The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, Anal to those of Monday —the highest figure for the best With S?Dts bein g 3S 8d pe r 61h. We were mode ra t e ly we ll supp li e d S heell, for which the demand was in a very slugg . u - ,11 Mate, at. unaltered currencies. In Calves next to nothing W 5.1 doing, but we have no change to notice in their value. Pigs were very dull in sale, but not lower. Mitch Cows m ooed off slowly, at from 141. to 18/. each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink tho offal. Werts. d. to a. d. Beco or genets ...., 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep .. .. 1 ' 3 3 . 4 3 8 d. to a. d. pri ni T,TialllY • ..• 210 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 alO p...,.._' Large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 C”.rse-woolled dittc4 0 4 2 ZileParris Scots .• .• 3 6 3 8 Southdown blether 4 2 4 4 'Zile coarse Calves 3 4 310 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 aStull di 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs ......2 10 8 6 z:ting Calves ..18 0 24 0 Small Yorkers .... 3 8 4 0 wil ''' •• •••• 0 0 0 0 Qua MARKET.rto!' old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 T OTAL SUPPLY AT Few, I 600 • I Sheep. I C a l ves. Pigs 3,230 24 1 30J B easts. I SCOTCH. 94 Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs 70 —. Pe w ,. FOREIGN SIII - PLY. I Vigs. Sheep, I Calves. 180 510 150 Th e 1r ENITGA.T3II A. 1433 LEADENELALL. wv i, nu :...... general dem an d ru l ed heavy, on the following a At per stone by the Carcase. Etlf_i„,__ r. a. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to s. d. "......'..T,....en° ..... 2 0 2 2 kintton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 ........ng.ling .... 2 4 2 6I - middling .. 210 3 6 VieFrAnalarge .. 2 8 3 0 prime .... 3 8 310 r" ' M all .• 3 2 34 I Pork, large.... •••• 2 6 3 6 .!" ..... .. 3 2 4 01- 5ma11........ 3 8 4 0 N G COLONIAL. tiv a ,4 1 t -There has been rather a firmer market for . Bri aatation, but with no sensible increase of business. kid f l i ' t c/°ea bY auction sold at 43s 6d to 44s for fine yellow, lit 413 to 43s for mid to good. 6 4. Y 115411- Grocery lumps have been sold at 49s 6d to 51s rher e • are large arrivals of Dutch refined. r atec B' % l, S lo lA.—Beng a l pr i vate l y has b een held for previous ith assa has rea li sed about the previous quotations, cri;tewat was 36 s 6cl sale ' • soft brown 29s to 30s, and ord to good a t i r to 40s. 3176 bas offered üblicly l' oßt tltken in at 34s 6d to 355, 6d , for good strong bro p wn. Prevlen,l".--Holders have been disinclined to sell except at slight!edu 41es, and buyers have only come forward . at a ction. Bahia, offered publicly, was taken in at to lu ti n to 44a for grey and white, at 34s to 40s for brown ord b e 'and i at 37s 6d to 41s for damaged yellow. Havannah sold 1 41. 8 1 0 1 sold at 37s 6d to 42s for washed. Santa Martha 42 8 al f or s to 41s for good and fine yellow, and at 41s to It aoa ood white. Sound white Havannah was taken in COrii but the washed sold at 25s to 265. seriPtio,„E*--The demand has been very limited for all de eneour.---, and the reports from the foreign markets are not for goXng• Native has been taken sparingly at 47s to 48s suad at ord, Plantation has been rather firmer privately, he a auction low mid and mid was bought in at 57s to 635, at.s7 e li t e o njd at 54s to 558, triage at 49s to 528, and pea-berry ri t s ea. —9l. Mocha was in more request at the previous /sack "„ tiara i s -- "" there has not been a great deal doing, but prices la s 6tren Maintained Madras has been sold at Os 6d to la nte parcels were taken in at 7s 6d to 9s. Bengal 4 1 . - cu 1 03 6d to II s 6d. 84t This article has been inactive. 2 no taj l : Ellt • - ••There has not been much doing, and the ti 7s6d of have varied but little. Calcutta sold at 27s to week% B . 4:l lCN • to 121bs refraction. Madras 14%lbs.refrac aRen in at at 26s 6d to 275. Compared with last A lla 13 la a slightdecline. ses,! ° °T.—St Vincent's has been sold at 6d to B%d, wierior Jamaica at 4 1 7 : 2 d to 5d per , lb. and, ntir."--Malabar Pepper has realized 3 1 / 2 d for hal_f- . hea u vp at h ro „ e r Parcels have been sold at 3 1 / 8 d t ., 0 3 3 4 d. Pime o 28 B,7ght full rates, viz., 5d to 5%d. Nutmegs have been T AL L' to 2s 9d and 3s. Mace sold at 2s 3d to 2s sd. evloC"tbw•l).Y.C. has b een very fi rm a t 38 s t o 38 s 3d per T 1" sPot, and with a f a i r b us i ness d o i ng . The market has worn a drooping appearance.. 811 1 es C'"Not much has been done privately, and the public ._Giti tta ave t gone off heavily. ZP . ,Por "a ",,,I:lT.—The market for Oranges is not so well -- "'t a I-- two cargoes from St. Michael, one from Terceira w e, Parcel of Lisbon sold b • Keeling and Hunt at public Por e. er r _lt taken free] by the ) trade at a slight reduction in I... l)r ange s 4 " e ; I: 9na have improved in price. Seville_ Sour -- ted - a oaroand. A large cargo of new Smyrna Nuts to astaellicb, from the scarcity of Spanish, will be found a oitatibatitute. Barcelona without alteration. itilnied4eco •--Durin the ast month the market has con lale,solll74:tet character ] ; c i f i e i r d P ; pa r les, nevertheless, amounted to 328 hhds for re leve' a nd 262 hhds homes exportation,oconsumption. Manufacturers la * auPatztellased m r ostinstances as in need, and mostly of gr eat i ordi nary descriptions. Importers have exhibited tli aed t - r , r4l ness and confidence, and have not appeared in- Peem -,•"' 0 Make concessions from current rates, if buyers pro lo an their purchases. C on ti nen t a l grow th s D 7, and Dutch Tobacco) have been taken for cut haliBt-wrsee to some extent, and stock is now nearly .73411-' ,_er • Deliveries f or h ome t ra d e an d b on di ng, l ast e 1, 081 packages including Cigar Tobacco ; the kSi s t 1/4i ng Month ot 18 ' 50, 871 packages. Deliveries of Qdio a. R entucky, and Maryland, for home-trade and 44te4ig_,Ivere, last month, 718 hhds; and in 1850, 780 hhds. %LI lOett4ht: e rboups j o il f e 8 1 14, 1 auVices from New Orleans state the market firm, with s Bs d l o , ing. The estimates show a diminu compared with it3so, of 20,300 hhds, h of 38,140 hhds on the average of the last ten years. nir viii stat ed that the quantity of strips to be put be co nsiderably less than last year, and that ,4 0.11,,,,1 riot exceed 7,000 hhds. Imports 985 hhds ; e ltl s l ltl . a ..4 ft s r 1,083 hhds against 849 hhds in the corresponding ' B5O . In Virginia sales have been very moderate, -aer e a ,, -ng exceeded 100 hhds ; the market may be con (11/4111'; eXtr enlelv firm • and holders speak confidently of t hm, ' a g hi - • th e 8 4 e i r prices the . season advances; it is assumed American is not more than sufficient for a,. Kentucky leaf and strips sales may ' 4 Carted at 1,620 hhds, 200 hhds of which were strip t t uhda of leaf to the trade, 328 hhds of leaf for resale, I;ai h i : rest for exportation to the south of Europe. ,kin„i're stated, the trade have purchased very i el t ''Y and appear determined to exhaust their rail r k_hefore purchasing ; a very short period wi 1 1 1. e ). '74 required to ascertain, with some degree of accu kglll4de r ange of prices for a considerable time. In Mary faill'lton-e3olll,ravole) bee upwards of 30 hhds at 5%d to Ild. In ccsales have been made to some extent at ktittieeB* The d ° for fine qualities still continues. f h libl Y i al l t r k e ettltly received from Havannah speak very favour- Ober a ,l e growing crop, and hat prices had experienced a VOen rat,:ance. Havannah Cigars of recent import have ted b s _ c . r dull of sale in consequence of the high prices d' i ve 6;1 l ei dull Of good and hne brands a Jew cases ZetreeZo taken by the trade at extreme rates. Manilla a likave been very dull of sale ; prices, how . evey, cu r n e- - ' 4 Og il c - f eu ,anged. A large parcel has recently arrived 41 0 s. 1,2, 3. Manilla Tobacco nothing done. eu This . - - AN CERY.—(THIS DAY.) ban lio he , b;,-7._;teri g the Fi rs t s ea l a tt er Hil ar y T erm , th e L or d triotionsat in - the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and heard ap rtZt.43', the 3 t 0 day. The part-heard appeal motion of Haig a'a, argu Oc t , . ments in which were commenced before the pied his Lordship the whole morning. b.. 11 0 00URT.—( THIS DAY.) r d Bul e-y Lo „ ( iP the M aster of the Rolls sat i n h i s court i n t h e r Bit Chancer ap y-lane to-d a y, it being the First Seal wi th Y Term. Hie Lordship was occupied the whole 4 ble b e . Motions and petitions, but no case of any interest 1 , 'we th e Court previous to our going to press. ~1110.1;•-uHANCER.Y.-( 1 1 HIS DAY.) h-tre utelet-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Lord Cranworth - " t erest, lll/ie d the whole morning with motions of no general , CI - (Sitti-n'xiMON PLE AS —(T HIS DAY.) gt at isi :N .1 r ills, before Lord Cbief Justice JERVIS and 114E16' es b a Common Jury. - "P o rtant. "re the Court this ) morning was entirely Viitti;;"-ki fitt QUE R.—(T HIS DAY.) -a at INIII P rime, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Tifx a Special Jury.) 4 3 . 7. 4 cas e . V. TILE LONDO , N DOCK COMPANY. cmQ Vflia re's"mcii occupied the Court the whale of y . ester . - 4 at " l ed this morning. The proceedings in this Py th. ~great length, and at present seem likely to oc- Vourtfor several days. -1-I "NDARIEsi .-- i THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) toy w. SCOTT MARSH. j r ,"! A 1 air, action in tr ver to recover the value. Both t. . - " 4 31.,.. V ia `: „and defendant° are cab proprietors, and the tiZetl th eta horse a horse and harness with defendant,. who but as Cliti en r• Mr. Duncan appeared for the plaintiffbu _ 4 (ltri we _ ant had suffered judgment to go by default, the N% .2 ° not stated • but on the evidence adduced, that the . tis " 4 therm ' gave a verdict tor operty was 131., the jury Theme l t . 172 us only one other case for goods. CR IMIN A L COURT—(THIS DAY.) Pe% a •a r OLD COURT. Rd r - '''' r • J aatie e r , d Mr. Justice CRESWELL.) 1. 018Logirre.:7 ,OLERIDGE Curer, spe ed - ainue/ Hill, a ged 35, described . as t 0,2 and ~,; , Liii the dock,_ a ch rn a e rted a w pe it r h so f n el w on h i o oL w •s a y s 4.ail_ti.erl i n 4 lu n g. Moses James ki -- At r. ,,A.rta stron4 atle asylum at Peckham, of which a person was the proprietor. DlN)atetiV4lttscni, who, with Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the , 1/I.ttee"..after stating the facts of the case to the INqegi.pt sail the following evidence : k ge,,,"karneS-...Witness was! cousin to the deceased. Wnitd -v 4 - ,1" "Avaa a patient in Mr. Armstrong's .. Wa i ; l i e a t d body there. asylum, a v?..,ttrstidhstzntchaostienfir r said rv he had been for nine months an n fitte4lit In Mr. Armstrong's asylum. The prisoner was tl t , s -.wi t , his ~ H . e had nine of or th te e n as p y at lu ie m nts . , who The state (i sm ,_ care, in the infirmary _ learhi. 