The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1862.

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Union, but the Government should take the matter in hand
and instantly relieve their wants.
" The movements of the rebels are mysterious. The
military authorities here feel satisfied that the whole rebel
army is still on the opposite aide of the Potomac, informa-
tion to that effect having been received to-day. General
Lee is also there. Their intentions are not yet developed.
An attempt to re-occupy Maryland must be considered
impracticable. Without tents, and in many cases without
shoes or blankets, the present position of the rebel army
would be very uncomfortable if a cold rain should occur.
With the present weather overcoats and blankets are almost
indispensable at night."

Armstrong
110 pounder
68 - pounder
smooth bore
Whitworth
70-pounder'
Whitworth
120 pounder ,1

200 yds.

1200 yds.

!200 yds.

1,600 yds.

110 lbs.
solid.
68 lbs.
I solid.
;701bs. shot
,and shell.
I 130 lbs.
shell.

14 lbs. 111 to 2 inches.

10 lbs. 24 to 3 inches.
Through plate
and backing.
Through plate
25 lbs. , and backing.

16 lbs.

The first two results show that the Armstrong rifled
gun is a worse compromise than the old gun it was
intended to supersede. It is worthy of notice that
the velocity of the Whitworth heavy projectile after
traversing 600 yards (a good fighting range) was
1,260 feet, being 50 feet greater than the initial
velocity of the Armstrong projectile, which is 1,210
feet at the muzzle of the gun. The total results in
respect of penetration being so decidedly in favour
of Whitworth, it follows that he has adopted the
best compromise, by combining all three necessary
conditions of proper form and material of projectile
and sufficient velocity. That the velocity, though
perhaps at the muzzle of the gun slightly below
that of the smooth-bore, is sufficient when combined
with proper form and material of projectile, is shown
by the penetration result, which in the case of the
Whitworth is through and through both armour-
plate and backing, in the case of the smooth-bore is
barely through half the armour-plate, and in the
Armstrong is not half through. The form of pro-
jectiles, both shot and shell, employed by Mr.Whit-
worth for penetrating armour-plates were then de-
scribed. The material of which the projectile is
composed is what is termed homogeneous iron,
combining the toughness of copper with the hard-
t ness of steel. It undergoes a carefully regulated
process of annealing. The same metal is used for
the Whitworth field guns, and practical improve-
ments
eit to be worked in masses of any
m requisiteents
size,e whosequality may be henceforth de-
pended upon with certainty. Mr. Whitworth is
therefore now making his heavy ordnance with both
interior tubes and outer hoops of homogeneous metal
improved manufacture, of the so that the guns will
be constructed throughout of one uniform metal,
without any welding at all. Experience justifies
the expectation that they will be free from the ob-
jections
which it
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strain that is sure sooner or later to
disable a gun built up of forged coiled tubes if it be
called upon to do its heavy
prejectiles at efficient velocities.
Mr. JAMES NASMYTH, F.R.A,S., said the steam
ram was an old subject with him. A plan was pro-
posed by him to the Admiralty so long ago as 1845.
He thought the more destructive you can make the
attack on your adversary the better. It was not
right to be torturing your enemy by drilling nume-
rous small holes in him ; it was like taking a whole
day to draw a tooth. (A laugh.) His idea was to
make one large hole and oink the ship at once with

the enemy. (Cheers.) It was a question of mo-
mentum. The first practical ram was the Merri-
mac, but the Southerners made a mistake in giving
her a sharp end—it should be blunt, and such was
the original plan of the author, nor had he seen any
reason to alter his views. The vessel must present
as low an angle as possible to turn shot, but she
must also have strength in the direction of her
length, and use the utmost possible amount of
steam ; and, to meet the objection that the impact
might destroy the engines, which he did anticipate,
he would place the engines on a slide, with buffer
arrangements. With such a vessel he would dash
into the Warrior as into a bandbox. (A laugh.)
The plates would be crushed at once. He hoped
the Admiralty would devote a thousand pounds or
two to try the effect of a ram against an old hulk,
the ship Trusty, and afterwards at the Warrior
herself. (Cheers.)
Mr. T. WEBSTER hoped that the discussion would
not omit the question, brought before the section
by Mr. Atherton, of unsinkable ships. It was quite
clear from the late experiments that ships could not
withstand the attack of guns, and there was a
reason why we should give some attention to other
matters of ship architecture than the mere attempt-
ing to defend them by armour-plates against shot.

