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London, England, 1824-11-01 00:00:00

STORM Al' LIVERPOOL.

%Tuesday last, after a morning comparatively mild, a
storm of sold and rain was experienced, which, between
eleven and twelve, rose nearly to a hurricane. The wind
was from the west, and swept over the town with great
viuknce for nearly an hour. It was so sudden, that, though
of short duration, several lives, it is ascertained, were lost
on the river, and we fear that we may yet hear of more ca-
lamities than we have been able to collect. The Fox,
Manchester Old Quay Company's flat, was upset between
Ralehead and Ince—it is supposed in consequence of hav-
ing. grounded on a bank, and being thus exposed to the
muted fury of the wind and tide. The crew consisted of '
three individuals, all perished ; and the bull of the vessel
wN driven up as far as Runcorn. Another flat, belonging
to the Duke's Cummenv, was sunk in the deep of the middle
l'aslage, between Dale and Ince, and her crew (of three
Perians it is supposed) also perished. A boat belonging to
William Gin, foundered outside of the rock ; two men
drained, one of them named Cole, and two saved. A
schooner, the Zephyr. from Malaga, fruit laden, was
driven on shore near the Potteries, and filled with water.
An American ship, with timber, was also stranded above
the .jeteeti's Dock. A gig, with several hands, is also
I„niaaing. A schooner was driven on shore on the Score
flank, opposite Ilale-head ; and a Welsh sloop called the
Rive yeas sunk—crews saved. Several other vessels went
en shore 31 and near Ince, amongst which was another of
the Duke's flats, the master of which, it is feared, was
drowned. A boat belonging to John Clements, a King's
Dock boatman, who attended to the watering of vessels,
411`‘.1/aa beg ; himself and three other. perished. Several
vessels were injured in the docks, by hying driven against
each other. It is remarkable, that this gale, or rather
sudden and destructive gust, was escaped, so far as we
fan learn. by the vessels immediately opposite the town ;
but was felt in its 101 l futy higher up the river. Hall it
iceurreel during the night, we should probably have hail
many more dittresiing accidents to recorde—Lierrp&o/
Jferesey.

TRIAL OP MR. FAUNTLEROY.

OLD BAILEY, Sarustur, Oct. 30.

