The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-04 00:00:00

ELECTION OF A E,ORD MAYOR. This hopelt•as evottst •i tt the part of the LORD MAYOR at►rl Ahlermao GoODBRHERE was yeter i day a ain reoewea. Sthall as the numbers were Thorsflesy, on•the part of the LORD MAYOR and Alderman GoonsEHER.E, they were yevcrday coniderablymirtirs, for his Lordship only polled ant! ANlerriPl9 GOODBRHERE 55, 'while on - the other band Alderman SMITH 'in the whole has roiled upwards of 2000, and Alderman ATKINS 141;2. At three 'o'clock the * poll closed, and the • iollowing sratr.ment was exhibited Mr . . Alderman Smith ... ' ' 2017 M. Alderman Atkins 14.12 The Lord Nla;i.or. . - 73 31 Mr. Alderman Goodbehere ' 687 Mr. Alderman ATKiNs presented bitns.elf to the bit unalde to obtain a bearing be bowed and retired. Alderman S'Arren also came forward, met with a kimithr reception, and retired from the hustings accompanied by Alderman Atkins, and several other Gentlemen. • Mr, IliTcnitqs could not help regretting that none but Liverymen had the power of speaking from the place on which he then stood, as a Gen. tleMan on, his kit hand told him, if alltswed to do so; he would have set the Hall in a blaze, and controverted all the rushlight arguments of 'the opposite party by, the prodigions_effect of his gas light _t As tar - as regarded setting the ball in a blaze, he could not help stating the satisfaction he telt than the Gentlemarralluded to had not tife power of carrying his threat into execution ; but; lie most lament that he was not allowed to ad dress them. The state of the poll evinced the sitccess of their opponents, • but he should still continue, as he felt he was in duty bound, till the close of the :poll, at his post,, and would act in that manner that the Livery "ishould say of him, '' he was one of the faithful among - the 'un faithful." He certainly could not deny that they. mere at present - in the rear, but the - Liverymen could yet bring them forward, and the only thing drat could plaCe them again in the 'van, vitas . the exertions of the people. There were 10,000 Li verymen, and the ninbers.iiet polled did not, af ter the exertion that had been . made for five days', amount to more than 3000 : the - Livery could, therefore, it they-pleased, s:ill place theft) at the Lead of the poll. That they had not been suc cessful could not be ascribed to any fault of theirs, for it did not belong to mortals to command suc cess. Mr. WOOLER said ; the, umbel' of voters who bad come up to poll. for Aldermen Smith and Ar.- kins had not been near so numerous yestet day as on the former days, - and this clearly sheaved that they had either exhausted their strength, or else • that. they- did not possess the good opinion of the Liverymen. That the latter was the•fact, yas clearly demOnstrated by the Jeceptiowthey sliet , with Whenever they a ppeared am ongs t th em , Althiingh, as hehad predicted,they had marched-ov theieftletaelmfents front the-daferent barracks, still there 'Were some yet remaining; perhaps -they' were invalids, who were not - able to come up un til the'v hand recruited their health. There were on the bank's • of the Livery not less -than ten thousand who were entitled to vote, and yet the opposite interest had not been' able to bring up more than three . thousand. Ile was sorry to say that a . small portion -of their friends hid deserted the cause which - they had for *holy stood forward to support, and it would become those who had the poWer; not to snip. port those Gentlemen, when called on, - -••who bh some occasions supported Reformation, 'and on other particular occasions deserted - it. The reason that induced him, and those friends whom, lie supported on the present occasion, to appear there, was not front any motives of ambition, or vain- love of applause, hut because the leaders, who usually stood in the front of their ranks, .had forsaken thdm ; and, if those who, bad . been in the habit of taking the lead would not come for ward, it behoved those who could lead Jo do so, however inadequate they might he to the task.