The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

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THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.
strong breeze and cloudy.
KINGSTOWN, Aug.3o.—Arrived—lnvincible, from Porto
Rico; Elizabeth Young, from St. John, N. 8.; Ajcnrico,
from Quebec.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Wm.
Woodside, from Matanzas.
COWES, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Swansea,
for Caldeira.
PILL, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Juno, for
Quebec; Moses, for Davenport, Newport, and Ma-
tanzas.
CARDIGAN, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Advena,
from Quebec.
NEWPORT, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Bristol, from
Matanzas.
HOLYHEAD, Aug. 30.—Wind W. by N., fresh
Arrived—Eliza Jenkins, from Huelva for Liverpool.

(lIT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind W.N. W.
Arrived, August, 30.—Johanna Cattarina, from Rio
Janiero; William Stanley, Jamaica; Acer, screw steamer,
Denis; Saltmarsh, Huelva ; Christine, Riga ; Victcr and
Loochristie, Ostend ; Laconia, screw steamer, Alexandria.
Arrived, August 31.—Prince of Wales, from St. John's,
New Brunswick.

OfF.—J. Bradshaw, from St. John's, New Brunswick;
Arctic, New York.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.W.; tide three-quarters ebb.
Arrived, Aug. 31—Franz Alois, from Odessa; Windward,
Sombrero Island; Johanna Hendrieb, Ibrail; Mecklenburg
Hansutb, Taganrog; Utila, Alexandria; Iris, Guernsey;
Lionne, Furet and Auguste, Gravelines ; St. George, Ibrail;
Young King, St. Malo; Countess of Leicester, Guernsey;
Ranger (s), Cronstadt.
Sailed, Aug. 30—Alma, for Christiania.
Sailed, Aug. 31—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne; Belo
glum, steamer, Ostend. _ _

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind W., moderate.
Arrived—Mercurio, from Jamaica, for London ; Bayard,
from St. John's, for London; Tar, from London, for Swan—
sea; Elliott, schooner, from north, for west.
Her Majesty's ship 'Valorous, w►th her Majesty's ship
Mersey, sailed in tow for Portsmouth.

THIS .DAY'S MARKETS.

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ALLEGED
IC EXTENSIVE FRAUDS BY
P.

William Thomas Barnes, the son, and Lucy Barnes,
the wife, of Mr. Barnes, the well-known auctioneer
and picture dealer of St. Paul's Churchyard, again ap-
peared before Alderman Wire, at the Guildhall Police-
eourt, yesterday, on their recognisances, to answer the
charge of conspiracy to defraud Mr. Robert Herries Peter,
an independent gentleman, residing at 45, Hyde-park
square, of various sums of money amounting in the whole to
between £2,000 and 0,000, including a bill if exchange for
£l,OOO still outstanding.
Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. W. Day, of Queen-street,
Mayfair, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Metcalfe,
instructed by Messrs. ;Lumley and Lumley, of Ludgate-
hill, conducted the defence.
The evidence in chief of the prosecutor having been read
over by Mr. Martin, the chief clerk,
Mr. Peter said—l wish to correct my
dercition, in
which I said Mrs. Barnes told me the lady was a relative
of the Duchess of Newcastle. That was a mistake of mine.
She said the lady was a cousin of the Duke of Newcastle.
-When I paid Mr. W. T. Barnes the cheque for £4O, dated
the 18th of June, he said that was for his commission on the
pictures he had bought. I did not ask how it was I had to
pay him commission. The cheques now produced are all in
my handwriting. One is for £lO, dated 14th June, and one
is for £2OO, dated the 18th ef June, both of which I paid to
the defendant, W.T. Barnes, but the latter cheque was
wade payable to Mr. Williams.
Mr. Sleigh—Will you tell the Court why it was drawn in
a different name ?

Prosecutor—l did it to make a variation in the names.
There is also a cheque for £2OO, dated 21st June; one fir
£3O and two for £l5 each, dated the 25th June ; one for
DOS dated the 25th June; and one for £5O dated Bth
July. The whole of those cheques were given to Mr. W. T.
Barnes, with the exception of the last for £5O, which I re-
lasileet nothing about.
Mr. Sleigh—We have now shown, sir, that cheques have
been given to the amount of between £9oo and £l,OOO.
The prosecutor was then cross-examined by Mr. Met-
calfe, and said—l did say on Saturday that the lady was
represented as the cousin of the Duchess of Newcastle, but
that was a mistake, and I corrected myself. Mrs. Barnes
told me the lady was a cousin of the Duke of Newcastle.
Mr. Metcalfe—ln your information you stated it was the
duke. On Saturday you said it was the duchess, and now
you say it was the duke. Now, which was it
Prosecutor—The Duke of Newcastle. lam quite sure it
was the duke she said wan the lady's cousin. I did not
mention the conversations I had with ber until after I bad
been applied to for the money for the bill for £l,OOO dated
the 2.5 th of June. That bill became due on the 9th of
August, and it was before that that I mentioned these con-
versations to Mr. Day, my lawyer.

