The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

UZSDAT IrtiIITOBEFL iMai

Saturday, the 2d inst., under the head ' Mansion-
house,' a report in which the name of our firm is
mentioned, and in a way manifestly calculated to
cast a slur upon the integrity of certain Government
transactions for which we are appointed agents, we
cannot but regret that your Lordship should have
allowed yourself to be made the vehicle for circulating
the unwarrantableyemarks of a Mr. Smith, M.D.,
of Forfar. _ _

" With respect to the charges contained in Mr.
Smith's letter, your Lordship would have adopted a
much wiser course (if your Lordship really doubted
the integrity of those matters) to have inquired into
the facts before lending the weight and influence of
the magisterial office to give effect to the aspersions of
an unknown busybody, of whom your Lordship does
not appear to have known anything whatever.
" I beg to apprise your Lordship that the trans-
actions alluded to in Mr. Smith's letter are strictly
bona fide Government engagements, entered into by
permission and with the sanction of the Government,
conducted throughout under the strictest Govern-
ment surveillance, and are in all respects (not even
excepting the character and standing of the agents)
as honourably and punctually conducted as any Go-
vernment transaction in England.
"I beg to apprise your Lordship that you are in
error in regard to the illegality of these transactions.
I have taken the opinions of eminent English counsel
on the subject, and their opinion is that my mode of
doing business does not touch upon any Act of Par-
liament.

"Not, however, that I allow that a commercial
man is bound to regard the internal laws of another
country whilst doing a business in strict accordance
with the laws of his own country. These transactions
are legal here, they are legal all over Germany ; they
are conducted by the first merchants and bankers on
the continent, and I do not, therefore, admit (even
supposing them illegal in your country), that I am
bound to be influenced in the natural and usual exer-
cise of my business by the internal regulations that
may be made abroad.
"I presume that no British merchant will dispute
this position. It is tolerably well known that the vast
trade of Great Britain is carried in in defiance of the
internal laws of many nations. I believe it does not
detract from the respectability of the British mer-
chant that he inundates China with thousands of tons
of opium in open and known violation of the laws of
the Chinese empire ; nor does it detract from his re-
spectability that what he does in China he does in
many other parts of the world.
" Your Lordship will excuse the warmth that I
feel in discussing this subject. You will make allow-
ance for my excitement at findimg myself pilloried by
the Lord Mayor of London * * * and all this
injury done me, because a busybody in Scotland has
chosen to write a foolish letter to your Lordship,
which foolish letter your Lordship has thought fit to
give a world-wide circulation, by reading it from the
judgment seat of the Mansion-house."
[The letter concludes with calling upon the Lord
Mayor to give the same publicity to it that was given
to Mr. Smith's representation, and is subscribed]
"GEORGE VOULKES, jun."
_

The LORD MAYORstiid he had also received the
following letter from a lady, and the circular en-
closed :

" Abingdon, Oct. 15, 1847.
" My Lord,—Your Lordship will, I am sure, excuse
my troubling you on this occasion, as you will per-
ceive my object on reading the letter addressed to me
on the other side of the sheet

" It happens about four times a year that circulars
like the one herewith sent, and prospectuses of some
foreign lottery, are sent to almost everybody in this
locality, particularly the agricultural part of the
community. Now, my Lord, if it happens to be a
bona fide transaction, I shall confer an inestimable
benefit on the Lottery Company by this application
to you, if your Lordship should pronounce it as such.
" I have the honour to be, &c."
The following is a copy of the circular :
" London, 11th October, 1847.
53, Cornhill.
" Madam,—We most respectfully beg to call your
attention to the enclosed prospectus of the Royal
Prussian State Lottery.
" This lottery, guaranteed by his Majesty the
King of Prussia, will commence drawing at Berlin
on the 11th of November next, and will finish at the
end of the same month, consisting of 70,000 numbers
in all, out of which there must be drawn 20,000
numbers, which must gain the 20,000 prizes, from
11/. up to 20,8664 in sterling money, according to
the prospectus.

