The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

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PICK POCK r•.T9.
irirsterday Torlie, Airily, Haves, suit Palmer, Were put to
the Isar, (-hared with bessig 'lpotesi thieves.
Branscumbe, an sacs r, stilted, that alkoit one o'clock he
nisct a person un Ludgate-hill, who informed him that lie saw
the Prisoners trying several gentlemen's pockets, and ins
thefir perceiving hi% watching them, they ensued over the
Street in him, and told him if he did not wall: or 'hey wunitt
do for hiM, that is, they would do I some bodily Irsran.
lir (Branscomlw) uu tfiis information, got the assiiisance of
Some other officers, and follusierd theist into nest-street.
When he came up to theM they were hying the liockets of
tei►o gentlemen. fle look thesis into custody, sod cm Sell Cil-
ium them &mod four handkerchief..
Several of the tdricerd stated that they knew them as re.
puled thieves.
They were remanded till to-mor►ow fur further exainina-
lion.

Inn. Logi& was charged by Mr. Win. Richards With at-
tempting to pick his pocket last evening of his Isandkerr
elate iu Cheap•idc.
The Prosectitur raid, he felt She Prisoner WI at his hand-
kerchief, •nd he terued roiled and uryk him into custody.
Alderman and.
Su yaw have Levu at your old hick
Brain, Lewes?" _ .

PrilMiser—•" Yes, your %Ye/MU, I caw the handkerchief
hatlginly out of the Gentleman's pucks ii aid 1 on,y had a
pull at it "
He was fully committed fur trill.

‘3111014. HALL

OUTRAGEOUS ASSAIL/LT AND BRUTALITY.
Yesterday a young man of gentlemanly exterior, who
slated his name to be itttieet Copley Raiser Mostogn, son
of Lord Montagu, and Captain m his Majesty's terrier,
Ifrois brought before R. S. Chambers, Esti charged by five
watchmen of the Surrey New.reul with assaniting them in
the folluvring extriturelinaiy manner :
On Sunday night, Captain Montagu was walking arm i*
arm at the end of IYeatnimster rued with Lieut. Bentham,
of the Vitth regiment, and pushed against a Gentleman and
Lady very rudely, the Gentleman spoke to him of his im-
proper conduct, wisest he knocked him down ; Ilse Lady faint-
e,, snit the Gentleman gut op and collet! witch, and mother
Gentleman accidentally passing, spoke to Capt. Montagu of
his behaviour, when he received a violent blow, and down he
fell, and was soon glad to make the twat of his way off. Br
this time Smith, a watchman, came up, and asks d the
former Gentleman whim lila assaulted lion 1 tieladenant
Bentham tame forward and said, assaulted Inns, and
advised Capt. Montagu to go off, and lie would settle nut-
ters. The Gentleman could so sly alit thee the Captain or
Lieutenant assaulted him, and the watt-11111mi advised the
Captain to go home ; he immediately knocked the watchman
down and kicked him. Newsted, another watchman, then
came up, and he received a terrible blow on one eye which
closed it up and sent him down ; another watchman, named
Matthews, then made his appearance, and he received a blow
so violent that he fdl senseless close to his colleagues. One
of the widelitnen could do no service in secitrisig the Cap-
tain, he bring blind of one eye, and the Captain having
chowd the other. The other two watchmen were kept by
him at bay, until another watchman, bearing the rattles
stirring, came up; he boldly seized the Captain and se-
cured bins; but the poor old fellow suffered for isis teme-
rity, the Captain having got the watchman's hand into his
mouth, bit is large piece entirely oft the side, which fell oat
of his mouth upon the ground. The poor ferowl by the
extreme pain, was compelled to loose him, and meet-iced
kick es one eye; another watchman, who was .itl mire VOUOd,
war kicked about the face and head until lie a %Whited a
most shocking appearance; and another ant /lonian was
kicked is a very dangrrous part of the body : at list, by this
assistance of Lieutenant Bentham, he was taken to the

