The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-17 00:00:00

MARGATE; SEPT. Our Ball last night was one of most splen did things : 61- the kind that has been secti'm this place ; probably, indeed, there never was l litequal to it here, in point of elegance, - taste, and,beauty. The Stewards and i'itrous exerted theMselves with great zeal to render the company happy, and they., vjere fully rewarded by the general ,adiniration and pleasure "which markf d the whole entertainment There was an :abundance of very elegant females, and. the Beaux- in general, tfj . their credit, were inure attentive to the Ladies than. to-themselves. Lord and Lady lizt4mt,KE.n, Mr, and Xrt. SYM 141)NS (of Paddington), Mrs. BENSOII,, from Li --verpool, and.indeed all the most respectable peo ple now in town, were present. The Ball,rootit was crowded, and so was the Card-room, - but no confusion or uneasiness appeared. ~The room was decorated With laurel, sun-flowers, and variegated lamps, , disposed with picturesque. ef fect. A beautiful Star, with L. W. in honour of our great British .1-lero, appeared iu the end and side windows, with - festoons - of coloured lamps around them, and afforded pride and pleasure to the company. Many of the Ladies wore 'orna ineßes in honour of Lord WELLINGTON. The company did not depart till a late hour, and thou 0i dancing was kept up through the night With great 'spirit, 'yet nobody seemed to be fa t*ued. As a proof hOw full Margate is, not withstanding- the vast concourse at the Ball, the Theatre and the Libraries were also \Veil attended n' the same night. __ ITIIGI cootT Or ausnciAttv. The subjoined case bas been shortly given in our Paper before, but a more detailed account may be acceptable to our neaders Monday came can the trial of Oleander Mom son,. ahas John. Laurie, private in the Aberdeen glire militia, accused of uttering:forged notes, knowing them to be forged, when the . pri soner pteading not gui:ty, the following. witnesses were ealtedin support of the proseention : John Walker, Esq: one . of the Magistrates of E t.linburgh, was, shewn the - diifereu t. declarations emitted by the prisoner time him, which he identified. At the the time of his.dcelaration the prisoner was dressed in a short tartan jacket, r. shirt was tai en off him, and another was brought to the Council Chamber by a.broker, both of the same quality.—The shirts shown and. identified Witness went 'to the house where .the priso'ner was seized ; 'sair a pocket-book taken out from his. stocking or :shoe, which contained 'tlevend bank notes ; six. of the Bank . of Scotland, anti four of. the Commercial Bank were - taken out of it ; shown the pocket-book and notes, which be identified, hawing been all • marked t:v solver assumed to names, first cailing , 3ohn Laurie, and .afterwards Alexander Nfillioni Douglas, clerk to, A. Callender., deputy city clerk, and. James L'Aniy, out of the Asses sors of :the. city of EdiAnrgh, identified the de claration, and 7 proveJ t'hat the prisoner was sober at the. time ire emitted them. James Fraser, clerk to the Bank of Scotland, skein notes purporting to be notes of the Bank of Scotland, which he swore-weye forgeries they had no water-inurk, and the resemblance' of his signature affixed was not his hand-writing. The notes appedmi to have been executed with a pen. —Three genuine Bank of &otland notQs were produced in Court, • for the purpose ,of •comparing with, the forged ones ; witness swore to their genuinctms.: William Forrester swore to the same effect. Edward Robertson,, secretary to - the Commer cial Banking . Company of *Scotland, shewn the bank .notes purporting to be •notes of. the Corn- mercial Banking Company, which he proved were forgeries: They appeared tot have been written with a pen. Shewn a note, ntarked B. 83-15. It was brought to witness about 30th . or 3lst ary 1812; at the Commercial Ilank;•by Mr. James Bruce, to see if it was a forgery. Witness wrote• the word forged" upon it: James Bruce was Written-on the back. About the same'time a good many forged notes made their appearance, which occasioned witness to pay particular attention to them. • James Carnegie, Teller of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, swore to the notes shewn him being forgeries. Jame 4 Kirkwood, engraver, engraves for the Bank of Scotland, shewn 'six Bank of Scotland notes, marked . H. 12-44; E. 4-321, H. 21-533, H. 31-525, J. 54-262, J. '50126'2. They were evidently written With a pen, and not genuine. Shewn four Commercial bank notes, marked B. 82-73; 8.