The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-14 00:00:00

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Nov. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; light breeze, with fog.
CLYDE, Nov. 13,—Wind W.—Arrived—Cofora, from
Demerara.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind N.—Arrived—Victoria,
from New York.
NEWPORT, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ganges,
from Bristol, for Jamaica.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Gustavo, from Soderham ; Patric, from Sunds-
vall Test, Ally, and Robert and Mary, from Sunderland ;
Lisette, from Sunelswall • Sirius, from Shields'
lanSd.ailed--Bayadere, for 'Charlesion ; Eleanor, for Sunder-

03Y MAGNETIC TELEGRATff.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.

No arrivals.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—H.M.S. Rhadarnanthus,•from West, for Wool-
wich ; Citizen, steamer, from London, for Bordeaux,

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. Warren
Pugh, son of Charles Pugh, Esq., Chief Clerk to Vice-
Chancellor Kindersley, to the vacant clerkship in the Re-
gistrar's-office, Court of Chancery.
11
Sin H. BULWER.—News has been received by
telegraph at Valetta of the arrival on the sth inst, at
Alexandria, from Corfu, of Sir Henry gulwer, British
Ambassador at Constantinople.

Her Majesty is desirous of acting in concurrence with
France upon the great questions now agitating the world,
and upon none more so than on the contingencies connected
with the great struggle now going on in North America.
Neither her Majesty the Queen nor the British nation will-
ever forget the noble and emphatic manner in which the
Emperor of the French vindicated the law of nations, -and
assisted the cause of peace in the instance of the seizure of
the Confederate Commsssioners on board the Trent.

Her Majesty's Government recognise with pleasure in
the design of arresting the progress of war by friendly
measures the benevolent views and humane intentions of
the Emperor.,

They are alao of opinion that if the steps proposed were
to be taken, the concurrence of Russia would be extremely
desirable.

Her Majesty's Government have, however, not been
informed up to the present time that the Russian Govern-
ment have Eigrced 'to co•operato with England and France
on this occasion, although that Government may support
the endeavours of. England. and France to attain the end
proposed.
~, . .

But is the end proposed attainable at the present moment
by the course suggested by the Government of France ?
Such is the question which has been anxiously and care-
fully examined by her Majesty's Government.
After weighing all the information which has been re .
ceived from America, her Majesty's Government are led
to the conclusion that there is no ground at the present
moment to hope that the Federal Government would accept
the proposal suggested, and a refusal from Washington at
present would prevent any speedy renewal of the offer.

Her Majesty's Government think, therefore, that it
would be better to watch carefully the progress of opinion
in America, and if, as there appears reason to hope, it may
be found to have undergone, or may undergo hereafter, any
change, the three Courts might then avail themselves of
such change to offer their friendly counsel with a greater
prospect than now existed of its being accepted by the two
contending parties.

Her Majesty's Government will communicate to that of
France any intelligence they may receive from Washing-
ton cr Richmond bearing on ihis important subject.
Your Excellency may read this despatch to M. Drouyn
de Lhuye, and give him a copy of it.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) RUSSELL.

THE BANK NO7E ROBBERY.

MANSION-HOUSE-THIS DAY.

To-day George Buncher, Rokert Cummings, William
Burnett, Richard Brewer, James Griffiths, and Henry
Williams were again pieced at the bar before Alderman
Cubitt, charged with being concerned with others in forg-
ing and uttering certain papers purporting to be Bank of
England notes, with which to defraud the governor and
company of the Bank of England.
Mr. Freshfield attended to prosecute; Mr. Lewis de-
fended
Brewer.
Henry Brown, the approver, was this day re•examined.
He said—l returned the key I got from Burnett to Brewer.
I have seen the key since in the possession of Sergeant
Webb (produced). This is the key I got from Burnett, to
the best of my belief. I took the whole of the paper from
the size-drawing machine while it was at work. I stood at
the end at which the notes came out. I was engaged at
the time in effecting some repairs to it. my father and
myself attended to wood and Mr. Soper to iron work. The
machine is attended to by girls, one at each end, The
time I slept at Brewer's was the last time I took
some paper, about six weeks after the reward was offered.
Burnett and myself 'went down to Laverstoke together. I
got out of the train at Basingstoke, and went on by a
evening, . and
latter one to Overton in the e arrivedaro f the at
Laverstoke about 11. I was accompli . anwla it
had a black
road by a person named William Li
asked
I
hag in my hind quite empty. I was asked by Brewer
whether I could find Burnett. 1 said I could, and I after-
wards went to his mother's house at Plunistead. She first
declined to give me his address.
habit
habit of travelling with a
Mr. Lewis—Were you in the
black bag ?
tgoothitmo
how many times I have
Witness—No. I cannot say
It might be about three times. I met
carried the bag.lf ti e
hmfiee 1
db etfoo re
speakw e
Litchfield on the road, tee
but
I have no
i Laverstoke: _ shenil

