The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—AuG. 26. (Before Mr. Commissioner False.) IN RE E. LOW. The bankrupt was the landlord of a tavern in Fleet-street, known es " The Discussion Forum." This was an examination meeting. Mr. Goddard, for the assignees, did not oppose. The Commissioner—There ere no assets. Mr. NVarrand, for the bankrupt, c alled the attention of the Court to a surplus expected on property as held by a creditor. The Commissioner—The holder of that propQrty is Mr. Low. What rellrion is he to the bankrupt ? Mr. Warrend—A brother. The Commissioner—And the two brothers between there have contrived to get the property o es f thoe n under ajudgment credi . ors ? Mr. Warrand—Mr. Low took posssi which was eight yesrs old. The Commissioner—That does not improve the matter. Credit was obtainer!, this judgment being pending. I see Mr. Low (the bankrupt's brother and creditor) describes himself as a banker in Leicester-square. As no creditor in terferes the bankrupt may pass. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--LevEerooL, AUG. 26. (Before Mr. Bart n Martin.) SCOTT AND ANOTHER T. DIXON.—THE LCTERPOOL BOROUGH BANK ACTION AGAINST THE MANAGING DI HECTOR. This trial, on which a large amount of commercial In terest has concentrated, came on to-day, and the court was cr wetled at an early hear. The counsel for the plaintiffs were Mr. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Brown; for the defendant, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Meleuish. Mr. Brown, in stating the case, said that John Scott and Robert Robinson were the plaintiffs, and Joshua Dixon the defendant. The declaration stated that the defendant was a director cf a banking company, and that the shares of the company were transferable; that the defendant, intending to deceive the plaintiffs, fraudulently represented that there were profits of the company paid to and divided amongst the shareholders; that a report was fraudulently contrived and published whereby he represented that the financial condi tion of the company was sound, and that the shares were then of great value, whereby the plaintiffs were induced to purchase shares ; that there were no profits to be divided amongst the shareholders ; that the financial condi ion of the said company was not sound, whereby the plaintiffs lost the value of their shares, and were forced to contribute to make up the losses of the company. o his the defendant pleaded not guilty, and that the plainti T ffs t were not induced a s sserted. Mr. Edward James, in opening thecaee, said—May it please your lordship and gentlemen of the jury, the defendant is sued in this case by the plaintiffs, for the purpose of recover ing from him the amount of ten shares which were purchased by the plaintiffs in August of last year, together with a fur ther sum that they have been called upon to pay, I think, of 15 per share—a call made subsequently to the failure of the Borough Batik; and the action is founded upon the well known rule of the law, that where a man has been induced to alter his position for the worse by the misrepresentations of another individual, he is entitled to be indemnified against any losethat he may have sustained by reason of such trans action so entered into through the misrepresentation of that other person, and from him. It is a rule based on common sense, and built up with the strictest principle of what is just and right. Now, gentlemen, having stated that as the foundation of the claim in the present action, I will, as shortly as I can, consistently with my duty, call your atten tion to the facts of this case. The Borough Bank of Liver pool, of which the defendant has been f tr. some years a direc tor, was established in the year 1837, upon the remains of a bank belonging to Messrs. Hope and Co. There was, as is usual in such cases, a deed of arrangementamougst the pro prietors, whereby the management was vested in certain gentlemen, called directors. I shall very shortly call your ttention to two or three of the clauses, and not more. The 27th section provides " that the entire management of all the affairs and business concerns of the company shall be, and is hereby vested in the directors of the company." Sec tion 44 provides that "the directors shall keep all necessary and proper books of account; that they shall, half-yearly, settle, adjust, and balance the said books, and make out and declare a full, true, and explicit statement and balance sheet, exhibiting the debits and credits of the said company, the amount and nature of the capital and property thereof, and the then true-estimated value thereof, with the amount of the company's negotiable securities then in circulation, and the profits and losses of the said company, and other matters, fully and truly manifesting the state of the affairs of the said company." Nothing can be more explicit and clear than that. Clauses 55 and 57 provide for the general annual meeting of the proprietors, and for what is to be done with respect to the proprietors at such meetings. There is to be a general meeting in July, provided for and by section 67. The directors fur the time being "shall exhibit to the proprietors assembled a true and correct summary and balance-sheet and report of the profits and accumulations or losses of the company from the time of the commencement of the business, or from the end of the business included in the last preceding report, and of the state and progress of the affairs of the company up to and including the 30th June last preceding such annual general meeting, and also such further ac counts and statements as the said directors shall deem expe dient for the interests of the company to be made public"— [the learned counsel called particular attention to the words to be made public," and then proceeded]—" and every such report as aforesaid, of the losses and profits and accounts of the company, shall be binding and conclusive on all the proprietors, their executors, administrators, and assigns, unless some errors shall be discovered therein before the next subsequent report shall have been produced, and,in that case, such errors shall be rectified." So that, besidesthe half yearly account and balance sheet, there is to be an annual meeting of proprietors,hefore which meeting the directors are to lay " a true and correct summary of all the accounts and profits, and of the losses and all other matters relating to their concern which may be expedient for the knowledge of the proprietors and for the public." That is what is provided for by this clause. Clause 95, to which I will next call your a tt en tion, provides that '`the directors shall from time to time, either half-yearly or otherwise, during the continuance of the company, as they ball seem fit, declare such a dividend out of the clear profits of the company then actually accrued and received into possession, including the interest and pro ceeds of capital laid out and invested in pursuance of the powers therein on their behalf contained, as they shall think fit, and so often as a dividend shall be declared they shall cause it to be divided." So teat the dividend is to be de clared out of the clear profits of the company " then actually accrued or reduced into possession." The 98th section pro vides as to what shall be considered the net profits. The net profits of the company made in and during the first year of heftiness ending on the 30th Juue, and so on, after making deductions for had and doubtful debts, and after setting apart such portion as the directors think requisite for maintaining a reserved surplus fund, shall be divided amongst the proprie tors in proportion to the number of shares which they shall bold. Therefore, they must first ascertain and set apart for the bad and doubtful debts, and next lay aside such a sum as they think proper for the reserve fund. The 106th section provides for the dissolution of the company only in certain events. "If at any time the losses of the said company shall have exceeded all the said fund called the reserve surplus fund, and also one-fourth part of the capital of the company which shall have been actually paid up without regard to the amount of the subscribed capital, the managing board for the time being shall, so soon as possible after the above mentioned state of the company shall have become known to the directors, it is imperative upon them to call a meeting of the proprietors, and lay before them these facts, when, upon the application of any two proprietors the company shall be declared to be absolutely dissolved, unless certain pertioes of the proprietors shall think proper to carry it on under eel tain tegulations." So that Ti. en t h e reserve fund is gone, and when one-fiairth of the paid-up capital is also Lour, the duty of the directors i ss, as s so n t a he pass* • - 'We eft-r nscaql,itiing th- fact, to !ak?. meaurfor dis.olu'iol of the company. Now, gentlemen, as to the st ate of things with regard to the bank. The eklentlant is a gentleman, I believe, of po Woo in the commercial circles of the town. Some few years ago he came to Liver pool from New Orleans, where he had acquired during seve ral years an intimate acqueintence with banking transac tions. Soon, probably, after his arrival here the firm with which he was csnnected, having an account with the B rou.r,h Bank, and he thinking that with the exttererce he had nequired he might be enabled io be .efit himself as Will at others (for I give him credit fur teat) it was not nude sirßhle on his part to beeline a shareholder and a dlr. etor in the Borough Bank. "Ile accordingly examined the pub lished reperts of the directors from time to time, and having wade up his mind ria to the exp;dieney of joining the com pany, he purchased shares solely that he might, accord log to his own words, became a director, and a director he did become, about three years ago. Wh en l ie joined the bank the affairs were not conducted exactly in a manner provided by the deed to which I have drawn your attention. It provides for the management being invested in directors. The directors consisted far the most part of gentlemen of eminence and standing in the town, high in the mercantile world, but they delegated their powers to three gentlemen who were selected from their body, and called managing directors. These managing directors likewise appointed another person called the manager, and it will probably turn out that in the great multiplicity of instances for years gone by, previous to the sunamer oflast year, the manager directed the managing directors, and the managing directors ruled the directors. That will probably be the state of things. All that the directors contributed to the concern was the sanc tion of their high names, and the lustre which could be shed about the bank by their undoubted respectability. Directors they were in name, and name only—" Lucus a non la cende"—they directed because they had nothing to direct. There were accounts weekly or fortnightly placed before them, which informed them, as I believe, of little or nothing which transpired. They trusted to the managing directors, and it is not at all u nlikel y that the mana g in g directors trusted too much to the manager himself. There can be very little doulst t hat Mr. Dixon, with the experience that he had acquired in New Orleans, and with the expecta tion he had formed of having some part and parcel in the management and direction of the Borough Bank, when he became a director, was not satisfied with the state of af fairs, nor with the course which matters were taking; and I believe that from time to time he did utter certain mur murings of discontent, but that he never took any active s tep to set matters right, which he su s p ec t e d f or som e time were going wrong. So matters