The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

i tioNEy 1- , „1. it. AND COWL rk , iT;'R,(l:l T.N7ELT4ICTER;7i o The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but firmly, and prices of all descriptions were unchanged from the current rates of last Week. The Railway Share Market opened steadily, but subsequently improved, and clQs?d at a slight iniprovement on Mon lay's prices. The commercial advices from Paris report no change of importance, although increased con fidence has been engendered by the prospects of the money market. At present, however, the continuance of the discount restrictions prevents animation, but the commercial public expect a decided improvement early in the new year. .• The number and tonnage of vessels now on the berth for Australia, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, &c., as compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, is as follows Launceston Hobart Town New South Wales Melbourne and Geelong Adelaide Swan River -Auckland, Wellington, Canter- bury, and Nelson Vesaels. Tons. 370 .. 1,088 .. 7,994 2▪ 0,247 • 4,364 ▪ 582 3,328 Total The pressure for money in Lombard-Street and at the Bank of England continues, but this is fully ac counted_ for by the amount required to-morrow °3' the commercial couimunitv. Tile amount of bills falling due on the 4th December is usually lar ger than at other periods ; and as many have deferred obtaining the necessary supplies until the last moment, there is temporarily increased strin ferleY. Seven per cent. is the currant quotation f or the best qualities of commercial paper, and in ' 41 7 few instances is accommodation granted below th at quotation. Under these circumstances it is scarcely supposed thet the directors of the Bank Will reduce their minimum to-morrow, and many' i magine that measure will no iv be postponed until early in the New Year. On the Stock Exchange, however, there is some difference of opinion on this clibject, and prices are partially strengthened by 41 1 expectation that an alteration will 5e announced. The position of tke Bank has undoubtedly much improved, but perhaps the Directors may deem it advisable to limit their operations lllltif the various items of the national balance she et shall have as sume d a s till more favour 41e appear ance , b ecause as soon as a change is t oads a very cons id era bl e i mpu l se w ill b e g i ven to 0 ,, b usiness in all departments. The amount I L other securiti e s at the date of the ;1 4 t return was s till excee di ng ly large, and a t/ ell greater reduction is desirable before in erased facilities are given to discount transactions. ) ; , hethe r t h e pos i t i on o f t h e esta bli shment h as en Sufficiently strengthened during the last week, however, to render a reduction in the minimum desirable, is a m a tt er k nown on ly t o th e authori titeB, and the public, therefore, evince much zi ; 4 4 ety for th e resu lt o f th e B an k C our t to.mor 14)W. The steamer Ripon, to leave for India t . h d China to-morrow, takes out upwards l i t ( 8 00,0001., c hi e fly i n s il ver , to I n di a . 041 70hina the shipments am unt to about 158,000/. tir Y 3 the rest being transmitted to Bombay, Ma aB) Calcutta, a n d C e yl on . A very sma ll propor tion of the aggregate amount on board is in gold. In English Securities there is a general improve bent, but the settlement constitutes the chief neitess of the day. The speculative transactions pr e numerous, and large amounts of stock have ert carried over at per cent. Consols have %en 941 and 941 g for money and to morrow, and oak for January. The Unfunded Debt has risen to 413. and Bs. premium. Bank Stock is 2151 217. T he New Three per Cents. are 931 1, and the 41 e tluced 924 931. Exchequer Bonds are 983. Tito transactions in the Foreign Market have not t lte'nded t o more th an f our secur i t i es. Turk i sh 6 nteCe`Cents. a re b e tt er , b e i ng 951 f 7-; and the 4 per Son de are firm at 102 t o 1021. R uss i an S ma ll are 97, and Swedish 85. %tfollowing are the nominal prices of Foreign oe k 8 Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; 414 " 7, 22 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 4 4 ; 1. Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. , Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per 4.'5 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43 / ; ditto d i - „" r beferred, 23« 24; ditto Certificates, 5 ; passive, 6 Inoderate business has been transacted in Rail -141 S hares, and prices have generally been well ; in some few instances an advace of 4 14 ato per cent. may be reported. Caledo %al; Great N o rth ern , G rea t W es t er n, Lancashire l orkhire, South Western, and North Eastern ) 1 : 1 4 are about ss. higher. The French lines '0.141 also shown an increased firm ness , an d Great 6t41 of France, and Northern'of France, are 'better. The Canadian, East Indian, and Bel hues are also fully supported, at rather im 7ed rates. ott:int-stock Bank shares have ruled dull, but e nv Bank and Bank of Egypt have been at cha nced quotations. 04.4 14 I Vlisc e ll aneous s h ares no material alt era ti on 4 1 , 1 4be noticed. Peninsular and Oriental Steam i tier s al Mail Steam were dealt in at fully for rats. 4118 E1 FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. (From the Offietal List.) „ r,sinpe. de a. 4114 Der 1k Stock . 4 B be olit. Reduced Annuities kihhtn,ee!lt. C onso l s A nnu iti es 9 4k al i $ I t: 1.,, a : ` 3 Der r!ent. Annuities 37 F 4u ntiities, expire sth Jan. 1860... ra., t ...., i . j I►-Ito 3 0 Years, expi re sth jell., 18 6 0 3 1 -t ” ti nds, £lOOO . . liieutt°, unde r £lOOO 2 d 1_ k,', for Account 9I 4' a i ClO -- noquer Bills, Lid. +3O 8 p 11 . 4 zsell ltte 98 N Bonds, 1858, 3 i per Con* to, 1859 4 14.2 1 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. .E onds, 5 per Cent. lO Ol tte., Itt i ,, - -n 3 per Cent 22 -.an ponds, 16 22 , I: St., 5 per Cent - : - 4--_- . 3140 small II 9:)4 1 , 11u flkids, 3 per c e.nt Dot New New Deferred, 3 per Cent. fi -"to A.ccount lye& 85 x d Tar 48 h 4 per Cent. ~ .ch bitto “tids n per cent Account ' Ditto Guaranteed 4 n Cent. Ditto Account ' ^ er 102 ........................... • • 11 DiVid enda On th e a b ove p a y a bl e i n L on d o n. litch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders 61 C ° 13 1019 (Money) Ditto account, December 4 THREE O'CLOCK. 943 943 ijiord Vivian has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of 1, 4 tounty of Cornwall, in the room of Si r Willi am Tro d eceased. Co a Z°DELIt SUICIDE.--A horrible case of su i c id e was 7 111 itted Lover Largo on the night of Satu r d a y t o t ' by Elizabeth White and Janet Whit e , t w i n sis _ • about 30 years of age, and weavers by occup a ti on . 4,3' c ommitted the deed about eleven p.m., by tying - Nle of their own make to the joists of the loom they Iti rou ght at, and then must have tied it round their necks, p i t `e were both found hanging in the shop about half it4 o4 e , le ven p.m., by . one of tea neighbours, who went 134 the shop to see what haa hecotrn cf them, dead. twi,lat afternoon they were seen by their , mother to )4, 3 ,..," a rope, which was suppose :I to be t.le same as bite .%„." in this action, and star-d to her that they leave e into the world together, and that they would 41z:tether. The two unfortunate i ! irls mere very much . kir P i 4t e'l ; and being steady, sober, a !Id industrio ait.% there can be no can , e as yet cdvoi for their corn . tin r? sui *de —Pifcrshire Journal. Q tr . et ClEtihs' PERCIIA HOOPS FOR Lamas.—The the much latitude, or rather citcureere.nce, DOW ladies n giv'natter of dress, that it is very difficUlt for fashion to e the, Blsr ead eno uu l i to their garments vvihout subjecting tav --e to inconveniences not easily overe , etne on narrow bet.°3ents and nbztructed pa , finwe-isar A new and b eet , a rticle than wh:ilen•ne or distending the dress has ia IltrO duced. It is A cord nr,de ,:f gutt4a percha, whine(l4 , 8 t .. 0 heavy as whaletiore, is more ible, so that the and `' n tobte, l close to the p,rsen when necessary, tiotia"re!etve elasticity enough to re-rimo its proper posi beeilerri. For the ia. ies' 5a just the thing ► of it earl ho 'enitet by ply Lettish the ends and t ‘ %later. T here is thf ref •re no springing of th e e n ds 11 , 51 qtar re —t f the d ress , Gu'ta perch a ill one of the most a 1 34 articles known. We ia:No no don ht that the cord • fc t . 0 7 1 . f , ferred t o would make excellent d othes-lines, a n d bettor Plug ropes for the young ladieg n othing could be °r more desirAble."