The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN! N -GP APRIL 1, 185 8.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. to be advanced upon the instrument that was I for 2,000/. with his solicitors on the Saturday, 1 usual reniedies'were applied without the slightest notice of everybody, and so important is their bearing that i
no commercial transactions whatever can be duly corn- ' • . - P.RICHS OF SHARES.
„__ _ .... _ .- _ sought to be rendered invalid was advanced for the leaving them to arrange what security should be ' delay.
It was stated by the police that tho gatekeeper minted upon without reference to them. We would here ....
ROME CIRCUIT. -KINGSTON, Men= 30. purpose of paying bets, and he should show them i taken for the rrpayment of the amount. merely wish to call attention to the fact, that during one
rUBLIs Pmm the Officzal Last.
HILL V. FOX. that nothing of the sort .took place, and that the I, The jury inquired whether it was not in evidence . had positively refused to get up to open the gate to of the most remarkable monetary derangements in the HED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EvE +4IN
memory of those now living, and one so widely disastrous LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, I.Ba. LII
This was a special jury cause. The action was money was advanced as a loan in the regular and I that Mr. Hill admitted he expected to be paidvhis I let them out with the accused, when taking her iri
in its results to the commercial world, the operations of
in- ordinary manner, and there was not the slightest bets out of the money that was to be advanced . an exhausted state to the workhouse, the gate to CANALS. et
brought upon a mortgage deed for 2,000/. and this company have maintained so firm and steady a course."
terest, to which the defendant pleaded that the pretence for the attempt that was now made to re- Mr. Justice Erle said he was of opinion that if it which they had come being much nearer to the
place in question than any other, and they were The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, Names of i Divideudi
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sSttofttardrb&riWdgo.re
Names of .
,r 3 Dividend Le
bond was given to secure the payment of bets that sist payment ot the bond in question. He should show were so that fact would not avoid the loan. Price. i-, per
. per Companies.
.4 Annum. Price. a'
had" been lost upon horseracing, and that it was that Mr. Hill had kindly assisted the.detendant on Mr. Chambers tendered a bill of exceptions to therefore under the necessity of getting her over congratulated the meeting on the success that had at- Companies
Annum. is
this as he had on several other occasions with the this ruling of his lordship. the railings. tended the operations of tle society. Although the corn- _
Ashtn- &OW 93 71. ri. et. - Peak Forest. 78 57.05. -
consequently null and void. nhad been in existence but about four years and a balf X X
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. loan of money, and it was a most discreditable The jury then deliberated, and in about five Mr. Be aeon said, the circumstance ought to be
her sult of its operations was favourable in the extreme..p
Hawkins, and Mr. Cohen were counsel for the act on the part tf the defendant to put such a plea minutes they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for made the subject of report agaimst the gatekeeper
It would be superfluous to occupy space in this meeting, Birmingham 40 41. 93 ißegeat's.... 30 17s 16 TI
plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, QC., and Mr. Peters- as this upon the record, and it was a proceeding the full amount of the bond and interest, together, to Lord John Manners, the Commissiener of
either to show that it was the duty of every man to pro- Coventry..•. ,00 193 ,Rochdilo.... 85 41. 84 11
that could not be justified either in law or 2,559/. Woods and Ferests.
I,3:l6j.pr•Ct. 10 6, pr. ct. - , Severn and '
dorff were for the defendant. . . vide for his family after his death, or that life assurance,
morality. It had been stated that Mr. Hill was ---. A female relative of the young woman, with •
in one or other t f its forms, aff ,reed a most effective GDDre
oar
it:
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Mr. CHAMBERS, upon the ground that an affirm a- !;11-ct; 'OOOO 26/ .Llplrl..ies t.. '4O 12.12.81105. ---- is
connected with the turf, and his learned
friend had WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, MARCH 29. whom she is now living in the neighbouthood of and -1 el
aValiau.e means of accomplishing the object. It Grand Union +OO 7s. 6d 1 Wye Raid 26 11' its. -
jive Lune was upon the defendant, claimed the Grant &. Ave 40 63. 6% Warwick &-i
admitted that not a word could be said in impeach- (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Portland-market, being sent for, said the accused would be sufficient to state that this company (tise 2/. 24
right to begin, and he accordingly first addressed Leeds Scryyry 00 251. - Birming. j +OO li
had been in service, but unfortunately, losing her
mint of his honour and integrity. He would be Joseph Ashman was indicted for shooting at the 37.1 secnrity of which was guaranteed by an ample capital, Leicester .•. 00 51 - Warwick &)
the jury. He said that, although for the purposes 9 ti
called to give his version of the transaction, and Rev. G. A. Mahon, on the 27th Sept., with a gun situation abut a week ago her spirits became. de- and by the character and standing of its subscribers) Leicstr &Nitl• 83 17 ss. 12 ,Tipton., 5 too 21.
of thepresent proceeding he had admitted the debt, eoseeteren its , so, I - warest]: e.
would flatly contradict many of the statements loaded with powder and ball, with intsut to do pressed. The accused hed certainly never befere proposed as its ha,-blig features :-14. To secure t. I 78 10s. 17% t
he did not consider it of any importance that theMa,clestield. inn 21. 10s- I 51
.Binning.l
made by the defendant, and he believed the jury him grievous bodily harm. made so rash an attempt, and she was surprised at widows and others, for whom such provision may b t Neath •.••.. 00 16!. I - Wilts & Brkt - 7s. 0,1 - 'l
case of the defendant should be first laid before the desirable, a fixed annual income, to c .mmence , xacey 1 Oxford .- .. 100 - ' 105
would not have any difficulty when they looked at Mr. Prideaux and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for her doing so on this occasion. The accused shouldt
jury, because it appeared to him that if the plain-when the occasion for it ari-e . . s. 21. To furnish peen-
the conduct of the two parties, to say which of the the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Tilting be taken home, if the magistrate pie sed, and pro-I
WATER-WORKS.
tiff had been first put into the box, he must have niary accon3medation to the public by way of
two was entitled to a verdict. The defendant, ac- defended the prisoner. perly looked to. - s
made out the case in pretty much the same way asloan, in connection with different f irma of assur- Dividend Amount
cording to his own showing, had been guilty of The prosecutor was curate of the parish of Leigh- Mr. Beadon having suitably admonished the :I
he now proposed to do. The action was brought ance, and on various systems of re-payment. It Name of Company.
•per of Paid Price
observing
about as scandalous and dishonest a transaction as on-Mendip, and on the evening of the 27th of prisoner, handed her over to her friend, g Annum. Share. c
upon a deed of covenant to pay the sum of 2,000/., . is a source of extreme gratification that the public ______
had ever been perpetrated. The great majority of September, about a quarter-past seven o'clock, as that the Brea' est Leedit was due to the intrepidity , -- -
and also to hand over two policies of insurance, one generally have largely availed theimselves of the benefits £ s. d. £ s. 0
the transactions upon the turf were conducted with he was in the pulpit of his church preaching, of Sergeant Ho ••for the promptitude he had offered hv this company. The annuity and endoarnent Berlin .......
for 1,500/., and another for 500/., and also to pay
the snictest honour and integrity • but what was he was suddenly shot through a witidow. He displayed in saving the young worn-tn. branch had been very successful ; and the loaning de- East London -, per wit Stock. all - t
the interest and premiums upon the policies, and2s ,
4/. percent. 25 11 0 -
modefendant admitted that he had received the the conduct of the defendant ? In nee he lost was struck on the temple. He was thrown back S irah Graham, a young woman stylishly dressed, Pertinent, which had been equally so, filled up avid Do 4 per Cent. Pref.
