The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

William Charles Stuart, tailor, Cambridge, to surrender
Nov. 25 at half-past one, and Dec. 30 at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Messrs.
Cole, Essex-street, Strand ; Eiden, Cambridge.
Maria Kaye, hosier, Tottenham-court-road, Dec. 2, at
half-past eleven, and Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers ; Fitch, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury.
William Foster, builder, Birmingham, Dec.lB and Jan.
8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Reece, Birmingham.
Charles Van Lohe, warehouseman, Bread-street, City,
Nov. 23 and Dec. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Mason and Start,
Gresham-street.
Thomas Howitt, licensed victualler, Sheffield, Nov. 29
and Dec. 20, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Brewin,
official assignee, Sheffield; Fermi], Sheffield.
Charles Hawkins, camp equipage manufacturer, Strand,
Dec. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the
1 Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Stuart, New-inn, Strand.
George Kelly King, dealer in embossing presses,
Brighton, Nov. 28, at half-past two, and Dec. 27, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Sambrook-court; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
James Foord, licensed victualler, Charlton, Dover, Dec.
2, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 30, at one, at the Court
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Laurance,
Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, City.
William Humphries, innkeeper, Brierley Hill, Stafford-
shire, Nov. 29, and Dec. 20, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Boddington, Dudley.
James Harrison, coffee-house keeper, Southport, Lan-
cashire, Dec. 1 and 23i.at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgis, official sailignee, Liverpool ; Neal and
Martin, Liverpool.
James Mackenzie and Stephen Cotton, machine makers,
Leeds, Nov. 27 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Caries and
Cudworth, Leeds,
Benjamin Baker, dairyman, Combs Down, Monckton
Combe, Somersetshire, Dac. 1 and 31, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ;
Hellings and Sons, Bath.
William Williford, wine and spirit merchant, Scar-
borough, Yorkshire, Dec. 5, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Michael, Old Jewry ; Hasp, Uppleby, and Moody, Scar-
borough ; Blackburn, Leeds.
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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Angus Stewart, tailor and clothier, Glasgow.
George Gibson Dodds, enginear, Railway Works, Air-
drie.
Alexander Munro, merchant, Tain.
J. D. Hunter, tool and machinery agent, Glebe-street,
Glasgow.
James Wallace, formerly manufacturer, Glasgow.
John Rankin, wino and spirit merchant, Broomielaw-
street, Glasgow.
John Martin, timber merchant, Carluke, Lanark.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
.Imsterdan-..... • • 11 i 5 Gibraltar .... .. •••• • • • •
Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn .. .. •29
82 85
Botterdara ............ 11 17 y‘, Genoa •.• .• i
Antwerp ....................Milan •• •• •••• •• •• •••• --
Brussel3 ....•• ........ 25 35 Venice........ • • ......
Elamburgh •• •• .• •••• • • 13 7% Naples
.kltona ............ ttPalermo .... 129y4
... 130
Ditto, three months .. 25 65 1Li5b0n................514
25 65 lOporto .............. 517;
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Frankfort-on-Maine •• 1191 A Buenos Ayres.... .... ,„
Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• New York,6o days' sight
Vienna 10 45 Philadelphia • • ......
Petersste.• .• are ••• • •/ ••-•• 10 4'l NUM 07 BULLION, Pill Z.O
Madrid 37=4 Foreign Gold in Bars £0 0 0
Madrid 484 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0
Cadiz .........•• 48!_i Mexican Dollars 0 5 134
Barcelona •••••• New Dollars 0 0 1
•• 3:Wei in bars 0 0 0

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held on Friday, in the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen,
Sir James D. FL Elphinstone, the chairman of the com-
pany, presiding.
The report of the directors having been held as read,
The CHAIRMAN stated that since last year what might
be called the Great North of Scotland line proper had
been completed by the extension to Keith—railway un•
dertaking further northwards being by arrangement in
the hands of another company. The gross receipts for
the year ending 31st August last amount to_ 46,368/.
odds, and the expenditure, including interest,.to 25,3011.,
leaving a free balance of 21,0661. The gross revenue last
year was 34,1231., so that there had been an increase
during the twelvemonth of 12,245/. A similar increase
next year would bring the shares up to par. The
amount of increased traffic by the opening of the line to
Keith had been highly satisfactory, and promised to be
still more so. The number of passengers carried during
the year had been 313,011--the previous year 244,758,
and an increase at about the same ratio had been ex-
perienced in general goods, live stock, &a. The receipts
for the current financial year up to the Bth instant,
exceed those from the same period of last year by
upwards of 2,0001., or at the rate of between 10,0001.
and 11,0001. per annum. The stock of the company had
been carefully attended to, and orders given for several
new engines. The increase of traffic which had been
thrown on the Great North line by the opening of the
four mile Oldmeldrum branch had satisfied the directors
that their policy in regard to these branch lines was the
true one, and that they would prove highly remunera-
tive to the company for their subscriptions. The ground
would be taken for the Turriff branch shortly, and by
July next year he expected to see it completed. Sir
James then went over various items in the report, and
stated that the directors had revised the original scterue
of bringing the Great North line down the valley of the
' Denburn, and so concentrating all the railway traffic at
' one place, as it would there join the South line ; and
' said that the directors had resolved again to prosecute

