The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-01 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HOSPITALS.

Mr. LoTT, in bringing forward his motion of the last day
of meeting—" That, as the matters before the Royal Hos-
pitals Committees are of great importance to the interests of
the City in general, it is expedient that the wards not at
present represented in that Committee (except by governors)
be represented by members therefrom"—proposed that it
should be adopted as a resolution. The reference to the
Committee embraced the following objects—viz., to inquire
and report to the Court to what extent, and by what means,
the benefits and controul of the Royal Hospitals, origi-
nally granted by the Crown to the citizens of London, have
been alienated from them, and to determine as to the best
mode of recovering such rights, or of exercising whatever
degree of controul was still retained by the Court.
I\lr. CeoucHEß seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously, and an addition of twenty commoners was
immediately made to the Committee.

THE EXPENSES OF THE CORPORATION COMMITTEES.

Mr. PLETCHER, on rising to move the first recommenda-
tion of the Revenue Committee, " That the expenditure
of the Irish Society, exclusive of the charges and expenses
of a deputation to Ireland, should not exceed 2001. per
annum," was anxious that at a time when so much was
spoken of the reform of public bodies, it should be seen
that the Corporation of London was fitting to be continued
under any new legislative dispensation which the Govern-
ment might think proper to establish by the reforms which
they were disposed to make amongst themselves. The
amount of the reductions recommendd by the Committee
extended to one-half of the present expenditure. If hu-
man nature was as it ought to be, it would be the advisable
course to recommend the total abolition of allowances, and
that course could be adopted without any hazard to the
due performance of the duties ; and, as it must be dealt
with as it was, he thought that, taking the labours and eir-
eumstaace fairly into consideration, the recommendations
were worthy of adoption. He should propose them seria-
tim, as it was likely that there would be a difference of opi-
nion upon some.
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. BURN stated, that the attendance of members in

the Committee was so difficult to be obtained, that those
who did attend were obliged to send round to the other
Committees to make a quorum ; and he considered that
fact an argument against the abolition of allowances ; for
the Revenue Committee had no allowance at all.
Under-Sheriff WIRE rose to propose an amendment—
" That all the allowances to their Committees, &c., be dis-
continued."
Mr. ANDERTON seconded the amendment.

Mr. STEVENS said that, notwithstanding all that had
been said of patriotic and disinterested motives, it was im-
possible to get a meeting of men together to do this dry
business for the Corporation without some hope of per-
sonal gratification.—(Hear, hear.) He could well see why
an Under-Sheriff should be ready to do the business of the
Corporation without participating in the social meetings.
It happened that attornies were of all people the very
persons who were to be benefitted by sitting in that Court.
—(Laughter.) Tradesmen who sat there could not be
employed by the Corporation. There was no chance ex-
cept for the disinterested lawyers—(Loud laughter)—the
lawyers, who were advising the tradesmen to be satisfied
with the praise, and the honour, and glory of serving their
fellow-citizens for nothing, and were keeping all the sub-
stance for themselves.—(Shouts of laughter and cheers.)
Mr. TICINER thought that those who advocated the
amendment affected excessive righteousness. Now he
would go between the extremes of the sweeping amendment
and the existing allowances, but the original proposition
must be put in another way before he could vote for it, as
he considered the Irish Society quite independent of the
Court of Common Council.—(Hear, hear.)
The above is a fair abstract of a discussion in which se-
veral other members joined, and which lasted till near six
o'clock.
The original proposition was agreed to by a large majo-
rity, and the Court adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, an elderly respectable looking man, wearing
a pair of large green spectacles, and much pock-fretten, who
gave his name G. S. Mutch, Esq., solicitor, of No. 41,
Devonshire-street, Queen-square, was brought from the
station-house of the G division, in the custody of Inspector
Penny, and King, 120 G, charged by Wm. Baker, or-
namental painter, of No. 10, Upper Bryanston-street,
Portman-square, with forgery, and with having obtained
ten pounds under false pretences. The case excited con-
siderable interest, and the office was crowded to hear the
examination. _ _ .