1)o, -5 per Cent. Pref. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 - 27 '
oney ; but his answer to the action was that it 5,000/. upon the Derby ;he knew the settling-day on the steps of the pulpit, he wig covered with was charged with picking the pocket of a lady in that was much required. T en. society had no cornexion Grand Junction ...... 1.. ~ ei eta 00 0 0 - -
was on the Tuesday, and, in gross violation and blood, and a piece of glass was driven into his eye, Oxford-street, and attempting the pockets of several with ecc..mmodatien bits. (Rear, hear.) Its objet was Do. New - • ..• 25 0 0 - I
was lent to him for the purpose of his paying the ico 0 0 - -
plaintiff a sum of 1,65 W., which he had lost to him fraud of all the rules of the turf, he went on the which organ was so much injured that he could others previously. . to lend money -0 respectable persons, the repayment of -
Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt 100 0 0 - 95
Monday and received the bets that were due to not for some time discharge his clerical duties ; his Hammond, 317 A., of the detective force, said which might be spread over one, two, or three years. Newßiver Company .. - - -
in bets upon horseracing, and that upon this ground Another great advantage was, that in the event of the Southwark & Vauxhall 100 0 0 - 92
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the'deed was invalid and the plaintiff could not re- him to the amount of 2841., and then " levanted," nerves received so severe a shock that he had not he saw the •prisoner and another woman in Oxford-
death of the party burrowing, the debt was cancel et, West Middlesex •••• - - 61 ' 0 - -
cover upon it. The defendant, Mr. Fox, had been as it was termed, and did not pay a single farthing completely recovered at this time. Tile congrega- street.) esterday afternoon try the pockets of several
and
the surviving part of the family were thus imine- Do. Do, .... • •
,4' per cent. 5 1 8 - - 1
of the amount he had lost himself. The real trap- tion was thrown into a state of great confusion. ladies who were looking into shop windows. He
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for a great many years connected with the turf anddiately freed from the burthen (Hear, hear.) Without BRIDGES.
sections that took place relating to the bond now The prisoner had been a farmer, but was now a kept pretty near to thew, and distinctly saw the . . .
engiaged in betting transactions, and fur many years delaying the meeting further, he begged to move that
be had been able to meet his engagements. The in question was this :-At the Derby the plaintiff kind of cattle doctor ;he lived near the church and attempts he had sleeken of. He watched them to the rep int, together with the balance-eheet, wnieh had Name of Company. I • per
I
Dividend Amount
of Paid Price,
won about 1,500/. from the defendant, but the his family were of soma importance in tee parish. the booking-effice in Oxford-strest, and there saw been read, be received and adopted. (Cheers.) . 1 Annum. Share.
plaintiffs Mr. Hill, was also a gentleman exte
sively connected with the turf, and he was not in- greater portion of this sum was for bets that he He had been atenant of the rector of the parish, but the prisoner insert her- hand into tile pocket of a Mr. DAVIS felt great pleasure in secoiffing the notion - , ,
X s. d. X s. d.
had made for the defendant with other persons. from some representations made to the rector by lady and draw out a purse, her coutpaniou placing The resolution was pur. from the chair and oarri®a tlttnerford.. 634
strutted to say one word against his honour or in- .•• .• •• .... 25 0 0 -
tegrity. It so happened that in 1850 Mr. Fox had On the Saturday following the defendant went to Mr. Mahon, the prisoner was turned out of his herself so as to screen her as much as possible from unanimously. Southwark ......•• ~ .... 10u 0 0 _ .....
betted on the Derby race, and he lost be
to the the plaintiff and told him that he had lost more tenancy. His reasons were the ill-treatment by the view. They then walked a way arid witsess ap- The retiring director, viz., David Lloyd, Esq., and wlatgioew of 7% p.c. 103 per cent.. 30 0 0
• • .... 100. 0 0 -
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amount of 1,650/. to the plaintiff. He went to him money over the race than he could pay, and that prisoner of his wife, and some other misconduct. prized the lady of her loss, which, till then, she Alfred Smee, Eel, having been re electer,, Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. H. 125. Pd. 60 0 0 - -
he should be declared a defaulter if the plaintiff The prisoner was always in the habit of carrying a was perfectly ignorant of, and he made after the Mr. HARRISON moved that the dividend on share- Ditto Nw ditto of 71. , 11. 9s. Od. 40 0 0 _. -
two or three days after the race and tad him thatVauxhall .. . .... 28s 7n in 3 174
he was unable to pay his bets, and Mr. Hill ob- did not lend him 2,0001. The plaintiff said it was gun. After the commission of this shameful out- thieves. He succeeded in apprehending the pri- holders; sto,lz_. fir the current year, be as heretofore, at.
the 3t f. 5 per cent. per annum. ii ~,ii.:,
served that if he did not he would be declared a large sum, and he could not advance it without rage Mr. Mahon and some constables proceeded to sonar, but her coefederate had escaped. On taking
The motion having been seconded by m T. _r. _Lionutvi, -
a defaulter, and Mr. Fox then asked him to consulting his solicitors, and taking their advice a public-house at Taddhill, about two miles from the prisoner to the lady who had been robbed h©
was carried utianinieusly. Name of Company Dividend Amount
per of
Paid. ? Prie.•
lend him sufficient money not only to pay the as to the security that was to be given. He ac- the church, and there they found the prisonerdrink- saw her band towards her the purse, and he itume- The CHAIRMAN ' said he had great pleasure in moving annum. Share '
amount he had lost to him but also the bets he had cordingly went to Messrs. Hill and Williamson, ing with his brother-in-law, named Plaister. Mr, diately took possession of it. the
•next resolution. It was-" That one-tenth of the --.--.
£ s. d. £ s. cl. ,-
lost to other persons, and he consented to do so. who were highly respectable gentlemen, accom- Mahonthen gave him into custody. Inquiries were The prisoner was remanded. 1 surplus shown by the statement of assts and liabilitie,, Commercial -....... Si. pr cent. Stock Stock. ' -
Mr. Hill then accompanied the defendant to his Panted by the defendant, and he gave them his set on foot and it was found that on that Sunday -- Ibe dlvided among the shareholders rateably according Do. Preference ~ Atock 9, -.-
solicitors, Messrs. Hill and Wilkinson, in Bedford- check for 2,0001., in order that they might give morning the prisoner had purchased a quart of THAMES.-William Lskey, a master mariner, to the number of shares held by each ; and be paid with East and West mum- 6/. pr cent. Stock. •• -
0/ and sorry D. & Canal 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 00 0 0 -
that amount to the defendant if he satisfied them blood from a butcher in the parish, which he said aged 35, ant late ma-ter of the brie Clipper, of the neat half-yearly dividend." i to. Loan Notes .... 100 0000 0 0 -
row, and an arrangement was made that he should
advance the defendant 2,000/. upon his executing as to the security that was to be given for its re- was for the purposeof doctoringcattle and he stated Dartmouth, and John Manhood, 1 rte the mate of The resolution having been seconded by Mr. S -OLLY, Do. 5 per cent. Pref. 5/. pr cent. 25 0 0 50 0
London . • • ••••• •• stock ' took
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mortgage of two policies of insurance and giving payment. The security now in question was after- that:he had mixed up some of it, and that the re- the rains vessel, aged 30, were examined on re- was carried unaninaously. 't Katharine •• •• •• • ,
4% I. per cnt. stook. „ 94%
promissory note payable on demand. 'The 4th July wards executed, but the money was advanced as a mainder was in his house. Search was made, but Deana charged with having feloniously, wilfully, Mr. DAVIS said, before the meeting separated he bad Southampton ........ 4 per cent. 50 0050 5 •., -
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was settling day at Tattersall's for the Derby, and loan and in no other shape, and from the Satur- none found. The prisoner was taken before the and maliciously sunk the brig while at anchor off a resolution to move which he thought would eive sat++,• Victoria ...• • .... 5/. Os per c. 20 0 0 20 0 0 9934
20 0 0 14 0 0 -
on that day the defendant received a cheque for day he referred to until the following Tuesday, magistrate, but was discharged. Subsequently, Dungeness, on .the night of the 13th of March, faction to ev-ry shareholder present. It ryas that the Ditto New....... ft
best thank.; of the
1858, with intent to defraud Joseph Cooper andshareholders be given to John Bead- INSURANCE COMPANIE:,
2,000/. from Messrs. Hill and Williamson, and, ac- when they met at Tattersall 's the plaintiff saw however, fresh evidence was obtained, and a bey pelt, Esq., for the talent, energy, and perseverance he
nothing of the defendant, and he was instructed named Hiscockstated that he the -
cordine to an arrangement that had been made, he
the underwriters, of the sum of 8001., the Dividend kmouni
us h" emPl'Vel in bi t cate-loity , 1 niatiaar of the ~:ele,y.
