The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-18 00:00:00

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

RIDDING TOWN OF A BRACE OF DANGEROUS
FELLOWS.—Two well-dressed. young men, who
gave the tames of Claire Montague and Henry
Maltravers, were charged before Mr. Knox with
behaving in a disorderly manner.
Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C, said—About 20
minutes to two this morning I saw the
prisoners in conversation with several pros-
titutes in Piccadilly. The prisoners left Pic-
cadilly and walked into the Haymarket, and
spoke to some of the females frequenting the
place. The females said they did not want any
" Mary Anns" there (that term being applied to
men of a certain character), and that they had
enough to do to get their own living. A large
crowd collected, and there was a great dis-
turbance, some of the fetnaleS calling the pri-
soner Maltravers " Kate Smith." The prisoner&
mode of life was well known, and they had in
consequence been denied admission to several places
of public amusement.

Mr. Knox—Do you mean to say that Maltravers
goes out in female's clothes ?

Sergeant Shillingford—He does not do that, but
they both see gentlemen and frequent urinals. They
appear very different now to what they did last
night, being then painted and powdered, and
difficult to tell whether they were males or females.
When we took the prisoners to the station they were
hooted and hissed by a number of females and others.
The prisoners refused their addresses, but said they
had just come from Brighton, and had been living
at the Grosvenor Hotel.

Wm. Mickleborough, 128 A R—l heard two
females say, " Here are two Mary Anne come to
look for a living that we ought to get." A crowd
of 200 persons collected, and about 150 followed
the prisoners to the station.

dr. Knox—There was such a disturbance as
might have resulted in a breach of the peace ?

kickleborough—There was. We could hardly
keep the women from attacking the prisoners ou the
way to the station.

Montague said he was simply speaking to two
females, and had never been in custody before ; and
Maltravers (a fair and effeminate young man) said
he had been drinking.

Mr. Knox—This is one of the most disagreeable
cases I have had before me for many a long day.
Last night you do not appear to have been
guilty of such conduct as would justify me
in sending you either to the Sessions or the
Central Criminal Court, but by the way in which
you comported yourself you caused a crowd to
assemble and a breach of the peace was likely en-
suing in consequence. I shall require each of you
to find bail in the sum of £5O each to be of good
behaviour for the next six months and to enter into
your own recognisances in £lOO each.

THAMES.

STEALING COALS BY A MERCHANT'S CLERK.--
Jonathan Young, clerk to Messrs. Richett and
Smith, the well-known coal merchants in Ratcliff,
was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with
stealing a half ton of coals, the property of his
employers, and sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment and hard labour.

THE PASCAL AND NEWTON FORGERIES.

The following remarks have been addressed by
Sir David Brewster to M. Chevreul, the President
of the French Academy of Sciences, but which can-
not for some time appear in the proceedings of that
body _ _

" The descent of two great Monarchs into the
arena of the Papal controversy as the correspon-
dents, the counsellors, and the reprovers of Sir
Isaac Newton obliges his friends to study this new
and almost ludicrous fragment of the most auda-
cious forgery of modern times.
" Sir Isaac Newton is charged with having, in a
letter to Huygens, written some years before, used
expressions reflecting on the scientific character of
Descartes and Pascal. These expressions, it ap-
pears, were communicated to Louis XIV. by Huy-
gens himself, the friend of Newton, and on this
occasion the betrayer of his confidence. The King
and his Court are said to have taken offence at
Newton's expressions, and when Newton is in-
formed of the Royal displeasure he prepares a letter
of apology, which, after being approved of by M.
Desmaizeaux, he forwards to Louis XIV. 'I am
anxious,' he says, 6 to retract the expressions which,
from my ignorance of the meaning of certain
French words, I did not know would be so offensive.'
The King sends this letter to the Abb6 Bignon, who
informs Newton that the King accepts his apology,
and thanks him for it.'

"It will require, we think, some faith, even in
the countrymen of Pascal, to believe that Louis
XIV., " God's Vicegerent upon earth,' would con-
descend to meddle in a petty question of phi-
losophy.

" Not less strange and incredible is the allega-
tion that James 11. and Sir Isaac Newton, two
Englishmen, should write numerous idlers to each
other in French, two of which have been published
by M. Chasles. In one of these, dated at St. Ger-
mans, 16th January, 1685, and signed ' Jaques
R.,' he charges Newton with injustice to Pascal,
and asks him to retract and apologise for it. Now
this letter is obviously a forgery. James 11. was not
at St. Germans in January, 1685, and if ho bad
been there he could not have signed Jacques R., as
he was then Duke of York, and did not succeed to
Charles 11. till February 6, 1689.
"It is possible that 1685 may be an error of the
press for 1689, and therefore giving the forger the
benefit of this supposition, we shall examine the
other letter of James 11., dated the 12th of January,
1689, in which he also asks from Newton a retrac-
tation of his expressions against Pascal. At this date
James 11. was at St. Germans, but he had arrived
there only 15 days before the date of this letter—an
outcast from his throne, and with higher duties to
discharge than that of writing letters in the inte-
rests of a stranger. At this very time, too, he was
in anxious communication with Louis XIV., and
making preparations for a descent upon Ireland,
where he landed in February, 1689 and we should
not wonder if one of his other letters to Newton
should bo dated on the day of the battle of the
Boyne.

