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02,D adiLzr. FORGERT.—Yelierday came on before Mr. Ba rra Toromrsos and a Middlefex Jury, the trial of JAMES TOWNSIND. Efq. The indiament charged I.i m with counterfeiting a draft, purporting to be drawn by Henry Cavendith, Efq. of Clapham, in ftvour James Cascada, Efq. for tbocl. upon the houfe of Snow and Co. hankers, near •Temple Bar, with intent to defraud the faid Snow and Co. on Monday, the 26th of April laft. Mr. Kisowurs opened the cafe of the prams tion in a very candid and liberal manner, lament ing that a gentleman, In refpeftablv and honour ;tidy connefted as the prifoner was, thotild appear at that bar, charged with to heinous an offence as the crime of forgery. The profeention was con dueled at the intlance of the firm of Snow and Co. merely from a fenfc of public duty. He under- Rood that the defence to be fet up was that of men tal malady, which it behoved the Jury to watch very narrowly, and determine whether the unfor• tunate perfon was, at the time of committing this offence, in filch a (late as to be refponlible for his conduit ? At all events, the mile of jtillice re quired that he should be brought there to anfwer to the accufation, and either (Wier the penalty of the law, or be honourably acquitted. He con cluded with a repetition of the cit cum 'lances of the cafe, as afterwards appeared in evidence. James Harvey. the firft witnefs called, raid he was lhopman to Mefrs. Grayhurft and Co. Jewel lers, in the Strand. On the morning . of the 26th of April, the prifoner came to the ir Sap, and called fir a tea urn, which he agreed to purchafe. Icing afked ifhe would have a coffee urn to match it, he wiftred to knew what the are of a coffee urn *as ? and very readily agreed to buy that urn, to gether with feveral other articles, moft of them plated, to the amount of 391. He made the pur chafe without any hefitation as to the price, or even examining the articles, feveral of which re mained in their cafes without being fa much as taken down.. The prifoner then took out a piece of paper, which he faid was a draft upon Snow, the banker, for toool. defired the witnefs to take it to the pla ce where it was addreffed. and to fend the articles as well as the balance to Millington's Coffee honk, Holborn, to be left to the care of Sir T. White. The witnefs obferved that he had a Very deranged appearance, Raring, and looking very wildly. He quitted he (hop immediately after giving thefe direitions, and the witnefs think ing him mad, and that there was in fait no (*ale, re. placed the goods inftead of packing them up.— He told the foreman that, confidering the gentle man to be infaoe, he imagined it would come to nothing, and though he did not expeit the draft to be paid, yet he remit by a man of the name of Summers, to Mr. Snow's, where it was refilled.— In air an an hour after Mr. Tovnifend called again, and Abed why the draft was not paid t Seeing Mr. Paul, a partner in the firm of Snow, following the _prifoner, was referred to him for an anfwer. The remaining part of this witnefs's depofition will be more fully explained in Mr. Paul's evidence. On crofs.examination he Rated, that in the prifoner's whole conduit there appeared to him evident fymptoms of derangement ; that he gave the cheek without a(ki ng for any receipt or acknow ledgment for it ; and that when the witnefs fent it by Summers, he told him at the time that he did not expel/ it would be paid. Englifh depofed, that he is foreman in the watchmaking department to Mr. Grayhurfl, and corroborated the tellimony of the former witnefs. The firft part of this tranfalion took place be tween nine and ten o'cLck in the morning. The prifoner, as Coon as he was told the price, imme diately faid he would have the goods, and defired them to be fent to Millington's Coffee-houfe for Mr. Townlend, and to the care of Sir T. White. As foon as he was gone, the former witnefs, Harvey, remarked, that he could not intend to have the goods. On being crofs-examined, he expreffed the fame opinion as the fhopman, that the gentleman was deranged in Lis intellees, and was fo far warm ed in it by his not knowing the ufc of a coffee-urn, and the general tenor of his condni, that he thought proper to watch him to the door, left he might commit any outrage. He further related Tome particulars more fully detailed in Mr. Paul's teftimony, of whole precau tion in (lopping the payment of the check, the ifoner himfelt highly approved. John Samuel laid, he was a taylor in the Strand, and received the check in queßion from Harvey, the payment of which was refufed. The other parts of his teftimony may be omitted, as being in a great meafurc a corroboration of the material evidence. _ _ _ Henry Gubbins faid, he was clerk to the houfe of Snow and Co. Mr. Henry Cavendilh kept ca(h at their houfe, and had at the timeof thisdraft bein_g prefented more than toool. in their hands. He was in the habit of paying that gentleman's checks, and though he had never feen him write, he was of opinion that this draft for wool. was not his hand—vriting, as it did not correfpond with his ufual manufcript. On his crofs-examination he faid, that the 501. draft produced and drawn in favour of Mr. James Cavendith, was Mr. H. Cavendifh's writing, and had been given in to thLit houfe from Biddulph's on the following day. The prifoner came to Mr. Snow's banking honk, about ten minutes before the draft for 10007. was brought in, and allied wise ter it had been prdented ? The witnefs, on under. 