Star. — London, England, 1827-08-10 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, duo 9. STATE OF TRADIL—We are happy to say, that an other advance upon calicoes took place in our market en Tuesday last, which, when added to the previous a dvances that have from time to time been obtained, makes the rise of that description of cloth full 25 per cent. above the lowest quotation at what they were sold durinv the late deptession. The stocks of calicoes have not been so low, we believe, for many years as they a re at the ptesont moment. There has not, how ever, much been done in the yarn trade for exportation. The demand for it has been indeed limited for some time in the Continental mat kets, but there has been an increasing demand for India, especially for finer yarns. We u nderstand that the demand for the Continent also h a s lately been for finer numbers than formerly, and w e are happy to add that the wages of weaving are now sufficient to enaasle the weaver to earn, by indus try, a comfortable livelihood, having risen in some in stances as much as 125 per cent.—Maftchester Herald. BLACCIURN, AUO. B.—STATE OF Truism—Though subject to occasional check and variation, the appear ance of this district is nevertheless that of gradual im prorement.—Blackburm Mail. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IN4TITUTION. Although two years have not elapsed since the first establishment of this excellent Institution, it has already attained a high point of excellence. It possesses a good Library, presents to its Members great facilities for the acquirement of languages and the various sciences, and is conducted with the utmost decorum, liberality, and respectability. Such an establishment is worthy of the approval of his MAJESTY, and it is therefore gratifying to observe, that it is especially honoured with his pa tronage. The LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. Pam. are numbered among the Vice-Patrons. Last night the The atre was opened for the first time, and thus the whole of the arrangements are now completed. The theatre is of a convenient size, and fitted up with neatness; a little snore attention to the ventilation is perhaps desirable. Mr. Hurry DRUMMOND, the President, on taking the Chair, shortly addressed the audience. He congratulated the Members of the Institution on the completion of their arrangements, and bore testimony " of the indefatiga ble, zealous, and conscientious manner" in which the Committee had discharged their functions. The worthy Chairman also congratulated the Members of the In stitution on being honoured with the patronage of their SOVEREIGN, which, he observed, was rendered the more valuable by the fact, that no one was more ca pable of appreciating the utility of such institutions, and the great advantages flowing from education and a cultivation of the Fine Arts than his MAJESTY was. The remark was received with warm and ge neral approbation. Oa the Chairman resunsing his seat, Mr. S. WESLEY commenced a course of Lectures on Music. After some preliminary ob ervations, the Lecturer proceeded to define the nature and properties cia ta,te for music. He explained the difference be mein an ear, a taste, and a soul for music, and some of his illustrations were felicitous. The investigation was interesting, and excited attention and applause. After performing several pieces on the organ and pianoforte, selected from MOZART, HAYDN, PURCELL, JACKSON, ta. in a masterly manna, the Lecturer concluded by pronouncing some severe strictures on the great mass olthe compositions which at present inundate the music shops, and too often receive encouragement and ap proval on the stage. He confessed, however, that the science of music is more generally and successfully cul tivated at present than it was at any former period, and 'aura a high eulogium on the taste and execution fre quently displayed by female performers, amateur as well as professional. TheTheatre was extremely crowded, and a considerable portion of the audience was com posed of elegantly-dressed Ladies. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, Auouse 10. Our market, if possible, is in a still more depressed state than last market day, although all descriptions of grain were offered at lower prices, no sales can be effected; wheat is without buyers, and offered horn h. to 31. per quarter under Monday's prices--Barley lower, Beans and Peas from Is. to Its. per quarter cheaper ; bat Oats, improbable as it may appear, (having had 82,7.7,0 quarters since Monday) are nominal in price, as the factors demand the prices of last market day. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Asoost 10. _ The best Beef is quoted at 4s. 10d. to .ss. per stone, and coarser Beef is Is. 4d. to 43. 