Star. — London, England, 1823-09-24 00:00:00

V ri TRANSLATION OF THE NINTH ODE OF ANACREON. THE DOVE. Whither, lovely carrier, say, Whither Sy so swift away? Ten to whom thy downy plumes, Waft so exquisite perfumes? Do thy chymic wings prepare Sweets that fill th' ambient air? Pert enquirer (coos the Dove) Bearer of Anacreon's love, I my master's am'rous lay To Bathyllus lov'd convey ; Bathyllus, who'se unrivail'd charms, Fill each maid with love's alarms ! Venus for the Poet's lays, (In the beauteous Goddess' praise) Scarcely plumed, her willing bird, On Anacreon confered ; Happy as Anacreon's slave, I no pruffer'd freedom crave ! Better far fur me to share, Kind Anacreon's pleasing fare, In secure and peaceful home, Than abroad for food to roam; Sweeter sink to soft repose, 'Midst the fragrance of the rose, Than on homely berries fed, In wild woods to make my bed; As Anacreou's envoy, I Feel no want of liberty : Oft rich Cretan wines I sir, From my master's honied lip; Or. while at his board I stand, Feed delighted from his hand, And upon his throbbing breast, Sink 'midst softest sounds to rest ; But no longer let me prate, Of my happy envied state, Lest my friend, you laughing say, I'm become a chatt'ring jay ! VENATOR. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, Charlotte ?homes was indicted for stealing a blanket, a pillow-case, a pair of stockings, and other articles, the property of John Gifford, of Muswell• hill, Hornsey. It api,eared from the evidence, that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, and after she left, that situation, the property mentioned in the indictment was missed. The prisoner's rest eat was discovered, and the property found there. The prisoner being called on for her defence, said, that the protecutor had taken her from her friends in Wales, nntier an engagement to return her thither when he should no longer require her services ; instead of , which, however, lie had turned her out of his house at a moment's notice. She also stated that the prosecutor tad vowed that he would cause her ruin. _ _ The prosecutor was asked by the Court Id/ether he. had acted in the manner described by the prisoner ? ai)d he solemnly declared that he kad not. The Jury found the prisoner guilty ; and the Court, after Temat king that she had aggravated her offence by the base conduct which she had molted to her former master, intimated that she could not be sufiered . to re main in the country. _ _ George Keonin: was put to the bat (having been out on bail) charged upon an indictment, that he, on the 21st of July, did receive 50,000 wooden staves, value one bunched pounds, the property of Mr. Wilkins i from a certain ill-disposed person, he knowing the said staves to have been stolen. r. A x1)11E/ire opened the case for the prosecution, and having stated the facts, proceeded to call the fol lowing witnesses Mr. James Wilkins said, he had no wharf if his own, but his goods were warehoused at Waterloo-wharf. Oe the 11th or 12th of July, an application was made to Lim to sell some staves. A person came to the wharf, who represented himself as the cartain of a vessel. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. BRODRICK, as Counsel for the prisoner, here interrupted the examination, object ing to any evidence being given of a conversatiOn iu the absence of the prisoner. The COMMON•SEAJEANT overruled the objection. Mi. Wilkins's examination was then continued. The Captain said he was the owner of a vessel lying at Black wall. He asked for some staves, and witness said l:e had sorre. The Captain then went away, and re ttamed on the Saturday following with a roan of the name of Francis. Francis looked at the staves, and said he would give an answer in a day or two. Witness said the money must be paid before they were delivered. Witness was . to send them away in barges, to be fur nished by Francis. The contract was entered by wit ness in his books. lie then read the words of the con tract: g 4 Sold to Mr. Francis 50,000staves, at ‘31.125. 