-92-288, B. 91-292, B. 93-201, which were also executed with a pen, and evidently not engraved. Lieutenant J. C. Johnstone, of the Aberdeen shire militia, is with part of the regiment doing duty it the depot, guarding the French prisoners. ,Knows the prisoner a private in the regiment, who took his-tnrn, of course, along with the other privates: -He heard that the French prisoners were in the habit of forging notes, and frequently has. himself warned the soldiers against having any-thing to do with them. John Anderson, d private in the same- regiment, is stationed at Penicuik, at the depot. About 39th January, the prisbner had got a pass to go to Leith, and borrowed five shillings of the wit ness,-saying, that he. did not think•that be 'had as much as would carry him home. Witness has seen the,French prisoners offering things like notes, which they called pictures, for sale; but never was nearenough to see them distinctly. • Mary Handyside, lives at Bridge End, Libber ton 'parish, with her mother. Sonic time after the new -year, the prisoner came to their . house, dressed in a tartan short coat and blue pantaloons, along with a man and woman. They drank some thing in the houSe. She changed a Commercial -Bank note fOr and he paid the reckoning. Shewu a note, Marked B. 92=293. 'She wrote her name on it hi the Council Chamber. •It is like the one she got from • the prisoner. " There was no other note of the kind in the house at the time she received it from the prisoner. It, was on a Thursday forenoon; 'about 11 o'clock, and that same day she came to Edinburgh, and went .to Peter Forbes and. Co.'s to buy some articles. . She offered the note in payment, but it was refused, as being a bad one, and she got the articles credit. She afterwards went to Robert Havens, on the SOuth - Bridge, where she purchased some articles, and one of the lads iu the shop _changed. the note. James Scott, apprentice to Peter Forbts and Co,. corroborated the foregoing statement, as to the. note being refused ; &c. Robert Havens, some.time in January last, in taking die money oat of the till, about la o'clock at night, observed? a one pound Commercial Bank note, which he immediately perceived was a forg ed one. It was taken by. a lad, since dead, who told him hc' got it from a woman. The note was never out of his possessiOn till two . days after, when he gave it to Archibald Campbell, the town-officer. He put his initials upon' it, and afterwards saw it • at the Council-chamber, and is the same one now , produced in Court.--- He thinks, it was on a Wednesday .thP note was taken. • . • - .• • Jolin Hodge; An exception was taken to the ex;atnination of this witness, as he had been "con fin edtwelve months by a sentence of the Magisfrates for uttering base coin ; but the Court were of opinion that this""went only to affect his credibi bility as a witness, ' of which the Jury should judge,' and NVaS:6O bar to bis exarilinatioh. He was accordingly exarnined, and deponed, that he is a travelling;merchant sometime in the begin ning,Of the'year . he was going to - the coal-works on the Dalkeith-road, When lie met the. prisoner tiear hie atoat el6'ica o'clock ia forenoon ; be war quite sober, and, bought a pAr of stockings for 2s. 6d. ; he asked hint. to change a note, which not being able: to do, they went to, a public-house, where they had a sill of whiAy and a bottle Of porter, and got the note .changeci. Prisoner paid 2s. for the stockings ; said he Was, a.drover,' driving,. for Mr..Willianison, and was going north to meet a droi.e'of cattle, and that he had lust Come - froiu England. -In the eenin...; as the witnes-a was returning to town neat the t-Gib bet Toll, about; sun 'set, he met Mrs. .Simpson. coming out of her house -With a note- in her Ittpid. to get Changed, she .1 , sked him if he