The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

DE,STA7CH OF M. DROUYN DE LE M'S TO 7HE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. ness would liquidate the debt. He had allowed it to increase from time tc time until at last he had been afraid to say anything about it. That being the case Crowther was called into the office, and told it was impossible for him to stay ; he must quit their ser vice, which he did. At that time, however, Messrs. Laing and Merridew were not aware of the manner in which the account of Mr. Barber's had been al lowed to increase. The matter was investigated, and it was found that Crowther had bought and paid for raw material, and Barber was debited for that amount, and instead of the refined material Coming back into the hands of the firm, it was found that Crowther had sold it himself through various other brokers, and thus diverted the money which was the produce of those sales from reaching the hands of Messrs. Laing and Merridew. Mr. Barber was applied to to hand over any books which he might have re lative to his transactions with the prisoner, which he did, and it was discovered that on all the refined saltpetre which Crowther had sold Mr. Barber, he had changed the latter fifteen per cent., which was more than Mr. Barber got by refining it, and the consequence was, with this large balance against him at Messrs. Laing and Merridew's, Barber had be come hopelessly insolvent. Besides these transac tions, it appeared that Crowther had purchased a large quantity of worthless tartar on his own ac count, and sold it to the firm, and had entered it at 60s. per cwt., it being not worth half that. He dis charged them of that amount by entering it as sold to Mr. Barber, who, in refining it, found that it was worthless, and that he had lost about £1,200 by the transaction. This latter transaction was directly contrary to the stipulation made with Crowther at the time Mr. Laing engaged him. He had been for merly engaged in some chemical works, and when Mr. Laing engaged him the stipulation was that he should entirely abstain from doing any business on his own account, and devote himself entirely to the interests of the firm. The prisoner passed the war rants over to Barber, who is insolvent, and thus the firm bad lost the whole amount, and Barber had lost £1,200 by the inferiority of the article. The manner in which Crowther had been enabled to allow so large a balance to accumulate was this —the -warrants were placed, as it was thought, in the safe keeping of the prisoner Goodburn, who, contrary to his duty, had from time to time allowed Crowther and Barber to withdraw the warrants, without receiving the money for them, and thus enabled them to defraud the firm to that amount. Goodburn had for the last five years been keeping the firm in ignorance of the gradually increasing balance against Barber, and he should be in a po sition to prove that he was as much at Barber's place as Crowther was. Besides which Goodburn had actually falsified the accounts, for when Mr. Campbell retired from the firm i n 1859, he was asked if all the accounts, and that in particular, were good, and he said " Yes ;" and in consequence of that Mr. Laing paid Mr. Campbell his share of the business, including his share of Mr. Barber's ac count. Mr. Wontner said the case as he had at pre sent opened it, assumed the form of conspiracy, but it would be a question hereafter whether the pri soners would not have to account for the grave offence of larceny. lie was not in a condition to complete the case on that occasion, and he should merely call Mr. Laing and then ask for a remand. Mr. Seaton Laing was then sworn, and said—l am a partner in the firm of Laing and Merridew, of No. 39, Alincing-lane. The prisoner Crowther en tered my service in Jan., 1859, as market clerk. He took the department consisting of drysalting goods, and it was his duty to assist me generally in my business. He was formerly engaged in some che mical works, and when I engaged him it was with the most distinct underst .nding he was to get rid of his stock, &c., and not to transact any business whatever on his own account, but to devote himself entirely to the interests of the firm. Thete was no written agreement to that effect. The prisoner Goodburn has been in my service for upwards of 30 years. He came to me as a boy, and has gradually worked himself up as head book-keeper, and was in that capacity at the time he left, when he was in receipt of £4OO a year. His duty was to act as cashier, and to keep the books, including the ledger, and I placed implicit confidence in him. All war rants and other securities were committed. to his charge. His instructions were not to part with any warrants except for trivial amounts, unless he had the money for them first, without my sanction. In 1853 Crowther introduced a person named Henry Barber, who carried on some chemical works at Jamaica-level, Bermondsey. He told me that Bar ' ber was very respectable, with moderate means, and quite able to pay for any goods he might purchase, but he said he might occasionally require an ad vance upon warrants. I told him there would be no objection to that, but at the same time not to al low the account at any time to exceed £5OO. We were to ant exclusively as Mr. Barber's brokers in the purchasing of raw and the sale of his refined materials, and to receive 1 per cent. commission. I told the prisoner Goodburn at the same time not to allow the amount to exceed £5OO. During 1854 I discovered through a client of ours that the prisoner Crowther had been doing business on his own ac count. I taxed him with it, and asked him if it was true that a quantity of saltpetre which he had purchased of my client belonged to himself, and in said it was quite true. I told him it was a Brea, shame, and he expressed deep regret, and at the same time assured me that it was the only transac tion; and that it should not occur again, and begged me to forgive him. On the faith of his word I for gave him. I told Goodburn how he had acted, and also that he had promised it should not occur again. At the end of 1859 Mr. Campbell, who was then my partner, retired from the firm. Previously to that I had, from time to time, asked Goodburn and Crowther as to the state of Barber's account, and they assured me it was in a satisfactory state. I never was informed it had exceeded £5OO. On Mr, Campbell's leaving me I went through the accounts with him and Goodburn, with a view of ascertain ing the value of the assets in the books. Amongst other accounts Barber's was referred to, and Good burn assured me that the balance was fully covered by the securities which he held, and on the faith of that assurance I paid Mr. Campbell his share of the assets. Mr. Merridew joined me on the Ist of January, 1860, and before carrying the balance to the new firm Mr. Merridew and myself had some conversation as to the balances to be carried over, and we asked him to give his opinion whether they were correct, and if we held securities to cover all the balances. He told me there was not one doubt ful account in the ledger, and on that the balance was carried forward to the firm. On the 18th of March last Mr. Merridew made a communication to me respecting Barber's transactions, and the re sult was that I told him to close the account at once. The next morning, I believe, Goodburn left the office before I arrived. After he had left Crowther came to me in my office and told me Goodburn had gone away ill, and added that he had an unpleasant communication to make, and told me that Barber's account was considerably overdrawn. I asked him how that was, and how much it was overdrawn, and he said he knew nothing at all about it, he was not my bookkeeper. I told him he must know something about it, but he persisted in denying it. He said Goodburn was taken very ill in consequence of the letter which was sent to Barber, and did not like to face us. I and my partner went to Good burn's house, but we did not find him there. We then went to Mr. Barber's, and he made some com munications to us, after which we returned to the counting-house. The next day Goodburn made his appearance at the office, and I told him to explain to me about this account of Barber's. He said he could make no excuse whatever. He was extremely sorry that it had happened. The account had got gradually worse and worse, and he had continually drawn Crowther's attention