The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

17, 1851.

gni!. e?..s, and Mr. J. 134rr.4tt as clerk, at two guineas per
m,,n

At ',Vocal Lin:4f ird and Biting Uaite,l nv2etino., the
acciuuta showed a butAnce n ha,:d of 7441. 43. 9.f. A
very long report wren real from Mr. Arthur D,-,an un the
pry scnt position aial future prospects of the property'
Tile report of the eotnrnitte stated that the large sett of
Wheal Ashburton hAd been gr.infel, which would now
be work,d in conjunction with Wheal Langford, under
the above title.

At the Wheal Arthur meerinz the report of the c bm-
mittee was satistactory; the 011 workings, which had
cost the former company 20,0001., had been cleared up
for 2871. 83. 7d. Two pitches had bee❑ et t, et 10,. in
1/, and a v4luablo and hith&rto unknown lode hld been
discovered in The 50 fm. level. There was a balance i❑
Land of 1811. 15:,. Id.

At th- first me- ting of adventurers in Chyprase Con-
sols, h. lei at Birmingham, the report of the provisional
comnaittee was adopted. Nlessrs. Parish, Yar a, Mor-
gan, and Uinkg, %srre elected on the c,tunittee for gene-
ral mansgemew; C.ipt,in James M,chell, of Sr. Enoder,
was appointed agent; Mr. Thomas Lewis, of Birming-
hare, purser; Measrs. Barker and P &Trish, trustees; and
the National Provincial Btnk of Engl .nd, bankers to
the company. Capt•ai❑ Michell's report stated that all
the surface work was progressing satisfactorily—forge,
carpenters' shops, 170 fms. of new leas, and the clear-
ing up of 200 fathoms of old, erecting wheel, &c. The
abaft was down 15 rms., being in size 9 ft. by 7 fr. It
stated the indications to be equal to anything the writer
ever saw, and believed the most sanguine expectations
would be realized.

At South Wheal Frances meeting, on Thursday, it
was resolved that the shares, which bad previously been
124ths, should in future be 248ths.

A general meeting of the South Dolcoath adventurers
will be held on the 4th March, when the affairs and
position of the company is to be considered.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY OF
TITLE DEEDS IN PEMBitOKESHIRE.

It is pleasing to find that the important subject of the
general registration of assurances affecting laud, has at
length been brought to the attention of her Majesty's
Government, with a view to some legislative enactments
on the subject. It is doubtless one of a difficult nature
to deal with, and tee arguments as well against as for
the establishment of a general registry, are unquestieu-
ably of a very formidable character. But there seems
to be a growing opinion in favour of a change, and not a
few instances have lately come to light in proof of the
serious evils of the present system. Awing some which
have occurred in our own neighbourhood, may be men-
tioned the following flagrant case which has just been
disclosed. A clergymen of the Church or England, who
cad the spiritual oversight of two parishes in South
Wales fur a period of mole than twenty yeart, died
within the last twelve months. firs kinene%s to the sick
his liberality to the poor, and his general attention to
his pars oral duties, gained f it him the respect and esteem,
not only of his parishioners, but of all who knew trim ;
his talents as a preacher were of the highest order. fl-
was ready ut all times to undertake the de itv. ry of anni-
versary sermons and other extra ps,r,chi.,l norrirreetiel
duties, which hr always did with great ability, and on
Jerse occasions his services were eagerly taught after.
Shortly of er his institution to the principal ben. lice h.
held, he purchased of tree of his parishioners, et different
times, a little property consisting Or from 20 to 30 acre,.
upon which he erected No coudertable dwelling-house arid
out-offices as a residence for himself and cis family. In
a few years afterwards he purchased another small farm
in an adjacent parish. Although the income of this
reverend gelitkman from his Church prefetmeut-
amourred to between 250/ and 300/. a }ear, it was
generally understood in his neighbourhood that he wits
in needy circumstances, and that he tied recourse to the
not uncommon practice of borrowine money. but his
station in life and character precluded the remotest sue
picion that any oterer than the or (finery modes had been
adopted for obtaining loans. However, on his death
(intestate), an advertisement was issued celiing on all
persons who had claims on
his
estate to send th,tri Iv;
in answer to which, to the- utter am-dement of all par -
ties, notices were given from various parts of the king-
dom of some fifteen or twenty mortgages and charges
on his property to the extent of five or six times the
value thereof; and on further inquiries b-ing made, it
appeared that each claimant possessed what purported
to bo an original set of title and purchase deeds of the
estate mortgaged! How came this tr. prase? Why the
Reverend Gentlemen, assisted by a village schoolmaster
who is also dead, employed not a little time in fabri-
cating thee deeds and other documents of title from
copies of the original ones which he possessed, and
so admirably were they manufic ured, that he was
enabled to pass them elf wit bout suspicion or inquire,
and obtain money on them to an almost unlimited ex-
tent. It seems the spurious documents are not mil)
drawn, executed, end attested in regular technical form,
but in order to make them look more genuine, means
were made use of for relieving them of their freshness
and modern hue and to give them the appearance of
antiquity, the better to agree with their dates. In this
way many members of the legal profession both in Lon•
don and in the provinces have been victimised. The
eyes of several of them are now opened, but alas it is
too late ; among others, however, doubts still emain as
to whose parchments are entitled to precedence, and
there are, it seems, legal proceedings now pending to
try the comparative value of the respective documents.
Such is a brief outline of this most distressing case; to
detail the full particulars, however interesting and useful
they might he to the public by putting them on their
guard, would occupy too much time and space; and it its
not unlikely that they may before long be more fully
reported in another form. But we think enough has
been said to justify the Government iu at once in r.
ducing a measure which will have the effect of put trait.
a stop to such wholesale fraud as this. whether attempted
by a plausible country parson or by a crack London
forger.— Welshman

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851.

FEBRUARY.
Liverpool Spring .
MARCH.

Coven►try 4
Doncaster Spring
Warwick Spring

Kipling Coates
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