The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 27, 1862.

SPURTING 1NT11,14 IBNC F..

LINCOLN RACIIB.-WIDMINDAT, FEEL 26.

Tai TWA!. Swiss of b nom teak with Sr added, for
3-yrwaile and apwaida Naha tad other allowancea
Whirrs entre. Oae made. (LI aelia)
se‘illisse Ducat, by Maxi Toes. 4 rm. 3,3 31b
U. au. Ohm., 1
21r., Rotuma,' Weatberden, 3 pro, eat 14:11,11.Crioulum; 2
Mr. T. Pam's Doak. 3 pro, 7M all, ~'lamella, 3
Mr. 41 W. 114uni.'. arlholl3. 3 Irs. 74 81b •in bib extra)
!'utter) 4
Mr. W. 3 St. Bernard. 33n, 7e3 1,317.
Mr. U. Jetteat Vattern Trisects, yrs, oat o
A. Edward.) 6
Mr. abelleps c by Vcogrance—barb, 3 )rs, fat I3lb
Molgley) 7

Betting :-100 to 30 apt Davit, 4 tii 1 each eipt Eastern
Princess sod Weatheedeo, and Jto 2 agat Dusk. Alter
ass false start in which Weatherdeu came a long way, the
,o 1 viaa lowered Weethonien, Brahma', and Ducat were
la the van. On rounding the turn into the straight, Wee-
thenlen and Dwat were several lengths in front of the
others, Weathenlen leading. On entering the rails Ducat
drew up to the leader, and won easily by four lengths,
Desk beaten for second place by sin length.: the next
three came in close together ; the Vengeance colt beaten oil,
Tree 11204:2LEsisT 5TA22.4, of 4 sore. each, with 40
added, for 2-yr-olds . • colts, Nat Mee and SuldiV4.
Pat elh ; wooers extra. The straight run in (about half a
mils.) (25 subs.)
Baron PltrOre's Dirt Cheap, by (rinn.ln, est 4th
tirimshan) 1
Mr. 1. Mamas's Vinsliets, tist 4lb (1. G.wterl 2
Mr. 11 lin.lum's Princess balsa. Int 41b ,Cballutser; 3
Mr. filskeley 01114 Attempt, net 4lb (0. VoTklhaol) 0
lir. Mutters Strawberry bill Net bib Cotton) 0
rptam 0.4 s Rudiment, 41b (Norman, 0
e
Mr. Salloll'Al lawchr, Net 41b illittgleyi 0
Mr. G. M Sold*s Jack's Alive. gat 71b raywn 0
Mr. J. r. hittalk. rs net 711 t .. „...2:111.44)
Mr. Watson s I by W:minicb—haute set
4th
(Manner) 0
Mr. W. 4Misoust I by The Tower—Pt. Anne, Mt 41b
ktlitnsrls) 0

Yr. N. Cooks f by The Tallow Hock—Lady T"urhstooe,
04 alb
Kr. T. Parr's Jeaturna, Bat 41b it lemeuts)
Betties : 100 to 30 agst Rudiainata, ti to 1 each 601 Pint
Attempt, Strawbeiry Hill, Viodicta, and Dirt Cheap, 10 to 1
apt Prioress Louisa. At the wieendattempt a good start
was obtaised, the first trio to show is front caciaisting ol
Dirt Cheap. strawberry Hill, and Normioo, Yrsdicta iced-
lag the seat lug A SNP MOD from the distance took plea
with the three pia*. Dirt Cheep winning cleverly
by half-alength, a busi duly divklieg the aeoond and third.
n• Prairie Ws lily was • 'moderate fourth. Strawberry
Hill was meet. the 111. ABIDOAIIy bringing up the rear.
• •- • •- - • •

