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A QUESTION AND•ANSWEL eninsox.—What is the greatest blessing cm earth' ANSWER. • . • . • - Peace, health, and strength; food, 'raiment, Id& eeatent ; A heart well managed, and a life well spent; A soul devoted, and a thirst for Goa, • Courting his smile, but patient of his rod; Each day more fit to breathe its latest breath, • And then the most alive when nearest death! OLD. BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday William Weston, a silversmith, was put to the bar on an indictment charging him with causing' twelve silver spoons to be stamped with a forged stamp, purporting to be the genuine stamp of the Goldsmiths Company, well knowing the same to be a forgery. John Price, an apprentice to Mr. Upjohn, of. St. John's-square, proved having ordered and received from the prisoner the spoons in question, for which he paid him £1 Is. 2d. for the duty and workman. ship, and old silver in return for the new. The wit ness delivered them according to order to Mr. Up john, his master. Several members of the family proved the delivery of the spoons, as stated by Price. Mr. King proved sending the spoons to Gold smiths' Hall, in consequence of the charge being, in his opinion, too high. Mr. Barrow, the Deputy Warden, proved the marks on the spoons to be forgeries. George Miles, inspector and marker of silver at Goldsmiths' Hall, proved the initials W. W. on the spoons, were struck ftem a punch used by the pri soner, and entered in the Hall books. The stamps on the spoons were all forgeries ; on searching- the house of the prisoner on the 6th of October, twelve teaspoons nearly finished, and four dozen with the genuine marks, were found ; there were also found three pair of sugar tongs, which bore the genuine mark, but they appeared to have been hammered ; a piece of silver struck with a smart stroke, would re ceive the genuine impression from the stamped silver, and there was on the tongs a precisely similar rnai k that would be left in such a case. • Mr. WALFORD asked the witness whether the marks on the twelve spoons found - at the prisoner's house were genuine ? Mr. ALLEY, supported by Mr. Minnows, objected to the question, on the ground that it was not evi dence in this case. Mr. NORTON and Mr. WALFORD contended that it was evidence, and reasoned by analogy to the prac tice in the cases of Bank for" r es and counterfeit in4 the coin. • The COMM •FL:SERJRANT over-ruled the objection, but said, as this important case had come before him singly, he would not give final judgment without con suiting the twelve Judges, winch he would have. an opportunity of doing next week. Mr. Miles again called and examined with respect to the twelve spoons.—On seeing the prisoner. asked him for his marking punch and his books. The-pri soner said he kept no books; eventually the prisoner gave him a book ; in that book there was found an entry on the Slst of August, " lipjan, one dozen of spoons." From the 29ili of ilay to the Ist of Oc tober, it appeared he had sold 914 ounces three pen nyweights. The respective entries were then read. Witness thinks the entries are in the hand-writing of the prisoner; the entry in the Company's book was. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—When sent to the Hall the spoons were not perfectly finished ; the po. lishing would take off the sharp points, but not hurt the impression; had not said that it was very diffi cult to state whether the sumps were.correct or not : his opinion was given that they were incorrect. Ite-examined.—Had tried the experiment of get ting a reverse stamp himself. Such impressions would soon wear out ; the impressions on the spoons had not been made by a steel puneli ? but by a silver or metal one. • Mr. Barrow was again called, and proved having assayed seven of the spoons ; the other five he had not; none of the spoons had been assayed until after the prisoner hid been taken into custody ; they were standard silver. John Smith, an engraver to the Company, proved, that the marks were not made by the Company's punch, nor by a steel instrument. 