The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1816-05-23 00:00:00

VIZANIF,BREAKINC.

Out SatnrabC, l.iet, some person or persoto r
opened o slidiut C3Selllt'llt, and entered the work.
glade of.101:u dexon (commonly called 5ri)..,,,-.
Orson', fru•new wit-knitter, in tht Ruslies-street,
Lotcst!loriugh, and sinanlwol to pierts the in-
t rail yin of *hat is called a thirty ',lain gauge
frame, the property of Mr. Norton or that town,
frame-smith. There were in the saute shop at
the time, a frame belonging to Messrs. Paget and
SOUR; stud two belonging to Messrs. Middleton 41Id
Hall ; but not the least mischief Was done to any of
them. Why this injury has been done to lir. Nor_
too, heents a little mysterious, for he had ttotimy, at
all to do with the 11141111 Ci irs which the frame nos
Worked, as to the price, nature of the work, &e.;
lie wan merely the uwiter of the frame, and is withal
ri periwig of such quiet and inoffensive habits a- to
feel totally uucamca,us of having an enemy of this
much dreaded fast. A stout truncheon was found
io the shop next morning, and ;Also a bar of 'non,
placed behind tlw door, as if a resolute defence
had beet/ intended to have bent made in east of
interruption!: It will Cod neer 10/. to put the
frame in repair And On Monday last, the
shop of l'houttis Marriott, framework-knitter, ,as
Thorpe-acre, tiestr Loughborough, was entered u,
similar manner, throngli the window, and n Itopt-
two OHM gunge frame, belonging to Mr. 1Vilt::::0
White, of Loughborough, in a great degree der:...
lisheil, and carried :con. in this installer, as ••l
an the former, these were three other frame:. it/ ttr
shop ; one Iwlntigingto Marriott, another t•

son-in-law, and the third to Mr. WalliN,
maker, tsf lim:4liltorottrb, but they escdiat!
injured. Mr. White's frame dumagtd to a
extent thou Mr. Norton's. DrXOll% AM!, i. ferk-
need from MS huusr, by II pBlB4igeollt e ri!
wide ; and iMainott's, ht- a small garden. eight 1.4
ten yards across.—(ZVotiingkant Paper.)

POLICE.

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MARY ANNE KING, WHO IS CHARGLI) %%TIP!
SWIN 91,1 NG.

Yesterday Mr. (otgrtueux Terrified by rust a let fru' is ori
this iiiiforiunnty father. frown Dorsky, Clow...Arr.
in answer to uor written by this humane nlagistrat.•
He stated that his eitruilotaiwes were such, that •
not send her pecuniary ass,stailee; that by bus fwrii
posed fur a month, ion, nimble to utteud to hi, ;...
tbit It:, was ain't': to receive her again, and Mt coi ti le
that she had toner 111 a fall 'row of livr in.:propel r.nr;o
and trusted that her penitence would he gutficiert .
t he her proserutors —( For the eireimstanees of the ant,
see Tye BIUTLLII PILE*. of l'ostday but.)

BATTON- GARD i r.

Philip Wood, Esq. of Highbary-grove, 1-I.ll.s:tem
then to the Right Illonouraiiie the Lord Mayor. appear.rl
yestriday, to a sommons, to answer to a complaint rna
against him by one Julinann, one of the toll-r,tiesti rs at
the Islington tortipi ke.gate, charging him with forri',ll
nig in him carrifigr, through the saiil gate, at an early kir?
uu Tuesday morning, without paying 4d. being the Ircal
toll.

The Complainant stated, that on Monday Died, Pro r
Paurs,clock had stenek the hour of twelve, and sloth
watchman was just shill calling, the Defendant dross:- iip e.
the toll-gate, in order to pass. Wituess's servaot oil' nit
witness a French sixpence, which 1w refused He theta 61.
fered another French sixpence, which be also re1i0...,1 t..
take. The Defendant tit-sting the dispute, orlt rid tlw •
vont to call witness to him to the can isgeoloor. soil he a'ir
offered witness a Freuch sixpence. which lw lok w.. or.
fused, having orders front his employers to take no Fit on,
moues. Defendant theu ordered the cow lons° to .I,s,
through, and if witness attempted to stop h' en, to he,
whip him; on %Lich witness let bun pans, ai.d afters at:A
summoned hits.

Mr. Wood, in his &feller, stated that be p evesr day
a couple of times through that gates and tied tie
he received in the alarming fired him un his it lir lief
on Monday be passed through the gate aliant te r o'i der
in the forenoon, and received a ticket ' • hut
the Mansion.house, it was late when be returned ; and com•
ing towards the gate, he braid the watchman callini out 04
twelve o'clock, in consequence of which, having elarir,l is:
a fresh day, he knew the ticket to be useless; lie ails ::: 1 .1,
'minded fur Lis ticket, but called to pay a fresh ti:!I ; -•
servant being disputing with the eimplainant, o Ir. 1 i.
to take the sixpence offered him, be called him t,
rise nod offered him another sixpence is
produced) and which he likewise refused to . 11 • •
nut being aware that it was a French sixpt at,. • I' 110
were refused, gave orders to his Conchal:lli t:o .•ii •••
if the complainant offered to stop him to --
that on reaching Islinfr,tuti chmeh, the clock .1: I.
which was full a quarter of au hour after he um tlisi .!•
. . •

at the gatr, by which he had nu rigEt In tour. t u •
be had iu hia pusi:e.sioti would free him I.mA d 2•• •
but hearing the watchman call the :tutu
he was deceived.

The Defendant's coachman and footman pr., e•'. 1.•
they came to I.lington Church the eh wk struck ta•• kr. •
seas full *quarter of an hour after first
Cemplainant, they looked at their own seat' Ins 1.. t.
and it WiP4 11101 tWelVt• o'rloik to a min We
11e 113ffist tales !wing of opinion, 11631 the T. r‘•
was Out (diked call to the DCG1111:14t for '
that it was his p1...•0 to peed Are an; h hell t at the in,
else to pay the toll its ill, minent coin of iiiv r000i•s.
a French siatteure is not, ronvivird him, itudei. C 2:;..
Turnpike Art, in liar penalty of 41/s. and cut•ts—f.um
conviction the Del...inlaid appealed.