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. iiiNCASTER ASSiiii . , .
tile(' 114114 dime ai titieil ;Ina- is sil Able of the
. • Bank of Englint, which iris at the rate of tWelie
SEPTEMOIER it. shillings a pound, leaiink a balance its favour Of wit-
I.XitNstvlt. FOROgEttF..i. ness of four shillings, which the prisoner could not
•to-itlay commenced the trials •of the nittherons advance for want of change. Witness gave to Na-
prisoners confined in this gaol, and.prosecuted at the din the notes next morning.
instance of - the Governor and Company of the Bank Being questioned by the prisoner, if he understood
of Eng! and, for forging Bank of England notes, for i that he was merely the !gent for others In procuring
,uttering notes purporting to be of the Bank of Eng.ihim the notes ? the witness answered, he did not be.
land, knowing* them to be forged, or for having them ' lieve so, and was nit aware of any such thing at the
in their possession with the guilty knowledge of their time. He bought the notes from the prisoner as
being forged; or without lawful excuse. from himself, and not belonging to others; nor did
John Neild,.7 homai lierdsaw, Sarakßd4, and lime he know the person from whom the prisoner received
Creu, Mary Bridge, Sarah Itaraal, Barney Crummy, them.
Henry Caalife, Michael IV' Quark, John 7'aylor, add) Joseph Nadirs is the principal police.ifficer at Man-
Thom,: Bras', were se.verally arraigned on the three I chesrer. Ile eorrob!irated the feregoing statement.
separate charges implied in the breach of tile statute 1 He heard the prisoner say he had only six left, and
of the 46th of the k.ng, enacted against forging Ithat they were scarce and difficult to be got, but'that
Bank notes, and against uttering or possessing forged he expected soon to receive some little ones (meaning
Bank notes knowing them to be so; but were advised one pounds), and that Platt sliquld be then supplied.
that, upon confessing the count of the indictment Being s!leien the notes, he declared tl-arn to be thei
that charged the milky possession, which was merely Lame ire teceivr.l fr,nn Katt, as being bought from,
a transportable offence, the prosecution fur the Weir the re-ism:en lie could not apprehend the prisoner
twO, which were capital felonies, would be abandon- at the time, because he had got notice of the match
ed. Five of the prisoners accordingly, accused of riPkiir.; for him, and esciped while he (the wioless)
uttering. forged .Bank Notes with the knowledge of was diilayino. till he could ebtein the Means of con-
their being forged, pleaded guilty, to the charge ot viction :Tow similar offenders. bay/ him for the I
possessing them with the culpable knowledge of their first thee Ater tl.is vivisection on the 15thof May
being forged; and there being no evidence addec:id this year, in Lancaster Castle,. co:ill:led Tor another
against them for the higher offence, the prosecution offence.
against teem for it was abandoned. These five were John Lees sees one of the Inspectors of Bank notes
Meld, Kershaw,, Hasaal, Bridge, and 'rapier ; the of the Beek, en! having exern;eed the four notes re.
rest pleaded not guilty to.all the charges, and must . ce!ved from the prisoner, dceia:ed the whole to be
be tried capitally. Other prisoners were then ar- forgeries, being neither struck with a Bank.plate, nor
reigned ler sirrOiar felonies, to whom no seek option cosisesting of Bank paper, nor having the Bank water-1
sees tefei ed, or ty whom it could not have been fin ir':, nor the sigoature of the et-7k who piirported
accepted. These were Peter :Vontghinery, alias //e/rite, to sit;ta tle:m. The s;gnaturcs were all written in the
alias Ilazies, James Maclean frovd, and .MarySeeVe seine hand•writie,g, though purpor sing to be different I
accused el uttering, and James Quin, ,Narali frorani, hames, tv .3 bein;--. :.iv'ie'd J. Batter, one J. White, i
and Benjamin Oliver, charged with posses rah inged atAl an..:her J. l'eornsan.
Bank of Eagiand Hetes, with the cireumstences ot The Juncx having inspected them, declared they
guilt specified in the statute. The first trial that were so well executed that they would have deceived
carne on was that of most people.
