The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-16 00:00:00

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, ‘llll ROOT RN ATCH ER.
.resonifolk Wiwi was brought to the Justice-Room .
Odies r, (-hugest sin .n.psciou of ioiving stolen the butlyit
Is. v. 'Wait 14
The Offisaw rot/1M him nu Monday night with n sack on
s. with the aporansoce of which hathhill out at all
14, smal. Upon asking him what he luirk. iu the awls. tool
wad g..nig with it? Wilton carat, he belwv.si it wet
oins s.S. beet, and he was going to the Blue Vista with it.
" is, the way to the Bine ensts," skid the utlieer,
and r baited him to the watelsiotse, where, on opening
the sick the body of a very emaciated boy appeared The
hiss/Hier looked at she body as if he bad seen it hefuse,
>sad slid um metes'd to be surprised. He NM the Lard
%favor it into It of 'arcs the sack to 111111 item. ghtirraitels
Chute!), with shrrct to tale it to the Blue Poste.
" Rot," saul the of Where slid you get these teeth?'
pewliteine R handful of human teeth.
" Oh ! the,tevib! they are nut tam's teeth, are they ?" said
Jeremiah.
" Either Men'. Or woutete• teeth," replied She officer,
" rectainlv they ism not Children% teeth." •
Tire Seo/r!wr took bold of the teeth, sitirh were very
lame, and mast have seen many They look like
teeth. sure enough," said he, " I found tfieni in a paper
abotti a mouth ago, sod 1 kept them tarty pocket ever
bine,"
Time officer Vol it %ken from the same pocket, it' which the
teeth wire fmtotl pone bread and cheese. I 1 tolsecesorry s
..ha.erve. that their was nothiog to prevent Scl teeth from '1
being misstepd wish ih• I I.
" 1 know, mid he, " I did not disturb a jaw of the boy't.
You will find him perfect in the grinders."
The Prissitier,wa. remanded.

The Lunt Maydw directed that ilw Andy should he sent to
the buove-houar, and that inquiries %lambi be made m Ile
neiglibuurl lof the place whole the Primmer WAS found,
mln the al
ois titintlay erroune, n• it appeared trite 1'r.!.11.
Jerciniah iv a Lill. saw-6,11.d, cast.tverssiss.looking fellow,
whom- appeartucr Sushi-still his csiltittc to the officer, wpm
.044411 t that, 80 veil as the estratudtuars ituaftitin in
which Ilse wick bisug fritut Isis 'boulders.
cumtlytar.t.
PICKI NG A POCKET UNDER THE GA LIAM'S

Jcl4rtll;) ''''''''' Noy, aged shunt 13,
was committed to Nesegater by Alderman Magniy. me A
I ham, of picking the pocket 'of • Mr. Heudenon, close to
the place of execution, yesterday morning. ,
ROBBING foActits. POW eflr".
Tor some years past desperate highway awl other daring
ri.hberics hew,' beers iliscontinued I.y old and exreriestrill
thieves. who hate resorlid to easier mraua to agent tileir
depreilatioita on 114•,,Mblic, such. as roblon: tltr naafi and
atage- coaches ef ealsiallki parcels, paruealarly those ofesiontry
hankers. to kith they contrive to arc push by precinicerted
plans. Haying ascertained when such paseehi wire tulle sent
oft', llv Ihievrs become passengers, and iu some instances all
the places have hero taken by the gang • ho weretxmc. reed in
the robbery Such robberies bens: frequently aceumplished,
contrivances were resorted to fur the purpose of guardiag
artnit stunilai ilepredatkins by strong and private boats it.
slilfereut parts or the coaches, even umber the seat or the
coachman, and yet it was discovered, and parcels of con.
rahle valise taken fioin thence, strong and Wart boxes,
With superior locks snit bars, proving of no avail.
A ease came on yesterday to hr investigated before Mr.
IlsontE, of the robbery of the noodle coach, when it was
111.011'•4 that a contrary plan is slow adopted, and that little
attention is paid to parcels of value, and they are thrown
into the eisseli in the most careless manner imaginable,
The inn litigation caused a ceow.ledallice, by persona con-
twits! wills until interested in stage Touches, both in town
sad country, pai ticularly the halter, who are connected will,
the ()nitrite coach, between Lusidim and Northamotonshire.
Thomas Spew, the coitchmait who drives the Onsidli•
coach irons B:lilock, is Hertfordshire, was plared at the
h.tr, Mina charged on suspicion of being the rubber; tint
Mr. Wrote ordered hint to be removed from it, as he did nut
know that there WIT auffirieut gruitnit to suspect him.
It appeared that the proprietors of the St. News Runt
unroll arc in the habit of sending a way-bill to the Three
Cups Ims, Aldersgate-aired, so as to arrive before the
waggon, that it may be known in Loudon what note waggon
is bringing, previous to its arrival, every journey, and•he
way-bill is gemrally Beta by the boodle coach, and with it the
hankers, Messrs. Rix and Co. at St. Neon., send remittances
of Bank note/ to a large amount to Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, 1
end Cu. their Rankets in London, directed to Mr. Smith, at
the Three ('ups hen, In Alders:ate-street, who fin wards the
valuable parcel of Batik notes to Jones, Lloyd, and Co in
Lothhory. A transaction of this descr,pliou took place on
the 'nib of November last, when a parcel of Bank notes to
the amount of 2.15/ frost Messrs. Rix and Cu. of the St
Nerds Bank, was wrapped up with the waggon way-bill, and
an 1111 k care was taken of the small parcel which it made,
that it was thrown iti at the coach window
,kist as it was
setiiaz off limn th. Riot's Head 11111,14 9t. 'cuts
Nothing pat lieuiar came out relative to the said parcel
Sill the coach *weed at Gatwick Corner, South Mims,
heie the c.•ach stops at the Nike of York public-house, to
change horses, and Mr. Pellatt, the landlord, opened the
cunt I, thin.' Igo ask ilie passengers, consisting of to, lemo:e4
ands chin, ri they would alight and take any refreshment;
they shit alizlit, and wrist up stairs to a heihi °rim.

