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THE SUN, 140 NOUN, MONDAY EVHNLNI4, NOVEMBER 17, 1862.

spell-boundfor several seasons on the right. The
Novara Railway station, which had been reared
fully a mile away from the centre, in the expec-
tation that a mageifieent axenue to it would: rise
in continuation of the Via Santa Teresa, and on
the site of the dismantled citadel, still stands in
the midst of a wilderness, save where a huge set
of barracks, an opthalmic establishment, or La
Marmora's house (the gift of a grateful country to
the Crimean hero, now sold to a railway com-
pany) dots the ground here and there. For the rest,
no one builds in Turin; no man has speculation
enough in him to add to the insufficient number of
the ancient hotels. Yet three or four days and he
will be a lucky man who can secure as much as an
attic or a cellar at Trombetta's, Feder's, or any of
the time-honoured caravanseries which used to greet
the traveller on his descent from Mont Cenis. Turin
has no home for guests, permanent or temporary,
and it can provide none—for who would venture to
invest his money in the once profitable trade of
taking in strangers, with the threat before him of a
removal of the capital, and the'certainty for his own
part of burning bis fingers by the enterprise
Seriously speaking, Turin has become too incon-
venient, too extravagant, too improvident a place
for people to live in. I could quote a good number
of provincial Government officers to whom promo-
tion is offered on condition of their removal to the
capital, and who beg and solicit and intrigue to be
left where they are, as they find themselves better
off with a salary of 3,000 f. at Parma, Brescia,
Cremona, or Bologna than they could ever hope to
be with twice the same stipend in Turin. Those
who are compelled in spite of themselves to transfer
their quarters to this inhospitable place settle down
by themselves wherever they can rest their heads,
leaving their families behind, to be joined by them
when they and the Government to which they be-
long are allowed to exchange the banks of the Po
for those of the Tiber. In the same manner, out
of 100 members of either House of Parliament not
five can allow themselves the luxury of their
wives' and children's company during the session.
For eight or ten months in the year domestic life
is thus broken up in Italy in some of the highest
social ranks, owing to the imperfect capabilities of
this temporary capital. The next best thing to a
favourable solution of the Roman question would
be for the Italians the certainty that the gates of
the Eternal City are closed against them to all
eternity. Let Florence, or Bologna, or Naples, or
any other place, be raised to the rank of a new
metropolis, or let it be loudly proclaimed that
the seat of Government is to abide in Turin for
an indefinite, but reasonably prolonged, lapse of
years, and the confidence of builders, householders,
and landlords will revive here, and Turin, which
has undoubtedly every element necessary to spread
into a great city, will again become inhabitable.
A very painful sensation has been causedthrough-
out the country by the tidings of the massacre of a
detachment of 40 infantry of the royal army by a
band of 200 brigands near St. Severo, in the pro-
vince of Capitanata. The unlucky soldiers had been
led into an ambush by a spy, who informed them
that ten brigands were lurking in a wood called 11
Bosco della Grotta, between Saeta Croce di Magli-
ano and Maglianico. Surrounded by a force five
times their own number, in the thick of the forest
the brave men endeavoured to cut their way through
the midst of them, but 21 of them were shot or cut
down on the spot, 13 were taken prisoners, and
burnt alive at no great distance in a straw loft.
Among the latter was the officer in command of the
detachment, Capt. Rota, a Garibaldian, who was
one of the famous Thousand of 'Alai-Bala, It seems
no less than 800 brigands, all mounted, are at this
present moment infesting the open plains of Puglia,
and especially the province of Capitanata. It never
happens, however, that these ruffians obtain any
success over the royal troops, or even await an en-
counter with them. The troops, nevertheless, are
worn out and disgusted, if not dispirited, and the
population so utterly demoralised by the incredible
sufferings to which the continuance of the scourge
of brigandage exposes them, that no less than one-
fourth of the lands of the province aro out of culti-
vetion.

THE REPRESENTATION OF

BOITTILAMPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15.

