The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.

Among the presents announced was the portrait of
Mr. Manby, secretary, painted by Mr. Sydney Hodges,
for Mr. T. R. Crampton, M. Inst. C.E., by whom it
was presented, and to whom thanks of the meeting were
unanimously voted, and the portrait was ordered to be
suspended in the meeting-room of the institution.
The paper read was "On Submarine Electric Tele-
graphs," by Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C.E.
In a brief relation of the early history of the Subma-
rine Electric Telegraph, it was stated not to have been
the invention of any one person, but rather the result of
the combined researches and exertions of many experi-
menters. The first mention that the author had been
able to find of any method of sufficiently insulating wires
as to enable them to conduct a current when submerged
in water, was in an account of some experiments made
in India by Dr. (now SirW. B.) O'Shaugbnessy, in 1839,
recorded in the Journal of the Asiatic Society. In these
experiments the wire was covered with tarred yarn, and
enclosed in a split ratan, which was again enveloped in
another coating of tarred yarn.

Shortly after this, in 1840, Prof. Wheatstone gave it as
his opinion, before a committee of the House of Commons,
that a submarine communication between England and
France was practicable. And in October of the same
year, a paragraph in the Bulletin de l'Academie Royale
des Sciences de Bruxelles stated that Professor Wheat-
stone bad discovered a means of joining Belgium and
England by a submarine telegraph. The nature of the
discovery was not, however, mentioned. All these expe-
riments were made previous to the suggestion of Pro-
, fessorFaraclay to use as an insulating agent gutta percha,
which, up to the present time, had been universally em-
ployed. An extract from an American newspaper was
given, containing an account of a submarine telegraph
stated to have been successfully constructed byCol. Colt,
from Hell Gate to Fire Island, and in which it was also
said that the same gentleman had applied to the United
States Government for funds for the purpose of forming
a telegraphic line from America to Europe.
In 1848 a submarine telegraph wire, insulated with
gutta percha, was laid by Lieut. Siemens, of the Royal
Prussian Artillery, under the Rhine, from Deutz to
Cologne, a distance of about half-a-mile. And in Jan.,
1849, Mr. C. V. Walker towed a similar wire two miles
in length out to sea, off Dover, and sent signals to Lon-
don through it.
In August, 1850, a gutta percha covered wire was
laid by Mr. Wollaston from Dover to Calais, through
which signals were sent with success, but it lasted per-
feet only about 24 hours.
On the 25th of September, 1851, a cable consisting
of four insulated wires incased in a sheath of ten
No, 1 iron wires, was laid down from Dover to Calais,
by Mr. Crampton, assisted by Mr. Wollaston, and
was stated to have remained perfect to the present
time.

It was stated that it was entirely owing to the energy
and skill of Mr. Crampton, who undertook the respons-
ible task of carrying out a scheme, up to that time lack-
ed upon with distrust by some of the leading engineers
of this country and France, and believed by the public
generally to be impossible, that the world was now
indebted for the benefits of submarine telegraphs ;
and the leading circumstances of the case were
briefly explained. The author then proceeded to
give a' detailed account of the construction of the
Dover and Calais cable, which was the first laid down ;
and the system of construction of all the principal sub-
marine telegraphs in Europe up to the present day, with
all particulars relative to them, was shown in a compas
rative table.
The author discussed the respective merits of the com-
pound cable system, or the collection of many insulated
wires into- one cable, as in the Calais and Ostend tele-
graphs, and the simple cable, containing but one wire, as
in die lines of the International Telegraph Company to
Holland and Ireland ; the greater facility which these
latter afforded for repair, and the less chance of hav-
ing the business stopped by rupture, since one wire
only, and not all, would be affected by the cause, was
pointed out ; and it was shown that the cost of the two
systems did not materially differ.
The conductive power of submerged wires was then
theoretically investigated, and it was shown that a con-
siderable difference as to time existed between the
transmission of signals upon suspended wires, and upon
insulated wires immersed in water, or buried in the
earth. That while with the former it appeared that
thecil):
joenrliynglitmbiet osifgpuraalsc,titcbaaltsipneedtbweaslattthere ptboesseibieiclittry of
iccduer:
rent required an appreciable period of time to arrive at its
destination, and another longer period to escape
from the
wire into the earth, and that this period of time
increased
regularly with the length of the wire; consequently, upon
alatgeivraelnintdimuce..
a line formed of submerged wires of considerable length
there would always be a limit of possibility of the num-
tion, the insulated wire assuming the nature of a Leyden
Tbehreosei esffitricatsswtehraet csotantldedbteotbraencsamuistetded
biny
arrangement of vast dimensions where the copper wire
represented the inner coating, and the film of moisture
surrounding the gutta percha acted as the outer coat
teitEicutrtelddnatbt,b n producedbt the by s thisgba i
8 lateral
abd
isg, This latter amounted to upwards of 320 square-feet
qcipcoeudnrausnmeot,
ilttioeyen.
to!
was
consequently, to
messages
soup:as:a:lc:y:B practical
eai etlrffece
ep
transmittedacin ga limit
along to the
a
submarine line. This effect was visible upon every sub•
marine line cf upwards of 10 miles in length, and even
upon some of less length, but upon the longest line yet
constructed the inconvenience was not very great ; it
was not until the line was prolonged to upwards of 700
miles that the retardation became a serious obstruction.
It was argued, from some experiments that were made
at Lcthbury by Mr. Latimer Clark, upon 1,600 miles of
subterranean wire, that signals upon the hue which was
about to be laid down between Ireland and America
would require about 2. seconds to arrive at their desti-
nation, and that after each signal, another 4,i seconds
must elapse before the line was free to receive another
electric wave. Each word of average length would thus
occupy about a tniuute ; and each despatch of twenty
words would, with the necessary code signals, and
unavoidable repetitions, require about half-an-hour, thus
making the limit of possibility about fifty messages in
24 hours.
The author argued, that since submarine lines were
more costly than suspended lines, and nevertheless
a smaller amount of business could be sent along
them in an equal time, it aas important that
no pains should be spared, whereby this lateral induc-
tion, and consequently the evils arising from it, might
be reduced, though, being iu accordance with a law of
nature, it could not be entirely avoided.
The discussion, which was opened, was announced to
be continued at the next meeting.
nwaer dr- e,
At the monthly ballot, the following candii.dxateesn
balloted for, and duly elected :—Messrs, H.
Mar-
shall, B. nard,
Marten,T
and S. Moulton,
as associates.
aDm.bll,e;ta'th}e'.ws Lawrence, E. ,

