The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

RETURNING FROM TRANSPORTATION.

John Shales, a decent-looking man, was' indicted for
kingdom; at large in this kingdo, before the term for which
he had been sentenced to be transported was expired.
The prisoner on being arraigned, pleaded that his name
was not John Shales.

The RECORDP.R stated to him, that by the late act (Mr.
Peel's Act), he was bound to give the name by which he
wished to be tried.

The prisoner then said that his real natne was' James
King," . _

A jury was then empannelled to try which Was his right
name.

Mr.. A DOLPLIUS for the prosecution, examined Mr.
Johnsim, the keeper of Norwich C'aa lk, Who proved that
the prisoner Was in his custody for lour itionthg in the year
I 13. Afterwards he accompanied him us a prisoner to
Portsmouth, and there dclitopred him on hoard a trilli,;iiort,
which With, to take With to New South Wales. During
the whole time he was with him, the prisoner went by the
name of „John Shales, and no other. He was visited by

his mother under that name. He had pleaded and %vas
tried under that name, and was delivered up to the convict
Ship under the same.
In his cross-examination by Mr. BRODERICK, Mr. John-
son said, that he hai had in his custody on the average
230 prisoners every year since ,1813. He was sure that
the prisoner was the man who. Was in eustody'as John
Shales. He was then a young man, about 20 years old.
(Prisoner was set down as, aged :34 in the calendar, and
.appears about that age.)
John Cowley, a steward in the ship Harney,
took out settlers to New South Walk saw the prisoner
there in:November last. Ile was known by the name of
" James Shales." lie came in the Harney, from New
South Wales to Monte Video, where he (witness) went
on shore, and the ship came to England without him.

Mr. BIUMERICK contended, that this was not sufficient
evidence to prove that he was generally known by the name
of " John Shales."

The RECORDER, in summing up, intimated a different
opinion, and the Jury found that the prisoner's name was
" John Shales,"

Mr. ALLEY now addressed the Court, and observed,
that of course it had now the power of obliging the pri-
soner to plead, but his counsel were in a delicate situation
as to the advice they ought to give the prisoner, as to
whether he shoulti tiow plead not guilty, or plead by de-
nturreri
l which he had a right to do under Mr. fjo el's Act.
If he
he must admit all the facts
charged
and abide by the decision of the
Court above on that plea. Ile had, therefore, to request
Ipea
adgiettlinbsyt demurrer,
that the Court would give time till to-morrow even-
ing, in order to consider the course which it might be
best to take. _ _

'Chip -ITUl:dgence, after some few remarks from Mr. Anot,
PM'S (who did not oppose it), vas granted by the Court,
and the trial stands over till to-morrow evening.
Samuel Waa/ was indicted for stealing a handkerchief

coming down Holborn-hill, ...
from the pocktit of James Gardner. The prosecutor was
that his pocket was picked, when a gentleman told him
and pointed out the prisoner
RS the thief. The prosecutor then asked the prisoner to
give up the handkerchief. Prisoner answered this very
reasonable demand by
giving him a blow, which sent Wily
reeling to the other side of the street. Not satisfied with
this, he asked again, and prisoner, not able or willing to
resist this second entreaty, pulled it from under his waist-
mat, and gave it to him.
- Twq witnesses who caw the transaction corroborated the
prosecutor's testimony.
Prisoner in his defence, said, 1w found the handkerchief ;
and the jury, after considerable deliberation, and having
had the prosecutor again called before them, believed the
prisoner's very natural statement, and returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.
This verdict was heard with evident surprise 1)y almost
every person in Court.
The TlF.coaDr.a.—What Was the verdict ?
The Clerk..--4,
Not Guilty,"
The REVORDER, in answer to an application from the
witnesses for th my Lord.
eir expences, said—" I will allow your ex-
peaces with very great, pleasure. It was a very proper
prosecution most certainly."
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OLD COURT'.
Robert
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the)en.
Messrs.
sslsth of October last, the
p
re. Heddon and CO., I3"'"
church-yard, woollen manufacturers, said, that in October
last, he had paid to the prisoner 181. 16g. for his master,Ml •
C. Stone, ou account of Messre. Heddon and Co. Mr. Stone, the prosecutor, said, that at the time this

transaction took place the'prisoner was 'his servant, autho-
rized to receive money. On the morning before the pri-
soner was apprehended, . he was questioned by witness as
to thiS money due' froin Messrs. Heddon and Co., to 'lVbielt
he replied that Mr. Heddon was out of town,' but would
pay the money on his return. Prisoner had been in the
service of prosecutor for near 20 years, but had not been
employed to collect till within' the last three or four years,
and, till this embezzlement was discovered, had borne a
good character. The money was received by him on the
MO of October, but there was no entry to that effect in
the book.

