The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

POLICE.

410/ 11, EN squints.
Geo►ge Keglork, charged with °totalities( a wilica, ■ gold
thole, sod two gold orals, altogether value 30 guise's. At
property of Mr. nett. laudlord of the Wheat lied, TutbiN-
street, by mesas of a forged order, purporting to bo is the
bawd-writing of Mr. lieu, us. finally examined.
Mr. Harmer &wooled fur the Prisoner.

II appeared from the depositioiss taken on the laid eas.
mination, that the Prosecutor, shunt three weeks ago, left
his watch with Mr. —, the landlord of the CM./ Key., in
Broad-street, Lambeth, sad in a fm•vm days afire wards a (It'll-
fireman came into his (Prosecutor's) house, mid a•krd him
what It was o'clock by his watch? Mr. Ilett replied he had
left his watch a few nights see at the Cross Kryo, lAmbeth,
awl neglected eroding fur it. The Prisoner happeutd to hear
tlsr couversalieu, and went immediately to the Cross Keys.
He found the landlady it the bar, amid presented a note in
the name of Mr. Ilea to her. She had souse stupidity of
the note, and 'hewed it to her husband, who was to the pad
lour with two brewers' clerks • both of them Ludy Mr. Mit,
sold 011 seciug the note thought it wis his hand-writing. The
watch was then give, up withuut hesitation. Ore of the
clerks called at Mr. Hetes house afterwards, and sarstarwed
the circumstance, by which menus time fraud was discovered.
The landlord amid landlady of Mr Crow Keys mow swore
positively to the identity of the NUNIIINT. Selig+ has been
made amongst the pawnbrokers, but as yet the watch cassia
be (wind.

Mr. Haroacrcontradeil there was no proof to establish the
charge of forgery; and the fact of his obtaining tke watch
wader false pretences only amounted to a misdesicaour.
The Magistrates agreed owls this point, and told the
Prisoner it was a bailable offence, trefuie be was iequired
to find two sureties in SOl. each, and himself is VAL and to
give the Prosecutor 21 hours notice of bad.
Mr. Harmer suggested that the Prisonic might be lironght
up this day week, when, if he was provided with 11411, he
may be srt at liberty, and to be peiniiited to rennin iu
Tuthill-fields prison until then. The offence baying berm
committed in Surrey, his trial must be there.
This was agreed to, and the parties were bound over to
prosrcatc.

lIATTON GAILDIEN.

Yesterday Joules Smith, s bny seder tee years, wits re-
manded, charged with going privately into she aputuurul of
John Hall, Phmoix.street, Somers 'towel, and thalweg three
shillings from off the mautle-piece.
George Delimit was charged by Elisabeth Crooke, wife to
s twintimahrr, residing in Plitruis Ai re. t, Coritirr.strt et, with
stealing s tes•csddy sod other artistes to the amount of
aiveu shillings, her properly.

The Prosecutrix stated that she weal down stairs into foe
yard, ardor her return slw found the Prisoner, whom she did
not know, in her room; he appeared confessed, anal asked if
Mrs. Hitchcock did not live there, she sold him that no
such person lived there; he then apologised fan his intension
and departed. Afire lies was gone she looked round she
room and missed the tea-caddy sisal oilier articles shell pro-
duced ; she ran out auJ gave the alarm, and she Prisoner
was pursued by Smith the Curstaldr, who took him lotto
cisstody, and on kis being 'watched the property was found
Sr his possession. _ .

The. PfieUllet was folly erawwwilted fur trial.

ROBBERIES.

A few evenings since as Mr. W. Thomas, agent to Mr.
Rutv.on, publisher of The London Directory. was returning
between eight and nine o'clock f • the. City. along St.
Jobses-street-road, to his residence in Wellington-street,
Bentonville, he was suddenly attacked by • ruffian, who
struck him a dreadful blow on the mouth which levelled
him with the ground ; three or four other miscreants thew
set on him, and beat mot kicked him moat unmercifully ;
they also rifled his waistcoat pockets of some silver, but a
stage coach being beard to approach, they snide off, leaving
hint is • must deplorable condition, yet still in possessives
of some Directory's sod other property which their baste to
decamp induced them to overlook. Mr. T.'s cries for assist_
sere being beard by the coachman, he was taken up and
conveyed bowie.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Joseph Skinner, • gentleman
from else Isle of {Night, who took up his temporary resi-
&ate at a friesit's house, in Keen's-row, Walworth, is pass-
ing Carlton House, was hustled by a daring gaug of
ruthaus, who pinioned him, mid lifting up both his arms,
forcibly look from the put ket of his trousers ten ten pound
and six one pound Bank of England twirl., which he had
just received at a hawker's in Pallasiall, from whence it is
supposed be bad been watched.
About twelve o'clock on Friday night left, Mr. John Fan.
sing, of No. 3, Carter-place, Red Cruss.sereet, St. Saviour's,
whilst on his return home, was attacked at the corner of
Dover-street by a gang of thieves, about twelve in isamber,
who carried huge bludgeons, and who assaulted him in the
must brutal manner, without any cause whatever. littering
knocked him down by several blows, struck at meet., • mem-
ber of them stooped down to ransack his pockets, whet) he
recognised one of them, named Davis (who has bees al.
ready tried on several charges of Molly); this man bad
a knife is his band with which he cut open his clothes to
ret at his pockets, and Mr. Fanning, refund that in his
eagerness be might inflict sonic fatal wound on him, called
oat, " Don't kill me, Davis! don't kill me!" but the fellow
paid no attention till he rifled his pockets of all the money
be possessed ; then be gave the signal that be had it, and the
whole of his associates ran Mr. Fanning received a
number of severe wounds, aud was carried home by Mr.
Taylor, of the Dolphin public-house, and • man named Ed-
ward Dennis. By the activity of G. Welfare, two of the rob-
bers (including Davis) were apprehended at two o'clock the
same m g.—They were examined belbre A hitfUlail Birch,
amid committed fur further examination.

Between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening, a
gentleman was met on the road near the pond at the entrance
into Totteridgv,hy two men, in a light chaise cart, who ask-
ed him how far it was to Totteridgr ? The gentleman answer-
ed, " You are now in Totteridge ;" and with that he was
proceeding on his way, whys one of them made a sudden
jump, and seized him by She culla,. The gentleman lifted
up his hand, sad was 111 the act of knocking the villain
down, when the beret, with his mouth, laid bold of hies by
the thick of the arm, and arrested the blow, and held biro
fast until they riled bus pockets of his money, watch, and
what other property he bad about him, they then jumped
into the cart, drove oil, and r &mil their escape.
Isiformatton of the robbery was given yesterday at the
Hatton•gardeu Police-oSiee, and it is supposed they were
house-breaker•, and that the horse was properly trained In
act his part,

ME TURF.

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GREAT PRRIPORMANCE.

Mr. Mills undertook his great mateb,to trot his favoutit•
Arabian mare fifteen miles to hareem, to an hour, on the
Blackwater-road, yesterday, for two hundred aid 1,.
carry fourteen stone, in a gig. The mare wont off At tt n
stud did the first wile under four initiates. latniense sem.
were petodime upon the match, and hettiag, which a 4 01.1
lug was twit to out' on hone, was fleet* four on the mas e
after she had done the first mite. She did the next three
miles in eleven solitudes ■nd four seconds, with pkody of
work in her. Half the distance was 'performed so,
RA mi-
notes 10 sceunds, sod the whole was eamplesed in a quart r
of a minute within the hoar. The vivre did sot arm
faiiiord, and she performed the distamle without make g a
single break out of the trot.