The Sun.
London, England, 1806-02-24 00:00:00

FRENCH EMIGRANTS.

- Scipion.Charlgs Viaor Au 'recta La Garde, cotn-
monly-called the Marquis Re Ciramkenas, a French
Emigrant, was tried upon an indiament which'charg-
ed him With having obtained goods and monies by .
false pretences of -Antoine Francoise Bertrand De
Moleville. • •

Mr.OURN EY opened the Prosecution. He requested
the partionlat- attention of the Jury to this case,:which
deeply inkolved the charaaers of the Prosecutor and '
Defen:dint, who, prior to the French Revolution, wete
‘rnen-of.rtmk and consideration in their own country, 4
frorn which they had both been driven by its political -
calamities to seek refuge in a 'happier land. Tile Pro-
secutor i•
was one of those unfortunate but. honourable. -
meti, who, for their adherence to the ancient Govern-
ment, -had been proscribed, by the modern one. He .
had filled the high and important office of Minister of
Marine; was a man of erudition arid talents, and had':
written att. History of the Events of the Revolution:
The Defendant Defendant was one of the ca-devant Notlesse,-;
and, till the circumstance which gave rise to this
prosecution occurred, sustained the reputation of a
man of honour; that proud title he had by his con:-
du& fbrfeited. The Prosecutor, shortly after his
arrival in this Country, was introduced to the De-
fendant, with. whom he contracted habits of in-
timacy. He entrusted him, from time to time,
with various- sums of money, to a large amount;
but as the present inditment applied only to two
transa&ions, the Learned Counsel said he should
confine his observations to them alone. The Mar-
quis De Chamboynas represented himself as a Mem-
ber of a Commercial Club, which met at No. 77, Sr.
James's-street; and he told the Prosecutor, that if he
had any good old port to sell, the Club would buy
Mr.'B. De Moleville had such an article, and he
accordingly sent him a quantity, of , wine, which
the Defendant afterwards informed hint he had
sold for 701. producing a profit of 191- to be divided
between them.' Some time after this transaaion
the Marquis De.ChAmboynas said he had an oppor=
tunity of purchasing X4OO pieces of linen to great
advantage, and- he strongly pressed the Prosecutor.
to- advance him the money. The Prosecutor bor-
rowed 5001. and sent it him.; whew the Defendant-,
expressed his astonishment at tire sum- being , s'o
small, but he accepted it. At length the, Defendant -
absconded; andsthe first time the Prosecutor heard
ofchim was that he was arrested for 'debt. He went
to him,' and the• Defendant confessed that-the story
of the sale of the-wine and tilt linen was a delusion,
and. that .he had 'raised money upon both the-articles,
which he squandered-away at the gaming table. .
,Several witnesses %verb, called; aniong them were
the COurit.De Montferrat, Paul Reabel, anclMonS.
Bourier. They all spoke distinctly to the several
faras stated by the Learned Counsel ; and it is there-
fore unnecessary to recapitulate their evidence.
Mr. BtIIROUGHs, for theDefend•mt, observed, that.
if. the Marquisde Chamboynas could be convicted of-
the crime hlleciged against liiin, there waa not a
'French 'Emigrant,.. who ihight riot be involved in a
similar predicament. These expatri?ted' men were,
'compelled-by necessitytdernbark in adventurous spe-
culations for. their support. The Defendant had done •
so, and the Prosecutor had upon that theme entrusted`
his property to him. itwas unreasonable to suppose:,
. the Prosectitor.would have parte&wHith-his Money as.
he had done, unless he had supposed it Was for some.
legitimate commercial concern ; and the law was,
that if a man.obtained credit upon an assumed appeat -.
ance of responsibility, those who trusted.him reed SO;
at their own peril.—No -Witnesses were called for
the Defendant.

Mr. MAINWARING said, the sole question
whether there was any folLfdation for the ,pretence
by which the Defendant obtained the amney: •
The Jury were, of opinion there was not; and they,
without hesitation, returned. the Defendant Guilty...,
The. Court at first sentenced him. to six months:
imprisonment in the ifouse of Corre6tion in Cold-
bath-fields ; but, upon the suggestion of his Attor—
ney (Mr. BARNET*, and the unWilling,ness of Mr._
Ails to take charge of him, as he, was in execution.
for debts to the amount of 80001. he was ordered to
be confined in Newgatc.

