The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

THAMES.

RECTOR'S RATE IN SR ADWELL.—ALLEGED ILLEGAL
CRARGES OF A BROKER. -Mr. Cornelius Lyon►, the land-
lord of the George and Vulture public-house in Wapping-
wall, Lower Shadwell, who complained a fortnight since
that his goods were distrained upon for non• payment of a
rector's rate to which he objected on conscientious grounds,
agFiiu appeared before Mr. Woolrych to complain of the
illegal conduct of a broker, named Thwaites, of No. 13,
Upper North-street, East India-road, Poplar. The com-
plainant was accompanied by Mr. Crighton, a Guardian of
the Poor, and other inhabitants of Shadwell, who have
lately entered in a compact in opposition to the rector s
rate, which is levied in pursuance of a local act passed 100
years ago, to provide a stipend for the rector in lieu of
tithes.

Mr. Lyons said he was in arrear 16s. Bd. only, and a
broker named Thwaites seized 18 pewter pots and a pier
glass. The " condemned " price was 28s. Bd. The pro-
perty was knocked down at Middleton's action room, and
sold for .£2 2s. 6d. The legal charges of the distraint
amounted to Ils, 6d., wh,ch he thought was quite sufficient,
when the original debt was only 16s. Bd., in all £1 Bs. 2d.
The broker returned him Its. 2d., which was 2s, 2d less
than the sum to which he was entitled. He refused to re-
ceive less than the proper balance, and the broker said he
should have none. He had since written to the broker for
the real balance of money to which he was entitled, and
had received no anwer to his letter. Ho was opposed to
the payment of the rector's rate, because he was a Roman
Catholic and paid towards the support of his own priest
and church.

Mr. Woolrych said he had nothing whatever to do with
the transaction, and had no jurisdiction to act in this case.
The warrant of distraint was signed by Mr. Statfield and
Mr. Dixon, county magistrates, and if there had been any
irregularity a complaint must be made to those gentlemen,
who would no doubt afford redress.

Mr. Lyons and Mr. Crighton expressed their determina-
tion to seek redress of the two justices, and to agitate the
subject of rector's rates in Shadwell, until the law was re
pealed.

THE HEIR OF FRANCE.—The Prince Imperial,
says a letter from Paris, is now 7 years old, not very
well grown, or what would be called a fine boy for his age,
but healthy, and with an interesting countenance and very
gentil manners. On the occasion of his birthday, the other
dey, he attended the theatre with the Emperor and Empress,
and after the performance walked about among his little
brother soldiers in the pit, distributing bat leysugar, and fol-
lowed by his two small aides-de-camp, all in uniform. He is
very affectionate, and fond of paying little attentions towards
those with whom he is allowed to associate, sending them
bouquets of his own gathering and letters of his own com-
position on their lout s-de- Ate with great regularity. His
inststutrice from his infancy is an Englishwoman, recom-
mended originally by the Queen, and formerly in the house-
hold of the Duchess of Argyll. To those who believe that
the Empress's Ultramontane tendencies are very strong,
and bear much weight in the Councils of State, it may be
surprising to hear that this lady—Miss Shaw—is a strict
Protestant, whose attendance at her own church is entirely
sanctioned by the Empress,
and who is permitted so far to
influence her pupil as to induce him to pass his Sundays
altogether in English fashion. Several times the little fele
low has been known to say that he would not allow people
to work on Sunday as they do in France. Since his seventh
birthday a tutor has been appointed for him—a young man,
M. Meunier, chosen apparently solely for his good moral
qualities. The little Prince, however, still spends the
larger portion of his time with his governess, to whom he
is greatly attached, to whom his parents allow almost entire
authority over him. Another lady attached to the Court
having induced him to disobey her on one occasion, the re-
currence of such an accident was provided against for the
future by the lady being no morn invited to attend on the
Prince. The Emperor's fondness for his child appears to
be extreme, and the little fellow seem, never so happy as
when standing by his father's knees while ha points out to
him whatever maybe likely to amuse the boy's imagination.

Mr. WADE objected to ,ihe suggestion. He thought
" honcurable mention" ought to be dealt with by a separate
resolution.

Mr. HALL could not agree in that opinion, because it
seemed to him quite as important that the one class of ex-
hibitors should be protected as the other.
The words " honourable mention" were then agreed to
be introduced into the resolution.
Mr. JOHNSON moved the next resolution as follows:
"That the prig medal holders and others, to whom awards
were made by virtue of the awards of the jurors, conse-
quent upon the superior skill displayed, have acquired an
interest in the awards, wtdch they are now entitled to con-
sider as a property of commercial value."

Mr. COLES seconded the motion.
A GENTLEMAN present said he was of opinion that the
only value of the medal was us an advertisement. As far
as the awards were concerned, he looked upon the whole
thing as a farce. There was, however, a commercial va ue
attached to them.

Mr. WADE thought the last speaker was rather in oppo-
sition to his opinions. He did not think that anything that
was of commercial value could be considered as a farce. He
was sure the majority of gentlemen present were not of
opinion that the awards were a farce.
The resolution was carried unanimously.

Various other speakers addressed the meeting, but the
decision arrived at was tliat steps be taken to obtain an
act of Parliament during the present session to protect the
right of holders of awards, and to prevent those who had
not from representing to the contrary.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.