The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-20 00:00:00

TRIAL QF BRITISH CRIMINALS ABROAD.

A subject of very grave importance to the mercantile
community will shortly come on for trial before the Supreme
Criminal Court at the Hague.
It will be recollected that in January last a Dutchman
named Charles Van Gelder, who was employed in a confi-
dential capacity by Mr. Stubbs, the principal of a firm in
Gresham-street, absconded With money and other property
belonging to that gentleman, and it turned out that he had
also committed forgeries to a very considerable extent, and
had
obtained discount upon bills purporting to bear the so-
ceptances of City firms, some of which, upon inquiry, it was
discovered were non-existent, and others were forgeries. A
reward was offered for his apprehension, and the matter
was placed in the hands of the City detective police, who
lost no time in endeavouring to trace the 'offender. It was
ascertained that he had, in the first instance, made his way
to Brussels, where it appeared he also obtained some
money by falsely representing that he was still in the
service of Mr. Stubbs. He then went en to the Hague,
where he was taken into custody through, the instrumen-
tality of her Majesty's envoy extraordinary, and an appli •
cation was made by Huggett, the City detective, who had
been in search of him, that he might be given into his cus-
tody, but Van Gelder having declared himself a Dutch sub-
ject, the Dutch Government refused to deliver him up, and
as no treaty for the extradition of criminals exists with
the Government of Holland it appeared probable that the
prisoner would not be rendered amenable to the law. The
charge that was first made against the prisoner was the
fraud that he had committed in Brussels, but eventually
he was charged with having committed various forgeries
•-ill-Englandoind the important question tly.4 arose whether
the Dutch criminal courts could take cognisance of crimi-
nal offences committed in a foreign country. The question,
it will be seen, is precisely the same as that which was in-
volved in the trial of Simon Bernard, at the Central Crimi-
nal Court, for being concerned in the attempt upon the
life of the Emperor Napoleon with Orsini ; and through
the interference of the British Minister the law officers of
the Netherlands Government were at length induced to
take an interest in the matter, and to see the very grave
importance of this question, and they resolved that the
matter should at all events undergo a solemn judicial con-
sideration by the law officers of the Crown. With this
view Mr. Stubbs and all the other witnesses required to
support support the case were summoned to appear, and they gave
their evidence, and the prisoner, himself, in accordance
with the law of Holland, underwent several interrogatories
by the judges ; and after a long inquiry, and a strenuous
endeavour on the part of the prisoner's advocate to prevent
such a course being taken, he has at length been sent to
take his trial before the Supreme Court of Justice at the
Hague, upon the charge of forging acceptances to certain
bills of exchange, the alleged offence having been com-
mitted in England.
The case now therefore stands for trial before thejudges,
when the point of law will be discussed whether a subject,
an alien, committing forgery or fraud in a foreign country
can be convicted in Holland. Should this pdint be decided
in the affirmative, the comparative immunity which has
been available to persons absconding to that country will be
destroyed, as a conviction out of England world not only
generally entail far greater punishment than under the
laws of this country, but would also probably constitute a
precedent which might be adopted by other countries.

