The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1856.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

. .
It is expected that on official intimation of the birth
of an heir to the throne of France being received by the
British Government a general Royal salute will be or-,
dered to be fired by the fleet (with ships dressed and
yards manned) at Portsmouth and elsewhere. '
Tho .following are the latest movements at Ports-
mouth :—Her Majesty's steam blockship Hawke, 60,'
Captain Ommanrey, returned from. Plymouth on Satur-,
day. The Lucifer steam-tender, in charge of Mr. Ro-
bert C. Allen, master of the St. Vincent, 101, left on
Saturday afternoon for Pembroke, to
.eouvey back two
gun-boats for commission. Her Majesty's ship Perse-
verance (troop-ship), Commander, MoDonaid, was un-
docked, after repairs, on Saturday, and the Urgent.naval
steam troopship, Commander Phillips, was'taken in to
refit. The new screw gun and despatch vessel Ring-
dove, 6, was docked on Saturday, to be fitted for com-
mission. The Dee steam transport was moved into the
steam basin on Saturday, to unload machinery for the
ships fitting out. The Dapper and Stork steam gun-
boats were undocked after repairs on Saturday, and the
Carnation gun-boat taken in for the like attention's.
The Alps steam transport, No. 82, 'returned V> Spit-_,
head from Ireland on Saturday, and went into harbour
yesterday afternoon. The Europa steam transport, No.
55, left on Saturday for the eastward. The Simla
steam transport, No: 118, Captain T.lr. Russell, want
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, t i land her in-
valids. On the 21st nit., off the Ishind of Zea, she
exchanged signals with the ship Boomer; on the 27th,
in lat 37 23. long. 10 11 E., the ship Regina; March 1,
in lat. 36 22, long. 4' 13, fvioke steamer Thames;
steering E. ; 7th, off Portland, signalled the. ship
Mersee, of London. The Simla arrived yesterday
at Southampton. The Harbinger,- eteam transport,
No. 86, Captain Vellacott, arrived at Spithea.d• yes-
terday morning from the East. She . left Malta on
the 23d alt. On the liii- instant, in latitude, 37
25, long. 9 3 W., the Harbinger spoke the Sovereign
and the Mazagran, of Nantes ; on the 2d, in lat. 59 42,
long. 9 56 W., the screw steamer African ; on the 4th,
in lat. 44 21, long 9 9 W., the brig Charles ; on the 6th,
in lat. 48 29, long. 6 2 W., the Danish brig Anne Lon-
glans, from Callao for Cowes, and the screw steam tran-
sport Cam.lia, No. 213 ; and on Saturday, off Portland,
the schooner Julliet, bound up Channel. 'The Dragon,
6, padOe-frieate, Captain Stewart, C. 8., arrived at Spit-
head from the Eastward on the night of Saturday. The'
Perseverance steam troopship is preparing for sea with
all despatch ; she was being coaled yesterday.
The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gorgon, 6 guns, 320-
horse power, Corn. R. B. Crawford, arrived in the har-
bour of Waterford on Tuesday afternoon from Queens-
town. The Gorgon has 160 men and the following
officers :—Com. R. 13. Crawford, Lieuts. Charles B. C.
Dent and John B. Michell, Surgeon Richard King, As.
sistant-Surgeon Owen J. Llewellyn, Paymaster Albert
Lews, Chief Engineer Robert E. Hore, Mate C. A. F.
Paget.

The steam gun-boat Angler, commenced on the 4th of
December at the Devonport Dockyard,. was launched on
Saturday. Her engines are all complete and fitted.
The sister gun-boat, Ant, will be launched about the-22d
in-t ,if her engines §,hould be ready. The gun-boats
Decoy and Wrangler, in Ilamoaz,!, will be placed in
dock to-morrow to be coppered.
The mortar-ship Seahorse was taken out of dock at
Devonport on Saturday, masted, and warped to the jetty
to be rigged. Her crew got tops over mastheads the
same day.
The c blonial war steamer Victoria, Corn. Norman,
eaiied from Plymouth on Saturday morning for Mel-
bourne.

