The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-04 00:00:00

,80 W-STltt;t:.l.—(TfiliS DAY.)
Lite: LATE FORGERY IN SOMERSET HOUSE.— William
daythe oenhiaeicharge clerk in 'he property •tax department.meW
rset-bouse, who on
edne,d4y last was remandpd
of forging a receipt for 1371..
I.
Placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine this morning.
rlg will be remembered that, on the former occasion, rr
iagt,„l2d having been applied for on the part of the prose
emiri, and assented to on the part of the prisoner, the
_at not entered into at ally length, but evidence
_ " the document in question was a forgery. was taken
" Matter of form. Tho evidence was now given at
Vetter length.
Mr. Lawford, secretary to the Drapers' Company,
"lid that the document produced was a warrant for the
YrtPaYment of 'he sum of 1371. to him on behalf of the
ZraPers' Company for property and income-tax paid by
Aye.l4;. they being exempt, by the Property-tax
" end 6 Vict. cap. 35), from that impost. At the
°ad of the document was what purported to be his re-
nelpt for the sum in question (137 i) by him on behalf of
the COMpee...
It was not in his handwriting, nor had
be authorised any one to sign it. Ile had never received
Any such sum.
Mr. Grant, a clerk in the property-tax department,
o.olnerset-house said that it was his duty to register all
"nis for repayment of property and income-tax to
tneritable institutions. They were registered by him'
°II being first received, and afterwards, if admitted, they
Were filled up by other clerks in the office, and left there
to, be Paid on application. He had never registered the
%elm referred to in thedocument produced. This warrant
was filled up in the prisoner's handwriting, and not
in that of either of the clerks who usually filled
UP such warrants. He believed the purporting
t 4) be that of Mr. Lawford was in Mr. Gates's hand, but
De could not undertake to swear to it positively.
„ Mr. J. Fuller, Special Commissioner of Property and
itt Peenae-Tax, said that he presided over the department
which the document in question would have been made
itt the ordinary course. The document purported to be
Iligned by him as having allowed the claim. The signature
that It Was certainly very like his own, and he could not swear
was not genuine. Indeed, if he had seen it on
▪ ether document he would have admitted it at once;
but know ing the document to be fabricated, he was dig-
ris..ti to believe that the signature was a forgery. It
a"uirie it must have been obtained upon a false repre-
ftntlition that the claim had been made, and was a just
ens.

Gates.Ths Be-t-r-e-pr-e.sentation mult have been made by r.
e had no recollection of signing such a-docu-
&vent.

_ -
Mr, Ray, a clerk in the office of the Receiver. General
of Stan3s
Paid the antend Taxes, Somerset hout,e, said that he
of 1371.' to Mr. Ga'es on the 7th April.
Tie Rave it to him in payment of the order in question
upon his representation that Mr. Lawford was waiting
for the n3on-y in another part of (The examination was the building.
press.) proceeding when we went to

DAY.)
Two huh, about ten years of ag. each, were charged
With stealing some old iron from a wharf at Bank,ide.
Mr. COTTINGEIA3I said it would be useless to send such
children to prison ; and he rj,,iced that, under the new
Act of the 10th and 11th of Victoria, which came into
operation on the 224 he w etnp .wered to sitb.ti
• tote whioping for imprisonment on juvelile offenders.
The Magistrate then ordered th, two bo s to he well
whipped, and a p.,lic-inan. o the name ut Hart, was
directed to carry it into etfeet.

--....„"....,......MM1N1,
IVIAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.)
TH NE 17101). iLI rAA.
_ Although we can say little enough in comtnenda
?, of the stories contained in tree Metropolitan—
Delng, as they are, of the average In""ille'81
.44e
,atorthy sk:.,
~, about
." and " 130,,r Relations," and what.
,1161!--we are gratified to observe an evidence of goo‘l
-.`"se on the part of the editor himself. Ills observa•
• twits
on the Monotony of Cv.li..ation are snrewd and
i i
tovel. Th
price
.3 e argument entitled—" e ,
"" its Pro& "--is worthy of aextensive
Perusal. 1 ' 48
is to the
very
. common ta logic is truth, and its appeal
understanding of the people.

Rele is BELLE ASSEJIBL EE.
. at stratnfa Is the frontispiece, and a view of the church
- 0 /rj ti, 11.4 LIP° n•Av o r) --- the church in which "our
• lulu:41-c
~..illy "is buried—is the wood-cut embal-
tow
.. L:milla Toultmn evlnces taste in her edi-
tioa
of...npecr tty, and a singular modesty in the 'riser-
own compositions.

ki • THE SPoRMTcr, REI7IEW.
•t. ,aUll the winner of the Oaks, is the portrait en-
Astor describes her,
r"eiug for August and appears, in truth, to be, a•
the le mare:' little
game-looking,
teatid oyerafle " a very wiry,
Craven- has a retrospective paper upon
olnwgieVuly"--a review penned with gusto,
with hilarious spirit. Scribble has
ilitatl,pinly purloined a few pages from Albert Smith;
sent Nnisiti°4 413°u " Sporting Gents " in the pre-
punuth.
pia *number of the Sporting Review. is a shameful
8 Poistn upon the laughable brochure of Albert
LiarrY Hieover and Charles Westmacott
eenute their respective serials on " The Pocket and
• a Stud" and " The Stage fLi "
, lind espie 1 •
hie is
o 1 e with esprit
li,vei g elle. The remainder of the magazine y arid riscellanet,us.

