The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-09 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. XXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPFRS, January 9, /823. [NEW Tlses.l The Paris Papers of Monday bring nothing of remarkable interest. The Funds were rather on the decline. The hentes closed on Monday at 87f. 50c. for money, anti at 87f. 80c. for the end of the month. The changes in the Prefectures announced by the Moniteur of Saturday afford great satisfaction to the friends of the Monarchy, and, proportionate vexation to the disaffected, who exhale their complaints in the paragraphs of the Constitutiovel, and such like journals. — We find among the newly appointed Pre fects severals individuals who hed been removed from office by a previous Administration for their loyaly—a singular but not less real cause f persecution in those days ; and we are happy to observe, that the principle on which we have so, often insisted as equally politic and just, is fully recognised in practice by the French Mi nisters; namely, that those individuals whose zealous and honourable devotion to their King and country bad rendered them objects of 'formal persecution should now be considered as having a paramount claim to distinction. [MOItNIN[.E CHRONICLE.] We cannot too often impress en our country men the importance of reducing taxation to the lowest possible amount compatible with the exi gencies of the State. At the various Meetings about to be held (and sixteen County Meet !Ogg use already announced), let pledges be exacted from the Members, not merely to vote for Reform and the abolition of the Assessed/Taxes, and of the pretended Sinking Fund, but to urge economy into every branch of the State expen diture: Increased allowances were made during the War on account of the deffeciation 'of the currency or advanced prices. r Those ought to be placed as nearly as possible on the old footing, except when special circumstances, such as the inadequacy of the former allowance previous to the depreciation, warrant an augmentation.— Nothing is of so much importance to a country as a rigid economy in the expenditure of its revenues. Every thing beyond the necessary is a premium in favour of misgovernment. When labonr for the public obtains a 'better return than its fair marketable value, interest and base trafficking come instantly into play. If the taxation of a country is light compared with its ability to bear it, still it should be kept. steadily in mind that all: that is raised beyond the strictly necessary, fUrnishes means for corrupting the guardians 0 the public, so that what is below the ability 0 that public, will not he long in at least equa' ling it. [MORNING HERALD.] We have accounts from Paris of the 6th. he French Fands Still continued drooping,,for which no satisfactory cause is assigned. Among those Mentioned in the pacific Journals are the distri bution gratis, by the Government, of the Ultra- Journals - which cry out for war—and an announce- Went in one of these J ournals, that the Sovereigns of (tussle, Austria, and Prussia, had recognized the burlesque Regency of the Faith 1 . If it be true that breezes like these cau shake the spew letiona on the Stock Exchange, one would almost think that, upon entering that, magic circle, they suffered a revolution in their brains somewhat like those whoeutered a certeln chateau, described with morowit than decency a well-known French poem. Another cause of alarm is the bias which the G r eivernment is manifesting to violent Ultraism in general. A great move has taken place in the Prefects of 'Departments—and six or seven have been dis Missed. Dismissals are. expected also in the Public Offices at Paris—and some have taken place-in the University. All these are in the spirit of what is called epuration—that is, the removal of all but thoroughgoing Ultras. The names are, out of France, obscure and %mime resting—all but one, IVI. de. Lacy, the celebrated Oriental scholar, who is succeeded in the' Uni versity by Abbe, whom a private letter describes as hn- Ex4esuit. , • • [MOII NI N(. POST.) We reciiived last night, by express, Freuc papers to the 7th inst. On the subject of the communications made to Spain the quolidienne says The couriers who have carried to the Spanish Cortes the notes from Verona cannot have reached Madrid before the ist inst. The Cortes,therefore can only now, at most, be en gaged in discussing what line of conduct they shall pursue under present circumstauces,and the result can hardly be known before the 12th or 15th of this mouth." An extraordinary courier who left Madrid on the evening of the 29th ult. reached Paris on the 4th inst. At the time of ids departure from the Spanish capital, neither the French nor the Prussian, Austrian, or Russian communications had been received. The Minis ters and the Cduncil of State, ha stated, were not entirely agreed respecting the Treaty of Al liance with Portugal. The latter were under stood to oppose its ratification. in the sitting of The 27th ult. the Cortes adopted the various arti cles of the project of law relative to the govern ment of the provinces, and , in that of the next day those vs hich created new military regulations. The Universal of the 28th contained the following ar ticle; which is given by the Quaidienne as a spe cimen of the spirit which animated all Spaniards. 