The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-10 00:00:00

THE coAr.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday the investAgntion
tVaS resumed before RICHARD BIRNIE, Esq. re-
specting the filling up the vender's tickets, with
the countersigning of the meter's name.
Mr. ANDREwS agrin attended to support the
informations preferred against Mr. George Alder,
a cal-merchant.
The first information called on, out of the seven
m.heard, was for the delivery of 38 sai ks of coals
at the house of Lady Eliza D. Smith, on the 25th
day of August last, at her house in Piccadilly-
torace, without the vender's ticket being pro-
perly signed.
On the information being read, Mr. Hinvi-
NTREYs took some o!)jection as to the form of it,
which was overruled.

William Savage, the under-butler of Lady
Eliza Drummond Smith, vas called ; lie was
asked her Ladyship's Christian name, which lie
said he did not know, but believed it to be Eliza;
her Lldyship is the daughter of the late Earl of
Galloway. A vender's ticket for 38 sack!, of coal:
‘1 B,s ShOli7tl to Savage, anti he was asked whether
that wa, one of the tickets lie had receked with
tt'aL,,e.Ml-load of C 0,115 at Lady Smith's house
on the 25th of August last, but be could not

identify it.
On the witness being cross-examined by Mr.
Humphreys, he said he had received no verbal or
written instturtions to proceed with these infor-
mations by his mistress, Lady Smith. A letter
had been received from her Ladyship, in which
she desired hint to speak tie truth. On the 10th
of September last, he recollected Mr. Bradfield,
who brought the information, calling upon him,
and saying, he came trout Mr• Kendall, the
butler, who had given him permission to see the
tickets sent in coals, and in consequence lie
showed them to him. Mr. Bradfield asked him
whether lie had any objection for him to take and
examine them. .lie assented, having known Mr.
Bradfi-ld for 'some years, as he had served Sir
Drnmmond Smith with coals.

Jarvis Kendall, the butler, was called to iden-
tify the vender's ticket, but he said he could not
he certain tlrat it was received on the 25th of
August.. He asserted that Mr. Bradfield had got
possession of the tickets %vithou: his permission,
and under false pretences, having told the under-
butler that he had his orders for taking them
away, at,d that Mr. Bradfield having lost the
custom of Lady Smith was the cause of his pro-
ceeding with these informations against Mr.

Mr. Bradfield was called, and he identified the
ticket, as havi►; rvccivud it from Savage on the
2511► of August. Ile admitted tl►at be had no or-
ders from Kendall, the butler, to get possession
of the tickets,. but Savage did not object to his
raking them away ; lie denied that be said he had
orders, but his object was to get possession of
them to make them evidence for ti►e present in-
formation.

John ogle, the'labauring meter, Who was sta-
tioned at the wharf from whence the coals were
.sent, called St. Bride's Wharf, admitted that he
had not countersigned the vender's ticket to Lady
Eliza Smith, of 38 sacks ; io tact, the ticket was
not signed by any person. He admitted that be
had never countersigned a vender's ticket, nor, had
beets called uptils by a merchant or dealer in coals
to sign a vender's ticket since he had been a
meter. He confessed his ignorance upon the sub-
ject* and that he did not know that it was his duty
to sign them till last Tuesday, when the examina-
tion upon the first information took place : he also
admitted that he had discovered that he was liable
to a penalty of 201. for not counter-signing the
vender's tickets.

Mr. HomPtiltEYS addressed the Magistrate at
considerable length, and urged :hat the delivery of
the vender's ticket had not been proved On the
25(11 of August. His client was a very young
man, and having only succeeded to his lather's bu-
siness about two or three years, that he was to-
tally ignorant that it was necessary to have the
!about meter's name countersigned to the
vender's ticket, and no fraud could possibly he in-
tended.: no charge upon the subject had been
made by Lidy Smith.

Mr. Baker, one of the chief Westminster me-
ters, was present, and called upon, to state the
practice. lie stater!, that the meters belonging
to his office countersigned the vender's tickets,
anti they could correct any imposition of, substi-
tuting one sort of coals for another, by looking at
the ship's certificate.
The Magistrate observed, he was sorry the pe-
nalty fell upon the vender, and not the meter : he
%%as informed that it Was not Lou late for that pro-
ceeding, and that it was going on.
The Magistrate inquired if all the informations
were to he proceeded upon.

Mr. 1-IUIsIPHREYS said, he had offered to plead
guilty to all, or to pay 151. and 105. each on the six
oilier cases ; then there wouhl he something for
costs, as it was in the Bank of England case.
Mr. ANDREWS said, he would agree to this if
Mr. HUMPHREYS ‘voidd abandon his appeal on the
first conviction, which he agreed to.
Mr. Bradfield said, he should ;ice his share of
the conviction-money to the Royal Fever 14ospi-
tal and the Humane Society. lie added, he was
determined to expose the meters.