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London, England, 1826-01-19 00:00:00

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M A NSION-H OUSE. •
JOINT STOOIL Co MP AN it 8—:-Y est erdiy Mr. WITI. Clarke,
a respectable shareholder in several Joint Stock Companies,
appeared at the Justice-room, attended by a solicitor, to request
that the Loan MATOR would order before him a party in-
volved in a conspiracy, against whom a true bill had been
found. Mr. Clarke then produced the certificate, signed by
Mr. Shelton, Clerk of Oyer and Terminer, which stated, that
an indictment had been laid by him against one Richard Ire-
land, of No. 19, Blackman-street, Southwark, upholsterer and,
looking-lass-maker, and others, for conspiring to cheat and de-
fraud him of the sum of 2,0001. by fabricating shares, pur-
porting to be the shares of the Joint Stock Company, called
The Imperial Plate Glass Company." It also stated that a
bill of indictment had been found against the clerk of a banker
in the city, for being a party to the same offence ; and that bail
to the amount of 1,0001. should be given in by Richard Ire-
land—the prisoner in 5001. and two good securities in 2001.
each.

Mr. Clarke requested, that the charge Was of so important
a nature, and the loss he had sustained was so considerable,
the LORD MAYOR would direct that the principals should
appear.
The Solicitor for Mr. Ireland said that hil client was in
readiness in the neighbourhood, and would, without hesitation
come forward, if the Lord Mayor considered his presence ne-
cessary. He however thought, that as such a thing was un-
usual, it would not be deemed necessary upon this occasion.
Unexceptionable bail was at hand.
The Lon') MAYOR said, he certainly. should require the
presence of Mr. Ireland. He had entertained a similar opi-
nion with respect to the presence of -Air. Kenrick, the Magis-
trate, and he therefore desired that Mr. Ireland should be
brought before him, previously to the examination. of his bail.
Mr. Ireland, upon being sent for,. immediately attended in
the Justice-room, and has solicitor gave in the names of the
bail. They were, Richard Irelandt the elder, and Robt. Ross.
Mr. Ireland, sen., in his examination, said, that he was a
cabinet-nicker, and carried on his business in Nelson-street,
City-road.
The LORD NlATon.—Are you a master ?—Bail--I do not
employ any one at present.
Are you a journeyman ? No ; the business I do, Ido my-
self.

What is the nature of your business P—That of making the
mahogany part of fountains for gin shops.
Then you must be employed by some person ?—l'os ; for
Mr. Savory.
Bow long is it since you have worked?—Not much since
Christmas.

Probably not much since Midsummer ?—Not much.
Here Mr. Clarke stated to the LORD MAYOR, that Mr.
Ireland, jun. had been a director of the company, but that he
hadbeen removed.

Mr- Ireland, sen. added to his statements, that he paid 321. a
year rent, that he did not let lodgings at present, but t liat,he in.
tended to do so, if he should remain in the house, and that he
had insured the property on his premises for 6001.
Mr. Clarke said it had been intimated to him that 3lr. Ire-
land, senior's house was in an obscure street; that it was a
very small house, and that there was no appearance of trade
about it.

