The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-11 00:00:00

ROYAL COMMISSION ON ARMY STORES AND CLOTHING. The Royal Commissioners continued their inquiry yesterday at Woolwich Arsenal. Mr. Bolt, in respect of whom a statem ent had been made during t he N egress of the inquiry which created an impression that he offered for sale to Government a quantity of Dantzic firs which were not in his possession at the time the offer was made, came before the commissioners to explain the trans action, and to remove from the minds of the com missioners and the public the impression which had been created. Mr. Bolt' read his letter of the 3d of April, offering 150 loads of Dantzic fir to Govern ment at £1 ss. per load. When that offer was made the timber was lying in the Commercial Docks. On the 14th of April a letter was received from the War Department, stating "that timber of that description was not at present required by the department:" He therefore found another channel through which that timber was disposed of. The timber was therefore in the market at the time it was offered ; it was not inspected by the Govern ment, and it was therefore sold to somebody else. When he saw the statement and the comments which had been made upon it he felt acutely on the point, and thought it right to remove the censure which had been cast on his commercial honour and activity. Mr. Turner said that he was chiefly responsible for the remarks which had been made, but those remarks were founded on certain premises, for the accuracy of which he was in no way responsible. Mr. Bolt said he quite concurred in the justice of the remarks made by Mr. Turner, if the facts were true ; but the facts being untrue, the remarks were unjust. With regard to Mr. Sim, he must in justice clear him of any imputation whatever in this matter. because Mr. Sim told him last night that he had. fallen into a grass error in what he said, as he would communicate to the commissioners by letter. Mr. Sim was not in the country at the time, and he did not receive any order to buy tim ber till the 24th of April ; he inspected it on the 20th, and on tho 10th of May he bought it. In reply to Ms, Selfe, Mr. Bolt said :hat the offer was made on the 3d of April. On the 14th the refusal of the Govern ment to accept was received, and on the 18th he disposed of it ; it ins cut up for ships' decks, and was sold all round. for £4 10s. per load. It was offered to the Government as it lay ; they might have taken 100 loads of the 150 at 14 ss. It would not have damaged the remainder. It was very excellent timber—Crown Zabboladowski. Made an offer of timber of the same description to the Government ton the 6th. of May, which he " ex pected" ex the Condor. Mr. Turner—Your offer to Government of 480 loads of timber which. you " expected" must be taken as a proof that when you offered the former timber, and requested an inspection of it, y ou had it on hand. ? Mr. Rolt—lt would depend on various circum stances whether the Government could be as well served by buying through brokers or through competition. He unquestionably approved of the principle of competition. The broker acted for buyer and seller. It might be desirable for the buyer to have a broker of his own, but in the timber trade it would be difficult to accomplish such a thing. Mr. Dolan, an army clothing contractor, requested that a letter , which he had addressed to the Com missioners might be read. They, however, objected to the reading of the letter. Mr. Dolan then stated, in reply to questions, that his house had been in the habit of making allowances to the quartermasters, and were still in the habit of making them. The allowance was not fixed, but in accord ance with the services rendered. It was generally never more than 5 per cent., and all roundit was about 21 per cent. on the necessaries sold. Did not consider that this was in contravention of the regulations issued. The practice prevailed for many years, and there was a necessity for it. The necessity arose from the fact that the goods sent out for the regiment, though inspected and passed, might be returned to the contractors, and therefore it was considered right that the quartermasters should have an allowance for the care of the golds. A good deal of discussion here arose as to the incidence of the liability in case of the loss of regimental necessaries which had been sent out by the contractors, and passed by the regimental committee and commanding officer. Mr. Dolan considered that the property of goods which were not actually issued to the soldiers was in the hands of the clothiers. Mr. Selfe expressed his opinion that under the regulations no answer could be given to- an action, by a clothier, for the price of F oods which he delivered, and which had been inspected and passed by the regimental committee.) When he (Mr. Dolan) refused to answer the ques tion put to him on Saturday it was not from any desire to conceal the truth, but he wished to con sider the matter with others before he gave an answer:: Mr. Selfe said it would have been much better if the answer had been given on Saturday, because the refusal to answer led persons to suspect that there was more in the matter than appeared to be the case. Mr. Gordon gave some evidence with regard. to the practice followed in the issuing of regimental stores. He did not think that the practice of giving douceurs to the quartermasters could affect the soldiers in any way ; but if the circumstances were known to the commanding officer. he did not know that he could do otherwise than place the quartermaster under arrest. It was against the 'Mutiny Act "and the regulations. It was part of the quartermaster's regimental duty to take charge of the stores. They got no stores from the French in the Crimea, except in one instance to a small ex tent. They supplied much more than they received. Mr. Bischoff, of the firm of Hibbert and Co., gave evidence pretty much of the same character as Mr. Dolan's, with respect to the douceurs given to the quartermasters. They were given for services actually performed, and never, as far as he could trace, as a fee or reward for the purpose of pro curing business. There was £37,500 owing to them from several regiments in India, and when the money was paid in it was usual to allow the quartermaster somethin g . He did not think it was more than one per cent. in their establishment. The witness handed in a paper, in which he im pugned the data on which Mr. Grant founded his calculations respecting the clothing of the Arillery, as manufactured in the Woolwich establishment. Tic was prepared to supply the Artillery with (-Whim; at Mr. Grant's prices, and to fit the men, the ordinary facilities for measuring being allowed. MI% Turner read a paper which he had received from Mr. Gordon, showing the number of cars, carts, and waggons sold in 1856, and the number temaining in store at the present time. It ap peared from this statement that the number of Irish cars for sick men sold by auction was 30, at an average price of £5 each ; 165 remained in store. Army work cars, 29 sold by auction, price £2 18s. ; none left in store. Macadam's fo age cars, 452 sold at £2 6s. ; remaining in store, 906. Hospital carts, nine sold at £3 los. •, remaining in store, none, &c. The total number sold was 1,325, and 2,999 remained in store. There was only one offer of purchase by private contract, and that was the offer of Mr. Dray of Swan-lane, who propoSed to buy 500 of the wag gons which he supplied at £35105., and which sold by public auction at an average of £6 55., at £5 155., and 1,000 of the land transport carts at £4. The reply of Mr. Merris,,the deputy storekeeper, to that offer was, that he considered it better to wait till they knew what might be realised at future sales. Captai n Clerk said that 400 waggons had been supplied at £35 10 s ., a nd 500 forage carts at £ 2l i 4 452 had been sold at £2 Gs. In addition to the 00 waggons, there was another e mtract for 145 at £42 193. the carriage-300 waggons were madeiio ; 300 at z byCressk 4 i 3 ll, of Beverley, at £42, and 400 at 1,200. ' These 10s. ; and 200 at £l3 103.