The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THB ARCTIC COMMITTEE.—The Arctic committee
of investigation commence their sittings on Monday.
Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., will be president, and
the following will be members :—Rear- Admiral
Fanshawe, C. 8., Captain Sir E. Parry, Capt. Beechy,
A.D.C., Captain Sir G. Back. The hydrographer,
Rear-Admiral F. Beaufort, we presume, will be an ex
officio member of the committee. We hear that many
of the officers, both of Captain Austin's and Captain
Penny's expeditions, will be examined before the
committee.

Captain J. Horsford Cockburn (1850) has been ap-
pointed to study steam at Woolwich.
Crane, 6, Commander M`Donnell, has entered nearly
all her complement at Devonport.
Dauntless, 33, screw•frigate, Captain Halsted, ar-
rived at Lisbon from Portsmouth on the 18th inst.

Desperate screw steam-sloop, went out again from
Devonport on Thursday morning. It is understood the
experiments are nearly completed.
Daphne, 18, Captain E. Genneys Fanshawe, was at
Vancouver's Island, August 7.
Fury steam-sloop, is to remain at Woolwich.
The Polyphemus and Pluto steam-vessels are to re-
main at Woolwich.

Frolic, 16, Commander Vansittert, was paid off at
Portsmouth on Thursday, in the most orderly and
respectable manner, keeping up the good name she
acquired when paid off by Captain Cospatrick B.
Hamilton.

Lucifer steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Jackson,
has arrived at Woolwich, to be paid off.
Rintaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, will return
to England as soon as she is relieved by the Penguin,
in the Mozambique.
Ranger, 8, Commander Miller, will be paid off at
DevonpGrt this day.
Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C.B , will be taken
out of dock at Portsmouth this day.
St. Vincent, 100, at Portsmouth, is ordered to be
prepared for commissioning forthwith.
Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Risk, is
ordered to return to Sheerness, from Scotland.

Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington,
will be ready to embark artillery for Barbadoes, at
Woolwich, by the 28th inst.
Victoria and Albert is ordered to be caulked and
surveyed at Portsmouth.
Messrs. Kitt have obtained the contract for laying
tramways in the dockyard at Devonport.
PonTsmouTu, FRlDAY.—Bellerophon, 78, Lord G.
Paulett, with Hercules store-ship, got u❑der weigh
at Spithead on Thursday afternoon about three
o'clock. Owing to the light and variarable winds
the vessels were a long time getti❑g out, and by some
mischance, about six o'clock the Hercules drifted on
shore near the buoy of the Warner, when she fired
several guns for assistance. The Bellerophon then
anchored and sent her boat!. The Echo steam-tug,
with a dockyard lighter and several launches, went
out to her, and about nine o'clock the rising tide
brought her off without her having sustained any
damage. She anchored for the night, and both ships
proceeded yesterday morning on their voyage for
Malta, the Hercules being towed into the offing by
the steam-tug Echo.
The Raleigh, 50, was brought down alongside the
jetty to be masted. It is said she will shortly be re-
commissioned.

The Olin steam-frigate has been taken into dock
to-day to be overhauled and refitted in seven days, to
be in readiness to convey troops on foreign service, if
needed.

The Stromboli steam-sloop has been taken out of
dock to-day to make room for the Porcupine, to be
refitted.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 24.—Assistant•Engineer Edward
Darley, to the Birkenhead iron paddle-wheel steam
troop-ship, at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant Godfrey Taylor (1850), having com-
pleted a course of study of marine steam-engines at
the factory at Woolwich dockyard, was examined by
Mr. Atherton, chief engineer, on Monday and Tues-
day last, and, having passed satisfactorily, received
his certificate accordingly.
Commander Cracroft, late commander of the Rey-
nard when lost on the Patras Islands, and the chief
engineer of that vessel, landed at Southampton yester-
day, having come home by the overland route.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 24.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—We have no improvement to quote in
the market, sales being difficult to effect. Prices remain
unaltered.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been lower
this morning, with very little demand for anything. The
transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 54
—Midland, 48%—North Staffordshire, 8 3-16 dia—York
and North Midland, 194.
MANCHESTER, OCT. 24.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in onr share
market to-day has been very limited, but prices were
slightly improved. The transactions were as follow:
Midland, 48%—North Staffordshire, 8% dis. —Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 563% Great Northern, 15%—East Lan-
cashire, 11—Birkenhead,Lancashire, and Cheshire,22l. Shares
6% dis.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victorla,cap. 82 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 18th day of October, 18M,
1881111 DEPLSTMENT.,

Yiltei !aimed, ..,... 28,458,270

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,424,895
Silver ballion • • • • • • 33,375

£28,458,270

Dated the 231 day of October, t

48,455,770
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
851.
EP.LILTMAN T.

