The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-20 00:00:00

SEEDS.

Linseed has been in' steady request at fully last week's
quotations. Rape and oil-seeds have sold to a fair extent,
at very full prices. Tares are in demand at the extreme
rates of last week. New mustard is a slow sale, on former
terms. In the value of clover seed and trefoil we have no
change to report. Cakes are quiet, but without alteration
in price. , -

Turnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s
Swede
'Mustard, Brown l4s 16s
White, new l4s 15s
Tares,Winter,new 1280 d I:3s old
Old —s --s
Canary, per quarter 765 80s
Rye grass, new 92s 20s
Clover, Red Eng., et. 505 588
White
Foreign Red 4Bs 56s
White 508 68s1
Trefoil, new.. 2os 24s

Carraway
Coriander 2ls 24s
Heinpseed, Iqr 44s 468
Linseed,Eng.sowing CSs 70s
Crushing
Baltic —s —s
Odessa s4s 58s
Linseed Cake, p. tc n
English 7 1010 s 11 Os
Foreign, P. tonlo Os 11 5s
Rape Cakes,p. ton 51 Os 6 5s
Rapeseed, p. qr 64s 688

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(TMs Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.-SINGULAR CASE. John
Rayner, of 11, Swan-place, Newington, office boy, and
Theophulus Cooper, of 11, Hampton-street, Walworth,
advertising agent, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bea-
don, charged.with forging a cheque for 125 on the Western
Bank of London, Hanover-square.

Mr. H. W. Herbert, cashier of the Western Bank of
London, said—l produce a cheque purporting to be drawn
by F. J. Montgomery, in favour of the Military Spectator
or bearer, dated the 10th of September, for £25. It was
presented that day week by a lad named Samuel Barry
Barnard, now present, but there being no one of the name
the cheque was not cashed. It was one of the printed
forms. The regiment to which Captain Montgomery be-
longed did not bank with the Western Bank of London.
Samuel Henry Barnard, 4, John-street, Camber Well, in
the employ of Mr. Wilmot, manager of the Military Spec-
tator, 11, Wellington-street, Strand, said—l received the
cheque from Mr. Wilmot to present it at the bank, when
payment was re:ased. I know the prisoner Rayner, who
is employed at the office. He once showed me a blank
cheque, torn from a book.

Cross-examined by a solicitor—He said he had found the
cheque with some letters in the editor's box. There was
no writing on it.
Mr. Cleveland Wilmot said—l reside in Camberwell, and
am manager of the Military Spectator. The prisoner
Cooper was formerly a clerk in the office, and discharged in
February last. I received the cheque produced between
five and six on Saturday afternoon week through the post.
I found the envelope which had contained the cheque where
letters were usually put. The envelope contained besides a
printed order for the supply of the journal, three names for
£25, entitling the persons to the paper so long as they lived,
or the paper existed. The name of " Montgomery" was
one of the names. I sent my lad to the bank, and he told
me payment was refused.
The solicitor on behalf of the prisoners addressed the
magistrate at some length, contending the whole affair was
nothing more than a ridiculous hoax, as the prisoners would
not have derived the slightest benefit from what they had
done—the only person who could possibly have benefited
being Mr. Wilmot. There was no intention to defraud the
bank, and his clients were very respectable.
Mr. Wilmot recalled, said he believed now that it was
done to hoax him.

Mr. Beadon said it was a most outrageous act for the
prisoners to have been guilty of, especially in a commercial
country like this. Had the bank wished to have pressed
the case, he should certainly have sent them fo- trial. He
considered they had disgraced themselves for life.—Dis-
charged.