The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-13 00:00:00

Johnson, the bearer of this, al the information he requireswith regard to my railway shares. Yours truly,
" SARAH STEWART."
" L.ndon, Oct. 21, 1852.
" Gentlemen,—You will oblige me kr handing over to
Mr. H. G. Johnson, and papas Jr doentients you haVe d
mine. I am, gentlemen, yours truly,
" SARAH STEWART."
" Messrs. Secreton, Brothers."

The witness proceeded to state that on the presen-
tion of the second note by the prisoner, and in the
presence of Mrs. Mitchell, the sister of Mrs. Stewart,
who accompanied him, he delivered up all the shares,
with the exception of one of the London and West-
minster Bank, to him. The shares were those of the
Eastern Counties Railway, the Brighton and South
Coast, the Caledonian and Caledonian Preference, the
stock of which amounted to 570/. Tae prisoner called
on him (witness) in about a week after, in reference to
the London and Westminster Bank certificate (which
witness found to be worthless), and he then said he was

going to be married to Mrs. Stewart.
In reply to a question from Mr. Parry, the witness
said the prisoner left his address with him, and that
address was the house of Mrs. Stewart, 20, Barnsbury-
place, Islington.
Mrs. Stewart was here recalled, and upon the notes
read having been shown to her, she said that the whole
of the first was in her handwriting, but to the second
she had merely attached her name, at the request of the
prisoner, who wrote the body of it.
Mr. Elliott—On the last examination, Mrs. Stewart,
you stated that your shares were to be sold, and that
the proceeds were to be placed to your account at the
London and Westminster Bank, and that you had
signed a document to that effect, and given it to the
prisoner. Now, in the papers produced, signed by you,
there is not a word about depositing the money in the
bank to your account.
Mrs. Stewart—l thought it was so stated ; but at all
events, it was so understood, and my sister, Mrs.
Mitchell, is quite aware of it, that the shares were to be
sold, and their amount placed to my account at the
London and Westminster Bank. The prisoner told me
at the time that I should have much better interest by
my doing so.
Mr. Robinson—You stated something in your former
examination about a slate quarry. I wish you now,
Mrs. Stewart to state to the magistrate the whole of the
circumstances.

Mrs. Stewart— Well, sir, he showed me a note from
a party who wished him to become a partner in a slate
quarry, and said that if 100/. was placed in the haiida of
a Mr. Jenner it would be very much to his advantage.
He did not tell them then who Mr. Jenner was, nor did
I know him ; but I do now, and he has been particularly
kind to me. I advanced the 1001., which was to be
deposited with Mr. Jenner for the special purpose of the
slate quarry, which the prisoner said was in Wales, but
did not say in what part of Wales.
In answer to the further questions of Mr. Robinson,
Mrs. Stewart said that she had parted with this 1001. on
the representation of the prisoner that he was most
anxious to take a share in the slate quarry, that he was
coming into money, and that he was about to receive
2,0001. on a mortgage of his property, and that this sum
he should place in the London and Westminster Bank.
She, therefore, believing him, concluded she would have
her money back. The prisoner did not say what the
properts consisted of on which he was about to obtain
the mortgage.
In her cross-examination Mrs. Stewart denied having
lent the prisoner the money, and said she should not
have let him have it but for his representations. He
promised to give her a receipt for it, but did not. She
did not, purchase and make a present of a watch, to the
prisoner, but did accompany him to Savory's, where he
bought a watch, and paid for it out of the 1001. They
were then on friendly terms, used to dine together every
day, and used to go out together, and sometimes to the
theatre. Had lent money to one of her lodgers, 15/.,
but had not made a present of or lent her husband's
watch to any one. Her sister was always with her, and
used to dine and go out with them.
Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Mitchell, the sister of the last
witness, was next called, and said she knew the prisoner
well, and had had conversations with him in reference
to her sister's railway shares. He said he would not
touch a shilling of the money got for them when they
were sold. He was to receive the money for the shares
on the 18th November. Witness was present when the
prisoner got the shares, and subsequently when he gave
the share papers to her sister to sign.
Mr. George FrederickLasane, of No. 4, Bank-cham-
_ _

