The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Al. THIERS, French Minister for the Affairs of Trade,
arrived at MrvART'S Hotel at an early hour yesterday
morning from Dover. In the evening M. TRIERS dined
with Prince TALLEYRAND and the Duchess de Dixo, at
the residence of his Excellency, in Hanover-square; the
Prince and the Duchess entertained a select party to dinner.
Among the company were the Russian Ambassador and
Princess LIEVEN, the Austrian Ambassador, the Prussian
Minister, the Baron de WESSENBITRG, the Austrian Spe-
cial Minister, Earl GREY, Lord AUCKLAND (the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade), Mr. GEORGE VILLIERS,
the Chevalier de GRAEFE, Privy Councillor to she King
of Prusia, and M. DEDEL.
The Belgic Minister visited Viscount PALMERSTON yes-
terday at the Foreign-office.
The NlalqUiS WELLESLEY visited Earl GREY yesterday
at the Treasury.
Despatches were sent off from the Colonial-office on
Thursday evening for the Earl of MULGRAVE, the G iver-
nor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West
India Islantis; and also for Lord AYLMER, the Governor-
General of the Canadas.

witness said he would take care of it fur him.

ridge.

The prisoner never said he only gave the check for security.
Did not say that be would call for the check it the bill
that was then running was not paid ; never said to wit-
ness, remember I wish to have that check again.
By the COURT—The transaction took place on the Bth
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. of August.

By Mr. DOA NE—The prisoner did say something to the
effect that he wished to have the check back again, and

By Mr. BODKIN—The bill was drawn by witness, ac-
cepted by the prisoner, and in the possession of Mogge.

Thomas Andrew Rush, a clerk in the house of Drum-
mond and Co.—Lord Dundas kept an account at their
house. The check in question was presented fur payment.
The signature bore a very strong resemblance to that of
Lord Dundas. The witness, however, thought there was
something peculiar about it, and after consulting with some
of the other clerks, refused to pay it.
Thomas Lindigree, policeman, took the prisoner into
custody, at a public-house called the King's Head, in the
Hampstead-road. To:d him he had forged a check for
801., to which the prisoner said nothing. Found on his
person some memorandums, 63 duplicates, a check-book
of Drummond's, and three checks tilled up.
Lord Dundas always had an account with Drummond.
Once saw the prisoner in the street, when he presented
a paper to him. Knew nothing snore of him except
having received a letter from him. The cheek was not
his Lordship's handwriting. The signature was some-
thing like his. The other check was not signed in the
manner his Lordship signed checks, but similar to his
frank. Had franked letters to the prisoner.
By Mr. DOANE-The cheque for SO/. might deceive a
casual observer, but the one for 20/. could not. Signed
checks in a very different manner to that in which he
franked.

The two cheques were then put in and read, and this
closed the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner was then called upon for his defence,
which he read, and as Inch was as follows :—" My Lord
and Gentlemen of the Jury—Painful'y distressing as my
present position is, arraigned a prisoner at the bar, a spec
tide to the world, charged with the intention of commit-
ting a fraud on the Messrs. Drumtnonds. Gentlemen, my
conscience prompts me to reprobate that which I feel to he
a vile attack on a character w ich I have in varied climes
m intained without blemish for a period of more than 30
years- in the service 01 my King and country, having
throughout the whole course of my professional duties
had the gratifying satisfaction of uniformly receiving the
commendations of all under whom I had the honour to
serve. Ido not mention my services, Gentlemen, with
any view of moving your pity, nor would I, hao I the
puts er, attempt to excite your sympathies to shield m-
from any pains or penalties an error in judonent may
bring upon me ; they are altogether of a secondary consi-
deration, inasmuch as an incurable wound was inflicted
the moment of my arrest; nor will your verdict of ac-
quittal Leal that wound, or give me bark my pe ice of
mind, or allow me again to taste the sweets of social in-
tercourse, or ever more to feel the sacred influence of
friendship ; under such depression the sufferer sighs for
his final release to meet the righteous sentence of the
Judge eternal.
" In looking, however, at the evidence given by Ed.
meads, I wish you, Gentlemen, to favour me with your
undivided at+ention to a few points which, from their
tendency, it appears to be an imperative duty on
me to notice. Bear in mind, if you please, that this
transaction took place after mid-day, on the Sth
of August last, and that I was arrested in the after-
noon of the same day. This man has sworn, Gen-
tlemen, that he assented to hold the check, until
I took up a certain named bill, as a collateral se-
entity, the bill corning due on the 15th of the same
month—such was our specific agreement. Ile has ads
m,tted on his oath, Gentlemen, that he promised to keep
this check in safe custody, and to restore it to me at the
time appoint d. Now, Gentlemen, he tells you that the
impression, or understanding, on his mind was, that the

