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London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1851

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending August 31,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
oa the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 21s. 106 d. per cwt
From the Mauritius No return. „
From the East Indies ... 21s. Bd.
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 21s. I Oid. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY Btclui ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocers'-hall, September 3.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
All Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of August, 1852.
Issue DEPAATZLENT.

Notes issued .• •• •• •• 35,444,910

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities • . • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 21,425,943
Silver bullion • • •• •• 18,967

35,444,910
J. B. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier.
Dated the 2nd day of September, 1852.
BANKING DEPAILTMZN T.

£35,444,910

Proprietorsicapital • • 14,553,000
Rest • • •• • • 3,t25,764
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accoano).. 6,318,428
Other deposits • • 12,631,205
Seven day and other
1,393,827

,Government securi-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 11,189,182
Other securities •• • • 10,64,,723
Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 12,824,475
Gold and silver coin.. 468,844

£38,129,224

X 38,129,224
J. li. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier.
r, 1852,

Dated the 2nd day of Septembe

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 3.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE JAMES HOLMES.

The bankrupt was a shawl warehouseman, of No.
171, 173, and 175, Regent-street. This was a meet-
ing for the proof of debts and choice of assignees. In
the preliminary statement of the bankrupt's accounts,
the debts are set down at 28,9501.; the assets at
7,201/., subject, of course, to realisation. The debts
proved during the dsy amounted to about 3,0001.
Messrs. Donald M'lutyre, silk warehousemen, of
Sutton-lane, and Mr. Jonathan Crocker, of Watling-
street, were chosen trade assignees. Mr. Carman is
the official assignee. It was stated in the course of
the proceeding that the assets were expected to realise
from 4,0001. to 5,0001. Mr. Maynard is the account-
ant in the case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-ST/MET.
Thomas Brown, a livery servant, was charged with
stealing property to the value of 701., belonging to
John Reynard, the valet of Mr. George Hudson, M.P.
The prisoner was formerly in the service of Mr.
Hudson, as assistant to the coachman. About a week
ago he went into the shop of Mr. Kirkman, pawn-
broker, 318, Strand, and wanted to pledge four hand-
somely bound volumes for 1/. Ile was requested to
account for his possession of them, upon which he
stated that a gentleman in Yorkshire gave them to
him twelve years ago. It was discovered, however,
on reference to the title-pages, that one of the books
was published in 1845, and another in 1847. The
prisoner was then informed that he must give some
proof of his respectability, and that the books would
be detained in the meantime. The next day he called
again, and police constable 63 F was requested to be
present. The officer, pointing to the books published
in 1845 and 1847, asked him how he came by them ?
He replied that his late master gave them to him
twelve years ago. The constable then asked him to
account for the other two books—a Bible and the
Church Service ? He replied, " No, I will render
an account of them another day, when I may be
obliged to." Under these circumstances of suspicion
the officer took the prisoner into custody, and pro-
ceeded to make inquiries which led to the discovery
of other property.
John Reynard, the prosecutor, stated that he was
valet to Mr. Hudson, M.P., and, by permission of
his master, had deposited a quantity of jewellery,
clothes, dressing-cases, books, pictures, &c., worth
upwards of 701., in a room over some stables in Wil-
liams'-mews, Lowndes-street. He left his things
locked in security in eight boxes, and the room door
was bolted. He had lately accompanied his master
to the Isle of Wight, and on returning to town on
Wednesday, in consequence of information received,
he went to the room, and found that the woodwork
which held the bolts bad been torn away, his boxes all
broken open, and everything of value taken from
them. The property produced (all of which had been
brought from different pawnbrokers) was identified
by witnesses, together with a gold pin worn by the
prisoner while in custody.
Edward Sillence stated that he was Mr. Hudson's
coachman until a few weeks since, and that the pri-
soner was employed under him in the same service.
Witness saw the room containing the prosecutor's
things on the 14th August, and left everything in
safety then, with the door properly secured.
By Mr. HENRY—It was known to the prisoner that
the valet had some property in the room, because th,e,
servants used to chaff him about his " gold-mine"
there.
The constable produced a watch-guard, purse,
knife, coin, and some other articles, which he found
in the prisoner's lodgings at 56, Regent-street, West-
minster, and which were also identified by the pro-

