The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE tN(3I, AUGUST 27, 1862.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
Sharer Railways Patd. Price. Business done
100 'iAtlantic &St Lawrence all 57 60
~,.. Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind
10t, 1011 102/
6'''' / Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New
24 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 51 51 1
10 Do. ?reference ...... all 81 9 Buffalo,Brant,,t Gedrich
100 I 1.0 s; 73 82
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1,z%
100 Do. do. July 1, It7:', 100 76 79
100 ,Do. no. Jane 1, lb:4 100 76 79
st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Ls s ) 100 101 103
st Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 1071 1081
17/ Demerara ali
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1031 104
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1041 105 10111 I
20 Do. do. G Ext 5 a gp
20 Do. do. H do.
211
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 64 t 8
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 54 06
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 30 32
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 30 32
100 Do. do. 1872 all 30 32
stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c, 100 102 103 1021 1
20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 1 p
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 1 1p
stock Gt. South.otlndia(Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1011 1021
204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharek• all 138 131 131
201 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 91
100 Do. 1873
10 Indian Branch Limited 1 1 dis par
stock Madras guar., sp. c.
stock Do. 4/ p. o. Extension 100 95 96
stock Do. 48 d 0......., 100 91 93
stock Melb.Corp. Ip. o. Bnds. 100
20 Newßrunswick & Can&
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Shalt,.
a,„ ,Do. do. Land d 0...
20 Do. do. B Capital do. • • all 4 C
.. Do. de. Land do.
N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 85 88
stock Scinde .......... ~i.„.; 100 1021 103/
20 Do. Punjaub .... F 4 ~g i 15 pr i p
ZO Do. Do. ~ ... .. ;Ts' q all iOO/ 1016
took Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge, 100 98 100
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SPORTING---THIS DAY.

EGHAM RACES-THIS DAY.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ,1
BARONS STAKES.

Golden Dust
Mississippi filly
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Aconite filly

Eleven :an.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of
this company was held at one a'clock this afternoon in the
London Tavern; Mr. Horatio Love, chairman of the Board
of Directors, in the chair.

The CHAIRMIN moved the adoption of the report, which
has already appeared in the sun.

Mr. ADAMS remarked the.: the report was a good one,
and supposed the shareholders must be satisfied with the
state of affairs, seeing the dividend was increased.

After some further discussion, the report was adopted.

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.

The half-yearly meeting ofthe Southampton Dock Com-
pany took place to-day--Mt. G. E. Pratt Barlow in the
chair—when a report was real, which stated that accounts
now submitted to the proprietors showed a net revenue, after
payment of the interest on the debenture debt, of the divi-
dends on the preference stocks, and of all working expenses,
repairs, &c., for the half-year ended the 30th June, 1862,
amounting to £7,604 19s 4d ; add surplus carried over from
last half• year, £2,141 3s 3d—making a total of £9,749 2s 7d.
From this the directors recommended that a dividend be
declared for the half-year of £2 per cent., payable on the 3d
of Sept. next (being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum),
amounting on £360,350 ordinary stock, to £7,207, leaving
a surplus to be carried forward, of £2,542 2s 7d. The re-
venue has thus not only afforded a dividend at the rate of
4 per cent. per annum, but also an addition of nearly £4OO
to the surplus to be carried forward.

The Chairman having mcved the adoption of the report,
a proprietor proceeded to ask 27 questions, of which he had
given notice, amid the impatience of the meeting, after
which the report was adopted.

THE FORGERY OF X 2,000 ON THE BANK
OF ENGLAND.

MANSION-HOUSE THIS DAY.
George Wilkin, a respectably dressed young man, about
20 years of age, but who, on his apprehension, described
himself as George Samuel Stokes, of Arbustus Hill, Galway,
was again placed at the bar before Alderman Challis on
remand, for a further examination on a charge of forging
the endorsement of an order for £2,000, and uttering such
order with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England.

The circumstances of tha case, which appeared in the
columns of The Sun on Friday last, are of a novel and
peculiar character ; the prisoner, on the morning of Thurs-
day last went to the Bank of England and handed a bill to
Mr. Gough, one of the cashiers, and asked to have it
changed for notes ; the bill purporting to be a draught of
the Bank of Ireland for £2,000, dated the 20th of August
last, payable on demand to the order of John Robinson,
Esq., signed " W. Patten," and directed to the cashiers of
the Bank of England, The prisoner, on being asked
the usual question by the cashier, received the amount
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in notes specified by himself, and endorsed the cheque
with the name of " John Robinson," 17, Albert-street,
Bedford-square, and in about half an hour afterwards he
returned to the hall of the bank and endeavoured to change
fire of the £lOO notes he had previously received for gold
and smaller notes, and on this occasion endorsed his name
on the notes as " John Stokes," Cheapside ; some surprise
was created, and, on inquiry in the drawing-office, it was
found the notes formed part of those paid to the prisoner in
change for the draft of £2,001), in the name of Robinson ;
he was identified by Mr. Gough, the cashier, and given into
custody.