1-k was positive the marks were not made by the punch he supplied to the Company, and had never had any doubt as to their being forgeries. John Walters, a pawnbroker, was acquainted with the prisoner. On the 28th of June last gave him an order for two pair of gravy spoons ; one pair was taken from the witness by Mr. Miles. The spoons were produced; those taken away by Miles were the same that he had received of the prisoner. Could not speak positively to the spoons, as there was no particular mark on them. Mr. Peachy proved receiving from the prisoner, on the Bth of June, thirty tea-spoons, and eighteen on the 21st of May ; he delivered eight of the tea-spoons to Mr. Miles. Cress-examined by Mr. ANDREW".—CouId not swear that the spoons came from the hand of the pri• soner ; did not recollect having seen work brought home, except by the prisoner, or one of his sons. By the COURT.—CouId say with certainty that he received the spoons at some time from the prisoner. J. IL Casson proved purchasing some spoons of the prisoner. Mr. Miles and Mr. Sip;th now proved the marks on the two gravy spoons taken from Mr. Walters, and the eight tea. spoons from Mr. Peachy, to be forgeries. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. ALLEY ant Mr. ANDREWS contended that the prosecution could not stand, as the real and genuine stamp had not been proved to be that which was now produced, which they were bound to do. There had been no • proof even of any authority to use the stamp by the Company, and failing in this, the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. This objection was also o►er-ruled, but reserved for the opinion•of the twelve Judges. The prisoner shortly addressed the Jury, declaring his innocence, and denying that he had refused to gi►e up his books. The only one he had was given up to Mr. stiles, whea he asked for it; he was nowt and for some time bad been, unable to attend to Ito. siness, in consequence ordeafitess. A lumber of persons gave the prisoner a most excellent character for. honesty for the last twenty or -thirty years.. The Jury consulted for a short time,' and then re tired for 'an hour. On their return, they found the ptisoner—Not•Guilly.' !' • The verdict gave great satisfaction to a crowded Court. The trial occupied nine hours. William Sawyer was indicted 'for stealing, on the 22d of September last, from the person of Benjamin Ackers, a watch and two seals. The prosecutor was • passing through Shoreditch, when the prisoner approached him, as if by accident, and he immediately.missed his watch. The prisoner' darted down the road, but there was no other man near at the time. The watch was afterwards picked up close by the prisoner, by a person named Adams, and handed to the prosecutor.—Guilty. James Cleghorn stood indicted for stealing a gold wedding ring, the property of Thomas Davis. The' prisoner had been known to the family for three years, and paid his addresses to' one of the daughters. On the day in question he went to the house in the absence of the family, and, as it was sworn, was seen by a son of the prosecutor to take the ring from the mantle-piece, and that he gave him a twopenny cake to say nothing about it. The Jury, however, gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt, and found a ver- dict of—Acquittal. Saturday, Joseph South, a lad of about 16 years of age, of most interesting appearance, was put tb the bar to take his trial on an indictment charging him with uttering a forged ten pound note, purport ing to be a note of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Mr. REvsocns having stated the case on the part of the prosecution, he proceeded to call the evidence to support the indictment. • John GI iffith, shopman to Mr. Tucker, of Budge row, stationer, proved, that on the 28th of August the prisoner came to his master's shop, and asked for a ream of elephant paper, at the price of 30s. He said it was for Mr. Isaac Lyons, of the Kent-road.— Witness said he understood that Lyons's name was " Moses." The prisoner said, "No ; his name was Isaac." Witness knew a Mr. Moses Lyons, but being put off his guard, he wrote a bill of parcels in the name of " Isaac and Moses Lyons." The prisoner said his own name was Joseph South. He then ten-1 dered a ten pound Bank of England note, which wit ness received, and gave him the change in a check on Sykes and Co. bankers, and some cash. T,he•pri-1 soner took the paper and left the shop. Shortly af terwards witness went through the warehouse into Cloak-lane, and met the primmer without the paper. This surprised him, and his suspicions were excited on observing the prisoner endeavour to evade him by running away. The note produced was that which. he had received from the prisoner. He wrote on it at the time