The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Arthur Wh,elby was charged
under the following circumstances :-
Mr. John W. Gibbons, of the house of Watson,
Jones, and Gibbons, said—The prisoner was in our em-
ployment as an entry-clerk. His duty was to come and
stamp all the letters to be sent by post at 5 o'clock. In
consequence of the extraordinary disappearance of post-
age stamps, I made an arrangement with one of our
clerks, and I marked 240 postage stamps, and put them
into a box. He had 90 letters to put into the post, and
I. found that there was a deficiency of 40 stamps. I
found several of the marked stamps about him. He
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Alexander Smith a lodging-house keeper, ap-
peared before the Lord Mayor for the purpose of com-
plaining on the
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to England at a bullock a mnosnhtlV heen engaged to come
for twelve months by a
gentleman, who regularly entered into an agreement to
pay that money to them, and to return them to Africa
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upon the wife of one of the Africans, and he many other circumstances, which, placed together, • stated
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lordship to say that he considered the subiecaltndounegl;t his
be investigated in the strictest manner upon future oc-
casion.
There will be an examination upon the subject in a
few days.

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GUILDHALL.— W. H. King, of 16, 'winches
place, Pentonville, and T. Wyatt, of 83,
K
Camden-town, described in the police-sheet as attorneys'
clerks, were placed at the bar for final examination, on
the charge of forgery and conspiracy to defraud Mr.

Lee, a solicitor, of Regent-square, Gray's-inn-road of
the sum of 701. It will be necessary to mention that on
the former occasion, the evidence went to show that, in
1846, Mr. Lee called at the office of Mr. G. Lewis, of
Barnard's-inn, and there met the prisoners and Mr. John
Mynd Cooke, a solicitor, practising in the same office.
Mr. Cooke, who had since turned theatrical manager
in the provinces, represented to Mr. Lee that a
client of his, of the name of Francis Gibbons, was
desirous of selling a judgment obtained against
Lord George Loftus for 553/. 35., prior to his
lordship's insolvency ; but, as he (Mr. Cooke)
was about to file a bill in Chancery against the present
Marquis of Ely, and the trustees of the late marquis to
recover the sum of of 10,0001., due to Lord George Lof-
tus, the younger son, under the marriage contract be-
tween the late marquis and his marchioness, in which the
late marquis covenanted that he would insure his life for
10,0001. in favour of each of his children, but, having
omitted to fulfil that part of the contract; Lord George
Loftus was seeking to recover that sum from the estate,
and, if he succeeded, value would accrue to the judgment
in question, and there would then be a handsome divi-
dend for the whole of the creditors. Upon this statement
and the urgent persuasion of King, Mr. Lee agreed to
purchase the assignment of the judgment debt, and accor-
dingly, at different periods within a few months, in the
year 1846, he paid the amount of 601. to Mr. John Mynd
Cooke and the prisoner King, who on both occasions prac-
tised under the names of both Lewis and Cooke. But within
the last few months circumstances came to the know-
ledge of Mr. Lee that led him to suspect the assignment
deed was a forgery, and that there was no " Francis
Gibbons," and subsequent inquiries confirmed his suspi-
cions, and he at once gave the prisoners into custody on
the above charges, when they were remanded till to-day,
and a summons having been served on a carver and
gilder of the name of John Hildebfand, requiring him to
attend, Mr. Lewis then stated that he was in a position
to prove that that person (Hildebrand) was the party
who actually forged the signature of " Francis Gibbons,"
and it was therefore his intention not to take his evi-
dence as a witness, but to place him in the dock and
charge him with the other prisoners.
Tan Hildebrand was then given into custody, and
placed at the bar on the charge of forgery, and the fol-
lowing additional evidence was called :
Thomas Wallbanks said—l reside at 32, Hatfield-
street, and am the secretary to the Cabriolet Company.
In the year 1846 I was ostensibly clerk to Mr. G. Lewis,
of Barnard's-inn.

