The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1867.

TdE 1.1(N)D.4.

MEL ct;!..‘st.t 1W AND:.
TE.tmEt: FALOIN, AND }soh.

Having been detained at the i:n..ndelaw pail
Friday lay fog. the of the screw ham
London.lei ry tea- delayed for a day, and COr.4t eteutly
did not lease tilasgow till a quarter•past a un Saturday
priming. sailitig from Greenock the s.me a.: :erne :..
All went well till after passing the light on tle
Mull of Cantyre, abreast of which was at sir.
o'clock, but before the vessel had made Itath...o
she emountered u severe hurricane cf snow,
becoming ate clack induced the master, Captaita
to seek the shelt..i of the l'antvre laud. After la at:!:„
about he *event h aura, and white going deal slew, about
two 'Moe:, on :Sunday morning the vessels stem struck a
rock, or the *here, anal stuck fast. At once the captain
ordered the engines to be teverseil at full speed.
in order, if possilile, to get her off that lock, that
be might run her into a small creek witch he
had just dim:overeat at banal. The vessel, however.
did no; move ; mud after having turned off sa .00 t.e
engineer came on dock. Altnest imam aliatily
a wave lifted the sewed old, and before the engines cot Id
be set ou the want drifted her off the laud. anal she hail so
far eettled down at the bows—where her injury heal lwen
received—that her screw was out of the water, anal of
course useless. :Seeing the state of :natters, tile vesse:
ding the land anal rapidly sinking. the captain gate
orders to Juan tits. boats, of which there were soimietat to
Lave saved ail uu board. This seems to have been alone.
anal it is supposed that all the boats were swampsel. bar
the c-apt at avers that he believes all on board perisheai
but fleas, who wet, saved along with hihiselt in the
1f..1c05.... t. The ac.muut of the eaareivere• dew 'pa•
is to tli • caret thit the second mate and Urie were alone
in the lifeierat, whieh seemed to have been staved in, and
was half full of water; anal although a number of those
in the ve.eael were urged to enter it, they declined
probably le hag i:,laulatat of the buoyant character of it
lifeboat -am that e the second mate calleal out to tl.e
captain to take I as chaaoe with them, Mr. 11,14011
in. has *asset laitig then in a hopelessly ;inking con-
dition. :Nile glllt :ur ohms a mile fries the laud, awl
then went down. Ita the lifeboat there were three oars
at first, het soon after starting one of 111,11 wale !.eat.
II /West:, owing to the hurricane, and the extreme cold
at the time, the men were soon unable to du :myth:mg
to control the boat, anal she was allowed to drift betute
the wind. daylight broke they were quite out of
Mght of laud, au-I Mel given themselves up for lost.
After midday, however, hope revived within them as th-y
approached the Island of Islay; but they were now in
au benumbed a condition, and the was-es were said retaking
so high. that it was extremely doubtful, even if they .lid
make the Mull of Oa, Island of Islay, wiled.. r they
would not be driven to piece. on the beach. Happily,
unknown to the alien in the boat, two string anal gal.
last young men of the name of Campbell, residing on
the Kilalalton estate, who chanced to be los.sa.ng out
towards the sea, descri al the boat, and well kiwis hag the
dangers of the coast, at once in the most heroic manner
determine) to risk their lives in the attempt to save them.
Accordingly, they hurriedly launched a beat, arid with a
strong pull were not long in reaching the lifeboat. Seeing
that the anon ou board were quite prostrated, h, fact unable
to help themselves to the least extent, they fastened a
line to the lifeboat, awl towed it into a sate. harbour.
The captain and the other' were instantly lilted oat of the
boat anal kindly tended at a farm near, until they were so
flute-covered as to be removed to I'ort Ellen, *.hoot six
miles distant, where Mr. :Mott, factor to Mr..luht. !h.nisay,
of Kildalton, and others, lid all that kinaluess and
cousideietion could suggest fur their mew. The place,
as ilea:. 3, con be ascertained, where the vessel took the
ground was hetween the headland of Cantyre Kral Matra-
banish It ay, so daft the distance the lifeboat aau,t have
drifted was ga/ miles. The perils of such a pass...g.,
harricaue of Know in an open boat can be imag.a.el, not
told.

