The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-17 00:00:00

L ATV IA TELLIG.ENCE.—(This Day.)

SHERIFF'S COURT.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS AND THEIR PERQUISITES.-SMITH

V. GRAY.

This was an action in which plaintiff, Rho had been a
cook in the service of the defendant, sought to recover a
sum of money as an equivalent for kitchen perquisites ac-
cording to agreement.

The plaintiff said she agreed with Mrs. Gray (since dead)
for £l2 per annum, Is. 6d. for the wash and 2s. per week
for the fat money. This money had been paid very regu-
larly until recently, and for the fat money for so many
weeks the present action was brought.
Plaintiff called a witness, who said she had received the
fat money from her mistress to give the plaintiff.
Defendant admitted that the death of his wife rendered it
impossible for him to controvert the testimony given. He
could only say that he never agreed to pay perquisite money.
Sometimes a present was made to the cook to make her care-
ful, but it could not be demanded.
The Court—A present may sometimes be construed into
a right through long continuance. The system of allowing
perquisites to domestic servants is both immoral and vicious.
It leads to servants robbing their employers, for where
there are perquisites there are always receivers hanging
about, and temptation frequently leads to servants adding
to their store by pilfering first small articles and then
articles of value. My advice to employers is,—pay your
servants good, honest, substantial wages, and say to them,
" Now mind, nothing in this house belongs to you," and
robberies by domestic servants will soon be discontinued.
Verdict for plaintiff.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THREATENING TO RIP UP A. MAN.—William Hack,
a porter attending the auction-rooms of Mr. Phillips, New
Bend street, was charged with threatening to stab Mr.
Jefferson, a commission agent, of Leigh-street, Red Lion-
square.

The complainant—l purchased some goods at Mr. Phil-
lips's on Saturday, and while speaking to a porter the de-
fendant came up and said, " Let me have a go at him—
punch away." The defendant then grinned savagely at me,
and pulled out a knife, and said, " I'll rip you up." I
followed him outside to give him in charge, and when I
had done so he broke away from the constable and began
striking me. He then seized me by the arm and bit my
hand. I was told that he was mad, but Ido not think
he is.

Defendant—There were 20 of these commissien agents.
Did you (to the complainant) try to throw me down stairs,
and did you not say you would knock my eyes out ?
The complainant—No.

Wm. Darbyshira, of 118, King's-road, Chelsea, con-
firmed some of the complainant's statement, and said there
was a regular row in the rooms, and Mr. Phillips ordered
the defendant to be turned out. He heard the defendant
threaten to rip up the complainant.
Defendant—Why, you will say anything. You have
robbed the magistrate.
The witness Darbyshire said he saw the defendant

"roll" into the complainant.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the witness what he meant by
" rolling" into the complainant, and the witness said ha
meant pitched into him or fought at him.
Defendant said all the complainant's friends were ele-
vated a good deal. They belonged to a society, and be-
cause he did not they had an ill-feeling against him. He
had to appeal to the magistrates at that court, and on the
very morning in question the complainant looked at him
like the " old gentleman." He would like to know what
he was to do.

Mr, Tyrwhitt—Certainly not to rip up the complainant,
and you must find one surety to keep the peace towards the
complainant.

THAMES.

A CASE FOR THE BENEVOLENT.—PoIice-sergeant Gee,
No. 14 11, called the attention of Mr. Woolrych to a case
of real distress which he respectfully submitted was one
deserving of favourable consideration, and entitled to
some relief from the funds placed at the disposal of the
magistrates by the benevolent In December last a police-
constable, named Thomas Green, who had been for 243 ears
an efficient and well-conducted member of the force, died,
after a few weeks' illness, leaving a widow and five children
unprovided for. During his lifetime Green was at the expense
of giving his children a good education, and two of them, a boy
and a girl, obtained situations as pupil-teachers, one at
£25, and the other at £25 per annum. Both died last week
after a very short illness, of fever contracted in the school
in which they were engaged. The poor bereaved widow,
who had now three young children to maintain, was ill
and in a very destitute condition, and was unable to defray
the expense of decently interring the remains of her de-
ceased child en. The widow was a very deserving woman,
and any relief extended to her would be well bestowed.
Mr. Woolrych said the poor woman should be relieved
with a small sum from the poor-box fund, and directed Mr.
Livingston, the chief usher, to make the necessary inquiries,
and report to him the result.

SU.P.PLEMENTABY ESTIMATE FOR TILE ARMY.

The following is the supplementary estimate for the ser-
vices of the army for the year 1861-2 :

Land forces—pay and allowances £11,785
Do. miscellaneous charges 76,510
Manufacturing establishments, military store-
keepers, barrack masters, lodging money,
rents, &a.
Wages of artificers, labourers, and others
Clothing and necessaries. 178,500
Provisions, forage, fuel and light, barrack
furniture, bedding, &o.
Warlike stores for land and sea service 170,077
7,362
Barracks

T0ta1....

TEE INTERNA.TIONAL EXHIBITIO N

The following report has been addressed to her
Majesty's Commissioners by the professional mem-
bers of the Building Committee of the International
Exhibition :

" To the Commissioners of the International
Exhibition.

"My Lords and Gentleman,—Feeling that it
would be a source of satisfaction to the Commis-
sioners, as well as to ourselves, as members of the
Building Committee, and also a due precaution for
the public safety, that the gallery and other floors
of the International Exhibition Building, at South
Kensington, should be thoroughly proved, we un-
dertook a series of experiments on Monday last.
"We have to report that, in carrying out these
experiments the various floors and stairs were put
to a more severe test than they would be subjected
to with the largest number of people that could
possibly be assembled upon them at any other time
during the exhibition. The results of these experi-
ments fully bear out our calculations on the strength
of the different parts of the structure, and we feel
perfectly satisfied as to the stability of the building
for the purpose for which it was intended.
" The two large domes, in the strength of which
we have taken great interest, were eased from their
temporary support last week, and no observable
settlement took place.
" The following are the particulars of the tests :
—the first caused a large body of men, about 400 in
number, to be closely packed upon a space 25ft. on
'one lay of flooring; we then moved them in step,
and afterwards made them run over the different
galleries, and down each staircase ; at the same time
we caused the deflections of the girders carrying
these floors to be carefully noted at several places,
and had the satisfaction of finding that, in each casees
the deflections were very nearly the
tecernintgres:
same,en s
ttrhuues.
exhibiting a remarkable uniformity in the n
tion. The cast-iron girders, with 25
deflected only one-eighth of an inch at eetthbec
and the timber-trussed beams of the same bearing
placed between these girders deflected half en inch
at the centre. In every instance the
immediately
on ance the girders and
trusses recovered theirori
the removal of the loagd._alpos
gentlemen, yours faithfully, Ve are, my lords and
" WM. FAIRBAIRN,
13WILLIAM BAKER, C.E.
" London, peb. 2, "

THE COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN ROBERTSON.
—This inquiry, which has already occupied five or six days,
was resumed on Friday, and again adjourned until Thurs-
day next.