THE SUN5 LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 16, 185 7. .
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THE UNITED STAT ES. that he is once more cared for. There was a gene- . THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. i term it, of such a man as Agar, and said that Agar had communication. He could not have told us those de- , files-it was necessary to try them. Agar went down , wrong, and he could not decide in favour of whaC
,
ee- ral feeling that Mr. Matthew was hardly dealt with - • - made out a case from his own knowledge of certain mat- tails eecept hie story had been a true one ; and, for my several times in the van with Burgess, the guard. They i wrong agents, a feet. His judgment, therefore, must be
tors on the railway, and had stated the circu ',stances ewn part, I believe eve;aet tgerd of his evidence trent did not fit at firet, het they fitted more nearlY every I in favour of Dr. O'Connor, until corrected by a superior
in the enlistment business. His case was different , CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-JAN. 15.
(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
a ) precisely, because they were susceptible of apparent beginning to end. On you, Pierce, lom nnfortunately time he went. At last they fitted completely, and the 1 trileinal or authority.
from that of the Consul at this port. There was .
THIRD DAY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 1856.-The revolu,tion of
confirmation-a confirmation made by himself, and ob- . compelled to inflict a punishment less severe than upon deed was reselved on. Of Course, after nearly a year s Dr. O'Connor contended that the act must be inter-
time bring,s me once more to the usual review of lad
no barque Maury blUnder on his art, and the Phi-
[tl'ehredayfo:l-loTing appeared in part of our impression of tained independently of the offence he had committed, Tre the other prisoners. They were servants of the corn, labour it was cot worth their while to ay et any PaitrY Preted in. its popular meaning and intention, which was
what the dying year has done for the United . learned sergeant then proceeded to analyse the statement pany, and you were net By a strained construction 0 game-they would wait until a laree sum was to be to establish a correct authority in disputed points between
dis elphia Board of Commerce, Brio far from beino• ,
yes
States, and what the United States has done for ! posed to make representa_ tions to
attuhre Gasovheerrne-
t for the withdrawal of his exequ , (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) of Agar on that hypothesis, and he charged Agar with the law you might, PtrhaPs, have been got into the ,ame - sent Two chests would hold abbout 12,0001., and cabmen and the public. It could not be supposed that
it. This time I have no wars or victories, no I The prisoners Pierce, Burgess., and Tester were again stating a deliberate lie when he said the sovereigns ob- category with the other two ; but lam unwilling, and 1 they. heard that 12,000/. was shortly to be sent. the Legislature ever intended the act to give- 'support to
tained for the gold we.re changed into notes. It was my brother Willes agrees with me, to strain th, e law
~ .
They then buy shot to replace the gold, Agar and that, which, whether by accident or carelessness, was
commercial crashes, no civil convulsions (beyond i wmeerile his personal friends.
placed at the bar, when they commenced their defence.
I
the border struggles in Kansas), as food for the _______ _ --- -- -- - Mr. Sergeant Parry, in addressing the jury for the not the object of thieves to obtain notes, but to be against you. But Ido declare that if I stood in that a ierce are admitted into the van by Burgess, and on the grossly incorrect. He had gone to some expense and
possessed of sovereigns, which did not lead to detection, dock to receive sentence I should feel more degraded to 15th of May, 1855, 12 months after the deed was loss of time in this matter, for the purpose of getting it
pen. No great statute has this year changed ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.
prisoner Pierce, entreated the jury to dismiss from their and passed in all parts of the world. The two 1001. be in your piaee than in that, even, of either of your planned, the boxes of Messrs. Spieliatane, Bu;t, and corrected by the proper authorities, and he was glad he
the political balance of the country, to call into ..-
minds all they had heard out of doore in reference to notes bearing Tester's name had never been in his associates. You had been long connected with this Abel are securely rifled. bad so far succeeded.
action bitter sectional strife. No statesman of The public will learn with pleasure that Lieutenant- this case. It was one of a most peculiar character in Psse,sion, nor was the handwriting his, but the man Agar ;he trusted You, and he gave you 3,000/. Nineteen months after the crime is committed, and The cabman applied for hie expenses and the costs of
result of an ingenious, well-concocted, and well- stock to be invested for the benefit of his child and its more than two years and a-half after it is Planned, jus- the Present summons, which the magistrate declined to
towering strength has passed away, leaving the Colonel Biddulph has communicated to the executive
refer.ence to the legal rinci les that must guide them in
country without the restraint of his owe - No
successful railway Samson has fallen committee the great interest which her Majesty and
contrived scheme of forgery. The notes got into mother, together with 600/ , his share of the produce tice has overtaken the delinquents. Their crime is grant.
the bank with Tester's name attached by fraud, of thie robbery, and the rest of the gold which had not chiefly interesting On account of the ingenuity employed ; Dr. O'Connor, in reply to a question, declined to press
PIF rg. with Prince Albert continue to evince ia the success of the coming to a conclusipon ofpthe prisoner's guilt, from
hint the pillars of public confidence' aPnud 11-nritv exhibition. Her Majrty 117 voneptly permitted the the main witness' and he was g°ing te saY the only in order to divert attention from the real cul- been sold. In all you must have got out of bim about but its ino-t alarming feature:s that men so determined for hi.s expenses against the cabman, although he consi-
Instead ;of these we have this year the nation'ai cmolalecet. rom
_th_e_Wo_rsks Of nae- witness, who deposed to the commission of the offence, prits. Agar was a man who had been connected 15,0001. This you stole and appropriated to your own and so skilful shlould be
tirsese e.d
rf twhiethmeilns
30f000'113 ddermellttetdbehecahmaanwdaesertvbed
dsome punishment, for he
( ions at W. Ind
.or Castle. perpetrator. He had given a statement that
re e istance was under a mile,
election-27,000,000 people working themselves 1 lne ct thi
eo nßtooy a
le
with forgers in England and America, and he had, use. It is a worse offence, I declare, than the act of sistence for sh ong a
ilib A
walinagrts.
fd;lhal'oevqelection has been made under the direction of Mr. I.3eiug its
it was difficult for ordinary minde not to act nn ; but in there could he nO doubt, concocted tine excellent plot which you have just been foul d guilty, I would rather pierce with his house at 1 urrrall of them .4rivin. :nd that he ::: taking advantage of the error in the
into a gradually increasing excitement for four J. B. Waring) not so much as to exhibit the wealth of
months, quietly voting at the close, and sinking the Royal collections, as to illustrate by rare and select courts of justice they must act on the invariable rules with the assistance of a well-kbnyownnapmeer,son of the I r ha ben concerned in stealin the gold than in the about for a year in cabs, and journeying up and down the commissioners' book of fares, which he supposed, ri ht
Temple, " Jim Seward " who he "bee- robvbeerye of that wretched womang-call her harlot, if you 6 outh_Eastern lio, with firsteelass tickets, form a picture or wrong, was conclusive authority in his favour. g
the next day into an apparently profound apathy specimens those Peculiar Periods and styles of art of that guided the administration of the criminal courts of lieved, as soon as the punishment of death was will and her child• A grewer villain than you are, I of criminal proßperify which we hardly looked for. With Mr. Tyrwhitt, under these circumstances, advised the
until the incoming Administration shall develoPe which examples of equal importance have not as yet this country, which was the caase of that unanimous abolished for forgery commenced that career which it believe, does not exist. (This strong 'wigwag° was re. all this, however, and even with the frui's of their suc- cabman not to say any more on the matter, lest it should
its policy. The year berian with faint murmurs been contributed to the exhibition.
confidence that existed in this country in favour was probable he would now soon terminate in this ceived by the audience with a loud buret of applause.) cess in full possession, there was among them that turn out that he would be the sufferer, He hoped this
from the plains of Kansa's-murmurs of outrages From amongst the many precious objects of the Royal
of the administration of criminal justice. The c. ourt. In conclusion the learned sergeant asked the I greatly regret that I have it not in my power to inflict element of insecurity on which,
.with such adroit error in the book of fares would be represented to the
and oppressions--of the grossest abuses ot stolen Goldi Plate Closet the committee have chosen some beau-
jury to disbelieve Agar, and acquit a man deemed of a heavier punishment upon you ; but the heaviest sea- thieves, honest men have princlpa.lly to dePend• Commissioners of Police, with a view to its correction.
was-and it was •
tence which the law allows for your offence I will pais Agar, pursuing the career of crime which he descrlbes The parties then left the court.
power in the hands of brutal men-murmurs faint , the more
tiful citorenaleedbOf. the graceful naut•lu hll ro osition that he sou ht to establish • irreproachable character until this time.
r eumwarhki
cab
ies eumu ge dlgshe 1 1 s r: eu'rfbBNlyee steutnien p Ind jPa
pri!inciple not absolutefy of law-that an accomplice mr. Baron martin then proceeded to sum up the evi- upon you, and that is that you be imprisoned with hard himself as having deliberately. adopted, had been at last
and 'discredited. Soon the stories took visible
t a thaer `e`Trinm hP
shape, and before the first of the political conven- should be cornhorated, not merely however as to the dence. He said-Gentlemen of the jury, my learned labour sor the space of two years, and that during taree detected ;he bad inv sted the proceeds of his man!'
__W.O.RSHIP-STREET. --IMPUDENT Roa.aeay.-Henry
:nother smarlreprreLe, of very gracleful cornr)ositiOn in facts, of which no doubt he knew the truth, from having brother and myself are both of opinion that the prisoner months of that tline-the ist, 12th, and 24th month- crimes for the benefit of a, woman whom he seems o Williams, au ill-favoured youtla, of peculiar aspect, was
tons mat we saw actual civil war ; fortified Law-
which the cup is supported by a kneeling figure.
been a participator, but also corroborated in reference to Pierce cannot be convicted on the first count which you be kept in solitary confinement. As for you, Bur- have loved with all the fondness of which such a man charged with the following impudent and cruel robbery:
relic° surrounded by Missouri invaders, and de-
The ivory cups, very fine specimens of carving, are
fended by Free State rifles, The Federal power was equally remarkable ;of these we may mention, as about the person against whom he was giving his evidence, as charges him with larceny as a servant, seeine,that at ' and Tester, there is no manner of doubt that your was capable. Pierce was his trustee, and Pierce, like a Hannah Miller, a dejected-looking woman, in widow's
the time of the robbery he had ceased to be a servant ef gcaegSse is that-not unfrequent of late-ot men who, having true thief, betrayed his trust. The woman was left weeds, living in Great Conduit-street, Bethnal-green,
interposedon behalf of the Missourians, and the Free to be exhibited, the very elegant cup supported bY tlse well as in the material and substantial particulars of his the company. The only offence, therefore, of which he aood characters, and being Placed bY your employers in destitute, and her paramour, the hardened felon whom said that, since the death of her husband, she had con-
State men were obliged to succumb. The different " Three Graces," know to v
° ,- - e ery connoisseur in this statement. The learned counsel then read the opinion can be found guilty is simple larceny. With regard to 'situations of trust, were unable to resist the temptation no scruples of conscience would have moved, denounced verted her sitting room into a small shop tor the sale o
political conventions next met and put forth their department of art, togetner with its companion cup,
Burgess and Tester, however, the case is different. They of getting possession of a large sum of money all at once. the half-forgotten robbery from his cell at Portland. trifling articles of chandlery, by means of which she bad
of Lord Abinger and Baron Alderson in support of the
nominees and their declarations of principles. The borne on the shoulder of Atlas. These superb works of p oposition he had laid down. This was a case in which were both servants of the company, and were placed in Whether Agar tempted yal or whether you were None of our readers will fail to sympathise with the endeavoured to obtain a scanty subsistence for herself
Ostend Conference, endorsed at Cincinnati, was their kind are nearly two feet in height. But perhaps ' r ' . situations of trust, You have been very properly de- tempted by Pierce, as is most likely, and that then Agar manly indignation with which Baron Martin denounced and her fatherless children. On the previous evening
an advocate could not, or ought not, to do more than : e
sireu tO dismiss from your attention all the remarks was applied to as a man noted for his skill and ability in the vin„y of pierce, or to ehare his regret that the sen- the prisoner and another lad presented themselves at
denounced as " the highwayman's plea" at phile_ even mor.e interFsting than these will be the two fine
goblets wit_hlcaryingsaofTfobrßedsaechchaarn,ealisalsne subjects, by the calmly discuss the evidence, and see whether by the law which have been made by the press in reference to this such matters, it is impossible for 11.4 to know how. That tence of the law falls lightest on the basest of the vil- the counter, and purchased some nuts and sweet-
delphia. The non-extension of slavery, proclaimed
at Philadelphia as a cardinal articie of faith, was of magnificent of the land, and the practice of the courts the evidence trial, and I also will make that request of you, though you Burgess, a man who had been 15 years in the service ',ins ; but it is to this very baseness, to the ImPossilnii`Y, meats, on supplying them with which, she expressed
deilebratedsF
luminwge!
winked out of sight at Cincinnati. The canvass was d mensioh ,< d ill . t e Exhibition an admirable brought home the charge to the prisoner. If he be I have no doubt that the evidence which you have Its- of the company, and were receiving good wages, and that as it would seem, of maintaining perfefct cohuiplicity. in a hope that they would not serve her in the same
example of art ivory carving.
conducted with a greaterfluctuation in the chances
Of the jewelled late will appear a splendid silver gu.ilty, he (the learned Sergeant) freely admitted he was tened to during the last two days must have made a you Tester, the son of a most respectable man, should guilt, that the public has most to truhst or th e detection manner as she had been treated on the prior night,
