The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-28 00:00:00

JOHN CROSBIE

STOCK-BROKER, 2, CORN-
4rtie-ilees Rio
u LOMBARD-STREET, respeetfulty an-
Ili; an* on ~ins Friends the Public, that Tickets and Shares
ni 'ale for a NEW LOTTERY, on the good old-fa-
in. there being 120 Capital Prizes, all Money,—
irs.„ ,apit
dr4,. no dr, the Prizes floating,—N? Re-draw-
s
the •4wilig in Classes; in fact, every Prize may he
YAMP
kir, chap irst Day, and every Ticket or Share stands an
sehee Drawing begins 3h October, but such a
17.1' e, ISO cause a. great sale ; therefore,
telt .I.ON h ne much higher in price, and. scarce also..
Belli no no occasion to remind his Friends of his sue-
ty*" All
-yz"g Grand Prizes it being already so well known.
and di.'"usiness in the Public Funds transacted with fide-
'Well, at the Office, 2, Cornhill.

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al— e very great satisfaction which the
eretobe,, opted in former Lotteries, of advertising a List
kaittecl thgere to the Public, and the circumstance of se-
klar I
_..' 14 iii umbers selected by Ill.sti having proved for_
1/4)Ole (1"p ttery7-4111 induced to repeat it in the present most po-
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the ur,V4l(l hopes, that as all the Capitals` are floating,
Y °f
the 120-flettnentioned may prove Prizes of £20,000, or
eTira,,, NEN;aPhals in the Scheme, the whole. of which may
shayh- 4010w,„' WEDNESDAY, the 30th inst.
_Not rh,„,,_-g Numbers are reserved for stich ersons as
otil -vrs, ti,;7,1 and may be had in Whole, Tickets_ halves,
' °I. 9, Cir '!s., or Sixteenths, at BISII S Offices, 4, Corn-
-4,288 4tlng-Cross :
",842 4,298 5,557 5,578
~7,879 6,716 7,778 7,799
13:ft,,977 , 7,880 8,151 8,765
1* "*7 8,882 8,885 13,055
,46
17 ..2 13,210 13,446 15,461
19A' ' 15,463 15,464 17,821
1,4 n 45 17,999 19,239 19,444
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O 9.484 19,487 19,488
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1,435 141 No. 244 No. 699
tO "13 hot4l- thou • 2,456 2,477 4,254
ttnarT frorn sitig an of the above, may have a great variety
eiarrkb ; or if the adventurers have a fancy for any
er rty,
' --.'"11 will, if possible, obtain it for them.
it* PRESENT PRICE.
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-er - £l2 50 I Eighth - .£3 2 6
1' Letter: - 6 30 1 Sixteenth - - 111 6
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N To T. TAYLOR, Esq.
1 1.114/ -°- 9, New Bridge-street, London.
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,s/tlii tai• I.7,'„tave to inform you, that ever since the
ottt„' ,f u,", I had been afflicted with the Lees Venereal,.
tlct.-tiblee• its obstinatel resistin every course of medicine
tg°itig , bY the most
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eminent oft he faculty here, and u.n-
qt 4ketl fit:l'VeraiSeVere coursesem'ne
of salivation, and twice dis-
my_ ..t4, xn the Hospital with little relief, would appear to
to. qtto °4ist
ra Net had. veterate mature. In the spring
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hadalso
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4tly tinticiating pain, articularly when warm in lied,
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bodednitme eme of rest; in • this lamentable state, I
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4io Ight gan to 1 26th m •in the course of a
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Nii:.totio?,;`" sores VI g healed also ; leaving, how.
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t , tiitti",iiiplaice and medicine, perfectly free froai all
a nd
41-ii„ 10,4 nits--have recovered my former spirits .
0 I :I'd lila 4t° become jolly and fat, in which state having
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.11). months, to the astonishment of all who knew.
t?ii it tt, fo,':l'ss in What terms to express my gratitude, hu.
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I shall on every occa-
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p, l'ateftil, obedient, very hunebi e servant.,
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h ' after a
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strter` I t, ' t the cure of Venereal Complaints
and those
t 1,, *ltich the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable.
OtlAN'reli , roe f ,
It 'he Batt °- his profession should always observe in
kiOtetNly ad -..t,,ters himself. the advice and assistance be
11,.44i5k b.lllllll.sters to persons taking this Medicine, will
litf It t, alui:c:listeraing Public, as an advat.tage seldom
liti,t :pit, by OW of all ambiguity.
tiii„ titli i, disu• „HI aPPointment, for tbe,convenience of those
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`tit th. 4,4 directions, whereby persons, of either
'Astir es Ivith ruse, speed, secrecy, arid safety.

FOR THE SUN.

BOW BELLS.

