The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

k JO EY MARKET A. 24 3, DIEVIERCIA , TELLliij•tales :ITY , Two , a $. . The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed and prices of America ns were quietly yet firmly, 1-16 d higher. All other kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated ., at 6,000 bal es . The Rail way Share Market manifested some i mprovement, but only a limited business was transacted. O w i n g to the unfavourable state of the weather in the Channel the various foreign mails have failed to arrive. A further call, making 81. per share paid up, has been announced by the Directors of the Cork and Youghal Railway Company. This company pos sesses borrowing powers, but they have not yet been exercised, and it is supposed that the amount of capital paid and to be called on the shares, together with those forfeited, which the directors will probably be able to place at a further period, will be sufficient to complete the undertaking. Another extensive fraud, similar to that com mitted by Robson on the Crystal Palace Corn pany, is reported to have been discovered in the offices of a large railway company. The i t amount involved is roug hl y estimated at 3 150,0001., but the parti cu l ars are not yet fully f, ascertained. An excellent plan has been T adopted by the Crystal Palace Company, which 1( might be successfully followed by other public corn- 4 t panies--namely, that of g i v i ng not i ce to trans- , t 3 ferers o f s h ares whenever transfers are presented. , t t . By this means fraudulent acts of transfer-clerks or 3t : other official s wou l d in most instances be detected. ,t This morning the half -yearly meeting of the n West Fla n d ers R ailway Company was held at the n "iii offices, w h en the report was read and adopted. tgi The dividend proposed by the Directors of 2s. 3d. 9t per shar e was passed unanimously. 3 20 The rumour c i rcu l ated yesterday, and mentioned q.A is The S un l ast evening, that the Bank Directors -4t. had r e f use d to discount brokers' bills having more 2 0 than 30 days to run is believed to be substantially 1° correct, although no formal resolution to that effect was adopted. The Directors, at their 15 meeting to -day, however, owing to the St. increased pressure on - their resources, have , 812 s found it necessary to make a further application of 1 2 the "scr ew ," th e m i n i mum rate having been raised 0 to 7 per cent., without any reference to the date of t t : the paper pres en t e d f or d i scount. It is, however, i 0 understood that three months' bills will not be ne- : 5 i gotiated. This f ur th er alteration in the value of ''' money indicates a most unwholesome state of 20 things ; and although trade may be called healthy at present, there can be no doubt that the caution .. and contraction which the enhanced value of accorn- 5 ‘ Modati on w il l necessitate must eventually p h ighly prejudi c i a l i n all departments of business. r ove st, The market for English Securities has been at. .rather languid thi s morn i ng, and the transactions it. both real and speculative have been very limited. 15 8. Increased anxiety is felt relative to the Money IO M arket, and the increased restrictions im- It'' posed by the Bank of E mentioned y ngland directors, esterday, have check e d opera- i' ( ;* tions. Consols opened at about 94 i for money, '0 , and 92i 9 3 for account. Subsequently, ci 9) here 921 i and 92i i respectively. When the de-sequently, th ey ,c ' 10 '` s ion of the Dire c t ors b ecame known a slight pani e nsued, and C onsols for December were 92 i, but gt N ew h ave since been 92b and are n ow 92i i. The St evr Threes are o ffi cially marked 91li to R educed 91 i, and E xc h equer Bills 3s. l ' thounet 10; par. B an k Stock is 215 to 216. di A moderate business has been done in the Forei n i Stock Market this morning at lower rates. Bra- anima 5 per Cents, receded to 991. Clailian are 103 1 - i c to 1041. Mexican, 21i to 22. Spanish Deferred ; 23i. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90 to 90i, and the 2i 4 per Cents. 100 A IA. Dutch 4 per Cents. ad- , vanced to 96 and 96i, and Belgian 4i per Cents. itt brought 954. The French 4i per Cent. Rentes 2 realised 89f. 25c., with the Exchange at 25f. 20c. i: The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 51 Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 7/ ;Me 12 can, 211 22i ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 76 8 ; dit l to . ' 3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese per Cents., 43 5 ; Ruaaian 5 per Cents, ,10683; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per en.ts., 411 411 ; ditt o 1 Deferred, 23 23i; ditto Certificates, 54 ; ditto 7 Passive, 5f 64. _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up - I to this day, are in round fig,ures as under :- Great Western 6,78 1855. £26 £23,925 /forth -Western ******************* -.. South-Western ************************ 59,878 59,185 Brighton **** *************** - ..... 14,770 13,148 Midland .. . ************************ ... 14,768 12,626 B outh-Eat er s . n . ............................. 30,154 28,792 Caledoniau .. ... .... ................ 19,279 17,963 ......................... 12.842 11.673 Great Northe.rn. . Lancashire and -io.r..l;eillx:e. .................... 24,031 23,257 22,245 20,443 Bristol and .Exeter .. Cheater and llolyhe.a4 ............................ 6,280 5,927 6,072 5,093 East Lanesseibire .. Lancaster and Carlisle . ................. 6,300 5,744 London Gen. Omnibus Co . ...... ......... 6,036 5,726 Manchester, Sheffield, and L' ny••• 10 ' 338 ..___ North Londo n .......... Lincoln 9,803 9,077 Oxford, Worcester, and 'Wo . lv . ....... 2,268 2,006 Ulster ...... . .................. . 4 ' 355 3,914 Waterford and Limerick ........... 1,532 1,414 1,334 Edinburgh and GlaTow ............. 1,040 Glasgow and South-WesternT.-. g,53 2 8 5.105 Grand Trunk of Canada ............. 5,63581 6,015 4,82 . 9 The business transactions in Railway Shares this morning has been by no means extensi dealers biting still engaged with the arran v e e' the Nof the settlement. With the exception ogf Great orthern shares prices opened at pa slight ima provernentt, but have subsequently declined about 4 per cent. all round. Since the , lrilt of the Bank Parlour meeting became own Great Northern have receded fully 2 to 3 per cent., the other lines advanced about ss. to 10s., but subsequently receded to about former prices. Foreign and Colonial Shares are very in active, and' at slightly reduced quotations. Joint stock Bank Shares are dull, but prices are firm, Miseellameous Shares have also declined about 58. for Australian Agricultural and Canada Govern- 6 pea. Cents. 1 . RITISH FENDS THIS DAY.—CL OSI NG PRICES. CI (From th e OffiteaZ List.) lit'Sgsvr— - - - rimut n Stock .... —. . ........................ 21114181r54118. per Com. Hecht-cod" .............. . . 91# 34 k 8 per Cent. Consols Anngit)es .... . ....... Rem 3 Der /lent. Annuities : ... ...... C I i i i Long Annuities, expire sth .ia - n .. , 1.86 ...... 91- ' Ditto 30 Yea.rs, expire sth April, 188.5... — l7 13-16 I , di. Tiondp, gloco Ditto, under £lOOO .................. .. ........................ .. . 2 1 d d 2 p Consols ;or Accoun t .. Excheoner 1 111 R. 'Zia.. ......................... 94 I 21000 ........... ..... a,E.01, ........................... -• ...... ..... 1 dpar 3 d 5 ld ural .................................... 3 d p ar Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i . pe r ..... ........... par 1 d 3 p ......... 98 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......... Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent,. .......... VI 1 00 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 .................. 84 1 3 4 kesican 3 per Cent •.. ....... 21i 2 Ditto Account ......... ....................... 2 ki 2 Bsrdinian rion4s, 5 per Cent. ......... . 90 8Q S P"l`h Roads, R per ,- ent ... ............ . ' i h. llitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent....... 234 xtt..kibb i ;ords, 6 per cent . . . ......... 904 A i n itto Account Ditto Guaranteed, i per Cent. b itto Acc oun t . 1 .00 DI . tine . 