A young woman of the name of Fife was tried
for perjury, in swearing a child to a Mr. Moore:-7---:
She stated that her acquaintance with him began at
the late Middlesex Eledion. Mr. M. protested .hi;
chastity, and proved that he was at home with Ins
wife at the time lie was particularized. The Dc.
fendant persisted in saying Ica. Moore was ti,e,
fither but the Jury disbelieved her; .and he Was
found guilty. She was sentenced to three ihonths
imprisonmmt.'

Coigne.. . ' • , .
It, appeared that the Pro3etutor was owner t)f.'..a
peblic7lionse in Broad-street Carnaby-market.;.
the 2.5 tn:of Dvcenibtr. last the Prhoner went. to. the .
bar and ordered a pint of HollatiL, and c4ange of,a
pound note, to be sent to:a Gentleman's house in the
same street.. The servant AVOMULI was according-,
ly sent the spirits and the change; but
.when
she arrived within a few yards eof tire house the
ktisoner met her, and .took the money laid in,the
Indikment from her. He gave tier a piece of paper,.
which had the appearance.of a Rank Note, and cig -
mired her to make haste to the house with the Hol,.
lands, as the servants were waiting for-it. He also
desired her
.to tell them he had gone to buy some- =
thing to eat, and would be back in a few minutes.—
\'`v7iien the woman got to the house the servants
knew nothing of the spirits oeisig ordersd; and, on
examiniag the note, it was found to be ,a counter,
feii of the very worst •kind. The affair resfed in
thisway, and nothing was heard
.of the Prisoner
tntil a short time ago he was arrested on another
charge of the eatuedeScription, and underwent an
examination at Marlborough-street Office. An ac-
count of this appeared in. the Daily Paper, /which
the Prosecutor seeing, he attended at the Office on
the next examination, and identified the Prisoner.
He positively swoke he could not be mistaken in his
person.
The Prisoner made no defence, and the-REcoR-
rER, in summing np the eyidence, observed, that this
was not altogether a- new species_ of fraud, .nor was
the Prisoner aAiew face at the bar. 'The Note; he
said, was 'a palpable counterfeit--it was Made by
placing a good Note ori a. piece of, thin paper, and
then, by a simple process, discharging part of the
ink without ipjuring the real Note.. This would pro-
duce something resembling 'a Bank Note, but it
could nor be passed on any person whio even slightly
cm.t their eyes on it.
Thp Jury instantly found the Pcisoner fizziZty, and
Le was afterwards- sentenced to be transported for
seven years. . .
Henry Watts was indicted t-Pr . Stealing two silver
tea-spoons, the property of Mrs. Wilkinson. The
Prosecutrix., who resides at No. 13, South Moul-
ton-street, was applied to for lodgings by two-gen-
teel men, -one of whom • was the Prisoner,
.on the
afternoon of the 12th of January. :They.-were ad-
mitted into the house, and while each of them en-
gaged the attention of. the-Prosecutrix, she heard
her plate jingle, and on giving an alarm they made
off: The Prisoner was pursued to Perrot% Hotel, a
few doors from the house where the robbery was
committed. Thomas Williams, an intelligent young
man, pursued him to the hotel, and after leaving his
great coat, the Prisoner returned to. ihe door, and
wished to know the cause of the outcry. This stra-
tagem, however, failed; for his person was identi-
fiel, and the robbery was brought home to him.--
Guilty. .
Mrs. Wilkinson begged in strong terms for mercy
towards the. Prisoner. The Recorder asked her
whether she did not do so through fear, by a threat ?
S!le affirmed She did not, although some sort of ap-
p;ieaiHi leid been made to her by .a person who
e.eled herself the mother of the Prisoner. He stood
agAin for stealing Bank notes to the amount
of. 431. of.a person 'Of the name' of Marsh, at the
King's Head; but he was not tried on the- latter