Admiral Sir E. BELCHER observed that in 1818
he had urged a plan of unsinkable ships to Sir
Robert Seppings, by shutting down the hatches
and using the pumps to pump in air; but this was
objected to, on the ground that it was necessary to
have an opening to keep the timbers sound. He
advised water-tanks as a backing to the sides of
ships, believing that such an arrangement would
withstand even Mr. Nasmyth's ram.
Mr. R. W. WooLLCOMBE explained the nature
of his projectile, by means of which he got rid of
the friction caused by rifling, with no more windage,
the projectile being a disk travelling in a direction
perpendicular to its axii of rotation.
Mr. G. P. BIDDER, jun., observed that with a
smooth-bore the balls go accurately for a short dis-
tance, but afterwards they diverge in uncertain
directions, and this he showed must be the case as
well with Mr. Woollcombe's shot as with an ordi-
nary smooth-bore shot.
Captain BLAKELEY said that Mr. Aston had told
them that Mr. Whitworth was beginning to use
homogeneous metal for the inside and outside of his
guns, and he (Captain Blakeley) would encourage
him to use this, as he had for several years past
used it with great aavantage. He had made guns,
in use abroad, of large size, which would throw rifle
6001bs. shot with 801bs. of powder. The Spaniards
had such guns, and he thought the English Govern-
ment ought to give some encouragement for trials
of every kind of gun as well as rams. (Hear.)
Mr. J. SCOTT RUSSELL, F.R.S., said at the last
meeting it was ascertained that 41-inch plates and
18 inches of wood would beat the gun, but the late
experiments had shown that we have no navy if
you keep wooden ships with iron plates. Sir W.
Armstrong fired our wooden ships, and Mr. Whit-
worth had proved that he can do the same if the
ship be plated. No ship of ordinary size was even
big enough to carry indestructible plates. Why
could not a good fighting ship be made which
should keep out a shell ? He believed that Whit-
worth's shell would be stopped by double armour-
plates, one in front and the other behind it; but a
larger one, it was said, would be made which
would destroy any thickness of double plates,
and he believed it would be done. But
this was not the critical point. There was one
way of carrying increased thickness—namely, by
the increased size of vessel. There was, however,
another way without increasing the size—to build
the ship up to the water's edge, cover her below
the water line as far as was necessary to prevent
penetration, then diminish the battery on the deck,
and then they would have a vessel somewhat
like the Monitor, absolutely shot proof. Captain
Coles's ship was on that principle,
Dr. ROBINSON had lived long enough to learn
that such prefixes as " im" and " un" were very
unsafe syllables to deal with. He thought, how-
ever, that the materials for unsinkable ships would
have no power of resistance. He wished to know as
to the expansion of a gun of the homogeneous metal
as compared with one on the Armstrong principle.
Mr. ASTON said that the price of the homoge-
neous metal was gradually being lowered, and that
the Whitworth gun could be produced at a lower
price than the Armstrong.
Dr. ROBINSON, in continuation, observed that
such was the arrangement of the Whitworth gun
that the friction in the barrel was reduced to a
minimum. The shot would fall from the barrel
with a very small inclination. He thought in some
respects that Mr. Woollcombe's shot promised ad-
vantages, but he pointed out disadvantages.

Mr: ASTON asked what would be the condition of
Mr. Scott Russell's ship with shells which would
penetrate 3011. below the water line; and this Dr.
Robinson had told them was possible. As to the
the partially-defended ship, would any captain ask
his men, some to stay in the undefended part, while
others were comfortably ensconced behind eight
inches of armour plate ? He (Mr. Aston) consi-
dered that guns built up of rings could never stand.
The PRESIDENT said the great difficulty about
homogeneous iron was its liability to be of unequal
quality. Mr. Whitworth took very great pains in
the manufacture, and the great danger in the case
of the coils is that they are apt to elongate.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTEN-
SION TO THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE.

