The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-16 00:00:00

CHESTER MICHAELMAS FAIR.

Our great Michaelmas Fair commenced yester-
day, and though there was a very con-iderable at-
tendance, it was not so numerous as we have wit-
nessed. The show of horses was tolerable as to
numbtr, but there was a great majority of the infe-
rior kind, indeed the better pat appeared more
scarce than usual. We did riot learn that much
business was done, and if anything, they were
cheaper than of late. The Cittle Market was most
plen•ifolly supplied, pariculaily with those of the
Scotch breed. Good things of every description
met ready sale, at higher prices. Of sheep there
was a fair supply, and good ones went off readily at
an advance. Rgs were most abundant, and much.
hti•iness was done in them at reduced prices. We
scarcely ever witnessed fewer hops pitched for sale,
bone
iewleiyu,n,dmerpiltea.rulTtltilaet very little tlebusitiess has been
i
currency i--New
Kent pocket-, 71 to 81.. Sussex, Cl to 71 75.;
Worcester, Cl. to 81.; 1832% 5/. to 61. Ills. I, ap•
p• ars that !he apprehen.ion for the fate of the pre-
sheeteit„,ina Meat year's crop,it
measure,oeca•ione imaginary.dlytl
iesevere -torrn, has
rr
of rh' new hops is much better than was expected,
though 'here will be ma.), brown ones. There are
samples, particularly of the Worcester growth, equal
to any that have been seen for several years pas-,
c.inSeqUenCy the preS, on price of 1832's it is ex-
pec'ed will not be maintanned.
The cheese la'r on Wednesday was not so well
supplied as we have seen at this period ; business
was brisk, though at rather a low :-.1 figure, he
prices ranging between 465. and 565. per cwt. We
have heard of one prime dairy which sold as high es
67s.—Chester Chronicle.

THE TALLOW SPECULATION.—Yesterday
was an important day among the speculator• in tallow, as
the account for the immense speculations which have been
entered into during the last month was appointed to be
settled on the 15th instant. On few former occasions has
speculation been carried to such an extent as recently, and
the fluctuation in the price of tallow has been between
501. and 43!. per ton, the lomv est price having been ob-
tained a few days since. The diff-rences on the specula-
tions were paid yesterday, and were very large, without
any d faulters being announced. A discovery has been
made, by which the merchants in Russia have carried on,
it is thought, for some time, a deception in packing tallow,
and by which the melmer is defrauded. Two heads of
tallow casks have keen exhibited at the Baltic Coffee-house
during the last three days, taken from mane of the recent
importations, to show the trick played off by the Russian
merchants on the trade here. The heads of the casks are
full three times as thick as customary, and, consequently,
by taking up greater room than required, the casks contain
less of the tallow, the tare allowed by custom in the trade
b-ing I2lbs. for every cwt. By this new system of
deception the actual tare is increased considerably, and
unless the welters and others in the trade take care to
inspect the casks they may purchase, they will sustain
much loss, the comparatively valueless wood occupying
time place of tallow. The recent heavy arrivals of vessels
from the Russian capital have considerably increased the
stock of tallow, which is now nearly 37,000 casks, against
12,800 casks at this period of last year. The deliveries
last week were large, having amounted to 4,129 casks.