bers, stockbroker, said that the prisoner had been intro-
duced to his office by a gentleman of great respectability,
a client of his, and he had been to his office three times.
He requested him (Mr. Lasane) to sell some railway
shares. They were Eastern Counties, Caledonian and
Brighton, and South Coast shares, and ;the aggregate
amount was 6001., which he paid him by cheques on
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co. The first time the pri-
soner called was on the 6th of November, when he left
the shares, and on the 2d of December he was settled
with.
Mr. John Howard, residing at Bidenham, near Bed-
ford, here got into the witness-box, and said, that in the
autumn of 1845, the prisoner took a house belonging to
him at Bedford, representing himself to be the son of a
Captain Johnson, who had lived at Bedford some years
before, but who was then a minister in some of our
foreign possessions. His story was believed, and his al-
leged father—but who he (Mr. Howard) no more believed
to be his father than Lord Palmerston his uncle—having
been a great favourite in the place, the prisoner got into
excellent society, and without having paid a single crown
to a single soul, he managed to fleece the tradesmen
in the town to the tune of upwards of 7001. On
one occasion, the prisoner did him the honour of
paying him a visit, and swaggering into his counting-
house, told him he should make him his banker—
(laughter, in which the prisoned joined)—and by his
specious manner managed to do him out of 801., beside
his rent.
Mr. Parry, who two or three times interrupted the
witness, and said that though he should not attempt to
justify the prisoner's conduct, yet there was no legal
evidence of his having been guilty of any offence.
MT. Robinson replied that there were some witnesses
unfortunately absent, whose testimony was most impor-
tant to the case, and he had to request a remand.
Mr. Elliott expressed it to be his intention to send the
prisoner to trial on the charge of Mrs. Stewart, and if
the representations of Mr. Howard should be borne out
by evidence, he should commit him on those charges also
and should therefore remand him for a future day, to
have the evidence taken in proper order.
The prisoner was then removed.

