Star. — London, England, 1821-08-04 00:00:00

POLICE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—ALLEGED FORGERY ON THE .PRUSSIAN BA N K.—Yesterday, the examination of Mr. Goalston and Air. Newman was resumed. when Mr. ALLAY attended as Counsel for the latter, and a Solicitor for the former. Twelve o'clock was the time appointed for the attendance of the whole of the parties, at which time Mr. ALLEY punctually at tended; and it was expected that Mr. MAYNA RD, Solicitor to the Bank of England, together with the Prussian Arnl.assador, would have attended, but Mr. Mays/ can did not arrive until half-past one, whert he came alone Prior to this time some dissatisfac tion was expressed by the Counsel and Solicitors for. the defendants, as detaining them from their ordi nary business, and keeping the defendants in sus pense, they being all ready for having the case en tered into. The Magistrate, G. B. MA INWARING. Esq. concurred with them in the unpleasantness of being detained, when Mr: ALLEY, as Counsel for Mr. Newman, appealed to the Magistrate as to the pro priety of holding Mr. Newman to bail, as he was a most respectable man, and had been innocently led into the affair. Mr. MAINWA RING regretted very much that he could not comply with the request of Mr. Alley__ Ile would pay the strictest attention to the interests of the defendants, but in the absence of the Solici tor for the support of the prosecution, he must aban don the idea. Mr. Newman's Solicitor thought it rather cruel, considering his respectability. The Magistrate could do nothing but postpone the case for their attendance. Mr. Foy, of the Bank, stated, that he saw Mr. May nard with the Prussian Ambassador that morning, and they promised positively to be there at the time. Mr. ALLEY thought that attention should be paid to him as well as to the Bank, and it would not be irregular to discharge the parties in their absence. It was not because the Bank was affluent that they thould be indulged more than poorer persons. Mr. MAINWA RING could pursue no other course than taking the evidence, until the arrival of Mr. siaynard. Mr. ALLEY inquired whether there was any evi fence to prove an intention to defraud on the part of Mr. Newman?—Mi. Foy—No only as to finding the articles in his house. Mr. AL LEY then submitted that he had committed •no offence. Ile was merely employed to print the notes in the course of his business, and lie did them hi an open and plain manner in his shop, from which it was evident that he was not aware of the nature of the articles he was executing, and consequently could have no intention to defraud. Ire was paid only the regular price for printing them. The only course for them to adopt would be to allow Mr. Newman to be come a witness against the parties who employed him, for the purpose of convicting them. The men employed by Mr. Newman attended, and stated that they had no idea what the notes were for when they were printing them. Mr. Newman and themselves were only paid for them at a regular trade-working price, according to the labour. By this time Mr. MAYNARD, the Solicitor for the Bank, arrived. After some di-course with Mr. AL LEY, Mr. MAYNARD had no objection to allow Mr. Newman to become a witness, but said he had been guilty of a misdemeanour in ~rinting the notes. Here it is necessary to rectify a trifling error which crept into the report yesterday, in Mr. Foy's evi dence, which arose from the bustle which took place at the commencement of it. Mr. Foy now stated, that there was no suspicion whatever entertained on the part of the Bank ..f Eng land that Mr. Newman was any way concerned in the printing of other notes; on the contrary, h ren dered every facility in his power, on the arrival of the officers in his house, to assist them in the pursuit of their object, and the property seized was lying about in the most undisguised manner. The defendants were now brought in, and the evi dence taken yesterday was read over by Mr. Fitzpa trick, the Chief Clerk, when several questions were put to the witnesses, to ascertain how far the parties were involved in the affair. The foreigner said he never gave instructions to Mr. Goulston where to have the notes printed. Ile corresponded with LudJ. Mr. MAYNARD, at the suggestion of Mr. ALLEY, had no objection to take bail for Mr. Newman's ap pearance for a future hearing. He expected further evidence. The Office was excessively crowded, and the same persons who were present at the former exa mination were now in attendance. The books of Mr. Newman were produced, to shew that he regularly inserted the number of notes as they were executed, and also the regular demand.