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JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary, VICE. CHANCELLOR KINDERSL EY, in Chambers.- —ln the matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding.ap Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Royal British Bank. , direction of the Vice-Phancellor Sir Richart Terin KindPrsley, Ene judge to whose Court this matter is attached, NOTICE IS YEREBY GIVEN, That the said Judge will pro eed, on WEDNES DAY, the seventeenth day of December, 185, at Tw,•lve o'clock at boon precisely, at his chamber., No. 3, Ston.- buildings, Lincoln's /nu, to settle the List of Contributories of the said Royal ri , ish zank, and that after such list shall have been .et, led n' p rty affected thereby will be allowed to dispute the same without leave of the high COtirt of 'haneery first obtained. Dated this 2d day of December, 1856. R. P. ITARDING, 4, Lothbury:olllcial Manager. CHAS PUGH. Chief Cleric. 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In 12 Lots Part cula-- a n d con di t i ons •a k la may be obtained gratis from Messrs Lowndes, Bate'on, and v rndes, solicitors, Brunswick-street, Li verpoo ' ; sr . T. K. Has -7▪ 1, solicitor, Livtrnool ; Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, soli ;4t°ll, 41, Bedford-row, London ; and of the Anefi oneer . An d t h e rm nuses may be seen on application .n the tenants. D ated this 26th day I, November, 1886. , harp , Field, and a e]lson, of 41, Redford-row, London, agents for Me.srs. Lowndes, -h .attson, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff's solicitors CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF. 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PRINTERS.—TO BE SOLD by Private Contract, the MATERIALS of a JOB PRINTING OFFICE, et:insisting of Type, Cases, Pressee, and every requirement for a small business, together with sundry HOT.TSRHOLD FURNITURE the Whole of which will be sold cheap, the proprietor being about to leave England.—Apply to Mr. Jones, News Agent, Leather-lane, Holborn. 4. -) PUBLICATiONS LORD LUCAN AND THE LIBERTY OF TER PRESS. In a few days, in post Bvo., with Illustrations, TWELVE MONT EIS with the BASHI • BAZOUKS. By EDWARD MONEY, Lient.• Col, in the Imp•nrial Ottoman Army, and late Captain in the Bashi liaz)uks. London : Chapman and Ball, 193, Pieemilly, COURT OF EXCHEQUER-DEC, 3, (13z-fore the Lord Chief Baron and a Special 'fury, LORD LUCAN V. SMITH AND OTHERS. A summary of the following speech in this important trial appeared in part of our impression of yesterday : Mr. Edwin James addressed the jury for the defence. He said—My friend Sir Frederic Thesiger, feeling the weak ness of Lord Lucan's position, has directed your attention mainly to what is not the substantial point in this case. He has dwelt in elegant terms on what heis pleased to call attacks on private character by a malicious and licentious press. Now, I venture to say that any person who has heard this article in the Daily New read—because you must take the whole of it—will find that it is no attack on private characrer, but it is the language of the historian writing for the information of the public, fairly and without control, upon public and serious events. There is no attack upon private character—there is nothing licentious in the ar ticle—there is nothing malicious. It is an article on a subject of vital public interest, written, as I trust the press of this country will continue to have a right to write, free from control, free from censorship. It is an article writ ten not on Lord Lucan's private but his public character, as a general paid by the people, and trusted by the people with their national honour. Sir Frederic Thasiger has been pleased to remark on the unjust and unfair manner in which the cage for the defendants has been conducted. He is as full of complaints of me as his noble client was of Lord Cardigan. He has charged me with shrinking from Lavine these letters put in. Is my learned friend aware that by en admission in the cause these very letters have tS&ifi piiblished by the plaintiff? And when he talks of toy shrinking from putting them in, does he forget that he himself got up to object to them ? The case is of great importance to Lord Luoan, but it is of equal importance to the public. The article complained of is written, as history ought to be written, with a bold and unflinching hand. It points out the system of mismanagement under which the finest army that ever left the shores of Eug land melted like snow before the summer's sun—not before the foe, but before a system of mismanagement and misrule. By the same right that Sir Archibald Alison wrote in his history that Wellington was surprised by Na poleon at Waterloo, this article stated that Lord Lucan was unfit for command in consequence of his imperious temper, and that there was not sufficient control at head-quarters. This article was written mainly on the mismanagement of Lord Raglan, of whom it did not sayone unkind word; but it said he was deficient, as no doubt he was, in energy. He had not the iron will of a Hannibal or a Napoleon. He was a kind and a very brave man, but he was entrusted with a command which required an energy and a resolution that he had not. My learned friend has spoken in eloquent tams on the effect of this article on Lord Raglan ; and ho said that it might have hastened his death, and he gave an epitaph which would have been fitting to hang on Lord Raglan's tomb. But those observations were rather out of place, seeing that the article was written long after Lord Raglan's death. The article spoke of Lord Raglan as the historian had a right to speak—that he was incompetent, and I have yet to learn that a public journalist has not a right thus to speak of any public functionary. He may call a judge incompetent, or a statesman. Now just, let us see what the nature of this article is. Sir F. Thesiger says we do not justify it. Justify it I We rest upon our plea that this is no libel at all, and requires no apology. It is the historian writing truthfully, courageously, upon facts that have been notorious, the subjects of public comment [n this country, and which have made us, in a great mea sure, the laughing -stock of Europe. Justification I What justification do we want? There is no attack on Lord Lucan in his private capacity. It is an attack on Lord Raglan, showing that he was unfit to command. The arti cle is written on the report of the Board of Inquiry that sat at Chelsea Hospital. Sir F. Thesiger was right in stating that a report which had been previously made had deeply implicated the character of Lord Luoan as a cone nander. Lord Lucan makes his case public—he makes his .ipeech in the House of Lords. Does not his conduct, then, by his own act, become the subject of public corn went and inquiry ? What does the article charge ? That is conduct has been insolent and insubordinate; and we -hall see presently upon his own statement whether it was not so. Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan are brothers-in law, and probably the ill-feeling between them is the more intense from the proximity of their relationship. What is Lord Lucan obliged to admit? Why, that at Varna he addressed a letter to Lord Raglan, and upon the suggestion of Lord de Ros he withdrew it. Tula unseemly quarrel was carried on even on the field at Alma. At night, when perhaps the fate of Europe depended on the balance, these two noblemen were writing from their bivouac—Lord Lucan complaining of the conduct of Lord Cardigan, and Lord Luoan saying that the conduct of Lord Cardigan was insubordinate. Thus they quarrelled, to the utter destruction of the discipline of the army. At a time when the fate of Europe trembled in the balance, these two generals, like two great spoiled school girls, were quarrel ling with each other. Lord Lucan said it was the subject of remark in the army that he was not entrusted with the command of his own division. This article said that Lord Raglan was not a man of the iron will that was required to eon trol subordinate officers like these. Do you suppose that Napoleon or Wellington would have allowed these scenes? Ttiere would have been an order next day that they were loth dismissed. But they were aware of Lord Raglan's affability, his courtesy, and his kindness, and they took Avantage of it. Is not this a disgrace to the name of E land ? Is it not a disgrace to this generals—who, allow me to say, are public men paid by the people of England, and are entrusted with the national honour—is it not a public scandal and a disgrace that at a time when the cordial co operation of the generals was required in the face of the enemy, and in the face of an ally, a quarrel should have been going on at such a time ? Come we now to Lord Lucan's explanation. He was asked if he was not called upon by the Government at home to resign his command, and if it was not because the misunderstanding between him and the Commander-in-chief was calculated to preju dice the public service, and he was obliged to admit that it was. Ha quslified it, by stating that a probable misun derstanding might have been the cause. But he was obliged to resign his command? Why wse it ? In the despatch of Lord Raglan, as Lord Lucan has told you, it was stated that at the fearful charge at Balaklava Lord Lucan had misconceived the order. Is he well advised in bringing this action against the historian of his acts? Lord Lucan was charged by Lord Raglan with misconceiving his order, which led to the fatal results we are all acquainted with, to the sacrifice of a band of men in as gallant a charge as was made at Marathon or at Thermopylae. Lord Rag lan, in his despatch, could only justify it by stating that in the brilliant achievement there was some little com pensation for the fatal misconception of his order. That misconception led to results which no man can reflect upon without horror. A most gallant set of men were sacrificed to a misconception. The charge those men made was a charge unparalleled in dauntless hardihood, equalling the description of the poet : " Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed the steed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven Far flashed the red artillery." He is charged with having misconceived an order that destroyed the most heroic band of men who ever shed lustre on the British arms. He is then guilty of an act of insubordination. He wrote a letter to Lord Raglan, which as a soldier he had no right to do. The matter came before the Government at home, and Lord Lucan was called upon to resign his command. And yet the historian is not to say that Lord Luoan was insolent and insubordinate. L or d C ardigan is not here-LI say nothing of him i n his absence. The article says that the Lama and Cardigan scandal is a disgrace to the British name ; and so it ie. Lord Cardigan is mixed up with it in reference to these unseemly quarrels and petty jealousies. Lord Cardigan led the charge; but it was after that, and after the despatch which Lord Raglan sent home, that Lord Lucan thought proper to write to Lord Raglan, which the Government at home thought unbecoming. If they had had to deal with a Napoleon or a Wellington, they would have been tried by c ourt-martial. I say nothing of Lord Cardigan when the army was at Alma sleeping in his yacht, instead of by the watch-fire, as Napoleon did at Eylau and at Wagram. The Lord Chief Baron—Lord Cardigan is not here. Mr. James—But it is matter fur public comment. So much for that part of th e lib el. I seek to justify nothing. event. writes I say it is a public comment by a courageo us hi s t or i an o e n n ot th h e av c e am w p r a i i t g te n n s truthfully--no a u t h f Li r ; l a y s t n e histor I ien say w h heo would in the Crimea would write truthfully, if he did not write as this article is written. What is the other part of the article? They are called brave, and it is charged that by the system of favouritism in the army they have attained their position. Why, the favouritism in th© army will be cured by the press, and by nothing else. " Relying as they do on a bad system of favouritism in high quarters." Why, it is notorious that there is such favouritism ; and has not a public journali s t a r i ght to say that there is ? I now come to that on which they dwell. " The Lucan-Cardigan scandal still remains undiminished in real gravity." I say it does to this hour, and has been evidenced before you to-day, in Lord Lucan's own state ment. "They are both brave men, they have both some military spirit and aspirations, and used as instruments by a firm, vigorous, and competent commander, whose will they respected and feared, something might have been made of them." I ask, whether that is not literally and strictly true? Who would bays dared to have written to a commander of firm will a letter which, on his own state. ment, ou the mediation of Lord De Ros he was obliged to withdraw ? And yet, not taking a lesson from that, il4 With a Frontispiece, cloth, gi.t edges, 4s. 6d., THE CHRISTMAS TREE and other TALES Adapted from the German. lzy FANNY KEMBL E. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. TIE LIBERTY OF THE PPESS. (From the Times. ) The action for libel brought by the Earl of Lucan against our contemporary, the Daily News, has ended in a verdict for the defendant. We need not say that such a result is, in our opinion, most satisfactory. Not only the press, but the country in general, has reason to rejoice that the jury which was empannelled yesterday in the Exchequer had the good sense and the good feeling to defeat an attempt to punish' a journal on so frivolous a charge. The article which was the subject of this abortive action was written soon after the report of the Chelsea Board of Officers was given to the world, and merely expressed with regard to that document the opinions which, we will be hold to say, were held by nine-tenths of the thinking men in the united kingdom. Lord Lucan had been, from wgiwiif i g of the war, mixod up with the atfairs flf the arwy ; he had been concerned in the calami tous charge ai. Ba!aklava ; he had quarrelled with the Commander of the Forces, with one of his own Generals of Brigade, and with one, if not more, of the Colonels under him ; he bad been recalled from the Crimea, he had been reflected on by the Commissioners, he had written letter after letter to,the;;newspa,pers, he had kept the Chelsea Coin• mission engaged on his case for a most inor dinate length of time, and very strong opinions had been pronounced on his capacity and temper by all sorts of people during the whole of these proceedings. He had more over, to the scandal of a large body of his countrymen, received an accession of military rank, the Order of the Bath, and the command of a distinguished regiment. If the6e things are not sufficient to constitute a public man, then there never was yet such a character in England, and the criticisms on a Cabinet's policy must be held to be an unwarrantable interference with the reputa tion of private individuals. As for the terms of the alleged libel, it is plain that there is nothing in them of which Lord Lucan could fairly complain. If, in a time of war and disp.ster, it be not competent for a public paper to give au opinion on r u, (1 `f. . Y II !) tj II 'lf i.,1 ft. J I tl 11 r •,, , A 1i0 ‘,. 411111111111 . . 4) 46, . •„ k •• - - .1 • 7 2 0 1- 1 - •i 4 d ) : . ,scAsh.v • 4. 