The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-23 00:00:00

RECOVERY OF SALVAGE.--LA.TEST FARTI-

11 ARLBOROUGH-STREET
ROBIBING LICENSED VICTITA.LLERS .—John Williams,
who refused his address, and described himself as a stable-
man, and in whose possession was found a handicapbook
and betting-book, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with
stealing at the Crown luncheon-bar, 356, Oxford-street,
four pewter measures, the property of Mr Jackson, and one
pewter measure, the property of Mr William Since, of the
Marlborough Inn, Blenheim-street, Oxford. street.
Mr Jackson said about 9 o'clock that morning the pri
Boner came into his house and called for a glass of ale, end
then took up a newspaper to read. Shortly after the pri•
soner walked into his yard, where his fothouse was situated.
The barmaid strongly believing the prisoner was the same
man—tho'igh not wearing the same kind of hat—that had
paid them a visit last week, and after whose disappearance
five measures were missed, spoke to him, and on the psi-
senor being about to leave he seized him,and ending some
measures in his pockets took him at once to the Marl-
borough-mews Station, and charged him with robbing him,
The prisoner was then searched, and five measures, pressed
together, so as to enable him to get them into his pockets,
were found in his possession. Some of the measures belonged
to him (Mr Jackson), and were of the value of 14s.
Mr. Wm. Smee, of the Marlborough Inn, Blenheim-
street, identified one measure, of the value of 3s, as his
property.
Edward Rowlett, 145 C, said that on searching the pri-
soner he found in his pockets four measures, and in his ha
a fifth.
Mr Tyrwhitt said the prisoner seemed to be so great a
thief on this occasion that he thought he must be known
before. He should therefore remand him for a week, to give
the police an opportunity of making Equities.

At the Mansion House, yesterday, Edward Russel Daunt,
described as of 2, Hercules-passage, was brought up in
the custody of Detective-r, before the Lord
Mayor, having been appehended upon a warrant aigned
by Mr Alderman Waterlow, charging him with having
unlawfully and by false pretences obtained fr ,m Lieut.-
Colonel Alexander Strange a cheque
with intent to defraud, for £229 12s Bd,
Mr Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr
Sleigh, barrister, instructed Ly Mr Holmes, appeared for
the prisoner.
Mr Humphreys, in opening the case for the prosecu-
tion, said the prosecutor in this case was Lieut.-Colonel
Strange, a retired officer of the Indian army. In 1862 he
was desirous of investing some money he had then in his
possession, and in consequence of the prisoner's adver-
tisement, he employed him as his stockbroker, and since
that time there had been several transactions between
them. He told the prisoner that he was no speculator,
and did not want to dabble with his money. Lieutenant
Strange, however, did not know much of commercial pur-
suits, but gave himself up to the advice of the prisoner,
and the result was that he was a loser to a very consi-
derable amount. The charge arose upon a cheque which
the prisoner obtained by fraud. On the 15th of June
last year, the prosecutor instructed the prisoner to pur-
chase for him Greek stock to the amount of
£25,000, and he received from the prisoner the
purchase note, which with the commission amounted to
about £lO,OOO, The prisoner it appeared had purchesed
£25,000 in Greek stock, but not at the price mentioned in
the purchase note, namely 331. Lieut.-Colonel Strang
left e was
s
not able at the time to take up the purchase, and
Ottoman Bank shares in the defeadant's hana. The prices
fell, and he instructed the prisoner to sell land purchase
every fortnight until the 21th November, 1863, when he
instructed the prisoner to sell the whole, and received from
him a sale note which purported to show that £25,000 in ,
Greek stock had been sold at a loss of about £2,200. The
accounts were delivered to the prosecutor every fortnight
for his inspe( tion, and as far as he could see they were alt
right. On the 24th of May, 1864, the Ottoman Bank
shares having risen, Lieutanaut-Colonel Strange determined
to close his account entirely with respect to the G. iek
stock, for which he had been paying interest to the prisoner
for the deficiency, and instructed him to sell his shares in
the Ottoman Bank. This, according to the calculation of
the prosecutor, would leave him a margin, and he directed
the prisoner to purchase some shares in the Egyptian Com-
mercial and Trading Society, and received from him what
appeared to be the purchase note of those shares. The
Egyptian Trading Company's transfers were net in the pro -
secuter's hands, he thinking they were eats in the hands of
the prisoner, left them with him. From something that
was communicated to him respecting the prisoner, he ap-
plied to him for the transfers, and got from him 200 out of
350, and subsequently received the remainder. They all
seemed to have been purchased at different periods, some of
them on the 24th May, the date of the purchase note, and
some as late as the 15th September in the p
that in point of fact the purchase note was fictitous. In
reseuti y ear, so
addition to that, it had been ascertained that instead of thhe
e
Greek stock being sold and bought every fortnight, as
had been instructed, they were all sold at one date inJune,
1863, so that the purchase notes, on each of which the de-
fendant had charged his commission,were entirely fictitious,
and the prisoner had defrauded Lieut.-Colonel Strange ci a
sum amounting altogether to uo less than £3,500.
The information upon which the warrant was granted
was then read over, and was as follows:
A'exander Strange, of 41, Brompton-crescent, said—l am
a lieutenant-colonel in the Indian army. In the early part
sow of 2, Hercules-
passage, as my stock broker,
of 1862 I employed one Ed. IL Daunt'
and he has bought and sold
stocks and shares for me from that time to nearly the pre-
sent.M
On the 31st May last a settlement of our transac-
tions took place between us,
on which I paid him a cheque
for £229 12s. Bcl., the balance apparently due to him, which
cheque has been returned to Bio SS
paid by my bankers.
The settlement comprised a purchase of 320 shares in the
Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited),
which by the statement rendered by the defendant he pur-
ported to have purchased on the 24th May last at £3 2s. 6d.
per share, and £2 paid, the total to my debit being £1,688
128. 6d, I have since obtained from Daunt several transfers
for 320 shares, and find that the transfers do not relate to
any purchases of the like shares on the 24th May, but on
vari,us dates in July, August, and September. I find also
that the price at which the shares were purchased by the
defendant is less by about £4OO than the amount he debited
to me for them in his account. I should not have parted
with my cheque for £229 12s. 81. if I had not believed that
the 320 shares had been purchased as represented on the
24th May, and at the time debited to me by him in his
account.
Upon this the case was remanded at the request of Mr
Sleigh, the Lord Mayor declining to admit the prisoner to

