Star.
London, England, 1819-01-06 00:00:00

ROYAL. ACADEMY.

Monday evening, the Professor of Perspective, I.
Mr. TURNER, R.A. delivered the opening Lecture to
his Course upon that Science. Mr. TURNMIt having
remarked the peculiar difficulties of his situation, ob-
served, that the Science was, nevertheless, compara-
tively of humble appearance. It was a branch of:
geometry; and though the necessary pursuit of it "
was attended with many and great difficulties, it was
but subservient to nobler purposes, not possessing
decided and shining character of its own. In mark-
ing the progress of the Science, the I'rofecscr
ob-
served, that some traces of it might be perceived in
PLINY and a few ether Latin .Authors; but that its'.
fall expansion did not take place until the fifteenth
century, when, in the time of VAN I.;vci, the cele-
brated inventor of Painting, the brother of this inge-
nious man, with some contemporaries, taught the
world the necessity of this Science towards an adequate
representation of Nature, and contributed most con-.
sHcrably towards. its advancement and perfection.—
Ileftwe entering into the practical part of the study,
the l'rofessor particularly enforced the superiority of
a picture, correct in its perspective and anatomy,.
over that whose only beauty is good colouring,.
" Nature," added he," continually varies in her hues'
and colours, but never produces any circumstances
differing from the same principle of perspective and
anatomy."—Many. beautiful drawings were exhibited;
among which were representations of (':triton
the Admiralty, the Monument, and St. George's,
Hanover•square.

The splendid donations of £7,100 and £5,000, di-
rected by the Will of the late SWAN DOWNER, Esq.
to be invested in the endowment of a School in
Brighton, for the education of poor children, and for
the clothing of :he aged poor, have been confirmed
by the decretal order of the VICE-CIIAN6I:LLOR. By
this deem!, the Execators are protected from the
personal responsibility they had generously incurred,
of several hundred pounds, 1): the distribution of
clothes, to 50 poor residents in 'Brighton, for the last
three years.
The chill that was found at a door in Tash-street,
Gray's-inn-lane, with which Ann Symons, the mid-
wife, was charged with being concerned, died on
Sunday night, in the wo:k-lur.ise of the Upper Li-
berty of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. A Co-
roner's Inquest is summoned to be held on the body.
Friday night, in the Borough-road, a female named
CATHEIIINE WILSON, residing in Tooley-street, in
the Borough, returning to her residence alone, was
Whet by a fellow, who insisted that she should shake
hands with hitt]; she at length acceded, and gave
him her hand; on which he laid hold of her, and
robbed her of her purse, containing a trifling sum in
silver, with which he went away. The female cou-
rageously followed him, and was about to make an
alarm, when he returned hastily, gave her a tremen-
dous blow, laid hold of both her car-rings, and tote
them from her ears, and beat her in suck a manner
that she was left weltering in her blond.
Monday night, about eight o'clock, during the ab-
sence of the family, the house of Air. G. Smern, of
Baker-street, Lambeth, was broken open, and a large
quantity of linen and wearing apparel paoked up,
ready for carrying off. At this crisis Mrs. :ism!!
came home, and was surprised and terrified at seeing
one of the robbers pulling down the window cut-
tains : she screamed very loud, and calling 4, Mur-
der!" the thieves leaped through the window at the
back of the house, and escaped, leaving the property.
The same night, a gentleman passing the end of
oakle7-street, near the Asylum, Westminster-road,
was stopped by two men, who knocked him down,
and one held him, while the other lobbed him of a
valuable gold watch, chain, and two gold seals.
Saturday night, during the intense fog, as Mr.
JAMES WILLIAM MOMS residing,at Hackney, was
crossing the fields from Hackney to Shacklewell, he
vas violently attacked by a g:la of villains, who
asked the way to Islington, inl.t:aly knocked him
down, and robbed him of his hat, silk pocket hand-
kerchief, and watch.

