The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1868

1101NitY MARTiEi

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
The Bank returns show some considerable changes,
but on the whole its own position is strengthened
rather than otherwise. Although £150,000 gold have
been sent in during the week, the bullion has declined
to a small extent.. This probably arises from harvest
requirements, which always produce a large circula-
tion of coin. On the other hand the Reserve has
enlarged considerably, until it now reaches nearly
eleven millions and a half. A prominent feature in
the return is the decrease of £600,000 in the Govern-
ment securities, owing to the repayment of tempo-
rtlaorsyitsadavroances ; and, in consequence the public de-
comparatively low, but it is yet six weeks
fisartaait!ttileie end of the quarter. That money has been
or no demand may be seen from the almost
private amounts of the private securities and the
ehanaet,,e deposits, Tho following are the principal
ije-4 'lnce the preceding return :
creme ia Cition .
Decrease In Publics Deposits y.4758,532
no
Decrease
lintio other Deposits
34,49 f
ereassee
iinoßoGtettsuvteieriri
osnaemceuorti
tiSeescr ti es
. 24,32 a
Decree•
65,527
9,161
Increase ease in Reserve I 222,322
Bullion in both Departments
20,735,201
Reserve of Notes and Coin
cirealation, including Bank Post Bills 24,756,090
Z2llO following is the return of paid clearing for the
ek "cling Wednesday, August 19, as certified by
• George Derbyshire, chief inspector :
Auie 13, Thursday ... £ 9,133,000
'Aug. 14, Friday 21,751,000
dug. 15, Saturday 12 124,000
404. 17, Monday 10 445 000
Aug. 18, Tuesday ' 10 885,000
Au& 19, Wednesday „..
;Y*l 8,061,000
Y.
Total 7.7 £72,399,000
This is a total above the average. It is increased by the
settlement on the Stock Exchange on the 14th, which
Was rather heavy, as it involved the closing of nume-
rous transactions previously to members leaving on
vacation. Yet, independently of this, there is reason
to believo that the ordinary mercantile clearings are
quietly increasing.
oTmbpea
n trafficy
for the month of July show an increase of
41 2'327) as compared with the corresponding period of
4867,
.The half-yearly meeting of the United General Gas
sight Company has been called for the Bth Septem-
ber, to receive the directors' report and statement of
ac6ounts.
fro le discount demand is quiet, and rates range
m 11 to 2 per cent. for best bills.
foe°nsols are again a shade flatter, at 93! to 931
..,4dtutieoendey63aind 931 to 93i for account. New and
to 94 ; India Five per Cents., 1141 to
V 5; Dank Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills,
aos to 20s prem.
ti!°r,leign Stocks, in the absence of business, con-
-51-ze dull and heavy. Italian is worse, at 51 to
des ; While Greek is / higher, atl3 to 13k. Other
toare without change. Mexican is quoted
to 3511 t° 15i• ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 33i
75 s Brazilian, 7611 to 77i ; Danubian, 781 to
84 ;to Viceroy Loan, 73 to 73 i Egyptian (1864),
fri 8..
Bo a merman Securities, the United States 5-20
Bo
are steady, at 71k to 71/ ; Erie Shares are k
°*°r, at 31 to 32 ; and Illinois ±, at 90i to 92.
_r° Ail
tontic and Great Western Railway Debentures-
8
38 to 38 38, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
The Ilonduras Loan is 821 to 83k.
~,t;ireat Indian Peninsula Railway New 4 per Cent.
4-1 epe n tur e Stock is 95i to 96k.
prices dish Railway Shares are extremely quiet, and
are dull. Owing to the fearful accident on the
Holyhead line, London and North Western has fallen
e Per
aod cent., the price being 115/ to 116 g. Lancashire
also Yorkshire and London and South Western are
tower, the former being quoted at 129 to 129 k,
I..ind the latter at 89 to 90. Tho following are the
t tprices :—Midland, 106 k to 107 ; South
as tern,o7 76 to 76k ; Great Northern, 106 to
to Great Eastern, 37 to 37A ; Great Western, 48k
to 481 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 42f
to ; Caledonian, 76 to 76k ; Metropolitan, 1111
,„;-,12 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 19i to 20.
Ve dealings in Colonial Government Bonds are
s9rY limited, and quotations are unaltered. Canada
Per Cent., Jan. and July, 103 to 105 ; do. Five
per Cent., tn. and July, 91 to 93; Mauritius Six
per
Cent., Jan. and July, 103 to 105; New South
Ijales Five per Cent., Jan. and July, 99 to 101 ;
tow`e Zealand Six per Cent., March and Sept., 110
1p5112 ;
° •le••
Que nsnd Six per Cent., Jan. and July,
to 100 ; Victoria 6 per Cent., Jan. and July,
13 to 115 ; do. April and Oct., 114 to 115.
tank Shares aro still quiet, and the only change
'4 prices is an advance of k in Union of London,
which is dealt in at 35 to 36. London and West-
-Ijl-iinster, 67 to 68 ; ditto, New, 54 to 54 ; London
oint-Stock, 32 to 33 ; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; London
rul County, 50 to 51 ex div. ; Imperial Ottoman,
E t° prem.;
~usts; ; .iii Chartered Imperial, 17 to 18 ; Consolidated, 4
; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Anglo-
'u to 7/ prem. ; Alliance, 11 to 10
Agra (A), 14 to 12.
remains at
Securities are dull. Anglo-American
at- Kent.,
at 21k to 21k ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
at-Vjr,ent.) 3 15-16 to 4 1-16 • Hudson's Bay steady,
pre "i to 15/ ; Fore-street Warehouse, dis. to
Tra,• ; London General Omnibus, 12- to 2.
ban he price of the French Atlantic Telegraph Com-
a* le to prem.
2„n, Finance Shares there is nothing doing. Credit
-;4FL'r is marked at 24 to 3 ; General Credit, 2k to
do,sls.; International Finance, 1k to li. die.; Lon-
Finance, 24 to 23 dis.
dol T7eiga Mining Shares are rather flat. St. John
,-"eY is k lows at 19 to 20 ; Rossa Grande, f to
"'el% : Port Phillip, 1 to 11; Chontales, 2to 4.

