The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FRAUD,

proper size, and recommended him to have a mould.
He said that he didn't want a mould, but some bul-
lets. Moore pointed out some bullets, and said,
" They'll go through a man." Carter said, "Will
they ?" I said, " They will; for there was a soldier
who shot an officer a little time ago, and the ball
went through him, and killed another officer as
well." I sold him two conical bullets and some
spherical ones. I said to him, "Be cautious where
you fire;these conical balls off, because they go a
long way." I was afterwards shown the pistol at
the police station. One of the barrels of the pistol
had been fired off, the other was still loaded. The
loaded barrel had evidently been charged by some
inexperienced person. There was enough powder
in for four charges.
Cross-examined—The pistol was a very danger-
ous one to use. The cocks are so near together as
to be dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced
person. It was fired off at half-cock.
It was proved by other evidence that the loaded
barrel of the pistol contained one of the conical balls
and that the ball which was extracted from the de-
ceased was the other conical one, showing that the
prisoner had loaded the pistol with the very bullets
which he had been told were dangerous. It was also
proved that the prisoner had on two occasions ad-
mitted having shot the deceased.
For the defence it was admitted that the death of
Elizabeth Hinckley resulted from the act of the pri-
soner, but it was contended that it did not neces-
sarily follow that that act was wilful or malicious.
If the prisoner had intended murder he would not
have gone about so openly to purchase the pistol
and ammunition. The prisoner was shown to have
lived on terms of affection with the deceased. There
was no motive or malice shown on the part of the
prisoner. It was shown that the pistol was danger-
ous, and it might have exploded through the prisoner
playing with it.
The learned Judge, after explaining to the jury
what amounted to the crime of murder, told them
that if they believed that the prisoner wilfully caused
the death of the deceased of his malice aforethought
the must find him guilty of murder. If he caused
her death by culpable negligence, he was guilty of
manslaughter. If the death of the deceased hap-
pened by acoident, and without any fault attribut-
able to the prisoner, they must acquit him. His
lordship then carefully summed up the evidence to
the jury, pointing out to them how each particular
part was consistent or inconsistent with the above
direction.
After the summing up of the learned judge the
jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty of mur-
der, at the same time recommending the prisoner to
mercy. •
His Lordship, in passing sentence, said,--Henry
Carter, you have been convicted, upon evidence
which could not even leave a moment's doubt on the
minds of the jury, of the offence of murder with
malice intent. This is not the first of these dreadful
cases which has come under my notice in which love
has been turned into jealousy and hatred, and the
object of a man's affections has become the object
of his evil passions. The jury have recommended
you to mercy, no doubt on account or your youth.
That recommendation shall be forwarded to Her
Majesty's advisers. As her servant, I can only
administer judgement according to law; but be-
fore passing upon you sentence for murder I must
warn you not to entertain any false hopes that that
recommendation can save you from the consequences
of your act. I must warn you that you must undergo
the fiel penalty for your crime, and that you must
prepare to meet your God.
The sentence was then concluded in the usual form.
The prisoner, after the sentence, was carried from
the dock by the warders.

R. Hunt (Hunt and Gammon), Stanstead, Herts ;
Cyrus Legg, Bermondsey ; Paul Margetson (P.
Margetson and Co.), London ; Francis Nash (Nash,
Hicks, and Nish), Pickle Herring-whatt ; N. Rey-
her, Lancaster-buildings, Liverpool. Solicitors :
Messrs. Howard and Co., 66, Paternoster-row, Lon-
don; Duncan, Squarey, and Blackmore, Liverpool.
Bankers: Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75,
Cornhill. Brokers : Sir R. W. Carden and Son,
Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Woolley and Coates,
Tokenhouse-yard ' • R. Byrne, Liverpool ; P. W.
Dixon, Glasgow ; Macalium and Sidey, Edinburgh;
J. Jamieson, 56, Marischalstreet, Aberdeen.
The gentlemen summoned were Messrs. W. Cutts,
S. H. Hadley, S. B. Hodge, P. Margetson, Edwin
Howard, and A. Gunn, the manager.

