The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Jan. 21, 1844, is 30s. lOid. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Brash,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSIOIV-HODSE.

POISONOUS CANDLES.-Mr. Robert Blackmore, so-
licitor, yesterday applied to the Lord Mayor, under
circumstances which he considered much interested
the public. A long statement had appeared in a
London newspaper of the Bth instant, relative to the
use of arsenic in the manufacture of composite can-
dles, and that statement had been copied into the pro-
vincial papers and otherwise extensively circulated, so
as to produce an unfavourable impression upon the
public mind against all other manufacturers of can-
dles called "composite candles," except the parties to
whom the matter particularly referred.
The LORD MAroa—l do not think that I can en-
tertain any application upon such a subject, as I can-
not see how it can come under the jurisdiction of a
magistrate.
Mr. Blackmore said he apprehended that he could
show how the Lord May or could grant the ap-
Flication he had to make. He represented the firm of
rancis Tucker and Co., of Kensington and South
Molton-street, Grosvenor-square, wax and tallow
chandlers, by special appointment, to her Majesty, and
these gentlemen considered that, after the public state-
ment that had been circulated, they might be thought
guilty,of mixing arsenic in the composite candles
made by them, and, therefore, felt bound, under the
sanction and approval of the chief magistrate, to make
a solemn declaration that neither arsenic nor any
other poison or poisonous ingredient was, or ever had
been, used in the making of any composite or other
candles manufactured or sold by them. The prin-
cipal partners of the firm were present.
The LORD MAYoa—The declaration they are de-
sirous of making is a voluntary one, and upon
what ground am I to consider that it is ex-
pedient for me to permit it to he made ? Here
his Lordship read the 13th section of chapter
62 of the sth and 6th of William IV., viz.,
" It shall not be lawful for any justice of the peace, or
others, to administer any oath, affidavit, or solemn
affirmation, touching any matter or thing whereof
he hath not jurisdiction or cognisance by some statute
in force at the time being, provided that nothing
herein shall be construed to extend to any oath, &c.,
on any matter or thing touching the preservation of
the peace, or the trial, or punishment of offences, or
touching any proceeding before either House of Par-
liament, or any Committee thereof, respectively ; nor
to any oath, affidavit, or affirmation, which may be
required by the law of any foreign country to give
validity to instruments in writing designed to be
used in such foreign countries respectively." "Now,
I do not see," added his Lordship, "how the excep-
tion applies at all to your case. It appears to me that
I should be subject to a penalty if I allowed the de-
claration to be made."

Mr. Blackmore requested to be permitted to direct
the Lord Mayor's attention to that part of the same
Act, which stated as follows :—" But as it may he
necessary and proper, in many cases not herein spe-
cified, to require confirmation of written instruments
or allegations of proof of debts, or of the execution of
deeds, or other matters, be it therefore enacted, that
it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace,
or other officer, &c., to take and receive the declara-
tion." In his opinion, the subject upon which his
application was grounded, came fairly under the head
of " other matters." It was, he urged, particularly
desirable to get his Lordship's sanction to a declara-
tion which would have the effect of removing an in-
jurious impression which had been made.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you made the declara-
tion in the form of an affidavit ? Mr. Blackmore—
No, my Lord ; the declaration is in strict conformity
with the schedule in the Act.

The LORD MAYOR—I shall to-morrow let you
know whether I can permit the declaration in such
matter to be made, but my impression at present is,
that it does not refer to the exceptions in the Act of
Parliament.

His Lordship's opinion will be given this day.
An old woman named Mary Kirby, who had been
for some years in the employment of Messrs. Moses,
in Aldgate, was fully committed for trial upon the
charge of having robbed her employers of galoons
and buttons.