The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, WES!) Y VE'N'II (1-, AUGUST 26, 1861

now we could surely never have been in earnest.
What has the North done to terrify us so ? Have
we not 400,000 men in arms ? Are they going to
lay down their arms because the North tells them
they are subdued. Let them come and disarm us.

they could not recover. He also admitted
that if the contractors were to be rated they
must be rated as occupiers. He contended that their
case was analogous to the case of theatres and
saloons. There the parties were not occupiers, but
merely held a licence to sell refreshments.
At the conclusion of the arguments the counsel
and those interested in the case withdrew.
Mr. Brown then moved that the assessment be
affirmed. He said that if counsel had questioned
the accuracy of the assessment the board might have
gone into the matter, but they had raised grave
questions of law, which were to upset other assess-
ments. It was the practice to assess property so
soon as there was beneficial occupation. They as-
sessed gas companies and others in the same way,
and they possessed only a beneficial occupation.
Mr. Peck seconded the resolution.

They are good at talking.
" The other day they were going to walk over
James Island before breakfast, and take that meal in
Charleston, but shey unexpectedly got so much
to digest before they had advanced half a mile
that they were obliged to return where they

came from, and to defer their visit for another
occasion. We gave them grape from an eight-
inch Columbiad, and a shower of rifle balls, and so
much cold steel, that they left us in disgust. They
will probably like to try the same game again. Let
them come. Our company has been in but ene
fight, in which I had the honour to fire the first and
tho last shot. The affair was with a gunboat which

Mr. Barnes was of opinion that they were not the
parties to be assessed. He thought they should ad-
journ the matter and take counsel's opinion.
Mr. Green, the clerk, said counsel's opinion had
been taken, and they were acting under his advice.
The resolution was then put and carried by a ma-
jority, two hands being held up to the contrary.
Mr. 13auting said there were other contractors in
the Exhibition. He wished to know whether they
would be assessed. He said there was an umbrella
and stick contractor, and the contractor for the
cloak-rooms, and he should like to hear of their be-
ing assessed.

was coming down one of our creeks. r We took up a
nice position with four pieces on the banks of the
creek, where the boats were obliged to pass at the
short distance of 75 or 100 yards. She came abreast
of us just after dark. They were heaving the lead
and swinging right merrily when I gave the order,
" Fire." You may imagine the bustle that arose on
board. They soon began to let fly shell and grape
at us, but we were so close these missiles only
whistled over our heads harmlessly. None of our
men were hurt ; what damage was done to the
enemy darkness prevented us discovering. The
light artillery is a fine service in many respects, but
there is too little activity about it. But indeed
there is too little activity displayed in the war gene.
o t t
these Yankees are, unless you were here to
see and hear the truth. They "
Ibrag.sla the The prisonerser day
d lwhom
us—' we
kon
lives on lies and
rally. you can have no idea what a mean, low
people
You have
taken
but we have taken Richmond:James
Island h
When asked how
they had learnt that, they said it had been read out
on druss parade to them. What a miserable sub-
terfuge to elevate the courage of the men. No doubt
you have read Butler's order concerning the women
of New Orleans—that every woman that, by word
or gesture, insults any of his soldiers shall be consi-
dered a common woman. This is a fact. The
scoundrel ought to be hanged, were it not too good
a death for him. We should certainly be fools to
submit to such people, to say the least of it. When
I think of the days of Bruce and Wallace, and com-
pare the situation of the people of Scotland with
ours, it seems absurd to suppose that if the Yankees
had twice their force they could ever subdue us. One
thing is certain, that if they were either to subdue
us or to overrun the country, they would certainly
ruin the agricultural interests of the South ; and
cotton, which seems so necessary an article even to
Abolitionists, would never more be forthcoming.
Bale after bale is given to the flames as the enemy
approaches ; for they are cotton thieves, and take
all they can lay hands on. They have taken away
a great many negroes, but do not seem to find them
such useful citizens as they expected. Indeed, some
of them have expressed a wish that we would take
them back.
" I have become rather fond of a military life, and
have made several efforts to get a commission in the
regular army, but as yet without success. You need
not be surprised if I should take to it altogether
after the war is at an end. For if the war lasts
many years it will put me back so much in all pro-
fessional pursuits, except the military, that I think
I shall have to resort to it any how, if only for a
living. I wish you could walk into our camp just
now and take a look of us. But I am so dreadfully
shabby in my appearance that I should be ashamed
to be seen by you. We have not such substantial
uniforms as your volunteers have, and at present
most of us have only what we have worn all winter.
It is amazingly hot here just now, and not too
healthy. Quite a number of us have had chills and
fever, though I have as yet escaped all sickness.
The country about here is very unhealthy ; in some
places, especially in August and September, it is
almost certain death to the white man to spend a
night in its baleful atmosphere. The site of our camp
has been chosen for its healthiness, compared with
other places which are inferior in that respect, but
still it is by no means what I should call a desirable
locality. But this is the fortune of war—more die
from pestilence than by the sword of the enemy.
None of our men have, however, died, or been even
sick. I am fourth corporal in the company now,
and may, if I stay long enough, become a ser-
geant, one of these days, but a commissioned
officer I doubt if ever. The system of elections
is still carried on in officering our volunteer
companies and regiments, and a vile system it
is, for the result is, officers who are quite in-
competent, in many instances, for the position,
especially among the country troops, who are very
ignorant and incapable of judging what is best for
themselves and the country. But a system of exa-
mination, in conjunction with the other, is now
about to be introduced, which will be of great
benefit to us, I think.