10:1 board the Falcon there is known to have been a crew
of 2.: hands, including taptain Hudson, but the I. anther of
the pmotit.;ers caneot be so readily ascertained. Th.-mutter
says be believes there were between 40 an• I :y one of
whom a cabin passenger (Mr. M'Fialatte, r.• tuokeeper
at Londonderry) ; but it Is to be hoped this imosh. r is an
over-estimate, as the owners of the erste'. Messrs.
MacConuell and Laird—inform us that only I I pas •••Llitrl
went on beard at Glasgow and tive at GIA-CLUZei, leaking
together 10. They, however, mention that thane were
usually a few to go on board without haling tirst paid
their fare, No that the passengers may be set down as at
laid 20, which, with the crew, makes a loos of so fewer
than 4't li% ea by this melancholy occurrence.
Whether blame is attachable to any one it is not
our province to decide. The whole cireunistaucee will
doubtless be the subject of a strict and impartial inquiry.
The Falcon was 261 tons, 100 hone-power, and w.e, built
by the ht.? Mr. Archtl. Denny, of Dutnbarram, ass ye..r:
ago. She was certainly u favourite vessel. tied for swish.
neer and regularity was everything that could be desired.
She was built in waiter-tight compartments, and was con-
sidered a strong vessel. Mr. Hudson is a Mali in the
prime of life, and of great experience as a comoutteler of
steam vessels. He was for several years captain of the
Mary J. Ile, plying between Stornoway and (Amgow, sun
commanded the screw steamer laleman beftee jni 4:ng the
Falcon. He us highly respected by former and ttreaent
employers. Of those who have perished with the Falcon
there is mo 4 n sibility of getting a list, but the crew are all
known. first mate, is well known in the Highland
trade, has.,. hen fur several years in the emplovment of
Messrs. D. 1-1 a telt eson on, i Go., and Mr. Ram say.of liit.lalton.
Many of the hands leave widows and families to lament
their loss. The ragular engineer, Lang, was not with the
vessel on this voyage. having been in ill health recently.
The intEo,l:6lits of Cautyre and Carupheltown— although
so near the scene of the wreck—aa we learn by telgraph
front oar own correspondent, knew nothing of it until M.
ramsay, who was the time to send notice to Glasgow of
the occ u t rent*, sent thew intelligence.

There in too good ground for cherishing the fear that the
wreck. of the Falcon and the Neanthes are not the only
disaster, which have befallen Scotch shipping, but that
the Itea of the steamship Sicilia, of Glasgow, must be
added to the number. Thin steamer, which plies between
Bordeaux and Glasgow, touched, on its way from the
former to the latter port, at Milton', Wales, for
• supply of coals, and resumed its voyage last
Friday. With the exception of the tele,:ram stating
that the Sicilia had left Milford, the agents, Meson..
Hutchison and Brown, of Maxwell-street, Glasgow,
have heard nothing whatever about her. Captain Young,
of the Athanasian, a ship of the Lame line, has !reported
that he must have passed Milford about twelve hours
after the sicilia had left, and that he encountered is scare
gale off the Isle of Man. The Messrs. Hutchison and
Brown at first thought the Sicilia might have been striven
away Rr the west, have sought shelter amongst the
islands in the neighbourhood of the Mull of Cantyre, and
beau heard of at Islay ; but hitherto they Lave lees
appointed in receiving news of any kind from that
quarter, unless it be that the report yesterday a' out the
lose of the Falcon also bore that another vessel, whose
name is -inknown, had foundered near the mine place.
If they do not hear of the Sicilia to-day, they will be forced
to the conclusion that the ship and all the hands on hoard
have been Iced. She had a crew of 21 all told, omit was
°commuted by Captain Cooper, a moat experience .1 and
skilful seaman. Her cargo consisted of dour and dye-
stuffs, such ss porcine and rosin. She was of 1,(0.0 tone
burthen. strongly built, and otherwise well furnushol for
meeting the voyage in the winter season between the
south of :ranee and Glanow. It should be stated. it is
not unusual for vessels of this line. on their horacwani
voyags., to call in at Milford for coals. The Sicilia and cargo
were rirtially insured, but no insurance was effected on
the freight.

WINDSOR, Wr.nnesnay.
Since yesterday the Thames between Staines, Windsor.
Eton, C•ewer. and Maidenhead has been gradually rising
as the water comes down from the upper country. The
swell:et stream has greatly increased in volume, and the
water has cotumenced to encroach upon the meadows and
low-lying pastuter on its banks. The water is already
°umlauting to work into the boathouses on the Eton side
of the :jeer, while a considerable portion of the brocis ix
under water, which has been driven over part of the fields
by a south-westerly wind. There is a good deal of water
out. at Clewer, near the vicinity of the new rue stand
lately erected fur the Windsor races on the Ray meadow-.
Staiees moor is partly flooded, and the ditches and water-
sours, . round Wrsyshury are overflowing. On the Great
Western line, between 'West Drayton and LanideY, there
is also a good deal of water out, which of course will be
much increased by the heavy shower, of this afternoon.
READING, Wain:apse.
The thaw which on Sunday and Monday succeeded the
severe frost and the heavy rain, especially that which fell
throughout the whole of -Monday night, have swollen the
rivers to so great en extent that tractsof land in this
county are inundated. The Thames has overflown its
banks. :mil the meadows on either side of the Great
Western Railway are entirely covered with water, and
therefore communication between many of the country
places teas been seriously interrupted. The Kennett and
Avon l'anal has Ise laid under water the pustureand other
Lind on buth sides of els stream for a distance of 30 miles,
and in some plats a the flood, agitated by a brisk wind, has
the appe..rance of a sea. Some portions of the Reeks and
Hants line arc almost under water. The meadows abutting
the river Loddon are al.o inundated, and from either the
Great Western, South Western, or South Eastern Railways
the country for miles presents a very cheerless prospect. I
SOUTHAMPTON, WIEDIMIDAT.
The barometer is down to :NA The weather still con-
tinues most boisterous. It has been blowing very hard
here all day from the S.S.W. The mail steamer Ger-
mania,
which ought to have left here for New York to.
day, has not yet arrived from Hamburg. It Is scarcely
expected that the Brasil mail steamer Rhone will put
to sea to-night. She will most probably lie in Yarmouth
Roads until daylight to-morrow. The ship ashore at
Black Gang, in the Isle of Wight, is the Johanna, bound
from Hamburg to the West Indies. The captain and
two of the hands belonging to her are said to be drowned.
The Hants /wkly.:vital of to-day says :—" The south
lower window of the Needles Lighthouse, owing to the
heavy ground sea running to such a fearful extent on
Saturday last, was broken in, and caused serious alarm