The bark Lady Peel and the schooner Concordia are
being laden with provisions and stores at the Royal
William Victualling-yard, Plymouth,—the bark for
Bermuda, and the schooner for the Crimea.
The hired steam-transport Earsden, No. 17, Captain
Mullet, 9 weeks from the Crimea and 9 days from Gib-
raltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning.
About 300 troops belonging to the Royal Artillery,
with 259 horses and about 50 men, will embark to-day
in the flii,kl.;son Dock, Liverpool, on board the screw
steam ship Jura, which will sail to-morrow for the
Crimea.

The Oneida arrived in the Mersey on Friday from the
Black Sea. She will be ready in a few days to sail again
either with an 84-gun battery or with troops.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty : Lieut. 11. Packs, to the Orion ; A.
G. 11. Rue and J. Bruce, Midshipmen, to the E4k ; TI.
H. A`Court, Naval Cadet, to the Caleiitta ; S. A. St.
George, to the Amphion ; J. Wade (b), Surgoon, to the
London ; J. W. Dobbin, Acting-Assistant-Surgeon, to
the Resistance ; P. M. Roe, Acting Assistant-Surgeon,
to the Orion,
The Overland Vail states that Lieut.-CA. Sir 11. C.
Rawlinson, K..C.8., Bombay Ist Native Infantry, has
been permitted to retire from the East India Company's
service. The following appointments as Assistant-
Chaplains have taken place :—The Rev. J. K Stewart,
M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, on the Bengal
Ecclesiastical Establishment ; and the Rev. J. J. B.
Sayers, LL D., M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, on the
Madras Ecclesiastical Establisiunent. The Rev. C. R.
Drury, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been
appointed an Assistant-Chaplain at Madras.
The depot of the 40hh Regt. is shortly t ) be removed

fro.,t Chatham to Plymouth, it being the intention of the
authorities at the War-office to have the depots of the
regiment+ serving in the colonies stationed at that town.
L'eut.-Gen. Sir C. W. Pa:lev, K.C.8., R.E., has or-
dered art officer of the Royal Engineers to he sent from
Brompton to Soutbamp Am to supTintend the hospital
about to be erected there, it being the intention to re-
move the invalid depot from Chatham.

(Front the Morning Herald)

The Morning Herald has ever been the staunch ad-
vocate of the rights of offioers belonging to her M ijesty'A
navy. We must, therefore, express our deep regret at
a recent order that completely shelves many, very many,
deserving and gallant officers. We quote the following
from the speech of the FirA L'rd, Sir C. Wood, in the
House of Commons :

"In the course of the present year a change has been
made in the mode of paying captains. Instead of being
paid according to the rate of the ship in which they are
employed, they are paid according to their standing on
the captains' list. It nosy be desirable, on account of
the imp')rtaoce of the command, to employ a captain of
high standing in a small ship, and I think it would be a
great injustice to give the lower rate of pay.
" It is therefore now provided that captains shall be
paid according to their standing on the list (in whatever
size ship they may serve), and at the same time we have
raised the pay of the lower class of captains—of all
below the first 170, because we thought it not adequate
to meet the expenditure which in these days they may
be called upon to make."
The Admiralty circular states

"Feb. 1, 1856.

"Fell pay of captains of the Royal navy has been
established by her Majesty's order in council of the 30th
of January, 1856.
" First Class—To the first 70 captains on the list,
when employed, irrespective of the class of ship in which
they may be serving, 701/. 2s. ld. per annum.
" Secind Class—To the next 100, when fully em-
ployed, 574/. 17s. 6d. per annum.
"Third Class—To all other captains below the first
170 on the list, when employed, 450/. 3s. 4d. per annum.
"The above rate is to apply only to such captains as
may have been appointed subsequently to the date of her
Majesty's order in council establishing the same, excepting
those captaihs now serving as commodores in command
of stations, and those captains of the lowest class now
actually serving, whose full pay is less than 400/. per
annum, who are to become entitled to the new class of
pay from and after the let of April, 1856.
"By command of their Lordships.
" R. OSBORNE."

