The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

TILE NEW GAS Acer.—Mr. Martin Miller, a tradesman,
•f 50, High-street, Poplar, applied to Mr. Selfe for a sum-
mons against the Commercial Gas Company, Stepney,
under the new act, the 23d and 21th Vic., cap. 125, called
an Act for •Better Regulatlng the Supply of Gas to the
Metropolis, for refusing to lay on the gas in his house.
The applicant said the out-going tenant of the tenement
he had hired owed the gas company upwards of £7. He
had applied to the company to lay on the gas, and his ap-
plication was refused, on the ground that the arrears were
not paid by the out-going tenant, and that he was in col-
lusion with that person, whiA3. he (Mr. Miller) begged
leave to deny.
Mr. Selfe said his attention had not been called to the
Act before, and asked whether notice had been given in
'writing to the company to lay on the gas.
Mr. Miller replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Selfe observed that the words of the act were " wil-
fully fail for seven days after being thereunto required in
writing by the consumer."

Mr. Miller said he had given seven days' notice in
writing.

Mr. Selfe looked again at the S.ct of Parliament, and said
the penalty on the gas company for refusing to lay all pro-
per communication, service, and other pipes, or to furnish
a supply of gas after seven days' notioe in writing was
given was 41:1a. per day. The applicant was entitled
4o a summons. The new act is a most important or.
for gas ;:onsumers, who are no longer at the mercy of the
vari.ius companies when a supply of gas is refused.

CONVERSATION AT THE WARSAW

COKFERENXCE.

AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA.
(From Punch.)
P. 'Well, hero we are I
A. Is not that remark worthy rather of a clown than a
Sovereign?
R. Perhaps he learnt it in England.
P. Where, indeed, they aro most iotent in their plot-
ting. ,

A. Just so, and does not that consideration suggest that
we might as well proceed to business ?
P. The question is, how to arrest the Revolution ii
Italy ?

R. Don't you think we are a little to( late ?
A. Ali, if you had only prevented, or helped me to win,
Magenta and Solferino.
R. I was alluding to an earlier omission. Ah, if you
had only saved Sebastopol! Certain parties held back
then—do they call that backi'g their fiends ?
P. What's done can't be undone. Let's change the sub-
ject.

A. Change the Sovereign seems to le the order of the
day.

R. Win's seen the Times? What's the best news ?
A. Bad is the best—for us. You say all about young
ales in America.
R. Dreadful ! Shameful I I say, Austria, fancy a grand.*
son of your own, one of these days, s'aaking hands and
waltzing with the descendants of your molted Lombards,
and standing, hat in hand, at the tomb cf Garibaldi.
A. He hasn't got a tomb, yet.
P. What, do you, too, think him immortal
A. You'll see, if I catch him. He won't have a tomb,
though, even if he is buried—at the foot of the gallows.
P. You saw how Blondin crossed the Falls of Niagara ?
R. On a tight rope with another fool at his back.
A. I wish he had been that fellow at the Tuileries, with
Victor Emmanuel or the other vagabond on his shoulders,
and that his foot had slipped and they had both tumbled
in.

P, Garibaldi would have been saved even then, if your
wishes could be fully gratified with regard to him—and if
there is truth in proverbs he wouldn't have been drowned.
R. If Blondin had, what a sight for Wales I But no,
they love the people—l may say their species ; for they are
not of us. They have taught their family to truckle to de-
mocracy—confound them
F Your Majesty I—l say I—l hope you will remember
the connexion with that family which—
R. Pardon! of course I wished confusion to them in
politics only. Is there anything new at the Opera ?
A. I humbly beseech you, proceed to the affairs of State.
P. The remark of a rather celebrated Venetian senator.
A. Rather of an Emperor who would be glad if you
would help him to remain Sovereign of Venice.
R. Well, but what's to be done ? You want troops to
fight France. Can you pay them ?
P. Where's the money to come from ?
A. Israel. Those Jews could lend it if they chose. Bu
they won't negotiate another loan. I wish the Holy Father
had surrendered that young Mortara!
R. Suppose we persecute our Jewish subjects?
A. We might at least do that.
P. No, no, not in these times ; and you would get no
money if you did—only drive them and their wealth to
England—which is sufficiently rich already.
A. Rich enough to settle a. handsome fortune on a
daughter.

P. Now, come. I call that delicate. Well, I don't see
what we can do.
It. Nor 1.
A. Humph I Then I can only implore the help of the
Saints.

R. I wish you may get it.
P. 'What's your opinion of things in general ?
R. Well, they really seem at sizes and sevens. A fine
October.
A. A bright autumn after a gloomy summer. Let us
hope for a change of political weather.
P. Oranges are late this year.
A. Yes, and potatoes scarce. But that won't affect us
Monarchs—that's a comfort.
P. When shall we three meot again f
R. This evening, and—by Jove, 'tis time to be off and
dress for the ball 1
P. To dance the Polonaise, without, I fear, the assist-
ance of many Polish ladies. N'importe 1 We can be each
other's partners at Warsaw!
[Their Majesties dance the Varsovienne roam' the
table, and exeunt dancing.]

A " STEEPLE JACK" FEAT IN SALFORD.—For a
day or two past, some workmen belonging to Messrs.
Ilibbert and Co., the well-known lightning conductor
manufacturers, of Manchester, have been engaged with
kites in getting ropes over the top of the steeple and cross
of St. John's Catholic Chapel, Salford, for the purpose of
some repairs. We understand that the large metal figure
of a cock which surmounts the vane is too heavy for its
position, and as it was seen that the vane spindle had been
somewhat bent by the strain of the weight and the wind, it
was decided by the bishop and clergy of the church to
obviate danger from the breaking of the vane and the
possible starting of the stone work. Yesterday afternoon,
the preliminaries being completed, one of the workmen
ascended the beautiful steeple (216 feet high from the
ground), and soon made more permanent arrangements for
the necessary works. A very large crowd assembled to
witness the feat, which although apparently most dangeroits
and really painful to look upon, has been pretty well proved
by experience to be practically safe and very economical.
But little will be needed to be done beyond the removal of
the figure of the cock; and we understand that the work
will be continued to-day.