The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-27 00:00:00

MALTON.

West-Nick and Klarinska galloped a mile and a
half, and the two-year-olds Merry and Wise, the
Spy, Viscount, Thankful, and Thorsgill went nearly
a mile. Shepherd's and Peck's were in slow work.

THE NORTH AMERICAN.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
LIVERPOOL, June 27.

The steamer North American from Quebec on
the 15th, for this port, went ashore at Anticosta on
,he 16th instant.

Her mails, specie, and baggage were all saved.
No lives were lost.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, June 27.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-clay shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :

INCREASE.

Cash 13,900,000 fr.

Treasury balance 7,000,000fr.
Current accounts 11,666,000 fr.

DECREASE.

11,500,000 fr.
The Advances and Bills Discounted are stationary

Notes

LAW INTELLIGENOE—This Day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Lord Chief Justice and a
Special Jury.)
CHATTERTON V. REEVES.

This was an action brought to recover compensation in

damages, brought by Mr. Chatterton, the lessee of Drury-
lane Theatre, against the eminent tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves,
for au alleged breach of bis engagement to sing for twelve
nights, in the opera of "Rob Roy," as Francis Osbal-
distone.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Joyce, and Mr. G. Browne
appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and
Mr. Matthews for the defendant.
The Court and hall were crowded almost to suffoca-
tion, a very large number of the stars of the theatrical
world being present.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that the plaintiff in this
action was Mr. Frederick Balsir Chatterton, the lessee of
Drury-lane Theatre, and the defendant was too well known
to the public for him to do anything else than mention his
name, Mr. Sims Reeves. It appeared that Mr. Chatterton,
being anxious to produce the opera of " Rob Roy," had com-
pleted an engagement with Mr. Sims Reeves to sing for 12
nights in the character of Francis Osbsldistone in the opera
of "Rob Roy" at Drury lane Theatre for £4O a night, mak-
ing a total sum of £lBO. At the suggestion of Mr. Reeves,
the plaintiff engaged the servicas of Mr. Phelps, and also
entered into negotiations with Miss Louisa Pyne, but she
was prevented from accepting an engagement. After this
occurrence Mr. Chatterton engaged a Miss Crosse, a most
accomplished artiste, although unknown to the London
public. He also engaged Mr. Powrie to take the part of
"Rob Rey." Of course the jury must be all aware
of the great expense attendant upon engagements
like that, and gentlemen like the plaintiff risked
their money in order to gain some amouut of profit.
In case, then, there was a breach of faith on the part of
any of the persons so engaged, it must involve a loss on
the part of the manager, and he was sorry to say that
artistes in the position of Mr. Sims Reeves, who perhaps
stood alone as a great English singer, and no one could
admire him more than he did, were very often tyran-
nical in their dealings with mauagers, and frequently
caused them to be losers. Consequently, then, when all the
preparations were made, and the announcement had gone
forth to the public that Mr. Sims Reeves would appear in
the Opera, and when at the last minute he communicated
with Mr. Chatterton, announcing that he could not fulfil
his engagement, it caused that gentleman not only to lose
considerably by the withdrawal of the name of Mr. S. Reeves,
but also in the fact that he was obliged to keep faith with the
public, produce the opera and engage Mr. Harrison.
For compensation for the injury Mr. Chatterton now
sought to recover damages. The learned counsel then
stated that he should show by the letters that had passed
between them, and by other oral evidence, that there was
no foundation for the plea of ill health.
Chat-
torton, who produced the letters relating to the negotiation
and first witness called was the manager of Mr. tionand agreement.
After hearing some further evidence,
to iblehesejrY gave
tutled
by
a rba
ivtie.artdioicnt. for the plaintiff, the damages

LILLY V. EARL OF CARDIGAN'.
This case was resumed to-day, and, after the learned
Judge had summed up the eviderce,
The jury late in the afternoon, after being in deliberation
some time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with £4OO
damages, in addition to the amount (.£45) paid into court.
The Judge asked the jury whether they thought the
letter containing the cheque had been given to the plain-
tiff, or whether Haynes had changed the note for Lilley,
or whether the plaintiff had answered the questions put to
him in an unsatisfactory manner.
l
The foreman replied to tho first question they were not
of that opinion; with respect to the second, that Haynes
did not change the note for Lilley; and, as tothe third
question, they were of opinion that he did not do so.
Mr. Garth, as counsel for Earl Cardigan,asked for
to move to enter the verdict for the plaintiff as arranged
yesterday.
yesterday._

His Lordship granted tke application.
The Foreman of the jury was about to make some fur-
ther observations, when

His Lordship said—Don't make another remark, gentle-
men; one unconsidered word from you may involve the
poor man in unforeseen trouble before he gets his £4OO.

TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY OF THE ARMY.
Earl DE GREY and RIPON called the attention of the
house to the report of the committee on the transport and
supply department of the army and to ask the Under-
Secretary of State for War what course the Government
intended to take with reference to the recommendations
in favour of the consolidation of . the administrative
departments of the army and the establishment of a single
department of Control. He stated that undoubtedly the
greatest attention ought to be paid to.so vital a question
as the ono he now introduced. In the Crimean war
we were in a far better position than any nation in
respect to the transport and supply of the army, but
we should have stood in a much better position
if we had paid greater attention to it before.
With regard to all departments, he thought that
they would be much more satisfactorily administered if
they were under the control of ono great officer. In
1865 he prepared a scheme which would have ac-
complished the effect desired, and the com-
mittee had based their report upon that scheme,
but it had been his good fortune to see it carried out. It
was evident that great and unavoidable confusion must
arise when there were several departments all scattered
about and separate from one another. They had
before them the evidence of Captain Gordon that
with regard to the transport and supply departments
of the army, that if a great war were to break
out the utmost confusion would prevail. The
fact could not be otherwise when a commissariat of-
ficer must be -a " Jack of all trades," and that there
was no harmony between the various branches of the
transport service at all, although strict regularity in
these departments was more valuable in war than
anything else. The whole of the foreign system should
be imitated and great regard paid to the competency of the
commissariat officers. In favour of the plan proposed their
lordships had the approval of the most distinguished offi-
cers in the army, Lord Strathnairn Sir Hope Grant,
and many other eminent military men. The plan was
that there should be • one single department, and a
board at the head of that department. The offi-
cers of the Store departments look more, most natu-
rally, to the head of their department, instead of
the chief of the whole, and it was absolutely necessary for
checking the'expenditure and waste, and unpreparedness
of the whole departments, that there should be a Board of
Supervision. In conclusion, he would ask them what was
the good of great and excellent commanding and other
officers in the field, unless they were able to feed and
accommodate the army ?—aud they could alone do this
with an efficient commissariat.