The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-22 00:00:00

5.., )111 a r°r ion.e ins eon• rgum e,3 CC oUr 3e writer ;lain ° ill ,t en ter. 'OM th° tido' N OP ;belt r ~. ~,. ~~~ 3 J • - C P THE DRAINAGE BILL. TO EDITOR OF TILE SUN. SlR—Your dislike to tho enactment of new lays in . le dering with the property of her Majesty's subjectz, carries you t h e l ength of concurring with the well nown saying of a Tory aristocrat —" May 1 not do as I will with my own ?" Yon appear not only to condemn the detail 4, but the principle of Lord Norrnanby's Bill for Sewerage, &c and in doing so you disallow (at least by implication) the pro n y of the Legislatute interfering to abate a or to interpose its authority to prevent the health and lives of the community from being placed in j, opardy. lam a reader of your Journal, and like much the etrenuous exertions you make to procure the abolition of the Cora-laws, and your remonstrances against the cocroachrn flts of aristocrats and ecclesiastics on the of the people ; but why stand up in defence of those who build houses and suet is without sewerage, • drai nage, or convenienczs for the inhabitants to deposit Zheir refu:e ? Are you acquainted with the exigence • of the -vile, anti th e ex t ent to w hi c h t h ey preva il ? an d rEt yclunet aware that the efilavium arising from stag nant pool s o f f ou l water; deposited froal houses not having sufficient drainage, produces both disease and deJth ? I must take it for granted that you are not well in. formed on this sui,j,,c-. Ycu hay! not seen the offen sive exhibitions of filth, or sin.!it the mixious miasma Whi ch is almost every where to he f;:und in densely PoPulated manufa-turing districts, or you certainly 'would not have devoted the columns of your Journal coco,the ad vocacy of non-interference with a state of ca which it wou'd be the disgrace of any civilizei Government to let remain without attempting to remedy. Huddersfield, Feb. 19, 1841. I. [We readily insert the letter, as we make no objec tion to have our opinions controverted. We neverthe 4, adhere to our own views. We are well acquainted with the exibtence of the evils our Correspondent men lints,but the quegion is, what is the best remedy? We 44 seen too many failures in -I , Tisiation to i t h e :Y t ori a new l aw . O ur C orresponn 7e nt a p rarcu tly 411 's law omnipotent, and that it is sure to arca what propotel. A s l ong as t h e l a • v•ma k er f anc i es h e can aiettletriene;tehein : such arils by a st a tute, h a w . , 11; be care'ess of in ten and believing, as we,bility-c; that nine ths of the evils complained of by our Correspondent e f rom a multiplicity of bad laws, such as laws taxing ( n , timbe r , sugar, stup id police eguLtions, &c. We f_ ;l Inot, Lice our Correspondent , an t:eip a . e an y good i la • el y to b e beneficial.—ED ough it Sun.,r to him and otheis .. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) P Otaltowni, FEB. 22.—Her Majesty's brig Racer ll o rr e V ,?ti at Halifax on the 7th from Tampico, with hi'vefoo dollars for the use of the Commissariat De- V rtt neet at th a t pl a c e . She sailed in a few days after arerd' for Bermuda. tbe Sattellitt, 18, Commodore Rohl), came into hare e , °/Ir on M on d ay , t o b e p u t ou t o f comm i ss i on . H. "t will b e pa i d pert o f t h e i r wages, an d sent on l eave , I.' re turn for genera l serv i ce on T ues d ay . P P otetTeseNes.—Surgeons—James Salmon, to the e `"' 441 James Low, to the Rodney. e .3.s.sistant-Sur g eon-Lllr. Archibald Uttle, to the Ketes—Th omas Davis, f rom the Ganges, to the ellent ; Thomas Anson, to the Indus ; C. 11. you ng, to th e M onarc h ; E. F uge , to t h e C a l e d on i a. ~,, 7 7 1 (Ishipman—C. W. Elton,to the Cambridge. 'elun;.-eers let Class—Mr. John Miller a n d M r . W m. r4 ct Mason, te the Inconstant. Gunter—R. Leonon, to the Pluto. 1, 131 -Yeloters t , Fee.. 10.—The Raven cutter, Lieut. • ZaPleton, commander, sailed for Portsmouth last Fri )..---The Avon steamer, Leutenant Pritchard, corn rder, sailed for Falmouth, on Monday.—On Mon- LI PP : , the V o l cano steamer, L i eut. C. Smith, commander, , ih t :*ed f rom B ar b adoes and Antigua ; the former place quitted the 14th January, and the latter the 20th. eSi le tit e ncountered a heavy gale on her passage to England, w hieh she received considerable damage, and arrived 4 " a com p l ete wrec k ; her paddle wheels are carried h w ar, sails blown to pieces, boilers burst, and her r e washed o v er b o ard ; s h e must un d ergo some pairs befor e she can proceed to Woolwich. The "d Chief -Justice of Barbadoes and suite came pas twig Nets in her. The Iris, 26, Captain H. Nurse, came tharbour on Monday, and is to be docked, having ile i _hed in pessieg, through St. Helens. Th e S tar V ' Q , l tet, Lieutenant C . S m i t h, comman d er, arr i ved from N:loth, on T ucs d av , w i t h t h e crew o f t h e S pey 4 ""t, wrecked in the Wtst ladies, a short time since. 2Lizare, steamer, Lieutenant Est( cult, tnnian 18ded for the Mediterranean on Wcdne.day, with . 4 .l44"ches for Sir R. Stopford. The Snipe, cutter. " t "aut Baldock, commander, arrived from Ireland INVednesda H iltneaz Y e . —Caledonia, San Josef, Iris, Star, paid V 4 ,11 0, Pasto, and Canon, steamers. n '"lntl—Lepregni, We, Beliesl , and Star, packet. p (Mom the Hampshire Independent.) , I)I trkWIITH, FEE. '''o.—Tbe Southampton frigat lif a tu 'it the .flag of Rear-Admiral Sir D. King, was at tthe It:es Decembe r . Th e Ru ss i an surveyieg hu; ' 4B !adoer Alexandre, left Rio for round Cape Lunennu the 4th December. The Danish fri gate B e l- Iteti',. s4il ed on the following day for the R:ver Plate, Ci;', l ,lnd the c epce The America n sc h ooner Enter ow, Left Ri o Dec. la for the purpo s e of consultng tl e taking of tt:e bri g kbmm Malek dee sad odo re relat've to del ' lately enga ge d i n pe eateal exploits. An at:m ilt ti t ha?pened to the Aeecrican corvette Marion, lister Plate, which on golf,: up to Rei was hove i ° doing which she filled ant) sunk. No lives lost, and the vessel was hkely to b 9 raised. • la g ; e Star pack e t arr i ve d at F a l mout h On Saturday Ig th :tt the Wtst Indies, having left Tan - pieo on the opt)Vera Cruz on the 23d December, and Havannah e s th Jau., bringing a freight of 800,000 dollars, J'e ttlez.`..bants' account. She also had on hoard Lieut. ~.Itti ne ce L g i'nd crew of the Spey packet, recently the West Indies. On the 29th of re el ' ; I ' l °e, the Rinedose, when twelve miles off the neat toast of St. Croix,, captured the Spanish 10:pr. J ester Maria, of 45 tons, with 252 slaves on Of w h *:z. :our women, 100 girls, and 148 boys ; 27 te nts . 111 had d:ed on the passage. She was 27 days iti t , vd `ue River Sebo, West Coast of Africa, and the heat" 43 sent her on to the Havannate in charge of rrarlefon. Jama'ca, Barbadoea, and seteral of -,ttift tnttl e le r islands w ere suffering' from drought. The erid, it nu Rlerger packets also arrived at Falmouth on 111 1 the West Indies, bath vessels having ex- Aout 1p tremendous weather. The Swift brought 491108:0'000 dollars, and the _Ranger about 80,000 the ° ------- IN FRANCE.-011 44113 LE FRATRICIDE Beill er r 'ing of February 1, as t 4 f the the department 0 4) , and his ' , rife, residing in re4e, %ere retiriitg to rest,mine dreadful an . old man of the name of tht.;, heard dia t i ti t ct a Lt a diAarice. The scree et! ,'ion or, which he en deaaou: and a man rushed up to th . .air , do f, ~. h e l p ; mur became more de r em in Vain to open, exclaiming" ,f,'-11•• C. lam . ve , "order. Father Septier, open in God's na , at effect ; the r „ d i l ' A er, of Planche." This appeal remained . wilho. .. 1, , id) ''''' con 1 f • 1 Septier is i 8 le.• 1. ,,/, 4 4 ~.... o p e, rig itened to death first morneo , c f terror '''''. byed"eudt iken the door. When the d_ I, d ter upUr,' EA ' iVI,F. Septier took her gran -a ,g • • hen a a nd con , ,_ bundlea of Lay, 1. , tat etk , Cea ed ner under sonic '0 `ar a ---d uel ° , v, and by clink in her cellar door, endea- L • to as • a going on. The moon was shi , ii, k . certain what way . 01.1 S Beet , a i g 'right. sad threw her light on a most a•r,;el - ' "-• • 1 • on the ground mewling occa Ira k I" , man vi a, .)Ing b anal ly, oriale a brute with a long ~ P, - br inQtruteent, was 14 %4 ,lig hinr.most unmercifully. This b..arharous behaviour asses- Ili . ' oho it quarter of an hour, at which time t he from the r n ai vi "ced that bis victim was dea', hurrie n d a: 0 y a ct. after l a nai it-- spot, About three quarters or , an Septier, ast .e braiar a , ' at, , •ticted b) tb , , screams of Aa a a i ni n e rnOrdered to err ed to the place, and disec,vered that tt' adiaLing vii 7" ''' 4 l 11l ise Var 4 i r, horn at Plancbe, (. an ; t Net illy, he a ge. hut who had :acen sett. l ed f" nem- ti:" .hwities, tr Paris The judi c ial au. ? Prised . s A r!stauraleur.,, „ zie u p, and I of 11,.• , i h horrid murder Soon ca. nov , that t t l i l e Y ll e traces cf Hood visit lei on the '." ''..ii,,,,,, rt.tun,rderoug yes had cornmenee3 in a very s ' , i ;, about 400 3 ads eLtant front Septier's Imam la t:'nod stick v.ere found on the following day. Heavy t,l:l:::tiatt Soon fell upon Jacques Verler, me of the hr. - f ,a veri Lib the 'vetirn, a mail about fifty years of age, and o Itf, i ' o 1 1 . 