I" eicr Montgomery, alias !Lbws alias Hushes, indicted The prisoner made no defence by Counsel ; and
on the charge of having uttered to James Platt, of what he said for himself went to the confession of
Manchester„ four forged Beek et England Notes, his being an agent, but of his not selling the notes to
knowing them to be so, on the 6th of October, 1812. Platt for his own profit—the on.y consideration he
Mr. kame conducted the prosecution as Counsel got being a glass of gin, for " 'ehich it would be
lor the Governor and Company of the Bank tof Eng- very herd to hang a man."—Guilty.
.and. That body, lie said, owed it to themselves, to Jam s .11' Lean I:,,yd was charged with having dis-
the public, and particularly to the poor, to put an i posed -4* anti put away to John Ireland, at Liver.
end to that specks of trafti:, which, in a country like pool, on the '2s:h of July, I SI6, six forged notes,
this, where se much depends on n.:ituai cmitidence, purporting to be notes of the Bank ut England, for
is so destructive of all credit and security. Titis end the paymrat o: Al each. knowing the same to be
could be accomplished in on other manner than by terged; also with having in his possession, without
arresting the -wholesele de..ler in such an iniquitous lawful excose. ten other forged notes, purporting to
ieade, and brisling him to condign punishment as be Bank of England notes, for the payment of Li
AR example to petty offenders, who would otherwise each, knowing the s:trve to he forged.
aspire to wealth without Indust, y, and obtaie the re- The Learned Comm:Ito" the prosecution declared
wards of injustice without danger The ptisiater at thi. to be a case similar to that of the last. prisoner,
the bar was such a character as deserved to be held but more aggravated. They were both w!lolcs.rle
lip in this light, and t) be pm:is:led far the magnitute I dealers ia fork-ties, but the prisoner at the bar was
of his dealings in fraud and iniquity. Tile telenq the ablest trader. an 1 had the more extensive busi.
for athich he was now tried Wisp, nee so long ago as i t ess. His guilt was to be proved hi the SatTle, maneer
1812; but distmee et time did vio: lender is cvi- I by a witness employed to promote the ends of pehlic ;
since less distinct, or ,hrnoii.a the motives icr its 1 J ;es:ice, by dot • cting los iniquity while he v. as b<-li,•st•Li i
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prosecution. -Time reason wo,;:d eFpear on the alai. itohe an aecomplice iu it by the pereal, wit( le rec. i
why it was put off TL 0.. so long. e .e:ice its.::} :vas sees he was bringing to light.. l'he pii.oaca was ex-
ene for which lie excese ceeld he pieeded or jeseti- trienely cautious, but eouid not avo-1 the trap laid
cation offered. The person who entiertakes to circa'. for him. He wrs deafly stalled in the rnystoies of
late forged votes is r:,uially slieilty %stasi► ft:, fahlicetor • trad?, and aware r)r its 41,111;er; ; but his know.
ref them, because witlicut the assiEt.:r.c:: ux the fur. :edge availed him nothing, and his s.ogacity, like
mer tie labour of the letter would be lust. In these crooked pol'cy in general, defeated itself.
notes the prisoner was carrying on an extensive busi. John Ireland deposed, that I.e was employed by
ness ; ton, like most persons engaged in suet• neta- ii 74i:iar, the ptiocipal Pol-ce Officer of Liverpool, to
rious treesections, Le W.IS On:y to he detected by an ! dikect forgers, or nutrias of forged nate:. He re-
accomplice. or by one who, being welly engaged iu membered in July last receiving information, that a
the cause of justice, pretended to be an aceemolic:, person was cerning front ManJaester to Liverpool
fur the purpose-of procuring evidence for leis convic- with a quantity ot r‘rant to circtila:e (meaning by
tion, or arranging the plan for his applehension. A that cant phrase forged notes) ; rscjved this nutice-
pet sen of the ',ante of Platt was here time instrument front David Cuseek, who is hi the calendar of the
of publ.c justice. He had been acquainted with the 1 present Assizes, and communiceted the circumstance
priseeer arid limn_ other perstnis engaged in circula- to Millar on Tkurstlay the 26th of July. Millar then
tine, e forgeries of the same kind in which lie dealt, end gave witness seven one pound Batik notes, the flum-
havieg informed the belieitet for the Bank of Eng- bell, dates and signatures of which he had previously
land of the eircunisteeces that came to his knew- viken down, for the purpose of beying with them a
ledze, he was directed to act under Nadin, the pun- quar,;ity cftlle bad notes, brought by the man from
cip.:i notice officer at Manceester. Ha did so, and Nfacc!:es:er, to whom Cuseck was to introduce him.