Now, in reviewing the above, there is evidently such
a manif'st injustice to many valuable and excellent of•
floors, that we will venture to hope the Lords of the Ad-
miralty may bs pleased to take into consideration how
much injustice inadvertently appears on the face of this
recent order.

We have only to enumerate the following list of of-
ficers—captains in actual service at the present moment
—who are entitled to an increase of pay according to
their standing on the list, but excluded in consequence
of the late Admiralty circular :

Capt. M‘Dougall, superintendent of packet service,
Southampton.

Capt. Kincome, Royal William, Plymouth.
The above officers are entitled to 7001. per annum,
but only in receipt of 6001.
Then follow the Hon. Capt. Elliott, Sybille ; the Hon.
Capt. Keith Stewart, Nankin ; Capt. Frederick, Presi-
dent ; Capt. Watson, Imperieuse ; Capt. Morshead,
Dido; Capt. Ramsay, Euryalus ; Capt. Hastings, Cura.
coa ; Capt. Lyster, Arrogant ; Capt. Buckle, Valorous ;
Capt. Baillie, Meander ; Capt. Sullivan, Merlin, &c.
The above officers are entitled to 5741. 174. 6d. per
annum, instead of being paid to the rate of the ships
they now command. Captains now in command of
screw block ships who are not entitled from their stand.
ing on the list, yet continue to receive 7001. per an-
num, whereas if paid acccording to their proper
standing many lof them would only receive 450/. per
annum, provided the supposed improvement be strictly
carried into effect. The whole is as inconsistent as it is
unjust towards those officers who are excepted.

most severely worked. Their pay has not been increased,
and they naturally feel aggrieved at witnessing the ad-
vent of strangers to officea which they had hoped some
of their body might have been permitted to fill. The
zeal .of the dockyard Clerks, cannot be doubted. We
have ourselves frequently witnessed the energy, atten-
tion, and perseverande which' they have brought to the
discharge of their (tittles ;.aniras they are not permitted
by the existing absurd regulations to rise to • supreme.
command in the 'establishments—the good government'
of which so'erhitiently depends upon their excitions—we
think it very hard that they should be prevented from
a,ciring t 3 any little prefetent which the chapter of
accidents brings about. We ,;leAve their case In the
hands of Sir Charles Wood, /ith the utmost confidence
that justice will not be denied them.

DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WRIGHT,
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
We regret to learn Generil George Might, colonel
commandant of the Royal Engineers, died on the SJI
inst. at Cheltenham, after a service of more than 60
years in that distinguished corps. The gallant general
was ie the 79th year of his age, and obtained the rank
of second lieutenant in 1796 ,And bad Peen, considerable
service. He served in the West Indies dUring the war
with France from 1800 to 180 inclusive, including the
capture of the islands of St. Lucia and Tobago from the
enemy. He also served in North America, Canada,
No,a Snot's, and:New Brun4vick, during the whole o f
the last war ,with the United States under Generals Sir
George Prevoat and Sir John Sherehrooke, and with the
latter general served as deputy quartermaster-general of
the forces in the provinces' of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. The gallant decia-ed subsequently volun-
teered his services to Ciiylors during the rebellion of the
Kandian provinces, and on .his return to his native
oountry paid an official visit tithe Court of Persia. The
deceased was appointed a 'genet commandant of the,
Royal Engineers initisrel4l4l4l-. His eorarnissions bore
date as follows :—Second lieutenant, Aug. 15, 1796 ;
first lieutenant. Aug. 29, 1798 ; captain, April 3, 1804 ;
brevet major, June 4, 1814 ; lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 20,
1814 ; colonel, July 29, 1825 ; inajor-general, Jan. 20,
1837; lieutenant-general, Nov. 9, 1846; and general,
June 20, 1854.

