The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-09 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE,

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THIS day we haVe a good suppl.y,tif all kinds of
,
Grain ; there were many buyers of Wheat-, but, from
the appearance of the harvest; it fell full. ss. per
• (.-
Quarter ; Malt has a heavy sale; and is lower
Pease and BeanS are sonieMiAt cife'aper ; we have
great many Oats ai,Marketi which go off at Is. less
price ; Flower is also lower. . . •
wheat 4ss a 55s a 63s od 13c4n - 3zs a 36s od
Fine do. - 64; a 65s od Tick ditto - .8z; a 32s 6d
Malt - 445 a 485 a 50S od Oats - its a igs a 2,2,S ad
Fine ditto
.- sis a sis od Poland (10. ' 235. a 24s od
Barley - 3rs a 365 od Rape Seed 331. a 371
per last
Rye - -32 s a 35s 6d Fine Flour sos a 53s per sack
White Pease 38s a 435 od Second do. 45s a ses per 'clo.

Satureay letters were received from Sierra Leone,
by the Comcord, WALCIT. The Colony has, in
s )me degree, recovered from the late attack of the
Natives ; hut it is still languid.
One of the Baltimore Papers, on the authority of
Letters from St. Domingo, states, that DEssimiii,
JENGAMBEE, TRoYFoRT, (late
commander of the Borgne) with fifty other partizans
of TOUSSMNT, had been arrested on charges
lac to those prepared against the Negro Chieftain:,

Life-boats, on the plan of that used at North
Shields; are now making at Whitby, Redeur, and
numerous other places along the coast.

The Liverpool Paper says, a most atiociotis as
was perpetrated a few days ago at 'restot : a young
woman having entered the town in the evening, and
inquired for a lodging, was decoyed to the fields by
five or six fellows, who used her so bruthlly that
her death was the eonsequeriee

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A shocking aceldent happened, ?tpit.,,ancaste,ri.yes-
tertlaY sennight : Miss Borwiclithiwp leaning out
of her• chamber window, which is-filiee stories
high; to wipe something off the glass; and onfor-
tunately over-reached herself; and fell into the
street ; she was taken up apparently in a lifeless
state, but by proper medical assistance; she was
brought to herAelf, vlien she proved to have both
her arms broke, and one dr het thighs, she was
otherwise bruised in a Most shocking manner : the
broken litilbiViere'w, and bores are entertained
of her.recovery._

KEAY?' ASSIZES.

MAII)SIOSE, ALYGtiSi' 6.
BEFOXE SLR 'ARCFiIIIALD MACD0N..6.1.1). KtiT. LORD CILIZI"

BARON, AND A SrECtAL

ROBERTSON W. OAKLEY AND OTHERS.

