The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

MANUFACTURE of COUNTERFEIT

FRENCH COINS at BIRMINGHAM.
A discovery h Is recently been made in Birmingham.
of a manufactory of counterfeit foreign coins on an ex-
tensive seale, the principal party engaged in it being
foreigner, who is now in custody, having been remanded
by the magistrates. The followirg particulars are from s
local paper :
In consequence of information privately received, Pe:
lice. officer 'Tandy, accompanied by Richard Bingley and
Sydney Mees, repaired about half-past three o'clock On
the afternoon of Good Friday to a court in Snow-hi 11,
where there is some shopping. On Tandy entering oi to
of these buildings on the ground floor, closely followe.
by the others, he saw a large, powerful, self acting presF
and two or three men in the place. At the mower X
Tandy entered, which he did with stealthy tread, he sa
a man in a hole up to his middle, in the act of placing 6
blank in the lower die, and on the instant another part
who appeared to have no suspicion of Tandy's eeeran dt,
struck off the impression.
The man in the hole was instantly seized, tiled the
handcuffs placed upon him. Tandy then pro seeded
to search his person, and in one pocket he four, d five
5-franc counterfeit pieces, and one good one ; a ud in
another pocket four 4-franc pieces, all of which were
good. Tandy then conveyed him to the Waterloo-s trf'et
station, leaving the other efficers in possession of the
premises.
On arriving at the station, the prisoner gave the sager
of Joseph Sine. On his person being again seavcleent
70/., mostly in gol], was found upon him, and tel
valuable gold watches. In the meantime Bingleg snu
Mees were searching the premises. They found oet;
tine press, and on one side of the other press sewers,'
blanks ready for striking. Bingley took possession, of
the counterfeit piece, which was struck off on their en-
tering the shop. The whole of the dies, presser,
were, of course, taken possession of.
It having been ascertained that the prisoner Sine bid
been staying at the Hen and Chickens' Hotel, the
officers proceeded to search the room he eoccupied in
that establishment. Mees found a carpet bag. which
contained a brave of pistols, and, amongst other artY
' clee. a number ol foreign letters. The prisoner is e
Spaniard, forty-nine years of ate, and of most gentle.
manly address and bearing. He has been backwards
and forwerd to Birmingham for the last ten monthi,
but he came on his lase visit to that town about ten date
ago. On Saturday he was taken before the magistrate.*
and mantled. On his capture. communication %vs°
immediately made to Mr. Powell, solicitor for ttse
Mint, and that gentl -man came down to Birminghaes-
Accompanied by George Tandy, he returned to towilt
when the lodging .ceupied by the prisoner in London
was searched, and docuan nts were found of considerable
importance, the production of which before the reap-
trates, it is said, will create an extraordinary sensation.
The principal press fount'. in Snowhill is vietteed
seam hundreds of pounds, and receipts were found is
the prisoner's possession for the dies alone, which were
for all the French coins, for 5501.
For obvious reasons' no other persons found on Ohe
premises were taken into custody.

DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.
The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon•
India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from
London this evening, 7th April.
The next mail for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands;
Egypt, India, &c , via Southampton, will be dispatched
from London on the morning of the 20th instant.

