Star.
London, England, 1823-09-17 00:00:00

LIBEL.-THE KING 1): LAIVSON AND OTHERS.

Mr.-.Artuttews said he bad a motion to submit to the
Court, in the case of a libel, and it respected three in-
dividuals of great respectability in this city, against
whom bench warrants had been issued, and who were
to give -IS bolus' notice of bail. Ile now moved that
that notice might be waved, and that the bail might be
r.'ceived upon notice given to the prosecutor. The pro-
secutor in this case was a ilr. Dunn, and the defen-
dants were ilr. Lawson, Mr. Quick, and Mr. Couchman
lite RECORDER asked if the bail was in attendance?
Mr. ANDREWS replied in the affirmative. Their names
were Mr. James and Mr. Wilson.
The RECORDER inquired whether the prosecutor was present ?
Mr. Dunn then appeareJ, and being asked by the Court whe-
ther be had any objection to the bail now produced ? he said that
he had but a very short time ago received notice that bail was
to he produced.
The ityxoenza. asked if he had any objection to the bail?
31r. Dunn said he had a rigkt to 40 hours' notice; and be bad
another objection—it was un c.)listitu
The RECORDRR.—Don't talk to me of Constitution, that's non-
e se. The question is, whether you have any sound objection to
tm, bail now produced?
Mr. Dunn then proceeded to state to the Court the various ex-
penses he had incurred in fees to Counsel, &c. Ile thought it was
very hard he could not have sufficient notice.
The RECORDIER said, that he did not sit there to seU justice, but,
to deal justice to all parties. lie would not allow any one to exer-
cise their passions or private animosities in this Court.
Mr. ANDREWS then called Mr. James as one of the bail.
The RECORDRR asked if the prosecutor had any objection to make
to the Gentleman who now appeared m bail?
Mr. Dunn.—My Lord, lam taken by surprise. It is to the.
other person I object:.

ThC ReconnaiC.—Do you object to this Gentleman?
Mr. Dunn.—l do not know► I have bad nosinte for inquiry.
The Recostres.—'rhen hold your tongue, Sir.
tar. Junes was then received as one of the bail, hav-

ing declared that he was worth ZOO, after the payment
of all his just debts.
Mr. Wilson, the oOler bail, was found incompetent to
become bail, and Mr. Harmer, the Solicitor of Hatton-
garden, became bail in hii stead.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

