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London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

TilE SUN, LON ON, TUESDAY, DECEMBEIt 15, 1840

Chinese edicts are regularly forwarded to his Majesty
by order of the Court of Pekin ; and as groat tytannY
has recently been exercised towards the British, they
labour under much apprehension, and were anxiously
expecting some ship of war to protect them in case of
need. As to commerce, the King was ruining it by
his monopolies and exactions.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS:

FROM THE MORNING PAPER 23 O THIS DAY.
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
We elsewhere insert what may he termed an issue
between Thomas Duncombe, Esq,, for Finsbury, and
William Tooke, Esq., Treasurer to the Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The proceedings open
by a letter from Mr. Duncombe to the Committee of
the Society, dated July 8, 1840, in which a charge is
brought against Mr. Tooke, that he had used the influ-

once he possessed as their Treasurer to induce their

tradesmen to
Pledge themselves in writing to give him"their
ac::tve anal zealous support" at the next election
fr:". cnc borough of Finsbury, contrary not only to t'•!ir
previous course of voting, but to their declared wi: Hs
and intentions. To this letter the Secretary of 1

Socicty,on the 9th July, 1840, returns for answer tl. •,
as the aliczations are wholly unsupported by any sta •
ilient of particular facts, the Committee cannot enterti. •
the cliarp. On the same day Mr. Dancornbe appli•
by letter, to the S:cretary to be ialormcd whetht..
upon the charge being communicated to Mr. Took;
is admitted or denied its truth. The S:cretary decline

stating what passed at any meeting of the Committee
unkss directed by the Committee. On the same day
Mr. Duncombe replied to the letter of the Secretary,
stating that he was prep tred to go into the case and
bring proof in support of the charges whenever the
C.:ininittee should appoint a day. The Secretary
answers that there ould not be an ordinary meeting
of the General Committee before the second Wednes-
day in August ; and that he could only summon an ex-
traordinary mPetin.; by desire of the Chairman, Vice-
Chairman, or Treasurer. Mr. Duacornbc requested the
Secretary to apply to the Treasurer for his sanction to call,
without loss of time, a special General Meeting. On
July 14 the Secretary informs Mr. Duncombe that he
had laid his note of the I lth before the Treasurer,

who declined to call a special meeting unless there
should have been previously sent to him a statement of
the particular facts upon tyli;eli the charge is founded.
Mr. Duncombe then calls upon the Secretary to apply

