The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-08 00:00:00

HEI? MAJESTY-.

BALMORAL, Nov. 5.
The Queen drove out in the morning, accompanied by
Princess Beatrice.
The Duchess of Roxburgh° was in attendance.
Prince Leopold also drove out.

The Prince of Wales, with Count Gleichen, went out
shooting at Windsor yesterday.
The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended
by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey.

Mr. R Eykyn, M.P., who met with an accident a
few days since, is going on most favourably.

Wo bear that a member of the Lockhart family
is preparing a supplementary volume to the " Life of Sir
Walter Scott."

The prizes offered fir competition at the Smith-
field Club Cattle Show of the present year amounted in
the aggregate to nearly £2,500. The exhibition is to be
opened on Monday, December 5.

- Tine NRW LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.—Alderman
Dakin, the new Lord Mayor of London, was born in 1808.
GHe received his education at the rammar School,
Knutsford, and afterwards at the University College,
London. He took a distinguished part in the formation
of mechanics' institutes in the metropolis, and together
with Dr. Birkbeck assisted in the foundation of the
London Institution in Chancery-lane, where he
afterwards delivered a course of lectures on chemistry
and electricity. He became the head of a firm of
wholesale druggists in Abchurch-lane, and subsequently
in St. Catherine Cree-lane, Leadenhall-street. For 28
years he has been connected with the Corporation, begin-.
niag his corporate career as the representative of the ward
of Candlewick. On the death of Sir George Carroll in 1861
he became alderman. He took a leading part in the
foundation of the Freemen's Orphan School, and he was
chairman of the Reception Committee when her Majesty
visited the city in the year of the great exhibition. In 1861
he served the office of sheriff with Mr. Alderman Besley,
the retiring Lord Mayor, in the mayoralty of Mr. Alder-
man Hale. He fulfills many other important public
offices. He is a director of the Metropolitan Railway
Company, chairman of the Great Central Gas Company,
president of-the Great Western Railway of Canada, and
a magistrate for Middlesex.