Saturday night last, while some persons were em-
ployed puttink luggage into the Liverpool mail-
coach, opposite the Post-office, in Lombard-street,
some person or persons contrived to rob it of several
bags of letters which were going to Barnet and Edge-
.ware,' with which they got clear off.
The Tribunal of Correctional Police at Park has
condemned to three months imprisonment a jou' ney-
man mason, for spreading false and alarming news.
It appears that the foolish fellow was travelling in
the stage from St. Denis to Paris, with a corporal of
the Royal Guard as his fellow passenger, to whom
he announced as positively true, that BONAPARTE had
escaped, and had absolutely re-invaded France. As
soon as they got to the barrier, the Military man gave
his talkative companion into custody.

POLICE.

Matestost-Housit.—Levi, the Jew, whose case was
reported in our Paper' of Monday, was yesterday
brought up for final examination, on a charge of de-
frauding Mr. Stone, a tailor, in Skinner-street. The
circomstances in this transaction must be still fresh
in the minds of our Readers. Levi had passed off
certain brass coins for gold pagodas, and received
value for them accordingly. The LORD MAYOR, who
was not present at the examination which the spriso-
ner underwent on Saturday, yesterday asked him,
whether he could shew that he had received these
spurious pagodas in a fair and open manner ? He re-
plied, that he had taken them from a man whom he
did not know, at the East India-house, in exchange
for two watches, which he had sold him. As he could
not produce the slightest proof of this assertion, his
story was disbelieved, and the matter proceeded.
The prisoner was yesterday attired in a carters frock
coat, and had the appearance of aflat honest rustic,
rather than of a sharp knowing Jew; but on the 10th
of December, the. day on which he defrauded Mr.
Stone, as before stated, he was habited in a sailor's
jacket and trowsers, and imitated " Poor Jack's"
phrases so completely, as to deprive the prosecutor of
all suspicion of any fraudulent design on his (the
Jew's) part. Had he known the prisoner to have
been a Jew, (of which he did not exhibit much ap-
pearance,) he would bare been np to him, and would
have looked much more sharply after him.—The
Lonn Mayon here said, that from the statement of
this transaction published in the different Newspa-
pers, he was inclined to ask Mr. Stone, what reason
had induced him only to give .ss. 3d. for a coin,
whose intrinsic value was represented to be (is. 6d.—
Mr. Stone iii reply observed, that a complete mis-
qatement of this part of his case had been given to
the world ; and he was glad, for the sake of his own
character, as an honest and respectable tradesman,
that his Lordship had now given him an opportunity
Of contradicting it. Ile never had bun told, as was
stated, that these pagodas were worth 6s. 6d..each.'
Cox and Merle had said that a pagoda was worth 6s.
En:rlish currency ; but as be wished to have other
opinion on the subject before he parted with his
money, he did not feel very anxious to take the pa-
gridas, of whose worth he knew nothing. The Jew,
however, offered to exchange fotir of them for one,
luinea ; this offer he (Mr. Stone) accepted, telling the,
sraelite at the same time, that if he would call on
him the ne':t day, he (Mr. Stone) would refund the
overplus, if the pagoda.: should turn out to be worth
more than .Is. Mach. Mr. Levi, however, very
carefully forgot to call on him for information on'
that subject.—The lawn MAYOR then observed, that
this was a very gross case of fraud ; but that it was,
necessary, before he could commit the prisoner, that'
sonic jeweller, acquainted with this lied of coin,
should attend, to' swear that the pagodas produced
