The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

During the investigation Mr. Sergeant ADAMS
inquired whether the directors had an absolute con-
trol over the building, and the deed of incorpora-
tion was handed to him. Having perused it, he said it
appeared to him that the directors were bound to
confine Exeter Hall to " religious, charitable, and
scientific" purposes. It was competent, therefore,
for the teaching the science of music to be carried on
there, but he was inclined to think that it was not
competent for them to give public concerts.
M. Jullien and other musical celebrites were in
attendance upon subpoona, bat they were not exa-
mined.
The court then adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
tTIANSIOIV-HOUSE.

The unexpected appearance of Joseph Ady yester-
day to answer another complaint made by the Post
office authorities, brought together a great number of
people in the justice-room.
Mr. Peacock attended for the Post-office.
Ady was summoned under one of the Post-office
Acts, for having neglected to pay the sum of 11/. 63.
due to her Majesty for the duty of postage, and to
show cause why a warrant of distress should not be
granted for the recovery of that sum, pursuant to
the directions of the statute.

Before the defendant appeared he sent the follow-
ing extraordinary document to the Lord Mayor
ADIIO decimo et undecimo, ,Vicorize liNginm, cap.
71, intituled ' An Act for the more easy recovery of
Small Debts and Demands within the City of London,
2d July, 1847,' page 447, section 24:—And be it en-
acted, that nothing in the Act contained shall be con-
strued to alter or affect the Court of Hustings, in the city
of L. ndon, or the Court of Our Lady the Qaeen, holden
before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in the Chamber
of the Guildhall of the city of London. or to take away,
lessen, or diminish the powers and jurisdiction of the
s lid courts, or either of them, i. e., the two courts. My
Lord Mayor, this Act, intituled for the more easy reco-
very of small debts, 84c., supersedes yours, viz , the
Lord Mayor sitting in the Poultry, and not at Guild
hall, theri.fore I protest against )our summons
" Respectfully,

" JOSEPH ADY."

Upon appearing to answer the complaint the de-
fendant read and handed in a paper, of which the fol-
lowing are the contents :
" I request and demand that my protest bo entered on
the jouri a!3 of the court.
" My Lord Mayor, prior to pleading to the charge
made against me, 1 bog your Lord6hip's sanction to au
adjournment of the case to a future day, fur the loilow-
fog reasons:—

At a late hour on Friday night, indeed after I bad
retired to rest, your Lordship's summons was left at my
residence. This summons calls me to answer nearly
1,400 distinct charges, and I am invited to inspect the
whole of those letters, four hours only being allowed me.
" On applying to Mr. Peacock for an adjournment, ho
refused me, offering, however, to extend the. time to be
allowed for inspection four hours only. When I re-
ceived this concession two hours of the time had passed
away, leaving me but six hours to accomplish an impos-
sibility, as your Lordship will readily perceive when you
consider that it would give me leia than a quarter of a
minute to inspect each letter.
"I am anxious, my Lord, to have full opportunity to
car4ully and more leisurely inspect these letters, as I am
advised that I may have good ground of defence against
this claim, or, at least, a consider able portion of it. Upon
this ground I trust your Lordship will grant an exten-
sion of time, a!, upon such investigation, I shall deter-
mine whether or not to cell in professional aid.
" What forgery is easier done than for that wretch
accursed of Moses, ex-magistrate of Greenwich, who
was detected in concocting fake evidence, end bribing
false witness to support 500 of them.—(Laughter.)
" Whet is easier than to print a few thousand imi-
tations of my circular intended for owners of unclaimed
dividends, printed in 1848 in the Bank, and direct each
to dead men who cannot receive them—(Laughter)—and
then, of course, have them returned to the Post-office, for
the purpose of putting me to expense."
The Loan MAYOR said he had no alternative but
to proceed with the case, and that it was well known
the defendant had been treated upon all occasions by
the Post-office authorities with the utmost indulgence.
Mr. Peaccck then stated the case, as it was after-
wards supported in evidence, and said that the de-
fendant had resorted to the stratagem of making
hundreds of the letters he had posted appear as if they
had been stamped, and that the stamps had been re-
moved from them.

Mr. William Scrivener, clerk in the Dead Letter
office of the Post-office, said—l produce 1,356 letters,
which have been returned to the Dead Letter office,
on account of the officers not baing able to deliver
them to the persons addressed. I have examined the
letters. They purport to come from Mr. Joseph
Ady, and the charge for the postage is 111. 6s.
W. Morgan, assistant to the letter receiver in Fen-
church street, said, Mr. Ady is in the habit of
posting letters at our receiving house. On the 16th
of October 700 letters were posted by Mr. Ady.
They were unpaid, and most of them bore marks as
though they had previously been stamped, and the
stamps had been taken off. They were mostly ad-
dressed to farmers in the country.
Ady—Pray who posted those letters ? Witness—
You did. You brought them in a bag with you.
Ady—Oh ! very well !—(Laughter.)
Witness—l examined them immediately.
Ady—Can you swear that there were no ',stamps
on them ? Witness—l can swear that if theft had
been stamps on them the stamps were off when I re=
ceived them.

Ady then desired to be allowed to examine the
letters, and upon looking at one of them asked
whether the witness could say that it had had no
stamp upon it ? The witness—That was one of the
700 you brought in the bag. You brought them to
sue inside, and gave them into my hands.
Henry Daniels, letter-carrier to the General Post-
dice, said—l tendered these letters to the defendant,
and demanded 11/. 63. postage on 1,356 letters. I
saw the defendant himself, and the answer he gave
me was that there was no money.
Ady—My Lord Mayor, you surely cannot say
that was a refusal to pay ?—(A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR-17ou are summoned for having
neglected to pay, and the fact of your not paying
is what the law considers neglecting or refusing
to pay,
Ady—No man can swear that I refused to pay.
There was no refusal, and I protest against any con-
viction.

The LORD MAYOR—Have you anything more to
say, defendant, than what your paper contained ?
Aday—No, I don't know that I have; but that I
shall appeal I do know.
The LORD MAYOR—The evidence has satisfiel me
that you owe for the postage of 1,356 letters ; and Sou
must pay 117. ss. and costs, amounting to 35., forth-
with. There is no appeal.
Ady—Oh yes, there is.
The LORD MAYOR—Under what clause ? Ady—
Well, then, you will allow me to protest ?
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly; you may protest if
you please. I have no objection at all to that ; but
you must pay the money nevertheless.—(Laughter.)
Ady then requested to be allowed a month, but his
Lordship said the distress warrant should be forthwith
issued ; and it was to he hoped the defendant would
take means of avoiding so disagreeable an alternative.
The postage end costs were paid before the pro-
ceedings terminated.

Theloup MAYOR requested that the press would
oblige him by acknowledging that he had received the