66 The rumours of war which have lately spread from the capital to the provinces have produced the same effeet on the inhabitants of Seville as on all good Spaniards. Let us die rather than yield to oppression gps the general cry."' [BR ITI Sli MEM] The question of war or peace in Europe, as a result of the Spanish Revolution, seems to have nearly► attained its final decision. It 'will be seen from the extracts which we present from foreign Papers, that the communications between the several Courts most immediately interested, continue to pass with the utmost possible ra pidity. Private information represents that in Madrid time general opinion is expressed in a very lofty tone, and that nothing can be more opposite totthe views and principles espoused by the French advocates of war, than the spirit of independence which there predominates. It is even intimated that the late propositions of the French Govern ment have been already rejected ; a fact which some persons suppose is placed beyond doubt by the sudden introduction of General Quesada, to M. de Chateaubriand. In addition to this vague sort of reasoning, the probability of a contest is inferred by arguments of a yet more doubtful nature. The Quotidienne of Monday has put forth a long article, which contains a summary of all the topics that are likely to influence tbe new French Minister, or prepossess him in favour of a hostile policy. It is somewhat curious that in every, production of this kind it is assumed by the writer, that,a great majority of the people of Spain are averse to the existing Government, and willing to aid in its overthrow. Now the events which have recently occurred in the Peninsula are enough, one would imagine, to spew the weakness and fallacy of this assumption. [THE TIMES.] The public is amused at seeing the old vaga bond, Cobbett, writhe and howl under pur chas tisement. They will long recollect the *compa rison of the bear that sunk the boat : we are now teaching the hear' to dance (in the same way that those animals are usually taught a practice so alien to their nature), by placing the monster on hot clamps of iron, and making him skip with agony, while we, his instructors, fiddle to him.— Our first approach to him to-day, however,shall be serious. Familiarized as we are to this worth less man's, monstrous falsehoods, we could really hardly believe our own eyes when we read, in his publicaiion of last night, the inconceivable assertion that he was the author of the articles which appeared in this Journal in support of the injured Queen,—" which, he says, he gave to us " in an indirect way ; for we should otherwiee " have rejected them, and used our influence to " tear her Majesty in pieces." Besides giving the lie, as we now do in the most solemn manner, to every tittle of this unparalleled falsehood, we shall go further, and express our firm belief, that the only ,man capable of falsely claiming those articles as his own,—the real author of every one of which is now seated in the room where this, of which he also is the author, is written,--is that man, if he deserves the name, who had the heart to force his own child (his lion so often mentioned in his writings)—to force him, we say, almost weeping, into the witness box to commit perjury I a black-hearted, moody, perfidious soul-murdering villain. • Take that, ruffian ! and if thou bast one particle of a father's feeling still lingering in thy guilty bosom, haVe at least one sleepless night, and we forgive thee: perhaps thy son may do the same!. With respect to the real author of those articles, he has no wish toclaim any reputation from thew ; his only desire being to do good : but he could not submit, to the conscious shame of having his productions, written under the strongest convic tion in sincerity and truth, fathered by such a creature as Gobbet t. ROBBERY OF THE BELFAST MAtr..