bill in Parliament for the construction of a line
through Buchan and Formartine ; and from the sup-
port they had now received and the improvements
they had made in the route of railway he was most
sanguine of success. In order to show they were in
earnest in the matter, the directors intend to subscribe
to the Buchan line 50,0001. in place of the 15,0001. of
last year. (Hear.) Tae subscriptions to the various
branches stood thus :—Spey Junction, 40,000/. ; Tur-
riff, 40,0001. ; Turriff and Banff, 5,0001. Oldmeldrum,
2,0001. ; AlfGrd, 15,0001. ; Formartine, 50,060/. ; total,
152,0001. After providing for the above there would
be 400,0001. and upwards of available funds.
With the exception of the increase, from 15,0001. to
50,0001., to the Formartine and Buchan line, which was
objected to by 31€113rs. Bremner and Mitchell, contrac-
tors, the report and statement of accounts were unani-
mously agreed to, and the following resolutions passed :
"That a dividend, payable on the 20th current, be
and is hereby declared upon the preference shares of the
company, at the rate of 51. per cent, per annum, under
deduction of iLcome tax.
"That a dividend, payable at same date, be paid on the
original or postponed shares of 'the company, at the rate
of 21. ss. per cent, per annum, under deduction of in-
come tax."
Several of the directors were re-elected, and Mr. Augu-
stus Sinclair appointed auditor of the company in place of
Mr. Notman resigned.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi-
ness.

FURTHER OPENING OF THE GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY OF CANADA.
On the 27th Oct. the section of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way from Toronto to Montreal, in length 335 miles, was
opened to traffic, completing the route from Quebec to
Stratford. At Toronto there is railroad connection with
different parts of Upper Canada and the Western States.
So that the completion of the road will place Montreal
in railway connection with the seaboard and all the prin-
cipal commercial cities on the continent—those on the
Pacific Ocean excepted.
The public and the press of Canada appreciate the
greatness of the event, and preparations were making for
celebrating it publicly on the 12tb Nov. by public re-
joicings. The Montreal Globe says—" This, undoubtedly,
is a most notable event in the history of our country, and
we heartily congratulate our readers upon it. We have
assailed the manner in which the enterprise has been
prosecuted—we have at no time denied the vast import-
ance of the work."
The Montrcll Pilot says :—"There was a large num-
ber of through passengers by the train yesterday, who
pronounce the road to be in splendid working order."
Toe Toronto Leader of Oct. 2S, describing the open-
ing, says :—" The first train from Toronto to Montreal
left the Don station about half-past six o'clock yester-
day morning, and not a few,availed themselves of this
the earliest opportunity of proceeding to Montreal by
rail. The train arrived in Montreal shortly after ten
o'clock, p.m. The morning train left Montreal at half-
past seven, a.m., same day, and arrived here about 11
o'clock, although it went at a very slackened speed on
many portions of the road, as a matter of precaution—
it consisted of seven smell-filled cars. By this train we
received four of the ISlontraal papers—Gazette, Herald,
Transcript, and Advertiser—of Monday morning. It is
certainly a novel feature in the history of Canadian
travelling, when the papers printed in Montreal can be
read in Toronto the same day. On the arrival of the
train at Cobourg, on the upward trip, the following ad•
dress was presented by Mr. Sheriff Rattan, on behalf of
the mayor, to the engineer-in-chief, Mr. A. M. Ross
"To the President and Directors of the Grand Trunk
Railway.
"On behalf of the municipality of Cobourg I beg to
transmit to you their earnest congratulations upon ais
auspicious event, the first opening pessage over the Mon-
treal and Toronto section of the Grand Trunk Railway.
With this day commences a new era in thC history of
Canada—the benefits conferred by the consummation of
your labours in the great work of construction have been
but dimly foreshadowed. The inhabitants of Cobourg
have uniformly taken the most lively interest in the
proeress of this magnificent highway ; and now beg to
assure you of the hearty co-operation in all endeavours
to develop the traffic of this important section of co entry.
Already they have enlarged the port of C ibourg to
accommodate the business that will naturally flow
from New York to the north shores of Lake Ontario,
heretofore conveyed by coasting steamers, or by the
leng,thened route of the Suspension-bridge; and no effort
shall be wanting on their part in all those facilities sub-
servient to your line. The inhabitants of Cubourg bear
testimony to the expeditious, skilful, and admirable
manner in which your railway has been constructed, and
that without trouble or annoyance to the population
along the line by the labourers in your empoly ; and it
is now their earnest wish that this grand enterprise may
be attended with profits ample to reward those who have
embarked their capital in it.—l have the honour to be,
g entlemen, your obedient servant,
" D. E. BOULTON, Mayor."
To this Mr. Ross replied as follows :
" Mr. Mayor and Geetlemeu,—l do assure you I re-
ceive, with heartfelt gratitude, the complimentary ad-
dress your good feelings have prompted you to present.
I regard it •as evidence of that goodwill which should
always be found to subsist between communities, as
between man and man ; and on behalf of the Grand
Trunk Railway, may I return youmy most sincere thanks
for this gratifying demonstration of your appreciation of
their labours, which are now about being brought to a
close by the completion of a long and important line of
railway calculated to confer lasting and permanent bene-
fits upon every town and country which it intersects—
and certainly none more so than the town of Cobourg—
which at this time, it is but justice to say, has through-
out evinced the most praiseworthy des.re to promote
• and further its &ejects, the good effect of which I do
hope and trust will be no less abundantly felt than I
am quite sure they will be on all occasions amply ap-
preciated by you.
" Our time you are aware is short ; the train must
proceed on its course, and for the present I wish you
all good bye and much future happiness." •
There are 64 stations in the following order, from
Montreal to Stratford, inclusive :—Montreal, Blue B
nets, Pointe Claire, St. Anne's, Vaudreuil, Cedars, Co-
teau Landing, River Beudette, Laneaster, Summerstown,
Cornwall, Afoulinette, Dickinson's Landing, Aulteville,
Williamsburg, Matilda, Edwardsburg, Prescott Junc-
tion, Prescott, Maitland, Brockville, Lynn, Mallorytouw,
Lansdown, Gananoque, Kingston Mills, Kingston, Do.,
Collins' Bay, Ernestown, Napanee, 'ryandenaga, Shan-
nonville, Belleville, Trenton, Brighton, Colborne, Graf-
ton, Cobourg, Port Hope, Port Britain, Newtonville,
Newcastle, Boweranville, Oshawa, Port Whitby, Duffin's
Creek, Frenchman's Bay, Port Huron, Scarborough,
East York, Toronto East, Toronto West, Weston,
Brampton, Georgetown, Acton West, Rockwood, Guelph,
Berlin, Petersburg, Hamburg, Shakspeare, Stratford.
The greatest interval between #o next stations is 14
miles, but many of the station? are only four, five, or
six, and some only one or two miles apart. The whole
distance from Montreal to Stratford is 421 miles.
lucreased facilities appear to be attended by a general
social activity : " There is an intense energy (says the
Montreal Witness of Nov. 1) about Montreal at present.
The business streets are being paved in the most substan-
tial manner ; the avenues to the city and roads in the
outskirts are graded and macadamised ; handsome foun-
tains are in process of erection ; trees are being planted
out ; rows of dwelling houses of an elegant and substan-
tial and elegant description are going up in various
treesnd a andt
the
m
warehousessa
e
time
mostoftle
largest, gmostnumber substantial, of
a
elegant kind, are approaching completion. The great
wharf for our ocean steamships, below the current, is
finished, as are the railway buildings on the western side
of the city. Labourers, mechanics, manufacturers, mer-
chants, in a word, all classes are at work, with all their
might, and the results make their appearance with almost
magical celerity. Nor in all this material advancement
are the pulpit, the press, the college, or the school ne•
glected.

