The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETrA, June 23.—Her Majesty's screw iron troopship Tamar, Capt. F. W. Sullivan, C. 8., ar rived here at 8 30 a.m. on the 22d inst., from Ports mouth 14, and Queenstown ten days, having on board the 31st Reghrent, commanded by Colonel Eager, and consisting of 31 officers, 679 non-com missioned officers and soldiers, 77 women, and 68 children. She also had on board a few men of other corps. The troops disembarked in the fore noon in excellent order at the• Hay-wharf, in the Marsamuscetto harbour, and marched round to Pembroke barracks at St. George's Bay. The 31st relieves the 29th, which will embark in the Tamar about the last day of June or Ist of July for Quebec. The Ist battalion Bth Regiment will then be trans ferred from Verdala barracks to St. Elmo, now occupied by the 29th, and the 31st will take the place of the Ist battalion Bth Regiment. The next to proceed from this garrison to Canada is a por tion of the 3d Brigade, Royal Artillery. These troops will be conveyed to their destination by the screw iron troopship Simoom, Capt. J. B. Leth bridge, which is expected here from Portsmouth in the course of the week for that purpose. The re- mainder of the Brigade and the Ist battalion 60th Rifles will follow in the autumn. The 60th will be relieved by the 14th Regt. Letters from the squad ron at Gibraltar, dated the 17th inst., inform us of the intention of Lord Clarence Paget to sail on the 19th inst. fora cruise along the coastof France, and, after visiting Hyeres, reach Toulon about the first week in July. The Admiral carrying his flag on board the Caledonia ironclad, 24 guns, Capt. Alan Gardner, will be accompanied by the Arethusa, 35, Capt. R. Coote, the Psyche, Lieut.-Commander Sir F. Blackwood, remaining at Gibraltar to take on the next mail to him. The Royal Oak ironclad, now at Malta, willleave on the evening of the 24th or morn- iug of the 25th for nyeres, to join the flag of the _ _ _ Commander-in-Chief there. The Prince Consor ironclad will follow when ready for sea. Although, as intimated in my last letter, the idea of escorting the Sultan to France has been abandoned, it is stir most probable, should his Imperial Majesty carry ont his wish of calling at Malta on his return, that the squadron will be ordered here to give him a grand reception. The Ocean ironclad, Capt. Stan hope, arrived at Gibraltar from Malta on the 16th inst., and was to leave on the 17th for Madeira, en route for Hongkong. The Trinculo, 1, gunboat, Lieut.-Commander F. de V. Sanders, sailed from Gibraltar for Malta on the 15th inst. She will pro- bably go to Patras as soon as possible, with orders for the Endymion, 21, Capt. C. Wake, now at the Piraeus, to join the squadron cruising under the im- mediate orders of Lord Clarence Paget, Mr. Totten ham, Sub-Lieut., for the Prince Consort, and Mr. Pooke, midshipman, for the Endymion, took passage in the Trinculo, to join their respective ships. The following appointments and changes have recently been made by the Commander-in-Chief, in addition to those already announced :—Dr. J. Pringle, assist.- surg., from the Victoria to the Caledonia (comple. ment incomplete); Lieut. E. Foster, of the Galatea, invalided ; Lieut. A. Fitzgeorge, of the Arethusa, to the Galatea, vice Foster ; Mr. J. Jack, staff-sur geon, of the Royal Oak, discharged to half-pay at his own request ; Mr. W. Alland, midshipman, of the Ocean, at present waiting passage in the Cale donia, will be sent home by the first opportunity to pass his examination for Lieutenant; Mr. W. Gul liver, assist.-engineer, from the Ocean to the Cale donia, for disposal as supernumerary; and Mr. W. Hudson, assist.-engineer, from the Caledonia to the Ocean, as part complement ; Mr. R. White, assist.- paymaster (secretary's clerk), bas been permitted to proceed to England on six weeks' leave of absence; Mr. H. Turner, midshipman, from the Victoria to the Ocean, and Mr. G. J. Capes, midshipman, from the Ocean to the Caledonia ; Mr. J. Mahony, acting-boatswain, from the Psyche to the Ocean, vice Farrell, sent to hospital at Gibraltar. Com mander-in-Chief's Staff and the Inspector of Ma chinery, Dr. William Yarde, assist.-surg., has been appointed by the Admiralty to the Trinculo, vice Bridgford, deceased. Dr. Martin, staff-surg. of the Arethusa, left Gibraltar for England by the mail Packet on the 14th inst., permitted to return home without waiting to be superseded. Her Ma jesty's ships in Malta harbour at present are the Hibernia receiving-ship (bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Henry Kellett, C. 8.) ; the Prince Consort and the Royal Oak ironclads, the Cruiser, 5, the Tyrian, 1, and the Tamar, troopships. The Egyptian screw steamer Dakahlich, 6 guns, is also here, wait ing to be docked. She will be admitted into the Royal Naval dry dock in a day or two, and when her defects are made good, which it is expected will occupy the better part of a week, she will make way for the Prince Consort. Two condensers for the use of the naval establishments at this island arrived yesterday from England in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Columbian. Those stated to have been ordered some months ago for the use of the civil population have not yet been re ceived, and it is feared that if a little more activity is not shown in the matter they will not make their appearance until the rainy season has set in, when, it is to be hoped, their assistance will be no longer required. The annual dinner to the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Right Hon. 11. T. L. Corry, given by the members of the Navy Club, took place on Tues day evening at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's ; Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle presided. The contractors' trial of the new iron screw steam transport Jumna, 2, Capt. Pickard, was made yes terday at the measured mile, outside the Plymouth breakwater. Six runs at full-boiler power gave a mean of 11.6557 knots per hour, and four runs at half-boiler power produced 11.772 knots. This is considered even more satisfactory than the results of the trial of the sister ship Euphrates-11-775 and 11.523 knots, because the Jumna is loaded down six inches deeper in the water. The Jumna will probably sail foe Calcutta on Monday. The screw steam sloop Niobe, 4, Commander Thomas K. Mackenzie, was appointed to leave Plymouth yesterday for the West Indies. The screw steam gunboats Sandfly and High ander, from Queenstown, are now at Devonport, fitting for the Naval Review at Spithead. Advices from the West India station, received by a correspondent, report that her Majesty's ships Aboukir, Constance, Delight, Minstrel, Onyx, and Nettle were at Jamaica when the mail left. The Cygnet, Commander Chetwynd, arrived at Port Royal on the 27th of May from Nassau, and left on the sth inst. for England. The Barracouta, Com mander Bevan, arrived at Jamaica from Vera Cruz on the 25th ult. for Belize, Honduras. She took de spatches from Governor Austin, and a detachment of the 4th West India Regiment to relieve Colonel Harley and a detachment of the 3d West India Regiment, who will return in the Barracouta to Jamaica. Among the passengers in her were—Sir Francis Johnson, Deputy-Adjutant-General ; Col. Desborough,;commanding Royal Artillery, and Col. Chamberlayne, commanding 3d West India Regi ment ; all members of a military Court of Inquiry appointed by Gen. O'Connor, C. 8., commanding the forces on the station, to inquire into the conduct of Major Mackay and the troops who, in December last, retreated before a body of some 50 Indians at Orange Walk. It will be remembered that when this news reached England General Peel, who was then Secretary of War, stated in the House of Com mons that an inquiry would be instituted, for he believed the troops had laid themselves open to the severest penalty of the Mutiny Act. Her Majesty's ship Favorite was at Barbadoes, the Jason at Vera Cruz, and the S.:out at Panama. The ship New castle, Capt. Marsden, with 477 coolie immigrants, in cliarge of Surg.