The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-22 00:00:00

REFUTATION OF SLANDERS.

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TO THE PUBLIC.

have long borne in silence the reports circulated to my
disadvantage, hut there is a period when 'wiener ccases to
be • WOWe and forbearance is criminal. The prejudice,
which threatens to overwhelm one, and consequent difficulty
I experience in obiaining honourable employment, impera-
tively demand that I enter oil my justification.

Copy of Mrs. GLOVER'S Dee ration, dated 92d
Anynst, 1818.
MR. POLI.OOK (Serjrants' Inn) havint asserted in ('mitt
that my Horinnd, ,Vr. &motel Glover, bn 1 " De-serled his
Wife and Children," du line, in justice to Mr. Glover
stile. that IT IS IAITHOUT FOUNDATION.

7'ite Separation was an asp part ; occasioned by a nume-
rous increasing family sad great pecuniary diffirollies.
JULIA GLOVER.

Signed in the Presence of) solicitor.
SAMUEL KEEN E. f
Copy of an Agreement between Hr. and Mr:. Glover, doted
A itywal 42, 1810.
It is agreed between Mr. and Mrs. Glover, that Mrs.
Glover shall take else-half of her professional Earnings; tier
other half I. he paid into the hands of MIME respectable
person, to be app....red of by both parties' fur the purpose
of liquidating those engagements which Mrs. Glover has
contracted. After which, THE WHOLE of Mrs. Glover's
Earnings to be at her disposal, milieu she contract further
debts, when one-half the Salary to be appropriated accord-
iiigly And so long as this Agiveutent is carried into effect,
Mr. Glover pr.iniises nut to wieder, with Mrs. Gloves's pro-
fessinual eugageineots.
JULIA GLOVER.
SAMUEL GLOVER.
Witness--SAMUEL KEENE. Solicitor,
Princes-street, Red Liosi.sqvare.

On signing the above Agreement Mrs. Glorer's Salary at
the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, was released to her, and a
trilling sum applied to extricate me from the difficulties into
which 1 was 'plunged; but, so far from " regularly receiv-
ing a considerable portion fl( Mrs. Glover's weekly Salary,"
the assistance affoided me during the last four years doe. nut
exceed FIFTY POUNDS.

iu ronsequeuce of information received at this office, that
a number of fellows were in the habit of assemirliiiz it the
house of a Methodist Preacher, named Writierr, No. 60,
Higlsstreet, Mary-le-hone, on Sunday nights, for the mio.l
diabolical purposes, the Magistrates granted a warrant to
search the house, and accordingly on Sunday night all Ow
of of the establishment were sent properly armed to
execute it. One of them appointed to tweet the person who
gave the information at a neighbouring public-house, for
the purpose of learning the hou► at which it would tie
prudent to pot their design in execntimi, and the remainili r
weir employed in teen° 111 l itering the premises. In the
course of their search, they discovered au old wooden build-
ing. erected at the back of the house immediately under the
first•&ssr window, fur the purpose of facilitating their escape,
if necessary; and also a little blue lamp, which hung at the
corner of the honer, not discernible from the street, but
which might be plainly seen from the back of Mary-le-bone
Old Church, and shop from a Mews at the back of the house.
Oa the appointed signal being given they 311 rushed in, with
their cutlasses drawn, and there discovered about seventeen
men (if they deserve time name) in the must detestable situ-
ation. They at first resisted, but a threat being held out to
them, that if they did not submit ♦iolence would be used,
they all suffered themselves to be quietly handcuffed and
placed in the watchboisse for the night.
The report of a gang of this description having been
taken, attracted to the Office a crowd of Anon 1,000 per-
sons, sad several Gentlemen of distinction, amongst who m
were Sir I Sebright, Captain Gardner, G. Worley, Esq.
Mr. Thatcher, Mr. Green, Mr. Anderson, and many others.
The Magistrates, aoxiou■ to have the examination dis-
patched as quietly as possibly, and fearing every thing from
the spirit of the multitude, resolved to tire their patieucr,
and have this examination the last thing.

Accordingly nhout four o'clock they;ere put to the bar.
They gave their mimes, Hares?, Tanna', John Fregaron,
Henry IVetford, Charles Holloway, Reheard Austin, frnt.
Marron Wesley, John DOllOO4l/4, IVi liars line!!, William
Mitchell, William ...Islam (a boy), Charfee Limner, Jame,
Howe, W. Jesaineff, Williams Kitchen, Thomas Sinseto...:B,
James Nicholson, and John Trill They were all dressed
very decently, and three or lour of them were dressed in th,
most mishits style of Londe/en.
The Magistrates (Messrs. Dyer, Baker, Conant, and Car-
nal) took their 'eats on the bench. The !implore in the
room was so great that some persons fainted with the bete.
It was thru staled by two witneesses, whose some,., for
prudent reasons, were kept ; that on Shod's), week
one of them was accosted in the New Road by the Prisoner
Isbell, who invited him house to tea, at his lodgings, at
Wasley's house, No 6d, High.street. On their going into
the room, whirls was a back garre►, they found the Prison, r
Jensmett there.—[Here• witness described • scene unfit rue
pablicatiou.)—They all went down to what they called
she drawing-room, and there the Deponent saw shout twenty li
men sitting in couples, its • manner tan tit to he described.
Most of the Prisoners were there, and amongst the rest,
Donovan, who was designated the " Russian bear." They
had A Tom eat dressed as a child.—(.4l this stage of
the business, it required all the authority of the Mazi..
testes to put down the hitherto stifled indignation of the
auditors.)—They said the spirit moved them. and they sent
fur some gin, and after that witness left them. On the
next day lie related all he saw at this office, and nu Sunday
last lie went to Wasley's house, accompanied by a friend
whom he introduced to them as " a fashionable young man,"
that being the team they applied to persons of their frater-
nity. They then witnessed the saute .proceedings that bad
beets acted the preceding Sunday night: the gin wits got as
before, aad about sine o'clock they gave the signal to the
°Ricers.

Plank, Foy, Jeffries, Waffle, and other officers, said, that
on their entering the house, they found the Prisoners in the
state described. The Poisoners did not attempt to justify
their conduct, bat all attempted to escape.
The Prisoners were separately called on for their defence :
Wesley first—he said he kept the house Nu. 68, H irh street,
that he hail kept a school, hut having lost his scholars, lie
took to study physic, of which he gained sone knowledge
whilst at the College of Treverkie (Wales) The moons
who were. in his house were some of them his patients, and
others came to pay some debts.
Sitamoads was discharged for want of prod.
The Primmer, Tammas, said he lived at No. I. Wetheek.
street, as servant to Mrs. Thomas. All the rest said they
had been there on business to Mr. iVasley. They were all
Gentlemen's servants.

Mr. Dyer said-they should be all committed fur the mix.
demeanor, to give 24 hours notice of hail, of 401. each,
except Walley. whose bail was required to be zrenter.
Before the Prisoner. were removed from the bar, it was
found necessary to clear the Office, or the Prisoners would
have been certainly maltreated.