The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-11 00:00:00

FRAUDULENT HOAX.

Yesterday MatAias Nasoi. the landlord of the Bell awl
Boons public-blouse, iu Brumpton, appeared before J. E.
Omani, EA. chargul with defrauding Mrs. Anne Dewey,
wfaeighbour, who nsides oppanotc to him, of eight. pence.
Mr. Harmer !mewled to conduct the charge for the prose.
coicin, and stated, that the charge he was shout to submit
its Ilse Magistrate against Mr. Mason, for defrauding Mrs.
Morey of eight-pence, was what was called a Aorta, by seed-
ing a dead cat in a parcel, w►ich was attended with such
circuirstsecee of terror to Mrs. Dirty, that it was a con.
sretersble time before she recovered herself.

Vierlfs Rudd, a boy about tea years of age, who is resid-
ing with Mrs. Davey, stated that last Wednesday, bemires'
twelve soil one o'clock, a man brought a basket sewed and
peeked up similar to those bringing game and peraltry from
the (wimpy 11 was directed to tic. Davy, at Mr. Arnold's,
apposite the Bell stud Hems public.lionae, Brampton; the
man said shore was ad. In pay. He took the basket op stairs
rt. Mrs. Davey, who brined for the porter's ticket ; the man
sheltered be bad no porter's ticket ; be was asked where he
brotieat it from ; to which he replied, from Mr. Mason's
over the way, and that ii had been left there the preeediug eve-
rag. Mrs. Davey re/axing hi pay the Ad. without the porter's
I wket, the man took the ptreel away. in about ten minutes
niter Fli• Davey altered her mod, and seat him with Ild. ID
May for the basket, if Mr. Mason would soy where he got it
Team ; • tiet Mr. Kasen replied, tint it was left at his house
kith relows stage-enStianinni about ten miaow, previous
to hi• sending it orer tu Mr. Davi i's. lie stink die basket
to Mrs. Davey, and she opened it in his present..., sliest It
was ficmi In emitain mimes, old bones, bay,aisii a dead eat,
...hies hail been recently killed, and was bloodier at the
ji case and mouth,ort..elt to much t used M... paltry. that
the scrcenied, trembled, and did recover hunt the dia.
nopeoetrociit, sad could not co' se hrtrelf during the
day. He sank the basket, and its contents back to Mr.
Mwsee. by order of %IL Dicey, with directanis from hermit
asp as itl,. Masotti 1'44 .be would not submit to the Impost.
ties,. a...! ta desks/ born li. feillfa theeigb‘peace. which Mr..
Maws r.fread to do; and said if he did act take the dead
cat away ue would thee* it late the road ; the rasa who hail

: .:;-1 the bloke: ;Are to ‘7r• I)fly,,V 3% ctan,lo,6E ac at
Ihr base, and ob d, that Mir. Divey mast be a fun, to
suppose that Mr. Mason noold do so.
Mrs. Alone Davey (maimed the statement of the buy,
Charles Rudd. . .

Mr. Mason, in his defence, denied most positively that
he knew any. Mug of the hoaxing couteeeta of the Isio.ket,
and that he merely took it in from a Fulham stage.ctivek.
man, who he paid dd. tee, mod he got nothing by it, as tho
other twopence that was charged was for the taorletage for
the mao who took the barket to Mr Davev's re.is►ence, and
which he was iit the cou,tatit practice of e g with pareets
which were left at Ilia blow for his neighbours, and he cm.
ployrd any poor man who happened to be on Ina house to
rain the twopence.
A driver of the rolham stage coneh, who was said to leave
left the basket at the Kell steel Hurss poblielnaise, was
called to prove the fart o► leaving the basket there. He
stated that lee left a parcel nr basket there atheist that time,
hut he was not positive whether the betake* whirls contained
the stead eat was ohs saner, nor was lee sure as to the day Ise
Irft it He wale asked if Lec..oll not trace where he had taken
the basket d lie liWtYle 11.11, be hook. d at an many player, vet.
the Goose aged amino's, St. Paul's Chords yard. the SpAteel
Dor, and the F.eltesburgh in the Strand, and also at
Hatchet t's, in Pirradelly, as sell as bobble up so many
parcels on the road, that hr dal reed ihnek that he could
trace it. He was asked if he cools; not truer it by
kb account. Ile replied he cestOt.l not 1111 that, as be
kept ISO aer•onnt, the parcels being lop prequisete.—
He was asked, hnw fir eanie not 10 1. eve Ilse hell., at Mr.
Da.0.7.11 rsaidrurr, snat.•nd of leaviog it at tier Itelf and
Horne puhLr horse? He repli.d, he dui not know the honor
Mr. Davey levant st—iced if he. 11.611, h.• was not ese the halos
of leaving paicels at ptiv.etr houses He a.' that lee
said Davey Milli pare brim a Ceeel, as hi. pass. ewes would
not submit to m•ltiet many stoppages, hr therefore 1.11
parcels sl all the aped got hie changes for
them.

