The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN'S 'BENCH, APRIL 23.
BATES V. this case—which was tried
_at__the last Liverpool Assizes, before a special jury,
verdict for the plaintiff—the defendant's counsel, Mr.
James, applied for a rule for a new trial. The court,
without hearing the plaintiff's counsel, unanimously
rofused the rule.

THE GREAT FRAUDS UPON THE UNION

BANK.

The investigation by the directors has been brought
to a close, and reveals the astounding fact that the
amount of the defalcations is no less than £283,070.
The fact is made known in a special report addressed
l
ast evening by the directors to the proprietors.
'1.0n3, this official account it appears that Pullinger
Was appointed chief cashier five years ago, and about
three months since his salary was raised to £6OO a year.
The directors say his expenditure appeared consistent
with his position and salary, and his domestic habits
Were believed to be correct and creditable. It now
appears that for a long time he had been engaged in an
extensive system of time bargains on the Stock Exchange
On Thursday, the 19th inst., iu consequence of some
information, application was made at the Bank of Eng-
land for their statement of the balance of this bank,
\then a deficit of no less than £263,070 was discovered.
Pullinger, who was absent at the time, attending a
funeral of a relative, was immediately followed by a
director and the manager and brought back, when he at
once confessed that; from losses on the Stock Exchange,
he had from time to time, since his appointment as chief
"shier, abstracted large sums from the charges taken
ore to the Bank of England, which he had concealed
from the ledger-keeper by exhibiting to him a fabricated
Pass-book, in which the balance agreed with what it
4,?Peared in the- accountant-general's ledger. Ile was
then given into custody.
The supposed balance at the Bank of England was
£069,706, while the certified balance was £306,636,
exhibiting the deficit of £263,070. The entire loss will
be met from the Bank's profits. A sum of £120,000,
drawn from the reserved fund, and capitalised in July
'last, will be transferred back. The present reserved
btilid, amounting to £lOO,OOO, will be swept away. The
tialls,liee to complete the £263,000 will be provided from
1104 e :,.ccruing-profits of the present year. The share-
however, will still receive a very fair rate of
i„ The
„ Drily Hews says, that Pullinger operated largely
Le securities which present the greatest scope for
fluctuation, especially in Consols, Lombardo-Venetian
Railwayn
Shares, and-Turkish and Mexican Bonds. Of
the latter he is known to have taken off the market at
- once no less-than £20,000, and even £50,000 stock,
Paying for it in Bank notes.

rp, • _
'uo London and North-western traffic returns for the
Week amount to £78,067, being an increase of £8,858,
1. as compared with the corresponding week of last year.
Urs. Gore, the noveilst, who for some time past has
been afflicted with blindness, has just undergone an
gelatiOn, which, it is hoped, will eventually restore her
to sight.
Nitrate of soda and one or two other portable
manures are recommended by Mr. Caird as a means of
hastening. the vegetation of grass and seeds during the
Present bac2zward season.
A. few days cgo the Croatian peasants around Agram
• presented a magnificent bouquet to the Countess Antonia
atthyany,
the wit.2ow of the nobleman who was Hun-
garian Minister-PresiJent in 1848.
, On Tuesday the naval court-martial sitting at Spit-
head. sentenced ten marines belonging to her Majesty's
sOkr'd„ipEs Edgar
to a year's imprisoKment for disobedience of
hart, _ One marine was sentenced to two years', with
labour.

