The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-04 00:00:00

DISSOLVED.

S. Fer,tiF,4...Wi%.111W6,2;111', 21.1(r.1:ZOts, of the Buffery
7:;#.lllerton, Church,
h. 1,1 J. C. biter.':, vt Carter-lane, Oid Yan-Street, 4igar
I-!:_h”141e1, 34 'Beesley, 'and cCittini-
najwf.ictur,rs ;..s tar as respects Ittee, said
Farr,:4l, .11;tnolibvry, antl T,-.Eastwoo of
.Dajton,
nytaiff.tatircrs—G. .neitnet, of Chapel ,6%,',,. P.
lleain t. of'• 8.r..;t51.1; mot J. Kiwe'roft of WeSeoCc.l,l..A),,
1;•41.1ro, ,in-voitaetnrers—J. We'qt.er anil I. ':lcr.v.itt, of
litrunbz,hrma, SO. of
Iveitt*.ngam. "LtvsmOorr, and latx-
Montt, 4,1 Peronsinre, rroellen7manufactitrOr--=
S. Lorroc1:: and Qt Boiton, cotton-Mattufac-
t. ilaro-rt-avcs ItatcliZ, of Newcastle-
ar..l Wiscdill, of liarbi-
c,-n; ir,,d-rnoro;rsi—S. Feredy and."
"Wolv..rhatonton—J. W. Warntr, an,d- E. Evertor), ),':oleshilt,
Cui•entry, ribbOnazanufatctirers—X-.l.,angilt,, got U G. Whitt,
shill hte.4ieks—g. i'vulber will T. Dobson,
dry salters—J. 74..5an, and 'l'. Bagshaw,
.I!l.nctie.ter, hat-inamifActorcrs—‘c. Weathers, and W.
St. Mary, Lambeth, wine merchants—J. fiddler,
1;i1:,,", o:)eit,britige,
awl J. Btu t ins haw, Stockport, silk-tbrowstcre.

LAW INT LLT (3 EN C

COUitT OF I:IN Dix; 1.

PRIVIt.g4F, FROM ABiIEST.—RARRETT
'the defendant in this ease was only 'nominally
So,
.She nal defendant being the Sheriff of 'Mid-
dlcseX. The plaintiff was the creditor of a 6-en*-
tlpi!in well known in the musical %%mild, Mr.Lairza ,
a#ti:imving taken out a writ against Mr. Lania
fiSr-,The amount of his debt, it was put into the
hands of the Sheriff's officer to execute, who, ac-
'cording to the evidence, went to Mr. Lanzieshouse,
and; without difficulty, was admitted to him. Mr.
Lanza expressed his surprise at this visit, and
said, it the ofticer new persiSted in putting the
writ in force, it would put him to 'great inconve-
nience, as he Was then giving lessons to some la-
dies (,f. distinction. He therefore requested The
officer would then suffer hitnto sigh a hail-hovel,
.and he would, in the evening, attend at the office
with two friends as baiL The officer aceeeded to
his request, and in the evening Mr. Lanza did at-
.tend at the office, but not for; the purpose of
.pot.
•ting in bait, but to protest agniust the proceed-
ing altogether, and to claim privilege from ;w-
-rest, as one of the choristers itt the Chapel of the
Pot-rogoese Ambassadiw. "
Mr. Pant now proved That Mr. Lanza was, as
he 'mid ri!Neientgd, tt ehfirister in the Ana,issa,
dor's Clzlpel; anti desciibed as Such in the list
at the Seci.et'ai-y of State's Office. It did not'ap-
, pear, tie)wever, that either before or Since the tar--
rest he had ever performed the iltizesof that si-
taatiOo-; and the Jury found verdict for the
pia utiif"Damages ,10S.—cots 403. '`

STEVENS V. CHMOBERS AND
..9THERS.
This was,an action brought by ..the plaintiff, a
Gen n tlemoresidit; at: No. 4j, Baker-street,
against t!:e Hundred of Ossulstone, to recover,a
cOmpensution in da.lllB4eS for the injury done to
his .House by the , mob assembled on the ith of
March List, on the. subject of the Corn Bill, then
pending in Parliament., The daniage done by the
nnib was proved, and the Jury found a verdict for
the pla,intiff.=—Damages 584. 14s. 2d.--CoSt.s.-40s.

