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any quantity he plea es, either at his own table or
that of his servants, without having to pay one far-
thiteg of duty! That a tax so scandaloply partial
should ever have been imposed, or that it should
still be continued, and so little outcry be raised
against it, is indeed extraordinary. It is, without
any question, the most objectionable tax in our
whole fiscal sistem. The country has rung wit
ahf-
well-founded complaints of the unjust preference
forded by discriminating duties to \Vest Indian over
East Indian sugars ; but :what is this preference
when compared with that we have now pointed
out'? Here we have the rich and the great enacting
a law by which a heavy duty is laid on the beer con-
slimed by the poor, from which that used by them
elves is entirely free. It is ludicrous, while such a
taw is suffered to disgrace the Statute Book, to stalk
drent the fairness ;01d equality of our system of taxa-
tion. We do not believe that the Legislature of Al-
giers cite furnish a more`aring example of partial it)
or preference than the in question.
" The net produce of the discriminating tax lei,
exclusively on the beverage of the labouring ti
t 1 classes, or of the beer duty, atnounted, i
1827, to 3,201,389/. I\Thre than three-fourths o
;he malt consumed in Eegland is used byte des public
Lirewers, and is therefore subjected om-
tating; duty.
" The regulations under which the beer maim-
factory is conducted are quite of a piece with those
laid on the making, of malt. The regulations con-
tained in the Acts of the Ist and 2a Geo. w. cap.
22, (for the regulating mania is not yet extinct) were
so contradictory and absurd, that it was found tab d
be
absolutely impracticable torn omply with
of ththem
nubile
;
tic Board of Excise, assuing a little at
ofticizon, which is the feature par excellence of the
Court of Session, issued instructions that have beep
substituted in the place f this notable Act,a
wmonu-
hich,
however, still remains on the Statute-book,
ment of the wisdom of its framers.
" At present, no brewer of strong beer is allo
con-
wed
to send it from his premises, except in casks
taining not less than five gallons or not less than
,
two dozen reputed qart bottles, at a time. But a
poor man cannot buy this quantity of beer, even if a
wholesale dealer were to think it worth his while to
sell it to him dim; so that the result of this regulation
is, that beer cannot be sold in retail, except by a per-
son who keeps a public-house.
" Brewers of what is termed intermediate beer
are virtually restrained from making any other sort
of beer. Under the Intermediate Beer Act (4 Geo.
IV. cap. 51.) it ie provided, that beer may be sold
by retail upon the premises w
allhowedere brtoewedreta—iltithafrom
t is,
a manufacturer or brewer is
his room or house in gallons or quarts, to the sur-
rounding neighbourhood, at the same time that lie is
interdicted from selling it wholesale to a shopkeeper,
whose business is that of a retailer ! The
ion conhas
se-
quence of this perverse and absurd regulat
been, that
the brewers only have been found
to take op the trade of making and selling this inter-
- mediate beer, four of whom are within the
limits of
the chief Excise-ollice in London (Par. paper
ar-
,
No. 159, Sept. 1828); and out of 8,300,000
rels of all sorts of beer brewed in England and
Wales in 1827, the intermediate brewers brewed
only 17,153 barrels, of which
aar.bout 16,000160, barreSept.ls
were brewed in London, (P paper
1828.)"
The monstrous abuses of the licensing sys-
tem, as it is now conductetl, want of space
obliges us to postpone to another opportunity.

