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1) HOME CIRCUIT. SUSSEX ASsIZ ES. LIMP, ALS. 4. CROWN SIDE. Befiov HEATH. FORGER Y. fdtpard nail w. in3ifted for f 3rging and otter irg a .51 Bank of England Note, at Eastbourne, on tl.r 1013 ~1 e 14st. . Mr. G41(1:: , %., AS leading Counsel fir the Bank, stated, that th Prisoner was Clerk to an Attorney in the tow', tit Lewes, arid was a most ingenious artist ; but, unfortmati-ly tar himself, hr had per vetted his talents to the wi Ist pmposes. lie observed, that various laws had e: , ..leasoured ro guard the Bank against forgery, by voiding restrttions which for bade any pa rsoa t.i use similar materials to those used by than. nor.. it was felony to make any raper such as W:I. ;.w-..1 by them t r their noes. It sr;,c telooy to Ile.t S'ICII \'••.at• • mark. It was fet.tay t , ng r v any elate in a turn %%nadar to the WIC used h' them. but yet, In.twitistandiug all t• •e I:n•c:.uuc' . s, ch.•y had not f‘:und themselves S , CIIIeti. h order to forge one at their notes, it 5..,r1..1 be supposed that a combination of attists must he neassiry. A paper-niaker, un engraver, and a pc, •cn skillea to imttat.• f srld•writing. But from e evidence Le should adduce tr the Jury, he thought they would have little doubt but the every part of the twgery wa s perfeEted.hy the single hand of the Prisoner himself ; for when Mr. Bliss, an odicer of • 'l^ Bank, writ down to Sussex, in order t.s trace C.e ottthor of the forgery, be found in the Prisoner% apartment every wide no. eersary to the fabrication at a forged Dote. He then detailed the circumstances m they are below given in evidenc-. Mr. 'rooms' Bliss deposed, that he was an In. speelli-r of Bank Notes In consequence of a set of forged notes coming into t he s, i in. h e was sent d o wn In v snissex, by them, in order to trace a 51. note to which he ad got a else. From information he traced at to the hands of a person of the name of Reed, who kept a public-hosse at Eastbourne; by his dm-nit-1 he went to Lewes, to the Office of Mr. :oopet. an Atto-ney s with whom the prisoner, Ball, as clerk Hi there saw thorns' Cooper, the repbew in fur. Cooper, and the prisoner at thole's. Ile asked Mt. Thomas Cooper where he had re ceised t'‘e 51 note which he paid to Mr. Reed on the Sunday before at Eastbourne. Cooper pointed to the Prisoner, and said he had it of him. The Pfiti.liti admitted the UR. and said he had received it flom his wit-. Thar she bad been in town from the 3d to the tith of June, and bad brought it from London. The note was shown, and the Prisoner said,, he knew it to he the note, because there were the initials of J. G in red ink on the face of the note. Ti,, Witness desired the Prisonet g t home to his wee, and learn from her where sate had taken it in town, and at what shops she had and to write down her information, and bring it back t- him in an hoar. The Prisoner went Awey, liut the witness did not wait the hour for his reini.. for in about halt as hour he followed him to ids lodgings. He I. sand the Prisoner and his wife there, and had some conversation with them. The wile said she haJ zensived two 101. notes from her hush-nd she° sbe went to town. He replied, " N', :ibis received but one." While they were talking. Mx. bliss a small writing desk in the sibni, upon which wee lying a small hit of silver paper, just J•Alf the size of a bank-note ; he took it bp, and saw the faint imptession of the word i• MIS," such as is on the top of the one pound bank-notes t and on it was written the words " G. Bacchus, E..iq." This much astonished him, and he asked the Prisoner if it was his hand-writing ? who said it was. [lt afterwards appeared that another forged note for 101 had come into the bank, with the wards G. BILLOWS on it in the same handwrite jag.] The witness found in the same desk India ink, camel's hair pencils, and other materials. which would produce the watersmatk. Thonnts Cooper stated, that the Prisoner lived Clerk with his uncle. an Attorney, at Lewes. On Sunday, the ith of June. they agreed to spend the day at Eastboarne ; the) went in a gig, and it was agreed the Prisoner should pay the day's expenses, and they were to adjust the account when they came home at night. After dinner the bill was brought to.him, as be sat nearest the door. The Prisoner gave all, none to ham, with which be paid the bill. Mary Chapman. the servant, proved. that sbe handed the trite to her master ; and Reed. the nasty said he gave the note the same evening to his daughtet-iro-law, who was going to London. Rebecca Moggsidge,the daught--.in lam, proved that she Ir,id it to a Mr. Juh.. .'•'.'....k, a linen. draper. rr Wood -street, by whom it was paid to the Bank. when it was discovered to be a forgery. 