Star. — London, England, 1818-10-28 00:00:00

f • . • • • , 1 r • • I t. it ; f 7f k 11 I LONDON MARKETS, OCTOBER 27. Corrosi.—The depressed state of the Cotton matt.' ket, and the low prices submitted to, p articularly in the East 'lndia •deseript ions, is beginning to =Ott much attention, and will probably induce extend* purchasers to come forward. Last week there wink renewed enquiry for Surat Cotton, but the buyers* }acted the better qualities, and as the holders are rather firm, the purchases could not be made on the low terms expected, otherwise the business done, would have been extensive, particularly for the hornet consumption of the country ; Bengals were in good request for exportation, but the shippers could not purchase within td. to id. of last week's prices Demerara Cotton sold at public auction at a consi derable reduction. The purchases of Cotton, since • Tuesday last, consist of--565 Demerara 20d. cols. Id. 52 Surinams 220. to 2s. lid. a few Borbice 20d. and 21d. Grenadas 20d. to 220. 150 Carriacou 14d. to 21d. 50 Maranhams 23d. 170 Bahias . 22d. to 2s. a few Orleans 22d. and in the house, 300 Surats 11d. to 130. and 600 Bengals Sd. co 91d. making the to tal sales above 2000 bags. Ltvaaroot., OCTOBIIi 24.--The decline which -lately took place in our Cotton market has caused the dealers to come forward with more confidence,, and we have throughout the week experienced a very good demand fur most descriptions, particularly Bo weds and Brazils ; sonic little business has also been done on speculation ; price., however, are not im proved, as the holders have generally been inclined to sell, and the prices remain the same as last week.l The sales of the week amount to about 11900 bags. The arrivals have been '2032 bags. Suoatt.-.—Towards the close of last week the de isand fur Nluscovades revived, and though the sales were not extensive or brisk, yet there was evidently an improvement both in the requestand in the pries* the holders evinced much more firmness than what they have been accustomed to do, and the buyers could not purchase on so low terms as early in the , week. This forenoon the holders evince an increas ing firmness, and though the sales cannot be stated brisk, yet the prices are fully ls. bigher. The refiners took the alarm last meek at the near approach of the close of the shipping season, they in consequence be came eager to effect sales ; the purchases made were, at very reduced rates. Molasses continue in request. Foreign Sugars have been little inquired after. Come—This forenoon the demand for Coffee continues very limited. The Coffee market may be ciliated 2s. to 3s. per cwt. lower since last week, and the great depression has not yet induced the pin:- chasers to come forward. IRISII PROVISIONS.—The prices of Beef and Pork are little.varied.- Bacon is in fair demand. The But ter market has been steady, but the sales ere rather difficult to be effected ; the stock of English Buttes is reported to he considerable. liner FLAx, AND TALI DlY.—The prices of Tal low arc again Is. to 2s. higher, but the demand isnot - bri.,k. at the advance ; for Tallow to artive during tie yeat, there is now _little difference in price, the latter is fad. to Is. per cwt. lower than parcels here. Hemp coutinets in limited dennettl, and may be pur cl aced a shade lower. In Flax thtete is no alteration. The letters yesterday from St. Petersburgh state the Exchange about 12i. Toaaeco.—The market continues heavy ;—pur chases could &e made under last week's prices, but there has been little or no business doing. NAVAL Sroncs.—There have been few purchases of Rough Turpentine lately : the prices are nearly rOariiral. Spirits continue to decline. There has been a good demand for Tar. lu Pitch or Rosin there is '! co variation. Ctt..--There is little variation in the prices of Greenland Oil ; the demand is steady, but not exten sive. Galipoli is a shade lower. In other descrip tions there :s little variation. Braes.—Spices are heavy, and generally declin ing; the request for Pepper ban, hoe over, consider ably revived this forenoon; C patty's l'epper, which kad been sold so low as Bd. and 81d. is now held at na. and we believe tl., latter price has this morning been realized. Rum, BRANDY, AND Hoz tatins.—The late impor tations of Rum have been so considerable, that the holders have become anxious to effect sales ; the pur chases last week were in consequence at a decline of abaur. 2d. per gallon, and the market is to-day very heavy at the reduction. The prices of Brandy are Yearly nominal ; the vintage is repotted to be most luxuriant, and as the Brandies will be much sooner at market than was generally expected, the buyers articipate a decline, and will not put chase at the present prices. The prices of Geneva are without variation. Styr..