The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-11 00:00:00

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On Thursday night the Duchess of Kent and Prince
Victoria honoured Covent-garden theatre with a visit, to s
the ballet of M.:manicllo, and the new Christmas pantomime
Puss in, Boots. _ _

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Fats
of Denbigh as her chamberlain, in the place of Lord Howe.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is to succeed Lord• Denbigh 5'
one of the Lords of the Bedchamber.
We believe there is now no doubt of the re .election of lit'
Manners Sutton to the Speaker's chair.
BRIGHTON, JAN. 6.—Their Majesties the Princess Auguste
Prince George, and the royal suite and household, heard diviv
service this morning in the Palace Chapel. The Lord Chall
berlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Earl of Munster
were present. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Wa,,,ner
and Dr. Everard othciated at the communion table. The loc.
J. S. Anderson preached amost eloquent sermon, taking for 11
text the 3d chapter of St. Peter's epistle, 3d verse. As usu
the body of the chapel was crowded with persons of distinctio
Yesterday their Majesties took a carriage airing to Stannic,
park andback to the Palace.—The Princess Augusta took a
aecompanied by Lady Mary Taylor, through variot•
parts of the town.—Prince George walked out, accompanied b,
his tutor and the Rev. Mr. Hervey.—Vice-Admiral Sir 33
beet Otway, Major-General Sir Howard Douglas, and Lieut•
Colonel Drummond, had audience of the King.