-Superintendent Dr. Arthur, arrived at St. Vincent on the Ist of June, after a passage of 101 days from Calcutta. Fourteen deaths, includ ing infants and children, occurredduring the voyage. Her Majesty's iron store steamship Megra, Capt. James Simpson, on particular service, laden with victualling and miscellaneous stores for Rio and Ascension, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, and, having adjusted compasses at Greenhithe, took her departure under orders to call at the western ports and embark supernumeraries and seamen for the Egmont, Capt. Herbert F. W. Ingram, receiving and store ship at Rio Janeiro, and for disposal. The Meora embarked at Woolwich the following volunteers from the Woolwich division Royal Marine Light Infantry, who are all passed mechanics, to go out as settlers to the Island of Ascension—one cor poral, one sergeant, one drummer, and ten privates, with the wives and families of those who are mar ried men. Her Majesty's armour-plated, hydraulic, iron gun boat Water Witch, commissioned, yesterday re ceived her complement of Royal Marines at Wool wich—viz., one corporal and 10 privates ; the troop ship Serapis received 18 privates, and the Nymph one sergeant, one corporal, and ten privates. Her Majesty's 5-gun boat Speedwell, paid off in February last from the West Coast of Africa, has been thoroughly repaired at Woolwich, and is again ready for the pennant. Her armament was yester day received from the Royal Arsenal, as follows : One 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled gun and four 20-pounder Arm3trongs. She is ordered to be hastened for service. The Inspector-General, J. 0. Travers, C. 8., com menced his third day's half-yearly inspection of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines Light Infan try yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, by visiting the whole of the men's barrack rooms, the mess kitchen and dependences, which have recently been furnished with Mr. Edward Deane's cooking ap paratus, now generally adopted throughout the gar rison, and then proceeded to the common, where a small battalion was formed for the purpose of test ing the whole of the officers of the division in bat talion and light infantry movements. Commencing from Lieut.-Col. Kennedy, they were all called to the front in succession, down to the junior first lieutenant, to maneeuvre the battalion, and all ac quitted themselves, with few exceptions, most creditably. This portion of the inspection occupied about two hours, under the disadvantage of about 100 deg. Fahrenheit, after which they marched back to quarters. The remainder of the division were then drawn up in column on the parade, in which formation the Inspector-General addressed them at great length, and although the praise which he ac corded them was not unqualified—as he told them that they bad not quite arrived at that perfection which he hoped to see them attain—yet he awarded them very warm commendation. For the faults, and they were minor ones, he said, he attributed chiefly to the recent return of so many men from foreign service. At 2 30 p.m. he examined the young subalterns in company drill, and he will finish his inspection to-day with the examination of the records of the division. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. P. Coles to the Excel lent, additional, for service in the Royal Sovereign ; Lieut. F. W. B. Jones to the Royal George ; J. Halpin, assist.-surg., to the Viper ; Denis M'Car. thy, assist.-surg., to the Waterwitch ; R. J. H. Tucker, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Water witch ; J. Hefferman, engineer, to the Waterwitch ; Isaac B. Liddell, engineer, to the Donegal ; E. Ag new, engineer, to the Crocodile ; William M. Had. don and Alexander Stewart (B), first-class assist.- engineers, to the Waterwitch ; and William J Pratten, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Croco. dile. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The adjourned half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Victoria Railway Station, Pimlico ; Lord Harris, the chairman, pre sided. Mr. G. W. BROOKE, the assistant-secretary, read the notice of adjournment. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report and statement of accounts be received and adopted, said it was hardly necessary for him to explain that the Board had deemed it requisite to adjourn the half yearly meeting from time to time since February last, being, under the peculiar circumstances of the company, most anxious to take the shareholders into their confidence as to the plan they proposed for improving the position of the company. A bill had been introduced into Parliament embodying the views of the directors for attaining that end. Dur ing the progress of the bill the Board had endea voured to come to an arrangement with the deben ture-holders' committee, who were also promoting a bill with a view to promote the best interests of the shareholders and debenture holders. The opinion of the Board was that the debenture holders should, if possible, unite with them. It was important that the bondholders' interests should be maintained, and it was only by that means they could ask Parliament to authorise the bill for the settlement of their affairs. The committee on the bill had come to a resolution as between the debenture holders and the company, which he felt was a delicate matter in the present position of the Bill. That board were anxious the shareholders should place confidence in them to carry out the views which they believed would be in accordance with the interests of the company. The report of the directors was issued to the share holders some months ago, and the accounts were based on the figures given by the committee of in vestigation, and he believed they were correct. He had very little to state in addition to the report. Their great misfortune was that the works of the company had not been completed, but the traffic had increased where the necessary facilities had been provided, and they had since been able to carry on the traffic letter than they did previously. Mr. TIODGKENSON, M.P., deputy chairman, se conded the motion for the adoption of the report. He said the accounts had been a long time before the shareholders, and they were in a very simple and intelligible form. The capital