to the light keep::. At two ;.ftcr-
noon to:lowing. in its great fury made a min-
I reach over e..e platform; of ,I :re's hasirc
r1)13 CH Mann t..;• I •••
i!..mediatcly on hearing the sad intelliienee to tLe
rue:4 to get emutuunication. At the same time the Tot-
•. 11,y krret went through the mountainous ....rf and
up sae tub which the lighthothemeu avi.: to lea.
(utter for the Trinity Houae, informing the
,o:p9;ation of the ditaater, and the prediCament in which
17t. i t m•. 1)f the exact amount of damage
t to the I,l:.:*oling we are at present unable to give
A 1., atatement in consequence of the heavy sea."
M.: .!amao has been done to the pier at Veutnor, in
of Wight. by the weather of the Lot few days.
:;nTTINI;iLt I, IYEONEADAY AFTEHNOI.X.

Tue ; ;•Id wi:ich took place on Sunday and Mon-
.y m,tl a large body of water to farce itself into the
Tre:.t. the Saar, the Llerwent, and other rivers of Notts.,
Leis......7..gahire. and Derbyshire, which oveelowed their
!Api,lity unknown for a number of years past.
In at eaczedingiy .port time thousands of acres in these
c Kant re entirely submerged. The water has entered
ts..l—r: of haves in the lower parts of Nottinghaii., and
• c.litualtie+ are alre.uly reported. SOlll4 cattle are
:•.;..rt• '. to have been drowned near Nottingham, and the
• , .1f t....ttle ate now engaged in boats striving to sate
tLeir pi,perty. In the meadows near the town a good
.r.age has bean done. At twelve o'clock to-slay
t! v.. • .rs had already reached the height of the great
en.)l 1357, awl they were still rising. The whole of
the rattly of the Trent is one vast lake, and the injury
will be .lone to vegetation is sure to be great. At
three sae:ack tl.is afternoon the water was within two feet
of tlAt of pall, which was the greatest flood that bed
ocz..rrel is these counties for a great number of year/.

LIVERPOC/L, Wei,Ne,ria v.
T list of disasters to shipping during the late heavy
.to: oitinues to add to the (canal catalogue of
tuariue .ii .asters which have occurred during the pie-t fee
Tee !ii,ght of last Saturday and the morning of Sam
iley will i•ing be remembered in the annals of shipwrecks.
P., Lap, the Bonet of Trade, on looking over the hat of
and the fearful loss of life, will ag.i.ia raise the
st..: s:gna:s. which are now, we believe. commuui•
eat-.t " privately" only to the navy. Surely the met-
chal.t semi:, em ' glandsholiki receive as much considers-
tiai. as thet of the navy. The list of disasters reported
r t -,lay is the total loss of the Mary Polt, near Drog-
heda ; the foundering of the Helen, of St. Johu's, N. 11.,
off sancta: the wreck of the James Hughes, off Cardiff ;
the Ai (King of the Bethesda, bound from Bruges to Leith,
bear Yarmouth ; the stranding of the Undine, sear Wex-
fort : atil the sinking of the Capella, off Dundaik.
Th.- Ceh.sti il Marie, from Ardrossan for Santee,
Ls he .1. totally wrecked in the vicinity of Mill-
hay. an.l regret to state that it is feared the crew have
periiheil. The ship Zilla, bound from the River Plate to
the Mersey. has been compelled to put into Llandwyn
in a very leaky condition, baying been much
dam 4;eil daring the recent gale. The ship Huntley Castle,
which was being towed to Greenock from the Mersey, had
to liavc her mast% cut away, in order to save the ship. A
largr vessel has gone down off Strangford Pier, and all on
board have been drowned. The ship was apparently out-
win' brand, and as none of the cargo, ship's furniture,
n ir any of the bodies of the crew have been washed ashore,
the name feel destination of the ship are at present un-
lit:own. The Cornish Lass, bound from Smyrna to Lou-
don, has been totally wrecked near the island of Andreas,
end we regret to state that the captain and two of the crew
h:tre I ,cr,.imsrned. The greater portion of the stern of a
vessel. on which was painted " Lady Ann Kerr, Dublin."
has he as picked up in the Channel, and there is no doubt
that this lea rem:unit of the eessel that was observed to have
gone down off the Briggs a few days since. The crewel this
vessi.l. too. we :alert to say, have shared the fate of the
illfated Besides the above list of disasters, a large
wintber of vessels have beeu compelled to run into many
of the We'eh and Irish ports for shelter, but not one of
so far as we kern, has escaped damage. The un-
.ler vrriters will he heavy sufferers by the late storm. The
ship Penruim, which sailed for Wilmington on the Ist De-
ciffith,r. put hack here to-day much strained, and with one
n.ar. I.,st overboard. The ship Taymouth Castle, bound
from 4 i:ftiqow to Singapore, went ashore yesterday morn-
ing on Tow Point. county Antrim, and became a total
white. The crew are supposed to be safe. The latest
news from Tow Point, is to the effect that all of the
crew of the ship Tay-mouth Castle base been drowned.