than was supposed possible in the outset, and Mr. gilt tankard, enrichedPwith cameos and recious stones ; guilty of a most serious and grave offence, and one much greater impress.ion on your minds than anything have yielded to this temptation, is greatly to be de- of such accomplished scoundrels as t ose w 0 were con- by two wicked boys, who had made a similar purchase,
which you have read in thenewspapers. This case it has plored • but we should be departina from our duty to victed yesterday. and after an artful contention ete to which of them
Buchanan was at length elected in the face of the also a crystal goblet, adorned with jewelPs. which, should they consider him so, would render him been truly said, is one of thegreatest üblic impOrtance. the. pu'blic, par.ticulabrly_ aftefr wha' ttbwa e have seen ---.....-......„-..
-- should pay for it, they both started off without raying
most imposing opposition vote ever given in the From treasures scarcely less important some noble liable to a serious punishment. He ho ed, however, to It is one of a class which has nofortunpatel br:me very taking glace during t e last ew mon -the robb' ery POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Jan. 15. her at all. The prisoner clo,ely listened to her sinap'e
States that threw their electoral votes for Colonel pieces have been selected ; tine cups with covers of the be able to demonstrate to them that byll'aw and practice numerous of late, and for which I think le
narrative, at the conclusion of which he exclaimed with
Fremont.
time of Charles I. and Charles 11. ; some superb salvers gislature of the Crystal Palace Company and other offences
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of the Courts the evidence produced in this case failed ought speedily to make some special provision, where of a similar nature, if we did not visit you with MANSION.HOUSE.-CMARGE or FORGERY.-Ed- a broad grin " Why I was one of them ere chaps, but I
mmnoeetanwosvisethro mstooalee it up to you now, mother, and so hand
bb al
ec ohyel aanadd Iw'iol u
Ipda yheylpouhim'
The year has also produced great changes in the and dishes in silver gilt, more especially a pair of circular
, , the great joint_stock companies which have come into ex- the severest punishment. You knew when you engaged
Witness accmotrerdoiun‘ gly served him with half an ounce of
to establish his guilt. The learned sergeant then reter-
w d Horace Montefiore described as a civil engineer,
relations between Great Britain and this country. dishes, ornamented with mythological subjects, in
istence iasuch numbers within the lastquarterof a century in the commission of this crime that, though if you were ar .
tobacco, frorn which he filled a short pipe, and made his
lwigahyt.tos
Tthh. ee fiertehpeiraclae,d,wiinthththeemoeabnsetirtuvaet,ieonngatgbaaesdtnesihhfueintrediidna"
repeusse work ; a grand gold tankard, highly embossed, red to the history of the case, and said that it was im•
January, 1856, was more than a " winter of dis-
have been plundered by their confidential servants. It successful, it would place you in the possession of a large
on which is represented a bacchanalian subject, figures P te
tnibhgee:af
don 8
content." Let us hope that January, 1857, is the ossible for him or any other peraon to add a word ot seems as though the feeling of attachment and fidelity sum of money, yet that if you were detected you would reb'e
lti teee(f) If ie
xor
bdo
aoldigaic
foerpr, e csheaa
070;1
~d,
,6vw iai
tpt hhe
beginning of a perpetual spring. A year ago of satyrs forming the handles ; the shield presented by detestation beyond what must be entertained hy all who which oughtto existbetween clerk and employeris wholly be liable to the severest punishment. You were willing hTw aoa swi nan gg ; aul
ant tl
sebor
the present King of Prussia, a fine specimen of gold- wanting in the case of these cOmpanies and they appear to to play the game, and you must pay the forfeit. The
the enlistment embroglio was in its worst phase. had heard Agar's statement against that man's conduct,
I think it was a year ago yesterday that Mr. a
smt iitiss' art ;e atpai iraofdsbuperb sitlbveret fire dogs, elabor- and which statement stamped his character as a man dbe rbegarded as a public spoil. This case rests mainly, no learned counsel who have addressed the jury on,your be-
porting to be from the London and Westminster Bapk,
reowduith having obtained the sum of 794/. from
Marcy sent the long defence of the American
TheeYrlrbn
laymchnaseeci and oranr
al nn
age nt e d Aryma l alp haeariy,u‘ri` C. Rti;e"
unworthy of belief. From the age of 18 or 20 he had exprets,s(Lnetheae vaid en ce o fdahnaas p
if))
erect: efr. To use
,h, isa o w n
thearl f h aNvue sdpuoukbetnhien
dthees
esrtreosn
agile
tthter mh s of A
Idar sbucthalertait. of a forged letter of credit, pur-
Loth bury ; and also with obtaining 91/. from Messrs. u
ConovnehrertriOecne,natnidoswe aws
hpernetsehnedhinegartdo condole with her
position upon the question which effectually shut famous Cellini shield ; two silver tripods, fine'works of followed a course of crime, and it was on the evidence fessional ttileo ar.nPhrwas known aoartlyi:aPsrisonerr:s be ;aid in his favour thatvhe remaredatvreueato you, that Hamilton and Ross, merchants, Cape Town, by mGetrs of
_l3 somet.hing fall upon
• th h h d t • h h d
e eart , an on urning er ea she discovered that
the door against any settlement, except by with- the time, and remarkable as having been presented, of such a man this char e was to be su orted. such. He was no common thief however Before he he said not a word about this robber until he heard of a forged letter purporting to be from _Messrs.
itnhtevens
at i
dt ob salTel ekr,a übagdyhf
thrie
the plisoner, in the course of his efforts to detach her
drawing Mr. Crampton and. the offending together with a magnificent table in solicl silver, to There could be n g PP
o doubt that Aear and Fanny g g
en aed in this transaction he wa's in the . ' f p. ' b d Y.
• '
possession o ierce s ase con uct. As he gave his evidence he did and Chalmers, merchants, London.
Evidence in support ot these several charges had been silver watcla from a hook to which it was suspended over
Consuls. The Central American question also King Charles 11. by the City ot London. '" 3,000/. stock, besides Spanish bonds to the extent of not appear to feel towards you that bitter animosity
don Sa the mantel-piece, had brushed off an inkstand with his
Kay entertained a mali nant feeling towards Pierce but
gone into very fully on previous occasic)ns, an .
was in about as bad a way as well could The illustration of art, as applied to personal orna- e g - ' 7001., and be appears to have been applied to on account which was so clearly manifested in hills, and, I must sa sleeve, and before she had time to reach him, he managed
be. Mr Buchanan and Lord Clarendon having merit, will be very materially assisted by a selection of unfortunately no one but himself could explain his con• of his great prof • 1 k• 11 dt k tit' b• • t tll d y' turday last the prisoner was remanded in order to give
. , .
essiona s-Itouner a e Is usiness, no unna ura y, un er the circumstances, towards - • •d • on points to secure the watch, which he handed to his companion,
the Lord Mayor time for corm. eratiou up
failed to agree about the construction of the Clay- jewellery, also contributed by her Majesty. duct towards that woman and her child. An impression just as one would apply to a great physician or a great Pierce. He had no motive to accuse you falsely, and .
h h d b n raised by Mr. Lewis for the defence, in and both of them rushed out into the street. Witness
ton-ldulwer Treaty, had laid down their pens in From the Royal armoury a large assemblage of weapons was endeavoured to be created against him as to his lawyer, or any man of great professional reputation, for this to my mind is an additional proof of the truth of whic a ee .
hastened after them, raising the cry of " Stop thief l''
questioning th? juris iction
d' ' of the court.
despair. Lord Clarendon had proposed arbitra- and arms, offensive and d. efensiv.e, for the combat and non-investment of Agar's money for the woman and her assistance in his particular walk• My learned brother his story. The sentence of the Court upon you, Burgess Idt th bar and after a protracted chase the prisoner was intercepted
• the chase ornamented with curiouel .wroue •
Upon the prisoner being now p ace a e ,
eht devices, Shee told you very properly at the beginning of this case and Tester, is that you he severally transported beyond
The Lord Ma • h d e er full attention by a policeman, but his confederate succeeded in effecting
tion ; Mr. Buchanan had said there was nothing
child, but it fortunately happened for him that Mr.
yor said he a giv n v y
has been 'selected. The Orient 1 Y
arms are particularly tdhat, for the
his escape. The witness added that the watch was of
PurPose of convicting any one on the evi- the seas for the term of 14 years. ' last before him, and
to arbitrate ; and Mr. Crampton had quietly
choice, many of them bein ri:lel W t hd f nded
y welled, aud inlaid " ner w 13 e e him defended Agar also, and to
to the case since the prisoner was
stowed away in his portfolio a similar offer which
with every variety of matefial a i 'le
ence of an approver, it i neeessary that he should be The risoners •
the kindness of his lordship Mr. Wontner had been al• corroborat d b h : 8 7C • 1 ' p received their sentence without any
from the facts adduced, bad come to the conclusion that inestimable value to her, as it bad belonged to her dee
d h 1, d h •
he was instructed to make at Washington. Now of Indian, Japanese, Persian, an' d niviugr racefufl ornamments
lo ed ont of order to i a satisfact r ex lanation of fro the ee y oteer witnesses. -- you are convince, cuange of demeanour, and were immediately removed
he had no jurisdiction, and that, therefore, the prisoner cease usean , eut it had not been recovered, and she
feared it was irretrievably lost..
Vedce of other witnesses that the story which from the bar.
all these querstions are happily disposed. of. Mr. interesting to many will be the arms woesraqubey 'Peyp. o a hw nd if thge ve
and olt:r child did no 1 m must be discharged.
t e matter, a • woman t e gar has tdis a true story, if you are of opinion that Mr. Bodkin, addressing Mr. Baron Martin, said, in The risoner who wee reco ni
Mr. Roy, solicitor to the London and Westminster p , g sed as a notorious young
Crampton was dismissed without disturbing the -his sword, with ite gilt and jewelled handle laPablade
thief, declined offerin an defence and wa
receive the money, it would be the South-Eastern Rail- , there are circumstances connected with it which must reference to his lordship's observations on the possibility Bank, said he wished before the prisoner was discharged . . g y , s remanded
diplomatic relations of the two countries. Mr. together with its fixed gauntlet ; Turkish scimitars' b h
tablish for depositions.
Dallas replaced Mr. Buchanan, filled with the spirit some with singular wavy blades ; and Mahratta swords, way Company, in whose possession the Turkish Bonds , ave appened and wh. hhe cannot have invented and of Aaar's
that the minut, d Lc
,b
, release, it was only just to Mr. Rees, the soli-
to thank the Lord Mayor, in the name of that es c ,
of conciliation, and. armed with plenary powers. A with fine enamelled ornaments ; splendid yataehans, were, that would deprive them of it. The learned ser- corroborated be'
edtails which be has narratedhhavieie zn
Acitor for the prosecution, to mention that, whenihe sirt
went, as well as on behalf of Messrs. Baring telt ci,i.:,
epoudent witnesses wistt,h w _ gar at Portland, he had distinctly stated to hcm. t -
and Messrs. Chalmers, for the patient attentile Country Markets.
treaty was concluded with Honduras, by which the worked with filagree ; Persian swords, enamelled and geant then proceeded to analyse the evidence, and al- have had no cLlin h:man have
wLondon
trn!ctation, and over w m • he was not to expect any.remission of his senten ein re
had given to the case, and also t? ttate that t .
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sovereignty of the Bay Islands was definitely vested Jewelled in arabesque with a variety of ingenious devices, though admitting that Pierce had known Agar, who no had no control,
had instituted the prosecution
undoubtedly your duty to find turn for the evidence which he kad consented to °eve.
and Westminster Bank d
DERBY SMITHFIELD.-JAN. 13.
in that Republic, on a plan the poesibility of which forming handles ot animals' heads, having the blades of doubt bad endeavoured to corrapt him, said that the the prisoners guilt • btsit if ou levee an doubt uon The 1 • l• d teo) the
..y y P earned counsel at the same time app !e
solely upon public groan s. ,
Neither tint bank nor
was first foreshadowed in the Times when the Damascus work, elaborately inlaid in gold and silver.
evidence did not establish Pierce's •
guilt, but rather that these points, theny '
you mus. acquit them. Agar was Court that the property found in the possession of the
either of the firms to which he had referred a
h d lost a Our market was well supplied with fat beasts to-day,
troubles seemed most difficult of adjustment ; and '
The Scotch claymores, and the long medimval swords, .
but the greater part were only of the middling sort, and
will be found very interesting objects. Here will be a kl th 1
gar,wati e p anner and perpetrator of the robber arrested on the 15th of Au ust 1855, and he was con- prison h Id d
ers ii ou b h
e ande over to the South-Eastei n
shilling by the prisoner, hut as he had made use of their some few were left unsold owine to the high price asked.
another treaty was entered into between Great
Y• victed at the October S!ssio'ns at this Court, and le •
ing out his transactions, they had thought
sw?rd sheath worked by Benvereuto Cellini ; a Spane h Agar s statement of the leading circumstances of ailway Company.
The number of sheep was about'the average, and realising
Britain and the United States-which still awaits the from that ti
names in carry
me he has had no Possible opportunity of Mr Baron 'Martin declined to make an such order at l• • tice to proceed as they had done. a eood price. Fat calves were again scarce A better
knight s sword ; an old Covenanter's sword ; nd th
it due to pub lc jbuese
the action of the Senate-by which prospective a
0_
_le robbery, connecting Pierce with it, was not in the making up a concerted story with any one, nor indeed presen't, The Turkish bonds found in thye possession of uitted the bar, and was accompa- suPply of pigs. - .
Elector of Brandenburgh's sword, with p t 't
arrangements are made for defining the limits of Princes of Orange upon it. The old fir°
erioreaklss
mfattelhe• slightect degree corroborated-viz , the perpetration of isilthere any one of the witnesses, except Fanny Kay, Pierce had been clearly purchased with the money en-
nieTdhfe pristobneecreturt
bqy Scott, the detective, who'had him The following were the quotations :-Beef, 6d to 6ed;
the Mosquito occupation ; for establishing a free loeks, and wheellocks, one formerly belongin to the the robbery and the return and sale of the gold. It was w. o weuld be likely to enter into conetnunication trusted to the prisoner by Agar, and if he had the power .
n h rom
throu h the clerk's room. He took the offi- mutton, 7d to 8d ; lamb, -d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 8.1 per.
port at Greytown ; for opening the na,vigation of Farnese family, dated 1596, are objects of grEfat anti• essential, according to the judgments he had read of rith him on the subject. His motive for coming he should certainly order those bonds to be handed over
leer; zia,T as soogn as they were clear of the outer door, lb. ; pigs, 103 6d to lls Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6d to Os
irward now •
per 141 b.; hides, 4.id to 6id per lb ; calf-skins, 4id to 6i I
the San Juan to citizens of Costa Rica; for settling quarian interest ;as also are a Maineluke's gun, set Lord Abinger and Mr. Baron Alderson, that Aar should le: ' , 18 perfectly clear. He is actuated to Fanny Kay.