6d. per thousand, to be paid for before the goods are re moved horn the what f." There were two entries of the kind. The first entry was made all at one time. On Thursday, the 17th of July, some lighteimen, the name of one of 'whom was Hamlin, came for the goods. The barges would not float after the goods were loaded, until Smithy night or Monday morning. The barges were sent by Francis, and Hamlin was employed by Inni (Francis): After he found the first barge was gone away, witne , :s told Hamlin not to remove the staves till further orders from him (witness). This was about lralf-past nine on Monday morning. He went in quest of the first barge, and returned on Monday evening. He then found that Hamlin bad gone away with the second barge. He went in search of that barge, and found her at the Regent's Canal. Hamlin was not there. The next day but one, he found the barge at Kenning's wharf. Part of the staves were landed, and stowed in a ware house upon the wharf. He asked for the defendant, but did not see him. On the Sunday following witness saw him., He told him—" You have got some staves which were taken from my wharf." The prisoner answered, that he had purchased them of Mr. Francis. Both barges were at Kenning's wharf. On the 2d of August witness went to Union-hall, and applied for a warrant. A few days afterwards he obtained a search warrant against Kenning. Witness had never been able to find Frincis or his companion since. Cross-examined.—He never knew Francis before, and never had'any references as to his character. A paper was handed to witness. It was his hand-writing. The goods were delivered before he wrote this paper, but the barges had nut left the wharf. Francis's house was N 0.7, Queen-row, Walworth. He never asked Mr. Francis to buy the - staves. There was a young woman. /ho came with Francis. He did not know that she was Pi daugh ter. One barge was taken away before the other was loaded. He ordered the men to proceed with the load iog of the second barge. He never delivered a paper to the young woman, but to the captain. He never de livered any paper of this kind at Mr. Francis's house. The first barge went away on Sunday night or Monday morning, the 21st of July. The bill for the goods was dated the 21st of July. The defendant's wharf was at Wapping, a few paces from the Thames Police Office, Thirteen days transpired before he made any applica tion for a warrant, and the Magistrate, on the first ap plication, refused to grant a warrant. He never said, to Kenning, I have sold these goods to Francis, and if he does not pay me by Saturday next, I'll sue out a writ against him." • Re-examined.—He delivered the bill of parcels to the captain, at Waterloo-wharf. One of the barges was gone, an the other was there. Mr. ADOLPHUS then proposed that the bill of parcels, although forming a part of the evidence for the defence, should be now , read by the Clerk of the Arraigns. Mra ANDREWS objected to the reading of the paper, as it would be an interruption to the course of the evi dence for the prosecution. The COMMON-SERJEANT, however, thought that there coitld be no objection to the paper being now read. The bill of parcels was then read by - Mr. Shelton. It was dated Tuesday, July 21, 1823. Mr. Francis, debtor to James Wilkins, for 13,000 staves, at 91. per thousand, and 50,000 smaller staves at 21. 12s. 6d. per thousand, 2601. 1 ls.—Dinount, 101. 7s. 9d. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. Bnoniticx here contended that the bill of . parcels was fatal to the case, as it proved that there was no larceny in the case. . . . Mr. ANDREWS, on the other side, contended that the whole of the facts and the circumstances must be taken together, to prove the felonious intent of the party. He cited the case of Reading, in which facts something si milar to the present were proved in evidence. The Commos-SkRJEANT expressed his unwillingness to stop proceedings of this nature at this stage of the investigation. If, however, no witnesses were called to alter the nature of the testimony now adduced, he corn fessed that it appeared to him that a direct sale of these goods had been made to Francis. Mr. ADOLPHUS said he was always most anxious, when such long and intricate investigations came under consideration, to save the time of the Court, and to prevent those established and firm foundations of jai rice, the result of the experience and wisdom of ages, Trom being shaken. Mr. AfDREWS was ready to admit, that no further . evidence he could bring forward would alter the nature of the testimony already adduced. ] The Jury was then directed to find the defendant Not Guilty. There was another indictment against the defendant, but it was not persisted in, as the same legal objection would prevail against it. The defendant, who appeared to be a very respectable man, was then removed from the bar. The Court was crowdcd during the trial, and a great number of his friends were present. William Mole was placed at the bar, charged with robbing James Bennett, his master, on the 4th of Au gust, of one bat, value 10s. and four sovereigns, in the parish of St. Mary-la•bonne. The prosecutor deposed, that he kept a hatter's shop,' at 31, Oxford-street, and another in Fleet-street ; the prisoner was his thop'suan in Pet:ld-street. On the 4th of August he went from his shop in the city, where he lived, to Oxford street ; on arriving there, prosecutor/ found only the errand-boy in the shop, who told hien the prisoner had gone out.with a new hat upon his head., and bad left his old one behind. 