The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-19 00:00:00

THE LATE MR. CHARLES
BUXTON, M.P.

It is scarcely proper that such a philantimopist, and
henefact.a. t.• has race as NI r. I 'lnsides I iii st nu clan eil.l
parns away witload a short record of his u.eful career.
Illy youngest son of the late eminent philanthopist,
Sir Thomas Fowel l'aystsin, by a 11311411ter if tine
house of Gurney, of Norfolk, Mr. Buxton was born at
'rotator, in that comity, in this 3.car 1,23. Ile was
educated at Trinity College, Camluidge, where he
closed his undergraduate course by taking with his
A. degree a m. 4,10 class in clasdral honour,, to-
gether with the mathematical distinctions of a
junior optime. lie did not enter Pal liament until
the general election of 115.17, when lie nas returned
for Rewpm t, in the Isle of Wight, in the Libesal
interest, and as a eupportur of Lord Palmerston,
who innini appe.ded to the country upon his isolity
with releet to China. Two year:: later he WlN,rd
and won the larger and more itupoitant constituency
d, Ist. me, V. hie', he represented for six years with-
out interthis:ion. at the general ele, tin. inn-
was returned, ;dole., with Mr. Locke Kin
Ii nr Ea,t. Surrey. after a Very severe :4111..4,1 . .
Mr. 11. W. Peek and the 110 n. Wfliian, 111 o • ,
Lord Midleton. He was rswhosen at the inn, _ • • r
1•1,014P11 hy 11131. ity :thou t votes.
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ar Wc:shei,lge. AT! • n -1
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whont fell the )4Loitle
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code. Ale. laiNt4,ll hi,
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tutu reh4nli ivh jilt h
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that ulr Pun
Emily Ally lI'I.
who -,tin
fill 1, 'ly.

told him " Yes." Then heitsked me for e. 2.000 In %halero.
He put down thn notes on the counter. I asked Mtn whether
he knew anybody an the town, to which he replied " rts
he knew the English Conntl. I asked him to go to the (on-
sul to Men them there He then told me that Ito bad just
•ome ft the °Demi, Int that the office was shut, and that
he was much In haste. Ile asked me to assist him as soon as
possible because he wanted to go tint night to Prus-
sia to Way hot see on account of the French Government.
I dist not go round if ith Into to the Consul. I ex-
changed the notes. The plaintiff exhibited his day-book
to prove Ids entry • d the transaction, which was as
follows.) I gave 14,:•44 Mains, at tile rate of Un-
Ins per pound sterling, I wing equal to 1,-2,100 anti eon Na-
poleons ad Ills., equal to £O4O. At that time Tennis were
quoted in Prussia att 4lgd Union is pound, sad Napoleons
were lon. I gave him :mending to the exchange of the 'lay
the full value. The Prussian thalers were paper ; the Nat-
poleons were g.obl. I have am.ther I took showing the foreign
exchange transaction. I aced the notes to in) agents.
Nicast's. Suinsel alit Moonlagile, iii London. My soot fire
strutted the notes Ity kW, to lay agents. In answer I had
a ti-Is-goon that the notes were stolen. I replied by telegram,
asking why tlwy were ,toi.pe.l as fl c. Up to the receipt (.1
tic W1,..r.n0: hoot twt :I!.t•ati I II up. kllO,lOl, ,I:,tt•
cvi' lit flu ontu .p nil hell .;tohu'ni. I have not SOCO the
gentleman again who exchanged the 1101,CS.

An inspector of police ,1:311.41 on the plaintiff on the
i;ubject, along with the clerk awl the I ; and the
plaintiff then gave substantially the same account as
he gave in evidence, and he denied the receipt .A the
Consular notice of the robbery ; nod in the proof of the
Consular notices there was great difibultv. The evi-
dence had been taken at Rotterdam under a Commis-
;don, awl it appeared that the es idence had been so
strictly taken as to amount to legal proof -according
to our law of the transmission of the copies of the
notice froni the I '..nsulate to the money-changers. The
clerks could only say that the notices were directed to
he sent, and that they loelieve.l they were sent, but they
could not swear now that they wile sent, whether by
post or not, nor could they swea, t I. cd they delivered
them. This part of the case, t crefore, broke down,
and although a legal objectiont.. it was withdrawn it
appeared to fail in point of proof.
Mr. Pollock (for the Bank of Englaieb) ac the
rune of the eviience admitted that he could not rely
on the proof of notice to the plaintiff, and also admit-
ted that supposing the jury were satisfied that the
plaintiff had ”iven full value for the notes, no one
would believe that he had notice that the notes were
stolen, an obiservation lit winch

The learned Judge entirely concurred, and ace. pr-
dingly when at the chow of the ease Mr. Hawkins was
about to reply,
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The jury interpwea, and said. they were fully
:;atisfied.

The learned Judge.—That the plaintiff gave full
value for the notes?

'l'lw jury: YeS certainly.

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The learned Judge saidhe entirely concurred in the
verdict, but at the same time he observed that he
thought it was a very proper course on the part of the
Bank to have a public investigation of the case.
The jury concurred in this remark, observing that,
no doubt it WILN a litlicn It defence to make and sustain,
but it wa.e proper that it should be raised.

PUILCIIASE AND I'AYMASTEILS.
Purchase is purchased. Income-tax t:. pay
A dire bad purelmse the seleeted say.--