NORRIS V..CHAiVIBERS AND (rbtßrti.-
This was, a sitilar action, brought .hy. Mr.
Morrh:, of Na. 21, lialier-sti'eet, against the same
defendant. The riot, and the damage done by die
mob were proved, and the Jury jat►nit a v'e►'dict
for theplaintiff—Datiacw.s 14/. 9s. 4t1.---Cots ISt.

DECEMBER 1.

THE KING U. HOBI3S.

This was a prosecution hy a persoa named Clark, to re-
cover from the defendant, the &lister and publishr of- The
it newspaper, •a penalty •of 501.• under the- 41) Gco. HI.
c. ts 26, for ins7erting nit, following advertisement One
lumdred or one blindi ed and fifty guineas will be pr,l'llte4l
to any,seentlennin or lady, whir can prim-rite for the advertiser
a pernianefiC•nicrcantite.appointment Al rider Guver;linent, the
East n dia-,Company, •or itithe West India orLondon Doclis."
'This was the first proceeding under the statute, in rpsestion,„
winch was brought in by Mr. Perceval, for more effectually
prevcotial the sale-of Offices and sitharion.; under Onvests-
ineut. It appeared io evidence, that n yonsig man, of 'the
name .Finch, had beers employed by the,prosceator a'ear-
penter whO forisn'tly lis.-ed in Elliot's-court, St. (eorge's-
tieistS), to carry the iiili-ertisement in question to the Day
Office, where it was taken in a him, anti a receipt given fin.
Lt was eis.vions that the design was...to-entrap
the pub;i;lier of the new:spinier, and Slone circrinistancesap-
pearod to throw discredit on .Finch's testimony, particularly
his te:ile of: swearing' that he was nut trcpurtjcipate in the.
penally, and his itticertainty us to the •handswriting its-which
the ialverti.enient was written. • .
Tovwsn, fur the defendant, took an objection to the
re7intier in which the eilc:rice'wai deicribed on the record-; it
was tl.ere said, that " the dc;endant dill Print and advertize,
.(z.e. a certain advertisement, and propot•al fur a lirnausr to'
lire and pay," --i.sliereas--the ads:est-is-el-110st itself appeared to
be. a prosursc,pf 150 guineas,, and not a proposal fur a pro-
m:et. •
Lord.Ettatnnomittfott,howerer, relected the words "- pro-
poqiffer a proinise,"vssiirplissai;e and nonsetoe„
Toefi:si then addressed the Jur, contending that
they could.nrit convict his client on the evidence at' liqch;
but oft a ro",..i.euce to the 3itil 78, 's..l-t,13,an4
bi time (Voiell vx, it appeared that all that was, necessary
for the prosecution was a. proof o); the publication, without
connecting that Newspaper in any way with the 'party chat ed
with the offence. The Jury were, therefore, under-the stices-
sity of giving a verdict for the y•of

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ILITTON-GARDEN.

EXTENSIVE ronGnity, BY IIR. I‘LICKF.NROT, \V II()
ENDEAVOU:a3II TO GET WOO:I1V:11:TE SERVED

WITH A SUBP6INA.

