The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-25 00:00:00

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AN AR7IST AM :D HER MODELS.

BANK OF FRANCE.

Capital of the Bank....
Profits in addition to

DEBTOR.
May 23.
fr. C.
182,500,000

rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry

interests
Rediscounted the -last

six months ............
Surplus of receipts not
distributed ............
Sundries ..................

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The bench of magistrat4 3s at the Lewes petty ses-
sions on Tuesday were caZ led upon to decide a some-
what extraordinary case. An information was laid
by Mr. J. Noakes, surge )n, of Rottingdean, and
inspector of nuisances to the Newhaven Board of
Guardians, against Mr. /3 obert Dennis Chantrell,
a gentleman also residing at Rottingdean, a small
village upon the sea coast,, about equi-distant from
Brighton and Newharetl, calling upon him to
abate a nuisance which. existed on his premises
in consequence of a large mumber of cats and dogs
and othtr animals, including a fox and a goat,
being kept there, so us to be injurious to
health. From the notorle:;y which the case had at-
tained in the neighbourhoc.d, the court was densely
crowded during the hearin 2: by a large assemblage
of spectators. The complainant stated that he was
requested by the Newhariln Board of Guardians to
inspect the defendant's pre raises, and report thereon.
He did so on the 9th ix st. He first visited the
garden, and there noticed. nearly 30 cats running
about loose, two dead eats, and the skeletons of
some. From the garden. he went to the defendant's
kitchen, and there discovered a similar number of
the feline race, making themselves very comfortable
on the chairs and before the fire. A stable or out-
house was next inspected, and here between 40 and
50 cats were found, some loose and some in cages.
In this place raw meat lay about in all directions,
and was being very demurely gnawed by many of
the pussies. In a yard adjoining the defendant's
house Mr. Noakes saw upwards of 20 dogs, a fox,
a goat, turkeys, geese, ducks, and fowls of every
description. He next paid a visit to a house in the
defendant's occupation, and attached to his resi-
dence. On going upstairs he found all the doors
shut, but they were immediately opened, and he
was ushered into the presence of another nation-
ality of cats. But he stated they were in a most
disgusting condition, the excrement of the animals
apparently not having been removed for a very
long time. On descending to the lower regions he
was greeted with the same scene—cats without
number, all in an unhealthy state, and exceedingly
dirty. There were also half-dried skeletons of
cats lying about the grounds, and the smell arising

'roni the whole collection was offensive in the ex-

treme and most injurious to health. Defendant ac-
companied the complainant in his tour of discovery,
and admitted that the place was in a very dirty state
and promised that it should be cleansed. On the
day after this inspection complainant presented his
report to the board, and they immediately autho-
rised him to take legal proceedings against the de-
fendant. Mr. Noakes also said that he visited the
place again on Monday last and found everything
almost without exception in the same filthy state,
and the smell particularly obnoxious. The total
number of cats he should estimate at from 100 to
200. The defendant's residence was in the High-
street of the village, and there had been a disease
very similar to cholera in the next house, which he
believed was to be solely attributed to the smell of
those animals. The above statements were corro-
borated by several respectable witnesses residing in
the vicinity. The defendant's solicitor, in reply, ad-
mitted the animals were a nuisance, and asked for a
period of nine or ten days to abate it. The animals did
not really belong to the defendant, but were the pro-
perty of Miss Deen, a young lady by whom the de-
fendant was accompanied, who was an artist, and
resided with the defendant. The defendant was her
guardian, and had purchased the large premises he
now occupied in order that she might have her models
of animal creation continually before her eyes ; in
fact, she had established a sort of a:sylum for cats
in consequence of the large number which she saw
lying dead upon the beach, and even offered pre-
miums to any one who would bring any animals of
the feline species to her city of refuge. After a
brief consultation the chairman (Mr. G. Whitfield)
said the bench had decided to order the defendant
to abate the nuisance in three days, and if a second
complaint was made defendant would be ordered to
move them altogether.

PARIS, May 23.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

May 16.
fr. c.
182,500,000

capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-

22,602,874 1 25,355,026 30

91,788,921 5 85,260,270 27
278,330,909 17 234,392,819 05
38,276,706 - 36,255,170 -
732,670 75 765,532 75
8,937,287 8 8,658,759 22
1,574,256 34 1,574,236 34

8,495,613 93 9,439,749 81

Total ............... 1,706,865,789 49 1,700,404,181 90
CREDITOR.
May 23. May 16.
Cash in hand and in c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-