watets..house. While he was in the watch-1 sssss BC he again at,
tacked another watchman, by beating him on the head, and
seised Sebriveer, a pantile, by the neck-clutli, mid nearly
strangled him, and detained to slay Mr. Holmes, the
watch-house keeper. He said he was Lord Montagu, and a
Member of Parliament—be was superior to the law, mid the
Magisgeates might . He hid killed one watch-
man, and thought no more of one than a dug, and declared
' that Mr. Holmes was au associate of the notorious Parson
Church.
The above being sworn* to by the different witnesses, and
corroborated by Lieut. Bentham, Captain Montagu (as he
called himself) said, " 1 supoure you think I was drunk when
I did iris ?"—" Yes," replied the Magistrate, " ur I should
think you wouli not have acted so infamously."—" No,"
the Captain said, " I was guile sober, and I will explain if
' you allow'stiew The Captain then said, that he did kopek
down the gentleman, the former having affronted him, and
• the latter having impertinently iuterferred. He had lent his
hone on Sunday to his friend Colonel to gu to Lord
and was to have dined himself with Lady —;
be did not go, however, and accidentally met with the
_earthman that had affronted him, and he knocked bust
• dews. He was not charged 'with the watch ; and be be-
lieved they had no right •to have interfered ; one of the
rascals impudently told him to " walk wt." To be spoke
to by sorb fellows he could not bear, sod be knockud them
down ai fast as they approached him.
Magistrate—" And did you bite that poor fellow's hand ?"
• Montagu (coolly)—" Yea, I did ; they interfered impro-
',rely, and 1 ackiitiwledge 1 beat them all lam a young
,sinner just arrived from abroad, sad soy habits there, where
I have cat down black men like wheat-0 Horrible!' eja-
culated several persona—may nut have impressed me with
much respect for such fellows as these. But 1 sin ready to
I have one thing 'to soy, and that is, wheu I was
honest from the watch-boese this morning, I was clapt
into a d—e--d dark cell at the back of the Office, amoupt
felons."

The Magistrate said that be regretted the circumstance,
hut they had but one place in which they could secure pill-
sullefe.

The Magistrate ordered the Captain to find bail, Ino
housekeepers in 1001. each, to sumer for his appearance at
the Sessions.

ROBBERY AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE.

Thomas Hawkins was fully committed for robbing Mr.
Peter Thomas, of Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, of leis pocket-
book, containing Bank litotes, dct.
Smith, a constable, deposed, that be sew the Prisoner take
'she pocket-book out of Mr. Thomas's pocket, and run off
with it.

Mr. William Eton, a geotleman panic& deposed, that he
saw the Prisoner take the property and run off with it; he
followed him, and saw hint throw the property away he se-
cured him, and recovered t►e properly.

Dryttii a thOilra character, was chart' d with husking
into •imattensmlit house, situated Pelt to Lord Harcourt's,
with intent to commit felony.

On Saturday night a gentleman, denominated a
dandy.. accompanied by a frail fair companiosi,
took up their night's quarters at the Key bagitio in
Cliambri4treet, Covent-garden. Next morning
when they got up the dandy requested the lady to
go down stairs and order breakfast for them, whilst
he was lacing up his stays. She accordingly avid
down ; 'the dandy followed shortly after, when lie
took the opportunity of slippiiig• out at the sida
door, which opens into the Mews, and absconded.
Shmtly after it was discovered that he carried ort
pair of fine holland sheet, off the bed, a them isk
fable•cloth and two napkins,. a pair of sari r can-
dlesticks, and silver snuffers and snuffer% stJud ;
and although an immediate pursuit took place, lie
effected his escape.

Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, the *hole
of the criminals convicted at the Le-iregte r
inarteeu iii number, passed through Loud ~,,,
their way Ait Woolwich, 'there tlrt Kill armaiti Ci I
tlicaosawl is reedy which is now prep a.to4 to cohsty
to Botany Bray those whose periods of ransportation
are tut the term of 14 yeas and upwards.

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