The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-11 00:00:00

CHARGE OF FORGERY.

MANstotsT•Housg —Peter Forman, a person of
respectable FIN) at,tne , wi:o had been once in
possession ot 1,2001. a year, was chati4ed r!srer.
day with Navin; ommi'ted a forget v, by Thomas
Wool, of No. 37, Crooked-lane, 6.-tsing-tackl•.—.
maker Thi fidlow;ng circumstances were stated
in evmence tic morning of DI gday, the
5111 insr the prisoner wen: to Mr. Bond's shop,
produced sonic silk tenni gut, and said he want.
et! 10 or 20 000 hanks ot that article. Mr 130
s nt his shopman for the vt, and in that per-
sou's ah,ence the pr:soner said, " You don't re..
CO;Itel we. I lived at Peckham." Mr. Bond
then tee red his customer, and said, ‘• How
do yOtt di, ?" A ct,nversation arose immrdiately
upon 66,, recognition, relative to a gentleman
named Whitaker, a neiJibour to the plis..ner at
Peckham, and the prisoner said, " I shall pay you,
Mr. Bond, for this by a bill I have drain on Mt.
Whitaker " *lire prisoner prodnced the bill. It
wits dated London, 4to ot Aug. 1819, drawn ft}'
Peter Forman, upon John Whitaker, and ptir-
Forted to be accepted by Mr. Whitaker, to whom
it was directed at South-street, Peckham. The
bill was for the payment of 301. in two months.
Mr. Bond observed, that he wondered that Mr.
Whitaker bad not made it payable at his banker's,
but he added, that it did not signify. The pri-
soner then looked out goods to the amount of
111. :Os., and Mr. Bond gave him a draft for the
Cifierence. Mr. Whitaker said the acceptance was
a forgery, and that he knew nothing whatever of
the bill.—The prisoner was remanded till Thurs-
day, at his own request.

DESPERATE ATTACK by a WIFE on her HUSBAND.
GUILDHALL.---ACsterthiy Anne tamer, the wife
of an attorney's clerk in Chancery-lane, was
charged by Mary Anne Curtis with having com-
mitted a desperate assault upon the prisoner's
own husband. The poor man tins been a consi-
derable time confined to his bed, hbotaing under
a severe and lingering illneSs, which reduced him
to a state of great debility. lie lodges in the
house of Mrs. Curtis, in Chancery-lane. Airs.
Curtis used sometimes to call up to his r.om to
see him. The last time she called she missed two
pillows off the bed he was lying on. She asked
him what hail become of the pillows Ile an-
itVered that his wife (the prisoner) had, against
his wishes, taken then, off 'he bed, and went out
to pledge them. The prisoner returned, on which
Mt.. Curtis charged her with havii”.7, taken the
pillows, adding, that the prisoner's husband in-
formed her that she (lid so against his consent.—
The prisoner did not say much to 'Mrs. Curtis,
hot turning round, she seized on a kettle, and
struck her husband (who was lying exhausted
and helpless on his bed) a violent blow on the
head. which' severely cut him. Terrified nt the
atiocirios act, 'Airs. Curtis ran down stairs for
help, but be,ore she returned the prisoner at the
bar seized a large jar, which she broke in pieces
on her husband's head, and inflicted a desperate
wound, and the unfortunate mall now lies in a
dreadful state, and very little hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery —The prisoner Was re-
manded.

INSOLVENT IJRBTURS' Conch. -- Yesterday
Commissioner RETNOLDS, who is regularly ap-
poioted by his Royal Highness tile PRINCE
GENT to execute the provisions of Lard ItEDES..
DALE'S Act, discharged a comic!, rattle number 01
Nsolvcut Debtors who exert not opposed.