M. 7. ALDEP.MAN SALOMONS, M.P., AND BIS

CO4 STITUENk3.

Last tight the electors and non-electors of
Greeimich. in comp:bun= with an invitation from Mr.
Alderman Salomona, one of the members for the borough,
met that gentleman in the Lecture-hall for the purpose of
hearing his iminiona on public affairs. Dr. Putty la °mu-
pie.i the chair.

Mr. Aldermen Buono:re, after wee prefatory re-
mark.. alloded to the distress existing amongst the ship-
building operatives in Deptford and Greenwich, and
the hope that in a short time a renewal
of capital would be applied to the branch of
commerce with which that class was connected.
Referring to the questions which, in his opinion, were
most likely to occupy the attention of parliament next
PC044011. the hon. member said they were aware of the cool-
nem which had existed between this country and America
with regard to the Alabama claims, and expressed his be-
lief that there was a strong desire on this aide of the
Atlantic to oat the question settled in a satisfactory
manner. The interests of England were bound
up in the welfare of America, and there was
manifestly everything to gain by the mainte-
nance of a good understanding with the people of the
United States. The depredations of the Alabama had
greatly irritated the Americans, and now that our go-
ve:tinent had acquiesced in the proposal for the settle-
ment of the claims by arbitration, he hoped that the
acrimony of our American neighbours would subside.
Touching the subject of reform, the hon. member said
that he voted last session for the bill brought in by Earl
' Russell and Mr. Gladstone, though he considered it was
a mistake on their part to introduce a bill on the subject
into a new parliament, without having first tested the
temp. r of the house, and ascertained what amount of sup-
port they were likely to receive from both parties.
He had been told by several gentlemen of posi-
tion that the present government would not
briug in a reform bill next session, but he was de-
cidelly of opinion that a bill which would be acceptable to
the country would be introduced into parliament.
Whether the bill would be a tory or a whig bill would be
determined by public opinion, and he did not believe the
public meetinds which had been and were being held would
in the sli,;htest degree intimidate the government of the
day. With regard to the question of the equalisation of
poor rates. winch he considered to be one of great import-
ance. he thought it an injustice that in London the rich
distnets alion:4 pay less rates than the poor and he was
consequently in favour of a general rate throughout the
metropolis. Replying to a question on the subject of cur-
rency reform from al elector, the hon. member said he
was in favour of what he called a "hard currency,"
by which be meant a currency in gold and silver. At
present no less a sum than fifteen million., in bank
notes win in circulation in the country, and when, from
whatever e.0.m., a panie was created, every person endea-
voured to convert those notes into gold. The result of
that was that the money which was required for the ordi.
nary transactions of commerce was taken by the people to
their own homes, arid thus the difficulties attending a mo-
netary crisis were produced. Such was the case in May
last, when all the cotomeroe of the country would have
been brought to a standstill if it had not been for the
action taken by the government in sanctioning an over-
issue of notes by the Bank of England. The great qua*
tion was hew to devise something in lieu of orninary bank
notes, audit they could do that they would be far cleverer
than he was, and cleverer, too, than the House of Cow.
WOOL

On the motion of Mr. BELL, meonde.l by Mr.
vote of confidence in the bon. member was unanimously
adopted by the meeting, and the proceedings tcrinuiatcd.

MINNA/MELIA' QUARTERLY MENTING —Tito Usual
meetings of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire and
East W urcestershire district for the current quarter coon
tuenead at Wolverhampton yesterday. An hour or two
before the trade met a meeting of the thin malnourters of
tine Wolverhampton district was held, at which it was
resolved that the colliers engaged in that branch shall
have notices on Saturday of a reduction of :id. a day in
their wages scale, that being in proportion to the notices
given of redactions in the various departments of the
iron trade. The attendance at the ironmasters' meeting
was small, and with regard to business it was all but a
blank. liveithing connected with the trade is un-
settled, pending the course which the men may
take in reference to the reductions. As to the
condition of the trade, we may state as a fact
beyond all deed that the orders in are not sufficient to
keep the works on more than half time. and there is not
much prospect that those held over for the Birmingham
meting will be sufficient to produce any great change in
that resp..ct. There is a good deal of misapprehension
amongst parties who are indirectly interested in the trade,
mercliats and °then, in reference to the proportion of
low falling spot the men on the 10 per cent. reduction in
their wages. as compared with that to be borne by the
masters. The price of finished icon is lowered 20e. per
ton; the reduction so far as relates to the men on mill and
forge work is is. la per ton only; that is a very close and
e-.act calculation ; but taking into account the additional
advantage which the masters may obtain by the reduction
in the wages of the thin coal colliers as noticed above, the
loss to them may probably be brought down, to say, Ils.
per ton. As an illustration of the depressed state of the
trade, it may be mentioned that there are already under-
sellers upon the reduced " list " price to the amount of
s. tkl, per ton.
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TRIAL OF THE NAYAOING DIRECTOR OF THE
JOINT STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANY.

