The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-08 00:00:00

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i'etterday Ma Pilhingtimf, a youngman of rapectabli
eppeariece, win heinsfht to irk utile*,.and Underwent ad
manstissatioo before Stottaisti Skityie, IF:N. int a 'charge or
is earpOrdioary, 0 natssie,tbat of readdlealrY 0011144
tipwards of 1,14101. at frier iris eishoinied It thiii iiece. •
It appiered-that e seastli‘in et the balite of tripe, who
Is advauced in years,resididg in Surrei iiqdiare, Itesit-ieset,
sad posbeseed of considerable wealth, ritsme • disin a de.
prod stile, but no vildielentlY sii us to lodise, M. wife to
airy oat a statute Of luilary,againat hub, but runs acted Sr.
kordius to the doctrine of Lord murrihk Erskine, that
:every prune in a thrhisifi! 'tale unbind, pearlised of pro!
iserty, theeld essjiN aery comfort ind prutectinot Mitch she
kirenntatances froiild idled( of-4isti accordinely in/poiriei
were Wade fora proper persob to take care of We, and pre.
I.eull him from disire laintiseifiwY Kiley, altio to present hi 4
fro, impel/al diapitains, of
,biro properly, or acting lit
mho-Berets with nerropriety; and in esininqdenee the
Prisoner was itionily seraidlorended 14 a Dintlrman of the
nanselif Pell, welllooivrq di Mir. Trilis and her family, al
finviug had the care and donna of•a•grisilen‘en lab .urine
under similar atilietire circitinitinices. The roils's'. r web
accurdiegly engaged for shpt partner, soil he lived its the
hnuse with billi fa Surrey -repine, and wilt treated as uue of
the family, and with the Wilytest. 'lciuditeas. It wee sue-
knits!' that a ay:oath* of Mr. Tripp fi*oin IA family
might be of turtle, to the Mate of his mind, and in douse-
queue a %tidying, was taken in the tdgaire-road, where
the Prism* lusided with him in take care of LIM, huh
who soon returned again to gurrey-siunre, iind reside!''
with ' Mrs. Tripp. Oa Setfirail Sirs. •Kipti deli' cot;
and on her return home the 'learned that the Prison;T
had left the tutor, isbing wish luta Mr. Tripp and a treat
variety or property in a poortntantesa, enlisted by a female;
who ''stove sip to the door in 0 .roiith. At this rociimsinica-
lion, Mrs. Tripp's state Of usual mby be more easily coo-
ceired than described. Abe hastened Id lir, Driver's, a
pawnbroker, in *t. Martites.laie, a. relit ion or her's, to tell
her dinars and grief of mind. Mr. Driver came to the
nice and gave iufurmation of what had happened; he re-
ifs
'Ted every possible assiatauCe from the Magistrates awl
'is in treeing them out. Is was iscertaiiied that the
liiand.,Mr. Tripp had slept ati brothel an Saturday
Mg r. Tripp had been removed from several place. in
a is time, I. avoid. deter:tied. A fhigiag was talon
fur him in Dorset-street, iii the New-road, where he was ilia-
covned sld restored lu bit disconsolate wife aid family,
fifer ropes a dorir to get at biro.
Thl!Waillltte Bank to reeeiee a dividend on 'tomb
stock amontsitnie l.' hilt which had been refused pay.
meat, the Agews in Clerks of she Sank having receivel
totrovulatiou of thill.dertaged state of Mr. Tripp's mind;
however the information re tor late to stop the sale of
some Smith Sea noel. The Prisoner slid Mr. Tripp ap-
plied to Mr. Abingdon, a atoelt-tiroker, to sell some Sunlit
See stock, Who refnsed to transact the business : whether he
her. of Mr. Telpp'a state of mind or not, did But appear:
However Obey succeeded with Mr. Surges, a 1;6,47k-broker,
to whom Mr. Tripp introduced himself to lulu. us a nepheav
of his uncle, who had been Itt the habit bf duisig consider-
able' boldness With Mr. Purgers, who told *,OOO/. sir the
Smith Sea stork, for whit Ii he received upends of 1,5907.
the whole of which the Prisoner gut powiesaion of. He was
tested out after various pursuits of the officers yesterday
amnia& through the rouilectioui of hot Switzer suit
brother, at a house of ill runic in theplierthoOret, in the
flew-road, in bed with a youltit woman, where they found the
Prisoner's portmanteau which he haul taken away Irons Mr.
Tripp's house, in which were his own clothes, part of the
usfurtuuate Mr. Tripp's, and Bank notes to the alll4lUlli Or
14401. being nearly the whole amount of Whit Mr. Tripy'd
South Sea stuck had sold fur.
The Prisuuer was dimwitted for further examinations

'0"41.6°"• '^ MRS. EDWIN.
.414.414,i
li. Public will heari with colleen, that 11fn. Edwin haw
been recently deprived nr • very large sum or money; ifirmish
the villainy of a Stock-broker, to whom she had into listed its
managent. A short time back, Mr'. Edwin wished to sp..
peopriste twenty-five hundred pounds Seoci In the English
Funds to the purchase of a Government Annuity, and in.
structed her Stuck-broker to do what was Dec. ssury fur that
purpose. The regular transfer was accordingly made by her,
and the Broker received not merely the sum mentioned, but
one hundred and sixty pounds more, in order that the all.
'laity procured should rensinant to the particular sum u(
one heitidred and fifty pounds. He affected to have made
the 2pereliase pursuant to his instructinna, and pieseuteil
Mrs. Edwin with • document, apparently perfected, Whit
every necessary formality*, end which, he laid, would entitle
her to receive the amenity at toe Bank of Einetand—followiog
up the alleged execution of his trust with bgirud wishes fur her
Paine happiness. In some time afterwards this broker
was found a defaulter at the Stock Exchange, Loudon
bit the tircumatinee was no nurterlid cause of aniieil
to Mrs. Edwin, as •she supposed that her money hail
been disposed of beyond the teach of any fraudulent
contingency. She remained under this impressiOn until
her first half-year's Annuity was applied,for at the Bdnk
of England, when the claimant 1.111 her behalf was inforunut.
that no such nine at her's appeared on the hooks in which
entries were regularly made of all such +Stimulants. This
intelligence lid to further inquiry, 'when it auforiosiately
appeared that the broker in question had cnovertsd Mrs.
Edwin's looney to his own use, and that the document lM
gave her, tb prevent any suspicion of the (hind, was a ficti,:
pious use.— Eteniny Poet.)