The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

THE COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.

Mr. R. N. PHILIPPS moved, pursuant to his
notice, " That the court do contribute the sum of
£2OO in aid of the fund now being raised for the re-
life of the widows and families of those who perished
in the recent fearful colliery accidents."
Mr. Alderman COPELAND suggested, pursuant to
a notice which he had given, to increase the vote to
£3OO.

Mr. PHILIPPs said he should accept the addition
suggested by the worthy alderman.
Mr. Isaacs expressed a wish to increase the vote
to £5OO, but after a desultory conversation it was
resolved that the vote should be for £3OO, and that
the chamberlain be requested to pay in the amount
to the committee now sitting at the Mansion-house.
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE, &C., AT NEW SMITHFIELD

MARKET.

The election of an inspector of cattle, horses, &c.,
at the Metropolitan Cattle Market was then pro-
ceeded with, when three approved candidates ap-
peared at the bar, and were submitted to election.
The result of the poll showed the following results :
—For Mr. Samuel James Rayment, 51 ; for Mr.
William Fox, 50 ; and for Mr. Thomas Sangster,
37. Mr. Rayment was thereupon declared to be
duly elected to the office of inspector of New Smith-
field Market.

The remaining business on the paper having been
disposed of, the court adjourned.

The Career of a Forger.

The Glasgow Herald gives some curious particu-
lars, respecting the antecedents of Greatrex, the
photographer, who was recently arrested in New
York on the charge of having been the principal in
the late extensive forgery of bank notes in Scotland.
" He was known iu Glasgow," says our contempo-
rary, "as an active member of the Plymouth Bre-
thren. In this circle he frequently preached, and is
said to have converted some well-to-do-citizens, who
are now zealous in the faith. The talent which he
possessed for this kind of harangue was strikingly
exhibited on the occasion of Pritchard's execution,
when, mounting a rostrum erected near the Green
railing about 3 o'clock in the morning, he sought to
improve the coming specfacle to the assembled mul-
titude. The same ostentatious display of piety led
him to exhibit a series of boards bearing scriptural
exhortations, such as appear on the walls of schools,
in the showroom of his photographic establishment ;
and his studio also was well supplied with books
of a religious character. Added to a very pre-
possessing appearance, his gentle and dignified
manner was well calculated to gain for him the fa-
vourable regard of those with whom he came iu
contact. In short, he possessed all those graces of
person and manner which, if employed only as a
mask for hypocrisy and deceit, make a man one of
the most dangerous enemies to society. Whatever
fears Greatrex may have at first entertained as to
his apprehension, he had evidently adopted the be-
lief latterly that his plans to outwit the authorities
had been completely successful. Accordingly, we
find from a letter which has just been received from
the bank clerk who went to Atnesriza along with
Superintendent M'Call, that he had commenced
operations as a preacher and revivalist in New York
and its neighbourhood, and had seemingly attained
to a measure of popularity which was denied
him in this country. It would appear that after
his arrival in America, Mr. M'Call advertised in
the New York Herald for a first-class photo-
grapher, the advertisement being worded in
such a way as was thought most likely to attract
the attention of the person' wanted.' Amongst
other replies to the advertisement was one which,
from its guarded tone, and the character of the
handwriting, Mr. M'Call believed to be from
Greatrex. This letter appears to have communi-
cated the applicant's address, and the clue thus
gained was at once followed up. Mr. M'Call, with
one of the New York detectives and the bank clerk,
who knew Greatrex by sight, went on au early
morning to a German lager-beer saloon, command-
ing a view of the boarding house in which Greatrex
was supposed to have taken up his quarters. Seve-
ral hours passed away with no result ; but they
were by and by rewarded by seeing Greatrex and
the young woman who went after him from this
country pop their heads out of the window as a
band of music passed along the street. The officers
waited until Greatrex quitted the house for
au afternoon stroll, when they followed
him. He had taken off his beard and
whiskers, and wore his hair after the manner of
the Yankees, but notwithstanding this change in
his appearance the bank clerk at once identified him.
The American detective then came forward and
quietly slipped his arm within that of Greatrex, ac-
costing him by name, while Mr. M'Call took him by
the other arm, and the trio walked in the most
friendly way along the street. Greatrex did not
speak for some time, but when addressed by the
bank clerk he started, his face became flushed, and
he affected not to know the person who was speak-
ing to him. As we have already hinted, Greatrex
had so improved the shining hour in America as a
preacher and revivalist, that at the time of his ap-
prehension his settlement over a Baptist church near
New York was considered an extremely probable
matter. He occupied one of the New York pulpits
in place of the Rev. Dr. Adams, who appeared to
have been pleased with him, and recommended him
as a suitable pastor to a congregation out of town
which had been deprived of its spiritual guide.
With a view to secure this appointment, in
all likelihood, Greatrex had laboured for four
or five days in the neighbouood of the vacant
church, where a great work of revival
was going on. He also turned his talents to ac-
count in seeking to convert his fellow-lodgers in
the boarding-house. Upon this point a writer says :
' I know most of those in his lodging. Ile was there
very busy in what he called the Lord's work. The
lady of the house, aged 60, I think, he had been
very anxious about, and had marked a number of
passages in her Bible, and reasoned often on others.
He prayed regularly in the house, and altogether
was very good. Greatrex told that he was a victim
—a sort of martyr for others. However, none here
who knew him would receive a word he says.'"

THE TASMANIAN.—The passengers who arrived
by the Tasmanian at Southampton last Friday received
pratique yesterday afternoon, and were landed in the docks
last evening.