The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-21 00:00:00

Lion :

" Whitehall, 23&1 Jan. 1839.
" SIR,—I am directed by Lord John Russell to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant
relative to the proceedings taken against you for selling
a pamphlet without the printer's name both in the front
and last pages ; and I am to inform you that Lord John
Russell regrets the law on this subject is so vague ; hut
his Lordship has no power to interfere in its execution.
" I am, Sir, &c.
" F. MAULE."
In answer to a subsequent application Mr Fielding
received the following on Monday last :
" Treasury Chambers, 18th Feb., 1839.
SIR,—I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners
of her Majesty's Trea,ury to acquaint you, in answer to
your application of the 30th ult., that the Secretary of
State for the Home Department has been requested to
give directions for returning to you her Majesty's moiety
of the penalty of 54 imposed on you, under the Printers
Act.

" I am further to state that the 1/. 13s. referred to
in your application is in the hands of 'the Chief Clerk
at the Worship-street Poliee•office, ready to be delivered
to you.

(Signed) " G. J. PENINGTON."
Mr. Fielding accordingly received back the moiety of
the penalty and the 1/. 135., from Mr. Hentage, the
Chief Clerk at Worship-street, and nu doubt whatever
is now entertained that in the present Session of Par-
liament Lord John Russell will, as he is said to have
promised to n deputation some time since, cause an altera-
tion of the above-mentioned enactment,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

PREROGATIVE COURT, FRB. 20

WOOD AND °VIERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS.-JUDGMENT,

The Judge delivered his judgment to-day in this case,
which respects the valicLty of the will of the late Mr. Janes
Wood, of Gloucester, Banker, who died worth a
sterling. The prin4al facts are well known. The
Learned Judge took several hours in delivering his decision.
He pronounced against the validity of the instructions,
but in favour of Paper B. The effect of this dechion is,
as the executors, Sir M. Wood and others, are not inserted
in it, it tantamount to an intestacy. The Court pro-
nounced against the anonymous codicil, granted the costs of
Mr. Helps, and his party, and condemned the executors in
Mr. Hitchen's costs.
An appeal was alleged.

POLICE IN 'FEW GENC E.

BOW-STREET.

A middle-aged marinamed Wm. _Barges, of King-street,
Old-street road, who described himself as a foreman in the
London Docks, was brought before Sir F. Roe and Mr.
Thiselion, a county magistrate, on a charge of defrauding
the Post•orfice authorities by illegally obtaining 2d., as the
postage of a letter which bad been delivered by him.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the
proceedings.
It appeared from the evidence that the defendant was
Secretary to the " Liberal Benefit Society," and in that
capacity he had delivered a letter at No. 78, High-street,
Can:den-town, which he admitted was wrong, but he
hoped the Post-office would deal leniently with him.
Sir F. Roe said there could no doubt the defendant Lad
been guilty of a fraud, and ordered him to find two se-
curities in 25/. each for his appearance in a week in case
the Post-office should consider it expedient to prosecute.
Mr. W. Burton Ford, bootmaker, of Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, was summoned under the 32d a Geo.
3d, c. 56, by Mr. Hen. Geo. Bohn, bookseller; Henrietta-
street, Covent-garden, for. wilfully and deliberately giving
3 false character to a young man named William Rice, fur
the purpose of enabling him to enter into his service as a
porter, thereby rendering himself liable to a penalty of
twenty pounds.
It appeared that on the 27th of January the complain-
ant had occasion to advertise for a porter, and the young
man in question, whO was one of the earliest applicantQ,
referred him to the defendant, with whom he said he had
lived fey three years in such capacity. The complainant
accordingly waited upon the defendant to ascertain the
truth of such a representation, and he was informed by
him that the youth's father had worked for him for
three years, and that the lad, who bore an honest
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with one of the men in the shop. Mr. Bohn considering,
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such a person very eligible, agreed to pay the same wages,
and he subsequently took the lad into his service, but he
had not been with him more than a few days, when he
robbed him of some books, and absconded, and ox
.having an interview with the defendant upon the
subject, he admitted he was wrong in giving the
character, adding that Rice was in the habit of
doing only occasional jobs for him, and request-
ing that proceedings might not be taken against him.
Sir F. ROE, after conferring with the other Magistrates,
said, the case had been fully proved against the defendant,
and he should pay a fine of 201., with 10s. costs, with
power to appeal.
The defendant said he would appeal, but returned in a
short time and paid the full amount.