coul;1 do it, he said he bad only 19s. 6d. but went in with her, and saw the prisoner very' drunk ; he asked him how . he - needed.change, as he saw hith get a nate. Changed-in the* morning, end observed that he must have .drunk very hard, on which prisoner said he had bought some hardware articies : , and spent all his change iii purchasing them ; is - itness then said he would change the 'note if the prisoner would buy , as 'nun as came 'to a Shiling ; he bought two pairs of stockings, for which he paid/ 6s. 5 saw the stockings next dsy in 'the Council chamber ; 'a pair shewn and identified; he changed a 20s. Commercial Bank note, and gave him Ids. he-had no other note in Ws possession that day• but the one he received from the prisoner ; it was on Thursd4y he got - the note from him ; on Fri day morning. he went to Mr. Didiee's, Blair-street, and purchased about -205.: worth of goods, for which he paid with the note 3' at. night he cllled again at 'Air. Brnee's to purchase sonic other ar-, ticks, when be was informed the note was bad be staid iii, the shop till Mr. Bruce sent to get the note from the Commercial Bank, where he bad sent it; 'he gave another note for it, remarking, tkiat he would know the than from whom he got it; as he Was very " ken-specicle;" he.saw himafter vvards in jail, being informqd at . the Couneil 7 eham 7 berthat a man was in ,eustbdy for uttering base noes-; put his mane on the note. on Saturday in the Council-chamber it was /narked B. E 3-73. . _ Marion Simpson, Echb Bfink, corroborated the evidence of the former witness. • William Reid, apprentice to Mr. Bruce, de poned, that John Hodge came to Mr. Bruce's ware-room about eight or Nine o'clock one morn ing- early in the year; bought goods amounting to:l9s. Lid. and paid for them with a. :L . S Cowtnercial Bank-note. The note w laid in a place by it self, and there wa§, , to other iu the shop. When wititess returned from breakfast, about ten O'clock, he was informed that tke note he' had taken was a bad one ; he said , he would knOw the person lie got it from. In the evening of the =same - day Hodge returned; and he informed Mr: Bruce that this was the man lie received the note from (Mr. Bruce had prpviously left the note at: the Com mercial Bank Office,) witness waithen sent to the Commercial Bank for the note, which he brought back with hint'; •it was given to Hodge, - who gave a good note for it ; he identified the note marked B. 83-73. • James Bruce, stocking-manufacturer, Blair , . street ; recollected his apprentice taken a forged I note in his. absence, some time , 'in the beginning of the year ; he came: to his ware-room be tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, and saw a note lying on a board in the Nvindow w-hen a lad (Arnott) said to him; he loped be kneW about it, as it was \ a bad one, and he answered, he knew nothing about it; no _more passed till Reid came in, who said he tooklt for some stock ings early in the morning, from a little Man, who . , was to return in the evening for a balance of 6d. due to him ; in the course of the forenoon, wit ness went to the Commercial Bank and mention:. ed that he had Iv note which he knew to be forged and wished.to know if they would pay it ; he applied- to Mr. Robertson, who 'requested him to leave the note, and put his name and,address on the back of it, whiti - he ;did ; in the evening • Flodge came for his 6d. when witness' sent a card to the Bank, stating, that-the man from whom he got the note was in the shop, and if they wanted to trace the note now seas the time'; he had re ceived back the note' which he had left, which he gave to IJadge, and got a good one for it ; the note shewn and identified'; Hodge said he had got it frOm a man with a tzarian jacket. • Jean Wilson alias Craig, was in Mrs. Dudgeon's hpuSe one night in winter, when the prisoner cattle in ; had some conversation with •him, he said he had been robbed and knocked down corn ing from Dalkieth; got a Bank of Scotland 20s; note from him,' which she gave to James Worthington to get changed ; she looked at it narrowly when she took it, and from two holes in it she was certain the one shown her was the, -Same, marked 