4d. per stone. In Mutton and Veal we bare hub variation from last market-day; and Pork bears a dinner quo unto to our last report. Lamb ia rather dun sale, but the varia nce in price is triviaL—Beasts, 546; Sheep, 11,790; Pigs, 100; Calres, 405. Beef, per stone, 4s. to 51. Mutton, ss. 6d. to 51. Veal, 4s. 6d. k dd. Pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. Lamb, 41. to Si. 6d.—Hay, per load, Os. to XS 15s. Clover, .C 4 53. to .C 6 6s. Straw, E 2 to 3E2 us. HOP INTELLIGENCE. %wpm, August. 8 —Tbc accounts from our plantations are Insurable. Our duty it now between seven and eigkt thousand Mids. Prices on Saturday were .84 15 to £5, and fine £5 ss. William Heddings, the notorious accomplice of the loutderer Slade, was on Wednesday removed from Huntingdon Gaol to Newgate, preparatory to his final "oral to the Hulks. As the coach was starting, he tool off his hat, and gave three cheers to the assembled populace. Letters from Coblents say, a We have noticed in Wester n Russia immense flights of locusts alighting on the crops, cutting off the ears, which they afterwards devour, and thus laying waste whole plains. Another phenomenon presents itself in Rhenish Prussia; there we find multitudes of crows, which appear to be very dangerous to the vineyards, and threaten to lay waste the environs of Cologne. As these birds have been seen winging their flight towards Treve, it is supposed that they have chosen the steeples, of which that city con tains a great number, for their place of assembly, as t he swallows do. The old people of the country de doe these appearances presage a rigorous winter." Tuesday evening, as three barges, bound for Birming ham, were contending which should first enter the lock, near Maiden-lane, B ittle-bridge, the towing. !'Pe of one coming violently athwart the Vittoria, wrlong.ng to Messrs. Crawley and Co. of the Cit)-road ha:t, she was overturned, and sunk, wih goods to the amou nt o 2,0001. Every effort was made to re cover the c..rgo, but it was near five the following morn. ', fi g before th e water cou ld b e c l eare d out , w h en i t was uisuvered that nearly the whole of the property was t t n , t4 lT spoiled. I n a ddi t i on to ot h er goo-is, 20,000 "sPAper Stamps were wholly spoiled. The helmsman of the Vittoria, who went down with her, was seriou,ly thjured; but, by the exertions of the hands in the other " 4 to 7e W 45 CillicAted from his perilous situation, in a state of insenstbility. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON, Aca. 9. CROWN SIDE. William Sammera,itnnar of respectable appearance, and rather advanced in hie, was indicted for stealing at Godalming, on the 19th of December last, bank notes of various denominations, to the amount of 15,0001. aqd upwards, the property of his masters and employers, Messrs. Mellersh, Kidd, and Kidd, bankers, of God:d ining. . _ _ It appeared that the prisoner had for many yeArs been employed by the prosecutors as a confidential clerk and cashier; it was part of his duty to issue notes payable at Godalming, and at Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s, London. The notes of the firm were kept in a room, of which the prisoner had the key. It was his duty to account in a balance sheet yearly. On the Slst of December last, he neglected to deliver in his balance sheet, and did not, in fact, deliver it until six weeks afterwards. He then stated to Mr. Mellersh that there was 10,6851. in local notes in the house. On inquiry, and inspection, however, it was ascertained that there was only 'l,OOO/. Mr. Mellersh then called upon him to account for the deficiency. The prisoner was very much agitated, and shed tears. He said he would tell presently how it was, and the ledger being presented to him, he pointed out entries of the sums of 1,9741. 3,9581. and 1,8281. with the several dates of the 14th, 21st, and 28th of October, 1825. These shewed when the notes were returned rom Messrs. Barclay and Co. and were entered in the waste book. There was a date below, of the 31st of October, 1825, at which time the prisoner said the notes were sale. About ten days after wards the prisoner said that the missing notes were stolen from the window of the counting-house, which had been left open whilst he went to dinner. Mr. Mellersh asked him if he had mentioned the circum stance to the other partners? he replied in the negative. He was then told that he ought to make good the loss as far as he could, which he said he would, and it was proposed that a transfer of his property should he made that evening. On the 21st of March, Mr. Mellersh told the prisoner, that the circumstance of his concealing the loss was so suspicious, that the firm were sure he had stolen the notes. The prisoner wept I l very much, and