THE

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The Cork Reportei. of Tuesday says :—" The unfortu-
nate man Kirwan arrived in this city yesterday by the
half-past two o'clock train from Dublin, on his way to
the convict depot at Spike Island. On his arriving on
board the steamer he was placed in the steward's cabin,
and, during the passage down the river, entered into con-
versation with Captain Livingstone, the commander of
the steamer, but never alluded to his awful position. He
was cheerful and communicative, and seemed much at-
tracted by the glimpses of scenery he obtained through
the cabin windows. On arriving at Queenstown he shook
the captain heartily by the hand, and said, I hope you
will never be placed in such a situation as lam in.' He
was then conveyed in a small boat across to Spike Island."
The Freemaa's Journal of Wednesday contains the
following account of the examination of Kirwan's for-
mer residence at Parnel-place :—" In connection with
the investigation now being proceeded with before the
authorities of the head police-office and the commissioners
of police, touching the mysterious disappearance and
fate of Mr. Boyer, an examination of the premises for-
merly occupied by William Burke Kirwan, at 2, Parnel-
place, Harold's-cross, was commenced on Monday. The
operations were begun by six or seven labourers, under
the direction of Sergeant Redmond, G division, being
set to work to dig the garden, comprising an area of
something less than a rood in extent. The search was
earned on by trenching to the depth of four or four feet
and a half, according to the character of the soil, but no
sign whatever of the object sought presented itself.
At two o'clock on Monday afternoon the men, from the
incessant rain that prevailed, were obliged to discon-
tinue their labours. The work was resumed at an early
hour yesterday morning, when, at eight o'clock, a small
coffin, about two or two and a quarter feet long was dis-
covered buried four feet beneath the surface. It was ap-
proaching the last stage of decay—the lid and sides ap-
peared to have long since fallen in, and were fast crum-
bling away—the bottom alone, which; rested on a dry
subsoil, remained somewhat sound. It was carefully
bandaged by order of Mr. Redmond with hay ropes, and
a man conveyed it under his arm to the Lower Castle-
yard, where it was placed in one of the buildings attached
to the commissioners' office. Sir Arthur Clarke and
Dr. Ireland were soon after in attendance, and the con-
tents of the coffin were examined. Amid a mass of clay
that had fallen in lay, in their naturul order, but de-
tached, a number of human bones, quite bare of flesh,
perfectly dry, and which the medical gentlemen pro-
nounced to be those of a perfect grown child, which had
lain in the earth for many years. The thigh bones mea-
sured about the length of an ordinary sized man's fore
finger, and were little more than half as thick. The
skull, or rather fragments of it, the ribs, &c., were
in proportion, and it was intimated that there was no
necessity for an inquest on the remains. The search
will, it is said, be prosecuted until the entire of the
garden, with some lower portions of the house, shall have
been throughly explored by deep digging and otherwise.
During the night a constant watch_is kept on the garden
by the police. '
At the head police-office, Dublin, on Tuesday, a gen-
tleman named Boswell entered the board-room, after the
regular business was disposed of, and infonhed Mr.
Magee, the sitting magistrate, that he had a communi-
cation to make in the case of Kirwan, at the instance of
some gentlemen in his position, who were interested for
that convict.
The magistrate was about to conduct the gentleman
into his private chamber, but he observed that he pre-
ferred to make the communication in the public court.
Mr. Boswell then said—My attention has been directed
to a publication in the Exprets of yesterday, at which I
at first was disposed to feel angry, as I can state, upon
my own responsibility, that the publication is totally un-
true. I can show, from a document in my possession,
that it is wholly untrue.
Magistrate—lf you leave the document I will hand it
to the commissioners of police.
Mr. Boswell—This is a copy of a deed which I pro-
cured after making a search in the Registry-office, and
I think the police themselves ought to have got it. I
am now making exertions to procure the deed, and, if I
can, will get a copy furnished either here or to the com-
missioners.
Magistrate—lt is better to send it to the commis-
sioners, for they are investigating the case.
Mr. Boswell—You, of course, have heard the report
that this wretched man murdered his own brother-in-
Law. _ _ _

Magistrate—l have not heard of it.
Mr. Boswell—Such a report has been circulated, and
he would have been prosecuted on the charge, if there
had not turned up a letter found in the pocket of Mrs.
Crowe, from his brother-in-law, written from Massachu-
sets, and expressing his thanks to the wretched convict.
The document was then handed to the magistrate,
who forwarded it by a constable to the commissioners of
police, and Mr. Boswell, having thanked him for his
courtesy, then withdrew.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From, the Manchester Guardian of yesterday. )