Mr. Green said the matter was under considera-
tion.

The counsel and the appellants were then called
in and acquainted with the decision.

MUBD.T.R OF A POLICEMAN AT ASHTON
BY TRADE UNION BRICKMAKE.RS.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
At the South Lancashire assizes to-day this case
came on for trial before Mr. Justice Mellor. Con-
siderable interest was manifested in the proceedings,
and the court was crowded throughout the day.
Only four of the men concerned were indicted,
Barlow having turned approver, and the others not
being in custody. The prisoners were Michael
Burke, 35, John Ward, 36, Frederick Hepwell, 25,

and John Clay Johnson, 39.
Mr. Bliss, Q.C., attorney-general for the county,
together with Mr. Kaye and Mr. Grimshaw, pro-
secuted ; and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.O , Mr. Torr,
Mr. Ernest Jones, and Mr. Roberts defended the

prisoners.
Mr. Bliss, Q.C., in opening the case, said that
the prisoners, Michael Burke, John Ward, and
Frederick Hepwell, stood indicted for wilful mur-
der ; and Johnson was indicted as an accessory after
the fact, for receiving and harbouring Burke and
Ward, and for concealing them, knowing them to
have committed the murder. In addition to the

prisoners at the bar there were also four other
persons implicated in the murder, but they were
not in custody. Another person named Barlow,
also implicated, would be called as a witness. The
prisoners and the other persons charged were all
brickmakers living at or near Ashton-under-Lyne.
The name of the deceased was Wm. Jump, a police-
man, who at the time of his murder was on duty and
in uniform. The murder was committed on the

" JUNE 30.

"Adam's Run Village is a hamlet so called from
Adam's Run or rivulet flowing near it. The troops
here guard the Charleston and Savannah Railway.
It is situated about 22 miles to the south of Charles-
ton. Glorious news from Richmond yesterday.
M'Clellan's army threatened with complete destruc-
tion ; en tirly cut off from their gunboats; a large
portion routed and taken prisoners; attacked in
flank by Stonewall Jackson."

RATING THE REFRESHMENT DEPART•

_RENT OF IHE _EXHIBITION.

