The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-01 00:00:00

i,lii•- •
YIe);,VG 411 d • SOUTH-WESTERN RA1L-
Q•1,.... ti "Ituo.
0, ,n,., lip,i,, -• ttRIDGE STATION, 31st Msy, 1855. ..
N'' 11 0.11.....'11Y GIVE That the Polls demanded at the
•s„, 41^Lioz h. 14 this day, were coin • enced this after •
Ve ,„ki& A*,Ritililled; it these offices ,o. morrow (Friday),
h trek. , It DAY MONII)AY and • TUESDA.Y next, at
IVI 0:4 e"lnn. . " ' '•
ikNZ111.,..14 tilp .„enc.ng at Ten o'clock in the morning, and
-..,,,0),,,es tithe 'of each day. •
431.1,34,1 Y, ~, ,'-,"e Polls will bemade at an Adjourned Meeting
' ',. '"• these Offices, at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, thz, Gth of
- By order.
4114
1,/ltd1) Tp0,,,. L. CROMBIE, Secretary.
INN.;4!)i-___7N.u-1-\JK RAILWAY COMPANY' of
t001,,,,e4ch , 014.ce is Hereby Given, That a CALL of 2/. 10s.
NA 4.'1 li; '131,,,e,4',(1 every share of the A series of the shays of
•.s• - Madeand will be due and payable on Mon-
i or '-. of, j .
t,ttilt;tiklild. wiiieze, 1855. .
,4,1 11...,, ea,,l • ` also he due and payable on each. of the Certi-
,Y. ",,,•.,, ex eifor com aii
P 's, Debe tures and 101. on each of
k411444'. ''''4egeable fox): the Debentures of the Province of
4';,'!..t, tiit.
res .
k 411 L,flar, t Will, be.charked on the Calls as long as they
ki,i, s., '(3.,,,,•
't ' t'...• 41 be sent . • •
ktSk''':in'ares• The :
oe
~ eancth ire h acreerht
jot; de
ae rt
efo rm ta
sh
te
be presententodf
kik.s., 4 order that the payment of the Calls may be marked
" 0..,
Pionkki,Sekletere4,° of paying in full on their shares and
1,,114,ed hi " the rate of 6 per cent per annum is paid on
eo-43 t, hadvance of Calls oprieither.shares or debentures.
' 67, /,,,!, rilede at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn,
NI , tabad-stret.
or '3' order of the Board.
~,,4
_fly.,
21
OIdIYILOFAciM
tCHAt MAX, Secretary.
Lii, to,;egrii a
„.,.............._
. 1 ,t ,A 1.0
t h MaY. 1855. a -s ree ,

4.:%3..,,,z. - rABLISHED 1837.
klt":4, 1
klrtr, er -.
'''
lA. LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
\:::1 by sees-street, Bank, London.
ti,,t '4l 4,6,e,„
.....eiel Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9.
lib,.'Pi, It., ---'"-LNDEB, Blackheath Park, MAMMAL
44,`1Y1 f -.......
i4e4r,,‘'. c°ll:reraluin for .ecuring Loans or Debts.
,ti.,, '"gable' required dc ring first seven years.
94 k*`l.' at ix'Y or at death if occurring previously.
\.,\16:44414:.?Zt1:11abY 1"1.---r'
----7-ilier -, OCIATION.
47a.lestyr'sIRFoEyalA•Lsetters Patent.
14.1'it?ned f: .
kies every three months' diftrence of age.,_
e unpaid half premiums liquidated out or

. .
"i'es'Q-..f2. every three months' dMrence of ago.
\'i, • nle unpaid half premiums liquidated out of
: 1
L0,„....' 1
1.
~ -----: (sruTuAL.) •
.-.
~t.,,e
1
..,t,A 'tn:44) : Half Quar-
\ 11 , ^,. '.l. Annual , Yearly • terly
I, taf,eti Age.
premium! Pre- • Pre- •
11 ll 4 >,...,..1 mium. mlutn.
1 1 ~" ..., • .
) 2 1 - 2 ~ d. ---- —.---, ----
i ? 2,a c: Years. Months 4.1. d.i £ s. d.. 4, s. d.
l' I ''l 4 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3
;
Pi 1, () 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4
i . 6, 2 710 1 4 6 012 5
9 2 8 2' 1 4 8, 0 12 6
k.:*,..._

