The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-08 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLR, Dec. 7.
The Queen, Princess Louis; and Prince Leopold drove
out in the greunas this ;norrag,

The Duke of Isremours, Princess Marguerite, and Prin-
cess Blanche of Orleans, and the Count and Countess d'Eu
visited the Queen to-day.
The Duchess of Roxburghe and the Hon. Mrs. Pon-
sonby had the honour of dining with the Queen and the
Royal Family last evening.

THE EARL OF FAVERSHAM AND Rm3BITS.—The
Earl of Faversham has issued the following notice under
his signature 1—" I hereby give • leave to my tenants to
ferret, dig out, and destroy all. rabbits in their respec-
tive fields and hedgerows, during the months of Decem-
ber, January, and February in each year, but not in
any covers, plantations' woods, or wood fences, moors, or
unenclosed lands which are in my occupation, and I do
not give leave to any tenants to set traps or to shoot.
The keepers have orders to keep down the rabbits on the
estates, and any tenant having reason to complain that
this is not done is requested to give timely notice of the
same."

CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST

WILLIAM RUSSELL, BART.
At the Mansion House, before the Lord Mayor, Sir
William Russell, Bart., whose affairs are being dealt with
in the Court of Bankruptcy, appeared to answer a sum'
mons charging him with an offence against the bank-
ruptcy laws. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the plaintiff
and the Hon. A. H. Thesiger for the defendant. The
latter took a preliminary objection to the case being
heard, on the ground that the offence was committed on
the 3rd December, and the act was not in operation at
the time. The objection was, however, overruled, the
Lord Mayor holding that the case must be
opened. Mr. Metcalfe, in commencing the case'
placed the prosecutor, a Mr. Swift, who is engaged ill
the iron trade at Sheffield, and the defendant in
_the,
position of two tradesmen, and alleged that the former hne
been imposed upon, and had suffered to the extent of
£2,000. The defendant represented that he re-
quired a quantity of railway rails in the or'
dinary course of his business, he at the time
acting as contractor for certain railways In
course of construction. Mr. Swift, thinking it a large
order, made enquiries amongst several persons named by
the defendant. He applied to the manager of the
Gloucestershire: Banking Company, in whose case be
scarcely knew what steps would be taken, but
he court would be surprised to learn that a most
favourable account of defendant was given though
at the same time his cheques were being, coun-
sel alleged, dishonoured. Believing the accounts
to be correct, the prosecutor delivered the goods on the
25th November, 1869, and a few days afterwards, on the
3rd December, instead of the rails going in the way of
business, they were sent to Messrs. Taylor and Co., for
the purpose, it was stated, of getting an advance of
£1,500, which sum was obtained on the goods. At that
time Sir William's affairs were in a very bad state,
and a short time afterwards a petition is
bankruptcy was lodged against him. Petition and
petition were filed, and the first two were settled, but the
third was still before the court. In February the
defendant himself petitioned for a liquidation, which
proceedings were still before the Bankruptcy
Court. The Act made it an offence for an?
one, " within four months next before the petition
in bankruptcy on the commencement of liquidation, he
being a trader, to pawn, pledge, or dispose of any pro-
perty obtained on credit and not paid for, unless it should
be clear to the jury that there was no intention to de-
fraud." Mr. Thesiger revived his objection, although
he said at the proper time he should
be able to fully answer the case, and
it was again overruled.—The prosecutor was then called,
and said the iron was valued at £2,937 10s. He received
a bill of exchange for the amount, and paid it away to his
bankers in the usual way. He had never received value
for it.—ln cross-examination witness said he did not
know for a fact that his bankers had proved against the
estate for the amount of the bill. He did not
know what Sir William's business was at the
time, and did not inquire, as he believed in his name and
the references he received. Witness was then cross-
examined in order to shew that Sir William had nothing
whatever to do with the affair, but he said he fully be-
lieved Sir William was to pay, ar.d parted with the goods
upon that understanding. He had sent the delivery note
to Messrs. Taylor, and also the cheque in per
melt, and they were both in the name of
Hutchings, who was represented to him by Heslopp
who, he understood, was Sir William's agent) as the con-
tractor under the defendant. The proceedings in bank
ruptcy were next produced. The defendant's debts were
stated to be £575,000, of which £92,000 is owing to un-
secured creditors. Mr. Goddard, manager of the Glou-
cester Bank at Cheltenham, who wrote a reference,
admitted that some of the defendant's cheques had been
dishonoured, but said if he overdrew his current ac-
count it was only for a few days, his transactions
being heavy. There was still a small balance
in his favour. The defendant and he always had
directions not to allow Sir William to overdraw. If he
did so, it was at his own risk. He was aware that the de-
fendant was indebted to the bank before this to the
amount of £36,000 or £37,000, but the company held
mortgages for it. Between the 9th of November and the
9th of March about £16,000 was paid into the bank to the
credit of Sir William. Mr. Pooley, jun., who was in
defendant's employ, proved receiving a bill from him
drawn by Hutchings and accepted by himself.
He went by defendant's directions to Stoke-upon-Trent,
where he met Heslopp, and, according to instructions,
exchanged the bill for a delivery note for 500 tons of rails.
Next day, according to his instructions, he went to Man-
chester, and tried to negotiate for an advance upon the
rails. Sir William told him he would most likely have to
go to Manchester, and Heslopp gave him further in