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' u. 40 *WE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
' L.." P'efer the contributions of a political or a
Nraptii, al
tainet, ,
this ature to those of a theological one, con-
cup,','," northern miscellany. The paper, fur
Pire"in the 4' corn. merce of the Ottoman Em-
::::' Is P easant and readable; whereas that com-
taatefoi
171'tiit" A.ofGla"nßcelanact° thNeVhPP.:ree'-'AdiasmiplteosEtardthisi;
e Most valuable article in the magazine.

I 77113 -FARMERS' MAGAZINE.
. I\--endicant, the winner of the Oaks in 1846, makes
1a‘i..8.`)(14 companion pieture to that of its successor,
rearlY alluded to in the Sporting Reniew. In the
Period•
that
~ the " Review of the Corn 1 rade" we.p.rceive
~,
are causes of complaint in the wheat,
--r5% are blight and red gum, but the Farmerx
ugazineis not filled with treoi,iation on that account.

A SNARPE'S LO,ViioLiTIG IZIvE•
this vislbl" improvement in tho embellishment of
ii porindical enhances the value of the August part;
after liyer Cromlvell reproved by hii dying &tighter; wodeatphieta7inal by L. Hicks, is a very 6 piri:e
also cut.' " The Butler's Fright on Halloween is
distrihnt• both in the hUmour or the sketch and the
1"11
" the lights and shadowsntents are of
atnusing and intelligent. . The literary

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HO It i 1 7"s jo,JRNA L.
Prom thet• continued spirit evinewil in this puhlica.
-ion, we
presume that it has as:.urned a permanent
4Position arnono. the monthlv eriodicals. Two portraits
re contained
In this er portraits of two distin •
Ignilhed men of France and 'England,—Felicite La-
)!ennais and Colonel Perrooet Thompson. Th
tognerasrstireat noofticeeffioogfiutthne, latter is written in an
ear
IbtYle of xtravagant
Panegyric
tohfattheseefisnrmerfaiunitsa,
tat views everything as virtue.

The
DISTRESS (IRELAND).
-th fourth report of th 6. Relief Cominissioners,
constituted under the Act 10th Victoria, cap. 7, was
tecently presented to both Houses of Parliament by
!c)rotnand of her Majesty, and was on Saturday
gas in a printed form pursuant to the orders of
arliatnent. The report is to the following effect :
Relief Commission-office, Dublin, July 19.
May it please your Lorchhips,
We beg to submit our fourth monthly report as
Commissioners under the Temporary R-lief Act.
We have now 1,823 electoral divisions for relief
Under the operation of the Act, which are distributing
2,342,900 gratuitous rations per day, at an average
cost of twopence per ration, including expenses, and
79,636 rations are sold.
The falling prices of provisions, and the small
profit required by the lower class of traders, have
tended to keep down the necessity for much selling
by committees.

- Your Lordships will perceive a considerable in-
crease in the distribution, occasioned partly by the
additional districts, which, although among the most
suffering, have been now, for the first time, brought
under the Act; partly from the withdrawal of the
supplies which had been so largely contributed by
associations for the relief of a state of actual starva-
tion, against which a general provision now exits ;
and from the reductions in the public works; but
chiefly from the pressure of distress which it is noto.
,
ritotiuosnof always weighs heavily on the agricultural popu-
Ireland at this season of the year.
Prom the commencement of August, however, we
shall look forward to great reductions ; the harvest
relief
to be very abundant, and as the temporary
Was intended to provide for the diminution of
collect
by the failure of the potato crop, the gradual
41e:ction of the agricultural produce will remove
Yjustification for its continuance on any other
plea,
lenY an arrangement with the Commissary General,
nare clearing out the Government depots of provi-
",,!, by orders on them in lieu of so much money.
et
_lnese depots were established at an anxious period
its., Prospect of great deficiency of supplies, which no
''';,ffer exists.
14,-1,2 !lumber of temporary hospitals ordered to be
lnifshed under the Act 10 Vie., cap. 22, now
ezZounts to 2
Wher 83'
highly ever opened they are reported t have been
G
benefie•
, but we regret to learn that the ne •
LessitY for them
vvirlit abated. genera ly the country is far from
We have, &c.
(Signed) J. F. BURGOYNE.
T. N. REDINGTON.
R. L. ROUTH.
H. D. JONE. 4.
o E. J. B. TWISLETON.
the Riat
th. D. NI'GREGOR.
of her ma Lordsje%Teaury
rCsominisbioners
sty
*1.34. Clia '1"1111"1"."'"1""125"11.11' f the
Q.„
t,.neenior 0
ot kootir
Exiihequer has received from
•cr of twt, f- zork•s, rmitiad