'landing from whom the draft was, faid that it had not yet appea•-nd. He then left the (hop abruptly, and returned in fume time after, fat up on a chair, took off his h. it, wiped his face in Come agitation, and retired, without fpeaking a word.— In about three minutes after his departure, the draft was poefented, whirl', after conflating Mr. Pail, he refuled to pay. He obferved the prifo r..,• much agitated, and thought his condua very iirm the %holt., Mr. Paul depofed, that he was a partner in the hos.fe of Snow au. Co. and prefent when the draft in queflion was prefented. Mr. H. Cavendilh had at that time ea& in their bands to more than -the ammint of toool. when the draft was fent in, the clerk confulted him about the payment of it, and finding it to be a forgery, as he had often ken Mr. Cavendith write, he directed that it fhoiild not be honoured. Having received a note from Mr. Townsend, by a boy, from Devereux-Court, he went to Bow-street Office for advice, and after wards repaired to the Court already mentioned, to a chandler's Atop, where he found the prifoner dif courting with the woman who teemed to keep , it, and from their converfation fulpelted drat he was the perfon whom he was in quell of. The witnefs asked, if the boy, who brought the letter to Mr. Snow's was at homy? which the woman anfwered in the negative, and the prifoner immediately af terwards left the (bop. Mr. Paul kept him in fight, followed him as be crefed over behind the New Church, and then paired sterol's the Strand again, oppolite Somerfet houfe. By thefe turnings he concluded that his purfnit was obferved by Mr. Townfend, who turned into Grayharfes, which confirmed the fiifpicion of his being the perfon from whom the counterfeit draft came. On fol lowing him into the (hop, he found him talking to the persons attending it, and eating why the check was not paid? To this the fhopman replied, di reding his attention to the witnefs, " There's a Gentleman who will tell you." " I then (lid Mr. Paul) told him there were tome fufpicions circumflances about this draft, which require to I be. explained. I (hall take it as a favour, if you will have the goodnefs to fit down and converfe 1 with me on the fobjeft." Mr. Townfend replied, 1 that he was extremely willing to give me any in- I formation in his power. I then requeßed him to be to kind as to tell me how he came in polfetflon of the draft. After we were both feated, Mr. Townfend laid, that he had been, the day before, fent by the Duke of Devonfhire to Clapham, to folicit from his coufin, Mr. H. Cavendilb, fome al:Mance for their kinfman, Mr. J. Cavendifh, who was at that time in confinement in the Fleet, and confeviently tinder tome embarrailments • that Mr. H. Cavendifh had given him two dra fts for the relief of his kinfman, the one for Sol. and the other for wool. that he paid the 501. draft into the hands of Meffrs. Biddulph and Cox. Some time afterwards, Mr. Townfend laid, if I have told you that I received the wool. draft from Mr. Cavendifh, I beg leave to coned myfelf. I only got Sol. from Mr. Cavendifh, who Paid he would give no more to his kinfman. That Mr.T. was overtaken on Clapham•Common by a Gentle. man, very well drefred, who was a aranger to him, and Paid that Mr. Cavendifh had relented, and fent a draft of food. in addition to the Sol. for the ufe of his relation. This, he Paid, was the, check at prefent in qnetlion. The prifoner then took up his hat, and teemed preparing to go away, obferving, " When you are satisfied of the truth ' and reality of the draft, I truft you will pay me; at prefent lam not in want of any money." See ing him inclined to go away, I propofed to him to go to the banking-houfe, where I could (hew him fome of Mr. Cavendili's real drafts, to which he readily contented. In our way thither we had fome converfation about Mr. H. Cavendifh, his habits of life, Stc.. and he acquainted me with the circumstances which led to Mr. James Cavendifh's imprifonment. On our arrival I conveyed him into a back 'room in the banking-houfe, and tent for a conflable. He Paid it would be very incon• venient to him to be detained, as he had bufinefs in the city which would fuller by his abfence. He therefore required to be releafed, but we had him concluded to Bow fireet, where he repeated the fame (tory which he had done to me, with little va riation. During the whole of this time I taw no thing which could