1.,411 ":,4'115w - - . c.W hiE ' - OS "•P ' I hOrf • KA* - ,e 1 - • wrote an insubordinate letter in sesee , patch the damages accordingly. It appeared to him that as the of Lord Raglan. The article went on, "Not being so com- law stood the damages ought to be very different in a case mended, all theirnatural and acquired vices and defects ewhere maliee was exhibited from what they should be had full play, and have introduced into the military bistory when the alleged libel was merely an exiiggeon of such of the cou n t r y an ep i so d e of the most discreditable descrip- fair comments and criticisms as the f ac t s an d ci rtati rcumetances tion, which is not to be shuffled out of because the Board commented Upon justified. He would leave the matter of General O ffi cer s h a p pens to have hit on the true cause without further observation to the jury, in whose hands why supplies could not be conveyed from Balaklava to the the constitution had placed the decision of such questions, front." Their "natural vices and defects" are not private recommending them to read the article fort hemselves, vices, but the defects of an uncontrolled temper. They and reminding them that if they considered that the second were men spoiled by the luxuries of home,and too impatient plea wail not made out to their satisfaction, then they of control to enter upon a campaign. Lord Cardigan had would have to assess the damages according as they were of too much sense to bring tut action; but what other parties opinion that the libel was actuated by malice or not. are implicated ? for you must take the whole of it. The The jury then retired, and after an absence of twenty historian is writing on a subject of paramount importance minutes returned, and to us all, fr om th e Q ueen on the throne to the poorest Me- dents. gave their 'verdict f or th e defen chanic ;itis a matter affecting our army, affecting our The result was hailed by some expressions , of congratu position at home and abroad ; and surely the journalist has lation from several persons in the body of the court. a right to comment on a matter which was a scandal and a The Chief Barett—The 'verdict, then, will be guilty on disgrace to the discipline of the British army. We re. the first count. quire no justification for this. My friend, Sir 2. Thesis Mr. James--No ; tbe question of guilty or not guilty ger, says there is no authority to control the press. Thank goes with thejastification of the libel. God there is not. You are the censors of the press by the Mr- Fi'eld said there was no doubt of that according to constitution of this country, and if y ou say that this ar- the prectice under the new libel law, and quoted cases in title is not a fair comment on a public event of paramount proot importance I shall be indeed surprised. It is owing to the The Lord Chief Baron--Then the ver courage of th e p ress that this system of mismanagement in f diet will be en t ere d enerally.or the defendant s •g the army has b een b rought before the nation and the corns i ........--__ try. Early in the war, when our soldiers were perishin g from want, the Tomes had the courage to probe the evil. It is only by the fearless discharge of these duties, pro, tected by you, that these evils can be remedied. Sir Thesiger cannot pretend to say that there is one line is a the article that points to Lord Luoan'a p s rieete cherr e s ee. I ask you whe!her Lord Lucan, who in the hoe to-day h',s f lPfierences went been obliged to admit that these unseemly on till Lord Raglan felt bound to intsrfers, has a right to complain that this article is anythite g more than a com ment on the conduct of a public 'man ? And so far from being liable to damages, I set , it is an homier that we }save a free and independent prep;,, and I am enefident tine they will be defended by a !eery in the discharge of their anti-. The Chief Berme 'then summed up. he said the olecl o ration set fort 'e a portion of a paragraph iu tits Daily News which had reference to other matters besides what Lord Lucan complained of, but at the close of it remarks were made concerning Lord Lucian, of which he complain ed. The defendants pleaded that they were not guilty of what was imputed to them. The paper was put in, and on that point there could bo no doubt their verdict must be for the plaintiff. There was no doubt that the defendants did publish that which was complained of. Mr. James —We deny that it was a libel. The Chief Baron said the plea was not guilty, and it did not appear to him that that would be able to qualify his remarks, because all along it was admitted that the com ments of the article were disparaging. The second plea said " the matter complained of was an article in a news paper, which article was a fair and bens fide comment on the several matters and premises therein contained and re ferred to, and of the conduct of the plaintiff as commander in the declaration mentioned, and were printed and pub lished by the defendants as and for such comment and without any malicious motive." About 13 years ago, a few months before he had the honour of a seat on the bench, an act of Parliament passed by which alterations were made in the law in respect to actions of libel ; and it was remarkable that this was the first time he had been called upon since he had the honour of a seat on the bench to direct the attention of a jury to the alterations then made, and to state what he conceived to be the law as it was now to be administered under the common law and under this act of Parliament. By that act an article in a public news paper was put upon a different footing from other commu nications, from a placard or a bill posted about the streets or a pamphlet published, but not forming part of a series of a perioeical. It said that in an action for libel con tained in any public newspaper or other periodical it should be lawful for the defendant to plead that such libel was inserted without actual malice. Before, if any man published of another, in any way, matter derogatory to his fair character, that tended to bring him into contempt and odium, that person whose reputation was attacked had a right to bring an action. The law presumed there was malice, and the party charged with the libel was bound to justify it. He might here remark that, with regard to mere abuse —not pointing to any particular act, but mere vague abuse, as speaking of a statesman that he was the most inefficient person that ever held the reins of government, or of any public man that he was more corrupt than the most corrupt statesman that ever livei, or to speak of a judge generally that he was not en lightened or not sufficiently learned, or that he had not sufficient impartiality —all that mere abuse it was very difficult to justify; and it had been very long the practice, he believed, of all lawyers to disadvise proceedings for mere abuse. But, on the other hand, when there was a charge distinctly pointing to some matter, and bringing forward that matter as a ground for imputation, some times persons might just as well let the matter alone. Ge nerally speaking, the statesmen of this country rarely ap pealed either to the criminal or civil courts, whatever might be the nature of the imputations upon them. Buz. the state of the law was so far altered that iu au action for libel against a newspaper malice was nob to be presumed. The defendant might plead that it was done without me lees ; and it was for the jury to say, with reference to the circumstances —and among others, the character of the libel was, no doubt, a very material thing---whether the publication was malicious or not. If the publicetiou was malicious, then this clause applied very little, and the matter was much as it was before the act passed ; but if it were not malicious, then parties were allowed to pay into court what they thought sufficient damages. That being the state of the law, they would have to say whether they