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London, England, 1817-11-03 00:00:00

his means of living being thus gone, he tame over to
England, and was apprehended.
J. Payne was indicted for stealing a quantity of tea,
the property of the East India Company. Mr. Boc-
LAND, in opening the case, said, that example had no
effect on this description of offenders, for, at the very
last Sessions, the prisoner had himself given evidence
and convicted a fellow labourer, who was severely
punished. None of the witnesses answering, the pri-
soner was acquitted.
EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY......- The London
Grand Jury, on Friday evening, returned a true bill
of indictment against thirteen persons for a conspi
racy, which occupied the Jury several hours investi-
gating. The circumstances of this case are of a
very interesting nature to the manufacturing and
mercantile classes, John Meyer, one of the defen.
dants, was a publican and crimp at the East end of
the town, about two years ago, where he failed in
business ; after which he was a pauper until late in
the last year, when he all at once was established as a
merchant in Howland Buildings, Fenchurch-street.
A large sum was placed at his Banker's, and he be-
gan dealing with respectable wholesale houses, pay-
ing part cash, and the residue at short dates, until
he became known, and the punctuality of his pay-
s mews created confidence. His dealings were then
extended to Glasgow, Manchester, and other manu-
'actin ing towns, so that in a few months hr obtained
credit to a great amount ; when all on ,a sudden Mr.
Meyer disappeared, his warehouse wAs shut, and no
property of any description leh behind. The credi.
'tors set inquiries nn loot, and the result has satisfied
them that the defendants subscribed the money to set
up Meyer, and received the goods, so that he was
merely a tool of their s ; and as a confirmation of this,
the creditors find he was summoned for 275. and paid
it by instalments, whets he was apporently possessed
of thousands. On the bill being brought into Court,
Mr. ALLEY applied for process against the defen-
dants, and stated that as most of them were men of
large property, and the fraud of a most alarming de-
scription, he hoped the Court would order them to
give bail to a considerable amount. The Court said
the warrants might issw, bat the Judges bad Netter
be spoken to on the subject of the amount of
On Saturday Mr. ALLEY again applied to the Court,
on an affidavit stating that the frauds amounted to
upwards of ael(10,0(X), and the Judges ordered that
each bail should enter into recognizance: himself in
£5OO, and find four sureties in ,V.:.50 each, and that
48 hours notice thereof should be given to Mr. HAR•
JIER, solicitor for the prosecution.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, NOV. 1.

CONSPIRACY TO DZVRAVD STAMEN OP THEIR PENSIONS

TIROL GiteiciwiCii HcaPITAL.
Jorrfth Hort and Hai Brian;, Jews, stood indicted
at the instance of the Governors of Greenwich Hos-
pital, for conspiracy and forgery, under the following
circumstances :—James Mason, a native of Islington,
and a Greenwich pensioner, deposed, that he, being
entitled to.a pension of 48 per annum from Green-
wich, was introduced to the prisoner for the purpose
of selling his pension. He was in greet distress et
the time, having lost £l5 the night on which he was
paid off from the Navy, and being then without a
home, fse having slept fur some weeks in a brick-field
near Stepney. The prisoners proposed to him to pass
for a foreign seaman, in which case they undertook
to procure him 16 guineas in lieu di his pension, as
by the regulations of the Admiralty, foreign seamen
are permitted to dispose of their pension, and in lieu
thereof to receive two years' advance in disch..rge of
such claim. Witness accordingly accompanied the
prisoners, who, it was agreed, should receive £6.125.
for their trouble. The prisoners went to the residence
of the Prussian Consul, and procured a passertrt for
him in the name of James Cope, or Coffe, represent-
ing that it was for a subject of the King of Prussia,
wishing to return to his native country. Upon this
pass the name of Cope was erased, and the name of
Mason inserted. They then desired witness to
present this, together with his pension-ticket, to Mr.
Dyer, Secretary to the Admiralty, in order to pro-
cure a warrant, upon which the sixteen pounds
would become payable at Greenwich Hospital.—
He presented these documents to Mr. Dyer for the
commutation of his pension ; when, on being inter-
rogated by Mr. Dyer as to his being a Prussian, some
suspicion was excited in the mind of that gentleman
who told him, the documents he had presented wore
not sufficient proof of his being a Prussian. He left
Mr. Dyer's office with the pass, and meeting with
the prisoners, who waited in the neighbourhood, said,
" Never mind, we will get you another paper to-
morrow, that will do the business." The prisoners,
according to appointment, accompanied him on a
subsequent day to the Admiralty, and provided him
with another certificate in French to the effect, that
he (Mason) was a true born subject of the King of
Prussia, and born at Memel. This was signed,
" De Froy, Charge d'Affaires au itoi de Prusse."—
Mr. Dyer, still not satisfied said, he would not grant
the warrant, unless he (Mason) would make oath
of being a native of Memel; and, taking him before
a Magisuate, the Under Secretary perceived the em-
harassment of Mason as the oath was about to be
administered. Being then farther interrogated by
Mr. Dyer, he confesses that he was born at Isling-
ton. Mr. Dyer then demanded if he had not some
accomplices? Mason then described the two priso-
ners by their dress. A person named Sutherland,
who had been defrauded of his pension in like man-
ner, immediately left the office, and seized the priso.
nee Hart, whom he found walking about Charing-
cr',bs. The other prisoner, Briant, was likewise ap-
prehended in the same neighbourhood a few minutes
after. The prisoners were both found—Guilty.

BIRTHS.
At Dawfish, co the 31st ult. the Lady of Charles Gra,.:,
of a son.
At Valeseienses,ou the 21st uk. the Lady of Lieoten4:4>
lone' Hull, of the Royal Horse Artillery, of a tlavilster.