The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-10 00:00:00

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Ifornina ... 3 minutes after 2. 1 Evening...2S minutes after 9.. *nu LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1833. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council yester day at the Palace, Brighton, where a Proclama tion was agreed upon for proroguing Parliament from Thursday next, the 12th, to Tuesday, the 4.h of February, when it will meet for the de spatch of business. `We have received an address from the free coloured inhabitants of Berbice, to Sir J. CAR MICHAEL SMYTH, Governor of British Guiana, dated 23d October, 1833, thanking his Ex cellency, in warm terms, for having repealed all the laws placing them on a different footing from the white population. His Excellency in his answer, dated the 25th October, besides the common-places usual upon such occasions, says : " Under the circumstances in which you are now placed by law, and with the conviction you cannot but entertain, of its being the firm intention of his Msjesty's Govern• ment not to permit the continuance of distinction., either theoretically or practically, founded upon colour, let me earnestly entreat of you to endeavour on your parts to forget the words, and to present to the Government no further petitions or addresses as ' men of colour'—you will assume, without further difficulty, that place in society to which your abilities, information, or wealth may entitle you." Let these sentiments be carried into practical effect, and we' need: entertain no fear of the great experiment now being tried in the West Indies failing to produce an improved social condition in that part of the empire. We direct the particular attention of our rea ders to a long but most excellent article extracted from the Morning Chronicle, on the subject of the libellers and slanderers, and on the law and practice of libel. The doctrines of the real liberty of the Press, and of the rights and limita tion of free discussion, are treated with great force and discrimination. The valuable infor mation on the jurisprudence of the United States, and the amendment of the United States law of libel, is highly important at a moment when the subject is attracting such peculiar attention. The fact is, that the liars and slanderers of private and public character, whether from political or other malignant motives, have reached their maximum, and have at last disgusted all the virtuous classes of society. On the other hand, the defects of the law, which allow the occasional persecution of the Press, must be speedily re medied. We recommend our liberal country contemporaries to publish the leaders of the Morning Chronicle of yesterday and to-day, that this subject may be placed in its proper light throughout the kingdom, and that the liars and libellers may at least have the fear be fore their eyes of the Club-law recommended by FRANKLIN. We give to-day the result of the trial which took place in the Court of King's Bench yester day, to decide the right of the inhabitants of Richmond-terrace and Privy-gardens to be ex empted from parochial burdens. As Richmond terrace and Privy-gardens have all the benefits of lighting, watching, &c., we cannot see on what principle of justice they should not contri bute to defray parish expenses incurred for those and other purposes. We are rejoiced, there fore, that the verdict of the Jury has declared that Lord C. THYNNE, Sir R. PEEL, the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, and others who seek tobe exempted from them, shall not escape the payment of a fair proportion of the parochial burdens, because it is only within these few years that houses have been built from which payment can be levied. It matters not that the ground belongs to the public, and that to have the houses upon it free of taxes, would benefit the public property ; the question is one of strict justice between the parish of St. Margaret's at large and this section of the parish, which wants to have exemption from burdens to which it is in common fairness liable. It may b e th a t the C ourt will overturn the verdict of the Jury ; but surely it is time that the remnant of feudal privileges like this, which exist among us, should be done away with. We perceive that several of our conservative contemporaries are making efforts to force their favourite, Mr. SADLER, the Duke uf NEW CASTLE'S Newark nominee, down the throats of an_ independent body of electors. Hudders field, of all places in the world, has been chosen as a fit town in which to pass off this piece of lack- ered ware for pure gold. We will not insult the constituency of Huddersfield by supposing that they would for a moment entertain the idea of choosing a man to represent them who wished them to have no representative at all : but as the Tories are apt to put Mr. SAD LER forward as a friend of the people, and as many, in the warmth of their feelings for the sufferings of our manufacturing population, par ticularly the juvenile part, have been induced to look upon him with an eye of favour, for the earnestness with which he urges the adoption of his quack medicines for the removal of those sufferings,—for these reasons, we say, we will just remind all constituencies to whom he may pre. sent himself of one fact. It is this ; that let him bawl about the sufferings of the poor till he is hoarse, and weep over the fate of the factory children till he is blind, he does not intend to vote for the only measure which can relieve either. The poor are poor because they cannot obtain employment, because there is not food to be given in return for their labour, and because the landlords will not allow them to exchange that labour for food grown abroad. The remedy for their poverty is to take off the res.riction imposed upon the ex portation of the articles they could produce ; but this is precisely the remedy which Mr. SADLER refuses to apply. The remedy is the same for the prevention of "children overworking them selves in factories. Neither the little things themselves, nor their parents, desire to work fourteen or fifteen hours per day, but working only half the time gives only half the work, and only half the work would produce only half the food. In the manufactories established in Belgium and Prussia, many of them started with English capital which was not allowed to be similarly employed at home, thousands of children