— The books of Mr. Goulston were also produced on this occasion. Mr. Newman procured bail, who were present in the Office—himself in 0200, and two in .ClOO each, nn condition that he should appear at the Sessions, and likewise to appear at that Office in a fortnight, when it is expected he will be made a witness in the proceedings. Mr. Gonlston was remanded to the same day. Mr. MAINWARINO inquired of him whether he had every accommodation in the place he was confined in?—lle answered in the affirmative. GuiLtinett..—CAUTION.—IMPOSITION ON PRO VESSIoNAL GENTLEMEN.—A young man of vet y re spectable appearance and good address was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Crawley, of the Inner Temple, Solicitor, stated that the prisoner introduced himself to him in the early part of May, representing himself to have been re duced by misfortunes; that he was now about to get himself entered as an agent to the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; and that many respectable Gentlemen in the profession, to whom he was known, had subscribed to enable him to defray the necessary expenses. He then produced his subscription list, and he (Mr. Crawley) finding therein the names of several friends, subscribed his own £2, and gave him the money, Ile saw nothing further of him until the 21st July, when the prisoner again called at his office. He then said he had given up the idea of becoming an agent for the Insolvent Debtors Court, and that he had a case in hand, but was unable to proceed with it for the want of a little money. Serjeant Taddy had accepted the brief upon his promise of paying him his fee, and a ftiend, Mr. Barker, of Gray's Inn, had promised to lend him .C 4 for that purpose, but he had, unfortunately, through vile mistake, gone out of town without leaving the money. In corro boration of this assertion he produced a letter from Mr. Barker, in which he consentA to lend him the 1.3.; confiding in this representation he lent him £5, upon his promise of repayment on the Monday or Tuesday following. On the Monday, however, he, called, and told such a plausible story of his want of funds to proceed with the business, that he was in duced to lend him another £5. Some suspicion arising in his mind, he judged it right to call upon Mr. Serjeant Taddy, where he learnt that the pri soner had delivered no bad' to him, nor made any application whatever upon such a subject. Upon fur ther inquiry he learnt that the prisoner had obtained from Mr. Herrick and Mr. Creedy, £5 each upon the credit of the letter of Mr. Barker which had been produced to him. • On this discovery he called upon Mr. Savage, where the prisoner's letters were desired to be directed to, and left word for him to call upon him ; hut he excused himself by letter the next day, stating his inability to walk, having been bit by a mad dog ! He met him, however, on Wednesday last in Lincoln's Inn, and, witoont making any accu- • sations to alarm him, appointed him to call at his office.the following day. In the interim, he (Mr. Crawley) gave notice to two or three Gentlemen, from whom the prisoner had also obtained money, to meet him, and on his declinin! , to give any satis factory explanations of his conduct, an Officer was procured, who took him into custody. Mr. Barker, Solicitor, of Gray's Inn, stated that the prisoner called upon him about six weeks ago, when he was induced, by his tale of distress, to give him a guinea; and, upon a subsequent application, had promised to lend him £1 for the purpose of enabling him to defray the expense of procuring his certificate as an agent in the Insolvent Debtors' Court. He had in closed the money in the letter the prisoner had shewn to Mr. Crawley, and sent it by his servant to the ad dress given him by the prisoner, N 0.2, Essex-street ; but the servant not being able to find either the house or the prisoner, brought the letter back, when he (Mr. Balker) took