The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-14 00:00:00

BRITISH _COLUMBIA. -THE GOLD DIGGINGS. (From the American Papers.) iIOW TO GET TO FRASER RITER. SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, July 14. The recent gold discoveries at Fraser River have awakened quite a lively interest in this community, as we believe the most feasible !route to be through Saint Paul for that region of country, as another season will make evident. That part of British America lying north of late this,da and extending to the Pacific, has, unti l within a te, been a terra incognita to most inte lli g ent people, owing to the care which the Hudson's Bay Company has exer cised in suppressing all in formation of the richness, fertility, and exuberance of the soil, and salubrity of the climate of a large territory over which their chartered rights have extended. From the little knowledge gained of that tract the desire to know more of it has been quick ened, and has thus far resulted in the organisation of two exploring expeditions by the British Government, one of which will proceed from the east and the other from the west. The excitement occasioned by the discovery of the rich auriferous valley of the Fraser River in British Oregon will very much hasten the development of the vast re sources of the most favoured route to the Pacific coast for either rail or waggon road. With a desire to give to the public the nest reliable in formation in regard to the country over which emigrant trains from this point to the gold-bearing portiens of Oregon will have to pass, several meetings have been held is this city, and reports made, which give to any one wish ing information all the knowledge they can desire. Prom these reports we learn that the distance from Saint Paul to the Gold Mines on Fraser River is as follows : St. Paul to Pembina Pembina to Carlton House Carlton House to Edmonton 4OO miles. Edmonton to Fraser River (a branch of Fraser) 2OO Total 1,650 miles. It is estimated that in ♦iew of the facilities afforded by the face of the country, and the continuous line of Hudson's Bay Company's posts, that this journey can be accom plished in 70 days, at an expense to a company of 10 per sons of $lBO each. There are many reasons why the above-mentioned route Is the best from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pncific. One is, it has more water, timber, and game than those which start from the Missouri. Another is, there is no danger of molestation from Indians on this northern route. Another and very important one is, that the ridge of the Rocky Mountains, which, west of Missouri, hunches up like a camel's back, gradually flattens out; so the transit on the northern route is comparatively easy. _ _ _ The fact must be kept id mind, also, which is verified by " Blodget's Climatology," that there is a rapid Increase of heat in going westward from Minnesota on a line of latitude, and this, even where the elevation increases, so that the climate of St. Paul is carried far north into the Valley of the Saskatchewan, to the Rocky Mountains, beyond which we find a climate very similar to that of England, mild and humid. The; region of country through whieh this route to the Pacific passes, besides being well watered, well timbered, aid abounding in game, as well as being the most easy of creasing the mountains, is also the healthiest of any which has yet been traversed. In the report made by Governor Stephens, to the War Department, of the route to be surveyed for a railroad to the Pacific, taking this point as our terminus, is the report of the surgeon of the expedition, in which he says the climate on the line of their surveys is so highly salubrious that the average amount of sickness, with all the exposures incident to a constant march, was far less than when the troops are in garrison. Such, in tenor, is also the report of the explorers, surveyors, and voyageurs on the northern route. It would not be at all surprising should the Fraser River gold tract, which Governor Stephens states extends into our possessions as far down as Southern Oregon, be found the richest on the continent. The discoveries and yield thus far warrant such a belief. Then, there must of necessity be some more direct communication with the Pacific than we now have with California, and, as an enthusio‘tic railroad projector once said of another route, " The finger or the Almighty has indicated the route " by way of St. Paul, the valleys of the Red and Saskatchewan Rivers, over the great depression of the Rocky Mountains, in about the s'2d deg. of north latitude, is the most feasible, and in all respects desirable, to the auriferous regions of the Pacific. WHERE IS FRASER'S RIVER ? The recent discoveries of gold on Fraser's River will lead many to examine their maps in vain for the purpose of finding the precise locality of this important stream. Fraser's River empties into the Gulf of Georgia, a branch of Puget's Sound, a few miles north of the 4 1 0th which is the boundary between our territory and the British possessions. Its head-waters interlock with those of the Columbia and the Athabasca. For the first half of its course it runs in a southerly direction, when it turns westward. At the distance of 160 miles from its mouth it is joined by Thompson's River, a considerable stream firming from the eastward. The Cascade range of mruntains, which may he regarded as a continuation of the Sierra Nevada, ceases here, at the junction of the two rivers, and in the imme diate vicinity, like the diggings which are causing so much excitement on the Pacific coast. They have been worked more or less since last summer, but their real importance was net ascertained until lately. Fart Langley, the lowest post of the Hudson's Bay Corn pany on Fraser's River, is situated on the left bank, about 9.5 miles from its mouth. Thus far the stream is navigable for vessels of considerable burden. The next past is Fort Mope, at the mouth of Oue-que-alla River, GP miles above Fort Langley. To the "Falls" is 12 miles farther, and thence to Thompson's River Forks is 55 miles. Thus the whole distance from the mouth of Fraser's River to the gold diggings at Thompsoa's River is 160 miles, or thereabouts. Above Fort Langley the river is practicable for bateau of three tons burden—% slow and tedious navigation—but after passing tho " Falls" canoes only can be used. But the journey must really be made on foot from the Falls, and is excedingly laborious and rugged. There are no horses or mules to be procured in all that region. It is by the route above indicated that most of the gold seekers will find their way to the new placers. There is, however, another route, rid the Columbia River and the Dalles ; but the distance is four or five hundred miles. The latitude of the Thompson's River Forks is about 50.30 or nearly 300 miles further north than Quebec. But it must be remembered that the climate on the Pacific coast is mild in comparison with that ofsimilar latitudes east of the Rocky Mountains. O❑ the banks of the Fraser River, in the Hudsonißay country, gold has been found in the greatest quantities. Though we are informed the auriferous fields extend to the American side, it is certain the best lie on English soils. The region extends from the vicinity of Fort Colville, in Wash ington Territory, where successful mining operations have been carried ou for years, in a north-vNesterly direction to Fort Thompson, in the British possessions, and is prin cipally east of the Cascade range of mountains, and between Fraser River and the western base of the Rocky Mountains. The diggings are located between 48 aad 51 degrees north, and 117 and 127 degrees west longitude, covering a space about 140 miles square. Several steamships, laden with miners and others, have left the American cities for the gold fields. It seems that the Hudson's Bay Company, whose lease does not expire until May, 1859, impose a tax of a dollar a month on every American for the privilege of digging for the precious metal. Of course the Americans grumble loudly at the imposition, and not a few anathemas are occasionally hurled at the heads of the administration who, under the Ashburton treaty, surrendered the territory on which those gold fields are si tuated to Great Britain. The New York Times mournfully remarks that if " 54-40" had been Insisted upon, the whole of tbls auriferous region would have belonged to the United States. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING REGION. A work of Mr. John Dunn, on the Oregon Territory, published in London in 1844, furnishes us with a descrip tion of the country lying along both sides of Fraser's River, which cannot fail to prove interesting. He says :—" The ountry along its lower section is hilly, and covered with forts of white pine, cedar, and other evergreen trees, and he soil Is generally well fitted for pasturage, and, in many laces, for tillage. But along the other and more northern sections the country is more ungenial and unproductive — being cut na by mountains, ravines, torrents, hte lake?, and marshes. Yet it is well wooded, yielding all varieties of t r ees growing in that region —fir, spruce, pine, low, cedar, cypres s, bi rch and elder. " But in all poplar, probability ity l wil low, the most Important infor mation at this time which M r. Dunn nro i s bes relates to the cl imat e . On this sub j ect he re marks :—" The climate is very variable, and the transitions are, though periodically regular, remarkably sudden, if not violent. Durine• the spring., which lasts from April till June, the weather and face of the country are delightful. lon June there are almost incessant rains, drifted furiously alg by a strong south wind. In July and August the heat is intense, and the ground, previously saturated with mois ture, produces myriads of annoying flies and insects. This heat and glaring sunshine are succeeded in September by fogs of such palpable darkness that until noon it is seldom possible to distinguish objects at a longer distance than 100 yards. In November the winter sets in speedily, freezing thteeln as might smaller rivers. The col 4, hosvever, is n ot so in might be imagined in s uc h a coun try and climate." Next to the ex t en t and richness of the new gold mines, the most important inquiry is as to the character of the climate. t must be confessed that Mr. Dunn does not draw a very flat tering picture of the country in that f respect, and his long re sidence there Is a guarantee the correctness of his statements. It is the concurrent opinion of all who have wr i t ten from the new mines recently that mining Hon; will have to be s u s p ended for a m onth orso,in oconse quence of the rising of Fraser's River. The incessant rains, which, according to Mr . Dunn, occur in the month of J une , will cause the river to rise much higher than it was et last THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1858. dates. Intense heat will follow in July and August—dense fogs in September, and in November winter sets in, and cont i nu es until the beginn in g of April. How many months out of the 12 raining operations can be carried on in such a climate time alone can develop. In this particular the n