A matter which has created a considerable sensa-
tion upon the Sock Exchange, and in commercial
circles generally, during the last week or ten days,
became on Saturday the subject of comment from
the magisterial bench in Guildhall Police-court ;
and although the details of what is stigmatised as
a gross fraud upon the public did not transpire in
the ordinary course, there is every probability that
a full investigation of the facts, and some extraor-
dinary disclosures .n consequence, will shortly be
made in reference to the manner in which a variety
of transient schemes and bubble companies have
lately been foisted upon the public as bona fide in-
vestments.
The manager, the solicitor, and four of the direc-
tors of a recently-launched insurance company with
limited liability, were summoned to appear before
Alderman Humphery, on Tuesday last, to answer a
charge of fraud, and the hearing of the case was ad-
journed, with the consent of all parties, until Sa-
turday ; but when Alderman Humphery took his
seat on the bench, Alderman Wilson, Alderman
Mechi, Alderman Hale, Alderman Finnis, and Al-
derman D skin being also present, none of the par-
ties were forthcoming, and a written consent to
another adjournment, signed by the solicitors on
both sides, was handsel iu in explanation. The soli •
citors for the prosecution (Messrs. Harrison and
Lewis, of 24, Old Jewry) were communicated with
immediately, and Mr. Lewis attended and stated
that his client and the defendants were not present
in consequence of an arrangement which had been
suggested, and which required further time to be
properly carried out, and for which purpose an
adjournment was applied for. He did not wish
to make any public statement affecting the cha-
racters of a number of highly respectable
gentlemen, who had been drawn into an equi-
vocal position inadvertently ; but he was in the
hands of the Court, as his client had taken the
matter up on public grounds, and without any de-
sire for his own personal benefit, he was prepared
to go on with the case if the arrangement proposed
were not carried out, or if it did not meet with the
sanction of the bench. His client had expressly
stated that he would not listen to any arrangement
,that did not protect every person interested in
the company, and that, unless the company were
dissolved, and the whole of the deposit money re-
turned to the shareholders, he would not accede to
any proposal to abandon the present proceedings.
He was bound to admit that the directors
had in the most bona fide spirit accepted those
conditions, and he believed that they hid
already passed a resolution of the board that the
company should forthwith be dissolved ; but as it
would be necessary to give the shareholders seven
and fourteen days' notice of the requisite meetings
to complete those arrangements, it was asked that
the summonses should stand adjourned until April
22. He ht.d every confidence in die bona fide inten-
tion of the directors to dissolve the company, and
that the shareholders would not suffer in the slight-
est, as all the expenses would be defrayed by the
directors. Although he had consented to an arrange-
ment which he considered would meet the ends of
justice, he had expressly stated that he would be
no party to any arrangement that was not sanc-
tioned by the bench. The directors were
all gentlemen of good private position, but
by no means jobbers or speculators of that
class, and as they had met the complainant in a very
handsome and straightforward manner, he did not
desire to subject them to the unpleasantness of a
public exposure.
Alderman Humphery asked Mr. Lewis what he
proposed doing in the event of the directors not car-
rying out that arrangement.
Mr. Lewis said in that case his intention was to
allow the matter to take:its course.
Alderman Hale inquired what was to become of
those persons who had had shares alloted to them
and had since sold them.
Mr. Lewis said if the company were dissolved it
would be impossible for the Stock Exchange to ap-
point a settlement day, and that would have the
effect of cutting the ground from under all those
transactions, so that no loss would accrue to any of
the shareholders.
Alderman Hale said those parties who had sold
the shares might still be proceeded against for the
amount they had sold them for.
Alderman Humphery said an action at law would
lie, no doubt, against the company if after allotting
shares they could not deliver them.
Alderman Wilson said that was so, but he wished
to know what was the complainant's object in com-
ing to this court for summonses.
Mr. Lewis said it was to prevent the consumma-
tion of a gross fraud which, but for these summonses,
would have been accomplished ; and with the view
also, if the magistrates were convinced that a fraud
had been committed, of letting the case take its own
course.
Alderman Wilson thought it looked very like