tee events led rims .- Lich would be detailed in the I 011 Fiiday he heard the man had arrived the evening
evidence: le tic mean time time prisoner :it the b.tr ixtne, and saw Malar in consequence of this intim..
had beet. :Live' iseet of his danger, and fled : he was I motion. Millar again examined the notes he bad
entirety lust sight of tro:n 1812 till the present year, i marked, and pee witness.two half-down pieces, one
when a.t,ti,t recegnized him in Lancaster gaol, cum- lof which he bad likewise marked. The witness then
thitted eon a tilli,l'ent cif;lce, and gliisg under a went to the*Chcrley Tavern, Blitton.btreet,• Millar
ehtlereie. flame. Platt was not an accomplice; but agreeing to station himself in the. Ship Tavern oppo.
thong!) Ile mind been ilk, and though his testimony site. When witness arrived at the Chorley tavern,
would, in consequence, require to be received with he was shewn into a parlour,
.where be found . the
caution, still there was evidence suillcient to convict prisoner Boyd, a man called Lereana Cuseck. The
the prisoner, without reposing any reliance upon lest said to witness. .' this is my friend," pointing to
wheat be said, except when confirmed by Neein, who the prisoner," of whom I havebeen speaking to you."
saw and heard eneugh for the objects of the present Witness told Cuseck he would be as good as his word,
prosecution. and would fulfil a promise he had made to him, by
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James Platt deposed, that he was employed as a
silk weaver; that he was in 1812 a warehouseman in
„Manchester, and that he knew the prisoner in 1811.
He was direcird by the Solicitor of the Bank of Eng.
land, in consequence of intormatioh that he commu-
nicated to that quarter, to act under tue directions at
Nadia. He saw the prisoner on the t.:ta,n of 6eptein-
ber, who asked witness if he wanted any thing ?
[meaning forged notes] —witness asked where he'
lived, and was answered—nearly opposite the Police
Office in Salford (Adjoining to Manchester) ; when
witness agreed to call at his house, which he did on
the 6th lit October, having previously called and
fcand him out. On the GM the prisoner agreed to
bring the witness tour £2 Bank of England notes to
the witness's warehouse, Market-street, between two
and three o'clock in the atternuou, of which the wit-
ness informed Rutin by a letter, who placed himself
in the Swan inn, opposite tie warehouse. The priso-
ner did not c.inte at that time, and Platt repeated his
visit to his howe in Salford, where he saw him, re-
ceived his apuloita for breaking his appointment, and
his promise of -4 meeting in the evening at seven
o'clock. Of all this Platt informed Nadin, who met
him at the Stir inn a little before the arrival lof the
prisoner, and placed himself behind a window:cur-
tain, in which Platt cut a hole with his pen-knife,
that Nadia might, without being perceived, see all
that passed between him and the prisoner. The
prisoner came in abont ten minutes after this conceal-
ment of Nadin ; and being asked by the witness if he
brought thou —[meaning forged notes].—he an-
swered he had, and produced them on toe
Witness counted them, and save for the four

giving him a pound note to purchase an assortment of
bad eighteen-penny pieces from Boyd, the prisoner.
