The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-27 00:00:00

TRIALS FOR REASON.

DERBY, Munsimr, -Sm.. 45.
-At an early hour !,14s murnin4 all the bells in
the town began to TN:4C and continued, at inter-
vals, throughont the dfly.- At half past t,vo' the
‘iayor appeared at the 'lawn coot t to give in-
siri;ctions to the zypecial Constables whom he had
summoned. He lOA his seat on the bench, and
addressed the. Constables., who thronged into the
Court in great numbers, each with his -rod •of
office in his hand, to the,_following effect :
" Gentlemen, I-feel very anxious to meet your
wishes And convenience, ant: I therefore wish to
mention to you the arrangements which are Made.
The High Sheriff gaVe, orders, that as many as
possible. of you should he in ,ttendance to meet
the Officers of Justice who represent his Majesty
on this occasi'in.. I have snittnioned 200 of yon
10 totem:. Fifty of you will go immediateiy to
the Hall. If any have a pat ticidar desire to be of
that p3rty, let them say so, and they shall be ac-
commodated. 'The rest will go out so tar as the
Infirmary to meet the 'Judges. Gentlemen you
are to go out two and two, I
will ride out with
the Shuriff, and the moment •I meet the Judges I
will ride back to you. -You are to- march back after
the Judges, and I after you. 1 thought I should
-be before, yon 414 the Chief Magistrate, but it
'scents it is the etignette that I follow you; To
morrow 100 SpeCial Constables must attend, bin I
will see to select thosit who can be most couvel
niently absent from their business. I will in-
lake of the Judges as soon as I find an opporth-
Hity, and I will immediately•let you know. All
in my power shall 'be done to prevent inconve-
nience Or loss to any one of you. At three
O'clock precisely eve proceed-to meet the Judges;
and till that time we inay as well remain here."

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At 3 the 150 Special Constables marched forth
tWo and two, while the streets were lined with the'
multitude. The march was -military, but the irre.z
;:s'ular step, and the awkward management of the
ling small rod, were not well suited to " the
pomp and circumstance of a glorious War." Next
followed- the Sheriff's men on'horSeback, and atter
thern an immense cavalcade of all descriptions of
horsemen and horses. The Sheriff's carriage fol-
lowed, and a few non-descript horsemen drew up
the. rear, •
At 4 o'clock Mr.. Justice ABBOTT and Mr. Jus-
tice HoutoYD tOuk, their seats On the bench, and
thr Commisson was read, while the Special Con-
stables crowded the. Court from end to end, and
alntost prevented the whole Commission from
ing heard, even by the .leader. The wirer Judges
in the Commission are, Mr. Chief Baron Rictiattos
and Mr. Justice DALLAS. The Judges immedi-
ately retired to their lodgings. '
Six of the prisoners are ill of a fever that lately
made its appearance aniong them, and has occa-
siotted much alarm to the people of Derby. The
rust are in high spirits.

FPRIDE .S.EVENPEiCCE*..-

THE LIVERPOOL FRAUD.