The prosecutor recalled—The sum of 5,000/
was stipulated ; I was to receive the whole without
any deduction, and to pay the interest half-yearly.
I never made any statement on this subject to the
chairman either directly or indirectly.
The CHAIRMAN—Did I ever speak to you upon
any subject in your life ?—Never.
Cross-examined by the prisoner—The sum was
drawn in 10 bills at 5001. each, at the requEst of
Moreton. No other person was present at the time.
1 said I should be satisfied with any sum from
1 00iI. to 5,0001. I said 3.000/. would do. I told
Moreton that I was entitled to 60,0001. in the funds.
The pen and ink at Alton belonged to the landlord
of the Sbrart Inn, but at Basing-park, where I put
my signature to the acceptance, the pen and ink
were mine. I expected of course to receive the
money as promised. I never applied for a less
•um after giving my acceptance. My solicitors,
Ogle and S:aniland, gave me the information by
which I knew the bills were dated August 2. I
received two of them enclosed in an anonymous
letter. I saw another at Mr. Prestwich's counting-
house, in Mark-lane. I offered money to regain the
whole of the bills. I have received five bills back
altogether at different times. My offer was 5001.
to return the 10 hills. A person named Blandford
gave up five- to me for nothing.
Prisoner—Did you not employ Leadbitter to buy
up these bills ?
The COURT objected to that question.
I-1-w many other bills had you in existence be-
sides these ?—I don't know, but will swear not
fif een. Ido not know the amount for which I was
liable when I accepted those ten bills.
CHAIRMAN—Do you not know the exact number
or amount ?—I do not.

Were you compounding with your creditors at
the rime ?—I was.

By the prisoner—l was offerinz a composi-
tion. I will riot swear that 1 was not offeritiv Bs.
ire the pound. Ido riot remember, because I kept
no at e-,unt. My creditors were not clamorous.
By Mr. Sergeant ANDREws—I was offering a
certain sum to my ciedliors.
By the prisoner—What amount did you owe ?
I will not anower that.

Had you 5,0001. in bills ever due at the time
you accepted the ten bills ?—That has nothing to
do with the case.

The prisoner appealed to the Court, who decided
that the pro,ecwor was not bound to answer such
q testiop ; and observed that the prisoner had been
allowed a latitude which would not have been
allowed to any gentleman of the bar.
Prisoner—Do you know a pers9n named Smart ?
--1 do. 1 have referred a holler of one of ten
bills to Smart, but not in reference to my respecta-
bility.

is Mr. Smart ?—A wine-merchant. I will
not answer questions about Mr. Smarr.
Where does he live ?—ln thydges-street, I ra-
ther thank.

Is that opposite Drury-lane Theatre ?—I don's
know that, but I have bern
Is nor that the notorioils Swatt who was corn-
niitied for felony at D nicaster ?—I do,'t know.
Is not his house called Mother H.'s ?—I don't
know.
Was he not a holder of ocher lylls over due of
your:, ex. lusive of the ten ?—I not answer
Hive you never played at billiards at his house?
t.evet have, but that is not a fair question.
Have you riot played at cards there ?—I will not
swear.

Did not Mr. Smart introduce you to Mr. Ihn-
-ey ?-1
r C. FORBES advised the pro,t-cutor to answer
po-)tively, or decline 0 •ce.
M,. Sergeant ANDREWS advised him to answer
que.-,tion witnuut reserve, however "wilful to

13- ; he pri,oner—l met M. Smart at Goodwood
races, bat 1 ,►tlt Slot say wheilel I offeied h m any
oloto-y to pecovei the bilk I did nal know that
M. Smart kept a common gambling-tniu•e and a
brothel until I went ih re. I have never played
there. Dn you not know of your own knowledge 'bat
by ihreat, intimidatwo, a promise of securr y, and
reward, some of the par tea named in the handbill
have heel' induced to give evidence for the prose-
cution ?—No.

Tire prisoner then handed a copy of the Saliriat
newspaper to the prosecutor.
The CHAIRMAN wished to know his object.
Prisoner_ '1 here is a virulent paragraph against
me in it, and I want to show it was put in by his
authority.
Cross-examination resumed by the prisoner—l
know nothing of ir. I knew another paragr.ph was
sent to the Satirist. It was touching this case. I
know by whom it oas sent. I neither consented
['or obi cted to it.
By M. ADOLPIIUS—My debts were of the or-
dinary kind except one, about 5001., and some others
of smaller amount. My acquaintance with Mr.
Smart commenced at Stockbridge Races. I had
property enough to pay all my debts, when I wanted
the loan of 5,0001. I inquired at No. 31, Univers ty-
street, and was informed that a grog of swindlers
had lived at No. 35, and had been all arrested three
week, before. I was in a private room at the Man-
sion-house, but was not sworn before the Lord
Mayor. m
—y iegai, advisers instructed me to swear
the affidavit. I gave the blank bills as security for
the loan. I gave Hart no authority to dispose of the
bills.

