The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

rabirb /fZitiott SUN OFBICE, Seven o'Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—;This Day. The following appointments were made at the Ad rairalty this afternoon : Commander—T. N. T. Sanlez to be Inspecting Corn mender of the Coast Guard. Lieutenant Wm. T. Stanbridge to be agent in charge co° mails for service in the contract steam-vessels. Pierce went in, took the key from the cupboard, and brought it to me. I took the impression, gave the key back to him, and he replaced it in the cupboard. The door of the office was unlocked. I don't know if the cupboard wee locked, but I imagine not. We then re turned to Dover and had tea at the Rose. and after that we returned to London. I then saw Burgess, and in formed him I had taken an impression of the key ; 1_1E) -aid it was a good job, and that he would do all in Lie power to assist us in the robbery. I met Burgess several times at the Marquis of Granby, at New-cross. I had some blank keys made,and I filed them and finished them to the impression. I commenced filing them at Pierce's residence, at Walnut-tree -walk. Fanny Kay had lived with me as my wife, and she and her child were living at Ffarleyford-road. I had had a difference with her about the time, and we were living apart. We inade it up then, and I took a house, Cambridge-villa, Shepherd's-bush, where we lived together again. I there finished the keys. Pierce then left Walnut-tree.wallr, and took a house in Crown-terrace, Hampstea:l-road. It was arranged that after I had finished the keys I should go down by the train and try them in the bullion chest. I went down several times with Burgess when he had the chest, and tried the keys before they would fit. I watched an opportunity of getting into Burgess's van before the starting of the train. I tried them five or six times before they would fit. Burgess was present on the van, and saw me try them, and saw me open the chest with them. I never went down with any other person in the van but Burgess. The keys being found to fit, I learnt from Burgess and Tester that when the tidal train went down early in the morning the bullion was to be sent down by the mail train. It was the mail train that was robbed. It was arranged that I should provide lead about two hundredweight, which we calculated 12,0001. of gold would weigh, and which we thought would be as much as we could carry. Pierce and I procured shot, which we placed in bags and conveyed to Cambridge-villas. The shot waa then placed in 81b and 4lb check bags. Fanny Kay, my child, and a servant named Painter were at home when this was done. I dont think Fanny Kay knew what we were doing. We had more shot than we required, and we threw the excess away in the streets and fields of the neighbourhood. The small bags of shot were put into four courier bags we had made at a shop at the corner of Queen-street, Drury-lane. The courier bags were made to order and to a particular size. The strength of baga was tested at Cambridge -villa. They were made of drab leather. Some of the stitches gave way, and I repaired them. The shot in the coarser bags was removed in a carpet bag with a cart and horse to Pierce's house, Crown-terrace, Hampstead-road. I had a black leather bag made for Tester, who consented to go to Reigate and take part of the gold and bring it up to London, so as to relieve us of their weight. Alt the bags were taken to Pierce's house. Everything being in readiness for the robbery, arrangements were made when Burgess got on the mail train that I and Pierce, LBurgess, and Teeter should meet at London Bridge. I and Pierce were to go in a cab with the courier and carpet-hag to St. Thomas-street. We hired a cab from the stand and walked to it a short distance from Pierce's house. Pierce had a black wig and whiskers on. He wore a cloak arid carried two courier bags underneath and a carpet-bag in his hand. I bad on a cloak, and had the other two courier-bags on and carried a carpet-bag. We drove to St. Thomas•street. I took off my courier-bags and cloak and left them with Pierce, whilst I walked to the 'etation and met Tester, who told me there was no gold going down that night. This was repeated, I think, five or six times before the robbery was committed. On some occasions Tester came to the cab and had a conversation with Pierce respecting the robbery. On one occasion Pierce car ried a carpet-bag on his shoulder and left it with me at a coffee - shop near the Eagle, College-street, whilst he went home and dreseed himself up. On the night of the robbery Pierce and I were at a public•house near the turnpike-gate, Camden-town, where we took a cab, with our bags, to St. Thomas-street. I got out then ant went to the station as usual. Burgess came out of the station, and wiped his face. That was the signal agreed on when the bullion was going down. He went to his house. I went back to Pierce in the cab, and we directed the cabman to drive us to the Dover railway office. I had previou4y seen Tester on the in cline, near the station, who said in a hurried manner "All right." I went to the station and procured two first-class tickets. We kept our courier bags on, but gave the carpet baga to a porter. I gave Pierce a ticket, and he got into a first-class carriage. I walked up and down, and saw the carpet-bag given to Burgess, who placed it in the vau. The small black leather bag was in the carpet bag. I walked up and down the platform till the train started, when I watched an opportunity and jumped into Burgess's van. I crouched down in a corner, and Burgess threw his apron over me. II was in the guard's porticn of the van till the train started, when I got up and saw there were two iron sates in the van. As soon as the train started I went into the baggage department, opened the iron safe, and took out one cf the wooden bores (the box produced is the one); it was fastened with nails through the lid by bands and was sealed. I had a pair of pinchers to raise the iron 'end box-wood wedges with which to force open the the lid. I took out of that box, I think, 4 bars of gold; one of them I placed in Tester's bag and gave it to Burgess ; the others were taken out and placed in the carpet bag, and I put snot into the box. Burgess placed the hag for Tester in the guard's compartment. The train by this time bad arrived at Reigate. I gave the bag to Burgess, and I heard Tester say, " Where is it," and I saw no more of it till the next morning. I did not see Tester —I only heard his voice. When the train started again Burgess joined me, and I opened another box in the same safe, containing American gold coins. I don't know the amount. I put them into my bag and substituted shot for them. I fastened down both boxes (the one with American coins with screws) aid sealed them again with some seals and a wax taper I had purchased for the purpose. I then locked the one chest and opened the other chest, and also one of the boxes, which I found to contain small bars of gold. I took out as many bars of gold as I thought I had shot to make up the weight, and then fastened up the box again. The safes were taken out at Folkestone, and we went on to Dover. I and Pierce took the courier bags and carpet hags, and we went to the Dover Castle. It was about 11 o'clock, We went into the coffee-room, I placed the carpet hags under the window, and ordered supper. During the absence of the waiter we took off the courier bags. The waiter asked if we wanted beds, and we replied no, that we had driven in, and were going up by the 2 o'clock train. I left Piero° at the hotel, whilst I we n t t o t h e p i er, an d t h rew tLe mallet, chistf, &c., with which I opened the boxes, into the sea. When I came back we paid the bill and sent the waiter for some brandy in a soda water bottle, in order that we might replace our courier bags. We then left, and went to the station. At e station the porter asked to take the carpet-bags. I refused, but he per sisted and almost forced them out of my hands. The porter then asked us if we had our tickets. We replied, "Yes,Ostend tickets." The porter asked us to show them and he said "There's been no baggage through the Cus tom.; to-day." I replied "No; we came yesterday," at the same time putting some silver in his hand. lie then left and we went into a first-class carriage. Burgess was guard of the train. Few passengers came up by the train. Pierce and I were alone in a first-class carriage. On the way up we opened the large carpet-bags which were "dummies," threw out the bay, and at 'me of the stations Pierce got out and placed the carpet-bags behind the door of the waiting-room. The gold was then in the small carpet and courier bags. On our arrival at the London-bridge station we walked to the cab-stand, and desired the cabman to drive us to the Great Western Railway. Before getting there, we said we had made a mistake, and ordered him to drive us to the Euston-square station. When we got out there we discharged the cab, and Pierce got another, and we drove to the neighbourhood of Crown-terrace. We there discharged the cab, and took the bags to Pierce's house. From thence we went to London-bridge in a • cab, with theAtnerican gold coins. The cab was then dis charged, and I met Tester with the box of gold, as had been The Gazette contains a notice that the Speaker will issue previously arranged. Test er gave me the b ox of gold, his warrant at th e en d o f 14 d ays f or the election of a and I believed he went to hi s o ffi ce . I an d Pi erce then member of Parliament f or th e b oroug h o f S a lf ord, i n the took a cab and drove to th e ne i g hb our h oo d of the East room of the late Jos e ph B ro th er t on , E sq. India House. Pierce got out, taking with him part of WHITEHALL, JAN, 12. the American coin', and so ld th em at a s h op at tee era , The Queen has been ple ase d t o present t h e R ev, Rode ner of St. Mary Axe. I remained in the cab. On rick Nicolson to the church and parish of Applecross, in Pierce's return, he told me he had to wait whilst the the Presbytery of Lochcarron, and county of [toss, vacant the transrtation of the Re money-changer s en t t o th e b an k f or gold. He obtained thereof, to the parish of Barvasv. John Reid, lat e m i n i s t er . upwards of 2001. for the coins. We then drove to an other money- c h angers i n the Haymarket, and Pierce BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL , J AN. 9. sold the remainder of the American gold coins for 2001., The Right H on . th e L or d s o f t h e Committee of Privy which wa s p a id b y cheque on the Union Bank. Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through The the ue was then ta k en to the bank and the Secretary of State f or Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de q spatch fer ajest's Ministe at Lsb, enclos cashed. We th en re t urne d to Pierce ' s house. Pierce had copy of a Promort her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon; enclosing cashed. We then returned to Pierce's house. Pierce had copy of a Portugaese Ro y al Decree, r opening on the port ing of the proceeds of the American coins. At that time I was Mossamedes, in the province of Angola, to foreign corn not in want of money, but Pierce was ; he had to coerce. pledge his things for support. Pierce afterwards hired BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN, 13.' a horse and cart, and we dr ove w ith t h e box of gold to The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Cambridge-villas, where I then resided. Fanny Kay Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through was at home when we arrived there. The bags were the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de first put into the parlour, and afterwards in my trunk, spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, transmit in my bed • room. Pierce took the horse and bug copy of a Portuguese Royal Decree, equalising the cart back from whence he had borrowed it, duty to ha paid upon the importation into Portugal of and I saw no more of him on that day, foreign oils, to that established in the Municipal Customs' I saw him in a day or two after at my hous e , w h en we Tariff, v i z . : 680 re i n per nib s. we i ght. cut a 100 oz. of gold off one of the bare, and sold it at BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 13. 31. per ounce. I had the proceeds. It was then ar- The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, ranged that we should melt the gold, and we accord- T ough the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, a copy Chi a na the Kin ingly took out the stove in my first floor back room, and despatcht from her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in procured some fire-bricks fur that purpose. The fire_ of a copy of a proclamation issued by brick produced is one of them, and on it small particles Siam, permitting the exportation of rice from of gold are to be now seen. The gold, when melts d, kis donations. BOARD OP TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN., 1857. was poured into an "irgot " (100 oz, bars) that had been procured for the purpose by myself and Pierce. The Right Hon. On one occasion, when taking one of the crucibles out Council for Trade an: karnd:;toifo , t s h h e a v C e o m r e m e e i t i r e e d otfh ouch of the fire I met with an accident and broke it, and the the Secretary of State fo sampler of o v r e e ir l i g 'o n et . s A p ff r a o i d r u s Cts a of ca S p i y am af . • a gold was scattered about ors the floor, which was despatch from her Majest r e China, forwarding 's Superintendent of Trade in burnt ; Fanny Kay on one occasion complained Corps Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Henry Brad of the heat, and asked what we were about. I replied "leather apron making," meaning "mind your ownADMIRALTY, JAN. 10. ley Roberts to be First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, business." The courier bags were destroyed. It took four days to melt the gold. Pierce remained with me during that time. 2000 oz, of the gold was sold by COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Seward, alias the barrister. When first I knew him Le- vice Mawbey, promoted. Brecknock Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia-LAlfred Gully Foy, kept chambers at No. 4, Inner-co: in n, Tem b ple. Ihad George Drake Pocock, Gent. to ,be Lieutenant. seen him at Westminster Hall p arrister. I Ist Somerset Regiment of' Militia —Henry Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Colston, appointed to when he sold met him at a beer house near Ball's -pond, a the gold for me. I sold him a second lot of per ex. 500 ow, fur Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Assistant Sur which2 he e aw p a a r i d d c re htt e rg 3 e l d . o 6 r t 6d. per ounceecpoamidtnims,eioine c g t e ll e a o e s n e E d a . Thomas Brittain to be Surgeon, vice Basconae, do lor his trouble, I can't say which. About this tim ` e I had another quarrel with Fanny Kay, and I left She p NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION O F herd's-bush and took lodging s at Kilburn in ' NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. the name of Adams. The gold had previou s ly Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, been removed from my hou se t o Pierce's. Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. le, Pierce about this time removed from Crown. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma row to Kilburn Villa, and I afterwards went . with lines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri- TA0 . , r5 1855, bution of proceeds arising from the Greek brigantine him to live, and was living there when I was app o re ; • h a. er ett a h je e s P t a . o i a s ta Dri i t Lender]. I lived in Pieree's house about a week. Zll a rissys, captured May 22, 1355, the Greek vessels one occasion Burgess and Tester met me and Pierce by at Pierce's house at Kilburn. It was stated what gold 2J tli Jan., in the P i r p i B gP r ea a ra n i c aw h t i4 o ll f theD captureda; a e r o t e m a eat of d talile, had been soid. Burgess received 7001., and I, Pierce, and Tester had 6001. each. The money was received in gold, and afterwards changed by Pierce for notes; my share of the money was in my truck when I was apprehended. The remainder of the unsold gold had been buried in a hole he dug under the front steps of the house. At the time of the robbery I had seven 1001. Spanish Bonds purchased of Mr. Young, stock broker, a considerable time before the robbery. I sold five of them on the night of the division of the spoil, at 431. each, to Tester, who paid me out of the notes he had received as his share. On the morning of my arrest I saw Pierce, and made an ap pointment with him to go with me that day to Shep herd's-bush to fetch the child's clothing, &c. After that I left to meet a man named Humphreys in Holborn, but I was arrested on my way. I saw Pierce atter my arrest. I had 3,0001. invested, which was sold out and handed to Pierce to invest for the benefit of Fanny Kay and my child. Cross-examined by Sergeant Parry—l am 41 years of age. I was once in the employ of Mr. Davis, linen draper, Chiswell-street, for four years. That is 14 years ago. It may be 20 years, but I won't speak positively. No robbery took place there that I know of. I have not been in employment since. I have got my living since by speculation in the United States of America. Mr. Parry—What, in railway carriages ? Witness—No; by buying and selling things. I first went to America between three and five years after I left Mr. Davis. I decline answering bow I lived dur ing that time. I was not engaged in forging then, nor never have been. I did not know Saward then. I decline answering how I gained my living at the time referred to. Mr. Baron Martin—l don't see how it can hurt you. Unless you have done something that renders you liable to be hanged you can't be worse off than you now are. (Laughter.) Witness still declined answering the question, or if he had done anything that would render him liable to be hanged. I did not rob, or utter forged documents in America. I don't know that Saward is in custody. Saward's flash name was "Barrister Saward." (Laugh. ter.) I have discounted bills for him. I never had any transactions in cheques with him. I am innocent of the charge I was convicted on. I am not a perfectly honest person, fur I have received the proceeds of forgery. I never f o r ge d or uttered a f orge d document. The stock I was pos sessed of was purchased before the robbery. Your client had my share of that robbery. I was convicted of ut tering a forged cheque for 7001., and was caught running away with a bag of 700 farthings in my possession. I can work at almost anything—at making jewellery. Mr. Parry—And bars of gold ? Witness—Yes, sir ; there's proof of that. (Laughter.) I don't know if Pierce was a betting man. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l have no particular motive for declining to say bow I got my living after I left Mr. Davis ; I am not afraid of the consequences. Mr. Ballantine—l apprehend, then, my 'lord, he is bound to answer the question? Mr. Baron Martin—Not, if it will render him liable to prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine'(to witness) —And is that the reason why you refuse to answer the question ? Witness—No. I was first introduced to Pierce by two thieves, and he at once opened the business to me. I took tea with Tester at his lodgings, at Margate. It was served by an elderly female. The division of the money took place about two months after the robbery. Tester asked me the best way to invest his money. I said I have some Spanish bonds that are paying 7 per cent., that I gave 47i for them, and would sell them for 481., and he purchased five of them. By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You were convicted for uttering a forced cheque ? Witness—Yes. Anti you defended me. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Yes. And you were con victed on the evidence of an accomplice ? Witness—Yes. Every word he said was untrue, and it was also untrue what Mr. Mullins, the solicitor to the prosecution, stated on the trial, that I was outside the bank, waiting, when the cheque was presented. I was at Shepherd's bush at the time. When I was asked by any one on the line, or at any hotel, I represented my self as a commercial traveller. Tester knew that I was a thief. I tried to get the keys at Folkestone without the knowledge of any of the company's servants. I became familiar with Sharman so as to get the keys when his back was tumed. I did not attempt to corrupt him. Mr. Sergeant Bailantine—Did Tester try to corrupt your innocence ? Witness—Oh dear, no. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Poland--I have gone by the names of Adams, Archer, Agar `(my right name), and Roberts. I answered to any name the prisoners choose to give me. I first made a communication to Mr. Rees, at Portland. I did not then tell him Burgess had nothing to do with the robbery. I have never said that Burgess had nothing to do with it. These were not the first false keys I ever made. I made some for Pierce to commit a robbery at the South-Eastern station. I may have made others. I may have received the proceeds of three or four forgeries. The money I had in the bank was not part of the forgeries, but the proceeds of hard work and speculation in America. I have never passed off forged notes either in this country or America. Re-examined by Mr. Bodkin.—My reason for not axis werinc, Mr. Par r y was , th at h e seemed to wish to force it out ()fine. When I left Mr. Davis's employ I had 50/. I had saved, and with that, and by pledging my clothes, and assisting my cousin, a boot closer, I supported my self till I went to America. Mr. Baron Martin—There could have been no objet tion, then, to your answering the question just now ? Witness—l should nut if Mr. Parry had not tried to force it out of me. By Mr. Bodkin—One of the witnesses in the case i❑ wLich I was convicted was called Humphreys, who used to live with Ewily Cunpbell, with whom I was living at the time in Stanley-place. When I was apprehended I was on my way to Humphrey's house, near Bedford row, to receive 2501. I had lent him. When near there the man Smith, who gave evidence against me, saw rue, and said, I have been looking for you, and that Bill, meaning Humphreys, Irld sent him to me to say I was not to go to his house, for there was a screw luose, and as we walked along he said Humphreys bad sent 2001. to me, at the same time pul ling out a bag and gave is to me. When he gave me the bag I asked who the men were that were following us, and at his advice I ran off and he joined in the pur suit with the officers. lay Mr. Baron Martin—About three years after I left Davis ' s I commenced a career of crime. From that time to the time of my conviction I was engaged in crime. By Mr. Sergeant Parry—l never boasted to my fel low prisoners at Portland that I effected this robbery alone, and went after it to Boulogne. I never said any• thing about it until I mentioned it to Mr. Rees. I had beard at that time that Pierce had given up the child to its mother, and that Far.ny Bay was in a state of destitution—that he refused to give the child a change of d ress. Evidence was then given to prove the packing of the gold and its delivery to the South Eastern Railway Company for transmission to the Continent. From May till December, 1855, the Company resisted the claims of Mr. Abell for the value of his gold, asserting it must have been lost between Folkestone and Boulogne. Several witnesses from France stated . that it was ap- parent to the officials of the Custom [louse at Boulogne that one of the boxes had been meddled with prior to its rrrival there. After hearing evidence tracing the arrival of the boxes at Paris, the weighing of them, showing a deficiency of 401 be., and their being opened and found to contain a large quantity of shot in small bags, The Court adjourned 'at 6 o'clock until to-morrow. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. _ _ (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) The prisoners, Pierce, Burgess, and Tester were this morning placed at the bar charged with the gold bullion robbery on the South-Eastern Railway in May, 1855. There was very little excitement or interest evinced in the proceedings on the part of the public. The various indictments charging the prisoners with the robbery were read over to them by Mr. Straight, clerk of ar raigns, to each of which the prisoners severally pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Monk were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Ribton defended Pierce ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh defended Tester ; and Mr. Giffard, Mr. Poland, and Mr. H. F. Lewis defended Burgess. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in stating the case to the jury, said that it was scarcely possible to believe that they had not learnt through the usual channels of public information the general history of the gold robbery committed on the South-Eastern Railway, and he cau tioned them not to attend to any information they might have so gained, but to confine their attention to the statement he should be able to prove by the evidences of the various witnesses he should call before them. The prisoners were indicted for having committed this rob bery on the night of the 15th May, 1855, when a large amount of gold was entrusted to the company by persons of the name of Able, Spielman, and Bult, and the learned Sergeant then laid the circumstances of the robbery before the jury. The case rested principally on the evidence of Agaria convict, but it would be their duty to require that his evidence should be corroborated. The evidence of Agar he should corroborate by most respectable witnesses—indeed so much so that their evidence alone would present the strongest case of circumstantial evidence he bad ever known, that the robbery was committed by the knowledge and conniv ance of the prisoners in the train of which Burgess was the guard. The learned counsel said that Agar's indcce ment to give the information he had, with reference to this robbery, arose from a breach of trust and faith on the part of Pierce towards Fanny Kay and his child relative to property be had placed in his hands for their benefit and support. It was lamentable to find so much industry, dexterity, perse verance, and knowledge displayed on the part of the prisoners, and had it not been met in the same manner by the prosecution the perpetrators of this robbery would never have been detected. The learned Sergeant then called Edward Agar, who entered the witness box in custody. He said—l am a convict, under sentence of transportation for life for uttering a forged banker's cheque. lam one of the persons by whom the robbery of gold was effected. I know the prisoners at the bar. I have known Pierce more than five years. He was not in the company's employ when I first knew him. I have known Burgess and Tester about three or four years; They were both in the company's employ. I first had a conversation with Pierce about four years since in re ference to this robbery. It was after my return from America. He was a clerk at a betting-office in King street, Covent-garden. I met him accidentally. I had had a conversation with Pierce before going to America to commit the robbery, but I declined then, not thinking it practicable. Pierce asked me when I met him if I had thought any more of the robbery. I said it was impos sible to be done unless the keys could he got. He said he thought he could get them if I would undertake it, I had several meetings after with Pierce on the subject of the robbery. Pierce said he thought he could get the keys if I had no objection to