The politics of this town are so peculiar, so com
I pounded of self-interest and public principle, and
the present election is likely to be such a severe
struggle for Tory ascendancy in the town, that a
few remarks to give the key to the short and
almost unintelligible reports which will appear
daily for the next three weeks of the progress of
this election, will not perhaps be unacceptable. The
Liberal party here has a very strong majority. In
fact, when it was almost equally divided between
the late Richard Andrews, the coachmaker, and
Mr. Weguelin, at an election a few years ago, the
Tory candidate, Sir Edward Butler, could not get
into Parliament. The Peninsular and Oriental and
the Royal Mail Companies spend enormous sums of
money in the town, and have necessarily great in-
fluence. Both companies have been rivals for in-
fluencing, if not monopolising, the representation ;
hitherto, however, the Peninsular and Oriental
Company has been most successful, Mr. Willcox
and Mr. Weguelin, both directors of that com-
pany, having at one time represented Southampton:
The split in the Liberal party, solely about
party leadership, caused Mr. W. D. Seymour to be
elected in the room of Mr. Weguelin. Oa the
death of Mr. Wilcox, Capt. Mangles, the chairman
of the Royal Mail Steam and South Western Rail-
way Companies, and a director of the Southampton
Dock Company, became, a candidate. As there was
no director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company
disposed to come forward, the local managers of
that company, partly in a spirit of rivalry to the
Royal Mail Company, and partly from political mo-
tives, joined the Conservatives, and brought forward
the Tory Lord Mayor of London. Now, the united
forces of the Peninsular and Oriental Company and
the Conservatives form a numerous body of voters.
The Weguelinite section joined Capt. Mangles, but
the Seymourite section kept aloof, and Messrs. G.
Thompson and Croskey came into the field, and thus
still further divided the Liberal party. This four-
fold division of the Liberals, and the coalition of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's employes with
the Tories, made the Lord Mayor's chance an excel-
lent one. There was also a prejudice agst Captain
Mangles, as, representing the South-Western Com-
pany, he successfully opposed the Great Western
Company in their attempt to approach Southamp-
ton by means of the Andover and Redbridge Rail-
way, upon which the townspeople had set their
hearts. Oil Tuesday last the friends of Mr Thompson
held a public meeting, and the Royal Mail, the
Dock, and the South-Western Railway people
broke it up. The next night the friends of Captain
Mangles held a meeting, and the Tories and the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's people broke
that up. Last night the friends of the Lord Mayor
were to hold a public meeting, but the Dock, the
Royal Mail, and the Railway people prevented it
from taking place by violence, and the meeting had
to be held at the Dolphin Hotel. Within the last
two days Mr. Croskey has withdrawn from the
contest, and Mr. Seymour has induced the leaders
of his party to support Capt. Mangles. Thus the
chances of the latter have improved, and those of
the Lord Mayor have become proportionately less.
The election will probably take place about the
4th proximo. The riots to which this election has
given rise are most disgraceful. On Wednesday and
Friday nights men were seen armed with dangerous
weapons, and several persons were seriously in-
jured. About £lOO worth of damage was done to the
Assembly-rooms last night, where the Lord Mayor's
meeting was to have been held, and the damage
must be made good by the town.
Fears are entertained that there will be a loss
of life before the ejection is over. The Peninsular
and Oriental, Royal Mail, South Western Railway,
and Dock Companies employ large numbers of
labouring men, few of whom have got a vote, and
the companies have been directly charged by the
Southampton papers with allowing these men a
holiday, to enable them to disturb the public meet-
inga of the rival candidates with the most senseless
violence. Already the enemies of reform are point-
king to this violence, and using it is an argument
against the extension of the suffrage.

LOSS OF THE HAMBURG STEAMER.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

Iteport by Joseph R. Sterrett DuffilAT, Of Cor-
sindal, and James Corbet, Esq., two of
her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county
of Aberdeen, with tho concurrence of Colin Camp-
bell Keno, Esq., Commander R.N., and Capt. Dun-
can Forbes, of the Local Marine Board, Aberdeen,
as nautical assessor.

