The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

T is LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE their native country ! Let them remember COMPANY, how the Second WILLIAM fell a victim to his (Provisionally fte.;:s,er(pl. January 17, 1849.) 2,00,,0nri„ in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. capital, inordinate pa.=sioa for sport ! And let them beware kredminAry Deptsit, 2s. 6d. per Share Pro4pe^t.sea an'i Aril information may be obtained at the Tempo- lest they may find themselves destroyed by some Lary Offices of the Company, Ma, Cannomrow, Westminster, on al- Parliamentary Sir WALTER TYRRELL ! Unless they plicatioa 1.., _ a. F. HOWE. Hon. Sec.. pro tem be absolutely blinded by their avarice as specu lators, by their greed of emolument, by their lust for an exorbitant per. tentage in profit, they will yield before their barbarous and extortionate proceedings have driven the country to desperation ; they will, in particular, shrink from the ridicule attached to those who emulate the fabu lous dog dropping the substance to snatch the shadow. To them we are satisfied that Vancouver's Island will prove nothing more than a shadow, a shadow reflected to their avaricious eyes in the waters of Nootka Sound. Even now, in this early stage of the proceeding, when the ink is scarcely yet dry upon the document which consigns Quadra to their dominion, the effect is be ginning to manifest itself in a detestation of their barbarous system, which must inevitably tend at last to undermine the whole superstructure of their sway in North America. A more unfortunate time for the negotiation of such a transference could not by any possibility have been selected. Now, when emigration has be come a necessity,:the idea of barbarising yet more of our colonial territories becomes more than ever re pulsive. Now, when the golden discoveries in California have opened a fresh field for commerce on the western coasts of the New World; and now, when intelligent men are beginning to argue for the formation of a trunk railway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific—the notion of handing over Vancouver's Island (the only available port belonging to England on that side of the Eastern Ocean) to the Hudson's Bay Company, becomes a project altogether insuf ferable. Nor are these the only prominent reasons why any honest Government directing the affairs of England should pause before juggling away for so many years such a possession. The fact upon which we have more than once enlarged before this, the fact upon which we shall not cease to enlarge so long as the geological and geographical advantages of Vancouver's Island remain in jeopardy, the fact that the soil of that island abounds in coal, with the additional fact that that coal is literally lying on the surface, and not so far buried in the earth as to require labour for its acquisition, are suffi cient reasons for a disinclination, on the part of Eng land, to resign her hold upon Vancouver's Island, simply for the personal satisfaction of a solitary member of the Cabinet. As a coaling station Vancouver's Island is universally admitted to be invaluable ; and yet it is this Vancouver's Island that has been shuffled over into the clutches of a company of fur-traders ! It is this island which has been thus rashly lost to us at the very period when the dawning commerce on the Pacific and the advance of steam navigation, both in regard to merchandise and war, rendered the retention of such a coaling station in such a quarter of the globe more than ever inestimable ! " The Position of Vancouver's Island is such that there is little reason to doubt its wealth and consequence will place it high in the scale of England's offspring." That is the opinion, simply but emphatically pro nounced, upon the importance of Quadra by the projector of the North American Railway, in a new and more practical argument in favour of his gigantic project, an argument contained in a pamphlet,* still more worthy of consideration than the one previously addressed by him to the author of the " Clockmaker." No sane man, glancing at a chart of the world, will gainsay the truth of that declaration. Since the periods of its being visited by Coox, by MEARS, and by VANCOUVER, the estimate formed of the value of the island, and of its contiguity to the North- American Continent, has progressively advanced. Surely, it is the height of impudence, not to say the most flagrant of all the evidences of jobbery, for a Cabinet to make away with this large and important spot of ground at the very epoch when the appreciation of its value has attained its extreme altitude ! Lord LINCOLN should feel a profound confidence in the sympathy, not of one or two, but of a whole nation, in those bold and laudable exertions which wer frustrated. In a neat v4lume Bvo., bound, price 10s. 6d. SCENES WtiERE THE TEMPTER HAS TRIUMPHED. By the Author of " The 4laol Chaplain." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. lIEB, MAJESTY'S TilE-ATItE. Signor PUZZI'S Benefit. On THURSDAY EVENING., Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, DON PASQUALE. After which a grand Pas de la Couroune, by 3ldlle. M. Taglion! and M. Dor. To be followed by the Last Act of the celebrated Opera, IL GIURAMENTO, n which 3ldlle. Parodi and Signor lloriani will appear. To conclude with the Divertissement LA PRIMA BALLERINA. The principal parts by Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marra, Thomaasini, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, and M. Paul Taglioni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-oflice of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as Usual, price 103. 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. ST. JAMES'S THE A T RE. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. Last Night but One. TO-MORROW EVENLNG, winces will commence at Half-past seven o'clock with LA DOUBLE ECEIELLE To conclude with LE COMTE ORY. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled LIICREZIA BORGIA. Alter the Opera a new grant Pas de la Couronne by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and M. Dor, To conclude with LA PRIMA BALLERINA. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, 6d. each. • All. 1:0 Y i., HA. Y MAlttitlx. M. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENINt, Will be performed a new and original tragic Play, in Five Acts, entitled STRATHMORE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Howe, Stuart, Rogers; M rs . VaudenhotT, Buckstone,C. Kean, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Reynolds. To conclude with the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. James Wadack; Harry Thunder, Mr. H. Yandenhoff; Lady Ama ranth. Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To be followed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAR RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright o the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. sOYA.L YcI.UM THEAT 6. Under the Management of Madame Vends. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe s. THIS EVENINO Will be performed THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTE.N DOM. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with AMATEURS AND ACTORS. Dress 4 , ,tae:, as.; Upper Luxe., 4s. ; Ylt, As. ; Gallery, Is. No tall-price to any part of the house. Toe New Boa-office, No. 2, Wellingtor.street, is open to the public -wry from Ten till Six. AbILEY ROYAL AMPLIITHEATR.E. Proprietor, Sir. W. Batty. Iltder the Patronage of her M ijesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince a.lbert. &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : • nines. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woollord, Hamad, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in a:nounc ing that he has engage I that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will - commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEitAT ; or, the Conquest of the Sellths. To be eJtlowed by an ;nimitanle display or SCE:qt. - , I N THE CIRCLE. In which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the , lay. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE CROCK OF COLD ; or, The Murder at the Hall. r,os.-otuet irom Eleven till Four. Manner, Mr W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of M. JULLIEN. First Week of the Army and Caledonian Quadrilles. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Mos; Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Junien's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder— Solos by Kamig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at traction., concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.m. ' • feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half - past Five ; Concert at Six ; storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could to procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had ot the first quality, and at the usual Prices. T tr../ WEATHER.