The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-27 00:00:00

THIRD DAT-FRIDAY, OCT. 26.

Ea'wnrd Lambert, it very decent lookinz man,
was in .ict,d for stealing a bank-note for 401. the
proper, v Cornelius Lamb.
It appeared that the Prosecutor, who resided in
the countrs , on coming to town, put up at a public.
house opposite to which the Prisoner, who was a
barber, kept a shop. The Prosecutor went to be
shaved by him, and, when the j ds was fi,,ished,
gave him the bank.nore, laid in the inditiment,
to be changed, with which the Prisoner absconded.
S que days after he was apprehended, and, on
searching him, three pound notes, and half a crown,
were found upon him. When interrogated as to
what became of the forty pounds, he said he had
taken a coach to Norwich, and, on his way, threw
the money out of the coach window to the people
who passed by. This circumstance gave rise to an.
opinion of the Prisoner's insanity; hut no evidence
being adduced to that tiled, he was found Guilty
of single felony.
Joseph Ball was indiffed for receiving, in the
Coutity ..t MidAlesex, of John B,ale, a letter-car.
tier, employed in business relating to the Post.
Office, ten hank notes, of the value of tol. each,
with Other notes, which he knew to have been con-
tained in certain letters, secreted or embezzled by
the said John Beale.
This. was a case of some novelty, the indictment
being 'grounded on a late An of ParliaMent Making
tt,,a capital felony for any person to receive Bank,
or other notes, knowipithem to have been Secreted
or embezzled, and taken out of post letters. The
trio, lasted upwards of kit. hours, and excited much.
interest.

In. the absence of Mr. Ft PLDING, Mr. Aunor
stated the case on the part of the Prosecution, which
was carried on by the Post.qfice. He observed,
that this was not the common case of a receiver of
stole,n goods, but a new one, which had been lately
provided for 4y the Legislature. Formerly, it was
felony for a letter carrier tOsectete or embezzle any
property contained in post.letiers, hut no prOyision
was made against persOns receiving such property ;
by the second sation of the late Aft, however, it
is now made a felony for any pe,tson who should
. receive Bask. notes, Sec: knowing them to have
been secreted or eMbetzled.
I oc ouestion,.therefore, for the Jury to try was,
whether, the Prisoner at the bar had received such,
knowing
.them to have been secreted or ettibezzfed
He then proceeded to slate the evidence intended
to.aaduce ; when Mr. Fie.Loielo came Into Court,
and concluded the statement of the case; in the
coarse of which, he said, that on the 14th of Sep.
temher last, 'a Man of the name of Bole, who had
been a letter carrier, .was Cann,' drowned', a short
ai:tance from LOndon ; and in his pocket was found
a card, with the Prisoner's name and place
,of abode.
Having finished, he proceeded to call his Witnesses.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kitsin, the first Witness, was an
elderly Lady, and very deaf; in enoseqoPnce of
which, she was ,eitamined from the Sheriff's box, ate
being nearer to the jury than the ordinary place.
She stated, that .the resided in Exeter, and, on
the 12th of Angnst last, sent a letter by, the post,
ditate.l to j din Radcliffe, Esq. New-Inn, Lon.
slon, which letter was franked by James Buller,
Eq. IVlember for Exeter, and contained ten tol.
Banknotes, and two Of sl. She made her servant
Write the description of the notes in a book she kept
for that purpose., She then indorsed her name on
eatli, inclosed them in the letter, sealed it, and put
it into the Post.oflice herself. The notes were then
produced, and she identified them.
William Holdsgrove, her servant, proved having
entered the notes, and compared the originals with
.his hook.
the Post Master of Exeter piliVed the receipt of
the letter, and his having forwarded it by the Mail
to London.
Charles Read, a Post-Office Clerk, proved the
arrival of the mail at the Post.osce, in the usual '
course.
John, Cletkto Mr. Radcliffe, stated, that
he had been upwards of years in the habit of
transasting busineis for his master, who left Lon.
don on the T Ith of August, and he did not receive
any letter from Mrs. Kitson, at the time he should
have received the one in qUestion.

