The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Francis Folder was brought
before Alderman Rose for final examination, upon the
charge of having feloniously forged and uttered an order
for the payment of 1,5001., with intent to defraud
Messrs. Martin and Stone, of Lombard-street, bankers.
The prisoner had been examined on the sth inst. The
cheque produced, for 1,5001., purported to be drawn by
Messrs. Boddington and Co., payable to C. W. Walton,
Esq., loss per Mercury, dated 4th of February, 1855,
and endorsed F. Fowler, and it was presented at Martin
and Stone's bank on the sth of February by the London
Joint Stock Bank, and paid through the clearing clerk.
The `following is the additional evidence given yester-
day
Mr. John Saunders, cashier in the London Joint
Stock Bank, said—l know the prisoner. He has an
account at our house. I produce a cheque for 1,2001.,
numbered 43,095, dated 7th February, 1855, signed " F.
Fowler." It was presented to me for payment by the
prisoner on the 9th February, and is payable to 137 (the
4Teptune and Mercury), and I declined to pay the
amount. Ho asked me what was the difficulty. He
said he thought he could explain it. I asked him what
the -cheque for 1,200/. was drawn against. He said
cash paid in by him. I asked him what that cash con-
sisted of ? He then said cheque or cheques' lam not
sure which. I asked, a number of cheques? He said
no, a single cheque. I asked him on whom the cheque
was drawn. He replied that be could not remember.
He then said it was for a loss by two vessels. I said,
" You can surely tell me who is the drawer of the
cheque l" He made an indistinct answer, and I repeated
the question, and be replied in the same manner. I
again repeated the question and took a piece of piper
and a pen, and requested him to write the name, and
he wrote "Boddington and Co." He then left the house.
That piece of p tper has been since lost. The prisoner
Lit with me his pass-book, in which there is a credit
fur 1,500/. on the sth of February ; that refers to the
cheque upon Messrs. Martin and Stone. Without that
credit of 1.500/., the prisoner would have hail a balance
of about 851. to meet the cheque fur 1,200/. The cheque-
book produced by the officer bears the same number
the cheque fur 1,200/. There is one counterfoil for
1,500/., but no cheque for that sum has been presested
to ne.-- _ _

Daniel Forrester, the officer, said. the prisoner
into custody (.n the 3d of March, upon a warrant issued
trout the Mansion-house, for feloniously forging the
cheque for 1,5001. I searched him and found upon him
the chequebook produced, which bears the number
43,095.
The prisoner, in reply to the question of the alderman,
said he bad nothing whatever to say.
The prisoner, in reply to the question of the alderman,
said he had nothing whatever to say.
. .

The prisoner was then charged with having on the
30th of December, 1854, received and taken into his
possession on account of Messrs. Boddington and Co.,
his masters, the sum of 471. lls., and embezzling and
stealing the same.
Mr. Edward Storey, clerk of Messrs. Burdgett and
Picard, of 149, Fenchurch-street, cornfactors, said—On
the 13th December I filled up the cheque produced for
471. lls., payable to T. Boddington, Esq. It was signed
by Mr. Bardgett, and I gaze it to the person who called
for it. I don't recollect whether he signed the receipt
on the back or not in my presence. That cheque has
been returned to our house by our bankers as paid. I
also paid to the same person a cheque for 461. 19s. 5d.,
which I produce.
Wm. Lake Bosswell, clerk to Messrs. Boddiugton and
Co., said—l have been in • the employment of Messrs.
Boddington and Co. upwards of 20 years. The prisoner
was in the same employment. I have frequently seen
him write, and I am well acquainted with his handwrit-
log. We were both engaged in the underwritidg-depart-
ment. The writing on the back produced, "T. B. Junr.,
per F. F., 30th December, 1854," is in the prisoner's
handwriting. The prisoner would have n o authority to re-
ce.ve cheques on the underwriting accoount of his em-
ployers. We had an account opened at that time with
Messrs. Bardgett and Picard, and the prisoner's duty was
to keep the.underwriting books, and to make out the
accounts, and get the parties upon whom we had deigns
to agree to the amount, but not to receive the amount.
The amount shomd have been received by our usual col-
lecting clerk. There is no entry of the receipt of the
cheque produced for 471. 11s, in our boOk. I prodUce
a book kept by the prisoner, the object of which is to
show when balances are paid. There is no entry of the
amount whatever; but by this book it would appear
that the amount is still outstanding. There was a am
1
of 461. 19s. sd. due to Mr. Davis, one of the partl era,
on an underwriting account from Messrs. Bardgett nd'
Picard, but that sum has been accounted for. ' -
Mr. Davis (partner in the firm of Boddington and
Co., of it. Helen's-place) said the prisoner had no direct
authority to receive money on account of the under-
writing account, but that under certain circumstances
his doing so would not have been looked upon as an
offence, but it would have been irregular. The priso-
ner had not accounted for the amount, and had no, au-
thority to pay the cheque into his own account.
The further evidence of Mr.. Jelly, clerk to Messrs.
Bodlington and Co., and Mr. Scrivenor,, clerk in the
London Joint Stock Company, completed the second
case against the prisoner, who was then committedeco for
trial upon both charges.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A decently dressed
woman stated to Mr. Bingham that after living some
years with a man, by whore she had had two children,
she bad recenCy got married to a working man, intending
to live for the luture in a reputable manner. Since the
marriage the father of her illegitimate children, who had
been maintaining one of them, had sent it back, refusing
to contribute any more to its support. Applicant wished
to know whether the law justified him in thus acting?
Mr. Bingham read the clause of the act, which pro-
vided that a man marrying a woman with children, le-
gitimate or illegitimate, became liable for their mainte-
nance, and the applicant lett the court, apparently much
dejected.

