The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-05 00:00:00

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Drug,Lane. -
On Saturday evening The Merchant / Vepice
was very well performcP.t this Theatre; bel:1-e, a
very rr.speftable Audi nee. KEMites merii
Shylock has long been, nknowledged. He gave the
charaAer, on Saturday night, all his usual of ea and
discrimination, but we sometimes thought that in
particular parts, he was rather too forcible for
,the
supposed age of the Jew. The other charaEters
were all most respectably filled.

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Covent-Garden.

E high wrought expedation of the Public on
the return• of Mrs. BILLIN6TON to the English
Stage, was amply gratified by her appearAnce on
Saturday last at this Theatre, in the Opera-of Ar_
taXerxes, after an absence of seven years. The
charader of Mande:rm., in the Airs and the recitatives,
afforded full scope for her powers, and these potvers
were exerted with wonderful died.

MIS:RILLINGTON possesses so great a genius
for her arr, and such a well-groundcd knowledge of
it, that her journey to Italy, though it is con-
sidered as the ,favourite region of, Music, could
hardly bc,expeded to contribute. much to the
provement of her talents. Her voice, however,
is certainly more strong,, and its compass in-
creased, particularly in the upper notes. Ner exe-
cution of the most difficult divisions is as rapid and
as distinct a's any instrumental performance. In this
her great excellence. consists. She is not, 'however,
inattentive to expiaesion, and while she charms the
ear by the sweetness of her 'tones-, endeavours also
to interest the feelings.

The airs in which she was encored were " If o'er
the cruel tyrant Love," " Let not rage, thy bosom
firing," and, " The. Soldier tir'd of war's alarms."
The moment the symphony of the last air began,
the Audience trust into a shout of applause, as if it
bore some relation to the happy restoration of Peace.
It is certainly no exaggeration of Mrs. BIL-
LING.TON'S merit to say, that altogether the Airs
were never given with a greater degree of musical
excellence. In the popular hrtrvura of. " The'
Soldier tired," though it has been so often sung, and
though so niany Performers have decorated it with
new graces, she contrived to give it with augment-
ed novelty without, any fantastic deviatioris from
the original compoiltiou.

Instead of " Fly'soft ideas, fly," she introduced
a new bravura, purposely composed to slim the
extent of her voice, and the facility of her execution.
It is but justice to say, that she is very much
improved in her action and general demeanor: There
is an impressive grace and dignity in her manner,
aPproliriate to the higher province of 'the Opera.
Her person is more embonpoint than it was, but not
unpleasingly so. We never Saw a face in which,
after a space of seven years, TIME had passed so
lightly. She looks indeed as juvenile as ever:
The house was thronged at an early period, and
the audience received her with the warmest marks
of welcome. -

INC L2DON came through Arbaces .in a manner
very creditable to his talents, considering how little
suited he is for heroic charader3, and songs cut of
the Ballad line. He gave the recitatives with
great expression 'and feeling, and sung the airs with
considerable skill and taste.
INCLL•DON' was encored in " `'Vier parted,"
and HILL, who performed Ar,axerxef, had the same
success in the Air of " In Infancy our hopes and
fears.".

TowrsEND acquitted himself
,in a very respeaa-
ble manner in Artabanes, though the Aits are cer-
tainly :above his powers.
Mr. \VETCH:4 L displayed admirable taste,
judgment, and instrumental excellence in leading
the Band. His excellence indeed, in the sicond
movement of the overture,- was so conspicuous, that
for the first time, we belieVe,,it• was encored. He
also particularly distingnishea,himself in the' sym-
phony to the new liripivirg;:coMposed by BIANc H I.
The Audience, throughout fhe Piece, were I:MC.0111-
mo* attentive, and bestowed their applause with
a fervent liberality.