Tag ern MAMMA, goi 3 tom each, with 40 added ;
whiners milas. One =Maid a quarter. (31 sobs.)
Mr. 0. 1). Thompeents Fairy Seat, by jilt. Boy, 3 in,
GM Mb (Resler)
Came F. dr eAreaMs„Syra4stlllli (11.0reltaw)
Mr. Jadoreds • yrs, Set 121 b Snowden!
Mr. T. Mashers Ten. I ym. Mt Mb (Costance,
yr. B. lireabirs yrs, Tet I.llb tl. ?age.
Mr. We linner, 4 yrs. Tat lath (0. Forams)
yr. el. lamhears Drys Owl.. 3 yrs. 74 41b
Kr. IL Luisa% Canasta yrs. tat 10th . ... _Roper:
Mr. C. laarasth I by Acrubst—Antlety, 3 yrs.' siss 711 i
(Wheatley)
Mr. T. Moor's lama. II yrs. est Sib iLairsaa)
1 tr: 100 to 30 opt Esther, 4to 1 apt Azendist
_6 to
i rsp rite, It to 1 esich apt Walkington and Fairy
Best, 10 to 1 each apt the Anxiety filly and Bryn °win.
Assam good start was obtained. Fairy Seat at once going
to lie toast, earl in this position he came into the straight,
where Arcadia pared Bryn G win and Walkington, err
joined Fairy Seat, the two having the Beish to themselves,
Fairy Seat winning by a length, Walkington finishing a hid
third Flesh-in•this-Pan was neat, Esther fifth, the three
lon being Watemprite, Mines, awl the Anxiety filly.
THe ALL•AGT.D 811. LING STAKES of 5 Bova each, with 25
aided; for 3-yr-okls and upwards; mares and geldings
allowed tlb ; maiden, selling, and other allowances. One
mile.

Meat W. T. Collier's St. Bernard, by Whe"hound. I
yrs,
St. or
lord WestreorrimuTs SR Lawman, $ yrs. Ist lath MS)
(Mtumsry 2
Mr. C Itermrd's Syr', betfib '304) 'Carrot) 3
lir. W. Illtulson's emulate. $ yrs, Est lOtb LUSO. (Wheatley) 4
Betting: Erse on St. Lawrence, 3 to 1 spat St. Bernard,
4to 1 :apt Crisis. The farounto got off on bad terms, and
did sot got up to Vs' leaders, Crisis and St. Bernard, until
tuning into the Ma-sight, when (*Ws fell back beaten, and
the favourite with St. Barnard came on by themselves. St.
Bornard whining sally by throe parts of a loogth ; Crisis
Saishing a bad third; Caustic beaten off. The winner was
sold MILL Hops Johnstone for 90 guineas ; St. Towropes
was claimed under the Newmarket ride by Kr. Rudman.
Oust) Smorrtocnaan (Handicap) et 10 soya each, with
Madded ; yummy extra. Not to named four miles of a
fair hunting country. (42 subs.)
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. .
Mr. I. L—oire Duhallow Cloto foreoth111). by Ferahlti.
MP& MN_ (Mr. Merlin, 1
CAN W0r217.• (*.Aft.43. *WA id Mb (Mr. W. Bevllli 2
lk. J. W. Dritclinnes calve,' Id lab.. (Mr. 0. Walker. 3
Mr. Lloglors Willoughby. ageilL Ihit 70, Klunori 4
. ....

llr.Wirsee Tbe Wed; Mr rs..ptr Gomursi 0
kr. wN++'• Nei a.. med. (W. WW 11) 0
lir. J. limes, ?ebb Pire Apple. 11.1111 b (J. twig) 0
Teeedee ,elbeeeee, egeld.)o4 Nib .. 41r. Weed) •

lir. Ourtsereir, sou.
Mr. Iliwonlis LIMN. MINI. 66171 b
•
Mr. J. ••••bre swat William 6 yes. 1166
Mr. J. IL DALAI'S CMlNtiose. 6 its. OA . .
Kr. 0. Wlalarrafs 117P10.111 (b spoub SO .... •
Lereardb Mom Asp. mod. Set (W. •
MP. 11- 0266666b0b 1•8•6. 6 Ws. •• aft all•
Mr. Ceitoura lbabMs. yet NI M. •

5 to 1 mph Dohaßoa. 6 to 1 mei apt Nifty,
W , and Emperor, 8 to 1 apt Piss Appke, and 10
to 1 eget Csasibel and Firenway led for the bet
two miles, having Willeoghby, Duhallow, and the Emperor
well up ; on rounding the turn for home only seven were
Is the nice- Fireaway, Cannibal, Duballow, the Emperor,
Willoughby. Catspow, said Cheery Chap. On coming into
the streight Duhallow and Cannibal were ten lengths in
front, Dutiallew wiuniog cleverly by three parte of a length;
nia lengths between second and third. Willoughby bestow
from Clasps, by two leortlis. The Emperor, Cheery Chap,
sad Yireaway were the next three, coil none of the others
passed the post. Pine -tpple, Red Robin, and the others
walking in.
The fields were large, and the sport interesting. neni
was an iromeo•e attendance of company, mad the sport was
of a most satisf•ctory description. Altogether the mama.
ratima of the racing seroa was satisfactorily commeaosd.