—New York b en zny Post. LORD LUCII , T AND THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (THIS DAN). (P,efore the Lord Chief atr ,, n and a Special Jury., ThH ikeroi,g was ti.),,ciai!y fippointecl for the trial of " Lord Lucau v. Smith and others," proprietors of the Daily News, for damages for an alleged libel contained in an article published in that paper on Nth July last, in which they criticised his lordship's conduct during his command in the Crimea. The sufft rings of the Eng lish army during the late 1118 Flan war created at the time much interest, and absorbed public attontkn for a considerable period. As the public ara aware it gave rise to much 6iscusE , ion in . Parliament, and several offi• cial inquiries took place ; and it was after the issue of the report of the Chelsea Blard of General Officers that the article in question appeared in the Daily News. The defendants plead not gully, and that the article com pla,ined of was a fair and bona ,fide comment upon the conduct of the plaintiff as commander of the Cavalry Envision in the Crimea, and was printed and published by the defendants as and for such comment, and without any malicious intent or motive whatever. About 10 days since the defendants applied to the Court to be allowed to plead a special plea, but the Court refused the application, As the defence will mainly rest on it we subjoin it. It is as follows : "And for a second plea the defendants say that in and during the war in the declaration mentioned, and until the plaintiff was recalled as hereinafter mentioned, he was the general commanding the Cavalry Division of her Majesty's forces employed in the said war, and the said Lord Car digan, in the declaration mentioned, WAS the general com manding the Light Cavalry Brigade, being part of the said division, and disputes and differences arose and existed be tween the plaintiff and the said Lord Cardigan touching their conduct in such commands respectively, and the plaintiff and the said Lord Cardigan wrote and sent to the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's said forces laters in which they respectively complained of each other's conduct in reference to their said commands respectively, and the adain tiff also wrote letters to the said Commander-in-Chief, i n which he complained of the course of conduct pursued towands him by the latter in reference to the plaintiff's said command. And the defendants say that such dis putes, differences, and complaints tended to impair the effi ciency of the services of the said forces iu the said war. And the defendants fur her say, that in and during the said war great sufferings, losses, and" disasters - were under gone, sustained, anti happened by and to the said division, so under the plaintiff's command, as aforesaid, in men and horses, as well by reason of want of sufficient food, forage, and shelter, respectively and otherwise, as in operations undertaken against the enemy, and that such disputes and differences, complaints, sufferings, losses, and disasters had become and were before the committing of the grievances in the declaration mentioned matters of public notoriety, discussion, and interest amongst and by her Majesty's sub jects, and by divers of such subjects complaints were pub licly made of alleged misconduct and mismanagement in reference to the conduct of the said war by those in com mand over the said forces, or portions thereof. And the defendants further say, that the plaintiff was, before the committing of the said grievances, recalled by her Majesty from his said command, and afterwards and before the conamitti ng of the said grievances, made public speeches and wrote letters reflecting upon the conduct of the said Com meader-in-Chief of the said forces, and others, in relation to the said war, and which sail speeches and letters were made public. And the defendants further say, that before the committing of the said grieveuces, her Majesty's Sec retary of State for the War Department directed Sir John M'lsreill and Colonel Tulloch to proceed to the seat of the said war to inquire into divers of the aforesaid premises, and amongst others, as to the want of such food and forage, as aforesaid ; and the said Sir John M`Neill and Colorel I Tulloch afterwards, and before the committing of such grievances, duly proceeded .under such instructions, and made and forwarded to the said Secretary of State their report, taken under such directions, and statements of the evidence taken by them upon which the same was founded, and by which report the conduct of the plaintiff in reference to his said command was animadverted upon. Anti the de fendants further say that afterwards, and before the com mitting of the said grievances, her - Majesty the Queen ap pointed Sir Alexander Woodford, Sir George Berkeley, Henry Beauchamp, Earl Beauchamp, Sir John Bell, Sir William Rowan, Jonathan Peel, EFT, and William Thomas Knollys, Esq., to be a board to inquire amongst other things into the said conduct of the plaintiff, and which said board afterwards, and before the committing of the said grievances, duly proceeded and made their report under the said warrant, and humbly laid the same and the whole examination and proceedings before her Majesty. And the defendants say that the said reports, statements, proceed iogs, and evidence respectively wererespectively published, and became, and were, matter of public notoriety, discus sion, and interest amongst and by the subjects of our lady the Queen, and that the words in the declaration men tioned were, and are, part of an article printed and pub lished in the said newspaper in the declaration mentioned, and which said article so containing th e sa id wor d s i n th e declaration mentioned were, and ate, a fair and bona fide comment upon the several matters and premises therein contained and referred to, and upon the conduct of the plaintiff as such commander as in the declaration mentioned in reference thereto, and were printed and published by the defendants as and for such comment, and without any malicious intent or motive whatever." Before the court was opened a number of perlon7, notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, had assembled in Westmiaster-haq, and on the opening of the dooN the uvt was speedily filled by persons anxiona to hear the case and have a sight of his lord ship, who has become so popular and notosions by the proceedings that have taken plane with reference to the army iu the Crimea. Amongst them were several females. Lord Lucan•arriced at Westminster-ba,ll before ball• past nine o'clock, and on the opening of the court took a seat under the witness-box. He declined to take a seat on the bench, being so personally interested in the case. General Pollock, the Ciiief Baron's brother, was accom modated with a seat on the bench. The Court was oc• cupied the first hour of the day in finishing a case rela tive to a patent for purifying gae. The special jury was called about a quarter-past 11 o'clock, but eaven only answered to their names ; five of the common jury were therefore called and answered to their names, and the case proceeded. Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Lush were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Hugh 11111, Q.C., a n d Mr. Field, fer the defendant. Sir F. Thesiger, in addressing the jury for the plain tiff, said this was not an unimportant ease, and required their serious consideration. On one hand was a nobleman of high rank, a distinguished military officer, who claimed justice at their hands for a serious libel affecting his honour and character. On the other hand, they had a newspaper conducted with considerable talent, and enjoying an extensive circulation, which had thought proper to attack Lord Lucan in the manner complained of. Lord Lucan stands before the world with his posi tion and character known to them ; every circumstance of his life might be searched out, and it was impossible for him to conceal himself from any shafts which malice might choose to direct against him. On the other hand, there was a concealed opponent, unknown and invisible, who might be actuated by personal feelings and most malicious motives, but who could not he detected. If known it might turn out that the author of the article was a person whose judgment might have no weight with others, and whose opinion might be utterly insignificant, and yet a newspaper appeared to speak with a weight and authority belonging to a public organ representing public opinion. If Lard Lucan had felt disposed to consult his own case he would have sat down quietly under the stigma, because he (Sir F, Thesiger) very much feared that this warfare would not end with this trial, considering the adversary he bad to contend with, Hereafter all his faults would be collected, set down' in a note-book, learned, carried by vote, and thrown in his teeth, and we find he would have to pay a heavy penalty for the offence of having called on this portion of the English press to an account of its conduct in a court ofjustice. It was much the prac tice of the day on occasions of this kind to raise the cry of the " Press in danger," but never was a cry more misplaced or mistimed than that at the present time, for never did the press enjoy greater liberty than now. The danger to the liberty of the press, if there be danger, arises from the press abusing its powers from a want of a proper feeling of its responsibilities, regardless of feelings used their great powers to licentiously assail the cleatacter of indiaiduale, and if persisted in would require restriction. The learned gentleman then read a portion of the article in question