3 , ~ „ F,b,,,,,, .Tablc in , ~,, r, ,_ 89f. 23c. ex 25f. 20e. !reneh nentes, 4i par Cent. _ '" l gin, 2/,. par Cont., ex. 25 francs 95i x a „Ditto 4A per Cent.. ox, 25 francs 441teti Elli ange, 2:!, per Con';,, 12 Guilders 9 - 6 i 6 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. 9:4 Cow. Is (ISfoneyr ........... Ditto (Account) December 4 20 20 20 33A 7 - ...I)I4INIZEN WIVES.---.E.llrnaster tradesman in Glasgow, for twenty ', 1) -ht and • dus+rion4 man, who has ' t prig in_ : 4 Years ken trnbied by a drunken Tsfe, bill, .." Lord Advocate to introdoce into Parliament a suc, memorialised gllthorising the confinement and detention of . such P ' ? ' / I 3 ons a 4 his wife, and that although their minds be ;Int so far weakened as to render them, under the present in ~4 14/ , fit his for detention in a lunatic asylum. at , 1 3'. his lordship stated that he was not prepared el ' e tiEnt to take any steps on the iubject.—Scotaictn beril°l4l' COLLEGE OF SURGEONS —The following mem , 4 of the college, having undergone the necessary the college were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery of 6 e ° ll ege at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, ; 1 1 the llth inst. :—Messrs. Charles Gaffney, Bunting ',l'lci, Itertfordshire; Alexander Bogs, Hon. East India i l."l"i'Y's Service, Madras ; Thomas Tookineton ,eas e tt., s Altrincham Cheshire ; William Sutton, Hal 'ad, E S , eY •/I! TT Hon. East India Com b/Mir, Qere.• , —erns Hanson, . .. % b ' 4*, Madras ra s ; and William Henry Taylor, 44 UrY, Micicil ' ' eller. 8i 10 20 20 ;0 T H .'.h. 50 94 Amsog. Noaa6. 1304 and Bastn. ' • i33lfas, • Fllrraing. S'tou:Vrtlit y ..,.. ali ban ;O. 'l+. • ID ). all ;no., d 0.. .. all Blackburn all &Tyne or 1 £25 (isad. at .£4f , 1100 Bristol and Exate - : 10') Caledonian. 100 Chester 4 Holyli-ad. all Cork and B3ndor.t al'' Cork, 13;aA, Pas... all Corawall all Do. A 8 Do. B Dublinckßelfastjune all Dun. P. el A.- jwt. 100 East Ang1ian......,„ All Eastern ^o trres 100 I East. j:)t , n, A. St 10- IP* I " B. Stock 1M Do., New 17 East Kent ......... I East L ancas hi re 100 Edinburgh I dass , .• I all &Rub. xu:l Peebles 1110 lEdin.Pri.ll sizDtind, all Forth & Clyde Jrn. , 100 Furness.,, all Do. Extensi on all !Great N. of Scotlnd 1 100 Great N or th ern 1 100 Do., A. Stock... 100 Dc., B. Stock DO Gt. Sth. &West.elrc ). 100 Groat Western 100 itot:r al. . Rs: Gina. Stk.. all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & 14j Do., Thirds...,, 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lane as h.andYerks,, Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southlort all London & Blackwall 100 Load. Bright & S.Cst 100 Loud, and N. West , . 16 Di,. Fifths I 5 jDo.IOI. !IX& 2.j Do. Eighths ..... 'T. 100 i Lnioa W.:.1; all Lndnlrry&Collraine • Irr7. gy E anisk 1- Manch.Shef.& Lincln •"? D .7., Ma , i. & Lin, ITh. 4etropolitati. ...... 1 Do. JL. Ricardo's arrangement _ Midland 1111.• )o. Birmng. & Der • al Aidld. G. all Do. Half Shares._ di Newcastle & Carlisi. all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf • Newry & Enniskill Newry, Warrenp..•nt: and Rostrevor, ' !Corfolk . ..... . s ortlin.Conn ties ;' 1 11 orth British 100 !iti3 DeVon Rail, & Dock Stock 100 1)o., A Stock 100 'o., B Stock ..... . N.Eastern—Berwi, do. Extension 161 Do.do.G.N.E.:eurei• A ) Do. Leeds 10(.! Do. York 101; North London ..... -; • .&S.Wstrn. Jinni • stoad, and City ? North Staffordshir North Western all! & S. Viestrn. Jun- Wore., & Woe' 14 e.rtsmouth 9 Rhymney . L •-ottisii Central LO.! Soot. N E.Abrdu St, t Do. Scot. Mid. St. 'OO TTri 2 SitinzbournekSheer. a s.ntn Dovou loath Eastern.... 00 ' , with Wales Yrk.sh. 4 Pbly. .................. .. ... all S nines Wok. &W o Stockton & Darling 14 Do., do., 1854 .... 3 Do., do., 1855 ..... . I. Aollkten d Hartle:. Pair Vale ........ '; }o. P re f ., No. 1_ )2 "Imes Pray. D.& Ft. all Vale of Neath ..... Al' Waterfd. & Kilkenn• All Waterforddr.Limer, • all West Cornwall..... all Vest End of Land. and Crystal Pala;. all Do. A ....... ........ all Do. B ai, West London all Do. net Class all Do. Second Class all Whabledn&Oroyctor FOR' Autworptitett rdAn lu Ardennes all 3oigian Eastn. June, 16 '3 , )ziers to Grainsessr c 9 lombay, Baroda, ar.‘i j 1.13. India, g, 5 p. e all Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. a.l Caruleaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. lOs. Ceylon A shares I 1 Do. B. do all l'lonaerars 12 I Ilntela Rhenish ell g %), stern of France 1.9 , ) 0. vew 2s. !Eastern Bengal . all ct; . st s lndian 5 A and B Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c all Do. do. D, gu. 5 P. C. all D0.44p.c.8nd5.,'57 all Do. do. do., '59, dr'. `2B. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail all Geelong & Melbourn, guar. 5 per cent.. all Gd. Trunk o f C ana d a all Do. Cert. of Debon, con. into Stk. till '6. all )3.00mp. 6p. 0., do 8 qt. Central of Fran • e all qt. Tn. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 16 ,3 re...t Luxembourg all Gt. We stern of Cans,d A 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '5; all Do. do., '7O, p. '6O all Do. , '73 do. a ll Do. do., '73, withou' 4 option .............. • • Italian Junction all Lake COURT.. & Bash au Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Genova all Lyons as Meditarrv , all Wadras, guar. 4 . p.c all Do. do,, sp. c, 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all Maria Antonia ... all Do. do. New *l l Niftranr LiPge all Do. do ,6 p. c. Prof all northern of France all NorwegianTrunkPre all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans. 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 5 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all 4ambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5, p. cent. Pref. 5 .3cinde, guar. sp. c. all D 0... all southern of France,. 18 it. Andrew's an , Quebec (A)..... . Vest Flanders all Do. 6? por c. Prof. all W. etz N. W. of Franc. 6 Western of Austria... tl , Vest. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .. all I Do. Bpor cout.Pref. all 3.l%tatin .iOj.NT.3TOOA BANKB. all A17, -- ----stralr 183' eank of Egypt 50- Bank of London .1) iiri, Coi, c3k.&-J..n. C lriti.. 1-.74oricaz .Tharto.. Bank AsiA 6 kThrtd. 3f Indi a , A tu. - trliin & Ch . 54 ' City Ina 2f COlOll **** ••........ 20 Commo r cial ** * of* turd:*** * Itl Ertg...:oot.Szkr,Lcrtxt a! 1 Lond. Chart. Bk, of Auett.alia. all Ditto Now. *** ********** 2,, London and ******* *** 50 Lnd.&E.Bnk Corp,'g. 1 0 London Joint Stock. 30 London an d Paris . I 20 Lond. & WestminstoTl SF National Pr o.ef Eng 10 Do. Now._ ******* 22 National Bank ail New South Walk; ** .11 Oriental Bk. Corp * 15 Ottoman Bank ****** • Provincie. of Ireland tl! Do. Now R Ans B Im Cc t:; lionth all Onion of haistralia 26iDo• New • " 10 union of bothion oci Wotan f le:q10 98 1067 3 - 2d 64 66 ... - ..pi - A a 68 • 70 162 - 17.1 191 - 20 ? 19 - 20 1 .... 3p • -- ...a~ 45 41 39 3i 3 34 63 _ 4 6 6 ~ A R E KETS bridge, arrived at the scene of the d;sa,ster the same evening, and a large body of workmen were soon busily engaged in removing the wreck. By great ex ertions one line was sufficiently cleared to enable the traffic to be resumed next morning, and all the trains were worked under Mr. Stevenson's personal direc tions between Harling-road and Thetford with a pilot engine. In the course of Monday the other line of rails was cleared, and the usual arrangements were resumed. S L - '-7 A Y-F,, •rdh97.lV -, Closing Prices this day. Vastness done this day The breaking of the tire, the cause of all the mischief, seems to have been wholly accidental. The iron of which it was made was of the best possible quality, and no flaw could be with certainty detected iu it on its being examined after the accident. The wheel to which it was attached was supplied to No. 91 engine in Jan. of the present year, and was afterwards shifted to No. 92, which has been in constant work for the last four months, and was considered to be in very good repair. All the wheels of the engine were examined by the de ceased before the journey from Cambridge was com menced, and no defect was perceived in any of them. The deceased, who was a very