'rite formidable show of resistance which has At
length been opposed to the designs of the disaf-
fected here has not been resorted to in vain. At
leas.t the progress of the Conspirators has beers
arrested, and that they have been compelled to
pause, though but for a week, is a triumph for
the " loyal, the sober-minded, and the good."
Hunt's ',neeling, which it was in the first in-
stance supposed to have been given up altogether,
is merely postponed till this day week. Thougn
it nosy be called in a less irregular way, it is tno,t
confidently assumed that the pretended election
will then take place. Sir C. Wolseley having been
elected at a meeting not specifically called for
that purpose, it is concluded that the same thing
may be effected in the same way at Manchester,
without notice, in favour of Hant. Yesterday
morning a meeting of : he Reformers took place near
Middleton. Report states them to have been very
numerous—it goes so far as to swell their• number
to 10,000, and to describe them as occupying is
track of ground half a mile in extent, marching
five abreast. That this account is a preposterous
exaggeration cannot be doubted ; hat if the as-
senthlage consisted of 500, instead of 10,000, the
fact is of no small importance, and is sufficiently
alarming, as the parties met not to speak bin to
act. It appears that they were called together to
perfect themselves in certain military evohnions
in which they still consider themselves to be defi-
cient. To march, wheel, and face about, ws•as all
they applied themselves to do on ths occasion,
and they had no arms of any sort with them. It
is so well known here that site dr affected have
long been its the itabit of training •ii-mselves in
this way, that the fact is no longer a .ttbje. t
curiosity. The patties mos. ,!istinguished among
the malcontents are beh: in stir:, comtrn►i)t, that
if is not enected .hose who are silly enough to
put themselves under the guidance of such per-
sons can ever prov, ee.? d ,k,t ger ous As in Der-
livt hire, in 1817. the l'uul.c have become so fa-
miPar with the pren,rations for insurrteriest•. 'hat
they' are undervalued, and the general cry
They Et! c always exercising, but will ne /es do
any thing "

Hunt passed through naeclesfield between two
and Owe o'clock this aftet noon. He -was recog-
nised, an.l followed by a few simoleions, with
some of whom he shook hspds. They were de•
lighted with his condescension. To (10 him jus-
tice, he is always ready to bestow a shake of the
hand, a speech, and a tear, for the benefit of his
fellow-coup;rymeo, But (except in the cases of
Cochrane n,.1 llogood) we never remember his
°tiering .o give—(t penny lie soon got rid of bit
Macclesfield !rieno,:, by telling them that he was
engaged iobe 't the Union-rooms, Siockport, by
a certain hoot, and could not he delayed,

Stockport yesterday exhibited rather a singular
spectacle to a London eye ; groupes of boys,
whose appearance indicated extreme poverty, ag-
gravated in most cases by slovenliness and dirt,
were seen ranged on the flights of steps which
belong to some of the houses on'either side of
the way, with as much order as if they had al-
ready entered on the exercise of those political
functions f,,r which their tender mothers ars
now educating them• Some of them occasion-
ally vacated their seats to pursue a passit.g stage,
and in this race they were joined by several
of the female students of Reform, who, with faces
stained with cherryilice, appeared to great advan-
tage, and proven themselves equal to the most
vigorous struggle,—for a halfpenny. Birch is re-
covering from the wound inflicted on him, hut
straw is still laid before the house in which he
resides, to prevent him from being disturbed by
the noises in the street. Most of the associated
Drabs for teaching sedition, are the vs it/es of the.
ignorant male spouters.

In Manchester, though a pretty► general attack
has been made on the placards of tie disaff,cted,
the walls are still defaced by many of the Lom'on
posting bills. The advertisements of some of the
inflammatory books lately poblished in the metro-
polis arc seen in every pet i till• extensive town.
At Oldt:am, a spirii ~f dis4ffeetion, similar to
that which pervades :slanchester,;s known to pre-
vail. The local atsttioritit•s are already on the
alert to prevent any outrage. This mottling, a
iroop of the Yeoman:y were marched in to over-
awe the malcontents, and from their presence It
is hoped the public peace will he preserved in-
violate.
The large arca near St. Peter's Church, Man-
chester, which on the occasion of the last meet-
ing was entirely covered by the assembled mul-
tituile, as it was expected to be to-day, is corn,.
plctely descried. In the sva.ste grounds round
about Manclies,er, what are called Squads of
Reformers, hold their nocturnal meetings, to go
through the military exercise. They practise
mos, of the motions which raw recruits are
taught, but wituout arms or sticks. At the word
" fire," they dap their ha, ds. One of these
squads, before being Oismissed on Friday nieht,
was formed in a circle; front the centre of whob
it was announced by the Commander, test
die meeting advertised for the Pth was Rot to
take place till the pith instant. He added, "This
is ll the better, as it .vill give us ►more time to
thin." 'i•he fellow is knower, and wo. ts r u this
effect can be proved (im oath) to huve been ut-
tered on the occasion alluded to.
Mt. Hunt is tinderstrion to be at Stockport, bet
it is he will shortly be in Malice. suet A.
pl carti exhiniied at the door in he i'llonebesiee
Observer ()thee" this morning, t,noouuceu ills ill..