'Perry, the Engraver for the Bank, proved that the note was a forgery, th it it was not en graved, but that the whole was written and drawn by the pen or easel.hair ptocil. He also stated. that she water-mark might be made with other ma mmals four.d at the Prisoner's lodg'engs, and pro duced a complete Joe suede of the water-marks of a Bank-note, made by bawd, from the paper and Iltitoisi which Mr. Abseiled luund at the Prisoner's apartments. . nee was thee given of two other notes ut tered by the prisoner, one on the pith of Match be tc,re, and which were proved by Mr. Terry to be forged ones. With respell to this evidence, Mr. Justice Heart' observed. that it was carrying the principle farther than, t bad ever yet been extruded. tither utter ing' had been received as evtJencr cu. aninso. Tire note in the lodgement was uttered, but they must for- d the same act. 1 ht,s if a man went oe k. uttering forged mites all the continued act. but beer arts the on uttering no voy connected will in the indictment, either by time But, he coal. if the Counsel for any confidevor in the law, he ewdence, and Wake a Case as to ?lytrtlCC. /as accordingly received, subject the dodge,. forged note, were produced in )161Ch were proved t have pass-d is, from the citcutustaucc ut having on all of them. tit, Poisoner Ciegigrp ; but Lis cm tenet is rotas& is eesse4oence of the p01...t of law as to tho propriety of receiving the evidence i.linve alluded to. George Baue► was inditlel for breaking in the day time into the house ei Thos Marchant. no person bring therein, and stealing money and notes to the amount of 1171. 9s. lid. Thoasas Marw.ant deposed, that he lived at Hol lingdon, in this county, and on the 30th of Septem her last. he and his family west nut hopping. kW,- ing no one at home. He had 59 guineas. a 301. mite. two tens, and a 51. note, besides other m. When he came home in the eve ing. he found the door had been broken open, and all his money stolen. He heard no tidings of his money until the month of March last, when he reer , ved some infor mation which induced him to get a snatch-warrant Against the Prisoner. On searching Ills house, the Prisoner admitted he bad been guilty of the fall, and told his wife to restore the Prosecutor all the money they bad left. He said he had spent the SOI. note the next day, and begged forgiveness, saying he would give the Prosecutor a hill of sale of all he was worth, and only asked he would leave him as much as he stood uptight in.—Verdia Tilt KING, r. GREGORY, raes.cox, THUMDZI, and THUS ()TIMIS. RIOT AT BRIGHTON. This was an indiSment against the Defendants for riotously assembling and puiling down the rail ing on the road East of Brighton. lading from thence to Rottemlean, and oburuaing the surveyors of the road in the execution of their duty This case arose nut of the accident of the fall,rg of the cliff last autumn. The Surveyor of the K .d thought it necessary to carry in the railing, aini trenched upon the ground of the three first named Defendants; they coasidoted that he had cio3 • more than necessary, sad resisted his altering the railing. In consequence of this, on the 11th of Feht nary las.. they employed men to eta down the post and rail,. which had been wetted by the Surveyor of the Road. 'The nest day the Surveyor enip.yyed men to re-ered them. and the ilefendatAs, another party, to pull them dews 1 a riot ensued, .he one set pull ing down as fast as the other etreled, until at last the Surveyor's party were the •iflors. Mr. Gunnar. for the Defendants, rested his de fence on the ground, that the Su. veyor w as 11 , t un der the necessity of corning upon tneil freehold, but that be had Acted wantonly, and with a view to ha rass the Defendants. He proposed calling evidence to chew that the road at that part of it was perfectly safe. The L Jolson held that the Surveyor of the Road was perfectly right. He was to judge of the necessity. If he acted wrung, they ought to have brought an action of trespass. and not have taken the law into their own hands. The Jury found them all Geary. —The three prin cipals were fined 201. each, and the three workmen 01. each. In the Civil Court, an action was tried, arising nut of the same transaction, in which the Plaintiff had a verdict against the Surveyor.