The Sun. — London, England, 1828-10-28 00:00:00

S DAY') , st the V y CIBY fa to the 04, had bi , of tro" Court su sible to a ppeared O( is quite Jr Orin the, O p i e ca lk° A pro; which ich the costs t ip vo coriceeer been to s s t w t) ) shoal ...ere h fa g The Pri 9e pt nner ticit 0 ba Court; ' I have be ,hat notk iPl , . o f jasti - i m , id ask ff r do i d eP ul ;il ngliso i r ,h o tlid La i act) he idgmen', 0• ,uld not day wi t o l books I j iti agaiad pape r 10 4 iniscoo refrairi fr Ise has Dv t this 054 ae plail an office wouldlir t, intiff les g but W h o Septet' o Hayma n ' c aw on o , 0 if the ot ny a polob4 tely turo) Talfo° lj l ,ll 'that sO l t !Lien, b li ti oi it an :hat ass ii- 0 1 0 answer , i j COOO r in I;blic-b°", e in oftwv es for OA o ccurf' d Irse-stew' but stu` o 4 of LIP I , s 'o ' turned you s If Mr. A" hat M 5- I , l f Is used -' provocO i f t e w hich le d o , i t mereli had v altereat i° : lard tga ll- g ,ther te r plied. or at one t o ided tti own it own the pion" Jury.) stld 4 as { 0r ury m o exebantt, hn Rab er ,, counte d ig in G i and a Isl ip Salt Carl ► as a k 4, 'area de Wolter defend,' mired No, defend.,, a pate!, gentlenc defends °, the 000 0( 0 out 6 ne of tho' Leo thousand of those shares were pledged to plaintiffs at the period of the panic ; and ?hertson, upon whom they had great dependence, rueed them t o a d vance t h e sum o f 1 2, 7 00 1 ., upon defendant'; giving those acceptances, in addition nhe deposit of the shares. The bills were re ;lltt!rl to Glasgow to be discounted by Andrew i7 l e, who a c t e d as agent to t h e pla i nt iff s. The . '' l eY Was sent d own to hi m, an d t h ere cou ld b e no j7aot that it was paid, and it was now for his Nice Fri en d to say, why his client r ef use d to, Nice good his acceptances. I..elsvard L uwort h was ca ll e d , an d prove d th e ;7d-writi ng of Wm. Furnival to the acceptances, Nq the hand -writing of Robertson, the drawer also. ig t i l n his cros s - exam i nat i on b y Si r J. S CARLETT h e C that he was acquainted with the parties; he 4 7 1 '.* Robertson, and did not know that there was firm of the name of Robertson,.Hurd, Bodien, but did hear that those'parties were con ed in joint s t oc k transact i ons an d d ea li ngs i n es. l'his closed the case for the plaintiffs. Sir J. SCARLETT then addressed the Jury on be- I' of the def en d ent . Hi s L ear ned 'Friend had i',7 4 a great d ea l too cand i d t o hi s own c li ents, b ut 7 W ould state t h e e ase f a i r ly b u t can didly t o h is , :nclient, who was the victim of a gross conspiracy. Furnival was not the founder of the Patent ' 714 COmp a „ , 0 6 _ ), but the inventor of an important al '4l in the manufacture, and the Company pur led his patent, and paid him in shares. In this 4 1 : he b ecame possessed of a -great number of 41 le t es ; and was d e sirous that those shares should he brought into the market, as he conceived they piiriald ris e hi g h er, being then a a premium. Mr. S yr°►Va to however, was a person of easy temper, t oI P'Y eligaged in business, a nd eas ily p reva il e d u p on N el td 1 1,000 of hi s s h ares to R o b ertson , an d th e i O .IY who were trading with him, and indeed those des Proposed to purchase the shares, and even antZa parti a l p aymen t, an d M r . F urn i va l was to wa i t for payment:of the whole 1 : 4 4 the shares rose in the market, which he had no bt,they w ou ld do. M r .. Furnival subsequently 1 1 7 11 t to foreign parts, to-sell his invention, and whilst t o ‘ d vas abroad he received a letter written by a Mr. le 'en, who had been induced to form some kind-of wititteetion with Robertson, informing him that it ht * necessary he should give bills for 12,0007., to bin, the shares from being brought into the I r k ket, and lost to him. Mr. Furnival was amazed Lring called upon to relieve the parties whom he t,_%.assisted, by lending them his shares, and threw o r lette r into _ the fire. This letter was the first act I I t the eonepiracy with which he charged somebody. tite r, did not c h arge Mr. Bodien, the writer of the 'er, whose character in the transaction was above C t . rep roac h ; b ut he charged some parties with k i ng conspirators. Mr. Furnival wrote back he a nswer to thi s letter, refusing to do what 1. was ask e d i n t h e most d ec id e d manner (the I :fned Couns e l h ere rea d the defendant's letter), t Z ld ithis l etter produce d a rep l y couc h e d i n very s„ ! terms, , apologising for the demand, but endea- Oing to prove to the defendant that it was clearly interest to comply with it. Now it would ap frona a subsequent part of the history of this Zn,saction, tat whilst those letters were passing, mein Bogle, the relation of the plaintiffs, and busirk of Rob er t son , w a s pr e p ar i ng t o p a y o ff a ge debt, which Robertson owed his uncle, one of plaintiffs, before his (Robertson's) bankruptcy. s ill4l d, however, knew nothing of this intention k , 1 it was too late, and never consented to make 'utonlaelf respons ib le or.the debt owed by Robertson uncle. The letters addressed to the de t:" dant by Robertson and Company never Men- Q n ,ed any thing of this debt. They spoke only ei ,uificulties, and of this debt Mr. Bodien also was 11 Y ignorant. Robertson and Co. had already cOO/. wor th o f t h e ' d e f en d a nt's property in his cd% and they wrot e t o hi m to say, that if he hLtdd advance them 20,0001., t h e y wou ld return 1 . ' 0 11 ! 4 ,000 of his shares, and all through they wished 'mpress upon him that it was his interest to ad 44te the money, because he must inevitably lose ;ne e t the money or the shares, as other persons vi d bring the shares into the market, sinless they t .ere rele ase d b y money to b e ra i se d upon t h e de :lclant's bills. The letter closed, however, without j'," allusion t o any pr i vate d e b t o f R o b ertson ' s . h Furnival Was of course much annoyed by Cng asked t o a d v a nce his own credit to redeem li ow n pr operty. • H owever , .th er e wa s no alterna vb e) and he came to England, and fatally for him ll, accepted those bills. 