ani brevity has been stkal-
listicated jargon whanicd that
h has
al in diplomacy,
ed with obliging enressions,
spectful throughout, it does
mperor right as to some mis-
state of public opinion in
he had fallen ; nor to re-
tion the spirit in which he
into the existing war with
3 we learn, proceeds to ex-
reat 'Britain and her Allies
s of a general pacification
firmly announces their
~: by the principles adopted
sented to by the high con-
ous to the commencement
his is truly stated (and we
:ceive it), we cannot admit
nputation, which would
Cabinet either apathy or
y, no species of grievance
immediate notice. from
igorous and decisive re-
re, than one which unites
senseless embarrassment
ommerce with a wanton
on the comforts of our
le law under which the
luties are collected, and
And porter houses are
:ono a national grievance
s characteristics above
such details of absur-
uity, as are much too
► be set forth seriatinz
a by stating briefly the
produce of the raw
'option of malt liquor,
.om official returns the
opulation of England
year 1750, or there-
ioo,ooo of people (it
'ling less); and that
fallen short (admit
7c returns from 1800
). 2d, 'l'het the
in England was, in
tors, and, in 1828,
he consumption 6
near 10 per cent.,
ers has more than
himself, therefore,
7holesome state of
n infallible indica.
in the condition
la higher stage of
some extraneous
the enjoyment of
has cut off the
asses in the pro-
is a misfortune,
crime, that the
sted for mami
e of agricultural
it so enormous,
led interest has
tt oyerpowerin(,
o uphold thec'
ry principle of
sense, in fore-
duce the Malt
nd-owner and
laint, (and we
üblication for
h it has dis-
nt oppression
s in two cir-
uti
disgusting
Isive pressure
the lower or-
-1 affluent are
it we cannot
ttions under
e meddling
nen autho-,
o to present
,f the beer
tamer, the
od, may, to
be said to
et of untie-
naltster, of
he price of
power of
.)(3 honest,
s activity,
ans of ob.-
eh a state
sons, and
ide ; that
rtments;
with all
business
inciples,
vho are
e regu-
ducted
?t, even
me time
re and
x di ill-
of in•
ye we
pres-
'fiscal
hat it
the
;e
rd to
the
e of
luty
I on
n it
ties
to
he
-
u-
he
-
s-
-1.

—l'illlC3.
Though the Bank proprietors may, as men a,
the world, be acting very wisely in " letting well
alone," and " taking the good their gods pro-
vide them," yet there does seem to be a manifest
absurdity in their meeting twice a year for the
purpose of considering of a dividend, and allow-
ing themselves in the mean
the time to bor date kepa
t
wholly in the dark as to
upon which si:eli dividend is proposed. The
most illiterate and confiding of all sleeping part-
ners is shown a balance-sheet ; and, if he cannot
understand it, is allowed to ask
such questions
as may elucidate it ; while the partners in the
first money establishment in the world neat all
ither
know, nor are allowed to know, any
.thing
of their affairs, but are compelled quietly to take
for granted whatever their stewards and servants
(or rather, perhaps, managing partners), the Di-
rectors, may think proper to afford them. That
there may be good policy in this we do not
deny. There is a third party, we suspect, if not
a fourth, from whom it may be deemed advisable
to keep, as far as possible, a knowledge of the
Bank secrets. That third party is the public—
\
and the fourth the Government. No doubt great
part of the Bank profits are obtained at the public
expence—and that in more ways than one ; as
\the charge for managing the National Debt—
profits on unclaimed dividends— composition for
stamps on notes—lost and unpaid notes, &c.
If the profits of the Brosk an of
solel Engfromland,
diks licounts,e those
of private bankers, ae y
and the other common applications of capital,
then, of course, the accounts would be as readily
open to the inspection of the h
proprietors in the
one case, as to the partners in te other. We
are inclined to think, therefore, that, however
confiding, and justly so, the proprietors of Bank
Stock may be, their very acquiescence is an ad-
ditional reason why those at whose cxpence, and
by whose ;rant of a monopoly, so large a pro-
ortion of the Bank profits are obtained, should
know a little more of the matter than they do.
Where there are mystery and concealmentsome-
most
people will imagine that there must be
thing to mystify and to conceal ; and lookinwe
g,
above all, to the state of the Bank
apprehend the time is not far distant when Par-
liament must insist upon possessing that know-
ledge which is now withheldHeraldthe proprie-
tors themselves.-IViorning Her
The Court Martial on Captain Dickenso nhere has
occupied so much of public attention, and t
would appear, from the suffrages of our contem-
poraries, to exist such an universal satisfaction at
the result, that we trust we shall stand excused
in adding our comment upon it to that of the
many which have been already published. And
in the first place we must remark that the honour-
able acciuittal which Captain Dickenson has re-
ceived from the Court, has our decided approba-
tion ; first, on the ground of his previous con-
donation by Sir Edward Codrington, his Com-
manding Officer, and next, on that of the time
at which the inquiry into his conducthav wingas ibeen
nsti-
tuted. His alleged misconduct
the former, ought to have
once overlooked by
satisfied the Admiralty that it was riot of that
gross and heinous character which required public
investigation or public censure ; while it must
have been clear that the ch
an arge disgraceful
s against him
must have been palpable d most
' *-c evidence could be found at this dis-

