The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

LONDON,

Nothing doing.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING

Six o'CLocx.

" Liverpool, Sept. 25.
" Sir Peter Laurie,—We perceive in the pothouse
Mercury some correspondence with :you about an order
to J. and G. Tidmarsh, whose answer, from collusion of
a Post•office clerk never reached us, or we should have
satisfied them.

" The lying statements of James Reay, the clerk of
the Adulterating Guardian Society in this town for the
Corruption of 'Trade, we have frequently refuted before
in the public journals, and the show of his countenance
is as much against him as one look of your intelligent
daughters would condemn him for ever !
" We belong to a church and association for the
relief of poor debtors, the ugly sinner above-mentioned
to an iniquitous one for their imprisonment, poisoning,
and death without mercy; to a class of conspirators that
stab reputation in the dark, like assassins, and print the
most venomous libels on all who oppose them.
" The accompanying documents will prove our long
standing as merchants, whose acceptances have always
been paid, and, as an act of common justice, we request
your publication of these lines and vouchers, to contra-
dict your unjust reports.
" Any letters addressed to us at Liverpool have found
us for many years, and to this day we continue to
receive them, and shall do so, in defiance of calumny,
political differences, or persecution.
" We pray for our slanderers, knowing their danger
of everlasting fire ; being reviled, we bloss; being de
famed, we entreat men to examine the truth; and, trust
ing in God, we go on our way, rejoicing in a hope fa
of immortality.

a Yours faithfully,
" T. P. Gmuona AND CO.
" 4 Ho that r Alt th ever man must be just, ruling in tle
fear of God.'

"Sir Peter Laurie, Knight, Po-lice, Gui'd`tall,Lendon."
The letter contained a couple of old eleques so ftr
back as 1822 and 1823, one of them lei ig worthless,
and bore the Douglas, Isle of Man, 1)(5-mark, dated
Sept. 22, 1849.
At this moment a gentlem in from the office of the
Trade rrotectzon Record weekly newspaper, en-
tered the court,' and addressing Sir Peter Laurie,
said—l have attended here this morning to hear what
takes place about Gilmour, in consequence of Mr.
Tidmarsh having called at the office of the Trade
Protection Record, and left there for the use of the
editor a copy of a letter received by him this morn-
ing, and, as Mr. Tidmarsh is not in court, I take the
opportunity, as you are now engaged on the matter,
of bringing the letter under your notice.
The letter was dated from Liverpool, September 25,
1849, and the contents were as follows :
" Before directing their solicitors, Adams and Tilliard,
to prosecute for libel, Messrs. T. P. Gilmour and Co.
request the letter 'could not be found' to be sent them,
to punish the Post- office clerk for his collusion with
dirty Itcay, and by this post they sent ample proof to Sir
Peter Laurie in 1,050 of their long standing.
"Messrs. T. and G. Tidmarsh, MiFehiet-milters,
Eyre-street-hill, Leather-lane, London."
This letter also bore the postmark of Douglas,
Isle of Man, September 24, although dated from
Liverpool.
Sir P. LAURIE said that Mr. Lister, of Basinghall-
street, received an order to the amount of 1201., but
that gentleman was too deep for Mr. Gilmour.
MAR YLEBONE.
Henry Cowley, attended before Mr. Broughton by
virtue of a summons obtained against him by Inspec-
tor Champneys, of the S division, for removing offen-
sive matter along a public thoroughfare.
Bagshaw, 237 S, stated that, at two o'clock in the
afternoon of the 11th inst., as he was on duty in
Hampstead, near the Spaniards, he saw the defendant
with a cart drawn by two horses, and as the cart
passed him a most offensive effluvium issued there-
from. He directed defendant to stop, which he dice,
and upon examining the vehicle he found it nearly
full of the refuse of lime from gas works.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Was the smell which proceeded
from the cart very offensive ? Witness—lt was, your
Worship ; it was as strong] and unpleasant as could
possibly be - - -
Mr. BROUGHTON—Was there any-name upon the
cart ? Witness—Yes, your Worship. I saw the
name of Lord Tenterden upon it. Defendant told
me he was going to take the load to his Lordship's
seat at Hendon.