° I,amount for weieli the vs:eel :7 :1! in-mro 1 p-erio game a Company. per mount
1, Pm..
went to Webb's Hotel, in Piccadilly, where he met that it was a deliberate falsehood that the plaintiff into the ehurehyard °Lillie even: igLici .0 t,:ou, but The resolution es having been seconded,' it was carried annum. Share.
the plaintiff and handed him the check, expecting met the defendant at Webb's Hotel on the 4th of instead of going up the churchpath he went under a to her sailing from London for Newport, in Wales,
unanimsly. - ..._
to receive the diffrnce. The plaintiff, however, June, or that he requested him to go and get the wall, and then opened the door into a dranevray in ballast. _ ... ' Mr. BRADNELL said it was a great pleaeure to him to £s. el. s.
After a good deal of additional evidencs, Mr. Albion .... • • ........ 71. per e. iOO 0 0 50 0 0 -
told him he should have got the check cashed, and 2,0001. cheque cashed at the banker's. The transac- and went through it. That drangway led to a i7ouse receive so flattering an acknowledgment of his service-. Alliana B. and For. 7/. Ili. 6d 100 0011 0 17 N
he went to the London and Westminster Bank in tion was merely a loan transaction of the ordinary in which a brother of the prisoner lived, and in Yardley again remanded the case. All he could say was, that his best energies would Ditto Marine ... -- 4. p.c.& bs. 100 0 25 0 4534
Holborn and procured bank-notes, and he then re- description. The money was advanced to the de- whose house the prisoner had a rootn, in which he always be exercised for the prosperity and welfare of the sthenseam. .......... - i 0 al
Atlaslss 00. &/ 50 0 . 515 t 1734
SOUTHWARK.-Ann Smith, a powerful-look- society (Cheers.)
turned and paid the plaintiff the amount of bets fendant upon the security referred to and he might. generally kept his gun. Shortly afterwards His-argus ..lac ....... .•• I- .per cent 00 0 0 25 0 • -
he had lost to him, 1,6501. The deed now in ques- have kept the whole of it if he had 'been pleased to cock saw the prisoner come out of the drangway ing young woman, was charged with stealing a A vote of thanks to the chisrman having been passed C.ritlsh Commercial .. 7/. toy 50 0' 5 -
silver watch with violence from George Georgensen, the proceedings terminated. Chu-eh of England .. 71. iOs 50 0 0 20 0
lion was executed shortly afterwards, and for do so. The defendant had never denied the validity door into the chili chyard with a gun in his hand. ,ety of London ...• .. 5/ 50 0 0 20 1, -
several years Mr. Fox paid the interest and the of the deed nntil this moment, and he now put Mr. Hiscock watched him, and saw him go to a window the master of a vessel lying off florselydown. ClericlAled.& Gen. Lin spr ct.& b, too 0 t 10 0
premiums upon the policies according to the agree- Hill to the orpense of bringing this action, and of the church and point the gun close up to it. He The pro ecutor said that on Monday night, NEW OVERLAND fiUUTE TO INDIA. Count
Crown .... .......... 1/ +Bs. 50 0 0 5 0 8',%
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ment he had entered into. He subsequently, how- also to the expense of a bill in equity, which had heard the gun fired, and saw the prisoner runback shortly after 10- o'clock, he was passing dewn , ---a-
ever, got into difficulties and was compelled to go been dismissed, in order to defeat a claim which he through the drane way door. He then ranaway as he Duke-street, Loudon-bridge, towards Tooley -street, The contingencies to which our present Conti-' canciuit 1 1w...... 5% per cent 100 005 0 • -
it 20 0 0 an -
when the prisouer came up to him and rudely r
t....
Fiatx e
abroad, and his friends interfered in order to must know he had no answer either in morality or was frightened ; the prisoner was seen getting over aneural transit to the East is exposei give imp) i n:i.;erment • 4/. per it-Celli
iOO 0 0 4 0 0 .
arrange his affairs, and the plain tiff was asked to justice. wall into his mother's timber-yard. Hi-cock and asked him to treat her. He refused, and told her sues to the subjoined suggestions fit an alternative ••'• per cent 50 0
Globe .. ... 5/. per cent Stock. all -.
all 90
to go away, but she still persisted iu annoying him,
wait until some arrangement could be made. He Mr. H. Hill, the plaintiff, was then called as a others who saw the prisoner in the chuichyard overland route via Switzerlan i and Piedmont :- Gresham Life - - 47 5 4
and he Bushed her away. She again rushed at_
would ot, however, do s and upon the present witness. He said,-1 have been fora great many stated that they had only recently made the r „Sir,-There are at pie scut two lines across the- C )1, Do Do. . • - 20 0050 0 0
him, and whsts he got away from tier he missed luardian ............ 51. per cent PIO 0 s -10 0 0 51
action being brought the legal advisers of the de- years engaged on the turf, and am the owner of statements, because they were afraid of the in- tinent which c nnect ..he Me titerranean with the British
ilmperiai Fire... •• .... 121. ter +,ent 500 0 +! 33 0 0 .363
his watch. It had been broken from the chain Channel. One, the French line, traversed Franc in it.
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realdanthen they were mule acquainted with the racehorses and am in the habit of bettine very fiuence of the ptisonerand his family in the parish. mparial Lif6
Sun-
real nature of the transaction, had felt it their duty largely. racehorses, known the defendant for 30 ears A gun was seen in the prisoner's ro men the Sun- which was hanging down loosely. entire ion,e.h from Marseilss te Calais ; and the econd, Eadetnnlty Marine::: ,i p ct. &I), 100 0013 0 6 134
to put upon the record the plea that had been and I have been in the habit of lending him money day morning, but it was not there in the evening.
A constable of the M division who apprehended the Austro-German, runs from Trieste en the eleiriatie Law Fire ............ 2s &Cs bons ioo 0 0 2i () 0
Law 1.1te.•• •• ........ '2l Ps' o
at 100 0 0 12 10 ~ 64
brought to their notice, and, if he made out the from time to time for the last 20 years. He fee- Mr. Edwards addressed the jury with greet the prisoner, said she was s-arched. immediately co Ostend. I:.,e?•a+ and General Life as. per shale 50 0.,2 0 0 -
facts as he had stated them, he bdieved they would quently applied to me for loans to pay his losses on earnestness for the pi isoner. He commented se- sfterwares, and the watch was not found on her, " Whatever may be adduced in fevour of these lines. London .... 11. 25 00121 • 40
be a good answer in law to the, action, and the the different races. !frequently lent him 500/., and verely upon the circumstances of Mr. Mahon going but see was connected with a gang of thieves in there is, at amy rate, one serious drawback attached te London & Prov. 1.4,117 .. • as. 50 0 0 20 0 -
18s. St bs;, 'OO 00
r; 220 0 .1 77%
defendant would be entitled to a verdict. The once I lent him 1,000/. I alwsys lent him money behind the prisoner's back and getting him turned fes'ing Tooley-street, and might easily have them-viz., that none of them offer that full security •
Nlaecrlinfer,...ilia.de.n 'Lie
learned counsel then called the attention of the whenever he asked me for it. (A laugh •) I tof • f He teen referred. to the fattier of
, . rememe taut o his erne. paesed it to one of her compauious before he and liberty of intercoU'se which ism inclaperisable on a Nlinerva •• •• •• •... 15
per 502( 0 0 400 --
main road that brings the Eastern World iiito close con- Monarch ••- - •• ..., 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
jury to a statute passed in the reign of Queen her the Derby of 1850. It was won by Voltigeur. Hiscock and other witnesses not having made any cattle up. tact with the SY st, and makes tse na.tions, as it were, le
veto Eq limb
.... 6 +
spier centt 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Anne, which enacted that every deed, bond, or My horse was the second. The defendant would statement until lately, and he then said he should The prisoner eta'. a little hesitation, pleaded next-door neighbours. The reason fir this is bvi,,u,,.
~eh.ican .. •• :
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~, p.cceß.t - -
" Guilty." 173
other security given to secure money for the par- have won a large sum if my horse had won the call witnesses who would completely disprove the B.ith those lines run through c-untries whice, besidt a .Pt rofensisAiona. Life.....:, 5/ per
6 5 0 0 1-0 0 -
. per cent
poses of paying gambling debts, where any portion tae©. Shortly after the Derby had be®n won the evidence given by Hiscock. Mr. Burcham sentenced her to six- months' hard •
being subject to severe passdort and Custom regulations Provident Li .e.. .. ..., 12% per C. 100 0 0 11- 0 0 -
of the money advanced should be employee for defendant came to my house and said that he Witnesses were called who stated that Hiscock labour. and a -erict police sinveiltarce, veiltance., ar •in consequ-nce ot Cock Life.. •.•••• ••
ttoy-al Exchange .. .p. ,
7s.
