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THE EXPLOSION AT ERITH.

THE DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER…

SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER.

A CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH AN…

DEATHOPTIIE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

THE CHARGE AGAINST A LONDON…

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THE CHARGE AGAINST A LONDON WINE MERCHANT. Charles Eton De Witt, wlio had previously been brought up at the Guildhall ohm-gad with having, by means of false a«id fraudulent pretences, obtained from Messrs. Garcia Eubet Brothers, wine-fmerchants, of Padding-lane, in this City, and af Cadiz, a qnnntity of wines, to the value of about £5,000, and also with forging, and uttering, knowing the same to be forged, several bills of exchange to about the same amounts was again placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor on Saturday, at the Mansion-house, to undergo a further examination. Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, insttiucted by Mr. Chidlev, appeared to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Wavell, from the Universal Mercantile Association, 73, Cheapside, who are assisting in the prosecution, was present to watch the proceedings. Mr. Beard appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The pretences under which the prisoner is alleged to have obtained the wine were fully explained in the report of the examination which took place the pre- vious week, and it will be remembered that he repre- sented himself to be the agent of Messrs. John Stewart and Co., of Manchester, merchants and American bankers, and he, after having taken offices in Crutched- friars, obtained through a. gentlemen named Bama^e, to whom he had been previously known, and wlio believed in his statement that he was a member of the firm he pretended to represent, an introduction to Mr. Lopez, the London agent of Messrs. Rubet, whose head firm is in Cadiz, and that having obtained the wines, which he said were to be shipped to India, he paid for them with bills of exchange, which turn out to be forgeries. The only fresh evidence adduced on Saturday was to prove the mode in which the wines were disposed of by the prisoner, and Mr. Jenner Stannard was callea, who said he was a wine broker, having offices at I], St. Benet's-place, Grraoeohuroh-street. The prisoner was introduced to him in September last, and on the 16th of that month he deposited with him twelve wine warrants relating to seven butts of wine. He had not the twelve warrants, but he produced others, forty-two in number, which he said the prisoner had left with him on the Friday of the previous week, and upon which he had no claim. (Witness handed the warrants into court, and remarked that he was glad to be relieved of the responsibility of having them in his possession.) With respect to the twelve warrants left by the prisoner in September, however, the witness said he had been advised not to produce them, as he had a claim upon them. He advanced the prisoner £ 100 upon them, Which was to be paid back in a month, and, although they were forfeited, he had no desire to retain Possession of them if he were paid the money he had advanced. The witness, upon being told by Mr. Sleigh that he was merely required to produce the warrants, and not to give them tup, said he would take care to produce them on, the next examination, and was informed by the court that he could be compelled to do so; he, however, produced a memorandum containing all the particulars of the warrants, which was made out at the time they were deposited with him. Mr. Lapez examined the doccimsnt produced by the last witness, and said the marks and particulars agreed with those of the warrants he handed to the prisoner. Mr. Sleigh then asked that the prisoner might be again remanded, which application was complied with, and the prisoner was remanded accordingly. Upon the application of Mr. Beard, which was sanctioned by Mr. Sleigh, a sum of money which the prisoner had in his possession at the time be was ap- prehended was ordered to be given up to him.

THE TRIAL OF MULL EE.

A PRETENDED HEIRESS. ' \