The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

aniv-rrrtr ET.
Taterilry ratipard.farkan", who, althautb merely a lad, ia
well kisawn al the Oilier a. a thief, wan brought sup for tom.
ruination before Mr Eerier, rhaiged with rolibial, the ..hop
of Mr. William., a linen draper in the Strand, ~f a oraltiobte
shawl, yeateriloy 'miming, at the time he M 44 pitrehasinz •
amall Tonality of ealien. The property bein: found upon
him 1w wa. committed for

Junes Bray, or Ilarefirld, Middlesex, was allied wills
geniis: hay .hurt a weight.
It appeared lltst William Mullett, a man in the employ of
Mr. Benjamin Thomas, who keeps a wiese.vanlts in the Hay-
market, purchased half • load of hay sni she 3011, July last,
rot which he paid 3/ 17s. which was delivered nt Mr
Thomas's stables, in Querii.oirers, Golden-square, and it
being suspects,' that the trnsses were under weight, 31r.
James Towns, she Assisiatitelerk of the Market MAO em-
ployed to weigh them, when he f 1 three trusses over
weight, and 17 sunder weight, for which he was convicted
2s. 6d a truss, amounting to 2/. 2a. 6d. and 14s costs.

fIATTOM-GARDEN.
•
TILE DISTRESSED MOTHER.
Yesterday Flizalodk Ileardmi, a poor wimple Irish woman,
was brought up from the waichliouse, charged by it re.
*prostate mrrrh•snt in the city, who has * house iii Pen-
tonyille (hut whose name, ft mutters of tenderairss to-
wards no innocent young lady, his daughter, we suppress).
with breaking six panes of glass in (me of the windows of
his cusenting-house iii the City, following him iu the streets,
calling him tonnes, and collecting n mill) round him; also
with coming to his house in l'emmimmarille, and collecting a
numb round ii, to time ammoyamice neighbourhood, nod
putting him ii frerimmf his life.—Tbe substauce of the case
was as follows :

The Prisoner some years ago lived servant in the Com-
plainant's family, and became pregnant by him, and VINr de.
livered of a daughter, whim she swore to loins; hr Ilasi
gave her twenty Intuads to Vs to Ireland to her friends, and
nurse the child, allowinz her 25/. a year, ahich she was to
receive there in weekly. thly,or :pt int rly payments, as
she thought 6t, promising her, wisest the child was of a tit
age to he tat,rii from sines', lo lake it ler his own care,
and bring it sip, and still allow the Prisoner her annuity for
life, alibi. remained in Ireland. When the child was sit
years old, the Prisoner retitened with her to England, and
delivered her up to the Complainant, he giving her 251/ to
take her bark to Ireland, where she was to r' retire ber
nutty, on condition of her rmliising there, never to see the
child, only to be occasionally informed of lace welfare.
Hard as these conditions were, she agreed to them ; the
Complainant sent the child to a hoarding school, and
her b gist up in cyst), respect becoming the (laughter of
an opulent merchant--she is now folorteen wears of sig..,
an arcesasplislis.ll girl, silo(' an imly child, the C iilaiwint,
who is IlslW about fifty years of age, having never mimed.
This Eine gul being givrii to seiithrstand dust she is the
Complainant's daughter, by a wife who died in Leland,
whirs' she was nursed.

Twelve months ago the Prisoner came agaiii to Londlon,and
repaired to the Complainant's house, in Pentiniville, and in-
sisted on seeing her child, promising that after one interview
with her alw would return satisfied to Ireland, and come
near him no more. This wish the Complainant thought
pronlent to ri fuse, as it was generally understood her mother
was dead. The Prisoner finding her request would nut be
cruised, kept following the Complainant wherever lie went,
I:ing him to deli sir her up I, r (taught. r. and annoying
him by collecting mobs tumid his house. He had her then
taken up and brought to this office, when rather thou,
lir committed to prison she consented to return to Ireland.
—Tb. Complainant then gave her 101. to hear her expenses,
and gave cow of the offir.rs nimiey to pay her fire by the
stage to Liverpool, sod see her MT. From Liverpool *be
vistaed to sown again, and repealed bs the Complainant, at
his counting house in the City,ic here with tears she renewed
her entreaty, but ill 110 ; tier cries and supplications
collected a null, she wa. then taken Into, the Lord Mayor,
where matters were again arranged ; she was to get 20/. mud
return to her native eimaitry, where she was to receive her
annuity, mid a threat held lint if ever she returned, her lin-
eally was to e..ase, and if she Tilde any further disturbance
be rent to prison. (hi her agreeing to this, a City "Meer was
sent with her to Lie. gum!, to sip her on hoard the packet,
soil bring back with him a receipt from the C.uplaio of the
regard .if the Officer delivering her mare to him ; Ibis was
arcuidingly done, and the expense lo the Complainant was
near 4 1 Now sin hu. ref sio,c4ll again to annoy the Com.
plaisiant as above wlel.tiuo.d, Oti being asked by the Ma-
gistrate w I.y .lie a imoyed him. the Cott1111:11114a0,wIto behaved
so liberally towards her, and who arts bringing up her
daughter to a Lady ; sir raid I,lll' knew all hid, suit, with
liars iii b r ryes, said she only walled our sight of her
child and she would retiwn and die

