Star. — London, England, 1829-12-29 00:00:00

-114 •:•••• • ... LATEPRTURE AND .POLITIES-. • • E sq . ; A . tt We have been' favoured with; the perusal of .ft forth coining production, •by S. BANNISTER, late, trriley-Genertilln Nev South Wales, being ". An •inquiry as to the hest means of preventing the 'destruction of the mitialty incident•upon settling new Colonies." Oa this eery important question the old Dutch lavois set • Wore us, dated A. 1). 1636, which is referred to .by Voev. • lib. I. tit. 5. De statu honzinum, S. 3. " The Aborigines shall. -be undisturbed, in their liberty, ,and nevr e nslaved,; .they shall be governed politically, and civilly, a. oithselyes ; and enjoy the sauce measure of :tstit e. .:Gehl rules shall be made fer teaching them, espe' cially their children, the truths of religion, and the, usages of civilized life. And care shall be taken to withdrawAllem from heathenish mustoins ; and from in .. dolence,Ahe mother of want, to the. Cultivation of the soil ; andspeugheocinllabits as their condition and ca -I)ll*YiallkYtheot4' This is 'the true policy in all affairs relosisfttism;., and. Mi.*l3.t wlvisr it appears to us to • • have gmuttip improved upon it. The work is dedicated ..• le the thenthem of the African institution—the object of it resembling that in suhitanee to which the care of that ThitauthroPie hpdy has long been partially devoted, and ; _ . .with the view qfinduCing them, SS well as the public generally, to extend their solicitude to the helpless Abo rigines ofig/ OUT colonies. We agree with Mr. BAN- N ISty,e, when, he fayfrit down " that it is ittposeible to justify our present course of destroying every where, thole whale,. only crime is, that they precede us in the poasessionof lands, which we desire to enjoy to t heir ex-, cluaion." This, indeed, is a cruel and most unjust po licy: 1111 his introductory chapter, the Author speaks thus. Our position in regard to our widely 'read colonies is sta . cloudy important to reader a decidedly progressive reform of the old evils most desirable. Nor can the present state of things in . this respect be said to be new. In several great points the colonies hold the same political and territorial relations to numerous uncle!. Hied tribes. in which the Roman empire stood in regard to the barbariani around it; and there seems no reason to doubt that the union of our neighbours with us now may be made as conducive to general improvement as happened in their case. The northern Perekralthough conquerors, submitted to many examples in the manners of Rome, and with reasonable speed adopted her new wiWogly, after the influence of her arms ceased. It was ~ . :probably the rise of Mahomee, not inferior genius in the Asiatics and Africans, that stopped the steady progress of Christianity begun to be introduced equally well with them as in the ruder north. Unquestionably, after such its introduction among Asiatics and Africans, a decline succeeded,—which has usually been attri buted to their physical inferiority. But other causes are net un known, why Christian civilisation was received permanently by some nations when others lost it, although at the first cultivated by them with success. It assuredly therefore deserves inquiry' • how far Great Britain is in a condition, in the colonies composed chiefly of Mahometan and Pagan people, to act upon what was .. clearly successful in early times; and also, how far she may now avoid so much of the past policy as has been found to be injurious. If Rome in decay could scatter the seeds of improvement over a . large part of the earth, to become in after ages a more effectual basis of her fame than her conquests were when she was, most powerful, we may reasonably hope to acquire greater renown, if principles equally useful to mankind are adopted by us when we possess power to ensure their more extensive progress. A. fair examination of facts will probably show that our conduct, Dot any thing peculiar in the character of the barbarians with whom we an now communicating, must determine the result of that communi cation. A minute corvarhon of their condition with that of the Gotha, and Vandals, and Huns, would illustrate the subject with great advantage. • Northern nations of Europe received Christianity, but it was after more than a hundred years' teaching, and with a gradual in crease of knowledge and power soloed to their chiefs, and numerous benefits