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Mr. Baker, on the sth of September last, advertised in
the Morning, Chronicle, Times, &c., for a situation, and on
the same day he received a letter, purporting to come from
G. S. Mutch, Esq., of No. 41, Devonshire-street, Queen-
square, stating that through his influence with Lord Mel-
bourne, and other persons connected with his Majesty's
Government, he would be enabled to procure a lucrative
situation, and suggested a personal interview, in order that
they might come to some arrangements relative to the
matter. Witness subsequently had an interview with the
prisoner at his residence, 41, Devonshire-street, where he
occupied a couple of parlours, and seemed to be carrying
on the business of a solicitor, having his desks bestrewed
with parchments and papers, and a young man writing, and
the importaint air of the place induced witness to suppose
that all was right, and that he would be ultimately pro-
vided with a situation equal to his wishes. The prisoner
spoke largely of his connection with Government authori-
ties, and represented that he could with his influence pro-
cure a situation if certain conditions were agreed to, which
being explained, on the 13th of September witness met the
prisoner, who prepared the following agreement, viz.:--
" Matter of agreement made and entered into this 13th
day of September, 1836, between Mr. W. Baker, of No.
10, Upper Bryanston-street, Portman-square, on the one
part, ornamental painter, and G. S. Mutch, Esq., of No.
41, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, on the other part
(that is to say) the said Mr. Baker instructs and employs
the said Mr. Mutch to procure for him a Government si-
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tuation as clerk in his Majesty's Treasury, at a salary com-
mencing at 2001. per annum, and to rise progressively 501.
per annum, until the same shall amount to 4001. per an-
num, for the procuring of which situation the said Mr.
Baker agrees to pay the said Mr. Mutch th© sum of 1001.
by way of bonus or douceur, in part payment of which bo-
nus or douceur the said Mr. Baker has this day paid a
deposit of .5/. ; and it is further agreed upon by the said
parties that the appointment shall be received within four-
teen days from the date hereof, at the same time it is un-
derstood by the said Mr. Baker that the said G. S.' Mutch
is acting as an agent in this transaction ; but in case the
said Mr. Mutch shall fail and neglect to procure the said
appointment by the time specified, then and in that case the
said Mr. Mutch agrees to refund the said deposit when
thereto required ; but in case the said Mr. Baker shall re-
fuse to accept the said situation when appointed thereto in
that case the said deposit shall become forfeited ; and it is
further agreed upon that the balance of the said sum of
1001. shall be paid to the said Mr. Mutch by quarterly in-
stalments of 221. 10s. until the whole shall be liquidated ;
in witness thereof the parties herein-mentioned hereunto
place their signatures, the day and year first above-written.
(Signed) " G. S. MUTCH."
Witness advanced Si. and subsequently Si. more, and he
waited on the prisoner several times, until his patience was
worn out, and he began to suspect that it was an imposition,
as there seemed to be no prospect of a situation being pro-
cured for him ; but the prisoner still urged for more money
from witness, as being necessary to attain his object, and in
order to lift up his expectations he forwarded him A note,
with a mourning border, purporting to have been written by
" Edw. Finch, Esq., of Whitehall," of which the following
is a copy :---

" Whitehall, Oct. U, 1686.
" Sir—l am desired to inform you that, agreeable to the
wish expressed by your relative, Mr. Baker, your appoint-
ment will commence from the 14th of November next.---I

have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" EDWARD FINCH.
" Addressed to G. S. Match, Esq., No. 41,
Devonshire-street, Queen-square.".

Mr. Baker determined on not being played with any
longer, and on Saturday evening he called at the house
where the prisoner resides, and called in King, 120 G, and
gave him into custody. He at first refused to go with him,
but at last submitted, and he was taken to the station-
house. On searching him, one shilling in silver, and ;ix-
penny worth of halfpence were found, with several cards
strongly scented with musk, with the address of G. S.
Mutch, Esq., 41, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, printed
upon them.
Mr. LAING asked whether an inquiry bad been made at
the Treasury in order to ARCertaln whether the prisoner or
Mr. Edward Pinch wero at all known there ?
He was answered in the negative.
Mr, LAINQ asked him what he was ? The prisoner re-
plied, " I am a general agent."
Mr. LAING—What do you mean by a general agent?
Prisoner--a house agent.
Mr. LAING said that an application was made to him
the other day by a person Wilg IVA been seriously imposed
upon.
Mr, Barron, collector of rents, &c., of No. 86, Albany,
street, Regent's Park, late surgeon, of Birmingham, here
stated that he advertised for a situation undo; Government,
and the prisoner applied to him by )center,under similar cit.

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• umstances to those of the last witness, and receive,
from him ; but he did not procure him a situation. fo
Mr. LAING said that ho should remand the prisoner
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a week, and gave directions to inspectors DennY and King
to proceed to Whitehall, and make inquiries as to whether
Mr. Finch, or the prisoner, were known at the Treasury,
and to collect all possible evidence against the next exann-
nation.

