The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-12 00:00:00

111 E EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT TO

EX7O.R2 MONEY.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER, THIS DAY.
Charles Reynolds, but whose real name is Davis, was
placed at the bar of the Mansion-house, on remand, in the
custody of Sergeant Green, a detective officer, before Mr.
Alderman Humphrey, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor,
charged with an attempt to extort money (£5OO) by means
of threats from Baron Rothschild.

Mr. Wontner, solicitor, appeared to conduct the pro-
secution.

On being placed at the bar, the prisoner looked anxiously
round the court, and asked if any solicitor attended for him,
but no person answered.
Mr. Wontner said, in asking the alderman to commit the
prisoner for trial on the charge of attempting, by means of
threats, to extort money, Sir Anthony Rothschild was no
desirous to prosecute the prisoner from any vindictive
motives, but simply f r the ends of justice ; as far as was
consistent with that view, he wished the prisoner to be
mercifully dealt with. He then put in six letters received
by Sir Anthony tiothachild, also the advertisements in the
newspapers, and asked for a committal.
Mr. Goodman asked the prisoner whether he wished to
see the letters.

The prisoner replied no, but he admitted writing them.
Sergeant Green, of the detective force, proved that he
caused the insertion of three advertisements, which led to
the capture of the prisoner.
Major Snell, private secretary to Sir Anthony, proved
the opening of the letters, and afterwards delivering them
to Superintendent Hodgson.
The prisoner here again admitted the writing of the
letters.

The waiter at the Post-office Coffee-house said the pri-
soner told her that some letters would come to him, ad-
dressed to a Mr. Johnston.

The deposition taken on the last occasion, together with
the six threatening letters, having been read,
Mr. Goodman told the prisoner the charge against him
was that of wilfully threatening to kill and murder Sir
Anthony Rothschild.

Alderman Humphrey asked what he had to say in
answer to the charge.

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Prisoner—l've got nothing to say, only that I wrote the
letters.

The Alderman then fully committed the prisoner for
trial.

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; light breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Toutonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Lame-
sang, from Carentan.
- - -

Sailed—Jacobin, for Elsinore ; Mangerton, steamer, for
London.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 11—Anne, from Ystai ; Haden, Rescue,
and Albion—all from Archangel.
Arrived, Aug. 12—Dawn, and Proven, both from Arch-
angel.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Anchored—Mary Ann, from Callao for London.
Passed—Flying Fish, from London, for Tro, n ; Ironside,
from London, for Calcutta; Admiral, from Hartlepool, for
Jersey.

Agents are now in this country desirous of
entering into contracts on behalf of the Federal Govern-
ment of America for a further supply of guns, &c., which,
it is presumed, will, like former stores of the same descrip-
tion, be shipped as " hardware." The contracts are pro-
posed with a clause that they are to be void in case of a war
with England.

ART UNION EXHIBITION.—The pictures selected
by the prize-holders of 1862 in the Art Union of London
are now exhibited in the Suffolk-street Gallery. They are
about 100 in number, more than two-thirds consisting of
paintings in oil and the rest of watercolour drawings. Mr.
Hughes's cottage scene, enti led " Bedtime," and valued
at £_'oo; Mr. Jones's " View of Rotterdam," valued at
£lOO ; and Mr. C. Vacher's watercolour drawing, " Salva-
tor Rosa in the Abruzzi," valued at £lOO, stand at the
head of the list. The other leading prizes are Mr. Bod-
d ing.ton's "Morning on the Usk," Mr. Hayller's "Stitch
in Time," Mr. Patten's " Protracted Return," Mr. Luker's
"Council of Bedouins," Mr. Lupton's scene " On the
Conway," Mr. Shayer's "Carting Timber in the New
Forest," and Mr. Shalders's view Near Dorking." Of
the few sculptured works the chief is Mr. Brodie's bust
" Sunshine." The prizes for the current year include Mr.
W. C. Marshall's statue of the "Dancing Girl reposing"
(valued at 700 guineas), now to be seen in the International
Exhibition.
POPULATION AND REPRESENTATION.—The cen-
sus of last year supplies the means of stating more accu-
rately than for some years past the proportion of popula-
tion to representation. It shows the following facts at the
date of the census :—ln the Engiish counties (exclusive of
the boroughs), one M.P. to every 71.423 persons ;
in the
English boroughs, one to every 15,557 persons; in the
Scottish counties, one member to every 60,606 persons.
So that people in the English boroughs have not far from
three times as many members to ropresent them as people
in the counties.
Sir William Armstrong hospitably entertained a
body of his workmen, consisting of members of the Elswick
Engine Works Reading-room, on Saturday. For the enjoy-
ment and delectation of the guests ample provision
made at his mansion at Jeamond. Sir William was was
made
and took part in the interesting proceedings,
DEATH OF MR. Ross, C.E.—Thi
8 gentleman,
who was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
and many years connected with some
largest railway works in this country,of the earliest and
but more recently
with railway enterprise in Canada'
the great bridge over the St, where he constructed
• Lawrence at Montreal, one of
the most gigantic railway
v
last at Kensington, at the age oofrskBs abroad, died on Friday

