The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —( This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE " FRIENDS OF LABOUR SOCIETY."—Joseph Leaf,
Alfred Buckland, and - M'Kinley, trustees of the
Friends of Labour Society, 0 Branch, held at the Carlisle
Arms, Queen-street, Soho, were summoned for unlawfully
refusing and neglecting to pay to Henry Byrne, he being
then and there a full and free member of the society, the
sum of £4 6s. 4d., the amount of money invested by him
in the society, after 14 days' notice to the secretary of his
intention to withdraw.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the defendants.

It appears that on the 12th of July, 1860, at a general
meeting of the society, the defendants were appointed trus-
tees with the full approbation of the members, it being un-
derstood at the time that they were not made liable for
any debts of the society, it being known at the time that the
society was insolvent. On the 4th July, 1861, at a gene-
ral meeting of the society, three members were appointed
auditors for the quarter, their names being—Byrne, the
utchkelaloltdhr members, and
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and at the time Byrne (the complainant)
continued to pay back the loan till Sept. 12. He now, how-
ever, asked to draw his money out after having the loan,
the [society being at the present time insolvent in con-
sequence of a secretary's mismanagement and absconding
with the funds, which circumstance he was aware of. It
further appeared that the defendants were only in office
if possible, together
again.
pro tern, in order to get the society,

Mr. Lewis took several technical objections, and elicited
from the secretary that complainant's demand was £4 6s 4d,
and that there was only the sum of £4 6s. id. in hand, and
therefore contended that the summons should be dismissed.
Complainant stated that some members had been paid.
Mr. Beadon thought it sharp practice to pay one and not
another, but as it appeared there were not funds sufficient
in hand, the trustees could not pay the complainant, and
the summons must be dismissed.

In the course of the case it appoared that a resolution
was passed to the effect that no money should be divided
till £2O were in hand.

THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY.

A letter from Paris says :—French manufac-
turers are making great efforts by reducing the
price of their produce to keep possession of the
home market, now that on the Ist of October the
treaty of commerce with England is about to be
carried into full operation. I have already re-
marked the low price at which cotton goods are
offered for sale in the retail houses in Paris. I have
since seen some articles of cutlery of French manu-
facture offered at nearly 50 per cent. less than the
price asked six months ago. Porcelain is likewise
considerably reduced in price, and the tradesman
is no longer confined to the plain white pattern
of porcelain or demi-porcelain so well known to
travellers in France. Their tables are now supplied
with handsome patterns of Wedgwood ware at
considerably less cost. The superiority of finish of
the English manufactures will always give them a
decided advantage in the French market, although,
from a fact just communicated to me, it is evident
that many unworthy manceuvres will be resorted to
in order to exclude them. I have been informed,
by a person employed in the paper-staining trade,
that patterns of English-stained paper are exhi-
bited in Paris for which the price demanded is 2f.
the rouleau, although the cost price is only 40 cen-
times, or one-fifth the price demanded. The conse-
quence is, that purchasers of paperhanging, for
which there is a great demand at present, on account
of the number of new 'houses being constructed in
Paris, are led to believe that the price of English-
stained paper is exorbitant as compared with
French produce. Of course, when the manoeuvre
is exposed the effect will cease.