thought the publication was one which reflected upon Lord Lucan, the plaintiff ; secondly, whether the publication had a malicious object ; and thirdly, whether the article was what the plea alleged to be— a fair and bone fide comment upon the several matters and premises therein contained and referred to. If they thought it was a fair and bona fide comment, then it could hardly be considered to be malicious, and the defendants would be entitled to a verdict on that plea. If they thought it was not a fair comment, but an exaggerated, distorted, and outrageous view of the matter, then they would have to say whether it was malicious. It appeared to him that the act of Parlia ment meant to make a large and broad distinction between a case wherein a publication, not justified as a fair comment, was still without malice. Having explained to them the aeture of the law, he thought it right to read to them the libel, and the whole of it, with very few comments. It had already been observed upon by the learned counsel, and his duty in presenting it to them was to take care that it was brought under their attention free from any prejudice on the one side or the other. The libel consisted of an entire column and about half a column more—that was, one fourth of a column at the c ommencement s and a quarter at the slenclusion. That which related to Lord Lucan was entirely founded on the second paragraph. The learned counsel for the plaintiff told them that that part of the article was probably written by a different hand, and that an opportunity was taken by some personal enemy of Lord Lucan's to tack a paragraph to the other, which was no doubt a comment of what lately had been given to the world as part of the public events of the dap—viz., the report of the board of general officers that sat 'at Chelsea. That there was reason to believe that that was the fact— Mr. James —There is no proof of that at all. Not a tittle. The Chief Baron said he did not think he should be so irregular as to reply to an interruption which was rather insubordinate; but he was about to ask them whether there was any proof of that? If, from the article itself, they came to the conclusion th a t th e enti r e p aragraph was framed with a view to put i n thi s ma tter regar di ng Lord Luca; that, no doubt, would lead them to a very different conclusion. It was for them to decide. There was no direct evidence on the subject. He need hardly remind them that the war broke out in 1854, and that the Christmas of that year was one of great suffering. Inquiries took place in the following year, and again this year. There was an inquiry by commissioners in the Crimea; it was thought that their report should be re-examined, and a board of general offi cers was appointed, and the general comments of this article were directed to it. It seemed to quarrel with the conduct of the administration, and it particularly pointed to some conduct of persons connected with the Treasury; then it proceeded to blame the conduct of Lord Raglan as commander-in-chief ; and, lastly, it commented on the condnct of the generals commanding the cavalry. The learned Chief Baron proceeded to read was the article (which h as a l rea d y b een g i ven ) . That was the article complained o f, an d it wou ld b e f or the jury to decide whether they th oug ht it was a f a i r , candid, and re ferred, m e d, or whether serie s of obser it vations exhibited oll the a n exaggerated matters ey t on o w hich o d r distorted w ic h h a tit t r v w i a e r w ra o n f te w d h a b t y i t t p h r e of c e i s r s c e a d ui t s o ta t u re c a es t . up l o n n, bgiving public c om . ments upon public matters, considerable allowances must undoubtedly be made for the zeal and spirit with which persons who wrote for the public papers, or anywhere else, were embued ; like the speeches of counsel, their com ments were not always to be measured and weighed by the nicest scale. What they had to consider here was, whether this article contained anything more than a caudid'and fair comment called for by the circumstances, or whether it was exaggerated and distorted, and went beyond what the occasion demanded. If they thought it unfair and ex aggerated, then they would have to consider whether it was malicious or not. The observations made upon Lord Lucan had no doubt reference to him in his professional character as a general commanding tio cavalry division what they—supposing they decided that those observations went beyond what might be considered a fair comment upon public matters—would have then to consider was, whether they evinced a malicious intontion, and apportion (From the Daily News.) Tile verdict in the case " Lucau v. the pai/y News," though gratifying on public grounds, is - not, in so far as we are personally concerned, of a nature to excite any undue elation in our minds. Conscious that our motives had been such as we had no reason to be ashamed of, and that our con duct had been above suspicion, we never for a moment doubted what the result of the trial would be. We abstained from commenting upon the conduct of Lord Lucan in the Crimea until the Chelsea board had concluded its inquiries. Even then we only ;Averted to hie lordship for the pur pese of illustrving the necessity of ainly reform. When his law agents intimated to us that our remarks were regarded by his lordship as a. libel, we placed our columns at. his disposal to correct any errors we might have fallen into in regard to facts, and volunteered a declaration that if our language could be shown to have been unduly strong we should regret it. We were met by a haughty demand for an apology, and an uncour teous refusal to specify which of our remarks were complained of. No alternative was left us but to assert our right to canvass the public conduct of a public man in a fair spirit, by giving Lord Lucan to understand that we had no fear for that anpod to a court of law with which he threatened us. After be had thus forced us into court, our conduct continued to be animated by the same spirit of loyalty and frankness. We did not rest satisfied with a mere negative plea of not guilty ; we offered to prove our allegations to an extent which one of the judgesdeclared to be tantamount to undertaking to prove what was net required at our hands; and, when the proposed plea was disallowed, we went to trial upon the simple issue that our remarks were a fair and bona fide comment on the conduct of Lord Lucan in his public capacity as Commander of the Cavalry in the Crimea. Matters standing thus, we relied with implicit confidence on the sagacity and sense of justice of an English Judge and Jury. We felt confident that, whatever might be the legal result of the case, it would be obvious. to the world that we had spoken earnestly, honestly, and with out malice —and ,we cared for nothing more. The event has justified our confidence. The pro ceedings in court speak for themselves It would he ingratitude on our part not to acknowledge the bold ness, energy, and ability with which our cause was advocated by Mr. James. Still we cannot but feel that it was mainly the evidence of Lord Lucan him self that convinced both Judge and Juryof the recti tude of onr conduct. And we may add that the ingenious speech of Sir Frederic Thesiger is a cor roboration of this view. The learned counsel had little more to urge than imaginary descriptions of the manner in which newspaper leaders are pre pared, and conjectures as -to what would be the course of the Daily News in the event of a verdict against it. This hypothetical line of argument was necessa rily a failure. The result for the Daily News was never for a moment doubtful. The sole interest of the case sprung from its involving a decision on the great question whether journalists—and other unofficial