1 C a-act:7 It appears that the two brothers to t'u.i Laara.,•che together, at seven in V:e evening, proceed t l'' Au toil -, • saache, .t) t , ,e hous.e of their brother, . h tim erdier, where Ja.quei vras to reconcile Antony wit ' , th e L ' e • A smock- rock, stained with blood, proved by th„, very of Vie Verdi, r, to have beet) worn by Jacques f 51 0 , tr Y day of tie murder, has been found at a distance r ,ette'';irearJs from 11 e spot where the murderous deed was ke„ eri 4 . It is suppiThed that the assass.n was a' tuated by_ tilt lir, phi, 4, C l ugh Le wripre I his brothe.- of his watch and "lae a „ n ieney he lalabout h• s- • the fetal deed him, Since .." titw h con e e ' as ab • s . t . o lii _ , A oldmEnicAN DicTioNß-y.—Cat—An I t ; 14 1 that ni.:i 1 s lox e. because it gives out sparks when 144 it ebbed. 1 ' 2 ' ea uwill— A retired place for the accom- A L.i.._,Lion ?r.tliosn addicted to appropriation. Bonnet -41.6_7 of inverted coal-hod, in which ranters' heads are T he Misery—The !ice of an unpaid printer. Noe Ling t" conscience of a thcrouali poWician. Umbrellas— ti,„rim4.on property. Indepen'dence_A strong oetermina- TN toe Place ;ourself where you arc not wanted. Ilk,rPe.,3L--Sometiling that comes to married people tir 4ise "le honeymoon. Merit —'[hat which receives no landthe (1 Mnn eY--, A fish peculiarly difficult to catch. poetsray,2An ugly 1101, in the ground which lovers „,_ wish they were ia, but take uncommon glear• ' L ena out of. M d l• . ' A Leautiful flower that ii.. 4 6 8 ,, .. LO es f—..- , .. al,i, h ."'"Y in secret places. sen.i 1 y h . lit —A quality 4,1 its on I f - -- - , sesger in attempting to promote the tap .4lll a `)- other *' his A Young Mart of t„ tilt, A .. , People, loses own. ~.rtv,, i . '" Impertinent scoundrel, who thrusts himself Ned , a write r of execrable poetry ; a person without 1 Nay a !acaarrie, . a noisy fellovv ; a speech Maker. Lawyer -_A ii ,„ t: totlernan who rescues your estate from your ion Z m i 1.1.. ariLl keeps it himself. My Dear—Arif "Pr ~ st ep s ma n and wife at the commencement c a quarrel,. ot ••qata A Bleep , ir the It ki r ---- man employed by the parish to s . I 'aia..... • kL. rel Felicity—Potators and turnips.'Rhin tr„ AtliL VsOrn in winter by hig,h-spi ited young ti tt l e Wao w oul.d r 'miler diJ than conceal the beauty cf et''New Zo.i News. DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF A HUSBAND TO MURDER lIIS WIFE. An occurrence of a tragical character has taken place within tl.e Last few days at Mitcham, and which has very naturally created a great sensation throughout the whole neighbourhood. It appears that a young man named Thomas Potts, a calico printer, who has only been married about eighteen months, from some do mestie disagreements conceived the horrible project of destroying his wife, and afterwards committing suicide, and his design was only frustrated by what would al most appear to be an act of Providence. It was ob served in the early part of last week that he appeared to be low-spirited and melancholy, and seem. d much exasperated against his wife ; and on Tuesday Le left home and did not return until nine o'clock at night, and he immediately went into the room where his wife was s;tting with her mother, and without saying a word he pulled a pistol from his pocket, presented it at his wife, and fired it cif, and the grt ater portion of its contents parsed through her cheek. The shrieks of the women fortunately attracted attention, and a labouring man who was passing, came iiito the house and seized hold of Potts, and, after a struggle, forced him into a chair, and held him there until West, the beadle of Mitcham, arrived, and secured him. The prisoner then said, " 1 le.ve done it—l lave done it. I have mur dered my wife, and i hope I shal be hung." The constable asked him what he had done with the pistol, and he produced the one he had just discharged at his wif West then searched him, and in one of his pockets he found another pistol baded to the muzzle, and in his coat pocket a razor ; and he asked Pctts what he was going to do with the razor, and he replied that he intended to have destroyed himself with it after he had kled his wife. Mr. Tipper, a medical gentleman, of Mitcham, had by this time arrived, and he ascertained that the woman had received a very severe injury, and he administered to her the necessary assistance. On Thursday the prisoner was taken before S. El yard, E►q., a Magistrate for the county of Surrey, at his residence at Streatham, upon the charges of feloniously discharging a loaded pistol at his wife, with intent to murder her, but as she was not in a condition to attend and give evidence, the charge was briefly gone into. West, the officer, was examined, and he produced a cettficate from the sumoa, to the effect that the pro secutor had been,ficiffrOy„wounded in the cluck by a pistol shot, and was ! ,4t.iu n fit Atte to give evidence lefore the Me.gistrates, in consequence of the if - jury he had rewired. - Mr. Elyard, then addressing the prisoner, who w.;s apparently Learly unconscious of what was going for ward, said that he was charged with a most serious of fence. He had heard the statements that were made against him, and if he pleased he was at liberty to say anything he liked in answer to them ; and he thought it his duty to inform him that all he said might be used as evidence against him, and he cautioned him to be careful in what he sail. The prisoner replied, " I have nothing to say." Mr. Eiyard then said that it was his duty to remand him with his wife was in a fit state to attend aad give evidence. He was accordingly remanded for a week. BUSTS OF THE TWELVE CiESAItS -SINGULAR RECOVERY OF SPLENDID WORKS OF ART. About the year 1518, t..velve busts of the Ronan Emperors, executed in terracotta, beautifully enatui lied, and nearly the size of life, were forwarded to Cardinal Wilsey, to decorate his Palace of Hampton Court, by Pope Leo the Tenth. Eight •of these splendid works of art have „bays existed in the first and second courts at the Pidice ; but not one of the remaining four, to compete the valuable series, could be found until within the last few months, although many years ago strict search had been made for them by the various authorities connected with Hampton Court. In the reign of George the Fourth the search and inquiries were again renewed, but without any discovery of their hiding places resulting from the labours of those to whom the task was confided of endeavouring to trace them. A few months ago, one of the missing four was, by mere chance, discovered in a back room at Hampton Court Pelace, attached to one of the private apartments, in a fine state of preservation. Since then another of the series has been recovered, and by the merest chance also, in a small cottage, close to the Stag Paddocks, in Windsor Great Park. It appears that this cottage has just undergone some repairs, preparatory to its being occupied by one of Prince Albert's gamekeepers. The workmen, in the course of their labours, found a bust fixed in the wall, about ten het from the ground ; and upoa this dis covery reaching the ears of a gentleman connected with the Court he proceeded to the cottage, when he found it was one of' the four long-lost works, per fectly free from injury, and in a most excellent state of preservation. It was immediately taken down, and soon afterwards forwarded to Hampton Court. Within the last few days another of these valuable works of art was discovered by Mr. Jesse, the Surveyor of Woods mad Works, at one of the Ruyul lodges in the Great Park, known as the Work's-end Lodge, in habited by one of the park-keepers. It was found let into the external wall, about 10 or 12 feet from the ground, where it must have been for considerably more than a century. It was always considered by the per sons living at the lodge to be a bust of Queen Anne! Of so little value was it supposed to be, that the boys of the neighbourhood, as they have passed by the Louse have frequently been known to amuse themselves by pelting it with stones and clay. Notwithstanding the rough and Goth-like usage it has been subjected to for years past, it is but very slightly injured—portions of the enamel being chipped off but here and there. In all other respects it is perfect. It has just been care fully removed from the building, and will be forwarded to Hampton Court Palace in the course of a few days, where, with the other two alluded to, it will be placed in appropriate niches in the first and second courts. 'There is now the twelfth of the series which remains to he discovered ; and it is hopd in a short titre (from the exertions which are being made, and the numerous inquiries ret on foct) that these perfectly unique and sp'endil works of art will be rendtid compte e. It is almost impossible to estimate their value ; but many exce!lent and experienced judges have pronour.ced them to be word: several hundrads of pounds. Of course, their value veil. he very materially en hance:l by the discovery of the one, which is now miss ing, to render the series perf..et. CORN-LAW AGITATION.--Talk of Church Extension I We want an extension of Walsall. There they are at work like men, organising an Anti-Corn-law Registration Society. Let their example be followed throughout the kingdom, wherever there are three Corn repealers met together. .These Societies will prepare the constituencies for the struggle, if it be deferred till after the registration—if it come sooner, they can act as C7nvassing Committees. Bat come when the cl.'etion may, let their cry be total and immediate repeal of the C;s:i-lawn. Every man they can carry is a vote gained for total repeal. As to the revision of the tariff, nothing can be lost by the attemp!. The total reposler, cl bough outvoted in tie House, will vote for the best revision of the tariff he can. If he lore his election, both Whig and Tory are anxious to gain popularity by mendii g the ta riff. so °Le is as good as another.