Star. — London, England, 1821-09-15 00:00:00

DOVER, SEPTEMBER 14. Sailed this morning the Auckland, Post Office packet, and D,./i,./it and Sybil, passage vessels, for Calais an d ; the Vigilant, fix Boulogne. Arrived this even jog, boot five o'clock, the Rob Roy steam-packet, from Calais, which landed her passengers (about 1.50 i n n umber) in our bay, amongst whom were Lord YARNOUTII, Lord and Lady HOOD, Lady ANNE 11AuttroN, Count VASSAL!, Captain HESSE, Dr. LI:SHISGTON, and Mr. WILLIAM AUSTIN. A guard G f . h o nour is in readiness, at the Ship Inn, to receive the Duke Of SANE JIEIAINOEN, brother to her Royal flit t hness the Duchess of CLARENCE, who is expected to al rive this evening from London. The Govern ment Dock-yard lighter, Deal, mentioned in Tim STAR of Thursday to have been stranded behind the s o uth Pier, has been got off without sustaining any very material damage. The wife of the late Emperor CuntseortiE, and her two.darighters, arrived in the Downs yesterday, in the Missionary, from Port-au-Prince. P. ince EsTERHAZY gave a Dinner on Thursday, at Chandos House, to Field Marshal Lord BERESFORD, Count LUDoLE, Baron JESENAK, Count MANDELS LOH, Baron RAGERsFELD, Chevalier REARIO STotzA, and other distinguished personages. Yreterday morning, his Set ene Highness the reign ine Doke of Saxe. MEININcee, accompanied by Ba ron Baum's:see, Baron FIERCRE, and Lieutenant EDWARD HALL, R.N. left town for France. Field Marshal Lord Besesronn has purchased a f r eehold estate in the County of Carlow, in Ireland, for £35,000: the present annual rental amounts to £2500. Thursday, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER R ave a dinner, at his house in !)owning -street; there were preseet— The Lord Chaneillor, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis Londonderry,aL the Earl of Liverpool, the L..trl of Ilarrowby, Earl Bathurst, the Larl of W es tmor e ina. L ord marybyrough, the Hon. Mr. Robinsn. &c. Wednesday, the Hail of HAnnOWIST gave a dinner, at his house in Grosvenor-square, which was attended by the f ,llowing Cabinet Ministers: The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Duke of Wellington, MI E.:rl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmore bod, L it h ur t, Lord IllaryWrough, the Chancellor of the Exckequer, and the lion. Mr. Robinati. The Tyne is still detaiued at Cowes by adverse winds, having on, hoard Lord A ItiCKLA ND, for Hour dealt: ; and Mr. BENT, M.P. for Demerara. The Regulator, Portsmouth coach, brought to town, as a present to the KING, a very fine turtle, weighing upwards of .500 lbs. It came in the TARTAR frigate from St. Helena. Mr. PELHAM ' S Bow Meeting, at Whittington Castle, was, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, numerously attended by the Archers, and some excellent shooting took place. liCieetcenofhis Mee Esee's h orses,with their grooms, have arrived from Ireland, and the Royal carriages are on their way to town. We Lave heard that his MAJESTY'S expenses whilst in this country was not less than £lO,OOO per week ! —Dublin Paper. Oae Irish vessel had a number of cattle drowned, and another had one hundred pigs washed overboard from the deck, in the gale of Tuesday night. So violent a gale has seldom been known at this season of the year. LATE FIRE IN PaiNc Cs-sr nEEr.--Yesterday morn ing whilst the firemen and labourers were employed digging after the u nf ortunate sufferers who perished in the late destructive fire at the house of Mr. Myers, they discovered the mutilated remains of two indivi dual, and the spectacle which they presented was tney horrifying : the heads, arms, and the whole of the limbs wire hunt off, and nothing remained but the tipper pat t of the body, which was so stuffed with rteee,h that it was scarcely distinguishable whether they 'A ere human remains or not. From the situa tion which they were found, it is very probable tlkt t;:ey are the remains of Mrs. Pole and her daugh ter. mho lodged in Mr. Myers's house, and perished I to: N tlicr in the flames. The bodies were carried in a sii..ll to the bone-house of St. James's parish, for the Corimer's Invest. There are other bodies still in the ruins, and the labourers are busily employed in digging after them. Mr. Burnett, who was an artist, and his child, are not yet found. The unfortunate men lost in the late fire in Grace church-street will be buried to-morrow,a subscription having been raised for that purpose. The London Assurance Company have settled £2O per annum upon the widow of PERKINS, the fireman, who lost his life at the fire in Gracechurch-strecte— The man last found has not been owned. The body was so disfigured, that it was nest to impossibility to, discover