Ma. EDlTOR,—Several articles having ap-
peared in the Papers respecting the ringing of Bow Bells, and
many of them containing assertions calculated not only to mis-
lead but to alarm the immense populace who daily perambu-
late Cheapside, I beg leave to request you will insert the fol-
lowing correct statement :
After the completion of the re-edification of the Steeple, in
the summer of last year, and till the new masonry because
fixed, the ringing of the Bells was of course (for a while) sus-
pended : on all occasions, however, of civic mirth, as Lord
Mayor's Day, Easter Monday, Midsummer and Michaelmas
Days, &c. these Bells were wont to pour forth their notes of
joy ; and lest the mirth of their iron tongues should be wholly
absent, a contrivance was adopted, which, at the same time
that it prevented all danger, formed a passable (though indif-
ferent) substitute for the las-famed melody of Bow Bells. The
rope of the Bell being tied to its tongue or clapper, in the lieu
of being attached to the wheel, the sound was produced, by
jerking the clapper smartly against the Bell—the Bell retaining
its original position, and not performing that revolution, which,
caused by the wheel, produced that shaking and totter-
ing of the Steeple, for which it was condemned to be
pulled down. The sound produced by this contrivance was
very dull and monotonous, and a minor merriment to
the joyful treble bob-majors which had formerly delighted
Bell-ringing Amateurs. It was heard only at a very
little distance, and the sound principally descended in the
Church-yard, where (froni the inverted position of the bells)
it fell in confused humming sounds. Some few inattentive
auditors did not distinguish it from the merry uplifted notes of
bell ringing, and none knew by what name to distinguish this
noise. When the Queen was acquitted a Partizan calls out in
.triumph. " So, they rang Bow bells on the occasion." " No,"
cries a Loyalist." " They were tolled," " Done for wager."
But sad to relate they were neither rang nor tolled, and the
betters were both hummed by this humming of the bells. What
was it to be called ? it was neither singing, tolling, nor chiming.
The Parishioners were as much at a loss to find a name for this
Ecclesiastical Melody, as were the worthy sages of a Corporate
Town on the coast of Kent. A sum of money had been re-
ceived from the Commissioners for building new Churches, for
the enlargement of their Chapel of Ease, and after much sage
deliberation it was determined to lay it out in building a new
staircase, which was accordingly done, and enclosed in a brick
erection at the western extremity of the building ; nothing now
remained but to record on a stone tablet the names of those
in whose time this feat had been atchieved, but a diffi-
culty here occurred as to the name by which the little brick
building was to be designated. At length aParish officer
(most probably a Poulterer) began thus his instructions to the
Mason. " This wing was built—" No" cries another, "it
is at the end of the building, bow can it be a wing ?" " Then
it will run thus" cries a fertile Hair-dresser, " This tail was
added,"—but some man of authority put all these wild-goose
ideas of Wings and Tails to flight by ordering the top of the
building to be embattled, and though this demi-Gothic Excres-
cence did not reach in height to the Grecian border which
formed the support of the Chapel roof—yet the pompous
inscription on the Stone. Tablet ran thus—" This Tower was
erected, &c." Wonderful proof of Erudition ! !—A mason
however , did knot forget to profit by this wisdom, for the next
tombstone produced by his skill exhibited at the top a faithful
imitation of the embattled notches on the summit of the lofty
Tower of the Chapel, and bore this inscription—" Within this
Tower are interred the remains," 4-c. 4cc.
Had the Parish of Bow been as well skilled in nomenclature
as their Kentish competitors, this new system of steeple me-
lody might long since have borne some name,worthy to designate
it in the annals of science ' • but they are determined to be hum.
sued no longer, and, in order that the Bells might be properly
rung on the joyful occasion of the Coronation, they sent to their
Surveyor for his sanction, the Steeple being (like a convales-
cent patient), hardly out of the doctor's hands, although nearly
a year had elapsed since the last architectural dose tthe putting
on the dragon vane) had been administered. They were much
mortified, it is said, after upwards of seven thousand pounds had
been expended on the Steeple, to receive a prohibition from
their Architectural Superintendant against ringing the Bells, on
penalty of being buried under the rums of the Steeple.
Thus the Bells (so celebrated for their melody) of the beau-
tiful Tower of this Metropolitan Church, were suffered to con-
tinue useless, till within the last week, when a vestry of the in-
habitants was called, and it appearing to a great majority of
them that the late -repairs and (in part) re-edification of. the
Spire must, in reason, have prevented all danger or possibility
of accident to the Steeple, they resolved on trying the experi-
ment of ringing the Bells, and selected several Gentlemen of
talent, on whose judgment they trusted the result of the ex-
periment. The merry Bells of Bow once more raised their
ponderous heads. The Gentlemen who (stationed above the
Bells) marked the result of the experiment, declared the motion
to be very slight, and the effect caused by their revolution to be
almost imperceptible. The consequence of this satisfactory
experiment is, that the Bells will be henceforth rung as
formerly ; and it may not be an unpardonable digression here
to state, that a new clock being about to be added to the Tower—
it will contain chimes, 'adapted to these melodious bells, the
deep notss of which will only be equalled by those of St. Paul's.
Thus, by a well judged experiment, has all idea of the danger
of ringing these bells been removed. Some idle persons, how-
ever, have sent communications to the Papers,
_ stating that
the bells were caused to be rung by the churchwardens
against the wish of the majority of the inhabitants —this
assertion is wholly untrue. The parish have very liberally be-
stowed an immense sum of money on the re-edification of this
splendid ornament to the city of' London, and conceived that
having paid for the first architectural superintendence and su-
perior workmanship, it were the height of folly to suppose
their steeple incapable of sustaining the concussion of a peal of
bells. They made the trial, and their judgment in so doing
was as honourable to themselves, as the result was satisfactory
to the public at large.
The truth of the above statement will be evinced by the
simplest inquiry in the vicinity of this steeple.
Through the same channel a report has also been indus-
triously circulated, that the main arch of the steeple is cracked.
This also is utterly without foundation, and tho' common sense
precludes the idea that an architect would leave a building in
so precarious a state, yet such a report may (if uncontradicted)
do much mischief. 1 trust and hope, however, this communi-
cation will plainly evince, there is a greater crack in the head
which planned these vague and unfounded reports, than there
will ever he in'the head of any human being from the falling of
Bow Steeple.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble Servant;
City, Oct. 26, 1822. CHICK Y VIGHT.