— Even, if the political opinions of Mr. Smith were correct, would it, he asked, be proper to place folly and imbecility in the Civic Chair. It was clear to demonstration that Mr. Alderman Smith did not possess the confidence of those over whom he was to preside ; for they 4hewed by their behaviour - on his leaiing the Ilustings, day titte r 4,,y, that they did not believe him capable of tul filling the arduous duties of the situation to which he aspired. It had been remarked by-a _celebrated military character, that it was always best before going into battle to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy; this was the conduct they had pursued, and they had" now found what the strength of their opponents was, and he was rather rejoiced than dismayed at the character it bore ; on the other hand, the numbers they had to boast of were unasked, unsolicited', for all who had polled for them hid been prompted to give their suffrages by the feelings of their own l.earts, and' without the expectancy of receiving any reward ; while many of those ivho voted for their opponents, had been actually induced to do so by the tears they entertained .of losing their situations. Their friends had been labouring Lite and early for them, while they had not even a single Committee. The friends of Aldermen SMITH. and ATKINS did not attempt-- to address the Meeting', and the :Crier came forward and closed the business of the -day in the usual form. . Helping the lame Dog over the Stile.—A, person •in the county of Huntingdon lately sent his man to market with a sample of coyn, and by way of raising the .price, went and bought it himself! The cast-iron bridge over the riverlrwell, f rom Salford to Strange ways, is so nearly eo;flp i ete, [hat the painters are employed lipoll It. It is of one arch only, of 120 feet span. It has been c um _ pleied in the short space of eight months, by. th e CoalbroOkdale Company, who contracted to build it. The economy of time and expence exhibited ii thit.erection, proves the advantage of cast-iron bridges over stone ; whilst its light-and airy ap peal ance has given a beauty to the river -(espe cially when viewed from Huntsbank), which no other description of bridge would have afforded. l'_'T POLICE INTELLIGENCE. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY c.:(temiTTED 1W SERVANTS ON MEM EMPLOYERS. HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday' iibrithain Hud son, storehoustclerk, Chfirles - Blake, - Saniuel Fabb, 'George Payne, and Luke Collins, drisymen, , all in the employ of Messrs. Henry Wyatt, senior and junior, father and son, amber and fine ale brewers, Portpool-lane, were brought up for examination, cliprged with 'stealing - several, barrels of ale, the property Of their employers, and selling-the same to different publicans at halt price on their own account. Hudson, the storoouse clerk, deliver ed in a written confession, io,which be gave the names of several publicans as the purchasers of the ale so stolen from the prosecutors, and sold to them by the other four prisoners. The prisoner Hudson being ,called from the bar and admitted as evidence, was sworn and examin ed. He lived six months in the service of the pro. stcuturs as storehouse . clerk. It was his duty to snperintend the delivery of ale front the stores to the ptisouers, to be by them, delivered to the publicans who had given' previous orders, and which orders were kept in a book in the counting, ) house, and •it was witness's duty to see that the draymen (prisoners) receives! no more ale than was ordered. About two months,ago the pri soiiers Blake 'and _Faith, the two head draywen, proposed to wituess, to let them have a barrel or two of ale to . sell on their own account, as they knew of publicans who would buy it of them. IVitness refused at the time to let. them have any they afterwards asked him several. times to let them have a barrel - or two, and at leagth he con sented, and let them take a barrel more than was ordered ; the tour prisoners were present. On their tenon home at fright, they: yold witness they sold it for 21. the regular price being 4/ arid paid him eight shillings as his filth part- 01.. share. Witness afterwariis let them have, trout tithe to time, upwards of 20 barrel;, all of which were sold ai halt price, and then divided as already stated. There