'Fatne a patient in the asylum at . the end of .•OA. • He died on the 2d of January, in the present . •Jer s ., •• the i e a n t ,_ -,.. first knew that the deceased . had been in 'Wen- "a 2 7th of last December Witness received the It 'gilt' .'ttlt, t a r oa from the prisoner. Witness and the prisoner 'W el m:nine the deceased. The left shoulder of the de tora s, alVeared as if it were broken, or out of joint, and y i e.rY Muc h swollen. If the prisoner had been aware of 1 14 n t irt iA r Y't° a patient, it was the duty of the prisoner to .liia t : ~._-°:. either of the two resident medical men in the asy trosno were Mr. Burton and Mr. Dickenson. ~tilltate-7,,,krained by Mr. COLLIER—The prisoner always Liesill-mo Patients with the greatest kindness, as far as wit "' I "I. * () ce ' Ilv it was necessary for the attendant ti % ` 4 B the • "Lena - arter of an hour at a ale. 10.6 114 1111ary for above a qu 4 ~ tones I 4136 ? t had never seen the prisoner act ii!, an angry 4- W,.ay s . °Wards the deceased, or the other patients. He alr i e ttld with forbearance. "Wit„.°3aPh Stewart Burton was then called and_examAirned. ,i'lloh„-,-8,a 'was the medical superintendent of Mr. m i 4(11,13 ,ouatic on lie first heard that the deceased 44p, 'en hurt on Frida - 27th December last. The p9sone i r 114 (1 al, s tn e, 4l the infurin ' atiou. The deceased was str;ppa , , 41:1(1.4%,.- .u o King at the arm witness saw that it was fractured 1t%3- ver Y much swolle». The deceased's stn?u . de i r es j t i tle deceaselted anti inflamed. Witness ascribed the injur . t Il le d had received to violence, and not to an accitten ed . Ile 4rkloner said he knew nothing about how the deceased th s hr,.._4.e1l witnesa questioned him on the subject. He thought ha4ke t , r, whose duty it was to dress the deceased, must Wit -to aware of the fall for some days before he called in cerab;"o Seethe•deceased, which was on the 27th of e- N at 1.- •'“ 1 4 was the prisoner's duty to have reported any erY Which a patient met with to witness. te kse fts d , ,;,- e ' f •amltled by Mr. Contuf.n.—lle looked at the de• thin the on the 26th of Decemuer, and then he saw no-• labZno matter with his shoulder_ Barnes, the dece . ased, 4 1 ,,,,? (1 under the delusion that his belly was as big as Ott ~ .Witness never had any occasion to complain of inia — unct of the prisoner, who appeared anxious about the -7. Wh4h Baum* had sustained. The deceased was of a sullen disposition. Some of the patients in the asylum were in the habit of assisting . the prisoner in the discharge of his duties. James Hill stated that be had formerly been the medical superintendent of Mr. Arn:strong's lunatic asylum, and was succeeded by Mr. Burton. Witness was at the asylum on the 27th of December last. He then saw the deceased's arm which was fractured, and very much swollen and in flamed; This witness then proceeded to corroborate the evidence of the last witness as to the injuries which the de ceased had received, and the cause from which they pro bably aro , e. The deceased informed witness how he had received the injuries. He said the prisoner had inflicted the injuries. The prisoner afterwards came into the room, when witness said "This is a sad occurrence, the man's arm is broken." The prisoner said he knew nothing about it. Witness then said to the prisoner " Barnes says you did it," and Donnelly, an inmate of the asylum, said he saw the prisoner do it. The prisoner said " I never did it. I never lifted a hand to him." Donnelly then described the manner in which the prisoner had laid hold of the deceased and thrown him on the floor. Witness said the injury must have been done some time; and the prisoner raid he could assure witness he knew nothing of it until that morning. The deceased perfectly understood the conversation which witness had with the deceased. . Cross-examined by Mr. COLLIER— Generally speaking when a person was insane his memory was affected. Many madmen were capable of a good deal of di,simulation. Air. Alfred Boland stated that he was an assistant surgeon at Guy's Hospital. On the 3d of January last witness made a post mortem examination of the deceased. Wit ness thought death had been occasioned by bruises on the front, outer, and back part of the left shoulder, and from bruises on the side, and from a fracture of the left arm im mediately below the shoulder. Some of the deceased's ribs on the right side side were fractured. From the appearance of the deceased's body, witness should say that it had been the result of great and inordinate violence, and not from a mere fall. Mr. John Swann Flower stated that he was a surgeon, and commenced the examination of the deceased. This witness corroborated the evidence of the last witness. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) The following pleaded guilty and were sentenced : Henry Gray, embezzling from master, three months' impri sonment; Henry Cotton, ditto (very young), seven days; John Smith (16), stealing copper wire from master, value Is. a pound; this was sold to a woman dealing in rags at sd. a pound ; she:was severely reprimanded by the Court. A little was brought at first which she bought, and this captivated him (the priltiner) to bring more. The temptation offered by persons in the position of the witness lead to the commis sion of half the crime in London. The Recorder said he should not allow her expenses. Two months' hard labour.—Anna Brown, stealing gold watch, &c., from master; she said she did so from sheer distress; she bad 2s. 6:. a week, finding her own lodging, and supporting a paralytic daughter out of it—four calendar months' hard labour. John Denky, was charged with breaking:into the house of Mr, George Clapp, green-grocer, 2, Pindar-place, Gray's Inn road, and stealing a dressing-case, &c., therefrom. On the morn ing of the 28th of January, Mrs. Clapp, coming down about six o'clock, surprised two men in one of the rooms, who im mediately made off. She could not speak positively to the identity of the prisoner, but he being taken by the police with the stolen property in his possession, there could be no doubt upon the subject—Guilty; twelve months' hard labour. THIRD COURT. (Before the CommoN SERGEANT.) Thomas Weaver was charged with stealing a quantity of potatoes, the property of ➢ir. Bridge, a farmer, residing near Wimbledon, in Surrey, by whom he had been employed. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Robinson de fended the prisoner. The pits had been opened, and had been robbed in a wholesale manner; two tons had been missed. It was proved that certain potatoes had been sold by the prisoner to a third party. The question was whether these potatoes were any of those stolen from Mr. Bridge's pits. Mr. ROBINSON, for the defence, ridiculed the idea of iden tifying potatoes. Guilty. Recommended to mercy by jury and prosecutor. Three months' hard labour. SPORTIN G NOTES. No. VIII. NOTES AND NOTIONS ON THE GREAT NORTH- AMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. " There is a history, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life."— SUAKSPERE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have commenced the spurting campaign of ISM in a tolerably successful manner, my fancy animals having in two instances out of four been absolutely first in the quad rupedal scroll of fame, and I should have been thrice correct, bad it not been for a mistake caused rather mysteriously by my Lincoln correspondent's letter, which I will presently explain. Steeple chasing and hurdle racing are somewhat out of my usual line, but as his high mightiness the sporting public ' will indulge in these amusements, and spe culate upon them, I suppose, unlike my contemporaries of the vatesian pen, I must e'en obey his high mightinesses' pleasure and follow suit by taking the helm upon this remarkably dangerous and uncertain sea. My first prognostication this year, the British Yeoman for the Southam Steeplechase, I landed in a canter! The second, Hazard for the Carmarthenshire Open Steeplechase, was verified in very clever style; but with the third, on the Lin coln Steeplechase, I was ingenious enough to distort the re sult, placing Lucy Neal (the winner) third, and Peter Sim ple (the third) first; and on the first fiat race of the season at Lincoln yesterday, as I before hinted, my Lincoln corre spondent's letter led me astray, by stating what I announced in my last note, that there was " some sort of mystery hang ing over Nancy," and therefore I should not say anything farther than that she and Heart of Oak were the best of the three years old lot ; consequently tpassed over all consideration of her chance, and took " Post Tempore (the second) and Heart of Oak, to pull me through in my first attempt on the fiat this year," with what success— " The mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can always hit: For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but r ow , were steer'd by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, greatest merits; " the victory of Nancy over Post Tempore and eleven others has clearly shown. The movements in the BETTING MARKET during the present week have been important in several par ticulars, especially on the Chester Cup and Derby; for the former, Cossack's accident and consequent scratching, was a startler for the nerves of" the ring ;" Rhesus and The Italian have not been so firm lately as was their wont, the former having declined from 10 to 12 to 1, and the latter from 18 to 25 to 1 ; Haricot, after having reached twenties, fell yes terday to 25 to 1, but The Flying Gout main tains his position at from 22 to 25, as does Lady Evelyn at 25, notwithstanding the unfavourable ru mours afloat concerning her ladyship, which, however, for the most part, I take it, will end in smoke. Brother to Dough, an excessively dangerous member of the Danebury stable at Est 101 b, is in considerable force, having been backed at the houses lately to a good tune. The Knight of Avenel, after having been knocked out of the betting and taken great libertiee with at stiffish odds, re-appeared yesterday at " the corner," and was backed at 40 to 1. Seaman, 7st, one of Day'', lot, is in some request at 50 to 1. In the Derby market "the crack" looks tottery at /1 to 2; it strikes me very forcibly that Mr. Manning has got the best, or, at least, eventually will have, in the 6,00 u/. to 1,000 bet he staked at Tattersall's a week ago against the Grecian. John , •ay has another horse in the stable, in my opinion, quite equal to Grecian—l allude to Lamartine, who possesses a fairish turn of speed, is well adapted for the Derby course, and is without the Grecian's temper; he has been supported for a good deal of money lately in the aristocratic quarter, as well as in the City and at Tattersall's. The Prime Minister is quite up to tile mark in health, work, and position in the odds, be ng firm at 13 to 2. Constellation and the Marlborough Buck respectively at 25 and 33 to 1, have attracted