The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1810.

LAW IN TELLIGENCE.

SHERIFF S CO URT, SEPT. 25.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN.)
WATSON V. ATKINSON.

The plaintiff in this case was the inventor of a new
method of applying gas to heating the machinery used
in packing and pressing merchandize, and the defend-
ant, a packer and calenderer, residing in Lamb's-murt,
Chiswell street. In October, 1839, the plaintiff was
employed to apply his invention to the machinery in
Mr. Atkinson's warehouse, and having done so, it was
found necessary that a large tube or flue, about 60
feet in length, should be erected, to render the inven-
tion effectual, by causing a draught of air to pass
through the calendar. The plaintiff accordingly pro-
cured the materials for its construction, and whilst
recting it, the defendant s,iid he would allow only Bd.
per foot, although the fair and adequate charge, and
that which plaintiff always received, was 2s. per foot.
'The consequence was, the offer being refused, the pre-
viously-executed work was useless, and the materials
were on the plaintiff's hands, perfectly valueless. In
all, the plaintiff claimed the sum of 171. 75., as his right
of patent, and for work and materials.
For the defence, it was contended that the invention
did not answer the purpose for which it was intended ;
however, defendant admitted being indebted in the sum
of 101., which he paid into Court.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the
full amount claimed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mr. Stock&le—waited yesterday upon the Lord
Mayor, for the purpose of stating that he had written
a letter to Alderman Harmer, on a subject treated of
in the Dispatch newspaper.
The LORD MAYOR. mentioned that the Court of
Aldermen, to which Mr. Stockdale was directed to pre-
sent his petition, had been postponed, because there
was no business to be done.

Mr. Stockdale said it was extraordinary that it
should be supposed that no business was to be done,
when the members must have known that he was to
have attended upon the most important business to that
Court, and to the Corporation. He then pulled a
copy of the following letter out of his pocket, and
havitig stated that he had left a copy at the Dispatch
office that morning, read it aloud.
" To the Worshipful Mr. Aldorman Harmer, and the
Editor of the IVeelely Dispatch.

" WORSHIPFUL SIR, AND AIR. EDITOR—Since you
have evaded and avoided all my numerous proposals
for an investigation, private and public, I hereby give
you notice, agreeably to your own challenge, that I,
unconrected with any party, charge against the Weekly
Dispatch, that it contains paragraphs which falsely and
blasphemously asserts our Saviour and Redeemer, the
Lord Jesus Christ (whose advent and personal reign I
believe close at hand) to be the man who stole the ass.
" You will, therefore, by producing the paper which
contains such paragraph before the Lord 111Ayar, Alder-
man, or Common-Lull, be able to shoo/ anything which
preceded preceded or followed, to qualify that most horribly blas-
phemous, wilful, and un-Christian lie.
" JOHN JOSEPH STOCKDALE,
" Sept. 25, 1840. " In person and alone."
The Loup MAYOR—I cannot take cagniz.snce of
this matter, Mr. Stockdale.

Mr. Stockdale said that he had no personal feeling
against Alderman Harmer, but he knew that Alderman
Harmer held a great engine in his hand for good or
for evil. As he (Mr. Stockdale) believed it was ap-
plied to evil purposes, he felt that he was justified in
exposing its tendency. Christ coinniandil that his
name should not be reviled. What could the imputa-
tion which had been quoted in the letter be called? The
Alderman was, he supposed, prepared to show from the
context that the language was not unwarrantable.
The LORD MAYOR, who was evidently uneasy whi:e
Mr. Stockdale was spe.iking, said that he was placed in
a very delicate situation, and he hoped that a stop
would be put to the observations. He stated that on
the 29th instant an opportunity would be afforded to
Mr. Stockdale, as a member of the Livery, to star d
forward in the Guildhall, when the hall should be given
up to the Sheriffs, and to bring forward the subject
before his brother Liverymen.
Mr. Stockdale said that it was quite impossible to
enter into an investigation before a body of 10,000 or
'2,000 people.
The LORD MAYOR—I would advise you to go to
the hall if you have any charge to bring. I cannot,
you know, take cognizance of it.
Mr. Stockdale then left the police-room, stating, as
far as our reporter could understand, that Alderman
Harmer had declared to him in the year 1837, that he
had no idea of taking upon himself the Mayoralty.
It will be seen from the following correspondence,
that Mr. Joseph A,dy has started into public existence
once more : _ .

