The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

ARREST OF MR. OWEN AND OTHER
DIRECTORS.

The offer of a reward of 20G/ , for the appreheu.
vion of Mr. Humphrey Brown, is the fiat public
evidence which has been afforded of the intention
of the Government to bring to justice the managers
and directors of the late Royal British Bank.: For
some time past most energetic meuures were in
contemplltion by the Government, but for obvious
reasons it was not deemed prudent to give publi-
city to the course which was under conSidera#in.
On Tuesday last, however, Bench warrants wore
issued by the Court of Queen's Bench, on informs•
lions filed by the Attorney-General, not merely for
the apprehension of Mr.. Humphrey Brown, but for
the late governor, the managers, and a number or
dircc+ois of the lank, several of whom have been
already arrested. In the case of Mr. Owen, the first
director captured, bail was tendered, and by direc-
tion of Mr. Justice Erie the prisoner was-liberate I
on his Own recognisances of 4,0001., and two sure-
ties of 2,0001. each. . _ _

A ~inular btil w,ll, it is undeistood, be ac'esptad.
in the ca :e of the other directors.

Two or three of the persons implicated, at pr -
sent in Paris, are, if not already in the hands of
the officers, at least, so completely under their sur-
veillance, that escape is alt )gether impossible: With
respect to the late manager of the) auk, Mr. Cam—
ron, there is reason to believe that, if he has
not already bean, he will shortly be arrested, at
Pari.m, by the French police on a charge Of travel.
ling with a false passport, and when that charge is
disposed of, he will of course be available lor the
warrant issued by the Queen's Bench. For some •
weeks past every one of the persons connected with
the bank, and who were recently examined in the
Court of Bankruptcy, have been elo.ely watched by
Inspector Field and bis staff of assistants, and every
change of residence, and especially those made aft et
the delivery of the very strong opinion expressed by
Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, have been carefully
noted and recorded. The prosecution will be con-
ducted by the Attorney-General, assisted by Mr. E.
James, Q. C. ; and so great has been the despatch in
the preparation and getting up of the case, that the
whole of the briefs, occupying.many hundred pages
of printed matter, ,have tor itOne• days been Teady
for delivery. The indictment -*rill, it is-nuderatood,
exceed in length those of the famotie Irish State
trials. Me-srs. Linklater and Hackwood, the able
solicitors of the assignees of the bank, will act as so-
licitors for the prosecution. There is reason to be-
lieve that the activity and zeal of Inspector Field
will result in the apprehension of the whole of the
persons in the course of a very few days. Several
of his assistants are already on the Continent, and
it was rumoured late on Saturday night that a-tele-
graphic despatch had been received, stating that
two captures bad been effected in Paris. _

CARMARTHENSHIRE.

Mr. David Pugh has issued the following address
to the electors of Carmarthenshire :

Gentlernen,—l have been requested by a large and
influential body of the electors of this county, to come
forward to supply the vacancy in your representation
caused by the lamented death of Mr. S. Davies, our late
member, and our friend ; for who that ever knew him
did not feel that in that sincere, that pure, that amiable
heart, he possessed a firm and constant friend I
I have no Parliamentary career to appeal to ; but like
him, whose death we now deplore, I have had the ho-
nour of serving for some years among you as chairman of
the Quarter Sessions. The friendships which I have con-
tracted here have known no abatement, no change ;
and I have been brought into communication with all
classes of the community.
I retain the same moderate Conservative opinions
which I have ever held ; but none knew better than
yourselves how of late years political parties have been
mingled together, and the lines which separated them
have become less distinct ; while more liberal feelings
have reigned in all hearts. It seems therefore to be now
more than ever necessary that those who are sent for
the first time to the House of Commons, not promising
a blind or undeviating adherence to any chief or party in
the State, should be prepared to decide on questions as
they come before them according to their conscientious
conviction.
In common with the great majority of my country-
men, I admire the polioy of Lord Palmerston, which in
a time of difficulty and danger, upheld the ancient glory
of the kingdom ; and I approve the determination, since
evinced in the Chinese waters, to cause the British flag
to be respected in every quarter of the globe.
The question of church rates I have long desired to
see settled ; and with that view I wish the subject to be
taken up by the Government of the day ; nor do I
think that the cause of general education, which all good
then have so much at heart, is likely to be brought to a
successful termination, if left in the hands of individual
members.

To any measure of Parbamentary Reform which the
lapse of time may have renderei necessary, which shall
propose to extend the right of voting to 'then of educa-
tion, intelligence, or wealth, I shall be prepared to give
impartial consideration ; and to enforce all economy in
the hands of the departments of the State, which is con-
sistent with good service, and with the maintenance of
the national defences.

