The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-08 00:00:00

TIIIS DO/ 1 the jug l er! rani o'e r fi e JP ained cc 00 04 This t r r ice' [Ol, Dot yet. '• 0 1 ' plc" el 0", lay a t The flO lay. ........ ..... ..... ......... I, ..... ......... ......... •' o s ... , ......... ...... • ....... ....... ss. ........... 41; . ........ ... I .... • go' Q 0 l is 4j , ( 1, 1 11, Ober L' a to 6 4 - 0 I t ' . L 4 v,l 5 5 4 " A gF 9 i° '/', (,) .e w e ; c: o r :,,il t de d to' rf f„! , 10 5 F 0 3 0 5 I , 0 , ha viog w -.0 ; trl e , was / 11 0 cid' li on' been C l io s d ec . di enerat • , r . 5 to llou• tie. 'IIEn• STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND 1410VEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS. ST. ANCAS. lotwithstancling the l at e publ ic meeting of the parish, 4l ' i rened b y t h e vestry, (the Southampton District Corn tee, the di str i ct comprising one-fourth of the parish) 'r,c(l st rong resolutions an Tuesday evening last expressive titletheir determination not to submit to the domination of 44 _• 134 ke of Wellington, and resolvin g r , to meet in the en .sveek t o pass an a dd ress to his Majesty. to the same 2 tic On Friday night th e South-Western Committee o' 1 1 Parish h e ld a numerous meeting at their rooms, Char "k-street Fitzroy-square, to tak e i n t o cons id era ti o n th e present alarming situation of the country. It is perhaps ne %lsar ti re , Y tO state that thesa district committees consist en ,Y of householders in the parish. The attendance on k ei l . l4 Y evening was both respectable and numerous, and the ch I ng manifested was moderate, yet of a most determined aracter. tie Committee resolved upon an address to his Ma th!, and determined, in the event of an election, to form p:nselves into an election Committee for the purpose of the Measures representatives to Parliament who would support Oleasures of reform stated in the above motion. tOch is the intense feeling among the rate-payers upon ‘.te return of the Tories to power, that the committee met Ydusterday (Sunday) afternoon to reconsider the line of con eNttto be pursued on this imminent moment. tr ,''r• ADAMS, a vestryman of the parish, said, in so un ojt, 4 ,in arid critical a Moment it behoved them to act with r4; l Oss of time, and he could not believe that one English ogn.; who felt for the tranquillity of his country, would ivll l .qcain, or would not participate in, that intense anxiety t i l l i ch drew the peaceably disposed inhabitants of the pa , t ; of St. Pancras from their religious duties, to those even 1 ,0 More important nature, the very existence of the rights f o ' r lch they had long and strenuously exerted themselves If gentlemen felt as he did, the necessity ine pre le' meeting wo u ld b e a t once ac k n' c l 7iedgea.—(Several e mbers " It is, it is.") f,ll r. BURSILL lametitP'3. ke t; of the l a t e with Mr. Adams that ti , e impttr 13'1:Ideal changes should compel th em t o 44 °ll t his He felt also with Mr. Ada ms , th a t no ti c j :4°7*.id take place in this most dangerous crisis. For ..st ten years he had watched the political conduct of t,)eibuke of Wellington and of Sir Robert Peel ; and lie Eits u is 'cl, seriously say that the one was fitted only to direct or t() the councils of a despot, and the other but qualified I,Persede Dr. Francia, of Paraguay. th 'lr. BUTLER thought their meeting was fully justified in 4 1 01 esent awful crisis. God knew that he desired peace i ti our I e country, and wo u ld sacr ifi ce muc h t o see it con ti nue d kw internal arrangements ; but he saw too clearly that 7 I to ; fl ee would sati s fy th e T or i es —th a t no ac t o f their 's k l ," 1 Pacify th e r i s i ng indignation of the people. t r B I . l \ DOLLY viewed the resolution of the Duke to take as an act of insanity. 49r. D AVY , one o f t h e vearymen, was w illi ng to g i ve all e mst ance to oppo se a T ory G overnmenr . lle committee then completed their address to the i tit 't and appointed a number of members to obtain sigma s of t h e t rate-payers to it. ei Several other members offered observations upon the late b n 4 t l l ge of Administration, and the committ ee a dj ourne d I Tuesday morning. r:, f ew 4l natur e feeline. g evinced by the com - „ t e e was of a calm, but ' -ATE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN THE COUNTRY. , HANTS COUNTY ELECTION. US th e oursdav l as t a numerous meet i ng o f t h e e l ec t ors of vi"outh Division vision of Hants assembled at Portsea, with Si t e `c to secure th e re - e l ec ti on o f L or d P a l mers t on an d e, 1111:2eOrge T. Staunton, Bart., the present representatives, I , had been invited to attend the meeting. 1 , 00 gird Palmerston and Sir G. Staunton, on entering the were greeted with loud cheers. ell' greeted Carter, Esq., was unanimously called to the Th e - e CHAIRMAN having opened the meeting, ti o ' O rd P ALMERSTON rose amidst loud cheering. " I am tirt h an . en ntle," said his Lordship, " that I may not only render wh e — ri eo . lint of the past, but to solicit your future favours te as "er a dissolution and a general election, which I have l t, ust °4 to imagine cannot be far distant, shall take place. h ' ; l . conuct, since I have had the honour to be 444 r epresentative as a Member of the Legislature, I )i 4t , t he Executive Government, deserves your good o r p e i . and that you will consider me worthy of again I °ll .ltl ' tserve in Parliament. The Government to the b o I have belonged began their Administration with 1 s public profession of three principles—Reform, Eco eitl') and Peace.—(Hear.) And I trust that as far as it tutistances enabled them to work out those principles, i• ef mil be found they were carried. With regard to o ft ( 40 1, they began with that which is the foundation of all 4.s le,r reforms. They began by improving, or rather by re ,:rmg, the Constitution of the House of Commons to its their Purit y—by restoring to the people of this country ‘`. Ir a pr?per and it'oiwPaysrlbiamenen duo influence in the election of Members ,t--which was originally the practice, and . has . ue Spirit of the Constitution, and by freeing it fr om those. abuses which, in the course of ages, will always i,creep into the most valuable institutions. With what diffi -tiadityt bat reform was carried—against what opposition we tn er o st ruggle —I nee d not remind you. You know th a t r e than once we l a id d own our o ffi ces a t t h e f oot o f t h e one, because we thought our enemies were triumph te:lver us, and th at we should be unable to carp our 4 ; y ' tples i nto effect. We valued power and place only P t , far a. t „, Itefor-m e were enabled t o carr y re f orm i n t o prac ti ce . Bill, which has been denominated .a second Charta, is now the law of the land. These tio l l 3 lea set us to examine all the institutions of the land a nd,, t f `'x' the purpo se o f revo l ut i on i s i ng the Const i tut i on, Whi; v erthrovving the institutions which we hold dear, and ,il, e - ti n a aoy Englishman who did not value would be unworthy e of Englishman ; but we set to work to inquire kv e all abuse s i n th e diff erent d epartments o f t h e S tate, an d Ar a Proceeded, as far as time would allow, in effecting great 411 the al impro vemen t s . S ome may t hi n k we h ave not d one lvh„leY wish e d to see accomp li shed ; but.. the test is not e` c ;',,, u er we have done everything they could wish to see . "Plisbed but whether we have properly, safely, and b 0-cup. Kaye our time—w_et_cr we have chosen well Q abuses we have selected for correction—whether we aCd Proposed to Parliament, and carried through it, great Wit}: ru Portant me asures • f or th e b ene fit o f th e coun t r y. tite qt nut, then, mentioning the great variety of improve -8 which, th oug h seemingly triviil are of great import fo larg e c l asses of men, I w i ll refer to the great mea t() effected since we were in office ; and I will venture tlt h l Y that no Administration in this country ever passed so L'e-t3i great and i m p or t an t measures in so short a time. er aco, the t ra d e to Chi na , which foreigners have car- N ," with our manufactures, is thrown open to all peo tiel: a p d the I n di a mar k et i s now pu bli c f or a ll t h e country. I remember being at Liverpool, and thenlan showing m e some l arge A mer i c an ships, i N 4 ,; f r e (said h e ) t h ose s hi ps are d est i ne d to carry B r i t i s h tt kv, e l•Ores to China, but we sire debarred from that '4l e „i That gr i evance i s remove d, an d w h en you llti3Ote the ad van t age o f th e measures as a meat!s ' , l 4t the produce of this country, you must admit ''4l:d't is great and important.