to the Chairman or Vice-Chairman to sanction the sum-
moning a special meeting. On the 16th of July the
Secretary answers that the Chairman of the Society con-
curs in opinion with Mr. Tooke, but as Mr. Tooke had
ai aived the objection, the Chairman had requested Mr.
Duckworth, Mr. George C. Lewis, and the Hon. J.
Wrottesley, to form a Sub-Committee to investigate
the charge, and that the Sub-Committee had been sum-
moned for the `t Ist July. On the _oth July, Mr. Dun-
combe attended with his proofs, but Mr. Tooke, though
be had received notice, was not present. Mr. Duncombe
then stated that he was desirous to• submit his proofs,
as he had understood that Mr. Tooke had solemnly
denied, at a meeting of the General Committee, that
there was' any truth in the charges. We have now the
examination of Mr. Leighton, of the firm of Leighton
and Eelcs, bookbinders, and Mr. Leighton, jun , and
Mr. Coates, Secretary of the Society, in corroboration.
The Sub-Committee would seem to have wished to
fight shy after hearing this evidence. On the nth of Au-
gust they came to a resolution (communicated to M r. Dun-
cembe) stating that no officer of the Society ought to
use his influence, as such officer, for any matter threign
to the objects of the Society. But Mr. Duncombe was
not to be so got rid of. He called upon the Committee
either to sanction or condemn the conduct of the Trea-
surer with reference to the particular case brought for-
ward. After a long interval, on the 10th of Decem•
her comes a letter of the Secretary to Mr. Duncombe,
informing him, by direction of the Committee, " that
the Committee regret that in two cases the in-
fluence of the Society has been used in a matter
foreign to the objects of the Society—that the Society
was in no way cognizant of such use of its influence,
and has expressed an opinion upon the subject which it
hopes will preclude the recurrence of such an event."
Here the matter rests. But Mr. Tooke cannot, we
should suppose, after this, rest the Treasurer of the
Society. Having denied, in the first instance, that
there was any foundation for the charges against him, it
would have been but decently respectful to the Society,
having been made acquainted with the day when the
proof would be brought forward, to have attended.
This, however, is between him and the Society. Our
business is to point attention to the denial of Mr.Tooke,
and to the opinion of the Committee, that that which
Mr. Tooke had so denied was fully established.
(From the Morning Herald.)
The inhabitants of London, and indeed all people
who take an interest in whatever tends to promote
the health and beauty of the metropolis, have reason
to feel indebted to-A those members of the Common
Council who opposed the report of the City Lands
Committee, which was brought up by the Chairman on
Thursday, and which recommended the erection of
buildings on the vacant ground at the west end of
Cheapside—a recommendation which would have had
the effect, as was stated in our Report, of preventing
the execution of a plan for the opening a complete
view of the magnificent cathedral of St. Paul from St.
Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. R. L. Jones, the Chairman
of the London-bridge Committee, who had twice be-
fore defeated a similar design, had the merit of lead-
ing the opposition to the revived proposal on Thurs-
day, and succeeded, for the third time, in crushing the
anti-improvement project. We trust it has got its final
overthrow, and that it will never again be heard of,
except in terms of deserved reprobation ; for in this
case we cannot admit the applicability or policy of
the maxim—de mortuis nil nisi bonum. Truly• did Mr.
Jones observe, that " every one who approached the
neighbourhood of St. Paul's admitted that it was dis-
graceful to the metropolis that so noble au edifice should
be so completely enclosed that its proportions could not
be properly seen." Mr. Richard Taylor, also, in sup-
porting the amendment to the motion for agreeing to
the Report, expressed a hope that " the beautiful pro-
portions of St. Paul's would be thrown open to the
public." A similar view of the subject was taken by
Mr. Anderton. Mr. Hunter appositely remarked, that
" as they were improving the cast end of Cheapside by
