The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-16 00:00:00

Percentages to Servants•

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. •
,c 1
SlR,—Having read the article which appear the
your widely- circulated paper, on the 13th inst.,
°n the
above subject, I beg to make a few remarks 00 nr
same, trusting you will allow space for them ill 37°0
next edition. Respecting the bills of employers' ifibr
by their servants, the evil complained of is ea to
remedied. Most tradesmen in London profetv.
allow a certain amount of discount on theirrthe
If, therefore, the employer does not demo"
said discount, I consider it no crime on the Isr'oro
a servant to accept such discount. "flitch Iner-
creditable to a tradesman to pay the same t° a +l,O
vant, when not demanded by their employer,
ey
withhold it, and add to the growing evil on t'',et
part of late." My idea on the subject is thi'9'
all discount on bills be duly returned on tile P:;er'
ment of the same, and handed over to the m111°9.7,10
oa
who will Now, no doubt, be a consider,o P
gainer," by appropriating the percentage to his hig
use, and allowing the servants entrusted to pgiary
their bills an additional sum to their yearly no
equivalent to the percentages withheld from th

—I am, sir, your obedient servant,
A VicTl3l•

WYSE v. WYSE.—In a recent communication Wo
the Editor of Saunders's News Letter,
Wyse, the brother of the late ambassador at Greece'
wites as follows : " Having noticed some rasel:
racies in your report of the case of ns:'d
Wyse, in the Court of Chancery, on last -rr-Adi
gr. Georg
I am anxious to correct some of the statements made
se,
The estates of my brother, the late Sir Thomas " "81;
were left to me by will, for life, in remainder to other der
representatives of the family (not to my daughter), in 'I. by
to prevent this ancient property being
sale ; 2d. The chief motive which induced me to Iv' „.
shedraw my :opposition to the petitioner, was n'S Of
disposed
agreed to resettle these estates according to the wlof dis-
his father, and which had been one of the ea
hes
pute during his lifetime. You will oblige ni°
all
immediate insertion to this letter, as I that
is
conception should be avoided." rria bill for tlie
THE NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE.----- e •desthat
concentration of the courts of justice POvi of the
in making up fees from the suitors (other than these funds
Court of Chancery) the residue or deficiency ill thet •s to
provided for the new building, the mode of Parlie to - be
be a redemption annuity of 4 per cent. on the sil,,nlrni not
thus made up, which annuity is to be paid for tivios, of
exceeding 50 years. The suitors (other than
as
bet
Chancery) are to contribute in proportion, as far as ni
to the extent of the use made by them of the bliiidil the
contribution is to be l • •
levied by ase agate fee, c" he 1).-111.
rent of courts fees," to be collected by stamps' „
provides that causes at present tried at Guildha"
Westminster aro to be tried in the new building. told
A MODEL BIGAMIST.—On Friday, a telegrai'
Superintendent Griffin, of Gloucester, to 1001::31),
for a schoolmaster, named William Trim, who charge,
sconded from Roath, Glamorganshire, who Was c,oco-
with bigamy, and who was expected to be then in Criect of
ter, having come from Derby to meet the second ebivibero
his choice. Two constables went to the station,
reot,
they espied a gentleman, wearing a light grey °TAe by
felt hat, with spectacles on nose, and a bag susPell.,%e
a strap from the shoulders. They walked up to h. ij ' aifi
saluted him with " Good morning, Mr. Trim,"_giviDg,J;
a hearty shake of the hand. He said he was quit° a add,
but in a moment, as if recollecting himself, hen 5110
" You are both mistaken ; my name is not Try' 0011
only increased the officers' suspicion, and Mr. Trtito coo'
against his will, was ushered into the presence 01 t thiei
stable in waiting, who pulled out the handetiffs',:ffi:
clink of which Trim remarked, "I am the want %on
walk without them." In August last year, whellif elisoleAT
in Devonshire, Mr. Trim married a young Werlaa;ned
Dufty. • A fortnight afterwards his wife was eelnotsitc,i
he left for Roath. He at once formed an sait:orrie
with another woman, named Griffiths, where
and lived with for four month she purchasing t'''
hold furniture with her own money. I;4lrilight'• 1t
time Trim kept up a correspondence with
wife. Last week, however, she, having got areal° 1.,
c,l
alone, took train for Heath, where Trim roet t !oat o,
took her to the home of his second wife and insole
her as his cousin. The two wives became yell
and the party dined together. In the afternooato
had to leave to
attend school, and after hiss©t'a a Pe;
baby fell asleep. The first wife, thinking -,ljoa
feet right to the bedroo of her husband/ tlbedroom%
stairs and put the child to bed. The second
wed,the
ing this was a great liberty of a cousin, ittivioshe
much to her surprise, found the first wife e%tbtacioiecV4s
bed clothes. Upon being asked what she IV° ii;cP,-e,
replied, "I think it very foolish of William t°
0 if)
furniture so expensive as this must be." 1111,,i5',110
took the mistress of the house by surprise, an -,olcl
told the other that William was her husband r
perfect right to purchase whatever goods he tivaed 0104
per.' The scene of surprise and grief that 0101,and
sad
imagined. William was summoned from sCll°oo,,rg° 0,1
,00 e
ioijooa
taxed with infidelity. He admitted the „hol
implored forgiveness. He then left the neigilb'dee Ile 1 deed
went to Derby. Having no means of subsistat ec'
to his second wife asking for money. The letter '"witi,iii
on d
over to the police, and 16s. was sent to hire
tons to go to Gloucester and meet his second fife eopotot
day. He wrote back, expressing his thanks, no Cli6 ate
ing, "I hope, dear Kate, the time will notee afectileie•
when I can embrace you to the bosom of Yto. chtl
Will." What followed we have told.-61°11,,rcesaerelaPpiti,
EFFECTS OF THE SEVERE COLD.--' en, -
of 0 0
various parts of the metropolis gangs ant
the
inclerc:_,,,ioriq
dently in much distress, owing to the
the weather, were seen patrolling the streets 17,cfeo 01'4 by
sympathy of the public. The effect of the seilveereiy loop)
expected visitation of the frost has been 1001, ea
St
industrious poor during the last few days, tn Y recetv,lo ';c11,
exhausted what charitabl supply of coals
.e
additlo_ il
,„o ,t 0
the commencement of thee winter.
large numbers have been thrown out of
„ icloo
bricklayers, plasterers, navvies, Bcc. The Ilull'eeci° bsevoro
houses, with which the metropolis is threrig,c,,,tioo;
ii:191)t0 atf°°
th
been crowded, and in many instances the
11°
exceeded the means of the lodging-i,°--es A Of t
accommodation required. he Prue° Setl•
The basin of ornamental water in t
and
Clete foil
Luxembourg Palace has just been drainetl_ barrol, ho
From it have been taken cartloads of mild a':
d Os,
of children's toys, particularly boats ttil u and
ba
foundered on stormy days ; also Ws,
accumulation of the last sevenyease•

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