—Scrs OFFICE, JUNE 26. TaIIn3IOIIETER, Lowest, 56 iligheSt ) 65; NOOn, 7 BARONETEEt, 30.05. If an army of soldiers, or a number of individuals of any kind, were placed in circumstances that it became necessary continually to remove a quantity of pon derous material up an inclined plane or a steep accli vity, it must be obvious that the mode in which the individual burden was placed must have a material influence upon the muscular powers and physical en / durance of those by whom it had to be sustained. For instance, if each man's share of the burden was of the weight of seven pounds, and the weight was attached to his ankles or part of the lower extremities, the weakest would become actually crippled by the. pressure and exhaustion of strength, whilst even the strongest would find it a great impediment to loco motion, and if able to go forward at all thus leg-logged, to quicken their pace from a walk to a run would be utterly impracticable. But let the same weight, or even one considerably greater, be placed in a knap sack or other convenient and condensed form, and borne between their shoulders, and it forms no serious impediment to progress. WIND W.—light brocze and fine sunshiny weather. WATER AT LONDON' Tula DAT —lT,7llllg, 1 min. after 6 I Evening, 36 min. after 6 To-M,8,10w-3forning, 53 min. after 6 I Evening, 13 min. after 7 aus,4 4 , c ce C • QV . - .D.Rort . Every man in this country is placed under cir cumstances that he has continually to carry a burden, if not is pounds weight, in pounds money, being the share apportioned to him to contribute by taxa tion to the national revenue, and the weight is placed in that most inconvenient and oppressive mode by which it cripples and exhausts the feeble, checking the rapid progress of the strongest. Hence the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his annual expositio❑ on Friday night, is quite content, and his auditors seem tolerably well satiAfied to find, that the burden is not so great as entirely to arrest the progress of those who carry it; that another year has rolled round, and still the charge-bearers move on, however difficultly or however slowly, but as to increasing the speed into a quick march, far less to run, he never dreams of such a thing, whilst the idea of flying would, of course, be quite chimerical. When the labours of the Liverpool Financial Re form Association, and the attention of thoughtful and inquiring minds upon the subject have been carried to a sufficient extent; when a Minister of Finance shall be found capable of comprehending the question in all its bearings, one who could see that powers of production almost infinite, when unre. stricted and under some modifications, are necessarily limited and finite, under others, it will perhaps be found, that the inconvenience of our present burthen arises not from its ponderous and insupportable weight, but from the mode in which it is imposed— that the nation is in the situation of the army carry ing their knapsacks strapped about their LeLls, instead or being borne upon their shoulders. arer.tvwezte'socuanrcesbe, and from Fromt w o sources, wealth from which I already produced— eapital, t h wealth in the course of production—Labour. lewho v have a d vo cated direct taxation instead of indirect think, usually erred in considering the forme r as' the only proper fund from which to derive revenue ; b ut we take a different view of the subject, and though considering a system of direct taxation as superior to indirect taxation as the knapsack on the back is to the knapsack about the heels, yet deem it proper that the whole weight of taxation should not be thrown upon the real or accumulated property of the country, and that labour should take a fair proportion of the burden, because the functions of a Government are not exclusively for the protection of the property of the rich, but the protection of person — the liberties and lives of all ; indeed, friendly as we are known to be to free trade, w e believe there are many functions which have hitherto been performed by individuals or companies which could be more effectually and more economically performed by the State for the well-being of the entire population. Perhaps if it were proposed for the first time, that a Government should commence the business of commcn carriers, and convey our newspapers and letters from one town to another, or take up one province of banking, the transfer of money * " The Employment of the People and Capital of Great Britain in our own Colonies, at the same time assisting Emigration, Colonization, and Penal Arrange ments, by undertaking the Construction of a great Na tional Railway between the Atlantic and Pacific, from Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, to Frazer's River, New Caledonia." By Major Robert Carmichael Smyth. With two maps, Svo., pp. 76. Metchim: London, 1641 k "''' - beieletinix e 31111; LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1849. Although Lord LINCOLN'S motion respecting Van couver's Island was drcpped by a "count-out" imme diately after his admirable exposure of that shame ful act of Ministerial jobbery, the subject will be brought forward again by the Noble Lord, in the shape of a grievance upon the first Sup ply night that may appear to present a favourable opportunity. It is hardly neces sary for us to say we are glad of this, seeing that from the very outset we have protested against the transaction as one damning to the patriotic disinte restedness of the Administration. Under whatever form the matter may be brought before the considera tion of Parliament, it cannot appear to the popular representatives as otherwise than a monstrous subordination of public interests to private emolument. As such, therefore, it demand:, the rigid and exacting scrutiny of the House of Commons. That scrutiny it will command either during this or on some ensuing session. Tne importance of the retention of an island like that of Quadra, command ing the - whole of the Pacific, and affording an outlet for the productions of our North Ame rican possessions, would constitute of itself a gua rantee that ultimately the fact and the manner of its transference will be subjected to the inquiries of the Legislature. But in addition to this powerful inducement to an investigation, there is the notorious incapacity of the Hudson's Bay Company to effect anything else than the systematic sterilization of any territory that may, by an evil destiny, be brought under their jurisdiction. We call it sterilisation ad visedly, for we cannot regard that plan as other than a plan of deliberate sterilization which reduces a country to a wild, exuberant, spontaneous, an d consequently profitless slate of vegetation, simply for the purpose of aiding the propagation of the fur. coated animals, from the bear to the beaver, from the lynx to the ermine. This system of manage ment has been carried out uninterruptedly by the Hudson's Bay Company throughout the whole of their gigantic possessions, and this system, in spite of such farcical masquerades of colonization as the Red River settlement, they are determined to carry out, per fas et nefas, for their own private advantage as a mercan tile association. Now it surely does not remain for us to pronounce such a scheme of government as not only pernicious to our interests as a nation, and preju dicial to our reputation as a civilized race, but a disgrace to us as an empire, and a crime to us as Christians. The fact is legible on the face of all history, both ancient and modern, both remote and contemporary. It was the circumstance of WILLIAM RUFUS pre chiding the possibility of anything like agri guttural progress in the largest and most fruitful portions of Hampshire (rhe New Forest) that imparted to his reign an air of such savage austerity. Yet what W ILLIAM R UFUS did to the portion of a mere province of his dominion, at a time when that dominion extended no further 1 than beyond the boundary line of the Grampians and 1 the shores of England, the Huasan's Bay Com- 1 pany have done (and that too in the eighteenth 1 and nineteenth centusios !) to half of a vast con- 1 tinent like the northern continent of America. What WILLIAM Rurus did for the sake of the manly sport of bunting, the Hudson's Bay Company have been and are doing for the sake of so much profit as traders ! DA them draw a warning in the silty* of ti deduction from the annals of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1849. Financial reformers lay great stress on economy, and no doubt it is a very important element in a national administration of funds, as well as in the funds of a private individual, but we view an altera tion in the system of taxation as calculated to accom plish more for the relief of the tax-payer than the most rigid economy could possibly do, even though it