Saturday very considerable interest was exeited
at this Office, Which was crowded by mercantile
people 'at' an early hour, in emi,e4.pince of the
examiliation'of %r. Anthony :•Alinikenrot, of 37,
Gowcr-street, suspreion of
having issued forged bills of, exchange to the
amount of befween five and six thousand pounds.
i\lr. Mackeurot was apprehended at George's
col-Fee-house, in the Strand, by Hutt and Limb-
reek ; and a warrant was granted to search his
house; 37, Gower-street, Bedford-square, from.
Whence Were•broughtto this Mice, a quantity of
letters and papers,. Many of them' supposed to re-
late to Iltionaparte. The bills of exchange _pro-
duced at this examination, under strong suspicion
of being. forged, were, for the several sums of
700/. SOO/. 11001. and 1400/. Others which have
. ,
lref '
been negociatc( , expected to be ol tficotikinl„.
MC. Hargent., 53, Tower-Strect, upholsterer, had
furnished the prisoner's diouse in Gowerfrstreet, to
the amount 'of 1200/.lm haying lodged with Alr.
H. for nearly twelve, mouths prior to the begin-
ning of September 'last-.—The following deposi-
tions- were taken : •
Thomas Briggs, Esq. Solicitor, of No. 32, Es-
sex-4treet, Strand, on oath says :—On the 26th
Scpt.ember last, I' received by post from Messrs.
Godwiu and Co. of Portsmouth, the two bills of
exchange now produced, purporting to he dtaWn
by George C. Forbes, upon and accepted by A:
Mackeurot, Esq. London, payable i 61/ -days
after sight, to the order of John Dougan, •Esci..at
the Batik of Eng:and,,one for 8001. and the other
for 7001. dated 21st April, at Nevis, with, instruc-
tions from Godwin and Co. to proceed against all
parties to the bills, first making application to
theirs by letter for payment.. I .aceordingly,, ott
the same day, wrote festers to Clarence, to John
Dougan, at Nevis,and A. Mackenrot; the prisoner,.
at 37; Gower-street., Bedford-square,- requesting
immediate payment, or that actions would he Goat-'
meneett The prisoner waited on me the same day, in
consequence of my letter, and requested: time toe
payment.; he requested me to apply to Smith.
Payne, and Smith,. who, be stated, werehankers
I 'to John Donal), and said they would pay the
I bills, awl said he would call ou um the lieu LlaY•

ica?plied to-Smith, Payne, anti Smith; the sairc
day, and they reftised to pay thcbill:i7 The pri-
soner called on me the neat day to know the re-
sult, and I then asked him his connection with
Mr. nougan,, and. his reason for sunpnsing that
Mr. Dougan would take up the bills, when he,
the prisoner, was the acceptor ? to which the
prisoner replied, he bail. been a clerk to Mr.
Dougan, and Much in his 'confidence ; that be
had been abroad with him, and while abroad,-com-
mercial transactions had takeniplace between thent,
and that Mr. Dougan 'was to make consignments
to him, for the purpose of providing fdr 'payments
of these mills, which lie had not done 7 the pri-
soner% also stated, that he was possessed of a
schooner, or sloop of war, 'for• which had given
80001. and whieli was part of his transaction with
Mr: Dougan. On the day I wrote to the prisoner,
as before stated, 1 received of Mr. Clarence the
the latter now prnilticed, Marked A, signed " A..
Mackenrot." The bilk not being paid, I after-
wards brought actions against the-parties, at the
suit of Godwin and Co. ; and on Thursday last the
prisoner called on me, and requested me to postpone
the trial of the cause, and stated that I should get
my money frOun• Smith, Payne,:and Smith, for
that Mr. Doug in was cqeeted to arrive every,day.
I told him 1 had heard that Mr. Dougan had ar-
rived.' The priSOner told me that his (Mr. Dou-
gan's) country residence was at Teignmouth, and
,that a letter addressed there world reach him, and
the prisoner promised to pay one of the bills on
Wednesday. I asked the prisoner who George C.
Forbes, the drawer of the hills'; was, and he in-
lornied me that he was Attorney-Cieneral of Tor-
:Lola. In a few days afterwards the prisoner called
at my bonße and offered 1001. as p,irt of payment
of the bilk; which I refits'ed to accept on any
such .ternts : he,-howeVer, pressed Inc to receive
it unconditionally, but not as part payment of the

