The Sun. — London, England, 1827-06-05 00:00:00

LAUNCELOT COOPER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE: SlR—The result of the Recorder's last re , • port, seems to promise that the genera l . ' voice gains the indiscriminate punishment, by death, )f every case to which the name of forgery will low apply, has not been heard in vain. I allude o the case of Launcelot Cooper, convicted of he crime of forgery, at the last Old Bailey Ses don, whoie name was not included in the list of hose ordered for execution on last Tuesday. This unfortunate man is one of the many vic ims of the numberless temptations to the corn nission of this particular crime, which assail the weak and unfortunate, as well as the vicious, in his great metropolis. His case is one, which, f fairly considered, must force, upon the most sceptical, the conviction that the present state of the law, regarding forgery, has produced (parti cularly amongst the London shopkeepers) an indifference as to the genuineness of written do cuments, which holds out, to the weak and des perate, a facility of imposture little short of irre sistible. The outline of this unfortunate man's case was this. He practised on several London tradesmen, for a number of months, a system of fraud so inartifically contrived, and so clumsily executed, that the merest Tyro in business could not have failed to detect the fraud, in every in stance, if he had only given a moment's conside ration to the circumstances accompanying each attempt. His plan was simply this. He en tered the shop of the tradesman whom he meant to dupe with a confident air, and ordered goods to some tolerably large amount, generally from 601. to 100 pounds' worth ; ordered them home to some fashionable hotel, and tendered, by way of payment, his draft on some well-known Bank ing-house. These drafts were always drawn above the amount of the goods ordered, and le in variably either received from the shopkeeper the balance in cash, or carried away the goods, promising to call for the balance the next day, and in every instance he was fur nished with pen and paper to . draw the cheque, by the person on whom he was im posing; of course the • drafts were disho noured on being presented, and, on application at the address given, the drawer was not to be found. Thus did he succeed in obtaining goods and money to a very large amount, and though he carried on this practice for several months, in no one instance did it appear that he made an unsuccessful attempt. Now, Sir, is it not plain that these drafts were accepted metely on the security of the un happy man's neck, and that the fancied guaran tee of this cruel security -which the present state of the law holds out to willing dupes, super sedes, in their opinion, the necessity of exer cising the slightest caution in giving their pro perty in exchange for the paper writings of per ions of whom they have not the slightest know ledge? I am ready to admit, that the total abrosa lion of the penal Statutes regarding this crime might, in a great mea- are, destroy confidence in large commercial negociations, where the nature of the transaction will not admit of any imme diate enquiry, either into the genuineness of the document presented, or the identity of the per son presenting it. But since, owing to politi cal necessity, the highest punishment-which the law can infliet'has been reduced to the leYeT Of a mere guarantee in commercial transactions, in the name of mercy let not this security be ex tended to those who will not exercise their own i;iTltie; - in distinguishing between the sham -draft of the designing - swindler, and the genuine sovereign of the Sir purchaser ; and let it be re served for those who are excluded by circum stances from the pale of enquiry, and constrain ed to accept as genuine the documents presented them, to prevent the absolute stagnation of com mercial intercourse. Thus, not only will the lamentable and merciless sacrifice of human life if) that Moloch of legislation-political necessity —be materially checked, but public confidence, in the minor commercial concerns of this great kingdom, be placed on a much more stable and equitable founftation.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, MEDIUS. MESSRS. HIIRgT, ROBINSON, AND CO.'S STOCK.—At the sale of Hurst, Robinson, and Co.'s stock, a large paper copy of Wesham's British Gallery of Pictures was sold for 351.145. Young's Catalogue of the Angerstein Gallery of Pictures (a large paper copy, with India proofs) brought 6/. 15s. Young's Cata Ilo7e of Col- the Marquis of Stafford's Gallery, 3/. s. gu A lection of 100 Plates, illustrative of Shakspeare's Dramatic Works, 16 guineas.- Sir George Chet: wynd yesterday gave eight guineas for Claude's Liber Veritatis. Twelve guineas were given for a large paper copy of Forster's British Gallery o f engravings, and 6/. for Boydell's Graphic Illus trations of Shakspeare's Dramatic Works. A large paper copy of Effigies PoeticT, with India proofs, sold for 11/. Neale's History and An quities of Westminster Abbey, a large paper copy, with proof plates, 9 guineas. In this sale is a magnificent col l e ction of Rubens' Works, including the Luxembourg Gallery. Sir M. M. Svites's copy of Pilkington's Dictionary o f Painters, in 10 volumes, with about 2,000 Illus trations, and a Collection of 400 Portraits and Views, illustrative of a Chronolobical Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged, from the year 1612 to,his death, in 1658. SALE OP LITERARY PROPERTY, COPY RIGHTS, &c.