----We yes terday published a paragraph respecting this daring robbery. The Dublin Freeman's Journal of Monday last, gives the following additional particulars :—" The robbers (about fifteen in number) surrounded the coach, and took the fire arms, consisting of three double barrelled short guns, three double-barrelled brass blunderbusses, and four pistols ; they broke open the lockers, and took the mail bag for Drogheda, and several other parcels : there was a sum of 10,000/. in whole bank notes in a part of the coach which fortunately escaped their search. The know ledge of this sum (which was for the Belfast Bank) being in the coach, it is thought occasioned the attack. The robbers were two hours and a half in arranging their plans before the art ival of the coach. The went round to the neighbouring cottages,and aftershutting up every person in their place, and sending them in from their out-houses, they left an armed sentinel at the doors to pre vent their coming out. The occasion of their getting possession of the Drogheda mail bag was owing to the guard having it uppermost, in order to hand out to the Post-office when passing through. There were four inside and three outside passengers, all of whom were searched and robbed of their watches and money ; they also took the contents of their trunks. There were five watches and about 100/. taken from the passengers, but they had no great booty in the Drogheda bag. The guard, Lewis Byrne, was removed to Drogheda, and lies dangerously Hi. There were soveral shots through the body of the coach, but happily neither the coachman nor tin pasiengers received the least injury. The coact afterwards proceeded on to Belfast." ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--On Tuesday last, be tweeu the hours of three and four, a genteelly dressed middle-aged person was oliverved walk ing to and fro on the banks of the New River, near`the Sluice-house, Islington ; in a short time he plunged into the water, but was fortunately rescued by a Mr. OLlven, an inhabitant of Isling ton, and two other gentlemen; in a senseless state, by whom he was conveyed to 'the nearest public house, and every effort was used to restore the unfortunate gentleman, which they succeeded in doing in about half an hour ; and when he was sufficiently recovered, he gave the following ac count for attempting so rash an act stated his name was W— and that he was a collecting clerk at an extensive sugar baker's, in the vicinity of- Wellclose.square, in whose employ he has been several years ; that having recently become acquainted with a. woman of the town (who frequents the Adolph! Theatre), he bad expended a consider able sum of his own, and likewise of his em ployer's money, on his fair Milt000d; and that dreading an exposure, his feelings became so harrassed, that he had determined to put an end to his miseries by committing an act of suicide. We understand Mr. OLIVER. waited on the em ployers, and one of them attended,. and Promised every thing should be arranged to the entire satis faction of this middle-aged George Barnwell.— (Morning Paper.) LITERARY NOTICE. WORDSWORTH'S ECCLESIASTICAL SKETCHES. Whilst the productions of Poets, and of No vellists, daily issue from the Press, supported by the united plaudits of unthinking admirers, and Political Retainers—with a splendour of cele brity, too, which is but the precursor of almost immediate annihilation—it has excited our re gret, though not our astonishment, that the few works of real merit with which this age is gifted, should not be more generally appreciated, and better known. The causes of this perversity of taste it would be foreign to our purpose to In. vestigate, though the investigation Might perhaps be beneficial; let those in whose power it is, to direct, and give its tone to the taste of the age, take shame to themselves for suffering the inte rests of private friendship, 'or. the jealousies of rival booksellers, to preponderate in the scale against individual and public justice. But we hasten to lay before our readers some observations on the volume before us. 'lt con tains, as its title imports, Sketches of remarkable incidents in the Ecclesiastical History,—chiefly of this country, which are abruptly brought be fore the notice of the reader in a series of Son nets, each generally devoted to its peculiar inci dent. There is something extremely pleasing in this mode of description, which " modo Thebis modo ponit Athenis," presents the reader, by a sudden transition from time and place, with a varied view of events, which cannot fail to excite interest and engage attention. We look as it were through a vista of accumulating ages— darkened at one time by the thick clouds of a gloomy superstition, at another illuminated by the splendid though delusive blaze of Popish pageantry, till the view ends in the pure and chastened lustre of our own Hallow-church. — The events themselves are calculated to awaken the most lively sensations, but an additional in terest, and still livelier feelings, are kindled by the truly poetical and sublime spirit which