are employed, but they are anything but overworked. The traveller going through the valleys of the Vich and the Meuse may see them in the even ing sporting in the meadows, or climbing the steep, wooded slopes, which form the banks of those beautiful streams, with all the bounding hilarity of youth. Why is this ? Food is cheap, and a few hours' toil serves to furnish them with an abundance of the necessaries of life. They want no law to compel them not to overwork themselves, neither would our own children if Mr. SADLER did not compel them to give one third more, and sometimes twice as much, for their bread as is given by the work people of Prussia and of Belgium. With this plain fact before their eyes, we cannot believe that any constituency, but especially a manufacturing constituency, will suffer itself to be gulled by Mr. SADLER'S stories about the advantages of cul tivating our own barren heaths, of home colonies, and the other schemes which hethopes to make the people believe will be as good as cheap bread. W e have the more thought it our duty to make these observations upon Mr. SADLER'S pretensions, as the probability of Mr. MACAULA.Y going to India has given some of the Conservative clique in town hopes of getting the humanity-monger in for that borough, should Mr. BLACKBURNE, of which there can be little doubt, succeed at Huddersfield. Surely the ex-Member for Newark cannot have forgotten, if his friends have, the reception he before met with at Leeds. WHALING EXPEDITION.—A paragraph, entitled " Extraordinary Preservation," has found its way into the columns of some of our south-country contempo raries, in which are detailed the marvellous adventures of two seaman, belonging to the Middleton of this place, who are said to have cruised about for ten or eleven days in the northern ocean on the back of a whale ! The story unfortunately is not true, but the real facts of the case are worthy of publication. On the 21st July, Captain Kerr, of the Middleton, had a boat and crew employed in watch ing two fish, which it was found impracticable to get alongside of the vessel, in consequence of their being at some distance in the ice. The fish were distant from each other about a mile and a half, and two men were on the ice near one of the fish when it ci.me on to blow a gale of wind, which drifted the boat and the other fish out of their sight. They remained about 50 hours after all the provisions were exhausted, excepting what they obtained from the dead body of the whale, and at this time another dead fish floated up alongside of the one which they had in charge. On the 26th July the men were picked up by the Lord Gambier of Newcastle. Captain Kerr, understanding by a signal made from the Lord Gambier, that his two men were on board of that vessel, immediately sent a boat far them, and this boat's crew discovering that the Lord Gambier's boats were endeavouring to get at their two fish, the harpooner and another man jumped upon the ice, and got to the whalesjust when they were at the outside of the ice. These two men did actually embark, each on board of one of the whales, and were a considerable dis tance from the ice and in the open sea when Captain Kerr picked them up. They were about ten hours afloat upon the whales, and during a considerable part of this time each of the men enjoyed a sound sleep.—Aberdeen Observer. On Saturday last three of the prisoners con fined in our gaol effected their escape, viz., John Wilson and John Mitchell, two idle vagabonds from Dumfries, committed on a charge of housebreaking and theft; and John Macdonald, a hardened offender belonging to this town, though only 16, who was convicted at our Circuit Court in April of theft, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The prisoners occupied separate cells ; the cells are always locked up for the night at 3 o'clock p.m., but on Saturday the three prisoners alluded to had gone into a private closet adjoining, taking part of their bed clothes with them ; and they concealed themselves there while the turnkey was locking up the cells. It was the practice of the turnkey, on locking up the cells, to ask if the pr isoners were within, but on Srturday he unaccount ably omitted this duty. Between 8 and 9, after the gaol had been finally locked, the r•ffenders came out, and, with the aid of an iron spike, taken from the window in the passage, raised the flags in the passage, and removed the sand and earth beneath, and forced their bodies under the door of the ward into the staircase. Having found some keys in the outer passage, they went up and made their way into the Court-house ; threw up the window on the eastern side, and descended into the close occupied by Mr. Gillan. About 12 the trio proceeded unmolested out of town. They took the road to Drumnadrochit, and ar riving at Temple House stole two beehives from the garden by the road side. They next obtained whisky, and Mac donald, with eating honey and drinking spirits, got sick, and was left behind. The other two proceeded four or five miles further, when they entered a house and stole 275. The theft being detected, they were pursued, and the money returned to the owner, who suffered the rascals to go at large. By this time, however, the owner of the rreehives had discovered his loss, and having got informa tion of the depredators, overtook and brought them back. Wilson again effected his escape, but was taken the same night near Invermorriston. The whole were then put in a cart, and brought to Inverness, where they are located in their former quarters. —lnverness Courier. We regret to state, that on the 28th ult., a man named Neal Gowan, a driver in the employment oi the Marquis of Sligo, was waylaid and barbarously mur dered near Hollyinount, in this county. At a coroner's in quest, at which Mr. James Gales presided, a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against James Hughes as principal, and Martin Hughes a. aiding and abetting..... Mayo Constitution. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEc. 9.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the Ludlow, Brown, from Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, Disc. 9.—A heavy gale all night and to-day from S.W. to W.S.W. and W. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 8 —Wind S.W., a heavy gale._ Arrived the Nancy, Self, from New Zealand. FALMOUTH, DEc. B.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh breezes and Equally.