LATEST BETTING ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE
HANDICAP.
9 to 2 apt Duet (takes freely)
6 to 1 soy Miter offand.

BIRTHS AND DE4TH3 IN LONDON.

The summary of the weekly returns of 1861 have
just been imbed, and is of an interesting nature. It shows
the births to have Lees, males, 49,076 ; females, 47,313 ;
total, 96,3t0 ; the deaths, males, 33,014 ; females, 31 98704
teeth. 15,001; the population (estimated for themiddlee
the peer) being males, 1,312,981 ; females, 1,500,1!17;
teeth 2.815,138. When the masts was taken-
- the Mk d April, 1861—the populatloa of Lon-
don w If the rate of increase which
the decennial period 1851-61 continued
getta
ra tenors. the population enumerated received
se amnion of 11,149 by the middle of 1861, and the total
emeber became 2,815,1:t8. In the ten years that inter-
viewed between the last two censuses the amount of increase
of the London population was equal to 121 daily. But its
natural lIICTOUPIN eta., the excess of births over deaths, did
not much exceed ; whence it folkon that nearly
fifty venous on ea avenge arrived and settled each day in
the metropolis over ad above that ascertained number of
settlers who only stepped into the places ci pawns who
left it for parts is these islands beyond its boards, or for
more distent regions of the globe. Whether London is
equal to the task of providing by new and improved arrange-
tante for this constant accumulation of Inman beings
within its limits still remains to be determined by. expe-
rience. Whet. a family increases in its narrow lodging, iu
circumstances of dirt and squalor that lacrosse which
should be its blessing becomes its bail ; and at last fever
destroys what slow diners" may have spared. And in a city
or a state the growth of its population is not a strength to
be trusted, but a weakens to be feared, if improvement in
its physical and moral coedited' is on oommeamerate with
the growing urgency of its wants. Two distinct outbreaks of
cholera, which made havoc in many families and struck terror
into all, arid the brief but fatal eruption of kifittell/A in 1847,
furnish the most remarkable perigee in the nnitan history
of the metropolis during the last 20 years ; but tb.y cannot
justly be regarded as its wont features. Other diseases,
more frequent in their recurrence and persistent in their
character, and also more wasteful in their effects, mark the
whole period. Heavy bills of morality forced public atten-
tion ; and in the course of these years important measures
for the improvement of the public health have been under-
taken, and some proof that they have not been unfruitful
has been obtained. Health °Scan have been appointed for
the City of LOlllOO, for Marylebone, and the other metro-
politan district.. Inspectors of nuisances have acted in co-
operation with them. Drainage works have been canted
out, and are in progreet. The water oompanie• obtain their
supply at higher positions in the river, and subject it to
improved filtration. The markets are inspected,and attempt"
made, with partial success, to protect consumers against
unsound meat and noxious, fraudulent compounds. Hos-
pital accommodation is extended; and, what is of prime
nonsity, the working daises have probably become more
awakened to the care of their own health—to the import-
ance of keeping their dwelling e sweet and dry. This task,
which is imposed on the people themselves, and can only be
performed by them, it is the object of police regulations to
reader possible; and natant it is tdfilled, public works will
comparatively little avail. Altogether there is abundant
proof ci that increased regard for human life that attends
cinlistiun ; and though much remains to be accomplished,
it is true, according to the proverb, that " a work begun is
half dope." In the ten years 1840-9, the mesa rase of mor-
Laity in London was 211 per cent. ; in the walienvent de-
cennium, 1850-9, it fell to 2'36 per neat. It is still more
satisfactory to observe that the rate of mortality in each of the
last three years, 1859.61, has been We than the lower of the
two rates that have just been mentioned. In 1860 the rata
was 2•26 ; in 1861 it was 2'32. If the mortality of London
were confined permanently within the limit represented by
the mean rate of the last three years, the effect of that
reduction in the population as it exist. at present would be
that more than 4,000 persons would survive annually, whose
UM would drop eerier the mean rate derived from the 20
yens 1840-59. AM if measures that hare been already
Latlarena relaxed, the amount of benefit will be increased,
egralathe Ind is the subject of it isincrassed. But a
