The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

BRIDGE.

At two o'clock a petition from R. Wilson, Esq., and
Messrs. Fenning, of " Fenning's Wharf," Southwark,
as to the embarkation and debarkation of passengers by
steam-boats,' &c., praying that the plan proposed, and
numbered "2" in the Navigation Committee's Report,
might not be adopted, though recommended by the
said committee.

Mr. DAKIN had a notice upon the addenda paper upon
the same subject ; it ran as follows ; ." That this court
do consider further the report of the Thames Navigation
Committee relative to steam-boat landings on the south
side of London-bridge, ordered to lie upon the table on
the 20th of March, 1851, with a view to improved ac-
commodation for the public being provided."
This proposition, together with the petition of the ap-
plicants, was ordered to be referred to the Navigation
Committee, for their further consideration and report.

ENCROACHMENTS ON THE BED OF THE RIVER AT MILTON,

NEXT GRAVESEND.

Mr. H. W. VALLANCE presented a petition to the
court from Mr. George Simmons, of Milton, next
Gravesend. The case has appeared in our repot-Li of
' the proceedings before the Royal Commission appointed
to inquire into the state of the corporation. Upon this
occasion the petitioner prays "for the assistance of your
honourable court, and that your honourable court will
order prompt proceedings to be taken to enforce the
removal of the rubbish, earth, and dirt, so that the
proper navigation and ancient use of that part of the
river be restored to the condition it was in before the
encroachment complained of."
Referred for ewnination and report.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT IN CORNRILL.
Mr. E. DAVIS proposed the following motion, which
was unanimously rejected, viz. :—" That, as public ne-
cessity imperatively demands an immediate improve-
ment at the eastern end of Cornhill, by the removal of
the houses forming the corners of Bishopsgate-street
and Gracechurch-street, it be referred to a committee to
carry such improvement into effect, by giving at once
parliamentary notices to procure legislative powers dur-
ing the ensuing session of Parliament, and to frame a
scheme by which the funds may be raised necessary for
the above-named purpose."

POOR WIDOWS OF FREEMEN.
Deputy BEDFORD moved, " That the sum of five hun-
dred pounds be given by this Court in aid of the fund
arising from the gift of persons on their admission to the
freedom of this City, annually distributed by the Cham-
berlain on St. Thomas's Day, to the poor widows of
freemen ; and that it be referred to the committee for
general purposes to give directions for the appropria-
tion of the same agreeably to the former orders of the
Court."

Deputy HOLT seconded the motion, which WAS put
and carried.

OFFICE OF PRINCIPAL CLERK TO THE CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, in moving " That it be an in-
struction to the officers and clerks committee, in the
event of a vacancy arising by resignation or otherwise,
of the principal clerk to the Chamberlain, to consider if
any alteration is desirable to be made, either as regards
the duties or expenses of the:office, and to report thereon
to this Court prior to any nomination or appointment
thereto," said he could not help alluding to a circular
letter announcing the resignation of a very highly re-
spected, gifted, and independent officer connected with
the corporation' Mr. B. Scott. (Hear.) There was no
man connected with the corporation for many years
more universally beloved and respected than this officer,
and he believed that his retiring from their service would
be regretted by every member of the. Court. It was
bounden duty of the Court to take care that
the office
the
about to be vacated should be creditably filled, e
cially as it was one of the offices connected with spe-
t
chamber over which the corporation
had a he
direct con-
trol. (Hear, hear.)
Mr JONES seconded the motion, which was put and
carried unanimously.
The Court then adjourned.