Sir P. Laurie—Tell me what you mean by "ostensi
bly" clerk.

-Witness—l was clerk in reality to Mr. King, the pri-
soner, who was clerk, and practised in the name of Mr.
Lewis. I have seen Hildebrand at Mr. Lewis's-office. I
did not see the assignment deed executed. The call-book
is principally in my handwrittng, and the entries on the
17th and 19th of August, 1846, were written by me.
The name of "Francis Gibbons," entered as having called
on those days, was written by me at King's request.
Hildebrand was at the office on that day, but I
never saw a Mr. Gibbons there. I always supposed
Hildebrand was Gibbons. I believe I was at the office
on the 22d of August, the date of the assignment. The
prisoners were there. I recollect Hildebrand coming
out and saying he had signed- a deed in the name of
" Francis Gibbons," and he hoped it was all right. He
asked me if it was, and I told him I knew nothing of the
matter. The deed is in Wyatt's handwriting ; but I be-
lieve he left the room before it was executed. I know
Hildebrand's handwriting, and believe the signature of
" Francis Gibbons," attached to the assignment," to be
his writing. Mr. Lewis then offered to put the deed in
as evidence, but Mr. Wood objected to its admission
until it was duly proved.
Sir Peter Laurie said he did not care about the deed
being proved ; ho should have it read.

Witness (cross-examined)—l have gone by the name
of Thomas William Charnock ; but that is twenty or
thirty years ago, and I have changed my name for pri-
vate reasons.

Wm. Jackson said —I am clerk to the prosecutor.
This morning I made inquiry from one end of Piccadilly
to the other, to ascertain if Mr. Francis Gibbons had
lived there in 1846, but without success ; no such per-
son was known there at that time.
Mr. Lee stated he had also inquired with the same
result, the deed of assignment having described " Francis
Gibbons," as " of Piccadilly, gent."
The prisoners were then committed for trial at the
next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

CLERKENWELL.—An abandoned woman, named
Harris, was charged with most inhuman and unprovoked
cruelty to a very small-sized spaniel dog.
It appeared, from the evidence of an officer of the E
division, and another witness, that at midnight they
heard on a sudden, near Mableton-place, New-road,
the piteous cries of a dog, and on looking about they saw
the prisoner jumping upon and kicking a little spaniel.
They hastened towards her, and seized her as soon as
possible, and asked the reason of her brutality, when she
replied, that the animal being her own, she could do as
she liked with it, and dared them to interfere in the
matter. As, however, she was drunk, and the poor dog
was bleeding and writhing in agony, they took her into
custody.

The dog was produced in court, and, notwithstanding
it had been bathed with warm water, and had other
necessary and useful remedies applied, its head was
dreadfully disfigured, and its extremities seemed so
paralysed that it could not walk.

The prisoner said in her defence that she had been
drinking, and had no recollection of ill-using the animal.
Mr. Tyrwhitt indignantly observed that he had heard
of many brutal acts in that court by females, but the
one before him was the most revolting of all. Any
expression of his abhorence to such cruelty would fall
as pearl before swine to such a monster as the accused,
whom he sentenced to a fine of 31., or two months' hard
labour.

The prisoner seemed surprised at the judgment she so
richly deserved.

MEXICAN DEBT.

