The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-04 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH.

THE LADIES' CLUB IN A DIFFICULTY.—SaIiaIeI Cole, who
has been acting as secretary to the Female Friendly
Society, held at the Old Swan, Battersea, was summoned
by Isabella Foster, on• of the officers, for unlawfully de-
taining three books.

Mr. Dayman, at the commencement of the hearing, ex-
pressed an opinion that he had no jurisdiction, inasmuch
as the society was not enrolled.

The complainant, who was accompanied by several other
members, stated that the defendant was not a member. He
had been their paid secretary, and they wanted the books
to form another society. . ..

A matronly looking:woman stepped forward and com-
plained of the defendant not paying their doctor until the
day before, so that if any of the members had been taken
ill they could not have demanded his attendance. They
did not wish to be hard with the defendant, though he
had not treated them well.

The defendant said he had served them well. His de-
fence was that the members had not acted according to
their rules in dismissing him.

One of the females said they held a general meeting on
the sharing night at Christmas to dismiss him.
Mr. Dayman road the rules, and said the defendant could
be dismissed only by a majority of the members at a public
meeting called for the purpose.

A member said the meeting was held, but the defendant
would not appear. She, however, admitted that notices
had not been sent to the members.

Mr. Dayman pointed out to them the way to proceed
They must send a notice to every member for a general
meeting and decide upon his dismissal. The meeting must
be called for that purpose, and if they dismissed him he
would be no longer their agent.
A. member wished to know how they were to proceed to
recover the money the defendant detained from them ?

Mr. Dayman said they had better consult some solicitor,
and if there was a disputed claim between them they must
take proceedings in the County Court. :,They could bring
the defendant to account about their money without wait-
ing for his dismissal.
The summons was then dismissed.

THE LATE VINCENT WALLACE.—A concert for
the widow and children of the gifted composer of "Mari-
tans," " Flowers of the Forest," " Lurline," " The Amber
Witch," and innumerable gems of song, will take place this
evening at the Hanover-square Rooms. The artists who
have tendered their services are *morons, but the follow-
ing have been selected : Madame Lemmens-Sherrington,
Miss Whytock, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. J. G. Patey, Mr.
H. Blagrove, and M. Lemmens ; the last gentleman, with
Mr. J. G. Callcott, will be the accompanyists. The first
part will consist entirely of selections from the works of
the talented composer.

MADLLEVATTL—Greater success has attended
Madlle. Patti at Turin than at Florence. She has just re-
ceived a letter from Count Veraris de Castiglio4 Secre-
tary to the King of Italy, in v, hich she was informed that
his Majesty had conferred on M. Strakosch the Cross of
St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and desired that the brevet
should be addressed to Madlle. Patti, in order that she
herself might have the pleasure of transmitting it to her
maestro, brother-in-law, and accompanyist.

FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE DECORATIONS.-Re-
presentations are said to have been made to the King of
Portugal when in Paris to induce him to change the colour
of the ribbon of the Order of Christ, in order to prevent
all confusion with that of the Legion of Honour. The
King is said to have promisod to substitute a yellow ribbon
for the red one in question.

THE BURGOMASTERS AND THE ACTORS.—The
Gazette Beige states that an application has been
made to the burgomaster of Brussels to obtain in favour of
the artists and other persons employed in the theatres of
the capital an indemnity for the closing of those houses
from the 10th to the 17th Dec. This appeal was not suc-
cessful; the burgomaster, after consulting the council, re-
plied that the city could do nothing, "as that would lead
it too far." The artists have resolved to apply elsewhere.
A rather amusing incident marked the reception of the ap-
plicants at the Hotel de Ville. The burgomaster had been
inforrned that he was to be represented in a review of the
year to be played at one of the theatres, and, on M. Boisse-
lot presenting the request, said, "I suppose you have come
to make a study of me from nature for the review; how
would you like to have me—side face or three-quarters 2"
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.—It is estimated that
the quantity of mistletoe brought into Manchester during
the past Christmas and resold for decorating houses, ac-
cording to custom, exceeded 100 tons in weight. In addi-
tion to this upwards of 200 tons of holly and other ever-
greens were brought into the city and disposed of for
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