The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-10 00:00:00

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Sunday mornine, a I, wieral Oration on the
death of His Royal Highni.ss die Duke of ( :Lou.
evsv ae. 11721 delivered at Grosvenor Chap:l, by the
Rev. r:l3Atzit.esr. A. M. the Ch,pl, upon the
occasion, was lighted will limps, and the windows
darkened. The altar. pulpit. organ. flatus of the
gantries, tttc: %vele covert, I with black cloth, adorn-
ed will the ertssuchnons of the R ,y4l arms, and the
"hole interior 7Mllffieti A suitable solemnity --
The Duke of G Love vs's. sa's Volunteers. corn-

sanded by Lord CH€ rwvsn, attended in full uni-
form. with crape round their arms. and black
streamers over the colours of the regiment. which
marched io ,nlemn order, without arms, two the
Chapel. the band playing The D•ad Md,ch rn S”idl,
and immediately rnnk their seats in the g4I-
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levies, with the et):ottrs displayed near the organ
,The body and ai,les of the Chapel were filled by
• a respectable congregation, very soon after the doors
opeoed, And hundreds remained without, unable to
obtain entrance. Alter the service, the first funeral
anthem was sung by the choristers of Westminster,
and Grosvenor Chapnl, in a style that enraptured
the heareis. The Miinster then commenced an
excellent and imnressive ~iscourse from the follow-
ing text, the 89,h Psalm verse IVlrot man
is he shit tilieta and 8441 not see death ? SAsil he de.
liver his Aoul
.frvm the hands of the Brave?"
The amiable 9u:dint-sof t:.e deceased Royal Duke
were described in the most pathetic language ; his
pus snits in the more confined and rialted walks of
dom• c!ic life, were made subjeets of encomium ;
and the Rev. Preacher concluJed his eulogy with
ohs, rv.-•lors drawn from the brainy nt his text.
Atter the Sermon, the second funeral anthem was
sung with much vocal ability ; the ceremony then
ended, and tne cqugrezeti•ut rerire.t, after dropping
a tear to the mem tv of the Illiistrious Prince.

NEWCASTI E ASSIZES.
bisul Party/ was charged with having feloniously
uttered, or publisi.rd, as true, A certain false, forged,
OT cnunterfeir bill of exchange, with an intention to
defraud Sir Wm. Loraine, Bart. and Co. bankers,
and aiso Mr. Caleb Angas, coach-maker, New-
castle, knowieg the saute t.) be forged.
Mr. Rates opened eie case on the part of the
rosecution, and was followed by Nlr. Serjeant
CL A V toe, who stated, that one Isaac Robson was
also included in the ind Etment, but that the bill
against hi::: had not been found by t!.e Grand .fury.
The first witness, Mr. Thomas F;and• is, one of
the cashiers in the batik of Sir Wm. Loraine And
Co stared, that, on the 29th of December last, the
Ptisoner CAMP to their bank with a ets.ck. " 1 was
then a• the counter. Ile offered a piece of paper,
which I took up from the counter, and said nothing.
Upon taking it up, 1 found it to ho a check. I
asked Lim it his name was Cook, that paid in the
cheek? He answered. • No.' The check purported
to he drawn by Caleb /Inas. and it struck me it
was not his hand•wri!iog. I then slimed it to one
or two oilier clerks; after that, I took it into an
inner room, and sheaved it to Mr. Maude and Mr.
Loraine, and left it in the room with them. In
about 15 or 20 minutes, Mr. Loraine and Mr.
Imps came from the inner room, and gave me the
alit•ck and a letter addressed to the, Prisoner."—
[The check All i the letter were then produced.]
lie said he knew Mr. Angas's hand-writing, and
that the check was not the hand-writiting of Mr.
Auras.
Upon being crass-examined by Mr. SCA RLIT. he
said, he never saw the P:isnner belore. The Pri-
soner stopped about 20 rntoutes before Mr. Angas

came, ars-d never atteorpted to go away.
Thomas Maude, Esq. one of the partners in the
bankirg.house of Sir Wm. Loraine and Co stated,
that on the 29th Deceather last, the preceding
witness came into the inner room to inform irs of a
circumstance that he has already stated. Mt. Lo-
raine was there also. I then went to the prisoner,
and asked him if he had seen Angas that morn-
jug ' • he answered, ' No.' I asked hint it Mr. An-
gas had given him a check, which he had just be-
fore offered fur payment. He replied, No, I re-
ceived the check in a queer kind of a letter, which
came by the penny-post tile day before.' and the
letter he gave to me. Mr. Loraine and I thought
it so very suspicious a crrcumstance, that we deemed
it necessary to go to Mr. /togas, who came to the
bank ; we then called the prisoner into the inner
office, and I then told him that the check was forg-
4. To the hest of my recolleSion, the prisoner
d, •I,it so P I asked him it he knew the hand-
writiog and the check. Ile said, he did not. He
said, that when he received the letter, Mr. Angas's
clerk was in the shop, and he sliewed the letter to
h;nt, hut he refused to look at it ; but, on the next
morning, Mr A ngas's cler k was passing the prisoner's
shop, and he called him in and told him he had re-
ceived a check of Mr. A nAtts's for sixty pounds,
but he was afraid somebody was playing a joke with
him; and he asked Mr. Angas's clerk it it were not
Mr. Angas's hand-writing, when he answered, he
believed it was, and he, therefore, brought it for
payment. Witness said. ' I think Mr. Angas's
clerk and you are very intimate with each other'
The prisoner replied, that of late they had been so,
and that he, Mr. Angas's clerk, had bought books
of him
.0 the amount of sateen or seventeen pounds.
I asked him I he had got payment, as I thought it
a large sum to trust an apprentice. lie answered,
be had not, bat he was soon to receive a sum of
Emory, when he would pay him."
cross-exaroination, Mr. Mande said, Ido
not recoiled that I ever saw the prisoner. The
questions I asked were for the purpose of knowing
how he had come by the chock. He did not hesi-
tate, or shew marks of fear. When I told him that
the check was a forgery. he did not seem to be
roach alarmed or surprised. I have no reason to
believe that Angas's clerk did not tell him that it
was Angas's naud•writing."
Win Loraine, Esq. partner in the hank, stated,
that be received the check hi question from orte of
their cashiers, and it was never out of his sight or
possession till he gave it to Mr. Handers.
Mr. John Lindsey Angas, son of Mr. Ar.gas,
WV* I, that tr.e i wat.ite to the check was nrlV.er
Ma fathesi hand-writing. this the
sea le, Akillptikket'?eisuner dosed.
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Use lam observed.

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