and went chatting and laughing down the steps leading
the territorial disputes of Costa Rica and Nicaragua with coral and gilt, and some curious Algerine and be corroborated in these material ftt g • __y. a Tient feeling of animosity against the prisoner Mr. Bodkin said the company had no desire to take
when, to his surprise, he was tapped on Par lb.
to the street,
ac s, o entitle his 1-'
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, ierce or the breach of trust which he committed in possession of any property which was not the produce
the shoulder by a sheriff 's officer, who arrested him for
by arbitration, if they cannot be otherwise disposed Turkish pistols, by the most choice artists of the time. statement to belief. Allud. '
EDINBURGH GRAIN.-JAN 14
ing to the 1001. note changed lloProPrlatitig to himself the 3,000/. intended for the of the robbery.
a debt of 250/., at the suit of a gentleman in the Isle ot
of ; for the recognition of grants of public lands ; '
Tile various European guns, stamped with the makers'
A large supply of rain in the k t to. d. Wheat
mar e - ay. _
for an annuity to the Mosquito Indians ; and for names, will form a series interesting to all, and more for Pierce by Raffin, whose name appeared on the back subpport otEnnY Kay and the child. Revenge is his Mr. Baron Martin said that if the solicitor for tl:e
Wight, of whom he had bought a vessel for 300/., for
d b 1 h 1 dg 1 hi
an ar ey a( rea ysae, w 1 e oata and beans were duff•
o ject. Against B
defining the limits of that hitherto very vaguely especially important to the hhaory and progress of the of it, he reminded the jury that it was not changed until no feelinz 1 urgess and Tester he appears to have prosecution would specify on affidavit whamtrprjo r
upseti eye which he paid 50/, in cash, and gave his acceptance for
A decline on last week's quotations, excepting barley.
gunsmith's art.
animosity, and it will be for you to con- they thought themselves entitled to, he and . .
h the balance payable at the Bank of England, where he Wheat, on the top, 12a up, and on the average 1s 5d
bounded territory, the Belise. Thus, after the lap- November, 1855, six months after the robbery, and eider h - o
of seven years, and the expenditure of any quan-
se From the armour af w choi ow far he would be likely if his story were a 'Mlles would then make whatever order seemed rig t• , ,
e ce examples have been after Agar was arrested. Who was to say that this false one, to incul ' • nau no account. down. Barley, 6cl up on the top, and -d up on the
,
selected, such as cumplete suits of steel et b d ' pate two pereons who do not appear to them under the circumstances.
--- average. Oats on the top 6d down-on the average 64
tity of best hand made linenpaper foolscap diplo- , n osse with note was not one of the number Agar received on the to have given him any
ilt arabes nes o h• t f '
cause of offence. M learned In order t facilitate Red ath o,nd Kent's caseithey GUILDH A 1-• Tit
-Le. --OBBING AN' EMPLOYER. -George clown. Beans on the top 8s 6d down, and on the average
,de me s ir s o mail, and an East Indian
h lo of Mr. Wria Clark, of 2s 2(.1 down.
matio pattern, to say nothing of convincing arcll- sguit of m tql ' division of the spoil, and were in hie box t Pierce, brother Shee contended that even if A ar'sYevidence la ed :t tit b dP ai ned ; they pleaded not Marc . •
we.re p c e ar, an arr g _ . in, a man in t
.e env y
ments and bad temper, these questions are adjuld bition is eaan . velvet work. This branch of the exhi. ' a 8 were struck out altogether there was stillga case to go
made still more perfect by a selection of ver 7 house when he was apprehended, and that Pierce had guilty to each of the indictments. Union-street, Blackfriars, was placed at the bar before AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
on the recise ba • •
p sis which the late Mr. Abbott Law- handsome shabragues, or milita y idl I ' j taken it ad h
sac ec o d•t •th h• h • ' to tbe jury against all the prisoners. I think my learned
the, chiefly n c ange i, wi wic to relieve Fanny brother erred there as respects Pierce and Tester. Sir R. W. Carden, charged with etealiog a quantity of Wheat X 2 1 1 4-12th.
rence on behalf of the Government of the United of Oriental work, and set orf'
(From the Times.) type, the property of his master. Do. new -12th.
States offered in 1849. Meanwhile, however ower trappinge, richl workeda hart' Ka and it should be brn i i
with
cdsmbroidered elep , y, oen m nd that he had given Against them there would be no case, I think, without .
Thebullion robber on the South-Eastern Railway will Mr. Taylor said he was manager to Mr. Ciark, in Barley • 116 6 1-12ths.
has changed hands twice in this countr 'P d ' From 'other Yapartmenta ing Winscorrimaa velvet. her from 60/. or 80/. towards the support of herself and Agar's statement, but against Burgess lam of opinion - ! • •
yk• th romance of crime. As whose employ the prisoner had been about four months. Oats l2 10 1-12ths.
„ certain y take a have ran in e
y, an is stle, from
Beans
that there would be evidence to the jury even if A ar
soon to pass again into new hands. New men Adelaide Lodge, and Cumberland Lodge, many exquisite hid It 1 ar' i i
c i . was now by ,e g s mal gn ty turned into
s -• • " a general rule, larceny is not an offence which excites In consequence of having missed some type, witness
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have come up in the Senate,new interests have been specimens of china have been chosen ; all so lovely that evidence against Pierce. If that were so, Pierce's h d b •
roabbnetot een examined. If you are of ot,mnion that the
y took place between London and 1 olkestone-of much interest. The gentlemanly embezzler of other suspected the prisoner and watched him accordingly,
BOSTON-JAN. 14.
created, the national wealth and commerce have it is difficult to particularise many. The selection has Possession of the note would be legitimate, and that which I think the evidence leaves very little doubt- people's funds, and the hardened murderer whose name
.when he was leaving his work witness stopped him, and
e the heroes inquired if he had any objection to be searched, upon A fair average quantity of grain was brought forward
expanded beyond the belief of those who have not been made chiefly from the Oriental porcelain, in which was the only thing that had been traced te Pierce. then comea the question how could it have been com• lives in the remembrance of high and low, ar
by the growers. In the wheat trade great dullness pre-
the royal cabinets are extremely rich Some of th most
fth •Son and the sessions-house while the thief is bearing which the prisoner almost fainted and then
seen it, and the nation has become more conscious e Mr. Giffard addressed the jury for Burgess. He said rnitted without Burgess's knowledge, seeing that his ° e Pr'
v Ip, s veiled, and the best dry samples must be noted ls per qr.
remarkable will be what are know .t,
f doers' considered to be- took otf his coat, in th kets of hich '
of its strength, and less willing to submit to a cur- Chinese crackle jars. Of these thenre :
recotnzireutrs:is he ehould not addrese them on the approver's atatement, etation was in tiltrmpartment in which the gold was ?,:voi:n It:icy: :teal
offr:rtiTZ
so. wi1.0u,,,,g
it seeme that even to the of metal, stereotype-bleocP
k°se and typew belosne ienrgitC.,2ll/leer. cheaper than last week. Damp and inferior qualities re-
tailment of the foreign intueuce which it feels to with red landscapes on a white ground, 14 incheasghie h'•
after the remarks of Mr. Sergeant Parry. Agar was a cairried.? Bthuatti
twhere
wreerdrdbe trio t hsee
.ofther t.zlv. o, I. am 1
lowger departments of crime a degree of ingenuity can be Clark, were found. The weight of the metal sgo discovered cednd le to 25, with a very slow demand. All kinds of
belong to it upon this continent. There is said to two dark blue vases, 'covered with coloured flies gand man making capital out of his former crimes, and there- oA:zralos7ory. Substantially, h:
2v er,l
thy:telas:lazoellevset a
pulled which may fit them to be the material for inte- was about 12Ibs. The prisoner begged to be forgive. ; spipatzfn roovet,orffelte,tanciatt.cMes roadtrr.Lew
be some doubt whether the settlement whieh iu flowers, 18 inches in height; two bulbous-shaped caledon fore his statement should be fully corroborated. The all the three prisoners rests uon Agar's evidencaZd resting causes. The theft which Agar, Pierce, Burgess, but as Mr. Clark had been robbed of similar property white, 59s Od to 62s Ocl, extra, 655. Barleye Sis-Ostit°t -"hi'.
1850 would have been acceptable to everybody will bottles, with lizard handles ; a large sea-green bottle, 3 evidence of Agar would not bear examination. Sup- it will be your duty carefull P •d •
yto consi er that evidence, .
' and Tester planned and completed was no ordinary to the. ameuht of about 1001., he felt it hia duty to give od. oate 18, to 265. Peas, 36 to 403 Oct Beans° 370
Od. to 4Gs Ocl per qr.
be palatable to the Senate in 1857 At the la t feet hieh • two small shell u
• s a , cps and saucers, with red not etartieg with the assumption that it is false, e prisoner into custod .
crime. Well might the counsel for the prosecution de th . y . .
pose Agar had stated that Sharman, who was admitted
clare that it was lamentable to see such skill, dexterity, Sir R. W. Carden said this was one of those cases
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advices from Washington the opposition to the rati- twisted handlea and flies on a white ground ; some fine - - but looking at it with reat sus icion and noting how
by all to be an innocent man, had allowed him to take
• • d ne o
and perseverance employed in the execution of a criminal in which the injury o t the master was considerably NEWARK-JAN. 14.
fication was giving way, and I hope soon to be able specimens of Oriental enamel on copper ; together with far it is corr bred g PA
c, fi d dent
to advise you that the last obstacle in the way of examples of Sevres, particularly a blue and white vase, an impression of the keys, he would have been unjustly witnesses. olf oaf by thef evi eneetholt et
.s
i epseOnCOm, design. The case, more than any with which we have greater than any pecuniary benefit the prisoner could
itAt t Our.corn exchange tceday trade was very flat. The
yoh are then o opinio . i i .
been recently acquainted, shows the deliberation, the obtain by plundering his employer, as the property 1 le business. done was at late prices.
the adjustment of these annoying questions is and a casket with plaques of Sevres, very finely painted, placed upon his trial for participating in the robbery, and pletel confirmed in all its important points by the testa
was of little value when sold as old metal com- Wheat white 64 to 68 d6O
professional spirit, and, more than all, the pecuniary re• stolen 1
sre sto 625; barley, maltin:
removed. The old Chelsea ware is also very well represented ; and therefore he asked the jury not to convict Burg p moniof ersons with whom he cen ha eh d n ommu
ld, 468 to 49; . • • 8
v. a° c sources of the modern offender. The revelations of the pared to the value of 't to .A.lr. Clark, He shou ,• g_remandisng 40s t 0,425; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 22st,
The year 1856 has been a fortunate year for the there are some charming specimens of the Mayflower th • -ess u-
on
nication apnd no opportunit '
28s to 303
e nnsupported testimony of a man who from a ma- yof concerting a story as to
police and sessions courts have been certainly of late therefore, send the case fur a jury to deal with. b , 48s to 52s ; malt, 75s to 80s ; peas, 36'
commerce of the country. Although its imports style of vase, one of which is beautifully painted with - • ' make it perfectliy certain that hi , fh od
s acc mat o t e m e to 383; tares, 50s to 54s per qr.
palroquelts and other birds. lignant feeling, desired to crush an innocent man that
sufficiently astoniehing. We find the members of orga- The prisoner was then committed for trial.
in which this robter
are greater than those of any previous year, and
y was committed is true, then it will
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF TYPE.-John Jones, a lad
pture, the royal collection contributee a model he might be the gainer ; for, by convicting Burgess on be your duty to find the prisoners guilty. The learned nised gangs lodging money with solicitors, drawing f
now exceed 50,000,000/. a-year, the exports are of thaescßu
h d •tl. h vine
s brought up c arge wi i a e
SEABORNE MAILS.
still larger by $12,000,000, countino• Californian ette a wuocr ek
n ot fa ut
hr 'e
lcoBl•obured and gilt ; a beautiful state- Agar's evidence, they might be unjustly condemnine Baron then went through the whole of A ar' •
„,e, cheques on their bankers, and buying or selling foreign 17 years o age, wa . .
g 8 -"-
stocks • but as d t b tolen
an instance of ce ital deliberately in• a quantity of type in his possession suppose oe s. -
a . , century, by Gottfried Turan ; a him as the would S r •
y ha man if he had been put upon
' dence ointin oat thos • • • •
, p g e onions in w i • ' ' p ' • ...
P h ch it was cor
d • • • 1 d ' It. k f th• Police-constable Hubble 149, said. he saw the prisoner
gold as a domestic production, which, economically set of bronze plaques, " The Seasons," b `-'' • -
veste in a crimina un ena lug we now o no ing
When the
y ooldani, 171 a, his trial d •t d • t roborated b h •
yot er witnesses. His account of the visite
all
an convic e on his s atement. The learned
offering the type metal for sale, and took him into [
irn
udhattl) for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the m
which equals the case just concluded.
remains o
speaking, it is. This is a fact indicating a healthy of large size ; and some carvings in wood and ivory. In of himself ard P.erce to Folkestone was confir ed
in by
e ithe day following; except in the case of the India
On the night of May 15, 1855, gold to the value- custody. mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up the
condition of trade, and confirms the views I have the latter a group representing Bramah and other counsel, in a speech of grea.t ingenuity and ability, Mrs. Hooker, at whose house they lodeel on their fi st
used his address, and on being asked evening previo, ~
invariably taken-that the country is prosperous, deities, is a fernarkabie work of Oriental carving. dwelt upon the unreasonableness and improbability of visit ;of Hazel, the police inspector at Folkestone who of 12,000/. was stolen from the van of a train oa The prisoner ref
hd be he declined to give his Li _
the South-Eastern Railway betweeu London nod in whose employ he a en,
and its business, although expanded and expand- In furniture, as might justly be anticipated, some the leading features of Agar's statement. It was not had watched them ; and of Sharman, Chapman', and
ter's name.
Foe
FROM
iing, it& ou a healthy baste. The constant demaud magnificent productions will be contributed front Wind- to be denied that Burgess met Agar at Folkestone awl Ledger. Chapinae's evidence in partieular as to the Folkestone. The boxes were weighel in
I) Lond7t,
minr R. W. Carden said, if the prisoner would not
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or mone f
y or the construction of new and tier Castle ; and certainly there will be no disappointment had some conversation with him ; but that fact was net receipt of the parcel of gold by Agar at Folkestone, and and again at Boulogne. At. the secodnddp.re td
fe wee,
h,
9fl for whom he had worked, it would be necessary to
Made up at Whence t
as it was subsequently dis.covere , i. ere rom t e , yd .
By what When By who.
enlargement of old railways keeps a tight mon in
thia very attractive and fascinating walk of art as his pretended inalejity to write a receipt, because of I • He therefore, remanded the des-
to be found in Agar's statement, which undoubtedly
n' ' ,ht in London. The weight in Paris corresponded fie his master for him. ,
