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London, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1858.

`,RAND NAVAL FETES at CHERBOURG.
• SOUTII-W F.ST ERN RAILWAY.
RETURN TICKETS will I.e issued from London, and from South-
ampton a.id Portsmouth, td II IVItE. on FRIDAY, 30th July, and
MONDAY, 2d August (last train from Waterloo-bridge Station at
1 p.m.), available to return from Havre within onetnonth.

FARES.

Ist Class. 2d Class.
London to Havre and back ....
Sout'ampton to Havre and back .. • • Va. • . 205.
Portsmouth to Havre and rack, via Southampton 355. .. 255.
Steamboats are advertised to leave Havre for Cherbourg at
moderate fares. fly Order.
Waterloo-bridge Station, July, IK.S.
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eIRAND ROYAL FETES at. CHERBOURG,
in presence of the EIIPEROR and E PR FAS ot FRANCE,
the QUEEN of ENGLAND, and PRINCE, CONSORT.
The SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY will despatch
the lIAYRE steam-ship, eel, brated for her speed and superior ac-
commodation, from Southampton, at 12 midnight, on WEDNESDAY,
August 4th, returning from Cherbourg on SATURDAY.
The number of passengers will be strictly limited to GI gentlemen,
or all of whom berths will be provided ore beard during the con-
tinuance of the Fetes.
Fares to Cherbourg and hack, including Railway Fare' to and
from any Station on the South-Western line, £lO Os. 01. This sum
will include Provisions on board, but not wine, spirits, or beer.
Refreshments will be re tcly on board the Havre, at 10 p.m. on the
evening of the 4th.
The -outh-Western 'Company's well-known steam ship COURIER
will also he despatched from Southampton to Cherbourg, at 12 mid-
nL•ht, nn Welnesl,!y, 4th Att at, r tarula; 1: In Ch roa en
SATURDAY.
I.ly the COURIER the number of passengers be limited, and
they may remain on board, but berths cannot be guaranteed.
Fares to Cherbourg and Back.
From Southampton. ••
From London .. • • -.
Provisions on ISOard at moderate rates.
Passengers who land at Cherbourg, and do not return by the
HAVRE or COURIE,,, respectively, can return to Southampton by
any of the South-Western Company's boa's from Havre, within one
month, ups prod us' ion of their ticket, And paying 10s.
Tickets must be taken on or befo.e Saturday, 31st July.
Application for tickets to be made to the Atipe. Menden% Water-
loo-bridge Station. By order.
Waterloo-bridge Station, July, 1858.

.. Zi 10s. Ccl.
£5 Os. Od.

BUCKINGHA➢iSHIRE RAILWAY
- COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the next Ordinary H ‘LF-
YE ABLY MEETING of the Proprietors in the Buckingham hire
Railway Comoany will be held at the Euston station, London, on
FRIDAY, the 13th day of August; 1855, at I I o'clock a.m.
By order of the Board.
HARRY VERNEY, Chairman.

The Books kept for the Registration of Transfer 3 of Stock will be
Closed on the 2d August, and will remain so until after the
meeting.
Office of the Company, Euston-station,
London, 19. h July, 1858.

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
No. 3, Pall-Mall East, London, S.W.

The Warrants for the Half-yearly interest on Deposit Accounts, to
the 30th instant, will be ready for Delivery on and after the 10th
proximo, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4.
22d June, 1858. Pe TER MORRPAON, Managing Director.
Prospectuses and Forms sent free on application.

IOR THE SEA SIDE.
ANGOLA SUITS, £4 13s.
Excellence with Economy.
GEORGE HOBSON, 5". Lombard-street.
ESTABLISHED 1796.

In'and Revenue Office, Somerset House,
24th July, 1858.
TO all HAWKERS, PEDLARS, and PETTY
CHAP MEN.— The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby
give notice, that all licences irsued from this ( ice en and since the
let of August, 1857, will expire •n the 3I st of July instant, and that
new licences will be ready for delivery on the 2d of August next.
Every hawker found trading without a licence, or with an expired
licence, will be prosecuted.
Every ',croon heretofore licensed must, on application for a new
licence, deliver up the old one ; and persons not before licensed are
to produce a certificate of character, as prescribed by the Act 50
Geo. 111., cap. 41, sec. 12, without which no new licence will be
granted.