said "I am guilty, lam guilty." He then added, it was not true that the bank had been robbed, fur he took the notes himself. Mr. Mellersh then said, that if this was the extent of the mischief, i and he had spoken the whole truth, he should be for- given. He took hold of Mr. Kidd's hand, who was present, and wept bitterly, saying," GOD bless you, and thank you." He was then directed to assist Messrs. Barclay's clerk in making up the accounts. It was then discovered that there was a deficiency to the extent of 15,0001. The prisoner was thereupon apprehended, and committed for trial. The prisoner had executed a deed in favour of the prosecutors, assigning property to them of the supposed valise of 1,8001. He also gave in a sum of 1,5001. the amount of a legacy due under his father's will ; but it appeared that his father died insolvent. Several technical objections were taken on the part of the prisoner, but overruled. . . . The case went to the Jury, and they found the pri soner Guilty. pn Kt. att. Lit acq is c teal 2 14 1J ( trot DUI atn the cot att H; sh bf art bit Co Ch stii So Inf Fa an an w; ne se. OD Le , of tw bit int pe; seh tc pr • cot 54. pr sci F , if e PC • 0 di pi li ti r Is Cr 131 310 , faro St t r. 0 13 • • • • • • moil TREASON - COINING. Samuel Wilson, alias Stank, De Courcey Ireland, was indicted for feloniously and traitorously forging and counterfeiting two pieces of base metal, to the likeness and similitude of a shilling and a sixpence respectively, of the current coin of the realm. The material circumstances of the case were fully de tailed in the police reports, at the time the prisoner was brought up before the committing Magistrates. The prisoner, who appeared to be about forty-three years of age, was a person of respectable appearance, and understood to be well connected in the sister king. dom. His conduct prier to the transaction in question, it will be recollected, had been the subject of much public observation. The facts proved against him in support of the charge on which he was now brought to trial, were shortly these. At Lady-day last he hired of a single woman, named Catherine Good, of question. able reputation, apartments in a house occupied by her at No. 6, Isabella -street, near the Coburg Theatre.— He did not sleep there, and the lodging was jointly occupied with him by a person named Hinton, who slept in the kitchen. The prisoner brought with him apparatus for coining by the process of moulding. He and Hinton worked at the business of coining almost daily, until the 12th of April, when their proceedings• were brought to light. The prisoner was the most active in manufacturing, whilst Hinton became the hand to dispose and put off the base coin counterfeited. In the afternoon of the 12th of April, in consequence of pre vious information, Mr. E. J. Powell, Assistant Solicitor to the Mint, accompanied by Limbrick, Kirby, Ed wards, and Lloyd, active police officers, went to the house of Catherine Good, and the door being knocked at, the patty was admitted. On entering the front room, on the first floor, the prisoner was found at work at a table in the very process of coining; his coat was off, his shirt sleeves were tucked up, he had an apron upon him, his hands had whiting on them, and his lace was alike smeared with the same material. On the table before him were two sheets of brown paper covered with whiting, two moulds, one for casting shillings, and the other for casting sixpences. One of the moulds, which was much larger than the other, was still warm; on the fire was a crucible containing some metal in a fused state. In the drawer of the table at which he was at work, were found 47 counterfeit shillings in an imper fect state of manufacture. On the mantelpiece were found 48 counterfeit sixpences in a like state of manu facture; in other parts of the room were found some alum, cream of tartar, borax, arsenic, spelter solder, 'fine whiting, a file, on the teeth of which was some metal, the remains of some broken spoons made of Ont. tannia metal, and other materials. On the table wasfound a good half•crown,which had been used in perfecting the edges of the counterfeit money. In the breeches pocket of the prisoner was found one counterfeit shilling,which was in a fit state for circulation. All the other coins found were imperfect. The whole of the coins appeared to have been made of Britannia metal, which the prisoner, was in the habit of procuring in the form of spoons, purchased ft om time to time, at his request by Cathe. rine Good. Whilst the officers were securing the pri soner, Hinton, who was in the kitchen at the time they entered, made his escape at the front door, and has not' since been apprehended. In support of the indictment he witnesses were, Mr. Powell, jun. the