The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL

!.y %Viineas s,ant atter wrote t:te Imola of
" Coats" on it, as the pris:rnti was like a person i
that name he kocw. lie wrote this also for the pur-
pose of identifying the note. which he now did on its
bAtig ~hewn lu•o. No such person lives in Nsssan
estroet.

Jolln Lees, inspector of Bank notes fir %growl; or
90 years, is aloe, from his experience, to distinguish
between good and Ira. notes. The Bank use a pecu-
liar littilof paper for their notes whirls he is in the
dsily habit of seeing. There is a water mark in it
which is in the fabric of the paper. Knows the en-
graving and the signatures of the different Clerks who
are aulmised to sign notes. The notes now shewn
him are not genuine notes. They 7m u,t 11.11:14 paper.
but mere imitations of the goad ones. •i'lie water
mark in them is put in the piper afterwards. The
engraving' is quite different from the Ilan% plates ; the
line in the genuine notes which cautains the date, &c.
is printed in the good notes, not ss in the others.
The signature is it forgery. Suite of the notes are of
the same number. the Kink, from s-me acciient,
may have issaed two or the sane nutuber, bat it has
happened uncommonly seldom, nut above three or four
times within the last 20 years.

Jam:-..s Lambert, Cashier of the Bank, stated that
none but Cashiers are all:nye:1 to sign five p nd notes
On being shetva the notes no,v in Court, de &Ann:a
the signature pur2orting to be his wa a forg3ry.
This closed the ease for tic proseention.

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In his defence, the prisoner, in n very agitotei tone
of voice, sail he gave the note to Mr. Aalur•on, bat
deelarel he knew nothing of its beinq a furge.l note.
He gave a wrong address, as he was out of a situation.
He called no witness s

Mr. Just.ce El Iroyd char. el the Jury ; said the
evidence of the note hying a forged one was uncom- '
monly fill, and tile circumstance of the prisoner giving
a wrong address was very conclusive against him.
Resales, the singular conll.l he pursued in passing so
many other notes was of such a nature as could not
fail to strike any person The very possession of so
many fort.,,ed notes by a person in his situation, his
passing two within an hour of each, was most suspicious.
[low came he to want so mach tea, and if :le d J want
it, why did he not pay fin. it with the silver he had pre-
cut...A in the last place he was in ? The only rational coy-
elusion which could he drawn from doing so, was this,
that he knew the notes were all thrged, and thecofrre he
was anxious to lispose of them. Hail he baen an honest
character, he woukl ump aestionahly have bean able te give,
an account of diem ; but was it like an honest loan to rust
away, and leave in Mr Barclay's sharp the 51. store,
withant ever coming back to enquire after it? Inte-
grity and honesty never require the mean subterfuges
of deceit and cunning. The counterfeited notes were
made of different paper, because it was well known
that it was a capital felony to have Bank paper in the
possession of any persan but those belonging to the
Bank establishment. Taking all the circumstances
into consideration, it was extraordinary to see how any
doubt could be entertained of his geilty knowledge.
'the case was one of great public interest, particularly
to those in business, and it was equally important to
the prisoner, that the evidence should be satisfa.2tory.
The prisoner was in tears, and begged earnestly for
mercy trout the Court and Jury.
The Jury. without a moment's hesitation, faund the
pri;oncr Guilty—Death

The Earl of Liverpool gave a grand dinner on
Thursday, at Fifc House, to the friends of the Minis-
try in the House of Comma:is, and on Friday his
Lordship entertained auothcr large play.
On Friday night a very elegant ball and supper
were given at the shire Hall, by the Members of the
Beef-Steak Club of Chelmstind, under the mana,,r'e-
meat of a Committee, (of which Mr. Parke was the
Chairman, being the Father of the club) in conse-
quence of it having attained the 50th year since its es-
tabiishmeut. Such was the liwrality of its members.
that more than 700 cards of invitation were issued,
and upwards 0f.500 la,f‘es and gtntlemen ofthe.county
partook of the sumptuous entertainments prepared kin
them. So extremely well was every thing executed,
tinder the judicious arrartgemmt of General Strutt,
one of Committee, and the principal promoter of the
ball, that notwithstanding the company was much
more numerous than ever was remembered, not the
least hicouvenience mat tilt by any individual in going
trom the ball-room to the slipper room.
he Hoa. Tnuraos Brand, Member fir Hertford-
shire, has been si.euding the whole of the Christmas
holidays, at his beautiful seat, the 100, where lie has
had a fall house, mid made glad the hearts (Wall around
him—not only the ric:i, but the pear also, bydistrilmt•
ing a large sum of money among those of the per of
Kimpton, who have the largest Unifies
A it4ly 'who had just pared with her housemaid,
asked her cook it she would take the housewaid's place ;
hut she answered, " Nladom, the cook and the cat have
always something toe it, but the Loam:maid, footman,
and dog, most wait till it is their turn.
The Earl of Haistingaloa was among the Peer
straw to un Tatirsday,

