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`.." t _ 1! wing es ti. is. into the p 4 . 44.......... .e assignees. That book a sheepskin 4at er. 1 ii• ter made that entry •in any or hunk. I will net swear that I did not state on n fur y occasion, thet these cot rice had h.en mete in i book, h a !marble voter, but I have reason ill think L did Vini. • s ill mil swear, but I think I did net make these entries a book with a marble cover. I never represented that ee Mt •k in which these entriee w ere mule hail horn Init. .1 w a person of the name of Porter I do not recollect. ' I think it is more than likely he assisted me in tit thing • list 'tithe fiettions lianies..lß was he Ishii made out that 1 Ie %H., which is attacked to the passbook. I was with rt-r at his liidgines in Laidgate•hill, within the rules of t , • Fee•t, the ibis the docket was *truck in the second emu ', ssien. Porter an. re suite went to France at nay request. l .? r. iliimslea leas in France at the time. aria sidrieqiiently st tamed with Mr. P.vter. I rerreepoirdi•d with Porter, f• his 'internee The l itters I received from him were (tepee' 7 din two hags at niv tare. On the day after the doeltrit .i . struck, I sent t•• my own oni e fir Some sealed 'week. ,' • el out linear that on a former occasion I did net represent. i • at tiro gait ions enure entrust!, amounted to more than the deer..., hut thistle the impression my mind. Porter Wide sip the • "omen , with my eseielariee. The first item was Bennett, I emit+ the nest Was Greoemsar, stool nest Grosvenor, 0001. 'II the nib October, IPII. I deli% ered the pass-honk to Mr. trim ile-ad personally. Inlay Nice sent A letter to Mr. Grim. dead at the limn ;it eery likely I did, but I hate reesider s Ode doubts net I did I ens never examined on this ques 7lion but tutee, and that was h••fore lire Conliiiks•Oriers.-[4 heck containing the impies of letters was then headed to WS.] —I arkno.viedge that letter pointed not was written by me to Mr. Giiindea.l on that day. The eraseree in the book were eked'. to deceive Mr. Grimetenil. I do nal think that action ani entitled to thi• harsh name of fraud, fair Mr. Grinstead and :ill the other crc blurs will be paid twenty shillities to the pow) I. They n ill be paid free, the proei•eds of a 'toddle estate, that of Howard and Gnats. When I joined Mr. ?totem, in partnership I IsroilKlet no money 141 the CAS. 1 nem ; and all the mime) I derived since was got from lbs instfits of the pirtnership. I joined it iu 1.11, and II 11 , 1riptslly eendneted the hilliness ever since, up to the • sti al of the blink. uptcy. I remember the redemption elf tirdiemee Morose- annuity. The releases were sighed by r. (Irtmstead. 'there e'en* certain policies executed on :eye d Jannis %may's life. Two of the policies Were WAIL Old there was a return of premium on the third. There was 1 , 1 end anus politer.; as tar as he was concerned. Mr. Grim sleet was in the habit of cemitte 111 our office frequently, M . . wee: times ill the limb, and latterly every day. Ile gene- rally kept the phisbook until the time of making it op again. That was ever) half year, bat in some instances more fre ikeeetli. The pass oriole nos in the heiel.writing of two or terse of the clerks. That part of it which related to October. tare, was, I thlek, written by it person of the name of Thorpe. The latter part was done be a person of the name of 11 inemili. There was no injunction given that Mr. Porter's baying gone to France at 1.1 be kept secret. Ide not VOAk it was agreed it shnuld be kept secret d'om Mr. Howard. The letters I received from Mr. Porter Were in two bass at ms . idlice. Mr. Porter adsised ins to apply to Mr. Mont reue, who was counsel for the creditors, to mike% our to set aside reit:lin matters by as side aim!. Mr. C.im,tead payed the expenses of Mr. Porter's journey to Prince. I ativanc.4l him e sum of money alien he was grime, which he repaid me about tau or three months ago. Mr. Porter was within the roles oft he Fleet when he repaid it. it was my own money I advanced. I was very intimate with Sr. Gronstead ; we hid no quarrel; be never called me a a villain and a seu•itelrel, nor said I deserved transportation; if he hat] said so is my pre •enee 1 should have kitecked him •leyee. Mr. Montague hail a general retainer from Mr. Howard and myaell ; he anie•ared the first commission for the creditors, during v. Well time I had frequent interviews •• tilt him, unit itio reeled him ; this I did by the advice of qe. Porter. Porter acted as agent for Mr. Gni mstead under my particular reien.st, throtieliont the whole of the first commission e whatever was done in the mutter, was done by the alvice of Mr. Montague, Mr. Porter, Mr. ttrimstead, and myself. Them- were several prigattepapere which were left in the possessimi of oar porter, and he had directions to deliver them over to the assignees when chosen. Harrison, a servant ..i . Mr. Porter's, brouelit me a SOW money sad papers to Porter's heleings in Ludgate-bill; I went to Mr. Porter'. the ~ ay the docket was struck in the second commission ; Atktu. efte was in possession of the house at the lime. Ile-examined by Mr. Serjeant VAUGIIIIII. — Mr. Porter Is i 03siVeSaneer. .„, , Li t;tutwer to a question from the Sorserroa-Gan gaes—ror ' -- rum 'ems in the Fleet. a question from Mr. Serjeant VAconsat.—l am Howard ; I am married to his daughter. Ranloll4ll was then sworn—l was a clerk in the employ toward end Gibbs. The entries in the pass book Iv, were made I: v me. I pereeiie some erasures .eiviels was handed to the witness. j 'These era made heroes, it lisd been delivered to me. The • Mat, MIS, were also made by me. On the ad eup the book and struck the balance. I then to Mr. Gibbs: it had no erasures on the left en I delivered it. There were some erasures hreneht to me in November to make it up. I least idea w bat was written there. lifted by Mr. Serjeant Pest. —I was employed in meisrl. Hummel and Gibbs, soon after I bad Jamaica, a here I a as employed as a clerk in one mhos's. I went Irons Ragland to the West Indies. rincipal aucountAnt of Messrs. Howard and Gibbs persist. I was in the confidence of Mr. Gibbs. I : day upon which the docket in the second cow struck. On that day a servant brought me a letter ihhs.--tA letter was then sheer In tie witness, al wai one he had written in answer.)