"-This speculation we can confidently recommend
as a profitable mode of investing a small sum; it has
always given satisfaction to the public in general, as
many have been greatly benefited thereby.
" Should you or some of your friends feel inclined
to invest in this speculation, your earliest orders for
shares would be necessary, as the drawings will com-
mence on the 11 th of November next. ,

" The shares can be purchased in wholes, halves,
or quarters.
" The official winning list, containing the 20,000
numbers which have gained the 20,000 prises, will be
forwarded to every shareholder. The prises are pay-
able immediately on delivery of the winning shares at
our house in London.

"We have the honour to remain, Madam, your
most obedient servant,

"F. E. FULDT AND Co."

The LORD MAYOR said, he had received a great
number of letters from different parts of the country,
complaining of applications from the conductors of
foreign lotteries soliciting customers to these specu-
lations, and he considered that he performed no more
than his duty in cautioning the public how they
dealt in matters regarding which they had no secu-
rity, especially as a heavy penalty was attached to
the violation of the law upon the subject. If the
Government were to sanction the operations of which
his correspondents complained, it might as well,
without any further hesitation or difficulty, permit
lotteries to be carried on in England. He should, for
the purpose of showing that he was justified in
advising the course which he hoped would be
adopted, read part of the dth and 7th William IV.,
chapter 6ti, relative to advertising foreign or illegal
lotteries. His Lordship then read the following part
of " An Act to prevent the Advertising of Foreign
and other Illegal Lotteries," (we omit the unneces-
sary words) :
" Whereas the laws in force are insufficient to pre-
vent the advertising of foreign and other illegal lot-
teries in this kingdom, and it is expedient to make
further provision for that purpose; it is therefore
enacted that from and after the passing of this Act, if
any person shall print or publish, or cause, kc., any
advertisement, or other
ofother notice relating to the drawing
foreign lottery or of any
s'notany
shall print or publish any
authorised by Act of Parlia-
ment, ye
onordrei intended
tfdatnreayrwi
el
person
advertisement, or other notice, for the sale of any
ticket or chance in such lottery or lotteries, &c., every
person so oftending shall for every such offence forfeit
the sum of .50/., to be recovered with full costs of
suit, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information,
in any of his Majesty's courts of record in West-
minster or Dublin respectively, or in the Court of
Session in Scotland, one moiety thereof to the use of
his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other
moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or
sue for the same._ _

His Lordship added that, if the subject could be
brought before a magistrate in the usual course of
penal enactments, the penalty would have been in-
flicted long ago.
WANDS WORTH.
Alexander Phelps and John Loveday were brought
up on the following charges :
From the evidence of the police, corroborated by
several respectable tradesmen of Putney, the priso-
ners went into the Castle and Queen's Head public-
houses, in Wandsworth-lane, Putney, on Sunday af-
ternoon, and cal!ed for drink, but having had enough,
the landlords very properly refused to serve them,
and for so doing
were assailed by the most horriole
and filthy language, and in one instance, at the Castle,
the prisoner Phelps, struck the landlady, Mrs. Thur-
lowe. The police being called an to take the priso-
ners into custody, Phelps made an attack upon con-
stable Aiken, 166 V, knocking him down and kick-
ing him in the stomach and on the head whilst pros-
trate, also trying to strangle him. The prisoner
Phelps, being
pursued by
took to the river, and
-holding Sergeant Canham, 6 V,
up a brick, swore that
if he followed him he would knock his brains out.
The sergeant then went to assist the other constable
who was attending on the prisoner Loveday, who
was, or pretended to be, in fits, when Phelps came
behind him and struck him a tremendous blow on the
back of the head. It
was proved that Phelps, al-
though only about 18 years of age, had already been
imprisoned a month for an assault on the police, but
nothing previously was known of the other prisoner.
Mr. PAYNIER committed the prisoner Phelps for
six weeks, and ordered Loveday to pay 10s., or be
committed fir ten days..
Samuel Toombs, a journeyman carpenter, was
finally examined on a charge of bigamy.
John Stride, of 27, Victoria-street, New Deptford,
proved that he had known the prisoner many years,
and was present, about seven years since, at the
parish church of St. George, Bloomsbury, when the
prisoner was married to Mary Wooldridge, who was
now present. He was one of the witnesses to that
marriage, and saw them living together three or four
years since. _

