The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Tuesday a Court was held in consequence of the
application of Dr. Lynch and a number of the inhabi-
ta.tite of various divisions of the ward of Farringdon
Without, relative to the sanatory condition of that ward.
The galleries were crowed with the constituency, and, by
the direction of the Lord Mayor, crowds of strangers
were allowed to sit within the bar of the Court, the in-
terest excited by the notice of the discussion being so
great as completely to obstruct the avenue to the Council
Chamber.
The preliminary matter having been speedily disposed
of, Dr. Lynch was called upon to proceed with the peti-
tion of the ward of Farringdon Without.
Mr. King moved that the standing order, that " no
petition or memorial be received by the Court before
two o'clock in the afternoon unless the other business
on the paper be completed before that time," be read.
He objected to the irregularity which the consideration
of the petition before the stated hour, according to the
standing orders, was calculated to sanction, and sug-
gested the propriety of moving the suspension of the
standing order.
Mr. Anderton—Certainly, the Court was appointed
for the consideration of the particular subject. I shall,
therefore, move that the standing order be suspended, in
order that the subject of the petition be at once enter-
tained.
The question that the standing order be suspended
was negatived by 61 to 30.
FRAUDS IN THE COLLECTION oF THE WINE DUES.
The subject of the late extraordinary frauds in the col-
lection of the City's dues on wines, which has caused so
much excitement in the corporation, was then entered
upon.
The following are extracts 'from the report of the
committee of officers and clerks to whom it was referred
to consider the nature, duties, and emoluments of the
office of collector of the City's dues on wines, and the
necessary regulation to be adopted for its future ma-
nagement:—
" We are of opinion that the following regulations
should be adopted:—
" That the person to be appointed be required to
attend personally to the receipts of the dues, and any
deputy on his part to act only in case of his unavoidable
ab.-ence; all such cases of absence to be reported to the
Chamberlain, and the receiver to give security against
any misconduct of his deputy.
" That, inasmuch as the scale of charges heretofore
used for many years was computed as nearly as prac-
ticable in conformity with the Act of Parliament, the
same be continued. That the custom of giving credit
be abelished. That the collector be required to paz the
full amount of all mon,ys received by him into the
chamber once in each week at least, accemeanied by a
statement in detail setting forth every particula. That
his accounts be audited by the Coal and Corn and
Finance Committee quarterly. That he be required to
give security with two sureties iu the sum of 5001.
"Your committee are unanimously of opinion that
the salary to be allowed to the collector should be 4001.
per annum."
The report, after having certified as to the necessity of
the eppointment of a person, to be denominated the
comptroller of the City wine dues, concludes with the
followirg paragraph:—
"And we, your committee, being of opinion that the
original statements respecting Mr. Fellowes' conduct
connected with hi: receipts and collections of the City's
dues upon nine have been fully borne out; we have, in
con-equedce thereof, direct d Mr. Fellowes :o be pro-
ceeded against ci iminally, for embezzling various sums
of money received by hint; and true bills of indictment
have been found against him for the same."
Mr. BURN (the chairman of the Officers and Clerks'
Committee) moved that the report be agreed to.
Mr. SELSJN called the attention of the Court to the
subject of the extensive frauds to the complete detection
o: which the inqeiry entered into by Mr. Lart and him-
self had necessarily led, and moved an amendment to
the motion, by adding the fallowing words, viz.—" Ex-
cepting that both elections, viz., of collector and comp-
troller, be with this Court.
Mr. R. L. JONES, as chairman of the committee to
which the subject had been originally refeire4t declared
that there had not been brought before thsFitioramittee
any evidence to show that the conduct of the accused
was criminal. The proofs of fraud were not produced
until the investigation advanced. The committee had
acted all through with no object but the desire and the
determination to investigate the truth.—(Hear.)
Mr. LAWRENCE said that nothing could be more un-
just or, absurd than the accusation of a committee for
not having acted upon evidence which was never brought
before them. Ihe report, which stated the criminality
of the accused, was founded upon testimony got together
subsequently.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LART entered into a justification of the whole
course of his conduct, in detecting :and exposing the
gross frauds committed by Mr. Fellowes, who had in a
few years actually received 12,5001. from the public more
than be paid into the chamber.
The motion was then carried, with Mr. Selson's addi-
tion, by a vast majority.
The salary of the collector of wine dues was then
fixed at 4001. a year.
Mr. PRENDERGAST moved that the thanks of the Court
be given to Mr. Selson and Mr. Lan for their zeal and
perseverance in inquiring into and detecting the delin-
quencies of a public servant of the corporation.
Mr. STEVENS seconded the motion, which, was carried
by acclamation.
Mr. J. Temple was unanimously appointed ball-
keeper of the corporation, and the Court was occupied
in appointing other officers until a late hour, so that Dr.
Lynch and Mr. R. Williams, of Farringdon Ward, were
obliged to walk out, the petitions for sanatory aid being
regularly burked till the 10th of June.

GUERNSEY.
(From the Guernsey Sun.)
The following correspondence appears in the Guernsey
Sun : (C PY.)
" Sir Francis Drake Steam packet,
" Stondwuse, 2041 l April, 1847.

• -
"My Lord Duke,—l beg leave very respi- etfully to
lay before the notice of your Grace (as head of the
Trinity Board) a subject of immense importance to this
great commercial country. The subject to which lem
about.to allude is th • necessity of t lacing a lighthouse
on the western <eaboard of the island of Guernsey.
"I beg ,o state to your Grace that I have already
pointed this out to the Secretary of the Trinity Board,
to Admiral Beaufort, hychographer to the Admiralty,
and to the Committee of Management at Lloyd's, and
they all have acknowledged the p•isitive necessity of
such a lighi, yet at the same time no measures are being
adopted towards carrying so desirable an otject into
effect. The cau-e appears to be some conflicting interest
between the titter brethren of the board and the island
authorities.

" I assure your Grace that the annual destruction
of life and property is so great upon and about
the dangers which surround the Channel Islands,
that common humanity calls aloud on the par-
ties in whom the vested rights are placed to remedy
such a crying evil, and which has been so long
overlie•ked. This has induced several respPetable and
influential individuals to recommend my bringing the
matter to the notice of your Grace. I beg, further, to
state that I have already furnished detailed statements
to the before-mentioned public boards. Also, that, since
my own personal knowledge of these islands, more than
100,0001. worth of property, and above 300 lives have
been sacrificed. In addition to these, many other
vessels have been lost, of whom nothing has been known
but that of dead bodies being ,Nashed on shore, and frag-
ments of wreck picked up by the natives a. ter a preva-
lence of heavy westerly gales during the dark winter
nights. Every nautical man is surprised and astonished
that such a serious barrier to the navigation of the Bri-
tish Channel as this island presents should have been
alb.wed to remain so long in total darkness, when every
other part of the world, where thought necessary, is pro-
perly lighted, so as to warn the mariner of his approach
to danger.
" To trouble your Grace with a further detail of my
remarks on the subject would, I feel convinced, be un-
necessary; and I assure you that they are deduced from
my own personal experience, and that I can safely defy
contradiction from any one. I, however, take the li-
berty of sending you (as below) a copy of a statement
now before me, made by that eminent surveyor of the
Channel, Captain Martin White, R.N., than whom
better authority cannot be found.
" Trusting your Grace will excuse my troubling you
on the subject, when I assure your Grace that nothing
but humanity and a desire to serve my fellow-creatures
prompted me to do so. I beg most respectfully, your
Grace,

" To subscribe myself
" Your Grace's most obedient and very bumble servant
" WM. SADDLER,
" Commanding Sir Francis Drake Steam-packet.'