steady driver, had been for some time in the service of the company, and appears to have been much respected by his companions. He was married nine months since, and his wife is now near her confinement. The jury at the inquest, after hearing the evidence of several persons, returned a verdict to the effect that he me`, his death accidentally. The spot where the accident occurred was some time since the scene of another serious casualty, and the dis tric.; of the line has been especially unfortunate. The line is slightly curved at the place, and in January,lBs4, during the prevalence of the very severe snow-storms which then occurred, witnessed a terrible collision, which resulted is the death of six persons. Within two or three miles of the Thetford station another collision also took place in December, 1855, when two passengers in the night mail train were killed ; and in December, 1845, a train also ran off the rails and the driver and fireman lost their lives. The locality has consequently acquired among those who treasure up these coinci dences, as they term them, a very indifferent reputation. rHE SUN, 1..0 . N fION, TIIURSDA EVE.' 1 G, NOVEMBER 13 1856 No representations were made to the landlord who I was, but I was generally supposed to have been a com mercial man. Burgess was rather against the robbery - when first it was proposed by Pierce, but he was over-talked into it by Pierce. The four persona engaged in the robbery were myself, Pierce, Burgess, and Tester. After the keys were re turned to Tester he left the public-house. It was then arranged that I should go to Folkestone, and stop at the Pavilion Hotel, where Pierce was to forward me a letter, in the name of Archer, stating that he had for t warded a box to me to the value of 6001. or 700/. I ac cordingly went there and received the letter, which I afterwards destroyed. The box was addressed " Mr. Archer," to the care of Chapman or Ledger, railway clerks, but which I can't say. The box did not arrive ou the Saturday, as I expected, and, on my going to the station on Sunday, I had an opportunity of seeing Chapman open the iron safe with a key he took from his cupboard. The box had then arrived, and, on my sign ing a receipt, it wasgiven to me. It contained 200 sove reigns, which I had obtained a few days before at the Bank of England in exchange for notes I had given to Pierce. I returned to London on the Monday morning, and saw Pierce on my arrival in town, who lived then in Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth, and I communicated to him what had taken place. I did not at any time communicate it to Bur gess. It was then arranged by me and Pierce that we should go to Dover, and from thence to Folkestone, and that as the tailway clerks generally left the office when the French boats arrived, we should watch an opportu nity, go into the office, and obtain the key of the iron chest kept in Chapman's office. Whilst arranging thus at Sterne's, Burgess came in by accident, and it was stated "It was all right for succeeding." I and Pierce afterwards went down by a day train, but I'm not sure if Burgess went down by it. We first went to the Hose public-honse at Dover. When I visited Dover by myself I patronised the Fleur-de-lis. I can't at this distance remember if we went to Folkestone that night. We walked over the heights from Dover to Folkestone that night or the following morning, and waited the arrival of the Boulogne boat. We watched Chapman and Ledger out of their office to examine the passengers' luggage. Pierce went to the office whilst I stood at the door, and seeing all clear, be unlocked the door of the office, went in, took the key of the bullion chest from the cupboard, and gave it to me. I then took an im pression of i> in wax, and it was replaced in the drawer. We left the station, and afterwards returned to London. This was done about three or four months before the robbery. I frequently i❑ the interval—about a dozen times—sa w the prisoners at various public-houses in Thomas street, the Borough-market, and the Marquis of Granby, near Burgess's residence at New-cross. I have visited Burgess at his own residence. After I had the wax impressions I had a number of keys made in blank, and I filed them down to the impression. It occupied some time. I did part of it at Pierce's house, in Walnut-tree-walk, and finished them at my lodgings in Cambridge•terrace, Shepherd's•buele. After I had finished filing . the keys I went to Dover in the train conveying the safe, and of which Burgess was guard, to try them in the safe, and I went seven or tight times before they would fit. After that I met Burgess and Pierce at the Marquis of Granby, and informed them that the keys fitted, and said it was time now to effect the robbery ; it was then arranged that about two cwt. of shot should be got and put into bags to make up for the weight of gold to be abstracted, 12,0001. in value. The safe was in a van in which Burgess rode. The shot was purchased at different times by vie and Pierce at the shot works near the Suspension-bridge. On the first purchase I waited outside whilst Pierce made the purchase. The shot was placed in carpet bags, and we each carried one on our shoulders across the bridge to Charing-cross, where we took the omnibus, and went to my lodgings at Shepherd's-bush. A. female named Fanny Kay was living with me at the time as my wife. I have a child by her about two years of age. I was first introduced to Fanny Kay by Burgess. Kay was at home when Pierce and I got to Shepherd's. bush with the bags of shot. She asked what we hal in them, and we replied it did not concern her. The con tents of the carpet-bags I afterwards emptied into a trunk, and about a week afterwards Pierce made a second purchase of shot, which he brought to my lodg ings in a carpet-bag ;it was emptied with the other lot into the same trunk, and which trunk was found in Pierre's possession when I was apprehended. I don't think Fanny Kay knew at the time the bags emptied into the trunk contained shot, but she noticed the trunk was very heavy. She had no opportunity of seeing them emptied that lam aware of. Pierce afterwards brought a third lot, which made up 2 cwt. The shot was not taken out of the carpet-bags. After the soot was put into the trunk I locked it and kept the key. The trunk and shot were afterwards moved to Pierce's residence, is Crown-terrace, where the shot was made up into Sib. and 41b. check bags for the convenience of taking it to the railway. I had a ser vant living with me at this time, named Charlotte. I and Pierce calculated the gold would weigh about 1961b5. We afterwards procured carpet bags and also four courier bags, which latter we had made at a shop at the corner of Drury-lane after a pattern I drew on a board. They were ordered to be made strong to carry heavy weights. After they were made they were taken to my house, where their strength was tested by their being filled with shot, and struck violently. Some of the stitches gave way, and I repaired the bags with a wax end and an awl. The carpet bags were filled with hay end some shot, to pass for luggage—the courier bags with shot. They put them on their shoulders, and took the carpet bags in their hands to a coffee shop near the Eagle, Camden-town, from which place we hired a cab and drove to St. Thomas-street, when I got out, leaving Pierce with all the bags in the cab. I went to the incline, between the station entrance and the office, where I met Tester. From him I u oderstood there was no chance of their effecting the robbery that night. I returned to the cab, informed Pierce of it, and they went home. This was repeated nightly for a fortnight before the robbery. On some occasions I saw Tester, and at others Burgess, and I used to go up to the station and look round and see if the chest was in front of Mr. Wetherbead'soffice,and marked by the train it was to leave The signa:, between me and Burgess was that it he could not speak to me, and that if it was all right, and the gold was there, he wag to lift his cap and wipe his face. On the night of the rubbery, we went to a coffee swop in Camden-town, where Pierce called a cab, the same