were not worth more than so twiny brass buttons.
Mr. Thomas, of Corahill, was therefore sent for, and,
on seeing two of the coins paid to Mr. Store, said
that they were mere counters, or imitation pagodas;
but still they were the best of the kind that he had
ever seen, and were calculated to deceive even the
best judges on a cursory examination. It being, how-
ever, suggested by the LORD MAYOR, that the exa-
mination of two pagodas.was not sufficient to prove
the whole to be impostors, Mr. Stone went and
fetched the remainder of those which he had fe-
ceived, all of which on inspection were declared to
be as great forgeries as their predecessors. The proof
against Levi being thus made conclusive, he was
committed to Neugate fiir trial.
Ma III.COROVUII.NT P*-;F:Te• :PGlllsh an, a
dancing-master, in I:Ming-house-lane, was charged
by Mr. I)ayst3, a corn-chandler, near Fitzroy-square,
with robbing him under the following circumstance.:
—ll3e prisoner had been engaged to attend in his
professional capacity. It happened that Mr. Da vi R..
was frequently from home ; and the prisoner, avail-
ing himself of the opportuillb, took the children
into the counting-house, and, under pretence of 'hew-
ing diem slight of hand tricks, contrived to send
them into different parts of the house. In their
absence he is charged with having opened the till,
and desk, and helped himself to its contents.
Mr. DAVIES said, lie had missed money to a con-
siderable amount, and was at a loss to account
for the thief: at length, however, suspicion at-
tached to the prisoner and, on obtaining a search-
warrant and proceeding to his lodgings, he found a
bunch of keys, on which was a key partinularty
marked, which Mr. Davizs identified as belonging
to the desk in his counting-hares. Upon the prisoner
were found duplicates of a time-piece, pledged at
Mr. Gnomes, •in Greek-street ; and a diamond,
pledged at a pawnbroker's in the Strand. llis ser-
vant also found the key of the till concealed under
the carpet. Mr. Davizs's nephew and servant con-
firmed the statement.—Prisoner fully committed.
UntoN-Ilau..—We yesterday gave an. account of
of the robbery of a respectable Gentleman, Mr.
Henry Lynn, of Great 13ookhum, Surrey, which was
committed on Saturday evening, accompanied with
rcircumstances of great cruelty and 'brutality. Three
ruffians, disguised- as farming labourers, attacked the
unfortunate Gentleman, and beat him with blud•
goons to such a degree, that his life is now despaired
of. In consequence of information sent to the Ma-
gistrates of this office, two officers were dispatched
for'the purpose of endeavouring to apprehend the!
offenders. Yesterday morning, the officers, May and
Goff, returned to town with,a man in their custody,
whom they had found lurking about in the neigh,
bourhood where the robbery was committed, and
who answered very particularly to the description
which had been given of the person of ore of the
robbers. The prisoner, who said that Es name was
John Smith, was put to the bar. He was dressed in
a dirty round frock, his hat was broad in the rim,
such as is usually worn by labouring farmers ; un-
dernenth his frock he wore an old suit of regimen-1
tals. May and Goff, the officers, stated, that having
received an accurate description of the robbers, they
went in. pursuit of them to every place within 111
miles of Mr. Lynn's house, and they apprehended the
prisoner from his answering the description of one of
them very minutely. When they secured him he
acknowledged that he knew of the robbery ; he said
he was informed of it bytwo men Whom he met with
on the road. Ile said he had been discharged from
the Suffolk Fencibles, and had been sleeping in barns,
having no work. He was remanded, as Mr. Lynn is
too ill, from a wound on his headi to attend.