complete the rubbery. Tester and Burgess's names were mentioned, and Pierce said he would endeavour to get the keys of Tester to get impressions of them. I asked him how many were to be connected with the robbery, and he said four—Tester, Burgess, himself, and-myself. I had not seen Tester at this time. I had a conversation with the whole of the prisoners about 12 months before the robbery. On one occasion I went to Margate, where Tester was station master, to see him. Ha wished to see me because he could show me the cash-box if that was of any service. I took tea with him, and he showed me the chest and key for t tk:ng the cash up and down the line, and asked me if I thought it would be of any tis-3 to me. I said no, He said it was a pity Pierce had not mentioned it to him before, as he could then have given me the impres sion of the bullion keys. The witness then detailed his movements shortly after this, and the opinion he gave to Pierce how the thing could be done, and said it was at my suggestion that Pierce and I went to Folkestone, and took lodgings to watch the arrival and departure of the trains. I went then by the name of Adams. In consequence of the particular attention of the police to our movements Pierce left, and I re mained a few days longer. Our object in going to Folke stone was to see the bullion chest opened, and where the keys were kept there. When I came up to London I saw Pierce and Burgess. Pierce then resided in Wal nut-tree-walk, Lattibeth. It was arranged afterwards by Pierce that I should go to Folkestone, and Tester would introduce me there to a person named Sharman, a clerk in the company's employ, who would show me the keys. I went down, and Teeter was to meet me there as though by accident. This was about 8 or 9 months before the robbery. I stopped at the Pavilion Hotel at Folkestone. I saw P:erce and Tester at the up-station on a Sunday, and we walked together down to the harbour-station arm-in-arm. Tester then introduced me to Sherman as his friend ; it was then proposed that we should go to the Pavilt n Hotel, where we had some sherry and biscuits, during which time Tester and Shar man spoke of how business was progressing with the company, and how much bullion passed over the line. I and Tester dined together that day, and he asked rue my opinion of the rubbery, and I said that I thought I should be able to do it, now that I bad had an introduc tion to Sharman. Tester left for London ; I remained and walked about with Sharman, but he was a sedate young man, and I could not get any thing from him. I afterwards returned to London, and communicated to Pierce and Burgess that I could do nothing with Sharman, and suggested the matter should rest for a time. About this time I was informed by Pierce that be had received a letter from Tester that one of the keys of the bullion chest was lost, and that the chest would have to be sent to Messrs. Chubbs' to be repaired. It was proposed that Tester should be supplied with wax to take the impression of the keys when the bullion chest came up, but I objected, saying that I must take the impression myself. By appointment 1 met Tester after at the Arcade, near the station at London-bridge, who informed me that he had not got the key. We met several times without success. Not liking to stand so long in the arcade we appointed to meet at a beer shop at the corner of Tooley-street, kept by a person named Wallace. I met Pierce and Tester there, when Tester produced the keys. I said I must go into another room and take the impression. Tester hesitated to part with them, and asked me if I.could not do it there. I said no. I rang the bell, and was shown to a bed-room under the excuse of washing my hands, and there I took ' an impression of one o f the keys • after that I returned the key to Tester. I k new the train Burgess worked. We were in the habit of meeting Burgess at Stearne'.4 pnblichouse, which the railway officials frequented. I there informed him ho w t h e matter was prog ressing . I was first taken to th e house by Pierce. It . was then arranged that I should go to Folke stone so as to be able to get an impression of the • keys kept there. I went to the Pavilion Hotel, and Pierce forwarded to me there a box containing 200 or 300 sovereigns, which I had advanced for that purpose . I received a letter by pose from Pi erce, informing me . that he had forwarded the box to me. It was insured in • the usual manner and addressed to me in the name of Archer, to the care of Chapman or Ledger, at theoffice. I called and inquired for the box cnce before it arrived. It arrived on a Sunday, whilst I was at the higher station awaiting the arrival of the train. I saw the ?hest arrive and I followed it to the lower station where It vas opened by Cbaprean with one key. There were two locks on the safe. I noticed that he took the key from a cupboard on the left hand side at the back of the office. He took out the box I expected and gave it to me, and he also gave me a feral to sign acknowledging its receipt. I told him I could not write, as I had injured my finger, and at my request he filled it up, and I signed it in the name of E. f',,. Archer. The form produced is the one Iso signed. I took the box to the Pavilion Hotel, where I opened it and took out the sovereigns. I returned to London and had an interview with Pierce arid Bur gess, and told them where the key was kept. It was then arranged that I and Pierce should go to Dover, and walk across the cliffs to Folkestone. About a week after that we went down by a train that had arrived there at mid-day. We stopped at a commercial house, called the Rose, opposite the church at Dover. In the latter part of the day we walk e d t o Folkestone, over the cliffs. We arrived there before the arrival of the Boulogne boat. We walked on to the harbour station. I saw the boat arrive, and how the station -master managed with the passengers and luggage. We saw Chapman and Ledger leave the office. Pierce then went to the• office, whilst I remained at the door. Tti etn4. Ltit4Bol4l l TURADAY pV.ANI.NI4, JANUARY Is, 101 V, " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House." Agents and other persons holding powers of s.ttoi ney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by vi the of which they rav be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above -named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. - Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs sr of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money, THE CFIRISSYS. Flag share Commander 33 7 8 Third class Fourth class 4 13 8 Fifth class 2 12 1 Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class 0 15 7 Ninth class Tenth class THE HA £ s. d. Flag share Commander Third class Fourth class 9 7 5 Fifth class 6 4 0 THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY.-PIERCE A DEFENDANT IN THE LORD MAYOR'S COURT. A good deal of interest was excited yesterday in the Lord Mayor's Court by an an action—Saward, plain tiff ; Williamson, garnishee, aid Pierce defendants— arising out of the great gold robbery, the plaintiff being an attorney, and brother to Saward, the barrister, known otherwise as "Jew, the penman," now in custody on a charge of forgery, and whose name first became familiar to the public through the evidence of Agar, the convict witness for the prosecution in that extraordinary case. It will be remembered that, according to Agar's stat ment at the time of his apprehension upon a charge of forgery he invested upwards 'of 2,0001. (some of the money being a part of his share in the proceeds of the robbery) in Turki , h Rinds, and left them in Pierce's care for the use of his child and her mother, his former mistress, Fanny Kay, according to whose evidence, Pierce, after Agar's conviction, turned bar and her child out of doers, retaining possession of the property, including a gold watch, with Agar's initials, and a pic ture of Windsor Castle on its face, for his own use ; an act which led her to divulge what she knew in connection with the robbery, and which being communicated to Agar himself, caused him to make a full revelation iu connection' with the robbery and his accomplices iu its perpetration. The case now before the court was one of attachmen of these Turkish Bonds. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Henry James for the garnishee. The plaintiff sought to recover from out the custody of the police-412er, Williamson, certain property alleged to belong to the defendant. It appeared that, upon the arrest of Pierce, William. son, who is the officer to whom the case ip entrusted, proceeded to Pierce's residence at Kilburn, for the pur pose of discovering anything that might be there in con nexion with the case, and that upon searching it he found three 5001. Six per Cent. Turkish Bonds, four 1001. ditto, six 501. do., awl a gold watch and guard, with three seals, the watch bearing the iritials " E.R.A." It was this property that the plait.tiff sought to make an swerable for the payment of his debt, upon the proof of the fact, Williamson admitting, upon cross-examination, that he took the property, and held it without Pierce's consent. Mr. James took objection, Srst, that the goods were goods in the hands of a trespasser ; and secondly, that they were goods in the custody of the law, and therefore mot attachable. The Recorder held the second objection to be valid, and that the goods were not attachable—at all events until after the trial of the defendant. A good deal of speculation has been excited by the connexion of the plaintiff in this case with Saward, the alleged forger, and it is supposed that he acted on behalf of Agar's child. It is thought that a revision of the county magistracy is not unlikely to take place in Ireland—no party to be re-appointed whose incom e is not independent of his farming pursuits or trade, or whose social position is not on a par with the gentry of the district.