By order of the Commissioners.
THOMAS KEO3H, Secretary.

Note..—Licences may be obtained at the Inland Revenue Office,
Somerset House, London, or from any distributor or sub-distributor
of stamps in any city or town in England or Wales.

it. 110 WARD, ourgeun4)entist, 52, Fleet
_IL street, has ,ntrodticed an entirely new description of ARTI-
F [CIA): TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
Tale method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr.
Howard's imrovement may be within the reach of the most econo-
in cal, he ha* fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastics-
rinet-qtreet. At home from ten till five.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-JULY 26.
ADMISSION OF BARON ROTHSCHILD.

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild—returned as one of the
members for the City of London, came to the table to be
sworn ; and stated that, being a person professing the
Jewi,ll religion, he entertaineda conscientious objection to
take the oath which by an Act passed in the present session
has been substituted for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supre-
macy, and Abjuration, in the ,form therein _required :
Whereupon the Clerk reported the matter to Mr. Speaker,
who desired Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild to with.
draw ; and he withdrew accordingly. Resolved—That it
appears to this house that Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths-
child, a person professing the Jewish religion, being other-
WiS3 entitled to sit and vote iu this house, is prevented
from o sitting and voting by his conscientious objection to
take the oath which by an Act passed in the pi esent session
of Parliament has been substituted for the Oaths of
Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration, in the form therein
required —(Lord John Russell.) Motion made, and Ques-
tion put, "That any persol professing the Jewish religion
may henceforth, in taking the oath prescribed in an Act ..f
the present session of Parliament to enable him to sit and
vote in this house, omit the words and I make this decla-
ration upon the true faith of a Christian,' "—(Lord John
Russell :)—The hous,,. divided—Ayes, hi); Noes, 37.

AYES-69.
Adair, Li. Davey, R. WC ann, J.
Atroyd, E. Davie, .;ir 11. R. F. Melgund, Viscount
Anderson, Sir J. Dillwyn, L. Osborne, R.
A.yrton, A. Disraeli, B. Rich, U.
Ba4show, R. Duff, B, Ridley, G.
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Dunbar, Sir W. Roebuck, J.
Raring, Sir F. Dancombe, T. Russell, Lord J.
Bass, ..+I. Dunlop, A. Russell, A.
Berkeley, Hon. H El phinstone, Sir J. Smith, R. V.
Bonham-Carter,J. Forster, C. Smith, A.
Brady J. Fox, W. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Buchanan, W. Greer, S. Stweleton, J.
Byng, G. Grey, R. Thompson, Gen.
Calcroft, J. H. Hadfield, G. Trelawny, Sir J.
Calcutt, M. Hamilton, Lord C. Vane, Lord U.
Cardwell, E. Hayter, Sir W. Villiers,C.
Clifford, Csl. Reaction], I'. Westhead, J.
Codrington, General Henniker, Lord White, J.
Colebroke, Sir T. Ilope, 1. Wickham, 11. W.
Williams
Cox William Jervoise, Sir J. ,W.
Craufurd, E. H.J. Kelly, Sir F. Wilson, J.
Crawford, R. Kinglake, A. T ELLER&
Cubitt, W. Lan;iton,ll. G. Smith, J. A.
Dalglish, R. Lennox, Lola 11. Knltchbull-llugess 31l

NOES-37.
Adderley, C. FellOWe., E.
ArEmthnott, Gen. Gard, It.
Bernard, Col. Hamilton, G. A.
Blackburn, Peter liar !y, G.
Bridges, Sir B. 11.donri, IV. I
Cairns, IL Jo!lifle, Air IV.
Cecil, Lord R. Knatchball, W.
Collins, C.: Knightley, R.
Cooper, E. Knox, Col. B. W.
Cross, Sc. Manners, Lord J.
Du Cane, C. Miller, r.
Du Pre,C. Mils, Arthur
East, Sir J. Mowbray, J. R. Warren, 9.
Egerton, W. Newdegate, C. Ilotham, Lord

Nisbett, R
Noel, G.
Peel, Gen.
Spooner, R.
Taylor, Col.
Vance, J.
Walpole, S.
Whitmore, Q.

