The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Mr. Burgess, a tailor, of Arlington••street, Kenninr,-
ton Common, applied to Mr. Henry for his advice under
the following circumstances .

The applicant said, that about two months ago a per-
son, who gave his name as Stowley, ordered a pair of
trousers at his shop, on the understanding that he should
take it out in meat and coals, which be agreed to do, if
he would give a reference with which Mr. Burgess was
satisfied. After this the person ordered a great coat, of
the value of Si. 165., for which he could not get paid.
After he had obtained possession of the coat, several
neighbours came to the applicant, and informed him that
the person's name who had given him an order was not
Stowley, but Mountain. Stowley was, in fact, a respect-
able tradesman, and might be trusted to the amount of
1001. Mountain had lived with Mr. Stowley in the ca-
pacity of shopman, and had taken his master's name,
and had ordered goods of nearly every tradesman in the
neighbourhood.
fir. HENRY regretted that under the: e circumstances
he could afford the applicant no redress, as he himself
bad agreed to give credit, he was afraid it only amounted
to a common debt.

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Mr. Burgess wished to know if he could not indict
Mountain at the sessions? _ _

Mr. HENRY thought he could not, unless he could
prove that any of the persons who had given Mountain
a reference were acting in concert with him. in which
case he could indict them for a conspiracy.
The applicant replied that he merely inquired into
Stowley's character, thinking Mountain was that person.
Mr. lIENnY was afraid it was only a debt, and must be
treated as such. He was of opinion the false pretence
was not made out.
The applicant thanked the Magistrate, and then with-
drew.

CHARGE AGAINST ONE of the REC•
TORS OF MARYLEBONE.

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On Saturday a very numerously attended meeting of
the vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone was held at
the Court-house, specially convened for the purpose of
investigating certain charges against the Rev. Dr. Pen
fold of misappropriation of a portion of the proceeds of
a charity sermon preached at Trinity Church, in the
month of July last.
The Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector of the parish, presided,
and so great was the interest is the proceedings that not
only was the vestry completely fill« d by the members,
but the gallery appropriated to the rate payers was also
numerously attended. Amongst the members of the
vestry were the Dean of Chichester, the Rev. Robert
Walpole, Lord Montfort, Sir Peter Laurie, Col. Davare.
the Rev. Dr. Fellowes, the Rev. Jabez Burns, John
Bagshaw, Esq., Martin Thackery, Esq. John Parkinson,
Esq., &c.
Mr. JOSEPH mentioned the facts of the. case, -about
which there was little differ. nee, before he moved the
resolution of which he had given notice. He stated that
on the 14th of July last a charity sermon was preached,
by the Rev. Dr. Cuthts&rt, at Trinity Church, in aid of
the female charity schools of the parish. Amongst the
collection made on that occasion, during the offertory,
was found two 101. and a 51. note, enclosed in a piece of
paper, on the outside of which was written the word
" Tithes." In consequence of this the Rev. Dr. Penfold
had taken the 25/. in question out of the plate, and ap-
propriated it to some other purpose than that of assisting
the charity for which the collection was made ; and this
had been done with the consent of one of the church-
wardens. The Bishop of London had been appealed to,
but his Lordship, believing that the amount referred to
had been appropriated by the consent of the church-
wardens, had refused to interfere. Mr. Joseph concluded
by moving the following resolution :—" That this vestry
having been informed that, on Sunday, the 14th of July
last, a collection for the funds of the girls' charity school
was made in Trinity Church in this parish, and that
the sum of 251. out of such collection was appro-
priated for other purposes than that of the charity for

which a sermon had been preached; the churchwarden
of Trinity upon the part of the vestry (Mr. Stewart),
having been called upon by the board to state if he con-
curred in such appropriation, and having said in answer
it had his decided disapproval—Resolved, That this
board entirely concurring with the opinion of its church-
warden, direct that such be entered on the minutes, and
a copy transmitted to the Lord Bishop of the diocese,
and to the Rev. Dr. Penfold, rector of Trinity."
In the discussion that ensued, in which Mr. George
Daniel, Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Tritton, Va. H. C. Wil-
son, Mr. Stewart, and the Rev. Dr. Spry took part, it
was stated by Mr. Tritton that he knew the gentleman
by whom the money was given, but he would not dis-
close his name. It was also stated that the same gen-
tleman had been in the habit of periodically giving a
similar sum, which it was understood was to be appro-
priated by the rector. Dr. Spry and some other mem-
bers of the vestry thought it would be better to repre-
sent the case again to the Bishop, as some misrepre-
sentation of it appeared to be made on the former occa-
sion. After a long discussion, the original resolution
propo3ed by Mr. Joseph was carried unanimously.