Thornas.Botter, a Gentleman residing at Aston,
near V,irallingforil, in Berkihire,:stated, that on the
3i of September. last, he sent eight bank-n Otes,
amounting to ssl. inclosed in a letter direelcd to his
brother, George Butter, Shoe-lane, London.
This letter was alSo regularly' traced from' the
Post Master at Wallingford, to the Post-Office,
London ; and Mr, George Butter stated, that he
expelled such a letter, but it never came to hand.
William Woods, Inspedor of Letter-carriers at
ilitiGeneral Post-Office, stated, that Alic late John
}teale was in that employ for three or four years.
He was on duty on the inoroing of the 17th of An.
gust last, the day when Mrs. Kitson'a letter arrived;
h is businesi at the offiee was in sorting. the franks
and post-paid letters for the fifth division.
The town delivery is divided into twelve distritts,
and 019 New Inn Was in the fifth division,
to Which • Beale belonged. ire was also on

duty on thqs frit of Set;ternheriantinplUyed as

• usual. Shoe.lane was in the 6111 di'visioni. and
• next Adjoining the sth. : it frequently happened that
letters belonging to one division might, through
'mistake, be thrown into another ; ,that case rt
was his duty to transfer it to its proper place.
On his crosi.eichmina;ion by Mr. KNAPP, on the
part of the Prisoner, he Old, several per3ons were
eniployed in each diviNion, but they all had their
distil d business to 'at tend-: it tiJily occurred that
`imis-sorte&l letters got into different divisions.
RObert Hussey stated, that he Was a linen-draper,
residirg at No. too, Drury.lane, corner of Clare.
court ; he knew iht. Prisoner, w ho kept an'extensive
eninh shop, in '.Clare.cbuit. On the 6th of Sep_
'ember, Mr. Parkins, the Post-office Solicitor, ap.„
idled to him respeeing a Bank'-note which passed
lbw' his hands, and had been swim; he had re.

ceivetl it from the Prisoner some days before, and
gave him small notes for it ; in consequence of
which he called upon the Prisoner, .who tot J h'm
he had received it tram his friend Beale, to wh mhe
would -apply : he afterwards went with the Prisoner
W. Beak's house inGate_street, Lincoln's Inn. fields;
he was nut at home ; they waited at 41 public-house,
opposite, till he came in he could not tell the num.
ber of the mate, and Prisoner asked him if it was
one of the four tens, or one of the two twenties he
had yen him ?he answered he did nA know, hut
h tiered it was. He then asked the Pris oner to ac.
company him to the banker's, which he very readily
4greed to ; they went to Sir Matthew illoxham's, in
Gracechurch.street, and upon asking for the num.
bets of the notes, the Clerk said, that the two of
twenty pound country notes had been stolen. On
his cross examination, by Mr. ALLEY, he sa id, he
had nut the least suspicion of the Prisoner ; he ailed
fairly and honestly, and appeared ready and willing
to give every assistance in solving the matter.
Mr. Parkins, the Solicitor fur the Posr.i.ffice,
stated, that he saw the Prisoner on the tztli of
Septeinner ; he called at the shop of Hussey the
evening before ; the Prisoner was there, and, in his
presence, he spike to Hussey about going to the
banker's ; he then asked the Prisoner where he had
got the note 3 Who told hitn,he had received it from
Beale, who was a postman, and his pm-Ocular frit rid ;'
he was.the person who changed the two -201. notes
at the Bank, and received four London notes for
them, which he give to Beale ; being in distress for
a little money, he asked Beale to lend him some,
and he gave him the tot. note he passed to Husicy,
and desired him to give him the change another
time. The Prisoner said, he had.gone to Beale the
evening before, and told him he had! been informed
at_ the. Banker's that the notes Were stolen ; he re.,
plied, he had received them from the country,.and
would find the person who brought.them to him, by
the next.morning. The next day, 'from some cir-
cumstances which occurred, he gave, directions to
have Beale taken into custody, but he could not he
found. One of the Bow street Officers, accompanied
by the Witness's Clerk, brought the Prisoner to
Beak's. lodgings, and something induced him to
ask the Prisoner if he had been at Beale's lodgings
the night before. He answered in the aflirmative,
and added, that Beale was very ill; so much so, he
thought he should have died ; his wife and he sat up
with him all night. They went together, between
four and five o'clock in the morning, to the Prisoner's
house, in Clare-court ; Beak was exceedingly
agitated ; he suspected he intended to put an end to
his life, and he went to the shop and gave Beak a
printed card, in order that it might he discovered
who he Was: they then went to St. Martin's-lane,
and lie saw no more of Beak.

