The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

1 bills for Calisber, ortosle brother-in-law ; Wil-
t helms, of the Pooltry, and others. They • paid
themselves before haiedinl ; over any part ( the
proceeds of the bills t( ) Fox and Co. Tie.yhad
also shipped goods fc it Wilhelms, and drawn
bills on him for part e)1 the money, and he had
vet to render an account of the sales.
Wilhelms never advance d money on goat is, but
he had lent money and afterwards eeeived
goods in repayment. Ti ley had consigned goods
to Calisher in August,
1861, the month prior
to the suspension, to the ai
•nount of £1,379, a ad re-
ceived goods in exchange fa r £1,366, cons isting of
e cious stones, which were
afterwards
somdei ,Sop
fo s 'Lld.
so
ef
pi
byo ne
Bernardusstolis
wereorto fte
skaeirnwCarades ads.
civen up b ,y
and „ me by the bankrupts. In 1859 Fox dis.ep.
peered from the scene, but the naele was le( :pt up,
and the lankrupt Kortoske made te Calis her
'e of F( tx and
Co.'s ban; 'tin account for his purposes.
Throughou t the whole of the trans,ectio n del iosed to
by Kortoske it did not appear that B: L•aun was in
any way an a ctive agent, the practical or eaanufac-
turing part of the business being carried on by Braun
I while the merc 'entiie department was ci )iducted ex-
clusively by Ric Ttoskee The accounts xit who inves-
tigated the affai rs of Kortoske Bros. i; a Canada, said
the estate would not pay a shilling i a the pound,
and he added that there were no ac counts in the
books of their transactione with Br aun and Kor-
toske for the last twelve months.
From the evidence of Mr. Wilcock, a manfacturer,
of Windhill, near Leeds, it appeared t ;hat Kortoske
bought of him a quantity of goods cal led Spanish
stripes in August last, which h e said hi 3 wanted for
a customer in the East India trade ft it shipment.
The amount of the invoice was e.c403, the bill for
hick had never been paid. He won Id not have
bolt. "I the goods had he known they w ere about to be
de oe iTted.
The evidence of Mr. Collings, act at !nderer and
f Manchester, proved that as I the agent of
packer,
Kortoske he had bought goods to the
Braun
ount a t 448 Bs. 10d., seven bales ( if which were
am
sent to Nibla and Allen, packers in London, and
in,
some were seat to the bankrupts. Those goods
were sent n August last, and he received two
bills for Lee '1 18s. 2d. and £142 10.3. Bd., which
en paid. He was - erable fo
had not since
be
ed been scheduledant bs-in the bank-
r
the goods, and h;
rupts for the nsL't•
The Telegraph Ci, erk produced four telegraph
messages dated the 2a . 3d, and 4th of last Septem-
ber from N. J. CG lishei, • London, to Louis Calisher,
Royal Hotel, Holy head ; from Juliette Stuart (an
assumed name) to Louis Calisher; from N. J. Ca-
Usher to Mrs. Calisher at .Birmingham; and from
Juliette Dash (assumed na.'ne), of 28, Norfolk-
street. Strand, to Louis Ca dishe.r—all of which mes-
sages, it was alleged, referred to the t ankrupte
affairs at the time that Ko rtoske was leaving Eng-
land for Canada.
Mr. Hart, the agent for Mr.Wilcock in the above
transaction, said he bad also sold goods to the
bankrupts on account. of other firms, who were cre-
ditors for the followin'g amoants t—Ab,raham Tal-
bot, of Morley, near Leeds, £'7B 45...9d.- Craven
and "Wilson, of Rastri ck, near Huddersiold, £69
iOse Iredale and Lock wood, of the same place,
£lBl 65.; and Sheard anel Senior, of Batley, £33
1.25. 3d. Those were all first transactions. Braun
afterwards said he had plenty of private property
to pay every one 30s. in the uound.
At this stage the case was fterther remanded, and
the defendants admitted to bail..., amounting in the
aggregate to £12,000.

COUNTRY 111A,kli LIS•

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BOSTON—JULY 30.
Influenced by a continuance of delightful weather for
maturing the crops the few samples of :English wheat on
offer to-day met a very dull demand, at barely last week's
prices. Oats and beans as previously reported, the van.
tity on offer being extremely small.

BIRMINGHAM—JULY 3.1.
There was a better supply of English wheat to-day,
and the turn: in price was in favour of buyers, but not
quotably lower. Barley beans, and peas held' for fully last
week's rates, Gats 6d to is per qr dearer.

MANCHESTER-JULY 31.

Wheat was taken freely at the currencies of this day
week. Four in moderate request, at fully former prices.
Oats and oatmeal were i'a favour of sellers. Indian corn
and beans each Is higher.

PLYMOUTH--JULY 29,
White, 62s to 66s ; red, 63s t o 65s per qr ; French, CO
to 628; American, 58s to 635; S,Danish, 74s to 768; Rus-
sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s per
qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 308; oats, 22s to 288; and
beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 30.
A fair supply of country wheat to-day, which sold at
fully the prices of this day week. Barley is higher.
Wheat on the top Os d 6up ...average Vs 4d up.
Barley on the top Os 6d up average 2.i 6d up.
Oats on the top Is Od up .. average is 8d up.
Beans on the top Os 6d up average is 10d up.
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat ... 711 qrs ...Sold 591 qrs
Barley... 94 qrs .. Sold 73 qrs
Oats lOB9 qrs ~Sold 1012 qrs
Beans 7l qrs Sold 30 qrs
Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 48s Od; extras, 46a Od;
householas, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d.

CORK—JULY 30.
The following; were the quotations this morning :,—Red
wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley 149
6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 2d to 13s Bd.