The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-26 00:00:00

MR. MILLAN, THE DENTIST.

AS several applie,t7ons have b,en mac!e for informat.ion
as to the manner in which.the cl,:r,;e made by Mrg. 1'o;-
hod against Mr. Minn,! the dentist, of Ludgate-hill, for
having posesscd himseif of 100/. under a promise to tup-
ply her with a first-• ate set of t;eth, was ultimately dis-
posed of, we gi7e the following summery of tae Fo-
cerdirg3 and the results
The complainant attended on several different oceaiioir,
in expectation of meeting Mr. Malian, before Sir Peter
Laurie, but that individual never made his appe3rance.
His solicitor wrote a letter to Sir Peter Laurie, apologising.
fr his cthe solicitor's) absence, and stating that as his
c:ient was willing to do everything that was necessary for
the lady, he saw no Nailer necessity for attending to give
legal assistance:

—Mrs. Folkard, who was accompanied by Mr. Hobler,
jun., stated to Sir Peter Laurie that she had, after the
matter was exposed in the newspapers, received from Mr,
Millar' two boxer, containing each a set of tete!, which
ir they were ever made for mouths et all, were made for
monAis very different indeed from hers, one of them being
as much to small as the other was tm large for her mouth.
They were, besides, of the very roughest mid vulgar
construction, and she could never think of allotting such
things to be placed in her mouth at all.
Sir Peter Laurie said that it was evident Mr. Malian
was afraid to meet the charge, and that the fraud was an
exceedingly gross one. He then advised the lady to put
the two sets of teeth she had lately received into the hands
of some dentist who understood his bwiness, and request
him to say what they might be worth, and he should issue
another summons to Mr. Malian to attend and give an ac-
count of the transaction.

Mrs. Folkard, at her next visit at the Mansion-house,
stated that she had obtained the opinion of a dentist of
character as to the value of the two sets of teeth, and was
assured by him that they were not worth 5/. Several other
persons had, she said, been treated in a similar manner by
Mr. Mallan, but she had been given to understand that he
had gone to America to try his chalice with the natives there.
Mr. Hobler, jun., said that he had received a letter
from a gentleman who was connected with the press,
giving an account of what took place between him and
Mr. Mallan, in illustration of the practice of the dentist.
lie delivered the letter into the hands of Sir Peter
Laurie. The following are exsracts from it :
" If the statement I now give you will at all aid Mrs.
Folkard's case, or if my personal testimony will serve you,
should it again become the subject of judicial notice, it
is entirely at your service. Its the month of May last I
was induced, by the specious advertisreents of Mons.
Median, of Ludgate-hill, to apply to him to restore two
teeth of which I had been deprived by accident. Ho
examined my mouth, assured me of his unrivalled art
not only to supply the deficiency occasioned by the ac-
cident, but that if I would consent to have the de-
leAs in the back parts of my mouth filled up the
entire artificial arrangement should be so complete
that I should not know that either time or accident had
caused me an injury. I was, as I thought, very cunning.
I told him that I doubted his powers, and that although
willing to have my losses supplied, I had no faith in such
prornises—:hat if for the sum specified (101. 103.) he
would engage to make a complete set, gising me a
month's trial of them, I would consent, but that I would
pay no deposit, nor enter into any engagement on any
other terms. I gave him my address that he might
ascertain my respectability, and having seen the order and
the amount entered in his book, I added my Lame and
address. He was to inform me whether ho would com-
plete the order on the terms I have stated, and I
heard nothing from him, although I called two or
three times, and left my card. I concluded that he did not
choose to risk,,the result. Three months :afierWarls, a
box, sealed, was.loft st nay office, aecompanied by'a letter
from an attorney, stating that he was instruCteil to deliver a
set of teeth, which I had ordered of Mr. Malian, and had
net called for ; and that if the amount .wag not paid in=
inedietely, lie had-also instructions to proceed, &c. This
was followed in a Lev days by a writ; and as I was in-
structed that such a delivery of a piece of mechanism,
which was useless except fitted to the part in which it was
to act, was not a delivery in law, I defended the action.
The Secondary and Jury were, however, of a contrary opi-
nion; but, as a kind of salvo, cut down the demand to Si.
" On my return home, I, for the first time, looked at
the article, and on examining the part intended for the
upper part of the mouth, discovered that it was not possi-
ble it could be intended for mine, there being several front
teeth supplied, while mine were sound and perfect, I ob-
tained the company of a friend as a witness, and waited on
Monsieur Malian, pointed out to him this damning proof
of his rascality, and threatened hint with exposure. He
appeared confounded, and said it was all a mistake from
the beginning, that the action was prosecuted without his
knowledge, and the teeth sent without his inspection. He
took assay in a hurried manner the imperfectly supplied
part, and engaged to supply another, for which he took a
new model, with a gold palate, wires, &c., which should be
worth at least 30 guineas. At the expiration of a few
days the new specimen of his art was fitted into my mouth,
and soon after I became seriously affected in health ; my
mouth became corroded, arid I was unable to eat anything
but the softest food. I called on the artist ; he assured
me that all was right so far as the teeth were concerned
but matters became worse, and at length I had the metal
palate tested, and was assured that it was of the basest des-
cription, and that had I continued to persevere in allow-
ing it to remain in my mouth, I should have found out my
mistake in permanent, if not fatal injury to my constitution.
I recovered my health from the hour I removed the
machinery."
Sir P. Laurie said he believed that he had obliged
Monsieur Mallan to take a trip to America, and the Eng-
lish public were thus released from the probability of further
imposition from that quarter; ho, however, could not help
expressing his regret that the departure of the dentist took
place before an interview had occurred between them.
It was his opinion that if the case in the Secondary's office
had come on efter the exposure at the Mansion-house, the
verdict would have been different, and he advised Mrs.
Folkard to proceed by indictment avainst Mallan if ho
should return to this country. Mrs. Folkard declared tbat
she should strictly follow the advice of Sir Peter Laurie
on the subject, and consult him front time to time as she
might receive inUligence with respect to the 'tooth manu-
facturer.