BANKING D
X.
Proprietorecapital 14,553,000
nest •• -• ••••• • • • • • ;4,147,472
Public deposits (in-
chiding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, a 7••

....•
'Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 13,211,768
Other securities —• . 13,083,883
Notes . ..... .. .. ••. 7,782,265
,Gold and silver coin.. 696,234
1

Inge-banks, and D-
ividend accouno).. 5,896,169
Other deposits •• • • 10,339,401
Seven day and other
1,268,108

431,704,150

Z 34,704,1-50
1(43/1411.1,, c4let:Caohier.

Dated tu4 23c1 JAY 44 October, 1,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COUtRT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 24.
(Bell'ore Mr. Commissioner HoutoyD.)

IN RE BONNET.

The bank.rupt, Dumas Bonnet, was a wine mer-
chant in Mrlrk-lane. The balance-sheet, from Feb-
ruary, 18481 to August, 1851, shows the following :
Creditors, 2,'5871.; liabilities, 4511.; creditors holding
security, 1,0:99/. ; profits, 838/. ; capital, 89/. ; debtors
good, 41.; doubtful, 65/. ; property, 11/. ; ditto in
hands of creditors, 2,3171.; trade expenses, 9591. ;
personal, 5377.; losses, 5811.
Mr. LucAs,, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn-
ment to test the accuracy of the balance-sheet, by
comparing it with the books.
Mr. LAWRIiNCE, for the bankrupt, did not object.
Adjournment accordingly.
IN RE BRUDENELL.

The bankrupt was described as a brewer, at
Windsor. This was a last examination meetlng,
which was fu?rther adjourned, on the application of
Mr. Linklater, for the production of a witness, who
was a roasting,: cook to her Majesty, and who, Mr.
Linklater said, was now attending to his duties at
Windsor.

IN RE VALENTINE.
The bankrupt, John Valentine, teadealer, North-
ampton, came up to pass his last examination. The
accounts show the following :—Creditors, 1,0781.;
capital, 1501.; profits, 6751.; debtors, 6301.; pro-
perty, 1821.; losses, 306/. ; expenses, 7771.
Mr. Carr Was for the assignees, and Mr. Heath for
the bankrupt.'
The bankrupt, upon being examined by Mr. Carr,
said he entend moneys received generally in his
cash-book. lie had occasion in 1638 and 1839 to
borrow mont y ; that money was not mentioned in
his cash-book. In March, 1848, he borrowed 2001.
of Mr. Trounce. This was not entered. He was
not now a creditor. The last payment was made in
August of this year. The payment to Mr. Trounce
did not appf4r in the books. Mr. Trounce had
threatened him with proceedings. No proceedings
were commenced. The money was raised to pay this
gentleman by the sales of teas, and he had one sale
by auction, libich realised 421. This was not entered
in his cash-book. 401. were paid to Mr. Trounce.
Other creditors were pressing him at this time—to
one of them he had paid 21. This was entered.
There had been two seizures of tea by the Excise.
Mr. CARR submitted that it was impossible the
bankrupt could pass his examination upon the present
balance-sheet. It was also necessary that 1 Mr.
Trounce should be in attendance to explain the trans-
action gone into. A cash account and stock account
were also wanted.
Mr. HEATH contended that the bankrupt ought to
pass, as all the transactions were on the books, the
seizures, and also the sales of teas.
His Homona ordered an adjournment for a fort-
night.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Freiherr rem Forster, the young foreigner who de-
scribed himself as the Knight of Starkenburg and
Adjutant of tEe Ist Regiment of Prussian Dragoons,
and who also leas been charged at this court with
stealing three °ol.•notes, the property of Mr. Jour •
dae, and one 101.-note and one 6/.-note, the property
of Mr. Prevost of Ghent, from the York Hotel, New
ridge-street, 31ackfriars, was again placed at the
bar before Alderman Salomons for final examination
relative to that charge.
Mr. Wood appeared for the prosecution. A soli-
citor also attended for the prisoner.
Sergeant Wes,le, No. 2, of the R division of the
metropolitan pike said—On the last examina-
tion I received instructions from the alderman to see
that Mr. Jourdan was in attendance, and, accord-
ingly, having received sufficient funds from Mr.
Quartermaine for that purpose, I left London for
Germany on Saturday last ; and in due time arrived
in Bremen, where I found Mr. Jourdan. I commu-
nicated to him tEat his presence was required at this
court, and he accompanied me back and is now pre-
sent. I have received additional information that, be-
sides the robberies on Sir George Wombwell at Li-
verpool and Lord Edward Russell at Portsmouth, the
prisoner has been identified as having robbed one of
the Margate hotels to the amount of about 401.

