The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-09 00:00:00

TT E SUN, Lomporg, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, .1863

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE GREAT BANK FORGERIES.

This trial was resumed this morning, and one or two

witnesses having been called in explanation of previous evi•
dente, Sir F. Kelly said that was the case for the prosecu•
tion.

Mr. Pater submitted that there was no case to go to the

ury, so far as Buncher was concerned, on the ground that
the evidence failed to connect the note mentioned as affect-
ing him in the indictment as being a portion of the paper
taken to Griffiths or received from the approver, especially
when many others had been dealing with paper also.

Mr. Justice Blackburn said there was evidence that
Buncher took some paper to Griffiths in order that notes
might be forged and uttered. He could not withdraw the
case from the jury.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine proceeded to address the jury
on behalf of Brewer. He admitted that as soon as the
authorities of the Bank became aware of the forgeries
they took every step to protect the public against loss,
and to discover the offenders. With regard to Brewer, he
had the pleasing duty of asking the jury to acquit an iano-
cent man, who had been involved by the manoeuvres and
tricks of others. In reference to the statement of Brown,
that he slept at Brewer's house on one occasion when the
robberies were going on, he was instructed to say that, like
many other matters in this case, it was a fabrication and a
falsehood. Had it not been for the ingenuity of detectives
and the, falsehood of rogues. no imputation would have
rested on Brewer. He commented upon the fact that no-
body had been called who had ever seen Brewer and Brown
in company, and argued that Brown's statement in refe-
rence to their interviews was not to be relied on. The
learned sergeant examined the evidence with great care,
and called upon the jury to declare by their verdict that
Brewer was innocent.

Mr. Pater, addressing his lordship, said that on the pre-
vious day the prisoner Griffiths had intimated his desire
to make a "statement," and his lordship had promised to
give him an opportunity of so doing. What he (the learned
counsel) wanted to know was, at what period of the inves-
tigation it was to be taken, since it must acquit his client
Buucher, although the testimony of such a person, whether
favourable or unfavourable, could havo but little luiluence
with the jury.

Mr. Justice Blackburn said that nothing that Griffiths
might say would be evidence against the other prisoners.
He would give Griffiths an opportunity of making a state-
ment after Mr. Pater had addressed the jury.
Mr. Pater then proceeded to urge upon the jury that no
facts had been elicited tending to criminate Buncher,
Several witnesses were called, who gave him an excel.
lent character.

Griffiths said it was not correct that he had printed all
the forged notes during the last 17 years. There was a man
named Chayton who had printed a great many.
The learned Judge proceeded to sum up.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY.

'Williams alias Jackson, the engraver, pleaded guilty to
an indictment charging him with engraving a certain
copper plate for the production of forged Bank of England
notes.

It will be recollected that the prisoner had been em-
ployed by Griffiths to engrave a plate with the date and
signature of a £5 bank note, and it was on the discovery
of the plate at his employers' residence at Birmingham that
led to his apprehension.
Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the prisoner, said his client
was anxious to give the authorities engaged in the prose-
cution of the persons charged with being implicated in the
great robbery of bank paper every information he possessed.
Mr. Gifford said the prisoner was not charged with being
connected with the robbery from Laverstoke, and therefore
he did not think he could know anything that would be of
importance to the prosecution.

A number of witnesses were called who gave the prisoner
a good character for honesty.
The Recorder said the prisoner would receive his sentenoo
when the others were called up for judgment.
A rough-looking fellow named. Hurley was indicted
for a robbery with violence, on the person of Michael
Murray.
The prosecutor was proceeding along Sloane-street,
Chelsea, from attending a teetotaller's ball, when he was
atttacked by five men. At the last session four of the men
were sentenced to long terms of penal servitude, and the
prisoner, who had been apprehended since, was found in
possession of the watch the prosecutor had been robbed of
on the night in question.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Recorder said he was determined to put the law in
full force against all persons convicted of robbery with vio-
lence, and he therefore sentenced the prisoner to ten years
penal servitude.

MARKETS—This Day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

The Pope and the French Army.

The following is a full translation of the speech
addressed by the Popp to the staff officers of the
army of oc,mpation at Rome when they were pre-
sented to his Holiness on New Year's-day :
I fully appreciate the wishes expressed to me by the
general in the name of the army he so ably commands. I
receive them with pleasure, and with thoroughly paternal
affection, and I gladly avail myself of this occasion to ex-
hibit to you my gratitude for the mission you fulfil here by
command of your Emperor.