breathes through every line of the ,description. We shall presently adduce a few examples,that our readers may judge for themselves. The poem is divided into three parts, the first embracing the period which elapsed between the first- introduction of Christianity into Bri tain and the consummation of the Papal domi nion, The second, , the interval between that epoch and the troubles in the reign of the first Charles ; and the events which took lilacs be tween the Restoration and the present times, form the subjects of the last part. We shall pro ceed to treat of these in order. And now a difficulty presents itself of giving to the reader any account whereby he may connect the inci dents with each other ; for, In fact, as was be fore observed, they have little or no immediate connection. We must therefore dispense with this form (almost a "tine qua non" in modern criticism), and suffer that which constitutes one of the chief beauties in the poem, to create a main deficiency in our outline of it. Supposing the 'reader then acquainted with the leading events of our Ecclesiastical History, we beg him to recal to his recollection the destructidn of the Monastery of Old Bangor by Ethelforth : the following is a beautiful description of that deed of savage barbarity : " The oppression of the tumult—wrath and :corn— The tribulation—unithe gleaming blades— Such is the impetuous spirit that pervades The song of Taliesin ;—ours shall mourn The unarmed host, who by their prayers would turn The sword from Bangor's walls, and guard the store Of Aboriginal and Roman lore, And Christian monuments, that now must burn To senseless ashes. Mark ! how all things swerve From their known course, or pass away like steam; Another language spreads from coast to coast; Only perchance some melancholy stream And some indignant hills old names preserve When laws and creeds, and people, all are lost !" Describing the " war-worn Chieftain," retired 'rem the world in the seclusion 'of a monastery le Poet says-- " Within his cell, Round the decaying trunk of human pride, All morn, and eve, and ►midnight's silent hour, Do penitential cogitations cling ; Like ivy round some ancient elm they twine In grisly folds, and strictures superfine, Yet, while they strangle without mercy, bring For recompence their own perennial bower." Who will withhold his tribute of admiration ' from these lines so exquisitely beautiful and poetical 1 poetical in the full and unqualified ac ceptation of the term.' To us they are perfectly original, and we have seldom seen a happy idea• carried to such an extent with such delicate ac curacy, if we may be permitted the expression. Indeed, through the whole series of these Son nets, there are evident touches of the liana of a mighty master of thoughts that speak " the depth .and not the „tumult of the soul," a vivid imagination chastened by the power of a con templative and philosophic piety. Some one has observed that one of the chief beauties of poetry . consists in. giving a new turn to;. and an original adaptation of, familiar imagery--ori ginal either in comparison or in diction. Few beauties of the natural world have had more de vote' admirers than the Queen of night. Yet she is placed in a new point of view in the following lines. Having spoken of the Danish conquerors, and the superstitions which they again implanted in this Island, the Bard of our Church describes' the gradual revival'. of the Faith : " Thus, often, when thick gloom. the East o'enhrouds "The full-orbed Moon, slow-climbing, loth Silently to consume the heavy clouds; How no one can resolve ; but every eye Around her sees, while air is hush d, a clear And widening circuit of etherial sky." Willingly would we cast a glance on the Royal Minstrel Canute and his good oarsmen on the Mere, with the sweet sonnet which treats of them. But we fear we have quoted, already, more than strict necessity required—certainly sufficient to convince every one, whose taste and feelings are not alike perverted, of the beauties and excellencies of this little volume. We shall take an opportunity of renewing' our ohservatioes on the second and third parts on some future day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ROBBERY IN THE TOWER STORE-ROOM. The military store-room in the Tower was some days agu plundered of a great number of soldiers' reat coats, which had been worn three years, and ,became at th e conclusion of that period no longer the:property of the Crown, but were placed at the disposal of the Commanding Officer, for the benefit of the men collectively. The store-room had been entered by means of skeleton keys and the officers were very anxious to tind out the thief,.but still more desirous of catching the purchaser.