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to Wells, but not upon this charge ; it was after he 6:1 been
brought to Wells, that a discovery was made which induced us
to prefer this charge.
Cross-examined—George Giblett had authority to draw such
bills as this, for the accommodation of any person who paid
him the amount first. He was not authorised to make remit-
tances to Masterman and Company, in order to meet such
bills.

The letters which were found in Penny's possession having
been read, it appeared from them that George Giblett, having
got into difficulties in consequence of having lent considerable
sums of his employers' money to various persons without autho-
rity, who' were not prepared to refund in due time, and being
obliged to settle his accounts at the end of the month, in order
to make them square—he sent forged bills, to the amount of
£1,200 to Penny to get them discounted, intending at the same
time, as appeared by the letters, to meet such bills when they
became due by means of payments made by those whom he had
accommodated. Various plans were suggested forgetting such
bills discounted. It further appeared that the bill in question
had been sent up to Penny without the endorsement; and in
another letter he stated that he should send up his brother to
endorse it. Such was the substance of the letters.

William Tradewell, a Quaker, discounted this bill for Penny
on the 2nd of March; left it for acceptance at the house of Mas-
terman and Co. on the 4th, and received it on the 6th, when he
put it in circulation. I g,ave Penny the amount partly in cash
and partly in wine. I discounted for him, altogether, bills to
the amount of £l,lBO, of which he took £2lO worth in wine.
Cross-examined—l don't recollect that he requested me not
to circulate it. lam not a wine-merchant-1 am a victualling
agent; but I sometimes sell wine.
The confession of John Giblett before the magistrates was
here read, which stated that his brother sent him to London
with a letter to Penny, telling him that he was to write some-
thing on a bill. When he went to London and saw Penny, he
asked him if his brother told him that he was to write on a bill.
Having answered in the affirmative, Penny produced the bill,
and he wrote "Jones and Co." on the back of it, as directed by
Penny. He saw Penny the day afterwards, who told him he
was unable to procure cash for his brother. He then left Lon-
don, and returned to Wells. This was all that he knew of the
transaction- - '

George Giblett made a confession to the same effect.
The prisoners got a good character from several persons. •
Vercrtet.—Guilty.
Mr.. Justice Park, in passing sentence, regretted his inability
to make a distinction in the punishment, for he thought John
Gibiett, who was merely a boy, by far the least culpable of the
three; but his• lordship had no discretion as to the punishment,
which was transportation for life.

The accounts from the East Indies, received at the India
House, are of a most discouraging complexion. The genius of
reform and revolution appears to have cast a blighting look
upon that portion of the British dominions in common with its
sister of the Western hemisphere. A conspiracy had been disco-
vered at Barrackpore among the native troops, the object of
which was to out off and destroy the 62nd regiment. Several
of •the leading conspirators had teen blown to atoms from the
cannon's mouth, a great number imprisoned, and many dis-
missed to their homes.

But matter of much more serious import is occurring in that
important quarter. Serious disagreements are reported among
the chief authorities. To such a height, it is stated, have the
disagreements between Lord Clare, the Governor of Bombay,
and General Hackett, the commander of the troops in that
government, arisen, 'that the general, in imitation of the Pigott
precedent, has threatened to send the governor home in irons.
Nor, it is said, do'the governor-general, Lord W. Bentinck, and
General Barnes, the commander-in-chief, work more harmo-
niously together at Calcutta. The general there is almost
equally, disposed to strong measures with his subaltern of
Bombay.
How facile is change—how gracious popularity—how awful
revolution !

--Facilis descensus averni,
eS d revocare gradunt.
—Guardian.

STATE OF CRlME.—Report of the Treasurer oldie West Riding
of Yorkshire.—An important document has just been published,
which shows the receipts and payments made by the treasurer
of the West Riding, from the year 1821 to 1832, and also the
number of prosecutions at the assizes and sessions for each year,
from which it appears that the increase of crime is fogruidable
and alarming. In the year 1821 the number of prosecutions at
the assizes was 66, at the sessions 251 ; in 1832 the number at
the assizes was 88, and at the sessions 976 ! Thus within twelve
years the total number of prisoners for criminal offences has in-
creased from 317 to 1064, or more than three fold! The increase
of population in the same space of time has not much exceeded
one-fourth : and if we may consider that the same class of crimi-
nals Is`now tried at the assizes as in 1821, the increase of crime
of high magnitude would only be about in proortion with the
increase' of popUlatiolu: It is therefore in the lower class of fe-
lonies and in larcenies that the frightful increase must have
•taken-place. We confess we are unable to account for this ra-
pid progression of crime, but it is deserving of every attention
being paid to it by the magistrates and by the government.—
We fear the West Riding of Yorkshire is not singular in this
respect, but that the same phenomena are presented throughout
the country. It will be found that the greatest increase has
taken place during the very last year; there was little increase
from 1828 to 1831, the prosecutions at the sessions in the former
year being 716, and in the latter 744; but in 1832 the number
suddenly swelled to 976. The next greatest increase within this
period of twelve years was in 1826, when the number of prosecu-
tions increased in one year from 451 to 595. The expense of
prosecutions at sessions is small compared with that of prosecu-
tions at the assizes. In the year 1832, there were 88 at the as-
sizes which cost £4555, and 976 at the sessions which cost
£7720; eleven times as many prisoners are tried at the sessions
as at the assizes, and yet the expense of the greater number is not
double that of the less. The great sum 0f£85,396 has been paid
in eight years, by the West Riding only, for new buildings at
York Castle. The expense of conveying Scotch and Irish va-
grants has been reduced from £2471 a year to £BOO. The ex-
penses under the Reform Bill have been moderate, namely,
£457.