Some further evidence was given, and the case was
adjourned.

EXTRAORDINARY COMATERCIAL FRAUD.
• The Bi2-nzingham Gazette gives the following particulars
of a case which is exciting great interest in the Midland
counties :—Mr. W. T. Adcock, for many years a member
of the Worcester City Council, and recently elected City
Sheriff, has disappeared in a very mysterious manner.
He was formerly secretary to the Oxford, Worcester,
end Wolverhampton Railway (afterwards merged into the
Great Westerns, and up to the time of his disappearance he
filled the, office of secretary of the Staurbridge Extension
Railway Company. He was also in business as a share-
broker, and took a prominent, part in all public matters.
Last Thursday he was to have been elected Worshipful
Master of the United Lodge of Freemasons at Worcester ;
but his masonic brethren waited his arrival in vain, and
the installation was postponed. It now appears that Mr.
Adcock has not been seen in Worcester since last
Wednesday, and on Monday it was made
known that he was wanted on a charge of
issuing fraudulent scrip of the Stourbridge Extension
Railway, a branch railway which is leased by the Great
Western Company. The precise amount of these frauds
is not yet known, but it will be upwards of £25,000. It
is stated t'lat a warrant had been issued for Mr. Adcock's
apprehen,ion. It appears that the secretary, in whose
custody the books and papers of the company lay, had
power to issue certificates of alO each, signed only by
himself, and all that was required to make the document
negotiable was, the affixing cf the seal of the company—
,ti operation which required to be witnessed by a clerk.
The seal was kept in the offices of the solicitors
of the company, in a box which required to be
' unlocked by two keys, each respectively held by the
chairman and secretary. It seems, therefore, that before
the seal could be affixed to the certificates of the com-
pany four persons required to be consulted. It has been
ascertained that, the first fraudulent issue of stock in this
district took place as far back as December, 1868, and
since that time nearly three thousand shares have been
falsely issued, and about the same number properly
entered in the books of the company, the holders of which
have of course a good title. We understand
that not one of the transfers representing
these improperly issued shares can be found
in the 'offices of the company, and while the
number during the past twelve months must have
amounted to nearly 100, only 14 are entered in the last
official statement of accounts. The discovery of the
frauds took place in a somewhat cur;ous manner. It
would appear that under recent changes in the manage-
ment it had been determined to remove the offices of the
company to the Great Western Railway, at Paddington,
and in consequence a register of shareholders had
been forwarded to London. Some of the share-
holders inquired why their names were not duly
included in the list. This necessarily led to an
investigation, with the result now known to the public.
Had not these alterations in management taken place, it
is impossible to say hew lung the frauds might have been
carried on, as all holders of irregular shares duly re•
ceived their dividends and documents from the defaulting
secretary.
A paragraph appeared in the Birmingham Post on Tues-
day stating that the National and Provincial Banking
Company had taken possession of all Mr. Adcock's
effects. This latter statement, however, is contradicted
on authority, the National Provincial Bank of England
having had no conneotion whatever with Mr. Adcock.

CONVICTION FOR SALMON POACHING.—On Mon-
day the Whitby magistrates fined two miners, named
respectively Robinson and Kirby, £5 each for salmon
poaching at Glaisdale, near Whitby, on the 30th ult.
The defendants had taken nine splendid salmon, the
heaviest of which weighed about 151 b. Mr. Samuel Wil-
kinson, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the Esk Fishery
Association.

DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. 011 Sunday
morning a man named William'Bromilow, Lane Endo,
Heaton, near Bolton, died from hydrophobia. The de-
ceased, who was 38 years of age, was, in May last, pro-
ceeding to his work at Hormcks'Fold, when he was bitten
on the fingers of his left hand by a dog. The wound was
long in gettiug well, and he had no medical aid. Last
week he began to feel a peculiar pain in the left arm, and
on Friday a medical man was called in. On Saturday,
after having spent the previous night restlessly, he
exhibited all the symptoms of hydrophobia, and became
worse until Sunday morning, at half-past twelve o'clock,
when he died.

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