since that tim e.
the Drisoners put any questions to the witness.
ur
cuk-u-tc.hence--I am engineer to Messrs. Portal at
Laverstock. It p
Arth is art of my duty to oil a portion of the
size (whine. In September I recollect being in the room
:,t rag
't ready to work one morning about 10 o'clock. I
ega-r-riyn-a ey belonging to my department. On the morning
I am speaking of I was in the act of opening the door with
my key when I found a strange key in the lock. That
produced by Sergeant Webb is the one. I carried it
to Mr. Lichfield, who is a clerk in the mill. Five is the
average time for closing the mill, and after business hours
the place is locked up. There is a carpenter's yard within
the mill bounds. That yard is closed at half-past five, and
afterwards locked by the person leaving. The carpenter
keeps the key of that yard, and it is his duty to lock it up
when he goes away. I have seen Brewer let himself into
the mill by the little door after it had been locked up. I
have seen him there at six, seven, and as late as half-past
eight. I should say the key produced is the master key,
which would admit to all parts of the mill.
By Mr. Lewis—I have been at the mill about sixteen
or seventeen years. I expected Brewer was doing some work
for Mr. Portal seeing him going into the mill at such late
hours. I never knew that the foreman was in the habit of
lending Brewer his key. Brewer went into the mill quite
openly. I could not see what Brewer did, because be
passed through the little door which led to the north side
of the mill. This would lead to the carpenter's shop. I
recollect about three or four years ago a master key of the

mill being lost. _Thukey was missed from a place where
Brown and his father had been at work. I cannot say the
key produced is the one that was lost. I was not in the
constant habit of seeing B ewer at work in the carpen-
ter's shop after- hours. I never mentioned to anybody the
fact that I had seen Wm in the mill frequently after
it was closed because he was a mould maker, and I could
not tell what-he was doing. I don't ever recollect seeing
Mr. Shelter and Brewer go into the yard together. I have
seen Brewer come out of tha place al one. -
By Mr. Freshfield—When Brewer passed into the car-
penter's yard I could not see where he went. There is
access to the mill by a master key from three portions of
the premises.

Mr. John Burgess Soper--I am engineer residing at
Basingstoke, and have been engaged in business for Mr.
Portal at Laverstoke. In 1859-60 I put up the size machine
for Mr. Portal. In the year 1861 I was engaged in effect-
ing certain alterations.

A model of the size machine was hero preduced, which,
having been explained, the witness went on to say--Thero
is a spot on the north side of the mac Lino from which paper
could be extracted without being perceived by the person
at work. The work of Homy Brown constintly took him
to that spot. I recollect , Brewer coming 'to my house at
Basingstoke in the autumn of 1861. He said he had called
on me because ho did not like to come to the place without
giving me a look in. He was very much intoxicated. I
asked him in to take a cup of tea, because I thought it
would do him good. He said he would not go in, as be
had Henry Brown and another person waiting for him. I
knew of the reward coming out on the Monday morning,
On the Thursday before that I saw Brewer near the
edge of the rain water tank which was being
sunk in the mill yard. Brewer was speaking of the
paper makers filling up their time by digging, and rather
sympathizing with the teen about the laboriousness of their
work. The conversation then turned about making pro-
vision for old age, and he ultimately said he had a little
game of his own playing out, and as soon as it was done he
should quit the mill. At the same time the father of Henry
Brown came to the opposite side of the tank' to that at
which we were standing. Brewer said, " That's a curious
old man; 1 believe him to be a very dangerous one. I re-
plied I did not think so,
.as I had always found him at-
tentive and willing to oblige;
By Mr. Lewis—Paper could not bo snatched off the in ill
without damaging it. The paper is in the mill 25 minutes
before it passed' from one end to the other. Whilst the
mill was working Brown would have to go on with any-
thing he might have to do. Brewer never told me he was
manufactufing a machine with which he hoped to make a
fortune. He did not know that a machine for making
moulds had been taken from his house.
By Mr. Freshfield—The break in the regular delivery
of the paper by the machine would occasion no surprise,
as it often occurs.