' secutor.
Reynard handed in a long list!of articles, principally
jewellery, which were still missing.
The prisoner, who made no answer to the charge,
was fully committed for trial.
Mr. HENRY directed the pawnbrokers to restore
the stolen property to the prosecutor.
THAMES.
Richard Berry, Wm. Constable, and James Rowe,
in the employ of Mr. John Robertson, rope-maker
and twine-spinner, of Emmett-street, Poplar, were
brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with unlawfully
conspiring to defraud their employers of various sums
of money.
Mr. Morris, solicitor, conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Roberteon employs a great number cf men on his
rope grounds, and his business is a very extensive one.
He had for a very long time entertained suspicions of
being defrauded to a great extent by his men, and it
is supposed that his losses by the system carried on
have amounted in the course of many years to 4,0001.
and upwards. The frauds have been carried on by
the men charging for more work than they had actu-
ally done, with the connivance of the " marksman,"
who had to keep an account. Berry was one of those
marksmen, in whom Mr. Robertson had reposed
great confidence. A very shrewd man, named Cole-
gate, was directed to watch the operations of the
ropemakers from the 19th to the 28th of August, and
on every day the work reported by Berry to have
been done was greatly in excess of what the rope-
makers had actually performed. It was Berry's duty to
report every night to Mr. Wilson, one of the clerks
on the establishment, the number of threads actually
spun in the course of the day, and for doing so he had
2s. 6d. per week extra. He was also entitled to be
paid for the highest number of threads spun by any
one of the men during the day, although he might not
be actually spinning all the day. Some exceedingly
minute calculations were gone into to make out the
case, the details of which would only weary our
readers. To simplify the case, five days only were
taken, commencing August 23, and ending August
27, both days inclusive. Berry returned 288 threads,
and he was only entitled to charge for 221. The ex-
cess was 67, for which he received an addition to his
wages of 6s. 6i. The aggregate number of threads
executed by Constable in the five days was, accord-
ing to Colegate's account, 185 only, and he charged
for 230, making an excess of 45 threads, for which he
received 4s. 31. more than he was entitled to. Rowe
charged for 222 threads, and had only done 187,
being an excess of 35, for which ho received
3'• 9d. more than he was entitled to. Mr
Robertson believed that other roan in his establish-
ment heti been carrying on a precisely similar system
of fraud—in Let, he had no doubt of it ; hut he only
selected the ringleaders, who were three of his oldest
hands, nod two of them, Constable and Rowe, had
served their apprenticeships to him.
William Cooper, who had been in Mr. Robertson's
service sixteen or seventeen years., and left bin twelve
months ago, said the system of charging for more
work than was actually performed was carried on
when he worked for Mr. Robertson, and that he
used to speak to Mr. Berry, the marksman, about it.
He was quite sure it had
gone on for years, but not

