The Sun. — London, England, 1821-10-31 00:00:00

FIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TIM MORNING PAPERS October 31. [IIIO%.NING* POST.] Commercial letters from Constantinople to the 27th ult. assert that all was tranquil in that capital, and give the following details as proofs of that assertion ! The public will judge how far they tend to produce conviction :—" Appear ances of discontent had manitested themselves among the Janissaries, but the Government had sheen unusual activity and energy. Some Ja nissaries had been executed at the European Castle on .the Bosphorus, the place where cri minals of that body are generally put to death. These punishments are announced at night, by the firing of a cannon, for each individual so executed. At midnight, on the 14th, eight re ports of cannon were heard. The plague has unfortunately made its appearance at Constan tinople. Two servants have (lied in the Palace of the Dutch Envoy, and the Foreign Ministers felt great consternation in consequence." [TILE TIMES.] Of the foreign - intelligence by the mails of yesterday, that from Portugal seems the most striking. The Cortes are now in constant and laborious action, and the dignity and difficulty of the questions which they have to decide be stow upon that body a title to general attention. From what has been hitherto observed of their proceedings, there is among them, apparently, so much zeal and public spirit, and purity of feeling, that, however in some instances their decisions may fail to satisfy the judgment of ex perienced statesmen, they will, we doubt not, earn for themselves at last the gratitude of Por tugal, and the respect of Europe. The most prominent subject of recent debate has been that branch of 'the legislative constitution which con cerns the qualifications of the Deputies. [BRITISH PRESS.] There seem - s, happily, to prevail between the King and the Cortes of Portugal a very good un derstanding, and an appearance of mutual confi dence, which augers well for the general prospe rity of the State. While such a feeling subsists the country cannot fail of receiving benefits from any form of Constitution, because every mind will be exerted—not in fruitless trials of strength, or in dangerous intrigtres to counteract the mischiefs of ambition or jealousy—but in de vising and executing what may seem to all to . be most serviceable to the State. Such, unfortu nately, is not the case with Spain, m here the Courtiers and Monks, calling themselves the King's friends, have excited such a jealousy of their conduct, and even of the King's intentions, that the utmost firmness of the Cortes will be required to save the country from the effects of party violence. In such a state of political ex citation, the _natural vices of the Constitution re quire only an increase of ambition in the King, or of jealousy in the Cortes, to be brought - out and made prominent ; but in Portugal they seem likely to remain dormant, and, from the different political circumstances of the two countries, it might happen that a form of Government would be highly profitable to Portugal, which for Spain -would be fraught with evils of the worst and most appalling character. The great evil in. the, Constitution of both countries is, that there is no balancing power between the King and the Cor tes—a power which, like our House of Lords, might interpose between the ambition of the one, and the occasional intemperance of the other, and which has, in fact, on some great and me morable occasions of English history, saved the Constitution of our country, and rescued us by its silent, though necessary operation, from the present effects of civil dissentions, and the even tual misery of arbitrary power. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] A Lisbon Mail arrived yesterday with letters and papers to the 21st inst., and from the latter extracts will be found in another part of our co lumns. In the Sitting of the Cortes of the 9th, a letter from the Prince was read, dated Rio Ja neiro, July 17th, and sent to the Congress by the King's orders, in which he states that the Pro -vince of Rio Janeiro is in a perfect state of tran quillity, and gives an account of the expences of his Government there for the last year, which had amounted to twenty millions of cruzados, that the estimate for the present year was only fourteen millions, but that the province would not yield beyond six, , by which means -a deficiency of eight would be experienced, to •cover which, he is in a great dilemma, as the other Ca ptain-Generalships declined contr'buting. He further adds, that the volunteer corps were 26 months in arrears of pay, and besides, the re pairs of several ships of war had been ordered that in St. Paul's a Junta had been formed, to which the people gave the powers of Govern ment; that the troops in Santos