Star. — London, England, 1802-08-09 00:00:00

~~ r people lieedvery much on the credit they obtained. He had not forgot the period, when, without the proliva of that foiceefs he had met he had begot: by furnithing on credit, a Iniall let of cham bers: If the trail , titan w la: Lad nulled him, had CuITIC upon him before the appointed day of pay ment, he thould have found himfell extremely cm. harralred; in fail, he could not have raided the money without mint tieg to a refpeaable father, who h a d before done for him mire than he de ferred; and who had other childten to provide for. 1:e ai.pealed to 11 1 . e Jury what erould be the floor fain of any nein, who wa• preparing to meet a Ili pulattd d..mand at Michaelmas, if his creditor Mould, in ineach of faith, rail upon him in Nlarch for payment. It was by inch kind of mancen. ores Mifs Rohe, t fon had barn brought to utter nett:. if it was any litisiaaion to her r.ppreifors to know the was milled, he could allure them of the fait ; within the dreary walls of a prifon the had • hue<n for many months, and there the was likely to entain for many years. .She had bronglit this ac tion nor lo much urn her own account, for a ver tlia in her faertor would t.ot rescue her (tom Rant., but that her property might be diaributed among her cret:itots. The law, as he had dated it, applied mo re panic:dal-1y to the Defendant, Mr. Oakley, for lie had made an affidavit of his debt, in twilit to MICA Mils IL He could not thereinre be fal tered to fay this was not a de;ivery of goods under u contr.on of fate, when he had given judgment to t aainli hiinfeil, by making :to affidavit to hold her to bail for the debt. But this pretence failing, he node, flood it was to h e r a id, that Mil s Rob e rt/on had given the Defendant leave to take away the goods.— He thould wait till he heard bow this was attempted to be proved. The defendants were, he was convinced, too much men of Lainels to take inch a Ilea upon a mere parole perrnitlion—if they had :my wilt ten intlruntent he thould fee it. He knew that w hen Mr. Oakley began to fufpea her,he made liume enquiries as to the troth of her repre lento ions, but it was then ton late ; he had already trotted her ; in hole fafaicion had he entertained of the Plaintiff, that, w:th regard to her, he had departed loin: his ot dinary mode of previouily en quiring hue the circomaances of thole who gave him a large order. He rt membeted :irking Mr. Oakley, on a former trial, whether, ifhe had given fuel) an order, he would have executed it st ithout ineair y—his answer was, he would not ; by this he rraant to infer, that he was not in the habit of furnilhing people's hotifes :Lk* palaces, without enquiring into tdcir relponf , bility. He knew that Mr. Oakley, afar having 'hard foroething concern ing bails Robertion that al.:: med him, thought no hour of thy night too fete to go down to the Para gon with a bid of file for licr to execute. She was in bbl, and h. had her called, taut !le pofitively refuli-d to do any filch thing. After this no man Mould convioce him that Mils Rohe, tion had given him lceive to take away her gos:ds ; but his own eondaa d!ltroye.! inch a fappefition. If he had' had a legit; mate ti:le to have :cr. (wed :he property he would have gone to the front door ; he would hAve laid to the let van% I know your Milli-els is not at fumy, but the has authotifed me to do In and would not have llolen clown the area ay like a thref—he would not have u fed idle pre tences to gain at'tnifeince. in order to let in his stsyrmidons. The Leatred Counfel laid he did not think it worth while to cliftinguifh between the pro perty which had and which had not been paid for, or %she had been furnifhed by other tradcfmen. It was MIIICCCir:4I7, when he was claiming the whole, to walk his time in talking (la part; tuch ditlinc tiens he V..ts aware would Le made on the other fide ; he knew thi: from the circumflance of one of the Plaintiff's witneffes having gene by miflake to tvrDefendant's A ttorrey. and ..blerved tn him, " What fhall we fay about the book cafe? Had we not :setter fay it was taken away by