The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-NEw COURT.

TRIAL OF THOMAS PILGRIM FOR FORGERY.—A
witness, who described himself as a stcckbroker, was
asked if he was a licensed broker. He replied, " No."
Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK addressed the Court—There
is no doubt in the profession that the stockbroker need
not take out a license from the City, as the public funds
are not goods, wares, or merchandise over which the
City has any control.
When we find Sir Frederick Pullock in open Court
declaring the opinion of his profession generally to be
that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen have only a right
to grant brokers' licenses for the purpose of buying and
selling goods, wares, and merchandise, and the Lord
Chief- Baron and Mr. Baron Parke ruling that railway
scrip is neither goods, wares, nor merchandise, where is
the probability of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of London recovering the penalty of one thousand
pounds from Mr. Roams on the bond given by him on
his admission as a stockbroker, he being licensed as a
broker in public st )ck, funds, shares, and other securities
for money, over which Sir Frederic Pollock says the
City has no control?
By the report on Mr. Rochas' case we find one of the
points on which the penalty of the bond is sought to be
recovered is, that Mr. R. allowed his son to act for him
as broker without having been duly sidmittedr„but I Co
not find that any prosecution of Mr. Rochas, jun., was
ordered for acting as a stockbroker, not being duly ad-
mitted and licensed by the Court of Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of London. How did this hap-
pen? If the City cuthorities have no power to prose-
cute Mr. Rochas, jun., how can they reasonably expect
to recover the penalty ender Mr. Rochas, sen.'s bond,
he having allowed his son to act as a broker in a way
those authorities have no power to forbid?
. .

In the observations I have made I have no wish or
desire to be considered either as the apologist or
advocate of the ➢lessrs. Rochas, and in point-
ing out the probability c.,f the failure of the
City prosecution, I do so under the hope that the
members of the Stock Exchange will ccme forward and
assist the City authorities, in case of need, to procure
Legislative sanction to the City bond and license, which
have hitherto tended to place in public confidence and
give respectability to the sttcbkbroker of the city of
London; and perhaps it would be desirable that a ge-
neral measure should be adopted to license all share-
brokers in the kingdom. Why should they escape more
than bankers or auctioneers?

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
D-N.

Ilfracombe, Nov. 6th, 1846

THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, I request the favour of your attention to a Par-
liamentary Return (printed 17th of August, 18-160 of
Pictures purchased for the National Gallery, with the
sums paid for the same. Generally speaking, they
appear to have been bought at very extravagant prices.
But let us take the last mentioned, No. 65, " Susanna
and the Elders," out of Mr. Penrice's collection, for
1,2601. Now, Sir, I happened to be present at this sale
by Messrs. Christie and Manson, on Saturday, July 6,
1844, when this identical picture was knocked down for
the sum of 900 guineas to a gentleman of the name of
Grimshaw. It is charged to us (the public) 1,260/.
Will you, Sir, be so obliging as to inform us into whose
purse or pocket this little difference (3151.) between 900
guineas and 1,2601. has found its way? The preceding
lot ("Lot and his Daughters") was purchased for the
National Gallery at the sum specified in the Parlia-
mentary return—namely, 1,600 guineas—and a most
splendid picture it is; as far superior to " Susanna and
the Elders" as a sovereign to a shilling.
Hoping you will be pleased to favour us with the ex-
planation requested, and tell us the circumstances which
at present appear a little suspicious, I remain, Sir,
YOUR, CONSTANT READER.
London, No►. 10, 1846.