to it, and he said he would put it all right. The balance at last became so large that he was afraid to tell me of it, and allowed it to increase until it was discovered. The next morn• ing I called Crowther into my office, told him I had found out that he knew all about the account, and told him he was perfectly aware that about the time he introduced Barber to me, he (Barber) was indebted to him upwards of £5OO, which he said was true ; and I charged him with having recompensed himself immediately after in his transactions with Barber. I told him that he was well aware that Barber had obtained the money from the proceeds of goods obtained from us, and he said he considered himself quite justified in doing so. I told him to leave the office, and he left the same day, and I have had no communication with him since. Goodburn remained to arrange the accounts, and left when he had done so. Before he left he made out Barber's account, which I pro duce, which shows a balance due to us of £7,575 6s. 6d. I have since had communication with Barber, and have received from him various books and documents, amongst which was a book, which I produce, with the initials "J. C." upon it. Amongst the papers was an account, which I pro duce, in the handwriting of Crowther, which ap pears to be an account o f the sale of 61 barrels, on the sale of which he appears to have charged Bar ber ss. per barrel commission, which is £l5 per cent. on the whole amount. There was also a letter in Crowther's handwriting addressed to Barber, and in the corner there is a note, " Confirmed, S. G.," which is in Goodburn's handwriting. The lette r was read, and related to some business trans actions, and to the carrying out of some arrange ments which had been previously made. Out of the balance against Barber I have since received £964, os. 10d., by realising the securities which we held. The remainder of the balance is entirely lost. On being cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Laing said—The prisonerCrowther has been carry ing on and sseen business in I hays F i rchurch-street since he left him nearly every day since. i gn• said he did not intend to go into a I e gthy cross-examination then, as it was a very grave charge, and one which required some consi deration as to the course to be pursued; but inas• much as it was shown that his client was carrying on business in Fenchurch-street, he would ask his lordship to admit him to substantial bail. There were plenty of gentlemen who were willing to come for ward. The prisoners were remanded, and admitted to bail, themselves in £2,000 each, and each in two sureties of £l,OOO. MR. LEECH'S GALLERY. Accustomed As we are to turn over the pages of Punch from week to week, and look at the pictures before we can read a line, what an odd freak it appears to convert those rough and hastily•drawn sketches of life into pictures for " a gallery." It cannot be seen in most cases that the story has been told by a few slight touches, and a mere scratch ing of a background ; and, in like manner, the engraver has rather chipped than etched them for the printer, so that, as a matter of art, the originals were more prized for their sug gestiveness, for finish and detail were rarely to be seen. Yet we had the whole mind of the artist on the matter illustrated, a whole family history, sometimes with such a mingling of the ludicrous and pathetic, that we know not whether to laugh or cry ; at other times, the pretentious nobody or the supercilious somebody, or the unconscious of a ctor in a farce of real life wa s so taken in the moment real characterization, that the mere sketch became at oat ) an integral part of our literature; so true, that nobody could mistake its meaning, and so free from aught that could offend, that the victims of the raillery might, if they choose,. be the first to laugh. Mr. Cruikahank, in his best days, had a vivid imagination, but his mannerism was never pleasing. On the other hand, Mr. Leech is less ire ginative, but whatever is peculiar to himself and his pic tures adds to our enjoyment, and we shall never forget his perplexed horsemen, his disappointed anglers, his precocious boys, and, best of all, his self-possessed and unvanquisbable women, with a power in their ringlets :sufficient for the conquest of a world. As a step towards an estimate ei Mr. Leech's 'Versatility, compare " Grandpapa dancing Sir Roger de Coverloy," a perfect gem of a picture, that will draw tears to the eyes, with " Mr. Bottles the Butler," or, " Married for Money." Yet the merit in each is the same ; it is the outrageous truthfulness that carries us completely with the artist into the very spirit of the scene and its surroundings, so that his pathos and his humour have each the freshness of reality. People say, " How he draws women." Well, he does certainly present the femi nine form in a variety of attitudes and make enormous fun out of crinoline, courtship, and the rest of the feminine nonsenses. But there is not a woman on the face of the earth that could venture to say, " Fie, Mr. Leech," for he nev er forgets the winning quali ties of the sex, and our young men would very much like to choose their wives from these sketches, and having chosen them, wives and husbands would alaugh idea togethethe quizzicr and enjoy for the rest ef their days the hppy of al artist throug h which they first became acquainted. But what among t he myriad subjects Mr. Leech has extracted fun from, for the pages of _Punch, does he not draw well ? It is in o° ll rough off-hand work that you have the best test of genias there is no mending or pat chin g p ossible ; the thought goo forth hot from the mental o ven never to get cool again, alld it warms the world to its own tem p erature and by so eaucil adds to the sum of human happiness. Is there anythles among the best pictures of Landseer to surpass in aptr it and truthfulness some o f Mr. Leech's horses? Take th° " Noble Science" ( 38 ) for example, and you have one of the grea t difficulties of art, the representation of motion , con q uered at a touch, where the " sec ond horseman" hops eve: the gate " like a bird." Not less worthy of admiration rd the jaded hunter in" Moderation" (75) ; he has been hull ° three days, and is now having a rest in the dog-cart---s drooping steed that wo uld be better at home in the peul et Cole, but must go on to please th e thou g htless greed of the pun g raduates, like tho cabman' s horse in " Pickwick," for pelled to his work by the bi g wheels. The Society the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals might do well to eircuhlt, copies of that picture as an infinitely mor e telling pre ac! ment than any number of tracts and affectionate addressetll But see the little ponies with their cool juvenile riderlieerll:l,, " Ruggles" (20), " Go ne Awa y " (36), and " A Cava (5). What a grand action of the horse is that of 4t 0 11 Friend Tom Noddy" (46), where the ill-matched pair cools t e aring down the hill at a killingpac e, and Tom has nethil/g for it but to grip tight and shut his eyes , a nd resign 131133: self to fate. If these pictures are to be subjec ted to seVe r- , „criticism, it will be none the worse for Mr , Leech's fain . es st: We have not generally expected high art in t he caricaturi but we have it here; the groups are oftenso gracefully Poe° that the sketch might serve for a fin ished picture, thoil.o they are but sketches after all, and the process of colouri freo !! only intensifies their reality —it does not s p oil their ness, or ahere weaken the humour. No doubt is for their inexhaustible fun they will ie ! . i ! as they have been, most priz ed b y the public. Our sra9llB_, vices are not "lashed" by the a rtist, but made ridiculoilei they are not frowned down, b ut lau g hed down ; and we .„ in the presence of this i nimitable quiz that our conree tionalities are awfully vapid compared with the " picturesek, of man with man." The ancients thought it worth tempting to get out of their bodies to think ; Mr. Le ec a takes another course, and gets into our bodies to think/ IL/ 0 1 ,, the result is such sketches as " Miss Matilda" (51 " Tableau" (70), " Miss Stout" (7 4 ), and ti Rernark 9 "' Occurrence" (78). —City Press. Le COUNTRY MARKL,26. COLCHESTER—Nov. 15. A good supply of wheat , but mostl y in poo r con t ditioeiliff and 2s per qr lower. Fine s am p les of barley keep lIP w u cr e price, and seconds 15 to 2 s cheap er. Beans and peas not plentiful, and unchanged in value. A, A 3 6° Wheat, white. 