Cross-examined.—Has the honour to be an African by birth.
Has been in Paris, but never was connected with a gambling-
house there, though he had sonic securities on one. Witness
had played in Paris, and won and lost a good deal. Was now
about 30 years of age. The money he expected to raise by
his actions against gambling houses were not equal to what he
had lost by 40,0001. Never made an offer of taking money
from the defendants, though they had made repeated offers to
him. Was at Abbot's house last night, in consequence of the
negociations existing between them. Holdsworth proposed to
give the creditors 7501. Witness never agreed to take any
certain sum. Witness had proposed to take a thousand pounds,
subject to the approval of his creditors. Had been to Holds-
worth's house several times in the last ten days. Had men-
tioned the reluctance he had to appear as a witness on this oc-
casion. Had brought actions against one house himself, arid
his assignees had brought actions against four other houses ;
only one action had been settled ; had received money as a
loan from a house in which he had lost several thousand pounds.
They would not lend him the money till he gave them a release.
Did not take any one to be a witness of his losing. Did not
take the Attorney's clerk as a witness ; he went by accident
one day to No. 5, King-street ; his name was Duncan. Had
said to Holdsworth, that Duncan and fifty other persons had
seen him play, and lose a great deal of money, but never told
Holdsworth he had given money to Duncan that hemight play
and remain unsuspected. Lots of people might have followed
him, curious to see him lose so much money. Never won
much money on balance, though he might have on a particular
night ; one occasion he won fifteen hundred pounds in one
house in one week.

The 40,0001. he had lost came hito his hands by way of com-
merce. Since his bankruptcy he had played twice, and might
have lost 1501. His father had given him considerable sums
since his bankruptcy. If it pleased God, he would pay his
creditors 20s. in the pound, notwithstanding they had released
him. On a former occasion witness stopt for 50,000/. ; he then
assigned to his creditors all his property, and they had, he be-
lieved, received several shillings in the pound under that as-
signment. The assignment was made in 1810, and his creditors
were still receiving money under it.
Reexamined—The creditors received the money. paid to
compromise the action alluded to. Witness had no Interest in
any of the actions. Went to Mr. Abbot's last night at his par-
ticular request. Duncan had not been in Mr. Wrickson's
office for some years before he went with witness to Abbot's.
Robert Duncan and another witness gave evidence as to
having seen Abbitball at No. 5, King-street, and that the de-
fendants acted as conductors of the play.
Mr. SCAItLETT, for the defendants, impressed on the Jury
that there was no proof of Abbitball's losses but his own testi-
mony, and that the bankruptcy case was merely a contrivance
to enable him to be his own witness. Davis had been joined in
the action as a copartner with Abbot and Holdsworth, but it
would be proved that he was wily a weekly servant.
A man named Swaine, ancl Thomas Holdsworth, brother to
one of the defendants, deposed that Davis was a confidential
servant.

Mr. Gu RNEY having replletl,
The CIIIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff: Damages, 1,1;101. Costs, 40s.

CAUTER Y. OLDFIELD AND BENNETT.

Mr. GURNEY stated, that this action was brought by the
same plaintiff against these two defendants, Oldfield and Ben-
nett, as proprietors, not of one gaming-house only, but of two.
One situate, No. 28, Bury-street, St. James's; the other, 71,
Pall-mall : at both these houses, he would prove the game of
Rouge et Noir going on, and would show Mr. Abbitball losing
large sums of money, hich the assignee sought to recover by
the present action.
Mr. Abbitball was again examined, and proved play going
on at the houses in question. At 28, Bury-street, he was on
the evening of the 3d, 14th, and 20th November, and played
on those nights, Oldfield and Bennet appearing as proprietors
of the bank. Witness commenced going to these gaming.
houses in 1817, and continued down to 1820, during which
period he lost 40,000/. more than he won. Witness's testimony
related to the loss of 750/., and for that sum the Jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff.

OLD BAILEY.

GROSS EXTORTION.