To tho Honourable the Board of Privy Council for
Trade. In the matter of the Investigation into the
Loss
Honourable of
the steamship
the
Hamburg, of Aberdeen.
The
Committee of Privy Council
for Trade having ordered that an investigation
should take place into the circumstances connected
with the loss of the steamship Hamburg, of Aber-
deen, the subscribing justices, of these dates (Oct.
31 and Nov. 1) met, with the Nautical Assessors
appointed by the Board of Trade, for the purpose
of said investigation ; and they have now to report
as follows :

The paddlewheel steamship Hamburg, of 436
74-100 registered tonnage, with engines of 250 horse
power, started on her last voyage from Kirkwall,
bound for Aberdeen, upon Saturday, the 11th Oct.
last, at a quarter past 5 p.m. She had three passen-
gers on board and a crew of 30 men, including the
master, two mates, and two engineers, also a cargo
of live stock, consisting of 105 cattle, 200 sheep, and
nine horses. The weather was then moderate, but
cloudy, and the wind S. by E. The vessel arrived
in due time opposite Copinsha Islands, from which
point her course was shaped across the Moray Firth
to Kinnaird's Head. At 7 o'clock p.m. Copinsha
Island bore W. by compass, distant about a mile
and a half, and from this they took their departure,
steering S. W. At the same hour Hugh Geddes,
the master, went below, after leaving instructions
with the mate, who now took charge of the watch,
"to keep the same course," viz., S. W., "to call
him (the master) if it became thick, and to take the
bearings of the Pentland Skerries as long as he could
see them." At 9.30 p.m. these bearings were ac-
cordingly taken at the after-compass, and are entered
in the log-book as North-West by North, the Sker-
ries being about 15 miles distant, and the wind
increasing. During the whole of the first mate's
watch that vessel had been going under full steam,
and from 7 p.m. till 1 o'clock a.m. was found to
have made a run by the patent log of 571 knots.
At 1 o'clock the chief mate called the master, and
reported to him the distance run, the state of the
weather, and how the Pentland Skerries bore at
9.30 p.m. The master then gave instructions that
he should be called by the second mate at 2 o'clock.
Robert Weallem, the second mate, was therefore
in charge of the vessel from 1.20 a.m. (when the
chief mate went below) to 2 o'clock a.m., at which
hour (or 10 minutes before 2, according to the cap-
tain's own statement) the captain himself came on
deck. The course during the second mate's watch
continued the same as before, viz.,
S.l
W., the
wind being moderate, the water smooth, and the
weather a little hazy." Kinnaird's Head Light
was first seen by the captain at about 6 minutes be-
fore 2 o'clock a.m., and at that time bore S.W. by
S. by compass, and, as he believed, about 14 miles
distant. It was seen at the same time or shortly
afterwards, by the second mate, and by others on
the watch. The vessel was continued in the same
course, viz., S. -1 W., until 2.20 a.m., at which hour
it was altered by the master to S. The weather was
quite clear at this time, and the wind from S. and
E., moderate. At 2.46 the vessel was abreast of
Kinnaird's Head Light, which bore about W.S.W.
by compass, and at 3.40 a.m., according to the cap-
tain's statement, the course was again altered to
S., and by We This was done in the belief that the
Fivesh ship was
minutes h
t about
thereafter
miles
t
er the distant from the land.
bearing of Kinnaird's
Head Light were again taken, and were found
to be N.W. and by W., and the ship's course was
again altered to S.S.W. At this time says the
captain in his protest, the weather was hazy, " al-
though he could see a distance of two miles; but he
did not think it necessary to take soundings, from
knowing his position." The master's description of
the various alterations in the course is borne out by
the evidence of the seamen at the wheel, except in so
far as relates to the hours above mentioned, in re-
gard to which there is a slight discrepancy.
Henry Bridges, who had charge of the wheel from
about 1.45 a.m. to 3.30 a.m., saw Kinnaird's Light
at about 2.45 a.m. He received the order for the
first alteration in the course, viz., to S., at the same
time. This continued for about a quarter of an hour
or 20 minutes, when Bridges received the order for

