The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-25 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING? AUGUST' 25, NA

he felt himself compelled to acknowledge that
he could not find anything to complain of. He had
been connected with many companies, and he must
confess that he should have been glad to see such a
clennme4 of accounts with respect to them as had
taken place with respect to this company. He
thought that the report was rather an uncharitable
one, and he considered that the only reacon for their
being in arrear was the disputes about the registry.
He thought the removal of the directory to Liverpool
would be most improper, and more injurious than
otherwise. He had never examined a more Batista°
tory account, or seen business better conducted than
had been done by this company.
Mr. COCHRANE then moved that the report should
be received, printed, and circulated among the pro-

prietors
Mr. BuRGE said that if the report was to be printed
he hoped it would be understood that he objected
to it, and refused to sign it.
The CHAIRMAN trusted, if the meeting agreed to
the printing of the report, they would also consent to
the appending to it the explanations draw n up upon it
by the directors. If such a course was adopted
there could be no objection to the report which had
been presented by Mr. Cochrane being received.
Mr. COCHRANE had not the slightest oljection to
such a course being pursued.
Mr. LEA could nut see that there had been any
occasion for a commit:ee at all. He was proud to
see that the directors had come out of the investiga-
tion with such flying colours. He did not see why
they s.ould put the company to the expense of print-
ing the report. He would move as an amendment,
that the report should lie on the table.
Lord NEWRY observed that the directors had
been always anxious and willing that every inquiry
should take place, and he could only express his
surprise that the report of Mr. Cochrane contained
so little that was worthy of being made
known to the world. He thought, however, if the
report that had been read was to be printed and cir-
culated, the observations made upon it by the direc-
tors should be also laid before the meeting.
Mr. COCHRANE could have no objection to the
adoption of such a course.
The SECRETARY then read the observations of the
directors upon the report of the two members of the
committee of investigation. It justified the course pur-
sued by the directors, and deprecated having the Board
at Liverpool.
It was then moved that the report and the answer
to it by the directors should be printed and circulated
among the proprietors.
Mr. OMMANEY thought, after what had taken
place, the company ought not to be put to the expense
of printing these documents.
Lord NEWRY said that the directors were most
willing- to have both documents printed, but he
thought, considering that several gentlemen of the
press were present, it would be a useless expense.
(We would gladly have inserted them could we have
obtained a copy of them from the secretary.)
Mr. LOMBARD thought that the report of Mr.
Cochrane contained charges against the directors
which they were totally undeserving of.
The report of Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Shand were
then received.
Mr. LEA then moved, and Mr. ObIMANEY se-
conded, the following resolution :
" That from the satisfactory mode in which
the affairs of the company had been conducted
it was not desirable to print the report or the reply of
the directors thereto."
This resolution was lost in consequence of the
number of proxies put in by Mr. Cochrane, the
result of which was that the report of Mr.
Cochrane and Mr. Shand was ordered to be printed
and circulated among the proprietors, together with
the observations of the shareholders in reference to it.
The directors' report of the 3d of August, toge-
ther with the following resolution, was agreed to:—
"Resolved, that the forfeiture of 270 shares, num-
bered 360 to 375, 3,771 to 3,775, 3,796 to 3,800, 831
to 835, and 4,751 to 4,990 be confirmed by this meet-
ing, in consequence of the arrear of calls thereon not
having been paid."
A vote of thanks was then carried to the Noble
Chairman and directors, after a vain attempt on the
part of Mr. Cochrane to oppose it, and the meeting
separated.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV

Sir,—Permit me to correct a slight error contained
in your insertion of my letter upon the subject of Mr.
Bingham's recent decision, in the case of the Countess
of Landsfeldt—trivial in itself, but in the sense con-
veyed, exactly opposing its accompinyirg protest;
thus, in the words " upon an advance of the testi-
mony, &c.," it should be "' no' testimony favouring a
suit, &c."
Apologising for thus troubling you, and fully coin-
ciding in the extended remarks expressed by you,
I beg to remain, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
LOUIS A. SEATON.
Leicester, Aug. 22, 1849.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending ou Saturday, the lath day of August, 1849.
Is UE DEP ARTMEN T.

Notes issued.- •. kt6A,770

Government debt • • 11,015,10
Other securities •• • . 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,360,:c0 I
Silver bullion • • •• ••

£ 27,636,770

27,636,770
M. ➢IARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
649.
•LPARTMEN T.

Dated the Zad day of Au,;ust,

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Wei,;ht Annuity) 14,282.877
Other securities • • 9,931.253
Notes .. ••• • • •• 8,756,460
Gold and silver coin.• 1,45,06

£33,921,616
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
849.