NAVAL AIDE DE CAMP TO THE QUEEN.
The Queen, on the nomination of the First Lord of
the Admiralty, has conferred the appointment of Aide
de Camp to her Majesty, vacant by the promotion of
Rear Admiral the Hon. M. Stopford, on Captain Charles
Graham, C. 8., now in command of the Rodney, 90, in
the Mediterranea,n.
Captain Graham, the brother of Sir James Graham, is
the 56th on the list, but of this number twenty officers
hold either the G. S. P., or
htheo hA. D.C. There are four
junior to Captain Graham, wave been thus rewarded,
and omitting the Earl of Hardwieke, whose services
(From the st ) ought to have gained him the honourable distinction
years since, and taking into account the comparative
committalsm Moroi services
passing base coin has an iervices of the seniors on the captains' list, it cannot be
rcaeploetntedda,r.weNre , slid that the distinction has been unfairly or unduly
alarming look in
of Thetl the
increase
criminal
w3o f
prisoners6iiis afloat, on all stations, as will be seen by o'.Byrue's
"Captain Charles Graham entered the navy June 9,
week at
to baffle detection, exce t* i
e New Court, Old Bailey. The excellence of
1810, as first-class volunteer, on board the Bellona, 74,
sketch of his career :-
the "
imitation of many of these spurious cointE:ew:Qsltushumrc°hes ,
Captain John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the North Sea,
p g b), infallible tests-esPe- whence, in 1812, he accompanied the same officer to the
No
rhtaheis thirty-three
last
nor the look differed much from the sound
eially of the half-crowns -mid' -florins ; neither the ring Mediterranean, as midshipman of the Prince of Wales, 98.
pearance of good silver ; and and the ap- On his rejupction of3the latter. ship,laflotikeh;3i,,vipoilffaswioiittit;tn
July
Cacho Glasgow,
John Urackel)llotti•;lUlisebni.irr;.,
the loadstone, or weighing it was otnly by applying iu the Imperiense, .8, Captain Hon. Henry Duncan, the
the coin, capture 011%00 d'Anzo, and the operations a;lnst Leghorn
that the bad could b
perfectly was the electrotyPing• -npl i'the good, so and Genoa, lie returned home and was
-e ditighueinjsehec'iagsahfierondsinso closely the 1814. Untl Oct. 25, 1816, he further servileti
and Jamaica stations, Glasgow, 50, Captain witnessed
the home
sound imitated, and such a shiaii.,ro,
netietahrei,
maroiduldhsi.ghlft:
Duncan ; Romney, 50,
finished look given to the met 50, flag-ship of Rear Admiral E. .
was coins in circulation, from
taan'iount was represented
rose,ibluBi; Cagaapitnai%Ctairnles George
as further stated that
risiuvuass
by the quantities,of_ P John M•tek
doswou to the silvered fourpenny-piece ; successively lieutenant,actingi ' ellar. Ile then becameand
also i
-n the West
the base sovereign down
in the habit of glancing over our of the Active and Pique. f •
and those who :T
i not need to be reminded those and J. Mackellar ; thid on frigates, Captains
_,,,
~.
Carteretlndies,
police reports_wi
money
have both a wholesale and a re- his former ship, the Primrose,July 9, 1817, vas flip
utterers of bad
fcarr int.; on their nefarious business. tain Phillott. Having lB, still comm n confirmed
into
tail method of
oy
f having letters addressed to pub- 1818, on board of the Rifleman
to Englanea ded by Cap-
Besides the facilities
their customer 3 there, and supplying Duff, Mr. Graham next joinedi email brig, Captain
inn ..ugust,
lie-Houses, meeting
d over a little " bar-Kactice," sending off tar, 42, bearing the broad, Sept. 15, 18119, the Norwichar
their
~e goes by rail, which are called Ter at the stations- Collier, on the coast of At pendant of ir George Ralph
the escape are more than ten to one. In March 11, 1823, the Irn • flea ;. .3
an,1,84, 1822,120,
and
the chances as flag lieufena t piegnable I% , ~ . ,
11 to Hen Sir Alexander
t , ann. Britannia, 120,
many instances
the Mint refuses to prosecute-or they mauder •' •
have but a single coin in their possession at a time-or • -m-chief at PI .. 1r Alexander Cochrane, com-
, inander, a ra.nkh Mouth. In the 'tof capaci y COM•
they have contrived to obtain charige somewhere else was i: - eohtained April 17, 1824, Captain Graham
beforehand-and there is this persein to summon, and m
I,sii sequently, June 16, 18
that to call as witness, and the othef to swear to the toeth 6, on the Mediterranean 20, appointed to the Philo-
erranean station. He was promoted
contrary-that the police are "run off their legs," so to attachedcommand, Nov. 4, 1830, of the Rattlesnake, 28,
speak-the magistrate is weary of listening to the pe t to the force in South America, whence he re-
r- urned home and
jury which cannot be proved, and those who - was paid off Nov. 10, 1833. He has
prosecute been employed
arc tired of attending ; and when they consider on the East India station since April 28,
the se, 1843 as
, captain of the Castor, 36. In December, 1845,
crifice of time they are called upon to make, they -
sider that "too first loss is the least loss ~e, con. while senior officer of the squadron at New Zealand, he
the case is too often dismissed, and the ' and
so
the there landed in command of about 340 officers, seamen,
times to circulate. Then, and the base coin con- and marines, for the purpose of co-operating with a body
falls into the possession of poor people
worst ofall, it of troops under Colonel Despsrd in the reduction of a pah
take
in change for the good and hard-earned who it in a thick forest on a mountain 14 miles inland from the
have paid, and both the sho ira e money they head of the river Kawakawa. After more than three
swear that "black is whit "1 an and barman will weeks of indefatigable labour and exertion, during which
their situations, and that-
; rather than risk losing the British, notwithstanding great wetness in the weather,
bulls-the shilling the to use one of Goldsmith's were constantly employed in cutting roads through the
a shilling as ever Y gave in change "Waswoods and over the hills of a hitherto untraversed country,
was I) ' e
ern. It ie as good . btt • ear the pah 'th b h• •
in erecting a eries n ,in en reac ing, shell-
stuck up " that no money i ,true, notices are and rocketing it, and had moreover to live under
from un er
from the bar or count ~ s exchanged after taken away ing, ' temporarily .
what shelter they could contrive out of the
are so highly but •
finished counter
' while these spurious coins bush, the enemy's stronghold was assaulted and carried •
in
imitations of th , and in ever way such excellent triumph. For this service Captain Graham
ose struck 27, 1E46." was nomina-
tected by the closest uck at the Mint as to only be de- ted aC B. July
the general scrutiny and severest test how. is
public to distinguishCaptain Graham will receive the emoluments of
the difference? Is pointment for a short time only, his ap-
At present the -
every poor man ap-
a purchase-bar,) woman, anffehild to carry a loadstone, pointinent is merely honorary, and will continue
to be
or weightsand 9 Is not Juniper,so until Sir W. Symonds gets his fl .
scales .
who takes 50/. ag rank-perhaps
- - a-day over his bar for poison or gin, and two years hence.

SE COIN—MINT PROSECUTioNS.