Yesterday morning the board of trustees for the
parish of Kensington held a meeting at the Vestry
Hall, Mr. Churchwarden Greenway in the chair, at
which the contractors of the refreshment depart-
ment of the International Exhibition attended for
the purpose of appealing against being assessed to
the parochial rates.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared for Mr. Morrish,
and Mr. Sleigh for Mr. Veillard.
It appears that the board of trustees and the ves-
try of Kensington have recently called upon the
contractors for the payment of the rates. F. E.
Morrish and W. Sanders being assessed for the
Western or English department, upon a rental or
rateable value of £14,217 ; and C. Veillard and
Martin Gulpet, for the Eastern or French refresh-
ment department, at £14,653. It is, therefore, a
very important question to the contractors, as in
the case of Mr. Morrish, he is called upon to pay
rates amounting in the whole to £9lB 3s. 7d. ; and
Mr. Veillard the sum of £946 6s. 9d.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson, in addressing the board,
said the first objection to the rate was on the ground
of there being no interpolation in it. Although
under the 9th section of George IV. the board had
power to amend a rate by inserting names that had
been omitted, they had no power to insert property
that was not in the rate-book at the time of the rate
being made. He referred to the 6th and 7th of
William IV., cap. 96, which provided for one uni-
form mode of rating for the relief of the poor, and in
which it was made essential that the description of
property should form part of the rate when made.
He next called attention to a very important point
in the case—as to whether Mr. Morrish was an
occupier so as to make him rateable, and
he read portions of the agreement between
his client and the commissioners to show
that Mr. Morrish was entirely under the con-
trol of the commissioners. He (Mr. Atkinson)
was of opinion that the commissioners were
rateable, because they held the keys of the outer
doors, they took money at the doors, and had full
possession of the place. He argued that Mr. Mor-
rish was not an occupant, as he had not uncon-
trolled power over the place. In order to make a
man rateable he must have such control over the
place as to make him virtually the owner of it. In
the agreement his client was described as a contrac-
tor, and he Was nothing more than a
He had only the right of selling refreshments
a certain part of the d
contractor.uring
day, for which he contracted
to pay five-eights of a penny for every person
the board to deal
ad-
mitted.mr Mr. Sleigh
concludedighsaid by
Mr.Veillard. asking
eillard objected to be rated
on the same
out justice to his client.
grounds. He submitted that inas-
much as the rate was made in April and his client
not taking Possession until the Ist of May

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug, 25.

The August Adjourned General Sessions corn
menced this morning at the Court House on
Clerkenwell-green.
THE GREAT ROBBERY AT MESSRS. BURTON'S IN
OXFORD-STREET.
Edmund Godwin, 23 years of age, and described
as a tailor, was indicted for feloniously breaking
and entering the shop of Win. Samuel Burton, and
stealing therein seven silver teapots and other
articles of the value of £450.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton
was counsel for the prisoner.
The trial of this case occupied a considerable
time, but the facts were shortly these. The prisoner
lodged in an attic at 9, Newman-street, adjoining
Messrs. Burton's premises, for some time in June.
During the night of the 11th of that month an entry
was effected into Messrs. Burton's warehouse
through a trap in the roof, and a large quantity of
silver stolen, value nearly £5OO. A complete set of
burglars' implements were found on the premises
by Sergeant Lambert, 12 D, jemmies, crowbars, a
rope-ladder, a bull's-eye, picklocks, a wedge made
of beech, matches, &c. On the Ist instant the pri-
soner was apprehended by Cook, 198 S, at the
corner of Clipstone-street. The constable said to
him, " Your name is Godwin." The prisoner
replied that it was not, " you make a mistake." The
witness said, " Yes, your name is Godwin, and I
shall take you for a robbery at Messrs. Burton's in
Oxford-street, in June last, and stealing a large
quantity of silver." The prisoner said again that
there was a mistake ; his name was not Godwin.
Cook then said, " Then I'll call you Whitenob," a
name he was known by ; " You know me, and I
know you." The prisoner said " All right, Mr. Cook,
you have put many an innocent man in prison, and
I suppose you are going to do the same with me."
He denied ever having lived in Newman-street,
gave a false address, No. 15,Liverpool-street, Isling-
ton, there being no such number, the highest num-
ber being 11 ; but he was traced to Dorrington-
street, Clerkenwell, where he had been lodging, and
where the police found the box in which the stolen
silver had been carried off from Newman-street. In
it were marks which, examined under a powerful
magnifying glass, showed that they had been pro-
duced by silver. The prisoner took the lodging in
the name of Richards, and on the night of the rob,-
bery had some one with him whom he let in.
Mr. Ribton contended that the evidence did not
make out anything beyond suspicion, and that in
the absence of absolute proof of guilt the prisoner
ought to be acquitted.
The learned Judge summed up with great care
and minuteness.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and his for-
' mer convictions were proved against him.
The learned Judge said there was an imperative
duty to perform, and the sentence of the Court upon
the prisoner was that he be kept in penal servitude
for the period of ten years
le