—(Cheers.) Then with 1 ," co other reforms. Many great defects in the law 4lat',"een removed. We have removed the stain from the Lltholli-,4a1 character of retaining in slavery eight hundred as b 4 ncl of your fellow-creatures.—( Loud cheers.) That sy at d?P accomplished, no doubt, with a great sacrifice. that diminish the value of the measure? I must dark 4 , l tl valuing. the principles of humanity and generosity, htgjustiee to the slave, it would not be right to h fining to the master. Then as to Reform, I say N4r e 4ve done gr ea t thi ngs , an d it i s mos t un f or t una t e t h at (which ot ild not b e e ff ec t e d. W e did p re p are a measure ti llat4 w as carried th roug h on e House of Parliament) cal tice to remove the heart-bickerings founded on a differ ho°4l,,relimion, an d w hi c h st ill arra y s the people of Ireland dil4"to bands —I mean t h e ques t i on of tithes. The Bill tailed, 1e 4 , 11 C 1 I am sorry for it. Another point con olfv,i,th the prosperity o f the . country, and more espe ,..iern counties, A q4t "' e sou"is the Poor-law Bill—a Bill „, trust, relieve the agricultural classes, and im `",. character of the people now degraded by the q „ 4 e of that 1 that aw.—(Hisses and a . pplause.) lam perfectly hot Isome do not agree with me on that question kt 1 rest their opinion of the Government on the w.Re,,tl'eal result of that measure.—(Hear, hear.) Then, ll (f .l , n e,n, we promised retrenchment.—(Hear, hear.) I , 1 a a j, t ,"e justice to the Government which we succeeded, 90tvci.;Ltuat mucl • s done b them.—(Hear, hear.) But re the that iv : a they said - nothing was left to us e gleanings of an exhausted field, we contrived to 1 1 1 : 1 n e a r r ° , 1 _: °. r five millions of taxes, and still the revenue of dr egref .Le just ended exceeds the charges by about nine th o hear.) But while we e vea usand pounds.—(Hear, 344 y t a x er burdens of the peopTe by the repeal of a great Ire have taken care that public confidence 6 , ,e0a of uld "tlt b e shaken, and we have left the important ser b,'ear ue country amply and completely provided for.— 'at a ' "e ar ) • which we took office th La at i s • next principle on 4 t °I Preserving peace.—( Hear, hear.) I recollect 1 )1 4 , 1 ''. , e o lade that promise, we were told that no hu prlleber',vetroe:‘d enable . us to keep _it.—(Hear.) i,, _ y re- a t ot fri having been told in December, 800 b._ s ste though a political opponent, that b.e -ttuL°l`e, i r sl:ould infallibly have a general war in h e , ' l ' fact, that if an angel were to come down en to write our despatches, he would defy us 'i ,sfl IN k;/ '4 0 ;,) -;,,, 100 ,0 41 to keep peace.—( Hear ! hoary 1,0 titl;—e my assistance, but peace has be6il pi'egerVe ,, (1-Icame to eat, 1 . 600 . till Christmas, 1834. Without entering into any details on We have preserved peace, not only to Easter, 1831, but the system of our policy, I may say, that the principle pur sued has been, to maintain the honour of the country, and to truckle to none. We have been accused of truckling to France,-but we have made France our friend instead of our enemy. And this remarkable circumstance ought never to forgotten, that while the Tories here have accused us of truckling to France, the Republicans of France have ac cused her of truckling to England. Thus the two parties, whose object it was to involve the two nations in war, have each accused its own Government of sacrificing the national :ionour for the purpose of maintaining peace. The re ?roach is as unfounded in England as it is in Paris. At the time we came into office, Belgium was struggling for independence with great doubts of her success. Belgium is now acknowledged as an independent country by the five great powers of Europe. Don Miguel was then oppressing Portugal ; he had subverted the constitution, and was desolating the country. Now Donna Maria reigns over a free people, the constitution is firmly and irrevocably established. When we came in, Fcr linand was King of Spain, and there was no civil or religious liberty. Isabella now reigns under an enlight• med Government, and, in imitation of Great Britain, and other liberal states, she h as commenced her political ca eer. Thus we have preserved peace, not only without any sacrifice of the national honour, but also by affording to liberty the opportunity of making a progress that must he congenial to the feelings of every Englishman, Upon these grounds, gentlemen, I appeal to you for your Pup , port at the ensuing election. I say, at the ensuing elec tion, because I feel confident that an election must take place. We are told that the party opposed to all measures of reform is now to be in office.—(Cries of " Ne, no I") That, Gentlemen, h .lars anticipatea the opinion I was going submit to you : iVai Pik; to iity that, 7 . iin the present Honk of commons it would be perfectly impossible such a Government could exist, because the pre sent House of Commons has - more than once expressed a letermination not to support any Government but the one that has recently quitted office. It is impossible that the Government about to be formed eau kenture I 9 Meet the House of Cetiimen§ dii it troi7V ekists.—.(fear, hear.) Many persons have a notion, and they are misled by that nation, that there is a re-action in the public mind. Be cause two or three elections have gone in favour of th e Tories, they are i nves t e d w ith the belief that an extensiv e alteration has t a ken pl ac e hi p u blit.opinion: 1 nth satiS fied that the patty ag6 perate a ItiOaSiiii El§ iiiiStalfig the present House of Conn 111011r aria appealing to the country. Gentlemen, I once found myself connected in office with the persons now going into administration. In •1828 Mr. Canning did me the honour of placing me fur the first ttie Pabin6t and when ; aftet hi§ tWath; Dik) of Wellington took office In hi:MA.l*y following, I, with Mr. Huskisson, Lord Melbourne, and Mr. Grant, became members of his administration, From January till May we remained, and then retired, because on g npesti9n ,the Hoitße. of Commons ; teekneeted With the disiranchisethent of BMA llettord, one party wished to tranfer the franchise to a populous manufacturing town, and the other to the hundred of Bassetlaw. Mr. - Huskisson and myself then voted against our colleagues, and we resigned, as in duty bound,. and quitted the G6i;eriiment. I cannot go into particulars, but I feel at liberty to say, that from May, 1828, till November, 1830, I showed no • disposition to .return to office with persons whom, however I may respect them -individually—as I sincerely do—l differed from upon political questions, More tha n th a t I cld not feel at lib er ty to say; but I might, if I chose. I do not believe that this Government can possibly stand, because 1 do not think them congenial with the feelings of this country, and because I do not believe that honourable men—whom I know them to be—would come into office except to carry out their own opinions. It is said, do not judge men until they are tried ; but they have had their trial, as appears by the daily debates in Parliament, which afford every public man an opportunity of expressing his sentiments, and the sentiments of all public men are known to the people of this country. lam convinced this Government cannot stand ; but I think it of the greatest importance that the struggle should take place with liberals of all shades. I hope the struggle be short. His Lordship sat down amid loud cheers. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON then rose, amidst loud cheering, to address the meeting. The hon. member then went at considerable length into a review of his political conduct, and concluded by saying that it was, his determination to carry on safe constitutional reforms, and on that he was ready to stand or fall. If he had belied any of the profes sions made in his addresses, and had not acted honestly and independently, he was content to be declared no longer worthy of being their representative ; but if he had done well, he trusted for a renewal of their favours.