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given them up, and we are entitled to hold rind- sue upon.
the two bills.
Mr. MARTIN—No ; the condition was hitiTer UP
the eight bills in April. It was not a pertorOdienttglei
condition delivering them up in December.
Mr. Blakeney, the mnnag, r of the bank, aiotigiV§*-;myi
pwnaed by both parties, did not appear, and, after an
examination of Mr. Edwards and another witness,
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said that none of the pleas
had, in his opinion, been proved, and, therefore, he
directed the jury:to find for the plaintiff, damages 5,0081.,
including interest to the present time.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
- - MANSION-HOUSE.
John Walters, a journeyman baker, was brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, in the custody of John Forrester,.
upon the charge of having forged and uttered a cheque
purporting to be an order tigned by Mr. Da Silva, of
Bride-Lene, for 1571. 10s.
Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bash and Mullens, solici-
tors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection agAinst
Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the prosecution.
Mr. Mullens called witnesses, whodeposed as follows :
Mr. W. Siik, clerk to Messrs. 13<erclay and Co„ of
Lombard-street, bankers, said, on Thursday, the I6th
instant, a ,cht clue for 1571. 10.5, with the name of Da
Silva, and address No. 1, Bride-lane attached, was pre-
sented to me ut the counter. Mr. Da Silva keeps an
account at the house. I did not pay the cheque, having
detected it was a forgery.
Joseph Hunter, of 15, Broad-street-mews, said—l act
as a porter, and stand for employment in that capacity
at the botwm of Bartholomew-lane. On Thurday, as 1
was standing in my usual position, a person came up, and
placing before me the cheque produced, asked me whe-
ther I could tell him where the banking-house mentioned
in it was? I at once directed him to Lombard street, arid
told him he would reach the banking-house in five mi-
nutes. Ile said, " Oh, perhaps you can get the money
for me;" and he gave me the cheque, and told me to get
three fifties and a five, and to bring it to him at the
Guildhall Coffee-house. I asked him what name I should
inquire for at
-the Guildhall Coffeehouse, and he replied
for " Mr. Sewell." I accordingly took the cheque to the
banking-house, and was stopped there.
Mr. Mullens—How was the man who employed you
dressed? Witness—ln every respect like a gentleman.
Mr. Mullens—Have you seen any clothes which were
found in the prisoner's lodgings ?
The prisoner here interposed and raid, "I object to
his seeing the clothes which may have been found in
my lodgings."
Mr. Mullens—Did you particularly notice his dress ?
Witness—l did not; but I think he was dressed in light
trousers and a black coat.

Mr. Mullens—Do you believe the prisoner to be the
man ? Witness—lt appears to me that the prisoner was
the man, but I had only a sort of aide view of him, and
we parted at once. I afterwards went to the Guildhall
Coffee house to inquire for the prisoner, but did not see
him there. I heard that he had called.

The prisoner—At what time did this take place ?
Witness—About twenty minutes or half-past three
o'clock, as near as I can guess.
The prisoner—l ask him the question, my Lord, be-
cause I can account for the whole and every part of the
time I was occupied on that day.
J. W. Thornton, waiter at the Guildhall Coffee-
house, said, in the afternoon of the 16th instant, prisoner
came to the bar and asked for Mr. Sev‘ell. I said Mr.
Sewell was not there. He then said that his name was
Sewell, and that he expected a porter from the Bank
with some money. He then described the porter, and I
said I knew him for he was the clerk at the church in
St. Lawrence Jewry. He told me, as he was going out
of doors, to give the porter ss. when he brought the
money, and be then went away. He never returned to
the Guildhall Coffee-house. The prisoner is the man.
' I have not the least doubt of it.
The prisoner—What was the time ? Witness—
About half-past three or a quarter to four o'clock.
He said, too, he had better go back to see whether the
porter was coming from the banking-house. or he should
not be able to put his account in his bankers' hands. I
again saw the prisoner yesterday in Whitechapel-road,
and gave him into custody.
Mr. Mullens—How was the prisoner dressed? Wit-
ness—ln a black frock coat, black waistcoat, and light
trousers.
Mr. Thomas Smith, clerk to Messrs. Barclay and Co..
bankers, Lombard-street, said, that on the 16th inst. a
person presented an order purporting to be signed by
" Mr. DaSilva," for a cheque book, and he replied that a .
cheque-book had been given tt, that gentleman a few
days previously.
Mr. James King, clerk to Mr. Johnson Da Silva, of
- -

Bride-lane, said (looking at the cheque and the order for
the check-book), these documents are not in the hand-
writing of Mr. Da Silva. The writing is something like
his. 1 know the prisoner. He was formerly in that
gentleman's service. lam acquainted with his hand-
writing, and I believe both papers to be in his hand-
writing.
John Forrester said, that he and his brother Daniel
took the prisoner into custody in the Whitechapel-road.
Upon searching the prisoner's room they found two dark
truck-coats, which appeared to be very old and shabby,
and a pair of light•culoured trousers.
The prisoner—Are not those very like the clothes of
a gentleman, my Lord ? One of the witnesses said the
person who employed him to change the cheque was
dressed in every respects like a gentlemen. I.wish I had
the clothes of a gentleman.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you any objection to be
remanded till Tuesday next ? The prisoner—Not the
least.