Arthur Clarence, of 3,' Windmill-street, Lam-
lieth.,road, and No. IG, Adelphi-house,Adelphi,
Nay.y-Agent, on oath says :--7-About 14 days,Rxior
to the 233 day of July last, I met with the pri-
soner, Andrew Mack‘e.nrOt,' Whom I bad before
known in the West Indies. \Vette!" into consx:r-
sation respecting the business of a. Navy Agent,:
in which I was then engaged ; in consequence'of•
which, on the 22d of .hilt' last past', he brought
to my house in the- Adeiplri.„ -two bills of- ex-
change, one for 700/. purporting to be drawn
,by
G. C. Forbes, of Nevis, in the West Indies, on ;
hitnielf, the prisoner, and payable to John
gan, Esq. or order, at.6o days sight ; they winel,
tiecepted by A. Mackenrot, payable at the 13ault:,
of England. I asked him how he came poss(n:Sed:
of thOse bills, he being the. acceptor ; to whieli
lie replied, that he had formerly 'rendered some"
essential service to Captain Halliday, win), was
at Liverpool, and be had, in return, agreed to
lend him some thousands, of which those bills
were a part. I asked him how be -was to meet
those bills when .doe ? he replied, that the drainer
would ship home sugars to that amount : be re-
ferred me as to the validity of the bills to .Man-
fling and Andetton, and to Smith,- Payne, and
Smith, who, as far as Mr. Dungan was concern-
ed, answered satisfactorily respecting the bills :
both the hills were indorsed'' John Dungan."
The prisoner left the said bills with Me, and I
took the bills to Portsmouth, and-delivered them,
on the Sunday evening following, to Mr. Iluisli,
of Portsmouth, a navy agt;nt, and my agent, for
the purpose of getting then discounted. About
ten or eleven days afterwards, I received a remit-
tance, by.bill, for 800/. from Mr. Iluish, -drawn
by Messrs. Godwin and Co. on Masternian and
Co. at one month, which, bill Was paid Whetrdue;
and I aftertvaids-received from Mr.. Finish several
other remittances by bills., to the amount of the
Said 1500/. all which hills have been duly paid. .
3 oh ti 'Dougan, Of Teignmouth, in the County cif,
Devon; Esq. on oath. says never' anthovisell,
the prisoner to tunke ine the payee of the; t,tv:o,
hills produced : I. have not been at Nevis for --the':
'last ten years, Hint when there stopped only a feW
hours : I know George Cltrk Forbes his ' Majes-
ty's Attorney-General at Tortola I never had
,rosy transactions with hens respecting t!ie said
bills : I have frequently 'seen write, and do
not believe the signattne to the 'said bills to he
Of, hand-writing : I had no, tranSactions. with
the prisoner respecting,bills. tune(
never agreed to make any` consignmeats
sheet thereof. In 1803, the pelSoner 'was- ent-;;
,ployed by nre for a short period as translat'in'g
Clerk, and accompamied me to 13erisinda..
Further evidence being, expected., the prisoner,
who did not appear etnarrassed or affected by the
novelty of his situation, Was reinande.d.

111 ANSION I OUSE.

LATE ROBBERY or THE CHIPPING NORTON
BANK —Yesterday Iriciatrd nowtey iris -brou„ht
before the LORD MaYpR, awl underwent a second
examination, charged on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the robbery committed some time since
upon die Bank in question, when- Bank notes to
the amount of 4,0001. were stolen from a port-
manteau, in the. possession of one of the partners,
inehil way to Chipping Norton. -He was ,remand-
cd for another examination. .