were two drays ; Fabb and Payne drove one dray, and Blake and Collins droee the other dray. - The store-cellar was in John's-rnews, Theoliald's-row. About a mouth ago, witness'. cihployers informed him that they had received anonymous information that something wrong was going on, and which wiiness told the pri soners in the store-cellar, and then he pia a stop to giving theth any more. Some, time after, the prisoner Blake called to witness to let hint have a barrel or two to take .to Mr. Walkinghaes.,. Surrey Arms. Witness refused ; but he took it . out of the store;cellar unknown to witness, as:the key always hung up in the court,ting-hoUse, and the prisoners had access to it. In the evening witness met the prisoners Blake, 1%04 am! Payne; at the White Horse, in Portpool-lane, where Blake, in the presence . of Fab!) and Payne, _Kahl I him 225: without telling hint what for, and wit ness made no impary. James Walkingham sworn.—He is a victualler, and keeps the Surrey-Arnis,,Surrey-square, Kent, road: He dealt with Mes'srs: Wyatt for ale about four years, and always paid' 41. a-barrel tor it, `About four months, ago, the,prisoner Blake came to deliver ale at witness's house, aorl then asked witness if lie wished . to get money a little faster. Witikios . asked hinV What he meant by that ? the prisoirer " We can put' 41. or N. a-week nrore'in your pocket." Witness asked Blake how t Blake said, " Your house is well situated on oitr ro.ad to (3,reenwich, trod we.ean always,droP you a few barrels ;• our charge is but halt pi ice, that is, 2/. a barrel. I said I would have nothing to do with it at all, as Mr. lVyatt was a friend of mine. He said, never mind that, you have a large family to provide for. I said, that was another reason that 1 would have notljing to do with it. The, prisoner finding he did not succeed, he begged witness would take no notice of it. Witness pro mised him lie would hot. About two months ago the prisoner make delivered more ale at witness's house, and put the same questions to him over again. Witness said he would consider of it ; but on the morning of the 4th of SepteMber last, Blake and the drayman who always accompanied him, came to witness's house, and said, we have brought 'you here two barrels of Me on our own account. Witness told them to lease the casks : Blake said no, we never leave the - casks, we know - our business better, that. is the way to get detecG. ed. Witness paid Blake four 1/. notes,. and he took away the empty casks, after racking off the ale into two porter bints that had some. porter in them. The following Wednesday Mr. Blew, pro secutor's collecting cietk, called, he being Collect ing, and Witness told all that occurred. Witness wakted next day on the prosecutors, and concerted a plait with them ; witness informed 'the pri soners that he would order two barrels of ale in ,the regular way, and it would afford them an op portunity to bring some' on their own account. In the morning, according to appointment, Mr. Blew called at - witness's lionst and after writing his name on the back of six it. notes, he •gave them to witness to pay for the ale when it came, and then Mr. Blew concealed himself in the cel lar, and bad two constables above stair 4. About nioe, Blake came with the dray,' and after deli vering the ale ordered front his master, delivered three barrels more on his own account, for which witness paid him'the six imarked notes. All this was done in the cellar in the hearing of Mr. Blew. Witness t hen went up stairs, brought down the constables, and .they were -taken in custody. , Mr. Blew confirmed the above evidence on thii charge, the prisoners were committed, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. MUTINY ON THE ,HIGH SEAS.. SHADWELL PoLim—Yesterday Jonathan Ta tum, Jeremiah Leary, George Cress, John Gibson, and William Davis, mariners on board-the ,Sir Joseph Banks West Indianarto, were brought tip, heavily ironed, in the custody of John Roebuck and Moore, officers of the Thames .Police, charged by Mr. Anthony Ford, Captain of the Sir Joseph bunks, with feloniously and piratically consulting and combining toget-her to make a revolt and mu tiny in the said ship on'the high seas during