528 56s Beans, Alazagan ..o`o 00 Barley red ..44s 52 s middle & 5ma11.360 440 35s 405 Peas, w hite ..... 420 49. 0 Oats 2 os 26 s I gr a y ....... 350 . GLOUCESTER—NoV. 15. ° ri• far ot We had a good supply of wheat to-dgy from , iOF 1.) Trade slow, and ls under last week's rates fof 130' fine samples. Foreign wheat was much depress e" ley, beans, and oats were dull. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 14. irf 6 5 The supply of wheat to - day at marke t was trade , previous prices receded is to 2 s per q r. The pri" very dull. Barley is lower, and a slow business. 40 corn as before. Wheat, old white 38s 54s Yeas, Partridge-•" 3318 1: new 'lBB 50s White ......... ~,, 4, 0 old red 43s 49s Boiling ..•....... r 5, 3', new 398 47s Dun ...........s ~v,; Barley ..29s 36s Ditto new ...... ",;" 40 ; A Chevalier ..308 39s Beans, Tick, old •0: ....0 1 , 6 Grinding 2 3 s 31 s nev("3ss ' i° Malt. 6 ls 67 s Harrow Ticks .. , ..,$ Chevalier . 64s 69 s new. ......... 50 Oats 20 s 28s Maza g an ...... KIRKCALDY GRAIN—No'''. 15. To-day there was a large supply of all kinds 431 ' r, Wheat sold at is decline on last week's rates. barley sold at former prices. Wheat. Barley. Oat 1.6 s Od First....4os Od 24s Od I I Second ..46s Od 28s Od 20s Od Third....66s Od 38s Od 27s Od COAL :ARKET. ; the close of the inal 3et ‘ Walls End. 10 9 South Hett0n......"'19 0 Hetton ........ ••••' " ig 6 Braddyll'a Iletton• • • • ' 6 H ar tl e pool.. ..... S ou th Hartlepool... • ' • 19 T K z e i l m io d e o . n . . •09 South Kelloc..•. •• • ' ':l 9 0 Heugh Hall ...... • • ,15 0 Thorpe ........ • • ' .19 9 Cassop ........... • " .. 18 9 Acorn Close ........ • , i 3 9 Eden ..... ••• • • ~1 9 Haswell ............. 'Ol9 Hedley ........... 6 IS 6 tziaaou. ••- • • , Belmont ...••• •• • • .•' 6 Gosforth ........ ' .TS, Harton .......... 0 Tunstall ........ " 1 9 Hilda ........ 145 ; sold, 105. (Prima of Coal per Ton at s. d. Buddle's West Hartley 16 3 Carway and Duth-yn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ......16 3 Walker Primrose l4 3 Wylam ..17 0 West Wylam l6 0 Cowpen Hartley 16 3 Davison's West Hart- ley 16 6 Bell's Primrose l4 0 Holywell 17 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 1G 0 Craighead stGan..... 15 0 "Fantleld Moor Butes l4 6 North Pelton Gas 15 0 Walls End. Caradoc Sheriff Hill 15 6 Ships at market BIRTHS. CREED. — On the 15th inst., at Bucknalla, nea r ce , the wife of Lieut. -Col. Creed, of a daughter• Archibald eitdh Murray, inst. Eof a so . inst., at P orchesf:erto, the wife of NEWBERY.—On the 16th inst., at Cheshunhter t, w ifo of G. J. Newbu r y , Esq. , of a d au g . MARRIAGES. tifg nt St. Oki KARsLAKE—GAnnARD.--On the 15th 1118t!i, a rs fit°t Ot Surbiton, Kingston-on-Thames, PrrStOrl o f Regent-street, London, t o Emily, eld„, e ln -a e 0 '- Stephen Garrard, Esq., of Kingston-on -A. — to' 13, Suffolk-street, E. Al l 6 13 :i LONGFORD — TREVOR.-011 the 12th ins, 1 4 or Church, Knightsbridge, the Earl of Longi ° ' ; of to the Hon. S e li na Ri ce T re vor, third daughte Dyaevor. N.—On the 15th to, inst., DEAI'HS. O ALLErifterb°ll Butcher, Esq., Gloucestershire, the Rev. AN m. 13. Allen, v' , y 3 BUTCHER.—On the 14th inst., at 'ring, L i ert° ' Tll°Pi toP agedB3. at the ectory, l i. D., oet BURTON.—On the 16th inst., at Brighton, .10.9e0 13'11. Esq., aged 74. 4 , pir s treet , ss' COLE.—On the 15th inst., at 29, Great Coranr stocic sell-square, Mr. Frederick L. Cole, of the change, aged 28. JOLLEY.—On J, Jolley, Esq., aged 64. a'Sy gt EL IOII the 13th inst., at Cluidenhanly 11°ribil‘' Ge°‘ MUSKETT.—On the 15th inst., at Bury -- Muskett, Esq., aged 85. 0 LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN Office' 14001 °lll of No. 112, Str and, Printer, at THE SVN O,; C Strand, in th e Precinct of the Savoy, in the Niddlesex.—Tuesday, November 18) 1861. he has received an Oder from his Majesty the Em- In order properly to appreciate the bearing of this important document which we publish to-day in a textual translation, it is indispensable that we should add some facts which are not known beyond diplomatic circles, When the Minister of the King of Italy at the Court of the Tuileries remitted, on the 19th of September last, to M. Thouvenel the circular of General Durand°, dated the 10th of September, the Emperor Napoleon was at Biarritz. The Minister for Foreign Affairs hastened to send to his Majesty the circular of Gen. Durand°, when he received from Biarritz an order to confine himself, as the only answer to M. Nigra, to simply acknowledging its receipt. M. Nigra having been invited to the fetes on occasion of the marriage of the Queen of Portugal, endeavoured, before his departure for Turin, to obtain another and longer reply. By order of the Emperor M. Thoweenel announced to him that the French reply would appear within a few days in the Moniteur. This was the cause of the pub]Lication of the letter of the Emperor, dated the c eoth May, and of dis patches relative thereto written, by M. Thouvenel and the Marquis L.avalette, inserted in the Moniteur of the 25th of . 4 eeeptember last. That publication showed an eateential divergence of opinion between the Emreaeror and M. Thouvenel. While his Ma jesty set forth in his letter the,point of departure of negotiation for the solution of the Roman question, M. Thouvenel wished to consider the Imperial letter as an ultimatum. The Cabin et of Turin understood so well that difference in its political consequences that, after the publication of the Moniteur, it drew up a second despatele, dated the Bth of October, des tined to lessen the bad impression which the circular of General D arando had produced in the mind of the Emperor of the French. It wars on the subject of the reply to be made to the teecond Italian despatch, dated the Bth October, that the difference between the views of Napoleon and. M. Thouvenel arose. The Emperor parted with his Minister, who was replaced by M. Dronyn de Lhuys. M. Nigra took care to remit to the hew Minister a copy of the des patch of the St . ti October, which had been commu nicated already to M. Thouvenel; but M. Drouyn de Lhuys formally declined to enter into any eon vers'"cion thereupon until he had received the orders of the Emperor, and had maturely examined the subject. The result of this examination is precisely the despatch which we produce below, which M. Drouyn de Lhuys addressed, on the 20th of Octo ber, to the Cabinet of Turin : UN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE CHARGE D ' 4-PFAIRES OF FRANCE AT TURIN. Paris, Oct. 26, 1862. have laboured, since my entry on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to obtain an exact ac count of the present situation of Italy and of the state of questions which the new organisation of the peninsula has raised. The occupation by our troops of the Roman provinces, regarded from the point of view of our relations with the Italian Go vernment, demanded on my part the most serious examination, Two documents of recent date, in the first 'lace, fixed my attention—l mean the (sir eider e.)f General Darando of the 10th of Septem ber last, and a despatch of his excellency which he addressed, on the Bth of this month, to the Minister of Italy at Paris, a document of which my predecessor had already received a confidential communication. The Chevalier Nigra read it, and also emitted a copy of it to me, in con formity with his instructions. You will receive a copy annexed hereto. On receiving this document from the `sands of the Italian Minister, I found my self be,ond to decline all immediate and official con versation upon its contents, reserving the right to examine it maturely before replying to it and taking the orders of the Emperor. I have to make you acquainted this day, sir, with the result of that study, and to indicate to you the order of ideas by which I mean to guide myself in replying, con formably to the views of his Majesty, with respect to the communication of the Italia° Government. In order to establish clearly the situation of the Government of the Emperor, and the necessities 'which his engagements impose on him, and the part -which he has taken in the events which took place during the last 14 years in the peninsula, I believe it to be necessary to recall the principal occurrences in that agitated period, and to set forth the declarations by which the Emperor himself and his Government have on all occasions characterised the policy of France, and loyally indicated the end which she proposed to attain. 