account was based on the appendix to the committee's report, with such amendments as further investigation re quired between the different sections. As regarded the revenue account, they had not arrived at a satisfactory result. The revenue of most railways suffered during the last half of 1866 : it was affected by the financial crisis, bad weather last autumn, the war in Germany and Italy, and other operations on ,he Continent. That was sufficient to account for the falling off in the estimates of traffic that had been prepared. When the directors' Parliamentary scheme for relieving the company from its diffi culties was brought out they could not attend to anything else for a long time, and consequently the working expenses were high. The traffic was in its infancy, and it was difficult to develope it in consequence of the serious embarrassments of the company. The board of directors and officers of the company were too much engaged with other things to improve the traffic, but if the company could be put in a position to-develope the traffic, and reduce the working expenses together with an efficient working of the line, the results would be very im portant for the undertaking. They had so far been enabled to redeem the character of the line by good management in the working of the traffic thathe be- lieved no line stood better than the Chatham and Dover in that respect. He had had a great deal to do this session with the Parliamentary proceedings. At the present moment the bill was before the com mittee, and would come on again to-morrow. He did not wish to say anything that might prejudice their case. He then explained that the directors' Parliamentary scheme was for rai s i ng £1,500,000 to pay off arrears of interest due to debenture-holders, to pay creditors 20s. in the pound, and to complete certain works for the development of the traffic. He had told them on a former occasion that Parliament would never sanction the placing of new debentures over the debenture-holders, unless every individual gave his consent ; but to get that consent would be impossible. He looked on debenture-holders, to a certain extent, as partners ; as they would all par ticipate in the improvement of the property, it ought to be sufficient in their case that a large ma jority should bind the minority, which was the prin ciple of a bill now before Parliament for dealing with railway property. It provided that three fourths of the creditors in value should be the re quisite majority, and he thought it would not be too much to ask Parliament to grant there a sinlilar power in their bill, but perhaps they would not see it in that light. The debenture-holders had pre pared a scheme in which they proposed placing a smaller sum over their heads than that proposed by the directors. Another section, represented by Mr. Bagot, did not propose to raise any capital, but they could not settle with the creditors without money. The (No. 4) bill promoted by Mr. Har tridge proposed the grant of a loan from the Trea- sury in consideration of the great services the company had rendered to the country by the construction of a line for military defence. The directors would have been very glad if the money could have been obtained in that way, but the committee decided against the No. 4 Bill. At length the House of Commons agreed to the consolidation of the directors' Bill No. 1, and the debenture holders' Bill No. 2, which was pro moted by Mr. liodgson's committee. This bill pro posed to raise £600,000, instead of £1,500,000, the debenture holders giving up the right to receive the arrears in cash, but to take debenture stock for the amount of the arrears, which would dispense with £500,000, as originally proposed. The open credi tors in respect of rolling stock were to receive £75,000 in cash, and to take the rest in a third stock to rank after the debentures. lie had no doubt that they had seen in the newspapers of that morning, in which it was stated " that the consi deration of the bill for the adjustment of the affairs of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company had been adjourned till Friday, with the prospect of re jection at that date, a resolution having been adopted —' That the committee cannot, at all events, sanc tion the raising of any additional capital with priority over those debenture holders who do not give their consent with a full knowleJge of the cir- cumstances of the case. " And in addition to this the chairman of the committee stated that it must be a question forfurther consideration whether they would allow any priority under any circumstances. Well, that would involve considerable alterations in the bill. He was sorry that Mr. Hartridge, who represented the main line interest, did not agree to the bill. The rolling stock belonged to the main line, and had cost £BO,OOO. If any section was to be benefited under the bill it certainly was the main line. He looked upon the various sections as parts of an entire undertaking. They had all seen the statement prepared by Mr. Fletcher as to the state of accounts with respect to the contractors. The directors had charged the full amount of the shares and stock issued to them, leaving the contractors to make their own statement. Mr. TURNER said he differed from the views of Mr. Hodgkinson. He stated that the rolling stock of the company had never been paid for, and that it had been supplied by several companies. He contended that the bill would extinguish the rights of the shareholders. The Bth clause would keep them in suspense for 10 years, and place the property entirely in the hands of the debenture holders. It would sanction the proceedings of the former board of directors, and make the shareholders pay what had not been paid by the contractors, and in fact would mortgage the whole of the property for raising the new capital. He concluded by mov ing as an amendment, " That all consents already given by the directors to the consolidated bill No. 2 now pending before Parliament, and introduced as the London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2) Bill, be withdrawn ; and that no consent be given by the directors, either directly or indirectly, to that or any other bill in Parliament which had not obtained the previous sanction of the shareholders ; and that for the future no notice of any intended application to Parliament for leave to introduce a bill relating to the company be given by the directors or any offi cer of the company without the sanction of share holders first obtained ; and that no bill be hereafter introduced into Parliament that had not been pre viously submitted to the shareholders ; and that the consideration of the directors' report and the elec tion of directors stand adjourned until after the bill now pending in Parliament had been submitted to the shareholders, and had been approved or rejected by them." He contended that the bill would not redeem the company, but would annihilate it. Mr. SHAW seconded the motion. Mr. V. KNIGHT said they had heard nothing but sound and fury against the bill. He was disposed to take Mr. Hodgkinson's view, as it appeared to him that Mr. Turner wanted to involve them in law proceedings. There was