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MAitLIGoROUGH-STREET.-MlR. FAUNTLEROY.-It was ge- nera.ly supposed that no further examination of this prisoner would have taken place previous to the trial at thc approaching sessions at the Old Bailey, but that he woald have been permitted to remain at the llot,sc of Correction, without again bringing him to this office until the general remsving day, when he would be, in the usual way, transferred to Newgate. Nor, indeed, was it until Saturday last that the Magistrate in whose hand the mase was had any intima- tion ofan intention on the part of the Bank bf England to prefer any fresh accusation against the prisoner. On that day, however, It was communicated from the Bank Solicitors, that other charges were in prngress of investigation, and that it would again be necesaary to have the prisoner brought befere the Alagistrate, to have evidence taken upon them. Notice was accordingly sent to thie prisoner's le- gal advisars of this intention; and on MIonslay it was appointed that the prisoner should be brought up at two o'clock yesterday. Thia cireumstance was not at all known generally, nor was it intended that it shoultd, exreptto those immediately;concerncd, because the crowivs collecting round, and at the office, arising from the great public excitement and curiosity respecting this case, have been at- tendedi with much inconvenience to the general busines-s of the office. It having been, however, ubliclyaunouncedinthemorning thatthis examination was to take place, the office was crowdedlduringthe day to a degree exceeding all fonner precedent- and, indced, so muct so, that those who had real business, had scarcely room or opportu. nity to attend to it, from the pressure of those wbom curiosity alone had attracted. Plank, the chief officer, whb has had, front the commencement of this case, the charge of conveying the prisoner from the place of confinement to the office, proceeded to Goldbath Fields pnson, and reccived charge of the prisoner from the Governor, at half-past one o'clock, and, accompanied by Vegsteott and another officer, conveyed him, as before, in a hackiney-.coach, to theaoffce, v/here they arrived at about two o'clock. The ,prisoner was imme- diately conductec into the private house ofMhr. VOK(AWT, aejoining theollice, and there placed inthe back drawingwroom, under thecare At this time the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England had arrived, and took their sustions behind the Magistrates, as wvell as Messrs. Freshifeld, sen. aVd jun., on the part of'the pro. secution. Air. Harmer and Mlr. Fdrbes attended as the legal ade visers on behalf of the prisoner. Mir. CONANT, the magistrate, having now taken Iiis seat upon the bench, withi Air. tYERt and Sir GEORGE FARxANt, Tagis- trates, on hls right and left, directions were given to PlaHk to bring in his prionert ant at a quarter pait two o'clcc Atr. Fauntleroy entered the ollice, Iae4ning qpon the arms of' the officers, as on the two fornmer egcasions. He took his station precisely as before, lean- ing on and against the bar, outside of it, and in froat or the bench; lie leanetd his lefarm on the bar, and on that hand he wore a light- oloured kid' glove, and held in it the glove of the right hand, which was, as before, placed acrnss his breast, holding his hat in it. His lress was the same as before, blue coat and trousers, &c. The prisoner appeared to have undergone a most extraordinary change, in. point ol htaltb and spirits, during the short time that has elapsed since his last examination. He presented rather a ghastly then a living hue upon his countenance, andfatogether exhibited the appearance and expression of one who had lately suffered intense m aanguish. His eyes seemed languid and hfavy, without any of that lustre that brightened them when we last eaw him. He seemed, during the progress of the ixaainatioa, totally absorbed in thought, and almost unconscious of what was going on. He never once changed his positioit or the direction of his face, whieh wan tovards the office-door; n6r did he for a moment look towards the bench. Mr. Freshfield, soliCitor, who took his station dlose by the clerk's seat, n~ow addressed the Magistrates, and said, that althotugh the Basik of Egngland did not think it necessary, for the purpose of further grounds to commit the prisoner, to bring forward any fresh charges against himn thlan those thley had already preferred, yet-they deemued it only fair towarda the prisoner hlsehif to put him assi h legal adv$sets iii POistaida of all the ecses he might hat'e o~cnsini to mneet in the event of indictments atpon all being preferree galnsl %iim at the ensuing sessions. He would therefore, Mlr, .ereshfiole said, projceed now to the proof of tWOe other charget a,jeinsrt,the Prisoner; which. had not as yet beezn touched upon. ihfrt was, a -powier of attorney, purporting to be given by Colo-nel Thiomas Ljrster to theXprisoner, for the sale of 8,0001. 