--On receipt fount Mr. Gibbs, I searched for two sealed letters. '. I think I did (but lam not clear) take them . Ido not know any body else,to whom I could them. I think I took them to my own house that elivered them the next day to Mr. Gibbs. I will vets that 1. did not break open any desk, drawer,or ..iese papers. I kavefrequently seen al r.Orimstead of the office ; I turner transacted business with him but once, ' uhan he asked me semething about a sum of money paint to his hanker; I 'weer made any oh lion to Mr. Gibbs e bout the erasures ; I was employed as clerk to the assignees under the first commission. I cannot recoiled whetherl was their clerk when I delivered up the papers to Mr. Gibbs. I time often seen Mr. Porter on Mr. Grimetead's business. Mr. thouenca•G EN ERAL—I wish to ask the witness Gibbs a question. :ttr. Gibbs was then recalled. I am not quite clear that I del not borrow cennt. long annui ties from Mr. Grimstead in December. 18,9; I am not cer tain as to either the amount or the sum, but I do recollect some trenseetien of the kind. If the money was repaid it will appear in tbr pass book I the pass-book was thou handed to the witness]. I will hint swear that the sum of i ,uttel. men tinned in this book is not the sum referred to. If there were money entered as paid as Mr. Grinistead, I am sure ho has rem-lye:a it. Mr. Serjeant Lass.—That, my Lord. is our case. Mr. Sometime Getesseat. then addressed the Jury fur the delence. It was perfectly true, as stated by . his Learned Frien:l, that this was a case of ennsiderable importance to -the parties immediately concerned. But it was a ease of equal importance to those whom be represented, the great body of the creditors. The Jury must be already aware that Messrs. Howard and Gibbs had succeeded is gaining the confidence of many persons in an humble station in life, and had gut possession of the email pittance on which they had rewired from a laborious life. They were considered a firm attic utmost stability, but unfortunately the " bobble burst," and involved in ruin a greater number offamilies than bad ever been eceasiened try I heTailure of any private bank. It would be impossible to describe the sensation it exeited and the misery Abed create.l. Many aho had supposed they should enjoy a decent meintenance to support their families, were reduced to beirgery. To those persons, therefore, it was a question Oral bait equal importance us to the individual whom his Learned Friend (Mr. Serjeant Lens) represented. His Learned Friend had said be mild call Mr. Gibbs as a witness. alio pus it no interest whatever in the cause, and would therefore have the Jury to believe, that although the conduct of Gibbs was of such • de m:rip** as to render his testimony of itself incredible, ettd sea it retitled to .credit, when It was adverse to his own interests. But he would tell the Jury the manner in which Gibbs was interested. Ho was interested in the choice of iiesigitees, fiar if they were apt to his Attlee or the choice of Mr. Grimaced, he should then have absolute control over Ms own proeerty. In sasing this, he did not refer to the present moment, but to the time when the assignees were amen end for the bake of consistency Mr. Gibbs was isle redeillgiving the same testimony now us he gave before the C lasioners and the Vice• Chancellor. Let us look a ' little, wise meth , parties in this mom, and if lee failed in prow. At Utat Gibbs, Grinstead, and Porter had been enaaged in a eimapiraey together, be greatly misunderstood the nature of the evidence he had to offer. And first, who was Gibbs ? He eas an individual who entered the firm without a shilling, having tireviousty held a subnrdinate situation. He found at tilivisbine, but from the moment tie joined it its affairs begets to deeline. and up to the very period of the bankruptcy treuard believed he was in possession of a considerable spry. Who was Mr. Porter? He had been deseribed as a convey:sliver i but for the last four or live years it appeared lie had been living with* the rules of the Fleet, and there it was he beternu the confidential adviser of Gibbs and ()Sautee d. and agreed that be shoed go to France privately end clandestinely without the knowledge of his creditors. velum the %reefed commission was sued nut, some circuits - ',lnduced the creditors to op before the Commissioners. lodgings at Ludgate-hill, and !Mon of the name of Harrison, odi, his clerk, to get possession scaled packets, which were • the strong rotten." Those I to him secretly. This Rs- Ile employment, but instead /n done, such a frauduleut request, opened the draw end conveyed them * at the lOglaSeaS of Porter. ices. But let as look a little • in the private confidence of t. r has been rota In answer to a related to Mr. Win Remand s of Mears. How -f October, 18Iv 31 this hook tat sores were mad 4 entries about M or Mat I made Faze the hoi.k 1. 'sand side a 11011 it was hr, tk have not the lea Cross-examit - the service in 3 N lel tired Irons Ja ' the plaalatio I was the prim. in the latter pe I t recollect the di fni.sion was str from Mr. Galstv which he said a of the letter ko which I flamed. to Mr. Gibbs. have taken Mei tight. and delis : swear positivel , hoz, to act them nt the 'Afire ; I _ IL II ei limes had CORO: to litllt, which I i r , pose the claims of flrimitead I cllblyi was then at Porter's Ind 1 • 10 thence be sent a letter br a per s. the A . t of Porter, to'itamendi ~,i certain paper , , and two se conrwaled in a room milled " ll yaws were In he roureyed I •,. - . Taaasai was at this time Ia thi • ‘l lk a resifting, 31 he should 1111Y1 . OPOICOLiOII, h.• pulled to the 1 42 itiAtk out lite papers, who was then lurking II =elm nn" or the eircumstane farther. Purter was et this time ■ 0 I li f `~ 4101, ."'. Mr. Grimste ra connexion had existed bets., Winning sonic letters was then shot:. .be ~.., ,v, when it was seized by • person in the employmen, of the Commissioners, and thus the whole iwtween Gibbs, P. rter, and rimsterd, Was disarmed. The Learned Gentleman then read ono of these letters. It was dated Rochester, March al, from Porter to Gibbs, and WWI tr this effe , t :- 4, My dear int eseaoed from the Fleet, I stop to call your attention to an advertisement in the Times news paper, calling a meeting of the creditors of Howard and Gibbs. I shall endeavour, if possible, to attend it, but fur tear of adverse winds put had bst ter let Montapte have leis brief for the private niritin. You may confer with entire confidence with Copeland, and entrust hint in every thing. Pray, see Montague, and let hint endeavour to pest) the choler of assignees. lie will carry all these things by a side wind." Now he knew Mr. Montague was incapable of listening to sorb 'finest' ; hill it fully showed that at least Porter was Cal/able of making them. And who was this Copeland? 