BRITIS FI FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 OON'IMN3IENT FUNDS.
Par Cent. Consols
3 bitto for Account, Sept. 8 ...r 934
IstPer eut. Reduced 94
li." 3 per Cent
°ill° 21- per Cent. Jan. 1894
A "". 5 per Cent. o an. 1873
nluities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
E,O for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885
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D? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 •
20 17 Pill
Do. Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per ()t
De, £5OO
tiara. £lOO & .£2OO — ,7
"' of England Stock, 4 per Cent
Do.
ea Account
!lade 4 per Cent. Bonds —
1,,,,.114b1A.N GOVERNMENT SEOURIT,!EN
"41a Stock, 104 per Cent., April 18e 4 ... 2154
D
I,°. pening, for Account
114;
h"°' 5 Per Cont. July, 1880
104 i
—tl°' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
•-o• Certificates —
92
I%i°. Enlaced Pae. 4 per Cent
je• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872
--°' Si per Cet., May 1879 Zn
- Doer Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do. 1877 —
. do. 1882 —
Do
. bob sor Cent., Aug. 1873
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`lO- Bob.,nder .£l,onds, 4por Cent., £l,000
--• pm
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6perCentFUNDS—CLOSING PRICES._
Pm
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,I7iii,ila 5
per
Cent —
Do, Cent. 1859
16,,'• 44 per Cent., 1852 —
Lo---' do. 1858....
D° do., 1860 —
Do. d "
0., 1863
_
r,• 5 per Cent , 1865 4,0 Account . 774
444:,,e408A.yres 6 per Cent —s
Dub l'ko 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
(2)41 6Per Cent.
iati 6 per Cent —
Do
; ‘,„
00.. 441)per
Cent. Cent
13 —
Do
b,13,;:a.!,b7.1apte,8687ent., 1866 •
C—
.I " `eriP £32 paid
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per Cent.
D '4'811) 3 per Cent., 1825........
Deubtan Principalities, par Cent
tut 8 Per Cent., 1867 79 i
k, . acl9r Igew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — gYett
6. hil, 7 per Cent —
Do
0. Second Issue ..... ......
• R5OO Bonds —
"0.
4106 Bonds —
De.
1864 —
h Do
854
—0.... ' Account
DO.
45()0 Bonds r• .£10‘) Bonds
'1104311 SQ.' 1868 —
te Scrip,
do. .£l5 pd par
Or(2,tvernmert Railway Debentures
kn 4. Per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
1) 4ceeunt
..
Do, "Pons
..
ci o• Account
Ite,,'LtPllala 5 per Cent .
jt , i'.'llras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
;ia° 5 Per Cert., 1865
to. Account .• 4.l„x° Ilareramana Railway — ~,eat. 3 per Cent —
4"1110 for Account
~.,0 6 ' 1864 —
ktollt
,P,er Cent. Anglo-French — 11001,91,(4%u G per Cont. . —
I'in Imperial 5 per Cent
"v Grau d
D a a
1-,° 3 per cen
364
D 0 Defer•ed
Per,7_.-411,1 Warrants (Hectares)
(Hectares)
0 t e Accen 5 per Cent. 1865
,t t .
D? 44 per (U
781 9 8'
4ccemat (Uribarren)
„u li per Cent.. 1862 -,
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........................

Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.'b 37} 8}
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Sc. ip, £2O paid —
11 issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4} per Cent. 1850
Do 4} per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cont., 1859
Do 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds ,
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 93 I
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 661 I
Sarlinian 5 per Cent 731

Spanish 3 per Con .
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do• New Deferred
Do. Account
Du. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
Tur.iish 6 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 67 I
Do. 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
D Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6li
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Account
Dividends on the above payable i.L London.
Venezuela, 3 per Cont.
511)o 6 per Cent., 1862
ltaliali 5 per Cent. 1851, E. zBf.

Do. Account 5l 1 i
CLOSING PRICES.

Consols, Money 93} }
Do. Account, Sept. 8

BOURSE, August 20.—Th
closed as follows :
q per Cent.
End of month... Ital'an Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 52} Mexican Loan 23
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 285 50 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1442 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred —
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans ... 893
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 5BO
Western
Eastern • • 563
Sardinian
Austrian 540
Lombard 403
North of Spain so}
Saragossa
Ronson 39}

.ree o'clock.—The market

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN COMMITTED FOR
ROBBERY.—Thomas Fisher was charged before Mr.
Knox with the following robbery :--

The prisoner was seen by Mr. Beckett, of No.
22, Tower-street, St. Martin's-lane, to go up to a
gig standing at the corner of White Lion-street,
Seven Dials, and take a coat from it and run off.
Beckett gave information to Mr. George James
Russell, of No. 239, Edgware-road, the owner of
the gig and coat, and subsequently seeing the pri-
soner gave information to James Capes, 132 F, who
took the prisoner into custody.
Barnes, the gaoler, said the prisoner was at large
at the present time on a ticket-of-leave, there being
twelvemonths of his sentence still unexpired.

The prisoner, who remained perfectly silent,
was committed for trial.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.—John Pennington,
a young man, was charged before Mr. Knox with
stealing a watch and chain, of the value of £l5, the
property of Mr. John Wellspring, chemist, of No.
3, Chandos-street, Covent-garden.
The prosecutor said he was passing the chapel in
Orange-street, at half-past nine at night, when a
man, he believed to be the prisoner, pulled his
watch and chain, of the value of £l5, from his
pocket and made off. He called " Stop thief."
He would not swear the prisoner was the man, but
he believed he was.

Frederick Haggett, engineer at the Government
Water-works in Orange-street, and who has cap-
tured several thieves and caused them to be brought
to justice, said that he saw three men come out of
Castle-street into Orange-street, and one of them
said " You must look out and be quick." He went
round the corner and heard a cry of " Stop thief !"
and saw the prisoner• running along the street to-
wards him as hard as he could run. He ran after
the prisoner and caught him, when he said that he
was running after the thief.
Richard King, 38 F il, proved receiving the pri-
soner into custody, but nothing was found upon
him.

Barnes, the gaoler, said the prisoner had been
known for years as a thief, and he was the person
who robbed Mr. Combe, the magistrate, while on
his way to this court.
lir. Knox committed him for trial.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Times remarks that the autumn of 1868 will be dis-
tinguished by a concurrence of elections in America,
France, and England. We have nothing to learn from
the new empire, but we have much to learn or avoid in
America. We sometimes hear now-a-days of the Ameri-
canisation of our institutions. It is a favourite bugbear of
Conservative addresses, and we confess it is a thing to be
dreaded. But our institutions will not be thus
Americanised until our temper and habits have
been already impregnated with the spirit of which
institutions are but the expression. Whether there
is any danger of this may be judged by those who
deprecate the result. When it is declared that
Judas Iscariot was, on the whole, a gentleman compared
with Mr. Gladstone, and a nobleman of the highest
standing presides at the meeting where the declaration is
made, and lets it pass without comment, we may ask
whether Americanisation has not begun. When the
managers of a contest in a midland county circu-
late statements imputing to Mr. Gladstone an under-
standing with the Society of Jesuits, and declare
that he agreed to advocate the disestablishment
of the Irish Church two years ago in a conference
with the Pope of Rome, we may ask again whether
Americanisation has not begun. When the contest for
the representation of East Kent is disgraced by the
issue of such mock addresses as have been published
in the name of a Liberal candidate, we may once
more ask whether Americanisation has not begun. It
is possible that similar offences have been com-
mitted on the other side, though we do not remem-
ber to have heard of them from Conservative
organs. But whether committed by both sides or not, we
are certain that the party which resorts to such expedients
will suffer from them. The temper of Englishmen is not
yet so debased as to view these expedients with compla-
cency, much less with admiration. They excite an instan-
taneous and vehement repugnance, which gives place only
to a conviction that the cause must be bad which seeks
assistance and support in such devices.; and we exhort
each party, as it values success, if it does not value self-
respect, to abstain from acts which damage itself and
would degrade the nation if it approved them.
The Post thinks that the speeches of Lord Amberley and
Mr. Ayrton, taken together, may be received as a very
complete programme of the policy which gives life and
soul to the Liberal party, and upon which, if upon any-
thing, it must rely to base its unity in the next political
campaign. The ascendancy of the Whigs is over, the
time for coquetting with Liberalism past, and the
only wise course will be for all sections to unite
frankly in adopting for the whole party such
opinions as will stand wear and tear. The necessity
for this would have been evident even under the old con-
dition of circumstances, but now that the constitution
of the country has been altered in so democratic a sense
it is indisputable, and it should be recognised without hesi-
tation. The question of the Irish Church is one upon
which no Liberal can entertain any sort of doubt. It is
essential that the different members of the party
should, without delay, make up their minds on
the subject of education ; while electoral ques-
tions, such as the personal payment of rates,
the distribution of members, and the ballot, will require
attention. To stand still upon the old W'nig lines would
be even more fatal to the party in these days than to re-
trograde. If it is to be united it must adopt and avow a
bold and progressive policy, and if it is not united it must
be content to remain as powerless in the forthcoming
session as it was in the last.