—(Cheers.) After some further remarks, the hon. member sat down amidst loud and enthusiastic cheering. Mr. T. W. WILLIAMS then moved a resolution, pledging the meeting to support Lord Palmerston and Sir George Staunton, which was seconded by Mr. Samuel New, of Fareham, and was passed with only three excepting voices. Lord PALMERSTON and Sir GEORGE' STAUNTON having returned thanks for the reception which they had received, and thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting dissolved. NEW YORK PAPERS. We received last night via Liverpool, New York Papers to the 19th ult. inclusive. The result of the elections has given a majority to President Jackson for the ensuing Congress. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued his circular to the collectors of the customs and all receivers of public money, directing them no longer to receive the branch drafts of the United States Bank. We give below' some interesting ex tracts relative to American currency from these journals:— "BRANCH DRAFTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury has issued his circular to the collectors, directing them no longer to receive the branch drafts. These drafts are in the form, and intended to answer the purpose of, small notes, though drawn at the branches, and payable at the mother bank. The Globe says the amount of these drafts now in circulation is about 7,000,000 dollars. The right of the bank to issue them has been a subject of considerable discussion, but has been sustained by the opinions of several of the first lawyers of the country. They were were issued, we believe, only be cause it was fonnd impossible for the President and Cashier of the mother bank to sign bills enough to sup ply,the demands of the public. The Globe seems to think that the refusal of the Government to take these drafts longer will require the bank to pay them up. If it were so, the time chosen for the measure, just before the meeting of Congress, would be the very worst possible ; fer the angry feeling which it will create, and the angry discussion which that feeling would engender, would do mischief in the Money Market, if any such mischief were possible. This mischief would however not restrain General Jackson from any measure of hostility to the Bank. The merchants would in that case, we have no doubt, see to it, that the measure would be so treated as to produce as little mischief as possible. But we have before said,- and say still, and we believe this is the uni versal opinion of those most friendly to the Bank, that the re fusal to receive those draughts for payments due to the Govern ment will have the effect to keep them afloat rather than bring them in for payment. While they have been received, they have at once been paid at all the branches, and we do not see what other effect the refusal of them can have but to retard their being presented for payment. At any rate the Bank has means in hand to redeem its whole circulation, now less than sixteen millions, any day. But there is no probability that in any way the amount of its circulation will be materially re duced until the Bank itself shall cease to issue its notes. These notes are so convenient to the people, that. if the " drafts" should all be paid, other notes would be called for to supply their_ place, and so the Bank remain unaffected. " NEW YORK, NOV. 19.—MONEY AND EXCHANGES.—BiIIs on Europe delined in price. The rate on London was 7 prem., and on Paris bf 224-c., dull. Money is extremely plenty, and large sums remain idle for want of borrowers. " Business generally is in a vigorous state. The stocks of merchandise are light, and the demand good." It is expected that General the Duke of Gordon will not be Gazetted to the Colonelcy of the Scots Fusileer Guards until after the interment of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. It was his Grace who succeeded the late Duke of Kent in the command of his present regiment, the Ist Royal Scots. The Earl and Countess Brownlow left Belgrave square on Friday, for Belton House, near Lincoln, where they will see much company during the approaching festive season. His Lordship's second son, the Hon. Charles Henry Cust, has joined the Royal Horse Guards, Blue, as Cornet. Viscount Alford, it is saidi will be a candidate for South Lincolnshire whenever there is a dissolution. Earl Grey's fourth son, the Hon. Captain Grey, is gone on a visit to his noble father, at Howick. The gallant officer has just been . promoted to the rank of Post Captain, after four years' foreign service in the Mediterranean, during part of which period he commanded the Scylla sloop. The Hon. Lieutenant-Colon e l Grey, M. P., has left Howick to re sume the command of the 71st Highlanders. Mr. Byng, the Member for Middlesex, has been prevented from attending any of the late public meetings, by a defect of sight, amounting almost to total blindness. Mr. Arthur O'Connor has addressed a letter to the editor of the Cork Southern Reporter, in which, alluding to a report that he had received an arbitrary letter from the Duke of Wellington, commanding him to quit Ireland forthwith, he says, " I have received no letter from the Duke of Welling ton, nor from any one at present in office ; nor is the one which I did receive, acquainting me with the view which the Duke of Wellington, under the opinion of those with whom he considered it proper to advise, nor that in which his Grace con veyed what that opinion was to the personage who applied for an extension of time for me to remain in this country, for the sole purpose for which I have come to it—to adjust private business—couched in terms to which the language alluded to is at all applicable." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1834. COURT CIRCULAR. tie Kit: ft gave audiences on Saturday, at St. James's Palace, to the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Hardwicke, "' Sir Charles Manners Sutton, Sir Robert Smirke, tons u... , • •• - • • ----d Douglas (Groom of the Sir J. Macdonald, and bir "" ^ Earl of Bedchamber to the late Duke of Gloucester). _ Hai dwieke delivered the rjband and jewel of the Order of the Garter torn by the late haft: The Princess Sophia visited the Queen yesterday. His Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Earl of Bean e-lamp arid the Earl of Coventry. The i emains of the late Duke of Gloucester will, it is ex pected, be removed on Thursday morning from Bagshot Park to Cumberland Lodge, wbeM they it'll! lie In state, and in the evening will be conveyed for interment to St. George's Cha pel, Windsor. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Al vanley, had interviews with the Duke of Wellington on tArdayi The uke of Devonshire, the Earl of Minto, Lady Tionoria Cadogan- the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, and Mr. Tierney, dined with Lcrd Aukland on Friday evening, at his residence, in the Admiralty. SHIPPING INTELLIGrENCETHIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 7.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the Ros anna, Foster, from Berbice ; James Cuskie, Young, from Vir ginla 1 Rokeby, Clark, and Glasgow, Gray, from Quebec.__ Stilled the Maty Min ) Leggat, from London for Tortola ; Lady Nugent, for New South Wales ; and his Majesty's ship Pearl, fiom Jamaica, for Sheerness. SCILLY, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Arcturus, Olivia, from Hon duras ; Janet, Douglas ) from Sierra Leone ; and Henry, —, from kranitehl. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind W. to S.W.; 7th, S. S.W. to W.—Arrived the New Eagle, Gincs, from Quebec.— Sailed his Majesty's ship Pearl, for Chatham ; and Stentor transport, for Woolwich. Dtc. 6 and 6, Wind S. S.W.—Arrived the Delta., Wallace, froth Ito Janeiro ; Bolivar, Richards, and St. David, Dale, from Quebec ; Caroline, Daniels, from Miramichi ; and Icaro, Ncury, from Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind S. S.W., fresh breezes; 6th, S., mederate.—Sailed the Pandora packet, for Brazil;' hi s Majesty's ship Espoir, for Lisbon, iiith mails ; Floraville, 141:h:hell ) for Valparaiso ; Mutine packet, for Jamaica, and BriWs pdthet, for Hallfac STANGATE CHEEK, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Eagle, Barnes, and Magic, Treaves, from Chesne; Malvina, Beer, from Tanjer. MARGATE, DEC. 7.