w ho he was. Report says he was in the em ploy of an orange-merchant in Botolph-lane. Edmonton Statute (or Fair) commenced yesterday, leder vet y inauspicious circumstances, owing to the weather being so unfavourable. There was a sii!sht inaccuracy in the statement which appeared in y enterday's Star, relative to Sir bane BAKER and the Magistetial arrangements consequent upon his resignation. His MAJESTY, it appears, never expressed any opinion upon the sub ject; and the new arrangement was no more than an efficial act of the Home Department, with the usual sanction and responsibility of the Executive Admi eistratien. in consequence of a few days rain, the bakers in the Metropolis have, with their usual alacrity, advanced the price of Bread One Shilling in the Peck Lo f. Extract of a letter (torn Smyrna, dated August 2: " The Turks have committed a barbarous outrage at where one of their armed ships from Constan tinople carried in two Austrian vessels, that were P a ssing in the Channel, bound for this port, pretend sng they were suspic i ous, an d caus i ng t h e i r papers t( ) be examined by the Paella commanding there.— They were declared to be in order ; but by some ex traordinary motive, not explained, the Paella sent _some person in his service aboard, to take an inven tory, accompanied by the Austrian Vice-Consul.— pie crew of the Turkish vessel went with them, and immediately they got aboard &elated the vessels to be fair prize. They attacked the crews, and three men of One vessel, and one of the other, were killed, the test escaping. They also completely plundered the Zalt.4 ail • • i t hey could seize. The one was commanded ey a c.IU • • :13n Flor io, the other by Bernitich. We have Orel the particulars to Lloyd's, which I read myself nj a litier Received by Mr. Werry (the Consul) from Ile l3RitLli Lutsular Agent at Sao." THE ARMY. Major GituaT BCCHANAN, of the Royal Engineers, succeeds Lieutenant-Colonel HANSARD, in the Alauritius; on the arrival of the Major the Colonel will return home. The :Id Regiment (or Buffi), quartered in Muflingar about ten months, have received a route for Liverpool, and then pro ceed to Chatham, from whence they take shipping for New South Wales. The first division marched on Monday last. The Buffs have got orders to retain the Officers of the 9th company, in consequence of their being intended for foreign service. The 88th Regiment (or Connaught Rangers) are to occupy the quar ters vacated by the Buffs. The Depots of the 65th, 67th, and 47th, which have been stationed at Winchester some time, under the command of Major Bowen, have marched to join the Depot in the Isle of Wight. Thursday, 3'20 of the 66th Regiment of Foot marched into Stamford, on their route from Chatham to Hull. The 66th were liong stationed at St. Helena. The 18th Hussars, and 19th Lancers, were, on Monday last, both Officers and men, finally dbbanded, at New Bridge Barracks. Thursday se'nnight, a Serjeant and seventeen rank and file of the 79th Highlanders, under the command of Lieutenant L Ca- MYRON, left Limerick garrison in the Lady of the Shannon, steam-boat, to do dpty at Thrbert. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. No account of the Km has been received at Ll oy d's this morning.—On the 11th inst. wind at Scilly, at Penzance, N. W. blowing a gale; and S.W. at Falmouth, with a fresh breeze. The Trafalgar, of Swansea, Bevax, laden with copper, foun dered in Howley Bay, near Swansea, ou Wednesday morning. Crew saved. _ ___ _ _ The Susannah, of tSarmontb, EVANS, from Sligo to Ballantree, was driven on shore the sth instant, on the west coast of Islay, and it was supposed that but little of the cargo would be saved. The SEMIRAMIS frigate, of 42 guns, has been brought forward for sea; Captain THOMAS IlLs►tssox is appointed to the com mand of her. The IC \Rt!S sloop, Litcly. returned from the Brazils, has been paid off at Portsmouth, and re-commissioned by Captain Tito- NAB I ERIMRT. _ _ The Srt:s sloop, Captain Boswet.r. ' lately returned from the Mediterranean, is to be paid off all standing, and re-commis sioned at Plymouth. FArarourn, Seer. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived the Agenoria, Mum, from Portamouth; and Arina, GRAY, front Wey mouth ; both fur Waterford. PORTSMOrTiI, SKrr. 14.—Wind N.N.E.—Passed by the Bet sey, DoNxis, front New York for Ilavre. Sailed the British Army, STEVFNS ; and Rosslyn Castle, Harat7att, for New Brunswick; Roy ..11 Charlotte, Folio, for Halifax ; Ondernatning, a, for Liverpool; and his Majesty's ship GLascow, for Cones and Ceylon. Sem 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Missionary, Lztacorn, front St. Domingo; Elizabeth, Rem, in 44 days from Tobago; and Cane Grove, 'Dim/nom, from St. Vincent's. Came down from the River and sailed, with the whole of the outward-bound, the Venus, Kttoova, for the Cape of Good Hope. Davin, Sarr. 14.