" The calculations for the determinafon of the liabilities
under these contracts were commenced acme months since,
and, by using very great efforts, have been comPeted in
time for the meeting, although the account was closed only
on the 30th June last.

" Every possible precaution has been taken to insure
strict accuracy, and to assign to each its proper value. The
result of the whole will be seen in the following account,
which exhibits, at one view the whole of the Company's
assets and liabilities as they existed on the 30th June of
this year :

BALANCE SHEET.
LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors ..
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid
Cash bonus, due to policyholders
Sundry accounts.
Value of sums assured. &c (1862) .. 4,694,810 14 0
Proprietors' fund £198,312 10 0
Surplus fund. as above 636,042 14 4

£3,480 12 9

834,355 4 4

£5,694,767 7 6

ASSETTS.
Amounts invested in fixed mortgages £1,057,719
Ditto ditto decreasing mortgagees 148,890
Ditto ditto reversions
Ditto ditto funded securities
Ditto ditto temporary securities 36,523
Current interest on the above invest-

18 6
8 10
11 6
12 10
19 4

ments
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the Company's
policies 110,333 19 8
Agents' balances
Sundry accounts
Value of assurance premiums (1862) 3,568,151 7 8
Value of re-assurances 34,240 17 4

25,353 15 3
28,905 1 3

Examined and approved, £5,594,767 7 6
THOMAS ALLEN, } Auditors.
WM. HENRY SMITH, jun.,
" From this statement it appears that the liability under
all the Company's contracts is estimated at £4,694,810 145.,
and that after making provision for this sum, for the pro-
prietors' capital, and for other items, there remains a
balance on the surplus fund account of £636,042 14s. 4d.
This balance v. ill, I consider, justify the division on the pre-
sent occasion of £158,650, leaving £477,392 14s. 4d. to
accumulate in aid of future di.triMitions. The proprietors'
portion will admit of an additional dividerd to them of 16
per cent., or 16s. per share, which, with the dividend now
falling due, will make 21s. per share, payable to them in
October as usual. The policy-holders' portion will afford a
reversionary addition to the sums assured, ranged accord-
ing to the age of the life assured, from 20 to 70 per i
cent, of the premiums paid since 1857. As soon as possible
the amounts to be added in each case will be ascertained,'
and the usual notices forwarded ; but some months must,
necessarily elapse before the whole can be despatch d.,,
ee
bt oe r
es
Such is the result of the 1 iboricus investigation
made into the company's affairs. To the Directors just
very satisfactory ; and they doubt not that it will equally
so so to the proprietors. They therefore proceed at once to
the remaining business of the meeting, It
a Company having an annual income is proposed that
shall merge in the Eagle on equitable terms,of about £BO,OOO
conditions stipulated for is that t and one of the
we
have seats at the Board of the of its directors shall
Eagle. To this arrange-
ment it is of course necesEsgle should give their sary that the proprietors of the
went ;
of it, it will be necessa if they see fit to approve
and also to make 11 to pass the following resolution,
members of the B provision for payment of such new
place. Board in the event of the transfer taking
Resolution--« That on completion
of the transfer to the
Eagle of the business of a Company haying an income of
about /go n
)40 per annum, the Directors of the Eagle shall
have ---
power to nominate as their co-directors two of the
present Direotors of such Company, and that such tw,,-.N,
Directors shall hold their offices for life, without qualifica-
tion either as shareholders or policy-holders, but subject to
all the other disqualifications named in the Eagle Coin-
pany's deed."
The question as to the payment of the gentlemen so to be
elected the Directors leave in the hands of the meeting,
and
now bring their report to a close.
The CHAIRIIAN addressed the proprietors at some length,
after which it was unanimously resolved that the report be
approved and adopted; the acceptance of the transfer re-
ferred to therein sanctioned ; and power given to the bid
to elect the two additional directors should such election be
[needful.
Mr. Thomas Allen was re-elected an auditor of the Com-
pany, and some other routine business having been disposed