went on until June last year, having been inf orme d t h at Mr. w hen Mr. Dixon (defendant) sm i t h, who had been manager fur some years up to that t i m e, was about to retire, was askedwhether he would b e come a manag ing director, thereby having, of course, an work at once to oppor t un ity of invest i g ating the true position of s affairs. He seceded to the request, returning i l tra d o b uiel at ei tended to the d e if sly h be fromh had . London to Live r p ool, and settttittittglahsi;masnecliaf ascer tain the true po sition of p urs ued the dictates of his own heart, n warnings of his own conscience and common sense, he would have studiously pursued the course which in the beginning he did unquestionably tnark nurforoltui,mbeeclar,usaenpdrrolbliasbclyasief would not have been brought before y not a thoroughly accurate statementthoaft th tl e te a c ff on al c r e s r o n f ,% th a e s bank, yet at all events one showing utterly insolvent, would have 1 res and would, would never have become purchasers of s been put forth—rny clients consequently, never have had a right of action d t tat he had 'aetains,t Mr. Dixon. It appears that he did investigate, an he his own serious doubts as to whether there ought to I dividend. Mr. Smith laid before hint a statement which have never seen, but which I shall call upon Illy ].stood friend to produce—a statement which sati , fied Mr. Dixon beyond all question, that do dividend ouelit, under the cir cumstances, to be declared. lie was overruled—l am n w giving you his own account—but he did not persist itt the v i e ws which he took. A report founded on that statement of Mr. Smith was furnished to the directors, wag acceoed to by them, was placed in the hands of a printer for the purpose of b e ing disseminated and sent forth to the proprietors and the public, showing that there was to be no dividend at all for that half -year; when all cf a sudden that report was revoked, and they published a report which shall be brought before you in a few minutes, and upon which this action is that report was placed before the founded. Now, gentlemen, public. It was placed ha the first instance before the pro- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1858. ....-------------- - erie tore. The shares in this bank are transferable from hand to hand ; they are purchaepeble in the share-market in Liverpool and other places. What guides the minds of those :ho are disposed to become purchasers? Only the reports eu bli s h e d periodically by the authorities of the company hose shares are in the arket. It is those which, and ,ehfch alone, g uide the publi m c as to whether they shall become purchasers or not. The plaintiffs are hard-working men, not speculators, each of them employed as warehousemen in the service of respectable houses in this town. They had not means each of pur chasing the requisite number ofshares, because, by the con stitution of the company, less than ten are not transferable they saw this report, they- took it home, they studied it and they found that taking it altogether—although the effect upon the share market had been to bring down the shares in consequence, as you will see hereafter, of the reelection from the usual amount of dividend—yet at disclosed a state of things which they thought mut' justify them in investing their money in the purchase of shares. They accordingly, acting upon the faith of the teport, purchased ten shares in the month of August, and they were registered, I think, on the 23d of August. Now, that is an outline of the transaction. It is for the misrepre sentation csntained in the report, with respect to which I shall show, beyond all question, that Mr. Dixon, the defen dant, is intimately connected. They purchased upon the faith of that, and they are entitled to he indemnified by him against the loss to which they are liable. The bank stopped payment on the 26th of October. They were called upon afterwards with other unfortunate shareholders to pay a call, I think, of £5. Now, the report to which I beg to call your attention is this—" Twenty-first annual meeting of the proprietors held on the 28:h of July, 1857. Directors for the year," &c. The learned ceunsel then quoted the for mal part of the document, and proceeded—" According to the last report, the paid-up capital of the bank was £900,000, and the reserve fund £101,775 odd. Since that date two calls of £1 per share have been made upon each cf the shares, making the capital £1,000,090." It is, there fore, clear from this report that the actual existing capital of the company paid up as represented amounted to £1,000,000. " The nett profits of the past year, after the payment of all expenses of management, and after deduct ing £45,825 for loss by bad debts incurred during the same period, amount to £69,318." Therefore the nett profits of the year, after the expenses of management are provided for, and after £45,000 of bad debts during the current year have likewise been deducted, leaves £69,000 odd. There fore, according to this, there would be £115,000 profits; after allowing for bad debts, current and the year's ex penses of management, would leave £69,000 to be divided amongst the shareholders. They say, " appropriated as follows:-3; per cent. divided upon £950,030 (that is, at the rate of 7 per cent. upon the former half-year) £33,250 ; 21 per cent., at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, upon a million of paid-up capital, £25,000; property-tax, £3.1100;" making altogether £61,879, leaving a balance of £7,439 6s. 6d. stated to be carried to the reserved fund. Just let us for a moment look at the figures. It is stated that there is a million of paid-up capital, asid upon the former balance sheet £101,700 of a reserve fund; £7,439 added to that will give £109,000 of a reserve fund. They proceed—" Nearly the whole of the losses above-mentioned have been caused by the frauds of a customer." I believe that was so; one mighty customer diet, during the course of this current year, take in the bank to the amount of £45,000. "In winding up the affairs of 1854, a year which is well-known was most disastrous to those customers of the bank who were in the colonial shipping trade, a heavier loss had been sustained io the realisation of the assets than could possibly be antici pated. The directors have thought it their duty at once to reduce the dividend to the rate of five per cent. per annum, on the ground that taking even a most favourable view of the liquidation of those accounts, the whale of the reserve fund will be required to meet the loss sustained." The loss now ascertained, after the realisation of the assets and the liquidation of the debts, will amount to so much. They will require something more to place the bank clear than will be met by the reserve fund of £lOB,OOO to £109,000. "The whole of the reserve fund will be required to meet the loss incurred." Not a word is said about the capital being re quired, but only the whole of the reserve fund will be re quired. They go on :—" And that, on the other hand, taking the most unfavourable view consistent with proba bilities, the good current business of the bank will, in their opinion, be sufficient to admit of the regular continuance of the dividend, without encroaching upon the capital at the same period in the coming year." Therefore, under the most unfavourable circumstances consistent with proba bility, the good current business of the bank will enable them, in the following period of the next year—the year 1858, and the month of July—to divide 5 per cent. without encroaching upon capital. Not one word said about the capital except that. What is the meaning of it? There is the capital intact. The good business of the bank is such, that the annual profits, after paying all expenses—the prior losses of 1854 being all liquidated and accounted for —the good genuine business of the bank will enable the directors to pay 5 per cent. per annum, and not encroach one iota upon the capital. The learned counsel then proceeded to quote:—" In laying this statement before the shareholders, the directors desire strongly to impress upon them that its unsatisfactory character—(they had divided 7 per cent. before this)—is to be attributed to the affairs of 1854, and that apart from this, the sound and legitimate business of the bank would have enabled it to pay the ordinary dividend (that is, 7 per cent.), and also to add largely to the reserve fund, notwithstanding the losses that have been incurred subsequent to that period. They wish also to state their confident expectation that the change they are making in the policy and regulation of the bank will effectually guard against a recurrence of similar events." Now what is the lair result of the whole of this report ? It represents a million of paid-up capital; it re presents all by-gone losses before the current year as amply provided for by the reserve fund; and that without trench ing upon the capital, which is still intact, they are entitled, as fair traders, to distribute among their shareholders a portion of their profit amounting to 5 per cent. Now what staauld you say, if it should turn out that the whole of the capital was actually gone—that that which is represented as existing capital of one million was all swallowed up before this, and that not only the reserve fuud,but toe capital also, had disappeared? What should you think if, so far from the asets being realised, or the debt. liquidated, neither one \ nor the other gad then been done ; that no; assets had been realised, or at alt events to a very small extent ; that the debts bad not been liquidated; and that so far from this residuum fund, with the supposed realisation of the assets, clearing the bank from all its former liabilities, there were liabilities far, far beyond what the assets of the hank were able to meet in existence at that very time ? What should you say, then, as to representations of this kind ? What should you think of the prudence of men in business actually dividing profits upon the current year without attending to the requirements of the deed, and setting apart from time to time a portion of those profits against bad or doubtful debts; saying, " We have lost in former years far more than we can pay, but in this particular year we find that which we conveniently call profit, and not setting it against the prior losses, we will divide amongst our customers this amount ?" What should you say ? Why, gentlemen, I think you would be inclined to say with me, that it was a gross misrepresentation. Now, I will show you that it was so, and that the defendant knew it. It may be said—well that may be so ; it may be true that the capital may have been swallowed up; that these assets have not been realised, or debts liquidated, and yet Mr. Dixon may know nothing upon the subjec'. But, I apprehend that the law is clear upon this, that if a man undertakes to represent as an existing fact that which he does not know to be an existing fact, whereby another is induced to alter his condi tion for the worse, he is as much liable as if he misrepre sented a fact which he knew not to be the case. They are just in the same category. But what do you think of the case where a man is a managing director, has access to the books, is appointed a managing director for the very pur pose of overhauling the books and satisfying himself of the existing state of things—what do you think if he should say " I don't know anything about it ?" Why, you would per haps be inclined to reply, "Then you ought ti know snne thing about it." The learned counsel, in support of his ar gument, quoted the opinion of the Master of the It ills in a case lately decided un ler simler circlunstatices. It was •ought t make a wan con o - Oyitary to aa estate which was being wound