4 pet cenxt. Colislidated Funds ; and anothier power of attorney, putrport- ing to be given for the like purpose to the prisoner by Mr. John Oriflitlh. Mlr. Freshfield then handed to the Clerkt the depositions,' as previ. Ously prepared,of the different witnesses to be called. The Clerk tisen called Colonel Thomas Lyster, of WVexrord, in Ireland, andl at resent in London, who beinzg sworn, deposed, that in the month of Member, 1819, he had the sum of 6,6441. 13s. 3d. standing in his name in the Bank of England, vested in the 4 per Cent. Consolidated Fond; thjat he gave a power of attorney to ttie banking.-houtse of Al essrs.MVarsh, Stracey, FauntlLroy, end Graham, to Teceive the.diYidends upon the same, and place the amrount to the credit of his accourt in thieir bouse ; that those dividends were re- gularly and punctuaUy so placed to htis credit up to the present year. The deponent has examined the powers of attorney here produced, dated Dec. 10, 1819, purporting to be sig-ned by him, and giving the prisner Henr Fautleroy) atuthority to sell out or transfer 6,0001. of he ai alek Ilatthe name Thomlas Lyster, signed to the 2said powe ofattoney inot the proper signature of this deponent, nor cliheeve gve heprisoner or any other person, power or authority to ellou oroterwsedispose of the said stock; and deponent fur- ter says that he Wl u of the couxntry in that year) and hadi nor been in ~gadfo th year 1818 until the year 1821, when he re- turned fo t eea Colonel Lyster now said, that he dlid not know how hie could, upo consideration,w-cll swear that the stock was standing in his name inth Bank at all. in 1819, for he did not see it there, ho was out of the country; all he eouldi say was, that it oughit to have been there. Air' CONWANT asked the Colonel if ho believed it to have been there at the time. Coloniel Lysiter said, he certainly did ; anid he ailso believedl it to be there still, until this "1blow-up" took place; and then, on com- inig over from Ireland to ascertain the fact, he found that the stock hiad vanished since the vear 1819. The Colonel's deposition was thien altered, from the positive as- sertion to his belief. Air. KFeshfleld said, that lie would soen Telieye Colonel Lyster from any doubt upon that head, by, convincing him that the sitock did stanid in his name in the Bank In that year. Jedediah Kerie, late of Laura-place, Bath, but now of Alontagu- square, Bloomsbury, in the county of Mliddlesex, was next sworn, and deposed, that he has examnined the power of attorney now pro- duced, for the transfer of 8,0001. Four per Cent. Consols, purporting to be signed "1Thomas Lyster," and to which this deponent's name is attached, as an attesting witness to the signiature of Thomas Lys- ter; but that thename "1Jc-dediahKerie," so signed, is saot the pro- per signature of thils deponent, or in his hand-writing; nor did he everwitessthe ignng f an doumet by Colonel Lyster. Mr. reshieldsaid tha theoth r nae., as attesting witness to thesigatue o wat urorto tobethat of Colonel L,yster, was thatof ilis Eizabth aunier~ te sister of the pe'ssoner; but, for easos whch mst b obv~ hewould of course decline calIl- ingtha lay, uthe oul ca~a itess that would answer the Jamesr Ty on being sworn, deposied, that he was a clerk in the banking-house ofAMarsh and Co., in which the prisoner was a part- ner ; that he is well acquainted with the prisoner's hand-writing and believes the nanie "Elizabeth Fauntleroy, spinster," s,igneA unartestinwithetuto the warrant of attorney now produce, to bintea n -writingof the prisoner, and deponent furthier says, that the name "H enry Fauntleroy," and the demand to act, written' on the htack of the si power of attorney, are also in the hanri. writing of the Prisoner. George Hiutchinson, being next sworn, deposed, that in the year 1819 he was a clerk in the Four per Cent. Consols Transfer Office; that it was his duty, to examine all warrants or powers of attorney for the transfer of any such stock; thiat in the year 1819 there was stand- ing in the Bank of England, in thie said Four per Cent. C-onsols. the sum of 6,6441. 