Yorke, E.

TELLERS•

PAILS.

For. Against. For Against.
Mr. C. Gilpin Sir P. Egerton I Mr. Hatehell Mr. Bill
Mr. Brand Mr. B. Stanhope Mr. Fenwick Air. Conoily,

CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT
CONTINUANCE BILL.
Order for Third Rending read ; Motion made, ani Ques-
tion proposed, " That the Bill do pass :"—The house
divided; Ayes, 92; Noes, 59.
AYES-92.
Adderley, C. B. Farquhar, Sir M. Mowbray, J. R.
Annesley, lion. Hugh. Fellowes, E. Naas, Lord
A rbuthnott, Gen. H. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Newdegate, C.
Ayrton, A. Forrester, Col. Newport, Viscount
Bailey, C. Gard. R. Nisbet, R. P. ,
Bernard, W. Garnett, William North, Colonel
Beach, W. Gray, Captain Palk, L.
Beecroft, G. Hall, General John Palmerston, Yisceun
Blackburn, Peter Hamilton, Lord Claud Patten, Col.
Boldero, Col. H. G. Hamilton, G. A. Peel, Gen.
Bonham-Carter, J. Hardy, G. Puiler, Christopher
Bridges, Sir B. Henniker, Lord Russell, Lord J.
Bailer, ••ir J. Hodgson, William Russell, A.
Burrell, Sir C Hope, ,lexander Sciater, George
Butler, C. S. Howard, C. Scott, Major
Cairns. 11. 'Rime, W. Sibtliorp, Major
Cecil, Lord .R. Ingham, R. Smith, Sir t.
Cla k, J. Jermyn, Rt. "In. Earl Spooner, It.
Cobbett, J. M. Kell e, Sir F Stirling,;W.
Collins, T. Knatchbull-Huguessen Vance, John
Cooper, L J . Knight, F. Vane, Lord IL
Corry, IL T. L. Knightley, R. Vansittart, W.
Cross, R. A, Knox, Col. B. W. Verner, Sir W.
CORA, W Langton, U. G. Walpole. S.
Darner, L. D. Lefroy, Anthony Warren, S.
Davey, It. Lennox, Lord li. G. Whiteside, J.
Disraeli, B. Lovaine, Lord Whitmore. IL
Du Cane, C. Lygon, Hon. F. Williams, Colonel
Du Pre, C.l Si icartney, George
East, Sir J. Manners, Lord J.
Edwards, Henry Mills, Arthur
I Egerton, W. Morris, D.
NOES-59.
Doncombe, Thomas Stapleton, John
Dunlop, A. Sykes, Colonel
Ewing, Crum Taylor, S.
Fox. W. J. Thom ..011, General
h.-Co: dn. Cilonel 1',,,,,,,,,..,..,., F.
Greene, John Trelawny, Sir J.
Greer, Samuel Turner, J. A.
Gregson, Stymie' Villiers, C.
Grenfell, Charles W. Watkins, Col.
Griffith, C. Westhead, Joshua
Hadfield. George Whitbread, S.
Hankey, T. White, lames
Ilardcastie, Joseph Wickham. it.
lid`Cann, J. Willcox, B.
O'Donoghoe, The Williams, W.
Rich, 11. Wilson, J.
Roebuck, J. A. Wood, W.
Rothschild, Baron
Smith, V. TELLERS.
Smith, A. Osborne, R.
Somerville, Sir W. Byng, G. 11. C.

TELLER%
Jolllife, Sir. W.
Taylor, Colonel

Adair, II•
Xndersoa, Sir J.
Bagshaw, Robert
Ealnca, lit. Ron. 11f.
liana. 11.
Berkeley, Hon. 11.
Black, Adam
Bowyer. G.
Brady, J.
Buch man, Walter
Buckley, Gen.
Calcutt, F.
Clay, James
Codriogton, Gen.
Cox, W.
Craufurd, E. H. J.
Dalglish, R.
Davie, Sir H. R. F.
Dillwyn, L. L.
Duff, M.
Dunbar, Sir W.

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THE DOCKS, HA RB, )ITII, AND FORTIr'I-
CATION S 01e CHERBOURG.