that had taken us on one or two former occasions, and we proceeded with our bap and capes, or short cloaks, on e ebere we saw Tester, who said it to St. Thomas - street, was all right. Toe .cabman, at my direction, then drove to the station fter the Dover train. Tester then left. We each had two. t he D oe on, and each carried a carpet bag in our htends. We took two first-class tickets and gave our carptet bags to Burgess, who was the guard of the train. On tie° platform I saw Mr. Wetherhead, the present Governor of Newgate, who was then superintendent of the station. The carpet bags were put into the van communicating with the guard's seat. Pierce then took his seat in a first-class carriage, and I waked towards the engine. Pre vioue to the train starting I watched the op poreunity of Mr. Wetherhead's back being turned, and I jumped into the guard's van, and Burgess shut the dour. The train started about five minutes after ; Burgess accompanied the train in the van with inc. 1 saw in the van the two iron chests containing bullion. Burgess said there was epwarde of 12,0001. wort n in these. As soon as the train started I got up and u locked one of the chests with the keys I had made. In it I found a wooden box hooped with iron, and with a wooden mallet and some boxwood wedges Thad with me I forced open the box, which I found contained gold bars. I took them all out, filled up the box with shot, replaced the came nails, and fastened the box up. It?e vious to my finishing the box we arrived at Red-hill, where the train stopped. Pierce there got out of the first-class carriage and came to me in the van. Arrange. ments had been made that Tester was to lighten their load at Red-hill by returning to London with some of the Sold. One bar was placed in a courier bag which had been made for Tester and left for him at Red-hill, and I afterwards understood from Burgess that Tester returned with it to London. The box so emptied wa s replaced in the chest, and the second box I opened with the assistance of Pierce, was found to contain American gold coins arid some coupons of foreign railways. There was no bar gold in that box. The box was filled up with shot and replaced, and the chest locked. I then opened the other chest, which I found contained one large box with ropes at the ends with which to lift it. I opened it and found it to contain small short bars of what I believed to be Californian gold. I 6id not take all the gold from the box, because I had not shot enough to make up the weight. The box was filled up, replaced, and locked up in tue chest. Whilst opening the boxes we broke the seals on them, and afterwards resealed them with sea ls. Wax and a taper we had provided ourselves • with. The seals were bought at a shop in Shoe-lane. No particular choice was made of the letter or device on them. After fastening up the boxes we swept up the dust, &c , by which time we had arrived at Folkestone. where the chests were put ont, and I and Pierce con trived to get back to the first-class carriages and pro• ceeded on to Dover. When we arrived there we went to Burgess and had our bags. We went to the Dover Castle Hotel, went into the coffee-room, and placed our carpet-bags in a corner. I did not see Burgess again that night. Pierce was disguised in a, black wig and whiskers. We had our supper at the Dover Castle, and we were asked by the waiter if we intended to remain there that night. I replied no ; that we had been driven in from Deal, and were going I up to London by the mail train which left at btwn o o'clock i n the morning. 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The following letter hag been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir,—We observe in your city article of to-day the following remarks relative to the above ship : "Na new policies have yet been written at Lloyd's on the James Baines in consequence of her detention, but if it were sought to do so high rates would be demanded. It is hoped that the present uneasiness will operate as a caution to the Melbourne shippers for the future against sending such a total as 700,0001. in a sailing ship, and especially in one not remarkable for sailing qualities." Now, we are satisfied these remarks merely arise from your not having been acquainted with the previous performances of this ship, and we are sure that you will do the commander and owners the justice to give publicity to the following facts, which we think will ipeak for themselves. The James Baines was built at Boston, United States, and arrived here the 25th September, 1854, and is now due off her third voyage to Melbourne and back since the 9 - . h December of that year. Her first passage was made from Boston to Liverpool in 12x days ; next, Liverpool to Melbourne, 63i days ; Melbourne to Liverpool, same voyage, 69 days ; sailing time out and home, 182 i days. None of these passages have ever been equalled by any ship in the world. The James Baines's longest passage to Melbourne was accomplished in Y 9 days (arriving the day after the mail ship that sailed a fortnight before her), although with loss of ruainyard and almost an entire suit of sails. With respect to her present long passage home, you are probably not aware that the last two London ships that arrived from Australia were respectively 141 and 100 days, one of them being the celebrated Aberdeen clipper Star of Peace, and that the Aberdeen clipper Phoenician, which sailed 13 days before the James Baines, has not yet arrived. It may also tend to dissipate any alarm about the de. tention of the James Baines that Captain Green, of the steamer Bahiana, just arrived from the Cape, reports that during his passage from the line he had a succession of east winds and calms, and that the set of the ocean showed that these had prevailed for a considerable time previously.—W e are, yours respectfully, Liverpool, Nov. 12. JAMES BAINES & Co. Sporting Intelligence. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Handicap of i soya each ; 3 ft, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 16 subs. Mr. Merry's Sunrise, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Snowden) 1 Mr. Cranstoun's Wild Strawberry, 2 yrs, sst Gib, (Bullock) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Alfred, 3 yrs, 7st 121b...(Bearpark) 3 Mr. Ewbank's Sichmus, 2 yre, sst 101 b ...(Grimmer) 4 The followinc, also ran : —Jack Sheppard-, Jack upthe Orchard (late Pollux), Baroness, Hamlet,South-Western, and filly by lago, out of Lady Barbara. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sunrise, 3to 1 agst South-West ern, and 6 to 1 agst Jack up the Orchard. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third • half a length between the third and f our th. J ac k u p the Orchard Jack Sheppard, Lady Barbara filly, and Baro. ness ran close together, about two lengths behind Si. chains ; South-Western and Hamlet were beaten off. The Tyro Stakes of ,5 sovs eacb, with 30 added, for 2. yr-olds. Optional selling weights, &o. T.T.C. 6 subs. Mr. Elliott's filly, by Weatherbit, out of Pauline, 7st lib, 201 (J. Gill) 1 Mr. Dawson's Polish, 7st 51b, 201. (Bullock) 2 Mr. Dawson's Mysterious Jack, 7st 51b, 20/...(Bates) 3 Mr. J. Osborne' s G ame P u ll et, 7st'llb, 401(Challoner) 4 Mr. Morris' Sebastopol, 7st 51b, 201. (Mundy) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agdt Mysterious Jack, 3to 1 agst Game Pullet, 4 to 1 agst Pauline filly. Won by a length; half a length between the second and third ; a length and a half between the third and fourth : Sebastopol was beaten off. The winner was bought in for 48 guineas. The Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 2 yr olds and upwards. One mile. 5 subs. Mr. Baker'Gamester, by Gameboy, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, 201 . (Withington) 1 Mr. Flintoff's Blossom, 5 yrs, Bst 31b, 201. (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Hudson's General Williams, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib, 201. (Challoner) 3 Rickledon, and filly by Don John, out of Guaracha, also ran. Betting—Even on Rickledon, 2 to 1 aget Blossom. Won by a neck ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. The Sefton Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 60 added ; certain penalties for winners ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. One mile and a•half. 22 subs. Mr. Saxon's Mary, 4 yrs, 7st slb (Dales) 1 Mr. Baker's Alma, 3 yrs, Est (Bullock) 2 Mr. Me rr y' s P o l moo di e , 3 yrs, Est 61b..... (Cresswell) 3 The following also ran :—Alonzo, The Early Bird, Fanny Fern, Catherine Parr, King of Scotland, and Excitement. Betting-5 to 4 agst Polmoodie, 3to 1 agst Catherine Parr, 7 to 1 agst Fanny Fern, 8 to 1 agst Early Bird, 10 to 1 agst Mary. Won very cleverly by half a length ; Polmoodie was beaten about three lengths from Alma ; Catherine Parr was a moderate fourth ; Excitement was fith ; Early Bird sixth ; Fanny Fern and Alonzo were the next two ; King of Scotland brought up the rear. Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 20 added, for two yr olds and upwards, the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. Baker's Spinet, 2 yrs, sst 61b 20/. .....(Grimmer) 1 Mr. Cranstoun's Wild Strawberry, 2 yrs, sst 61b (car. sst 71b) 201. (Dales) 2 Mr. Merry's Cara Fatima, 2 y rs , s s t 61b ( car . s s t 81b) 201. (Snowden) 3 Zalinni and Assailant also ran Betting-6 to 4od Spinet, 2to 1 agst Cara Fatima. Won by a length ; bad third. The Reiter Skelter Stakes did not fill. MARKET NEWS.—{This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 13, 1856, made up from the Returns of tb Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter, WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I I OATS. ATE • BEANS. I PEAS. 653 34 46s 81 263 51 40s 41 I 46s 01 1 453 91 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. i aYE. f BEANS. PEA , 65s LI 44s 8d 1 26s 52 IW I s 101 I 45s 112 44s 6d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK . Wheat, 102,180; Barley, 84,410 ; Oats, 14,305; Rye, 545 ; B eau 5,621; Peas, 2,704 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LHADENHALL. Each kind of meat moved off slowly, at late rates. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 41 to 48 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s &I to Os id per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 12.—We had a dull sale for beasts, on lower terms. Most other kinds of stock realised previous rates. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s Gd to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 12.—To -day's market was fairly sup plied, and about an average business was transacted, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d; Veal, 48 Od to 5s Od; Pcrk, 3s 10c1 to 5s Od per Sibs. Quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 28s. HAY MARKETS, SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ 10s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 10s; and straw, 11 5 . to 11 los Trade dull. • per load. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 ]2s; clover do., 31 lUs to 5 / 1 0 s ; and straw, 1/ 6s t o It lls per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAITL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 10 8 • clover do., 31 3/ ra l k Os ler to he s a l v l y. 2s; and straw, 5s to 1110 s per loa d . Trade THE EXPLOSION OF A PRUSSIAN SHIP AT CARDIFF.— The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the. 132011 killed by the explosion of the Prussian barque Frederick Retzlaff, was resumed on Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Cardiff, before Mr. George Salmon, deputy coroner. (The report of the inquiry appeared in The Sun.) The jury returned with the following verdict We find that the deceased came to their deaths in consequence of an explosion of coal gas on board the Prussian ship Frederick Retzlaff, which explosion took place, in our opinion, in consequence of the hatches being down. And the jury earnestly recommend the dock aut h or iti es to cause co pi es o f the bye-law having refe rence to ex plosions to be printed in all languages and proper ly distributed to all ves.sels on entering the do c k s ." Th e total number. of lives lost by this terrible Accid en t i n 'ix, ..• 31 8. 11 21i i 4a 24 191 21} par •i 191 34 8 47i 46 16 I sib 41 94 314 6 BUENOS AY RFS BONDHOLDERS. The following communication has been addressed to the Committee of the Stock• Exchange by the agents of the Government of Buenos Ayres, em bodying new proposals fir the arrangement of the debt of that Republic. It caused an improvement in the Bonds (the previous price of which was 84k), operations having taken place at 90 : " 8, Bishopagate-street-within, Nov. 12. " The Chairman of the Committee of the Stock-Exchange. " Sir,—We hand you, enclosed, a tratslaticn of a document received this morning from the Government of Buenos Ayres, containing new proposals for the settle ment of the Buenos Ayres' Sterling Debt, which you will be good enough to have immediately posted on the Stock-Exchange for the information of all parties, as this would appear to be the best way of making it public without the risk of any improper use Leing made of the information in the meantime. " We remain, sir, your obediont servants, 6. BARING, BROTHERS, AND CO." " Buenos Ayres, Oct. 1, 1856. "Department of Finance. " To Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. " The undersigned Minister of Finance, in pursuance of what he announced to you, gentlemen, in his commu nication dated 29th Aug. last (as per copy enclosed), has now the honour to transmit a memorandum of the bases which nis Governmeht now proposes for the final settle ment of the debt of the London loan, and which it hopes you will be g,,od nough to submit in its name to the consideration of the Committee of Bondholders. " You, Gentlemen, will be, doubtless, satisfied that the financial circumstances of the country being attended to, my Government, in making the proposals referred to, affords to its London creditors the most unequivocal proof of its equity and of the efforts it is making to fulfil completely its obligations and maintain its foreign credit, and it flatters itself with the belief that the bondholders will he of the same opinion. "The undersigned avails himself of the opportunity to renew the assurances of his perfect consideration. " NORBERTO DE LA RIESTRA." " Memorandum of bases proposed by the Government of. the state of Buenos Ayres for the settlement of its London debt : " The payment of interest and sinking fund according to the terms established in the original contract upon the capital of the loan will be made again effective in the following form : viz.— In 1857 will be paid £36,000 on account of interest. In 1858 ff 48,000 JP In 1859 PP 60,000 PP In 1860 and thenceforward 65,0001. per annum for payment of interest and sinking fund. " 'ln payment of the interest in arrear to the date when the final settlement takes place, and for its entire amount, new bonds will be issued of 201. and 501. each, or of larger amounts, as may be convenient to the bond• holders, such bonds being entitled to interest from and after the year 1861 as follows : From 1861 to 1865 inclusive, 1 per cent. per annum. From 1866 to 1870 ~ 12 Yt From 1871 and after „ 2 ff " A sinking fund being set apart from 18C1 for the new bonds until their entire redemption of per cent. per annum (one-halt), or say the 200th part of the whole amount, or, if more agreeable to the creditors, the Go vernment propose that the 3-4ths of the whole amount of the arrears of interest (or 75 per cent.) only be recognised issuing in payment of this sum bonds to bear interest as follows : From 1861 to 1365 inclusive, 1 per cent. per annum Fr, , m 1866 to 1870 ,► 2 ~ From 1871 and after „ 3 There still being set aside from 1861, as a sinking fund for such new bonds, until their entire redemption, per cent. per annum (one-halt), or say the 200th part of the whole amount. " 'ln any event the Government of Buenos Ayres will remain at liberty to apply to the redemption of the new bonds, by means of public or private purchase, any sums which it may find convenient, at any period after their issue, and even before said bonds commence gain ing any interest whatever. " In payment of the deficiency arising (36,0001.), between the sum assigned for the