All officer in tike briny. of the woo, of Wright, who wiw,
hit metal& paiocog.r, hod sat on the box, attended yester-
day, and stated, that he rreollrettd Ilw coachman going ill
the comb door. wool milting the frinnle passesiew fur it
brown paper phicel, which they Live him ant, and the
coachman gave to him, a•k•ng him to take care of is, *loch
he did. It app. ared to him to lw a ledger, or a smaller
book, and was thicricil lo Mt. Bowers, of Barutt, whrie
the coachman directed it. _ _ .

The coachman explained kin rragois for Vaing thin parcel
out of the coach at Gan wick Corner wan, that he did not
stop at Bernet, and ititembil to have it its he Iwaw•d If. save
Snow Some nivniers wan iilsrhrd to Ibis plot I, will the
valuable piaci I, an the pawl directed to Mr. Itionessost
linens I. wan not entered in the way bill of the coach, and the
solo:dile parcel from St Nerd. was.
The coachman explained thin ha saying the coachman who
hrosizht the coach Io him. at B airlock, told hint of IIn• parcel
directed 111 11r. Donna. whit h he wan obliged to do, as he
could nril!eer read our write, althungh hr load drove the concli
monitor of years. officer, who wan oo the box of the
drclarril that nothing particular panned between the
soil the female pioirengers, when hr went to diem
for the low: is paper parr. I at Gainwrek Corms, slid hr must
hair crcn or heard it if there bail, as he watelle.l them ; and
ht 2{1.111‘1111.11 fur Ins no doing, by saying he hid a parcel
cmitasiiiitg game inside of the coach, and he wan afraid of

h.sins4 it.
lln the arrived of the coach in town, the valuable parcel
aenl has nut snare been or any ul its
emit. 1,111. fb. heel-roust at lbw Duke ur Turk yeelo,tr-ht.n.e.
aniwork Curlier, ham beim sesrclicel, where the temale
*Pricers wrest, Intl nothing funnel they are I:Rlnel:title • lin.
lane...and rrrullert arches the parcel :met reading thr •li.re.
limo of it to Mr. Smith, Three ('ups, Alderscritr-at•grt,
that et faittens the front ...at of the roach, but glary do lAA
CrOiteri syrinx it aline the eie4cli left Guiana Cufner, sod
the ez• • Atm, ended e 00000 pli• y.
Mr. alleelle•I fur Newel, and penmeard
hi. twist admitted 1., bail, whirls the !Mai:l.:bate agreed
nn man ln 'weldor eiretelasotancr. w lit.-,
had ...Wit Oil escelkut charactre, And no 111 Ally Oiret4,l to
hem.