critics of public men—might safely canvass the conduct of publics servants, provided they did so honestly and without malice. The result of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Exchequer is to affirm this important. privilege of Englishmen. We institute no parallel between our own case and that of Horne Tooke and his associates. They were called upon to display a courage and devotion for whieh ia our case there was no need. And yet we may be allowed to say that for the general public cur triumph is a more important one than theirs. Tneir triumph merely proved that courage may command succees even at times when law and justice are. eet at nought ; ours, that law and justioe are now so thoroughly established that every honest man may do with safety what they did at the peril of their lives. It is impossible to read the report of yesterday's trial without feeling that the right of free, bold, discussion has become an article of the national faith —at all events on this side of the Tweed. The candour and impartiality with which the Judge summed up, and the promptitude with which the Jury returned their verdict, prove that henceforth every writer and speaker on matters of public interest is free to speak his mind, provided he do so honestly and without malice. No one can reflect on the quiet, unexaggerated tone of the proceedings without feeling convinced that they were pervaded by perfect impartiality—that the same Judge and Jury who exonerated us, would have condemned us without hesitation had there been a shadow of reason for believing that we had acted from improper motives. Such a calm, judi cial recognition of an important principle is not liable to fluctuation or change ; it is a guarantee , alike for the rights of the public servant and of his critics. And here let us—in justice to Lord Lucan and ourselves—declare, that by putting himself in the witness-box, and by his frank acknowledgment of the authorship of his letters, he met us like a man. Towards Lord Lucan personally we have never entertained any sentiments of hostility. We have canvassed freely his conduct as an officer — we have never attacked him as a man. The re forms which are being inaugurated in the army, in consequence mainly of the discussions to which his conduct gave rise, may, we trust, be regarded as a pledge that there is little danger that such conduct will again call for animadversion from a, public journalist ; and we s h ou ld never have reverted to the consideration of that conduct, had he not, by dragging us into a Court of Law, compelled us to do so. That his unwise attack has placed our in tegrity and leniency in a clearer point of view than it could otherwise have been placed in, we cannot but feel • and feelin g thi s , it w ill b e Lord Lucau ' s own fault if we have ever again to talk of him in terms that may be offensive to his self-love. such Matters as. the disputes between Lord Raglan and Lord Cardigan; aril the merits of the Chelsea Board's verdict, then there is an end at once to the political discussions of the press. Lord Lucan had been acoused ofmany things, and some of the charges could not be denied. Among those which no ingenuity could escape from were the displays of temper and the want of self-command to which the alleged libel alluied. The jury, by their verdict, declared that to comment on such faults in a man holding a post of theyhighest importance was within the legitimate province of a public news paper. This action is probably the termination of the long controversy which has occupied the country for the last two years, and may be briefly described as the contest between the press and the military world. We all know how it began with the letters of our correspondents in the East at th e t i me when the British forces, after gainingone brilliant victory, felt the first chill of coming misfortunes. It has con tinued since that time with little intermission. There have been questions of perhaps deeper political interest, and on which party spirit has been more thoroughly roused, but never has there been in our time a discussion in which private and family feelings have been more enlisted, and in which such bitterness and rancour has followed criticism, which was necessarily bold and unsparing : Few families of any standing are without a relative or a connexion Who has chosen the proleselen of arms as a career, of whose credit they are jealous, and whose : advancement they would make marry sacri fices to promote. It f o ll ows th a t the militammust high..dogreethexilipatieivakftAt_most ,, important class- in our society, •Xteanst_ E - en who made, who directed, arid 'who represented the military System' the' press made unrelenting war." Accustomed to , observe keenly and to judge accurately, •it saw the rottenness of the edifice, and, even before it crumbled to the earth, gave warning of the coming destruction. Of the truth of the reports published in the chief newspapers, of the justice of their views, and of the invaluable services which they hive rendered to the country, both during- the war and during the difficult negotiations which have . succeeded it, there is now but one opinion. Any one who contrasts the position of England now with what it was two year, since, will at once acknow ledge the benefits which the independence and courage of the English papers have conferred on the community which they cl-tim to represent. But sympathy is not a l ways concurrent upon con viction, and many who are unable to charge the press with any offence, who, indeed, in their secret hearts acknowledge its services, have been still mady to see any obstacle cast in its way, and loss or dishonour inflicted on-those connected with it. Happily fo r England and the principles she repre sents, any such feeling can never be wid , spread or of long duration. Even at a time when cliques and coteries were denouncing us, misrepresenting our motives, and making even Parliament resound with their passionate declamations, the great body of the people trusted and stood by us. Every succeeding month has added to the credit due to the course we then took ; and events which are actually occurring fully prove that the present is no time to discourage such vigilant national organs as the London journals. A proof of this state of feeling is afforded by the verdict of which we speak. There can be no doubt that Lord Lucan was induced to bring his action through a belief that the press did not truly repre sent public opinion, and that the great mass of society were unconvinced, though silent, listeners to its statements. Without doubt he found plenty to toll him that a special jury would be only too glad to give a blow to a Liberal news paper, that people were coming round to the be lief that the Crimean generals had done their best, and that the acquittal of the Chelsea Board would be held by any judge as taking away all just ground for adverse criticism. The result shows how much he was mistaken. The case went to the jury.in the simplest form. Lord Lucan was placed in the witness-box, and confessed that he had been re called in consequence of a highly improper letter to Lord Raglan. The jury found that the de fendants were justified in publishing the article, and that it was a fair comment on the acts of the plaintiff. We shall probably hear so more of such proceed ings. The present verdict is a sign that juries clearly see that the interests of the press are also their own, and gives assurance that the press, when firmly doing its duty, in spite of threats and temptations, will be upheli by them. As the whole of this Crimean business now belongs to the domain of h?story we need say nothing more as to the merits of the particular case, but we may, at the close of so long a controversy, remind the pub lic at how great