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THE BULLION ROBBERY.

MANSIO'N-HOUSE—YESTERDS.Y.
(Continued from, our First Edition of yesterday.)

On.the return of the Lord Mayor,
Mr. Lewis proceeded to cross examine the witness.
He said—l have stated all I know about Burgers in
connection with the robbery. lam 40 years of age. I
am not a forger, nor ever forged or uttered a forged
instrument. I was convicted on false evidence for ut-
tering forged instruments. I have received the pro--
:eerie of four or five forgeries of bankers' cheques in small
amounts. I knew a man of the name of Nash, who was
transported. He was an acquaintance of mine. I never
received from him the proceeds of forged checks or bills.
I have received money from him.
Mr. Lewis pressed the witness on these transactions,
but he declined answering the questions, and appealed
to the Lord Mayor.
The Lord Mayor told the witness he need not answer
the questions if he did not like.
Witness continued—l have stated what I have done,
and I'decline to state anything connected with the trans-
actions alluded to. I have rustle false keys for five
years past. During the past twelve years I have passed
by the names of Whitfield, Adams, Agar, Richardson,
and Archer. Agar is my real name, but I mostly went
by the name of Archer. I have known Seward six or
seven years, and had many transactions with him by dis-
counting 'bills for persons he has introduced to me. The
bills so discounted were tradesmen's trifle, and not
the result of stolen produce. I read and knew of Seal
being in castody for the robbery. I have seen Seal, but
I don't know him. He formerly kept a betting office
in Bedford-street. I read Seal's examination in the
newspapers. I did not trouble :my head about coming
forward. I looked at it as only a casual matter. Wit-
ness declined to answer how he had obtained his living
for the last ten years. I lived in Chiswell-street as a
servant, but no robbery took place in the establishment
whilst I was there. I never heard till now of a robbery
having taken place at Mrs. Davis's, where I lived as a
servant. I never heard of an action being brought
against the foreign railways for this robbery. I have
visited America six or severe times during the last ten
years. I never took property there for sale. I have
taken bank notes there.
By Mr. Bodkin—Seward is about 45 years of age. He
is rather stout, and about 5 feet 1 inch or 5 feet 2
inches in height. There are two brothers, Henry and
James. The wan I referred to is called James. He is
of a dark complexion, with dark hair.
Cross-examination continued—On my return I have
brought my money back again, and as much more as I
could make. Seward has written one or two letters
for me, but I can't remember on what occasion nor when.
I can write myself. After Seward has written the let-
ters for me I have not been in receipt of money in con-
sequence. I and Pierce went to Sterne's and
met Burgess, knowing he used the place. I can't
say if the meetings were by accident or design.
We Inew the time Burgess's tram would arrive, and we
went to Sterne's expecting to see him. Some meetings
were by appointment, but it is impossible for me now to
say which and when they were. I always knew the
train Burgess was on. He continued on one train for
a month at a time. I have known him to be ow a train
for two months at a time, The keys were tried seven
or eight times before they were found to fit, and it ex-
tended over a period of probably three months. Bur-
gess was always in the van. It was the break van.
Sometimes the van was next the tender, and at other
times a carriage was between them. The guard
,in the
break van can see through a window in front the engine.
man and stoker, but they cannot see into all the vans.
The guard carries a light in his van. I think on the
night of the robbery the ens,sine-driver and stoker might
have looked into the van. We commenced operations
as soon as the train started, and had one of the boxes
open when we got to Reigate. We made no loud
knocking, and I doubt if they could have heard it. After
the robbry was committed I saw nothing of Burgess till
the division of the spoil at Pierce's house at Kilburn. I
cannot say how long that was after the robbery, nor the
day of the week on which the division took place. I
can't give the month, day, or week when 'this took
place. It must have been shortly before my arrest.
Mr. Lewis declined further cross-examining the wit-
ness until a future day, when the boxes in which the
gold was packed are to be produced.
The witness was re-examined by Mr. Bodkin, and
minutely described the formation of the break van and
the window in front with the sliding dew shutting off
the luggage ; the iron safes were placed at the back par t
of the van, and where the boxes were broken open no
one could see it. On one occasion during that night
Burgess hung his, cape in fres at of the window.
Fanny Kay, a respectable-hroltiug female, was next
called and put into the witness box before Agar left.
They smiled at each other and shook hands, and en
Agar's leaving she followed him out of the court and re-
mained a few moments. On her return she was sworn,
and deposed—My name is Fanny Polars Kay. lam 25
years of age, and unmarried. I was formerly engaged
15 months in the refreshment room at Tunbridge station.
I there formed an azquatutance with Burgess, who was
a guard, by his coming into the room. I lived with
Agar as his wife about two years ; gad I have a child
now about 2 years and 7 months old. I was introduced
to Agar by 'Burgess at London-bridge station in -the
name of Adams. Burgess said Agar was a. friend of
his ; that led to an intimacy, and ultimately to nry
living with film. I commenced living with him on 11.1 i
June, 1853, in Marg,aret,lttreet, Oxford-street. We
c‘ent from there to Southampton in June and remained