TOE LATE EARL STANIIOPE.—At.the la-4 weekly meet-
ing of the West London Anti-Enclosure Society, held
on the 12th inbt. at the Banner of Peace, South Whatf-
road, Paddington, Mr. George Stubbing,s in the cLa'r,
an address of c )ndolence to the family of the noble
foundtr of their library, •the late Earl Stanhope, illus.
(.1 alive of his many c mte6ts for rights and. benevolent
deeds, was adopted, and, as a further testimonial of re-
sinct, it was resolved that the library of the society
should be increased to an extent worthy of such
a founder.

THE CULTIVITION or HOPS IN ENGLAND.—The usual I
annual returns, which were published yo.turiay, show
that the gross total number of htatute acres of land undert
cultivation for hops in England in the year 1854 aniou.ntte,,f
to 53,823—0 f which 11,4901 acres were in the (listiii4co3 _
Canterbury, 2,050 in Hants. 4,548 i in Hereford,
Roches-
,in the Isle of Wight, 10,3371 in the district of 1
24 in that
ter, 1,3771 in the district of Stourbrid
of Worcester, and 11,690 acres in S.ungsest'tse.
voTrihoeuetoetoail. '
amount of duty charged
\
Illations of England,,the ro
86,4221. against 47,3.47
per lb., 34,981/. under
average amount
and 4,1131. for the additionallou thethhoopsti 0
the new duty of i 8-20 d. per lb.,
gnder the old duty of 1 12-20 d.
duty-f
of sypeearr cent.l 85 4'
v'T.ahse
of duty per acre is stated to be 11.125. id

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The Registrar-General reports :—The health of Lenders
has undergone some improvement. The 1,377 deaths
that were ragistered in the week that ended on Saturday -
exceed the average number (1,226), but are less by 183
than the deaths in the preceding week. Persons of the_
age of 60 to 80 have experienced thegreatestrelief ; their
deaths felt in the two weeks from 362 0,266.
,
Bronchitis was fatal to 169 persons, and in the pre-
ceding week to 249 persons of all ages. looping eough
was fatal in 74 eases
small-pox in 23 cases, diarrhoea in 22 cases, cholera in
proportionsscarlatina itu:u4aoll,y measleshigh in 22,
.
one case, typhus in 41 cases. Tetanus was fatal to 2,
hernia to 6 persons ;
The births of 1,920 children were registered in the;
week ; 971 were boys and 949 girls.
The proverb, " A green yule makes a f 4 churchyard,"
pnbably expresses a scientific fact, notwithstanding the
evident fatality of cold ; and we may hope that the -,
papulaqou will escape some of the epidemics which
germinate in mild winter=, and burst out suddenly iu
Bmt mer.
Sent vy however, sightly increasing ; and al the
frost I a-, destroyed many vegetables, there is some dan-
ger of its increasing without a little exertion on the part
~f the commissariat of London, that under ordinary cir-
cumstances supplies, without apparent difficulty, two
midioi.s and a half of people with beer, at mt, wine, fresh
meat, fruit,
and vegetables, and a thousand other articles
of food.

The weather of the week opened with the mean tem-
perature at 41.7 deg. on the first day, and gradually grew
colder until the temperature fell to 27.7 deg. on Satur-
day. The temperature was at first 1.8 deg. above, at
last 12 7 deg. below, the average ; and the mean tens.
perature of the week was only 36 deg., the dew-point"
32.5 deg. In the sun the thermometer once rose to 67
deg. ; on the grass it fell to 15.8 deg. ; the dryness aas
3•54eg. The wind blew from the south and east at the
rate of 22 miles a day. No rain fell Electricity was
positive and active. The barometer was 29.732 inches,
but ranged from 29.8 inches to 33.01 inches.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the licart and 13i.00d,vesseLs .. 41
Diseases of the Lungs
,R,na other Orgaus of
Respiration..:..... • - $l3
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.

Malformations . 4
Premature Birth and Debility lB
A.troplay 3B
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation' Cold, and Intemperance 55
1 Causes not specified
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. ,
DIATas FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in come- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
• 1851. of 1854. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 . 251
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts
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Totals
Males
Females