James Poor, of the Fulham-road, Hammersmith,
proved that he was present at the marriage of the
prisoner with Martha Ginger. The ceremony took
place at St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, about sixteen
months since.
Police-constable Gibbs, 77 V, stated that on last
Saturday week the prisoner was given into his cus-
tody at Balham-hill, by his first wife. She charged
him with bigamy. The prisoner said, "I am very
sorry. I'll go with you quietly." The witness pro-
duced copies of the registers of the two marriages.

The pris-oner declined making any defence, and was
fully committed.

HAMMER SMITH.

Michael Flannaghan was placed at the bar on a
charge of having violently assaulted Samuel Hart,
the foreman of the bricklayers engaged in the erection
of the new workhouse at Kensington, and with at-
tempting to throw him off the scaffolding.
It appeared from the evidence gone into that the
prisoner was one of the labourers employed by Mr.
Thomas Burton, the builder, who is erecting the new
workhouse for the parish of Kensington, at Earle's-
court. Yesterday morning he came to his work at
seven o'clock instead of six, and Mr. Hart, the fore-
man of the bricklayers, lost sight of him again from
the works before eight o'clock, not having been at
work quite half an hour. From that time he was
not again seen until one o'clock, when, on the return
of the workmen from their dinner, the prisoner pre-
sented himself before Mr. Hart, and said he should
take the whole day for a holiday. Mr. Hart told him
he might take that day and the following days for
holidays, as he had already put a fresh man in his
place. Mr. Hart then ascended the ladders to
the .top scaffold, a height of about forty feet, and
about a quarter of an hour afterwards the pri-
soner went to him there and demanded payment
for an hour's work he said he had done in the
morning. Mr. Hart told him he must go to the
office for it, but he refused to do so, and seized
hold of Mr. Hart by one of his arms and by his
throat, and threatened that he would then hurl him
from the scaffold. A fearful struggle then took place
between Mr. Hart and the prisoner, the latter trying
to force him towards the edge of the scaffold. Mr.
Hart, however, by a great effort on his part, fell
against a part of the back wall where it was about
two feet above the scaffold, and at that juncture the
men from all parts of the building rushed to his as-
sistance, and overpowered the prisoner, who was in-
stantly given into custody.
Mr. PAYNTER asked Mr. Hart, whose evidence was
fully corroborated by two of the bricklayers, if he
wished the case should go for trial ?
Mr. Hart said it would be a great inconvenience to
him if it was sent for trial. He would prefer leaving
it in the hands of the Court.

The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was
entitled to be paid for the hour he had worked, which
was all he asked Mr. Hart ; but as to having an idea
of throwing the complainant off the scaffold, he
would put it to the magistrate whether it was likely
he would do so when he knew it was nearly 40 feet
high.
Mr. PAYNTER said the case was a very serious one,
and if the prisoner was committed for trial, his
punishment would be very severe, it being an attempt
to destroy life. As Mr. Hart declined to prosecute,
he could only inflict the very inadequate punishment
of a fine of 51., or two months' imprisonment.
The prisoner was committed in default of payment.
James Green, potman at the Builders' Arms public
house, Charles-street, Kensington-square, was finally
examined on the following charge, of stealing wine
and spirits, the property of his master.
Mr. William Hallows deposed that the prisoner had
been in his service as potman for the last four months.
On Wednesday, the 13th instant, he called the pri-
soner to take a letter to the post-office, and receiving
no answer, he went into the lobby to look for him.
He then saw him come up the cellar-stairs, with the
can produced in his hand, and said "I'll go directly,"
and took the can across the yard to the pot- house,
and locked it up, putting the key into his waistcoat
pocket. Witness's suspicions were excited by his
conduct, and while the prisoner was gone with the
letter, witness went to the window of the pot-house,
and with a stick lifted up the can, and found it to
contain a little better than a pint of gin. Knowing it
to he his property, from its peculiar flavour, and
having missed quantities of gin from the spirit-cellar
for the last two months past, he sent for a policeman.
The bottle containing about a pint of sherry, witness
had no doubt, was his property. The cork in it he
saw about a week ago in the bar, and the sherry was
such as he had on draft.