realised the whole of Mr. COBDEN'S beau ideal of a budget—ten millions per annum less than the existing estimates. The mode by which we conceive that the existing burden would be borne with as much relative relief as the knapsack on the back instead of the ankles, is by the total abolition of all indirect taxes, and the substitution of direct taxation exclusively. Our Excise duties, our Customs duties, such important branches of the revenue, are taxes upon consumption, and here it is that the evil is so great. An indivi dual, a family, a large establishment are,perhaps, able, and only just able, to bear up under the load, which these imposts are, in addition to their assessed taxes, parochial taxes, and income tax, if in the posi tion to contribute to these latter; but the effect of the taxes upon articles of consumption, through Ex cise and Customs, has the necessary tendency of keeping in check and within restricted bounds benefical consumption, and conse quently beneficial production, the source from which additional supplies could be levied either in relief of existing chargebearers, or to meet increased public expenditure for beneficial public objects. Let this be illustrated. Here is an individual, or a family, or a class, which may be called the producing class, and the case will be better illustrated by interpreting the term producing class beyond those who exert manual labour. Let it include those who bear a share of the national burden, not paid out of accumu lated capital, but from their industrial or professional pursuits, the daily labourer, the mechanic, the artist, the preceptor, the medical professor; all these may, for the sake of illustration, be supposed capable of bearing the quota of taxation which falls to their share under the present allotment, although, doubt less, large numbers are from time to time driven from their position unable to maintain it, and sink down into a lower grade, or seek a refuge in emigration; but if those able to maintain their posi tion add in any way to their consumption of articles of daily, and necessary consumption, they are imme diately the subjects of large additional taxation, and thus it is that the great check is kept upon the vital energies of the nation. If they marry, or, being mar ried, have additional children, or, whether married or unmarried, add in any way to their establishment, here is an immediate heavy penalty for the trans gression. More tea, more sugar, more coffee, greater consumption of the necessaries of life, becomes the source of additional taxation, and thus a continual drag-chain is placed upon the energies of the nation. _A_ zuwoma.s... bawl; levied and collected. If on the present consumption of tea, of sugar, of coffee, of beer; of wine, of other articles of daily use in the various grades of society, the ratio bears as at present, let it be borne; but to impose it in such a .way as to prevent consumption from doubling, quadrupling, or increasing in any determinate degree, is manifestly impolitic and injurious. Consumption, necessary consumption, sustains life and adds to the enjoyment of it, whilst the population must necessarily be restricted to the means for sus taining it. Each individual must, in the aggregate , be considered a producer beyond his consumption. No doubt there are numerous exceptions to this rule, but as no wealth can be produced without a pro ducer, and as the clearest statistical facts show that wealth is in a constant course of augmentation, not withstanding the daily consumption and the waste and destruction from frequent wars, fires, ship wrecks, and other causes, if the producers did not create more than they consume, this would not he the case. To prevent the producing classes from in creasing their numbers by imposing a penalty on the consumption of those things which go to sustain life, is manifestly injurious and impolitic; whilst to restrict the healthful enjoyment of life from the moderate use of articles of daily use cannot be advantageous. It may be said there would be great practical difficul ties attending an alteration from a system of indirect to direct taxation. Probably there might be some difficulties. What is there which is unat tended with difficulties ? But let the Minister or the nation become thoroughly convinced of the desirability, not to say absolute - necessity, for the change, and the difficulties may , be easily sur mounted. On a future occasion we fay, perhaps, adduce some of the difficulties which are advanced, and the mode by which they may be obviated. * Thomaa Carlyle. COURTS-MARTIAL.—The melancholy case of Mr. Douglas, late captain of the 16th Regiment—a case upon the glaring injustice of which we have twice pronounced our opinion, namely, on the 11th of May and on the 22d of June—is beginning to force itself on the attention of those whose duty it is in such cases of error to demand a revision of the sentence. In our legal contemporary, the Jut* of Saturday, we observe an elaborate criticism upon this singular trial and its defence. The conclusion drawn from an impartial examination of the facts by the Jurist—one of the first organs of the legal profession—is, that the finding of the court was grossly opposed to the prin ciples of justice, and was pronounced in direct defi ance of the evidence. The _whole criticism consti tutes a striking professional corroboration of the views expressed by ourselves in our article of the previous evening. On Saturday moreover, there appeared in the United Service Gazette, the following announce ment :—" We have heard that Mr. Warren has de clared his intention of never again attending a court martial as an advocate, unless the constitution of these courts be essentially altered." Should this re port prove correc t, t h e m ili tary pro f ess i on w ill h ave lost con tianinheia in ma fearlessour advertising an d faithfulfriend. ,eolamns t that a t an lt address will e b s s upon the subject be observed with some i n t eres t, from an announcement of Mr . Douglas ' and his severe treatment, is no w preparin gr.es being in by Mr. add Warren himself—the gmovethe form of a letter offered to our Most Gracious s a variety of reasons, the appearance of th e pamph let From_ Pamphlet will be looked for with peculiar curiosity. M. LEDRU ROLLIN.—WhiIe we are authorised to contradict the statement that the Leader of the Mountain is at present residing at the Sabloniere Hotel, the opinion is very generally believed th a t this celebrated Republican is now living in our me tropolis. The circumstance of his escaping in th e disguise of a servant is corro borated b y a deta iled statement to that effect in the Salut Publique of Lyons. UTILITY OF THE TELEOHAPII.—Yesterday morn ing a pleasure trip left Birmingham for Linc•,ln, with about 3 000 persons; a few hours afterwards great ex citement was caustd in the former town by a report that an accident bad occurred, and that 500 persons were killed. The railway station was instantly besieged by anxious inquirers; the electric telegraph was Imme diately called in aid, and in a few minutes intelligence was received that the whole party bad arrived setely in Lincoln. The report of such an accident seems to have been a most cruel hoax. Lord and Lady John Russell bad a dinner party on Saturday, at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. The company included the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Lord Melgund, Lady Charlotte klliot, and Mr. Landtieer. ..,Lord J. RUSSELL said that, taking the rate for the eleCtoral districts and the union rate also, he did not think there, j would be any necessity for a supplemental fund, but if i4o proposition of the Honourable Member for Northamptonshire was to be adopted, there would be a necessity of coming on the Consolidated Fund. Colonel DUNNE objected to the maximum Iwo being higher than 55., and suppored the amendment to that effect. He R as convinced that to make it 7s. would be utterly useless. He shoul I like to see a maximum rate of 35., and wou ld support a motionito that effect. Mr. HERBERT supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire. If Honourable Members supported the proposition of the Go- vernment they would put a stop altogether to improvement in Ireland; for no one would be disposed to give employment to the poor in his own district if he found he was charged a 25. rate for the support of the poor in another district. Sir G. GREY felt bound to contend that the Consoli dated Fund ought not to be made liable to supply defi ciencies in the Electoral districts. He contended that the proper course to pursue was that which was now proposed, namely, that iiken the maximum rato was at tained in any electoral division, the other divisions of the, union should then he rated to supply the deficiency. (LEFT SPiAKING.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 26.—Wind W., moderate breea© and fine. FALMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Variable and light.