—Linzeriek Chronicle. MR. ROEBUCK.—Mr. Roebuck, M.P., has consented to attend and address a public meeting of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association on the 22d inst. ACCIDENT TO THE TYNE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER.— SOUTHAMPTON, Tu esday. — lntelligence has been received here to-day that :the Tyne steamer (R.M.C.), from the Brazils, is ashore off St. Alban's Head. A steamer has gee to her assistance. LENGTH OF DAYS.--Some few years since we beheld the strange sight of an old woman, • aged one hundred and two, bent double, crooning over the fire, and nurs ing in her lap an infant but a few days old. The infant was the grandchild of the old woman's grandchild. The only remarkabie circumstance in the veteran's history was that she had nursed Wordsworth in his infancy. She had lived the greater part of her life in Westmore land, near the poet's residence, and there her descend ants had been chiefly born and lived.—The London Quarterly Review. [ADVERTISE3IENT. —Holloway's Oi n t men t an d Pill cared a wound i n the Le; ~f Eleven Years' Standing.— Mr. Welch, a chemist, of Brighton, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Sept. 6, 1855, that Mrs. Catherine Hudson, of Cavendish-place, in that town, bad been suffering from 11 years from an ulcerous wound in the leg, for which she had been un d er med i cal treatmeLt at the London and Brighton dispensaries, but derived no benefit therefrom. The application, however, of Hollo way's Ointment and the use of Holloway's Pills have effected a perfect cure.--Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's Estab lishments, 244, Strand, Andon, and 80, Maid , n-lane, New York; by A. Stampa, Constantinople; A, Guldich timyrna ; and E Muir, Malta. LA W INTELLIGENCE —lan. 12. COURT.OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. SIR J. DODSON (JUDGE OF THE COURT OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY). Mr. H. Hill, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Coleridge)' moved for a rule calling upon the judge of the Court of the Archbishop of the province of Canterbury to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him to admit a libel and appeal from the archbishop, the appeal being from the Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting in the diocese of Bath and Wells as statutory substitute for that bishop. The question turned entirely on the construction of the Act for Better Enforcing Church Discipline (the 3d and 4th of Victoria, chap. 3d), and did not involve any question as to the merits of the case. The question simply was, whether an appeal was given by the statute to the court of the arch bishop, for if so there was a legal right involved, and a mandamus ought to issue. The learned C3OO. sel said it war important to bear in mind the state of the proceedings which had been instituted against the Rev. Mr. Denison, the Archbishop of Taunton. A com mission had been issued by the Archbishop of Canter bury, directed to five per`sons, under the third section of the Church Discipline Act, two of whom were rural deans in the diocese of Bath and Wells. In the month of January, 1855, they reported that there were sufficient prima facie grounds for instituting proceedings against the archdeacon. Upon that report the Rev. Mr. Dit cher, the party complaining, caused articles to be filed against the archdeacon, under the 7th section, and he then called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to take such proper steps as the act required, in order that the case against the archdeacon might be heard. The arch bishop, conceiving that he had a discretion to exercise in the matter, declined to take such steps ; and in conse quence an application was made to this Court for a man• damus to compel him, and eventually the judgment of this Court was pronounced in Easter Term, 1856,awards ing a peremptory mandamus. The next step was most important to be noticed. On the sth of May, 1856, the archbishop cited the archdeacon to appear before him in Ductors -commons on the 27th of May, to answer the articles exhibited against him by the Rev. Mr. Ditcher. The archbishop was then ruled by Mr. Ditcher to return the writ, and the archbishop returned that he had cited the archdeacon to appear in Doctors'-commons. A mo tion was then made to this Court to quash the return, on the ground that the archbishop was only acting in the place of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who was the patron of the preferment held by the archdeacon, and that the case ought therefore to be heard in the din csse of Bath and Wellr. Lord Campbell—The archbishop was acting as the judge of a diocesan and not of a provincial court: Mr. Hill—On that ground the Court of Queen's Bench quashed the return. The archdeacon attended according to the summons in Doctors'-commons, when he re ceiTed notice from the archbishop of what had taken place the day before in this court. The archbishop then gave notice to the archdeacon to appear before him (the archbishop) and his assessors. The 11th section of the act pointed out who those assessors were to be. They were to be three in number, and appointed by the bishop (or in this case by the archbishop) ' • and one was to be an advocate who had p rac ti se d net less than five yea's in the court of the archbishop of the province, or ser geant at law, or a barrister of not less than seven years' standing ; and another was. to be the dean of his cathe dral church, or of one of his cathedral churches, or of one of his archdeacons, or his chancellor. In this case the archbishop appointed the Ja Ige of the Admi ralty Court (Dr. Lusbington), the Dean of the Cathedral Church of Wells, and the Professor of Divinity at Ox ford, to act as his assessors. The case was heard before them, and finally sentence of deprivation was pronounced against the archdeacon upon the charge of impugning certain doctrines of the Church of England, contrary to the statute of the 13th of Ras beds, chap. 12. The sentence of deprivation was made imperative by the statute, there being no discretion allowed in the matter. An appeal was then made to the court of appeal of the province, but it was there argued that no appeal fay to that court ; and Sir John Dodson, the judge, being of that opinion, be declined to receive the libel, or to hear the appeal. The learned counsel stated that the question now was, whether the learned judge was right in refusing to hear the appeal, and proceeded to conteud, upon an examination of the several sections of the act of Parliament, that the learned judge had mis taken the law upon that point, and that this Court would set him right by granting the writ of mandamus. The substance of the learned gentleman's argument was that the appeal now sought to be enforced was not dn appeal from the archbishop to his own judge (Sir John Dodson), but from tb 3 archbishop sitting iu the stead of the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the court of the arch bishop, in which Sir John Dodson acted as judge. When acting as diocesan in his own diocese the archbishop was in the habit of sending cases by letters of request to the judge of his own court, and according to the form of let ters of request long in use they were addressed, not to the archbishop, but to the judge of his court. Lord Campbell—The appeal is not oh coders ab eundem. Mr. Hill—The 16th section threw great light on the subject, for it enacted, among other things, that any archbishop who had sent any case by letters of request to the court of appeal of the province should not sit as a member of the Judicial Committee on an appeal in that case. The learned counsel concluded by saying that the question was of the highest importance to Archdeacon Denison as well as to the public in general, and the more so because it bad been argued before Sir John Dodson that no appeal at all lay in this case. Lord Campbell said the learned counsel was entitled to a rule to show cause. Rule nisi granted. HENDERSON V. THE ROYAL BRITISH LINE. Mr. Aspland moved for a rule to show cause why the plaintiff; who had ()blamed judgment against the Royal British Bank, and which judgment remained unsatisfied, should not be allowed to issue execution against the goods of an individual shareholder named Goddard. Goddard was one of the sharebarers of the bank who alleged he had been defrauded, but it was not alleged that the plaintiff was any party to the fraud. The sum of 1251. had been paid into court by the defendant, and part of the learned counsel's application was that the plaintiff should be allowed to take that sum out of