.RAILW AY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. e.-_-..--.., ~..--A--...,,,;
1880. 1859. 1860. 1859.
_ - -._ ............
X X
Belfast and N. Counties.... 65 65 1,356 1,259
Belfast and County Down.. 20 20 599 596
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,819 3,032
Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,145 1,726
Bristol and Exeter 125 125 7,181 7,695
Caledonian
Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) - -
Cockermouth & Workington 267 245
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 3433
242
4 322
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 2
Cornwall A 53 1,478 1,260
Deeside l7 17 239 285
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,469 1,522
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,877 1,843
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 401 1,851 1,979
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 699 637
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,049 1,025
East Anglian 671 671 1,035 1,006
E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 28,011 28,733
East Kent l9l - - -
E.Laucashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 - -
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,275 3,281
Forth & Clyde J unction
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western 1831 184 8,406 7,191
Great Northern 283 283 28.243 29,353
Great North of Scotland
•-.4.ooutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 226 8,244 7,551
Great Western 466 466 34,369 33,931
Hull and Ilolderness - -
tnverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 877 800
Irish, South-Eastern '254 254 409 280
tiillarney Junction - -
Lancaster and Carlisle (in
Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 - -
Lane. & Yrks.(in.lllackburn) 393 395 37,493 33,48'
Limerick and Foynes 2 179 181
Llanelly 46 4 498 509
Loudon & North-Western
London and Blackwall s} 51 1,529 1,607
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2234 2061 20,195 18,133
L'derry and Enniskillen - -
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 1,574 1,742
Man.,Sheffield, &Lincolnsh 173 1731 12,289 11,270
I
blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9 9 1,073 1,029
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland
Midland G t.W e stn. of hind 177 177 5,407 4,786
Monkland 56 56 1,637 1,541
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,787 2,559
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,552 3,569
Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 5O 80 - -
North British (in. Dalkeith) , 174 154 6,179 5,749
North Devon 35 35 591 559
North-Eastern 764 764 40,484 40,237
North London 9 9 2,356 2,329
North Staffordshire 246 233 8,459 8,294
North-Western 464 464 - -
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 105 - - -
Oxford, Wore., & Wolver - -
Peebles lBl 182 - -
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 30 30 2,034 2,051
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 4,175 3,939
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 291 2,089 2,072
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union
29 •97 800
723 4,210 3,452
South Devon
South-Eastern
South Wales
306 302
AI ,
3 9 3 127
258;6241 274:091753
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118, 118 i 7,618 6,719
Stockton and Darlington . 12a 53 5,206 4,479
Taff Vale 63
52 1,774 1,777
Ulster 52
19 744 549
Ulverstone and Lancaster 251 19 25.1 1,749 1,605
Vale of Neath .- . ........ 10 - - -
Warrington and itockport. .... 31 366 ' 350
27771 1,476
712 1,608
Waterford and Kilkenny.. • :.'„;
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39 4,067 4,037
W.llartlepooldarbr.&Rail. 39 12 734 732
35 769 640
7
W'haven,Cleator,Sagivrpnt. 433 350
NWVlhilitetetaavveenn
FonEzoiv AND COLO_
&Jipurnctioenst;:Jan-
..
31.
52 1,025 1,112
Austri""-.. 5-Unction- 264 261 ,71 30,468
Belgian Eastern Lake Huron 161 333 358
Antwerp and Ito.tte.rd.am . . .
82852
673
3713:0750150
31:816554
161-
Buffalo and La ..,
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185
1526,,,17630657 14,56942656
Dutch Rhenish lost ir..
812,g'49:42 2,858 2,609
Peninsula of
Canada,. .. ..
GreatGGGrreeaaanttd WesternLlTnurdxuieanlk Luxembourg
°N. g
Canada.
' Lombardo-Venetian
LiyaocinriscLansdarGageonsesvaasr..A. Geneva , 142 134120 ‘..., - -
a&sbAurle.d.i.t.e
92-.
sheann
ydoosi
If Trunk.....,, Franceunk ......... 613 62021
Maria Antonia ...... 142 6,713 5,843
284 15,114 10,913
21 - -
NorwegianNaorrit
- -
Pari5,.......
922
61,977841
58,7_00621
lstoouytaillellrnanoits.
Paris and Orleans . rm.. 879
....... 1,032 1,016
840 98,218 87,258
11,1'ranceg
........ -
Sambre and Meuse
W. and N.W. of prance;„;:l.....
69 653 650
68 1,165 1,141
West Flanders ... 773 23,447 19,306
75 980 884
74762 730 47,749 46,988

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at the meeting of the New Granada bondholders the mo-
dified proposition of the Granada Confederation was agreed
to by 57 against 51 votes. The English counter-proposal
was not submitted to the vote.
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