Aaron Carey said, lie carried the basket ba desire la Mr.
klaausi to Mr. Lhivery's ; h. received 4.1. of Ilse Bel. that was
paid, and Mr. Mason hail Ad Hr denied that hr had said
the basket was Intoned to Mr. Mason's house the day pie.
ceding the evening, as stated by Charles Kuehl.
Mr. Davey asked Mr Mamm if he had .wt a club assern.
bled at his bouse called •• 1 hr Dirty Shirt I lob," who were
iw the habit of souidir tricks upon people
Mr. Danner, sithosigh the question was pot by his own
chant, objected to ansisititig ihr questiiiii, as it 'night
injure him with the Magistrates to getting bit license, Anil
it had nothing to du with the worst hen.
Mr Davey put 'mothsr question to Mr Mason, asking
him if be was uot ford some months iota fur selling putter
during the time of throne sr vice.
Mr Mason admitted mat lie load, but all the other reithlt..
eases in the tiriglshossilisuol *err• il the same. Ht
Med that " The Dirty Shirt CIO." 1111 t at hi. humor.
Mr Harmer addressed the Magistrate, and said it was not
the wish or his client to press this to a prosecution, pro.
meted Mr. M. 14111 would pay the rapeusrs, whirl, Mr. Memos
declined gluing, being cunactuu• that be had out dune wit
thing wrong.
The Magistrate miggested that he thought he ought to do
so, and that if he was the licensing Magistrate to his 111/.
tract, lie should notice lots conduct.

The parties retie. it for the pm goose of settling the hest.
nes', •nd shortly after reinriiiii. when Mr. Mature stated
that Mr. Mason had tyr0...l to come lo terms, and that he
and Aaron Carey would enter into rreognisanets in apyiar
at the Sessions, and if 111.1 were fund of law, they should
have plealy of
The Magistrate took down Mason's name and the sign a
his hvuse, observing he should inform Mr. Sl:richly- and
Mr. Midler, the licensing Magistrates.

QUTIN tquafte.
FRACAS AT TOR OPERA.ROUSF:.

OR Saturday Meld, •t the conclusion of the pt &flintier.
at the Opera-house, Mr. 'V— and Mr. A —, to o sprigs
of the lan, came from their boa to escort lon Ladies to thew
carriage, mud afterwards were ret torn tug to some frietids,• hues
they left behind, when they accidentally pushed against Capt.
G-- and his broth, r, who wen-coming down the grand stair-
case. Theism, geullemen, in coos...lncurs of the slide inters
volition they met with, send the others were ni. gentlemen,
and some warm Imagistic immediately passed bet seen thrm.
Mr. W. struck one of the others, but Lavtuder, a Police
officer, having been called, put an end to the maitre there,
by taking the offender into restudy. The company beii.g
about to depart, more publicity was given to the affair
than probably world have otherwise happened. Cards
were exchanged, and no reconciliation could be efftet•
ed. Lavender permitted his Prisoners, upon their word of
honour, to depart, un promising to attend Wine the Magi..
testes. They acenrilitigly waited on Me Fielding yesterday
with their respective handy, and represented the wittier to

The worthy Magistrate. after tearing their statement*
with great patience, Raid, he was fully &shaded it originated
nninit sitiouslly; awl under his direction, rather than rapine
themselves further, their friend• priipcsed an ainienhk att.
•hirh, with much difficulty was accomplished,
and they left the office ou good terms.

HATTON OARDNY.