Some two months since we noticed the opening
of the first section of the London, Chatham, and
Dover company's metropolitan extension from Bat-
tersea to Herne-hill, Dulwich. We have to-day to
draw attention to the completion of the line from
Herne hill to the Elephant and Castle, which was
thrown open for public traffic yesterday morning.
These lines form part of a system of railways which
was authorised in 1860 after one of the most pro-
tracted Parliamentary contests on record, and by
them an independent access to both the City and
West end was secured to the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company. A short description of
the whole may not be uninteresting.
In 1853 the original East Kent Railway, as it
was then called, received the sanction of the legis-
lature. This line was laid out to accommodate the
district lying between Strood and Canterbury. In
1855 the Dover Extension was passed, by which a
direct route to Dover was secured.

The first section of the line from Strood to
Faversham was opened to the public at the end of
1857, and soon after this it became apparent that
the South-Eastern Railway Company, having the
means, would very naturally not lose the opportu-
nity of securing, as far as they could, the traffic of
the competing line, the only access to the metro-
polis being over the North Kent Railway. The
Western Extension line was, therefore, applied for,
and, after being defeated in one session, a renewed
application to Parliament met with success.
The Western Extension running from Strood,
where it forms a junction with the line previously
opened, passed by Cobham, Darenth, and St. Mary
Cray and Bickley, at which point it joins the Mid-
Kent Railway and St. Mary Cray line, and the
traffic was proposed to be taken via Beckenham and
the Crystal Palace to the Victoria station.
In the session of 1859 a short line was applied for
from Beckenham to the Brighton Company's line at
Sydenham, but the latter company declining to
forward the traffic to London-bridge, on account
of the already crowded state of their line, the
London, Chatham, and Dover Company in the
autumn of 1859 deposited, and in 1860 obtained, the
Metropolitan Extension Act for railways extending
from Beckenham, under Sydenham-hill, to Dal-
wich, where the line bifurcates, one branch taking
the route of Brixton and Clapham, joining the
Brighton line near the bridge over the Thames at
Battersea, and the other, passing through Camber-
well and Walworth, crosses the river a few yards
below Blackfriars-bridge, and terminates at Far-
ringdon-street, throwing out a spur line which,
passing under Skinner-street and Snow-hill, forms
a junction with the Metropolitan Railway, near
Victoria-street, and by it gets access to the Great
Northern and Great Western Railways.
As stated above the portion opened yesterday ex-
tends from Herne-hill to the Elephant and Castle,
a distance of 2 miles, of which nearly 4,000 yards
are on a viaduct, consisting of 347 arches and 25
girder bridges.
The first brick of the viaduct was laid on the 28th
January, 1861, and from that date to the present no
exertion has been spared to expedite the work,
some notion of the extent of which may be obtained
from the fact that 26,000,000 of bricks and 850 tons
of wrought iron have been used in its construction.
The station at Camberwell New-road is complete,
and is of pleasing design and convenient arrange-
ment.

At Walworth only a temporary station is pro•
vided while the permanent one, which will be 01
considerable extent, is erecting. _ _ .

From the Elephant and Castle the works are being
rapidly carried on towards the Thames, and the
bridge over the river at Blackfriars is being con-
structed. A delay of 18 months has occurred in this
latter work from the indisposition evinced by the
City authorities to decide upon a design for the re-
building of Blackfriars-bridge, on which the gene-
ral details of the railway bridge must necessa-
rily depend, and it was only a few weeks since
that the company received permission to proceed.
In this time, however, progress has been made in
the cofferdams on either side of the river.
The bridge, when complete, will consist of five
spane, ranging between 159 and 183 feet, and will
be for four lines of railway, the whole being carried

on lattice girders; it is expected that it will be

finished in about 18 ninths from this date. The
line from Walworth to Blackfriars, where a large
goods depot will' be erected, will be opened nest
summer.