a sacrifice the pies has fought the battle against incapacity and uligirchical influ ence. Does the world think that, there are not many inducements to "prophesy smooth things ?" Do they think it a pleasant position for a man to have his hand against every one and every one's hand against him ? If we or our contemporaries' could hare truly described Lord Raglan as an. other Wellington or 'Lord Luau as another Hill, it would have, been most agreeable to do so. If it had been consistent with honesty to suppress all that was unfavourable in the accounts from the East there would have been none of these daily and nightly invectives against "publicity" and "anonymous writing." We would request the public to believe that in Oct., 1854, there was every temptation to pronounce our generals heroes and our army perfect. Society was all that way, the national vanity was all that way, the fear of hastily uttering discouraging predictions tended, to the same course. What could the press hope for during many months but to be charged with slander and misrepresentation ? Yet it did its duty boldly and uncompromisingly, and we believe it has its reward in greater authority and more general respect than at any former period. It is very well for Sir F. Thesiger to insinuate that the censure upon Lord Lucan was the result of private malice. Such suggestions are only part of an advocate s business, and are always made with that recklessness which is one of the most ungrace ful traditions of the bar. But we may take the opportunity that his address offers, and ask in what case, during these long discussions, false charges have been brought forward, such as anger or prejudice would produce ? With all the bitterness of the military oligarchy and their friends, with all their determination to crush the press, they have been unable to bring a single charge of libel, except that a tailor's deputy was flogged, and the trumpery affair which was disposed of yesterday. So far from the press being guilty of making un supported assertions, we are even now surprised at the small amount of inaccuracy which has found its way into newspaper columns. However, no apologies are needed for a course which has at length received the almost unanimous approbation of the country. The verdict in the case tried yes terday will, we trust, put an end to the hopes of those false friends and overt enemies, both at home and abroad, who look with natural fear and dislike on the courage and freedom of the English press. (Prom the New York Herald, Nov 15.) Thursday was an exciting day amongst the scientific of eur State. The Submsriue Nautilus was put through it., operations at Glen Cove, and submitted to the rigid scrutiny of men whose verdict, either of approval or other wise, must be final. The company formed to work this invention had chartered the steamship Champion, and invited the press and many of the leading celebrities of cur State to a grand excursion for the purpose of bringing the machine before the public. Starting from the Peek slip Ferry at 10 a.m., Glen Cove was reached, after a beautiful sail, about noon. In mid-stream we found a large schooner at anchor, with steam engine on deck, and on mooting near her we learnt this apparatus was used for forcing compressed air into the receiver which sup plies the Nautilies. At a few yards from the schooner we observed floating, like a huge porpoise in the water, the Nautilus. L The Nautilus in external form is almost round, or, as Senator Hale aptly termed it, " a water baloon." It is about ten feet in diameter, by seven feet deep, and weighs ten tons. A peculiarity, as compared with the old fashioned diving-bell, is that it enters from the top ; a species of iron trap door screws down when all are in, and when the machine is at the bottom, another and larger door opens in the base, so as to proceed with the works required. Condensed air is produced on board a vessel or on land, and is communicated to the Nautilus by, an immensely powerful hose firmed of thick India rubber, strong enough to withstand a pressure of 200 lbs. to the equare inch ; this is affixed to the top of the machine, and communicated by valves inside to the working, and water chambers. After entering and clos ing the top of the machine water valves are opened ; which caiiie the Nautilus to sink ; air is taken into the working,cbarnber until its density is equal to that of the water without ; the door of the bottom is then raised in order to in9ve upon the ground. The operators step upon the bottom and carry the machine with them, or iu current way cables passin g from windlasses inside effect the desired I.lloVntlletii. To lilt stone, a hook placed on the b atom is affixed to the stone, condensed air is thee thrown into the water chambers, and the water is expelled until the weight of the stone is overcome. It is then moved in any direction, and by the re-admission of watereis again deposited; In one of the experiments we saw performed, a sto ne we i g hi ng f i ve toes was lifted, moved h4rizantady between 20 and 30 feet, and then deposited. The time occupied in going under the water, bringing the stone to the surface (22 feet), then moving, 'going doWn and depositing, returning again to the sur face, wtee only Si minutes. The Nautilus will lay 3,500 cubic feet, of stone per diem,- at a cost of 35 dole., being less, according to the opinion of engineers, than the cost of the same work on terra firma. The averege coat of eebrnarinn construction is 161 oents the cubic toot, whilst with the Nautilus as demonstrateel it but, one cent. All other works are in like proprthei, the blasting of rocks may he done by it a-, cheaply as i n a quarry. Its adaptability to the examination of ships' bottoms, to determine the neces,its,. of docking, according to the opinion of Cape Cernstock, o f th e Baltic, will effect the saving of huieireds of thousands of dollars annually. Its utility in pear!, coral, aid sponge fishing was re. markably dernouerrated. A gentleman largely engaged in pearl operatim.s in the Pacific observed that there was no limit tO its value fur that purpose. Pearl shells may be sratherleci by it at the rate of f rom t wo to three t ons per day to each machine ; this has been proved by ac tual experiment in Panama and California ; shells, ac e...l.:ling to prices current, are worth from 150 dole. to tioo dole. a ton. With regard to lifting submerged vase athuitniluths,releohopuerrsi ends, the capacity of the pump demonstrates that the afterlarges a t t o ta la c s h s m o e f n s t n i i s p m s a c ,d, a ef n .e a be li n raisedfeeling in th e ' within sons went whom 40 were ladies. We worednetrdtoowtnesyt yesterday, ourselves entered the ee t r r d a a p y se o t f for us with feelings of tilde. giving, and soon found ourselves one of 12 individuals-- two being ladies. The iron door was screwed down, and immediately on descending a noise like the near letting off of steam dinned our ears ; but this very unpleasant sensation was relieved by going through the operation of swallowing. We sat down before we knew it, and the engineer lifted the door of the bottom and disclosed to us about six inches of muddy water, When we had o oall gratified our curiosity during some f i ve minutes, and ob tained a number of shells as relics, the d oor was replaced, s h o n o e t o u t t t h o e f l h a e d i s e tt s r that e s t h h she u , observation stay down n being w day. Everybody was m ore than satisfied, thou g h f ew a l :a d d e w b e y understood the rati ona l e of the inventio n or the peen i bell. arities of its const ruc ti on as c ompared with th e d iv i ng The Champion left Glen Cove on her return about five o'clock, and on getting under w • ay, a meeting was orga nised on deck, when Major Sears could not help saying a few words