ROBBING FROM THE TEMPLE LIBEARY.—On
Saturday it was discovered that the following audacious
robbery was perpetrated in the library of the Midile
Temple. About a week ago a person presented an
order from the Queen's printer to the Rev. Mr. Rowlett,
the librarian, for certain volumes of the statutes, which
were given him ; but some suspicion being excited, an
inquiry was set on foot, and it was ascertained that the
order was a forgery ; and further, that a similar and
equally successful forgery had been perpetrated upon the
Inner Temple and the library of Bow-street Police-court.
" A correspondent strongly requests attention to a
regulation on the South-Western Railway for closing
the electric telegraph on Sundays, which may not on'y
operate disastrously, at it appears to have done in his
own case, in personal matters, but also in cases where
general interests are directly involved. The great use
of the electric telegraph is to announce accidental events,
which are just as likely to happen on a Sunday as oa
any other day ; and it is difficult, therefore, as the ne-
cessity in these instances is beyond control (a plea
which cannot be urged in the majority of travelling ar-
rangements, for which the company make ample provi-
sion on Sundays), to recognise the motive for prohibit-
ing its employment. To the mercantile public the
matter is of great interest, since there are instances in
which the summoning of a partner to town in the case
of the sudden death of one member of a firm, or, under
other circumstances of emergency, might be the means
of averting the stoppage of a house and the ruin of
parties connected with it. The exposure of fradulent
combinations of the most extensive kind may not un-
frequently depend upon similar means ; and it will also
be seen that individuals absconding with property may,
by selecting Saturday night for their operations and the
South-Western line for their route, rely on a start of
several hours. Our correspondent suggests many strik-
ingt instances in which the regulation might likewise, in
h
e ordinary affairs of life, be productive of the most fatal
results ; but we have only to do with the point as it
bears upon
Sufficient importance to call for immediate
ASTONISHING FEAT.—On Thursday evening a most
ehriarmed by
extraordinary feat was p •
Irvine. A rope was st'ret-c a man named
Stone-
house-bridge to a pole on the
el from the lamp at
about 400 feet. The rope
wee about
side, a distance of
water, and he engaged to walk acrossout 80 feet from the
task amidst the cheers of at least two it, executing his
specta-
tors.—Falmouth Packet.
thousand
Plants that are gathered with the dew upon
deaden and decompose much sooner than those which
are collected a few hours after sunrise, and do not deri;
or preserve their colours nearly so well.—The Plou2ls.

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RAILWAY SFLUtES BY I'UBLIC SALE.
ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, tic.,
take place every TuusnAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the
(lull of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours,' containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
di Italy disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

--.--.
Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ;
A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrison; Ferdinand, Mr.
King; Philipp, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell; Don
Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda,
Miss Poole Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
After which will be produced Auher's popular Ballet Opera, called
THE MAID OF C tSHMERE. The principal characters will be
supported by Messrs. Rafter, Weiss, Iforncastle, Jones, Hodges ;
Mdlle. Anita Dubignon, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mdlle. Adele Benart,
Miss Missent, &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE
YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W.
Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De -Were, Mr. Holl ;
Mr. Brandon, 31 r. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs,
Mr. Webster; T( m Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs.
Wover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Niary Oddington, Miss
P. Horton 4_ Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman,
Miss Julia Bennett.

After which a new Farce, callPd SPRING GARDENS. Lord
Ccurttngton, Mr. Boll; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup,
Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup,
Miss Julia Bennett.

During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro-
linum," " Juris," and " Marien ; the " Sophlen Tanze" (Walser) ;
" La Sonnambula," Cornet a Piston, Mr. Davies; and the Overture
to " Guillaume Tell."

To conclude with a New Cotne,ly, in three acts, entitled QUEEN
AIM'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster,
Hudson, Bowe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Miss Telbin, &c.
Box-ollice open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction cf
Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley,

Last Two Nights of the Company Performing previous to the
Christmas Vacation.
• THIS EVENING

The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama,
l'O PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by
Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A.
Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley.
To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry
Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Biliary
Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris,
Mr. Keeley.
To conclude with the Burlesque of THE MAGIC HORN. In
which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Matthews, Miss VII-
Lira, Miss Keeley, Miss Fat/brother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley
will perform.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford.
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.
After which, the popular Musical Comedy of SWEETHEARTS
AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert; Charles Franklin,
Mr. Selby; Bay Lackaday, Mr. Wright; Sandford, Mr. Worrell;
Curtis, Mr. Cullenfurd ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia,
Mrs. Yates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar ; Susan, Miss Brooks.
To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS.
GAMY'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs.
Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor,
and Miss Ellen Chaplin.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts,
entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of
" Tho principal characters personified by Miss Oeorgiana
Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses
Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Homer,
Peren, &c.
After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major
Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea
Thinzers, Mrs. Fosbroke; Tidy, kiss Laporte.
To conclude with the Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER.
In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, Honner, Compton, Miss Grant,
Mrs. Fosbroke, Re. will perform.