already a lawyer's bill for £98,000 against the company. He had op posed the former directors who brought them into their difficulties, and lie believed the only way to get out of those difficulties was to place confidence in the present directors, and assist them in attaining that desirable object. Mr. R. BAXTER, the solicitor, amid considerable interruptions, explained the object of the company's Consolidated Bill now before Parliament. He said it would not do for the shareholders what his friend Mr. Turner had stated. Sanctioned by Parlia ment, the bill would give them the means of working the line properly and going on for ten years,during which the debentureholders would wait before enforcing their claims. That would allow themto go on and develop° the traffic. At the end of that time the property would not be sold by the debenture-holders, because the condition of the com pany would be greatly improved. The supension alluded to by Mr. Turner would be a great benefit to the shareholders. With regard to the charge on the whole undertaking every section would be liable for the amount of the new capital expended on it, but to no further extent. Each section would bear its own burden. The new board would consist of four debenture-holders and four shareholders, the chairman being a shareholder, having the casting vote, and in case of equal voting the Board of Trade would appoint an arbitrator. One of those four directors would go out by rotation, and either be re-elected, or another would be elected in his place by thebondholders or shareholders as the case might be. The company was in misfortune, and sacrifices must be made by all parties for the benefit of all. The vice-chairman had watched over their interests and had endeavoured to see what could be done to promote the interests of the company. He was determined that every interest should be dealt with fairly. Law proceedings would be stayed for ten years, and the Court of Chancery were authorised by the bill to take a short course with all proceed ings relating to the company. Instead of filing bills and answers, they would proceed at once ou any case by petition. They would be enabled to dispose of surplus lands, and to issue debenture stock for £600,000 A stock over the debenture debt, deben tures for £500,000 B stock to rankpari passe with existing debentures, for payment of arrears to deben ture-holders, and £500,000 C stock to come after the debenture holders for payment of the open debts of the company. The open creditors would receive £75,000, or 4s. in the pound in cash, and 16s. in the pound in C stock. The bill did not interfere with the rights of any section ; it would leave rent charges, &c., just as they were. All cases would be settled by the Court of Chancery as speedily as possible. It would be impossible to get the consent of every one, but there was a very large majority in favour of the bill. The debenture-holders had one vote for every £lOO held by them. Mr. BRISTOWE pointed out one or two legal de fects in the bill which would be rectified. Mr. HARTRIDGE recommended the shareholders to read the evidence given in committee on the rlia- Lo me n n d t o t n h , i sCshes session, t i h o a n m , , p a a nd rt e D u o l a v r e l r y B t i h l l a s t before given b P y a Harrison. Mr. HILLIER, a director, explained how the mat ter stood between the company and the contractor, so far as could be ascertained, but he would not give any opinion on the case. It would, however, have to be dealt with. On a show of hands the amendment was nega tived, and the motion of the Chairman was carried. Mr. TURNER demanded a poll, which resulted in 125 proprietors present, representing £734,152 stock, and 4,433 votes in favour of the motion of the Chairman and against the amendment ; and 11 pro prietors present, representing £16,275 stock and 197 rotes, were in favour of the amendment and against the motion of the Chairman. The CHAIRMAN declared the amendment lost and report of the directors adopted. Mr. HILLIER moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting approved the London, Chatham, and Dover Consolidated Bill, subject to such altera tions as might be assented to by the directors, or Parliament might deem requisite. Mr. Wanun seconded the motion, and it was carried by a very large majority, there being only seven against it. Mr. Hotham, one of the retiring directors, was re elected ; and Mr. Hankey retired from the direction. Mr. G. Hogarth was elected auditor in the room of Mr. Coleman, who resigned. Mr. Eley, the other auditor, expressed his willingness to retire owing to some objections being made to his mode of auditing accounts, but no one was elected in his place. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman, the deputy chairman, and the other directors. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1867. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Lord Redesdale's Committee, the Navan and Kingscourt Bill passed with special amendments ; the Surrey and Sussex Junction Bill, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bill, and the Mold and Denbigh Junction Bill were passed without amendments. In the committee held in Room D, the Great Western Bill and the Rhymney Bill were adjourned. In the committee held in the Painted Chamber the London and North-Western (New Works, &c.) Bill was adjourned ; the North Staf fordshire Bill was passed with special amendments ; and the Wolverhampton and Walsall Bill was ad journed. Iu a fourth committee room the Midland and Glasgow and South-Western Companies Bill and the Midland Bill were adjourned. The Blyth and Tyne Bill was passed with special amendments. In the case of the East Gloucestershire Bill the opposition was withdrawn, and the bill committed for Friday. In the House of Commons committee, Group 12, the London, Chatham, and Dover Bills were ad journed until to-day. THE GREAT FORGERIES ON THE LEEDS BANK. ----+ Yesterday, again, Mr. Thomas Edgeley, a mer chant in Sermon-lane, City, who stands charged with forging and uttering bills of exchange to the amount of £lOB,lBO odd, with intent to defraud the Leeds Banking Company, surrendered to his recog- nisances, amounting in all to 14,000, before the Lord Mayor, at the justice-room of the Mansion-house, to undergo a further examination. Mr. Poland (instructed by Messrs. Freshfields and Newman) again conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Sleigh the defence. Mr. George Chandler, clerk to Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, and Co., the official liquidators of the Leeds Bank, was recalled, and said the amount of the promissory notes drawn by Van Cleeff to the order of Watts and Co., and discounted by the Leeds Bank, and which remained unpaid on the 10th of November, 1863, was £32,803 10s. Those notes were retired by the proceeds of Maydampeck Forest bills, with two or three exceptions. The amount of Maydampeck Forest Company bills en dorsed by Watts and Co., and due on the stoppage of the bank, was £48,613 lls. The total amount of the Maydempeck Forest bills made to the order of Watts and Co. was £67,786 175., and of the proceeds of those bills £32,803 odd was used to re tire bills of