The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-30 00:00:00

?erg of the Royal ti h inge.„ ;yr assawitingfrier

on Monday, at Three o'clock, as she was r-infing
a new,paper, near the office of Mat arm Assl Co at
the erar ince of the Exc-oarirte. The is cooper said,
the Lady was i•yetrapcirkg toe paraTe, aol o.aving
rcfosed to with "raw. he prio;hed der away. The
Loco NlaYon allied to dismiss the rempl...i -of, but
Mr Rowto declared ffs dtt:rminat'v pecoeeme
the party, who was accordingly oraerd ;o find bail.
Monday morning early, a tjentlemai. shot himself
at his lodgings in Bath ; and on Wednesday an in-
gonsition .vas held oa the body, oy the ATOM, when
the Jury returned a veld- a of Larmairo.
Ab:out two o'clock on Wednesday morning. a fire
was discovered to have brookea out in St. Catharine's-
lane, lower-hill, .It a ba':er's shop. I Ise ionic'
consumed, on this occasion. were aboat sixteen
or eight-.oen in number ; bells am, end. and
chiefly built of timber, toe fire spread o fast, that
it was with great difficulty the Ives of those in
them could be saved, seas ch was effeaed nv the
help of ladder', Ste. Several of the inhabitants
were score ed before they made the'- escape.
We often hear of allusions to public prejudice.
public apathy, pe:lic ardour, fee. but the sir., ;gest
maance of public unanimity, is that which has oc-
curred since the development of .the Scheme
of the approaching rich Lowry. where every
individmil is unanimous as to the advantage of
immediately purchasing a 'rick. t or Share, which
affords the only sudden means of making the in.
dustrious man independent, and conferring opulence
un the gentleman.
The carriage of Sir Jams THOMAS IT %SIAS' was
on Wednesday passiag along dead- re t.ne ir the end
of Conduit-street, when it sedienly cane n contaoft
with a mound of earth thrown op by the pelican ;
the shack was so violent, that the coachman was
precipitated from the box, and fen with violence
against the ground; the carriage went over the poor
man's thigh, but fortunately he received no material
injury. lie was conveyed to a surgeon's in the
neighbourhood.
On Tuesday, the Frome and East Mendip Vo-
lunteer Cavalry, under the comm old of Major
NVicemass, was rerhewe.l by General Moots, on
1) iworhead, near ?dells. the General :iireCte.: that
every evoltotion and manm.rire should he pertoossed
in speed, which was accordingly done to hi, entire
satistadion ; sad he was pleased to express his
approbatian at" their sel lier- like appearance. T. .e
regiment was in marching or.'er an • 'y to take
the field at a mom-nt's warniny . The Nu 'ICY com-
pany, who form part of the reganent, came o their
waggons, and were highly corn?. .1.11 if by the
General, and Major Niture, woo give teem the
word; the General allows, that this flue compare. of
90 men, are excelled by none, and equalled by few
corps, in point of stead:nest And excellence in the.
field ; this company goes on permanent dint the 9th
of September. After the field-Jay, the Officers
held a Court of Inquiry on the condul of a private,
for words used disrespeafully toward' the Adju-
tant, Capt. TIIORMI I L L ; when he was adjudged to
be severely reprimanded at the head of the c• ;
which was immediately carried into effect by Major
Wiceita :a, in a most able and impressive s,eech ;
in whim he adournished him as to his future conduA
to his Adjutant or any of his Officers; and informed
hon, that the Adjutant had expressed a wish, that
matters should not be carried to the extreme; and
that it WAS in consequence o his Malty, that that
sentence was so mild. .

