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towards his worship, would avail himself of the power of
appeal, and begged to state that his client's sureties were
in attendance to give the requisite bail, pending the
decision of the Court of Quarter Sessions.

Mr.A. Novell°, of Dean-strut, Soho, the music pub-
lisher, and Mr. James Watson, bookseller, of Queen's
Head-passage, City, were accepted as sureties in the /um.
of 401. each.

MANSION-110IISE.—Edwin Henry Powell was
again examined before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge
of having been accessory after the fact to the forgery
committed by Joseph Farrall upon the Bank of England,
and with having harboured, aided, and assisted the prin-
cipal in escaping from justice.
Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Freshfield,
appeared for the Bank ; Mr. Lewis for the prisoner.
The following is a condensed account of the particu-
lars of the investigation, which.- lasted upwards of three
hours :

Several gentlemen connected. with various departments
in the Bank gave evidence as to the notes which had
been delivered in payment of the forged dividend war-
rants, and identified them.
Mr. Thomas Gibbons, of East Smithfield, outfitter,
having looked at three of the bank-notes produced, said
—I know Farrall. In July I received three notes from
him in payment of a debt to me for clothing and tailor-
ing. He paid his account with one of them, and he
asked me to oblige him with sovereigns for another,
which. I did. He then said he wished me to change
another note for him, as I seemed to have plenty of gold.
I said to him; " What can a bank clerk want of so much
gold ? They are generally anxious to get rid of it ;" and
he replied that he was in the habit of collecting money
for the Bank, and he often found it difficult to procure
change. I then "changed the third note, and would have
changed fifty for him if he had asked me and I had had
the gold. I have seen the prisoner, but not with Far-
rall, and I am not aware that he has been with Farrall
in my-house.
F. Philcox said—Upori=rny former examination I spoke
of a person who joined the prisoner at Ellis's stables. I
know Farrall by sight. I did not know his name at
that time, but I know it now. Farrall was the man who
joined the prisoner that evening at that place.
George Holden, ostler at Ellis's livery stables, in the
Commercial-read, said—l have seen Farrall at our place.
On the 22d of February, in consequence of directions
from Farrall, I went to the house of Mr. Baxter, in
Bromley-street, Commercial-road, at about 20 minutes
to seven o'clock in the morning with a horse and gig.
Farrall and Mr. 14axter, came out together. Farrall
brought out a pgAmanteau, a.carpet-bag, and a hat, and
he had a cap of a darkish., grey colour, with a peak in
front, on his head. He drove away alone. The hat was
put into the gig after the luggage... The horse and gig
were brought back the next day but one after, at a quar-
ter to ten o'clock In the evening, by a stranger. The gig
has been since seen- by an ostler from trentford, who
came to look at it.
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Cross-examined' Ly Mr. Lewis—l have seen, the pri-
soner once at our place, with Farrall. He was not with
azrall on the morning I went to the latter with the
horse and gig.
Charles Hawkins said—l am ostler to Mr. Marshall,
of the Waggon and Horses Inn, Brentford. On the 22d
of February I remember a gig driving up at half-past 11
in the morning, with two - persons. The prisoner was
one of them. The other had a pepper and salt cap on.
Upon their arrival they got out of the gig, and the pri-
soner asked whether they could not get through Brent-
ford without going through the main street a-foot. I
said they could, and directed, them, ,and theylvent the
way I told them, leaving the horse and gig in my care.
I looked into the gig to see whether there was a nose-
bag to feed the: horse. I was to get the gig ready for
them on their return.
Here Mr. Clarkson, finding that the witness wished
to skip over a good many particulars considered to be
important in the investigation, pressed him to describe
accurately what he had seen in the gig besides the carpet
bag but there were so many contradictions, and evasions,
and prevarications in the answers, that the learned coun-
sel found it necessary, with the permission of the Lord
Mayor, to cross-examine him with the view to proceed
against him for the grossest perjury.
The witness swore that he had never mentioned to any
one that he had seen a portmanteau or a hat' in the gig,
or that there were quantities of sovereigns in the carpet-
bag or in a ease,
The Lord Mayor, after having put several questions
to the witness with the view of eliciting the truth, de-
clared that he had never seen a person who seemed to
have so meagre a notion of the value of evidence, and
directed that Hawkins should not be permitted to
depart.
Mr. Clarkson pursued the examination, although under
such discouraging circumstances, and the witness said—
The two gentlemen returned in half-an-hour, and I
brought the horse and gig to them. They gave me a
threepenny and a fourpenny piece, but neither of them
said anything, and they drove off.
Mr. Clarkson—Did either of them say anything to
you about disturbing_ anything in the gig? Come.
Witness—Well, there was something said about inter-
fering with the gig, but I don't recollect what it was.
. Mr. Clarkson—Were you asked if you disturbed any-
thing in the gig ? Witness—Yes, I was certainly.
Mr. Clarkson repeated the question, and the witness
said in a loud tone, No, I never was.
Mr. Lewis asked a few questions of the witness in
cross-examination, but the same disposition to prevari-
cate was exhibited in the answers.
Mr. John Gordon said—My mother keeps the Red
' Cross Inn, at Keston. I saw the prisoner there on
Tuesday, the 22d of February, with another whom I
should know again. They were in a horse and gig. I
did not know the prisoner before, but I am satisfied he
is one of the men. They remained about ten minutes,
but did not get out of the gig. Next day I saw them
again. They came by the same conveyance, and slept at

our house next night. In the course of Thursday morn-
ing they went away, after some conversation with my
mother. They left behind them a portmanteau, which
I see here. I had taken the portmanteau and a carpet-
bag from the gig when they came. My mother had care
of the portmanteau. On the following Monday an
officer came to us, and the portmanteau was delivered
to him.