Public attention has been so uninterruptedly occupied with err.; I
thing that concern% this unfortunate person sie.ce his cormuittal, '
that a very extraordinary degree of littered was excited by his
trial on Saturday. At seven, and so early even as fire e'clack •
on the morning of Saturday. the anxious expectant% for accommo-
dation be,:an to aseemble at the entrance doors of the 014 Malley
Sr ssions Muse. Tickets or adinierion were issued by the She-
riffs, Amts. Browne and Key. The students' box s•as occupied
by many who were, and marry who ware not students. IVe
are the more disposed to notice this circumstance. as several
students, who ere entitled to accommodation in Courts of I.aw
were excluded, for the conw.nienee of sonic more favoured
persns, who tither purchased or otherwise procured admission.
Peckers were sent to the Morning and (we believe) Evening Papers,
' with the exception of our establishment. Whether this arose from
inadvertence or partiality it is of little coesequence now to inquire.
Many persons of distinction were in attentlaece previous to the
commencement of the Sessions businrss, at whoa sir. Anthill me.
sided, previous to the arrival of the Judges. Lords Nugent sod
Alontford, Mr. Irvine, M.P.. sad the tiovernor and Sub-GoVeritor
of the Bank of England, were in Court. A party of ladies men.
pied one box oa the left aide of the dock ; on the other aide of the
dock those who attended for the Evening Ihipers were provided
with temporary necommodatio:t. Sir Janie% l'erring, Mr. Alder-
man Wood, Mr. Alderman C. Smith, &e., were in attendance
from an early hour, and many Members of the Common Council
were scattered through the body of the Conn-house. The Court.
house, though full, was not unpleasantly or oppressively Crowded
during the trial.
Sir J. Shaw was on the bench by eight o'clock, and moon after that
hone the celebrated Ex-Sheriff appeared at the Counsels' table.—
The of icen of the Court removed him thence. but he claimed his
right, as Ex.Sherilf., to appeal there, which the city authorities ac-
knowledged. Parhins then crossed by the witness-box to the open
space in front of the duck, and stationed himself Immediately
fusing the place where the witness would stand. Mr. Brown then
proceeded to the Ex•Sheritf, and asked him whether he heel ever
had any conneetlan with Mr. Fau...tlvroy. Parkins replied, only as
a banker. Mr. Brown observed, that the 'dation which he had
taken was a very prominent one, perhaps painfully so ; and said
that his remaining there might unnecessarily moduce pain to the
prisoner, who was about to be pieced on his defence, and therefore
ought not to be subjected to any interruptions which might be
avoided. and suggested the propriety of his withdrawing to some
station where he might not so intmestistely face the prisoner. Per-
kins, though evidently with %dole reluctance, withdrew to the back
of the Court.
Mr. Baron Gan Row and Mr. Justice Pant took their vests on
the Bench at ten o'clock, and in a few minutes afterwards Mr.
Fauntleroy appeared at the bar. He was conducted to the dock by
the two City Marshals, and the turnkey of Newgate. The most in.
tense interest pervaded the Court on his entrance. The strictest
silence was observed, and every eye fixed upon him in riveted at-
tention. He was elegantly dressed in a full suit of black. Ile ad-
vanced with downcast eyes and faltering step to the bar, on which
he leant, seemingly for necessary support. His face was extremely
pale, and his whole deportment betokened deep depression at ex-
posure to the public gaze. Throughout the day this feeling
overcame him. There was a consciousness of his situation—
s sense of humiliation at the condition to which he was reduced.
The sense of shame operated so powerfully on the mind of 31r.
Faunteleroy, on first appearing at the bar, that lie was Anon in.
sensible to what was passing atound him. Indeed he was an over-
whelmed and abstracted in titled, that on the first count of the
dinment being read, and his being queetioned how he would be
tried, he was obliged to be prompted, • By Dad and nay country."
(In the question being repeated on the second count, it wan neces-
sary to prompt him again, as lie had forgotten the answer which be
had given but a minute or two before. Subsequently, however,
he partially recovered, and conversed with his Solicitor. Mr. May.
hew, who stood beside him during the whole trial. In personal ap-
pearance Mr. Fauntleroy is neither prepossessing. nor remarkably
otherwise. His features are well formed, but their combine.
tioo does not present any striking ir.dicatien of intellectual qua.
lilies. His hair is quite grey, and this causes him to look
older than lie really is. Ile is compxet and muscular in
form ; his deportment and manners (it we may speak from
the disadvantageous circumstances under which we saw him) are
those of a gentleman. At intervals, he heaved a deep sigh. He vat
at the corner of tke dock, and fur the greater part of the trial, tested
his had upon his ann, and covered his face with his handkerchief.
Ile did not look once at the spectators who filled the Court, but
stole a rapid glance ores/Woolly at the Judges Ind the Attorney
(lateral. When the Attorney-General read the forged paper found
in his private hoz, his whole triune shook; he darted his eye quickly
at the Learned Gentleman, and then dropped his had, and sup-
• ported it with both hands. Mr. Fauntleroy read his detence with a
I char and determined tone and manner. lie was rather emphatic
in that part of it in which he was anxious to impress tau the
minds of the Coart and Jury, that he did not appropriate
; the produce of the sale of the stock to private purposes, but
with a view of sosmining the credit and respectability of the house.
There was not, we thought, an equal confidence of assertion in his
I voice and manner when -he alluded to his satisfactory treatment of
his wife. Ile spoke of being left to provide kir the difficulties of
, the Bank, and not being held responsible for theroode in which he
made provision, with feelings of deep emotion. His denial of the
statement of his private extravagance, by dissipated habits, was the
, point or his address, however, to which he seemed particularly troll-
: edema to attract attention.
The Deputy Clerk of Arraign.; opened the business by addren-
; ing the prisoner at the bar in the usual form, and arraigning him
• upon seven different indictments for forgery, in the following man-
• net : _ .