police officers, and Mary Good. The latter witness underwent a strict cross•examination, and she stated that she had first be come acquainted with the prisoner in the rules of the King's Bench prison, where she was confined for debt. She had two natural children living. Mr. Field and Mr. Jasper Atkinson, of the Mint, ~.roved that the counterfeit shilling found upon the pal. toner had been made, to the best of that j+►dgment, from one of the moulds found in the prisoner's apart ment; but they could not state when, or under wha; circtim , tances, it was made. No account was given of the pence which the prisoner was charged with having counterfeited ; the shilling appeared to them to have been comed some considerable time. The prisoner's counsel, upon this evidence, submitted that t , ,ere was no case to go to the Jury, inasmuch as there was no proof that the prisones had counterfeited the shilling found in his possession; for to that charge must the case he confined. Mr. Justice GASELZE thought the case was certainly very slight, and put it to the Counsel for the Crown whether they should press the Indictment for coining. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW, yielding to the intimation from the Court, said he certainly should not press the case. The Jury, therefore, under the directions of the Learned Judge, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, with out calling upon the prisoner for bis defence. The prisoner had been arraigned upon a second in dictment, charging him with a capital offence, in having in his possession implements of coining. To this indict ment he had pleaded not guilty ; but now, after com municating with his Counsel, who had spoken with the Counsel for the Crown, he desired permission to retract that plea, and plead guilty, upon a distinct understand ing that the extremity of the law would not be carried into effect. The Learned Judge yielded to this applica• tion, and he pleaded guilty. Sentence of death was passed upon him in the form prescribed by law ; but he was given to understand that he must expect to leave the country for the remainder of his life. STAFFORD, Mean S. MALICIOUS PROS[CUTION.—CADDY Sl. BARLOW* This was an action brought by the next of kin of Julia Caddy, a child aged eight years, to recover com pensation in damages from the defendant, for having maliciously caused her to be imprisoned in the county jail, and brought to trial, on a charge of stealing certain ducks belonging to him. Mr. CAMPBELL stated the case, and dwelt with great force and eloquence on the cruelty of subjecting so young a child to the degradation and debasement of a prison, even if she were guilty ; but when, as he should shew, the commitment was from malice, and without probable cause, how much greater would that cruelty appear ! The child, at the time of her being sent toj ail on a charge of felony, was only seven years old—an age at which it could scarcely be supposed, in most in stances, to have attained to that degree of moral per ception which it was indispensably necessary it should be possessed of, in order to give to any act of which it might be guilty, the deep dye of felony. The Learned Counsel, after some further remarks, proceeded to state the case, as afterwards proved by the following witr.esses: Mr. Keene, the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, produced the information sworn by the defendant before the Rev. Mr. Broughton. John Caddy, brother to Julia, the plaintiff; said e was eleven years old ; in October, 1826, his mothe went out after dinner, leaving him and Julia at home; they inhabit a cottage near the defendant's farm ; after dinner he went with his sister and operfed the defend. ant's pig-stye, and let out the pig upon the common ; he had been desired to do so by the defendant; his sister and him then went to the pond on the common, to catch a duck belonging to their mother, which was swimming there; he pulled off his clothes, and his sis ter pulled off her shoes and stockings, and they then went into the water ; he caught two ducks, and his sister caught one; the one his sister caught was their own one ; they were going to make them fight when the de fendant came up, and shouted out; there was another man with him; the man caught hold of his sister, but the defendant called out, " Let her go, and catch the boy, and I'll give you a dinner and a jug of ale." Wit ness was alarmed, and expecting to be beat, ran off as fast as be could, and got home and crept under the stairs, and hid himself ; the man arrived soon after, and told witness's mother (who was then at home) that he wanted witness for catching the ducks ; witness's mother said she would bring him before Mr. Barlow, and the man went away ; his mother fetched his