. - c& he Stock.
5 0 0 0 10 0 8,
all 274
wanted 2,0001., and he should be much obliged if said to them that as he was sitting in Ilia porch of their unsettled political state, periodiicalle liable to s d
such a purpose, should be null and void, and he n - Sun Fire ......• - o -
said that, although this statute had been repealed, I would let him have that sum by way of loan. I the chinch nearly asleep, he heard. the report of a THE PROTECTOR ECTOR ENDOWMENT LOAN den and violent ree.vul -ions, whereby not only the traffic nate Life . 1/ 145 - -
similar enactments had been made in subsequent told him thatall my money matters were managed gun, and believed it had been fired from the porch. AND AN AU: T Y COIVIPA .;.,, Y. may b© he errup'ed a, any time, for a shorter ur lou cr United al
Life .... V. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 -
Universal • ..... 5' & bonus. 100 0 0 10 0 0
statutes of the sth and 6th of William IV. and and hy Messrs. Hill and Williamson, my soliciters, The jury retired for some t. d.• time, an then said - ca.-- , period, but iikexis- the lives and pr Tele). Lf those Victoria Lif6 • • ..... i. & 0111 s. 50 0
the Bth and 9th of Victoria, and the.law was guilty,
quite and he must state to them the nature of the secu- they found the prisoner •
lty, but not of an in- [The following appeared in a portion of our impression endangered who might happen to be tia•elling dame ,
an unexpected , utbreak. JOINT-Sroi:K i INKS.
clear upon the point. Bets upon horseracing un- lay he proposed to offer for the loan, and if they tention to do grievous bodily harm. of yesterday :- " Without, therefore, wishing to cast a slur on the . Divicknd Amount
he were gaming in the eye of the law, and were satisfied I .would let him have the money. The learned J edge told the jury that this verdict The annual general meeting of the shareholders was
Goverrituer•ts now in posse.ision of those rou'ee, the Name of Company. per of Paid Fnc,
if he made out that this deed Was given te secure Not a word was said about paying me 1,650/. .He amounted to an acquittal, as the prisoner was in- held yesterday at the offices of the company, 31, King- necessity may he pointed out of seeintried .' .
g a line este Annum. share:
the payment of debts, or for the purpose of paying did not lose that sum to me. On the same day I ac- dieted for intending to do grievous bodily harm. strett, Cheapside, this afternoon. blished, while combining all the advantases ef the b- , . se eV. ----- - .
£ s. d. £ s. d.
bets lost upon a horserace, he should be entitled to companied the defendant to the office of Messrs Hill If they believed that, although the • e prisoner fired Tee chair was filled by Alfred Smee, Esq., (surgeon would at the same time effer the guarantee of a perfectly tustralasia........... 201. per cent 40 0 0 all 84
their verdict. and Williamson, and I left with them a cheque for the gun, he had no intention to do • gtievous harm free and safe transit by conveying passengers as welt
as Hank o Egypt ...... 25 0 0 18 15 0 _
)of the Bank of En ' • gland), chairman of the Beard of of London ...... sl. per cent. too 0050 0 0 _
Mr. E. B. Fox was then examined-He said-I 2,000/. for them to make the advance if they he was entitled to tt lan aerie.' a . mails and goods over neutral territerie-e geverned by 'ilra,nk
'tish NorthAmericat, 9 per cent. 50 0 e all -
am the defendant in this cause, and reside at present thought proper to do so. On the settling day, the Verdict, not guilty. Directors. ceestitutions similar to our own, arid thus place them ch Bk. Ind. Aust& Ch. 4 per cent. 20 0 0 60 0 _
4th of June I went
, to Tatters The routine business having been transacted, 51. per cent. 1100 00,50 0 0 -
in the island of Jersey. Before I became connected all's about 2 0 clock, Mr. Justice Willis said there was another indict- beyond the reach of arbitrary measuree and pllitica. City ...
1100 0 01 25 0 0 27%
with the turf I was agent.em of property. I know . and .saw the defendant there. I had not seen him at mint against the prieoner for inflicting actual The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. Beadnell, the eventualities. There is no queation that a guarantee f.. 0. ``)l°nial "" ••"• • •• -
the plaintiff very wel He is connected with all during the interval, and it is not tine that I was bodily harm, and he would at once proceed with manager, to read the report, which was as follows :- all these advantages will be fmnd on the It-Gorman '
line if once fairl established The northern portion of ~:;:cinigninsFrectials,oAf London. 7'i
.p.pec;&cebnst:.lo2oo 0 00 ;20 0 0 -
0 1 all
f,ond.Coar. Ms .of Aus 51, percent. ,200 0 ! •• -
18%
the turf, and before the transaction " now in ques- with him at Webb's Hotel on the 4th. It is also not that case. " The directors feel much satisfaction at reoating you on y . '
this line, which crosses Belgium an i Germeny, ie too well Do.
Tv'e't.C.o.ui:t.:
28%
lion we have had many betting transactions tope-
true that I sent him in my chaise to the banker's The learned Counsel, however havire
known to require a further explanation. Between
• . es , , • , ' • - left the their annual statement of lucerne and expenditure, and non & Eastn- 11, 11.3 g. C. .6- per cent. 100 0050 0 0
they. I made some bets with hint upon the Derby to get the 2,000/. cheque cashed. I never saw the court (eight o clock) the Court was adjourned. Basle, on the frontier of S witz-rland, and Geneva, the London Joint-Stock
their report of the company's operations during the year
of 1850, and after the race rowed him about 1,700/. cheque at all on that day. The defendant paid me " MARCH 30, which ended on the 31st of December last,
.and
also for the different links through Berne, Fribourg, ani is-us:vine [ewe aisa Westminstr 18 per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 45 4,
for bets I had lost. The race was run on the 29th what was due to me at Tattersall's, but it was con- Ashman was put to the bar, and indicted f •or IEI- transaction of such other business as is required under the are gradually approach] ng to a janction. As to Pied- Nat, Provincial of Eng. iepc. &bs 100 0035 0 0 -
1./Ate New .••• • • • 20 0 0 I t.. 0 8 -
of May, and the 4th of June following would be the siderably under 1,6001. It consisted principally of flitting bodily harm on the Rev. G. A. Mahon. constitution of the company. As it is also proei•led by our moot, where the Government, under their eel,gb tened Dia ,'aitto . 9l
2000. 5 0 0 -
settling day. On the second or third day after the bets I had made at the request of the defendant Mr. Prideaux and Mr. March were counsel for deed that a statement of the assets and liabilities of the • "
and patriotic Premier, Count Cavour, i•s successfully N'atio•iri Bank
I went to the plaintiff's house, and told him with other parties. I had myself laid the defen- the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Th . company at the close of its fifth year shall be laid before leading on the nation to political and commercial pre New oath Wiles -
racedant a bet of rtlig the shareholders the manager has prepared the same by )rieritui Bank Corpora. W. per cent. 25 0 0 38%
that I had lost more money than I could possibly 2,000/. to 50/, against the winner, defended the prisoner. , gross, the works are advancing with utiexpected rapidity. Ottoman 91
order of the board; and we shall have the pleasure of sub- T • Bank - 20 0015 0 0 17%
pay then, and he asked me how much I had lost in and but for his having made other bets he would The learned Judge read over the notes f o the mating this statement also to you at the present meeting, ins part of the route, owieg to the gi,gantic eff 'toe or Frovincial of Ireland B.p.ct.&bs. 100 0025 0 0
addition to his bets, and I said that about 300/. have had a large sum to receive from me. I sw• ar evidence in the former case. feeling confidence that both statements the one of the hutnan skill in overcoming immense natural obstacles, is Ditto, N ew.• •.. •
fonlan 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 all -
more woule enable me to pay everybody. He then positively that no agreement was ever entered into The case was not concluded when our report was year's transactions, and the oth• er shown the present state by far the most attractive of the whole, and deserves, at South Australia • • -.. to% per cant. 25 0 0 all 301 A
.m... 4 ir.
~,,....‘,,,.
........