EDINBURGH.—At an adjourned meeting of the
Commissioners of Police, held last week, a Report of a
Committee on Vagrancy was read. This Report states
that drunkenness is not only the fruitful source of poverty,
but of crime. During the last three months there have
been committed to the police prison for drunkenness 956
persons, of whom 543 were males, and 413 females. Be-
tween Saturday at four o'clock P.m., and Sunday at four
P.m., the number of committals for drunkenness during that
period was 285, while only 112 were taken into custody
bet xcen Friday at fuer and Saturday at four. The num-,
ber of committals for the last three month 4, for various
offences, exclusive of drunkenness, was 1,368, whereof
656 were males, and 712 females. From Saturday at
four o'clock to Sunday at four o'clock, the nutnber of
committals was 242, while only 150 were apprehended
between Friday at four and Saturday at four, Since the
Ist April, 108 have been committed charged, with beg-
ging. Comparing these tables with those furnished for
the same period last year, the number of persons commit-
ted fer drunkenness between Saturday and Sunday has in-
created from 221 to 285. The total number of persons
committed during last• year was 9,161, or about one
out of every sixteen. The Report expressed a hope
that the Judges in the Police Court would g've Effect
to the law when vagrants brought before them were
committed; it also recommended that the giving of
certificates to low public houses s•hould be restricted,
and, as far as practivaldo, that all shops or premises
should be shut the whole of the Sabbath. Report rap_
proved of.—Mr. Richardson brought forward his motion,
" That the Board recommend to the Justices of the county
and the Magistrates of the city, to annex the following to
the ale license certificates I hereby agree to shut my
shop, tave,n, &e., for the whole of Sabbath—viz., from
twc:ve o'clock on Saturday night till Monday morning at
five o'clock." He supported this resolution at sonic
length, and maintained that there would be no groat diffi-
culty in getting retailers to agree to it. After some re-
marks by Mr. Borne and Mr. Wemysa, the motion was
agreed to.