The French army is a splendid and glorious army—glo-
rious upon the battle-field, glorious also by its discipline
during peace. But permit me to say that its highest glory
is, that it defends the Vicar of Jesus Christ against his
enemies ; that it protects his independence and the posses-
sion of the territories that remain to him. You are here to
sustain the rights of the Church and to guarantee the Eter-
nal City, the residence of the Vicars of Christ ; this city,
sanctified by the death of so many martyrs ; this holy city.
where the Vicar of Jesus Christ has always been assisted
by God—as I myself am assisted now, unworthy as I am—
in the midst of the attacks of His enemies. What those
enemies wish is to destroy the authority of the Pope, to
overthrow his throne, to make Rome the capital of I know
not what kingdom ; and, after having annihilated the tem-
poral power, to attack even the spiritual authority.
But you are here, my children, to prevent these impious
attempts, and to keep away the enemies of the Holy See.
When God had created the oceans he said to the waves,
" Though you be tossed by the tempests you shall go no
further; you shall reach unto the rocks, but you shall not
go beyond them." And you are like unto those rocks ; you
are here to say to those violent enemies of Italy, " You
shall go no further ; God has placed us as a rampart of the
holy Church ; we will defend the Sovereign Pontiff."
How happy I am therefore to give you my paternal bless-
ing to-day. I bless France, your country, your Emperor,
and also the imperial family, and especially the young child
who is attached to me by spiritual ties. I bless the French
army here and elsewhere. I bless you ; you, your families,
all the episcopate, all the French clergy, so admirable by
its devotion, and all those millions of Catholics who display
so much love towards me, and make such generous efforts
for the defence of my cause. Should I not also bless my
enemies ?

Let those who oppose me think of the history of the pa-
triarch Jacob, who, after having struggled during an entire
night against an unknown adversary, saw at dawn that
that adversary was an angel, and falling on his knees said :
"You are my angel, I will not quit you until you have
given me the blessing of God." The revolutionists do not
see that they likewise are fighting with an angel. May
their eyes be opened some day to the truth. Let us pray
to God to bring them back into the right path.
I bless you in the name of God ; in the name of the
Eternal Father, whose strength will shatter the efforts of
empires ; in the name of Jesus Christ, whose birth we have
just celebrated; in the name of the Holy Ghost; may it
keep you in the spirit of the church, in faith, and in charity.
I uplift my hands and I bless you all, my children, in the
name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The above discourse deeply affected, we are told,
everyone by whom it was beard.

City of London Hospital for Diseases of the

Chest.

The annual meeting of the governors of this admirable
institution was held yesterday afternoon at the London
Tavern, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, M.P.

The report stated that the number of in-patients admitted
during the year had been 442, making, with the cases under
treatment at the beginning of the year, a total of 501. Of
these 411 had been more or less materially relieved, and 29
had died. The entire number received since the occupation
of the wards in 1855 amounted to 2,456. The number of
out-patients treated during the year had been 9,C74, being
an increase of ;:63 as compared with those of the previous
year. The average weekly attendance had been 1,041, or 41
more than the previous year. The increase in the in-pa-
tients had been 34 as compared with the numbers of the
previous year• The total number of out-patients admitted
since the founding of the institution in 1848 had been 80,203.
These results, the committee believed, showed the great
and increasing utility and value of the charity. It afforded
the committee much satisfaction to be able to report favour..
ably of the funds of the hospital. The total income of the
year had been £6,759 ls. 7d. The expenditure had been
£5,428 16s. 86., leaving a balance in favour of the charity
of £1,330 4s. 11d. It would, however, be seen, the com-
mittee remarked, that if the legacies (necessarily a very un-
certain source of income) had not been of a much larger
amount than usual, the receipts would have fallen very
considerably short of the actual expenses, and to provide
against such a contingency more liberal aid in donations
and subscriptions was especially needed. The very large
number of out-patients attending the hospital rendered ne-
cessary the enlargement of the consulting and waiting
rooms. The committee had thought it more advantageous
to build a wing to obtrin this acconiwodatiork rather than
.6 oon.iderable expense, to any temporary
expedient. To build this wing £l,OOO had been set apart.
The sum required for this desirable object, and to meet the
current expenses of the institution would not be less than
£6,000, and the committee earnestly appealed to the friends
of the charity to make a special effort in order that the re.
quired amount might be secured.