—Arrived the Rosendale, Ware ; and Barnet, Wylie, from Bahia. Sailed his Majesty's steam packet Lightning, fur Lisbon and Oporto ; Columbia ditto, fur the Mediterranean, both with mails; the Reindeer packet, for the Brazils, and Thais packet, for Halifax, also soiled but put back again. STANGATE CREEK, DEC. 9. Arrived the Lady Frances, Dawes, from Messina. MARGATE, DEC. 9.—Arrived off port the Catharine, Therton, from Charente. RAMSGATE, DEC. 9.—Arrived off port the William, Boag, from Sydney, New South Wales. TORBAY, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Zephyr, Fast, from the Canaries. The Fame, Rawson, from Cork, parted her chain cable yesterday and came into the pier. BRISTOL, DEC. 9.—Arrived the James Morgan, Briscoe, from Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Arrived the Indian Chief, Wil liams ; Snowden, Gemmell, from Demerara ; Power, from Quebec; and Hebe, Field, from Smyrna. Off port the Primrose, from Quebec. The Chieftain steamer, left Belfast for this port on Thursday, and put back with loss of mainmast. ALDEBURGH, DEC. 9.—The Favourite, of Newcastle, is riding off the port leaky, and has taken six addition& hands to assist. PENZANCE, DEC. B.—For more than a fortnight it has blown tremendously hard from W.S W. to W.N.W., with out at any time more than 12 hours' intermission. The nights of Thursday and Friday last were dreadfully severe. Since noon yesterday it has moderated, and several coasters have got under weigh this morning. The Swallow, Ching, from Newry to London, is, on 'bore at the entrance of Carlingford Lough—part of the cargo saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Ws are without any foreign arrivals this morning. The French mail, four Hamburg, and one Holland mail are due, consequently we are without any continental infor mation at present. Demerara papers of the 29th October have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house ; their in formation is not of importance. They state that his Excellency, the Governor, left George Town on Monday evening, in his Majesty's steamer Alban, to proceed to Berbice, where his Excellency arrived on Wednesday morning ; and again left Berbice on Saturday, and r eached Camp House at an early hour this morning. (From a Montreal Paper.) The public has long complained, and not without goad reason, of the bad state of the copper coin, and of its insufficiency for the common purposes of interchange ; means should be taken to endeavour, in some degree, to remedy this evil. The Montreal bank is now putting into circulation a supply of English penny pieces, at one penny currency. The difference between the penny currency and one penny sterling, at the ordinary premium of exchange is 20 per cent. ; the cost of transmission cannot be over 4 or 5 per cent., the difference wi I be net profit to him who will take the trouble to collect the coin in question, and export it to Great Britain. THE FUNDS. Scarce a bargain has been done in the Funds to the present hour, caused by the non•arrival of continental information. The French mail is hourly looked for, and perh ips will bring us some important news from Spain, which we heir is expected soon. Consols, which left off yesterday 88i for the Account, opened at 881 ; reduced 87i;}. The Foreign Funds are nominal at yesterday's prices. HALF. PAST ONE. Lettere from Vienna to the 25th ult. state that un favourable news had been received from Constantinople; that Mahmoud bad been forced to change his Minister and exile Cbo'rew Pacha, who was suspected of being con cerned in a plot. Constantinople was in a state of great fermentation. Accounts from Antwerp state that the ship Schimmelpennick, twelve hundred tons burdens, constructed at that port, was on the eve of sailing; this fine vessel had been in the outer basin since the preceding Saturday. To the present hour we still continue without arrivals, which causes a great dearth of intelligence. The Congo! Market is not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 881 for the Account, since which they have been done at 88i ; Reduced, 871 1. This stagnation in the fends may be attributed to itnportant intrigues going on in the north Of Europe, which causes the speculators to be very cautious in their opera tions ; and perhaps, ere long, the secret will come out. The Foreign market is in the same state as that of the British, little or nothing doing. Spanish, 23Vt; ; Por tuguese, 56i ; Dutch, 56 to In other Foreign Funds nothing doing. _ _ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89i j. The Rev. Mr. Rice, who died a few days ago at his house in the Royal Crescent, at Brighton, was a renowned Bibliomanist. His collections of early English poetry—if not so extensive as Mr. Heber's, in cludes some of the most rare gems, and others that are unique. Mr. Rice was a bold bidder. He gave fif y pounds for Anthony Munday's " Banquet of Daintie Conceits," a thin quarto consisting of 72 pages, pur. chased from the Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetics. This little volume is of such extreme rarity, that even its title was unknown to Warton, Rit , un, or, we believe, even the leviathan Ileber. What will this poetical tract produce when the collection of Mr. Rice is brought to the hammer GENERAL SAARSFIELD.—This distin guished General was born in the county of Louth, and left this country for Americs in 1793, with the view of bettering his fortune; but having been shipwrecked on th e southern coast of Spain, and a ll coun t r i es appearing alike" to him, he abandoned his intention of proceeding further, and entered the artillery service of Spain, then at war with France. Previous to leaving Ireland, be studied mathematics under a distinguished mathematician, who then kept a small school at Tenure, county of Low!), and afterwards attained high proficiency in this science, to which, perhaps. be is indebted for the rank he now holds in the Spanish army. There is still living in the county of Louth a brother of General Saarsfield—Patrick Saars field—a man well known for his kind and philanthropic disposition. He keeps a public house about three miles from Drogheda, on the northern road ; and although frequently written to and solicited by his brother to join him in Spain, he prefer,' the peaceful retirement of his little farm and the enjoyment of rural avocations to par ticipating in the rank and splendour which his relative so honourably acquired.