the names of Isaac wad Moses L) ons, and the name of the prisoner. Mr. Thomas Tucker, son of Mr. Richard Tucker, was sent on the 28th of August to stop the payment of a check at Sykes and Co. s, but it had been paid. Moses Lyons, a paper-manufacturer, living in the Kent-road, knows the prix finer; he did not live with him on the '2Bth of August ; he had been in his ser vice two months previously ; did not send him with a £lO note on the 28th of August to procure any ele phant paper from Mr. Tucker. There was no other person of the name of Lyons in the Kent-road. The prisoner might have learnt that witness dealt with Mr. Tucker for paper. Mr. Charles Duphit, collector of the taxes on the Kent-road, did not know of any person cf the nant of Isaac Lyons, or any other person of the name of Lyons, in the Kent-road, but the last witness. Other witnesses were called, who proved previous utterances of forged notes by the prisoner ; upon some of which clinges the Bank, in consideration of his youth, had humanely declined prosecuting, in the hope that he might be induced to refrain from simi jar practices in future. The customary officers of the Bank of England proved the notes produced to be forgeries. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence; and 'the Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner— Guilty—Death. In consideration of the youth of the prisoner, the Jury strongly recommended him to mercy. The Learned Judge said, he would take care and make the representation in the proper quarter. • A John Sowerby, also a youth only sixteen years of age, was next put to the bar, to take his trial on an indictment, charging hint with tittering a forged Bank of England note, for £5, to Mr. Wanstall, a pawnbroker, in Skinner-street. The prisoner expressecta desire to plead guilty ; but the Learned Judge having assured him that this would make no alteration in the complexion of iris offence, or in the punishment which would follow ; he pleaded not guilty, It appeared in evidence, that he had uttered the note in question in redeeming a watch, which had been pledged for I ss. and in order to prove his guilty knowledge, evidence was adduced by which it was established that he had uttered two other £5 notes at two different places a short time before, both of which were forged.—The Jury found the prispner Guilty; but, as in the former case, recommended him to mercy, on account of his youth. John Lynn, a fellow of the most forbidding aspect, was then tried, on an indictment which charged him with assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, widow, on the King's highway, and taking from her person a mi- I nature painting, three gold seals, and a gold ring. Mrs. Fox, a woman of genteel appearance, stated that on the 24th of September she quitted her own house in Gloucester-place, Mile-End, about six in the evening, and went to Whitechapel to make some purchases. She was returning home about seven, when the prisoner came up, seized her by the two arms, and then thrusting his hand into her bosom, seized the articles enumerated in .the indictment, and snatching them away, broke a chain to which they were attached. He ran down Charlotte-street ; het she gave an alarm, and he was instantly pursued and seized. He had contrived in the scuffle to throw away the property. Moses Judas witnessed the scene described by Mrs. Fox ; ran after and assisted iq securing the prisoner. The prisoner denied that he was the thief, and said that he had been taken for another man. The Jury, after some hesitation, found the psi _ softer Guilty—Death. The Learned Jadgeremarked that it wits not his first appearance in that Court. IMmediately after Mr. Justice PARK had with drawn frog? the Court, Mr. COMMON SKRJEANT took his seat on the (*rich, and a youth appeared at the' bar of the Court, with Mr. Harmer's clerk, to plead to an indictment, charging him with publishing a sedi tious and blasphemous libel. Mr. ADOLPUUS rose and addressed the Common Serjeant, by stating. that a boy stood at the bar charged with a misdemeanour, and wished, as he had been instructed, to be allowed to retract a former plea, and to enter another plea in its stead. • COMMON SERJRANT.—Proceed, Mr. Adolphus. Mr. A DOLPH us.