conferred upon the people. In modern times, however, with little advantage of tuition of any kind, all the uncivilised races have met with Insult and injury at the bands of the professors of the new religion. They listen willingly to the missionaries, who reetommend the truth of their lessons by the secular benefits con ferred on their hearers. But they have found the large majority of the white men their unvarying oppresses% and even hostile to the missionaries, so generally their only Meads. If these principles prove at the same time conducive to our in. • terns' strength, we shall obtain the ordinary reward of true phi- Rathrophy, by finding obedience to its dictates the best security for our own welfare ; and in the following papers ft is endeavoured to be shown that the King's colonies may be so administered as to praduch both results. They relate chiefly to settlements which seem- to be the most favourably circumstanced for the views' which they advocate, and where the author bad means of seeing many of his principles tried practically. Aware of the Influence which strong preconceptions against the common course might have upon his views, he- endeavoured . to detect errors in them • by carefully examining the counter-arguments produced by self . 'interest en the spot. The result is, an increased conviction of the . ..tdensadness of the principles relied upon, and of the great extent to which they ere neglected. •: .., • ••• • . . Mr: Richards in evidence before the last Committ , antis, subject of the East India trade, stated, as a remarkable fact, . Out," the tea imported into Russia through Tertary is far superior is quality to any imported by the East India Company into •Etigland." He added, that the Rumianslove an academy at Pekin • eitabilshed as far back as Alexis' reign, pursuant to treaty, where ~ Russian youths are educated, and afterwards employed at Kiakta as Interpreters and agents; and further remarked that this gave great facility to trade; and those jealousies and quarrels so common • at Cameo ire nottnown at Klakta. ' -'• illse Caen of Bath 'King of Arms, which has been • • ,:saps time "want by the decease of Jobt Palmer Cullum, Esq. who held the situation for a treat number of years , has been con ferred on Algernon Greville, Eaq. Private Secretary to the Duke ... et, Weilinguon : ... ... • . . •• • •ftttfact of o. letter from an Ensign of the Honourable • -Company's 13th Regiment of Native Infantry, to his father, dated . Poonab,.Juit 43 :--•• It is' nonsense people saying that their psy : I will not keep them; Iliad, to my great joy, that it will not only ' keep Me •441, but I cis stns •about fifty rupees a mouth. What ;idiot's* eitsithe tis main debt when. one can easily do without . . amilive. went I,haves. heard some who are in debt say. • I don't cue - I shall poi trouble myself about paying my debts; let them Ids tor it; but with this I can perceive they are very uncom fortable, and I do tint wonder at it, because they cannot leave ' • Mk until they do pay their. debts, and these debts are getting Met etery day, and so they haste no hope of saving India." ....• MEDITATIois Alettli 0 THE To is isti ...The boundary •ifeti St the, burial vomit of Holborn, in Sbemlatte , hai been re. eatavdd, that a new ens may be balk. Windex its accustomed -=n Isrympation of the Smashes fallen with it: and althea what mi l 'bo ealkd a theatrical View of the resting-place . • :if tbeased,, Thlcith has been raised many feet above the level it* ffmts aid a mbar of cans may b e . seen, some entire, almisparßy open,' varions•dlwances from the wall and Pram *silt '., , , wig* skulls,abd . Ohm bones, ''escaped from those which s, . wholly decayed, 'give ii Wean finish to the interesting "rhisinOy — xidattve ttV the death '.of Mrs. Phillips has, r. il d rapatioa of her 'husband. Sir R. andLlik., flails ad . Tuesday that the evidence laid ibilis l'Oeites lie deithof SIM. Phillips, of Fincidey, fer.. . no Mimods NA disturbing the verdict of the.Cpre., tier'is hey. litieie di& - emoted ' that other documents .o(isse , layMnie mu* be,fernished which might ad'eet thedicidon. 'Mee. ,y as SW; lout 11. wad sawasitst4 ea Wednesday, by Mr. fialls,• * • illist , ' MAUI, may the dihetkOttwaftwimitlie view miebaM/e , islikh • . , thulium. •The statement e 0 f Mks Mips - be 00 a t rip • •..a p pit • vire of evidence ; std', CsinoldrA u tt i r=.