airily true. i would wish to observe, however, that I
although the words`sstane of the conversation is cor- 1
sect,
the exact wlitch were spoken have not,
But to what part of the re-
perhaps been used.
port do you call my :mention ? Mr. B.—To that
passage in which you are
,made to say that " it was
a most dishonourable action on the part of Mr. 8.,
but that a Magistrate could not afford Mr. Thomp•
son relief."

icen clone--a simple and honourableit rel acqui ittal,
Ind an acquittal which, while eved
him from the stigma of misconduct,th re-
torted a still grosser charge on ose
who called in question his merits as an
officer. The former mode would have satisfied
every body, even, we imagine, ►Captain Dicken-
son himself, but the Court in its wisdom
also would
not stop short at this must
the Officer who stated his dissatisfaction with
Captain Dickenson 's conduct, with the disgrace
of having brought forward not fidse, but frivo-
lous and vexatious charges. Now we attribute
no improper motive to the Court, or any of its
members, which found this verdict. It had a
right to find it if it considered it to be a just, a
conscientious, and a called-for verdict; but we
trust we may, nevertheless, be permitted to in-
quire why such sidelong conde
deemed neces-
sary towards him who vas reluctantly
dragged into the charges on
who whaichalong i Captan-
i
Dickenson was tried, and ll n
veighed against a public prosecution of him as
both improper and utterly uncalled for ? No
reason appears for such conduct on the face of
the record. It is said, indeed, by some whose
reasons for such gross misrepresentation it
difficult to fathom, that Sir Edward Codrington
having made charges was bound to pro
made n
charge at first, but simply stated, in justice
to others, and in the regular discharge of
a duty which it would have beenot ll
unmanly
to have neglected, that "he was n 80 we
" satisfied with Captain Dickenson 's con
charges
which were afterwards brought before the Court-
martial were mere explanations of that simple
expression, and explanations, too,
which he
would have willingly withheld, had he been per-
mitted. This we say is the case, as appears from
the proceedings of the Court-martial, the result
of which will probably have to be tried over
again in another shape ; and we are frank to o
in
wn
our regret—nay, also our indignation, that
acquitting Captain Dickensoui an opportunity
should have been seized to th
endeavour tO tarnish
the laurels of the hero of Navarin. But e tin-
favourable impression on the public mind, if
any such has been made, against him, by the
verdict which has been delivered, must be tem-
porary and fleeting, and his character as a man
emerge from under the cloud of reproach. which
it has been attempted to fasten on him, as bright
and spotless as his character as an officer, who
has added to the list of our naval victories.
Political enmity Edward day of triumph but an
officer like Sir has no need to fear that
't will leave a permanent blot on his 'scutcheon.
-Morning Advertiser.
re•••••••=011.01.•