higher ellemithild health than any which thepeeseat tables
1781b=ablearesivia." t 1.7= 186tatr".. the
Mr* has, , and December quarters those
Iheuesale occurred is several pwartior, which were
theely as follows : 19, 15.15. and 16. The mean temps-
eallere ci the air (49 deg. 4 min.) was higher than that of
the preoediug year (47 deg.), and the mortality was also
iffier
dby abot 0120 deaths. The two years were distio•
by agreater amount of fever in 1881,
=ltteereeth end of it, by the much greater pre-
Member sad • amoral increase of disorders of
I=ra aims. Id bet year the mortality from
theitheen was Use. There were 215 deaths
from neell pen.amartality which is lees than that of the
same dhows In INN a the last thirteen years except 1857.
la 1852 sad MO the annual deaths from it were more than
1,100. Othethairly Milmend, Aldine. Clapham, Deptford,
and Pirsiar sea bialiss where its present* was most felt.
Thirty-Tonr deaths enured in the Small-pox Hospital, Is.
Wigton. SCIIITI&611111M11 fatal in 2,3.58 cases • diphtheria in
07. Both disarm inansed towards the eud of the year.
("mop and whoaping•aoogh were very fatal; but the former,
like soarlatina and diphtheria, increased towards the end of
the year • the latter diminished. Quirey also rose, and
ether throat complaints was most fatal in the Decem-
ber water. Scarlatina appears to have visited all quarters
enetrepolia, sod with considerable impartialit).
Ilemsedsers suffered much ; also the Waterloo-road neigh.
beetheth There were 23 deaths from it in Plumated.
West Hackney, and Rotherhithe are district'
el us* 'population ; scarlatina was the cause of 43
In.dean in int, 18 in the second, only 4in the third.
11. amp Bleembury it caused 37 deaths ; in Fulham,
Ade b nearly pod to it, 32 ; in Hampstead, with a larger
=only 4. In St. George•the-Martyr, Holborn,
from scarlatina, there were 23 from diphtheria.
nen we 1.754 deaths from typhus. It did not appear in
unused force till the latter part of the yssr, and therefore
the teed mortality was not great. Indeed it was much lees
than that of many previous years. The districts of West
London, North Poplar, and tlreenwhih may be mentioned
among three which suffered most from typhus. The London
Fever Hospital recorded 118 deaths, winlst the total num-
ber from scarlatina and typhus in the west sub-district of
Idiagton, including those in the hospital, was 152. The
set fatal oymotic disease in the year was whooping-cough
0,497); next to it scarlatina with diphtheria ; then diarr-
hea C 1,625). In respect to the last complaint the
tamer quarter was as usual the season of its activity.
It may be added that nearly one out of a thousand person
I living died of diarrheas in St. Mary Paddington, Kensington
Toss, Heaton, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, Poplar, New.
=klothanithe,_ and Plumetaad.
soarry parts the
en higher._ There were 2,247 death by violence in
the year. This date ci cases hears a rather ProPor•
Ilea to the mortality from all canes than it did plans
awe By comparing the three years, 1850-2, with the last
three 1639.61, it appears that while the total deaths
inetheed in the proportion of 16 and 19, those by accident,
winds, and homicide increased in that of 16 and 21. The
member of persons last year who received fatal fractures
led contusions was 719. Falls front scaffolds, and street
modems make their annual contributions to the list.
When building operations are extended in all directions, and
the stream of men and horses from thn widening area
pears through old channels into the centres of traffic,
minden of this description must increase faster than
the popalatioa. The railway system extended, and reacti-
ng is the heart of the metropolis, will counteract this
naisey. Mkt an seddeship that will widen the streets,
epee new approaches, and prevent or quickly sweep from
W streets and pavements the hideous shoals of mud and
dirt that periodically cover them, will promote the public
health and safety, and in au immeasurable degree the
public comfort. The number of deaths in 116 public insti-
tutions was 10,276. or nearly a sixth part of the whole. Of
that number more than a half occurred in workhouses. Of
100 persons who shared the common fate of humanity, nine
died in establishments provided by parochial inn ; six in
hospitals for the treatment of sick person. In the work-
house of the most populous parish, namely Panne, there
were 487 deaths; in that of Maryleboue, the third parish
in respect of population, there were 450; while in the
workhouse of Lambeth, which is a rather more populous
district than Marylebone, there were only 299.

