The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

The confirmation of the news of the adjustment of
the differences between Russia and Turkey did not
produce that effect on the prices of public Securities
yesterday which the rise of the preceding , day, upon
• the first arrival of the reports of this event, seemed to
.indicate. In the morning Consols advanced to 79k,
for the Account, and to 794 for Money, bUt very,
large quantities of Money Stock, both Consols and
Reduced, being thrown on the market, the price for
Money was brought down to -79. The. continuation,
, however, being nearly t), the price for the July Ac-
count remained about 7911 at the close of the day's
business. The Jews are said to have purchased
largely on the arrival of the news, (which, by means
of their private expresses, reached this country some
hours sooner than the. public despatches,) but there
seems.to be such a weight hanging over the Money
Market that no political event produces the effect
upon it; which it did formerly. Tlie public too, . are
supposed not to speculate at present to any extent, the
means of most of those who formerly engaged in
these transactions having been cut up by the various
circumstances which have operated against Commercial
and Money speculations.
The Foreign Funds were without interest, but some
transactions took place in the Share Market. Anglo
Mexican Shares advanced and were in demand, as
were also thoie of the other Mining Companies.
Accounts from St. Petersburgh, dated the 9th inst.
mention an advance in the exchange; it was 9 7-16ths,
which shews the general opinion in.Ruisia as to the
continuance of peace.
Advises from' Rio Janeiro are to the 16th of
March. They afford no political intelligence: The
exchange had fallen from 52 to 48, on account of the
intelligence from England.
The letters from Alexandria, dated the end of
March, state that the embargo laid on the shipping in
!that prt on the 3d of March, would be taken off on
the 31st, the fleet of transports for the Morea having
sailed from Alexandria.

CITY THIS DAT, 12 u' Cloak
The Canal Market opened this morning at 791 I, and rose to
19/ f;• for money, 791 I, with a disposition to advance. The
3e4v party are said to have carried over from last account upwards
4ittiea millions, ted have since beau purchasers to an equal e;
tent.

Thrsi Ceni: Coutolc, 79k, ; for Account, 79k, j.;
Ipdia Bond*, 4 per Cent., 7,8, pm. ; Eicheciuct Bills, 8,0, pm.
4 per Cent. Serip, pm.
•

Fonxicu Puxus.—Draziiian, 55, 6; Austrian, 861, 7 ;
Buenos Ayres, 58, 60; Chilian, 42, 3; Colombian, me, 34
401; Ditto, 1824, 42i, 3; Greek, 151, Russian 78k, ;
ortuguase, 71i, 2i ; Peruvian, 31/, 2i.
• Alissa.—Augio fexicau, 22k. 17i, dia. ; Dolanos, 13, 11,
'III.; Bolivar, ~ 7, pin. ; Pasco Peruvian, 101, 01; dis. ; • Tial-
lAxabus, 5, 10, pm. ; Colombian, 41. 51. per share.

Two o'clock.

Consols for account, 191 I; a groat dealhaabeen doing at 80
14 the account; Ditto for MOney, 79i i; Reduced, 781
New Fours, 954 I; Scrip, I pm. ; Mexican, 63 to k; Cu.
lombi4u, 421 to 43.

Quarter Past Two.

Considerable business has been doing since 12 o'clock. Con
It'lchave continued to rise, and have been done atl9i, 80; they
Are now 79j for Account, and 79ai for Money.