11 12-44. Worthington got it changed, and. she gave' the change to -the prisoner. A ss. 6d. piece was among the silver. Next.morn , ing he sent' out another note for change,. which was kept by Mr. Lawrie as, being. a forgery; and the prisoner apprehended, on . which she sent and, got back the other note, suspecting - it might' be bad also. - • James Worthington and Arthur Worthington corroborated the statement 'of the preceding wit ness, and identified-the note. Mrs. Dudgeon lived in Lyon's Close, saw the in her house, and recollects hi's being ap prehended: 13e came in with her servant Lucky, and remained all night in her house. In the morning he sent out for change to pay his reckoning ; put a 20s. note into the witness's hand; Which she gave to Bell licky to take to Mr. Lawrie's to get changed. Mr: Lawrie kept the note, which he said was had, ar4 got some constables and two bailie:, who had him appre ' hended. Archibald _Campbell apprehended him and searched him after he was apprehended, Six notes and some silver were found upon him ; the notes were in a small black pocket-book, and were concealed in the foot or lt.is stocking on his right leg. Witness locked the door to 'keep him in, he made no 'attempt to escape. She told the -officers . 'who apprehended him, that she inspect:al he had 'concealed something about his shoes 'or: stockings.. Bell Lucky, servant to Mrs. Dudgeon, met the ; prisoner, one night, at the Pillars.,; who asked her 7 if she would take a on which she took him to her miitiz3s's, where he ret.- all nii tit. She took the note to get changca in ti,e morning,. which was stoprti by Lavvric.-- la:mt . :heti the note B. 91-252. - John - Lawrie , spirit-dealer, High -street, recol lects a servaut of Mrs. coming; to 1); shop about HI o'clock in the morning to get a note changed. He counted Out the change.; Tut, oa,lopking at the .note, did not like it, and sent to Ale cinder Allan to. inquire if it was a good one, when he\ was informed it was forgery, and as desired to detain the person who ()tiered it. Archi bald C:inpbell being passing at the time, he im i.:edi6tely called him, and they went together to Mrs. Dnageon's, where the , r apprehended the pri— Boner,. A note sliewn, ` l -292, which he i.len tified, basing put his name to it in Bailie Walker'i shop; and 4fteovards i the Council-chamber was present when the prisoner was searehed some silver was feend on hint, a ss. 6d. piece; a:td some 23. 6 . 1. piee.2s. In his right foot, be tweetr his stocklugrand sloe, was found a small pocket-book, and the following rotes of the Bank Of ScOtland, which he identified, having put hit initials on tlnun, vii. four, 20s. - notes, rtarke(3. I. 56-2,62, 54-244, H. 31-535; 11,'21-533,, .Codane - cial Bank note, Marked B. 93.-201. David Bill, hair-dresser, was present at the searching of the prisoner, and corroborated fully, the testimony of the former witness - . Here the proof for the prosecution closed. ,• The prisoner's declarations were then react; they ,we..re of a most contradictory nature 3 in the first he stated that. he was a drover, and had got the notes in - change, some at Berwick, and in. differ rent, places ; in the second he acknowledged he was a soldier, and that he fOhnd his pocket-book; the third vas similar to the second. Some witnesses were then called on behalf of the prisoner, who gave 'him an excellent charac-' ter, as being a : good soldier, and, before the pre sent suspiciouS:cireuinstances, of unbleinished in— tegrity. The SorAcrroN'-,GNERKV,tIien addressed the Jury - for - the Crown, andlonpz WOOD, tsCt. for' the prisOner, the LORD JUSTICE CLERK Sltaittled up the evidence, after which the Jury were .en clOsell, and ordered to .deliver in their verdict next day. On Tuesday the Court I,nct, when the Jury re ' turned their verdict, finding, by a plUrality of voices, theroet not proven. The Court oni re ceiving the . verdict, remarked, that had they had the honour to have been on _the Jury, they should. haVe Considered ItLas their" duty to have voted with the minority. After a suitable admonition, the prisolier was assoiiiied from the bar.. Counsel for' the