‘) Anni
...,,,., 4.k.
~,,,,,,ii,i,,,, by me and the defendant that a portion of the loan deep itch of affairs-will be highly satisfactory to all interested in any rate, a few cursory remarks. Union of Australia 2U. per cent. 25 0 0 all 4614
• - - - the advance and well-being of the company. Messrs. Lloyd " Genoa, the starting point on the Mseliterranean, was , - 210 0 -
, ~_ : + ..,_ ~.. • _.. ci Union of Hamburg • • - 15 0 0 30 0 -
- -

HILL V. FOX.
This was a special jury cause. The action was
brought upon a mortgage deed for 2,000/. and in-
terest, to which the defendant pleaded that the
bond was given to secure the payment of bets that
bad been lost upon horseracing, and that it was
consequently null and void.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr.
Hawkins, and Mr. Cohen were counsel for the
plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q. 0., and Mr. Peters-
dorff were for the defendant.
Mr. CHAMBERS, upon the ground that an affirma-
tive issue was upon the defendant, claimed the
right to begin, and he accordingly first addressed
the jury. He said that, although for the purposes
of the present proceeding he had admitted the debt,
he did not consider it of any importance that the
case of the defendant should be first laid before the
jury, because it appeared to him that if the plain-
tiff had been first put into the box, he must have
made out the case in pretty much the same way as
he now proposed to do. The action was brought
upon a deed of covenant to pay the sum of 2,000/.,
and also to hand over two policies of insurance, one
for 1,5001., and another for 5001., and also to pay
the interest and premiums upon the policies, and
the defendant admitted that he had received the
money ; but his answer to the action was that it
was lent to him for the purpose of his paying the
plaintiff a sum of 1,6591., which he had lost to him
in bets upon horseracing, and that upon this ground
theeleed was invalid and the plaintiff could not re-
cover upon it. The defendant, Mr. Fox, had been
for a great many years connected with the turf and
engiaged in betting transactions, and fur many years
be had been able to meet his engagements. The
plaintiffs Mr. Hill, was also a gentleman exten-
sively connected with the turf, and he was not in-
structed to say one word against his honour or in-
tegrity. It so happened that in 1850 Mr. Fox had
betted on the Derby race, and he lost bets to the
amount of 1,6501. to the plaintiff. He went to him
two or three days after the race and tad him that
he was unable to pay his bets, and Mr. Hill ob-
served that if he did not he would be declared
a defaulter, and Mr. Fox then asked him to
lend him sufficient money not only to pay the
amount he had lost to him, but also the bets he had
lost to other persons, and he consented to do so.
Mr. Hill then accompanied the defendant to his
solicitors, Messrs. Hill and Wilkinson, in Bedford-
row, and an arrangement was made that he should
advance the defendant 2,0001. upon his executing
a mortgage of two policies of insurance, and giving a
promissory note payable on demand. The 4th July
was settling day at Tattersall's for the Derby, and
on that day the defendant received a cheque for
2,000/. from Messrs. Hill and Williamson, and, ac-
cording to an arrangement that had been made, he
went to Webb's Hotel, in Piccadilly, where he met
the plaintiff and handed him the check, expecting
to receive the difference. The plaintiff, however,
told him he should have got the check cashed, and
he went to the London and Westminster Bank in
Holborn and procured bank-notes, and he then re-
turned and paid the plaintiff the amount of bets
he had lost to him, 1,650/. The deed now in ques-
tion was executed shortly afterwards, and for
several years Mr. Fox paid the interest and the
premiums upon the policies according to the agree-
ment he had entered into. He subsequently, how-
ever, got into difficulties and was compelled to go
abroad, and his friends interfered in order to
arrange his affairs, and the plain tiff was asked to
wait until some arrangement could be made. He
would not, however, do so, and upon the present
action being brought the legal advisers of the de-
fendant, when they were made acquainted with the
real nature of the transaction, had felt it their duty
to put upon the record the plea that had been
brought to their notice, and, if he made out the
facts as he had suited them, he believed they would
be a good answer in law to the action, and the
defendant would be entitled to a verdict. The
learned counsel then called the attention of the
jury to a statute passed in the reign of Queen
Anne, which enacted that every deed, bond, or
other security given to secure money for the pur-
poses of paying gambling debts, where any portion
of the money advanced should be employed for
such a purpose, should be null and void, and he
said that, although this statute had been repealer),
similar enactments had been made in subsequent
statutes of the sth and 6th of William IV., and
the Bth and 9th of Victoria, and the. law was quite
clear upon the point. Bets upon horseracing un-
doubtedly were gaming in the eye of the law, and
if he made out that this deed was given t secure
the payment of debts, or for the purpose of paying
bets lost upon a horserace, he should be entitled to
their verdict.
Mr. E. B. Fox was then examined—He said—l
am the defendant in this cause, and reside at present
in the island of Jersey. Before I became connected
with the turf I was a gentleman of property. I know
the plaintiff very well. He is connected with
the turf, and before the transaction now in ques-
tion we have had many betting transactions toge-
ther. I made some bets with him upon the Derby
of 1850, and after the race I owed him about 1,7001.
for bets I had lost. The race was run on the 29th
of May, and the 4th of June following would be the
settling day. On the second or third day after the
race I went to the plaintiff's home, and told him
that I had lost more money than I could possibly
pay then, and he asked me how much I bad lost in
addition to his bets, and I said that about 3001.
more would enable me to pay everybody. He then
agreed to advance me 2,0001. upon the condition
that I paid his account out of it. I agreed to this at
once, and he went with me to his solicitors, Messrs
Hill and Williamson, who were to arrange about
the security I was to give for the money, and it
was agreed that I should Live the bond now is
question, and hand over a policy for 1,5001., and
effect another for 5001. upon my own life, and also
give a promissory note. I went to the office of
Messrs. Hill and Williamson about 12 o'clock on
the 4th of June, and after I had signed an agree-
ment for the mortgage and the promissory note
payable on demand, I received a cheque for 2,0001.
It had been arranged that I should meet the plain-
tiff at Webb's Hotel in Piccadilly, and I went there
immediately I had received the check, and handed
it to him, expecting that he would give me the dif-
ference. He said that I ought to have got the
check cashed, and he asked me to go in his chaise,
which was at the door, to the banker's and get the
Money, and I did so ; and when I came back I paid
the plaintiff 1,650/. which was the amount of the
bets he had won. I after wards paid 500/. as pre-
miums and interest, and the premiums were paid
by me upon the policies down to November, 1855.
Mr. Justice Erle inquired whether this last mat-
ter was at all relevant to the inquiry.
Mr. Petersdorff said he asked the question in
justice to the character of the defendant, to show
that he went on paying as long as he was able.
The defendant was then cross-examined by Mr.
E. James—He said, the plaintiff used to lend me
money very often, but I don't think he ever
lent me so large a sum as 1,000/. at one time.
The largest sum I ever recollect him to have
lent me at one time was 600/. The money was lent
me for my convenience, and possibly some of it was
to pay losses I had sustained on the turf. I had
borrowed money of the plaintiff both before and
akr this transaction of 1850. In 1856 I was a de-
faulter on the -turf for about 5,0001., and since that
time I have been abroad. I have been out of
the way of my creditors. I only came in their way
last Monday. (A. laugh.) I intend, of course, to
get out of their way again as soon as this trial is
over. (Renewed laughter.) I did not " show"
at Tattersall's on the settling day after the
Derby of 1856. I did show on the Monday, and
received some bets, but did not pay any. I re-
ceived 2841. for bets. One bet was paid me by Mr.
Richard Tattersall, another by a gentleman named
Maxwell, and a third by Mr. Whitburn. I did
not pay a farthing of the bets I had lost myself.
The money I received did not pay my journey
to Jersey. I received the money on the Monday,
and started for Jersey on the following morning.
I believe this is what is called on the turf " levant-
ing." (Laughter.) I received the money in the
course of the Monday afternoon. I did not ask
Mr. Tattersall to pay me the bet ho had lost.