buildings a Royal Exchange, they ought to improve the
west end, by throwing open one of the finest buildings
in the country." Alderman Thomas Wood said, "It
was the universal complaint that no opportunity was
afforded of taking a proper view of one of the finest build-
ings in the country." Mr. Bedlord expressed similar sen-
timents. Now, let us here stop to remark upon the great
incongruity, if not absurdity, of erecting, at vast ex-
panse, such an edifice as St. Paul's, and other great
works of architectural art that might be mentioned,
and then blocking them out of view. Some time ago
a great deal was said in Parliament about the ad-
vantage that public taste would derive front throwing
open SA lot Pout's, and othyr cathedral, to the
people in g,ineral, at other than the times of Divine
set vice, niAlout ex?.cting any fee for admission.
But while a struggle was made for getting the public
a cheap gratification of their curiosity by a daily sight
of the architectural and monumental attractions of the
interior, not a word was said as to the necessity of first
rendering visible to the public eye the beauties of the
exterior of seme of those noble edifices, which, in the
case of St. Pours in particular, must be taken on trust,
or, like the doctrines oldie (hint d tract, tarn, on the au-
thority of tradition. Admirers, as we are, of our own an-
cient style of architecture, which sonic call the Anglo-
Norman, and some the Gothic, and for the preservation
of which in its original purity and grandeur we have had
to fight many a hard battle, as in the instances of York
Minster, the Ladyc Gavel, St. Aibouh; Abbey Church,
&c., we feel no less iatere,.ted on a chaif of those
splendid works in which the genius of such men as
Sir Christopher Wren and inigo Jones may be said to
have transplanted the principles along with the high
sentiment of Greek and Roman art to the soil of Eng-
land. First of all works of its kind in England, and
second to only one other in Earope, is the cathedral of
St. Paul's ; yet its interior, we are sorry to say, is in a
state of neglect almost verging on decry, Lot very cre-
ditable to its ecclesiastical guardians ; while its &ti-
mes external proportions are bricked out of sight, with a
peiaz-taking essit!uity to conceal them from the pus. is
maze, %Illicit must induee the curious foreigner to
pose that the tr;tion, after having expended the wee
of a province in constructing such a building, beets_
ashamed to let it be seen. However, thanks to ame
liberal taste in the Common Council (we use the woi
" liberal" in its true sense), this reproach of a callus
dra!, built upon a hill, and yet unseen, is likely t.
be taken away. When the plan of Mr. It. L
Jones is reali,ed, the view front St. Martin's-le-
Grand will challenge competition with any view of the
saute extent in any capital of Europe. But,
as part of the ground is Crown property, it will
be necessary that Government should he 'aimed with '
a stellar feeling as to the velue of such an impros c-
went ;• and we hope that on the part of Government
andth e
beauty
niggardlut economy will stand in the way of
proper execution of a plan which would add se
nn
meanto
exlN:Tiirnsato s:trittoyn of the metropolis, while it has also
the score of pub!ie convenience.
urged
dsseilot suppofted the amendment
Peter Laurie, that in this discussion Sir
of Mr. Jones,
,el,ystthe advatitages derivable
to public health front
in
the
vicinity
pointed
out,
e •t improvements, bath
and wherever else they arc
practicable. lie said that “eessy opportunity
shouldshouldseized for giving free air to the City, which was in
in lanes unit alleys gre itly to
instanced til several
pre
judice
fs.ltuhte uphemth.„
Ile
disposition to build tali houses in narrow streets,
stye ot.tls, to
the almost total exclusion of light and a
building particularly observable in some metropolitan
suburb called New Zealand, of the geography of
which we confess our profound ignorance, while ase
rnit that a name of such classical origli,iiiic is appropriately
Zealandaepipronriately
I
gieen to so tasteful a locality.
order of architecture, we suppose, s "neat as imported."
Sir Peter did justice to the memory of George IV.,
' whose taste for improvement created " a new city" at

