The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

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On Saturday night. shoat half-pant eleven o'clock, les
Zechariah Mule!minty, F.sq. of Lower Orinvenorgilaee, was
passing through Clare street, Clarc-market, he felt some.
thing at his coat-pocket, and he iostantly missed a paper
parcel, and ow looking hehind hits be saw • irespectabk-
doulting man throw it out of his hand oa the graved sad
then run away; be put his foot un the paper and ran after
the 1,11011 towards Clare-market, and when he came up to him
he was concealed under a butcher's shambles. Ile war secured,
and taken to St. Clement's wateli.house; and yesterday,
ntt hi. exansioation, John Brandon, of Nu. V, Mollen.strert,
Cbre-market, stated, that he saw the Prisoner behind the
Prusecutiw in Clare-street, and saw bins take something out
intim Prosecutor's pocket, and immediately after run away
inwards Clare market ; he pursued him, and never lust sight
of him till he secured I under the Amstar%
The Prisoner was understood to he a Lieutenant in the
navy. Ile was confronted.
ROBBEIII' OF Til 17. CHESTER MAIL.
We mated on iVeaciesday the parsiensara of she examine.
t. of George Patterson. who had offeted • valualite gold
watch to pledge wish Mr. Turner, the pannlwoker, of
▪ ilea.slrer•l, Covenl-‘11111441. 11,1111'h proved 111 be part
of the property stolen from the Chester mail, 111111 ',Moog
ell to Itlr. Henry 11...Braley, son of Marquis lVellesley.
At that time the Priumer said lie receive., the watch Con'
Joins 'riggers, who 1w said W3S • porter lieringiug to the
Crwoi Inn, Charisig-cross, where the Chester mail
gm, from ; this stawnwin proving correct. Patterson was
ailmiswil 111 1111. and yesterday lie attended to give rel-
atifs e. S•ne, she Left exa,oivallun. Mr llorne, She pro-
p. ietfir of the (iok.en Cruse Inn, and liishop, She officer,
have lweis very active in endeavouring to discover the
robber• of the mail, nod to recover the stolen property.
They Irive apprehended .daggers, who Palteisisn said he
✓ceeived the watch hum, and instead of his proving to he a
porter emploNed al the inn, he is a fill about sixteen year.
of age. occasionally to ixereise horses. lie ad-
min.ul giving the watch to Patterson to pledge, and said he
found it at liiiminersmith. .

To.. valuable brooches, one of them worth 12 !einem,
which had beets stolen from another parcel in the same mail,
beloneitig to Mr. Smith, of Matldox•strt ci, were 'Komi! In
hare Nei, pa ,1,11 at other pawi idsr,ke ,by P.itterisou,
previ iii to !Dia pawning the watch. One of them be
amid he received from Jaeger*, and the other fri.m m woman
who sell. salorip,auel.vvlsti lives it, the same bouar with them
tu St. Marlin's; they being new brooches, it
was concluded that he must have Lotion they had nut
aurhe properly by them
Mr. Conant ordered him Into custody again, and eum•
milled him with Jagger. for further examination.

M ARLBOROUGH STREET.
OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK UPON A FEMALE.

John Co!Johan, Efo.llll in General Sir Tiomma Moore, W3l
elistad with assaulliuc Mn.. IR—, a centre! married
woman, moire a firm. nee that lie bad watt-hrd Irr oni of a
hoti.e of ill-Cone, In Shepherd-street, Bond-street, nu Fri-
day last.

In tlefenee, the Defendaist wnnhl oak pardon if he bail
made a mistake, bet i.e followed the Lids, *bons lie 'bought
had come out of the howae, and lie told her he would tell
her husband, lint denied that he hell drawn a knife. It
might has.• horn anollorr person bat came out of the bowie.
The Magistrate wished to know what he meant by de.
wanting satirfsction its the !titer, and the Defendant re-
plied, fur teethe' die wale's to take him.
The 31111111elrele observed, that the accused hail commit.
ted a most serious utfeuce; and he would advise the lady's
husband who was present, to ascertain if tie letter would
nut justify a proceeding for fetowy, Ifs the character of ts fe-
Male war most sacred to her husband. At any rate. he slinehl
order kiin to find hail in double lbw usual autumn fur the
airmail, and also to give Waite of the bail.
The Defendant was also ordered to fool similar hail for
as outrageous assault ..pou Coates, tin• constable, alto took
kite ■pow a warrant on t►aturda_ Ile first offrrril 10/. to
get away, but nut secrettling. be created a mob, and the
constable get his thumb bit, and was very roughly haudled,
but he kept kis Prisoner.