up, and the directors said they knew nothing of it personally. " Wie , her (said the Master of the Ito , ls) Cie directors persooally knew that their s , atemeots were de in-lye and etatrue, is, iii my opinion, immaterial. They were bound to le iow it. They wete the vouchers to the p-tolic of the accuracy of their statements. Taey were the company itself ; by its proper organs announcing to the public the state of the concern ; and the company can gain no bent fi , by coca represeotations." So they were bound to ienow :i!. But, gentlemen, I will go fu ther than that, and show you that Mr. Dixon did actuagy know—not only that he represented a fact which he ought to have known, 'tot only that he might have known it, and was hound to knew it—but that he actually did know—if not to the entire eve - tact ccrainly sulliiien 1 to have induced him nod the other directors also to have adopted a dill rent course. After the stoppage of the bank, on the 26 , h of October, liqui dators were appointed, and Mr. Dixon became the chairman of the liquids ors The liquidators employed Mr. Banner, a most respectable accountant, of this town, to go over the affairs of the bank, and he prepared a statement, which was p r oduced at a meeting where Mr e . Dixon was, and adopted and ordered to be printed and circulated. At that meeting, after giving an account of what had been done since the liquidators were appointed, Mr. Dixon made a speech, to which I invite your attention. He says :—" I propose, be fore proceeding any further, to make a fewrem fe a e r l k t s h i a n t my individual capacity as a director. I cannot but position in which the directors are placed is one of very great discredit." I don't think anybody will differ front hint in that. "And I shall, as fully as I can, explain the part which I have taken in the direction. About three-and-a half years since I became a director." [The learned counsel said that he did not wish to go over_ the whole speech, called attention to the fact relative to Mr. Dixon's conduct both before and after he became a managi n g director.] * * * " I also stated, after Mr. Doherty's matter—[the learned counsel explained in 1836 and 1857] —came before the bank, I placed on the books a record of my opinion that the nature of the transactions by w hich this loss was incurred was unbusiness-like, and ought not to heve occurred." So that then, although an outside director, he took an active part in condemning the system adopted in this particular in -lance. then, . ''l also stated that, in my opinion , the mana g ing d irectors were as blameable as the manager for the loss." What, shall we say when he becomes a manning director himself? "It was then for the first time I be came aware that the managing directors had actually little control or knowledge of the affairs of the company as outside directors." A pretty state of things! "Towards the end ef June last Mr. Cress called upon me in London, and told me Mr. Smith was going to resign, and that Mr. Seller was to take his place, and asked me if I would become managing director. I assented ; and immediately on my re turn to Liverpool my first step was to inquire into the condi tion of the bank with respect to the declaration or non-d, cla ration of a dividend." Had his attention been called to it ? Did he think they were in a ticklish state ? Did he think the declaration of a dividend was a mater for serious considera tion ? Hear what he says :—" The statement of the affairs of the bank laid before me by Mr. Smith, the manager, led toe to the conclusion that no dividend ought to be de clared. This view of the case was assented to at a meeting of the directors ; but at a meeting afterwards, suddenly con vaerindepd;atcheeddietetit'hienpwriansterre' decision who b a a was and ra se adopted d pe o rr se p es i dee , e s - . e r reversed." hands,"u t:,. 1 ,, ra o w , that is a statement upon which, as I shall show , o circulated w ar d ,present y b ea y ttbh t ,t,e h ah e rwe dhm.( meeting,:. e lae e n t idi i ontagotr.dhwe askedT : .i purpose reportut Then r n n : Pv y ea s s pi i e e al' whether lr . o f N e. t founded,',oet3oittlindhai being Dixon replied—" By th Or tl_ ta ien ia p h ir i i ) t e io p n ro o_f motive being that it was danee'rous • the batik to run the risk of exeitemeinnt pro duced by the non-declaration of diovfirtiebre:ldbi.aantlkt bank." Toe have resulted in a run and the stoppage declaration of divii!enl—et the effect that would ha i v e e n beei; ; oduced on the s: arch ldera. What would have teen the . 0111 c: upon the public, upon the customers of the bank who not shareholders, the moment it should become bruited would have been by public report —a were , at it innitablY the !ink s toppage, h a ve b e This is what they , furl (11)011 ,., final wan ting up of the affairs of the bank, thought; the _ .. abroad, " I acceded (said Mr. Dixon) to it • , otl3o , of the shareholders. t'te, less of all their shares, would have been utter ruin to only on the understanding and correct disclosure of the aolitere should contain a full . ending that the statement to the share d It of capital." Now, feet that the dividend was declare ot , there is not iu this condition of the bank, even though It should di close the gentlemen (pursued the learned counse,), report. the shadow of a shade of an intimation that the divi lend has been declared out of capital, because it is distinctly .•ated that the net profits of the past year are £115,000, ou' , f which net profits of the year the dividend is paid, the expenses of management and the bad debts of the current year being provided for. Not one word about its being paid out of capital. Well, now, gentlemen, when the account was published it was faund that their liabilities, after de luctirg those which might be made available, amounted to £1,460,000, and that their assets were £1,488,000. So that, supposing the assets when realised did produce that, under the most favourable state of things, it showed a surplus of £22,000, and that was all. But that was not so. Their liabilities were far beyond what their assets were : calls had to he made, and the whole was one complete mass of ruin and desolation. Can it be said that all this capital has been lost since July? Gentlemen, so far from there being a million of capital paid up upon which they had actually declared a dividend, and divided the profits, there were only £936,000 odd. That was all the capital which they then had. Was it lost in fuly ? It was or was t ot. Mr. Dixon, trom the early part of June to the stoppage of the bank, was himself the sole managing director. Will he say it was all lost after July ? 'What reckless trading ! What management there must have been in such a case ! Mr. Dixon was alone responsible. Me cannot, therefore, say it was lost since then ; it would be monstrous ; it must have been lost before. But let me call your attention to what he knows, and actually states. Mr. Banner was employed by the bank to investigate the accounts, and upon the 12th of November there was a meeting at'which he produced a sta'e ment, to a certain extent, of what he bad made out. "Into the accounts," Mr. Banner said in this report, "upon which the losses have occurred, I have not had time to enter closely. They have most of them been current on the books of the bank for some years, and I see that large amounts have been written off from time t.r time to the eiebit of profit and loss, £371,000 odd haNing been written off between June, 1854 (the year in which Mr. Oliver stopped), and the same period of 1857, covering a period of four years only." So that you have the fact, a rived at by the inspection of the books, as stated by Mr. Banner before a meeting, at which Mr. Dixon was present, that £371,000 odd had actually been written off as lossee, and if that is not a loss of capital to that extent I am at a loss to know what is. This is before June,lBs7, the report being upon the 28th of next month (July). Mr. Smith's statement is to the same effect, Mr. Smith's state ment to Mr. Dixon being in the month ofJune. Mr. Dixon referred to this statement as showing the expediency of dividing the profits; and I find likewise, in the report pre sented to the meeting upon the 17th February, in this year, by Mr. Banner, and adopted by that meeting, he says this : —" We mention in our report of the 12th of November that the principal accounts upon which the losses have accrued, now contained in our statement, have been current on the books of the bank fur some years, and scarcely any of these heavy amounts have been written off." That is totally at variance with Mr. Banner's statement of the 12th Novem ber. He says that before that £371,000 had actually been written off, and that "before the issue of the directors' re port in July last, an estimate was made of the probable lose, amounting in the aggregate to £.370,000." Therefore there could be no doubt that there was this loss of £370,000 re ferred to in Mr. Smith's report to Mr. Dixon, in the month of June, stated by Mr. Banner, who had examined the books on the 12th of November, to have been written off before June in that veer, and afterwards stated by Mr. Banner not to have been written off. Now, what does this state of things show ? That in the month of June, according to the directors' own account, the whole of the reserve fund was swallowed up. £IOB,OJO, to their know ledge, was necessary to cover losses sustained in former years, in 1854 principally, and two or three years succeeding, and taking that from the admitted loss of £370,000 so written off, it will leave somewhere about £270,000 of capital actually gone. They were bound by that clause and their deed to which I have referred, upon ascertaining that all the reserved fund was gone, and a fourth part of the paid-up capital, to summon their subscribers before them, and to take measures for a dissolution of the company. There was gone at that time far more than one-fourth of the capital, because one fourth of the p iid-up capital of £040,000 would only be £235,000, and they had in fact lost nearly £300,000 besides the reserve ; then I say that the defendant is liable for the amount claimed by the plaintiff—because I shall show you, beyond all question, that the plaintiffsdid actually receive these reports, and acted upon them alone, and that they were not, as may perhaps be contended on the other side, intended solely for the inspect ion of the proprie tors. They are, and always have been, considered and acted upon in the open market as furnished for the guidance of the public, to show the public whether they will be justifird in investing their money in the purchase of shares. The next question is, are the misrepresentations such as to impose a liability upon the defendant? I think wh en I have laid before you proofs of these facts, you will see beyond all question that the plaintiffs, who have invested their whole property, or nearly so, in the purchase of shares in this bank, are en titled, injustice, in law, and in good sense, to call upon Mr. Dixon to recompense them for the l oss the y have sustained. The two plaintiffs were called and examined in or tcorrobora tion of the facts stated by their c ounsel, after whch Sir Fitzroy Kelly addressed the jury t he def i ence, con tending that there had been no misrepresentation on the part of Mr. Dixon; that he had been connected with the bank since 1854, and that between that year and 1857 he had purchased 130 shares, the amount thus invested being £15,000. That until a few months before the failure, he had not an opportunity of knowing what took place with regard to the actual transactions of the bank, and that when thoroughly apprised of its condition, he acted only as an honest and honourable man would have acted. Evidence was then called for the defence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed. The Judge said be hoped this case would be a warnivg to he whole country. he properly stoked and carefully coaled, would it be for smoke to arise ? Mr. Eandeson—A 150-horse boiler would take about a minute and a half, if carefully seen to. The shaft is inside a large brick square. It ought to be raised higher, about 1.2 feet. Mr. Rogers observed that. if the commissionctrs were com pelled to consume a more expensive coal they would have to shut up the establishment. It did not pay, and was not able to pay out of the revenue the interest of the money borrowed. After a long argument, in the course of whic'h it was con tended by Mr. Rogers that Mr. Urquhart was r sot the proper person to be summoned, but which the learn ad counsel de nied, it was agreed to adjourn the summons for a month, to afford the commissioners an opportunity of making the required alterations. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A CELL BY A FEMALE. — Catherine Gannon, a married woman, was charged with assaulting Anne Glynn, and with also having attempted to commit suicide. The evidence went to show that the prisowir lodged in the same house with complainant, who was Vic occupier of it, at No. 7, Blackland-street, Chelsea, anti that on the prev i ous afternoon she gave complainant a violent blow with her fist os her right eye, which was much blackened and swollen. She also struck complainant on her left arm. In these several assaults she was assisted by her husband. She was taken to the station-house by 158 B, and placed in a cell. The officer went there in a few minutes awl found her black in the face from the effect of a handkerchief which she had tied tightly round her throat, and which was re moved by the constable. She was fined £3, or in default six weeks' imprisonment, and a summons was ordered to be issued against her husband. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—FORGED CHEQUES.- Thomas Anderson Nesbitt was brought up for final exa mination before Mr. Bingham, charged with uttering several forged cheques. Mrs. Jane Walker, of No. 5, Pollen-street, Hanover square, licensed victualler, said she knew the prisoner as a customer. On Saturday evening, the 7th inst., the prisoner called to pay a small bill be owed and tendered a cheque on Messrs. Glyn and Co., purporting to be drawn by John on the cheque, she gave him aid the cheque to a Eadie, for E 4 4s. She asked the prisoner to put his name on the back of the cheque , and the prisoner having written t t h h ee nameneigh bour,e— and it was r a ur ned to her unpaid on the 16th inst. re "Thomas 3 is. Anderson" She p John Moore, one of the clerks of Messrs. Glyn, said no person of the name of Eadie kept an account with that firm. The prisoner was committed on this case. The next case was for feloniously uttering to James Paul two forged cheques. James Paul, licensed victualler, 122, Oxford-street, said on the Nth inst. the prisoner, who had been a customer, came to his house, and producing a cheque for £B, purport ing to be drawn by James Cross on. Messrs. Glyn and Co., asked him to change it. He inquired of the prisoner if he kn'w the drawer of the cheque. The prisoner replied he did; James Cross lived in Cheapside, and was a very rich man. The prisoner further added that Cross was a jeweller, and he had done a great deal of business with him. Witness believing the story, gave the prisoner £7 and 20s. in silver, and he went away. On the 17th inst. the prisoner came again, and brought a second cheque for £7 154., signed in the same way as g a t i h e e t h previous e o r n e h , i s and asked e w , i b t u n t e s t s oo t k o e th h e an p g re e c i a t u . precaution nto stop the payment of it, as he bad received information which led hint to doubt the genuineness of the cheques. John Moore, clerk to Messrs. Glyn and Co., proved that no one of the name of Cross kept an account at their house. Police -sergeant Silverton, C 293, said he had made inquiry in Cheapside, and could find no one named James Cross, jeweller, living there. When he took the prisoner into custody, the prisoner said, " For God's sake let me see the people, and square it, and give them the money." The prisoner denied the accuracy of Mr. Paul's state ment, but admitted that Mrs. Walker had spoken cor rectly. Fully committed. Charles Thatcher, cabman, was charged with assaulting Mr. John Vivian, of No. 20, King-street. Mr. Vivian said he hired the deendant from Temple-bar to the Haymarket. He paid the defendant his fare, but the defendant demanded 6d. more ; and, on being refused, he seized him by the coat and pulled off three valuable buttons. The buttons were of foreign manufacture, and finely en graved. The cabman, in defence, said he was not paid enough, and on asking the defendant for his address it was refused. This being denied by the prosecutor, the case was adjcurned for further evidence. George John Chapman, a county magistrate, was fined ss. for being drunk and incapable in the Haymarket the previous evening. MARYLEBONE.—EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK. —Frederick Justice Latham, a respectable-looking man, between 40 and 50 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having embezzled money to the amount of gm, received by him for and on account of his employer, Mr. Yates, matmaker, Abingdon. The evidence went to show that on the previous day the prisoner absconded, and that soon afterwards Inspector Durdle, of the Great Western Railway police, Paddington, received a telegraphic message, giving a correct description of the prisoner, who, on the arrival of the 9 o'clock train on the same evening, was taken into custody. Mr. Rawlings, superintendent of the Abingdon constabulary, came up by another train shortly afterwards, mad the prisoner was by him identified. He was searched, and in his possession was found the sum of £9B fiis. 3d. Mr. Long directed Mr. Rawlings to take the prisoner beck with him to Abingdon, for examination before the magistrates there. DARING ROBBERY BY FEMALES. — Anne Lee and Mary Anne Sheehan, women of disreputable character, were charged with having, supposed by the administration of chloroform, robbed a man named Walter Davies of his purse and money. Prosecutor deposed that on the previsus night he was accosted by the prisoners, at about 12 o'clock, as lie was walking along the Harrow-road, who asked him to go home with them. lie refused to do so, when one of them put something wet upon his face, which caused him to feel quite giddy; lie felt a hand in his packet, and directly afterwards he missed his purse. Sergeant Potter, 16 D, deposed that he was with Hobbs, 261 D, near the spot where the robbery took place, and he heard prosecutor call gut. He (witness) with his brother officer went up, and saw Sheehan grasping the prosecutor tightly by the collar, and pushing him against some railings, whilst Lee had her hand is his trousers pocket. The prisoners were both taken into custody, and on the way to the station-house Lee made a most determined resistance. While the charge against her was being taken down in the hook by the inspector on duty she dropped the stolen purse on the floor. Some o her evidence having been gone into, the prisoners, who pleaded guilty rather than be sent for trial, were com mitted to hard labour in the House of Correction for four months. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT AT A FUNERAL. John Gilpin, a labourer, and another man, named Robsrt Day, were brought before Mr. Long, charged with the following diqe.raceful conduct : It appeared from the evidence that on the previous after noon, at four o'clock, the hour appointed for the interment cf a sergeant of militia, at St. John's, Hempstead, a crowd of 1,500 persons assembled, and in order that there should be no breach of proper decorum upon so solemn an occasion some police-constables were present to prevent the mob from rushing into the burial ground. The service in the church having been cancleded, the Rev. Mr. Chapnells, the curate, was preceding the coffin with the mourners to the place of sepulture, when, at the entrance thereof, Gilpin, who was very drunk and refused to obey the order that he should not be admitted, abused the clergyman in a most shameful manner. Much confusion ensued, and he was taken info cu to iy by Gl.altiN, 415 5, whom he struck with great , violeoce on the head; lie also kicked him severely on the legs. Day attempted to rescue Gilpin, and he (Day) made his p,eape. He was afterwards taken into custody by Buck, PS, and Gardiner, 189, both of the S division. Stones were thrown, and Buck received a wound on his cheek, but he could not say that the stones were thrown from the hands of either of the prisoners. Mr. Lenz fined each of the prisoners 20t., in Minh of payment 14 days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.' CLERKENWELL.—DOUBLE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. —A miserable-loeking non, wto gave the name of Henry Johnson, aged 78, a shoemaker, residing at 28, Little Clarerden s=treet, Somers-town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt charged with being drunk and twice attempt ing to commit suicide by hangiog himself. The prisoner in the !waning was much the worse for liquor, so much So that it was found necessary to lock him up at the Somers town police-station. About three o'clock in the afternoon, when Sergeant Mulvany, 8 S, the officer on duty, went to visit him in the cell, he found that the defendant had taken off his neckerchief and, placing it through the small trap-door, had endeavoured to hang himself. The sergeant reasoned with him, and the defendant promised diet he would not repeat it; but when in the usual course of visiting the cells—viz., after the lapse of about 10 minutes—he found him repeating the attempt, he placed a constable with him. The prisoner said he was a mise rable roan, that he had a wife who was abeut 40 years younger than himself, and that she being in the constant ba'it of getting intoxicated, had made his life miserable, and he was fully determined to put an end to it. The prisoner, who seemed to be suffering from delirium tremens, was remanded to the House of Detention. DISGUSTING CRUELTY BY A DROVER.— Ilenry Popkins, a drover, of Bethnal-green, was charged at the instance of Mr. W. Love, the chief constable of the Royal Society far the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following b-utal treatment to a bullock : The evidence of Guest and Selby, two of the society's officer=, went to show that they were in the New Cattle Market, when they saw a bullock struggling on the ground in a state of exhaustion, haying its head tied ti g htl y up to one of the pen rails. They were about to release it from its painful position, when the priso ner came up with a heavy "bullock stick," having a sharp poin t inserted in the end of it, and struck the animal a violent blow over the nose, and in a moment after struck it again two terrific blows between the head and eyes, and forced the end of the stick in a violent manner up the nostrils of the poor beast, cueing the blood to, gush out. They (the officers) baying released the poor animal, immediately took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt expressed his indignation at such brutality, and asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge? The prisoner said he was very sorry for what be had done. The bullock had lain down several times before, and it caused him to lose his temper. He hoped his worship would not " hurt him." Mr. Tyrwhitt said unquestionably th e re was Brent cruelty practised by such fellows as the prisoner at the Cattle Mar ket, and it was quite shocking to hear of such continued brutality. He honed the society would continue to keep a sharp look out after them. The prisoner would now have to pay a flue of 305., or go to prison for a mouth, with hard labour. a well-dres;ed, gen tlernanly- SOUTRWARK.—CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVEL LERS.—A NOVEL SYSTE M OF FRAUD.— lienry Pa lmer, Mr. Combs charged wi t h d e f rau ding an old lady flarin g El'zabcth Newman of the sum o f 3 A . Gd., on the platfxna of the South-Eastern Railway Terminus of London -brid g e, under the following novel Ci rcums tances : looking man, was brought b efore The complainant stated that on the previous morning site went to the railway station for the purpose of proceeding to Shalford. While standing near the refreshment rooms the prisoner came up to her, and asked her where she was going. She told him to Shalford, and at the same time a:ked him the fare. He replied that it was 35. Gd., and said that he wauhl go and fe'cll the ticket for her if she gave him the money. Believing him to be a gentleman she handed him the 3s. 6.1., and he left ber. Shortly afterwards a constable came up to her, and, on telling him what had happened, the prisoner was followed out of the station and brought back. John White, a detective officer in the employ of the South-Eastern Railway Company, said he had received in formation that several persons had been defrauded of money in a similar way by a man answering the description of the prisoner, and perceiving him go on the platform on the pre- vious morning he watched him, and seeing him approach the old lady and receive something from her and leave her, he went and asked her what had occurred. On her telling him, he pursued the prisoner, and saw him pa's through the hooking-office in a hurried manner and run down the in cline, cross over the road into the Borough-market, and turn into York-street. He then looked round, and, seeing that witness was following him, he bolted across the road again, up the incline into the booking-office, where he purchased a ticket for Shalford, and was about to proceed to the plat form, when inspector Moy of the It division took him into custody. The old lady lost the train in consequence. The prisoner here declared that he never saw White, and having 25 minutes to spare, he thought he would do a little business at a shop in the Borough-market before he purchased the old lady's ticket. He could assure his worship he was a respectable, honest man. White said he did not enter any shop or stop anywhere until he returned to the booking-office. He believed the Prisoner to be the same person who obtained a sum of money from a little girl on the platform a few days ago under similar circumstances. Then he did not return, as no per son was watching him. The poor girl cried very much, having no money to pay her fare home ; but ➢lr. Dyne, the station-master, hearing of the circumstance, with his usual kindness put his hand in his pocket and paid her fare. Inspector Moy, B division, said that on searching the prisoner he found 56 pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to great-coats, umbrellas, travelling rugs, a gold watch, chains, and other property, pledged in different parts of London within the last nine months. He wished for a remand, as be believed the prisoner to be connected with a gang infesting the railway stations for plunder and fraud, and that most of the articles pledged were stolen from railway passengers. The prisoner declared those suspicions to be false. He was a gentleman, and resided at Perry-stree, near Gravesend. Mr. Combe asked him what means he had to live as a gentleman, as the pawnbrokers' tickets did not show that he was very well off ? He replied that he had not much means. In fact, he had been a merchant's clerk, but at the present time was out of employ; but the officers were wrong in their suspicions. Mr. Combe told him whether or no they were right or wrong, he had some suspicion as to bis conduct ; therefore he should remand him until Wednesday next. He would, however, accept bail for his appearance, and if he was a gentleman, as he styled himself, he would have no difficulty in finding parties to become his surety. Bail not being forthcoming, he was sent to gaol. LAMBETH.—OMNIBUS RIVALRY.—Much of the time of the Hon. G. C. Norton was occupied in hearing sum monses against the conductors of omnibuses for unlawfully and improperly delaying their vehicles on their journeys. It appears that up to a few weeks past the proprietors of the Camberwell and Peckham omnibuses enjoyed a perfect monopoly of the road from these places into the City, aid the consequence was a charge of sixpence fare for any dis tance, however short, beyond the Elephant and Castle. Some weeks ago, however, Messrs. Wood and Fox started a number of omnibuses—the Havelocks—to run from the end of Manor-place, a considerable distance along the Walworth road, to the Kingsland-gate, doing the whole journey for the moderate fare of twopence; and the consequence is that many of the merchz.nts and others living on this line of route go to and from the City at one-third of what they bad been in the habit of paying. The speculation became so pro fitable, and the opposition so successful, that the Cam berwell and Peckham 'buses found it necessary to lower their fares, and considerable rivalry has resulted. As soon as a " Havelock" pulls up for passengers at its starting place, a Camberwell or Peckham 'bus is instantly driven alongside, and one won't go without the ether; and when they do go, they keep hanging on so as to commit the offence of "loitering" on their journey, and for this several summonses have been taken out by the police against the parties, pro and con. Yesterday, two summonses were appointed for hear ing, the one against George Drew, and the other against "William Low, and a third against George Langham, all conductors in the service of Messrs. Wood and Fox. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Binns, attended for the defendants ; and Mr. Superintendent Lund was also in attendance on a summons taken out by the defendants' attorney. When the cases were called on, Mr. Sleigh took a legal objection to the first summons, on the ground that the place where the alleged offence had been committed was not set out, the parish of Newington being merely men tioned, and contended that it was most important and abso lutely necessary to the defence that the defendant should be made acquainted with the place of offence by setting it out in the summons. For this omission he called on his worship to discharge the summons. Mr. Norton considered it essential that the place of the alleged offence should be set out in the summons, and should dismiss the case if pressed by Mr. Sleigh, but, if he did so, a fresh summons would be taken out, so that the de fendant would not be placed in a better situation. Mr. Lund said that if the summons was dismissed on the objection urged by the learned counsel, he certainly should at once apply for another in which the omission should be supplied. Mr. Sleigh, however, persisted in his objection to this summons, as well as a second of a similar description against William Low, and both were dismissed. A third summons against George Langham was next en tered on, and from the evidence it appeared that the omni bus of which he was the conductor, after leaving Manor place, was three mintetes going 80 or 90 yards, and the con ductor of the opposition omnibus had on a former day been fined for the offence. Mr. Sleigh addressed the Court, and characterised the alleged offence as of so trifling a character that he hoped his worship would dismiss the case. Mr. Norton, however, considered that a ease of loitering had been proved, and convicted the defendant in a penalty of ss. and costs. Mr. Lund, addressing the magistrate, said that he had bees served with a summons, not only to appear in the cases that had just been before his worship, but to produce his books containing all reports made to him respecting the Camber well and the Havelock omnibuses, and the consequence was that himself and his clerk had been leapt up as late as 12 o'clock on the night before tracing out the reports in ques tion. The object, as be understood, in Catlin^ for such re ports was TO stosw that he (Mr. Lund) had exhibited a par tiality in favour of the Camberwell omnibuses ; but if such had been the intention, the reports themselves and the re sults that followed would prove a perfect contradiction to such a supposition. Mr. Linn! assured Mr. Lund that no idea of partialitv on his part had been entertained, and said the summons had been taken out by him under a different feeling. Mr. Wood begged that the objection made to the other two summonses might be waived, and that they !night be heard at once, obterving at the same time that the sum monses, the cost of defending them, and the penalties en forced, were most ruinous. Mr. Sleigh told him that if he thought proper to take the case out of his flange., and act counter to the objections he had raised, and which led to the dismissal of the summonses, lie might do so, and go on with the cases if he liked. (The learned gentlemen here left the court.) Mr. Wood, however, persisted in his request, and said there was a considerable difference between his cases and those of the Camberwell omnibuses, as the former while at Manor place had not started on their journey—that being the starting-place—while the latter were in the performance of their journey. All lie required was a few minutes, such as might be fixed by his worship, at the starting-place, and with that he would he satisfied. Mr. Lund said the time fixed on by Sir Richard Mayne was three minutes and this was not objected to so long as there was no complaint on the part of the public or the in habitant.; but as regarded the starting-place, at the end of Manor-place, there was, in point of fact, not any starting place appointed, nor had there been any representation made to Sir Richard Mayne on the subject.. The two eases were tuen entered no, and r,tstateil id the defendants being ordered to pay the expenses of the summons, Mr. Norton remarking be hoped that some arrangement respecting the starting-place at Manor-place would be speedily come to, and that be should have no more of these sutonnotiecs. Mr. Binns sincerely thanked his worship for the kind and libet at jufp - tient he had given, and begged to place before him a memorial, followed by the names of merchants, pro fessional men, and tradesmen, possessing property far ex ceeding one million sterling, approving in the biggest manner of omnibuses by which persons were enabled to travel several miles for the moderate stun of t wopcnce, while o:liers ef a similar description were charging three and four times as much for a less journey ; and if Mr. Lund would have the kindness to take charge cf it, and place it before the commissioners, he would be doing r. art at service. This Mr. Lund promised, and the pt . cceedings terminat. d. TEIANIES.—A CASE FOR THE BENEVOLENT.