The Clerk of Mr. Parkins stated, that lie went
to the Prisoner, and told him that Beale was appre.
hended, and he must go along with him to Mr.
Parkins ;. be then replied, " Ah! I am afraid Beale
has done something wrong ;4' and added, be sup.
posed he was to be a witness against him : he readily►
admitted the notes, and said he would give. them up
instantly. Some questions were put to the Prisoner
by Mr. Parkins, relative to his sending Beak's son
to his lodging.; for a blue silk handkerchief, contain.
ing some times and papers, which he also admitted,
and desired Witness to go to Mrs. Ball, to &ales
lodgings, and he -.would get them, which he ac.
cordingly did. • She then put her hand into a cavity
in the . chimney-piece, and took out twelve
notes, and one of 51. all of which were produced in
Court. - •

The notes were then identified, and traced through
the several hands they had passed.
Lord ELLENBORoUGH here observed, that they'
had no right to presume that those notes were.nut
honestly come by, by the Prisoner ; there was s)t)
proof whatever that he knew they were taken out of
the letters ; there was sufficient to etifilimitO
were he alive; but the evidence failed as to the
Prisoner's knowledge of their being embezzled by
Beak. The Act was a very penal, and stria one,
but it must be supported by legal evidence ; and,
however criminal the Prisoner might he, yet, in
this resped, the Indietment was nut supported.
The Prisoner was therefore Acpittid.

iharrew Greenirse was imlitled for embezzling
several thousands of nails, the property of ;Messrs.
Fowler and Ducker, ironmongers,. Brentford.
Mr. KNApr opened the case, ar►d stated that the
Prisoner had been employed for 18 years in the ser.
vice of the Prosecutors, *bp !tad rut discovered his
pradtices in defrauding them till lately. The nails
in question he had been ordered to sell by au&ion at.
prime cost, in otder to make up a sum to pay a debt
due from his employers. lie had however sold them
with every appearance of a fraudulent intention, to
one Mr. Hughes, at half the prime cost. Mr.fiughps,
like an honest man, thought it his Outy to give iti.
formation to Messrs. Fowler and Docker, and the
Defendant was accordingly taken into custody for'
a felony.
The 41,Eroavait observed, that according to the
ease now stated, no felony could be matte out, for,
from the powers given to the servant, it was impos.
sible to say whether it was a felony, or a breach of
trust. These powers were hut:Was ought never to
be given to a servant. , The Prisoner was accord.
ingly aquittrd.

•
"Inn Adorn was,indiaed for havibg, under false
pretences, procured an Administrdtiott of the eftects
uk;.one William Adam, who IW been a Serjeant in
the 72d Regiment of Foot, which had become en.
titled to Noze-money.at St. Colombo. She pre.
tended that she was the wife of the ',aid Wil-
liam Adam, \:ho had 'died. intestate. In the evi.
deuce it was necessary to make out ,that this Acton
had never, been trtArried to , the Prisi)ner. Here,
however, the proof failed, and the Prisoner was, of
coarse, aeviiited.

On,Thursday last, during a- heavy swell in the
rivers irweil and Irk, occasioned by the incessant
rains, a boy amusing hirnielf upon the battiement
of Mili.brow unfortunately fell over, and
was instantly swept- away by the rapidity of the

6I [Cain,

NEW S.T A MPS.

NEW CO7.SMERCIAL STAI\TP.i, WITCH COMMENCED

ON OCTOBER 10, 1804.