TEE LATE JOHN SADriEIR, M.P.

( From the Times of this day.)
John Sadleir was a national calamity. It is not often
that an individual rises to a position of such infamous no-
toriety, but the truth is, now that the whole story of his
frauds is beginning to assume shape and forni, that the
prosperity of a whole province has received a severe
shriek from his proceedings. He has forged title-deeds
of estates, he has forged private acceptanees and securi•
ties, and by hie connection with the Tipperary Bank he
has Contrived to swindle the population of the south of
Ireland to an amount which is already stated at 400,000/.,
and which will probably reach the full proportion of the
half-million. Against this result is to be set a sum of
some 35,0001., and, of course, whatever may be recovered
by the process of selling up innocent shareholders. This
is, after all, but to shift the burden from the shoulders
of the many to the shoulders of the few ; and, even if it
can be done with a reasonable degree of success, it is
scarcely to be expected that the creditors will regain
,anything mo-inthan a small percentage of their loss. On
Tuesday of last week the case was brought before the'
Master of the Rolls in Dublin, on a motion that the co-
partnership should be dissolved,and the affairs be wound
up in conformity with the provisions of the Winding-up
Act. On this occasion, in delivering his judgment, the
Master of the Rolls stated-the actual position of affairs
to be as follows :—" The late John Sadleir, was per-.
mitted by his brother, the sole director and manager
of the bank, to overdraW his 'accsunt to the extent"
of 200,0001., without the knowledge, consent,
or privity of a single other contributory,. or
creditor, so far as this Court has heard or knows,
The liabilities of the Babk are altogether, in round num—
bers, 400,0001. ; it was in a state of them ,st hopeless
insolvencion the let of February last, and the assets
are not pretended to be more, in round numbers, than
35,0001." This being so, in the beginning of February
'a circular was iesueel with the object of persuading the
" deluded, defrauded, and unfortunate contributors,"
not only that the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank was in a
thoroughly solvent and satisfactory state, but teat it
was actually in a condition to pay a bonus of 3 per
cent. on a paid-up capital of 100,0001., and that after
the payment of the bonus a surplus would remain ! Tne
story appears to be even more pitiable than was at first
supposed, now that the social position of the majority
of the sufferers has been more clearly ascertained. We
hear of small farmers, traders, clerks, assistants, police-
officers, &c., who have lost their little accumu-
lations from the thrift of many yews. The provision
for families is gone—the fund which had been provided
for the support of declining life in many instances is
gone too. As we read in a local journal, "the deluded
victims are left penniless, hopeleee and in the most
afflicting despair." This is all very terrible, and the
more so when the peculiar circumstances of Ireland are
taken into consideration. In our awn portion of the
empire the aggregate mass of wealth is so great, that if
one, two, three thousand persons are suddenly reduced
from affluence to poverty, the chances are that in the
majority of instaecea the victims will find an oppor-
tunity of gaining the means of subsistence without
undergoing the humiliation of public pauperism. In
Ireland—in the south of Ireland, it is otherwise. Life
is there a hard struggle indeed, and few are the chances
of recovery to those who have been foiled in the game.
L is a surprising fact that it should be in the power
of any man to swindle his fellow-subjects to the
amount of a million sterling, and yet this sum
will probably fall short of the reality when the
full extent of John Sadleir's frauds has been ascer-
tained. What with the Tipperary Bank—what with the
forgeries of private acceptances—what with the frauds
arising from the forgery of title-deeds, Ireland alone will