Van Cleeff as they became due, and £19,173 6s. to retire bills of the Forest Company, making together £51,976, which, deducted from the £67,786 odd, left Before I saw him I had discounted largely for Mr. ' Edgeley, and those bills were always, I presumed, duly honoured. I had reason to believe Edgeley and Co. were doing a large and flourishing business, and had the greatest confidence in them. I cannot recollect the amount of Edgeley and Co.'s bills dis counted by the bank in any one year. How is it possible for a man at my age, and speaking without books, to say, having regard to a business of £18,000,000 a year transacted by the bank? It might be £lOO,OOO, speaking at a guess. It was more like £lOO,OOO than £20,000. I saw Van Cleef twice or thrice at Leeds. After he was intro duced by Mr. Edgeley I had little or no occasion to see him. The interviews I had with him after hehad been introduced by Edgeley would be very few. I had very little to do with him personally. For any business transaction it would not be necessary for me to see him with Edgeley after the introduction. I never did a business transaction with Van Cie& except through his personal attendance at the bank. I do not think at any of those interviews Van Cleeff spoke of the Maydampeck Forest Company. He may have done so, but there would be no necessity for it. I had thought I first heard of Van Cleeff's bankruptcy from you in this court—(a laugh)—but I think I must have heard it in Leeds from Teale. Before the form of the bills was changed I had a communication from Edgeley on the subject. I be ' lieve he suggested that they should be drawn in favour of the Maydampeck Forest Company, and I assented to it. The " position" had rendered it ne cessary, Van Cleef being in difficulties likely to lead to bankruptcy. Whatever I knew about the bankruptcy must have been through Edgeley or Teale. At that time a large amount of the bills of the Forest Company were running. The Forest Company's bills were discounted, I understood, to retire old bills; but I don't recollect, nor would I undertake to say, that was not so arranged be tween Edgeley and me. There are letters, over which I have now no control, which would show whether that was so or not. I think it very likely that in February, 1864, I sent Edgeley two draughts for £l,OOO each to enable him to take up some of Van Cleeff's old bills. I won't undertake to say that I did not on various occasions discount May dampeck Forest Company bills to enable Edgeley to take up Van Cleeff's acceptances. A legal in strument, I believe, was drawn up by Mr. Yewdall, of Leeds, solicitor to Mr. Edgeley. 1 had a conver sation with Edgeley on that subject, in which he told me Van Cleeff had executed to him an assign ment of the concession of the Maydampeck Forest and of all his interest in it, and that that was to secure him against loss by Van Cleeff. After that conversation a document was placed in my hands for a few days by Mr. Edgeley or Mr. Yewdall, and was afterwards returned to Mr. Edgeley. It is very likely I said on that occasion that it would be a goad thing if Teale and Co. could be protected in the same way, for it would have protected me also. I believe it was returned to Mr. Edgeley. If it had been a security of the bank I should have kept it in the safe of the bank. I should not take it home with me. I won't say positively, but I think I returned it to Mr. Edgeley, or it might have been to Teale. I know at least it went out of my custody. By Mr. Poland, in re-examination—Whatever the document was, it was returned to Edgeley or Teale, and that was the paper that Edgeley wanted to get back, as he said, to be registered. When the form of the bills was changed I certainly believed the Forest Company had been formed, and that the company took Van Clears interest. I knew nothing about the company except what I heard from Edge ley or Teale, and I had every confidence in them. Mr. Edward Henry Watts, formerly a partner in the firm of Edgeley and Co., was recalled, and re peated the evidence he gave on the examination of Devillers, and that was taken as part of the case for the prosecution. The further hearing was at this stage adjourned until to-day, and in the meantime the defendant was again admitted to bail—himself in £2,000, and two sureties in £l,OOO each. a balance of £15,810 for discount, commission, and general purposes of Watt's and Co.'s business. The bills of the Maydampeck Forest Company, payable to the order of A. Teale and Co., amounted to £84,820 6s. The proceeds of these went to retire Van Cleef's bills, amounting to £29,518, which had been endorsed by Teale and Co., and which were running on the 10th of November, 1863, and also to retire Maydampeck Forest bills which fell due to the amount of £25,252 155., making a totol of £54,770 155., which, deducted from the £84,820 65., left £30,049 lls. for the expenses of discount and general purposes of the business of Teale and Co. The let ter-book of Edgeley and Co. could not be found. Every other book of the firm bad been found except that and a clasped ledger. Mr. Edward Greenland, late manager of the Leeds Bank, and who had been brought up to give evidence on a habeas corpus from the House of Correction at Leeds, was called by Mr. Poland. He said—lu 1840 I became the manager of the Bank, and continued so until it stopped payment on the 17th of Sept., 1864. I first became acquainted with the defendant, Mr. Edgeley, about 1860. He was then carrying on business in London in the name of Thomas Edgeley and Co. Some little time after that he established a business in Leeds in the name of E. 11. Watts and Co., and that firm opened an account with the Leeds Bank—a regular account for discount and drawing. The firm of Alfred Teale and Co. had also an account with that bank. It was opened dur ing the panic of 1857. Some time before 1862 I discounted bills for Van Cleeff, whom Mr. Edgeley had introduced to me. Those were trade bills drawn by Van Cleef, on a third person, a foreigner. Edgeley was with Van Cleeff when I discounted them. Before I discounted for him I had 1 not discounted any of his bills for Watts and Co., or Teale and Co. IO or 1861. Edgeley, whom first saw Van Cleeff and Edgeley together in 86 I had known well before , introduced him to me as a respectable man—a man of prop er t y , an d i n a l arge way of business as a merchant in France. Afte r th a t I discounted bills for Watts and C o . an d T ea l e an d Co., drawn by Van Cleef, in favour of those firms. I think about that time something was said about the forest, but I cannot say what it was. The bills increased very considerably after the first year. I saw Edgeley on several occasions, and he explained as a reason for the bills having increased that the outlay for the forest was great, and that the returns of the timber were de la y ed. I think I only , produced are so me o f V an spoken. Th e y are en d orse d dis counted bills once or tw ice for Van Cleeff himself. Teale and Co., and I discou nted them for that firm. bills,TChle e eff' That was in 185 2 . Th e bill s I discounted for Watts 0 f f o w u r h i i e n h n l u m h a b v e e r s i m il a r in form. and Co. were Before November, 