The National Register.
London, England, 1816-06-03 00:00:00

SATI RDAY.

FORGERiES.—jisseph 110ips• was indicted capitally for felotrion.sly
forging a deed, or Power of Attorney, for the transfer of 780. 3s. I Id.
in the 5 per Cent. Annuities, and with &lonian sly uttering the sante,
knowing it to be forged, with intent to defraud the Governor and Cont-
pony of the Hank of England, or John Tosker, of Daubed, cr WM.
Snutlihone. The indictment contained nine counts. _ .

'l'he trial lasted several hours; but the evidence was far from inte-
restinn.
Joh Tacker, Esq. a brewer, residing at Dartford, deposed, that in
the month of December hat he saw the prisoner at his home, who
epplicd to Min on the part of one Austin for the transfer (tithe property.
IVitne.ss refused to do it. The signature " Jne. Tasker" to al di,
instrumenta, were not in witness's hand-writing.
'l'he prisoner made a long defence, the purrort of whicii was to denv
the charge of forgery altogether; ate .ing that it was a must tricked
prosecution.
Mr..histice A.ttt.sy ermined up the evidence, and the Jury retired
for an hour, and returned with a verdict of Guilty—Deoth.

Jules Gngory !so sae capitdly convicted of having forged. made,
and counterfeited, tw caused to be fbrpd, and counterfeited. a transfer
bill for Ysl. in the Navy 3 per cents. in tie name of Elizabeth Coward,
with intent to defraud the caranor and Comlntny of the link of

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Twistlay evening an ingtiest-was held at the Prince Regent.
neer biiiroun Church, on the body of Seralt Restall, of St.
J.ihu-stor.iet. The deceased had been for sonic time petit in a
•••• of mental derangement, and na *April night eluded the
..g lAcee of her frienda, and vie. found drowned tile folivwinig
übauiug.—The,lory returutd r vet diet of J.Lhaul!y.

ICIITHYOPOGY.

135

The fdlowing fiefs may be worthy of record—the authen-
tic:!. i. uu,irniaLl

As Mr. John Wane, groeer, Penrith, was lately following
his favourite recreation of fishing with roan, in the river Eminent,.
:Ater taking a quantity of trout, in a part ofthat river near to the
Giant's (;ise,hc found an 1111118113 i attack made at his bait, and
immediately discovered he had hooked a young otter about
7lbs. weight, and apparently about four months old. Owing to
the good condition of his tackle, he was to tbreinate as to bring,
it within reach of his band-net, but no sooner did he do so, than
the young savage bit the rim of it in two, although made of
bass wire about three•quarters of an inch in circumference; he
nevertheless contrived to throw it over his head on the bank,
and pursuing his success by intervening between the animal
and the water, he, after repeated attacks, and not without con-
siderahle difficulty, seized upon it.
Finding itself in a very animal element, the animal made a
loud whistling noise, which brought to it (no doubt with a view
of relief) the parents, and with them five or six young ones,
which immediately swimming to the edge of the water set
themselves in battle array, by rearing themselves on their hind
legs, and following the example of the captive by setting up a
whistling noise, spurting water at Mr. W. and spewing every
symptom of the most savage ferocity. They duet not, however,
make any personal attack, and Mr. W. content with his prey,
made the best of his way along the banks to a neighbouring
house, about 300 yards distant, the old oUers following him the
whole way, evincing the most parental affection. Having safeiy
lodged his captive, he resumed his sport, sad, before live
o'clock in the afternoon, having commenced fishing about six
in the morning, he actually killed bllbs. weight of trout, which
probably is the greatest number ever taken by the rod in the
same space of time. He has now thy otter in Ids possession;
and the animal appears in a state of domestication.

Soot,. time ago Dr. Machin exhibited to the New York Phi-
losophical Society a s;weimen of American Elastic Marble,
measuring Our feet in length, three inches in breadth, and out
in thickness. The slid, was of a snowy whiteness, of a grAined
structure, and of remarkable flexibility. He had received it
of Messts. Norris and Kain, who got it from the quarry in
Pittsfield, Mes‘aelmsetts. Since the receipt of this extram di-
nary sample, another one of a far more considerable size, has
been procured by Mr. Moyher, from Stockbridae. This he is
preparing t 4 a place in 1)r. Mitchill.s.eatiinct of mineralogy.
The dimensions of this stone arc as follow : breadth one tout
and ten inches, length the feet, and thickness two inches;
1.1,0: Mg a. mare of two tionsand six hundred and fatty .cubic
inches of elastic marble. This slab, when shaken, unthilistes
smisibly backwards and forwards: when supported at the to
extrentities, the middle !Mini a curve of about two inches flow
a horizontal Mot; and when turned over .recovers Itself, and
inelmes us much the other way. It has many other curious
properties. The substance under consideration Ines been
alreai:y :escribed by Mr. Made, in a Memoir winted hi the
American Mineralogical Journal ; and New York pi isbably
now contains the largest piece that the world can produce.
B. Ferguson, Esq. bas sent to. the Museum of the Heifirt
Academical Institution, a curious antique pot, containing a
numbcr of copper coins, of.Janics 11. which he issued when in
Ireland in 1C059 and 1690. These coins have the month in-
scribed un them in which they were coined. The pot was
found in au old ditch at Flora-grove. the residence or sibs.
Ferguson, about six miles south of the Mack Rack,