The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-15 00:00:00

SALE OF PLACES.

This Court was crowded at an early hour this day, in cOnse•
quence of the expected trial of MTS. BALDWIN, which was put
off from Saturday, to enable the Duke of WELLINGTo:z and
the Marquis of LONDO.NDEIIRY to attend on the part of the
prosecution.
The Court did not sit until past eleven o'clock. Mr. CON ST
(the Chairman) took his seat at that time, aecompani,:d by two
or three other Magistrates ; his Grace the Duke of ‘'),:t.T.ING-
ToN sat on his right. Before the trial was called on, Thomas
Barrett and Mary Eaton were arraigned for an assault upon
Thomas Thayer; but on the part of the prosecution, there
being some fears still en!.ertained for Thayer's life, and as the
case might become one of murder, the trial was put off until
next Sessions.

Christian' the wife of John Charles Baldwin, v:as then put to
the bar, and indicted for unlawfully and wilfully bargaining with
one John Campion, to sell the office of store-keeper in the island
of Guernsey, and taking from the said Campion, 501. upon the
said bargain, as part payment of 12001. for which she agreed to
sell him the said office, contrary to the statute made and pro-
vided, &c.

The prisoner, who was elegantly dressed, pleaded Not Guilty.
Nir. ALLEY stated the case for the prosecution. He said,
that it was one of greater importance than any to which the
tendon of the Jury had hitherto been called, for to-day they had
to decide whether such practices, as were set forth in the indict-
ment, should or should not be carried on, with impunity in open
defiance of the law.—After a long argument, the Learned Gen-
tleman proceeded to call his witnesses in support of the charge.
Nlr. John Campion, the prosecutor, stated, that he was
formerly in business as a leather seller in Bridgewater-square,
Barbican.—ln June, 1820, he put an advertisement in THE
TIMES newspaper, offering one thousand pounds for a perma-
nent mercantile situation. In answer to that advertisement he
received the letter produced. -
The letter alluded to was then proved to be the hand-writing
of the defendant by her attorney, Mr. Curzon, and was put in
as evidence ; it was as follows :—" If A. B. will,call upon C. B.
at No. 9, .illaicohn.place, King's road, Chelsea, on Sunday
next, at three o'clock, she will talk to him on the subject of his
advertisement."

The witness then proceeded to state, that in consequence of
this letter he went to the place described, and at the hour ap-
pointed.—The door was opened by a boy, and he was shewn
into a room on the ground floor, where he saw the defendant.—
She asked him the nature of the situation which he desired, and
he said he could not exactly define the precise description of
place that he wished, but was only anxious that it should be
permanent. He wrote to her on a subsequent day, promising to
call upon her again with his friend Mr. Wilkinson, a respecta-
ble gun-maker, of Ludgate-hill. They called accordingly, and
were introduced as before. She pulled a letter from her pocket,
from which she either read, or pretended to read, observed how
fortunate it was that, by a vacancy that had just occurred,
she imagined she could exactly accommodate his views, for she
could obtain the situation of Storekeeper in the Island of Guern-
sey. It was worth, she added 7001. a year, with a house, coals,
candles, and other perquisites; there was also at the same place
a clerkship of 2001. a year; but besides the smallness of the
income, the duties were rather menial, and would not perhaps_
suit him. Upon being asked the terms upon which her in-
terest was to be procured, she replied, that she always ex-
pected and received two years purchase for whatever office
she procured, and upon further conversation 1,2001. was talked
of as the purchase-money. The parties, after this verbal un-
derstanding, were about to take their leave, when the lady ob-
served, that it was usual for her to receive a deposit, before she
used her interest in behalf of any applicant ; and on being
asked what amount of deposit she required, her reply was 100 L
Mr. Campion withdrew, and promised to apprize her of his de-
termination, after consulting his friends. Mr. Wilkinson wrote
a note to the lady, offering his responsibility for• the payment
of fifty pounds of the deposit as soon as she commenced the exer-
cise of her interest. Mr. Canipion called with the letter, and
also offered to write a similar guarantee in his own behalf, so as
to assure Mrs. Baldwin that the deposit would be immediately
forthcoming, when they saw the course which her interest would
take. On receiving this intimation, the lady instantly said,
with an assumed tone of offence, that the matter had better
drop ; her terms were as she.had mentioned. A cheque was
then given her for 501.
ln cross-examination by Mr. ADol.Pwirs, he said that he
thought at the time he inserted the advertisement in The Times
newspaper to have settled his property and obtained a perma-
nent situation. Ile never said he wanted a place- under Go.
vernmenti nor were his views 'particularly directed to such a
situation. The day he gave the defendant his cheque for 501.
he had made up his mind to take the storekeepership at Guern-
sey. He galie the defendant the 501. because she said if there
was any want of confidence in her, there must be an end of all
transactions between them.