—Mr. Southgate sold on Saturday, by order of the assignees, the remaining portion of the stock of Messrs. Knight and Lacey, The , . „ sale consisted principally of large portions of books, published by the bankrupts—about 22;000 numbers of " The Economist, and Ge neral Advertiser," sold for 36/.; and about 6,000 numbers of the " Housekeeper's Magazine," for 18/. ; 590 copies, in quires, of the " Modern Athens," 361. 17s. 6d. ; about . 2,142 numbers of the " Lancet, and 81 volumes of the same üblication, in boards , for 20/. ; 13 co p ies in boards, and about 25,850 numbers of the " Chymist," together with the copyright, and the stereotype plates of the work, nearly 60 sheets, brought 1311. 55.; a copy of " Nichol- Eon' s Builder and Workman's new Directory," with the co pyright, 140 copper-plates, 480 wood engravings, and ,500 impressions of plates, 246/. 155. ; a copy of $‘ Emerson's Mechanics, a quantity of the numbers, and about 36,000 Plates worked, together with the copyright, the stereotype plates, 82 coppers, and SO wood-cuts, were knocked down for 136/. 10s. ; about 10,031 numbers stitched, 11,925 in quires, 310 parts stitehed r 23 line, the stereOiyP e -*eel plates engraved in oqt .._ of plates ' 35 sheets, together with the copyr ight "Stuart's Dictionary of Architecture," 601. YOREIGN NISHANGES ON LONDON. Hamatnton, Jots 1.-3 t O. —Two months, 36. 5. CHRISTIANIA, MAY 23.—Three months, 6. 14. s'roctutoxikt, Mar 25.-13 rix dollars, 5 sch. LRIPRIC, MAT 28.—Three months, 6. 16)4. BURLIN, MAT 29.—ThreemOnths, 6. 27. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 O Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisb on 0 1 France O Gottenburgh 1 0 Me x ic o 0 1 Guernsey & Jersey. 0 , 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-3toßnow. Morning ...55 minutes after 10. j Evening ...i0 minutes after 11 Easurum.—The List of Peers in our Paper of yesterday, who di vided on the Amendment of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn Bill, should have been " MAJORITY," and not MINORITY as printed by mistake. v,igr • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1827. We refer our readers' to an article on the Corn Bill, extracted from the Times of this morning, and which will be found in arrother part of our Paper. It is impossible to anticipate what shape the discussion may take, but we would again express our confident expectation that the Noble Peers who are friendly to the new Administration will not fail to attend in their places, and counteract the insidious schemes of men who are hardly aware how far their ran cour towards Mr. CANNING would lead them in endangering the safety and prosperity of the country. Envy and jealousy are the most malig nant of the human passions, but self-deception is wonderfully successful in altering their aspect by identifying them with a love of one's country, and a consequent dislike to those who take a different view of its interests. Thus, many of the Ultras think that they hate the political opinions of \tr. CANNING, and not the individual who has distanced them as they fancy in the paths of am bition. But farther reflection will convince them of their mistake, and may have the effect of con fining their venom to the Right Honourable Gentleman, instead of extending it to the mea sures which he adopts for the public good, particularly if those be the identical plans which lately received their sanction, when pro posed by the Noble Lord then at the head of his MAJESTY'S Government. Tho French papers of Saturday,, and the Etoile dated Sunday, have been received. The Chamber of Deputies was employed on Friday on the reports of petitions, and a warm discussion took place respecting a petition from a person praying that the speech of the Bishop of MIR- MOPOLIS should be circulated throughout the kingdom, for the benefit of weak minds. The temper of the Chamber seems to become more irritable as it draws towards the close of its la- bourn. One member thought the publication of the speech calculated to do more harm than good ; and he hinted, at the same time, that reports were current of a dissolution of the Chamber—the creation of more Peers—and other violent mea- sures. The good people of Paris seem to be as much at the mercy of false rumours as those of London, and probably from sources claiming a natural affinity to each other—the Ultra faction on either side the channel. The Chamber has adjourned, and will not, it is said, re-assemble until the day it is finally closed. The French Government affect to be apprehensive of an terruption to their Commerce from the Dey of ALGIERS, and preparations are making to pro tect their ships in the Mediterranean. It is really disgraceful to the Great Powers to suffer those ruthless pirates to set up a claim to subsidies in order to propitiate the good will—or rather to desist from robbery on the High Seas. There must surely be some mystery in the matter, or the Corsairs would long ere now have been annihilated. If Greece were once emanci pated, its cruisers would form the best check upon the rapacity of those rovers ; for the Greek Navy, being masters of the Levant, would chas tise the pirates in order to protect those Mer chantmen who trade to Greece. But this would only be one of the beneficial effects likely to re sult from the independence of that heroic people. Arts, civilization, and commerce, would diffuse themselves all over the East, as a natural conse• quence of Grecian liberty : (From the Etoile dated Sunday, June 3.) PARIS, Strut 2.