13s. 3d. in the name of Thomas Lyster ; that in December of that year the prisoner applied, with the power of attor- ney now produced, to have 6,0001. of the said stock transferred from the naame of Thomas Lyster into the names of Jacob Clemenits and inrNeil of the Stock Exchange, gentlemein, in two sums of ,0.each, and that by the directions of' the prisoner, and under such power of attorney, the stork was so transferred. illsr. Freshfield now said, that as far as the case of Colonel Lyster, the evidence was complete, and he should now proceed to that of Mlr. Griffith. A power of attorney was niow produced,. Durporting roan. thorize the prisoner to sell or transfer the sum of 5001. Long Annui- ties, which stood in the Bank of England in the name of John Grif- fith, of Collins Bircomb, in Devonshire. John Skelton being swerni, deposed, that he is a clerk in the Long Annuity Transfer-office in. the Bank of England; that in the year 1823 there was standing in that Stock 5001. in the namne of Jhn Griffith - that oin the I3thi of June, 1823, he found in the instruction. box of the office a ticket, directitig him to make out a transfer, and fll up apower of attomney for transfering the said 5001. Stock. James. Tyson, the witness on the fis-t case, deposed, that he had examined the power of attorney now produced for the transfer of 5001. Long Annuities, and believes the signature "1Henry Fauntle. roy," and the demand to act upon the back of the said power of at- torney, to he in the hand-writing of the prisoner. James IKirby being swomn, deposed, that he was a clerk in the banking-house of Mtarsh and Co., in which the prisoner was a part. ner ; that lie has examined the power of' attorney now producedl for the transfer of 5001. Long Anlnuities, dated the 14thi of June, 1823; and that the namie " James Kirby," signedl thereto as an attesting witness to the signature of John Griffith, is not the proper signature ort hand-writing of this deponent; but deponent believes the same, as well as the demand to act upon the back of the said power of at- torney, to be in the hanid-writing of the prisoner; andi deponent further believes the signature"1 John Griffithi" attached to the said power of attorney to be also in the hand-writing of the prisoner. Charles Dawes Lowndeoi being sworn, deposed that he was a clerk in the Long Annuities'-office, in the Bank of Eiigland, in the year 182, nd t as ar o hi dty o itess transfers. On the 14h of une intha yer,theprione aplid with the power of attor- ney ow rodced,to avethe um f 501. transferred from the nam ofJoh Grflih ito hatof ilbrtBurrington, gentleman, of te Stck Echane; ad, b theprisners directions, thie stock Thiis being the whole of the evidence intended to be produced on the part of the prosecution, the witnesses were nowv called over by name in succession as they had beent sworn; and, after signing their depositions, were bounid over each in a penalty of 401., to prosecute at the next sessions at the Ola Bailey. The prisoner was now about to be removedI from the office, when MNr. Forbes, one of thie gentlemen who are conducting the prisoner' a defnce sad, hathe oul reues te indulgence of having the prisner til allwedto rmai at he ouise of Cortrection unitil the geneal rmovig-da; no, Mr Fores said, so mnuchi on the pri- sone's on acoun, asforthe dvatage of' many of his friends, who ad uch usiess f iportncestill unarranged with him, and lso or he mre cnveientaccss of the pris4oner's legal ad. visers ; neither of which objectts could be so conveniently attained in Newgate. Mir. CONANT said, that it was not regular or customary to allow such en indtulgence ; at the same time that he felt quite- convincedI of thie prisoner's being as secure in the House of Correction, as he could be in any prison in Eniglaind. He (Alr. CONATra) did not know if thecre were any other charges to be preferred against the pri- soner ; he understood there was an intention on the part of somie public inistitution that had suffered, to conie forwvard. Alr. Freshfield said, that on the part of tle Banlk of Englandi, he could say, they had entirely closed; it was not intended by tihat body to bring forward any other c-ase, or call for any other examnina. lion of the prisoner. As to any charge froin any other quarter, or the rircumstance alluded to by the magstrte, he (11r. Freslhfield) knew nething of it; and he would furthe"r add, that the Bank of England did not consider thiat they were bound, nor indeed had any right to interfere, as lhad been hinted at, respecting the plac-e in whichi the prisoner shiould be confined. They had dome thecir duty, and they would leave the Alagistrate to do hiis, which they felt per- fectly satisfied