After our report left the Central Criminal Court
yesterday, the following evidence was adduced for. the
prosecution
Mr. Wm. Lawson deposed that he carried on business as
a stockbroker under the firm of Capper, &comb, and Law-
son, and he was acquainted with the defendant. The firm
lia,l been in the habit of buying and selling shares for
bile. The defendant was the managing director of the
Joint Stook Discount Company (Limited). The transac-
tions between them began in the year 1564, and from time
to time the defendant made payments on these accounts.
In August, 1865, witness bad purchased 520 shares in the
Joint Stock Discount Company for the defendant, and 377 of
these shares were delivered on the 16th August, and the
amount due from the defendant on this day was 5,015 W,,
but the amount due for the 377 shares was about 4,0001.
On the day mentioned witness sent Mr. Ramsay, one of
his clerics, to the defendant for a cheque for 4,0001. on
aco,unt. The clerk returned without the cheque, when
witness went himself to the office of the company, saw
the defendant, and asked him for the cheque for 4,0001.
The defendant said he could not pay the money that
afternoon, as he had to get it from another person. He
proposed to giro a cheque of the Joint Stock Discount
Company for 4,000/., and mid he would repay it when he
got the money from a third party, but the 4,0001. was to
be treated as a loan to their tirm, with the understanding
that no interest was to be charged upon it. Witness then
delivered the 377 shares to the defendant, and told him
that he would deliver the rest as soon as he got them.
Later in the day witness sent his clerk to the defendant
again, and he brought him back a cheque for 4,0001.,
which he paid into his bankers, the Agra and Masterman's
Hank. The transfer for the shares was made out in the
name of Mr. Megaw by the direction of the defendant. On
the' ith of August, witness delivered the remaining shares
to the defendant, and the transfer was again made out
in the name of Mr. Megaw. l'pon this second occasion he re-
ceived a cheque of the Joint Stock Discount Company for
WU. as the balance of his account with the defendant.

The cheque for MO,. was put in. It was signed by the
defendant as managing director, acid by Mr. Henry White,
one of the directors of the Joint Stock Discount Com-
pany.

Mr. Lawson went on to say that he gave the defendant
credit in his books for I). th the accounts, and he stated
positively that neither of the sums were loans, and be gave
no security and pant no interest for these sums. He also
said that he did not on the 19th of September, or upon nay
other day repay the sum of 4,0001., and no such transac.
Con having reference to a loan ever took place between
him and the defendant or the company.
Cross-examined—There was a sum of l3df. due upon the
shares an dividend and he gave the defendant credit for
the amount. All he knew was that the defendant told
him occanionally to buy shares, but he did not say who
these shares were for, hut he understood they were pur-
chased for the private aceonnt of the defendant.
Shares were occasionally carried over from account
to amount, and the defendant paid him the
amount of any difference that might exist upon balance
against him. He was unable to say whether .WO shares had
not been carried over for the defendant for several months
before August, 1805. The price of the 520 shares was
4.:i27f. los., and he was sure this amount was not paid on
the _.:th of July. Some money was owing to their firm
from the defendant on this date, but he was unable to
state the exact amount. He did not see the defendant
on the lath of August until after he had sent his clerk to
hint for a cheque, and he came back without one. No
one wan present but himself and Mr. Wilkinson at the
time the conversation he had referred to relative to the
cheque took place, and he had never had any conversa-
tion with him afterwards about it. Their firm received
notice from the official liquidator that they were indebted
84MI. to the .Joint Stock Discount Company, and the ac-
count was sent back, and he had not the slightest notion
when it was that the claim was made. lie never told
the defendant that such a claim had been made upon him.
Their firm bad loans from time to time from the corn-
, yttny, but they always paid interest. Upon some coca-
sions their firm had borrowed so much as 7,000/. or
8,000/. from the company, but interest snit) always paid
upon such loans, and in every instance stocks or
shares were deposited with the company as security. He
always understood that the business of the Joint Stock
Discount Company was immense, and that their transac-
tions announced to hundreds of thousands of pounds in a
dane-examined—Although the whole of the 720 shares
1 were notin witness's possession on the Pith of August, con-
, tracts had been made for the purchase, and the defendant
was aware of this fact, and the prices at which the shares
had been purchased.
Mr. Coleridge said that the defendant denied ever having
received any such contracts, and he asked Mr. Lawson whe-
t ther the defendant had not applied to him for the names
of the vendors of these 520 shares?

