Star. — London, England, 1822-10-29 00:00:00

•I TO CAPTAIN FOOT, OW HIS MARRIAOE WITH MISS PATTIDT. . Ricoh a /Wen for Wry Tinvegh tits rough roads of lifiy yea safely and happily los; May the goieg sever bred, Nor the tie be found wok Not the Ate asti the Pawn i aqg LLD . BAri.E i t SESSIONS. Yesterday Fkury boy was pat to de bar, on a charge of haying sold to John Jones fonrillver gravy spoons, with fotged and counterfeited Hall marks thereon, well knowing the same to be forged. This case excited considerable interest in the Court, which was much crowded during the.trill. It lasted during the greater part of the forenoon. - The ATTORNET-GSVERAL stated the case for the prosecution. It had, been instituted, he said, by the direction of the Commissioners of Stamps ; and he was sorry to observe that the offence imputed to the prisoner hid of late become extremely prevalent. Jt Was an offence not only injurious to the revenue, but highly prejudicial to the fair trader, and to the Pub lic at large—to the trader, because persons selling' Plate With forged marks were enabled to undersell him ; and to the Public, because they were exposed to the risk of receiving an article of inferior value.— 'The prisoner wasa working silversmith, residing in Wilderness-i-o*, i2kiswellstreet. In the month of Marcie, isgr,, be dealt with Mr. John Jones, 'silver smith, of thiStrirnd, to whotn he sold a quantity of plate, amongst which were the fOur gravyespootis mentioned in the indictment, for which he charged /tlr. Jones .the •UshaLdoty payable on manufactured slyer. It was customary for - working silversmiths to place their initials on the articles winch they manu factured ; but in this case he substituted for H.D. the litters. H. F. and the Hall mark proved to have been forged. Ho had also, it would be shown, sold other artioles which were forged like Wise, and 'in whicl) he had recourse to a similar subterfugeto pre vent detectioii. • - • 'John Jones Kai then examined, and steed that he resided at. 339, Strand ; he slealt with the prisoner on the 2d of March; 1821; and received the .bill of par cels, which vias'delivered to 11im with - the things fur nivhed. A axing Atherihings "'ere the speond men tioned in the indictment; u spoons whiC,h Witness 110 v: produced - were the same he hadreceieed the prisoner: . A large soup -ladle, which he also pro duced, was another of • the articles received of the prisoner. .1n the February before he plirchased . six French dessert spoons of the prisoner, on which .he also paid Vm the duty. David Jones, a salversmith,residing in Broad-street, St. Giles's, stated that at the end of 1820 he ordered and'reeeived twelve.silver tea spoons•of.the prisoner. lie was charged with and paid the usual duty on • • .these trons. - • • John Denny swore that he wasjourneyman to . Mr. •Krrconnbe, 11.8, Biackfriats-road. He had delivered the two silver skewers and two butter-ladles, which he now Iwoduced, to Mr. Meyers, as pact of the stock in Mr. Kircombe's • postession. N.-W. Kircombe, a pawnbroker, residing in Mack • -ft iall•road, deposed that - it was sometimes-the prac tice of pawnbrokers to purchase articles for sale. He • purchased the stock of his predecessor, Mr. Phillips, and among the rest he had three silver skewers, one of which had been sold, and two remained. The put-• • chase froin Me. Phillips took place in September. . Joseph 11114 s sta;ej; that he formerly carried on inkiness on. the premises now occupied by Mr. Kir combe. The prisoner formerly worked in his em ploy ; and made tlifee stewersilw wi►ness, none of • wbich were sold, They all went with the stock to Mr. Kircombe. . _ _ _ _ • On his cross-examination he said that the skewers *ere ntide in January,lB2l; lie had had no plate from a person Darned Winton for the last two rears, nor • fiom a person named Weston for the last three years., Irrthe stock transferred to Mr. Kircombe there aright be ankles manufactured by Winton or Weston...He did not khow what had become of those persons. Re•examined in chief.