Policeman Bradshaw, T 130, deposed to taking
the prisoner into custody. On searching the pot-
house, the door of which he opened with a key
given him by the prisoner, he found the bottle pro-
duced between the rafters of the pot-house. It
contained about a pint of sherry. Found on the pri-
soner 16s. 10d in silver, 124 1. in copper, a watch, a
pipe, and two keys.
The prisoner contented himself with saying there
were four cans in the house like the one produced,
and was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

ROYAL NAVAL. IItNEV
SOCIETY.

LENT

The quarterly general court of the subscribers and
donors to this society, incorporated by royal charter,
for affording relief to officers of the Royal Navy, and
to their widows and families, under circumstances of
misfortune, and consequent distress, was held yester-
day, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-
street, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Knt., one
of the trustees, presiding.
The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last meet-
ing, which were confirmed, and he submitted a state-
ment of the receipts and expenditure from July 1 to
Sept. 30. The former included a balance of 6591.
11js. 11d. from the last quarter, 301. annual subscrip-
tions, 141. 15s. life subscriptions, 561. 3s. donations,
and 5221. 15s. 11d. the interest on invested property
(14,7191. 17s. 5d.), amounted to 1,5531. 13s. Id. ;
while the disbursements, inclusive of 4451. grants, and
1501. to the solicitor, were calculated at 6841. Iss. 7d.
In reply to an observation made by Lieut. BEDFORD,
The SECRETARY stated that the number of appli-
cants for grants this quarter was unusually small, and
did not exceed 64. The committee had carefully
gone through their memorials, and determined on not
making any reductions from the ordinary allowances.
Letters were read from Lord Radstock, enclosing
Si.; Sir Charles Ogle, 101.; Commodore Thomas
Henderson, 10/. ; and from numerous other officers
and local agents, remitting about 1001. towards the
fund in progress of collection for defraying the law
expenses incurred in defending the actions brought
against the secretary and Lieutenant Dickenson by
Miss Hoare for alleged slander, in pronouncing, at
one of the quarterly courts, opinions respecting her
claims for a share of the society's benevolence. The
Noble President, in transmitting his subscription,
expressed an earnest hope that the recent expensive
proceedings would serve as a warning, and render the
institution more cautious in becoming involved in
trouble.

Captain SIIEBEN said, that in connexion with this
subject he begged to give notice of a motion for the
next quarterly court,—" That at each meeting, imme-
diately after the general business of the day on the
official paper has been gone through, the reporters
and all those not members of the society be requested
to withdraw, for the consideration of the grants to ap-
plicants ; that no subject considered be discussed by
persons not being members of the society ; and that all
discussions respecting applications be considered con-
fidential."

