jacket
and trowrers passing at some distance from him ; he
immediately challenged him ; and is t receiving the
parole or any answer whatever, immediately put-
sued him, and at the same time gave the alarm. ,
The man, though closely pressed, eluded the vigi-
lance of his pursuers, and connived to secure his t
retreat. his supposed by passing be/wet!' the
her and other wood, lying in is. ge quAusities seer
the plsce, notwithstanding the slog active search
was immediately made after him. When the work. !
men came into the yard, at five o'clock the amtee
r;c11;:ng, the search was renewed, but without *fee.
As it is Almost impossible for any person, however
weU arepiainted they may be with the yard, to get in
or out at any one part of it, withoutimmediate deter-
tom, this circumstance has Oen rise to a variety of
ccojedures ; and, for the moment, considering the
Deem dangerous occurrence. suited considerable
degree of buttleand alarm.
Mondil se'nnight, a single footpad attempted to
stop the set vAtit-boy eraph-qed to carry letters from
Lhizhoster to Goodwood, the seat of his Grace the
Duke of RlClik.ol4o. near the latter place, but the
lad beirg on a spirited hone, managed to avoid
the catch made at his ksille, and arrived in saftty
1,1 Goodwood, from whence a pur,uit after the de-
linquent wasiroreedtately communed I but although
I,e. pursuers had him two or duce times in view, be
got into a thick copse, and effeded his escape.

POLIC
YOUTHFUL DI
teedaT, * man of
rM
ght up for examination
',bagged with the horrk
st nnntber of children,
pig twelve in number),
~r;• all manner of peaty t
~the overall fairs in at
puticular at the lab
sereell, Peckham. Her
WIS stated, that the I
;ar system of thieving
I the city and its wit i
bought the toys, the giti)
kerchiefs, from the chi
. vent round to all the t
.Hess of sausagi
bought of Lim A
of the time of Grey,
o had treated chi • t ..)y a
ied no punishment u
pandit to one of those
e an approve' against t
it, of 0.• ging. a n
..se of Edward Chadwie
d iced returned lately to
This your q informer is
ve Lis evidence upon the
in, vainst each of his ac
'n,3 .s they were suedes
ti confronted them with
loess. ext,-eding any tl
y perm' of hi. age H
gger girls named Caro
name ot Was. his 6
,d that she c sir lett the
inp to the Ptison,tr at t
rd teat in particular she
re stands, on Friday is
dozen of pewter she,
Prisoner for the semi
The mother of the boy
y, war Smithfield, as
h, discovered him I
'ons of absconding from
Idthe boy seem with cot
•ntl the company be had
.eclared to his mother.
led determination to ge
is so doing, he would in
new. which he said wou
made known. This corn
Mr. Nalder, he ma. 'e t
mins. aided by the Poll
ail these young offend
ttantined in the corn
st them. though vety
ing reserve and evasion
the little infot met being
diem in succession, they
raided, but relatantly,
A rem flamber of di,
kerchiefs were produced
weer's mem, when appri
Land minute and corer
of rasidesee of all the act
vices given by the Print
keiclliet; ; stating. that
pence, some for three-pe
and .`as helchers someti
The duplicate of a pawn