—Drogheda Journal. A FOX-HUNTING TAILOR.—From a sports man to a tailor is a great jump, but if the tailor happen to be a sportsman the drop is much reduced. A few years since—and for anything I know to the contrary he may now be going —there was a most extraordinary member of the shop-board in Cheltenham, by the name of Hastings, whose passion for the chase led him to follow hounds over a country in a manner and to a degree that would stagger belief, were not his performance as noto rious as the sun at noon_day. He has been in the habit of constantly starting on foot, from the kennel, with Lord Seagrave's hounds, quite regardless of distance to cover ; but what is still more extraordinary, from his fine wind and speed, as well as perfect knowledge of the country and the line foxes take, he has never been known to be many minutes in making his appearance at the conclusion of the hest runs. He has been known to hunt five days a week on foot with Lord Seagrave, and meet the Duke of Beaufort's hounds on the sixth. On one occas i on be walked from Cheltenham to Berkeley (twenty-six miles), and found the hounds gone to Haywood, ten miles further. He was rather late, but saw a good run nevertheless ! Of course he has been patronised by Lord Seagrave, who, I have been told, pays for his hunting gear—a fustian jacket and trousers—but his Lordship and all other sportsmen must lament that a man with so intuitive a knowledge of hunting, added to an enthusiastic love of the sport, should have ever been pu an almo s t na t ura l however, that he i u s p s o t n ill a t t h a e ilo t r ai s lo s r ho o p n bd. ack lt : a h p a p v e i a n r g s, antipathy to the saddle, which perhaps prevented his en tering into the service of hounds; but if it he all true which is related of his exploits on foot, and if it be also true that it requires nine tailors to make a man, I can only say, I should like to bo the Man that nine such tailors as Hastings would make. I understand Lord Seagrave more than once offered him A good situation as earth-stopper but his answer always was, that he " could not stop earths a-nighte and hunt a days too." In the summer months he works hard at his trade. What a strange animal is man, and what noble sporting is fox-hunting ! Nimrod in the New Sporting Magazine. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE JIM...RAVE, A BANKRUPT. Mr. 51oNrAcuir applied upon petition on behalf of a creditor of the bankrnpt, for leave to issue a second fiat. A creditor had issued a fiat, but, immediately on doing so, had gone abroad, which left the debtor in a sort of franked situation ; he was in possession of all his property, and might, if he pleased, at any time, follow the creditor with all be possessed. Lord Eldon, in such cases, was in the habit of allowing another creditor to issue a second fiat, without prejudice to the prosecution of the first, within a reasonable time. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired if there appeared to have been any collusion between the creditor who had issued the fiat and the debtor ? Mr. Morcractra was not aware. He was informed that the creditor who had issued the fist had absconded from hia own creditors, and that an affidavit was about to be made of that fact. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the affidavit to be made, and said he would ascertain what the practice in such cases was. IN RE MABERLEY, A BANKRUPT. Mr. KNIGHT states that this matter had been set down to be spoken to on the subject of costs. It was a special case brought to his Lordship under the Bank ruptcy Act, from the Court of Review. The original application was twice decided by the Court of Review against the assignees, who brought it to his Lord ship. His Lordship agreed with the decision below, although he thought it not an unreasonable thing on the part of the assignees, protecting the estate, to take the opinion of the Court of Appeal upon it, therefore the Court dismissed the appeal, but without costs. The question now was whether the original creditor, whose debt was not much more than 3001. altogether, was not to have his coats out of the estate? He asked for them not per sonally against the assignees, but submitted that having had three decisions in his favour, he ought not to be de prived of his costa from one quarter, otherwise it would have been better for him that be bad never entered a court of justice at all; although in this instance the pro perty was small, yet the decision here would rule a great many cases in Scotland under the same bankruptcy. Mr. BETHELL was on the same side. The Court had acted i❑ a similar manner to the way now asked a short time ago in Coleman v. Smithies. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it was much to be re gretted that a case so small in amount should have been selected to have borne the expense of a litigation that was to govern so many other cases of creditors. Mr. SWANSTON contra did not believe that this de cision would have the effect of relieving either the as signees or the estate from further litigation in this matter. This was an application to alter the minutes of his Lord ship's order made in August last, and which had already been acted upon. If it were competent to make such an application at all, the thing could only be decided alter a full discussion, and not in the summary way now pro posed. The money hail actually been paid out of Court. Mr. AIONTAGUE was on the same side. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no question here respecting the discretion of the Court. His doubt principally turned on the words contained in his decision when this matter was heard—" refused, but without costs." If those words meant that the costs were neither to be paid by the assignees nor out of the estate, undoubtedly there was an end to the question. It had been suggested that counsel were not present when judgtnent had been pro nounced ; that was no fault of the Court, probably it was the result of accident. He was rather disposed to consider that the words adverted to were not to be con strued so strictly as to preclude the possibility of the present application being made. If counsel had been present to hear judgment it was probable that this application would then have been made, and it was consequently to be regarded new as au application that would but from accident have been made at that period. Con sidering all the circumstances, the Court were of opinion the