Rata intelligence.
EQUITY DOUBTS.—Fes. 26.
(Before the Lards Judaea. of Appeal.)
11•1111111117CI.-112 ?Am J. B. SUS ZILL NZ .1. B.
ILUMBiLL.
This was an appeal of Mr. John Scott Russell, ship-
wright, of Mineral], from the decision of Mr. Commissioner
tioulburn, pronounced on the 220 d instant, and &diod' ting
the appellant a bankrupt. The appeal wee fromOt es the
veinal that the adjudication was not founded on a good
petitioning creditor's debt, nor on a valid act of bankruptcy.
The petitioning creditor was a Mr. Lester, another ship.
wright, and his debt in support of the adjudication consisted
of as item exceeding 60/. in amount, contained in an
account furnished by him to Mr. Scott, for work
and materials performed and furnished in exe-
cution of a sub-contract, taken by bim from
Mr. Scott, to do the works appertaining to the
upper deck and bulwarks of the ship Great Faatern.
For the balance of this account an action bad been brought
in 1880 by Mr. Lester against the appellant, when the latter
pat in a cross account fur mousy paid and materials fur-
nished to Mr. Laster to carry out the sub-contract. In the
result an order was agreed to by the parties, and signed on
the 21st June, 18110, by Mr. Justice Heating in chambers,
whereby the matters in dispute were made the subject of •
reference to an arbitrator to be agreed upon by the parties,
whale award was to be made early in March of the present
year.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bacon, Q.C., Mr. Roxburgh,
and Mr. Garth (of the common law bar) signed that, pend-
ing
the order for a reference and until the award under
it had been made, it remained uncertain whether, upon the
result of the account and cross-account under reference, Mr.
Scott would not turn out to be a creditor instead of &debtor
of Mr. Lester, and that the order for reference, being for
the benefit of both parties to the action, could not be
dropped at will by the plaintiff in the action for the pur-
pose of resorting to his remedy (if any) in bankruptcy.
Mr. Cotten appeared for the official assignee.
Sir Bach Cause, Q.C., and Mr. Bagley for the petition-
ing creditor, argued that. u the order of reference had
never been drawn up or served upon him before
the adjudication it was a nullity ; and that even if
still binding, it was a proceeding at law in the
nature of an action, which the plaintiff might at
any time drop and have recourse to his other remedies.
Both sides consenting, the matter was, at the suggestion of
the court, directed to stand over till Wednesday next, that
the legal egect of the order of reference might in the mean
time be tested by means of a summons before Mr. Justice
Keating, at chambers, to discharge or vary that order—this
to be without prejudice to any question, and the Solicitor-
General's reply upon the validity of the debt being re-
served till the ase was again brought before the court on
Wednesday.

lowerb whom she also mentioned her gratitude in the body
ef the instrument. She died on the 2:Sni of April, DeA.
Dr. PhiHonore, in support of this Liter document, called&
wariber of witnesses, and
The case was proceeding when the court roes.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIROUIT—NzwearaLE AND
NORTHUNDAILADD, FM 26.
The commissions fur these mites were opened on TlM-
day last. Mr. Justice Mellor strived from Carlisle by the
trMn at 1 o'clock, and was met at the station by the high
sheriff of the county and the mayor and sheriff far New-
castle, who conducted his lordship to the two courts. After
the usual formalities, his lordship addressed the grand jury
for the town, and then attended divine service. It was ex-
pected Mr. Justice Willes would arrive during the evening,
bat his lordship was engaged at Carlisle with a murder case,
and he did not arrive until the following morning.
Mr. Justice Mellor, therefore, took a case for the town,
viz., that of William Story, the letter-carrier, for stealing a
half-sovereign from a letter directed to Alfred Fox. The
case was clearly proved against bins, and he was ordered to
be kept in penal servitude for four years.
The case of chief interest in the town calendar is the
OllZof wilful murder against George Clark, who amain-
Mark Frater collector of assessed taxes, in the open
street in broad daylight. The details of the case are re-
markably simple. Tbe ind is fixed for Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, Mr. Justice Willis arrived from Carlisle,
at 11 o'clock in the morning, and proceeded with the town
ease.