14e was the private attorney of Porter, and was now to be select ed as the attorney of Mr. Grimstead. The next letter stated, that no one had a right to he present at the private meeting, except those immediately concerned, and eweltided by say ing, Let every rare betaken that no intruder is admitted." Did not every one of these ciremnstatices then show that private concert had been set on foot, and could the Jury be so credulous to believe that Gibbs was now a repentant man, and had conic here to give his evidence with a view to re pair the injuryke bad dune to Mr. Grimsteert, although that evidence must blast hit own character. No person pre tended that the Monies in question had been laid out in the purchase of rimuities. The only question then to be tried was, whether the transactions stated in the pass-hook bad taken place with the knowledge of Grimstead. Let us look then at the very first item. It was an annuity granted by Lord James Murray ; and on the opposite side is to be found a charge for msuring his life, be. The nest was an annuity in which ilia name of the party was mention• ed. It was material to coniCiler that the account went on for the period of t wo years with the greatest regularity ; but then a most important change took place in the accounts. It was well tor the jury to to have this writ ten evidence before them. It could not deceive them. They would lipid that a sum had been laid nett in an annuity granted by the Iton. P. Paget ; but, on the credit side oh the account, in vain did ho look for that annuity. He did not find, as in the MID of Lord James Murray, charges for the insurance of his life, or any thing ofthat kind, bid he did tied that on the teth October e money was paid hack to Mr. Grimslead, wills interest, at the same rate as if it hail been an annuity, and this usurious transaction was designated by the gentle appellation of produce. The Learned ()malt:man then went through the various items, in order la prove that Mr. Grimstead had advanced mo nies at different periods, and instead or being invested in 111111U1111:1, he had received an usurious interest. And what was the solution that Sir. Gibbs gave of this conduct? Morays that all this was done with a view to deceive Mr. °demand; brit if that wen, indeed the object, Mr. Gibbs would have had dexterity enough not to adopt so clumsy a course. With respect to the credit to be attached to such a person as Gibbs, he would use the observatien made on this case elsewhere. If a man comes into a witness box, describ ing himself 1., be infamous, how ran you tell whether he be infamous at that moment, or at the time which he is describ ing? What means had the Jury of deciding now or, rather, was it not plain that at the very moment Gibbs was giving his testimony he was endeavouring to de ceive them. When an honest man came before them, then they could sift his testimony, and examine it it were consist ent, but when a man so coloured and disgraced as Gibbs was, by his own confession, could any reliance be placed on • single expressien *lnch lie used .? The Learned Solicitor then commented upon the evidence of Rnmoodi, and argued in conclusion, that front all the circumstances of the case, it was clear Grimstead had knowingly received the usurious interest, for unless he wilfully shut his eyes, he could not be, ignorant of the transactions which were going forward. The letters which the Learned Counsel referred to in his speech, were then offered in evidence. Mr. Serjeant Lees submitted that these letters were not admissible, unless it was proved that Mr. Grimstead bad some coonexion with these parties autecedent to the bank ruptcy. r. sterjeant Pzu, on the other side, contended they were admissible, inasmuch as Porter had been proved to be the common agent between Gibbs and Grimstead. The Lune Cuter Jessica was of opinion that, on various grounds, which he should then forbear from statiug, the let. tees were admissible. She letters were accordingly put in and read. Richard Adams was then sworn and examined—l am an *accountant. I computed that pass-book which has been pro duced hero to-day. I have examined the annuities from Msy to November. The produce of the annuities amounted to 1,7471. 3s. 6,t.; whieb, taken together with other items, or made the sum - 20441. Is. ad.; and the amount or commis sion and stamps having been deducted, a balance was left of 5,3.1111. Gs. ad., which is the amount of the item referred to in the pass-book. Mr. Humplirys deposed that Mr. Grimstead, his client, bad purchased an estate from Mr. Howard, in Yorkshire. Oo his cross-examination by Mr. Serjeant Lens—He said be bad no means of knowing the state (tithe balance. Mr. Stephens sworn.—l am Solicitor for the commission. I went to the premises of Mewl... Howard and Gibbs, to look for some papers; two bags were found tip stairs; they con tained various letters, and a number of powers of attorney, executed from Grimstead to Gibbs. Mr. sierjeant Lens replied at considerable length. He in truded the Jury to dismiss from their minds any opinion that might have been formed by the Vice-Chancellor on the sub ject. It was evident that he thought there was sufficient pound for doubt, when he sent it here, and it was for the J ury fie exercise their own unfettered and unsettled judgment on VW evidence which had been brought before them. The ques tion they had to decide was this, whether Mr. Grimstead, in latrusting his money . to these parties, meant and intended it mould be invested in annuities, or whether he lent it to Messrs. Howard and Gibbs for a time, and was to receive interest upon it. They would then ask themselves this question, Were they or were they not satisfied that this was a mere annuity transaction, and that Mr. Grimstead would have had no fright, once he sunk his money, again to call on Messrs. Howard and Gibbs to repay it, sinless the annuitaats turned out to be men of no value. With respect to the evidence of Mr. Gibbs, it was obviously his interest to give a different colouring