. Mrs. CRAWFORD, once so deservedly celebrated
as an A&ress, has preferred some -claims to a share
in the Dublin Theatre, founded upon rights derived
from her first husband, Mr. BARRY. There are
other claims also, which, whether right.or wrong,
are at present said to be insuperable obstacles to a sale
of the property.
Mr..St Doom, it is said, is intended wholly for
the' Tragic or Sentimental Province of •the Drama.
He is an intelligent, well,-educated young man, and
possesses very respeetable literary talents. •
A grave Physician on Saturday night listening to
the bird notes of Mrs. BILLINGTON'S Bravura,
observed that it was impossible she should live long
as she appeared to have the thrushes in hir throat.
The Will of the late Mr. ROBERTSON, of Stock-
well, was set aside by his relations in the Court of
Chancery, owing to an informality, in drawing it
up; and the large fortune intended for the purpose
of ereeting a Botanic Garden, is divided among-his
family. All his stock of fine plants were sold
last week.

Two Chargers were purchased on. Thursday for
zgo Guineas; for the use of the FIRST Cox. suL.
The. expoit of English horses to France is con-
siderable..

The Prisoners in the Marshalsea prison are to be
removed in a few days to the old Coupty Gaol, in
the Borough, Nvhen' on :the of the former place
a Hop Market is to be ereeted,4ith extensive ware_
houses for the regular'sale of.thai= useful article,irozn
a single bag to any quantity. 'lt is stated that no
sale is to be by samples.,
Last Tuesday evening, as Mr. Jones,cdoper,,was
returning from Hadleigh to Sudbury, in a cart, 'a
flash of lightning struck him and his child, which.
equally affeCled his horse. SO violent was the shock,
that himself and child were both thrown', out of the
cart, and remained for some time insensible. When
Mr. Jones recovered - himself, he found his horse
down, and the cart turned upcp him ; but providen_
daily no further injury was sustained, than being
severely bruised.

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•: WE learn from the lloc-Ite; thil: the. r ".*
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roops; who were. to. evacuate .//0,7,:•,•,,!, !'a,..;"
ceived Counter-orders, iiil that they r,-
main in the Republic during the Meeting of the
Assemblies convoked- by the Direaory for the
cepcance. of the ConstituLion. This new deterrn.t.,
nation is, stated to have been adopted at the cleire.
of the Dutch Government. „-7

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A Convention has been signed at. Milan for the
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re-establtshment of complete- harmony bet Weer,
Piedmont and the Cisalpine:Repnblic. It consists
of Eighteen. Articles, of }vhich sonic relate to the
reciprocal 'conveyance of- Corn of all kinds, ard
others settle the differences whioll'arose- betwe,cn the.
Commit-nes on the Frontiers-of the Sesia.

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'On the .z.sth inst.. the 'First Consill issued; an
Arrete; conferring marks of distinaion on t‘V'e.t/41.-
two Sohlieri and Sailbrs who distin,..,cished
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m -$:
selves in tile laSt Engagement. oo' •
Tt/qISIION-, SEFT. the. vote of. Attstri.i
at. the •Dicl,..elis MAJ FS
,Y'. proposes, in or.'.er rcr
acceleratethe,,Affair of the.•ln,lemnities, ana
avoid the.ineouveniences of the modes already, s'ny,„
gested, ". That an exzraord:l-yiry I.l.2putation.shopliii
be appointed with ind4nice po:ri.-rs, to -reg,idate.
the objeas which compit:te the Peacq,,Qf the
Empire,.and which, by the ,Vih Virth
cles of the Peace 'of 4utze•7.)ille,, were rese::\Ta for
separate" Arrangement." His iVIAIEsTY furil:cr
ppives?es to..appoint as Peontivs,. in the College of
Bonentia, and Brander...
btirgh ;
:and in tbe:ollege Of. Princes, the Gr4nst...
Master. of..the
.Teutonic Order, Wirtemberg, Ba..
varia, and Hesse Cassel. - • .

This extraordinary Deputation, on_ terminating
the work of Peace, will proceed with all •the neces..
sary precaution and reserve, to the maintenance of
the Germanic Constitution. It will be appointed
to .conclude the business in concert with France, •and
to present. the result to the EMiEROIi and .tnpire
for ratification.

In the Vote of Magdeburg, His Majesty the
KING of PRUSSIA adds, by way. of Supplement ;.)
the Vote of Magdeburg already given, acceding
to the proposal` of appointing an oxtraordin4y:
Deputation; '! that, notwithstanding His MA Esfry..
wished this. Deputation to consist of as few :\iLin
hers as possible, and at -most of six, ,he now coin-
cided with the Vote of Austria; and proposed that,
the Deputation should consist of Eight States, viz..
Mentz, Bohemia, Saxony, Brantlenburgh, Bava-;
Ha, the Teutonic Order, Wirtemberg, and Hesse
Cassel."

