Star. — London, England, 1828-12-20 00:00:00

,~ ,- V • •. ! ' 1 • . ' , WINTER ASSIZES. MAI I DSTONR, DECEMBER 19. • Before Mr. Justice BURROBON. TRIAL OF MR. THOMAS AUSTIN, Till !Ant DIPUTT TRIAstIRER OF ORERNWICH HOSPITAL. This trial was appointed for nine o'clock precisely, but some time previous to that hour, from the interest it excited, the Court, which is en uncommonly spacious one, began to fill, and by the time the Judge had taken his seat it was crowded in every part. Tne prisoner, Thomas Austin, was then placed at tree bar, and' arraigned on an indictment which charged, that on the 15th of October, 1827, at Greenwich. he then being employed as a clerk, or see rant, to Sir Thos Bolton Th.'mpson, Ban. to air, holding die office of Deputy-Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, did embezzle the sum of 1,0001. which he had received by .virtue 01 the office he held under the said master and.employer. In a second count he was charged with embezzling further sum of 2,0001. on the 16th of November. And in a third count he was charged with embezzling. a fur Cher sum of 2501. on the 14th of December. The misoner Pleaded " Not Guilty."- Mr. BOLLAND stated the case to the Jury. It was quite unnecessary be should call the attention of the Jury to the case, which was one affecting the interests of the country, as well as the prisoner at the bar. He should briefly' det ail the facts ; for it was nit the wish of those who sent him that he should state any thing in aggravation of them. The Learned Counsel then pro ceeded to detail the facts, as afterwards proved b.y the following witnesses: John Dyer, Esq.—ls now first cle of the Admi ralty. but was formerly Secretary of G wichHospital. Sir Thomas Bolton Thompson was Treasurer of that Instlletion, and appointed Mr. Austin his deputy. Wit. ness was an attesting party to the poirer of attorney conferring the appointment. fsli, Austin, Pt eviou's to his appointment as Deputy Treasurer, was a clerk at the Treasurer's Office. . Mr. W. Knowlden—ls .a clerk in the Treasury De partment of the Hospital. Mr. Austin . was Deputy- Treasurer and also Chief Clerk of the Treasury. It was his duty to tender a monthly . account of the receipts and disbursements of the Hospital. His salary, as Chief Clerk, was 5001 per annum, besides which he was a clerk of the prizes, for which he receiverl2oo/. a-year more. The monthly accounts wete then put in. The accounts were tendered to a Board of Directors and Governors, sitting sometimes at .the. Admiralty, and sometimes at Greenwich. Hospital. Mr. BRODRICK saicthe should now pot in the acccunts for those months on which the embezxlements had taken plate. • Thnaccounts for October, November, and December, 1827, wete accordingly severally put in, and also the general account from the ht of . Januar . ) , to the 31st of March, 1828. Witness—Mr.*Austin continued to hold his appoint ments till June, 1828, but he rendered nogeneral ac count after March in that year. All the hems in the monthly accounts ought to appear in the general ac 'cowl: Witness produces the rough drafts from which the acccults of October, and November, and Decem 'ler, 1827, were made up. Those of November and :December art in the handwriting of Mr. Austin. That , rof October is merely endorsed by M. Austin. - By the JUDOS -Where awe these accounts found? Witnessl don't know. Crosi examined—Has been clerk in the Treasures': cake 24 .Yeits. The Treasurer appoints, his Deputy '' , and the Board of D.rectors confirm the appointment.-- In ;oint of fact it would be no appointment at all if the Ilhard of Directors refute to confirm it. Mr. Austin could receive no money as clerk, but only in his cap.:- city t f Deputy Treasurer. It was Mr. Austin's duty to pay the amount Ire received into the Bank of England to the account there standing in the name of the Tifilt wirer; with the' exception of such money as might be requited for current disbursement , . The money thus required was kept in a strong room . called the chest.