creditor ought to have his costs out of the estate, but that in consequence of this application not having been made in due time, be must pay the costs of the present application. EEPARTE WILEY IN RE MABERLEY V. BLIGHT. Mr. SWANSTON was instructed to apply to hi, Lordship under these circumstances :—Mr. Wiley presented a peti tion to the Court of Review, upo❑ which the Court made an orer ; the assignees wished to appeal, and a special case was granted by the Court. In the conclusion however of fact come to in that special case, the assignees considered it would utterly preclude them from having the question raised, which they submitted ought to be discussed. They bad therefore no mode of proceeding but that of presenting a petition to rehear the order. His Lordship's officer however considered that he had no authority to receive such petition, except under the direction of his Lordship, and the application now on behalf of the appellants was, that such direction might be given. The LORD CHANCELLOR Was Of opinion, that if he gave such direction in the present instance, it would greatly tend to increase the number of appeals which it was the object of the Act of Parliament to prevent. Mr. SWANSTON could not quite agree to that conclu sion, because the facts all depended upon the affidavits, and the viva voce examination now resorted to by the Court of Review, had greatly tended to the purity of affidavits. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, it was probable it had, but from what he understood, the Court had not sufficiently resorted to that course of proceeding. He would, however, take the petition, and consider the subject. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) REYNOLDS V. JONES. In this case the bill is filed for the purpose of having an agreement for a lease, granted by the defendant to the plaintiff, of certain manorial property in Gamorganshire, delivered up to be cancelled, on the ground that it had omitted a stipulation which it was understood on the part of the plaintiff it should have contained. The case has occupied the Court fur the greater part of two days, and presents no feature of general interest. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and a Special Jury.) THE KING V. FORD AND ANOTHER. This was an indictment at the instance of Mr. William Ford, charging the defendants, Mr. George Ford, a solici tor, living in Pall-mall, and Mr. Aldridge, the keeper of a gaming establishment in St. James's-square, with con spiring together, and accusing the prosecutor of a for. gery, with the view of extorting money from him. Sir JAMES SCA RLETT (with whom was Mr. HILL) stated the case for the prosecution. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. ALEXANDER ap peared for the defendant Aldridge, and Mr. PoLLocx and Mr. PLATT for the defendant Ford. The prosecutor, Mr. W. Ford, was called, and stated that he was not related to the defendant of the same name. Mr. G. Ford was formerly his solicitor but they had had some differences. The defendant Aldridge kept a gaming house in Sr. James's-square, and with him he had also had some differences. On the morning of the 25th January, 1831, at a very early hour (or rather during the night of the 24th), he received a letter, which he knew to be in the handwriting of Mr. George Ford. The letter was put in and read. It was addressed to the prosecutor by the defendant Ford, who stated that he bad been instructed by Mr. Aldridge to investigate the circumstances attending a forged check for 187/., which bad been paid by Ransom and Co., Mr. Aldridge's bankers; and that the result had been such as to place the prose cutor's conduct in the most questionable light ; that a consideration of mercy on the part of Mr. Aldridge in duced him (the writer) not immediately to take offensive measures, and requesting the prosecutor to call upon him; otherwise his (the writer's) instructions were decisive as to taking some steps on the following day, when such measures would be taken as would be irremediable. The prosecutor then continued—Upon receiving that, letter he instantly went to Aldridge's house, and found there Aldridge, with two other gentlemen, named M'Cabe and Strutch. He stated that he had received such a letter from Mr. G. Ford, and read it in the presence of those gentlemen. He then asked Mr. Aldridge for an explanation, and to throw some light on the subject,, when the latter solemnly called God to witness that be had not given instructions to Mr. Ford to write that letter. Witness being much excited, said he did not believe it. Aldridge then appealed to his feelings, and raid the least he could do was to suspend his judgment until he had seen Mr. G. Ford. He also said he had suspected another person of the forgery, and that he had given the check into Mr. G. Ford's hands to make inquiries about it. The next day witness handed the letter to his own attorney, Mr. Reynolds. es, in c onsequence of these Cross-exarnined by the SOLICI TOR- G ENERAL—Was e resources o f hi s f r i en d s . or t said th a t h e h a d. H e h a d pro secutions.Natevperreshean; u aH n d i ea e n r di ie d vd i e f fi de c s t u oa l nt t e i not money in the funds, nor did be say he had. He once had, but that was thirteen or fourteen years ago. Was a witness lately on a trial in the Common Pieas, for a de fendant to prove the plaintiff had no claim on a bill of ex change. Did then say he once had money in the funds. If the jury bad then put an equitable construction on what he said the plaintiff would not have got a verdict. He never practised imitating handwriting in order to ac quire the art. Had not, except on one occasion, amused ' himself in imitating the writing of his friends. Might have done so in a solitary instance, but was not in the habit of doing so. Would swear he never did so but once in his life. (A paper was produced.) The handwriting at top of that paper was Mr. Gurney's, and that at bot. torn was witness's, in imitation of it. That was his first attempt at imitating handwriting, and it was also his last. Re-examined —Wrote that at Aldridge's house, St. James's-square. It was written, be believed, in the pre sence of Mr. Gurney, and was left there. Mr. Peter Bolton Strutch stated that he was at Ald ridge's early on the morning of the 25th of January, 1831, about four o'clock, when the prosecutor cam- in. Mr. M'Cabe was there. The prosecutor read the letter which had been produced. The prosecutor