The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-07 00:00:00

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No. 15.558 LONDON, THURSDAY
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a his master. He (Mr. Thessiger) would therefore only allude
to the circumstances to show that there were transactions and
accounts of a private nature with which a confidential servant
might be very likely to be entrusted, which wouldnot:find their
way into any accounts between him and his master, but which
could 'be perfectly well understood between them, and
which would explain every particular of the receipts which had
taken place, and the disbursements which had been made. He
was precluded. from the situation in which the unfortunate man
,N as placed, by those feelings of gratitude and respect which he
weuld retain towards his late master to the latest moment of his
existence, from doing more than hinting at these circumstances.
iie could not consent, as the prisoner's advocate, wholly to pass
them over ; he would glance at them transiently, and pass away
to more agreeable features of the case. The crime of embezzle-
ment consisted in a servant being employed by his master to re-
ceive monies on his account, not accounting for, but appropriat-
ing the money to his own use ; the essence of the offence con-
sisting in not accounting. No one but the prisoner himself could
tell whether he had accounted for that money, for thegravo had
closed upon the only other individual who was acquainted with
the facts. In the present instance they would find the prisoner
on the Ist of February receiving a cheque for 3,000/. from
his master ; his master knew that he' would take that
cheque to Messrs. Coutts' Bank, and he knew the
precise amount that he would receive for it ; on the
3d he received another cheque for 2,000/. ; on the 7th another
for 3,500/.; and on the 9th another for 7001. Now could they
suppose that. on the prisoner going to his master on the 7th
Feb. for a cheque for 3,5001., the Marquis being at that tune
in the full possession of his mental and bodily faculties, he would
not say to him, " Well, Suisse, I gave you 3,000/. on the Ist,
and 2,0001. on the 3d, how have you disposed of that ?" The
prisoner would, no doubt, account for it, at any rate he would
not deny the receipt of those sums, and that would be enough to
destroy the charge of embezzlement. IS was not necessary that
a servant receiving money for his master should pay that identi-
cal money to his master's account ; and the fact s.f Suisse em-
ploying a stockbroker to purchase 2,001 1. stock, having previ-
ously purchased the same amount, and being able to deposit
I ,800/. with the silversmiths, was evidence enough that he had
plenty of money; and as for the fact that when, in exchange
fir a cheque at Messrs. Coutts, he received, amongst other
money, a 400/. note, walked across the office to the foreign
department, and requested the foreign clerk to trans-
mit that very cheque to Madame Suisse —as for
that fact, he should, instead of conceiving that it bore
against the prisoner, say that it was a strong proof that
he, at any rate, was perfectly conscious that he was acting
in a manner altogether innocent and honest; for, were there
not foreign agents and foreign brokers enough who could have
transmitted the money in such a manner that it could hardly
have been followed ? The Learned Gentleman went on to
comment upon the whole of the evidence in a minute style, and
having referred to the character of the prisoner, he concluded a
most eloquent address in the following terms : " I therefore
stand upon this character, which is to me firm as a rock, upon
the present occasion, and I am perfectly satisfied that, unless
every presumption of criminal law is to be subverted, unless the
prisoner is to be called on to accuse himself before any crime is
proved, I am satisfied, I say, that there is no case whatever
made out against him, and that you will feel it to be your im-
portant duty to discharge him, by a verdict of acquittal ; to
restore him to a character never forfeited—to a peace of mind
which has left him since the loss of his benefactor; and you will
be the m.!ans of protecting an innocent man from the conse-
quences of a charge which would be fatal to his reputation and
his existence to the latest moment of his life."

Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up at considerable length,
repeating and commenting upon the whole of the evidence,
and the speech of the Learned Counsel for the defence.
The Jury having consulted together in the box about ten
minutes, expressed their desire to withdraw, which they did ;
and in the meantime, the Judges having retired, and Mr. Com-
missioner Bullock taken his place upon the Bench, a fresh
Jury was empannelled, and other cases were proceeded with.
'Hie Jury, having been absent an hour and a quarter,
returned a verdict of "Not Guilty."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS,

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—IIy the official returns published by the Customs,
the exports of the precious metals to foreign and colonial parts
for the week ending Thursday last, was as under, viz.:—
Ounces.
Filver coin to China
Silver coin to Rotterdam 15,000

,
Silver bars to Hamburgh 1,400
Mr. Tasker, the Chairman of the Committeeof Spanish Trea-
sury Bondholders, has received the following communication
from the Foreign-office :
" Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 25th of April,
last, transmitting two memorialafrom the Committee of Spanish
Treasury Bondholders in London, and requesting that ;they
might be forwarded to the Spanish Minister of Finance at
Madrid, I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acquaint
you, for the information of the Committee of the Holders of
Spanish Treasury Bonds, that her Majesty's Minister at Mad-
rid has forwarded three memorials to Al. Calatrava, the Spanish
Minister of Finance, and that his Excellency has promised to
devote his early attention to the examination and settlement of
the matter to which they relate.
" 1 am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
" CANNING."

Yesterday Mr.Tasker had an intcrviewwith General Sancho,
the Spanish Ambassador, who was writing to his Government
despatches on the subject of the Treasury Bonds. By the in-
telligence from Madrid, published in the Times of this day, it
appears that M. Calatrava has obtained the price of 88 per
cent, for a portion of the intended issue of Treasury bills, at
six per cent., from the Bank of San Fernando; and yet such
bills, with six years' arrears of interest upon them, are worth
here no more than 30 per cent.
SUN.—The Funds left off very firm, but without any feature,
after three o'clock. Consols, 9118 91% for money ; 91i 913
for the opening ex dividend ; 92 for the August account.
Three per Cents. Reduced, 91',Zti 92; Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. 100% 100,1; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced,
UN 100%; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 996 100;
Bank Stock 166 167; India Stock 247 248; India Bonds 24
26 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 47 49 ; New, 45 46 prem.
The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 102 103;
Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 51i 51% ex dividend ;
Ditto the Five per Cents., 101* 1011 ; Danish, 81 82; and
Brazilian, 64 66. A bargain was made in Mexican at 35Z1.
Railroad Shares were without material alteration. London
and Birmingham, 178 180; Birmingham and Gloucester,
48 50; Great Western, 861 871; the Half Shares, 61* 6,1 ;
South Western, 601 611; North Midland, 59 60 ; the New
Shares, 29 30; South Eastern and Dover, 231 24; Eastern
Counties, 84 9; Blackwall, 991 ; and Brighton, 35.
Quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 22i 22g ;
Peruvian, 161 171 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33:4 344 ; the
Four per Cents., 19?, 20* ; Spanish Five per Cents., 216
211; and the Three per Cents., 216 21i.
Private letters received this morning from Manchester state
that the intelligence by the Overland Mail from India
had been viewed as favourable, and had created an
expectation that the next accounts would probably cause
an 'improvement in business. It is with regret that it
is stated that the correspondence delivered in London
would lead to a conclusion directly contrary. Both letters and
price currents represent the markets all over India to be
completely glutted with cotton manufactures, the larger por-
tion of which are held on account of the consigners. They
singularly agree in one fact, that of directly stating that a
permanent improvement in trade can only be looked for from
a diminution in the stock, which can be brought about but
by a cessation of imports.