Leaving to the brilliant author of a Coningsby'r the
task of portraying the new generation, the mysterio°„,
author of " Cecil ' seems determined to amuse the w0r.,11.'
at the expense of the old. The Court of George Iv'
has already been laid open by his caustic pen, with
degree of fearlessness that would make us tremble if
it
slid not make us laugh—and " SELF " may be regard
we are told, as a catalogue raisonnee of the portraits el
Sir Thomas Lawrence illustrated by the pen of a Grain'
mont.
REVELATIONS OF SPAIN IN 1845.—The important
work just published under the above title is exec
ing extraordinary interest. The editor, in his Pre:
face, does not claim too much for it, when he says (ate'
adverting to the talents of the author, and the oppertuf:
pities which his long residence in the country had a
forded for extensive and minute observation) There
is scarcely any subject of interest connected with SOO
and its inhabitants that the author has not handled 01'
detail. The country, under all its aspects, and the people,
in all the phases of their contradictory and bizarre ehe:
ratter, pass before our eyes. Spain fighting and feast;
ing, pronouncing and fraternising ; Spain in the Oren
and in the Senate-house, torturing bulls and baiting
Ministers ; Spain in its hours of mad folly and its rare
moments of reflection.
USEFUL IN VENTION.—PATENT MACHINE FOR PAWS°
ACCOUNT BOOKS, NUMBERING RAILWAY TICKETS, 801
This is the most expeditious mode we have yet seen °
printing consecutive numbers, and there can be little
doubt that its simplicity will insure its adoption in many
of the public offices. The greatest credit is due to alr;
Shaw, the inventor, for this improvement, and we h°P-
he may reap the reward which his ingenuity deserves
The machine, which is a very handsome apparatus'
erected on a pedestal, attached to which is a table,
justible to the size of any book. Before this table the
o sits, and, as fast as the leaves can be turtle"'
against a guide, the serial numbers are impressed, one
action of a lever instantaneou,ly changing and inking
the figures. Provision is made for printing all °du
numbers, or all even numbers, the necessity of vvilic,„
will be obvious, when it is mentioned that the rig"'
hand pages of a book are completed before those at the
left are commenced, and this is effected without
causing any change in the usual action of the machine.
We think the Stamp and Post-Offiees should look
to the
invention*
Relieved
Telescopes. INVENTED SPECTACLES, Deafness enevea
Telescopes. Opera Glasses, &c., 39, Albemarle-street,Pie.
ca di ly. Deafness Acoustic Instruments—lnvisible
Conduct. rs when fixed in the cavity of the ears are rot
perceptible, they enable individuals at an advanced all:
and of forty and fifty years' standing, of extreme des
ness, instantly to join in general conversation, and
°
catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church'
tO
theatre, &c.—lt pours the conversation into the ears
ot
such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cane
be observed. Also original Ear Cornets, Freoch
German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and ImprovedheT:a
ims Trumpets of every description. Immediately tt`-ci
Newly Invented Spec acles -are placed before impell,se
vision that mist and dullness which appear before,
eyes is removed, every object becomes clear and distieci
so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright
brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and n„.4
ginal state. Also Achromatic Waistcoat Telescopes e,
Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescopes of larger
with increasing powers, for Shooting, Sea purposes, °I/
upon stand for astronomical observations, with the OPA':
brated Lenses of the most clear, transparent brilliancYci
the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright
brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordinary dists%,
are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, at,
rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a great rreod
Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians 50f
Aurists, are not in any way connected with a persona
the same name in their immediate neighbourhood Iths
in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes
cautious, and observe,—Only to be had st 39, Albecaa:
street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
no6ll
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOD- jif
AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS ! AN ASTOUNDING Cligtioii
THIS MIRACULOUS MEDICINE, AFTER EVERY OTHER Ms
HAD FAILED !—See extract of his Lordship's letter, "vo.
Villa Messina, Leghorn, the 21st February, 1845. " `
fessor H-4.lloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your Plh,
have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stonsaeo
which all the most eminent of the faculty at home, linci.orl
nay, not st..o
over the Continent, had not been able to effect,
the waters of Carlsbad or Mamenbad.—Signed, AldbOr"ea
These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the liver
of
stomach. Sold ( also Holloway's Ointment) at Proles
be
Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice rsalot
had gratis), and by all medicine vendors throughout the eilln
world.
NEW PIER AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE..—III COD fr,
quence of the many fatal steam-boat accidents at Blac`;,
friars-bridge wooden pier, the Corporation have come toor
determination of erecting a new pier of safe construction, AlOO
which purpose on and after this day the second Lenuos
lower side„arch will be closed till the completion of the 0-
pier. —met