he would discharge with the salme 'luctice and pro. priety that lie hadl hitherto done. All the B3an k ased for was, the safe custody of the prisoner, so as to have him forthcoining ont the day of his trial. TIhey wouild, therefore, leave it entirely to thie Mlagistrate to send the prisoner to what plaee of confinement hie thiought proper. At'ter some short consultation among the magistrates, MIr. Co. NANT said, that as he felt quite assured of ihe safe custody of the prisoner wvhere lie was, he should, for the reasolns stated by Mtr. Forbes, be suffered to remain there until Thursday, thec removing clay ; but it mnust be undergtood that he now stands f'ully com- mitted. The prisoner was then removed from the office by Plank and Westcott, andI aFain taken tip to Alr. Conant's drawing-room, where he remainedl until the crowd about the office was dispersed, and was the coveyd bck o te Ious ofCorection in a hiackney-coach, by the same officers.rnto he ffier whil beng cnveed o an frm th otee.He only observed, thatthefor an busle f teseexainaton dstressedi him most. All ANsiox-nousE.-A number of respectable pawnbrokers were stummoned before the LoaD AMAYOR, to shIOW Cause why- they re- fuse todelverup,witoutpayentof the nioney advanced, a quanityof toln gods hic ha ben pledged with themi. Thefats,aswe olectd hem wrethese :-A youth who be- lons t a ighy rspctale amiy ws n tie serviceof-lil. Edmis. ton,thelanlor of he alvdorChabers, where he has an otffic as a surveyor and architect. Mlr. Brwoks, also an architect, ist the oceupant of somie chambers ins the building, and the young thief hiad access to a rootm in which he kept a great number of highl'Y valuable architectural worksi. To obtain the meanis of gratLifying some Pro- pensities, the"young man niot only robbed his master, Mr. Edmistion, but Air. Brooks ; and about June last it was discovered that hie hati stolen books to the value of upwards of 1601., when he! abconded, and has not since been heared of. The property was all found in the lhands of the several defendants, who wore made acquainted with thie robbery abouit the liatter end of August. In September a warrant was tak-en out for the apprehension of the thief, anti now the awn. brokers were summonesd to sliow cause whY theY refused to deliver up the roperty. On thle grossTexamitlafton of the complainants, it appeared that no reward had been offered for the apprehenibion of the thief, and that before the commission of the robbery in qucstion, he liad been de. tected in an offence of a simiLar nature, when he vras forgiven, and continued in service. It appeared, also, that several common pre. cauitionary steps had been omitted. On these facts the pawibrokers contended that they were not bound to restore the ptroperty. To enable a prosecutor to recover without payment, the law required that he should use all due dili. once in the apprehension of the thief. This, it was evident, they bad not done: bat, on the contrary, they had been guilty of gross neglect, if they had not favoured his escape. Neither ought a per- son to recover,who,having detected a thief, allowed him to continue in thehouse with the same facilities; for it was notjust to make the pawnbrokers responsible for what might be rationally expected to folovw. The LoRD an MAon said it was not to be expected of private indi- s-iduls that they should be as expert in the pursuit of thieves Ps police-officers: and, although the complainauts had not been so vi- gilant as they jight have been, he considered they had not deprived themselves oi the protectien of the law, by conniving in any way at the delinquent's escape. As to his having been allowcd to re. main in his situation after he wvas first detected, it was to bz coinsi. dered it was his first offence, and it was very humane in .Mlr. Ed- miston to endeavoar to restore him to the paths of ionestv. His Lotdship ordered the property to be rcstored to the owners, withoat payment of the money advanced. he Pawnbroleras stated, that for their own protection the thief abould be brought to justice. The losses which they.sustained in thias way were very considerable, and they always tbopd thei check- ed for a time by prosecutions. They had Aet8mined to do thetts selves what it was thc proseoutor's duty to have done, and ofer a reward of " twernty guineas" for the apprehension of the tbief. The) requested that the Lord l3ayor would -in the mean time ss. pend his order, in hopes that the criminalmight he apprehended. AIr. Btooks sttentiously oPppsed this application, and deiclared the pawubrolkering trade was an enormous nuisance. A