—Damages betel) guineas. The Crown Side finished at three o'clock —No Prisoner was left for eseciition. rOlii G4nl4hmed.) COLLIMIOII MITCHSLL. This was an anion brought by the Plaintiff', an apothecary at Hull, for damages fur an as. fault. Mr. Totems, in his opening for the Plaintiff, stated, that Mr. Collusion went into a public-house in Sculeoates with a friend, to take a glass ot bran dy and water; that it was the fair; and every room is the house being full. they wete introduced into &MOM where a party of tea or twelve persons were asseenhied. Mr. Collinson and his friend sat down; and the former gentleman happening to take up a ant from the table. was assaulted by the Defendant. whams his coat. but was withheld by the company Item further violence. The Defend ant then apologised. and offered Mr. Collinson a 31. note for the damage done. Mr. Collinson said 11. was too moth; he only wanted some apology for the public affront put upon him. The Defend. ant refused to etiologist. and threw a glass of wine in Mr. Collinsoes face. offering to Burdett him. Mr. CoUinson preferred a legal mode of re dress. Front the evidence it appeared, that Mr. Collin son, instead of taking a mee g k out, bad crammed a whole handful into his p o cket, when the Defend ant interfered, exclaiming •• that it was too bad to me both hands ;" and that the Defendant tore off Mr. Collinsen's pocket containing the nuts, and threw it into a corner. The Doffor had only worn his coat sir times: be bad not his double-frilled shirt on, otherwise the damage from the glass of wine would have been greater. Mr. Mitchell, who was a stout man, offered to fist it out with Mr. Colliaion, who was his inferior in bodily powers ; and the offer to Barlett, or combat with sword and pistol. came from Mr. Collision, and not from the Defendant. This was, in return, declined by the Defendant, who thougMhe should have no chance of hittina so small a mark. It also appeared that it was put to the vote by the company present, who.. tker Collinson and his companion should not be turned sot of the room f and was carried in the at- form part the si horn London to Y 1 it Was One 4 isolated tea of an • the fact charged it or cireurnatauces. the Croon felt avoid veiny* the 4 legality of such evi the evidence WI to the opinion of th Twenty other cattiest*. all of vet sl.rough hit bands, hN 1,14 "fitting ni the Jory foetid • ,eirlSro, VerdiEl for the Plaintiff—One shilling damages. TtIC KING V. witAtasts..for a 7 asses/l. This indiament was preferred by Mr. Abbey, (a sporting gentleman,) against the Defendant, (a gentleman ot large fortune from India,) for an as sault committed by him at Doncaster Races. Mr. Abbey deposed, that one day during the last Sep tember races, the witness publicly offered a bet of 301. to 201. against Irmo which bet was accepted by Mr. Williams, and they exchanged cards. Vesta was second in the race. and the bet was there fore lost by the Defendant. The witness aft►.r wards saw Mr. ViFilliams, who said to him, I owe you a bet of four guineas upon Vesta." Wit ness replied, " the bet was thirty guineas to twenty." Mr. Williams said it was only six guineas to four. Witness afterwards met Mr. Williams nn the Grand Stand, and asked him if he had recollected the amount of the bet ; Kr. Williams replied it was only six guineas to four. Witness persisting in his former demand, Mr. Willi.tros called him a liar and a scoutadrcl Wiwi's* retorted; and Mr. VlHams then struck him a violent blow. villas rendered him for wine time nearly insensible; and for this assault the Defendant was indided.—Ver dl6l—thuity. THY KI NI O. Willa 111 T. 4 •SpeCiell jeep. This iniliitnieot was preferred at the instance of the Commissioners of Excise against the Detenslaw.t, for anaolting an Excise Officer in the execution of his office. _ . . The Defendant is a tumor, at Howden, and the Excioe Officer WAS in the habit of visiting his tan yard in the course of his duty, to examine the num ber of hides drawn from the pit. Some hides hav ing been seized by the Excise upon the Defendant's premises. which he supposed to be at the instiga tion of the Excise Officer, this proved a source of irritation in the mind of the Defendant. In count iag the hides at a visit subsequent to the above seizure, the Defendant found fault with the Es ciseman's removing the hides, and throwing them about in counting them, as being injurious to the Nudes; and told him he might count them as they lay upon each other. Some words pasted hetween them relative to the seizure of the hides, in sehala each gave the other the lie. The Defendant asked the Exciseman if he had finished The Escisenian replied he had. Defendant ord. red him to quit his premises, nr he would turn' him out; and the k.lx ciseraaa said he should stay as long as he pleased. There was mach contradietion in tae evidence of the witnesses. Ttie Excise Officer denied that he had finished his survey, or that he had replied so that died ; which fsi was, however, deposed to by se veral witnesses. The commente•aent of the as sat:!t, and the place where it occurred, were various ly related ; hut it appeared. that alter much alter cation, the