—Arrived off port, the Ann, Webb, from It4MS6ATRI 7.—Arrived off port, the Indus, Hunter, froth qtibeFl DOVER, DEC. 7.—Arrived off port, the Broughty Castle, from the Cape of Good Hope. HASTINGS, DEc. 7.—Arrived off port, the Claudine, Wal ker, from Madras. COWE9, Dac. 7.—Arrived the Earl Grey, from Rio iimktrei TORBAY, DEC. .P.).-ArrivEtl bfr port, the Persias, Bruce, from Miramichi; George the Fourth, k€nt, from Ottebee. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Herculaneum. King, from Calcutta—sailed the 7th July, and St. Helena the 9th October; Indus, Haggart, from Calcutta; Minerva, Metcalf, anil Oriental, Fidt/Icr, from Bombay. , Sailed the Coeur de Lion, Glover, from Batavia ilia nin g npote ; and Columbine, Patterson, from Bombay. Arrived the Montezuma, Wright, from Laguna ; Fanny, Trin, from Rio de la Hoche ; Parker, Riseen, Sanderson, M'Morrison, and Eumore, Walker, from Pernerara ; Tans; Hassic, Glover, from New Orleans ; Lex ington, Hill, and Cia.SgOtt", Robins,n, from Charleston ; Bri tannia, Waite, from New York • Constitution, Wilson, from Savannah: Saladin, Simpson, from Virginia; Active, Rob son, from St. John's, New Brunswick.; Royal Adelaide, from Ildlifax • British Merchant, from Miramichi ; Johanna, Pat tereun, Perltin, Dajts, Omonds, Laing, and Devereux, James, from Quebec; Elden, from Odom and Hebe, Clements, from Lisbon. Off port the Hudson, from Valparaiso; and Latona, from Quebec. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 6. Elizabeth and Mary, Masey, ;Mtn Messina,' Caroline, Grey, Quebec ; Stratton, Ray, Stangate Creek &id Ornyrna ; Tourist, Bridge, Hamburg ; John, Leslie, Pictou ' • Minstrel, Skipsey, St. Petersburgh ; evolinc, Sweney, Guernsey ; Hobbs, Bromley, Stangate Creek and Smyrna ; Pomona, Harvey, Quebec : Lotus, Summersonn, Quebec ; Clio, Dobbs, Quebec ; Grecian, Marshall, . Quebec ; Home, Cowell, Quebec ; Christian Maria, Smith, Tairagona ; GYPseb Flockhart, Oporto Pernftn, Whitfield, St. Petersburgh ; Economy, Smith, St. Petersburgli; Aurora, Dawson St. Pe tersburgh ; Arve, Alexander, St. Petersburgh; plat It { yph, Stewart, St. Petersburgh ;. Concord, Pepper, St. Peters. burgh ; Anna, Lamburg, Gottenburg ; Belleuncle, William son, Stangate Creek and Smyrna; Emma, Krause, Memel ; Poe Tender, Vivius, Messina; Johanna Catharina, Spill, Bilboa ; Wangward, Walker, Buenos Ayres ; Helier, Dodd, Narva ; Ariel, Mann, Rio de Janeiro ; Lyra, Henderson, Charente; Castlereagh, Mould, Malta; Johanna Ann, Al mond, Charente ; Tranby, Smith, Riga ; Fortitude, White, St. Kitt's ; Arno, Scales, Cadiz : Alexander, M'Lachlan, Ma nilla; Mary Ann, Bononer, Cork; Lord Sidmouth, Terry, South Seas ; Albatros, Foster, Fayal ; Friends of Liberty, Coston, Marseilles; Canopus, Martil, Para; Riviere,.Rose well, Oporto and Aveiro ; Jean, Gorman, Leghorn. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, DEC. 6. Belfast, Middleton, for Calais; Charlotte, Miejo, Antwerp; Anneelania, Wyk, Amsterdam; St. Croix, Smith, Jersey ; Friends, Manning, Antwerp ; Amsterdam, Find, Amsterdam ; Portland, Matthews, Madrid and Trinidad. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. 6. Lord Hawkesbury, Overton, for Ostend, Bruges, an d Ghein ; Jonge Johanna, Riekie, Antwerp ; Lcrini, Keeper, Brussels; Princess Augusta, Pearson, Antigua; Leopold 1., Appleton, attend; Arethusa, Lane, Sydney, Now South Wales; Henry Flynn, Oporto; Belfast, Middleton, Calais; Harriet, Whiteham, South Whale Fishery; Black River Packet, Weight, Jamaica; Nereide, Faillant, Calais; At weed, Morfee, Antwerp. EAST INDIA. ARRIVALS AT BENGAL.—The Yare and Daphne, from the Mauritius, sth July ; the Burrell, from Rangoon, 7th ; the Mary, from Bombay, 10th ; the Exporter, from the Mauri tius, and Young Rover, from Moulmin, 11th ; the Majestic, from Bombay, 16th. DEPARTURES.—The Skimmer and Haidee, for Singapore, and Nestor, for Chhia, Ist July ; the Addingham, and Tan cred, for the Mauritius, 4th ; the Herculean, for Liverpool, 9th ; the Hydross, for Madras, 10th ; the General Gascoigne, for China, 15th ; the Syeed Khon, for Canton, 4th ; and Re search, for Masulipatam, 7th. DEPARTURES FROM BOMBAY.—The Claremont, for Calcutta, 3d August ; the Carnatic, for Canton, 3d ; the Triumph, 4th ; the Upton Castle, and Morgiana, sth, for Calcutta. ARRIVALS AT NEW SOUTII WALES.—The Currency Lass, from Van Diemen's Land, June 1 ; the Dryad, from Fal mouth, 2d ; William Iv., 4th, and Moffatt, 6th, from Hobart Town ; the Hive, from Falmouth, llth ; the Jessie, and Ba rooster, from Van Diemen's Land, 12th; the Augustus Caesar, and Bristol, from London, 12th ; the Numa, from Portsmouth, 13th ; the Caledonia and Duckenfield, from Hobart Town, and his Majesty's ship Alligator, from a cruize, 17th ; the Orwell, from Hobart Town, 18th ; the Minerva, from Ports mouth, and Isabella, from Hobart Town. 19th ; the Active, from Launceston, 23d ; the Australian, from the Mauritius, 23d ; the Friendship, from Hobart Town, 28th ; the James Laing, from Dublin, 29th. DEPARTURES.—The Resource, for Madras, Ist June; his Majesty's ship Alligator, for Hobart Town, 3d; the Freak, f,,r the Mauritius, sth ; the Moffatt, for Batavia, 15th ; the Vectis, for the Mauritius, 15th ; the Mavis, for Singapore, 231; the Pegasus, for Calcutta, and Caledonia, for Batavia, 23d. We understand the Marquess Camden will be elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge without opposition. DEPARTURE OF THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIO NESS WELLESLEY.-,At twenty minutes to ten yesterday morn ing, the Marquis and Marchioness Wellesley arrived in Kings town, and immediately went on board the Firebrand steamer, where they were received by Sir W. Gosset, General and Mrs. Ellis, Colonel and Mrs. Gore, Captain and Mrs. Lindsay, Alderman Fleming, and nearly the entire of the staff. Their Excellencies conversed for a while on the deck with these per sonages, and as soon as the carriages had been shipped, the vessel cleared the harbour under a salute from the battery.— Dublin. Morning Register of Friday. The Duke of Cleveland is entertaining the Earl of Sefton and a party of friends at Raby Castle. It has been remarked, with reference to our state ment in last week's Gazette, that the Naval Officers about to u4dertake the perilous task of exploring the Euphrates would no be allowed their sea time—that such a regulation bore ex tremely hard "on them. We must, therefore, observe, that without a special Order in Council, the customary regulations cannot be departed from ; and in confirmation cf this we may adduce two recent cases—that of Commander (now Captain) James Clark Ross, who was obliged to serve out his sea time after his return from the North Pole, and Lieut. W. Allen, lately engaged in exploring the Niger, who is now serving out his sea time, to qualify himself for his promised promotion. The latter was actually employed under an Admiralty Order. In fact, it is only by Order in Council that any of the esta blished regulations can be departed from. —Naval and Mili tary Gazette. _ _ . Lad} Harrowby, and her daughter, Lady Harriet Ryder, have arrived at Wear Gifford, on a visit to the Hon. G. M. Fortescue, whose lady (another daughter of Lady Har rowby) has been seriously indisposed, but her Ladyship is now much better. On Friday last, the sth of December instant, died at Peterborough House, Fulham (having survived his wife, the Lady Sophia Kent, only three weeks), Si r Ch ar l es E ge lton Kent, of Ponton House, near Grantham, an d o f F orn h am , in Su year of his age . H e i s succee d e d in y ot l h lis only child, now Si r Ch ar l es K ent , b ff i o s lk ti , tl B e a a r: d . , estates in the b 5 Bart., a minor. • Lord John Scott has disposed of his Mansion in South Audley-street, intending to reside henceforward chiefly in the North. His Lordship's baggage has arrived at Montagu House, and Lord John is also hourly expected to reach town from Smyrna. In the event of a dissolution of PArliament; his Lordship will again offer himself for Roxburghshire, for which county the Hon. Captain Elliott, Ex-Secretary to the Admi ralty, was elected. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 6. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Common Jury.) WINTER V. YOUNG, PROPRIETOR OF THE SUN NEWSPAPER. Counsel for the Plaintiff, Mr. FOLLETT ; for the De fendant, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. FOLLETT stated the case. This was an action for " by Thomas Winter, for many years keeper of "-"'tern. He knew not whether the -- formerly known by • but he libel the CAstlo Tavern, riv.— Jury We'fa MOO Aat the plaintitt _ • the name of Spring, arid Wd§ at one time a boxe, , might state in the outset that it would appear from the de fence that the plaintiff was in a situation in which at 4 body might libel him with impunity. That, however, was not the law ; and he was quite satisfied that the publication complained of would be considered a libel, and that it could not be justified by the laws of the country. Mr. Winter was now between forty and fifty years old— Lord DENMAN.—What is the libel affecting the plaintiff in particular ? I see a great deal of abuse against boxers generally, but nothing specific. Mr. FOLLETT would come to that point presently.. The plaintiff was married and had a large family, and he be lieved that in his present, as in every other situation, he had borne a very respectable character as a man of integrity and honesty, and in any station of life, either as a trades man, or as the father of a family, no man could impute any thing improper to him. At one period of his life Mr. Win ter had been a boxer, but had since left off that profession, or trade, or whatever it might be called. He now fills an other situation of life, and he was not to be libelled with impunity, and held up as the companion of murderers, thieves, and persons guilty of every species of enormity. The libel complained of by Mr. Winter appeared in the newspaper called 7%e Sun, and the article professes to be copied from the United Service Journal. It sets out with some account of prize-fighting, and nobody could i read the article without seeing that it imputed to Mr. Winter that he was despicable in every situation in life ; that he had been at least the companion of those who had committed several crimes. It was, indeed, impossible to take the ar ticle into one's hands without perceiving that if the crimes were not actually imputed to Winter, he was shown to be the friend and companion of persons capable of any villany. The learned counsel here read the introductory observations of the Editor, which were prefiked to the article complained of, as follows':—" The article on prize-fighting will be suffi cient to open the eyes of the few. dupes whom the cant of its fostering English spirit' and manly courage' may still impose upon. Tile whole is well worth reading, and the fol lowing extract, though long, will be read with pleasure." Now he (Mr. Follett) would observe that it was no part of his duty to contend that prize-fighting would foster Eng lish spirit and manly courage—on the contrary. At one time prize-fighting was certainly much encouraged, but that . spirit was now gone by, and he (Mr. Follett) for one re joiced in the fact. But that was no defence of the course adopted in the present case by the defendant. The learned counsel proceeded to read from the article a " List of Prize fighters," which was headed, " Thurtell—hanged at Hert ford for the murder of Mr. Weare, his friend and brother gambler —was . a prize-fighter and patron of pugilism," and concluded by stating that he was " the bosom friend of Spring." There was no doubt that the plaintiff was the person meant by the name of Spring. The article pro ceeds—" When under the gallows Thurtell turned from the exhortations of the chaplain, and inquired eagerly if news had arrived how the fight had gone (between Langan, the Irish Champion, and Spring). Being told that Spring had Won the fight, be replied, am glad of it, for Spring is a good fellow.' What a complication of the ruling passion and the honesty of friendship in the ring What a com pliment to the Champion of England" " If he rested his case here; he thought he had stated sufficient to entitle him to a verdict at the hands of the Jury. Here was a news paper of very great circulation, generally read and circulated among the friends and neighbours of Mr. Winter, which begins its article by describing the plaintiff as the bosom friend of the murderer of his friend. The article goes on— " The next murderers—convicted murderers—of the prize ring, are Bishop, the murderer or burker of the Italian boy, his accomplices Williams and Harris, the attempting mur derer of a woman—all examples of the manly spirit pro duced by pugilism." The Jury must not suppose for a mos ment that these charges were admitted to be true, but still they were put as if they were true, and the plaintiff was Charged with being the companion and friend of such cha racters. The learned counsel proceeded to read the alpha betical list, as follows :—" Adams, John, transported for seven years. Allen, William, transported for seven years for robbery. Ayres, Dick, twice transported."—(Laughter.) Was it because these statements were so heedlessly made, that the Editor of the newspaper should hold up the plaintiff to public ignominy, as partaking of their crimes ? The 1 0-:,,ela tenor of the article was, if not to charge the plaintiff with the; specific offences, at least to hold him up as des picable, wickea, And herding with the greatest mis creants. The learned co:7" 11. he came to " Spring, Torn, alias Thomas Winter, fought a cross of notoriety with Painter. Vide'll.7t4ll* The "ob ject of this reference to Thurtell evidently was 1:0- c onnect the• plaintiff with Thurtell and the crimes imputed to him. It would be for the Jury to take the entire article into their consideration, and he (Mr. F.) was quite satisfied they would be convinced it reflected on plaintiff's character, and that be was entitled to damages at their hands. It imputed to the plaintiff a total want of all morality ; an indifference to all right or wrong, and if it did not actually charge him with having committed these crimes of murder and robbery, it showed him as at least willing to share in the crimes im puted to his companions. The necessary inference would be upon reading the article, that Spring was not better than his companions. When this newspaper was brought to Spring, and when the slander was read by his neighbours and acquaintance, did it not become imperative upon him to vindicate his character, more especially when he was conscious that he had never been guilty of any of the crimes imputed to him ? The plaintiff did not wish to bring an action against the proprietor of the newspaper, and in proof of this, he would state that he callel upon the pro prietor, and requested of him to publish an explanation, stating that he meant no imputation upon the plaintiffs moral character, but this was refused. Mr. Winter had, therefore, no resource but to bring his case before that Court, and he (Mr. Follett) asked the jury whether the proprietor, having refused to make any apology, was not bound to make him some compensation ? It would be for them to say whether any newspaper Editor had a right . for the purpose of selling his paper, to put forward articles, charging respectable men with the commission of such crimes. That the article was a libel they could not doubt for a moment, and the only question was what amount of damages they would award. The plaintiff's object in bring ing the present action was to make the defendant disclaim having made any imputation on him—to convince the public that an at ology was due to him,and to obtain that compensation which he was entitled to for his wounded feelings. As the defendant had refused to apologize, and had dragged the plaintiff into a court of justice, the jury would, he trusted, take care to make him pay proper damages for the injury lie had inflicted upon the plaintiff's character. His learned friend on the other side would probably allude to the ille gality of the profession to which Mr. 'Winter had formerly belonged ; but be that as it might, the libel in question was calculated to do the plaintiff, and his family injury, in his present mode of living. He would ask the jury if any one among them had seen his name among a list of. murderers, pickpockets, thieves, &c., what would their feelings be to, have such things said or written of them ? Was not his client then entitled to some compen sation ? The defendant did not pretend to say that these charges were true—he did not pretend to assert that the plaintiff actually was the friend of the murderer Thurtell, or ever even knew him—he had not ventured to do so—he dared not do so.