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there was every teacart to ruppofe the prifoners. Amanita's charged' ' witbpscbong trgesettema a
had been very active, and the abfolute neceilitY 1 pocket the precedi
of a octng night, en the boxes at Drurta
there was at this time of ufing every legal means lane Theatre, eket-hook,„ containing Bank
to clear the ftreets and roads of fuch men as the Notes to the amount of col. and was adntitted!
prifoners were proved to be, they therefore prefted to bail.
that the prifoners Should be committed to hard la-;, Wednefday la( Mr. Earnihaw, of 15olbotn, was ,
boor as the Ad direas. The Chairman, after defrauded of a time-piece by a (harper, who, Call.'
-confulting with his brother Magistrates, pronoun- mg himfelf Captain Foot, of the Royal. Navy,'
eed fentence that they be imprifoned in the.gaol prevailed on Mr. E..to take in payment two bills
of Guildford for fix months: • for.6s guineas, purporting to be accepted•by Mr.
One of the caulkers, who was fome tithe ago Sykes, of Arandel-ftreet, but which, on being
committed.for affaulting and interrupting the men pretented to that Gentleman, turned out to be
who volunteered from the King's yards, appealed forged. The next day, Thurfday jail, the fame
again( the conviction, which was allowed on the perfon offered the time-piece to pledge, at the fhop
not opa. of Mr. Birkett, pawnbrokers in Prince's-ftreet,
fcore of informality. We hope this will
ratee-kindle animofity between thofe misguided Acing sot on it, and producing a receipt, as from
to r
Mr. F.arnataw, to prove the sum be -had paid for
men and their mailers.. it. Mr. Birkett not being able to open the time-
piece he Paid, he would take it away, get it
opened, and return again, which he did; but, in
the interim, Mr. Birkett having received a hand-
bill, defcribing the manner in which it had been
' obtained, caufed him to be secured. The fame
evening he was examined before Sir R. Foeo, at
Bow-ftreet, when feveral other perfons, who had
been defrauded in a fimilar way, appeared, and
identified his perfon.
'Miller, the officer who took him into cnftody,
produced a number of pawnbroker's duplicates of
watches, guns, plate, linen, fec.,lkc. obtained by
forged bills, together with a valuable gold watch,
found on his perfo' n, which was owned by a watch;
maker in the Strand.
The prifoner calls himfelf Francis Finley. but
refufed to tell where he lodged ; be (eons to be
about forty years of age, and, although an Fug-
Whim% hat much the appearance of an Italian.
He was committed for further examination.
The public have beep alarmed by large polling
bills being (tuck up abOift town, eating, that a
gang of villains, pretending to be employed by
die keepers *of mad houfes, hired people in the
ftreet, trader pritence of being Infane, and carried
them away to fome place, where they were rob-
bed, and, perhaps, murdered ; but which hills
were. anonymous. Sir 11.1 c kat') FORD caufed a
Arid inveitigation to be made as to the origin of
the Wands, and, we are happy in being able to
affure-the public, that there is not the leaft foun-
dation for inch a repart, . and that the bills in
anefticat Wear to hate been printed at the instance
a a gettlienNyi who, in creakier thus alarming
* pult4, could only alledge, that he had gene-
tally heard of fuch a pradice.
On Wednefday evening a young woman going
to Enfield, acrofs a fieW from Edmontor, was
accolled,by two fellows! who knocked her down,
and ftripped her of *lt her apparel,leaviag her in
a Rate of nairedners, after having tried her in a
cruel manner. ' , "i- ' ,
4 man; yefterday,illiffing down Whitechapel,
another ran again(!bitu, and pretending to be of
fended, cried, " What* you mean r' when a
gang immediately furrounded them, and the pTaf-
finger in efcaping from among them had his watch
taken from him.
Tuefday afternoon as three children (the eldell
not more than five years of age) were at play in
St. James's church yard, Braid, a girl about 18
years of age gave them an apple, and enticed them
as far as Redland to hear medic, when the took the
opportunity of (tripping off the • grearell part of
their clothes, and left them in a field 'without
their fhoei, and almoll naked.