—Manchester Times. MEETING AT YORK TO PROTEST AGAINST L A W) STANLEY'S BILL, AND TO SUPPORT VIE BILLS OF A,,oi{D JOHN RUSSELL AND LORD MOIiPETH. OR Thurs . (1 ,, , •• (evening last, a meeting of the liberal e!ectors, of Walingate, and Mickkgste wards ifl s oi v r a f s atvh h oe e u l pr d uo i r n i ' p h o e M seo e f : e s jilcis'..ll;in'glipaeiltitiFo°nsssgto4ttei:e inthis c Legislature ity Lord Morp..llle3 Irish Registration Bill, and against the Rcgistratiota introduced by Lord Stanley. Although no public intiroatiola ) f the !beetle g had been given, tee attendance was most numerous • titid amongst those present we noticed Henry Redhead Yorke,.' Esq., the candidate for the representation of this city: . Resolutions in con formity to the objects for which the meeting was called were unanirnou lily agreed to. The examp!e ougLt to be We have seon with pain and surprise, that the " New Zealand Company" has succumbed to the Bishops. For the sake of pleas!ng the " Church Missionary Society," whose ministers lia4 , e engaged to a shameful extent in e hat is called land-eh:irking ; and for the sake of Lord ~Tehti Russell's most unwarrantable condition of their char iot., that they should, in connexion with Parliament at hon, e, support a Church of England oat there—they have pl e t4g •cd themselves to run counter to every ptiaciple of come!, treiel policy. At the dinner given to Lord John Russo 11. 1.3 y that Company a few days ago, this object was actukl.' y ef the toasts ! And Mr. Shiel was present and sa. td noti - iug. The Directors cf the Company have no righ t to make the compact : it is beside their power and objects. Let them land-shark as much as they please— hut this. st,ul-sharkirg by Buell redoubted saints as some of them a re, is ineffably disgusting. We are astonished that Mr. E . NYakefield, with his democratic professions, hould have lent bis sanction to such a ocht:me; esFeciady atter 'ais .experienc'e of the working of ecclesiastical jea luu,it in Canada. The friends of the Voluntary Prie ciple must rely on t h o oselves. The treachery cf tbls Co,. Company is onl v another startling warning ft r aristocracy, commtrcial us tle.ua. The allele force i wiellas feudal, is at rayed agains't it. L The faxcual of Sir Astley Cooper took place on Saturday at Guy's Hospitel. The chief mourners were Sir Astley (ne;Thew o f t h e d ee „ gb ,d), and Mr. Astley Coo per. Ti !e• pall was supported by me. Astice Patteson , Mr. Justice e Coleridge, 13. Harrison, Etc., Franks, Sir Robert 1 OgliF, M. P., Sir John Henry P•ily, and Matti tew Harri son, Esq. The cnflin-plate had die fellow. jug i ascription •—" Str Astley Cooper, Bari., G. C. H„ died I; . eb. 15, IS 11, aged 73." iTERAUE 'RICE OF CORN ON WHICH PAY- HEN'S ARC NIA.D.E. UNDER THE TITHE COMMUTATION ACT. —Rota rn stt.tinc n hat has been during seven yeas, end ing tal - the Thurs jay next be fore Christmas day, 1840, the aver a ge price of au impe rial bushel of wheat, h ` r , a r . -cY, o its, cc nipt.ted from the weekly overage of the Retu n IF . p üblisued, pursuant to an Act passed in the reign o. r Willi ttn IV., intituled "An Act fa. the e ..onimutati ot of Ti.`hes in England and Walee,—Wheat, Gs -i nT I Comp t ; mr 'a re rl ,lle Y 'r o 4 t Corse .7.l d.L to Oa r t o s ? „ .,, 2s. 10td.—WIt.t,lAu Co Tile Coo ntess of Shelburne has been dan gerously ill dui ing the week, hot we are happy to hear she is better. IVilts Imiependent. NOTES FROM PARIS. NAPOLEON IN ITALY. —Among the gaudy and ill drawn pictures at the Palace of Versailles, intended to commemorate all the glories of France, there is one which repre;ents Bonapatte loading his troops over the Bridge of Arcole, while a brawny grenadier vainly tries to pull back the valiant " petit caporal" out of danger. By a pictorial license, the artist has given Napoleon a very clean uniform : had he been an eye witness, he would havo known that the future Emperor was then equally " covered with glory " and with mud from head to foot ! To oppose his advance into Italy, the Austrian forces were assembled at Vicenza ; and Arcole, which is a few leagucs horn that town, was fixed for the tug of war. The French troops had crossed the small riv.•r Diesc by a bridge of boats, protected from the observation of the Austrians assembled in the plain beyond by a steep and almost perpendicular embankment. Napoleon could not resist the temptation of looking down on the posi tion of the enemy, and while his troops marched on be low, he pushed his hose up the bank to reconnoitre alone. The solitary and stationary horseman soon at tracted the attention of the enemy, who sent a shower of balls quickly around him, one of which wounded and threw down his charger. _ . A young officer of French artillry, riding below at the instant, and admiring his Genera'; indiLrence to danger, saw him fall ; the young man dashed his own horse up the bank, dismounted, and when Napoleon bad disentangled himself, he found another steed held for him, the owner of which disappeared, to rejoin on foot his company b, low. Suddenly he heard a prancing and crash:nf;,- on the bank ; and, looking up, he perceived a violent disagree ment between Napoleon and the horse, a fiery, ill-tem pered animal, who ended the matter by first rearing, and then backing over the bank, down which he slipped, and deposited himself and the future Emporor in, the stagnant and muddy water blow. Here was an overthrow, not merely of man and horse. but of the young officer's hopes, founded on the good luck of being able to assist his General : all overset by the rearing of a vicious brute ! The armies met, the French were victorious : the day was done, and the companions in arms were in groups at supper, chatting over their adventures, when an aide-de camp summoned the artillery officer who Lad lent his horse to General Bonaparte." The young man accom panied him, bestowing an anti-benediction on the cause o!'-his• disgrace, - and preparing to endure a reprimand for his ill-broken steed. Napoleon, to whom he was a stranger, said sharply, " You lent me a horse to day " I had that honour, General." " You may select and take any three of mine you please. Have you any armorial bearings ?" " Yes, General, I am the Cho.. lier Faure de Lilste." " Then, in memory of your prompt attention to-day, you may henceforth bear on your shi&ld, as a charge of honour, a coeval cabre (a rearing horse). Good night, Sir. The Chevalier Faure withdrew, and lost no time in taking possession of the living and pairit horss ; and at this day the " rearing horse, borne by his fa mily, commemorates Napoleon's gift, which was cer tainly " four -fn-hand." HERALDRY.—Since the old revolution the French have totally neglected heraldry, and are thoroughly ig norant of it, although formerly le blazon, was part of the education of the young nohlTsse. Even the resto rition of the Bourbons did not bring back " the an cient and noble science" to its pi oper place. . . As a proof of ignorance on this point, displayed in even official documents, may be cited the " patent of nobility of Baron," given to the aho've-named Chevalier Faur© de Lilate by Charles X., shortly before he was deposed. The arms of his lady, although not a heiress, are actually embodied in the blazonry, and placed in chief (that is, at the top of the shield), in stead of being impaled (placed on the sinister side), as a wife's arms should be ,borne. Most strange of all mistakes, the rearing horse, which as a charge of honour should occupy honour point (the exact centre of the shield), is placed in base, the lowest point in the bear inv. There is scarcely a country ecych-painter in England who would have marshalled arms so contrary to heraldic laws as this official parchment, to which is appended the great seal of France, in green bees'-wax, as large as a plate I The mushroom nobility since the Revolution assume any supporters they please, and aro not at all particula in having their coronets of the regular form, according to their rank. In fact, it is well known that many per sons assume titles here which it would be very difficult to trace to any Royal donor ; and the English incur a risk in signing agree meats with these self-eleet_d Comas and Viscount', for, by the French law, such contracts are not binding, as the parties have not been rightly and legally styled. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and part of the County of Middlesex, will be had at the Sewers'-office in Greek -street, Soho-squa .e, to-morrow, at twelse o'clock, to transact the following business : To make decrees for rates on the Ram la;11 and Counters Creek districts, on houses, &c., at 6d., end on land at 2d. in the pound ; and to sign the rat:-books for the new rates, pursuant to the said decrees, and the abstract of the rate books of the rates made 15th Nov., 1539: or to take such other proceedings as the Court may then consider neeeisaty. Upon which Mr. Leslie will move, as an amendment, " That the Commissioners do not sign the decrre for t rate on the Counters Creek and Ranclagh presentments ; because the proceeding of the Court which lave led to the said presentments, and the presentments are void, being con trary to the Statutes, to the Commission, and the Oath taken by the Commissioners : because the doctrine laid down to the Jurors, Tf at the Commissioners impose the tax on the land, aad arc not bound to inquire whose property it is, or to tegari any question of ownership or occupation,' is contrary to the Sta tutes : because the necessary consequence of such er roneous doctrine is another ; that having made a sewers-' rate without any regard to ownership or occupation, a leg :1 distress for the same can be taken upon the pre mi. es so rated, and any person's goods found thereon mr y be sold for such tax : because, during these pro lings, the Commissioners have been made aware, t t , .e opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor-General and Sir Frederick Pollock are against them : because it the erroneous advice given to the Commissioners be sti:l further sc:el upon to the signing of the decree, such proceeding will bring her Msjesty's Commission of Sewers into contempt, as being a final judgment of a Ginn of Record which cannot be carried into effect, ei!her as to a distress upon or sale of premises charged b 3 such decree." - • ADDITIONAL MATTER ORDERED BY THE COURT, ON THE 19TH FEBRUARY, TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COURT TO-MORROW, AFTER THE MATTERS ALREADY ANNOUNCED. . Surveyors to present Repoit, Opinions, &J., as fo.l iKs : On h tter from Horne Depaitment, respecting drainage of streAs in the neighbourhood of Bucking ham Palace. Oa the Lest mode of improving draicage of the upper part of Blackl inds Sewer. 0,1 pipes laid through the bank of the C.:unters Creek Sower, for the relief of the West London and Westminster Ceme tery. On the pet . tion of Wm. Higgs to build 20 feet of gully drain in Fulham-road. 2. To consider as to the rating of churches in the eastern division of the Westminster Sewers, with refe rence to a communication from the solicitors respecting their conference with the solicitors of the tev,rl,l pa rishes upon the subject of a proposed spec Lil case. 3. To inspect the book of informations. The Royal Thames Yacht Club have given the surplus funds ati ing from their annual IN 11, to the wihows and orphans of the late crew of the Fairy. Last year they pre , .ented it to the Naval Be, evident Society. ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF A CONVICT. —On Tuesday a gaol oiiioer, deputed by a town in Wales to convey a couvict under sentence of transpo tation to the Warrior bulk-ship at Vv'oolvvicii, arrived at London, and, on the same day, -engaged a waterman ti convey hint and his charge to Woolwich. The waterman, on arrivirg at a public house on the bank of the river, at the west e.,u of the ducky/ad, landed the partie , , st.t•ng that he had brought them to Woolwich in terms of his pg come t, and, notwithstanding he was remenArated wins lyscause would not preceel to the Warrior hulk, he could nvt he pt evailed on to du so, as it was contrary to t':'e regulations to admit strangers in that dife.:tion. On lanuing, the parties catered the public-house, and, a'ter having he..tn drinking for sours tin.e, the gaol officer c e,i.ed the con. v:ct to remain vac e he was whi!e i c we..t to make in. quirks as to the way in which convicts vve e admitted ti the hulk ship fitted for their reception. Pro virus to the return of the gaol officer the c tnvict had set aff in a can trary direc . ion, and could nut be found. On communci t4ig what had occurred to the police of the do ckyard, who pould Scarcely telieve that any person would have bean so simp:o as to leave a prisoner in the manuer r:e►criLed, nceces were issued to the Greenwich police, and in the evening, the conv.ct was found staggering in the sheets of eat town quite drunk, and a once acknow:eiged he was the party ney warted, and actually an eared tu.coniciaus of having male an attempt to csc,pe from the pet son who had charge of him. The King of Prussia has conferred the order of the Red,E.Tle on Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, for his services on the coast of Syria The Lords of the Admitalty have directed that trcop ships wear the colours worn by her Majesty's ship on the stations that they may be horn time to time em ploycd, AN EMPTY TREASURY.—A Bill has been in trukcei into the Virginia Legi=ht: tre , to autheii4e the bAnks of that State to loan the counnw.‘ rea l t h 100.000 dol lar. It it sta'ed that the re is no t ,ncugh money in the treasury to pay the Mcrnlers wager. We are giad to find that the Dee steam-vessel, Commander J ; Sherar, K,l - 1., uported i n t h e American papers to have been lost oil her return from lux to the West ludh7, arrived in srfety at Port R o y a l, J ama i ca, on the 26th cf December, in twenty days from 1-klifax. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, FEB. 20. (Sittings at Guildhall before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) RICHARDS V. YOUNG.—LIBEL. TllO ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case as follows : Gentlemen of the Jury—The plaintiff in this case is a , respectable merchant of this city, and the action is brought against Mr. Murdo Young, the proprietor and editor of a newspaper called The Sun, a paper of con siderable circulation, and against the respectability of which it is not my business to say anything, except with regard to the conduct of Mr. Young in this par ticular transaction, which I am sure you will very ranch condemn. Gentlemen, where a newspaper falls into any tni.stake inadvertently the greatest indulgccce ougdt to be extended to it. We are all very much indebted to the Press—looking at the great advantage and benefit which the public derive from its labours, it sliould be treated with the greatest leniency ; but when the editor of a newspaper opens his columns for the purpose of calumny, and makes himself an instrument to gratify the malignity of others, it baccmes a case of great agglavation ; and when pro duced before a Jury, they well consider that very serious dam lees should be awarded for a libel so published to the World. Mr. Richards, in February, 1836, had the misfortune to be persuaded to become a shareholder in an undertelvng called the Southampton Docks Com pany. His attorneys were Alliston and Locke, and they asks(' him to becom e a shareholder in the undertaking, respecting which there was a Bill before Parliament. Gen , th.tnen, one of the questions you will have to consider will be whether Mr. Richards was the originator of the scheme. You will find there was not the smallest pre tence for that assertion. He took forty shares, and paid the deposit of 100/. on them. Gentlemen, Mr. Richards did Lot trafiie in these shares, and speculate or: them, but kept them ; and the Bill passed and re ceived the Royal assent in the month of May, 1836. Mr. Richards soon had reason to regret that he had taken eery shares at all. He found that it was a job. lie was called upon to support the Directors, who wished to have a salary for themselves; he refused to do so ; and from that time to the present. lie has been continually in opposition to the Directors, for he found flat it really was not a concern which would prosper and could not be carried into effect. But, ge„tletnee, there were others who had different objects in `view—the Surveyor had a b.ll to make up— the Sclicitors thought it for the:r advantage that the concern should go on, and it did go on although ineffec tidily. Oa the 28th of February last there was a rtee:ing of the Dirt ctors and Proprietors, and oo the fulawing day, namely, the 29th of February, there wss published in The Sun newspaper the libel of which e complain. It came forth in the shape of a report of a speech, suppo l sed to have beta delivered there by one of the Directors of the name of Liggins. Now, gen tlemen, if such a speech had been made there would be 110 justification to publish the calumnies uttered at a meeting of the Proprietors of a Joint Stock Company. But, gentlemen, you will find th a t M r . Y oung l ent himself to the Directors—that he sent a reporter there to take the proceedings, cod published them on the 29ea of February, and again on the 2d of March, which must be considered a gt est aggravation of the injury. The libel is in these words, and is sup posed to be a speech of Mr. Liggins, one of the Di. cetors :—" Mr. Richards had complained of the little work that had been dote (although he would observe that they had hundreds of men employed), but be did not pay his fair proportion of the expenses to which 1 e was legully liable." Now, Gentlemen, his name is there, as should have been the names of all the patties who subsetibed, because he had taken forty shares berme the Act was passed, but that he was the originator of one of them is what I utterly den;'. The Learned Counsel then procesded to read the libel : " And notwithstanding that fact, Mr. Richards had himself coolly gone into a Court of Law, and stated in his affidavit that he had reason to believe (he being one of ti e originators of tbe Company) that such Com pany was a bubble Company, and that the Act was ob tained by gross fraud and misrepresentation, and that the e never existed any fair or reasonable intention of carrying the projected object to any useful purpose, or for the benefit of the Subscribers.