The prisoner was accordingly remanded.
The LORD MAYOR stated, that he had received a sove-
reign enclosed in a note from some humane person, Rho
signed his contribution with the letter "Y," and requested
that it might be applied to the service of any pour per-
son who should be attacked with the cholera or other
dangerous malady.
CLERK' ENWELL.

James Newton, an athletic looking man, 36 years of
age, of No. 12, Canal-terrace, Maiden-lane, a labourer,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged in
the police-sheet with causing the death of John Jones,
on the works of the Great Northern Railway at Isling •
ton, by recklessly causing two horses and two trucks to
be driven on a bridge which was insecure, atter notice to
that effect.
George Anderson deposed that be was in the employ
of Mr. Jay, the contractor, of Macclesfield-street, City-
road Basin, and the prisoner was foreman to Mr. Gray-
son, of the East India Dock line, which crosses the
Great Northern Railway from Camden district to Black..
wall, over the East India Dock-. At eight o'clock yes-
terday morning witness was on his master's duty, taking
care of the engines and other property underneath the
dock line, where a bridge, used to be passed over by the
earth-trucks to a tip where the earth was emptied, was
insecure, and under repair. An order was given that
nothing should pass over the bridge, which had been
used all day on Thursday. There was a suspicion that
the bridge was unsafe, and nothing was allowed to pasa
over it.
Mr. Mallett (the clerk)—What caused the apprehen
sion as to the bridge being unsafe ? Witless—The
foreman of the carpenters gave some information, and
they commenced repairs. saw the prisoner, and the
driver of two trucks; the first drawn by two horses.
The trucks were heavily laden with earth. Witness
had received instructions to prevent them coming over
the bridge, and he called to the driver to stop, but he
did not do so. The prisoner called out to the driver.
" Go on you —, don't mind;" and when the horses
and trucks arrived on the-centre of the bridges the
beams and props gave way, and both horses and trneka
fell in with the bridge, and a beam fell against the de-
ceased, John Jones, who was killed upon the spot. One
of the horses was also killed, and the workmen narrowly
escaped with their lives.
By Mr. Tvawnilv—Was sure that the prisoner heard
him call out to atop, and caution him as to the dan-
ger. The deceased was a driver in the employment
of Mr. Jay. After the accident the prisoner was
questioned, when he said he did not hear any one speak
to him.
Witness continued—The driver of the trucks said that
the prisoner swore at him, and told him to go cn, and is
the presence of the prisoner he said " Jim, you know
you swore at me, and told me to go on." It was the
duty of the driver to pay attention to the directions of
the prisoner. The prisoner could see witness where Le
stood—there was nothing to prevent him hearing him
give the caution. A doctor was immediately sent for,
but Jones was quiet dead. Mr. Bugbird, manager to
Mr. Jay's works, was present, who said to the prisoner,
" You know you were told by my man not to go over
the bridge." The prisoner said, " I never heard any-
body call out at all." Witness saw nothing wrong in the
conduct of the driver of the trucks, who had a must nar-
row escape with his life. No one thought of giving Mot
in charge.
Mr. Bugbird deposed that he was manager to Mr.
Jay's works on the Great Northern Railway, Islington,
and he confirmed the testimony of the last witneshs.
to p
ail questions to the witness? Prisoner—.No mand_sewurt
Mr. TYRWBITT (to the prisoner)—Do y
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told MO there was any danger.
ters, James Larry, a labourer, said he was direco
go up and sto
Thursby, foreman of- the
theted by Mr.
when they were about forty
the prisoner and the driver over
enbridge.t lie called out to
he driver made an attempt to
ner said he did not care
stop the Witness stepped out of he way,
yards
should go on.
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and the trucks passe
irnforsthese.
Mr. TYRWILITT—Have you ever had any quarrel or
difference with the prisoner. Witness answered in the
negative.
Prisoner—Did you feel your own life in danger?
Witness—No; it 1 did, I would not have stopped thero.
Mr. TYRWBITT said it was his duty to remand the
prisoner uniii Friday next, for killing the deceased. lie
dir. cted Si rgeatit Btecles, 12 N, to collect
all necessray
evidence Ly that day, when the
inquest would be made known.
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.TTEMPT AT MURDER.— On Thursday evening,
between five and six o'clock, as Sergeant Roder, of tho
Knightlow;Conitabulary Force, was engaged at Southern.
in Warwickshire, in apprehending a man, named Daniel
Davenport, for non• compliance with a magistrates' order
for the support of an illegitimate child, the fellow made
an attack upon the officer, who lies now in a most dan-
gerous state. The constable allowed his prisoner to
leave his presence at the house where be was captured,
for the purpose of changing his coat, and the man took
that opportunity of ai wing himself with a revolving pis-
tol, the contents of which he dischargLd at, and lodged
in, the officer's head, w hilst that person was conveying
him to the police-s:ation.
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Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada and also !or
I the Uovernors of the other North American Colonies.