—The indictment, my Lord, against the prisoner is at the instance of the much talked of institution, called the " Constitutional Association." This Society, my Lord, has already effected so much good, that it deserves, as it has acquired, the respect and support of all the respectable, the moral, and the religious part of the community. It deserves the thanks, and it has received the thanks and counte nance, of the most virtuous and most enlightened men in the country ; and it has, my Lord, been at tacked with all the vindictive malevolence and infa- mous scurrility, lying, and falsehood, of the wicked and base part of society—a sufficient proof, my Lord, of the value and importance of such an estimable in stitution. The libel published by the boy at the Bar was an odious publication, alike offensive to GOD and man, as it was subversive of the interest.and spirit of the Constitution of the country in which we live; but, my Lord, it has been discovered by the Constitutional Association, that the prisoner was a tool in the hands of a set of base wretches, who have de , dared that nothing shall ever stop them from vend ing the poison which, for such a continued period, they have disseminated all over the country. The parties, into whose hands the boy unfortunately fell, have declared that they never will desist from pub lishing these infamous libels; and the object of the Institution is not to punish persons who act igno rantly, but those who, in defiance of all law and its consequences, pei severe in their illegal practices. It has been satisfactorily proved to the Constitutional Association, that the prisoner, prior to his entering the shop where he sold the libel in question (Carlile s shop, Fleet-street), was a virtuous and honest boy,. in ' , the employ of a respectable man, and that he was se duced to sell the offensive works, not knowing that he was violating the laws of.his country: The boy was in want of a situation, when lie was induced to cuter into the employment of the creatures that he has described, and was now sorry that he had been guilty of the offence imputed to him. He (Mr. Adol phus) understood that he was ready to plead Guilty, and enter into recognizances to keep the peace. COMMON SolucaN r.—l hope, my boy, yon did not know what you did when you published this libel? Mr. ADOLPHys.—Prisoner, you have been indicted n the name of. Charles Sanderson ; you pleaded that . . Charles Sanderson is not your name; you have been advised to withdraw that plea, and plead guilty. —ls it so ?—Prisoner. Yes, it is my wish to do so. COSIION SERJEANT.-11 hope and trust that you never will repeat the offence after the indulgence that has been so kindly shewn to you.—The boy bowed. Mr. ADO LIMILR—IIe is a ♦ery good boy, my Lord. He will not do so again. He has an excellent cha racter, and some of the Gentlemen of the Association arc so satisfied with his conduct; that they have de termined to provide for him. The prisoner's sureties then appeared at the bar, at Mr. Clarke, the Clerk of the Arraigns, entered the recognizanccs, and the prisoner left the Court. BOW-STREET.—Chadotte Briggs, servant to Mr. Lewis, of George-street, Adelplit, was charged with defrauding her master. Mr. Lewis had four chil dren, for whom the prisoner was in the habit of charging.three quarts of milk per day, at the same time taking in but one quart, and keeping the children on water basely coloured, at the same time threaten ing to skin them if they complained to their parents. -When this discovery was made, her box was searched, and therein was found a valuable silk shawl, a quantity of lace, a garnet ring, and other articles, the property of Mrs. Lewis.—Committed. GUILIMIALL.--J. Boileau, who, upon the pari, passes for a Captain, was charged with obtaining a chaise in the name of Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins, from Messrs. Coates and Blizard. In October, 18 1 19, while Mr. Parkins resided at the York Hotel, in Bridge. street, during his Shrievalty, the prisoner was also living there, and they became so intimate that they went together in the Sheriff's chaise to his house in Berkshire. When they had arrived in Park-lane, however, the tire of one of the wheels broke, and another .chaise was borrowed from Messrs. Coates, which was sent back on their return to town. Here the matter rested until about a week ago, when Mr. Parkins received a bill from Messrs. Coates of £B5 for the hire of a chaise from November, 1819, to January last. Mr. Parkins denied all knowledge of the transaction, and it turned out that the Captain had applied, a few days after the chaise had been returned, to