Tu re-examination by ALLEY, the witness sai;stliat the
defendant had taken the 501. as a security that he should not, fly
from Ins engagement
Mr. 'Wilkinson, gunmaker, of Ludgate-hill, was next called,
and corroborated the statement of his friend, Mr. Campion. In
cross-examination, he said he could not swear that the defendant
had mentioned the name of his Grace the Dul.;.e of Wellington.
He might have heard his Grace's nrme from the prosecutor.
The Duke of Wellington was then examined. He deposed
that he is Master General of the Ordnance. The office of store-
keeper at Guernsey was vacant in 1820. That office was in his
gift. He never had any communication with the defendant on
the subject of that office. The office was given to a gentleman
who had served as paymaster under him in the Peninsula.
Mr. William Johnstone, head clerk under the Master-
General of the Ordnance, proved that the office in question was
vacant in the summer of 1820, and had since been filled up.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the Court for the defendant.
He commenced by observing, that all the counts in the indict-
ment, with the exception of one, stated the place of store-
keeper at Guernsey to be in the gift of the Crown—whereas the
evidence proved it to be in the gift of the Master General of the
Ordnance. This being the case, all these counts necessarily
fell to the ground.
Mr. A Li.Es; submitted, that his Learned Friend was in
error, and, on reference to the indictment, proved that ou three
several counts the office had been properly described.
Mr. ADOLPH us admitted his mistake, and said he was only
desirous of meeting the charge precisely as it had been support-
ed, and stripped of all extraneous observation. The Learned
Gentleman then proceeded to examine the evidence, and to con-
tend that the offence imputed to his client had not been sup-
ported. He also observed on the conduct of the prosecutor,
who was himself guilty of an offence under the same A et upon
which the present indictment was founded, coming forward to
seek vengeance on an unfortunate woman, to whose guilt he
was himself instrumental by the inducement which he had held
out in his advertisement.

The CliAlltMAl! summed up the critlence, and having ex-
plained the law on the subject, left the Jury to form their own
conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant.

The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of—
Guilty.
The Court sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned melee
months in the House of Correction.

Immediately after her conviction, the defendant was put on
her trial for having obtained 1001. from another person on
lar pretences.
31r. ALLEY stated the cane for the prosecution in a very
forcible manner. He said he felt as much as he ought to feel at
being obliged again to press a charge against the defendant.—
But, when he saw persons in the low situations of life, Session
after Session, sentenced to transportation for fraudulently obtain
ing a few shillings, he could not think lie did his duty to his
country were he to advise his much injured client to be satisfied
with the punishment which could he inflicted on the defendant
for the offence of which she had been found guilty, which could
be iio more than fine and imprisonment ; but for the fraud
charged in the second indictment, she would, if found guilty,
become subject to transportation. The Learned Gentleman
proceeded to state the facts of the case.
As soon as Mr. Alley had stated the case,
Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Court for the defendant. He
Raid, he had forborne to interrupt his friend's energetic speech,
but he had a legal objection to the indictment which must
be fatal. The Learned Gentleman then read the clause
of the Act of Parliament, the fifty-second of George the
Thiid, under which the defendant was indicted, which re-
ferred to the Act of the twenty-seventh of George the Second,
for the punishment to be inflicted for the offence ; and ho
also read the concluding words of the indictment, which were,
" contrary to the statute ;" and he submitted to the Court that
it was as plain as A B C, that the concluding words of the in.
dictment should be " contrary to the statutes ;" using the
plural instead of the singular number.
The CHAIRMAN concurred in the objection and directed a
verdict of acquittal, which was accordingly pronounced by the
Jury.
Mr. ALLEY said, he had not drawn the indictment, but the
defendant should be again indicted next Sessions.

On Tuesday last, Mr. W. Jacob, Printer and Stationer, was
sworn in a Member of the Corporation of Winchester.
Sir Heru'y Wright Wilson, Bart. M.P. has accepted the
Office of Vice-President of the Hampshire Agricultural Society
for the year.
On Thursday last, Richard Littlehales, Esq.,. Banker, was
sworn in one of the Magistrates of Winchester, in the room of
Richard H. Lloyd, Esq. deceased.
Mr. S. Mathews, Assistant Organist of our Cathedral, has
been elected Organist of Trinity and St. John's Colleges, Cam-
, bridge.

LONDON ',7,iARIiETS,

PRICE OF BREAD Tills %VEER.