'lt was clear that all this t he Andrew Bogle was arranging with Robertson sr the pay ment of the 3,000/. due to Robertson's :Te, and Andrew Boglewrote to the plaintiffs e' o , it appears, were afraid to accept those bills • shares as security for the debt due by Robertson ." them,) that they need not be at all alarmed, as bertson ; after his bankruptcy, would be at liberty t o i t Pay any of his creditors that he liked, and that J th r night appear that the shares were his (Robertson's) nil distinguishing appearance from reality. The rY could not say that this transaction was honest. e Plaintiff s cou ld h ave no r i g h t to concert w i t h the ir 4 bankrupt re lation to ge t p a y me nt of an old tht from the latter, at the expence of Furnival, 4 :iffis indeed the Jury could believe that Furnival foolish enough to undertake to pay the debt h it i ; k i ls eit It was clear, however, that the defendant n° 'melt intention, for he gave the shares to Mr. fis go diet' to tak e t o Andrew Bogle, who was not only 'e agent of the plaintiffs, but one of the conspire ts; and M r . B o di en w as directed by the defendant ) 1 1 inform Andrew Bogle that he must under re not to giYe up the bills, until the de- Pdaut had seen the terms of the agreement matwe en Robertson and his relation in Scotland. hen Mr. Bodien, who, of course, knew nothing t the debt due by Robertson to the plaintiffs, com- Mnicated, at Mr. Furnival's desire, to Andrew gle f , the latter replied that there was no occasion 1; 4 1 that Mr. Furnival might trust to him. Upon s ing assured by Mr. Bodien, hbwever, that Mr. F. " 38 determined not to give up the bills on any other t t ° nditions, Andrew Bogle passed an undertaking ° that effect. It was now said, he understood, that An drew Bogle had no authority from the plaintiffs , Rive any such undertaking; but it would be for the StY to say whether he was not acting as the plaintiffs' teat throUghout the whole transaction. It might be 4 ked why t h e defendant had not held the shares 411 til he saw the agreement between Robertson and th e Plaintiffs; but the fact was, he was pressed to vte the bill s , an d was told that the parties who held ~, shares would bring them into the market if they were not p a id. Robertson afterwards attempted to uce the defendant to sign an agreement, which he , i ; e defendant) had never contemplated. Upon discovery he became indignant, and wrote to the Plai4titis to know the terms of their agreement Robertoft, Andrew Bogle having at this ;1 1 4 left the country. It was then discovered 44 the shares were pledged as well for the y il ool. due by Robertson, as for the 174700/. ad s,Teed upon them, and 4 - ',l acceptances, Mr. Furnis tc Wi3ing to pay tie amount of the bills if his 'hares ' V er a d elivered tip , but the plaintiffs insisted, t h . 1„ ..4t be should also posy the 3,000/. This he refuse( (1 0 on two groulds—first, that the bills had been wined by a frail on him, and that Robertson and eikdrew Bogle were in a conspiracy with the plain fa to obtain those bill F.; and secondly, that Andrew as the agent of the plaintiffs, had he en an titnrertaking which ssas not performed. If tu ,P t c've.i this case, he thought the Jury must re a a V,ercliet for the defendant. -.' to n 4 SCARLETT was about to call witnesses i r r 'pve. the case, 4 e.ord • TENTEEIDEN interfered, and said that he c", ll Qught the case c ould be better se ttled by submit brig it to a reference. -- • L After a lo4C;;lersation between the Counsel on othsides as to t h e terms o f t h e reference an arbi tration was finally agreed upon. rhe COMMON SERGEANT expressed a hope, that What had fallen frorn'the defendant's Counsel would not be taken for granted, as it involved the characters of several parties. Lord TENTERDEN obs,tved, that hard words broke no bones, and be always took it for granted that what was stated on o.ie side could be answered on the other. A verdict was then take,' by consent for the plain tiff, subject to the decision of the arbitrator. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. TRIAL OF lIUNTON FOR FORGERY. Joseph Hunton, aged .58, draper, was indicted for forging, and uttering as true, a certain bill of ex change for 481. 10v., with intent to defraud Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. and others. The prisoner was also indicted for uttering a bill of exchange with a forged acceptance for 162/. 95., with intent to defraud Sir We. Curtis and others. The prisoner was further indicted for !meting a bill of exchange with a forged acceptance for 501., with intend to defraud Sir Wm. Curtis and others. There are several other indictments against the prisoner of a similar nature, to all of which, on being arraigned, he pleaded Not Guilty. The Court was crowded to excess, amonest whom were several Members of the . Society of Friends. At the request of the prisoner, Mr. Justice PARx allowed him to be accommodated with a seat. Mr. Pitit,i,tPs, on behalf of the prisoner, challenged twenty of the gentlemen called on the jury, which created a considerable delay. Mr. Justice PARK requested the officer of the Sheriff to go into the other Court, and learn if there were any gentlemen in attendance who had been summoned to serve on the London Jury, if not the under Sheriff must be prepared to summon another jury instanter. At the suggestion of Mr. Baron GARROW the trial was ordered to stand over for a short time, and in the interim the following case was called on. FORGERY. William Willis, aged 26, was indicted for uttering, in the City of London, a forged order for the pay. ment of 641. 10s. with intent to cheat and defraud George Horatio Street. Mr. ALLEY conducted the case for the prosecu tion, and called the following evidence : Mr. George Horatio Street examined—l am acting clerk at the Times newspaper office. I have known the prisoner at the bar for some time ; in August last he was in the employ of Mr. Davis, a news agent; do the 20th of that month, the prisoner came to the office, and asked me to take ten guineas on account out of a cheque, which he produced for 641. 10s., which I accordingly did, and gave him the balance; I wrote Mr. Davis's name on the cheque at the time : the next morning I sent it to Messrs. Goslings the bankers. The following day it was re turned dishonoured, Messrs. Hankeys, on whom it was drawn, having refused to pay it, declaring it was a forgery; the cheque now produced is the same. Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—There are several news agents of the name of Davis that do business at the Times office. One is called City Davis, another West-end Davis—the latter of whom the prisoner lived with. Mr. George Stevens examined--I have been many years a clerk in the banking house of Messrs. Hankey and Co. We have no person who keeps an account at our house of the name of W. E. Davis. Mr. John Davis, of Broad-street, St. Giles's, ex amined—l am a news agent; the prisoner has lived with me nearly four years ; the cheque now pro duced, I am confident, is iu. his hand-writing; I was in the habit of sending a cheque to the Times office every Monday morning for 701., on advance for the newspapers that I Should 'require during the sveek'; Talways sent it by the prisoner. On the 25th August' the prisoner absented himself from my employ, and I - did not see him again until he was apprehended. I had no knowledge of the cheque till Mr. Street informed me of it. Cross-examined by Mr. ADoLPHUS—Although the hand-writing is rather different from the usual manner in which the prisoner used to write, I am sure it is his. I offered a reward of twenty guineas for his apprehension. The cheque was here put in and lead. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, read from a written paper to the following effect : My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury,—l will not trespass for any length of time on your attention, but briefly state what I have to say in my defence. I stand before you innocent of the charge against me. I had no idea the cheque was forged, and I will tell you how I becaine possessed of it. I went into a low gambling-house, on the Saturday previous, in the neighbourhood of Temple Bar, where, I am sorry to say, it is well known I was in the habit of fre quenting. Whilst there a young man of most re spectable appeannce pulled out his pocket-book from which a paper dropped, which was not per ceived by any one but myself; I picked it up, thinking it a most fortunate circumstance, as I was at the time in very embarrassed circumstances, and it proved to be a cheque for 641. 10s. I will now explain to you the reason of my absconding. I knew that I had obtained the money of Mr. Street in a clandestine manner, and could not repay it. (The prisoner here became dreadfully agi tated, and burst into tears.) Gentlemen, I have left the service of one of the best of masters, and I can safely say, I never on any occasion in my life ever injured him of a single farthing. I have, Gen tlemen, a wife, three small children, and aged pa rents, trembling with the knowledge of the awful situation in which lam placed. I know your ver dict will not be given without due consideration, and if you should find me guilty, with my dying breath I shall declare my innocence; but I trust you will come to a different conclusion. Gentlemen, I leave my fate in your hands. Mr. Baron GARROW summed tip, and the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of uttering, knowing it to be forged. TRIAL OF lIUNTON. At a quarter before twelve o'clock Hunton was again placed at the bar. The SHERIFF having returned a fresh Jury, who entered the box, and not being challenged, were sworn. Mr. BRODERICK and the Honourable CHARLES Law appeared for the prosecution. Mr. ADOL PHUS and Mr. PHILLIPS for the defence ; and Mr. ALLEY for the Assignees under the Commission of Bankruptcy issued against the prisoner. At this stage of the proceedings the prisoner handed up a written paper to the Judge, which he requested his Lordship to read. It was an applica tion to postpone his trial till the next Sessions. -Mr. Justice PARK--The application is made too late; the Jury have been sworn; but have you any thing further to state more than on Friday last, when a similar application was made ; because, if not, we do not think there is. any reason for post ponement. A long consultation here ensued between the Bench and Counsel, after which Mr. Justice PARK said, his Learned Brother and himself were decidedly of opinion that the trial must proceed, and he could assure the prisoner every at tention should be paid to whit might be stated in his favour ;' but they must proceed in his case as in all others, as the Court could make no distinction of persons. Prisoner.-1 beg, my Lord, the paper may be read. Mr. Justice PARE.--That cannot be allowed ; let the Jury be charged. Mr. BRODERICK stated the facts of the ease to the Jury. The Learned Counsel, after making some observations on the prisoner's respectability, and the unusual circumstance of a person of his religious persuasion being under so serious a charge, culled the following witnesses William Curtis, Esq. examined by Mr. am a partner in the house of Sir William Curtis and Co. I . k new the house of John Dixon and Co. The prisoner is a partner in that house; they carried on business in Ironmonger-lane; they kept an account ~- t►r our house. IWM in the habit of discounting bills of exchange for the prisoner. On the I.t of August he came to our house with several bills, and re quested them to be discounted. The bill now pro duced is one of them. 1 hesitated, and had a con versation with him on the subject, and requested him to explain the nature of the various bills, as they were drawn on persons of whom I had no know ledge. He replied, they were drawn oil persons with whom they did business. I remember asking him who Mountain, the acceptor of the bill named in the indictment, was. He said he was a person with whom his house had extensive dealings. The witness here described the manner in which the banking-house transacted business respecting dis counting bills. The prisoner asked no questions, and at his de sire, when the trial was not allowed to stand over, his Counsel threw up their briefs. Mr. Blackett, a clerk in the house of Sir William Curtis and Company, examined by Mr. BRODERICK. —On the Ist of August there is an entry in our dis count-book of a bill for 1621. 10s. cashed for the house . of John Dixon and Company, of which the prisoner is a partner. I presented that bill yester day at the bankers' where it was made payable; they refused payment, and informed me it was a forgery. Alexander Chuney, another clerk in the banking house of Messrs. Curtis and Company, detailed the manner in which the bill was entered in their books. 'John Dixon examined by Mr. BRODERICK.