The case was remanded to give time for further inquiry,
and to enable the prisoner to communicate with his friends.

The prisoner, on being placed at the bar, appeared in a
very depressed state of mind. It appears he was a clerk in
the firm of Messrs. Page and John, stockbrokers, Dean-
street, Dublin.

Mr. Craven, inspector of the Dublin Metropolitan Police,
was the first witness examined, and said he produced a war-
rant, signed by George Vyse, Esq., a magistrate of that dis-
trict, in which the prisoner was charged with uttering a
forged cheque for £2,000 on the Bank of Ireland, and in
payment of which he received the £2,000 bill on the Bank
of England, in the name of his employers, Messrs. Page
and John, of Dub:in, with intent to defraud the Bank of
Ireland. He now asked that the prisoner might be de-
livered up to him for transmission to Dublin.

In reply to Mr. Goodman, the chief elerk, the prisoner,
in a faint voice, admitted he was the person named in the
warrant; he had no legal adviser, and did not desire to ask
any questions of the witnesses, or make any statement.
Mr. Barron, a solicitor from Dublin, said he appeared on
behalf of the Bank of Ireland, and asked that the prisoner
might be remitted to the custody of the Dublin police in•
spector ; and he would see that he was taken to Ireland,
where he was instructed to prosecute the prisoner for the
forgery committed there.

Alderman Challis told the prisoner that upon the appli-
cation just made he was bound tc order his delivery up to
the officer for transmission to Ireland, to be dealt with by
the tribunals there.

The prisoner made no remark, but quietly walked from
the dock. He will be allowed to remain in Newgate for
to-night, and to-morrow he will be conveyed in custody to
Dublin.

Mr. Goodman said that in tha meantime Messrs. Fresh-
field, the solicitors to the Bank of England, would act as
the sequestrators of the money obtained by the prisoner at
the Bank, and its apportionnaest would be determined after
the trial of the prisoner.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

MARK LANE.

A f quantity of new English wheat was received fresh
up to this morning's market, in tolerably good condition.
For all qualities the trade ruled inactive, at Monday's de-
cline in the quotations.

There was a large show of foreign wheat on the stands.
In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, and prices were
with difficulty supported.

Floating cargoes of grain vere in slow request, at about
previous rates.

The trade for barley, owing to the small quantity on offer,
was firm, at full currencies.

Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late quota-
[one.

Oats, being in only moderate supply, sold steadily, at
quite former terms.

Beans and peas ruled firm, and their value was well
maintained.

Flour met a slow sale, and American qualities were some-
what cheaper than on Monday.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Floor.
English-- 1,040 I 10 1,110 1 360 sack..
Irish
Foreign.— 33,030 I 1170 12,230 510 sacks.
26,390 bls.

POLICE-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ASSAULT BY A CABMAN.—John Keevil, badge 2,004, a
cabdriver, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being
drunk and incapable of taking care of his horse and cab,
and also assaulting James Price, 315 A.

The constable saw a large crowd assembled in Charles..
street, Haymarket, at about one this morning, and on going
up to see the cause found the prisoner with a horse and
cab by his side, bleeding profusely from a wound on the
head, he having fallen from his cab while in a state of in-
toxication. He then took the prisoner to the Vine-street
station-house, and on the way the prisoner kicked his legs
from under him, causing him to fall on his forehead, which
was swollen in consequence, and the rest-
of the way the
prisoner was very violent.

Prisoner said he remembered being drunk, but nothing
about the assault.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was too bad. Besides being drunk
with his horse and cab he assaulted the constable. He
should commit him for 14 days.

WESTMINSTER.

A RUFFIAN LIGHTLY PUNISIIED.—Edward Copley, a
ruffianly-looking fellow, was charged with the following
disgraceful assault upon a police constable

Police-constable Watson, 167 B, said at 20 minutes to 10
/ he was on duty in the Fulham-road, when he was told that
he was wanted at Mrs. Audrey's, the Black Lion, Oakham-
street. On going there he was told that the defendant had
broken a pane of glass and a beer glass, and found him
drunk. He was directed to turn him out by the landlady,
and asked him to go quietly, upon which the defendant
struck him a violent blow in the face with his fist. Witness
told him that would not do, he had better go away quietly,
and put his hand upon the accused's shoulder to eject him,
when the defendant seized him by the back of the head,
and dashed his face against two panes of glass, which
were broken by the violence of the blow, and
witness's face cut about, as could Row be seen. [Witness's
face was covered with sticking plaister, and was very seri-
ously cut.) Witness then got the defendant out, when he
knocked him down and kicked him. Witness got up again,
when the defendant knocked him down again, and con-
tinned to strike and kick him for a quarter of an hour.
Ultimately he procured assistance, and the defendant was
conveyed to the station.