was much agitated, and demanded an explanation of Aldridge respecting the letter. Aldridge seemed embarrassed, but at last said he did not authorise the letter to be written. The prosecutor expressed his surprise at it, and they got to high words. The pro. secutor and Aldridge were some time previous to that very good friends, but just before an occurrence took place which occasioned a coolness between them. Cross-examined—At that Conversation Aldridge said there had been a forged check, and witness believed he also said that he had instructed his attorney to make in quiries about it. Aldridge seemed much agitated and alarmed. Mr. J. 11. Reynolds, solicitor for the prosecutor, stated, that on Monday morning, the 25th of July, the prosecutor called on him and gave him the letter. Wit. ness took it to the defendant, Mr. Ford, in Pall Mall, and asked him on what grounds he made the accusation con tained in the letter, adding, that the matter was so serious there was no reason why he should withhold any fact. Ha said that he had written by the authority of Aldridge, and that he had no doubt, by comparison of the hand writing with that of another check which he pro duced, and which he said was written by Mr. W. Ford, that the forged check was also in his writing. Witness asked him if that was his only ground for the ac cusation, and he said it was. Witness said that Mr. Al dridge denied having authorised his writing the letter, and he said he would send for Aldridge. He did send for him, and Aldridge came. Mr. G. Ford stated to him what witness had stated. Aldridge said lie had authorised the writing of the letter. Witness then told Aldridge that he understood from the prosecutor that he (Aldridge) suspected another party. The forged check was produced, and Aldridge said, " I might have done so ; on looking at it now by day, I have no doubt of its being the hand writing of Mr. W. Ford." He also said he could swear to the figures being written by the prosecutor. Mr. G. Ford said that next day Mr. Aldridge would make an affidavit, which would be taken to Ransarns', the banker., and that they could only allow that day to pass. Witness said, " I take the meaning of that to be that the money must be paid to-day." Mr. Ford said, " Mr. Aldridge will not be a loser." Witness appointed to see Mr. Ford after three o'clock, and be did see him. (The check was produced.) When witness saw it he said it was like the prosecutor's writing, but that it was not his. Cross-examined—The defendant Ford answered every question put, without hesitation. Several checks were produced besides the forged one, and it is probable that he invited witness to compare them. The defendant Ford gave all the checks to Aldridge, who picked out the forged one, and said he believed the prosecutor had written it. He also called in one of the clerks, who also picked it out. Witness observed it was extraordinary they should pick it out, when Ransom's cashier had paid it. Witness did not believe the signature, or any part of the check, was in Mr. William Ford's hand writing. (The paper with Mr. Gurney's signature, and the imitation of it, was handed to the witness.) Witness said there was a likeness in the imitation, but there was a difference. There was the character of Mr. W. Ford's writing in the imitation. The imitatio❑ was not a very good one. Mr. W. Totaline, cashier to Ransom and Co.'s bank. Aldridge kept an account there. Witness paid the check in question for 1871., believing it to be Aldridge's writing. Aldridge sometimes wrote with a steel pen, and his writing was not at all times alike ; the check seemed to be written with a steel pen. It was not passed to his debit. Aldridge never to his knowledge brought an affidavit to the bank. Cross-examined—Recollected Aldridge coming to the banking-house the day after the pass-book came in, and said witness had paid a forged draft. Did not think he ever paid a forged draft before. Forged drafts bad been paid several tunes at Ransom and Co.'s. Never knew an instance in that house of the loss being made up by the clerks or their sureties. Witness then believed that the check was paid to Mr. Aldridge's usual man of busi ness, but it proved not so. Re-examined—Recollected no instance of a person swearing to a forgery, and having the money passed to his credit. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for the defendant Aldridge, and Mr. Pou.oec for the defendant Ford, addressed the Jury at considerable length ; and after some comments upon the anomalous state of the law regarding con spiracy, contended that there was no proof whatever of the defendants having had any malicious intention to charge the prosecutor falsely. Whether the prosecutor actually committed the forgery or not was not a question in issue in this case; the real question was, whether the defendants acted bona _fide, and had reason at first to be lieve that the prosecutor bad committed the forgery. If the Jury believed in the affirmative, their verdict must necessarily be for the defendants. The Learned Counsel contended that their conduct was bona fide, and that, therefore, they were entitled to an acquittal. Mr. Wm. Savage, clerk to the defendant Mr. George Ford, for twenty year., stated that be knew Mr. Ad. ridge; Mr. Ford had been concerned for him as an at torney. Had seen him write and was acquainted with his hand writing. On the 224 of January. 1831, witness examined some checks shown to him by Mr. George Ford in his private office. He laid down a number of checks, saying Mr. A. had had a forgery on him, and desired wit ness to see if he could find one that was not Mr. A's. writing. Witness selected the one in question, which he believed was not Mr. A's. writing. There was a simila rity to Mr. Alridge's signature, but it was an imitation. A clerk named Simpson was also there, and the checks were also shown to him. Witness also knew the character of the prosecutor's writing. Mr. George Ford had been his attorney. witness then thought the check was in the writing of Mr. W. Ford, and he thought so still. Cross-examined—There was an affidavit of Mr. Ald ridge's prepared respecting the check, to which Mr. A. swore, and it was sent to Ransom and Co. ; could not tell whether it was after this indictment was preferred that it was sent to the bankers. It was now in Mr. G. Ford's possession. The reason the prosecutor was not prosecuted for the forgery was, as Mr. G. Ford said, " it would hang