—Arrd. 24th, Jane, Gough, Rio Grande; Gleaner, Bahia. New York. BRISTOL, JUNE 24.—Wind• S —Arrd. Emerald, Dug dale, Barbadoes. Sld. Fran c is Walker, Calcutta. 25th, GALWAY, JUNE 23.—Sid. Robert Alexander Park, Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF PENZANCE, JUNE 2 n rritfnf Philip; Demerara. v r ne a or . einagnray: sailed, Quebec. .0 26th,Wa Watson, b Matanzas. A DEAL, J UNE 25 .— Wi n d E . S . B . to S.E.—A rr d . 21st, Reliance, Soarabaya, S wans, Ban j oewang i e for Rotterdam. 25th, Tanner, Davies, P ort N ata l ; Ceres, Culverwell, Sierra Leone; Amigade, Cost a , N ew Y or k . MULL, JUNE 25.—Wi n d tt—srr.w, .r d 011 f CASTLEITAVEN, JUNE 22.—Sir Charles Napier, Teare, Mobile; Mary Ann Peters, Brown, Savannah. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.—Wind S..—Arrd., 24th, Eu phetnia, Kendall, Quebec. 25:h, Mary, New Calabar ; General Berry, Patterson, New Orleans; Eliz.beth, Rees, ditto; Sir Charles Napier, Teare, Mobile. Sld., 24th, William, Halifax; Renard, ditto; 25th, Beatrice, Pernambuco; Robert, Havannah; Salem. Quebec; May, Constantinople. Off, Herald, Machio; Isabella, Huguenot, Lancashire. The Sp-culator, hence to Tampico, was taken into Key West, Ist inst., having been on shore on the reef, and part of her cargo sold; vessel condemned. A ship was seen ashore on Tennessee Reef, 3d inst, with several wreckers around her. PORTHCAWL, JUNE 23.-51 d. Derwent, Demerara. CARDIFF, JUNE 23.--Sld. Cornucopia, Panama; Iva jillelle t 110 Janeiro. from one place to another, this might be considered IiVIPERIAL PARLIAATEN - T, as stepping out of the latitude rf a Government, an (THIS , A'y interference with individual or private op , ratice,s; arid that on the principles of free trade, or laissez faire, es it is called by an eminent writer,* a Government should hold entirely aloof; but it is difficult to con ceive that any private individuals, or public compa nies, who of course would subject different parts of the island to different regulations as to carrying letters, could accomplish the business of carrying letters and newspapers, or paying money orders so systematically, and, as it regards one of these two functions, at so little cost to the public. Perhaps, if a Government were to undertake the supply of gas, of water, and other functions hitherto performed by individuals or companies, there might be great advantages and eco nomy. In all these arrangements the welfare of the entire community would be promoted—that of the la bourer as well as the capitalist; and the same is the case with many functions at present performed by the Government. Therefore, there is no reason that the former should not contribute also; and even if the present taxation takes too large a proportion from labour and too small from capital, far better to con tinue the proportions as they at present exist, shifting the burthen from the heels to the shoulders, rather than consume time and energy in disputing whether a larger portion shall be attached to the heels of one man and a smaller portion to those of another. HOUSE OF COIII.IIIO.NS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. THIRD READING. The Eastern Counties arid Norfolk Railways Amalga mation Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSIDERATION OF REPOR I'S. The reports upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Airdrie Police and Municipal Bill. Great Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, De viations and Enlargements at and near Boston, Bentley, Lincoln, and King's-cross) Bill. Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amendment of Act—Nu. 2) Bill. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts Amend. ment, Branches, and Deviations Bill. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of Branch to Alba Harbour; Diversion of certain Works; Extension of Time for completing Line and taking Land; and Amendment of Acts) Bill. PETITIONS. Mr. HENLEY presented several petitions from places in Bedfordshire, praying that an enactment might be passed to prevent trading in prostitution, and for the protection of virtuous women. Similar petitions were presented from other places. THE IRISH STATE PRISONERS. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN wished to know whether there was any truth in the report that the cholera had broken out in the vessel destined to convey the state prisoners from Ireland? Sir GEORGE GREY was understood to state in reply, that it was true that the cholera had broken out, but that other arrangements had been made with respect to the conveyance of the prisoners. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN then made an observation to the effect (as we collected) that on one or two occasions he had opposed the Transportation for Treason Bill, but would now offer no further opposition to the due course of justice. He thanked the Government fur the hu manity which they had shown with respect to the pri soners, and trusted that such occurrences as had taken place would not happen again. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Irish Poor Relief Bill, and the discussion of last night was re sumed by Sir J. WALSH, who moved an amendment on the first clause, to the following effect:—" That frdm and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Poor-law Commissioners, and they are hereby required to divide the electoral divisions of the several unions in Ireland into such and so many rating districts as to them shall seem fit; and when the said division of such electoral division shall have been duly made by the said Commissioner, each such rating district shall constitute a separate rating district for the relief of the poor now resident within the same, and no pauper or destitute person shall be entitled to relief un der this Act or any Act for administering relief to the destitute poor of Ireland, save and except from and in account of the rating district, so to be formed as afore said, in respect to which his legal claim for relief arises; and such electoral division, so divided into ,rating dis tricts as aforesaid, shall continue to be an electoral divi sion, for all the purposes of election of guardians and of representation at the board of guardians of the union w_thin which same shall be situate: provided always, that in forming such rating districts the Commissioners shall, as fur as circumstances will permit, have regard to the boundaries of tt e several properties within such electoral division, so as to ferm the property of each proprietor in such electoral division (or in such union, it they shell so think fir) into a separate rating district, if such property shall amount in rated value to the an nual sum of 1,000/ ; and it the rated value of any such property shall nut amount to the said SUM, it shall be lawful fur the said Commissioners to unite such and so many of the adjoining properties as to them shall seem fit, so as t ) form a separate rating district for the pur poses of this Act; and provided also, that no rating dis trict to be formed under the authority of this Act shell exceed in rated value the amount of 3,0001. per annum; and provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or prevent the said Commissioners from forming any rating districts of any smaller extent than 1,0001. rated value per annum, if it shall seem ex pedient and necessary to them so to do. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that—the matter ap peared to him to be placed in this form. A debate had been taking place during the whole night as to the maximum rate, and the House was then proceeding to dis cuss the details, when the Hon. Baronet had ri se n t o propose the substitution of a rating district for electoral division, thus getting rid of the whole question.— (Hear, hear.) Ile did not wish to enter into the question of the area of the districts.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet had introduced a clause which gave every encouragement to landlords who possessed more than a 1,0001. a year, and every discouragement to those who had less. In England there were about 200,000 landlords, and the average of income was about 200 i. a year. He hoped the House would not enter into the question of the size of the area. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that if the Noble Lord did net wish to enter into a discussion he should not have acquiesced in the truth of the statements which had been made by the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down. —(Hear, hear.) He must say, however,. from the op nnrtur,ity whigitt.hck had_ hod of judging in Committees up stairs, that if the area of taxation were not dimi nished the number of bankrupt unions would be very much increased. It was a question of considerable im portance; to him as an Irish landholder. Sir JOHN PAKINGION made some remark, which we did not catch. Lord CLEMENTS said he thought that the Boundary Commissioners had acted in the best way. Mr. S I'A FFORD said that if the substitution which bad been proposed were to take place he thought that the Commissioners would be able still to retain the same number of poor-law guardians. Mr. CON OLLY said that he had understood that the diminution of the area of taxation would be un just for the small holders of land ; he thought it would be as well if the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment would make some distinct statement on the subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had not stated that the particular principle of this reduction would be to prejudice the small landholders. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD thought that the discussion at the present time was very inconve nient to the House. Still pauperism in Ireland was not to be put down by some strong measure, and he thought that the reduction Of the area of taxation was such a measure. But it was very inexpedient at the present time. Sir J. WALSH, in reply, said that it bad appeared to him to be the legitimate time for raising the present discussion. But he found that several Hon. Gentlemen who acquiesced with him in several points yet differed with hits here, and as he should be sorry to prejudice t hi s ques ti o n, which was one of great importance, he should not at present press it. The amendment was then withdrawn. Mr. :>TAFEOIi. I) considered that the House having decided by a large majority in favour of a maximum rate, the question now was as to what the amount of that maximum r a t e s h ou ld be. Mr. Twisleton had recommended that it should be 7e. in the electoral divisions, without a union rate. He would therefore move that that recom mendation should be adopted by the House. As a maximum had been adopted, there must neces• sully be a fund somewhere, and he was of opinion that such supplemental fund should be raised by a national rate oft the union, as he could not see the justice of one part of a union being called upon to pay the deficiency of another part. Mr. GROGAN supported the proposition of the Hon Member for Northamptonshire. OFF DOVER, JUNE 23.—Arrtl. Santa Lanni Gennaro, Catio , ro, 7 , .;1 r , to . !t.r St, P 111. LDS .1 u.NE 25. • • :.•••• 1 t Q C I...NDONDERRY, JUNE 23.--Arid. Suety Eye, Sea burv, Nt:w York. CORE, JUNE 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Hocd, Ma talmts; Barbara, Mackay, New Orleans. SWANSEA, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Commo dore, Crawley, Cuba. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) VA:7 IVILkYILICAST SIVIITRFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3t 15s; Clover ditto, 21 15s to 51 O ; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 13s of , 104(1. Both Hay and Straw moved off steadily, at full prices. - CUMBERLAND. Meadow Ray, 21 153 to 3/ 18 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 9s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3/ 15s : Clover ditto, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. COLONIAL. SI:MAR.—The market for Bet isb Plantation continues steady, in consequence of the extreme firmness of holders and the limited quantity offering. The sales are 270 hhds, at an advance of fully 6d since this day week. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Ducks was 808 hhds 92 tierces; there were taken for home consumption 1,438 hhds 76 tierces 248 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,745 hhds 1,985 tierces 4,187 barrels. COFFEE.-320 bags 20 casks Plantation Ceylon sold readily at an advance of 2s to 3s per cwt; from 40a to 49s 6d for good triage, to f fine ord; 1,400 bags common very good ord Native Ceylon brought 34s to 36s 6d, being a further improvement of 6d to is per cwt; 2,100 bag 3 Java sold with spirit at 35s to 47s for good ord pale to f fine ord coloury, being an advance of 3s per cwt since the last public sale, and 700 bags &imaged Havannah also sold at higher rates, chiefly from 29s to 365. Pri vately 4,800 bags good first Rio sold at about 29s 9d. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 159 puns 7 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 168 puns 26 hhds, and ex pont d 72 puns 155 hhds. The stock in the same places is 19,564 puns 2,729 hhds. RICE. -2,000 bags Bengal sold steadily, at 93 to 101 for low to good mid white. Tar.Low.—P.Y.C. is 38s to 38s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 39s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady, and the deliveries last week were fair. Congou, ord to good ord, 8d to 81d; Pekoe kind, is 6d to is 10d; Twariloiy, good ord to but mid, 6d to 7d; Canton kind, 3id to sd; Hyson, good ord, 10d to is; and mid to good mid, is 9d to 3s 6d per lb. QUEEN'S BEINCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. HARMER. This was an action brought by the Duke of Bruns wick against James Harmer, Esq,, the proprietor of the Weehly Dispatch, to recover compensation in damages for a series of alleged libels. The libels complained of alleged that the Duke of Brunswick had been expelled from his dominions, be cause he was a tyrant, and had outraged the feelings or his subjects, trampled on the laws, bad the letters in his post-office opened aid plundered. and had been guilty of so much atrocity that hie subjects had expelled him, and burned his palace. The plaintiff denied that there was any truth in these allegations, and held that the) were published in order to injure him publicly and privately. On the other Laud the defendant pleaded the statute of limitations, as regarded the first alleged libel, and justification. The Duke conducted his own case. Sir Frederick '1 hesiger, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Martin appeared for the defendant. Tne Duke of Brunswick read a lung speech, setting forth that during his resilence in this country he had been grossly libelled, by the Satirist aral other papers, whicii had followed him into society and rendered his existence most unhappy. But the libels, for the pub lication of which he sought compensation, partook mere of a political than of a personal character, though not devoid of the latter, since they had reference to events in Brunswick, as contrasted with that at Lucca. The plaintiff then read the libels, and called upon the jury to award him ample compensation for the injury he had sustained in consequence. He then called the following witnesses : Mr. J. W. Jones, a librarian at the British Museum, produced copies of the Weekly Dispatch, of the 18th September, 1830, and the 17th of August, 1845. Mr. Debenhare, of the Stump-office, produced copies of the paper of the 3d and 10th of October, 1847 ; the 12th of March, 2d and 9th of April, and the 25th of June, 1848. Mr. John Harrison, clerk to Mr. Warnford, the plain tiff's attorney, proved that from 1830 up to 1847 the defendant and Mr. Robert Bell were proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch. Captain Reinhold proved purchasing the Weekly Dispatch newspaper of the 19th of September, 1830. Purchased the papers in March, 1848. Cross-examined-11.w.. lived at No. 10, Oakley-street, Lambeth. and had keown the Duke ten or twelve years. He purchased the paper by the Duke's direction. He had to call the next day for them in order that they might search for them. This the plaintiff intimated was his case. Sir F. THESIGER then proceeded to address the Court on behalf of the defendant. He said it was usually sup posed that when a person appeared in a court of law without counsel that he was under much disadvantage, but he confessed that on this occasion the defendant had been allowed considerable latitude—he had been allowed indulgences which would not have been allowed to a practised advocate. On such occasions an advocate on the other side did not like to interfere. Therefore on that occasion the plaintiff possessed an advantage over the defendant. The case was a remarkable one as presented to their notice, for it began with a charge of libel alleged to have been published so far back as 1830. Now one would have imagined that if there was anything in that alleged libel that outraged the feelings or assailed the character of the Duke, so as to render the matter one for inquiry in our courts of justice, he would have resorted to such a course—re sorted to it when the publication first appeared, and that he would hardly have waited nineteen years, when probably the person who penned the article was dead, and when, as stated in the letter that had been read to them, "many of those now connected with the paper were little boys." Indeed, his course was not a little re markable. He said, "It is true that from 1830, down to 1847, nothing appeared in the columns of the Weekly Dispatch of which I have a right to complain, but in the year 1847 I find the words outraged and indignant subjects.' In 1848, I find the words 'ruthlessly hurled from