I wish that a contest on this occasion could have been
spared to the county ; that around the grave of our be-
loved and lamented friend all might have been peaceful
and tranquil as the death he died ; and no bitter or
unkind word be heard. But encouraged as I am by
promises of support, I have no right and no power to
recede.

The shortness of the time interfening between this
and the nomination day will render it impossible for me
to pay my respects to you personally • but I shall never
be indifferent to the discharge of the duties you may
impose on me. I can conceive for myself no higher
earthly honour than that of serving you, no more noble
employment.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
THE DIVORCE BILL.

The Tablet of this day announces that the Catho-
lics, under the direction of the Cardinal Archbishop,
are " making some efforts at last to arrest the pro-
gress of that detestable Bill by which. :the Queen's
Ministers propose to legalise adultery." After
considerable expenditure of ink in order to make
it apparent that the marriage of Napoleon and Jo-
sephine was not dissolved by the authority of the
Holy See, the Tablet proceeds to denounce Lord
Cranwerth's Bill as the embodiment of all that is
vile and repugnant to the Christian religion, con-
cluding in these choice terms :

"It is not in the 19th century that the natural man
first felt the want of getting rid of his wile ; he has tried
it before, and probably in every century of the church'ii
history, but he could not do it. The religion he professed
was against him, and he was forced to submit to the in-
ex,,rable law, Let no man separate.' Lords Lyndhurst
and Oran worth are not the first lawyers who kicked
against the law of Christ, but their predeceisors were
not so stupid as to say that any earthly tribunal could
dissolve a marriage once complete. Henry VIII., in
the fury of his lust, did not go such lengths as these ;
he always contrived that his ,marriages should, have a
flaw in them, for that Royal adulterer was not ,so intel-
lectually corrupted as to imagine that
.he could_ be the
husband of two wives both living at the' ame,time. He
was a better theolcgian than the sect he founded, and we
must regret to-day that . his - spiritual children do not
better observe the principles of their father."

STIRLING, JUNE 2.—SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.--The
veteran general arrived here from Pertly yesterday,
and took up his residence at Campbell's Gsolden Lion
Hotel. The general was, in, the course of :the day, en.
gaged in looking over and inspect6lg the viriopi books
which were submitted to bin' in the Castle. In the
afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, the companies
of the depots here were inspected so far as regtirds their
furnishings and equipment& The general also visited
the hospital, and, remained for a short time. This morn.
ing, at a quarter-past five o'clock; the several companies
of the battalion were ordered out on the eiplanade,
when the gallant general put "The Old Black Viratch"
through their facings as of old. It affords us much
gratification to say that the general was pleased to state
to the commanding officer, that he was particularli
pleased, not only with the general bearing of the cont.
panies, but with the whole departments of the garrison.
—North British, Mail.

CRIME ix PeiNox.—The Court of Assizes of the
Rhone, three days ago, tried a psasant named Guillemet•
of St. Igny de Vers, for the manslaughter of his son.
aged about 14, so far back as August, 1853. "On the
10th of that month it was noticed that the boy had di.-
appeared, and nothing was seen or heard of him tint 1
the 19th, when his dead body was found in an advanced
state of putrefaction in a hedge near his father's house.
It was not possible, from the decomposed state of
the body, to see whether or not it bore traces
of violence, but as the man had for a long time treated
the boy with great brutality, little doubt was enter-
tained by the neighbours of his having' niurdered him.
Strange to say, however, no investigation:
insti-
tuted, and Nothing was thought
.of
February last, when the mac, h-evvine;
some other charge, of which,
be innocent, manifested such profound
that his arrest might cause inquiries 12iattesr untl
I, 0, been arrested ors
be turned out to
however,
terror at the idea
to be made respect-
The result was that a latourer uzevi e cams
ing the death of his son that the matter was investigated.il
for ward and said that on the 9th of August,
edwith
coverlBs3, he
had seen the boy lyingbeneath a tree
blood, and that the boy stated in answer to his in.
hie ifither had just beaten him most
that the next day as
cruelly;passing i s
that
he (Chuzeville) was
near the house of Guillemet, he saw the boy
perched in a cherry-tree eating cherries, and that his
father, having come up at the moment, threw a large
piece of wood, which striking the boy on the head caused
him to fall senseless on the ground ; that the father
then taking him up in his arms carried him into his
house. This was the last time the boy was seen alive,
so that there was no doubt that the blow bad killed him.
The jury declared the prisoner guilty, but with Extent'.
sting circumstancas, aed the Court sentenced him to six
years' hard labour.