MR. CREASY WELLIIAM AND THE SICK
AND WOUNDED.
Creasy Wellham was again brought up before Sir
Robert Carden, at the Guildhall, charged with consPirig
to obtain money under the false pretence that it was
aid of the sick and wounded in the Franco-Prussi°
war. Mr. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. Thomas Cole de'
fended.
George Walter, licensed victualler, Shoe-lane, and
member of the Common Council, stated that one of the
war boxes was left at his house in the early part 0f
August ; moneys were put into it. On the 29th sep•
.
tember the prisoner's clerk called on himand took the
money out of the box. It amounted to £2 14s. 9d. Fri
Boner took the money away and gave the receipt Pre.
duced.
Henry Piddings, city police constable, said : On the
last occasion Jones, the prisoner's clerk, followed himself
a
aid Whellham to ie cell in which the latter was looNes
up. While the prisoner was in the cell he asked Jon
what he had done with those small bow',
and whether he had burnt them. Jones re
plied, " Yes, I have burnt them all." Whellhete
said they are' all right then.
Mr. A. H. Cocks, Mayor of Brighton, said he
treasuror to the sick and wounded fund in that town. 1-"
sum raised there was nearly £3,000. He received „
lithographic form, similar to that produced, about four a'
five months ago, which, atter receiving some examinatit/'
he forwarded to Stubs' Trade Protection Soeie"i
The circular offered to supply any number, vt
these boxes at the cost price of 4s. 6d. each. Witness dia4
know that the cost price would have been 3s. each.
circular offered to supply the boys with caps at 2s. °`;',
each. He did not know that the cost price WO 0
each.
By Mr. Thorne : In raising the £3,000 they had 0
letting cards, and were very careful to whom they Nve'
addressed. (A laugh). The expenses were simply cow
fined to printing and advertising. When they found theY
had a good round sum they sent it to the National Social,
but sent no debtor and creditor account.
Mr. James Thomas Harrison said he resided at
Buckingham. His father was mayor of that town. Wit-
ness sometimes opened letters in his father's abseuel
About two days' previous to the 20th October he received
a circular similar to the one now produced. He bad uo
knowledge of the cost of the boxes and caps. 11,11„et
circular was not acted upon in consequence of virm"
appeared in the newspapers.
A letter was read from the Mayor of Reading,
similar information.
Captain Burgess, Secretary to the National Society
Aid of the Sick and Wounded in the War, sal,
It was a fund to which subscriptions had been sent fn
all parts of England. It amounted to over 2270,01
Early in August the prisoner came to the then offineali'e
the society. He said he was in business in the city.
asked witness to appoint him as an authorised agent vi
carry out a scheme which he thought would be a grey
benefit to the society. The scheme was to collect mond..
in boxes which he would put up in places of pubbo"
resort. Witness told him the society had 110
such authorised agents, 'but that it was °Piefe
to everyone to assist them in any way he pleased. 0
did not then or at any time authorise the prisoner to ha'''o
himself out as agent to the society. Witness never gaY,
him authority to print " Collecting-box branch" to tha"
society. Prisoner was not authorised to say on the circa'
lar that subscriptions, should be acknowledged by tha
general society. On the 23rd August witness received letter from the prisoner. It was accomPaill,i,e6
by a box, and stated that the latter was similar to '—
ones the defendant was putting up in public place',
The letter invited Captain Burgess to call at or
house and inspect the book. He had received from lin'
soner by payment at the office the following sums :--Ser
tember 3, £3l ss. ; September 9, £l5 12s. 61d.; September
13, £2O ; September 13, £l2 Os. 6id.; September 291,;
£l9 ss. 7d. From the last date up to October 27, t—c,
prisoner had paid nothing, nor had he account%
for the money received during that time. f-r'„t
above sums were independent of the aln°ll,;
paid by defendant into Coutts's Bank, namely,
£lB. At a meeting at Willis's Rooms, a resolutiop
was passed, allowing local committees to manage the°
own affairs and forward balances to the society. Wittier
here read a letter from the prisoner dated 31st Augur;
stating that he was receiving from six to seven pouno%,
day in coppers, and asking how he should dispose of tp
amount, as the banks refused to receive coppers to Bef
large an extent ; and the only other way was to get rid. °
them by paying one penny in the shilling for changing"
;
them. In reply to another letter from witness, pris°ll"
wrote him on the 7th September that the number of bo%ae
about was 144, and inviting any of the committee to be
present any evening, at the opening of the boxes.
By Mr. Thorne.—The National Society were not the
prosecutors in this case. Stubbs and Co., bad applies:l,ra
him, but had not asked him to prosecute. They su'gges"'„,
a prosecution but he told them that he was far too busy
";
undertake it. He had been applied to by several persolL
to send some authorised persons to examine the accoing
and receive money, but had not done so. 'a
ceasing to collect it was the practice to On
up a general statement with the final remittanc,o
shewing the deduction for expenses. In reply to prisoner °
letter as to the disposal of the coppers witness wrote hill/
to deduct his expenses and remit the balance.
By Sir R. Carden : I certainly did express some of•
prise at the small sum received from Mr. Wellham, after
his statement that he received £6 or £7 a day from till°
boy's boxes, in addition to £lOO a week from hotels 011"
refreshment rooms. •

The magistrates' clerk then asked what were the charge°
against the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis said obtaining money from seven boys,-whle.
names would hereafter be found in the indictment, of
each, on the 23rd of August, and other days ; obtaining
from the Rev. Mr. Stevens ss. ; from Mr. Walter".
£2 14s. 9d. ; and other sums from divers persons with tlikhe
like intent. He was also charged with conspiring iv:,
other persons to commit these offences by attempting
obtain from Messrs. Cocks, Harrison, and others, dive'
moneys under false pretences, and with intention t°
defraud.
Mr. Cole then addressed the Court in defence, using
observations in reference to the magisterial conduct of the
.
case which elicited considerable disapprobation. lie de
nounced the manner in which the attorney for tile
prosecution had fished for a case, expressing hp
ability to shew that instead of Mr. Wellborn °
being the gay and fascinating swindler that
.11°
had been described, he had, 'since commencing
the collections, lived in the utmost economy, his house;
household expenses not exceeding £2 a week. He should
further shew that Mr. Wellhams had been considerably
out of pocket by the transactions. Finally, he contended
that it was merely a lawyer's transaction between Nirj
Lewis and his clients Stubbs and Co. The learn.,
counsel's attacks drew forth the observation from Si
Robert Carden that the abuse of counsel generollY,
showed a weak cause, and he expressed an opinion that
Messrs Stubbs had taken up the case from the most belie;
volent motives.—The prisoner therefore stood committeu
for trial.

