The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WOBCESTER, FEB. 27.—We have still little or
no busiucss doing in our market, although the
prices are understood to he 51. per cwt. lower ;
.indeed it is said that the best English Flops may
now be obtained at 271. per,ewt., and the best
Foreign at 201.

tfe underStAnd the price of beaver has risen
lately from 35 to 40 per cent. so that a consider-
able rise in Lats may be expected ; at least, it is
probable that, like flunders father, they bold
their " tearer up." •

"The tanners of Shrewsbury and other places are
balding uteetingi, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of again-petitioni,ng, P.trl;Ament for
a reveal of the Act imposing au additional duty
ou

TEE INTERESTING DISCOVERt

FURTHER IMPORTANT PARTICULARS OF THE EX-
AMINATION RELATIVE TO SPIcER,AND KELLY,
BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE 1101.1 SE OF
COMMONS. '

SMITH was called in after Limbrick withdrew, and

examined as follows :

Q Yon fill the situation of Keeper at Bow-
street ?—A. Gaoler.
Q. You do not go out as an officer ?—A. Ouly
on a Supday night.
Q. Yon went out on this occasion with Limb-
rick to watch two persons ; did you ?-•-A. On
the 26th of Nov. 1 was at a public. house close
by, taking a pint of ale and a pipe, and just about
live o'clock Limbtick came in, Hod said hewanteil

.me to go with him, and I Vrent with him,

Q. Did l►e tell you what he %yawed with you
—A. He said there were two people passing
bad notes.
Q. Did he tell you l►e had received information
of then► ?—A. 'Yes.

Q. Did he tell you from whom ?—A. No.
Q. He had not communicated to you that he
should want you No. I knew Spicer after
I had apprehended MM.

Q. When you came up to the place where
Linibrick took you, you were placed to watch
these boys ?—A. No ; I was up a dark place,
where I could not see Kelly. l saw Spicer:;
never saw them together; I did not see them
conic up St. Martin's-laue; my back was turned
to them. 'After we had been there some time,
Limbrick said,- I think they are coining now ; I
crossed over to a dark part of St. Martin's lane,
and waited there till !hey came. I did not see
any notes pass in Kmg-street. 1 apprehended
Spicer,. Kelly was some yards befOre Spicer.
Q. But you saw a third person walking,together
with them No; I never saw two persons
together. There was a person speaking to Lim-
brick, but what he, said I cannot say. When I
apprehended Spicer, and was biinging hiM along
King-street, I observed him put his hand' to his
picket ; upon that I pushed him into a shop ated
searched him, and found live Mites upon
Q. Did Spicer and Kelly say they bad another.
person with them who gave them the Notes.—
A. No. ,

Q. Did either of them say it was a person of
the name of Finney who gave it them ?—A. No,
nothing of the kind.; .1 have beard .since there is
Berson of the name of Finney, who has been
with Kelly. 1 knew Finney from a child.
Q. He has been in this prison ?—A. Yes, anti
his mother hung herself.
Q: How long ago was he here ?—A. Two years
ago.

Q. NVl►at does Finney generally do ?-1-le is a
plasterer by trade. I never knew what he did
but tl►.at.

Q. Have you seen him about the Offireat all ?
A. No if I had, I.shotild have tAen him hito
custody.

Q. When ?—A. After this happened.
Q. Were p.m ever informed !hat he was in.
the habit of passing bad ❑otes ?—A. Never in my
life.

R. Used lie, to come into the. offKe as a lounger,
or ri•as he in the habit of bitting dowxi to dri►tk
with the officers ?—A. N 1 ; J have:seen him at
different times there when his girl has been in
trouble, getting i►er hail;
Q Do you recollect his being brought up by
Bean, charged with an assault, witi► Ett►ma Con-
nor, and a girl Of the ti,line of Russell ?—.A. I
know Connor, becauie ifie has been up there he-
ft-ire.

Q. Do you recollect the ciren!.nstanCe of these
three being brought up before the ISlagistrate.for
an afl'ay that happened with a person of the name
of Bean ?—A. I linoW 'Bean recollect Connor,
the girl, and kussel, being brought up on the
charge.

Q. Do vou not recollect Finney,?—A. No,
Q. And that he 'wig immediately discharged on
Limbrick speaking for bin) ?--,4 No ; 1 do riot
recollect him---4 took the Other two to prison.
Q, Had you not sat down and taken some re-
freshment with Finney some few days before this
circumstance ?—A. No.

Q. Since that have you ?--A. No; I have been
to the Bank with Limb: IA and Finney.
Q. Wiiat'did you do there ?—A. They went in-
side, and I stood uut, so that wlat passed I do
tint know.

Q. (lad ynn been in the Brown Bear public-
house some few weeks lifter this posecutiuto—
No.

Q. Did Lirobrick ever tell yott what the infor-
mer was to receive ?—A., No.

Q. What did you receive ?—A. Ten pounds,
and "Litnbrick twenty he gave we five, waking
fifteen a piece.
Q, Was there no part of that to be given to the
tutor met I have never seen him since.

Q. Did you not teal _ Braidley, the porkman,
that the sum Was fattier small, it you bad to ray
the intormer ?—:A. No. tie. asked me whether]
had paid any thing to any body.
Q And you said you intended to do .so ?
A.

Q. Did yort no! tell Braidley, the pork man, that
you had received 301., that it was small, and that
you had given, some
.to the infotmei ?—A. It
migbt haVe been said, but not by me. I should
wish to. say there is no part of my evidence in
which it appeirs that I saw them together ; I re-
ceived no information hut what I received front
Limb-rick"; I was called out by Linibriek.
Q. Had you ever seen Spicer, Kelly, and Finney
together Never in my life. , •
Q. Finney kept a cart at one time, did he not ?
and went about as a costermonger Never to
my knewledge. .
Q. Limbrick.has told you that Finney gave him
the information ?—A. Yes: • .

Q. %Vcre you present when LiMbrick iave his
evidence in Court ?—A:' Yes. .1. do not think
there were hardly two words spoken in Court.
Q. What do yoti know of Spicer ?—A; It was
for art assault 1 had him in custody. There Were
four of them brought in together,
Q. To your kno..vledge, has .Spicer ever been
a flasher ?—A. Nat to my knowledge.; I never
heard lie had; I never knew he was concerned
in transactions of this kind before. He was taken

Cir-ce fair AtTr',4 at night, but gori sall in
ilec cause of the day.

• William Sutton, t%lio keeps the White Hart,
tsar examiltedlle seen Fintrey, Kelly, and,
Spicer kir hit- house, wa% very' Well be
hayed. tie did nit know Limbriek, but he might
hare been at his hon Se. He had heard
friends. were 'respectable.
Catherine Cotimilly depbSed.in tuhttance.to"the
same effect that has already appeared.
Thomas pace, the Queen-square Officer; and
John Chapman, hatter, went, on the 7th of Ja-
nuary, to. Kelly in Neivgate, when he cOnlessed
that he had passed forged notes; anti that lie re-
ceived them frOm'Cliat les Finney, Who Pace kne►v.
very well, • having had blur in custody. '1 hey
proceeded ,immediately to Mr. Westwood, and
informed him of the circumstance. Mr. West-
wood desired them to apprehend Pinney, and said
that he tvonid. either see them or send to them,
in two or three dayS time. They told Mr.West-
wood,.that Emma Connor, who Was taken up,
for passing a forged note, lived with Finney.
Chapman said to Mr. Westwood, that he had no
doubt but that Kelly and Spicer had been en-
trapped by the Officer and Finney.