Bavaria acceded to the VOte of. Austria, with
the limitation, that the Deputation should not
viate from the rules laid down in, the,Vote.of the
.31st of,AUgust. . .
. The Vote .of the Grand Master of the Teutonic
Order, formally renews the demand, inadc• t'ic
deceased Grand .IVlastei, that. the EMI' F. It should
have full powers to regulate everypecessary
to the completion of Peace.. -
. The Vote ;Of Barnberg repeat's the Reservations
and Protestations made in t 757, in order to trtain-,
tain the: right (:1 precedence . over the Grand Mas-,
ter of the. Teutonic Order. After this declaration,.
His Highness expresses a desire, that the three.
Colleges would unite in requesting His,NlAles-rT
the EMPEROR, to accept of, indefinite powers to
terminate the w_ ork of Peace with the :French Go.
vernment. • .

The Minister of Brunswick he-d not yet voted:
That of Mentz declared, in the last sitting; that hc
should wait until the approaching. opening of the
Protocole. The Conclusum, it was suppos:d, woidd
be drawn up by
.the end of the week. Among the
different Votes, three distinct opinions may be re-
marked.' The first tends to empower His Imy
MAJESTY alone to terminate the work of PeaZe.--:
-According to the second, :the Affair of Intiemuties
should be decided by the Diet and a Corkirnittee
of its Members. The third is, in favour ap.
pointing an Extraordinary Deputation, vested wiiii
unlimited powers. -It appears, that the latter
opiniOn will prevail ; in which case, it is asserted;
that the Deputation will be assembled at the City
of Augsburgh. •

AIX, SEPT. 17.—A few days ago, JEROME
BONAPARTE, the yoUngest of the First Consul's
Brothers, passed through this,place on his was- to
Paris. Ike had sailed with the Squadron under
Admiral GANTHEAUME. He stated, that the.So;-
diers and,Sailors had suffered a great-deal during
the Expedition, from the want of water and provi-
sions ; and it was bad weather alone, which pre._
vented the. landing of the Troops on the Coast oi.
Egypt, within forty Leagues of Alexandria ; since
the Squadron remained two days in sight of thz
shore, without seeing any of the English or the
Inhabitants. A Corvette, however, rz.7aclia Alex-
andria, but it had only Women and Artists on
board. •

FRANKFORT, .SEPT. I.—M, de HENKEL, Cap,
taro in the service of the KING of DENMARK, ani
his Charge' d'Affaires in this City, was assa:;sinalci
two days ago in his.bed by a Jew. The assassin
was instantly apprehended, but as he was Condua_
ing to prison, he drew a stiletto from under his
clothes, and gave. himself several stabs, in c(, n,
,sequence of which he died. M. HENKEL was '
man of merit, welLinformed, and of the mildest
manners. ,The Garrison of this City attended his
funeral, and uaid. Miiitary honours to his remain:),

Yesterday ,amrtiing A terrible battle• was fm:L't
near the'White Hatt:public-house, in St. Giles',---
upwards of too persons were engaged in the afflAv:-
it lasted above an hotir ; but though it terminaet.i
with much bloodshed, no lives WCfe

TueSday last fames' and josilb,l)zhiti, two Sol.:
diers of the North Cork Militia, lately conviti
before a Court-Martial, of a ConspiraOy to de!ivef.
up to the Rebels a post in the County. of ,
were conveyed under a strong escort of horse
Dublin to Wicklow, the Head-Ouarrers of the Re-
giment, there to be shot pursuant to sentencL

Some days since the Parish Church of New tO.l
Flour- an, in Norfolk, was broke open, and a fin;.:l
surplice stolen from out of the parish chest, :le
jock of which was also forced.

PEPOR7';

COURT OF KING's titi%lCrl

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BEFC,:tE I.ORD_ KENYON AND S SPECIAL JURY,
LONDON.

