The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

NOVEL APPLICATION.---Mr. Samuel Pearce, oil and
colourman, carrying on business at No. 11, Sparrow-corner,
Minories, came before Mr. Selfe to make known the mis-
conduct of a foreigner named Edward Frost, a dealer and
importer of musical instruments, of No. 254, Whitechapel-
road, who had obtained money of the applicant's son under
the following circumstances :
Mr. Pearce said that a son of his, aged 12 years, had
entered into an agreement with Frost to purchase a drum
for 65., and paid 2s. 6d. deposit. The remainder of the
purchase money' was to be paid by instalments of 3d. per
week, and the 2s. 6d. first paid and all the instalments already
paid wore to be forfeited in default of paying any one
instalment. On ascertaining what his son had been
doing, he waited upon Frost and informed him
that his son had acted without his sanction
and authority, and that he objected to his • having a
drum. At the same time he demanded the restoration of
the money already paid. Frost not onlyrefused to give back
the money, but said "if your child is only 12 years of age
I can make you pay for the drum."
Mr. Selfe—Then he is quite mistaken ; a boy 12 years of
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plunder encou-
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age cannot enter into a contract without the consent of his
parents. What do you wish Inc) to do in the matter?
Mr. Pearce—l want a summons to compel Frost to re-
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parents, or n wasey p gs to
their employers.

Mr. Selfe—l quite agree with you in that respect. No
respectable tradesman would take money from children
without the consent of their parents. It is not a transac-
tion which I can approve, and you have done quite right in
making it public, but 1 cannot assist you. I can only re-
fer you to the ounty Court, which has jurisdiction over
the matter.
Mr. Pearce-4 will certainly summon Frost to the County
Court. The small sum which he has in his possession is
no object to me; but as a matter of principle, and as a pro-
tection to other parents, I will pursuo this case.
Mr. Selfe---You are quite right in doing co.
Mr. Pearce than thanked the magistrate for his advice,
and retired,

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock.

NEWMARKET RACES-(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
OATLANDS PLATE

Wrestler
Bastion

Cynricus ....
Fifteen ran.

SELECT STAKES.

North Lincoln

TOWN PLATE.

Winkfield
Scribbler
Six ran.

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.
Harry Stanley 7
Bel Esperanza

Nino ran.
MATCH—BIue Ruin beat Gallus.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Raspberry
Miss Eleanor

Four ran.
BEDFORD STAKES.

Seclusion
Jason
Four ran.

SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOVS.

Ringlet
Stolzenfels
Fifteen ran.
Arrived—Promised Land.

LATEST BETTING.
°AMBRIDGE:SHIRE.
10 to lon the field (offered)
DERBY.
7to 1 apt Umpire (taken)
12 to 1 agst Wizard (taken)
100 to 7 agst Nutbourne (taken)
20 to 1 agat Thormanby (offered)
25 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Contadina (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Oxford (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Cramond (taken)
1000 to 10 agat Oliver (takea)
1000 to 5 agst Trovatore (taken)

CENTRAL ITALY.

The want of funds on the part of the Governments
of Central Italy is stated daily to become more
severe, and it is doubtless upon a Weakdown in this
respect that the Emperors of France and Austria
mainly calculate for the accomplishment of the re-
actionary stipulations of the treaty of Villafranca.
It is obvious that while the friends of the Liberal
cause are boasting of their gathering strength from
the influx of volunteers to the patriotic army, this
very accession of new crowds requiring to be equip-
ped and fed must hasten the embarrassments which
constitute their main peril. If, therefore, their pre-
sent position of wasting uncertainty can but be pro-
longed for a few months, or even weeks, the resto-
ration of the old rulers " without foreign interven-
tion" seems almost certain to be secured, the 50,000
French troops in Lombardy being amply sufficient
to preyent any aid to the national party being de-
rived from that quarter. For some weeks past
agents from Tuscany are understood to have been
in Paris and London endeavouring to raise one or
two mi,lions sterling, but they do not appear to
have fallen into business-like hands, or to have had
the capacity to place their proposals strongly before
the public. If they have applied to any leading
capitalists, their reception probably has been of a
disheartening character. Yet, as the authority of
the Provisional Government is admitted by the
principal Powers to be legal, it would seem impos-
sible for such reasonable obligations as they might
now undertake to be repudiated by any future ruler
to whom, under European diplomacy, the Duchy
may be permitted to fall.—Timos' City Article.