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THE COLUMBIA MISSION.

Thursday being the anniversary of the coneeera
tion of the Bishop of Columbia, a public meeting in
aid of the mission, which was founded by Miss
Burdett Coutts.about three years ago under memo-
rable circumstances in that distant colony, was held
at the London Tavern. There was a large attend-
ance of persons who took an interest in the mission,
many of them being clergymen and ladies. The
Lord Mayor had been invited to take the chair,
and around him on the platform were the Bishops
of Oxford, London, and Honolulu, the Hon. Arthur
Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Gregson, M.P., Sir Harry
Verney, M.P., Mr. Norris, M.P., Mr. Hanbury,
M.P., Mr. John Abel Smith, Sir John Kay Shuttle-
worth, the Rev. G. R. Gleig (Chaplain to the
Forces), Mr. G. P. Arden (Financial Secretary to
the Mission), the Rev. W. Tennent, the Rev. J. V.
Poyah, the Rev. C. Marshall, the Rev. W. Denton
the Rev. C. B. Dalton, the Rev. W. W. Ellis, the
Rev. T. J. Rowsell, the Rev. A. Day, Mr. Bod-
kin, Captain F. Petrie, Mr. P. Cazenove, and
Mr. Arthur Colville. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer had intended to be present, but was pre-
vented by an attack of rheumatism. Among the
ladies who occupied seats in front of the platform
were the Countess of Falmouth, Miss Burdett
Coutts, the Lady Mayoress, and Mrs Tait.
The LORD MAYOR, assuming the object of the
meeting was generally known, said he was grati-
fied to see so large an assembly of persons ani-
mated by the desire to help on a work of such in-
calculable importance.
The Rev. JOHN GARRETT, vicar of St. Paul, near
Penzance, and commissary to the Bishop of Colum-
bia, read a number of interesting extracts from a
letter by the last mail from the principal of the
mission, affording some touching insight into the
life of a missionary in the colony. Of those extracts
one may be selected :—" Though this note is con-
fidential, and not intended for the public ear, there
is one thing which you may make public—nay,
even proclaim upon the housetops. It is this—the
cure for what, if left alone, will ultimately ruin re-
ligion and morals in this fine country—l mean an
emigration of white women from Great Britain.
Dozens of men have told me they would gladly
marry if they could. I was speaking one evening
on the subject of the dearth of females, and men-
tioned my intention of writing to beg that a plan
of emigration may be set on foot ; whereupon one
member of the company
.immediately exclaimed,
Then, sir, I pre-empt a wife'—(a laugh)—another,
and another; and all round the circle of those
listening to me earnestly exclaimed the same.
Fancy the. idea of pre-empting a wife! Ytt, I
assure you, this touches at the root of the greatest
blessing which can now be conferred upon this
colony from home. Think of the 600,000 more
women at home than there are men, and then
think what society must be here. Churches may and
must be built, our faithful witness must be borne
for holiness and virtue, but where there is no
wedded life, church-going must be difficult, because
morality is almost impossible." He adds, " I need
say no more to induce you to use your efforts to pro-
mote the emigration to this colony of some good
respectable young women. If you succeed in hav-
ing this done, you will confer an unspeakable benefit
upon British Columbia." But the greatest and most
important part of the district, as it is by far the
most important part of the colony, is to the north
and north-east, 300 miles from here—the Cariboo
country, which this summer's experience has shown
to be one of the richest gold regions in the world.
`The mines were discovered only last winter. This

summer 2,000 men have been at work there, and
next summer we anticipate an immigration of at
least 10,000, perhaps more. I visited that country
in June, July, and August of this year, accompanied
by the Rev. C. Knipe, who, by the way, is a great
acquisition to our body, and who remained at
Cariboo two or three months,
Resolutions in favour of the Tr.i.,:sion having been
carried,
On the motion of the Rev. T. J. Rowsell, rector
of St. Margaret's, Lothbuty, seconded by Mr. A,
Colville, a director of the Hudson's liay Company,
a vote of thanks was accorded to the Lord Mayor,
and with that the meeting separated.
,
SINGULAR C'HARGE OF FORGERY.

