The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

LON D, WEDN ES D Y I.:AT EN 111%, GI JANUARY 7; 7.

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

AUSTRALIA.

By the arrival of the Montmorency (announced
elsewhere) we have received our letters and papers
up to the 14th October.

The Melbourne _Herald, of October 14th, says :
" The City of Sydney, which arrived in Hcbson's Bay
yesterday, brings intelligence how Sydney to the Bth.
With the exception of the electioneering proceedings
consequent upon the contests which were taking place
for the seats vacated by the members of the new Minis
try, on their accepting office, the news is uninteresting.
"The revenue of the colony for the quarter ending the
30ih of September had been published. The total
receipts during that period amounted to 281,0271:108.4d,
being an increase on the corresponding quarter of 1855
of 13,645, 4s. sd.

Th •"i;ioney was then pio !uced (eieht 50L notes, and
some gold). Hard wicke gave 351. for each 50/. note,
and the money was then divided between the four pre-
. sent, and the man who found the cheque. Shortly after
I and Hardwicke went to Hamburg and changed the
note. In the month of August I recollect a transaction
• coming off on Messrs. Hankey. Hardwicke gave
Saward a genuine cheque on Messrs. Haekev, and
Saward found some blank cheques to match. Seward
[ told me that he had received the cheque from Hard-
wicke, and that he (Seward) had some blanks that woeld
fit. Au appointment was made, and we inet,in Bishow-
gate-ehurchyard In this transaction e only were
' concur. el. Seward' then produced 'three cheques to us
in the passage leading from Biehopsgattechurchyard to
Broad-street, and I b lieve those now produced .to. be
the same. They were fur 501., 1001., and 1001.,. and
drawn on Messrs. Hankey, and purporting to be signed
by Mr. Baldwin per pro. of Smith and Knight. [This
is the charge Anderson was apprehended on.] After
leaving the churchyard we went to the Magpie public-
house in Bishopegaek -street. It was between 10 and 11
o'clock. We went into the small parlour at the back of
the Magpie. Anderson was dressed. It was there pro-
posed thee Anderson should go -to the White Hart,
opposite., and send the checque for 50/. from that place to
be cashed. I and Hard icke were to watch the party
to the bank. I saw Anderson go to the White 'Hart,
Seward having previously given him Vie cheque for 501.
I followed the boots who gave evidence on a former oc•
casion to the bank and back. Hardwicke went into
the bank with him to see all was right. I
followed the young man back and on my way I called
into the Magpie, where Saward and Anderson were
waiting, and informed them of it. Anderson left and
went to the White Hart, and speedily returned to the
Magpie, and gave Seward three
.10/. notes, and 201.
in gold. I took the notes to Mr. Baum, money
changer, in Lombard-street, and had French money
for them, and wrote my addeess, on theta as Henry
Hunter, 42; Brick-lane, Spitalaelds.. The notes Pro-
duced With -that address on ehetelfeith'e same, I took
the-French money back- t6-thS Saward then
gave Anderon one of the cheques for 1001. Anderson
then went with it to the Four Swans, Bishnpegate-
street. He went into the coffee-room, and I followed
him in. He sat near the fire-place, and I sat near the
door. I saw Anderson in conversation with the waiter,
and saw him give the. cheque to English, the boots,
to get cashed. Hardwicke at this time was waiting at
the gateway. I and Hardwicke followed the boots
to Messrs. Hawkings. I went into the bank, and saw
the money paid. I went back to the Magpie, and in-
formed Anderson and Saward that the money was paid.
Anderson then went to the Four Swans, and returned
with six 10/. notes, and 401. in gold. All the money was
paid to Seward. It was intended to have presented the
third cheque that day, but it being f .und too late then
to do so, it was postponed till the following Monday.
The 1501 was divided on Saturday. Hardwick took the
notes at 8/. 10s. each. On the Monday morning follow-
ing we all met at the passage leading to Gregory's Hotel
in Cheapside. We then went to a public house in to ood-
street, and there Saward gave Anderson a cheque for
1001. Anderson went to Gregory's Hotel, and se, i a
young man, who was engaged for the purpose,
book, and afterwards with the cheque, as had 'een
arranged. I followed the young man to the bank. The
cheque was stopped, and I returned to Saward and An-
dereon at the public-house in Wood-street, and in: ".wed '
them of it. Shortly after I went down to Yar
with Hardwicke, in consequence of Hardwicke bec , •.
possessed of a cheque on Messrs. Dayton's bank a
mouth. That cheque suggested what was called
ness." Saward saw that cheque. We went to Yarn
on business. Seward was aware of what we were g
there for. We went there, a• d Hardwicke furnit
himself with an introduction by paying n oley into
of the banks in the name of James Ralph, I used •
name of Atwood. He went to Messrs. Reynold a '
Co., solicitors, Messrs. Chamberlain, solicitors, at
Messrs. Prestons, and instructed each of them to wri
for a debt tie said was due to him, He went to Messr
Miller and Son of Norwich, and did the same with them
Tee name of the debtors were Henry Tones, 30 Union-
terrace, Bagnigge-wells-road, and Edward Dixon, 18
Aropton-street, Gray's-mu-road. The applications were
made for 1001. Places had been taken in London where
the letters could be received. These applications were
made the latter end of January. Two letters produced;
dated September, and purporting to be answers to two
of the solicitor's letters at Yarmouth, ate, I believe, i;
the handwriting of Saward. On our return to town w.
met Saward and Anderson, and went with them to i
public-house at the corner of Queen-street and Cannon•
street. We there bad some chops and steak fur dinner,
On that occasion writing materials were purchased, ani'
Saward wrote two letters in my presence. One is signer.:
Jones and the other Dixon, announcing to the Yarmoutf7.
solicitors the payment of the money into a London bankers'
They bad been instructed to apply for it. Hard wicke thee',
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paid in the two amounts ani.d:oraittdthrinrd;
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wioke then went to Yarmouth and received al • menet .
te
In consequence of what happened t'here we were take
vini-tcote-dcrtoTdhee, ftohrrweeardleetdt:cr-r.
Yarmouth, demanding payment of the money, wev=
given to me by Saward when Hardwicke and I can
back to London. Before paying in the money (the le •
ters produced are the Fame) I took the letters back 1'
Yarmouth with me, and they were found in my posse
sion when I was apprehended there. In my memo
randum-book was found a 10s. stamp, a fellow one
that put on the 1,000/. bill.
Mr. Mullins said that was all the evidence this wi
Leas would now give. •
His Lordship—Saward, do you wish to ask this W
eess any questions ?
Saward—Yes. I wish to ask him whether he vo
ever convicted of a criminal offence before this one
Atwell—Am I bound to answer tliat question ?
Mr. Mullins—Oh, yes ; tell us all about it.
Atwell—Yes. It was for an attempted burglary, a