--I am partner with the prisoner ; he drew all the bills; the writing in the body of the bill produced is in the prisoner's handwriting. I am not aware that we have any customer of the name of Mountain living at Bury St. Edmund's, whose acceptance it purports to bear. William James examined by Mr. am ledger clerk at the banking-house of Messrs. Lees and Co. bankers, where the bill is 'made pay able; there is no person of the name of Mountain that •keeps an account at our house. Mr. Henry Mountain.—l live at Bury St. Ed munds; about nine months since I was in the pri soner's employ, he was at that time carrying on busi ness as a draper at Bury; I was an apprentice; there is no other Henry IV - fountain in that place be sides myself, and I have never had any dealings with the prisoner on my own account, nor at any time owed him any money; the acceptance of the bill now produced is not in my hand writing, or by my authority. Joseph Warren examined by Mr. LAW—I am a draper at Bury St. Edmund's, and know the hand writing of Henry Mountain; the acceptance to this bill is not in his hand-writing. A. W. Roberts, Esq. examined by Mr. LAW—I am a partner in the house of Sir William Curtis and Co. Prisoner had applied to me on several occa sions to discount bills ; at one time I refused to comply with his request. A few days subsequently I received a letter from him, stating that in conse quence of our house having refused to discount, and finding his affairs in an embarrassed state, he had determined on absenting himself for a short time. The letter was here put in and read. Edward Hurst examined—ln consequence of some information that I had received, I went in company with a person named Forrester to St. Helen's; we there went on board a ship bound for America ; I found the prisoner in the cabin, and asked him if his name was not Wilkinson, as I had a let ter for him ; he said it was; I then told him that I was a police-officer, and had a warrant against him on a charge of forgery. Prisoner was at the time in the act of writing; there were several letters lying before him; Lasked him if they were his, he replied that they were; I then took them from him, and put a mark upon them ; the letter now produced is one of that number. The letter was here put in and read, it was ad dresed to the Editor of the Times newspaper, and purported to be written by a third person. It stated that the reports in circulation respecting the pri soner having absconded, were unfounded. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being called on for his defecce, read the paper which be bad previously handed up to the Judge : it was to the following purport : " I beg mbst respectfully to state that I am not ready to take my trial, and I think I stated on Fri day sufficient grounds to warrant the ordering it to be postponed, but the Learned Judges thought otherwise, and decided against the application. Their motives for so doing I do not impugn; they were, no doubt, guided by strict impartiality, and an equal love of justice, and on technical grounds they were perfectly right ; but . for the reasons I then stated, I have no means of defence; I have no access to my papers ; but if my trial had been postponed till next Sessions, I should have been fully prepared ; however, that not being al lowed, I shall not do myself or my cause the injus tice of attempting a defence. I refrained from cross examining any of the witnesses my persecutors have brought forward against me; nay, I even requested the Learned Counsel, whom I had retained on my behalf, to take no part in the proceedings ; for as my slight request was refused, I determined to let my persecutors have their own way, and quietly to submit to their malice, and the awful consequences that may attend it." Mr. Justice PARK iuquired if there were any wit, nesses to character. Prisoner.---Oh no, I have not taken any means whatever for my defence. Mr. Justice PARK recapitulated the evidence at great length. His Lordship called the particular at tention of the Jury to the letter, which was proved to be written by the prisoner to the editor of the Times, and which stated that the prisoner had net 14 children, but only 10, and that the amount of the forgeries which he had committed was not 14,0001., as represented, the whole amount not being more than 5,0001., and that would have been repaid, if the bankers had not refused to discount. The Jury consulted for a short time, and then re. turned a verdict of " Guilty," but recommended him to mercy. Mr. Justice PARK—Prisoner, the Counsel for the prosecution think it necessary that you should be tried on another indictment. My Learned Brother and myself will therefore come down here specially on Tuesday next, (this day week) which will give you an opportunity of inspecting your books and papers. The prisoner was then remofed_from the bar. There has been no t6ai at the Old Bailey for a long time that has created such an intense interest. QUEENBOROUGH.—A Court Leet was held here ou Saturday, at which the Grand Jury, and after wards the Lett Jury, were sworn in the usual form, dili gently to enquire, and due presentment snake, of all such matters as might be given them in charge, or should come to their knowledge. After a long and animated discus sion, in which SICEY, ttie fisherman, particularly distin guished himself; two papers were handed up, one to the Grand, the other to the Leet Jury, stating they had no presentments to make. Several of the Jurors refused to sign it. After some further discussion ‘ the RECORDER discharged both Juries, and the Courts were adjourned. The reverses in trade experienced in 1826, occasioned by the speculation and over-trading consequent on the over-issue of small notes in 1824-5, were not brought fairly before the public, as they used to be in other periods of stagnation. Formerly when a man in business was unable to pay his bills, his failure was matter of riot, course. ev e n ß i u n t i t B h 2 i t m a e d t v h i o sa d bl o e f b y m a t kin b g a n o t ' r s s w an as d agents, who were probably alarmed at the number snd amount of dishonoured bills. Since then there have been a number of pe begi ri nr o i i d n i g c a to l be renewals exh a 1 .; and ,1 ted. thepatien of the Yesterday t an .011 agency hohlers house is stopped payment. The principal cause of the failure, we bear, was giving advances on consign ments to Routh America. The losses sustained in this quarter have been immense. nei . igi, \N' i e:i t bsseorfvetiot:r to c frem th h e il t darea rican papers, that the i Peru did not pay freight. We believe that in the case of some consignments from Glasgow, cotton goods paid not a shilling, lint ware left on the American shore at the mercy of any one who ventured to account with the revenue officers.