a good many admirers of late; both are doing unexceptionable work. Newminster and the Mountain Sylph colt stand their ground firmly at about 13 to 1 each ; the Squire's nag is in first-rate fettle, and Scott's horse tol-lollish. Aphrodite has at last made her appearance in the Oaks betting at "the Corner," at the same figure (7 to 1) that she has been quoted at at the houses for a couple of months past ; alto is looking well, and is somewhat forward in her work; look to it, for she will sweep the Oaks and the 1,000 Gaineas too—at least it looks like it. The acceptances for the Northampton Handicap, as might be expected from the high range of the weights, fall consider ably short of the average, as the following table will show :- 1846, nominations 79, acceptances 26 1847, If 101, pp 47 1848, 101, 39 1849, If 113, ~ 42 1850, „ 120, ~ 42 1851, 128, 33 Thus, with the greatest entry this year, we have, with the exception of 1846, the smallest acceptance, being one-fourth inferior to the four preceding years, and exhibiting a falling off on the average of the last five years of six acceptances. This will necessarily influence the book-makers and the pub lic in their speculations on this stake, and as the latter seem always inclined to dabble in those stocks or shares that, though almost valueless, may be rendered valuable by some chance stroke of Fortune, rather venturing a little with a remote chance of gaining much to laying down a good round sum with the tolerable certainty of gaining comparatively but little, as such is the case with the public on the Stock Ex change, it is not likely that this peculiarity will differ on the Turf Exchange, and as but 33 of the nominators to the Northampton Handicap have cried content, the book-makers are deterred from opening any very large accounts on this stake, and it of necessity fellows that the public not able to obtain " long-shots " on this event, will speculate in the great-go "of Chester in preference. The acceptances range from Vatican, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, to Leap-year, 3 yrs, 4st 71b, exactly four stone, both of whom will profit nothing by accepting. Sir Joseph Hawley has three nominations from his stable left in, viz.:--Vatican (who I believe, will not start), The Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; and Brother to Truthteller, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; from this trio I should extract The Ban as the best, and as the horse which will in all probability represent the lot. The Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, 5 yrs, at B st 3l b, will find supporters in the betting, but has a leetle too much weight allotted to her to please me. Treen'e stable comes out in force for this stake, with Rhesus, 5 yrs. Bst (who will not r un ), Cler mont, aged, ist 101 b (who must by this time have almost got beyond racing, being far in the " seer and yellow leaf) ; Zadoc, 4 yrs, lst 3lb (who will not like the hill); and The Swindler, 4 yrs, Est 51b, who, if ha has got any running powers in him ought to be in the front flight. Scott's lot is represented by Legerdemain, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, but the, I ex pect, will be reserved for Newmarket. Dawson has Langton, 5 yrs, 7st 91h; Joe Sutherland, 5 yrs, fist 101 b; and Th e Cocktail, 5 yrs, 7st 31b; all the interest, however, centres in the last-named, whom he considers is quite good enough to do the, trick. The Clothworker, 5 yrs, at 7st 91b, if he was not altogether knocked out of time by his hard work last year, way possioly run very forward. Kissaway, 5 yrs, 7st Gib, will be found at the post, and if her cl ever trainer can ma k e ought of her, i t w ill b e done, but at present neither he or myself are over sanguine in the matter. If Day pulls out the Brother to Dough, 4 yrs,. 7 st 51 b, at present rather dubious, I thi n k he might accomplish the task of winning. L or d E xeter accepts w i t h T op hana t 6 yrs, 7st 21b (who will, as usual, run up), and Nutmeg, 4 yrs, Est 31b, a very dangerous customer, if she can get the d i s ta nce. The confederates, Messrs. Payne and Greville, accept with The Mouse, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (who showed some respectable racing qualities last year), and Ganevra. 3 yrs, 4st 101 b, said to be by the littletonians a "dead certainty." Mooltan, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb, never yet accomplished a feat worth noticing, and not very likely to com mence now. Valentine, at 4st 91b, r an f ourt h to Sauter- l e -Coupe, 6At LONDON, Sib, for the last Epsom Aatumn Handicap, then three years old, with a slight addition of age, and only Est llb on his back, he'll do very well if he can manage to run into the same position again, more 1 imagine he cannot do. Torpor, 4 yrs 5,1 t 121 b, and Harpsicord, 3 yrs, sst 51b, re present Lord yrs, interest; the former will require a good rousing by the application of steel and whipcord to keep him anywhere near the van ; the latter, I think, is much more likely to play the winning tune. StebbinBs has a couple left in—The Cutler, 3 yrs, Est (who is' over weighted), and the colt by John o'Gaont, dam by The Sad dler out of Miss Etty, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b, who, I fancy, from pre sent appearances will be about the mark; he is a sturdy " chip of the old block." Truth, by The Libel, 3 yrs, sst 71b, seems to be held safe by the Ban and Cnreus. Fobert has Cnreus, 3 yrs, sst 71b, and Paadernus, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b, the former a good 101bs better than the latter, and very likely if sent for this stake to carry the tartan triumphantly past the winning post. Having run through the list, I must observe that at the present moment it is not exactly possible that I can arrive at any conclusive opinion, not having as yet ascurtained (for very potent reasons, the owner themselves not seeming generally to have made up their minds on the point) what are in• tended and what are not, but taking all things into consi deration, I should say that The Cocktail, Brother to Dough, Nutmeg, The Ban, Cnmus, Miss Etty colt, and Ginevra, would form the lot from which the winner will spring, taking The Cocktail and Cnreus for choice, should the Brother to Dough b 3 reserved for Chester; but as this is very round-about, I will give a ii.ore decided opinion with my analysis of the Metropolitan Handicap on Friday next. I am, Sir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Feb.. 7, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Brown's Haricot—taken and afterwards offered 22 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's The Flying Gout—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn 30 to 1 agst Lord Strathtnore's Montague—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Padwick na Brother to Dough—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglintin's The Knight of Avenel —taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Seaman 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Hesse Homburgh—t The betting was remarkable only for the spirit with which Lady Evelyn was backed, and for the anxiety shown to get on The Knight of Avenel. Rhesus was anything but firm, and The Italian declined to 25 to 1. DERBY. 13 to 2 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken to 1001. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Lamartine—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Balsamo—taken Several offers to back Marlborough Buck, but no bet laid. OAK 3. 10 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Sister to Wanota—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Citadel Nothing done on the Liverpool, Epsom, Newmarket, or Northampton Spring events. ASHDOWN COURSING MEETING.—SECOND DAY. The Craven stakes.—First Ties. Martinet bt Whiston, Egypt bt Suitor, Racer bt Longitude, Factotum bt Memorandum, Southgrove bt Sergeant Snap. The Ashdown Stakes.—Fi rs t Ti es . _ _ _ Maggie Lauder bt V,nus, Jersbel bt Muette. Manifesto bt Eddy, Leoline bt Ebb (drawn after an undecided course). Noon of Nightagst Merry Lass. _ . LINCOLN RACES—THURSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 40 added, for three yr-olds, Est 81b; four, Bst 4lb ; five, Bst 1 21b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a dis. (14 Subs.) Mr. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, fist 101 b (E. Harrison) 1 Mr. Robinson's Post Tempore, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(Bumby) 2 Mr. Stott's Witchcraft, 4 yrs, Bst 44b.... (W. Stringer) 0 Mr. W. Neate's the Calculatsr,3 yrs ; 6st 131b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Sibthorpe's the Swift, 9st 31b (in. slb ex.) ( Holmes) 0 Mr. 'l'. Hesseltine's Louisa, 5 yrs, tist 91b ...... (C Smith) 0 Mr. T. Parr's Selina, 5 yrs. (G. Hall) 0 Mr. H. Stebbings' Guardsman, Est 51b (c. 6st7lb)(l3asharn) Mr. B. Shepherd's Beaumont Oats (h.-b.) (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Cassidy's Nutbrown, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. J. Osborne's Oxford Blue, 4 yrs, Bst 11b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Cowiey's Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, Est 51b Betting . -3 to 1 agst Nancy, 3to 1 agst Post Tempore, sto 1 agst The Calculator, 5 to 1 agst Oxford Blue, and 8 to 1 agst Guardsman. After three false starts Post Tempore took the lead, closely followed by Oxford Blue, who went to the front after the first quarter of a mile. He was, however, soon deprive 1 of his lead by Nancy and Post Tempore, who at the distance had the race by themselves, Nancy winning in a canter by twelve lengths, Guardsman a bad third. Handicap Steeplechase of 20 sovs. each, S ft, &c., with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 suvs. towards expenses. About four miles. (16 Subs., 7 of whom declared.) Mr. Hutton's Lucy Neale, 1 Ost 111 b (Taylor) 1 Mr. Carew's British Yeoman, list (Mason) 2 Mr. Cunningham's t'eter simple, lOst 101 b (Owner) 3 Mr. J. Ternan's Isaac, llst 21b (Canavan) 0 , . Mr. Blyth's Louisa, lOst 121 b (Frisby, 0 Mr. Kemp's Hope, 9st 101 b ... Betting-6 ,to 4 agst Lucy Neale, 2 to 1 agst British Yeoman, 6 to 1 agst Hope, and 20 to 1 agst Peter Simple. Woo by a length, and half a length between second and third. The Maiden Steeplechase of 5 Sovs. each, with 40 added; the winner to pay 5 Sovs. towards expenses. Over a por tion of the Steeplechase Course. Mr. Cunningham's Quadruped, aged, 12st 21b (Taylor) 1 Mr. Blyth's Robert Earl of Holderness, 4 yrs (Frisby) 2 Mr. J. Lamplugh's Yorkshireman, 12st 21b (Owner) 3 Mr. Harrison's Make-Ready. 5 yrs, list 91b (Leedle) 0 Mr. Richardson's Haphazard, 5 yrs, llst 9lb (J. Whittey) o Mr. G. King's Calverthorpe, list 91b (Mr. Harrison) 0 Mr. W. M. Davy's Gaylad, list 91b (Glover) 0 Mr. Thompson's Isaac of York, 4 yrs, lost 121 b (Wadlow) 0 Mr. Hunter's Barkby, 6 yrs, 12st 21b (Green). 