till October, residing after that at Greenwich. lie left
me there, and I went to the Kent-road. I lived with
him at Cambridge-villas, Shepherd's-bush, in Septemher,
1851, and remained till July following. Agar occa-
sionally bad lodgings elsewhere when I lived with him.
I had seen Pierce iu Burgess's company previous to rosy
being introduced to Agar. Agar called him Peckham,
and he answered to that name. Burgess never addressed
Pierce by name in my presence. Pierce once resided in
Walnut-tree-walk. P.urgess, Pierce, and Agar appeared
on intimate terms. I only saw Burgess and Agar toge-
ther once at the Green Man, in Tooley-street. I have
seen Pierce and Agar frequently together. When I
resided with Agar in Harleyford-place ;Pierce was fre-
quently there. I had a servant at that time, named
Charlotte Baker. Agar did not live with me there ; Ire
came only occasionally, and brought Pierce with him.
He lived with me at No. 3, Cambridge-villas. She cur-
robdrated Agar's evidence as to Pierce's visits there,
and his frequently using the wash-house for hours toge-
ther, with Agar. The windows of the wash-house were
whitened, and the door fastened, to prevent my knowing
what they were doing. I used to hear hammering and
filing in the wash-house. They had a charcoal firein
the wash-house, and they treed to fill the copper with
water. Charlotte Baker left rue about 21st May, 1855.
Pierce and Agar continued working in the wash-house
up to the time of her leaving. The witness corroborated
Agar as to his having several courier bags in the house
at that time, and other particulars relating to the doings
of the two, which it is not necessary to repeat. She
added, Agar had a great many tools, which he kept in
a green painted box, which was kept in different parts
of the house. A large iron bound trunk was kept
in the bedroom locked, and Agar kept the key.
On one occasion Pierce and Agar came home with two
bags in a cart containing charcoal. Tne witness was
some time under examination, but her evidence was en-
tirely correborative of Agar's relative to his and Pierce's
actions at the latter's residence. When they were occu-
pied in the first floor back room she heard a roaring
noise like a furnace, and hammering. Once she looked
momentarily int ) the room and saw the stove was taken
out, Pierce and Agar were there at the time, and there
was a bright fire in the fireplace. They ran over and
shut the door. When they came down to their meals
they appeared vary dirty and hot. On one occasion I
asked them what they were about, and they replied
"Leather apron weaving".—a cant term for " Mind your
own business." I afterwards saw Pierce bring down
large bricks (fire bricks) in a pail and put them in the
coal cellar. I last saw Agar on 11th June. He left me
very hastily. After he left me I went into the back bed•
room and I found the stove put into its place and black-
ened, and the floor burnt in a few places. I know a
person named Tester. I knew him at Tunbridge. hl
have heard Pierce and Agar f. peak of him, but I never
saw him at Cambridge-villas. The day before Agar was
apprehended I appointed to s-re Pierce and Collier., the
person who had my child, at the Duke of Clarence,
Notting-hill. I found Pierce and Agar there. Agar
gave tire child tee Pierce, who took the child
away in a. c b. I was to inset Agar on a subsequent
day, but I found from Pierce he had been apprehended
in the meantime. At that time I received 101. from
Pierce, 61, after, and subsequently 10/. Last January
I went to him at Pierce's house at Kilburn-villa ; I
there saw Agar's trunks, gold watch, and chain. I
lived there till April, when I left on account of a quar-
rel. The watch ha's a view of Winchester Cathedral on
the face, and the initials "F. R. A." After I left
Pierce paid me 10e. a week. I was ill, and wrote to bins
for assistance in May last, and he sent me 101. I have
had nothing of him since. I first made a communica-
tion of what I knew about two months since. Mrs.
Pierce has occasionally given me 10e. When I lived at
his house I saw Pierce with a great many notes. I first
gave information to Mr. Weatherhead, the governor of
Newgate. At that time I had no means of supporting
myself and child. Shortly after that I saw Mr. Rees,
solicitor to the company, who has since provided ine
and my child with the means of support. I had previ-
ously to this gone to Pierce's for my child's clothes, but
they were refused um After waiting there seine time
in the kitchen Pierce came down stairs and said to one
" What do you want ?" I said my child's clothes ; he
said "Do you," caught me by the hairjof the head, drag-
ged me round the kitchen, and very much ill-used me.
Cross-examined by Mr. \Vontner—l have not received
1501. from Pierce. I have received of him 251., 101., 51.,
and 10/., and 10e. per week. I went there on one occa-
sion to take the child away with the clothes it had. I
never went there and endeaveured to take it away naked.
After I left Pierce I amain went to reside at Shepherd's
bush, and from thence to Greenwich, where I now re-
side. I have not been to Portland. I was taken away
by a man whom I don't know, in a cart from Sitepl:erd's-
bush. The man was accompanied by Mr. Chapman, a
gentleman in Mr. Itee's office. I have not seen Agar
since. I took the child from Pierce. I have written to
him twice since. I did not know Pierce on the line.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l was dismissed from
Tunbridge because I left the station against the rules' of
tee company. I was in distress for some time after I
left the station. Burgess never gave me any assistance
in money. I had been away from the station 12 months
before 1 knew Agar, and bad got rid of the gentleman
through whom I was dismissed from Tunr,
nhiary support,idge.Mr.
Rees does not allow me any money fo