to the transaction from that which he has given, but be has come forward to do an act of atonement, the only one in his power, to that man whom be has so greatly wronged. He evidently deceived Mr. Grimstead, by never fir a moment allowing him to suppose that Howard and Gibbs were his only security for his money ; fur then he must see, if be had common under derstanding, that not only was the principal endan gered, hut the interest must be diminished, and he sub jected himself besides at all times to the met. y of Mr. Gibbs and those of his employ, having accepted more than the legal interest for the money he bad advanced. The Jury would look at the whole case, and it would be for them to de termine upon a full review af all the circumstances, whether or not Mr. Grimstead had been cognisant of the fraud which was committed. The Lone Cuter Justice then charged the Jury. Re said, that the solution of the question which had occu pied them so long, must depend upon the opinion of the evidence which had been adduced. One was sorry to say it, but truth extorted it from him, a more grove fraud it was impossible to conceive than had been repre sented by Gibbs to have been practised by him upon the plaintiff According to his own shewiiug,Oibbs had been guilty of most nefarious conduct. After • man has been guilty of conduct like this, he ought to make the amplest retribution in his power ; and if this were the motive of Mr. Gibbs, and that his statement were true, he was entitled to great cre dit. He owed it to himself here, and to his future hopes hereafter, to make the disclosures lie has done. However, it would be for the Jury to determine whether the plaintiff had been deceived, or whether this money had been misapplied with his knowledge. The Jury then retired for half an hour, and returned a verdict for the defendant. SINGULAR ACCIDENT. Sunday evening last about four o'clock. an accident, which was likely to hese ended with fatal consequences, took place in the neighbourhood of Parker's-street, Borough. It appears that a poor Irishman, who resided at No. •L, Carter-street, de parted this life, and as is usual for persons from OM country, they visited the melancholy abode for the purpose of waking She deceased for several days previous to that of interment, which was appointed for Sunday last, alien, ►t the above hour. a vast concourse of persons, friends of the deceased, attended to see his remains deposited in the grave. The room where tha corpse was laid out in the coffin was filled, and the attendants were indulging in their lamentations, while the undertaker was nailing down the coffin lid ; on which being performed, he pro ceeded to supply the mourners with their cloaks and hoods, which they pnt on, and all being arranged preparatory to the procession, they were about to proceed towards the awful destined spot, when the floor gav • way, and the corpse, and every one in the place were precipitated Into a deep cellar. Kinsey. the Town Hall officer, being near the spot. procured assistance, and in the course of an hoer the corpse and mourn ers were got out of their unpleasant s'tuation, some of them being seriously hurt, while others fortunately escaped but with fright ; many were cat and bruised very much. On being released the body was carried to the grave, followed by those who escaped unhurt, and were able to walk. It Is much feared that some of the persons are dangerously hurt. An 'west was held on liatnrday afternoon at the Peniten • Militsank, before TROMAIS MOM. Esq., the Deputy Coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of Mary BREWTON, En unfortunate convict, aged 14, confined therein. Verdict—Died by the visitation of Ood. ~- POL tCR. GUILDHALL EXTENSIVE ItORRERY KY THE CITY GAM/ OF HOUSEBREAKERS. A dicing burglary. accompanied with robbery to a consi derable extent committed in one or the most public thorough fares in the itity, fiarmcd the subject of a long investigation at this entre yesterday, before the sitting Magistrate, Mir. Alderman Thorpe, the history of which, as detailed in evi deuce, was as I . I.IIOWSZ Fishman, the watchman of the Leekite-hill heat, in going his rounds, between three and four o'clock on fiunday morn ings observed a man loitering near the door of the poulterer's strop, at the south end of Fleet-market, and, while in the act of telling him to go about his business, heard, as he thought, a noise like the ereeking of • door, and, linking down the middle of the market, saw another man standing at Mr. Richardson's, the butcher's shop, a high adjoins Mr. Morris's, the linewitraper, that forms the south-east corner or the market, fronting Bridge-street, and, on going towards him, found Sir. Richardson's door open. The two fellows imme diately ran off Joan the middle of the market. Fishmen closed the door, sprung his rattle, and pursued the latter fel. low, oho made towards Skinner.street. In his was. an at tempt was Mlle to stop the fellow by one of the watchmen of SI. Sepulchre's, who actually caught him by the coat, but the dap gave way, and the fellow escaped, leaving part of his coat in the watchman's hands. Thu other fellow took the contrary direction, and was stopped by the watchman al the corner of Ilarp-alley. and taken to the watch-tools°. The watchman who took him had no charge to prefer, other than that of seelwr him running away, with all possible haste, at the time be heard the rattle spring; and the prisoner. being un. able to give • good account of himself, was actually sent to the remoter as disorderly, before the news of the robbery had reached the watch-house. On receiving inlswmation there, Smiths, the constable of the night, together with a patrol and watchman, proceeded to carmine Mr. Richardson 'a premises, when it was discorered that no robbery had beets coinniitted there, the thieves hav ing merely used the shop as a depository for the stolen pro perty. No person, it seem*, sleeps In Mr. Morris's shop ; the premises are locked up at night, and the door secured by a strong bar on the outside, fastened by a patent padlock, which et is didleult, if not impossible, to pick. This padlock had been forced off by the thieves, and lest its absence, in a situation where there was so strong a light from the gas lamps, should be observed by the watchman, the I.er was carefully replaced, and an Aber padlock substituted in its stead, which, could only he done by one