The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-13 00:00:00

FRAUDULENT. REGISTER OFFICES.

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N 510 N- HOUSE. - Yesferthiy. a youth about •
sixteen, named' Wo/fe, was brotight hef(:)re. T IN' LOH D
MAYOR, on a sumnions from a reppedable-looking :•
young wbman, who complained, that iii consennence
of an a:dyertisement• in (11 Of the -nOw§papers for a
'cook and housekeeper to a small family going abroad;
she had applied as (Freaed, at a house in Old
Bethlehem, which proved to be r Registe7 Oaice !
for Servants, where this lad 'ati-cd as Cl:frk. He •
demanded of her, twO shillings fur reference to the
placein question, which she paid, and he gave her:
references to three several places, one in P.lll-Li ,
another in the Haymarket, and the third in Picca-
dilly,
,to all of which she applied ; but found there
was no such • servant wanted. She returned to
coMplain of the imposture, and demanded the re-
turn of the money, which the Clerk ref Used, alledg-
ing that he was not- authorised to return mom+
before the end of a month; in consequence of which. •
she. Summoned him.,

The lad, in his defence; said; that he was only a
Clerk in the Oliice ; that he received an account of
those three places .from a thotman, who came -to ,
the Office to look for a Service, and entered theta
on the . books by order of his • employer, a Mr,
tdsteno, to whom he paid' the two lie,
said he-told the complainant the rule of the.OLTlce
was, that if he did not pros4de her-with a situation
in a month, then he would return her the money ;
but to' this she would no:•agree, -and resorted to
the Chief Magistrate for redress.

• Mr. Costello himself, the principal in ti.is dis-
pensary of places and preferments) now came for-`
ward, a true Milesian- veteran, about sixty, and
having made his obeisance to the Lonn AlAvon,
began his vindication in a tom', manner, and dia-
lea,. which, at every ,sentence, convul•ed the
whole auditory. with laughter. He said the house
where his Office was kept was taken in the name of
his son, Davy Costello, .Junior. The rent of it was
about 1001. a-year, and he beligved the business
would make 2001. a-year.
`The Lotto MAYOR then .asked him why he, re-
fused to return the woman her money ? To whiett
he answered, to be sure he would return the money
with all- the veins of his heart, but she was in
such a devil of a flirty fume when she came back to
his office on Saturday, he thought she would La
them
Upon some farther investigation of the boy, iE
appeared that his mother Was a respetlable and in-;
dustrious wcAnan; That. his own salary at this office
waS hitt three 'shilling; a week and his board ;
that the daughter of Costello lived in the house,
and was *visited by a person, a clerk in the
Excise-Office, and this • poOr old simpleton was
but a kind Of stalking-horse to Cover that system
of fraud carried an by advertising for servants not
wanted, with a view to decoy and cheat servants out
of their miserable shillings. •
.* •
The LOUD MAYOR, :after expressing his
mination to -put down such impositions, ordered
DaVy to refund the money. and make the best of
his way back to the County of Cork, which he. pro=
mired to do. •

CORN-EXCHANGE, AUG. the'New Mar-
ket to-day the Wheat is chiefly of.MondaY7s supply ;
prime Samples scarcely keep Ali:* price, and second
qualities are cheaper ; in Barley or Malt but little va-
riation ; but few White Pease, and they are full as
dear; Oats of ordinary quality are cheaper; Beans
liiie-
wise; Rape Seed is rather higher -American Flour
is cheaper, ',>Bs. to 425. per barrel ; and other ar-
ticles at small fluauation.
Wheat 48s a 6;s a ;IL or!,
Fine ditto So, a bzs
Rye 385 a 42s ad
Barley, - 335 a ;Es 0,1
Malt 66s a 72S pd
White Pease 645 a 72a od
Grey ditto 345 a 405 oct

Reins 4os a 46s od
Tick Beans. 33, a 38s od
Pats • 225 a 24S a jos od
Poland ditto '3 LS a '3ls 6d
-Rape Seed " 281 - 3zi loS
line Flour 6ss a 7os od
Seconds 6os a 6
,js o 4

13(mm:—Dutch sam has paid forfeit to young
Belcher, in consequence of a
,stake of 2001. not hav-
ing been made good in the time specified for. a
pugilistic contest. The match is made again, and
the money will be staked in a few days. The reLl
judges of pugilistic sport look up to a contest be•
tween these" two professors betVre ally other tnat
could possibly be made.—,—Gulley and the Chicken
are, not yet Matched. "

• We have the authority, of the two. Gontlermn
who attended Mr. Mooßs and Mr, JEFFREY as se-
conds; to stato,, that the account of that rn-Tt:n; in
this and other Papers yesterday is incorr, 0, an t that
both the pistols were regularly loadea upon. the
ground.

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SURREY ASSIZES.

CUT I.DFORD, MoND..O, Aut. It.

RUSSEL V. NAIII YE.

This case, which was tried before a'• Special Jury,
excited great interest in the town of GuildfOrd. If
was an issue to .try whether the I'laintiff, INIr. Rus-
sel, wits duly elected to the office of Church‘i-ar-
den of the parish of the Holy Trinity, within ibis
town.