clothes and took him before Mr. Barlow ; Mr. Barlow said, " well, shall we beat him or roast him ? By " roasting" he meant fastening witness with a cord to the grate; he had served him so before ; witness's mother said 4 4 no, beat him ;" Mr. Barlow paused a " big while," and then said " no, take him before a Magistrate. He shall go before Mr. Broughton." They then went to Mr. Broughton's, which is a distance •of about two miles; Mr. Barlow told Mr. Broughton he had caught witness and a girl stealing his ducks; Mr. Broughton asked where the girl was? and being told she was not there, said to Mr. Barlow, " Then ycn must bring her in the morning, and I'll then examine into the case." Mr. Bar low asked for a warrant to break open the house and take witness's sister, but witness's mother replied, '4 No, I brought the boy voluntarily, and I'll bring the girl without a warrant.* No warrant was granted. They then left the Justice's, and witness was taken by Mr. Barlow and put to sleep in a barn along with a man named Gregg; about midnight Mr. Barlow came into the barn with a lanthorn and a rope, and awoke witnes-, an t threatened to hang him if he did not confess that his father set him on to steal the ducks. He teplied, " We were not going to steal them ; we were going to fight them." He poked the cord in witness's face, and witness poked it back; he then left him; the next morn ing, witness, his sister, and his mother, and Mr. Barlow, went before Mr. Broughton; Mr. Barlow and his witness went in before the Magistrate, leaving him and his mother and sister in the passage. After a time they were called in, and Mr. Broughton asked witness what he had to say ? and he told him they were fighting the ducks; the Magistrate would not believe him, but said he should send him and his sister to prison; witness's mother cried very much; they were sent to prison, and remained there ten days, when they were brought to trial and acquitted. Cross-examined—My fuller's duck was a dark one; it was not a white duck my sister had got ; when I got home, our duck was in the garden; it had time to get home, because I was obliged to go round by the lane; I never told Peke I did not care a curse what they did to me. Mr. J. Peake was in the presence of the Magistrate when the charge was made. Mr. Barlow said the boy, assisted by a girl, had been stealing his ducks, and Mr. Brouglitcn said the case must stand over till the girl was produced. Mr. Bar low asked for a warrant, but the boy's mother said it was not necessary, she had brought the boy forward voluntarily, and she would bring the girl. Mr. Flint—ls attorney f ir this prosecution. After thc action was brought he nut the defendant, and told bin that he had be.ter give the poor people some com pensation, and that if he would bring any te•pectable friend of his down to witness's house, he would under take for the phintiff that the sum that fiend should 'think a fair compensatioft should be accepted, and the action discontinued. Tf e defendant said he would do so, and the following Saturday was 61. d. but the de fendant did not come, and in consequence witness wrote to him, but he took no notice of the letter. [Wit ness produced a copy of the record of the plaintiff'', acquittal.] Cross-examined—The affidavit produced, which states that the copy of the record was necessat y for the setting forth the proceedings under a criminal information then pending against Mr. Broughton and Mr. Bat low, its the King's Bunch, was written with his knowledge and con. sent. The proceedings upon that information have been since abandoned. Mary Caddy, sister of the plaintiff, deposed. that when the man came to take her brother prisoner for catching their ducks, her mother said he had been sent to fetch the ducks, but that if he had done wrong she would bring him down to Mr. Barlow's. John Warner deposed, that a short time previonsly a goose, belonging to the plaintiff, was killed by the de fendant, b: cause it trespassed in his garden, and taken and flung into the plaintiff's back yard. James Nicholls proved. that another time the plain tiff's boy was charged with theft, because he picked up some pears that fell from a tree cf the defendant's into the road. Mr. TALVOURD, for the defenda-t, said, the proceed ings adopted in this case were intended to harass and ruin his unfortunate client, who had been first dragged into the King's Bench by a criminal information, and put to enormous expence, and was now brought hereon a civil action. His client bad acted from a sincere be lief that a felony was intended, and not from any mali. cious motive, as he should prove by the witnesses he should call before them. If, however, he should unfor. tunately not succeed in making out his defence so clearly as he