—The extensive sale at the India House fi nished this forenoon ; the prices have gone off 9s. to 10s. per pound higher than last sale ; the China Silks at the advance cf fis. to 7s; per pound. PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER. New Dollars • n S 4i Saver in Bars 0 t 4e New Louis each dep o o Portugal Gold in. Cola, per oz. Foreign Gold in Daces o o o New Doubteens ......... 0 0 ' EXCHANGE. Babes, elective SISh "ine_ ••• , Gibraltar 3l Leghorn Genoa Venice Ital. Liv IS SO Matta Naples Palermo . ..... lead Reg of. Lisbon SO •••••• • COUItSE OP Actsteriam ll 9 13.2 U. Ditto at sight 11 11 Amsterdam ll 10 C.F. Ditto at sight 11 7 ltotterdam... ll 10 2U. Antwerp, el-mo 11 13 liamburgh... 34 32; 34 4 21U. I'aris,3day's date 24 50 U. ......... 70 2U. Bn-s.rleaus do. 24 70 Oporto 5B Frankfort Rio Janeiro Maine ...... ...142e1-mo. Dublin 9; rX;drid, effective 40 C0rk..... 9; Criii effect....... 40 Agio of the Bask oat 114- liircelona 30} land 2. GI.ASGOW MARKETS. OCTOIIETI. 24. Comp.—The sales of the week amour.t to alinut 379 packages. se s Land Georgia 36, at 3z. 3d. to is. 9d.-110. Stained 17, at 2s. gd. to Is. id.--Bowed, 74, at 20id. to Wick—New (Means, 136, at 1044. to 41d.-I'trnambutos, 10, at 2s. I id.—Demerara aDd White, 22, at 225. to 2s. 34.—Bengal, 24, at 11d. The Hop Duty this year, early in August, was esti mated at 80 or 90,090;£ it is now believed to exceed £170,000, which with the New Duty would bring tamount to nearly 000,000. The estimated Duty Foreign Hops last year was SO, to 45,000. MIDDLESFX SESSIONS. Till ICING v. NIGHTINGAL.S. The defendant in this case was indicted for wan tonly assaulting the prosecutor on the 19th of Au gust last, by breaking his windows at eleven o clock at night. Ms. Am:metros stated the case on behalf of the prosecution. The charge, if proved, as he had no doubt it would be, was sufficient to excite the indig nation of every honest and independent mind. What- 1 ever his own feelings might be, (and he would at once frankly own they were powerfully excited on, ;inch an occasion), he trusted the defendant would not conceive that in the expressions he might be ob liged to use, he meant any thing personal. At the same time, if the evidence was satisfactory to the Jury, it would be utterly beyond the power of lan guage to express the indignation and contempt which one must feel for a person who could be guilty of such a wanton outrage on public decency and public peace. Happily the Bar was distinguished for the liberal terms in which they spoke of every person, rich or poor, and he trusted the day would never arrive which would see an English Advocate avail himself 'of the privilegecof his situation by Indulging in abuse. After going through the evidence he was about to call, the Learned Counsel.animadverted, in the most severe terms, on the defendant making use of the words—" that his honour prevented his dis- ' closing the name of his friend who had broke the window." For him to talk of hoiour was wonder ful. A man of honour to go about breaking win- 1 dows ! ! One had repeatedly heard of honour among thieves, and Among persons of a more infamous stamp.* But liras it a proof ;.,f honour to see a danii:: going about and annoyiug peaceful families? Much better would it be for suci: cr•atures to assume the name of Mokro;:ks, as-la .beer. done in the days of Addison, (for ;::?en we had no titr:ei!,-s, but 'bucks), than assurrl•the feminine name of a'aud...c.e. ‘V hat ever optrion a dandy might have of himself, cer tainly he was a thing not fit for social purposes, and he trusted the creatures of the present day would find the law more than a match for thorn. If the dandy supposed that breaking windows was a new invention he was much mktaken, for the very same thing had happened a century ago, only wi h this difference, that the bucks at that time broke them with halfpence, but our modern dandies did so with stones. Theo-Learned Counsel called then the follow ing witnesses: - I‘lr. Denison stated, that he is a surgeon and apo-1 thecary, living in Duke-street,' Manchester-square. and has done so for 40 years. He was sitting at borne oil the evening in question 09th of August) in the midst of his family, the windoat--: - .hutters not being closed, and his wife being within two feet of the window, whoa a great crash was heard, which broke two panes of glass and the window frame. llc foupd a large stone in the room, which unquestion ably must have been carried some distance, as no such stones are in the street. Heard the watchman cry out some time after. He went cut and found some person in custody of the watchman. That was the defendant, who said a friend of his had done it, but he refused to give the name. Ile was taken to litrlborougli-street. and held to bail. Cross-examined.