the second change, viz., to S., and by W. He says
that it was again changed some time after to S.S.W.,
and that at half-past 3 he was relieved by James
Stephen. This is corroborated by Stephen, who
states that the course which he received from Bridges,
viz., S.S.W., was continued until the vessel struck.
In less than half an hour after the course was given,
the master states that he saw something bright, and
believing it to be a ship's light he ordered the helm
to be put to port. Immediately after this he saw
breakers a head, and ordered the helm to be put to
starboard. This was immediately followed by the
order to stop the vessel, and back full speed. This
would be about 4.15 by the master's account, but
was somewhat earlier in the opinion of the first
mate and other witnesses. Some time before this
the weather had been getting thicker, and at half-
past 3 o'clock the carpenter went, by the second
mate's order, to the forecastle head to keep a look
out. Whilst he was there, and two minutes before
the vessel struck, the carpenter says that he saw
the remains of a wreck, and the wash of the water
over the reef of rocks, and at the same moment ho
heard the captain give the order, " Starboard, hard
heard two orders given at this time,
Stephen, who was at the wheel,
hejhu
Jas. Ph
at
da-eactlaarrbees atridi
the first being to " Port helm," and immediately
afterwards to " Starboard the helm." The orders
given to the engineer in charge at the same time
were to " Ease her," and then " Stop, back full
speed." Before the latter order could be carried into
effect, however, the vessel struck on a reef of sunken
rocks,which extend about 200 yards from Scotstown
Head, and distant three miles north of Peterhead.
After the vessel struck the engines were kept re-
versed, and the usual signals were made, in order
to obtain assistance from the shore, but none being
at hand, the chief mate was landed with instruc-
tions to procure a horse and ride to Peterhead, and
from thence to communicate with the manager for
the company to whom the ship belonged at Aber-
deen. At first the vessel made little water, but the
engines were kept going for the purpose of keeping
her dry until the tide left the vessel. She had then
began to list somewhat to port, and the boiler on
that side was therefore blown off so as to right her.
The chief mate returned to the vessel about 12 noon.
and found that by that time the whole of the live
stock had been landed, and that two anchors had
been laid out, the one forward hove taut to the cap-
stan, and the other abaft hove taut to the steam

windlass, this being done to steady the ship and to

prevent her drawing further on shore. A third an-
chor was afterwards got out, and the warp brought
to the steam crane. When the tide flowed the engines
were again reversed, the pumps worked, and the
cables hove taut until between 2 and 3 p.m., when
three tugs arrived from Aberdeen, and gave their
assistance to try and haul the vessel off the rocks.
All this, however, was of no avail, and about 4 p.m.
the fore and after holds were full to the level of
water, which soon after broke into the engine-room
and extinguished the fires. The wind had now in-

creased to a gale, the sea was heavy, and there
was also a heavy rain. The master and crew stayed

on board, however, during that night, as they con-
sidered they might yat be of some service, and they
employed themselves during the night getting out
the stores, &c., so as to lighten the ship. On Mon-
day night they all left the ship with the exception
of four hands, who still remained to act as a watch.
On Tuesday they made further exertions to save the
y
ship, but these were of no use, as the weather was
stormy, and on Wednesda
she finally broke up.
After a careful consideration of the whole circum-
stances of this case, as contained in the evidence of
the several witnesses examined on oath, and in the
master's statement and protest, the subscribing jus-
tices are
of opinion that the captain's over confidence
in his position, and
as to his distance from Kin-
naird's Head Light, was the cause of this catastrophe,
sand they Pf afi very much think he to blame for not