Cherbourg; we learn from the Moniteur de la
Flotte, the French offical newspaper focal. inAters
connected with the navy of France, " is the long-
contiuued rivalry between the two Nations, Franco
and England. The necessity for such a port was
first felt after the decisive victory of La Hague,
and Vauban was commisisioned by the Fi ench Go-
vernment to select a spot on the French coast which
would be suitable as a point of aggression against
England. Years passed on, and the project of
cutting out of the granite rock a tiro k of su:h mag-
nitude as might serve to overawe the English
slumbered, and was only revived by the policy of
the first Napoleon ; but from the very commence-
ment of the works; according to the French ofll
cial authority, they were decreed, " with a view,
it is hardly irecessary to remalk, to offensive and
defensive hosilities" with this country. "Is it
not wohderful," asks our contemporary, "that at
the moment when the finishing touch is about to
be given to this formidable establishment the two
sovc.reig,s cf Fran e All,l Eligland bllOUld 111-:et
celebrate its cnnpletion ?" The lifonitem describes
the works about t o be inaugurated as a maguificent
harbour, 400 metres in length, 200 in width, the
height of the.quay 18, and the depth of water nine
metres.

THE POSITION.—We will inform our readers
upon data, upon which the-*itmost reliance can be
p aced, what Ch-rbourg really is. ,First, let it be
clearly understood wifeie it is situated. Cher-
bourg, then is about midway on the French coa-t
of the English Channe!, about equi-distant from
Calais and the western extremity of the French
coast at Ushant. The coast juts out into the chan-
nel in what is called the "Departments of the
Channel " At the north west extremity of this
projected land is Cape La Hague, or La Hague,
memorable in rite naval annals of this country by
a victory won by our countrymen over the French
fleet. Just eastward of this point commences a
small op, n bay, near the centre of which stands the
town of Ctterboarg. It is directly south of the Isle
of Wight, about sixty miles from Saudown,
and of course a trifle farther from Portsmouth.
Off the western coast of this Department of the
Channel lie I h- Channel Islands—Jersey, Guernsey,
Alderney, end Sark. The little bay, if we may so
call it, of Cherb turg is wh lly unprotected, and,
except fur purposes such as those fcr which it was
designed, it is not possible t conceive a more un-
suitable or more unpromising place for the con-
struclion of a harbaur.
THE BREAKWATER AND ITS BATTERIES. —The
first thing that was necessary to be done to make
this unpromising spot suitable fur a Sebas opol of
the channel was to construct an immense break-
water, running east and west about 4,000 yardS, or
nearly two and a-half miles in length. It is formed
of stone, and some hundreds of thousands of tons
of materials have been thrown into the water to
raise it to the level and form the parapet. This
great work was commenced in 1783, and- was not
completed till 70 years afterwards, in 1853, and its
entire cost has been 67,000,000 francs (2,680,0001)
The breakwater is protected by immense blocks of
granite, but such is the violent action of the s‘-a
upon them that they require several thousand tons
of granite every year to replace those which are
carried away or destroyed. The ends of the em-
bankment, forming the eastern and western
channels, are formed of blocks of hydraulic cement,
each of which is said to weigh about 40 tons. The
width of this artificial breakwater is 140 yards, asd
it slopes from the centre on each side inwards at an
angle of about 170 degrees. In the centre of this
great wotk is a large fort, called "Fort Central,"
and at each end there is also a massive circular fait,
the guns of which sweep in every dirrection, and
there are.gix batteries, placed three on each side,
between the centre and the extremities facing to-
wards the harbour.