Mr. Ido not recollect having 'used the
expression, and 1 rather thin
if k I did not.
ions im-
r. 13. asked Mt. Halls the observat
Mputed to Sir R. Birnie by the re niter bad really
p
fallen from that Magistrate. Mr. HAW,' Wtisl not
that M
responsible for the words used by
another Magis-
trate. Thus far, however, he would say,
r.
Thompson stated there in his presence, that he had
intrusted in the hands of Mr. B. two pieces for the
stage, for which Mr. B. hd been paid and he bad not.
Mr. B. said, that such a statement tlas unfound ed
in fact, as a letter which he had received the even.
ing before from Mr. Dunn, the treasurer of Drurr
lane Theatre, would prove. Mr. B. then handed
`le letter in question to the Magistrate for his pe-
lt certified that Mr. B. had received no re-
muneration ftorn that theatre for the Dum
so fa r, b Savoyard.
Mi. HALLS observed, that certainly, there
did not appear to be any ground for Mr. Thompson's
complaint.
Mr. 13. merely came to in wire of q Mr. halls if the
ascertained that fact, he
report were true. Having
hoped that his application would be considered as
private, he having ulterior mea,ures in view.
Mr. B. then withdrew.
Four desperate looking fellows were brought be-
fore Mr. HALLS in the evening, charged with having
grossly intuited a young woman named Susan Slade,
and afterwards committed a violent assaultth upon
ree
a
publican named Shepherd:ion, who h-r'eps e Thunsi in Belton;street, It appeared that the fellows
`runs;
of when are brothers, named Pickering, and
the fourth named Meadows) commenced their at•
tack upon the young wonOli in the Constitution
where Mr.
public-house, Drury-lane, Shcpherdson
happened to be : upon his remonstrating itith them,
they grew noisy and violent, upon which a young
man employed in the bar attempted to put them
out, when two of them drew their knives, and a
general scuttle ensued, in which Mr. Shepherdson
was so badly injured as to disable him from attend-
ing to give evidence against the prioners, who were
remanded for further examlitation,
WORSHIP-STREET.
On Saturday a person named Gurney,
landld-streetlord of
the Oenfge the Fourth public-house, O,
appeared fii,_dte the Magistrates upon information,
charged with keep-Tfig, 4 di,.s'orderly house.
The defendant could net tieny the charge, but said
le was out of town at the tittle 401 in the
elev in-
He had been in the house 'en
months, and it cost him 2,000/. to go into
t.
Mr. BROUGHTON very much doubted he lattd
part of the statement, and the defendant then ad-
mitted that his brewers had advanced half the money.
The defog
on
fined 5/. and costs.
A :leeand information against the same house was
withdrawn at the suggestion of Mr.Broughton, upon
payment of the costs by the defendant.
Several gentletnen connected with the parish ef
St. Leonard, Shorediteh, applied to Mr. Broiteitolt
sir his assistance and advice under the following

rusal

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
On Saturday Anne Williams, a woman about Mock
thirty years of are, shabbily dressed ik
bonnet, and a dareotton gown, was brought up by
Potter, beadle of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, and
charged before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY with playing
off an hysterical fit in order to excite the pity of the
benevolent.
Potter was informed about four o'lock on
•Friday
afternoon that a female was lying in a fit at the door
of a public-house in Water-lane, Blackfriars. He
hastened to the spot, and found the prisoner sur-
rounded by a large crowd. She appeared in a state