—He never had any silver spoons from Winton or Weston. John George Stephens said, that he had purchased four butter-ladles of the prisoner in the early part of December, 1820. Ile produced the invoice which . accompanied them. He paid the sum charged for duty on'the articles. Witness had sold one pair of the ladles, and ,he now produced the other pair. There. were the letters H. D. punched upon them in faint characters. At • the dare the prisoner brought the -.ladles; he also brought a fish knife, which the witness purcliased and now 'produced. He also paid the duty on that article. On his cross-examination, he said he had a running acco . tint'with the prisoner. -In the invoice now pro duced, the articles on which the duty was paid were Vamped. Witness is often ali,ent from his shop, which was sometimes left to the care of a young . boy. The goods - now prot!nced were never out of his shop since they were bought. Ile never pawned part of his stock ; nor ever stated that he had received four salt•spoons from the prisoner, and afterwards found that he was mistaken. We had not within the last two years offered to return the prisonerany goods that he . had of him, if he doubted their correctness. George Myles, inspector of stamps, deposed that he knew the prisoner, Henry Day, to be a working silversmith. After describing the manner in which the silver plate was stamped, he said, that When brought to the office, it bore the initials of the maker. It was then assayed, and, if found to be correct, the Goldsmiths' mark was put upon it ; and the King's mark to denote that the duty had been paid. The Gbldsmiths' mark was a lion and a leopard's head.— The mark denoting that the duty had been paid was the King's head. Plate is never seimped at the Hall on which the workman's name is not impressed. He was present on the 2Gth of September last, when the prisoner was searched. He found a steel punch, which it was necessary that witness should have. Four silver gravy-spoons were handed to witness, and he said he should not have suffered them to pass with the initials in the state in which they were. The stamps on them were all forged. The initials on the spoons did pot correspdfid with the pUncb, The punch appeared to have been applied twice in inverted order, and thus the marks were confused. Witness produced some impressions %With he taa loth- ftata the punch in I inverse order. '— . The other articles ;of plate were then produced, and witness gave the evidence respecting them as he had given Of the gravy-spoons. ,fte-declared the marks upon them all to be forged. '‘ Cross-exarttined.-- , There are four stampers in the 'office.' He never heard of anyone in the Hall being dismissed for misconduct. Misthkes sometimes occur. Believes a genuine stamp was never'mistaken for a forged one. There was once an allegation of that kind, but without foundation. After the plate had receivedite stamp, it had to undergo-a polishing. The tithing does tint deface the stamp, if done with skill. Never saw it so defaced as to render it impos -sible to say; whether . it was genuine or forged. Wit ness had had islate produced which had made him hesitate as to the genuineness of the stamp. There are two. thanufacturers whose initials ire H. a The manufacturer keeps the punch, and an impression of it is kept at the Hall. John Smith Stated, that it was his business to 'en grave the punch by which the stamp is impressed at the Goldsmiths' Hall. Witness inspected the different articles of plate, and swore that the King's head upon them all was forged. This was the case for the prosecution. The pri soner, when called upon for his defence, said, that if the marks had been forged, they had been forged • without his knowledge. Charles Wm. Day, brother to the prisoner, stated, that his brother was extremely indisposed in the month of December, 1821. He had been , ill for four months before. The effect of that illness had been to disable him from attending to kis business. Several respectable witnesses were then called, and gave the prisoner an excellent character. Cartlidge deposed, that he was a silver spoon maker. In his transactions with Goldsmiths' HA, a mistake had taken place on the side of the Hall. It took place last August twelve months. A warrant had been islned against witness for forging marks on plate, which turned out afterwards to be genuine.— Mr. Myles was the Inspector. Cross-examined.—Never had the plate returned. It. was detained because it was mixed with forged plate; The evidence against witness was not suffi cient; and he was discharged. Re-etamined in chief.—To witness's belief, the mark on the plate in qnestion is genuine. Mr. Myles was then called up, and produced an impression of the genuine stamp. Mr: Justice PARKE examined him respecting the eirctrnit4ice sworn to by Cartlidge. lie declared shatalseilbfd been no mistake; Tlie plate is still in the•King's7.varehouie as forged. In point Qf fact, the:stalops on that..plate were forged.