payment of interest on the original debt in 1857 and 1858 and what is estab lished in the contract, there will also be issued, at a fit ting opportunity, new bonds under the same conditions proposed for the payment of the interest due to date. " Any arrangement which may be settled upon the preceding bases will not take effect until after having been approved by the Legislative Chambers, towards which end the Government of Buenos Ayres will cause it to be presented to them as soon as concluded. "'Buenos Ayres, Oct. 1. " RIESTRA: The annexed in relation to the debt of Vene zuela is from the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders : "Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders, 11, Austinfriare, Nov. 12. "Venezuelan Foreign Debt. "The following correspondence has taken place be tween the committee and the new Commissioners of the Venezuelan Government, viz. : " 'll, Austinfriars, Nov. S. " Gentlemen,—l have reported to the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders that I have had the honour of receiving your visit on Tuesday last, announc• ing your arrival in London for the purpose indicated in the communication recently received by this committee from Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co. "'The committee consider it expedient to state to you that, as the negotiation for the liquidation of the arrears of the debt of Venezuela has now been protracted to an unusual length, they trust that it will be convenient to you to make known to them, with the least practicable delay, the propositions which you are anthorised to make on behalf of the Government of Venezuela. " 'Considerable impatience exists among the bond holders on this subject, which the committee are anxi ous, as early as possible, to relieve. " I have the honour to be, &c., " 'J. D. POWLES, " Chairman of the Committee of Spanish-American " 'Bondholders. " Senors J. Giuseppe and Modesto Urbaneja." "Translation of answer to the foregoing : " London, Nov. 10. " Sir,—We have the honour of receiving your letter of the Bth inst., stating that it would be desirable speedily to communicate the propositions which we ere authorised to make for the arrangement of the Venezuelan Foreign Debt. " Such was our attention on arriving in this capital, but on coming here we learn from the Venezuelan con sul and the fiscal agents of the Republic that the archives of the former Legation in Great Britain—in which there are all the documents relatirg to the debt—are in Paris, in the possession of Senor F. Corvaia, and we have the express order of the Venezuelan Government, first of all, to be in possession of the said archives. We must, there. fore, go to Paris to receive the same, which we shall do in the shortest time possible, and return to this capital to make out propositions, since the Venezuelan Govern ment is most anxious for the new arrangement, that will be as expedient for the Republic as 13r the bond. holders. "' We are, Sir, your obedient servants, "'JOHN GIUSEPPE, MODESTO URBANEJA. " J. D. Powles, Esq., Chairman of the Com mittee of Spanish-American Bondholders.' " ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. THETFORD, Nov. 12. coroner u the -road station, o held an inquest at the Harting body of Wm. Sibley, Eastern Counties Railway, an the Yesterday afternoon Mr. Press, The deceased under very extraordinary circumstances, ur ose of an engine-driver, who met his death on Sun f d .o a r y N e o v r e f n o i l n k g , The working the up Parliamentary train to Cambridge.and in the w wa it s h d h r i i s ve fi r re o m f N an o. on 92 S P u a n s d s a e y r journey was accomplished in perfect safety ?th a d the same evening the deceased left Cambridge again wl ge r• morningen gi n e f , oarn the left e i Norwich r w i c h ede well tau train to Norwich. Everything proceeded engine, for the purpose of working the down at the far as Thetford, and the train left that station Bridgharn cutting, about four miles from Thetford, time stated on the time-tables-6 46 p.m. reached, an unusual knocking noise was heard, and the e. _ deceased shut off the steam, applied the break, and d t t _ld e Pdarliameans his " mate," engine, and see what was the matter. Cullington obeyed he whose name is Cullington, the order, but was almost immediately thrown off to t f ground e w w ith m i s h u u c t h e v. theh tire of the left leading wheel of the engine had been renderedfollowed. The terrible b e scene was broken, and the immense machine, which was being propelled at the rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour, left the rails, and ran along the bank of the cutting for some yards, when it fell over, carrying the tender with it, and throwing it partly across the up line. The carriages attached in the mea ntime continued th e i r course , an d, the engine being suddenly b roug h t to a standst i ll, a frightful crash took place, two of four horseboxes, which were providentially placed next the tender, being smashed to atoms. The shock being thus happily broken, the passengers escaped without injury. The disaster, however, did not end here. Agoods train which was proceeding on the up line came up almost immediately afterwards fallen en g i ne , w hi ch was lying, d struck th e ten d er o f the an partly across th e ra il s. The engine of the rea goods stated train been aldy , ,ptrhoebatbhliyrdtatkrueetikpnleaacrelyincethpesizpeod and the first two trucks passed the tender safely, but a e i t i slight on of alteration tii e o he havingtr u e t io‘n and became separated from those which had preceded it. Another of the trucks was also thrown -off the rails, And both lines became completely blocked. The first act of the fireman Cullington, on regaining consciousness, was to see after his unfortunate "mate ;'' and after some little time he found him jammed in the debris between the fallen engine and tender and quite dead. So inextricable was the confusion that it was im possible to get the corpse out, and, notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions, it was not recovered for seve ral hours. Medical assistance was procured as soon as possible from Thetford, but it would have been quite useless from the first, as the death of the victim of the catastrophe must have been almost instantaneous. As was to be expected, the corpse, when recovered, was in a horribly mutilated condition. The passengers in the Parliamentary train were con veyed back to Thetford as soon as possible, a n d were there accommodated for the night. Mr. Stevenson, superinteudent at Norwich, and Mr. Nayl or, district locomotive superintendent between Norwich and Cam. 92 5Q i 94 9 933 2} 105 102 A 2 1043 4 78i f 37 f 15 691 gi 78i 211 f tabirti 9attlon SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPII.) AUTUMN CUP. Maid of Derweut Malacca Miss Harkaway Twenty-three ran. Won by two lengths Five lengths between second and third. NURSERY STAKES. Red, White, and Blue Little Cob Fifteen ran. HANDICAP. Catherine Parr Blossom Eight ran. HURDLE RACE. Victory Royalty Three ran. SELLING STAKES. Breach.., Polish ... Four ran. GREAT SCULLERS' MATCH FOR £lOO The great match between Henry Kelly, of Fulham, and Richard Buttle, of Norwich, from Putney to Mort lake, took place this afternoon. This event, in consequence of the celebrity of the competitors, has created a great interest amongst all classes of rowing men ever since the match was made. The day being very fine, a great number of spectators assembled, and betting commenced at 6 to 4 on Kelly, and ultimately 2 to 1 was freely offered—the result fully justifying the confidence of Kelly's backers. At 25 minutes past 2, Kelly having won the toss for stations, an excellent start was effected, both going off at a tremendous pace, and rowing together for about 100 yards, when Kelly began to draw ahead, and off Craven point was about a boat's length clear. Buttle here made a desperate spurt to regain the lead, but without success. Kelly, keeping steadily on, passed under Hammersmith-bridge about two lengths ahead, which lead he maintained till near Barnes-bridge, where Buttle made another effort, and gained a little. From thence to the finish at Mortlake it was a most exciting race, Kelly winning by little more than half a boat's length. Time, 25 minutes. The return match for 100/. bet Neen the same men, for which the whole of the money is staked, is to take place at Norwich, from Surlingham to Thorpe, on Tuesday, No►. 