LONDON MARKETS, JANUARY 5.

Carron.-The low prices of Cotton continue to
attract the attention of the extensive capitalists, who
still make inquiry after Bengals, but as the needy
holders are again out of the market, peltchases cannot
be made on the low terms lately submitted to : very
considerable orders have also been received from the
Continent for Bengals fair common qualities, about
6id. which cannot now be executed ; about 500 bags
of the lowest quality Bengals were taken at Sid. The
other purchases since our last consist of-100 Per-
nambuco, very good quality, 231 d.; 40 Minas 17id.;
10 Bxhias 22d.; and in the house, 680 Bengals
7d. a Bid.; very ordinary std.: the two latter, ex-
clusive of the 500 bagi before enumerated.-From
Liverpool, January 2 The demand for Cotton has
continued very brisk ; Surats, which have been par-
ticularly sought after, being low in prop3rtion, have
advanced id. and most other kinds, except Brazils,
id. IA- lb. The sales amount to about 10800 bags;
viz.-2200 Boweds 17d. a IBd. for ordinary to tam
181 d. a 191 d. for good fair to very good ; 600 Or-
leanS 17d. a 20id. 200 Tenessees 141 d. a 151 d ; 80
Sea Islands 2s. 9J. a 3s. 9d.; 560 Pernams. 221 d. a
231 d. ; 1030 Alararihams 20d. a 21d.; 1150 Bahia,
19id. a 21d. and a few very choice at 22d.; 830
Minas and Parias 171 d. a 20d.; 110 Demeraras
19Ad. a 21d.; 380 Cubas 171.1. a ISJ.; 1410 Ben-
gals 7J. for very dirty, to Sid. for good ; Su-
rat. Bd. a I3d tor very ordinary to gqod, up to I t
fur good Toonicls."
Sturm.-There was little business done in liusco-
vades last week ; the prices were without variation.
This forenoon there is a much greater disposition
evinced to do business. One extensive house sold
about 3.30 casks, and generally there was more doing
in the market: the request continues particularly di-
rected to goad and strong qualities ; the inferior
browns are neglected ; the prices to-day may be con-
sit!ered a shade higher, rates being obtained for good
Sugars which could not be realized last week.
fhere has, been a greater disposition evinced to
purchase Refined goods, and one or two considerable
contracts for parcels delivered in March, are reported
to be concluded, particularly for crashed Sugar ;
there have been a few purchases for the home trade
and for Ireland, but generally the market may be
stated rather heavy, as the refiners do not press sales,
fully expecting higher prices towards the Spring. In
Foteign Sugar there has been no business doing.
Corrir--The demand for COtTee continued ex-
tensive last wee!. Two public• sales were brought
forward, consisting of 529 casks and 929 bags% the
whole went off with great briskness: the Jansaiar
descriptions Is. a 2s. higher : Demerara and Berbice,
at the advance of 3s. a 5%. per cwt.-good ordinary
pale Jamaica 1121. and 1425. tid.; fine ordinary to
ordinary middling 1475. a 14$c. (id.; good to fine
middling Demerara and Berbice, extensively at
IlSs. and 158 s. 6J. The sales by private contract
fully supported the advance of last week.
This forenoon 'there has been no business done; it
is reported there are considerable orders in town for
7offee, rather Merited as to price, but the buyers
await the result of several public saki that are ad-
vertisid.

liter.—Thequotations of Rice have been for some
time nearly nominal, and several parcels were offered
by private contract at reduced pt ices. Last week a
public sale was brought forward, consisting of 1980
bugs Bengal; the whole sold at the redlictinn from
last public sale of about 425. being nearly the prices
previons7y obtained by private contract—good white
Bengal Rice 181. a 20s.—The following Copy of a
Letter relating to the admission of East India Rice,
duty free, has been sent to the Collectors and C'omp-
trollrs at the l'ortsof Bristol, Hull, and Liverpool

" Treasury Chambers, Dec. Si, lila.
Grvrt Envy's—The lowds Commlui,users of his Alajcsty's
Tr..asury desire you will admit nice imported from the East
Indies to enter due,: free in all eas:7s where socilleient proof shall
1w produced that the shipments thereof were made in time to
has: ofTerld a fair and reasanable prospect of arrival in this
king..bm before the expiration of the pres..nt year.
(SlllDed) " S. lt. LUSHINGTON."
Fut:fr.—The demand for Fruit continues
cdtsi-
Jerahle.

Rut, Haman, and lIot.LANDs.—The Ram mar-
ket continues exceedingly heavy ; little or no busi-
ness has been done since our last ; the quotations can-
not be stated at any. variation, yet, if purchasers
appeared, they could buy at vices much lower : no
depression has, however, yet been submitted to.—
Braittly and Geneva are heavy at the quoted cur-
rency; Sbe late sales are confined to inconsiderable
parcels for the immediate wants of the trade.
TonAcco.--There has been nu business done in
Tobacco ; the quotations remain nominal.

letart Puovzstows.--The demand for Irish Provi-
sions continues exceedingly limited; there can no
alteration be stated in the currency.
I INNIP. FLAX, and TALLow.—Fareign Tallow con-
tinues to decline; the market is exceedingly heavy
at the reduced quotations. There is little doing in
limp or flax ; purchases may he made at prices be-
low thc currency, on account of the heavy market.
Olts.—The demand for Greenland Oil continues
limited ; the market may be stated heavy at tho re-
duced quotations. Sperm has also given way. In
other descriptions there is little variation. The hold-
ers of Galipoli are making prices a shade higher.