The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-26 00:00:00

FORCED NOTES.

NOW al Ili rt.

Tisrailay severe' prrawaa6 h attend at licentforti
for 1..1 %Ile of Knuth., Derr impiwird alum by tiro
to.os, tallorrr.: wows. Owe a !hem wits secured,
arnl h" b.•rn Wore Mr. BIRWIS lwiee : be said
t.,• irtme w,. juju! Gpcprp

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Edward Chisel:bland stated, that he was an agent for the
• •Ie of tea, and had a stand every Tuesday in Brentfor.l
het. About one o'clock last lsnesilay the Prisoner came
°inn at hip stand, and denim' to have half a pound of
r 1:b, shilling tea. and in payment tendered him n 11 note,
which he roil& it, Iu as..ertaiii whether it was gm..l .4 nut,
mud from the cff.-et proilueril on the nine he thought it was a
lent one. and I. foul! to take it. A man wbo was in COlll-
- with I'ri er then observed to him, w You know
wail, you took Ili, tune ; will get it clang.-d" The other
maw puielonwil a small quantity of coffee of him, and the
Pri,mer went away Ile suspected them to be utterer.
of hirgi Batik Owes, anal, without !using a moment, went in
our-wit of them in the Mal kut to watch their movements,
and found them denting with a man who keeps a stand there
for the sale of poultry, and they pnrchnsesi of him a goose
for s• re. drillings, and tendered in payment a 11. hoe, and
the poultry-dealer ogee io ekinge thirteen shillings: hr then
11,:t.1111111C4 that Ill! It. note lie had paid the poulterer fur
tic goose was of the same description the Prisoner had tea-
del ed he then hail im doubt but that he and his com-
panion weer titterers of forged notes, and, in consequence,
clone d the Prisoner to lee secured; his companion, umdortu.
Aat Ir, made his escape.
avorte 17. a. a 1111.•arni in Brentbod-market, confirmed
She above, and said he assicted in searching him, and foiled
another forged If. note on his person, and four good If. Bank
boles.
Charlotte, the wife of Thomas Griffiths, whom the Prisoner
Uttered the tinged It note h. iN liar purchase of n goose,
said the Primmer gave his name as John James, of brook-
green, near traiiimersmith.
The Pi isoner was committed for furl her examination.
bone Skelton and Mama Nkeirkly were charged with
feloniously stinting yentas, poem to the amount of 1311. be-
low...yang to James Smith, watt, which he bad been intrusted,
who stated that hr was employed at the twevilsonse Of Mr.
Whitbread. to go out with a how and cart, to collect penny
vire,* and halfpence, in payment from the public-bouses who
were in their trade ; and on Wednesday evening he called at
a public-house in Round-court, to collect copper, letviog
his earl in Vine-street, Chandoti-stneet ; and while he was in
the puhtir.l.nuse taking some porter mud bread and cheese,
a grookm.on came into the house, anal informed him that his
cart had been rubbed while standing in Vine-street; he in
consequence hastened to his cart, and, upon exansitsatioa, he
discovered that it had been robbed of 3 bags of penny-pieces,
cootaini• g 5! nth, and 2 hags of penny pieces, containing
4/ each. At, alarm was made in the neighbourhood in conse-
quence, and it was suspected that liar bags were taken into
the premise. of the Prisoner Emma Sketchly, who keeps a
Louse in Vine-strut, and they were, in consequence, search-
ed hi Joseph Hartley, a constable, and he found one of the
41, bats of penuv-pieces concealed in au nut-house attached
to the house, and the must particular and minute search
was pursued to find the others, but in vain.
Edition Sketehly declared meat solemnly her innocence as
to an; knowledge of the rubbery, or Ilipw the It bag of penny
pieces CAMP in ber out-house ; and there being no proof that
she kiwi, it. and it being possible fur the bag to be placed
there willieut her knowledge, Mr. Hicks, the Magistrate
before whom the charge was heard, discharged ber, as well
as Isaac Skelton .

Ebeightth Pitcher was convicted for having papers in ber
possession relative to illegal itpiuraners in the Lottery, and
was sentenced to two months iniprisooineut in the Hosea of
Correction.

OUTRAGEOUS ATTh4 K ON THE MTV=

PRIZE-FIGHTING.