Tors was an Adios) of considerable intereet and
curiosity ; it was in troves, and bro&gbt by the
Plaintiff to recover of the Defendants the vahie of
certain articles household furniture, of which
they had unlawfully dispossessed her. The damages
were laid at 30001.
Mr. GARROW said, he Was Counsel for Miss
Eliza Robertson, a Lady of whom it was much more
than probable each of the Jury had heard or read,
because it was one oof :the misfortunes of the age,
that persons of any celebrity in the world could ,
not come into a Conti of Justice without having
the circumstances of their case forestalled, and the
public mind prejudiced, at least as far as depend-
ed on the writers of anonymous and libellous
pamphlets. He had no apprehensions the Plain-
tiff would suffer from any impression the Jury
might entertain, but he was convinced they would
toy the cause as if they had never heard of Miss
Robertson. If they had heard or read of her as the
famous Swindler, the Lady who went about the
country in various disguises, sometimes in man's
clothes, sometimes assuming one mode of conceal-,
ment, sometimes another, he trusted they would dis-
miss such rubbish from their memory, and attend to
her complaint with minds as pure and unprejudiced
as if they had never heard of her name before. In
his opinion the case had nothing of novelty in it ; it
was a simple action of troves by a Lady possessed of
a large quantity of furniture, who had been unjustly
dispossessed of it by a person who conceived he had a
right to commit what he called a little wrong, but
which was in fad a serious injury to another, in order
to do a great good to himself ; and he would venture
to assert, that unless the Jury were aduated by pre-
judice against Miss Robertson, there could be no dif-
ficulty in point of law or fad in determining that,
beyond all doubt, she was entitled to a verdid. Miss
Robertson had stated to him, that it was very much
her desire the whole of her life should be publicly
discussed and examined in this place, but she had mo-
destly added to her wish, her fears that her Counsel
would neither he able to devote sufficient time to
quaint himself with the whole of her history, or the
Court consider it important enough to occupy its at-
tention. She therefore contented herself with ap.
pearing as an ordinary suitor, to demand justice.—
Without going farther into the detail of her life, he
would state that she had for some time been engaged
in partnership with a Miss Sharpe,in keeping a Board.
ing-school for yoting Ladies at Croorn's-hill, which
they had concluded with reputation and credit. For
reasons unnecessary to mention, this Lady thought
brighter prospects in life were opening upon her—
She had reason to think she should form an honour.
able connexion in marriage. Indulging thisfiatter-
ing hope, she had taken an handsome house at the
Paragon, Blackheath, which the had fitted up in a
style of the highest elegance. She had, before
this, dealt with Messrs. Oakley, Shackleton, and
Evans ; names, perhaps, not unknowd:to the Jury.
They must have seen them in the Daily Papers,
advertising their splendid Magaiines in Bond street
and St. Paul's Church-yard, where the Public
might be supplied with every article of use; orna-
ments 'and luxury ; the fashion, Style; and taste of
which, Miss Robertson had desired hiin to admit,
nothing could possibly exceed, but the estorbitanCe
of the charges for them. She had befdre purchased
goods of Messrs. Oakley and CO. to the amount of
abOut 2001. and in contemplaticin of her removal to
the Paragon, had applied to the Defendant's to con-
vey her property in safety to 46. new house. -They •
undertook So to do, and, at the same time Wrote •
her a letter, informing her how happ' they
should be to receive her future Orders ; *nd *hat
satisfaction it would give thein to see her a's their Mil-
. gazin der Moder. Things were not tailed bow by the
same nanies they, ulsedro 66-:--'formerly the depest of a
tradesman's stock in trade was called a shop;--then it
' becathe a warehouse.; now Stich terms *ere 'obsolete,
and it was a illagaindis Alai:. To speak inplainer
terms, the Plaintiffs ivercFurnishingtlpholstererS, at
whose warehoUSes any' of the jury or their friends
might he provided with 'Whatever they Might want to
purchase, from a state bed Of one thriusand guineas,
doWn to the humble accompaniment under the beds
MisS kobettson ordered several article:s, 'which
were Sent: A t last Mr. Oakley presented himself
with proposals for furnlshing Mis's Robertson's
Drawing-room ; it was to he Clone upon a Scale of
grandeur, of which 'plain Kentish Men could form
no notion ; it was to be fitted up in .compart-
ments; dadoed marbles, gilt I no; i'faith he be-
lieved, gold Mouldings! and the ceiling to be
painted by the most eminent Artists; to represent
the aiure sky ; he wanted eXpresSioni to convey an
adequate idea. .it short, it was to be in the Oakley
stile. The sum required to 'coMplett these decom.
tions buihiecl Miss Robertson; but the Defendant
silenced her alarins by sayiog, tts Lord, Madam,
this is nothing 1 a there trifle I Beticlei; we shall not
hurry,you for payment till it is perfealy conve.
hient." He mentioned this; to sheW that o
ley thought he had got an excellent customerne
who, to cite his own eispreSsiori do a forriter trial,
would either pay well or riot pay .'it all. It was only
by referring to that eXprestionht 'could aecount for
soma of his charges:. It Was a rule, that thoSe who
did pay,paitifor those Who aid not ; at least so said
the wicked world. The drawing-toom was fitted
up in a style of Eastern niagniftcence. Soon after it
came to the knowledge of, Miss Robertson, by
Means of that Modern source of information, an

anonymous letter, that Mr. Oakley had said She.
owed Mtn' iooal. and he was doubtful as to her
being the person of fortune she represented herself.
As she had stiptilathi for twelve month's credit,
she was Uneasy Upon the subject, and sent to
hint 'He came anit'diried with her, and in the p're.
mice of two Witnesses; disavowed having 'said any
such thing. One of therh especially, Mr. Creasy,
was the intimate friend of Miss- Robertson—==-not
intimate in die improper sense of the Word„for he
was a married Man----not the lover of her Everson,
but the professed adMirer of her vehisiini Wine, and
other good things her table. afforded; he thotight
it. very convenient for his 'wife and children to
/wit the use of her carriage ; be*Sidesi be had