—When taken to the watch-house, witness did not de ire he should be put in the black hole. Did not hear his daughters make use of abu sive language to the defendant alien the window was broken. Does not himself know that the defendant was put in the black-hole. Re-examined—The drfendant has never yet diS closed the name of his friend: • J. Weal, a Clerk in a Public Mee, was at Mr. Dennison's on the night in question. lie had spent the evening there. The account given by Mr. Den nison was quite correct. Witness thought persons passing in the street must have seen Mrs. Dennison's back, as she sat near the window. The defendant treated the matter lightly when he was taken, and mid, his friend and he saw a party at Mr. Dennison's, and his friend, who was drunk, threw the stone. and then they ran away in opposite directions. When they appeared before the Magistrate neat day, the latter produced fro a a drawer a similar stone, which had been thrown is at a window in the same neigh bourhood. Cross-examined.--,ITe wrote an accountof the trans action for a newspaper. Tha writing shown to him was not his, nor hal he the least idea whose it was. I3utlin, a Surgeon, was also at Mr. Dennison's on the night in question, and agreed in the correct ness of the account given by that (gentleman. Cross-examined.—He never wrote a letter to any Editor of a Newspaper. He expressed his indiena tion to Mr. Nightingale; but lie did not hear the latter abused in gross or improper terms. P. Connor, a watchman, heard the crash, and caught Nightingale as he was running away ; but he saw no other person near him, no:. did be see any other running away. Ile was 20 yards from the house when the stone was thrown. Here the evidence for the prosecution closed. Mr. ALLEY now addressed the Chairman, and contended that no proof of any assault bad been given, neither was the parish in which the offence had been committed proved. The CHAIRMAN admitted proof then to be taken from Mr. Dennison, that his house is in the parish of Mary-la-bonne, and left the question of assault to the Jury. Mr. ALLEY then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended that no eridenc,• had been adduced to support the charge. Ile wondered at the anger displayed by his Learned Friend against the Dandies, and supposed that it Must have arisen' from his being bitten by one of that breed. From all that he had heard, or lately read in the News papers, about these creatures, he thought them per fectly harmless, and only fit to dangle at Ladies' apron strings, and carry their redicules. But his client was none of these; he was a respectable young man, the son of a Lady of rank, and himself holding a Commission in that Army which had done so much for us. He had been to Hampstead with a friend, where they had dined. This friend got in toxicated, and threw the stone. The defendant had declared upon his honour that he did not throw the stone, nor would he have suffered it to have been thrown, if he had had any controul over his friend. Still he could not think of giving up the name of his friend to a prosecution. without the leave of that friend, and therefore must bear 41 the consequences himself. If the Jury returned a verdict against thi defendant, a Court of Enquiry must be held on his conduct; and if that verdict were taken as a guide to the inquiry, he might be deprived of his Com mission. The CHAIRMAN then began to sum up the evi dence. He laid it down that the one, who was by when the stone was thrown, was as guilty as the thrower, if they acted in concert. He recommended to the defendant to give up his friend. Mr. ALtrt said, his client lamented that he could not do that ; but he would make an apology for any part of his conduct, except for the throwing of the stone, of which he knew himself to be innocent. Mr. ADOLPHUS said, the prosecutor could only accept an apology for the whole of his conduct, and a sum 'paid to a public charity. Mr. ALLEY repeated that his client could only apologise for any act which might be erroneous ; but he could not admit that he threw the stone. The CHAIRMAN then - went on. He lamented that the defendant sli d make himself the sacri fi ce for an undeservingd, and would not take the ad vice offered him to give him up. The attempt made to serve the defendant had only proved, what was' often observable in such places, that they only vatt ed their own time, and left matters in a worse state than before. The conduct attributed to the defendant was a most disgraceful outrage, aggravated