THE KING V. OWEN ANIS ANOTHER.

[We gave in our Paper of t ith July lait; a short Acto'unt of
this Cause, of which we- now give 'a mere detailed Re-
porti.

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This was an iiidiament against Robert Owen
and William Mardell, for unlawfully and knowing_
/11-having-in their possession; and'keeping certain'
Naval Stores, belonging to His Majesty, Con-
trary ,to the Statute, &c.
This Case is'very interesting to the Public, and
particularly to those, who deal in Copper, &c. &c.
The proceedings were opened by Mr. J tains.
The ATTORNEY GENE.RAf, 'opened the case for
the Prosecution. He said thiS-IndiaMent was pre-
ferred in order to repress a species of fraud and em-
bezzlement that was highly injurious to' the public
interest, and which the wi'sdom of the Legislature
bad prohibited by infiiding penaltieS'of law on those
who should be guilty. tte meant the embezzle-
ment of Naval Stores belonging to Hip Majesty t
an offence that had• now become ularrning, for it
was computed at no less-an amount than 06,0061.
a year. Unless this' pradice was put a stop to, by
the due punishment of those who were, concerned
in such matters as were
,stated in the Indictment
now before the jury, there was no . knowing the
evils to which we might be subjede It would be
in vain that Parliament. should 'vote large supplies
for the Naval Service, so essential to the existence
Of the State and the-Community in which welived.
.The whole Revenue of the Country would not be
more than enough to satisfy the frauthilent disposi,-
rions of these i;iicit anleairi Naval Stores. To'
check that iniquitous: praaice was the objea of this
Prosecution. The two,persons who were the ;Lib_
jeas of this Indiament were Mr. Robert Owen
and Mr. 'din. Mudd!, considerable Tradesmen.
and Dealers in Copper: It was a subjea. of
serious regret, that persons in' a situation of life
tbat placed them above indigence, such, as these
Wendants were, should be concerned in Such fraud
2114 embezzlement' as was charged Upon -them in
this Indiament, and of which he should have to lay
before the Jury such- pregnant Evidence. He then
proceeded to state the circumstances of the case.—
He observed, that when one of the parties concern-
ed in this tralke was apprehended; there was found
in his pocket a Letter which' explained the business
lie had been concerned in,,&c. 'whith led to a disz.-
t overy of the Whole. Having gone through all the
circumstances of:the case as they appeared after.:
wards in Evidence,. and which we do not here
state, becatise we shall give the whole of it in the
detail of that Evidence, he observed, that if his
Learned- Friend 4, who were of Counsel for the
Pendants, should attempt to make up a defence, such
as had been hinted to him, it must be. founded 'on
perjury. He ,thought it • but fair to warn the,De-
fendants' Attornies of the probable effea,of such a
defence. If they attempted-to make out, that pro-
perty which should be produced in the course of this
dial had been bought at any supposed sale, or, if any
such endeavour was made, he should warn his Learn.
ed Friends, of Counsel for the Defendants, whose
discretion he knew, of the danger to which such a
defence would expose their clients, for 'it would
deprive- them of all chance of mercy in case of their
being conviaed. He concluded with observing,
that if the Evidence in this case was such as it had
been stated ,to him, he was quite sure the Jury
would find it -a duty they owed to, the -Public to
find the Defendants guilty. BLit he should be as
happy as any person in Court, if they could excul.
pate themselves from this charge.

EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN.