their voyage from Jamaica, bet wee❑ the banks of New foundland and Great Britain. The following are tbeleading facts • •S' It appears, that in the month of August the ship was on its voyage to Loudon, and the crew; I which consisted of 11 seamen, had itone their duty pp to the 14th of September, when several of them began• to murmur for want of grog and . provisions, and, it is supposed, contemplated a plan to murder the officers and take the ship to New Orleans. Many suspicious - circumstances. occurred, which led the officers to suspect a mu tiny would take place. Ou he 14th of September Williarb Davis, a lad only'l4 years of age, who acted as one of the most desperate, on being de sired by• Captain Ford to grease the jib-stay, refused, and seized a. bticket, with which he - struck the Captain on the, face,Which cut him. The cabin-boy seeing the transaction, immediately ran and informed a gentleman, passenger, that he was afraid the Captain would be, murdered, on which the gimileman ran up to his istance, when Leary; one of the prisoners, tookluti a tre mendous bludgeon, and brandishing it, called out, " Come along, my boys,'' and would have mur dered the Captain, if not for the activity 'of the gentleman,' who pre%'ented hint by piniemin , and threatening to throw him overboatd if he olfered any violence.. Deals was they secured and con fined in-irons, when he made a terrible noise, and called the Captain several opprobrions . names, and said be -should not be in possession of the ahip • more than three (lays. The prisoner Davis having occasion to go upon deck for a necessary purpose, the Captain complied; •and on _his going (von deck, the prisoner Gibson swore by G—d none of his messutates „should be .kept in ;roils while he was in the ship ; on-saying - which, he selzed a large bolt, and liberated Davis. - Davis aid Gib son were both intoxicated, and Davis wanted tor throw himself overboard, but from the effect of ploenzy of passion, he fell in a fit. Th e C a pt a i n frt.oaently asked the prisoners what tiiey had to compiam of : they said more provi sions., grog," and cutlet.. The Captain desired them to go to their duty, as' lie twain) coffee to give tlo'in. Front the confusion the ship was thrown into, the officers and passengers thought it advisable to protect themselves, .as their lives were. in danger, for which purpose they gaiited possession of the arms, and loaded them. On the Sunday following, (he . prisoners, armed with bil lets of wood and bolts of iron, went upon deck, and in a menacing manner demanded their grog. The Captain ordered them to get, it. The fact was, that the prineipal i part of the crew had broken in upon the stores, and consumed the greater part of the provision and liquor; and C'e Captain thought L advisable, front their constant 'state of intdxicatioo, to debar them front having any more , liquor, and had it removed to a place of ruot'e safety. From their mutinous conduct on deck, the Captain said, they did not return to ,their duty, he would: fire on them, when Tatum and Cress, prisoners, opened their naked breasts, and, in - an attitude of. defiance, dared him to put his threat into execution._ Shortly after, the Captain fell in with all , American ship called the Galeu, and informed the Captain of that vessel that there Was a mutiny on board the ship : with tite'assist ance of the Galen's crew he recurred the three most desperate of the mutineers, named Stewart, M'Allister, and -Tainting, atol put them on board the Galen, to convey them to the British Coniul at Boston, in America, in order to be sent home to England for trial ; and on the Sir Joseph_ Banks arriving at Blackwall, the prisoners were given in custody to two of tile Thames police officers, by Whom they were brought to thisoffice for examination. Mr. Anthony Ford, Captain ; Charles William Hasty,. Esq. passengers t Ailr';'•john Julia, first mate; John Brown,•secolill mate ; Henry Harris; carpenter ; Antonio Joseph, cook ; Edward Hos cabiu-boy and Archihald.burankina, sea man, were the witnesses examined as to the above charges. • It ft►rthcr appeared; -that when the prisoner Davis was treed from his irons by Gibson, hepro cured. a pistol, and said he would