0 Betting 5 to 2 agst Yorkshireman, 3 to 1 agst Quadruped, 4 to 1 agst Make-Ready. and 5 to 1 agst Isaac of York. Won by half a length ; the Yorkshireman a good third. Untaught men are unreasoning men, and unreascin- Lug men are always unreasonable. Eliza Cook's Journal. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. —At the monthly general meeting held yesterday, at the society's house in Hanover-square, Mr. E. J. Rudge, F.R.S., in the chair, Messrs. E. W. Cox, Mansfield Parkyns, and William Hartree were elected fellows, and Mr. Remington and Mr. E. Robins were proposed as candidates for the fellowship• The report of the council stated that the number of visitors to the gardens during the month of January presented an in crease of 5,533 over the corresponding month of 1850. The additions to the menagerie are of unusual interest, including a fine male specimen of the Malayan tapir, and two pairs of mandarin ducks (aix galericulata). These beautiful birds, having the full use of their wings, exhibit for the first time the peculiar arboreal habit of the genus, and may be ob served flying to a perch several feet above the ground in the large aviary in which they are effectively displayed. Among other additions and improvements now in progress, the Council have made an arrangement with Mr. Gould to ex hibit his brilliant collection of mounted humming birds in a building which will be constructed expressly for its recep tion in the gardens. CANADA.--RESISTAICCE OF FROST BY GUTTA PEBCITA.—The officers' barracks on Cape Diamond are now lighted with gas, which is conveyed from Champlain-street, up and over the rock, chiefly through a gutta percha tube. This tube is 390 feat long, and was famished by Mr. W. Eadon, Palace-street, agent fur the London Gotta Percha Company. It is laid in a wooden case or box, on the sur face of the rock, without any excavation. It has been up three weeks, and the effect of the frost is nut perceptible, though the weather continues intensely cold. Yesterday, at eight o'clock, the thermometer marked 22 degrees below zero. An ice bridge formed at Caronge the night before last, and there is now every probability of a bridge opposite the city.—Quebec IlTornin9 Chronicle, Jan. 3. DEATH OF TUE REV. DR. PIE SMITR.—This venerable and illustrious civine is no more. His saintly spirit entered into rest yesterday, at Guildford, where he had resided since his removal from the scene of his long and valuable labours at Homerton. Ho has lived to receive, but not to enjoy, the testimonial presented to him by his friends, brethren, and pupils. The main purpose of that demonstra tion has, however, been fulfilled, since it was intended less as a means of rendering the last days of the eminent re cipient comfortable, than of erecting an appropriate monu ment to his mem ay after he should be removed from among us, by the foundation of Divinity Scholarships, bearing his revered name. We do not learn that our late lamented friend was the subject of disease in any active form, but are led to infer, that the powers of nature yielded to a gradual decay. The present is not the moment for attempting an eulogy of his character, or an estimate of his distinguished attainments and labours ; and we will, therefore, not affect to determine, whether, in his literary productions, in the minis ters whom he trained for their sacred functions, or in the spotless reputation w hi c h, th roug h a l ong pu bli c life, he pre served, he has left the richer legacy to his family, the Church, and the world.—Patriot. It is stated that the plans of the proposed sub marine telegraph between England and France have been lodged with the French Government, and that the company for carrying out the undertaking is in course of definite formation. It is mentioned also that a telegraphic commu nication from Calais to Trieste will be completed by the Ist of March next, when the whole of the French lines will be open to the public. Tts E PROPOSED NEW CENTRAL CATTLE. The locality of Cheapside has been more than usually astir during the last few days, in consequence of the exhibition of the model of the proposed market by the Central Markets Association. At least 23,000 of the public have attended the exhibition in less tha❑ a week, the great bulk of whom, after having their objectoins answered, manifested their approbation of this commodious project. In the centre of the room, which, by the way, it far too small for the purpose, stands a handsome model, about six feet square, of the mar kets proposed to supersede Smithfield and Newgate. On the walls of the building are plans, diagrams, and 'elevations of the various accessories to the scheme, namely, lodging-houses for the poor who may be displaced by the improvements, baths and washhouses, and a fountain for flushing the mar ket. The exhibition is constantly open to the public with out charge. It is to be regretted, however, that the crush is not more effectually presented, although the police present use their utmost efforts to prevent any inconvenience which may arise from the admission of improper characters. HEAVY FLOODS IN SOUTH WALES.—The long continuance of wet weather, joined with the late very heavy rains, has had the effect of completely flooding the lowlands in the Aberdare Valley. The river Cynon spread over its banks, and completely inundated the country to such an ex tent that it was feared, at one time, that the traffic on the line of railway would be interrupted, and damage to the line itself ensue. Fortunately, however, no injury was sustained. In the neighbourhood of Dowlais there has been an immense fall of rain, which, with the torrents from the mountains, has completely inundated and flooded the conntry, rendering the roads perfectly impassable. The river Towy, in Car martheushire, has overflowed its banks, and covered the land to a great extent. The town and neighbourhood of Card:gen have been visited by terrific falls of rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning, which have laid under water the lower parts of the town, floating chairs tables, beds, &c., in the houses; the torrents carrying everything before them. Much damage has, in consequence, been sustained iu various parts. ABATEMENT OF RENT.—IL D. Stewart, EN., of Tonderghie, with his usual liberality, allowed his tenants an abatement of3o per cent. for the half-years ending at Whit sunday and Martinmas, 1850.-4,-.Dumfries Courier. EVENING, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 6. (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Et Special Jury, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK v. HARMER. This was an action on the case brought by the Duke of Brunswick, to recover compensation in damages for a series of alleged libels which were said to have been published in the iFeeklyDispatch newspaper, of which Mr. James Harmer, the defendant, was the proprietor. The declaration contained five counts, the first setting out an alleged libel, published so far back as September, 1830, and the four other counts referring to that libel as an inducement, and setting out other alleged libels pub -li-bed respectively on the 26 h September, 1847, the 3d October, 1847, the 10th of October, 1847, and the 12th of March, 1848. To the first count the defendant pleaded the statuta of limitations, and to the others not guilty, and upon these two pleas issue had been joined The damages were laid at 10,0001. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Atherton, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Bovil, conducted the eat,e for the defence. Mr. CHAMBERS, in opening the case to the jury, said he had the honour to appear for his Highness the Duke of Brunswick, and they would well understand why he rose to state the case to them with considerable trepidation when they came to hear the wrongs of which the Doke complained. His anxiety was that be should not be able to do justice to his Highness, or the great consideration which neces sarily arose out cf a case like this; but, nevertheless, he would endeavour to bring before them as clearly as he could all the circumstances connected with the griev ance of which his Highness complained. The present action was brought against Mr. tlarmer, who for many years had been the prosperous proprietor of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper, and it was brought in respect of five publications containing five separate libels, which ' hat been published in that newspaper. The first libel was published as early as the year 1830, in which a most unjustifiable and uncalled-for attack was made upon his Highness; and in order, thoroughly, to under stand the case, it was nt cessary to take that libel in con nexion with the one published on the 26th of September, - 1847. Before. however, he proceeded with his narrative, he would veuture to submit to them, that although there was great excitement in 1847 amongst nations, yet that excitement did not justify the wanton attack. that was made upon his Highness, who was residing in this country. He was perfectly well aware that jour nalists had a right to comment upon the acts and pro ceedings of sovereign princes, but to make that the medium of a wanton attack upon the private character of a person living here under the laws of the country, he apprehended was moat unjustifiable and most improper. Now, the libel:publislaed on the 26th of September, 1847, was to th►s effect. (The alleged libel has been so often before the public that it is unnecessary to repeat it again; it was nothing more than a brier though graphic account of the exciting events which occurred in Bruns wick in 1830.) Now in the first place the libel of which the Duke of Brunswick complained was the introduction of his name at all; he was residing in this country, he bad not at all been mixed up with politics, and yet his name was here introduced as a Sovereign, " who had been dis missed by his outraged and indignant subjects," which was nothing more nor less than a wanton and uncalled-for attack upon the Duke, lecause there was no occasion whatever for introducing his name. In consequence of this libel toe Duke of Brunswick thought it necessary to look into the file, of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper, in order to see how the writer of this libel could justify the expression " out raged and indignant subjects;" and accordingly, on looking back, he found in the libel of 1830 this vary ex pression of which he complains introduced into the very long article which was the subject of the first count in the declaration, and a portion of which article was in troduced as a preliminary averment to the other counts to "point" the libels that were afterwards published. Nuw, the article of which the Duke of Brunswick iu the first place complained, and which he found in the news paper of 1830, was unquestionably most atrociously libellous. It purported to give an account of the flight of the Duke of Brunswick from the Duchy of Brunswick —it purported to state as facts things which the defend ant dared nut support by a plea of justification. He would now proceed to derail to them what the libel was. Mr. JAMES submitted that the libel of 1830 could have no reference in a legal point of view to the pre sent inquiry. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE—I cannot stop Mr. Cham bers; I see no necessity for it. Mr. CHAMBERS apprehended that all the libels of 1847 distinctly referred to the statement published in 1830; indeed it was set out in the declaration by way of inducement to the other libels, and there being only a plea of the statute of limitations the publication was admitted. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—At present I cannot stop your opening. Mr. CHAMBERS continued—Now he had read to them the libel of 1830, and if the jury would be good enough to follow him they would see that the expressions made use of were most atrocious and abominable libels, con tained in statements which ought not to have been published, and which could not be, justified by the moat extreme notions of what was called the freedom of the press. It went consider ably beyond the fair limit of political cotnieentary. It etigaiaez d him ae a monster, accused him of robbery— accused hum of a disposition of assassination, indeed it was a libel of so very strong and dreadful a character as to make every man feel that he was unfit not merely for decent society, but that if he was guilty of the charges thus plainly made against him, he was unfit to appear even in civilised society. Having adverted to this libel of early date, he would pass to the articles referred to in the subsequent counts, and to which the previous one was a kind ot introduction; for all the libels to which he had now to direct their attention contained inuendos directly referring to the charges made in 1830, but he would go the length of saying, that even if they struck out the inuendoes in all the five subsequent counts, there would still remain in them most atrocious libels to justify their finding a verdict for the plaiatiff for very considerable damages. When the Duke of Brunswick saw the libel, in September, 1847, he looked back to see how it was possible to ascertain what was the meaning of the charges th at were rather insinuated than dir e ctly made against hi m , an d having done so he wrote a distinct contradictory st a t ement to the editor of the Dispatch newspaper, in th e ex p ectation that the ed i tor wou ld retract what h e h a d said, and relieve him self from the consequences of an expression which he bad unintentionally maue use of aga i nst the Duke of BrUnb• wick, who at the time was living quite retired under the protection of the English laws. Be expected that his letter would either be published in the columns of the Dispatch newspaper, or that t h e e di tor would retract any assertion be h a d made tending to bring him into contempt. Inst ea d of doing that, how ever, the editor, in pretending to give the substance 01 the Duke's communication, did that which was often done by the conductors of public journals and, under the pretence of doing the Duke justice, he did him an addi tional injustice, by repeating the calumnies which he had written to complain ot, and this repetition formed the subject-matter of the libel set out in the third count. it with the previous ys then wrote is second I M et r tr O t d o dy th , e th e e d ? t u o k r, e' fi s nd se in c g re i tt a t u r mis representation, and on the 3d of October, 1847, another libel was published on the Duke, which tended still further to lower him iu the estimation of the world, and ,to .hold him up as an object of oislike; and the jury would bear in mind taut ail this was done under the preteuce of giving the substance of the Duke's c ot:lamentations, and through s tatements which the editor endeavoured to fix upon the Duke which ho had never made. I n consequence o f t hi s, which simply to write another letter, pointed theowhichat t Do the ees editor d a c i r c e o c r t d e t ih d neg Mimy mistakes toa andnOkeed,sd3- he had f a llen into; but in stead of inserting that letter at leng t h, t h e e di tor t h oug ht proper to give his own wham to the comunication, and make it the medium for further libels on the Duke, bsridees short, holding Mr. Oedrde v e r y yup to redicule. The o b se r v ations which the editor m a d e upon t h e l etter w strong. It began by asserting that which was perfectly t rue , namely, that England was the haven of ref ug e for all political exiles, but gave him leave to observe e ert, but they were that if, when these banished exiles arrived here, they were to be made the objects of unfair attacks and slanderous libels without being able to obtain redress at the hands of the law, there was an end of the boasted security which the count!) , afforded them. Well, then, the latter part of the notice of the Duke's letter was un questionably an attack, a gross attack, upon the Duke's character. It said the Duke had honoured the English people with ignoble presence; bat ,the observation was made in a strain of sarcasm and irony, an d o f course i t meant dishonoured the E n g l ish people, thus showing that he a fi t object of dislike, outrages and attack. He had now nearly concluded what he had to say, but before sitting down be must meet a topic which he was told would be urged against him. It ref erred to something which had taken place in this case b.efore. The Duke of Brunswick first brought hi▪ s actionan March, 1848; that action was tried in July, 1849, when a verdict was re turned for the Duke, with 5001. dannages ; a n d w ith a view to show them that these latter libels were not pub lished in the nature of fair and honest criticisms, justi fied either by the particular subject to which they re ferred, or by the freedom that was alw a y s given to poli tical commentary, it would be his duty to direct their attention to another publication, grossly misrepresenting the trial, and clearly showing the malice whi c h actuate d the defendant in publishing his former statements. Two days after the trial an article appeared in TI i Sun newspaper, commenti▪ ng upon Its and thi s clearl y showed that throughout Mr. Harmer had been actuated by malice. The Learned Counsel then read a portion of this article, which was Published in The Sun on the 28th of June, 1848, and has akeitdy been before the public on several occasions. He Contend e d t h at it con tained some unfortunate mistatements with regard to the trial, which were calculeteel retsiead Lae public. H e took that opportunity of introducing is for the purposa of showing thet the were not pub lished in that just and fair spirit which journalists ought to observe wh e n s peaking merely of the political or public character of individuals. H . e might s t a t e , per naps, that an application was made for a new trial, and that it was again sent down for their euniideration; but in consequence of the delay which had taken place a p erson o f the name of Casimir Reinholt, Rho purchased a e^P3 7 of the Di s p:Atch ileaspaper in 1848, w hich contained the libel of 1840, was not in attendance and could not be pry curiel„ Nave with referenc e to t h e actua l publication of the first , that was not disputed or challenged by the plea which had been put in, b u t it w a s simply said that it was pub- FRIDAY 1851. FEBRUARY 1, lished more than six years ago, thus taking advantage of the statute of limitations. Therefore the course which he proposed to take was to submit the last four libels to their most careful and serious consideration, and to ask them to say whether they adverted or cot by inuendos to the statereer t made in the article of 1830, end if they thought they did, to call upon them to give heavy damages in respect of those libels. Why did he ask them to do this? Because if these libels were true, the defendant had the power of justifying them, and showing their truth; and he would leave the de fendant to bring before them his grounds for having so departed from the ordinary course of fair and just com ment on the part of public journalists. The Duke cf Brunswick had occasionally been taunted for not pro ceeding by way of indictment or information against the parties who had so injured him; but the Duke deemed it right that Mr. Bernier should have art op portunity of placing on record the plea of justifica tion, if he had the power of justifying the strong expressions and statements he had made, but he had refused to accept the challenge. He simply said he did not publish the libels; and as far as motives were concerned, as far as malice was concerned, looking at that which was written by the authority of Mr. Harmer after the last trial, he submitted that it would be idle and useless for him now to say that he was acting in the fair exercise of that freedom of the press which belonged to public journalists. The article in The Sun newspaper cuntsined some very excellent writing, especially the first part of it, because it showed that the writer understood truly the nature of our admira• ble constitution and of our happy nation. He understood truly that in England a foreigner, whether he be rightly banished, or be banished through the fickleness or caprice of his fellow-countrymen, could always find refuge and repose ; he boasted of England opening its doors not only to political exiles, but to political enemies; he said they would meet with cordiality and kindness, and that, if they had committed any offences, those offences would soon be forgotten ; that if they met with misfortune, those misfortunes would be alleviated, and comfort and consolation be given to them; but at the same time, when he made these observations, he should have recollected that England would be in the greatest danger of forfeiting the high opinion which she had earned among the na tions of the world, if she did not control the licentious ness of the press. If foreigners who came here were to be attacked in their private character, and to have no redress, it was as much as to say that, though friendless exiles might find a home and an asylum in England, they were t.r live on different terms to other people, ono be obliged to submit to all kinds of ridicule and con tempt without any opportunity of remonstrance, not withstanding the statements which might be made against them were wholly unfounded. The consequences of such a doctrine would be most serious, especially to the parties concerned, as the idle statement or vindictive libel of to-day might become the recorded matter of history to-morrow. In this way innocent and un offending parties may be handed down to posterity as individuals of unworthy character. He had endea voured at some length to lay the case fairly before,thern, and he would now leave it, with confidence, in their hands, believing that they would deal justly towards the Duke of Brunswick, who bad, under the circumstances he had stated, been again compelled to appear in a court of