Charles Motley7—l am an Inspector employed by
the. Navy Board for die purpose of deteaing illegal
dealings in Naval 'Stores at -Portsmouth.7—On the
of March last I discovered, at Portsmouth, a
cask of Copper, which led me to search the De„
fendants' premises. in London. —I came to London
in consequence of the. suspicion I had entertained
from what I saw at Portsmouth and, having ob.
tained from the Lord Mayor a Search Warrant; I
went to search the Defendants' premises in Hounds,
ditch. That w,as on the ad •01 April. I found
the Defendants lived in separate houses, at a 'short
distance from one another ; the one at 96, the
other at 99, with a Warehouse at each. " Owen
and Mardell," was written, at one door, and
if Mardell and Owen," at the, other, Copper-
smiths.' We commenced our search at a binn under
the staircase. There we tbund several pieces of
Copper, Copper Bolts, and Copper Sheathing, ar_
tides that are used for the copper bottoms of His
Majesty's Ships. We proceeded from thence to the
further end athe warehouse, where the men were at
work. in a very considerable number. 'We found at
the end of, the warehouse a great quantity of new
copper sheets, and some pieces of copper bolts ;-=--
upon a great number of which the broad arrow was
marked ; and on some others; where the mark
usually was in-Tressed, there was a hammering,
evidently with an endeavour to deface it. -Among
thoSe I selefted many which appeared to' me never
fo have, been used at all"; and some of the sheets
were quite new. I found some 'marked with the
letter C. and Mar. at the top, togetl with the
broad arrow, in the top of the binn. >Mr. Owen
said, " that any body could make -the broad ar-
row, that he could make a room full of them in a
short time." The mark upon this piece of copper,
•f,,C, and Mar," 'is the' mark put upon the copper
King's Yard, and which is changed, and a
fresh stamp put on; every month-. At the beginning
.of the search Mr. Owen was not present, he was
at dinner, but he came down direCtly and attended
the search. I told him " this was the property of
His Majesty, and asked him where it came from ?",
He said, " he could. not refl.') nold Mr. Owen
in what manner I discovered the cask at Ports
mouth., and what led to my search. I told him
I came to search the premises in consequence of

hiving "found sorneeasks at Clark's warehouse, at
Portsmouth and Portsei, containing some King's
copper, whichl had been informed was for Owen
and IVlardell; There was no'diietlion on the cask;
nor could they tell
,me, at Portsmouth, where the
Defendants lived—all they could tell me was, that
these were the names of the parties ; it n;as nut
until I came to the Solicitor. for the ivy Board
that I discoveted Where the Defendants lived. I
came, dp.,to London in consequence of the copper
which I found at Clark's warehouse.' Theie were,
I think, 6ree casks of them, but they had no di-
reetion on them. On my finding these things after-
wards at Mr. Owe:ll's, he Said,
." that was, not the
King's copper that he kneW (it" He said nothingthen about dealingjfoi copper at Portsmonth, but
afterwards he said he' had' dealings at Portsmouth
With a man of the name of Missing, and that agreed
With the information which I had privately re-
ceived.: Missing was a person who-had been shop-
man to his uncle, and he was a coppersmith. He
was tried for having King's copper in his possession,
but he„was acguitted. He is at home, but another,
who was supposed to be concerned. in that business,
is .gone, to America in consequence of a Warrant
that was out against him. Mr. Owen said he had
dealings with him, and that he knew his uncle very
well ; I was 'present at this man's trial,, but do
-not know whether' Mr. Mardell wasthere or, not.
When' we proceeded further in our search at Mr.
Owen's house,•l found a bag tied up near the door,
and I ordered it to be tied up again. As to
that parcel, Mr. Owen said, ‘,' he had not. pu4chas-
ed that yet ;"—upon this, a man came into . the
shop. He, asked Mr: Owen-whether that had, been
weighed ? He could not give him any answer ;
he said to Mr. Owen, " Has that been weighed ?"
Mr. Owen said " No, he'had been busy"—l sus-
peded there- was something that was improper, and
I desired the than to be detainzd until I saw what it
contained. I asked this 'Man, in the' presence of
Mr. Owen, if he brought this bag '? and he did not
give me any answer. I went to the back part of
the shop, and when I returned, the man said he
got them from Mr. HoWard, at Deptford, and he
said he was:a Common Carrier, and that he brought
them in his Erran=d cart, and 'that he did not know
their contents, and that was the reason this roan was
allowed to go at libert Upon this I caused the bag
to be opened, and I found it contained some copper,
some pieces of bolts.; did- not find the King's
mark upon this, but it. was defaced. .I have no doubt
but that what I then found was copper for the. use
of His Majesty's Navy, or, that' it was hammered
for ate purpose of being defaced. I then proceeded
to the other warehouse at Mr. Mardell's. I did not
then find Mr. Mardell at home, but Mr. Owen
accompanied me to that warehouse,. and he gave
diretions as he had done at the other warehouse.—
There I found one sheet of copper and a great num-
ber of copper bolts, and pieces of bolts. J. examined
'them ; on some of them the mark _was defaced, but
I have no doubt but that the pieces of sheathing and
bolts were copper that belonged to -the King's ware.
house. The weight of it. could not be, less than
htocilb: The goods were secured and the party
taken before the Lord. Mayor. •