to them in reference to the Nautilus, on which they had been exxperimentin The inventors had expended much time and large suin g ; of money in bring ing the machine to its present perfection . lmmense and unknown diffieultie 8 were met with at every step. first apparatus that we constructed could move up and down in the water, but that was all: we could not get it to lift weights, for as soon as we got any heavy body to the surface, down it went from us. These diffi culties were also attended with danger , the Nautilus having been shut up out of the water, at the outset, four feet from t h e surface, and all thought that those inside the machine were dune for except the inventor, who knew they were safe, if they only had the proper amount of compressed air with them. The properties of air and water were n o t i n t h e s li ghtest degree un derstood when we set out ; we had, therefore, everything to learn—to construct a science, i n f ac t. We had to rid ourselves of the various difficulties incidental to the condensation' of air, and, more than this, the latest heat of the air. Our pumps coula not stand the pressure we put upon them, tor iron it-Ped tied leather burnt up. We sent to Eu rope to obtain pimps which would compress air to the extmt of 4416, to the square inch, but the philosophical men of that continent sent us for answer that our re quest was an impossibility. But we have a pu m p now —you saw it working to-day--which, instead o f 441b 5., compresses air 2001 h. to the square inch, an d that al pump is so our invention. Water and air are . the princip • les of the Nautilus. Water causes the mac hi no to descend, whilst it rises tinter the force of compressed air. The applicability of the machine is shown at the hot. tom of rivers. In California, South America, and other auriferous regions, it will move from side to side of the gold streams, baling , up the dust at every step. con. &nest', air will move every object to th e osterface, no matter how weighty. We know, at this present time, the precise locality, within a snits or two, of valuable shipwrecked vessels, whose united value will foot up to sloo,ooo,o oo . t The Nautilus ca n cruise about the spot until it coniesship, and then raising the treasure is but a question of time. A great feature in the machine is that it Si independent el all outside influence or assist ance, for it is managed Ironi the inside alone, as raani before me will have already observed. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. Mr. Ed win James was the favouriteof the Londcn can didates for this borough. He was first also in the field. Mr. Weguelin, however, considered that ha had such a powerful party of liberals in Southampton, who had pro. mised him their supp , irt, that be declined to give way to Mr. James. For the latter to have any chance, there fore, it was necessary tbat be should personally canvass the electors. His profession, however, rt cowed so much of his time that this was impossible. His friends here, seeing the hopelessness of contending with the acti v i ty of Mr. Weguelin and Sir E. Butler, gave up th e t as k iu despair. The bad feelings engendered by the split pre vented them from uniting their forces with M r. Wegue lin to fight the conservative candidate, and th ey d ecided on bringing forward another liberal. Their choice fell upon Mr. R. Andrews, the radical coach maker,. and mayor of the borough. Mr. Andrews resolved at once to come forward, provided a numerously signed requisition by the .)lectora was presented to him. As be L-1 the returning officer, he will be obliged to resign the office of mayor, and ply a heavy fine, before he eau be elected member of Parliament. He has pledged himself that if be be cosies a candidate he will go to the poll, and poll the last man. most e H energetic man. About 1,000 electors haVe been added to the register since the last ,election. THE LATE SUICIDE IN ITIGHGATE CEMETERT.—Yester• day Surgeatit Farr, of the 1 division, succeeded in tracing the relatives of the y oung man who put a period to his existence in Highgate Cemetery, as already recorded in The Sun. It appears that he was the son of a gentleman named Fettoulet, residing at 4, Biltnarton-terrace, Hol - Henri FenoWet a a-. in hi 8 30th year, and by pro. fession a surgerqi-dentik.t. He Mt hie home, 4, Kilinsf ton-terrace on the morning of the occurrence, in his usual apparent health and suirits, and nothing more was heard or seen of him until the police acquainted his friends with the affair. No a.atisfactory exwanation can be offered for the termination of decea-kli his own band, ' 8 existence by THE WEEKLY NEWS, PhICR 2B.—CoxsumprroN ; ITS CAUSE AND CURE. —A series of interesting lectures on this distreBbing malady, and the suc ces s of anaspasia, or traction, in reli ev i ng and curing it, as delivered by Dr. Denis Croni n , o f 35, Bruton -street, Berkeley•square, will be commenced in the Weekly News of Dec. 6, 1858; Every family is concerned in it. Weekly News OffiCe s iliaci.colul and Wine Ofbe-court. Ths Twentieth Thousand, price Is., II R. VERDANT GREEN MARRIED AND DONE OR; being the Third and Coniuding Part of the Adventures of an Oxford Freshman. By CUNIBERT RF,DF, B,A, London: James Blackwood, Paternoster•row. Just published, New and Improved Edition, r rice One Shilling, THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS CI. RAMADGE, NE.T)., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, Re. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE on ASTEINIA and DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. The Third Edition. Just rublished, ~ rice 55., by post, Irv. ss. 6d. ON FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, AL; the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from tt,, S.,trerers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spreao Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from 'he Merman of Dr. PICKFORD. " 1)1 eic.store •s known to English readers oy his frequent practi. ..„; cow.rilmtioni. to German medical literature. This is the drsi !,e - i!iturrns as, that he has addressed-himself to the non-medi• thilik.pany not?) the last, if tie Az ttkif t iffrif4Ai n Oil *Weft it - may be in his - power to ear rict.".--Lonrion Medical (laitette. " The trt bee . ' Quiet Sympathisers,' gin IA e,d iCal Friends,' are mcreiles• , ly esposed; and if this hoet timid end its wil.y into tha bands of those whs. serer from the eon: (,f which it treats, we art . : satiCtied that many hundreds mad( save. needless suffering of body and mind, and what is o as Importance. though it is that which the quacks most prt; rar)tiey ......This volume is well qualified to put an end tr. ••l; sy , t,ln of treatinz Sperir:ltorr , ma, and to place the treo.l ct npory note rational and nhy4r.ilr,ical basis. 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None are genuine without my signature— JO, , EPH THoRLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable above AFFETITE AND DIGii,SiiON t,t - ti 1 PERRINS' WORCESTERSHM Sk!:(.1 , 1 imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chop' of n Rol:4 Meat Gravies, Fish, &lame, Soup, Curries, and Salai by Its tonic awl invigorating properties enables the stomach t riectiy Ante , t the food. hetiatly useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best sat rd to bean. old try tile proprietors, , Lea and Perri/14, t 4 Fenchurch-stret; ~tßion, tau: 68, 3road-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. tiara; i Sons, Messrs Crosse and Itlaeltwell, and other oilmen and wei ants, London ; and generally by th e pr i ncipal dealers in sauce. 5.,11.