•ft ;'44iVaidwietseritedielle thought tae ' haat of ' se wrifeed in a reMatieble manner titlisughwitse wliiiiit Ili roast. bo, which bad led to ti is resak.—Atedny revr C it ~. - FATAL ACCIDE N T ON nig CANAL IN ST. JA 31 1.47:11. rA . RIC. The apeorkhopef *kaftan on the ice in St...lantes's Park; s.. Sendai aftsessolls_ was very numerous Lblit the Itheritl of the scene wu elonded bt a melancholy. seadent which occasioned the deeds of two ifiestidwals. A young man,' whose name la at unknown, was observed shaking in a fearissamanner on that Pin: of the Canal deemed dangerous, when the ice goddess!, gave way.. Numbers of persons on the Canal. rushed to his assistance. and emreralof them approached the place Where the unfortunate man was Sticks tied together with handkerchiefs were thrown to him, when. the ice again pveway. and:seven.persons fix saga water. Fortunately they were rather nearer the shore, bet an ,scene of confusion that ensued it is impossible to describe, and with rest Slinky the young men were rescued from their perikees The youth who first fell in was still seen Boating Alit, iskUing Sir some time supported himself :upon a piece of floating kui -mry endeavour was used to save him, but in main; and after ihsiting about eight minutes, he suddenly sunk. Another y, mat is Supposed to have been drowned in the cohfudon that ft- Weds as two hats were boating about. One of the shliterellimme eft his clothes, plunged :into the canal, and dived to the.bettsm /reseal times to find the bodies, until he was in suck ap exhaust*/ state. that he was forcibly taken out of the water, and conveyed to a piddle house benumbed with cold. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Hoop and Grapes, Queen-street, Westminster, on the body of Randall Chattertoo, aged 21, son of a silversmith, in. Owen's-row, Goswed.street-road, one of the young men whOwasmnfasutiately drowned on the about occasion. The evidence which 'was given on the inquest waiter the same effect as stated above. Oneof the men employed by the Humane Society said he bad frequently cautioned the skitters not to go on that part of the ice. where the deceased and other persons fell in, and boards, warning them against It, had been placed there, but the more he cautioned them the more they persisted in going on the dangerous parts. He added, that if a boar bad been on the canal the deceased might have been saved. The Jury returned a Verdict of Accidental Death ; and added, that they were unani mously of opinion that boats ought to be on the canal, similar to those on the Serpentine River, and that more ladders should be provided for the safety of the public. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27. ' H.M.S. Volege. 28, Captain Lord Colchester, went out of harbour on Tuesday, and sailed yesterday for el; South Anse- lion station. H.M.S. Alacrity, 10, Commander Joteph Nias, came intohar• boor on Wednesday, and is expected to be paid off In the course of the week. 11.M.5. Galatea, 42, Capt. Charles Napier, C.B. was towed into harbour from Spithead on Thursday, by H.M. steam-vessel Carron, to shift her ballast. H.M. cutter Sylvia, returned from a cruise yesterday. No ship remaining at Spitbead. In harbour—Victory, Royal George, Ganges, North Star, Syl- via, and Cracker. - - - Arrourraworn, Bcc.—Commander John W. Watling is appointed to the Hyperion, vice Hood. Lieut. Nicholas Webb is appointed to the Bowel Blockade, vice Taylor. Lieut. James Howard Tar - . net is appointed to the Galatea. Hia Majesty's ship Athol, 29, Capt. A. Gordon,. had touched at Corunna, Tangier, and the River Gambia, on her way to Mara Leone, and captured several slave ships ; one of the prises was a French schooner, having 575 slaves on board; the vessel was manned from the Athol, and placed under the command of Mr. Henry Barnard, Admiralty Mate. His Majesty's ship Worcester, 64 guns, was yesterday launched from Deptford dock -yard. The Worcester is to proceed to Wool. wick to receive her internal and other completions. This is proba bly the last ship that will be built in this yard, as the whole of the establishment will be discharged after the launch. His Majesty's sloop Pylades, 18 goni, Commander P. D. H. Hay, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday morning to return to the Irish station. • • _ _ Hii;ilaje;ty's ketch Vigilant. lus Lieut. 