On the line between Beckenham and Herne-hill
the works are considerable, comprising a tunnel of
upwards of 2,000 yards in length, through the Lon-
don clay; many cuttings and bridges, and a viaduct
of a quarter of a mile long. Of these the tunnel,
which forms the measure of the time for opening,
will be finished by the tatter end of next summer, so
that we hope to have to report the completion of
the entire route, both to the Victoria station and

Blaekfriars-bridge, by September next.
An inspection of the line yesterday convinced us
of the substantial manner in which the whole of the
works have been carried out, reflecting great credit
on all concerned.
Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton are the con-
tractors for the entire line, and the works have been
executed under the directions of Messrs. J. Cubitt
and F. T. Turner, the joint engineers of the under-
taking, under the immediate superintendence of
Mr. W. H. Thorn, the resident engineer.
The company run 26 trains each way daily, and
we have no doubt that when developed the traffic
will quite equal that on the North London Rail-
way.

THE PROPOSED GARiBALDI MEETING
IN 211 IE CI7Y.

A meeting of the committee of gentlemen who
have interested themselves in getting up the City
requisition to the Lord Mayor for convening a pub-
lic meeting of the citizens of London, at Guildhall,
to express sympathy with Garibaldi, and to protest
against the French occupation of Rome,washeld last
evening at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street,
Cheapside. Amongst the gentlemen present were
the Rev. Dr. Lester, Messrs.Riohardson and Bennett,
common councilmen ; and Messrs. Barker, Law-
rence, Lloyd Jones, Bennett, T. Malleson, Morris,
Stapleton, S. R. Taylor, Sex, Moir, Straker, Lant-
ley, Steele, Braby, Bolgin, R. Smith, &c.
Mr. J. H. PARRY, Q.C., was called to the chair.
He said the meeting had been called together not
for speechmaking but for business. The hon. sec-
tary (Mr. Richardson) would commence the business
by reporting the proceedings, as far as they had
gone.

Mr. RICHARDSON read letters approving the ob-
ject of the meeting, several containing subscriptions,
from a large number of gentlemen, including Mr.
Western Wood, MY.; Mr. Locke, M.P. ; Rev. Dr.
Spence, Mr. Montagu Chambers, Dr. Ross, Mr. S.
Morley, Dr. Epps, and several members of the com-
mon council. He said the Lord Mayor had con-
sented, on the receipt of a numerously signed requi-
sition, to grant the use of the Guildhall for the
meeting, the object of which ho approved. A draft
of the resolutions to be submitted to the meeting
had been shown to his lordship, and he quite coin-
cided with them. He had no doubt the Lord Mayor
would take the chair at the meeting if requested to
do so by a deputation from the committee.

Several gentlemen having expressed an opinion
that it would add greatly to the weight of the meet-
ing if the Lord Mayor would preside, it was resolved,
on the motion of Mr. Morris, seconded by Mr. Law-
rence, that the committee wait upon the Lord Mayor
to request him to do so.
It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bar-
ker, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the meeting be
held at the Guildhall of the City at two o'clock on
Tuesday, the 14th instant, subject to the approval
of the Lord Mayor.
Messrs. Bennett, Lawrence, Moir,•Malleson, Bar-
ker, the Rev. Dr. Lester, with the chairman and the
hon. secretaries, Messrs. Taylor and Richardson,
were then appointed as a sub-committee to arrange
the resolutions and the other details of the meeting.
It was mentioned by Mr. Moir previous to the
adjournment, that Messrs. Taylor, Stansfeld, and
Ashurst would return from Spezzia before the end
of the week, and would be able to communicate
Kane interesting facts to the public meeting•

A. MODERN PUBLIC COMPANY.

STRANGE DISCLOSURES.