The prisoner was then locked up.
About two years ago a person was brought to this office
charged under similar circumstances, having practised his
impositions to a considerable extent,
when he was
mantled. Oakley, late an inspector of the E division, who
had advertised in the newspapers for a loan upon interest,
was communicated with by the prisoner at Portsmouth,
and he was swindled out of 101. under a promise that he
would negotiate the matter ; and, suspecting, from the de—
re-
scriptmn, that the prisoner was the person who had duped
him, he proceeded to Clerkenwell prison to sec him, whe
he identified him to be the same person ; and on that oc-
casion the above psisoner Plutch) was waiting at the prison
to see him, with his green spectacles, and nearly the same
as he yesterday appeared at the bar.
There is no doubt but the system has been carried on, to
a considerable extent for a length of time, and numerous
charges are expected to be brought forward at the next
examination.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The march of modern legislation has, in some matter!,
kept pace with the march of intellect. The combined wl!"
dom of both Houses of Parliament has succeeded in
putting a stop to the slumber-breaking cry of " sweep," but
as yet has signally failed in silencing that terrific to the
tympanum tintinabulary clamour, the dustman's bell. As
one great step towards this desirable consummation measures
at length been successfully adopted against its diminu-
tive mimic, the muffin-bell, and henceforth the lovers
of the tea delicacies of muffins and crumpets will have, 00
Sundays, to supply themselves otherwise than through tbose
humble purveyors who have, time out of mind, monopolised
that branch of traffic. To those who rejoice in the partial
extinction of their morning miseries it will give pleasure to
learn that the police have received orders to devote all their
energies to the extirpation of the muffin merchants' calling,
and their exertions last Sunday have been crowned vr.ith great
success. The Magistrates, Mr. Conant and Mr. Hall'
were applied to by the police for advice in an unlooked-for
dilemma. In discharge of their new duties, between four
and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, they heard the pr?"
hibited cry of " Hot muffins," and on reaching
hold of the astonished muffin maker, and took from him
stock, about 100 large and small. The Act of Parliament
which legalised this seizure did not clearly specify the. moaner
in which the property was to be disposed of, and it therefore
.became a point whether the muffins were to be devoted to
feeding the police or the parish paupers.
Mr. CONANT inquired if the muffinman, was present? for,
on looking at the Lord's-Day Act, he found he was also liable
to a penalty for trafficing in his commodities. the spot 131.(1
The muffinman, however, was too good a judge to make
his appearance, and the decision of the Bench was that the
man was to have his basket, and the paupers were to have
the muffins.

EGYPT AND MOIJAAIIVIED ALl.—Captain Scott,
of the Royal Staff Corps, who has recently returned ret.°
his travels, is on the eve of laying before the public the
narrative of his wanderings. His work is to be entitle.
" Rambles in Egypt and Candia, with details of the ilt-
tary Power and Resources of those Countries, and Ohs°.
vations on the Government Policy, and Commercial Sys"
tern of Mohammed Ali." The proceedings of the preset.%
ruler of Egypt have, for some years past, attracted tus
marked attention of all the European powers, and varlet/5
conflicting statements have been put forth relative to thto
extraordinary man. Captain Scott, who .was introduced.
him, possessed singular facilities of gaining an insight le"
his real character, and his observations on this subject cant:
not fail to be highly acceptable at the present women
Various characteristic illustrations will accompany the 'l°-
lumes.
The attendance this year at the Reform dinners 'Ald
the public dinners of the Tories, was infinitely more 011‘
merous at the former than the latter, though each itei
former pays for himself, while tickets are purchased out ,e
the money of the Conservatives' club's stock purse, and a;
tributed among those who choose to dine and make it She's
of a numerous attendance.
STAGE COACH TRAVELLING IN AMERICA." a,
One of the New York Papers says :—" Curses, not lee
but deep, are uttered against the road managers every dilY;
by tourists and travellers in every part of the union, rfid
as°,
wonder, for the system in some parts now is for every P
senger per stage coach, to walk on foot by the i,tde of t
vehicle, so as to be in readiness to assist in relieving it freer,
any accident which happens to it on account of the clerbis
holes and ruts which it has to encounter cont!inually.
ere
was borne good-humouredly enough for some time,
appearing to be no alternative ; until at length the ste'''s,
coach agents, emboldened by success, insisted that the the
sengers should not only walk on foot, as occasion er
rrY
driver might require, but that each passenger should. 04
a rail to pry the coach out of the mud whenever it stn'
therein.
The Recruiting for the Royal Marines having °
late gone on most successfully, each division had beerl::
structed to call in two of its recruiting parties. The ess:
blishments at Reading, Taunton, Chippenham, Lou be
borough, and Glocester, are among those which are to
given up.
In consequence of the report made by the Court aot
Inquiry lately assembled in the Royal Marine barracks heir
Chathr, ld it t