—in all waggons were made under great pressure and i n a very short time, which, of course, increased the • price. The supply was ordered on the requisition of Lord Raglan but Col. M.Mu d gave the original order. . r o The weight was limited to 81 cwt., but they were cwt. They were found too light. They wereeet reallya 8 9 s:hong as could be consistent with the Those which were sold had been much used an d we were , greatly deterior ated. Those now in store were unfit for war quite purposes- They might be useful for market gar deners. Mr. Turner said the total 10 5 5 which the public sustained on these waggons was £lOO,O OO. Capt. Clerk observed that they had been muc h used, and at the time they were ordered it was not a question of money, but whether there w ere to b e i means for the conveyance and use of the e troop nqs. uiry The Commissioners then adjourned th till Wednesday next. [ATIVERTISEMEINT—L 7 arey ' s Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill d - Fonditioned Horses, Oolvs, Bullocks, Calves, aicep, Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its .ccst of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures 'an actual s aving in e the keep. But its principal advantag es are a great improv ment in filo • digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of horses enabling them to perform far mere labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn - out hors es, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle generally, and im provei the milk in_ cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarey and e 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. pa k a in tins of about 90 feeds, lls.; in casks of about 450 feeds, 505.; of about 4000. feeds, £5, being about ltd. per feed. THE FAULT IN THE ATLANTIC CABLE. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Gentlemen,—l have to acknowledge the re ceipt of a letter from your secretary, dated 27th ult., declining to grant me permission to test the Atlantic cable, and conveying the directors' re fusal to entertain any proposal which, after that testing, I: might be prepared to make for the re opening and maintenance of communication with Newfoundland. While awaiting this reply at Va lentia, I endeavoured to serve the interests of the company by careful experimental research upon a faulty piece of your cable (raised some weeks since from the harbour), with the special object of ascer- I taiaing, the possibility, or otherwise, of accurately detecting the character of a fault, as well as the distance at which it might exist. The results of this examination, which I now lay before you, are decisive corro borating in every respect the opinion which I have already given, that the systim of testing hitherto confidently relied upon, is to the last degree fallacious and inconclusive. I have been able toimitate and reproduce at plea sure on this short length (less than two miles) every phase through which the Atlantic cable itself has been said to pass, the fault having 'been consecu tively arranged by me, as apparently existing at 600,500,400,300, and lastly at 280 and 240 miles distance, and subsequently at shorter and interme diate lengths. These phases were not produced either by adding to length, but simply by altering the degree or amount of the fault already existing, while the length of the cable as well as the position of the fault in all instances remained the same. It is therefore, manifestly impossible, by any multiplied appeals to such a mode of testing to dis tinguish between a great fault at a considerable distance, and a smaller fault, near at hand, or, in fact, to ascertain at all with certainty the distance, at which a fault exists, unless the degree or amount of such fault be already accurately known—given the distance, the amount of fault may be ascer tained ; given the amount of fault, the distance may be determined. As, however, in the present condi tion of the Atlantic cable both are unknown, and the indications required of each are identical in character and inseparable from each other, it fol lows that by no nicety in the application of such tests can these two points be separately examined and determined with accuracy. With such a source of error underlying all the electrical opinions which have been relied upon, the unequivocal demonstrations which I have ob tained induce me, in justice to the enterprise, at once to impeach the validity of the accepted deci sion upon the state of the cable. Bearing upon this subject, I here recal to mind an incident of which the directors are perhaps unaware, wherein one of_ the gentlemen recently employed by them (Mr. C. F. Varley), in simple reliance doubtless upon such tests, caused search to be made about 70 miles out at sea upon a cable for a fault or injury which was subsequently found to be en shore. Another case has, indeed, very re cently occurred, in which, unless I am misin formed, the difficulty experienced in ascertaining electrically the position of a fault in a cable of very limited length, was only removed by the mecha nical operation of underrunning. I will not enlarge upon the loss of capital and of public confidence certain to result from a too im plicit reliance upon a system so open to error, and yet upon the unshaken belief in which the very existence of our enterprise has been for a long time, and is at this moment, suspended. I have felt constrained to bring this matter thus prominently forward because an error in judgment adopted and acted upon blindly, may thus decide adversely, and at the same time wrongly and irre trievably, a question involving, to a great extent, the interests of two nations, and the loss, or other wise, of half a million of money. The probabilities are vastly against any approach to accurate determination of the distance of the fault in such a manner; while, irrespective of my own testing . and observations, which lead to an opposite opinion, the common sense arguments, hitherto apparently overlooked, are wholly in favour of the fault being close at hand. I will briefly enumerate these :- Ist. The cable has been long exposed to danger upon coast, for which its delicate structure is known to be utterly , unfitted ; we, therefore, have a right to expect injury. 2d. The entire interruption which has occurred from injury no less than three times in as many months, to another length of cable identical in struc ture--originally a part of our own —similarly situ ated in the harbour, and connecting the island with the mainland, does itself most strongly confirm this expectation. 3rd. The last portion of the cable laid out by the Agamemnon was believed to be less perfect than the rest, and it was hoped that it might not have been used at all ; in fact, it would not have been but for the large amount lost upon the previous trip. 4th. A considerable degree of fault was found to exist in that part of the Atlantic cable within the harbour which was cut out, and on its removal and replacement by fresh cable, the signals from New foundland were so manifestly improved for a time, that the subsequent receipt of messages was the very best and quickest work performed by the cable. Lastly. No accident is known to have occurred during the paying out at the distance of 280 miles, sufficient to lay bare the conductor for two inches, as is now inferred to be the case. Having thus given my reasons for dissent from the received opinion upon the present state of the Atlantic cable, on the ground of its being based upon insu ffi cient, and what now prove to be un sound electrical data, no less than opposed to all the arguments which common sense adduces, I may add that my confidence will be in no way shaken should the present tardy and feeble effort with reference to the shore end prove a failure. I regard the means employed as inadequate to the end to be attained. I turn now with pleasure to recount to the direc tors an incident which I have gleaned since my ar rival at Valentie, and which, I doubt not, they will learn with equal gratification. Shortly after the repairs had been effected, to which allusion has al ready been made, and when the cable was in its most perfect working order, the superintendent at Newfoundland, when all the official messages of the day had been worked off, gave permissiOn in order to keep the clerks employed, for exchange of conversa tional intercourse between Newfoundland and Valen tia for a time. Freed thus from fear of any respcn sbility attaching to errors from carelessness or haste, the clerks on duty manipulated at a higher speed than had ever before been attained ; New foundland using . my instrument, and induction coils for transmission, while Valentia received the signals on Thomson's galvanometer, and recorded by finger key upon the paper; the station clock marked the time upon the paper, in hours, half hours, and quarters, as well as minutes, so that there can be no error in the computation of speed. I have carefully examined the record then made ; the signals are perfect, and the rate at which for a length of time that conversation was kept up in words at full length, was such (if that speed alone could be maintained, and I am confident that it can even be increased), as would enable the directors, after the payment of all working expensea,- to de clare a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum upon the present capital ; while laying aside, within 12 months, a reserve of £50,000. This computation is made for the six working days only, allowing a margin of four hours per diem for unavoidable delays and interruptions. These facts and these figures, together with the calculations upon which they are based, I am pre pared at any time to submit and to substantiate before the directors and shareholders, and this is the condition to which I still believe the cable ad mits of being again safely and easily restored at an early day.