— The demands on the chest are innumerable. It, theJocars—The Treasurer seldom acts; in fact Witness never knew of one acting ;,,the treasurer has apktments allotted him in the Hospital, but he seldom occupies them; he is generally a person who has field high naval appointments; in fact witness had known the office to be held by a person actually abroad on foreign service. The Deputy,T, easurer hasapartments found him; distinct Irons those allotted to the Treasurer. By Mr. Au LPHUS—The Treasurer gives security to the Hospital, and the Deputy to the Treasurer; Mr. Austin ceased to be Deputy Treasurer on the 31st of May; after he had been dismissed lie came backward - Ind forward, and assisted in balancing and explaining accounts. Re examined by Mr. BOLLAND—The prisoner came Packward arid forward to, rectify errors discovered in his accounts; errors were detected on the day after the afenuati were delivered to the new Deputy Treasurer, Ir~r. Paine; these errors were examined into in the pre aeness ef Mr. Austin r "•Who paid the money repired to moty them; other views were afterwards discovered, -on *Milt Mr. Austin paid,. fusilier sum of money; a third set of errors was discovered, bur Mr. Austin paid no•money on account cf them; shortly . . after this dis bossily Mr. Au tinieft the neighbourhood ; the checks wife signed by Mr. Austin, as Deputy Treasurer, by pro! - curation d the Treasurer of the Hospital. . Re-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—Lb did not know they mi,takes had been discovered in the accounts of other of the hospital officers; he believed cone stele slit:coveted; someof the mistakes were in favour of Mr. Austin, to the amount of some thousands of pounds. Doting the seventeen years Mi. Austin held the appoint- Inent• hum 10,000,000 1 . to 11,000,0001. of money passed through his hands, the balance of aliich sum was con stantly carried forward in the general occur,' t.. Mr. Austin was a begligettr and unskilful accountant . Again exanskied.by Mr. BRODNICK—The mistakes to the disadtatleage of Mr. Austin were to the amount of 6 0101 Mr. Bou.atro 7 —What was the mourn of the et rots on the other side ? Mr. ADOLPHUS objected to the question as only cal culated to mita in :general prejudice. It had no . re ference to theithmearot embezzlement in the indictment, which wittaciac. Mr. L followed on the same side. Messrs. LLAND and Buomuci contended they had tight to put the question, as it arose our of the eta mination of opposite Counsel, and had f r its object the showing on which side the error really stood; for if it should appear the amount again.t Mr. Austin was greater than that for him, in point of fact, there would have been no error on the balance of accounts to the prejudice of Mr. Austin. Irhe question was finally got rid of by its being elt c ued that the witness bad only partially examined the yteocrunts, and eoasequently could have no strictly legal knowledge of thebalance•either way, • ..Edward Lockhart. Seq. Is Secretary of Greenwich Hospital, and has held the appointment since December, ISIS. his part of the duty of witness to attend - the meetings of the Hospital Board on each of their days of assembling. Mr. Austin attended those meetings as the representative of the Treasurer, and also in his capacity of chief clerk to the Hospital. Mr. Austin, with the other officers, waited in an anti-room ready to be aled in if wanted. By the GILIDOZ—Mr. Austin could receive no money in his capacity as chief clerk, w ithout a special authority from the Board. Mr.Willeam Slack is a desk in the Bank of England, and produced the hank books for 1827. In o.totser of that year there was an account in the name ol Sir Thos. Bolton Thompson, Bart. as Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. A pas: book was kept for that accfult, and money both paid in and drawn out. The pass book was made up monthly, and the voncl ors returned. They were generally On in the pocket c f the pass hock. Mr. John Austin is tt clerk in t' e Treasurer's office of Greenwich Hospitals He used generally to fetch the pass-book for Mr. Austin from the Bank. He mostly gave the bo • k to Mr. Austin, but if Mr. Austin 0 as not in the way, he placed the book in the hands of Mr. Knowlden. He might have so placed it a dozen times. Mr. Knowldt n re-calleda-Witness, when he received the book,.always I-cked it up in the strong :nom till he had an opportunity of giving it to Mr. Austin. Cross esamiried—All papers and documents left by Mr. Austin in the strong room have b en transferred to his successor. Mr. White produced three notices which he served on the prisoner and his attorney, calling ors.them to pro- . duce the pass b-ok and oti.er documents. The first notice was dated on the 13th of December. Cross examined- , -Did nut know that every documet aid paper in the possession of Mr. Austin had be e n seized on his apprehension. The notices were put in and read ; but it appearing, that the first notice was in very gener..l terms, and the two last only served two days before the trial, the Learned Judge decided that they were inadmissible. Mr. Walter is a st •ckhroker, and knows Mr. Austin, for whom he has dine uiness since-1823. His first introductitu to Mr. Austin, was oning to his being ern ployed to Illy and sell stock on account