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

IkIONMOUTII RACES -q2IITJRBDAY

•
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to a sweepstakes of 5 sows each; winners extra. One

Bst 21b
s Ensleigh,2 yrs, bet 21b
mile.
'BI.NV :I: :In' 4,
yrs, Bst
Bst Sib
2
3
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piece
Mr J. B. Morris's Balham, 6yr_, _at
Six
ran.
Bst llb
B 6 7lb . .
oriffe 3
Mr J. DWs Ten / yrs, 7st 21b
Mr Stephen's Trun of Luck, 5 1
The Monnow Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; two
yr-olds, 7st 21b ; three, 9st ; four, lOst ; five, six, and
lOst 41b ; selling allowances. Six furlongs.
aged,
Mazy ....................................... 1
Six ran.
The',Troy Plate of 25 sous,
added to a handicap sweepstakes
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Airminsvard's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, Ost 131 b... ......... 1
I. ,t. Bra} Try's Ibex, 4 yrs, lOst 41b .............. 2
Five ran.

TILE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING.
Titußspxy.
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winners extra. Two miles.
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Get 12
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, One mile and
a half.
Cromo

Adrift ..............
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The Caledonian pof 100 sous for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Three miles.

Blood Royal
Skipjack ........................................
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The 11;linton Tinnt Cup of 30 guineas, added to a sweep
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Cariboo ................ ...... •
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Governor..
rive ran. Vio4 easily by 100