On Thursday Wm traitor, was brought before
Mr. Folding, in the custody of Gilmore, the officer, on a
tharze of reinamiteing i lira'arb lif The pace.
Twu gent tense,' (ovarars.ra of the parish of St. George) at-
tended. .1111 i at deal to Mr. Fn.:ding. that the Five-fir d., for
several weeks back, have been the scene of iitanYdiagraceful
outrages, oernansied by the asaemblage of many thuutawial
persons mostly on every Sunday, to witness pugilistic con-
tests. The parish officers were instructed to put down thew
tumults, and iii that meritorious offire they w.re assaulted
and heaten mast dreadfully, last Sunday. The senior con-
'tittle is still so ill, from the violence he received in his
exertions to suppress these shameful preatedinp, that he
could not be basitaxlit to the *Mee even in a roach. The
parish was determined, as far as the law would admit, to
pi/MA lbe offender* i at all events, the present ease well he
followed up, sad the individualt concerned undoubtedly will
be trolieted.

Mr White, s hosat on the Bench with Mr Fielding, said,
applteation Is ld been made to him la-fore for the assistance
of the officers to suppress and disperse the mob who bad
misetubled to witness these piase•fighters, to the erect an-
noyance of the inhabdants. Both he and Mr. Flrldsug ap.
pistoled the spirit wink which the gentleirien of the parish
had taken op the ilk,,, sod assured them of their assist-
anee to carry it tido elf. cis
6.linere, one of the constables, thew stated, that he and
his brother officers, Lowden, Cole, and others, about eleven
siel,ek, last S lay morninz, went into the Five-b.lda, and
there 114 V/ no less than 300 persons assembled. The Pri-
v toes was stripped its a ring, and was lighting* man, named
.I:odding, as witness was informed, fur • wager of 11 A
tvl-
low teamed Martin seconded him ; but as smoi as the
cuu-
st:.bl. • 'ream% the ring was broke, and they were is. an
/11,4,1 t all kmeked dowse. *1 hey were beat and kicked
about for some lime. Witness gut bin teeth broken, and
one of his sibs. As length they were obliged to crawl off to
pseseive !Init. liees. W norm could not Say the Prisoner
bee Min, hot he had been to Toihill•fields, and there sate
Mas MI Wel two other fellows eoininitted use Wednesday ins
sips of felony, and he recogoised them to be the name
olio were most active it assailing the amistaltles.
Gilmore, of this Offiee. who apprehends-di the Prisoner,
raid be found loin at the Penitentiary, Millhonk, where he
wail is.l.l..yea an % nuwul. ; h. told hies for whet he was
'44 4.011-11, ais.l hr yam.. I. the offie.- of his own aceordi bet
Ils• setts 111311 be f.,111.1 not find as yet.
ilr Fori.lio4 ask. sl t Prisoner fur what wager he had
tousld Prisoner IR plod, nut fur a Otte pound note, hid fur
▪ e : be thought he was 01e to contend with
I.:, ism:mood, and he rtgrettetl the laws 'Alm country were
• error. A man is n man!
Mr humus* observed, there was a time besides church
t •; but such disgraes fut contention could nut be tole-
rated. Undoubtedly, bosh he and his antagonist moat be
told to bail; but he would now be content with his pro-
mising to attend when the other should be apprehended.
This the Prisoner promised to do, and he was liberated.

W0R911117-11TRItry.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY OF A BENEFI V
SOCIETY.

The investigation respecting the Beneht Society, called
be Fill utessghaun Union," held at the Swan Tavern, Lam-
b:Ate Heath. *Rs resumed before Hoa►.nt BRVILL, Diff
Mr. Bacon, the landlord of the Swan, the Stewards, the
t; eretary, and the 11embers of the Club attended, iu buyws
ar dercuecring the mysterious manner in which the motley
Lill been stolen.

The Magistrate said, it was evident some of themselves,
by SOll.ll. Aright-ofhand, had -.talc it; but as fiery made nu
clear& spinst nee), tow, lee could nut pow -fa furthers. If
'bey heel .oey see-oit 111 l who W 2.1 the thief Ice was ready to
re-mile any eviteciere they could produce.