of the Hospital. He after wards did business for Mr. Austin on his private account. He made trifling purchases of shares and se curities for him; he could not say what kind of securi ties; he did business for Mr. Austin generally ; has re ceived money from Mr: Austin in payment of such' shares. Witness has no account made by himseT of the state of the money transactions lietween himself and Mr. Austin. In October, 1827, he received from M. Austin check. on • the Bank of England fir 1,001. Witness. paid it to his hankers, Spooner and Attwoodosho gave him credit - for it. Witness afterwards lent that, money on his own account, and nct on accouct of Mr. -Austin ; he borrowed it of Mr. Austin for the purpose of lending it; he did not repay the money till two or three months afterwards. In November of the same year, he received another check from Mr. Austin for 2,000 i. in the same manner, and for the same purpose ; it was to be em. ployed for Mr. Austin's .benefit ; on the 14th December witness received another check from Mr. Austin, for 2& but whether that suns was to be lest out, ,or whither it was for " general disbursements," he could not say. By Mr. BritcaND—What instructions did Mr. A ustin give ys.o when be paid the 1,0001. to you ? Witness. —Nothing further than to pay him interest fur it. Witness repaid the money by direct payments into the Bank of England, to the credit of the account there, standing in the name of the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. He repaid 1,8001. in bank notes on the 31st of January, and a further sum of 2,0501. on the 21st of February. There had been other and larger dealings between him and Mr. Austin. In the vations transac tions he had with Mr. Austin, the money was always advanced by Mr. Austin, in a check drawn upon the Bank of England, and. signed in his official capacity as Deputy Treasurer. Mr. Justice Buaaouou here observed that, from the evidence of the last witness, it appeared the money bid been returned, consequently there could have been no felonious application of it. Mr. BOLLAND—There has been a fraudulent appli cation of it. Mr. Justice BURROUGH—Yes, but before that was discovered the money had been paid back. He consi dered that this aas not an embezzling of the money within the meaning of the Act. The prisoner must be acquitted. Whether be might not be indicted under some other clause of the Act, is another question. The pi isoner was Acquitted accordingly. The prisoner was again arraigned on an indictment charging that he, being a clerk and servant to SirThos. Bolton Thompson, did feloniously embezzle forty one notes of 51. each value, two sovereigns, and eight silver shillings. In a second count he was described to be the servant of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. It appeared that on the 13th r t April, 1827, the prison* received the money in question from Mr. Clif ford of the Navy Pay-office at Chatham, on account of the Hospital; that he afterwards wrote to the Secretary admitting the receipt of the money ; but on examining his accounts, it was found that be had never carried it to the. credit of the Hospital. Salmon, of Bow-itsesa, proved the apprehension of the prisoner. Cross examined—The chaise in which he was con. 'eying the prisoner was-upset, but he did, not attempt to . escape. .‘ By the JUl)ol—Had he an opportonity of escaping? Wiine-s—l thidk not. The Junua—Were you armed? Witness—Yes, with a brace of pistols. -The JUDGE—That was right. After hearing arguments of Counsel, the Learned Judge decided that the Deputy Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital was not a clerk and servant within the mean ing of the statute, and consequently that the indictment could not hold good. - The rest of the indictments having all the same de fect, were not proceeded with, and the prisoner was discharged upon finding four sureties in 501. each, to become bound for his appearing to answer any fresh charges that might be preferred against him at the en suing Assiz.s. The sureties were immediately - entered into, and Mr. Austin left the Court in company of his Mend.. Letters frost Copenhagen, dated the 6th inst. men tion that the disorder of the measles was raging to an alarming extent-1'2,000 cases, which is nearly one• eighth part of the population. The number of Newspapers seems t' increase almost daily in France. In one department alone (the depart. , ment du Nord) there are no less than fourteen, nine of which - are Constitutional, three Absolutist•, and two Ministerial ; and two more liberal ones are about to appear at Dunicark,Parit Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. • Thursday