having used the lead, keeping in view that he was
then approaching the land in thick hazy weather.
They have now therefore to report that, as em-
powered by the 23d section of the act 25 and 26
Vic., cap. 63, they ha-Ve made order to suspend
Capt. Geddes's certificate for the period of three
months. In justice to Capt. Geddes, however, they
would beg to call attention to the high character
as a seaman borne by him, as shown by the testi-
monials of Copt. Tudor, It.N., and of another gen-
tleman produced in court, and by the evidence of
several of the witnesses. Also to the praiseworthy
exertions made by Capt. Geddes and the crew to
save the ship and cargo after she went on shore.
Humbly reported by
J. R STERRETT DUFF, J.Y. for Aberdeenshire,
JAMES CORSET, J.P.
Aberdeen, 12th November, 1862.
Aberdeen, 12th November, 1862.—We concur in
the above report.

COLIN CAMPBELL KANE, I
Nautical Assessors.
DUN FORBES,

COPY OF JUDGMENT REFERRED TO.

Aberdeen, Ist November, 1862.—The Court hav-
ing considered the whole evidence in this investiga-
tion, the statement of the Master of the ship Ham-
burg, and relative protest, are unanimously of opi-
nion that the loss of the said steamer Hamburg was
caused by the default of Hugh Geddes, the Master,
in not having used the lead, keeping in view that
he was approaching the land in thick, hazy weather.
The Court are also of opinion that, after the ship
struck, Capt. Geddes and the crew made every
exertion to save the ship and cargo.
The Court hereby suspend the certificate of Capt.
Geddes in terms of the 23d section of the Act 25 and
26 Victoria, cap. 63, for the period of three calendar
months only, in consideration of the circumstances
of the case, of the high character borne by Captain
Geddes, and of the praiseworthy exertions made by
him to save the ship and cargo after she went on
shore.

J. R. STERRETT DUFF, J.P., Aberdeenshire.
JAMES CORBET, J.P.
COLIN CAMPBELL KANE, }
Nautical Assessors.
DUN FORBES,

THEEXTENSIVECOMMERCIALFRAUDS
1N 711 E Cl2'Y.

Hugo Dullens, a German, who, it is supposed, has
been for several years carrying on an extensive sys-
tem of frauds upon the commercial community of
the City, by carrying on business under fictitious
names, was placed at the bar of the Mansion-house
on Saturday, before the Lord Mayor, to undergo a
final examination upon a charge of obtaining by
means of false pretences a quantity of woollen goods
to the value of about £l2O from Messrs. Thackrah
and Co., of 20, Lawrence-lane, and also a quantity
of carpet, &c., to the amount of £26 odd from
Messrs. Tapling and Co., of Gresham-street, carpet
manufacturer.

Mr. Geo. Lewis again appeared to conduct the
prosecution, and Mr. Murray attended on behalf of
the prisoner.

On the former occasion Mr. Lewis's statement
was to the effecP that the prisoner had for years
carried on business of various kinds in London, and
in 1859 he became bankrupt, and did not ob-
tain his discharge until January in the present
year. He then took an office in Little Britain,
and carried on business under the name of
Teede, Lester, and Co. In June he again went
through the Bankruptcy Court, and he was con-
fined in Whitecross-street prison, where he re-
mained until August, when he obtained his cer-
tificate, a third-class one, and wets at the same time
released." He then appeared to have commenced
business at his office in Little Britain under the
name of Walter Berthold and Co., which name he
had painted on the door as well as Teede, Lester,
and Co., and again he set up a firm as Hugo Dul-
lens and Co. He obtained goods from different
houses under these names, he himself being the
party who constituted the three firms. He appeared
to have been in the habit of ordering goods at diffe-
rent warehouses, promising to pay cash on delivery,
and on the goods being sent to his office he gave
a cheque in payment which, on being presented,
was returned unpaid, and marked "no effects."
In nearly every case he post-dated the cheques,
apparently under the impression that by so
doing he would evade the law. A cheque-book
was found upon him containing the counterfoils
of a number of cheques to the amount of up-
wards of £7OO which were made payable to diffe-
rent firms in the City, nearly all of which were
payable on the 10th November, which was a day or
two subsequent to his apprehension, and before
which day he intended no doubt to make a grand
coup, and at the same time, "make himself scarce."
This latter supposition was the more apparent from
a number of bills of exchange which were found
upon the prisoner, amounting in the aggregate to
a considerable sum, several of which were drawn
by himself upon Teede and Lester, and Walter Bert-
hold, and Teede and Lester, and Walter Berthold
upon himself, and which were in readiness for cir-
culation.