the west end of the town. George IV. was in that
respect a most judicious " Reformer" and a great pot:-
lie benefactor. All the enlightened public will assent
to what fell from Sir Peter Laurie, when he said,
" now the City ought to follow the example of George
TV., who had caused such improvements in Regent-
Aireet and the Strand, and other parts of the west end
of the town; as were alone sufficient to establish a claim
to the gtatitude of posterity." Let the Corporation of
London bring out• to public view the splendid propor-
tions of St. Paul's Cathedral, as the hand of improve-
ment at the west-end brought from darkness into light
the beautiful church of St. Martin-in•the-Fields, with its
unrivalled portico ; and they, too, will have set a noble
example to some other Corporations, and have esta-
blished a claim on the gratitude of posterity.
(From tie Morning Advertiser.)
Napier is truly a glorious fellow : one about wirim,
to use a trite and expressive phrase, "there is no mis-
tai;e," and who will admit of no mistake about others.
His correspondence with Mehemet Ali shows him to
be as able and energetic in diplomacy, as he has always,
and more particularly on recent occasions, proved
himself in arms. In opening the negotiation, the Gal-
lant Commodore stated the simple facts of the case,
without any disguise or equivocation, and briefly direct-
lag Mehemet Ali's attention to the impressive lesson
taught by events in Syria, where, in a month's
time, six thousand Turks and a handful of marines
have taken Saida and Beyrout, defeated the Egyptian
army in three different actions, have taken ten thousand
prisoners and deserters, have caused all the seaports to
be evacuated, all the passes of the Taurus, and the
mountains of Lebanon, and this against an army of
30,000 risen. Three weeks afterwards Acre fell into the
hands of the Allied fleet after three hours' bombard-
ment. And then he puts the following important
query :—" It his highness wishes to continue hostili-
ties, he will permit me to ask him whether he is sure in
Etypt ?" To the letter, from which we make these ex-
traets, Boghos Bey, on the part of Mehemet Ali, re-
plied in the most conciliatory terms, from which it
would appear that Mehemet Ali was from the first ready
to restore the Turkish Let, which, as stated, he per•
miffed to remain at Alexandria only at the solicitation of
the Turkish Rear-Admiral, who was the treasonable in-
strument of its desertion ; that his Highness had only re-
fused to solicit from the Sublime Porte the faculty to
to that first concession the life government of Syria,
and that because the Viceroy had the conviction that
Syria in his hands might still offer great resources to
Cie empire." We shall not, however, go farther in
making extracts from the highly interesting correspond-
ence, which will be found elsewhere. It is a splendid
exhibition of British power and of British diplomacy.
Naph:r is a genuine British seaman. His negotiations
are conclusions, and not protocols—he makes treaties
at t'ae mouth of the gun, and not in the shape of words
—what he determines he accomplishes, and with the
snaviter it: mod() as well as the fbrtilcr in rc. Commo-
dore Napier has, in fact, exhibited talents of no ordi-
nary description—as a naval officer he has apparently
no equal in the present day—by land he has shown the
best qualities of a General—prudence and foresight—
and as a diplomatist he has brought that to a conclusion
in forty-eight hours' time which it might have cost very
able statesmen to settle in as many months. Com-
modore Napier has received, as he justly deserves, a
high mark of her Majesty's approbation ; but something
more remains to be done, and that something ought to
be done immediately. Commodore Napier ought to
be an Admiral of the Fleet, and the grateful hearts of
Englishmen, always inclined to do honour to those
who do honour to them, will not be satisfied until this
additional mark of Royal favour has been bestowed on
im.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
Our readers will find in another part of our this
day's publication copies of the correspondence between
Mehemet Ali and Commodore Napier, which led to
the convention concluded so speedily and satisfactorily.
The partisans of the wily Pacha amongst our conti-
nental neighbours complained of the brusque style in
which he must have ban pressed by the Commodore,
to bring him to terms so swiftly, in spite of his well-
cultivated talents for evasion. The perusal of the cor-
respondence will show that the " right hand" of the
Paella had not " forgot its cunning," but it will also
show the successful manner—which indeed has been
illustrated throughout the course of the recent tran-
sations—in which those who know their own mind, and
know their own force, may defeat doublings. All who
have followed Mehemet Ali throughout his career must
have observed with admiration his perfection of arti-
fice, at every point of contact into which he has come
with Europeans. He has succeeded so completely in
throwing dust in the eyes of a large part of our coun-
trymen, that, to judge by the language of some journal-
ists, they believe him to this day the most unaggressive
and ill-used of Moslemins, whom Europe attacked
while he was attacking nobody. This sort of im-
pression was favoured by extreme tact in the Dacha's
treatment of foreigners. A correspondent of ours ob-
serves, " Examine for one moment his conduct towards
foreigners, and
.especially towards, Englishmen—and it