ew El Dorado can ever equal California. Here the miner, if he has water, ca n n work to advantage for very nearly 11 months out of the 12 ; but if he should have 130 or 140 working days, in the British possessions, out of the whole year, it is probable that he will have reason to be thankful. season will have brought an aggregate tof 5100,000 in money, and an equal amount in furs, to the trade of this city; and this, sir, it is easy to foresee, is but the germ of a trade which at no distant day will give to the waters of the northern Mississippi the commercial position now en joyed by those of Lake Michigan. Mr. JAMES W. TAYLOR. next addressed the meeting. He first, in reply to a question from Governor Ramsey, al luded to the geological indications of British Oregon. Ex cept on Vancouvers Island, and the opposite shore of Pu get's Sound, there had been observed to be an absence of the silurian and other limestone formations, which either underlie or are associated with coal fields. The Rocky Mountains, the most easterly of the Pacific ranges, have been called Stoney or Histening Mountains, because abounding i n siliceous rocks. These conditions are favourable to gold discovery, and exist in British Oregon as fully as in Australia, California, or Siberia. As to the surface minings, the Fraser and Thomson river districts had one great advan tage. Its northern situation secured to the country fre quent and copious rains. The rivers are numerous and full of rapids ; hence the disintegration of the gold bear ing quartz by the action of the rains and frosts, and the dispersion of the gold along the beds of the streams may be expected in a greater degree than in California, where much less rain falls, and where work is often suspended in consequence. Perhaps this is a cause why the mines of Australia are falling off in productiveness. The speaker regarded this fall of water through North- Western America as not only valuable for mining, but as affording a great resource for agriculture and stock raising in the valleys of the Columbia and tribu taries, Fraser and Thompson rivers, and Vancouver's Island. The rainless district of the continent was far to the south; but the immense region north of the southern boundary of Minnesota extending to the Pacific was favoured in that re spect, and agriculture was not limited by the necessity of irrigation. A glance at the map would show the immense river system thus comprised. The basins of the Columbia, the Upper Missouri, the Yellow Stone, the James, the Sioux, the Minnesota, the Red River of the North, the Upper Mississippi, the St, Louis and the St. Croix, are evidently adequate for the organisation of ten first class ,States of the American Union ; while north of the lute Notional line similar river systems, to wit, the basins of the Fraeee god Thompson Rivers, the Upper Columbia, the Athabasca, the Saskatchewan, the Assiniboin and the Red Itiver of the North (the last named divided with Minnesota), are now well understood to be no less adapted to settlements. The present discussion, as had been previously ohseeved, was no le s s a question than the dedication to Anglo-Saxon civilisation of 1,000 COO square miles of the globe ; an area as large and almost identical in physical respects, with the Continent of F s urope. Upon the practical question of an overland journey to British Oregon, a pee, rence has been generally expressed, during the discussion, for the more northern route by Pem bina, Cae:ton, the north branch of the Saskatchewan and the Athabasca Portage to the boat encampment me the Upper Columbia. The advantages of this route consist of the succes sion of grass, water, timber, and game as detailed in Sir George Simpson's narrative—the irequ3nt posts of the Hudson's Bay Company, the security from Indian attacks, and the important fact that the point of egress from the Rocky Mountains, namely, the boat encampment, is imme diately adjacent to the gold district. Still a route from Pembina, far more to the south, has every advantage ofed the route above named, except that a party might be annoy by Blackfeet Indians; and there are no trading posts as a resource against unforeseen accidents, Mr. James. Bird, for 35 years in the employment of the Hudson's occ Baa y Company and the American Fur Company, and sionally acting as interpreter to negotiations with the Blackfeet Indians, has often traversed the plains and mountains between Salt Lake City and Athaba ca, and describes the Kootonais paesi v ery near the ifl ternational line as mare favourable t han any other. A route thither would start from Pembina, pass to the right of Turree mountain, perhaps forty-five miles north of it, and the same distance beyo nd the boundary, cross the valley of Mouse or Saurie river , a nd thence north of west, and about midway from the bou ndar y to the South Saskatchewan, by Cypress mountain to the head waters of Mo-ko-ne or Belly river, which is the most southerly of the bead-waters of the Bow or South Saskatchewan. The whole route is very favourable, consisting of an extensive prairie or buffalo range, and easily travelled by carts. The pass thus reached, known as the Kootanais pass, rises gradually, and is only three days' walk—one day on herseack —to the borders of the Koo toners, McGilvery Flatbow river. Over this pass the Kootonais or Flatbow Indians are accustomed to descend into the plains of the Saskatchewan for their sum mer hunts of the buffalo. Beyond the pass, the route to Fort Colville, as pursued by Simpson, is circuitous and difficult, so much as to add 500 miles before reaching the gold district. If a more direct connection should be discovered, this routs' may he found more advantageous than any other. It is preferable to the line of Stevens' railroad survey. In regard to the route of Gov. Stevens, and the district through which it passes, Mr. T. was in clined to believe, notwithstanding the strictures of Mr. M'Leod, that the country within reach of the line was capable of sustaining ten flourishing communities. No one supposed that the vicinity of the line was equal to the fertile districts of Illinois or Minnesota. All that was ne cessary to establish in the coming struggle in Congress upon the Pacific Railroad question was that the northern route, from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, has linmea surably the advantage over any similar proposition which has been urged at IN aehington. For one, the speaker be lieved that the more desirable route to the Pacific would he found in the possession of Great Britain, and that a great inter-oceanic cotnmunication was more likely to be con structed through the Saskatchewan basin than over what may be not improperly celled the American desert—the cretaceous and comparatively rainless acres of southern lati tudes within the territory of the United Str.tes. This Fraser river discovery may operate to the discomfiture of politicians. While Congress has appropriated 5600,000 per annum to forward a route near latitude 32 deg., and even in the pre sent depleted state of the Treasury can spend 5150,000 f a waggon road near the latitude of Santa Fe, a miserable sectionalism ignores the claims of nine degrees of latitude south of the British boundary. The controversy has dege nerated to a centralisation on one route, with no prospect that it will be for the common welfare. To. folowing resolutions were then unanimously adopted : —" That the citizens of Minnesota, it, common ill, the States cf the North-west, are deeply interested in a connection between the northern lakes and the Pacific Ocean, and if sActional counsels shall prevail at Washington, excluding the great national highway be tween Lake Superior and Puget Sound from its equal and just recognition by Congress, then we congratulate the citizens of the Lake Mates, that by co-operaron with our Canadian brethren an international route through the valleys of the Red river of the north, the Saskatchewan and the Columbia is not only practicable, but will develope the most valuable portions of the North American continent into powerful and populous states. " That the great physical fact will vindicate itself, namely, that the commerce and power of the globe lies north of the 40th degree of north latitude, and that four-fifths of Europe, with a corresponding area of the Pacific coast of North America, isnorth of the centre of Minnesota. "That the discovery of gold fields on Fraser River, and the probable removal from the S.skatchewan district, British Oregon ' and Vancouver's Island, of dominion by the Hudson's Bay Company, opening those immense and fer tile territories to settlement, are considerations which im peratively demand a far different policy by the Government of the United States than has hitherto prevailed. " That we ask nothing more for the northern route of a Pacific railroad than we would grant in aid of a central or southern route • but anything less will be a gross injustice, against which the people of Minnesota have a right to pro test. "That our senators and representatives be requested to o g s i t .e p a o t n L en a a k e e n t ro o u f te P t a a. ci a l i t ° e r a a s i t l w u a n y ti l b c u e n n i s e u s s s t vills, i o le t y e a ft r , e r t t o b e the p of 1860 gives the north-west her full voice in the councils of the Union." The ineetinc , then adjourned to Saturday, in the hall of the House of Repieset.tatives. FRASER RIVER GOLD MINES. ADJOURNED MEETING OF CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA. —OVERLAND ROUTE TO BRITISH OREGON. (From the St. Paul Times.) A large assembly convened, as above, at four o'clock, p.m. Long before the organisation of the meeting groups were engaged in the examination of maps which were sus pended upon the walls for the sake of geographical illustra tion. One wag a large map, published from the Land Office of Canada, upon which both the northern and southern Saskatchewan routes were delineated. Elsewhere, Colton's map of the United States was suspended, with a scheme of ten States between Minnesota a nd the Pacific, marked with colours, and even described by names, and which was a part of a plan for t h e subdivision of all the present territory of the union into new States. A map of the globe bad a broad red line drawn across its face on the latitude of 431 degrees north, with a view of ex hibiti n g what a large portion of the Pacific coast and of Europe was north of the southern boundary of Minnesota. The chair was occupied by Col. We. H. Noble. Mr. J. A. Wheelock, acted as secretary. The committee appointed at a previous meeting, having under consideration the commercial relations of Minnesota with the Red River settlements, and the bearings of the system of trading pests on the question of routes, asked for more time for the collection of data on the commercial sub jects involved—which was granted; and at the request of the chairman, Hon. Martin McLeod, Gov. Ramsey was ap pointed chairman. In relation to the feasibility of the various proposed routes Mr. M`LEort submitted the following informal report : " It will be recollected that at the meeting held at the Fuller House, on the 7th instant, a resolution was passed in reference to the choice of three