REMOVING GOODS uNtma EXECUTION.— In:Z-
hao: Harsent was charged ‘vith illegally convey-
ing trom.the house of one Mackenrot, 37, 6ower-
street,.l3elford-square, a -valuable. painting (Le
Conflagration de Troi), and other property, the
same being under the writ of the Sheriff of Mid-
dlesex, at the suit .of a Mr. Littlewood. The..de-
fendant, it appeared; resided in Tower-street.
and stated in his defence, that he had furnished
Mr. Mackenrot with furniture and other artieick,
amounting. to a considerable stint. Of this iteht.
he had. received but 301. and hearing that he had.
absconded,,and.a writ had been issued against his
house and property, he fled to Mrs. Mackenrot,
and stating the distressing nature -of his case,
asked her advice. She suggested to him that he
Might go to the house, and endeavour to secure
Whatever .property be could. His. Lordship said
he pitied his ease; but .advised him ‘vitbout:,44-ty
to surrender the good, and thereby preve,nt; t4p
consequences to which he had exposed hintsqlf..
He still, however, would have a fair
the other creditors. The defendant bowed..assept
to his Lordship's decision, and was discharged.
LOW-STREET.
• CHARGE OF MURDEn.—Saltirday Thomas Gil-.
ham and Brockman;i-two smugglers, under.;

went a long examination on a charge of kiilin
four of the crew OF the Fox Revenne cutter, oa

the Northforeland, on the Bth of August
Will Urn belOnging to the Fox Revell"
cutter, stated, that while on dntvahont six It
off the Northforeland, he saw a smuggler's boat)
and about 13 people
.in,her. The cutter made a
signal for the boat to bring to, which was notre-
gat ded, and a boat from the cutter with eight of
their crew went in pursuit and continned gaming
ctn hem till they giale within a quarter Of a MU,
when by order of their Officer they fired a shot to
bring-them.to. The smugglers immediately made
towards them, when one of the Fox's crew desil'ed
rhetn to keep off, upon which Gilman, the yri=.
soner, who was at the helm, swore that evert
soul of them should perish, and immediately stove -
theside of cutter's boat in, when she instantlt
%% ith water, and one of the men was washed
overboard and never was seen after. While the
were endeavouring to save themselves' by throw'
ing out some of their ballast, the stmigglers fired
.on them, killed two-men, and wounded another,
who died two hours after, and then left the others
struggling for their lives ; providentially a pilot
boat frtini Deal put off to their assistance, na
rescued them. None of the survivors of the F"
cutter could swear to the prisoners' persons, hu;
one of the smugglers- gang, who was on lthardat
.the time of the transaction, and had become '4:l
evidence for the Crown, swore positively to their
being the persons who committed the murders.
Mr. AL LEY attended for the prisoners, and gr.
MAYO conducted the examination 'for the Crown.
They were remanded till next Tuesday se'nuiOts

THE SCEPTRE lately Found in the TOWER•

Mr. E. L. Swift says, " It was discovered last
year behind a massy oak press, which
rently several hundred years old. It was in a
cas.e, covered with crimson velvet, extremely 41e'
cay,ed ; in:iny of the. jewels had. (fro/Ted out 01
`"their settings, but none were lost ow of the cased
`Theseeptre •is of, gold, richly ornamented with.
diamonds and other gems, but in a style of wor;
maush mip extreely antique; the jewels, some e‘
,
which are very
.large, amount to cow,iderablY
be-
yondlhe ntinfher of two hundred. On the top JA-
whiteonyx dove, with her wints expanded,3o°
thefeet resting on a cross. 1 have examined the
records of our several coronations, and find 112
none 'any notice of this fifth sceptre. There apt
„two With a cross for the King and Queen, P 1
tiro with a -dove. At certain parts of the ccre-
mony, they hold a sceptre in each hand; but
'no part are they required to change these sceptres'
and they cannot at course bolo three. AIY owia
opinion is, which I Offer with much deferencc;
'that when the ancient regalia ..,ere ordered by tbdc.
Parliament, 'in the time of Charles I. 1° 1,,1
broken up and sold, this sceptre was cone.a""ss
from their ravages, and that the secret w 1 10
before the Restoration. fosr
" At that time a new regalia was made ire,'
Charles 11., and I conjecture that a new 5Ce-•041*
with the dove, was then pros ided in lied D'hared
ancient one, which was supposed La have 5 re.
Ile fate of the others. Assuredly its existencei
wainedunknown during 175 years ; until I log
the good'fortune to restore it to its place on°of
the- Royal jewels of Great Britaiti. The gtyieid t
its workmanship appears of high antiquity--81
ri-
have little hesitation in believing it to be tine a
m ,
gfinal. sceptre of Edward the Confessor--e 054
auently ore. than 750 years old, and the
,
tz7
ancient of our W:hole regalia. • As the last snr.sos_
ing relic of the heptarchy, it is an object acnol
tionsi curiosity; many' m O
may think, of w'
importance."