. E. .R..F.ORTF,R, Resident Director.
ANDWENV FRANCIS, Secretary. •

to ~ - . ~
, ' kj.,.
475,.. ' 'rot, -t't ----
tt:/; ThrizZle 'tel.,' P.11.1"-Tlie 16s. trousers reduced
k:8; 4,11 'e t 225.; coat waistcoat, and
N. ". uh,o' the istivo i:orn Scotch tweeds, all wool and
~,„.h..lllailf'olf,,,°.ines, dre-s or frock coat ; the guinea
•-•rrite,'. et,...`1411 r"inea wa,istcoat—made to crier by B.
INtit' It "ot t: i 74, Itezent-street. For quality, style,
,--. tilA
--., -rat*, eqUailed by any house in the kingdom.
k., Q.., ---__ ci.
gi,, fiv:;)lslex.. ------ -
i'Y I, A 3:!'l'aii, and Soft and Fair Hands and Arms, are
kN.71,:.4!.41),,,86(1, an,' sustained by the use of
k. 4( ,-,,,p,.,, KALYDOR, an Oriental
ON tithill'idration, distinguished for its extremely bland,
trkS,L'^ th4te Rnqrects on the Skin ; while, by its action on
,:tll4f4e. 1 ze-neeretery vessels, it Promotes a healthy tone,
!'°' to 44 ,Neiti,,,t4l well-being of the skin and the beauty of
X,ll4;ll,4tAitatic,`, Tan, Pimples, Spots, Discoloration, and
fir tat -ant bllB+ are eradicated by the K.k I.YDOR, and
\g,f,ll,4o4ll(ld,,e'orn and transparency of complexion.
1. ,kk"etithl`'t Of summer, and in case of sunburn, stines
Ikt; ~, ;_Owle,;!l,ll4rnmation, its virtues have long and ex-
k k. htt Herd,.l
,i, c,,,. „).,. and 88. 6d. per Pottle.
4, '''„ Atm 'OWLAND3' KALYDOR," are on the Wrap-
N,, - and
ii ... by theirs, -011 s, 20, Hatton-garden, i ondon," in
\t "era, and by Chemists and Perfumers.
eptt. -a v
.12,
tt 12.
A E 7\T D ST A
q,.1`41'8, c ll' 7 -7' S
s,t-,trtha, 1,. the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers.
ZilliAZ„,an underlined (weather permittint
''' PIER, GRAVESEIINTI)

5,q,4

JUNE.

"

-1--1

THE Sixth Number of the HYGEIST, or
lICAL RE FOR M ER, for JUNE, contains a ma-t im-
portant article on the Compulsory Vaccination Act, by John Gibbs,
Escl.—The Homceopatbs ignored ray tf:e Board of Health—Floe Pa-
tients Poisoned in foulon ll< sp tal by the Wine of Colchicum, ad-
ministered by mistake instead of Bark Wine, &c.
May be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London,
price ld., or 2d. per.post ; and,of.all the agents for the sale of Mori-
son's Medicines throughout the country.

THE DUBLIN TJNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
for JUNE, Pride 2s. Gd., contains:—
'. The Birth of the American Constitution.
2. Boulogne'. • •
3. The Arabs in Spain; their History, Literature, and Arts.
4. Memoir of Colonel Walter BuCier.
5. Geology.
G. Ninette Pompon.—Part.ll. Conclusion.
7. Sonnet --The Protestant Sister of Mercy.
8. Irish Rivers. - Nb. XI. • The Nore.
9. Ethnology, Religion, and Politics.
10. To June. By Dents• Florence 51`Carthy.
11. National Galleries,. Schools of Art, and their Management.
12. Our Enemie s.+ broad and at Home.
Dublin: Jame- M`Glashan, 50, Upper Sackrille-street; William
S. Orr and Co., Paterno,ter row, Lop/on ; and all book.ri ern.

_
for of the Company for the ensuing year.
That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman, Direc
tors, and Auditors, for their attention to the interests of the Com.
pany. By Order.

T. MACIDONA.LD, Secy.

, ,
-tick the comditions of the act—tha,
is, if he registers the name, residence, and description of
the lender and borrower, the amount of the loan, and the
proportion of profits to be received. For this immunity,
however, he is to pay heavily. If the borrower becomes
insolvent such a lender hi to be postponed to the other
creditors, and be liableio refund besides, for their bene-
fit, all profits received by him a year before the failure,
and all portions of the principal repaid him, and all re-
payments of principal are to be taken to have been re-
paid within the year, unless the date of the registry of
payment shall establish the-contrary.
Of the principle of these enactments we de not pro-
pose to say anything. It is now pretty generally
admitted that the liability of the debtor to the cre-
ditor is only one of the incidents of the debt itself, and
may be,-like that debt, a proper subject of contract, and
that there is no more reason to deprive mankind of their
natural liberty to contract with regard to their liability
than on any other subject of agreement. The question
to be decided is, how far the two projects of law of
which we have above given an abstract fairly and com-
pletf.ly carry out the desired principle ?
The first thing that occurs to us is, that the selection
of that class of partnerships to which the privileges of
the act may be extended is 'extremely arbitrary and en-
satisfactory. -The principle of the freedom to contract
upon which the bill is founded extends obviously to
every agreement of partnership, and we have a right to
ask why such large classes of trading concerns are
entirely excluded from its application I It is far
more easy to see how this exclusion occurred than
to suggest any principle upon which it can be de-
fended. The exclusion occurred because it was thought
proper to engraft the proposed bill upon the Joint-
stock Companies Act of 1844. That act was restrictive
and prohibitive in its provisions, forbidding partnerships
most liable from the constitution to fraud and abuse
from acting as joint-stock companies without registering
themsel% es, and complying with other precautionary
rules. The proposed measure is an enabling act, and
therefore ought to have applied either to all cases indis-
criminately, ornt any rate by preference to those least
liable to suspicion or fraud. By the engrafting of one
upon the other, the privilege upon the disability, the
enabling upcm ,thu restricting provisions, the measure
introduces tie strange anomaly of offering extended
powers to those very partnerships which, at the same
time, it treats as objects of caution and distrust.
The distinction -is made the wrong way ; but in
truth there is no need of any distinction at all.
There is something in the official min .l which renders
it peculiarly prone to violate a principle as soon as
it has established it, and introduce exceptions so large
as to shake the very foundation of the rule. Many men
admitted free trade in cotton, but denied its applicability
to corn, admitted it in corn but would not extend it to
lia-
bility shipping, and now in shipping but rt.fuse.to extend it to
capital Partnerships with a certain number of mem-
bs'oafw
llisahircaghreessramor touch cnthto facilitatesohfe
°capital,w etdhaetiihir daalarg restrictiondenomina-
tion of
creation, but are to
be protected by an exclusive law from the competition
of partnerships which would have been created if these
arbitrary restrictions had not existed. If 24 men put
down a thousand pounds a-piece for any undertaking,
and agree that no new partner shall be admitted without
the consent of the whole, they cannot have limited lia-
bility ; but, if 25 men do exactly the same thing, they
can. Where is the sense or ieason of this distinction ?
We object entirely to any restriction of the right of
limited liability to partnerships having a particular deno-
mination of shares, a particular number of shareholaers,
or to its depending in any way on whether the shares
be transferable or not ; though, if we were to adopt a
rule on this latter ground, we should rather incline to
the contrary of the rule proposed. We maintain that
freedom of contract should be as wide as the contract of
partnership itself, and that no sound principle can be
laid down for allowing the power of limiting their lia-
bility to some partnerships and taking it away from
others.