stand as sufferer for the larger portion of the sum. The
railway and bank accounts in London will complete the
tale. There is no instance is history, as far as our re-
collection extends, which can serve as a parallel to this
gigantic fraud, for in the case of Law the Scotch adven-
turer represented rather the Regent and the Government
of France than himself. Much the same thing may be
said of the heroes of the South Sea Bubble, and the rail-
way mania of our own times. All the world was mad ;
and certain clear-headed sharpers farmed the madness in
the names of various companies which were known to be
made of such stuff as dreams are made of. Oar forefathers,
and the present generation, too, upon these occasions,
all went mad together, and the inevitable consequences
followed when the crash-time came. The case, however,
of John Sadleir —and, from what we now see, we fear it
mu‘t be said of James Sadleir also—rests upon a very
different foundation. We are not all rushing down to
Brokers'-alley or Capel-court ; we are not looking for 60
per cent. and unquestionable security. We are, on the
contr .ry, busy with a troublesome and expensive war.
WE are scraping together pence, rather than risking
pounds for the sake of inordinate gain. The present
period, for the majority of Englishmen, is one of econo-
my, not of speculation. In the midst of all our caution,
hoe ever, of all our thrift, of all our circumspection, a
knave slips; unawares into the camp and swindles his
fellow-subjects out of the enormous sum of 1,000,0001.
atet~tireg Fite-. - John Sat:Usk-14 us rather
say of John and James Sadleirr—is curious enough
when contrasted with their performances. They
are not in the position of gamblers who have
thrown a heavy stake upon the table and lost it.
Their father is at present living, a small tenant-
farmer in the south of Ireland. From such an origin,
respectable enough, John Sadleir started in life, and con-
trived to swallow up a million of money before he put an
end to his existence on Hampstead-heath. The career
of John Sadleir after his departure from the farm is now
notorious enough. Provincial attorney, and then at-
torney in Dublin, political intriguer, Lord of the Trea-
sury, railway chairman, and bank director—such were
the steps of his career, until he concluded it as specula-
tor, swindler, and suicide.
This hideous history may not, we earnestly trust,
prove without effect. It is impossible to be mixed up
with society in London—and the provincial capitals, it
appears, are not behind us in this respect—without be-
coming painfully aware of the range of illegitimate spe-
culation. The men who engage in this unfortunate ca-
reer never seem to consider that they are playing
against loaded dice. One succeeds in the desperate
game, and a thousand perish—the success of the one is
in ignified, and proclaimed with admiration and envy
from month to mouth ; the ruin of the thousand pass, s
without notice and without comment. The art of con-
verting airy nothings into solid coin is far too much in
vogue for public security or public happiness. This is
an error beyond the retch of legislation. Under any
se stem of laws which grants to commerce that freedom
without which commerce cannot subsist, the unfair spe-
culator will have his oppprtunities, and will abuse them.
On persona who are inclined to enter Upon such a path
remonstrance would be thrown away—we can simply
point to the grave of John Sadleir, and say, " Take
warning I" It may well be that to few persons will be
granted the opportunity of perpetrating frauds upon
so gigantic a scale. Thus, from want of occasion,
rather than of will, they may avoid the full mea-
sure of hie despair, and the full horror of his fate.
Let them, however, be well assured that, without
the dismal success of John Sadleir, and without the
agony of his closing life, the Demon of Speculation has
secondary punishments in store for its victims, sharp
enough to 'deter any but madmen from venturing their
good name and happiness in such a career.