—He accordingly gave him the pound note, which
was none of tho.e marked by' Millar, and received
from him. Witness then asked the prisoner what
kind of rte he had got, and prisoner answered he
had both hard and soft. Witness then asked what
quantity and prisoner replied by asking how much
he meant to wain with him (meaning to lay out
with him, in purchasing.) Witness told him about
five pounds, and asked the price of his :cream.
saner answered Ws. each. Witness then asked how
prisoner sold his thres4oh chats (a cant phrase for 3s.
tokens), and was answered 12s. a dozen : the price
of his 18J: pieces, or small chats, was 9s. a dozen..
After this, witness said we may as well be trading
and get it over, and offered to buy five pounds worth
Of screent.and tab (Ants. Took six :cram for £3.125.
and the remainder of the balance of £5. in base coin.
Witness desired Lee and Cuseck to go out and light
their pipes, as he made a point of never doing busi-
ness in the presence of a third person—a maxim in
the propriety of which Cuseck agreed, and left them
immediately. Witness then gave the five Bank-notes
he had of Millar is prisoner, and received in return for
them and the two half-crowns, six forged notes, two
dozen of gwee•bohchats, and one dozen 18d. pieces.--
The sin forged notes were taken from a memorandum-
book ; and prisoner, before he delivered them. to wit.
ness, kissed them, wishing him luck of them, as it
was a first transaction ; he likewise kissed the notes
he received from witness. The companions of pri-
soner were then called in. Witness asked the priio-
lier where be got the good; from, (tneattiog the forged

and he said, froii ;fit
would acComparly him and weir 10, '2O, or sr3o;
would dO him Odd. The prit•nier then agreed 16
g,ci to another public house, as the business was done
to Hayes', in Lee-titieet, of which witness had heed
speaking. Witnets directed Cuses,lt and Lee the:4
and then took prisoner, with a premise kind gin;
to the shop where he was apprehended by hiiilnrl
with the r.,rei upon him. "Witness marked those he
received from Boyd.
Jahn the police officer of Liverpool, corn
bontAl :h!: foregoing evidence, saying, he employed
Ireland t.i detect forgeries and comers. He icienti;
fled the. notes he gave to Leland, and which
were found tipol the prisoner, as well as those that
!eceiveit Imo] the piisoner, and o:nie th 4 t he
hod on his pea
_non when apprehended.
the packets iirthe prisoner, eighty bad thr,!l: Till n
tarns, s1:1-,:er, tid ..ighieen.penny piec...s. ilt nete,
and wr.ipi.ed up so a 5 to prevent their lrictiou against
eacii

Joftri Letts, the fl ink I'tspector, declared the note%
in question fiii-geries, being neither from a
plate, nor of Bank peer, nor with a Bank water-
mark, nor a trte• situ :tare. The cL.I k's name on
one of them was Fiqggi t, who had been ciad b,forti
the date of the note on which his signature purports
to appear.
The Judge sutn:ned cp ti.e evidence, And the Jury
immedta.ely returned ft verdict of Guilty.
Iffeb-y Soiciii; was charged with having uttered td"
R'ilii;m Stockw.:ll, at Ito:nal:de, on the 27. h of
April last, a forged bank-note, krowing the same to
be forged. This, the Learned Counsel stat,ad, was
a different cese from the t..ve last, as there was here
no sale of the forget y, bat an attempt to pass it of
for its full- noniinal value. Still the prisoner vas
nearly as er.i!ty as those against whern a verdict haii
just bean gini, :as, thttn, she was a whol,%:ale
dealer in the W:f.eriolis :lade et circul fling this base
, paper, and attiraudi4 the public. \Viten her house
was searcl•ed, there werefould in a chest of drawers
belonging to her, nearly sti:too of forged notes,
namely, sixty £5 Bank of England notes, a!ti! ninety-
five sel notes, all forgeries. The constable who took
the prisoner into custAy, the prosecutor, and several
other witnesses, were called on the part of the prose-
cution, and the fact of find;ng these forged notes in
the chest of drawers mentioned was fti3y established;
but as Quit, a notorious utterer, was residing in tier
house at the time, and as he was in pit owner of the
drawers, having paid a part of their price to the
cabinet-maker, they could in the opiuion of the
I jury, be traced to her exclusive possession, and she
was accordingly acquitted ; as, without proving her
guilty possession of this store, the knowledge of A
forgery with respect to the not that she uttered could
nut be established. The trisi'of QUM was put off;
"awing to the a'sesnc:s cif one of has witnesses.