'When Pope Pius IX., after having taken the initiative in the regeneration movement of Italy, was driven from Rome by the revolution, the emo tion of the Catholic world immediately caused the Active intervention of the Powers, and the Cabinet cf Turin did not forget that King Charles Albert had already entered for the enfranchisement of Italy on his heroic enterprise, and, seconded by a Ministry which was presided over by M. Gio berti, took, along with France, the initiative of a proposition having for object to assure the domain of the Church, and to guarantee, if necessary, by the Piedmontese arms, the rights of the Holy See against any attempt to infringe upon them. France was the first to hasten to the rescue, and had the honour to restore Rome to the rule of the Holy Father, and the foreign powers, not less confident in her strength than in her loyalty, remitted to her the care of consolidating the work in which many among them were ready to concur. Tne government of the Emperor is con scious of having worthily fulfilled the task which was given to it, and its work being accomplished, it was on the point of recalling its troops when the war broke out between Austria and Piedmont, and this created new duties for it, inspired before all considerations by the interests of France ; but, yielding to his sympathies for Italy, the Emperor did not hesitate to accept a war from which the independence of the peninsula would result. The task which France assigned to herself was to conquer that independence, respecting, at the same time existing rights as much as the events of the war would permit, According to the idea of the Emperor the independence of the peninsula was assured by the stipulations of Zurich, and should be consolidated by the intimate union of the Italian States. Thus, when hastily yielding to a pressure which might bring into question the results of the war of 1859, the Cabinet of Turin decided on taking the direction of the movement which agitated the Italian population, and to proceed to the annexation of the duchies, the Government of the Emperor re solved to withdraw from all participation in a policy which had ceased to be its own, and while pointing out to his ally the difficulties and dangers in the path on which it had entered it declined for itself all r esponsibility. Ina dispatch addressed on th e 24th F e b., 1860, to th e N ei oieter of the Emperor at Turin, and corn rnunicM34 to the Count de Cavour, my predecessor this expressed himself : "Rave I any n eed to give long details in order to explain to you what would be our attitude if the Cabinet of e -tinni ng a l l Turin, the free to make its option, preferred risksd h which I have pointed out, and which I conjure which his Sardinian lul lst/o avoid ? The hypothesis in t i esty and it would be painful would have to count only on his ow n forces, des itself in some sort, I confine myself, therefore me t to enlarge thereon. of the Emperor, that we s h ouid ei n ti ng you, by order assume the responsibility of such a ot at any price, ever may be his sympathies s ituation. What notably for S.ardinia, which has mixefor Italyd its blo oda witiheaour own, his Majesty will not hesitat e t o testify h and irrevocable resolution to take the interests mof France for the only guide of his c on d uct. " Th e Cabinet of Turin disregarded these counsels and accepted on its own account the responsibility of itii detorn i nm i on . Soon after, howeve r , t h e en terprise of Garibaldi again s t Sicily end the Ki ng o f IVzples, in drawing on the Cabinet of Turin to in.- t e rvene in Sont;rer n Iral9, engaged it in a conflict f the Holy Father , and wit h the Government od•s di s avow a cts against his oleliged us solemnly to l 860 B sovereignty which we cove 1 8 with aron f alleyrand our protection. Oa the 10th of Sept( mber, 1 , received an order to address to Count de Cavour the following note : "'!'he undersigned, &c., has the honour to an nouuce to his Excellency the Count de Cavour that peror, thtt if he is not given the assurance that the note addressed by the Sardinian Goveroment to the Court of Rome will not be fa' owed by any consequence, and that the Sardinian army will not attack the Pontifical troops, France will be under the necessity of breaking off diplomatic relations with the Cabinet of Turin, and thus pub licly disavowing a policy which she judges to be dangerous for the repose of Europe and fatal tor the future of Italy." This note not having modified the resolution of the Italian Government, M. Thouvenel wrote, on the 13th of September, to M. de Talleyrand : " Monsieur le Baron,—l have the honour to an nounce to you that the ]mperor has decided on your immediate departure from Turin, in order thus to testify his firm will to decline all solidarity with acts, as well as counsels, dictated by the interests of Italy, which, unfortunately, he could not prevent." I shall pass rapidly over the events which fol lowed the annexation of the Neapolitan provinces and the constitution of Italy. Those events eould not modify the appreciations of the Govern ment of the Emperor; but a great evil was about to strike Italy. The death of the eminent statesman who directed the Cabinet of Turin, and whose personal authority had powerfully contri buted to arrest in Italy the overflow of anarchical passions, mast greatly aggravate the situation of affairs, and have the most fatal results for the gene ral peace. I need not express anew the considera tions which then determined the Government of the Emperor to acknowledge the kingdom of Italy ; I wish solely to recall the reserves by which that act was accompanied as to what specially concerns the Roman question. The Emperor, replying to his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel, who had demanded from him the recognition of his new title, wrote, on . . July 12, 1861 : " I must dealare frankly to your Majesty that while recognising the new kingdom of Italy, I shall leave my troops at Rome as long as it (Italy) shall remain without being recon ciled to the Pope, or that the Holy Father shall be menaced witk having the States which yet remain to him invaded by a force, regular or irregular." When notifying to the charge d'affaires of France at Turin the resolution of the Emperor, M. Thonvenel said— " The Cabinet of Turin will note the duties which our position has created towards the Holy See, and I believe it to be superfluous to add that in renew ing official relations with the Italian Government we do not intend in any way to weaken the value of the formal protestations of the Court of Rome against the invasion of the several provinces of the Pontifical States. No more than ourselves can the Government of King Victor Emmanuel dispute the power of the considerations of whatever nature which may affect the Roman question, and neces• sarily dominate over our determinations, and it will understand that in recognising the King of Italy we must continue to occupy Rome as long as suffi cient guarantees do not cover the interests which have taken us there." At the same time that it took care to discharge from responsibility and render precise the charac ter of itsresolutions the Government of the Emperor was pleased to state that the renewal of diplomatic relations with the Cabinet of Turin would permit it to labour at last with success at the work of concilia tion to which, according to it, is attached the defi nitive consecration of the new order of things in the peninsula. Its sympathetic interest for Italy, its solicitude for the Holy See, and above all, its duty towards France, prescribe to it the pursuit of its efforts with perseverance that ought not to become tired either with the obstinate resistance or unre flecting impatience which sufficiently explains the importance of the interests involved in the Roman question. The Emperor has taken upon himself to explain in a letter recently inserted in the Moni teur the principles which guide his policy, and to demonstrate to Italy as well as to the Holy See the aim to be attained and the means to attain it. From the moment that the Emperor thus indi cated the difficulties of the task and the conditions of success his government has not ceased to renew his attempts to reconcile men's minds and to restore to troubled consciences