It will be remembered that witnesses were called,
by whose evidence it appeared, that in October
last the prisoner went to the warehouse of Messrs.
Tapling and Co., and selected some carpets and
rugs to the amount of £26, for which he promised
to pay cash. The goods were sent to his office by the
porter, to whom the prisoner gave a cheque upon
Messrs. Jones and Webster, bankers,:Newington.
Upon the porter taking the cheque back it was dis-
covered that it was post-dated. It was however,
presented on the day it was made payable, and was
returned unpaid. On Nov. 4 tho prisoner went to
the warehouse of Messrs. Thackrah, of Lawrence-
lane, and there selected cloth goods to the amount
of £ll4, the agreement being that he was to pay
£5O of the £ll4 at the time the goods were deli-
vered. The prisoner directed the goods to be sent
home that day, and said he would pay the £5O to
Mr. Thackrah, if he went with them. The goods
were accordingly sent in the course of the afternoon
of the 4th, and Mr. Thackrah went for the money.
The prisoner wrote him a cheque for £5O on Messrs
Jones and Webster, which he at first dated Nov.
10th, but which, at the request of Mr. Thackrah, he
altered to the sth, at the same time asking him not
to present it until the after part of the day. The
cheque was presented on the sth, and was returned
unpaid.
Mr. Lewis now said that, although there were a
great many cases similar to that of Messrs. Thackrah
and Messrs. Tapling against the prisoner, he did
not intend to go into them, but merely to complete
the two cases which had been already gone into ;
but he thought it right to mention that besides
the offices at 13, Little Britain, where the prisoner
carried on business under the names of Teede, Les-
ter, and Co., and Walter Berthold and Co., and
Hugo Dullens, he had offices in Burystreet, St.
Mary-axe, and in James-street, Bermondsey, and
carried on business at the latter place in the name
of Murray. While in Bury-street the prisoner had
obtained a quantity of watches to the amount of up-
wards of £2,000 from Messrs Leontre and Souhef, a
firm at St. Croix, in Switzerland, in the name of
Hugo Dullens. Mr. Pollaky, the foreign agent, had
been in communication with those gentlemen, and
since the last examination he had received a letter
from them, which was in the prisoner's handwriting,
and signed Hugo Dullens, and in which lie acknow-
ledges the receipt of the watches; but Mr. Pollaky
unfortunately received the information too late, and
was unable to discover any trace of the goods, and
the prisoner, owing to the number of names under
which he traded, had many facilities of making
away with them, or at least destroying any trace of
them.

John C. Austin, an usher in the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, said he Knew the prisoner by the name of
Hugo Dullens. He produced the papers of the
prisoner's bankruptcy on June 24, 1859. The pri-
soner did not obtain his certificate till January,
1862. He also produced the papers and petition of
the prisoner's bankruptcy in June, 1862. On that
occasion he obtained his discharge in August, but
he was in Whitecross•street until he obtained his
certificate. The prisoner was not described in the
proceedings of the second bankruptcy as
trading
nnder the name of Teede, Lester, and Co., or Walter
Berthold and Co., but lie was described as Huge

Dullens, known as and calling himself William
Murk ay.
Mr. Lewis said the prisoner had unfortunately
take..:_ the same name as that. of a very respectable
gentleman 'who attended on his behalf, and he
wished it to be clearly understood that it was not
for a moment supposed that there was any connec-
tion between the two names.