PROMISSORY NOTES.
Promissory Note for the payment of money to bearer on
demand (which may, within three years after the date, but
not at a Liter period, be re-issued after payment at any
place),. where the sum shall exceed one pound and one shil-
ling-3d.
Where the sum shall exceed one pound and one shilling,
and not two pounds and two shillings-6d.
Where the sum shall exceed two po .ntls and two shillings,
and not five pounds and five shil 1410 -ed.
Where the sutn shall exceed five pounds and five shillings,
and not twenty pteinds - Is.
Promissory Note by the Bank of Scotland, or Royal Bank
of Scotland, or the British Linen Company, payahle to the
bearer un deniand, which may within three years after the
date be re-issued after payment, where the suns amounts to
and shall not exceed one hundred pounds-,p.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
Bill of Exchange, Draft, Order, or Promissory or other
Nqte, payable to the bearer on demand-, where the-sum shall
amount to forty shillings, and shall not exceed five pounds
and five shillings, Bd.--otherwise than to the barer on de-
mand, where the sum shall amount to forty shillings, and
shall not exceed five pounds five shillings - is.
Bill of Exchanze, Draft, Order, or Promissory or other
Note, for the payment of money, wit• re the suns shall ex,
ceed five pounds and five shillings, and not thirty pound-
• ts. 6d. • . .
- Exceeding thirty pounds, and not fifty pounds-as.
Exceeding fifty pounds, and not one hundred pounds-3s.
• Exceeding one hundred pounds, and not '2,,,, pounds-4s.
Exceeding two hundred pounds, anti not goo pounds-;s.
Exceeding five hundred pounds, and not too° pounds-
es, 6d.- ' .
Exceeding one thousand pounds- rot.
Foreign till of Exchange, drawn in sets, where the sum
shall not exceed one hundred pounds, for each bill in each
set- Is.
Exceeding one hundred pounds, and not 230 pounds- as. •
E xceeding two hundred pounds, and not 500 pounds-3s.
Exceeding five hundred pounds,, and not tOOO pounds-es.
Exceeding one thousand pounds-is.
Ex KM rx roNs -Bills ol Exchange, Promissory and other
Notes and Bills issued by the Bank of England, on condition
of paying yearly 32,00a1.
Drafts and Orders payable on demand upon any Banker, or
persons acting as a Banker, within ten miles of the place at
which such Draft shall be drawn, and which shall be express_,
eti upon such Draft.
Bill, Remittance Bill, Certificate, and all other Billi,
drawn by Commissioned Officers, Masters, or Surgeons in Navy, of Sick and Hurt,,or Transport Offices.
RECEIPTS.
Receipt, Discharge, or Acquittance, given upon payment
of money amounting to 21. and not amounting to col,--ed.
Amounting to rol. and not to 201.-4 d.
Amounting to 201. and not to sol.-Bd.
Amounting to Sol. and not to tool:--ts.
Amounting to tool. and not to toot.-aS.
Amounting to tool. and not to sool.-.-35.
. 1
Amounting to gaol. and upwarus.-ss,
Any Receipt, Discharge, or Acquittance,- Note, Memoran- !
duns, car Writing whatever, which shall contain or express, i
or in any manner signify or denote any vcneral acknow- #
ledgment of any debt, claim, account, or demand, being paid,
settled, received, accounted for, balanced, discharged, micas • . I
ed. or satisfied, or whereby any sum shall be acknowledged-1
to be in full, and whether signed or not-ss.
Ex ewe lox s.-- Receipt by the Treasurer of the Navy ; I
• any Agent on account of the pay a the army or Ordnance : 1
any officer, seamae, car soldier, .or their representatives, for 1
wages, pay, or pension.
Receipts given for the purchase of any share in any public j
stock or fund, or in the stocks of the Bank of England, East
India Company, or South Sea Company, or for the dividends ;
on such shares. Receipts for money deposited in the Banks 1
of England or Scotland, or in the house .of any Banker.
Receipts written on the back of any tit Lor Note, or upon I
any, Bill or Note of the -Governor 'end Co. of the Bank of I
England.
'Receipt by deed. • i
Letters acknowledging the safe arrival of any Bills, Notes, or ht her securities for money.
Receipts indoised on or contained in the body of any deed, I
bond, mortgage, or other instrument acknowledging the pay- Merit or re-payment of any part of any prinelpeL-seatan, or:
env interest thereupon. • •
Receipt for any money payable for drawbacks or bounties j
upon exportation. , . •
Certificates of over-entry of duties of customs. 1
Receipt indorsed on any order, bill, remittance bill, or cer-
tificate, drawn by' Commissioners of the Navy, or:Con-v.
miasioned Officers, Masters; and Surgeons in the Navy, for
wages or pay.
Receipt indorsed on any bill drawn in pursuance of any- Ad
of Parliament, by the Commissioners of the Navy, Vidual- 1
ling, Sick and Hurt, or Transport Offices, upon the Trea-
surer of the Navy.l