— Two dealers in clothes who reside near the Minones, the one named Allan, the other Burgess, were brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged by the Commanding Officer, John Banbury, Esq., with having purchased 22 of the coats, knowing that they were stolen, property. Serjeant-major . Sutton, of the Grenadier Company of Guards, stationed at the Tower, stated that between 50 and 60 military coats, which had been laid by for the above-mentioned purpose, were stolen on the 3d instant from the store-room. He procur ed a search-warrant and searched Allan's house, where he found twenty-two of the coats. Allan, without hesitation, pointed out Burgess as the person from whom he had purchased the coats, and Burgess said he had made sale of the number speci- fied and more, and that he had bought them from a soldier, who told him that they were his comrade's coats, who had sold them to him, and that he expected to make sixpence a piece by them. Burgess said he should know the seller of the coats, and he accordingly was brought into the presence of the Guards at the Tower, where he soon put his hand upon a private named Allen, as the person with whom he had dealt for the stolen pro perty. Burgess added, that he had purchased the goods openly inglosemary-lane, and sold them as openly at a fair profit. The Commanding-officer said that Burgess had once before been charged with a similar offence and had escaped punish. merit in consequence of his povtrty. To permit such a person to escape a second time, would be an encouragement to the nu merous receivers in the neighbourhood. There was a penalty of 6/. upon every purchase of soldiers' necessaries, hut It was not his intention to_iirosecute for that penalty. e was deter mined to prosecute Burgess as the receiver of stolen property. Mr. A LLY, who attended upon the part of Burgess, shewed that neither the charge of having knowingly received stolen goods, nor that of having purchased soldiers' necessaries could be substantiated. It would be proved that the coats were openly purchased, and evidence had already been given, that at the conclusion of the 3 years they were no longer sol diers' necessaries, but became disposable for the benifit of the soldiers. The Lor d MAY 011 held this objection to be fatal to the pro. secution of Burgess in either way. Burgess was then heard as a witness against the soldier. Allan, the other clothesman, was discharged, there being no imputation whatever upon eba. meter. _ _ Burgess stated, that the soldier brought about 40 great coats, at different times, to him for sale, and gave him the most po sitive assurances that he became honestly possessed of them. Witness purchased them at 3s. a piece. The soldier said he had brought them froth Knightsbridge-barracks. The soldier declared that he had never sold a coat, nor stolen a cdat, nor seen Burgess in his life, Elizabeth Ilughes, servant in the Crown and Shears, public house, Rosemary-lane, swore that she saw the soldier dealing with Burgess in the manner described, and that the former had frequently sold coats in the lane. Another witness deposed to the same effect. Martin, the officer, stated, that upon searching thesoldier's lodgings, he found a bunch of skeleton keys, one of which opened the lock of the store-room in which the coats had been kept. The soldier was fully committed for trial. The Loup MAYOR advised Burgess to beware of such deal ings in future, and bound him over to give evidence against the soldier. INCITING SERVANTS TO ROB. GUILDHALL—Wm. Dalton, the person who stands charged with having incited one of the servants of Messrs. Browning and Co., distillers, to rob his employers, yesterday underwent a final examination. Some evidence was offered in coroboration of the testimony adduced at the former examination, but no new fact was stato.l. Mr. Ilaitsma said he had evidence to contradict, most wa. terially, the statement for the prosecution ; and also to prove that the prisoner had borne the best character for the last 2a years, if it were allowed to be produced. Alderman Cox said, it would be for the Jury to try the cre dibility of the testimony, which, he thought, was such as ren dered it imperative upon him to send the prisoner to take his trial. The prisoner was then fully committed, and the parties bound over to prosecute. IMPORTANT TO STAGE-COACHMEN. T o —Yesterday Thomas Al urfall, proprietor of the Kennington Stage-coach, appeared at this office before the Presiding Alderman, J. J. Smia. it, Esq. charged with a breach of the Act for regulating Stage-coaches. Champney, an informer, stated that on Friday the 27th of December, he saw driving through the Borough the stage-coach No. 4453, of which thedefendant is proprietor, with the figures 6 passengers inside and 7 outside written on it, whereas the Act for