—The evidence having* closed on both sides, Mr. Justice _`ARKS summed it up for the Jury ; who, after deliberating for about twenty minutes, re turned a verdict of.Ptilly„ but strongly recommended him to mercy, in consequence of his previous v co exitellent character. . . Mr. Justice PARKE told the Jury that their recom mendation should be attended to by him ; but he thought it right at the same time to inform them, that there was a second indictment upon the table against him for a similar offence. Neillalias Millar) Douglas was indicted for obtain ing £l9 from JOhn Curtis, under false pretences. The following is a summary of the evidonee the summer of 1819, the prosecutor lodged in 131ew ett's-buildings, in the same house with the prisoner. Curtis wanted employment. The prisoner, scl:o knsav this, told . him that his uncle, Colonel Millar, living at Ilethnal-greeir, had been a Dilector in the East In dial-louse, and he offered to use his inflaence to oh tails a situation for - Curtis in that establishment. Cuttis, as might be supposed, joyfully expresser' his Approbation of the proposal. The prisoner, .in the first instance, suggested that Cut tis should have the situation of a messenger, but he afterwards sail that be would endeavour to obtain that of a clerk. In the commencement of the month of July the prisoner be gan to put in practice a cOurse of deception towards Curtis. He drew up, "in his presence, several letters to persons holding high offices - in the India House, whom he begged to use their influence in order to obtain for Coals a place in that establishment.. In one of-these letters, which was addressed to a Direc tor, he modestly reminded his that his family had given him six votes when-he was elected into his of fice. These letters, or memorials, the prisoner car ried away, in order that they might be signed by " his uncle, the Colonel.", The . prisoner afterwards informed Curtis that the memorials had been sent to the individuals to whom they were addresed. On the 27th of Julys 1819, the prisoner told Curtis that his business at the'lndia House was all settled except the payment of the fees. Curtis desired to know the amount of the fees, saying that he would pay the7ii if he could. On a fature occasion the prisoner pro duced a table of the fees, which amounted to the sum of 41. 19s. 2d. Curtis produced a 4/. note, which the prisoner said . must be sent to Mr. Hudson, a clerk in the l r4st India House. The priioner made out the .draught of a letter, which Curtis copied, and in the copy he enclosed a M. note, and directed it, by desire of the prisoner," 11. Hudson, Esq. East India House." The prisoner, .with an appearance of candour and fairness, declined to carry this letter himself, and pro posed that a friend of Curtis, named Holcroft, who was present, should deliver it.. Holcri.:l did in fact deliver the letter at the East India House, but it never came to the hands of Mr. Hudson. This, which appears a singular circumstance, could only be accounted for by supposing that the prisoner, who had made him elf intimate ,with the porters of the East India Houtk, had contrived to steal it from the person to whorls it had-been delivered. On the 4th of July a letter was delivered at the house of Curtis by one of the porters of the East India House, in his official costume, addressed to Curtis. This letter purported to come from some official person in the East India House, and stated that Curtis had been appointed to the situation of a clerk ; but added that his services would .not be. required till the 27th of September, although it would be necessary for him to appear before the Directors on the . 22d of that month to receive his in ip struCtions. This letter, which was forged, the prisoner had prevailed upon one of the porters of the India House to carry to -Curtis's house, M order to give an appearance of authenticity to the document. & o n ly after cis the prisoner to! Curtis that it was customary for a person when he was appointed to the ors* of clerk in the India House to siva a Mixer terilie otter mews to whkh he belonged., - .Qurtisietid that as the treat was customary, he-should have no objection to give it. Curtis left town to - re - side with-hie friends at Lewes. Whilst there he received .a letter fforn the prisoner, stating that his brother clerks were urgent for the' treat. Curtis wrote in answer that he would pay for the dinner, and authorized the prisoner