The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-24 00:00:00

Private banks .

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THE RAILWAY FORGERIES.
After the conviction and sentence of Koightings9s
counsel for the prosecution announced that it Who
intended to postpone for the present the trial of r
prisoner upon the remaining indictments•
reasons only known to themselves the jury 07-
panied their verdict of "Guilty" with a re 00131113,
dation to mercy, but the Chief Baron very IOW) "
refused to pay any attention to such misplaeedser
timentality.
" We have found it our painful duty (said his loribbn
to announce that we feel it impossible consistently tae gspic.
you the benefit of that recommendation. The Ca
pears to be one on which it is necessary to let la'
tib%
b,
full penalty which the law imposes. The office //b
you held is one of the greatest importance both bar of
c impany which employed you and the great nuMbe/0,
persons, I had almost said the masses of the cororeet
who detienried for the support of themselves and of tueb
gleefamilies on the profits derived from stock held imitates
cimpanies. Stock in railway companies now con of
a large portion of the public property. Large eetaljefe
money are invested in it. It is used for ms,
poses—for the support of l:srge families,nlorPthe
and 73thieel
establishment of persons in life who have
else to maintain them in their position. 'Lee pions
are as well guarded by such institutielir
the Banks of England and Ireland ; but aboect
as
companies have nothing to depend upon but the fqo,
character of belie officials and g PriPcniPbr
which you wereved to posses., and which you be'
trayed and disgraced. It is therefore absolutely 13°70,
eary 'or the protecti )n of their interests that the ti-oV
penalty of the law be enforced against forgery arq
In such a case leniency is not mercy, but thilis,-„„in.
cruelty to the prii,oner himself. Considering k":ll.4tt:
terests you were bound to maintain, the charaCter .140,
had to',upptirt—the very character which affordektisit
the means of committing an, offence so heinous aq tio
of which you have been now found guilty--vte e°lo
that we should not now be performing our duty loot
did not impose a heavy penalty, one which may Petro_stvo
others placed in a similar position from betrayingb
by the fear of the calamity which will ruin those %a
look up to them for comfort, for encouragement, :of
support. It is not the least of the rnisfortaueboth
crime that its consequences involve in punishment
err
the innocent and the guilty, and we hope that tligapt of
alty which you will have to suffer will have the eiders"-e
deterring others from such faults through a cce-iogl
tion of their personal interests, of the ties, wilt' fro,
domestic, which bind them to integrity, as well es of
a respect for those duties which belong to positionsoi.
trust. It is our painful duty to consign you to a rout
tion where you will be a serf and a slave, cut off fops
society, separated from the world without the a
of communicating with your family and friends, 01; jo
I long period of your life. The sentence of the cello
Ithat you undergo penal servitude for a period 0'
years."

EXHIBITION OF ART TREASVRES AT

MANCHESTER, 1857.

IP
A meeting of the general council was held St - f *the
chaster yesterday to decide on the site and plane °ir f;
building, presided over by Mr. James Watts, the 08;7:0
and at which were present Sir John Potter, Sir E16'716,
Armitage, Mr. Toornai Bazley, Mr. Wm. Entll-0.
Mr. E?inund Potter, Mr. Edward Tootal, Mr. j.