There will be many whose opinion is entitled to every
respect who will feel equally strong objections to
requiring that the terms of the partnership should be
registered in order to exempt the partners who have
stipulated for limited liability between each other,
from unlimited liability as regards third persons. To
us it appears that all that is _ wanted in order to

..
make the agreement between the parties binding on
the public is to give the public notice of the con-

tents of the agreement, and we knovino—method by
which this cAn be so simply and so securely done as by
a public registration, binding and conclusive upon all
who have access to it. Not to make such a registration,
but to leave the liability of partners to be determined

merely by their actions and admissions, would be to open
the door to innumerable frauds and perjuries, and to sow
the seeds of endless litigation.

The latter bill seems to us to belong to that class of
measures the enactments of which are so jealously
fenced and guarded as to be totally inaccessible to those
for whom they are designed. The usury laws are abol-
ished, and if a man likes to lend money to a partner-
ship at 50 per cent. he is entitled not only to receive
back his principal and interest in full, if there are funds,
but to prove for them on a bankrupt estate pari passu
with the other creditors. It would be insanity in such
a person to lend on the terms of being paid by a share
of the profits, in order that, in considerltion of less in-

„.
terest, be might be postponed to all other creditors, and
liable to refund his principal and interest, if received
within a year of the bankruptcy. 'I he bill effectually
prohibits the transaction it affects to facilitate. With
these observations, we commend the measure to the

careful oonsideration of the mercantile and legal public.

(From the Morning Herald of this day.)

The circular of Count Buol which we yesterday pub-
lished suggests reflections of the very gravest character
as to the state of our relations with Austria. It is, in
truth, only by glimpses that we get a view of what is
passing in that diplomacy by which, nevertheless, events
of the deepest moment to us all are decided. This re-
markable document supplies us with one of those
glini pses.
We now know that on the 14th of last month, pro-
posals made by the Austrian Government for the settle-
ment of the Eastern question were under consideration
by the Cabinets of London and Paris. To very many of
our reader?, to most members of either House of Par-
liament, this intelligence will, we doubt not, came by
surprise. It rests, however, upon the unquestionable
authority of the Austrian Mini-ter for Foreign Affairs ;
nay, it is by him publicly stated for the information of
Europe.
What may have been Jthe nature of the Austrian pro.
posals we are not told. We are, however, assured that
in them the Cabinet of Austria believed that they had
found "a loyal and complete fulfilment of the third
point of guarantee and we are further informed by the
same authority, that if accepted by the Western Powers
Austria would have "presented these terms to the St.
Petersburg Cabinet as an ultimatum.
The Austrian Cabinet must not for one moment ima-
gine that any one is imposed upon by a device the trans-
parent hypocrisy of which is too plain. The writer of
this letter knew perfectly well that the ultimatum would
have been accepted at St. Petersburg, for the best of au'
reasons, that its terms had been previously arranged
with that Cabinet itself. It is, unhappily, no secret
that the first confidential communication of the Austrian
Cabinet was with Russia ; and the wily Austrian Mi-
nisters, having first ascertained that.the terms would be
accepted by that Government, then sent the proposals
to the Cabinets of France and England, with an intima-
tion that, if approved of by them, Austria would, for.
sooth, insist on the acceptance of them by Russia.
This nation has now a clear right to know what these
proposals were. Count Budl has thought proper to
publish to the world the fact that such proposals
were
made. If they are rejected the responsibility of eon_
tinuing the war is thus thrown upon France and Egg
land. The manifesto of Count Buol states that the
Austrian proposals would have fully secured the third
point—the diminution of Russian preponderance in the
Black Sea. The whole truth must now be told, and the
civilised world must be the judge whether offers have
been made which would have secured this object.
But this is not all. Whatever be the nature of these
proposals, so mysteriously kept secret from Parliament
and the country, it is perfectly plain that the Austrian
Cabinet calculated on their acceptance. The whole lan.
•