11. Loney, has arrived at Plymouth, from Lisbon, having landed a mail from thane at Falmosth early in the day, and having sailed from the Tagus on the 6th instant. She passed the Magnet packet Tortuous, en the 12th, on her way to Lisbon. His blajesy's sloop Hapeigle.lll. Commander B. Billet, strived at Plymouth so Wednesday _ afternoon, from the West Indies, having left Cuba on the 16th tat. eight days after his Majesty's ship Galatea. His Majesty's ship Araehne. is, Cum. H. Smith. sailed thence akw days before her, for Jamaica. Captain Joseph O'Brien and Lint. Hannah, with several earn, have aims home In the Baptiste ; and we understand she brings nearly 500.000 dollars. The schooner Pomona, Spriggs. from Attila, for London, with rabies and figs, arrived at the Motberbank on Thunday. Abe left at Altea the brigs Mary Ann and Lovely Ann, both loading fruit foe London. The schooner Nautilus, Dunsford, from Smyrna for Landoll. with a valuable cargo of silk, carpets, opium, cotton. and fruit, has also arrived at the Metherhank. Abu sailed front Smyrna the itsd of November, and left there the following vessels taking In si milar cargoes fee England, via.—Hellespont, Eclipse, Charlotte Wiley, Puget, and Astrea. The ship Thames, Stoddard, from Quebec for London, with intend pearl ash, As * wed, and staves, tan is at the liadwilent im 'bolter on Friday tight, baying been beating to windward al the Wight, as far up as Heathy Head, for the tau four et Ike days. She has been live weeks on harp:mugs. She left she Ottawa. Bri dle Sovereign, and' several other Reel* ships, loading at Mont real for London. The Promise, Shearer, from Quebec for Liver pool, bad gone on "bore a little below the Traverse, and it was hared would be a total wreck. A schooner had been despatched from Quebec to her assistance. The brig New Leaden ' Rage ' more, of and from Plymouth, 59 days out, Mend to St. John's, N.B. was cast away on the night of the igth of September. an the Half Moon Rocks, near Barrington. The crew took to the boats, and were picked up by the 'chows: . Britannia, and taken to Barrington. The Eleanor, Inch, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, has been driven on shore rear Castletown. The crew and 'asterisk have been saved, but the vessel will go to pieces. The Sportsman, Lee, from Liverpool for Virginia, has been run down by a brig off the Calf of Man, and driven on shore at Port Wash, where she was entirely broken up. he Hero, Brodie. from Bengal, was totally lost at the Mauritius, previously to the sth of September---crew saved. The account of the loss echo Esperanto, of Dunkirk. near Bardaey, we are hippy to say, hat proved to be a fabrication.— Accounts from Harwich state, that the Percy. Lupton, from New castle, got 'store on the lath instant upon the Whiting Sand, and lass become a total wreck. The crew landed at Harwich. The Despiqur, Mesquite, from Madeira to St. Übes, was abandoned off Cape apiekel, and the crew arrived at St. Übes oath alt. On the 112 d inst. a brig, apparently of large she, was discovered sunk about four miles from Eastbourne; her top-gallant-masts, atop-gallant yards, and part of her rigging, were to be seen at low water ; s he is serpo.a.l to have foundered within the last week or ten days. The Hampshire, Murphy. slier having discharged about 130 tons of her cargo iroo at Hilford. arrived at Falmouth, on the afternoon of Monday last, in a very leaky condition. We have lotelUgence from Hull on 21st inst. of the loos of the Diana, of Sunderland. near Berwick, during the late gales, with her whole crew. The Margaret. from America to Annan, was on shore dis `misted at Porofoot, on Tue.day last.—lt was expected that the sow would be saved, but it was uncertain -whether the vessel would be got off. A schooner from 'Mate to Hamburgh, is re ported to have-sunk on the 15th inst. in the Elbe, and the crew are said to have been taken on board a brig. The United States, Lindell; from Batavia, last from Mauritius, has been driven on shore about three leagues from Antwerp. and has suffered much damage : put of her cargo arrived at Antwerp in lighters. and she reached that port herself on the 17th inst. with the remainder. The Lord Duklake, from Dantaic to Havre, was totally lost on the night of yesterday eennight.