The Secretary laid upon the table a copy of the
solicitor's bill of costs for defending Miss Hoare's
records at the Croydon Assizes, and the report of
the law committee appointed to watch the proceed-
ings. The expenses amounted to 8191. At the
suggestion of the committee, votes of thanks were
passed to Sergeant Shee, the other counsel, and the
solicitor, for the great zeal and ability so successfully
manifested by them in defending the society's secre-
tary, and preventing the institution being mulcted in
damages. The motion was proposed by Lieutenant
Arnseck, and seconded by acclamation.
The law committee's report, which, inter alia, ex-
pressed a conviction that no further proceedings
would be instituted against the secretary and Lieut.
Dickenson by Miss Hoare, was adopted, on the mo-
tion of Purser Marsh, and seconded by Rear-Admiral
Sir Josias Coghill Coghill.
Some conversation took place with respect to the
best mode of creating a fund to pay off the law costs
without trenching upon the invested property or cur-
tailing the allowance to annuitants. Ultimately a
committee of six gentlemen were appointed. The
meeting also agreed that the concluding portion of
the short-hand writer's report of the trial, wherein
the Learned Judge and jury are stated to have ex-
pressed approval of the course adopted by the secre-
tary, should be printed with the society's annual
report.
Purser CLARKE proposed, and Commander CLARKE
seconded, a resolution declaring that in the event of
the marriage of the widows or daughters of sub-
scribers with persons unconnected with the naval
profession, their claims on the funds of the institution
shall become closed.

This proposition was opposed by Lieutenant BED-
FORD and one or two other gentlemen, on the
ground that it would be unfair to debar the widows
or daughters of naval officers from the advantages of
the society, except during the lifetime of their civilian
husbands.

The resolution, however, passed without amend
ment.

Sir JOHN Ross brought forward a resolution, the
effect of which was to adopt means for endeavouring
to secure the support of the Noble Earl and the
Gallant Admiral who had withdrawn from the society
in consequence of what they, previous to the trial,
believed to be the unjust treatment experienced by
Miss Hoare.

At the suggestion of some members Sir John Boss
withdrew his motion, the Committee undertaking to
give the subject every consideration.
Sir William Burnett, Physician. General, and Mr.
Purser Meek, having been appointed to the vacant
Vice-Presidentships, thanks were voted to the Chair-
man, and the Court proceeded to consider the claims
of applicants for assistance.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN

TRADE.

There is nothing in the present position of the grain
trade likely to lead to any important variation in prices;
the high value of money and the impaired state of
British credit may be expected to act at once as a
check to an advance and a bar to an important fall.
With the rate of interest between seven and nine per
cent., and the impossibility of negotiating any but
the best paper, speculation in corn or any other
article of merchandise is out of the question, and no
one will buy more of a commodity than is absolutely
necessary for pressing wants; hence any rise of con
sequence in quotations could only occur if the supply
should fall short of the quantity wanted for immediate
consumption, which is not probable as regards grain,
having still good stocks of foreign in granary, and
but slight inroads having been made in the new crops.
On the other hand, we are disposed to regard the
present want of confidence as an effectual guard
against large importations from abroad ; for it is
scarcely to be presumed that foreign merchants will
consign to the English market in the present position
of our monetary affairs. During this and part of the
succeeding month, whilst farmers are engaged with
wheat sowing, the deliveries from the growers may
perhaps barely keep pace with the demand; but as the
millers appear determined not to hold stock, we
scarcely expect this to prove the case. And our
opinion is, that the fluctuation in the price of wheat
will not exceed a few shillings per quarter, up or
down, for some weeks to come ; whether, however,
present rates will be supported after seed time, and
when it shall have become necessary to provide funds
to meet rent and other expenses coming due at
Christmas, may be questioned. No new feature of
the slightest interest has occurred in the trade since
our last notice. Purchasers have acted on the same
cautious plan as previously; and though rather more
anxiety has been shown by holders to realise, the
pressure has not been so great as to cause any very
marked change in quotations.
By our advices from Scotland and Ireland it ap-
pears that favourable weather, similar to that expe-
rienced here, had enabled farmers to make consider-
able progress with the preparation of the land for
autumn sowing. Short supplies and a good demand
for seed wheat had caused the value of that article to
be well supported in the markets of both countries.
Prices of spring corn appear also to have been pretty
steadily maintained, owing to the moderate character
of the supplies. The arrivals of wheat coastwise
into London, though rather larger than before, have
amounted to only 6,162 quarters up to this i(Satur-
day) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane
by land carriage samples has, meanwhile, been
trifling ; but the millers having acted with the ut
most caution, the trade has been exceedingly languid.
On Wednesday factors were not disposed to give
way, and the few sales made were at much the same
terms as those current in the beginning of the week.
Subsequently the anxiety to realise increased, and
the business done on Friday was at prices which
would not have been accepted earlier in the week.
We have to report a very abundant supply of foreign
wheat, upwards of 59,000 quarters having come to
hand during the week. The greater part of this ar-
rival consists of secondary and inferior qualities of
wheat, shipped from the Black and Azoff seas. Some
of the cargoes have been a long time
on passage, and
the condition of the major portion is likely to turn
out indifferently ; it is,. therefore, scarcely to be ex-
pected that importers will be enabled to effect sales from
on board, however anxious they may be to save landing
expenses. The demand for foreign ITheat has been
even less active than the inquiry for English ; indeed
only the best Dantaic and fine Baltic red have been
taken in retail at previous prices; other kinds, though
offered at an abatement of ls. to 2s. perquarter
towards the close of the week, having been quite
neglected. Comparatively few country buyers have
visited our market of late, and the quantity taken for
local consumption has been small ; but as prices are
about as low now for foreign wheat at Mark-lane as
in any part of the kingdom, we may calculate on an
improved inquiry. The nominal top price of town-
manufactured four has undergone no change. The
bakers have throughout the week bought very spar-
ingly, and as increased arrivals of country made
flour are expected (now that there is water suffi-
cient to enable the mills to work), lower rates are
looked for. American Flour has likewise been diffi-
cult of disposal ; in the early part of the week the
best brands were held at 28s. per barrel, but after-
wards sellers bt came more' urgent, and very good
Western Canal was obtainable on Friday at 275. per
barrel.--Mark-lane Express.