THE ENTRANCES, THEIR DEPTHS AND DEFENCES.
—There are two entrances to Cherbourg, one at
the east and the other at the west end of this
strongly fortified mole. At the eastern extremity
the channel is narrowed by the island of Pelee,
upon which is erected a large fort, called " Fort
Imperial," which, with the corresponding fort on
the eastern end of the mole, completely commands
the narrow passage, and its guns CCOS3 fire with
other forts to he afterwards mentioned. Tho wes-
tern channel is equally protected by an immense
fort, called "Fort de Querqueville," on the main-
land, and which is immedia-ely opposite the fort at
the west end of the embankment. The depth of
water in these channels is marked on tee French
Admiralty charts at from 12 to 13 metres (39 to 42
feet), but these immense forts one would consider
sufficient to sink in an instant any ship which
would attempt to effect an entranca. They form,
however, hut a fraction of the fortifications with
which the place abounds.
THE OUTER BASIN. —A ship entering by the wes-
tern channel woad not only receive the concen-
trated fire of the fetes on each side of the ch tunel,
but there is another huge fort eree ed upon a rock,
dry at low water, called "Fort Cbavagnae," which
is between, but a little in the rear of, ih west end
of the mole and the great Querqueville Fort. Hav-
ing run the gauntlet of these works, ships would
find themselves in a t lerably caplci .113 basin,
tegwhvai
et rcryre
df,
rotem3ier:ooei
ovonofe
,rbyga,
up:
tndoE,iirwi totolsoirefshatiihaii;gfcl
oepor itatesoapv:as: in whatever
positit.o they might lie, they would be riddled by
of
irecel hl
theB swarm
whichar Lng
arirene-
mounted in the works in different parts of the ap-
parently impregnable position. This outer p',rt or
harbour, according to the report of the commission
appointed by M. Decree the Minister of Marine to
Napoleon 1., presented in 1811, contains anchor-
age for 25 ships of the line in summer and 17 in
:completedf and inaugurated in 1813,
winter.in tlie presence was
docks, which havetbe seErialexperAevssa uhies
granite he
:Nelda rfireo
nl2l
rocks, lie in the southwest corner of the basin or
harbour formel by the great mole, and their open-
ing is towaids the

THE INNER FORTIFICATION OF TIIE POCK .
Alonc, the fare of the docks there are numerous
small forts and batte;ies which command not only
a portion of the entrance by th) Mole, but, as-
S'S ed by other bacterial on the shore, would soon
" Sink, burn or destroy" anything which had passed
the ordeAl of the outer forts. The docks are formed
of a 1 Argo basin, communicating with one to the
n.nrch, and this again with a large one to the west,
there are three smaller basins beyond these at the
north, and there are three at the southern part of
the excavation, into which an entrance is obtained
through the central opening and bisin.
THE BASINS.—There are nine basins in all, and
it is the completion of the inner floating dock called
cc Dock NapoleDn the Third," which forms the sub-

ject of the forthcoming celebration, and the dimen-
sions of which, given in the Monitetcr, we have
already stated. It has cost 16,000,000 francs
(610,0001.), the first floating dock having been com-
pleted in 1829.
FORT DES FLAMANDS.—At the entrance of the
dock is a gigantic for, built on what is marked on
the French Ad iralty charts. as Bisso du Chenal.
It is a rock dry at low water, and up-)n this has
been constructed the huge work called " Fort des
Flamands." This is one of the many works to which
will. that of Fort
wo have referred as supporting the Outworks in the
mole, and it
charnel for the protecdon of the entrance. The
impossible fur any vessel
theflwimr:upoidfriFaaipnapttedaterbseaFebilssaotnie:rtanedi;sncid:orossofess,
to pass the concentrated fire of these mounted
tors ; each side, as well as the fore, and every part
of the luckless ship would be thoroughly and com-
pletely raked hy the scithing fire which these forts
would send forth.
REDOUBT TOUR Ls VILLE, &c.—To make secu-
rity double sure, this Fort des Flamands is sup-
p.,r ed by a re loubt Gated " Tour la Ville." Ap-
proaching nearer the entrance of the d ,ck there is
Fort du GAlet, siill warer Fort du Lowylet and
Fort du Hemet. The official statement is '-"
Cher-
b ,urg is defended by a tort cons rnete I in tit'
i:il,ind oi: Pact; (Fort imperial), which was e-m-
-meneed in 1783 and finished in 1794, Fort C:l4-
vagnlc, Fort do Que:queville, Fort dos Flamands,
Fort du Hornet, and St. Anne's Batte,..y.lr
THE LANDSIDE FORTIFICATIONS.—We now Come
to the other fortifications which surround Cher-
bonrg on the land side, and which completely
dominates the whole of the town and ba.b./ur.
Th-ro are 14 forts and r,.-!doubts, which form two
semi-circles around the town on the land side, the
outer one consisting of a chain of dwache I star forts,
arid the inner being formel of a line of redoubts.
The inner line of redoubts terminates at each end,
near the harbour, the nearest one on the western
side being what is termed the Battery St. Anne in
the description of the Moniteilr, and that on the
east being the Tour la Ville, which we have r ferred
to as the support of the Fort des Flamands. The
other redoubts, which cowplete the inner line, are
called des Complete, which is close by the cemetery,
du Tot, des Fourohes, d'Octeville, and a e Trot &Jac.
These are all in a commanding position, and the
guns would sweep the outer harbour as well as the
entrance &ands, . The chain of forts which eur-