The Duke of York left his residence in South
Audley-street, yesterday, about twelve o'clock, in his
carriage and four, to attend the Epsom races. -
.His
nay.al Highness returned to town in the afternoon.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta left her residence in
the King's Palace, St. James's, on a visit to the Duke.
and Duchess of Gloucester, at their seat at Bagshot,
for a few days.
,The Duke of York honoured Mr. and Mrs. Cox
wuli leis Company to dinner yesterday, at their house in
Grosvenor-place. There was a select party to meet
his royal. Highness.
The Duchess of Kent will honour the Argyll
Rooms with her presence this evening, to 'tear a new
manuscript cantata, composed by Mr. Weber.
Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, Mr. Holmes,
the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office,
Downing-street, wtth.despatebes- from the Right Hon.
.Stratford Canning,. the British Ambassador
at Con-
stantinople, to Mr. Secretary Canning. •
His Majesty's assent will be this day given, by Com-
mission, to one hundred laid twelve bills. The Pro-
rogation of Parliament it appears, is positively
fixed
for Tuesday next ; it will be. prorogued by Commis
Sion, his Majesty being unable to attend in person.
The dissolution of Parliament may be expected to be
announced in the Gazette on the Saturday following.
Morning Herald.
The Margate Steam Packet Company have liberally
Panted the use of their well4ppointed :vessel the
Venus, to make an excursion to the Nore on Wed-
nesday, the Sist instant, for the benefit of .the Dis-
tressed Mtmufacturers.-7-As the proceeds of this voyage
will be instantly handed to' the Committee sitting at
the
City of London Tavern, it is hoped that a numer-
ous party will attend on the. °elusion.
7The great market town of Nagy-koros, in Hungary,
,48
f the scene of a dreadful calamity in the night of
km, 25th ult. During a storm, a fire broke out, and
rure it could be subdued one thousand dWelling-
'
`eullea were totally destroyed, all in the course of a
lfew hours.
The sporting circles are all in an uproar, in conse-
peace of
General's being
.withdrawn. Several
lead-
P uti?
Ying on him men hav already declared their .intention of not •
a
Crockford, of riehnionger's Hall, it is said, laid
40)0001. against the General. "

.ABDUCTION OP MISS TURNER-CO M.

MITMENT OF MR. E G. WAKEFIELD.

The following are the most interesting particulars
which transpired .at the final examination of Mr.
Wakefield :--

*•a•• • a a * •
Mr. Turner now left the room, and in a short time introduced
his daughter. Miss T. was dressed iu deep mourning, ind ex-
flibited an extraordinary degree of firmness. --
Mr. Tatton—We have here an office copy of Miss Turner's
deposition on a former occasion ;, do you, addressing the prisoner,
wish to have it read, as'in the instance of the last witness?
Mr. Grimsditch (Mr. Turner's solicitor)—l understand Mr.
Wakefield's assent was general, and applied to all the examina-
tions.—Prisoner—Certainly.
Miss Turner's examination, as taken on the let of April,, was
now read, with the mere alteration of the date to the 23d instant.
The whole of this has been before the public. It was descriptive
of the fraud used in obtaining her from Miss Daidby's school--,of
the deception practised by the prisoner on the road, as to the em-
barrassed state of her father's affairs- of their journey to Carlisle
and Gretna; their fictitious marriage at the latter place—their
going to London, and onwards to Calais; to the appearance of her
uncle and Mr. Grimsditch, and bar recovery by them from the
prisoner.

- Miss Turner was asked had she any additions to make to her
depositions ? She said, she wished to mention one remark of Mr.
Wakefield, respecting the letter which he said he had received
from Mr. Grimsditch. Mr. TattOn,—What is that? Mr.
Crimsditch—Will you allow me first to ask her a question which
arises upon the last paragraph of her examination ? Mr. Tittton
—Certainly.

Mr. Grimsditch—Was it against your will and inclination that
you marriA Mr. Wakefield ?--Miss Turner—lt was against my
will and inclination t. but I 'told him, if it Nag the only thing that
would save my papa, I would cansent. • •
Mr. Tatton—L-Througbout the whole of the transaction you
went against your inclination ? Miss T.—Yes, I 'went. against
my inclination, but it was from a desire to save my,fither. I cuur
aented to marry him (Wakefield) to save hiin if Was iiidely .to
serve my father, and to save him from ruin. Ile(takefield) said
it was the ouly way, and I believed from his representations that
it was so.