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no olijeaiOn him—self to an eitcorsioti now and theii--
to Margate,. in one corner of kt. After the (!:
net, Miss Robertson took dcension rc -0.-C,7 to Mr:,
Oakley, "It has been communicated to Me that
yoU have said that I owe you wool. and that yeae,
are alartned—You know I said I could act pay
ybu immediately, and you consented to allow le
twelve modals credit. If what I have heard rs
true, do not let my credit be injured ; tell toe eeu •
are apprehen-sive of your Money, and I will sit;- y
yon."—" Dear me, Malan ! how coUld you see-
pose me capable of such conetlt ? I aro petdha:
satisfied -with regard to veut fortune—l only
you was More in my debt ! I am .00 much to-
tradesman of fashion, aid a man of honour. oa
attempt to accelerate the pay ment of a (ie.:laud
for executiog the orders of a Lady, bethre the a d
stipulated period. The Proprietors et. the 1-I,:eaaler
des Nodes would be ashamed of A`t.og in such a
ner, and to shew ou, Madam, how sensihly t:ae
bare imputation affects rte, I w itl give too:.
discover the author of the report." The A-) _
fendant went on furnishing her house ; el •
persons were haportunate for mon; y.
bertson owed them, and she tv,:s ad vi
away for a faw days to aver 1 [heal, t;'l • e
enabled to pay the 1111 i due to than.
he came to the ohli of the pre.-en. d.
Plaintiff, on lea ding her loitist,
sessed of goods bought of ex Dehaahoit..
she had paid him. She hao good!- _
tradesmen ; and she had also a consitie
of goods, furnished by the Defendants,
they had agreed to give twelve months .:
During her absence, Mr. Oakley presented hi,n
late in the evening at her house, and ask ad *he,
ther the carpet- for the drawing_ room was come
before he could well be answered, this gallant
man—this honourable man—this stylish;--?arch
des Modes—insidiously introduced hitnselfup the ata.a)
went round to the street door, opened it, let in his
mynn;dons, packed up every thing he could find;
and made such good use of his time, that he left.
nothing for the morning beams of Aurora to shine
upon, but the bare welts. He had !wnd of dif_
terent kinds of Ejetanients ; among others, of a
Welsh Ejenment, which was effected by unroofing
a house, when the tenant, no longer sheltered from
the pitiless storm, was glad to make his escio;e,
But such a mode of Eietment as this, of ciirrva
ing off all the furniture, and leaving the tenant
not a bed ,to lay on, a table to dine off, or a chair ~
to sit on, was quite a new invention. He Was ev
at a loss to conceive under what head .it could be
ranged in our law books. An appropriate nacre
had just struck him, it must be called the—Oaao.
Execittion. Dull ordinary men of business, not your
High-flyers, who had their magazines at the West
end of the town—but common plain tradesmen--:
would, if they had a demand upon any one for goods
they had sold upon credit, have taken out a Writ,
and waited till they could have arrested their
Debtor; they would have had patience till a trial at
the Assizes could have taken plate-till a verdiei
shOuld have been pronounced in their favour,
and then till judgment could have been entered up.
Such slow and uncertain proceedings were beneath
your dashing men . of Bond-street, therefore Mr.
Oakley, without any law to justify him, had dis-
pensed with all forins of justice, and had assumed the
offices of Judge, -_fury, and Executioner, in his own
cause.—But he should hope Mr. Oakley's execu-
tion was not one which would be Much favoured.
He took the law tm be this .—lf a thin had sold
goods to another, and had.delivered them, whether
on -credit or not, but still More so if on credit, the
•stipulated period for which had not expired, and ini-
mediately'after the delivery, met a Sheriff's OffiCer,.
who told him he had an execution against the per-
son to whoin he had sold them, Still nothing but the
la* would justify his taking them away again.. If
trpon'a perpon, who bad goods of different people,
becoming insolvent, the Upholsterer was to run
a 'race with the Bricklayer, the Carpenter, the
tram-Monger, arid the numerous tradesmen who'
had furnished the Debtor's house, and all these
were to'knock their heads together) each to teat
away what he could, the wildest havoc and con-
fusion would 'be introduced into society. The Credia
tors a Misßobertson.had a right to lock her up in -.
prison, if that wit any gratification to them, as
truly it seemed to be—and it was an unmanly gra_
tification—they might confine her for life in the.
Mol ofHuntingdon, where she had been, or in the
eet Prison, where she now was, alas ! withoot any
prosped of delivetance, till the day of her death; all
• this they might do, bUt they should not take away
her goods, because her temporary absence afforded
them the opportunity. The law was• anxious to
prevent the occurrence of stsch a case at this., He
would suppose that a person had told ;another,
Who Was his friend, 5001. worth of goods, and that
friend suddenly was reduced to a state of insolvency,
and was amenable to the Bankrupt Laws, he might
say, " My Creditor has been my friend—it is hard
he should be a loser—l will get him to take back
his goods:" They were taken back—wellez. a
bankruptcy ensues; the law would not permit such
a transaction, but the goods mus, be reetoted as a
general fund for the benefit of the Creditors at large.
This principle of law applied so strongly in the
present case, and was so clear and undisputed, that
he was persuaded Messrs. Oakley and Co. would not
have. dared to have disputed i!, unless they had de-
pended uponthe preju lice raised against the
Plaintiff. Much had been said asao Miss Robertson's
getting the goods under false pretence ; he wotiht
defy the Defendant to bring any loasofot the
tion, unless they should have recouide to the r;'.
presentations of Mr. Creasy, who had dressed aka
his stories 'in gaudy trim, to grat4 his own
vanity, but whico could nut by p. ssitiiiiry aff 'it
the Plaintiff. It was said in justificititho that
Miss Robertson had consented to .c.e seiz,l„. ;
he could not be brought to such belief, as he aeal
knew, when Mr. Oakley thUnd he had n:,-n
in his opinion of the Lady's property, aid
his Attorney in the dead of night to the P.,:areo,
with a view to induce her so sign a bill-of sae, te
peremptorily 'closed to do so ; it was tutelar:
likely she should afterwards have consented. It a
had been so, Mr. Oak aoy would l-ive mao a.l
ferentiy ; ,he would !rive na occasion is 0:0 a
p:-etc.%,;:c far c.diieg at the house, nor tom h:tytt
f crced his way in at OA- .1),,a of