regulating stage-coaches imperatively requires that the num ber of passengers which the coach is licensed to carry shall not be written in figures, but in words at full length. Mr. Murford, in,his defence, said he was quite unaware that the Act was so very strict in that particular, or he should have certainly complied with it, as it made no dif f erence to him whe ther the number were written in figures or at length ; he would, however, bovi to the decision of the worthy Magistrate, and should have the mistake immediately corrected, The MAGISTRATE said he was bound to convict him in the penalty of 60s. as the Act directed; but that all these mis takes might be avoided, if stage-coachmen would only take the trouble of referring to the Act of Parliament. Mr. Murford immediately paid the penalty, half of which goes to the informer, and the other half to the King. 'SWINDLING. UNlON.HALL.—Yestirdiy WilliiM Gibson and Richard Brown were brought before L. B. ALLEN, Esq. charged with having robbed William Norman, a countryman who came to see London, from Sheffield. The complainant, who is a cutler, and had business as well as amusement to fi nd in town, had , it appeared, been but a few days regaling himself in several public-houses, to which he went for the purpose of seeing life, when he met with Brown, in St. George's fields. An acquaintanceship was soon struck up between them_, although Brown claimed it by calling the complainant Mr. Wifall. Brown proposed to the countryman to buy hops, and said that his bill at six months would do as well as money. The offer was put off', but the countryman consented to accompany his new friend to have a drop of summit at a public-house. Upon entering the house they saw two men (Gibson was one of them) tossing and chalking en a table, upon which was lyinga profusion of paper money. Gibson, who seemed to be a novice at the game, treated his losses with indifference, and often said that he was lately come to a good fortune, and was resolved to make it " fly." Brown pre tended to be an utter stranger to the gamblers, appeared colts elated at the success of one of the gentlemen, and commenced play himself. By and by he appeared to lose an his money, and begged his friend the poor countryman to lend his watch, which Bro,wn ntr sooner received than he staked on a 61. bet, which turned out in favour of Gibson who forthwith took it into his pessession: Brown then protiosed to go out and get money to redeem the watch, and the countryman accompanied him ; but they had not gone many minutes when Brown ran off. The unfortunate countryman wandered about in great agitation, being totally ignorant of the neighbourhood in which he was. Ile at .length met Hall, the chief Constable of the office, and mistaking him for.Brovrn, ran up, seized him by the arm, and said, " Ha ! here thou be'st again, friend : corn back to the tavern, and settle my watch and the note business."— Iltill, upon asking him for an explanation, was answered in these words :—" What ! dost not know where thou bast been tossing for pounds, and dost forget that I lent thee my watch ?" Hall soon observed that the countryman had bees made the dupe of some of the thieves called," :Naggers," and went with helm to several public-houses . At length they reaChed the Bird in -hand, Garden-row, neer the Philanthropic, where the countryman inquired—" Is not this the house where I was with the gentleman who lately came into a large fortune ?" He was informed that all the company left the house the moment after he and his countryman had departed Hall suc ceeded in apprehending the two prisoners yesterday morning. The watch, &c., were found in a coat which Brown had on him at the time be was taken into custody. It was proved that the two prisoners • had exchanged coats with each other subsequent to the robbery. There was also found on Brown a quantity of sporting notes, and likewise a number of bad country notes. One of the ash notes was on the " Bank of Elegance," and promised to cut any lady's or gentleman'sbair superior to any other in' England, or forfeit bill. The two prisoners were fully committed. Qn Thursday week, at Kirkbride, as the noted JAMES ScoTT, who stiles himself Emperor of all Conjurors, was amusing himself with a horse pistol, and in the act of putting it in his pocket, it went off, and unluckily for him it was loaded with shot, and not a ball, or else he proba bly would have caught the ball in his teeth, as hi was accustomed to; the shot has taken nearly one side of his face away ) but hopes arc iiikteri tained of his recovery. LAW INTELLIGENCEi COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAx. 8. LEE v. NEVISAM. Mr. CAMPBELL stated, that this was an. action on a cheek, ' 4 l drawn by the defendant, for 71., on