the money out, and the prisoner had since obtained the letter when he called at the office. Mr. Crawley contended, that upon this evidence a case of obtaining money under false pretences was made out; every pretence upon which he had been induced to advance the prisoner money being com pletely falsified. He had never given a brief to Ser jeant Taddy, nor had he ever applied to be admitted an agent to the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; and at the time he presented Mr. Barker's letter to him, it was not the intention of that Gentleman to lend him the 4!. The prisoner said, at the time he borrowed the money of Mr. Crawley, he really had a case in hand, but on examining the evidence he had thought it best to aban don it. The Magistrate being of opinion that the evi dence did not constitute such a fraudulent obtaining of money as would warrant his committing him for the offence, the prisoner was discharged. Mr. Craw ley expressed his satisfaction at this result, as he had no wish to prosecute the prisoner, and was only desi rous of putting the profession and the Public upon ' 'their guard against such practices. Bow-STREET.--Yesterday, four men underwent a short examination, charged with being concerned in robbing the Dover waggon, belonging to Messrs. Hanbury, , of property to the amount of £3,835. — They were remanded. George Suckling, a genteel young man, was charged by Mis. Mary Ann Stamp, of James-street, Buck ingham-gate, with stealing from her person a red cule, containing a watch, silver, itc.—Mrs. Stamp was proceeding along the Strand, and the prisoner came running along the same side of the way, and as he passed her snatched the reticule out of her hand, and Was making off, when he was secured by a per son who had observed the transaction.—He was fully committed for trial. Mary Roache and Charlotte Johnson, two Cyprians, were fully committed for trial, charged with robbing and grossly ill-treating a young Scotsman, whom they had inveigled into one of the dens of prostitu tion in Shire-lane, Temple-bar. Williams, the keeper of the brothel, was also held to bail, on a charge of joining the women in their ferocious assault. HATros-GARDEN.—Yesterday ten of the persons apprehended at the Belvidere, on Wednesday, at the time of the ascension of the balloon, were brought up, charged with picking pockets; when four of them were discharged: and the following six, J. Bragg, G. Mitts, M. Daly, WM. Pritchard, Wm. Rowley, and S. Brett, were remanded for a week. R. booth, a baker, and M. Gillam, a labourer, were each convicted, the former in the penalty of 44)5. and the latter in 10s. for wheeling a barrow on the foot pavement. MA RIMA•BONNE.OFFICE.J. Frazier, a man of colour, was charged with a robbery in the house of Sir H. Lushington, in Baker -street, Portman-square. On Wednesday afternoon the area gate of the prose cutor having been left unlocked, the prisoner went down and entered the housekeeper's-room, where he packed up a large quantity of linen, together with three suits of livery, with which he was ascending the area stairs, when one of the servants secured him. Sir Henry, accompanied by two servants, identified the property, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. This is the second robbery committed at the above house within the present week, in a simi lar manner. Elizabeth Ellis was committed, charged by Wm. Thompson with robbing him. The prosecutor, a servant out of place, was passing through Hyde Park about nineo'clock on Thursday night, when he was met by the prisoner, who endeavoured to entice him to her lodgings, but ineffectually ; and, after they had walked together some little distance, he perceived her draw his watch and appendages from his fob ; on which he seized hold of her, when she screamed out " Murder r' M. Morris, one of the officers, happening to be coming that way at the time, came up and se cured her, but the property could not be found. F. Thelwall and 7 Whittaker, were charged by Mr. Butler, of Paddington-green, with robbing his gar den, and assaulting him. The prosecutor was sitting in his parlour on Thursday evening, when being alarmed in consequence of large stones coming se veral times in front of the house, he went out to as certain the cause, and ob s erved the prisoners run away; being informed that they were knocking down his pears; several of which were strewed under the trees, he pursued, and apprehended Whittaker, upon which the other came up and rescued him ; but a person coming to complainants assistance, they were both secured. There being no evidence to skew that -Thelwall knocked down any of the fruit, he was held to bail for the assault and rescue ; but tlie contrary being proved of Whittaker, he was convicted in the r penalty of 10s. and committed for a fortnight to the House of Correction. ELOPEMENT. BIMITNGLIAM, AUGUST 2.