bili should be taken up on that thy, a week before it was
due, and that his claim on me of 171. 10s., or there-
abouts, should be liquidated that night. Admitting for a
moment the truth of this latter statement, which I deny
in the most unqualified manner, what then was the con-
duct of this man ? Do you see him acting agreeably to
that which he has sworn ? Certainly not. If you bear
in mind the short period of time which elapsed between
the giving of the paper and the arrest, you roust fancy
him flying on the wings of the wind to Charing
Cro,s. Mark his purpose—was it to satisfy him
self of the • legality of the document? The clerk
of Messrs. Drnmmond answers No ! That be re-
quired payment for that which he admits on his oath he
had not only promised to keep for a fixed positive time,
but to restore it to me at the time already named. I can
easily imagine with what feelings of exultation this men
nurtured the ilea of realizing, by his breach of faith, the
sum of 601. for a debt of 171. odd. Moreover, Gentle-
men, this witness has bail honesty sufficient to state on
his oith that I rensed to accept any money for this docu
mew, and admits that I enjoined him, over and over again,
not to let tie paper go out of his possession. His answer
was, "I will not." He h .s further sworn that when I
gave him this check that no person or party was named
or even alluded to, so as to give him any idea or reason to
believe that this document emanated from any person but
myself, for it bears no other than my own name. I think 1
may then fearlessly ask you, Gentlemen, where is the eel.
deuce in all this to show any criminal intention.on my
part towards the prosecutors? Would nut justice have
been more fully satisfied had this man, Edmeads, whose
conduct in this matter was based on treachery and falsehood,
have been placed at the bar rather than in the witness box
I shall, therefore, leave my,destiny to the decision of lour
impartial judgment. My conduct in this particular in-
gance may not have been in exact accordance with the
requirements of the lax, but, I submit, that there is not
a tittle of evi.tence to jii.tify the charge of guilty intention
on my part t iwards any of the individu Is named in thi,
indictment. I appeal then, Gentlemen, to your own feel-
assured that you will conscientiously view all the
hearings of the case, and by your verdict show to the world
that you cannot sanction such abandonment of principle,
or make me the victim of such nefarious conduct.
Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up ; and the Jury,
without leaving the 13,2 t, iound the prisoner Guilty.
EXTENSIVE RoBBERT AT UXBRIDGE.-Thomas John-
son, tl smith, aged twenty.two, and John Willis,
ieweller, aged twenty, were indicted tor bre king
,be dwell;ng-house of Mr. William Goodman, an extensive
Mien diaper at Uxbridge, on the 20th of April last, RIP'
.tealing theteout 1.300 yards of silk and cottons, 700
y.irds of lice, vaitte 1601., and a great quantity of plate
ind oti'er articles, to the value of 400/. and upwards ,
Lod Sarah James, aged nineteen, was indicted for re•
eiving part of the prop.-rty, knowing it to be stolen.
Mr.• Goodman stated that, on the night 'in question, l
vas called up, and on going down stairs he found ti
,ouse had ben broken into, and a great quantity o
sticks had been taken away. Both the back and shop
Jour bad been lirokn open. A large bundle of /44t,

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tract in the wts
ofofu
an onthheicrhoalwl'iftrnoemss
one-
horse chaise. The officer, on searching the lodgings of
the male prisoners, found chisels and other articles of
linuu-breaiog, which corresponded with the marks on
the doors. In Newgate lie saw the female prisoner with
a silk gown, which he believed to have been made out
of part of the property that had been stolen.
Mr. Buller, the shopman of Mr. Goodman, hearing of
the robbery, went to the stable of Hutton, the father of
Willis, and traced from that towards London the track of
it two wheeled chaise, in which he found a piece of lace,
which he knew to be the property of his master; and the
ferrrale prisoner, when first witness saw her, had on a
gown which he believed to be made of his master's pro-
perty.
James Denton, a policeman, who searched the prisoners'
lodgings, confirmed the prosecutor's statements with respect
to the chis.ls,

Martin Spercely, the groom of a gentlem' n named
Baker, was formerly stable keeper to Hutton, at Uxbridge,
the lather of Willis. On the night of the robbery the pri-
soners Wills and Johnson came to the stable after be had
gone to bed, and put up a chesnut horse, and a °ne horse
chaise. Willis gave the horse some oats, and l) rth pri-
soners went away for a short time. When they returne
they immediately put the horse to the cart and drove
away. Witness% asked them what brought them from town,
to which Willis replied that they came to " crack
crib," which he understood to mean they inter-lAA
to break into some house.

This witness was cross-examined very closely by Mr.
DOANE and Mr. BODKIN as to whether he had ever been
charted wiih robbery, which he stoutly denied.
William Jephson stated that Willis lodged in his botve,
in Apiil last; and on the nun ning of the robbery he came
accompanied by Johnson, in a one-horse cart, out of
which they took several large parcels; and soon afterwards
Willis gave witness a five shilling paper of halfpence in
payment of three and sixpence rent, which he owed. The
paper had a pirticular mat k upon it, which Mr. Goldman
crated was similar to those he put upon his sa. papers of
copper.

Mrs. Jephson confirmed the evidence of her husband.
She had also seen the contents of the parcels brought by
the male prisoners, which consisted of valuable property,
similar to that lost by the prosecutor. The witness made
several dresses for the female prisoner, who, in return
gave her a quantity of silt, and a zephyr scarf.
Wm. Brooks purchased from the prisoner Willis the
duplicate of a large quantity of silk, which be got from
the pawnbroker's; but the moment he heard of the rob-
bery he gave it up.

The officer who took the prisoner into custody sta'ed
that they found several articles of silk in their possessitm,
and many housebreaking irnpletnents.

Mr. Goodman and his eh opman identified many of II e
articles found in the possession of the prisoners.
This was the case for the prosecution.
All the prisoners protested strongly their innocence,
and several persons were called, who give them good
characters.

Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up: arid—
Tile Jury found all the prisoners Guilty, recommending
:he ten►ale prisoner, James, to mercy.

Ti,e prisoner., Willi, and James, were convicted of
capital offence at the last July sessions, but in consequence
of the unfortunate mistake that occurred at Clerkenwell,
and which has caused so much expense to the county,
they were re-tried at the speciil session, and acquitted.