round the town in parallel lines with the redoub'
consist of the usual bastions and re entering angles.
They command the country on the land side, as
well as the harbour and works seaward. The
names of these forts are—Fort deß'iule, next there
is a Redoubt de la Faucouniere, then forts Ban-
quesne, d'Octeville, de Grismenil, des Varendes,
and De Hainneville.

THE ARSENALS.—AIong the clocks there is a series
of large buildings, constructed for arsenals, maga-
zines, and naval stores of every description. For
purposes of defence everything that the genius of
Vauban could devise, and all that the latest expe-
rience could suggest., has been adopted, and our
neighbours may congratulate themselves on the
completion, after 150 years of labour, of a naval
f Atress of the first class.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A
SSA REBROKER.

Mr. Francis Worrell Stevens, of No. 3, Royal
de Cu t; CS, was !rought, lief ,re the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, yesterday, in
the custody of James Brett, the detective officer,
charged, according to the police list, with having
appropriated to his own use the :aura. of 4,799/.
(balance of the sum of 6,0001.), the same having
been entrusted to him as a stock and sharebroker,
on or about, the 21st of June, for the purchasing
shires in the London acid Brighton and South
Coast Railway Cciinpany, which said shares he had
failed to purchase. •
Mr. Booth, of Surrey-street, appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Humphreys for-the defen ce.
The property stated to have been found in the
possession of the defendant when he was appre-
hended consisted of three Bank of Eoglaud note s
for 1,0001. each, one for 5001., one for 2001., and a
purse containing Si., &o.
Ir. Both said he appeared for Mr. Octavius
Cobb Rooke who at present resided at Ha' chet's
Hot-1, in Piccadilly. The case was brought for-
ward upon public grounds, upon the act for the
better protection of the public from fraud in the
purchase of stock, &c., and his lordship would see
from the evidence whether it came under t: e 4th
provision, or under some other clause of that sta-
tute. Mr. Booth was proceeding to state the
substance of the evidence, which was subsequently
given, when
Mr. Humphreys, who said he had only been just
engaged for the deftnce, intimated that be had been
given to understand that his client was ready to
pay the difference between the money which had
been taken from him by the officer and the whole
amount received into the bank. Under such a state
of things he could not see what could be ihe object
of proceeding any further.
Mr. Booth raid his client was not satisfied with
the proposition, and thought it was necessary to go
into evidence.
Mr. Humphreys—The balance between the two
sums is ready, I repeat, to be paid over. There
was, I am informed, an arrangement that the whole
was to be paid over to the bankers by the 30th of
the month, and it will be paid over at once. I
hold in my hand a document which was signed this
morning, and I am astonished, after reading that,
that there is an intention to proceed.
Here Mr. Humphreys handed a paper to .the
Lord Mayor, who • said, •upou reading it, " I do
not call that a settlement at all."
Mr. Booth said there were certain circumstances
connected with the case which made it necessary
that the particulars of the transaction should be
detailed.

The Lord Mayor—l am ready to hear the evi-
dence.

