The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-31 00:00:00

THE GREEK.

The following articles slew that the cause of
the Greeks has been successful as well ou land
as at sea :

Conn', Nov. 2fi—The two defeats of Dervisch-Pacha,
his double attempt to penetrate Livadia, have r 4 taught hl
a lesson.-- Reinforced by new troops, and strongly
orders from Constantinople, and by the distress of the Turkis
Commander of Lepanto, this General, with a corps d'armee
composed of his best troops, cams to the succour of this place to-
wards the middle of last October. This last attempt of the Mu..
sulmans was even more unfortunate than the two former. They
were attacked in the passes of Salons, and completely an-
nihilated. Their artillery and numerous supplies destined to
re-victual Lepanto, fell into the hands of the victors. More
than a thousand Turks remained on the field of battle. The
Greeks, on their side, have td enumerate amongst the killed
Colonel Jotischamovite, who, by exposing himself too much,,
perished with two other officers. They lost, however, but
thirty-two men in all, The smallness of the number will not
astonish those-who know the advantages of passes fortified for
a defensive war.—Dervisch Pacha has just evacuated Bteotia
-and Phocis with the wreck of his army. In his retreat through
the defiles, he lost a great many men. The artillery and the
greatest part of the spoils taken from the enemy have been sent
to Missolonghi. In consequence of this advantage, the Greeks
have begun to invest Lepanto.
[Extract (If a Letter from Trieste, of the Gth Dec. 1824.]
"By a vessel which has just entered this port from Syra,
.which place it left sixteen days back, we have received letters
from that island and from Hydra, from which we learn that the
affairs of the elections are over. The Executive Body is conti-
nued in its functions, and Panuzzo Notara is elected Presi-
dent of the Legislative. We are also told, that the troops
which were at Hydra and Spent& have again entered the
Mores, and they are now marching against Petra' and Negro-
pont; against which they say also, that Mavromiehalis is
going, with the venerable Varvalris. The letters from Syra,
of the 18th November, inform us further, in a positive manner,
that whilst the Egyptian fleet, accompanied by the vessels which
the Captain Pacha had left him, and by all the transports be-
longing to it, was quitting Boudroun and Cos, and going, as
some say, to Candia, and according to others, towards Alexan-
dria, the Greek fleet, commanded by Admiral Miaulis, Attack-
ed it again on the 10th of November; but during the combat,
and when some fire-ships had already been sent towards diffe-
rent vessels, and when one had begun to take effect on a
frigate whose masts and sails were burning, there arose a violent
tempest, which separated the two squadrons. Three vessels of
the Greek, fleet brought this news to Spa' whither they had
been obliged to retire for shelter from the huricanes ; but we
now learn the greater disasters of the enemy's fleet, which has
been dispersed on all sides ; for the Turkish navy, being very
unskilful, IN totally incapable of weathering a storm such as
haft been experienced. We do not know, however, whether
the Greek fleet has suffered any disasters."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

KINQSTON, DEC. 30.