ntiitake r' If that n it nefs ; reared, he Mould take meaftwe of her vcrecity. He had nothing further to add ; he fhould wove his cafe, and was perfuaded the Jury woolf give him their verdia. Thomas Hawkinf-in, MiA Itehertfon's coach man, was meldy ealltd to prove that the Defen dant ar..l his fervent• had taken away the goods t ott his erttA etimination, he fait!, he had driven his MiOrefi to the Itotifes of the Ilidlop of London ; her :onion, Mr Dundas ; her 11:lzr, Lady Paget ; and her ginudian, Loud Ellenborough. Mr. Billay, the Plaintiff's Solicitor, proved the Defendants having admitted the inventory of the goods he h. d demanded to be correa—on his crisis examination it appeared he was a Qai-tarn attorney. Mifs Sharpe, thc Plaintiff's confederate. was next called ; [lke was genteelly drefred ; looked very denutre, and wore one of the Lew fallaioned gipfey hats.] She dates; that :.I;fs Itobertfon had been formelly in partnerlhip with her at Croones hill, and aftei ward. %scot to refide at the Paragon, and Ira.% with her Several articles of furniture, which nad bees: parchanal of the Defendants, and for whisk t IA had been paid with the money of her the witaeis. Mr. Oakley furnirned other arti cles of conrklerable fail:ion and espence. She re membered Mr. Oakley dining with Mifs Robeet fon, Iterfelf, and Mr. f„ reify. Elie had received a communication that Mr. Oakley had Elated her to be in his debt loco!. and that he was alarmed ; fhe mentioned it to him, and laid, " if you are dif fati•fied. fend your bill and it than difeharged." Ile replied, Madam, I have done buflnefs for you before, and am pericaly inisfied ; I hope I cmnplete the order to your fatisfaelion anti my (Asa." She laid, " your agreement v as for a twelvemonth's Credit." He answered, certainly, Madam. He wilited lie could know who was the author of the communication—he would give tool. to difeover it, for he had many enemies, and it was meant to injure him. He went on to execute ' the order. The wi:nefs had fetal the inventory by which the demand h.td been made—the articles it contained were in Mils Roliertion's honk. On her etlfs-examination, fhe Paid, the t to'. was her own mr.r.es-, and it was on that account fhe had claim ad pate a the goods, after the Defendants had a ken them away ; but as the had not ordered the nicks, the could not rect.ver them ; in fait, the :ad lent Mir, Itobertion the money. The witnefs tete prritied Mifs Robertfon's hand writing, as to paper which was Siewu her. She went to the Paragon with Mifs Roherteon, vrhere it was their, intuition to keep a fchool—at that time the k e p t al coinage. A journey had b:cn talked of to Far- . calls., an crate in Scotland, of which Mies Robot t• em was to take pofrenion—lhe did not underhand it was a large ellate—a young Lady had dtawn a plan of it, hut it was_ never hung up in the draw ing room, as had bean reprelinted. She did not rrcollra any converfation in the pretence of Mr. Oaklty about the ell ate, or Lord Glen het vie, Mils hrother-in-law. She had heard her nien.ion her fitter, Lady Paget, whom the as her filler, becaufe (he was to have heel, man ied to litr brother, Colonel Cunningham. ,Sir ARCHIBALD M‘DDN A LD :liked her who' that Colonel Cunningham was? He was, he laid, inte retied in the quedion, hecaufe he had a near re lation of the name in that part of the country. — The Witnefs knew not—lht had heat J her fay the was intimate uith Mit's Porteus, the Bilhop of London's daughter. (Who never, laid the Judge, had a daughter !—A great many, by emilrmiation, obkrved Mr. Garrow.)—Mik Rohertfon was a eery reserved woman ; the had heard her fay fhe expe , fted large property—the went into mourning before the left Croom's.hill, for her Grandfather— did nf,t know the intended to meet the corpte ofber dzceafed mother; but was prevented by Dr. Lett fbm, who laid it would :all her nerves. She had told her that her mother was to be buried from Dr. Leedom's. She went into mourning for a Mrs. Hill, whom the considered 'as her mother, becatice the had behaved like one. Her real mo ther was now aiive, and lived in Devonthire-tireeN and had come to a large property—the had heard fifty thouland pounds—the did know that her fa ther had been Porter to an Oilman, or her mother a Watherwoman. The Witnefs deferibed the dif, fee cut places Mifs Rohertfon had gone to after the left the Paragon, till ber arrival at Huatiag don, where fhe was arrefled. She was the whole time with her except four days. • Was the never, during that peliod, dread in man's ()oaths? O Lord, Sir! 0 dear I aliriniing bad, aif alarmed at fo rerookin: an idea.) Anfiver the queltion, Paid the Judge. Never, Sir !