shoot the ca►p ta.iu like a mad dog if he interfered. • Harris, the carpenter, in his evidence deposed, that about three days before the mutiny took place, he was told by,the prisoner Davis that the ship would not be in the Captain's possession three days longer ; but_ thought no more of it, until he was potting him jn irous for st.Hing the Captain, when lie ►nade use of some expressiOns which strengthened his suspicions that there was some conspiracy. Two or three days after this the pri soners came armed on deck, and were opposed by the Officers; and from the state of . the crew, he had every reason.to believe there was an intention of mutiny ; and he belieVes it was their intention to take the lives of the Officers, as they plundered the store-room, though. they had plenty of provi sions ; and having stolen the liquors, ana. being hi a state of intoxication,' the Captain .thought proper to keep it from them ; and from what he knows, the Captain was a very good man.' When IWAllister was at the wheel he waved his hat, which was the signal for the mutineers to come on deck. Since the principal of the mutiueers were sent in custody to AMerica, the prisoners petitioned the Captain for forgiveness, and show ed every mark at contrition for the, offence they had been guilty of, and begged his intercession on their behalf, as_they had been innocently led into it. -The examination being taken, the prisoners were committed for further examination in a fort night or three weeks, at which period the three principal mutineers are expected to arrive front America. WOESHIP ; STREET.—Thomas Sterrick, a sweep, was brought up charged by a Mr. Scheggs, a gro cer in Old-street, with having a desk in hiS poS session, the property of the plaintiff, which had been_ stolen trom his premises, and walking away with it at' eleven o'clock-in - the morning. Tke priSoner•said it had been given;tb :him , to Carry by a person in the street. - •w. The Officer, however, stated that be knetv the prisoner to ,be connected with a gang of thieves, and that' he had confessed-to him -that he bad stolen- it from the shop of Mr. Scheggs,—,Com mitted., Last week- a person who has , been recently selling American flour in Coventry was detected by the officers in the abominable practice or mixing a quantity of burnt Derbyshire stone with his : flour.: An information- having been laid against him before the Magistrates, he was fined in thelniti gated penalty of 51. OLD BAILEY, OCTOBEI 3; John Backley,• aged 33, was indicted for bay. Fag feloniously received from William Hughes a quantity 'of copper rivets and other, articles, the property of Messrs. Henry and John Tyler, know-; lag them to have been stolen.—Guilty, but recom mended to mercy in consequence of the good character he received. The CommoN - BEuJEANT said, lie regretted that the recommeadation_ could not be attended to, as robberies of this deicription had of late become so frequent. Lewis Barnet, aged 53,- was indicted for felo. niously receiving of John Bernet, h is son, a pocket book containing, two IW, Notes,. the property of 'Thomas Blackburn, .knowing it to have been, stolen.—Not Guilty. The Commotst ,SERSEANT desired Barnet to be careful ,of his future conduct, and said there was no do;ibt that be encouraged his son in the evii path which led to his transportation ,froth this ' country. Mary Hyland, aged 30, was indicted for_stealing seven pocket-handkerchiefs, the property of John •- Isaac Reeve, aged 43, and James: Durant; aged 27, were iudieted for stealt , g 43 P ounds weight of lead, value 65., the property of TltOs. 4ughest.--. . John Morney, aged 23, was convicted of steal•' ing a silk handkel'elliel, valve 2s. the property of George Killick,-fmt n his rrson.—Guilty. The verdict il) the case of Stringer and his wife, tried yesterday for stealing silver in the Mint, should have been—Not Guilty.. SHOCKING- ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning - •young Lady, accompanied by a Gentleman, set ofi from town 1 . 