—An elopement, under very curious circumstances, and shewing a deter mination on the part of the young La.iy seldom eqnalled, took place in this neighbourhood on Mon day morning. The daughter of a Gentleman of for tune, residing within a few miles of Worcester, came a few days since on a visit to a friend of her father's, who lives about three miles from this place. On Sunday last a Gentleman, who afterwards proved to be her lover, called upon her, introducing himself to the friend of the Lady as an intimate acquaintance of her father. He spent the thy with the family, and, as it was supposed, took his departure for Worcestershire in the evening. So well did the par ties arrange their proceedings, that they fixed their plans in the presence of the whole family, without the slightest suspicion being excited. Early the next morning, it was discovered that the young Lady had escaped in the course of the night, and had lett a i l note assuring her friends that should they succeed in overtaking her, nothing should prevent her bestow ing her hand upon the object of her choice. Instant pursuit was made, and at every stage the pursuers had the mortification to find that they had little chance of overtaking them, till the knot. of Hymen had been irrevocably tied. Unfortunately for the fugitives, the celebration of the ceremony was not so well arranged as the elopement, for owing to the absence of the Clergyman of a small town in Shrop shire, they were compelled to wait in dire sus pense," and before his return the friends of the Lady arrived. Remonstrance was however in vain, and in the presence of her friends, the lover and his fair fugitive proceeded to the church. The Clergyman doubted—the happy pair insisted—the friends op posed it by every means in their power, but, as no legal difficulty intervened, the ceremony was per formed. Report says the Lady is very handsome, and the Gentleman possessed of an ample fortune.— Both parties are exceedingly well known. Some time since, a fellow belonging to Kent left. his wife and seven children to be supported by the Parish. He was followed by the officers in Glasgow, and on Monday he was apprehended by two of the Gorbals Police. It appears he has got another wife since he came to Scotland: a woman came to the Po- lice Office on Monday, who claimed him as her hus band, and produced her marriage-lihes, and expressed a determination to accompany him to England. The following tragi-comic paragraph appears in a Paris Paper of Sunday On Thursday some boat men took a man out of the Seine, who had thrown himself in from the Pont-au•Change. On conveying him to the Corps de Garde, they succeeded in re covering him. He was no sooner restored than he assured the Commissary of Police very seriously, that as soon as he was free he should take the first oppor tunity of drowning himself. The Commissary pro posed to him to sign a declaration of his intention to destroy himself, and to which the man readily agreed. At this juncture, a female arrived, loudly screaming My husband, will see my husband! When, how ever, she found him alive, she was immediately silent. The boatmen approached her, to ask for some re ward for having saved herhushand, when she angrily repulsed them, saying, Why did not you let him drown himself? what business had you to meddle with him? These words had the effect of curing the husband of his folly, and he swore that he would not again attempt to drown himself." VENTILATION OF COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.