The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-16
DEATH or 81. BoHANNoN.

DEATH OF DK BOHANNON.
We regret to announce the death Of d.. =.
L. BonAsHoH, Professor Of obstetrics IN the
Medical College ef Virginia. Dr.. b. had
reached N advanced age. His professional
career has been eminent, and his private viz
tues we're sach q to command alike the es-
tenn and respect Of his fellow men. he was
one Of the frst Professors in the Medical
College of this city. and he was the last Of
those who founded the Institution that re-
NAMED in the Faculty.
sANK FRAUDS IN ENGLAND. - ENGLISH
JUSTICE
The recent bank frauds which have been
developed in the Court of Bankruptcy in
England, divide the attention OF the English
press with the Eastern war. The charges
brought against Davidson & Gordon, Over
end. Quincy & Co, and those involving the
character of Messrs. Strahap, Paul & Bates,
of London, have created great excitement.
It il alleged that this last mentioned firm
transacted business up to the very latest mo-
ment before its failure, receiving money from
depositors the same as if they were in good
credit and able to pay! They were bankers
to the nobility and gentry in the West end
of the city. 1t is charged that the large de-
posits received. and heavy balances retain
ed from their customers, were, some years
ago, diverted to speculation in Italian rail
way contracts. They failed for about
3.OO0, 900. The London Times says:
Almost ANYBODY who happened, by the sale OF q
nronertv or the death of relative, TO be burdened
with 40 odd fifty thousand pounds be did not know
what TO do WIKI, felt Immensely OBLIGED 70 those
kind gentleman Messra Sfranan, fsui ana 1 p1s
II II the merest chance Ia the world they nave not
rome on iude6oitely right into the next century
for there are all sorts of stories anoat OF people
Who were 90 the point OF putting enoiner twenty
thousand or seventy thousand Into the bank. Tney
be re been 20 long In the business, and always 90
respectable. People remembered them when they
we're cricketars, and ali that sort OF tning ano,
though less able latterly 10 bat and TO bowl, no
doubt they were becoming more and more Sub.
stantial every ear,-nobody knew how rich. All
the time the whole firm was not collectively worm
a. much a. the crossiDg-sweeper Opposite tneir
door, and they knew It. Az they walked out OF
their Bank arm 10 arm. they knew mat ne was
The partners found. 1t is said, good round sum
In the till. SO they wrote to their particular
friends to certain favored depositors TO give them
the hint; and when some three fourthS or 30 mad
been sacrificed to friendship, or perhaps to make
friends with the manmou OF uprfghteousne 60, they
left the remainder to the public just as the genteei
high wsymen of the old school used to present his
victim with a guinea out OF his own purse, Tor
luck, or to carry him to the next town. Really the
thing has been done 10 such grand style, and 1t Is
of VI Ia
Smith or Sir Robert Jones who gives a good din
ner. that we could almost admire the brilliancy OF
the fraud. But unfortunately, az usual, there Is
crowd of little as well az great depositors. WI
dows and orphans and wards aud small people OF
all sorts, compose the bulk of the sufferers 1t Is
said good deal of the prize money due to our
poor sailors has gone to bolster up the credit and
the Inequalities of the firm. and, among others, the
widow Of Admiral Boxer has lost his savings. Is
1t possible to exsggerate the crime of such a ca.
reer7
But such acts as these cannot be commit
ted with impunity in England. Law and
justice in that country are something more
than mere names. The English Schuylers
and Meiggs's are not permitted to escape the
penalty of their crimes, and what sympathy
not the rogues. The guilty parties have
been committed, and are awaiting criminal
Investigation which will probably end in
their transportation to Botany Bay. Accord
ing to the London Times. these aristocratic
bankers are liable ito be transported beyond
nor less than years, or to be imprisoned
for any term not exceeding three years, and
also to be once, twice, or thrice. publicly or
privately whipped (if the Court should think
fit in addition to such Imprisonment"