25. In consequence of the closeness of the above Pace we have no doubt the return match will excite in tense interest. THE BULLION ROBBERY. MANSION•HOUSE-(THIS DAY). TVKliam Pierce and James Burgess, Eill recently guards in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company, were again placed at the bar, upon remand, in custody of Sergeant Smith and Sergeant Thornton, detective officers attached to the Scotland-yard division of the metropolitan police force, charged with having stolen 15,0001. worth of bullion from a package, in its transit from London to Folkestone, last May twelvemonth. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Rees, the solicitor to the company, again appeared in support of the prosecu tion. Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of Pierce ; and Burgess was defended by Mr. Lewis. The prisoners were placed at the bar at 5 minutes to 2 o'clock, when Mr. Bodkin said the circumstances of the case were very remarkable. The witness adverted to yesterday had arrived, and he hoped to be able to proceed with the case and prove the guilt of the prisoners. The learned counsel then detailed the position of the pri soners when in the South-Eastern Railway Company's employ, and said that for some time suspicion had fallen on Burgess, but it was thought advisable not to pro ceed against him on it. The robbery was one com mitted with great adroitness and deliberation by four per sons, the two prisoners, a man named Agar, now under sentence for forgery, and another man named Tester who had been in the company's service, but was not now in this country. The evidence of Agar was of course tainted with crime, and he was ,a man who had for years been following crime as a source of profit; but he had been induced to make this communication not from any desire to shirk his part of tio responsibility. It ap peared that Agar cohabited with a woman, by whom he had a child, and, having a _natural affection for the woman and child, and before he was committed for trial for forgery; he deposited with Pierce 7,0001. in gold for the benefit of this woman arid child. After Agar's committal Pierce turned the woman adrift, and she being penniless gave what information she knew to the south Eastern Railway Company. After some far ther remarks the learned counsel called Henry Agar, who deposed—l am at present a con vict in confinement at the Portland Works. I was con victed in September, 1855, and sentenced to transportation for life for forgery. I am one of the persons by whom a very large quantity of gold was stolen in transitu in May, 1855, on the South-Eastern Railway. I know the prisoners Pierce and Burgess. I have known Pierce about five or six years, and Burgess not quite so long. Pierce, when first I knew him, was out of employ ; but Burgess was a guard on the line. I have several times been to the United States. The last time was about three years ago, and I returned about twelve months before the rob bery. Before I went the last time to the United States I had a conversation with Pierce relative to a robbery of bullion, and on my return from America I met him by accident somewhere at the West-end, and entered into conversation. That led to my seeing him on several •ccasions, in the course of which he askei me if I had thought anything more about the robbery. I declined having anything more to do with him. He said he thought he could get an impression of the keys of the iron safe, and that might manage it. I said it was a matter requiring consideration, how many were to be engaged in it, and so on. He said if I would undertake it, that whatever was got should be divided into four. I replied that I had no objection, and an arrange ment was made to meet a man to get an impression of the keys, Pierce saying he knew a man who would do it. Before I had this conversation with Pierce I had gone to Folkatone with Pierce. We there took private apartments on the right hand side leading from the up• station to the town, a sitting room and two bed rooms. I then went in the name of Adams, and while I was there a letter so addressed to me was delivered to an other person of that name residing next door. We resided in the lodgings about a fortnight or three weeks. We used to walk each day to the station when the boat train arrived to look about and see where the keys w ere kept. We saw the train arrive several times, and the iron chest in which the bullion was carried, and on some occasions I saw it opened there. The keys were at first taken from the ticket collector's drawer, but afterwards they were removed. A town policeman having noticed •ur frequent visits to the station, and mentioned the circumstance, Pierce left, but I remained about a week. No other arrangement was made between me and Pierce before he left, except that I was to meet him again in London. After Pierce left I mixed with Ledger, Cus tom-house officer, Chapman, and other servants of the company, and visited with them Medhurst's, in Upper Folkestone town, and played a game at billiards and had a glass of grog with them. I occasionally visited the station after Pierce had left. There were two keys to the safe, and the other used to be kept in a cupboard in Chapman's office. Neither Ledger, Chapman, nor Shar man, the company's servants, participated in the robbery, nor did I get any information from them. On my return to town I had a conversation with Pierce, and I told him I thought it impossible to get an impression of the keys at Folkestone. He said he could get one, and that would be something towards finishing it. This went on for some time, and afterwards Pierce told me ono of the keys had been lost, and then. the chest had bee❑ sent up to be repaired. He said be knew Tester, a ticket clerk in the company's eseploy, who would have possession of the keys when the sate was repaired. Pierce said that Tester would get aes impres sion of the keys. I said I would rather do it .myself, and I afterwards, with Pierce, met Tester by a,s point meat, at a beer shop, at the corner of Tooley-etree3t, on the left-band side. Tester had one new key witty. I made au excuse to go up stairs to wash my ha ands, where I took several impressions of the key in sax. After that, I returned to Pierce and Tester, who wei 'e in the coffee-room, and returned the key to Tester. Pre vious to this, I had met Burgess several time; at Sterne's public house, in Tooley-street, and at the Green Man, near the station. I had met him also at Dover, Sometimes Pierce was present at Sterne's. Pierces used the house, and he was the first mast who took m o there, calty in getting tkem on, from the waiter being in the room, without exciting suspicion, I sent him oat for brandy aid water and cigars. We afterwards procaeded to the station where the porter wished to take our carpet bags. I refused to let him have them, but he almost forded them from us and placed them in the carriage. We were asked to show our tickets and we did so. Two return tickets from Ostend, obtained by Pierce from a man named Gowes. The porter remarked that the boxes were very heavy, and that no passenger from Ostend had that day passed the Custom-house. I said, "No, we canoe over the day be fore," and gave the porter a few shillings. We returned by that train. Burgess was the guard, and he placed us in a first-class carriage by ourselves. We threw the hay in the large carpet bags out of the carriage window, and put the gold and bars from the courier bags into small ones we had with us. At a station on the road Pierce jumped out and placed the empty bag behind a door of a waiting room. The porter said to him what are you doing there, and he replied looking for a friend. He returned to the carriage and we proceeded to town, arriving at 5 o'clock. We then got out with our courier and other bags, hired a cab, and directed him to drive to the Great Western Railway. When near there we said we had made a