containing the alleged libel, which was as follows : " 11l as we think of Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan, we feel convinced that had they been under the orders of a competent C o mmander-in-Chief, of one who would have known and treated them as soldiers only, oven they would not have disgraced and discredited the name and fame of England, or would have been obliged to resign. Insolent., disorderly as they are—much inclined as they are to abuse their positions—relying as they do for support on a bad system of favouritism in high quarters, they are both brave men, they have both some military spirit and aspirations e and used as instruments by a firm, vigorous, competent commander, whose firm will they respected and feared, something might have been made of them. Not b e ing socbm - manded,all their natural and acquired vices and defects had full play, and have introduced into the military history of their country an episode of the most discreditable de scription, which is not to he shuffled out of because the board of general officers happeni to have hit on the true cause why supplies could not be conveyed from Baleklava to the front. No, the Lucan-Cardigan scandal still re mains undiminished in real gravity, at once a warning and an instruction to the Duke of Cambridge as to the heavy responsibility he has assumed at the Horse Guards. His first, his imperative duty will be to throw himself upon the young and energetic officers of the army ; to seek out and elevate to places of trust true ability and zeal ; to in troduce into the service a deeper sense of r esponsibility, a more earnest sense of duty, than the truculent insubordi nation of the two white-washed peers, and the frivolous tone of the Report upon which we have been commenting, proves to prevail among the senior members of the profes sion." plaint. The learned gentleman then referred to our army being in the Crimes, and the various official reports thereon, and raid that the libel in question appeared in the Daily News in July. In September Lord Lucau's solicitor v7rW e the Daily News, complaini ng o f t h e lib e l, a nd de man:ling an apology to be placed in a conspicuous part of the paper. A reply, was sent, stating that the editor was ready to give Lord Lucan an opportunity of justi fying his conduct by inserting a letter from him. The learned gentleman characterised the offer of the editor as an insult, and revolting to justice and propriety, and Lord Luca would have disgraced himself by writing a letter to a newspaper, denying the statements set forth in the hi el in queation. He then read the correspond ence that passed on the occasion, and which is given below, and in conclusion said the noble lord was before them fOr such scanty redress as the law would give him for an atw2k on his character, which was beyond fair criticism ; reserving his other remarks till he bad beard the nature of the defence, The newspaper was then put in, and the article com plained of containing the extract read by Sir F. Thesiger, was read to the court and jury. The Earl of Lucan was then called, and examined by Mr. Lush. He deposed —I am the plaintiff, and %as Lieutenant-General Commanding her Majesty's Cavalry Division in the East. I arrived there in the end ' April, 1554, and left the Crimea for this country 15th February, 1855. I attended before the Board of General Officers at Chelsea. The article was pointed out to me the day of its publication in the United Ser vice Club, and I instructed my solicitor the following day. By Mr. James—l arrived in England 12 days after I sailed from the Crimea. I was recalled on the 13th of February, 1854, by Lord Raglan, and Lord Cardigan, part of my time, commanded the Light Cavalry Brigade. By Mr. James—Why were you called on to resign your command ? Sir F. Thesiger objected to the question. (To Lord Lucan)—Was it in writing Lord Lucan—Yes. Mr. James—That makes no matter. The Chief Baron ruled the question could be put. Lord Lucan—ln consequence of a letter he wrote after the report, of Lord Raglan in reference to the battle of Balaklava ho was called on to resign. Mr. Jame2—Was that not in effect insubordination Lord Lucan---Is that a question ? Mr. James—Yes. Lord LucatiCertiinly not. I never withdrew that letter, nor was I ever asked to withdraw it. The Go vernment thought that in consequence of that letter there might not be that perfect good feeling between me and the Commander-in-Chief, and recalled me. General Airey did not advise me to with draw the letter. The report of Lord Raglan stated that I had misconceived the orders of the charge at Balaklava. My first difference of opinion with Lord Car digan did not occur until we were on board the" Simla," and not at Devna. A difference arose between me and Lord Cardigan then, relative to some fancied irregu larity on his part of my adjutant. I did not write a letter to Lord Raglan in consequence, dated Kula lee. I wrote one when near Varna, in August, 14'4, and had to withdraw it. I never knew of any difference between me and Lord Cardigan till after the battle of Alma. Lord Cardigan wrote a letter complaining of me, which I forwarded to Lord Raglan with an explanation. Lord Cardigan was under my command. He complained to Lord Raglan in that letter, of how I exercised my command over hint. I complained to Lord Raglan that I had been separated as much as possible from my division whilst Lord Cardi gan had been entrusted with his command ; these com plaints and jealousies—though I am not aware of them —did not continue till my recall. I only wrote one letter of complaint to Lord Raglan. I complained in a letter to Lord Raglan that I could not act under an officer like Lord Cardigan, who had repudiated my authority altogether. That repudiation first took place at Devna. Ho refused there to recognise his divi• sional general, and of reporting direct himself to the Commander-in-Chief We never had any personal difference. Lord Cardigan, in a letter dated from the bivouac on 21st September, after the battle of Alma, complained that he could not act under me, and in an stver to that I did not complain to Lord Raglan of highly improper conduct on the part of Lord Cardigan in September, 1854. I sent to him certain facts, but I made no remarks on it. On being pressed by the learned Cone sel, Lord Lucan declined to give any positive answers on the point from length of time ; in that letter, I think Lord Cardigan complains of my interference in the command of his brigade, but whether it was a com plaint of my "unceasing interference" with him, or not; I can't recollect. I replied to the Commander-in-Chief, that certain orders were not attended to, but I made no complaint. It was not notorious in the army our differ ences, and that they were paralysing the service. I can't recollect any difference between us after Septem ber. I did compla,n to General Escott, that Lord Cardigan had written an insubordinate letter; it had reference to our differences at Dev na, and the Commander-in-Chief informed Lord Cardigan to report through the Divisional Com mander. I referred the matter to General Eseotf, as Adjutaart , t+e - neral of the- reghnent,.AO not as a coin- Mr. James proposed to question Lord Lucan on a reported speech of Lord Lucan's in the House of Lords, relative to his command being withdrawn, because the terms he was on would injure the discipline of the army, and greatly prejudice the service. The Chief Baron said that Lord Lucan, as a peer, need not answer that question. Lord Lucan said he was ready to answer the question. Mr. James then varied the question. Lord Lucan said the ground given for my recall was in consequence of the letter I forwarded to Lord Raglan, the Government fearing it might lead to differences between us, and not because they then existed. lam ignorant of what the Government felt. I can only state what they apprehended from the letter referred to. On the letter so stating I was recalled. The correspondence relative to the article were then put in and read. The letter of the 6th Sept. was first read. It was from the noble plaintiff's solicitor to the propriet nr of the Daily News, pointing out the article in question, and demanding an apology or an action would be commenced for libel. To that an answer was sent regretting his lordship should feel aggrieved at the article, and offering Lord Lucan the insertion of a letter denying- the facts. Other letters were put in in which the noble plaintiff refused the offer, and demanded an apology, to which the defendant called on the plaintiff to point out the part complained of, which he declined, and charac terised the article as a whole a libel, and informing the defendants of his intention to proceed against the de. fendants for a libel. Thi3 was the whole of the evidence for the noble plaintiff, when timhe p Sirs im possible t T o hesi g represse r a t d h d e r e i n s s d e i d g n t a h t e i n j u t r h y a , t s m ay u i s n t g a r i i t s e w a a t s defendants' conduct from a proceeding so unfair and unjust as to be utterly unexampled, and he hoped would always be unparalleled. The