events(, slam. eight o'clock, a tall elderly man, who had the appearance of being a mechanic , was observed endea vouring to quest,- himself through the railings of St. Paul's Church -yard. near the North entrastee to the Cathedral, and boding he colold not easily accomplish his purpose. he polled off his boots, and was pro ceeding to divest himself of wale further part of his d o biress,s w h e n be was int, ri opted by a patrol tieing gue stiotted. as oect, he said he wanted to hod the Devil, and from his general mantic' it was 'opposed he was deranged. He was conveyed to the Comptes*. where the'Gpvernor attempted, hut Iruitkssiy, to learn who be w as, and what part of the country he had travelled from; for it as evident, from the dirt upon his bouts, that he bad walked a con- siticrabic didance. Ye.tetday morning he V/14 btought before Mr. Alderman Ilsofin for examinanon, and was again interrogated respecting his name, Ste. lie said he understood what Money, the beadle, had stated to the Magistratt - s respecting b.m, but he did not know his own name and address. The Alderman desired that he should be taken care of in the Compter till Tuesday, and the prison sutra(' would, us the inter lin. examine him, and report his real state. BOW-ST R Yesterday Williams Smith , Charles Willinson, and George Ward* .were hi ought to this office in custody of Wallace, and another MI, the dismounted patrol, charged on suspicion of having cut a boll containing some valuable property from the carriage of Lord Strata haven, on the eight of Wednesday. the lgth instant, on the nand between Kentish-town and Holloway. The pt ironer Smith is well known to the police, and was charged at this Miser some time ago nn suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of several letter.bags from the Hounslow post. ersee.—Wallace. the patrol, stated, that his partner and himself were on duty on Thursday night near the Junction Turnpike, ao the road leading from Kentish town, when be met the prisoner Smith, who egkid him what .o'clock it was? Witness replied that it was near seven. Witness then observed the other two prisoners, whom he followed to the Red Cap public-home, in. Holloway. where they called for a pint of porter. Believing that they were on no good design , witness asked them some questions, and then searched them. foetid upon Wilkinson a sort of latch-key, and a large penknife. %%mesa then went out, and stopped Smith, who asked hint it he wanted his money. pretending that he took hint (the witness) fur a thief. On searching his waistcoat-pocket, witness found a knife, containing a large blade and a saw, with a double set of teeth. Upon the person of Warden witness also found a large knife. Mr. Wooler, who appeared for the prisoner Smith, said that the knife was a common knife, and one which be or any tuber person might have in his pocket, without any had design. Wallace ataftd,that while he was in the act of searching Smith, he dropped a key, which he (the witness) now produced. Mr. Wooler—lt is a common latch-key. Sir RICHAIID BMOC oh-erved that common as It looked, it would most likely open the box that had been cut from Lord Strathaven's c.irfiage. Wooler—There is no evideoroxig• show that the prisoners know anything of the stolen box. tit <.— Wallace stated that a patrol wheat Altecdasiew saw the prisoners upon the road the same night that kit Lordship's box had been stolen. Ile witness) also saw them en the same road last Saturday night. —day .• Mr. hitosnusa. asked Wallace if he meant to say that he sus pected the prisoners of having cut away the box ? Wallace—l do, your Worship; and on a future day I will bring forward evidence to that elf, ct.—The prisoners were accordingly remanded. ART-I.A.BONNS • 'Mr..Gpoehee, the apotbicAry to the Infirmary, came to the eau, and reported to Mr. Hoskins that hi, patient, Mary Mort- Jock, who was shot on Wednesday night by Bump, was considera bly wore, and he considered that her deposition should be taken as men as possible. 