asking the magistrates to compound a felony. The
adjournment was required to enable the complain-
ant to get all he wanted.
Mr. Lewis said that was not so. His client only
wished to put an end to those transactions which
were fraudulent by dissolving the company.
Alderman Wilson said Mr. Lewis acknowledged
it was a fraud.
Mr. Lewis said it certainly was if carried out.
Alderman Mechi said he hoped these proceedings
would tend to check a system so mischievous.
Mr. Lewis said, if he did not think that the gen-
tlemen he had to with would carry out the arrange-
ment suggested fairly and honourably, he would
not be a party to it under any circumstances.
Alderman Wilson said it was trifling with the
ends of justice, after obtaining summonses against
gentlemen for such a serious offence, to come here
and say it was all settled, without anyone knowing
what had been done. If such an information as the
one be had read had been sworn 1-efore him, he
should not have listened to any arrangement for
one instant.
Alderman Mechi said, on looking at the names
of the gentlemen, he could hardly think they could
have been aware of the position they were being
placed in, or they would never have allowed them-
selves to be mixed up in such an undertaking.
Mr. Lewis said he was quite prepared to go on
with the case if the court thought it his duty to do
so, but he did not wish unnecessarily to expose gen-
tlemen and ride them to death. He did not seek
to make use of the criminal law improperly, and
whatever course the court thought right he was
prepared to take.
Alderman Humphery intimated that, as an ad-
journment was all that was applied for at present,
it was not altogether unreasonable.
Alderman Wilson said it was merely an under-
hand means to get the magistrate to allow the cri-
minal law to be made use of for the purposes of the
parties complaining.
Mr. Lewis said his only object was not to place
gentlemen whose intention was to do all that was
right in a painful position.
Alderman Mechi asked if the directors were the
the only persons that would suffer.
Mr. Lewis said they were ; no one else would lose
a penny.
Alderman Humphery said, everyone knew that
it was the City of London and General Fire and
Life Insurance Company, as there were plenty of
their prospectuses about. They issued prospec-
tuses, and got the shares up to 5 premium in almost
no time, which, if it had been a legitimate company
they could not have done. That was the whole
gist of the matter.
Mr. Lewis wished to impress it upon the magi-
strates' minds that his client did not seek any com-
pensation or profit. He only wished to protect the
public to the fullest extent.
Alderman Wilson maintained that the criminal
law had been resorted to for the attainment of
private views, for if the contents of the information
alone had been made public, it would have been
the means of knocking up at least half a dozen
other schemes of a similar character.
Mr. Lewis did not hesitate to say that he had
used the engine of the criminal law for the public
benefit, and without the aid of the magistrate be
could not have succeeded in procuring the with-
drawal of this scheme from public notice.
Alderman Hale said, up to a certain point Mr.
Lewis and his client had conferred a benefit on the
public; but in stopping short as they were now
doing, they were withholding a much greater bene-
fit from the public.
Mr. Lewis said he only wished he could reach
the half-dozen schemes alluded to by Alderman
Wilson. In the preaent instance he believed his
client had adopted a course that would be best for
every one concerned.
Alderman Finnis did not think that any of the
gentlemen whose names appeared in the proceed-
ings were so innocent of such matters of business as
had been represented, and he thought the magis-
trates ought to insist upon a thorough public inves-
tigation. He was surprised that the persons whose
names appeared in the prospectuses did not come
forward and face the matter.
Alderman Wilson said he would not have allowed
his name to have been made use of iu to criminal
court and then hove the charge settled secretly.
Alderman Humphery said, as the parties were
not in attendance, he would adjourn the case to the
day named, but he should expect them to come pre-
pared to go fully into it.
The following is the list of directors, brokers,
&e., of the company above referred to :—Directors :
Messrs. R. J. Blyth (C. Blyth and Co.), 4, Cripple-
gate-buildings ; W. P. Baker, (W. Baker and Son),
Bristol ; W. W. Cutts (Linley, Cutts, and Co.), 233,
London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS,
Gresham-street ; J. Fennings, Fennings -wharf,
London-bridge; S. H. Hadley, City Mills, Black- of No. 12 Strand, Printer, at THE SN Office, No. 112;
Strand, 1
in, the Precinct of the Savoy,U
in the county el.
friars; S. B. Hodge (Bryant and Hodge), London; Middlesex—Monday, March 30, 1863.