The highest price of the hest Wheaten Bread thi•ougllout
the Metropolis, is stated Ly the principal Bakers to be tOid.
he Quartern Loaf.—Soule Miters sell the Quartern Loaf-,
from one penny to two pence lower.

lb. oz. lb.or.
Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quarter n Loa ft-. 4 weigh 45i
Half ditto.. ditto .... 81 1 Half Quartern ditto „. 2 '2l

IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK.
English. Irish. Foreign.
Wheat
Barley
Malt
Oats
Rye 153
Beans . 1,956
Peas
Tares
Rapeseed
Mustard •
Seeds..
Flour
Brank ,
Linseed

344
6,313
45

79() i 4,76.1,

5,047

PRICE OF I-10PS, per Cwt., Jan. 12.
Pueliets. 1 Bags.
Kent.. 21 IGs a3l IS, a5l Os Kent .. 21 10s aBl 106 a4l 13v
Sussex.. 21 4s a .31 Os a3l tis Sussex .21 Os a2l lOs a2l iss
Essex .. 21 14s asl lUs a4l 4s Essex.. 21 103 a3l Cis.a 31 I6s
Faritham, fine, 71 to 101 Os—Svc,,nds, 41 iOs to 71 7s

SEEDS, Jan. 14.
Re l Clover (F0reign)......26s 42s—fine, 64s 80, ner
Ditto English
White ditto 4B, 7 • -4,

Rye-Grass ... --s 15 to ...,,. •,,Li 1:, . • ~
Turnip Seeds. —; On 32s to 45s pr.: ki;•%
White Mustard Seed Cs to Ins (id
Brown ditto lOs to 15s Od
Red and Green
Carraway Seeds, 56s to 6.ss—fine, i:as I.
Coriander do.
Ciinine Funk . :32s to 38s—fine—S prr qr.
'.l: IV full .. per cwt....10s 17s—tine 23s 20s per cwt.
itibgrass ...
,s. oBs 36s—tine, 455 48s
Canary per Lir --s 38s to 44s 0(1 per gr.
Linseed 4ss 48s—fine, 5.,s per qr.
Rape Seed .
Winter Tares 3os to 32s 0,1 tier qr.

SMITHFIELD AIARKET.—Jan. 14.
(To sink. the Offal—per Stone of albs.) • -
Beef 9s Sd to 4s, Od Veal
Mutton .... Is fid to 44 Od 1 Pork .24 ad to .It,.

Laub Os ud to us ud
HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DA Y.

Seasta

.2,56 i ea ces .
15,730 Pigs 350

NEWGXI'E AN!) LEADENHALL
13'y the Carcase.
Beef c's Chl to 3s 0(1 I Veal 3s Od ;o 01
Muttvti Uri toss Od i Pork `4s Od to 4s U 1

Louth, os dd to os od.

S'l'. JAMES'S HAY 51.1111:Er,
fray 31 Gti od to 41 4s Oti Clovt r, 3114 s to 41 10,.
stv..tv.. II 7s ocl to 11 IGs Oki ;

S.\ lITHFIELD.
Hay
Niraw
CIOCIT 4l Os nit to 51 O Cal--Average, 41 OS (Jui
WHITECHAPEL.
Hay 11 Ms Od to 41 4s 0.1--Averae,r, 41 6s o 4
Nvw ditto... 01 0i
.011 to 01 Os od—Avtrige, 01 Os 00
Straw
Clover...— 4l oi, 0:1 to .): 5s Oti--AVerage, 41 103 c 4

RAW HIDES.
Bast Heifers & Steers, per t. Ordinary 9s 4d to 9s (ita
nd U.3i 2o! j Market Calf .. caL.l).. Rh th4i
eti to I, I Off Eng. Horse. us nit to

SHEEP SKINS.
Pt
I) ,wus

PRICE OF LEATHER.
...
17.1111;, 50 to 5614 each per lb
Dalt., .u.; to 6611.3, each '49d to i.lr°
'
Dres4ing Hides 17d to 1:•!0
Fine Coach Hides I'4l ti:: ~.:"."4
Crop Hides, 35 to •Zollts for cutting
..17id to tt}:
Ditto 'l to :i01i.),, 15.1 to .iJil
Cali Sicios..:o to .wiim .. . .
Ditto C't) to 7011. m
Ditto 7O to 6ollis - c 9,1
Small Seals (Givenland\ p?.. gti t,•:.
Lirge ditto i':l •.- , 0-
'canned I forseAlides
Spanish Horse /FA, lnd to 9iti

PRICES OF TALLOW,
Town Tallow 47s Od
Yellow Itossia 474 (id I 0,1
‘V bite ditto .. 45i
Soap ditto.... 42 fl. Oil
Melting Stuff Sts rid ---s
Ditto Hough.. Ohs i4i —s oil
MULE OF cANDj.ES, PRO:
of Candles, pet doze(
tid pc4 dozer] allow

SOAP, &c.pvt 11416
I Yellow Soap
Mottled
Curd
Graves
Good .... .

94‘.
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M TALLOW CHANI7LF.II.4 HA
9' (;d -- Ili 0J•
ed fur reittly muticy.