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

TO THE EDITO1? 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 remainder 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,
JOLT 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.

41.1.110
MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURTS
FOR POLITICAL OFFENCES AT CRACOW.—Baron Zajaz-
kowski, President of the Courts for Political Offences,
was shot on the evening of the 4th inst., at Cracow. He
was returning to his house at eight o'clock 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 recognised.
PRISONS.—CIerks of justices are called upon to
make a return to the Home Secretary of State of the
number and situation of places of confinement in their
petty sessional districts, stating whether they are lock-
up or otherwise. This is with a view, no doubt, to the
improvement in those descriptions of places of confine-
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 postponement of their visit for the
ipsressaeidntiha The
hheerrßeaeslogi iiahnasmnaojtesttrr officially,isspsiurffederingfom indis-
position but it
position contracted during her recent visit to France to
take leave of the Duchess d'Aumale previous to her
Roy al Highness'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 o e 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, havejeceived
no deterioration; and the diseased ones have not got
worse. The shipments for the different markets con,
tinue, but not on so large a scale as formerly.—Lincoln
Mercury.