The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In an article in your journal of Thursday,
November 4, headed Marlborough-street, allow me to
contradict two or three statements, it mentions " that
my employer went to my lodgings, and, found a
number of duplicates, and, that I got tipsy, with a
portion of the money, and spent the rest."
As for the duplicates, I have not had one in my
possession, or, at my lodgings, for upwards of twelve
months ; and I can solemnly swear I never pledged
any article belonging to my employer, neither was
there a single ticket, found at my residence, or any
other place. The other portion of the paragraph re-
lating to my spending the money, is also not correct, I
paid the expenses twice to and from Windsor, and
also for one lot, which I purchased at the sale of St.
Leonard's Dale, and the r(mainder I was robbed of,
which I can positively affirm.
I was discharged on Thursday, the 11th November.
By the insertion of this it will greatly oblige, Sir,
your most obedient servant,

JOHN BENTLEY.
Any other journal having published an article of a
similar description, I hope the editor will do me the
favour to copy this.
10, East-street, Manchester-square,
Nov. 13, 1847.

FOR
POLITICALDER OI
' OFFENCESTLIrR EASITDcENR TB.llaErlonC7o,Ua
J.RaTzS_
PRESIDENT
kowski, President of the Courts for
.to Political Offences,
was shot on the evening of the 4th
was returning to his house at eight o'clock
at Cracow. He
in the even-
ing, when a bullet laid him dead in
the street. Two
men were observed to run off in contrary directions, but
the darkness prevented them from being
PRISONS.—CIerks of justices
are c recognised.
ailed upon to
make a return to the Home Secretary of State f h
number and situation of places of confinement ine t'e
petty sessional districts, stating whether they
are
ltheocki r
up or otherwise. This is with a view, no doubt,toth-
improvement in those descriptions of places ofconfine-
ment, some of which (in different parts of the country)
are not fit for any human being to be put into—scarcely
for pigs.
WINDSOR CASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT, Nov. 12.--The
preparations making for the reception of the King and
Queen of the Belgians were suddenly suspended this morn-
ing, intelligence having reached the Castle in the course
of the night of the postponemer.t of their visit for the
present. The reason has not transpired officially, but it
is said that her Belgian Mr.jesty is suffering from indis-
position 'contracted during her recent visit to France to
take leave of the Duchess d'Aumale previous to her
no) al Iliglinegs's departure for Algeria. No time has
been fixed for the intended visit to the Queen of England,
the postponement being indefinitely " for the present."
GAME LAWs.—According to the Nottingkam
Review of yesterday (Friday), it appears that no less
than thirteen persons had been convicted at the last
petty sessions at Mansfield. It is observed, what a nice
picture for the ratepayers to gaze on ! So we say. It
is time, indeed, that the game preserving and the game-
laws were altered. Every day shows the necessity in
many respects.

TRENT SIDE.—From inquiry which we have
made this week, respecting the progress of the disease
among potatoes on the Trent Side, we are happy to
say it has received a decided check. Those which were
good when taken up, and which were pitted, have received
no deterioration; and the diseased ones have not got
worse. The shipments fur the different markets con-
tinue, but not on so large a scale as formerly.—Lincoln
Mer cur y.