his throne.' " He (Sir Frederick Thesiger) found in the same paper that it was stwed that 0. her exiles had favoured this land with their presence; but the in genious way in which the publication of 1830 was made to speak, at the present day, since it was raised as the means of making out the publications of 1847 and 1848, This was the most remarkable mode of making a person accountable for libel that he had ever heard in a court of justice. If the action stood merely upon the articles of 1847 and 1848, there would be no pretence for alleging that they were libels, so that it was only by melting them point to what had appeared in 1830, and making it interpret what had been published in the latter years, teat the Duke could seek damages at their hands. In deed, the course the Duke had lopted was altogether unfair to the proprietors of the paper; fur the paper of 1830 would never have seen the light, it would have bee consigned to the dust of the Stamp-office, if the Duke had not directed his emissary to obtain a copy, and if they wanted any evidence to prove that it had been con signed to oblivion, it was to be found in the fact that a search had been made for it. It had nut been repub fished, and so far as the proprietors of the paper were concerned, the matter had been entirely forgotten. In deed, but for the anxiety of the proprietors to oblige every customer, for the sale of the copy for which the Captain had applied, they might have pleaded the statute of limitations. It might be true, as the plaintiff had alleged, that he had been compelled to bring a great num ber of actions, and that ho had been successful to a very considerable ex tent. He had alluded to certain news be quite impossible to express any opinion on public matters, except in that mincing and diluted way which was far from desirable i❑ a public journal. He therefore stood upon this ground; he utterly denied that there had been anything like the publication of an article in the year 1830, for which the defendants were to be held re sponsible to the Duke of Brunswick, or that in the article of 1847 or 1848 there wee anything which, in the smallest degree, reflected on the private character of the Duke of Brunswick. He (Sir F. Thesiger) did most earnestly and anxiously assert the right of this or any public journal to express fearlessly its opinion of the Duke's public conduct, if it thought that conduct was obnoxious to public comment; and if the jury, by their verd►ct, should lay down a contrary principle, they vtould do more to destroy t'ue liberty of the press than had been done for many many years before. He thought this public journal was completely defended .in this action ; and he certainly looked with some anxiety to the result of this investigation, but not with. out u most sanguine hope that that result would be the acquittal of the defendant. papers, and had insinuated that the Dispatch had fol lowed the same case of extortion; that it had marked him out, assailed his private character for gain. Of the result of the actions to which he had alluded, he (Sir F. Thesiger) might express his satisfaction; twice he sought compensation for libels on his private character, and indeed he held that man a public benefactor who, when he was unjustly and unworthily assailed in his pri vate capacity by the public press, brought the matter before a jury of his country, and he would not for a moment stand . . up and assert the right of a public journal to assail private cha racter. But ho thought, if they were to consid er t h e article of 1830 as making part of this inquiry, they would be much mistaken, since the question they would have to decide would be one of a very different character. They would have to say whether a journalist was or was not entitled to discuss matters of public and general import tance. He asserted and vindi cate d t h e right of the public press—a right to attack the public characters of public men, and to express its strong and honest opi n i on upon all . public events. Th e y were matters of history upon which every man had a r i g h t to f orm, and to ex press his independent opinion in this free country; and he would venture to say, that if they looked carefully into the columns_ of the newspapers that were pre sented to their notice, they would see nothing but re marks upon the public conduct and public character of the Duke, which, he asserted, the public press of this country had a right to animadvert upon in any termsli however strong, provided they were satisfied that it- was not done with any private malice or with the view of assailing his private reputation through the medium of his public one. Now the events with which the Duke of Brunswick was mixed up were events of great public and political importance, and had become, therefore, part of the common property of the history of Europe. It was pa rtectly clear, tr m the letter of Mr. Oddy, which had been put in, that he was compelled to leave his country, as a revolution took phce there, that his palace was seton fire, and that he was obliged to escape, that his brother was now stated upon the throne from which this journal asserted he had been driver. The public journalist took different historical events into his consideraii.m, and expressed his opinion how revolutions were effected of an unexpected cha racter, and his opinions upon those who were the princi pal ewers in them. If the proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch believed that the Duke of Brunswick had ac ed the part of a traitor, that he bad excited the dis gust and hatred of his subjects, _ that they Lord DENMAtc then summed up the case to the jury . Ile said the Duke of Brunswick, uho was the plaintiff in this case, complained of several libels which had ap peared in the Weekly Dispatch at various times. The question was, whether the jury thought that the articles in question were libellous, and if so, what damages the Duke of Brunswick was entitled to. [here the Learned Judge read the article from the Dispatch of the 26th December, 1847, in which the expulsion of the young Duke of Blucher from his dominions was spoken of in disparaging terms.] The proper observation seemed to him (Lord Denman) upon that article to be, that that term was used rather as a bye-word, and that the Duke was spoken of as a persc n who had improperly governed his country, and had taken refuge in this country. Then upon that they had immediately a long letter written by the Duke_ of Brunswick's di rect i ons b y M r . Willi am Oddy, and addressed to this paper, complaining of the descriptio i9 n given in the paper of th e Duke's dismissal from _ his country; country; and he (Lord Denman) understood the from e his subjects, was that the D u k e was not driven w subjects, but being about to leave h was prevented doing so by a rnot) risingit d and app nd hi s i s co a u g n a tr i 3 n . s m t en him he , and desiring him not to go to Lug al Regent of when his Sovereign That letter wi nt on to say— money th,-rei and at last they s,.. , t w fi h re to . his palace. foremost fighting at Waterloo, i n Highness's father, then 1! D r ince Duchy, and con sE° r e c a aa b tu' I d l e: spGeiv:')darptgetielepsftosohnrretrutFihrni e e: p o: s et f il d -r s o ' D o o u nt n h ic i sealed, es for fro e that was a ,, d our GeorgrA made up his mind o private fortune of onlymoment ten thisy ears h f age. Duke Charles, and never to let him out of kis clutches." to keep possession of the m D as ti t e ( lLy n an in d that respect that it a N p o p w g a b re e d (L to or h d im p' t }) h m at a t r h ) e Duke of Bi did e hat was hi g hly reprehensibl e in giving directions to Mr. Oddy to write a letter of that kind 'Affecting in these terms oil Qoorge the F ourt h ; he had no right whatever rose indignantly against his oppression, that they hurled hies re et the , hrerie, e, Y' sea, Ilene ttl Ile , e h, Tt -4"1,'"., i; • h , u-sta , wee hei s eie 4 \,: H those opinions unit f elings • hicil he might tot k pts•a to rxpiess upon the occurrence of such events? How many successful insurrections had they seen within the last few yeers; monarchies shaken to their foundations, and the rulers of those States becoming exiled in foreign countries; and how often had they read the opinions that had been given expression to with regard to the characters and conduct of those mo narchs who bad been so driven from their countries. Take, for instance, the case of Louis Philippe whom this paper, called " the t x-traitor of France." Let them re member how his conduct had been animadverted upon. It was impossible to imagine any attacks upon character more serious than those directed against him. Take, again, the opening observations made with regard to the conduct of the Pope, Charles Albert, the King of the Two Sicilia a, and with regard to other princes—for in stance the King of Sardinia, the Emperors of Russia, of Prussia—all of them