—The Beresford, Ram!, from Newcastle, in coming for the harbour struck the Pier Head, broke her an chor and cathead, and sprung her bowsprit. Ilaawteu, Sam 14.—Arrived the Vansittart packet, from Holland; and Lord Duncan ditto, from Cuxhaven; each with a Mail. CORK, SEPT. W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship CTIIII3, with Admiral llowLEr and suite. Livearonc, Serr. 13.—Arrived the Cain, Fenno, from Ja maica : sailed on the 18th of July ; on the 23d, was boarded off the Hogsties, by the Buenos Ayres armed brig Mars, out four months, and had taken 16 prizes. The fol!owing is a more circumstantial account of the casualty that bcfel the Waterloo, on her voyage to Liverpool:—The Waterloo packet experienced a very desperate storm on Wed nesday se'imight, the day upon which his lilwaesxv was forced to put back to Kingstown harbour. Captain Owvis, who com mands that packet, is an experienced seaman—to his steadiness all the pa:;sengt.rs are indebted for their lives. Two of his Ma aesrv's Sae horses had broke from their stalls, and plunged so dreadfully as to cause the greatest alarm for the safety of the works connected with the steam-boiler; it became, therefore, actually necessary. for the preservation of all, that these two beautiful animals should be destroyed. They were not drowned, as stated in some accounts. It had been suggested to Captain OW ENS, to cause the KING'S carriages, and two of his MAJESTY'S horses, which were likew•i;v on deck, to be thrown overboard; this was resisted by the Captain, and they, as well as the other property of his Maatsxv on board that packet, were landed at Liverpool. 0 .ving to the plunging of the two horses alluded to, another beautiful animal, also the property of his Maws!!, on board the Waterloo, has been much injured. There is no truth in the report of one of his Ma.ravry's horses having been de stroyed at Liverpool : this we are enabled to state from various advice! received by arrivals from thence. The Waterloo packet, which bad not received any material damage whatever, sailed from Dublin an Sunday morning, for Liverpool. Cusxost-I louse, Seer. 13.—Ships Entered Inwards : Sprightly, from Harlingen; Richard, from Stangate Creek; Nedelands, 1 from Worcum ; Stirling Castle, from St. Petershurgh ; Matthew, from Quebec; Faith, from St. Petersburgh ; Nancy, from Got tenburg ; Loyalty, from Antigua; Hazard, from Guernsey; Favourite, from Leghorn ; Spring, from St. John's ; Hero, from St. Petersburgh ; Thompson, from ditto; Laurel, from Arch angel; and Ranger, from the South Seas.—Entered Outwards: Neptune, for Ostend; Sun, for the Cape of Good Hope; Nelly, !Or Honduras ; Vibelia, for Jamaica; Windsor Castle, for Ma dras; Jane, for Cork; Isabella, for Flushing; and Lusbington, for St. Kitt's.—Cleared Outwards : Ilenty, for Honduras ; Re gent, for Rio ; George Home, for Bombay; Friends, for Elsi :lvor ; and Joseph, for Antwerp. A private letter from Halifax, Nova Scotia, dated August 18, says—" His Majesty's ship CARNATION, Captain ROGER HALL, sailed for Portsmouth on the 7th instant, to be paid off. The French corvette of war Ralleur, Captain ANOU, arrived on the Bth, in eighteen days from Martinique, bringing the news of the death of BONAPARTE: she saluted the garrison and the navy, both of which were returned. This being the first French man of war that has anchored at Halifax since the peace, much attention was paid to the Captain, Officers, and crew. The Captain and Officers were splendidly entertained by the Governor, at the different regimental messes, and by the Offi cers of the Navy and Staff. The Ralleur sailed for France on the 16th, everybody on board express ing the highest delight and gratitude at the hospi table reception they had met with. Before the Ral leur got under weigh, she saluted, and was an swered by Fort Charlotte, and again saluted when she had dropped down opposite Government House, which was returned by his Majesty's ship PHAETON. On the 12th came in, from Falmouth, the Loyal Briton and Brilliant transports, with Officers and men for the Royal Artillery, 60th, 62d, and 74th Regi meats. T:tese detachments sailed from Cowes in May last, in the ship William, hired for the voyage, but after proceeding a third of it, she was found to be in such a dreadfully decayed and leaky state, that they were obliged, as the only chance to save their lives, to put back again, and with much difficulty. From the incredible exertions on the part of both Officers and men, they barely managed to run her on shore under Pendennis Castle, in Falmouth harbour. Sir Jatics KEmrr, the Lieutenant-Governor, re turned on the 11th from an extensive tour of inspec tion to the eastward, and leaves Halifax again in the Government brig Chebuctoo, in a few days, for the Island of Cape !Ireton. His Excellency is indefati gable, and fully merits, as he receives, the warmest gratitude and respect of every individual, for his un wearied exertions and attention to the welfare and prosperity of the Province." T .