to invite the Gentlemen of the Ace to be present. Curtis re ceived another letter from the prisoner,' in which he informed him that the dinner had taken place at the Ship Tavern, opposite the India House. The bill, he said, amounted to IS/. Os. The prisoner in this letter entered into very minute details in order te convince Curtis that the charge was not extravagant. Curtis sent the prisoner a draft for 14/.. upon Sir James Esdaile and Co. for which the prisoner ob tained payment. No dinner took place at the " Ship," as stated.by the prisoner. Subsequently to this the prisoner addressed a letter to a friend of Curtis's, .in which he stated, that "'he rejoiced that he had been the humbleinstrument by which so deserving and meritorious an individual as ,the prosecutor had been rescued from poverty." This . letter, like most others written by the prisoner, was signed " Millar Douglas, of Storre and Wetherley Park." Curtis, when he came to town on the 27th of September, 1819, made inquiries respecting the prisoner, the result of which was in no way favourable to him ; in short, he found that he had completely duped him. Curtis imme diately obtained a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner, but be never was able to meet with him until the 20th of September last, when he was taken in Robin Hood-court, Shee4ane. The RECORDER baying summed up the evidence, the Jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty. The Court sentenced the prisoner to transpottation for seven years. He is '27 years of age. Theodore Constantine, a genteelly dressed young Frenchman, of remarkably prepossessing counte nance, was capitally indicted for stealing a gold watch, chain, and seals, and three gold rings,' the property of Guillaume Jarrin, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Jarrin (also a Frenchman) stated, that the prisoner was a son of a very worthy and respectable old Gentleman, who paid him (witness) a guinea a week for the prisoner's use, and the latter called every week to receive it. Upon one occasion, when wit ness was from home, the prisoner called, and went up into his bed-room ; and when he was gone the ar ticles mentioned, which had been deposited there, were gone. They were afterwards traced to have been pawned by the prisoner. The prisoner, in his defence, said he purchased these articles from a French Gentleman, with whom he dined one day at a restaurateur, in Leicester-square. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death. . Mr. Jarrin handed in a letter wbich he had re ceived from the prisoner's father, in answer to one informing him of what had occurred. The letter stilted, in very moving terms, that the prisoner was totally irreclaimable, and that be Had, by a long course of depravity, al niost broken his father's heart. Ile could do no more for him, awl the law must take its course. There was another indictment against the prisoner, for stealing three gold brooches from Jonathan Thorne, bat he was not tried upon it. - • Joseph-Josepiss was indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-house of Sir William Gordon, Bart. a silver tea-pot, cream jog, and other articles 'of plate, the property of the said Sir Wm. Gordon. • John Parker, butler to Sir Wm. Gordon, proved that the property in question was missed from the house of his master, in Lower Brook-street, on the' morning of the'l6th July. The articles were. next seen at Marlborough-street Police Office. Sutton, the footman, saw the plate safe on the 15th. Never saw the prisoner in his master's service. Thomas Tennant, an officer of Marlboinugh-street, went on the 23d of July, in consequence - of an infor , mation, to the house of Guest, whom he found at home. He discovered a cream jug in a box 'Whitt ) Guest 'himself unlocked.. There were some pieces . cf silver in the box. It was on the first floor, in an ex posed situation. In consequence of what Guest - said, witness, by the Magistrate's direction, went to the house of the prisoner, and he attended . at the, Office upon a summons. Joseph Guest sworn, stated that, on the evening of the dayon which the robbery had been committed, the prisoner, whom he had known for some time, came to him and offered for sale a quantity of plate, which he, the witness, without asking any ques tion, purchased at ss. 6d. an ounce. There were 44 ounces of the plate. Witness immediately, that very night, erased the crests (he did not, indeed, know whether they were crests or ciphers), and