court. Mr. Justice Coleridge said he believed a point of she same kind had been made elsewhere. Mr. Aspland said the point either had been or would be raised in several places. The Court granted a rule nisi. THE QUEEN V. MARIA CLARK-IN RE ALICIA RACE. In this case a writ of habeas corpus had issued, di rected to Maria Clark, the matron of the Sailor's Orphan Girls' School at Hampstead, to bring up the body of a girl named Alicia Race, with a view to her being deli vered up to her mother, of the same name. It is under- stood the applicant is a Roman Catholic, and objects to her child receiving a Protestant education. Mr. Sergeant Shoe (with whom was Mr. Finlason) stated the nature of the application. Lord Campbell inquired if the child was in court ? Mr. Serjeant Shee said she was, and he was instructed to move that she be delivered up to her mother: Mr. O'Malley, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Lush), said he was instructed to show cause. Lord Campbell said be thought the law applicable to the case was very clear, and was decided a short time before he (Lord Campbell) left the bar, in a case in which he himself was counsel. Mr. O'Malley said the arguments must occupy some time, and as it was now late he hoped the case might stand over till another day. He wished, however, to state that the matter had already been before a judge at chambers (Hr. Justice Crompton), but the merits of the case had not been at all gone into. Nevertheless, the case had been reported in the newspapers, and one of them had had a leading article founded on a report of what had not taken place. He wished to say that the one was entirely ex parte, an d th ere was not one word of truth in the report ; for the facts of the case were not stated before the learned judge at chambers. It was a mere attempt to influence opinion. Lord Campbell said it would not influence the opinion of this Court, though such publications were always to be regretted. Sergeant Shee said be had not heard of the report before he was informed of it by his learned friend (Mr. O'Malley). Mr. IjOvill said he appeared on the part of the Royal Oommissioners of the Patriotic Fund, who bad placed the child In the asylum, where she now was, and he trusted that all public discussion of the question would be stopped until after it had been discussed in this court and decided. Lord Campbell said it was to be lamented when dis cussions in public journals took place on questions about to be adjudicated upon in this court. Some conversation then took place as to when the case could be heard ; and it was suggested that it might be taken on Saturday after the Crown paper. Lord Campbell said, as it was a case in which the liberty of the subject was concerned, it might be taken on Saturday, at the sitting of the Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. CommisEioner Holroyd.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH DANK. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE SHAREHOLDERS. The assignees under this bankruptcy have commenced to put in force the powers of this court as against the shareholders. This morning a number of them wore summoned to appear before the commissioner, in order to ascertain whether they admitted their lia bility. This is a necessary preliminary to suing the shareholders. The following is a list of the parties summoned, with the amounts which they have been called upon to pay under the directors' call of 501. per share:— Mr. William Burchett, of 29, Cheapside, 1,000/. ; Mr. Thomas Clarke, of 30, Chancery-lane, 5001. ; Mr. Ben jamin Dixie, of Pelican House, Peckbam-road, Surrey, 500/. ; Mr. Alfred Dorey, of Hungerford-market, 500/. ; Mr. Edmund Goddard, of 103, London Wall, 1,8001. ; Mr. John Thomas King, of Queen-street, Cheapside, 4501. ; Mr. A. J. Mayer, of No. 8, Ashly-crescent, City. road, 1,0001.; Mr. Richard Michell, of 93, Oxford-street, 1,8501. ; Mr. George Ragsdale, of the Strand, 6001. ; Mr. Andrew Stewart, of Sidney-square, Commercial road, 1,2001. ; Mr. Robert Edwin Williams. of Lower Thames-street, 300/. ; Mr. James Brand, builder, of Bromley, 2,5001. ; Mr. John Arundel, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, 5001. ; Mr. William Barnett, of the National Debt Office, Old Jewry, 800/. ; Mr. Henry Beech, of 11, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, army tailor, 500/. ; Mr. Thomas Martin, 9, Hamilton-place, Brixton -road, 150/ Mr. Thomas Matthews, 73, High-street, Camden-town, 5001. ; Mr. Frederick Valiant, of 7, Pembfridge-place, Bayswater, 1,0001. ; Mr. W. H. Boulton,mor Quadrant road, Lower-road, Islingt on , 75 01. , 1. . m a Dunn, of St. Peter's-road,oo/. ; Mr. h a s s . Lee, of Alpha -cottage, Canonhury, 250/ • Mr Adolphus •e Schermann, of Georg e stret Minozl iOO/.; . Mr.Tll Thos. e - Chester Mills, of Camden-cottages, Camden-town, 3001. Mr. Bagley aid Mr, H, Linklater appeared in sup. _ - port of the summonses. Some of the shareholders were represented by professional men, but the majority of them appeared without advisers. . The first case taken was that of Mr. T. C. Mills, of Camden-town. Mr. Kennedy said he appeared for Mr. Mills, who was a shareholder and also a creditor of the bank. A call of 501. per share had been mats upon him by the official assignee, and also one of 751. per share by the official manager. He denied that the call was a good one, but if it were decided to be good, would not give any trouble, but was conte n t t o p ay it . All h e sa id was ho did not admit the call to be a debt. The question was whether the as , ignees were entitled to examine Mr. Mills at all under these circumstances. The claim could hardly be said to be a debt. The Commissioner—That is the question that is to be determined. Nothing that is taken down will at all pre judice your client. You can take the examination under a sort of prote-t as to the validity of the claim. Mr. Kennedy —But we have really a bona fide answer to this claim. They owe us 4501. on a drawing account, but I am told we cannot set that off here; and I under stand the official manager has objected to allow those who have paid this call to set it off against the call of 751. The Commissioner—All that we require now is merely to get the facts. This gentleman may now state, if he chooses, that he disputes the validity of the call. He merely admits that he holds so many shares, on which, if the call be good, he w i ll h ave to pay so much money. He can furth er state that he is a creditor of the bank for so much money. Mr. Kennedy-- I would suggest that the examination should stand over till the question of the validity of the call is disposed of. We have no desire . to liti ;ate. The Commissioner—Simply getting the facts will do nobody any harm. Mr. Bagley—That is all we propose to do. Mr. Mills was then examined and deposed as follows: —I am a clerk in the London and North-Western Railway. I hold six shares in the Royal British Bank. They are all transfer shares, and I produce them. I received seven dividends, I believe on the above shares, the last being for the half-year ending June 30, 1856. I paid the amount of that dividend to the credit of my drawing account with the bank. The dividend warrants, dated 18th of February and 15th of August last, are respectively signed by me and were paid into the Royal British Bank to the credit of my drawing account. Mr. Bagley—Did you have notice of the oall made by the directors of the company for 501. per share. Mr. Mills—l had notice that they had passed a reso- lution to make a call. Mr. Bagley—That was before they became bankrupt ? Mr. Mills—lt was after they had stopped. Mr. Bagley —Can you E tate the date when you received that notice ? Mr. Mills—No, I could not. It was some days after they had stopped. I think the bank stopped on the sth and this was about the 17th of September. Mr. Bagley —You have never paid that call, I sup pose ? - Mr. Mills--I have not. Mr. Bagley—Nor any part of it ? Mr. Mills—Nor any part. Mr. Bagley —Are you prepared to pay it now, or any part ? Mr. Mills—l have been prepared to pay it to the par- ties who may be decided to be the proper and legal parties to receive it ; but I have been confounded and confused with the accounts that I have received of two courts applying for the same. AU I want to know is who are the proper parties to make the call. The Commissioner —You mean to say, you are ad vised that the call is not a valid call ? Mr. Mills—Yes. My impression is that it was not a call, but only a resolution to make one, but they did not make it. The Commissioner—And you had better say, subject to the set-off. Mr. Bagley—ls that so ? Are you a creditor to the bank ? Mr. Mi is—l am. Mr. Bagley—To the amount of how much ? Mr. Mills-4291. 193. 3d. Mr. Bagley—ls that the balance of your drawing account ? Mr. Mills—lt is. It is a little more than the actual balance ; something, I suppose, has been added for inte rest. The balance in my pass-book is 4901. 163. 7d., but my debt has been admitted by the official manager to be 492/. 