1863, Edgeley told me he had been out in Servia, and gave me a description of the forest, saying the timber was of great value, and that he should have to go again. He said the timber could only be cut when the sap was down, which would be at the fall of the year. About the end of 1863, I think, I had a conversation with Edgeley, and he suggested a change in the form of the bills. He spoke of the forest in glowing terms, and said a company was being formed to get it out of Van Cleeff's hands, by whom it had been mismanaged. The members of the company were to be himself and Teale and some French firms. Ile hoped also to attract English capital into the businAss. That was the purport of what he said. He once showed me a document which he called a concession of the forest of Maydampeck, and that he did to show me that property was in their hands, and that there was plenty of it He ex plained that he wanted to take it to the forest or to some place to have it registered by the Government, and I gave it back to him. No other document was left with me as security for the discounts. Towards the end of 1863 the form of the bills was changed. They were drawn on behalf of the Forest Com pany, and signed first by oue Desire, then by Dinelli, and lastly by Devillers, whom presumed to be the managers. lam 72 years of age, and I have had five months' i p r -soa discipline and diet. 1 cannot speak accurately as to names and dates. I have, besides, on my Own mind the remembrance of my own folly. When I first discounted Van Cleeff's bills nothing was said about a forest company, and I was not then aware he had become a bankrupt. When I discounted the tills for Watts and Co. and Teale and Co. I had not the slightest idea they were prepared in London. They were all ante dated, and I assumed they had come from May dampeck. I had unfortunately too much confidence in the parties, and thought the bills represented property belonging to the Forest Company. I thought, too, that E. Devillers, by whom they pur ported to be signed, had been placed there to man age the forest. If I had known the bills were pre pared in London by Bertrand, the clerk of Edgeley, or by Edgeley himself, I should not have dis counted them. I bad great confidence in Mr. Edgeley, and also in Mr. Teale, whom I knew to be a man of large property in Leeds, including two mills, a warehouse, and other property. Being cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh, witness said —Teale was a man of great reputation in Leeds as a clothworker, and a man of property besides. In addition to his mills he had large private property. I could not exactly gay when i first saw Van Cleeff. Sheffield Trades' Union Commission. NINETEENTH DAY (THunsDAY). At the sitting of the Examiners to-day, William Stanley, secretary to the Brickmakers' Society, was examined—He had only been secretary since May. He produced the books of the society, and said he was not aware that any had been destroyed. Leaves had been torn out from some of the books previous to his being secretary, but he could not tell by whom they had been torn out. The cash-book, which had originally been a thick book, now only contained four leaves. Witness said he had not brought a minute-book, for during the time he had been sec retary one had not been used, and he had never seen one. It turned out, however, that among the books he had brought there was a minute-book which contained entries going back as far as 1855. Wit ness explained his possession of that book with what he had previously said by stating that it belonged to the Amalgamated Societies of Brickmakers and Bricklayers. His society never made entries of their proceedings. The fact of some of the society's books having been mutilated was never mentioned in his presence till he was secretary—that was less than two months ago. When there was a talk about the Commissioners coming down some of the committee said it was a pity that the books had been mutilated. He swore that he could not tell who made that re mark, and it was only after repeated cautions from Mr. Overend that he was able to recollect a few of the committee who were present at the meeting, when the subject of the mutilation of the books was talked about. He said it was customary for leaves to be cut out of the books about every six months ; but when they were cut out before the last occasion he could not say. The books were produced, and witness would not swear that the leaves had not been all cut out at the same time. Mr. Overend told the witness the Court had not gone into the affairs of his Union, but his conduct placed them in a very suspicious light indeed. He was told to stand down, but not to leave the court. William Henry Owen, formerly secretary to the Brickmakers' Union, said they had no minute book in their Union, and he believed never had. The Bricklayers' Union kept such a book, as they had scholars among them. The books produced were mutilated when they came into the hands of Stanley. He (witness) mutilated the books himself on his own responsibility after he had heard the Commis sion was to be appointed. He afterwards acquainted the committee with what he had done. Stanley and several other persons were present when he cut the books. In mutilating the books he was following the practice of his predecessors. The books that came into his hands had been cut, as well as those that came into the hands of his predecessor—one Palmer. Another book was placed in his hands, from which the leaved at the end had been cut, and he admitted that it was " his handiwork." Mr. 0 verend—l see the leaf at the end has been pasted down ; why was that done ? Witness—l thought it would look more work manlike. Mr. Overend —And to conceal the fact that the book had been mutilated ? Witness—That was my idea. Mr. Overend—You mutilated the books to pre vent us seeing what were the entries? Witness —That is so, and that one mutilated book might correspond with another. Examination continued—There was no entry in the book, with the exception of " committee's ex penses," of which he was ashamed. Under the bead of " committee's expenses" was entered moneys paid for refreshments and for the time lost. Each member had a book in which his contributions are entered, and that served as a check upon the cash book and a guarantee to him that his money has been paid, even though our book has been destroyed? Mr. Overend—What did the committee say when you told them you had mutilated your books ? Witness—They said the Commissioners would make a great handle of it, and that I had done very wrong. In fact, they lectured me. Mr. Overend—How long did the lecture last ? Witness—Oh, only a minute. Mr. Overend—They then were not very sorry? Witness—They did not appear to be. Mr. Overend—When the committee said the com missioners would find fault what did you say ? Witness--I said I was perfectly satisfied with 4ls ......