The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

SOYER, CLOWN, and BAND in COURT.
DEAN v. SOYER.—The plaintiff in this action sought,
in the Brompton County Court, to recover 151. for the
hire of a band of musicians on the opening-day of the
Great Exhibition, the Ist of May. The King of Cuisines
demurred to the charge as being exorbitant, inasmuch as
Mr. Grattan Cooke, the leader of the 2d Life Guards'
band, had furnished the Symposium with celestial
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the Princess's Theatre, was called to prove the engage-
ment, when it appeared his agile faculties had got him
into difficulties ; for, to amuse the Emperor of Gore
House and his suite, Mr. Flexmore bounded over and
eight feet wall into a laundry. His apparition so scare”
the wash-tubs that the cries of " Murder" and" Thieves
brought the " bobbies" before he could bound back
again, and Police-constable 85 introduced Mr. Flexmore
to the Judge amidst a round of merriment. He deposed
' to being a friend of M. Soyer's, who intrusted him to
engage a band for the opening of the Symposium. He
accordingly engaged Mr. Dean, who bad the first
orchestra in London, and that gentleman attended at
defendant's place on the Ist of May, and played from
eleven to six. M. Soyer afterwards said that he was
glad he sent the band, and was delighted with their
performance. From what he know of the customary
charge for orchestral fetes, he should ray that one
guinea per musician was but fair, and that Mr. Grattan
Cooke, by charging 51. for ten performers at a fete, was
doing an injustice to himself, his profession, and M.
Soyer Mr. Sutton, and other members of the band,
deposed to their playing, and to the terms being very rea-
sonable, M. Soyer said he resisted the demand, first, from
non-liability; and, secondly, from exorbitance. It was
true, Mr. Flexmore spoke to him about the band, but he
thought Mr. Flexmore must have laboured under a mis-
take when he stated that which he had. He was pestered
with applications from orchestral leaders, and he be-
lieved, at the time he gave Mr. Flexmore permission to
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that if Mr. Grattan Cooks chose to
play for nothing, he could do so—with that the plaintiff
could have no concern. He thought the justice of the
ease would bo met by giving a verdict for 101. and costs.

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COURT OF • COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a court was held for the distal Itch a
public business.

INQUESTS IN CASES OP FIRE.

The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court the fol.
lowing communication from the Coroner of Lon•
don :

" My. Lord and Gantlemen,—As I shall not have
occasion to render any further accounts to the Corpo-
ration on the subject of inquests in cases of house
burning, I be_g respectfully to ask what couxse this
Honourable Court propoies to adopt respec's.ng the
two years' expenses, already laid before it in accord-
ance with the sanction of the corporation in former
years, and of which the Finance Committee have re-
commended the payment.
" I also request permission to mention that the in-
quiry into the cause Of the late extensive fire in. South-
wark (the expenses of which are to be paid by 'Messrs.
Wigan, whose property is destroyed) was productive
of this good result, that the Secretary of Stattl, on be-
ing made acquainted with the verdict of the coroner's
jury, immediately acted upon it; and communicated
to me his intention of offering a reward for the dis-
covery of the guilty party, with a promise of her Ma-
jesty's pardon to,aoy party concerned who would aid
such discovery, except the person who actually set fire
to the premises. r
" nave the honour to be, my Lord and
" Gentlemen your faithful servant,
, _ ifILLIAM PAyNE, Coroner.

" Inner Temple, Set* 26."
Mr: ANDEBTON said' the subject of the letter was
of such a nature as ought not to be slightly passed
over. It involved a Matter of considerable impor-
tande,- particularly in sueh a place as the city of
London, and he should therefore move that it be re-
ferred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee.
Mr. PAEAN seconded the motion, in the belief that
the inquiries alluded to in the letter were deeply in-
teresting to the citizens of London.—(Hear, bear.)
The only opposition which existed to the holding of
such inquests arose from the apprehension of unlimi-
ted expense.
Mr. WHITE said he had been chairman of the com-
mittee, to which the subject had been previously
referred, and he could vouch for the fact that the
principle was agreed to; but there arose a question
whether the inquests were strictly legal.
Several members, in announcing their dissent, said
that the question had 'already been disposed of, and
ought therefore to be dropped for ever.
Mr. -HENRY BLASE said that the letter ought to be
referred to the committee, in justice to the writer, as
well as to the public.
Mr. T. H. HALL said the Recorder had declared
that courts held upon the occasion referred to were
decidedly illegal, and the Court had been almost
unanimous in the opinion that the question should not
be entertained.—(Hear.)
The letter was then by a large majority referred
to the committee.