" But if it is incredible that the Royal exile
should be writing letters to Newton in these
anxious moments of his life, it is equally incredible
that Newton should be writing numerous letters,
or even one letter, to James. Newton had always
been his enemy
when he was the Sovereign of Eng-
land, and he 'sever could have been his correspon-
dent. He had opposed James 11. in his attempt to
insult the University of Cambridge, and he went
with a deputation to London, and succeeded in re-
sisting his arbitrary mandate. In 1689, when the
forger engages him in writing nnumerous letters to
the exiled King, he was busy at Cambridge in re-
conciling the Jacobites in the University to the
Government of William of Orange.
" In the letter to M. Desmaizeaux, in which he
consults him about his apology to the French King,
and which must have been written in 1689, Newton
conjectures that Flatnsteed must have had some-
thing to do in the matter of his supposed injustice
to Pascal. This conjecture alone proves the letter
to be a forgery. Newton and Flamsteed were at
this time great friends, and, having had occasion to
examine the whole of the correspondence between
these distinguished individuals, I have no hesitation
in asserting that it was not till the middle of 1691
that those differences arose which could have justi-
fied Newton in suspecting the sincerity of his
friend."

NEW 031NIBUS LAW.-011 the Ist proximo a
provision in the Traffic Regulation Act will take effect by
which the driver of a metropolitan stage carriage is not to
stop for the purpose of taking up or setting down at any
part of a street., except as near as may be to the left or near
side of the roadway nuclei' a penalty of lOat

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly meeting of the mortgagees of this
Company took place at the Victoria Station, West-
minster, Mr. Hodgson in the chair, this day, for the
purpose of electing a mortgagee director, pursuant
to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
(Arrangement) Act, 1867.
After some preliminary remarks the names of Mr.
Powell and ME. Pcll were proposed re.Tectively for
the office.

A great deal of discussion ensued, in which some
serious remarks were made relative to the conduct
of Mr. Hodgson, but the choice of the meeting had
not been made when we went to press.

AJJEWCAN SQUADRON AT SPITIMAD

The official visit paid by the Commanding Ad-
miral-in-Chief of the United Stat,s' Navy, Admiral
Farragut, to the commanding military and naval
authorities at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, on the
arrival of the United States' screw frigate Franklin,
at Spithead, was duly returned yesterday morning
by a visit paid to Admiral Farragut, on board his
flagship by Port Admiral and Naval Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley,
K.C.B. ; Lieut.. General Sir G. Buller, K.C.B. ;
Lieut.- Governor of Portsmouth and Military Corn-
manden.in-Chief, and Admiral Superintendent G.
G. Wellesley, C.B. The gallant officers embarked
from the dockyard on board the steampaddle yacht
Vivid, and on disembarking from her on board the
Franklin, at Spithead, the English ensign was hoisted
at the fore of the American frigate and saluted,
the compliment being returned by Sir T. Pasley's
flagship, the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour. The
First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right lion. Henry
Thomas Lowry Corry, M.P., accompanied by First
Sea Lord Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne,
K.C.8., the Director-General of Naval Ordnance,
Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key, C. 8., and Capt.
T. Brandreth, private secretary to the First Lord,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday by the train due
from Victoria station at 12 50, on a special visit to
the commander-in chief of the naval forces of the
United States, on the occasion of his visit to Spit-
head and Portsmouth. Mr. Corry, with his col-
leagues and private secretary, accompanied by
Port-Admiral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, embarked from
the dockyard on board the Admiralty paddle yacht,
Black Eagle, staff Commander Whillier, the Admi-
ralty ensign being saluted by her Majesty's ship
Victory, and proceeded out to Spithead, where they
joined Admiral Farragut on board his flagship, the
Franklin. On their lordships stepping on board the
American frigate her crew "manned yards," and the
English flag was hoisted at her fore royal masthead
and saluted with 19 guns, the compliment being re-
turned immediately by her Majesty's ship Victory
running up the ensign of America and saluting it
with a like number of guns. The Lords of the
Admiralty remained on board the Franklin, the
guests of Admiral Farragut, until nearly 5 p.m.,
when they bade adieu to their gallant host and re-
embarked in their yacht for the shore, under re-
newed honours from the American frigate. Their
Lordships landed from the Black Eagle at the
Southsea Pier, and returned to London by the 5 10
p.m up train to the Mid Sussex, London, Brighton,
and South Coast line. The Mayor of Portsmouth
has invited Admiral Farragut and his officers to a
banquet in honour of their visit to Portsmouth, but
the reply received by his Worship expresses the
regret of the Admiral of his inability to accept the
invitation, owing to the intended departure of the
Franklin and her tender the Tropic for Lisbon, on
Sunday or Monday next.

