The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

sthneen, told the lady the 201. sale alloahl be fotihcomint
on payment of the five guineas, and his iwrinees having bets
considered suffieiently well paid by the trouble he hit taken
in the Imniumn, and a ri fowll to abide by the wurds of the
limit, bill having been emelt, be thought proper be keep the
201 nut, in his possession
The Milgistrhte nppioved much of the conduct of Mr.
Brookes all thrinigli the business, and diminished the sum-
mons He was of oi 00000 on that the coarboase should out
p=ass unpunislwil

Tire Laily'a Solicitor intimated, that be should proceed at
he foe the recovery of the WIC.

Jneser i4/414. * prow ',red tsp, Gti limo ev.• prrlo.l, be-
'ls evil 50 and FM ‘• air ..f •ge, w4l charged wlih • seliiwte-
nse inns. us. • Iwo ul.4r lood, and also wish &minium( • gen-
teel married lady.

It approve., by the statenftnit of the Prnseeutria, a yonag
!Ally of inieres•ing nppearance, and the wife of n
Lieute-
i.anl oil kislf-p.y, 01111.1 w had bean witch aunovell by letters,
all Or them in one hanil.writins, of the most filthy
; she retitled la fiouth.strrel, liatscheiter-witiare, Intel the
Ott-oils,' occupied a fr int. isrvite,searly opposite her resi-
dence The lost ofthe.e letters appointwl a meeting, and the
Lade, in °ides to find out the author of the infinsons letters,
attended agree-410e to the Appointment, when she met Ryan,
who acknowledged hint-elf the author of the letter Mas-
tiff vatt-fieil Iterwlf, she rebuked the fell,* for his imperti-
nence, ahem he ar..aile.t her with epithets of the same
etimpkatew with the lett. sr. sod strork her. Mt Defen-
dant rulers...used himself to the lioiv as hol.ling a .jiu3lloa
in the British ‘l,o.ewin, a... 1 a teacher in finwlies.
His defence 3. A. d further tomtit to the Latly,attainat whims
there win out the shirlittit unp.lts, and '.e was tttttt
• to give 1 hours notice of bill, •nil to 416111 Net f..e au at.
Sault
smith. r female, who was pitactig at the lime he
shuck the Lieutenant's wife.

nronsitin cigngs.T.
A BENEFIT SOCIETY BOX RORRED.
Yesterday Mr. Leon, Ilte landkod of the Swim. Cam
tridge-heatb,ssid the stewards end sr.ersl members of a be-
nefit ..Kiel) called ihr Birmingham cotendcd at this
office, to complain of • most singular slid r‘lra"Mluarr
robbery committed at the Swan nn Monday night, when 411.
was aloha 4.1. t of the satiety's box.

It appeared, that, agreeably the regulations of this
club, which 11 held at the Swaii, that monthly meeting. are
held for the purpose of recdiviog coditrodutions. The
steward. sire appointed once a month. The landlord holds
one key. and the lsry sail stewards bold the two other
keys of three different locks affixed to the box ; snit accord.
tut; to the prosisions of one of their articles, six steward's,
• tilt the *ern tiny, uslict be present when the box is opened".
Monday night, at seven o'clock, the member* met, and
shout nine tickle k it closed, when the mom y collected was
to he deposited in the box, but to thew sot• r surprise, uu
opcnisez it, the whole of the cum 01. A, stated was missing.
'Our of the members owe the Iwo late stedwooda who posse as.
ed the key. sotto the custody of a witclinciii, son $111111.6(111.
but the failure of the club (a respectable many liberated
Ili. to. The money stolen consisted of silare, halfpence, Ste.
as collected on monthly niellits,adol the wrizlit was supposed
to prerrot any momentary attempt to steal us, therefore the
supposition is, that stone of those alto held the keys must
lave committed the robbery.

Mr, Malay/46hr (the Macistrate) poirtponerl the en.ie for
a future day, wheu all the parties are to be
presort.

I*NION-ITALf..
A FPI: F,NSION (IF A GANG (IF ROM...STE* I.Flt S.
Be the vieance and intrepidity of iVori ley, PI constable,
of Lambeth, four men, belonging to a gar.: of distill hoer of
the dead, have at length been taken ineo co•tody, and are
likely In heroine the subject of a spiritr.l p .. .esit 1001
In C 1,11% quelice of information which hail been previously
given, drat a plundering expedition was on foot towards
come place in the lower pill of Surrey, Wortley accreted
himself in a convenient place near the King's Arms turn-
pike, in the Kent-road, and continued to watch omit beta,ii
five and ails o'clock yesterday morning, when observing a
hackney-roach driven along the road, hr advanced from Isis
plate of concealment, and deaireel the cieachinati to stop ; lie
iiimeired who or what was in the coach, alien the il.ivtr re-
plied that three gentlemen were his passengers, whom lie had
taken lip at the Assembly House, Blackheath, where On, had
been at a hall, and th et lie W:111 CO/IVEying them to Cheirinz.
Cross. Worth.), not being satisfied, opened one ask! doors,
■nd eiliserving three men in dirty slressee, with ropes, 'Tildes,
and other articles used fur disinterring lollies, closed it again
immediate-Iv, and with a pistol in one hand and a cutlass in
the either, threatened instant death to the first skit attempt.
eel to cm-1/w. The coachman, terrified ut his Once and at.
tit side, ',keyed his directions to turn mound and drive to-
wards the turnpike! Naos his arrival there he procured Ow
assieloore of se v. cal persona, and condeorted the three nivii
who weer inetar the coach, and also the driver, to an adjacent
waich-lionse. The coach was searched, and in the bout the
dyad bud} of an unusually tall nisei wan found.
The Prtsoners were yesterday mot-flint; 'oeutight by Wiwi.
ley, awl Heron, constable of St. Georges, to this Office, fol.
lowest by 'wady one thousand porveens, who literally covered
them wills mud and filth of tvery description.

Thry gtaterl their mime• to be Ilirharil Tamllama, John
Thotrn.•. William Dark, sod William Batlall. They
uffere nothing in darner.

The M.iciiiiraie ordered them to find good hail fir their
oppearaiir« at the Sera' , which radio; to do, they were
committed to the ivol at NtMIIIV4/11.

The body was ordered lu be buried.
UNWHOLESOME INGREDIENTS usrn IN FOOD.
Joseph torrrence. of the Boruu¢Mrund, gingerbread baker,
*as yesterday charged by Leckie, the officer, with having in
his tiossessinn a quantity of tinwholerome ingredients. He
gunduced about five pounds weight of pearl•ash and a jar
full of cal eolot de, which he stated he found on the pre-
mises of the D. fetolant.
The Dvfeti.taut contended, that being a baker of ginger.
bread only, sod not a haker of bread, be WWI nut subject to
the upend ion of the Art of Parliament. He also argued that
the sot I.ollld, was tint an ingredient of an unwholesotne
nature; lie had taken the npini tttt of an eminent chemist
upon the sotbject, and watt by his. informed heat Ike opera_
toot of baking took from the sof rolalile any noxious quality
which it might previously have pos.ersed
The Mrigi.trate eunrieled the Defendant in the penalty of
fit ; hr declined paying the penalty, and stated his determi-
nation to appeal against the conviction.