induce me to think that he la boured under any derangement of mind; but, on the contrary, confidered his deportment to be that of an innocent man, or of one who wished himfelf to be thought fo." Richard Williams Paid he lived in Devereux. court, and knew Mr. Townfend for five years and upwards. He was fon to a man who kept a chan dler's (hop. On Monday, the a6th, that Gentle man came into the (hop, and called for pen and ink, which being given him, he wrote a note, which he fent by the witnefs to Mr. Snow's, to gether with a meffage, that the draft he fent fhould not be paid, as he had money enough at home to pay for what he purchafed. He appeared to be in great bah, and the witnefs law no more of him. The note was then put in and read as follows : N Sir—Pleat return the cheek to the bearer, as than fa , cleat ea& at home to pay you. J. Townes ND." (This appeared to have been meant, not for the banker, but the perfon who was to bring the check.) Sarah Williams, fitter to the former whiter% de. pofed, that the was fourteen years of age, and knew the prifoner for a (hors time. On the a6th of April he came into the (hop where the was (cry ing, and afkcd in a hurried manner, three times, "Is he come?" The witneti knowing nothing of the previous circumstances, did not conceive what he alluded to, and made no anfwer. Mr. Paul came in at the fame time with Mr. Townfend, and after their departure the law no more of them. Mr. Townfend, however, at the time teemed Igreatly agitated. Mr. Graham, one of the Police Magiarates, at Bow-freer, proved the examination taken, when Mr. Townferal was brought before him, which was written by the Magiarate himfelf, and figned in his prefence. The prifimer, after it was read over, (aid, he underfond it perfeilly, and could have no objeiaion to ago it. In one part of it, he dated thathe received the toool. draft (tom Mr. Chetterman, who overtook him on Clapham Com mon. The Magiftrate warned hint of the danger of mentioning the name of that Gentleman, with whom he was acquainted, and with regard to whom every circumfance could to eafily be proved: but Mr. Townfend appeared fo confident in his &anion, that he mid make no doubt of there being a (trong impreftion on his mind that the Itatement he made. was true. He had every appearance of being deranged. During his exami nation, he walked about the room, tinging and whittling, and he either mull have been really in fant, or had a great deal of ingenuity and ma• nasearat.m_mak othen.thiaila. was to. Jaires Cavendilh, the gentleman in whore fa- Mr. 110, merchant, and partner to the fore , ! ,. your there bills were drawn, depot .. .A, that thz ing witness, corroborated his teflimony with loner had applied for pecuniary afiliiance for him ! further anecdotes, which tended to effablillt from his friends and relatives with hislnowledge and content, and that he knew of his applying to I Mr. Po , le, an attorney, alro - depored, that ti:e Mr. H. Cavendilh, at Clapham. On the forenoon pi limier had come to him to bon ow 30,ca.01. is of the ash, between t t and 12 o'clock, he called he laid lie was commiflioned to rah.: .4; the 0. L t .,. on him. The witnefs deed if be had got any Eltates, and recited many inilancts of his late u s. money for him from Mr. H. Cavendilh t to which travagant pi ficcrrlngs. the prifoner anfwered in the negative, but oblerv- I Mr. Rode, kit O'Connor alto related feveral ed, that Mr. H. Cavendilh had not raid that he cumitances which led him to believe that the pri. would not athft him on a future day. The pri- foner was deranged. toner teemed, as ufual, at every time be called, to Ail there witneffes bore teffimony to his excel be in a great harry, and anxious to get away. He lent charader and condud during the foregoing was only acquainted with him fence the beginning part of his life. of lalt April, and that, in confequence of his be• There were a number anther witnetics in proof ing reprefented to him as a man of great honour of his temporary infanity, but his Connie' declin , :d and humanity. He did not perceive any fymptoms to call them, in the prefumption that it was hiffici of derangement about him. Had he thought him I ently efiablilhed by thofe whom they brought lor an incapable perfon, he would not have taken the ward. liberty to employ him as his fliCnsi in conveying Baron THOMPSON then charged the Jury, reca. the letter to the Duke of Devonlhire, and in mak- pititlating all the points of evidence. pi incl. ing applications to fume of his other friends. pal queflion to he confidered was, whalter the Hare Paid, he was Clerk to Bieldulph, Cor, Pri Diner was Inch a moral agent as to be account. and Co. where the prifoner had kept ca(lt for many able for his cond.ifi. It was indeed difficult ac. years. He proved the receipt of the sot. draft in count for many parts of his proceeuings in this favour of J. Cavendilh, Efq. out of which he gave , affair—his going to the Banket'a at the time when, the prifoner 