On Sunday haft a failor, in a fit of defpair,plunged
himfelf into the 'fay, at the Bottle-work of Dun-
dee, and was drowned. He had left a well fur-
niihed houfe to the c of his after, when he un-
dertook hislift Voyage. The lifter, it appears,
was addicted to chinking, and, to gratify her
favourite appetite, had fold her brother's effects,
piece-meal. Immediately before his return from the
voyage, the decamped, leaving only the four pofts
of a bedftead to be the melancholy witneffes of the
havock the had made. The fight of this ruin
hurried the poor man to the commillion of the
rash ad above-mentioned. -
A very angular and a very daring robbery was
committed an Thurfday evening, about (even
o'clock, at 'the houfe of Mr. Purdie, an eminent
broker, in Mark-lane. A tingle man gained ad- ,
mittance, and made his way into the counting-
houfe, where he found two ming gentlemen, one
we believe, the brother, and, the other the clerk of :
Mr. Pordie. He entered with a pith)l in each
hand, and, in broken English, alked them for mo-
ney; and, that they might not approach him, he
direCted them to put what they, had to give him
in a certain part of the room, where they, inti-
midated by the piftols pointed towards them, ac-
cordingly depleted what they thought proper,
conning of half a guinea-and Come !elver. He
then Mired them for Bank notes, and ordered them,
to open the defkat, Rill holding the piftols in a
threatening attitude ; the deiks were therefore
opened, in which, luckily, there was nothing va-
luable to be found, the cane and notes having been
fent to the Banker's. He made his retreat, walk-
ing backwards, and keeping the piftols pointed
towards thole whom he had robbed, and thus
cfrofted his efcape. It was obferved by a Gentle-
corning to the houfe about the time this lief-
do left et, that there were four or five fellows
tittering about the door, who were, doubtlefs, the
accotip.licelof the robber, and were to have been
called in, if neceffary, or to have obitrueled the
entrance of any other perfon. ,
SitI&SIWILT9I ANTISCORIDTIC Daors.—This
WI known excellent Medicine, having been ap-
proved by the public near so years, hardly needs
any further recommendation : but as a Gentle •
mart of refpedabllity, reading 6 the neighbour-
hood novel, the county a Lincoln, and
had the geodnefs to call on
ilsrofe of
cafe 8P
was ila)
the PP:twitters, at the Difpenfary, No. is, Soho-
Alums e afintaint them of the cure be had re-
cently everseneed rtatatheefe of choir Medicine. '
b ie, 1.. s oppl to M ' Hoer, (
tMhrpuniii&s:Wtir midi. • 00.yinbeit leaver.to acquaint
TSoutpiliht,:ye,theto Ythvetillvaiseeivand,exeuvreer4uy fatciiserttzryvtailciccancil
many reafoits world te unpleafant
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man to have publicly advertifod. A
tiLthe 'Gentle-
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POLICE, ice.
lUSPECTID SHIPWRIONTS CONSPIRACY AND
THRSATENINO LITTSRS.
MANSION Hooss.—An affair of confiderahle
alarm and intricacy was yetterday the fubjet of
invefligation befoie the LORD MAYOR.
Mr. Meftaers, a (hip builder, refideut in Broad-
ftreet, but carrying on an extenfive bufinefs at-
Rotherbithe, received laft week two' different let-.
ten, announcing,. that becaufe he employed in his
dock yard thipwnghts to do the work of caulkers,
there was a confpiracy among the caulkers to It&
raffinate him ; and that, to procure opportunity to
execute the defign, a perfon of the name of Hin-
ton would loon call at his hook to enquire for a
Captain Jones, and while that perfon made the
enquiry, his accomplices would ruth in. Alarmed
by this information, MT. Meftaers applied on Sa-1
turday laft at the Manfion Hoare, and the Lord
Mayor ordered feveral of the City officers to watch!
the confequence4 at his houfe in Broad.ftreet.—
That very day, a woman called and enquired, as
the letters had foretold, for Captain Jones. At the
mention of this name, (he wis feirgd by the offi-
cen who were in waiting.. She proved to be a
1 Mrs. Hinton--lhe was detained-;-her hulband was
immediately fent to and taken, and on Monday
laft. they were both bronght before, the L-Ird
Mayor. They were examined, but nothing could
then be drawn from them to confirm or clear away
Mr. Maellers'srapicion. The wotnan appeared to
know little or inciting of the matter : the man
was fallen, and in a Rate, Ili it keeled, of intoxi-
cation, Mrs. Hintim was accordingly difcharged
that day, while her bulb-anti was remanded to pri-
fon, in the hope that he might anfwer more fatif-
fititorily at a future examination. From Monday
till yefterday morning he was left in folitary con-
finement. Yefterday he was ptivattly re-examined.