expected to do, he trusted the Jury would take into consideration the cruel manner in which he had been already harassed, and give to the plaintiff one farthing only for damages. Mr. Weaver, clerk to Mr. Seekerson. Attorney for thedefence, said, that after the order had been obtained from the Magistrates, permitting the plaintiff to have a copy of the record of acquittal (he applied to have that order rescinded), on the ground that it was intended to be used is this cause, and not for sustaining the crimi nal information, but the Magistrates refused; but at the same time said, that if it were so used, they should con. sider it as a fraud upon them. John Barlow, son of the def.tndant, said he was pre sent at the examination before the Magistrate ; the boy was asked what he was going to do with the ducks? and he was about saying something, when his mother checked him, and whispered—" say you were going to fight them e' the boy then said so ; the Magistrate threa tened to commit the mother. Cross-examined—The Magistrate said he wished he could commit both the father and mother I witness's father behaved very well to the Caddys, according as they behaved to him. Mr. Ward was also present at the examination, and gave similar evidence. The Rev. Mr. Broughton remembers the boy being brought before him; Mr. Barlow said the boy and a girl hid been stealing his ducks, and he therefore de. sired the girl might be brought before him also ; Mr. Barlow applied for a warrant, but the mother said she would bring her without; the next day they appeared before him ; the boy was about to tell what he was going to do with the ducks, but was stopped by his mother, who said say you were going to fight them;" witness threatened to commit her, and told her she had first taught her child to steal, and was now teaching him to lie ; he did not know the girl was so young when he desired her to be brought before him. Cross-examined—Mr. Barlow brought his charge against both, and persisted in it ; he hid no set uple in committing them, and should do so again notwithstand ing what the King's Bench said about their tender age ; he never had any of the plaintiff's family brought be fore him previously ; he generally takes the evidence in the presence of the accused, but in this instance the children were left in the passage; he does not like to have dirty people come into his room. Mr. Cnatrazu. replied, and animadverted strongly on the conduct of the Magistrate. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN said that great allowances were to be made for Magistrates, as they performed the very arduous and important duties without any fee or rewar d. He had no doubt Mr. Broughton acted under the im pression produced by Mr. Barlow's statement. The Learned Judge then proceeded to point out the various prominent parts of the evidence, and expressed an opi nion favourable to the plaintiff. The Jury, after ten minutes consultation, found for the plaintiff—Damages One Hundred Pciunds. DENTON D. BAKEWELL. This was an action by the plaintiff, a maiden Lady of some fortune, to recover from the defendant, the keeper of a lunatic asylum. a compensation in damages fur having assaulted and imprisoned her therein with. out cause. After evidence to a considerable length had been adduced on the part of the plaintiff, all tending to chew that she was subject to great irritability of mind, the Medical Gentleman who attended her stated that he could not positively say she was sane, as her mind was in such a high degree of excitement and delusion. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—Don't you consider those de lusions a test of insanity ? Witaess—l do, my Lord. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—It is impossible, after this, the cause can go on. Mr. CAMPS LL consented to withdraw the record. A Magistrate on the Bench, who had performed the office of visiting Magistrate to the defendant's house for nine years, spoke in the highest terms of his treatment of the patients entrusted to his care. NORWICH, Auu. t CROWN COURT. TINE LATE RIOTR• David Sacker, aged 25, and JAM Rix, were charged upon the oath of William Cook and others, with un lawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembling to gether, to the disturbance of the public pee on the 18th of June last, in the parias of Timberhilii Norwich. Tue prisoners, who are persons of respectability, pleaded Not Guilty. The Counsel for the prosecution was proceeding to state the case, when , Mr. Sergeant STORKS stated, that an arrangement might be made, which would save the time of the Court, and fully satisfy the ends of justice. A consultation then took place between-the Learned Counsel and Mr. Baron GARROW ; and at length, by 1 I t _ ....iggiddlit i 11, soy ' I -