—Mr. Selfe handed to our reporter a letter he had received from Mr. Charles Dyke, of No. 6, Eaton-square, and dated Aug. 24,1858, in reference to the lamentable case of a poor blind boy, named Daniel Regan, which came under the notice of the magistrate some time back : The lad, a destitute and harmless creature, was in a smithy in Whiseehapel whelk a drunken and helf•insane ruffian entered the place, took up a pondt rotas hammer and strack the boy on the head with it, ii.flicting a severe wound and fracturing the skull. The boy was in a precarious state for some time, and upon his partial recovery gave evidence of the savage and unpro voked assault committed upon him. His evidence was con firmed by several witnesses, and the fellow who assaulted him was committed for trial, and ultimately convicted at the Clerke niv€ll sessions and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. Mr. Dyke in his letter states that the boy had been admitted into an institution for promoting the general welfare of the blind, 127, Euston-road, as a pupil, and was already earning something for himself; but it was very trifling. The association had admitted the boy into the institution and taught him a trade perfectly gratis, but had no funds for lodging or feeding him doling the time he was a pupil. Mrs. C. Dyke had given £5, and a gentle man had kindly promised more towards this end, and all that Mr. Dyke would ask now was that the magistrate would make the case known to the world through the me dium of the press, as it would be lamentable to fail in teaching the boy—who had displayed great intelligence— the means of supporting himself in his affliction, for the want of a few poutds to lodge and feed hi m whilst he was receiving instruction for nothing. Mr. Selfe said he knew the case referred to by Mr. Dyke to be a most deserving one, and he should be most happy to rtc.tive the subscriptions of the benevolent to carry out the objects aimed at by Mr. Dyke. He was glad to hear that theunoffendiug boy had recovered from the terrible wound inflicted upon him, and that he had found a refuge in the excellent institution of which Mr. Dyke was a promoter and supporter. Mr. Selfe also announced the receipt of 2s. 6d., —"A mother's mite from Tunbridge-wells ;" and a cheque for LI from Mr. William Watling, for the benefit of Mrs. Spurling, whose husband, a recruiting sergeant, married her on the oth inst., and, after ill-using her, abandoned her on the following day, taking with him a gratuity of £lO pre sented to her by the committee of the Indian Relief Fund, in considera•iou of her first husband, Patrick Readdy, hav ing been killed while serving with tha army in ludic. Au acknowledgment of the subscriptions was requested to be made in the journals. PRECOCIOUS VILLANY.—Henry Phillip, aged 16,. and George Phillips, 13, were braught before Mr. Self e charged with stealing £4 in gold and silver, the property of an old Irish couple named Sloane. It appeared that the old man Sloane, who has been in the army, and has received medals for his good conduct and bravery, and his wife, a laundress, and a very industrious and thrifty woman, were removing from 34 to 42,3 amerce street, on Wednesday afternoon. Mt s. Sloane engaged the boy George Phillips to carry goods from one house to the other. While the removal was going on the . elder pri soner proffered his services, and George Phillips said Henry Phillip was his brother, which afterwards turned out to be quite untrue. Among other goods removed was a large box, not locked, containing a quantity of clothes. The box also contained a tea caddy , an d in it were five half-sovereigns, eight half-crowns, a florin, and other money, a soldier's medal, pawnbrokers' duplicates,. and other things. When Mrs. Sloane got to her new lodgings, No. 42, she took the tea caddy out of the box, unlocked " it, and took out the 2s. piece in presence of the bo , ys, aai , d , to the younger prisoner, C om e along, and li Pa s y you, and she changed the florin and gave him 7d., but did nut give Henry Phillip anything, because she had not employed him. Directly afterwards her husband called her to pro- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Francis Duffey, who appeared to be about 17, but said he was 20 years of age, was charged with having rohbed an elderly man named Roht. Smith. Watkins, G6O, said—l suet the prisoner, about whom I bad received some infortnation, at half-pest six last even ing in Bishopsgate-street. The moment he saw me he ran into a public-house called the Catherine Wheel. I followed and told him he was charged with stealing a watch and a bag of clothes. He said, " Not me," and I then took him to the station-house, where I found in his possessian the thimble rig implements I produce. The prosecutor said—l reside in Backchurch-lane, White chapel, and on the 11th instant I went into Petticoat-lane to sell a hag of clothes ' • but I was not able to get a satisfac tory price for them, and I walked into a public-house in Houndsditch to get something, and the prisoner and two other persons followed me and endeavoured to knock up a bargain about playing at skittles. They said to me, " Coun tryman, you may as well go and see it fair," so I accom paniei them to a public-house in Houndsditch, and I went into the skittle-ground with my bag of clothes, and after obe or two games were played we went into the house to have somewhat to drink. I felt stupified, although I did not drink much; but I believe it was flout something they put into the du ink, and I missed my bag of clothes, and could not upon inquiry hear anything about it. I then left the house, and the prisoner came after me, and, putting his arm round me, took from my pocket a silver watch, the chain of which he broke in dragging it away. The watch was worth 30 shillings, and the clothes were worth £2. I did not see him again till he was in custody, but I am quite sure he was one of the three persons who were with me in the skittle-ground, and that it was he that stole my watch. The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, do you wish to ask the corn p!ainant any questions? Prisoner—Yes, certainly I do. Pray now (to the pro secutor), hadn't you been drinking 11 fore ? 1 Prosecutor—l had only part of t 'co quarterns of g!n. I was not intoxicated, I was stupid. (Laughter.) - Prisoner—Now you see my lord he said that at the time he lost his bag he became stupified. I should hke to know ow he could know that I was the party that stole his watch if he was sT unified at the time ? Let him answer that. The Lord Mayor—He swears that you are the person. Pilsoner—l should fancy that a man who was stupified or iutuxicated could not swear to any man. Mc Lord Mayor—But you see he was so far recovered from his stupefaction, after he lost his bog, as to be able to distinguish you as the person who stole his watch. Was there nobody at the public-house at the time who can identify the prisoner ? Watkins—My lord, I went there, but they would not know anything about the matter. The house is a very bad one, frequented by none but thieves and card and skittle sharpers. The Loll Mayor—l thought the license had ben taken away. Watkins—So it has, my lord. It is now only licensed as a beer-strop, ani it is I.vorse than it was when licensed as a public-house. Prisoner—Now, my lord, .I'd be glad to know why this officer, if lam the thief, did not take me long ago? I've been up and down the Minories four or five times a-day for a fortnight, and the police never meddled with n e. Watkins—l had information on the 12th inst., the day after the robbery, and I have been looking for you ever since, but could never see you till last night, and then you ran away the moment you saw me. j The Lord Mayor—lt is my intention to commit you for trial. Do you wish to say anything? Prisoner—No. Committed. Dennis Leary, who appeared to be about 14 years old, was brought up on remand, charged wi h having stolen a purse, containing 21s. Grl. in silver, and a small key, from a lady unknown, on Fresh-wharf, London-bridge, on Monday last. The boy was seen, at about five o'clock in the evening, to take sotnethirg from the pocket of a lady dressed in a black cape and black silk dress, who was not subsequently dis covered; but the thief was caught, after having thrown away the purse described in his flight. The Lord Mayor hoped that the lady, who would in all probability be informed of the detection of the thief, would come forward on Tuesday next to identify her property. BENEVOLENCE. —The Lord Mayor requested that the Press would a cknowledge his receipt oflOs. (postage stamps) from "A. E. 8.," and £'.from "W. P.," for Mrs. Soden. WESTMINSTER.—TrIE SMOKE NUISANCE AT THE BATIIS AND WASHHOUSES, GREAT SMITH-STREET, WESTMINSTER.— William Urquhart, superinten dent of the above establishment, appeared before Mr. Poynter, to a summons taken out by Mr. GM, super intendent of the B division of police, the charge in which was that he did negligently use a certain furnace so that the smoke arising therefrom was not fully coesumed or burnt. Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Sandeson, civil engineer, at tended in support of the summons; and Mr. Rogers, clerk to the managers of the baths and washhouses, attended for them. Mr. Bodkin baying stated the ground of complaint, called the following witnesses: — Mr. Sandeson stat d that in the month of January, 1855, he paid a visit to the establishment awl suggested some alterations in the construction of the chimney connected with the furnace, which were attended to. In the month of March last he again went to the establishment and found that they were burning siftings of coals, which were not adapted to that furnace. He saw defendant, who said that he would lay his (Mr. Sandeson's) representations before the board. In consequence of the alteration he had sug gested not being carried out, and as the smoke continued, tr , went there and found the same sort of fuel burning on July 6. Mr. Paynter—Did you point oat the fact that the fuel was not proper to the defendant? Witness—l did. By Mr. Rovers—You burnt a great quantity of coke in 1855. I cautioned the stoker that, if the proper fuel was not used, I should be compelled to summon the superin tendent. officer's evidence. Gregory, Sergeant Kilt, 0 2 f 64 111 B e . , on n chimney t el f 2 'o t r h a o b f o ut June,lo minutes. also o ,.Policeman King, '2 , 19 B, proved having seen, on the sth coming July, dense black smoke, on three several occasions, 1 : several zilr. B o o c ti c occasions, n ( s t , o of un g e. vclume of smoke issui w n 11 B, corroborated some portions of tke f°:two, three, and five minutes, a dense I t r. Sande from the same chimney, and the saw, on three ~on)—How long, if a furnace , same on the 17thJ teed to No. 34, the house she was leaving. She was absent from her new lodging 15 minutes, and upon her return found the door of her r3om wide open, and missed the tea caddy and all its contents. Information was given to the police, and the boys were sought after and apprehended the same night by Webb, a police-constable, N 0.477 K. The case was put into the hands of an intelli gent detective, named Mills, 306 K, and be confronted the prisoners. The yc.unger one said to the elder—" You told me to go and get the bex, and I did, and I broke open the lid; there were some papers and three half-crowns in it. I gave two to you and one I had myself, and I hid one half-crown in a yard." Henry Phillip said, "Yes; first.you gave me one and then you gave me another, and said we would part that to-morrow." George Phillips then said he would show Mills the place where the tea-caddy was broken open, and took him to a place in Jamaica street, and said, "That's the spot where we broke open the tea caddy, and took out the old Irishwoman's money." The younger prisoner also informed Mills that he had given the tea-caddy to a boy named Rogers, in whose house it was found, together with a soldier's medal and a pencil-case which formed part of the contents of the tea caddy when it was stolen. Mr. Selfe asked if the gold had been traced? Mills replied in the negative, and said that the prisoners made the most solemn asseverations there were no half sovereigns in the tea caddy when they opened it. Mrs. Sloane was sure there were five half-sovereigns in the tea caddy when she locked it on Wednesday afternoon. The prisoners pleaded guilty. A bad account was given of both. George Phillips was stated to be incorrigible. Mr. Selfe sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to be detained four years afret wards in a reformatory school, and his parents to pay half a crown per week for his maintenance. Henry Phillip was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. THE WORKING OF THE SCOTTISH BANK• RUPTCY LAW.