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient ser vant, E. 0. WILDMAN WIIITEIIOUSE, Late Electrican to the Atlantic Telegraph Company. London, Nov. 8. The Senaaine Fe ligieuie announces that the Prince Lucien Bonaparte, who is in holy order, is occupy ing himself actively in re-establishing tho order of St. Bernard in France. _ _ FIRE IN FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday morning, between four and five o'clock, a fire broke out in the range of premises belonging to Mr. Paul Jerrard, publisher, situate at the corner of Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. The discovery was made by the police on duty observing smoke issuing from the workshop in Red Lion-court, who imme diately raised an alarm, when the inmates with difficult) , effected their escape. The engines of the Fire Brigade ar rived in quick succession. An abundant supply of water was procured, and the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Braid wood, had the engines set to work. The flames continued .to spread, and in the course of a quarter of an hour after the outbreak the whole of the rooms in the extensive pre mises became enveloped in fire. At the same time the heatedo.n. smoke was pourin g through the walls of the ad - I mg houses ' and the inmates were compelled to rush out into the street . m their night-dresses, carrying in their arms h children or any portable article of, furniture they could lay their hang; upon. The firemen, although ex posed to imminent danger, kept to their work, but while so engaged the hack wall tell in with a noise like a clap of thunder, nearly burying them. Mr. B ra id woo d th en - went round to Crane-cou r t , s . h Inspector H ar di ng , an d finding no danger, directed the attention of the firemen to the sur rounding fi je re rmrc l, not extinguished until buildings, butl Paul e l rntrblisher, were second, third, and f metr-tltireet ; Mr. the premises of Mr s burnt out. Mr. G. Charles, tailor, 1 Gulden, publisher , the the occuedtiziono.fellrt, I F '. lee E t g . 8 1 t r o e n e t , .)bookbinder;elonging in and advertising agent ; N 4, Mr. W. ll.l3rev to ,er, Mr. Maddick, printer, -Crane-court, Fleet-street, c l h 3 e , ll printer;all .sustained or less damage by fire and water. Th e loss win fall upon nireo the Unity, Sun, -County, and other fire offices. THE CASE OF OLIV_ER. COMMITTAL FOR FRAUD 1..' ND r° llG-ERY ' William Lemon Oliver, descriii' ea as a stock '-e broker, who stands committed to ta:" e his trial the charge of misappropriating mone, v and securi ties to the value of £5,000, was again l'rought up before Mr. Alderman Cubitt, at Guildhall, charged with appropriating and converting to his 0: vn ,, 1 t 5 ,,, e 1,000 £1 shares of the North British Austr. Company, and 100 £5 shares of the Crystal Pai. l " Company, entrusted to him by Mr. Robert Swan, an independent gentleman, of Northumberland, for safe custody. Mr. Henry James, the counsel for the prosecution, said—The prosecutor, Mr. R. Swan, is a gentleman of independent property, residing in Northumber land, and he and the prisoner have been on the most friendly terms. You will find that he delivered a box containing a number of shares and other secu rities to the prisoner to deposit at the London and County Bank, and that a new lock was pl aced on the box for greater security at the prisoner's sugges tion. But on the 2d Aug. last the prisoner wrote to Mr. Swan as follows : " 4, Austinfriars, Aug. 2, 1858, London, B.C. "My dear old Robert,-1 shall, I think, leave off calling you `old,' for it seems to me that you are g ettin g more juve nile and lively daily. Yet still there is a charm in the name of old Bob,' or rather Aufd Robert.' As to good friend Shaw. Now Bob, do you think me such an old fool as to say a word or to volunteer a sentence relative to ' bristles' with such a man as the Irish magnate ? No, mon, no—not such a jackass as that ; but yet the hint you give is wise and right, and so I shall be on my guard if he calls. We are fully expecting to hear from Caro. Our little home is now all clear for her, and we are anxiously expec tin g her visit. Bertha has laid out no end of trips for her, and I expect London will be ransacked to give the. dear old gal please rd. I enclose you a cheque for £lO, as also a blank transfer, and what I want you to do with this is just this. I can, if you like, lend your 1,000 N. B. A for three months to a first-class man, who is anxious to get on the direction of the company. For the accommodation he will pay you £2O down, and deposit with you £l,OOO value Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln stock, and 250 Submarine Telegraph shares, value £3.5 0 at the lowest, engaging, too, to pay you I all dividends declared or declarable within the three months and to retrin to you free of all expense the shares at the period named, that is, three months. He has deposited with me lie M. and S. stock and the Telegraphs, Rid awe s your reply. Now, as the election comes off at the b oard meeting, Wednesday noon, if you agree to this (I think it is an easy way of getting a £2O note), send up your keys, and just say, ' Mr. M'Kewan, plea se deliver to Mr. Oliver my deed box.—Yours, &c., It. S. I will then get the shares, deposit in your box his agreement and the other things—that is the M. and S. and Tele graphs—and return you the key by return. I could do it elsewhere, but I offer it to you. Let me hear by return. Peacock elects you to go on, but I have screwed out of him for two months longer 10 per cent. Trusting to see you very soon, I hope about Friday or so, believe me ever, with our united regards and devotion, your faithful and attached Colley,. " HOLD HOLIVER." My client, Mr. Swan, accordingly sent up the key, and the box was delivered to the prisoner, but I will satisfy you that notwithstanding his sending for the key the prisoner, as far back as January, had possessed himself of the box deposited at the London and County Bank, and without Mr. Swan's knowledge he pledged 500 of the North British Australian shares for £3OO, and the other 500 shares in the same company for another £3OO in July following. I will prove that none of those shares were deposited as proposed for election pur poses, and that the prisoner, since he has been in custody, has admitted having a second key to the box which held the securities, showing that the letter I have just read was merely intended to blind the prose cutor with regard to the fact of the shares having been dealt with at an earlier date. These are the leading facts of the first charge ; but as there are several cases involving more serious charges, I will just state the course I intend to pursue. I pro pose proving the transfer of the shares in Jan- uary and July—the first 500 to a person named Barry, and the second 500 to the London and County Bank. This transfer really bears the pro secutor's signature, but it will be found that Mr. Swan signed several blank transfers for ,another purpose, and it is one of those which the prisoner has turned to account in the present transaction. I will also show that the signature of the attesting witness is a forgery. But I have even a more sub stantial charge of forgery against the prisoner in the case of 100 Crystal Palace shares, which he ab stracted from the same box ; andeffecting the trans fer he has signed the prosecutor's name, and the signature