Wilhelm Peter Jourdan said—l am a native of the
Duchy of Oldenburg. I am a merchant, and generally
carry on business at Bathurst, on the river Gambia,
where I am about shortly to return. I was in London
in September last, staying at the York Hotel, Black-
friars. I have been engaged on the coast of Africa
in the suppression of the slave trade, and it was in
consequence of the loss of a vessel that I returned to
England to obtain the insurance from the under-
writers at Lloyd's. I received on the 26th of Sep-
tember, a cheque, drawn by Messrs. W. B. Hutton and
Sons, of Watling-street, on Glyn's bank, for 1241.
2s. 101. I cashed it at Glyn's, and received in change
six 20/. notes, and the remainder in gold and silver.
I went straight to the York Hotel in a cab, and on
the way I looked at the notes and noticed the numbers
of them. I only made a memorandum of the lowest
number, which was 24,769 ; the remaining five were
consecutive numbers. I saw the prisoner on the
evening of the following day (Saturday, Sept. 27) at
the Argyll Rooms, when he entered into conversa-
tion with me. He said he was in the military service,
and also a native of Baden, and came to this country
to see the Great Exhibition. He asked me how long
I had been here, to which I replied only a few days.
He then asked me how long I intended to stay ; I told
him I was going back to Germany on the Sunday even-
ing. He reminded me that we were lodging at the same
hotel. I remarked that he did not rise very early,. as
I had seen him taking his breakfast in the afternoon.
He said he would be up very early on !the following
morning, as he wanted to speak to me in my room. I
informed him it would be useless to come to my
room at all, as I should not go home that night to the
hotel. He said he slept very near my room, and that
the number was 14. From some observation he made
I was induced to tell him that my room was No. 17.
Prisoner left the Argyll Rooms about 11 or 12 o'clock ;
I returned to the hotel about 7 o'clock on Sunday,
morning, and I noticed that my clothes had been dis-
turbed in my absence, but did not suspect that any-
thing was wrong. I lay down on the bed for a few
hours, and when I awoke I opened my portmanteau
to take the numbers of all the notes, as I was about to
take them to Germany. I found two of the six notes
were gone, and one of another lot that I had placed
in my portmanteau previously. The two highest
numbers (24,773 and 24,774) were missing. I met
prisoner on the stairs as I was going to my room, and
he said he was going to a chymist's to get some medi-
cine. I heard no more of the notes until I received a
letter from Mr. Quartermaine, and Sergeant Weale
fetched me from Bremen. The notes were all en-
closed in a large envelope. I had more money in my
trunk in notes and cash. I did not tell the prisoner
that I had money in it, or how much. I did not take
the notes with me when I was out all night.
William Thomas, cashier at Glyn's bank, pro-
duced the cheque alluded to by the last witness, and
identified the numbers of the notes it was paid with.
George Willis, a grocer of Armley, near Leeds,
said—l was in London on the 28th of September last,
and was staying at Anderton's Hotel. Prisoner came
in early in the morning and called for breakfast. I
saw him give the waiter a 201. note, which I cashed
for him. I gave the waiter the change, and saw him
give it to the prisoner. I afterwards passed the note
to Mr. J. C. Quick, of Fenchurch-street.
Mr. Thomas Reek, the head clerk in Mr. Quick's
employ, proved the payment of the note to him, and
by him again into Williams and Deacons bank.
Richard Adye Bailey, a clerk in the accountant's-
office of the Bank of England, produced the note in
question, and further stated that the other missing
notes had been stopped, but had not been received at
the Bank yet.
Mr. Wood here submitted that the case was now as
complete as it was possible to carry it. One of the
stolen notes had been found, and traced into the pri-
soner's possession ; and, though only one case was
legally made out, yet there were numberless others
in which the witnesses were dispersed all over the
country, or gone abroad, so that the expense of bring-
ing them together would be so immense that the par-
ties most interested were unwilling to prosecute on
their own responsibility.
Alderman SALostoNs said he believed that the pre-
sent case against the prisoner would be found strong
enough to obtain a conviction, and he would there-
fore send the prisoner for trial. If he was fortunate
enough to get acquitted, the other persons would still
have the option of charging him on any of the other
cases.

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The nature of the evidence was then communicated
to the prisoner by means of an interpreter, and he was
fully committed for trial.
Mr. Wood then applied for a certificate of expenses
of the attendance of witnesses and bringing them from
abroad and the country, which was granted.