SheZDs, ST AMP s,' &C. NEW DUTY. COMMENCING ON THE
lITH OCTOBER, 180.1.
BNDS.
Bond given as *security for any burn of money not exceed-
ing 1001.—II.
Exceeding foot. and not 3001.-11. tos.
Exceeding jool. and not sool.-31.
Exceeding sool. and not 1000.-31.
Exceeding soool. and not 20001.-41.
Exceeding 2oDol. and not 300e1. 51.
Exceeding 3oaol. and not 40031. 01.
Exceeding 40001. and not sciool.—/I.
Exceeding s'ool, and not t 0,0001.-91.
Exceeding io,oool. and not rc,oool.—t2l.
Exceeding t 5,0001. and not 2.e,0001. is I.
Exceeding a 0,0001.-201.
Nort, that in Scotland the duty is in each case is. less :
viz. instead of 11. in England, only 19$. in Scotland, and so
oil.

Indenture of Apprenticeship (except of poor parish chil-
dren, or otter children by, any public charity), where the sum
given shall not exceed fol.— Iss.
Exceeding tot. and not 201.-11. res.
Exceeding sal. and not Sol.--21.•
Exceeding Sol. and not 10c,1.-51.
Exceeding .tool. and not 3301.-121.
Exceeding 3001. --Sol.
Nora, that this duty is also as in the case of Bonds is.
less in Scotland.
Assignment of Indenture of Apprenticeship (except of poor.
parish children, orpthcr children tiy any public chanty)--15s.
In Scotland, 14$.

TRANSFER OF STOCK..
Transfer,of Bank or South Sea Stock-75..
Transfer of Stock in any Conipany, Society or Corporation
whatever '(not being Bank or South Sea Stock, or Stock in
Government Funds), where the amount of the Stock to be
transferred shall not exceed tool.-11.
ros.
Exceeding. 1001. and not exceerling 3001..-21.
Exceeding •a•l,. and not exceeding 300L-2L Los.
Exceeding soot and not exceeding 4001..-3 L
Exceeding 4001. and not exceeding sonl.-31. tos.
Exceeding fool. and not exceeding toool.-51.
Exceeding toool. and not exceeding 20001.-71. los.
E acceding aoool, and not exceeding .300n1,-1 01.
, Exceeding 30o01: and not exceeding 40001.-121. ioS.
E acceding 40001. and not exceeding. 50001.-151.
Exceedingso•ol. and not exceeding rchoool.—t7l. Acts.
, .• • Exceeding r0t0001.,--aol.
No g, thst the duty in Scotland is in every case is. less.
LEGACIES.
Receipt or Acquittance for any Legacy or share of personal
estate of the value (4'211. or under, given to wife; child or
grandchild, as. bd.—=above lot, and under rt4l. 55.-1: of
tool. and upwards, tl.
To all other persons than as hit mentioned, for 201. or
under-ss. Above zor. • and unfLr 'OA.— los. if for !cot.
21.—Lni1.11.-3001. 41. for every tartlier tool. above 3001.
zl.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HOLYWELL HUNT.

The Members' Annual Plate, value sogs. heats
Sir W. W. Wynne's gr. g. 6 yrs old - - -
Sir S. It Glenn's b. g. by Driver, 6 yrs old . 2
.t
Mr. Dyrnock's b. m. 6 yrs old - - • - - 3
The third and last year of as Sweepstakes of zsgs each, tour
miles, WAS SltaCtiOVCf for.

THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes of sgs each, for hal f.bred horses. '
Mr. S. W. Cotton's hr. g. Stick Pi 6 yrs old - 1
Mr. T.M.- Edwards's gr. m. Cinderella, b yrs Old ,z