A recent paragraph, copied from ;the Athenceut?if
refers to no new work of Mr. Tennyson's, but to certal°
little songs (utter trifles), written by him for music far
years ago, at Mr. Sullivan's request, and the music for
which is now completed.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN OANADA.—A letter fret
Canada describes the shock of earthquake which
was felt there on the 20th ultimo. The writer says
" The wave seemed to travel about 200 miles a minul
They telegraphed from Mimouski, a couple of hundre
miles below this, to ask how we felt, and while the opera-
tor was at his work the shock came. He telegraphed ol?.
to Montreal, 200 miles further on, to ask if they had fill.:
it, and got the answer 'No,' but the answer was harau
gone when the shock was upon them too.
THE SEFTON LIBEL CASE.—It will be rernew
bered that a criminal information was tried at the last
Leeds Assizes, charging Mr. Leng, the editor and part
proprietor of the Sheffield Telegraph, with publishing 3
libel against Lord and Lady Sefton. Mr. Leng was found
guilty, and as in such cases the sentence must be pro"
flounced in the full Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Le'l,
appeared before the Court to receive sentence. The
learned counsel in the case were present during the whole
day ; but the pre-arranged business not having been gob
through, it was announced that Mr. Leng should apPe°l.
this (Tuesday) morning, when all the extenuating circus"
stances in mitigation of sentence will be gone into.

CHARLEDIONT HoUSE, DUBLIN.—The Govern'
ment and Cardinal Cullen have, it is understood, been
competitors for the purchase of Charlemont House, the
residence of the Earl of Charlemont, in Rutland-square/
Dublin. This fine mansion has been in the market for
some time, and rumour ascribed to the Cardinal the
design of buying it as an archiepiscopal palace. The
Government, however, have obtained possession of it 11
private treaty, the offer of Mr. M'Clintock, of the Board
of Works, having been accepted. It is understood that
the intention is to establish the offices of the Reg'"
trar General for Ireland in this magnificent habitation.
TYRANNY IN PRUSSIA.- We have another illur
tration of the liberty of the press as it is known in Ger"
many. Dr. Hirsch, the editor of a journal called the
Gewerkverein ventured t o dispute the justice or policy of
treating the Emperor Napoleon with so much distinction
at Wilhelmshohe ; and, further, dared to enter a protest
against the alleged design of restoring the Empire. TM°,
was held by the bureaucrats of Berlin to be a persolo'
insult to the King, who had himself made all the arrange"
ments for the accommodation of his august prisoner ; and
Dr. Hirsch was put upon his trial. The defendant °
loyalty was not for a moment questioned by the prosecu-
tion, but in free Germany, it was held to be quite intole;
rable that any subject should dare to discuss the acts 01
the Sovereign. The defendant was condemned, and sell'
tenced to two months' imprisonment. In its darkest daVi
the Second Empire was never stained by a meaner act 01
tyranny than this.—Manchester Guardian.

ADVANCED MARINE PREMIUMS.—Fifty guineafil
premium was asked by the underwriters on Saturday t°
effect insurances on the iron ship Silvia, which left Liver:
pool on the 11th of October for Bombay with coals. 2."'
quantity of wreckage, amongst which were moulding°,l
&c., apparently cabin fittings, also a lifebuoy an
headboard, marked "Silvia," have been picked
up at Guernsey. The wreckage found may belong t°
the poop. The loss of the ship is not so certain as the
sudden rise in premium would imply. The Silvia is D:l3
iron ship of 1,401 tons, built by Boyden, of this port, in
1863, and the property of Messrs. Mac Diarmid and Green
shields, of Liverpool, who, we believe, recently purchase('
her from Messrs. Carlyle Brothers, of London. She WO
commanded by Captain R. Tedbury. Advanced Pre-
miums are also asked on the American ship Cynosure,
Captain Costello, which left Liverpool Ist of September
last for New York, and had not arrived at New York uP
to cable advices of Saturday. She is one of Messrs=
Tapscott's line of packets, but has only cargo.— Liverr°°l
Mercury.

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