The bail observed that the house was a private one, and
quite large enough for hissibusiness.
The Loam SIATOR said, that as Mr. Clarke had lost so
large-a sum as 2,0001., it was necessary that the case should be
fully investigated. His Lordship then put several questions to
the bail, who stated that he had funded property to the amount
of 4001. ; that his property in business amounted to 2,4001.;
that he was in possession of 10 shares in one of the gas comps-
nies, and that his debts amounted to no more than 201.
yhe LORD MAYOR then consented to accept of the bail, and
no objection was made to Mr. Ross, the other security.
The Loan Maxon asked whether the Company had begun
to work any where?
Mr. Clarke said, the Company had changed hands now ; all
the old Directors had been removed, and the thing was now
respectable, and likely to succeed.
The parties then left the office, Mr. Clarkehaving first stated
that he had reason to believe that one of the persons charged
with the conspiracy had absconded.
UNITED KINGDOM TEA AGENCY CO HPANY...---Mr.
Nbrcot, a solicitor (we believe of the United Kingdom Tea
Agency.CompanY),:applied for a' warrant to apprehend three
perions, for having committed a felony in the offices of the
Company in Crutcbed-friars, under very odd circumstances.—
He appeared, he said, upon the part of the secretary and
messenger; and his statement was to the following effect :
A few evenhiga ago,, the persons charged knocked 'at the
door of the house at about half-past seven o'clock, and
induced' the old woman, who was taking care of the place,
by putting a bottle of ale before her, to permit herself to
be humbugged, and to allow them to proceed up stairs,
where they regaled' themselves with the same sort of beverage.
Shortly after their arrival, a boy, who carried a bunch of pick-
lock-keys, knocked 05,,themloor, asked for one of the gentle.
logn ixlicretere up stairs, by a false name, 'and was called to
by the strangers, who said, "It was all right." The moment
the boy went up, they set him to work at breaking open the
locks of various doors. and they retired, carrying away with
them cash, which 'they had taken out of a box, to the amount
Of about 401., a bill of exchange for 1201., and several books
and papers of great consequence to the company. It happened
that the messenger, who was out of the house at tho time, had
the key of the strong box, or most probably still more valuable
property would hate bees taken away. After they had com.
Initted this outrage, they placed the spoils in a hackney-coach.
and disappeared. The old woman having seen one of them in
company with
some
gentlemen who are Connected with the
Assoclation, believed that; they were anthorised to enter the
house, and of course the oppesitioo which in any oth?r case
would have been expected was not made.
The Solicitor for the prosecution thoughtini n yin
i taltpopslegfor e
circum-
stances
warralt ti-
i ' were sufficiently
thefli
ciepnatlrytisetzong to justify
The Loan MAYOR asked whether one of the parties accused
of having taken 'such liberties with the property was not' a
shareholder ?—The Solicitor replied that he believed so.
The Loan MAYOR---Ay, he is a partner in the concern.
The Solicitor admitted that one of the parties had been ma-
nager of the Company.
The LORD MAYOR-1s it not the Directors that bring
forward this accusation ? The Solicitor.—No; the accused
have taken off' several things which were the . property of the
messenger. _ -
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The Loup MAYort.-!—Name the Directors. The Solicitor.
—Mr. Peter Moore (a laugh); Sir John Ayrie, Mr. Dunston,
Mr. Suttees, Mr. Hone, Mr. Philip Perring, and !qr. Talbot.
The LonD ,MAYOR.—And it WAS by the Directors. two of
the persons charged were. paid and discharged.—The Solicitor
replied fn the affirmative.
The Lorin Mayor said, he could not think of granting a
warrant for felony under such circumstances. One of the parties
probably acted under the impression that he had a right to
enter and avail himself of the opportunity, as a partner in the
concern.

The Solicitor submitted that they. had gone a little too far,
although they. might snake a joke of it.
The l'ionn MAYOR observed, that if the solicitor thought
they made a joke of it, he was wrong in proceeding to charge:
with a felong.
Mr. liont.En said, there was nn ground for a charge of
burglary, which had been insinuated, or for that of felony, as
the thing complained of had been done openly.
The Solicitor said, it had been done by persons who had as.
sumac wrong names, sad had managed to deceived. the servant
Wiiwas in ,care of the house.

• The LORD MaYou said, this was one of the consequences
of the horrible and demoralizing system of gambling, of which
he regretted to say, he observed the 'strongest symptoms daily
in the conduct of those with whoni his duties brought him in
Contact. Ha then said, that although he could not think of
granting a warrant against the parties, he would summon them
to explain the conduct with whiCh they were chargetL
A Gentleman here produced a hand-bill, offering a reward
Of NI: for the apprehension of the accused, and involving in
the imputed guilt a young gentlemon who knew nothing about
the matter.

The Solicitor said, lie hachtacortained that the young man so
named had not the least participation in the offence.