Thomas, the porterat the rooms, brought me a check
from him. I did not tell Thomas that I was going off
to Jersey the moment I obtained the money. (A.
laugh.) I don't know where I received the money
from Mr. Whitburo, but I will swear I did not tell
him that I should be at Tattersall's on the Tuesday
morning. I will swear I saw the plaintiff at Webb's
hotel on the 4th June, 1850, and that I paid him
the money there, and I will swearthat I did not pay
him at Tattersall's. I believe that I walked with
him from Webb's hotel to Tattersalre. I lost alto-
gether about 2,600/. on the Derby of 1850, and I
paid everybody. I am not aware of the plaintiff
having ever lent me money without charging inte-
rest, but he never charged me more than 5 per cent.
Re-examined—I
.owed other debts besides my
sporting ones when I went to Jersey, but all my
bona fide creditors are or will be paid. My friends
have come forward to assist me to do this. I went
away in order that I might live more economically,
and I have now only an allowance of 100/. a-year,
upon which I support myself.
Mr. James then addressed the jury for the plain-
tiff, and said that when they had heard the evidence
he would give them he had no doubt they would be
of opinioa.that the defence set up on the present
occasion was a most scandalous one, and that it was
'characterised by the basest ingratitude on the part of
defendant. Before, however, the jury could give
effect to such a defence they must be satisfied that
ti here .was an express understanding that the money

June, or that he requestel him to go and get the
2,0001. cheque cashed at the banker's. The transac-
tion was merely a loan transaction of the ordinary
description. The money was advance Ito the de-
fendant upon the security referred to, and he might.
have kept the whole of it if he had been pleased to
do so. The defendant hadnever denied the validity
of the deed nntil this moment, and he now put Mr.
Hill to the expense of bringing this action, and
also to the expense of a bill in equity, which had
been dismissed, in order to defe tt a claim which he
must know he had no answer either in morality or
justice.
Mr. H. Hill, the plaintiff, was then called as a
witness. He said, —1 have been for a great many
years engaged on the turf, and am the owner Of
racehorses and am in the habit of betting very
largely. I have known the defendant for 30 years,
and I have been in the habit of lending him money
from time to time for the last 20 years. He fre-
quently applied to me for loans to pay his losses on
the different races. I frequently lent him 5001., and
once I lent him 1,0001. I alw-iys lent him money
whenever he asked me for it. (A laugh.) I remem-
ber the Derby of 1850. It was won by Voltigeur.
My horse was the second. The defendant woubt
have won a large sum if my horse had won the
race. Shortly after the Derby had been won the
defendant came to my house and said that he
wanted 2,0001., and he should be much obliged if
I would let him have that sum by way of loan. I
told him thatall my money matters were managed
by Messrs. Hill and Williamson, my solicit-rs,
and he must state to them the nature of the secu-
rity he proposed to offer for the loan, and if they
were satisfied I would let him have the money.
Not a word was said about paying me 1,6501. He
did not lose that sum to me. On the same day I ac-
companied the defendant to the office of Meszrs Hill
and Williamson, and I left with them a cheque for
2,0001. for them to make the advance if they
thought proper to do so. On the settling day, the
4th of June, I went to Tattersall's about 2 o'clock,
and :aw the defendant there. I had not seen him at
all during the interval, and it is not tine that I was
with him at Webb's Hotel on the 4th. It is also not
true that I sent him in my chaise to the banker's
to get the 2,0001. cheque cashed. I never saw the
cheque at all on that day. The defendant paid me
what was due to me at Tattersall's, but it was con-
siderably under 1,6001. It consisted principally of
bets I had made at the request of the defendant
with other parties. I had myself laid the defen-
dant a bet of 2,0001. to 501. against the winner,
and but for his having made other bets he would
have had a large sum to receive from me. Isw ar
positively that no agreement was ever entered into
by me and the defendant that a portion of the loan
was to be returned to me in payment of the bets I
had won.
Cross examined—l have been on the turf for quite
30 years, and I believe the defendant has been so
for as long a period. I bet largely on my own ac-
count, and I have Lad bats with the defendant for
20 years. I have no claim upon him except for this
bond, and a sum of 5001. which he owed me when
he "levanted" in 1850. I hedged the bat of 2,0001.
to 501. against Voltigeur, at the request of the de-
fendant, by laying 2,3001. to 1001. against him
shortly before the race. I paid that 2,3001. When
I agreed to advance him the 2,0001. I expected, of
course, he would pay me the bets I had won, and
he would have been a very dishonourable man if
he hid not done so. I lent hitn the money, in
order, no d‘tunt, that he might pay his bets, but he
might have put it into his own pocke., and kept it
if e pleased. I gave my cheque for Y,OOOl. to the
soli ito:s on the Satui day, because I was busy, and
it would have been inconvenient for me to have
gone a ;ain, and I lett it to them to prepare the ne-
cessary security. lam not in the habit of going
to Webb's Hotel, but I may have been there upon
one or two occasions.
Mr. James—l believe Webb's Hotel is a place
frequented by a good many of the people from the
north ?
Wi ness—l believe it is. You know I have seen
you there with Mr. Scott. (Laughter.)
Mr. James—Yes, I believe we have met there
once.

" Whatever may be adduced in ftvour of these lines.
there is, at any rate, one serious drawback attached to
them—viz., that none of them offer that full security
and liberty of intercowee which is so imlsperisable on a
main road that brings the Eastern Werld into close con-
tact with the \V et, and makes V.e nations, as it were,
nexk-door neighbours. Tho reason far this is obvi,us.
Bath those lines run through countries whic'i, besides
being subject to severe passdort and Cu-torn regulations
and a strict police suiveiltance, ar:e in consequ-nce of
their unsettled political state, periodicalle liar -is to sod-
den and violent ceovul dons, whereby not only the traffic
may be in, errup'ed ac any time, for a shorter or loner
period, but like wis.- the live,' and pr of those
endangered who might happen to be tinselling during
an unexpected utbreak.
" Without, therefore, wishing to cast a slur on the
Govermueets now in possession of those routes, the
necessity may he pointed out of seeing a third line esta
blished, while combining all the advantages of the others
would at the same time eller the guarantee of a perfectly
free and safe transit by conveying passengers a 4 well as
mails and goods over neutral territerie,, governed by
constitutions similar to our own, and thus place them
beyond the reach of arbitrary measures and pelitica
eventualities. There is no question that a +guarantee Lr
all these advantages will be found on the Italo-German
line if once fairly established. The northern portion of
this line, which crosses Belgium an i Germany, is too well
known to require a further explanation. Between
Basle, on the frontier of Switz-rland, and Geneva the
different links through Berne, Fribourg, an-i lan•aiine
are gradually approaching to a junction. As to Pied-
mont, where the Government, under their eni,gbtened
and patriotic Premier, Count Cavour, is succe,,sfolly
leading on the nation to political and commercial pr.,
gress, the works are advancing with unexpected rapidity.
This part of the route, owing to the gigantic eff irte of
human skill in overcoming immense natural obstacles, is
by far the most attractive of the whole, and deserves, at
any rate, a few cursory remarks.
" Genoa, the starting point on the Meliterranean, was
some time since connected by rail with Turin and Susa,

" The directors feel much satisfaction at meeting you on
the present occasion, for the purpose of laying before you
their annual statement of income and expenditure, and
their report of the company's operations during the year
which ended on the 31st of December last, and also for the
transaction of such other business as is required under the
constitution of the company. As it is also provided by our
deed that a statement of the assets and liabilities of the
company at the close of its fifth year shall be laid before
the shareholders the manager has prepared the same by
order of the board; and we shall have the pleasure of sub-
mitting this statement also to you at the present meeting,
feeling confidence that both statements-the one of the
year's transactions, and the other showing the present state
of affairs-will be highly satisfactory to all interested in
the advance and well-being of the company. Messrs. Lloyd
and Smee are the two directors who retire in te usual
course of rotation on the present occasion, and both those
gentlemen are re-eligible, and are recommended to you by
the board tube re-elected to the seats which they now vacate.
The auditors, Messrs. Ladbury, Thornth Waite and Han-
cock, who retire from office, according to prescribed rule, are
also all re-eligible and all willing to serve the company
again as during the past year. It is with sincere regret
that we have to announce the decease of Mr. B. L. Sowell,
late one of the company's auditors, whose business habits
and integrity qualified him so well to fill the post which
has become vacant by his lamented death. As our deed of
settlement has fixed the number of auditors at four,
it will be necessary for you at our present meeting to
supply the vacancy which has occurred. It will be seen from
the figures hereinafter set forth that the operations of the
company show a result satisfactory and encouraging.
