The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-18 00:00:00

nagernent of all out there, and the English directors had
the management of money matters here.
[We shall give the continuation in our last edition.]

SECOND COURT.
(Before Baron Martin and a Common Jury.)

SAMONELLE V. FRANCIS.

The plaintiff and defendant in this case are printers.

Mr. James, Q C., for the plaintiff, stated that Mons.
Jullien, when he was director of the concerts at the
Surrey Gardens, was in the habit of drawing up pro-
grammes, which he sent to the newspapers for publica-
tion. These the plaintiff reprinted and sold as genuine
bills ; and the defendant, to protect himself, printed on
his bills that they were false and spuriou.. This rernal:,
he also applied to a guide -book which the plaintiff had
issued.

M. Jullien, who was called, said that in the early part
of the last year he entered into an arrangement with the
directors of the Surrey Gardens to conduct their concerts.
The programme was sometimes composed by himself, at
other times it was entrusted to Mr. Jarrett, his secre•
tary. The concerts took place every night, and the pro-
gramme was al ways drawn up early on the previous day,
because the Times would not take the advertisement
after 2 o'clock in the day. He very frequently male
alterations in the programme up to a few hours of the
concert, in consequence of the indispbsition of perform-
ers, or from other causes.
Baron Martin said there was the Guide to the Gar-
dens, about which there was a libel, which certainly
could not be entirely justified. Perhaps a• settlement
between the parties might be arrived at.
After a consultation, a verdict fur the plaintiff, with
40s. damages, was agreed to.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE ROSS.

This was an adjourned examination meeting, under
:he estate of this bankrupt, a shipo.vner of Brunswick•
,errace, Commercial-road East.

The Commissioner said if he remembered rightly, this
case was one in which there was a squabble between the
shipowner and captain. The shipowner had filed a bill
of discovery against the captain.
Mr.Lawrance, who supported, replied in the affirmative
An adjournment was ordered.
IN RE PORTER.-SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN ATTORNEY.
A choice of assignees was held in this case. The
bankrupt was a wine merchant, of Brabant-court.

A serious and important question arose in this case.
There not being sufficient creditors present at the last
meeting, it was alleged that at the instigation of Mr.
Marshall, the solicitor, a creditor for £l2 had been
manufactured in the person of Mr. Snell, which the
bankrupt swore was a fictitious debt, and he never
owed Snell a farthing. Mr. Marshall denies the accu-
sation, and said be knew nothing of Snell but as an
acquaintance. Snell has disappeared, and was not pre-
sent.

The matter was adjourned for Mr. Snell to be served
with a summons.

Mr. Marshall promised to do all he could to produce
Mr. Snell.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

UTTERING A FORGED NOTE.—Joseph Bick more, a
young man, 23 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with uttering a forged 5/. note.
Mrs. Warren, the wife of Samuel Warren, landlord of
the Salisbury Arms, Bear-street, Leicester -square, stated
that yt sterday evening, shortly after 7 o'clock, the pri-
soner entered the bar in a" hurried manner, and called
for a bottle of the best gin, with which she supplied
him. He then put down on the counter what appeared
to be a genuine 51. bank note, and requested her to be quick
in giving him the change. Having a few days previously
taken a forged 101. note from a man of the prisoner's
description her suspicions were aroused, and on ex-
amining the note before her she at once detected it to be
a forgery. She asked the prisoner where he got the
note from, and he replied a gentleman in Princess-
street gave it to him, but he did not know his name.
He then wished her to give him back the note, which
she declined, and told him she should detain him until
he fetched the gentleman. She subsequently called her
husband to accompany the prisoner to Princess-street,
and in their way there he gave the prisoner in custody.
Remanded for a week.