Saturday WillianiTWensend, alias Pocock, was put to the
bar to take his trial on an indictment charging him with as.
saulting Aaron Seymour on the King's highway, putting him
in fear, and taking from his person '221.
Mr. Aaron Crossley Seymour was then sworn and examined.
He deposed as follows :—I live in Dublin. In the month of Sep-
tember last I was in England. I had lodgings in Upper Bryan.
stone-street. I am a married man. Mrs. Seymour was with me
on the evening of the 6th of September. I was drinking tea in
Lower Bryanstone-street. In consequence of something that
passed, I set out to the house of a friend next to the Middlesex
Hospital. I went in search of a coach. When I reached Port-
man-street, the prisoner came up to me, and asked me what
o'clock it was ? It was between eight and nine; and I answered
as nearly as I could, without pulling out my watch. Ile re-
marked that the night was fine, and continued to walk by my
side. On getting into Oxford-street, I stood on the foot-way
searching for my glass, as I am near-sighted, to look if there
was a coach on the stand. Observing me, he asked if I wanted
a coach ? I replied I did. He said he believed I was a stranger
in London ? I said I was. I had then been only two days in
town. I had been in London some years ago. He asked me
what direction I was going. in ? I said towards Middlesex Hos-
pital. He said he was going in the same direction, and beg-
ged I would allow him to take part of the coach, and lie would
pay his share. I said I should pay for the coach, and, if
any accommodation to him, he was at liberty to avail
himself of it. I thought it would be ungracious to re-
fuse. He pointed out a coach on the stand. It happened to be
the first. We walked towards it. Before we said any thing
the door was opened ; I do not know by whom—it was
not the waterman on the stand. I stepped in first. The pri-
soner delayed, and said something to the man who opened the
coach, which I did not hear; and immediately jumped into
the coach, and the door was shut. This was done so quickly,
that 1 had not time to give any direction to the coachman ;_ but
the prisoner, who placed himself next the door, said " drive
towards Marylebone church." Not knowing where Maryle-
bone church was, I asked if it was in my direction ? He said
" it was." I did not suspect I was going wrong till the coach
reached Portman-square. I knew from the map, that if*l
turned to the right on entering the square, 1 should have gone
towards Middlesex Hospital. On finding the coach go in a
contrary direction, I said it was taking me out of my way.
The prisoner said it was not. lle said he only wanted to go

to a street a little above the square, and the coach would go ;
on with me. I said I was in a hurry to go to Berner's-street,
and that he must either leave the coach, or I would, and get
another. He said there was no necessity for my leaving the
coach, as he meant to drive to Marylebone New Church, and
then to the watch-house. 1 asked him what business he
could have at the watch-house ? He said he meant to com-
mit me I'm. mal-practices. I immediately put my head out of
the coach-window, and called to the coachman to stop. At this
time I saw another man beside the coachman on the box. The
prisoner begged I would not make a noise, and he would get
out quietly at Mary-le-bonne church. I was alarmed at what
the prisoner had said, and said I would not stay another mo- ,
ment. I again called to the coachman. I suppose he did not
hear me. The prisoner immediately put his head out at the
oraer side, and said something to the man on the box, which I
did not hear. The coachman was at this time passing
tague-house, and I opened the door and jumped out, being
much alarmed. I ran down one side of the square, and went
to my friends in Berner's-street. In about a week or ten days
after, about four o,clock‘ it was on the 12th or 13th of Sep-
tember, just as I was knocking at my own door in Upper Bry-
anstone-street, the prisoner came up to me, and said "he had.
now found out where I lived, expressed himself dissatisfied at
my having quitted him so shabbily about. the coach." I told
him it was unavoidable my leaving the coach, as I expected
to be either robbed or murdered ; that he had obtruded
upon me as a stranger. The door was just at that moment
opened by my servant, and I said I would be in in a few
minutes. I was unwilling to bring him into the house after
what had occurred, and I walked with him to the top of
Bryanstone-street. In our walk he told me that he was a
hard-working man, and that I was a gentleman t adding, "Now
you shall pay me well, or I will expose you to the world." I
asked him how ? and lie said lie knew himself. He said he was
an ironmonger, living in Adam-street, close by ; that his name
was William Townsend, and he was well known in the neigh-
bourhood. I remonstrated with him on his accusation and de-
mand. lie said he must have nifty pounds, or he would ex-
pose me to the world. I reasoned with him, and said he could
have neither principle, honour, nor humanity, to extort money,
as he must be sensible he was attempting. He said he did
not want to talk about any thing of that sort ; he must have
the money. He was very loud in his demand and threat-
ened to expose me for vial-practices to the first person
he met. I became very much alarmed, and was thrown
off ray guard. I said 1 had not such a sum of money, and
could not afford to give it to him. He said he would take.
twenty. I said I could not give him that either. Ile said he
must have it. 1 replied I had it not. Ile then asked me what
I could give him. I said I had ten pounds in my pocket. He
swore lie would not take it. He uttered an oath, but added, he
could take that if I would give hint something more; but as he
had sworn he would not take that, he must have more. I told
him 1 could get him a couple of sovereigns, perhaps, and beg-
ged him to wait in the street. I returned home, went up stairs,
dinner was on the table, and told Mrs. Seymour I would be
back in a moment ; took two sovereigns out of the desk, and
returned to the street, where the prisoner was waiting, and gave
them to him. He went away, swearing, in a very solemn
mannor, I should never see or hear of hini any more. I think
I was not more than five minutes in the coach with the pri-
soner on the 6th of September ; during that time I took no li-
berties with him, and certainly was guilty of no mal-practices
against him. I parted with my money, being under great ap-
prehension and alarm that lie would expose my person to dan-
ger, and my character to injury.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPH Us.--I had arrived in Lon.
don on Wednesday, and this happened on Frida). I had not
been in London for four years till about a month previous to
this transaction, when I was in town for two days. I then
came from Cheltenham. I generally live in Dublin. During
the four years I lived for some time at Brighton, Tunbridge,
Cheltenham and Bath. When I was previously resident in
London,_ which was, for about eight months, I lived in Chenies-
street, Bedford-square. I was not such a stranger but I knew
how to call a coach. I did not know the neighbourhood of
Mary-la-bonne, although I might have been in the parish. I
was going on the night in question to see Mrs. Ward, in Ber-
ner's-street. I did not know the prisoner before. I did not
see a person in the square to.call for assistance. I did not take
the number of the coach. It was a female servant who opened
the door on the 12th or 13th. There was no man in the house.
Examined by Mr. Justice Pitatx—Myreason for not calling
for assistance on the 12th or ;13th was, that I was very much
alarmed, and as I was walking by the prisoner a man passed,
to whom he nodded familiarly and laughed. The prisoner said
his grand-mother had left him an estate in Ireland, which lie
expected to get when he was 'of age. It amounted to 3,00111.
He wished to go over to get payment of it ; had not the means,
and threw himself upon rue to get those means. It was after I
had promised the ten pounds he told me this story. I have
been a married man nearly five years. it was more than five
or six days before 1 communicated this to any person. Mrs.
Seymour mentioned the subject to me on the 21 October.
Whilst I stood talking to the prisoner in Bryanstone-street, the
man to whom I alluded passed twice afterwards. The prisoner
was dressed entirely in black on the 6th of September. It ap-
peared so to me.
Again examined by Mr. A DOLPIIIJS—I am sure it was on
Friday night. I drank tea in Bryanstone-street.
Mary Kendal, 28, Bryanstone-street, proved the prisoner's
coming to her house several times demanding money.
Mrs. Anne Seymour examined.—l am wife to the prosecutor.
On the 2d of October I saw the prisoner. Mrs. Kendal called
me down between ten and eleven o'cock. The prisoner said my
husband owed him 501. I said it must be a mistake. He said
it was not. I asked him what it was for ? and he replied it was a
great secret. I said I knew nothing about it ; but if he would
call the next day, Mr. Seymour would settle it, if it were a just
demand. Ile then went away, and I requested inforniation
might be given at,the Police-office. The officers came, but the
prisoner did not come. He came again on the Saturday. I was
in the parlour, and asked him what he wanted, and he said 281.;
and if he did not get it, he would injure Mr. Seymour's cha-
racter. I replied " his character does not depend on you." And
he said he would ruin my happiness for ever by the disclosure,
and would write me a letter by the next morning explaining
the whole affair.—{ The witness was here much affected.]—l
received no letter. He came again on the Tuesday following. I
went into the parlour, and called Mrs. Kendal and the servant-
woman. The prisoner then said, " Now, Ma'am, I'll tell you
all—Mr. Seymour has been guilty of a crime unworthy a man.
I have two coachmen to prove it ; they say they will prosecute
me if I do not prosecute him, as 1 know where he lives ; and I
have given them 201. each, and I am a ruined man if I do not
get 281."—[The witness's voice" throughout this part of her
evidence was extremely tremulous.]—I offered him, of my own
accord, ten pounds if he would sign a paper not to molett
Mr. Seymour any more. Mr. Seymour had at this time come
into the parlour. He said he would not as he should get into a
scrape. Ile added, lie would not take the money unless he had
a witness of his own. Mr. Seymour offered him the 101. He at
last said he would take the money of Mrs. Kendal at the hall
door. Before this, two officers were in search of him. Mrs.
Kendal had the money in her hand to give him, and was going
to the door to give it to him, when Clement, the officer, came
in and took him. At the close of the evidence Mrs. Seymour
sat" down, unable longer to sustain herself. She was dissolved
in tears, anti seented•to feel most poignantly the painful situa-
tion in which she had been placed. Sae immediately afterwards
left the Court with Mrs. Kendal.

Thomas Clements, the officer, stated, that he had attended at
the house of Mrs. Kendal, by ie desire of the Magistrates, on
the application of the prosecutor. On taking him in a coach to
the office, the prisoner said, speaking of MT. Seymour, " Ah !
he's a bad one. About five weeks ago, 1 was walking in Sey-
mour-street, about half-drunk, and he came up to me and took
hold of my hank and asked me if I would go and have some-
thing to drink. I refused, saying I had been drinking before We
walked together till we came to a coach-stand in Oxford-street.
lie called a coach, and we got in. We drove up Portman-street,
across Portman-square, and when we got into Gloucester-
street, 111 r. Seymour took liberties with me (which witness des:
cribed, as stated by the prisonei). I called to the coachman to
stop, with the intention of taking Mr. Seymour to Mary-la-
bonne watch-house, but before the coachmah could stop, he
jumped out and ran away. I never saw him afterwards for a
fortnight, till I was drinking at a public-house at the corner of
Bryanstone-street. I ran up and collared him, and said now I've
found you, I'll go and fetch my father, and you shall be exposed
for what you did in the coach the other night when you left me to.
pay for the coach. He begged of site to be quiet, and that he
'would give me anything to say no more about it. He then went
in and brought out a 10 pound note and 2 sovereigns, and -gave
it tome. 1 first refused it, • and threw it down ; but afterwards
I took it up and went away," The prisoner repeated the same
story before the Magistrate. I was present when he was ex:
amined. A person of the name of Kelly was sent for.. The
prisoner told- me he lived in Castle-Areet, Oxford-street. I

searched his lodgings, and found a pocket-491c containing a
number of pawn-brokers' duplicates. When Kelly came he
demanded various sums of the prisoner. The prisoner said,
" I don't owe you a half-penny." Kelly persisted. At last
the prisoner, in tears, said, " You want to extort money from
me, the same as I did from that gentleman !" pointing to Mr.
Seymour.
Mr. WALF oar) here announced that he had closed his case.
Mr. JUSTICE Panic now asked the prisoner if he had any
thing to say in his defence?
The prisoner merely repeated his statement, and alleged that
when he accosted Mr. Seymour in Bryanstone-street, he forced
the money upon him. He denied that it was on the Friday he
first met Mr. Seymour, but alleged it was on the Sunday.—He
had no witnesses to his character.

Mr. Justice PAnx summed up the evidence. to, the
He stated the law as applicable to this case, and distinctly
stated that such a mode of extorting money as had-been imput-
ed to the prisoner, if supported by credible testimony, was, in
point of fact, a highway-robbery. His Lordship then detailed
the facts, and said it was for the Jury to say whether they be-
lieved the prisoner to be guilty of the capital offence laid to his
charge.
The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty—
Death.

The prisoner is quite a lad, not more than 19 years of age,
but of robust appearance.
Mr. Seymour is a gentleman of mild manners, small stature,
and apparently not enjoying good health. He is evidently very
defective in his sight.
The following prisoners were also capitally convicted :—John
Burrows, aged 21, for highway robbery; and Ed7,ard Bdridle,
aged 42, for a rape.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ROMANTIC LOVE.

BOW-STREET. .-- EX T RAORDINAY CHARACTER. —On
Friday morning, Mr. Edw. Launcelot Wood, a stone-mason,
residing at No. 1, King's-road, Chelsea, applied to Mr. MIN.
SR U LL, the Sitting Magistrate, for his protection, and to issue
a process against Mr. John Grant, for an assault committed
upon him and his sister, at a place of worship, on Thursday
evening. Mr. Grant had been in the habit for a number of
years past of addressing his sister, at Benson, in Oxfordshire,
where she resided, and followed her wherever he could learn
she went. She had him taken into custody, and brought before
Colonel Tilson, a Magistrate in Oxfordshire, when he was
bound over to keep the peace towards her tOr twelve months,
during which time he discontinued his applications: but the
very next day after the expiration of the twelve months he re-
newed his addresses, and she being now in London on a visit to
him, he found her out, and attacked her at the chapel. All
this persevering conduct was to induce her to marry him, with-
out the least pretensions on his part ; for, on the contrary, his
sister had never given him any encouragement. These appli-
cations were suspended for some time, as he had got married ;
but his wife living only a short time, after her decease he re-
newed his attacks upon his sister.
Mr. MiNsiluLL asked Mr. Wood, if Mr. Grant had assault-
ed him ? lie replied, he had not struck him, but he had pushed
his umbrella in his face.

The Magistrate admitted that was an assault, if it was done
in a menacing way ; to which- Mr. Wood said he considered
himself to go in danger of his life from Mr. Grant, upon which
Mr. 31 I xsn ti lA. ordered a warrant, which was entrusted. to
William Smith, the Constable, to execute, who found him at
his mother's, No. 121, Sloane-street. Mr. Grant did not ap-
pear surprized on the officer informing him of the nature of his
business, but left the house with him, and soon after seven
o'clock his examination commenced before Mr. MINSHULL.
Mr. Wood attended to make his charge, when he repeat-
„ed- in substance what he had stated in the morning ; he was
accompanied by his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Newberry, who is
the object of Mr. Grant's addresses, his wife, a female friend,
and two gentlemen. It was stated that Miss Newberry, from
the constant state of agitation that her mind was kept in, en-
j joyed a very indifferent state of health which her' doctors at
Benson had no doubt arose from the state of mind. Miss
Newberry was frequently obliged to keep her windows and
other parts of her house at Benson closed, as the prisoner
would walk backwards and forwards for days together undeia
hedge opposite her house to endeavour to gain admittance. In
one of the letters which he wrote to her he said, " If you will
not have me, take care of yourself ;" which Miss N. consi-
dered threatening her life.—During a great part of the investi-
gation Miss Newberry appeared greatly agitated and in tears.
31r. Grant, in his defence, delivered himself a great deal
of firmness and confidence. lle urged his being 46 years cf
age, and Miss Newberry being near 40 ; they were-Capable of
judging for themselves, and he did not want to have any thing
to do with the brother on the subject. He said nothing would
convince him that lie was acting wrong. He said be had no
.doubt, if be could procure half an hour's interview with Miis
Newberry, he could prevail on her to marry him, and addresSed
himself personally to her on the subject. She in reply said,
that so far from that being the case, the constant agitation
which her mind was kept in had quite under Mined her con-
stitution.

Mr. illrgsnum. expressed a wish to hear what Miss New-
berry had to say against him ; she was accordingly sworn, and
stated that she was at present residing with Mr. Wood, in the
King's-road, the prisoner was in the habit of annoying and'in-
timidating her, which he had been doing for a considerable
length of time past; she apprehended her life to be in dant{ r
from him, so much so, that she was frequently a prisoner in her
house at Ewelen, in Oxfordshire, which she was afraid to leave,
as he followed and interrupted her wherever she went.
With this statement Mr. Mir; suuLL expressed himself per-
fectly satisfied, and called upon the prisoner to find bail, which
the prisoner said he should not give, assigning as his reasons,
that he had committed no offence, that he should be sanction-
ing perjury, and that the Magistrate was deciding wrong, hav-
ing no control over his conduct.
Mr. MiNsno LI. inquired if he was a man of property, and
being answered in the affirmative, the sums he ordered him-to
be bailed in, were, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001.
each. He was conveyed to Covent-garden watchouse.
On Saturday, he was brought to the Office before Mr. MlN-
sHum.again, who inquired if he was prepared with bail ; he
replied in the negative, and said, if I had, it would be to admit
that your decision was just, and that I had committed some
offence, neither of which is correct.
His commitment was then made out, and he was conveyed
to the new Prison, Clerkenwell.

THE CLERGY AND THE INHABITANTS -OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.—On Saturday a very numerous
meeting of the parishioners of St. Gregory by St.
Paul took place, Mr. EVANS, the churchwarden,
in the Chair; for the purpose of petitioning the
Court of Common Council, to apply to Parlia-
ment for the repeal of the 37th of HENRY VIII.
respecting tithes. A petition to the Court of
Common Council was drawn up, praying that as
soon as possible the Court would make applica-
tion to Parliament for a more equitable provision
on the subject.
The Gaol Committee of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne met on Tuesday last, to decide on the
merits of a number of designs ; when that of Mr.
DOBSON, the architect of the Northumberland
Gaol, House of Correction, Sessions House,
was adopted, as being the best calculaled for
classification, inspection, employment, and se-
curity. This plan, which is quite original, had
Met with the approbation of the Committee of
the Society for the itnprovemeet of Prison Dis-
cipline, and of our most experienced Governors
of Prisons.

We are informed that such is the improved
state of the trade, and the flattering prospect-of
its still further improvement, that 'at a recent
sale of frames at the Fleur-de-lis Inn, in this
town, this species of property more than dpubled
its value, compared with the price frames bold at
two or three years ago.—(Leicester Journal.)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

”.