Post-Office. patched. Vessel. expected VOW.
market. There is no sign of want of ros e •tey applied to domestic purposes, There are some cabinets wounded finger, agreed in ever a 1 ' '
Y Par icu ar with Aear's wel''
the prieoner till Saturday.
Railways in the 'West take the place loci
f cUicY).• of master-workmanship, of every conceivable variety of would have been had Burgess connived at the I i
P-ann-ng statement. Agar said he had been informed b Te'ste with the weight at Boulegne ; consequently the boxes
ALLEGED DETENTION OF PARCELS.-011 Wednesday, --a -- ---•-• ----. _____
--ea.
n colour
must have been tampered with between Luodon and . .
Lisbon 1 7th,l7th,&}
highways and turnpikes in an old country. T and elegant form ; such as the cabinet by Gautier, of the robbery. There was no corroboration of that one of the keys of the iron safe had been IYost, anirl f the alderman left the bench, a gentletre South-
•t was impoesible to touch them just tat ore an, Spain
M 27th of the , Phalli-
hey of the Louis quatorze st le •
„,„,.. Tagus Jan 2
Boulogne, or. as ib t
--oeoway's Gibraltar
penetrate tracts of land before ivaccessible to mar- talented ;a, rand eh y,. in ormolu, superbly orne- Burgess's complicity. He thought Agar's statement that it had been sent to Messrs. Chubb to have the London and Folkestone. who stated he was the naanager of Messrs. II 1I
while in the boat, e wee.la
Tbraltar 1
kets, and carry with them and distribute the ra- applique ;
aged
one
iry cabinet, with figures la ormolu untrue that he had gone dowu the line seven or eight lock altered, and this was confirmed by Mr. Chubb, who 1 beo•s of shot were found establishment, near Temple-bar, applied for the magic-
lalta . . i
y Vernes Martin ; fine old chair.
e correspondence relating to this trans t. When the boxes were openei ,0.
ce and assistance, under the following cireu
ac ion,
in the place of gold. Of course the surprise was great trate's advi
ra- EgYPt •••• • • I 4th & 20th
pidly increasing population of the United States. c, d •
erve in ebony, and 'Venetian o•ilt, a 1 b • . times and tried the keys in the bullion chest without Re
prnieedatlin T ster's handwr't. h •
4th and
n( ern roidered
wlcw s. e. . i mg, u owing that Tister
Ceylon ••
20th of
d the search after the offenders earnest. But, what- stances :-
Pera Indus
h h d t 1 9 0
ut 0 parcels to Mr. ..rt month. ainpton
Though they may not pay the shar
• eholders they in a style of luxury fit for the D'oges In addit: 0
ion t being known, because it was well known to the compan h h• •
3' was acquainted wit tis circumstance, which it was not an tectives, we know from sad Ile stated that tey a . son ills t lei=titis the
increase the wealth of the country more than four- these there are some beautiful caskets, Florent.
ine Pietra that bullion went down enerally with the tidal train, likely would have been generally known amona the ever may be the skill of de
`ll • tinal world is more than equal to Crouch, the railway carrier, o a h-street, Newgate- (viaCeylon)J month.
fold the cost of construction. dura work, in tortoiseshell, in malachite, and in Ja , and not th • g experience that . e crin
panese . e mail train. A railway company must, he company's servants. In. like manner, the unusua7l cir- , ,
tnem in craft. For 16 naonths the pursuit was in vain, street, for delivery in diffe!.ent parts of the country, and, C,hina
The cotton lands of the South have been vieited lacquer-work. Some fine candelabra, i I- hl •
n ~u , a cabinet ehould th cumstance of Burgess acting as guard to the znail train withstanding the carriage had been paid upon al, of / cnang •• •• 11‘1 the South- ...••• .. Feb. 4.. •• •••• ''
in the same kind of work, ink, keep an account of such a thing ae bullion
d the robbery was well n4gh forgotten, when an ran• not
by many adverse influences during the year' made for the Cardinal <le Retz •
Singapore
them, numer ,us complaints had been received by Messrs. month. } a,epton
,un carved and ilt so much loner than his reeular t.rm of du,y (duri e an
going over their line, and it would only have been fair h. . g • ' '' '." ' nb
expected revelation threw light on the matter,
Australla(via /
favourable to a large crop. " Though we still have ' g arra-chaire, covered with Beauvais'
w ich time Agar was going up and down the line fittin ' ' ted in Octo- Holloway of the non-delivery of parcels. He the (ina. the Cape) .j M ..... „, 1 South-
~ Morning
,
tapestry • a finel -carved mirror b •
, y Chippendale, in the company towards Burgess to have given a state-
g A man named Edward Agar was convic
'a ampton ••• •••• Jan. ei, Light
no certain information as to the whole crop, we of the 18'th ty a work
the key to the safe), was shown to hav b
e een arranged by d sentenced nager) accordingly proceeded to Mr. Crouch's premises Cape of Goo'd
duery ; a: table and mirror in rnarqueterie ;
ber, 1355, of uttering a forged cheque, an . .
' ' Ito e ..
know enotn4h to say with a proximate accuracy with some fieneen merit of the time the bullion went down, with which to Tester himself, Tester was shown to have travelled in Bath-street, and, on inquiring for the good •• _
8 in Ties. 1) ..
cks in bubl en
on to be transported for life. Tuis man some tune sinc._ .
h • • f al th t f
that it will be under the averiwe. Th " ~a an especially interest. test that eft of A '
p, gar s story. The probability, in his the line from Red-hill to London that night, and to ,
d t the authorities that he could give information, e was in orme aa ew packages in the front teaniorintius
Jan. 25 Englaadl
r, e agricultural ing relic, the celebrated Strawberry-hill clock, presented
stat!, o .
Id bb f 1855. On office were all the goods they had by I hem. The manager, InClia .•• • •
lands of the West, on the other hand, have been to Aune Boleyn by Henry VIII. (the learned counsel's) opinion, was, that the robbery was have had a little black bag with him, by the testimony
'talon reepecting the great go ro ery 0
of Jones and Russell, just as wee alleged in Anar'e In'• •.d h d himself as one of the however,. stated that he found about 150 parcels, and Lisbon .--.-1
busy there, also, getting large new tracts into cul- Some remarkable fine pieces of tapestiy veill enable not perpetrated in the railway van, but on the pier
a being questione e announce
1
on which u wards of 1
story ; and Agar's account of the return of Pierce and
t• a and named as his accomplices Pierce, uP P 2/. for canine bad been paid. Madeira .. •• I
vation, and if the new year have genial sunshine and the Exhibition to be most perfectly arranged in the de- at Folkestone, where the chest remained two hours
perpe ria ,
himself rom Dover to London by the two o'clock train
y itresthe service of the South-Eastern Company ; Some of these packages had been sent to Mr. Cronch's Clllatia)VieVerds M I South-
refreshing rain harnioniously intermingled we may partment of furniture. A large Oriental carpet is a and a half before it was put on board the boat. One of ' f
Feb. 9.... S.
was confirmed in all particulars by the wait-e- at Dover fm.mer - a clerk in the traffic as long as four months ago. Uader the • i ampton • ...... • Feb. 12 Avon
look for an increas d
e production of cereal crops. gorgeous example of Eastern magnificence, It is com the keys of the bullion chest kept on board the steamer and the orters at the Dover dL d ' . Burgess, a guard ; and Tester,
d has by his he took away the 150 parcels b 1 ' circumstances' lAinieetrasnAdYrifess-
i
In the east, our city has continued its expansive posed of crimson velvet, embroedered with a broad was lost, and it was not im robable that the person wh Agar's depscri tion of the mann a n b . obn t obit s t
ladt i (
ii n Rd
department.. Agar is 41 years off age,t
arnm of f'rom 14 Iowa), and now wished to kn e onging to Messrs. Hol- 'lads
strides with undiminished energy. New streets border of silver and gold. With this most beautiful got possession of i't took a p • I'll th ••o been carried Prom the station anedr in
n opportunity to et e vigi. elvtedie do ego la
n 7.3 conci own confession,
.hved. by cr.imeh,
tor,.
jeer
to 20 years. His evidence.is:dl Pee first suggested the ma' tter. ow what redress he had in Wes,: Indies
(except Ha-
stretch their thin arras out on the rocky waste to piece ot work her Majesty transmits a set of coveringe
lance of h firmed by the evidence of the cabiel and thwe thought, it impractic• Sir R. W. Carden said it vana and
Lie him
the 1.7 a state bed, in Oriental work, elaborately ornamented t e watchman on the pier and perpetrate the
4, the scheme, and that was a very extraordinary Honduras).
north. Old streets " down toun" lie in 'nine
also by Mr. Rees, who found the firebricks leo:rhiettrd an
ld bt •ii im ressions circumstance, but he had 2cl and 17th
robb
sv•V feathers and jewels, eTY. Agar's statement was on the whole very ina- L'ue able. Pierce said he believed he cou o al . p .
no power to interfere in the Venezuela Ist and
preparatory to apptaring next year in the s len-
grate, the burnt flooring at Agar's old residence, and
, of the keys of the Chubb's locks by which the iron matter, If Messrs Hollow h d k b Ith (tree Town
ay a not ta en ac c e _ ._ „.
• • et of the South-
dour of marble and sand t _ .. P . he specunene thus liberally placed at the disposal of probable ; and he asked the jury if they believed that he, the box of toole at Pierce's. The evidence of the B h ewered that if 150 par Ith • . na a month. ampton Orinoco 16tthheof La plata
s one. Idopulation still the committee are near' 50A in r umber many of the Pierce •
au" safes were secured, and Agar t en an. ce s ey might have had a summons for unlaw- -',-c7ura a
month. arr.lsth.
pours in ; wealth, churches, poverty, and crime in- most rare chara t 'y _ , . , and Burgess could have come out of the guard's clerks respecting the six 100/. notes, and of the stock- 'e . 1,1 h 1
u 4 C 011.,, ee aone he thought the thing might be fully detaining the goods but at nt the only remedy i;hr'ult :• .•
••
er,t and many of a most fragile charac- van, at either of the stations, without being seen by the brokers, of Lee, the stockjobber, and of Stearn, the tffacted. Nova comes the executiaa of the plan. Tirae, they had was by a ci;il acti prteoserecover the 12/. for cealiforn.l,•::
i
crease side by side, and croakers, here as every ter ; but her Mee. has every confi-
where, mourn over the rottenness and predict the- dence in the carej;shaYt' wail Al '
bi lel
tbaek
eerie en , . .
porters in attendance on the arrival of the train, and publican, were all confirmatory of Agar's evidence as to :kill dca ital are all at the disposal of the plan- carriage of the goods in questi°on, and the amount for Honduras .
, an p
f every article by
16th of
the division of the plunder ; and the Spanish bonds, erce and Agar go down to Folkestone as daosage these goods had sustained by the neglect of the Nassau
...: at Jan. 17 a} South- .
speedy downfall of this Babylon. But in spite of all the psrsons entrusted with their tra:smission to Man- who rushed to the van te get out the luggage that • ners. pi.
ampten Onnoc, the La ?Nth
might of which A had spoken, had been in the eame man
gar
ner casual visitors or t e one o
f h b fit f sea-bathing. They take part •
y complained of.
we grow, and grow rich, and growing rich spend cheater. be there belonging to the various passengers in the t
, Mexico
raced to the possession of the prisoner Pierce, and of i a ;
ioagings and employ themselves in observing the arrival The applicant said it was a very important matter, ana Havana ..., M Feb, 2.... South-
our money-in houses that are palaces, in equip- 1.1••••••11••••••••=....,
train. He contended there was no confirmation of Tester's father, Having thus pointed out those parts of f h tidal service trains, and the delivery of the luggage he thought it kis dut to make it public.
arneton •••••••• Feb. 1 Atrato
ages, silver, servants, and wines. New ships lie BAILIVA Y INTELLIGENCE. Agar'e evidence, and after referring to several other facte Agar's evidence which were confirmed by other wit- ot e .
from the trains o e ( a .
t th bi ts Tide is in Ma,y, 1854, Tee t, • y .
pplicant then retired. Madeira
Tenerlffe
st our wharfs, new warehouses receive new con-
• nmission of the rob-
" E Jan 23 } PLY-
_______....________ in Agar's statement, he called ou the jury to acquit the nesses, the learned Baron dismissed tho jury at a few twelve months before the actual cal
W.C.ofAfrica .1 * ..
Candace Feb 6 Ethiope
ngnmeuts, and we continue to prosper. The yel- LONDON BRIGHTON, AND SEIUTH COAST. prisoner Burgess. minutes to five o'clock to consider their verdict. bery,-so long ati
•nie can modern depredators afford to CLERKENWELL.-ERRORS IN THEOFFICIAL BOOK llritish North mouth
ow fever hung at our dour fur months, threatenine '
araeons. They went down daily to OE CAB FAREs.-Dr. O'Connor, of Montague-street, America .. lit E '} LI
After an absence of little more than ten minutes the spend on their prep ti
very Fri. Ver. .
a The directore ot this Mr. Sergeant Ballantiue next addressed the jury on
lyennittreidtates pooi 4rabia lan. 19 Europa
;0 check our growth, and unquestionably did do „m e, ~, coinpany have decided upon re-
jury returned into court 'd • • •f t • - the fresh air, but their constant Montague-square, one of the physicians of the Royal
Mel:lull] Lil
, and the foreman delivere in the pier, as i o eat())
i d tates
njury to our trade, but not enough to be percep- „eine
g theg3ls(: Tait of a dividend for the half-year the part of Tester, He said that he was happy to find their verdict, Guilty on the second count (simple larcen 1 h
Ya oeservation of the trains and the station aroused sus- Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, who was summoned last eritishelorthlE •Taali.erneaand}
t Liver-
ibis. With that exception the past year has been consolidat a t k c cember ef 31 per cent. on the that he had been preceded by Mr. Sergeant Parr d a ,ainst Pierc
yan a e, and auilty on the first count against picion, and they left, but not before they had discovered week by William Clarke, a cabman, badge 390, for re- America .. 'te
ruesdas-s. poo, Baltic Jan. 15 Baltic
esoe o• the company, making the total di- a • '
h d h d fth k fth f • t 6- re l l f f6l b t h united States
a what Chapman, wao ha t 0 mist() y o eey o e using .o pay eim eis ega are o ~ u W ose case British North FM lan
me of unbroken prosperity. vidend 6 per cent. for the year 1856. Ir Giffard, who, having alluded to many points he in- Burgess and Tester.
•ron safe, did when the trains arrived and the luggage was remanded for the purpose of having the ground .14 ~ I South-
Most noticeable of all is the increase in the good
_______ tended to touch on, precluded the necessity of his again l'
' he prisoners having been placed at the bar for i
America .. ...moo Arage.. F eb. 19 Ara.
reeling towards England-not the good feeliug of EXETER AND YEOTIL. referring to them. This bad truly been denominated a judgment, was removed to the boats." By these means it was as- measured, again attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to hear c
mined where the key was kept the impression of his decision. anada .... I E fan. 27 1 Liver- Anglo- „, . ••T •
cabinets, but the more solid (rood feeling of popular It appears the works on this line ar • romance in one of the public papers, but it was not a Mr. Baron Martin proceeded tn deliver the sentence of cer .. .
bl
obtain
-----______ nool Saxon "n• 4 lecfln."
_______________ '
This case has excited a considerable degree of interest, ~,
~ .
will. I • • a
e satisfactorily
the C. ourt. Addressieg t e
h prisoners he said-You, which it was desire eto .
See it in every part of the CdlUltry where progressing. The tunnels at Crewkerne and H • history founded on fact, but a fictio t •th d• •
ngoup wi evilish William Pieree T.,—..... 7-I.lvrrncl,_ anti GtAnrnA William Tint _0
f know where the key was kept and to olet.e;n ~,-, a ae:
the public mind h t •t
t exprese
as an oppor uni y o .. are in course of formation. In the course of a f.•-onitotit_
;,,,,,,,5,,;,_ T
~,
~,,_
____,
____
..
itself.