CHARGE OF SWINDLING.
Ye,terday Elizabeth Saxe,' was indicted for obtaining
by false pretences, various goods and merchandises, of
Moses Joseph Cashmore, with the intent to defraud him
of the same, being his property. The prisoner, who ex-
hibited a very respectable lady-like appearance, pleaded
Not Guilty." Very great interest was excited by this
trial. Mr. Martin, of Galway, appeared to give evi-
dence as to the prisoner's character, as well as to con-
tradict an important part of the statement against her.
1110-es Cashmore stated, that he was a jeweller in
Bevis Marks, knew the prisoner by the name of Emmer,
and had once presented a bill :At her house. Mr. BArnet,
the broker, of Villiers-street, introduced her to him in
May. Witness sent some jewellery to her by Barnet on
approbation. The jewellery was returned two days after.
Prisoner called on him next day, said she was satisfied
with the jewellery, and would give a warrant of attor-
ney to pay by instalments. Did not recollect that any
thing was said at that time about her being marriej.
After wards she told him she was not a married woman.
Witness took the jewellery, to the amount of 701. to the
house of Mr. IsAaes, the broker, and delivered it to her
there. The security was drawn up by Mr. Isaacs' clerk,
and signed by her in the name of Emmer. The first
instalment, which was for 101. was paid, but not punctu-
ally; the second was not paid; and witness, after wait-
ing two or three days, told his solicitor to take the ne-
cessary steps.
Cross-examined by Mr. AL/XT.—Pin, Mr. Mosish, don't you
lend money ?—Lend money ! I don't know what you mean.
Don't you indeed ! then you are the only Jew I ever knew who
did not know what it was to lend money. Have you not cashed
bills for the Lady at the bar ; and have they not been paid ?—I never
saw her, but I have had bills with her name upon them.
Were they paid ?—Yes, they were regularly paid when due, by
that person—(pointing to the prisoner).
Did you not receive them from her.—l presented them at Man-
chester-buildings, and I didn't care who they were paid by, so that
I got my money.
Here the prosecutor loudly declared that it was a shame to ask
him such questions.
Mr. Amer.—Shame ! aye, I'll shew you where the shame lies
before we part to-day., Is your friend Barnet here ?—1 don't know.
If be is, let him leave the Court.—Oh ! (cried Moses) I'm not at
all alarmed.
CLIAIRMAN.—Thaes very improper language to use to a Counsel.
What do you mean by it?
Moses.—l meant no offence; but my temper is rather warm, and
Mr. Alley provokes me.
CUAIRIIANYOU must keep yourself within the bounds of de-
cency, whatever your temper may be, and answer the questions put
to you.
Mr. Ataxy here produced 18 bills of exthange, which
he said had been endorsed over from the prisoner to the
prosecutor, and regularly paid. He handed them to the
witness, and asked him whether he knew them ?
Witness acknowledged that he knew some of them,
and that they had passed through his hands, and been
paid regularly.
Mr. Amer.—Were not judgment and execution taken out the
day after the instalment became due, and was not the officer put in
possession on that day ?—I can't say ; I don't know. I left it all to
my solicitor. He did what he thought proper.
Were not you in the house on that day?—No, not until I went
with a warrant from the Lord Mayor to apprehend her.
Who stole her affidavit from the Chief Justice's Chambers ?4
(This question was over-ruled.)
Mr. Au= then skewed the witness an affidavit, and asked him
whether he .knew it?—Witness declared that he did not think he
ever saw it before.
What ! You don't mean to tell me you can't see what you write ?
Is not that your writing P—Yes.
Then you must have seen it. Did you not know the situation of
the defendant?—Yes; but I never saw her.
Did you sell her those jewels for her own wear?—Yes, I did.
What ! £7O worth of jewels for her own wear, although you
disceunted several small bills for her?—l never discounted bills for
her; I only gave her valuable consideration for them—pertly goods,
partly money.
And you don't call that discounting! Now, I ask you, did not
Barnet ask you to lend her £7O in cash, and did you say you could
not, but would let her have goods on which she could raise the
airway ?—Never.
Have you put Barnet's name on the back of the bill?—No. I
hardly know whether I could trust myself to him.
And yet you trusted your jewels to him.
Witness then swore that he never told Mr. Martin, of
Galway, that he was not bound over to prosecute her,
in order that he might make terms with her. Neither did
he ever send Barnetto make any proposals of the kind.
Mr. Ellis, Clerk to the Chief Justice, produced the.
affidavit made by the prisoner, stating that she was a
married woman, and on the strength of which the pro-
ceedings against her were rendered unavailing upon her
paying 301. into Court. The affidavit had been re-
moved from the Chambers, but by whom witness did
not know. It was returned on Monday. It stated that
the prisoner was married to a person named Saxey,
whom she was obliged to leave some years ago, and
that she changed to her former name to avoid him ;
that she unfortunately had dealings with Barnet, who
charged her exorbitantly; that he knew she was a mar-
ried woman, and so did all who knew her ; that he in-
troduced her to the prosecutor, who refused to lend her
701. which she asked for, but offered her jewellery to
that amount; that Barnet got the jewellery, but gave
her no more than 301.
Mr. ALLEY, for the defence, said the poor woman
was the victim of the foulest conspiracy, and called se-
veral respectable witnesses, who proved that she was
known to be a married woman, to have gone by the
name of Emmer for some years, and bore an, excel-
lent character.
Mr. Martin, of Galway, knew her to be a woman of
good character. The prosecutor came to him and told
him that he was not bound over to prosecute her; that
he might make terms or not with her. Would have
bailed her, had he not thought the 301. paid into Court
adequate.—The CHAIRMAN said there were no grounds
for a charge of fraud, and the prisoner was Acquitted.