Crown, Mr. Solicitor-General, Willittinßoswell, Esq. Advocate; Messrs:James and Charles Bremner, 7 --- ,Agents. Counsel for the prisoner', John Wood,• Samuel M'Cortnick, • Esqrs. Advocates : John Tait, tertins, .Esq. • Agent, Mr. CLARXE, in his valuable - and extensive - Life of . Lord Nelson, which may be considered as the Cornmentaties of that diitinguished Admiral, givet us the following account of what passed rela tiVe.to Russian politics, after the Battle of -Co penhagen. Everything . respecting that Court is / now highly interesting to, the public. (Vol. 11. The preceding memoir of the battle, .wl - 1 , 213. has already detailed the Various occurrences - that' took place atSoperihagen, to the conclusiOn of this-armistice, nest retraces Lord Nelson's pro ceedzings from hi;" beingappointed Commander ChieG as successor to Sir Hyde Parker. The rirst signal which Lord Nelson made, aS Commander in 'Chief, Was', to hoist in all launches, and pre pate to weigh. This at .once shewed how ,diffet ent a systeni was about to be pursued it haing been intended that the fleet should await-. at an chor fresh inSlructions from 'England relative to. the state of the Northern' affairs ; an account of wit idh had been_ but lately dispatched: Lord Nel son, who foresaW every bad consequence from this inactive mode of proceeding, owed his bad health. - more to chagrin than to any other ci.zuse. •On the 7th of May, 1801, the fleet left Kioge Bay; and, proceeding towards Bornholm, anchored in blow ing weather off that island.. The :reater part was here left to 'Watch the motions of the Swedes 3 and with a chosen squadrOn, consisting .of his ten best. sailing seventy-tours, two' frigates, a brig, and a schooner, Lord Nelson soiled to the, port of Revel. He wished for further satisfaction re' speAng the friendly dispOsition of the Russians, and thbught that the best method of putting this to the proof would be, to try how he should be • received in one of their ports. who shot at Mn ITincheliffe, of Hohniirth, has been fully committed to York Castle, to stand trial' for the crime. AIUICAL - FETIVAL. WORCESTER, ,EPT..l2.—The Ball on Thursday night, at the. College Hall, was so eNtremely crowded ) that it yv7as with the greatest difficulty _titp.eompany 'eouhl ,dance. The first dance was led of; by the Misses LYtoN, the ,daughters 'of the Member. - The company was , robbed, as they passed in and out, in the most diring; and outrageous Man ner, by a gang from London. Mrs. MUTLOW, the wife of Mr. Niort.ow, the Organist; of Glou cester, and who presided at the, organ at this fes tival; and her brother, were attacked at the door by, the gang, and their arms were held while their pri)lierty was forcibly taken from them.. So much -viOlerten was used to Mrs. M.'s brother, that he Could scarcely use his arms on Friday, front the bruises• he had received. This, created some alarm, and several - gentlemen were on the alert yesterday to discove,rtile- gang, • and one was discovered among the_ crowd, from his motions, and was seized by -the constables. who took him before Alderman N. when all the account he gave of himself was, that his name was MORTON, and that he was from London. ..Hehad • Bank notes to the amount of 351—found upon him. He was very properly detained in custody. The performance yesterday morning at the Ca thedral, was the sacred and sublime Oratorio of the Messiah. There were upwards of two thou sand persons present.- Every place was: crowded in the extreme: The pulpit was filled . with ele gantly dressed females. The Bishop. admitted two Ladies into his throne. Some Gentlemen sat on the front of the gallery, and numbers were admitted. behind the performers. Mr. BRAMAN also gave the solo, " Behold and see," very chastely, and with so much" feeling, t .at several were quite overcome from the effect. CATALANI improves very Much in sacred music, as she gets familiar with the ' , English. She gave her solos - very.correctly, and with Very fine effect, and in the cadences strewed her . transcendant powers. I.l“he evening there was another cicOded hall to a grand miscellaneous. Concert. ,CIi'ALANI and BRAHAM sang several fairbtrite 'pieces not an- . nOthited iii :the scheme. , The whole