A letter, dated .Constantinople Dec. 8, says ;---" Mr.
Layard, M.P., arrived the day before yesterday. He
has lost nothing by waiting, for nothing has been as yet
done in the Bank business, except the appointment of
a commission by the late Ministry to investigate the re-
spective claims of the competitors, and even this com-
mittee is not likely to remain as it was packed by the
late Ministry."
GENERAL TOM THUMB.-4mong the fashionable ar-
rivals, we hear of that 15f this wonderful speci
wen of diminutive man, We are informed that he has
not increased in stature since he last visited England.
It is stated that be has made the resolution to follow
his "Resolute," and present himself to the British pub-
lic. His levees commence at Christmas.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH CON-
MISSAMAT STORES —Yesterday and the previous days
this week a large quantity of stores, which were sent for
the supply of the French and English armies in the
Crimea, were sold byauction at the Commercial Sale Rooms,
Mincing-lane, and at the sale rooms of Messrs. Adams,
Pudding-lane ; a great portion of the property (the third
sale) being by order of the Frenoh Consul-General.
There was considerable competition for the various lots,
each of which, with the exception of the wines, went off
at remunerative prices.
The effect of the Cattle Show on the metropolis gene-
rally can be judged by one instance alone, that of the
London General Omnibus Company, in whose receipts
for the week in question it occasioned an increase of
2,0001. A shower of rain that fell during one afternoon
of the Show week, lasting from four to half-past five
only, is calculated to have made a difference of 2001.
against the company.
"To BE SOLD CHEAP, a first-rate garrotte whlk, in a
dark parish, where the police are never seen. The
property lies in the direct neighbourhood of several rich
squares that dine late. The present proprietor will
part with the walk at a very low figure, and throw in
an adjacent park as well, for the simple reason that ,
he is about, in connexion with two or three members of
Parliament, to try his hand as a Bank Director. The
receipts have, for the last three months, averaged as
much as 351. a week, and watches (with the exception
of the Police watch) are to be met with at every other
corner. Apply to "Neck or Nothing," Scotland-yard.
N.B.—The lighting the very worst in London."—
Punch.
ONE EACH.—We read in the Normandie :—" A most
extraordinary fact has just occurred in the neighbour-
hood of Cont!ville, for which scientific men will find it
difficult to account. The daughter of a fisherman, Marie
C—, who married about a year ago Jonn D—, a negro
sailor, native of an English colony, has just given birth
to twins, a girl and a boy. The former is white like the
mother, and the latter black like the father."

OUR NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES.—On Tuesday even-
ing the Hon. Judge Haliburton, of Nova Scotia (author
of Sans Slick), addressed a full meeting of the members
of the Manchester Athenaeum, in the library, on the
position and prospects of the North American colonies.
At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks to the learned
judge was moved by Mr. James Crossley, who said the
address had been full of " wit, humour, information,
and amusement," and seconded ;by Mr. Alderman W.
B. Watkins, who announced the presence of the Hon.
Mrs. Haliburton.
COUNTY CHIEF CONSTABLES.—The unrestrained au-
thority which county chief constables have to fine, reduce
in rank, and dismiss those placed under their control is
(as was observed when thelPolice Bill was before Par-
liament) a thorough disgrace to the country. The ma
gistrates in one of the Yorkshire Ridings have just
passed a wholesome resolution, to the effect that before
their newly-appointed chief constable punishes any of
his men the ground of complaint shall come before them
in petty sessions, when and where the accusation shall
be made and the accused heard in defence. This is a
most judicious and wise step, and one which must give
general satisfaction. It should be adopted in every
county ; for it is monstrous that a chief constable should
have the power of punishing those under him whenever
he pleases and in any manner his fancy or his prejudice
leads him ; and the punished party has no one to appeal
to, no redress, however unjustly be may have been
treated. We repeat it is'a disgrace to the country, be-
cause it is utterly at variance with common sense and
the ordinary rules of justice. 'lt is un-English, and the
Yorkshire magistrates have done themselves high credit
and set an example worthy of being followed in every
county, and we trust it will be. A chief constable dare
not do that with his domestic servants which he, with
impunity, does with his constables. If he did the law
would teach him better conduct. That the Legislature
should have left, as it has done, county polioe chief con-
stables unrestricted and unfettered is a sad reflection on
English law making. It is to be hoped that the Govern-
ment inspector will pay due attention to the movements
of chief constables.
Tux GRAND TRUNK AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILROAD.
—The Boston Journal says—Among the passengers by
the steam-ship Canada, which sailed from this purt on
Wednesday was S, S. Lewis, who goes to England to
complete and ratify the bargain between the Grand Rail-
road Company of Canada and the Grand Junction Rail-
road Company of this city. Mr. Lewis has already once
crossed the Atlantic upon this errand, when the main
features of the arrangement between the two companies
were agreed upon, which are, that the Grand Trunk
Company shall furnish to the Grand Junction Company
the su'a of 500,000 dole., one-half of which shall he ap-
plied to the liquidation of the floating debt of the Grand
Junction Company, and the remainder to the improve-
ment of its property, rendering its wharves, &c., con-
venient for the transaction of a largely increased busi-
ness. The Canada directors of the C4rand Trunk Com-
pany give ti.eir assent to the arrangements, and that of
the London directors, there is nodoubt, will be obtained
by Mr. Lewis. In case the project is carried out the
European steamers of the Canada company will bring
their goods to this port, from whence the Canada por-
tion will be sent forward, the light freight over the
Eastern railway, and the h, avy by propeller to Port-
land. It is the intention also of the Canada company,
when the project is fully carried out, to run a propeller
once a fortnight between Liverpool and this port, with
freight for New England and Canada, in which case we
shall have at least a weekly communication by steam
with England. Boston will then be the Atlantic depot
of the large and daily increasing trade of England with
Canada, and will also by this rpute be enabled to extend
its trade with the great West of our own country.