- 77 , e. • • .. .. ..~ --~--~-- OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. taken into custody, when it stopped. Germain acted las clerk, and Tipper was one of the firm. I was to Yesterday William Pott and John Tippr were in- ' receive ESO rent for the year. I hive not received a dicted for forging and counterfeiting a bill of ex- farthing of this sum, except a quarter in advance.-. change for £26 17s. with intent to defraud W. Howell. When the second quarter was due I applied for it, Mr. William Howell was the first witness called, and they said they would not pay it. Mr. Germain and he deposed as follows:—I am a-gun-maker, and paid the first quarter, and refused to pay the second live at Birmingham. On the 16th of July I was in when I demanded it. I did not apply to Mr. Tipper London, and I received a letter, signed J. Tipper, for the rent. containing an order for a double barrel and a single Cross-examined hy Mr. ANnnEws.—l saw once or barrel gun. I did not know Tipper at this time, but twice notes paid by the firm, similar to those in Court. I went to No. 1, Marlborough -street, to inquire fur There was a person regularly attending on business him. I saw a woman at the house, from whom I from ten till four. Mr. Tipper was the person who could get no information. I called again in the af- attended in this manner. ternnon of the same day, but Tipper was not there. Re-examined by Me CotinT.—There were several I left my card, and desired the woman to tell Tipper other persons who acted as de: ks besides Germain. to call upon me. I had not got far from the house, The name of one of these was Green. 1 saw these when both the prisoners came up to me, and asked men at different times. When I had occasion to go if my name was Howell? Pott also inquired whether into the counting-house I saw books. When they first I understood the order I had received? Tipper ap- came they we:it on very regularly. I saw great num pointed Friday, the 20th of July, to inspect some bers of persons come to receive cash from them. patterns I had in my possession. The prisoners came Mr. Baron GRA !IA NI here called for some person on the Friday, and approved of the patterns. They from the house of Williams and Co. to prove that the told me to send the guns which they had ordered as bill mentioned in the indictment was not accepted by soon as possible, and promised to pay for them with that firm. It was found that no person from Messrs. bankers bills. I went to Birmingham, and sent the Williams's was in attendance, and the Court directed guns to Mr. Sherrington, in London, with a letter, that the trial should stop until a message was sent desiring him to deliver them to the prisoners, and to to require the attendance of one of the clerks of receive a banker's bill in payment. The goods came the house. to £l7 2s. 6d. and Mr. Sherrington sent me a bill In about three quarters of kn hour the Court was for that amount in a letter dated July '27. I after- informed that the messenger had returned from Messrs. wards received another letter from Mr. Sherrington, Williams's with a Gentlemaribelonging to the firm. dated August 11, inclosing, another bill, which I A Gentleman, who stated his name to be Burgess, understood he had received froth the prisoners, for addressed the Court, and apologized for having oc £26 17s. The bill was dated the 11th of August, casioned the delay which had taken place. He had and was drawn on Messrs. Williams and Co. bankers, not been in attendance, because he understood the No. 3, Birchin-lane, London, payable two months trial would not come on to-day. after date: it was accepted Williams and Co."— Mr. Burgess having been sworn, stated that he was The former bill was also drawn upon the same par- a partner in the firm of Messrs. Williams and Co. ties. I sent the bill for £26 to Mr. Jennings, in Birchin-lane. London, to ascertain whether it was good. The bill Mr, ANDREWS objected to receive the evidence of was returned. this witness, on the ground that he was an inte- Upon the witness being cross-examined by Mr. rested party. ANDREWS, the Counsel for the prisoners, he stated, Mr. Baron GRAHAM observed, that lie had desired that in the interview which he had with the priso- the prosecutor to send for a clerk. However, the pre ners in London, Pott assumed the name of Tipper, sent objection might be obviated by sending for a re and Tipper that of Hoole. He had never seen the lease stamp. It was a mark of great neglect on the prisoners from the 20th of July until he saw them in part of Mr. Howell that he had not employed some custody at Bow-street. professional adviser, who would have prevented the Robert Sherrington.