but he pays my board and lodging for me. No period
is fixed for the termination of that support.
Mr. Lewis asked the witness where she at present
resided
Mr. Bodkin objected to the question. and directed
the witness not to give the required information. At
the proper time for her entering into recognisAnces she
should give her address.
Mr. Lewis protested against such conduct.
Mr. Bodkin said that at present the ends of justice
would be defeated if the address was given.
The Lord Mayor said that, under the circumstances,
he could not allow the question to be put.
Mr. Lewis said it was a monstrous proceeding, and to
get her address he must adopt another course and have
her watched home. Here was a woman whose living
was paid for by the prosecution, and it was desirable to
ascertain her whereabouts to make some inquiries about
her.
Mr. Bodkin said that at present he advised the wit-
ness not to answer the question.
The witness declined accordingly to answer the ques-

tiou. I had no instructions given me not to see any
person pending this inquiry. My child is now living
with me. She took half a sovereign once from Agar
when he was counting gold—• 1001. at least.
By Mr. Bodkin—Before Mr. Rees provided me and
my child with support we were destitute. Before that
I was living in part of a roam with a friend. I saw Agar
after his conviction at Pentonville, in the presence of
Mrs. Pierce, but I never had any conversation with hire
about this robbery. I first knew of it in February or
March last, from Mrs. Pierce.
It being five o'clock Mr. Bodkin proposed an adjourn-
ment, as there were a great many witnesses more to be

examined.
Mr.. Lewis said, from what he had heard, the case was
likely to occupy several weeks, and he therefore asked
that Pierce should be admitted to bail, as the trial could
not come off before the January session.
The Lord Mayor decided on refusing hail under any
circumstances.
Mr. Bodkin said that as the prosecutors would have
to go abroad for Tester it would be desirable to postpone
the case for some period, and he suggested a formal re-
mand of eight days.
Ultimately the further examination of the prisoners
was remanded till one o'clock on Monday next.
Thera are upwards of 60 witnesses to be examined for
the prosecution.