~~2~

, .
it Buol's circular implies this. It is a
deepest import to this nation to know by
,dectations of acquiescence in these propo-
,rt of England were held out. Can it be
' John Russell was charged,' not only with
In to the Conference but with a secret
in, that the communication with Russia
in this channel, and that the Austrian
the result of this intrigue ?
we may, perhaps, presume, that, like
with Russian diplomacy, it ended in a
end on the part of Russia of a great deal
• was intended; and that the proposal,
,ck from Vienna to London, was more
,ussia than its noble author meant.
lore, it is plain from this circular that
latever it was, was seriously and for
;pd by the English Cabinet. No person
it was, one which would have been com•
honour and interests of this country.
was taken into serious consideration
there.is at this moment a Russian party
.eady to accept a dishonourable peace.
.cely remind our readers of the language
is in the House of Commons during the
in the consideration of this proposal.
id that such proposals had been made,
once have excited the vigilance of Par-
were told that the door of negotiation
,n, and that any discussion in Parlia-
•efore, be injurious to the best interests

let us ask ,does this revelation throw
of Mr. Disraeli. We now understand
)f ministerial language and the (Inner-
erial conduct. They proceeded from
icision. While Ministers were paltering
jlf• posalS from Austria, they could not,
sot, hold manly, distinct, or intelligible
%men t.
not all. The plot, for plot it was, has
the communication to Parliament of
le Vienna Conference. Of thatcommu-
nicition the Cabinet of Austria very bitterly complains.
Our readers will not forget how long the communication
of these papers ware delayed—how it was made without
any of the solemn formalities which usually attend such
communications, and how Ministers obstinately avoided
the proper and constitutional courAe of inviting Parlia
ment to the consideration of the subject.
If the object of the conspiracy has failed, if peace has
not been concluded upon terms which would place Eu-
rope at the mercy of Russia, we owe it, we verily believe
to the publication of these protocols. This was the step
which disarranged the schemes of the conspirators, and
which defeated the conspiracy, by inviting public atten-
tion to the true character of the Vienna Conference.
We wish earnestly we could say with any confidence
that the danger was past. It is, however, too patent
that there is still left a party in the Cabinet bent
upon peace with Russia upon safe and dishonourable
terms. We may, perhaps, look with something like hope
to the awakened energies of the House of Commons at
last ventur ng to discuss matters of state. The circular
of Count Buol emphatically points out the duty of the
representatives of the people to debate and discuss such
subjects, and the peril that attends its neglect.
We have not adverted to the future course of Austria,
as indicated in this manifesto. We have never concealed
our opinion that this Austrian alliance, for which we
have sacrificed so much, would fail us in the end. The
time is now come when Austria must at last choose her
part. These pacific proposals have exhausted her last
devices to put off the hour of that choice. If ,our
Ministers have only held language worthy of the crisis
and of this country, Austria will never dare to throw her
strength into the Russian scale.
We may presume that the first business of the re-
assembled House of Commons will be to force from
Ministers an explicit statement of this matter. The
nation must now be fully informed of the nature of the
Austrian proposals, and we must not be left for one
moment in uncertainty as to their fate.

/l/- r
~~~
~~~_ ~ ~~

. . ._
• - i"--
--...,,
-...,,,,...7. : • •
, ~, ,',
,„•-"j: .
' -,. ' '_, ... ' /4t• .:. „ ~,; ... '
-,.-z ' ` \ I. 4 • ' • - ,-.:
• Z.

-

///~~~


I PRICE )D.

ABSCONDING BLNKRUPTS.-IMPOR7
TANT CASE. •

At Guildhall yesterday Daniel Mitchell Davidson and
Cosmo Wm. Gordon, who lately carried on business as
general merchants and metal brokers at Cousin-lame and
Mincing-lane,.London, and as distillers at West Ham,
Essex, were placed at the bar for further exanination,
relative to the charges of absconding from their liabili-
ties, which are said to amount to about 500,0001., with
uttering forged spelter warrants, with concealing their
effects; and with obtaining, by fale pretences, goods to
a •large amount on sredit within three months of their
bankruptcy, with intent to cheat and defraud their cre-
ditors.