--(Loud cries of Hear, hear?) Now Mr. Richards was a party to the appli c,ition to Parliament for the Act of Incorporation, and it was to be presumed that he was well acquainted with all that had taken place, and it would be for them to determine whether they would receive the e statements from an ind . vidual who had gone into a Court of Law, swe iring thai. to be true which he well knew to be false." You have, therefore, Gentlemen, here brought forward a direct charge of perjury, of judicial perjury, against Mr. Richards, that he made an affidavit in the , case, stating facts which he we 1 knew to be false, for which he might be indicted, and, if convicted, would be liable to be transported to But my Bay. Gentlemen, a letter was written to the proprietor of The Sun, giving him an opportunity, if he thought fit, of ir quiring into and correcting the misrepresentation which his publication coatrined. No notice was taker, of that letter. The writ was sued out, and then, after the writ was sued out s Mr. Young called at the office_ of Mr. Loveless, the attorney for the plaintiff, and I should like to state to you the conversation that then took place, and as I believe it will be correctly proved to you. The de fendant, Mr. Young, said that he was an innocent party, and had not published the libel from any mel cious mo tives. Very well, if he had sent as he said, through in advertence a reporter to the meeting, and if through same indiscretion these calumnious expressions had been introduced, and that Mr. Young was willing to apolo g'ze, it might be a harsh thing to press the act on against him. Mr. Loaless required that the manuscript should be given up, in order that the plaintiff might fix the Di rectors with the publication, and that then the action would he stayed, as the plaintiff had no wish to put Mr. Young to tiny axpense. Nothing could be fairer than such an offer, if Mr. Liggins had usod these words the plaintiff could not take an action against him for having circulated such a slanderous matter all over the empire, but be says to Mr. Young, give us up the ma nuscript and we shall let you go scot free. Mr. Young said he would consider of the offer, and would call again in a fortnight. Time was given him to consider of it and to makeup his mind whether he would furnish the plaintiff with the evidence, which would enable him to maintain an action against those who were really the originators of the libel. Gent'enien, M. Young did not call again, and what is now the consequence. Is it that the libel was published through inadvertence ? No, Gentlemen, lie now throws himself into the arms of the Directors, and it is clear that we are now carrying on an action against Liggins, who is the real defendant in the cause, and that Mr. Young has been indemnified by the D:- rectors. Instead of returning in a fortnight he refused to make any concession or explanation, and alien the rvAion goes on he pleads a justification, which is in reality an indictment for perjury against Mr. Richadrs. Nnsv is that conduct in the proprietor of a newspaper that deserves any indulgence. Mr. Young knew no thing of the disputes between Mr. reichards and time Ds:eters, and yet he cline forward, a hen he had the offsr allowed to escape from the effects of the publica tion, to justify it. Not only would he not give up the means of tracing the libeller, but he himself became the lib. filer in his own proper person, for he now brought forward the charge against Mr. Richards. Now, what do you think, gentlemen, is the justiEzation ? It is no less than this, that Mr. Richards had wilfully and know ingly taken God to witness what lie knew to be false, and you are to say, gentlemen, whether he is guilty or not. The justification amounts therefore to an indict ment for wilful and corrupt perjury on the part of Mr. Richards. The libel stated that Mr. Richards was one of the originators of the Company. That was untrue. It stated that Mr. Richards had made an affidavit that the Company was a bubble Company ; that the Act of Parliament had been obtained by fraud ; and that there never existed any reasonable hope of carrying time object out to the useful extent proposed. That was the affi davit which it eves alleged Mr. Richards made, and then here conies the assignment of peijury, whereas in truth and in fact those statements were false, and whereas in truth and in fact the plaintiff at the time of making his afii•lavit had to reason to believe that the Company was a bubble Company, or that the Act of Parliament was obtained by false representation ; and whereas in truth arid in fact the plaintiff well knew that at the time he made the affidavit in question, he was swearing falsely. No indietmeats for pcij'lry could contain assignments .more pa ecise than those—" He well knowing at the time to lne t p iidy r he made those affidavits that he was swearing to that ove atrinisprepared to melt which was fillse." Now I should like tiousktiiifiocwatsite.theirf the attempt is made, that Mr. Richards was not one of the originators of the Company, that he was introduced, and took shares such a t n . ytnceamantptst:hm: show attempt tn s b h e a o t should 1 d d a b: t e i while the Bid was before Parlia ment . that from the beginning he opposed what he considered to be the im proper conduct of the Directors; and with respect to the manner in which the Bill was carried before Parlia ment, I am prepared to show how the subscription lists had been got up, who were the subscribers, and whether they took shares or not. lam also in a situation to show how the subscriptions were filled up to com ply nominally with the orders of the Haute of Lords ; and I am prepared to show that there were subscribers who did this for the purpose of deceit. lam prepared to show what amount was paid up, and what also was done with the money ; but at pie.:ent I am content ito prose the conversation that took place between Mr. Young and Mr. Lowless, and then we shall see whether Mr. Young will prefer any .na.ctinent for the purpose of suppoiting the charge he has had the hardihood to prefer against this individual. I re a ll y d o t hi n k , with great. submission to the Court, that this is a case of great aggravation, and 1 hope, gentlemen, that you will think it to be a case that eught to he visited with sei ions damages. The affida;it Wed at the Starop.efilee, showin g th at Mr. Young was the pzopr . 9Wr of the newspaper, %las thon put in and rea4, and the pary^r of the 29th of FLlnuary,lB4o, and the 2d oflreb, were proved and put in. Lord DENMAN—Now, I suppose, you want the passages that are marked in these papers read. Mr. TIIESIGEIt—I think, my Lord, that it will be nezessary that we should have rather more than those read. But those pelts can be read first. The Clerk then read the following part of the speech of the Chairman :—" He stood there as the organ of the Company, and it was with the greatest reluctance he interfered. He felt, however, that the moment was arrived when it was strictly within the line of his duty to ask whether a Proprietor, standing in the position of Mr. Richards, would be permitted to proceed in such a strain.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Richards had complained of the little work that had been done (al though he would observe that they had hundreds of men employed), but he did not pay his fair proportion of the expenses to which he was legally liable." Lord DENMAN—Then, does it appear that Mr. Richards bad been speaking before? Mr. THESIGER—Yes, my Lord, it implies that. Lord DENMAN—Oh, I was not aware of that. 'lie Clerk then proceeded with the reading of the Chairman's speech :—" He would observe further that Mt. Richards was one of the originators of the Com pany, his name being embodied in the Act of Incorpo poration, and notwithstauding that fact, Mr. Richer& bad himself coolly gone into a Court of Law, and stated in his affidavit that he had reason to believe (he!being one of the originators of the Company) that such Com pany was a bubble Company, and that the Act was ob tained by gross fraud and misrepresentation, and that there never existed any fair or reasonable intention of carr}ing the projected object to any useful purpose, or for the benefit of the Subscribers.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Now Mr. Richards was a party to the application to Parliament for the Act of Incorpora tion, and it was to be presumed that he was well ac quainted with all that had taken place, and it would be for them to determine whether they would receive these statements from an individual who bad gone into a Court of Law, swearing that to be true which he well knew to be false." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—WeII, then, there is the paper of the 2d of March ; what do you wish to read from that .? Mr. THESIGER—Mr. Richards says immediately following that, that if he had made any such statement the Chairman would have been the first to :top him. " It was stated that he believed there was fraud—that he admitted to be a strong term, but he did not wish to be personal in the slightest degree. It was stated that he was privy to all th e i n t ro d uctory arrangements, b ut that he must beg leave to deny ; lie was merely asked in ale street to become a subecriber."" The Chairman said they had eothio to do with what took place between Mr. Richards and his friend in the streets. They must take the facts as they stood, and, to use a legal phrase, Le must say that Mr. Richards was out of Ccurt." Then Mr. Richards immediately followed ; but I think if Mr. Richards' speech before that of the Chairman's is read, I shall not have occasion to trouble the Court further. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—That is at the bottem of the 4th column. e Cl:rle then proecesled to read the following : " Mr. Richards would urge upon the Proprietors pre sent to take into consideration, before they passed the Report, tlee difference between a Report in writing and that which they could see with their own eyes, if they went down to the town of Southampton. They would see a certain number of piles drisea, but as to any thing approaching the shape of a Dock, be certainly could not see it. If there was a Dock about to be es tablished at Gosport, with a railroad to it joining the Southampton Railway, why should not the people of Gosport be sharers in the great advantages which their Chairman held out t r them ? He believed he was ad dressing men of business, and he callel upon them to do what they would do in their own own private affairs viz., to go and judge with their own eyes. When they had leturned from Southampton, let them go and exa mine the share list, and ascertain how many of them were likely to be paid up. The argument of the Di rectors was that because so many shares had teen /add up to the present time, that they would be paid up in future. The Directors had given them the state of the balance sheet up to the 31st of December, but he (Mr. R.) could give it them up to three days ago, and he could tell them that although very consi derable sums had leeu received since that Report, the balance in hand did not exceed 4,0001. With respect to what he had said of the state of the works, it up peased to him, although he admitted that he was not a scientific man, that nothing approaching the shape of a Dock had yet been marked out, and, he would add, that the opinion of the ixoisle of Southampton was, that it would require an enormous sum to complete the works. He understood further, that had the original plan been adhered to, instead of 3.50,000/. being required, persons who had a knowledge of the matter stated to !din that if the immense quantity of mud land which had been take:i was to be covered with buildings and docks, the sum would be really enormous, and far exceeding any th'ng which they could raise. Piles had originally beta driven out in the mud at such a distance that it Wll3 dangerous for the shipping, and en accident had occurred in consequence ; however, these piles had be ea removed, and the Docks a ere now being made on a much small scale. He had before cautioned them to look well to the share list before they placed credit on the statement that the calls would be regularly pa's' up. He held in his hand a letter from a shareholder in Liverpool, show ing that a very strone feeling on the subject existed in that town. The writer had had communications with other shareholders there, who were of tne same opinion as 'drastic. (Mr. Richards was proceeding to read a paragraph in the letter, when he was met by lcud cries of " Order, order," and " Chair, chair.")" Mr. Lowless sworn and exa - niued by the ATTORNEY GENERAL. Arc yt,u the attorney for Mr. Richards ?—I am. Is he u merchatt in the city ?—He i 5. Did you write a ItAter to Mr. Young respati.ng the puhfication of this hbel?—l did. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—We Lave g,ileo you notice to produce Mr. Lowless's later of the 28th MarA, 1840. Mr. THESIGER—Perhaps you have a copy of it. The Attorne3-General can read a copy. (The officer then read the copy of a letter which was handel in by the witness.) Was a writ sued out at that titte;?—No. Was any answer received to that latter?—None. A'ter that letter had been sent, did Mr. Young call upou you ?—lie did. On what day?—On March 31. Mr. THESIGER—When was the later written ?—lt wa3 written on the 28th and sent on tile 30;11. And on the 31st he caFcd ?—Yes. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—State any conversation that passed betNeen you and Mr. Young on that occa sion. Witness—He said it was very hard for him to be sued—that he was a perfect stranger to the plaintiff —that he could not by possibility bear malice against him, and that it had not been intentionally done—that the paragraph had been overlooked. I then remarked that it aprealed he had been paid for the publication ; he said he had not been paid exactly for publishing it, but that he had sent a reporter to the meeting at the request of the Directors ; that they had paid him for the attendance of the reporter and the reporting, and had taken 300 or 400 copies of the newspaper containing it ; and he remarked it was not to Le expected that he coil I afford so much space in his paper to such a sub ject unless he was remunerated for it in some way or other. I told him if be would give up-- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Did he say anything more about the Directors ?—He said it had been pub lished at the request of the Directors, and I said that if he would give tot: the means or proving the publication against the parties who had really published it, so that proceedings might be had againA them-- Lord DENMAN—Tt.a:. is, against the Directors? Witness---;Yes. The action against him should be stayed, as there was no wish on the part of the plaintiff to put him to expense or trouble. Ha said he would consider of it, and call or give me an aaswer in a fortnight, ald begged that no proceedings might be taken in the meantime. ATTOrtNEY•GENERAL—Did you suspend the proceedings for a fortnight ?--I did ; and for a much longer time. Lord DENMAN—Did he cull ?—He did not call. 11.31 r. Lowless is in error, no doubt from a dciect of memory. Mr. Young did call a second and third time. But that was not all. Mr. Young stated that whatever he had said must be considered to be without PREJUDICE, to which Mr. Lowless assented. It is absurd to suppose .711 r. Young could have acted other:vise ; but Mr. Young, as duJ'ndant, could not be a witness in Ais own person.] The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—He did net call at all ? You then filed a declaration ?—Ye;. And found a plea of justification upon the record ? Yes. The ATTOUNEY-GENERAL—I believe the paper of the 2d March, containing the same report, has been put in ? Lord DENMAN—Yes, it has. Cress-examined by ill.: suppo.,e you were aware that Mr. Richards attended the mating ? Only from the rewspapors ; 1 was not concerned fur Mr. Richards at that time. You are now aware of it ?—Cortainly. From Mr. Richards ?—Yes. The ATTORNEY• GENERAL - L DO you know anything of this trlnsaction, except what has come to your know ledge a the solicitor of Mr. Richards ?—lie. Mr. TIIESIGER—Have you commenced any other actions on account of this publication —any action against Mr. Liggins ?—Ycs, against Mr. Liggins.. Per the statement he made at that meeting ?—Ycs. And for the publishing it?—Yes, and for publish ing it. When was that action commenced P.—At the same time with the present one. I told Mr. Young s o at t} at time. Did you at any ti me see M r . B er tram, and was any thing said about dropping both the actions it the Com pany would take Mr. Richards's shares off his hunds ? distiticth Mr. THESIGER—Not distinctly? Why, was it not proposed that the proceedings in both actions should Le dropped, if Mr. Richards's shares were purchased at 101. discount ; and was there not a split about the money that was to be paid ?—Not distinctly. There had been disputes between Mr. Richards and the Company, and I had endeavoured, by ell in my power, to bring them to an end. Then had some proceedings taken place between Mr. Richards and the secretary?—Mr. Bartrum called upon me and said that all had been settled ; I showed him a letter from the secretary. Mr. THESIGER—NOW, don't talk about the secre tary, Sir ; we have nothing to do with the secretary. I ask you, was it not distinctly agreed to settle these actions, on condition that Mr. Liggins, or some person on behalf of the Company, should purchase Mr. Rich ards's shares at 10/. discount ?—Certainly not. It was stated that if the disputes could be arranged, the ac tions should be settled on proper apologies being made, and the costs paid as between solicitor end client. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Was not all this stated to Mr. Bartrum distinctly to be without prejudice? —Yes. Mr. TIIESIGER—Do you mean to swear that the negotiations between yourself and Mr. Bart um were stated to be without prejudice ?—Distinctly so ; I have one letter from the secretary stating so. Mr. TwessrdEn—Now, really, Sir, we cannot hear anything about the secretary. Will you swell., that, between yourself and Mr. Beaman it was ever stated that what was proposed was without prejudice ? Certainly. Was it stated when you met ?—lt was so stated. Verbally?—Verbally. Do you know anything about the docks yourself?— No. I have been at Southampton, but not to the docks. Have any actions been brought against Mr. Richards by the Company ?—Several. How many ?—Four or five for calls. Has he paid them up ?—They are all paid now. Were the actions defended?—Since I have been concerned-for him I have defended none. I have car ried them up to a certain point and then ceased. Mr. THESIGER.—Ay ! Made a show of fight and then, when it came to the point, gave in. The witness was here about to retire, when he was prevented by Mr. Thesiger, who asked, Did not Mr. Young at the meeting you had with him at your office, offer to insert an apology in his news paper?—He said he would insert any thing I pleased, but I said that would not suit our purpose. Lord DENUAN.— You wished to be supplied with information ?—Yes. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL----T O supply you with means of proving - it against the proper parties ?—Our object was to make the parties prove what they had as serted. That he should give you the means of proving ? Certainly. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—And as the negotiation was without prejudice I can't go into that. 'l'his closed the ease for the plaintiff. Mr. THESIGER then addressed the Jury for the de fendant. May it please your Lordship—Gentlemen of the Jury.