• what I had done ; the leaves could not speak. I also working at the trade that don't work in har - tore out the leaves at my own house and burnt mony with us, for they don't pay t o the t ra d e . B u t them. Mr. Bagshaw says we must stop it and very quick. Further examined the witness said Stanley found he as suggested a pl an w hi c h i thi n k w ill suc k see d well that is to blow up your place at Abbeydale in fault when the books came into his possession be- sted of Blowing up the place with the gunpowder so cause they were mutilated. He thought Stanley as it cannot be detected as a trade outrage. He had not given his evidence so straightforwardly as says every man out to have £2 10s. that as a union he should have done. if not it is their own fault be says you out to give In answer to further questions witness admitted a your men a price that will earn th a t amount and live in smaller mansions than you do the Bargain is case of rattening when a band was paid for by the made to fire your place if you do not give the prise society. It had also, he said, been attributed to the and get shut of the boys and men that Bore and society men that they had trodden upon bricks be- lap up i tells you the men is paid and the job will be fore they became hardened, and that they had put done try the same man that took your bands and pins and needles into clay which had been preparedi threw themnto the dam. Mr. Bagshaw says he got the fork grinders their pri s e which they ar c n ow for the making of bricks. The effect of this would having, and lie says he can get us ours if we will be that the men who worked up the clay would have i stick to him and do as he tells us. we are sure to their hands destroyed. He had heard of one non- win the victory. i think Mr. Bagshaw is worthy society man having been shot at, but he had never of all prase for what he a s done i n Sh e ffi e ld f or th e heard of gunpowder being placed among a stack of working men that belong the union. i hope this bricks. About seven or eight years ago a Mr. v ill be a sufficient warning to you to comply with Robinson, whose men were not paying to the Union, the trade and save you r pl ace f rom b e i ng b urne d Signed by two double crosses. had a can of powder thrown at his window, and he I afterwards saw Bagshaw, and he denied all know charged the Union with having instigated that out- ledge of the letter. Eventually, a revised list of rage. Since he had been secretary he had set his prices was agreed to, and the dispute settled. The face against rattening and all kinds of outrages. winter after I was shot at I carried a revolver, The witness Stanley was recalled, and was told but I have not since. I sleep with loaded fire by Mr. Overend that there was no doubt he had arms in my room. After I was fired at I gave no committed perjury. The Examiners scarcely knew information to the police, as I was afraid of the whether they were discharging their duty in not consequences that might ensue to myself if inquiries ordering him to be prosecuted. They, however, were made. If a man leaves my service without had obtained the information they desired, and as notice, or for any other reason, I consider it best to their object was not to punish, but to obtain infor- take no notice of it, as we are thoroughly cowed mation, he would be allowed to leave the court. He down by the Unions. I do not think one dispute had very much disgraced himself. in 50 for which there is a legal remedy comes before Mr. Cutts, secretary to the Filesmitbs' Union, our magistrates, as we consider such a course would was recalled, and was examined with reference to be useless. some entries in the executive committee's book. He Mr. Barstow—Do you mean to say that the admitted that all the entries between February and Sheffield manufacturers are such a lot of spiritless June, 1865, were written at the same time. He creatures that they submit to all these things quietly was ill during those months, and when he recovered like a lot of sheep ? We do. We cannot help our he made all the entries at one time. From a similar selves. cause about two months' entries in the present year Mr. Barstow—Then, all I can say is you have were made at the same time. He denied that any deserved what you got. other entries had been copied. Witness—We have to submit to such tyrannical Mr. Overend said it was a remarkable fact that dictation on the [Art of the Unions that we are glad there was a gloss upon the ink, as if the entries had to settle disputes as best we can. In cases of only been written a short time ago, and all at the rattening I have felt it to be useless to go to the same time. police. Witness accounted for that by saying that he used At the suggestion of Mr. Sugg, Mr. Barstow a particular kind of ink which retained its gloss six asked witness why he connected the shooting at or seven years afterwards. In proof of this he de himself with the Union, and why it might not have sired the examiners to look at some entries made been an attack by robbers. six or seven years ago; Mr. Overend, after examin- Witness replied that had the attack been by ing the entries, said he was bound to say witness was robbers they would have come to him when he was correct. He denied that the union ever paid the lying unconscious in his gig. Witness added — expenses of a man named Owen to Newburn, Owen Needham confessed to me a few days after he was at the time being suspected of having committed an convicted. I made some inquiries about Needham. outrage. He also denied that the society paid the a few days before I was shot at. The men of whom expenses of Owen back to Sheffield when the out- I inquired were known to Thompson. I never rages bad been somewhat hushed up. Thomas Roberts, secretary to the Table Blade charged Thompson after I was shot at with being concerned in it. I gave no notice that I should not Grinders' Unio n , admitted that rattening had been resorted to in his trade in extreme cases. It was not take proceedings against him. I was never shot at again. I have lately learnt that Needham went to of common occurrence. He was not aware that any A outrage had been committed or threatening letter America immediately after I was shot at. The man sent. There were nearly 500 members in the Union, with whom he lodged told me he went away at the and the average number on the box, extending over end of 1862. I have no proof that Needham was a period of five years, would be about 50. There in communication with Thompson at this time. I were more now, as trade was bad. A good workman am told, however, that Needham showed a large would earn £2 per week, and a man and a boy £3 sum of money before he went to America. per week. Where no union existed a man had to do The Court adjourned until Friday morning. £2 worth of work for £l. Most of the employers were in a small way of business, and they took ad vantage of the men. The rules of the Union allowed a man to have two apprentices. Ratteuing he be lieved would at once cease if the Union could legally recover contributions from the members. Edwin Sykes, scissor manufacturer, said that in 1865 he was asked to find employment for a lad named Leadbeater, who was an apprentice to another manufacturer, as he had no work for him. One day Holmshaw, secretary to the Union, came to his shop and threatened to strap the lad if he did not at once go home. The lad ran off and witness saw him no more. The following Monday when Holmshaw called for his contribution he refused to pay it, saying he would have nothing more to do with the Union. Holinsha - .7 said they would make him pay. Soon after all his bands were rattened, and subsequently, when he persisted in employing a lad named Prior, who had not been apprenticed to the trade, his shop was broken into, and tools of the value of £25 were destroyed. Mr. Overend—Have you ever rattened?