Sir Peter Laurie presided, and Sir R. W. Carden and
Mclennan flumphery were present during the proceed-
ings. The court, as on the former occasion, was densely
crowded ley merchants, bankers, and other commercial
gentlemen of high respectability and position in the
City, who appeared to take a lively interest in this im-
portant investigation.
'Mr. Ballantine, instructed by Messrs. Linklater, ap-
peared for the prosecution.
Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Humphreys, appeared
for Davidson, and Mr. Clarkson for Gordon.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., attended to watch the pro-
ceedings on behalf of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.,
in consequence of certain remarks made by Mr; Dalian-
tine, imputing motives, of a not very uprigkt character to
the firm in their transactions with the prisoners.
Mr. Ballantine said—ln connection with the case I
mentioned when I was last before you, Sir Peter, there
are one or two matters in regard to Mr. Chapman (of the
firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co.), who was examined as
a witness, which requires some explanation. Mr. Chap-
man must have been under some misapprehension, be-
cause it will be in your recollection that he conveyed
to you that the firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co. had
no connection with Davidson and Gordon after Oc-
tober, 1853. The bankrupts' books are here, and I
aihall show to you that discounts 'took place since then
to a very large extent. There is another mat-
ter I think it right to mention, because a highly
respectable solicitor must also have been under some
misapprehension. It was stated by Mr. Chapman that
they would have nothing whatever to do with the busi-
ness of the prisoners' distillery, and the reason given
was one of a moral character.. It seems to have Been
conveyed that the title-deeds of the distillery had never
been held by Mr. Chapman on the part of Overend,
Gurney, and Co. An agreement is in the hands of Mr.
Linklater, by which the leases are conveyed to Mr.
Chapman, for the benefit of Overend, Gurney, and Co.,
and that agreement is in the hand writing of Mr. 'Stal-
lings, the solicitor to Overend, Gurney, and Co. It is
right that these matters should be known ; and having
proved thi-, I shall introduce another case of obtaining
goods fraudulently to a very considerable amount,
and another transaction, which it is not necessary for
me now to explain, but which will make out that these
bankrupts knew the fact that these warrants were
fraudulent.
Chas. Walker was then called, and having been sworn
said—l was clerk to Day dson and Gordon. *I kept
their books. I have a memorandum in thrve books
of transactions with Overend, Gurney, and Co., after
October, 1853. In the bill-book I find a draft for 502/.
25., purporting to have been discounted by Over-end,
Gurney, and Co., on the 20th of November, 1853. There
are also memoranda of drafts discounted for 1601. on the
3d December, 1853 ; 2761. 15s. 9d. on the 12th ; and
1,0801. 14s. 9d. on the 13th of the same month ; 1,4381.
15s. 6d. on the 2d of January, 18.54 ; 3651. 14s. 6d.,
and 5791. 11s. 9d. on the 3d of the same month ; 3001.
on the 10th of February, 1854; 1,0001., and 3831. 17s.
6d. on the 27th of March in the same year ; and 1,450/.
on the 3d of April, 1854. The discounts upon all these
drafts were paid into the prisoners' backers, Barnett,
Hoare, and Co.
Sir Peter Laurie—What is the total amount of all
these drafts ?
Mr. Ballantine—About 8,0001.
Mr. Vallings said—l know the agreement produced.
The oorrectious are in the handwriting of Mr. Young,
but the agreement was altered and signed by me ai
acting for Overend, Gurney, and. Co.
The agreement was then read, and purported to con-
tain the mutual consent of Nicholson and Co. ; Overend
Gurney, and Co., Mr. Wehb, the assignees of Cole
Brothers, and the assignees of Davidson and Gordon, to
the unreserved sale of the distillery, which was about td
be sold by the auctioneer for the duty owing to the
Crown ; and that the balance of the proceeds of such
sale, after paying the duty, should be paid into the bank
to the account of the consenting parties to the agree-
ment, without prejudice to their respective rights.
Mr. Edwin James here rose and said—l do not pro-
pose—and, in point of fact, I have no right—to take
part in this discussion with reference to the prosecution
of the prisoners at the bar ; but I have come here on
behalf of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., merely
to ask your indulgence that no observations be made
in reference to them in these transactions until the
whole of the evidence has been gone through. I
am certain that even before the evidence is com-
pleted the character of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and
Co., is perfectly safe in your bands, sir ; and the public
will suss_ end their judgment until the whole of the evi-
dence is adduced before you. If any remarks should be
made by the City, Messrs. Chapman, Overend, and Gur-
ney are able to explain ; and I am sure, feeling your
s.mse of justice, and my friend Mr. Ballantine's fairness,
that no imputations will be made. I merely ask you, if
Mr. Chapman should be put in the witness-box, to al-
low me to suggest questions with regard to his conduct
in this matter. Mr. Chapman is perfectly willing to meet
any proceedings that may be taken against him ; and I
have only to ask that no further imputations shall be
made beyond that which the evidence will justify. I
think my friend will allow that the agreement which has
just been read was executed after the bankruptcy of the
prisoners, and I am sure he will not object to Mr. Chap-
man explaining it, which he is perfectly able to du.
Mr. Ballantine said—l put this agreement in merely
to show, that, by becoming parties to it, Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. recognised their title to the distillery, nl-
though they had previously declined to have anything to
do with it.
Sir Peter Laurie said—l allowed Mr. Chapman to ex-
plain himself on every occasion of his coming before me,
notwithstanding it was objected to ; and Mr. Chapman
expre-sed himself very much obliged to me for it.
Mr. Edwin James said—l do nut mean to say that you
would not act with fairness, but I am sure you will not
allow any house like this to be injured by any imputa-
tions that may be thrown out here.
Mr. Ballantine said—lf these facts are in favour of
Mr. Chapman, he will have the verdict of the City, and
nothing that a counsel would say would make any im-
pression ; but if against him, they would most certainly
condemn him.
Mr. Edwin James—That is all I require.
Mr. Ballantine—l assure you that I have considered
every word I have spoken in this case ; bectuse no coun-
sel ought to injure a person, unless in the discharge of
his duty. There is not a word that I desire to withdraw ;
and all that I have hitherto said I stilt adhere to.
Mr. Vallings was re-examined, but spoke so low that
the reporter found it impossible to catch distinctly what
he said ; but he was understood to say that he retained
possession of certain deeds connected with the distillery
on behalf of Overend, Gurney, and Co.
W. Horry said--I am a supervisor in the excise. I
was at the West Ham Distillery in June, 1854. I pro-
duce a warrant, granted by two county magistrates, t )
levy for 14,000/., double the amount of duty due, which
was 7,4221. 17s. 2d. On Saturday, the 17th of June,
1854, I received from Davidson and Gordon's clerk a
cheque on Barnett, Hoare, and Co., for 2,070/. for duty
on spirits going out that morning. That cheque was
presented on the same day, about two o'clock, and not
paid. There were cheques to the amount of 7,4201.
that were dishonoured.
Cross examined by Mr. Bodkin—The reason given for
not paying the cheque was that the funds in their hands
were attached. The cheques were presented at the
bank, but not by me, and I, therefore, do not know the
answer.