-GONE TO TOBERMORY. William Gill, son of Mr. Thomas Gill, merchant, Ply mouth, and sometime member of Parliament for that borough, was called to the English bar in 1851. He realised from his professional practice from £2OO t £3OO a year, and in addition his father allowed him £3OO per annum, making his total income about £6OO. He resided for some years at Bayswater, and latterly at Richmond, in Surrey, having chambers in Old-square, Lincoln's•ion. When so situated, he contracted debts to the amount of nearly £17,000 to parties in England, and chiefly in London, and finding it inconvenient to meet their dema❑ds, he absented himself from this country, and went to the Continent in the month of August, 1857, where be remained till June, 1858, his creditors, in the meanwhile, knowing nothing of his movements. From the Continent he proceeded to Tober mory, in the Island of Mull, one of the Western Islands of Scotland, distant about 500 miles from London, and, owing to its situation, not readily accessible from the mainland. A week, at least, is occupied in the finest season in transmitting a letter to London and receiving a reply, such being the direct course of post. Having resided in this sequestered spot for 40 days, the period required to constitute a domicile, Mr. Gill made application to the Court of Session for sequestration of his estates. The application was granted on the 3d August current. The meeting of creditors to elect a trustee was appointed to be held at Tobermory on the 10th of the same month. Notice of the proceedings was published in the _Edinburgh Gazette on the evening of the day the sequestration was awarded, but it could not appear in the London Gazette sooner than the 6th, nor be read by parties interested till the 7th (being a Satur day), or the 9th, being Monday ; so assuming that the bankrupt's creditors in England arc in the regular practice of reading the official Gazette, it was next to impossible for them to prepare their affidavits, and forward them and their pounds of debt to the distant Highlands, in time to be produced at the meeting for choosing a trustee on the 10th. This arrangement suited Mr. Gill's views to a nicety. The meeting of the 10th was attended by a pro sessional gentleman from Edinburgh, who now acts as the bankrupt's agent, and this agent having produced two claims, with mandates in his favour, was elected president of the meeting. The meeting then made choice of a trustee— Mr. Donald Fraser, merchant, Isle Ornsay, in the Isle of Skye, another of the Scottish isles between 50 and 100 miles to the northward of Mull. The meeting at the same time granted the bankrupt a personal protection against arrest or imprisonment fur civil debt for 12 months. Despatch being desirable, the trustee applied to the sheriff to appoint a day for the public examinatiou of the bankrupt. Wednesday, 18th, at Tobermory, was named for the purpose, of which notice was published in the Edinburgh Gazette of Friday, the 13th. This publication could not have been seen in Los don till Saturday, the 14th, and in other parts of England till a later day. Notice not being required to be given in the London-Gazette, it is believed that feat, if any, of the creditors in England saw the intimation, seeing the Edin burgh Gazette obtains little circulation in that country except among official persons. One or two of the bankrupt's creditots being more alert than the others, howevea, became aware of the proceedings, and at great expense employed agents specially to proceed to Tobermory to interrogate the bankruL t. Accordingly at the diet, which was presided over by Mr. Sheriff Robertson, there appeared Mr. David Crawford, S.S.C., agent fur the trustee; Mr. Robert Crawford, S.S.C., his brother, agent for the bankrupt; Thos. Landale, S.S.C., and Mr. Sproat and Mr. M'Callum, writers, Tobermory, as agentsrespectively for creditors. The bankrupt depoued as follows :—I am a barrister-at-laW. I was called to the bar in 18:51. I have not practised for the last twelve months. The average amount of my professional income during the same period was about 8001. a year. I had no private estate or income, except an annual allowance from ley father, which varied, and never exceeded £3OO a year. About six years ago, finding that toy expenditure exceeded my in come, I commenced speculating in the funds and shares in public companies, with the view of increasing my income. In August last year I went abroad during the long vacation, and in my absence an execution was put in force by one of my creditors, Messrs. Masterinan, bankers, London, and my books and papers were then carried off. I cannot give a detailed account of the result. of my speculations, which ex tend over a period of five years, but I may state that in cue year subsequent to 18.53 my father paid debts I had incurred to one broker for losses the sum of £1,000.; another year he paid to another broker for losses sustained by me upwards of £BOO. So late as July last year my father paid £5OO on my account to another broker. These sums do nut include the whole amount of toy losses on these speculations. I only applisd to my father for assistance when I could not in any other way raise funds to meet the demands arising from the losses I had sustniued. I consider £B,OOO to be about the sum I owe to my father, upon making up a rough sketch of his advances to me. I finterest be calculated it may be more. This does not include the allowance made to me by toy father. I promoted different public companies. I was a director in the Brighton Hotel Company, and lost about £2OO by it. I also was chairman cf the Garnet and Mousely American Gold Mining Company, and held about 1,000 shares. They cost me about 17s. fit. These shares were in the hands of my broker, Mr. Bourdillion, who absconded from London when I was absent last year. In this way I du not know how much my losses in the mining company may have been, not being able to get information from Mr. Bourdillion, and my own accounts or books having been lost as already stated. It was in consequence of the absconding of Mr. Bourdillion:, who discounted a bill of mine at Mastermau's, that that firm put an execution in my house. Interroaated by Mr. Landale, for a creditor—The amount of debts due by me, as shown in the state of my affairs, is £16,750 18s., and the assets £662 ss. I am a native of Eng land. My father is Thomas Gill, a merchant in Plymouth. He was at one time member of Parinnuent for Plymouth. I know very little of my father's affairs, but I believe be ma nages a large company at Plemouth. This company is called :lie soy Soap, Soda, asi! Cempiny. T believe lie has a landed estate porches et al.d I du le , t ku,w whether or not it is entailed. 1 am not hie eldest son; there is one older than me. I ant not aware that I have any right to succeed to any property whatever at my father's death. When I list commenced practising in London I had a house at Bayswater. On the lease of my house at Bayswater expiring, I removed to Richmond, in Surrey, in May, 1857. I am a widower. I have six children. My wife died in November, 1857. I came to To bermory in the begirmieg of June. I tiliek the 11th. My object is coming to Tobermory was to go through the Court of Bankruptcy, as being much cheaper ?Nan in Egghead. I came to Scotlatiti for this purpose, partly by the advice of toy friends, and partly because I knew myself it would be cheaper. I state the matter thus—my friends advised me to go through the Court of Bankruptcy, and I close to do so in Scotismd myself as being cheaper. I have only one Scotch creditor. His name is James Usher Dunlop, of Leith. The amount of his debt is £65 sterling. His name is in the state of my afi'airs, but not as a creditor. The reason why lie is no: sated as a creditor in the state of my affairs is, that he bolds security for the debt, namely, the pictures mentioned in the state, anti which I value at voa sterling. It was not for the interest of a creditor that I came to Scotland to go through the courts here. 1 receive letters here on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Ido not know the course of the pest between Tobermory and London. I do not know the distance between Mull and the mainland. I am not acquainted with the trustee appointed by my cre ditors; I have never seen him. 1 had a marriage settle ment. It is in the hands of the marriage trustees, who are Robert Charles, merchant, London, and the Rev. John Williams, Wigington Rectory, near Banbury, London. My wife's name was Fellowes, daughter of Sir Thos. Fellowes, Admiral in the Navy. I have some policies of insurance on may life—one of £5,000 in the Londen Equitable Insurance Company, secured to toy children by niarriege settlement. There is also one on my life for £l,OOO, and another for £5OO, but I have not kept them up or paid the premium for two years. The Caledonian has the £5OO, bat for the present I forget the name of the other. Both are in the hands of creditors in secutity for deb'. Tee one for £5OO is in the hands of Cook, money-lender, Warwick street, Regent-street, London, and the o ther in the hands of David Paterson, cf her Majesty's Pay .the Office,a creditor for £1,300. lam qui te sure I have not raid is a lest premium due on either ' f itohi li watt,aoicaieb.ut I rather s tae p )licy regular assignment of the policy think there is none to Coo k, and that of £250 for which ha merely as collateral security fors ..eb is in the hands of toy bolts toy bill. The policy for £5.000 marriage se,tlement trustees. havel lately executedan to me marriage settlement trus teesassignment of this policy ,a my marriag settlement in fulfilment of a covenant d entered into 12 years ago. I execute t its e assinment • sires. I came to reside in Tobermory, end previous to the date of my application for sequestration. It was a short time before the 3d August. The deficiency, as shown in the state of my affairs, of £16,037, 15s. arises from losses on speculations and excess of expendinire over income in my housekeephig during 12 years. I consider that of the £16,000, £13,000 arose train losses ou speculations. I think m e papers, if found, would fully account for £lO,OOO tot Nll,OOO of losses speculating during the last five or six yew s. T remember incidentally a loss of £2,000 in one veer an Riga and Dunaberg Railway shares. I dealt with Ritchios and Harrison, Frederick Torrens, Sir John East hope, and others, all whose accounts were among ray papers when removed. These gentlemen are all sharebrokers resi dent in London. The rest of my debts I account for by excess of expenditure over income for the maintenance of my family. I consider Mr. Bourdillion in my debt to the ex tent of £l,OOO. I look upon this debt as bad in consequence of the debtor's flight to Mexico. I had no carriage or man servant when I lived at 13ayswater. The piea uri s in the hands of Mr. Dunlop, Leith, were deposited in June Ist, and are two in number, and were given in security of an advance. These pictures were sent by Mr. 11. H. Hate', a solicitor, in Bedford-row, London, to Mr. Dunlop in June last, at my tequest. I have no receipt from Mr. Dunlop for them. I bad 1,000 shares in the Castletawn Copper Mining Company, which I bought at Li a share. Some of these were in the hands of Mr. BoureiilliOn before he ab sconded, and 400 or 500 are in the heeds of the Rev. John Williams, in security cf an advance of £4OO made by him in 1857. I got £350 fow James Charles, riishopsgate• street, London, in cash, less di-coant at £5 per cent., upon a bill of £3OO which he holds of mine. The further examination was