'Prosecutor, in . sonas, quence of this information, went, to the till, which he found empty; witness bad' placed N. in the till that morning: Pt osecutor immediately applied t( an officer, who accompanied him to the prisoner's lodgings ; he was not at home, but witness saw his wife; witness re turned to prisoner's lodgings at two o'clock in the morn ing of the sth of August, and then found the prisoner at home. The otliCer searched him in witness's presence, and found in one of his breeches pockets four sovereigns. and a pound's worth of silver; and in the oilhei pocket some loose silver was found. ek Robert Needham, a constable, took the prisoner to the watch-house. The prosecutor begged to state'to the Court, that the man was very much intoxicated at the time when he was apprehended, and he thought he might hare taken the pioperty to take the better care of rt, as drunken men generally thought themselves very wise. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the prisoner, highly complimented the prosecutor on the humanity of his observation. Tbe Recount:a shortly summed up, and the Jury; witliout hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.. _ _ Jane Vance was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of August, in the Parish .of St. Dunstan in the East, five' caps, one gold ring, and various other articles, the pro perty of George Huggitt. The prosecutor's wife deposed, that the property was safe on the 22d of July, and she had.not seen it since. The prisoner was in the habit or working at the prose cutor's, in the first floor, whereahe articles were kept. Witness believed it was distress had driven the prisoner to commit the iobbery. She had a blind mother, whom prisoner supported. Charles Reed, an officer, produced the property, which lie found in the prisoner's lodgings at Stepney, and which the prosecutors wife proved to lie that of her husband. The officer said that there was scarcely an ar ticle in the house, with the exception of the stolen caps: The COURT, and the witnesses who gave testimony against her, strongly sympathised with the prisoner. The Jury, under the direction of the Ritconotia, found the prisoner Guilty"; but strongly recommended her to mercy ; which recommendation the Court at the instant attended to, by fining the prisoner is. and or dering her immediate discharge. Mr. JACKSON, the British Commissioner under the Article of the Treaty of Ghent which relates to the sur render of captured property at the close of the war of 1812, and Mr. Cuzves, the Commissioner on the part of the United States under the same Article, arrived at Washington on the 22d ultimo. The quantity of red mullet caught in Southampton river this season has been greater than was ever known, and they have sold in the market at 2d. each. The capitalists in these manufacturing districts have reaped a rich harvest by the rise in the price bf cottons. It is confidently stated, that a rich house in the neighbour. hood of Blackburn, has realized upwards of £40,000 by one speculation. This rise is attributed to the increased demand for our manufactures in foreign countries.—Maccle4eld Courier.. Colonel WILLIAM Thorson, on his arrival in Ireland, made an abatement of one-third part of his Antis go all 'arrears due up to the 23th of Mardfilist, to hia tialinuf At Bulinaclogh, in the county of Tipperary. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, SEPT. 23. IN TUE MATTER OP CHURN, AN INSOLVENT. Mr. HEATH yesterday made an application to the Court in the case of this insolvent, whom they had or dered nearly a year and a half ago to be discharged, after he should have been in custody at the suit of his'oppo sing creditors for a period. " not exceeding 18 months from the date of filing his Petition." The officer, in making out the discharge, omitted the word " calendar" before the word " months," as was his custom in other similar cases. The 18 lunar months expired to-day, the calendar months would not expire for six weeks longer; and the question for the Court was, for which of these periods the insolvent was to be confined under their judg ment? the learned Counsel contending that the months must by law be taken to be lunar, unless expressly stated to be calendar months. • The COURT suggested to Mr. Heath to take a rule to shew cause: but Mr. HEATH said he should make nothing by that, as the Qourt was about to adjourn on Wednesday. The COURT then postponed their decision, until this morning, to allow them to look into some authorities on the subject. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, this day, informed Mr. HEATH, that having bestowed the necessary considera tion upon this point, the Court decided that the dis charge should be Made conformable to their judgment, by striking out the word " calendar?' By this decision the insolvent became intitled to his discharge to-day; which would not, otherwise, have taken place before six weeks and a day longer. Goodman Levi, residing at Birmingham, was opposed by his sister-in-law, Rosetta Cohen. The insolvent had been discharged in August last under the Act; but he had now obtained the consent of three-fourths of his creditors. Elsie Cohen, the opposing creditor's daughter, and her brother, both wore that the insolvent came to their mother about four years ago to borrow plate fur the purpose of raising money upon it; and received it through his nephew Lyon Levi. This plate, which was not mentioned in schedule, the insolvent in the most positive manner denied ever has ing borrowed. The COURT asked tl4e mitness Elsie if her mother was aware of the insolvent having come to town for the par pose of being discharged in August, 1 tlf..)t 7 !? and being answered in the affirmative, and she not having then appeared to oppose him, they ordered him to be dis- Charged forthwith. IN THE MATTER OF WM. SIMMONS, AN INSOLVENT. Mr. HEATH shewed cause against a Rule obtained by the above-named insolvent, which had been served on Mr. Cullum, an opposing creditor, calling upon him to stew cause why the insolvent should not be allowed to have a rehearing, although he had been on a former hearing remanded by the Court for a considerable period. Mr. Comte, on behalf of the insolvent, supported the rule for a rehearing. Mr. HEATH said that this was the fist application of the kind since the establishment of the Court ; and it was, in consequence, necessary for him to restate the circumstances of the case, and to which he particularly' solicited the attention of the Court. On the 15th of July last the insolvent came up to be heard on his peti ion, and his discharge was opposed by a creditor, Mr. Cullum, who was the principal witness. The result of such opposition was, that the insolvent was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. The affidavits on which the Rule was obtained were of an extraordinary complexion; and he (Mr Heath) was unable to com prehend why a charge of perjury should be imputed against a Gentleman (Mr. Cullum) who, by a life of in dustry and,honourable integrity, had amassed sufficient property to enable him to live in respectable retirement. At the time of the trial, Mr. Cullum stated, that a per son named Jarvis had been in his employment, and as Mr. Cullum was about to relinquish business as a dyer, Jarvis opened a negociation to engage the plant, or warehouse, for dying ; but as length of service had not created sufficient confidence, security was required, I when Simmons, the insolvent, who kept the Rodney's Head, Rotherhithe, became such security, by giving ac cept:lnces for the said Jarvis. Mr. Cullum then stated, that soon after he had so resigned his property into Jarvis's hands, on the security of Simmons, be saw that I property was being removed off the premises, and frit tered away, particularly some logwood ; he, however, Admitted that he consented two large coppers should be exchanged for four small one. ; before the bills became due both parties were under arrest. Mr. HEATH went on to state the evidence. On his hearing, the insolvent stated that when he gave the bills in question he told Mr.. Cullum that he was in in. solvent circumstances owing to his having lost a smack which carried freight tti the Continent, and of which he was the sole owner; when Mi. Cullum said, " Never mind ; put your hand to these lines, it is a mere matter of form." Mr. Cullum admitted that after the bills had been given, bills of a smaller amount were accepted in lieu of the first set, still the aggregate amount was the same, and at that time something was said about the loss f a vessel, but not a word was said about it when the original security was tendered c had that been the case he would aot have accepted -it. The Court sus pecting that a fraud was concocted between Jarvis and the insolvent, and giving implicit