and suffering interests peace and security. The results have not, unfortunately, up to the present time, responded to his wishes ; but if we have to regret on one side the persist ence with which the Court of Rome has refused to seek with us bases on which to effect an accept able transaction, important events, which I cannot pass over in silence, have happened on the other side to confirm its resistance, and, by authorising its doubts, places the government of the Emperor in new difficulties. Gen. Garibaldi, substituting his individual initiative for the regular action of the public powers, organised an expedition notoriously directed against us, and claiming with arms in his hands the possession of Rome, placed under the safeguard of our flag. The government of the King, I hasten to acknowledge it, with a resolution and energy to which it is only just to do honour, and which demonstrated his loyalty, happily suppressed that attempt. Its conception alone, and the com mencement of its execution which followed, re vealed, however, in Italy a situation troubled by the fermentation of anarchical passions. At the same, time, in a great neighbouring country, tumultuous manifestations were organised of which the avowed object was to affect the resolutions of the govern ment of the Emperor. It appears to me superflu ous to recal the fact that the flag of France never retires before any menace. I believe I have no need either to claim for the policy of my country the most entire independence from all exterior pres • sure. Nevertheless, sir, these facts which I cannot pass over in absolute silence, would not have stop ped the government of the Emperor in its perseve ring efforts to arrive at the conciliation of the two great interests in Italy, which are the objects of his constant solicitude, if the official communication which was made to us in the eircular of Gen.Darando, of the 10th of last month, and the publication which that document received, had not, for the moment, destroyed the hope that we wished to found on the disposition of the Italian Government to effect the transaction which we wish to bring to bear. In effect, after having referred t o th e su pp ress ion of the attempt of Garibaldi, General Durand() appro priates it in his programme ; and asserting the right of Italy over Rome, claims in the name of his Government the delivery of that capital and the dispossession of the Holy Father. In presence of this solemn assertion and this peremptory revindi cation, all discussion appears to me useless, and all attempts at an accommodation illusory. I state it with sincere regret, the Italian Government, by its absolute declarations, which I have just recalled to mind, is placed on ground on which the permanent and traditional interests of France, not less than the actual exigencies of her policy, interdict us from following. I do justice to the friendly and moderate form of the communication which has been made to me in the last place by the Minister of Italy, but I in vain search there in for the elements of a negociation to which we ca n lend ourselves. According to our view, this neg ociation can only have for object to conciliate two intere s t s which re commend themselves to our solicitude by different titles, both equally respectable for us, and we should not know how to saw ifice the one to the other. The Italian Government knows, besides, that it will always find us disposed to examine with deference and sympathy all the combinations which it may suggest to us, and which would appear of a nature to accomplish the object which wisdom, we would hope, will at last aid us to attain. Will you please, sir, to read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, and leave a copy with him. Receive, &c., DROUYN DE DEM. 4kuvEwristmENT.l-11 01l OW:ty' Et Ointment W and Pills.— Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout are the most dreaded of afe all dise ases, because th e i r v i c ti ms k now t h a t th ey are ment s at aft no s eason, and at no age secure. H o ll oway ' s Oint , er to mentati,n of the painful parts, gives greater relief. used to than obtan a other appli cation; but it must be diligently in this desirable result. It has been highly commended by rheumatic subjects of all ages and both sexes for rendering their attacks less frequent and less vigorous, and for repressing the sour perspirations, and soothing the nerves. In many cases Holloway's Ointment and Pills have proved the greatest blessing in removing rheumatism and rheumatic gout which hadassailetl per at the prime of life. so healthy an us previously SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1862. -3-lIDD—L—ESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 17. The November a djourned quarter sessions of the peace for the county. of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant-judge, and a bench of magistrates. • The Assistant -Judge briefly addressed the grand jury on the nature of their duties. Thomas Jones, 21, was indicted for unlawfully attempting feloniously to steal a pin, value £lB, the property of Lewis Hand, from his person. The prosecutor, a solicitor, was going home on the night of November 4, and when near Hatton garden he was beset by the prisoner, and another person not in custody, w h o dodged before and be hind him until he got to High Holborn, when the prosecutor objected to their attendance any farther, and intimated that if it was continued he should hand them over to the police. Upon this the pri soner assumed intoxication and rolled ap against the prosecutor, and a third person now suddenly appeared, who rushed upto him and endeavoured to snatch a diamond pin from the scarf he was wear ing, but he was not successful in obtaining it. A struggle ensued, but the prosecutor managed to hold the prisoner until a police-constable came up, and he was given into custody. The prisoner's two compa nions managed to effect their escape, but there was evidence to show that they were all well-known thieves, and had the same night been seen by a po liceman and cautioned by him to depart from near the place where they first fell in with the prosecutor. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant-Judge, after referring to the pre sent dangerous condition of the public streets, and the frequent attacks upon persons by garotte rob bers, in one case leading to the death of the person attacked, said it was the determination of the Court to act with severity, and sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for three years. William Tagney, 9, and John Stewart, 1 1 , two little boys, were indicted for unlawfully placing stones upon the rails of the West London Railway, thereby endangering the safety of persona conveyed upon the said railway. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted; Mr. F. H. Lewis ap peared for Stewart. The other boy was undefended. Oa Nov. Ist, between 12 and 1 in the day, the boys were observed to place some stones and bricks on the rails of the West London Railway near Shep herd's-bush. A labourer ran up to Tagney, and as a luggage-train was approaching he got him to assist him in removing the stones, or the consequences might have been very serious indeed. The other boy ran away, but was afterwards taken into custody. Mr. F. H. Lewis made an appeal on behalf of Stewart, but both boys were convicted, and judg ment was deferred until next session. (Before Mr. Payne.) , Stephen Edward Meaney, journalist, was placed at the bar to receive the judgment of the Court. It will be remembered that this prisoner was tried at these sessions on October 4th on the charge of obtaining goods from three tradesmen living at Westbourne-grove, by means of a forged letter pur porting to have been issued from the office of Mr. Mayo, head of the financial department of the Inter national Exhibition. At the trial the jury returned a verdict, in the first instance, that the prisoner obtained the goods by false pretences, by means of a forged letter purporting to have been issued from the office of the International Exhibition, bat ex pressing a belief that he intended to pay for them. This verdict Mr. Payne refused to receive, and sub sequently the jury returned a verdict of guilty. In ' consequence of the observations of some of the learned counsel who were present and supported by Dr. Bateman, one of the magistrates on the bench, who contended that the first verdict amounted to