THE LORD MATOR'S PROCESSION.--It is under-
stood that a memorial from the loading merchants and
bankers of the city of London is about to be presented to
Mr. Alderman Allen, the Lord Mayor Elect, in order that
the procession on the 9th of November may be so arranged
as to prevent the necessity for any of the thoroughfares
being closed. The ceremony might be conducted in due
state without involving any material interruption of the
general traffic, and a conviction is therefore entertained
that the request will be unhesitatingly complied with,
especially as the circumstance of the alternative route of
Holborn-hill being this year blocked up would greatly ag-
gravate the ordinary chances of disorder, and much in-
crease the responsibility that would be incurred through
any neglect of an obvious remedy.

A FEMALE VETERAN.--•An aged widow, named
Elizabeth Francis, applied to the Canterbury Board of
Guardians on Tuesday for relief. The relieving officer
stated that applicant was 102 years of age, had been mar-
ried twice to soldiers, and had accompanied one of them
throughout the Peninsular campaign. She was in pos-
session of the whole of her faculties, and when he (the
officer) saw her she was engaged in scrubbing her humble
dwelling. Tho guardians granted the old lady 4s. per
week.

RAILWAY COLLISION.—The engine of a third-
class train on the London and North Western Railway
from Manchester, which was duo at Leeds at 6.20 p.m. on
Wednesday, ran into another engine close to the terminus.
The engine which obstructed the line was stationary, and
without a single person in charge of it. The arrival train
was proceeding but slowly, or the consequences would most
likely have been very serious. There were many passengers
and all were much shaken and alarmed, but they could
walk to their several homes. The engine-driver and
stoker were the greatest sufferers, but will soon be at work
again.
ELECTION OF A DOCK SOLICITOR AT LIVERPOOL.
—Mr. John North, who recent': resigned his office
as solicitor to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, was
yesterday granted a retiring allowance of £l,OOO. The
board subsequently elected as successor to Mr. North, at a
salary of .£2,000 for the first year, with £2,500 per annum
afterwards, and no retiring allowance, Mr. A. T. Squarey,
a local solicitor, who has been for several years profes-
sionally connected with the Steamship Association and
the American Chamber of Commerce. It was stated that
Mr. Squarey's appointment had been favourably received
by both the commercial community and his professional
brethren.

CHILD MURDER.—Last evening the deputy-
coroner for Westminster held an inquest upon the body of
a newly-born female child which had been found in a
passage leading to a school-room at Bedfordbury. Medical
evidence proved that the infant had been born alive, and
murdered by the head being crushed. There was no trace
of the guilty parties, and the jury returned an open verdict
of " Wilful murder against some persons unknown."
SURREY LICENSING DAY.—At the usual October
Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey yesterday,
the Court proceeded to hoar and adjudicate upon applica-
tions for music and dancing licenses. Mr. Penrhyn, the
deputy chairman, presided, supported by a number of
magistrates. Several unopposed applications for renewal
of licenses were taken first. Mr. Oppenheim made an ap-
plication on behalf of Mr. G. T. Clark, for a music and
dancing license for the Lilford Arms, Lilford-road, Cold-
barbour-lane, Camberwell. Mr. Thompson opposed the
application on behalf of a number of the residents in the
neighbourhood, on the ground that the house in question
was a nuisance. After some witnesses had been heard the
license was refused. On the motion of Mr. E. Clark, an
application by Mr. R. Gurney, the proprietor, for a license
for music and dancing, was granted for the Bells at Rich-
mond. At the instance of Mr. Thompson, a license for
music and dancing was granted to Mr. Robert Edwin
Millers, for the South London Music Iran, in the London-
road, Southwark. The Court then applied itself to the
disposal of the criminal business of the sessions.

THE REFORM LEAGUE.—A special meeting of
the general council and delegates from tho various branches
of the Reform League was hold last evening, at the Sussex
Hotel, 133uverie-street, for the purpose of considering the
best means of obtaining the repeal of the ratepaying
clauses of the Reform Bill. Mr. G. Mantle presided. It
was resolved—" That, in consequence of the increasing
dissatisfaction of the people with the ratepaying and other
clauses of the Reform Bill, the proposed banquet of the
League I o entirely abandoned." A resolution was then
adopted, calling a national convention of delegates from
the various branches of the League, and from all other
Reform associations in the three kingdoms, to moot in
London in February next, to discuss the best means of
obtaining the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Re-
form Act, and to reiterate the demand of the people for
manhood suffrage and the ballot. Another resolution was
also carried, condemning the arming of the police as a
measure tending to interfere with the liberty of the sub-
ject, and assimilating the police of this country to that of
the Continent. The proceedings concluded with a vote of
thanks to the chairman.

TIIE SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR THE TRIAL OF
FENIANS.—Notiees have been issued fixing the special gaol
delivery for the trial of the Fenian prisoners iu this city,
for Saturday, 26th inst. The commission will b 3 opened
on that day and the business of the court will begin on
Monday, the 23th. —Manchester Courier.
LIBERAL DONATIONS TO THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION.--Miss Burdett Coutts has forwarded an addi-
tional donation of £5O to the National Lifeboat Institution ;
and William Botly, Esq., F.S.A., of Upper Norwood, has
also sent the society a contribution of 100 guineas.