The Herald reminds us that when conscientious people
are invited to make a great sacrifice for the attainment of
what is alleged to be an enormous and preponderating
good, they have to ask themselves, before complying with
the request, three or four very serious questions. First of
all they have to inquire if the sacrifice be one that
is not in itself illegitimate, and never could he anything
else. Supposing this preliminary difficulty got over,
they next have to find out if the attainment is
sure to be achieved by the sacrifice, or whether
one sacrifice will not entail another, the pos-
sible illegitimacy of which will then in turn have
to be considered, without there being any certainty of
their ever getting any nearer to the object in behalf of
which so perplexing a line of conduct has been ventured
on. This is no abstract case to which we invite the atten-
tion of the public. It is their case at the present moment.
It is the case of the Protestant Church in Ireland, which
they are pressingly solicited to sacrifice to the pacifi-
cation of that country. Now, if the Irish have for so
long and so unremittingly been anything but a pacific
community, and England has suffered so severely from
its turbulent tendencies that were the promise of its turn-
ing over a new leaf dependent on our consenting to some
one condition, we can scarcely conceive the condition dis-
agreeable enough to make us shrink from concession. We
think wo may go so far as to say that if the sacrifice of the
Irish Church, as far as the sacrifice was consistent with
conscience—and even then it would be about the greatest
sacrifice that could be demanded of us—were demonstrably
certain to give lasting tranquillity and concord to a most
discordant section of the United Kingdom, we should be
sorely tempted to make it. But the sacrifice would be
useless ; other questions are in the rear, as the Liberals
themselves confess.