the goods the D!.fendant had t:iken ()cloyed t-ti Kiss
Marl e, and-l)ad been previouly paid for ; • he yv-ouid
tiot, hot ever, separate the case, but go for the rot:
c,,very of the ihole, .on the common law of the

couotry.
Thomas • Hawkins, Miss Robertson's Coachman,
was merely .cailed to peove .that" the 'Defendant and
his servants had taken away the goods. On his
crcs's.examinatimi, he' said he, had driven his mis-
tress to Hatchett's,'io•bespeak a new carriage ;: also
to: the Bishop of London's house in St. James's.
square. He did nth remember driving Miss Robert.
sim to her sister's, Lally Paget, or to her guardian,
Sir Edward Law at that tim!, now Lord Chief jus-
tice Ellenborough ; or to her cousin, • Mr. DUndas ;
•or to her trustee, Mr: Lawes, the Barrister.
Miss Shiirpe, the Plaintiff's coQfederate, was next
called ; [she was genteelly dressed .; looked very de.
' mure,and wore one of the new.fashionedgipsey.hats.]
She stated that Miss Robertson had been formerly
in partnership with her at Croom's.hill; and after,
wards went to reside at the Paragon, and took with
her several articles of furniture, which had been bur:.
chased of the Defendants, and for which Ito]. had
been paid with the money-of her, the Witness. Mr.
Oakley furnished other articles of considerable
fashion and expellee. She remembered Mr Oakley
dining with Miss Robertson, herself, and Mr. Creasy.
She had received a communication that Mr. Oakley
bad stated her to be in his debt !cool. and that he
Was alarmed ; she mentioned it to him, and said, " If
you are dissatisfied, send your bill and it shall be,
discharged." He replied, " Madam, I have done
business for you before, and am perfe4ly satisfiedT,
I hope I shall complete the order so your satisfadion
and my own." She said, your- agreement was for
a twelvemonth's credit ?" He answered, Cer-
•tainiy, Madam." He wished. he could know who.
was the author- of the communicationhe would •
give • 1001. to discover it, for he had Many enemies,
and it was meant to injure him. He went on to
execute the order. The witness. had seen the inven.:
tory by which the demand had be ••n made—the arii.