John Vine Toovey, late a licensed victualler, assisting
Mrs. Andrews, corroborated the constable's testimony. The
policeman was very quiet, but the defendant behaved in a
most brutal manner.

Inspector Butler having intimated that the defendant had
frequently been charged with assaulting the police,
Defendant admitted the charge, and said he was very
sorry for what he had done.

Mr. Dayman committed him to prison for a month.

SOUTHWARK.

A HOARY SINNER.—Henry Kemp, aged 66, a varnish
maker, residing at Jamaica Level, Bermondsey, was
charged with indecently assaulting Jemima Clark and Mary
Ann Stewart.
Jemima Clark, having bcen sworn, said that she lived at
Glebe-terrace, Rotherhithe, and that she and Mary Ann
Stewart met the prisoner yesterday about 11 o'clock in the
morning, near the Spa-road station, as they were going to
school. He asked her the day before to go with him to
Camberwell, and she told him that her father would not
allow her. He asked them to go with him to London-
bridge, which they did, and the other girl went away. He
then took her on board a steamboat, and they went as far
as Ilungerford-bridge, when they got out. They had some
dinner in the neighbourhood, after which they went to
Islington, and then he wanted her to come into a house in
Suffolk-street, in the City-road (a most infamous locality).
She refused to da so, and a young woman interfered aad
took her away from him. A policeman was then called
and the parties were taken before the magistrate at Clerken-
well.

Mr. Binns, who appeared for the prisoner, said that the
whole of the:case had been before the magistrate at that
court, and he dismissed the case in the first instance. His
client was in a moat respectable station of life, and it was
not until some conversation had taken place between the
constable and the witness that he considered it necessary to
send the parties to this court, the offences alleged being out
of his jurisdiction.
Police-constable 83 G proved to having taken the pri-
soner into custody at Clerkenwell, and to the witness hav-
ing made a statement to the effect that he had behaved in-
decently to her on a previo4? occasion. She was twelve
her last birthday.
Jemima Clark's examination was then resumed. She
said that she and Mary Ann Stewart had been asked last
Saturday to go to his house the day following, which they
did. He let them in, and they saw no other person in the
house. They went into the kitchen, and he put his hand
under her clothes and then pulled them up. Stewart was
present at the time. The prisoner had given them some
walnuts and plums, and the day before he gave her a penny.
Stewart told her before they went to his house on Sunday
that he had taken liberties with her. He hurt her when
he put his hands under her clothes, and it was then she
told him to leave off, which he did. At that time she was
sitting down and he was sitting oppssite her. She was
not in the room altogether more than a minute, and she
went into another room, leaving Stewart alone with the
prisoner.

Cross-examined by Mr. Binns—She lived wlth her
father, who was a carpenter, and she had three brothers
and three sisters. When she returned home on Sunday
she did not say anything to her father about what had oc-
curred. She was examined by a doctor, after which the
magistrate at Clerkenwell dismissed the prisoner. It was
only when she had spoken to the polic, man that the magis-
trate sent the case for trial to this court.

The witness, in reply to Mr. Burcham, said that the
prisoner had not Leen guilty of any further indecency to
wards her, and she would have gone to Camberwell with
him if her father had allowed her.

Mary Ann Stewart was sworn, and said that she lived at
Stephens's Cottages, Rotherhi he, with her father, who
was a tanner, and her mother. She was in the habit of
going to the prisoner's house, and last Friday he took
liberties with her. She and the last witness went to his
house on Sunday. Ho put down his trousers and behaved
most indecently towards her, and Clarke was present at
the time. He hurt her very much. She was in the house
with him beforo and he treated her the same way each
time. On one occasion he gave her sixpence and desired
her not to tell her mother what took place between them.
She allowed him to do what he liked to her. She was 13
years of age. The other girl was with her all the time she
was at the prisoner's house last Friday, and aaw all the pri-
soner had done to her. He gave her (Clarke) twopence on
Sunday.

Mr. Binns submitted that there was no case against the
prisoner according to the evidence, and from the fact that
the girls were consenting parties.

Mr. Burcham said that both girls being above 12 years
of age, a period when, according to law, they might be con-
senting parties, which from their evidence they appeared to
be, he regretted ho could not punish the prisoner for his
gross misconduct. He must be discharged.
Mr. Dinns advised the accused to get home as quickly as
possible to avoid the violence with which it was not un-
likely he might be treated by the women, a hint which was
promptly adopted by the party, who left the court with a
celerity unusual at his advanced age.