M. Serieent SnEPITVHD, who conduaed the cause
for the Plaintiff, having stated the question to ,be
submitted to the Jury, observed, that the Defendant,
Mr. Martyr, was the rival candidate for the office
of Churchwarden. When he considered _who. 'Mr.
Martyr was, that, he was a Gentleman of fortune and
respectability, that he had been Mayor' of the town,•
and enjoyed many others of their civic honours, and
that he had also been, for eleven years last past, the
-Churchwarden of the parish, and held the-place now
is litigation, he could not help thinking that there
mast be some valuable purpose to be answered. Per
haps Mr. Martyr was unwilling that any one should
rival him in conferring those benefits upon his toWns-
men which he albite had been used to confer upon
-them. Whatever the motives might be, certain it
was, that this office of Churchwarden, Which Gen-
tlemen in general were most, glad to decline front
accepting; in this town of Guildford had some secret
cliarnis, which made it eagerly courted. But al-
though Mr. Martyr, the Defendant, had kept the of- •
fice for eleven years, it was, nevertheless, an annual,
office,-and the parishioners met every Easter Mon-
cliiy to' renew their eleEtion‘ litpurSuance of -this
ctistotri, they met last Easter Monday, and the can-
didates were, Mr. Russel, the Plaintiff,- and Mr. Mrif
tyilthe Defendant. It was then-agreed by the
Vestry assembled, that the poll should he-kept open
until' four o'clock on the Tuesday, and so it was';
for just at four o'clock, while the church clock was
aCtually striking, a person was subscribing his name
iii toe poll-book, as a voter for Mr. Martyr. But,
Mr. Mdityr's friends finding he
.was then behind iri
numbers, insisted that the pall should net then close,
and -they argued for this absurd proposition, that it
must be kept open as long as any dne voter remain-
ed Intoned, or the candidates did not mutually
agree to close it. So that it was in the power of
any one obstinate voter to liebp the election
unde-
cided to eternity, by saying—" Here, I ;I am
a voter, and intend some time to vote, when it shall
suit my, pleasure.; but, in the mean time,. )0u shall
keep the. poll open until it doeS suit my pleasure."
In laa, on the day of eleaion, there remained but
two voters unpolled, and one of them was an old
woman, who did, not know for whom 'she was
brought to the church. For being put upon the
table, she exclaimed—" Good. Lord, what am
1, to do here i"—" Goody," said they, " don't
you remember your old friend, Mr. Martyr,?.
you must vote. for him."—" Remember him,"
said the old woman, "• Aye, God bless him, I re-
member him in the Borough ever since he was as
high. as my knee. To be sure I'll vote for hirn."—
And thui, his Learned Friend must contend, that they
were bound to waitfor all the old women in the
Parish, who were in the interest of Mr. Martyr.. It
being, however, found, that this would 'not do, Mr.
Martyr's friends had recourse to another expedient;
though the church clock had struck four, they said
the town clock wanted a, quarter. This might be
xo ; and a clock sometimes was regulated fora par 7
ticular purpose, instead of the. clock itself regulating
that purpose, and having ailed by the-parish clock,
the. Vestry was perfectly justifiedin atiendiog to that
rather than the other. Another objeaion was then
started ; that the town had no notice of the Vestry,
and did not know that any. bills were placarded
about the streers;.huthe, believed it-was as notorious
to all the inhabitants that the Vestry was 'met, as
that they. were now trying that, cause. In short,
Mr. Martyr was fifteen votes, behind, and -the town
is-sight prove their bad taste and want of judgment
in refusing to continue Mr. Martyr their Church--
warden, yet they had so done, and their choice was
law on,
thiS,subjea..' ,
Mr. Sturt, the Town-Clerk? produced the poll-
books, by which:it appeared, that at the last ele&ion
for Churchwarden, the numbers were in favour of
Mr. Russel, by a majority of 17. On the opening
of the poll on Eastet Monday, it was agreed by the
Vestry that they would consider at the end of that
day how long it shpuhl .he
.:continued ,open. And
accordingly, at the end ,of that ,day,.-they resolved
that it should continue open until four o'clock -the
'next day. • , .
Gu -cross-examination as to the mode in which
this -resolution was taken, it, appeared, that the
sense of the Vestry was not taken, by any regular
'question being put to, them ;
,but that it appeared
by the sense of the majority that it should be so,r-
Thi., was confirmed by other Witnesess-; and one
Witness, of the name of Jones, said, he aetuaily put
the question upon it ; but he .adtnitted, •that he
,put
the question on the affirinative side only, and not on
the uegative. . •
A long discussion ensued among. tare. Counsel in
the cause, Whether, under these circumstances, -the
sense of the majority of the Vestry was taken.or not.
The Learned Judge (HEATH) Wes clearly of Opinion
that it was not, and that therefore- the closing of the
P:3l was without authority, and theleleaion imper-
f-a ;- he, of course,- direEted 'the Jury so to 'find ;
but the Jury hesitated a king time, and at last, when
they delivered their verdict, they -said they had no
doubt of the sense of the Vestry being so; but they
found their verdi& at the express dire&ion of his
Lordship, and on his statement of their being bound
to do so by law.