ST. ARV IN MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Mr. Wakley, coroner
for the western division of Middlesex, and a jury of the
inhabitants of Marylebone, assembled at the Marylebone
Workhouse, New-road, to investigate the death of Eliza-
beth Mann, alias Franklin, the unfortunate woman who
was found in a dying state, huddled up with her four
children, in a state of nudity, in a, room of 7, Walnier-
place, Crawford-street, under the shocking circumstances
briefly noticed in Tire San of Saturday last.
The proceedings excited intense interest, and a large
number of the directors and guardians of the poor were
present.
The Coroner inquired if there were any relatives of
the deceased woman present to give evidence.
Mr. Boyle, the summoning officer, said the whole of
the children were in bed in the workhouse, but that Mr.
Mushet, the surgeon, stated that it would endanger the
life of the elder girl if she were removed to give evidence.
The respective ages of the children are Elizabeth, 13,
Eliza, 12, Susan, 10, and James, 6 years.
Mr. William Boyd Mushet was the first witness exit-
mined. He said he was surgeon of the workhouse, and
at present medical officer of the infirmary. The deceased
was brought there about 7 o'clock on the evening of
Thursday last. She was quite insensible. He saw her
on Friday morning, when she was in the same condition.
Her pulse was low, but she was able to swallow a little
wine. She died about 11 o'clock on that morning.
He had made a post martens examination of the body
twenty hours after death. The body was in a dirty
state. There was alight ecchymosis about the thighs.
Deceased appeared about 42 years Of age, and
was a well-formed woman. Tile immediate cause of
death was in the head. There was a tumour about the
size of a walnut, only perfectly round, at the base of the
brain. There was about 2ez. of serum at the base of the
skull, and there was congestion of the blood vessels of
the membranes of the brain. The heart wa; healthy and
the stomach was empty. The cause of death he should
take to he effusion iota the brain.
Mrs. Mary Splinters said she resided at 7, Walnaer-
place, Crawford-street, and was about leaving the house
on Thursday night last, as the landlady said she expected
the broker to be put in for rent. She was not aware that
any one was up stairs until Thursday evening between
4 and 5 o'clock, when, on going into the back yard, she
saw a boy perfectly naked picking up some crumbs of
bread lying about and eating them. She was much asto-
nished, and told her husband, who was sitting at tea, and
then brought the little child into the room, asd, seeing
some bread ou the table, he craved for it, and her-hus-
band gave him some. They then ascertained from him
that he had a mother and borne/sisters up stairs, and, at
the-desire of her husband, she went up with him to the
first floor back room, to which he pointed as being the
place where she would find his mother and sisters. She
opened the door and a shocking picture presented itself ;
the poor mother lay in one corner of the room, and the
other children crouched near her, one of the elder chil-
dren being doubled quite up, her head being on her feet.
They all were as naked as they were born. She endea-
voured to rouse the woman, but she appeared quite in.
sensible. She then came down and told her husband
what had happened, and that she thought he had better
go for a policeman, or do something- lie went for Mr.
Collett, one of the workhouse inspectors, who procured
blankets and covering front his own house, and thee,
under the direction of Mr. Tubbs, the relieving overseer,
sent for Mr. Elkins, the surgeon of the district. Mr.
Elkins attended to the mother, and the children were
removed in a cab to the infirmary.
Mr. Mushet, in answer to a question, said the prostra-
tion of the two elderchildron was so great he did not think
it would be advisable to remove them from their beds
to come before the Court. They were, however, quite
sensible. The younger children were better.
Stisan, the third child, an intelligent little girl, ten
years, was shortly brought into the Court. She was
placed in a chair, and appeared to have suffered very
much. She was exceedingly pale, and her eyes much
sunken, but otherwise there was not that extent of ema-
ciation which might have been expected, considering the
amount of privation she had undergone. In answer to the
coroner she said she could read and write, and knew it
was very wicked to state that which was untrue. She
recollected being in the workhouse befere. When they
went out her raother went to ,live at Walmer-place. Her
name was Franklin, and her father was a carpenter.
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mother would not go to the workhouse, because she said
she hal no clothes to go in.
Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer, in answer to a ques-
tion, said that the mother, when in time house, was of a
very sullen disposition; and when brought in before she
as well as her children were nearly in the same wretched
state as they were found on this occasion. She demanded
to go out three or four times; and on the last occasion
Mr. Potter, ona of the guardians, was for nearly a
ter of an hour endeavouring to;:lissuado her from doing
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The Coroner remarked that he was quite willing to
adjourn the inquiry until such time as the elder children
might be in a lit state to appear before them if the jury
thought proper; but he really cou:d not see what advan-
tage would result from further purAting the history of
this case, which, although very shocking, was very simple.
From the state of the poor woman's brain it was quite
clear that it had rendered her wholly incapable of doing
anything for herself or her children, and hence the
frightful state of destitution into which they fell. His
only surpi ise was that the elder girl, 13 years of age, had
not had sense enough to apply to the workhouse. It ap-
peared, however, that had not been done, and therefore
there could be no blame whatever attributed to the pare-
ch:al authorities. The sufferings of the poor children
must, however, have been frightful in the extreme.'
The jury ultimately returned a verdict of "Natural
:death."

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON FACTORY OPERA
TIVES NLAR BRADFORD.

at_ Baildon,
.a township near
Singe the recent disturbances anti destructive attack
fortnight ago, serious
apprehensions have been entertained of further outbreaks,
and rumours have been current of another physical de-
monstration against the two-loom system of weaving--.
that is, each weaver attending to two. !souls, as is the
upon
Bradford, Mr.
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the
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favourably received in the out-townships. The local
authorities, however, selected 140 of the principal inha-
bitants, and had them Sworn in as special constables,
rwbeyhpirtchehsesciinlrVgcueds;stltsutilari:lllidcainn'ees in the immediate vicinity of Mr.
Taylor's mill, but has not prevented the one-loom wea-
vers from threatening harm to those weaving on the new
system. No actual violence occurred until Friday night.
1 The precaution has been adopted of allowing the two-
loom weavers to leave work earlier than the others, and
abouthome. haTlfiTeay st
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on Friday evening a party of ten or a dozen, residing in
Bradford, three miles distant, left Mr. Taylor's premises
and a
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footpath Opposite Redbeek'and Shipley to Bradford,
mill, a place where a
joins the highway after crossing some fields by a
shorter route from Shipley. A large party of men, be-
tween 20 and 30, rushed acro_a the fields, armed with
he Ige•stakes and other weapons, attacked the two-loom
weavers, and belaboured them most brutally. The two •
loom weavers at last got away from their assailants,
with the exception of a poor fellow, named Thomas
Manghan, residing at White Abbey, a suburb of Bral-
I ford, who missed his party in the midst of the scuffll,
and on one of the attacking party pointing him out with
the exclamation "There's another two-loomer," they
beat him most shamefully with their cudgels, felled him
to the ground, and continued their brutal ill-treatment
! until isumed that his assailants were alarmed by footsteps 061(.1
ran away, for on some of Manghan's companions return-
s the unfortunate man became insensible. It s pre-
ing in a.short time they found him laid on the ground,
Weltering in his Wood, with no sign of the whereaboute

of, the cowardly ruffians. He was carried to the Brad-
ford Infirmary, where prompt assistance was rendered
by the medical gentlemen in attendance, who found that
the principal injuries inflicted comprised two very severe
wounds at the back of the head, one on the right hand
and another on the left leg. He remained for a consi-
derable time in a state of semi-insensibility. On his ro-
turn to consciousness be informed the medical attendants
that ho did not know any of his assailants, and ex-
pressed his belief that none of them are employed at Mr.
Taylor's mill. Yesterday afternoon, on inquiry at the
Bradford Infirmary, the reporter learnt that Manghan
was slightly improving, and that hopes were entertained
of his recovery. In the meantime the local police and
constabulary are instituting stringent endeavours to trace
the members of the brutal gang.