Charles 'sprawl, • genteel youth, was charged yerder-
day with robbing the house of slr.Stephen Davie., jeweller,
Suttur.street, Clerkeowell, of Rank-notes amounting to 55/.
guld and silver old wire of 201 valise, and other properly.
William Read, lon. the arses, stated, that Mr. Ditties
employed a number of journeymen and appeceticea in the
jewelb ry Int‘ines•. In November last, after the persons
employed bad left work, Mr. Davies and hi. sun, a )(mot
man, went, RS wAs their curium in an evening, to a savers'
in the net ghlontrlteml, to smoke their pipes with other trades.
men who met there. On their return home (having locked
up the bowie when they went out), they found the front door
had heed opened, the parlour sided, smut also the elder l‘lr.
Daiies's bed-room. tint of a dinner tert. in Dank of Eng..
laud liules,• bag full of old coins of the reigns of Mary, AIMS',
the Cho ha's suit James's, nod Geroge I.; a two guinea-pieee
of George 11., several Napoleons. kc. were stolen. Informa-
tion At the rubbery Will t=een al this office, and several per-
woos hwre subsettoently been eppivisended on suspicion of
heinecoocenicd in it, among whom was the Prisoner, who was
'earthed and examicied, sad nothing Wing found upon him,
he was disrebargr.d. Mr U.isies had fortunately taken the
numbers of wirers, of the stolen 101. rotes. and last we, k
one of them was stopped on being presented at the Rank.
Read traced the note through eight different hands, the
last of whom was the Prisoner's tailor, who had waived
it frurn the Prisoner in payment for clothes. He went
immediately to the Prisoner's lorlgisge, and look him
ialo custody, when he again searched him—be resisted, sod
totted lordly of obtaining redress by law, sinless be (the
officer) immediately went about his business. Hs however
thought proper to search every swirliest, sad finally the
Prisoner's box ; the Prisoner sat upon it, and declared that
it %could not he opened ; he forced him of, sad awes open-
ing it found fifteen 'ow-pound Rank of &Wand notes, •
beg eirriainiug the whale of the old coin stolen from Mr.
Davies, sad • pair of silver spectacles, in a morocco care,
which Mr. Davies has since identified. Upon the properly
being discovered. the Primmer confessed to the officer and
to 111 r. Davies that he sloes perpetrated the robbery, and
described the way he effected it.
• The Prisoner was committed upon the above evidence for
*sal examination on a future clay.
MORSE' 'TRUE T.
DEATH OF A PAUPER THROUGH PARISH
SQL:A fIRLES.
Yesterday the case of the chided women named Ann
Von Hun Trevor'', who died on Friday morning last ill the
workhouse of the peril,' of Si. Luke, was resumed before
Robert Swill and G. B. aiainwaring, Esqrs. nitro the fol-
lowing investrgation took place:—
Abort one o'clock the parties attended the office, sod the
case WAS CRP( ill or, when it was discovered that Mr. Phillips
ion. was not preseet, and the Magistrate dispatched Jusepi
Armstrong, the officer, to deaire hie immediate atteadauce.
He won after rater entered the office, when
Mr. Heritage, the chief clerk, read the whole of the de-
positions of Mrs. Parse, Mr. Iffissipion, sad the Medical Geo-
-11611,111, which week taken on Saturday last. They were
oeuly the same as appealed in the Newspapers cm the former
examination.

Me. Plaiii.po, jun. mud, tlait ILe part of tie eviJeoto of

filiaa Pa;ne, wiser, she silted " tii;.l her, if the
Cuenturittee of Si. Climesit Danes refused to lake•the dr.
dedeaserl in, to leave her on the steps of •Iw workhouse," wee
• gross falsehood; no snett desire was requested; and if be
had been aware tlie poor tritium was so Went, he would not
have requested her removal.
Sire. Paine aald he was tuld of the dangerous stale of
the deceased ; whieh was the (*Linn of a gentleman be.
longing to 11w City aspensary, who attended the deceased
at her lodging. is Culernan..treid, Dunhill row.
Anne Jet ... . ig., the night-nurse of the workhouse, stated,
that the derinwil was brought into Ihr workhouse at seven
n'elitels on 1 hursitny evening; she appeared dropsical, and
expired next morning (Friday) •hiiiit right o'clock.
Mr. Bevill—Did you sit up with hie eluting the night
No.