justice. Mr. Isaac Sercomb, clerk in the Stamp-office, proved Mr. Harmer's proprietorship of the Weekly Dispatch and The Sun newspapers, the letter as mortgagee. The papers containing the alleged libels were then put in, bearing date 19th September, 1830, 20th September, 1847, 3d and 10th October, 1847, 12th March, 1848. Mr. JAMES here objected to the reading of the libel of the 19tH Sep;ember, 1830, as there was no evidence of its having been published within the statute of limitation. Mr. CHAMBERS said he was perfectly indifferent as to whether the first libel were put in evidence at all ; the substantial grievance was contained in the sub sequent libels. He was quite content to abandon_tht , first count. _ _ The tour Jest publications were then admitted. The letters of Mr. Oddie, secretary to the Duke of Brunswick's secretary, to Hr. Harmer, were then put in, read, and admitted. Lord CAMPBELL remarked, that if these letters had been published in the Weekly Dispatch, as desired by Mr. Oddie, the proprietors would must certainly have been liable t 4 a criminal prosecution. This was the plaintiff'a case. Mr. JAMES--My Lord, before we proceed further, the plaintiff's case being closed, I will take your Lordship's opinion if there is any evidecce at all to go to the jury. The inuendoes contained in this declaration lose their force if they are to be taken without reference to the publication of 1830. All the subsequent publications are sought to be made libels by an allegation that the, point to the inuendoes, and seek to revive them, which appear is the publication which has been abandoned, and since that publication is not attempted to be proved, I submit that the subsequent publications set out in the declaration cannot bear the construction that is sought to be put upon them. . The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I think you had better go to the jury. Mr. JAMES—Hay it please your Lordship and gen tlemen of the jury, I am counsel in this case on the pert of Mr. Harmer, and it occurs to me, in order to secure proper understanding of what you have to try, that be fore addressing to you the few observations I have to make for the defence, it is necessary to clear away the mass of irrelevant details introduced by those who instructed my Learned Friends on the other side. It is the only way to secure a true and ready comprehen sion of the pat ticular matters which are charged against the defendant as libels. Now, gentlemen, this is, as my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers comedy stated, a nea trial. It is true that upon a previous trial of this action before a special jury, aittiug where I have now the honour of addressing you, and acting under the directior, of my Lord Delman, found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 5001. damages against Mr. Harmer. It is perfectly ;rue, as my LearneaFriend Mr. Chambers has stated, thy.; this verdict was returned against Mr. Harmer upon tilt proof that he had republished in 1848. But I do beg your most serious attention to the mode in which this case has been got ul by those who instructed my Learned Friend, because 1 think, out of his own statement, I can show you that there has been in this case a tampering with witnesses, and that this verdict was obtained by unfair means; foi now, when we come here to investigate the real truth or the matter, they dare not submit to the ordeal of your examination, or even to your inspection, the agent who was the chief instrument used iu its attainment. Gen tlemen, it did create surprise, as my Learned Friend has truly stated, or rather read from the columns of The Sun newspaper, that a jury should give 5001. damages against a journalist in this country, for the publica tion, in 1830, of a commentary, written perhaps in strong language, but still not in the leas; reflecting upon the Duke of Brunswick's private character. but simply referring to him in his capacity ef a sovereign price of the time—written, too, at moment when scenes were occurring in his dominion: , that should always form the just subject of comment in a country where the people are proud to call themselves free, and where the freedom of the press is considered one of the surest safeguards of their rights and liberties. The press, gentlemen, I am sure you will agree with me, has at ail times a right freely to comment, upon the great events passing in the various states or Europe, and naturally enough it did create surprise, as was stated it, The Sun newspaper— a surprise, too, that extended from one end of the country to the other that a British jury could be found to give verdict for an alleged libel published in 1830, aftet the statute of limitations had been pleaded, and at a time when the event;, which would have justified the libel— even supposing it was one—could not be brought forward by tile defendant, in order to prove that he had published merely the truth. Gentlemen, I have told you that the statute of limitations was pleaded; but how did tin Duke of Brunswick get over that plea on the first trial of thi s case? Why, he put into the witness-box the mat referred to in The Sun newspaper, named Casimir Reinhold, who swore in that box, before my Lord Den teen and a special jury, that he bought at the Weekly Dispatch office, in 1848, a copy of the paper whist; had been published so far back as 1830. That, gentlemen, you see was for the purpos e o f proving the republication, and upon that evidence the case was placed before the iury, and commented upon by the Learned Judge who tried it. Mark, gentlemen, in the first place, in point of law, it defeated the statute of limitations, while in the second place, in point of da mages, it induced the jury to find the republication of an alleged libel, which had long since been dead and bu ried, and which had remained for years mouldering away upon the dusty shelves of the Weekly Dispatch news paper, and which after all, so far from being a libel upon private character, was nothing more nor less than a simple comment upon events notoriously passing in Europe at the time it was written. Nevertheless, to give it point in 1848, the law required a republication, and this man came forward to swear that hy purchased a copy of the paper published in 1830 in the year 1848. It was upon that the jury acted, it was upon that my Lord Denman made his remarks. it was that which led to the verdict and the awarding of damages which struck with surprise every person who heard it in court, and excited the alarm to journalists, from one end of the country to the other. Gentlemen, my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers was right in stating to you that an application was made to this Court to set aside that verdict upon the ground that this Casimir Reinhold was a suborned and per jured witness, and my Lords directed a new trial, or another investigation, to see whether it was true or false what this perjured man had sworn. Mr. CHAMBERS—I must object to my Learned Friend making use of these expressions. I have made no allusion to the witness which can justify such a reply as this. Mr. JAMES—What, gentlemen, have you not bad read against Mr. Harmer to-day the article which ap peared in Vic Sun newspaper ? It is as follnwa:—" As to the obstacle presented against such a decision by the statute of limitations, it will be observed that that was peremptorily overcome by the evidence given by a wit ness named Casimir Reinhold, who swore distinctly to having purchased in the March of 1848 a copy of the paper printed in the September of 1830." Well, gtrottemen, you have bt,eu tt:!d that the Court was applied to for a rhw trial, ens, what was the decision teat their Lordships came to? Why, after hearing the taco: that were laid before them in affidavits, their Lord ships directed another investigation to be had to see whether it was true or false that Casimir Reinhold did buy the paper in 1848, so as to establish the republica tion in taw, and hero e LI '.re to try the question whether it W:.B 1O t it eonsiracy, aye, wh,:ther from a morbid love of° notoriety, the par,y most deeply interested in this Cd.s, riLIS sought, by ratans tot putiog a man into the witness-box to state falsehoods to extort a verdict in his favour, and yet wlan they are challenged to produce the witness, who was be ought forward in au unguarded mo ment, tor the ,purpose of testing the trusth of his evidence—when, I bay, they are ottlled upon to bring forth this Casimir Reinhold, who, when the defendant was not prepared for him, came into the witnea,box, an swore to the repub!ication in 1848, I they do not produce him. He is not here to-day to keep up the republication of 1848, so as to give them a claim on the alleged libel of 1830. Do they either account for his absence ? Do they tell you when he was Lat seen ? Do they say when he was first missed? He was the Duke of Brunswick's witness in the box when ho took everybody by surprise, and swore that in 1848 he bought at the Weekly Dispatch office the paper containing the statement that was published in 18 48. Gentlemen, he is not here to-day, and his evi 'fence must therefore be taken to be false. Here we are ready to submit the man to you, gentlemen of the special jury, if they will only produce him, or say where he is to be found, to see whether the grounds upon which the tormer jury gave their verdict Here correct; but Casi mir Reinhold is not forthcoming now he knows that those who were taken by surprise at the former trial are at present fully prepared to ,neet him. It was, however, through his evidence that the adverse verdict was obtained, but I venture to say that when the gentlemen who composed the first jury become aware of the fact that he perjured himself, and dare not face the parties whom he has so grossly injured, they will look back upon that verdict with the deepest regret, as will, no doubt, the Learned judge who cried the case, and all the counsel who were deceived by the evidence of this perjured witness. Well„ gentle men, this witness they do not put into the box to day, but prefer rather to withdraw the alleged libel of 1830, and, therefore, I will dismiss this matter now with the simple remark that it will have to be made the subject of an inquiry elsewhere. Now, then, gentlemen, let us deal with the case as it is presented to you to-day, and in doing so I will endeavour to be as brief and as precise as possible. What now is the case for your consideration? The publication of 1830 I need not say a word more about; but, if necessary. one could have remarked, with re ference to the Duke of Brunswick, that it was a com ment, perhaps composed of strong language, but still justifiable in a free country like thie for it was nothing more than a commentary upon a king deposed by his subjects, whether rightly or wrongly did not matter. I will not go into that. It was a commentary upon events that were occurring in Brunswick before his Highness the Duke had honoured us with