The harveLz luis commenced very genitally in the
neiOiSourhood ut Oxiord, and the crops Appear must
abundant.

Cum.:usfonn.--The difficulty which the agricolts•
ri;t experitncrs in hc,:sing the prts:nt crop of c:irn;
is much increased by its nail:. It is alowed by all.
;hat cro-A has not cotterAl t'as face of the earth
1,.: inany yr. ere. CI in that n v ia.ly awaits
(!i t:ite weather to fi4:, WC only the bat-its, but
t yatf.S .t!so.
On g,nday night tl cre w2s a coas:dcrAle fal of
snow in the p rs ill Cambridge and Ilituting-
Jon shires, Where the s'. was 71 Vert as to destroy
all the crop; of cucumbers and F:ent;ll beans in the
extensive market gardens round the city or Ely.
We hear from the Isle of Maim, that great Twit!, .
ties of herrings have heat lardy taken titer., and that
Crete is a prospect of a future good fishing this season.
On the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday se'nnight;
the boats on the Peele-to ail side etre unusually suc-
cessful. The fleet is said to have consisted of neasly
300 boats, each of which took from 12 to 50 maze
Colnsualam. sluo. 23.—. The herring fishery on
this coast commenced about the Ist instant ; since
which each boat has brou?ht in from 5 to (0,000
per (14, and prices to the country people are from fa.
sd. to Is. Bd. per hundred. LAS( evening the whole
of the boats. 70 in number, were perfectly loaded
with from 40 to 70 barrels in each. Prices this day
as low as ss. per crap, and mcst of the merchants
Lave comp,eted their quantity for curing during tLis
season.

An extraordinary quantity of herrings has been
I caught off the northern coast of Northuniberland for
some days, so that they were sold at Berwick, Tweed;
mouth, &:. on the 26th and 27th ult. at I. per hun-
dred, and on the 28th ult. at 85. per Imo:lied, which
is a lower price than ever sold at there belefe. Sever.il
herring boats have ventured along th, coast, some as
tar as Shield:., for a better market. The shoal of her.
it is said, extends from liumbar to Holy Islam!.
hatrit, Anoust 2f,1.—1n the midst of much dis,
tress, solder wok!: the labotning classes of the ccma
munity stroguie v. a degree of patieace in every
view both kiwi and laudable, we have pleasure in
stating, that the rivers wirier intersect vur country,
and the ocean which surrounds it, never poured out
their bounty more abundantly. Fish of ail kinds is
cheap. Salmon, in particular, has been selling here
for less than half the price which the same article has
cost, in the cheapest time of the season, fdr the fait
thirty years.
DUNDE4 ikuotirr 30.—A1l our SvhAlen have noW
returned from the Northern Seas; and in the aggre.
gate, the season has been propitious to their toil. The
individual success of each vessel having been noticed
in the announcements of arrival, we shat here state
the general result of the whole-7(1 fish, estimated at
about 979 tors of oil; which, supposing the avera2e
price to be £25 per ton, would amount co.
The success of our whale fisheries is at all times a:t
interesting consideration; it is remarkably so at pre-
sent, when the manufactures and trade of the sown
are reduced to so low an ebb.

Yesterday a melancholy accidenthappeied atfia me
minsmith s as the leieworth stage was going rapi.ily
through the village one of the hind whveh came off)
the lincb•pin having broke•—•the coach immediattir
fell over, and all the outside passengers, five is num-
ber, were thrown in the mod : one unfortunate gen.
tleman was run over in this condition, by one ei! thd
short stages coming t 9 town, the driver of which
could not pull up his horses in time. The wheels
pissed over his body about the loins, and he is not es.
pected to live. His right hand was also bruised to
atoms : he was taken to the neatest surgeon's, where
he now lies. None of the other passengers were hurt