11.fianineatory symptoms had. already appeared, and her face was much swelled ; he did not apprehend any imme diate danger, although the young wontan's ultimate recovery was doubtful. Mr. Gatemen immediately proceeded to the Infirmary, and the prisoner was also conveyed there, for the purpose of bring identi fied by the young woman, and be stood at the foot of her bed while she related the ciccurnstances of the dreadful occurrence. It ap peared from her statement, that on Tuesday week she went to Covent•garden Theatre, where she first saw Burrup, wh'o entered Into converiation with her, and he escorted her home to her mother's house, in Shornton-place,'and they made an appointment to meet on the following morning, in Oxford-street. They kept their ap- Poinisnent in Oxfordaatceet, and another engagement was entered into fur Wednesday evening. On that night they visited various public-houses in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, and she was afterwards proceeding part of the way home with him, when she found herself suddenly wounded by a pistol shot, bat she was totally unconscious of Durrup being the person who fired at her. Mr. Goodyer said he believed that Runup and the girl must have • been walking arm-in-atm, when the latter turned towards him to reply to some observations, and he then discharged the pistol in her face. . . The primate, who could scarcely support himself from euessive agitation, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. UNION—HALL. A young man, named Neternan, residing in Manor-plate, South wark, attended and stated, that his house was broken into on the preceding night, and the corpse of his mother stolen. The outrage was committed, he had no doubt, by the sesurrection men, fur Mine of the property in the house was disturbed, and the fellows were careful of not taking the shrowd belonging to the corpse.— An officer accompanied . the applicant to the different hospital& and dissecting-rocims, but was unable to find the body. HATTON—GA II DEN. Durriso.—Williaes Anrers was charged with defrauding a Gen tleman named Osborne. On Saturday the prisoner accosted the complainant in Holborn, and asked him if he would purchase some smuggled French kid gloves. Mr. Osborne consented to make the purchase, and accomeanied the prisoner to a public house in the neighbourhood to view the goods; but they being of an indif ferent nature, Mr: Osborne refused to purchase them, and the pri soner displayed a shawl which he said was 6 . realeashmere," 40 yards of s , Holland," and two pieces of 6 . French cambric " of 11 yards eat h. These articles the prisoner reprewtited as bring worth 501. or 40/. but owing to tern-payment of duty,•he could afford to sell them end• r their real value ; and Mr. Osborne contented to give him 12/. for the goods, ball to be paid upon &Heresy, and the other, half • when their quality was ascertained. The articles were as. cordingly conveyed to Mr. Osborne's lodgings, and the prisoner received aix pounds, and agreed to call in four days fur the cm !minder. A female friend of Mr. Osborne, however, on looking over the goods, discovered that the shawl was ,Norwich manufac ture; the forty yards of Holland turned out to betwenty-live yards of calico, worth 10d. a yard; and the twenty-two yards of French cambric was only fourteen yards of Scotch muslin. worth 2s. per yard. lie did not call for the remaining 61. and Mr. Osborne meeting him in Holborn, gave him in custody. He was all Owed to choose between refunding the money to Mr. Osborne and find ing bail to take his trial. He acceded to the former proposition; but the cash not being forthcoming, be was locked up. • Monday a gooseberry, quite set, was plucked off a tree in the kitchen garden of Mrs. Storey, of Long Sut ton.—Lincoln Moot y. Early on Tuesday morning a desperate- gang. of poachers (15 in number) made an attack on the game keepers at Clarendon ; the keepers vete, very fortu nately, unusually strong in number, and completely dis comfitted the poachers, one of whom, a notorious cha racter, named Charles Jennings, has been safely lodged in Fisherton gaol, and will take his trial at the next Assizes.—Dertim Gazelle. Sunday the town of Lancaster was alarmed by the report of a .maid servant in the employ of Mr. Sharp, Solicitor, having been drowned in the canal the pre ceding night. Screams sere said to have been. heard from the spot where she is supposed to have been thrown in. In the absence, however, of all material evidence, the Jury returned a verdict Found Drowned.* • In boring for spring water in the market place of Boston, the men employed by Mr. Wilk: have, during the past week, encounter ed an extremely hard substance, some particles of Mhich have-been brought to the sur face, and prove to be very strongly impregnated with metal. On Saturday afternoon last, however, a change took place, the drill descending very rapidly to .the depth of several inches. What the new stratum may be is yet undiscovered, as the augur has not been worked since the change.