The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

there is mention made of " the reserve," and in the
deceased's books it is beyond dispute, we believe,
that he wrote frequently of his " rust reserve,"
which, it is now thought, alluded to the papers and
money found on Friday. In another memorandum
Mr Green is requested to give Elizabeth Sheldon a
" lump sum, say £5OO, and have done with her ;"
and the writer adds, " Burn all the other documents
and don't let the world know what a fool I have
been." Mr. Crofts, upon discovering these docu-
ments, at once communicated with Mr S tone, who was
in the house, and when they had read the memoranda,
they at once proceeded to "No. 2 cellar," where,
at the very spot named by the writer, they took
out the bricks and found built in the wall an old
rusty saucepan, without a handle, and covered
with a network of cobwebs. The saucepan was
examined, and it contained several spade ace gui-
neas,❑ coins, and old English
coins, d andsilver
amountingol to
XlO. The accumulated dirt
was also examined, and amongst it were the pars
g
f oiroe:g
titles of sealing-wax. Oa Saturday another
search was made in the cellar, and another spade
ace guinea, and a half guinea, similar to those in
the saucepan were found on the floor. Else was
not in the house when the discovery was made,
but Mr. Stone was assisted by Mr. Marriott. The
discovery has excited great speculation in the
neighbourhood, and all kinds of exaggerated ru-
mours are current. On Saturday, Mr. Stone went
to London with the documents, but no steps can be
taken to reopen the case till other parties have been
consulted. Mr. Parkin, one of Mr. Cresswell's
executors, is in France, and Mr. Washington, a
barrister, to whom, mainly, Mr. Cresswell, left the
management of the suit he did not live to see
closed, has also to be communicated with. In the
meantime the house and cellar have been locked
up. We may allude that the documents are written
in a style closely resembling the running hand so
often referred to in the protracted trials as Mr.
Nuttall's ordinary writing.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

SEVERNVALLEY.

A Wharncliffa meeting of this company was hold yester-
day at the office, Victoria-street, Westminster, General
Forester in the chair.

The solicitor read the heads of a Bill to enable the Severn
Valley Railway Company to raise further capital, to dis-
charge certain debts, to improve the approaches to the
Hartlebury station, and to execute other works within four
years. The Bill authorized the company to raise additional
capital to the amount of .C 120,000 on shares and £40,000 on
loans. It sanctioned agreements with the Great Western
Company for a guarantee of interest on the proposed capital,
or so much of it as might be raised for the purposes of the
company. The interests of the ordinary and guaranteed
shareholders, under the lease of the line to the Great Western
Railway Company, were protected by clauses in the Bill,
and would not be affected in any way by raising the pro-
posed new capital.
The Cll.tium..ax, in moving a formal resolution approv-
ing the Bill, said that in the year 1871 the ordinary share-
holders would have the option of requiring the Great
Western Company to take the Severn Valley shares at par
which latter would then be entitled to 41 per cent, per
annum,