The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on
account of his former good character, when Mr. ALLEN
rose, and observed, that there were five other.indictments,
on charges of embezzlement, to the amount of 200/.;
and the Judge observed, that this was one of the very
worst eases of a crime which was now, unfortunately, but
too common.

Ellen Dow was indicted for stealing on , the 19th of
August, two glasses, of the value of Is. 2d., the property
of John Lounds.

John Monday, the servant •of prosecutor, proved the
charge, and the Jury returned a verdict 'of Guilty; but
she was discharged on paying a fine of ls., the Court
thinking, as she had been in prison three or four weeks,
that she had already suffered punishment enough.
Mary Etlwordi was indicted. for stealing- a petticoat,
two sbifts, a quantity of lace, end other articles, the
property of Mary Bright.
Mary Bright, the prosecutrix, and the .officer who appre-
hended the prisoner, proved the charge very distinctly.
The prisoner, a very decent4ooking woman, alleged in
her defence, that she was driven to the crime by extreme
distress. She appeared in great agony during her trial,
and her character was well spoken to by a person who had
known her for a considerable time—Guilty.
George Harrison .was indicted for stealing a looking-
glass, value 1.54;, the property of George Millar. •

George Millar, the prosecutor, a broker, in Chalton,
street, Somers-town, had placed the looking-glass in the
front of his shop on the 18th of August last, between 10
and 11 o'clock in the morning. Witness was absent
during the morning, and during this absence the glass was
taken away.

Mary Hawkins saw the prisoner take away the glass,
and immediately gave the alarm. She lost s►ght of him
for a short time, but. is sure the prisoner at the bar is
the man.: He was apprehended immediately.--Verdict,
-

William Jones was indicted for stealing a salt-cellar, the
property of Mr. Lahee, Stratford-place.

Samuel Bloss, porter to Nft% Lahee, had been put in
charge of the goods previous to the intended sale of them.
He was told that the prisoner had taken away a saltcellar,
with which he immediately charged him, and he acknow-
ledged the theft, but said'he had done it through distress,
and hoped that he would be let go. This the witness
could not do, but thought it his duty to give him in
charge.—tie Jury found the prisoner Guilty.

Thousands of persons have made application to
Government, for the Means of emigrating.---Free-
man's Journal.

The small-pox is very prevalent, and has provedfit-
tal in several instances, but in none where the persons
had been previously vaccinated ; of whom, one only
that we have heard of, has taken the disease, and bad
it very slightly.—Brighton Gazette.
DALKEITIL—On Saturday the wife of a respect-
able iron merchant broke a blood vessel, and in a
.moment life was extinct.—Edinburgh Observer.
The young woman forcibly taken away; from Lis-
towel, has been found and restored to her family by
I.dward Harnett, of Sandville, and Dan. Harnett, of
I.istowel, Esqrs., while grousing on the mountain
of Knockarrane, in the County of Cork ; she was con-
fined in a cabin there, at which these gentlemen acci-
dentally called, to procure food for their dogs. Her
name is Eleanor Collins, and she is fully determined to
prosecute all those concerned in her abduction.—Dub-
llin Morning Register.

Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, an affray
took place at the West Port, which terminated fatally.
From what we have been able to learn of the affair, it
would appear that as an old woman and her Son were
going up the Port, a► person of the name of Bain, a
hatter, accidentally came in contact with the old
Woman, which caused her to fall. Her son was about
to resent what he considered an insult offered to his
Mother, but she was endeavouring to prevent him,
when a flesher came finning out of an entry, exclaim-
ing, " Let me to him, and I'll do his business ;" and
immediately knocked Bain down, and killed him on
the spot. At the time our informant left the West
Port, the perpetrator of this horrid deed had eluded
the search of the Police ; but, as be is well known, it.
is hoped he will not long be able to conceal himself
from justice.—Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday.
BRIGHTON, MONDAY.—A circumstance has just
occurred here, which has caused a good deal of con-
versation in the fashionable and scandaHoving cote!.
'ries of the town.. Mrs. Forbes, or rather Mis. For-
rest (for that is the name she is now known by), the
female friend and companion of the late Mr. launtle-
roy, has been living in a house on the New Steyne.---
On'Saturday last, a solicitor, who occupies the house
adjoining (No. 25), put up in his parlour window the
following placard Beware of the ** * hOuse,_
2,14, New Steyne ;" and to-day the occupants of
the latter have in their turn displayed one as follows :
" The public are requested to suspend their opinion
of the infamous placard. exhibited in the window of
No. 25, next door, as the writer will have to prove
it, in a Court of 'Justice." The New Steyne has, in
consequence, been the resort of numerous gazers to-
day, who are at, a. loss to discover the reason of the
placards being continued, as it is-understood that Mrs.
F. had previously removed to another residence on the
first appearance of the notice, and that she will in a
day or-two leave Brighton altogether.
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For the, last two days the water in the Regent's
Canal has been rendered obnoxious by the discharge
of the refuse lime-water, or gas-washings. from the
works of a party:of gas-makers,. calling themselves the
Independent Gas-light Company.; a company set afloat
during the late Share mania, and not established under
the atidiority of Parliament. The eels-and other fish
in the canal were caught floating on the surface in a
lifeless state, in pails•and baskets, and 'the water from
opposite _ Kingsland, and thence downwards for some
distance, W of the colour of milk. It is said that no
parliam ry enta regulation can reach this nuisance unless
the Acts of." Parliament for incorporating '
as
the Canal
Company afford a protection against it.
A. nurnber of Nthlemeri, and Gentlemen, •• .* many of
them n*rried, have been lately by • • •
annoyed certain cu.--
culars which are sent to them •
on their arrival in town.
'she following is a copy of one of them .......
" Should happen to be at tl ' •
us time in town, and
could make it convenient to Condescend
card, m the course of to-morrow die uont%cali miln:,in'euniadY " per
co/Ounce, pertaining to isnother, mayr----' a ((-----. - ication
n
be expected of an ((allured
interesting, as presumed grateful,' nature.
” Tuesday evening,"
The card is--.:
• 4, •
• M. Le Roy, 20
, old Cavendish-street,"

GREEK COMMITTEE AT PARIS.

An account has been published of the amount of con-
.ributions for the'Geeek cause, collected and managed by
lie Greek Committee at Paris. It embraces the sums

laced at their disposal and expended lay their order, from
_ _

the eommencement-of• 1825 to the middle of the present
year. It appears from this statement, that the subscrip-
tions from Paris and from the Departments, up to the 31st
of December, 1825; amounted in all to 239,649, francs, car
9,6001. sterling. The .committee, out of this sum, gave
6,688 francs to General Roche and his family ; expended
70,646 francs in an attempt to establish an arsenal and
corps of artillery; disbursed in clothing and other materiel
75,000 francs more, and paid 4,600 francs for. the mum,
nance and educatiOn of five or six young Greeks ; bk(l.4
other items which have not enumerated. The receipts
of the Committee during the first six months of the presOit
year amounted to the considerable sum of 651,867 Gains,
which, added to the balance of last year, raised their funds
to 727,996 francs, or about 29,120/. The following is
the manner in which this fund has been disposed of:—
fr. C.
Expences connected with General Roche's Ist mission 2,60 721
Balance of the first mission
Ditto second
Expellees of the third '38,114 Si
Ditto fourth

Mission directed by M. Eynard 195;
Education of the young Greeks ... 5,...... 7,150
Expellees of Management
9,266 d°
Sundrieg

339,294
In hand, with the exception of accounts since opened 3881/01
127,996
Among the donations of individuals, we find several tbst
munificent and princely. M. Gabriel Eynard, of GetieT
subscribed, in 1825, the sum of 2.5,000 f. (or shoot lito4*
sterling);. M..Casimir Perrier, the Paris banker;
6,000 f, (or
2,100; and the family of the Duke of Orleantittit •
benefactions, 27,000 francs. The amount. collected from
door to door by the ladies of Paris,' WitEY in the first
months of this year, 122,881 francs. The Committee, by
the detailed statement whiCh we have not room to in r!'
seems in most instances to have made a judicious
cation of the means placed at its disposal. Yet, Afterl
what are these means compared with the sums raised !Y
loans, and squandered by Improvidence or. cormption.in
England ? The pretty item reserved, as commission hf
the contractor of the last loan (amounting to 0,004
nearly doubles the voluntary contributions ofsll the Phil:
hellenes of Europe, including those of Connuitteeo4ll:l
Corporations—of Colleges and Universities—of
Ladies and benevolent Priticesof Priests, Artists, .
loaophers, lOW Statesmen—the produce of Benefit Concerts,
anti the Collections of Charity Sermons!