Mr. Justice Mellor then tried county case; the only
Important case tried on Wednesday being th►t of Marmara
Telford, found guilty of concealing the birth of her infant
child, and sentenced to twelve mouths' imprieontrient, and
a manslaughter case, the result of which was purely mei-
dental, in which a similar sentence was pared.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANBION-HOUSE.
Mary Anne Harley, 24, war brought before the Lord
Mayor charged with stealing six shawls and ten scarfs, value
106., from the shop of Mr. John Lansdale, Aldgate,

dra_per.
The prisoner, it appeared, went into Mr. Lomelile's shop
on Tuesday morning and asked to see some shawls. Mr.
Lousdale, junior, took her to one of the young men, named
Tyson, who showed her some shawls and *oafs. She had
some money in her band at the time, as if to pay for one.
She selected • shawl, and requested the witness Tyson to
put it no for her, and he came round the
counter for that purpose, and while she was
standing with her 'hack to him, he noticed her
lift up her dress, and put some of the shawls
underneath. He then communicated with Mr. Lamle*
who went to her and asked her if she had any of his pro-
perty about her, and she said, lathes iedignantly, she had
sot. He told her she must be 'aerated before she left the
shop, and she said, " Very well," she had no objection. A
constable was accordingly sent for, and upon his shaking
her dress slightly, six shawls and ten scarfs dropped from
beneath. She wee then conveyed to the station, and all the
money that was found upon her was 24d.
The Lord Mayor said it wee too serious a case for him to
deal with ; end the prisoner was committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.
Ridiard dfu.fflt, late groom to Lord Leetsdale, was
brought up on remand upon the charge of obtaining goods
from tradesmen. after his discharge from Lord Lonedale's
service, on the false pretence that he was still in the em-
ployment of that nobleman and had been sent to order the
go ids.n addition to the former evidence,
Thomas Thorne, son of Mr. Thorne, the landlord of the
Cock and Tabard public-Imum, Tothillatreet, Westminster,
deposed that on Monday last the prisoner called at the
Cock and Tabard, and asked him to advance a loan upon •
saddle. Witness advanced him 20n. The primers *Mid
some money for drink.
Mr. Henry—Did you think it right to take the property
of his master in pledge?
Witness-1 did not take it in pledge.
Mr. Henry—Yon agreed to advance the money and keep
the saddle se security.
Witness—No, 1 did not agree that he was to leave the
saddle as security for the money.
Mr. Henry—Bat you did advance the money?
Witness—Yea.
Mr. Henry—And be did leave the saddle?
Witness—Yes. He celled the next day and asked for 10s.
more, which I let him have. I thought the saddle was his
Own.
Mr. Austin, the meddler, identified the saddle as theism*
which the prisoner had obtained from him on the pretence
that it was for Lord Lonsdale.
Several tradesmen were in attendance to prove that they
had been similarly defrauded, but it was considered that
one case was sufficient for the purposes of prosecution.
The prisoner, who said he was guilty, was committed for
trial.
William S. May was brought up on remand before Mr.
IHenry, charged with embezzling various sums of money,
amounting in all to about 6001., the property of his em-
ployers, Messrs. Oox and Son, church furniture maniac.
torero, of Southampton-street, Strand.
Mr. H. F. Lewis, the barrister, appeared for the prom-
cation, instructed by Messrs. Lumley and Lumley.
The Rev. William Woodward Mills deposed—On the 19th
of December last year I was indebted to Mr. Cox in the
sum of 11. 15s. 6d., and on thatday I paid it to the prisoner
upon the prosecutors? account. He reosiptod the invoice as
M now appears.
The Bev. Charles John Storey—On the Dith of January
this year I was indebted to the prosecutors in the sum of
11. 10., which I paid ou that day to the prisoner on behalf
of the prosecutors. He gave me the receipt which I now '
produce, written on a scrap of paper not on a printed form.
Mr. Lewis said he bad intended also to call the Rev. Canon
Boyd, who, however, was not present,. The prisoner should
be ',applied with • copy of his evidence prior to the trial.
Mr. Cox deposed—The prisoner had been iu my service
as clerk for twenty years. His salary was two guineas
• week, with generally • present of 51. in the course of
the year. It wee his duty to account for all sums of
money received every day, or nearly so—each time that he
paid into the bankers. The entries should be made in the
ledger and cash-book. I find entries of the sums paid by
Mr Mills and Mr. Storey in the ledger, bat not in the cash-
book. H. was provided with a printed form of receipt, but
es is these cases he has given receipts on the invoices. The
receipts remain is the receipt-book, and no account is given
to me of the payment. My books have been examined by
an accountant, and I and there are defalcations to the
amount of shout 6001. Be has admitted to me that he has
appropriated those sums.
Police-constable Duff, F 96-1 apprehended the prisoner
on this charge on Wedaestlay, 19th inst. I told him he
was charged with embezzling a sum of three guineas paid
to him by Mr. Oreenway. He said " Yes." That was all
he said to me. I took him to the station.
The prisoner was committed for trial.