by the insult of offering to pay for the broken panes. It would not be endured in this country, that the do mestic circle and peace of any man should be out raged in so gross a manner as had been done to the prosecutor. The defendant was as guilty as he who threw site stone, and he must not think, that if found rmilt?, he would get off for a fine of £lO or 030. i': the Court knew that many men thought nothing of paying that much . for their frolic. Ile wished the affairlad taken another turn, but as it was, the case must be left to the Jury. Ile then summed up the evidence as we have already detailed it. The Jury then deliberated for a few seconds, and just as they were about to return their verdict Mr. AboLritus begged the Foreman to stop a few mo ments while he made another proposition to the de fendant's Counsel. He then handed over a written paper to Mr. ALLEY, which we afterwards learned, was an apology, which the prosecutor was willing to accept. Mr. ALLEY, after having consulted with his client, and shewn him the contents of the paper, said the defendant had consented to read it in open Court, na which he immediately rose from the end of the table, where he had been seated during the whole of the trial, and did to the following effect:— • " No one laments more than myself the fact which has been cornniit;ed ; and I am extremely sorry if I have done or said Lily thin: which has given °hence to Mr. Dennison or any e his copiiv. - ‘itt also understand that he agreed to pay f.:50 to a charity. A Juror Was then withdrawn, and no t vcrdict taken or recorded. The CHAIRMAN then complimented Mr. Dennison on the he had manif i ted. BOW-STlMET.—Yesterday Lady Bruce was re-exa , mined. Previous to the examination, a hatter in Bury street, 54. James's, said, that Lady Bruce had re sided in his house some time ago, and had always conducted herself with propriety. She paid him and all who bad demands on her with punctuality. Mr. thymic said he was tight to state any thing he might know of Lade Bruce ; but the proper place for such a statement would be before a Court and Jury should site be sent to trial. The Solicitor for the defendant said, that the transaction, which had been made a charge'by Mr. Jupp, was nothing but a contract debt. lie had bills and papers to prove that Mr. , Jupp had given her Ladyship credit before.—A licitor who attended for Harding and Co. who fur nished the defendant with fur trimming, said, the goods never would have been sent, had they not olight she was really the person she represented herself to be.—Mr. BIRNIE, " Can you prove that she is not Lady Bruce ?"—The Solicitor said a variety of circumstances had led him to believe that the title was assumed. He thought it was for her to prove that she was Lady Bruce.—Mr. Spicer, a wine mer chant of New-street, informed the Magistrate, that since the former investigation, his case, he thought, had assumed a different complexion.—Defendant's Solicitor, " A check has been offered to you, Sir, for the amount of your demand; but you would not accept it."—Mr. Spicer said, a check had been ten dered, but he chose not to accept it. Ile had no vindictive feeling towards the defendant, or any other person. He had sent the wine and spirits under the impression that the defendant was the person she described herself to be. Two days after the wine had been sent to George-street, he called there for payment, and was told Lady Bruce had gone away. Mrs. Tanfield, the owner or landlady of the house, behaved insolently to him, and told him she was glad to see his wine come into her house. She ac knowledged that she had inquired of Lady Bruce who supplied her with wine, and upon 'being told , said, " then you had better order in some wine, and that will serve to pay me the rent you owe me."— Mr. Spicer remonstrated with Mrs. Tanfield; bat she only became more insolent, and told him she would not be annoyed by people coming there bo thering about Lady Bruce. He called again on Sa turday morning, when he found the wine and other things under the care of a broker. He asked the latter if he could have his wine, as it was all he re quired, ar.,i he thought it ought in fairness to be re ' stored to him. The broker answered in the nega tive.—Mr. Br RNIF new said, that Mr.Jupp's case, even if he had been present, must fall to the ground, as upon looking over the depositions, he found that the y oung man who had carried the articles to the defen dant.-had agreed to leave them, upon the latter say ing she intended to call and give more orders. This swag decidedly a contract.—The young man from Messrs. Ilarding wished to press his charge, and said ; the defendant had deceived them by assuming a false title.