Mr. Tattoo--The paper which you signed at Gretna Green you
believed was to save your father from ruin, and that was the sole
reason why you consented ? Miss T.—Certainly it was. I un-
derstood it was a certificate Which would eive my father.
Prisoner—That was not the answer which
was diieu.
Mr. Tattoo—lf you have any questions to put to the witness
you may do so, but--

PrisOuer—Oh, no, no questions. I merely observe it was not.
the answer then given. •
Mr. Newton—You had better, perhaps,• put what you have to
bbserve, in the form of a question. •
Mr. Tatton—What sort of a certificate was it ? Rai it a certi.
ficate that you consented to be married in consequence of the dis-
tress of your father?--Miss has; but I did not write it
so. I understood it to be a certificate of my consent. •
Mr. Humphreys—(.Addressing the other Magistrates.)—This
is certainly a very important point of the examination.
Miss T.—The paper did not state that it was to save my
father; the paper was to certify to all concerned that we were
married. • I

Mr, !lopes, solicitor—lt was to certify that the niarriege hail
:aken place; merely a certificate of marriage.
Mr. Tatton—.That was all ?—Miss T.• It was. •
_ _

Mr. Tatton--You said something about a letter.
Miss Turner—Yes, Mr. Wakefield remarked that the letter
which he bud received from Mr. Grirnsditch, he thought was not
in Mr. G.'s usual writing; and that be must have been very
much agitated at the time he wrote it. I remarked that I did nut
know Mr. Grinisclitch's handwriting very well, but-I thought it
was his—that it was like it.

Mr. Grirnsditch—Did you see your uncles, Mr. Robert Tur-
ner, and Mr. Critobley,' eater the harbour of Calais ?—I did.
Was Mr. E. Wakefield with you at the time ?—Ho was ; and
'remarked to him I thought I saw one of my uncles, but was nut

sure.

What did he say then ?—I don't know ; but I saw my uncle
Critchley immediately afterwards, and I saw nay uncle Robert
speak to him, and then I was sure it was them. I told him
(Wakefield) so.
`Mr. Tattoo--Do you recollect any expression which Mr,
then used ?—He told me he would take me to the inn, as he did
not chute we should' meet there.
Mr. Tattoo—Did you then express a wish to go to them?—
No, I.dia_notaor I, expected soon to go to them as a matter of
course. We then went to the inn, and Mr. Wakefield took me
Into Madeuie Quillacq's•room, and told rise I must wait there, as
he wished to speak to my uncles.
L,Did you see which. way he went?—Yes, he remained in the
Court, walking with Mr. Percy.'
How did you know it wag Mr;'Percy?-:-13ecause-Mr. Ware-
field had before pointed" hint out to me. Mr. Wakefield theta
came to ens again, and amid my uncles were gone to another hotel,
and be would go and cell upon.thean; but I thought be did not
go for them, for I saw- Lim again talking to Mr. Perry. kwon
afterwards the Master of- the hotel (Quillacq) told me that he
(Mr. Wakefield) bad gone up stairs with the gentlemen; I sup-
posed he , meant my %melee. Mr. Wakefield, after tome. time,
same to me again, and said he would take to any uncles ; and as
we were going up stairs, he said they would tell use something,:
which I little expected to hear. I was then shown into a room
where any uncles were, and Mr. Wakefield then left me. Ife
expressed no unwillingness whatever to leave rue with any nudes;
I saw Mr. Wakefield afterwards. •
Mr. Grimsditch.—That closes Miss Turner's evidence.
Mr. Tatton—She saw him afterwards—won't you ask what
passed then?—Mr. Grimeditch—We have other evidence to prove,
that; there is Mr. Critchley, who was present.
Mr. Tatton—Have you any questions to ask the witness ?
Prisoner—No, none whatever.
Miss Turner now rose, as did the whole Court, and was con-
Aueted out of the room by her father. • The prisoner was ()pia
the first on his legs, and made a slight inclination of his head.
For the 'first time he seemed affected during the examination of
Miss Turner. •