The loan transactions have been largo, somewhat more
than 30,700/. having been advanced during the past year.
This amount might have been even larger had not the di-
rectors consideree it incumbent upon them rather to con-
tract this department of business than to urge it during a
period when so much caution was required, the demand for
money being much increased and the discrimination re-
quired in making advances being increased in the same
ratio. Much thought and attention have ben bestowed on
this branch of business with the view of rendering it a
great and real source of benefit and good to those who have
occasion to seek its aid; and the company, having had now
a large experience in its working, have, from time to time,
made various improvements in its details. Advances are
promptly male upon satisfaction as to security, and each
transaction conducted throughout its whole course of re-
payment in an indulgent and liberal spirit. The deposit
department, which shows an amount of more than 21,7001.
deposited--a great increase on the amount recorded for the
previous year-sp iaks for itself. Any one present has but
to call to mind the remarkable value which money has
borne in the market during the year to give this fact its
due weight. It was deemed prudent during the year to
accumulate a balance in hand to be Prepared for deposit
withdrawals, and our leaning operations, as before ob-
served, were contracted with this view. The withdrawals
were, however, scarcely sensibly increased, and the pre-
caution was therefore needless, but the result shows, in a
most remarkable and satisfactory manner, the confidence
of the public. This department is becoming more and
more what it is our desire to see it become-not merely a
temporary convenience for a fair rate of interest for money
lying otherwise idle, but a means of locating monies which
are the subject of trusts, and of sums to be made
payable years hence to carry out special pur-
poses of provision, whether by will or otherwise.
The other departments of business, annuities, endow-
ments, and all the various forces devised for family pro-
vision, and dependent on the contirgencies of human life.
are also progressing favourably ; and there can be no doubt
that the ratio of advance in these branches will be higher
and higher as the company goes on increasing in years.
The return of a more natural condition of the money mar-
ket may also be reasonably expected to produce a favour-
able result. Tho statement of income and expenditure
for the year ending December 3 !et, 1857, duly certified by
the qualified officers of the company, is as follows : -
" Ircome.-To balances, Dec., 1856, viz.-Cash, 1,1271.
6s. 60. ; petty cash, 461. 16s. 9d. ; agents, 1,779/. 3s. ;
interest from borrowers, 602/. 15e. 6d. ; capital stock,
567/. ; deposits, 21,757/. le. 60. ; loan (repayments),
26,779/. 103. 61. ; premiums and life risk, 6,8551. 19s. Bd. ;
premiums on annuities, 2,203. Bs. ; interest, 1,990/. 13s.
2d. ; loan guarantee fund, 233/, 55. 3d.-total, 63,9391.
19s. 11d.
"EXPENDITURE.-By preliminary expenses (carried to
suspense account, pursuant to deed of settlement), includ-
ing travelling expenses, printing, stationery, do., incurred
in extending the company's agencies, 1,604/. 43 ld.; claims
accruing during the last five years, 1,522/. 2s. ; office ex-
penses, rent, rates, taxes, coals, gas, Sec., 418/. ls. ld. ;
printing, stationery, and postage, 15'1/ 15s. id ; salaries
and wages, including directors' and auditors' fees, 1,82 e/.
7s. 61. ; advertising and commission, CO9/, 4s. Bd. ; bond
and receipt stamps, 59/. Os. 4d. ; medical and surveyor's
fees, 791. 15e. ; law charges, 74/. 18e. ld. ; re-assurances,
8801. ss. 64. ; annuitants, 1,760/. 153. 11,1. ; dividends and
interest,:2,lo6/. 164. 8.1. ; surrenders, 1,0731. 10s. sd. ; loan
charges, 3/. 15s. 41. ; advances on various securities,
33,701/. 14s. 7d. ; deposits and investments repaid,
16,6181. ss. 11d. •, cash, balance at bankers, 2,8221. 175.
9.1. ; petty cash, balance in hand, 701. 63. 10. ; agents'
balance, 721/. 103. 11d. ; interest from borrowers, 8201.
175.-total, 63,93.1.19 e. 11d.
The directors recommend that the dividen 1 on shareholders'
stock be for the current year, as heretofore voted, at the
rata of Si. per cent. per annum. In conclusion, the direc-
tors have to state that their unceasing endeavours have been
directed to the extension of business in every way ; and
more particularly to the establishment of efficient agencies
in parts of the country which afford the best prospect of
safe and profitable business, and they have the pleasure to
report that names have been added to their list of agents,
from which satisfactory results may be fairly anticipated.
Looking back on the transactions of the past year, stand-
ing by themselves alone, sled without any reference to the
special circumstances of the times, the directors feel that
the prosp sets of the company are in every way gratifying.
j The circumstances, however, of the year have been of so
extraordinary a character ae to force then:wives on the

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Ashman, who was tried for inflicting bodily harm
on the Rev. G. A. Mahon by firing a gun loaded
with blood at him when in the pulpit, was convicted
of unlawfully wounding.
Mr. Mahon most strongly recommended the pri-
soner to mercy.

which latter place is situated on the southern elopes of
the Alps. Ttliti mighty ridge for a while put a stop to the
extension of the line in that direction. The importance,
however, of an uninterrupted communication with tilt.
northern side of the mountain becoming daily mon-
patent, Count Cavuur resolved on having a pissage cut,
through the stupendous granite wall, some eight r nine
miles in thickness, and, at his proposal, the Piedwout,se
Chamb,rs voted, almost unanimously, the sum of
21,400,000 f. (856.0001.) as the share of the Sta,e to-
wards defraying the ,x,"enses of the tunnel. The works
were at once commenced, and the conterspla ed tunnel

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LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
annum. Share.
- - -
.£ s. d. £ s. d.
Sank of Scotland .... 7.,. per cent 100 C 9 101 0 . 193,10
British Linen Company 81. per cent 00 0 0 100 0 • 217 a s
Caledonian Bank .. - . 8/. per cent 10 0 0 210 31 16s
.Jity of • aasgow Bank 5/. per cent 10 0 0 10 , .1 to 122
•.11ydesdale Bank •... 51y/. p cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 1:D
C rntnercial Bank .. 71. per cent sto 0 0 100 0 0 225/10
Eastern Bank:. •• - -6/. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 a li• 2s
Ediub. & Glasgow.... nal. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 I oOs
National Bank •• - - 6y52 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 81 10
North of aeotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 .i 3/ 12s
Royal Bank of a cotl. .. 51. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 ,i 142/ s
aUnion Bank of Scot. •• a/. per cent. 100 0 01 50 n 0 90/ Os
Westear, Bank-. .. •... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 --I 0
011ance Fire and Lice.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/ Os
British Guarantee .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 5s
Caledonian Fire Insua . 10i. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ Os
City of liasgew Life.. at. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 041 Os
Co'oulal Life ••• •• -.. 5/. par cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 11 lOs
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. oor cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2'l/15s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life Slaw cent. 50 0 0 .3 5 0 4/ Os
!ate assac. of teatland 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 155
Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 i t/ 19 s
sforth British Insur..• 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 , ..91 Os
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 15s
Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/ 15s
Scottish Union Insrne 7%1 pr cant. 20 0 0 1 a 1 143
atandard Life - . . 5 per cent e • a 7 21 Os
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COatrais Iva"
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid Pric,
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ 5. d.
aritish Provincial •• •• 7t, per cent 20 0 0 all -
arighton --.••• •• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
:ity of London .. •• •• 2/. per cent. 150 0 e 160 100
b7,ctuitable •• •• .., •• •• 2/ ,0 5 a all 423 a
European .... .•• •• .. 6/ per cent. 2 1 0 0 - -
Ireat Central .. .. •• . • •t/ per cent 10 0 0 -- 11%
Imperial .. - ...... 101 per cent. t•O 0 , -
Ditto New - 5' 0 • 12 10 G 2734
Ditto De' entu• es - SVck 100
Do Continental Isteap. 27. ss. so 0 , 42 15 0 50
Do. Do. 2d Cap. 41. Ds. 50 0 0 41 0 0 60
Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 it _
Do. Do. 4th Cap 3'. 50 0 0 41 0 0 -
Independent . •• 51. 40 0 0 all -
aotaiov Part. Preferen a • per cent. 25 0 0 - -
Phaerdx .....•• •• •• -5% [Went 60 0 0 52 0 • 51%
t,
Ratcliff ••• • • •• •• ••• • • 5/. 20 a 16 e -
Surra, Consumers .. • • a/. nor cent. 10 0 0 all 10%
United General •• •• •• 16s Od per sh 50 0 0 -
•Vestminster hartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 51
Ditto, New .• ••• • • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 1')
Western A •• • -
Ditto B • • ~.
