Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-24
AFFAIRS ABROAD.
The NObby American SwindIer in
Court.
A Swell-Crowd Attends the Pro-
ceedings.
Conference Of Irish Farmers Move.
ment to Enlist Sympathy.
By Gable to tho Now York Herald.l

By Cable to the New York Herald.l
LONDON, October 21.-Wm. Ring
gold Cooper, alias Neville Hunter, the
celebrated American forger, and the
man Of many disguises, was to-day ar
raigned in the Old Baily sessions.
charged with forgery, by Glyn, Mills
X Co, the bankers, and the Bank OF
England. His sOjourn in Newgate.
having been unable to procure bail,
had given him a broken down appear
ance.
CROWDED COURT.
There was large attendance to see
the noted criminal, whose refinement.
liberality and good manners obtained
him such recognition from some ofI
the best county families of Hertford-
shire, in the neighborhood Of his
country residence, East Lodge, dur
ing his two years residence at Hemel-
Hampstead.
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
The court was thronged with bank
ers and brokers, with no small admix-
ture of the fair sex, who had come to
witness the handsome convict. Coop
er has small, classically shaped head,
with dark any wavy hair. 1t was
remarked by an American present
that he bears somewhat of a resem-
blance to Booth. He looked cool and
determined. His dress was faultlesS
HIS REPUTED WIFE.
Near the bar sat handsome woman
dressed in mourning, who passed as
Cooper S wife. She was deeply affected.
Messrs. Freshfeld, the Bank Of Eng
lands lawyers, represented the old
lady of Threadneedle street, whom he
had tried to yictimize on June % of
E4OO, on a forged check bearing the
signature Of j. Goodwin.
Messrs. Glyn and Mills counsel
we're also present. Coopers forgery
on them was for 1856 9s Cd.
TIE PROCEEDINGS.
The proceedings were of brief
character. Cooper pleaded guilty to
both charges of forgery, and was re-
manded for sentence next Thursday.
lie was then taken back to his cell in
Newgate. 1t is possible that some of
the prisoners assets may revert to his
San Francisco creditors, If it can be
proved that the funds came thence.
AN AFFLICTED FRIEND.
Mr.. Day, of Hemel- Hampstead. who
appears to have loved the prisoner like
a brother, was also in court. When
he gave evidence against Cooper, with
allusion to his handwriting, he burst
into tears. Aloysius J. Kane, an
American gentleman, who knew the
prisoner when he was ensign on the
staff of Admiral Lee, of the North
Atlantic squadron, during the war,
was also present. He recognised the
prisoner in Newgate
MEETING OF IRISH FARMERS.
! DUBLIN, October 2l.-A private
conference of Irish tenant farmers
was held here to-day. Thirty-two
counties sent their delegates. Cork
and marlborough, Galway and Ennis
eorthy, Balllnrobe, and the counties
Mayo, Tipperary and Sligo were par
tlcularly strongly represented. Mr..
Parnell, NJ. p, was present. The con
ference was held for the purpose OF
forming an Irish land league. which
should compass two main objects
The first being the reduction Of back
rent, the second that occubiers Of land
might have the facilities for obtaining
the ownership of it. Mr.. Parnell was
unanimously elected president. Long
discussions ensued, the sense of the
meeting being that the time was gone
when landlords could be asked 10
abate their rent; that the people who
titled the soil had the right to live ON
1t, and that even if a general abate.
ment of rents were made this would
avail little without security of tenure.
The charges of "Roryism brought
against the movement by opposition
Journals were Indignantly refated, and
the sending Of oofln notices and all
violent measures deplored. But a
letter was read from Major OGorman
Mp, in which the writer declared
before Almighty God that the Irish
had more cause for violence than had
the French in 1889. Finally it was
determined to draw the counties TO-
gether Into solid organization during
the coming winter, and thus defend
the farmers against those threats Of
eviction which now hung over them.
Resolutions were passed inviting Mr..
| Parnell 70 proceed TO America and
there win the sympathies of the Irish
for their afflicted fellow -countrymen,