routes for the emigrant road from St. Paul to the Fraser River gold mines in British Oregon. ' First, by Pembina, Red River settlement and the north branch of the Saskatchewan. Second, by the z3outli Saskatchewan and the Kootanais Pass. Third, by Go nor Stephens' railroad route on the American side of the internatielnal boundary.' For the practical information of those desirous of undertaking the journey, I have hastily prepared some brief notes gathered from the journals of voyaging and scientific parties of exploration, by various i ro utes, through that region. For a small party I of ten or twelve persons hastily gotten up, the Stephens' route appears to be the least favourable of the three routes, not only as to distance, but also as to the features of the country, character and number of the Indian tribes through which they would unavoidably have to pass. The distance from St. Paul to Vancouver on the Columbia is 1,864 miles to Settle, a port on the east side of Puget Sound; by the Columbia route, 2,024 miles, 1,152 miles of which is through an u ncultivatable region, afford iog but little game at uncertain seasons, and at a late sea son not a sufficiency of grass for animals. We will then dispose of this route, with the remark that however prac ticable or desirable it may be—as being all leaving St.Pau later than the 15th of May, it cannot be recommended fur a small party starting from here at a late season. We have then the choice of the two routes by the Sas katchewan, and to give something like a correct idea of teat region, and the features of the routes usually travelled by the voyageurs of the Hudson's Bay Company, I will quote from the journal of our expedition from the Columbia, up that river by its north branch, thence to the tributaries of the Saskatchewan, and down that stream and the valley by water and by land to Bas de la Riviere, a day's journey from Fort Garry, Red River settlement. " The party started on the 4th of April from near the mouth of the Columbia, whic h they ascended in canoes. On the 10th of May they first got sight of the Rocky Mountains, and sent forward a party to procure horses and supplies from the east side. From the west base of the moun tains they travelled on foot, carrying packs of 50Ib. each, including their provisions, which consisted of pounded corn brought from the Columbia, and pemican found in a cache. Before, however, they commenced their foot march, and after leaving the Columbia, `they ascended for some dis tance a small stream called Canoe River, from the fact that it was upon its banks the first canoes were conatt ucted which descended to the Pacific, distance by Arrowsmith's map 1,200 miles.' Their march through the passes of the mountains commenced on the 14th of May, and ' was very fatiguing in consequence of the depth of the snow : on either side were immense glaciers of ice-bound rocks, on which the rays of the setting sun reflected the most Uan tiful prismatic colours. One of those peaks was like a fortress of rock ; it rose 1,800 feet perpen dicularly above the mountain lakes, and had its _ summit covered with ice.' People so often speak of the Rocky Mountains, that I desire here to say a few words on that subject. They extend nearly in a straight line from the 35th parallel to the mouth of Mackenzie River, in the Arctic, in latitude about 65 degrees north. This distance, 30 degrees of latitude, equivalent to 2,250 miles, is, bow ever, only the mean side of a right - angled triangle, the base \of which occupies 26 degrees of longitude, in latitude 35 geg. or 36 deg., that is to say, about 1,600 miles , with the chain of mountains for a bypothenuse, so that the real and as it were the diagonal length of the chain across \ the continent is nearly 3,000 miles from south-east to north- west. In such a vast extent of mountains, the per pendicular height and width of base must be very unequal. The petty were eight days in crossing them, whence I con clude from our rote of travel, that they have, at the , point, about latitude 54 deg., a base of 200 miles—e irh an altitude of about 6,000 feet above the sea, while the real height of the Rocky Mountains, as since ascertained. average 12,000 feet, the highest knorvu peak being 16,000 feet. From the mountains the party descended in canoes fastened together, and on the Ist June reached the confluence of the River Pembina, which flows from the south, and takes its rise in a spur of the Rocky Mountains. On the 2d June they , reached Slave Lake River, arid met a hand of Kinis tenaux, who had j rst killed a buffalo, which they said for a brass kettle. Passing by a tortuous route through the region of the Red Elk and Athabasca rivers, which were ob-tructed by boulders, some of the party had to take to the shore, while the men dragged along the canoes, a laborious I and tedious operation ; and so on, on foot and in canoes, until they reached the main stream of the Saskatche wan on the 17th of June. From these notes it ap pears that it takes 38 days to ascend the Columbia, eight days to cross the Rocky Mountains, thence along and across numerous rivulets and streams northward to the Saskatchewan, down the valley of that river and I 1 through Lake Winnipeg, 41 days more; in all 87 days to Bas de la Riviere, near the Red River settlement. When we take into consideration the difficulty of the ascent of the Co lumbia, and the tortuous and tardy march at the eastern base of the mountains, before entering the main valley of ' the Saskatchewan, we are forcibly led to the conclusion that 20 or even 25 days should be deducted from the time expended on the whole route. That length of time would he amply sufficient for a large train to reach Red River set tlement, where guides and hunters could be procured with out much difficulty, and additional supplies of the proper kind of fmd, such as pemican, biscuit, and flour could be purchased at reasonable rates. American horses could pro bably be exchanged for Indian ponies, and the common wooden carts of the colony obtained for the journey through the valley of the Saskatchewan. At the tneuntains these cheepcarts should be abandoned and pack-saddles substi tuted to cross the mountains and complete the journey. There would be no difficulty in ascertaining at the colony which of these ,two routes by the Saskatchewan would be the preferable one, but unless we have come to erroneous con clusions, and have been misled by infintnoation derived from sources which we believe to be reliable in the main, we think the most northern route will be found the most prac ticable, as it certainly is more direct than the one by the Kootanais Pass, and would not exceed in length the esti mate made at cur former meeting, of 1,650 miles from St. Paul. Allowing for delay's and difficulties which cannot be foreseen in a journey of ouch a length through a country comparatively but little known, we think that in three months from St. Paul a large train would reach the gold digging region near Thompson and Fraser Rivers. A small train would in all reasonable probability reach there in 73 bays, hut more reliable data, on which to found prac tical conclusions of this nature so very desirable now, would doubtless be learned at the colony of the Red River settlement." On motion the above report was unanimously accepted by the meeting. Col. Joiree H. STETENS, of Glencoe, being called upbn, expressed the opinion that the Fraser River discovery would lead to a knowledge of the interior of British America, which would make the navigation of the Red and Sas katchewan rivers a very important commercial fact. How few appreciate that a steamer can depart from the mouth cf Sioux Wond river, at about the central point of the western boundary of Minnesota, and thence descend a distance of 500 miles to Lake Winnipeg, then pass 390 miles through that mighty inland sea, and ascend the Saskatchewan to the base of the Rocky Mountains—at least 3,000 miles of inland navigation, including the north and south branches of the Saskatchewan. Ten days of slow land travel suffice to connect from the point thus reached with the navigable channel of the Columbia at Boat En- c c a h m ar P a m ct e e n r t. of z he h n n , m i e n ns a e dd d it i i s o t n rie t t o t t i l l i ti es s e d f r a a c i n ts e , d : h a e n ( f i 'e r t t i h l e e measures now on foot for its colonisation are considered, the subject rises in dignity and importance far beyond ordi nary scheme of explorati on and occupation. any Governor RA3IiiEY, in answer to a call by the meeting, responded by reminding the audience that it is in the recol lection N i v i i is,,, n g i ss w i p h p e n i w al a l s t c h a e rr t i r e a d d e o n o f p t a l c l the - v i a l 0 1 I r e s y e s s new Pittsburgh), across the Alle ghany of efyc ttithethe e n tf Ohiowaym of f n n i d n ,o o t r h w t e pitt, ( Mountains to Philadelphia. The immense t a i r a e c a l s im w a es te t 1 of the Red River and south of the Athaba sca , w not inferior to our own, is capable—according to the esti mate of Lord Selkirk, founded on a personal observation of the territory in question—of supporting a population of ' 30,000,000, and will furnish the world with a trade not much inferior to that which now passes between the Atlantic States i and the valley of the Mississippi. And, Mr. President, this ' is a trade which belongs to us in Minnesota. It cannot be diverted from us. The difficulties and the cost of trans portation on the old canoe route along Rainy river, which has heretofore been followed by the Hudson's Bay Com pany, constitute an objection against the channel of con, munication, which becomes irresistible when brought into competition with the immensely greater facilities of coin tnenication by this route. Accordingly, sir, we every year witness a large accession to our trade from this quarter— vide!) every season gathers new volume from the gradual abandonment of the old routes by Superior and Hudson's Bay—to pour its valuable contributions into our market t t h l e h v a a v l u e eband importance y oofutrh worthy ale, e t t o n u d j , a as i l m l u a s y t r s a t l a i t v e e t o h t a ' ted with the statistics o q tn u a a y l'fe or, Mr. Kittson , who is prerltiahpi,s4 :ereadtehoarsouagnhylymaacn in Minnesota, thar: e .the _Red River trains of this LETTERS FOR THE EAST INDIES.-011 the Ist of September next, and thenceforward, the compulsory pre payment of postage will he extended to all letters addressed to the East Indies, whether intended to be forwarded by way of Southatup!on or by way of Marseilles. The postage also of letters posted in the East Indies, addressed to the United Kingdom, will be required to be prepaid by the senders. ALLEGED MURDER IN SUFFOLK.