-0 dear I in man'b cloaths !—Ne ver never! W.is you never dreffed in man's cloaths Me ! (apparent!, faini:nz) Me!—Never from the hour of my birth! Do you not know that the whole glory of Mils Robertfon being a lady of property was a fabrica tion ? The Witnefs hefitated. —The Judge repeated the laying, 64 do not equivocate or trifle with mr, whatever you may do with the Cott.nfel ; if you do you will moll alfuredly find your• way to the gaol of this County.". • 66 I never knew it was a fabrication." • Mr. GA tROW" Have you any intereß in tell ing a falfehood upon this occasion?" " Sir, I defpife a falfehood." The remainder of her examination referred to the articles furnifhed by the Plaintiff. Mils Ro 'hirtfitn, the raid, ordered pier glad - es at 701. thole fent in amounted to 3001. There were alfo a pair of candelabras, which fhe refuled to take unlefs the was informed of the price, but they were alfo lent. The Defendants encouraged her to extend her purchafes. She was of opinion if the credit fli pulated fur had been given, Mifs Robertfun would have been enabled to have paid her way, for a friend (.1 . her's, Mr. Parker, of Enfield, was about t.) have lent her t cool.— The red of the evidence was not material. Mr. Se: 'sant SHIIP14•1lD began by obferving, that for himfelf he could undertake to fay, that in the whole courfe rf his experience he had never teen fo lemons and impudent an aftion as the relent one; and, referring to the experience of his Lordiliip, he WAS perfnaded he would lay he had never before witneffed one of a fimilar nature: it was certainly the moil audacious exhibition of human depravity ever heard of. lithe comfit& of Mifs Itobertinn in obtaining the goods rn the De fendants could be foirpalfed, it was by the means to which the had retorted to get them back agaih. How did the cafe Rand ? A tradefman in a great line of bufinefs was ordered to furnifh her houfe he had done fo, and had given credit to a perfon who never had paid him one Hinting—a perfon who never had the means or the intention of pay. i ng him. Having dilcorered her real charafter, he had been fortunate enough to get poffelfion ()this property, and this affirm called upon him to pay damages for having retaken that of which he had been defrauded. The elle& of the aftion, even if the Plaintiff should be fuccefsful, would only be that the would receive a furn of money, which the would apply to her own ufe, and the Defendants would be obliged to bring, a counter wain!). If (he recovered a verdift, the Defendants would in- Randy lay a detainer againa her for the whole va lue of the goods. It was an extraordinary argu ment his Learned Friend had made ufe of, rela tive to the effea of a Bankruptcy. If the Plaintiff, had been capable of being made a Bankrupt, and by the bye a flatute of Bankruptcy was a mode of fwindling which he wondered (he had not had re courfe to, the Defendants mutt undoubtedly have , returned the goods, which the Plaintiff, in an ex traordinary fit of honelly, perhaps the only one in her life, had delivered up to him. Happily for the public, the Defendants had fpoiled the Plaintiff's trade—a fine coach, a fine houfe, and fine furni ture, not paid for, was the flock in trade of an ar• rant fwindler. With fuch means, added to the reputation of the Fafcally estate, the acquaintance with the Bishop of London, the expefted marriage with Col. Cunningham, the reiationfhip with Mr. Dundas ana Lord Glenbervie, the guardianfhip of, Lord Ellenborough, and the fuppofed fortune of the grandfather and mother, the would have launched into the world, and fwindled every one on whom fhecould have impofed. Mifs Sharpe had defcribed her as a very referred lady t the mutt have been referred indeeda Mifs Sharpe could not difcover het' charafter.