defendants, by the course they had pursued on the trial, had not justified their conduct by showing that Lord Lucan was guilty of what they charged him with, but had relied on the article being, as they said, a fair comment on a public man. The defendants were at liberty to have gone into the whole of Lord Lucan's conduct during the time he was in the Crimea, and to have produced such parts of the reports in evidence as would justify their conduct ; but they had failed to do so. That was the course they should have adopted, and then have appealed to the jury ; but instead of that they had adopted a most unfair course by cross-exaruining Lord Lucan from a book (Lord Luean's published correspondence), to use the answer so extracted from him to raise a prejudice on the jury's mind against the noble lord, or to induce them to believe the article was a fair criticism on the noble lord's con duct. No proof of insubordination had been given, or that the noble lord had disgraced the name or fame of England, nor of any of the other charges, and the learned counsel then referred to Lord Lucan's relations with Lord Cardigan, which, he said, showed there were no personal differences between them, nor anything to justify the attack that had 'been made. Lord Lucan's evidence had shown that his recall was not based on the grounds relied on by the defendants. He contended that the defendants had failed to make out their case ; and called on the jury to vindicate Lord Lucan's character by giving their verdict for the noble plaintiff. Before concluding his address, the learned counsel expressed his opinion that that part of the article mostly complained of by Lord Lucan, was written by another pen than the other part ; and in passing paid a glowing eulogium to the late Lord Raglan, whose life had probably been shortened by the slanders that had b: en cast on him without cause, and with which the article in question abounded. An article of this descrip ti=on had a great effect on such men as Lord Lucan. The leading journal enjoyed an immense circulation, and the public were disposed to take certain infor mation on trust rather_ than_take the trouble to inqtaro into its truth themselves. Thc isjournai had gone forth to all parts of the world with a statement, connect ing discreditable circumstances with the name of Lucan. The esteem of our fellow-men was highly prized, and indignal iod and resentment were, therefore, aroused to repel any attack on its character, one of the best possessions a man could have, and " fame is the spur of noble deeds," and it was well it should be thought so. The noble plaintiff did not ask for heavy damages ; all he required was a vindication of his character from an attack such as that complained of. James then addressed the jury for the defence. He commenced by statitg that the counsel for the noble plaintiff, feeling the weakness of Lord Luean's position, had directed the jury's attention mainly to what was not substantially the point in the case. He had dwelt in elo quent terms on what he was pleased to call the attacks on private character from what he called a malicious and a licentious press. He (Mr. James) would venture to say that any person who had heard the article read, because they must take the whole of it into their consi- deration when they considered the verdict, would find no attack in it on private character, but that it was the language of the historian writing for the information of the► public freely and without control, and that there was nothing licentious or malicious in the article. It was an article written on a subject of vital public interest, and he trusted, in praise of his country, written freely as an editor had a right to write, free from control and censureship, and without private malice or malignity. It was an article, as the plea stated, a public comment on a question of public interest, and it was an article written by the historian on what was past for the benefit of futurity, and calculated, as he would show it was, to expose the insubordination and want of discipline in the army. It was not an article written on the private character of an individual, but on a general to whom the public had entrusted their national honour. Sir F. Thesiger had been pleased to remark on the unjust and unfair manner in which the defendant's case was conducted and he was as full of complaints of him (Mr. James) for it, as his noble client was of Lord Cardigan. But was his learned friend not aware of the ,fact that the book from which he examined Lord Lucan was published by him, and con tained his correspondence. This case was of great importance to Lord Lucan, there could be no doubt, and it was equally so to the public. The article in question was written with a bold band as history ought to be written, and with an unflinching hand. It pointed out that system of mismanagement under which the finest army that ever left this country melted like snow before the sun,— which melted,and dwindled away, not before the foe, but before mismanagement and favouritism. By the same right that Sir A. Alison had stated that Wellington was surprised by Napoleor, the defendant claimed the right to state that Lord Lucan was incompetent to the command•. These Lucan-Cardigan squabbles were a disgrace to the army. Lord Lucan was of an imperious temper, and there was not sufficient control exercised over him at head-quarters, and the article reflected more on Lord Raglan, to whom it did not say one unkind word, than to Lord Lucan, and pointed out Lord Raglan's defieiences, who was deficient in energy, and did not possess the iron will of Hanibal or Napoleon. He was a general of a most courteous and kind disposition, and as brave as the 'sword he wore, but unfortunately he was not possessed with that fore sight and prescience and energy required in a Com mander-in-Chief, and the article was written as a matter of history. The remarks of the learned counsel with reference to the effect of slander on the late Lord Raglan was here out of place, because the article was written after Lord Raglan's death, and it spoke of him as the historian had a right to speak of him, as in competent for his command, and he (Hr. James) had yet to learn that the public journalist had not a right freely to comment on a public functionary, whether he be general, a judge, or a statesman. It had been said that this article could not be justified, but he relied on his plea that it was not a libel, and that it required no apology from an historian writing truthfully and courageously on facts that were passed, and which had been the subject of public comment in this country. The article required no justification, beca&se it did not touch Lord Lucan's private character, but referred to Lords Cardigan and Lucan, and that Lord Raglan was incapable of command. The unseemly differences between Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan were known in the army, and when the fate o Europe rested on an action about to be, fought, these two officers were writing in the bivouac on the night before the battle of the Alma—Lord Cardigan that he could not act under Lord Lucan, and Lord Lucan that Lord Cardigan was insubordinate—to the utter destruction of the whole army. At the time when everything might be said to have been trembling in the balance, these two general's, like two great spoilt school girls, were quarrelling as to which should send his adjutant here or there. It was a disgrace to the fair fame of England that their unseemly differences should have existed, and should have been going on at such a a time and hour. The evidence of Lord Raglan was unsatisfactory as to_ his recall, about the misconception of the order to charge at Balaklava, when that heroic band fell, and the :brilliancy of which only shed but a slight justification of their conduct. However much that charge had shed a lustre on the British arms, many gallant men were eacaccd in consequence of that mis conception. It was a charge unpaialleled in points of courage and in dauntless hardihood, and equalled only in the description of the poet : "Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed the steed to battle driven, And louder thank the bolts of heaven Far flashed the red artillery." After some remarks, in which the learned counsel said that the charge was only equalled in that of Mar rall% and Thermopyle, he said that unfortunately Lord Raglan was not a man of that iron rule for such insub ordinate cfficers as these. Would the Duke of Welling ton or Napoleon have allowed such conduct ? No. But a divisional order would have been issued the next day dismissing them from the service. They were aware of Lord Raglan's affability, courtesy, and hiskind and gen tlemanly feelings, and hence the unseemly squabbles be tween them. Was not such conduct a disgrace to the name and fame of England and England's generals who were paid by the people of England and entrusted to them the national honour. It was a scandal and a disgrace to find that two generals could so conduct themselves before an enemy. The learned counsel then proceeded to com ment on the several paragraphs