51. and placed the remaining 4sl. to if in his ?cores, he mutt have known that the his general credit. With regard to the conduct of draft he fent was..folge,l, and the other cit cum the prifoner, he Paid he had lately obferved a.loofe• fiances fo extremely inconfiltent with v, lat was Inds about him, a fort of trcmor and imbecility proved to have been his ufual deportment. If which was not before ufual with him, but could not they confidered him as a man of found rca:mi at fay that his observation extended fo far as to regard the time of the trantaaion, they mof find him him in a (late of mental derangement. The change guilty ; if they confidcred him to be in.A condition in his behaviour he noticed for the lati two or three in which the der ;vadat' of intent& left him no months. knowledge . f what lie was abotit,it was thd duly Here the evidence for the prorecation doted. to acquit him. The Jut y returned with a vetclist Mr. Baron THOMPSON then addrelling the pri- of— a Gtr 'y. foner, laid, " This, Sir, is the time for you to en- The R. C,RDER obferving that the defence was ter on your defence." a plea of infanity, laid he was bound by the .44 The Prifoner." My Lord, having the honnur of Parliament, to ask Lhein' whether that was the of being defended by Gentlemen offuclt diflinguith ground upon which they acquitted him ? ed talents, I Mould efteem it arrogance and pre- The Jury replied, that they unan:mottfly acquit. fumption in me to offer a fingle observation.'' ted him lips , n that ground, and that r nly. The kuons— ,, You probably are aware that The RECORDER then ordered that the Prifonei your Counfel cannot addrefs the Jury in your be kept in litift cultody, in New gate, till his Ma. favour." jelly's pleafure be known. Prifoner—" 'My Lord, I know it." Mr. Townfend is a gentleman very well known _ _ . . The Marquis of Thomond laid, he knew the prifoner for many years, and always found in him a manlinefs and firmn efs of charaCter, together with the manners of a well-bred Gentleman. On Saturday, the 17th of April, Mr. Townthend came to his houfe, and was fhewn into the room in which he then was, accompanied by another Gentleman, who was to him a ftranger. He thought the de portment of the prifoner on that occafion very ex traordinary. There was a wildnefs and extrava gance about him by no means correfponding with his ufnal habits. The Marquis having been en gaged to walk in the garden with Come company, apologized to Mr. Townfend, and hdped he would flay to dinner. This the latter refuted, alledging that he was going into the country, and only agreed to take fome refrefhment. It was after wards remarked by the Marchionefs of Thomond that the prifoner behaved in a very firange and unufual manner. Mr. Higginfon, a merchant, Paid that he knew Mr. Townfend fine they had been together at the Univerfity. He heretofore always condufted him felt as a well bred Gentleman, who had always been accullomed to fathionable fociety. The wit nefs, however, having been invited to dine at Greenwich with the Rev. Mr. Maul, on Sunday the dlth, was furprifed at the abrupt entrance of Mr. Townfend, who had previoufly called at his houfe in town, and followed him. His furprize was the greater, as Mr. T. was not invited, and WAS fcarcely known to tte company. He took no notice of any one, and made no apology for his intrufion, but pulled out a little table at the corner of the room, and Paid he would dine there. The dinner having been removed for fome time, Mrs. Maul expreffed her regret for the circumflance, laying, the dinner taken away was then neither hot nor cold, but that there was tome cold meat in the houfe, which the ordered to be brought up. Mr. Townfend laid, that would do, but he would infia on having form potatoes. The fervant reply ing that there were none dreffed in the houfe, he defired her to go to the Sceptre Tavern, where he had credit, and get fome potatoes, which might be charged to his account, and he would pay for them. After the Ladies retired, the witnefs was aflonithed and mortified at the indecency and impropriety of the prifoner's language to fo refpeCiable a clergy man as Mr. Maul, fo extremely different from his dual demeanor. He took him home part of the , way in his coach, and could not but remark the incoherency and extravagance of his converfation, laying that he was to be appointed Steward. or Colleaor to the Duke of Devonthire's elates, by which be would make to,oool. That his Grace was to return him into Parliament, and that he was to be married to a lady of very large fortune, &c.