— Glasgow Chronicle. • _ TILE MAR KETS.- , —(TIIIS DAY.) FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This morning's market exhibite.l a tolerably fair supply of most kinds of fish, and the quality was excellent. Fresh Herrings are becoming plenti6l, and sell at a low rate. The following were the prices:— Prime Turbot, each Ditto small, per do. 5 0 8 0 Soles, per three pairs ' 3 0 5 0 Fine Whitings, per 15 3 6 7 o Scate, each . 1 0 5 0 Brill, each ..... 2 0 ? 6 (lumens, each Mullets, each .... ................................... Live Flounders, per quartern Live Eels, per Mb. Mich Plaice, per basket 0 0 5 0 Fine Lobsters, per score 4O 0 50 0 Inferior ditto 2O 0 30 0 Shrimps, per gallon Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hun'lred 0 0 8 Scotch ditto ....................... ... 0 6 0 Best Common Oysters, per bushel 8 0 l• 2 J Natives HAY MARKETS—(At per Load cf 33 Trasse= ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay - X2 15 to £3 0 Best New Meadow Hay 3 5 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 15 Clover Hay ...... ........... 3 15 6 0 Oat Straw .**,l 14 to 18 I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 2 A moderate supply, and a steady Iracle, at Saturday's vices. SM ITHFIELD. soar;e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £3 0 Best New Meadow Flay 3 5 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 10 Clover Hay (extra fine)....Cs 15 Generally 315 5 5 Oat Straw .ZI 12 to .Z 1 16 —Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted, but threaten ing to be lower. CITY MARKETS—(TWO o'CLOCK.) Rura.—Less business than of late is doing in this market. The delivery last week was 911 punchs. and 35 hinds. of which 603 punchs. were for expor tation. The stock is 20,488 puncheons and 1,638 !Olds. Leewards proofs are 2s. 4d., Jamaica, 30 per cent. over proof, 45.; do. 35 per cent do. 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per gallon. SALTPETRE.—The market is dull both for expor tation and home consumption. There are sellers at 255. 6d. per cwt. HoPs---There is a trifling reaction in the Hop market, which is very 'flat. RlCE.—There is an encreased demand for Rice,. and prices a shade better. A sale of 3,277 bags takes place this afternoon. INDIGO.—The Company's sale is expected to close either to-morrow or on Thursday, more than two•thirds of the declaration having been gone through. The demand has again revived, and prices are as high as on any previous day. SPICEs continue in good demand, and Pepper at a further advance. Cinnamon, Cloves, and Nut megs, are wanted for export. Oms.—The market for Greenland Oils is rather more firm, purchases being made at 261. per tun. Linseed is heavy, at a slight reaction on the highest prices lately gives. Other Oils are steady. SILK.—The Company's sale has concluded. The demand was brisk throughout. The finer descrip tions of Company's obtained an advance of about 4 per cent. ; and seconds, 2 to 3 per sent upon last sale. Inferior sizes went otf heavy. BALTIC PRODUCE.—The accounts from St. Pe tersburgh are to the llth. The exchange was at 70i. Tallow had fallen to 98 to 100 rubles. Bought since last post, 4,500 casks; shipped 133,000 casks ; freights 28. The Tallow market kere is steady, at 38s. 9d. to 398. The delivery last week was 2,590 casks. Bristles from St. Petersburgh 131. per cwt. CorroNs.—The sales of Cottons, public and pri vate, last week, exceeded 6,000 bales. Ordinary to good Surats obtained aid. to 5d.; Para, bid. The public sale noticed on Friday closed with animation, 1,200 to 1,300 bales Surats were withdrawn, very high rates being demanded. Good fair Surats pro duce 4fd. to 40.; Bourbon, fair, 7d.; St. Do mingo, fair, 60. ; Carthagena, 41d. to 41d. per lb. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. DEAN'S Macbeth attracted here a full house last night. Ora performance so well known, and so generally appreciated—though, by the bye, it is far from being one of his first characters—it is super fluous to say more than that it was in all respects deserving of him. Had a little more spirit been in fused into it, it would have left us nothing to wish for. Miss I.Acv's Lady Macbeth was a very re spectablf! performance. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following in teresting works have just been published by Mr. Ce 1.1.111 RN, New Burlington-street :—vte.h Dr. Granville's Travels to St. Petersburgb, 2 volt. Bvo. with 70 engravings-2. The Anglo-Irish of the Nineteenth Century, a novel, 3 vols.--3. Nollekens and his Times, 2 vols.-4, Life in India, S vols.-5. Memoirs of the late Empress Josephine, by Madame Ducrest, 1 vol.-6. The fourth and conclu ding volume of Mr. Godwin's History of the Common wealtb.-7. A second edition of Salatbiel.-8. The fourth and concluding volume of the Duke of Itoi . igo's Memoirs. Also just ready for publication.--9. A. second edition of Pelham, with additions, 3 vols.-10. The Protestant, a Tale of the reign of Queen Mary,—and, 11. Zillah, a Tale of the Holy City, by the distinguished author of Bramble tye House, &c. 4 volt. Some of the papers, in speaking of Miss PHILLIPS, the deserving young actress at Drury-lane Theatre, have described her as twenty years of age. This is a mistake—she is still under the age of sixteen ; but, although so young, is an accomplished musician and an ex cellent scholar, being well versed in the dead as well as the living languages. She is the daughter of M. PHILLIPS, a surgeon of some eminence, and many years a resident of Sussex. COFFEE AFTER DINNER.—A celebrated foreign physician, not less noted for his social than his me dical qualities, used to declare that he should have died a hundred times of indigestion if he had not accustomed him self to take coffee after dinner. ROBBERY AT THE HOUSE OF MR: SER• JEANT ANortEws.