The year 1856 has been a fortunate year for the
commerce of the country. Although its imports
are greater than those of any previous year, and
now exceed 50,000,000/. a-year, the exports are
still larger by $12,000,000, counting Californian
gold as a domestic production, which, economically
speaking, it is. This is a fact indicating a healthy
condition of trade, and confirms the views I have
invariably taken—that the country is prosperous,
and its business, although expanded and expand-
ing, is on a healthy basis. The constant demand
for money for the construction of new and
enlargement of old railways keeps a tight money
market. There is no sign of want of prosperity.
Railways in the West take the place of common
highways and turnpikes in an old country. They
penetrate tracts of land before inaccessible to mar-
kets, and carry with them and distribute the ra-
pidly increasing population of the United States.
Though they may not pay the shareholders they
increase the wealth of the country more than four-
fold the cost of construction.
The cotton lands of the South have been visited
by many adverse influences during the year, un
favourable to a large crop. Though we still have
no certain information as to the whole crop, we
know enough to say with a proximate accuracy
that it will be under the average. The agricultural
lands of the West, on the other hand, have been
busy there, also, getting large new tracts into cul-
vation, and if the new year have genial sunshine and
refreshing rain harmoniously intermingled we may
look for an increased production of cereal crops.
In the east, our city has continued its expansive
strides with undiminished energy. New streets
stretch their thin arms out on the rocky waste to
the north. Old streets "down toun” lie in ruins
preparatory to app, aring next year in th,, splen-
dour of marble and sandstone. Population still
pours in ; wealth, churches, poverty, and crime in-
crease side by side, and croakers, here as every-
where, mourn over the rottenness and predict the
speedy downfall of this Babylon. But in spite of all
we grow, and grow rich, and growing rich spend
our money—in houses that are palaces, in equip-
ages, silver, servants, and wines. New ships lie
at our wharfs new warehouses receive new con-
signments, and we continue to prosper. The yel-
low fever hung at our dour for months, threatening
to check our growth, and unquestionably did do
injury to our trade, but not enough to be percep-
tible. With that exception the past year has been
one of unbroken prosperity.
Most noticeable of all is the increase in the good
feeling towards England—not the good feeling of
cabinets, but the more solid good feeling of popular
will. I see it in every part of the country where
the public mind has an opportunity to express
itself.
There islittle localnews of interest for this packet
at this time. Congress will not be in session until
the holidays am over. The House will tr to hold of the Pacific Railway in
and as they will jumble togetherS a some
fo-rm or
and ;
and thus combine a variety of
intevrareststety of grants,
ble that something may pass. The
modification of
the tariff will also come up, upon the reports of Mr.
Letcher and of Mr. Campbell. Mr. Letcher ' taking the tariff of 1846 as its basis, transfers bill,
nufactured silks to the 30 per cent. schedule . iftnaa-
and blankets to the 25 per cent. ; raw wool tox
the
10 per cent. ; and raw silk and dyestuffs to the free
list, and then a uniform reduction of 20 per cent.
upon all the duties levied under the tariff of
1846. Mr. Campbell's bill puts on the free list
raw materials and dyestuffs used in A ;
mer.call
manufactures, and leaves blankets in the 20 per
cent. schedule, and woollen goods and silk goods in
the 25 and 30 per cent. schedules.
A most remarkable criminal trial is going on
here, the result of which, not known as I write, will
probably be known before the mail leaves Boston.
One Huntingdon, a billbroker of Wall-street, who
robbed the " note-shavers" to the amount of half
a million and lived en prince on the proceeds, is on
trial for the forgeries. His counsel admit the exe-
cution of the paper, and set up insanity, because
no sane man ever would have committed so glaring
crimes. To prove this they rake up from a career
of swindling every criminal act they can lay hands
on (of which there seems to be plenty), and ask the
jury to believe that so great a rogue must be an
honest man.
The Baltic brought us the news of the appoint-
meut of Mr. Matthew as Consul at Odessa. It will
gratify hie many friends in this country to know

