Star.
London, England, 1825-09-23 00:00:00

DONCAsI ER.

WZMIZIDAT NIG HT, TWELVE o'CLocr.
Such was the extraordinary attraction of the 'laces yesterttiy,
that the road from Doncaster to the Course was crowded with
equipages, in a continued line, for upwards of an hour and a half,
and the extensive paths on eoch side were completely lined will,
well-dressed females and others, journeying to the Course. In the
town, the streets might be compared to Holborn and the nei:L.
bouring streets, thronged with passengers on their route to Bartho-
lomew Fair. At an early hour in the morning the betting•men a,.
ambled in groups in different parts of the principal streets, where
they kept till the doors of the new betting room were opener!,
when a rash took place, and it was filled to excess in a few minute!:
indeed, not a twentieth part of the subscribers spuld got in. Those
remaining °mid, then assembled in clusters; as on Newmarket
Heath, which in some degree impeded the passage of the numero:.•
barouches, coaches and six, &c. and thus it continued till about
half past twelve o'clock, when a great many of them moved off
take their stations in the Grand Stand. The Course prescittd a
picture of unexampled grandeur, and seemed as if the noble and
wealthy of the land had concentrated here; for su magnificent 111
assemblage of rank, beauty, and fashion, is not within the rt.ol-
- of the oldest man on the turf.
The interest excites! by the St. Leger Stakes was so great, that
the odds have been looked after with avidity, not only on the. Con-
tinent, but in the East and West Indies. The race yesterday se:o
a beautiful spectacle. As the hordes successively came up to the
post, and took a canter pursuant to regulation, the greatest anxiety
was manifested. The overwhelming interest of the moment alt.,
sorbed every feeling, and all eyes were fixed with an intensity of
gaze on the noble creatures on whom so many hundreds of thou-
sands depended. When all were assembled for the start, the
beauty of the racers, and the motley but lively colours of the 'filers,
had a very picturesque and brilliant appearance.
We have repeatedly heard of Gentlemen Proprietors making
scarcely any addition to their jockiee' demand of 5/. for riding a
winning horse, and as often beard of very handsome compliments,
even amounting to hundreds, by the more liberal; but we never
knew a greater instance of unbounded liberality than occurred yes.
terday in the proprietor of Homer and Dauntless, who, in the
hearing of our Reporter, enabled both his jockies (Cbiffney and
Goodison) to stand on the winning of Homer for the Sr. Leger,
the sum of 10004 to nothing each ; or, in other words, if Hunnr
won, each was to receive a gratuity of 1000 sovereigns.

BAAX OF ANGLJIND.

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of the. Pro-

Yesterday, the Half-yearly General Court
rt..icors of 1.3411 k Stock was held in the Bank parlour. It
::as also one of the General Quarterly Courts, pursuant
to :he terms of the Charter.
The Chairman having taken the Chair, a previous resolution was
real!, when
The CITAIRMAN propoActl, that a dividend.? four per cent. upon
tl,e capital stock and profits of the Company should be declared for
t'ae halt year, ending the loth October next.
Upon the question being put, Mr. GUNDRY rose,
,id oished, as he had often before done, the Court of
Directot s would render that Court some account of the
frontier in which they employed the capital of the
c,,,,pany. They were a Company formed for the con.
vrnience and benefit of the public. Their charter was
flit given to them to grant them power for their own
nrre aggiandisement, but for the general benefit of
ti,e community, and he was most willing to acknow-
ledge, that a Company conducted according to the
terms of the Bank Charter must be of general good.
Thisavas an age of test and inquiry, and even that great
aid powerful Corporation (the Bank), large as it was,
c,,,ia mac care that test. The longer he lived, Ike
mote he saw bat the Company was most essential to
trashing and commercial interest of the country,
and he ha .t en former occasions warned the Compaq
hen it wa, in as' ate of danger. He some time since
opposed the advances made by the Bank on Stock, be-
c else he thought it a very imprudent measure for the
1;.,„k to make advances on the security of the debt of
the country. It was not thrt security which the Bank
ought to take. Ile had also opposed the advance•ell
money on mortgages, and he did so because, as they 1,
were forbid by their ch met to purchase lands,he thougo t'
they origin not in any mariner to deal in that commodity,
not but what it furnished a very certain security, but
still they ought not to be interested in the value of 1 Ind.
lie hoped they would, cn this occasion, render some ac-
count of their capital; their large issues had been the
cause of an artificial floating capital, and had f r ai time
increased the circulating medium, bah of which were
row t, be withdrawn, a circumstance which must be
entirely attributed to the conduct adopted by the Bank,
although he did not mean to impute to any Gentleman
the least blame. !smother subject he would also call
their attention to, that was the reduction of their rate of
discount, from five to four percent. He orposed this
measure at tie time, and thought it bad ever been preg-
nant with mi,chiel. He was certain that it had given
rise to that rage for speculation which had sent so great
a pnr;ion of capital out of the country, in tie shape of
the baneful foreign Loans which had sprung up. It
Vas obvious that such was the case,tecause the Bank,
discounting at four per cent. did not leave a sufficient
aute of interest to induce capitalists to invest their capi-
tal in this country. He would now, without further
observation, put a few general questions, which he had
no doubt the courtesy of the Chairman would induce
him on this, as he had on former occasions, to answer.
—Fast, then, he would wish to know the actual amount
of Bank ti;:tes now in circulation ?
A Proprietor node an observation, hoping that the Honourable
Proprietor would put all his questions before any were answered.
Mier some little discussion, _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN replied. that the amount of Bank notes now in
circulation was £18,400,000, being aC400.000 less than at the same
time last year.
Mr. GUNDRY wiz.hed then to know what increase had taken,
place in the sale of Exchequer
The CHAIRMAN replied, that very little decrease or increase had
he believed, taken place.
Mr. G mann said, that it bad been generally circulated that
very extensive sales of Exchequer Bills had taken place by the Bank,
and he should wish to know the amount actually sold by them?
The CHAIRMAN replied, that the amount of Exchequer Bills sold
by the Bank was £670,000, and no mote, and to effect this sale
-three months time was taken.

