The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—May I ask the assistance of your column
to give publicity to my contradiction of o• report,
which has been embodied in newspaper paragraphs,
that I have become manager of the Olympic Theatre
My friends, Messrs. Emden and Robson, are still
the prosperous managers of that very successful
little theatre, and long may they remain so I
I should not have thought it necessary to con•
tradict this report, but that it has drawn on me a
flood of letters, the answering of which makes a
serious inroad on the time of

Yours respectfully, Tom TAYLOR.
Lavender-sweep, Wandsworth, Feb. 17.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY•

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders itZ
this company was held this afternoon at the London.
Tavern. Mr. James Goodson, chairman of the board of
directors, presided.
The CHAIRMAN said it was satisfactory to know that
during the past half-year the traffic had been remunera-
tive. lie had to communicate an increase in the revenue
of the past half-year, as compared with that of the corre-
sponding period of 1862, of £33,202 12s. 3d., the whole of
which had accrued in the goods traffic, earnings, the pas..
senger receipts having been nearly the same as those for
December half year of 1862, when they were largely in-
creased by the passenger traffic to the International Exhibi-
tion. It was proposed to pay a dividend on this occasion at
the rate of £2 lOs per cent. per annum. This would require
£104,494 15s, leaving £2,221 18s ld to be carried forward
to the next account. Under the circumstances, he thought
this would be found a satisfactory dividend, inasmuch as
they had for a long time been struggling with difficulties,
but were now emerging into light. Having referred to
the extensions proposed, and to the London and Hotter-
dam traffic via Harwich, the Chairman concluded by
moving the adoption of the report.
Captain JERVIS. M.P., seconded the motion, which after
a lengthened discussion, was adopted.
A resolution declaring the' dividend was agreed to, and
it was announced that the warrants would be posted on
Monday, the 20th inst.

THE CASE OF MADAME BIIONAPABTE WYSE
against Mr. Lewis, her late attorney, was resumed
in the Common Pleas yesterday morning, and after Es
masterly address from Mr. Whiteside for the fair plaintiff,
and the charge of the judge, the jury found a verdict for
£4OO damages, and £l5O on the money counts, for money
received by Mr. Lewis for her use, and costs. The verdict
was received with applause in a crowded court.

The baptism of the Infanta to whom the Queen.
of Spain has recently given birth, took place on Sunday
last in the Chapel Royal of the Palace at Madrid. The god-
father and godmother were Duke Robert of Parma and hi
sister, Margarita-Theresa, represented by Don Francis de
Puala, and the Marchioness de Novalisches, gouvernante of
the Prince of the Asturias and his Royal sisters. The
Papal Nuncio was present, and the ceremony was performed
by the Patriarch of the Indies. The Infanta received the
names of Maria-Eulalia-Francisca-Margarita, etc., etc., the
whole number of names being, according to the Madrid
journals, above eighty. The Infante Don Philippe, son of
the Duke de Montpensier, is better.

The Ost-Deutsche Post states that a fall of snow,
nearly black, took place a few days back at Purkersdorf, in
Austria. On being examined with a microscope, it was
found to be covered with exceedingly small insects, which
had given to it a dark colour.

The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just given

judgment in an action brought by M. Saigne,
retired builder, against M. Lambert, stock-broker, to recover
a sum of 62,886 f. In March, 1862, M. Saigne accused a
man and his wife named Leroy, who had been living with
him as domestics, of having abstracted 200 bonds of the
Northern Railway, which M. Lambert sold for them at the
Bourse for the above sum. They were tried by the Court
of Assizes on the 19th July, 1861, and acquitted, the female
prisoner having pleaded in her defence that the bonds had
been given to her by M. Saigne as an acknowledgment of
certain complaisances on her part. Immediately after the
trial, M. Saigne commenced civil proceedings against Leroy
and his wife to recover the 62,886 f., and obtained a judg-
ment in his favour, but the defendants took their mea-
sures so adroitly that he has never been able to derive any
benefit from the decision. Being thus baffled in his efforts
to recover his property from the Leroys, M. Saigne com-
menced an action against M. Lambert, whom he considered
liable, on the ground that he had not taken proper precau-
tions to ascertain the position of the Leroys before he
handed over to them the value of the bonds. M. Lambert's
counsel, however, proved that Leroy had been introduced
to M. Lambert in 1859, and had subsequently on several
occasions employed him to make purchases. M. Lambeit,
therefore, had no reason to suspect Leroy of anything
wrong. The Avocat-Imperial having also expressed his
opinion that M. Lambert's conduct was perfectly blameless,
the Tribunal gave a judgment rejecting M. Saigne's de•
mand, and condemned him to pay all costs of suit.