—He now left the case in their hands, and hoped that they would give his client that fair and reasonable compensation which would show the public that the elm ruler of a man in humble circumstances was not to be made the sport of a newspaper Editor, and that he had as good a right to seek for compensation as any other individual. me ATTORNEY GENERAL, on the part of the defendant admitted the proprietorship of the paper, and the copy of the newspaper of the 3d January, 1834, in which the article complained of had appeared. The article, which was under the head " The Maga zines," was then read at length by the officer of the Court. Thomas Stevens, sworn, and examined by Mr. Follett. Is a - gun maker, resides in Holborn, and has been living there for the last thirty years ; knows the plaintiff, Winter, for seven or eight years past. Winter keeps the Castle Tavern in Holborn. Visits Winter occasionally, and has heard the article read. Believes that the article alludes to the plaintiff. Winter is married, and has four children. By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Witness knew Winter when he was called the Champion of England. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addressed the Jury for the defendant as follows :—Gentlemen of the Jury, in the course of my experience, I do not remember to have me. with so vexatious an action brought against the proprietor of a newspaper, as that which has just now been submitted to you, and I am very much mistaken if you do not take the same view of it as myself, and if you will not send the plaintiff out of this Court without any imputation on his character (for none whatever was intended), and de feated in his attempt to obtain damages where lie has sus tained no wrong. Gentlemen, I doubt very much whether Mr. Spring knows any thing whatever of this action—l doubt much whether " the Champion of England" cares much for any thing that bas been said of hini in this publi ca tion, and, above all, I doubt whether any damages you m ight be induced to give would find their was into his pc )eket. I very much suspect that there are other interests ats work, and upon which the present action has been t ioundedi Unfortunately, by the law of -England as it now stands, if an action for libel is brought, and that one far thing damages is given, that will carry costs ; it thus be / MTLIPO a good job for the attorney, while the plaintiff is none the better of it. Where an action is 101 1 017 ht f slanderous words spoken, and only nominal damages are given, no costs are obtained, and therefore improper actions of that sort are discountenanced, but in actions like the present a single farthing will carry costs, and may entail a ruinous expense upon the defendant. Even if the publica tion before you had been one vilifying the plaintiff, I should still say that it was most improper to bring the action against the present defendant, who is the proprietor of The Sun newspaper, and who, merely by way of literary criti cism, . copied this article fro m a magaz i ne ca ll ed the Un i ted „ -- - JOurnal. Gentl emen o f t h e j ury. I would ask, and " ' t the same questi on t o yourse l ves, w h y en will prribau..., - ,, , . _ did not spring bring ~:s action against the proprietors of the United Sereice Journal , - Why did he not ac t i n the same straight-forward igne4 wa y 1n which Mr. Prud homme, in a case tried during the vessnt sn:ings, acted ? He did not bring his action against the ngwspaii•ers that copied the article of which he complained, but 450. inst Mr. Frazer, the proprietor of the Magazine in which it first 6:lPear ed. No, gentlemen, the action is brought as an experimOt against the proprietor of this newspaper, in the hope of obtaining " a farthing damages, well knowing that that far thing will carry costs. My learned friend has stated, although his instructions have deceived him, for it is utterly without foundation, that an application was made to the defendant to publish an apology. It must have been made in some other quarter, and I again remind you, gentlemen, of the action brought by Mr. Prudhomme, and the reply that he received when he applied to have an apology pub lished—" We don't do these things in Magazines." There cannot be a doubt on your minds that the present action is brought to obtain costs, and if such be the case, - it reflects Very little credit on the plaintiff or his attorney. Gentle men, where is the foundation for this action ? This article appears in The Sun newspaper, not as an original article— not on the authority of the Proprietor, the Editor, or his Correspondent, but in a literary article such as I wish our newspapers could more frequently contain—l wish, gentle men, that our newspapers would more frequently turn from the asperities of politics, to literary pursuits, and present their readers with selections which would improve and be nefit the public. This respectable paper, which, I believe, never before had an action for libel broughl - , against it, has generally an article of literary criticism, which contains re views. of all the literary publications Of the day. The pub lication complained of appeared on FridaY the 3d January, and gave extracts from, and remarks upon the various Magazines - of that . month. . The article is headed " The Magazines," and commences with remarks upon the Par liamentary Review ;' which is conducted by Mr. Bucking ham, the Member for Sheffield. It then goes on to the United Service Journal, and. reviews some of the articles contained in that periodical. There is first the " Cruise of a Revenue' Cutter," then an article on " the Prize Ring," and then extracts from the correspondence of a " Dragoon Officer." Then follow the Asiatic Journal, the East India Magazine, the New Sporting Magazine, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, the Ladies' Cabinet, and the Monthly Review. There is here no vouching for the" accuracy . of the state ments these extracts contain—they are merely made for the purpose of literary criticism, and for the purpose of .giv ingthe readers of this newspaper a s p ec i men o f w hat these various periodicals contain, accompanied by the remarks of the Editor upon their interest or utility. Gentlemen, will you say that a newspaper review should be answerable any more than another—l will take any respectable periodical review, the Edinburgh or the Quarterly (because, whether the Review be quarterly, or monthly, or daily, is altogether immaterial), and I ask you; do you think it would be fair to bring an action against the Edinburgh or the Quarterly Review, because it had copied, with a view to literary cri ticism, or for the information of its readers, a passage from another work, acknowledging at the same time the source whence it had obtained it ? It will be impossible that lite rary establishments can be properly conducted . if you, by your verdict, countenance such actions. What does The Sun newspaper or its proprietor, know of Mr. Spring ? No thing at all ! his object is merely to extract those arti cles which may be most amusing or most instructive to his readers ; and no one who reads this article can believe that the Editor gave his sanction to any charge it might contain. If there was any thing in it imputing improper conduct to Spring, it was most improper to bring an action against the newspaper instead of against the United Service Journal, in which the article first appeared. Instead of doing this, which would be the fair and honourable course—instead of attacking the real offender (if offence has been committed) without demanding explanation or apology, a writ is sued out against the proprietor of The Sun newspaper, and this most vexatious action is brought before you. There is not the smallest attempt to say that this article. imputes any offence to Spring—there is no imputation on his character —none was meant. It appears by it that Spring fought a cross, or a great battle with Langan, and that he was suc cessful. The article imputes nothing to Spring—it does not say that he was like Thurtell, or Bishop, or any of those infamous characters, and this I will readily concede, for I have no right to say any thing to the contrary, that Spring has always conducted himself in that decent and manly manner which was consistent with his calling. Do --v of the others alluded to in this article complain ? all the alphabetical list from A to W, lot on:: 41 i aaint.. ,... lf .a any one of them did complain, it Ts were true, and the fact there is no co, - .. 