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Mr. Metcalfe—You have just said the contrary.
Prosecutor—l mentioned them before the bill became
doe and the money was applied fur. I did not rightly un-
derstand your question before. I have not been applied to
for payment of this bill.
Mr. Metcalfe—Why, you have just said you spoke to
your attorney before the money was applied for. We have
it now both ways. Which do you mean ?
Alderman Wire—Was it in consequence of the application
for the money that you went to your attorney ?
Prosecutor-1 went to him before that, and told him the
bill was becoming due, as I had not sufficient cash at ray
bankers to meet it.
Mr. Metcalfe—Was there not a bill given for £IN, which
was returned to you when you gave the cheque to Mrs.
Barnes In- that amount ?
Prosecutor—There was a memorandum, but not a bill.
Alderman Wire—You roust produce the bill if you intend
to examine the prosecutor upon it.
Mr. Metcalfe—But the bill has been taken up, so that we
have it not iu our possession.
Mr. Sleigh—l have heard nothing about this bill, and not
having received notice to produce it I must object to the
evidence.
Mr. Metcalfe—l am surprised my learned friend should
take such frivolous objections after the latitude I have al-
lowed him with regard to the £l,OOO bill.
Mr. Sleigh—l am bound tl take the objection, and I
think you have no right to make any personal observations

upon it.
Aldai man Wire—As you have given no notice to produce
you are not entitled to put the question.
Mr. Metcalfe—Of course, sir, I bow to your decision;
but I will not be shut out from the evidence I require.
[To witness—What did you do with the hill which Mrs.
Barnes gave you ?]
Prosecutor—When I gave Mrs. Barnes the cheque for
£l2O it was to take up a memorandum for that amount,
which I have destroyed.
Mr: Martin—That puts au end to the difficulty of notice
to produce not being given.
Mr. Metcalfe—Were there not two memoranda, one
for 1;350 and one for £l3O, given up and destroyed when
cheques were given for them ?
Prosecutor—I think not ; but if I had them I destroyed
them when I tock them up. Ido not think there were any
other memoranda given up on my giving the bill fur
£l,OOO. I have dealt at Mr. Barnes's shop for pictures and
other things about seven or eight years.
Mr. Metcalfe—Yeu said you bought two pictures for £7O
in the first instance. Were all the others included in the
,El,OOO ?
Prosecutor—Oh dear, no, sir. There was a picture
called the "Daum" which was not included.
Mr. Metcalfe—What I meant to ask you was—if all the
pictareswhich you bought subsequent to the purchase of those
two were represented as belonging to the lady's collection ?
Prosecutor—No, sir ; because I bought the " Danm"
before.
Alderman Wire—The two pictures which you bought for
£7O and the " Daum" form no part of the charge before
me.
Mr. Metcalfe—Did that lot include the " Venus Re-
clining ?"
Prosecutor—No, sir ; for that is the same picture that I
called the " Dance," and I bought it shortly after the other
two, and before Mrs. Barnes called on me.
Alderman Wire—And you went into the shop and selected
all three of those pictures yourself?
• Prosecutor—l did, sir.
Mr. Metcalfe—When you bought the " Danm" did you
not ask Mrs. Barnes to come up and see your collection ?
Prosecutor-e:No, sir; not at all.
Mr. Metcalfe—Be careful, now, and remember; for there
were several persons present.
Prosecutor—l do not recollect upon any eceasion re-
questing her to come and see my collection. I had some
, idea of exhibiting the c7dlection I Lad formed, but that was
not my objoet in purchasing pictures of Mrs. Bernes. I
told her I had an idea of exhibiting them.
Alderman Wire—Did yen mean to exhibit them in the
same manner as many noblemen and gentlemen have done
by throwing open their galleries to the admirers of works 04
art ?

Prosecutor—That was my intention.
Mr. Metcalfe—Then you had no Idea of opening your
gallery as a lucrative speculation ?
Prosecutor—Oh dear, no, air.
Mr. Metcalfe—Will you swear you did not ask Mrs.
Barnes to come and see your collection ?
Alderman Wire—You are not putti❑g the question in a

proper form.
Mr. Metcalfe—l bog your pardon, sir; I must put it in
that way.
Alderman Wire—Then if you put it improperly I must

stop yon.
, Mr. Metcalfe—Did you show Mrs. Barnes your collection?
Prosecutor—l think I did show her some of them when
she came up, and that was upon the occasion when she
mentioned about the widow.
Mr. Metcalfe—Did you tell her you had a watch set
round with diamonds which formerly belonged to Voltaire ?
Prosecutor—I did say I had a watch of Voltaire's; but
nothing about diamonds. I do not think I told her that
when she was looking at the " Danm " or before she came
to my house. do not recollect if any one else was there
besides Mr. Barnes when I was looking at the " Daum."
Mr. Metcalfe—You have named the only person who was
not there. Did not Mrs. Barnes on that occasion say that
the picture belonged to her son, and that she could not tell
the price till he came home ?
Prosecutor—No, sir. Mrs. Barnes was not there. I
bought the picture at the shop, and Mr. W. T. Barnes, the
son, brought it up.
Mr. Metcalfe—Was not the price fixed after he took it to
your house ?
Prosecutor—I suppose it was.
Alderman Wire—nid yon buy the picture in the shop)
or was it sent to you first, and did you then bargain far it?
Prosecutor—I think it must have been in the shop.
There were not seven or
eight pictures brought with the
" Rosa Bonheur."
• Mr. Metcalfe—You have sworn so.
The " Rosa Bonhenr " was
Prosecutor—Certainly not.
sold in the lot for £l,OOO. There were, I think, five or six
other pictures with it. There was no I 0 U given on that
transaction.
• Mr. Metcalfe—You have stated in your depositions that
the " Rosa Brnheur," the "Turner," and six others com-
prised the lot sold to you for Xl,OOO.
Prosecutor—There were eight pictures on that occasion.
Mr. Metcalfe—Were there not two I 0 U's—one for £l5O
and one for £2so—given on that occasion ?
Presecutor—No, sir, there were not.
Mr. Metcalfe—Remember, now, ti'tere are two men who
brought the pictures whose mouths are not closed. What
was said about the "Rosa Bonheur ?"
Prosecutor—Mr. W. T. Barnes said it; cost £5OO. I did
not say to him that it looked like a nose Benheur." I
do not recollect him saying it was somewilat like, but that