The LORD MAYOR then moved the adoption of the re-
port. It was, he said, very encouraging to those who took
an interest in the noble institution to know that the report
was to so great .n extent satisfactory. It was not, he
thought, incumbent on him t o del ain them by going through
the paragraphs of the report in their order, but there was
one to which he would for a moment call their attention.
He alluded to the paragraph which referred to the out-
patients attending the hospital. This paragraph was cer-
tainly one of the most important which the report contained.
They all knew that it was of the highest moment that an
hospital for diseases of the chest should have most conveni-
ent arrangements for out-patients. Many hospitals ex-
cluded altogether diseases of the chest from their treatment.
Th •ir ordinary arrangements would not allow them to un-
dertake the cure of these diseases ; therefore it was the more
necessary that an hospital which had been established for
diseases of the chest should have the most ample accommo-
dation for out-patients. He hoped that such accommoda-
tion would soon be secured. The accounts were audited by
gentlemen in whom the committee had perfect confidence.
In conclusion, he would again say that it was satisfactory
to know that the income had been so good. Of course, the
hospital would always need support, and he cordially hoped
that such support would always be forthcoming. (Ap-
plause.)

The motion for the adoption of the report was seconded
by Mr. BARRETT, and carried unanimously.

Henry Edmund Gurney, Esq., was then unanimously
re-elected treasurer to the institution. The committee and
auditors were also appointed.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was then una-
nimously elected a vice•president of the hospital.
Vctes of thanks were next given to Mr. Gurney, the
medical officers, and to various other gentlemen, for the
great services they had rendered to the institution.

Before the meeting broke up it was stated that the Lord
Mayor had, from funds at his disposal, given 10 guineas to
the hospital, along with five guineas from his private purse.
_._.

The ordinary compliment to the right hon. chairman
closed the proceedings.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES DURING THE PAST QUARTER.
—During the past quarter the lifeboats of the Na-
tionai Lifeboat Institution have rescued 136 shipwrecked
persons from the following wrecked vessels :—Ship Annie
E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U.S., 18; barque Henry Everest,
of Rochester, 4; schooner Ceres, of Arbroath, saved vessel
and crew of 5; sloop Loftus, of Padstow, 4 ; smack John,
of Teignmouth, 2 ; schooner Ellen, of Liverpool, saved ves-
sel and crew of 3 , smack Mary Elizabeth, of Padstow, 3 ;
schooner Osprey, of Fraserburgh, 6 ; schooner Jas. Davell,
of Newcastle, saved vessel and crew of 2 ; schooner Cham-
pion, of Liverpool, 10 ; galliot Aremana, of Jaffa, assisted to
save vessel and crew of 6 men; ship James Browne, of
Philadelphia, assisted to save vessel and crew of 18 men;
smack Countess of Lisburne, of Aberystwith, 3 ; barque
Royal Rose, of Whitby, 12 ; barque Brazil, of Liverpool,
13; schooner Little Aggie, of Berwick, 4 ; schooner Sisters
of Wick, 3; and barque Louisa, of Bristol, 20. Total, 136.
In addition to these, 50 persons were saved by shore boats,
and other means during the same period, making a total of
186 persons rescued from shipwreck on the coast of the
United Kingdom during the past three months. For these
several :services the institution has granted seven silver
medals, and £192 13s. as rewards. During the whole year
the lifeboats of the society have rescued 358 shipwrecked
persons, in addition to 234 persons rescued by shore boats
and other means. It is a gratifying fact that 1,471 lives
were saved by the lifeboats of the society and by those of
shore boats during the past three years, thus showing
clearly the great importance to the cause of humanity of
the operations of this truly niptional and philanthropic
institution.

A MAN CUTTING HIS WIFE'S EAR OFF.—At
the Doncaster Borough Police-court, on Wednesday,
P Tracey, an Irish shoemaker, from Belfast, was brought
up in the custody of Sergeant Hanson, charged with cut-
ting off his wife's ear on Tuesday night last. It appeared
that the man, who is a shoemaker by trade, was drinking,
and, annoyed at the importunity of his wife, who was
anxious that he should go home with her, he took a knife
out of his pocket and cut off her ear. He then attacked her
in the house where they lodged, and, but for the interfer-
ence of the police, the consequences might have been more
serious. The poor wife tried to screen
her
suggested that she had fallen against th
spout,
and that it had been taken off in that Way. Mr.
White, the house surgeon to the dispensary, however,
stated that the ear had been taken off by a sharp instru-
ment; and to Sergeant Hanson the woman stated, in the
presence of the prisoner, that he had cut it off, Sentenced
to Oil months' illlPrionzaelat at Wakeaold,