The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-17 00:00:00

MARGATE; SEPT.

Our Ball last night was one of most splen-
did things: 61- the kind that has been secti'm this
place ; probably, indeed, there never wasllitequal
to it here, in point of elegance,-taste, and,beauty.
The Stewards and i'itrous exerted theMselves with
great zeal to render the company happy, and they.,
vjere fully rewarded by the general ,adiniration and
pleasure "which markf d the whole entertainment
There was an :abundance of very elegant females,
and. the Beaux- in general, tfj. their credit, were
inure attentive to the Ladies than. to-themselves.
Lord and Lady lizt4mt,KE.n, Mr, and Xrt. SYM-
141)NS (of Paddington), Mrs. BENSOII,, from Li-
--verpool, and.indeed all the most respectable peo-
ple now in town, were present. The Ball,rootit
was crowded, and so was the Card-room,- but no
confusion or uneasiness appeared. ~The
room was decorated With laurel, sun-flowers, and
variegated lamps,, disposed with picturesque. ef-
fect. A beautiful Star, with L. W. in honour of
our great British .1-lero, appeared iu the end and
side windows, with- festoons- of coloured lamps
around them, and afforded pride and pleasure to
the company. Many of the Ladies wore 'orna-
ineßes in honour of Lord WELLINGTON. The
company did not depart till a late hour, and
thou 0i dancing was kept up through the night
With great 'spirit, 'yet nobody seemed to be fa-
t*ued. As a proof hOw full Margate is, not-
withstanding- the vast concourse at the Ball, the
Theatre and the Libraries were also \Veil attended
n' the same night.
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ITIIGI cootT Or ausnciAttv.

The subjoined case bas been shortly given in
our Paper before, but a more detailed account may
be acceptable to our neaders

Monday came can the trial of Oleander Mom-
son,. ahas John. Laurie, private in the Aberdeen-
glire militia, accused of uttering:forged notes,

knowing them to be forged, when the. pri
soner
pteading not gui:ty, the following. witnesses were
ealtedin support of the proseention :
John Walker, Esq: one .of the Magistrates of
E t.linburgh, was, shewn the - diifereu t. declarations
emitted by the prisoner
time
him, which he
identified. At the the time of his.dcelaration the

prisoner was dressed in a short tartan jacket, r.
shirt was tai en off him, and another was brought
to the Council Chamber by a.broker, both of the
same quality.—The shirts shown and. identified
Witness went 'to the house where .the priso'ner

was seized ; 'sair a pocket-book taken out from
his. stocking or :shoe, which contained 'tlevend
bank notes ; six. of the Bank .of Scotland, anti
four of. the Commercial Bank were-taken out of

it ; shown the pocket-book and notes, which be
identified, hawing been all• marked t:v
solver assumed to names, first cailing,3ohn Laurie,

and .afterwards Alexander

Nfillioni Douglas, clerk to, A. Callender., deputy
city clerk, and. James L'Aniy, out of the Asses-
sors of :the. city of EdiAnrgh, identified the de-
claration, and7proveJ t'hat the prisoner was sober

at the. time ire emitted them.
James Fraser, clerk to the Bank of Scotland,
skein notes purporting to be notes of the Bank
of Scotland, which he swore-weye forgeries they
had no water-inurk, and the resemblance' of his

signature affixed was not his hand-writing. The
notes appedmi to have been executed with a pen.
—Three genuine Bank of &otland notQs were
produced in Court,•for the purpose ,of •comparing
with, the forged ones ; witness swore to their

genuinctms.:
William Forrester swore to the same effect.