John Jennings, Esq., F.S.S., director, secretary,
and shareholder of the North Carrock Mining Com-
pany, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Gabriel
at the Guildhall Police-court, for unlawfully, and by
means of false pretences, obtaining tWo dividend
warrants for the respective sums of £ll5 9s.
and £l9 55,, and four bankers' cheques for the re-
spective sums of £l2 108., £l7 Bs. 3d., £l3 Ile.,
and £24 4s. 9d., from Messrs. Newton, Keates, and
Co., of Liverpool; and the summons further alleged
that the defendant had not accounted for any por-
tion of the value of the said securities,

Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the defence.
Mr. Metcalfe, for the prosecution, said he was in-
structed on the part of the directors of the North
Carrock Mining Company to place this case before
the Court. The company was originally formed for
the purpose of working a particular, mine, and the
defendant was, some ten months ago, appointed sec-
retary. He also held some shares, and had been a
director. His salary as secretary was £5 per month.
In August last it was proposed to purchase some
property in connection with the mine already the
property of the company, but as the funds would
not admit of it the speculation was abandoned, to
the great annoyance of defendant, who had sug-
gested it. He therefore refused to produce the books
in his care, and other circumstances transpired which
led to his dismissal from the secretaryship. He ac-
quiesced in that dismissal until Sept. 11, when he
obtained access to the office and took possession of
the books and a letter containing the securities men-
tioned in the information upon which the summons
was granted. The amo'int of those securities was
£199 ; and although they had failed in tracing
some of them, they had ascertained that others
had been actually cashed and no account ren-
dered of the money. Under these circumstances
the present charge was preferred. If the defen-
dant was no longer secretary the charge would
be one of stealing the letter and securities; if
he were still secretary the offence would be that
of embezzlement.
Mr. Jessie John Tustin said—l live at Bar-
net, in Hertfordshire, and carry on business as a
chemical colour manufacturer at 83, Upper Thames-
street. lam one of the directors of the North
Carrock Mining Company, Limited, which has been
in operation about two years. The defendant was
appointed secretary pro tem, on the 6th of February
last.

Mr. Lewis—Secretary pro tem., and by the same
resolution he was appointed director also.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—This was not the first
meeting of the directors ?
Mr. Tustin—No, sir. We were filling up the
vacancies according to the rules. There was no
subsequent appointments with regard to the secre-
taryship, and nothing was mentioned in the resolu-
tion of the directors about salary, but an arrange-
ment was afterwards made by which the defendant
received £5 per month. I acted as chairman of the
company. The defendant acted as secretary before
he was appointed, and the last payment made to
him as salary was on the 11th of August last. On
the 13th of the same month there was a board meet-
ing, which was adjourned to the 14th and the de-
fendant was present on both days, and ultimately,
after refusing to produce his books, 'aft the meeting
in consequence of the directors declining a proposal
of his in connection with an additional purchase
which he wanted the board to make. I did not feel
, inclined to find the money for that purchase and
the company had no funds. I have not seen him
since, but I have been informed by a clerk that on
the 11th of September the defendent called at the
office at No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, and abstracted
from a box certain books, and also took away with
him a letter from Messrs. Keates, and Co.
On the 21st of August, in consequence of defendant's
absence, a letter was addressed to him requiring
him to place all the company's books, papers, and
documents then in his possession under the control
of the directors, and upon his not complying with
that requisition they, on the 25th of August, took
possession of the box, and then ascertained
that some of the books had been abstracted. The
books, &c., missing were the bankers' pass-book and
cheque-book, the petty cash-book, the articles of as-
sociation, and the key of the common seal of the
company. On the 28th of August a resolution was
passed dismissing defendant from the secretaryship,
but no notice of such resolution or dismissal was
forwarded to the defendant. I knew the defendant
was about, and I also knew where to find him. The
defendant sent a reply to the letter of the 21st of
August, requiring him to give up the company's
books, &c., in which he explained the reason of his
continued absence to be that the offices were to un-