had mutinied, &c. He concludes by assuring his august father that he will do every thing for the welfare and glory of the nation, and requests him to lay his letter before the Cortes. [MORNING /JERALD.] If the continental Press were unfettered, the alternate rumours of peace and war sent forth in the Journals would excite no surprise ; but being as it is a mere passive instrument in the hands of the ruling powers in the different States, and those States so linked with each other as to ex tend the controul and management uniformly over the whole almost of continental Europe, it is impossible not to suspect some secret motive for keeping the European mind in a state of con tinual suspence and vibration. For- some days back the accounts from the German capitals were all of a warlike character. Now the current runs the other way. It is declared that the continu ance of peace is beyond all doubt. A demi official article from the Berlin -Government Journal gives a sweeping contradiction to almost all that has been said in the German newspapers for some months. It denies that the Emperor Alexander ever rejected the mediation of Aus tria, because Austria never offered her mediation. It may be very true that this mediation was not distinctly rejected ; but 'we have it from the Austrian Observer (the Vienna official Journal), a better authority certainly on this subject than the Berlin Gazette, that De Lutzen, the Aus trian Minister, and the English Ambassador, were acting - as mediators. - EW TIMES.] Before the munificence of the Noble Peers who have clubbed'their thousands " to raise Sir Robert Wilson above the reach of Ministerial malice" can be justly estimated, it should be re membered what their conduct has been on other occasions of a similar (and yet of a disSiMifar) nature. Comparison with others is often invi dious, but it is well for a man when he shines by comparison with himself. Five of these Noble Personages have given the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds to Sir Robert Wilson. We remember that a few years back a subscrip tion was opened for the relief of the wounded, and for the families of the soldiers who were killed at the battle of Waterloo. For the relief and support of these twelve thousand brave fellows and their families, by whose heroism the country had been saved, and peace restored to-the world, we believe it will be found that these five individuals did not contribute one-fifth part of the sum which they have now given to re ward Sir Robert Wilson for the loss of his corn mtssion.—Again, in 1816, hundreds of thousands of manufacturers were thrown into the most ex treme distress, by the revulsion of our commercial affairs. A subscription was opened ; and these same liberal personages were ready—not with five hundreds, but with fifties.—We could name a Noble Peer, who has his political views, and can support them. He considered the Constitutional Association a laudable institu tion, and accordingly sent them his 50!. But to the manufacturing poor, in 1816, he gave fifteen hundred pounds ! ! And we think he .shewed rather more judgthent and discrimination than certain other Lords— " Who to party give up what was meant for mankind." But after all there may be more in it than we are aware of. The Times, about three weeks since, urged very' strongly upon the people of l Southwark the necessity of buying Sir Robert.— " He of course could feel no shame in selling himself to the People ; " and then " the constitu ent would have a freehold in his representative." The EleCtors of Southwark have been very slow' in taking the hint ! not one hundred, out of all their thousands, have yet contributed towards this constitutional purchase; and the consequence naturally has been, that they are too late. The " freehold" is ..- ° one. Forty-two - Whig Mem bers of the two Houses of Parliament have, bid four thousand three Hundred pounds. Whether the money will be taken remains to be seen; but certainly the Borough voters will not bid more. We suppose' that the Worthy Knight will now be more independent than ever. Sitting between Sir Francis and Mr. Lambton in the. House of Commons, he will of course feel the gift of five hundred from each as a continual antidote,to any bias which friendship might otherwise give him toward their piopositions. Thus thrives the great cause of Parliamentary Reform! FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, 0CT.30. Commisiion in the Northern Regiment of Northumberland Local Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northumberland. Henry Collingwood, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Com mandant, cica Orde, resigned. EANKRUPTS. G. Lawrence, Eveshani, WorceStershire victualler, to sur render Nov. 22, at five, 23,..