On cross.exaniination the Witness said "-In con.
sequence of information which I had at Portsmouth,
I came to London, and on receiving a warrant from
the Lord Mkor, I seized .these goods. The De.
fendant, Mr. Owen,, said, that he dealt" with
person of the name -of Missing ; he said lie did
not knew that he, had any King's stores in his
possession he asked also what was the King's
Mirk on the copper ?—I. shoved him a piece of
copper on which the mark had been erased, and he
said, " he could make them in a short time ;" and
I asked him whether he could make the Stamp
Mark ? He said "he never saw that." 1 asked
him, can you make this mark ? shewin4 him this
very piece of copper in my hand—one of his own
pieces of copper; there were many more pieces.—
He insisted he had no pieces with the King's mark in
his possession ; he asked :me :" How long has it
been customary to „make that mark ?" Ido not
know, said I, but there are others yeho can tell you
to a certainty.—l :do not recoiled his-saying that
he never saw that smirk
,before.; I do not recolle&
what he did say exaaly.—There is no copper ma.
nUfaftory at Portsmouth except that which belongs
to the King's Yard."
Mr. GARROW said, " It would be a very silly
thing for any man 'to put the King's mark upon
any of his own copper, because that would be
giving to the Crown 'a title, to a man's own private
property."
The Witness said, " From the mark on this
copper, it is imposSible that it could have been
issued out at Chatham earlier than March aol,
and I found it on the" zd day of April in the De-
fendant's warehouse."

Philip Holdsworth, one of the City Marshals—
" I accompanied the last Witness to search the
houses of Owen and Mardell on the zd of last April ;
we went first to the premises of Mr. Owen, which
are at number 99, in Houndsditch, the name of
Owen and Mardell was upon one &or, and Mar-
dell and Owen on the other."

Lord KENYON—" It is not necessary to prove
the partie"s to be partners in trade in a criminal
charge." _ _ _

The Witness proceeded and said, " I went with
the last Witness to search the warehouse of Mr.
Owen, and; in a sort of a binn, under the stair-case,
on the right hand Side of the shop,' it appeared to
me to be no place of concealment, but an open place
for refuse—l think Mr. Motley brought out a piece
of copper with the King's mark on it,' and Mr.
Owen appeared astonished at it ; he said, " I know
nothing of it, I bought thiS copper, and I am in
the habit of making up Braziers' and Distillers' cop-
pers, and cannot manufaaure them unless I buy ma-
terials." We proceeded together. Mr. Motley then
said to Mr. Owen, " this is evidently copper brought
out of the King's dock yard by the workmen as
they came out to dinner, of on leaving off work in
the evening!" Mr. Owen said, " he was quite a
stranger to it ; he bought it." Mr. Motley then
,said to him, " I think you expelled some, copper up
from Portsmouth, by the wagon ?"—" I am fre-
quently.reeeiving copper from Portsmouth, said he,