morning of Saturday, 28th June last, at a fold or
yard called Smallshaw fold, in or near Ashton--
under-Lyne. He was killed by two shots which
entered his breast about an inch and a half apart,
passed through his body in a parallel direction, and
lodged somewhere near the spine. The charge
against the parties implicated in this murder was
that on the night of Friday, Jane 27, they assem-
bled together, and armed themselves with blud
geons and pistols, with intent to destroy the bricks
in a neighbouring yard, and to use these weapons
against any person who should interfere with them
committing this crime or making their escape after-
wards; and that, in pursuance of this intention and
design they committed the murder charged against
them. On the night of Friday, the 27th June,
Burke, Ward, Hepwell, and the five other men as-
sembled at a place called the Ashton barracks, not
far from Clifford's brick-yard. They met there in
different parties of two, three, and four, but previ-
ously they had all, or some of them, been at a cer-
tain house where they charged the pistols with
shot. Having met at the barracks the whole eight
men went to Clifford's brick-yard, and there de-
stroyed 16,000 or 17,000 bricks. Having destroyed
the bricks they returned to the Ashton barracks,
and from thence they took a way across the fields
and roads until they came to the field adjoining the
fold yard where the murder was committed. In
crossing the field which adjoined the yard, the pri-
soners were met by two policemen, one Sergeant
Harrop (who would be brought before the jury),
and the other the deceased, Wm. Jump. When
they saw the policemen the men walked in single
file, and endeavoured to disguise and conceal their
faces by putting up their collars, and averted their
heads from the officers as they approached. Harrop
saw that they had something concealed under their
clothes, and suffered flix of them to pass, but stepped
before one of the last men and saidtat My man,
what is the meaning of all this ? 'ItM. you here
in this manner at this time of the morning." The
man whom he stopped said nothing, but endeavoured
to pass on. Harrop then said," You have no occa-
sion to fear anything from me if you are here about
nothing wrong." The man then pushed Harrop
violently away, and on being held in check he cried
out sharply, " Now men, now men. Now !" And the
other seven men turned round and commenced a
most violent attack, during which they used
bludgeons and pistols, and Harrop was shot over
the eye. After the struggle had been going on
for some time a person named Williamson, who
lived in a house adjoining the yard where Jump
was murdered, saw Jump come through a stile at
the corner of the house, and go to another stile on
the opposite side of the yard. Jump was stag-
gering as though wearied or exhausted, and when
he got to the stile he stood there leaning upon th(
stump. Williamson then saw another man come
after Jump through the stile, and when he was
about a yard or two yards from the officer William-
son saw a flash, and heard a report of firearms, as
of a pistol, apparently coming from this man to-
wards Jump. He saw and heard a second flash and
shot, which he thought came from the same man.
Harrop, who was standing near the yard, heard
Jump cry out, " Oh, dear ! oh, dear !" and going
back immediately in the direction of the cry, he
entered the fold yard, and found Jump doubled up
by the stile. Harrop asked Jump if he couldspeak,
but Jump could make no answer ; and with the as-
sistance of another man, William Smith, he car-
ried Jump into Williamson's house, where he died
in a very few minutes. The learned counsel pointed
out that one of the most important points of evi-
dence against Burke was the finding of a piece of
paper near the murdered man, which had formed a
portion of the wadding of the pistol, and this piece
of paper bore the name of Burke, and was identi-
fied as a portion of a bill furnished to Burke by a
beer-house-keeper. It would be proved also that
Burke was at the house which formed the rendez-
vous of the prisoners, and that he assisted at the
loading of the pistols ; that he was also present
during the affray, and that he afterwards used ex-
pressions which implicated him in the attack.
Burke had also made a confession, which was
somewhat at variance with the other evi-
dence, and which represented that Jump
was killed by one shot only, whereas it
would bo proved that two shots were fired,
and fired close together. With regard to Ward,
the evidence would show that he was present during
the firing of the shots ; that he took an active part
in the affray, and that afterwards he used expres-
sions to the effect !hat both he and Berke " fired
into" Jump. It was also important with regard to
Ward that two men were seen after the affray run-
ning over the railway bridge, that one of these men
answered to the description of Ward, and that the
footprints discovered in that direction were identi-
cal with those of Ward. Though the evidence was
not so strong against Hepwell, still it would be
shown that he also was engaged with the other men
throughout the affray. In conclusion, the Attorney
General said that if the prisoners went out with a
common design that these weapons should be used
in the way:they actually were used, all parties to
that design were responsible for such using of wea-
pons, being either present at the time of the actual
affray or accessories before the fact. All those who
were present after the weapons were used, and were
there aiding and abetting, were equally guilty with
the persons who fired the shot; and whether the
prisoners were the persons who so fired, or whefher
the shots were fired by some of the men not in cus-
tody, if the jury thought that the prisoners were
there at the time, they must hold them responsible
for the results.
The examination of the witnesses then commenced.
Thomas Barlow, brickmaker, brought up in cus-
tody, was called for the prosecution—He said he was
a member of the union, and that a short time before
the murder Hepwell went to his house and said there
were some bricks to spoil, and asked him to join in
the act. lie and Hepwell went to Ward's where
he saw Henshall and Gregory, two of the men im-
plicated but not in custody. They then went
towards the Ashton Barracks, where they were
joined by Burke and Ward. By this time the
number of the men assembled amounted to eight,
and included Toole and Ryan, who made up the
four who were not apprehended. They proceeded
towards Clifford's brick-field, and destroyed five
Eats of bricks, and when this was done they went