EXETER AND YEOTIL.
It appears the works on this line are satisfactorily
progressing. The tunnels at Crewkerne and Honiton
are in course of formation. In the course of a few weeks
the works on the line at Whipton, near Exeter, are to
be commenced with a view to carry on the line towards
Honiton, and to facilitate the conveyance of materials
from Topsham to the Honiton tunnel.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffic
return for the week ending Jan. 11, 1857 —255,364 0 0
Correspondingweek last year
GREAT
NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Jan. 4, 1857
Corresponding week last year
CHESYER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Jan. 11, 1857 .t4,570 0 0
Corresponding week last year 4,256 0 0

IncreaKe in 1856 .

£314 0 0

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE Lraffiei i
rec,i.urn for the week ending Jan. 11, 1807 ' 7 _ _
3£21
Corresponding week last year 10 20,111
EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CEN-
TRAL I'•alLwAYB—Traffic return for the week ending
Jaonrr.els.ll)o,nl(lB?n7g..
5,330 12 1;
CORK,AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week
;.e.e..k...i ...... .
y..e.a..r. ................... 15 8
eniiing Jan. 10, 1857
£287 15 0
.............................. •••
Corresponding week last year
197 14 0
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMEANY.—Traffic re-
ffi
turns for the week ending Jan. 10, 1857......£10,642 18 6