continued till M ()any, the 23d entreat. The adjourned examination of William Gill took place at Tobermory on Monday, before Sheriff Robertson. He de paned—The rent of my house at Richmond was £136 a-year, I paid £159 12s. 6d., or thereby, of yearly premiums en dif ferent policies on my life. I took the house at Richmond in May or June, 1857, and went abroad in Angust, leaving my wife and family in that house. I was not in difficulties when I went abroad. All the debts I have gi% en up were incurred previous to my going abroad ; but only a few of them—l would say only Masterman's—had fallen due then, exclusive of my father's. When I welt abroad, I took £5O with me, my intention being to remain six weeks. Having remained longer, I drew on my bankers, Glyn and Co. I was not present when the house was given up, or at my wife's fu neral, being in prison on the Continent at the time in conse quence of having become cautioner in a bond for £3OO, and the principal avoided his bond and left me to pay it. I was on my road home to be present at the opening of the courts when I was apprehended. After I had been some time in prison (my wife having died when I was there) my father sent me enough money to release me—that is, he paid the hoed. Tne facts of this transaefon are these :-1 met Mr. Brewnlow North ate oad. He had his family with him, and told me that he had no money, and that unless I lent him he would be taken up. I went security for him, and on his leaving without paying his debts I was called on to do so. I granted his creditors cheques on Glyn and Co., but in con sequence of Bourdillion's having absconded, a bill of £750, which he had given toe, and which I bad cashed at Glyn and Co.'s, was not taken up when it fell due, and my acceant with Glyn and Co. was closed, and my cheques returned di-honoured. I was taken up in consequence, and impri so; ed until my father sent me money, which he would do only on receiving North's securities to me. I believe North is now in the Queen's Bench Prison at my father's suit, for this debt. Tne cheques I granted on Noah's account amount to £320, for which he gave me a bill. This bill I sent toy father, and lie sent me £320 against it. This enabled me to get out of prison. The £92 ss. in the assets against North is exclusive of the bill for £320 ; hat he dis putes this, and being bankrupt I do not think this is a good asset. Bet xeen Aug. 1 and the end of November I must have drawn £BOO out of my account at Glyn's. On recon sideration, I lost nothing by the Brighton Hotel Company. I am indebted to the company the £l5O set down in the st ate of my affairs. Besides the companies mentioned in my examination on the 18th, I . took much interest in a Sub marine Telegraph Company to America and India. I was under a contract to bring out the company before May 1, 1858. My absence on the Continent and the disorder of my ell'airs prevented my fulfilling the contract. If I had ful filled it I should have realised £lO,OOO. Tne contract has now expired by fiuction of time. It is in the hands of Burcham, Dalrymple, and Drake, solicitors, Parliament street, Westminster. I spent a great deal of money in attempting to get up this company. This company had no connexion with any other company. My debt to Mr. Dunlop, Leith, has been contracted since I came to Scotland. Of the £65 due by me to Mr. Dunlop, as men tioned in my former examination, I have received £3O since the date of my sequestration. This sum was partly applied to pay the expenses of the sequestration, through my agent, Mr. Robert Crawford. I have already paid Mr. Crawford £25, and lam under promise to pay £2O more. lam a member of the Society of the Inner Temple. My chambers were No. 8, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. I have lost no money by cards or bets since I was called is the bar. I do not know the distance between Tobermory and London. I do not know the distance between this and Isle Ornsay, or the distance between Isle Ornsay and London. I do not know how many steamers pass to Skye weekly. It is itnpssslble for me to say what I may have invested in pictures from first to last. think those I have now cost me about £4OO. The trustee has appointed the next meeting of creditors to be held at Isle Ornsay, on the 26th August, a distance of about 600 miles from Land. n, and which cannot be reached with ordinary expedition in less than four days, and even this is dependent on the state of the weather. At this meet ing the bankrupt may offer a composition to his creditors, and ultimately a discharge may be procured. In the mean dine, the bankrupt has procured a personal protection, en abling him to return to the south. On the same day as Mr. Gill, Mr. Capel Augustus Curwood, formerly solicitor, No. 43, Jertnyn-street, St. James's, London, appeared before the sheriff, at Tobertnory, and, having answered a few fors Taal questions put to him by the agent, he took the statu tory oath, which closes the examination. The next meeting of this person's creditors is likewise to be held in the Island of Skye, on the 26th inst., in a village called Bradford.— Scotsman. COUNTRY MARKETS. MR lIINGHAM CORN—Aua. 26. At our corn exchange this morning there was a fair supply of wheat. There was no activity in the trade, and prices remained about the same as last week. Barley a slow sale, and unaltered in price. Oats nearly maintained their value. Beans again dearer. Peas as before. MANCHESTER CORN-AUG. 26. At, our exchange, there was but a moderate attendance of dealers, and the supply of wheat was good, both of En , ;lish and foreign, and in fc'r request at this day se'naight's extreme prices. Flour likewise supported the rates of last week, but a limited sale. Other articles call for no particu!ar observation, prices being firm, with a consumptive demand. BOSTON CORN-Am 24. ! IThe attendance of dealers was somewhat small, and although the show of samples of wheat, chiefly now, was rather meagre, it was equal to the demand. Oats held firm, at previous rates. All other artic:es as before. Prices—White wheat, 43s to 47s ; extra, 48s; red wheat, 4 is to 475; old, 38s to 45 ; barley, —s Od ; beans, 44s to 50s ; oats, 2is to 30s ; peas, 40s to 465. EDINBURGII GRNIN-AuG. 25. A. fair supply of grain to-lay. Sales rather heavy, and prices much the same as last a eck. --- • -- AVERAGES. Wheat E 4 3 11 0 -12ths 1 B,rley. £l 10 3 5-12ths Ditto new 2 1 5 S-12ths 1 Beaus 2 9 6 0-12ths Oats 1 7 7 2.l2ths I _ DERBY SMITHFIELD-ArG. 2i. Our market was peorliaupplied with fat stock to-day, principallf from our own county gaiters, Liverpool, and other markets. Tile demand was good, and a clearance easily effected. Sheep and lambs in large numbers, with but few buyers at the price asked and some few lots left unsold. Fat calves were more plentiful There was a good show of fat pigs, which, were readily dis posed of, without alteration in price. Beef, per lb 6cl to 61r1 I Mutton, per lb 6d to qd Lamb lid to ad I Pork 4ld to 5d Veal d to —d I Rough fat, per stone le 6cl LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LlvElll , oot, Aug. 26.—The market was flat to-day, but advanced during the day, closing firm, especially for Midlands and Grand Trunks. Birkenheads, 671 B—Blackburns, 111 I—Borwieks, 93 Eastern Counties, 121 I—East Lancashire, 93 I—Great We-tern, 50, I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911 ex div.—London and North Western, 93 I—Sheffield, 3i I—Midland, 97 I—Caledonians, 2/ 31 —Dovers 21 9- 6 I—Dutch Rhenish, 4 31 dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 I—Great Western of Canada, in :—Leeds Norther% 4516—North British, 53 41—Chester and Holyhead. 351 36/ — York and North Midland, 721 31. MANCHESTER, Aur. 26.—There was more demand, and a good general business was don'. at full prices. Grand Trunks were ex tensively dealt in, and closed at 9 9-16. Midlands, 97—Leeds. 91— Sheildelds, 3l—Dovers, 21 9-iG—Canadas, 171—Blackburn Pref., 271 —Chester Guaranteed, 19. BiamiNonnm, Au:. 25.—There was a brisk business done in this market to-day, at rather lower prices. South Staffords were done at 101 —Birmingham and Stour Valley, 8 B ; —Great Westerns, 501 —Midlands, 661 68—Birmingham and Derby, 68—Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 73. LADVERTISEMENT.I—SIGHT AND HEARING.--SPEC TACLES.— POWERFUL TELESCOPES— OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—S, and B. Solomons, op,i cians, 39, Albeinarle-street, Piccadilly. Observeopposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most p exerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, aud Perspective GlasFes, to kion' the distancts. 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Toe great advautage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to em ploy their sight at the most minute eFeupation—can see with hose lenses of a much less magnifying power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age- Deafuess.—New Discovery.—Tne Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can he pro (Neel. I3einz of ihe same colour as the skin, is not percep tilde. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is euirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly—Opposite the Ysek Hotel, W. BIRTIIS AIDITINGTON.—On the 25th inst.. at Langford Vicarage, Bedfordshire, the wife of the Itev. Henry Addington, of a son. Eincit.—On the 23d inst., at Wretham Hall, the wife of Laurence Birch, Esq., of a daughter. Biss.—On the 24th inst., at 15, Alexander-street, Westbourne-park, the wife of William 11. Esq., of a daughter. STEWART.—On the 22d inst., at Langhouse, Rentrewshire, the wife of James Stewart, Esq., of a daughter. WitATmA.N.—On the 24th inst., at Vinter's, the wife of J. Whatman, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. MARRIIGES. CAMPRELL—BUCKLEY.—On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Moorfleles , by the Ikv. Dlnicl Gilbert, Capt. John Campbell, to Eliza, relict of the late Mr. Richard Buckley, of Middleton, co. Cork. CLARK—DRowN.—On the 21st inst., at St. Philip's Church, Dalston, by the Rev. W. Beck, William Henry, youngest eon of the late J. Clark, of Dalston, formerly Lieutenant in the 4th (or King's own) Regiment, to Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr, George Drown, of Dalston. TREVENEN—GRYLLS.—On the 24th inst., at Witicot Church, Thith,bY the Rev. Cherles Noel Mann, rector of Mawgan and St. Martin, Cornwall, William Trevenen, Esq., to Harriet Millett, youngest &tighter of the late Ilumphryllett Grylls, Esq., of Bosahan, in the county of Coruwail. DEITIIS. ASH WFLL.—On the 23d test., at the house of her brother-in-laW, 5 Upper Witnpole-street, CAvendish-squara, Dora Ellen, third daughter of the late Samuel Ashwell, Esq., 31. D., of Brook-street , Grosvenor-square, aged twenty-three. BAtila.—On the 21th inst., at the house of bis father, Frederick :Arcot, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Francis Edward Bathe, aged twenty-five. MEREDYTII.—On the 4th inst., suddenly, Major Charles Burton Meredyth, aged seventy-eight. - - the 23d inst., at Shore-place. South Hackney, Anna; Atigiqa, relict of the late Mr. Henry Miller, of the Bank O Engiwid, aged eighty-five. WAriinAar.--Off the 22,1 inst., at. East Hendred, Berks, the Rev. C, Waphare, P...etor of East liendred, and of Sproatley, Yorkshire , a;cd eightytwo. WARD.—On the 23d inst., fit 18, Randolph road, Maida-hill, Douglas, second son of Newman Ward, Esq., aged nine. the 21th inst.. at her re:.idenee, Upper Erunswia place, Be;ghton, Frances Diana, widow of John Weston, Lower Thames-street, aged seventy-three. WityrE.—On the 21, t inst., Martha, wire of Capt. John White, Beau mont-Arcot, Mile-eud-road, formerly of Burr-street, Aldgate,ag64 forty-nine. 7=7 LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, August 27,1858. 111 C