tut. I did not at ail eNpcet any to_days or to,
morroW..." IVIN•allotley, then looked araundi and
between us and the door' of the_ warehouse,; h- saw
one, two, or three casks, about the size of a:1
rican wheat barrel, and he -said to Mr; Owen,
" wb-at have you. there, Sir ?" He replied, " that
he did not know there was any thing." Mr. Mot,.
ley observed, ." these casks have come up from Ports-
mouth, or sothe'dther place, with copper. Ido not
recollect that he said with King% copper, but I re;:
member. he said. they came up with:copper."
Lord_KENvow=" Did the Defendant
,make.any.
observation upon that ?"
Not* the least. The binn was then
'whOltk Cleared' out. -There were of copper in this
big n, witli,-tVe King's mark7defaCed, from 12 to 20
pieces. Mr. Motley .and myself proceeded to ex-
amine the rest of the warehouse:" Mr. Niotley
said, " these have been King.,:s copper by the mark."
Mr. Owen said, ".Why, in a very short time, I could
mark all my copper in the same' -way." "It was
not stampi after Mr. Motley had so looked, what he
thought was the king's copper, which was a very:
small proportion of the quantity ; I should suppose
15 or 20 sheets, out offio or 7o of that heap." Mr.,
Motley then asked the Defendant, " how came
you by-these. copper sheets, they. are entirely new ?"
Mr. Owen said, " I shall be able to say in another
pike how. I" came the M—it is a fair transaction;"
" We then found a quantity of copper, with the let:.
ter C. and I think Ma, or Mr, but I am sure one
of them, on it ; this is One 'of the pieces[holdiog
a piece of copper up.]--,-We found a great deal mark,
ed in the same manner; It'-was quite new, had
never been used."—,Mr:..Motley said, " now Mr.
Owen, if it is as easy as you say to mark copper, as
the last was marked, how do you account fbr this ?
Mr. Owen was quite embarrassed, and said that .1
will account for in another place."
Lord KEiIYON—" Quite embarrassed did you
say
A. Not at all confused--did not at all appear
confused—but said,_" that I will account for in an-
other place." recoiled: several Of. Mr. Owen's'
own workmen coming to us.; but I recolleCt,
particular,,' a man belonging. to the ,Deptford': etc
rand cart coming there.. He said .to Mr, Owen,
" I wish you would order one of yourpeople to
empty this bag." " Yes,"' said' Mr. Motley,
" let us see: what is in it, where do you bring it
from, My, friend ?" " From Mr. Howard.,- al. the
Lower Water-Gate, Deptford. He said,, Mr.
Moller looked it over, and: said, ", they are .but
small pieces—but here is the King's mark again."
Mt. Owen then stood by us, looked at it, but re-
mained perfetaly silent for a while ;, but I think he
afterwards said, he did sometimes buy of Mr. How-
ard, but that I cannot say positively. Quite at
the bottom of one of the, warehouses, for there are
two, we found some bolts—but a few ; they were
marked with the broad arrow-, which had been vi.
sibly defaced.

Lord K E NYON—Whe'n you say visibly defaced,
do you -mean to say there-was enough to trace it ?
A. The' arrow was defaced, but great pains had
been taken to deface it. It could be traced: I re-
coiled something of the name of Misset, or Miss-
ing; at PortSmouth, and, Mr. Owen said, he did
buy copper ,of him. I then laid down the bag
with some of the copper. I shewed Mr. Owen
my adthority, and he said, " you shall have a man
to assist you." I said to. him, " Mr. Owen, you
have another manuflidory." " Yes," he said he
had,- and he said, I will accompany. you,_ you
shall also look over that." We then went to the
other manufadory, and we found there a large quan-
tity of copper bolts. Mr. Mardell was not there.
It appeared upon the whole of them as if great pains
had been, taken to deface some marks, but on many
the marks were visible—l do not recoiled finding
any thing at Mr..MardelPs but copper bolts, there
might have been some copper sheathing, but I do not
know that.---On. some of them 'the mark was visible
as if it had been at the King's store-room; on some
of them the .operation of filing had' been performed,
but it was plain that they had had the, King's mark.
;There were a: great marry bolts, I.will venture to
say too copper bolts; I think the whole of them
appeared to have been used.—l then told one of
the men to get a cart that we might take the pro-
perty to the Mansion-House, but Mr. Owen said,
" Sir, not until it is weighed ;" and that was all he
said then ; but afterwards he said, " probably the
same chanrity would not be r. turned, and that he
should charge me with weighed all the
copper, and Mr. Owen put down the weight, and
charged me with the whole of it in his day-book,
and the-:1 said, " You may load them ;" and .then .1
said, Mr. Owen ydu are in Enstody, and I must take
you with me ; I did not then take Mr. Owen to the
Mansion-house, for I knew the Lord Mayor was not
there. I kept him in the custody of one of my men,
and brought him up at six o'clock in the evening to
the Mansion-house. I apprehel, Mr.. Mardell,
on the same night ; bUt I was not present when
he was searched. I took them both' before the
Lord Mayor. I heard the Lord Mayor ask Mr.
Mardell " are you in partnership with Mr. Owen ?"
says he, " I am." The Stores were then taken to
the Mansion-house by William Hart and Richard
Reed, two of. men, and they have been kept in
my room, and under my care ever since, [Here the.
Copper was all :produced on the table before <the
Court and Jury.J
_• _ _