•and Dec..ll, at eleven; at the Northwick Arms Inn, Bengwoyth,.Worcestershire. Attornies, Messrs. Boustield and Williams, BonVerie-sireet, Fleet-street, London ; and Mr. Workman, Evesham.- • R. Smith, Howden, Yorkshire,- _tallow chandler, Nov. 8, at seven, 9, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Half-3loon lnn, Howden. Attorney, Mr. LoWndes, Eed-Lion-square, Lon don. . S. Hulse, Nottingham ,, silversmith, Nov. 13, 14, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Ram Inn, Nottingham. Attornies, Messrs. Chippendale, Son, and Yaltop, ,Great Queen-street, London ; and Messrs. Foxcroft and Parsons, Nottingham. • -, • W. Wycherley, Trcfnant, Staffordshire, farmer, Nov. 6, at four, 7, at the Vine Inn, Staffold, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Attornies, Mr. Chester, Staple-Inn, Holbot, London ; and J. H. Comber-. bath, Eccieshall, Staffordshire. N. Jolley, Charing-cross, poulterer, Nov. 6, 17, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Burton, New North-street; Red-lion-square, London. W. Cable, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, baker, Nov. 12; at six, 13, anti Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Golden Lion, Ipswich, Suffolk. Attorney, Mr. W. J. Carpenter, Furhival's Inn, Holborn, London. T. Plitt, Chit Saint Lawrence, Devonshire, butcher, Nov. 21, 22, and Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Attornies, Mr. R. Brutton, Old Broad-street, London ; and Mr. Ford, Exeter. G. Gosling, Chesterfield, wine and spirit merchant, Nov. 8, at four, 9, and Dec. 11, at elevefi ' at the Commercial Inn, Chesterfield. Attornies, Messrs. Lowes and Cowburn, Tan field-couri, Temple, London ; and Mr. Thomas, Chesterfield. DIVIDENDS. Nov. 27, J. Beck,. Sweeting's-alley, Cornbill, watchmaker —Dec. 1, J. Du4fill, Broornsgrove, 'Worcestershire, grocer— Dec; 4, J. Peet, Ashton-within-Mackerfield, -Lancashire, hinge manufacturer—Nov. 21, P. Dewsbury, Altrincham, Cheshire, corn-dealer—Nov. 21, T. Stafford, Bath, jeweller— Nov. 24, H. HaY and T. A. Torner, Newcastle-street, Strand, printers—Nov. 6, C. R. 11. Bailey, Swallowfield, Wilt shire, dealer—Nov. 17, J. Richardson, Sloane-street, Chelsea, apothecary—Nov. 24, C. Marsh, widow, L. Deane, widow, R. ;Westbrook, sen., and H. B. Deane, Reading, .113erkshire, bankers—Nov. 20, G. Gardiner, St. John-street, ironmonger .-Nov. 24, D. Pitt, Fenchurch-street, hosier—Nov. 22, T. Dowding, West Stower, Dorsetshire, yeoman—Nov. 22, C. Thick, 'Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, maltster—Nov. 24, IV. Phipps, Shoreditch, willow-square-manufacturer—Nov. 24, A. Nordblad and H. Middleton, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants—Dec. 1. J. Clay, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant — Nov. 24, J. Warwick, St. Alban's, draper—Nov. 24, P.D. Abbott, Powis-place, Great Ormond-street, insurance-broker — Nov. 22, R. Bass, Colchester, maltster—Nov. 3, G. Hardisty and J. Cowing, Bedford-court, Covent-garden, woollen-drapers —Nov.2o, R. A. Cox, G. Weston, J. Furbe, and G. Cox, Little Britain, bankers. CERTIFICATES—Nov. 20. • U. Yarrow, of Chiswell-street, shop-keeper—A. Redford, London-road, stationer—S. Davis, of the Butts, Staffordshire, Maltster—J. Coombes, Lower Shadwell, cooper—J. Storr, Churwell, Yorkshire, clothier—T. Barehead, New 3lalton, Yorkshire, corn-factor—R. Ray, Southampton-row, Blooms bury, man-milliner—C. Palk, East Teignmouth, Devonshire, linen-draper--J. Tyerman, : Bristol, haberdasher—J. Nelson, Kendall, Westmorland, corn.ilealer. s PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. Latchford and W. Davis, Birmingham, pearl button makers—J. Daulby and Co. Tranniore, Cheshire, ship-builders —J. Dove and F. Collier, Shipston-upon-Stower, Worcester shire, surgeons—R. Godden and Co. Tenterden, Kent, bankers —J. Hibbert and Co. Manchester—W. Sydenham and J. Jol lyffe, Charles-street, Westminster, saddlers—Rev. R. Phillips and R. B. Phillips, Fotherley Hall, Staffordshire, school-mas ters—W. Lacon, Jun. and Co. New Bridge, Denbighshire, iron ininers—W. L. Bryan and R. G. Grinnell, Pouliry,•printers. FORG Eirf on the BANK of SCOTLAND. PARIS COURT OF EXCISE, OcT. 25. The trial of James ill'Dougal, alias LT 7 illiam Harper, alias Debreton, commenced this day be fore the Court of Assizes. 