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London, England, 1827-10-20 00:00:00

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other objection went to the efflet that the proof of
forgery, as affecting the prisonertiWas not complete.
Mr. R. R. Sanders spoke from the bench : he saw
the prisoner within a few minutes of his being taken
into custody by Howard, and he appeared to him
(Mr. Sanders) so very ranch intoxicated, that he re-
commended the Magistrates to suspend the examina-
tion until the following day.

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Mr. Street, surgeon, and Mr. Pickett, deposed to
character.

Mrs. Spreat thought the prisoner rather tipsy
when he came to her house about 10 on the morning
of the 4th, but appeared to know what he was about.
The RECORDER summed up.
The Jury; after a few moments 3 consideration, and
at about seven o'clock, returned a verdict of " Guilty."
The Couwr saw no necessity for proceeding on
the other two indictments.

Mr. COLERIDGE rose, and in the name of all the
parties concerned in the prosecution, recommended
the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the
Court.

RECORDER.—I-have no discretion as to what my
duty must be now. William Franks, you have been
convicted on evidence very satisfactory to my mind
of forgery. I' confess there are many circumstances
that convince me you have committed a most deli-
berate act: you commenced your crime with felony
in breaking the box and stealing the property of
your aged relative, and until your career was stopped,
persevered in your' attempts to- appropriate the
savings of, probably, her whole life. It only remains
for me to finish my painful task by sentencing you
to be hanged by, the neck until you are dead, and
may God have mercy on your sou).
The COURT met this (Wednesday) morning at
nine o'clock.

ELECTION DINNER.--The 15th anniversary
of the return of Lord Reneliffe as Member of Parliament
for this town, was celebrated on Wenesday last with pe-
culiar eclat, by a public diuner, at the Duke of York, in
_York-street. Thomas Wake&ltl, Esq. took the chair.—
Nottingham Review.

HEIGHTS OF NIAGARA FALLS.---A gen-
tleman in Albany has politely furnished us with
the perpendicular height of the Falls, taken by
actual measurement, from the new bridge, re-
cently erected from the west end of Goat Island,
extending to the Terrapin rocks, 800 feet from
the shore. The mode adopted in ascertaining
the depth from the brink of the Fall to the sur-
face of the water below, leaves no room to
from
nAI
the
mraiolifugscaonftlit'nhge
qwuaesstui osnedi:sprcoosirerectcitnng6ssf.r
bridge over the edge of the precipice; from which
was suspended a cord, with a weight attached,
reaching fairly to the water in a perpendicular
line. The length of the cord to the surface of
the water at the brink, was 13 feet 1 inch ; from
this to the water below, on accurate measure-
ment, the distance was found. to be 158 feet 4
inches. These facts are duly certified by several
gentlemen, residents and foreigners, and by Mr.'
Hooker, the superintendent on GiDat Island.
We are told this is the first successful attempt
that wag-ever made to ascertain the perpendicu-
lar descent by actual measurement. Heretofore it
has been done by observation.--American Paper.
Volumnious supplies of printed papers, con-
sisting of books for entries, and tickets for deli-
veries of malt, have been issued to the maltsters
in this neighbourhood. The perplexities to
which the trade has been exposed by the opera-
tion of the new Act are of the most daunting
description, and have not only already inflicted
on that industrious and respectable class of
tradesmen a serious mischief, but have also in-
volved the whole agricultural' nterest in a singu-
lar dilemma. It is a curious fact, that there are
more penalties denounced in the new Malt Act
against offenders, than Mr. Peel has thought it
necessary, in his late Consolidation Act, to at-
tach to every description of offence in the king-
dom. The measure must certainly undergo
sober revision in the next session of Parliament,
and until then Ministers will, perhaps, think it
advisable to suspend its operation. The market
for barley is much depressed, from the effects of
the new Malt Bill. Ten bushels of barley, of a
,quality sufficiently good for seed, were bought
on Saturday week last by Mr. Stacey, miller of
this town, for 2s. per bushel.-Taunton Courier.

An important question, as affecting Authors
and Publishers, is now pending in the Court of
King's Bench. It is, whether, under the last
Copyright Act of the 54th Geo. 111. cap. 156,
which gives to each .of the Universities and Pub-
lic Libraries the right of demanding a copy of
every work published, those Institutions 'are en-
titled to copies of parts of a publication (such
parts not forming an entire volume) before the.
whole work is completed. The question has
been mooted in an action brought by the Trus-'
tees of the British, Museum against Messrs. Payne
and Foss, the booksellers, of Pall-mall, who
published some numbers of the late Dr. Sib.
thorpe's celebrated work on Botany, Flora
Grceca, the publication of which was commenced
before the paSsing'of the Act in question, and'
the work was continued in, numbers, but has
not been completed, in consequence of the exe- '
.cutorS of the late Doctor not being possessed of
adequate funds for the purpose. Mr. Justice
Bayley has already expressed an opinion, at Nisi
Prius, on the construction of the Copyright,
against the claim by the British Museum, but
'p
of A
excitement, by
thrown into a
,O n
a Tuesday
public
u blie last,
the question is shortly to be submitted to the
consideration of the Court of King's Bench. .
stltaletAe
goodof religious' Jaw
il
people
an-
nouncement, that a converted Jew was to preach
in the Masonic Lodge, on th • e evening of that
day. The novelty of the report t d
a tracte a goodly
portion of 'the natives to the
place of worship,
and they had the satisfaction of hearing. a
bearded Jew preach an eloquent and impressive
sermon from Psalm cii. 13, " Thou shalt arise,
and have mercy upon Zion ; for the time to
favour her, yea, the set time, is come." Towards
the end of the sermon, a sort of fracas took
place, owing to the scepticism of a stalwart theo-
logian, who, when the Israelite declared " that
he was commanded to preach the word in five
market towns in Scotland," stood up, and in a
demanded from 'whom he
dem
very dictatorial tone
had received his commission . This interroga-
tion did not, however, damp the ardour of the
Israelite, who only observed, in reply, that he was
willing to answer any questions which might be
put to him after the sermon was concluded. The
natives, of course, expected that at its conclusion
there would be a regular " war of words betwixt
he of the beard and he of the bake ; but whether
it was that the said septic turned at last a true
believer in the assertions of the Jew, -
touching
his authority to preach "the word in five
market
towns in Scotland," or whether
his
courage
failed him, and 'he became afraid
of the Jew's
beard " we cannot tell; yet true it is that he
put
no farther questions to the eater of boa's-flesh,"
and the congregation dispersed very much down
in the mouth, at. their townsman having displayed
such ,a paucity of pluck... Glasgow Free Press.