him." The prosecutor had ceased to be Mr. G. Ford's client for some months before the alleged forgery. By the Jury—Before the defendant Ford called witness into the private room to look at the checks, he had re ceived an intimation that a forgery had been committed. Mr. William Simpson (another clerk to the defendant Ford for nine years) knew Mr. William Ford's hand writing, and also Mr. Aldridge's. Witness, on the 22d January, 1831, was asked by his employer to pick from a bundle of checks one that was said not to be Mr. Aldridge's writing. He did so, and selected the one in question ; that he was certain was not Mr. Aldridge's writing. That was still his opinion. Mr. George Ford then asked him if be knew to whose writing it bore any resemblance ? and he said, at first, he thought he had seen the hand-writing before, and afterwards he said he thought it was Mr. W. Ford's writing. Me still saw a resemblance of Mr. W. Ford's writing. Upon some occasions Mr. W. Ford had been in the clerks' office waiting for Mr. G. Ford, and he usually took his seat at witness's desk. Witness had, on some occasions, seen him write the names of several persons whose hand-writing he (witness) knew. sawcan comm thet a groeos resemblance forgery mhl an ee ?" w a sU soon n s t t h r o a n t g o c c t a h s a i t o n h e witness Once he said to wit ness , " Si mpson, don ' t you think I scarcely know the difference. Some of the persons whose signatures were so imitated were Mr. Haymer, Mr. George Samuel Ford, and Mr. Aldridge. Could not recollect that those experiments occurred more than once. Cross-etarnined—Could not recollect when the affidavit of Mr. Aldridge was taken to Ransom and Co. Mr. R. Kirkman Lane stated that he was an attorney in Argyle -street. Had acted for some years as attorney for Mr. Aldridge, and well knew his writing. The check produced was not Mr. Aldridge's hand writing ; it was written much too fine and too well execute!. Cross-examined—There was a resemblance in the character of the hand writing. Could not say but be might have made the same mistake as the bankers' clerk made, unless his attention had been called particularly to it. Would swear the signature, " John Aldridge," was never written by him ; it was written too well. Mr. Andrew Heinrich, an attorney in John-stre,t, Bedford•row, also knew Mr. Aldridge's writing, and said he believed the check was not written by him. Several other gentlemen gave similar testimony. The Jury at three o'clock returned a verdict of Not Guilty. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS (Before Lord LYNDHURST and a Special Jury.) BURGHART V. ANGERSTEIN. This was an action brought to recover a sum of OS; the balance of an accoun t o f 657/. The plaintiff ; ( 0 the celebrated tailor in Cliff , rd street the defendant 0 the son of Mr. Angerstein, of St. James's-square, who a Cornet in the Life Guards. The bill ran throug h bi period of th ree y ears , b u t t h ere were so many porter s t° o delivered the good s , no t one o f w h om h a d exam i ne d I, particulars of d eman d w h ere t h e i r i n i t i a l s were put to goods said to be delivered by them, and it being necet. for them to turn to the delivery-book for every ere took up so mu c h ti me th a t L or d L yn dh urst very ee rie complained of the way in which the cause was got up, threatened sev e ral tim es t o p u t a s t op to i t . H e said theo were thirty causes yet to try, a n d by th a t course t h a t a l f would last twenty-four 'inure. It was a complete denial ° justice to the other parties, who had causes in the paper', By going through the b oo k s i n th e way a b ove rot tioned, many thi ngs were prove d, an d many others trer given up in consequence of the dates in the hill beingl i l time the ord er was g i ven , an d t h ose i n t h e order-b°° were the time wh en th e goo d s were d e li vere d. A t Mr. Earle, counsel for the plaintiff said he was " opinion that it would be better for him to come another dal' . . The plaintiff was then nonsuited. Mr. FOLLETT applied to his Lordship to certify as to the Special Jury, with which he complied. Mr. Fo at the same time said he only wished every article prove, because the defendant had m e t w i t h a very ser i ous acclderl by which his memory was entirely lost, and he was P ° , now aware whether the arti c l es c h arge d were ever dell, vered. ASSIZES AT WAKEFIELD.—Lord Whariv i cliffe stated at a meeting of the Commissioners ° the Sheffield Road, that he had received a letter from London, with th e i n f ormat i on t h at t h e W est R i d i ng wo u ld be included in the Midland Circuit, and that the assii° would be held at Wakefield.-- Wakefield Journal. ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.--AS Mr. Cope' land, of Surrey-street, Strand, was riding in an omnibu s from the Bank to his residence, he hart his vcket-boo t , stolen, which contai ne d a 1001. note , a 51 . di tto, a nd sundry memorandums. We hear that the celebrated carved lion which formed the figure head of the Centurion, the vessel which Lord Anson sailed round the world, was originalll given by George the Third to Charles Duke of Richmuto then Master-General of the Ordnance, who placed it as a pedestal at Waterbeach, near Goodwood, where, fc lf many years, a sight of it and its history attracted the attention of visiters. On one particular occasion our present Monarch expressed his admiration for this Ye; nerable relic, and the Duke of Ftichrnond has present& this royal lion to his Majesty. It is now at the Castle a t Windsor. ftus IN URBE.—During the proceedings in the King's Bench yesterday, two countrymen in smock' frocks entered the Court, and after listening for some time , one of them said to the other, " I say, what be the? doing ?" His friend replied, " Whoy, passing the over seers' accounts, to be sure." On Sunday evening last six of the prisoners attempted to escape from this gaol. On the assistan t turnkey opening the felons' yard for the purpose of taking, the prisoners to th e i r ce ll s , t h ey rus h e d upon hi m, a nd attempted to thrust a gag into his mouth. He, however , had time to cry out " Murder." Mrs. Brierley, t he Governor's wife, heard the cry, and instantly locked th e top passage door, so that no escape could be effected; She then alarmed the debtors in the prison, who seize d their pokers, and rushed upon the felons. The latter:, immediately cried peccavi, each saying " It was not me. They were quietly secured.