Edward Robertson,, secretary to- the Commer-
cial Banking. Company of *Scotland, shewn the
bank .notes purporting to be •notes of. the Corn-
mercial Banking Company, which he proved were
forgeries: They appeared tot have been written
with a pen. Shewn a note, ntarked B. 83-15.
It was brought to witness about 30th .or 3lst
ary 1812; at the Commercial Ilank;•by Mr. James
Bruce, to see if it was a forgery. Witness wrote•
the word forged" upon it: James Bruce was
Written-on the back. About the same'time a good
many forged notes made their appearance, which
occasioned witness to pay particular attention to
them. •
James Carnegie, Teller of the Commercial
Bank of Scotland, swore to the notes shewn him
being forgeries.
Jame 4 Kirkwood, engraver, engraves for the
Bank of Scotland, shewn 'six Bank of Scotland
notes, marked . H. 12-44; E. 4-321, H. 21-533,
H. 31-525, J. 54-262, J. '50126'2. They were
evidently written With a pen, and not genuine.
Shewn four Commercial bank notes, marked B.
82-73; 8.-92-288, B. 91-292, B. 93-201, which
were also executed with a pen, and evidently not
engraved.
Lieutenant J. C. Johnstone, of the Aberdeen-
shire militia, is with part of the regiment doing
duty it the depot, guarding the French prisoners.
,Knows the prisoner a private in the regiment,
who took his-tnrn, of course, along with the other
privates: -He heard that the French prisoners
were in the habit of forging notes, and frequently
has. himself warned the soldiers against having
any-thing to do with them.
John Anderson,dprivate in the same- regiment,
is stationed at Penicuik, at the depot. About
39th January, the prisbner had got a pass to go
to Leith, and borrowed five shillings of the wit-
ness,-saying, that he. did not think•that be 'had as
much as would carry him home. Witness has seen
the,French prisoners offering things like notes,
which they called pictures, for sale; but never was
nearenough to see them distinctly. •
Mary Handyside, lives at Bridge End, Libber-
ton 'parish, with her mother. Sonic time after
the new -year, the prisoner came to their. house,
dressed in a tartan short coat and blue pantaloons,
along with a man and woman. They drank some-
thing in the houSe. She changed a Commercial
-Bank note fOr and he paid the reckoning.
Shewu a note, Marked B. 92=293. 'She wrote her
name on it hi the Council Chamber. •It is like
the one she got from • the prisoner. " There was
no other note of the kind in the house at the time
she received it from the prisoner. It, was on a
Thursday forenoon; 'about 11 o'clock, and that
same day she came to Edinburgh, and went .to
Peter Forbes and. Co.'s to buy some articles. . She
offered the note in payment, but it was refused, as
being a bad one, and she got the articles
credit. She afterwards went to Robert Havens,
on the SOuth - Bridge, where she purchased some
articles, and one of the lads iu the shop _changed.
the note.
James Scott, apprentice to Peter Forbts and
Co,. corroborated the foregoing statement, as to
the. note being refused; &c.
Robert Havens, some.time in January last, in
taking die money oat of the till, about la o'clock
at night, observed? a one pound Commercial Bank
note, which he immediately perceived was a forg-
ed one. It was taken by. a lad, since dead, who
told him hc' got it from a woman. The
note was never out of his possessiOn till two
. days after, when he gave it to Archibald Campbell,
the town-officer. He put his initials upon' it, and
afterwards saw it • at the Council-chamber,
and is the same one now , produced in Court.---
He thinks, it was on a Wednesday .thP note was
taken. • . • - .• •
Jolin Hodge; An exception was taken to the
ex;atnination of this witness, as he had been "con fin-
edtwelve months by a sentence of the Magisfrates
for uttering base coin ; but the Court were of
opinion that this""went only to affect his credibi-
bility as a witness, ' of which the Jury should
judge,' and NVaS:6O bar to bis exarilinatioh. He
was accordingly exarnined, and deponed, that he
is a travelling;merchant sometime in the begin-
ning,Of the'year. he was going to- the coal-works
on the Dalkeith-road, When lie met the. prisoner

tiear hie atoat el6'ica o'clock ia
forenoon ; be war quite sober, and, bought a pAr
of stockings for 2s. 6d. ; he asked hint. to change

a note, which not being able: to do, they went to,
a public-house, where they had a sill of whiAy
and a bottle Of porter, and got the note .changeci.
Prisoner paid 2s. for the stockings ; said he Was,
a.drover,' driving,. for Mr..Willianison, and was
going north to meet a droi.e'of cattle, and that he
had lust Come-froiu England. -In the eenin...; as
the witnes-a was returning to town neat the t-Gib-
bet Toll, about; sun 'set, he met Mrs. .Simpson.
coming out of her house -With a note- in her Ittpid.

to get Changed, she .1, sked him if he coul;1 do it,
he said he bad only 19s. 6d. but went in with her,
and saw the prisoner very' drunk ; he asked him
how.he- needed.change, as he saw hith get a nate.
Changed-in the* morning, end observed that he
must have .drunk very hard, on which prisoner
said he had bought some hardware articies:, and
spent all his change iii purchasing them ; is-itness
then said he would change the 'note if the prisoner
would buy, as 'nun as came 'to a Shiling ; he
bought two pairs of stockings, for which he paid/
6s. 5 saw the stockings next dsy in 'the Council-
chamber ; 'a pair shewn and identified; he changed
a 20s. Commercial Bank note, and gave him Ids.
he-had no other note in Ws possession that day•
but the one he received from the prisoner ; it was
on Thursd4y he got- the note from him ; on Fri-
day morning. he went to Mr. Didiee's, Blair-street,
and purchased about -205.: worth of goods, for
which he paid with the note 3' at. night he cllled
again at 'Air. Brnee's to purchase sonic other ar-,
ticks, when be was informed the note was bad

be staid iii, the shop till Mr. Bruce sent to get the
note from the Commercial Bank, where he bad

sent it; 'he gave another note for it, remarking,
tkiat he would know the than from whom he got it;

as he Was very " ken-specicle;" he.saw himafter-
vvards in jail, being informqd at.the Couneil7eham7
berthat a man was in ,eustbdy for uttering base
noes-; put his mane on the note. on Saturday
in the Council-chamber it was /narked B.
E 3-73. . _

Marion Simpson, Echb Bfink, corroborated
the evidence of the former witness.