Preparations are being made to ;he
_ de Boulogne early
new zoological garden in the Bois9Pen to . e public the
next month. henceforth, Paris will enjoy the /141'nm-
athlaeceBs,oi oned at the .Tardin des
Pt alga en
t eosf andtwo thescieOnthtiefireinp
is at Boulogne.pres
Garibaldi A Genoa letter says : e •
On starting from Turin his ent here.
intention N
Nice, but he changed his mindand as to proceed to
report of his departure for Sicily had
beentopped short. A
' but was quite untrue, as he never
ha in circulation,
inten-
tion. The real object of his journey wasany such
ioe, to visit
.N . '
At a dinner on
of the St.
Monday, to celebrate the establishment
George's Rifle Corps, Colonel M'Murdo,
Inspector-General „_ _ eneral of Volunteer Corps, stated that on
that day the total Tortuateer force of the kingdom
amounted to 124,000' effective men. One man in ten
of the able-bodied male population would give a force of
650,000 men.
SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN.—An inquest has been
held at the White Hart Tavern, Greenwich, on the body
of Richard Giles, a teadealer, of Stockwell-street, who
committed suicide by suspending himself from a beam
' la an out-house at the rear of the premises. The evidence
Proved that temporary insanity was the cause of the act,
and a verdict was given accordingly.
OLrvj GOLDSMITH AND SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.--111
a recent letter received from Colonel R. G. Meares, of
Auburn, Western Ansitalia, when forwarding his second
,a "I,llcliption to the statute about to be erected to Oliver
Goldsmith the following interesting passage occurs :
,
' I believe I am now the nearest and most probably the
oldest of the living kinsmen of the poet, being within a
few, weeks of eighty. I was deeply interested upon
reading the generous proposal of his Excellency the Earl
of, Carlisle, accompanied by his lordship's munificent
u_onation, to set on foot the desired object. To me it
Th,Zas an interesting circumstance that the ' Vicar of
7 ake..eld' should have been the only book, save a Bible,
.:',)l/12d amongst the relics of the unfortunate Sir John
ruklin amongst the icebergs, where so many brave
carts so miserably perished*"
SIR C. ar R ioe: —I have been amused
(writes AFTER ON ELIO -
.. . .
the Indian commander, Sir C. Napier) by a book
being sent to me by some man at Bombay as I came
throo a
thoot,.• I did not know him, but I suppose he
Poo?. ,a'' I was unhappy at giving up a high command.
le lin—a an, he little knew how glad I was ! however,
It i IllY thanks, med his book had been read through.
Ika called, "The Mirage of Life." All that he writes
abonciw as Well as he does, and probably have thought
havat Much more. People think that men bred in war
idle a,,u ideas of-religion or philoeophy,. unless they are
°L cant It into their heads that we
soldiers . never comes
out at any
xaom 1 knowing that we may be snuffed,
; -en', think. of " What then ?" This " Mirage' is
pr.nted b
in it ee y the Religious Tract Society, and is very
• s -aY 'it puts in print the words of Solomon,
6 jle : , just
a es vanity"
-`ll POLICEMAN'S OATir.—lt is usual, in a police court
especially, to prefer the oath of an officer to that of
. ' , another man and
:_ a and, doubtlees, a magistrate who, when
t,lll 'a opposed to oath, can judge only by deportment,
;1 often decide justly in his favour ; but this ought
i at to be becakee he is a policeman) as some of, our
'l,lle,Ltices seem to think; on the contrary, this fact is
It may
something against his entire truthfulness.
3llaY seem harsh to say so; but, in case of diffi-
ceohTaY' it is undoubtedly true that, other things being
e , the oath of a policeman is entitled to less
allua.
credences than that of a private man. He is
more callous. Let any one go into a criminal court and
fel:latest the evidence of a man newly admitted to. the +
common
with that of a veteran. The former swears like a
discrepancies
man is not always sure, may make trifling
f;_i :does not remember exactly, may be con-
fused by the opposite counsel, and descends with shaken
-erves atnong the contemptuous smiles of his com-
tahniains• Observe the "experienced officer," who takes
jai,Plaac he is thoroughly honest, and would be bona
e.,-- hurt and astonished at any imputation of per-
..ry ; but Le.
he feels that the case depends on him—he
oventhe an at the bar for an old thief—he has not
lifeloubt he is guilty, and he has no notion of letting
4.ra „escape. Observe how well he knows the "pinch"
rne case—how clear, how irresistible his evidence is
on that point—how exactlyherecollects every fact—how
perfectly free he is from doubt or hesitation ; his evi-
tiellee has no hazy margin, every line is sharp and dis-
Oct ; he tells you the exact words used, the exact
f oar, the exact amount of lht varies, never
thecaning, experienced can appreciate. Are there two wit-
deres, and f ,drunk rosecution, and one
way t
' pueett2,e• and both ; listen to his way of
little fresh la t. " Was the prosecutor drunk ?" " A
drankr)Tue sir." "Was John Smith, for the defence,
head welt:Par gone in liquor, sir," with a shake of the
If part of J °f Lord Burleigh ; "far gone in liquor."
the amain a• truth come • •
.o,deris_ out, it gives him no anxiety that
:IL_ n. fans oft iaultavour of theprisoner. Cross-exam
aPPY in his
uun like r •
ain from oilskin. He descends
superiorc g Own self
and, th • eis ~.. -approval and in that of his
bar, too, thou the --tore than ever a valuable officer ;
too, to the judge estimates him exactly,andthe
is guilty, and hack benches they
great, confidence tie 1117' who nk,tnow the man
told the truth in then. argeant A don't know, have
at the chest, and paddedlaa in but the truth stuffedhae has
squeezed in the waist, a little at the side little
little or no harm done and made presentable. Theraen'd
the policeman himself; hoMh a ease as this, exce en
by a S conscience pt to
long experience of this sort, the
gets blunted
truth and falsehood grow less
eleair.t, the limits between
his own character, or even his lebvhim ; and where
sagacity and accuracy are involved, a reputation for
shri
nit from a direct lie. lie he will not always
and the • ; requiree
punisnment for perjury in 3, a strong cheek ;
rthe crime is, with mischief to thePolieeman, replete,
the
9,s to be administered with the crnauaity, ought
3:07a law. It has a frightfully demoralisingale'42e4Wity of
neeuo°f the lower classes finds himself confronted effect if a
iceman the confronted with
~5 , latter swearing falsely,
47,n: own true statement scouted.—pae
and believed,
"1 late William Caldwell Roscoe. ems and Essays,