—Nottinghans Journal. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 11.—The scene which took place on the parting of the Sultan's fivouri'et Achmet Pacha, is described as one of the most ridiculou s possible. His Sublime Highness was particularly drunk with Champagne, and the Ambassador was half seas ove r before his voyage to St. Petersburg commenced; th e Sultan kissed him on the forehead and on the eYe . l repeatedly charging hi m t o t e ll t h e E mperor that he to him his life and his throne, and to assure him of hi' eternal gratitude. He also instructed him to kiss the Emperor's forehead and eyes, and to embrace him oa his behalf. This scene took place at the entrance from the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, the Sultan having ti ° much deviated from etiquette as to accompany his fa' vourite thus far on his voyage ; and it was not till the power of Champagne could go no farther that this amiable couple separated, the Sultan being unable to stand, and Aehmet Pacha being reduced to the same extremity. It was a display worthy of the last days if the Turkish em pire; and a drunken Monarch surrendering, by an Am bassador who can neither read nor write, the independence of the throne of Alahornet the Second, will be a bitter, but ludicrous chapter in the history of the world. The fact is, the best friends of the Sultan say that he is not in hi' right reason ; and what between the exercise of uncon trolled passion and the immoderate use of wine, he subject to temporary derangement. He has not among followers one sound adviser or honest mao.—From the Correspondent of a Morning Paper. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC, The demand has been animated throughout the week ; the wants of the trade have forced them to become buyers 10 some extent, but have turned their attention mostly t° low priced Brazils and Americans, ranging from 7.4 10 71d., which is pretty conclusive they will not touch the new crop yet a bit unless forced to do so. The sales LIP to last night are no less than 29,280 bags, a larger busi nese than in any week since August. Holders have , however, met the demand so freely that only id. to id. cm American and id. to id. on Brazils is gaine I, whilst the good and prime Uplands of the new crop have been com paratively neglected, and sold at the easy prices of the coil part of last week. A good business continues to troy spire in Manchester, but several ineffectual attempts were made within the last few days to raise the price of cloth. Of the week's sales the trade have taken at least 25,000; speculators 1,200 American, 2,400 Brazils, and 600 Surat,. Since Tuesday no speculation. Imports 29th ult. to 7th inst. 8 693 bales. 13,900 Uplands, s id. to ; 3,040 New Orleans, bid. to 9d. ; 600 See Island, 12id. to 24d. ; 130 Stained, 7d. to 12id• ; 2,760 Pernains. Bid. to 10P. ; 4,490 Bahian, &c., 7ich to ; 120 E.lpti in, 1111. to 12d. ; 4,100 Suratst 4id. to 6i. I. ; 140 West India, 7id. to 13p. ; total 29,280 bales. The demand to-day continues geode Sales, 3,000 bales. Specula ors take 800 to 1,000 Boweds, of which 300 are of the new crop, a t 8 d. Some New Orleans are on the Market at Si I. to 9d. per lb. An offer for a large parcel of Surats has been refused at our quotations. EXECUTION OF AN INCENDIARY.—On Saturday morning, at twelve o'clock, John Staniar), the noted incendiary, who was convicted at the last Cam bridge assizes of having been instrumental in firing several barns, underwent the last penalty of the law in front of Cambridge gaol. There were present about 10,000 persons (a great portion of them females), who came from the neighbouring villages, and more especially from Shelford, the scene of his crimes. By a recent confesaioa which he made, it appears that he destroyed eleven exten sive barns successively by the following simple plan he rolled some combustible matter in a quantity of linen, which, at a favourable opportunity, he inserted in the stack. The property which he had keen the means 0( destroying is calculated at the value of 60,0001., a nd hie only motive was the paltry consideration of 6s. 6d., which he was accustomed to receive for giving notice to the fire.office of the commencement of the calamity. Till he was apprehended he was in high esteem with the farmers, but since his apprehension there have been no further fires at Shelford. The spectators before the gaol behaved with greet decorum; but no pity was expressed for the fate of the criminal. The wretched man ap peare I, on being led to the platform, to be exceedingly penitent, and he continued in fervent prayer for about t► quarter of an hour. After the drop had fallen he strug gled for a very considerable time. It is stated that the arrangements were not well conducted. The criminal's hands were at perfect liberty, and he frequen ly rested on one portion of the frame-work. A strong body of consta bles were in attendance.-- Observer. The large bell which was recently cast by Mr. Harrison, at the manufactory of Messrs. Hawks and Co., and which is destined for the church of St. Nicholas, in in this town, was removed from the manufactory and brought up to the church on Tuesday last. The bell was placed on a waggon and was drawn by eight horses, and it will, we understand, be fixed in the course of two or three days. It is a beautiful cast, and bears an inscription, together with the arms of the late George Anderson, Esq., the donor, and the name of the maker. Its weight is 8,0641 b., being only 3361 b. below the great bell at St. Paul's, the weight of which is 8,4001 b. It may not be irrelevant, however, to state that these are small when put in comparison with others ; the great bell at St. Peter's in Rome weighs 18,6071 b. ; that in the Palazzo Vecchio at Florence weighs 17,0001 b., and is fixed at a height of 275 feet from the ground ; the " Great Torn' of Christ Church, Oxford, weighs 17,0001 b., and that of Lincoln, 9,B94lb...—Newcastle Paper. rOMBL To tho Itumn a lend thi trt, but 4 close tr a y, more rid ever seer of the 1 8 exte and vatic in point say notl Pages of Velties el PETIT The lity • has Lion chi his char quiring it is a follower it much former time to reading knowle talent abort a consist the we Victor briand standx Intat up doi Althoff the co one above dation except' and is tan no days ti lumen' CC ed a vi het ni Lady ' tinck ; In the Count M to the Recall Chief last is salary II WWI tours Lord Mail