charge.
Biel)A. 43osary, Fre.leric ancl.Peter Gosling,
wee iodidel for stt.talipg a box, containing articles
ofjewelle.ry to the value, of 4000% the property of
MesSrs. John- Mitchell and Co. of Mincing-lane,
Merchants.
The Prisoners, it. appeared, were mariners on
board a West Indianian, and the box was shipped
by Messrs. RobinsonS and Cane, of Lcade.ntiall-
street, on account of its proprietors. In the course
of the night of the Bth of January, when the ship -
was otf Portsmouth, the, Prisoners made their escape
from the vessel, and in .the tilt-soling it was died.
vered that the box *as gone. 'it was' soon ascer-
tained, that the Prisoners had, bent their course to
London, and Bosary was soon .discovered, by. means
of a IFtipping:tiarasel, whose e!egant and facintit,liT
parson he had profusely bedizened with several of
thearticies which the box had contained. He aild
tire lady Were, of course, both taken_into custodyk,
and she was admitted an evidence, against
When he. was searched, a variety of, the articles in
question were found in his poSsession, andlikewise
a number of duplicates for those he had made away
with. Nothing was found on the other Prisoners,
hat it was proved that they had all three left the
ship at the same tune.
The Jury foaad Bosary Guilty, and ilegz..itted the
-ethers.
The Sessions being ended, sentence of.death was
pronounced on the following Prisoners;Lcwis Sa
fose!)\lz- Townsend, and Thornes Taylor, for
bursiary ; P eg,gy Smith, for stealing privately in a
15116 p ; and .lames Shepherd, for stealing in a dwel-
ling-house.
Seventeen were ordered for transportation ; and
Henry Rat!, for bigamy, was sentenced to twelve
months iwprisunment.

• .
In addition to the particulars of the capture of
-Medina by the Wahabees; We learn that Judda had
previously surrendered toithen), aud that the principal
inhabitants had purchased their lives at the expellee
of their property. The marauders only consented to
spare the town, on condition that a second tribute
should be paid in the course of six months ; btit the
place is already so impoverished that it is. supposed
to be impossible ,to comply with the derhanti: A
large detachment: from the Wahabee Armv•had pro-
ceeded towards K3iber, whither it was supposed the.
inhabitants of,Meditia .ltad retreated on the approach-
of the Enemy, withal much of their treasure as they
could convey ,away. The adjacent countries were
thrown into the greatest confusion, and the people
were living from their homes in .c ery dircaion.
A lasourer on the Surrey Canal, natned;Kiernan,
in returning home late on Friday evening, missed
his way, fell into the Canal, and was drowned.

Commissions in the Wiltshire Militia, signed by the Lord
Lieutenant.
Samuel Porter, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Dated
_Nov. 24,
183.5. James Ferryman, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Nev.
2, i 305. Ilueland Nuteombe Blunt. Gent, to be Ensign.
Diiied- Dec. to, 18os. Angus Macintire, Gent. to lie ditto.
Dated lan. t 5, 6;6.
Commission in the Long Island Additional Company of In-
verness-shire Volunteers, signed by the Lord Lietaenant if
the ateaty of Inverness. Dated yan. 2L, Iga6.
Alexaniler iVl'Donald, jun. Esq. to be Captain; vice Norman
M`Lean, appointed"Adpifant- to the Long Island Battalion.
CtmmisJiwz in the Royal Regiment of Devon and'Cornwall
Miners, rigid 19, the Lord Warden.
Thelion. Augustus Cavendish iiritthrlaW to be Ensign.
Dated feu. ti, 18c6.
• MEMORANDUM.
The Appointment of Capt. Win, Barton to be Major in
the Glamorgan Volunteer Riflemen, vice Grey, resigned,
I+3; not taken place.