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C',.ri,fotier Eyelet, common carrier, was charged
with forging the acceptance of Messrs. Roddam
and Co. of Gateshead, ,11 a bill which he had pro.
cured to he drawn upon them for upwards of 451.
and uttered with a design to defraud Mr. William
Spencer.
Mr. Lost' opened the prosecution, and was fol-
lowed Iry Nlr. Raise, who stated this to be one of
th mn.t extraordinary cases that ever appeared
before a Court. lie said, it would appear in evi-
dence, that the Prisoner, who stood accused of for-
gery, could neither read nor write ; and it would
be supposed. that :t person who could do neither,
could not be guilty of the trim?. with which he
stood charged ; but 'Jr. RA INE said he would
prove, to the satista&ion of the Jitry, that the Pri-
soner had procured the hill to be drawn, and the
names of the respe6tive parties to he placed thereto,
and afterwards offered the same, knowing it to be
forged.
George James Spencer (son of Wm. Spencer)
deposed, that he lived tmon the Quay-side, in New-
casrle, and is a woollcn-drapei ; that the Prisoner
brought a bill of exchange to their shop nn the even-
ing of the 2lst of June last, purporting to b_• drawn
for the sum of 431. He said, he Will alone in the
shop when the Pi ;sorter came in and asked him to
give cash for the bill He .tnld him, it it were a
good bill, he could perhaps give him cash ; Ist, as
it was drawn on that day, payable at two months,
he should want the discount for it. The Prisoner
replied, he had no objeaion to pay discount, pro. '
sided he received cash for it. He then told the Pri-
soner it was not Mr. Roddam's writing. The Pri-
soner then observed, " The bill does not belong to
tie—l took it out of a letter." The Witness then
took the bill up to his lathes, and, in consequence, he
came down stair', and asked the Prisoner which
way he grit the bill' ha had taken it
01st of a letter that a boy had hroteght to him. His
father then sent for a Con•tahle.
It was some little time h fore the Witness took
the bill tip stairs to his fatmr. ; and he remained up
stairs about two minutes. The Pt isoner might have
Roar nut while he was up stairs : there was nothing
to prevent him.

William Spencer deposed, that he knew Mr. John
Roddam, a woollen-draper, in Gateshead, and had
seen bills addressed to Loadarn and Co. On the
El st of June last, my son brought a hill up stairs to
ore, and, in consequence of it, I well down stairs,
and saw the Prisoner in the shop; I asked him if
that was his bill? He replied, it si as. I asked him
if he wanted cash for it ?he replied, yes. I asked
him where he got the hill? he replied.. A boy de-
livered it to me when I WPS loading the waggon, in
a letter, which was not sealed " I then asked him

wh,re the letter was? he answerer., there was
nothing in the h tter, and he had thrown it away,
and•he did not know the boy who gave him the
ie:ter. I then said to him, "If I were to give ;cm
cash fot the bill, what would Yen do with the cash ?"
ire replied, he would deliver it to Mr. Cooke, sshn
had drawn the btlt. 1 then " is
forged." To which he replied, " I can neither read
nor write, and I know nothing about it." I then
told him he should nrt go out of my premises, un-
til I Mid rit a constable to apprehend him ; and
accordingly a constable was sent for ; but, before he
came, the Prisoner wanted to go out. The Wit-
ness said, the name of John Roddam, urn the
bill, sv..s not the hand-writing of Mr. Roddam, nor
any ihirg like it.
Thomas Liriefair deposed, that he was applied
to by the Prisoner respeCting is bill of exchange,
on the 21,t of lone last. The Prisoner came first
in the morniag, ;.nd asked me if I would be SO good
as draw him a bill. I had known 041 Prisoner be-
tween six and seven years. I asked him upon
what account he wanted a bill? I knew the Pri-
soner could neither read nor write. He told me
the bill was not for himself, but for one William
Cooke, of Woodhouse, and it was for mustard-seed,
brought by William Cooke to John Itoddam, three
weeks before, and that he, William Cooke, had his
rent to pay tote following week. I told him it
would be of no use, as William Cooke was not here ;
he could make no use of it without his name. I
told hint he had better go over to Mr. Roddam.
and get his promissory note : he replied, that he
would do so, and we then patted. We afterwards
met about three o'clock on the same day, and he
again asked me, if I would be so good as draw him
the bill ? I then asked him, if Mr. Roddam had
not givenhim his promissory note ? He replied, " No,
but there is a piece of piper for you from Mr.
Roddam." I told him he had better take the stamp
home, and let Cooke draw his own bill; he replied,
" Cooke knows no mote how to draw a bill, than I
ak. and I will be mach obliged to you if yon will
draw it, and I will get Cooke to sign it, and will
bring it back again next week to Mr. Roddam, fog
his acceptan,:e." I Accordingly drew hint the body
of the bill, according to his instrultions.
Upon cross examination, he said he did not owe
the Pritoner 0: • shilling ; and, at the time of draw-
ing the bill, it did not occur to him that their, were
persons at Woodhouse who might have drawn the
bill.

.10,epli Irwin, apprentice to Mr. Walker, of New.
castle, druggist, stated, that, on the Vat of June
last, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon,
the Prisoner came to their shop : he said, " Will
you do a favour for me ?" I told him, 'Yes, I
would. He then laid a paper down upon the coun-
ter, and put his hand over part of it, and said to
me, " M rite the name William Cooke." He
then said,

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