prepared the articles for melting, by breaking them up. Guest had been in custody for the same fact. He admitted having been once at Bow-street upon some matter about a bit of linen. Mrs. Guest gave some evidence, which tended to the same effect. as her husband. Her husband had been four days in custody before she thought of ap plying to the Magistrate. She made her son Joseph call his father. Sarah Guest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guest, re membered the prisoner's coming in at the passage door. He came in a coach ; she called to her father to come down, as there was some one that wanted him. It was she and not her brother. that called to Mr. Guest. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The JUDGE, in summing up, animadverted in very severe terms upon the testimony of Guest. The Jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Yesterday a well-dressed young person of very re-. spectable appearance, named Robert Peck ctchly, was tried for a fraud upon Mr. Peter Otto Boyce, book seller.—Mr. Boyce stated, tkat the prisoner applied I to him, on the 17th of September, for 1/. worth of Isooks, which were, he said, for a friend, and asked for credit until next day, when he would bring a ,check for that sum, and a balance due from a book seller. in Bond-street, of whom the prisoner stated himself to be the nephew. Witness had seen the prig soner before in his shop, where he frequently called, and had no doubt as to the truth of the statement. He therefore gave him credit for the books on that representation; but he was soon afterwards informed that he had been deceived. The prisoner had, at the time of this application, stated, that. his uncle, thel bookseller, kept 'Cash at Sir Richard Cara . plyan'i. banking - h ouse; but it was founi that this was not the call, 2to then thtlibobitiskociwas fully deteetee. —Mr. John Ebers, bookseller, of Bond-Meet, d e , 'posed, that the p r i s orier'seas not'his nephew ; th at he had no knowledge of him wheteter, nor ever gave I him a check upon the hoise of Sir QichirJ Ca- r Glynn ; never kept-cash, at Sir Richard Carr Glynn banking-house. Cross-exatnined-Therewas no other John Ebel- % a bookseller,, in Bond-street; never saw the prileer' Wore he saw hint in prison. Mr. ARANIN addressed the Jtiry for the primer, whom he stated to be a person of respectable family and good expectations,_ end whom a verdict of guilty would probably ruin for ever.. His friends had ob. tained for him a situation abroad, to e hich the sea tence of a Court of Justice might prevent his ap pointment; and hoped the Jury would acquit him. No witnesses were called upon the pea of the pr sorer„ who hung down his head during the trial, ? nc t seemed to be much ashamed of his situation. V u :. diet—Guilty. The CHAIRMAN then asked wl:ether there was an i. hope of a situation for the unfortunate young man Some respectable persons in the body of the Cou r t stated, that the place was ready for him. They aided, that it was the first time he-had acted in such a ratan ner as to deserve the imputation of dishonesty. The COURT then said, that as it appeared that ttz prisoner had been led to the commission of the fence by idleness, and not by depravity, he should not be called up for judgment, but be bound urea his own recognizances to appear when called upon. The young man then bowed and retired. A ruffianly fellow, named Davey, was tried for committing a most gross and unprovoked assault crt a respectable man named Week, and his wife. It appeared that the fellow had, as the prosecutor and his wife were passing along rentonville, seized Mrs. Week in his arms, told her husband she was his Queen, and that her husband had no more clean his leavings. He held and squeezed her, and her litt*- ! band s.truck him lo get her out of his grire. The fel low then knocked down Mr. Week, whose head came against the curb-stone, and who was knocked sen:c. less by the blow. He had not yet recovered from the tiolence.. Verdict—Guilty. The Clt A tRNt A N said, the prisoner had been guilty • of two - offences :—the one was the endeavour to set : husband and wife at variance by an . infamous falsc • hood ; the other was the gi oss assault. Sentence—Two mouths confinement, in addition to the one already pas..ed. • - BfRTtIS. Thursday, at her house in St. James's-place, Viscountess Cranbourn, of a daughter. Saturday se'unight, in English-street, Carlisle, the wife of '2,lr. William Gate, of three fine boys, which