—Stamford Nears. Yesterday, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, a respectably dressed young woman., whose name was subsequently discovered to be Sarah Stunt, was passing along London,Ter race, in.the Commercial Road, she suddenly fell aud graphed, from the effects of I apogleiy. • Sbir B4 7 Mk. Newcastle 32* Sanded:tad . • HUNTING. The King's Stag Hounds meet on Monday, at x Wink field ; and . Friday, at the Pits, Bedfont L i n e . " " 9 k*, The Harnhle'don Hounds en Monday, at Iktty Lod2 bledon ; Wednesday, at Preslaaw House; and hid.y, 6t (l bury Down. -*A Lord Derby's Stag Hounds on Tuesday, at T ang i er; and rt,;jl7. at Catterhant Common. Toe Surrey Hounds on Monday. at Addington 11%, 1 Wednesday. at the 111 Moon ; and Saturday. at C rown 4sl t 11;; • Mr. Jollifte's hounds Monday, at the Hermitage it 1 Heath; Wednesday, at C roy d on-road e:I, Outwond; an d 19th Mile-stone eta the . "al,acts The East Sssex Fox I lountls, on Monday, at t. enghtea „ and Wednesda u y, at Danny. ravad ; Mr. Meystrit's Hounds on Wednesday, at Bulking ; , a , day, Mat C D.-rbyshire Deer Bounds on :Monday, at Gra n k itio , The Shropshire liotinda bt• Nlotiday, at Atehanin„ 4 , ; nesday, at Tweinlows; Friday. at Widow Hall; and Sanaa . Kaston Maseott. attar Me. Boycott's Hounds on Tuesday, at Chatwell ; an' . IA Dandled. NI % Sir It. Pulestone's Hounds on Monday, at !tangier 11;1 ; yr, i nesday, at Shocklach Green ; and Saturday. at Poti on . ' 4 . Mr. Wickstead's Hounds on Monday, at Add: rky ; w at Checkley Village; and Stturday, e. • nr,tj as Mt. Dansey's Illoun Is on Tuesday, at Kou•chutch Pat ; 44 Friday. at the Crown. Mr. Mute's Hounds on Tue.day,at Itangliani The Oar Jake •Hounds on Monday, at the Fnt and R e nit nesday, at Dutton Hall ; Friday, at Mitislaull; and SattaGir Abbey Field. Sir T. Stanley's Hounds on Tuesday, at Stannery The Gransden Ilininds on Monday, at Calton Church; 13 44 day, at Coombe Grove. The Puckeridge Hounds on Monday, at Ilaeltain; W a d nei d at Sacombe Park ; and Saturday. at Tlir..eklng. Lord Petre's Hounds On Tuesday, at Danbury Mills; day, at Dunton Blacksmiths. The Wurcestershire Hounds on Teelday, at the Turnpike cross roads between Upton and Curselawn; and Friday, at Lye Cliffey Wood. 'I he Upton upon Severn Harriers en Wednesday, at Corre Lips and Friday, at [lows Hill. 's 'llk Warwickshire Hounds on Monday, at Itesthill. Mr. King's 1-166nds on Monday, at Ilennock ; and Wed- t o • 4 l• at Belamarsh. The Whitehaven Harriers on Monday, at Barrow M ont h ; arii Wednesday, at Harris. The Blackman V.lle Hound; on Tuesday, at West E n d w oo; and Friduy, at Compton Lodge G..tr, near Yeovil. The Cadbury Harriers on Monday, at Milbortie Wyke. The Cannock II 'inlets on Monday, at a Barrow; and gm," at Chittern Meadows.. The Craven Hounds on Monday,at Greenham Colman; Tow day, at Chilton House ; Wednesday, at Hunt's Green; era Su* day, at Clench Common. STAG HUNT. Lord Darnley's Hounds yesterday followed a Stag ever 4, Surrey hills At the heights, near Norwood, several of the Brea Lest the Stag and pack. About one o'clock, they were sera coda way to town, having been compktely thrown out. 3is Tl.u.silay night the premises of Mr. Ayres, as smith, Toolvy-strtet, were ei,tcred fly some villains," stole watches to the amount cf• 1201. An unprece,!ented occurrence took place at Ile Geo?ge Briwn's, at A rebtny, Wilts. on Sunday hi whilst the family were at church. The cuter hard missei one of the cart home., searched every plata could think of, in vain ; When, hearing a noise is is hayloft, he ascended the ladder, *bete, to hi. RA surprise,:lie found the lost animal, *hick had nunsattl the ladder in qiieit, we suppose; of some betier . rts. vender than the stable afforded. The diaultrov was how to get the horse down again. 'This . war last accomplished, by placing a quantity of . strara nearly the level of the hole in thelicrr, thr•agh vhf he had crept, when he was landed again among his low-steeds in his humble stable. - Somgamanctsm.—A set vane girl, wlao-had freq been in the habit of walking in her sleep,. alarmed respectable family in which she resided, IT getting a 1 a few mornings since, about three o'clock, and de • ing a light; she then dressed herself and descended's the kitchen, where she • carefully packed up a bon& "of clothes, crying bitterly during the whole time. le was asked by her fellow servant, who - watched her, sey she appeared so dial essed ? She replied," that a stream ger had just called upon her, who stated that her Wit was dying in Gloucester Infirmary, in consequence d having undergone an operation; and, as it was eatlyi the evening, nr thing should prevent her going to rte hi% if she walked all the way." Her companion endeavotirri to pacify her, but in vain ; she insisted upon geinp, after seeing that the shutters were fast, and putting' the candle, she pr.