—Crew saved. By a letter from t adeira. dated the sth inst. we learn that M. M. S. Herald, 10, Commander G. B. Maxwell, bad arrived there on the 29th ult. with Mr. Turner, the British Envoy to Colombia, and his family. Mrs. Turner was In a very delicate state of health, and the Herald was to remain a few days to allow her to recruit her strength. The island was visited, on the loth of last month, by a severe gale from the S.W. which compelled all the stepping to slip their cables and proceed to sea. Amongst these were Adriane. no, Capt. F. Mama, Caß. which had touched there on her voyage home ; Onyx, tender,, which sailed from hence on the 51st of Oct. with needed and mathematical instru ments for H. M.S. Chanticleer. surveying 'vend, employed on the coast of, South Almeria.. and. H4I.S. Sparrowhawk,. 18, Com mander T. Gill. which sailed from hence on the 29th of October for toe Weit Indian station. The Adriane -had a narrow escape, having ices he her side fur several seconds. from which perilous situation' ide was relieved by the bursting Of the cord-hulls. which' enabled hums right...4lm arrived at Flyanooth en- Moder aso The Onyx and Sparreediawk lost ibeir anchors. Of the samba.; vessels few escaped without lojury. The Furrester i Gay. foes, ilsichnore, went on shore at Funchal Beach. and was &Al lost 'Sae went to• pieces in a short 4line and two of. the. maw Wide 'drowned.-Aiirtansenibarrold , , • • • lirotie4Tios --- .—Yesterdsy an • Intoiesteirlis beak sli tho Dates. hfattbareugh.ited Lion street. lipiedielda..oo thet e lt timer Poeck.agailelsty. The deceased was a labourer . in. Isit4l .ol FlanyN ;freshmen. oo Baturda_y noting MAN, die wheelers wabion. Chareb.sttrect. Brick-Isar. r tstate of hithiicition,lmilkeertved such steers injuries thin he died soon after Verdlct—Accidebtal Death. .• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTICITS A LL'S. The logtinglattarday was stokont *aerating, nee was the ktp terulagee tty any means nuasetuns. Tke only bets woe& niados -were-4500 even, Wit Tyler against Zueharelli ; and iSSO even, Wit Tyler against Sal colt. We subjoin a Est of the average irices at the close of-the roost : DEABIrs _ to 1 apt. SiriM.=)YoMVo = t. to 1 --. Mr„ pvis's 111 to I, W A Y. ei , fney's 13 so 1 NS. t, ' • " °Pk • 14 to ?Lord le r Ir 17 to 1 ;.,=-7. LOMAS* . 20 to 1. ,Lord Sat= 's BIL go to 1 . .—• WatlTll.ll, 20 to 1 Lord LoWther',Zuchardll, 1 , 25 to Lord Tavistocles'Custard • gg t o g Sehoo's Captain Arthur gg to 1 Lord Sligo', Bans 25 to --- 14. Rgrentont's Brother to Grampus . 30 to 1 Lord Seft r 's Mooch. 40 to 1 .-- Mr. Petre s The Major OAU. 6 to 1 Lord Sefton's Mooch. 9 to 1 --- Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma 9 to 1 Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly 15 to 1 LordJeney's Fillagree filly 16 to 1. -r—= Mr. Maberley's Wu, 17 to 1 --- Lord Ifseter's Shumla. at. MIL •-• 9 to 1 --- Lord Cleveland's Raby 14 to 1 -- Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 16 to 1 -- Mr. Richardson's Sc. Nicholas. 16 to 1 -- D. of Leed's Lady Mowbray. 22 to 1 Mr. Pexte's Reginald 25 to Colonel Cradock's The Barber. WINTER ASSIZES. • ;.!' .. r .. • p . HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, Dsc.ste: - - Mr. Baron BOLLAND arrived in town at ten o'clock this morn ing, and after opening the Commission for holding a General Gaol' Delivery for the county of Surrey, the Learned Jodie attended Divine Service at the Church. Mr. Baron GASSOW did not strive until one o'clock. The trial contains the names of W prisoners, of whom SS are for trial at the neat Quarter &Woos. The principal cam Is that of the West Moulsey burglars. Wm. Banks. one of the prisoners in custody on this charge, was tried sod acquitted at the last Hert ford Assists, of a but glary at Waltham Cross. There are several charges of highway robbery, one or two of bone *Seelig, and we of aggravated manslaughter. Before Mr. &TOO GAIIIIIOW. Henry Widget pleaded guilty to an Indictment, charging him with stealing two horses, value 410, the property of W. P. Taun ton, Esq. of Southwark. [anions Harris was convicted of being at large at Croydon, prior to the ezpiration of the time for which he had been ordered to be transported. Thomas Bream was found guilty of uttering three counterfeit crown pieces, on the 12th inst. to Mr. Samuel Peacock, a baker, at Rotherkitbe, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and then to end severities in 450 for two years. Robert Archer was charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Cloy, at Ewell Michaelmas Fair. The evidence was clear against the prisoner, and the Jury with out hesitation