Mr. Lawson replied that an application of this description
bad been made by Mr. Holt, the defendant's attorney,
bat the information was not supplied.
In further re-examination Mr. Lawson said he bad no
doubt whatever that the contracts for those shares were
sent to the defendant at the time the transaction took
place, and he never on any occasion made a complaint that
he had not received these contracts.

Mr. G. C. Capper, one of the partners of the last witness,
deposed that he was aware that the firm had dealings with
the defendant in shr.re transactions, but he hat no know-
ledge of having borrowed 4.000/. from the Joint Stock
Disoouot Company on the 16th of August, 1806, or at any
other period, and he was also entirely ignorant of the
borrowing of the further sum of 8601. on the Nth of August.
Ile also stated that no security was given for such loans as
those referred to. neither was any interest paid upon them.
He said that in October. 1865, he received an account from
the Joint Stock Discount Company of the balance supposed
to be due, and this included a sum of 860/. for a supposed
loan. His attention was called to this item, and the
account was sent back to the office of the company, and he
never saw it again.
Mr. E. lieden, the clerk to the official liquidator,
wee here called, and he stated that all the papers of the
company were in his charge, and he produced the account
referred to, in which the claim for 8601. appeared to be
objected to by Ur. Capper on the ground that no such loan
had been received by their firm.
Mr. Coleridge objected that this was no evidence against
the &tenant.

Mr. Baron l'igott thought the evidence was admissible,
as showing that the company had made a claim upon
Monica. Capper for a loan of 86W., and that the claim was
afterwards abandoned.

Mr. Capper was then cross-examined. He said that he
was the principal of the firm. and all the business that was
done in the office he was acquainted with. When he was
instructed to purchase shares for a client he did so of a
jobber or of another broker, and he Lad no means of
wing whether the *Mires were in the possession of the
person who sold them. Large sums of money were some.
times required on the settling-day to pay differences, hut
witness had never been compelled to effect loans for the
firm to enable them to settle the account. He saw the
defendant very frequently, but he never received a cheque
from hint; at least he did nut remember ever having done so.
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Mr. John Ramsay, clerk to Megan. Capper, Rscomb,
and lawaon, proved that he went to the office a the Joint
Stock Discount Company on the 10th of August, and
banded over 377 shares of the company to Mr. Hill. the
arid:wit manager. He asked for • cheque for 4,010.,
but did nut obtain it, and he went to the office • second
time, and received a cheque for 4,0001., which be psi.' in
to the Agru and Masternian's Bank on account of Messrs.
Capper.
Cross-examined—These were the only two occasions on
which be went to the Joint Stock Discount office, and ho
saw Mr. Hill, the assistant manager, each time.
Some witnesses were then examined, to trace the 4,000/.
cheque to the Agra Bank. The document itself, it ap-
peared, had been lost, and as the Joint Stock Discount
Company and Messrs. Capper and Co. both banked at the
Agra Bank, no money, of course, changed hands, but the
company were merely debited, and Messrs. Capper cre-
dited, with the amount. The cancelled 4,0001. cheque
was returned in ordinary course to the company.
The bank cheque book belonging to theJointStock Dis-
count Company was then put in, and just before the date cf
the 17th August, 1863, there appeared to be the counter
foil of a cheque for 4,0001. in favour of Messrs. Capper,
Esoomb, and Lawson.

Evidence was then adduced to show that another cheque
for 860 f. of the Joint Stock Discount Company was put
in to the account of Messrs. Capper, under similar circum-
stances, at Agin and Masterman's Bank on the 28th of
August. This cheque was produced, and it appeared to be
signed by the defendant and Mr. White, one of the
directors of the Joint Stock Discount Company.
Mr. Henry White deposed that he was a merchant,
carrying on business in Bishopagate-street, and he was a
director of the Joint Stock Discount Company from the
period of its establishment, in 1863. The defendant was
managing director of the company all that time. He had
formerly been a bill broker, and the company was partly
formed upon the basis of purchasing the business that he
was carrying on. It was the custom of the company for
the cheques to be signed by one director and the managing
director, and in the absence of the latter his assistant, Mr.
Hill, would sign for him. Each director took a rota of one
week for the purpose of signing cheques. Mr. Wilkinson
had entire power to grant loans and to accept of securities
for them, and in ordinary transactions the directors knew
nothing whatever of the nature of the securities that were
taken for loans that were granted. If any ex raordinary
application was made for a loan the matter would be sub-
mitted to the board of directors, and they would
have to decide upon it. He saw by the register of
cheques that on the 16th of August, 1865, there was an
entry " Lent-loan, Capper and Co., 4,000 i. ; " but this
catty wag not in the handwriting of the defendant.
Mr. Gilfard contended that although this entry was not
in the handwriting of the defendant he had the entire
management and control over the books, and was respon-
sible for every entry that was contained in them.
31r. Coleridge objected to the evidence being received
against the defendant, and Baron Pigott expressed his
opinion that as the matter then stood the evidence was in-
admissible.