in that instance was attested by a lad named Pickering, who was in the prisoner's employ. Alderman Cubitt—Does any one appear to de fend the prisoner ? Mr. Richardson—l attend for him. Mr. Robt. Swan said—l have lately been residing at Paris, but as I heard that the prisoner was in custody, I came to London. My usual place of residence is at Alnwick, in Northumberland. I employed the prisoner as my broker previous to the 2d of August last, when I received the letter which has been read. Mr. James—Did you, in consequence of that letter, send up the key to the prisoner ? Mr. Swan—No; for my key was in my port manteau at No. 24, Northumberland-street, Strand; but I wrote to him, telling him to go to Chubb's, the maker (as I thought) of the lock, .and get the box open. Mr. James—But how was he to get the box from the London and County Bank ? Mr. Swan—l sent him up a written authority, directed to the manager of the bank, for the de livery of the box to the prisoner. I was not aware that the prisoner had a duplicate key to my box. Mr. James—Was there a lock on the box when you first brought it up from Northumberland ? Mr. Swan—There was; but the prisoner said it was a common one, and that it was not safe to have such valuable property under such a lock. That get a new lock put on. lie nm es ae s sd o . , i nanTtdhheegyabxo wa: in November or December last, and I told him to key Nor North o ß d u r j e t e i s d h . A A u t s t t h r a a t l i t a i w e x m erl e e t : 00 ; shares, but I bought them at 12s. 9d. per share. I had also 100 Crystal Palace shares, which were in the box, and I saw them there intact at the same time. I never gave him any authority to pledge any North British Australian shares in the London and County Bank, nor any shares whatever either in January last or at any other time. I saw the prisoner in Newgate on the Ist of the present month, and asked him what had become of my North British Australian shares, and he said they were all right, and would be returned at his office. I had reminded him that the three months would be up on the 3d. I saw him again on the 2d of this month in Newgate, and said to him, " Now, be honestwith me in this affair." What I really said was, " Nov, be candid with mc," for I very much doubted his honesty, " and tell me exactly the position I stand in with regard to everything you have in hand of mine." lie then said the North British Australian shares would not be forthcoming. He did not say where they were on that occasion,but he afterwards told me they were in the London and County Bank, and that I could get them back for £6OO. Alderman Cubitt—ls there such a company_as the North British Australian ? Mr. Swan—lt is the North British Australasian, but it is commonly called Australian. I first became acquainted with the prisoner four or five years ago, and he commenced to act as my broker about the same time, or almost immediately after. I remem ber sending up to the prisoner in June, 1855, the transfer of some Manchester and Sheffield shares. Mr. James—Do you recollect sending at that or any other time more documents than the one transfer ? Mr. Swan—l think I can, but I cannot fix the date. On the occasion I refer to, I sent up, signed, three transfers in blank. I believe that was pre vious to the 2d August last. • Mr. James—When the prisoner required you to sign those transfers in blank did he state for what purpose he wanted them ? Mr. Swan—l am quite clear as to what he said. It was merely that they were the transfers of some shares about to be sold. Mr. James—Did he tell you that all three trans fers were required for one set of shares ? Mr. S wa n--I understood they were. I was in London for about a fortnight prior to the 2d of August, and saw the prisoner nearly every day. Alderman Cubitt—Do I understand you that before ' going into Northumberland you saw the prisoner every day for a fortnight, and that that was some time previous, and not immediately pre ceding the 2d of August? Mr. Swan—That is precisely what I mean. He never communicated to me prior to that date that he had transferred any of the North British Aus tralian shares. Mr. James--Where were you when the pri soner's letter of the 2d of August reached you ? Mr. Swan—l was at Alnwick, in Northumber land, and I returned him the following answer the next day : " Alnwick, 3d August, 1853. "My dear old Cromwellian,--I beg to acknowledgo cheque value £lO, and return documents signed, so as you may carry into effect what is proposed in yours of the 2d inst. I have not the key of the deed-box, therefore just take if to Chubb's, where you were kind enough to buy the lock, and, sans doute, they will be able to open it for you. Take out what is wanted, and they can lock it, as I have the key in my portmanteau at Mrs. Brooks's. I purpose leaving here on Saturday morning in time for the stesrner at one p.m., from N. Castle, being with you, I trust, early On Monday morning, quite in time to meet Cam on her arrival at the railway station. lam sure she will be de.; lighted with her reception and Bertha's kindness'and atten tion, which I am certain she will ever have a lively and grateful recollection of, for - she has in her bosom Etna's never-dying flame; (The ould dog., still has a spark of poetry in him.) Advise me to-morrow that this has enabled you to put everything as you wished, and, with hive to Bertha, believe me always the truthful, ut übb's to g e t th e b ox open ? " Senior Dog, BOB." . ~...‘lr. Ja mes —Why did you tell him to go to Mr. Swan-=Because I was under . the impression ob signu but I d so. I:ab a lf b s la l nk k t , khart that the prisoner bought the lock understood him that it was a a cannot positively say that he eve Mr. James—Did you ever re ,e . for the transfer of the 1,000 ewe ~s North British , Australian? _ - - wouldhw a duil;d. b j beae i' m Mr. Swan—l did. It came t 1 - ith the letter of 2d August, and I return ed it signe d the following day, witnessed by Dr. 1 aceley, of A inwick. Mr. James—When you saw tithee . prisoner in New gate, did he say the N orth British Aust ra li an s h ares soon as fney had been used s tioned in is letter to you ? For r u t l h d e be pu r r e p returned n Th ed r ~ fa Y Mr. Swan 7-374 e first time I: saw him in Newgate , re oinded him that the , three months would A e . xpire 6 7 the 3d Nov., and asked him, if the shares irthco ming, and his reply was, that they de live !red at his office by, the party who borrowed . I em. • James--I )id he say anything about those shares when yoi t saw him again next day ? Tvir. Swan—Y es, sir ; he said they were at the Londun and Coil nty Bank. lid they were deposited there. Mr. James--E tate to the Court under what cir cumstancese said they were pledged, and could not be redek -!med 'for less' than £6OO ; but he did not mention ti mr.swantnst to name of Barry as having any : at the book prod u c e d, an d sa y of those shares. • • ak gned by you. . _ if tha r i jtaraninesrerLiso: S l wan es n a t:y say o e m v e o r s t p I p a o c s e i t i t v h e a l y t s t i h g a n t a t t u h r o e signature is not m. y handwriting, —Pit to tho transfer of t b ose 500 North British Austra- Lan shares ? • Bourn. Now, tell me if that Swan—Ne - cer , sir. Mr. j ames ..