pronounced him Guilty. The Prisoner told the Judge that his (the Prisoner's) father was an innkeeper at Nottingham, and bad always voted in the Denman interest. Mr. Baron Gaaaow sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life. THE CONVICTS ORDERED FOR EXECIb TIO4V: Thomas Thomas Maynard wit; tried on the 16th of September, with Richard Hubbard Jones, and Joseph William West, fora forgery upon the Custom-house, to the amount of 1,9731. Jones bad been a clerk in the Custom-house, and, from his knowledge of the mode of transacting business In that establishment, was well qualified to engage in the illegal transaction, and for which the life of Maynard is ordered to be- forfeited. It is the practise for the Comptroller ante Customs at the different outposts to semi up a monthly return of the receipts and expenditure is their Ms speedo, districts. If the receipts are not mildew m cover the outlay, a notilicatioo to that effect is forwarded to the London Istehlkimment, and a clerk is•tben directed to 11l up an outkoritp ' for the amuse required. This form is signed by the Cosh Waimea, and then forwarded *to the Comptroller in the emotry. He gets it cashed at a hanker's, they send it their agents in Louden, and they, ost presenting k at the Custom-house, MATO • check upon the Bank of England. In the present INS an order for the sum of £1,973 puma* to LUNN from the Comptroller at Fowey, is Cornwall, waegmmonsil at the Custom-besee on the 11th of April. It appealed es have passed through all the regular forms—..had en it •11 eisvaataary signatures, and bore so strong a resemblance to the gemainesnee, that no doubt was entertained. The party presenting it put hie name upon it, " Maynard, for 11. Smith and Co." with the ad dress. A cheque was consequently drawn oo the Bank of Rag land for the payment of the £1,973, and it was immediately carried to the Bank by two persons, who asked for £1,970 in notes, ;sad £3 in goad. In about a quarter of an boor after the money had boon paid in this manner, a person went to the Bank, and pre eissed gem* of the notes for gold, which he got. In the mime of the day the forgery was discovered. To skew that the prisoners were the persons who planned and carried this deop•leid scheme into effect, it was proved that West and Maynard had both been schoolmasters, and lodged together; end Jones, who, as we before stated, was a clerk in the Cus tomhouse at the time this crime was committed, was ac quainted with the other prisoners. He had lodged with West, and about the period of the forgery was• drinking in a pub-. Wiliam with both the other prisoners. • He bad been in a eery distressed condition up to April, when be suddenly appeared. to be poesseerd of a considerable sum of money. He opened an. account at Messrs. Mentalism's, paying in £730 in gold, and purchased articles of various tradesmen to the amount of about seloo, for which he paid reedy money. His career, however, was stopped in the following manner :—About this time he went Into the shop of Mr. Hamlet, jeweller, with hie face disguised with a pair et false mustachios, and a tuft of hair on the chin, and having purchased some jewellery to the amount of E 6 or £B, tendered in payment a £lOO note. Notwithstanding the formidable appearance of his face, the shopman, on receiving the note, discovered that Jones laboured under great agitation, and be therefore lent the ante to the Bank of England to be changed. Jones then became more excited, and left the shop, saying he was going to the Temple, sod would send a potter for the change. The note was stopped at the Bank, as one of those which had been Obtained on the Custom house warrant. Jones was taken into custody a few days after wards. It was also proved that Maynard was the man who presented the forged order, and received the cheque, and that West sod Maynard afterwards exchanged some of the Bank-noses for l eovereigns ; eight out of nine 110 notes, paid at the Bank, were mereeyed to Park, and were exchanged for Napoleon., which French money was afterwards exchanged by West for nit of Ragland notes. at the shop of Mr. Savery, of Combat. West and Maynard were traced to Taunton, with two woolen, who passed as their wives, and two children. Upon Maynard! £2BO were found, and on West between £2OO and £3OO in Bank of England DOM. Up to the period of the fargery West and Maynard were always in indigent circumstances, and could not