mistake, and told him to drive to Easton-square. He did so, and we got out at a pub lic-house near the station. We remained there half an hour, and after that we called a cab and drove to near Pierce's residence. We got out and walked there. After depositing the gold in Pierce's house we met Tester near the Borough-market steps, and he gave me bask the bar of gold I bad left for him at Red hill-station. I and Pierce then left him, and we drove in a cab to near the East India-house. I remained there in the cab with the bar of gold, and some of the Ameri can gold coins, whilst Pierce went to a silversmith's shop, at the corner of St. Mary-axe, and sold the rest. We then drove to the Haymarket, where Pierce took the remainder of the American coins to a money -changer's, I think Spillman's, and sold them for upwards of 2001. He was paid by cheque on the Uniou Bank, which w e cashed immediately. We discharged the cab and re turned to Pierce's house. It being now quarter past 5 o'clock, and finding it was impossible to complete the case to-night, the further examination of the prisoners was adjourned to Monday. During the whole of the time the court was densely crowded. The magnitude of the robbery and the daring and adroit manner in which it was accomplished caused the Mansion-house to be besieged the whole of the after noon by a large crowd of persons who were unable to gain admittance to the court. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Day.) Parliament was this day further prorogued by Royal Commission. At three o'clock the Lord Chancellor, and the other Peers named in the Royal Commission, entered th• house, and took their seats on the woolsack. The Royal Commission having been read, the Usher of the Black Rod was ordered to summon the Com mons to the bar of their lordships' house. After a short time the Commons, represented by th• Clerks of the House, appeared at the bar, and, the Royal Commission having been again read, The LCRD CHANCELLOR declared the Parliament to stand further prorogued until Tuesday, Dec. 16. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE BRAMWELL. EXTRAORDINARY CAM—This bankrupt was described as of loyal Exchange-buildings, metal merchant, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Link- later, for the bankrupt; Mr.,Chidley, for Mr. Hawkins, a creditor ; and Mr. Phillips, a solicitor, to oppose in person. Mr. Linklater, in the first place, applied to his Honour to sign a certificate under the Private Arrange ment Act, the bankrupt having assigned the whole of his property for the benefit of his creditors in September, 1854 ; but, by some accident, the usual certificate, al though drawn up, was not signed. Mr. Lawrence, the solicitor under the bankruptcy, banded in the certificate, which was undated and unsigned. The accounts, prepared by Messrs. Harding and Pal leis, under the arrangement and under the bankruptcy, were put in. Mr. Phillips opposed the granting of the certificate on several grounds, contending that if any fraud could be shown it disentitled the petitioner to a certificate. The first objection was that the bankrupt in both balance sheets had wholly omitted a settlement on his wife. He had also set down his property at 4001., whereby accord ing to the premium it must have been insured for 2,500/.,and he had also insured his life, which, aocording to the premiums must have been for from 1,5001. to 2,0001. He had also an interest in the Sunderland Bank, not one word of which was stated. He had also been a partner in the firm of Maitland, Hatch, and Co., which was omitted. He also charged the bankrupt with having fraudulently contracted debts previously to the petition, and further urged minor grounds. Mr. Lawrence had never heard about the settlement, and had been told that the property insured (in Con naught-terrace) had been sold to the incoming tenant seven years ago. Hid Honour said the bankrupt could be examined, and his examination and that of several witnesses will occupy he whole o f the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,— (This Day). BO W-STREET. THE MURDER IN PARLIAMENT -STREET.—This day Robert Marley was again placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, and was charged with the murder of Richard Cope. The evidence adduced against the prisoner was merely a repetition of that given at the coroner's inquest held on the body of the unfortunate man, Richard Cope, at the Westminster Hospital last evening, a report of which we published in our late edition, and which will be found in another part of The Sun. At the conclusion of the evidence the magistrate fully committed the prisoner for trial for the wilful murder of Richard Cope. IdARLEOKOUGII.STREET. AN ARTFUL TRICK. --Bobcrt Withll, an ill-looking young fellow, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bing. ham, on the following charges. John Goddard, an intelligent lad, about 14 years of age, stated that he was an errand boy to a butcher in Fitzroy-market. On the previous evening he was coming down Charlotte-street, Fitaroy-square, when he met the prisoner, who asked him to fetch him a guar-- t er n of gin, and promised him a penny for hi s t rou bl e . Witness said he would, and the prisoner then gave him a bottle and the half crown produced to pay for the liquor. H e went into the public-house at the corner of Charles-street, and called fur the gin, in payment for which he gave the barman the half-crown. The landlord at once detected the coin to be a counterfeit, and asked him where he got it f r om. Witness told him he had received it from a man outside who was waiting for the gin. The landlord fol lowed him out, and on his pointing to the prisoner as the man from whom he received the coin, he (the land. lord) gave him into custody. John Page, landlord of the spread Eagle, Charles - street, Oxford-street, said on detecting the half-crown to be a counterfeit, and hearing the lad's statement as to how he came no,teessed of it, he followed him outside the door, and saw hi'm give the gin to the prisoner. Wit ness immediately collared him, when he denied all know ledge of the lad. A constable at that moment came up, and he gave him in tv custody. The prisoner, whoa denied the charge, was remanded for a week. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. , , LIVERPOOL, Wednesd:Ky.-111r. Cyrus Field, of New York Mr. J. W. Brett s) f Loudon, an d the Messrs . Bright, of the Magnetic Tlelegraph Company, attended at the Underwriters' Room's this afternoon, for the pur get, tlemen present the ne means pose of explaining to the intended to be adopted t o c t oned, by submaritele graph, this country and the IToited States of America. In the course of his observatiox,s, Mr. Field referred to the great importance of the obj,ve t, the facilities by the American Government .a the despat c h of the y A rc ti c steamer to ta ke the soundings without an- ex pense to the company —adding .bat they Were also fitting out a v essel to lay down the Wires , tvhi afforded were ded ne w ell ready. The company had been in communication ' and dalso communication fitting n w ith the English Government, who were ou t a vessel to assist in the operations • doubt they w ould have instantaneous w ith the Weste rn Contineut befor e the nest suhrne m beard hado line was already oom . t ie d and New York, a dis tanceppaiostseedd boevtewr.eenThNe Newfoundland submarine cable to be w he foupdland and: the west of 1,065 m —i i l l e e s s: c a o n n d sti t t of laid between the coaastdiosttaiaN: u to ni s c e a v t e io ra n i 1,640 geographical, or interesting ated the r d e e na ta a i l l n s l ink in respectingin coast of o n f au l t r ic el a a l ui nf m mi l n the advantages likely to accrue.Mrt.oßtrheettcoanindmMercre, of the th T e . Bright the lin entered lice ofc doubt whatever world by the - . successfulcarrying out of the design. No tahnedcoatbhleer. ler.existed. of the practicability of laying An interesting conversation then took place between Mr. Edward Heath, Mr. Bright, Mr. Field, information, gentlemen • after which a vote of thanks was passed to the other gentlemen of the company for their after which the assembly dispersed.