Langiewicz and his Female Aide-de-camp.

On the arrival of General Langiewicz and his
young aide-de-camp at Cracow they were confined
in a room at the police•office, but the latter was al-
lowed to receive visitors, who had the authority of
the junior military officer, and the special police
official, to present themselves. A Pole who visited
the young lady, on the Monday after her arrival,
and before she had exchanged her military costume
for female apparel, thus describes his visit :
" The police officer went to the next room to an-
nounce us. He returned in a few moments, and
by the motion of his hand towards the door we
saw that we were admitted. At our entrance, a
short, thin figure rose to salute us. She still wore
the national Polish costume in which she had
fought at the side of the Dictator, and which im-
parted a particular charm to her interesting ap-
pearance. Her black hair, though cut short, sur-
rounded her pretty face on both sides in profuse
curls. A short Polish coat, a military cap sur-
rounded by cords, and richly adorned with fur,
formed her headdress, and she also wore boots turned
over at the top, and reaching to the knee, grey
trowsers, and a red shirt confined to her slender
waist by a band. If it were possible to doubt whe-
ther this masculine costume was indeed worn by a
maidenly form, the elegance and amiability with
which she requested us to be seated, and the wo-
manly voice, completely removed all misapprehen-
sions. The apartment in which she was contained
only a cupbcard, a table (bearing various kinds of
refreshments), two stools, and the other necessary
articles of furniture, and was not devoid of comfort,
but it was situated so low that Miss Henriette Pus-
towojtow, who smoked, her paper cigarette all day
long, and who was continually obliged to allow her
window (which looked on the street) to be open, or
at least for a great portion of the day, on account
of the mild weather, was exposed to the curiosity
or sympathy of the crowd. On Sunday, and on the
next day, hundreds of ladies and gentlemen passed
before the window, but they were prevented from
looking into the room in some measure by a few
blooming plants, which some friendly hands had
placed there, and which formed a strong contrast
to the rusty iron bars by which the window was
made secure. The conversation turned upon poli-
tics, and was then carried on in French, because
the police attendant was present ; but she also spoke
of other matters in German, but with a pointed ac-
cent. In the course of the visit, which did not last
more than 10 minutes, we had an opportuity to ob-
serve her youthful countenance more closely. In
her pale features the unmistakable stamp of much
past fatigue was visible. The cheeks had become
thin, and only the black fiery eyes retained their
former brilliance, bat as soon as the name of Lan-
giewicz was mentioned, they seemed to be animated
with redoubled ardour. A high forehead,small pointed
nose, and a fine ovally•formed chin, only contributed
to increase the charm of her appearance, even in
her original costume. We showed her a photo-
graphic portrait of herself, which we had bought
at a shop after a long search, and which was
perhaps the only one in Cracow. She regarded it
mournfully, for it represented her in the bloom
of her health, perhaps a year previously, and she
said, with an accent of melancholy which well
became her, Ce n'est plus moi.' Thereupon she
returned it to us, and remarking a portrait of
Langiewicz in the same envelope, she exclaimed
with enthusiasm, I Ala c'est mon general.' She
then began to speak of him, enthusiasm causing
her to utter her words quicker, and she com-
plained of the uncertainty of her fate and his
As we prepared to depart, she asked for our
cards, and as a token of remembrance, but with-
out being requested, she wrote her name in full
with pencil on a sheet of paper, saying in a half-
laughing manner, and partly turning to the police
officer, that visiting cards were not the fashion in
such a saloon. She dismissed us with a hearty shake
of the hand. By accident, as we left the building,
the general stood at an open window of his room
in the castle, enjoying the fresh air. He was im-
mediately recognised, as he still wore his blue uni-
form, and repeatedly bowed, in acknowledgment
of lively marks of sympathy. As he perceived us
he leaned out of the window, and by motions of
his hand and head returned our salutes. As well
as we could see at the distance, he also seemed
very pale, but was visibly pleased at the marks
of sympathy shown for him."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

1,

YORK— SATURDAY.
There was an average supply of wheat today at our
market, and the demand was steady, at about late rates.
Wheat, red 40s to 44s Oats.... 2os to 248
White do .45s to 50s Beans 4O, to 42s
Barley .288 to 35s Peas ......... .... to —g
Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr.; flour, 34:
to 36s per sack.

LEICESTER—SATunnAY.
Old white wheat, 66s to 60e ; new, 47s to 50s per 36
stone. Old red, 48s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley, malting,
new, 35s to 39s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s; old oats,
Vs to 32s ; new oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans,
new, 33s to 378; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone.