Star.
London, England, 1829-01-06 00:00:00

MR. STEPHENSON. THE BANKER.

The most precise account yet received of Stephenson
is contained in a letter received from' Sti,tol. dated

Sunday, in which the writer says--. 4 Of course you
- have heard that B.ephenson and his Conspanion passed
. through this place on Tuesday; they embarked on
beard a pilot boat, and madefor the Channel, evidently
with the intention-of being taken up by some vessel
outward bound. Severed-vessels are gone in pursuit of
him since Friday, and as the wind has been eastward
since his sailing, it is possible they May be in time
to bring him back." This letter is written by an
individual who holds the office of a Magistrate at
Bristol, and the person to whom it .is addressed
infers from its tone that those who ire more im•

mediately interested in the pursuit and capture
of Stephenson were apprised in due time of his
• having passed through Bristol, and have been instru-
mental to the means eserted to bring him back. The
chances pf his escape are much diminished by this.ac-
count ; but it is possible that, having failed in getting
on board any vessel that would convey him to America,
he may have relanded on some part of the coast, and
be still concealed in England. The Bristol statement
is at all events reco mileable with the general belief that
existed on Saturday, and is still not altogether relin-
quished, that Stephenson is lurking somewhere in or
near London. The excitement, however, which has

been produced by this very extraordinary case, is be-
ginning to diminish in the city, and would soon cea e,
- as regards the monied interest, were Stephenson either
taken, or the certainty of his escape established.
The imerest'excited by the conduct of this person, in-
creases every day. The search after him is pro.ecuted
with t• e most unwearied activity and zeal. Never was
. there felt a• more general or ardent wish for the appre-
hension and punishaser.t of a criminal than prevails
amongst the communi,y. The Government have united
shit the Bankers' Committee most heartily in the
• pursuit; every means that occurred to the ingenious
rnhids of the police has been adopted, and Mr. Peel
has declared • that if a 'Let were necessary upon the
occasion, a fleet should not be withheld. Mr. Gates,
of whose exertions, mental and physical, too much
cairn, t be said, was on Saturday, Sunday, and yes-
terday, frequently in communica ion with the Home
Secretary and the Lords of t e Admiralty ; and it
has been ascertained, opon examination of the great
variety of intelligence received by Government that
the object of their anxiety has not left the kingdom,
The Cambrian had been well searched before she left
tsmouth. It happened that a solicitor Was ordered
on theFriday-prt ceding the disappearance of Stephenson
to go to Portsmouth after a bankrupt, who had com-
mitted a fraud to the amount of betwt en 4.W01. and

5.0001. The first thing he did was to search the Cam-
b. f.in, which he did mist act upulomiy; with the hearty
cnncutrerice of the Captain and crew. He afterwards
met the object of his visit to Portsmouth walking on the
P er, and conveyed Min to 'London. The prisoner was
committed to Nessate in the course of yesterday. The
solicitor knew Stephenson well, and" must have seen
him if he had.been on board. The telegraph has been
constantly at work. The most effectual measures have
been adopted for preventing the escape of Stephenson
from the kingdom, and it is believed that he has but
very little money in his possession. Some, who knew
what his habits of expense were, do not think that he is
master of mote than 504.—a mere trifle to a man irr
his desperate circumstances, with the band of every man
raised against him.
1 has been said by several commercial men, that
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S:ephensori, if he be apprehended. will in all probability
escape at the Old Bailey. This belief. no doubt. mists
from the ignorance cf the particulars I £ the care upon
which the Lbid Mayor granted the warrant on Wed
resday. The fact is. that a more clear case under the
Act of the 7th and Bth of Gen. IV. cap. 29. sec. 49
that upon which the indictments will be framed in the
desi ed event of his caption—was never made out.
Many have asked, who c.sts say that Rowland Stephen-
son had not an in'ere•t in those securities upon tallith
he ol,tair.PJ the 31.0001.? The answer to this gm stion
is a•ntained in the folio% ism statement and evidence:
The assign, es of Coleman and Co. the bankers of
Leominster, thought plot er, immediately upon the
Isnot/ uptc yof that boas-, to send the assets t tke house