one of not guilty, and ought to have been received, the sentence was deferred, and the question was submitted to the Court of Criminal Appeal, and that Court on Saturday last confirmed the second verdict, which convicted the prisoner of the offences with which he was charged. On being placed at the bar the prisoner presented a very altered appearance from that he had assumed at the time of the trial. Mr. Kemp (who appeared for the prosecution) said his lordship was quite familiar with the facts of this case, as represented at the time of the trial, and he would also remember the plausible ingenuity with which the prisoner defended himself, and the result of the case was the question of his conviction being submitted to the Court of Criminal Appeal. The verdict of the jury had been confirmed by that Court, which was a result most satisfactory to all parties, with the exception of the prisoner at the bar, as it was one of the most impudent cases ever brought before the Court. He was told that dur ing the time of the Exhibition the prisoner, who was a man of very extraordinary ability—and therefore his conduct was the more disgraceful— had made use of that ability to obtain from parties different sums of money, and in one case obtained from a Frenchman the sum of £5. Mr. Dickie (interrupting his learned friend) said such a statement ought not to be made, unless he was prepared to support it by evidence. Mr. Kemp said that his lordship knew that they had had no opportunity of summoning witnesses to give evidence, and if it was desirable that witnesses should be called, rather than this man should escape punishment, perhaps his lordship would allow the case to be further postponed in order that witnesses might be put into the box. When these witnesses were produced his lordship would find that this was not a solitary instance against the prisoner at the bar. The prisoner said he would disembarass the case as regarded the necessity of calling witnesses, and would admit that during the time the Exhibition was open he was charged with obtaining by false pretences £5, but on the case being brought before Mr. Arnold it was at once put out of court, and on a further application being made to Mr. Arnold to order £5 found in his possession to be given up, he said he should look upon it as his (the prisoner's) property, and refuse to make any order about it. Mr. Payne said if he were to postpone the case the witnesses would show all about it. Mr. Dickie said the prisoner was a fallen man, for as a member of the Press he came to London, and then he found it most difficult to obtain em ployment. Mr. Payne said he did not intend to act upon anything that was not proved by evidence. The prisoner said the statement of the learned counse, would be most injurious to his character for the future. Mr. Dickie said, as the matter was now before the public, he hoped it would now be adjudicated on. He said that Meaney had come to London, and being unable to obtain a situation on the Press, he was glad to do anything to get a few shillings. As to the scene which had occurred in the court at the time of the trial, no one deprecated it more than himself ; and although he was counsel for the pri soner, he never thought the verdict would be re. versed. The prisoner being unsuccessful in obtain ing employment on the Press, could not, as a literary man, become at once a hewer of stone and a drawer of water ; but he was not old in crime, and at the time of the trial a member of the bar said he had known the prisoner in Dublin as a most respectable man, and he hoped, under the circumstances, that mercy would be extended towards him. Mr. Kemp said the observations he was about making would have been for his lordship's guidance, and, in addition to the circumstances, the prisoner had admitted it had been his system to get free dinners from Mr. Morrish, of the International Ex hibition, and saying that if he did not get these free dinners he would show Mr. Morrish up in the papers. The prisoner said he must give this statement an emphatic denial. Mr. Morrish and himself wereold friends, and Mr. Morrish gave him an invitation to do what the reporters were doing every day, which was, dining daily at his expense. As he saw a member of the Press taking notes, he felt these statements were only made to damage his character I for the future. Mr. Dickie asked the prisoner if he had a wife and family. The prisoner said he had, and before sentence was passed he wished to say a few words. At the trial, character; linewi tmMr. Den ne tt, j uror i n wa iting, said he had known Ih d im even in h p i him for 20 y ears respecte d ; a member of the bar who e ub la l e in dl h a a d d y, a w lsoithwhom h spoken to had lived two years, had given similar evidence . (He then read a letter from Mr. Whitty, proprietor of the Liverpool Dail y Post, giving him a very high character.) With such a character likely to sacrifice a ll he held ddear for the paltry sum who ry sum of ? He was prop r i etor of h Press, but he was no t t h e first had L ancas h ire fa! . led, and he did not find out the valu e of moneyih e g into the hands of the Bankruptcy Court; u butn if there t was anything that was dear to him it was the opinion of tha Jury that he meditated no fraud and was guilty of no dishonesty. Mr. Payne said it was clear he had no means of paying for these articles, and had no other way of obtaining them except by dishonesty. The prisoner said that the learned counsel who heard the case and all the surrounding circum stances were agreed that the verdict amounted to ono of acquittal. Mr. Payne said that had all been settled by a supreme court. The prisoner said he was taken by surprise, as he was told in the prison on Friday that his case would not have been heard before the end of November. Mr. Payne said the prisoner had been convicted of obtaining goods by false pretences by means of two documents, bearing the forged signature of the official financial officer, and written on paper stolen from the International Exhibition, so that he had no right to have this paper in his possession. By 'these forged documents it purported that in a few days he was entitled to £43 for advertisements iti- Setted in a paper; but it appeared there was no' such paper in existence, cold no adVertisements bad been inGerted as alleged in these forged documents. The subject had been referred to the Court of Cri minal Appeal, which had confirmed the verdict of the jury, and therefore he should proceed to pro nounce sentence on it. The other matter as re garded Mr. Morrish he should not deal with, but it had been shown by these documents that he had obtained goods from tradesmen by fraudulent re presentations, and had they been other documents he might have been tried for forgery. This offence had been conducted with a great deal of ingenuity, and must he visited with a severe sentence as a warning to others, for he had stolen the paper on which the forged documents were written. The prisoner said the Exhibition paper was open to every member of the press, who wrote their let ters on it, and they also took it away in their books. Mr. Payne—But you were not a member of the press. The prisoner—Yes, of the Lancashire Free Press. Mr. Payne—But there was at the time no Lan cashire Tree Press in existence. I have allowed you to go at great length into ciicumstanees which have really nothing to do with this case; but yo'ir offence is one of a very serious nature, and the sen tence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months, to date from the time of your conviction. The prisoner was then removed. Alfred Thompson was then put to the bar to re ceive judgment. His case was also submitted to the Court of Criminal Appeal, and the conviction con firmed. He got a sum of money from a woman at the Great Northern Railway under pretence of get ting her a ticket to go to York, but he gave her a useless ticket and kept the money. Mr. Payne sentenced him to be imprisoned for 2 months. SURREY SESSIONS, Nov. 17. The November adjourned sessions for the county ' of Surrey commenced this morning at the Sessions House Newington-causeway, before Mr. Johnson, chairman, Mr. Tilson, deputy-chairman, and Messrs. C. E. Dormer, R. Peek, It. A. Gray, R. Phillips, Lieut.