Deteiaiant (*h.) i. a very stout man) went ❑p to sue Excise 011L'er. and gave him se• ver .1 blows on the lace, and .s black eye j the Luis* ();ficrr scutiad with the Defendant, and tore his shift ; he Lame the day following, and proceeded in !i , l serv.iy, attended by a Constable. Verdia—Geirte Cif EiCiff Ofuter, but net in the mei .:f 41s lire. DUKMAM .ISSIZES. The question betwc .n his Grace the Archbishop of this Province and the Corporation of York, touching the right of the former to the possession of the Gates, Bars, and Posterns of the said City, during his Grace's Fair, Commonly called Lammas Fair, held yearly in that city and the suburbs thereof, came on to be tried at the Assizes at Dun ham (pursuant to an order of the Loan CH•mcaL- Lo a) on Friday last, before the Hon. Baron WOOD and a Special of that County, when a verdict was given for his Grace, whereby is confirmed and established the right so claimed by him, and which had been infringed upon by the Defendants, in their having lately palled down one of the said Posterns, in defiance of notice given to them on behalf of his Grace to desist from such proceeding. It was not for the recovering of any special da mages that his Grace was induced to institute this suit, but for the purpose of supporting and handing down to his successor the rights of the See unim paired, agreeably to the trust reposed in him. By this verdict, and under the certificate of the Learned Judge, his Grace is entitled to costs. An anion was brought at the late Hereford As aires, by the Committee appointed to superintend the construßion of Lord Plit.son's Column, en the Castle Green, Hereford, against the Assignees of the Archited who was employed to build the co lumn, and who became insolvent berme the work was emnpleted. The ,Rion was brought to recover the value of a quantity of materials deposited for the use of the Committee, on the Castle Green, and which was forcibly taken away by the Assignees, under a pretence that they belonged to the archited. After an examination of two or three witnesses, it fully appeared, that the materials were tiJt only the propetty.of the Committee, but had adually f.een paid for prior to the insolvency. The Defei.d.iitts called no witnesses, aed their Counsel threw up their brief. Verdi& for the Plaintiffs, 1081. 10s. besides costs. being the full value of the stone taken away. Monday se'nnight an all of suicide, attended with circumstances of a very aff:Cling nature, was com mitted on board the Thames smack. Capt. Batr.sa oat.t, at sea, while on her voyage from Leith to London. This vessel had a great many passengers, and among the rest one Gentleman, of very respect able appearance, whose behaviour, and unfortu nate state of mind, attraded the notice of every one on board. He appeared extremely dejeted, and paid little or no attention to any one around him. The passengers were, however, under no apple hinsion of the dreadful catastrophe which was about to take place. On Monday, all the people were on deck, except one person, who remained in the cabin with the Gentleman in questien. The latter pulled out his watch, and 21. in money, and without any preface, addressed the other person in these words— " Young man, have you not some small debts you would wish to pay 1" The other replied in the ne. gative ; on which he was again urged to accept of the money, the Gentleman saying—" Yon may as well take it : it will be better in your possession than at the bottom of the sea." The young man imme diately went on deck to communicate his suspicions of the unfortunate Gentleman's intention ; but before any precautions could be taken, be had thrown himself from the cabin window into the sea. The boat was immediately hoisted out ; but, as if aware that such would be the case, he had previous ly cut his throat ; and when the boat reached him, and had taken him on board, the people saw that their efforts were too late. The body bled very profusely when in the boat. A dog, unobserved, lapped a considerable quantity of the blood, and two days after exhibited evident symptoms of approach ing hydretbodia. He was immediately thrown overboard. 're return to the unfortunate subjed of this paragraph, the shack occasioned by his dread ful exit, on the sailors as well as the passengers, it is hardly possible to describe. The Captain, from his wish to afford his friends, who reside in London, the opportunity of interring the body in a way con solatory to their own feelings, kept it on board till the unexpeded tediousness of the voyage, and the extreme heat of the weather, obliged hint to cause it to be thrown into the sea. This was also dose partly to satisfy the piejudices of the sailers, who declared that, while the body remained ea bolted. they could not cheerfully do their duty. DEATHS. Oa Friday eee.ll.lg, at M. honor in Orchard-place, Sorrell et on, Major St. Clair, Ilarrack %faster at Fling. I.a.t wick, at Haildinbane, in toe I.le of Ely, laser, the WO of Thema Bootale, a promising youth about 19. Ho had walked Non Milton, a distaac of about fight alloy when being much betted, his death was eseatismed by ineerralig and washing hit feat sod legs lo cote, eater. HIGH WATER. THIS DAT, AT LONDON-MUM N.m.... •1 sin. alfaq ..a I 15i0....N Olin. MN .. 