—On Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, a young woman called at the house of Mr. Setjeant AN DREWS, 40, Guildford-street, .te answer an advertisement fora house-maid ; and while the footman was gene up stairs to inform his mistress who was in waiting, the pre tended servant decamped, taking witii her a gold watch aid appendages ; value 201., which had bern left in the parlour. ROBBERY AT BARON GARROW'S-YCS terday, about 12 o'clock at noon, some thieves entered the house of Mr. Baron GARROW, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, by the area steps, and stole from the house keeper's room a purple robe and a black waistcoat, belong ing to the Learned Judge. The robbery is supposed to have been committed by some sweeps or running dustmen, who were seen about the house. MADEMOISELLE VERREY.---The persecu tion this unfortunate young lady experienced during her life r time, and which caused her premature death, would we have thought, ended in the grave; hut not so ; even there she is not safe. On Saturday information that could be relied on was given to the parochial officers of Saint George's, that a party of resurrectionists intended to make an attempt to carry off the body of Mademoiselle Vxe.itEv' from St. George's burying-ground, Bayswater, that even ing. In I;n and a aboutddition to the watchman who is in constant a ttendance at that gr oun d, th ree ex t ra wa t c h men were eight o'clock in the evening the beadles and constables repaired to the burying-ground in case as sistance should be wanted. In a short time three men were seen prowling near the burying-ground, and from their cautious manner of proceeding, clearly showed what their intentions were. After beating about for some time, they retreated somewhat hastily, perceiving, it is supposed, that they were watched. A sharp look-out has been kept upon the bury ing ground since. . A singular circumstance lately occurred at the Goose-poole, Herefordshire, without parallel, we believe, in the memories of our oldest sporting friends. A hen be longing to a person there made her nest in a wheat-field, and in due time brought home a brood of chickens, one of which puzzled all the knowledge of ornithology of her owner, who, however, was unfortunately induced, owing to the singular. noise which the bird made at night, to destroy it, but not before it had been ascertained that the strange chick was a landrail; and doubtless a* ehgagveof rearedtha that remarkably a r r p k e a rui bly; t ta shy e to b i b have n e e e s u e deposited ze a i t e h z e i nest of the lien, which had batched, and prubsbly would Spa courie r . WITISK E y.—Tt, wa s ment i one d on Saturday last, that whiskey had advanced 6d. a gallon in consequence of the rise in th e prices of grain. Business in this arti cle was very dull on Wednesday, and most of the sales made were at the old prices,.-.Scotsman, THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock. his Majesty held Coirt at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor-park, agreeably to the 'immunises previuus!y is.sued, whiJi wan attended by Pritce Esterhazv, the Austrian Ambers.sador ; Viscount Itahiyana, the Brazilian Ministi , r, who arrived in a state eaniage drawn by four horses decorated with ribauds, the servants dressed in splendid state-dress e s. There were aso present, the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the President of the Board of Con. :rol, the Lord Steward, the, Bishops of Chichester and Chester, Mr. Croker, Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, had an au dience of his Majesty. Viscount Itabayana, the Brazilian Minister, was intro duced to his Majesty by the Earl of Aberdeen, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when, it was understood, his Excellency invested his Majesty with the Insignia of the Order of Don Pedro. The Rev. Dr. Sumner was introdnc•.ed to his Majesty, and did homage upon his being appointed to the See of Chester. The Bishop of Chichester assisted at the ceremony as Clerk of the Closet. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which the Par liament was further prorogued from the 30th instant to (it was understood) Thursday, the 1S th day of December next. The Duke of Wellington officiated as Lord President 'of the Council, in the absence of Earl Bathurst. His Grace had an audience of the King, as had also the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. Buller attended as Clerk of the Council. The Earl of Fife was the Lord in Waiting. The Court broke up about five o'clock. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Eifel of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House' from a tour ; Sir Roger, and L , ,iy Sophia Gresley, for Rome, from the Claren don Hotel, Bond-street ; the Right Honourable John Calcraft, from Whitehall, yesterday morning, for Malvern Wells ; the Earl of Jersey, at his seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, from a visit to the Duke of Bedford's seat, Woburn Abbey ; Wm. Morton Pitt, Esq. M.P. Mrs. 'Morton. Pitt and family, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Kingston House, Dorchester ; Lord Stowell, at his- house in Grafton-street, Bond.street, from Reading, Berks ; Sir Henry and Lady Fitzherbert, from Henrietta-street, Cavendish.square, for their seat, Tessington , Hall, Derbyshire ; Captain and Mrs. Bay ley, in Regent-street, from Italy ; Lord and Lady Farnham, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland Honour able T. Fiennes, at ditto, from his seat, Belvedere, Kent; the Hon. Charles Murray, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on a tour; Colonel Robins, from ditto, on a tour; Lieutenant- Colonel O'Reilly, at ditto, from Brighton ; the Rev. Mr. Savage, at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Fawkes, from ditto, for their seat in Yorkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. White, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat in Herta ; Ganeral and Mrs. Darling and family, from Gould's Hotel, Jermyn street, for their seat in Norfolk ; Sir James Davidge, Bart. from ditto, for the Continent; Sir James Stuart, Bart. from Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat, Limpsfield, Surrey ; the Hon. Cbtonel and Mrs. Grant, from , the St. George's Hotel, Al. bemarle-street, for their villa at Putney. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the Rifle Brigade and the 85th Regimentof Foot marched on the 24th instant from London, for Gosport. A Detachment !of the 95th L►fantry marched on the 24th instant, from London, for Jersey. A Detachment of the 85th Foot marched on the 24th instant, from London, for Guernsey. The Head Quarters of the Bth Hussain have moved from Dublin to Newbridge. The Head Quarters of the 7th Hussars have returned from Kilkenny to Dublin. A Detachment of the 6.3 d Foot has embarked at Dept ford, as guards on board the Mellish convict ship, for New South Wales. A Detachment of the same corps has embarked at Dept. ford as guards on board the Lard hfelvi ale convict ship, for the above destination. A Detachment of the 40th Regimeut of Infantry has received orders to be in readiness to embark as guards on hoard the Geenwiciaa convict ship, fin• Van Diemeli's Land. _ _ _ Detachments belonging to the Royals and the :sth Foot have received erders to prepare for embarkation forthwith, for BarbadoPs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. Since our last quotations the odds have not undergone anychange of moment ; nor, indeed, has the betting been of'any importance, the majority of the subscribers being j Newmarket. Prince Eugene and Electress for the Derby, and Quadrille for the Oaks, seem to be in most request. The St. Leger betting continues flat. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. NEWMAIIKET, MONDAY NIGHT. To the utter astonishment and chagrin of the spectators, nearly all the races appointed to be decided this day have gone off in forfeits, as the subjoined account will show. The following fashionables were on the heath :—Le Due de Richelieu, Duke of Richmond, Doke of Portland, Count Montrond, Lord Stradbroke, Lord Southampton, Lord G. Cavendi.h, Lord Sefton, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord C. Somerset, Hen. E. Petre, Hon. Col. Anson, Mr. Delme Radcliffe, Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. Udny, Mr. Agar, Mr. Berkeley Bond, Mr. Mills, &c. One-third of a subscription of 25 sovs. each, for five-yr olds and upwards. B. C. (bona fide the property of subserile, , rs). Lord Egremont's Stumps walked over. _ Duke of Grafton, Lords Wharncliffe and Jersey, Mr. Gre vile, and Colonel Wilson, paid. Match, 200 sovs. Ab.M. Mr. D. Radcliffe's Fleurde Lis, Sst. 816 1 Mr. Payne's Belzoni, Eist. 21b. Won by a length. Match-1000 sovs. A.F. Duke of Rutland's Cadland received 200 sovs. compro mise from Mr. Thornhill's Merchant. Match for 100 sovs. h. ft. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's g. by Filho, Bst. Slb rec. Lord Tavistock's Rosetta, Sat. Match for 200 sows. h. ft. D.M. Mr. Molony's Rough Robin, Bst. '7lh. rec. Mr. Beardsworth's L'Estelle, Bst pd Match for 200 SON'S. h. ft. D.M. Lord Sefton's Bobad , lia, 7st. 121 b. rec. Mr. Payne's Shakspeare, 9st. Match for 200 soya. h. ft. D.M. Bst, Mb. each. Mr. Payne's Mufti rec. Lord Tavistock's Warlock Match for 100 save. h. ft. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Serenade, Sst. 41b rec. Duke of Portland's Carthusian,,_, Sib. pd HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR TX'S lemur. The Surrey Harriers, on Wednesday and Saturday, at the Kennel ; at ten. N.F.H.—Mr. Nicoll's Hounds, Wednesday, at Broomy Lodge ; and Friday, at Pennerly Gate ;at half-past ten. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Wednesday, at ; and Friday at Englefield ;ut half-past ten. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Burton Ken. nel, at one; and Saturday, at Hungrarn Gorse, at eleven. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-hounds, o n W e d nes d ay , day, at Newton-house ; Friday, at Pepper H a ll ; and So turday, at Coibron ; at half-past ton. The Cheshire Hounds, on Wednesday, at Hinderton ; Thursday, at the Fox and Barrel ; and Saturday, at Table?, at ten. Harubledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Corhampton Down ; Friday, at Owslebury Down ; at half-past ten. Lord Harewood's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Walton ; and Friday, at Spacey House; at ten. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Kings forth house ; Friday, at the Talbot Inn, Swinhop ; and Saturday, at Great Limber C, vet; at eleven. The Brighton Harriers, on Wednesday, near the Race Course; and Friday, at the Dyke. The Surrey Foxhounds, on Thursday, at Addington; and Saturday, at C rown A s h Hill; at half-past ten. The Warwi c k s hi re H oun d s , on Thursday, Uftou Wood ; and S a t ur d ay , at U pton H ouse . The Cadb ur y H arr i ers , on Th urs d ay , at ltl ilb orns Wyhe. The East Su s sex Hound s , o n Thursday, at PYe emb _%; Saturday, at Ch a l e y S ou th C o mmon; at a (porter befogs eleven. Mr. Asslieton Smith's Hounds, on Friday, at Weyhill, at eleven. in Whitehaven lately g g ir ' i ll r e l ' fii.vo n : e i ver having beard of such a thing, G Et 1 n 1 it 0 N,---A LOY B h o e f r ro t w o - da .b le n , ii r a r be Keswick; fsteakon a t i i i k d e 1 :o l r o e n d a afterwards servant gridiron. The inquired of her mistress " what is't ?" and actually brought every utensil which she could find it, the kitchen, one after 4t y e ,,," said the lady, smiling, .6 that is tl i e gr idi ron, " the other, to the lad y , before she hit u p on the one wanted. and she iostructed her servant how to use it. .