" Cheseley Park,,Newmarket, Sept. 24.1840- •
"My Lord Mayor—. 4 base to apologise for kreubling
your Lord.bip with the enclosed ; but as it is not the
first letter I have had from the writer, (whose
infamous mode of proceeding I for one have not been
a dupe to,) I will feel obliged for such inrorma-
tion as your Lordship may be pleased to
furnish as to the mode of punishing him. Having ob-
servcd that Joseph Ady has been before your Lordship's
predecessors for like annoyances to the public is the
chief cause for my transmitting the enclosed.
" Apologizing again, I am, my Lord Mayor,
" Your Lordship's obedient and humble servant,
" J. FAIaLIE.
_ _

" Agent to his Grace the Duke of Rutland."

" The undersigned is able to inform you of something
he believes to your advantage, on receipt of twenty slut-
hogs for his trouble, by Post-office order, or otherwise.
" Respectfully,
" JOSEPH ADY, Accountant,
" No. 7, York-street, Commercial-road.
" John Fairlie, Esq., Cheveley Park.
" 91/. ss. 10d, now due."

" My Lord,-1 have taken the liberty of inclosing a
letter received from one Joseph Ady, and supposing the
same to be a case of fraud, thought it prudent that
your Lordship might become acquainted with the same.
" Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
" THOS. HENRY STONE.

" Burwasb, Sept. 24, 1840."
"The undersigned is able to inform you of something,
ha believes, considerably to your advantage on recejpt
of five shillings for his trouble, by ♦irtue of a recent
Act of Parliament.—Respectfully, . .

" JOSEPH ADY, Accountant.
" No. 7, York-street, Commercial-road.
"No letters received unless post-paid."
AN ANSWER TO THE SAME.

" Burwash, Sep. 24,1840.
"The overseers of the parish of Burward, beg to re-
mind Mr. Joseph Ady of his visits to the Lord Mayor
of London, some years ago ; and further to inform him
that a short residence at his old quarters in the tread-
mill at Brixton, clad in the superb uniform of that
elegant establishment, would, they believe, be consider-
ably to his advantage, and highly conducive to his
health. Mr. Joseph Atly will perceive the above
advice is given without his demand of five shillings."
Mr. Ady, it is unnecessary to state, did not pay the
postage upon either of his letters.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 25, 1840.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—J. C. M. Cowell,
Esq., Page of Honour to the Queen, to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Sept. 25.
17th Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. M'Kinstry to bc. Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Moore, whose promotion, by pur-
chase, has been cancelled; R. Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice INl‘Kinstry, promoted, Sept. 25.
33c1 Foot—Captain G. . Drummond, from the Half-ray Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice C. R. Shockburgh, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference; Lieutenant W. Maude to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Drummond, who retires ; Ensign C.
Mills to be Lieutenant, by purchase,vice Maude ; H. C. Fitz-
gerald, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mills, Sept. 25.
54th Foot—Lieutenant J. B. Dodd to be Paymaster, vice
Barlow, appointed to the 57th Foot, Sept. 25.
86th Monypenny,
t be Captain, by pur.
Sept.s2s.
Bth G
R. .
v G.
Gent., to be Ensign,
8 N.
Balfour,by purchase, vice Fraser, who retires,
chase, vice Martyn, who retires; Ensign S. Adams, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Balfour ; J. G. Crosse, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adams, Sept. 25.
97th Foot—Lieutenant R. H. S. Jackson to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Smith, who retires; Ensign G. Dorehill to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson; F. Cornish, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dorehill, Sept. 25.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant D. Leith Cox, from
the half-pay Unattached,
to be Paymaster (he having repaid
the difference), vice Webster, appointed to the 7cith Foot,
Sept. 25.
BREVET.—Major G. C. Du Plat, of the Royal Engineers, to
have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
while employed en a particular service in Turkey, in Europe,
Sept. 25.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glou-
cester, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester,
and of the City and County of the City of Bristol.
Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. —B. C.
Jenkins, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Holroyd, promoted,
Sept. 16.
Berkeley Troop.—The linn. G. C. G. F. Berkeley to be
Captain ; L'Estrange S. Austin, Gent. to be Lieutenant ;
W. M. Adey, Gent., to be Cornet, Sept. 15.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Captain
C.
7 ir
Major
vice Arnold, resigned; Lieut. A.
Pochin
_te Arnold, resigned; Cornet W. A.
vice Pochin,prontoted, Aug. 12, 1840.
01hn. nsiePt
ota o c
be keb
je.. t
ioe Captain, hute en antv
S. F. Cradock, Gent.. to be Cornet, vice Robinson, resigned,
Nov. 12, 1839 ; F. W. Heygate, Gent., to be ditto, vice
Oliver, resigned, May 21 ; IL C. Woodcock, Gent., to be
ditto, vice Pochin, promoted, Aug. 12.