.MANCHESTER, JAN. 11.—It appears that the discou
raging advices from hence on the 10th ult., occasioned a
decline of ic. to ic. per lb. in the New York cotton
market. From New Orleans, however, there are no ac-
counts of the effect of that intelligence. At Mobile, on
the 25th Dec., prices were lower, and freights had re-
ceded to 9-16 d. ; whilst at Savannah and Charleston, the
latter had fallen to Id. So, now, we have both prices
and freights giving way. The receipts were still
very heavy, being, in all, 406,800 bales beyond those of
the corresponding period of last year. Many of the let-
ters, however,, anticipate a great falling off very soon,
with a concurrent reduction in the estimates.
The Liverpool cotton market is spiritless ; yet prices
are not quoted lower. The tone of our own market is
in some degree affected by the magnitude of the receipts
of cotton, and the declining tendency of prices, as
well as by the advance in the rate of discount by the
Bank of England, and the failure of Messrs. Coll-
man and Stollterfoht, of Liverpool and London,
which is noticed below. There is felt to be greater
wariness and inclination to hold back from business
among the buyers. We cannot, however, say that the
quotations for yarns are lower than those of last week
(except in the medium counts of cops), though the
general bias, in numbers below 60's, is in that direc-
tion, more especially in water twist. However, there
has been some inquiry for Indian qualities of mule. The
makers of shirtings for the Eastern makets, and of print-
ing cloths also, are enabled by the contracts which
recent operations have placed in their hands to exhibit
a degree of firmness exceeding that which is mani-
fested by spinners. In domestics no improvement is yet
observable ; we are, however, glad to hear that the home
dealers have been well engaged with customers to-day.
ROCHDALE, JAN. 10.—This has been the first, or new
market, which has been tolerably well attended, and a
fairtdmgtuhie
varmeaeremkrgrutserhoodpuetwunaoit of business has been done, considering the
time of the year. The manufacturers are asking more
for their goods, while the merchants are very reluctant
to pay an advance. It appears goods are wanted, as
some of the large manufacturerers have been in the mar-
ket to-day, and purchased freely to supply their ovi.n
orders. The wool market is firm and steady, with a fair
amount of business doing.
MACCLESFIELD, JAN. 11.—We have to report a fair
demand for silk manufactured goods, some of the houses
are working to order, and the stocks on hand bein g
quite insignificant, better prices are expected. The
weavers, for the season of,the year,
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ployment than usual ; and, altoget er, the
wears a more healthy appearance than it. has done for
some time. Thrown Silks : The market is bare of useful
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John Bertram is just reported with 3,500 bales, and
other large arrivals are shortly expected. In Italians
the market has been nearly cleared, at an advance in
prices for the throwns. This silk is thought dangerously
high, as compared with other descriptions. In Bengals
little has been done, but prices are firm.
HALIFAX, JAN. B.—There is no improvement in the
demand for worsted goods. In our piece hall to-day
market a
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however, hold back their orders, as they still refuse to
doing in wool, and the quotations are again higher, and
that obtained by the staplers.
in our market upon last week. Indeed, since
the new year commenced, a briskness has prevailed
through the trade that is rather unusual at this season.
There has been a good attendance at the Cloth Hall to-
day, both of buyers and makers, and a brisk trade has
been done in fancy goods, of new patterns, for the spring
trade. Indeed, stocks have mostly been bought up, and
some little business done to order. Most of the manu-
facturers are running full time ; some are making long
overtime ; and, generally speaking, the season has made
a very good commencement, and with every reason to
suppose that it will be a very active and prosperous one.

NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand papers received
by the late arrival are mostly occupied with the elections
for the forthcoming Provincial Council. With regard
to the emigration to Australian gold fields, it is stated,
that although the number of departures had been con-
siderable, a large proportion of them would be only for a
temporary period, while at the same time the depression
that might have been experienced from the loss was coun-
teracted by the conviction that the general increase in
the population of Australia, from all parts of the world,
would soon create a demand for the various productions
of New Zealand that must occasion great ultimate pros-
perity throughout the island. Indications to that effect
were already numerous, several vessels having arrived
from New South Wales and Victoria, which were rapid-
ly filling up with provisions and other articles.
NEW FACTORIES.—It is shown by returns just printed
by order of Parliament, that in the year ended the 31st
of October last, there were 220 new factories set to work
of 5,357 horse power (water and steam) and 63 additions
made to existing factories, 1,560 horse power, making
6,917 horse power, from which 3,363 was to be deducted
from unoccupied factories, being in number 135. The
additional power in the year was 3,554 horse power,
which on estimating on an average 4 persons to eaoh
horse power, is equivalent to an increase of 13,416 per-
sons employed in the branches of manufacture that come
under the Factories Regulation Act. In the preceding
year the total additional persons employed, making in
the two years, after deducting unoccupied factories,
10,602 additional horse power, giving employment to
42,408 additional persons.