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
John W. Shqckleton a cabman, was indicted for
assaulting Robert Randall, police-constable 388 V,
in the execution of his duty.

Mr. Pater prosecuted ; Mn Metcalfe appeared for
the prisoner.
The case for the prosecution was that, on the
morning of the 3d inst., the prisoner was driving a
cab in the King's-road, Chelsea, whet: a gentleman
hailed him, and he told him to -, and made
several cuts at him with his whip. The gentleman
called the constable to stop him, but he drove off
at a rapid rate, and the constable got a Hansom
and went after him. On being overtaken the
prisoner, or some other person for whom he was
mistaken, struck him with the butt end of his whip
so violently that he fell backwards, and the driver
got away.
The defence was that the prosecutor was mis-
taken as to the person who committed the assault,
and Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury upon that
point, and the defendant was acquitted.
William Hutchinson, 52, labourer, was indicted
for unlawfully attempting to kill and murder him-
self, by cutting and wounding his arm with a razor.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and said he
knew nothing of the matter.
Mr. J. H. Bailes, surgeon, of 5, Oasulston-street,
Somers Town, stated that on the 12th inst. be was
called to No. 10, Drummond-streat, where he found
the prisoner weltering in a pool of blood. There
was a razor on the table with which he had opened
his arm, and was bleeding to death, and would have
no doubt been dead in a few minutes had not the
flow of blood been stayed by ligatures. As it was
he had lost thirty ounces of blood, and it appeared
that he was labouring under peculiar delusions,
and he said that a man with wings had got in
through the window and inflicted the wound.
The Jury found him guilty, and
The learned Judge sentenced him to two years'
imprisonment, observing that that was the best
course that could be taken with him.
Edward Tidswell, 25, clerk, was indicted for
stealing the sum of 1200 and upwards, the moneys
of Messrs. Shoolbred, of Tottenham-court-road, his
masters. He pleaded guilty ; and the Court, con-
sidering it avery aggravated case, sentenced the
prisoner to six years' penal servitude.
William Clifford, 26, cabinetmaker, a prisoner
who had been twice sentenced to four years' penal
servitude, summarily convicted, and was known
as the companion and associate of garotters, pleaded
guilty to a charge of stealing clothing in the house
of A. 'Watson, 19, Duke-street.
The prisoner's former career having been proved
by
.officers Holmes and Franklin, the learned Judge
said it was his duty to pass an exemplary sentence
for the protection of the public. The prisoner was
found concealed under a bed, having packed up a
variety of articles for removal, and twice for a simi-
lar offence had he been sentenced to four years'
penal servitude.
The prisoner begged for another chance. He said
he was known to be a convict, and could not get
work, but if he were lightly dealt with this time it
would be a long while before ho came before the
Court again.
The learned Judge said he should take care of
that. The best thing to do was to send him away
altogether out of the country, and the sentence
upon him, with that view, was 10 years' penal ser-
vitude. He was liable toit for, life.
The prisoner said he was perfectly satisfied.
George Scott was convicted of stealing a port-
manteau and a case from the terminus of the Great