Richard Simpkins said—l am partner in the firm of
Simpkins and Isaac, of Goldsmith-street, London. 'ln
January, 1854, the prisoners bought some Turkey-red
cambric. The order was given for about 3,0001. to 4,0001.
We supplied the first delivery for about 2,0001. Gordon
said he wanted them for shipment to their correspondent
in Calcutta. The first portion of these goods was deli-
vered on the 20th of March, 1854, and a second portion
about the 20th of April in the same year. The first por-
tion, amounting to 1,8001., was paid for in cash. We
made a subsequent delivery about the 20th of April to
the amount of 1,4001., and we took acceptances for
two-thirds of that amount. The rest was paid in cash.
One of the acceptances was paid. They gave us a fur-
ther order for goods to the amount of 2001., to be deli-
tered about the let of June, but from information I re-
ceived I detained them.
Henry John Todd said—l carry on business in Pancras-
lane. In May, 1854, I was agent to,Pickford, Johnson, and
Co., of Manchester. I received an order from the prisoners
to deliver 19 cases of printed cotton and two cases of
muslin. I received that order from Gordon. The cottons
amount to 1,7191., and the muslin to 3461. I under-
stood they were to be shipped to India. Gordon told
me so. I never got any money for these goods, and we
are, therefore, creditors to that amount.
Wm. Beddowe said—l am commission agent in Hug-
gin-lane. In May, 1864, I was agent to Russell, Doug-
las, and Co., of Bradford, in Yorkshire.. From whet
my clerk toll me I supplied them with goods to the
amount of 1,397/. I also supplied goods to the amount
of 4261. on the part of Al‘Minan, of Glasgow. Neither
of these amounts have bean paid.
Nathaniel Davis said—l am a salesman in the °-
empl y
of Mr. Beddow&
ri
I went to solicit orders of the p .
ers in May, 1854. I saw Gordon, and he said he -wassnonot.
in a position to give me an order then, but if I would
call again he might be able to do 80. I called several
times, and ultimately received an order from him for
about 3,000/. That would have been the amount if it bad
been executed I should think it was about three weeks
before they left London. The
They
tolndia said the goods
supplied were 1,
wecreharrelqeusiwrredalfkoerr:
seat Itoremtheemdboecrkthsetgoooodes
from Russell and Co. beim
amount of 1,3971, do not know know if any
advances were