Salomon Caro said he was engaged as clerk to
the prisoner in September last. He was with him
about five weeks. During that time he did not see
any one named Walter Berthold, except the pri-
soner, who, during the first fortnight, called him-
self Frederick Teede, and after that he called him-
self Walter Berthold. He knew the prisoner's
hand writing, and the two cheques payable to Messrs.
Tapling and Messrs. Thackrah were his writing.
The prisoner directed him to write to Sheffield to
obtain some goods, and he, seeing the kind of busi-
ness he was carrying on, declined to do so, and he
left him.

Mr. Lewis said the witness, he believed, was
highly respectable, and there was no reason to sup-
pose that he had been acting in complicity with the
prisoner, although he was for a time in his service.
Charles Bainbridge, manager to Messrs. Farraby,
engineers, said the prisoner called upon him in Oc-
tober last, and purchased goods to the amount of
£4 17s. Gd., in payment for which he forwarded a
cheque, which he produced for that amount. The
cheque was sent in a letter, which likewise con-
tained an order for an engine, value £6O, which the
prisoner wanted got ready It shipment imme-
diately. The cheque was drawn upon Messrs. Jones
and Webster, and was post-dated. On being pre-
sented it Was returned unpaid.

Mr. Lewis said he had called the last witness to
show that at the time the prisoner obtained the
goods from Mr. Thackrah he must have been aware
that he had no money in the hands of Messrs. Jones
and Webster.

Mr. John Webster was then called, and said he
was one of the firm of Jones and Webster, at Bridge-
house-place, Southwark, where he carried on the
business of a banker and loan office. The prisoner
had for some time kept a drawing account with
them, and was supplied with a cheque-book for the
purpose of drawing cheques. The cheque-book pro-
duced, which was found on the prisoner, was
delivered to him upon an order, which he produced,
which requested him to send a cheque-book, or some
old cheques, as he wanted some next week. The
order was signed by the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis remarked that the prisoner had drawn
cheques to the amount of £7OO during that " next
week." He said he wanted them.
The Witness continuing, said—On the 30th of
October there was no money in our hands belonging
to the prisoner, nor has there been any since that
date. The prisoner was at that time in the firm's
debt to the amount of £BO, against which they held
goods to about the same amount. The goods con-
sisted of silk for umbrellas and musical boxes, which
had been in their possession about eight months.
He originally knew the prisoner as Hugo Dullens,
but latterly he knew him as Walter Berthold and
Co. He was not aware of the prisoner's second
bankruptcy. He knew of the first, and was a loser
to a slight extent by it.
On being cross-examined by Mr. Murray, the
witness said he did not think he had ever sent the
prisoner word that his account was overdrawn. He
had paid a great many of the prisoner's cheques.

Police-constable Charles Underwood said he
apprehended the prisoner on the 6th November
upon the present charge. He searched him, and
found on him two lots of money, one lot for Teede,
Lester, and Co., and the other lot for Walter Ber-
thold and Co. He also found a quantity of cards, with
the names of Teede, Lester, and Co., and Walter
Berthold and Co., and a quantity of bills of ex-
change with Hugo Dullens printed across them,
which Mr. Lewis remarked gave them the appear-
ance of first-rate bills, and a quantity of papers,
amongst which were the two letters addressed to
the prisoner, and which were produced on the last
occasion.

One was dated Oct. 22, and requested the prisoner
to send the writer some money, as he was in pawn
at the hotel, and it would take about L 4 to redeem
him, and he was entirely without money. He had
tried to get one of the bills discounted, but had
failed. He had news of great importance, and re-
quested that the prisoner would send some money
immediately. The other was dated Oct. 27, and
stated that the writer was about to be kicked out of
his hotel if he did not pay his bill of £l. They had
given him the bill, and told him in the morning if
he did not pay the money they would keep him no
longer. He could not pay the postage, as he had
not a penny. Both letters were signed" J. Lester."
The officer likewise found a number of papers,
together with the cheque-book, at the prisoner's
office in Little Britain. The cheque-book contained
the counterfoils of the cheques given to Messrs.
'Nlling and Messrs. Thackrah.
The prisoner was committed for trial.