Mr. Turner examined and deposed that lie had only one child,
a daughter, Ellen, who had then been present; that he was pos,
seised of considerable 'landed and personal property, and that she
was the heir-apparent to the whole of it. Mr. T. then detailed
• the other facts connected with the fraud. Ile knew no medical
perion named Ainsworth, and his daughter had left school with-
out his knowledge or consent. It was on the II th March Le
was told by-Mr. Newbold lie had unpleasant news to communicate
to him, and, after some conversation, was informed his daughter
had been married at Gretna Green. On the same day a letter
from the prisoner was put into 'his hinds, but the shock rendered
him unable to read it tiU the following day. (It ults produced,
it was dated Carlisle, March 8.) He never had any the least
communication with either of the Wakefield..
Henry Critchley, Esq. of Macclesfield, was then examined.--
He deposed that he, Mr. It Turner and others, went in pursuit of
'the prisoner and. Miss T., at the request of her father, and found
theta at ,Calais. There Mr. W., after some preliminary stipulation.,
. which were rejected, consented to produce Miss T. ; but he ex-
pressed a hope that nothing would be said to make her hate him,
or prejudice her mind against him, or words to that. effect. She
was soon after ushered into the room to Mr. it. Turner and de-
ponent, and upon the imposition being made known to her, she
was extremely indignant; and said she should never have married
him VA, lard not made her believe that it was the only thing
that could save her father from ruin; and when she was told
that it was not a lawful marriage, she exclaimed_
" Thank Gon for that l I am so glad you are come
to take me to my papa ;" told, .altuding to Wakefield, she
said, " Oh / he is a brute I he has deceived me ! and I never
called any one a brute before." After stating to her all the parti-
culars of what had passed, Wakefield was sent for ; and on his
coming into the room, Mr. Grimstlitch entered into a warm dis-
cussion with him,
and said he should put Mtn into the custody of
a Bow-street officer. When they were talking of the legality, of
the ,marriage, Wakefield claimed her as his wife, and deponent
then said, " It is quite clear, Mr. Wakefield, .that this is un ilk-
gal marriage." Miss Turner also said, " I ant not your wife;
I will never go near you again; "I will go with my uncle ;
you have deceived me;" at the same tune grasping de-
ponent's arm, and throwing her arms round his shoulders
in great agitation and apparent fear. He replied to her,
"
" You must acknoWiedge I have behaved to yon- as a gen"
tleman. Miss T. answered.
" Yes, do acknowledge that,
but you have deceived me; I will never go near you again ;
I will go with toy uncles." I)epcnent 'then said to her, " Yes,
my dear, you shall ; - and I tell ye. 13,. Mr. Wakefield, will not
part with her but with my life." Another warm. discussion then
took place between Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Grittisditeh, which
ended in Mr. G. going to the police: office for assistant*. When
Mr. G. Lad left the room, a great deal of conversation took place ;
and he then appeared disposed to give her up, but he wished do-
ponent to speak to his friend, tolls..Perey, which was declined.
In, the course of the conversation, deponent asked him what
could induce kiln to summit so flagrant and cruel en act, as

to Carry away so mere a child, whom he had never seen ?
He said, ." He had been a great deal with Dr. Davies's. family,
where she had very frequently been the topic of conversation;
she had been represented to him as a fine girl, with the largest
fortune in the county, and he war therefore determined to possess
himself of her, to accomplish which he had used deception but
not force." He added, that "he hall never attempted any thing
he did not accomplish." Witness then observed to him, that
being a father himself, he might have some idea of the feelings of
her parents, during'her absence under such circumstances. Ho-
replied, that had he been in Mr. Turner's situation, lie should
have shot the man who served him so.
•
• •

Mr. Wakefield may be considered as a good deal like the en-
graved portraits of Sir W. Scott,--L.:of course rather a younger
likeness. lie is a .gentlemanly man, of rather a slender form,
light hair and eyes, and what the French term bet honnne. His
dress betrays a touch of dandyism. During the time Miss Tar-
sier was in the room, not a single glance was exchanged between
them. He sat lolling with hir baud to. his head, and she:cast
her eyes upon the ground all the time she gave her deposi-
tion. Mis Turner was fifteen- on the 12th of Fehrwary last.
She is rather tall of her age, and her voice and manner are
very commanding; her countenance is . pale, but it is em-
; livened by two piercing eyes, and a finelp shaped mouth ;-
with teeth extremely well formed and white, as to form a fine
contrast to her ruby lips. She spoke in the most collected
manner; and altogether bere is .somethierg so fascinating about
her, that the most favourable impression seemed to have been
made on all present. Previous to his departure in custody of the
Constable, Mr. Wakefield wrote a letter to his friends, and sent a
copy of hie committal to his solicitor. While walking before the
door with his friend, Mr. Davies, Miss Turner watched him from
the window for some time, but ro act of reconciliation took
place. . -