ODD CIRCU►t3TANC&-- night the landlord
of the Ben Jonson, Shoe-lane, heard a noise in his cel-
lar, which he attributed to the entrance of thieves. He
armed himself accordingly with a broad-sword for his
protection, determined to capture the robbers or fall in
the attempt, having previously placed a friend in the
street to prevent their escape. He then proceeded cau-
tiously to the cellar with a dim light, and heard a
hissing noise, and on gently opening the door'he per-
ceived something white, as if it were a thief in his shirt
rushed forward undismayed, lit •on levelling
a blow at the object, it disapepared! Re next searched
the cellar, and actually found that two butts of porter
were gone ! This certainly was passing strange—but
on searching farther, he discovered that they had ac-
tually sunk into an old well, the covering of which had
given way. The noise he heard proceeded from the
fermentation of the upper butt of genuine stout, and the
"effervescence from the bung-hole, and the white object
which he saw, was the froth !

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

SEPTF.NIBER 16.

William Osborn was remanded for nine months within
the walls, for putting his creditors to unnecessary er-
' pease, under the 18th section of the Act.
NOVEL CASE.
Jarvis Baker was called, as he stood on the list for
to-day; but it was stated that he was dead.
Mr. Pot.LocK—l was to oppose this insolvent, but I apprehend
it is of no use now.
Mr. Commissioner itrvsosos.—This insolvent's affairs it would
be well to inquire into, a rumour having reached the ears of the
Court, that when he died a considerable sum of money was found
concealed about his person.
Mr. Por.Locx.—The subject of inquiry was to the amount cf
L'7oo, therefore his affairs will be strictly looked into.
William Augustus Grobecker was opposed by Mr.
HEATH for several creditors; but it was arranged be-
tween Mr. HEATH and the insolvet's Counsel (Mr.
PottocK), that as the insolvent had a salary of upwards
of 2501. per annum, he should apply 25/. per annum to
the liquidation of his debts.—He was then discharged.