had nine months' imprisonment.
William Salt Hardwicke deposed—l am a convirt,
under sentence of transportation for life. Prior to t its
I was in Brecon Gaol on a charge of burglary.
I escaped, and was subsequently tried and c on.
vici,ed of felony. I was sentenced to seven years' tra s-
portatian. I suffered that sentenc, s I obi fin-
ed my ticket and established myself in busi ess
in the colony. Until this sentence I have ben
in the habit of visiting England, and then ret n-
,t
ing to my business in the colony. I know he
prisoner Saward, and have known him about tae ty-
five years. I knew him previous to my first sent ce
of transportation, and in Rev' °occasional visits to his
country since that I have seen Saward. I know the
prisoner Anderson, and first became acquainted with aim
in June last. I arrived last in this country on 25th ay,
1856, and took lodgings with my uncle in Nelsen-squ;nre,
Biackfriars-road. A few days after my arrival, I Imet
Saward in Suffolk-street, in the Borough. The staual
salutation at meeting took place, and he a;tked
me why I had not called upon him. I told
him, to the best of my recollection, that I never
intend to call on you, from the manner you have treated
me and another person. He replied, " Nonsense, old
boy ; if you will advance a little money, I will put,' the
passage-money back into your pocket, and pay cis n!I
arrears." I held his 1.0. U. We agreed to meet `i:.' ..
ther the following day in Farringdon-market, athea
said he would introduce me to his party. I went )).-a ,
and was introduced by Seward to Anderson and A -.won
for the first time. We all went to the Coach and U : • es,
Farringdon-rnarket, and from thence to various p: .ess ;
and arrangements were made for other met tinge. _ re-
collect going to a public-house in Guildford-areet,
Southwark, known as the "beef-house," which i at.ne
arose from one of the party having had some i.eef
there. I brought over to this country with -ea, a
2001. bill of exchange, drawn on Kinnaird ; and : ' d
some blank forms with me such as are used s ae
colony. I had also some seconds and thirds of e se-tine
bills, the firsts having been paid. I gave the ~: ~nal
bill and some of the blanks to Saward, and als; ~ • ta of
the old filled.up hills. They were given to la.• • . - ;,he
purpose of forging the name on the original a .' - ice.
I cannot say now where it was that I gave thee . aim.
He returned them to me on the following da 'sing,
"I have taken a copy of them ;" and on that c :; .c paid
the 2001. into my account at Cautt's, where I h., I lied an
account for some time. I have had transa.ctis .a jf the
kind with Seward fur years past, Lona time to time,
and I understood what was to be done v. iththern.
The usual practice was to get aorne ins . per-
son to present the forged document. . 'ect
being in Townend's shop (hatter), in r ... fide,
with Anderson and Atwell. A young r; • ; med
Clements came into the shop and asked for en • u tent.
I followed him out, and asked him what 'tort of a
situation he required, because I thought I li • .'s -. per-
son who could employ him. I informed s's. ederson
and Seward afterwards what I had done. Clefuents
told me he was just come up from Devonshire, and was
looking for a situation. lie had lately lived therir with
a person named Fortoscue. I afterwards e. slit to
Clements' address and saw him. Anderson . . rte to
Clements, appointing a meeting with _I, and
to bring the Inote with him. Lodgings S ,d been
taken to pass off the 1,0001. bill of exchange. I
think Anderson then went by the name of Riley.
The lodging was taken near De Beauvoir. town,
Kiugeland. I recollect meeting Anderson, &sward,
and Atwell afterwards in June, and going to a public-
house in the Englefield-road, Kingslan& The name
of the house was the Sussex Arms. We went there
about 9 o'clock in the morning and had some brandy and
water. We were waited on by the landlady, who apo-
logised for the room not being ready at so early an
hour ; pen and ink and the newspaper were called
for and brought in. The newspaper was
put into my hands. I produced a 201. note
and Seward wrote a name and address on it; that was
produced for the purpose of Anderson's
giving it so
Clements to get changed. Anderson took the note and
left the public-house. At a subsequent period whilst the
others remained at the Sussex Arms, Anderson left, and
shortly after returned with 201. and two 10 shilling bill
stamps ; when the stamps were brought back, be put one
of them on the 1,0001. bill and wrote a receipt across it,
he also filled in the dates on the face of the bill. Woe%
recollect seeing the bill before I saw it at the Sussex
Arms. Saward brought it there with him. The bill was
given to Anderson, who took it with a bag to put the
gold in, and gave to Clements to get it cashed. I went