)[..ast Thursday night the coach-house of F.
e"'
son, Esq. of Rodney-buildings, was broken o 1
• d
and the glasses of the.carriage, 8 Set of earria,
harness, and a box-coat, were stoleri.-0" tir
same evening, a chest of tea, value 301. was St°.-11.
from the cart of Messrs. Sentence and Co. grocer!'
hi Aheßorough, as it :vas passing through Snlit"-
field, between seven and eight o'clock is
evening. alit
Gentlemen who baying Need rather gq,
are about entering into conjugal felicity, are'l"-
~
formed, that Doctor COOP} a, and three Sageuljs
o:* thirty. yeais experience in Stricture's, Fist,'
Debilities: ThudSerotUlons Diseases, hare. est:" ;
Wished a Medical Bnaril at Charlotte-house,
Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev. 10`"alii:e
Hill's Chapel, Blackfriars'-road ; wh,l,,lnr.
Public are cured without salivation or confine"'-ii„
The 130ard claim,: the attentioit of tb°s,:i.ted,
have aticrupted.the cure, or who have c"s- ye
illiterate, men, whose improper trcatatcnr'
ruined thousamk. Eruptions on the head,
noise
11:) the ears,“ibolY, sore throat, niour,b, and nc'sc' s of
swellings :in the Heel",diinnes
Fre-
sight ; strictures, pail's in the be2i. d andfa
ne_sso
quently mistaken for. rheumatism
the knees, nodes on the shin hones,
cles, &c. are symptoms which appear years a
and too Olen embitters the matrimonial st"tealt
Mess:'s. CCO-E'Llt and Co.. arc consu!trd dailY
lani's of people, every Mn.aiing until oineocl°,e:ct'l
and train twelve tin eiglit precisely; and 4,:.0f
advice gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday, and 1";(11., •
svvellediteur,
mornings, till twelve o'cinc,k. A,door Nano
corner, and prjvate,roorns for fetwales•
„e rf
s (LA 11 —Average P 1 ice of Drown or Mtp.!covallo.,77,,atii,
computed from the ;tarns male in the week ending tbe
day of November, 1815, s, &Ds. 9id. der cwt.

;NI .11:R1 ED.
On Saturday, at St. Georae's, I-lariorcr-square, Mr.Williatti
Story, of the Bank of England, to Miss.Osinond, ChaPel°
street, Grosvenfir-place.
On Saturday last'. Wi
. Richarn-tbington Roberts, Es
ri q. ,
As'
sistata Surgeon Ordnliic,4 Medical Dr imrtn ic: "
Sophia Mary, eldest dautr.hter •of • the late Sir (.ecorge
of Chepstow,

, . ..
Ytsterdn:e rnortittg,
On 'the 2:3 t I (if October lao, at. geligolcul, Mr. •T''°l€4
Grant, Clerk of Stores, and Payinaster to tbc-Ordnancc Vc"
partnient in that Island.
sell-4,lam, Sir William Rule., Knight, late Senior Survelol
of his. Maje.sty's Navy.
l'eterday at.his houn in Montague-plahe, lt,T":
mornin;i, Mr. Bis'u± of Coilnbill, az.d..612:..........
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t()Ni)ON : Printed by .1. 13• CAR.;TAIPS., Nn. 7, Cr3"ll'
1)11'11,1;1,0;s -anti lonlili.shet! be W. A. SCRIPPS, of Bri (to!:
at the Sux'-:;, 'it 1.14, Strand;' where dv•lrt:se
41eat-5, Ord zrs, LeLtur., u,cst-paid), ecc, suustbe addresso,