The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR 01 TLIE TIMES.

Sir,—l am sorry to trouble you with so trifling a
matter as the mistake by your reporter, who attri-
butes to me the use of the word " dearest" when
reading the letter addressed to me by the Mayor of
Cork. That letter commenced in the usual man-
ner, "My dear Mr. Maguire," and as it was mitten
so was it read by me.

The explanation of the laughter is a very simple
one. I had been asked in that imperative manner
very commonly employed when the house desires to
bear vbith accuracy to " speak up," and on my
rather emphatic compliance with the manifest desire
was rewarded with a good humoured burst of laugh-
ter, with_ which I certainly coild not have made
objection.

I trouble you, however, in this trifling matter
more in the interest of another than myself.—l
sir, your obedient servant,
May 12. JOIIN FRANCIS MAGUIRE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day.

WESTMINSI ER.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—SamuoI Darnell, a mail-cant
driver, and John Day, a horse-keeper in the employ of
Mr. XVNamara, contractor for horses to the General Post-
Oflice, were charged, tho former with cruelty to a horse,
ana the latter with the same offecce.

Mr. Thomas Beard, of Basinghall-street, defended.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Norman Leslie
Melville, a gentleman of independent tneass, that ou the
24th of April at half-past five he saw a mail cart, No. 23,
with a horse in it, dead lamei, and evidently in great pia;
he took tie number of the mail cart, and wave information
to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Joseph Dolie, an officer of the Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals, sail he was sent to the stable
where the horses etood that were driven in the mail carte
attached to the South-western District in Pimlico, and
asked what were the luirses driven in No. 23 cart on the
24th of April, and a horse was shown him. Mr. Cheri
the police veterinary-surgeon was him. The horse we'"
lame all round, with large spavins on both hind legs.
Mr. Arnold dismissed the summons.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING A LADY'S SHAWL.—Frederick Lloyd, a half'
starved-looking man, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt
with stealing a shawl of the value £2O, the property
of
Lady Leigh, who ro,ides in Portman square.
From the evid nee of Edward Leader, footman to Lord
Leigh, it appeared that on the previous evening he $O5
sitting on the box of Lord Leigh's carriage, which $Ol6
standing in Grosvenor-square, when the coachman, wh°
was sittirg I y h:s side, ca!led his attcution to the p,'"
sober, who was makiag off with a shawl belonging t°
Lady Leigh, of the value of £2O, and whore it had bee" e
few minutes before safe in the carriage. He ran after ti°
p:•Is merotnd on Gate:Aug hint the prisoner said that ho had
commit:ed the robbery through want.
The prisoner said he was hungry when he took the
shawl. He had worked at Birmingham, Liverpool, Car-
diff, at d other places, and only came to London yesterday'
Ile was guilty.
Mr. D'Eyncourt con:mitted the prisoner for four menthe
with ha:.d labour.

DAMAGING TREES IN KENSINGTON GAEDENS. —A WO
named Richard James Elliott, was charg'd with damaging
a May tree, in Kensington-ga-dens.
The case having been proved by p'tlice-constable
305 A, who said that great damage was at the present
time 'Mug done to the trees in the gardens,
Mr. D'Eyucourt cautioned the boy, and fined him 25.6 a