The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

ROBBERY BY A GINTL(3!AN

On treslnesday a young gentleman, who possesses • free-
hold estate of near two hundred acres, minion, Ste. near
Folkston', in Kent, and two of his nervants. were brought
to town in ciistody of Hall, an officer of Option bath Pool
assistauts. The facts of the rase are represented as follies :
In May Nat a gentleman named Ditch, whip resiples at Hawk-
hunt, in Kent, was in Loinion on some Itissitico„ and psi
up, as he usually did, at thug George Inn, in thr liorunth.
He slept three one night, and on the following morning w..s
in the travellers' room prepping Si, go h) the Bye comb.
He put his great coat veer the hack ,if Ins seat, and left
the room to order the porter to bring his Imois. The only
person ite the room when he left was the young gentlemm
who is now in custody, and the pied watchman ; bat whole
he was •hsent several persons might have entered and gone
out again. On Mr. Ditch's retina, be put on his !sunlamp.,
Goat, and shortly after hr put his baud into his enat-pocket
and missed a morocco pocket-book, which had his acme and
adders, printed on it in gold letters, containing five ten
pound Tenterden bank notes, a cheque for seventeen
petilldS and two one pound Bank of England mgrs.
Mr. D. called in the landlord, Mr. Schott-Gold, and told him
of his misfortune. Mr. Sebulefield cap d the greatest
concern, and in • very respectful manner hr asked the young
Gentleman (sine, taken into custody), who, as well as Ms.
Ditch, slept the preceding night at the George, if he kid
seen a pocket-book ? tie iteclareil that he had nut; and after
that Mr. Sclooleueld thought it almost criminal to suspect
him, from his respectable situation in life. Mr. Ditch fin--
tuna', ly had taken the numbers of the IN. notes, and gave
information at the Mitred'a bank, and about a fort-
night ago two of them were brought in and stopped. Hall,
the officer, and Mr. Schulebeld, the proprietor of the
George btu, went down, and traced the uotp• throttle
yarning hands int• those of the Prisoner's servants, who had
passed them at last Maidstone fair. The officer, with pr..
sons to assist him, apprehended the two setvants, and they
implicating their Insister, he also was secured, and all three
wear brought in custody to town. One of the servants euti-
feasted, that in May last, alien their master returned trent
London, be told him that he had had great luck„ fur he had
found • pocket-book, containing 501. in Batik mins, and he
gave him and his fellow.servant part of the money, which they
spent at Maidstone fair, Not so reveal the circumstance.

His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT is, ae
ore sorry to hear, indisposed with a .evert cold,
which has confined him to his room since SUIPINy
lust. A ball, which was to hare taken place.
at Marsh's Rooms, to-morrow evening, tinder the
patronage of his Royal Highness, is postponed iu
consequltice.—(Exeter Paper.)
In the Report of the Evidence of Mr. PowELL.
of Surrey-street, Stroud, surgeon and apothecary
to the parish of St. Clement Danes, on the !inquest
held on the hotly of ANSI VONDER Tilt:93EN.
there is a materiel error to correct. Instead of the'
words, 46 I found her labouring under an advat:ced
stage of consumption, with premonitory si talplon4,
of approaching, dissolution." rood, •• trith,mi pre.
monitory symptoms of approaching diskolut ttttt ."
A Haishurgh- I'aper sap, that a furious insiirrec-
tign of the.titopulace, attended with bloodshed. has
broker out at Smyrna, ut which the Palace or the
Pocho was stormed, and that he himself escaped
with great difficulty. ,

CaIIPPLECIATE 11.41147 WITHIN.—Cf.O4I7.or TliF,
SCRUTINY.—The scrutiny uu the poll for Com-
utem.Couuciltnen for this Weird closed on
day, when Mr. Y.41.r.0w LEY. one of the losing r"""
dedatea no the paai, and the Gentleman by whom
the scrutiny was dermended, was declAreel duly
elected. Tile following are the names of the VIII.
didides..with the I sas they stood on the poll.
the number of voters deducted from each by the
scrutiny. and the total numbers when the scrutn,y
was croncluded.:— • •
Ne.ws Poll. Redsced on Scrod. Final rh,"
lts.Brotelea 412
Mr. ait9 77 '2:12
Mr. lOW 248
Vallueetey .. 231 45 1/11;
248
Me. ihniarse..... 174
Th .four. lint Gentlemen ,rare declared duly
elected.
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