-1 think the last answer, or nearly so, will satisfy you that this aefon ought Dever to have been commenced against Mr. Young, the proprietor of The Sun newspaper, because it has now been proved, that it is not in the slightest degree necessary for the vindi cation of the character of Mr. Richards, the plaintiff. Every atonement that could possibly be made was of fered by my client, but yet it appears, that the plaintiff choose s to persevere in thew proceedings against him, when it was perfectly clear that he will have an oppor tunity of having the whole matter fairly contested in the action which he has brought against Mr. Liggins, the Chairman of the Southampton Dock Company, which is now pending its this Court. I sin anxious to show you, gentlemen, that in the whole of this transaction there Las been nothing to reflect upon the character or conduct of Mr. Young, the respectable proprietor of The Sun newspaper. My Learned Friend, the Attorney-General, in his ad dress to you, would not cast any blame upon The Sun, but lie did not dare to praise it. He would not dare to give it that character for respect. ability which he knows it deserves, because he well knows it would not tend to make out the case he wishes to make before you. I Lelieve it has very rarely happened indeed that Mr. Young has been guilty of any conduct, or put under such circumstances as to compel him to appear before a Jury—very rarely indeed. He is extremely anxious to avoid, in his newspaper, all matter at all reflecting upon individuals. Ile belie% ea that his duty as a Journalist, confines him to matters of public importance ; and in the diligent discharge of that duty, be has unfortunately fallen into the error which compels him to appear before you to-day. IVith respect to the claim for damages, my Learned Friend the Attorney-General h a s endeavoured to show a mercenary motive on the part of Mr. Young. Now, gentlemen, what (Ices the whole of that amount to? 1 was indeed surprised to hear what fed from my Learned Friend—l was surprised to hear the observa tions he was instructed to make in regard to that most mportant national undeiteking, the establishment of large and commodious docks ht the port of South ampton. He has endeavoured to make you believe that it has been undertaken for the mere purpose of speculation, that it has been undertaken by persons of no character, and, in fact, to use a term of my Learned Friend's, that it is a bubble Company from beginning to end. Now let me oissecie to you that my Learned Friend merely insinuated all diet, and that he offered no proof of it whateser, and I defy him to do se. He says so, he is so instructed, but 1 am bold enough to say that it is a most important undertaking, one which will be attended with the greatest national advantages, and it is one which I hope will soon be carried out to its fulfilment, and that the adventurers who have joined it, I have no hesitation in saying, with a view to their own interest, but I will also say , with a view to the public advantage, or they wonll never have obtained the sanction of the Legis lat ire to their Bill, will be rewarded. Well, this being a great national undertaking, everything connected with it, of course, was of great public importance, and as there was to be a meeting of the Proprietors of shares, at which the Report of the engineer was to be read, and as it was expected to be moat numerously attended, and it being thought to be for the advantage of the undertaking that the public in general should under stand how the affairs of a work of such public importance were going on, a request was sent to my respectable client, Mr. Young ; of course that request being made by the Directory, that he would send a reporter to the meeting. Now, gentlemen, could it possibly have been anticipated that at that meeting there would have been arty charge made against Mr. Richards, the plaint.ff, by Mr. Liggins ; that there would have been any attempt at disorder made by Linn such as to make it the duty of the Chairman to call him to order ? Does anything ap peer but a fair and honest desire that all the mattsrs and concerns of the Company—the more especially as the Report of the engineer was to be considered— should be laid before the public, in order that they should form their own idea of what prospect there was of the ultimate success of the vast undertaking ? Ac cordingly the Directors make the request, and a re porter is sent to the meeting by Mr. Young. Now. gentlemen, look at the way in which the proceedings oh this meet ng are sent forth to the world. lt begins— " - SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. " The soy er.th half-yearly meeting of the Directors and Proprietors of the Southampton Dock Company took place yesterday at the Company's offices, Bishops gate-street. " The SECRETARY having read the requisition conven ing the meeting. The CHAIRMAN (Joseph Liggins, Esq.) said it was often the practice on such occasions to commence by roading the minutes of the last meeting, but as there happened to he a great deal of business before them, it might be as well, perhaps, if that were now dis pensed with. " The resolutions of the last meeting ware, however, ultimately read." Alter some preliminary observations from the Chair man, with which it is unnecessary for me to trouble you, the Report of the Directors was read, along with that of the engineers, as follows : " REPORT. Pro f Dire c t, r s h ave th e p l easure o f present i ng to t h e f'rietors a Report, no longer confined to the announce ment of what they would wish to effect, or have hopes of effecting, but of what bas already bzen done, and is actually now doing, in prosecution of the important undertaking in which they a:e engaged. " From the period of the last half-yearly General Meeting, the works have been steadily advancing; and although . the unusually tempestuous and trying weather during the autumn and winter has necessarily retarded the Contrac tor,' opr rations, the r esu lt o f t h e i r labours is decidedly en couraging, whilst the present condition of the wr rks affords satisfactory evidence of their solidity. " The works are, in fact, already in such a state of ad- , vancenaent, as to have enabled M r . Giles, the C om p an y 's Engineer, to make a substantive Report on the subject ; and the Directors present it to the Proprietors, assured that they will find it acceptable. " Mr. GII,Es'S Report is as fellows :--- " Beaufort Buildings, 2.0t11 Fan:: ry, 1840. " TO THE DIRECTORS Or' THE SOUTH AMPTON DOCKS. " Gentlemen, --I bcg to report to you that the dock works have been carried on by the Contractors through the last autumn , and u p to this time, with great energy. " It baying been deemed advisable to complete and open one portion of those docks at as early a period as possible for the reception of the largest class of steam-vessels, and sailing vessels up to 600 or 700 tons burthen, my atten tion has been particularly directed to this object, and to make the Tidal Dock in the first instance ; lan accord ingly constructing the pile foundations necessary for the a,l %s quay walls on buil sides of the entrance, and southern (or sea- ofward)si e d e e mb : l ledne t e s L for l i ‘ n h c is lo p si i n lni g ng t t b hi e es in Erlenatmfoariwsoarfdonrmesisn.g. the ground of the Close Dock front the tideway, side of which is completed. Its southern eastern em bankments are also in ful prog:r css , and likely to be finished in the course of the ensui iig spr i ng; and the con struction of the remainder of the Tid a l D oc k a n d o f t h e Clcsc. Dock will be carr i e d c " Thu number of me _ nin d ue progress. 11 hitherto employed on the works /7 / has averaged 250; but there arc now about 300 on the ground. " The extent of work performed to this time consists of about 1,000 feet length of pile-driving for the hiundations of the quay•walls, upon which upwards of twenty engines are at this moment in full operation; and of excavations amounticg to newly 70,000 cubic yards. The soil pro duced by the latter is advantageously applied to the forma tion of the embankment for the Close Dock ; it is very adhesive and impervious, qualities particularly favourable for sea embankments, and for making and maintaining the Decks ; and this the late storms have sufficiently tested, no dam, , ge having been done the.eby to the embankment nor to the piling. " The °thorn° Quarry, the property of the Company, has also been opened by the contractors, and preparations arc made for conveying its stone to the docks. The con tractors licve also made arrangements f or o b ta i n i ng ot h er stone from Gurnet Bay, Portland, and Swatinge ; and have deposited a large quantity of blue lies limestone, and of timber in store upon the Company's ground. M e a ns ale likewise in pr , pvratlon fir cc:r,voying thither the soil purchased from Mr. Buchan at Walston " Considerable preparatio n of machinery for carrying on these works has likewise been made by the contrac tors. Indepeneently of the pile eaginee, already at work, a powerful etieg eagiee, Waog en!, am., are also ineking, end Leer completion. I- hate therefore, reason to expect that the entrance and southern side cf the Tidal Deck will be ready for the reception of trade by the end of the present year. " I remain, Gentlemea, your very (stied:car, feitlifal serva . .ti " FRANCIS GILES." Now there could be no doubt of the truth and accuracy of the statements made by the engineer, because they were made in the presence of many persons who were deeply interested in them, and hundreds