'He was indicted for having committed certain forgeries upon the house of BattILLoN and Co. in Paris, and the Bank of Scotland, and circulating them knowing them to be forged. The Prisoner, in contradic tion to the declarations of numerous witnesses who recognized him as Wm. harper M'Dougal, said that his name was James Harper, and that he had generously substituted himself for his bro ther, in order to save him from an ignominious sentence. The prisoner had lived in Edinburgh in 1819 under the name of Debreton, where he taught the French and German languages. He disappeared suddenly before the forgeries were discovered, and an outlawry' followed. He re paired to Paris, where he assumed the name of Capt. Wm. Harper, and lodged in the most elegant hotels he could find. He frequented the gaming tables, and became intimate with some English gentlemen of distinction. In the month of June, 1820, under the name of William Har per M'Dougal, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Bedford Hodges, in the chapel of the English embassy. Some time after he waited on M. Barillon, the banker, and presented to him a let ter of credit from the Directors of the Bank of Scotland, for 1,0001. sterling. This pretended letter of credit, which had a false stamp and all the appearance of the Bank of Scotland paper, was not suspected by M. Barillon, who allowed Harper to draw two bills on him, one for 6001. and the other for 4001. Drafts which he gave to different persons in discharge of the expenses of his marriage, his lodgings, &c., were also paid without hesitation. The amount of these drafts was 12,699 francs. The Bank of Scotland, know ing nothing of William Harper, allowed his bills to be protested, and M. Barillon discovered he had been duped. It was discovered that he had fled to Ghent, but on the application of the French Government he was delivered up by the authorities of-the-Netherlands, and on the 23d of March lodged in the prison of Lille. He there made a very strange declaration. He asserted that he was not the person accused, but his i brother, and that he had, in concert with the wife of William M'Dougal, planned his escape.-- Through the management of the wife her,hus band bad been sent forward to Lille under the care of a single officer. The carriage which con veyed him was about to leave the yard of an inn at Courtray, when the prisoner (James), who bad followed his brother on horseback, and was dressed exactly like him, stepped into the coach while the hOrses were changing. He quickly put on his brother's cloak and cap, who escaped. James now insisted that he was only liable to the punishment for assisting in an escape. The iadictment, however, charges the prisoner with being the same person who had been suc cessively known under the names of Debreton, Harper, and William M'Dougal, but whose real name and origin are unknown. The accounts which he give-s of his voyages from Scotland to America, and from America to England, are full of errors, both chronological and geographical. For instance, he pretends that he has lived among the Itchignois savages at the distance of 130 or 140 miles from St. Louis, the capital of the Missouri State, but it has been proved to him that he must make a mistake of only about 300 leagues in distance. Ire was assisted by an in terpreter, because he asserted that he did not understand the French language, but he soon grew tired of that slow mode of communication with the Court and Jury, and began to express himself in bad French, in which a kind of Scotch pronunciation was more apparent than the Eng lish; but his extreme volubility proved that he had little difficulty in the choice of expressions. In answer to questions from the President he could give no account of his 'birth, because no registers were kept in Scotland. Respecting the distribution of the property of his parents, he said that his father had given him 4001. sterling when he went to New Orleans, and that he gave up all the rest of the succession to his brother, with the exception of the share of the sister, who married M. Debreton, against whom proceedings for forgery. had been instituted at Edinburgh. The President reminded him of the evidence al ready given of his identity, in answer to which, he insisted that they must have been deceived by this extreme resemblance to his brother. At las the prisoner objected to be questioned by the President. . President—You do not understand what my duty is. Prisoner—lt is not. thus a judge acts in England ; a judge there is impartial. - The President —So is he also in France. I put questions to you for your interest, but you do not reply to them with any precision. I ask you no insidious questions. Why did your brother call himself Harper ? Prisoner—Harper is the name of a person who left him mo ney, on condition that he should take the name of the tes tator. • President —You say you . got clothes made similar to your brother's : what tailor made them ? _ _ _ Prisoner—Why do you ask such questions ? As I know that the Belgian Government is despotic, I shall take good care not to mention the name of the tailor, for that would only get him thrown into prison. In answer to these questions, the prisoner sketched with a pencil a plan of the yard of the inn at Courtray, to explain the mode in which lie said his brother escaped. The Court then proceeded to examine witnesses to prove the prisoner's identity. Several persons with whom he had lodged or associated, deposed that he was the William Harper or M'Dougal described in the indictment, and that he used to speak French perfectly well. Major Foley, of the British service, recognised the prisoner. He had dined with him; and lrad - seen- him more than 50 times. The prisoner put questions to - the witness ' which were inter preted to th e C our t. The Major said that he observed no dif ference in hii style, except that in 1820 he spoke like an Eng lishman, whereas now he assumed a Scotch accent, which might be easily imitated. • M. Beye r l e y h a d b eco me security for the prisoner to the amount of 800 f ra ncs, w hich lie was obliged to pay. -He after wards challenged him, and they were to meet in the Bois de Vincennes, where the witness waited three hours and a half after the time appointed, but prisoner never cam e . President. —Are you quite certain of the identity of the prisoner ? M. Beyerley.—l have not the least doubt. If Le will take off the handkerchief which he has tied about his head, you will see that he is bald. The prisoner refused to remove the handkerchief until all the witnesses had been examined respecting the colour of his hair. He said, the truth was, that M. Beyerley -had endeavoured to swindle his brother out of 800 francs. This he would prove by the testimony of Mr. Manning. Mr. Manning (an English lawyer) was immediately called. He stated that a Captain Harper, who appeared to be the same person as the prisoner, had consulted him on his difference with M. Beyerley. The dispute was settled by arbitration. Beyerlpy was again called up, -and went into details re specting the life of the prisoner, who, he,said, had been nur sed in Edinburgh, under the name of Debreton, and had un der that name published- a French grammar. The prisoner was repeatedly checked by the Court for put. ting insolent -questions to the gentlemen and other witnesses. Several tradesmen with whom the prisoner had dealt identi. fled him. A Mr. Drake had sold _him three horses, for whicl. he was paid by bills on M. Barillon. The prisoner asked this witness whether he thought a Scots. man could imitate the English accuit. Mr. Drake.—l cannot tell. - The Advocate-General.—The witness, it is true, is an En glishman ; but he is a connoisseur in horses; and not in lan guages. . . . . . . M. Barilion had not the slightest hesitation in recognizing the prisoner, who spoke French perfectly. A Captain Harper had been arrested in London instead of the prisoner, but the in nocence of that gentleman was proved, and it was ascertained that the prisoner's real name was Debreton, and that he had been a teacher of languages at Edinburgh. Mr. Sloper, an English lawyer, stated that he had been confulted by M. Barillon on a letter of credit produced by a person call ing himself Harper, and that he had seen no reason to doubt its authenticity. He had seen the prisoner at M. Barillon's bank, and now recognized him. The Court adjourned to five o'clock. Having re-assembled at that hour, the Advocate-General and the prisoner's Counsel were heard, after which the President summed up the case. The Jury having deliberated for three-quarters of an hour, declared the prisoner guilty—lst,.of forgery of commercial and banking writings . '2d, of having used a forged stamp of the Bank of Scotland; 3d, of forgery of private writing. The sentence of the Court was, EIGHT YEARS HARD LA- B3IJR, PILLORY, BRANDING, and 500 FRANCS FINE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, OCT. 30. HAMEL]) V. THORPE. This was a case sent from Chancery for the opinion of this Court, as to the validity of the will of one John Stevenson. — The testator being seized in fee of certain lands and tenements, by his will devised the same for life to a female named Bell, with remainder to Mrs. Hatfield. One of the three witnesses to the will was the husband of the latter. Both Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Hatfield died without taking the which was now claimed by the plaintiff as heir-atlaw. The question for the opinion of the Court was, whether the will was duly executed in pursuance of the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 11. c. 3., and the 25- Gco. 11. c. 6.; the former of which directs, that all devises of lands and tenements shall not only be in writing, but signed by the testator, or some other person in his presence, and by his express direction -; and be subscribed in his presence by three or four credible witnesses ; and the latter directs, that the witnesses shall be entirely disinterested persons, and such as can receive no benefit or advantage by the . will, and making void all legacies given to witnesses. Mr. Cwi-rEnrr.a., for the plaintiff, contended,. that the will was well executed. Admitting the full effect of the Statute of Frauds, and of the 25 Geo: 11. still though the husband of Mrs. Hatfield might be an interested witness at the time of the exe-1 cution of the will, and- the devise as to her might thereby be come void, yet his wife having died before it took effect, that would set up the will as it respected the heir at law, Mr. Hat field's interest having entirely ceased at the death of his wife.