dergo repairs, and to be repainted, and as soon as
the work was done he would return to his duties.
On the 14th of August a firm of the name of Newton,
Keates, and Co., of Liverpool, were indebted to the
company in the amount of £199 Bs. 11d., for lead
supplied, and the letter acknowledging the receipt
of securities to that amount and the receipt are in
the handwriting of and signed by the defendant.
The endorsement on the cheque, which has been
cashed, is also in defendant's handwriting. It has
pissed through the London and Westminster Bank.
Mr. Lewis—l am quite willing to admit the re-
ceipt of the cheques and cashing them also. My
client claims a certain sum, and has only secured
himself by what he has done, so as to enable him to
litigate the question, if necessary.
Mr. Tustin—While the defendant was secretary
it was his duty to have handed over these securities
to the London and County Bank. He has not done
so, neither has he handed any of them, or the cash
for them, to the company.
Cross-examined—l became aware of what the de-
fendant had done on the 12th of September. One of
our clerks told me, and said defendant left a message
to that effect. No answer was returned to the
defendant's letter of the 23d of August, and on
the 27th of the same month another letter was
received from the defendant from Clitheroe,
in Lancashire, in which he assumed that
he had the tacit consent of the directors for his
continued absence from his duties as secretary. On
the 28th his dismissal was entered on the minutes,
but no notice sent to him, and on the same day he
was removed from his office as director.

Mr. Lewis—Was that at the meeting of directors
or shareholders ?

Witness—lt was an extradinary meeting.
So it seems (laughter) ? but it was a meeting of
the board, was it not ! No, sir ; it was a meeting
of the shareholders. He was dismissed from the
secretaryship at a meeting of the board of directors,
and from the directory by a meeting of shareholders.
He was not summoned to the board meetings, as we
always met on a Thursday ; neither was any notice
given to him that his dismissal would be brought
before the board. He was a shareholder to the
value of £2OO, and he held other shares in trust to
the value of £5OO, every director having a similar
amount entrusted to him to dispose of. They were
transferred to him, but he paid nothing for them,
on the understanding that he was to return them
or their value in money when milled upon. The
mines belonging to the company were the Dry Gill
and the Roughten Gill Mines. The Dry Gill Mine
was not a speculative undertaking, because it was
at work on the 14th August, although but slightly
productive. The Roughten Gill Mine was more
productive. They both belonged to me before the
company started. The company agreed to purchase
the Dry Gill Mine for £4,000 but they did not carry
out the purchase. I was to have £l,OOO in cash,
and shares for the other £3,000. The Roughten
Gill was to be transferred to the company at its
actual cost price. That was the more productive
mine, and I wished to get it retransferred to me.
Now at the meeting of the 14th of August did
not the defendant say he would not sit at the board
to permit such a deception to be practised on the
shareholders as to take away the best mine P—No,
sia, not in those words.
Did he not say that he would withdraw his at-
tendance from the board rather than see the share-
holders plundered ?—No, sir.
Did he not say that he would not attend if such a
matter were allowed to go on ?—He did, sir. I do
not admit that he said that he would not attend ; I
only recollect there was some noise and a good deal
of bluster.
Who were the directors left after you removed
defendant and Mr. Hodgson ?—Myself, my son, and
my intimate friend Mr. W. Bayley Bray. (Laughter.)
And after removing the defendant and the other
gentleman, you got the whole matter into your own
hands ?—Yes, sir; but I did not get rid of Mr.
Hodgson, for I have his letter which will show the
reason of his leaving.
Mr. Metcalfe here put in the letter to show that
the writer had tendered his resignation.
Mr. Lewis—Mr. Metcalfe might have read the
letter correctly. Mr. Hodgson had acted like a
well-bred dog, he walked out to avoid being kicked
out. He was, however, dismissed on the 28th of
August with the defendant, and his letter of resig-
i
nation is dated the 30th of August.
Witness—His
resignation
he
e had wasb e
en
dismissed. I
transferred shares to my son accepted
to quality
on the
4th o f
September,
qualify him as a
director. I also transferred shares to Mr. Bray to
make him a director.
So you pretty well got the whole matter into your
own hands ?—Yes ; and I also transferred shares to
the defendant and to Mr, Hodgson for
the same
purpose.
Then it was all your own company ?—You may
say so. (Laughter.)
Are you not aware that the defendant has a large
claim against the company for
secretary's salary and
diroqt4r's Avis /4"
salary was paid regu-1

larly, £lss. per week ; but there was no money to
pay any of the
directors their fees.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—How much money ha s
been paid up on these shares ?
Witness—The banker's book will tell you.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel-1 am satisfied you have
the information in your head, if you feel inclined to
tell me.
I,lritness—The deposit of ss. per share has been
, paid up on some shares.
Mr. Alderman Urabriel—Upon ho w many shares ?
Only a few, sir.
WHatess--
yon allotted the shares upon which you re-
ceived deposits ?—No, sir.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—That is a very extra-
ordinary proceeding. Your prospectus states your
capital to be £20,000, in 4,000 shares of 15 each,
deposit ss. per share and 15s. on allotment. As
there has been no allotment of shares upon which
deposits have been paid, who were the shareholders
who dismissed the defendant from the board at
directors ?
Mr. Lewis—How many shareholders were pre-
sent at this extraordinary meeting ?
Witness—Three sir. (Great laughter.)
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Who were those ?
Witness—Myself, my son, and Mr. Bray. (Re-
newed laughter and cheering.)
Mr. Lew 9—That is what you call an extraor-
dinary meeting. (Laughter.)
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Or perhaps you would
call it "an influent: al meeting of shareholders.'
(Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis—Those were persons who had re-
ceived transfers of shares from you to qualify them
as directors. Was any one pre .sent at that meeting
who had paid one shilling on his shares ?
Witness—Yes. There was a ?Arty there who
had paid thousands of pounds.
Who was that ?—Myself. (Roars of laughter.)
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—l see by the articles or
association that there are a number of gentlemen's
names put forward as directors in 1860. What
became of those names ?

Witness—They resigned in February, 1862.
Had they held any shares P—No, sir.
Then putting their names in this prospectus was
all a sham P—No, sir, for they were to have taken
shares.
But you sent out a prospectus to the public an—
nouncing these persons as properly qualified direc-
tors. Would not the public be justified in coming
to the conclusion that all those p, entlemen held.
shares in the undertaking ?—Certainly they would.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Then do you not think
It is a sham and a fraud upon the public to put forth
such an announcement ? Ido not hesitate to say
that it is a sham and a fraud on your part towards
the public, to send out a book like this with a list
of directors totally unqualified according to the
articles of your association.
Mr. Lewis—My client was not connected with
the company at that time.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel—My observations do not
apply to your client, Mr. Lewis. The whole thing
upon the face of it is a fraud upon the public ; and.
I should advise you, Mr. Tustin, to have a little
more thought in future before you place yourself
again in such an equivocal position. Really the
public ought to be obliged to you—(tremendous
cheering and laughter)—for bringing this matter
forward, as a flagrant instance of the manner in
which companies are got up by persons for the puter
pose of putting money into their own pockets. You
have placed yourself in a most disgraceful position,
and I do net think it necessary to go any further
into the case. I therefore dismiss the summons.

Mr. Alderman Finnis—l quite concur in the whole
of Alderman Gabriel's remarks, and I may add that
if any money has been paid to the company under
the circumstances divulged there will be very
good grounds for a charge of obtainingmoney under
false pretences.
The decision and the concluding remarks of the
worthy aldermen were received by a crowded court
with such a burst of cheering and derisive laughter
as is seldom heard within the precincts of a court of
justice, amidst which the defendant and his counsel
quitted the court.

COUNTRY MARK.L2S.

....b,

COLCHESTER—OcT. 4.

The supply of wheat to-day at market showed a great
falling off, farmers being very careless sellers at the low
prices current lately. Good qualities of wheat were no
cheaper, and sold steadily ; prices were about the same as
last week : inferior descriptions dull, and lower. Barley
in fair request at late rates.
Wheat, white ..48s 555 Beans, Mazagan..3ss 400
red 47s 52s middle & small.3Bo 44s
Barley
Oats

GLOUCESTER—OcT. 4.
To-day there was an increased supply of English wheat
af market, and the demand was fair, in buyers' favour.
Foreign in slow demand. Barley rather cheaper. Oats
and beans dull at former prices.