—" The Commissary-General of the Marine at Havre has just been informed by the Minister, that the King's Government has some doubts respecting the disposition of the Dey of Algiers with regard to France ; he is therefore instrueted . to acquaint the merchants, that our vessels must be on their guard against the Algerine cruisers. "1-14 Excellency announces, that measures are going to be taken to protect the navigation of French ships in the Mediterranean. " The responsible editor of the Courrier and the Con stitutionuel, accused of defamation of the authorities, and of M. Coffignon, inspector of police, who is plaintiff on ac count of the articles which they published respecting the riots in the School of Medicine, appeared to-day before the 6th Chamber. "M. de Sopalme required that the editor of the Cour rier should be sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and a fine of 5,000 francs, and the editor of the Constitutionnel to a month's imprisonment, and 3,000 francs' fine. " M. Goyer Duplessis, counsel .of M. Coflignon, only replied that the editors should pay the costs of the pro ceedings. " M. Rferilhou spoke in favour of the Courrier, and M. Dupon in defence of the Constitutionnel. The Court, after hearing the reply of the King's Advocate, declared that it would give its judgment this day week. " We learn from a circular letter of M. Eynard to the Greek Committee, that Col. Heidegger read in the assem bly of the Greeks the following passage written for them, in a letter which he had just received from his sovereign— ' 0 Greeks, be united ; this is what you need above all things.' The assembly, says M. Ifeidegger, manifested by unanimous acclamations its gratitude to my August Sove reign, for the interest he takes in the cause of Greece." (From the Constitutionnel of Saturday.) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. A petition wag reported to the Chamber from a person named Delaporte, at Villeneuve, department of Yonne, praying that the speech of the Bishop of Hermopolia should be sent to all the Authorities of the kingdom, to receive there an official publicity, and to undeceive, if possible, a number of weak persons. M. Leberdieres thought the publication of the-speech calculated to remove the distrust fomented by the enemies of order, and which affected but too easily persons of good intentions. Rumours were afloat with respect to the no mination of new Peers ; of a dissolution of the Chamber ; of strokes of State ; of violent measures. For his parfihe• did not believe them ; but the Ministry ought to know that the anxiety of men's minds were then at the height, and it would consequently be beneficial that it should explain it self with the same candour as M. d'Hermopolis. M. Cornet d'lneourt considered the observations of the last speaker quite unconstitutional. He required explana tion on the part of Government with respect to measures which were perfectly within the power of the Govern ment. The Ministry which should promise not to adopt such measures, would deserve an accusation. M. Hyde de Neuville—M. de Lezardieres did not deny the right of Government on the subject ; lie only spoke of the reports circulating with respect to the use intended to be made of that power. M. de la Bourdonnaye--What shall we say to our con itituents ?--(Agitation.) At this moment M. de la Bourdonnaye and the Keeper of the Seals exchanged with great warmth, some observa tions which were inaudible. The President called silence several times. A voice in the centre--" Order." M. de Peyronnet--Whom do you call to order? A voice—You. M. de Peyronnet—He who ought to be called to order is the person who called me to order, that is Count de la Bourdonnaye. lam not in the habit of speaking to him except to answer him, and it was my duty to do so as Mi nister of the King.—(Noise.) M. Hyde de Neurille (resuming)—And I also demand, what shall we say to our constituents ? Our mission was to do good. Have we done it ? Our conscience will tell us. Fnuacu FuNne.—Rentes, 5 per Cent. 100 f. 70c. 65c.; 3 per Cent. 70f. 50c. 45c.; Bank Actions, 2,040 f. FORXIGX FoNns.—Rentes Nap. Cert. Fal. 77f. 40c. 30e. ; Fran. 77f. 70c. ; Spanish Renter, 9i. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 66 ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 42i; Haytian Loan, 657 f. 50e. The communication made by the French Mi nister of Marine to the Commissary-General at Havre, of the intention of the Government of France to take measures for the farther protection of her ships in the Mediterranean, in conse quence of the suspicions entertained of the dis positions of the DRY of ALGIERS towards France, is evidently intended to account for the activity which has for some time pre vailed in her naval arsenals : but there are few who will believe that the preparations which are going on are destined solely to protect French merchant vessels from the Algerines. We have been aware for some time that, both at Brest and Toulon, naval preparations to a considerable ex tent have been making, and that ships have been fitting out of large classes. One private letter which we have seen, written from the neigh bourhood of Brest, positively states, that four sail-of-the-line and six frigates were equipping there with all expedition Such a force must be destined for more important service than to act against Algerine cruisers; but we- do not pre tend to say what that service may be. We may rely, however, on the activity of our Naval De partments, in the event of any necessity arising for corresponding exertions on our part., Frankfort Papers to the 30th instant have been received this morning, but their contents are not politically important. The following are extracts:— eT. PETERSIttIitGEI, MAY 19. His Majesty has appointed Count Kotschenberg to be President of the Council of the Empire, and M. Von Olenin, the Secretary of the Empire, to bet Member of the Council. M. Martschenko, Secretary of State, is to take the office of M. Olenin. -- - The day before yesterday the Emperor went to Cronstadt viewed the fleet and the improvements in the fortifications , and went in the evening on board a steam-boat to Oranien• baum. STOCKHOLM, MAY 22 Last Thursday, his Majesty held an extraordinary Chapter of the orders, the object of which, however, was not to in crease but to diminish the number of the Knights ; for it is affirmed that a former Swedish General, who is at pre sent abroad, and a former Swedish Major, were struck off the list of Knights. On the sth, a terrible avalanche destroyed at Sondinoer, in Norway, all the buildings of a farm, and 56 boats. The vast mass of snow falling into the Lake caused it to over flow its banks, and inundate all the surrounding country by which great damage was done. STOCrIfOLIK, mAr 25. In consequence of a Royal Ordinamie, the annual revisal of the schools, which should begin in the autumn, is deferred for this year, because just at that time the great Commit tee for the revisal of all the Establishments of Education in the Kingdom will meet. BERLIN', Slur 20. Our papers contain long accounts of the fetes on the marriage of Prince Charles to the Princess of Weimar. Above 300 ships laden with corn are aground on .the sand-bank in the river Bug, in the kingdom of Poland, on account of the shallowness of the water. There is no means of remedying this but letting off the water in the neighbouring ponds and lakes, as was practised with suc cess in 1811 and 1815. Prince Gagerin has arrived here from St. Petersburgh, and Count Balmaine, aid-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia, has passed through here, on his way from London to St. Petersburgh, with despatches. • His Majesty has sent to M. Busching,, onr chief Burgo master, the sum of 5,000 rix dollars from his privy purse, to be distributed among the poor on occasion of the mar. riage of Prince Charles. COPENHAGEN, MAT 29. His Majesty, who has been on a tour to Soroe, &c. will soon leave us and go by the steam-boat to Holstein, from which province he will not retturt till August. There is a great stagnation in trade. COELTERN, MAY 22. Last Tuesday a journeyman weaver, named Christian Hermann, actuated by religious fanaticism, immediately after divine service in the Catholic Chapel in the Palace, and just as the Duke and Duchess had left Church, as cended the steps of the altar, took from it two candlesticks, and dashed them on the ground, but was seized by the persons present and hindered from committing further excesseF. In order to prevent any misrepresentation of this oc currence, we are authorised, says the Gazette, to publish the above particulars, and to add that no oth±r person has taken part in this scandalous action, which excited general indignation even among the Protestant inhabitants of this capital. The eriminal himself, a lamentable victim of the religions hatred which has latterly been so violently inflamed, is in prison. FRANKFORT, MAT 27, Lord Conyngham, who is attached to the British Lega. tion at the Austrian Court, arrived here to-day from London. Private letters of the Ist of May, from La Guayra, mention that Bor. IvAR was still in the Caraccas, employing himself in regulating the tariff' of duties—nothing of a political nature of importance had taken place ; but every thing in a mercantile point of view was gloomy in the extreme. The deputation which was some time since appointed at a Meeting of Colombian bond-holders in London had arrived, and been received by BouvAß in a courteous manner. On learning their errand, however, he intimated lie was not prepared to give them an immediate reply, but would take time to consider the sub ject, and would forward them an answer at a future time. - THE FUNDS-CTHIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Cosh. tro.day being another holiday at both Stock Exchanges and the Baxtk,. the Brokers and dealers agaia honoured the Royal Exchange with their attendance, but not in equal numbers with yesterday ; beyond a few trifling private bar gains at 841 nothing has been done, the wetness of the morning having damped the spirits of the buyers, and Consols look heavy. The Foreign Funds are heavy, Mexi can Bonds are a shade worse, being 68i ; Colombian are also lower, being SO The news received relative to this latter Stock by the Leeward Island packet being under stood to be of the most desponding nature as to the prospect of receiving any of the unpaid dividends; if is said that the Deputation which was appointed some time since at a Meeting of the Bondholders here have arrived in Colombia, and agreeably thereto have had a conference with Bolivar; the reply received by them is, that on the most mature con sideration of the subject at the moment, he thought it would be better to send an answer at a future period ; thus, but little good may be expected from these gentlemen's exertions, and they are likely to return home as wise as they went. Another version of the report is, that on the Deputation stating their business to Bolivar he replied that he observed by the financial documents of the Government that two Loans had been contracted for, but on referring to the accounts he did not find the same had been fulfilled and paid up. Two o The only price at which Consols is quoted at is 84f i; ,n the Foreign Funds no alteration has taken place. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DAAL, JUXE 4.---Wind S. by W., fine.—Arrived from London, and sailed, the Integrity, King, and transport No. 31, for the Westward. Sailed the Matchless, for Ha vannah. FALMOUTH, JUNE S.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrived the Lady Wellington paclget, Hogg, from the Leeward Islands—sailed from St. Thomas's on the Bth ult. PORTSMOUTH', JETNE N.N.W._Sailed the Eliza, Sutton, for Madras and Bengal; K. S. Forbes, Chapman, for Bombay; Henry Pocher, Jeffery, for Ma dras and Bengal ; Layton, Luscomb, for Van Diemen's Land ; Harmony, Middleton, for New South Wales ; and Lady Rowena, Russell, for Point de Gallo. His Majesty's ships Weasle and Tyne went out of harbour this day, and remain at Spithead—the former for the Mediterranean, and the latter to join the experimental squadron. Baausgs.ars, JUNE s.—The United States ship Eu phrates, Smith, from Liverpool to Bangor, in ballast, was driven on shore yesterday evening, on Garth Point, during a squall : she has been got off, apparently with little da mage, and is now at anchor in the roads. GRAVESIM, Joust 4.--Arrived the Reliance, Luekie, from Demerara; Ealing Grove, Falconer, from ditto; Mermaid, Jackson, from Bengal ; Heiress, Verens, from Lisbon ; Wallace, Wallace, from Jamaica ; Komeun, from Altona ; Betsey, —, from Riga ; and Elizabeth, —, from Tobago. Sailed the Lady Nugent, Cosgrove, for Bombay. DOVER, JUNZ 4. Arrived the French steam-packet Henri Quatre, with his Excellency the Count d'Ofalia, Ambassador from Spain to this country. His Excellency landed under the usual salute, and after a short stay at the York Hotel, left Dover under a second salute from the Western Heights, for Mivart's Hotel, Bondlitreet. The annual Regatta at Dover is fixed for the 28th of August. Independently of the usual boat races, the members of the Royal Yacht Club will honour the town with their presence, and it has therefore been determined by the Com mittee to give Two Gold Cups, value fifty guineas each, to be sailed for by vessels belong ing to the Royal . Yacht Club. This will create much additional interest and amusement. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD. COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant A.RAISIN.) INSANITY. John Campbell, aged 27, mariner, was indicted for felony. To the utter surprise of all present, when he came into Court, he began singing, whistling, clapping his hands, &c., exhibiting at the same time a most jocose and medley expression of countenance. A jury were then sworn to try his sanity. Mr. Wontner, the governor, sad Mr. Bishop, the head turnkey of Newgate, deposed that they considered him insane ever since his committal. The Jury returned a verdict of insanity. During the latter part of the examination, the pri soner showed a most pitiable phrenzy, and was with difficulty restrained by the turnkeys. He was then taken away. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. (Before Mr. Baron Huttocx. ) James Simkins was indicted for stealing a letter containing a five-pound note and a one-pound note, in his capacity of letter-carrier in the . General Post- office. - The prisoner pleaded not guilty to this indict ment, but he pleaded guilty to the indictment charg ing him with stealing it from John Eccles, another postman. Mr. GURNEY then declined offering any evidence on the first indictment. MURDER. Wm. Broadway was indicted for the murder o his brother, John Broadway, by a blow on his head with a garden-rake, on the 29th April. Sarah Birchmore stated, that the deceased and the prisoner were at her husband's house on the above day, and, with another young man, had been drinking together, and before they left her house, deceased was very irritable, and had had some words with prisoner's husband. The two brothers, how ever, went away in good humour together; they had always lived in good humour together; believed that the deceased was irritated, from being disap pointed by some young woman; they had always been greatly attached to each other ; witness saw the wound a day or two afterwards, and applied somo Dutch drops to the wound. Mary Broadway, Islington, mother of the pri soner and deceased—On the last Sunday in April prisoner said he wculd go and fetch John, his bro ther, home. Deceased came in with a can of beer; he was not quite sober; he came in and struck at the prisoner ; while striking at the prisoner, de ceased said he would do for him that night—would know which was master. When they got out into the yard, deceased knocked the prisoner down, and beat him when he was down. Prisoner cried out, " For God's sake help me, or I shall be murdered." The watchman came in and took John off. When they were separated, prisoner struck at deceased's head, over the watchman, with a garden rake; be lieved that he struck him on the head. Prisoner was much bruised, and bled from the face. After that John and prisoner slept together, and were very good friends; did not know the cause of the quarrel, they had always been on good terms. Daniel Roe, the watchman, heard the mother call ing out for help, and went into the yard and saw the prisoner and deceased struggling on the ground, John was beating prisoner on the eyes, the latter's face was swelled very much ; witness took John by the collar and pulled him off; he did not make much resistance; William jumped up, and catch ing up the garden rake, which was close to him, he struck over witness, and hit John on the head; both had their hats off; it was a hard blow with the iron teeth of the rake ; prisoner was in a passion when he jumped up. Witness was there about ten minutes, and took the rake from William, who then, went into the house. Witness wanted to look at John's head, but the latter would not let him. John Newsome, proved that prisoner was anxious for the inquest, and summoned the witnesses himself. Robert Martin, surgeon, attended deceased on Saturday, the sth of May, and found three small wounds, which might have been inflicted by a garden rake. They were upon the crown of the head. Took the proper remedies for curing the wounds ; but John died. Opened the head, and found a quantity of extravasated blood on the brain. Had no doubt that the Atith was caused by those wounds. By Mr. Roes.—lf the wound had had proper attendance at fiist,it might not have proved fatal. The prisoner said that he had no intention at the time to do his brother any harm. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Owen Daintry was placed at the bar, on an in dictment for stealing another letter from the Post office. Mr. GURNEY, however, for the prosecution, made an application to the Court to postpone the trial till the next Sessions, upon an affidavit which proved that the witness Linden, who had absented himself yesterday, after the Jury was charged, was a most material witness, and was not now to be found. His employer had sworn that he had no knowledge of the witness's reason for keeping out of the way. Mr. ANDREWS, for the prisoner, made little objec tion, and the trial was put off till the Next Sessions. FORGERY. Cornelius Driscoll and Andrew Morgan were in dicted for forging and uttering a forged will, pur porting to be the will of John M`Donald, a seaman. Wm. Ross, the chief-mate of the ship Woodbridge, stated that they took the deceased on board at Sierra Leone, by the name of John M'Donald. He died on his passage home. He had when he died '57 Spanish dollars, 7s. 6d. in English money, and ,some copper, which he gave to witness in his last 'illness, with directions to take it to Catherine 'lNl'Donald, at Plymouth. When they got to Eng land, he gave the money to the captain, to send with the deceased's wages to his daughter. Captain Land knew the deceased, and received the dollars and money from last witness ; when they arrived in England, witness wrote to her at No. 18, Fore-street, Plymouth ; knew the prisoner Driscoll, who called on witness at his lodgings, and said that Catharine M'Donald had gone to Ireland ; that he had married the sister of John M`Donald; had a will left by him before he left England ; witness told him he should not give Driscoll the money, un less he heard from Catharine M'Donald. Driscoll came to him some time after, and said he was left executor to all M'Donald's effects ; that ho had proved the will and got a probate; that if witness had paid the daughter, he (Driscoll) should have arrested him, aa M'Donald owed him six times the sum. At another time Driscoll produced a probate of a will, which he said was John M'Donald's; that was at No. 23, Little Bell alley; he said he was entitled to every thing that *Donald had died possessed of. Witness after wards paid the prisoner in sterling money IV. and 6d. on the 21st of February, at Paxton and Co.'s, King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street. Cross-examined by Mr. PUILLIPI—In one of the interviews witness told Driscoll that if he (Driscoll) wrote to Catharine 111`Donald, he (witness) would have paid him upon his producing her authority; did not tell Driscoll that if he produced a woman who would swear herself to be Catharine M`Donald that he would then pay him. John Cadwallader, an apprentice, on board the Woodbridge. Saw Morgan come on board about three weeks after the ship came home; he asked if there was a man named M'Donald on board ; wit ness told him that he was dead; was sure Morgan was the man at the bar. Mary Hughes knew Morgan; he lodged at her house for about nine months; Driscoll came some times to visit Morgan ; he first came in Ja nuary last ; he came often, sometimes twice a day; hear them both say, that they had been on board the Woodbridge; heard them say some thing about money ; ;heard Driscoll say that a man had left him a will; had seen the prisoners write together; had seen Mr. Mullinge, the owner of the Woodbridge; had been to tell him not to pay them the money, as witness did not believe that it was all right ; did so by the words that she heard them say; they had said something about the money of a man named M`Donald. Never told either of the prisoners that she had been ; Driscoll went to Mr. Mullinge for the money ; the latter said to Driscoll that witness had told him it was not right, and cautioned him about what he was doing ; had said something very unpleasant to her after terwards. Cross-examined by Mr. Putturs. George Mullinge, owner of the Woodbridge.— The prisoner, Driscol, came to him some time in February, to ask if a person named John Macdonald had any pay or money due to him; witness told him to call next day, when he told him that about 8/. was due ; he asked if there were not some dollars belonging to him, and said there were 57, he be lieved, which he claimed, saying, that he had his will and power ; witness told him to administer to the will, produce the probate, and witness would pay him; witness sent a note to authorise Land to pay the dollars; did not pay the wages; Mary Hughes told witness something about Driscoll, and was going away as Driscoll came; witness said— ' Here is a woman ' charging you with a forgery, mind what you are about." Driscoll said it was all right. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Mrs. Hughes talked very angrily and wildly when at witness's lodgings. Harrison, a clerk in the Prerogative Office, produced a will, purporting to be the last will of John M‘Donald. It was proved on the 9th Ja nuary, 1827. James Hawkins, clerk to a proctor, knew Dris coll. He came to witness's office on the 9th February; he brought a copy of a will, and swore that he was the sole executor of the effects of John M'Donald; the will was dated 2d January, 1825. Driscoll fetched away the probate two or three days afterwards. The will was here read, to which Morgan was the subscribing witness. Mr. Willson, the police-officer, stated that on the 22d of February, Morgan came to the Thames Police Office, to give information of a felony. He said it was the will of John MTonald, who died on board the Woodbridge. He said that ho had signed the will as a witness, at a public-house where it was written. He then described the will. It was written with ink, which had had a little burnt copperas put into it, to make it look old. They examined the water mark of the paper to see if its date would agree with the date they were going to give the will. The paper was. dated 1824. Another witness was named John Browne. His own name was first. He told me that he had been on board the Woodbridge, and had learned that M'Donald had died, and had left fifty-seven del: tars. Morgan was to have had half the money. The latter, however, had learned from Captain Land that Driscoll had received the money from him. He (Driscoll) refused to give Morgan his share. He showed witness where to apprehend Driscoll. He was within a few yards at the time. Secured Driscoll, and told him that he wanted him for forging the above will. Driscoll said he did not know the ship Woodbridge. He trembled, and asked witness what would be the worst of it in ease of conviction ? Witness told him that convictions of that nature generally ended fatally. Witness searched him, and found the probate of the will in his pocket. Witness said, " Driscoll, this is the thing." He said that it was a true will. He said the person who gave him that was a lodger of his some years ago. He said that M‘Donald once lodged with Mrs. Hughes, and that lie knew that witness had received himself information from her or her daughter; he said he owed her money, and she had done it out of spite; witness went to Mrs. Hughes in the morn ing, and Morgan said before her, in reply to her having said that sho had heard Morgan and Driscoll talking about it, that she knew all about it if she liked to speak, and that she was to have received the money for his (Morgan's) board and lodging, and that she was present when they divided the money of the last will. By. Mr. PHILLIPS. —Morgan went into three other public-houses before the right one ; Morgan was at liberty from the 224 of February till the 6th of . • March. At his exatnipaticm .b.Fore the-Magi/ant° he might say that what he had told witness was all untrue. He.was put into•the bar upon that ae" count. Never asked a man named Barry to swear , that it was Driscoll's hand-writing. Never told Barry,;. that he would get a reward if Driscoll was convict ed ; did not know that Sir R. Birnie had turned Morgan out of the office for prevarication; did not know whether there was a man named Fallen ; writ ; present when he had conversations with Morgan. Pawlett, mariner, lived at 14, Red-lieu' court, Poplar; knew Morgan and Driscoll; the latter had been a schoolmaster; had given Morgan 16 6 . , which he had received from another man, named • Driscoll; he gave him that money to keep out of tba way. Captain Land re-examined--Wrote M‘Donald's name in the ship's articles, because he (M'Donald) could not write. The prisoner Driscoll said, in defence, that the will was a true one ; that he had received the m oney, and was entitled to it. He had several witnesses. Morgan read a written paper, stating that the Wil l was a true one, and that he had gone to the officer , Willson, out of eh eer spite and malice against Driscoll , thinking that it would be only temporary trouble' , Willson, he said, had promised him a great reward , if he would prosecute Driscoll ; and if he could pro cure a man who could write, he (Willson) woul d . Fire him (the man) four or five sovereigns to swea r it was Driscoll's writing. Willson was re-examined, and swore it was all false as regarded himself. John Barry swore that Willson told him, that i f he could swear to Driscoll's writing, or get any one else to do it he should have a reward. - - - _ Roach knew M‘Donald—Before the latter went to sea he gave a paper to Driscoll.-- Witness was present when they had 0 01 1 words about some money which ArDcyl t ,,," owed him, the latter said. that he could not paY then, but would give him his will and power' ' '• Driscoll took it. Witness could not know it a g ain ' Witness had lodged in Driscoll's house for four teen years. Driscoll had always borne a g ood' character. Mr. Baron HULLOCK summed up the eviden ci, and the Jury found the prisoners both Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Rzcoanas.) Wawa Hopkinson, a young man of , respectable appearance, was indicted for embezzling an order fo . the payment , of 19h received by him for and on se' count of his employer, John Richards, draper, Oxford-street. There were two other indictments against the prisoner. Mr. C. PUILLIN stated the cue for the prose°. tion. too k On the 14th of August last, the prosecutor to the prisoner into his employment, on trial, pl paratory to his being engaged as an apprentice, an the litter continued there without entering into s° indenture till the 29th of March last. The prisoliett was extremely dull of apprehension, and could 1 1 „ ° , learn the private mark; he was therefore gene employed in collecting money. A few days be, t ful" he left the prosecutor's service, lie went unetzw ° : rised to Miss Cormick's, a customer of the prosec ti ; tor's, and received 19/. on his account, which hea l! '" accounted for. Cross-examined, by Mr. ADOLPUUS..—Witriegi bil reason to know that the prisoner's parents are verY t e : spectable, and live at Doncaster wherehe wasaPPre hended. Mies Ann Stanton Corrnick, a lady of indetici dent fortune, who lives in Beaumont-street, ital., that a young man, she could not say whether it. 77, the prisoner or not, representing himself as cool from Mr. Richards, applied to her for paymen t a 20/. 11. 3d., which she owed to Mr. R. She him by a cheque for 191. on Coutts and Co.: `1 1 „; ing received a discount of 5 per cent., and a ric'esr which site produced. Mr. Richards proved-the receipt to be t-42 P c .. sonar's handwriting, and a clerk of Coutts and d id proved the payment of the cheque, though he ay' not know .to whom. The prisoner made no defence, and was of CO' found Guilty. ed The RECOUDER, in passing sentence, obie r %d that the prisoneo was guilty of a very aggor it i o . offence, whereby he had disgraced respectable r.e tions, and ruined his own character.. The el" was so dangerous to society, that it was imP os l„r it, could be visited with any punishment short 011, tn oval from this country. The sentence of •P-6, Court therefore was, that the prisoner be tr ail ported for 14 years. The prisoner appeared to be much affected d'it' ing the Recorder's address. Jacob Parker, who was yesterday convicte d the Old Court of having stolen 21 chaldr9oo coals, valued 301., was brought up this morning judgment. rfo e The RECORDBR, after commenting in severt ts i se c on the enormity of the crime, sentenced the pass . to seven years' transportation. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAT nARKET3.—(At per Load of 04 Trusties.) S. s. 0 , ST. )AMBS'S. 0. 0 S. s IS. g• 1 A L ow land Mend.nay II 15 to 4 15 Clover nay 4 Ni t° I I , Uland Ditto 415 0 0 Oat Straw 1 1 1, Ry p e..grfula Hay 413 0 0 Wheat Ditto . . ..... 11 ' Straw from 2a. to 4a. per load °war than hest q uoted.; of Hay stationary. Supply limited, sad trade rather d ud L tol, SMITH .• FIILD. Ii• 0 Lowland Mead. Hay V 15 to 4 15 Cloy. nay garierally 4 - l o b 1 1 6 Upland Ditto ..... Rye.grass Hay AIS AlO Oat Straw l l6 1' New i t l i e p a v d ly ow lim H i a ted y 0 , trlde o 4lol o . aTh W d hea rr t ioeo Dit as te 0n ... .. s 1 0,4,....61. TUB QUEEN DOWAGER OF Wi t c h DRRO.—The numerous visitors to Green sett Per - and Woolwich, in expectation of being Pof at the debarkation of the Queen Dow a g er ji Wirtemberg, have this day suffered a second qy appointment ; the vessel which conveys here 0,1 jesty to her native shore, not having yet a PP,le t in sight. About noon this day, a stencil PT t 3 arrived from Hull, and at so late a peri°7 n° Sunday evening, when the steamer left, tidings had been received in that port C` i/0 11 Majesty. There is no probability of her arr b er therefore, before to-morrow, although a 0 0111 the of carriage horses were sent down froth ic e King's Mews, this morning , for the convel''' of her Majesty and suite. On Thursday night , Joseph Horae6ed'of fit pensioner from the 27th regiment, in s. in t o xication, murdered his child, a rnale,,l%l of three years old, at Maguire's bridge/ t-'°e°S Fermanagh. The unfortunate man, a n Lancashire, has acknowledged his Tipperary Free Press. t he i 5, Letters from Manchester state, that t - e i 5, advance on calicoes, from the lowest ratesi some cases, 30 per cent., what formerly c° c now selling at 6s. 6d. a : 1 1 0 0 1 - a g e „ice A boy, named Pierse Lonergan, S e ptet' a ,,, sixteen years, was tried, convicted , and iv by the Bench of Magistrates yesternolic,:i having wilfully, maliciously, and of 111 9 lo ole prepense, rescued from a police constable, o s c''' i Magrath, two horses, distraincd for a tre s P o ol e `i the road. The policeman, it appears, 11 / 39 ii` nae ° O' cap-a-pee, and the urchin, who wag c° o f fO r to be imprisoned a week, to pay a fir-e, A - s oil "' s hillings, and to be imprisoned till sf"" : "a s hillings, paid, had only those arms which n 9 t u i r , - e Vr:' him. The conduct of the Magistrate 3,, . c h cle; some, was perfectly legal ; but the la Hof'' tr i o ,l ll , prives a fellow-subject of the benefit 9 i d ti . Jury, is certainly not in accordance /I : r ad spirit of the British Constitution.---110 Free Press,