CF'Ap.TEIE.It ,rARTICIILARS ' •
. 144, a 'wren)) ummed
110,W, %ye understand, ii?lrylantl, purchased a corn,
molt ~ titer flat at ,Likrpool, and .liar itig aliered
her so as to obtain a 14rnishregister, antl.a licence
firra,slidiog bon Sprit, rigged her-in Spine degree
like a, stoop, preserving, however, as moth. as posr
sible the external appearance of a fiat,:; H.c then
entered her (onwards- for, lHavre , tie Grace, -and
shippeka quantity of Spanish„nialigany in bond.
She cleared ,out , and sailed round the Rock, where
the bowsprit WaS turotvu OVOI/00:0, 4,11 e, itt7 •
tered, then returned by the same ,night's,.
passed the town of, Liverpool,. and 'proceeded to
Runcorn, ttt, the Duke's canal., where the, wood
was landed as duty paid, and forwarded to Lon-
dun, to the.address of a foreign broker.. The ves-
sel was then ditmantled, and laid up as a.hulk,
mlO the voyage:to tia.vie might he Ittisposud to
be completed. She was Oro rigged as beim e, en,
tered outwards for Hamtrglr,and took in a cargo
of pimento,. balsam of capivi, gum copal, tapioca,.
and rosewood. With these goods she s tiled round
the Rock again, and returned the satne- night to
Runcorn, where the goodsvvere landed as before,
and forwarded to London, partly 'to tlie address of
merchants there, and partly to a fictitious address:,
to enable those who received the foods to Secrete'
them mote easily
To skew the ibgenuity of the actors in this cop-
spiracy„, a foreigo merchant went from London,
taking Most satisfactory referencei from houses in
the city, whose characters are above suspicion, to.
Mess-rs. Drink water and Syers, most respectable
brokers. This person employed them to purchase
,the goods, and enter theist at. the Costotr-hoose,
as is usual, in their own names, whereby itinoterlc
parties have incurred the penalties of the bondS
for due exportation. Some suspicion arose iu-t•he
mind of the Duke of Bridgwater's agent at Run-
corn, front the vessel being (wind on the morning
of the arrival of the second cargo with a ;Ina
freight, bit neither master nor ally other persoli.
on board. One.of the clerks, however, received
letters directing them to be forwarded to London,
and another delay took place at Prestoillarool,;
(where goods are always re-weighed), from the
want of invoices 'or ocher documents, which were
subsetpteoily sent forward by the „same pally who
had written to Runcorn. When the searchers at
Liverpool heard a rumour of the business, they
pioceetled,fotuncorn and seized the vessel, whith
was iii a scruff of preparation for another voyage,
as instructiona-had hecn given to make her capa-
ble of carr-ying 100 tons, still preserving her ek-
ie; ipr appearance, which would have enabled.t ha
parties to sneiggle ti .eargo of India good, ; -and.
Messrs. Drinkwater and S IJi actually
re-
ceived instructions to inquire the price of black
pepper and turmeric.
One of the Liverpool searchers tb!,n proceedea
to town, and, with the assistance of ape of Ii
brethren here, aided by the important information
given by Air. Syers, who came to town for the
purpose of identifying the .goods, they have not
ally regained the whole of the second cargo (wiih
the exception of a few bags of pimento, which
had been retailed), but a large quantity of the
mahogany that arrived in April last.

Several persons/ both in London and Liverpool,
are implicated in this nefarious transaction ;-
it is at least singular, that some of tht m stand
high in the ranks of the_refortners aud'irrators of
the day. We abstain, however, from publishing
their names not from-any delicacy to then), but
because we do not wish the. public to prejudge a
case likely to come before a Jury.
The greatest credit is due to the merchants
and traders in London, who had fairly bought
the goods at a market price, for the manner in
which they have expressed their detestation of
such_ abominable practices. Some of the spice.
merchants have sent the goods to the Custom-
house at their own expence, and others have
actually forivarded their carts to collect what they
had since sold, and added them to the stock ou
hand.

The greater part of the goods which Lad not been
sold wa4 discovered in a dancing schools at the Petal's
Head, in Cateaton-street, with most of the marks
and numbers altered and defaced, and part Ott the
pimento re-packed in new bags, although the offi-
cers found the-original bags on the premises ; and,
had they. been an hour Inter, not only the good:,
but all clue to them would have been lost, as,cArts
and porters arrived to take them away when the
officers were in possession, which casts were ac-
tually employed to convey them to the Custom-,
house.

Urn a reference to Lloyd's books at Liver.
inrol, it is found. that the Vessel, the ThontaS and
Ann, tray regni:lrly noted as having arrived at
ilavre-4e-Grace, anti resailed frein' thence, al-.
though she hail never been out Of tlqe putt of
Liverpool.—( The Times.)

ATTEM('TED.SVICIDE.—YestertIay a man tie..
Gently dresseo, having the appearance of a gen-
Ilesnan's.secvatir, threw himself from the rads of
an uninhabited house in Crawford-street, into
jeipse6ap-r,ed feless,
he t
the area, by which his head was shociiingly
bruised ; and he also received a severe- injurylvhere has
tle‘sl
s,i:Ble, carried O t l)e taken upim heer ,:
surgeon attended him, and administered various
rentedieS As soon as he-Could speak, -some food
was given to bhp, which he rejee!ed ; he said ,be
had bean nine, months out of employment-, and
was driven'to despair. •
Thurschiy night- the house of Airs. Padgett, in
Hojlywell-lane, Shoreditch,,was broke into, and
robbed of a feather-bed and hangings, 15i. in
money, t co) sovereigns, three lady's dresses, and
other preperty.

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