of the gang outside, after the rob. ben had made their entry. In Mr. Morris's shop • Complete clearance had been made of all the must valuable goods. Pte property , taken consisted of silk shawls and scarfs, gannets, &lc. to the value of between 30111. and 40.i1. The till was broken open, but as Mr. Morris lakes his money home with him at night, the robbers got nothing from thence but be tween as. and 6s. in coppers. The lock of tbo desk bad been forced, and three or four bills that were in Mr. Morris's bill hook also taken away. At the time the thieves were dist urb• ed they had completed their job, and were only wailing the arrival of a hackney-coach to convey away the properly, the whole of whir+, together with a dark lantern, pick-lock keys, and other implements, was found packed up in twn large bags in Mr. Richardson's shop, the door of which had been opened by a skeleton key, which was left in the lock. l'he reason t.r this removal of the property was, that Mr. Richardson's shop has • dour toward the carriage-way, the east side of the market, to which a coach can draw up. The prisoner, who, as we have already staled, had been taken to the eompter, when brought up yesterday, was re cognized by Fishman, as the fellow be had seen loitering at the poulterer's door, and turned out to be a brother of it fel low of the name of Turnley, well known by the officers as connected with the notorious Charles Crowder, whose ex ploits have frequently been before the public. Crowder him self is at . present in the House of Correction, under a sen tence of six mouths imprisonment. His mother, however, we observed in the Justice-room, anxious, no doubt, to learn the fate of his companion. Nothing was found upon the pri • goner, except a latch.key and a street door key, the latter of which bore marks of having recently been tiled. This, he said, 11,48 the key of his brother's house, but where it was si tuated he declined telling. The prisoner's initiation cannot have been of long date. He hiss never been "in trouble," as it is termed, before, and but lately was living in service as a footman. Remanded for further examination. BO W-ST,RE FT. MILLING A CHARLEY AND GETTING QUODED. Saturday night is generally, of all the nights in the week, the most prolific its rows, consequently of a Sunday morning die watch-houses aro pretty well thronged with gentlemen and ladies, who have had the Annume of being introduced to his Warship . the night constable, by the Knights of the Win, latterly designated in dear Dublin, Knights of the Squeak. Yesterday morning the St. Martin's watch-house book con tained the following charges:— Mr. Wm. Goodyear, of New-street, Covent-garden, was charged by J. Anderson, a watchman, in Bedford-street s 1 Covent-garden, and Win. Hill, a watchman, in King-strect a Covent-garden, with committing a violent :moult upon their persons, at half-past one o'cloc k on Sunday morning ; and Mr. H. Powell, of:liencer-street, Southampton - square, ro City-ad, was char with attempting to rescue the said W. Goodyear from t heir custody. The night constable of St. Martin's stated, that he ad- , 1 milted both of the accused to bail in't Sunday morning, and one of them, Mr. Powell, was in attendance, but Mr. Good year was not. • A gentleman stepped forward and said that he was the friend of Mr. Goodyear, who was dangerously ill fcorti , and bruises which he had received at the hands °Me' watch men, and from a violent cold be had caught. 'He banded a certificate of a medical man, to Sir Richard Birnie, which stated as follow : " Monday morning, December 11. " I hereby certify that Mr. Wm • Goodyear, of New-street, Covent.gardlen, is very ill of what is termed an ilitimmatinia un the lungs. " EDW. GOODYEAR." - - -• The gentleman stated, that the surgeon who wrote the cer tificate was the brother of the absent accused ; and ho added, that the young gentleman was quite light-beaded from the effects of the injuries received by the bludgeons of the watch men, and his recovery was considered doubtful, A gentleman residing in Jermyn-street, stated that he saw the watchmen assaulting Mr. Goodyear, and of all the brutal outrages ever committed, none exceeded it. He saw Mr. Goodyear down on the ground, and a watchman jumping on him, and beating hint on the legs, arms, and head, with a thick slick. Sir Richard Itirnie ordered the watchmen to he examined. Anderson stated that be was a watchman in Bedford street; and, about half-past one o'clock on Friday morning, be saw Mr. Goodyear, with a common street-walker, at the door of a public-house, knocking loudly to get liquor. He went to him, and requested him to desist from making a noise, as it was impossible to get liquor ot that late hour. He continued making a noise, and by his violence alarmed the whole neighbourhood, when lie told him that if be did not go about his Dimness, be should take him to the watch-hquse. " Take that!" exclaimed the gentleman, and gave de sperate blow with his ti,t, whic h - sentliim sprawling. He got up and attempted to seize him, when be received *event' other blows, and at last they had a scufilc:ind came down in the gutter, by the stump at the corner the,street. A watchman named tlill cause to his assistance, and ho received several blows. There was amy of" rescue" Trade by Goodyear, and the prisoner Powell came up and iatertkred, and he was also conveyed to the watch-house. When they arrived with the prisoners on the steps of the watch-house door, Goodyear forced himself out of his hands, and gave kini four or live blows about the head; and while the night-constable was taking the charge he again struck him, and was then conveyed down below, and locked up. Hill a watchman, of king-street, Covent Garden, stated, that he saw Mr. Goodyear assault Anderson repeatedly, and Powell was taken for attempting to .gut Goodyear away from them. Powell did out strike either of them. He did not hear Goodyear eall tia the crowd to rescue him. Willis, a watchman; corroborated the statement of his fellows," and said that what the gentlemen bad stated, about Anderson beating Mr. Goodyear, could not be true, because he was sure Anderson lord no stick. ' • . Sir Richard.—No stick ? Tbcn be ought to have had a stick. Anderson aaid—" Pleaseyour Worship, I had a stick ; but I lust it in the " row." Three most respectable gentlemen, one of them an officer in his Majesty's service, said, that the blows of Anderson, at the person of Mr. Goodyear, with his stick, were the must brutal and ferocious that could be conceived. He struck at all parts of the body as if lie was knocking down au ox.