Mr. Gur-n then wished to know the amount advanced by the
Dank on mortgage?
The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was 100,0001 and
be wished here to correct an error that he had made at
the last meeting, as to the amount advanced by the
Bank on S:ock. On that occasion he had stated that
the sum advanced was Prom five to six hundred thou-
sand pounds; but it had since been asces tabled that the
total sum advanced on Stock did rot exceed 480,0001
Mr. GUNDRY said, it could not be unknown to the
Directors, that it bad been stated out cf doors, that the
conduct of the Bank bad occasioned the great altera-
tion which had recently taken place in the money mar-
te: ; he would therefore ask, with all submission, what
had principally occasioned that alteration in the market
which had so recently taken place ?—Laughter.

The CHAIRMAN replied, that for any information on
this subjL ct, the Hon. Proprietor must go else* here; but
it' ertainly was not owing to the conduct of the Bank.
A Proprietor here begged to ask whether, in last
June twelve mt.nths—when the advance of money on
stock by the Bank was first proposed—it was then
adopted as a permanent, or mere temporary measure?
and whether it was now in contemplation to renew that
measure?

The CuAtttMAxreplied that the Directors reserved to I
themselves the power of acting as circumstances might
suggest; at present the resolution passed for the purpose
of advancing money on stock Was merely suspended,
and not rescinded.

The motion for a dividend of four per cent. for the half year
ending on the 10th October, was put and carried, and the Chair-
man announced that the dividend warrants would be reidt on the
11th October.

FORGED POWERS OF ATTORNEY.

Upon the motion for adjournment, Mr. GIINDRY
asked the Chairman, if any notice had been taken of
the plan which he suggested at the last Court, for
preventing a repetition of the transfers of stock by
means of forged powers of attorney ? He bad then
proposed that upon every transfer of stock, imme-
diately the transfer was made, notice should be given
to the parties whose stock had been transferred of such
transfer. • He was aware that such a measure would
not prevent the first forgery, but it would prevent a
succession of forgeries, and if they had ten horses in
their stable, after they had one stolen, it was as well
to try to sive the other nine.
The Cnasassan replied, that the subject had undergone great coo-
idderation and every suggestion had been well weighed; but it
was foundinspossible practically to realise any of them. It should
be remembered, that in many instances the parties in whose names
transfers were mule, resided at a distance from the spot where the
Madness was executed, so that it would he impossible to communi
eats the information recommended. The powers of attorney were

always acted upon immediately, and the Bank must be the loser in
the case of forgery. It was found quite impossible to bring into
practical operation .any of the suggestions whicls had been made,
though the matter bad been very attentively considered, and would,
of course, be always entitled to the best attention.
A Proprietor asked if the subject bad been duly considered by
the Court of Directors ?