of complete insensibility exhibiting no other symptom
of vitality than a copious stream of froth which
issued from her mouth. The spectators pressed
around her; their features harrowed
or up intoex-
a
mingled expression of pity and horr ; some
claiming she had taken poison, and all anxious to
afford relief. Potter instantly set off to a
receivedsue a
and, describing the woman's situation,
draught, which, with considerable difficulty, was
poured down her throat. This was attended with
no beneficial result ; and Potter brought the parish
surgeon to examine her, who pronounced her to be
labouring in a violent hysteric, and recommended the
application of vinegar to her temples. Potter's
open palm went to work, and after enduring for
some time a severe rubbing from the rough han,nd
reof
rand
the beadle she at length opened her eyes ;
wh e-
cognising the official functionary bent over her
knowing thereby that it was all up with her,
she
started up, and clawed his face like a very virago.—
These exertions only sent forth the froth more abun-
dantly than ever, when the wily beadle, thrusting
his finger into her mouth, at the imminent risk
soap
of
having it bitten off, hooked out a large piece of
worked up into a state of lather not to he sur-
passed by the best patent shavims brush.
The prisoner said she lived with her sister in Ben.s
mondsey : she averred she had been subject to
fit
for some years, but in what manner the soap found
its way into her mouth, except that she might have
put it there for safety when she felt the fit coming
on, she could not imagine.
The Alderman inquired if the surgeon was in
attendance to give his opinion that the fit` was
the
an
imposture? Potter said he was not;
but hen
woman recovered he considered it a mere trick.
The ALDERMAN told her if the s urgeon had been
present to state what he thought of the hysteric she
would most indubitably have worked off her next fit
at the tread-wheel; but he cautioned her against
getting into an hysteric in the street henceforward.
Om Saturday the porter of the Cross Keys Inn,
Wood-street, was summoned for not delivering a
parcel, addressed to Mr. Minton, of Cheapside,
within the time limited by law.
The complainant said the porter brought the par-
cel on Thursday last to his warehouse, but refused to
let it go out of his hands until he had first received
payment for the carriage. A half-crown was thrown
not
upon the counter before him,
but that
do, it must be put into his hand. It was in vain to
tell him that there had been no refusal to pay, and
that the charge was deemed a proper one (for com-
plainant bad possession of `hell ticket, which
wass
15d.) ; he would not part witthe parcel unles
Mr. Minton would say he would pay for it. Mr.
Minton would not repeat the prescribed form of
words, but again said he did not object to the
charge. This did not satisfy the porter, and com-
plainant ordered him out of the premises tor his in,
solence, and went to the booking-office to complain
of his misbehaviour. Here, however, he wit.; in-
sulted ; and he had therefore appealed to the Ma-
gistrate. The parcel had not been delivered yet,
and•complainant was not aware from whence it had
been forwarded.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said this was such a gross
case of misbehaviour, that he should fine the porter
2Us., and 3s. costs; and if the parcel should not be
delivered in a proper manner, he hoped the com-
plainant would bring an action against the coach-
office.—The fine was paid.
BoW.sTitEE'L
Mr. 8., of Drury-lane Theatre, appeared at this
hpfore Mr. HALLS, respecting the