By the CouRT—MY legal advisers did not state
on. what groutau, Lord Poriarlir.gton and the Mn.
guts of Chatidos were material witnesses. My
other acceptances were for gambling accounts.
George Turna examined—l believe the body of

the bills now produced to tie in Palmer's ),and-
writing. (A note was shown to the witness signe
H. Palmer, directed to Mr. Prestwich, wine-mei•
chant, of Mark-lane, requesting him to give up the
bill for .500/ in his bands to Mr. Gnatley. as he had
received the money for it. The witness thought it
was in the handwriting of the prisoner.)
Cross.examined by the prisoner—l know your
writing. I saw you write three years ago when
you told me you were articled to Minter Hart. I
have seen you write repeatedly at different places.
Mr. Wiliam Long examined-1 am one of the
firm of Ogle and &Atliland, the soliclors for the
prosecution. I know the defendant, who called at
my office in Bouverie.street on the 2,1 of September
last, and said he wanted to say something about a
bill drawn by the prosecutor which h, held. Hr
wanted to know whether it would 1w paid. I re-
plied certainly not, for it was improperly procured
He said he was not 'la, are of that, or he should not
have given value for it ; hr should, however, etif
p I pointedly asked h m from %.% him h
had taken tvte bill. H.. re.:li• dhe would not tell
uuless it With fist paid, becau-,e it h pr,j,i nee
his action. He said he had no stt4picioa of the hill
urn d a second was presented of vie same data and
amount, which he refit-ed to discount.
P.-ter Cliticold examined by Mr.
am at, attn, ney, nor no-v in practice. I live at Nt. 2.
Spri-ger'•-row, R ,therhi• he. I first slim the pr,-
-o'er about the mul.tle of Attgnst last. H.. torrn-
titiced hun•ell to me upon. Ltoldat,..hill. and r ai,
apology f r acco-ring me, said M . Ktutwar
to see me. I wen, to N 2, Temitl—pl h
iti h- rules of the K., g% Be,tch Prison. Isa
Kitincir there ; he s emed rather surprised at tri
visit. I mentioned the priconees nem •, and he re-
plied " General Palmer," avid toll me to
call again in two or three days, which I did "p,,,
five bills now produced I have seen before, and sub-
scribA my name to one of them as drawer at Kil-
ned?. place. They were then in blank, bit,
acceptance was on each of them. I never of erward•
saw Palmer. My a, tendon was arrested by teeing
the name placaided in the streets, and 1 went to
Kinnear and upbraided him for his conduct. 1
also went to Hensy and gave him all the information
I could.

Cross-examined by the prisoner—I have knovi n
Kinnear seven or eight years, or perhaps ten. 1
have accepted bills for him on several occasions,
which were duly honoured. I first began to engage
in bill transacti‘ins with Kinnear about 12 months
after I became acquainted with hi n. I cannot Fay
to what amount. I have met him at the Carolina
Coffee-house casually Outing the last 12 months, but
not for the put pose of " doing" b;ll. I lived at
Rotherhithe about a month. Before that I lived in
Castle-street, Le cestei-square. I live by rendeiiti.,
occasioiial assistance to solicitors with whom I am
intimate. Before I accept or draw I generally look
to the pally for whom Ido it. I have done no-
thitg to disguise my-elf within the last two months.
Re-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—When I signed
the last Kinnear said when the transaction was
complete Mr. Astley would make me a present of
three dozen of wine.

Mr Joseph Prestwich examined by Mr. ADOI,
PHUS—I ani a wine-merchant, living in Mark-lane.
A wine-broker called upon me with a bill accepted
by Mr. Astlev,and tendered it in payment for wines.
I sent it to S.r John Lubbock's house, and in a day
or two Mr. Staniland, the attorney, called upon me,
and desired me to detain it. Subsequently I deli-
vered it to Mr. Staniland.