—No wonder Mr. Oakley had been fo completely humbugged, when the had been able to deceive even her bofom Rica. It re minded him Of a Rory iva celebrated Farce% whidh the principal ahaiaitcr hati as aufaiibia,trapea fity to a fort of poetical profs, bordering on the marvellous. lie had told his fervant not to he fur 1 prifed if he thould catch him now and then ex ceeding the hounds of probability. It happened. that his father withed him to marry, end in order to get aid of the parental injunslion, he till on his knees, told a long dory of a pre tended courtlhip, and his being forced by the brother of the Lady to marry her—the father was deceived—the fervant, who was prefent under the alfumed charaaer of a Marquis, laid, " Lord, Sir, this is a bad piece of butinefs : you never told me of your being married."—" Lord," laid the other, " was you humbugged too as well as my father." So, with • regard to the Plaintiff, the mud have had art enough to have deceived the Des il, when the could flu eatily deceive her friend, Mils Sharpe. The Learned Serjeant proceeded to coniment upon the whole of the condua of Mils Robertion. The feheme of taking a grand hoof's at the Paragon would not have done without going into mourning for a fuppofed rich grandfather.— The Defendant, Mr. Oakley, having, among others, become her dupe, he was invited to din ner, and was amufed by a atitious tale at an anonymous letter ; the artfully laid, if you have any doubt of your ropney, I will latisfy you. His fuipicions were lulled to reit, buClhortly, afterwards he began to rub his forehead, and think there mutt be foniething more in all this than he knew of ; he enquired of Lord Ellenhorough and the other noble perfons whole names had "been uted, and difcovered that the whole was a cono plete.fwindk ; he then made an atfidavit of hii debt to arrell Mifs Robe:don, and upon the whole circrundance being made known to I:cr other cre ditors, they were of opinion he ought to have hii goods back again. In a fit of hondty the laid he might take them ; he was Rill a 4ofir of near 7001. for he had been at the expence of fitting up the 'mule, and embellithing it with paintings, which could not be taken away. With reipea to the goods for which the t tol. had been paid, they had been claimed by Mils Sharpe as her property, and therefore could not be the lubjeft of this aftion.— He read her letter to the Defendant, Mr. Oakley, to this effecFt Sir, being infoi med that your man ha: removed by miflake the furniture paid for with any money, 1 hope you will not refuf to 1 1 make me Tome compentation."—The goods were taken out of the houle in the month et February, and in the Mardi following Mifs Robertfon aline this note to the Plaintiff, which he humbly con. ceived decided the caule—s , Sir, if anv thing was taken out of the hook at Blackheath, that was not had of you, or which was paid for, and you chute to make a compenlation to Miii Sharpe for the fame, this 'hall indemnify you." By this the clearly admitted a previous coition that the De fendant thould have the latterly of taking away his property. He 'hookd read this document in evidence, and if the Jury had any doubt, he would examine witneffes, a ho would date that Mil; Ro. bertion, its conformity with • she recommendation of her other creditois, had exprefsly authorized the Plaintiffs to take away the goods. He agreed with Lis Learned I'; lend, that if a Tindelman, having agreed to gi've a fair cre lit to a young man, thould require payment before the exp.ration of the time Ripulated, it would be an act of op preilion. But was Inch a cafe :like that of a wo• man pretending to be a lady of fortune, and to litpport the delufion, making ufe of htmatiral,lz names, which were connoninated by coming out of loch a mouth. Upon 'the whole, he confider ed this as the cafe of a common tsvindlcr, who, Wh e n d;fcovered to the worn', had' .neen ads iled the had better deliver up the