HAMPSTEAD HEATH.

( Pram the Times of this day.)
That it would be a pity to destroy Hampstead-heath
any one who bas ever been there will at once admit.
With the finest parks in the world, Landon is still far
too much of a city and breathes too litLle of the country.
It is a city, not of palaces, like Paris, nor of temples,
like Rome, but of cities like itself alone—a number of
townships that on the continent would each make a very
respectable capital going to form the great metropolis.
But, though it is every- day spreading further and fur-
ther, we are now and then threatened with the loss of
the few scraps of field and garden that are left to us in
this wilderness of brick and mortar. St. James's-park
has just been saved from an encroachment that would
virtually have destroyed it. Hampstead-heath is now,
by the spread of buildings all around, equally endan-
gered, although not in the same manner. The heath
consists of about 200 acres of land, and is overlooked by
eminences in the adjoining fields which are admirably
adapted as sites for houses, which contractors would
gladly occupy, and which the possessor would gladly
dispose of. Bet by the erection of houses on these emi-
nences the beauty of the heath would be very much
destroyed. It is, indeed, not the fault of the present
proprietor that a
the single acre remains free from
her
has
cks
and mortar. By will of his father, ,
no power to grant building leases over this portion of
his estates, and the property is available only for agri-
cultural purposes. It is, therefore, in the mean-
time of less value than if it were held without
that prohibition. Sir Thomas Wilson, it is true,
has several times applied to Parliament for a
private bill to remove the prohibition, although hitherto
without success ; but if the more general measure which
has in this session been introduced into the House of
Lords in relation to the leases and sales of settled estates
should become law, he may effect his purpose by obtain-
ing an order from the Court of Chancery. A t all events,
Sir Thomas Wilson cannot live for ever; on his decease
the entail is liable to be cut off; all impediment to the
erection of buildings will then be at an end, the property
will rise in value, and the Heath will run a great risk of
being spoiled. That the inhabitants of the neighbour-
Ilood should be solicitous for the safety of their suburUan
park can excite no surprise, and that they should se-
riously propose to tuy up the Heath, together with the
se joining grounds, now that it can be obtained at a corn-
paratively cheap rate, is a step the wisdom of which no
out' will impugn. In all about 300 acres, it is supposed i
thria' this space of ground can be purchased for about
100,0001. ; and as its natural beauty requires little arti-
ficial aid, there will be no necessity, as in the case of the
Victoria and other parks, for any considerable outlay
beyond that of the actual purchase.
The inhabitants of Hampstead have made a very wise
proposition, but unfortunately they have not addressed
it to the proper quarter. The question is, who is to pay
for this park, and the vestry of St. John, Hampstead,
supported by various other vestries and deputations, re-
' quest the Metropolitan Board of Works to undertake

[ PRICE 4D. STAMPED fD•

the business, and to do it at once, while it can be done
ch aply: It seems not yet discovered that the Metro-
pol tan Board of Works cannot do everything at once,
an that there arc some things which it cannot do at
all.: It is at present beset with schemes of every descrip-
tion and magnitude—all urgent, and all witbin its,sphere.
Two or three dozen streets are to be knocked down and
built up, sewers innumerable are to be constructed,
and, above all things, the Thames itself is to be purified.
With ail tbi=, the Board of Works has enough to do in
the metropolis without driving away to Hampstead to
purchase a snbUrban park. one people of Hampstead,
who are most interested in this matter, era a
,very
wealthy community ; and if, instead of requesting the
Board of WOrks—whose business it is to make streets
and sewers' and not suburban parks—to rate the whole
metropOlisfor the pnrchase-money of the Heath, they
would rate themselves, or subscribe among themselves,
they might easily do not a little towards effecting a pur-
chase, and could then, with some show of reason, ask
Parliament fOr a grant. And it is not merely their own
pleasure that they would consult in so doing. but also
their own interest. We are all interested as Londoners
in preserving Hampstead-heath, but not en much as
those who have houses and property in the immediate
neighbourhood, the value of which would be graatly im-
proved -by the formation of a park. It is bit fair that
those who will gain most should pay most ; and, if they
really *how some public spirit in endeavouring to obtain
this park," we are pretty confident that the House of
Commons will meet them in the same liberal spirit.
Among those who will vote them a supplementary grant
we may, with some confidence, place the name of every
member who lately voted against Sir Joshua Waluasley's
motion. If the house will not consent to open Museums,
it will certainly not- consent to shut the parks. St.
James's-park has been saved throagh its instrumentality,
and wa are sure it will make any. reasonable effort to
pare Hampstead-heath.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—March 8.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN 1U MAIM BOYD, STOCK AND SHABEBROKEB, OF BANK

BUILDINGS.