A well-dressed, middle-aged, dissipated-looking
man, named John Bilton, was yesterday brought
before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, in
custody of Stammers, a detective officer, charged
with felony, under the 21st and 22d Vict., cap. 79,
sec. 3, in having unlawfully felted and altered the
crossing of two cheques for £lOO and £5O , by obli-
tering the crossings and altering the date with in-
tent to defraud.
Mr. Sleigh, barrister, appeared for the prosecu-
tion ; and Mr. Lewis, jun., attended upon behalf of
the prisoner.
Mr. Sleigh, in opening the case, said it was one
of a very painful character. The prosecutor was a
solicitor, carrying on business in Fen-court, Fen-
chur3h-street, and the prisoner, who was employed
in his office as a clerk, stood in the relation of
brother-in-law to him, and it was needless for him
to state that considerable confidence was placed in
to state the facts
him Mr. Sleigh then proceeds
of tt e case, and called. -‘
hi Fred. R. Thomas, who SP.id—l am a solicitor,
and carry on business in Fen-court, Fenchurch-
street, under the firm of Robt. Thomas and Son. In
1800 the prisoner assisted me in my office as clerk.
I kept an account at Messrs. Spooner and Atwood's,
bankers. On the 29th of October, 1800, I went
to Brighton. Shortly before I left London I
placed in the hands of e. gentleman named
0, drawn in his
favour,Clements
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also drew two other cheques for £5O, also in Mr.
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produce. All
Sthmreiteh's
through a banker. I left the two cheques for £5O
offavtohuer,
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at my private house. I had previously seen the
prisoner, and told him to go to Mr. Cornelius
Smith and receive £lOO which he owed me, and
pay it into the bankers, then to take the two
cheques to Mr. Clements Smith, and take up my
cheque for £lOO, which I lodged with him. On
the same day I received a telegram which induced
me to return to London on the same evening. I
made every inquiry about the defendant, and tried
all I coald to find him, but I have never seen him
since until last night, when he was taken into cus-
tody. The cheque for £lOO, which I produce, in-
stead of having been destroyed, has been returned
to me through my bankers, as paid. The crossing
has been erased, and the words, " Pay cash, It. T.
and Son," written at the top of it. I believe the
writing to be in the handwriting of the prisoner.
The cheque for £5O, which I produce, bas likewise
been returned to me through my bankers, as paid.
The crossing upon this has also been erased, and
the words, " Cash, It. T, and Son," and the date
has also been altered from the sth Nov. to the 25th
Oct. The cheque was post-dated. I believe the
alterations in this cheque to be also in the prisoner's
handwriting.
Mr. Lewis said he should forbear to cross-examine
the witness on this occasion, as there were a great
many facts which must come out in the end, and
he would candidly admit ,that he was as yet but
imperfectly instructed in the matter, and he would
therefore prefer, as the case must be remanded, that
it should be remanded at the commencement than
at the middle. The only thing he would trouble
his lordship about was the question of bail.
Mr. Sleigh said he left that question in his lord-
ship's hands. He should make no objection, and Mr.
Thomas was quite willing that the defendant should
be admitted to bail.
The Lord Mayor said as Mr. Thomas had no ob-
jection to the prisoner being held to bail he should
accede to the request of Mr. Lewis.
The prisoner was then remanded, being admitted
to bail, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O
each.

OBTAINING OVER £3,000 WORTH OF
GOODS UNDER FALSE _PRETENCES.