are all doing well. M A RRIED. The 22d Ihst. at Wester Wellies, Mo^.lrshire, Lieut. C. G. Macgregor Skinner, 24th Light Dragoons (IL P.) to Chri..in2, youngest daughter of the tate Robert Grant, Esq. ' The 25th inst. at Otterborne, Lieut. William Crawley Yonge, ofthe Sed . Light Infantry, to Frances Mary, youngest daughter the late Rev. Thomas 13argus, of Bark way, in I lertfordsiiire. At Neacolly, in the East Indies, the 18th of April last, John Drew; Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Cit'l Service, to Miss Sophia Parker, eldest daughter of William Par ker, req. of Mundfoid, near Brandon, Norfolk. Oet. 23, at Glasgow, John Mitchell, Esq. late of Jamaica, to hfargitit, daughter of the deceased Robert Mann, Esq. forme' one of the Magistrates of Glasgow. DIED. • Oct. 2s, aged 66, al.:sr alirgering illness of nearly four atop :h < , James Sowerby, Esq. F. T.. S. M.G.S. &c. Oct. 19, at Carlisle, after a severe illness, aged 71, the lady Sir J., nt. one of the Aldermen of Carlisle. 0ct..18, aged 82, at Great Yarmouth, l‘lr. Wm. Sistith,•serjeant •at-mace for nearly sixty years, during whiCh time he was ap pointed hall-keeper and afterwards parish beedie, frets *bids appointments he acquired i competency. Sept. 1, at Demerara, Chas. Edmonatone,lnn. Esq. Engineer. Oct. 12, at Paisley, Adam Whyte, Esq. Coileitor of Excise. ' In May last, shortly after her arrival at 'Madras, Mrs. Collie, the wife of the Rev. David Collie, Missionary to Malacca, and formerly of Gosport Seminary. .April 7, on.the coast of Sumatra,'in India, Captain Patrick Foster, son of James Foster, Esq. of Carnegie Park, near Port- Glasgow. At Basford, aged 110 years, Elizabeth, widow of Thos. Kale. who died a few weeks ago. She had h.:en blind for a number of years; bat entertaining a hope of once more being enabled to be hold the light of the sun, she submitted, at the advanced age of 75, to the operation of couching, which was attended with partial ,success, but an inflammation taking place, deprived her M lie: visual orsansfor ever. .•• . . NEWGATE►ob LBADENHALL MARK eTS, Oct. 20. (By the Carcase.) ref ....... .1s 44 to 2s 6d I Veal is 241 to Ss 441 Mutton.. ...... ls 44 to 2s 44 Pork .... 1! Stl to 3s 04 ,Latilb 2s 04 to 2s 841 PRICES or HAY •rg STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMESS. WHITECHATIL. Hay 51 6s Od to 41 8s Od Hay... 31 8* to 41 is 0.1 Straw 11 3s Od to 21 Zs 6d Straw 11 8s to 11 16s Od Clover 3110 s Od to 41 105 od Clover 31 154 to 41 14s Od PRICE 0 WSW 111A011. 1F HOPS. Kent Sussex 2l Os to 21 Essex Foreign NEW rorx tits. Kent Sussex Essex Farnham COAL-MARKET, OCTOBER 28. 13oldon 43s 6d—Feilling Main 411 6d—Heaton 46s 3.l—Kil lingworth 46s—Wallsenci Brown 44s 6d—Cowpen 4os 6d Welch Coal 60s--Wallsend Blyth 40s—Hedworth Main 41s— Wallsend Springwell 43s 641. 9i Ships at market; 9i Ships sold ; • unsold. THE K ERI.NI EN. The theme of the keelmen is really at length becoming " fir, stale, and unprofitable." We see a body of men who might, on a low calculation, be earning a guinea a week per mall, obsti nately refusing all accommodation with their employers, except upon the condition that would amount to an actual surrender vt property on the , part of the coal-owners. On Tuesday last, the several collieries of the Tyne gave notice to their keelmen that they were required to go to work on Thursday, when arrple protection would be given them in the lawful discharge of their duty. When Thursday came, however, no keelmtn by found; thus skewing at once their contempt for their enlpl,)y , :r:. and their utter disregard to their wives and families. The s7ilf.rs interfered riotously a the spouts on Thursday, in order to ;qt.- vent vessels getting loaded, or if loaded, to prevent them Se mit away, by forcibly taking the crews nut. Between twelve:x(lone . o'clock an express reached Colonel BRANDLING, from Shields, re questing that he would immediately send down a strong military detachment, accompanied by a Northumberland Magistrate. This, of course, was promptly complied with. We hare not beard the result.—Dtarkons (busily Advertiser. MAILS. MIK. DU r. Dublin 1 0 A 114 Ms. France I 0 Harnburgh 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 0 Waterford 1 0 Gortenburgh 0 1 Brazil 0 0 Guernsey and Jvney 1 0 Ijabop 0 0 Holland Leeward Islands 0 0 0 0 Atli H. W ATSltat LON UON i.ktl UiiY Tv. .4 ' •Mt ruing - fio minutes situ 1 r • tfternone • • - 10 minute* after SI I and published frlcairst place, !'maple-bat. I . .. I