circumstances :---,
They had, durinv the past week, been endeavour-
ing to " burn out” tht.; tetattts of tome houses
which they described as tiroarels',. in Barl.street,
Finsbury. Men were placed before the itonte
Of with
with
lanterns and boards inscribed " Beware z 1
houses," but the men had been beset and assaulted
by people from the houses, and a disturbance created.
. Mr. BROUGHTON said it was not to be wondered
at if a disturbance had been occasioned, for the
course which they had adopted was illegal, was
calculated to increase the evil instead of abating
it, and to lead to breaches of the peace. The
law gave them no authority to make any per-
son's house out as a brothel qithout taking the
proper steps to prove it so. They should proceed
by indictment, instead of acting as they had done.
One of the gentlemen spoke of tho difficuch lty and
.expense of prosecuting the owners of su places
to conviction.
Mr. BROUGHTON said the law directed that such
houses should be proceeded against by indictment.
The mole which had been adopted was illegal, and
tended directly to a breach of the peace.n which the
After some further conversation, i
iNlagistrate gave the gentlemen credit for their good
intentions, they retired with the design, we believe,
of acting by his advice.

,X TEN SIVE FORGERIES.

LAMBETH-STREET.
On Saturday Mary Frith, an elderly woman, and
Ii liz.abeth Frith, her (laughter, were brought before
Messrs. WALKER and
on a chargeWY of harbour ngUTFIEanLDd
,
a county Magistrate,
concealing a girl named Eliza Willis, the.anghcir-
ter
of a respectable tradesman, under the followding
cumstances:—
the fatter of the girl, stated,
Mr. Daniel Willis,
that his daughter, who is only 15 years of age, ab-
sconded from her home about a fortnight ago, and
after searching in every direction, and being put
great anxiety and trouble, he at length found In
the abode of the prisoners, who kept a house of
fame in Old Gravel-lime, St. George's in the Bas.
On leaving home his daughter was decently attired,
but the prisoners had stripped her of her clothes,
which they had pledged, and substituted the clothes
she now had on, which were not worth a shilling.
Mr. Thomas Burford, a headborough of St.
George's, said the house belonging to the elder pri-
soner was an infamous brothel, and she sent out her
own daughters at night, and received the produce of
their ill-gotten gains. The daughter of the la tweed
uced
wit-
ness had been decoyed from her home, and in
by the prisoners to come and live at their sink of
iniquity ; and since she had been with them they
encouraged her to walk the streets and lead a life of
infamy and prostitution, that they might reap benefit
therefrom.
The elder prisoner denied the charge of harbour-
ing the girl for had purposes, and said she took her
in out of charity : her husband held a situation in
the Excise department, and she kept no improper

ler al

house.
Mr.l3urford repeated that the house was a cbm-
tnou brothel, and well known as such.
The parents of the girl said every means had
been used to reclaim her, but without effect. On
one occasion she raised a report that she was starved
and barbarously treated, and by this means caused a
mob of between 400 and 500 persons to assemble
in front of the house, who threatened to pull it their
and they had some difficulty in escaping with their