Mr. Re/ill—Did you offer any sustenance inked her
irate would have any barley Wilier, and 'hr ~rased
Mr &rill—You only asked her, you did nut sbew her the
berlky w•tra ?—Nu.
Mr &rill—Then, Madam, you slid not do soar duty. sad
your einirtuel is very reprehensible Play is the Matron
present ? if she is let her stand forward
Mrs. Eliot Edwards, Matron 10 the Vi'm 'droner, said that
she had he. a lammed that ■ patient 113.1 hero Monett is,
and she saw her 'titang in a ch sir, she impels...l very weaki,
and by her .1. si.r was taken into tire sick word.
Mr. 13rvd'-1 MI you not gu to examine the poor crentnre?
—N.., 1 dud nut.
. .

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Mr, Devitt—DM you not ■*ply for twilit-al aid?—Nor
the nom not saying .1 phyneiao w•o neers..nry. I did not arsol
fur any ; I went to ask her it sic wanted 'toy thin, and her
•n.wrr aa• No.

31r 14. vdt-1 Men think you burr not door your duty
lowan& the ■mirlyd woman. .

Mrs. P.oisie said, she slopped with the deceased some time.
and donna her stay she heard nu p.m.. offer to plucerc her
any sustenance; .hr appear's' lo be consuls 41
Mr. Thomas, sureeun so the parish of St. Clement Danes.
sant that he had no Auabt hut ber death was Accelerated by
the Sr...meat removing.
The Magistrate said, that the o.:eiervations of Mr. Phil.
lips. jun. in desiring the poor woman to Is • left at the door
of th.. 7 worA.losonse, certainly went to criminate him. but his
fAthir (Mr. Phillips. sew) certainly was nut at all implied!.
ed. as he bad acted se as Overseer, by giving an order fur
her admissions.

The raw was than ordered In shoot over till Friday at
o'clock, whin Ilse Magistrate ordered 31r. Phillips,
sun. and the medical gentleman belonging in the City Dm
volley to attend.
Mr. Phillips, jun said, it would be impossible for kis
father In appear, as lie most sitend lii Commiitee at lb*
worklunise; lie was told by the Magistrate that hut was a
mar er Inc more tmpurlanes to the public than the Cuw
initiee, and unless he appeared, they mtiat force bis alteod-
alter.

Hall, the Beadle, asked whether it would he iteeessary to
towsiesisis a Comore. Jury to investiirate the ease.
Time Magistrate amid, that the publue bad a right to es.
Feet an tosiistry, awl a ow:re was sent to Mr. Vow's, the
CO/Osier.

The whole of the parties then left the office, and Mr.
Philip:a unfit was taken fur his appearance ou Friday nett,
at twelve o'clock

The Mite was crossird to excess with spectators.

CORroN ERN INWIEST.

An inquisition was held yesterday, before Thomas Stet,
ling, f. q. Cuurusire.atilw Black Hume, Qiurea.sirret, Blooms.
bury, on the hotly of Mrs. Mary Maiony, a !nose death was
mimed by her tskiug a quaintly of " Reynolds's Specific."
Mr. Joseph Duress, Surgeon, stated, that be was called to
the iteeemeirs house to attend upon her, about 12 o'clock,
on Saturday night he was informed that she hail puusuued
herself; he attended her immediately, and fouled her in bed,
Inhuming smiler all Ike symptoms usually attending a person
who had token deleterious ingredients. Sheaves sensible at
interests, nod lie took the opportunity of asking her what
she bad taken She told him that she had taken tome of
her husband's medicine, which be haul been taking fur the
gout. He had Sahel it three or four times, and it had given
hint some relief; she Sunk all that remained in the bottle,
in quantity about a table.spounfull, whereas she ought
not to hare liken more thaii half a tea.spoonful.—
She was iu the MOM cacruciating pain, stud continued vn.
g until nature was exhausted, and death relieved her.
lie exaunaned the bottle which roulained toe liquid the de-
ceased had drank, and found that it cuotained a quack
medicine, nllrd " Reynoluh's Specific fur the Gout." When
the deceased took it she had nu idea that it would have the
effect of producing her dissolution. Verdict—Tie deceased
died frogs faking an over dose of Reynolds': Specific.