i❑ the article, and said he would not then say anything of a general sleeping in his yacht unlike Napoleon at Eylau and Wagram. The Chief Baron —Lord Cardigan is not here, and I think you ought not to mention him in this ease. Mr. James said, under the circumstances he should abstain from making remarks on him other than by say ing that he thought hie lordship a person of too much sense to bring a similar action. The learned gentleman then made some eloquent remarks on the truth and just ness of the article in question, and concluded amidst loud applause. During the delivery of his address the learned gentleman was frequently cheered. The Learned Judge having summed up, the jury re tired to consider their verdict. After au absence of half-an-hour they returned into court and gave a verdict for the defendants, that of " Not Guilty" on the whole of the pleas, which was received with loud applause. SAILING OF TFIE BRITISH DISCOVERY SHIP RESOLUTE FOR ENGLAND. The British discovery barque Resolute sailed on the 13th ult., at noon, from the Brooklyn navy yard, under the command of Captain H. J. Har stein, one of the cfficers of thelate Arctic expedition, for Portsmouth, England, where she will be deli vered into the hands of her Majesty's Government as a present from the Government of the United States. Captain Harstein, in command of the English barque Resolute, has been fully instructed by the Na v y D e p ar t men t relative to the course to ba pursued by him in the execution of his trust, and takes out a letter to Lord Clarendon from the the State Department, closing the joint resolution of Congress for the purchase of that vessel from the American crew who found it, and presentation of it to the British Government, and expressing the gratification of the Administration on behalf of the people of the United States in tendering this token of the friendly feelings by which our country is actuated. The time for this national courtesy is considered here to be - opportune, in view of the settlement of the Central American question. The singular history of the Resolute must be fresh in the recollection of eur readers. It will be remembered that she was despatched by the British Government in search of Sir John Franklin, and was frozen in among the icebergs ; that her officers and crew had to abandon her, leaving all their effects on board ; that she was found several months ago by the crew of a whaling vessel belonging to New London, Connecticut, having drifted about 1,200 miles from the spot where she was abandoned. Nor will it be forgotten that the sum of $40,000 was appropriated by our own Government for the purpose of purchasing her from the fortunate whalers of New London—the English Government having waived all claim to her • nor that she has been repaired and fitted with the utmost care at the expense of our Government, with the design of restoring her to the Queen in at least as good a condition as she was in at the time the exigencies of their situation compelled her crow to abandon her. With such completeness and attention to de tail has this work been performed, that not only has everthing found on board been preserved, even to the books in the captain's library, the pictures in his cabin, and a musical-box and organ belong ing to other officers, but new British flags have been manufactured in the Navy-yard to take the place of those which had' rotted during the long time she was without a li v i ng sou l on board. From stem to stern she has been repainted ; her sails and much of her rigging are entirely now, the muskets, swords, telescopes, nautical instruments, ika, which she contained, have been cleaned and put in perfect order. Nothing has been overlooked or neglected that was necessary to her most complete and thorough renovation. Several thousand pounds t of powder which were f oun d o n b oar d w ill • bed taken back to England, somewhat deteriorated in quality, but still good enough for ordinary pur poses, such as firing salutes. Her massive build surprised every one of her numerous visitors while she remained at the Navy-yard. Her upper deck and between-decks are double planked throughout, - while her bows and sides are of three thicknesses. Her builders had regard to the comfort of her officers and crew in the Arctic seas. Under every berth runs a steampipe, and through the entire length of the cabins and between decks are rows of pipes three feet in diameter, which must have effectually heated the vessel even when the ther mometer fell to 60 or 70 deg. below zero. The pipes in question connected with a huge furnace, which also served as a cooking range. The officers appointed by the Government to conduct the Reso lute to England are, Commander H. J. Harstein, Lieutenants C. H. Wells, E. E. Stone, and Hun ter Davidson. The surgeon is Mr R. T. Maccoum, and the secretary, Mr. Otis. The Resolute is un doubtedly a slow sailer, and it is not expected that she will reach Portsmouth under 40 days. The reception which will be *given to her officers and crew will, undoubtedly, beeworthy of the generous conduct of the American people. —Neu, York Times. r 11 E LON ;i6N, WEDNESDA E V EN IN Gl MA'aIKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. We had only a limited supply of English wheat in to day's market. For most kinds the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. The imports of foreign wheat are 12,390 quarters. Good heavy parcels were in fair request, at full quotations. In other kinds very little business was transacted. We had a fair inquiry for barley, at fully late rates. Malt, however, met a slow sale, on former terms. The oat trade was less active ; nevertheless, the quota tions wei o supported. Beans, peas, and flour were steady, but not dearer. ARRIVALS THIS WORE. Wheat. 1 Barley., I Malt. 1 Oats.Fo ur. English .. 1,650 2 , 570 950 I 40 I 1,920 Irish .. ,• b e s 2,823 Foreign 1 12,390 5,230 1 29 , 740 6 37 6 0 16 s r k i s : BOROUGH HOP. The demand for most kinds of hops continues steady, al full prices. WHITECIIAPEL. Wo have had a very slow trade to-day, at barely late rates. Beef from 2s ICd to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, 33 10d to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 6d. to 5s 4d per 81bs., by the carcase. A PUNCTUATED RETRACTION.—A member of the Eng. lish Parliament having charged an officer of the Govern ment with dishonesty, was required to retractit before the House of Commons, which he did in the following words :—" I said he was dishonest, it is t rue and I a m sorry for it. This was pronounced satisfactory, but he managed to have the printed report of the trans action read thus :—" I said he was dishonest ; it is true, and I am sorry for it. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about G per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25 . 22& per 11. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Si. 178. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 4-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 . 34 per 11. ster ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore about 1-10th per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is 109 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the exchange l r o e w st a , nce for charges of the e s4 p h re ti s y en a t ga r in at s e t transport r w an o ng slapnordt; countries, a bndu t E: d h f o ir w et er s re t n h inc a ea t k t oi h fri e lnatel i leaves no profit, on the importation of gold from the United States. DECEMBER 3 1856 AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. For some months past poaching has been very prevalent in the neighbourhood of Leek ; and, judging from a case which was brought before Mr. Matthew Gaunt and the Rev. T. H. Heathcote at the police-court on Thursday last, and which occu pied five hours in the hearing, has assumed a some what alarming aspect. It appears that the keepers who watch game on the estates of Mr. John Daven port and,the Earl of Macclesfield deemed it neces sary to unite their forces in order to repel these nightly depredators. On the previous Saturday night six of the keepers met at a place called Hills wood, neer Abbey-green, about a mile and a half from Leek. About midnight they espied, coming along the woodside, five men, who were setting a long net in the field for the purpose of taking hares an rabbits. Shortly. after two more appeared, and the keepers came out of their hiding-place, when a savage scene ensued. The substance of the numerous depositions taken in court from all the injured keepers is as follows :—John Richmond stated that on seeing the seven men they went towards them, when the poachers retired a . short distance, and called out to some companiOns. The poachers then stood still and said, " We are T 5 of us, and can beat you if we like." Richmond did not think there' were so many, and immediately got hold of one by the collar. They struggled and fell together, the poacher being undermost. He had a bludgeon, which Richmond took from him. Three poachers came and commanded him to " leave loose." One said, " Bill, pull thy knife out." The three commenced