The first notice upon the paper of business was
Mr. Deputy Harrison's to consider the remaining
propositions in the report, " For an amendment of
the Election Act Amendment Act," and it was ex-
pected that most of the day would be occupied in dis-
cussion on that question.
Mr. DAKIN (the chairman of the Royal Entertain-
ment and Exhibition Committee), however, obtained
permission of the Court to introduce the report upon
her Majesty's late most gracious visit to the City.
He said—" Seeing the important matters for the con-
sideration of the Court which are upon the paper of
business before the report which I have the honour to
bring up, and which was ready for publication imme-
diately after the recess, may I ask the indulgence of
the Court in taking it now, which, though rather out
of the order of business, may, perhaps, be justified, as
it will enable the public to judge of the facts con-
nected with the royal entertainment, concerning which
so much has been unfairly and untruly stated. It is
my intention to move that the report be printed, and
a copy be sent to every member of the Court, with all
the items of expenditure, and the names of all the
guests not connected with the Corporation, to the
number of 1,452, printed at length. The Court
will perceive that the committee has confined its
expenditure within the estimate, a circumstance which
will no doubt be gratifying to my friend Mr. Taylor,
and to all those who ventured to prophesy that
10,0001. or 15,0001. would be expended upon the oc-
casion. The Court voted 5,2501., and we have of
that sum returned 1291.55. Bd. to the City exchequer.
—(Cheers.) When it is considered that we had
merely bare walls to deal with, that our ball-room
had to be formed and decorated in a manner worthy
of so great an occasion, and of the noble and illus-
trious persons who honoured the City with their pre-
sence, that all the arrangements were upon the most
complete and liberal scale, I think the committee
may take praise for a judicious economy in the out-
lay of their funds, and I wish to express my admira-
tion of the taste and resources shown by our accom-
plished architect, Mr. Bunning, and the untiring
energy and exertion manifested by him upon this
occasion.—(Rear, hear.) It has been most gratify-
ing to your committee to receive on all hands, from
the Sovereign as well as the
mass of our fellow-citi-
zens, tbe assurance that the arrangements we were
enabled to make on so novel and interesting an occa-
sion were most efficient for their purpose ; and I
will venture to say, that :never has a public enter-
tainment been given, in which so much enjoyment
was conferred upon so great a number at so small a
cost.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WoopmeurE then read the report.
Mr. DAKIN--The report just read will convey to
the Court the numbera and names of the invited
guests not connected with
the corporation, as in the
nature of things it was impossible to invite all whom
we desired to be our guests. The selection was a most
difficult and delicate portion of our duty. We had
an intimation from the highest quarter that it would
be gratifying to see the largest number of her loyal
subjects that could be accommodated, and we pro-
ceeded, at a considerable
expenditure of time, and
with all the information we could command, to select,
on the principle of representation, a certain number of
names of those who stood foremost in their respective
walks of life.—(Cheers.) Their names are all given
in the report, which will be printed and available to
public inspection, and the number of tickets issued
may be thus classified :

Royal and distinguished persons,
mem-
bers of the Legislature ... 474
Public companies, bankers, merchants,Ttraders 338
an
All the literary and scientific • including
... ... 106
Commissioners, executive,.societies of the metro-
polisa
cl. • ..•of Exhibition
of all Nations ... ... 525
Members of the press...
jurors
... ... ...
ri
•••
As nearly as possible corresponding to the estimate
of numbers given when I had the honour of submit-
ting the proposal to the Court.—(Cheers.) I think
the Court may congratulate itself on having in a
becoming manner identified itself with an event which
which bofeargsrleaastting
delight to the whole
marks in the history of
our country, and of the whole world; and I cannot but
regret that such an occasion sho
aansdo lirce
uld be chosen by a
portion of the press of this co
hasco u nbtereyn,
'entry to attack, in the
most unjust and ungracious manner, this corporation.
..—(Loud cries of " Mar, hear.") I will take this
opportunity, which I think fairly belongs to me,
atter the imputations which writers in the Times
have thrown out, to show, when brought to the
test of fact, how uncalled for they are.
I did ven-
tare, when the body to which I belong was stigma-
tised as " jobbers," and accused of " shameless ex-
penditure of trust money, to deny, for myself and for
you, the charge, and to challenge the proof; but when
anonymous writers call for mune, and numbers, and
affect to believe that twenty-five talented, learned, and
distinguished individuals were not included in one list,
and then, as if that were too diffieult, call for 12, I
did not feel called upon to depart from the usual course
h
in producing the report wli4eh. is now before you,
showing not 12 or 2e, but , 521 as admitted on that
occasion—(Cheers)—and regret to say that the whole
line of remark was dictated by a desire, first to de-
fame, and then to destroy, anthancient and important
institution.— (Cheers.)l
n eir inconsistency, the
writers I allude to one day blame us for reckless ex-
penditure, and when it suits their purpose they alter
the accusation into a charge of !meanness and parsi-
mony.—(llear, hear.) Surely this is not the mode
in which a principal journalwhich affects to lead the
opinion of the people, should deal with an important
constitutional question. Ifit has a quarrel with our
institutions, or the mode of administering them, let it
raise the question fairly, not make assertions which''
are not borne out by facts, or propound crude thedries
which will never be carried out in practice. It seems
to point at the assimilation of the municipality of
London to that of Paris—that the Lord Mayor
should be appointed by the crown—that the 36
councillors should be appointed by one-sixth of
their fellow-citizens, made up of a large amount
of pensioners and placernen in fact, a body
springing from '.the Government, and depending on
the Government, and dealing with som four millions
of revenue derived from taxation on the necessaries of
life entering into their city. If that is to be the
model institution to us, let those writers fairly state
s
what we are doing, and what we are to do.--(Loud
it
it, and we will put against what we have done,
cheers.) If they adopt another course, and say as
they have said, that the whole of this; metropolis be