—.A Gentleman, a friend of the defendant, ob served. that if the latter had assumed the title of Lady Bruce only for a short time, it might be in ; ferred that she had done so for the purposes of fraud, but when it was well known, and could be proved, that she had borne that title for a number of years, both in Ireland and in this country, the case was materially altered. If; therefore, the charges were . to rest merely upon that point, be submitted " that they must fall to the ground."—Mr. Blame, " I am of the same opinion. I have letters in my pocket from Lord LW:W:4 is which his Lordship accts that the defendant has for several' Lady Stewart Bruce, Loth in Li —The Gentleman said, that no made, and the demands of all 1 tors would have been quietly publicity which had been given gation, and the exertions of an gone round in a chaise to her tltem to come fcrwarti and pro ling. In consequence of these cii to whom she was indebted had " like a host of locusts."--Mr. 1 person . —Defendant's Solicitor ought to indicted."—The Gentle tiinly shall be prosecuted:'—N upon the whole of the case, du would not exercise commcn prt their business, the Law provided The case of Messrs. Harding to a simple contract debt.—filer discharged. MANSION HOU:Z.—Mr. God Head, Aidgate, charged a won to be presumed, from 47 dupli possession, was Elizabeth Wan about 201. worth of feathers. ' his house fur a bed on Frida) morning was seen waddling a giously increased in siv.. Susi with her more than she brough be searched. At each side, un a large bag filled with feathers of monstrous size. They were by cords. Upon examining tl half the feathers were taken frr in the tick had been very neat!: the 47 duplicates, a bunch ri upon her, and several nails ani which locks could be opened. respectable appearance, and Mr. Godfrey said, he was sure months ago of feathers, in the sa A sheet time ago, while a fan was employed in removing his house, where they hod remain , for upwards of six weeks, he I wasted to a skeleton, .low ly at liberty. This circumstance h mer's cutiosity, he looked into discovered the bones and fea ' which bad no doubt entered at ted by the few grains acorn tl strewed about the bottom of t men: of husbandry. The sun lives, was soon recognised, ar peaty of John Vernon, shoema about the time the fanners h: from the circumstance of only of the ether hen having been the survivor had become canii sity, and subsisted for some tir from tire carcase of its fellow -Where an assemblage of to concentrated in ene line of pi attend their application, not This has been evinced in tht Medical Board at Charlotte-I and at Woodstock-Uonse, Wo street, where cures are every which have baffled the skill and excited their astonishmen have particularly attended to certain disease, which entails bilities, and unhinges the con They also remove the elects c ing from juvenile indiscretion, and from a long residence in description they beg particul eruptions in the skin, sore thro: limbs, frequently mistaken for fistulas, scrophula, &c.—Me after forty years practice in consulted at Woodstock-street from eight tiN eight; and ai Charlotte-Houce, Great Chad( road, precisely from twelve urn —Mechanics, and persons of advice, gratis, if they attend at Tuesday, Thursday, and Stand o'clock, and from six to eig it? A side door, and privat BIRTH On the 17th instant, the Lady o Fraser, of 3 son and heir. On the 13th instant, at Wismar taro Bethune, of the 78th Regiment Thursday se'nnight, the wife of Cupar Angus, of two girls and a bo Lntely, the Rev. William Lodge mash, to Anne ' second daughter Corick, county Tyrone. At Belford, the gist inst. John wick, to Miss Dean, third daughter of his Blajesty's Justices of the Peac T)Itl At his residence, Easharvan, cos strong, Esq. one of the Aldermen 1 At Newton Green, an the 17th Maurice Crawford, of the Royal At Strachur, Argyle:hire, Duct morning of the day on w!.icl, he di' and had eaten a hearty breakfast. rainy, he overheated himself by joie cants in housing corn. Having go thought he had fallen asleep, when sheaves that were placed before hit of death ! A blood-vessi-1 had bur him of sense and existence. At Edinburgh Castle, on the 211 his age, Mr. John Cramer, band-r a young man of great professional the alms of the corps. Mr. Crary lebrated military musical instrumet don, and has taught the band of years, and accompanied it during Mit. His remains were interred church-yard, Rdinburgb, attended meat, as well as a numerous assn Edinburgh Encampment of Ettigh of which he was a member. PRICE OF STOc, lik. Stock 273 Reduced 76iiiii Cons.77il if; Si per Ct. 86iii 4 per Ct. 95il i f Navy 107 fit HIGH WATERu LONDON Morning I aud pubGsl Tend