—Y 0 0 • signature purp or t s t o b e handwriting? Mr. Swan --I kikov her handwriting, but that is aattresstetadtiobyn isCainrelhienre, not her signature. Mr. j ames _rrlu t t, • transfer is dated in January last. Now, do yo tit know where Caroline Bourn was at that time ? Mr. Swan—Yes, • Ale was at Paris. I never knew her witness any trr aisfer of mine. I positively say that no transfer of ' 'these shares was ever signed by me. The transfer of 500 shares in the same com pany, elated 2 d Au g ust, also bears m y own signa ture,afta purpoi is to be attested by Caroline ; but it is nof in her handwriting , neit h er Bourn did I sign l'he trap sfer of those shares. transfers Mrj w ame you able to say if these two h.ich tea' your signature are the same which you si; ;nod in blank at the prisoner's request for the trim& 'r of the Manchester and Sheffield stock some tim e age ? Mr. Swan—l . believe so. Mr. James—CAD. you give an approximate time when you signed the three blank transfers ? Alderman Cubi A t—Was it three months, twelve months, or two y e.ara ago ? Mr. Swan—hi October, 1857, there were some Scottish*Australai n investments sold, and I had to sign a transfer or 500, and, as far as I can recollect, it was at that tin at 3 that I signed several transfers, being under the itnpressipn that they were neces sary. Caroline B 'ourn was in Paris in August, and I was in Northam berland. Mr. James—Dit 1 the prisoner, in the months of January or August , hand over to you any notice from Mr. Budge, th e Secretary to the North. British Australian Compeurjr, stating that your shares had been transferred ? M r . Swan—No, a ir, never. Mr. Budge said— I am secretary to the North British Australian C. nnpany, 27, New Broad-street. I produce the registe r of shareholders. Previous to the 18th January laf it Mr. Swan's name appeared in our books as the hi elder of 1,000 of our shares. Mr. James—What were the numbers ? Mr. Budge—Nos. 156,735 to 157,434, Nos. 115,204 to 115,403, and. Nos. 177,206 to 177,305. Mr. James—Now, Lai or about the 19th of January did you recer-ae notice of the transfer of these shares ? On the 16th of January .AOO shares from Mr. Swan last M t r h . e S t u r d an ge— sfer l d ile. e d d , for :500 to Mr. Barry of the Stook Exchange. _156 Mr. James—Which members were those ? date of the transfer ,733 to 157,434. The dip 15th of January, and those shares were duly tran s f e r red in o ur bo oks to Mr. Barry. Mr. James—Did you send any notice to Mr. Swan before making the transfer in your books ? Mr. Budge—l did, sir. ti I sent the notice ad dressed to "Mr. Swan, care of W. L. Oliver, 4, Austinfriars," that being the prosecutor's registered address. Alderman Cubitt—That \ being his registered address then, you knew of no other which would be safe to direct such documents to with safety ? Mr. Budge—Certainly not, sir. Mr. James—l proposed to prove service of a notice on the prisoner' to produce the notice of transfer. Mr. Richardson—We admit, the service. Mr. James—ln criminal matters everything must a c cordingly proved by a clerk tobe proved. the solicitors notice forthe prosecution. Mr. James — Did yo u receive any other deed of was transfer relating to other shares? Mr. Budge—Yes, sir. On the 26th of July a transfer deed of 500 shares North British Austra lian was lodged at our, office. The date of that transfer is the 23d of July, from " Robert Swan, 4, Austinfriars, to Wm. M‘Xewan and James Grey, of 21, Lombard-street." ;The numbers of those 500 shares are 157,235 to 157,434, 115,204 to 115,403, and 177,206 to 177,305. sent a notice to Mr. Swan of that transfer also, and I afterwards trans ferred those shares in the book to the names of M'Kewan and Grey, of the London and County Bank. Mr. John IEII, a stockbroker, of the firm of Sims and Hill, of 3, Bartholomew-lane, said the prisoner was not a member of the Stook Exchange. Mr. James—Had you had any dealings with the prisoner in the month of January or previous ? Mr. Hill—l had, sir. On. the 12th of January last we sold for him 500 North British Australian shares, to Mr. Barry, a member of the Stock Ex change. I received from the prisoner the deed of transfer, and the shares were transferred from the name of Robert Swan to that of Horace Barry. The numbers of the shares sold to B arr y were 156,135, to 157,23 4 . M r . Gr ey, chief accountant at the London and County Bank, said, it is my duty to know what securities arc at our bank for safe custody. Mr. James—Was any box deposited there belong ing to Mr. Swan ? 111 r. Grey—There was, :Ir. It was deposited by the prisoner, and, to the best of my recollection, it had the name of Swan upon it. It was no part of my duty to become acquainted with the contents of the box. • Mr. James—Did your bank advance a sum of £6OO on some North British Australian shares in July last ? Mr. Grey—Yes, sir. On the 3d of that month the prisoner deposited 1,000 shares of that com pany, and I have the certificates of them hare. The numbers are 157,235 to 157,434, 115,204 to 115,204 to 115,403, and 177,206 to 177,305, making 500 shares. Mr. Martin (Chief Clerk)— But bow many shares in all did you advance the £6OO upon ? Mr. Grey-1,000, sir. I received the transfer and certificate from the primmer, and:l delivered them to the secretary of the company. Caroline Bourn said—l reside at 4, Rue de la Corderie, St. Honore, Paris. The signature to the deed of transfer dated the 15th of January is not my handwriting. I never witnessed any such document as that. Mr. James—Look at the transfer of the 23d of July and tell me if that is your signature. Caroline Bourn--.lt is not. On the 16th of. Jan. and the 23cl of July I was in Paris. Prisoner—May I be allowed to look at that transfer ? Mr. Roe, the summoning .officer, was here about to hand the book for the prisoner to inspect, when Mr. Budge, the secretary of the company, rushed forward and snatched the book from Mr. Roe, fear ful of trusting such an important document within the .prisoner's reach lest he should destry it. Henry Smith, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Chubb, of St. Paul's-churchyard, said—l have exa mined the box produced. The lock was never made at our house. Mr. James—ls it a patent lock ? Henry Smith—lt is a common lock made to re semble in appearanc e Bramah's patent. It is an ordinary lock, and • might be opened by a common key. 111 r. James—Does it appear to hive been picked or forced ? Henry Smith—No, sir. Alderman Cubitt—lf it is a common lock that could be opened with an ordinary key, I presume you would not be abl e to tell whether it had been opened by a picklock or key, as there would be no marks of violence upon it. • Henry Smith—That is so, sir. • Alderman Cubitti—Then, I apprehend the box might have been opened without force ? • Henry Smith—Certainly, sir. Mr. George John Graham - said—l am the official assignee appointed under the prisoner's bankruptcy. I produce the box in question. I received it from the messenger in bankruptcy. Policeman 112 said -- -I apprehended the prisoner on the 26th Oct-on.anOther charge, and I took pos session of a bunch of nine keys, which I gave to Mr. Stubbs, one of the messengers of the Bank-, THE SILLN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN] ,NG, NOVEMBER 11, 1858. ruptcy Court. I unlocked the box produced with one of those keys. Mr. Thomas Edward Stubbs said—l am messen ger in the Court of Bankruptcy. I received nine keys from the officer, which I now produce. _ _ Mr. Swan recalled—l saw these shares safe about this time last year. I never gave the pri soner any authority to remove them or deal with them in any way whatever prior to the 3d of August last. Mr. James—That, sir, is the whole of the evi dence in the first case, with the exception of the lad Pickering, whose signature purports to attest the transfer of 500 of the North British Australian shares, and I am given to understand that he will be forthcoming at the trial. I will therefore now proceed with the graver charge of forgery. Mr. Wm. Henry Dawson said—l am transfer clerk to the Crystal Palace Company. I produce the deed of transfer of 100 Crystal Palace shares, dated 18th of October last, and the transfer ap pears to have been made from Robert Swan to Mr. Amelam, of 12, Copthall-court. I sent a notice of the transfer to Mr. Swan, at 4, Austinfriars, to the care of the prisoner. In pursuance of the transfer I have registered Mr. Casartelli as the holder of these shares. Charles Witten, of 38, Throgmorton-street, said —I am not a stockbroker; I am a stock dealer. Mr. James—Did you in October last purchase any Crystal Palace shares of the prisoner ? Mr. Witten—Tt was on the 6th of that month I purchased 100 shares for £156, and he delivered to me the transfer produced. The signature of Robert Swan was then attached to that transfer, with the attestation of James Pickering. I afterwards sold them, and delivered the transfer to Mr. Amelam. Mr. Frederick Amelam said—l carry on business as a stockbroker at 12, Copthall-court. On the 18th of ' October last I received from Mr. Witten 100 Crysial Palace shares. I was acting for Mr. Frank Casartelli, and this transfer was the docu ment I received. Mr. James—ls• it now in the same state as when you first received it? Mr. Amelam—Yes, sir, with the exception of the name of Casartelli being upon it. After MrAgas artelli had signed it I-forwarded it to the office of the company. Mr. James—Let Mr. Swan stand up. Did you have 100 Crystal Palace shares on the 18th of October last ? Mr. Swan—l had the certificates of them in this box, and, to the best of my recollection, I saw them safe about this time last year. lam perfectly certain I never gave the prisoner any