credence to the testi mony of Mr. Cullum, supported as it was by the pro bability of the recital, and also of the improbability of the correctness of the insolvent's defence,- they were in duced to remand him for the period before named. It appeared that .subsequent tasuch remand, the in solvent had applied to the Court, and obtained this rule on his own affidavit, and imported several others into he Court, by which it was alleged that Mr. Cullum bad given false testimony, whereby the Court were in duced to give a more extended term of confinement than they otherwise would have done; the other depo nents, five or six in number, swore that they had known Mr. Cullum from six to twenty years, and they would not believe him, where business was concerned, on his oath. Mr. HEATH answered the matters contained in these affidavits, and argued on the hnprolsabllity of their truth. In the first place, was it likely that Mr. Cullum, who would not trust Jarvis, &old be so stupid as to take the security of Simmons as a matter of "form? Why was it that this notable host of deponents, whose affida vits were before the Court, did not come up on the ori ginal hearing; and *ire viva vote testimony? It was evidently a foul attempt, to stigmatise the characte r o f an honourable that, who could *ere it conformable to the rules of the Court, bring forwird the first merchants in the City to disprove the allegations set forth in these affidavits: Be concluded by tottoring the Court to discharge the rule. t.. C 041411 was nena at great ,lingsh iii support of the rute,'ana attefoxed to IfieVihhe the application was divested' of malignant feeling, and' supportealy piob*- bility, and prayed for a rehearing. The Cotter c the affidavits we right to discredit Cullum ; they t charged with co PO, No less than elev penalties and cost; 1 summoned by the n STAG [-COACH Po Magistrate, Sir R.: keeper of Charing-c or rather under I, charged the other v Biddle, of Hayes co is a lithographic pri Legion, and has ali certain gambling-hc men, it appeared, culty arose as to v gave way, and Mr. He stated, that coach, on that even I and immediately d'Assig, and " ano the Baron and his titularly upon the whom the Baron d in this his friend at' right to join in the chose to say, " b— other expressions of saying a word, tocl coach into the road, The Baron in hi plainant instead of by, was an English] tinental affairs, and exclamations es; rest nation in general. ssig) remonstrat upon which Mr. lii it high time to rose; and in the scuffle is The street-Iteepe Charing-cross th?t some conversation, Sir RICKA Rh fire sation, said he thoo; the complaiLt zltc: The landlord, of hill, and of the N mooed for kreping o'clock on Sunday observing he had d who was the presid public-houses were and three to five in THROWING A M. Isabella SuUwan , tw a Bow•-street patrol gentleman out of a Maynard-street, St, Reid said, that at a man had been rob house; and on proc pita!, in a state o house, but the two where they locked door, and secured t The prisoners dt They «•ere remaadt I. Bridges was cl And seven silk hand cadillr, by a note, t; tague.square. Mr. the articles to be de street, and accused accompany him to 3 reared be was unit Ile was further alai the name of Mrs. E Bond•street, and w being adduced. Yesterday, Josep woman with whom seas, EN. charged having murdered a bit ant of Stargate-s patrol, stated, that 2 was passing through of people collected to the house, and a; door-way, supporte that a light should I was dying. lie ass unfortunate man w street, where he d inquiries in the neig the deceased had re bad called to pay a the house, No. 44; the house while the the latter was flung cause of his death. and asked the won She replied, that sh knocked down. 1 as to his knowkd; led to his death, s being informed of denly, " Loan have in my life until that that he would state his wife situated—t his wife lying stretc intoxication, and t ance the worse for 1 to get up and wall apartment; that tit walked down stain of Thompson's bet Thompson whether home ? to which he that his wife was g noticed the contra statement; upon w mistaken on that pc of the mob which 31 female prisoner wot doors, had he not in Eleanor Cutmore for on the previous be dying. On her ; ing him in that star appeared to have be were all torn ; hits I The prisoners we up again on a future August 31, at DI of a son. Saturday le'nnigt Sept. 9, at Glaq Regituaut, aged 74. Sept. 14, at Edin Majesty's ship Brits Dublin Waterford Guernsey and Jaw, Lisbon Holland Basil HIGH-WATER Morning ' -Aftehseen• • LON LIP Fri; 7.1,1 6 "", 1111, ,