has been one round of caressing, and fawning, and treat-
ing. And why all this? Let Pr. Ruppcli, supported
by M. Felix Mengin and M. Jomard, tell us. The first
of these, in his ' Voyage in Abyssinia,' observes that—
' It is easy to recognise his cunning policy. All strangers
of rank and influence, particularly Englishmen, are treated
during their residence in Egypt with marked attention,
and sometimes feasted and lodged with a luxury border-
ing on prodigality. Again—' Moreover, rarely is an oppor-
tunity lost of begging travellers, in whatever they might
write respecting Egypt, to represent the Government in
the most favourable possible light,' &c. Thus the de-
ceptions practised on authors and travellers have con-
tinued to lull Europeans as to the real objects of
Egyptian policy, but the veil is now withdrawn ; and
the shock of our broadsides must have read a -lesson
in the lEsst which will not be much of a de-
ception, nor will it be easily forgotten." While
Mehemet Ali was taking pains to persuede Euro-
peans of his wisdom and justice, he was actively
pursuing a policy essentially of aggression and disturb-
ance. He was encouraging (the fact has been stated
with censure in the French Chambers) the other Pachas
to join him in proclaiming their independence. He was
retaining, and incorporating with his own, the fleet of
the Turkish empire, in the teeth of the remonstrances
of all Europe, leagued to protect that empire. After
this, it is vain to talk of him, as some of our colleagues
of the press persist in doing, as more sinned against
than sinning, and as injured without provocation.
(From the Courier.)
We should be sorry to eliellenge dishonest motives
for change of political opinion on all occasi.ans, but we
mty not forget that new convictions, when honest, are
of slow growth, and when once adopted, alter a painful
process of deep reflection, are usually avowed with re-.
luetance, advocated with a becoming temperance of
in inner, with a retiring modesty of demeanour, and a kind
and courteous charity for former associates. Mr. Milner
aharnlonment in one day of all the previous opt-
nioy,s and political courses of his life, his instantaneous in-
oculation with a creed so diametrically opposed to every
former principle, his coarse and reckless career of per-
&Alai vituperation of ancient and more consistent friend,,,
present the very opposite appearances of all that should
signalise an honest, even if' infirm, purpose., and stamp
him it once as a renegade, politically without honour as
without principle. Like all renegades, he would he the
most rancorous and ruthless persecutor of all holding
by the filth he has abjured, and were autos da fc in
flisilion now Mr. Gibson would be just the incendiary
apstate to fire the pile, and consummate his treachery
by burning those whom he bad before betrayed. This
disL:reditXc person figures upon the scene again, we
perceive, on ece,ision of a dinner in Manchester, appa-
r•ntly iu honour of Sir Tnonnis Potter, late nai
Ala-: or of that large and intelligent community, which,
such, repudiates corporation honours. At this din-
ner Mr. Gisborne, formerly one of the M.P.s for Der-
byshire, but now one of O'Connell's nominees, sang the
funereal ho%ours of his Ministerial patrons with grace
equally dismal and ludicrous. From the joking indul-
gences so wautoned in it may be taken for granted, we
presume, that as all the Gisbortics are provided for,
the Whig jester has no longer a motive to restrain the
saes uf an unbridled tongue.
(From the Standard.)
Mr. Gibson tiny gory in the title of RAT. There
is no accounting fur tastes ; we remember a person
of some not very savoury notoriety, who meat to sty
that au hour which he spent upon the pulory was
" the proudest hour of his life ;" but whatever may
be Mr. GUrhorne's fancy, the prejudice—if we must
call it so—of the EngliAr people is rather against the
practice of ratting, and with good re:son. The poli-
tical rat, said the late Mr. Hazlitt, must give,up either
hie integrity or the authority of his judgment ; must
eeufess, to speak in plainer language than Mr. Ilaz-
htt'::, that he is either knave or fool, or, as corn
ntoe'y happens, a compound of both. It is quite
true that a man may vote different ways, and even
pursue different lines of politics at different times,
wJtiout any imputation upon either his honesty or
his sense ; but then he is bound to show that
his change of conduct necessarily attends upon a change
o
f external circumstances independent of his power—
just as a u,.an can give a reason fur going differently
habited in winter and summer, on a dry day or a rainy
day. Mr. Gibson's ratting was, however, too sudden
aryl too siolent to allow of any excuse of this kind ;
and in truth he does not attempt any. is
he then dishooest or silly ?—we do not say that he is
Ro inn:
tish
gi his
conduct as
patronage
eni;tgb;(kitri:,., buto eperrctsauilni:pytitolinereariissinntg.aluiitilg
upon
rei
hs
a o j 5 by no means clear that a professional
gentleman ratting to the party d
has not had an eye to profit, even though that
p'trty's tenure of place might seem short,
more particularly if he had felt his way
with the party in reversion, and found that they
did not rate his pretensions as high as he might ho dis-
posed to rate them himself. But Mr. Gibson is a
lawyer, and he knows that there are many corrupt mo-
tives besides the hope of profit. Such are malice, an
insolent presumption, and even wanton impertinence.
Acquitting the ex-Member of corruption of every kind,