allies of this country—and all of them just as much entitled to maintain actions against the editors of other newspapers as much as the plaintiff was entitled to bring this action against the Weekly Dispatch. Did they believe that these 'public persons would have any right to assail the public press, or indeed take any legal proceedings because the newspapers, confining their at tendon to the public acts of public men, and having better opportunities than most men of estimating their characters, chose to stigmatise one as a wretch, another as a monster, and another as a tyrant. He apprehended if the editor of a paper appealed in his remarks entirely to publ c conduct, to historical incidents, and did not assail the private character of individuals, he appre hended that they had a right to do so—to speak in the strongest manner without being assailed by legal pro ceedings. He now came to the real question between the plaintiff and the defendant, and the liberty of the press in this country He denied that the defendant had published any attack whatever on the private character of the Duke—he de nied that the Weekly Dispatch had directed its attacks to anything except the public events in which he was concerned, and his conduct during that time, and he ap prehended the Editor had an undoubted right to view such acts, and to present them to his readers in the light in which he viewed them. The Duke, by his secretary, said he was not sent away—that he left voluntarily, and that his subjects in order to show their regret made a bonfire of his palace.—(Loud laughter.) But the Weekly Dispatch took a different view—it thought and said that his palace was not set fire to in order to light a beacon to guide him on his journey. —(Laughter.) But the Duke, in his secretary's letter, had libelled anu slandered the dead and living members of the dead saying, that George IV, had enough of sins of his own to answer for without taking the additional weight of his (the Duke of Brunswick's). The Duke knew that the letter could not be produced in evidence, being written to the editor of the paper. He, therefore, commenced his action and made the purchase of the very paper in which the letter had appeared the ground of his proceedings. Such a,course was unworthy and ungenerous, and had he ob jected to its production he shouid have been told that the letter was evidence against the person to whom it was addressed; and it he had attempted to show that its contents were false, he should have been told that that was not material to the present inquiry whe ther these libels were published or not, and whether they were libels. They could have no doubt that this action was brought in order that the letter assailing the characters of the living and the dead should be produced —otherwise why was the matter aliowed to slumber for nineteen years. Ile contended that the editor of the Dispatch could not be held liable for a publican ,u of a letter of the plainziff's. A letter sent to a private individual could not be held a publication unless sent with the view of committing a breech of the peace. What was the argument used? Why, because the articles of 1847 and 1848 contaiiied the very coal man word " outrage," which also occurred in the article of 1830 ; that the writer of the latter articles must have had the former letter in his mind. Such was the slender foundation upon which this superit- ucture was based. The alleged libel likened the plaintiff to the " village despot" and "com mon pelted sovereign" the Duke of Lucca. But the Duke of Lucca had not thought proper to bring an action. It went on to say that the plaintiff carried off his jewels, and it must be said that such an act was one of a private rather than of a public nature, and therefore it was a libel ; but with Dogherry he might say " Comparisons are odious." Again, his depostisua was likened to that of isl-Duu gal, the master of the Andover workhouse, That, he held, was a fair ground of comparison, namely, the machinations of a petty Prince. Then another of the alleged libels consisted in a long article, in which the name of the plaintiff was not mentioned, except that he was " driven from his throne by his outraged and indignunt subjects." The Duke said he was riot. The Weekly Dispatch said he was. It says, "I look to all the cir cumstances—to the firing of the palace, and the yells of yotir subjects, and we say your subjects, who were indignant, did rise, and they expelled you." How often heel these very words been applied to the ex-King of the French and other fallen sovereigns, and yet they had brought no actions. They were not there to try the merits of the revolution in Brunswick, whether the Duke was driven away by his misrule, by the popular indignation. __ltur—they__had to say._ whether_ u. public journal had a right to remark upon public objects, and whether it had a right to assert its views fbr the benefit of those to whom the pub lication was addressed. But if they fettered the press in the expression of its judgment on matters of this kind, the liberty of the press must be at an end. The remark with respect to the crimes of Geo. IV., showed the dexterity the Noble Duke had acquired by his practice in our courts. He held that the sale of the copy of the paper was a re publication of an old libel ; and upon this logic the Dispatch was to suffer. The Dispatch said in reply to one of the letters addressed to it, "It be fights a battle with us, it will be a political, not a personal one. We shall rake up no filth to pelt him with. Is may be worth the while of certain in famous publications to seek out miserable sources of private scandal—ours is a public concern, built upon public character, rewarded by public support, exercising public influence," which showed that the defendant did not intend, and had no wish, to deal with the private character of the plaintiff. Now those were the grounds on which he took his stand, and showed that the Weekly Dispatch was justified in making use of the expressions it bud; it spoke favourably of the damages which the Duke had rceived from papers that made a trade of extortion, and he should be rejoiced, if he over and over again re covered damages whenever his private character was assailed; but he insisted, upon public grounds, that journalists had a right to deal with the public characters of public men; and they might coneratulate themselves as, indeed, did the Dispatch, that monarchs and other exiles had found a safe asylum here. If the Duke was a tyrant, he was righteously hurled from his throne—if he was guilty of misrule and misgeverament, it was right that he was deposed. He held that the plaintiff was a lair object of criticism, and that the Weekly Dispatch had acted prop. rly in what it had dune. He should like to know where they were to stop if the Duke of Brunswick was to be allowed to come into an English court of justice to gig the British press, and to prevent its expressing its opinions, honestly and fear ssly, with regard to the public events that happened in his kingdom, and to the circumstances which led to his being driven from it. Where were they to draw the, line? The Duke of Brunswick was not to have a mono-- poly in those actions; he was nut to be the only public person who was to be exempted from the attacks of the press. The same principle which applied to the Duke of Brunswick so-day would apply to every other reigning or exiled monarch to morrow; and the result would be that it would to cite the case of George the Fourth for pub7ication in this rin the m \finer i e fl eaal o o that , I a a te • -" re la-, t to ihe King, e Liu u,igilt r :Light r not have been jiwitieo; buy, et mainly ah. n a man coin , plained of being libelled in a newspaper, he ought to be • the last to take that opportunity of publishing in a newspaper a lib,l of another. [Here the Learned Judge read the remaining articles charged as libellous. He le ust observe that it was clear that on the part of the Weekly Dispatch, and of the Duke of Brunswick also, that the Duke of Brunswick had been subject to very atrocious libels in a certain infamous news paper ; ibis thy, U . eekly Disp a tch was perk ctly awa , e ot, and in one part ot the articles complained of as libellous. the editors of the Dispatch seemed to have drawn a distinction between their own conduct and that of the newspaper in question. He (Lord Denman) agreed fully with the Learned Counsel, that the most ample liberty nhould be given to the public journalists in observing on known facts, either public or private, and with respect to the Govern ments of foreign couniries, they had a perfect right to state any opinion they might entertain, unless it re- Icted on private character; but then the personal cha racter of a man might be such as to be affected greatly by his public acts, and he might ahow himself to be in famous and cruel, and to deserve the name of traitor and t) rant; but