— The will could not be impeached unless it came-within the ex press words of the statutes. It was now attested de facto by three disinterested witnesses, whatever might have been the ori ginal vice in the attestation, and therefore the Court were bound to give effect to the Will. Mr. Reader, contra„. relied upon the expresS language of the Statute of Frauds, and of the Statute of Wills, winch he con tended made this will Void-and of no effect. It being admitted that Dirs. Hatfield could take'nothing under the will, by reason of this mfonnality,-it was quite clear that her heir at law could take nothing, because the heir could stand in no better situation than the devisee herself. The COURT Said they would consider the case, and certify their opinion to the Lord Chancellor. DARTE V. MACKE. This was a question as to the construction of a lease. The defendant hcld from the plaintiff certain lands and also a house ,which was then building. The building was completed in the course of twelve months, and the lease which covenanted that the les,4ee should assist the lessor in the formation of two foot paths and sewers:for the general accommodation expired. After the execution of the lease a question arose as to whether the lessee were liable for any part of the expenses incurred in the formation of the path, &c. which were made during the year of the tenant's agreement .Mr. BARNWELL was heard for the lessor, and Mr. ARRA. ITAM for the lessee, and the CounT at once decided that the lessee was liable. OLD BAILEY. YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY. Yesterday George Simmons, a lad only 12 years of age, was indicted for stealing a coral necklace, the property of James Scott, from the person of Mary Ann Vernon, a child only three years old. By the evidence it appeared that the young culprit was seen to unclasp the necklace by a little girl, who immediately told the circumstances,' and pointed out the lad who stole it, to the per Son Who had the child in charge. The Jury found the pri soner—Guilty. The parents of the prisoner appeared to be very honest peo ple, and had set a good example before their son. The Common Sergeant admonished the lad on the wickedness of his conduct, and- told him he should be severely chastised and kept to hard labour. Henry Harris, aged 14, Richard Prendergast, aged 12, and Michael Anderson, aged only 10, were indicted for stealing from the person of a child a coral necklace, the property of Peter Wright. The prisoners seemed to be hardened in guilt, although so young in age. They accused one another of the theft, but each asserted his innocence. They acknowledged that they ran away, but rave as a reason that each thought one of the others had.hurt the !child. The infant was observed to be crying very much as the prisoners ran away from it. The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty. • The masters of Prendergast and Anderson appeared to give them a character, 'and promised to take them back into their service. The Court ordered the lads to be wellivhipped, and then dis charged. Prendergast and Anderson were given over to their masters, and Harris was detained at • the request of his mother, until she was able to send him to sea: This was the only means left td restrain him from his wicked course's. TWO more lads of the name of C0,, ,, 1ian and Harris, the one aged 13, and the other 14, were indicted for stealing a coral necklace froni a child, the . property of Blr. Syder. The daughters of the prosecutor were walking out with their brother,who was nincyears of age, when Harris came up behind the child, and loosened the clasp of a coral necklace which was round its neck. This was observed by a - person who was passing by, and he immediately took the boy into custody. The pri soner Coghan was in his company at, the time. The jury found Harris Guilty, and acquitted Coghan. The Court told Harris that he was an old offender, and pro mised that he should not have another opportunity of appear ing at that bar. BRUTAL ASSAULT. John Jacobs was indicted capitally for assaulting Ellen An derso., on the King's highway, and violently taking from her person a shilling, a bonnet, and a silk handkerchief. The prosecutrix was passing along Rosemary lane on the evening of the 18th October, with a basin and a shilling to get some soup. She met the prisoner, who attacked her violently, snatched the shilling, tore her bonnet, and beet her severely until two watchmen came up and took him into cuptody. The prisoner strongly protested his innocence. His employer