The Telegraph says the beginning of Reform, as surely
as the beginning of strife, is like the letting out of water.
It is impossible to remove one abuse or injustice, and then
calmly go to sleep and forget that others exist and loudly
call for removal. The spirit which has governed the first
steps towards Reform must, by the necessity of its being,
urge both Reformers and reformed to press forward in
the same path. That great change in the political
relations of the people of these islands which was
effected in 1832 brought in its train those rapid
advances in commercial legislation, ecclesiastical freedom,
and social development, which have shed such brilliancy
upon the last forty years of almost uninterrupted peace.
And the reform accomplished in the past and present year
ought not to be less prolific than that of which it was the
consequence and completion. Indeed, it has perhaps been
more clearly seen by those who honestly laboured to per-
fect the legislation of 1867 and 1868, than it was by the men
of 1830, that the measures for which they strove were not
ends, but instruments. Those men assailed and destroyed
a huge political corruption, primarily because it was an
injustice to the nation ; these, while extending the
great redress of 1832 to the altered necessities of
the present day, have had wider and higher views.
The franchise legislation of 1867.68, therefore, being, as it
were, but the prelude to more extended and more search.
ing measures of Reform, it becomes of the greater impor-
tance to observe the notes sounded in the addresses of
members or the questions of electors, and thus indicating
the theme of debate in the next Parliament. That
there should be any signs of resolution to promote
religious equality, to break down the secular barriers
against a national system of education, to reduce
the expenses and eradicate the abuses of the depart-
ments, is easily understood. Nor is it surprising
that there is a strong determination to lose no
time in claiming the full measure of that Reform which
the checks and ingenious devices of Mr. Disraeli have
subjected to such needless abatement. It is more remark.
able to find another demand falling from so many lips
and flowing from so many pens. There is a kind of
consensus of opinion among Liberal candidates, of all
shades of opinion, in favour of protecting the elec-
toral rights of the new constituency by the ballot.
Until the men who wield the great levers of power derived
from land and capital shall cesse to use them for illegiti.
mate political ends, it is against those men, and not
against the new constituency, that the safeguard of the
ballot is demanded. Unfortunately, within the last week
or two the magnates of the soil and coin, from so-styled
"princes of the land" downwards, have been conducting
themselves in a manner which must give the true
friends of the tenant and the workman reasonable ground
for apprehension that the new electors will not, any more
than the old—nay, will much less than the old—be per-
mitted to record their votes freely and conscientiously.
And to this fact, no doubt, is due much of the strength
and emphasis with which the old cry for protection to the
voter has been revived—much of the truly remarkable
assent which it has received.
The Standard considers it one of the peculiar charms of
Lord Amberley's character that he is always open to con-
viction. He may differ from you to-day, but if you
can shew him a very good reason why he should turn
his back upon himself, he will be heart and soul with
you to-morrow. On the occasion of his candidature
for Leeds, the noble lord was sorely perplexed about
the six-pound franchise, and eventually announced that,
with his then perceptions, ho could not vote for it ;
but the suasive eloquence and the powerful logic of the
Radicals made a convert, of him in less than twenty-four
hours. They passed a resolution to the effect that Lord
Amberley was not the man for Leeds, and what was the
result? His lordship took a stroll through the town the
next morning, and was enabled to announce to a public
meeting the same evening that his familiar experience of
the artisan classes of Leeds warranted him in retracting his
determination of a few hours back, and in voting for the
six-pound franchise. Whatever may be the circumstances
which have brought about the result, it is the fact that
Lord Amberley is now at the disposal of the electors of
South Devon. He comes forward under peculiar circum-
stances. The sentiments and traditions of the constituency
deprive a Liberal candidate of the faintest chance of
success unless he can manage to enlist upon his side that
strong family Whig influence which Lord Amberley's
relationship may enable him to command. Secure of this,
Lord Amberley rushes down to Plymouth as a candidate
uponlisses immaculately
riey,s v
pure rerwinsciopnles different ale Sintaantrersrd,
bduist-
cwould like to know more of his new crochet, the Malthissian
theory,

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

NOTIOE.

The Fourth Edition of " The Sun" of last Evoking, con-
taining the Latest Betting and Races at York, was
published in time for delivery in town at 7.30 p.m.

CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CHARGE AGAINST MADAME RACHEL.

This extraordinary trial was resumed this morn-
ing. The first witness called was
Charles Linton, a youth in the service of Mr.
Lewis, linendraper, Holborn, who said he was for-
merly in the office of Mr. Taylor, an attorney.
After office hours he used to go to Madame
Rachel's to fill up his hours of employment.
He used to write letters for her, and when he did
so on one occasion there was a young man and
Madame Rachel's daughter present. He always
gave the letter he wrote to Mdme. Rachel. lie
recollected copying a letter, which, when done, she
handed to the young gentleman called " Edward,"
who, he thought, was Mdme. Rachel's son. This
person said the writing was too much like a school-
boy's, and that therefore ho would write a better
one. Something was said about Mrs. Borradaile
coming. This took place in January, '67. The
letters handed to him are those he copied from. lie
recollected the one marked " 12" particularly.
By Mr. l)igby Seymour—He was examined at
Marlborough-street, but the letter 12 was not
shown to him, lie first saw letter 12 at Mr
Lewis's office on Saturday last. He had a perfect
recollection of the letter. He had been in the em-
ploy of a Mr. Taylor, who had some disputed ac-
count with Madame Rachel, but he had never been
told by her or any one not to come again to her
house on the ground of impertinence.
Mr. Joseph Haynes said he practised as a solici-
tor at Palace-chambers, Westminster. lie was the
mortgagee of the house Madame Rachel occupied.
He first became acquainted with her in 1866, when
she told him that a lady owed her £BOO, and that
if he would make an appointment she would bring
her the next day, in order that arrangements might
be made to sell out some stock, and out of the
proceeds he was to deduct the rent due to
him, £126, for six months. Stock to the
amount of over £9OO was sold out on the 6th of
June, and the money was placed iu the bank. His
first acquaintance with Mrs. Borradaile commenced
on the 14th of that month, and then the matter
talked about was the realising some property for
the payment of some debts for which she was being
sued. He raised £1,340, between £BOO and £9OO
of which was paid to Madame Rachel, and
the remainder was left in his hands. He
ultimately paid that amount also to Madame
Rachel. A mortgage deed was then executed
to him of some property, as he had a balance of
£544 against Mrs. Borradaile. The property was
afterwards sold and realised about £1,400, out of
which he deducted the balance due to himself, viz.,
£544, and the remainder he paid to Madame
Rachel.