—The parish of Weybread, a retired village on the borders of Suffolk and Norfolk has been the scene of a chocking murder committed, there is every reason to believe, by a landowner in that village. The facts of the case ace these:—The victim is a labouring, man, tamed Pattrick , aged 39, who was also parish clerk, residing on an offnand farm, the property of his murderer, Thomas Drat:e, who is the owner of two farms in the parish, boil' of which he occupies, is a single man, and for several years has been subject to recurring fits of dangerous mania. His only rela tive being an invalid uncle, who resides at a distanca, his house has been kept by James and Lydia Bridges, the former working on the farms, and the latter officiating as housekeeper. On Saturday, James Pattrick, the deceased man, had been as usual at work on the farm. On that night Drane retired to rest about half-past 10, but between 12 and 1 he got up and awoke Midges and his wife. They dressed and went down stairs when they found their master, Drane, had left the house. His conduct had oftentimes been strange, and therefore their fears were excited. He shortly returned to the house, when he struck at and hit Bridges, who ran away into a meadow, and his wife after him. Shortly after this, Drane again quitted the house, and pro ceeded to that occupied by his bailiff, Valentine Barnaby, whom he called up, and of whom he made inquiries respect ing a lost sheep. Barnaby and his wife also got upand Drane went away. Shortly afterwards the deceased James Pattrick, who had been to his club, and who lived on Drane's offhand farm, came tip, and he and Barnaby proceeded in company a short distance in the direction taken by Mr. Drane. Barnaby then left him, and Pattrick, with Barnaby's dog, went i n search of Drane. In a few minutes Barnaby's attention was attracted by a conversation between Drane and Patt r i c k • he heard a scuffle and Dro ne say—" Come on, my boy, can wait on you or 20 like you, if you come one at a time." Barnaby, however, heard no blows, but Mrs. Bridges did . After a few words she heard a blow struck and some one fall. It was then very dark, and Drane was heard making off for the Harleston-road. Barnaby at once went in the direction whence the sound of a scure o ca t rn e e,and he , found Pattrick lying on a bank in Stubb's- an , _ blood '.run 's head. The poor fellow was picked to a barn close by, and subsequently to his up and conveyed from an axe which home. He bad received a fearful blow d ning furiously" from his belonged to Bridges, a was kept conceathe possessed of it is not ex he left the activ known, nor was he seen to have it when what had happened coalhouse. lIowD Drane w he ll e ic ame po house. On discovering an alarm was f l given, and Drane was soon capture d b y the parish constable te was who took him to his own (Drane'a) house , w strapped down daring Sunday, and o n Monday was removed to a lunatic asylum at Norwich, where he still remains. Mr. Candler and Mr. Crisp, surgeons, of liarleston , were sent for, and on examining Pattrick found tha t the p rinci p al injury inflicted was a wound on the scalp over tote parietal bone, which was fractured. The case was bey ond medical aid, and the unfortunate man died about 2 o'clock on Tues day morning. An inquest was °paned at the Crown inn, Weybread, on Wednesday, before Mr. B. L. Gross, when, in addition to the above facts, it was proved by the surgeon?, above named t hat Mr. Drone was insane, Mr. Candler stating that he was in a state of dangerous lunacy from Friday until Saturday last. The inquest was adjourned till yester day (Friday). t ADvaaTisEatENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Mr. Meadows, chemist, Leicester, states in a letter to Pro fessor Holloway that another instance of the benefit derived from the use of Holloway's medicines came tinder his per sonalforafrom observation in th e case o f a pa i nter , w h o had been a e o n t. amendment Alast, like many he sufferer with l arge cares or b oils on his arms, chest, an d l egs by t whatever ot wa r s s, Holloway's oin'ment and pills, and persevering in the us e o f th ese i nvalua b le remed i es h e was derived h ew driven in despair to try perfectly cured. The ointment should be well rubbed into the parts a&cted, and the pills taken according to the printed directions which accompany each box. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT Or BANKRUPTCY. —Ara. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE JOHN TOWNSEND, M.P. FOR GREENWICH. The bankrupt was an auctioneer, of Greenwich, and also a member of Parliament for that borough. This was an adjourned examination meeting. Mr. Linklater appeared for the bankrupt; Mr. News (Lawrence and Plews) opposed for Mr. Wynn, the late partner of the bankrupt, and a creditor for £.900 ; Mr. George opposed on behalf of the petitioning creditor, Mr. Shepherd. Mr. Linklater said the accounts bad not been filed, be cause the accountant required to be paid for the labour he had bestowed upon them before he would part with them. He therefore wished to know if his honour thought they should be filed ? The Commissioner—Think ! What signifies what I think about it ? I suppose the accountant would not be so foolish as to file them without being paid. Mr. Linklater—Could he be paid out of the estate ? The Commissioner—Would not that be paying something out of nothing? Mr. Linklater—l am told it is not so. The Commissi p o a n y er h T: houc ilihwadbgeitvteerudpishetitsssetbnaotnwhiitshotwbne accountant. I dare say if you persuade hi m th at there i s w in h k : r ar e n. w dwr i thh papert r n t to r e official assignee —Mr. T ownsen d t h oug h t fit, for his own purpose, to get accounts made up from the year 1852. I should not have gone back so far, considering it a useless waste of time and money. Mr, Linklater —The accountant will file the accounts on being paid two-thirds of the amount, and from what I see of the estate, there is in ell probability sufficient to meet that. The Commissioner—Well, convince the accountant of that. Mr. George—We should object to its being paid out of the estate. The Commissioner —What is there in hand ? Mr. Linklater—D 3 . Mr. Plews—l um going to ask your honour to adjourn the bankrupt sine die without protection, and should there fore desire to examine the bankrupt. The bankrupt was then examined by Mr. Plows. He said—l was served with a notice in bankruptcy by Mr. Wynn. Mr. Linklater objected to questions concerning Mr. Wynn, who W 29 a late partner of the bankrupt, and with whom certain Chancery proceedings were pending. The Commissioner —If he is a creditor he is entitled to ask the bankrupt any questions he thinks necessary to elucidate the -bankrupt's affairs ; but if Mr. Plews asks im pertinent questions that have nothing to do with the matter, then you may stop him. Examination continued—l was first served with a notice in bankruptcy about July or the beginning of August. I was adjudicated bankrupt on the 28th August. Mr. Shep herd was the petitioning creditor ; he was no con nection or relation of mine. That bankruptcy was annulled shortly afterwards —on the sth or 6th Oc tober. I was bankrupt again in April, 1858, for the same debts. Shepherd was again petitioning cre ditor. I have no recollection that I disputed the adjudica • tion in April. I do not think it was disputed. I think I may almost certainly say not. Oh yes ! it was disputed this year, most certainly, by Messrs. Tucker and Greville, wbo are r ey solicitors and also solicitors for my trade assignee, Mr. Wallis. Mr. Wallis is my creditor for £3OO, and £l5 inte rest, for which he holds security. I have handed over all my business books to the official rssignee; they were sent up in a hamper to him. My !rid examination has already been adjourned twice. Upon the first occasion I had not done much, or perhaps anything towards my accounts, be cause I entertained great hopes of being able to supersede my bankruptcy, and with that view I offered my creditors £2OO aeyear out of my future earnings, and 2s.in the pound down, which a friend had offered to pay for me ' • that friend was Mr. Wallis, my trade assignee. More than three fourths of my creditors signed a deed drawn to ratify this arrangement. I have the greatest possible desire to pay my creditors in any shape or way, and I am ready now to lay aside £2OO a-year out of my future earnings for that purpose. Mr. Pleas then called Ills honour's attention to the fact that when w th h e ic l i a l s h t a a a dj n o o u t rn b ro ee e t t l i d t o t n o e. ok place, on the Otis of July, the bankrupt un d ertoo k to fil e hi s ac counts within a Mr. Linklater thought Mr. Plews had not treated the liberty given him by the Court of examining the bankrupt in a fair spirit. The Commissioner—What does that signify ? He has asked a few question., to which you have heard the answers. How does Mr. Plews' conduct become matter of inquiry ? The question before me is, what is to be done to the bank rupt, not to Mr. Thews. (Laughter.) Mr. Plews then addressed the Court, contending that the bankruptcy was entirely in the ,hands of the bankrupt, or, which was just the same thing, of a friendly assignee. The Commissioner--I have nothing to do with that. I f the majority of creditors are friendly to the bankrupt, and herefore choose a Ziendly assignee, what has that to do with the matter ? street, Thurloe-square, Brompton, baker, applied to pass his examination. _ . Mr. Plews—l complain that the bankrupt is availing himself of the pro!ection of the Court, and not giving in exchange for it that to which the creditors and the Court are entitled. The Commissioner—ThPrefore you ask me to adjourn this sitting (which I must th, because he has not tiled accounts), and refuse the bankrupt protection. Mr. Plews—He has had sufficient notice from the Court. Tee Commissioner—Would not his Parliamentary position protect him, if I withheld protection? Mr. Plews—Your honour's refusal would operate indi- The balance-sheet, by Mr. H. C. Johnson, Moorgate street, shows:—Creditors unsecured, £745; ditto holding securities, £671 ; ditto to be paid in full, £3.2 ; profits and commissions received, £341 ; debtors good, £118; doubtful, 15s. • property given up, £l6 IN. ; ditto held by credi tors, £464 ; trade expenses, £531; losses, £B2; house and personal, £449; deficiency, July, 1857, £205. The bankrupt passed his examination, and o'itained re newed protection to the certificate meeting. rectly for the benefit of creditors. The bankrupt—l could not file my accounts because at the last innnent this sum was demanded of me. In justice to the accountant, I must say his charge is a very fair one, but I had no idea he would expect it to be paid down. I have not the 150 he requires, nor can I get it. The Commissioner—l do not see what I can do, unless I adjourn this sitting generally, and decline to give you pro tection, because, hoNever friendly creditors may be to you, still, it 19 out (4'20 are so disposed, but the 20th calls upon the Court to do justice, I must do it. Mr. Tucker (Tucker and GrevEl?.) stated that he Ind within the last few minutes wide an arrangement with the accountants, Messrs. Butler and Canuinz, who had very kindly agreed to accept a somewhat smaller portion of the money down, and therefore the accounts could be filed at any time Idslooor might name. It was then agreed that the accounts should be filed on or before this day week. Mr. George said his clients cost's had not yet been paid, there being no estate. Toe bankrupt was therefore not in the position to ask any favour. His client was a creditor for £•200 money lent. The Commissioner—After he knew the man was penniless? Mr. George—No; long before. The Commissioner—When was It The bankrupt-15th April, 1857. The Commissioner—What has all this to do with it ? Mr. George—The bankrupt represented he would pay it in three months. __ The Commissioner —Yours is only the case of every creditor. You have been promised the money and have not got it. There is an undertaking to file the accounts; what now do you want ? Mr. Plews—l would consent willingly to an order with out protection till the accounts are filed. The Commissioner—He has undertaken publicly that the accounts shall be filed, and I shall grant him protection till then, and if, this day week, he has not filed his accounts, I will decline to protect him further. Mr. Plews—Will ysu make an order that we shall have notice of any application for renewal of protection ? The Commissioner—l will see that that is done. How much does he owe? Mr. Butler (Butler and Canning)—About £6,000. The Commissioner—Unsecured creditors ? Mr. Butler—Secured and unsecured. Mr. Plews was then heard to contend that an a dj ourn . men t should be ordered sine d ie. Mr. Linklater was heard against. His Honour—l shall adjourn this silting to the 9.2 d Oc!o -her— the bankrupt depositing with the messenger of the court the necessary and unavoidable expenses. Adjourned accordingly. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) yards of Mr. Chorley's house; they were both walking prisoner had obtained admission to the premises from the away as quickly as they could. river by opening the window of the taproom. In the bundle The police intimated that they had given false addresses. in the boat a set of bagatelle balls were found. They bad Mr. Paynter remanded them, and directed the police to been stolen from the parlour. see whether any evidence could ha produced to show that The prisoner made no defence, and said he was guilty. they were in company before Williams went down into the Mr. Selfe—l can't try this case here. area. Marshall said the prisoner was detected a few nights since CAUTION TO RAILWAY CARMEN.—On Wednesday in entering the office of the superintendent of the Londoa - William Strange, carman, in the employment of the Great Docks at Wapping. The prisoner was entering at the Western Railway Company, was charged by Mr. Acason, window when he was detected by the watchman on duty inspector of the goods' department, with breaking open a there and arrested, but he contrived to make his escape. package belonging to the Hon. Ashley Ponsonby, while he Mr. Selfe—This is such a clear case of burglary that the was conveying it from that gentleman's town house at Rut- prisoner must go for trial. land-gate to the railway. He was seen by Corporal Green- Shaw was then committed. wood, of the Ist Life Guards, who was standing at a window at Knightsbridge barracks, to stop the van and take some brushes from the package ; and the corporal promptly com municating with the railway company, Mr. Acason searched prisoner's house and found two of the missing brushes. Prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the van guard, a boy, who stated that he put the package into the van at Rutland-gate; but when they bad proceeded a short distance prisoner sent him on an errand, and during his absence broke open the package. Mr. Paynter committed the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, for six months to hard lattour in the House of Correction. MARYLEBONE. -- ORGAN-GRINDING NUISANCE.— Mr. Charles Babbage, the well-known scientific gentleman, residing at 1, Dorset-street, Portman-square, to whom the itinerant organ-grinders have for several years been a source of great annoyance in the prosecution of his studies, attended the Court to prefer a charge against en Italian named Giuseppe Sistroe. Complainant (upon whose evidence numerous musicians have upon former occasions been brought up before the ma gistrates of this court and convicted) deposed that about a quarter to 12 o'clock th e p rev i ous night he was disturbed in his studies by the playing of an organ near his premises. He remained quiet for some time, in hopes that the noise would cease, but as it did not he was compelled to go out. When he did so, he desired the prisoner to leave. He went a short distance; but he had no sooner got in -doors, imagin ing that the nuisance had been effectually got rid of, when the prisoner again commenced playing right opposite his house. He then sought for and obtained the assistance of a police constable, by whom prisoner was taken into custody. 51 D said that the prisoner went quietly with him to the station-house. LAMBETIL—SERious CHARGE OF DETAINING A POST LETTER.—George West, a singular-looking person, who was described as a painter, residing at No. 54, Webber row, Westtninster-road, was placed at the bar before the lion. G. C. Norton on a charge, as it appeare d i n the police sheet, of " fraudulently detaining a post letter delivered at 43, Duke-street, Westtninster-road, on the 19th of July last, the property of John Bridges, in the parish of St. George the Martyr." Binmi appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Neale For the defence. Complainant further stated that these musicians had be come quite intolerable. In the course of the previous day be was compelled to go out of doors to order an organist to leave, and about a week ago he was awoke in the middle of the night by the loud playing of an organ beneath his bedroom window. The prisoner, through an interpreter (2:39 D) said that he went away when requested to do so. Mr. Long fined the prisoner 103., or in default seven days' imprisonment, and he was given to understand that if brought up again for a similar offence he would not be so leniently dealt with. A MOTHER CHARGED BY HER SON WITH ROBBERY. —Elizabeth Orford, a respectably-dressed woman, about 50 years of age, was charged with having stolen a sovereign, the property of Josoph Orford, her son, a stonemason, re siding at 3, pleasant-passa g e, Camden-town. Mr. Long (to the son)—Do you wish to proceed with this case against your own mother ? Son—Yes, sir, I do; I de not wish to be robbed by her or any one. The magistrate discharged the mother, remarking that he was sorry she had such a son. AFFILIATION.—Mary Anne Horne, 39, James-street, Oxford-street, attended in support of a summons obtained by her against SVillic,rn Lucas, a grocer, residing in John son-street, Notting-hill, fur the support of two illegitimate children, to which she had given birth, and of which he (Mr. Lucas) was the putative father. One was born in February, 1853, and the other in November, 1855. The defendant was not present when the case was called on, and it was heard in his absence. Mr. Woolf, from the office of Mr. Herring, appeared for the complainant, and it was clearly shown that money had been paid at different times for the support of the children. Mr. Long made an order in each case of 2s. 6d. a-week and the costs. SOUTHWARK.—CAUTION TO COFFEE-SHOP KEEP ERS.—SELLING BEER AND SPIRITS WITHOUT A Ll- CENSE.—Elizabeth Simmons, the keeper of a coffee-house, in Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars-road, was summoned by the pollee for unlawfully selling beer and spirits in her house on Sunday mornings, such house not having been duly licensed. Mr. Solomon appeared for the defendant. Police-constable, 117 L, said that on Sunday morning last, at five minutes to ten, he went with another officer in private clothes to the defendant's house, having received information that she was in the habit of selling beer and spirits. On entering the place they saw several men sitting about, and two were served with a pot of beer by her, which they paid her for and drank. Witness and his brother con stable were served with a pint of beer by her, for which they paid her twopence. Shortly after that she served six glasses of gin, and three pints of beer to the other men, and received the money. Mr. Solomon asked how witness and his companion were dressed ? He replied that they had smock frocks on, and looked like countrymen. That was the only way such unlawful practices could be detected. The beer th e y h a d was no t very strong. It was something like table beer. Mr. Solomens asked him how he knew that it was gin he saw served. Did he drink any or ..melt it ? He replied that he did not, but he saw defendant receive twopence a glass for it. Police-constable 80 L confirmed last witness' testimony, w h en Mr. Solomon said that he certainly cou ld not contend against the officers' testimony, but he was instructed to say tint it was the first time his client bad sold beer or spirits at any time. The fact was that some of the lodgers induced her to supply them with a little table beer, which she purchased on the previous day. He strongly con demned the practice of sending constables to coffee-shops, dressed as countrymen, where they asked to be supplied with articles they knew were unlawful for the parties to sell. Constables ought to prevent crime being committed, and not assist in its perpetration. That was the first time his client had been summoned for such an offence, therefore he hoded his worship would deal leniently with her. Mr. Burcharn said that it could not be supposed that any one like the defendant would be so foolish as to serve con stables dressed in their uniform with excisable liquors, and they were perfectly justified in dressing as countrymen or any other persons. to detect such parties as the defendant, who broke the law, when the properly licensed houses were compelled by law to be clo , ed. It was a robbery on the licensed victuallers, and must be put a stop to. However, as that was the first time she had been summoned, ha should nflict a mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs, and he hoped that would act as a warning to her for the future, as she was liable to be fined £2O, which he should most certainly inflict if she came before him again on such evidence: CAUTION TO OMNIIIUS DRIVERS.