— Tbey could not speak as to the commencement of the affray; it was at the corner of King-street they first saw the reu.. mitre. The Night Constable said, that Goodyear was like a mail man, in the watch house ; he assaulted the watchman repeat edly on the steps, and while he was writing down the charge, lie sprung forward and gave Anderson a duusc of the chops," and he in return received from a watchman a blow with a stick on Lis forehead, which caused the blood to run down his lice. The Magistrate ordered Mr. Powell to find hail to answer the charge at the Sessions, and ordered a warrant to be taken out against Mr. Goodyear, to insure his attendance as soon as to was recovered from his indisposition, to answer the accusatiou of the watchman. CHRISTMAS. Two men, named Crawford and Waved, were charged by Harris. a mounted Wrote, with stealing a cart 10,0 of holly, which it is believed the prisoner had cut Irons some gentle man's coppice. Harris stated, that he saw the prisoner driving a cart, near Holloway turnpike, towards London ; its contents were co vered over with a sail-cloth. He stopped them, and found that the cart contained holly, recently cut, and inside one of the bundles he round two small saws, which he had no doubt had boon owed by the prisoners in getting the holly. At the holtren of On cart we, a pick-axe. The prisoners said, that they got a living by taking oysters, fr . herrings, sprats, lee. into the coolie) , to sell, and they bought the holly, us their rehire to Landau from St. At ban's, and gave Its. for Thu cart belonged to Crawford. Illwood appeared the least dotiecrned its the transaction, and was en assistant to Crawford ; he was therefore discharged. The holly, saws, and pick-axe were forfeited; and Crawford was convicted of having the property in his possession without being sblo to give a satisfactory Bement of it to the M4gistiate." He was sentenced to pay a line oleos. and in default was cum milted fur one month, and to be whipped. QUEEN-SQUARE. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Yesterday, Thomas Hilton, private in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Wli brought up from the Watch house, charged with highway robbery. It appeared that the prisoner had met a gentleman at a public house, near the Almonry, late on Sunday night; the gentleman was in a state of inebriety, and treated him with some porter ; after which they left the Itoto,e, and the prisoner undertook to convey him safely home; hut they had not proceeded far be fore he took off the gentledian's hat, anti ran away with it. A cry of " Stop thief !" was raised, and Boyd, the watchman in Princes-street, saw the prisoner coming towards him running very fast, with the hat in his hand ; he endeavoured to stop him, but the prisoner turned short into Bennett-street, where there is no thoroughfare, and on being closely - pursued by Boyd, he d opped the hat upon the step of a door, where it was afterwards found. Boyd still chased him, and closed upon him in the corner where he secured him. . . . The prisoner admitted having taken the gentleman's hat, but said that he only took it in order to induce hint to walk home quicker, as it was getting late. I The Magistrate ordered the prisoner's serjeant to he sent for. The serjeant soon afterwards attended, and gave the prisoner a good character as a soldier, but said he was rather wild ; was sometimes absent from the evening roll, and on Sunday night he did not attend. lie was only two years in the regiment. The Magistrate was sorry that soldiers of the Guards were so far lost in their honour and understanding, as not to be better conducted. There was no less than four of them now in 'Fothil-llelds, and it was the wish of their officers, that they might be punished whenever they offended against the laws of their country. This was a most serious, offence against the primmer ; he pot the prosecutor in bodily ftrar, on the King's highway, an offence which would send him for trial for his life. The prisoner was then committed for re-examination. LAMBETII-STREET. ROBBERIES IN ESSEX. Notwithstanding the activity of the officers of this esta blishment to put a stop to the depredations upon the Essex farmers, the robberies are still curried on to a very great ex tent. Scarcely a night passes but some person is robbed of nearly all his poultry, which is the principal object of plus der. Admiral Harvey, a short time ago, lost almost every fowl he possessed in one eight; and Mr. Whitfield, of the Eagle, at Woodford, was robbed one night of sixty fowls, and another night of seventy ; his eh;efly consisted of the game Neils, for the breeding of which he is celebrated. The robberies are principally carried on by the means of farmers' servants, who come to town with the market•earta, and con vey the stolen property in the same manner, to receive which some persons arc generally on the look-out at the east end or the town. On Saturday morning, at six o'clock, a cart slopped in Whitechapel, and the suspicious appearance of the driver, named Edmund Lair, excited the atteution of Richard Plun kett, an active officer of Whitechapel, who perceived a seek in the cart, and demanded to know what it contained. Law said he did nut know. Plunkett opened it and found eight geese and thirteen fowls, which he took possession of, and at the same time took Law into custody, and from infonna ' tion ho afterwards received, he apprehended Peter Miller, 14'm. Allen, Abrakrave Pollard, and Thomas Webb. They were all yesterday brought before Sir Daniel Williams and Mat thew Wyatt, Esq. the Magistrates of this office. Plunkett conlinned the foregoing statement, and added, that the fowls were scarcely cold when he seised them. John Dungett, a watchman, slated, that he saw Webb in the cart, and that Law and another man, whom be does not know, were there also. Mr. Payne, a gardener of the Barking side of Essex, stated , that on Friday night or Saturday morning, a shed near Isis house, in which be kept fowls, was broken into, and a quan tity of geese and fowls stolen. Two fowls and three of the geese produced he w resoto as being his property, and he bad ' no doubt they were all his. Law and Webb were fully committed for trial. Miller was discharged, and Pollard and Allen were banded into the etas tody of Mr. Luke Miller, the Governor of the douse of Cor• rection at Barking, who had a warrant against them for stealiogdeer and cutting wood in Hainan Park, the property of the Hon. Long Wellesley. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHRISTMAS DINNERS. William Bankea, a pork-butcher, in Tottenham Court-mad, charged James Richardson with stealing a pig from the win • dow of his shop, on Saturday night, value 35. Tne .hop keeper was •ppriiod of his loss by a female customer who happened to conic into the shop at the time (about ten o'clock), when be pursued the prisoner, who threw away the pig. He was ultimately taken in Chenies Mews, Bed ford •sinare. The prisoner pleaded drunkenness in excuse. He was fully committed. A woman of the name of Monday charged a very respect able-looking man, named Davies, with wrenching a basket out of bar hand, on Saturday night, in Drury-lane, contain ing a leg of mut ton, a piece of hei•f, and a pair of shoes, and also with bruising her arm in UM scuffle. A watchman confirmed the woman's evidence, and stated that ho retook the basket from Davies, who was very much in liquor. Tho prisoner in his defence said. that he was an officer of excise, and that be had reason to believe that the woman bad smuggled spirits in her basket. The Magistrate (Mr. Roe) very severely reprehended the conduct of Davies, and said be should certainly report his conduct to the Commissioners of Excise, ualcas he recom pensed the woman for the assault, and the inconvenience he had put her to : having done which, the Magistrate dis charged him on paying his fees. A youth who on Saturday night gave his name Smart and Sharp to different watchmen, and about two months since staled himself to Westcott the officer to be Ames Nem, was brought from St. Giles's watch-house to answer the charge of Desmond and Reynolds, two watchmen of St. Giles% fur as • miming the character do Police Officer, and 'hewing a staff as his insignia of office. It appeared the prisoner was passing through St. Oiles's with a man who was in a beastly state of intoxication, and it was on the watchman wishing to take charge of his Iriend that the poisoner chewed his mock au thority. In Isis defence, the man of many names said be bad been buying the staff for his father, who is a constable in Worces tershire, and that be merely showed it to prevent his friend freed being taken to the watch-house. It appearing, however, that this was not the first time he had been guilty of this of. fence, and having no visible means of support, the Magi strate committed him, with an instruction that be should give 24 hours' notice of bail. - -- • A long lank knight of the bod was accused by a Charley, with having his "beer on board" on tisturia.gy night. The kight's excuse was, that he had been finishing a joh of work at Pentormilley, and in consequence had got a drop of *meat extra. On promising not to repeat the dose, his Wor ship dismissed him. _ John Collins, a pauper of St. James's, was ordered lo find bail for committing a riot in the hal: of the workhouse, on Saturday. A country lad was brought up fur offering a bundle of ash plants fur sale yesterthir morning at eleven o'clock. The buy, in his detince, said his father was a gard ener at Fulham, and that he found them in a ditch wiles So was look ing fur dwarf role plants. Remanded till Thursday, to girt. time for inquiry of Leigh and Kennedy, nurserymen at Fulham, where the boy said his' . father worked., A countryman, named William steel, from Beckley, in Oa • fordshire, accompanied by a little talkative woman, op to his Worship for the restoration of his wife ; tor, as his (items and oracle said, he was neglecting his business and squandering his money, by running after his relentless rib here in London. . . ......__ _ It appeared by the statement of the forlorn suitor, that be had been married to the lady about two months, and after having gone through all the crooked pnths of the new Mar riage Act in London, be took his bride to pass the honey. moon at his mansion in the conutvy but the fair one prefer ring a state of " single blessedness '' to the sweets of matri mony, declared candidly that she did not like connubial bliss, and took French leave of her new lord and home. The hus band, all love and desperation, followed her to this great " refuge for the destitute," and having blond out where his cold-hearted sponse is, lie wanted the Magistrate to compel her again to share his bed ; but his Worship demurred to this. to the coarse of conversation it came nut that the farmer's conduct did not exactly arise from pore disinterested love, but because the lady had a fortune, wifich he had received at their marriage, but in the ardour of his all.,ction had return ed to his " soul's pride." This immense fortune, viz. sal. be wanted again to put in his p o cket. • The Magistrate told him that certainly he had a right to the lady's fortune if he could hear arty tidings of it, and with this assurance the Oxfordshire agriculturist and his fair adviser left the office, apparonUy well satisfied. • Mars Meredith was charged by her master, Mr. Bray, of $l. James's-place, liampstead-road, with a most extensive robbery. • Mr. Bray staled, that the Prisoner had been in his service for three months, and having reason to suspect her lie sent for an officer, who found on lien person thirty-six duplicates of articles belonging to Mr. Bray, besides some wearing ap parel of Mrs. Bray's, which the winner found between her gown and petticoat.—Fully committed. 011 • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ~.. ronnroct•, i.cce Arrived the .14111C4, Walton, from Miramichi ; Aud Prima Leopold, 'Midler, from Alexandria. 2 222 In. Arrived the Eleanor, Lamb, form Bourdeaus ; Nsrtba,Col• line, from Newfoundland , rtul LiJJIu , from St. John's, New Brunswick. nicermana it. Arrived the Charles, from Charatile ; also off th e P or t, th e Berriman, from Bremen to St. Thomas's ; out 58 days. Sailed the Nepos, Nader, for Sierra Leone. ► 3 11.110C111, DIM MMMMM CO. Arrived the Albion, from Bt. John's, New Br unsw i c k, i n 31 days; Usk, from Demerara ; from New York, sa il e d , on the IMIs ult.; Neptune. from St : John'', N e w Briiny u kk, in 4 daY s ; Sarah, from Messina, in 43 days; Searthingsell Crum Charente, in II days; Aretares, from Cephalonia anti Malta; Asia, Wynton, from L'Etay, New Brunswick, in 33 n.t)si and Montrose, from London. The Aurora, Nichols, from Waterford for London, put back this day, very leaky, having struck on the Arklow Banks. DIV RRRRR 41. Arrived the Maria, Keats, from Newfoundland. Sailed the Duke of York packet for Lisbon. DAM, DECO 21. Remains the Severn frigate. The Success. Cumming. from Dublin to Cork, was strandad near Arklosv. 