Lord Langdale had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.

MARRIED.
On the 16th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Cpsorl
tain W. Holt, R.N., to Juliana, widow of the late -
Tate, Esq., of Liverpool.
On the 14th inst., at Frant the Rev. H. T. M. lirbier;
Vicar of Mayfield, Sussex, to Hannah Jane, eldest daughter
of the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, Bart.
On the 16th inst., Philip Cotton, Esq., to Caroline, daugh-
ter of the late Rev. Dr. Hoskins. ,
On the 16th inst., at Camden Church, Camberwell, -;
f the
Count de Limburg Stirum, to Ellen, only daughter o
late Edmund Drayton, Esq.
re, of
On the 16th inst., at Lambeth Church, Frederick Hodes'
Felix Cottage, Ray-mill, Barks, to Eugenia Sarah
second daughter of the late Rev. Henry Gostling
Clarendon-place, Vassall-road, Brixton.

DIED. A
On the 6th inst., at Lea Bains de Bormio, Lombars' the
La
Ond Charles Paulet.
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On the Bth inst., at Millman'e-row, Chelsea, Julia, tat --
ter:of the late John Worhall, Esq., aged 19 etb'
On the 13th inst., at Waterloo-bridge-road, Lanlb
Surrey, Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, architect, aged 59. er-
On the 13th inst., at Darlington, Ambrose Douglas "
kins, aged 20.
On l4th inst., at Eldo House, near Bury St. Edina'd'e'
Major. General Philip Ray, aged 72.
On the 14th inst., at Upper Phillimore-place, gensingten'
Ann, the wife of Miles Miley, Esq., aged 59. A !ball'
On the 14th inst., William rimble, Esq., o.r --
street, Regent's-park, aged 51.
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On the 15th inst., at Streatham, the Rev. W. -- 2.
ridge, M.A., Minister of Balliam Chapel, Surrey, aged 5
re.
On the 15th inst., at Hammersmith, Mrs. Lucy Dyne'
list of the late W. Dyne, Esq., aged 82.
On the 15th inst., at Gravesend, B. G. Rackstravr, eq' cat
On the 15th inst., at Brighton, the Venerable Archdeac
Dealtry, Rector of Clpham, Surrey. IV ee6
On the 16th inst.a, Robert Gibson, Esq., of Grove-street'
Hackney, aged 63.
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