away in the direction of Ardenshaw, the scene of Northern Railway, at King's-cross. These were
the murder; The witness then described the colli- two veryimpudent robberies, committed openly on
sion with the police, as detailed by Mr. Blies, Di- the platform. On the. arrival of trains from the
h, the prisoner claied as his own and carried
rectly after the assault on the police commenced, he nort
ran away, but about ten days afterwards wag appre- off passengel servitude.
rs' luggage.m He was sentenced to three
hended. When ho was in the Ashton lock-up he years' pena
occupied the next cell to Ward, who began to speak
about the affair and said, " My shoes have done me
for this." Burke and Ward had both told him that
they had fired at the police. In prison Ward said
to him, " They are keeping Burke at Ashton, and
he will split on all the others." A cap found on the
field was identified by this witness as belonging to
Ward. Several bludgeons, most fearful weapons,
were produced, and the particular weapons used by
the prisoners identified.
Under cross-examination, the prisoner said that
he had been induced to make a statement to Lud-
ham, a police officer, on the understanding that the
person who could give a clue to the perpetrators of
the crime would be rewarded, and, if not implicated
in the actual crime, would receive a pardon.
George Harrop, police sergeant, was next ex-
amined, and bore out the statement of the learned
counsel. He distinctly identified Burke and Ward
as taking part in the affray. The man with whom
Harrop was struggling disengaged himself, but left
his bludgeon in Harrop's hand. Harrop threw it
after him as he was escaping, and hit him on the
forehead. At this time shots were fired about 90
yards off, and almost immediately afterwards
Harrop heard a moan, which upon going to the
yard, he found proceeded from Jump. Jump's body
was found to be much bruised by blows from
bludgeons. ~,Harrop underwent a severe cross-
examination with regard to the shots which he
heard being fired in succession, and as to their pro-
ceeding apparently from a revolver. His evidence,
however, was not shaken. He produced the bullets
which had been found in Jump's body.
Samuel D. Lee, M.D., who had bees called to
attend to the deceased, described the nature of the
wounds which Jump had received, and attributed
death to the shot, one of the bullets having entered
under the second rib and perforated the left lung,
causing an immense loss of blood. The two bullets
which were extracted from Jump's body were very
rough, and one had a shank upon it. Dr. Lee,
who examined Ward in the New Bailey, Salford,
proved that he had a wound on his forehead, which
might have been caused by a bludgeon.
Samuel Williamson was next examined, and de-
scribed the firing of the pistol in the direction of
the stile where Jump was standing, and also the
finding of the wadding-paper, which dropped from
Jump's coat when he was being carried mortally
wounded into the house.
Another witness, named Smith, who lived near,
and heard the shots, said that he went out and found
the deceased crouching on his hands and knees.
Jump exclaimed, " Oh dear !" and endeavoured to
get up, but fell three times. Jump died almost im-
mediately after he was taken into Williamson's
house.
Eli Ogden and his wife, who lived in Smallshaw-
fole, gave corroborative evidence as to the firing of
the shots and the wounding of Jump.
The Court then rose, and the hearing of the case
was adjourned till the following day.