authority to sell them, because they were worth £3 in the market some time back, and the prisoner said I had better have sold them, and I agreed -with him ; but as I had allowecrthe opportunity to slip, I told him I would hold on to them now, in the expectation of getting a dividend on them. I never authorized him to sell them or to sign my name to any transfer of them. The signature, " Robt. Swan," to this transfer is not in my handwritinc., nor is it written by my authority. He never informed me he had transferred these shares. Mr. James—Where were you on the 18th of October, 1858? Mr. Swan—l was at Paris. James Pickering, who purports to be the attesting witness to the signature of that transfer, was, I believe, the prisoner's clerk. Mr. James—Now, when you saw the prisoner in Newgate, did you ask him about these shares ? Mr. Swan—l did, sir ; and he said they were in the box, but on examining the contents of the bax I found they were not there. Mr. Richardson—Did you place the shares in the box yourself ? Mr. Swan—l did, sir. Mr. Richardson—Did you see them in. the box at any time after you delivered them to the prisoner ? Mr. Swan—l did ; for the box had. been opened in my presence since the prisoner first had it in his possession. I opened the box for a particular pur pose, namely, to get at my will, but as soon as I got what I wanted I took no heed of anything else. Mr. Richardson—Was the box as full then as when you . first delivered it to the prisoner ? Mr. Swan—lt was not, for I noticed that the North British Australian shares had. been taken out, and I asked him where they were, and he said they were lent for a purpose. Mr. Richardson—When you saw him in New gate did you not say if he would tell you everything you would forgive him and not prosecute him ? Mr. Swan—Never in my life, for I had made up my mind for the worst. I asked him to tell me everything, as it would do him neither good nor harm, but it was more likely it might do him good. Mr. James—When did you first give the box into the prisoner's possession ? At any time, I mean ? Mr. Swan—About two years ago; but the new lock was put on it by the prisoner about the end of last year. The lock was changed in his office, and the box was then deposited at the London and County Bank. Mr. James—Had the box ever been deposited at that bank before the new lock was put on ? Mr. Swan—Oh yes, sir, and I have here the ori ginal deposite note. The shares were first deposited in the box two years ago, and the prisoner placed the box at the bank, under my directions. Mr. James—When did you take your will out of the box ? Mr. Swan—Somewhere about the Ist or 3d of September last, and I went to Paris on the 4th. That was the time the prisoner told me the North British Australian shares were deposited according to his letter of the 2d of August. Mr. James—There is some writing at the bottom of the order for the delivery of the box from the bank,—was that there when you sent the order to the prisoner ? Mr. Swan—lt was not, sir. Mr. Richardson—Did you not give the prisoner a general authority to receive dividends ? Mr. Swan—To receive dividends, but not to transfer shares without my authority. Mr. Richardson—Had he any written authority to receive the dividends ? Mr. Swan—Oh, yes, in letters which I wrote to him, and the different companies, authorizing them to pay him, but no mention was made of transfers in that authority. Mr. Grey, recalled—The order produced was pre sented at the bank b the prisoner or his clerk , and the box delivered to him, and the order has been in our possession ever since. Mr. James—ls the name, on that order, of Wil liam Lemon Oliver the signature of the prisoner ? Mr. Grey—l think it is the prisoner's hand- writing. Cross-examined—The box was not opened at the bank, and no one had access to it there. Alderman Cubitt—But if Oliver had gone to the bank with the key of the box, would he have been allowed to take anything out ? • Mr. Grey—l only know the box as receiving it from Oliver. Alderman Cubitt—Then he would, of course, have access to it without an order.. Mr. James—l now ask you , sir, to commit the prisoner for trial for appropriating and converting to his own use, in violation of good faith, the 1,000 North British Australian shares and the 100 Crystal Palace shares, and also upon the more serious charge of forgery. • Alderman Cubitt—With regard to the Crystal Palace shares will that not be a stealing ? It ap pears to me that the fact of the box being deposited at the bank for safe custody, and the prisoner's getting it away and abstracting the shares without Mr. Swan's knowledge or authority - , would consti. tute the offence of stealing. Mr. James—The box haste a certain extent been entrusted to the prisoner, and my clients were rather afraid it might be 'termed a constructive possession, but at the same time I am quite pre pared to adopt your view _of the offence and to ask that the prisoner be committed' for the larceny. AldermanCiibitt—l can only deem it a stealing of the shares, because the prosecutor did not even know that the prisoner had a second key, and he gave him no .authority to dispose of the shares. And I also think that if it is a larceny in the one case it must be a.larceny in the other, relating to the 1,000 North British Australian shares. Mr. James—Then I will ask you to commit the prisoner on the two charges of larceny as well as that of forgery. Alderman Oubitt—l am abont to commit you for trial, prisoner, but before doing so it is my duty to caution you. You are not bound to say anything, but whatever you do say . will be taken down in writing and given in evidence against you on your trial. Prisoner—l have the belief, sir, that if lam re manded and have access to various documents to which 1 am now:denied access, that I shall be able, at any rate, to refute the graver char ge, if not steal the other one. Deliberately I say it, I did not the North British Australian shares. Alderman Cubitt—Where are those documents? Prisoner—ln the Bankruptcy Court. Mr. James —Every o pportunity shall be affordedto the prisoner's solicitor to inspect every document connected with this case, but my clients object to allowing the prisoner the absolute possession - of any of them. Prisoner--11-do not want it. Alderman Cubitt—No good can arise from a re mand, as you will have every facility in Newgate to prepare to meet the charges against you. You therefore Eitand committed for trial upon a charge of forgery and two charges of larceny. The prisoner was then removed., POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Nov. 10.) MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor, upon taking his seat, said that it was his intention during his year of office to sit punctually at 12 o'clock daily for the despatch of business that might be brought before him. Alfred Bury was charged with having attempted to stab William Hart, a porter, living at 30, Anglesea-street, Waterloo New Town. The prosecutor said—Yesterday evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock, I was in Aldgate, helping a man to get a horse up that had fallen down, when the prisoner didered me to get out of the way. I told him I knew better how to get the horse up than he did, upon which he said to me, " I've something which, if it don't get the horse up, will get you down." He had an open clasp knife in his hand, and immediately struck me in the face with the back part of it. He was about to strike me with it again, when somebody in the crowd gave him a blow on the arm and prevented his cutting my face open. I struggled with him, and endeavoured to get the knife out of his hand, and it was taken from him by a gentleman standing by. An officer then came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. W. Davy, a cabinet-maker, livino. at 52, Hoxton square, corroborated the evidence of prosecutor ; and, in reply to the Lord Mayor, said that the pi soner did not take out the knife for the purpose of cutting the horse's harness, but of injuring the pro secutor. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said—l was in the crowd, when somebody called out, " Who's got a knife ?" I expected they wanted to cut the trace, and said, "Here's a knife ;" and added, " I've got a good city dagger." I never intended to injure the prosecutor. I was on my road to the Pavilion Theatre to see the new piece, and, thinking of the amusement I was about to experience, I held out the knife in a theatrical way, and not at all with a view of wantonly or maliciously hurting the prosecutor. Police-constable Nicholson, 594, said that the prisoner was the worse for liquor when he took him into custody. Prisoner—l had had some beer with my dinner, and swallowed a glass of hot rum and water in the afternoon, but' I was not drunk. The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner £5, and sen tenced him to be imprisoned for a month in default. Prisoner—ls there any appeal against that ? The Lord Mayor—No - . Joseph Thornton, a desperate-looking fellow, was charged with the double offence of having rescued a thief from the custody of Mr. Raven, a gentle man living at 3, Green-lane, Camberwell, and of having also attempted to rob him. The prosecutor said—Yesterday afternoon I was in Cheapside, where I saw the prisoner. I observed a man steal a-gentleman's watch, which he dropped when I held him until I was surrounded by a num ber of men, among whom was the prisoner, who called out, "He hasn't got your watch. That man escaped." I was knocked down, and when I re gained my feet the prisoner came up to me and pit both his hands i ito my waistcoat pockets. I seize a him, and, with the assistance of a friend, held him until an officer came up. As I was holding him one man bit my thumb and another bit the calf .of my leg. I had 4s. or ss. taken from my pocket in the scuffle. It was through the violence of ti ie prisoner and those who were acting with him thrtt I lost my hold of the man who stole the watch. Mr. W. Robertson, a gentleman living at 83, Victoria-road, Lower Islington, said-1 was with Mr. Raven, and saw a swarthy man make a snatei at the breast of Mr. Hester, a witness in court. .I saw the man take the watch. Mr. Hester seized that man, when he dropped the watch, and Air. Hester picked it up. I kept my hold of the thief, when I was attacked by several men, who knocked my hat over my , eyes, and somebody bit my hand. I let go my hold to recover my sight, when Mr. Raven seized that man and I seized him again. The prisoner jostled us, and called out, " Let him go, he has not your watch ;" and we were jostled from Queen-street to the Poultry. Mr Raven and I continued to hold the man till the prisoner and a number of his companions threw us down, and the man who had stolen the watch go - t away .on his hands and knees. I heard Mr. Raven say to the prisoner, " You have robbed me, and I'll keep you till a polieeman comes up." I collared him also, and said, " I'll hold you, my boy ; you don't get away if the other has." He made use of a threat, which I did not distinctly hear, but it was tantamount to threatening to stab Mr. Raven. The prisoner jostled and pushed us about in the crowd, and did all he could to favour the escape of the man who stole the watch. Mr. W. Hester--I live at 23, Newton-street, Holton. I was in',Cheapside yesterday when the procession passed. Suddenly 1 found myself sur rounded by a rabble of the lowest possible descrip tion. At a preecncerted signal a general bonnet ing and hustling took place. "I had two coats but toned over my gold watch, which was in my waist coat pocket. I was pushing my way through the crowd, when I found that a swarthy man had his hand under my coat. I struck him, and he jerked the watch under, the feet of. the crowd. I let go the man and recovered my watch, but in doing this I lost sight of the man who had stole it. I have a distinct recollection of the appearance of such a man as the prisoner, but I should hardly like to swear that . he was the man who stole my watch. He was bonneting most assiduously ; he seemed to have as much business on his hands as possible. (A laugh.) T. Smart, constable, 411, said that at the time in question he saw a great many men, who commenced bonneting every well-dressed person in the crowd. He took the prisoner to the station-house, but found nothing about him. • The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully committed for trial on both charges. John Rowland was charged with stealing a watch from the pocket of Mr. William Buley, a tailor, living at Tonbi idge. The prosecutor said that about 12 o'clock yester day he was in Cannen-street, when he was stopped by the crowd. The prisoner suddenly came near him, and tore his watch from the guard and ran off with it. He caught hold of the prisoner and ac cused him of having robbed him. At that moment four or five men rushed between the prosecutor and the prisoner, and the latter escaped. He was pur sued by the prosecutor, and, .upon being seized a second time, was ob-erved to put his hand towards that of a companion, who had done everything lie could to facilitate his escape. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fully committed for trial. WESTMINSTER.--Alfred Kruse, alias Lowe, alias Smith, and many other names, and William Talky, were brought up for re-examination. The first-named prisoner has undergone many examinations charged with obtaining, by conspir ing with others, a great number of houses, from which source he has obtaized money by underletting them as apartMents or exacting large sums of money from the owners to give up possession of them. To these charges was added on the last occasion a case of robbery, in breaking into the store-room of Miss N'Lean, and carrying off property to the value of £450. The second -prisoner, who was suspected to have been implicated with him in obtaining pos session of the houses, was apprehended two or three days ago. Mr. Marshall, barrister, as before, attended for the prosecution, and called' William John Milnes, a postman, whose evidence (before detailed) went no further than to show that Talby was employed by the other prisoner to collect the Tent, and resided in one of the houses Smith had got possession of. Talby, declared that he knew nothing of the other prisoner's proceedings. Smith gave him 2s. per week and a room to live in to do little repairs to the houses and collect the rents. Mr. Cumming,.inspector of the B division, hav ing stated that he was not in a condition to carry the case any further against Talby, Mr. Paynter consented to let him go at large upon entering into his recognizances to appear again on the day of the other prisoner's re-exami nation.- A gentleman named Bruton said that two years ago the prisoner obtained possession of a house be longing to him by false addresses and false refe rences. He had been convicted under the name of Magnay, and had had 18 months imprisonment. Prisoner said it was false. _ A policeman stood forward and said that he was the officer who had the custody of him on the occasion in question, for obtaining unlawful possession of a, number of houses_ and stealing a ton weight of lead from the roof of one of them. Mr. Paynter asked:whethdr•he was convicted of obtaining the houses or the theft of the lead ? The officer replied, the latter. Prisoner—l was not, your worship. It's false ; I hadn't 18 months' imprisonment. Policeman—l saw him tried and heard him sen tenced. Prisoner—lt was quashed, your worship, by Lord Campbell. Policeman—Nonsense, you nerved your time. He was also convicted, your worship, of putting off a false check upon the British Bank, where he had no effects, and received six months' imprisonment Mr. Paynter said he thought there was amply sufficient proved against the prisoner, whom he should retnand until:that day (Thursday) week. WORSHIP-STREET.