—Yes ; but it is many years ago. One morning I was rat tened, and the next I rattened my neighbour out of revenge. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHE S TER-THURSDAY. Our market this morning was sl ,, nderly attended, and the fineness of the weather caused a disinclination on the part of buyers to operate. We can make no change in the quo tations of this day se'nnight, but to effect sales h would be necessary to make some concession in prices, which is not willingly done. BRISTOL—THURSDAY. A small supplyof English wheat to-day, which mot with a slow sale, and brought former quotations. Foreign was offered at is reduction without at.racting attention. Bar ley met a better inquiry, and commanded fully late prices. Oats in larger supply than of late, but only taken in real], at barely previous currencies. In beans and Indian corn nothing doing. BURY ST. EDMUNDS—WEDNESDAY. There was a fair show of wheat at this market to• dan which sold at fully previous rates, and in some instances an advance of is was obtained. The growing crop o f bar ley is very unfavourably spoken of here to-day. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At to-day's market there was a meagre supply of wheat' which sold readily, and quotati o n s were qu it e as high 5 ' last week. Barley only taken in retail, but quite as dear. In fine oats the trade was firm. Beans rather cheaper, a nd peas less inquired for. Average prices : Wheat, 6Gs 7d ; barley, 34s 6cl; oats, 22s Od. Mr: Overend—Have you not quarrelled with your nephew P—Yes ; he robbed me of thousands, and I turned him out. The rattenings I have re ferred to were not done by him. Joshua Tyzack, member of the firm of Tyzack and Sons, manufacturers of saws, files, and steels, was next called, and said—We employ about 250 men, and have been involved in many disputes with the unions. We have been obliged to comply with the wishes of the union or we must have re tired from the trade. In January, 1856, we were employing men who were obnoxious to the union, and one of the places in which they worked was blown up. A man named Needham was convicted of the offence, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. I had an interview with Needham in prison, and from what I learned from him I looked somewhat anxiously for his return. This became known, and one evening in 1862, after Needham had come out of prison, as I was driving past a small plantation towards home in my gig I heard a shot fired. That was immediately followed by a second, and on my looking round I saw the flash of a third shot. The bullet fired on the third occasion passed through the brim of my hat, brushing my hair. I dropped down in my gig from excitement. I believe both from the number and nature of the reports the shots were fired from a revolver. As soon as I recovered consciousness I got on the seat, struck the horse, which had been standing, and im mediately two more shots were fired at me in quick succession, but neither of them struck me. It was a veryfine night, and I beli eve th e s h o t s were fi r ed from behind an old wall. The only reason I can asssign for this attempt on my life was because I had been making active inquiries after Needham. I believe since the appointment of the Commission Needham has gone to America. At the interview I had with him in prison, he told me that Michael Thompson, secretary to the Scythe Grinders' Union, had given him £lO to blow up the works at Dronfield. I was after Needham for the sake of his evidence, as I wanted to prosecute Thompson. 'This fact became known, and to that I attribute the attempt on my life. I had no quarrel with any one at the time. I have a strong suspicion that Thompson knew I was inquiring for Needham. I have also received several threatening letters, but I believe only one has been preserved. The letters stated that if we gave machine knives to others than grinders we might expect to be blown up. We have been rattened several times and our bel lows have been destroyed. Once 14 of our men were taken out by the union—we having received no notice—because machine knives had been given to the scythe grinders. We attended a meeting of the men, and a number of most arbitrary conditions were submitted to us as the terms upon which our men would be allowed to resume work. Most of the conditions were modified and the dispute was settled. At the same meeting we were asked whether we had not obtained the assistance of a neighbouring manufacturer, Mr. Horne—our men being ont—to enable us to execute an order. We admitted we had done so, and the same night Mr. llorne's premises were entered and a quantity of tools and other property were destroyed. On other occasions when our scythe finishers have been in ar rears with their natty our shops have been broken open and the tools taken. Sometimes the tools have been restored and sometimes not. At the beginning of the present year the scythe grinders asked for an advance of wages, and 1 refused to concede their demands. On the 14th of February I received the following letter :-- " Sir,—You say you will not pay the price asked for, but you will 'ave to pay and glad you can. Mr. Charles Bagshaw says he can make you pay any price we 'ave a mind to ask for. Mr. Bagshaw says you are robbing your men of their rites for not let ting'em 'ave their own apprentices. He says you are ruining the trade for 'aveing so many lads in your firm, instead of your men haying them, and men EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, 3s 6d down average, Os 7d down. Barley on the top, is Od down average, is ld up• Oats on the top, Os 6d up ....average, Os 2d up. Beans on the top, 2s Od down average, 2s 4d down• Total supply and sales. Wheat 704 qrs sold 470 Barley l6l qrs sold 77 Oats 1675 qrs sold 877 Beans 4l qrs sold 38 Average prices. Wheat, 62811 d I Oats, 33811 d Barley, 3;s 9d 1 Beans 45s lld Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 5480 d ; extra superfine, 52s Od; superfine, 50s Od; fine, 48s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was fairly attended, but business was dull. Wheat 2s per qr cheaper than last week. Barley and oats were firm. Pea; beans, and maize sold in retail, at unaltered rates. Flour sold at is per 2801 b cheaper, and trade very dull. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. knstralia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles July 14 . Ditto, via Panama • • • Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet Cape of Good Hope. A.scension. and St. Helena July 8. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Bout hampton July 3 Ditto, via Marseilles June 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton June 27. India, via Southampton .,.........June 27. Ditto, via Mansell es .. July 7 . 1 Malta, Egypt, dm June 27. Ditto, Marseilles.. 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