lives.
The AlagistrateE, after expressing their indigna- 1
tion at the conduct of the elder prisoner, ordered 1
her to find sureties for her future good behaviour,
and advised the parochial authorities of St. George's,
who were p
resent , to indict her for keeping a dis-
orderly house.
'rhe other prisoner was discharged, and the girl
\ was allowed to depart with her father and mother.
H ATTON.G ARDEN.
James Southwell and Francis Rice, both young
men, were brought to this office on Saturday night
in custody of Lloyd, the officer, to answer a com-
plaint preferred against them, under the following
vexatious circumstances, by Mr. Hornby, an elderly
gentleman, residing at No. 19, Upper North-place.
- Grav's-inn-lane.

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•
defendants appeared in general the most promi- li tailors and shoemakers goods in th!lir trade to
tient, would then rim after the carriage, creating \ the amount of several hundred pounds upon
the same disorders as above described, which always i credit, besides from Wile/ persons goods in his
placed them, particularly the females, under the ne- \ own trade, such as maps„ optical instruments,
cessity of leaning backwards from the wlndows, or
Sze to the amount of nearly- 11000/. it cannot
squeezing themselves into the corners of the carriage, l .'" •
to avoid being seen and recognised by the public as \ b ascertamed what ready cash he has taken with
they drove along Gray's-inn-lane and the other hun, but it is known that the niObt before be left
b
passages adjoining their residence. he got several of his forged bills discounted.
Mr. LAING asked the complainant what reason I, bardner's plan seems to have been to concoct
did he suppose the defendants could have for such \ bills purporting to be drawn upon respectable
1 houses in London by persons at Niftveastle-on-
conduct, and in so marked a manner, towards hint
and his family ?—Mr. Hornby replied, that he could 1 Tyne, Leeds, Liverpool, Sze., payable at a Lon,-
not conceive any reasons whatever for it, "less the I o bankers, and providing for them before:
following :---,-,14e some time ago had a servant-maid, ; to avoid' detection. In this'.
to whetn the defendant Rice was making love, or tlteV bec".e due,
1 m,:mner it is known he nas for several years ()b-
-rother was making to his pantry and wine-cellar
1 large discounts. The whole of his defal-
through the medium of the servant. She frequently I tame(,
admitted him, together with a train of his acquaint- cations. have not .yet been discovered ; butt among
;owes, into he house, whenever an opportunity the sufferers by forged bills, besides Mr. Joslett,
presented itself of doing so without the eogni7nuce I are Messrs. Rivington, of St. Paul's Church-
of the family. These secret introductions, how- 1 yard ; Mrs. Lowrie, an engraver ; Messrs. liar-
presented
having at length come non he knowledge of the 1 vey and 'Dattons, of Gracecitureb-street ; Mr.Nl/41".
family, the servant was caued against seeing arty Dayton, of Holborn-hill ; and Mr. Smith, a map-
more her male acquaintances in the house; but no
1 &tiler in the Strand.
I» consequence of Gardner's absence, from
sooner was this restraint laid upon her, than she
1 home, a.r.d the number of bills becoming,
cltae in
contrived
as mode of roseenting her amours, t
p•remilLes such quick succession, it was deemed necessraT
and that was by going herself wilt nt night after the
family bad retired to bed, through the back
of the :hotue, and thence through one of Ore ad- to make him a bankrupt, Mr. Joslen beino thez,
Tottenham-court-road, the soli-
joining houses, to meet her lover according to ao,- petitioning creditor ; and Mr. Reynolds, o(Car--
pintment, The moment, however, she was dee 1 ma,rthtn_street,
citoe, to' work the commission. The above facts:
teeted it: doing so she was discharged, and these i
were the sole eirearnstanees to which he could at \
I came out trpon the first meeting of cremtors. •
lute the conduct no,:r complained J. Saturda" :Mi-otlicr meeting was held before
.) • -
Mr. LAING then called upon' the defendants to Ott .
state what answer they had to make to the complaint. i the Commi:isionerg of Bankrupts, at Guildhall ;
They replied, that they were sorry ' it is • led to -tro-
th,. ge„ttemli and at the third mectl.riec
should seem to feel an annoyance where: 1.)M)1. WO ceed to outlawry. it is not expected that the
intended. assets will produce a is. in the pound !
Mr. LAING reproved them, and said, that if tel:
any future time they repeated their ndnet towards
the complainant or his family, the co
Y
should he apin ,
taken up, and either held to bail, or comtnitted---
prison for the offence; and they having promised not ---------------
to repeat it, he discharged them. Ver Qllafter.
Cfa11,1C...,••••••••...,.....
UNION-HALL. j Cininr,then.,--
The Sla gc Orates were occupied a considerable ! Wjr•e'A•tn,—....
time in investigafing the circumstances of a robbery, neneah ........----
in which a Miss Ni7ood''s box, containing clothes aud \ s‘`,;',t,',,',least...g7,--'
jewellery to the amount of 10014 was etolen. Per lnxshel.
• • Coventry ---
The young lady above named had Veen or a vont i 1,1,„,,,u, (stmt:)
at the residence of a gentleman named Lloyd, irt \ Vortnallerton --
Great Surrey-street, and on Friday afternoon, abont 1 ',4,.,,.1.1,°,,,Z7.---
atocealrdloonna --
five o'clock, she left the house of her friend, and re- 1 ‘..'ceetelk. ........---
turned hew, leaving a box behind her, containing: ; narnarF=l.
jewellery and clothea to the above amount, which I i?tahant..--.,,,,,..
was to remain until sell for, Shortly after Miss 1
Wood left the house, a female, vitt() represented lter-
\ called, and
-----
self as in the service of that young lady,
said she was sent
)icon her
ha i young mistenre ed thlt
ssterta 's box. Not
the slightest susi on in
she wan net the person she described herself to be,
the box, NVitil ;tg contents, was delivered to her,and
within a short space of time afterwards it was disco-
vered that the person to "Ave.; the box had been
given was an impostor, when the serVart in reality'
called for the young lady's property.
MAGISTRATE told the parties that tinless
The
they could make oath they suspected some indivi=
chic! bad the stolen property in his or her possession,
he could rift grant a search warrant. The parties,
being unable ft mike the necessary affidavit, then
withdrew, intimating their determination to strictly
vestigate the matter.