—James Brown and Wm. Tee, two respectably-dressed men , the first de scribing himself as an artist whose works are well known to the public, and the second as having been engaged in a large commercial estahlishment in the city for 18 years, were charged with dis- orderly .conduct in a place of public entertainment, and assaulting the police in the execution of their duty, and the last-named defendant was also charged with rescuing a prisoner from custody. Sergeant Townshend said he was on duty in the pit of the Britannia Theatre at 9 on the preceding evening, when a serious disturbance arose from some of the audience obstinately persisting in standing upon the seats. The two defendants were on 'Seats, and so was a woman, whom witness touched and asked to sit down, but a man behind her, who was apparently intoxicated and claimed er as his wife, i i interfered, used most offensive lang age, and-con ducted himself so badly that the auditnce called on the witness to turu him out, and it Was therefore , imperative to remove him. The defendant Tee, who was also intoxicated, declared that the man should not be removed, and struck the witness with his fist upon the arm, in consequence of which the man 'escaped, others in the pit pressed upon witness, kicks were dealt at him, and another officer was likewise injured. The officers of the place at last came to their assistance, and Tee was secured, to gether with Brown, who was perfectly sober. Sergeant Heath went to the help of Townshend on hearing of the disturbance, and saw him struck by Tee. Witness at the same time received two severe blows from a fist, one in the chest and the other on the back of the head, and on turning round to see who had dealt them found Brown standing near him, and Brown was at once pointed out by another officer as the person who had done so. ' Sergeant Bowler deposed to its being a scene of very great confusion, and seeing Brown deliberately strike Heath. Tee was both intoxicated and violent. Tee denied the whole of this. He was not in toxicated, unless tea, ham, and eggs, which were all he had had, could make him so. is character was well known to be totally different from violent, and, though he might certainly have raised his hand to the officer, it was done gently, and to de precate the violence of the latter, who was dragging the other man away. The conduct of the officers was brutal; they knocked the people about like beasts. Brown declared he had never raised his hand at all ; the evidence of the police was the grossest per jury ; he had never heard anything like it. Mr. D'Eyncourt thought, after allegations like these, that the inspector on duty at the station had better be examined. Inspector Webster, therefore was so, and declared that, though Brown was sober, Tee was so tipsy he could not take bail for him until some hours after he had been brought there. Mr. D'Eyncourt, whatever the defendants might assert, could only go by the evidence adduced before him. He had known all three officers for a long period as quiet, inoffensive, and forbearing men, and the inspector, who deposed to Tee's inebriety, was wholly disinterested, and could have no motive for speaking falsely. The most serious assaults brought before him arose from this thoughtless interference with tke police while discharging very arduous and trying duties ; and, though he regretted having to inflict fines upon two persons of apparent respec tability for such conduct, it was imperative that he should do so, and each defendant would therefore pay a penalty of 505., or in default go to prison for eight days. Brown repeated that he had really never heard such extraordinary misstatements and gross per jury in his life; and Tee asked whether he had no appeal. Mr. D'Eyncourt told him that he might lay the whole facts before the Home Secretary if he thought proper ; but both paid the penalties without saying whether they would do so. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL—Nov. 9. At the market to-day there was a fair supply of English wheat, which sold readily at the extreme rates of this day se'nnight. Foreign held too high to meet the views of the buyers. Beans moved off steadily, and late prices wore fully supported. Beans and peas met a slow sale, but were not quotably lower. Oats dull and rather cheaper. 1neat....016 white per qr. .. 44s Od to 48s Od Old red New white • . „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb., ' &c. old white 50s Od to 53s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 398 Od to 41s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 366 Od Grinding 29s Od to 31s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 33s Od Grinding 27s Od to 298 04 Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st is Ofd to is Id Friesland and Dutch is lid to is 2d Swedish and Danish Osllid to is fd. Beans ....English, old, per qr 478 Od to 49s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 43s Od New tick. 4ls Od to 42s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Winter B5B Od to 90s ed Indian Corn Linseed, feeding 4Bs Od to 52s Od . crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 oto £9 7 6 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 2 6to 6 5 0 Bones —Nov. 10. wheat from the farmers to nited at an advance of is per 7 sorts. Barley, grinding, 2Bs to 32A Oats, old, —s to —0 New do 24s to 32 Beans.. 44s to 481 Malt .. 6Bs to 728 NEWAR There was a fair supply of day, and transactions were lir qr. Not much doing in other White wheat, new, 46s to 48s Red do. 4os to 42s Old white 4os to 465. Red do. 38s to 40s Barley, palling— 40s to 42s GLASGOW—Nov. 8. Wheat sold in retail at a reduction of 6d per 2401bs since this day week. Flour very scarce, and choice lots dearer ; secondary descriptions unsaleable.. Barley • dull, at a re duction of 3d to 6d per 1401bs. Beans 20s to 20s 6d per 2601bs for Wexford. Peas unchanged. Trade inactive in oats, at former prices. Oattheal depressed, at a reduction of 6d per 2401b5. BELFAST—Nov. 8. We quote no alteration in the value of wheat, but the trade continues in a lifeless state. Fine barleys maintain their value, other sorts quite unsaleable. Oats and beans in favour of the buyei. DUBLIN—Nair. 9. We have to report a small supply of wheat at market, and prices ruled about the same as last Friday. s. d. s. el. 'Wheat, white 22 6 to 21 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new 21 6 to 24 6 Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 s. d. s. d. Do., new ll 6 to 13 0 Bere . ll 6 to 12 6 Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 0 Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at .ET—Nov. 10. the close of the market.) Walls End. • s. d. North Percy Hartley l4 6 Tanfield Moor 13 • 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 3 Wylam . . l6 0 Nixon's Merthyr. 21 0 Powell'sDuffryn Steam 21 0 Tyne Main. 13 0 Holywell 16 0 Earsden Hartley 16 0 Howard's W. Hartley 16 - 0 Nixon's Duffryn 21 0 • . _____. _____. s. d. Cassop Hetton Framwellgate 18 9 0 Kelloe lB South Kelloe lB 9 Acorn Close 18 0 Gosforth l7 0 Eden 18 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 Whitworth - 15 0 Lambton l9 3 South Hartlepool 18 0 Hunwiek • l5 0 Kepier Grange l9 0 Russell's Hetton 18 3 Stewart' 8 l9 6 34--sold, 56. Walls End. Eden Main 17 9 Tees l9 9 Harton l7 0 Evenwood . l6 0 Belmont l7 0' Ships at mark( BIRTHS. FALCONER.—On the Bth inst.. at Now Lodge, St. Leonard's Forest, Horsham, the Hon. Mrs. Keith Falconer, of daughter. HANDLEY.—On the 9th inst., at 45, Oxford-terrace, Hyde park, the lady of Captain Henry Edwards Handley, late - of the Scots Greys of a daughter. PowELL:--On the 10th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of David Powell, Esq., of a son. - SANDFORD.—On the Bth inst., at Compton Castle the wife of S. W. Sandford, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GOODWYN—KENT.—Onthe 29th , Sept. last, at St. Michael's Church, Port Royal Mountains, Jamaica, Lieut.-Colonel Julius Goodwyn, C. 8., 41st (Welch) Regiment, to Eu phemia, youngest daughter of Capt. Henry Kent, R.N. Stipendiary Magistrate. Moons—WELEEii.---On the 9th inst., at the parish church, of Bow, Middlesex„ Mr. John-Moore, the _second son of Henry Moore, Esq., of Windsor, to Sarah, daughter of -the late Captain John Weller. DEATHS. BROCKMAN.—On the bth inst., at Beechborough, Kent, Edward Drake Brockman, Esq., late member for the borough of Hythe, aged 65. CLONDIELL.—On the Bth inst., at St. Leonard's-ou.Sea, the Dowager Countess of Clonmel. Citoom.—On the 9th inst., at Tredegar-square, Bow t _lkir• Joseph Worth Croom, formerly of Bouverie-street, Fleet' street. DY3fES.—On the 9th inst.; at 84, Marylebone-road Mr. I. llymea, aged 55. KING. — On the 9th inst., atWoodside, Stone, Kent, Anne , eldest surviving daughter of the Von. Archdeacon King► aged 27. VIDEON.—On the Bth inst., Mr. George Videon, of Clarew don-place, Maida-hill. WiuuNsox,—On the 4th inst. at Thornham Middleton , near Manchester, the Rev. Robert Lowther ' Wilkinson , M.A., aged 31. _ LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 01 , Xddleeex i Thursday, November n, 1868. E' ance, to be Pul M TO who garell tniv( from f(;- celebi A' 11 Tr( the o cornet open tilarki unpor TOR' gram] SO Ruth, ItOY •Ifi3oer ever a time LAN] The less. Ileaut fete th ese again, ante Adn Seats, Years Week comp s Where to be i G- 1 2 5 --- s : ~li Thom Thom i Evel Inv( The The ber, 18 Chie CL. T,, sUR~ FD W Ic.e, irriuu uohn Prof Itessr : The i t i iNra, 1 :01ic 3 T aker °lit ir 142 , lj ave Or ti end a nd ( ol it