however, one must, according to Mr. Ilazlitt's doc-
trine, convict him of gross folly.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dr c. 14.
(London Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
MORRISON D SALMON.
The plaintiffs are the successors of the late James
Morrison, the " Ilygeist," and this action was brought
against the defendant, formerly an agent for the sale
of Morison's Pills, or Universal Medicine, to recover
damages, avowedly nominal, for the fraudulent use of
their name, in the sale of an imitation of their medicine.
Mr. Sergeant STORKS, in a lively speech, which ex-
cited much laughter, stated tlee ease fur the plaintiffs,
and called several witnesses to prove that they had
found, by several years' experience, the genuine medi-
cine of the plaintiffs to be the very best in the world,
and the better the more of it was taken, and that having
bought the defendant's substitute, being mislead by the
labels on his pills, they considered themselves injured in
health by the deception.
Mr. ERLE for the defendent argued that the adver-
tisements of the latter, and the labels upon his pill-
boxes, were a sufficient intimation to the public, that
Sa!mon's " Original Alorril:on's Pill=," were different
from, tied superior to the medicine sold by the plaintiffs
at the British College of Health. The Learned Gen-
. tle.nan, with whom was Mr. Wightman, called several
witnesses to prove that the defendant's pills were made
aecording to the original recipe, and were better than
those now mat:unto:tired by the plaintiffs.
The case having occupied nearly !even hours, the
Jury found for the plaintiff One Farthing damages.
The Learned JUDGE said that as the action was
brought to prove a right, and not to recover damages
—the plaintiffs having rather proved that they suff.:red
no damage, inasmuch as they sold cartloads of pills
daily, and had found no dimintr ion of their sale
through the defendant's conduct,—ho should certify
fur costs in their favour. The verdict, he said, set-
tled the question of' right, and the defendant could not
continue to use Morrison's nem, which, his Lordship
considered, to be all that the action was intended to
prevent.