Private letters from Naples speak of fresh Ministerial
changes in the Neapolitan Cabinet. The Marquis de.
MAYO, who enjoyed the greatest influence, has fallen
into disgrace; the same has happened to the Duke del
SANono, who, it is said, will be exiled to Sicily. It is
added, that the Duke de MIRANDA will receive the,
honours and dignities of the late puke d'Ascom. They
General NUNEIANTE w;11 be appointed Insgpctor-General,
of the Guard ; and:General Ctivacts, who Mewed much
attachment to the reigning family doting the late revo-'
lution, will be promoted to the place of Inspector of the
Troops of the Line.—French Paper.
We regret to learn that typhus fever has again made
its appearance in Ireland, and is spreading rapidly
through several districts. Armagh, heretofore one of
the most healthy Counties of the island, is now suffering
severely. In the little village of Ballygawley, in the
County of Tyrone, there are 43 persons confined to bed.
The Gazette of last night contains a notice that ap-
plication is intended to be made to Parliament, in the
next Session, for an Act to authorise the Corporation of
London to levy tolls upon all horses, carriages, and
cattle passing along Blackfriars-bridge : and to borrow
money, upon the credit of the said tolls, for the repairing
and maintaining the said bridge, or to empower the
Corporation to borrow a certain sum for those purposes,
upon the credit of the Orphans' Fund.
A singular instance of brute sagacity occurred during
the fire in the Menagerie, at Bristol Fair :—There were
three young leopards in the caravan, where they were
kept in a kind of wicker basket, and suckled by a terrier
bitch. The latter, faithful to her charge, on the flames
approaching the spot, pulled the young leopards, one
by one, out of the basket, and laid them behind the
door, in a place of safety. The affectionate little animal
thus saved the lives of two of the leopards ; but the
third was so much injured that it died shortly afterwards.
Monday morning the neighbourhood of Chelsea ex-
perienced the effects of the storm. A large tree, situate
near the wooden bridge, was torn up by the root, and
split asunder, supposed by a thunder-bolt, but no fur;
ther mischief was done. In the Five Fields a poplar-
tree was bereft of the bark in an instant, the fragments
of which have not been discovered since; and in Pim-
lico another shared a similar fate; in several of the gar-
den-grounds adjacent, numbers of fruit-trees, &c. were!
torn up root and branch from the earth, and carried
some distance from their former station. In Surrey, also,
the shock was felt, where several trees leading to Bat-
tersea fields, and along the line to Wandsworth, were
either broken to pieces or severely damaged by the
pelting torrents of rains Some tenements also had the
tilings and roofs of the buildings completely destroyed.
Wednesday,theLoßaPnovosT,Magistrates, and Coun-
cil of Edinburgh, voted the freedom of that city to Ma-
jor-General SirTHOSIIAS BRADFORD, K.C.B. Commander
of the forces in North Britain, and to Rear-Admiral Sir
IJoute P. BERESFORD, M.P. Naval Commander on the
Leith station.
Sunday, Joseph William Tucker, a young Gentleman,
aged about twenty-one, went into a machine at Brigh•
ton, as early as seven o'clock, for the purpose of bath-
ing. While swimming, it is supposed that the cramp
seized him, and before assistance could be rendered, he
was drowned. The deceased had arrived the night be-
fore, on a visit to his uncle, who, while bathing from
another machine, witnessed the melancholy catastrophe.
As J. Tuckey, Esq. of Elv:lmb House, was returning
in his gig from Swindon, Wilts, where he had been to
prepare for the entertainment of some friends, whom he
expected to partake of his hospitality, after the Races at
Burdetop, his horse took fright, and Mr. T. was thrown,
from the gig, and died soon after.
Sunday se'nnight, the Australasian Company's ship
Triton sailed from Leith Roads for Van Dieman's Land
and New South Wales, fully loaded with goods, and
carrying out fifty-eight new settlers: there are also on I
board a fine horse, two bulls, and seven cows, which
will be a valuable acquisition to those colonies for tha
improvement of their stock.
About ten weeks ago, several mad dogs infested the
town of Bolton-le-Moors and its vicinity, which did con-
siderable injury by biting several persons, and likewise
horses, cows, &c. A girl, about eleven years of age,
residing in Union-buildings, was one of the individuals
that bad the misfortune to be bitten by one of those *ra
bid animals. At that time the wounds were extirpated,
and the actual cautery applied ; notwithstanding which
treatment, sheexpired in convirlsions onMonda y se'nnight
DREADFUL. ACCIDENT.— Monday night, about eight
o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred at the end of Po-
land-street, in Oxford-street. A Mr. Sullivan, a Gentl,
man living in Dean-street, Soho, was crossing with his
wife and daughter, when they were all three knocked
down by the leaders of the Ludlow Mail, and Mr. Sul-
livan and his daughter were so injured (the wheels hav-
ing passed over them), that it was necessary to convey
them to the hospital, where they now lie in, a very bad
condition. Mrs. Sullivan escaped unhurt.
M. DE LA PLACE on Tuesday last read to the French
Academy of Sciences a memoir of great importance, on
the flux and reflux of the tides. Ever since 1806, at the
request of this profound mathematician, uninterrupted
observations have been made at _the port of Brest on
these phenomena. M. DE LA PLACE, has succeeded, by
a rigorous appreciation of the influence of the sun and
moon and local circumstances, in resolving the most dif-
ficult problems respecting the causes of the tides.
It is a curious fact (observes Las. Cases), that in Se-
neca's Medea, the chorus distinctly predicts *the disco-
very of America, which took place 1400 years after
that drama was *written: In the passage here allirded
to, it is said, " A new Tiplir, a son of the earth; will,
in ages to come, discover remote' recions towords the
wart, and Thule will no longer be the cxtiernity of arr.
universe.* • •