Mr Laing, ex Finance Minister of India, delivered a
lecture in the Free Church of Wick on Friday even.ing,
upon the "Trade and Finance of the British Empire."
Provost Louttit, who occupied the chair, briefly introduced
the lecturer to the meeting.
Mr LAING commenced his lecture by stating that he did
not wish to touch upon party politics, as he was never him-
self a keen party man ; but there were two cardinal prin-
ciples which he had held since he entered upon politica
lime
—viz , Free-trade and Non-intervention. 'Upon the
portance of free trade he did not think it necessary for him
to enter, as all pat ties ware now agreed that it was the great
means of promoting the material wealth and prosperity of
the mass of the nation. Non-intervention, however; re-
quired explanation and support. National sympathy
almost invariably went with the weak against the strong ;
and th masses of the people reasoned by the heart
instead cf by the head. They were like the schoolboy
who was ale aye ready to fight with his fiats for the
weak side, or for his own district or parish. The policy
of a great nation, however, should be manlike—not
boyish. They should be guided by sense, and mt by
sympathy, and should never go to war unless a clear sense
of duty obliged them to resort to the swcrd. He did not
mean to lay down any absolute theory on the subject, for
absolute theories were not always the safest things; and if
mathematicians could not calculate the movements of three
bodies unless by an approximation, it was not to be expected
that any absolute theory could be formed for the regulation
of arrangements so complicii.ted as the policy:of nations. To
do the right thing at the right time, and put the right man
in the right place, were worth to a statesman all the theories
in the world. Non-intervention, he was glad to say, is
now the policy of this great nation. Europe has on two
occasions recently been brought to the brink of war by fol-
lowing the antiquated policy of " meddle and muddle"
which has so long characterised the Foreign Offices ; but
war has been prevented by the peoples of England and
France, who in this matter, he could safely say, had shown
themselves tc be wiser than their respective Governments.
When diplomatists were penning notes and bringing
the country to the brink of war, we were all convinced
of the absurdity of going to war with sixty millions of
Russians for a commercial King of Poland, or with forty-
five millions of Germans to settle the question whether
the Danish or the German language shall be taught in
the schools of Schleswig or Holstein. He eid not believe
the Government were altogether to blame, as they were
perhaps forced by circumstances into .the line of action
which they pursued—but he gave them credit for having
decided rightly upon three most important questions—not
to go to war for Poland or Denmark, nor to interfere in the
civil war in America. If those great questions could occur
again, he believed that the Government would not only
come to the same decision, but would do so without hesita-
tion, whether that Government were Liberal or Conserva-
tive; and the consequences of their hesitation manifested
upon two of these occasions should prove a lesson and a
warning to all politicians to make non-intervention a car •
dinal rule of British policy. Mr Laing, after paying a
warm tribute to the memory of Sir R. Peal, to whose policy
in public affairs, he said, Britain was mainly indebted for
the high position which she occupies among the nations of
the earth, proceeded to the consi leration of the trade of the
country. The imports and exports, he said, amounted in
1863 to £444,000,000; while 10 years before that period it
was only £268,000,603; and 10 years before that again,
£150,000,000 ; showing an average yearly increase for the II
20 years of £15,000,000. He then quoted a long array of
figures showing how* this imnunee sum was made up
et £240,000,000 of imports and £195,000,000 of exports,
enumerating the different articles and their value. He then
proceeded to analyse this trade, and stated—first, that cur
own possessions were our best customers, giving us one-
third of our imports, and taking one-half of our exports,
India, which was first on the list, gave us 50 millions, and
took 20, and he believed the current year would far exceed
these amounts. Austral:a sent us 7 millions, and took 13.
Our North American colonies sent us eight millions, and
we gave them five in return. This was sufficient, he thought,
to refute the shallow theory that we should abandon our
colonial possessions as useless encumbrances. Notwith-
standing the fact that there was no forced monopoly, and
that they were left to sell their goods in the dearest market
and buy in the cheapest, the tendency of the trade was al-
ways towards the mother country. On turning to the foreign
trade of the country, Mr Laing said that it. was gratifying
for him to state that France stood at the head of our foreign
customers. It was gratifying to him personally, because he
had taken a humble part under Mr Gladstone in negotiating
the French treaty, and it was further gratifying to him as
a friend of peace to find so firm an alliance existing between
the two most powerful nations in Europe. The average
imports and exports from and to 'France previous to the
existence of the treaty was only 24 millions, while for the
last three years it reached 42 millions. Our trade with the
United States, which previous tc the present insane and
suicidal war reached 60 millions, has now decreased to 40
millions. Our trade with Egypt ten years ago amounted
to only 4i millions, while+ it is now 20 millions. Mr Laing
then proceeded to the financial part of his address. The
national debt of France, he said, had in ten years decreased
£150,000,000, while Austria and Italy had increased
£68,000,030. Spain was its wits' end to make both ends
meet, while Turkey was knocking at the door of every
banter in Europe ready to accept anything from anybody
who was able to lend them on any terms. The United States
have made the dhcovery that they are the biggest people
in creation, and they seem therefore to have come to the
conclusion that they should have the biggest national debt.
In this they have been pretty successful, for in three years
they have managed to accumulate something like
£300,000,000. Now it may be asked, how has this rate of
expenditure been arrived at? The answer is—Bella horridce
Bella. Curing the last ten years there had been an extra
expenditure of £300,000,000 sterling incurred by two great
European wars, and £300,000,000 more by minor wars and
an armed peace; and if this is added the American butchers'
bill, we have an expenditure on war in ten years of little
short of £1,000,000 000. How far this was necessary he
would not attempt to say; bat owing to wars and rumours
of wars, there had been puffed away in these ten years
something like £1,000,000,000 in gunpowder, Enfield rifles,
and plated ships; and Governments had got into that track
hat they must choose between disarming and national
bankruptcy. Great Britain has not altogether escaped
in this matter. Her expenditure has increased consider-
ably, which has been caused by the increase in her army
and navy establishments ; but when contrasted with other
States, her finances were in a highly favourable condition.
We were able annually for the past few years to reduce the
taxes, and yet make both ends meet. These results,
which were so gratifying in themselves, were brought
about partly by the general prosperity of the country,
partly by the stimulus given to trade by the gold dis-
coveries, and last though not least, by the Free-trade
measures heralded by Mr Cobden, inaugurated by Sir R.
Peel, and carried out by Mr Gladstone. The lecturer
then proceeded to point out the sources from which the
income of the country was derived, which he characterised
as a simple and equitable mode of raising the revenue. The
upper and middle classes, he said, took upon themselves 20
years ago the burden of the income tax in order to equalise
the taxation, and in thus raising the condition of the masses
they had the r reward a thousand times over in the feeling
of mutual goodwill and attachment to the institutions of the
country which it tended to generate. Let any one contrast
the present condition of the country, with its 153,000 volun-
teers, with what it was 20 years ago, and he will at once
see the change and the enorecous progress which the nation
has made in sound sense and right feeling during the reign
of our present gracious sovereign. He then went onto
speak of Indian finance, and the influence
for geed which
British commerce was exercising over the uncivilised tribes
of the world, and concluded by drawing a glowing picture
of the increasing prosperity of the British Empire. It rests,
said he, with the rising generation whether this prosperity
shall be maintained and still greater heights attained. He
had no fear himself so long as the national spirit remained
intact, but that the star of England would still remain.in
the ascendant, and if it ever decayed it would be from in-
ward and not from outward attack. The lecturer was fre-
quently applauded in the course of remarks by a large and
attentive audience.