pay their lodgings and trilling debts they owed; but. immediately after, they were seen with large sums of money. Notwithstanding this strong evidence, the Jury did not think it sufficient to convict West, and he was Acquitted. His fellow-prisonees were bob found Guilty. Jones was transported for seven years, and Maynard awaits the sentence of death. • Motu A'eutin was convicted with lachatii Denthogren and W. If Mims, foe wading thirty sheep., The prosecutor. John Thomas. lived at Islington, and was the proprietor of " ma," situate in the Hatit-road. There bad been put into these pens 71 'beep, on the night of the $4 of Await, and on the moaning of.thn dd, thirty of them were' missing. Hewitt bad formerly bee a. butcher In Turnstile, Holborn, but bad been ufortunate iq truaithea. .It .war proved on the pial, that on the morning of the 3d of Ask Hewiu drove the prosecutor's thirty sh eep into tbi eliughter•hetwe of hir;Johnson, ice the Rdgware-road, wWee they warvirillell'hy Hewitt-and the ether prisoner*, and then deposed of, The three prisoners were •fotu.ti guilty. Hewitt, who is "apposed to have been the principal in the umlaut*. it selected for execution. . • anifillrel and lathe were convicted for a burglary and rabbet,'" in tbetothe of Mr. &alto, the tailor. ib Clifford drat. : .The facts of that owe have ao recently heen•before the public-that we do not cepoider it twoeseary to repeat then, , Up, to slide boor oe Sunday nigh no informailen bid * Stith rue ! Caved at Nevtg4te. that the life of ther of theinitherinail'auth• *Veld be spared. Great exertions ue making in bthrilletifinpi: ,Nerd; and* 4 . thafett that be. we. down IntqAm ! b i t . If", .and Jones , patkpertheded by theft to present t he • ,fire jay., ikon., . Jaws ;cecina •Aft,„lt:Cl as hle,thath al the . ' '22t A !ropy then lath cothiscted theitheithe in i thy/ • ' •'• since the filial intelligence has been Un-' - - - - - to POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUIL HALL. Fomativ.—A young mains yesterday brought up in autody of Martin and Row, two active City takers, charged with havin g obtained goods so a large amount, upon a number of forged orders, frees Messrs. Elution and Co. fringe-manufacturers, in Newgate. street, which orders purported to Stave been signed by Mr. War). tam of Fleet-market. .Mr. Walters stated that the prisoner had formed/ been in his e • the ordersrin were not his hand-writing. neC pu clerk in the service of Hatton and Co. said, that if the pri. saner was remanded, a great many other charges of a similar an. sure could be mide-complete. • Martin said that isv had nOdoubt that be should be able to col. led thirty forged documeits, and prove where the property thus obtained was disposled of. . ' Sir P. Laousaaid that this aystem had been of late carried on to an alarming extent, but steps most be taken to arrest its pro. greva. The prisoner was then romanded until Wednesday, and the dicers received a high encomfaina from the Magistrate, for their actireity in apprehending the Owen BOW STREET. The comber of gin-drinkers who were brought before Sir RICNAIID Mann, charged with having disturbed the tranquility of the public streets, would almost exceed credibility. Among the number were several females with Infants at their breasts, and per sons who were given into custody. for having refused to pay the landlords of public-houses fur the liquor with which they had been served. Sir RICKARD BIM', In the course of bearing these cases, ob served. that it would be hopeless to expect that any police force could afect any pargaasset Improvement In the state of the streets, until semeliblag was-duns either ea raise the price of gin, or to limit the number al draaa•alagai Johns Dam." a liscast-iasklag elderly man, a shoemaker, was charged with having created a riot in Monmouth -street, on Satur day eight. Brady, the constable No. 134, stated that the disturbance sic curved in a public-house, and that he was called to interfere by the Sir R. Bunn said that a constable was not justified in taking a party into custody under such circumstances. This was really kog themselves most improperly to publicans, who, after they ►ad furnished their customers with gin, while their brains were sucked out, used the police to get rid of them. The constable said the defendant had torn his cape. This was denied, however, bath by the defendant and a witness, who de clared that they, on the contrary, were the parties aggrieved. Sir R. litmus discharged the defendant, and reprimanded the constable. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ------ In consequence of the neglect of some of the individuals who were cautioned to clear away the snow from their doors, several summonses have been issued &genial the parties, and on appearing yesterday at this Office before F. A. Roe, Esq. were fined )n the Mitigated penalty of ss. Mr. Hemel 1 , a gentleman of most respectable connexions ' was yesterday brought before the Presiding Magistrate, charged with baying assaulted a police constable, named John Anderson, Di vision C. No. SO. _ _ . _ _ _ The Policeman stated that be merely, as he passed the defendant observed that it was a flee cold night, when the defendant de: mended his number, which he replied was on his coat. The de fendant then collared him, tore the buttons of the cape off his coat, and took up the cape, and refhsed to give it. M Air. Ron enquired what thedefendant had to say? The defendant replied, " that he was mere sinned against than sinning ;" be ought to have been there as complainant, and not as one accused. He said he was passing along Oxford -street, when the complainant ran up to him and said, (with impudent familia rity,)" I.say, my boy, bow cold it is." The defendant imme diately advised the policeman to make his observations to some one more equal with him. The complainant called him several ungen tlemanly names, and the defendant then demanded his number (the policeman having totally obscured it by a large comforter round his neck,) and on the complainant's refusing to give it. the defend ant picked up the policeman's cape, which bad fallen upon the ground, and refused to give it him until he should give him the required information. finally, the defendant had been consigned to the watch-house. _ _ _ Two most respectable witnesses corroborated this statement. Mr. Roe, after having attentively listened to all the statements, pee and swans, said that be believed the policemen were ordered not to address their conversation to any one. He was of opinion that the case was most decidedly against the constable, and be shwald therefore discharge the defendant; at the same time, the Commissioners of Police would licen to any complaint that sight be made.—The defendant expressed his determination of pursuing that course. munmem BIRTHS. In Gower-street, the Lady of Capt. H. Bukky Henderson, of the Bengal army, of a sou. At St. Peter's, Thanet, the Lady of J. T. Boswell, Esq. of a sou. At the residence of Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Bart. at the Cape of Good Hope, Lady Arbuthnot, of a daughter. DIED. At Madeira, Frederick, youngest son of Mr. T. Smith, of the Customs. Wednesday, aged 69, Robert Bourne, M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine, and formerly a Fellow of Worcester College. Dr. Bourne took his Degree of M.A. April Ist, 1784, B.M. July 15th, 1786, and D.M. June 6th, 1787. He was appointed Aldriebian Professor of the Practice of Medicine in 1803, which Professor ship he resigned on being elected Clinical Professor, at the death of Dr. Wall, in 1824. Dr. Bourne was highly eminent as a Phy sician,aad was in practice in the City of Oxford upwards of 40 years. 141rWGATII AND LICADENHALL MARKETS, Dee. 28. Beef ... ..... 3s 4d to 4s 2d Veal ... ... 4s Od to 4s $d I Mutton ..... 3s 4d to 4s Od Pork ... ... Ss 4d to 4s Od PRICES or HAY •ro STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAM Bell. WRITSCIIAPIL. Hay 3115 s Od to 51 OW Od Hay 21 54 to 41 51 Od Clover 31104 Od to 51 Ss Od Clover 21 )4s to 51 los Od Straw 11181 Od to la Os Od Straw 11 104 to 11 16s Od PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto 14d to I6d lad to 19d Eroiiiides,3s to 401bs•for cutting l4d to 1641 Ditto 45 to ..... 1641 to led Calf Skins, 36 to 401bs Ditto 50 to 70Ibs Ditto 70 to 80Ibs 19d to 21d Small Seals, Greenland) Tanned Horse Hides 164 to 1841 Spanish Horse Hides 394 to 24d PRICE OF HOPS, Dec. U. NEW POCKETS. WKW SAGS. Kent 150 s to 189 s I Kent Sussex ...... 152. to 140$ I Sussex 126. to 130$ Eisen Farnham hoe 151. to 151. 0--Seconds. 101. to 121. Old Duty laid at £59,866. PRICE o► TALI Town Tallow 408 Od Yellow Russia 38s Od White ditto ... 311 s ,LOW, SOAP kis. • Yellow Soap ... IS. 04 Mottled .. Curd .. . Ills 114 Graves ... 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