his presence in Eng land. It was no attack upon private character, and with that observation he would dismiss the publication of 1830 and pass on to the others. Now, the first, gentlemen, is the alleged libel of the 26th of September, 1847, and how do they shape this case with regard to that? My Lord has seen the declaration, and he can tell you that they do not pretend to say that this of itself is intrinsically a publication con taining anything which can be complained of, nor in deed does it contain anything for which even the Dtrke of Brunswick, with the most morbid love of notoriety, can bring journalist after journalist before a Court, though his fortune may enable him and his will be to do so, but the frightful expense of which proceedings the de fendants themselves ought not to be called upon or liable to incur. They do not pretend to say that this of itself is a libel, but they say it refers to the former libel of 1830, but subject to his Lordship's direction. I will take your opinion, gentlemen, as to whether any one 31 : these alleged libels published in 1847 has the slightest reference by inuendo or in anything else to the statement contained in the article of 1830, which introduces the name of the Duke while commenting upon passing events of exciting interest all ,ver Europe, inasmuch as at the very time thrones were tottering under kings, and the hearts of kings were `ailing them through fear of their people rising and dashing asunder the chains that enslaved them. And, gentlemen, this may be said of all the statements pub lished in 1847, and the one published in 1848, for they make no reference whatever to the statement of 1830, nor can you trace in them the slightest inuendo, or the remotest link which can by any possibi lity connect them with the publication of 1830. dentlemen, I feel moat anxious to do the fullest justice to this case in the absence of my Learned Friend, Sir F. Thesiger, but I do not conceive that it will be necessary for me to occupy your time at any considerable length. I shall merely direct your attention to one or two of ;he roost prominent points of this case. What is the case? I defy any one to look at this first extract which has been read, and to say that there is anything in it which at all bears the appearance of a libel. It is merely a narrative of affairs occurring at the time in Italy, and a comparison of the Duke of Brunswick with the Duke of Lucca. That is all that is said in the libel about the Duke. But, says my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers, this comparison was not at all palatable to his Highness! What, and his Highness imagine that he is to fly to this country for refuge, and living here under the protection of our free constitution, he is not to be subject to the remarks of a free press? Does he imagine that as a king, against whom his subjects have rebelled, that his name is not to be mentioned by journalists in their comments upon events which may be passing in Europe at the time? I cannot understand it at all. He enjoys the benefit of the haven of refuge which this country gives, and he thinks his name too sacred to be mentioned even by the journalists of the country, though he is a king who has been dis missed by his subjects. It is most absurd. Instead of toeing animated by feelings of gratitude towards the country which gives him shelter, he repays her kind- Jess by harassing the press by these continual actions. Gentlemen, he very much mistakes the feelings of an English jury if he thinks that they will at all assist him ,n this amusement. But, I say again, does this extract which has been read at all attack his private character? It is absurd to say so—it is a mere comment try upon public events, and I say that every jour nal according to its politics has a right to refer si political events, taking its own peculiar view of commenting on the conduct of the people on one aide and the king on the other. One journal, in taking one political view, may lay that the people rebelled against the king; another, that the king rebelled ,gaiest the people. In the present instance, the matters n question were matters of history, and a fair subject of comment. Does the Duke imagine that passing events are not to be noticed? The Duke is like an ostrich, who, when he puts his head into the hush imagines he covers his whole body, and having come to England, tansies that be is entirely freed from all notice. It is a most extraordinary notion of his, and one, perhaps, that might have done in former days, when he was in Bruns eack, and may have been the cause of his dismissal from that country; but he misunderstood the genius of the English people and of English juries, if he fancies that upon such topics his name is never to be mentioned as a person who once occupied a throne, but was driven from it ey his outraged subjects. He may live in this country quietly and in peace, if he likes, and indulge his habits .o any extent, provided that he conflees them to his own establishment; but be is mistaken if he thinks in such matters as his public and political conduct he is not to be made the subject of comment. He complains that he has been likened to the Duke of Lucca, another sovereign inoearch who was driven from his throne, and for that comparison be now comes before a jury to lemand compensation in damages. Why, the fact of :he Duke of Brunswick having been expelled in like easnner was a matter of history, everybody knew it, and a journalist, in the exercise of his functions, had ,s much right to comment upon it as Mr. Macaulay lad upon Charles I. But now we come to what is called the second libel, and what is the course pursued „here? I venture to say it surpasses everything that is charged to the defendant in this action. Me Duke of Brunswick writes by his secretary, Jlr. Oddie, to the editor of the Dispatch, and availed himself of the statements welch bad appeared in the Dispatch, to endeavour to get into this paper false and malicious libels upon the memory of George the Fourtb, .t.-ceased, mod his Ministers; which, indeed, if the Weekly Dispatch had been foolish enough to publish, the pro prietors would most certainly have been amenable to the law, and rendered themselves liable to a seven! punish ment. Mr. Oddie's letters contained statements of the grossest nature upon individuals deceased, which the Duke wished to publish by the medium of the Dispatch. Lord CAZIPISZLL.—Yuri may assume that it would have been highly criminal for the Weekly Dispatch to have published that letter. Mr. JANES—Then, I say, that the course which the Duke took eves most unfair. He writes this letter by &Ir. 011ie in defence of himself, as he states, but which contains a base attack upon other individuals, and thinks from the politics of the Weekly Dispatch, and from the view which they took of the coaracter of ihe late mo narch, George the Fourth, that he would thus insinuate it into their columns. But, gentlemen, with politics we have nothing to do here; they enter not into the jury box, it is too sacred a place for them; and I am sure no gentleman whom I have this day the honour to address is at all capable of being influenced by them. The Duke was, however, mistaken in his estimate of the character of the conductors of the Weekly Dispatch. We war not with private character, they said, we have only to do with the public life of a public character. And this was the reason why his serene and sensitive Highness came here to-day as an aggrieved individual seeking damages. Iliac ills lacrymce. That is the reason, and the only reason, why we are here to-day ; because the Weekly Dispatch would not lend itself to inserting a vile and foul libel on the memory of a dead monarch. Because he could not turn libeller through the medium of the Weekly Dispatch he turns rouud and charges it with libelling. But I trust that the Duke of Brunswick will this day learn, and he has had several lessons before, from the verdict of an English specialter jury, that his conduct as a public character is a fair subject of comment. The next letterhi: 10th October, and in his comments upon that ard begins by recommending Mr. Oddie to pay , wvierw to the co orthography and comet spelling, o t_ e 4itor cultivation of a better style; for th at a - 13 nt he spells serene sereen,' and the reins ofttgr r i ;e h utleman spslls is a piece of trash reigns,' and in fact the wholesale from beginning to end. B th e e comments on that slumbering on the sitlyrieafgerence to the alleged letter there is not the slightest n e t libel of 1830, which a 'tines a nd the comments his letter appear dusty shelves of the w a s then Dispatc o h n op . ee Mr. Oddie goes On wr it ing, /eh• They have been read you if a single is the Weekly VisPa • to you, them word is said in and you will t ea them, and I as k w , ug 1, in the decleration in the preterit action o the who l e gravamen of the charge is tirade Le connive ins the repele..:en libel of 1830. I think I ought not to eccupy your time with my remarks, There is not a single line in the whole of the ariieles, f ro m one end to the other, w hieh refers by inuende even to anything which has gone before. My Learned Friend Mr. Ghaeehers was quite right in telling you that the Duke ot Brunswick less a right to compensation in demsgee tor any libel which has been illegally and un law, ugly directed against him. But is this a libel? I say i is not. As an evidence of malice, my Learned Friend has produced the article in The Sun newspaper; but that was made the sul-ject of an action tried before Mr. Justice Erle and a special jury, and the jury looked and said it was no libel, and returned a verdict for the defendant. And yet the Duke of Brunswick instructs my Learned Friend to come beore you again, for the purpose of acquiring an unenviable notoriety, having ample funds atlas command. But be is mistaken if he ; thinks he can harce:s the pass much logger by these attacks, or like supposes that an English jury will allow him to amuse' himscli in this aisy with impunity. I think the Duke of .Brunswick mistakes the feeling of the country when he supposes that he can get a verdict for the purpose of gagging the press, for that (would really be the effect of the verdict if he obtained ite-he may lead what course of life he likes, as long as he con fines his pleasures and luxuries to his own domestic circle ; but if he imagines that in this country, the freedom ,of which h e now en j oys, along with many other refugees, the press is to be stilled and his, conduct not to be mentioned by the public jonrnalists, he mis takes the genius of the people and of English juries. There was no attack on his private character, nothing but a fair comment on his characterasa youele wposeidll.mbo; mo narch, and, therefore, I confieently trust your verdict, vindicate the right of the press, whose free dom has been struggled for by juries and thep s eo g pl r e ea in t past times, to publish strictures of thi s nature