hishankers, Messrs. Fry and Chapman, of which the plaintiff was the lawful bearer. Mr. SCARLETT addressed the Jury ; who would, he said, have no question to decide, but whether theplaintiff was the' lawful proprietor of the check, which the defendant had made' himself liable to pay. The plaintiff was a tea-dealer in Lud gate-hill, whose father .had for 46 years carried on the same trade in the same situation, and who bore an unimpeachable character. On Saturday, the 26th of October in last year, $ young woman of, respectable appearance came to his shop,. asked for a 'pound of tea, and tendered the check in dispute, requesting change. Mr, Lee's shopman carried it to his uiss ter, who asked the women where She came from ? She'sahl from Mr. Scot; 23, Bouverie-street ; upon which Mr.' Lee pat down the name in the order book, and gave the tea and six so vereigns and 125., the full change. On the next day, the check was , presented at Messrs. Fry and Chapman's, whore fused to pay it, alleging that they had orders to that effect from Mr. Newsam, who said it had been stolen. Notwithstandlni that this explanation' was given' to Mr.'Neirsam, he thought proper to summon Mr: Lee before the Lord .Mayor, and CO charge him with receiving the check, knowing it to have beta stolen. The parties appeared; Mr. Lee and his shopmsn made their statements, and the charge was dismissed. Lee now thought it right to try this action, in order to chal lenge investigation into his character, which he knew could not be affected by the strictest inquiry. The hand-writing of the defendant was admitted, and tLe presentment and refusal to pay the check poived: - Mr. Edward Ward, shopman to . Mr. Lee, deposed to ti effect stated by Mr. Scarlett, respecting the manner in whigl the bill came into the plaintiff's hands. On his cross-also; nation, he said that the transaction took place between set and seven o'clock in the eveni ng . H e did not know Mr. Notion', who was npt a customer of his master's, nor his hand.writil l g neither did he know Mr. S co t t . li e did n ot s eed anY ere with the woman to in qu i re i n t o t h e trut h o f t h e sterf• lit had been six months in the service of M r . L ee , a nd has serve d 7 years' apprenticeship to the trade, but h e c o u ld not say t e at _ he had ever known a check rece i ve d w h ere t h e party &v 4 / it, and the party off er in g it, were b ot h strangers . For the defendant tw o groun d s o f d e f ence were suggestedr first, that Ward must h ave b een m i sta k en as to t he value; for the note, because th e plaintiff himself had admitted th at . • $ did not give full value ; an d, secon dl y , that suppnsine WO d o r statement to be correct, Mr. L ee h a d ta k en t h e c heck et,„ such circumstances of suspicion as ought to have induced er to make inquiry . , and as rendered him fairly responsible for ,le,', loss. Checks, it was argued, were not like Bank notes, ir . 1 . 11 1 were guaranteed by a great public Company, and which "Vie narily were received as cash ; they were never in fact recet„., by any careful and prudent man, unless he either IMO; party by whom they were sign e d, o r t h e part y by whom were presented, and thus was able to rely on their authen and their.value. The check in question was undoubtedly see and it would give a fatal, facility to the comtniesion of for,f e r ', and fraud, if tradesmen, for any fanci e d a d vantag e, shoe' ceive such an instrument from an unknown person whose k it chase was scarcely a twentieth part of its amount. Hee Lee had no knowledge of Newsam or Scott ; the check W i g , f , be & forgery, or Might be drawn by some one who had no fects to answer it ; and, under these circumstances, even I t , gave value for the check, lie ought to bear the consequences " that neglect of which, at least, he had been guilty. e s" Mr. C. W. Payne, the clerk of the defendant, said; the 25th of October he received the check from Mr. Ney . ro as part of his salary. As it was foreign post night, he had opportunity of presenting it for payment that day, but oee ll it m his master's cash-box. That box was stolen before F ir , the morning, when he returned to the office, and he, by oP oi of Mr. Newsam, gave notice to Messrs. Fr y and Chapinsz ei p to pay the check. On Monday the plainti ff came to Dlr. t o t sam's to know the reason why the check was not paid. At Mr. News= was not within, but he soon afterwards when the plaintiff informed him that he had taken the e!lr d from a woman at his shop on Saturday evening. Mr. Ne asked hi m if h e gave full value for the c h ec k, an d h e dollt Of that he did not. He said that he neither knew Mr. SCAo Mr. Newatun, or Mr. Newswires signature. The nexte r eu' called again, but the co nversa tion•did nut turn out te terial. leet On