striking him. He got up and fought again, and he and another went down. He was then thrown against a wall, and became insensible from the injuries he received, and saw no more of the fight. John Kirkland, gamekeeper to Mr. J. Cruso, stated that he had a dog in a strap, muzzled, and one of the poacher's dogs was set at him. One of the keepers separated the dogs, while he laid hold of a man by the collar and pulled him to the ground. When he had him on the ground he heard some of them say, " Get your knives, lads ;wo can beat them. The man he had down cried out, "Take this -- off.'" He then received a blow on the ear with a bludgeon which made him insensible, and his head bled pro fusely. When his consciousness returned the men were gone. He tried to walk home, but could only roach Mill-street, being very weak through loss of blood from the blows he had received. The poachers had three dogs, and were armed with for midable weapons. They had caps, or " tommy hats," with each a piece of white calico fastened to it. Samuel Knight deposed to haying been thrown down against a wall and beaten and stoned by the poachers. He believed the first blow he received broke his arm. He begged of the men not to murder him. He saw seven first, and after wards another party joined them. It was sup posed the total number 'of poachers was 10. Mr. Williams, sub-inspector of police, stated that a message was received at the police station respecting the affray, and Superintendent Woollas ton and himself went to the bottom of Mill-street, where they met three of the keepers covered with blood supporting themselves against the wall in a state of exhaustion. He asked Kirkland what had been the matter, and he replied that he thought some of their men had been killed. Shortly after a number of men were close upon them. On taming the corner Kirkland said "Here they are." Mr. Woollaston and he seized one each, and he gave his man in charge of Mr. Woollaston and the keepers ; he ran after the others and caught one, and having given him in charge he chased an other, who jumped into the river Churnet and escaped. He thereupon pursued and made pri soner another poacher. They brought the four to the station, and went back to see if they could find the man who had jumped into the river. They discovered a bludgeon and a rabbit on the opposite side, close by the bridge where Messrs. Hammersley wash silk. They then went to Hillswood, and found 250 or 300 yards of netting, set and part set, and several caps with white calico fastened to them, and another bludgeon. A great quantity of blood was on the ground. Kirkland's dog lay close by, with his throat cut and 16 or 17 wounds in various parts of his body. The dog was muzzled IN ery tightly. They found seven bags, containing eight or nine rabbits, and seven live rabbits in the nets. They examined the wall where one of the keepers, named Whieldon, had been thrown over into the wood, after being beaten until he was insensible. The stones were bloody and part of the wall was thrown down. They returned to fetch a surgeon. The names of the prisoners are Adam Clowes, Goodwin, Samuel Sheldon, and Samuel Dawson. Superintendent Woollaston gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Turnock, sur geon, deposed to having attended the wounded men and also one of the prisoners. He described the injuries they had received, and said, on the whole, they were, progressing favourably. Re specting Knight, who had only just been able to be removed, Mr. Turnock said he found a fracture of the left arm, six very considerable wounds on the back of his head, and two in front. The pri soners were committed to Stafford to take their trial at the next assizes.—Staffordshire Advertiser. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL AND LOSS OF LIFE.—On Thursday morning last a Dublin steamer named the Sylph, on her passage from London to Falmouth and Dublin, ran into a Dutch galliot off the Foreland. The night was very dark, and it is reported that the galliot had no lights, but that the steamer had. The galliot was partly cut down, and in ten minutes after the occur. renca she sank. The crew consisted of six men and a boy, and out of these only four men were raved. The steamer is said to have sustained but little damage. METROPOLITAN BOA LW OF WORKS. A sp:cial meeting of this board was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaitcs in the chair. THE DEODORISATION Or SEWAGE. A deputation from the vestry of St, Pa.qcras, intro duced by Mr. Wilkinson, and headed by Mr. Garvey, presented a memorial calling upon the board t 3 take into consideration the question of deodorisa,tion before corn ing to a final decision upon the question as to the out falls of the sewage. On the motion of Mr. WILKINSON the memorial was received. Mr. Borsox presented a memorial from the parish of St. Mary, Newington, deprecating the extension of the outfall further than necessary to comply with the act of Parliament. MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. The report of the deputation of the board, stating the result of the conference with the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, ctc., on the plans of intercepting sewers, was considered. MR. BAZALGETTE'S REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT SOREME. The following report of Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer of the board, upon the points of discharge for the drain age of the metropolis, suggested in Capt.Burstall's letter, and approved by the First Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Works, &c, was then read : "Dec. 1. " The point and mode of outfalls for the metropolitan drainage which have been approved by the First Com missioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., marked B* upon the accompanying map, require an extension of five fur longs further eastward, in Efornchurch marsh, on the north side of the Thames, and of one mile in the Erith marshes, on the south side. " The outfalls would now be 15 miles below London bridge, and it is proposed to confine the periods of dis charge from them within 1i hours before high water and 24 hours after high water, with certain exceptions here atter named, giving a period of 8 hours' storeage and 41 hours of discharge per tide. " The official return of the quantity cf water now sup. plied by the water companies to the metropolis, which has just been issued, shows that the supply has increased from about 7,000,000 to 13,000,000 cubic feet per day within the last 6 years, and,it is more than probable that the quantity of sewage discharged from the sewers has increased in the same ratio since they were last gauged in 1853-4. Making therefore a liberal allowance for such increase, it may now be assumed to have amounted to I nearly 9,000,000 cubic feet per 24 hours on the north side of the Thames, and 3,250,000 cubic feeton the south side. Taus, the quantity which would now be. collected in the reservoirs during the 8 hours they were closed would amount on the north side to nearly 3,000,000 cubic feet, and on the south side to rather more than 1,000,000 cubic feet. " The bottom of the reservoirs would be two feet above'Ordnance datum, or at the level of the ebb tide at 2 hours after high water, that being the period when the discharge of sewage into the river would cease. r , 'l' The level of the overflow weir would be 161 feet s above dcauni,, and the mean depth of the reservoirs would be 14 feet. The reservoir on the north side would cover about 10 acres, and contain about 6,000,000 cubic feet when full ; that on the south would cover about 41 acres, and contain about 2,750,000 cubic feet when full; so that the average daily flow of sewage during dry wea ther would about half fill the reservoirs iu eight bows. "In order to arrive at a more accurate idea of the time and mode of discharging the sewage from the reser voirs, I have obtained an abstract of the quantity of rain which fell last year, as observed at this office. From this it appears that there were 226 days in that year upon which there was no rain, 90 days upon which there was less than 1-10th of an inch, and 21 days upon which there were rainfalls varying in depth between 1-10th and 1-sth of an inch, making 337 days upon which less than I-sth of an inch of rain fell, and 28 days upon which that quantity was exceeded. " Upon tile 226 dry days the reservoirs would, as already shown, be on the average only half full at the end of eight hours; therefore it would be not only un necessary, but also impossible, to discharge any portion of their contents into the river during the last hour of flood-tide ; because the tide would during that period be above the level of the sewage in the reservoir, and the tide would thea be allowed to flow into the reservoir, diluting its sewage, and raising its level to that of high water in the river. The discharge of sewage would on those 226 days commence immediately after high water, and would be completed within 21 hours, by which time the tide would have ebbed below the bettoni of the reservoir. Upon the 90 days of minimum, rainfall it ap pears that, after making the necessary deductions for the amount of evaporation, absorption, and the time occupied by the rain waters m flowing from remote portions of the district to the point of outfall, the reservoir would not be more than about two-thirds full, and therefore the period of discharge would on those 90 days also take place only during the first 24 hours of ebb tide. Upon the 21 days the reservoir would probably be nearly filled during the 8 hours, and the discharge would then commence 1. hours before high water. Upon the remaining 28 days of heavier rain the discharge would take place at earlier periods, varying with the amount of rain that had fallen. "The reservoirs, as at present designed, will there fore always contain a sufficient amount of reserved space to hold the metropolitan sewage, estimated as being due to the anticipated increase of the population and water supply in future ages, and produced within eight hours ; taking also into consideration the unequal flow of that sewage during different portions of the day. The reservoirs might, however, be added to hereafter, from time to time, w ith ou t difficulty or disadvantage, if considered necessary ; and this mode of enlarging them —by adding a second basin—would be preferable in an engineering point of view to now constructing one basin of increased area...