—l keep a public-house called Court from suffering the inconvenience to which it the Two Angels and Crown, in St. Martin's-lane. I was subjected. received from Mr. Howell two guns, and with them After the lapse of a few minutes, Mr. Howell ap instructions respecting the way in which I was to peared in Court with a release stamp, upon which the dispose of them. Pott came to me on the 26th of form of quittance was drawn by the Clerk of the Court. July, and asked whether I had not got some guns Mr. Baron GRAHAM observed, that he did not wish from Mr. Howell? I told him I had. Pott gave to load prosecutors with unnecessary expense, but in me a bill for £l7 2s. 6d. and I delivered the guns to a case of this importance he thought Mr. Howell him. I asked Pott his name, and he said it was ought to have employed a Counsel. Tipper. Pott came to me again on the 11th of Au- Mr. ALLEY said that it was not the fault of Mr. gust. I delivered to him a box of guns, which had Howell that he had not employed a Counsel. He was been transmitted to me by Mr. Howell, with orders told at Bow-street Office that his case was so clear that to give it to Pott, upon receiving a similar bill to the it was quite unnecessary to employ a lawyer. former. Pott presented me with a bill for £26 17s. Mr. Howell corroborated this statement,and added, in payment for the box. The bill now in Court is that he had pail Mr. Stafford, of Bow-street Office, the one I received from Pott. In the conversation four guineas for drawing up the indictment. which I had with Pott, I called him Mr. Tipper, and he answered to that name. I sent the bill to Mr. Howell on the same day. Cross-examined by Mr. A NDREWSe-I made no in• quiries about the first bill I received, but knowing the house in Birchin-lane to be a good one, I sent it to Mr. Howell. I first learnt Pott's real name from himself, after he was in custody. I have learnt that the house of Williams and Co. is No. 24, in Birchin lane. When I received the bill for £26 from Pott, no other person was present. A man who came with Pott took away the box by his desire. George Jennings.—l am a friend of Mr. Howell. On August 15, 1 received a bill from Mr. Howell. The amount of the bill was £26 17s. The bill in Court is the bill I received. I went, as Mr. Howell directed me, to inquire at Messrs. Williams and Co. whether the bill was a good one? According to the direction on the bill, I went first to No. 3, Birchin- Mr. ANDREWS having examined the release stamp, Mr. Burgess proceeded with his deposition am a partner in the house of IVilliams and Co. The ac ceptance to the bill in Court is not like the writing of any person who accepts bills in my house. The ac ceptance to the bill is written across in the way in which our bills are accepted. It is always a partner that accepts bills in my house. lam sure the accept ance to the bill is not the band-writing of any of the partners of the fit m. I do riot know of any bankers of the name of Williams and Co. in London or Westminster, except our own firm. Our mode an. ceptance is " Williams and Co." cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—The mode in which the bill has been accepted by writing across is very common. The acceptance does not resemble the writing of any person that accepts bills ir. my house. I have seen Williams and Co. written on No. 3, in Isirchin-lane. I have known instances of bills drawn lane. I saw there a Gentleman making up papers. I thought it was a strange place, and asked whether it was Williams's, the banker's? I was 'answered, it was Williams's, but not Williams's, the banker's. There was a large brass plate, having the inscription of Williams and Co. on the entrance door. I went through a long dark passage up stairs, where I saw a woman in a room folding linen. I observed no thing which gave the place the appearance of a house of business. I rapped at a door, which I thought was an office, on the same landing-place. On the door was written " Attendance from ten till four." I then went to Messrs. Williams's, the bankers, and shewed them the acceptance on the bill, and they said it was not right, and I went away. I wrote to Mr. Howell, in consequence of which I received a letter from