George Dudjield was indicted for. feloniously receiving, on
the 10th of June last, in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark,
knowing to have been stolen, a2Ol. Bank post-bill, a 20!. Bank.
note, three 101. Bank-notes, ten 51. Bank-notes, and other notes
and monies, which had been burglariously stolen on the 9th of
June from the dwelling-house of 51r. Haines, steward to Earl
Cowper, at ertingfordbury, in the county oillerts. The trial
lasted from nine in the morning till six in the evening.
The case was launched by the evidence of the conviction of
James Davis and others, at Hertford Assizes, in July last, of
the burglary and robbery in Mr. Haines's house, on the night
of the 9th of June, when Banknotes and other monies to the
amount of 1,8681. 13s. 11d. were stolen by a party of eight
men, who had planned the robbery at a public-house called
the horse-Shoe and ‘Vheat-Sheaf, in Mellor-street, Borough.
then kept by a man named Watson, since deceased. One of
the men concerned in the' robbery was Benjamin Jacobs, for-
merly a baker at Kingston. This man was now a principal
witness, and he gave a minute detail of the circumstances of
the robbery. His evidence, as far as it affected the prisoner
Dudfield, was, that on the morning of the 10th of June, after
the robbery, most of the gang assembled again between seven
and eight o'clock, at the Horse-Shoe and Wheat-Sheaf. Two
of the party were sent to Dudfield's house, in Shire-lane, and
shortly afterwards he arrived, anti was introduced into a pri.
vate room up stairs, where notes to the amount of 1,0061.
were produced. He was informed by one of the thieves that
the property came from Mr. Haines's house, and that he had
better be careful of the notes. At first he bid 7001. for the
whole quantity, but at length he agreed to give 750!., and the
thieves consented to sell them for that amount. he notes
were delivered to him, and two of the men accompanied him
home to receive the money. He, however, gave them only 350!.,
promising to bring the remainder in an hour anti a half. In
fact, the robbers never received any more money from him.—
Mrs. Watson, the widow of the person who kept the public.
house, positively
that Dudfield was at her husband's
that morning. He changed a sove-
reignlB ewith swore
the v
with her in payment of one of the glasses of brandy
which the party had had. The course which the case for the
prosecution then took, was in tracing the stolen property to the
possession of the prisoner. It was proved that at twelve o'clock
on the night of the 10th of June, the prisoner and an elderly
man unknown arrived at the George Inn, Baldock, by the Bos-
ton coach, and slept in a double-bedded room. Next day they
went together in a poet chaise to Royston. and thence to Cant.
bridge, and returned together to London the same night, and
were set down at a•public-house In Chancery-lane. At Royston,
the elderly man atone exchanged Bank of England notes to the
amount of 1501. at the banking-house of Messrs. Fordham and
Co., for 5/. notes of their bank. At Cambridge, the same man
exchanged Bank of England notes to a large amount, at the
banking houses of Foster and Co., Fisher and Co., and Barker
and Co., for their notes, respectively. Alembers of these several
establishments were examined; but as they had omitted to
bring their books, no satisfactory evidence could be given of' the
identity of the notes which the old man above-mentioned had
exchanged. The bank post-bill for 201. was, however, clearly
identified by a clerk from the house of Foster and Co. A 20/.
note, 2 tens, and 6 fives, produced, were sworn to by Mr. Haines
and r... Johnson, who assisted him in collecting Lord Cowper's
rents, as part of the stolen property, from marks which they
had made. These notes had passed through the hands of the
Cambridgeshire bankers, but were no otherwise identified. Be.
tween the hours of nine and ten on the morning of the 12th of
June, Cambrideshire and Royston notes to the amount of 5501.
were exchanged-at the banking houses of ,Messrs. Jones, Lloyd,
and Co., Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., and Messrs. Currie,
Raikes, and Co., for one 2001. two 1001. and a 501. Bank of
England note. At two of these houses, the notes were ex-
changed by a female, who gave the name of "
and at the third by a man whom the witness firmly believed to
be the prisoner Dudfield. At ten o'clock a city officer, named
[leaked), saw Dudfield standing under the piazza at the south
end of the Royal Exchange. Ile missed him for a moment,'
but in a few minutes afterwards he found him in the listener's-
office in the Bank of England, where the prisoner lied just re-
ceived from Mr. Kingston, the clerk, 550 sovereigns, in ex.
change for the Identical 2001., two 1001., and 501. bank-notes,
which had been paid by the banking-houses last above-men.
tioned, in lieu of provincial notes of the Royston and Cam.
bridge banks. The prisoner told Mr. Kingston that his name
was ‘Villiarne, and that he lived in Prescott-street, Goodman's-
fields. This name and address were written on the note. The
officer, knowing that this na ne and address were false, imme-
diately took the prisoner into custody, anti found 550 sovereigns
in a handkerchief in his bawl.
Tide is an outline of the ease proved in evidence.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared solemnly that he had
never seen in his life either Jacoi)a, the accomplice, or Mrs.
Watson, the keeper of the public house in Mellor-street. He
complained that a young woman named Matilda Blanchard,
who could have proved an alibi for him, had been practised
upon, and kept out pf the way. As to the notes of, the thank
of England, 'changed on the morning of the 12th of June, he
said he had received them that morning in the course of bu.
siness from a merchant. It was not surprising that he was
possessed of so much money, because he was engaged in a
large we" of business.
Mrs. Watson was called on behalf of the prisoner, to prove
that she was taken to Horsemonger.lane gaol to see the pri-
soner. She had a view of hint when he was separated from
other prisoners, but was
quite certain he was the man she had
seen at her house on the morning of the 10th June.
No other witnesses were called for the defence.
Mr. Justice BUltttottalt summed up the evidence with
great minuteness, leaving the Jury to find such a verdict as
would satisfy their consciences.
The Jury deliberated about two minutes, and found the pri.
goner Guilty.
Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. BRODRIOR then submitted, in
arrest of judgment, that the Bank-notes which the prisoner was
charged with having
feloniously received could not he treated
RS goods and chattels, within the meaning of the statutes of
8, William and Mary, c. o, and 5 Anne, c. 31, and come.
quently that receiving them, knowing them to have been stolen,
was no.offence.
Mr. liot.Lasin, Mr. Dow taxes, and Mr. PLATT, referred
to 2 Geo. 11. c. 25, and 8 Geo. IV. c. 24, as affording a com-
plete answer to the objection. The first made it felony to steal,
and the second felony to receive, bank notes, knowing them
to have been-stolen. .
Mr. Justice Bunnotion overruled the objection, and sen-
tenced the prisoner to be transported for 14 years.