19s. 3,1. The Commissioner—You have no claim against the British Bank, but upon a drawing account I Mr. Mills —No. Mr. Bagley—Do you desire to set off the claim that you have against the call? Mr. Kennedy —I object to that question. Ile has already stated that you have a claim, and he is ready to settle it. Mr. Mills—l should be quite ready to settle from the balance thatl hold as a creditor ofthe bank provided I am shown who are the proper parties to receive the amount. I don't want to give any trouble. I have very little to pay with. I have paid 3001. for my shares. Mr Bagley—The set-off is a matter of discretion with the parties, whether they choose to set off their claims or not. The Commissioner —But the act of parliament directs that if the debtor& to a bankrupt estate. have a set-off, the court shall go into the account. Mr. Bagley—Just so, if the party comes to prove a debt. Mr. Mills—This is a case of great hardship upon me. I have earned my daily bread ; and here are the savings of many years. Mr. Bagley—Nobody can help feeling for you and persons in 3 our position. Mr. Kennedy—Perhaps your Honour will put upon this examination, " without prejudice." The Commissioner—lt cannot prejudice him in any way ; he has said nothing to prejudice hirnsel. The next case taken was that of Mr. Adolphus Scher mann, of George-street, Minories. This was the share holder who first petitioned the Court of Chancery for a winding-up order. Mr. Solomon appeared on behalf of Mr. Schermann, who was examined as follows by Mr. Bagley : Are you a shareholder in the Royal British Bank ? I am, unfortun a t e l y , w h at i s called a shareholder, but I consider that the money which was :paid on the new shares has been obtained by fraud. I consider that those shares are not shares at all ; that the money has been obtained from the shareholders by fraud. lam a share holder in respect of 10 shares issued on the Bth January, 1855. Those shares were granted you upon that application (handing a paper to the witness) Is that your signa ture ?—Yes. I inquired of the manager, and I had his advice personally to recommend these shares. He promised that they would pay 6 per cent. interest. You say you took those shares on the recommendation of the manager ?!--Yes, Mr. Cameron ; and Kr. Craw ford was likewise there at the same time. But whose recommendation had you ?—That of Mr. Crawford. Was he one of the managers?—lse was the secretary, I believe, at that time. I happened to have a deposit of money there. What did Mr. Crawford say ?—He said that the bank was in a thriving state, and would pay a good dividend. On there representations I was induced to take the shares ! Did you receive any dividends on those shares !—I twice received dividends. I call it only interest ; I don't call it a dividend. It was my profit at the bank. It was paying me my own money back again. Did you sign those warrants, dated Feb. 18 and Aug. 15, 1856 ?—Yes. Did you receive the amounts specified in those war rants ?—I did. Mr. Solomon—What were you told that those war rants were for ?—As interest. Mr. Bagley—By whom were you told that ?—From Mr. Crawford. That was oa the money you paid for the shares ? Yes. Are you aware that the directors made a call of 501. per share I—l am aware of it. Had you notice of it ?—I had. Mr. Solomon--Do you know when you had that notice ?—About a fortnight after the bank stopped pay ment. By Mr. Bagley —Did you pay that call, or any part of it ?—I did not. There were likewise two other calls made, one by the C i urt o f C hancery , an d th e o th er b y the ourt of Baukrupty after that. Did you ever offer to pay any part of that call ?—I did not. Did you make an offer of 1001. I—l made an offer of 1001. to Mr. Linklater after I received the notice of call. I said I would find a friend to pay that if they would give me a release altogether. You offered to pay 1001. if they would give you a release altogether ?—Yes. Mr. Solomon—Ob, yes, I offered that. Mr. Bagley—Did you add that if the 1001. was not accepted it would do to take you through the court, or words to that effect ?—I said something to that effect. I said at the time that I was not liable, because I corm. dered that the bank would not issue new shares then. Did you say that at the same time ?—I did. I con sidered that the bank was at that time dissolved. Have you since then transferzed or made away with any of your property ? Mr. Solomon—l do not think you need answer that question. You are summoned here to show cause why you do not pay the debt or admit it. Ido not think you can inquire into his private affairs. Mr. Schermann—l did threaten. The Commissioner—l don't think it is material for the present inquiry. Mr. Solomon —The wording of the summons confines the inquiry to the debt be owes. Mr. Bagley—Are you ready now to ay this 501. call, p or any part o f i t ? --I am not. Why not ?—ln the first place, I am not in a position ; and secondly, I object because there have been different calls. The whole or any part of the debt ?--The whole or any part of th e d ebt. jiAre you a cre di tor of the ' bank ; do they owe y ou an y money ?—I drew a cheque the day before the stoppage, and paid it t o a party for 701. odd. If this cheque was honoured it would exhaust .ny balance within a few shillings. Are you ; creditor or are you not ?—That cheque was not presented until the next day, when the bank stopped ; so I don't know whether I am or not. How much was it for ?-701. odd. If that was paid there would be no further balance due to you -There would not, except some few shillings. If that was not paid you would consider yourself a creditor of the bank for that amount ?—Yes. This concluded Mr. Schermann'e case. Mr. Blunt Eaid no appeared on behalf of Mr. James Mackay, of Richmond, who was one of the unfortunate shareholders of the class B. He was a teacher of lan guages; and, though he had nothing but hie furniture, he ,RIKLIA. £ 's. d. Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class 1 11 3 Ninth class 1 0 10 Tenth class DR APANIOTISA. THE PANAGIA 2 s. d. g s. d. Flag share Commander 2O 3 2 Seventh class blB 10 Third class Fourth class 216 7 Ninth class Fifth class 1 11 4 Tenth class BANKRUPTS. Joseph Harbut, licenses victualler, Portswood, to sur render, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore official assignee, Bag inghall-street ; Weatall, South-square, Gray's-inn ; Cox well and Bassett, Southampton. James Henry Smith, corset maker and milliner, Oxford street, Jan. 23, and Feb. 2,, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Linklater and Atwood, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. Richard Carpenter, Museum Tavern, .Museum-street, Bloomsbury, Jan. 23 at one, and Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman bury ; Mackeson, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Thomas Henry Tripney, grocer, Parranporth, Cornwall, Jan, 22, and Feb. 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Goddard, King-street, Cheapsicie ; Ford, Exeter. George Fearis, draper, Lambeth-walk, Ja n . 23, a t half past twelve, a n d F e b. 26 at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Mason and Sturt, Gresham-street, city. Alfred Henry Harrold, druggist, Frome Selwood, So mersetshire, Jan. 26, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Frome. Samuel Bayley, grazier, Wednesbnry, Staffordshire, Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Knight, Birmingham. Richard Davisthe elder, coal merchant, West Bromwich, Jan. 24 and Feb. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; Reece, Birmingham. George Davey, plumber, Murray-street, New North road, Jan. 23, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings; Hudson and Francis, Tokenhouse-yard. Joseph Whiteside, watchmaker, Davies-street, Berko. ley-square, Jan. 28, at half-past one, and March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Abrahams, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane. Edmund Goddard, provision dealer, Aldgate, City, Jan. 27, at half-past one, and Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Burr, Paternoster-row. William T- Gravener, hatter and milliner, Birming ham, Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Mo rr i s, Ol d Jewry, London ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Henry Osborn, wine and spirit merchant, Old Trinity House, Water-lane, City, and the Catherine-wheel, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, Jan. 23, at eleven, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Co leman - street-buildings; Anderson, Barge yard chambers. Rams len Rawnsley, builder, Copley, Yorkshire, Feb. 2 and March 2, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Mitchell, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Robart Henry Bollin, carriage builder, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Jan. 28, at twelve, and March 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Si singhall-street. Nicholson, official assignee, Basingisal-street ; Goodwin and Co., King's Lynn, Norfolk, and Lancaster-place, Strand, London. Knowlton Wilson, surgeon, Sheffield, Jan. 31, and Feb. 21, at ten, at the Leeds District Court Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Hoole and Yeomans. Sheffield. James Griffin, poulterer, Liverpool, Jan. 21, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Yates ' jun., Liverpool. John Unwin, baker, S eacom be, Chester Jan. 22, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Law, coal merchant, Glasgow. George Lankham, saddler, Inchture, Perthshire. B. W. Dods and Company, merchants, Glasgow. J. and J. W. Vint, merchants, Edinburgh. Thomas Ness, blacksmith, Leith. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--Tara DAY. %rnsterdiun .... 11 14 Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 4 Rotterdam 11 17 1 ,4 Antwerp .............. 25 32% Brussels .............. 25 3z3i •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 IN flamburgh Altona •• •• •••• •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 25 674 Marseilles •• • 1.4 •••• • • • e 25 G7j.i g Bourcleaux ...• ........ I Frankfort-on-Maine 118 Berlin •• •• •• •• •• OA. •• •• Vienna•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 42 Trieste.. •• •• •• •• •• •• oe 10 43 Petersburg ...• •• •• •• 37 Madrid .• • •• • • • • •. 1/• 49 Cadiz ••• • • •• •• • • •... 49 *X1 Barcelona •• •• •• .• •• Seville.. •• ......• • Leghorn .. •• •.......•• 29 57% Genoa ...... '45 774 Milan •• Venice ........ •• .. 43 Lisbon a sc a bs p e so l r i e r n i n s 4. 0 1 . :.• • . 1 1! 19 9 j 144 Oporto ........ .. Rio Janeir0............ Buenos Ayre5.......... New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, Pas oz. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. o o 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 0 had an execution on hie house for 400 E., and he expected to be distrained on on Friday. .His Honour said it would be necessary for the gentle men to attend in person, in order that his statement might be taken. In agent for the City Coal Club made an application for the payment in full of 431., stating that the bank had acted as treasurers of the society, which was enrolled as a benefit society. His Honour said it would be necessary to bring evi dence of the appointment of the bank as treasurers to the society, and also to show that it was a benefit society. An adjournment was ordered. lountry Markets. RD—JAN. 9. wheat, and the trade WM report any alteration in the ithout alteration, excepting fearer. Oats, per qr. Peas, Partridge White Boiling Dun Beans, Tisk Harrow ticks Mazagan Ditto, new,,, 8. 8. ..24 30 ..41 43 ..39 46 ..40 47 ..37 39 .. 36 40 40 48 ..35 37 P. 35 38 CHEL MS FO We had a good supply of very dull, but wa have not to prices. All other things wi barleys, which wore is to 2s do Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 37 74 new 40 red, old 35 new 35 Barley 3 I Chevalier ......33 33 Grinding . 33 Malt 73 Chevalier 75 COLCHESTER— JAN. 10. A moderate supply of wheat. Trade dull. Only the best conditioned samples realised lait week's prices. Bar ley continues in demand for malting, at a further advance of I s per qr. on the best samples. Beans and peas come to hand rather soft, and are the turn cheaper. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 62s to 745; red, 58s to 665; barley, 44s to 52s ; oats, 23s to 28s ; beans, Mazagan, 36s to 38s; middle and small, 40s to 465; peas, white, 44s to 48s ; grey, 40s to 445. KIRKCALDY—JAN. 10 . To-day we had good supplies of wheat and oats, hat small of barley. Sales free, and generally an advance of Is per qr. paid on all kinds of grain. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. f B eans . I First Second I Third 32s Od 32s Od I 21s Od Os Ud Oatmeal, —s to —s per big of 2801 b. GOAL MAR] Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Tanfield Moor l4 6 s Walker Primros o l4 6 Brown's] Moor High d West Riding Hartley 15 9 m a i n ....... ........ 17 0 Grey's West Hartl e y l6 3 Eveuwoo' ...... d ..... 16 6 .......... WWykl7 0 Kelloe ... . 19A6 Walleend, &o. Hartl e p oo l Hetton .19 6 Heugh Hall 19 o,Bell's Primrose l5 0 Ships at market... 20 f Bold 2O KET.—JON. 9. the close of the market. Wallsend a &o. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL. J. 12. Broca EXOHANGR.—The market has been doing a mo• derate business to-day, and there was an e v id en t improve ment. Blackburn, n—Ditto, 6 per cent., 218—London and North Western, 1051 6—East Lancashire, 231 f 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961—Midland, 81f—South Eastern, 228—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33f I. MANCHESTER, JAN. 12. STOOK EXCIHANGS.—There was a quiet business done, and the market was weaker. Sheffields, 33i I—Eastern C ounties, 91—Duvers, 224—Midl and, 824 2—Leeds, B § I—North Staffords, 4i d.—Preston and Wyre, 44k —Manchester Fire Assurance, 7 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 12. Sroo& EXOIIANGE.—The railway share market was quiet to-day, and prices generally lower. Stour Valleys were done at buyers—South Staffordshire, 9i. Local bank shares in demand, at improving prices. Birmingham Banks, 33i—Dudley and West Bromwich Bank, 10—Bir• minzham Canals, 92, buyers. SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for milting up a mail falls on a Sunday. the mail remains open until the day following; except in the case of the Indift mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up th• evening previous.] Made up at Whence the des- By what When By what Post Office. patched. Vessel. expected Vessel. 7th,l7th, & M 27th of the South- , month. am pt un .aguS Jan. 14 Madrid: 4th & 20th 4th and South- 20th of of the Pere ampton the R i pon month. month. t r i r ' llth 4th of the South- .••• • • • • Jan. 4.. Ripon month. am p ton arr.llth. N Feb. 12 South- Australa M orn ing .. ampton Blau Jan * 31 Light Feb. 5.. .. Il g a e r r bin- Jan. 25 England mouth A Feb. 9.. I . South amptjn 'Pie • Jan;l2 :Tyne J 2d and 17th Ist and of the Smith- 16th of month. , amp: - an Orinoco the La Plata month. South- 16th of Jan. 17 .. ampton Orinoco the La Plata month. Feb. 2..,. South ampton •• • ..... Feb. 1 Atrato Jan. 23 Gambia Feb 6 Ethi ope mouth iver- Every Fri.} L pee , Arabia fan. 12 Canada fan.2o and Liver alternate Baltic Jan. 11 • Banta Tuesdays. pool Jan. 14 a S m ou p t to h n - Arage.. Jan 3. F111t011: ..} lan. 27 .. Liver- Anglo .s pool Saxon. Jan. 7 • ..... Lisbon.. • Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta .. . • Egypt Ceylon .. India .... Mauritius (viaCeyl on) China Penang .. • • Singapore Australia(vla the Cape) Cape of Good Hope Mauritius Ceylon India Lisbon Madeira CapedeVerds I Brazil .... • • I. 31 il uenosAyres Falkland Is lands West Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela .. , Grey Town.. "' New Granada Chili Peru Cali:ornia llonduraS Nassau .. Mexico... . Havana • • .. Madeira .... Teneriffe W.C.ofAfrica British North America .. United States United States British North America .. United States British North America .. . Canada .... 31—Morning. E—Evening. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVM G rasszs.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians. 39, Albe• mar'e-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spectivo Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, c.il; show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the sam e teieszope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and ad sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—rne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, =ace-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful powertr. Newly-constrt:ted Spectacle Lenses of the great. ansparent est power. The valuable advantage derived rom this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengtkened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu. pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf. ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surPaas t 49. thing of the kir.d that has been, or probably ever can be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per. eeptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the Assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. BIRT Ha i : , or A 801. On the 11th inst., at 44, Glocester-square, the wife of Colonel Moncrieff, Scots Fus ilier Guards. On the 12th inst., at Sydenham, the wife of Henry 4. Gray, Esq. _ OF A DATIGIITXR. On the wife theof 12th i nst., Harris at 17, Porehester-square, Hyde-park, Captain . Oa the 12th inst., at Battersea, the wife of the Rev. Robert Graves. MARRIED. O n the 10th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. W. Jaz. rett, of Highbury, to Jane, second daughter of the late Mr. P. White, of Bishops ga t e . On the 12th Nov. last, at Shahjehanpore, Bengal Presi dency, Lieut. Alexander Key, 28th 8,N.1., eldest son of John Key, Esq., of Chester-street, Belgrave-square, to Mary E. 1., daughter of the late Lie utenant -Colonel W. Rutherfurd. DIED. On the 11th inst., at 48, West bourne-terrace, Hyde* m par e s e sh i re John Fownes o Luttrell, Esq., o f Dunster Castle, So- On On the 11th inst., at Thomas Freeman, Esq., Brighton, solicitor, aged 65. On the 11th inst., at Kensington, Mr. James Pringle, aged 24. On the oth inst., at Newca stle - upon-Tyne, J. Sidney Anderson, Esq., late of St. John's -wood, London, second son of Sidney Anderson, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Arbour-square, Stepney, Jabez Pelham, Esq., solicitor, aged 56. WilOn athe H enry 11 th inst., a t Bowden Hall, Glocestershire, eld es t son of C. Brooke Hunt, lim D Esq., aged 14. On the 10th i nst., Mary, wife of Thomas Gray, Esq., of Y Monastery House, East India-road, Poplar, aged 53. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, January 13, 1857. U