-Col. M'Donald, Captain M'Dougal, Henry Sterry, and C. Whiteley. The calendar contained the names of 50 prisoners for trial, 43 for felony and seven for misdemeanour. The state of education was as follows I—Nine could neither read or write, 36 could only read and write imperfectly, three could only read, and only one could read and write well. The Chairman, in his address to the grand jury, said t hat he was sorry to place before them this ses sion a very heavy calendar, and he regretted very much that it had lately increased at this season from year to year. There were 50 cases on the calendar, and, with those on bail and committed by the megi strates this morning, there would probably be 55 or 56 for trial. The corresponding period last year there were only 35 ; in 1860, 44 ; in 1859, 25 ; and 1858, 38. He regretted to say that latterly there had been under judicial investigation serious rob beries by servants and others, some of them amount ing to tens of Viousands of pounds, besides daring attacks on the person, so that it had actually become unsafe for her Majesty's subjects to be out after dark. Such a state of things ought not to exist, and he hoped that at the next session of Parliament something would be done through the deliberations of the Legislature to put a stop to these daring depredations. How it arose be could hardly tell. It was, in many instances, shown that these robberies were committed by ticket-of -leave men. These con victs, after serving a portion of their period of im prisonment, obtained a licence and were sent out into the world. Where were the majority of these persons to go but back to their old haunts ? They had no friends except their old associates, and soon they formed others, sometimes against their own wishes. Whether some system might not be adopted with regard to those unfortunate individuals, such as emigration to some distant colony, that would be for the consideration of the Legislature and the Government. At present there was a great difficulty with regard to them which required the most careful consideration. On looking over the calendar he perceived three cases of embezzlement and 19 cases of larceny by servants, a crime very much on the increase, he was sorry to say, and on which he had to communicate recently with the Secretary of State. There were ten cases of rob bery from the person ; two for stealing in the dwell ing-house, one for housebreaking, two for receiving stolen goods, and five for horse stealing; that was a crime on the increase in this county, and they rarely had more than one charge of that descrip tion brought before them. The other cases on the calendar were such as is usual for trial at these sessions, and did not call for any further remarks from him. The Grand Jury then retired. NEW COURT. (Before J. E. Johnson, Esq.) Henry Brown, 43, carman in the employ of Messrs. Roach and Co., corn merchants and whar fin gers, Pickle Herring-wharf, Bermondsey, pleaded guilty to stealing a sack of oats the property of his em ploy ers. It appeared that on Lord Mayor's day the pri soner was sent with a load of corn to Brixton, but he had no right to leave any excepting where or dered. He was, however, seen to leave a sack of oats at South Island-place, Brixton, which he had no right to do, and he was taken into custody. The Chairman observed that robberies by ser vants had become so frequent of late that an example must be made to put a stop to it_ He therefore sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' hard labour. Thomas Smyth, 33, was indicted for stealing a fish slice, two decanters, two salvers, and other art i c l e s, the property of M r . D av id Myers Noad, hi s master, at Chertsey. Mr. Lilley prosecuted, an d M r . Th ompson de fended The prisoner had been some time in the employ of the prosecutor as a kind of butler and confi dential servant. A short time ago he was directed to pack some goods for the country, where a portion of away the family were going to; he, however, took the property mentioned i n th e i n dictment. Thompson made a ve r y e l oquen t a pp e al to theMjru.ry,ho returned a verdict of guilty, recom mending prisoner to the mercy of the court. The Chairman sentenced him to the House of Correction for one month with hard labour. James Willings, a plumber's labourer, was in dicted for stealing five hundredweight of lead, the property of Mr. William Downs, his master; and Esthor Feannin, the wife a plumber, was charged with receiving the same knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Robinson, instructed by Mr. Chipperfield, prosecuted ; Mr. Thomson defended Willings ; and Mr. Lilley, instructed by Mr. Edwins, defended Feannin. The prosecutor in this case is the well-known ex tensive builder and contractor of Union-street, and the male prisoner had been some time in his employ as a plumber's labourer. On Wednesday, the 22d ultimo, be was seen by a young man named Deeks to carry two heavy bundles of lead to the other pri soner's house, in St. Margaret's-court, and he left the house by the back way emptyhanded. Infor mation was given to the prosecutor, and Holmes and Bricklear, detective officers of the M division, took the prisoner into custody, when about half a ton of new lead was found at Feannin's house, which Mr. Downs identified as his property. Some discussion ensued as to the liability of the female, as she had a husband living with her ; but it was shown that he was at work at Brighton at the time. The prosecutor also said his losses were enormous, but the great difficulty was to detect the guilty parties. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and the Court sentenced each of them to 18 months' hard labour. raining wearing apparel worth £5, the property of Anne Eastland ; also a box arid contents value £7O, the property of James Singer Turner; and another box and contents value £lO, the property of 'Thomas Barnard, at the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Terminus, London-bridge. Mr. Lilley prosecuted, and the prisoner was un defended. residing n Mary Ann Barnard. a married ear Colchester, said that on the 18th ult, she arrived at the Brighton Railway Terminus, London-bridge, with her box directed to her at Southwark. She left it near the booking-office while she went to par take of refreshment, and on her return a few minutes afterwards she missed it. Inquiries were instituted, and some time afterwards the box was found at the cloak-room, where it had been left by the prisoner in the name of Matts. Henry Rogers, a porter in the employ of the com pany, said that on the 18th ult. the prisoner came up to him, and pointing to Mrs. Barnard's box, said " Take my box into the cloak-room," Witness did so, and left, A clerk in the cloak room said he received the box in question from the prisoner, who gave the name of Matts, and reques'ed the box to be kept for her until called for. A little while after the box was labelled Mrs. Barnard crime and identified the box as her property. The prisoner declared it was hers. Thomas Richards, a detective inspector of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, said he was called to the cloak room, where he saw the prisoner, who said it was her box. She had brought it from Brighton by the last train, and had given the ticket up on some part of the line. Witness knew better thin that, as she took the box from the departure platform, and there was no label on it. The prosecutrix identified it as her box, and produced the key that unlocked it, He took pri soner into custody. The prisoner had a man out side the station ready to convey the box away. In defence the prisoner said she took the box thinking it was her box which she lost a long while ago. The Deputy-Chairman summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Court did not consider it worth while to go into the other cases; but they should like to hear a history of them. Mr. iiilley said that after the prisoner was taken into custody Inspector Richards, with Mr. Carpen ter, the superintendent of the police, proceeded to her lodgings, and found property belonging to Miss Eastland and Mr. Turner, of Seaford, which had been stolen from the same railway. Mr. Carpenter said that the prisoner had lived with Lady Buxton, but that they had lost sight of her for two years, until the 4th of August, when she was taken into a house by a poor woman at Brighton, whom she robbed, and went to Lewis the same night as Mrs. Turner. Her system was to be on the platform, and call the porters to remove lug gage, saying it was hers. Her parents were very poor people, residing near Uckfield, and for many 3 ears she had carried on petty depredations. TheDeputy-Chairman said that she was a very bad character, and the public must be protected from such a person. He sentenced her to three years' penal servitude. William Hutchings, 22, pleaded guilty to stealing several sums, the property of the trustees of the Royal Liver Friendly Society, the London branch of which was situated at No. 77, Westminster-road. Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prosecution, said that they had no wish to press for a heavy punishment. All that the society required was, that their subscribers should be protected against dishonest servants. Mr. Tilson observed that, although the sums were small, considerable difficulty might be thrown in the way of subscribers by non-payment of their subscriptions. He should sentence the prisoner to six months' hard labour. John Shepherdson, 19, and John Ford, 25, were indicted for stealing a purse containing a shilling, front the person of a woman unknown, in the Crys tal Palace. Mr. Joyce prosecuted on behalf of the Crystal Palace Company, and the prisoners were unde fended. It appeared from the evidence of Haim, detective officer 320 P, that on the day of Blondin's benefit at the Crystal Palace he was on duty in the build ing, when he saw the prisoners loitering about among the crowd. He watched them, and saw Ford put his hand into a female's pocket and take something from it. He seized him, and found a purse containing a shilling and a railway ticket. The other prisoner covered him, and during the scuffle he lost sight of the female. The prisoners made a rambling defence, abusing the officer for his interference, but the jury found them guilty. Evidence was given that Ford had been several times convicted, and was a very bad and incor rigible character. The other prisoner was also a well-known convicted thief. Mr. Tilson observed that it was time that such bad characters were got rid of, and that for a very , long time. Ford being the worst, and utterly in corrigible, he should sentence him to seven years' penal servaude, and Sheperdson to three years' penal servitude. Several other cases were disposed of which were entirely devoid of interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 17 MANSION-HOUSE.—Two respectably-dressed men, named James Crowther and Samuel Goodburn, were placed at the bar, in custody of detective officers Gayler and M'Leod, before the Lord Mayor, upon a warrant, charging them with conspiring . together, and obtaining by means of false pretences, during the years 1859-60-61, and the present year, various sums of money to a large amount, belong ing to their employers, Messrs. Laing and Merii dew, 39, Mincing-lane, colonial brokers. Mr. Wontner appeared to conduct the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Hillyer and Fen wick, appeared for the pri soner Crowther; the prisoner Goodburn was un defended. Mr. Wontner, in his opening statement, said the case which he appeared to prosecute on behalf of Messrs. Laing and Merridew, was one of considera ble importance. The prosecutors were very exten sive colonial brokers, and the prisoners, both of whom were in their service, had defrauded them of a very large amount of money by a very ingenious mode, and he was quite sure the case would secure his lordship's undivided attention, as it was rather complicated, and one in which the prosecutors felt bound to prosecute, as if such offences as that he should go into were allowed to go unpunished, there would no longer exist any safety in the commercial world, and the confidence which should exist be tween master and servant would be entirely de stroyed. The prisoner Crowther, it appeared, en tered the service of the prosecutors in 1852, when the firm was Laing and Campbell, and at the time of his discharge he was employed in the capacity of market clerk, at a salary of £5OO a year. Messrs. Laing dealt in a great many different articles of produce, and the prisoner had his duties all?tted . to him, and unbounded confidence w as p laced in him. It was his duty to attend to the department under which head came drysalting goods, and he had the buying and selling of those goods, and the firm gave him every discretion in the matter, and left it entirely to him, looking upon him to perform his duty without inspection. The other prisoner was bock-keeper, and had been in the service of the prosecutors for upwards of 30 years. He was at the time he left them in the receipt of a salary of £4OO a year. His duties were undoubtedly confi dential. He kept all the books at that time, and likewise retained in his hands all the warrants re lating to goods which were purchased, and he had no right to part with those warrants until the goods had been paid for. In 1853 the prisoner Crowther introduced to Mr. Laing a person named Barber, a saltpetre manufacturer, residing in Ber mondsey. The prisoner described him as a man of limited means, but of high principle, and wished to place the whole of his transactions in the hands of Messrs. Laing. Mr. Laing consented t o o p en an account with Mr. Barber, to buy and sell his goods, but beforo he did so, he impressed it on the prisoner that he was not to have a greater credit than £5OO. They accordingly commenced business with Mr. Barber, and bought all his raw sa l tpe t re an d sen t it to him to be refined, after whi c h th e y so ld it for him and so reimbursed themselves with the profits of the raw material to pay Mr. Barber the differ ence. If that had been maintained there would have been no risk to Mr. Laing, and the benefits would have been mutu a l. Th e t rans a c tions were carried on with Mr. Barber from that time until . March the present year, when they were termi nated in the following manner :—Mr. Merridew, Mr. Laing's partner, happened to hear that Mr. Barber was purchasing s altpetre through another house, which was contrary to his contract with Mr. Laing, and he informed Mr. Laing of the fact, when t /Lit gentleman immediately ordered the account to be closed. The next day Mr. Laing was in his office when the p r i soner C row th er en t e red and inform e d him that Mr. Goodburn had gone away ill. Mr. Laing said he was sorry to hear it; and Crowther then said he was sorry to inform him that Mr. Bar ber's account was considerably overdrawn. Good burn was sought for but could not be found. The next day, however, he made his appearance at the counting-house, and Mr. Laing asked him to make out Mr. Barber's account and see how it stood. He did so, and it turned out that Barber was in debted to the firm to the amount of upwards of £7,000. He was asked how it was h e had allowed Mr. Barber to run in debt to that exte nt, and he said he had done so in the hope that the profits of his i nisi- OLD COURT. (Before Thomas Tilson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.) William Boyer, 28, was indicted for stealing, at Woking, a horse, the property of William Harris. He was also indicted for obtaining by false pre tences from Geo. Skelton a quantity of tea, bread, butter, and beer, at Pirbright ; also with stealing four fowl!, the property of J. Taylor, at Chobham. The prisoner is a very bad character, having been several times convicted of petty larceny and felony. The charges were clearly proved against him, and the , jury returned a verdict of guilty. Tile deputy-chairman sentenced him to four years' pen al servitude. Edward Newell, 20, was indicted for stealing, at Witley, a mare and colt, the property of William Mullard. The prisoner was apprehended by Superintendent Hollington, at Guildford, coming from the d irection of Witley, where the prosecutor lived, and t he horse was traced to hi s possession. The jury found him guilty, and the court sen tenced him to 18 months' hard labour. James Smith, 22, an d Sarah Smith, 24, w er e in dicted for stealing seven yards of cloth, the property of Charles Y eoman an d another, at Reigate, and Mary Jane S m ith, 23, wa s indicted for receiving the cloth, well k now i ng it to be stolen. The case for th e prosecution was clear a g ai nst the first two priso ne rs, whom the jury . found guilty, r but they acquitt e d the latter, believing that sh e didnot know that the property w as stolen. The d e p u t y - cha i rman sentenced them to six months' ha r d l a b our . Sarab. Ward a lies Funnel' , 33, a respectable looking female ~ VMS indicted for stealing a box Con.