„140 not, however, recommend any enlargement of the reservoirs beyond the dimensions now named, in order to include within eight hours the rain fall due to the 28 days per annum, because to do this would spread the sewage for 337 days over an unneces sarily large space, while on the 28 days it would be considerably diluted, and the storm overflows into the river would on some portion of those days necessarily come into action at higher points in the river. " Since September last, when I prepared a design for carrying the lower portion of the outfall sewer on the north side of the Thames in a direct route across the mouth of Dagenham Gulf to point B, I have ascer tained that a company has been formed and an act ob tained last year for the conversion of this gulf into a dock, and it is stated that preparations are now being made to effect that object have now, therefore, diverted the northern outfall sewer round the north side of the gulf, instead of across the entrance. This altera tion has somewhat increase& the length, diminished the fall, and necessitated a corresponding enlargement of the sewers, which, coupled with the deepening of the reser voir, has increased the estimate beyond what is due to an extension from point B to B*. "The drainage from the high and middle level areas on the north side of the Thames would still be discharged by gravitation, and the lifts and pumping power already provided on both sides of the river would remain the same as originally designed for discharging- at point A. "The total estimate for the metropolitan drainage as now designed will be 2,836,6001." In reply to Mr. Turner Mr. BAZALG ETTE stated that the level of the Thames 21 hours after high water would be plus 14 feet above Ordnance datum, and the bottom of the reservoir 2 feet above the Ordnance datum ; that he had made careful experiments at Deptford Creek with those results ; tbat there might be a slight variation at point 8 5 , but that, practically, there would always be sufficient difference of level to insure the discharge, In reply to Mr. Doulton he said the plan was not well adapted to extension, but that its extension could be economically carried out by starting from Barking on the north side, and Woolwich on the south side ; about four miles of sewer on the north and three miles on the south would be rendered entirely useless. And, in an swer to other hon. members, he said he did not appre hend much deposit, but would propose to remove any that might be made by barges; he thought that no nui sance would arise ; that with regard to the sewer above ground there were few canals in this country which had not iron aqueducts, and no difficulty had ever arisen with these. With regard to the effects of cold the sewage was always warmer than the atmo spheric air, that it would flow from two to three miles per hour, and would be from three to four hours passing through the aqueduct; that it would not during its progress have time to freeze, and in respect to the flat bottoms of the reservoirs a at bottom was not subject to an equal slow, as there would always be a large stream. As to the capitalisation of working ex penses, it would be tke same as in plain B, but the struc tural expense would be greater by 103,0001. ; that it would cost the same money to extend the sewers to the sea whether plan B or plan B* was adopted, but that in the case of plan 103,0001. more would be lost—and that he believed that plan B was better than plan 8 5 , notwithstanding Capt. Borstal's report, and that cast. iron pipes had already been tried in smaller sewers, and had proved to be uninjured by any chemical action of the sewage. Mr. LESLIE said that on the ground of the expenses of making long lines of flat-bottomed sewers, and on the ground that reservoirs of 10 acres on the north side and 41 acres on the south side to pond back the sewage for eight hours in every tide would be contrary to the act of Parliament, he should move that the engineer's report of the let of December now just read be not received. He considered the plan to commence, Progress, and ter minate in error. It commenced iu error in regard to the size of the sewers. In all previous reports the size of sewers, pumps, &c., bad been calculated on the north side fora discharge at 35,293 cubic feet per minute, and on the south 16,599 cubic feet. By the plan now proposed it was on the north 6 , 250 feet per m inu t e, and on the south 2,257 feet per minute. It progressed in error, be cause it divided the metropolis into two distinct parts, north and south, whereas by the 170th section of the act the board in assessing the sums to be charged upon the city and other parts of the metropolis should have re gard to the annual value of the property, and also, in the case of expenditure o n wor k s of drainage, to the benefit derived from such expenditure by the several parts of i.he metropolis affected thereby. He would call the attention of the members for the Surrey and Kent side to what would be the effect of the proposed plan on them. The acreage on the Surrey and Kent side was 45,542, while in Middlesex it was only 32,487 ; the popula tion on the Surrey and Kent side was 616,635 ; on the Middlesex side 1,745,601 ; the rant on the Surrey and Kent side was 2,257,8001., while on the Middlesex side it was 8 ,894,1391. As he read the act, the whole of this 11 millions odd was to be taxed to ' ether, and not in twe separate sums o f 2 millions and 9millions. He had no doubt the whole of the additional work would exceed a million of money. He objected to four iron flit-bot tomed sewers going into the reservoir causing deposits and becoming tide-locked. All the sewers that were ti le-locked were nothing but cesspools, and of a most injurious character. The sewage ought always to be it constant motion. The hon. member, on the grounds stated, moved that the report be rejected. Mr. DENNIS seconded the motion. Their engineer's report had never appeared twice in the same form. He had always opposed the plan as being at the same time an expensive and extravagant scheme, and one that would never answer the purpose. He remained of opi nion that the sewage ought to be carried down to Sea Reach.' No one could for a moment believe that the Government would allow this immense nuisance to stop at the point fixed by this plan Be. The board ought to strike out a bold scheme, regardless of expense, and one that would bear inspection by the whole world. After a few words from Major LYON, the motion was put, and, on a division, was negatived, 4 voting for it and 23 against it. Mr. CARPLIAEL then ruse to move that the resolution of the board of the 22d of October last, which adopted the engineer's plan marked B in his report, be revoked, for the purpose of moving that the report of the engineer in respect of the outfalls at Be, suggested in Captain Borstal's report, and approved by Sir B. Hall, be adopted, when an objection was taken that sufficient notice of the motion had not been given. The CHAIRMAN held the objection to be good, and the motion was postponed till Tuesday next. The board then adjourned. THE ROYAL SOCIETY. St. Andrew's day falling this year on a Sunday, the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society was held at Somerset-house on Monday, Dec. 1. Lord Wrottesley, the president, took the chair, and delivered the custom ary address, in which the advancement of science and the advantages likely to accrue from intimate relations between the Government and the representatives of science were earnestly set forth. The proposed Arctic expedition in search of the relics of the Franklin party was recommended in the following terms : ' 7 ltis not extraordinary that those who are disposed to form a low estimate of the value of scientific re search should also entertain