PARIS, OCT. 25.—An evening Journal has an-
'nounced the arrival of the Trappist in the Capital.
He is said to have come incognito. The report
.begins to have consistency.
Since Quesada and the Baron D'Eroles raised
the standard of revolt in Navarre and Catalonia,
a certain Journal informs us every evening, and
:other Journals repeat it in the morning, that the
bands of the Serviles have repulsed the Constitu-
tionalists. According to them, extraordinary
couriers often bring them the reports that
Espoz-y-Mina has been completely beaten, at
least a dozen times, and they always guarantee
the authenticity of their news. But at the same
time these Journalists inform us, that the emi-
gration of the anti-constitutionalists continues,
which appears extraordinary. Yesterday they
told us that the Minister at War of the Regency
of Seo d'Urgel, M. D'Ortasa, was arrived at Per-
pignan ; to-day they tell us that his colleagues
the Minister of the Interior, has hastened to join
him, and that the former, who had only come
there to see his children, remains at present
:because he is getting a suit of uniform made.
Others tell us that the famous Colonel Cabra
arrived on the 6th at Saint Esprit, to visit his
family. To-morrow they will inform us, without
doubt, of their Excellencies having repaired to
Perpignan to recruit themselves after the fatigues
of office.—(Constitutionnel.)
OCT. 24.—The report is spread this evening in-
Paris, that distinguished persons have received
by an extraordinary channel news from Verona
-which announce, that the dispositions of the
Sovereigns are of a nature to console all friends
of legitimacy with respect to the affairs of Spain.
it is said that it is the intention of the august Allies
to declare that the Cortes have to re-establish Spain
'in its former Constitution, and restore its King to
liberty if they wish to avoid a war on the part of
all the Powers. We repeat the report without
pretending to give it more certainty than belongs
to it in reality. But it seems positive that the
Seo d'Urgel assumes more consistence even with
foreign powers, and it acquires credit enough to
hope that the war which it makes against the
revolutionists will be maintained by succours of
all kinds. Moreover, one consideration may
supply to a certain degree the want of positive
news as -to the object of the Congress of Verona,
'viz. that in the extraordinary circumstances of
Europe ,the Sovereigns cannot meet but in the
formal intention to put an end to disorder. If
Kings approved of the principle of revolutions it
- -would be useless for them to meet to deliberate
on the dangers they present. It would be more
• simple to leave revolutions to follow their course,
and 'Kings might then shut themselves up in their
Palaces to wait the final event. 'We add this
reflection to the news which has reached us, so
that if the news is premature, so simple a rellec-
, -lion: may leave worthy people at least the hope
that at a future time these reports may be realized.
H(Quotidienne.)
PARIS,.Oc'r. 24.—The Greeks appear to form
new hopes, which we should wish to see con-
firmed, but which we dare not guarantee.
The following.are the reports on the subject :—The Sultan,
it is said, has demanded, in an imperious tone, the delivery of
the fortresses occupied by the Russians on the banks of the
Phasis, and which Russia promised to deliver up after the de-
finitive arrangement of Moldavia. The Porte has also declared
that it expects a formal disavowal from Russia of the language
of M. Strogonoff, in his note in favoni of the Greeks, which
can only be looked on as a censure of the Divan. The Porte
invokes, it is said, the principle of the great alliance of the five
Powers, to repress all rebellions.
The explanations given by M. de Lutzow and Lord Strang-
ford, leave no doubt of the invincible obstinacy of the Turks in
rejecting all friendly counsel or the shadow of interference in
favour of the Greeks. Letters of weight which reached Paris
yesteiday,. say, that the Emperor Alexander, fatigued by so
much hauteur on the part of an enemy, so little formidable, has
-announced to the Congress his intention of changing his system
with respect to Turkey, and to employ means of force to bring
it to concession. England having recalled and confirmed its
declaration," That Powers have no right nor interest to op-
pose Revolutions without distinctions of nature and motives."
The Russian Cabinet has deduced from this principle that it
has a right to consider the Greek Revolution as a legitimate
resistance to tyranny. These' reports circulate at Paris among
persons very hostile to revolutionary principles, but yet attached
to the cause of the Greeks.
A distinguished Greek, more persuaded than we are of the
possibility of the change of policy in Russia, has taken this
important moment to plead the cause of his unfortunate coun-
trymen before the tribunal of European diplomacy. His Poli-
tical Remarks on the Cause of the Greeks are, perhaps, of what
. has been written, best calculated to make the Russian Cabinet
listen and return to its former dispositions in favour of Greece,
and to disarm the animosity of the Cabinets of Vienna and
London. 'We shall call the attention of the public to the pas-
sage in Which the author has, with great skill, endeavoured to
show, by the Notes of M. Strogonoff, that Russia should dis-
tinguish, and has really done so, between the invasion of Wal-
lachia by Ypsilanti, and the insurrection of the Greeks in the
Peninsula. The first was a revolutionary artifice ; the second
is a natural result of intolerable oppression. The Christian
Powers, therefore, without contradicting their principle's, may
blame the rebellion in Wallachia, and support the insurrection
in Greece: The author invokes in faVour of this manner of
thinking a very imposing authority, that of the Russian Am-
bassador, speaking in the name of his master.
" If the Turkish Government," (says M. Strogonoff, in his
note of July 16-18, 1821) " contrary to expectation, should tes-
tify that it is in consequence of a plan fre.4 determined on,
- that it takes the measures respecting which the undersigned has
laid, before it the sentiments of his august Master, it would only
remain for the Emperor to declare at once to the Sublime Porte,
-that it constitutes itself in a state of open' hostility against the
Christian world ; that it legitimates the defence of the Greeks,
who in that Case would fight rally to withdraw themselves from
inevitable -ruin • and that considering the nature of the struggle,
Russia would find itself strictly obliged to offbr them an asylum
because they would be persecuted,—proteetion, because she
would hayes•right to do so,--assistance with all Christendom,
because she could not deliver up her brothers in religion to the
mercy of .a bliadlanaticism." -
This language is so dear, so positive, that it is difficult to
conceive how the sentiments it expresses should not have brought
on a war after the obstinacy with which the Turks continue
their system of oppression. 'The author thinks justly that the ,
motive appealed to by some Christian Powers to prevent Russia
from aiding the Greeks, is the fear of appearing to consecrate.
rebellion ; he endeavours to demonstrate that this odious term
does not apply to the insurrection of the Greeks.
" The word rebellion does not apply '
legally, except to an
armed force revolted against the Sovereign, to whom it has
taken an oath-Of' allegiance and obedience, but it could not in
, any way apply to the body of a nation which contends against
foreign oppressors, to defend its existence, its home, and its re-
ligion. 'lf there are rebels,
_properly speaking, in Turkey, they
- are the Janissaries and the Pachas who revolt at every moment
against the Government established by the laws and their own
religion. But-the Greeks, as relative to the Turkish Govern.
anent, are not an integral part of the ruling nation,' nor a na-
tional militia, nor a paid army, nor even aclasa of subjectawho
have taken the oath of allegiance ; they are the body of a nation'
existing quite separate in the State to which they are 'tributary
and in which they live, subjugated by the powerof theruling na-
tion,and at the sametimeilistinct in manners,laws,andreligion;
and siace this ruling force, threatens to destroy them—since they
are proscribed 1.4. the State—since every • socialjuarantee, all
security of life, every enjoyment of property a of individual
liberty, are taken from them-4—it is only against this force, be-
come externiinatinq, that the oppressed nation seeks to defend
and sustain itself. It, is not, therefore, a revolt o` subjects
.against their legitimate Sovereign; it is not, moreover, a
rebellion of an armed, force against the power of the Chief
of the nation ; it is the legitimate defence of a native people