• William Reid, apprentice to Mr. Bruce, de-
poned, that John Hodge came to Mr. Bruce's
ware-room about eight or Nine o'clock one morn-
ing- early in the year; bought goods amounting
to:l9s. Lid. and paid for them with a. :L. S Cowtnercial
Bank-note. The note w laid in a place by it-
self, and there wa§,,to other iu the shop. When
wititess returned from breakfast, about ten O'clock,
he was informed that tke note he' had taken was a
bad one ; he said, he would knOw the person lie
got it from. In the evening of the =same- day
Hodge returned; and he informed Mr: Bruce that
this was the man lie received the note from (Mr.
Bruce had prpviously left the note at: the Com-
mercial Bank Office,) witness waithen sent to the
Commercial Bank for the note, which he brought
back with hint'; •it was given to Hodge, - who
gave a good note for it ; he identified the note
marked B. 83-73.
•

James Bruce, stocking-manufacturer, Blair,.
street ; recollected his apprentice taken a forged I
note in his. absence, some time,'in the beginning
of the year ; he came: to his ware-room be-
tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, and
saw a note lying on a board in the Nvindow w-hen
a lad (Arnott) said to him; he loped be kneW
about it, as it was\ a bad one, and he answered,
he knew nothing about it; no
_more passed till
Reid came in, who said he tooklt for some stock-
ings early in the morning, from a little Man, who.,
was to return in the evening for a balance of 6d.
due to him ; in the course of the forenoon, wit-
ness went to the Commercial Bank and mention:.
ed that he had Iv note which he knew to be
forged and wished.to know if they would pay it ;
he applied- to Mr. Robertson, who 'requested him
to leave the note, and put his name and,address
on the back of it, whiti-he ;did ; in the evening •
Flodge came for his 6d. when witness' sent a card
to the Bank, stating, that-the man from whom he
got the note was in the shop, and if they wanted
to trace the note now seas the time'; he had re-
ceived back the note' which he had left, which he
gave to IJadge, and got a good one for it ; the note
shewn and identified'; Hodge said he had got it
frOm a man with a tzarian jacket.
• Jean Wilson alias Craig, was in Mrs. Dudgeon's
hpuSe one night in winter, when the prisoner
cattle in ; had some conversation with •him, he
said he had been robbed and knocked down corn-
ing from Dalkieth; got a Bank of Scotland
20s; note from him,' which she gave to James
Worthington to get changed ; she looked at it
narrowly when she took it, and from two holes
in it she was certain the one shown her was the,
-Same, marked 11 12-44. Worthington got it
changed, and. she gave' the change to-the prisoner.
A ss. 6d. piece was among the silver. Next.morn,
ing he sent' out another note for change,. which
was kept by Mr. Lawrie as, being. a forgery; and
the prisoner apprehended, on
.which she sent and,
got back the other note, suspecting- it might' be
bad also. - •
James Worthington and Arthur Worthington
corroborated the statement 'of the preceding wit-
ness, and identified-the note.
Mrs. Dudgeon lived in Lyon's Close, saw the
in her house, and recollects hi's being ap-
prehended: 13e came in with her servant
Lucky, and remained all night in her house. In
the morning he sent out for change to pay his
reckoning ; put a 20s. note into the witness's
hand; Which she gave to Bell licky to take to
Mr. Lawrie's to get changed. Mr: Lawrie kept
the note, which he said was had, ar4 got some
constables and two bailie:, who had him appre-
' hended. Archibald _Campbell apprehended him
and searched him after he was apprehended, Six
notes and some silver were found upon him ; the
notes were in a small black pocket-book, and were
concealed in the foot or lt.is stocking on his right
leg. Witness locked the door to 'keep him in, he
made no 'attempt to escape. She told the -officers
. 'who apprehended him, that she inspect:al he
had 'concealed something about his shoes 'or:
stockings..
Bell Lucky, servant to Mrs. Dudgeon, met the
; prisoner, one night, at the Pillars.,; who asked her
7 if she would take a on which she took

him to her miitiz3s's, where he ret.- all

nii tit. She took the note to get changca in ti,e
morning,. which was stoprti by Lavvric.--
la:mt.:heti the note B. 91-252. -