The inquiry into this bankrupt's case was resumed
this morning.
Mr. Roxburgh (instructed by Mr. Henry Harris) ap-
peared for the assignees; Mr.Lawrance for the bankrupt.
At the last meeting it was arrangel that the assignees
should address certain .requisitions in writing to the
ba, k runt.

Mr. Lowrance said the requisitions were only received
two days ag and he propose.' to take the opinion of
the Court whether the bankrupt should be compelled to
answer them.

The requi,itions, six in number, were then read over
seriatim. The first required a statement of the account
between B. and INT. Boyd and B. Boyd, showing the ac-
count due to B. Boyd in respect to his share of the
profits, and charging him with all payments on his
ace,. unt. _ .

His Honour disallowed this requisition.
• The second requisition, which asked the bankrupt for
a list of the debts provable against his estate by the cre-
ditors of the Royal Bark of Australia, was allowed.
The third requisition asked for the particulars of items,
18,0001. and 9,0001., charged as shipments from Mark
Boyd to Benjamin, between the years 1543 and 1848.
His Honour disallowed this requisition.
Some discussion took place upon the fourth question.
It appeared that in 1549 a Mr. Borthwick, accountant,
of Edinburgh, had been sent up by the Scotch cr.ditors
and shareholders to inquire into the afiAiri of the Royal
Bank of Australia and of the Boyds. Mr. Borthwick
alleged that he bad then seen a book in the possession
of the bankrupt, in which the account of Benjamin Boyd
showed a balance of 26,0001. as owing to the bankrupt.
No operations bad taken place on that account slice
849, y't it now appeared that, so tar from B. Boyd
being indebted to the bankrupt, the latter was indebted
to B. Boyd to the amount of 63,000/. The assignees
now required the product'on of the book.
The bankrupt said that Mr. Browning, who atttendsd
his brother's business in London, had left in 1849,
taking rear y bool,s with him. The other books were in
the hands of Mr. Wryghte, the assignee.
Two of Mr. Wryghte's clerks swore that, as late as
January, 1855, they saw in Mr. Boyd'a office a book
with a white cover, which is now 'missing and which
contained an account headed "Benjamin Boyd, Sydney."
The Scotch accountant having described the book as a
ledger, his Honour doubted whether be referred ti) the
‘• book" mentioned by the witnesses, which was more in
the nature of a jotter's. He di allowed the requisition.
Ater some discussion,
Mr. Roxburgh asked the bankrupt to explain how he
arrived at the balance of 63,0001. due to B. Boycl:t
His lionour—l shall not'require him to answer that
question.
Mr. Lawrance—They only want a peg to bang an
appeal upon.
Iffi-Soiidur—Holirmarbeatse-wor.tbakl ,Thiagis-tint
examination of the Commissioner, and the bankrupt is
not bound to answer a question which I think should not
be nut.

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Mr. Roxburgh—Can you explain, then the 71,2891.
pro its, and show where they appear in your books!
His Honour—You need not answer that question.

Mr. Roxburgh—There is 37,0001. odd alleged to be
due by the Royal Bank of Australia, can you explain
that ?
His Honour—You need not answer that question.
Mr. Roxburgh—l find there is an item of 17,9451. for
office expenses—explain that, and point them out in
your books ?
His Honour—You need not answer that question.
Mr. Roxburgh—Explain the item 46,4761. private
expenses ?
His Honour—You need not answer that question.
Mr. Roxburgh—Explain the item 49,000/,, set down
as losses ?
His Honour—You need not answer that question.

His Honour, after some discussi.m, sanctioned the
fifth and sixth requisitions, the former requiring the
bankrupt to vouch his expenditure (2,C00/. per annum)
during the last three years, and the other to explain
whore he charged himself with 13,5001. paid for Benja-
mi,,
This remarkable inquiry was adjourned for the bank-
rupt to give in the answers.