-00 LONG BY HALF.—On a recent occasion, one of
our friends was coining up from York, by the North-
Western Railway, and it appeared, as ill-luck would
have it, that there sat opposite to him a gentleman with
remarkably long legs, which be was not very particular
about digging into our friend's knees. On the arrival of
the train at Birmingham the long•legged man observed
to his neighbour, "I shall get out and stretch my legs
hero a bit, a,4 we wait te,n, minutes." " For goodnes:,'
sake, don't do that ! said our friend,
,"for 1 am
quite sure they are too long by ball already.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantiue next addressed the jury on
the part of Tester. He said that be was happy to find
that he had been preceded by Mr. Sergeant Parry and
Mr. Giffard, who, having alluded to many points he in-
tended to touch on, precluded the necessity of his again
referring to them. This bad truly been denominated a
romance in one of the public papers, but it was not a
history founded on fact, but a fiction got up with devilish
ingenuity. Let them review the position of the pri-
soners at the bar. The learned counsel then referred
to Tester, who was respectably connected, and
held a responsible situation on the South-Easter❑
Railway, which he left for a more lucrative one
on a railway in Sweden. Hearing there of
what was doing in the country with reference to the
inquiry relative to the robbery, he voluntarily left a
place of safety and surrendered himself to justice in this
country, feeling he was an innocent man. There were
a variety al' scoundrels in this country, and, by his own
confession, Agar was one. He was a perfect miracle,
and deserved their careful attention and study, for it was
on the statement of such a man that Tester's position
depended. After alluding to the dangerous character of
Agar and hie effect upon society if again ho obtained his
liberty, the I earned counsel said Agar was one of the
class of Inc n they read of in the middle ages,
who would not hesitate to poison the cup of
his nearest relative a wretch who, if he
remained in a house, would not hesitate to commit
murder, and everything that was bad, and who would
rather fix, if p ossible,guilt on an innocent tuan, than one
who had committed crime, fie charged Agar with
having deliberately made a charge against Tester,
which ho knew was false, and he had made this false
and scandalous charge against Tester, because he was a
man he could not corrupt, and one in whose conviction he
would derive more, pleasure than in the conviction of
one of his own class. After some further remarks or.
Agar's conduct, his motive for making this statement,
and the hope he had of regaining his liberty, no
matter at, what cost to others, and which he would look
upon as a noble triumph of art, and show himself the
worthy head of the noble Guild of Scoundrels, the
learned sergeant alluded to the philosophy, if he might

Mr. Baron Martin proceeded to deliver the sentence of
the Court. Addressing the prisoners he said—You,
William Pierce, James Burgess, and George William
Tester have all been convicted, upon pretty nearly the
most conclusive evidence which it was possible to lay
before a jury, of the offence with which you were charged.
The man Agar is a man who is as bad, I dare say, as
bad can be, but that he is a man of most extraordinary
ability no person who heard him examined can for a
moment deny.
I do not entertain a doubt that it was
because he was an old, experienced thief, noted for his
extraordinary skill, that he was applied to by you for
the purpose of getting this robbery effected by his instru-
mentality. Something has been said of the romance con-
nected with that man's charac:;er, but let those wh-,
fancy that there is anything great in it consider his fate,
It is obvious, as I have said, that he is a man of extraor-
dinary talent ; that he gave to this, and perhaps to many
other robberies, an amount of care and perseverance,
One-tenth of which devoted to honest pursuits must have
raised him to a respectable station in life, and, consider-
ing the commercial activity of this country during the
last 20 years, would probably have enabled him to realise
a large fortune. But look at the consequences of his
career of crime. Instead of beingr a respected wealthy
man, as he might have been, he is a slave fur life —sepa-
rate for ever from all be holds most dear. It is perfectly
clear that he was fond of associating with persons el
the other sex, but he is entirely cut off from all such
associations. He is condemned to a wretched and
miserable life. He is dealt with as. a complete slave,
and has no more centrol over his own actions than
the veriest slave that has existed since the world
began. I did not think it rig ht to notice, while
the trial was going on, the obse::vations which were
made by counsel on the probabilit y of his getting his
discharge as the price of the evidel ice he has given here
to-day. That is entirely in the b reast 'of the Crown ;
we have nothing to do with it ; bi it it does not at all
follow as a matter of course that a . man of his character
will be released from prison t ,ecause he has given
evidence which has bad the effect ( d bringing you to jus-
tice. He has related to us the v; L.rious circumstances of
this robbery, anc has narrated mit lute details which have
been confirmed Ly upwards of i 0 witnesses' with whom
it was perfectly impassible that hej ,could have had any

But to know where the key wag kept and to obtain
possession of it were very different things, and Agar, ac•
cording to his own story, was much disheartened. Not
Pierce. Pierce knew a young man named Tester, who
was in the office of the Superintendent of Traffic, and
Tester could get possession of the keys for them. How.
ever, time rolls on, and we are in August, when Pierce
discovers that the locks are to be altered and that the
new keys will be in Tester's hands. Tester was the
clerk who corresponded with Mr. Chubb on the subject,
and by his means the impression of key which opened
one lock of each box was obtained. But, as each box
had two locks, it was necessary to obtain the impression
of another key, and the following device was adopted :
—Agar was in possession of no less a sure than
3,000/. It was arranged that a box of bullion of the
value of 2001. should be conveyed in the iron safe in
the usual way, and that it should be delivered to
him under the name of Archer. Agar goes for
the box, and it is delivered to him by Chapman, who
opens the safe with a key which he takes from a cup-
board. Thus Agar learns where the second key is kept.
Now, how are they to obtain an impression of the key ?
Two mouths have elapsed since they got the impression
of No. 1 ; this is October, and they are still without No.
2. But they are not disheartened. Pierce and Agar go
down to Dover and put up at the Dover Castle ; they
walk over to Folkestone, and arrive just when the train
is coming in. Tn the confusion of an arrival the at-
Loelartts leave the office for a few minutes. Pierce goes
boldly in, opens the cupboard which csntains the key of
the iron safe, and bands it to Agar, who takes an impres-
sion and replaces it. Thus five months after the recon-
naissance at Folkestone they have surmounted the first
difficulty which suggested itself to the reflecting mind of
Agar—they have obtained wax impressions of the
keys. Everything else remains to be done.
The next thing, of course, was to make keys from the
impressionF. For that purpose lod
Lambeth and Kennington. Pierce
cfit's'ogulsesnsrehitinakseenlf in
ina
blank wig, and the next two months are spent
in filing
keys. When the keys were completed to a probable
siruilarity with the masterpieces of Chubb—no easy task,
it would seem, for two-inexpert operators with common

This ease has excited a considerable degree of interest,
and this was the third time that it has been before the
Court. It appeared that Dr. O'Connor has frequently
ridden in a cab from the stand at the corner of Francis-
street, Tottenham-court-road, to the Royal Free Hospi-
tal, for which he has paid a fare of 6d. Some weeks
back cabman William Clarke, 390, obtained two sum-
monses against him for two fares of 6d. each, which, on
being heard before Mr. Tyrwhitt, were decided accord-
ing to the official book of cab fares, which states the
eistance to be 420 yards more than a mile, and Dr.
O'Connor was obliged to pay Bs., including the costa of
the two summonses, the cabman's loss of time, and the
two sums demanded. In a few days after, Dr. O'Con-
nor appeared at this office before Mr. Tyrwhitt, when
he stated that, having some doubts as to the correctness
of the book, he walked the distance in 1,582 steps, and
subsequently had the ground measured by a competent
person on two several occasions, when it was found to
,Je only 1,580 yards, that is, 180 less than a mile, and
he therefore thought the case a fit one for re-investiga-
tio n. This the magistrate declined doing, and Dr.
O'Connor continued to rile the same distance, giving
only sixpence for the fare, with the view of again bring-
ing the matter under the notice of the magistrate for
further investigation. ALast Monday week Dr. O'Con-
nor got into the cab, 390, the driver of which had pre-
viously summoned him to this court, and, on refusing to
pay more than lid., another summons was issued against
him, whieli .:aine 6n fur hearing on Wednesday week, on
which day it was .rranged that• the ground should be
measured by the officer of the court, and it was accord-
ingly adjourned for further hearing, when the magis-
trate, after the officer of the court had stated that he had
measured the ground, and found it to be 390 yards short
of a mile, that the book was wrong, and therefore his
jugdment must be in favour of Dr. O'Connor and against'
the cabman.

The cabman objected to the decision a 3 being in op.
position to the act, which stated that the official book of
the commissioners was to be considered conclusive in all
cases of disputed fares.

E—Evening,

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that view was perfectly correct un-
bil the book was found to be wrung. In this case, owing
to some accident, he supposed, the book is found to be

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