CLEVER APPREHENSION OF FASHIO,2ITABLE
SWINDLERS .AND RECOVERY OF 111 E PRO-
PERTY.

On Monday morning a fashionably-dressed man,
about 35 years of age, of good appearance, who
gave his name as James Frale, and a fine looking
young woman, who said her name was Mary Ann
Greenslade, were brought up in custody before the
Bath magistrates, charged with having conspired
together in obtaining goods to a considerable
value
from various tradesmen in that city, with intent to
defraud them of the same. The case excited great
interest, and the court was crowded with a respect-
able audience. As the police authorities only went
in for a remand, it is necessary to the understand-
ing of the case to give some particulars which did
not transpire in the evidence.
It appears that en Monday last the prisoners took
furnished lodgings at No. 19, in the Royal-circus,
one of the first localities in the city, representing
themselves as man and wife, who had come from
Scotland with the view of spending six months in
Bath. They brought but the slightest quantity of
luggage, having merely a carpet bag, which they
accounted for by saying their luggage had been
directed so as to follow them, and would reach Bath
in a day or two. They daily promenaded the most
fashionable parts of the city, arm in arm, and not
only succeeded in beguiling the lodging-house
keeper, but in obtaining goods of considerable value
from several of the leading tradesmen. On Friday
they favoured the shop of Mr. Alderman Jolly, ex-
mayor of Bath, in Milsom-street, with a call, and a
silk dress, silk shawl, and skirt, value about £2O,
were sent to the Circus. Mr. R. King, silk mercer,
of the same street, was favoured with orders to
about the, same amount. Messrs. Turner, also of
Milsom-street, were ordered to make a suit of super-
fine clothes for Mr. Frale, and other tradesmen
met with similar commands. On Friday after-
noon Mr. Frale also walked into the shop of
Mr. Routley, Watchmaker, of Broad-street,
and inquired the price of a diamond backed
watch in the 'window. He was told 15 guineas,
and he then inspected some others, concluding
by requesting two ladies' watches, and a gentle-
man's gold repeater, to be sent to 19, Circus, the
same evening for approval. Mr. Routley, who
understood from him that he intended making one
of the watches a present to his lady, took the
watches, together with three gold chains himself,
and saw the female prisoner, who said the captain
was gone out to dinner, but she thought he had
shown very good taste in the selection of the watch
for himself. She was not so certain, however, as
to the watch intended for her. She passed some
trivial remarks upon the chains, and ended by re-
questing Mr. Routley to leave the goods and call
in the morning, when he would receive the money
for those approved and take the others away. Mr.
Routley's property was of the value of £6O. After
be had left he did not feel easy in his mind, but his
suspicions were allayed by the assurance of a friend
whom he consulted, and who had been assured in
turn by the woman who keeps the lodgings, that
he would be safe if it were for £l,OOO. Next
morning by half-past six o'clock, however, Mr.
.Routley was roused from his bed, and informed that
his quondam customer was non est, and that he and
his "lady," taking with them the gold watches and
chains, had disappeared from their lodgings, with-
out paying any rent, on the previous evening.
Great became the consternation of the several de-
frauded tradesmen ; but prompt steps were taken
for the detection of the swindlers. The police dis-
covered that a lady on the previous night had ac-
costed a workman in the Circus, and drawing a
carpet bag from under a mantel, had desired him
to convey it for her to the Twerton station,
about two • miles from Bath, on the Bristol
line. On their way, however, they came up
with a gentleman (Mr. Frale) lounging against
some rails, and the lady and gentleman
each saying, " Oh, is that you," fraternised,
and the bag was handed to the gentleman by the
porter, who was dismissed by the lady with the
promise that she should see him again, and would
then reward him for his trouble. The man left,
but not quite liking his treatment, watched the par-
ties to the 1 werton station. He was thus enabled
to give the clue to the police, and on Saturday In-
spector Dalsworthyand Detective Barnett proceeded
to,"Bristol, and, with the aid of a detective from the
Bristol force, traced the male prisoner, whom they
found in the act of pawning one of the watches at
the shop of Mr. Chiloott, of St. Auguotinoo-parado.
At the station-house he took another watch and
chain from his waistcoat pocket, saying, " That is
another of them " The female prisoner (who at
first said she was Frale's wife) was subsequently-
apprehended, and from her the whole of the re-
mainder of the property was obtained.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.