LORD PONSONBY'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.-
We foci bound to declare that nothing political whai.ever
is in any way mixed up with the very natural desire which
Lord Ponsonby must now feel, after nine years' absence,
to return to England to attend fir a short space of time to
some private affairs that require his personal supervision.
His Lordship has repeatedly expressed his anxious wish
fur leave of absence ; the importance of the affairs then in
agitation rendered it, however, inexpedient that our Am-
bassador should for a moment abandon his post in the
Turkish capital. Now that matters are on the point of
adjustment, leave of absence has been granted to Lord
Ponsonby; but, to show how utterly groundless are the
reports of his Lordship's recal, we ought to mention that
the period of his departure from Constantinople is left en-
tirely to his Lordship's own discretion. He will leave
Constantinople when in his own sound judgment the state
of affairs admits of his absence without injury to her Ma-
jesty's se. vice. It is understood that Lord Ponsonby's
stay in England will not exceed two or three mcntlas.--
Observer.

DINNER TO MR. CLARKE.---Last week the
medical practitioners and heads of families resident in the
northern division of the pariah of St. Pancras gave a
public dinner at the Bedford Arms tavern, Caroden•town,
to Mr, Joseph Clarke, the surgeon, of Park-street, who,
it will be remembered, lately figured at Marylebone
Police Court, and subsequently at the Old Bailey, under
a charge, made by a female named Mary Anne Hall, re-
siding at No. 9, Upper Alta.:fly-street, of having committed
temps: upon her, whilst attending her at the above house
prufessionally. The dinner had been got up as a
The announcement in 'the papers of Friday, public testimony to "the character and reputation of
un ler the head of '' Midd!e3ex Sessions," that a Meets- Mr. Clarke by a few of hia friends, and, as a proof of the
trate of that County was accuse] of having offered, fora estimation in which he is held, upwards of one hun-
gretuity of 3,000/. to obtain the discletrge of a prisoner dren of the most influential gentlemen of the neigh-
confined under a sentence of imprisonment in the House of bourhood were present. Joseph Willey, Esq., occupied
.the chair; and in proposing the health of Mr. Clarke
Correeti -n, Cold-bath-fields, has crested a most extraor-
dieary sensatien throughout, the metropolis and the whole proceeded at great le.ngth to detal the circumstances
of the metrepolitan county, and various have been the spe-
connected with the ease, from which it appeared that
calations as to who the prisoner was and whom the Justice the prosecutrix was of most questionable character.
of Peace alleged to be implicated. From the inquiries we That Mr, Clarke was innocent, and hal been the victim of
have reeee, although the greatest degree of sect( cy i $ main- a foul consp;racy, was proved by the fact of his accuser bay-
ing a,e:conded. An impression had gone forth ir. the public
tained ou the subject by the officers of Vic reason,, we have
mind that the traducers had bceu bought off. This he, as.reason to believe that the preen whose lie, Minn was to
a man who valued
his reputation, declared was note tern '
have been effected is Mr. forarivis Hastings Medhurst.
We
need hardly say that the magistrate, whoever he be, fact. lie had sworn to it on oath. Mr. Clarke had eeiorn to
it on ca•b, and the inspector of pelice had elea swore that
must have been guilty of the basest falsehood if he de-
he had used every exertion to find thee ;,..erties, hue without
Oared that he possessed influence in the quarter he is re.
avail. Mr. Clarke returner' tl,tanks, and dsciesred his en.,
ported to have named sufficient to effect that or any other
tire innocence of th.e, evil= imputed te l'.',m, and his reeeie.
object inconsistent with the strictest regard to public jus-
ness te, wet the elterge at any tiee:. Colonel BeeWliege
ton, Captain [balling.;
'ice. With respect to the magistrate accused, although
his identity is known to every magistrate is the eteenty, hes f 4.1-1 - Iley, Dr. IVlorle.‘s, Profc3sor
K-y, nntl °Lb.,:
i gentlemen having ePokerl In Eulogistic
name ha: not yet been publicly. mew itar4l ; •ini4'We are in-
„„..-
formed ',hat isiss is tts scin'tcli en old and highly-esteemee
t
magistrate of ope of the Police Courts of t''' • - lotion was determined on expressive.• en of the
hay been several yews in there— '' . ..., metropolis, 4 ..ns of the character and conduct of Mr. Clarke,.. a reso_
tee victim of a most foul
tees formerle . - 0 made agatsit aim.
assembly that lie had been . , . -coil_
piracy, and that INila vi,itlicut
~...auesion of ail peace, and s . .
... ',lost active member of the bench at the
the slightest foundation,
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anddletex SOffilollB.—..o6frver.