The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have issued
their report preparatory to the general meeting to, be
held at the London Tavern, on, Wednesday next, the
26th inst., which contains a clear exposition of all mat-
) ters connected with the foreign debt of Mexico. It is
divided into three sections :-1. The arrears on the
old bonds ; 2. The current interest on the new bonds ;
L and 3. Various other matters of a mixed nature. With
regard to the arrears• of interest, it appears that out of
the $2,500,000 assigned to the foreign creditors out of
the American indemnity money, there has been paid to
the bondholders 514,3371. 17s 6d, leaving an amount of
13,1071. to be still called for, against which Messrs.
Baring Brothers hold a balance of 16,8481. The account
will be closed in August next. The financial agent has
in addition paid 2 per cent. to the certificate holders.
The general result as respects the arrears is this :—that
the committee, after distributing 71. 3s. per 1001. stock
—settling all claims on them----and providing for all ex-
penses to the Ist September next, will still have at their
disposal for distribution among the certificate holders
—An eventual balance at Messrs, Baring Brothers
and Co., of 3,7411. 13s. sd. ; a balance at the Bank
of England of 8,754/. 4s. ; $70,000 expected by
next packet from Mr. Escand.on, say 14,000/. ; to-
gether, 26,4951. 17s. sd. ; or about ss. 2d. per 1001. ;
and that the claims which they are still prosecuting on
the Mexican Government, and on Messrs. Manning and
Mackintosh, amount to about $900,000 or 355. per
1001. more, which must, however, be considered very
doubtful. As regards the current interest on the new
bonds, it seems that the speedy payment of the two
overdue half yearly dividends of July 1, 1852, and the
lst inst., depends on the success of the application which
the Mexican Government has made to Congress for an aid
of $l, 300,000, but that the best measures practicable have
been taken for the future due collection, safety, and regu-
lar remittance of the revenue of the bondholders. In spite
of continual and urgent applications for accounts, none
have been received as yet which would enable the com-
mittee to say what the produce of the revenues of the
bondholders has actually amounted to either in 1851 or
in 1852, or how much of the produce of last year is now
available for the payment of the two overdue dividends.
The only amounts at present realised are in this country,
in the hands of Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co., $112,538
75c. ; in Mexico, principally in the ports of the Pacific,
about $79,300 ; together $191,438 75c. There is, be-
sides, in the hands of the agents, a certain amount of duty
bills which will become due in time for the next July
dividend, to which they properly belong. So far as, in
the absence of proper accounts, it is possible to form an
estimate of the produce of the revenues assigned to the
foreign debt, for the lost two years, it appears that those
revenues, even at present, produce sufficient to pay a
dividend of about 2 per cent. per annum, and that
the whole annual deficiency to make up 3 per cent. is
only $600,000. The aid of $1,300,000, for which the
Minister of Finance has now applied, is in fact the
amount of this deficiency for the last two years.
Under the third section of the report the committee
mention that the fact of the Deferred Bonds having
been shut out from conversion of 1846, forms one of the
grievances on which they memorialised the Foreign-
office on the 9th August last, and have since taken
measures to obtain, if possible, redress for this class of
bondholders without any further delay. With respect
to the prospect of the bondholders obtaining a free grant
of public land in Senora as some acknowledgment of the
great and repeated sacrifices to which the foreign credi-
tors have submitted in the several regulations of the
debt, the committee are unable to give by any means a
satisfactory reply—the chance of obtaining the gran
they consider to be very doubtful.

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MIIRDER.—HULL' SATUR-
DAY.—'Throughout the whole of yesterday and the pre-
' ceding day the magistrates and police have been engaged
investigating one of the most inhuman and, at the same
time, extraordinary attempts to murder, coupled with
robbery, that has ever been recorded. It appears that
on Tuesday evening last, Mrs. Duffill, an innkeeper's
wife, of Beverley, was returning from this town by the
last train. All the passengers got out at Cottingham,
excepting one man, who sat in the same carriage as she
did. After the train had been in motion a few minutes
some persons near the line heard a female's voice calling
some one a thief, and these were followed by cries of
help and murder, all proceeding from the same carriage.
They followed as fast as they could, and fancied they
saw something thrown from the train, and upon reach-
ing the spot found the lady in question lying by the side
Aeolvtheroyu,
of the rail, quite insensible. She was taken to a house
close by, and the next day, it being found who she was, re-
moved home, where she lies without any hopes of re-
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ebrain., not
a penny was left in her possession when picked up.
out the train slackening at Beverley the fellow jumped
u
and made off,
nothing
being then known at the sta-
tion of the matter. A
milkman of Beverley has been
taken on suspicion, and held to bail.