John- Lawrie , spirit-dealer, High-street, recol-
lects a servaut of Mrs. coming; to 1);
shop about HI o'clock in the morning to get a
note changed. He counted Out the change.; Tut,
oa,lopking at the
.note, did not like it, and sent
to Ale cinder Allan to. inquire if it was a good one,
when he\ was informed it was forgery, and as
desired to detain the person who ()tiered it. Archi-
bald C:inpbell being passing at the time, he im-
i.:edi6tely called him, and they went together to
Mrs. Dnageon's, where the,r apprehended the pri—
Boner,. A note sliewn, ` l -292, which he i.len-
tified, basing put his name to it in Bailie Walker'i
shop; and 4fteovards i the Council-chamber
was present when the prisoner was searehed
some silver was feend on hint, a ss. 6d. piece;
a:td some 23. 6.1. piee.2s. In his right foot, be-
tweetr his stocklugrand sloe, was found a small
pocket-book, and the following rotes of the Bank
Of ScOtland, which he identified, having put hit
initials on tlnun, vii. four, 20s. -notes, rtarke(3.
I. 56-2,62, 54-244, H. 31-535; 11,'21-533,,
.Codane-cial Bank note, Marked B. 93.-201.
David Bill, hair-dresser, was present at the
searching of the prisoner, and corroborated fully,
the testimony of the former witness-.
Here the proof for the prosecution closed.
,• The prisoner's declarations were then react; they
,we..re of a most contradictory nature 3 in the first
he stated that. he was a drover, and had got the
notes in-change, some at Berwick, and in. differ
rent, places ; in the second he acknowledged he
was a soldier, and that he fOhnd his pocket-book;
the third vas similar to the second.
Some witnesses were then called on behalf of
the prisoner, who gave 'him an excellent charac-'
ter, as being a:good soldier, and, before the pre-
sent suspiciouS:cireuinstances, of unbleinished in—
tegrity.
The SorAcrroN'-,GNERKV,tIien addressed the
Jury- for- the Crown, andlonpz WOOD, tsCt. for'
the prisOner, the LORD JUSTICE CLERK Sltaittled
up the evidence, after which the Jury were .en-
clOsell, and ordered to .deliver in their verdict next
day.
On Tuesday the Court I,nct, when the Jury re-
' turned their verdict, finding, by a plUrality of
voices, theroet not proven. The Court oni re-
ceiving the. verdict, remarked, that had they had
the honour to have been on _the Jury, they should.
haVe Considered ItLas their" duty to have voted
with the minority.

After a suitable admonition, the prisolier was
assoiiiied from the bar..
Counsel for' the Crown, Mr. Solicitor-General,
Willittinßoswell, Esq. Advocate; Messrs:James
and Charles Bremner, 7---
,Agents. Counsel for the
prisoner', John Wood,• Samuel M'Cortnick, •
Esqrs. Advocates : John Tait, tertins, .Esq.
•
Agent,

Mr. CLARXE, in his valuable- and extensive-
Life of
.Lord Nelson, which may be considered as
the Cornmentaties of that diitinguished Admiral,
givet us the following account of what passed rela-
tiVe.to Russian politics, after the Battle of -Co-
penhagen. Everything. respecting that Court is /
now highly interesting to, the public. (Vol. 11.
The preceding memoir of the battle,
.wl-1,213.
has already detailed the Various occurrences-that'
took place atSoperihagen, to the conclusiOn of
this-armistice, nest retraces Lord Nelson's pro-
ceedzings from hi;" beingappointed Commander
ChieG as successor to Sir Hyde Parker. The rirst
signal which Lord Nelson made, aS Commander
in 'Chief, Was', to hoist in all launches, and pre-
pate to weigh. This at .once shewed how ,diffet
ent a systeni was about to be pursued it haing
been intended that the fleet should await-. at an-
chor fresh inSlructions from 'England relative to.
the state of the Northern' affairs; an account of
wit idh had been_ but lately dispatched: Lord Nel-
son, who foresaW every bad consequence from this
inactive mode of proceeding, owed his bad health. -
more to chagrin than to any other ci.zuse. •On the
7th of May, 1801, the fleet left Kioge Bay; and,
proceeding towards Bornholm, anchored in blow-
ing weather off that island.. The :reater part was
here left to 'Watch the motions of the Swedes 3
and with a chosen squadrOn, consisting
.of his ten
best. sailing seventy-tours, two' frigates, a brig,
and a schooner, Lord Nelson soiled to the, port of
Revel. He wished for further satisfaction re'
speAng the friendly dispOsition of the Russians,
and thbught that the best method of putting this
to the proof would be, to try how he should be •
received in one of their ports.
who shot at Mn ITincheliffe, of
Hohniirth, has been fully committed to York
Castle, to stand trial' for the crime.