on the public conduct of an individual, ev en t h ough that Individual may be the Duke of Brunswick. Ii encouraged in these sort of persecutions he, no doubt, will bring action after action against th e press ; but let me tell him that if he is misled by his desire for notoriety to put Casimir Reinhold in the box, to speak to what is untrue, and then on a subsequent trial to be afraid to bring him again before a jury;lest he should be taxed too hard with regard to the truth of his statements, that sort of conduct may have done very well in the state of Brunswick, in 1830, before the Duke's subjects rose against him, but it will not do-in this free country, whose hospitality be had taken advantage of. We say, therefore, gentlemen, that this publication is no libel at all; that it is a mere comment on events which occurred, in which he figured largely, and that no Jamie fication is necessary—that it is a comment which an English journalist had a right to make on the conduct of a monarch who had been deposed under the circum stances stated. I feel, gentlemen, that I should not be warranted in occupying your time further, and I now leave the case in your hands, feeling confident that you will consider the defendant is entitled to your verdict. Lord CAMPBELL then proceeded to sum up, and isid— Gentlemen of the jury, whatever charge may be brought against the Duke of B runsw i c k, i t certainly cannot be that of acquiescing silently i n t h e attac k s w hi c h are made upon him in his lifetime; because it appears from the evidence to-day that on several occasions he bad brought actions in vindication of his character, and it would appear not hitherto with any great success. The present case has been laid before you very ably by the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, who moat properly was anxious that it should be known to all mankind, and who adopted a bold and independent manner of laying before the jury the grievances which were complained ot, and you will, therefore, require little assistance from me; but having heard the whole case it is now for you to express an opinion upon it, and my address to you shall be very brief, as I am sure you will require no as sistance from me to arrive at a just verdict. Now, with regard to the first count containing the alleged libel of 1830, I must make this observatioe, fl;at the course pur sued by the Duke of Brunswick in regard to the produc tion of evidence of a republication is not creditable to him. A witness named Casimir Reinhold swore there was a republication in 1847 of this alleged libel of 1830, and without any reasonable or just notice on the part of the journalist. Gentlemen, under the direc tion of a learned and eminent judge, whose memory is dear to us all (here his Lordship paused as if affected at his own bathing reference to the late Lord Chief Justice), a verdict of 5001. was returned, which was no doubt a just verdict on the evidence then proved; but affidavits were subsequently laid before this ooart, of which I have now the honour of being a member, and it clearly appeared on those affidavits that there was the strongest reason to believe that this person, Casimir Reinhold, had sworn what was false. We therefore, without determining whether this was true or false. thought fit that the question should be submitted to ano ther jury, "a jury being the proper tribunal by which every question with regard to the credibility of evidence should be decided, An opportunity was thus given to the Duke of Brunswick to prove the republication of that supposed libel in 1848. Casimir Reinhold, however, does not appear. Gentlemen, I think the only conclusion we can draw from that circumstance is that be swore falsely. He possibly might have imposed on the Duke of Brunswick; but it is for you to consider whether under all the circumstances of the case that was an honest complaint that was made against Mr. Harmer. You will now abandon altogether from your considera tion the republication of 1848. It is admitted by the plaintiff's counsel that there is no evidence whatsoever of such a republication. Therefore, you have now to con sider whether you, as intell'gent Englishmen, exercising the important functions which the constitution has as signed to you, consider that in the alleged libels of the 26th of September, 1847, the 3d of October, 1847, the 10th of October, 1847, and the 12th of March, 1848. there is anything rtfiscting on the private character of the Duke of Brunswick. As my Brother Erie men tioned, and in fact as I mentioned at a former trial, the Duke had filled the station of a sovereign prince, and had been dethroned, and being an historical character, he is a subject of fair criticism, and he may fairly be brought ;forward to the public, like any other deposed sovereign whose conduct is can vassed; but of conrse it is for you to say whether such fair comments wore made by the journalist, or whether the comments were not made maliciously as attacks on his own ' , riven) character. If the late-r, the plaintiff would certainly be entitled to the protection of the law, and the jury would have to give ample damages so sustained. I will not detain you by reading over these four alleged libels. It is for you to say whether anything contained in them does reflect on the private character of the Duke of Brunswick. It seems to me difficult to say that there are any passages reflecting on his private character; bat it is for you to decide whether that is so or not. Then, gentlemen, there is given in evidence, by way of showing malice, a publication in The Sun newspaper of the 28th June, 1848. I think that had no such tendency, because it is merely an at ticle complaining of a former verdict, which was supposed by the writer to have been ob tained by perjury. You will say whether there is anything in that article, Mr. Harmer being responsi ble for it, which shows any dieposition to attack the pri vate conduct of the Duke of Brunswick, or whether it may not be fairly said to be a commentary on a former trial, in which ,the verdict was obtained by improper evidence. Gentlemen, the only other subject of com plaint by the Duke of Brunswick is the nonpublication of those two letters of Mr. Oddie. I have already ex pressed anopinion, which I believe you will all concur in, that if these letters had been published in the Weekly Dispatch, Mr. Helmer would have been guilty of a crime fur which, as proprietor, he might have been pro secuted and punished; fir not only does it contain gross vituperation, directed against a particular newspaper—against the pees of England generally, and against some of the subjects of the Doke, but it is most libellous on the memory of George the Fourth, not on his public conouct, which would offer a subject of fair comment, hut it says he was eneaged in a conspiracy to get possession of the private fortune of the Duke, Another individual is represented in the letter as having run away - with a part of his property. Therefore, gentlemen, I see not the smallest. pr,priety— indeed I take it upon myself to say as a judge, that it would have been highly wrong to have published that letter; that being so, the refusal to publish it should afford no evidence whatever against Mr. Harmer. Oae of the alleged libels is that there was a false account given of the substance of one letter in the Weekly Dis patch. You have heard that accouut so complained of, and the letter itself has been read to you at large, and it is for you to say whether there is any such misrepre sentation, or anything to show that Mr. Harmer was ac tuated by malice in refusing to insert them. You will take these poslications into your consideration, and s th ay inktr ey whether contain ta o i n r a ny of calumnious themare li r b e e osen l r s e .l t f at 3 i o o u n o w n il t l b fi e n p d ri a . c a t r i s o c r te t r h e of p plaintiff, tiDukeff. giving o B r s u u n e s h w ick, damagesyou as you may consider he is entitled to receive under the awnoualtdt yon have me circumstances; but if you think they contain no such va v t e e rd c i h representation, but are comments which might have been honestly made by any journalist commenting on the topics of the day, then the defendant will be entitled to your verdict. The jury, having consulted for a few mint* . the box,_ were about to give their verdict, when his Mr. MONTAGUE CMAMBERB intimated that It Wit i ord. intention to tender a bill of exceptions to Owl ship's summing up. know how he Lord CAMPBELL said he was at a loss to Jury would be so could put the case in any other light than he bad already done, but paha s P elih d e i rations for a few good as to suspend th eir d than that in which moments. Lordship has left it to the Mr. CHAMBERS—Your an upon the character. Duke of Brunswick ' s pri vate jury rro t e o Lay an w e rm ai t i b E e i r put the case? csaxeltas—l would humbly suggest to your Mr. . pu t it in this way—ls it a .bond fide coin- Lordship by the cc • com ment justified .o anon ou the public character of JUSTICE—H o w the articles a e the Du k e ? It is entirely for the jury to find whether it i s libellous upon the lace of it or not. The LORD CH lEF JUSTICE —YOU wish me to say that, d o you, because I have already done so. Mr. CHAMBERS—If your Lordship pleases. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, turning to the jury and recalling their attention, said—" I leave it for you to say, gentlemen, whether these publications, or any of them, are libellous." The Foreman—We underetood your Lordship to direct us so before. The LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE—Certainly, I did, gen tlemen. This is the most singular way of tendering $ bill of exceptions I ever heard oh The jury again turned round for a moment in their box, and then returned a verdict for the defendant. The result was received with manifestations of applause by a crowded court. The director of the Duhlin Trinity College M u . seum contradicts the statements published i n the Lim er i c k Chronicle, that the college , hod purchased or possessed at all the sword worn at the bi.ttle of the Boyne byK . irg The only ground, he says. that could have origniated such a statement that there is a sword in the Museum of the time of William an. Mary, whose heads are chased on its hilt, but it is even doubtful if this was a sword used by King William himself. " There saYs Ma cc lesfield Courier, "at this time residing in this town an Irishman, whose grand te l Y e e y husbandear s ago, at the age of 99. During of five wives, by whom he h la i t s ti l e if r e died he ha se d b ecam e the father of 37 children. Or these 37 children, 32 we re sous, and of these 3 2 sous, 31 enli s ted in the army. The thirty - se cond t who dui not enli s t , occup i es a s i tua ti on i n as i ron foundry in Rotherham, an d i s the f at h er o f a large mbeee to the - One of the daughters, aged 46, lircein Louth% sad is the mother of 21 otaldren." pot r is