doubts as to the propriety of hazarding human life in its behalf. In the late dis cussions on the expediency of undertaking another Polar expedition, it seemed to be assumed by some that the well grounded anticipation of valuable contributions to physical and geological science would not alone be sufficient to justify the exposing of the lives of gal lant men to peril—not even of those who were most willing and anxious to be so employed, emulous of such distinction, and regardless of the risk. However this may be, it is certain that science has sustained, and does still sustain, injury from the fear of offending against this popular notion that it is wrong to hazard human life for such an object. In case of the proposed Polar expedition the risk would be very small, inasmuch as the exploration, instead of being as formerly a tenta tive one, embracing many thousand miles of unknown coast, would be confined to a fixed and limited locality, hitherto unexplored and possessed of great scientific in terest. Independently of additions to our geographical and physical knowledge, the possible recovery of the magnetical observations and the journals of the Franklin expedition is a consideration of great moment, since the former must have been made by officers well trained to the task with excellent instruments, verified before the sailing of the expedition, and in localities possessing peculiar interest in reference to the theory of mag netism • and th e l a tt er wou ld d ou b t l ess conta i n a nar rative of the deepest interest, not only to the cultivators of science, hut to the public generally. You wiil not saspeet me, I am sure, of being indifferent to the fate of brave men ; but the fact is, it is well nigh ha. possible to add to our stock of physical knowledge with out some risk to life. The astronomer in his observa tory, exposed night after night to the open air at a freez ing temperature ; the chemist in his laboratory, among poisonous and explosive substances ; the surgeon who handles the dissecting knife, all equally with the adven turous traveller expose their lives to peril. We know what was the opinion of the great Athenian moralist and martyr on this question, from that fine passage in which the dangers of military and civil life are so beau tifully contrasted. should have acted strangely, in deed,' says he, `if, having stood firmly in the post as signed to me by my general at Amphipolis, Potidwa s a sd Delium, and braved every danger, I had turned coward and feared to die when God ordered me to be a philosopher and instruct mankind.'" The medals were awarded to the following gentlemen : —The Copley to Professor H. Miln e Edwars, for his re searches in comparative anatomy and zoology ; the Rum ford medal to Professor Louis Pasteur, of Lille, for his discovery of the nature of ra.cemic acid and its relations to polarised light, and for the researches to which he was led to that discovery ; a Royal medal to Sir John Richardson, for his contributions to natural history and physical geography ; a Royal medal to Professor W. Thomson, of Glasgow, for his various physical researches relating to electricity, to the motive power of heat, &c. At the close of the address the society proceeded to elect a council and officers, and the following list was chosen for the year ensuing : President—Tim Lord Wrottesley, M.A. Treasurer—Majoi -General Edward Sabine, R.A., D.C.L. Secretaries—William Sharpey, M.D. ; Mr. George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., D.C.L. Foreign Secretary--Mr. William Hallows Miller, M.A. Other Members of the Council—Mr. James Moncrieff Arnett ; William Benjamin Carpenter, M.D. ; Mr. Ar. thur Cayley, the Dean of Ely, Mr. William Fairbaira, Arthur Farre, M.D., Mr. William Robert Grove, M.A., Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., Mr. William Hopkins, M.A., William Allen Miller, M.A., Lyon Playfair, Ph.D., Rev. Bartholomew Price, M.A., Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., D.C.L., Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth, D.C.L., Joh n Stenhouse, LL.D., John Tyndall, Ph.D. THE WEATHER AND THE PARES. The frost still continues. During Monday night the thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's receiving house fell as low as 19 deg. being 13 deg. below freezing point. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the mercury rose only to 23 deg., and even at noon in the sun rose no higher than freezing point. The wind was during yes. terday variable, but the principal quarter was north west. The barometer indexed during the principal part of yesterday and the previous night 30.12 deg. Tho Serpentine Paver in Hyde Park is now completely frozen over, but during yesterday was in such a palpably dangerous state that Mr. Superintendent Williams issued orders that no one was to be allowed to go upon it. It is, however, expected that during the present day the ice will become sufficiently strong to bear without any danger. The Long Water in Kensington Gardens.----The ice is here officially reported as being two inches and a half thick and in first-rate condition, which has induced the various noblemen and gentlemen belonging to the Ska ting Club to pat ron i se i t. Th e y have alrady fixed a splendidly appointed pavilion on the banks of the river. 2,500 skaters and sliders ventured upon the ice during the day. At 40 minutes past 3in the afternoon Fred. Morley, of 47, Queen-street, Eigeware-road, fell through the ice near the bridge, and was immersed in seven feet of water. He was fortunately rescued by iceman Ed ward Cook. He was removed to the receiving-house, where, after being properly attended to and changing hi s clothes, he was enabled to go home. Shortly after the above accident Mr. Blomfield, of Fulham, Middlesex, fell through the ice in deep water. He was rescued and taken to the receiving -house, where stimulants were given, and after some time he was enabled to proceed home in a cab. The Royal Round Pond, Kensington -gardens.— During the day between 400 and 500 skaters and sliders ven tured upon this pond, and n o t a s i ngle immersion occ urred, although ,the ice is f ar f rom b eing safe. A swounds Joseph the h gentleman Knight, one was geanttelre, whileman named fell skating, B r nth a m u , pn of , Que en ' s - road, Bays water, o 11 s head, an d b ecame He i the Society's icemen, wh o f oun d that his head was cut l o n p s e e n n . s b A I e ftedressing h assistedi by ua J d se able to go to his home. The Regent's-Park.—About 400 skaters and sliders disported themselves during the day upon the ice in this park, which is nearly three inches thick. Several per sons were immersed, but they were so speedily rescued that they ran very little risk of being drowned. The Royal Humane Society had their tents fixed in the dif ferent Parks and their stores removed thereto. The beds and hot-water baths have also been made ready in case of any ser i ous casualty taking place in any of t h e Parks. A great many amused themselves upon the ice in the Vi c t or i a and Clapham Parks, but n o accident worthy of record took place. THE WEA.TELER IN TIE NORTI OP SCOTLAND. —A heavy snowstorm was falling in the north of Scotland on' Saturday. The south mail train due at Aberdeen at 2.18 p.m., had been blocked up with snow near Lau rencekirk, buf the up line was clear. The mails from the north were all more or less behind time ; and there was every :appearance of a long-continued storm-wind from the north-west. THE WEATHER IN TEE NORTII.—TYNEDIOUTH, Dec. 1. —We have not had a heavy fall of snow since the storm of yesterday, and it threatens to-night. The snow is lying thick on the moorlands of Durham and Northem• beriand, and, from the number of birds that have come across the sea from Norway, everything has the appear ance of an early and hard winter. A good deal of ice is formed above Tyne-bridge, but there is no cause to are the highest nk think that there will be a n y material sto pp a ge of the coal traffic. There is no p ros p ect of th db e uyr l i a lin r a g r e .th fi ße s o e_ p t bae o ra f tt the light vessels, detained by a dverse winds, getting down shortly. Above 300 sail are in B ridlington - bay. A. 1 considerable numbe r of Scotch vessels are also detained in the Tyne by th e adverse winds . The f ollowing the d seven Spence, days,ba oeri , hin this town, for Mr. Gl a i s h er, of Royal Observatory : Highest. Lowest. Thermo. OR Tuesday, 24 le y s a, N"• 2 ; i 26 .• • 3 3- 3 1. . 29. 5 Thursday, the ground. 31.0 vedn 30.5 2 Thursday, Nov. No 27 .. 35.4 2 9.5 9.7 29.0 Friday, Nov. 28 ... 33.8 24.4 21-5 Saturday, Nov. 29 ... 39.7 22.3 21.0 Sunday, Nov. 3J ..• 34.0 23.8 22 . 2 „ Monday, Dec 1 .' 30.0 ‘ , 3 0 In.' MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT M ANCHES TER, Tues day.—Since our l ast the transa ctions . for one quarter, Chia, have been very considerable; our market has been relieved of some rather heavy stocks, 16-24 water, for which ls. Bd. advance is now demanded. In other descriptions there is little or no variation ; some are firmer, and some numbers are rather flatter than last week.