The CNAIRMAN replied, that the plrn alluded to, no well as se"'
ral other plans, had been under the serions consideration of the Di-
rectors, and would continue to be seriously considered by them.
The Court then adjourned. It was more numerously attended
than any we recollect, and the answers given by the Chairman ap-
peared to give general satisfaction.

OLD BAILEY

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D.Y.

ROBBIRT.
Mein Crest, asaand &auk and Mary Jaktto, 'fere
%Metal Slelitealliti a laic* quantity of ilk the property of Messrs.
Weeder* aid Co. on the Alth instant, in the puislt of Christ
1 Church, abitallidds,to the entrant of also.
The property was prndeced and identified. It consisted of a
very large quantity of the most valuable silks of various deserip-
tiont.--fle prisoners declared their innocence.
Mr. Justice GAZUICZ summed up the evidence to the Jufy, who
found the prisoners Gable (called by mistake Jago), and, Williasn
Crook, Not Guilty—Ed. Mason and Sam. Crook, Guilty, Death.
William Sidney Smith, stood indicted for wilfully cutting and
maiming, with intent to kill and slay, Mr. Charles Waters, of
the Three Taos Tavern, Brook-street, Holborn, on the 16th it
July last, between the hours of eight and sine o'clock.
, The evidence adduced in support of the prosecution wean 61
prove, that on the evening in question, the prisoner was at the
Three Tuns Tavern. One of the persons present complained that
he had lost a silk handkerchief, and the prisoner being suspected,
the prosecutor said be would not allow such conduct in his house,
and desired that the prisoner should immediately quit the house,
which he refused to de. The prosecutor attempted to oust him,
and the consequence was, a scale ensued, in which the prosecutor
received three stabs from a knife, which the prisoner held in his
hand. The prisoner was secured and taken to the watch-housos
and the prosecutor, to a surgeon's, where his arm was dressed.
Mr. BRODAICIC submitted that there was, in this case, no evi-
deuce to go to the Jury ; as even in the event of death buries
ensued, the prosecutor could not have been convicted of murder,
though the charge of manslaughter might have been brought home
to him. The prosecutor had, from the evidence, commenced the
stuck, and the prisoner had merely attempted to defend himself ;
consequently he was entitled to an acquittal.
Mr. Justice LITTLIDALIL concurred in the objection, and directed
an acquittal, The prisoner was of course discharged.

YesterdAy Inllium Leadley, a clerk, was put to the
b4r, on an indictment, charging him w.th wilfully and
maliciously killing and slaying, in the month of .I.lly
last, Jane Leadley, his wife, in the parish of Shad well.
The first witness called to bring home the charge to
the rrisoner described the deceased to have been much
addicted to drinking spirits, and that she was actually
Lipsey on the day previous to her decease.
Dr. Robert Blake described the deceased to have died
solely from the effects of liquor, which had brought on
the first and most dangerous symptoms of typhus fever.
The marks on her body would not have caused death,
and but for the conduct pursued by her in indulging in
the use of ardent spirits he could have cured her arm.

Mr. Justice Gamy; immediately stopped the case, and the Jury
found him Not Guilty.
James Mott, aged fifty, was indicted under the sta-
tute, for feloniously slaying two mares, the property of
Edward Shearman, the proprietor of the Bull and
Mouth Inn, Aldersgate-street.
JAMS Windsor, a boy about nine years of age, de-
posed, that about a quarter to four o'clock on the Btit of
July, he was standing in the Bull and Mouth yard,
when he saw the rrisciner in one of the stables ill-treat-
ing a mate. After continuing this conduct for a few
minutes, he acted in the same manner towards the other
mare. The prisoner soon after came out of the stable
and went away. The witness then entered the stable,
and saw a mare lying dead. The mares, at the time
the prisoner was ill-treating them, appeared to be in
great agony.
Charles Wragg and John Davies, two boys who were
in company with the preceding witness, confirmed his
evidence in every particular.
Richard Betteridge deposed, that he went to the
prisoner's lodgings and found him lying on the bed.
The witness told him that one of the horses was dead.
The prisoner said, 44 No, sure that can't be."
Henry Surman, a veterinary surgeon, stated that a
mare was brought to him on the Bth of July, which
seemed to be in great pain. It died soon after. He
saw artother which was dead. He dissected them, and
found the bladders of both lacerated. The injuries
were the cause of their death. A third mare which
had been injured recovered.
George Thompson, a constable, who apprehended
the prisoner on the Bth of July, stated that one of his
shoes was at that time covered with blood. He found
a pitchfork in the stable, the handle of which bore the
stains of blood upon it.