-ceedest to the street door for tie purpose of leaving the house—when about to open de .'our, she suddenly awoke, and had the happ.nest ts find that her alarm had merely originated in a dream. She return, d to bed and went to sleep, and it is sols what remat !table that she had cot the sr:lA:est ' t o collection of the circumstance on the following day - Cheltenham Chronicle. NEW GATE AND I.RADPNIIALI. DI A UKICIII, Ditc. .. .1.2 s 8d to 3s 8d 3, to 5 , 0 blutton ...5% Oil to 3s 10d I Pork 44 N 1• s, PRICES or HAY ova STRAW YF.STRRDA Y. ST. JAWS ' S. WHITIA.NATILL. Hay 31 53 01 to 41 Os 01 I Hay 21 iss to 41 114 Clover 31 Ss Od to 51 Os od Qover vl 10s to 51 tic Straw 1112 s 04 to 11 ISt od I Straw 11 as to 11 14s PRICE OF LEATIII?.R. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting ... 154 to 1744 Ditto 45 to 50Ibs led to 20d Ca' Skins; 36 to 40lbs Ditto •50 to 70Ibs . .. Ditto 70 to eolbs Small Seals, Greenland) .... ..... .. 224 to TA Tanned Horse Hides Spanish Horse Hides .... PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP &c. Town Tallow ... 45s Od Yellow Soap ... ..• 74414 ,, Yellow Russia ... 4d I Mottled .. ..• 8 " White ditto —s Oil Curd . ••• Soap ditto od I Graves Melting Stuff Tallow Imported trim St. Petersburgh, 4500 Casks. COURSE OF EXI Amsterdam ...12 2 C.F. Ditto at sight —l2 0 Rotterdam... 2 U 12 2 Antwerp ... 12 2 Hambisrgh ?k U 13 13 Altona ... 21 U 13 13k Paris,3day'ssight 25 45 Ditto .. ...2 U 25 70 Madrid 37 CHANGE, Dec. 19. Seville ...361 Gibraltar 46 Leghorn ... 48 Genoa `•3 40 Venice 41i Malta Cadiz . 37 Barcelim3 Gilboa ... Naples 39; Palermo t W O pet el Lisbon .• 4.;* Rio Janeiro .. Dublin ... t Cork • • .. PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVEit• Foreign Gold in Bars ... ... Cl 7 0 4 li 9 t Silver, in Bars, standard . -----t COAL MARKET, DEC. 19. Ship = Sold . nice. f.'9i SO% 0 , 1 to :61 1 31 4 14; 33% 3%1 to r% ......—•-•-•"" 7 ..------- 4116H-WA.TER.at LONDON-BUIDGIZ T 0.14010101. ldwaing 3 7 minute. air . . Afterasoo 46 auttutes after 2 . .......-- 10110111: POnted ada i iiingised by JoH111•MATIII , tbs P l. i rk;gi at the Seas thaws, NO 1, 11,ckett-place, Um& 13. u. SPORTING INTEIIIGENCE. --.......-- . . HUNTING. t King's Stag Haunch meet on Monday, at N , • • grid ; and . Friday. at the Pits, Bedlam Line 12* 14.1 'Pp : Harnhle'don Hounds en Monday, at Ik t• Y t,„ a ; Wednesday, at l'reslaaw House; and 1:44 i-•'e -, Down. st rd Derby's Stag (lon nds on Tuesday, at T ang i er • herein Common . and Fr;;l4 e Surrey Hounds on Monday. at Addington Lila it.. owl° sesslay. at the II 111 Moon ; and Saturday. as 0.,,,,,' . 4 — ,, 10ra .--•• • Jolliffe'a Hounds on , Monday, at the Hermits ri ."I ' Il l': ) a; Wednesday, at the Bell, Outwood; ~,d scir gn WA IN -----• Nlile-stone on the Croydon.road. 'al, Mu, r East Sussex For ilounda, on Monday, at tau h ,Vedneaday, at Danny. t len N ut • Meynell's Hounds on Wednesday, at !Whew di T . Hem t cross. 81; S ol , C D.-rbyshite Deer Hounds nn :Monday, at Gra 4 ,4 1 ., Ifs veive e Shropshire Iloein t d ‘o so da t. y M a os t i o da n y sto , w at h A itaci b i;s7ndß , ,t , g r . l %.: lbl4, y, at Tweinlows; as Mascott. "niirk lay, it FIVe * . 11,1cott's Hounds on Tuesday, at Chatwell; a t ,' es. One recoiled. - rils!, 1511 I It. Ptelestone's Hounds on Monday, at Hannier IL- t; a ., '` Vhirt ry, at Shocklach Greets ; and Saturday. at Polio% ' • To r. Wickstead's Hounds on Monday, at Add. dry ; W, J,„.., Maley Vi line ; and S.turtlay, as Illerkt.N.,a, "'w!, gold, r. l atanthe ey's Il Crown ut is P . •r. i inls on Tuesday, at Kochutch -sod t iy. ill the I r. Mute's Hounds on Tuesday,at Itangham Hall. Sal is Cheshire •Hounds on Monday, at the Fox nil gue i. n , ty, at Dutton Hall; Friday, at Miuslaull; and SaturG. lend4 ry Field. 114 :this I • T. Stanley's Hounds on Tuesday, at Stannery Mil . El is Gransden Hounds on Monday, at Calton Church; l a y. i. *lir at Coombe Grove. be Puckeridge Hounds on Monday, at liaetsam; W a d i wilt• W as 'combs Park ; and Saturday. at Tbrocklig. "4 and Petre's Hounds On Tuesday, at Danbury Mali; and sr. at Dunton Blacksmiths. ....... be Worcestershire Hounds on Taeyday , at the Turnaik.,., b , i road; between Upton and Curselawn; and Friday, s i t* . ',:y Wood. he Upton upon Severn harriers en Wednesday, at Conse Lo s s Friday, at Hews Hill. Offe he Warwickshire Hounds on Monday, at Iteihiti. Ir. King's llosnds on Monday, at Hemlock; mid Wed...tchea Old Ille elamarsh. -- he Whitehaven Harriers on Monday, at Barrow :rout's; 1 , 4 it E Inesday, at Harris. he Illackmoot Vak Hound; on Tuesday, at West E n d w ool . Friakay, at Compton Lodge Gate, near Yeovil. • •Ole 'hr Cadbury Harriers on Monday, at Mi:borne Wyke. did 'he Connor). II trriets on Monday, at a Barrow; and Frig, silk :hittern Meadows.. Ws 'be Craven Hounds nn :Monday, at Greenharn Common; Too ,at Chilton House ; Wednesday, at hunt's Green; sal Saw _ .