—TIIC driver of one of the General Company's Otnnihn,,os, No, 6,694, and Martin the driver of 6,6.1'3, opposition vehicles, running from the Kent-road to Islini.,Pton, were charged with racing against each other in the public street. Mr. T. Beard, of B:singball-street, appeared for the first defendant. Sergeant Coldman, 23 M, said that on Monday afternoon be was on duty in the Old Kent-road when he saw the defendants coming from the Nelson towards the Green Man Gate. They appeared to be racing against each other, and in 6,694 vehicie a lady wanted to alight, but the driver drove on at a furious rate towards .the Swan where be stopped, and she got out. The first defendant was in ad vance of the other, going at a rate of 10 miles an hour, flourishing his whip over his head to challenge the other to catch him, but the latter did not pass until the omnibus stopped t r let the lady down at the Swan. Mr. Beard contended that his client was not going at a more splirate than usual in such a wide open road as the Ken -ioa I, and he was not racing. He bad been a driver on that road 30 years, and had only one complaint against him during that time. He called— The conductor, who said the driver was not racing, or going at a furious rate, but he admitted going at 8 or 10 miles an hour. The proceedings in the case were somewhat lengthy, but the brief facts were these :—On Saturday, the 17th of last month, Mrs. Caroline Bridges, the present complainant, applied at this court for some assistance out of the poor-box to enable her to bury her daughter, a girl of 14 years of age, who died at Guy's Hospital from the effects of injurieswhich she receive'? at the fire-work explosion in the Westminster -road. The case appearing to be one deserving of sympathy, Mr. Elliott ordered the applicant 101. from the poor-box, and the fact of her application having been made public various sums were forwarded to the parents of the deceased. Th• prisoner, who, up to this time, was a perfect stranger to the parties, came forward and proffered his services to assist In collecting subscriptions for them ; and the fact of their having been received led to the present charge. It appeared that on the 19th of July (the nay on which the case ap peared in the newspapers), Mrs. Bridges, her husband, in company with the prisoner's wife, were from home, and during their absence a gentleman called at their house who was observed to give some money to the prisoner, and the latter was also observed to take two post letters that were delivered there. For these two letters he (the prisoner) had never accounted, but said he had received one letter from a gentleman, which he bad lost, but whew pressed on the subject he denied receiving any letter by post, and the one he received from the gentleman he said had been picked out of his pocket in the New-cut. The complainant having ascertained that two letters had conic by post, and that only one of them came into her hands, a suspicion of dishonesty on the part of the prisoner was created in her mind, and that led to the present inquiry. Samuel Ayles, a letter carrier, deposed to having de livered a letter, addressed to Mrs. Bridges, at 43, Duke-street, Westminster-road, between the hours of six and seven o'clock on the evening of Monday, the 19th of last month, but could not say the prisoner was the person who took it in. Mrs. Norfolk, a person living next door to Mrs. Bridges, deposed that on Monday, the 19th of July, at about 12 o'clock, she saw a gentleman come up to the door of the csmplainant and give something to the prisoner, who ran up to answer him, and that something the prisoner put into his pocket. She also saw the prisoner take two post letters from two different postmen, the one between six and seven, and, the other between eight and nine. He put them into hay pocket and walked away with them. This testimony was in some particulars corroborated, yet Mr. Neale, for the defence, contended that there was nothing to affect the character of his client, and declared the whole proceeding a vile conspiracy against him. Lockyer, one of the summoning officers, said that on taking the prisoner to the station to have the charge en tered against him, and while the sergeant Wri taking the charge, he (the prisoner) said, " I do not think that is the postman who delivered the letter," upon which the sergeant asked what it was he said, and the prisoner replied, " I re tract what I have said, and shall state what I have to say before the magistrate." Mr. Norton, in remanding the prisoner until Thurs day next, observed that it would aid the present inquiry materially, and also promote the ends of justice, it the writers of the letters forwarded by post to the complainant at 43, Duke-street, 'Westminster-road, on the 19th of last month, could be brought forward on the next examination. This, he thought, might be accomplished by a request to that effect being added to the report of the case, and if the reporter would kindly notice the matter it doubtless would have the desired effect. The prisoner was then remanded, but was told that good bail would be accepted for his appearance on Thursday next.. Mr. Combo said it was quite clear that he was driving at a very furious rate, therefore, as a caution to others, he should fine him 103. and costs, and Martin, who did not ap pear to be so bad, must pay the costs. THAMES. —THE CITY DUES ON COALS.—Cap t . liam Wardle, master of th e co lli er-ship Vanguard, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer an information exhibited by the City Solicitor, which charged him with breaking bulk of his cargo of coals before the City dues and charges were paid, by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding £2 5 . The defendant pleaded guilty to the information. Mr. Stuckbury, solicitor, who conducted the prosecution on the part of the Corporation of London, said that;:four ships laden with coals had been consigned to the Northum berland and Durham Coal-wharf, Bow-creek, and that none of the ships' names had been entered at the coal market, or the dues paid, until proceedings for the recovery of penalties bad been taken against the defendant and three ether mas ters of ships. The defendant said the consignees of his cargo were Messrs. Hunt and Wood, of the Northumberland and Durham Wharf, and that he depended on the payment of the dues by them, and took no trouble in the matter. Mr. Stuckbnry said the captain was liable, and that he had no right to break bulk until the dues were paid. The defendant had been in the port of London several times, and could not plead ignorance.of the law. Capt. Wardle said it Wl`.4 the invariable custom for the merchant to whom coals were consigned to pay the dues. Mr. Stuckbury said it was the duty of the captain to pay the dues. The law had imposed that task upon masters of collier shipa. He was afraid there was an intention on the part of the consignees of the cargo at the Northumberland and Durham Wharf to avoid payment of the dues, and he hoped that something more than a not penalty would be inflicted. Mr. Selfe said there had been very gross neglect, and fined the defendant £5, which was immediately paid. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Frederick Shaw, aged 25, who refused to give his address and occupation, and who has been long known as the associate of land and river thieves, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the St. Andrew public house, Lower East Smithfield, and stealing therefrom a silver-plated bread-basket, two mantles, a pound of tobacco, and other articles. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Charles White, the landlord of the St. Andrew, that his house abuts on the river. On Thursday night, at 10 o'clock, the windows and shutters of the rear of the premises overlooking the river were closed in the usual manner. That morn ing, at three o'clock Mrs. White was disturbed by some person moving about the house, and aroused her husband, who also heard a noise on the stairs, and upon looking through the glass window in his bedroom door saw the prisoner, with a piece of lighted paper in his hand, going down stairs. Mrs. White went t o the window and called " Police" as loud as she was a bl e, and her husband opened his bedroom door and ran down stairs, but could not find the prisoner. Mr. White let In Police-sergeant Marshall, :20 H, and Holly, 84 H, and proceeded to search the house. Mr. White had previously seised the prisone r in the dark in the kitchen, and held him fast until the police arrived. A light having been procured, 30 letters which had been taken from a drawer in the bar parlour were found on the floor a t th e prisonfeet. Other lett ers partially burnt were fo un d i n the hao:, and it seem e d th a t the prisoner had i gn it e d l ueifera and lighted up the land lord's correspondence to find his l over the house. Seve ra l rooms in the o ccupa ti on of ledgers sliy had been entered and ransacked, but nothtitmnegofvittlr was discovered and nothing a taken away. A n a been made to enter Mr. a n d Mrs. White' s b e d room, in I h there was a good deal o f valuable properly, b ut that had failed. Two drawers and a cupboard in the bar parlour and bar had been opened and ransacked, and a plated bread-basket, two mantles, a pound of tobacco. and other property,abstracted therefrom. On police -sergeant Marshall asking the prisoner what he had done with the stolen property, he replied that it was in a boat on the river near the house. Marshall handed the prisoner over to the care of Holly, 84 H, and went into a boat five yards from the house, in which he found the whole of the stolen property made up into a bundle, The --- LETTERS FOIL EGYPT.—Henceforward letters for Suez, forwarded by British packet, either by way of Mar seilles, or by way of Southampton, may be sent unpaid or paid to destination, at the option of the sender. The post age of a letter addressed to Suez is—Via Southampton, not exceeding loz. Gd.; above ioz. and no t excee di ng l oz., ls.; above loz, and not exceeding 2ozs., 25.; and so on, adding ls. for every additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce. Via Marseilles, not exceeding loz., is.; above loz. and not ex ceeding oz., ls. 9d. ; above loz. and not iexceeding loz., 2s, ; above loz. and not exceeding 1,10 z., 3s. 3d. ; above 14oz. and not exceeding lloz. 3s. 6d.; above ll oz . an d not ex ceeding 3s. 91; above loz. and not exceeding 20z., 4s. ; and so on, adding is. British postage, for every addi tional ounce or fraction of an ounce, and 3d. French postage, for every additional quarter of an ounce. IN RE HUGHES. The bankrupt, David Hughes, was a solicitor, of 13, Gres ham-street. He was adjudicated a bankrupt last Monday upon the petition of Messrs. William and Ebenezer Hunt, of 182, Shoreditch, drapers and furnishers. The adjudica tion was disputed, and the appeal was heard yesterday, the result of which was that the adjudication was confirmed. Several witnesses were heard on both occasions upon the ad judication, with the view (it was understaod) of despatching a detective in pursuit of the bankrupt, who has absconded, and upon the appeal for the purpose of inquiring into the general course of trading which had been pursued by the bankrupt—but in both instances the hearing was " in pri vate." We were therefore unable to give our readers more certain information than that which we could g:ein from hearsay evidence, and. the accounts we did receive were so various in their character, and, indeed, altogether of so vague a nature, that we did not consider them worthy of a place in our columns. Since then, however, rumour has been rife, and we are able to throw into a tangible form the various on di.t, , t that are floating about. It appears that Hughes was a solicitor in extensive prac tice, and that his failure is attributed to some enormous building speculations into which he had entered, some of the new " City palaces"in Gresham-street and a great portion of De Beauvoir-town being the result of his operations. On the 20th July he took a passage in the Red Jacket for Melbourne, under the name of Dyer, for himself, his wife, and eight children, having left the ninth in London under friendly protection. Some say he has taken £l,OOO only 'Scab him ; and the passage costing £45 each will swallow up nearly £5OO of that sum ; while others assert that he has realised all the property he could obtain ; this, however, can hardly be correct, as a large quanti t y of p