no parson had a right to charge those public acts upon him, unless he could prove them. Now, it did not appear to him (Lord Denman) that the publication fell at all within the question, either of historical statement or political remark. There were several publications, and he was of opinion that the first publication was not protected by the Statute of Limitations, because it was sold at the office, though not in the ordinary way, and any one anieht have brought it there. He thought that that publication was one for which the defendant was answerable. It had been stated in the Dispatch, and told with great eloquence by their counsel, that " it is, after all, a proud reflection to the people of the island of Britain, that it is the haven of repose and secu rity to which the barque of the political exile invariably speeds, in order to escape from storms, and commotion at home," and then the cases of the King of Fiance and the Duke of Brunswick were referred to in illustratfoa of that sentiment. But tuwe the notion of the liberty of the press, it must nut b..; atweti to public journalists to assa il th e c h aracter of public indi viduals who came to seek a haven of repose in this country by stating facts most highly discreditable and unwarrantable, and even cruel, on their parts, and which would subject them to the highest punishment if they were brought into a court of law. It appeared to him that he had gone through the facts of this case, and it was entirely for the jury to [say what damages, if any, the Duke of Brunswick was entitled to, if they thought those publications were libellous, and he left the matter entirely in their hands. The jury retired, and, after being absent for about 20 minutes, returned into court, and stated they found for the plaintiff—Damages, .500/. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Ni i Prius at Westminster before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special3;;;) - NOTTIDGE V. RIPLEY AND ANOTHER. This csse was resumed to-day. Mr. MILNE, a commissioner of lunacy, proved having seen Miss Nottidge at Mr. Stilwell's asylum on two oc casions in company with Dr. Pritchard when he con versed with her, and came to the conclusion that she was of an unsound state of mind. Dr. Pritchard had since died, but he tntertained the same opinion. She endea voured to avoid or to evade all questions respecting her own peculiar religious opinions, which circumstance was of itself a ground of suspicion as to her sanity. Her only d, lusnn was upon religious opinions, and she spoke leas , nAly upon other subjects. Delusion upon a particular subject was sometimes called monomania, and persons who were under the influence of it were sometimes harmless, and were allowed to go at liberty. Mr. Proctor, also a commissioner of lunacy, said reli gious delusion was a common form of insanity, and persons under the influence of it were perfectly sensible and reasenahle up on ot h er subject-.. He thought the fact of her having, itnmedia:ely on leaving the asylum, given all her nioney to the per.on who was the subject of ncr delusions was a proof of her insanity. A clerk from the Batik of England stated that 5,7281 75. 7d. in Three-and a-Qtn , rter Cent. Annuities had hen transferred by the plaintiff to Mr. Henry James Prince in May, 1848. Mr. COCKBURN then addressed the jury Learned Coun- e l c . mmen t e d at great l eng th upon the address of Sir Frederi c k Th es i ger an d the evidence which had been p ro d uce d i n th e case. in reply. The The trial had not concluded when we went to press. aton NEWCASTLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. John Cosscr Malton Snlowstorm CO U.RT CIRCULAR. ... 1 Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Comtesse Van der Struten (Dame du Palais), and Major de Muerkt rke, arrived at Buckingham Palace at halt-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to tLe Queen, and was received by hi r Majesty and Princ• Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday - , attended by the Countess Desert, Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouvtrie. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie, inspected the Honourable Artillery Company yesterday morning. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the garden of the Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. The company included her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, Ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, and Ma dame Van de Weyer, La Comtesse Vau der Strateu (in Waiting on the, Queen of the Belgians), Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Desart, Mrj , ir de Moerkerke (in waiting on the Queen of the Belgians), and Sir George Couper. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend ance during dinner, and performed thefullowing pieces:— Overture, Zannetta Auber. Waltz, Toe Sonnumbula .„„ Strauss. Grand Selection from Figaro ~. ... Mozart. Masaniello Quadrille on Airs from Au.- bee* Opera Jolliet . Kraigh's IVlarsch der Preister, " Athalie" Mendelsohn. tier Msjesty'is Private Band afterwards attended in the Palace. Iler H yal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester will receive a distinguished circle on Friday next, the 29th instant., at Gloucester House, to have the honour of meeting; bt.r Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and reditary Grand Ductless of Meeklenbeirg Strelitz, attended by Ludy Augusta Ca dogan, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured Lady liewo-d with their company yesterday afternoon, at Craven Lodge, Fulham. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yester day, at the Foreign-office . '1 he Ministers present were Lord John Russtll, the Maiquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Fran cis 13-ering, the Right lion. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir John Hubhouse, arid the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat two hours. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England bad a Committee meeting yesterday, at their office in White hall. place. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-Lffice for tho Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and beaud an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, Quet-n v. Bdcher. An appeal from the Arches Court, Wilson u. Wilson, was commenced. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court. the Chancel r of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. _IR. STUART'S EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF SHAILS . P i ERE. h — is This popular tragedian has Leen recently H first enter- Leicestertsquare, with much success. 1 illacbet I and his Shaksperian exemplifications at the Literary_ is I g n i s v ti n tu g tion, enter tainment consisted of selections from . Wolsey, Timon of Athens. &c. He wast the M isses E. second of illustrations of the characters of Madlle. Lauriette, and the twin vocalists h popular airs be aud M. Brougham, who sang several pop twerm the parts. PRINCE ALBERT, AND VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND OFTHE QuEEN OF THE OF TEE QUEEN DOWAGER, B A K N E D T :c s a te rd . in . al THIS EVENING, —.H er BELGIANS TO THE HAT u A sly pleased to announce her Majesty has been grac in the Theatre-Boyal, Hay ..graciously pleand to com mand intention of honouring. pr g esence this evening, and market, with h r. NS , estland Marston's new she has been that . - bly sustain the principal characters, M which Mr. and Mrs. Ch Strathmore, in sustain the . . Charles Kean extending her fostering patronage so admire production and performed on the occasion. We are rejoiced thus to represented, - oa l l e ' e g i. i t im ivi ai b e e y s d ty n r aa am i v a t:) , the artistes, superintendence of a manager who has done- more for the British drama than any manager living. Prince Albert accompanies her Majesty, and her Majety the Queen Dowager and her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians will Sho honour the th.a;re with their presume. The performance of ,Strathmore will, by royal command, commence at nine o'clock. It will be preceded by the The liriyand, and be followed by Our Mary Ann. pr o o d f u native c ed un sP d t h e l a aa r l yl e i t n h b t o : HERR DREYSCIIOCR'S MATINEE MUSICALE.—The coricert of tins celebrate-d pi,,nist takt a place to-morrow, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Ilauever-square, on which occasion the beneficiure himself will perform several of his most admired con p , sitions. He will be assisted by several of his cornpatriotes ; among others, by Herr Prschek, and by that moat fascinating of artistes, Mdile Jutty de Trt ITz. - ---- - - London; PrintLd and Published by MURDO YOUNG, cf Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112. `Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in die couuty i t J 4 iddleeca, Tuesday, June 26, 1842. ~:~ ! t