Mr. White then went on to say that the book in which
this entry appeared was generally on the table in the
board-room, but the defendant would have no more
control over it than any of the other directors. At the
weekly meeting of the board the attention of the directors
wee generally directed to the Waimea that had been done

during the week. and to the amount of the balances at
the bankers on the previous day. If a loan of 4,000/. had
been granted during the week. the fact would not be spe-
cially brought to the notice of the directors, but en entry
of the fact would appear in the books, and the directors
would have the opportunity of seeing it. The first intima-
tion the directors would have that such a loan had been
granted would be from the cheque for the amount being
brought to their notice. Tho defendant had the entire
control and management of the business, but be had never
seen him examine the book in question. Mr. White then
proceeded to say that his attention was never called by
the defendant to any transaction relating to a loan of
4,0001. to Messrs. Capper on the 16th of August, or a
loan of MO/. on the 28th of August. He also said that he
was utterly ignorant of the circumstances connected with
the drawing of a cheque for 4,00.1/. on the 19th of Sept..
and knew nothing of such a cheque having been paid into
the bankers to the credit of their own company.
In cross-examination Mr. White said that there were
a great many clerks in the office, each of whom bad a
particular duty to perform, and neither witness nor the
defendant ever interfered with them, except upon special
occasions. The transactions of the company were very
numerous and large, and during the year would amount in
the aggregate to hundreds of millions of money. There
was very great strain upon the powers of the managing
director, and he occasionally asked for assistance to enable
him to get through his business. The defendant was
originally himself • bill broker, and his business was
purchased by the company, and his judgment war always
referred to as to whether advances should made. The
Joint Stock Discount Company started with a paid-up
capital of 800,0001., and at times they were in a position
of difficulty, but they tided over those difficulties until
the final smash. Mr. Klernan had many large transactions
with the company, and be appeared to owe them 180,0001.
at the time the company stopped. He believed that at the
present time Mr. Klemm was not here, but somewhere
else. (A laugh.) One of the clerks was employed as an
accountant for the company, and he had the control of the
system of book-keeping adopted by the company.
Re-examined—He was unable to say at what period this
gentleman was appointed, but he believed it was about two
years before the company stopped. He had nothing to do
with the correctness of the entries that were made in the
books.

Mr. Negev, the manager of the Merchants' Bank,
proved that he made advances to Mr. Klatnan upon the
security of the 1, shares in the Joint Stook Discount
Company that were sold to the defendant. He also proved
that he had been in the habit of advancing large sums of
money to this person upon the security of shares that he
deposited with him.
Mr. Lupnow, who was formerly a cashier in the Joint
Stock Discount Company, was then called to prove that
he discovered the apparent loan of 8601. to Messrs. Capper,
and that he made up an account embodying that amount,
which was sent to those gentlemen. He subsequently
wrote the word " repaid " against this item, but be could
not say from whom he received instructions to write this
word, but the only persons who could have given him such
instructions were Mr. Sutton or Mr. Hill, who were the two
clerks between him and Mr. Wilkinson, the defendant. He
said that he (lid not remember ever having received any
specific instructions from the defendant himself in refer-
ence to this transaction, but he should not have written
the word " repaid " if some one had not authorised him
to do so, but Ise could not say who it was that gave him
such authority.
This witness did not appear to give his evidence very
willingly, and, by the permission of the learned judge,
Mr. &Ward was permitted to treat him as a hostile wit-
ness, and to put the different questions to him in the form
of a cross•examination.

At the close of his evidence the trial wee adjourned, and
the defendant was allowed to go out upon the same bail
as that to which he had surrendered.

HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OP THE CHEST,

VICTORIA-PARK.