A fashionably-dressed man, who gave the name
of Carl Frederick Trongatt M aximilian Reuter, aged
41, but who is better known as Carl Reuter, resid-
ing at 164, Richmond-terrace, Queen's road, Dalston,
who described himself as a merchant and a native
of Saxony, Germany, was charged before Mr
D'Ey ncourt, at the Clerken well Police-court, yester-
day, with obtaining by means of false and fraudu-
lent representations 41 gold chains, 19 brooches, 15
bracelets, and other articles of the value of £2OO,
with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. Wm. Storrar,
wholesale gold chain manufacturer, 98, Goswell-
road, Clerkenwell.
The police who have charge of the case state that
on the next occasion charges of obtaining goods to
the extent of between £3,000 or £4,000 would be
brought against the prisoner.
A gentleman from the office of Stubbs' Trade Pro-
tection Society attended to watch the case. Mr.
Beard was for the prosecution.
Mr. Storrar said the prisoner went to him about
two years since, and represented himself as a com-
mercial traveller for a house in Birmingham, and
also for some manufacturing and wholesale houses
at Hamburg. He said he had been recommended
to him as a good gold chainmaker, and requested to
look at some of his (the prosecutor's) work. He
was shown some of the work, and he said that
ould do very well, and proceeded to make a selec-
tion of goods to the extent of about £57, and said he
would pay for them in 14 days or less.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How is it that you have not
taken proceedings against the prisoner before this ?
Witness—The prisoner has been out of the way
—in fact he has been abroad.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did you let the prisoner have
the goods without making any inquiries about him ?
Witness—No; I spoke to Mr. Oliver about him,
and he said he thought the prisoner was all right.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—And upon that representation
you let the prisoner have the goods ?
Witness—Partly. Before he paid me for the
first lot of goods, he said his employers were so
satisfied with the goods and the workmanship that
he was to select some more. He showed me bills

for goods he had purchased to the extent of severa
hundreds of pounds, and which purported to be
paid, He then selected goods to the value of about
£240. He next came on a Saturday night, late,
and had some goods on approval, and, when asked
to come the next day, he said he could not, but if
the articles were not approved of he should return
them on the Monday. He said he was a traveller
for Mr. Wallis, of Birmingham, a person with whom
I was well acquainted. I have since ascertained
that the whole of the prisoner's story was false.
The prisoner, although he was to have paid for the
goods in 14 days, did not come near me after he
obtained the last lot of goods, but absconded.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Ars there other charges against
the prisoner of a similar description
Police-sergant Evans, 22 G, answered in the affir-
mative, and asked for a remand, stating that the
prisoner had defrauded the watch and chain manu-
facturers of Clerkenwell of over £2,000.
Mr. Robert Oliver, diamond setter and mounter,
5, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell, said the pri-
soner had obtained goods from him to the amount
of over £lOO under false pretences. He (witness)
had before been defrauded to a large extent by a
foreigner, and the prisoner first introduced himself
to him Oliver) under the pretence that he was
a traveller, and could get him his goods back.
After that he did some business with him and paid
him, and then defrauded him of the above amount
of property. He did not send the prisoner to Mr.
Storrar with his card. The prisoner saw one lying
came for the reference,
up, and went with it
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he did not see him (Mr. Oliver), but his wife, or he
should have put him on his guard.
Police-sergeantwith
police Cr, said, in company
Y, 43 N, he went to the
prisoner's house for the purpose of apprehending
.sergeant
s ia v e 2 e 2t
him, in gaining admission.
The
and had
he,
prisoner raedaet
his
sffityecsuelape
from the house and
was not captured until after a smart chase over
several walls. When he was told the charge, he
said he hoped they would not lock him up, as ho
had no less than four situations at the forthcoming
International Exhibition, and he would give them
£4OO, at the rate of £4 per Week. He searched the
the prisoner, and found on him between 60 and 70
duplicates relating to gold watches and chains, as
well as deposit notes for three months for the same
description of articles.
The prisoner said he had really sent the goods
abroad, so that there could be no fraudulent repre-
sentations.
Mr. Storrar said the foreign firm that the priso-

ner represented he was travelling for did not know
anything about him.
Sergeant Maveety said on searching the priso-
ner's house he found bills in the prisoner's name
relating to silks and other articles amounting in
value to over £2,000.
Mr. Wakeling, solie £or, said the prisoner I,nd
obtained some goods from a dicta of his, and he
had brought an action cgainst him for the amount,
which was set down for hearing on Tuesday next.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner until
Thursday next, and refused to take bail.