to so large an extent as it had been lately carried on.
Mr. Robertson said he had frequently mentioned I
his suspicions to Berry, but Berry put him off his
guard, and protested he gave the accounts correctly.
The last time he spoke to Brry on the subject was
six weeks ago. On Saturday evening, when Berry
came to the counting-house, he warned him to be
very particular, and told him what the disgraceful
consequences would be to him if he committed any
fraud. Berry replied in a dogged and surly manner
that he always was very particular. He made
similar observations to the other prisoners, but not-
withstanding his warnings and remonstrances, they
still charged for more than they had done. Forty-
eight threads were charged for both on Friday and
Saturday, but he was quite sure, from the number
of revolutions, only 35, 36, or 37 threads had been
spun. Constable, on being asked to name each day's
work, named for one day less than had been returned
by Berry, having forgotten his account. He paid all
the prisoners their wages on Seturhay and discharged
them, and told Berry that he knew very well indeed
that he bad been robbing him, and that be claimed for
twelve threads per day too much. He also said he
was confident Berry and the other men had been
carrying on this system of robbery for many years
Rowe, with occasional absences when work was
slack, had been with him nine years ; the others much
longer.
The prisoners frequently addressed the magistrate
in the course of the investigation, and protested their
innocence.
Berry said be was not on the wheel half the time
he was employed on the ground. He was sometimes
distributing materials among the other men, and
sometimes attending to other matters.
Constable said Berry was his officer, and he was
paid according to Berry's book. Another man was
paid to keep Berry's accounts.
Rowe said it was impossible for Berry to tell his
work accurately all day long, as he was about diffe-
rent things, and be was himself on and off the wheel.
Mr. IreonAm asked if any further evidence would
be forthcoming, to which Mr. Morris replied that he
believed there would be, although the case as it stood
was complete for trial, and the magistrate remanded
the prisoners till Thursday next, and in default of
bail they were committed to prison.
HAMMERSMITH.
Mr. George Frederick Johnson, the captain of the
Childe Harold steam-vessel belonging to the Iron
steam-boat Company, and Mr. Styles, the captain of
the Locomotive, a Richmond and Hampton Court
steam-boat, appeared before Mr. Paynter to answer
separate summonses charging them with having un-
lawfully navigated, their vessels upon the river at a
furious and dangerous rate whereby damage occurred.
Mr. Richard Cattarns, the solicitor and secretary
to the Iron Steam-boat Company, attended on behalf
of Johnson ; Captain Aitchison, the superintendent
of that company, was also present to watch the pro-
ceedings. The defendant Styles was also represented
by a solicitor.
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. John Thomas West, a wine merchant, of No.
6, The Terrace, Kensington, stated that on Saturday
evening, the 28th ult., he formed one of a crew in an
eight-oared club cutter, which was an outrigger, and
about three years old, of rather large dimensions.
They were coming up the river near the Chiswick
shore, opposite the Ship at Mortlake, against the tide,
which was about half ebb, when he saw the two steamers
proceeding in an opposite direction down the river.
The Childe Harold was in advance, and the Loco-
motive was close beside her. The wash of the first ves-
sel caught them, and half filled the boat with water.
As the Locomotive came along the wash from that
vessel also caught them, and caused the boat to be
completely filled. The boat was swamped, but did
not sink, as it was water tight both fore and aft.
The only damage they received was a wetting, and
a slight attack of rheuma Ism. If they had been in
deep water the consequences might have been more
serious.
In answer to questions by Mr. Cattarns, the witness
said he was rowing No. 6in the boat, and did not
hail the captain of the Childe Harold to ease the _ves-
sel as he passed.
Mr. Thomas Bohne, of Sussex-terrace, Hammer-
smith, who stated that he had been the master of a
ship, said he was the stroke-oar in the boat in ques-
tion. The coxswain called to him that a steam-boat
was coming, and he replied, " All right, the captain
will ease her as he passes." He did not do so, and
the wash from the two vessels caused their boat to
sink. He called a boat sunk when he could not see it.
Mr. PAYNTEE was surprised at that description.
He never before heard that a boat was considered
sunk when it floated upon the water, and did not en-
tirely go down.
The witness further stated that he never knew
Johnson before to come down the river without easing
his vessel as he passed a small boat. The other de-
fendant never would ease to prevent the wash from
swamping a small boat. He did not hail the de-
fendants.
Charles Jackson was next called for the defence,
and said he was the mate on board the Locomotive.
Their vessel was between two and three boats' lengths
behind the Child° Harold, and they were proceeding
at the usual speed. They were not racing with each
other. It was low water at the time, and he believed
it that was the ground swell that swamped the boat.
There was plenty of water on the other side of the
river, and if the complainant had understood the na-
vigation of the river, he would have rowed there,
and not in shallow water. If the nose of the boat
had been turned towards the waves, there is no doubt
but that the vessel would have gone over it without
shipping any water.
The witness Bohne said if the vessel had been
pointed in that direction, the force of the waves would
have broken the boat in pieces.
Mr. PAIENTER, said if such boats were so slightly
made, no parson ought to row in them. He consi-
dered it highly dangerous to place such toys of boats
in a public highway, and it ought not to be allowed.
However, if persons were determined to row in such
boats, it became the duty of captains of steam-vessels
to be extremely cautious while navigating their
vessels.
Mr. Cattarns said they always gave their captains
strict instructions to ease their vessels whenever they
passed any small boat.
The solicitor for the defendant Styles said his
client was always cautious in passing small boats, and
this was the first time any complaint had been made
against him.
Mr. PAYNTER said it had not been proved in evi-
dence that there had been any furious and dangerous
racing, nor, in fact, had it been proved that any da-
mage bad occurred. Under these circumstances he
should not convict the defendants. He knew of no
law to compel captains to ease their vessels, but he
hoped they would be very cautious in passing small
boats.
Mr. Cattarns said his worship's observations should
be attended to.
The summonses were then dismissed.