was called, and gaVe him an excellent character for honesty. The Jury found the prisoner GUILTY, but recommended him to mercy on account of the good character he had received. The COMMON SEReEANT said he would certainly forward the recommendation,but when the dreadful state the streets were now in was considered, by the nightly robberies of such men as the prisoner, it was necessary to determine what steps were re quisite to be taken to put a stop to these continual depredations. This was a most brutal assault, and might have been the.cause of the death of the'prosecutrix, had not the watchmen oppor tunely interposed. He advised the prisoner not to depend upon the kind recommendation of the Jury for life, but to prepare for his awful fate. • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. EXTREME PEPRAVITY.---Yesterday Jemima Mathews, a middle-aged woman, of the lowest order, was indicted for re ceiving a sheep's heart and liver, knowing them to be stolen. Mr. WALFORD stated the case for the prosecution. He said, that however difficult it must be to give credit to the fact, yet he was instructed it would be clearly proved that the de fendant was in the habit of seducing children from that' pa rents—taking them to live with her, instructing them in all the arts of thieving, and sending them daily about the street to practice the lessons she gave them. A number of children who had been seduced by the wretched defendant, were brought into Court to give evidence ; they were mostly about ten years of age—one was sixteen. Frederick Clarke, the eltkst victim of the defendant's seduc tion, stated, that about a month ago a younger brother of his was lost, and cOuld not be found by the most diligent inquiries , . • . • . . , of' his patents. hont a fortnight after he was lost, the witne o ' , met him in the st ree t ;h e th en witness, that he and s,Veral. , other biOys lived with the defendant—that she sent them, Ott every day to steal, and was very good to them when they biougbt things to her. Thi s b o y a d vise d . th e w i tness to go h ome with -him to the defendant's house, which he did, and w,:s engaged by her to do as the others did—she promised to pay him fur what' ever he should bring home, and sa id s h e wou ld c h arge him-three` pence a night for his lodging. ()n the third day after he went , . the llth instant, (which was the day laid in the indictment) be stole from a butcher's shop in Whitechapel, a sheep's heart and liver, which he brought home to the defendant, who said it was worth sixpence, and he should have two niglit'slOdgings for —He was positive - that he told her he had stolen it from a' butcher's shop. • John Tyrrell, a younger boy, said he went to live with the defendant the Sunday before the List witness stole the heart and • liver. The defendant's son used to come to his father's house and beckon him to go- out, and would then-take him to the de fendant, who coaxed him to go and live with her. He, h ea rd. . Clarke tell the defendant he had stol e n th e h ear t a nd li ve r froth a butcher at Whitechapel ; she praised him, and said he - should have two night's lodgings for it. Mr. Hopwood, a butcher at Whitechapel, proved that a sheep's, heart and liver were stolen. from his shop on the day laid, in the indictment. Clarke, the first witness, proved it was from the last witness's shop he committed the theft. . . Barrs, a constable, stated, that he received information agains t the defendant on the 11th inst. in consequence of which he went ur the house where she lived, and apprehended her, and seve n • young boys' who were in th e r o om . Sh e was f r yi ng a s heeP s heart and liver at the time. Thei'e was some straw in a corner of the room, on which they used all to lie to ether like pigs; This witness having mentioned that the witness Tyrrell hat said he was told by the defendant he'd be taken that day; Tyrell was called up again, when he stated, that every morP ing before the defendant sent them out to steal, she told, theme what would happen to them during the day, which she knelt by shuffling and cutting a pack of cards, and on the morning ht was taken she told him, " there was a CLUB ?.g..ainst him, 311 d he would certainly be taken ; but there was a nEART for bin)/ and he might be surc'of gating off." The prisoner, in her defence, stated, that she had given tb4, boys matches to sell, and supposed Cl a rke mi g ht h ave bang," what he brought hothe with the mon e y h e received for to c matches. The CuArnmAx, in charcting the Jury, said 1 e had ne l before heard a case of such de'pravity proved in a (purt of JO: tice. He thought - his situation had brought him ilequainteq with every species of crime that - was practised in the rnetropoll!: but he never: before heard of the existence of such an ilcadeTP, f r instruction in vice. The Jury without hesitation fonird the prisoner Guilty . Mr. WALronn informed the Court there were other I ndict; ments against the prisoner, for similar ofFmces which dis t 1 1P' vary in the least from that which wasroved, anit inquired ther it would be necessary fair him to proceed'to trial ? After some consultation on the Bench, the CrrArnm4ot formed Mr. Walford it was not considered necessary to . procee 4 .