be accommodated with the same chaise they had used upon that occasion; and the clerk, re cognizing him as the Sheriff's friend, let him have it. Mr. Parkins meeting with the prisoner accidentally on Thursday' last, atter having lost sight of him for a length of time, gave him into custody. The pri soner, however, made his peace with-the coachmakers, but the Ex-Sheriff persisted in bringing him before the Magistrate, and he now called Mr. Thcrowgood, the Sheriff's Officer, to shew that he had borrowed money on the chaise from him immediately on ob taining possession of it. The clerk of Messrs. Coates, however, would not swear the prisoner had obtained it in the name of Mr. Parkins, and the Alderman was about to remand him when it was discovered that the offence, if any, h ad been committed in the County, and the prisoner was therefore sent to Mail borough-street Office. CORONER'S INQuEst.—An Inquisition was held yesterday, at the Triumphant Chariot, Pembroke Mews, Grosvenor-place, on the body of Richard Evans. The deceased - was in the service of Colonel Smith, of Richmond. He came to town on Thursday last with his master, and went to Tattersal's with some horses, was seized with a fit, and expired almost immediately afterwards. He was previously very cheerful, and in conversation with different persons upon the va l ue 'of horses then brought t 9 the hammer. He had only time to say "Oh LORD: before he was a corpse.... Yerdict—Apoplexy. . - . *- H•y Straw EXECUTION: . On Wednesday last, Ward ro p Dyer, Michael Af te i n lyre s and William Paters on , or KidAton, were elel cuted n the front of the Jail, i n Gl asgow. After hanging the usual time their bodi es were delivered over to their friends for interment. Dy er was weaver, aged 22, and a native of Glasgow. *lmp: was about 28 years of age ; he was a native of h. e . land, but came to Glasgow while very y oung; he had been in the army, and while there, li e ac k nowledged that he had received 1379 lashes at various periods, for theft and desertion, and at last was disgra ce f ully discharged. Kidston was 17 years old, b orn in Alm chester, of Scotch parents, but likewise came to Glu u . gow while young. About three ye ars ago he was confined twelve months in the Btide we ll for thefi, He was twice imprisoned there since that pe r i o d , and on another occasion, banished from th e city of Gl as . , gow for two years. BIRTHS. - ---- -- .7._,----.... Oct. 20, Lady Elizabeth Dawion ' of a son. Saturday se'nnight, the Lady of Capt. Debasta, es t h p - meat,rtl of a son. M A Oct. 23, at Edinburgh, Capt. J. Thornton, half.pny 1 8 % Regiment, to Miss Helen Small, daughter of the late j u h 4 Small, Esq. of Overmains, Tuesday, at Liverpool, Eduard, second son of the 141.3.1. Smith, Vicar of Kirbymoorride, Yorkshire, to Ilarriet,d nu . ter of the late James Millar, Esq. Mint-marter, Calcutta. The 11th ult. at Madeira, Wm. Warrington, Eq. of theca Regiment, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late C. liicou,4 of Moor l'uk, Surrey. Thursday, at Sherbourne, llama, Mr. S. Sanderson, T. 14 Pembroke College, and Sydenham, Kent, only survivin g , a „ of the Late Rev. A. Sanderson, Vicar of Aston Blanc, Gi ft . cestershire, to Charlotte Maria, only daughter of the late g,. lie Arnold, Vicar of I.ong,tock, Hants. Lately, Edward S. Irwin, Esq. of Middle Gardiner sue; Dublin, to Eliza Mary. daughter of Dr. Trevor, M.D. of Hu, gibbon-street, in that city. At Taughshiny Church, in the county of Longford, $ t George Ralph Fetherston, Bart. III.P. for the county of la g . ford, to Frances Elizabeth holly, eldest daughter of the la t Richard Solly, Esq. of York-place, Portman-square, Lood o , After the ceremony, the wedding party returned to dims Horny Hall, the seat of John Howard Jessup, Esq. and link evening proceeded to Ardagh, the seat of Sir G. R. Fetbervot Friday, aged .58, John Lamb, Req. Accountant to the Sold Sea Company for more than forty years. Oct. 25, aged 44, Lieut. George Robinson, late of the Rani Sappers and Miners. Monday se'nnight, at Bath, Lady Tydd, mita of Sir J. Tydd, Bart. of Lumberton, Queen's County, Ireland. Monday se'sinight, at Nether fltowey, Somersetshire, t Woodhouse, Esq. aged 75. The deceased was out cour*g the Saturday preceding, had a friend to dine with himsa Sa. day, and was found dead in his bed next morning. March 29, at i)inapore, in India, Col. Alexander 3114 CB. commanding his Majesty's 59th