17th instant—great part of lb- cargo saved. The Christopher, Cole, from Newcastle to Pool, was driven uu shore in Studied Bay on Saturday. MARKETS. Coax E , lr .—We had a good supply of Wheat from Esset and Kent, but very little from any other county. The sales were not so brisk as ois Friday, but prime picked samples obtained an advance of es. per quarter on the prides of this day sennight. Barley is Is. per quarter cheaper, and hear) , sale at that abatement, the late arrivals having enabled the Ma Ilsters to stork themselves fully, so that they are not disposed to purchase any more for the present. Oats are Is. per quarter loser, hilt fine fre,li corn went off tolera bly free at that decline. In Beans, Pease, nod Floor there is no alteration. To-morrow twine Christmas-day, no business will be tran sacted on the Corn Exchange. Wheat Rye Barley ...... .. tits —34 s (Potato) Malt ....... —...—..... 44S— 60s I (Poland) White Pease ........ sas 565 (Feed) ... Boilers sits 341 I Flour 3os -- M 4 Gray Pram-- ..... Ns ses Rapeseed GUILDFORD, Dac aaaaa it. Wheat, It per load "o New dit— Oat., per quarter Ol Iss to il ss Barley, per quarter . ll es to 11 its Beans, per quarter ll is to II lus Grey Pease .. . 11 los to It 13$ PRICE OF BREAD. The price of the four-pound Loaf is stated it Serempete• Halfpenny by the Pill-priced Bakers; some sell it a Peony and Twopence lower. Sts rrnrists.—All hough the supply yesterday was fat tree being large, yet sales were very heavy of every article bet Pork, as Reef was id., Mutton ind., and Veal td. per atone cheaper ; but Po►k sold td. per stone dearer. The change in the weather is given u the reason for the decline. PRICES AT SMITHFIELD MARKET YESTERDAY. Beef 36 ad to 46 Od Veal ........... as Od to is 44 Mutton is led to is ad I Pork is ad to 44 NEWOATE AND I.EADENHALL. Beef Mutton Si Od tO ill Id 1 Pork PRICES OF HA' iy AND STRAW. ST. JAM as's. warraciisraa. New Hay bus od to Ns wd I New hay ... —s od to —s ad Old ditto —s ad to —s od Old ditto ... toss od to sos od Clover Straw Jas od to 436 6d 5traw......... sos od to see od PRICE POCILITS. Kent ...-....- sos to 955 Mosses ....... 415 to 60s Essex 5Ol 50 75s Fandango, fine, 61 01 to AI t IF HOPS. - PRICE OF TALLOW , Town Tallow as od Yellow Russia 4tS od Whit* ditto Kamp ditto 37s od Melting Stuff sos od Ditto rough torn od Kent — 4 IS nos Roues 4Ol to 4si Essex 49S to 1131 1.-600/4146, 31 104 to 61 Os , SOAP, &o. per hatlb Yellow Soap 718 od Mottled au ad Curd nu od OrAvos 7. od Good Dregs COAL MARKET, Die nnnnn 23. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 7Sk4 Newcastle 9 Sunderland 14 l',.rkshiro 14 Scotch Coal PRICE OF YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 244 3 per C. Con. shut Ditto, Red. 78 j 9 3i per C. 91 1 I per C. 976 7 New Fours shut Long An. 20 Imp. 3 per Cent. India Stock India Bonds 33 35 pr. South Sea Ditto, Old An. Exc. Bills 4 5 pr. Ditto, Small 4 6 pr. Lottery Tick. 271. 19s. Con. for Ac. 79 j 80 j i i PRICES OF FOREIGN French, 89f Ex. AS f. 30 c. Russian 0 per Cent. Ditto Metallic, of Borings Ditto of Sileins 791 Ditto, of 1822, 821 83 Ditto Scrip, Austrian, J I Neapolitan, 7 Ditto Scrip, 7 6 4 0 771 77 Spanish, of 18- Ditto, of 18111, 53121 546 531 ss 36 541 534 544 Ditto Scrip, of 18, 111 101 111 91 11 10 dis. FUNDS YESTERDAY. Prussian. of 1818 Ditto, of 18ti, Ditto Scrip, Dameh, in sterlisg, Dutlo, is Margie Rance. Columbian, es; t'B7! 08 Chilies, rsi 711 - t_ Peruvian Scrip, 771 Poysie ditto, Poyais ditto, American 6 per Coat. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Bank Skarn BI RTIIS. On Saturday last, at thehoiise4 the Honourable Colonel Loather, in bruton-street, Lady Eleanor Lowther, of a daughter. At Harpole, near Northampton, on the 14th inst. the ',tidy attic lion. and Rey. T. L. Dirndls', of a daughter. On the 14th inst. at Hurst House, West Mulesey, Lady Ber keley, of a daughter. On Saturday last, in Baker4treet, Portman-square, the Lady of George Cleghoru, Esq. of Weees, county of Rox burgh, of a daughter. On Saturday Tut, the Lady ofJobn Turner, Esq. Clapham Common, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the tot h inst. at Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, bv the Rev. Charles Rose. B.D. Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln Col -1 legc, Oxford. the Rev. Richard Rocke, R.A. of that College, ' eldest son of Richard Rocke, of Albemarle-street, London, Esq. late President of the Board of Rereette in India, to Mary Anna, only daughter of the Rey. Doctor Illorri.on, Rector of Bugbrooke aforesaid, and Warmington, Warwick shire. _ _ _ On Wednesday last. at ti sleet Church, Bath, by the Rev. C. A. Ogilvie, the Rev. William David Longlands, Fellow ut Bethel College, Oxford, to Judith Campbell, eldest daughter ofJohn Fended!, Esq. and granddaughter of William Camp bell, Esq. of the island of Jamaica. On the 13th inst. at Newport, Isle of Wight, William Firc• brace, Esq. Captain in his Tilajestv's seth regiment, to Anne, second daughter ofJohn Woven, Esq. of that place. On Thursday last, at Clapham Chi rch, by the Rec. William Dealtry, Rector, Flu titoff Leatham, Esq. of Pontefract, in the county of York, banker, youngest son of John Leatham, Esq. of Roperptc House, Pontefract, to Sligo, eldest daughter of Peter Blackburn, Esq. of Clapham House, in the county of Surrey. DEATHS. At Hackdey, on Friday last, Catharine, wife or Mr. Robert flogg. On the isth inst. in her 3.5 th year, after two days illness, at East Sheen, Harriet, wife of William Ellice, and daughter ol the late H. Ross, Esq. of Rouie, North Britain. Lately, at Lane End, Henry, youngest son and eta child of Mr. Leyte larake, of that place. Thera is a fair prospect, s. learn, or number tit shortly making its appearance on the stage ol life, to fill up the vacancy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE 'llll3 DA\. Morning 53 min. after 9. M Afternoon 31 min. after DI. 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