BANKRUPTS.
James Watkins, of Crucifix.larre, Bermondsey, Surrey, baker,
fo surrender March 1,4, and April 5, at ten, at G Cirldhail,
• London. Attornies, Messrs. Collins and Wailer, Spital-
square. • .
Thomas Shepherd, of. Romtord, Essex, nurseryman, to stir.
rends'. March r, 4, and April 5, at ten, at Guildhall, Lon-
don: Attornies, Messrs. Evitt and Rixon, Ilayclon-square,
Al ivories.
rcispli Perry, of Piccadilly, Middlesex, tailor, to surrender
r, 3, and April 5, at t weive, at Guildhall. .Attor-
ney, Mr. il-Becket, BrO.ichstreet, Golden-sqUare.
Thomas Hamilton Kiddie, of Charles.street, Westminster,
aactier, to surrender March 1,4, and April 5, at twelve, at
Guildhall Attorney, Mr. Bousueld, Bouverie-street,
Fleet-street. •
John Wooktield, late of Alderitlaribury, London, jeweller, to.
surrender Fen. 2.5, March 4, and Aprils, at eleven, at'
Guildnair. A itornies, Messrs. Dove and Mayhew, Elm-
court, Temple.
John Cummings, late of Biackfriar's-road, Surrey, merchant', -
to surrender- ieb. 25; Mat(4l 1, and April 5, at eleven, 'at
Guildhall, London.. Attorney, Mr. Joseph Bugby, Mid-
dle-Temple-lane. • -
David Poole, late a Norton-street, Fitzroy-square, Middle-
sex, money-scrivener, to surrender Feb. 25, March, 4, and
April 5, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr, Hague,
Greek-street; Soho. -•• ' " ' •
Mark Utley-, late of Hollock-Lee, in Erringden, Yorkshire,
cotton-manuractierer, to surrendcr'March ao, U, 34‘i April
5, at rive, at the Nidgewater Arms, Manchester.. Attorney,
Mr: Bernard Holland, Manchester.'
John Cooke; of Liverpool, silvs'isinith, -to surrender March
17, 13, anti April 5, at eleven, attrie George Inn, Dale-
. Street,'Eiver pool . Attorney; M.r. Wyatt, Liverpool. ,
Peter Lindsay, formerly of Greenwich, Kant, biker, but late
of Barking, Essex; farmer, to surrender Feb. 28, March 8,
at eleven, and April 5, at ten, at Guildhall, London. At,
torthiy, Mr. Stratton, Shoreditch. -
Wiliam Creed the younger, of Finch-lane, Cnnthill, London,
tailor, To surrender March r, 4, and April -5-, at one, at
Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Dodd and Westi:Fhreod-
needte:street.
Matthew Geldart,- now or lateof Manchester, cotten-nianu-
taedurer, to surrender March s. , rr. and April 5, at three,
at the. Bridgewater Arms, Manchester.
.A ttorney , Mr. Eer-
rard Holland, l‘loncliester.
Charles Nines, of Carcaton-street, London, ribbon-manu-
fatturer, to surrender March 4, r 5, and April 5, at eleven,
at Guildhall. Attorney,, Mr. Ballachey, lapel-court,
Stock- Exchange:
George Southard; of New Bond-street, Middlesex, linen-
draper, to surrender Feb. -zs, March 8, and April s, at one;
at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs; 'Wright and Boyd, Chan 7
eery-lane.
Alexander Sheddon, of Bristol, druggist, to surrender Feb.
24, March 8, and April 5, at eleven, at the White Lion
• Inn, Broad-street, Bristol.. Attornies, Mr. George Ed.
muncls,Exchequer 0 flicec f Pleas, Lincoln's-Inn, London;
or Mr. William Thornas, 'Bristol.
Joseph Williamson, late of Manchester, corn-merchant, to
surrender March 14, is, at eleven, and April 5, at three,. at
the Royal Oak Inn, Manchester. Attorney, Mr. Morgan,
Manchester.
Thomas Gregory, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, drysalter, to
surrender March 24, 25, and April Sy at eleven, at the
Queen's Head, Newcastle-upon-Tvne. Attornies, Mr.
Robert Walters, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; or Mr. William
Grey, Gray's-Inn; London.
Wiltiatn Trueman, of Li t Tower-street, London, but
now of Durweston-street, at. Mary-le-bone, Middlesex,
wine-merchant, to surrender Feb. 2s, March r it, and April
• 5, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Loxley, Cheap-
side.
Samuel Moore, late of Leicester, woolcom' e and victualler,
to surrencle-.March 5, at tour, 6, and April 5, at eleven, at
the Saracen's Head Inn, Leicester. Attornies, Mr. Payne,
Leicester ; or Mr. Egerton, Gray's-Liu-square, London.

SNIP• NEWS,

POOLE, PBERCARY

Arrived—the Perseverance, Lambert, from Bristol ; Wil-
liam and Mary, Allen, and Lloyd's Assistance, Moser, from
_Porlsinouth ; John, Williams and Olive`Branch, Gilbett,
from London; Polly, Damaii,.from Southampton; Mary,
Brown, from Dover;-Britannia, Bealson, from Leith ;'and
Arabella, Smith, from Bridport;
Sailed—the Stadt Aurick, Youkes, for Embden ; Dove,-
Thompson, for Plymouth; Agenoria, Le I.' itue; for Guern-
sey ; and Perseverance, Street, for Liverpool.

GRAVESEND, FEB. 20.
Passed by-the Beaulieu Frigate, fromßarbadoes ; Johan-
na, Benson,' ioin Norway Three Brothers, Hants, Ca-
tharina, Warts, and Good Overton, Corialus, Irony Emb-
dent
Sailed—the Matty, Hutchinson, and Britannia, Mitchell,
for Dublin.