Regiment. August 12, at Demerara, Pst - rick A llacirtyre, Es Lately, on his voyage home kom . Capt. titet derson, of his Majesty's 98th Regimen:. Lieutenant Arthur Freemamle Seeds, son of Theses Suds, Esq. bf Portsea, a young Officer of great enterprise, mime excellent character and disposition: he bad been empluvol during the last twelve months in the suppression of sunk on the north coast of Ireland. This gallant young o&rr shs was only in the 28th year of his age) had been very soccusido engaged from his first appointment to the service until the hid October, when the fatal catastrophe happened. The night w dark and stormy, when a large smuggler (a schooner). Mitts appears, had effected the landing of her cargoat Port Balmy% on the Irish coast, was seen to tack between Rathlin and de Scotch Isles. The people of ILithlin saw Lieutenant Seeds, his smack, trying to pass to windward of the smuggler, by the . Sound of Rathlin, a dangeroui navigation, on account of the confluence of so many tides, but the vesselwas never seen otter. It is supposed the smuggler run Lieut. Seeds vessel downistis night, and he and his companions perished - - - - No discovery of the kind has been so enttilly adopted in the fashionable world as ATKINSON't Hata On., or Cuacrxo Funn. It is now considered in ids pensable appendage to the ti filet; for regenerating the Ilirti so pre-emin- nt that medical men of the first eminence psis it, and in all cases where the hair has fallen oft' frontpanel. decay, such as fevers, accouchement, or other illness, deed climate, perspiration, intense study, &c. it is wuraanbus store it to its original thickness and beauty ; for dressiegisiit it is far preferable to Oils, Extracts, or Pomatums, mai* hair softer and more glossy, and giving it such stag elasticity that it retains its curl during exercise or in damps ther. Price 31. 64. 10s. 6cl. and One Guinea. Also, Amid; Vsominte 1/re, well known as the only infallible article** changes grey or red hair on the head or whiskers to maims or black, so permanent that washing, &c. instead of realii renders more durable. Price ss. 10s. 6d. and One Guiles id ATKINSON'S Astaaostat Soar, made by a new process; remits redness, hardness, and unevenness from the skin, precepts kat ping, and makes it soft, white, and even. Price is. a sqSartle 10s. 6d. a dozen. Sold at 44, Gerrard -street, Soho-square, don; and by appointment by Messrs. Gattie and Pierce,s7. Rigge, 35, Bend-street ; Grange, 126, and Firth, 45, street ; Bayley and Blew, Cockspur-street ; Isrout, 229, Sinai; Rigge, 65, Cheapslde; Johnston, 68, and Talte, 41, Can* and most. Perfuaaan and Medicine Venders. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS, Oct s (By the Carcase.) Beef 2s 4d to 35 4d Veal • •33 Mutton..• 25 id to 3s od I Pork Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 1 Waterford 0 1 France 1 ° 0 Guernsey and Jersey o 0 Hambargh i Holland 0 0 Gottenburgb 0 Flanders 0 o Leeward islands 0 Malta ' 0 0 Jamaica 0 _....,' HIG 11-WATER at LONDON 1 1 1LIDGE TO-MOlO 3 Minting - 14 minutes die Aftcrnoon 35 Loxvo ; Plidtea and publhbed by Ltvzi K0 1 ) 156. Ylacc, Tewylg-bat PRICES or HAT.-oms STRAWAtESTERDAY. a, ST. 3.IIISES ' S. ' . I ._._... WRiTSCHSPIM• . Hay 31 3s Od to 41 4s Od Hay... 31 10a to 41 a o Straw 1 7s Od to 11 16$ 0411 - Siraw il Bs to 11 102 .1 Clover 41 Os ed to 51 Os Od 1 Clover 41 *Os to 51 ed PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tallow Clisodien . Hal Candles, per doz. 9s 6d—Mould4 Ilt 04; 141• Per doses 114 allowed for TeedG Y money. c RAW HIDES. - '. Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary... Os Od 011 d stone) os ed to 33 4d Market Calf 9s Od teS ~ Middlings ...es Od to 3s Od Eng. Horse Os Od WO 0 PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 361bs each - 234 to 2410 0 Ditto, 56 to GGlbs each 20d to 211 C Dressing Hides • 18d to 191 he Fine Coach Hides ROd to 211 at Crop Hides, 35 to 401 bi for cutting 18d to 19d le Ditto 45 to 501bs • 191 to - 211 hi Calf Skins, 30 to 401bs 2841 to' 341 .. Ditto 50 to 701bs 26d to 'Sad Ditto 70 to 801bs Small Seals (Greenland) • 18d to 191 Large ditto —d to —d U Tanned Horse Hides l6d to 191 c Spanish Horse Hides 20d to 911 0 re COAL MARKET, Oct. 29. ni Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Frier. 551 Newcastle 441 151 64 to O a th 11 Sunderland 11 5 64 G1t049 0 1 al tee i Scotch Coal .. 1 37s Od b (1 . 1 , MAILS TIM L4l DA--1116 Z. au x DO a'