The annual general court of the governors of this
institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr.
J. D. A.u.citorr, V.P., in the chair. The following report
was presented:—" In their last report referenosmaa made
to the opening of the new Albert wing, and the cmunittee
have now the pleasure to state that not only have the
benefits dispensed by the hospital been considerably
greater than during soy former period, but that the in-
creased accommodation thus afforded has very appreciably
promoted the comfort of all the inmates. The medical
report shows that the in-patients under treatment have
amounted to 641, or W' more than the return for the
previous year. Of the cases discharged, 580 have been
more or less materially relieved, and 61 hive died. The
total number of in-patients under treatment since the
wards were opened in 1855 is 4,549. The number of out-
patients admitted during the year as new cases is 14,335,
showing the large increase of 2,448 over those of the pre-
vious year. The weekly attendance has averaged 1,238, or
255 more than the year before. The entire number of
outpatients that have received gratuitous advice and
medicine since the foundation of the institution amounts
to 127,645. Although the patients have, as heretofore, for
the most part resided iu the surrounding districts, yet a
considerable number of cases have been received from other
localities, embracing the more distant parts of the king-
dom. The receipts include—Donations, 3,2811. sa. 64.;
annual subscriptions, 2,435/. 15a.; bequests, 3,60 J/. ls. 3d.•
collections after sermons, 1651. Ills. 74.; and incidentals,
4:11. 4s. 34.; making, with • balance of 658/. 12s. 3d., at
the commencement of the year, • total McGee* of 10,453/.
14s. 10d. There has been paid on account of the new wing,
including furniture, 783/.1•11d.; and fur current espeness
7,3771. Is. 2d.; making &total expenditure of 8,160L35.1 it.;
and leaving therefore • balance at the bankers of 6931.
lls. 9d.; together with a further sum of 1,600/. which now
stands as • claim against the estate of Overend, Gurney,
and Co. (Limited). The larger balance than usual
remaining to the credit of the institution is, it will be
seen, due to the receipts from bequests having been ex.
ceptionally.much greater during the last year ; but against
this there ts a sum of 1,2.50/. that has yet to be paid to
the crown for the purchare of the freehold of the hospital :
and it must be borne in mind that, while the expenditure
for the ensuing yearcannot be estimated at less than 7,3001.,
the income from •nnual subscriptions, on which alone re-
liance can be placed, does but amount to 2,435/.
so that great exertions will be necessary to make up this
large deficiency. The report was adopted. Mr. Henry
Tucker was elected treasurer, and other officers ap-
pointed for the ensuing year. It was announced that Earl
Grosvenor, M.P., had consented to preside at the anniver-
sary festival, to be held in March. A vote of thanks
to the chairman closed the proceedings.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Mr. Justi:e Shee.)
bEItIOU CHARGE OF MOWN.

After our report left yesterday,
Mr. Ribton summed up the evidence at great length
in the case of Bicknell, and Mr. Metcalfe having replied on
the whole of the case generally.
Mr. Justice Shoe addressed the jury, and went through
the evidence with great clearness and perspicuity.
The jury retired, and after an absence of upwards of three
quarters of an hour returned into court with a verdict of
Guilty.
Mr. Justice Shee expressed his entire concurrence in the
verdict, and sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal
servitude for the term of ten years.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
THZ MOCK ACCTION CASE.

Theodore Lerine end Charles Woad were indicted for
conspiracy and by false pretences defrattiling one Charles
BUT° W of the sum of 81.

The prisoners pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Montagu Williams appeared for
the prosecution; Mr. Oppenbeim defended Levine end
Mr. Healey appeared for Wood.
The evidence adduoed on the part of the prosecution
disclosed chat the prosecutor, who resides in Hertford-
shire, was attracted by what appeared to him to be a sale
by auction in a shop situate -No. 43, Ludgate-Lill. He
entered the shop, when he found the prisoner Levine
officiating as auctioneer, and the prisoner Wood with
another man and two females were in the shop, apparently
bidding for the different lots which were put up. Amongst
these was • tea service alleged to be of the best electro
plate, gold lined, which was knocked down to the prose
cutor for 71. He denied the purchase, but the two
prisoners insisted that be had bid, and that he was the
purchaser. In like manner a liqueur stand was put up, and
knocked down to the prosecutor for If. 25., and he was
compelled to take this article, paying the prisoners the
tit. 25., for which be obtained the receipt produced.
The learned counsel for the prisoners took a technical
objection, and relied upon the decision of the superior
courts in a similar case, that of " the Queen r. Bryen," in
which it had been held that under a similar state of facts
an indictment was untenable.

The Common Serjeant, after a long argument between
counsel on both sides, ruled in favour of the objection, and
directed the jury to acquit the prisoners.
A verdict of .Not Ouat was consequently recorded, and
both the prisoners were discharged.

Robert Care, described.ss a shoemaker, was indicted for
unlawfully, aliciously, and feloniously setting fire to his
dwelling house with intent to defraud.
Mr. Sleigh, Mr. M. Williams, and Mr. Sharpe appeared
to prosecute. The prisoner was not defended by counseL
The prisoner was a shoemaker living at Fulham, and bad
insured the contents of his dwelling, which were worth about
'251., for the sum of 2001. in the Scottish and Mercantile
Insurance Office. In December last a fire broke out on his
premises, and an after search of them it was discovered
that a large quantity of paraffin oil and other combustibles
had been scattered about, leaving ample indications that
the house had been wilful), set on fire.
The defence attempted to be set up by the pri-
soner was that some evil disposed person had thrown
squibs into his house, and that thus the fire had originated.
The jury, after a deliberation of half an hour, found
the prisoner Guilty.
The Common Set-joint sentenced him to be kept in penal
servitude for the term of ten years.
Jaws Anis lloksy, Si, law writer, who had pleaded
Guilty to an indictment charging paint with forgery and
fraud, was brought up for judgment.
Mr. Poland, for the prosecution, informed the court
that the prisoner had been in the service of Mr. H.
done, • solicitor, of New-inn, and had been entrusted
with some writs to got sealed in the proper office of the
Court of Queen's Bench. He ohtained the seal on one
writ, and while the ink was wet he obtained an impres-
sion on another writ, and this was one of ten similar for-
genes he had committed, thereby obtaining for himself
J.. for each surreptitious writ thus sealed.
The Common Serjerint sentenced the prisoner to twelve
months' hard labour in the House of Correction.

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