By Mr. Digby Seymour—Mrs. Borradaile told
him she required money to pay her debts, and that
she owed Madame Rachel £BOO. She also told him
she had given bills and I 0 U to Madame Rachel,
which were to be given up when the £1,400 was
paid. She said she was going to be married to her
cousin, Capt. William Edwards, who was a relative
of Lord Kensington's. Madame Rachel remon-
strated with Mrs. Borradaile about her extrava-
gance as he had previously done. He should never
forget the scene that took place. Madame Rachel
told Mrs. Borradaile that she was squandering her
money on her paramour. Ho told Madame Rachel
she ought to be ashamed of hers?lf for using such
expressions.

By Sergeant Ballantine —The reason the letters in
his possession had become public was that he wished
one particular letter to be seen by the magistrate,
and it being in a bundle with others, he handed them
in, and he had never been able to get them back.
He had told Madame Rachel that she would one
day have to account for the large sums she had re-
ceived from Mrs. Borradaile, and that it would be
for her own protection that everything should be
clear and plain.

Thomas Reynold Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, said
__l know Madame Rachel. I have frequently been
in her shop. I never empowered her to use my
name in any way, neither have I ever authorised
her to borrow £lO for me. I have never passed by
the names of either " William" or " Edward." The
letter written upon a sheet of paper bearing a coro-
net never came from me. I never use paper stamped
with my arms. I have some with a monogram, but
none of the d;scription that has been spoken of.
Mr. Digby Seymour—l must, ask you some ques-
tions. What took you to Madame Rachel's shop?
Viscount Ranelagh—l shall be very happy to
you, as I have been so enamelled with this scan-
dal— (loud laughter)—that I shall be glad to give
every information and explanation in my power.
Mr. D. Seymour—What took you first to her
shop ?

Viscount Ranelagh—l never went there to be
enamelled. (Laughter.)
Mr. D. Seymour—Say what took you there.
Viscount Ranelagh—Originally curiosity. I
wished to see the person who had got such large
sums from various ladies. I made a few trifling
purchases on the occasion. After that, as Madame
Rachel received trifles in china and other matters
for sale on commission, and as the shop was in the
neighbourhood of my residence, and the door was
always open, I occasionally went in, as I have
done various other shops. I am very anxious that
everything should be known about this most un-
pleasant affair.
Mr. D. Seymour—Did you ever give your card
to Mrs. Borradaile?—Never.
Did you once see Mrs. Borradaile in Madame
Rachel's shop?—l did.

Were you ever in her company more than once ?
—Yes, in the family solicitor's office, but never to
speak to her.
Is it a fact that she was once introduced to you ?
—I have no recollection of such a circumstance.

When did you first communicate with your soli-
citor ?—On the 27th of Nov., 1867, in consequence
of the claim of Airs. Borradaile.
Ilad it come to your knowledge that your name
had been mentioned to Mrs. Borradaile ?—ln-
directly it had, but I communicated with my solici-
tor in consequence of the claim of Madame Rachel ;
that was the first letter I ever received from Mrs.
Borradaile. Subsequently I received eight or six.
I have them all here.

Will you let me see them ?—I shall only be too
glad.
Sergeant Ballantine—You say you have never
handed your card to Mrs. Borradaile ?—I have
already said so.
Do you recollect ever being at Madame Rachel's
when any other lady was present ?—Yes, I think
so, once. _ _ _

Was it Mrs. Borradaile ?—I rather think not. I
know Madame Valeria, the sister of Mr. Fechter,
the actor, was there.
Then your only intercourse with Madame Rachel
was calling at her shop?—That is all. I have
never met her, or have seen her or her daughters.
She has a shop in another part of London, and also
in Paris, but I have never been in either of them.
Capt. William Edwards said his family was dis-
tantly connected with Mrs. Borradaile's. He never
heard of the matter which was now the subject of
investigation by the court until he saw it in the
public newspapers.
Sergeant Ballantine—May I ask the connection
that exists between the two families ?

Capt. Edwards—l have been told by some of the
elder branches of my family that my great-grand-
father and Mrs. Borradaile's great-grandfather were
cousins. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Cope, brother-in-law of the prosecutrix, said
he had called upon Madame Rachel to know for
what she had received such large sums of money
from Mrs. Borradaile, and whether there was any
truth in the proposed marriage with Lord Rane-

lagh. She said she knew nothing about it ; and he
then told Madame Rachel he should place the whole
affair in the hands of a solicitor. No claim was
made by Madame Rachel for any money owing her
from Mrs. Borradaile.