great por. tion of the delinquency in this metropolis had its origin in, and was Supported by, the facilities which pawnbrokers' slhops gave to the dis- posal of stolen goods. In the presentinstanee, a znere boy went ;nd pawned repeatedly, at night-time, the most valuable property. For works which were wo0th 30 guineas, he only received so rrany-shil- lings. They must have known that he had not come honestly by them; and he would ask, where else but at a pwmnbroker's such a lad could have found a market for such pronerty? They,rather than the boy, onght to be prosecuted. ThePawnbrokcrs related a long and plausible story which the boy made use of, representing that he was sent with the books by bis father, who was an architect. The LoaRD MAYOtwas of opinion that therewas nothinguatusual, or vwhich should excite suspidon. in the mannerof pawningtbeegoeds For some time past it had been the fashion to Eet up a hue and cry against the pawnbrokers; but he did not feel himself justified in joining in it, or endeavouring, by attacking them, to ferward any new scheme where large prefits were obtained under the maslk of charity. From his own experience as a magistrate,hecould say that the irregularities in the trade of a pawnbroker, when fairly considered, would not be found to be greater than the irntgalafisies in other trades, were the latter all made public like those ofa pawn. broker. When stolen property was pledged 'ith a pawnbroker, it was always easy to recover it ; whilst in general, if it got into the hands of a receiver of stolen goods, it was utterly lost to the owner. From the great risks, and almost certainty of discovery, it waa the interest of the pawnbrokers to guard against stolen goods, and they consequentlv often stopped persons who cane with them. 51r. Brooks said, that a solitarv instance of that nature might he found; but he believed his Lordship was mrisiformed as to its beig a practice. The LORD MAYOR stated, that the very nest case before him was one where a woman had been apprehended at the instance of Alr. Sadler to whoma she offered to pledge sheets, which there was reason to believe had been stolen from a charity. Mr. Sadler hbd also, within his Lordship's own knowledge, caused several persons to be apprehencied under similar circumstances. He thought the re- quest of delay was reasonable, and therefore he ordered the goods to be delivered up at the expiration of a fortnight. In the mnean time, he trusted the parties would exert themselves to find the thief. BOW-STREET..-Yestordav W. Phelps, the younig man chargei with being concerned ir steazing a gold snuff-box, tnce property of Senor Manuel Rodriguez, an ex-captain ln the Spanish Coastitu. tlonal army of Andalusia, was brought up for re-.exarnination, whei! ilo further evidence being produced, and the officers having failed irt their eRdeavours to apprehend the other two persons supposed to bti concerned, the risoner was fully committed to N'twgace for til. UNIoO-tALL.-In the course of yesterday, a wornan of respect- .able appearance, named Elizeth CkAreo, applied to the sitting magistrate, R. J. CHAmnEnF, Beq., forb is advice and assistance in recovering the body of her husband, who died a few davs since The applicant stated. that she was the lawful wife of James Church, a lightermnan, who died on Thursday last, and whose body was detained by the landlord of the house in which bhe expired. A.- ter her husband's death, she made application for the corpse, in or- der to have it interred, but to her inexpressible surprise, the owner of the house refused eitner to give it up, or to bury it hirr,self. Un-. der thcse circurmstances, she now begged that the Magistrate would send an officer with her, to compel the land lord to give up that which, although now dead, she stil considered her property.assweli as when living. The Magistrate asked her what reason the landlord bad for le- tacning the body ? She replied, that she believed her poor dear man owed hlimr a little money; but, added she, it is a hard case, Your Worship, that I should be deprived of the pleasure of putting him under Zround. The Magistrate observed, that he was pretty certain, if rhe told the landlord that she bed been before a magistrate herself, and com- plained of the affair, he would then resign up that which she, no doubt, had more rlght to than any one else. The applicant said, that she was eonviuced no entreaties nor per. suasions, upon her part, would have any effectupon that person, for he declared, that until all was seltled, even if it sheul, be six roanthF hence, he would not part with the corpse. The Mlagistrate then directed a warrant to be made out against the landlord, who shortly afterwards appeared at the office, accon.