Mr. Smith, his Lordship's bailiff and gardener,
said, that what the cart contained was intended to be
used in Lord Tenterden's hothouses, for the purpose
of disinfecting the vines and other things growing
there, which were in a very diseased and unhealthy
condition. Witness since the summons had been
served upon him had written to his Lordship ac-
quainting him thereof, and he (Lord Tenterden) had
expressed to him in his answer to the communication
that competent persons believed that the proceeding
for which the summons had been issued was not at
all calculated to injure health. ne (witness) was
also of the like opinion.
Mr. BROUGHTON remarked, that in a case which
was brought before him a month or two ago for a
similar offence, it was clearly shown by the evidence
of Sir Francis Knowles, who is a good practical
chemist, that the removal of such matter along a
public road was likely to have an injurious tendency,
and in that case he felt it to be his duty to convict :
in other cases of a like nature fines had also been
imposed ; in the present instance he considered that
the offence had been proved, and he should order
defendant to
costs. Pay the mitigated penalty of 10s. and

SOUTHTVARK.
William Tupper was brought before Mr. Seeker
for re-examination, charged with stabbing his wife,
Sarah, in the breast with a knife.
The complainant, who at one time was considered
great danger, owing
occasion,theoiwingtoalthough still extremely
ill, and infliction of the wound,
aln ded upon
attended
was accommodated with a chair whilst giving
her evidence. She stated that she had been married
t:o the
prisoner for twenty-five years, and that for
nearly the whole of that period he was in the habit of
ill• treating her. On Wednesday last, the 19th inst.,
she and the prisoner had been out together, and on
their return home they found a young man there,
who was paying his addresses and about to be married
to their daughter, a young woman of nineteen years
of age. The prisoner on entering the house on the
evening in question seemed annoyed at the presence
of the young people, and ordered his daughter and
their intended son-in law to quit the place, threaten-
ing them if they did not obey the order. In conse-
qnence of the threats used on the occasion their
daughter and her suitor quitted the house, when the
complainant remonstrated with the prisoner for his
harsh conduct, and told him plainly that he was a
bad father for turning his child out of the house under

fur some sweet infant; or may be; a whole rosy little
troop of boys and .girls—surely they may at their
pleasure bestow this objectless affection upon a faith-
ful dog, intelligent parrot, or gentle, domestic cat.
Their friends are not bound to like these pets, nor
even to approve of them, but that is no reason why
our single sisters should be ridiculed for loving objects,
which, though others may see nothing to admire in
them, touch their lone hearts, and are perhaps the
means of preserving in its living and purifying flow
the well of sweet waters therein. And which in
reality is the worthier of disapprobation ; the woman
who in the absence of all legitimate outlets of her
overflowing 'affection, fondles and carefully tends a
favourite dog ; or, the man who neglects the wife of
his youth, and seeks the convivial revel, wasting his
substance upon the smoke of cigars, the fumes of
wine, and the selfish indulgences of masculine dissi-
pation ?
No I " old maids" are neither to be pitied or de-
spised. Of this we are in a position to speak, for we
hare the pleasure of knowing several excellent speci-
mens of the class ; and we can assure our readers
that many an idle, pleasure-loving matron might
benefit by their example. Active, cultivated, ener-
getic, judicious, widely benevolent, their scant home-
ties leave them at liberty to diffuse their words of
wisdom, and their deeds of kindness and of mercy,
around a larger circle than can be undertaken by the
strictly domestic woman ; and in the constant exer-
cise of their faculties, and their untiring devotion to
the interests of their fellow-b;ings, they experience a
solid happiness which surely is equal to any that this
changeful state of being can afford ; and we empha-
tically aver, that we have often observed the noblest
and widest benevolence of conduct in the abused state
of " Old Maidism."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Sir P. LAURIE stated that he had received the fol-
lowing letter, accompanied by a circular, which ex-
emplified a plan for annihilating the class of mercan-
tile swindlers who, in spite of warnings and exposure,
seemed year after year to succeed' in finding dupes,
and he very much admired the plan adopted by the
Edinburgh Trade Protection Society, and hoped it
would be followed by all such societies elsewhere :
" Trade Protection Circular-office, 25, St. James's-
square, Edinburgh, Sept. 22.
"Sir,—l presume to offer to your acceptance a copy
of the • Trade Protection Circular,' with a lac simile of
the handwriting of T. P. Gilmour. I see no way to stop
the practices of these fellows so effectual as to expose
their handwriting. Any merchant who had this fac
simile in his possession would be struck at once with a
recollection of it on receiving an ordeein the same hand,
whatever name might be assumed. The expedient was
suggested to us the other day by your valuable observa-
tions from the bench at Guildhall, in reference to the
necessity of exposing these parties through the medium
of the public press. Your many patriotic services of this
nature have made the public much your debtor, and I
am instructed by the proprietors of this circular to offer
you their warmest thanks on behalf of the merchants
and traders of this city.
I have the honour to be,.l.Sir, for the proprietors,
your most obedient humble servant,
" WILLIAM HILL, Secretary.
"Sir P. Laurie, Guildhall, London."
Since the receipt of the above be had been favoured
with a communication from Mr. Gilmour. The
letter was as follows :