of lterninytim and C . Mi. Stephenson teceived the
am, ant. we think het w ern 4,0(x0/. and 5,0001. with
directit,ns to clia.e Litchever Bills, which were to
be kept in sale custod) lor the benefit of the coeditors
to tie estate. Steps enson did pu'chase Exchequer
Bi.l, as directed, and transmitted to Mr. Davis, one
of the as.ignee.i, the broker's note, specifying the num-
bees, &c. I'..ose Exchequer form part of the
bundle of securities upon which Stephenson coStAineo
the 31 0001. at William's banking house. Mr. Donne,
who was the broker whom Stephenson employed iuthis
transaction, was out of town when the first appicatioii
was made for the walrus!, and without his testimony
it must be manifest to all who knqw any thing of the
rules of evidence) it could not be said with ceetAii ti
that Stephenson embezzled the property. Ikon the
arrival of the broker, the case was made complce ; and
'live is no more chance of escape.for him tot ;be in
genui y of the.bar, against such a straight f .twdrd
and unembarrassed accumulation of facts, than there
was of the much less criminal Hunt, a.
Sir It. Bailie has received numerous comitultications
• from anonymous sources, as well as from persons who
do not think it necessary to conceal their names. In
• such a case it mast be expected that people will 01116!
themselves by giving a wrong scent ; but the i Stews
reject no information. They quietly enter premises, and,
without offence, do not dOtt until they have made the
most minute search. If ttrey cm put chase the pos
session of the hotly of the deliosplat, it is impossible
that he can escape.
So vigorous and prompt were the measures taken by
Mr. Gate% that before the fiattint which has been so
much and sl unnecessarily talked about was issued,
several of the officers who had been instructed to ap
prebend Stephenson if be aptreared at the outposts re•

turned to London, and were engaged in searlhing the',
environs. Should' the object of the Comeiittie of
Rankers—indeed we may say rather the object of tbe•
Government and the communityz be accomplished, the
public cannot be many hours in ignorance of the event,
as the telegraphs are daily at Mo,k, and a communica-
tion can be made from Portsmouth to the Admiralty in
two hoors and a half.
The gre.test compassion is felt for Mr. Remington,
who is in his 82J )ear, and has been always known to
be one of the most assiduous and honourable mend.—
Those who used to keep accounts at this onfortonite
house declare, that from nine in the morning until the
time of closing, the venerable man was never missed
from his desk.