LOVE AND SUICIDE -MELANCHOLY

CAS&

A most painful inquiry took place yesterday before Mr.
Wakley, the coroner, at University College Hospital, re-
spectingthe death of Caroline Hobbs, agedl9, who poisoned
herself under the following melancholy circumstances ;
The deceased had formerly been in the service of a gen-
tleman's family, whose name was given, in Burlington-
gardens, and by whose wife she was greatly esteemed.
A connection between her and some young man, a former
acquaintance, arose, which ended in most unfortunate re-
sults.: In order to hide her shame she left her situation,
and took 'lodgings in the house of a Mr. Maskell, at 5,
Augusta-street, Regent's-park. As she was a very well-
conducted young woman, Mrs. Maskell also became inte-
rested in her. She had no visitor of any kind, except an
elder sister, during the time she lodged there. On Tues-
day Morning last, between nine and ten o'clock, this sister
was with her, and she was then very low in spirits, and
said she could never live separated from him." She went
oat afterwards, and returned at half-past 11 o'clock, when
she choked some beef-steak, and ate a portion. Between
half-past one or two Mrs. Maskell heard a moaning, fol-
lowed by a heavy fall on the floor of the deceased's room,
and upon running up to ascertain the cause, found her
lying insensible, and frothing at the month. Two small
bottles, labelled respectively "Laudanum—Poison," and
"Essential Oil of Bitter Almonds," together with a wino
glass which had recently been used, were found upon the
table. A medical man was at once sent for, and by his
directions she was removed to University College Hospital,
wheie she arrived in articuto mortis. Mr. Price Jones, the
resident surgeon, examined her, and, finding what she had
taken, and that she had lived more than 45 minutes after
swallowing the prussic acid, at once concluded that the
opium had retarded its action, thereby offering a chance of
recovery. On this account, and from the weak state she
was in, he was afraid to use the stomach pump lest he should
produce asphyxia and destroy the only hope left. Other
remedies were' applied, but she died at 10 minutes before
four o'clock. A. post mortem showed that, in about 10 weeks,
the poor unfortunate creature must have become a mother,
and this it was that impelled her to terminate her exist-
ence. Shortly before she swallowed the poison she wrote
two letters, addressed to her mother and Mrs. Maskell.
The letter to Mrs. Maskell said :—" I am greatly obliged
to you for your kindness to me since I have been with you.
God will reward you and your children. If you will go to
my mother, at 6, Polygon, Clarendon-square, she will tell
you what to do with me. I have' been driven to despair !
My sister will be up at five o'clock." The letter to her
mot* began by saying that her case was a fearful one,
"(For you don't, know half my sufferings. . . . Don't fret
for me—l will gobefore and be ready to receive you. Give
my love to my father and brother, and I hope they will bo
good to you. I hope my poor dear sister will be well pro-
vided for. I beg you will not scold my dear Harry ;it is not
his fault, and I love every hairof his head. Write to him and
he will pay my funeral expenses. Pray, don't wrong him for
my sake. Don't scold him. I could not diehappy if I thought
you would do so. My dear Jane (her sister) will give my
love to Mrs. --- and tell her all about it I am not
yet 19 years of age,' and don't forget my birthday, (the
26th of December.) Tell my Harry I love him, and can't
bear to be separated from him." She then alludes to some
one who has spoken against her to a former employer, but
does not intend to retaliate, as it would " do her no good,"
and she would " not hurt a hair of anybody's head but my
own," and thus conclados :—" I have put all my things
right for you to lay me out in, which you will see, anti I
have sent him my likeness. I have only my clothes to
leave you ; I wish I had more. Good bye ! God bless
you !—Your affectionate daughter, " CAROVNE."
There was scarcely a dry eye in the room on the reading
of this letter, and deceased's sister fainted away. •
The Coroner said he had rarely met with a more melan•
choly case, and the jury returned a verdict of death from
swallowing poison, but leaving the state of the deceased's
mind an open question.

AN IMPORT ANVTOINT FOR DRAMATIC
AUTIdOIi&

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT—Nov. 17.
(Before F. Bayley, Mg., Judge.)

LEWIS V. ISMITH-MR. 0. MATMEWS IN "THE GAVE OF
SPECULATION ."

This court was crowded with theatrical and dramatic
authors, to hear the result of an interesting trial brought
by the plaintiff, a dramatic author, against Mr. E. T.
Smith, lessee of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, to recover
the sum of 141. Hs. for representations during seven
nights at Drury-lane of " The Game of Speculation."
The claim was brought under the act Will. IV., cap. 15;
and the defendant's solicitor admitted that the piece bad
beau played on the nights stated in the particulars, and
submitted that the only question was as to whether they
ha at a right to play it.
Mr. Challes James Mathews, the popular comedian, was
examined, and stated that in 1851 he was the lessee of the
Lyceum Theatre, and in that year plaintiff adapted a piece
which was subsequently produced at the Lyceum, called
" A Game of Speculation. ' Mr. Mathews purchased the
right of representation, and he contended that in the ab-
sence of any special contract he had a right to represent
wherever he chose to play it, and the only instances to the
contrary were the cases of Plant:silo and Braham, who made
an express contract. Ile had played the piece every yeir
since its introduction, throughout the provinces, and no
claim had been made for it. Besides, the plaintiff had at-
tended the rehearsals, and witness considered, he had a
legitimate• right to play the piece anywhere be pleased,
having paid the plaintiff 501. for it.
The plaintiff contended that the right of playing the
piece was confine l to the Lyceum, but not elsewhere with-
out his consent, which had not baeu obtained in the pre-
sent instance.