late, he could easily have realised, which forms a portion of the property which has fallen into the hands of the messenger, and which, with the furniture and paintings, will, it is esti mated, produce about £3,000. The pictures alone, it is ex pected, will realise a considerable portion of this sum, the collection consisting of both modern and ancient masters, the former, however, being the more valuable. The bank.; rupt lived in considerable affluence at 2, Canonbury place, Islington. The furniture at Kingsgate Castle, near Ramsgate, is at present in the possession of Mr. Palmer, who disputes the right of the assignees to claim it as belonging to the bankrupt's estate. At the place of business (13, G res h am - s t ree t)" Messrs. Palmer and Co." appeared to carry on the business ofscriveners ; and here again the on Bits differ, some saying that Palm er was the bankrupt's clerk, and the ' business of Palmer and Co. was practically the bankrupt's, others that they were a distinct firm in intim a t e business connection with the bankrupt. All accounts agree in stating the bankrupt's debts and lia bilities as exceeding £ O OO,OOO, while the assets are said to be limited t o th e £3,000 already mentioned, inasmuch as although the bankrupt possessed considerable house and landed property, it is mortgaged over and over again to such an extent as to render It impossible at present to determine the number of eneumbraneers although they are known to be sufficient to preclude any idea of surplus after the pay ment of their de man d s. Of the £200,000 it is said that the large sum of £146,000 is due to ce.stui pee trusts. The first sitting under the bankruptcy will be held on the :24th inst., far the choice of assignees. IN RP. EIZISNER—A FUGITIVE BANKRUPT OUTLAWED. Tide was the day appointed for the last examination of Reisner, of No. 40, Broadsstreet-building s, Cm" misshm merchant, trading as Willi am R e isner and Co. The bankrupt has not surren d ere d , having abscon ded a few days before the bankrupt c y , l eav i ng his residence in a cab, and taking with him packages supposed to have con tained valuable property. P rev i ous t o hi s flight he had sent his buyer, Mr. Henry Hick man, o f N o. 14 , Dalston-terrace, Dalston, to Manchester to buy goods, promising to s end the necessary remittances, but Hickman' heard no more of him. The exact amount of liabilities could not be ascertained. Messrs. Aslitsrst and Co., for the assignee, Mr. James Harrison, of Lawrence-lane, silk manufacturer, asked fer the usual order of outlawry, which was granted. IN RE STRATFORD. The bankrupt, Joseph Stratford of No. 20, Pelham- BIRTHS BYL.—On the 12th inst., the u ire of P. G. Vander Byl, Esq., of a daughter. ComNsoN.—On the llth inst., at Digby House, Green-lanes, the wife of W. CoPinson, Esq., of a son. DAY.—On the 10th inst., at St. Ives, Duets, the wife of G. N. Day, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter. DE VERE.—On the 10th inst., at 1, Eaton-place South, Mrs. Horace de Vere, of a son, which survived its birth but a few hours. FISHER.—On the 10th inst., at Market Harborougb, Yrs. G. Fisher, of a son. FREELLNG.—On the 13th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the wife of C. It. Freeling, Esq., of a son. Gonn.kan.—On the 11th inst., at 15, Greville-Street, Mrs. Arthur Goddard, of Derby, of a BOIL ITOLIIS.—On the 12th inst., at Harrow-on-the-Hill, the wife of C. F. Holmes, Esq., of a daughter. LAZARCS.—On the 13th inst., at 9G, Weitechapel-road, Mrs. I. Lazarus, of a daughter. NORIVAI'.-011 the sth inst., at Rose Cottage, Wadebridge, the wife of A. S. Norway, Esq., of a son. ROBERTS.-011 the 12th inst., at 15, Gftston-road, the wife of Alfred Roberts, Esq., of a son. uillEßoTlo t.—On the 12th inst., at Darby House, Sunbury, the wife of 0, E. Sidebottom, Esq., R.N., of a daughter. SVEVENS.—On the 12th inst., at the Rectory, Bradfield, Berks, the wife of the Rev. T. Stevens, of a son. Wiumzu..—On the 11th inst., at the residence of her father, Dr. Holsharn, Loudon, the wife of E. Wheeler, Esq., of the Rocks, Kilkenny, of a daughter. Wit.r.n.us.—On the 11th inst., at 30, Woburn-square, the wife of Q. Williams, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. BENJAMIN--LYONS.—On the 11th inst., at the New Synagogue. Great St. Helen's, by the Rev. Dr. Adler, Y , chael Benjamin, Esq., of Quebec, Canada, merchant, to Adelaide, daughter of the late Jacob Lyons, Esq., of 1, Highbury-place. DAY—RUSSELL—On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras Church, J. C. Day, Esq., of 42, Robert-street, Hampstead-road, to Jessie Thirza, the youngest daughter of the late Etchard T. Russell, Royri Arsenal, Woolwich. HARINGTON—HILL.--On the 11tH inst., at Bramshaw, New Forest, by the Rev. T. Davis Lamb, Rector of West Hackney, Middlesex, Philip Harington, Esq., Roysl Marines, to Grace, daughter of C. Hill, Esq., Halifax, N.B. HlLL—PEama.—On the 12th inst., at Trinity Church, Clapham, by the Rev. C. C. Hill, 8.A., brother of the bridegroom, Arthur Bowdler, eldest son of A. S. Hill, Esq., of Clapham Park, Surrey, to Fanny, second daughter of J. E. Pember, Esq. HucuEs—Da.wsoN.—On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Pad dington, by the Rev. T. W. Jex Blake, James, only son of David. Hughes, Esq., of Torrington-square, and nephew of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., to Mary Price, elder daughter of I. W. J. Dawson, Esq., of Bedford-square. If urclinisoN—LEEmeN.—On the 12th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Yieklegate, York, by the Rey. H. Wainwright. Edward, youngest son of the late John Ross Hutchinson, Esq.. 11.E.1.C.5., to Margaret, eldest daughter of George Leeman, Esq., of York. LARK—HoonsoN.—On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Mr. G. F. Lark, of Upper Ebury-street, to Alice, fourth daughter of Mr. J. G. Hodgson. LEVY—IsAAcs.—On the 11th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Adler, assisted_ by the Rev. A. H. Barnett, Henry, second son of Daniel Levy, Esq., of Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, t o E s th er, third daugh ter f Levy Isaacs, Esq., of Markham-square. Moss—DamsLay.—On the leth inst., at St. John's Church, Hackney, by the Rev. Alexander Gordon, M.A., T. Moss, of Dalaton, to Emma Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of Wm. Derisley, of Bishopsgate street Within. Nnimr—Woonwaan.—On the 12th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, Walsall, by the Rev. S. Newell, Vicar, George P. Neele, Esq., of Walsall, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late J. Woodward, Esq., formerly of Caldmore, near Walsall. PONTIFEX—BASIRE.—On the 12th inst., at Christ Church, Highbury, Frederick, youngest son of 11. D. Pontifer, Esq., of 4. Alwyne road, Canonbury, to Elizabeth Victoria, youngest daughter of J. Basire, Esq,, of 66, Huntingdon-street, Barnsbury. SSIITH — ANDERS.—On the 12th inst., at St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-lent, by the Rev. J. G. Russell, the Rev. W. J. Smith, to Isabel Anne, fifth daughter of James Anders, Esq., Royal Sherwood Foresters. STO c I CDALE — KNIGHT.—On the 12th inst., at Weston ravel, Norths amptonshire, by the father of the bade, Henry 3linshull StocY. - dale, Esq., of Mears Ashby Hall, Northamptonshire, to Sarah Emily, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert 11. Knight, Reotar of Weston Favell. WADE—WADE.—On the 12th inst., at the parish church, Chelten ham, by the Rev. E. Wade, Robert Craven Wade. Esq., of Clone braney, Ireland, to Frances 8. A., eldest daughter of the late Col. T. F. Wade, C.B. WHITE—JAcxsoN.—On the 9th March lrst, at Canterbury, New Zealand, by the Von. Archdeacon Matthias, Thos. Woollaston White, Esq., of Harewood, to Charlotte Lcetitia, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Francis Arthur Jackson, late Vicar of Metall, Yorkshire. DEATHS. BLAMEMORE.—Ou the 10th inst., at Wandsworth, Catherine, second daughter of W. Black more, Esq., aged seventeen. BoNsALL.—On the 12th inst., at her brother Charles's residence, 5, Upper Park-place, Maria Bonsall, aged sixty. CIIRRIE.—On the 11th inst., at the Baths of Homburg, 1. 0, Currie, Esq., aged sixty-six. DANIELL—On the 11th inst., at Boulogne-sur-mer, Elizabeth, wife of J. W. Daniel, Esq., v3ed fifty-eight. Days.—On the 9th inst., at Canterbury, Mrs. Davis, reli c t o f the late Rev. J. Davis, Vicar of St. Nicholas at Wade, Isle of Thalia. Rent, aged eighty-nine. DYsON.—On the 12th inst., at his residence, Willow Edge, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jeremiah Dyson, aged arty-one. ELLsWoRTRY.—On the 12th inst., at the residence of her daughter, Mr 3. Thos. Berryman, Rugby, Rosetta Ellsworthy, aged seventy.- six. FORD.—Lost overboard, on the 6th July last, during a severe storm. Gabriel, eldest son of Capt. Ford, of Amity House, Poplar, aged tw en ty-three. JOLLING.—On the 2a inst., at Belsay Castle, Northumberland, John C. Jobling, Esq. MAN.—On the 9th inst., at Tapton•c , rove, Chesterfield, Louisa Emma. second daughter of the late Edward Man, Esq., Mincing-lane, aged forty-eight. MAN.—At Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, Emma Clandiana, elthsat daughter of Henry Man, Esq. PARXINSON.—On the 12th inst., at the residence of John Purkis i Esq., Sturmere Hall, Essex, Thomas Parkinson, Esq., aged. sixty three. PRATT.—On the 11th inst., Elizabeth Caroline, wife of Mr. Josh. F Pratt, Oxford-street, aged thirty-seven. RIGGALL.—On the 12th inst., at Hampstead, Frank Edward, infant son of E. Riggsll, Esq., surgeon, aged live weeks. SASSE.—On the 12th inst., at 43, Princes-street, Leicester-square, George, younger son of the late Mr. F. Sasso, of that place, aged twenty-one. TOWNSEND.—On the 7th inst., Susannah, youngest daughter of Mr. T. Townsend, of Dantse-hill, Garret-lane, Wandsworth, aged • twenty-five. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD° YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Zblithilesex, Saturday, August 14,1858. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, AUG. 13. (Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Common Jury.) EVEREST V. HOWARD. This was an action to recover damages for false imprison ment. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Russell were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr Laxton appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, had for a great many years been employed as an omnibus driver, and he had been for 11 years in the service of one master, and bore a good character, but at the time the transaction took place that was the subject of inquiry it seemed that he was not in regular employment. The defendant was represented to be a person of eccentric habits, and to be a man of some property. On the morning of the sth of May he was at the Waggon and Horses public-house, at Newington, in a half drunken state, and it appeared that he had been out all night. He treated the plaintiff to some liquor, and then went into one of the rooms of the public-house and lay down on a bench and went to sleep. The plaintiff went to him and shook him, and tried to rouse him, but finding be could not do so he left, and two or three hours afterwards he was very much surprised to find the defendant and a police-sergeant come in search of him, and be was taken into custody upon the charge of stealing a £5O note, a £lO note, and a L 5 note from the defendant. He was examined before Mr. Elliott, the magistrate, upon that charge, and remanded for five days, and be was taken to Horsemonger-lane Gaol in the prison van, and re mained there for that period. When he was again brought up, it turned out that the defendant had found the money he supposed to have been stolen, and he did not make his appearance at the police-office, or take any further notice of the matter, and the plaintiff was discharged, and the present action was brought to recover damages for the Imprisonment he bad undergone. Mr. Laxton admitted that he could not justify the con duct of the defendant, and he at the same time said he was instructed to withdraw all imputation upon the character of the plaintiff. He undoubtedly did at first believe thiat he had lost his money and suspected the plaintiff had taken it, hut he said he was satisfied that he was wrong, and he probably would not have acted as he did if be had not been drinking, and his senses not very perfect on that account. Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, said that drunken ness was no excuse, and if a man when he was drunk had a fancy to clap people into prison without any grounds, be must pay for it. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £23. HILLS Y. THE LONDON GAS COMPANY. This cause was again proceeded with to-day before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a special jury, and at six o'clock it was again adjourned until this (Saturday) morning, when the Attorney-General will reply upon the whole crse. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—George Smith, carman, was brought up for further examination, charged with being concerned with others in stealing a van containing 20 bales of wool, value £4OO, fram the premises of the London and North-Western Railway Company, Aldgate. Mr. Sewell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wont ner for the prisoner. On the first examination it was clearly shown that the van of wool referred to wcs left in Frederick-court, Back church-lane, between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday morning last ; that it was drawn there by t - ae two horses of which the prisoner, as servant to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, bad the exclusive charge ; and that the prisoner was absent from the company's premises with his horses at the time ; but he was not identified as being one of the men who drove the van to Frederick-court, and he himself alleged that at the time he was gone to the London Docks for the purpose of bringing up an empty van. Mr. Sewell now said he had witnesses present, but he thought the ends of justice would be best answered if he at once asked for another remand. There could be no doubt that prisoner had been connected with the robbery, or that he had accomplices, and with regard to him the case was perfectly clear; but there was some difficulty with regard to the other man who was seen with the van, and that diffi culty might perhaps be lessened if a further remand were granted, so as to enable the officers, who would no doubt back up his application, to continue their inquiries. Bassett (detective)—Another remand will be of great ser vice to us, my lord. Lord Mayor—Shall you be able on a future day to bring further evidence against the prisoner Smith ? Bassett—Yes, and against others, too, my lord. Lord Mayor—Then let the prisoner be again remanded. This was accordingly done, Mr. Woutner offering no ob jection. In c innection with this case there are some rather re markable features, for it appears that the wool robbery was but one of many committed under similar circum stances, and probably by the same parties. For instance, some short time ago two hogsheads of sugar and six chests of tea, loaded on a van, and worth about £3OO, mysteriously dis appeared from the premises of the North-Western Railway Company, in Haydon-square, and from that day to this, not withstanding the most active exertions made both by the City po'tice and the officers of the company, have never been heard of. The great amount of property passing day by day through the hands of the great railway carriers makes it a matter of deep interest that such an atrocious system should be stopped, and that a fall discovery should he made of all the parties connected with it, and more especially with regard to the mode in which such bulky and valuable articles as two hogsheads of sugar and six chests of tea could be removed. With reference to the wool case there has occurred an in ident of a melancholy character. The officers in charge of the case leaving received information which led them to conclude that a man named Peckham, working for Mr. Fairclough, carman, Frederick-court, Backeteurcie lane (where the van of wool was found on Saturday night), knew something about the robbery, proceeded to sound him on the subject, and as his hesitating replies tended to confirm their suspicions, they endeavoured to persuade him to give evidence in the case, as the prose cutors would, with the consent of the Court, have made him a witness against his accomplices, supposing him to have been actually concerned in the robbery. They left him, on Wednesday evening, with a sort of tacit understanding that he would reveal all he knew next day; but on Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, he was found suspended by the neck from the shaft of a cart in his master's stables, having. hanged himself about two hours previously within a few yards of the spot where the van of wool was placed after being stolen. This incident may increase the difficulties of a full discovery, but that difficulty, nevertheless, will pro bably be surmounted. BOW-STREET.-2lfr. Thomas Richardson, publisher, of 147, Strand, was summoned before Mr. Henry for having neglected to supply copies of the Dublin Quarterly 11(y. , ew, and a large number of other publications, to the libra , y of the British Museum. Mr. J. Winter Jones, the keeper of the printed book de partment, accompanied by Mr. Bray, the solicitor to the British Museum, attended to conduct the complaint, and the Court was reminded that the defendant had been sum moned on a former occasion for a similar neglect of duty. The defendant was not present, but it was urged by an agent who attended for him that the omission was accidental. Mr. Richardson had been constantly absent from town, owing partly to ill health, and it was supposed that the re quiredfenaMr n. tHysepni publicationsierys saidt had 1, b ii e e e Nr n veeg s r e ue n l ap t tr u iion p nt fewrdoa.ms enforced Derby, w s l o i l e e r l e y t f l c i , e r due th e benefit of the public, and it ought to be observed without putting the officers of the Museum to the trouble and expense f o e f n taking a t v h i e n s g e p beenr o cee d i previouslyng s. Tci sum rcumstance h o t f t t n h e hadvee operated as a caution. His worship fined the defendant £5, and 225. costs. A young man of respectable appearance, named W. Bote, clerk in the passport department of the Foreign-office, was charged with embezzling between £3O and £4O. Mr. Bodkin attended for the Crown. Several clerks in the same office proved that it was the defendant's duty to receive the money paid for passports (24. each), and account for the same every day. There were some s weler deficiencies.mL aLewis, made so, fiuhni n wh h i his os conduct, p e pc appeared aa u rn n ed t d s tf on n re ee e x 2 dt ee l dnfsettachnyyaednhgapdneorot2:ad2s absented ieurcneti July, tteeooddff and ou the 23d he came to the office intoxicated. Complaints himself ifbnrtolsingi neetttshi isn a e altogether ogi this iftentweh witnesses saforsutoohtmnapt paying nearlyyhf e i o hg ffi e f e yoa e erl al a rt n t hdi their :Tree They m epery : ki i s s n shp e ba d oadrd a t sw;boaemaye availing idi Imei nf defi cient cient from time to time, owing to the dexterity of the public werethemselves al‘vay always compelled o t t l t t i e p e c l o ie n d fus t i o on m a o l c ie cas t i h o e ne d d efi b e y i own deficient poek l e ff t s s or Tlhs-ei.in dutiesone o f day,the o but e e t h w e e y re ( tyheeryclerks)com plicated. bee their n complicationpl lart.e deficienciesdl e nrya arose, tt u ha n em a y b am l t e tues t rt o rse s ns e u e s tt i n i f o pr w ol there emaas wtini en c t o i so u sf l u d in b g e nafn any number of documents across a counter at 2s. each. If an vigilance on the part of the clerks. Mr. G. Leanox Conyngham, of Eaton-square, the chief clerk in the department, deposed that the defendant was appointed to the office at a salary of £3OO per annum on the 20ch February last. He was a stranger to witness, and to all in the office. On the 31st March 1)2 received the salary then due to him, and on the 30th June be received his whole quarter's salary. Witness saw him on the 23d of July, owing to representations which had been made respecting him ' • and although he was no t actua ll y d runk, he (defen dant) was decidedly muddled—a state in which witness had constantly found him. The defendant absented himself from his duties, and witness having heard that be had absconded, gave information to Sergeant Robinson and to another detective officer, who took means to apprehend him. No public bills were issued, but a printed circular was seat round to the police for their guidance only. Cross-examined—l believe the defendant lodged £l2 at Drummonds' Bank towards his deficiency. This amount, with the salary due to him, did not make up the loss to the public account. I advanced him money, at his own request, two or three times, and then declined to do so any more. I was always displeased with him ; he gave me more worry and vexation than any other clerk. I shall refuse to give back the £l2. i Mr. Lewis said t was not a case of embezzlement. There was a deficiency, which his client offered to make up. lie had never absconded, but volunteered to attend and explain the whole matter. Committed for trial. WESTMINSTER.—DETECTION OF AREA SNEAKS. —7 : w 9 low - looking fellows, who gave their names Henry IVilltams and John Fuller, were charged with stealing two silver forks f rom t h e h ouse o f M r 'Henry Fothergill Chorley, 13, EatoN-place. Stephen Brake, valet to Mr. Chorley, said that at three o'clock that afternoon he was in the kitchen on the base ment storey, wh en he easy the pr i soner Williams quietly walk upthe area steps f rom th e di rec tion of the pantry. I..nowtrg that some plate was lying loose there,. he imme diately went thith er , an d m i sse d two silver forks. He hastened after Williams and found him in the company of the other prisoner. He followed and gave them into custody, when the missing forks were found upon 'Wil liams, Prisoners pretended that they were perfect strangers to each other, Williams alleging that he was only showing Fuller " the way to Westminster." In reply to questions from the magistrate the valet said that Fuller had joined the other prisoner within a hundred Dal ott th 4 Ulf la I T niat Doe Dot' t(r ei Ihr k to r , e tt (30, th;.