present at the meeting might have contradicted them had they been incorrect. Now was it not important that the public should know all these facts, and if so, what better plan could be devised for such a purpose than publishing theta to ail the world in the columns of a newspaper ? Now, geet: men, after the proceedings of the meeting' appear to have gone on a considerable way, Mr. Ri chards, the plaint if, is represented to have risen and made a speech reflecting very strongly upon the concern altogether, upon the conduct of the Da eatorr, of the en giseer, ani in fact of all connected vs:th it ; and in an swer to this, Mr. Liggins, the Cueirinan upon the occasion, i 3 represented to have made the observations which are now complained off. But, gentlemen, ob serve, if there had been any intention to calumniate Mr. Richards, the offensive remarks would have been put in large characters, or in some singular type, or by directions in another part of the paper the attertson of the public would have been directed to the part con taining the libel in a long and voluminous report, so long that, with all due deference to my client, I think that long before the publie could come to the paragraph compleined of they would he heartily tired of the whole subject, unless, indeed the reader was one of those persons who speech was reported, or or e of those very deeply interested in the undertakine. Can you, gentlemen, believe for one moment that Mr. Young, or the Directors, for although 1 ant not here for one individual of the Directorship, I may be le mitted to say, tees it possible tii t tire Directors, in employing a reporter to attend t; e meeting, could have the slightest intention of reflecting upon the eharac!er of Mr. Richards, who, they could not be sure, wo u ld attend the meeting ? Was it not realer that the putlic should have seine ilea •of what was going on with re spect to a greet national undertaking, and how far they had reasoo to expect a beneficial result ? Now, eenthe men, 1 will calf upon you to look te the report, and you will find that Mr. Richards hes his fair sleire of the c learns. if y, u we:e to fled that this Was a gar bled report—if 'tbere was given merely those speeches corn eying a strong censure upon the plaintiff, you might hate said it was as unfair and partial report ; but when you find that everything that Mr. Richards said eves et the same tine communicated to the public, with what was said against hiat—that Mr.R:chards's answer to the charge was inserted, as well as the charge —when you find that, as you will do on looking to the report, I ant sure that I am only wasting my br e ith, as well as your time, in saying noel that there was no intention to offer offence, or any design that something should be inserted, calculated to iefiect in the slightest degree upon the chaiet •ter of the plaintiff. For, gent:eater, a: the repel t say s in Mr. Liggiu's speech, Mr. Richards was a party to the application to Parliament for the Act of Incorporation, and it was to he presumed (het he was well ecquaintea %vita ell that ha I taken place. And give are feat e to say, gentleinee, that the Auto ney-Generel admitted that Le was one of the ori aired undertakers, end that his mono: was ieserted in the Act (.1 Parliament, and, teei-efore, gentlemen, it was impossible but that Mr. Richards, if his nerne was inserted in the Act of Parliament, must have been one of the original promoters of the concern and we find that Mr. Richards has ectuttly Lad actions brought against him for calls which his discreet attorney of the present day has thought proper to settle, although he male some show of,resistaince, gen.ing costs to a certain extent, and then chopping the actions. More over, gentlemen, if this had ht en a " bubble'' Company ; it it had been established in fraud, as is now insinuated. by the Attorney-General, so instructed by Mr. Ri chards. I am quite sure his Lordship will tell you that Mr. Richards might, have successfully defended himself against arty claim for calls, because when a Company is fraudulently constituted the Directors can make no claim for calls upon the shareholders, and therefore five actions, at least, in the time of Mr. Lowless, having been commenced against Mr. Richards, and he having paid those cads, it is quite evident he must have known that it was a mere pretence to say that it was not a it al bona fide Company, established for a beneficial public purpose ; because if Mr. Richards was convinced that he was right in the in structions he has given to his counsel, lib might have resisted the payment of those cabs, and resisted bllC cesEfully. Then here is a gentleman who was an ori ginal undertaker, paying those cullsomeordin g to the state ment cultic by the Chairman (which statement, of course, was made, for it cannot be denied, and Mr. !Richards has not ettempted to deny that a faithful report is given of what passed,) and Mr. Richards, not very deeply ef fected by the charge made against him, applies to may Learned Friend to crenate a mock interest in his favour, and to suggest that it operated so much upon his mind, that lie was so afiected, so overwhelmed by it, as to be compelled to come into a Court of Justice to vindicate his churacten and that it might not he left under such a stigma.—(Tire Hon. Gentlemen then read the el leae I heel ) That is what the Chairman says—Mr. Richards cannot deny that it is a faithful report—and what does Mr. Richards sa)? Why, deeply affected at this charge against hint, Mr. Richards said that " if he had made any stateineet of that sort the Chairman would have been the first to stop him.' There is indignation for you ! The Chdrman says, " You, who knew every thing, who was a party tj the Act of Parliament—who was perfect y acqueiuted v.-ith toe whole concern —you stetA tied. it was a butille Company, whilst you must have kite en that it was not a bubble Company. You have, therefore, stated what you know cannot be true." This, says my Learned Friend, is a de liberate charge of perjury. Then Mr. Richards says— " If I made any stateineut of that sort the Chairman would hate been the first to stop inc." Now I would rather that Mr. Richards should state his feelings on this subject than have them stated by the Attorney- Geueral, and here we have his feelings exhibited by Mr. Richards, or rather we have no feeling, a perfect indifference to the charge-, or at all everiti we have the statement of Mr. Richards, and what does he ray ? That "if be had made any staterm et of that sort the Chairman would have been the first to stop Lim. It was stated there that he Lelieved there was fraud— that he admitted te a strong term, hut he did not wish to be personal in the slightest degree." That was rether an odd mode of procedure in Mr. Richards. He andj. io in _ yhi : at: b uy l ie i l e : lr ' a l:ae : s u e : ta n' d l d tbla v e a ' a3 l ep t rnf ; l n l a r l la i t i oca p hulna r l i (tet.i t r3ui, .zi.ilie),nit,fraudulent sitprospects, haves ofl charge this undertaking, you, t e D beingrs a iri ( a l b originalfisrohaoeurdduilienbruo.utnialbenirtde deceitful set of persons; who Company to delude the p attracted by your ,prospectes . personally but geaerell " have been induced te a rne e n o i r i er i l l i t o h f i ' n n g o r t e •a r i s u o n n . n 'e a ' but I d " 't wea nnslits of individuels, as • )• Now, as a ecnlPanY fraudulent ; arel . as ' a Ca r l i p% ° ,. m i; I p a n n u y ti i l self ot c a i n r :l o i, t ad b u c al f s ra i d l u s ' an i ciatto , d i , it is . are fraudulent ; an alc sfrisiaanul-vd::e‘i‘nildon-t is Richards urn > t nally alsoptrl.le.yDtoireaelltothre; ionrhis .: without ete be he he I n n i u e , a t ie Then, d°"'ul i teYffio e d7 t rac' o dit e r sa: v .antwii i trYnin r ln r :i aritf i g n litett't:ePhngduate. together , tPtsiheo b i \eanr u irsta.r t ol. lie bra d eity ." Now, Gentlemen, observe the fairness here the Chairman stiffs that Ire was an original undertaker, that he Irma hate known all that had taken place, and that he had stated that it was a btiLli:e Company, whereas he must have known the coet-arya Now, sup pose it had been the intention tiltt the ric4 • spaper re pert should injure the character of Mr. Rtaltard' — what would have beim the cou rse : They evould have suppressed the, auswer which he neve, they .would not have reported thet at all, but merely the itatemente made by the Chairman, which, unansweredee would have been taken to be admitted by M:. Richards. In stead of this they have introduced the stithbent of Mr. Richards, that " It was stated that he wa'a privy to all tho introductory arrangements, .but That he must be; leave to deny ; he was merely asked in the street to become a subscriber. Now, Gentlemen, I have endeavoured to show you that my Learned c m o n l d lieve than Friend has really, I think unfairly—l don't wish to be tetnnnetdh im hen re w make strong strornegproebsesenrived atiotuhsiTcbaustelttnb)i.nolus Id unfairlybcaing nd ope a n s ed i n t this cast-, you t t weir the of opinion denied into the newspaper than the report of Mr. Lig eieas speech against the plaintiff, an d t h at M r. Young at tin-ie nt y Learned Iraq lent himself to tie intentional rneYgnity of the I Directors, by publishing that end that only to the world.iii Of course if this were proved it would be a strong case' a gainst Mr: Yeting, that he had desired to contribufd . l' to the neiliguity of tire Directors against Mr. Richards, he plieutiff. Bat you mutt take the newspaper into a' .. MORNING' EptrioN. THE SUN, LONDON, MOND4Y, FEBRUARY 22, 1841. 2 , MORNING EDITION