The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

THE LATE STEWARD OP THE EARL OP
SHAFTESBURY.

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The Sherborne Journal of to-day contains a full
report of the meow:Bap at the examination at Shoehorns If
of Mr. Waists, on the charges of embezzlement brought 1•4
against him by his late employer, the Earl of Shaft's- u
bury. Yesterday the accrued was admitted to hail in 14
5,C..71. to meet and surrey the following 'Margo' at the ti
assizes : - Obtaining by Wee pretence, 271. 138. 7d. from
Mr. Targett (other charges varied this) ; embezzling
1,1221. 4s. 115. in January, 1860; 2734 on let October, 7
; 4121. on 22nd December, 1860 ; 1651. on the 16th
October, 1854. 1031.138. 6d. on 9th of May, 1861; 1301. g
12r. bd. on 10th December, 1856 ; 1481. 2s. 6d. ino 13th
December, 1860 ; 2,452/. Be. Bd. on the moments of 1855 I
6671. 16s. 3d. on the amorist of 1857 ; 6711. 168. 21. on the
amount of 1858 ; and 8,3031. 15e. 11d. between 1855 and
1863.
Al the examination on Tuesday. Mr. H. T. Cole, who
appeared for the Earl of Sbaftesbwy, before he proceeded
with the ease, referred to the fact that several private letters 1
bed been published is the Standard, they having been
beaded over by the prisoner's solicitor or the prisoom '
himself to the reporter. He characterised the proceedings
as most unjustifiable and improper. He then proposed to
read letters from Lord Ashley and the Hoe. Lionel Ashley,
the subject.
Mr. Lewis (for the prisoner) objected-Mr. Cole's remedy
lay with the newspaper.
The reporter of the Standard said he begged to contradict
Mr. I.lde that the letters had been furnished him by Mr.
Lewis.
Mr. Cole-You had better sit down ; you published the
Utters most improperly, sad you ought to be excluded the
mart.
The Chairman said they very ranch regretted the pub•
lkhing of those lettere, end thought Mr. Cole might be
allowed to read anything in the way of explanation.
Mr. Cole then read the following letters :
" 24, Orosrenor-equare, April 7, 1865.
" Sir,-I observe in tin EP:Sift(' Standard of this day a
report of the proceeding@ before the Shoehorn maga-
testae relating to the prosecution of Mr. Robert Waters
by my father. A letter of mine dated January 24, 1861, is
there inserted at fall length, although it "moot read in court,
and is evidently produced with the intention to imply that my
father wee is the habit of encouraging hie sow to borrow
mow of Mr. Waters. I never borrowed but one sum of 501.
through Mr. Waters. This I did without the knowledge of my
Esther en Feb. 7,1859. It was In my first year as aa under-
graduate at Cambridge, when I foolishly outran my income.
Mr. Waters did not lend me his own money, as you will use
by his letter, which INK:lam, bat undertook to get me 501.
from another person on my note of hand, chargiag me 5 pee
ant. Oa June 30, 1864, I paid him his charge al 651.
lts. 6d., being at the rata of wady 6 instead of 5 per
oat., and he then returned me my note of heed.
" Saint Giles', Jan. 31, 1859.
" Sir, I am very sorry that I have not 501. of my owe,
er I would seed them directly. I can. however, get them
on a note of band at 5 per cent., and then you will have to
give me yours to hold myself in exchange. Your reply
ad will
oblige. I hark the honour to be, sir, your moot o ient
servant, " S. Wanes.
"To the Hon. Lionel Ackley."
" Bt. Giles, April 2, 1866.
"My Dear Father,-1 am very sorry indeed that you
should have been annoyed by the production of that letter
if raise to Waters. I feel that you ought to have an ez-
plaestiou. It was a sum, sot lama as it appeared
in print, of 501. borrowed by me in 1857, at the elms of
our honeymoon, preview to our going abroad. I asked
biro to armors it to me oat of my next quarter, sad of
routes 'apposed that he bad Wooled it from the next. It
is a thing that is constantly done. Ido not mean to say that
I have constantly dope so. That was my only pecusiary
trans erica of any sort or kind with Waters, or, iedeed,
with Turnbull. You may imagine my astonishment when
I reesosived a letter from Waters in 1863 asking me whether
he should *amp it to you or me.' • ASILLIS."

Tun Ammonia os Su J.V. Sams; ?LP.—
In consequence of this assonselowest in this wonder's papas
of the retironcrot of Sir Jolts Villiers Shelley at the sad
of the mood wile/nook a nesting of the City of West-
wirier Liberal Hogistradoo Society will be held at Cad-
' well's Rooms, Dsometreisti Soho, this evening. for tits oes-
' sidoration of bamboos of itapertanos.
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President's asnrast. " Oid Dodd," related an Wotan°, of
bag ram .0.1 to puttee a deserter es the applicatica at
bb wife. The mu. bad already furnished a substitute,.
this was wok drank by some compsaions sad Wood to
solid ; wham ha booms sober be deserted, Wigwag that le
bad dose his duty by tba govarsawat is Irving tarnished a
sabstitato For this he was sisteaced to be 'hot,. The
wide maw to tit! White Holt* with bait baby la ber wow
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daps, sod then wan so /Moss for hoe to got is. Lets la
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the little baby cry. Ha bestaatly west took to his oar
dad awl the ball. "Dual; said be, " therm smarm
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be amid allow sae to say ik I dwelt it our a oar be
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be, "sad bet to ma at sow" Site west is. toll her
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