of the per formances haVe been•verY \ably led, and in a mas terly manner, by CkA.MER. CATALAtit has very liberally • subscribed 50 gui neas to the charity, and Mr. BRAHAM has sub scribed 30 guineas. The collections at the Church • doors, which exceeded those Of all former Music Meetings, ex cept when hiS Majesty iVas present, in 178$, were Qs follows • First Pay Second Day.. Third Day G 222 4 10 25q p U. Total L.SI2 18 4 ITAMILTON SIIBIN OF CATTLE. On Friday, the 4th instant, the' shew of - Cattle for the premintus given by the :Middle Ward of Lana.rWiirei?armers Club, took place at Hamil in one of the to%i-n's parks, at the west end of the Burgh, when tore was produced, • in competition, some of the fineSt and most valuable cattle t? be found in Scotland, viz. three draught stallipns, eight - bulls, seventeen milk cows, six two year old queys, and twenty-three bullocks. There shown on the ground a lot of very fine West Highland cows; calveS, and stotz, the property of the Marquis of Douglas, ~by means of which his Lordship intends to introduce this most -valuable breed in the island of . Arran, and the higher lands of this comity. :All the judges were - highly gratified. with their beauty and shape. After the spew, the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Club, with their friends, and also the neigh 'bullring farmers; dined in t'le Inn, when many' patriotic and agricultural toasts were ,given, and the evening sent wi,h the greatest conviviality , - . and happiiiez , s. The MarquiS of Donglas,had pre viously -ordered - one Of his best builoel-,,,5,t0-be• ulatghtered, so as the Club mi , rht.eXpertence the superi'ority of beef produced from the inxtiriant, herbage of the rich surronuding . lawns tit Harnil ton, ci es . , the course of the afternoon ft statement Was produced. Of an improvement made on that most valuable instrument, the plough', by, Mr. J. kip, plough-Maker; in Uddingston, and a Com , mittce was appointed - to superintend the trial, to ascertain the,actual advantages' of the imprOfe4- ment .to the Earners, and -for thut purpose tcY meet in a field near Bothwell Bridge on Friday next. . . . • - _ - LONDON : Pr.nted by TVO:SiAS WOOD,' of ICP. 35y•Maidon , larie, Covelit-Lrarden;,!and Ptiblibrii by WILLIX.NI ATIMIG.tg SCRIPpS, si,utli Molton-strcet, Gr.osvcruir-ntroares • At the Stitt 01 , 110 E, No. Li?, Bt i rautl., , where AdreriiYfinent.b . , Qrsiers'tor tile Paper -1 LettGrs tar the EclitQr, &e. (past paid ) 4 nt . ust be addkessed, ' 81RT145. j ; i7 , . . . . , On Sundax the 6th inst. at Skiffington-Ha:l, in Leicester sffirc the gun. Mrs. 3: Palmer, -or a Daughtel:. • in 'Milli - tan-Street, 113 Lady' of T. 'B. l'it b -h ' es Esq. of A SOU.; - - ' 7 - - ' • On the 9th inst. at High Wyconah, thz Lady of Captain E. Fitzgeiald, of a Son. OnTuesclay;iii Tark?.y-street, Enfield, q 1 .:,. Tho. Windui, of a Daagia•N . . - . _ • • Ai ARRIET). On 'Taeskilv the 6th init. at ,Fiower, T;ortharuirtonihi.r e,. the Rev. i. Aorrice;to ?ills:, Emma. Darby. , At the•Ablrey Cinirct+,St. Andre.w gey, Tire4dolia Preed - i, eidaiteavOrtdi of - tiu Rev. .N.U. i 3 reedy, Rector o iiinton, . 1)1 , F,I). . - .. . . On the 11th last. at Chathara, Kent, George Conquest, M.l). a' .* eti 57. . .., 'i'7..-;,.l:iy last, Mrs. Smith, ;vlfe of Leny.Stnith, Tlac. ilev i.',1,..1.. . iresterd....r : , :rknig ' u4 at I:lairnl::•.. , r,z4 '.,`,/aldet, in the 60th y ear. of his age, '‘Villi4in I.l.awiing - , fjent.' s.. o l:te time sinc , .! a Cair tam in 'th..7 . 1.2,th Itegiinent Of N,lrit7iii Volzniteer in:AutrY! His deatk v: a:' aecasibnel.i . by a slight woand he received 10 11 3. tltum b a trigdays pr..tvious, fr.:rn cuttiiltr, a• cariutz chee s 9 which, cluing tin ininictiiate inthlitupation in tiiii liaiiil u . ariu, -, altinta.t , :iy teiminated his existence. ' . .___..—.----"" • CQA.L MARKtr; StPT. IG. Ships. at MarAet. . Ships quid. Price. 52 .>;:_!‘xcL,3l - 1; . . . 43i • . . •lls. 6d, to 5-2 g. Od: !-;l:,:iit::;..t.:ld • • . . 8 . . . , lis. bd. to 445. GT a Cx.vvi 0 . . . —s. Od. to ---s• ---'j f-TIGHWATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W Ni.)ruing s 12 minutes after 12. 1 Eeening, 37 minutes after 14.