The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-14 00:00:00

I informed him what I believed to be the case, that be
was engaged in the publication of a religious work, and I
concluded that, from the depot of " the Society for pro-
moting Christian Knowledge" being at my house, he bed
wished his letters to be directed to it. I was, however,
greatly surprised en my being informed by the gentleman
that he called by request of a friend residing at Belfa.t,
who bad written to him concerning an advertiserneht
which had appeared similar to the one alluded to in the
Mansion House report of yesterday, with the difference
that the 60,0001. was to be lent to persons of Conservative
principles residing at Belfast. No letters have been re-
ceived since yesterday morning, nor have I seen anything
more of the parties. The report of what took place at the
Mansion-House yesterday, which I have just seen in the
Times, has convinced me that Andrew Jackson and Samuel
Rutherford are the same, and I have thought it my duty
to acquaint your Lordship with the facts, in the hope that
by exposure some mischief may be prevented, as well as
shopkeepers put on their guard how they allow parties to
address letters to their houses.
" I have the honour to remain,
" Your Lordship's obedient servant,
" JOSEPH BINSTED.
" Bookseller, 20, Sidney-place,
" March, 11, 18W. Commercial-road.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
The LORD MAYOR had scarcely read the letter, when
Mr. Binsted, the writer of it, entered the Justice-room,
and said that a letter which he produced had been just
left by the postman at his house, addressed to Mr. Ru-
therford, and the post-mark on it Glasgow. As he sus-
pected that the contents would serve the ends of public
justice, he had taken the liberty to open the letter, which
was as follows, and contained an order on the Post-office
for the sum of 11. 10s. :
" Sir,—Owing to my leaving for Glasgow before yours
of the 2d came to hand, it is delayed to the latest date. I
hasten, on having it, to send from Glasgow, and remain
your obedient servant, " JAS.
" BALLYMAN.
" Mr. Samuel Rutherford, 28, Sidney place, Com-
mercial-road East, London."

Mr. Binsted stated that he had given directions, if Mr.
Ruthe:ford should call for any more letters, that that gen-
tleman should be taken care of and introduced to the Lord
Mayor.
The LORD Mavoa said that the public were much
indebted to Mr. Binsted for the course he had adopted,
upon finding that the party was connected with the cele-
brated 60,000/. loan, and asked how many letters had been
addressed to the house in the matter.

Mr. Binsted replied that he supposed two or three
dozen had been received at his shop.
The LORD MAYOR said, that it it had not been for the
press, the injury inflicted would have been most extensive.
A great deal of mischief had certainly been done, but he
trusted that it w 2.3 nearly at an end. He regretted that
he had just received a letter from a poor woman, of
Maxwell Town, by Dumfries, which, after giving the his-
tory of the Douglas Benevolent Loan, and the trustee,
Mr. Alexander Fraser, stated as follows :—" My Lord,
agreeably to their request, and not doubting the veracity
of their as;ertion, I paid the 21. in at the post-office of the
borough of Dumfries, and sent them notice, by means of a
letter which was posted on the ,same day I received theirs,
that they would receive the 2/..by calling at the Pest-effiee
General, at their earliest (which nn doubt had been
punctually attended to), and since that time I have
been informed by a friend of mine that the said loan is
a mere imposition, and hence the doings of worthless cha-
racters, in consequence of which I have taken the liberty
of soliciting, your Lorthhip's protection in such a case as
this, and likewise your Lordship's best advice how to re-
cover the two pounds which I remitted to them.'
Mr. Whitchurch, of No. 64, Goswell-road, also waited
upon I.e Lord Mayor. Alexander Fraser, the fictitious
trustee of the fictitious " Douglas Benevolent Loan"
having had letters addressed to his (Mr. Witchurch's)
beer shop, as well as to other respectable places. He
stated that he had been injured in his business by a report
in the Times of Monday, February 24, in which a letter
appeared calling his house a miserable nondescript house,
between a coffee-shop and a beer-shop, and connecting it
with an account of certain fraudulent transactions. Now
his house, like many places of public resort, might be ad-
dressed to by persons with whom the proprietor had no
sort of acquaintance. He knew nothing whatever of Mr.
Frazer.