- panied by the deeeased`s sen. Grassmith, the officer who executed the warrant, stated, that he hadl considerable difficultyin approaching the defendant's house, the whole neighbourhocd being in a terrible state of agitation, in consequence of the circumstanse. The MIlagistrate now called upon the landlord to state why he did not allow the dead man to be Interred ? The landlord stated, that he had no handl whatever in keeping or detaining the body at his house; although Mr. Church owed him a little money,he did not mind; and the sooner the corpse was removed the better, * for ever since his death the house has been beset by a mob of persons, and among them he observed not a few boar- snatchers, whom he expected *ould smuggle away " a subject" be- fore long. The dispute respecting Mir. Church's corpse, lie added, wag between the wife and his son by a former marriage. The son now stepped forward and said, his father had been utnder the necessity of leaving the widow in consequence ef the gross treat- meut he received from her when living, and for the last three years his parent never saw his unnatural wife, who, notwithstanding she was aware of his long illness, had never called to ask after him; but the moment the breath was out of his body, tshe came down to the house, shed a few crocodile tears, and insisted that she should have the bod% taken to her house, and conveyed from thence to the grave. 'But w at was all this for ?" said the son: "why, your'Vorship, my father was a member of a benefit-dcub, and at his depth the sum of 201. vwas to be allowed for the fuDeral expenses, &c. Tbis raoney she new wants to get hold of, and pretends to all this distresis of mind about a person for whom, when living, Fhe did not care three straws. Ile (ne son) has had all the trouble, ad, atendea Isis father late and early during his last illness, and he thought he was entitled to bury him, and certainly had directed the ladlord not to allow the body to be carried out of the houise. The wife, in a flood of tears, declared, that it was out of patre love for her husband that she wishedi to bury hiim; the money sbe vas entitled to never having once entered her head, until thea it was men- tionedt; and she would now convince those present, that she was the sole executrix te all his property. The son.-You know you have been living with another man and you are not worthy of the appellation of wife. A noisy squabble here took place between the mother and her step.son, as to which was most entitled to the club-money; wben the iMlagistrate, perceiving what the object of both parties was, obh served, that it was evident neither the son nor the wife cared a far- thing about the poor man-it was the 201. thev wanted; and under the circumstances, as the wife held the will and testament of her hus- band, she had a right to have the body delivered up to her. The son here stated, that he was determined oan being at the ex- pense of the funeral himself. The M1agistrate said, that if he would undertake to bury the de- ceased, he might do it at his own expense, if he pleased; but the wife was entitled to the money allowed by theclub. The parties then left the office, each declaring that they would perform the last ceremnonies to the deceased. PROVISIONAL PROTECTION SOCIETY.-A letter was address. ed to the Chief Clerk of the office, stating that an institution, as above.named, had been latelv formed bv a number of ladies, at the head of which stands Mrs. Pry's name: It is for teachers in fami- lies or schools, assistants in shops, housekeepers, lady's maids, and female servants in general, of good character, out of place, who, by application to any of the members of the Society, are afforded temn- porary relief, if they can satisfactorily explain that they are unable to provide f'or themselves. The letter went on to state, that as many distressed young women came before the magLtrates, who knew nor how to dispose of them, on application to any of the enclosed list of ladies, they wvould provide an asylum for those of good character. Then followed a list of the namnesof the subscribers. The Magistrate, on readiiig the letter, observed, that it was a most laudable institution, and would be the means of saving hundreds of poor creatures. He then desired the paper to be placed in a conspi- cuous part of the office, in order to refer those persons who should be oonsidered objects worthy of being adnmitted into the institution. POLICE.