‘ wen,. to plied the simple girl , " gridiron het, I .. : i . filvt seed sac a t hi n g ip a my bor4 days."p Carlisle Jou rna l, - DREADFUL (I'M h Or. AT BALLINAS- CORNEY. (From Saunders' Dail, News Leiter of Fri,inv.) A poor man, named John Kearns, who, as we understand, was a stranger in that part of the country, became the tenant to two acres and a half of land, formerly used as commonage - . • •He, not conceiving that he. should meet with the slightest molestation from any of his neighbours, built a small cabin on the land, and was suffered to enjoy his holding peaceably up to Sunday evening last, vthen, shortly after he had retired to rest with his family a body of men, about tell or twelve in number, burst in his cabin door, seized him by the legs, anti dragged him to the outside, where they stripped him naked, and while in that situation beat him so severely with l bo whips, d g a u i s tt i l th e m b u th-iesn nose,c s of m fi o r u e t - h a , r a m n s d , that ed the ears ; they then p u t a rope roun d hi s nec k , an d dragged him naked as he was along the ground (asking as they went on , "how d a re h e come there ?") several perche s from .his habitation. Whilst a select party of these ruffians were per petrating these acts of barbarity, several others forced his wife out of her bed, although the poor creature wag in an advanced state of pregnancy, half stripped her and beat her across t i le thighs and body with some heavy weapon, Being determined that no member of the family should escape their vengeance, these execrable ruffians dragged Kearns's four children, who' were asleep in a corner of the cabin, out of their beds, brought them to an old wall, where they had left the mother in a state of dreadful ex- haustion, and in her presence beat and mal treated them in the most cruel manner—in _a e mean time a number of the party were busily employed in stripping the roof, and levclliu Kearns s cabin, which they nearly destroyed 'in the space of . half an hour. All those fellow 4, with. the exception of one or two, were armed, and in the course of the transaction, fired seve ral shots.. Two of the ruffians took aim at the unfortunate wife and children of Kearns, wh6 were lying in a nearly dying state under the . wall we mentioned, when one man less savage than his comrades, cried out " you, don't kill the children," and fortunately struck up the barrels of both pistols with his arm, just ns the fellows had pulled the triggers, in consequenco of which the balls lodged in the wall a few inches over the children's heads, They then„ folded Kearns, and led him by the rope which was about his neck to the house of a man named Timmins, about forty or fifty perches fro»: Kearns's ground, and proceeded to strip the root' of his house ; but owing to the entreaties of a woman inside, who cried out for mercy, and re quested that she and her family should be per mitted to remain until the next day, when promised that the premises should be vacated, they desisted. The fellows then left Kearns and his family to their .fate, and departed, firing several vollies as they went ; but, perhaps, con sidering that-they had not fully completed theiv business, they returned in a short time, and broke the remainder of the - Wood work of the roof of his cabin, after which they went off' in triumpk Kearns who was removed into town as won an his weak situation w °tilt] permit, having lodged informations at the Head Office, the Magistrates, with their usual promptitude, caused immediate inquiries to I.)A made, and succeeded in appre hending two men named Thomas Sheridan, and John Doyle, against whom they had information of a very strong nature. They were brought up yesterday for examina tion, and being identified, ate lay co;: ,, ,.itted for trial. LA MAREC4ALE " 4 La Marechale (ssys the authoress) e;as a lady whose education all the world knows had been more than neglected. One evening when com, pany was received, she arrived at the Tuileries covered with diamonds, pearls, plumes, flowers, silver, gold, &c. ; for she liked, as she used to say, to have all upon her. M. de Beaumont, the chamberlain in waiting, announced 4 :Ma dame la Marechale Lefebvre.' The Emperor advanced to meet her, and said, Good day to you, Madame la Marechale, Duchess() de Dant zie.' (M. de Beaumont had forgotten the title). She immediately turned round upon the cham,. berlain, and laughing, shouted out, Ah, ah ! that's a hit for you, my boy.' We may sup pose the burst of mirth in the assembly, and the dreadful chagrin of M. de Beaumont, a most ceremonious personage, of an exceeding gravity, which he thought absolutely necessary to his office. For five minutes it was impossible to e Empress ssing y that her, Oh, Madame,' says she, it's a long story re establish the decorum of th e pl ace , an d t h e Ent peror was the first to enjoy th e sa ll y . " One day when la Marechale arrived to break fast with the Empress at th e Tuil er i es , surroun d e d by her ladies, she appeared with an air of anx i ety ; ‘ ;r h e i s e s i e l d wa l s ier nc,) t t o s n a a y t u s a l a t t o ilviaes dist. r. Thing I have to tell ; but you m us t send aw a y these . snivellers here that aregvgting at me.' Oblige me, ladies, to pass into the waiting saloon,' said Josephine, who thought that some family secret was concerned. Well now, Madame la Du chesse, relate your troubles to me. I hare none now, Madame ; but see you, I am still in a stew at what had like to have happened to me this morning.'.--- , Oh, my God, your son has been fighting ?" Not such a fool;—The Ma rechal ?'—‘ Oh, he has nothing to do with it. I thought I had lost my big diamond ! I was sure I had left it in my room ; and yet, on going back, I could not find it. I asked who was it what had been there ; and then said that my rub her had (furniture-rubber, we suppose). He was in the saloon, which he was finishin g ; made .him come in, and I said to him, 'Rogue ! thou hast got my big .diamond ; I will h ave i t i t—it's the first L e f e b vre again, because I value gave me , bive it me back, and I'll do nothing to thee.' . The fine fellow said no, he had n ot He was a black ; I could not see whether he blushed, but I went on saying, I will have big diamond ;—and I ordered kim to turn his pockets out. Nothing in my hands ; nothing m my pockets, said he to me. Well, then, s t r ip rascal, I said, He made difficulties about i t ; but I was not to be done so ; strip your self, beggar,' says I, naked, ',tell you, or footman shall kill you on the spot.' At last be stripped naked as a worm ; and I found my big diamond. That's it. One of your delicate misses, now, would never have got it again. this same c big diamond' the Duchess sold with other property, to raise a monument to her bus band and son, for whose loss she was incon solable. Though, as may be seen by our attempt to translate vulgar French into vulgar English, she was a woman of originally low condition, yet in her elevation she had no pride, and never at tempted to conceal her former circumstances, She one day struck ' Mudatne de W a l s h s erent , one o f the Empress ladies, or; the back, and said, in a rough voice, How a re you, my gOs sur Josephine.