cross-examination, th e w i tness sa id that there Wes set 21. in the cash-box, besides the check and some papers' p . went that evening t o hi s father's hous e at H ac k ney , an d re-. ed in the morning. Mr. Newsam's residence was et 'dig Mr. Lee was examined before the Lord Mayor, who hear parties, but not on oath, and finally dismissed the charge e4 s On re-examination, it w as p ropose d to as k the wide:4 what ground the Lord M a y or di sm i sse d the charge ,sedsle observations he made on the con d uct o f Mr. 1.4, SCARLETT (eected to the question, and the Lolo) Cttii JUSTICE dec ided that it could not be asked. to Mr. SCARLETT replied. On the fi rst ground of air_ relied on the positive t es ti mony of NVard, and on the bility that a tradesm a n wou ld purc h ase a check f or less hhe et; value, and afterwards confess his misconduct. As to' t oe cwnst*nces of suspicion, he thought they were mere ° „1, 1 % taste and personal confidence ; some persons might tee m eii some refuse a check where they were ignorant of the Fr, but their free circulation was necessary to t h e f ac ility a' coerce in this great city. ' The Lord CIIIEF.JuSTICE directed the Jury, tha t beek believed eith e r th a t f u ll va l ue was not given ' for the cote which he thought had clearly been stolen, or that it mat eek under circumstances which ought to h ave exc i t ed I ee:lies: that it was improperly obtained-, the defendant was eeti t la verdict. As to the first ground of d e f ence , he tho. e g ot etlf:' Payne must be mistaken, th oug h pro b a bl y h e h a d i nn O. • misunderstood the plaintiff. As to the second, undo% f o sti;" he the plaintiff had acted with 'a degeee of incaution as 0 1 0 , 1 tbk, security, but the Jury could say whether they thoug ht i t s lll ' circumstances ought to have induced a suspicion that t . apOyin for the change was improperly possessed of the a e The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returneu dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 71. , - iir WARD V. LEVI. ,lig This was an action by the C a pt a i n o f an East r o — e ir called the Lady Car r i ng t on , aga i nst a person of w e ' persuasion, to recover 931. had an d received to his ose'o o case for the plaintiff was, that he agreed with the defr nu 0 0 4 take out a cargo of goods to India, charging no freigh t t ' f lt ,, ;.‘" mission, but receiving half the profits. The goods "':,10 cordinicly placed on board, and the defendant obta i n the plaintiff's father his acceptance for 4001. on secnr il Y t o ttift the value of the goods, which was accordingly paid. to o 1 the goods, partly consisting of gil t wa t c h-chains, m' it ' t coral necklace, which proved to be lumps of sealing-1 other trifles, sold for lest than this sum, by 931., vrn i ` ; axe the plaintiff now sought to recover. s rt is' For the defendant, an att e mpt was ma d e t o prove t 11) Got . 1 ship in the goods, but 0' The Jury found a verdict for the plaintig—DarnZ e d 0 ; expressing their belief that Mr. Ward had been Printed and Published for the PROPRIETO IIB, Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAlisTAI' ir ...................., 2 ...... _ -..--- - COAL-MARKET, Jaw. 8. t „. ;4 „ L t Ships at Market. - Ships sold , ,`,7 0 47 0 0 27 'Newcastle - - 2 - Ws in‘ ' ~.$ i Sunderlaud - „ • i . 35 s Gil to - ..................., 4,... at BIRTHS. ' . ' I:i4" On Tuesday, the Lady of Charles Robert Illorgitn , of Upper Bedford-place, of - a son. Yesterday, the Lady of H. C. Berkeley, FAl.,'of 14° street, Russell-square, of a daughter. , MARRIED. i „,,,, On Tuesday, the 7th inst., at Kin gs ton , Surrey,' ..- tisu ilt . H. I. C. Mimardiere, of the 15th regiment of Mati o o o Infantry, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of Pr• f . of the above place. 1 0/4114 t 4 d 4 On Wednesday the Ist January . , at Bons'de , A.. es shire, A. Thomson, Esq. Surgeon in thellon.Eas;; lll ..`cttAl pany's Service, to Sarah Ann Drummond; only, dif ... 2' Wyville Smyth, Esq. M.D. of Bonside. --.. DIED of Dry tioAb9 On the 4th inst., aged 1.5, Henry, fifth son P , Esq., of Climdon-house ' Durham. ‘4 o €o l On the 11th inst., W. Marten, of Lewes, one of the - 4 Friends, aged 68. PT' On the 6th inst., Margaret, the wife of John Co l ' l ' io r Little Trinity : lane, Queetihithe, aged 71. o il, I' On the Bth inst., Richard Smith , Esq., of North am ie t, merarnith, aged 63. On the 6th inst., in the 24th year of his age, 1.: .1 . 5 a, the youngest son of Edward Platt, Esq., of Li inris - di , fordshire. agea P I P. Within the preceding fortnight, the followolli its. have died at Sevenoaks :---Mr. Graham, aged tIN ; id 10;4 80 ; Mr. King, 70; Mrs. Jeffery, 64 ; Mrs. Arn?,..' t ool Lee, 80 ; and Mr. Tudor, 88 years—.malting.wil years. ~.... -.- ..4‘