nnt.t.ittn,,l'tLwanut.t., Esq., the sitting Magi-
11°W.S-nTantEdErrnbullTu., • was yesterday'
brotgYhotubnegibWre efit-
i
striae, on, suspicion of forging a certain written instrument.-_
The circumstances were the following :-:-Mr; Turnbull having
placed himself under peculiar obligations to a young lady
named Anne Nettlefold, gave her what he called a check or, the
house of Smith, Payne,, anti Smith, at four days' sight, far 101,
and signed " S. Hannan." The prisoner, at the time, erased
the name written in the body of the check, as,the person to
whom the Amount was payable, and substituted that of the
prosecutrix. He also Witt her, that, if any difficulty should
arise. in getting it cashed, she ttntst say she had received
it from,the second son of Sir John Hannan), .54P. The cheque
-
waszpresented, and the answer of 'lle clerk It wag, that the house
Wes? nothing of any such person: The prisoner was soon after
pen in the Strand by the prosecutrixand given in charge to the
watchman.;. These,
.flicts having been stated, he. was CA 11 ett on
for his defence. Ile denied having written the cliec-que or sub-
stituted the name as stated by the prosectitrix. • A Mr. Fiarne,
a West India merchant, said, to.the best othis belief, from the
knowledge he had of the prisoner's hand-writing, he did not be-
lieve that the eliecque, or the name, was written by him. Air.
Turnbull lutd.a very large sum of money at his disposal in the

handy orsthe.witness, anti ateretore there coup be no
meet for him to commit a forgery. -Messrs. Mitchell and co -
also West India merchants, held a considerable sum belonging
.to Mr. T. which they would pay at his direction to any perra
he pointed out. tlr. xsitur.r., on this evidence, committed
the prisoner to the M'atehhouse for further examination on
Thursday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
FOREIGN MARRIAOES.--Vincent Louis Veda:, a respect-
able looking young man, a native of Switzerland, was charged
with having deserted and refused to maintain his wife. It ap-
peared from the statement of the woman and of Mr.lVaketield,
the parish solicitor, that she was a native of Lymington, in
Hampshire, end having gone to the Continent as a servant with
a family, she there met Vedoz, and they were married at the
house of the British Consul, at Marseilles. The marriage was
celebrated by the Rev. Thomas St. Lawrence, an Irish Clergy-
man, whose certificate was produced, and it was contended the;
the marriage had been levelly solemnised, inasmuch us the house
of an Ambassador or Consul was considered to be within the
empire he represented. 111 r. Hitchcock, an. attorney, who said
he attended on the part of the reputed husband, observed,
that if the marriage had been celebrated at the Anibas.satior's
house at Paris, he should bare raised no objection to it : but
as the ceremony was performed at the house of the British
Consul at Marseilles, and by his Chaplain, it was an invalid
marriage, according to the custom of France. If time was al-
lowed, he would bring several witnesses over from the cone.
nest, to confirm his statement.—hir. DYER having perused the
certificate, said he was °tapir:ion that the parties had been as
legally married as if the ceremony had been performed in De-
land. He also said, it was impossible he could order the wit-
nesses to attend, or try the case. The following .certificates
were then read:—
" I, Thomas St. Lawrence, Rector of Killnagrossen, in the
County of Cork, in that part of' the United Kingdom 'of Greet
Britain called Ireland, do hereby certify that 'Vincent Loolo
Vedoz, a native of the Canton tie Vaud, in Switzerland, of flue •
' Protestant religion, and Sarah -Taylor, daughter of John tied
Elizabeth Taylor, residing at Beaulien, in the county of Haml+.
shire, enteral into the state of matrimony in the house and pro
sence of A. Turnbull, Esq. his Britenaic Majesty's Consul lot
the Department of the Months of the Rhone, at Marseilles, this
13th day of May, 1819.
(Signed) Trios. Si'. LaWRANCR:
(Signed) "A.Turnbull,Consul ; W.H.ltichartison,VlCe-Cons
" Catharine Maccauley, Guildford, Surrey, registered in the
British Consul's, at Marseilles. No. 5118, fog 213.—May 13,
1818. W. 11. RIErLaRDSoN, V.C. and Chancellor."
" I, James Brown, Notary Public, by Royal authority, re-
iding• and practising at Lymington, Hampshire, do hereby
make known and certify unto all men, that the above is a true
and perfect copy of the original certificate, under the seal of his
Britannic Majesty's Consul, at Marseilles, with which it was
examined, this Ist day of August, 1821.. In testimony whereof
I have affixed my seal of office
" A true copy,_ " J. BROwN, Notary Public.'
Mr. HITCHCOCIt still contended that the marriage was to*
valid, on account of its being celebrated at die Consul's house,
who, he said, had not the same power or authority as W
reposed in the Ambassador. There were also other informe:
litter in the marriage, one. of which was, that the female 41“
not go before the Mayor and swear that she was tvienty-fite
years of age, without which the marriage would not have been
allowed to take place. Mr. Sharpe, a Magistrate said he
not believe that it was expressed in the Code of Napoleon tl*
the contracting parties must be above 21 years of age. A OW'
riage at the Cape of Good Hope had been held to be valid
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England. hire. Vedor was then examined, and she stated, ,!
that although she had not lived with her husband for two Teal; !'
and was in service, she had sent bim 351. to purchase hind
Switzerland ; but now she had become chargeable to the pail.
Mr. Wakefield pressed upon the Magistrate the neeessitY:
compelling Vedoz to support his wife, as he was about to deP 0
for Switzerland.—The Magistratedecided that Vedoz
liable to be called upon to support his wife; but befOr
further proceedings were taken the matter wee adjouetivw