Mrs. Borrodaile recalled, and, in answer to Mr.
D. Seymour, said she recollected writing a letter
containing a card,lbut she could not say whether it
passed through the post. The letter was dictated
by Madame Rachel, but she (prosecutrix) was cer-
tain she never posted it.
A number of other letters were then put in, the
tenour of which was that her family were making
inquiries about the matter, that she had told them
as little as she could, and complaining that her
" naughty old Tommy" had given up her letters to
her solicitors. All these Mrs. Borrodaile said she
wrote at the dictation of Madame Rachel. She
had frequently asked Madame Rachel the rearou
for writi❑g such stupid letters, but she never got
any good reason.

This was the case for the prosecution.
In answer to the Recorder, the prosecutrix said
that in writing to " Tommy," telling him of her
love for William, she believed the object was to
create jealousy. (Laughter.)
Mr. Digby Seymour then opened the case for the
defence, lie might at once say that he should not
call any evidence for the defence, because there was
but one, and the mouth of that one was now closed.
He felt satisfied that his client would be judged ac-
cording to the evidence, and not by the prejudice
that had been created against her—a prejudice
which had reached that court, because a conviction
in the case had been said by the learned counsel for
the prosecution would rid London of one of its
foulest stains. Ho felt that they would
not conde.nn in the summary manner that was
imagined. Her conduct immediately these
procedings were commenced showed that she
was quite ready to meet the charge. She did not
avail herself of flight, as she might easily have
done, but she went openly before the magistrate,
and, in effect, said —" Here I am, ready to meet
any charge that may be preferred against m.e" A
civil action hal been instituted against his
client, but when her mouth was open
friendly negotiations took place, and the
matter was withdrawn. The same course was
pursued on another occasion when a summons had
been issued against her ; but after a long interval
had been allowed to elapse, a criminal prosecution
had been instituted against her, and then she was
called upon to disprove a number of grave charges,
the prosecution well knowing that immediately she
was placed in the dock her mouth was closed. Another
prejudice had been attempted to be raised against his
client, because she dealt in various articles whose
virtues were stated to be beneficial to female ap-
pearance ; but if everybody was to be prosecuted
who advertised their nostrums in the public news-
papers, there would be no end of prosecutions.
He felt certain the jury would not condemn the
defendant because she advertised her specifics, as
it was impossible they could take up any newspaper
without finding embrocations, emulsions, &e., for
every ill that flesh was heir to, starringly paraded in
the public prints. Then, again, it was urged to his
client's detriment that she was ignorant, but that
unfortunate circumstance to his mind showed most
unmistakeably that she could not dictate those curi-
ous epistles with which they had become so familiar.
Those letters, peculiar in themselves, were however
correct in their composition, and to suppose that
an ignorant and illiterate woman could talk about
" the overland route to the heart" and various other
similies, was a circumstance that completely surpassed
his comprehension, and he felt it would that of the
jury. It was quite true that his client might pander
to modern fashion in Vanity-fair, but that was net
the case. It would neither be fair nor just to visit
on Madame Rachel the sins of a generation. He
felt quite certain they would not find his client
guilty of the charge imputed to her ; that they
would not find her guilty of the possession
of valuable property, which it had not been
said she had received; and then with re-
gard to the simplicity of Mrs. Borradaile,
why she appeared to him as sane a woman as ever
drew a cheque, and having got herself into a di-
lemma by her extravagance, she turned round and
said she had acted as the blind and trusting tool of
a deep, cunning, and designing woman. That they
would be the best judges of. Did the evidence bear
out such a theory? Ile felt they were not of
that opinion when she attempted to make them be-
lieve that she was anxious for the marriage as an
advancement of the position of her daughter, she,
to his mind, pleaded the interests of the daughter to
excuse the follies of the mother. But she
had overdone her case, and the evidence of
Lord Ranelagh proved that such was the
fact. Ile totally denied all kno sledge
of the whole transaction, and he felt great pleasure
in saying of Lord Ranelagli—a nobleman who hal
done good service, to his country—that his honour
and character had come out unstained in that in-
vestigation. Mrs. Borradaile wished it to be
believed that she was particularly simple, bat
did they believe that she was so extraordinary
simple as to believe that Lord Ranelagh made
love through the mouth of his footman. He con-
tended that it was altogether irreconcilable with
the guilt of the prisoner that she should send a
letter to Mr. Cope, the relative of Mrs Borrodaile,
in Wales. A letter which set the whole prosecution
in motion. He concluded with a strong appeal to
the jury to discredit the whole of the evidence of
Mrs. Borrodaile, and the result of that would be to
enable them to give a verdict in consonance with
British justice—namely, one of not guilty.
Sergeant Ballautine, in reply, said he should not
attempt to emulate the eloquence of his learned
friend; all he should do would be to recall to
mind the actual point at issue. The learned
counsel for the defence wished them to believe that
the prosecutrix had been carrying on a clandestine
intimacy with a person of the name of William—
that she had forgotten her womanhood, and that
she had come into court to bolster up a pro-
secution by lies ; and the result of his
learned friend's appeal to the jury would be,
supposing they adopted his view of the case, that
she would leave the court a convicted strumpet.
But there was one part of the case that his learned
friend had passed over altogether as quite beneath
his notice, but the jury would doubtless agree
with him that it was most important for Madame
Rachel to show how she become in possession of a
whole heap of letters from " William" To him it
appeared beyond all doubt that either Madame
Rachel was in conspiracy with this " William," that
she was guilty of keeping letters intended for another
person, or else that the letters, having been delivered
at their destination had come back to Madame
Rachel. By no truthful or honest means could
they have come into her possession, and the whole
thing, to his mind, presented the appearance of
trick and fraud. His learned friend had
dwelt very strongly upon the evidence of
Mrs. Borradaile, as being utterly worthless, but
he seemed to be afraid to put a single witness in
the box to contradict her. Where, he would ask,
was Miss Rachel, where was Edward, two very
important persons who could perhaps have given
more information than was convenient had they
been put forward for examination. The conduct
of Madame Rachel when visited by Mr. Cope,
was strong confirmation that she had never lent
Mrs. Borradaile a single penny. Had she been hnr
debtor, did they think that Madame Rachel would
have said she was not? Then his learned friend
had said something about the charges made by
the prisoner, but they as men of the world knew
well enough that there were silly foolish people
in the world who would readily part with 1,000
guineas for that which was infinitely absurd and
utterly impossible, if, unfortunately, they got into
the hands of a designing woman. The learned
sergeant then strongly adverted on the conduct of
Mr. Haynes, the solicitor, and proceeded to
refer to the evidence given by Lord Rane-
lagh. It appeared beyond doubt that Lord
Ranelagh had been to Madame Rachel's, and he
could only say that it was most unfortunate that he
should have ever been introduced to Mrs. Borra-
daile, and with respect to his giving his card to the
lady, he could not help thinking such a proceeding
on his part was not impossible. That Mrs. Borra-
daile was a poor weak, vain woman, he would not
deny, and her conduct in court showed that in all
her actions vanity was uppermost, for the first
question of his learned friend to her showed it. She
refused to tell her age—she wouldn't tell her age,
but boasted of her hair. (Laughter.) His learned
friend wanted to know " Who was William ?"
Why Miss Rachel knew, Edward knew ; and
yet neither were called in court. Madame Rachel
knew. Where did William live ? He must have
lived somewhere—(laughter)—and if ever it was in
a garret he must have been seen by the people who
lived in the parlour. (Laughter.) Then, again,
his learned friend talked about the overland route
and Madame Rachel's ignorance of the existence of it,
but he seemed to forget that she was a dealer
in Eastern perfumes, much of which would have to
come by that direction, and her ignorance on the
subject was, he was certain, not deeply seated, as
had been stated. The evidence of the youth Lin-
ton did not seem to suit the case for the defence,
and it was attempted to make the boy most
unworthy of belief ; but as far as he was a judge
of human nature, the lad gave his evidence in an
open frank manner, and in such a manner as to
carry conviction on the mind of all right-thinking
persons. It was very unfortunate that the boy's