- —To guard against imitatloxs, see that the names of "Li: and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. The second half-yearly meeting of this company was yesterday held at the offices, Liverpool-street—the Ear of Devon in the chair. An abstract of the reprt, and statement of the com pany's accounts, which has already been published, having been read, The CHAIRSIAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that it was mainly based on the report of Lieut. -Colonel Kennedy, which went minutely into particulars, and in fact gave the shareholders the best idea of the prospects of the company and of their pre sent position. The directors bad only one cause of regret, which was, that the East India Company bad not yet sanctioned the construction of the line betwee, Bombay and Surat, which was a most important part of the prject. The directors would act on the same eco nomical principles which heretofore guided their con duct. The motion was adopted. A. SHAREHOLDER read a memorial which he proposed should be sent to the Governor in Council of the Bombay Presidency, the object of which wa , , that the construc tion of the line between Bombay and Surat should be forthwith sanctioned by them. The resolution was adopted unanimously, as was also a resolution requesting the chairman to sign the memo rial on behalf of the meeting. A vote of thanks passed to the board of directors ter minated the proceedings. WELLS AND FAKENMAM. Yesterday a special meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at their offices, 69, Lombard-street, to take into consideration the propriety of raising an additional amount of capital by mortgage or bond, in conformity with the borrowing powers given them in the act of incorporation, in the absence of S. M. Peto, Bart , ate cbair was taken by Mr. Till. The secretary having read the notice convening the meet ing, the company's solicitor read the clause of the act in pursuance of which the meeting was convened. It recited that the company should be at liberty to borrow 23,0001. whenever all the shares might be sub scribed for and one-half paid up ; and it having been certified by the secretary that the company w as i n a position legally to avail themselves of the privileges of the act, a formal resolution to that effect was pro and carried unanimously, w h en the posed, seconded, proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The Lords Ju-tices have been pleased' to approve of the appointment of the Earl of Belmore to be a Deputy. Lieutenant for the county of Tyrone, in the room of Lord Claude Hamilton, deceased. ST_ PANORAS.—ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE METROPoLITAN BOARD OF WORKS —Yesterday w a s ap pointed by the vestry of St. Pancras for the election of a member of the Metropolitan Board, in the place of Mr. Corrie. There was a numerous attendance. Mr. Streeten, one of the churchwardens, presided. Mr. Rashleigh was nominated by Mr. Churchwarden Wyatt, and seconded by Mr. A r i a. He was recommende d b y t h e former, on the ground of his having effected, as a guar dian, some useful reforms in the administration of out o'er relief, and the application of the labour test to able-bodied paupers. The ether candidate, the Rev. R. Eckett, was propos e d b y M r Brettinghatn, and seconded by Mr. Hudson. They represented him as a practical man of business and a sound economist. The question was put to a show of hands, and the numbers counted were—For Mr. Rashleigh, 42 ; for Mr. Eckett, 42. A division took place, amidst great excitement and uproar, just before which, Mr. Sheffield (a member) came iato the room. Several protests were made against his vote being taken, and ultimately the tellers announced the num bers to be—For Mr. Rashleigh, including ,the vote of the chairman, 43; for Mr, Eckett, 43. The cliairman said he bad the casting vote. (C r i es of " Not at an election.") He should give it for Mr. Rashleigh. (Re newed confusion, amidst which a protest was handed in, signed by several vestrymen, against the legality of the election.) Mr. Rashleigh thanked the vestry for the honour conferred upon him, mid, after a few words from Mr. Eckett, the proceedings terminated. At the time the division took place four gentlemen—viz., Messrs. Laimbeer, Pratt, and Dr. Wilson, voters for Mr. Ecket, were shut out. I- 6,..) il //Z cQ IRELAND. - DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE IRISH VICEROYALTY. There i a very gPliaral iznprcsAion here that some Ministerial changes are- in contemplation, one of which involves the transfer of Lord Carlisle from the mock sovereignty of Dublin Castle to the more stirring stage of Downing -street. Rumour poin's to Lord Granville as his successor in Ireland. A Belfast journal (the Whig), alluding to those gos siping reports which annually fill up a certain portion of newspaper space before the meeting of Parliament, remarks "We sincerely hope that imbecility is not so universal among Whig peers as to render Lord Carlisle indispens sable to the Hodge of Lor is. It might be an excellent thing to get rid of the Viceregal sham in Ireland ; but, while we are to have a Lord-Lieutenant, it would be well to have Lord Csrtisle. Men might easily be found to serve the Whig party better than Lord Carlisle has served it, We know, however, of no other man who, in the same office, has served Ireland so well ; and the fact of his popularity here ouhgt to have some weight in Lord Palmerston's arrangements to provide a head for those illustrious noblemen who are the British Government in the House of -Lords. Certainly we object to Lord Carlisle leaving Dublin, even though a sensible and quiet peer like Lord Granville were to be his successor. Lord Palmerston thinks that, as there is nothing for a Lord Lieutenant to do in Ireland, one man will answer the purpose as well as another ; but Lord Carlisle has a graceful way of doing nothing and saying nothing, i n which he excels all mankind. At all events, the Irish public cannot be expected to feel flattered at th e Downing -street idea that Dublin Castle is to be regard. ed as a hospital Mr invalid Whig peers,--...s a sinecure to which a sick , tatesnian is to go for a cure. There are better places for L , rd Gran vilte's health ; the embassy to Lisbon, or the G.oVernorShip of the lonian Isles, for instance. L•rt us keep Lqrd Carlisle." THE RAILWAY MURDER. 1 The only additional information supplied by the 1 papers this m orn i ng i s to the effect that the police ' are on it: fresh traek, and that the hope still pre vails that the nssassin cannot much longer evade the pursuit. Two of ,the London detective force hare arrived- in Dublin to lend their assistance to the local-authoritie.y. According to the Freeman's 44,1,,j_ki4,ThAyernment is bestirring itself, and, by directions f rom high places, IThicher and Smith, the. London dete c ti ves , commenced operations yes terday at the Broadstone terminus. N ew ground by has been broken, - and the exploration after facts is going on steadily and surely. The durance to which Catherine Campbell, the servant girl, has 'been subjected has made her less taciturn, and she has .of la te •become more communicative. An evening contemporary has received the follow ing telegraphic despatch, whi c h, hO wever , was un oon6rmed up to the hour of our going to press : " ~ Weesday. " An ope ra ti ve l ate l y employed on DUBLIN the Midland Rail way bas been arrested on board the packet for Liver pool. Re confessed to the murder of Mr. Little, but he is supposed not to be the principal in that atrocious act." ENCUMBERED RiiITA.TES COURT. 'Ssveral small estates were put up for sale yes terday, but the Market was scarcely as brisk as usual, and a good many lots were withdrawn for want of competition. The gross sum realised was something short of 18,0t0/. THE SUBMARINE NAUTILUS. -{, , -_~ ..f, 1 .:. ~.Ni r • t ., ) ,-A. ...147:. ;i ...,.., O PL le.Yik - I 1 W6A . ..k^ s' ^.." N. II S , Wl)Pitet "*tt