THS. wit°
On the 9th of FebruaryB,
latß the Luz, near Madras, the dreS
of Lieutenant T. Greenaway, of the 46th Regiment D',a
Native Infantry, of a daughter. fla °as •
On the 27th ult., at Greek-street, Soho, Mrs. Th°—
Wilson, of a daughter. A street-
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. W. H. Wright, Ob.'
road, of a daughter. v thelif 0
On the 3d inst., at Bernard-street, Russell-square, -
of James Cockell, Esq., of a son, still-born.
ac daughter. IA If'
On the 3d inst., at Lorn-road, Brixton, Mrs. Char
Engelbh, of a
of Lfi'rli'

On the Ist inst., the wife of W. J. Bovill, Esq.,
hall lane, Clapham, Surrey, of a son.
H. R. Isr'
On the Ist inst., at Vassal-road, Brixton, Mrs.
riott, of a son. ii, ft'
On the 2d inst., at the Priory, Homerton, the lady a
Blyth, Esq.,
inst. ,of a son. job°
On the 2d at the Avenue, Streatham, the wife of
Beckwith Towse, Esq., of a son.
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RIED.
On the 6th ult., at St. m
JAames'Rs Church, Clerkenwe,A9 Ite'
tenant Frederick Huse Chitty, of the 40th Madras Sati%Tesa°
fantrv, to Eleanor Jane, only eaughter of the late Rev-
John Brazier, Rector of Market Drayton, Salop. e the
On the 2d inst., at the church of All Souls, Maryleha
H C
on. harles Gore, to the Countess of Kerry. Cab
On the 27th ult., at Worthenbury Church, W. F. ki—betb,
Esq., of Cerney House, Gloucestershire, to Ellen Eljzvanlralf
second daughter of Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., 0"-
Flintshire. .„,aut
On the 2d inst., Henry Currey, Esq.,
Westminster, to Emily Harriet, youngest daughter °`
Charles Price, Bart., of Spring-grove, Richmonil:___.../
of Old Palace-Vsir

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rd
DIEb. • Stag°
On the 28th of January last, at Madras, Captain
Vardon, Madras Engineers, aged 36. late
On the 30th ult , Frances, second daughter of the
James Death, of Waltham Abbey, aged 24. Sari
On the 2d inst., at Hindon-street, Pimlico, 1'h1.6"
Donmall, aged 86. nougiq
On the 3d inst., at Bryanston-square, William— t 0
Scott, youngest son of Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Bar •
Great Barr, Staffordshire.
On the 10th of February, on his passage home (0111', of
South Wales, Ambrose, the brother of S. Hallo,
Stamford-street, Blackfriars. Pir•
On the 17th of Fe bruar, a Kinston, Jamaica,
Scott, chief officer of the Liyffey,t Royagl mail steam-Psce",
On the 21st ult.. at Peckham, Mr. Thomas Chanel
i r
of Bow-lane, builder. t rehire'
On the 31st ult., at Southrop Vicarage, Glouces-e
Frederick, fifth son of the Rev. W. J. Walker.
On the 29th ult , at Kentish-town, Mrs.
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L-uulisuod MURDO A Chark•Yulito.
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun office,,„„ti of
Strand, in the Preeiact of the Savoy, in the
Midanitio Monday, £p 7, IW.

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
A TRAIN, consisting of a limited number of FIRST-CLASS
CARRIAGES, which is to perform the journey between LONDON
and BIRMINGHAM iu THREE HOURS, -will COMMENCE
RUNNING not later than the Ist of MAY next.
Particulars will be given hi a futurt.,n,t,•,2.
By order,
R. CREED, Secretary.

Enaton Station, April 2, 1845

REDUCTION of FARES by the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, and REDUCTION of CHARGES at the ROYAL
HOTEL, SLOUGH.
CDOTESIO has the honour to make known to
World• the Nobility, Gentry, the Mercantile and the Agricultural
, that the