goods tie had tb Liked by hand, and had done fir. Stie had written to the Defendants to Make her r, i,:nd, Mils Sharpe, a compenf aion, and thereby had defeated :ler right of aaion. If the had really had fair expectations of a fortune, and had been dilap pointed, the honed courfe would have been to have at once returned the property the had ob tained upon the fpeculation. Iltlt the had got into the Fleet Piillin, where the had heeninduced by ads Wert as bad as hetfelf, to blip:7, an ac tion, the impudence of which was only paral leled by the manner in which the had obtained the goods the fought to recover. He would read the note, the handwriting of which had been I proved by Mils Sharpe, and a verdiet for theDe fenclant would billow as a matter of courfe. The note from Mils Robertfun was read. SIT ARCHIBALD M'DONALD fold it was impof. fible that the Plaintiff' could maintain her anion after fuch a letter. He was furprifed at the im pudence of Mifs Sharpe, in coming into Count.) prove that goods which the had claimed as her own belonged to Milk Robertfon. The Jury were not Inch ;lents as to. he lo impofed upon.— He really believed that Mifs Sharpe and Mifs go bertfon were a couple of as arrant fw•indlers as ever lived. The Plaintiff 'vas immediately nonfiiited. The length of the above prevents our entering into the particulars of any of the trials on the Crown fide. The Ailizes fini(hed. I . il "bib.- • a 11111 k THE RING V. THOMAS wlwrrit. .The defendant is a builder at Chatham, having two boats to build there,thesOfficers of the yaw, from tome circumflances, had reason to believe that he had made uti-of force King's flores in the I erection of them, they therefore obtained a fearch warrant, and on the execution of it, the goods laid in the information were found and i.lcia;:ied, from the broad arrow and other marks on them, to be King's (totes, and thole new and in a lir viceable (late. This information was therefore filed agaiuft him. Serjeant SHEPIMD, for the profccution, axpa. Sated on the enormity of the offosce, and the fre. quency of it. It was true, in this particular cafe, the value was not great ; hut it became nceeirary to ptinifh fetch offences, however fmali, io an ex• cmplary way, they.being taken away gen:rally in (mall quantities by poor perions, and then pur chafed by the more opulent, and that to ten rgenfe amount annually. William Spencer, clerk to the ftnrek•!eper of Chatham Dock yard, having i:dormation that-the defendants were in the habit of tiling iu btaildings a .quantitrof lions *pro perly obtained, got a feareb warrant. and on the premiles. 1:1 di:E.:rent parts, n ' L b broad snows on them, iiisJ h ;-s in A box ; foane 1.1:h tl.ivers air bot plete way. Yoe valor '4 the :t pro. ,luccd, he cilint.itc.J :tt 21. ;01 ~ t i„ 11 his knowledg e, he could fwear were and were r.cw l.hen retnovet did nut relil or ol , jcd to the 11:.n.11, htir very willingly. They found vt:et, tfn:. o ; not mat ked. Ini.•rniation of his 11.oiag his p•,Etlion firil led to the knelt. titighes w;:nt wilt the witnel !h c leAtch, and dtpole.l As to the articl2% pArtieul.irly thole in the ceil.tr,.ind Cie I removesi. On the crols.exart:in.c.i,n the nianno• in which the chips .ire ,;•. the care taken to prevent nails, &c. .•cn.~ them. Serjcant BAILEY, for the dellnlant, the Jury on his balalt; Ana al.gitcd that Cie aftaiillt him firr in his polf:11;.nt bcr of thofe articles, with a guity kati%ledgi:ll.a: they were improperly obtair.: , ..l, was. not at AR proved. His %di , ic conduit !loin the office rs c ing upon Lim till the fear:h was made and c,,n, eluded, partizularly alluding to a cliaige him, fir admitting that h: wAslii, own and thereby ()wino:. all the arlici•.s hJunging that branch of trail-: were his, fnwed to proc c t h at he was not gOty. On the vhe e, he trmleu 01: Jury would 6ivc him credit for his e,aicanur oa the occal4:n._ CC Thernas Altier has iolossn the pri:oner fo. ol l'years, withanexcellein char:ider. Tliomas Hoker ha. known Lim twenty years. 