CULARS.
Some thirty men have been employed for the last twenty-
four hours in exploring the rains in order to find goods.
Mr Radmall, who is superintending the clearance of the
building, has, in conjunction with Head-Engineer Purdue,
employed two experienced firemen, late of the brigade, and
about fifty tons weight of carpets have been taken out of
the premises belonging to Messrs. Tapling and Co. The
bulk of this salvage has been removed to Taylor's depository,
but the most burnt portions are piled up in the basement of
Messrs. Tapling's premises. It is the opinion of the sur-
veyors that these packages can be cut up in pieces, and will
realise a considerable sum by auction, to carpet-bag manu-
facturers. An immense quantity of blankets has been got
out, some burned at the edges and some, through the folds,
but they may be cut up and sewn into good pieces. The
Turkey carpets already rescued will, it is expected, fetch
a large sum. As yet none of the silks and haberdashery
goods have been got at. bat they must beane ttly deterio-
rated in value. These, as fast as they
c be recovered,
will be removed to be dried and packed in lots.
A very exciting scene took place at the back of Messrs.
apling'a premises, in which two firemen nearly perishrom
ed.
T
Engineers Purdue and Izard, who had just emerged f
Elaberdashers' Hall, were attacking tae flames issuing from
one window, when they suddenly rushed through another,
and the men becoming fairly surrounded with flames, and
no other chance of escape presenting itself than by jumping
through them, the men alighted upon the floor below, a
distance of at least 18f t. How they escaped without serious
personal injury appears a perfect miracle, for just as their
feet reached the next floor the roof fell.
The premises of Messrs. Tapling were erected about five
or six years ago. at an expense of nearlyL39,ooo. At first
it was expected that no portion of the walls would have to
be pulled down, but owing to the heavy rain of Wednesday
night it is now found necessary that one portion should be
shored up and the cornice removed from th e top.