WHITEHALL. SEPT. 18, 1840.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Sykes, of 111ill-
bridge, near Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Journal.)
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23. —The Savage came into ha -
hour on Thursday last, to have her defects made good.
The Baretto Junior, transport, arrived on Thursday
last, with troops from Deptford, and sailed the following
day, with troops, for New Zealand.
The Cygnet brig arrived on Saturday, from Wool-
wich ; the Aid, lighter, with stores, from Deptford.
The Neticy, tender, sailed on Sunday last, 20th inst.,
for Milford.

The Fearless, steamer, from Portsmouth, put in here
f..r coals on Monday last, and sailed on Tuesday for
Cork for men.

The Rochester, lighter, sailed on Monday, with stores,
For Sheerness and Chatham.

Remaining in Hamoaze—lmpregnable, San Josef,
Calcutta, Belleisle, Savage, Sylph, Carron, Nightingale,
and Aid.

In the Sound—Southampton, Cyriet.
The Wizard sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for
St. Helena, cud Rio Janirro let July.
The Penguin packet arrived at Belize from Falmouth
Ist August, and sailed the following day for Vera Cruz
with specie.
The Cambridge, 78, arrived in the Tagus on the 7th
August, sailed on the llth, and arrived at Gibralt it o 0
the 13th, and on the 15th sailed for Barcelona, which
she reached on the 21st, and left it on the 23d for
Genoa ; arrived at Genoa on the 2d instant ; put in
quarar.tine, from which she was released the evening
of the following day. His Excellency the Hon. Ralph
Abercrombie, Lady Mary, and suite, landed on the 4th,
and took quarters at the Grand Hotel de Narcenes ;
where, on the sth, he entertained to dinner the Captain
and the greater part 'of the officers, in a sumptuous and
splendid manner. The following day he similarly en-
tertained the absent officers. Lady Mary, in appear-
ance, has wonderfully improved in health, and certainly
;n speech, as well as his Excellency, by the sea voyage.
They left for Turin, 80 miles, on the Bth inst., the Cain-
bridge sailed for Malta at the same time. There were
a great many merchant vessels in the Mole, only three
were English—a Sardinian corvette of war, of 25 guns,
is
„getting ready to proceed to Lima, and a brig of war
waiting for orders; a steamer from Marseilles, arrived
on the 7th in twenty-four hours. Lord De Tabley and
Sir Stratford Canning are the only English residents
there, hut the Marquis of Hertford was expected. The
Grand Duchess Elena Paulena, the wife of the Grand
Duke Michael of Russia, has been there since the 17th
July, for the benefit of her health, and two daughters,
taking the baths regularly. All there are apprehensive
of war, and to which they are much averse. Sir A.
Foster was to leave Turin on the Bth, on his way of
England ; he has been sixteen years Minister at the
Court.
MALTA, SEPT. 1, 1840.—The Alecto steam packet,
arrived in port last night, having left Beyrout or. the
23d and Al, xandria the 27th ult., at 11i a.m. She
brings a mail from India, despatched from Bembay on
the 24th July, by the Cleopatra steamer, to Bussorah,
and arrived st Beyrout, the 23d &t. The mail of the
Ist July, despatched by the E. I. C. brig of war Tap.
teto Aden, and thence by steamer to Suez, had not ar-
rived when the Alecto left Alexandria. The Prome-
theus left to day for Marseilles with the former mail.
The Princess Charlotte, (flag ship) Implacable, Bel-
lerophon, Revenge, (just arrived and about departing

for Beyrout,) Daphne and Cyclops, were off Alexandria,
and likewise the Austrian frigates, Medea, Guerriere,
and corvette Cletnentila. The Hydra had left, sup-
posed for Constantinople. The Powerful, Ganges,
Thunderer, Edinburgh, Castor, Magicienne, and Gor-
gon were at Beyrout.
Four Egyptian ships of the line were anchored inside
Alexandria, off the entrance of the Port.