t ) the hank to see if it was paid ; I went to Messrs..,
Hey woods' tank, and waited ottesisie for Cle,ments. At
well came to me-and gave me notice of Clements arrival,
and I followed hiM close into th 6; blank. I saw the
money paid, and the gold was being put into the bag
by the young man, when I went out an,d maile a signal
to Atwell that all was right: AtWell'went'in. and then
saw the clerk dinstging the ,bt,ig ofr motley. back from
the young man. Witness then detailed, what occurred
of erwards similar t) that of Atwell, anff "then stated
that the failure with reßard to Mr. Turner in the first
instancy areee frail Saward's want•of .funds, and at.
Saward's r...quest I advanced 1051. fel= AtWell to empl°y
Mr. Turner. I recollect being in Red 'Lion square one
day, when Atwell was to call,at Mr, Turner's t r receive
the money. •Saward, Anderson, and AtwcAl were there.
Atwell pointed out .to. me Mr. Turner as he passed.
Atwell followed Mr.' Turner, and male out with a
cheque fer the amount less .the expenses. Saward
had the note, and 'after " that -it was presented
for payment, and my money, returned to me. There
was a treaty with Saward and another man re-
specting some blank_cheques ci Messrs.:Gosling. They
were given to Saward by the man in Lincoln's-inn-
fields. They were. ill filled up, arid I saw them in Sa-
ward's possession. Ou Saturday, 28tl. June, I was in
the neighbourhood of Mesiris. Gosling's bank, and in
consequence of a cotninupicatien made to me by Atwell
I went into the bank, and I saw a young man present a
cheque, purporting to be Signed by Mr. Turner, fer
4101. 7s. 4d,. bim paid and leave the bank.

Whilst I remained .there after the young man was
gone I saw the 'clerks compare the signature of
the cheque that had been paid with some
other. It was arranged where we should all meet after,
bet by somehow or other I missed them, and did not
keep my appointment. I know Mr. and Mrs. Dixon,
Who lives:in7a passage in Union-street, Borough. Mrs.
Dixon is a cou-in of mine, and in consequence of my
wife not liking Saward it had been arranged the', he
should leave messages and notes for me there. Having
hissed the appointtrient I went to Dixon's, and as I
as, leaving Saward met me, and .tuiskuke it, was all,
right ; we then wept to a etoffee'shop in theLontthir:
road, where I found Anderson, Atwell, and the man
who stole the checks were waiting. The money was
produced, and I bought the note', by the persuasion of
Saward. I gave 35/. for each 501. note, and the money
was then equally divided. I and Atwell went to Ham-
burgh and changed the notes, After that I became
possessed of a cheque on Messrs. Hankey, signed by
Baldai . I showed itto Saward, who said he could
fit it, meaning he had some blank Ichequei. I
left the original cheque in his possession till,the follow-
ing day, when his soil brought it back to me in an en-
velope ; afterwards a meeting was arranged, Saward
having informed us the cheques were prepared. It
was to come off on a Saturday. I am at a loss where we
met, but I think it was at the usual house, the
Magpie in Bishopsgate. We first met in Bishopsgate
churchyard. I saw two cheques presented at Mesers.
Hankey's and paid. After they were paid I returned to
the Horse-Atoe and Magpie. Saward and Anderson
were waiting there I think I purchased two o
the notes. I changed four on that day at
Spillman's. Two of them were my own,
and two I bad from the produce of the forgeries on
Messrs. Hankey's. After that tI and Atwell went to
Yarmouth. The object was to get signatures for for-
gery. (The witness then detailed the whole of his pro-
ceedings at Yarmouth in similar. terms to Atwell, and
corroborated him in all the facts connected with it.)

