The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Sort. 3 o'Clock.

IDOf Q, THE CELEBRATED
iigNCH THIEF-TAKER
7;) :HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

haw- :ust read in your paper of Monday evening
last, that .‘ Vi 1, ca, the celebrated French thief-taker, died
lately nea: in a state of poverty."
r trust yot-‘ will be kin(' enough to contradict such a false
siatpic2.!nt, •tr, use neithp: dead nor poor. lam quite as well
as was wilEct a hon-nued me with your visit, at the Cos-
., or,ma, about. a year arm. As to the state of my fortune, I
of more tk au pthingb /or me ; and if you will favour
your ,-.iloanv at dinner, any day you like to ap-
plied, you.. wi sce a -.-oan who, for a long time yet, means
Lo dkAilocalit: those who, for particular reasons, may wish
hint but who saved enough to treat his friends
v; el'
this letter, or any part of it that may please
RS to prove, at all events, that lam still alive and in
very gr:okt health. you will greatly oblige.
lour most obedient servant,
IT/I'OCQ.
.est- eel. Leicester-square,

.10, 1846.

LVI AY commirrEEs.

(THIS DAY.)

;:_,USE OF LORDS.
GROUP I.

6NDON AND TONIC.
The 1!& nimit met thip day at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Love-
lace chalituan.
Sever,d lan -,ainers were called to prove the value of the land
which tr•uld k C acquired for the purposes of the railway. The wit-
nesses ty.n ecr to examineA at some length. by the counsel for the
opposing ituvio
The Fon .)f et...fibishop of York was called to speak to the
intertereme ititr rna-land of the see of York. The witness
said that the Ariti.t,...on did not oppose the Hat_ in regard to his own
footings. but to n., 'lnvtests of those who wail i succeed him. He
dta not Wel lien Interference on his own accoent, for at his time of
lite he could not expect to live to see the line o3inpleted.
Earl Fitzwilllant was examined as to th great accommodation
to the countt the London and York line.e yby His Lordship had but
one objection to the line, and that was, that the promoters should
inake. their ILA in close opposition to the Syston alt.! Teterborough
tiia ay, anl that at that part the latter line should be common to
bit It companies. It that should be agreed to, he ha I ~ objection to
n. ;.s against the Louden and York Railway.
,trams said, that on the part of the promo'. , lie was in-
, t • to acquiesce is the wishes of the Noble LOI•
I ! • ase tor the Archbishop of York having closz .
(r. USTIN ad,tessed the Committee on thei I.

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! T. ignlnst the Bill.
l'A for Si; William Milner was next pr with, and
+Lc.) ving been adduced of the injury whl • A t•uld sustain
L , R • tossing part 01 his estate,
Sr, 1 T., '1 ARD ad.lressed the Committee, and concluded by re-
f t: the preamble of the Bill be rejected, on the grounds
ILL' a., In 0: cA.:I kit ensation could satisfy the injury which would
I ' roperty.
!'t mrned at four o'clock till eleven the ext day.

:I,' 1 • t I ; >

ziOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUT X.

`_,c Go AINDNIE, AND DIONZZAN DS
JUNCTION.

,u nUp~ed from our Afternoon Edition.)
Ot•i .1 ev:dencet f the t,Yme character having been received,
Mr. Adie, mana,get of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and of the
I Atui.. and Kirtiatilloch lways, and eneer of this line, was
examinel by Mr. ilddyard, as td the eagineeringgin particulars.
lige en. ss-esaniination by Mr. Forsyth occupied the remainder of
the day, aid ti..e etantnittee adjourned, at four o'clock, till twelv to
MOt COW.