On his cross-examination this Witness said,
" that all this property found in these shops was
not concealed in the least degree. They were ap,
parently in the warehouse quite open. The place
under the stairs, in which some of them were found,
appeared to him to, be a place where the refuse or
might be thrown. Mr. Owen sent a per-
sodroimd all- the warehouse- with them, for the put-,
pose, of skewing it all." •
William C4meron, another of the City Marshalls.
I searched Mr. Mardell, and found this letter
upon him--[producing itl—he requested to have
the letter returned ; lie said.it would be of no use
to any body, but. he wished to have it returned." _

Here the Letter was read. It was signed ".Henry
Paul," ,direded to Messrs. Owen and ,Mandell,
HOundsditch, London, dated March 16,
Mr.. Owen, Sir, My wife saw Mr. , on

Friday, and he said, M. Mardell should tell him,
. if I wanted' a trifte-Of money in -regard of providing
Coun'seh- he Would let clic have it, -therefore, if you
would assist Me now +a small trifle; -it would
be of great Service With me, 'as things is but so so;
but I trust in God to get Clear,. as -the Chatham
Juryjs appointed-, and
..several of my Friends arc
-
chosen ,
The Witness said, that he found this letter is
a pocket-book in the'cgat pocket of Mr. Maiden.
Richard Perring, Esquire, *Store-keeper of Hit
Majesty's- Docklyard.'at yVoOliVich----1 attended,
by direction of the, Commissioners of the Navy, at
the ManSion-hils oe, to examine the copper that • was
there produced' 'pp" the ;3th of March. Upon
great part of it I discovered the King's mirk de-
faced, as well upon the bOlts as' upon the sheets: •
On some, attempts had been made to deface the
mark. The greatest part that, was there examined, I
am able to declare upon my oath% was King's cop-
per. A great part of which, I'am able to-say with
certainty, was not a third 'wore.—[This is a head
of evidence 'applicable to a parricidal. part of ,the
case, for there is a statute which provides •punis:l-
- on those who shall unlawfully and knowinz'y
have King's stores that shall not have been a third
part wore.]--The Witness-'then proceeded—There
are some of the•bolts that have not been used at all,
for-they have never been driven, and some others
of them appear tolaave been used. These of them
that hay- e not been a third wore, are of_ the,sarn-
value, if- they were to be purchased, as those that '
have not been wore at all, for the price of them ii
the same a that of new bolt's.

• EdWard Henslow, Esquire, prilyed, that ceriairt
copper in Court belonged to the stores at Chatham*
and that it could not -1-Live issued from tlit Dock-
yard before it was marked ; the date of the Mat]:
on it was' March 1801.

It- was then admitted, that the other Prisoner,'
Paul, had been accused and convieted of the offence
of embev4ling the' King's ttdres, "and .that
Henslow was a witness-at that -trial:
Mr. Perrin was then examined by Nr. ER •
=lNE.—Hesaid, 'that as the particular mark of
the date bcin& put upon. the copper and other itotes,
at the Doek-i:ards, it was a custom of not many-
years standing; the use of it was "this, to bind the
contrataor according to the form,- now, .of all coma
traes with Government on, this stibjed, to supply-
other copper gratis., taking the, old back, 11 the'
first shall.not hive lasted iii use fqr six years ;
caution which was found very necessary, and the
advaniage of which to the Public was very great.
Here the case for the:Prosecution ended.
be conthnie4)

SHIP NEU'S.

CRAVfiSEND, SEPT, 2

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DIED.
On the 19th of September, at S.,key Forest, the non.
gichard Fitzroy, .fourth son of the Eari f Euston.
• On Tuesday last, at Greenwich, Kent, Tristram Al ri'►
Madox, Esq,
On Wednesday last, at het house at Carnbel.vell, Alrs•
Sarah Lawrence, widow,

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