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tiatham, the Lords of the Admiralty have deemeL- es
duty to recommend to his Majesty that the officers' nanire-
(whose conduct was the subject of inquiry) should be
moved from the list of officers of the Royal Marines.
obey
A letter from Bucharest of the 7th of 0ct%,..
speaks of a revolt having broken out in Silistria, in I:ea
quence of the Sultan having caused his portrait to be PA"-
hid
'over the arsenal, in consequence of his having resume;
sway in the fortress after the Russian evacuation. tc, j 5
said to have been encouraged by the Mufti (priest);4"ot,
suspected of being in the Russian interest. The Ilan-
however, is vague.
Government have determined that the sinecure app
pointments of General, Lieutenant-General, and Mainr-thO
noral of Marines, and the four sinecure Colonelcies ofd
corps, hold by Captains of the Navy, should not be °le, boo
as they become vacant. The appointment of Genera' 01
become vacant by tho decease of Lord De Saumentbris'
one of the Colonelcies by the decease of Captain Sir
.topher Cole.— United Service Gazette. ROY3I
BERLIN, OCT. 23.—The marriage of her
Highness the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Prinneacsse,
Liam of Prussia, and his Highness Prince Charles of l'igoi4
was celebrated yesterday with great pomp, at the 1'
Palace.
'esri
.illy TEA TRADE, MONDAY.--The
last week amounted to about Po,ooolb. The traue,",
ther inactive. The private trade sales will coalmen'
morrow.
PLATED CORNER DlSgosteu
with Strong Silver Edges and Handles.—A Set of reuruineo.'
Corner Dishes and Covers are offered, complete, for Nine
or a set with richly ornamented Edges, Handles, t
Etth, 611.
news. The Handles take off the Covers, so as to form
when requited. T. COX SAVORY'S, Working G°'"--I°l
versmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. 40'- ffe'
N.B. A variety of Secondhand Watches may be selec'
all price Two Guineas each. Warranted.

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DIED. ~,, mr Charles
On the 28th ult., at Kentish-town, aged 00, •-•-•
, 01°
bert. Wissett.
On the 28th ult., at Peamarsh, Sussex, aged 72, Martaa' e,
of Mr. T. Brown. , 1. PO
On the 28th ult., Mary Jane, infant daughter of iqr. i'
1.1...7 oliey-read, North Brixton, aged six months. of AlPl's'
On the 26th ult., at Datchett, Robert Todd, Egl" 0,
wife °
road, aged 79. f Mr. $'
On the 27th ult., at North Lynn, Elizabeth,
Briggs, of Chipping Barnet, Herts, aged 33.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBlTUAler'ry gilitia'
Colonels--Watling, h. p. Port. Serv. ; Crosbie,
Major Malone, h. p. 4 W. I. Reg.
Captain Leschen, h. p. 2 Lt. Dr. Ger. Leg. 0 -4.0100;
j-
Lieutenants—Shore (Adj )14 F., in the ship t-"*„,g. ;
Walker, 99 F., in the ship." Doncaster ;'' Pars' t F. Vert- -
maim ; Dixie, h. p. 11,, Afar. ; APGregor, b. 1.• - bl F. st,
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Ensigns—Vaughan, 94 F. ; Nase, ii. p. King's Anl-."
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coils, Tortola. Dr. 13°1°' ord•
mitt?,-iiepartmont—lnDspr..
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BIRTHS. oo°ll.
On the 29th ult., at Styvcchall, the Hon. Mrs. Gregoll.„, °_',Detlif
Or. the 2,9 th ult., Airs. S. M. Peto, of the York-road, '''
of a daughter. f Jolo
waOornnd,ttiEhteseq.;th ult., at Newland, Yorkshire, the lady °'
1, ter •
37th ualts.o,n;he lady of G. Gataker, Esq, °f a d______2“lg'
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MA R R IE D. f Fleet'
On the 29th ult., at St. Bride's, Mr. John Sangster,c% Jon
eit
street, to Susannah, second daughter of the late Mr. Frao '
of Ludgate-hill. or,
n„,, so', et
On the 24th ult., at Thoydon Garnon, Mr. John i--- 1 f:sq'',,r
goon, of Tolleshunt Darcy Essex son of John Davis°u'ciaugh
Bridgford Hall, Stafford, to, Caroline Buxton, youngest
fd'
of the late Mr. J. Argent. gr. at
On the 25th ult., at St. Nicholas Church, Worcesester.;
_,hicr
Janson Atkins, of Barbourne-terrace, to Mary, eld dub ,
tei„6:
Mr. IL. Hcming, of the same city.
On the 29th ult., at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Thom of as it. ?Jr. s
Esq., of the Tower of London, to Mary Ann, daughter
Wattg, of the former place