The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENT COURT-TVESDAY.

:Tulin William Reeves, Professor of Music, d&.l llithor
of several tHlrlio; iVas opposed by Mr. COOKE on the
of the trustees of lititiot Meter, Esq., and supported by
.W00,,.._ 10.ttliventl who „z 1 been a bankrupt gttd insol-
. j'A 44.btigaec, niTp.. tty anj had been attached tfy
itedtrCi. appeared Etttlrnl into negociations to
4:4nt; No•vii ItP!, Old 132iley,
for whim PY.4 4,q67116d 1,000/.• a year. illgoirqnt
was to rent it at 7501., ana tirade of his res..
ponsibility. The trustees were afterwards tilsz.iiiisfled; and
liW,Pre the insolvent had obtained possession refused ta ethfi-
piete the agreVillt'nfi The insolvent then brought an action
tin the agreement, the triistee. pleraded special matter, and
a t c't4ict was given for the defendants, 01)d he vas in cus-
tody let The costs: These facts were stated by the' Learned
Counsel to bring the nsf., within the - discretionary clause,
The insolvent was discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

It is belle Yea that the provisions which have been poi-
soned will not be sold to the public, so that the hop-pickers
of Kent and the inhabitants of St. Giles's may, it is proba-
ble, " eat their meals in peace." The prompt and resolute
course adopted by the Lord Mayor has been very gratefully
noticed by several gentlemen, who do not admire the prin-
ciple of speculating to the hazard of human life. The fol-
lowing is one of the letters which he received at the very
moment Mr. Sturtevant, the soap boiler, appeared, to
show to his Lordship that the qualities of arsenic were sure
to die upon being mixed with the ingredients of the grease
tub :---

" 4, Sidmouth-place, Gray's Inn-road, Sept. 26.
" My Lord,—No one who has read the accounts of last
week's papers, concerning the affair of the arsenic and ba-
con recovered at Fenning's Wharf, but must admire your
Lordship's conduct in adopting such precautionary mea-
sures for the sake of the community at large. In follow-
ing this up, and in corroboration of a statement said to have
been made to your Lordship by a gentleman present of the
indestructible nature of arsenic upon dead animal matter, I
trust you will not deem the following account either offi-
cious or out of place.
" In August, 1834, a foreign vessel came to an anchor
on a part of the coast of Scotland, the master of which was
said to be very ill in consequence of having eaten a quan-
tity of shell-fish (muscles, I think it was said to be), and
a medical gentleman being called on board, the impression
on his mind was that the nature of the case was really as
represented to him. He administered the usual remedies
under such cases. The man, however, died, and in a few
days after his interment the vessel proceeded on her voyage.
In the month of January following (a period of five
months) an order was sent down from the Foreign Se-
cretary here, in consequence, I believe, of a communica-
tion from abroad, to have the body exhumed, and the sto-
mach examined. This operation, at which I was present
(in fact, engaged in) was done, and on the occasion the
stomach and bowels had the appearance as if death had
only occurred a day or two previous. The contents of
the stomach were analysed by Professor Trail, of Edin-
burgh, and from the quantity of arsenic that had been
given to the poor man, the Professor was enabled to con-
vert a portion of it to its metallic form, and in that state,
I believe, it. was sent to London, to be forwarded to the
authority who instituted the inquiry. But, my Lord, the
knowledge of the simple fact that people who are in the
habit of preserving and stuffing the skins of birds and
other animals use a quantity of arsenic in their processes
is of itself sufficient to convince the most sceptical of the
anti-septic powers of that dangerous mineral.
" Should your Lordship find it necessary towards sub-
stantiating the propriety of the steps you have taken in the
matter referred to, my humble testimony upon oath to the
truth of the foregoing statement is ready at your Lord-
ship's pleasure. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your
Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

" CHARLES ANDERSON.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
In the performance of his public duty on this occasion,
the Lord Mayor has certainly shown anything but a partial
feeling. Mr. Capper, his Lordship's brother-in-law, is, we
understand, the proprietor of the damaged provisions.