The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF THE LEAMINGTON
AND WARWICK BANK.
On the 4th of July a parcel, containing one hundred
101. local notes, was stolen at the Leamington and War-
wick banking-house, in Leamington, and it was some
days afterwards ascertained that William henry Blaney,
one of the clerks of the establishment, had appropriated
the stolen property. A warrant was granted by the
Leamington magistrates to apprehend the accused, and
indorsed by the Lord Mayor, and Daniel Forrester was
employer'. by Messrs. Bush and Muffins, solicitors to the
Committee of Bankers for protection against forgeries
and frauds, to trace the delinquent and take him into
custody. Forrester and Superintendee'll,hy. of Lea-
mington, succeeded in getting the aZ:cused into their
clutches at Calais on Tuesday last, and he now is in
prison there, to be disposed of according to the judgment
of the French authorities, from whom the officers re-
ceived every possible assistance short of his removal
from that country.
The following statements were made by one of the
clerks in the bank, by the brother of the accused, and
by the accused himself, who subsequently absconded,
before the inagistrAtes, at Leamington :
Mr. E. B. Wynne said, that on Friday, the 4th July,
he made up two parcels, o-e containing 1,500/., in 51.
notes of the Warwick and Leamington Banking Com-
pa-y, and 1,0001. in 101. not. s. Having counted the
notes, the numbers of which were entered in the note-
book, he direr ed both the parcels to Francis Smith,
Southam, and placed them about twelve o'clock on the
mantel-piece. About five o'clock he placed them, with
a London parcel and ten other letters, on the desk of the
accused, with 3s. 4d. to pay the postage, and never ha
seen them since.
W. 11. Blaney, the accused, said tint about half-past
seven o'clock in the evening he took off his desk three
parcels and 10 letters, and the money to pay the postage.
He then went straight down to the post-office, having
placed the parcels and letter in his left-hand coat
pocket behind. He went slow, and spoke to nobody on
the way, and at a quarter before eight he delivered the
parcels into the hands of the person who officiated at
the window, and put the letters into the letter-box.
He did not know what money he paid, nor to
whom the parcels were directed, but he concluded they
contained money. After having deposited the parcels
he took a walk for about half a mile, and then went
home.
The brother of the accused said the house in which
he believed the missing parcel lay was in the city of
London. He received that information from a person
who appeared to him to possess a knowledge of the
loss of the notes, and of the spot in which they were
deposited ; and who mentioned to him that the notes
were intended to be passed through several hands be-
fore they were to be presented for payment ; that they.
were first to go to a firm in France, then to Hamburgh,
then to Russia, and then to London for presentation.
The houses through which they were to be passed were
first-rate houses. The witness first saw the person who
gave him the intelligence about three weeks ago in I.on-
don. Thai person first commenced a conversation about
the notes, and appeared to be acquainted with the cir-
cumstances, and witness endeavoured to obtain informa-
tion from him, and at last was told by him that the notes
were in the City of London, and would be presented to-
wards the end of October. The witness had not seen the
accused since the 16th of July.
It appeared that the accused, soon after the day last
mentioned by his brother, absconded. He was traced
with extraordinary skill from place to place by Daniel
Forrester and Superintendent Roby, till they appre-
hended biro at Calais ; but whether the French authori-
ties intend to give him up to the custody of the English
officers, to be removed for trial to this country, has not
been ascertained.

DEALINGS WITH THE DEVIL
One of those absurd cases arising out of pretended
dealings with the Devil became the subject of a trial,
three days ago, before the Tribunal of Correctional I'o-
lice at Beauvais (Oise), which was unusually interesting,
from a priest being involved as an accomplice in the
fraud. The following is a summary of the facts as they
came out at the hearing:—Naguet, a shepherd, in the
service of a farmer named Luce, in the neighbourhood
of Beauvais, offered his master to show him the Devil,
and compel him to double any sum of money he would
bring into the conjuration. Luce, half believing and
half doubting, consulted the Abbe Mouchet, who was the
curate of a chapel of ease at Boutincourt, who told him
that it was possible, and agreed to join him in the spell,
which was commenced by this worthy son of the Church
with reading for nine successive nights a species of in
cantation out of a red book. The curate sent his ser-
vant to buy a goat's kid, which was slain, its skin being
formed into a magic circle, and its blood used to sign a
compact with Satan, which the curate had written on a
skin of parchment. The Abbe also had two wax tapers
melted by two young girls, and with the wax and a stone
which he called ematille he drew a wider circle, and, placing
himself at the centre, called up Lucifer from the vasty
deep. But, as Lucifer refused to come, Naguet exclaimed,
Bahl you manage this badly ; I must apply to an as
sociate who knows better how to proceed. This asso-
ciate, whose name was Bigny, came. The nine incan-
tations were repeate 1 by him, and wh an they were
finished it was agreed that they should all meet at a
place called the Croix Blanche, at midnight, each
bringing a sum of money, and, having deposited it in the
earth, they were again to invoke the Devil. At the
appointed time they met, Luce bringing a bag contain-
ing 1,500 f., the curate another, in which he said were
-150 f., and Naguet a pocket-handerchief, in which be said
there were 600 f., but in which, according to a declara-
tion made by Bigny, there were no more than 10f. in cop-
per money. Bigny was to be the receiver, and the Abbe to
be the depositor ; but Bigny insisted that each should
come separately to the spot and deliver his deposit.
Naguet came first, and gave his handkerchief to Bigny,
who handed it to the curate. Luce came next with his
1,500 f., and delivered the bag to Bigny, who on receiv-
ing it whispered to him mysteriously, " Go back again,
but on no account look behind you, for if you do
the Devil will be enraged, seize you, and tear you to
piece s." Luce went away trembling in every limb with
terror. Days passed away, and Luce heard nothing
more of his money. On applying to Naguet, he was told
that, to induce the Devil to bring back the money, not
only a second incantation must be made, but double the
sums must be brought. This, together with an inti-
mation which he received that Naguet and Bigny
had been boasting that they had taken him in, in-
duced Luce to lay an information before the magistrate.
The Abbe contrived to make his escape, but the two
other rogues were arrested. The Abbe was therefore
condemned by default to five years' imprisonment ;
Bigny, who had before been in the hands of justice, to
the same punishment ; and Naguet to imprisonment for
,wo years.— Galignani.