(I ‘l,l' ;it he fu:.,,,:;ng -tern:pi, set (Wit

iarge !ettevs:—.

': 16 cx~reit^ I in Tfiwii Twvlve Tbl's nay?'
II) j,,stice to Nlr 1161;!. we think. Yve are bolinil
to pub:isl: advertisement. It.seemh
to procr, that his motivei are not so bad es many
SOrpeet.rd. cannot blame him for trying to
ma:e a penny by his Wends 811(1 fellOW•COUntrY*

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.•i•Bocritrrtom'fott'irs:,:riv Es' .—When the Pa-
triotic inbahltatO,of `Tanchester recollect what vast services
IT. flunt,'Esq,.has:reridered to the cause of Radical Reform,
by his enlightened and uniforntly itetrepid conduct; and how
ht• atone disappointed the Miuisters in the management of
the :":lafields Meeti'ng—how he alone (even after Burdett bad
rt.fumii to arc-Ompan:lil'in. although requested so to do by the
.Ikleeting), tentoted' to resent their Petition to the Regent
fo person—how be abuse came to their ald, at their last'
Public Meeting.; and how lie has been harrassed in the Courts
of Law, in ..ons,ryttence of his so cuuspicuansly taking part
w;th the Ilddlcal Reformers; and from time to time discon-
‘titing as f• t. as possible the Machinations of their enemies;
it cannot be doubted that ereri veal Patriot will readily and
cheerfully contribute to so laudable, so necessary a purpose."
That the public mind here should he in' art in-
flAturd state is not much to he wondered at, when
it is seen how assiduously those who pretend to he
the friends of the people IThour to exasperate
°tern. One of the Pahlic Journals holds out a
lantoaee which exhorts to nothing short of resist-
ance to the Constituted Authorities.

A %try venerable rase-de guerre has been re-
cently • resorted to in Manchester. The Ma-
gistrates• having properly exerted their Huth°.
rity to suppress certain inflammatory placards
lately issued, those who were in the habit
'of hawking them about, dare openly to .sell
them no longer. To evade the punishment to
vo,ich they apprehend they would be liable for
offering them fur sale, they now take a bundle of
straws with them, and roar out lustily—" Come
buy my straws—long straws—good smoking
straws, a halfpenny each." There is of course an
understanding between buyer and seller, and the
porchager of a straw is presented with a sheet of
sedition gratis. •
Anioriz the lower orders, nothing like work
was thoettlit of all the morning. The placard
which has been went imied was kept up, and to-
wards none great numbers'of poor looking men,
women, and boys, set off towards Stockport
to meet hint. twelve o'clock'testne, and one
O'clock came, hut no Mr. Hunt.. . At length,
at half-past one. lie made appearance...-
Mitt-1y hundreds. of persons, arm in arm, pre.
Celled sn'l -.followed him. He was seated in a
gig, accompanied by a well-known Reformer of
the'name of Johnson. Sir C. Wols.eley followed
in a post chaise. 'hie procession went clown the
High-street, sod turned off towards the Old
•Church. • Theece• it was Understood he would
proceed to Johnsou'e house to dinner. Opposite
.the ntlice•ot The Manchester Observer, Hunt g:,v e
the signal for three cheers, anil joined in them
with all hie worsted strength of lenge. On the
way from Stockport, whence he had been thus
escorted, he did pot address diens. He frequent-
ly bowed and waved his bat, but seemed to hate
no intention of speaking.