des it contained were in • Miss Robertson's house.
On her cross-examination, she said, the z tol. was,
her own Money,. and it was on that" account she
bad claiiied part of the goods, after thepefendants
had taken them away ; but as she had not ordered
the articles, she could not recover them ; in fact, she--
bad lent Miss Robertson the money. • The Witness
here proved Miss Robertson's hand-writing, as to a
paper which was shewn her. She went to the Para_
gon with Miss ,Robertson, where 'it was their inten-
tion to keep a school : at that time she kept a carriage.•
A journey had been talked of to Fascally, an estate in
Scotland, •of which Miss Robertson was to take
possession : she did not understand it was a large
estate ; a. young Lady.had drawn a plan of it, but it
Was never hung up in-the drawing-room, as had been
represented. She did not recoiled any conversation
in the presence of Mr. Oakley about the -Fascally
estate; or Lord Gienbervie, Miss Robertson's bro-
ther.. in-law. She had'heard her mention. her sister,
Lady Paget, whom she considered as her sister, be.
cause she was' to have been married to her brother,
Colonel COmiingham.•

ARCHIBALD M'DONALD asked-.her who
that Colonel Cunningham was. 'He Was, he said,
interested in the question,• because-he . had a near
relation of the name in that part of the country. The
Witness knew not•---she had heard her say she was
intimate with Miss Porteus, the.Bishorof London's
daughter [Who never, said the - judge, had a
daughter !—A great many, by milfirmation, observ-
ed Mr. GARRow.] Miss' Robertson was a very
reserved. woman ; she had heard -her say she ex_
petard large property— she went into. mourning
before she left Croom's-hill, for her grandfather—
did not know she intended to meet the corpse of
her deceased - mother, but was prevented by
Dr. Lettsom, who said it would affeEt her nerves.
She had told her that her mother was to be buried
from Dr-. Lettsom's. She went into mot ning for
a Mrs. Hill,' whom she considered as her mother,
because she had behaved like one,. Her real mother
was now alive, and lived- in 'Devonshire-street,
and had come- to a large -property ; she had heard
50,0001.1 she did not know. that ..her father had
been porter to an oilman, or her nacoher.a washer.
woman. The-Witness described the different places
Miss Robertson -had gone to after she left the Pa'.
sagon, till her arrival. at Huntingdon, where she
was arrested. She was .the whole time with her.
exceic four days.
\rya, she- never, during that period, dressed' in:
man's clothes

O Lord, Sir. ! 0 dear ! [shrinking sari,. as if.
alarmed at so revolting anidea.j
Answer the question, said the Judge.
Neer, Sir dear ! in man's clothes !—Never
never ! .

Was you never.dressed in man's clothes ?
Age ! (apparently fainting]---Me Never from
the hour cat' my birth •
yous not know that the whole story of 11/lis
Robertson betrig a lady of property was a fabrica-
tion ? , .

The Witness hesitateci.The Judge repeated the
questicn, saying, "do not equivocate, or trifle with
tue, witate\ er you may do with the-Counsel ; if you
do; you will most assuredly find your way to-the
'gaol of this County."
". I fever knew it was a fabrication."
Mr. GAR ItOtir...--"Hive you any inter.....stin
ing a falsehood opon'this oQcasion r'
" Sir, I despise it falsehood," . .
'llremainder of her examination referred to the
articles furnished by, the Plaintiff. Miss Robertson.,
she said; ordered-pier glasses at 701. ; those seht in
Jrnounted to 3001. There were also a
.pair of can.
delabras, which she refused to take unless she was
informed of the price, 'but' they were stlso. sent.
The Defendants encouraged her to extend. her pur-
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chases. She was, of opinion, if the credit stipu,
sated for had been given, 'Miss Robertson would
have been enabled' to have paid her way, for a friend
of her's, Mr. Parker, of Enfield, was about to
have lent her toool.—The rest of her evidence was
tot material.

Mr. Serjeant SR F. R D began by observing,

that for himself he coil `undezta•ke u) say, 2hat.171
ille,whole-course of his experience, he had never seen