The thllowing•tuldttalt voi the,Graud Jury vie Mi.'s
mt.: presented to tko.Court on .Saturday,
18 19. at the Sessions louse, Clerltenweil:--
Tae Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex mi-
mic separate withont stating to the Court, that t!.e
painful duty devolving on them, halt been rearderai.
more neat;. by the bills brought before diem, on the
part of the Dank of England., against individuals
charged with possessing or Otterin forgetl uotes, pur-
'forting the notes of that establishimtt.
" The Geand Jury arc ircl..e that s strong prejtt
dine is abroad against the Haul: on this subject, and it
is not their wish to increase it : it is, however, well-
known, that the notes of the Bank of England arc
much too easily imitated, and they caonot forbear ex-
pressing their decided opinion that stu:h easy imitation
might be prevented, and the frequency of tile crime be
consequently diminished.
" The Grand Jury beg also to express their hope
that a revision of the criminal code is in contemplation.
and more particularly the law respecting the forgery of
Bank-notes ; and, if they may with propriety, they
would suggest some other mode of punishment than
that present adopted, such us perpetual hard labnar
and solitary imprisontiwnt, which would be more dread-
ful in the of the offender than the chance of escaping-
capital punishment by the commutation of death par'
transportation.
" Signed, on behalf of the Grand Jury, by their
Foreman,

" CHARI.ng MRRICE."

Several failures took place in the c► urse. of last week,.
both here and on the continent ; but, thongit import-
ant enough to be noticed on 'Change, they are n.A
sufficiently so to cause any alarm. Antony; the prin-
cipal ot' those is an old established English house nt
Cadiz ; another at Marseilles, closely col:meted with
that of Martin, de Pooch, and Co., at Paris, and three
Louses of inferior note at Bordeaux. Sonte eallrarrass.-
ments hare also arisen at borne in the corn trade, which
have led to the stoppage of fuur houses its that depm-t-
-mesa. Such is the freedom of iuterconrse and clew
connexion now sulmisting between Eligiand anti all
parts 4 the continent, that the whole of gero;rt, cow"
mereially speaking, is become like one great country,
carrying On an internal trade with itself, so that the
easealties of merchants residing its most distant
places are felt and talked of like those ne.icii happen
at our own doors ; and this cireutustanv, perhaps,
causes R greater sensation to be felt on these
than their real importance, competed tivin the extmtleg
relations of commerce, can justify. The present situ-
ation of the general trade of London ma) be consider-
ed tiourishieu ;.and it is so, not in consequence of the in--
creased demand or consumption of coraatuditiee, but is
spite of the contrary state of things. The great re- •
&union of price in numerous artieles et:commerce is well
known : hope, cotton, o". 1, tallow, Flyer, cud various
other commodities have undergone a depression of per
from 30 to 50 per cent., and in some instances
considerably more ; au effect unlotibtediy produced by
a diminished consumption. Nothing can more decid-
edly prove the macantile prosperity of this city thou.
that so few liotts...s huve yielded to the weight of this
situation of affairs, or have suffered in any degree
an.
impeachment of their credit. This is allowed to be
the unfavourable season of the year, anti commerce has
been certainly more languid even than usoal ; but the
spring orders that must soon arrive limn the continent
will probably be the greater in proportion, and rewatd
the enterprising merchant for the doubt end anxiety to
which his speculations have exposed hitn.

The following is an extract of a letter from the
Agent to Lloyd's at Para, dated Ist Nov.:—°' 1110
master of an American vessel arrived here a te►v days
since from St Thomas's, sta►tes, that a schooner privn•
teer, command d by an American, and under the
Independent Sivaiiitii fig, w•as fitaiog at S:. Domingo,
and in,entled to cruise off this river and Selenas. lla
adds, that a ship and a twig from this place have been
taken and carried into St. Datning t. They are sup.
p'sei to b.: the ship Santa Maria ti Reim do Grant
Para, and the Brig itainim listur."

No revels arc able to enter Dover Larbour on ac-
count of the bur, which has toculaulated sa much that
its dangerous to attempt itjwith the present heavy swell.
A new harbour has been termed by the tales of wind
for the last tour months, inimediltely at the hack of
Payne's :Intel. Ou %%Woeslay, the Darr, Captain
Bushell, came into this new harbour, and landed ail
the passen6ers on the beach; there is S feet water at
low

F..iday the Are.hatt!:e Maximiliin, scoanipanie.l by
some G:titlennen of his suite, visited Vis.muut Mt;-
vile at the Admiralty, and were conaucted by ha
I.ords;iip over the oilier% of that Gepultrient. The
telegraph at the top of the building n•a.l also put into
communication with that at Chath.on, for the ptiri.n.e
ol• explaining to his imperial Highness the mole iD
whi:•lt the machine is worked.

It is expected, that the Prince 11-gotv .v 11 COlitiltie
to reside at the Pavilion wail au adv. rk.el !
the eu.n,ng month. His Royal ilightse a'a healiu
&lid to be catre.uely good.