1 might be shown that ta charges ... might be pleaded in justificataa' But it was impossible a to j us tify with rcard to Spring, u :soause no charge was brought against him. Spring sets forth t`:NI,L.Iss ge at the comme ncement of the article as part of the 110;1 1 • but re collect, gentlemen, that there are no inuendos (" thereby the plaintiff") to connect this part of the publication with him, and this is important, because if there is no impu tation against Spring, you must find a verdict for the de fendant.—[The Learned Counsel here read the introduc tory passage referred to by Mr. Follett.] My learned friend, Mr. Follett, has rejoiced in the fact that the system of prize-fighting had been discouraged of late. I also rejoice in it; but from what does that better feeling.which is now abroad arise, but froM such valuable publications as these, which, while they hold up improper characters to public execration, impute nothing to Mr. Spring ? It is by the public being informed that instead of fostering English spirit, prize-fighters are 'generally the most infamous of men —it is by such knowledge being circulated that the present amendment with regard to a.systein, which Mr. Follett says has been a disgrace to the country, has been effected. Where, then, is the libel when my learned friend Mr. Fol lett himself agrees in the accuracy- of the observation ? He allows that it does not foster English spirit, and that it confers a benefit upon society to show that it is mere " cant." This is the first passage complained of. What follows ? An•anecdote of Joshua Hudson, who was ac costed by a pickpocket at Moulsey -Hurst, who handed him his purse, saying, " Mr. Hudson, here is your property." Hudson smiled, thanked the thief, and put the purse in his pocket. In a few minutes the thief again came up to him, and touching his hat said, Mr., Hudson, here is your pro perty,' presenting to him the identical purse. The boxer looked rather puzzled, but securing his purse well in his breeches pocket, walked off, saying to the thief, I'll be d—d if you get it again, if you shan't keep'it.' Before the fight had well begun, the thief came a third time with his how, and Mr. Hudson, here's your property,' holding up the fated purse. Hudson merely took the latter, and swore his friend was too much for him."—(Laughter.) Gentle men, is there any imputation here upon the plaintiff? Lord DENMAN—The only imputation there appears to be is upon Hudson, who did not keep his promise, and give the purse to the thief.--(Great laughter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resumed—Gentlemen, whe ther Hudson kept his word with the thief or not is surely nothing to the present action, and has nothing to do with Spring. I now come to the next passage, which relates to Thurtell ; and it is certainly stated by many respectable people who knew Thurtell when he was in a respectable calling, that when about to be executed for the crime of murder, he did turn round and enquire the result of the ce lebrated Contest between Spring and Langan, and when he heard that Spring had won, he exclaimed, " I am glad of it, for Spring is a good fellow." Where is there any imputa tion here upon Spring ? Is it a necessary consequence be cause Thurtell is said to have been the bosom friend of Spring, that Spring must have been a murderer ? I never heard of a more absurd or a more alarming doctrine. You are all probably acquainted with the fact of a Mr. Don nellan, a gentleman of respectability, who murdered his uncle, and one of his most intimate acquaintances was Mr. Jekyl, a member of the law profession, who was I deservedly held in very high estimation. But will any per ' son say that Mr. Jekyll could maintain an action against, any person for asserting that he was the bosom friend of Mr. Donnellon ? It is absurd to suppose that in the pre sent case any imputation is meant upon the character of Spring by . saying that Thurtell was his bosom - friend. Is there any tiling else in this passage but what is to the credit of Spring ? The great glory o f b e i ng " the Cham pion of England" is conferred tTon him ; he is represented as having reached the highest honours of his profession—as having conquered the Champion of Ireland, and thereby established the superiority of England over Ireland.— (Great laughter.) This anecdote of Thurtell does not, I contend, in any manner implicate Spring—" Spring is a good fellow." Is there any thing libellous in calling a man a goad fellow ? Instead of saying that be is a disgrace to his cloth, a ruffian, the article praises him, and for this the action is brought. It concludes thus— ,, What a oomph . td the Champion of England." Is it any libel to call a Man '"the' Champion of England," any more than " a good fellem There is not the slightest notice further taken of Spring until his name appears in the alphabetical list among the S's. In giving* list of prize-fighters, it could not be supposed that the writer would omit the Champion of Eng . lad,--lie should give the good and the bad as they occurred, and was it"to he supposed that there never was a man in the ring who had committed a burglary or murder ? That was not Spring's fault, of course, but surely he could never be so ungrateful to the profession to which he belonged as 10 disclaim it now—to kick away the ladder by which he climL !d, " Spurning the base degrees by which he did ascend." In the list we find the words " Spring Tom, alias Tho mas Winter, fought -a cross of notoriety with Painter " There is no inuendo in the declaration to show what " cross" means—if it is any imputation upon a prizefighter's character (of which 1 am utterly ignorant) the cross was with Painter, not with Spring. The honour of Spring wa never tarnished--the notoriety, the cross and all were " with Painter."—(Laughter.) It seems to me, and I doubt not you will take the same view of it, that this pas sage merely states the fact, that Spring had been a prir-e -fighter, and fought this among other battles, which conferre ! ,no small share of glory upon Spring. The passage coy-- eludes with the words, "vide Thurtell." This reminds me of what I read lately in Vesey's Reports, " Lunatics—vide Lyrd Chancellor."—(Great laughter.) Now, gentlemer, Tom Spring—vide Thurtell," is nut a more: alarming coin bination.than " Lunatics—vide Lord Chancellor."—(Re newed laught er .) I t appears t h at L or d E rs ki ne gave a de cision that the moon had no influence upon lunatics, and Vesey, who wrote a very large collection, I believe eighteen '7'olumes of law reports, gives the ruling of Lord Erskine upon a contested point, and Lord Erskine might, according to the case' before you, have brought an action againt Mr. Vesey for call Nz him a lunatic, on the principle of noscitur a sociis, although Ane was no imputation upon his character or conduct meant, any more than in the case of Spring. In the present instance, the writer For ports to give a history of eminent prize-fighters, and there must be among them some. good, some bad, and some in different. We have histories of painters and of celebrated divines in alphabetical order—l don't know, however, that. the world has yet been favoured with a dictionary of lawyers; it is perhaps a bad speculatica and would not circulate very w:deiy. In this case we Lave a dictionary of prize-fighters, we lave them all good and bad, and I am sorry to say the had predominate. None of them, however, have complained of the pictures drawn of them—some of them, indeed, could not, for several have been hanged—(great laughter) —and we all know that " dead men tell . no tales," and bring no actions.