• farther. lke, then sentenced the prisoner to twelve months prisonment in the House of Correction: .• EARTHQUAKE,—On Monday morning, ahoti t; seven o'clock,_att earthquake was very sensiblY felt over the island of Bute. At Rothesay and ;It its vicinity a tremulous motion was experiencc ° ' which lasted for a few seconds, and is Said by some to have been accompanied by a sound sinw lar to that of the distant rolling of carriag e ' wheels.- We understand it was also felt berg though.so slightly as not to excite speculation corroborated by . the above information fr ool Bute.—(Grecnock Advertiser.) DARING ROBBERY.---Yesterday a most -anc l3 ' cious robbery was committed in the Sessioas' house, Clerken well-green. William Pitcher , constable, -brought a sheet of copper, value 6€ ' into Court, for the stealing of, which a wool. was to be tried, and the copper was to b e produced. The constable happened to la; c " . the copper by his side, and in a few moments 1t was missing. Shortly after a man of the na!ne f ;Tames Hare was stopped by another constable: leaving the Sessions-house with the ident:ol sheet of copper in his possession. He was take il More the Magistrates at Hatton Garden, vvh -° committed the prisoner for trial. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE, October 30. Amsterdam • l2 14 C. Ditto, at Sight 12.11 • Rotterdam l2 15 Antwerp l2 7 , f T , Hamburgli 37 10 9 2 '' 4 i VP Altona , . 37 11 -, Paris, 3 Day's sight ' • 2.e GO 0 U . , * U 51 Ditto - ' 25 90 2 0 04 , Bourdeaux, ditto .. 25 90 Fradrid ankfort on the Main .. •••• 15966 Ex •M . e 9 . 1, Cadiz M . • . 36 .E E t t t i e c c i f ; :: .. • • llilboa . 351 Ed r`lz ti Barcelona Seville Gibraltai Leghorn .. .. • 47 liit-i Ana ... 43i-Venice, Ital. Lie. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 391 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio.laneiro .. Dublin .... Si ....Cork • 9 per Cent. j f BULLION. OP Portugal Gold, hi Coin 1.0 0 0 P ei Foreign Gold, ni Bzirs 3 17 10i New Doubloons • . New Dollars Silver in Bars, standard 0 4 I I _.........10.,,, BIRTHS. s ort The Viscountess CRANB nil F. was, brOught to bat of 0 and heir on Monday evening, at nine o'clock, at her lie Park-place, St. James's. The Marchioness of SA LI SI- : 0 41 quitted a dinner-party at Hattield-house, in Hertfordshire,. fair arrived in town in time to receive the joyful charge. '-C 1 Lady and her infant are doing extremely well. of On Monday, at Streatham, Mrs. Abraham Borrab iLe ' a son. MA ILRIED. o, , g Yesterday, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. Robert I", ° Prebendary of Canterbury, Sir ‘i'illiam JoMistone M.P., one of the Lords of the Achniraliy, to the Right Maria, Countess of Athlone, sister to Sir Robert Eden, IP' of Mlndlestonc, in the Courity of Durhain. • On the 25th inst. at Hempstead, William Henry Esq., of Painswick House, to Anne Jane, daughter of J ° r ,tf Seymour Biscoe, Esq. of Hempstead Court, both in the C°' of Gloucester. he , On the 26th inst. at Plyrnotith, W. N. Orange, Esq . ° f t.. % Rifle Brigade, to Emiline Anne, only child of toe late lie" — Osborne, Esq. At Edinburgh, on the 23d instant, Captain Thornton, r ,„c, 78th regiment, son of John Thorn,On, Esq., of Allen's -ter oo. Kensington, to Helen, daughter of the late John Snlati , of OvermainS, Berwickshire.. DIED. fe 0; Lambeth, on the 25th inst.. gophiarol7 • • David Allan, Esq., Deputy Commissariat-General to jesty's forces, and of Portobello, near Edinburgh. ; , t oi 0 ' On the 19th inst., at Paris, John Astley, Esq., PrO r^- ar 9. the Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster-hridce, agt .d. 54 • jije, Yesterday, the 30th inst., Mr. Daniel Ilttnphrey, °f street, Bloomsbury; aged 63. On Monday, the 29th inst., in Sttthainpton-street, - • bury, at an advanced age, Samuel Petrie, Esq. :• t'he alb• On the 27th inst. inthe fi2d year of her age Mary , of John Martin Leake, of Woodside, (fit Winds °r ;hee l " SUDDEN Di3ATH.—on. Friday afternoon 1,1:-.1low,i,e Pon wright, of Maidstone, with some other persons, Met ;!! and Bear. to arbitrate sc-me business, which having settled, they afterwards - dined together. At the cO" t y o , lle r ' . I.lr. flow •was in the act of lifting a pot of bec:r to he fell from his chair on - the floor in a fit. Medical zg was immediately procured, but the vital spark had tied- At Fridge-road Printed and Published, for the Prior ntE'i'ons, a. the OrECE 112, Strand, by J. L. CARs"""s.