7 1. Mii•i:vill and Mr. Mutray •alto gine him an excellent cliitraCtcr. •• - The LORD CHIRP BARON fit , rtly chtrged the Jury, and they, 1 R.ter a few Minutes found a verdia of--Guilty. lie was dircharged on hinVeli and two furetics enter in;; into reengi.i. zance for his appearance to receive judomect nzit Term. MOTIVIT Oe THE CoIVICTS AT WOOLErtCH.-- Yetlerday the Coroner's Inouelt fat on the body of John Reercs, the unfortunate cotivkl, who hap. p tied to be hot on Tlittrlday lull by one of the k:epers. In the court: of the examination, it appeared, th it to the number of 230 colivias came alhote to the Dock yard, under the care of Mr. Book :cf., chief ma:e of the P udentia, and to whom the Jury gives every credit for his humani. ty, becaufe at the time he h al a blunderbnis oily loaded, and declined to fit e, at he faid he knew there wit; no fear of their getting away, and h did not with to intetrupt them by a forfeiture of any of their lives. fraucis Cobh was ac man who came up to the door, and took the keeper by the throat, till the key was taken from him. The Jury brought in their verdift—Jullii.tble Homicide. Eilhop Taylor, formerly a Chip's corporal of the Cbichcller, who, it Icons, has the kLeping of the doer they forced, has been only fix weeks in the yard. Captain Read, of the rtaidentia, fays, that he entertained tome ideas that the mu.iny• long preconcerted, becaufe the day 1.;f+:: thl were heard to fay an board, 4 , , To morr: , :u at Bromley Fair, us K.:-nt," v..hiLli was the fat. its. When one of the eenvils was going to geJ, it Was difk:lVC:Cd, tii.it seas a Itti.l 10.1 g. ed in it's fitottit.ler. Car.i.n.:r flys, the of a.r Mtn v.101146.3..:ztel to receive a (1 t:; throit i .h the blcly .cannot poqiii:y recover, as it is is his I .InA? !Ivy, was a ha'.'. exfraned Ito.a the anc l, e t>f tau „r he r..fanli t h colvins. On Tuellay ;in inonell was ti.ken at atwr.ton, in Wilts, on the body of Ce , i. Shelly. on evidmee, that •the.d...c...afed had recci.Yed as injury by falling from his mallet's hot I. Accidental Death. ;Ind on Thu-Iday the Ctitswe took an Monett at Crowllone, iat :hc body of J. Willis, who w is found dead in his gatder.,f- rote& from an apoplesr.—VerdiA, Vditation at G.,t). Wedpeiday k i nnight the body of a man was found in Leith hathatb.iw,ncarti..dr..ah:id.e. Frost the drcfs beha:l.on, •he appsare I t t have been a foldier, lately diteharged, and it is faiontesiht had nti;TA his way, and tumbled eve in the (talk. EMT( ;S. At Warfield Grove, W I iaen 'Lane, Erg of a &tight, r. I.ait Wick at Wimh:eilon, at the ! nuf •of her fathrt. Sterh:n I.tiihin6toii, Bart. the Lady ot Colonel Onit.w, of twins. On Thurfday, the Lady of Henry Ruldnfon, rfq. of Ito •itreet„ of a dAug:it,r. Oa Tirtrflay lalt. at Di!cy*:. I ady Tenwletown, of a to. On Saturday daft, by the Rev. Mr. Saver, Vale Y.lnet, to Mifs Pole, daughter of bit. Ck.alus P 01.., Bart. of Weaver:us Park, Hants. Lately, at Marv-b-bonmt Church ; by the Rer. J. Pratt, Ma. J. Jowat., 0( Hulflorn, to Mils R [IA, of N:wman.lttm. On Mcnday WI. at Cambridge, Mr. Ilan. s Cod., of l;le Gc rend Putt Ostct, to Mils Lambent', daughter of tte Mr. P. S. Lamborn. or Camt,ridge. -run. Lately, In the Weft Indic., Me. Richard Bayley, in the t 7. ycar of his age, youngctt fun of Mr.. Bayley, of th.l Ora.. Grtenoch. • _ : . _ On the 27th ult. Mifs Frances. Martin, rungeft 4 P. Sir MurdJunt ;1 1 1Jrz...n, livrha.n. in NerfoN. GLI11.3:0 • CQUVIC Locklurt, of the Roman I.4lv : ere, ~1, •,,•• tur h s hravery in the lroptrial fervice. Laft Weuner.lay; at Ifiiogton, Mr. Cbar!es :. 4 • the 16th I.ear of lai.; Skutely aft....rmlon, at Croydon, in St:rrey. Mrs .4 Creltitk, the ssth ult. Mifs ntlkien in the 8i fryrJr uf . .ser. E te. r n ty.iii runt I aid, titirke; tio: court,: of h.:r lo:.‘ life, k is Vilelit out of it. TO MORROW. S , a rif-s ?un L: I M. v.. :15 min.f.Ls after 4 25 tnit.4tez rit 01,5 HIGH WA LON:X.IN Llt I L;L: KL: - r: any; :4 milutc Aft, rnron ;c ninme. T t LUS.:)4/!4 . the. 10:1:: : (of Chniaby-ttr..et) at I tlz TAN. l'atl:4ilN4 , Can , y-Artet ; tad ps.t.liitel trrbary-picce, Lat.elseVii.v. No ; • < Sral.n itc It, re.llll,k-BILI tO c.•!ich frhcr cz ; u7 it!! • Ws for thc ilsarat see raiscit‘l ss rt addraest.