Some witnesses stated that they considered the prisoner to be
a humane man.
The COMMON SYRJEANT, in summing up the evi-
dence, remarked, that one peculiarity attending the
case under consideration, was the absence of any evi-
dence as to the motive for committing the deed. Under
the old law, commonly called the Black Act, a person
killing an animal went unpunished, unless it were proved
that he entertained malice against the owner. By a
recent Act of Parliament, however, the designedly kill-
ing of an animal was made a felony in the absence of
evidence with regard to motive.
The Jury Immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
CAFIC OF MR. PA LIN'.

Immediately after the COMMON SERJSANT had left
the Court, Mr. ARABII took his seat, and the prisoner,
who had been out on bail, appeared in the Court, and
was placed in the dock. He is a man of very petite
stature, apparently about 60 years of age, was respect-
ably dressed, and wore powder.
Mr. Shelton, the Clerk, then read the indictment,
which ctrarged him with stealing, in the parish of St.
Mat y-le-B ow, four Bank of England notes, for the pay-
ment of 10001. each, the property of Mr. F. Robertson,
to which the prisoner pleaded Not Litrilty.
Mr. BRODKICK, for the prosecution, moved for a
postponement of the trial, on the ground, supported by
an affidavit, that the evidence of three persons, Mons.
Emericque, the money-changer at Paris, and his wife,
and Mademoiselle Manelli, the keeper of, the Hertel
Valois, in the same capital, was necessary to conviction.
An application had been made to his Majesty's Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, to procure the at-
tendance of these individuals from Paris; a communi- '
cation was in consequence made to Lord Granville,
the British Ambassador at Paris, and on Friday last
Mr. nobler received a note from Mr. Dawson, the
Under Secretary of State, stating that Lord Granville
had laid the case before the French authorities, and up
to the time of his writing they had returned no answer.
It might be objected that the affidavit did not say at
what period .the witnesses named would be in attend-
ance, but that would be nest to an impossibility, under
the circumstances of the case.
Mr. Law followed on the same side, and Mr. Amounts and
Mr. Auss, for the defence, argued against the application.
Mr. Setjeant ARABIN said, that be had attended very
carefully to the arguments of the Learned Counsel oa
both s.des, and had looked over the affidal it with the
gientest diligence, and the Court were of opinion
the apelicalion should be granted.
The hill was then adjourned, and the necu‘ed entered into his
owls becurny in £2,000, and four sureties in £5OO each, to appear
when called upon.
S•fEALING A BILL Or EXCIIANOE.—/homes Rice, a
respectable leaking young man, was indicted for steal-
ing, on the lsth inst. a bill of escnange. purporting to
be of the value of WM. the property of J. May, from
the person of J. Ileum. • •
.10. in Al.sy is a baker, living in .Pennyfields, Poplar
r,iad had ts.t:ssietio►n; ttith the pits net in :he bill way,

'one of which, drawn on Nessrs. J. and 'P. Boren, wilt
dishotionred. On the 14,kef Topteileser, witness saw
the prisoner, who wished his* to renew the bill for a
month, be said that the aetetstois owed him the money,
minas a trifle, for meat. Prisoner is a botcher in a
considerable way. The bill on the Browns was daectita
day. Witness agreed to take another acceptirite
Browils fo the value, and sent his servant (Hearn)
With the prisoner to obtain it. lie never got the bit
back, Fr any other in lieu of it.
By Mr. Au.ay.—Mr. Brown has sinee tailed and tendered
the £5O for his acceptance. Witness said his name was John May
when first christened, but at the age of twelve he was christened
John Bo: May.
COMMON SERSCANT.—This is quite a new point, and t think
you, Mr. Adolphus, should chew that he was first named John May.
Mr. Anocenus said, that the first name was his proper same,
and the indictment was so laid.
The Coos: inquired whether the witness remembered being re-
-baptised?—He replied in the affirmative.
My i Juryman.—l was not baptised among the Anabaptists in the
first instance, but both times in the Church of England.
Mr. Common Swearer took a note of the point, and submitted it
to the Learned Judge presiding in the other Court.
On his return he intimated that it was the opinion of the Judge
that the prisoner should be acquitted, which was accordingly done.