•
•
. Lf/
- .
..,
.. ,
- • -
rlltki., 2 •c• ; - • ' ‘, - . ..
• 44,, ste:- WESTERisT . COALS.—Best, 245. ;
~. ~,, ~
titihr.,„.:4 , 'z2a, per ton. The Great Western Railway Com-
NI, , ile,,k 'r4.,'ent.orders for Ruabon Coals, equal to the finest
Of t4tPaitt, i. 7,248 per ton, and for excellent and t c tiornie tl Vron ;
keet,,,,t.4 ~,',."nel), at 21s. per ton. Cash prices. within 4 miles
•
- .
. ) Nkr
~ , .-, ........./ IrF
. , ...
- ~- ,
- - -,,, EN
___, ~,
ttkic,...e.,...--z '
. -
A v 1.-: •, ; '
' •
) I ..4
.i i,-
-/• I 4 ' • , 4,..z
~.„ ,
_ ...„..-, _ _
- .
~..-..32,
,
cr ir---,, ' ,z
~,, ~,,,vl. -itti„.6±-,,"... -., '
„- .„,..„.. , .:., .
. .
4 IF
~....")ili, . 1
' 4 Bail,- ''''' Station.- Address to the Superintendent, Great ,
r, • -4-
,"
~- :7
41% Paddington. \t'a -- " - i tit' 1- ~,,
...,..r?, i,,14---i--,-
,i-,, _ 4,„, _ .
/'''::' -„-lr, ,r c. :,,_ „g; 0,11----.._ , ''• X ...
Der
. - . .
---..1,---- „
s'3l. -7). I El- ~ 1t*"....;....41..ti ,-.. . . 1 I'. ' -14-1/411‘4 ' .1' *O, \l. k *NV-,
,
*?3:."''' ,' • ' ' ' inZOIT.': C -, \
i ' ° N and N.ORTH-WESTERN
. . .
~.-Att RAILWAY. •
, ..
.etit., '-'3 0-S RAILWAY.
.1 iw" AN. ,:, . , A'MORELAND AND CUMBERLAND.
__
____ rasexce.,...aarargossulasiatzscrmsavaara........emns.
for FOURTEEN DAYS to the above Lakes
1, i li„t alo follo • NO. 19 5b5. 1
the Times ofdgn.rie,i
ay
ed
4,13--tttt ~, wale Fares by the Throuizh Trains. The First • , LON- DON , FRIDAY EITENIN G-
as b„„,,,., available by any '1 rain, and the Secoud by such 1
5 i ~.
JUNE 1 18c
c eecend Class Carriage> attached :- - , ,
__
--„_....---.
......,,,--
(4, 0.?: te 1ri..„1 First Class. Second Class. Meicratua,....--aer as-
,
Vmmm........,....m.
4P1);;'. to Ct.'. -"Mere and Back.... £3 10 0 .. £2 10 0 PUBLICAT I 0 N S . illig h. ALBERT 6.IVIITH'S MONT BLANC
SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS. gunge of Count
Rol Ntia,,`° and Back . 33 0 .. 2 5 0
vest. ili,, 6 ditto and Back 2 5 0 .. 115 0 . • e :-.. is Now Open Every Evening, at 8 o'clock, except Saturday.
We have jlilernmgth----.....-____received
the_izon question of the
t •`"n •• .. 4. The M4ming Reprasentatl,ms take place every Ts.?..sday, 'l'hundry, 20. 0 .- 112 0
and triaairday. at 3 o'clock.- Stalls can be taken, at the Box-office
et,
13, GREAT 31Aninoacmon-STREET.
for limiting liability in partnership The measure is 'twi%ileoomthnsatuthcLehoPeraxdrPt:
\-'04.,,,,,e;., By order. MARK HUISH.
everyetay from Eleven till Four.-Egyptian Hall,riccadilly.
measure
divided into two bills, the first limiting' the liability of A public missioi
---...... " 8 Office, Euston Station, June, 1855. ATOTICE.—TIIE LANDED GENTRY.
members of certain
,joint-stock
iceohniapa•nceierst,aitnhe
0141)----,
. '
gu ating the conditions on wh
. , 4ii l'N and NORTH-WESTERN . . , Sir BERNARD BURKE'S , ili RGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of the
roef- mwai•i4s Sneer igit)oti
aßt eerdl Si,
' • ' C4l'-`iT HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, AURENT 1 • .
r-m. new dance, LA VARSOVIANA : Music by H. L- - .
- s CR: and HO LYHE a D RAILIVA VS.
-'4l.lav .• : TOURS TO NORTH WALES. _ - Is NOW READY. . -Danced every evening.
the profiti of a partnership
is4.l,le'tb To be coinideted in a engle volume (divided into 4 Parts price 10s. 6d , ' _______________ may be received, either by proposals were t
portionsecond
4.,.. r FOURTEEN. DAYS, enalaii, the holder to
way of interest or salarji
11Pa4,1-4tunvay• it
t e
ktki ,r 0.,;
tire is,itaendwaotr,thCeafroriliaorvp, andby
thTherough Published or H. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. V APPIN'S " ING" RAZOR. wih the
SHI L L . penalties of: unlimited liability, The
Sold everywhere. Warranted good by the makers, JOSEPH
1 •first bill most dealings w
-1,7 t class Tickets are avaiw'ale by fly 3-'l`rain and'the ..---- ,
MAPPI N. and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield; and . .
engrafts its prOvisions on those of . the 7th and Bth of dexterous deman
4,114:11'5e -riln4 as have Second Class i 'arriages attached :- . 37,
44,1* First Class Second Class.. applies to three classes of partnerships-first,
lii'ki toe'. 6'Theal a • ' rrAHE• MONARCHS of the MAIN;
. . wt., and 8ack...... £3 10 0 .. £2 10 0
ships, with whatever number of
partner- when it came bat
,
5w,z,"•,,.., ,a,ld_tack
........ 3 0
0. . 20. 0 ji_ or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. . r partners, having trans- fa Durable to Ru
, '11zz,,,.„11 ditto and Back.. .... 20 0 •.. 110 0 By. GEORGE W. THORNBURY, Esq. VTAPPIN'S SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES, ferable shares ; secondly, insurance •• d companies •, an , But, furtherm I
,t',,.4,
~ ' '''n to ditto and Back... 1150 ~ 17 0 "An unwritten page of the world's history is not to be met with llle as made for the Crystal Palace, Sydenham ; handles cannot thirdly, partnerships of more than 25the proposal, wh
MARK IIUISH, every day. The author of these.volaam; has discovered one, ~ nd possibly become loose : the blades are all of the very first quality,
The bill excludes insurance • members,'
is•'---Za'a'''''''s Office, EustonJune, 1855. has supplied the deficiency. - The• deeds of a ternate vielence and being their own Sheffield manufacture. companies from its opera- some tame debate
Jib, -....,,______ , Station,
heraisra or 'hose wild adventurers, the Buccaneers, form the subject Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, Moorgate-street, s,
tion and requires that the part h•
ners sto which it ap- can believe that,i
''•4o• of a narrative rich iii variety t' incident and
of
ete with striking City; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. plies must; in addition to the requirements of the Joint- patible with the I
t Iv -