The following particulars, which may be considered
the latest and most authentic respecting the flight of
Stephenson and bis associates, transpired last night in
the course of a conversation which occurred between
Sir IL. Birnie and some gentlemen who happened to be
present. It appears now as a certain fact that Stephen.
son left town on Saturday morning in his own carnage,
upon the panels of which his crest and initials were
painted; and notwith-tanding that on his first intima
tion a flight directions were sent to the several turn-
pikes in tie neighbourhood of the metropolis to detain
any carriage actwering the description, or to state
if any such had passed in the course of the morn •
ing, the toll takers, either through inattention or
some other more culpable motive, were all equally
silent with respect to the above circumstance, which
was not ascertained until yesterday. The two gray
horses belonging to Stephenson wete sent back Satur-
day afternoon, and post-horses employed in lieu of
them., There is now no doubt who ever but that Ste-
phenson, Lloyd, his ties k, and the coachman, proceeded
direct to Bristol, and having left the carriage it an inn
in that town, took a boat, and went over to the Isle of
Lundy, where they bribed some boatmen, and for (it is
supposed) a considerable suns of money hired a skiff,
in which they have been cruising ever since between the
Isle of Lundy and B.deford, in the expectation of
meeting with sonic vessel bound to America, or some
past of the woad at a di,tance from Europe. In
'el ly to the questions put by the parties who ascer-
tained the above particulars, a most minute and
circumstantial description was given of the fugitive-,
so that no doubt remains of the truth of this statement
The person and manners of the principal delinquent a ere
.iescribed, and Lloyd, the desk, was stated to have worn
spectacles, which he naa always in the habit of using.
The parties, it was said, were laden with specie, and, in
their dealings with the boatmen, money appeared to be
not of the slightest object. The Society of Bankers and
the police have been charged with inertness, in not pur-
suing the parties with greater promptitude. That asser
non, however, may be judged from this circumstance—
that although the discos ery of Stephenson's flight was
not known to a certainty until about two o'clock on
Saturday week, messengers were instantly dispatched in
coaches and four t o the several out-ports in the king-
dom, and Inflate ten o'clock next morning the whole t f
the coast was in a suite of alarm. The Government
vessels, as well as the men on the blockade duty,
having received orders to intercept any vessel that
might at empt to leave the coast, and detain her
until duly examined. The Board of Admiralty, in
the most praiseworthy m as soon as the eight of
Stephe son was made known to them, immediately sent
orders to the Dockyard at Falmouth to equip two fast-
sailing vessels, for the purpose of pursuing and inteicept-
ing any ship in which it should be ascertained that the
delinquent had embarked. (heifers had also been sent to
Plymouth, Poittmou h, and other seaport towns, in
order that swift vessels should be ready to put to sea
at a moment's notice. The police, too, have been snore
than usually active; and long before the Lord Maya r
signed the warrant for Stephenson's apprehension, offi
cer s from the city and from Bow-street were dispatched
to intercept and capture him, if possible. As soon as
Sir Richard Birnie ascertained that Stephenson and
his companions were cruising in the Channel in an
open boat, be dispatched Ellis and Lidbiter in Met ent
directions to the coast, and Bishop was di.patched with
orders to take another route. It has be-n sati-factorili
ascertained that no vessel has passed down the Bristol
Channel by which the fugitives could have availed
themselves, so that they have ptobely run into a
neighbr wing port to wait fur the expected chance, or
are still cruising ab ut the Channel in expectation of a
vs ssel. In either of these cases their capture is now
beyond a doubt, as the whOle line of coast from Bristol
to Falmouth was an are a f the course a f the fugitive,
tut and thirty hours ago. Sir R. Birnie observed last
night, that if Stephenson and his associates were at sea
in an open I oat on the night of Sunday, it was more
than probable that he principal delinquent had given
his creditors a receipt in full. In answer to a question,
the Chiet Magistrate replied, that in the event of Ste-
phenson's appieheastioe, of which there is now bat little
doubt, he will be conveyed forthwith to Bow-street.
Many persons who were aware of the adroitness with
which he managed matters sip to the period of his ffght,
are surptised at the want of t ict which he exhibited in
leaving town in his own enrage, bearing his vest and
cipher. The fact, ton, oaf his not having been prepared
with a vessel to convey him away at an hours notice,
and his depending up n chance to obtain one, argues a
great want of foietbnsight, and appears to he the result
of that bland fatuity by which men of the most vigorous
and daring minds toren allow their actions to be governed.

THE EVENING! STAR.

LW DON.

TUESDAY. JANUARY 6, 1899
OLD CHRISTMAS DAY.-110LIDAT AT TIES BANE.

FORUM N VU NUS. TWO O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bala. S pet. 63 21 Do Acct. 531
Lka Acct. 631 11 21 Rum 1id5.1822. S p Ct. 9S
amisit 14.1%. 3 pl't. 631 3 Do. Acc. 94 4i
sireak 13.1..1825. 5 pCt. 15 Fr.ltentes.Spe. lO7f Jae
PortagAltla.Spls. Exchange 25f 30c
BILITI3H AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.

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