The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-05 00:00:00

ItA ILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lO5O 1047 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1133 75 .. 1130
Geneva ..
Southern
Western
Eastern „ 552 50 .. 552 50
Sardinian 365 ..
Austrian
Lombard

Private letters from Genoa allege that the agita-
tion observable in various parts of Italy is only
superficial, and that it originates in the efforts of
aby no means numerous party, and express confi-
dence in the maintenance of tranquillity and public

order.
DEATH FROM THE BITE OF AN ADDER.—On
Wednesday afternoon Dr. Lankester, coroner for Middle-
sex, received information of the death of a girl, named
Maria Sewell, the daughter of a laundress, residing in Bed-
ford New-town, St. Pancras, which was occasioned by the
bite of an adder on the previous day. It appears that the
girl's brother had procured the reptile about a week ago,
and kept it in a box, and she was proceeding to feed it, as
she had been in the habit of doing for some days, when the
adder suddenly darted out and bit het on the inside of the
upper lip. She was immediately seized with extreme pain,
and in about 20 minutes began swelling about the head
and neck to such an extent that not a feature was recog-
nizable. Medical assistance was procured and antidotes
applied, but the whole system had become BO violently
affected that the poor girl expired before she could be re-
moved to the North London Hospital.

lAN ACCOMPLISHED THlEF.—Yesterday afternoon
information was circulated to the various police stations
that a robbery had been committed by a well-dressed man,
who called at the residence of Mr. George Barham, St.
Michael's-place, Brompton, and representing himself as a
well-known comedian, in search of an old relative, who
formerly was a tenant of Mr. Barham's, he was kindly re-
ceived and entertained. His conversational powers engrossed
the attention of all present, and when he was about to leave
he received a pressing invitation to call again. Before his
departure, however, under some pretence he left the parlour
and quietly entered an apartment adjoining, from a drawer
in which he stole a considerable sum of money and a quan-
tity of jewelry. The loss was not discovered for some time
after the delinquent had disappeared.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXIII-
IItIT slto. N .—Yesterday evening Mr. Bedford held at inquest
a
George's Hospital into the circumstances connected
with the death of Henry Coe, aged 32, a stoker, who lost
his life in the following way :—lt appeared deceased was in
the employ of Messrs. Geeves, of New-wharf-road, Penton-
ville, who are exhibitors in the American department at the
Exhibitima. On Monday fortnight deceased took some
friends to the Exhibition to see a cork-cutting machine.
H e pulled the strap off the machine, and by some means got
his arm under the circular knife, by which his aim was cut li
in a frightful manner. He was at once conveyed to the hos-
pital, but he expired from the injuries, inflammation of the
arm setting in. Verdict, accidental death.
Her Majesu the Empress has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Count de Fersigny, Minister of the Interior,
dated St.Cloud,3d Sept. :—" Monsieur le Ministre--I thank
you for the eagerness with which you have transmitted to
me to the deliberations of the Councils-General in favour of
the Society of the Prince Imperial. lam happy to see with
what unanimity the idea has been taken up tin oughout the
Empire of an institution which associates youth with
labour, and which is placed under the patronage of the
Princ3 Imperial. But at the same time that I honour the
act of kindness performed in each Council-General, I am
particularly touched with the sentiments which have been
expressed towards my son and myself, and I desiro that you
will make known the expression of my gratitude in all the
departments. Be assured of the entiments of high esteem
which I feel for you,—EvckENlE,"

LAW-THIS DAY.

SHERIFFS' OURT.
(Before Jo} ce.)
FUN" AND ITS ARTISTS -EXTRAORDISARY

CHAMBERS V. M'LEAN.
This was an action to recover XI for six drawings
alleged to have been used, or partly used in a periodical
called Fun.

The plaintiff said he was an artist, and had left many
sketches at the Fun office, in Pleet-street. He found that
six of those drawings had been used and his charge was
£4. Fun was a humorous periodical, and defendant was
ploprietor. Witness had one of the numbers with him.
His Honour—Let me see it.
The number was handed up and the attention of the
court called to a picture.

His Honour - (reading) "Putting his pipe out.'
(Laughter.) Well, it does look like it. If all the six are
like this one they are cheap enough.
Defendant cross-examined the plaintiff with a view to
showing that only one of the sketches had been used.
Plaintiff said he had drawn one on wood, but the en-
graving was so bad it could not be used.
His Honour—That is not his fault, that is the fault of
the engraver.

Plaintiff—One of the sketches bore reference to the great
Wyndham affair, and was headed "How to become a ce-
lebrity."