H tster, and most of the leadin membrs. -
Mr. THOS. FAIR read g over a l eong and abl6red
port from the executive committee, by which it aPP°II,"
that Mr. J. C. Deane had been appointed acting 011;4:4.
sioner to the executive committee for procuring et el
buttons of Ehe 'Oust valuable and remarkable welr:o§,
art in the United Kingdom, and for arranging
sifying, them in such a manner as may best comot—
tensive views of the progresssof -art h the gratin•
tool
which attends the contemplation of their ludidi bed
merits. The liberality of the Bank of Englanlt
of
placed at their command ample funds, on the cre-1001,
the guarantee fund, which had now reached 70p°f
In making conditional arrangements as to the site 0100
proposed building (now to be submitted for apPr°ibie
the first question was that of giving every l',°8:00'
security to the possessors of works of art that the'f..o•
sores shall not receive injury, and for this porrge;berd
rat ,
points required attention, including an ateitr
pure from smoke and dust, direct conveysece
packages so as to secure safe delivery at the hut 0•
0•
itself, and facility for rapid delivery and early' onmnliight
tion on delivery, so that the forwarding of Welba c) the
be postponed until as short a time as possible "00
opening. The site chosen for the building vies °°:port
the west or south-west side of the town. The,,r,,tec
-tu
further stated that the committee had, as regarr- dr
plan of the building, unanimously preferred ° of
sign ,if Mr. 'Young, now enEagel in the constructio.l3°oo
c the Art Museum at Kensington Gore, and a Prcvisioo3'
c attract had been made with Mr. Young- for its
pletion on the lst January next for 24,5001- Or
Mr. Thos. Fairbairn, chairman of the executive co
mittee, Mr. W. Entwisle, and Mr. E. Petter'„rddoer
further explanations as to the circumstancee2r
which the ground had been taken, and as to the te`io
merits contemplated with the railway companies' 80'-
Mr. T. BAZLEY then moved that the report of the
cutive committee, as to the design and site of the efr
bition building, be
confirmed. „bid'
Mr. OLIVER HEYWOOD seconded the motion,
was unanimously agreed to.
A resolution was subsequently adopted, emo"..opor
the committee to divide the sum -ofloo/. en°lll3.to-tbe
tions as they might deem fair, in corn ensation •
artists who had submitted designs for cPonsideratit
to
The proceedings concluded with a vote of
thA
the Mayor. A to b°
The exhibition building, as it is now propose.-„of
erected, will cover a ground-space of 15,200 °loot
_daitt
yards, or rather mare than three acres ; and gel'
room may be gained by the construction of intern-reto
leries. In deciding upon the architectural ic.,,ba.-0001'
which it should assume, the committee had um?' eftisti/i
deration about thirty sets of plans submitted by t.'"a
The building will be for the most part co'nstill°'ell
cast and corrugated iron, glass being employed °fo3lB
the centre of each compartment of the roof. 11,3.13°4 the
interior will be lined with wood, and the en" 7400
building,, which has been chOsen fin-Abe grand en,";,stb
will be of ornamental brickwork. The extreme
of the building will be \ 701 feet, and the el"
breadth 200 feet.

AQUATICS.
VV.$
Sr. MARGARET'S ANDT. JOHN'S , I
MINSTER) REGATTA. roe% be:
The annual contest amongst the free Note- A vog„.-9,
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longing to these parishes came off yesterday, "
1'
every respect most creditable to all engaged ill 11
race was in three heats, with 16 pairs of sculls.

Final Heat. 1
J. Catley and H. Russell (Light 1510)
R. Smith and G. Smith (Yellow) 3
J. Steward and J. Clark (Greco) yellow)
T. "'enfold and J. Barber (white) otor'
This heat was started down on the ebb tide,
el oito;
ing at Vauxhall-bridge, thence to the Duke °Ade('
cleuch's, back again to Vauxhall-bridge, and co Gres
at the Horseferry. It .was a most capital star„". st
slightly leading, and the other three being owg'",:t ft,
some distance ; then light blue challenged the m„.--of
t e
and took the lead, which they kept. The sPirik"..-seasi
race was continued to nearly the end. Won A 11
lengths. The prize was a purse of sovereigns? 811.4—c010-
by the residents of the parishes, and the regatta '—
managed by Martin and Hunt.
PIMLICO UNITY ROWING CV": 040
The newly-established club, who fol• the galeDo:toll:
their behaviour might show an excellent t' to if fir!:
needed example to others in its vicinity, roared tlt
race, from Putney to Barnes bridges, yesterdal• ~,efta
a most spirited affair, and such a race as is scare°'roo
seen, and reflected the greatest credit ón all coruethyo •
in it, especially when it is taken into considerattoPfor
it wa' the first match of an infant club. It Iv° a
oared race, with the following results
White
i se°
Messrs. Craig, Ruler, Nichols, Burton and
•
coxswain. 2 , 0,1
81ue........
Messrs. F. Lidyard, W. Reab, E. Coles, Betts
B:ythe, coxswain.
3 4
Red
. • •
jot Inessosnr:.clioxoslwmaeirn,. H. Lidyard, Rainger, L`Toft'b'
• leugthrt-