Tho learned Judge was of opinion that. if there ha'l been
an assignment of the property it must be iu writing, which
was nut done in the present Case, and the defendant was
not at liberty to enact without the consent in writing of
the author. •

Mr. Mathews demurred to this ruling, and a long and
desultory discussion ensued, iu which Mr. Mathews fre-
quently repeated the hardship he felt it upon him iu
having purchased a piece for r9pi'esentation, as he supposed,
wherever he pleased, inasmuch us he paid his 501. down
for the right of using it, and notwithstanding this he was
to he told that the act of Parliament required him to ob-
tain the consent of the author, whereas the Dramatic,
Authors' Flociety list,lowhich was published, was an equi-
valent for a notice in writing. Besides, the piece was
partly his own, as he had taken the trouble to go through
it carefully, and altered it in most material respects, by
introducing important speeches, and made other additions.
At length his Honour said if he change:l his opiuio n ho
would acquaint defendant's attorney, and in the mean time
Jie would look over the authorities, and give judgment in
It week.
Jud,

Inentpostponed.

THE GIGANTIC FRAUD ON THE GREAT
NORTHKRN RAILWAY.

The late frauds on the Great Northern Railway are na-
turally exciting great alarm amongst railway proprietors
whe are asking what is the use of an lits by professional
accountants, if one of the most important books of the
company is never looked into, as wduld appear to have been
the case with the Great Northern Railway and at the
Crystal Palace. Redpath has long been known to be living
far above any income he could derive from his services to
the company—always representing himself to be a most
successful, jobber on the Stock Exchange—and the question
naturally presents itself, ought a man in the position of
Redpath to be allowed to job on the Stock Exchange ; or,
being known to do so, ought he not to be immediately
removed from his situation, lest he should holed to gamble
with his employer's money ?
Redpath was not• only well known as a constant guest
at fashionable parties, but even contrived to get presented
at Court. He was almost equally as well known in Paris
as in London—he being a frequent visitor there—and being
in the habit of patronising the Hotel Windsor, where he
lived in most princely style, his hotel bill being said to have
averaged 100/, a week, besides what he must have expended
at the numerous expensive cafés which he was in the habit
of .visiting, and where he thought nothing of ordering
wines at 30 or 40 francs a bottle.
During a recent visit it is stated that he became a com-
petitor with the Emperor for a beautiful antique model of
10" and the Swan in silver. The Emperor offered 700/.,
and Redpatli 7501., and the coveted ornament was duly con-
veyed to the mansion at Weybridge.
Redpath, like Robson, was a great patron of the
theatres, and might be nightly seen either at the Royal
Italian Opera or the Haymarket, to the stage of which he
had ready access, and where his love of display, which he
seems to have possessed in an extraordinary degree,
caused him often to give away his money—or perhaps
we should say that of his employers—in a most extraor-
dinary manner. Thus, he upon one occasion said to a
leading actor, " my dear fellow, you never take a
benefit, and I have no opportunity of showing my ap-
preciation of your character as a man, and your talents
as an actor, as I wish to do • do me, therefore, the plea-
sure to accept this slight acknowledgment of my opinion
of you"—at the same time forcing a cheque for 501.
into his bands. The box book-keeper of the same theatre
having died a few weeks since, leaving a widow and seven
children, an appeal was made to Redpath to assist in get-
ting one of them into the St. Ann's Society Asylum. He
promised to use his best endeavours, and the next day sent
the requisite number of proxies to secure the election.
Not does his conduct appear to have been always controlled
by ostentation, he having been known, upon more than
one occasion when attending the elections at the institu-
tion to which we have alluded, to go up to some poor
widow whom he has seen bathed in tears, fearing that she
had no prospect of securing the election of her child—to
inquire into the case7desire her to ascertain how many
more proxies she required, and then give her a cheque to
secure them ; whilst, in other cases, he has presented the
mother with 201. or 25?. to assist her until the next elec-
tion. On the occasion of the annual festivals of one or
more of the charitable institutions of the metropolis,
Leopold Redpath was in the habit; of paying from su/. to
100/, from his own pocket in order to add to the splendour
of the dinner—a fact of which very few of the guests were
cognisant. At the first dinner of one of these societies,
' after the return of ....._the Duke of Cambridge from
the Crimea—an occasion on which his Royal Highness
—lOO guineas were so expended—the subscription
presided
lists also bearing the names of " Leopold Redpath, Esq.,
; and Mrs. Redpath, 501." But this was not all ; for
in the course of the evening Redpath handed in another
cheque for 105/., as a donation from a " Citizen who ad-
mires the character of R.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge,
and who wishes to congratulate his Royal Highness on his
return from the Crimea.''

KING'S COLLEGE; ABERDEEN.--The Earl of Eller-
mere has been declared elected Lord Rector for four

years.
We believe that there is no good foundation for the
rumours which have been so extensively circulated, to
the effect that Mr. James Wilson is about to become
Qbairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, in ouccession
to the late lair, John Wood.