COUNTRY CORN iVIAIIKE;
PUItING LAST WEEK.

Vhet.

Bartcy.

F. to F. I ss to s.

S. to A.

16
18 95
7) 26
34

, to a.

.)3

64 I() 27 3J
50 68 ;32 37
:38
73
60 10 •32 38
*..41. F. d. s. d, s. d.
fs 104 40 S 0 5 0
II 0 11 :1 0
S 0 100 40 43
10'9 11 0 01) 001
1310 84.52 5.41
90 10040 00

19 23
\ 30 43`
3 g 401
Y 3 26
39 43
3 2 34
I, 3 3 40

-
12 4e;
401, e.,...•
C'6'; 6.114
5 1; 547;
80" ftei
0 o o'6*
I 1 3 1"

- .
\l3. a 2qo 00 110\
Xi 0' 200 83 0C
010 2.20 00 106
, l'S 0' IS W S(1 90
_2------:

30 46 1
50 90
70 86
6 0 76

We have to> record another instance of exten
sive forgeries hating been committed by a trades-
man, in a manner similar to that practised by the
unfortunate Hunton, who wrai 301tc time ago
executed at the Old Bailey. In this ithistance
the delinquent has eluded justice, and th
edere
for i§
every reason to believe that he has depart
the United States.
The name of the person is Willmeiam Robert
Gardner, who for a considerable ti past has
carried on the business- of a map and chart-
Lioselln-
er
and engraver, in Harpor.strect, Red
square. He had been in business about eigh-
seller, but about eighteen
teen years as a map-
months ago he opened a large warehouse,
which
he fitted up with expensive apparatus, to carry
0.1 the trade of an engraver also, in which line
he is said to have been clever,. having obtained
the engraving department of several banking
houses. His house and establishrneut were upon
an elegant scale, and every thing denoted him to
be an opulent tradesman. Ile was about lofty
years of age, of a very prepossessing exterior,
and agreeable manners, so as to deceive those
who at the time had no reason to suppose he
was carrying on business with a fictitious capital,
or that he was otherwise than a man of consi-
derable substance. He kept a number of work-
men and several apprentices. There is reason
to believe that he has been carrying on his for-
geries for many years, by putting respectable
names to bills, and taking them up a day or two
before they became due, so as to prevent any
suspicion of their being genuine. Of in
one or two instances, a strong suspicion was en-
tertained that the bills were forged ; but the great
severity of the law made the parties unwilling to
prosecute, and upon the tnoney being paid the sub-
e
ject was dropped. These instances seem
induced Mr. Gardner to adopt the plan of
oun-
get-
ting a good sum of money, and leave the c
try before a final explosion of the extent of his
defalcation was made, which he foresaw would
sooner or later take place. It is supposed that
he quitted London on the 29th July, having on
that day left home with his son, a lad of eight
years old, under - the pretence of
benefit ourninof his
g for
a fortnight in the country far the
health : since that time he has nor
not been heard'
of, and either on that day, or shortly after,
was seen in the London Docks looking after a
gentlem an
vessel about to sail for New York. His wife
lodged in r dr.
and three other children remain behind, and his
wife declares she does not know where her t
husband is. The first suspicion of his havin '
purposely.abgented himself arose from the fc 1-
o'---ardAed aynodung
lnoatieigd
jeonsekuninwst,:oncie3
Gardner's house, had some private propert• i to
the amount of several thousands of pout oh ;
this coming to the knowledge of Gardner, I to so
won the good opinion of Mr. Joslen as t,,, i
duce him to discount a number of bi' Ast and
about nine months ago 'Mr. Joslen w: •
as tetually
prevailed upon to sell out the rem. • of •
funded property (5001.) which had ' AM his
but
just been
bequeathed to him, to cash
Gardner's bills ; all the bill% I acme, more of
- iurport ed to be
drawn on persons wh- ' -‘tilic y WAS un-
doubted, and t, had
dealings - • e .
iv- -

00 13
10 6 12 0
110 120
100 00

'WAKEFIELD CORN DIARICEr.--Sept. 18.
Wheat is Is. to,
There is a very large suppV of Wheat up the river for
.
this day's market, and a lair epantity from the fanners,
line 01,1 Wheat is in demand, and 'hag been sold upon as
OW terms as last week. Tie best :i.i4ve
2s. per qftarter lower, an,' inferior and 'oft samples of
New are not a .leable at any tolerable price. Oats support
their value, and Shelling is wanted, but prjces of both
are: Good Beans are in request, a:0 are is.
pe unaltered. r
qtrarter dearer, but no improvement can be nlxtit io,
the intetiof wtg.
Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufiblk...s2s. 50s. to Ns. fine 640
.-------- New ...,,,,,,,............525. 516. to sis. fine 63s
----- White Old . ......... ..........,....sis. r,9s. to 60. fine 6SL
----''"----7- New ............... .....,,..54.5.. 'Xs. to 606. fine 646.
---- Foleign, Red ................... 505, 506: to 00. fine 696.
-------....- White ... ............... 046. to 686. fine 126.
Barley, Norfolk atttk Suffolk ................sa. to Da. tine
Mi.
---- incolushi,.. ................... 206. to 31-ts. tine TM,.
---- Yorkshire Weld ~,,,... .............. 24.15. to 336. fine -0-
------ Foreign ................. ~,.- .......... '2O. to 296. fine 316-
Beans, Old ............................ m........ 325. to 'Xs. tine 424
------ tac0...................................... 3.76. to 396. fine 4th
Bean::,
Oats,Potato ..................................... I 1... t. i . to ‘2l i • fine 296..
- Poland .................. ... ............ 205. 'Vs, to 265. fine 215..
- Friezland and Small ............. 183. 104. to 236. fine 24.6.,
---- Mealing .............................. 11,id. to 1111: per Stone-
shelling •
.............................. . ..... '29s. to 316. oti per Load_
Mal
................................. .
_.... 366..416. fine 436. or Load..
Rapeseed ............... .26i. N. 291. Os. 301. 03. pef liaet.