HER MAJESTY.

PENSION WALLIS, LUCERNE, August 18.
• The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, made
excursions in the neighbourhood and on the lake
yesterday.

A Committee of tho Lords of her Majesty's Most
Hon. Privy Council met yesterday in the Council
Chamber, Whitehall, to consider questions con-
nected with the existence of small-pox among foreign
sheep. Present—The Right Hon. Sir S. Northcote
and the Right Hon. E. Hammond.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial Office from the Governor of Malta.
Despatches were sent to the Governor-General
of Canada.

THE YORKSHIRE IRONSTONE DISTRICT.—The
North-Eastern Railway Company have given notice that
in the autumn the proprietary will be called together to
decide upon the course to bo taken to abandon or modify
several branch linos for which Acts have been obtained.
One of these is Gilling and Pickering, which skirts the
mineral districts of the moors. Au organization is being
formed to oppose the abandonment of this line, while, on
the other hand, a great number of petitions have been
prepared in favour of the abandonment and the substitu•
tion of a direct line from Malton.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.- Ou Tuesday afternoon a
large bar of iron was placed at the mouth of a skip shaft
atSouth Wheal Frances mine, in Cornwall, for the pur-
pose of keeping open the door. A strong gust of wind
caused the heavy bar to fall down the shaft, and, unfortu-
nately, at this time three men were ascending. One—
William Hand—was struck, and fell a depth of 115 fathoms,
his head being split almost in two ; another miner, named
Eddy, was also injured, but not seriously.

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