__. , at Clench Common. am STAG HUNT. Ifet .ord 13.rrnley's Hound's yesterday Wowed a Stag eg e t% Jiro rey hills At the heights, near Norwood, several of the Hato the Stag and pack. About one &check, they were sees saber bee r to town, having been con pktely thrown out. : t Tl.u•srlay night the premises d Mr. Ayres, silm, .. iith, Tonl.l-strtet, were mimed lay some villains,ski ale w.tches to the amount ti NC/. An unprecc,!ented occurrence took place at It . ioige Brrwsi's, at A rebury, Wilt on Sunday le, last the family were at churc!a. The carter Nail ' loci one tat the cart home:, searched every place to uld think of, in vain ; When , hearing a n oi se in Ole • M y•loft, he ascended the ladder, where, to hi, pi . rprise,•ire found the lost animal, *hick had mould , e ladder in qiieit, we suppose; of some betier . rts. nder than the stable afforded. The diaultrins as how to get the horse down again. 'This . was it at accomplished, by placing a quantity of . Struti arty the level of the hole in thelicrr, thr•ligh stitiA d had crept , when he was landed again among Hi kl. " w-steeds in his humble stable. - Somgamauctsm.—A set want girl, wlso-had freq —. • en in the habit of walking in her sleep,. alarmed spectable family in which she resided, IT getting., ' ___, few mornings since, about three o'clock , and obtain' "- g a light; she then dressed herself and descended tat , e kitchen, where she • carefully packed up a bogie clothes, crying bitterly during the whole time. 'Se as asked by her fellow servant, who - watched tier, 34 • i ., le appeared so distressed ? She replied," that a mess* .• , er bad just called upon her, who stated that her Wei as dying in Gloucester Infirmary, in consequenced . 1 aving undergone an operation; and, as it was eatly a to evening, n. thing should prevent her going to ate hint ' she walked all she way." Her companion endeavonal a pacify her, but in vain ; she insisted upon geinp, 41 rter seeing that the shuttets were fast, and putting ca: se candle. she pr•-ceedeJ" to the street door for •Je urpose of leaving the house—when about to open ut our. she suddenly awoke, and had the happ•altas t, rad that her alarm had merely originated in a thee:. lie return, d to bed and went to sleep, and it is son: • chat remas kable that she had cut the srnal:est 'ov rilection of the* circumstance on the foilowing day - heltenhant C'hrouide. i -- ---- -- ----- -- ____.._____-.....- .• aEW GATE AND LEA DF9IIIALL DI A Itli P. I'S, Dec. 19. 'err... .. .-..2s 8d to 3s Rd I Veal ... ... 34 4.1 to 5 , 1 1 baton .. ...as 04 to 3s tod I Pork ... ... 44 $ll to Ss 1 1 PRICES or HAY &ND STRAW YF.STERDA Y. ST. JAMES'S. WHIM:NAM. i lay 31 53 Od to 41 Os 01 Hay 21 us to 41 8' lover 31 5s Od to 51 Os 041 I Covet 31 lOs to 51 at traw 11124 04 to 11 16s Od 1 Straw 11 8s to 11 its ' - PRICE OF LEATHER. k Best Dressing Hides • Common Ditto .. ... 15d to 20%d t . Crop Hides, 35 to 40114 for cutting ... 154 to 1744 Ditto 45 to 5011os lild to 20d Call Skins; 56 to 401ba Ditto •50 to 70Ibs . .. Ditto 70 to 801bs Small Seals, Greenland) .... ..... .. 224 to 234 Tanned Horse Hides Spanish Horse Hides .... ..... -------* PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP &c. Town Tallow ... ... 45s 0 4 Yellow Soap ... ... 74 '1 Yellow Russia ... ... 4'..ts al I 'Mottled .. . ..• 8 " . 1 " - White ditto .. ... — lo d 1 Curd •• • ••• •••--I Soap ditto ... ... —es cad Graves • ... ... ... 0, a a Melting Stuff Tallow Imported from St. Petersburgh, 4500 Casks. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Dec. 19. Amsterdam l2 2 C.F. Seville .. ... 361 Ditto at sight l2 0 Gibraltar... .. 46 Rotterdam... 2 U 12 2 Leghorn ... ... 48 Antwerp ..• l2 2 Genoa ... ... 2.5 40 Hambiergh 94 U 13 13 Venice ... ... 474 Alton* ... 21 U 13 13k Malta - Paria,3day'ssight 25 45 Naples Ditto .. ...2 U 25 70 ' Palermo • ... 1401 d Pe t "' Madrid ... ... 37 Lisbon Cadiz .......37 ltio Janeiro .. • - /I Barcelona ... ..3611 Dublin Bilboa ... ..37 C0rdc :: 1_ ... ...1 PRICESOF GOLD AND SILVER. Foreign Gold in Bars ••• ... sCS 17 9 4 I'l Silver,ilßars, stand ard 0 COAL MARKET, DEC. 19. Stir at Market. Ship% Sold. nice. _. 864 Newcastle d .......... EU s e 2 ; * Sande ig—'....'..—....- -iffA.T rt: Eli•at LONDO 29 N ---1 -SItIDG I37 It nun l 74l-------°3 1 er ttgl:14 : ::1131: MRIIMAS Aftenweas . 46 minutes atter 2 —_ ..—. 4 Loho a g t : the nin k t ax ed aisilor;thillits, NO 1, bryictentisl-Mutcazlits4.oll9lr: Bib SPORTING INTEIIIGENCE.