Parnell, the poqmart, deposed that the witnesses
Atchison and Hart had frequently taken letter. from
him, which were directed to No. 3.5, University.
street.

The case for the prosecution then closed.
The prisoner read with considerable ability a cle-
verly written defence, in which he complained that
he was imposed upon in being led to believe that
the Chairman had some knowledge of the prose-
cutor; that he was labouring under tic-doloreux ;
that be had been placarded in the streets; and
that the pubic press had associated him with
thieves ; all which was calculated to create a strong
prejudice against him. He theta contended that
there were things necessary to constittre his guilt—
the trim • of stealing, a guilty ki,owledge, and the
idervity of the thief, none or which ingredients had
been proved by the evidence. He acknowleogcd
that he was a discounter of bills, anti would not dis-
guise the fact that when he could get it he would
take more than five per cent. He took the bill
fairly from Mr. David Goatley, who acted as ages
in the afftirs of Messrs. Barrett, the rectifiers of
L imbeth wharf, and for whom he had discounted
to the amount of several thousand poools. A
st:cowd was offerer: to him by the same person, anti
he wrote to the prosecutor inquiring whether all
was right, but received no reply. He denied tha•
he had any hand in filling up tile bills. Tse read-
ing of the du fence occupied more than an hour.
Asaph Hir,tm B own examined by the prisoner—
The bibs are not in your handwriting.
The prisoner was about to call several other
witnesses to piove that the hand riling is the body
of the bills was nut his, but tire Court having in 1-
teed that such evidence was unnecessary, he de-
el m-A doing so.

The Jury pronounced the prisoner Guilty.
He wa, setitetteed to be tr.tnsportetl fur 14 years
The pritoutt-r, on hearing the ••etitettee, was seized
wi.h a dreadf.l fit.

The trial lustrd upwards of 11 hows.

HOUSES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS--
ConeeElm-IL! the towns Lind houses of the E \pilaff., we
have a good specimen in the remains of Beteoice, on t to-
Red Se , a city built noon o, e ot those in les which dis-
tinguish the site of ancient Est ptian towns. The situa-
tion of the houses iv regular, the wain streets coinciding
and in the ci titre was a temple. It was the custom
the pet ple to live close ,ogether, and the lirgest haus,.
were but forty feet in lenei, and twenty in breatich ;
others were smaller, for, adds Belzoni, " these people h d
no nta-d of gre it sheds to store coach s, chariots, ot any
other luxurious lumber. Their cattle and camels lay
always in the op,n air, as tiny still do in these countries;
nor hail they any extensive manutactories. The only
buildings for their commerce wuu•d be but a few store-
houses ; nor could the narrow lanes, which were in use in
those times, occupy much o the grou.A." Ditelorus
says, that the houses of Thebes were four or five stories
high ; and Be'zoni shows, from tne city of Bacchus on
the lake Aloe is, that the houses of Dahioi ua resembled
church towels without buttiesses The hod-es, he says,
are not united, nor built in any regularity tor -Wets, hot
only divided by all. ys, nut more than three or four feet
wide, and all huilt of sun-burnt bricks There is a
causeway or road, made i f large stones. It rues through
the town to the temple, which faces the south. In
the centre of the city Belzoni obset wed several houses,
or rather cellars, under ground, as they appeared
from their tops, which were covered with strong
pieces of wood, over which there were some cote, and
then above this a layer of bricks on a level with the sur-
face, so that one might walk over them without perceiv-
ing that he was treating upon the top of a house. Upon
uncovering some of these houses, after removing the layer
of bricks, was found a layer of clay, and then a layer of
canes, which were nearly burnt; anti lastly, under the
canes sonic ra tees of wood, forming the ceiling. The
wood was in good preservation, and of a bard quality.
The inside ot a hut, or c,llar, was filled up with rubbish ;
but they had evidently been inhabited, as there was a fire-
place in every one 01 them. Tory were not more than
ten ur twelve feet square, and the communication to each
other was by a narrow lane, which was not more thin
three feet wide, also covered.