LIFE BOAT SERVICE.—REDCAR, YORKSHIRE,
Wednesday Night.—The Redcar lifeboat of the
National Life Boat Institution has this day been instru-
mental in saving seven persons from the brig Brothers, of
South Shields, which was wrecked on the rock off Redcar.
The crew of the lifeboat experienced great difficulty in
effecting this rescue, as there was hardly sufficient water
on the rocks over which the boat had to pass, and she sub.
sequently struck on them. The lifeboat which is the oldest
in the kingdom, is reported to have behaved very well on
this trying occasion.
EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE BY A CLERGYMAN
AT LOWESTOFT.—An occasional correspondent has
sent us the details of an extraordinary fracas which occurred
on the London-road on the afternoon of the sth inst. It
seems that as Captain Cherry—a near relative, we believe,
of the late Admiral Sir Charles Napier—was leaving a house
in Kirtley-street, a young lady, his cGusin, happened to be
passing on horseback in company with her father, the Rev.
H. Jodrell, rector of Gisleham. Miss Jodrell, on observing
the captain, rode up to him, and shook him warmly by the
hand—a proceeding which her father seems to have deeply
resented, for he assailed the captain with a torrent of abuse,
I and struck him violently on the eyes and mouth, causing
blood to flow freely. Miss Jodrell rode in between thetas
and thus for some time kept her father from the
repetition of his violent assault, but the crowd at last took
charge of the rev. gentleman, till Mr. Cherry, having
finished his colloquy with his cousin, quietly departed. The
statement we have received goes into details of the violent
conduct and profane language used by the rev. gentleman
Weirefrain, however, from giving them publicity at ts,
inasmuch as the matter is under judicial investigation.
number of rumours, some of which are ecarce!y-
credible,
have reached us, imparting to the case a
very romantia
character ; but for the reason above stated we postpone
°oßf Ttilh::ohrtsh as
further reference to there for the present.—Nerfolk News.
FLOODS IN THE
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MondayvaleNs
Saturday and Sunday last
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Ridings.
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-- caused considerable
the rivers Rye, Derwent, and
Ouse, with their tributaries, overflowed, and laid the ad.
joining lands under water. On Monday night the floods
were thought to have reached the highest point. At Nor•
ton the banks of the rickyards (Baron's) did not turn the
water, and the works were probably four feet submerged.
The damage to farmers at this season will not be of very
great importance.
WESTERN DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THIA
SHIN,—The twelfth annual meeting of this charity was
held on Tuesday at the Dispensary, 21A, Charlotte-street,
Fitzroy. square. The chair was taken by the president, the
Rev. Canon Dale. The report of the committee was read,
and the meeting separated after a vote of thanks to Air.
Hunt, the surgeon, and to the rev, chairman.
The Opinion Nationale publishes a letter signed
by 54 workm6n and foremen of Paris, in which they
call for seats in the Legislative Body for two de.
puties for the department of the Seine to be chosen
from among the working-classes.
The trial of Mtazini, Imperatori, and the others
accused of a conspiracy against the Emperor's
is expected to take place on the 25th, f
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the only
will be tried by default. lmperatori a
legal
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viler. The court will nominate
' Court of Assizes of the Seine. The is the
one of the prisoners that has selected
I probably be
for the others. The proceedings .730
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interpreter
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for tho prisoners, d
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