V;O,,,AY- prtand NORTH-WESTERN . RAIL- exhibitions of life and charactez. .To the lover of maritime adven-
20,0001., divided The fact that it
k<tvi.:.‘,,--- RIX RATION- of the NIGHT MAIL TRAINS. tore these pages offer a fund of infinite amusement, doubly attractive
„nit ..-; ommaqer-General.-On and aster Friday, June 1, from the novelty of the theme."-John Bull.
C A.RSON'S CREEK CONSOLIDATED into shares of not less than 251. each ;so that the opera- establishes that t
tion of the bill is limited to
k:kl'• . ".14,,-,1;11 if 11 be acerlrtd leaving theEuston square Hurst aid Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Cell:Ram companies with capitals of in the Cabinet re,
MINING COMPANY. telk%th.fik,-i, Lt,, lit.ti the mails and first class express passengers _ . . 20,000/. in shares of not less than 251. The Directors, having rese'ved upon winding up the affairs cf this each possessing We need swami
14,,_ r:v,ni, • ,
On the sth June .sill be published, price 35.r6d., cloth, Coinpany in England, and returning the funcls remaining unexpended, ,
transferable' shares, with fewer shareholders than 25, or held by Ministers
hilst,„:?!,,,.,ti. first and second class passengers. will leave the
kiliiisLincs,, Qn at 8p m. for Birmingham and Crewe ; from yMPER I A L PARIS ; including New Scenes have issued a staterneni to those -hareholders whose addresses they with more members than 25, whether the shares be Period occupied il
114,7,.."‘.cl 1,- "5 e 8 will premed by the mail train.
• for Old Visitors. are acquainted with, a copy of which maybe obtained on application transferable or not Such a cempari
at the offices of the Company, Allhallows Chambers, 49, Lombard- registering We were not told
y, upon .
1 & ,s h, , ratnlelving the Euston-square Station at 9.10 p.m., -a"
its intention to be forined w' b
1 8 ~' ille ' 'N'n By W. F.LA.NCILARti- JERROLD.
it limited liability, using for this would at
Itss PIR arriving in London at 4.15 a.m., will be discon- street, London.
, key. 'eZrs s Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. • By Order, the word "limited" as the last •• in its name, introducing a liarnent ; but we ,
dland District being conveyed by ll,
.„.414 , 0 or the mi •
May 31, 1855. H. NESBITT, Secy. declaration to the same effect '
Vri.l„ ir in London, and the 2.9 a.m. Up Train from into the deed of settlement, must be kept Opel
kptit•Zati-';'''ill tr • .: This day, is published, price 4s. 6d. bound, with an illustrated -- -- _,....... and procuring the execution of the deed by shareholders meet would, then
;it „ eats will also be accelerated, leaving the towns cover by .T. Tenniel, holding three-fourths of the rrIRUST AND LOAN COMPANY OF UPPERcapital of the company, of of the nation.
10,13'1,3,4 Later hour than at•present. STORIES FROM A SCREEN. 1 which 20 per cent. shall have b h .d
11,48 i ~,.: angers from London will he conveyed daily to Edin- CANADA. which 11 What
ee pai p, s
By DUDLEY COSTELLO. .
titled to a certificate of limited .1i liT h 11
tit ip-oi,,fl°,pv the trains leaving the Euston Station at 6. i 5
65, Moorgate-street, London. a i ity, 8 a,. upon the Motion 6
"Look here upon this picture-and on this T.-HAMLET.
0.4%11 il , irl like manner, third-class passengers will be the shareholders from arty I' b'l'
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie street. At the Anneal General Meeting orShareholders, held at the Offices exempt sa i sty beyond the the ambiguity of
, lovrkyth ,:!7')l•gli and Glasgow to London by the trains
,Ilkalvi -91 s " °•39 si m and Glas ow at 9.10 a.m., arriving ___ - of the Company, on Thursday, May 31, 1855 ; amount of the capital for which they hll - tainty of ministe
k,,Nh• '•• • g Sir R. 3. ItouTri,K.C.B., President, in the Chair; scribe/. •
_.,n,,.
Monthly, No.:11, Jane 28, price 4d., - - ministerial indecis.
S !kikb sers from London to stations north of Fdinburgh „ . Th. following resolutions wereunaninaonsly passed ::, _...-..--, .-- The seeendslill -seems to beintended to act as a sun- with dis,graceful #1
, otian,44,L. e conveyed bei.the train leaving the Easton sta.
~ t RICAtis,AXEERIENCJES dbrillg tllO Last' That the report and statement of accounts submitted by the pletnent to the cases omitted in the first—that ' •
ti, 41p: 1-11,12d.tYs• wedisessivi, and
.seterestys. amti from ' --biTART it of a CENTURY. Addressed to Incumbents, directors here cedved and adopted. CIA.
nerships consisting Is, part- and they dare no
',•it.:,!.21 „- iden on the same days' he the trains leiiving Curates, and all 'lnterested hi the Church. That a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, subject to of less than -25 members, where the lan_guage in Partial
il!,; '''''., arriving in laandon at 11 e'er ck the fi,llblv- ^ • Edited by CLERC SMITH, dPcl action of inconvi tax, be declared on the paid-up capital stock of shares are not trsnesferable. It provides that no tender But even this is
t I"4.tZcvs•„_. By order. ' %RIC 111.IISEI. Formerly PrePrietor and 6u`+-Ed.tor of the British Magazine; now the Company, .
for the six months ending March al, 1855 to a partnership shall be deemed to be a partner by rea- been defeated by
Ols, °nce, Euston Station, May, 1855. Proprietor and secretary of The Church of England Club and Eccle- That John Auldjo and
M 1 'I {Nilson,' Es who retire by rota-
eviCompany. qs" son of receiving a portionof theprofits in lieu of the protocols of th
lv,
siastlcal Registry, 36, Southampton-street, Strand; to whom orders tion, be re-elected Directors of the -
,:kih,l,OS' „ :. brest, if he That Michael Seward and T. W. Bell, Esqs , e re-elected Aud- complies with the condltinnss of th. .„}- 4-1.., r.;.,,14‘.. ss,- et .1.:_..
ii,•It•,,:•11-:_ and • QnTTMIET TITMICAIII77IT),AT T 1 ATT are to be addressed. ' • • - Michael