APPREHENSION OF AN ABSCONDED

BANKRUPT.

It will be remembered that the examination of
.Thomas Henderson, wholesale woollen cloth and
tweed warehouseman in Glasgow, whose estates
were sequestered in November, 1861, took place
partially in the month of December following, and
that he absconded about the end of that month or
beginning of January, 1862. Henderson had been
twice under examination, but. ultimately deemed it
prudent to withdraw beyond the reach of his credi-
tors, and a day or two after his disappearance a
quantity of goods belonging to the bankrupt, con-
sisting of household furniture, clothes, pictures,
and jewellery, which had been concealed, or were
alleged to have been concealed, in a house at 119,
St. James's-road, was discovered by the police,
amounting in value to between £2OO and £3OO
Several witnesses were examined, and, among
others, Mrs. Henderson ; and on the 9th
of January a warrant was issued by
Sheriff Murray for C-..e apprehension of the
bankrupt, who had taken refuge in the Sanctuary.
When the officer went through to Edinburgh to
carry the warrant into force he found that Hender-
son had taken alarm and fled from the Sanctuary.
A few days after the warrant was issued, Superin-
tendent M'Call, after a harassing and energetic
search, succeeded in discovering the silver plate
chest of the bankrupt and its contents in a house in
St. Vincent-street, and a day or two later a dis-
covery was made in Helensburgh of another quan-
tity of household furniture, bedding, carpets, &c.
Meanwhile a vigorous search was made for the
bankrupt himself, with a view to his apprehension,
which, however, was unsuccessful. Rumours were
afloat that he had gone to Australis, to France, and
to America, but the result has belied them all. Not-
withstanding these,,.,the police have been more or
less active in their endeavours to trace the where-
abouts of the bankrupt, and about the end of last
. week they obtained a clue which led to his appre-
hension. Following up this clue Peter Brown, de-
tective officer, was despatched on Saturday to Edin-
burgh to search for Henderson, and in the course of
the same afternoon he saw a man in India-street
. who seemed to answer the description of the bank-
, rupt. Brown had never seen Henderson before, and
was so far at a disadvantage. He had, however, in
his possesizon a photograph of him, but it had been
taken when Henderson wore neither whiskers,
beard, nor moustache, whereas the individual whom
i the detective met wore the whole three. Resolving
at once to. put his man to the test Brown came be-
hind him, mud in a bold, off-hand manner, ejaeu-

lated—" Hallo, Mr. Henderson, what are you doing
here ?" The individual addressed, who had two
young girls with him, turned round abruptly,
and said to Brown that he was mis-
taken. Brown rejoined, "I know you, Mr. Hen-
derson." The latter reiterated, " You are mis-
taken." Brown pulled out the photograph of the
bankrupt, which he had in his pocket, and present-
ing it to Henderson, said " Isn't that you." When
the individual saw the photograph he admitted that
he was the veritable Mr. Henderson who had ab-
sconded from his creditors in January last. He was
instantly taken into the safe keeping of the officer
and conveyed to his lodgings in India-street, where
the young girls who, we understand, were his
daughters, were left. He was then conveyed to Glas-
gow the same eveuing.—Glasgow Herald.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BANK OF ENG-
LAND.—The prosperity of the country was evidenced in the
reign of William and Mary by the establishment of the
Bank of England, which despite a great deal of opposition
from the Court and the monied men, obtained a charter on
27th July, 1694. The establishment of the Bank of England
gave life and energy to business, and made trade easy.
Great eagerness was exhibited to embark in commercial
enterprise, and this even extended itself to Scotland, where,
in 1795, the Bank of Scotland was established, which soon
rose to very high credit. The projector of both banks was
Mr. Wm. Paterson. The capital of the Scotch Bank was
£1,200,000 Scotch, or £lOO,OOO sterling.—Cappr' s Port
and Trade of London.
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