His wife voluntarily ittended, with her father.—
At fight of bet hatband, when he was brought in-
to the Hall, her agitation was eatretteotnd flie
fell into fits. Mr. Meatier* and Mr. Fletcher, ano-
ther (hip builder, were piefent. Hinton owned
hirfelf to be a sitembeeof a benefit fociety of work-
ing (hip wrights, Whore laft meeting, in which he
irai prefent, Was at the Star Alehonfe, in Wap
pitlg,. and whorl he had known alfo to meet at the
Bruannia. He is hirofelf a working (hip wright,
now employed in Mr. Fleteher's yard. The pe
cuniary engagements of the fociety are to pay each
two !Whorl' ist 4hr pound out of their weekly
wages, into a teintiliens fund, out of which again
any *ember, ,Irbetili talmot fig 4 cot yment, is.
to temporary iiifiaance.fiiek as ears (hall
appear to demand. Into that fund Mr. Hinton
bad paid only (even Whiny in all; bis receipts
tint grit have amonated to sl. The members
whom be knew of hive, at ope time or another,
met in the fociety, might be. be (aid, frorn so to
too. ,Of thofe to „whom the contributions were
paid ; of thofp by whim the allowances out of the.,
fund were diaributed ; an (hurt, of the ailing corn,'
mince of -the rociety, he bad no perfonal know.
tedge- This is the rum of the information obtain-
ed from him ; by was far from giving it with rea-
dy good Will ; it was, in faa, only pumped out of
him by dint of earneft and &Mil enquiry. At
the requeft of Meru. Meftaers and Fletcher, two
other working thipwrights, who were of their de-
Arc in waiting, were then called in and examined.
Sokerland, die firft ofthofe that were heard,svorks,
as well as IllOon, in the dock rand of Mr.
Fleteher. He was at a Meeting of 04 Wet!, at
the 'Star Ale houfe, on Monday, September at
When Hinton was likevrife prefent. Be had paid
into the fon& of the fociety, when in employment,
a contribution of two ihillings in the pound, out
of his wages; he had, at diff'er'ent times, received
dat of the fund pecuniary affiftance; to mvamount
which be did not diftinaly mentioil. Be bad paid.
his money. to a Mr. Charles Townfliend; whom he
underftood to be a niettsber of. the fociety'isaing
*ommittee.
- Oafs was called in, after the examination of
Sutherland. He was alto prefent at the meeting
at the Star Ale houfe on the itft of September.-L
He had paid into the fund, in all, the lam of font-
teen (billings.; lie had received out of it between
liven and eight pounds fterling._ The money was
paid to him by a Mr. Cali. Me mentioned per-
lions of the name of King, Charles Tovinlhend,i
Hinton, and Sutherland, as being among *other
members of the fociety. As nothing of all this
tended to convia Hinton of any defigtt againft the
fafety of Mr. Mettler', he was of conrie diikharge4
At the Lord -. Mayor's requeft . Mr. Flet
*greed to receive him again to imiiiediate iork hi'
i* yard. Several other names were incidentally
miefuleised in the courfe of the inveßigation, which
delicacy and prudence avoid for the prefent
to mention.
BOw-ivitsay..-Yefteitliy- James Bekker was
ght in cuftodr on a warrant of Lord ELLas-
aotouou's, dated the 22d of July Illos; in order
to give bail for his appearance next term, in the
Court 'of King's Bench, to anfwer for an jai&
Mein 'again& Wm far certain riots and'rnifdemea.'
Malluding to the pitched hattle,he fought with
ke, at Hurley-bottom, in Serkihire, and
whichAad been'removed.,*by content, from the.
ar.ler Sefton& fat that county, to the Court of
pres
s. Bends, where it would.' probity, have
r7ewiA, bid he not fines atitslit atiotlirthal. . Wily
Boprke. The recognii 'taken 7/..ika. „ to
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IIf.AWEIS.;

The Wei.Thottlas White, M. A. Ftllow of ft,.leert's
Ox.hrkt* Mir" Sink..aausticcipil:has. Slack, Erg. ut
wkk Lodge, Berke. •
At Shiba', john Atkins, Efq. of Wickham, Hants, to MA
Wialloof the former place.
yhorfday, at Langley,.Bucks, Ma. George Hohlbn, fargee..,
of Great Marg-la-litonne-ltreet, to Mira DUaland,
daughter of Thcmaa Buckland; kfti.. of Langlt...