THE ATTACK ON MADAGASCA
(From the Paris Constitutionnel.)
We have given, from the Cerneen of the Mauritins, the
details of a descent effected at Tamatave, on the eastern coast
of Madagascar, by the crews of three vessels, one English and
two French. The object of this expedition was to take on
board the French and English residents, whom the Queen of
the Ovas wished to force to have themselves naturalised. The
result is known. The forces of the two nations marched on
Tamatave with the emulation and courage that were to be
expected from them. But they had to deal with an enemy not
less courageous, trained to war in long intestine contests, and
formed to discipline. Tamatave was armed with cannons, and
well defended by the Ovas. Our troops were received with
a formidable fire, which killed seventeen French sailors and
four English. They could not get farther than the outer wall,
where they placed their colours. The Malgaches remained
impregnable in their redoubt, which was constructed according
to the European fashion, and it was found necessary to give way
before them and re-embark. If the European residents at Ta-
matave were afterwards relieved from their awkward position,
and part of their property saved, it is not less true that a
fresh blow has been given to European influence In the island
of Madagascar. An expedition thus conducted and terminated
so deplorably cannot but puff up the Queen of the Ovas, and
dispose her to treat the Europeans with still less consideration.
We do not know exactly how the expedition Iwas organised.
The Cerneen says that the troops which landed were under the
direction of a captain and a lieutenant. Which was the English
and which the French ? Had the plan of attack been discussed
and decided on in concert ? Or rather was there a plan of attack?
Were not the French and English, satisfied with proceeding
in two bands not very cordially inclined, the one not dis-
posed to obey the other, and were they not the victims of the
blind policy which pursues in all parts of the world the chime-
rical notion of the entente cordia!e ? It will not be possible to
resolve all these questions until we shall have obtained new de-
tails, but it is impossible not to be struck at present with the
disproportion in the loss sustained by the two forces. By what
concatenation of circumstances did it come to pass that the
English only lost 4 men, and the French 17 ? Were the num-
bers of the troops as 17 to 4? Why this disproportion? Why
should not the English have supported at least half the cost and
half the risk of this enterprise? Were there not at Madagascar
as many English subjects as French ones? The inhabitants of
the Mauritius, as well as those of Bourban, are in the habit of
procuring rice and cattle on the coast of Madagascar. These ar-
ticles are wanting in the two colonies, which are obliged to seek
them sometimes at Zanzibar, sometimes in India, at Calcutta,
Madras, or even at Singapore. The contiguityof Madagascar offers
both colonies the most convenient and advantageous market;
and the continual vexations to which the purchasers are ex-
posed by the Queen of the Ovae affect English subjects not
less than those of France. This expedition does but little
honour to the Governor of Bourbon, who may be reproached
with not having collected sufficient information as to the forces
and means of defence of the Ovas. It is by such inconsiderate
conduct that the agents of the Government too often com-
promise the renown of France and the life of our soldiers ; and
this arises frequently from the Government agents being much
more occupied with the ca-e of not displeasing the Govern-
ment at home, than of bringing to a good end the enterprises
which they direct. We would willingly wager that, in this
last affair, the Governor of Bourbon has been more gravely
occupied with the desire of bringing to a happy termination
the negotiation opened with the Governor of the Mauritius
to act in common, than with the thought of making the
expedition successful. The fact is that it has failed ; it is in
vain to dissemble it. It terminated by a retreat far too hasty.
The policy of the Marquesas has not been for some time
triumphant. At Basilan, at the Marquesas, Otaheite, and
Madagascar, it scatters atraut deaths, and obtains in return only
very questionable victories. A new expedition, will, it is said,
be soon directed against Tamatave. Let us hope that this time
the local government will take its measures better. To obtain
information on the elements of defence which the Malgaches
possess, the Governor of Bourbon has only to apply to the Go-
vernor of the Mauritius. It is by the agency of this latter per-
sonage that England has furnished the Ovas with cannons,
muskets, ammunition, and Instructors ; it is England which hat
given the design of the Malgache redoubts. The least she can
do is to communicate to us the state of all the means of destruc-
tion which she has furnished, now that we interfere for her in-
terest at least as much as our own.

TAE WEATHER AND lIARVEST. Since Sunday
the weather has turned gloomy and cold again, though we have
not had a uch rain. A gnat portion of the corn has been cut,
but the major part was in an unripe state. The crops in parts
of the neighbourhood are about an average, but there are other
parts where the wheat has sustained much damage from the
severity of the summer. The potato crop has also suffered
serious injury. The few
.bright and warm days we had last
week gave promise of effecting much good, but the weather has
since been so unfavourable that great fears are now entertained
for the results of the harvest—Cambridge Advertiser.