—(Continued laughter.) Many, however, still survive, and make no complaint—why, gentlemen ? Because these charges are true. Spring has committed no crime, and no charge is brought against him, unless you say that calling him the Champion of England, and saying that he fought battles, is a libel, I am entitled to your ver dict. If on the contrary there is any one among you udio will say that that is a libel, then you must find a verdict. for_ the plaintiff. The writer is merely stating historical facts, without comment or observation. Does net Spring still carry on his trade in as flourishing a manner as ever ? Does not his friend the gun-maker still visit him, and fre quent his house ? Is lie not esteemed as much as ever by his neighbours--and has he, therefore, sustained the smal lest possible injury ? Those against whom crimes might be proved are held up to public contempt., but of the plain tiff nothing is said nor meant. Under these circumstancs, Gentlemen, I leave the case with confidence in your hands —you will say whether .such articles as the present are to be discountenanced, and whether this action should have been brought by that individual, who in a long list of prize fighters is treated with the greatest consideration and en comium. If you view the case as I do, you cannot hesitate to give a verdict for my client, more especially when you are aware that a verdict against the defendant in such a case as this will only have the effect of suppressing all pub lications which may be useful to society, or honourable to the writer. Lord DENMAN then addressed the Jury. This was an action brought by Thomas Winter, who had formerly been a prize-fighter, against the Editor and Proprietor of The Sun, for what he says is a libel. To this the defendant has pleaded that he is not guilty. As some observations had been made upon the circumstance of the party having brought an action against the proprietor of The Sun instead of against the United Service Journal in which the article originally appeared, he thought it right to tell them that such a defence was idle, and that parties must, if they wish to avoid the consequences, abstain from what reflects upon the character of any individual. The publication of an of fensive article by any one individual, is no justification for another copying that publication. Persons who are in the habit of making extracts from other publications, should draw a line between what was fair literary criticism, and holding up individuals as of infamous character, as they must be aware that they are liable to the individual whom they bad slandered. A person is liable to any individual, if he has given publicity to any statement affecting the cha racter of that individual. Ile thought it right to make that statement generally, as it had been put as a sort of justification for the defendant that he had copied the article in question. It did not appear to him that because some person had published the statement before, an other could do so without being held accountable. It would be for the Jury to consider whether, in point of fact, the article did amount to a libel on the plain tiff's character. The article is one upon prize-fight ing, accompanied by a review of it by the news paper. It goes on to show generally the writer's opinion that the persons engaged in these fights are of very infz mous character. ,Un looking at the article the first place the plaintiffs name is mentioned is where Thurtell is called the bosom friend of Spring, and this observation is perhaps rather explained by the anecJote that follows, when Thurtell is at the foot of the gallows. It may be no com pliment to the plaintiff that Thurtell expressed himself in these complimentary terms, but it is equally obvious that it imputes nothing at all to Spring. Because be is termed the bosom friend of a man, who has committed a murder, i t does not follow . that he was connected with him in the murc!rr- Whether it may not be a charge against the plaintiff, that he was of the same taste and habits of life, and therefore that it was a reflation on his character, it was for them to say. The mere statement of a fact that a mut was the bosom friend of a murderer was no ground for sup posing that it was intended as an imputation on his cha racter. The Learned Counsel for the defendant lad re ferred to a murder which had been committed about fifty years ago in the county of Warwick. Mr. Jel;yl was at that time abroad, and when he returned his servant showed him two visiting cards that had been left in his absence, one from Mr. Theodosius Plowden, the other from Mr. Donnellan. On enquiring where the gentlemen then lived, the servant replied neither was alive, for one of them had been banged for the murder of the other.—(Laughter.) 1 f Mr. Jekyll, then, was charged with being the bosom friend of a murderer, he would have as much foundation for an action as there was in the present instance. The Jury had before them a list of prize-fighters, all infamous charac ters, and if the re were any persons more infamous than others - they would seem to have been prize fighters. So fsr it was-en article of general imputation upon the names contained in it. In the passage where the plaintiffs name occurs he - was charged with fighting what is called a " cross" with Painter. There was no explanation in the declaration of what "a cross" meant, but if they thought that it imputed dishonesty to the plaintiff, they must con sider it a libel ;that was, provided they so understood it. The next words were, " Vide Thurtell," and on referring back to Thurtell, it stated that he " got up the cross between Oli ver and Painter, of Norwich, by which he cheated thou sands of foolish people." The Jury would, however, ob serve that that was not stated as having been the conduct,. of Spring—it was for them to say whether that statement. referred to him or the person with whom he fought, and whether it cast an imputation upon the character of the plaintiff. He would conclude by observing, as sornewbet. singular connected with the present action, that this Winter, the' plaintiff; is the person of the whoie list who comes off best. All the - others are spoken strongly of, and being ex hibited in bad company, was naturally annoying to his feel ings. If they thought the plaintiff had been libelled, and his character injured, they would give him whatever da mages they considered him entitled to ; and if not, they would find a verdict for the defendant. _ _ _ The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the de fendant.. COUNTY OF INVERESS.—In this county Mr. C. Grant will again come forwai d, and will again—for the fourth or fifth time—be opposed by Macleod of Macleod. At the last election, in December 1632, the number of 'electors that polled was, from, various causes, greatly below the number registered. After the sitting of the. Court of Review, 565 names were left on the record, but only 470 voted ; the ma jority for Mr. Grant was 44. The number of electors eligi • ble to vote at present is 654. Macleod solicits the suffrages of the electors on Conservative principles. Mr. Grant refers to his past services, and hopes that neither the concerns of the county, nor those national interests entrusted to his charge hive suffered in his hands. We well remember the brilliant address of the Right Iron. Gentleman, at the successful close of his last election, in which he assured the electors of the pride and satisfaction he should have in entering the portals of Parliament as the first representative of the county, returned by a popular constituency. He should take his place, he said, in the van of the great constitutional procession of free repre sentatives, and pledge himself in the name of the people of Inverness-shire to the cause of loyalty, order, and constitu tional liberty. This pledge he has undoubtedly kept, and by ' carrying through the great East India measure, as well as co operating with his colleagues of the late Administration, in the government of the country, is well entitled to the continued favour and confidence of the electors.—lnverness Courier. Lady Morgan's new novel, " The Princess," will appear in about a week. We understand that translations of the work are in prepqration in France, B e l g i um , an d Ger many. The scene is laid partly in London, at the present day, and the peculiar nature of the plot is said t o p resen t a ser i es o f sce nes and incidents quite new to fiction. From London the locale of the story occasionally shifts to the Continent, where one of that remarkable sisterhood the Beguines is made to play a prominent part in the more mysterious portions of the fable. Report ascribes to this new production of the distinguished authoress of " Florence Macarthy" a higher rank than any other which has yet proceeded from her pen.