Mr. Octavius C. Rook° said—l first became ac-
qUainted with Mr. Stevens in the beginning of last
month, when I saw him at his office in the Royal
Exchange. I told him I had some tru,t money
to invest, and I asked him what was the best invest-
ment I could make in the market. He gave me
certain advice, but nothing followed from it. Some
days afterwards I again saw him at his office, and
had brought with me a cheque, signed by the two
trustees in whose names the money was then lying,
at Messrs. Child's, the bankers, which cheque was
for 6,0001., and drawn upon Messrs. Child, and
made payable to the secretary of the London and
Brighton Railway Company, but not to bearer. I
sbowed
.1i 'm the cheque, and the defendant said
that he was afraid it would not be available for the
purpose required, but he sent his sou with me to
the office of the London and 13-ightou!way
Comp,ny, to see if it could be made available in
its then form. We were there told it could not te
made available in its form, and we retained to the
office of the defendant, and the defeed_mt was told
of the information we had received from the secre-

tary, and he accompanied me to Messrs. Childs, to
take their advice. We there received one of their
printed forms to be forwarded to the trusteed, in
order that they might fill it up in an avaitable
manner, end Mr. Stevens (the defend .n') filled
up the cheque, making it payable to the secre-
tary of the London and Brighton Reilavey
Company, or beater, and I sent that cheque to one
Of the trusters, with a letter. In a few days after-
wards I received the new cheque for the same
amount, signed by the two trustees, and I took the
cheque to the defendant and gave it to him, for the
purpose of purchasing the London and Brighton
shares to that extent, w th the exception of 601.,
which he returned to ire for the purpose of paying
the 1/. .per cent. duty on the 6,0001. That was all
that took piece at tha'. time. I saw him aiterwardi
On one or two ()melons, abut the 2d or 3d of ;he
month, and he stated to me that he had put chas-d
ile whole of the sheree, but they were not yet de-
vered, and lie showed me a memorandum of the
rites.
i Mr. Hutuphreye.—ln all probability that paper
ie amongst the numerous documents which have
been taken by the officers from my clieut.
i Brett (the detective) said he had not had time to
ixamine the documents.
The Witnese, in continuation.—He gave me a
cheque for 511., stating that that was the balance
b3tweeu the amount of the shares purchased and
the amount of the cheque and the 601. He told
one the whole business was now settled, with the
exception of a paper which would be forwarded to
ine to North Wales, to Beaumaris, to which I in-
tended to proceed, and the c rupons could be lodged
at Messrs. Childs, in the names of the two trustees
told my own name. In my first instructions to
him to purchase, I gave the names of all the trus-
tees verbally, and he wrote them down. I have
not any of the documents, but I can refresh my
memory from some papers which I have at home.
At a subsequent interview, considering that there
.would be a great deal of tiouble in getting all the
signatures, I instructed him in my own name, and
to lodge the coupons in the names of the other two
trustees and my own, jointly, at Masers. Onilds.
He said it would save trouble, and have precisely
the same effect with regard to the securi'y of the
trustees. I then proceeded to Messrs. Childs, and
stated what I had done. I left London on Chi fol-
lowing Saturday. No letter or written communi-
catien bad passedbetween us up tothis time. I after-
wards wrote to him from Beaumaris, and on 19tb
July I saw him there. I had received a note from him,
stating that he was waiting at the Post-office to
see me, and I immediately went thither to see him.
He was standing outside the door ofa the post-office,
and he conducted me into a room, nd there gave
me a document to sign, which he said was the cam-
pleion of the business on my part. It wee a printed
form, and I was to sign it. I did so, and the
'paper produced is that document. •He stated that
it was the completion of my business, with
be
exception of going to the railway company to
transferred. When I signed the documeut I did
not see the account which is now attached to it.
The document is for the transfer of 1,000 Loudon
and Brighton shares.
The Lord Mayor—Had he told you that ho had
puNrychitanseeld_thue sehabraesi
IfoM me that all the shares
were purchased. He also presented to me a piece
of paper in blank, with a stamp upon it. I asked
him what that was for, and he said I was to sign
it, as that would be the receipt for the shares. 1
then signed i•.
Brett then produced the paper.
Witness—l believe this is my signature to this
paper, which was to be a receipt for the shares. It
is dated 19th July, and purports to be a receipt
for 1,000 shares in the London and Brighton Rail-
way Suck. This occupied two or three minutes.
The defendant said he was in a great hurry, and
his carriage was at the door, and nothing else was
said on the subject but a few words about the affair
being ended. There was some other conversation,
and he said something to the effect that he had
come to Bangor on some buiness for Mr. Ashton
Smith, but nothing further with reference to my
affairs ; and he then got into his carriage and went
away.
Lord Mayor—Did you ask him about the busi-
ness he came there for?
Witness—No i he made the statement of his own
accord.