pension of the ladies '? itnesS,--No. I took them
into custody at the desire of Mr. Farqdhat, vihn Wished
that every thing that could be done consistently shotild
be done for their comfort. I remained in the house
accordingly.
John Jetting, messenger to Mr. Farquhar, stated
that be accompanied Forrester by the directions of his
employer. He had some conversation with the ladies.
110 tnadz an observation relative to Captain Wallace
leaving Tredegar-square, when Mrs. Mary Wallace
said, " I am Mrs. Michael Wallace,'' although the two
Misses Wallace had denied that she was at all related
to them, and declared that she was a mere acquaintance.
The three females said that the statement as to their
drnial was false. •
The witness said he was upon his oath, and he
solemnly swore it was true. He asked how stood the
rent of the house, to which Mrs. Mary Wallace replied,
that all was paid, and that she had receipts in her fires•
sing-case up stairs, and she pointed with her finger up
stairs. Witness at that moment observed Miss Cathe-
rine Wallace shake her bead, and Mrs. Mary Wallace
then said, " Yes, up stairs, in my bedroom at Tredegar-

square."
Mr. James Phillips, solicitor to the General Mari-
time Insurance Company, produced the papers marked
by Forrester A, B, and C. The paper A was a broker's
account of the sale of stock, to the amount of
51.;91. 4s. 2d., in the name of Catherine Wallace, and
the par: B was an exactly similar account, in the
name of Janet Wallace. The dates of the papers was
the 28th of November, and the first examination at the
Mansion-house, on the subject of the loss of the Dryad,
was the 27th of November.
Mr. Bodkin—Have you reason to believe, from the
inquiries you have made, and the information you have
received, that, if time be given, you will be enabled to
prove that these two females, the sisters of Wallace, are
implicated in the transactions which we are now inves-
tigating ? Mr. Phillips—l have.
Mr. Bodkin—Have you traced that a large sum of
money has been paid to the British Linen Company, to
he paid to Euphemia Wallace ? Mr. Phillips—l have.
It has been transmitted through the house of Smith,
Payne, and Smith to the British Linen Company, the
Edinburgh bank. I dispatched a messenger to Scot-
land on Saturday.
Mr. Bodkin—Have you, from your inquiries, been led
to believe that the two sisters present assisted in the
escape of Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, on the night
of the 27th of November ? Mr. Phillips—Yes.
Mr. Humphreys—Pray, was any warrant issued for
the apprehension of Michael Shaw Stuart Wallace?
Mr. Phillips—No, I am not aware that there was ; but
a reward was offered for his apprehension on Satur•
day last.
Mr. Humphreys--Then, on the 27th November
there was no warrant against Michael Shaw Stewart Wel-
lace, nor charge against him ?
ss.4/slr. Phillips said that Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace
was implicated in the charge made at the Mansion•house
incidentally on the 27th November, but it was felt upon
that occasion that it was quite enough to deal particu-
larly with the prisoners then brought up. The officers
had instructions to take Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace
into custody on the 28;1 of November, but not, he be-
lieved on the 27th.
Mr. Humphreys—Did you not apply on the 4th
of December for summonses to those two ladies, the
sisters of Wallace, to attend the Mansion-house ? Mr.
Phillips—l caused a number of summonses to be ap-
plied for to be filled up as they might be required. I
never saw these summonses to the ladies.
Mr. Humphreys—When did you ascertain that the
stock referred to was sold out? Mr. Phillips—Several
days ago .
Mr. Humphreys—Before the 4th of December? Mr.
Phillips—l think it was several days before that date. I
lament very much to see these ladies accused, and it was
.with the utmost reluctance I assented to the necessity.
Mr. Humphreys—l do not charge you by implication
or otherwise, with having done anything whatever which
yon did not consider it to be your duty to do. Did you
order them into custody? Mr. Phillips—Mr. Farqu-
har consulted me on the subject., and we felt it to be
necessary to have them apprehended.
Mr. Clarkson—And you believe that you will be able
to connect them with this transaction of the Dryad ?
Mr. Phillips—l am assured we shall.
Mr. Humphreys then made a speech in defence of
his clients, and called on the Lord Mayor to discharge
them.
Mr. Andrew Wallace, the father of the two females,
here stood forward and begged to he heard. After
some conversation between the Counsel and the Lord
Mayor, he was sworn, and stated that the money 'NOS
their own, and that they were not part proprietors of the
Dryad.
The LORD MAYOR said that the statement of Mr.
Phillips certainly settled the question as regarded the
►detention of the prisoners. His object was to obtain
the best means of ascertaining the true state of the case,
and he determined to require very heavy Vail. His
Lordship then consulted with Mr. Hoblcr, and said
that he should require for each prisoner two sureties in
.5001. each.
Mr. Andrew -Wallace said that he would willingly
lodge the whole amount as security in the hands of
the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Clarkson—As your Lordship seems determined
to take bail, I hope you will see that it be adapted
to the serious nature of the charge. The sum of
8,0001. has been obtained by this transaction.
Mr. Humphrey—Mr. Wallace, the father of the
young ladies, offers the whole amount as security.
Mr. Bodkin—Yes, yes, it is easy enough to advance
that sum.
The LORD MAYOR said that it was not usual for
a Magistrate to accept bail of a pecuniary kind, and
that of course the Solicitor would take care that the
sureties were respectable.
The case was then postponed till the next exami-
nation of Patrick J. S. Wallace and James Stott.