•••• 10 0 0 4 0 0 -
MISCELLANEOUS.
. • Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum Share
Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 -
African Steam Ship .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ahsran tea ... 6t. rer cent. St 0 0 20 0 0 -
A:tartan Mart" -•• , • 21a / per cent 50 0 0 - -
Australian Aariculturt - 25 I, 1.1 19 0 0 -
kustralian Trust -
Austra,lan Royal Mail - 10 0 u all -
Anglo-Mexican Mint LI. 10s. 10 0 0 all -
British Amarican Land 57. per cen 50 0 0 40 0 , -
Canada ......... •• - it. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 141
Do. 5 percent Bond 5/. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, b per cent bds saper cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
D tie, 6 per cent. • 6/..er cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. Nis 1874 a nett cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, Co c, bds 1a76 Cl. per cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Crystal Palace Si. per cent 5 0 1 all lag
Ditto Preference. „
Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 o all -
-
City Navigation Bon a 3%/. per cent - -
-
Electric relerraph
Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt 5O 0 all -
Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co - 50 0 0 I ' -
• 111
Equitable Reversionra 5l per cent ,00 • all
•
Date New -•••• a - i 0 0 a 22 10 0 -
•
1 Gen. Revers. & Invest. s'. p c and 1/ 00 0
a), 0 0 all -
0. 0 .- nu
Gen. I. Sc. Cu!. (Lim.) -
GeraateamNavitration tor. per c• & 15 0 C 14 ••
Lall
ondon (len. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 3 i
Hudson's 8ay.... •• •• 5/. per cent. Stock etock -.
,
Flungerford .... -•• • V. 58. 00 0 0 all -
Lou, Ne &Na. 'Vans°. - 10 0 0 all -
London Reversionary Si. per cent. it, 0 ' all -
Mex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all -
Nat. Disconnt Comp- - 25 001 5 0 0 4
N.S.W. Gov.sp.e. Deb. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 -
Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. I 0 0 all -
it/. per cent, 20 0 0 17 10 0 -
North of Europe, still.
Price's Patent Cand. Co - 211 0 a all -
Peel River.l,at td &Min. - 5 0 0 all 2
7334
Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 4 0 0 all
Ditto New •••• • • , • _ 50 0 0 tO 0 o 17/4
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%/. pr cell 10t, 0 a all
Ditto N •• •• •• •• ay. pr neat. 130 0 '4O 0 '' -
Royal -.ail team
Scottish Aus. Invest 151. par cent. i 0 0 all 114
South Australian Land V. per cent. is 0 a all 3536
Trust and Loan
C
°"'' 7%.• fr cent. 20 0 0 5 a 0 --
Vac Diemen's Land., 10,. 100 0n ,2$ 10 0 -
5 par cent. ecnas ~ :, a per eeat , --' -

Mr. Justice Wales said it was a most diabolical
act, and had it not been for the recommendation
to mercy he should have ordered the prisoner to be
imprisoned for two years, but be would now sen-
tence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for 12 months.

is to be constructed according to a new system, whice,
only requires boring horizontally through Mont. Celli-.
at either extremity. Peeviously the efficacy of the new
invention had been tried at Genoa on various kinds .f
and it proved so successful that the machine made
an opening of one yard deep in less than 10 minutes.
Mr Sommelier, one of the inventors, has the direction
of the excavation, and he expects to finish the under-
ground road in a few years.
"North of Mont Cenis the line between Modane ano
Annecy is nearly completed, and the last link which
to connect Pieennotit with Switz-:vand by rail— that
to say, that portion from Annecy t o Geneva—was grantee
o a Genevese company, consisting of the most respect-
able firms, who have besides obtained from the Pied-
tnontese Government the guarantee of a subsidy of 5
per cent. on the espital to be employed in laying the
rails.
"Thus of 436 miles, which is the whole length of the
line between Genoa and Riga, 274 miles are already
open, 92 nearly finished, and tne reameiing 70 gran eo
to several companies, who are about to commence their
respective endeitakings.
" In conclusion, it may be etated that a branch is pro
posed from Turin to Savona, which w.mlel shorten the
line by 17 miles. The "poeiaon of Savona is extremel%
favourable. Its part is acknowledged as the safest along
that coast, and the Piedmontese Government has de-
cided upon making the necessary improvements to render
Savona a first-rate commercial herb iur.
"Thus, it seems plain that the line time Switzerland
amid Piedmont will best answer most if not all, of the
requirements of an overland route, anal that we ehall be
prompting our own interest by leterin.; a helping haeci to
our transalpine bretheen in their final exerti ess.
"A. M."

Mr. Hill, of the firm of Hill and Williamson, de-
posed that they were the solicitors of the plaintiff.
He said he remembered Mr. Hill coming to the
office alcompanied by Mr. Fox in 1850, and the
former stated that he was going to lend Mr. Fox
2,000/., and it was at ranged that a mortgage should
be executed of the two policies of assurance, and a
promissory note, payable on demand, given in ad-
dition. Tne transaction was one of the ordinary de-
scription where a loan is to be advanced, and the
defendant thoroughly understaod the nature of the
security he was to give, and he declined to have a
copy of the mortgage deed, as he said he was quite
aware of the nature of the instrument. On the
Tuesday following witness gave def,-ndaut his own
chqqae for 2,0001., and he subsequently executed
the deed which was now the subject of inquiry.
Mr. James then briefly summd up the plaintiff's
case.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK :R'S CLEaK. —The London
paper, gave as acc ,uut last week t,,e absconding 01
James Barber, late caohier of the bank of I,lsssri.i. G.r-
ney and Co., Great Yarmouth, with defalcations al le: e
to amount to nearly 1,0001. We have no further infor-
mation to add, as no public notification has been made
on the subject, except that Mr. Barber was honorary
secretary, and had almost the entire management of the
Young Men's Institute and Commercial Newsroom.
which is found to be- deficient to the extent of 3001., but
in what degree owing to misappropriation, or in what
to fallacious appearances in the accounts, we aro unable
to say. A meeting of the members was called fur Mon-
day evening, to consider as to the paces' ity for winding
up the concern, which for 15 years has been the mans
of imparting much benefit and recreation to the towns-
people. Barber had a handsome salary at the bank, as
well as income in right of his wife, to whom he has been
married only nine months, but :s said to have involved
himself by speculations:, especially in French rail say
shares.— Bury and Norwich. Post.
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Mr. Chambers, in reply, contended that although
an attempt had been made to give the transaction
the colour of an ordinary loan, there could be no
reasonable doubt that the object of the plaintiff ill
advancing the money was that he should be paid
the beta he bad won, :and that such a transaction
was undoubtedly illegal, and that defendant was
entitled to a verdict.
Mr. Justice Elle, in summing up, briefly called
the attention of the jury to the nature of the action
and said, that if it were made out to their satisfac-
tion that it was understood when the 2,0001. was
advanced that a portion of it was to be returned to
the plaintiff in payments of the bets he had won,
defendant would be entitled to their verdict. Ho
should also inform them that if they were of opinion
that the bond was merely a colourable proceeding
with a view to defeat the statute, in law defendant
would sill be entitled to a verdict ; but if they
thought neither of these facts was established by the
evidence then the plaintiff was clearly entitled to
recover. The learned judge referred to the statutes
respecting bitting, and said that betting was not
in itself illegal, and all that the law endeavoured
to do was to prevent the giving facilities for the
recovery of money won by betting. He was, how-
ever, of opinion that if a person paid bets for
another at his request, be was entitled to recover
the money so paid, and that any instrument that
was given as security for money so paid would not
be vitiated on that account. The else on the part
of the defendant was that the while transaction
wag merely a colour dale proceeding to evade the
statute,
while Mr. Hill contended that the opera-
tion was for a loan of the ordinary kind, and the
question for the jury to decide would be on which
side the truth lay. He could not, however, help
observing that it was a strong corroboration of the
testimony cf Mr. 1 that he had left the cheque