The lint—" Henry Fauntleroy, yini stand indicted for that you,
on the Ist of June, in the 35th of the lilt King, in the parish of
St. Mary-10-Donne. did feloniously and falsely make and forge,.
and counterfeit • certain deed, purporting to hear the name ut
Frances Young, for the transfer of 5,43111. Lung Annuities of her
monies in the Stocks established by the Act of the fah of the late
King George the 11., with intent to defraud the said France• Young
of the sold stock."
A second count laid the crime as with intent to defraud the Go-
vernor and Cornrow, of the Bank of England.
A third count laid the indictment as tor causing the said instru-
' meat to be forged.
A fourth count, for feloniously uttering and disposing of the said
instrument, knowing it to be forged; and there were three other
counts, varying the mode of specifying the charge, according to the
technical subtleties of pleading.
M'hen this abstract of the first indictment was read,
The Deputy Clerk of the Arraigns asked the prisoner, "Henry
Fautulerny, bow say you, are you guilty or not guilty of the said
felony ?"
The priooner, in a faint voice, replied, "Not Guilty."
The ikputy Clerk—" How will you be tried ?"
The prisoner, still in the same low tone of voice, and prompted
by the Governor of Newgate, answered-- By Gad and my eouit-
uy."
Tbe prisoner was then successively arraigned on the following
six indictments:—
The second, for that he. on the 3d of June, in the 33th year of
the late King, in the pariah of St. Mary-la-bonne, did falsely forge
and counterteit, and cause to be falsely forged and countoleited,
• ce:tain transfer, purporting to be that of Frances Young, for
3.00 M. of her Annuities, with intent to defraud her. The forgery
and fraud were also laid as in the lino indictment, as with in.
tent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land. There were counts also for the wilful tittering and dispos-
ing of the same, with a variation of the names alleged to be de-
frauded.
The third Indictment, which was laid in the same technical form
as the preceding, was far forging the transfer of the stock held in
the name of T. Lister, Esq. of Wexford, in Ireland, and uttering
the same.
The thurth hulictment was for forging a transfer of 3,000!. stock,
also uttered in the same name as the foregoing, on the 16th of De-
cember. in the tiOth year of the late King's reign.
The fifth ineictment was for forging the transfer of 435/. stock,
to defraud the Bank anti John Griffiths, on cite 30th. of June, in the
4th year of the present King's reign.
'I he sixth indictment was foe, on the some date, forging and
putting away. • transter of 3010. stuck held in the sante name; and
the seventh indictment was for freeing and uttering. on the 21 of
November last, a rower of attorney to transfer 6,300 f. Annuities,
entered in the name of Jacob Tubbs.
To each of these seven indictments the prisoner, in the same sub-
dued tone a voice, and without raising his eyes front the bar,
pleaded Not Guilty, and put himself for trial " upon God and his
country."
The reading of these indictments occupied the Court 23 minutes.
Towards the close of the reading.
Mr. (ii;stwirr rose, and applied to the Court for permission to
have the prisoner accommodated with a chair at the bar.
Mr. Justice PARK—The application is of amiss made on the
'round of the priscrner's indisposition.
Mr. Guaxev—Certainly, my Lord.
Mr. Justice Patte-0, then, let hint a chair.
A chair was immediately handed to the prisoner, who sat upon
it at the right hand corner of the dock, leaning his head upon his
hand, and covering the greater part of his face with a white hand-
kerchief, his whole demeanour being at this titne that of a person
labouring under deep despondency.
The prisoner having pleaded, 31r. Justice Pate in:brrned the
Middlesex Jun, who sat in the box, that they must remove to
make way for the London Jnry. His Lordship said, that having
, understood from the officer of the Court, that the indictments were
laid fur offences committed within the Jurisdiction of the city of
London, the prisoner must necessarily be tried by a London Jury.
' As. however, there were other indictments against the prisoner, it
' might he necessary to have • second Jury renisir.ing in Court.
The Foreman of the Middlesex Jury—What is the probable
• time, my Lord, that it may be necessary fur us to rem tin ?
, Mr. Justice PA m x-1 cannot pretend to say ; I know sorbing of
the indictments, except what I have heard miring their reading in
Court. Of course I have perused the usual depositions transmitted
to the Judges, but I know nothing further. I merely throw out
1 the hint of the prnaihilit vof a seetioii Jury being necessary, with-
out being able to say at ail whether it is probable, or not, that their
attendance will be required.
, The 31iddlesez Jury then retired from the box, to make way for
the London Jury.
The Deputy Clerk of .lersigns again nil:tressed the prisoner—
' " Henry Fat.ntleroy, these good men, whose names you will hear
cniled utter, and who du appear, are to pass betwem our Sovereign
you. life and judgment. You can challenge
Lord the K,,,g and
any of them ; audit yeti do challenge, yuu will tic se, thtr:!ore,