David May (of the City detective police) said—l went
to the Red Cross Inn at Keston, where I was shown
the portmanteau produced. I broke it open, and found
in it a great deal of wearing apparel, and a card with the
name of Powell upon it.
The card, which was here produced, had upon it the
names " King and Powell, wine merchants," and
Mr. Clarkson said that he would prove that a partner-
ship had lately been entered into between the prisoner
and a Mr. King.
The witness, in his cross-examination by Mr. Lewis,
said—l did not derive my information to go to the inn
from Forester.

James Harris, plumber at Keston, said : On the 23d
of February I saw the prisoner at half-past six in the
evening. There was a short man with him. The pri-
soner called him "Farrall." I was in company with
them at the Red Cross Inn, where we had refreshments.
Powell had a glass of brandy and water, and the other
had a glass of whiskey and water. I heard the prisoner
say to the other, " Farrall, what are you going to
have ?"

Mrs. Eliza Baxter, of 19, Bromley-street, Commercial-
road, said : I knowithe bank clerk Farrall. He came
on the sth of May to lodge at my house. I also know
the prisoner. He frequently came to Mr. Farrall as an
acquaintance. I remember Farrall's having a holiday
in July last and goipg away. He left with me 20/.,
which I afterwards sent by post to him, directed to North
Shiels. On the day before the 22d of February, when
he left us, he came home at night and expressed a wish
to be called early in the morning, as he wanted to start
for the country at six o'clock. He went away accord-
ingly in a horse and chaise, which were brought from
Ellis's livery stables by Holden, the ostler, and I never
saw him since from that day to this. [Here the witness
examined the portmanteau and its contents, and imme-
diately identified shirts, handkerchiefs, &c., as the pro-
perty of Farrall.]
To Mr. Lewis : I heard my husband say there was
nobody with Farrall when he went away.
John Brown, assistant to a pawnbroker, said : On the
Bth of July last, Farrall, whom I knew by sight in con-
sequence of his passing our shop frequently, purchased a
gold Geneva watch and Albert chain. He was alone at
the time. Ido not know the prisoner.
Mr. H. Stevenson, cashier of the Blackwall Railway
Company, said : I know the prisoner. He had been a
servant to the company. I have seen him write upon
several occasions. I believe the name written upon the
notes handed to me to be his handwriting.
Mr. Lewis : If these notes were put into your hands
irrespective of this inquiry would your belief be the
same ?—Witness : It would.

Philcox, the railway porter whom Powell had sent to
the Bank, as stated upon the first examination, to get
change for the 5001. note, one of those given in payment
of the forged warrant, said : Powell did not tell me from
whom he had got the note, and when I went to the Bank
I told them there exactly what he desired me to say.
James Buckley : I live in Blue Anchor-court, Rose-
mary-lane, and am a linkman. I saw the prisoner in a
chaise near the Trinity-house, about ten minutes before
nine at night, and I consented to mind it for him. He
returned in about eight minutes, and he asked me to
jump into the chaise with him. We went along, and he
asked me whether I knew the way to Stepney. He
then told me to go to Ellis's the fly master in the Com-
mercial-road, with the horse and gig, and he gave me a
crown piece, and he then called a cab, jumped into it,
and drove off, and I drove to Mr. Ellis's yard.

Cress-examined by Mr. Lewis—l never saw the pri-
soner before that time. I have stood at the bar myself,
and I have left the country at her Majesty's expense. I
have been transported for seven years, and have been
often in custody.
Mr. Lewis applied for permission to give unexception-
able bail for his client.
Mr. Clarkson objected on the part of the Bank of Eng-
land.

The Lord Mayor said that if the learned counsel had
made no objection, he could not think of accepting bail
in such a case.
The
prisoner was then remanded for a week, and the
depositions were ordered to be made out.

31-A RLBOROUGH.STIEET.—The case of Lieu-
tenantlitatutnhaeeLiviiohrol.Tisnitiideed Club, and for which
to have committed an
assaultinons was obtained from Servicethis office last week, was
a s m
expected to have come on this morning, but on the case
stated to the ma-
being called,
The summoning officer of the court g
gistrate, Mr. Bingham, that he had servedt the summons,
and that Lieutenant Mundell 's servant had informed
him that he would not attend.
Mr. Bingham then ordered a warrant to be issued
for
the apprehension of Lieutenant Mundell.
A great number of gentlemen connected with the
clubs at the West-end were present.