Thia repots' the Contplaionot tboozht proJeut to refuse,
dreadifigm) lintel view bet wero tier suit 1111.

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The Prisoner, iii the must frantic magma', exclaimed,
" Sir is my child ! xlw is not yours. I must, and will have
my child; pm are nail her (tiller."
Ma[ist►alr—" Hsvr out you sworn, and fathered the
child on him?"

Prisoner—`s She is not his daughter, she is noble."
Here the ease rests lor the present, mid the Prisoner was
of Co /reline., fur want of hail.
Every person in the Office sympathised with the stitfuriu-
hate mother, having Arco, tl o gh lid:limps prudently, re.
fused au iutei view wills lwr child.

WORSHIP ci
JUVENILE TIIIEVES.

L'ictoler and John WillinTee, Iwo boys, were
ehn~ged with rubbery, at the house of Mrs. Catheriaa Smith,
at isling .

The Poisoners were on Totemlily going about selling fire-
wood, sod called at M s. Smith's house, where, notwithstand-
ing they were told no wood was wanted, they Rungs' quan-
tity into the area. The street-door was shut •gioust them,
Mrs. Smith went into 11w bitches, to tell the servant, Mary
Thomas, to throw tint the wood again. She hearing • noise
op stairs, both herself and the servant hastened sip sod
found one of them in the parlour A large silver tahle.spoon
anti a silver sail-spoon was missing from the sideboard. A
Coostahle was railed, who took the Pi ignores into custody.
Mere of their COT pan ions escaped, and the spoons were out
found.—The Prisouers were frol;y runtinitted fur trial.
Richard %iota, Hod IVUfiam Elli 4 were folly ronsniitied
fur bielliolle upwards of nor houilred weight of beef, from the
shop of a buseher in Spitslatlells.
Jahn Bur yes was committed
,to tee House of Correction
for seven days, for a breach sif contract, in not reaping a
field of wheat belonging to • farmer at Hackney. The
greatest punishment is one month.
Anglia Mangler charged John Wellenburg as follows
Complainant M 1811 hail been • mariner on board a vessel
lying iri the Thames, and bound fur Russia; but rouse-

q f existing circumstances at that lime, he dare siot
lake any thing British to his own cusintry, and left 421. with
Mr. W. who was then a haker in St. Catherine's, to place in
hip name la the funds. In fire years eflerwarils Mr. W. be-
came a bankrupt, and neglecting to place the above sum la
the funds, it became the property of the assignees. Cush-
;delimit, on his arriVal in town In 1818, applied for the
munry, when he was informed it bad not been at all dispos-
ed MA. I.e requested, and the inability of Mr. W. to pay
him a •iutle sixpence. The present proceeding wits conse-
quently taken under an Act of Parliament (rimed in order
to guaisl against fraud or unix zalethent of money lift in the
bands of agents.
The Magistrate (Mr. Dickenson) recommended an ami-
cable arrangement, and fur that purpose the case wail
postponed.

ilustu-s4
CHARGE OF CHILD-StEALING.

A female whon.• deportment indirntrd that she wnsbrunitht
sip superior so peasosis in low life, was charged by Mrs.
Marsha Somerville, of Nn. 6, Lake's.eourt, Peter-street,
Wertininster„ with steeling her infant, and also ■ pair of
sheem, three blankets, and a set of wiuduw•corlains, her
p ro pert y.
Mrs. ttomerville slated, that, shim, nine weeks ago, • he
Prisoner came lo her Irouse 1111.1 funk ready-furnished
lodgings fur herself and a gentleman, whir she stated to be
her husband; they paid the tent rsitidisr at first, hot at
length were in arrears 16s. Monday the Prisoner tutu her
doe accidentally met ber uncle, who iecultnieluf a itegi-