There has been for some days a rumour, originating probabl,
more in the wishes than in the expectations of those who pr(.
mote it, that the present Ministers, after all, will not me,
Parliament ; that there is especially a great want of cordialitl
beta een Lord Brougham and his colleagues. We give tl'
rumour as part of the talk of the day, without professing I
know whether any credit ought to be attached to it.—Morns
Herald. 1
The heir apparent of the Austrian monarchy, we understa4 1
is likely to follow his unfortunate nephew, the Duke de Reich;
stadt. Prince Metternich, it must be owned, was born nude
a lucky star. The complaint which threatens to cut short pr! ,
maturely the days of this unfortunate Prince is said to be dr
lepsy.—Globe.
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CONFERENCE AT ASHBURNHAM HOUSE.—On Thursday,
twelve o'clock, Dover-street was in a bustle. The AustriPe
Prussian, Dutch, and Neapolitan Ministers met the Prince Pooll
di Borgo. The Princess Lieven arrived from Pansanger abou,l
the same hour. It is said that his Excellency will remain lie
t,
a month. This is his third visit ; we recollect his being hereto
the year 1810.—Standard.
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SECOND DINNER TO Mn. SADLER.--111 consequence of -tet
indisposition of Mr. Sadler, and the New-year's Day eng4 It
meats of several gentlemen who were desirous of being prof'', t
on the occasion, the second public dinner intended to be give t
to Mr. Sadler in the Music Hall, has been postponed W t
Tuesday to Friday next, when it will take place at five o'clov t
Leeds intelliyencer.
MALT CON SUMPTlON.—Thequantity of malt consumed bY tl'e
brewers of London and its vicinity, from the 10th of Octobel I
1831, to the same period, 1832, amounts to 604,477 quarters el
bushels. Barclay and Co., porter brewers, and Goding all
l3roadwood, ale brewers, were the greatest consumers.
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UNSTAMPED PIJDLIC-ATIONS.-2VCCOTCHIIg Ito 'the state—i
contained in our paper of yesterday, of the intention of 11,.., ,
Chambers, the police magistrate, to represent to the corrill.l'; '
sioners of stamps the conduct of Colley and Currie, regarVe
the two boys, Cowper and Brown, that gentleman, as we 1,0
informed, attended yesterday at the Stamp-office, as did
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witnesses Kinsey, Agar, and Hows, whose depositions tit. .et
taken by the Solicitor of stamps with a view to indict ColJeo
and Currie for a conspiracy. It appeared on the inquiry, that
these persons, who have always represented themselves as 13elei
employed by the Stamp-office, were not so in reality,—that 00,
had applied to the commissioners of stamps for a deputati°oo
which had been refused them, and that the only remuneratio,
.they received from the revenue was the sum of £1 for each eeii,
viction, which sum, by the 16th Geo. 11. cap. 26, the corallite
sioners arc bound to pay to every person producing a certiiir:,
from a magistrate that he has, on the information of such I,
son, convicted a party charged with selling unstamped publi
tions.—Times.
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FORGED STAMPS.—Mr. John Wm. Baird, a stationer y
siding in Bishopsgate-street, was tried at the Old Bailey, 1""
don, on Monday, for selling stamps for bills of exchange, "';
well knowing them to be forged. Lord LYNDHURST, aeeui, !
panied by Mr. Justice ALDERSON, mine down to try the Opt i
which was considered the most important that has occurrealeri
some years past. 'rhe Solicitor General, Mr. Scarlett, and it,
Alley, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Adolphus and.'re
C. Phillips the defence. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated !If :
case to the jury. The prisoner kept a stationer's shop ate,
Bishopsgate-street. On the 24th of December Mr. Botiv„"v"p
clerk to the Solicitor of Stamps, called at the prisoner's s','oo
and asked for a 3s. Gd. a 2s. Gd. and a Is. 6d. bill stamp. 'of
prisoner said he only had the two former, and gave him °near
each. Mr. Bouvine, before leaving the shop, told the prise'oe
there were several forged stamps about, and inquired if tli 03
of the prisoner were genuine. He replied he might &Pe,
upon them being so, as he had them direct from Sorner..f/
house. The Stamps, on examination, proved to be forgeu.d
Mr. C. Pressley, Secretary to the Board of Stamps, deig),,'lr
that he went to the prisoners shop early in November, in ir,
sequence of information he had received while he was at 13
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Mann's, a stationer, in Coruhill; the prisoner was not at boT.,
but lie left word for him to call at the Stam office : next
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he did call ; he (the witness) said he had a fop-rged. staulP i.lO
possession, which had been purchased at the prisoner's
and brought to the Stamp-office by a person named Burrid le,
he had purchased several stamps—the first from Mr. Deat'°o
of George-yard, Lombard-street. He inquired of him Nvle
was the discount he had allowed him. Prisoner, said no y,
count was allowed on bill stamps. He inquired of whore,"
had purchased stamps besides Mr. Deacon. The prisoner 14,
him that he had bought some from Mr. Lett, Royal ExchiO>
and Mr. Somers, who allowed him a discount of 5 per 'V,
Witness said he had no doubt the stamps purchased trout ,I,e
Somers were forged, in consequence of the discount. 'Ol
prisoner said he had several bill stamps, and that the disc° jot
of 5 per cent. was not unusal, but 9 per cent, was the rego"or 1
discount on receiptstaxops.—Several gentlemen from the St 4,1
office were also called, who stated that a great number of fo%i,
stamps were in circulation during December, and that the,
saner immediately delivered, up all the stamps in hii posses,;, f!
After the trial had proceeded fur some hours, Lord LyN Wit*
(having consulted Mr. Justice Alderson) stopped the case. ,4
Lordship, addressing the jury, said that before they could re''';cr
a verdict of guilty, they must be perfectly satisfied that the pre
soner, at the time he sold them, well knew that they•'oit,
forged. In his Lordship's and his learned brother's opiuttist
the evidence did not amount to any thing like proof of
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fact. It was proved that a vast quantity of forged stamps fat
now in circulation, and that they were so well executed., --„r
they deceived the best of judges. Now this individual, u_A of
pears, got hold of some of these forgeries which he dispose;ea,
in the usual way of business. It ought also to be recolle !'ilij
that he had been in the trade only nine months, and they t()%ee,
There was no attempt at concealment,
that much older and more experienced personsoboardnbyeetibi 0.11
ceived.
that in the slightest _degree showed a conscious guiltiness. „ri'
the gentlemen of the jury w ere of the same opinion, tti0.,50
proved,wei e forge]
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soner was entitled to an acquittal; but if they had any d.o si'
the case must proceed. The Solicitor General said that_ie tj'e,
address to the jury, he had laid particular, stress upon ti.l_ct
cessity of their being convinced that the prisoner at the tut?.
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no wish to press the case further. Government, in this inal'Af
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had only acted for the public benefit, and could not have 'rtjr
feeling towards the individual at the bar. The jury ime93`lo4
ately returned a verdict of— Not Guilty., Mr: Baird, wh
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warmly congratulated by his friendi, was instantly discharged