6 pay a *viSit to sonic relatiies at Croydon during the festivities there, in a one— horse chaise ; the horse which they had in the vehicle was of an unruly disposition,. and very subject to kick ; precaution had therefore beery taken to put kicking -straps on him. When -they arrived at• Brixton, the.horse became (rite unru t . ly, he kicked so violently. that he broke the kick-. ins-straps, broke in tl‘e trout of the chaise, doslied against a waggon, and pitched the. Lady and Gen tleman on the ground. The Gentleman escaped . with slight injury ; but the young Lady was hurt in a shocking manner ; she was takeb up quite insensible, brOnght •to rown, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital. The Surgeons would not- suffer her to be reinoved.to her Lome, as they believed . lier,to be dying.. • LAMENTABLE ACClDENT..—An'lnquisition was taken yesterday before TI-10MAS STIRLING, Esc. Coroner, at the Spread }ligle, toy of Berner's st,reet, meal. the Middlesex .Hospital, on the body of William Welch, a labourer; in the employ of Messrs. Combe, De'afield, and Co. brewers,. Castle-street, Long Acre, who, was-killed by ac cidentally falling into an empty portervat.—.l , ,htv Edge, Of YOnng's-buildings, Borough, said he was >vat-maker to Messrs. Combe;Delafield, and Co. On Wednesday morning, about ten o'dociiir: he was at work at a vat in the vat-roors the deceased and several others were erecting a scaf fold over •several vats which were in the same• room. The deceased was crossing a vat Which was empty, and about twenty-tive feet deep, alai by some circumstance, which. he could not ae.- coutrt for, he fell in : he got a chain ladder mat went into the vat with another person ; the ceased lay on hiS back ; they got him out by fas• teeing ropes under his arms, and di awing lihrs through the trap door, which he fel, through. His head was much bruised ; be was conveyed at a coach to the Middlesex Hospital, but livud only two hours after ne>arrived there. - Arthur Wyatt, Surgeon, Middlesex Hospital, stated that the de-• ceased's back was broke, and from the injury he had received on hiS hea' it caused a,pressure his brain, which was the immediate cause of his dissolution. Verdict--" AcCidental Death." • . • COURSE OF EXCHANGE, FaroAY', OCT. 3. Amsterdam • . 38 2 11. 2 Us"; Ditto, at Sight , Amster dam :..., - 11 14 C. F. Ditto, at Sight, ll 11 . Rotterdani .. ll 15 2 Us. Antwerp , ll 15Ex.Money Hantbargh Xltona Paris, 3 Day's date Ditto • - - • '24 60 2 Us. Bourdeaux, ditto Frankfort oti the Slain Madrid Cadiz .. , 36i Effective. Sevilla or, Bilboa ... Gibraltar al , Leghorn • • Cirepoa... . 464-Venice Malta .. ...47 ----Naples 42 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin.: .. .....8/.....C0rk..... 8/ per Cent. Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent. Portugal Gold, in Coin / .4 0 0 per . Oz Foreign Gold, in Bars ... 4 0 0 New Dollars 0 5 2 S(4 COAL 1 . 4. 3 .11K15T, Ocr.-S,. Ships at Market. , • Ships sold. • Price. 21 Newcastle.... • ...!... . / 6 . .. 375. Gd. to 455. W.. 2 Sunderland . ............., SAs. Gd. to 41s. od. 3 Lord Elgin's Main 3 . Nss. 9d. to 365. Od. 1 Scotch Coal 1 . 3ss. Qd. to —s. od, 2 Stone Coal - ........1i,.......,425: od; to 4 , 15. -od. 1 Welch C0a1... 1 Cinders - - . • -1 ' f ; ; ,235. ed. to -.- 9 ,_0 ( 1., 2.Forest of Dean... ....... 2 353. Od. to -,s, od. ' BIRTHS. On, the 18th ult. at Lausannel the Right Hon. Lady Sin. clair, of a still-born child. On the esd ult. at ..Tynall, Ireland, the Lady o£Wadhans Wyndham, Esq. of a son and heir. * MARRIED. On the id inst. at St. GrOrge's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. 'Fre.. "derick Leicester, Fellow of Christ's. College, Cambridge, to Margaret Maria, second daughter of John Ferard, Esq. of 71-iighbury. • . • ro fins fro 'Sat' in 171(7 Yet) tiers Sto4 •`uv *IS ehtt: to 1 ,snarl 'p(l .I)et gin; zLaJ .1.7til Ito 1' 17 Jo per.) Sots 4ay T Kati to t T day. Is. ( Is. 1 Sion Frat of fiat DIED, At Tottenham, Mrs. Barnes,;;fe of. Mr. James Barnes, of C,., ) la{Wit:court. • Op Sunday, the 28th ttlt.,at Kingston-upon-Tbame,, Mis• C oo per, aged 56. LONDON:. Printed by J. R. CARSTAIRS; of- Islo.-29, Great ,Ormond-street, Queen-square; and ,published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. .7, . South Molton-street, at -THE. Sort Wive,: No. 1 ig, Strand; where Advertiseinents l PrOFrs., Letters, &c. (post-paid) must be addressed. I