COMBAT BETWEEN a TIGER and an ELEPHANT'

" In front of the ball was a cage containing ttt
very large tiger, which the governor bad csnse,"
to be caught, in order that he might exhibit tts,l
us a fight between that fiercest of anin3olSt snJ
the elephant. We were asked if the spectacle
would be agreeable to us, and on our replying in
the affirmative, he gave the necessary directions
on the subject. In the midst of a grassy plain"
about half a mile long, and nearly as much I",
breadth, about , sixty or seventy fine elePliant3
were drawn up in several ranks, each aniota
being provided with a mahawat and a bout
which was empty. On one side:were plats('
convenient seats; the governor mandarins,
and a numerous ;train el soldiers .being sit`)
present at, the spectacle. A crowd of spec.
tators occupied the side opposite. The tiger
was bound , to a stake, placed in the cell;
tre of the plain, by means of a stout reP,,
fastened round his loins. 'We soon per
how unequal was the combat ; the claws of tilt
poor animal had been torn out, and a 'tr°,l„s
stitch bound the lips together, and rev
td
Win from opening his month. On being Larne r
loose from the cage, he attempted to bound °ve
the plain, but finding. nil attempts to extricate
a
the g
himselfras useless,
s till, s
seeing
ntgh rue w
large himself
piitita n
n 5 ‘gcti Ittti %o ,r;
tusks approach, he got up and faced the codas
danger. The elephant was, by this attitudt::
and the horrid growl of the tiger, too owl) Ott
midated, and turned ;side, while the tiger par,
sued him heavily, and struck him with his °lris
paw upon the bind quarter, quickening )ia
pace not a little. The mahawat succeedeu.ia
bringing the elephant to the charge Cilia
before he had gone far, and this tifnethte
rushed On furiously, driving his tusks -tip
the earth under the tiger, and lifting hiln --(;(
fairly, gave hinea clear cast to the distance
about 30 feet. This was an interesting Puh,/t „a
the combat : the tiger lay along on the gru7;ij
fteanckce,,
es if he' were (load, yet it appeared that. be 11-
to
received no material injury, for, on the nelttjSe.
he
andth raesw the elephanthimself
iet
e Kos s attitude
again
about, ;
take him up, he sprung upon his forehead, filfl.lll,a
his hind feet upon the truuk of the former. ''' :0
elephant was wounded in this attack, aiul, `',fe
much frightened, that nothing could prevent ..
from breaking through every obstacle, nod 15`f1,
running off. The mahawat was considered ty
have failed in his duty, and 'soul) after W
brought up to the Governor with his lianas
behind his• back, and op the spot received
lashes of the rattan..
" Another elephant was note brought, hut tir,
tiger made less resistance op earl' successive 5d
tack. It wes evident that the tosses he received
must soon Occasion his death.
the mode of 011,
were furnished with tusks, and
tack every instance, for several others we,re
called fortiard, was that of rushieg upon
tiger, thrusting their tusks under him, raiso!
."1) and throwing him to a distance. Of thei;:
trunks they evidendY were very careful ;,..1:20
jug them cautiously up under the chin. Nvn_go
A II the elepharst.:
the tiger was perfectly dead, an elephant r."„
brought up, who, instead of rasing the tier v..",
his tusks, seized. him with his trunk, and in e,,
nerat cast him to the distance of thirty fee.t''
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nation, upwards of eOO children have ....!e s.O
the unall-poz at Rotterdam, vrithiu a Tart 1""
period.

Printe_d and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at 113°
Orricr, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CMisT.sitts•

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