Seward put several questions to the witness, but of
no interest or bearing on the case.
John Clements deposed that he lived at Kenton,
near Exeter, and was now out of a situation. In June
last he came to London to look for a cituation. He went
to many places in the City, asking for employment, and
amongst others that of Mr. To wnshend's, hatter, Cheap-
side. I there saw Hardwicke. He followed me out
and asked me some questions, and I gave him my
::duress, Haddingt,--street, York-road, Lambeth. , A
ay or two after received a letter, and in conse-
uence of that I ent to Mr. Colis, 3, Beecham-
alas, Buckingham-road, Ds Beauvoir town, Kingsland,
nd then I saw Anderson ; the letter was signed in the
tame of Riley. On my asking for him, I showed him
e note, and he said this is concerning my situation ;
i said you have been living with Mr. Fortescue is he a
iergyman residing in Devonshire, I replied no, but be has
brother a clergyman. He then said he was an agent
Jr an Australian shipping company, and he wanted
ame one to assist him and look atter offices. He had
,een looking for offices in the City, hut having been
only a sh,rt time from abroad, he had not met
with any to suit him. I was to call on the fol-
owing day, Saturday, and see him again. I did
so. He was out, and I waited till he returned. He
engaged me the day before at 255. per week, and to
live'rent free in the offices. On Saturday the first thing
I had to do was to go to the City and get change of a
201. note and bring two 101. adhesive stamps. After
that he told me he should not want me till half-past
12 o'clock, and he sent me to the Lord Raglan
public-house where I got some refreshments. When I
-vent to his house he was not in. After waiting a few nil-
utes he came in and walked into an inner room. He
Olen came to me, and gave me a bill or exchange for
~000/., which I was to get cashed. I was to
bring him 1001., eight in 501. notes, and 1001. in gold.
I rode to the City, rid I think Atwell rode by my side,
but I can't swear to him. At the banking house I was
detained.

The prisoner declined asking the witnesses any ques-
tions, and they were further remanded till this day
week.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

BANKRUPTS.

Robert E lward Bey, grocer, Thorney, Cambridgeshire,
to surrender Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Wright, South-square, Gray's-
inn ; Wilkinson, Peterborough.
Thomas Rodger, grocer, Attercliffe-cum-Darnall, York-
shire. Jan. 17, and Feb. 21, at ton, at the Council-hall,
Sheffield Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Webster,
Sheffield.

Thomas Storey Belton, maltster, Marton and Horn-
castle, Lincolnshire, Jan. 21 and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the
Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull ; Chidley, Basinghall-street.
Nathaniel Levy, butcher, Church-lane, Whitechapel,
Jan. 15 and Feb. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith and
Son, Barnard's-inn.

Samuel Muddiman, shoe manufacturer, Northampton,
Jan. 20, at two, and Feb. 17, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Loftus
and Young, New-inn, Strand.
Edward Crofts, hearth rug manufacturer, West-place,
° John's-row, St. Luke's, Jan. 21, at half-past one and Feb.
17. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld,
official assignee ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alderman-
bury.
John Henry Stevens, engraver, Groat Wild-street, Lin-
coln s-inn-fields, Jan.2l, at two, and Fob. 17, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Kennett, Fenchurch-street, City.
William Kingston, linen draper, Bridge-road, Lambeth,
Jan. 21, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 23, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Lawrance, Flews, and Buyer, Old Jewry.
Edward Pollack, sugar refiner, Fieldgate-street, Middle-
sex, Jan. 16, and Feb. 10, at half-past two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Martin, Thomas, and Hollams,
Mincing lane.
John Riohard Dawson, hotel keeper, West Cowes, Isle
of Wight, Jan. 9, at eleven, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pannell, official assignee, BA-
singhall-street ; Westinacott and Blake, John-street, Bed•
ford-row; Hearn, Newport, Isle of Wight.