— The attractions of this place of amusement have been considerably increased within the last few nights, in consequence of the excellent manner in which it has been ventilated. The Theatre is perfectly free from that unpleasant and close smell experienced on enter ing other crowded assemblies, and it is surprisingly cool, considering the state of the weather and the numbers who frequent it. Without some adequate arrangement of this kind, few amusements can com pensate for the inconvenience experienced in a heated and vitiated atmosphere. The temperature of the House of Lords has been frequently up to 90 deg. and the House of Commons has baffled every attempt hitherto made to ventilate it. The Courts of Law, too, are intolerably close and oppressive. Covent- Garden Theatre has now a constant current of air passing through every part, and its temperature is, even on the most crowded nights, not higher than summer heat. LYNN, JULY 29.—The grand Cut of the Eau Brink, in the Bedford Level, which was intended to have been opened by the Commissioners, with appropriate ceremonials, on Tuesday next, was opened on Friday last, with no ceremony at all, by a very high tide and heavy gale at N.W. The boundary of land which WAS finally to be divided, to perfect a channel to our harbour, was thus suddenly swept away, when the tide flowed so rapidly up the new Cut, that had not immediate means been adopted for letting a portion of the sea-flood into the Hundred-foot river, the new banks must have been overflowed, and a large track of land - been laid under salt water. Fortunately no material damage has been sustained by this elemental eruption; but thousands who had formed parties for the aquatic gala will be disappointed in their plea surable expectations on Tuesday next, by an event which verifies the prophetic adage, that " time and tide stay for no man." _ _ THE , ROMAN BRIDGE IN HoLLAND.—Groningen. —The Roman bridge, which was discovered in Rol land, in 1818, is now wholly cleared from the turf with which it was surrounded. It is three miles long and twelve feet broad. It laid, by the fifteenth cohort of Germanicus, over the marshes, in which deep beds of turf have since been formed, and, in all probability, gradually sunk into the marsh by its own weight.— rhe resinous particles which are in the marshy soil have probably contributed to preserve the bi idge, which is entirely of wood. Every six feet there were posts to support the railing, as may be judged by the holes in which they were fixed. This great wui k, which consists of a judicious number of beams, ap pears to have been wrought %%itli vet) , large ; the workmanship is adn.iratlic. THE MARKETS. EW6 ATE awn LEADEN] I ALL MARK ET°,, + r) , . (By the Cartage.) , Beef os 4d to Ss 4,1 Veal .........S; 13d to 44 NI Mutton... ..... :Is 4d to 3s td • Pork Qs lid to 41 Q,l Lamb Zs. .to 4s. OIL PRICES or HAY AND STRAW ► TESTEI - IT)AI7 -6 JAIIIIS . S. woormnAret. Hay 31 3s Od to 41 1 SsOd Hay... 31 16s to .41 4 8 0 1 Straw 11 Is Od to 11 16s0d Straw 11 13, to 11 12s 01 Clover 31 lOs Id to 51 Os 01 Clover 41 4s to a ss sy • PRICE 1 , 12 W SAC& 4 -- ii6l ,- i7 Kent Sussex 2l 5s to 31 5s Fssei Foreign NEW TOCt NTS. Kent Sussex 2l Os to If ^ lissex Os to xl Farnham 4l Os to CI co P It ICE or TAI.LOW, Town Tallow 4Bs 5d Yellow Russia ... 4ls 8d White ditto ..... .... 46s Od Soap ditto Melting Stuff 36s Od SOAP, ace. per 112 A--- -". Ditto rough ........ ..... Yellow Soap .......... Mottled —. •••• ....... 931 Curd ..... ......... gb Palm ..... PRICE OE CANDLES—From Tallow Cl:zedlera' Candles, per doz. 101 01—Moulds, s 61; 61 per doze n . . allowed for ready money. RAW TIMES. I Best Heifer; and Steers (per Ordinary ... 2s 6d to 2, !Id st(m.) -s 2d to 33 4d slarket CA( 8s Od to us (ki 3liddliogs 4: .tstod to !is Od Eng. Horse Us Od to Os 04 Sheepskins--Lantbs, 2s Od to 5s od-I'olled, 0. Od to Os 6,1 IPRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 561bs each and to MI per lb. Ditto, 56 to c6lbs each 0 :4 to 2441 Dressing Hides 16d to 17i Fine Coach Hides to 194 Crop Hides, 35 to soll)s for cutting... 164 to 171 Ditto 45 to 501 bi 11 to 'Ai Calf Skins, 30 to snlhs 244 to 304 Ditto 50 to 7016 ............ " 30d to 3 , 34 Ditto 70 to 801Irs Q6d to 294 Small Seals (Greenland) lid to 191 Large ditto... ....... l4d to IGi Tanned horse hides Spanish Horse !Bides— ..... .......... 194 to 244 COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 16 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 15 Rotterdam... l2 17 2U. .:ntsverp, ex-mo 12 9 tlansburgh 3B 2 2U. Altura 3B 3 2U. Paris. 