Defendant said he had paid 15s. 6d. into court for the
sketch used, and that was five shillings more than Fun
usually paid.

Plaintiff admitted that he had bad drawings returned to
him, and defendant urged that the periodical was only
liable for the sketch used. If Fun were liable for such
claims as the present, it might have many such demands,
and, indeed, had at the present time. Again, plaintiff had
no right to charge more than the periodical had previously
paid him, but

His Honour said that all depended on circumstances,
and plaintiff could not be expected to tie himself down to
any particular price. Upon the evidence, defendant must
pay £2 ss. in addition to the money paid, into court, with
full costs.
Verdict for plaintiff.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
GAUBERT V. PUDDY.-HOW ARE YOUR POOR TEETH?
'I he plaintiff in this case is a dentist in Langham-place,
Portland-place, and the defendant is a bootmaker in
Panton-street, Haymarket, and the action was brought to
recover the sum of £lO for a set of false teeth. The de-
fendant pleaded that he was never indebted.

Mr. Smith, from Messrs. Gold and Son, stated the case,
from which it appeared that the plaintiff was acquainted
with a friend of the defendant's, and the plaintiff was re-
quested to drop in in a friendly way and look at the defen-
dant's " poor teeth." The investigation was condemna-
tory of the natural, and it was resolved that a new set of
false teeth should be supplied, and the defendant's mouth
was refurnished, and the defendant not only professed him-
self to be satisfied but highly delighted, but after having
used them for some two or three months he did not think
they operated so well as the natural masticators, and he
refused to pay.

The plaintiff said he attended on the defendant several.
times to see how they were working, and they appeared to
do so uncommonly well. (Laughter.) Defendant could
eat and drink with them apparently to his great satisfaction
—in fact they were nest door to natural. A question then
arose as to the price, and he (plaintiff) said they would be
£lO. Defendant said he could not afford that, and plaintiff
said that if so defendant ought not to have had them, but,
nevertheless, he would take the cost of materials and work-
manship, and he would take £6, which defendant promised
to pay at first, but afterwards said they would not do ; but
they were going on very lvell—quite as well as could be
expected, for it took two or three months to get them set-
tled. Defendant kept on grumbling, but he kept the teeth
for a time and then rejected them.
The defence was that they were useless,

The Learned Secondarysaid—lf so; if they 'were of no
use the defendant could yet be called on to pay; but the
jury would decide whether the defendant had derived a
benefit.

The Jury, which, singularly, was composed of six gen-
tlemen of the Hebrew persuasion, and six of other creeds,
consulted for some time; but not coming to a speedy con-
clusion, three or four impatient taps were heard, The
officer of the Court called for " Order in Court," Silence,”
&c., but the manifestation of impatience continued, until
the Learned Secondary said, " Gentlemen—have you con-
sidered your verdict ?

The Foreman—Yes ; we find for the plaintiff £lO.
A few more taps in approval followed.

.•
The bold disturber of judicial rule was again called to
order, and proved to be a dog, who had dropped in with a
friend of one of the parties, and he took his departure evi-
dently well satisfied at the result of the trial.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. LUKE'S.

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This (Friday) morning, about six o'clock, a fire of a
serious character, and nearly attended with fatal cense-,
quenees to a whole household, consisting of five or six fami-
lies, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Marshall,
of Edgware, but let oat in tenements, situate at No. 2,
Honduras-street, Old-street, St. Luke's. The fire was dis-
covered by one of the inmates experiencing a suffocating
sensation, caused by heated smoke. He at once jumped out
of bed and made an alarm, and after great difficulty and at
no little risk of losing his own life, managed to make the
other inmates sensible of their danger. The police, upon
hearing cries for help proceeding from the house, at once
sent for the assistance of the hoyal Society's escapes and
engines. In a very brief period two of the former attended,
followed by the engines of the parish and London brigade.
A supply of water having been procured, the engines were
set to work (the whole of the inmates having been previ-
ously rescued), but in spite of the exertions of the brigade
the flames continued to progress, and in less than a
quarter of an hour from the time they were discovered, the
building presented a broad sheet of fire, and the fearfal
element was rushing with the greatest impetuosity out
of nearly every window, and also through the roof. The
firemen, however, by great perseverance, managed to con-
fine the fire to the premises in which it began, but it could
not be subdued until the building and the humble furni-
ture of the several inmates were all but consumed, and what
was most unfortunate, none of the sufferers were insured
for a single penny. The origin of the misfortune is en-
veloped in obscurity. The police of the G division afforded
great assistance to the firemen by keeping an immense mul-
titude of spectators out of danger.
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