Daniel Chapman, stution-master, at Overton, said—l
recollect Brown coming there in June or July. ,
By Mr.:Lewis—l was induced to notice him in conse-
quence of his being intoxicated, and the boys laughing at
him. He was so drunk that ho could not take care of him-
self.

William Lichfield—l recollect meeting Brown one Sun..
day evening in the month of July in the present year. Ho
had a shiny bag in his hand. He had nothing but two
shirt collars in it. When I first saw Brown he wanted to
meke out that he did not know me.' However, when he
recollected me, he said it was too far to go back to Overton
to have a glass of grog. I walked along the road for nearly
a mile with him. After I left, Brown walked in the direc
tion of Laverstoke. I should not call Brown drunk when
I met him, but he had been thinking, He threw his bag
in the road, and as I went to pick it up it came open, and
thus I was enabled to see the contents.

Mr. Freshfield said he now proposed to go into the case
against Williams.

Sergeant Henry Webb, of the city detective police, said
—On tho 30th October
.I went to Birmingham. I was in
company with another officer. We went to the Victoria-
road, Ashton New-town. We dug in a bank there for
some time, when we found a copper plate, with the follow-
ing words engraved upon it :
" 1862, October 13, London, 13 October.

W. P. GATTIE.
On Thursday, Nov. 6, I went to 85, St. Paul's. road, Ken-
nington, where there is a plate on the door with the words
" Jackson, engraver," on it. I knocked at the door, end
from the message I sent in to prisoner, Williams came
down. I said, " Mr. Jackson ;" he r, plied " Yes." I then.
told him my name was Webb, and I came here to speak
to you respecting a parcel containing a copper-
plate which was sent to you on the 25th of October,
directed to Mr. Moore, care of Mrs. Gliggs, Woolmer-place,
Ashton New-town. Prisoner said I know nothing about
it ; I never sent such a parcel. I said, well, I'll show you,
the copper plate. When I did so prisoner took it in his
hand, and after carefully looking at it, said he knew nothing
about it. I said, if you'll allow us we.will go up to your
workshop, as there is a better light there. We all three
went up to the first-floor front room. I then told him we
were police officers, and that he was not asked to criminate
himself. I put the plate again into his hand, and said,
"Do you mean to say that was not engraved by you?" He
ultimately said he did engrave it. I asked him who for,
and he said Griffiths, the man in custody about the bank
notes, and that he had done work for him for years. I
told him it was part of tc Bank of Engtand note, and ho
said he was not ignorant of that. I told him I must take
him into custody, when ho said he was sorry for that, as
he had some work to do for Mr. Defries, whom to other
person could do.

Mr. Lewis wished this case to be entirely severed from
the one in which they had been engaged, especially as the
forged notes about which they were inquiring were not
taken from the plate produced.
Mr. Freshfield said he could not do this.
The prisoners were then remanded until Thursday next
at one o'clock,

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LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 13.
The Queen has beed pleased to give and grant unto Staff
Assistant-Surgeon James Joseph M'Carthy, M.D., her
Majesty's Royal license and permission that he may accept
and wear the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion.
of Honour of he Fifth Class, which his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French has been pleased to confer upon him,
as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of his ser-
vices, while under fire, to the French soldiers wounded dur-
ing the recent operations in China, and especially to tho
late Admiral Prutet at the moment when he was mortstly
wounded.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 5.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil-
liam Lowther, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Lega-
tion at Berlin, to be Secretary.to her Mrjesty's Embassy
at Berlin.