3tlay's sight 25 55 11. Ditto °5 85 211. Madrid, effective 36 Cadiz street.-- 551 Barcelona 35... Bilboa, effective 35i Seville 3ll Gibraltar 47 Genoa ....... Venice Ital. Liv 27 61 Malta 45 Naples Palermo ll6 pert& Lisbon 5O Rio Janeiro 49 Dublin al C0rk..... . . PRICES OF GOI D AND SILVER. Foreign (old in Bars ..... ........... 11 17 10i New Doubloons ............ —.......... 3 13 4 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver, in bars, standard... 0 4 11 COAL MARKET, Alwyn 3. air Snld. Price. 991 • 254 6.1 to 42, 64 4* 35s 9d to 43. 1 22s pd COUNTRY MARKETS. Ships at Market. :501) N►wcastle V, Sunderland 1 Cinden CIBRIDOIt, Ace. 2.—Wheat, per load, 5C12. Os to £lB OS,—. New Wheat, £0 Os to £0 Os—Barley, per -patter, .454 to, 291.—Oats, 20s to 28s—Beans. 285 to 348—Pese, 005 to OIFORD, Atte. 2.—The price of a Bushel of Wheat Cs. 1014. The Hall-peck Loaf, Wheaten, 1.. 6d.—Household, Is. 4/ t d. BANIPURY, Arc. 2.—Wheat ss. Cd. to 7s. 04.—Bean; 3a GL to 45 04—Vetches, Os Cd per bushel.—Barley, :Os to 91:— Oats, 18s Od to 23s Od per quarter.—Bread, Is 44 half peck; Fleur 425. per sack. New:soar BIRK!, Ago. 2.--Wheat, 48s to 70s--Batley 25. to 278 —Oats, 202 to s:42—Beans, 34. to 36s—Pwas, 3ft to 53s.—Rye, 006.—Lread, Is 3bd to Is 50 per Gallne. . . . The following are the comparative penes of the first necessi ties of life, at Portsmouth and Plymouth: AT PoanMotml—Best joints, 6d. and 7d. per lb. Fowls, 3s. and 4s.per couple; Ducks the same; Butter Is. per lb. Cheese Bd. to 9d. per ib. Bread Is. 2d. per gallon ; Coals seis. a chaldroo. AT Ptvatourn—Best joints of Meat, 4d. and sd. per lb.— Fowls 2s. and 21. 6d.per couple; Ducks the same; Butter let and UV. per lb. Cheese 6d. and 7d. Bread Is. per gallon; Coals 525. per chaldrtm. SCOTLAND.—The general trade of the West of Scotland is going favourably on. 'The cotton mills are brisker just now than tiny have been for a considerable time. The manufactures carried's in the country towns are doing well; the wool.manufacturas in Stewarton and Kilmarnock are in good spirits, and the work people are at present more comfortable in their circumstanon than they have been since 1812. Thursday morning some thieves entered the hour of Mrs. Cleveland, Al!sop's-buildings, New Road, and stole a large quantity of plate and table linen, with which they decamped. Mrs. Cleveland gave informa tion at the Mary-la-bonne Office yesterday of the rob bery. This is the third time the house has beta robbed within the last twelve months, the thieves each time escaping detection. Thursday night the house of Mrs. Atkinson, of Guildford-street, Foundling Hospital, was entered by some villains, who broke open a wardrobe, and tied up all the property they met with in bundles. The watchman, in going his rounds, noticing a hackney coach in waiting near the door, and two sw.picious characters lurking about, sprung his rattle and at tempted to secure one of them, but they ran off and effected their escape, without taking anything except a few silver spoons. BIRTHS. Alice, the wife of James Garstang, of Blackburn, weaver, was delivered, on Wednesday sennight, of a girl and three boys. The children died in the coarse of the day, and the mother ma tlnues in a weak state. At Pinkle-house, the nth ult. the Lady of Sir John !lope, of Craighall, Bart. of a daughter. MARRIED Thursday, at Mary-la-Bonne Church, John Camx, FAIF Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment of Life Gua rds, * Miss Wingexe ' of Brittenham Park, near Ipswich. July 30, at Larbert Manse, James Monteath, Esq. writer,* Glasgow, to Anne Lawrie, eldest daughter of the F.ev. Dr. Knox, Minister of Larbert and Dunipace. July 30, at Glasgow, Lieutenant Smith, late of the 911 t Re. giment, to Agnes, third daughter of the late James White, Fot merchant, Glasgow. DIED. On the Ist instant, at Clifton, deeply regretted, Edward Cass• berbatch, Esq. of tke hland of Barbadoes. August 2, at Amesbury, Wila, Robert Uloxham, ADA.' of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the counties of Sigref and Hams. July 21, at Edinburgh, Jane, the infant daurhter: of Jo" Wylie, Esq. of Annarfield, Writer to the Signet. 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