men,. teal he prlttheti to au!►t her. Teesiar Ilse, Loth
went tit the unetr's 'inure in Clifford sir. re, Kind street,
when Peisotirr told lit r to leave lire chili, with her mita., shy
impsircd whether h• was at home, and losirneted her to sr it
w.iis hi. sire.•, the SI.IIIIIOI 13dy, who wattled is.m ; filet
h ;inched at the doer, and was total by the kowtow' Inv nuts-
ter h.! no ilk 1.4'. Mill ws. an imposter; she ro turned it
where .he hof left the Prisoner, hod c.m1.1 not End h. r our
the child on whit Is she rose a hoe and cry, Sod rats in all
direct toe* in poi-snit of tier; she c ere informs. 1111 l out 11 ad.
letroncli-stern, *nil the child was nfl•rwards found a.ilh A
ft tiit.w 1111 l is, lioalal.‘trert. Tuesday est. g Mr. Somer-
ville met the Pr". r and her maul :roar Wert 11111 l ,s
and he sent them to the watch home'. Green, Ilse
yes rr!lrd I.n. Pi ironer. and found M pair of slaver., She p.. -
pert y of 31r. Some, vane, wraiip• .1 room! her body, inside
Inc dr. ay.

The lune Pri 11111 l •i% v iv i•ii, fn hire
brio brought nu in the Duke f Y•ii school, and had '
been aimsenticeit to s lA.Iy whom she did not like ; itw,t •
Primmer 111.1 her in the street, an .I took her setae. She in-
structed her to rail her custom, rod made her sell three tf
Mr.. Somerville. blankets.

The Prisoner being eslleel upon to give an se-count of
herself, bottom into
tear', and said her Mime Oa. Ernatoi,
Elliott ; that she an horn of English parents, but he geed
to be evenewel savitex in what conootry ; that she me t her
uncle, who is a Gentleman of independent fortune, awl on,ll
he runtime' iso relieve her, as sleeted by Ails. some t t olnei
but she refused telling hie name; That she is only 18 t. at s
of age, nisei unfortunately had formed a comoselion will) 3
young into who had not the IMAMS to support her, Shale
WWI the frame of her misfortune.

The I{l:oristrotte addressed her in the SpattiAlt ha tore. Age.
but she Moll it. clotted dirtkinz shy 1131 I of the onyt.t th.ots
account she cave of herself. All preseut carte touch alreeted
by her narrative,
Committed fur re-exanifirition.
DEPLORABLE CASt.

Elizabeth Miller, the wife of a tradesman at Westminste►,
charged Mrs. Phillips, the Nliithrr Abbess of a lanthel id
She Almonry, wills assaulting sal heatang her.
Mrs. !Ilißar staid that her slaughter, who 14 abollt IS yea's
of age, had len her last Saturday night, to go to a grnilr.
Malea house in the Borough, that ou bloody it W2s
erred ahr dill not go there, and she walk stilissijoimilly fosse ll
'larboard at Mrs. l'hill,ps'm house. Oss going there to &WI
her home, Mrs. Millar was alsockiagly brat I.y her oast
daughiecnail Mr.. Phillip..
Mos. rho Hips said, indeed .1w kept a resprcialile lodgissr.
horse. Mrs. Millsea daughter came there ass &Shirai,
night, accompanied by a gentleman from Spring-f;
who settled If pe.• week upon her, that she (Mss.
agreed, out of humanity, to lake Itlss of liial if per ark;
for her hoard and lodging; an•t she produced a bill for
clothing furissolted, in ostler to make her fit for sett-Seine
gentleinrn.

1 he Magistrate said it wait an infamous transaction, and
ordered She. Phillips to find hail for the assault.

ROBBING CHILDREN.
SN-lsea Mary Marphr, and Sr/troll Joni;
(+mat il with robbing • child belonging hi a yidelier in Ow
Geunds of a bundle, captaining shirts, stocking.., ate. ie the
sheet, on Saturday list, underwent an ex 111111 l stint,. Ili!
child is Arno nine yilirs old, was carrying the bnmll, fr.ins
Knightsbridge Barracks to Weaeminairr, shunt nn,e ii'cl..e
in the day, %Owls the Kisxners met him near the liifirouryi
and eau uff with the hurdle—Committed.

BURGLAR 1-.
—Ns:—

Monday night, or early on Tuesday morninz, some vit.
laiva broke Into • Gentleman's hou.e, opposite Cliniarurd
Church, in Essex, and without disturbing the finals, ald
were all asleep, POCCeeded in robbing the parlour and bitch, is
of some very valuable pictures in rich frames, mirrors, look-
ing-glasses, window-curtains, carpet., rug., a ipsatitti,s
valuable cut-glass, thermometer, barometer, soil vai.uus
other articles, and effected their escape ondiacuvercil.