3. LONDOPII•e•Pribted by G. DAVIDSON. Pie. It. Dirks's- Nleirponst, Ossiosipssisit, sod published se the ellsiN cl ie. lb, Mesh of IC Clonsuatto Muds, Strand, by W. , of No 7, lbst isbess.stseut, Leiii-Aces Ostiws,te kw skis Fars, omit M Ilse Off, (pest psi!) trill be is; vosedoill is. ieurst INTELLIORNCE. PORTSMOUTN, AtFOUST 4. Arrived the American ship /N ue ,. trom Bordeaux for Ants aim, demigod Hi ' s Ma ksty's ship Plot. Sailed the ksplesio• bomb, with two transport s to the Eastward. raysioure, ASS f. Arrived the Sewpiee sloop of var. 'rim a ci and the Edger transport. Captain Sanwa, I ron , Monte Video, with Spanish prisoners. Sailed His Majesty's ships Ardscieso and affeerrar, on a mtge.—Wind S.W. It&I.110gIrM. AUL t. Arrived late this evening the Printers Mary Packet, Pocock, with Mods from New-Yolk and Halifax ; left the former on the 4 h of July, on which day the Doke er Packet arrived there with Mails from England. By the New• York Papers to the 3d iost. several meetings had been held at Norfolk, New-York, &c re specting the capture of the Chesapeake by the La. Vargas XI supplies of water, provisions, Ikc. w-re ordered he di,continued. In consequence, the busts from our ships landed and brought off alp , v• tatty ne.id of ; and had stated, that supplies were granted them, they would lay the;c ships alongside of Hampton, and take the same force. Commodore Barron, of the was wounded in the leg. Colonel Boit has bren committed. Bill, to the amount of 100,140 dol lars, had been offe!,d, and refused. All naval of ficers have been summoned, by the Secretary of the Navy, to repair to Norfolk. The Princess Mary Packet left at Halifax His Majesty's ships Pills Is Miles and Obsereaisse. Suiled•s•verral coasters to the westward. _ _ Arrived His M.4jesty's schooner Clegg, from Tot hay. %vim dispatches for Admiral Gardner.— Wind S.S.W. ♦uo. 3. Arrived the .latheivar, 74 guns, from Plymouth, and . araocoa and ellconrur frigates from a anise. We have just received information of a line-of battle ship, and a frigate, having got out of Brest, and that they are cruising off Calais Bar. Two sh.ps of the line are getting under weigh to look atter them. o'clock—Tin- signal is this moment made far the Colossus, Monorrh, and 7 harms to proceed to sea, supposed to De going off ltochfort. Wind \V. YAIMOWTH, Alla. 4. Last nieht Mr. Congreve embarked rn boar(' cutter, having under convoy three sloops, !Aden with rockets, made under his own in.peetion; they are supposed to be destined to the Baltic —Wind S.W. DUTRA, AUGUST 4 ; ;6'c/wk. A fleet of West indiAmen is now passirg. l'here are at present in sight about 50 sail. Inuir convoy of a 74 ; the wind is fair, a fine breese. An American schooner, from St. Peter:burgh, has been some time at anchor in the /toads, but Eas not communicated with the shore. She has now g-t her anchor, and is beating to windward. A fine cutter brig, mounting 110 guns, lot the use of Governmeet, was launched hero, this mot ninA, about eleven o'clock, from Mr. King's yard she went off ragnarkably weW There are now fitting out h. re several cutters, as tenders, for the use of Government. •CAL, AU(VST J. Came down from Sheerness, last night, the No:e.. buy frigate. P. S. Just ruoived His Majeuy's ships Cassia, from the Leeward Islands ; and the Hared, from Plymouth, with convoys, both of which an tilled for the River.—Wind S.W. MULL. •MUWT f. The fleets bound for the Baltic and Tonniogen, which have been detained in Giim.by K iads, c‘mot of the embargo, seikd from thence this inora. ing, nnler their respedive convoys. The following •essels have gone down from hence into Grimsby Roads to join convoy, viz.—Piaui& aer. Burns ; Proftor I Sarah, Auhone ; nape, Bartlett; and Malays*, thing, all for Lisbon.- - 1 -ivoivo Gibson; Finch; Whiw, ; and Mallard, Bruce, all fee Oporto: they are es peffed to sad the first fair wind. COAL.B4/aItIKKT, Ausuar S. Shops at Market. Sold. Irma 22 ..14egraaale 11. 40s Od. a bit 6.11 S 3 40. od. • 46. 04 "Stuns Coal 2 60s. Od. a Or .1. Od 2 ..Culio PKICE OF sToacs, YESTIO DAY. S per Cent. Reduced • • • 6111 9 pea (eut. Calais - . 4 per Ccsit 94 14 5 p.: Cent. 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