him. After this, the prisoners called upon me en Friday, the 17th August, at my lodgings, at the Red Lion and Still, in Diury-lane. I was not at home, and the prisoners left word that they would call again. They called the next day, and Pott in troduced himself as Mr. Tipper. Tipper himself said he called upon me, at the request of Mr. Howell, to do some business with me. I told them I was not prepared to transact business at that time, but de sired them to call on Monday. In the meantime, I wrote to Mr. Howell, and requested him to come up to town. Mr. Howell did, in consequence, come to London; and when the prisoners called on Monday, he caused them to be apprehended. The witness was cross-examined, but his former evidence was not in the slightest degree shaken. Mary Woodall.—l live at No. 3, Birchin-lane. I know the prisoner Tipper. On the Ist of November , 1 a man hired a counting-house, a dining-room, and a ' bed-room, in my house. The rooms were taken in, the name of Williams, ' tipper, and Co. and were let for a year certain. The counting-house had formerly been used as an office by a ship-broker. A person whom I understood to be Mr. Williams, came to the, house on the Ist of February, after the rooms were hired, and asked me to allow a man named Germain, his wife, and family, to stay for three months in the apartments. I consented, and Mr. Germain and his family came. I never saw Mr. Williams at the house again, but I was informed that he called on Sunday. —There was a man in the counting-house when Mr. Jennings called. I do not know the man's name. Tipper used to be at the house constantly. I never saw Pott there. There was some sort of banking business carried on by the firm ; such as exchanging notes. This business went on till Mr. Tipper was on No. 3, being brought to our house, and referred to No. 3.—This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoners, on being asked what they had to say in their defence? replied, that they would leave their defence entirely to their Counsel. Mr. ANDREWS then called the following witness: Mr. Teasdale Cockell.—l am a clerk in the Bankers' Licensing Office, Somerset House. I find by my books, that in January last a license was taken out to permit William Williams, John Tipper, and John Williams, all residing at Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, to trade as bankers. No license is ne cessary for bankers in London, unless they issue notes payable to the bearer on demand. The license taken out in the name of Williams is to endure till October. It may then be renewed. I do not know who applied for the license. I do not recollect whether it was either of the prisoners. The Act of Parliament re quires that a copy of the bill which the firm intends to issue shall be filed in the Licensing Office. I have a copy of the bill which was delivered by the person who obtained the license in the name of Williams.— (The witness here handed a bill to Mr. Andrews, who directed the attention of the Court to it, and remarked that it referred for payment at No. 3, Birchin-lane, London, and that it was a mere transcript of the bill which formed the subject of the indictment). No other evidence was called for the prisoners. Mr. Baron GRAHAM then proceeded to sum up the evidence. He observed, that in order to constitute forgery, it was necessary it should he evident that the instrument was falsely made with an intent to defraud. No man in his senses could doubt that in the present case there was a general intention to defraud—to produce upon the minds of individuals the effect which was produced upon the prosecutor. The bill would suggest to the mind of every man that it pro ceeded from a house of indisputable credit. But be fore the Jury could determine that forgery had been committed, they must be satisfied that the instrument was made with that view. It strikes me that you should principally direct your attention to discover whether there was anything like solidity in the house upon which the bill was drawn? The direction on the bill is not to general traders, but to Williams and Co . bankers. It was shewn that a person had taken out a license in the name of Williams and Co. but it had not been shewn that either of the prisoners was that person. If the firm at No. in Birchin-lane had been a well known firm, it would have been in the power of the prisoners to prove incontestably that fact. They could have proved that Williams was a real man ; that the - . OW , . . I 4 . t I a i . l• V . 1 • i • • 1 ,4 1 . i ll t 4 i f . .1 ; I 1 : . ' t I , i # i ll f li 1 4 i , I , L. s . . . 4 1 . . ' ) 11 r ll , • n . I • 1 • i 1 i • • i 1 . . [ ; I 1 1 l ' 1 S -,a• 1 •• A 1 , i IM I ( I 11 0 P %.• .