— He alfo mentioned his coming to him in a very grange manner, and requelling him to write to Sir M. Smith, the Mailer of the Rolls in Ireland, the Judges Chamberlain and Doun, and fome others of the witnefs's friends in Ireland, for their intereft with Lord Redefdale, to appoint him a Commiflioner of Bankrupts. The witnefs knowing that he had fixed his refidence in England, and had long retired from the Irith bar, remonflrated with him ; but- his reply was, that he might offi ciate in Ireland, and difcharge all the duties of the office, while he remained a refidcnt in Eng land. From , thefe, and a variety of other circum fiances which he mentioned, he had a conviaion in his own mind that Mr. T. was infane, and ought to be confined. Not wishing to take the refponfi bility of fuch a procedure upon himfelf, he thought df applying to his nearell intimates, and molt im mediate relations. He accordingly waited on Mr. O'Bryen, with whom Mr. T. was intimate, and not finding him at home, left a note, to fay that he called on the part of a mutual friod, whole fituation was of too delicate a nature to be com mitted to paper. He received no anfwer, nor had any interview with the Gentleman he alluded to till Tuefday the 27th of April, when he heard, for the firft time, that Mr. Towafead was is cuttodr upon a chugs of forgery. _ _ _ in the m.l refpeetable walks of life, and, though a younger fon, was left by his father with a hand- Come independent fortune, together will) the pro feflion of the Bar, which he unaccountably gave up at a time when he was.confidered to be in a rapid way of advancement. He was plainly but very genteelly dreffed, and deported himfelf in filch a manner as confidtrably to interell the feel ings of the Court, which was numerotifly-attend ed. At the Bar he difplayed fuch fymptoms as fully correfponded with the opinions of thole Gen. tlemen who were Witneffes to the defence, and during the moll material parts of the evidence,ed duced againflhim,was amu fi ng himfelf with flick ing bits of rue upon the (pikes with which the dock is furrounded. He &only, however, delifleci from doing fo, and without taking any notes, or (hewing any great anxiety as to the.refult, paid a very marked attention to the evidence. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, MONDAY, MAY 3. RETURN of WHEAT in Mark-lane, including only fretill the 19th of April to the 14ds of April. agreeable to the new Alt. Tota4-2803 Quarters. Average Its. 74, ts. Ad. higher than laR return. PRICE OF HOPS. Kent 41 SO to 51 81 Kent 41 les to 61 11 Sulks 41 Ott to 41 I4s Suffea 41 tOs to 511 S. Eifel 41 01 to Si os Fut. 41 los Co 81 OS pg COALS, May 3. Belt Coals in the Pool, tl. 19s. 6d. pet Chaldron. Delivered al. Bs. 6d. Sunderland, td z6s. 6d. Delivered al. ss. 6d. WHEN Profeffional Men of education and re. fponfibility deviate from tile general fyitem by the fe ledion of a peculiar Branch, the fandtion of log continued fuccefs is the belt criterion of fuperiority. Eight years have I devoted my pradloe to the esdufive treat ment of THREE DISORDERS ' and the fuccefsful relish of my plan gives use additional ardour to oppofe as far as I am able the ravages of chore complaints which arc the molt import. ant in the catalogue of human infinpidea. Atter initiation into every branch as an Army Surgeon, I formed . with at an early period of Predict to rercuc individu As from the ignorance of uneducated Men, or the equally daa germs precipitancy of general Praditioners. The THREE DISORDERS, to the cure of which I have de voted my attention, comprise every fpecies of VENEREAL INFECTION, whether of a recent or long duration.—Aly. AU kinds of DEBILITY, whether wiling from the habits of. Schoolboys, or the indulgence of matureage, and Wily that de rangement of the lA= in Women whichis eaikd BARREN. NESS gr STERILITY. Numerous dUcafai we the refs* of ignorance or hafte In the treatment of a Rut* Gonorrhea, and it not unfrequentiy hap pens that the feeds of Life are poifoned by the indiferetion of an unguarded hour. By a fuperior method fuch complaints are taftly cured, and even when others have failed, I truit that may profume to offers radical reeeßahliihntent Few, however, are the cafes of complicated diftrefs In the diforder compared with the calamitous fituatioas of Womble from Indulgence Ina SOLITARY VICE, or the prevalent Gain tics of a lafhionable Life, acquire that Bate of Debility which is the unavoidable confequence of fuch pernicious habits. Where the unhappy fuarrer broods over his mifery, hut are fully conceals his misfortune, it may be Come confolation for him to know, that although it be an °Ned of doubt or uncers Pliny with ther Pradtitioners, the removal of thde Di Fl CIENCIES by the gradual progrefsof Renovation is the acquire. meat of my experience. If the rites of Bacchus or Venus have begun to reduce manly vigour, much anxiety will be prevented by an early counteraction of this languid Rate, and in tbore cafes no great difficulties will occur. But where this Deficiency has for years existed a proper Per kverance is indlfpenfibly rrquifite to revive the gumbring packs of Life, and to re-animate the Conftitution. MARRIED WOMEN. who have long been &appointed in their expeaations of a Family, may be &Hived, that in molt Mita:lces fuch defects arc curable by Me.dical Skill. 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