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

1 I ......•-••.' rdAr• ` l- -- equal to those of Monday—the highest figure for the best Scots being 3s 8d per Blb. We were moderately well supplied With Sheep, for which the demand was in a very sluggish state, at unaltered currencies. In Calves next to nothing Was doing, but we have no change to notice in their value. Pigs were very dull in sale, but not lower. Mulch Cows small moved calf off slowly, a t f rom 141. to 18/. each, including their Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to 8. d. s. d. t o s . d. Inferior Bents..... 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep •• 3 4 3 8 p.,.._ 86e4) nd quality .. ••2 10 3 0 Second goal. Sheep 3 8 310 — "Ze large Oxen •• 3 2 3 4 C3arse-woolledditto4 0 4 2 Lar ge —e 4° ta --•`• 3 6 3 8 SouthdownWether 4 2 4 4 ,_. coarse CalVes 3 4 .3 10 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 (mite sinlal ditto .. 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs ......2 10 3 6 ~.lillicklial Calves ..18 0 24 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 4 0 Lainbs ......... 0 0 0 0 Quartar old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep, I Calves. I Pigs 3,230 241 30) SCOTCH. I sheep. I Calves. 1 . Plgs 70 FOREIGN SUi PLY. fieasta . I ISO Sheep. I Calves. 1 N&g 510 150 21311 WG.13.TE AND LEILDENEALL. Tho general demand ruled heavy, on the following 4.11118:-- IZ eaSts. 600 Beasts. 91 At per stone by the Carcase. . ' Aek fil nferior.... . a 2; (1 6 to ;. d. 2 1 a. cl. to s. 0. , Mutton, Inferior .. 2 6 2 8 ' '''' 74-- Illid ' ilifi g •• ••• 2 4 2 6 r i -- middling.. 210 3 6 tr„ ''''`•.primelare .. 2 8 3 0 1 prlmo •• •• 3 8_ 33 106 _ ~.... ..... ...... 3 2 4 0 ru l i ne Mall •• 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.— •• • • . 2 b . I - 8/211111:. •••• .. d 8 4 0 COLONIAZ. , R.— There has been rather a firmer market for Bri r. lideruact:::lratiitation, but with no sensible increase of business. bade, t b o y 43 ai s ic fo ti r on m s id el t d o at p 4 0 3 d s . 6d to 448 for fine yellow, ea . PIT ED• -Grocery lumps have been sold at 49s 6d to 51s There are l arge arrivals of Dutch refined. •'' rate, 8T privately ha s b een h e ld f or p rev i ous ‘• Madras has realis e d a b ou t th e prev i ous quotat i ons , ,_ With 4 dull sale; soft brown 29s to 30s, and ord to good i s " ... 36 s 6d to 40 s . M an ill a , 3,176 bags offered publicly all taken in at 34s 6d to 35s 6d for good strong brown. prevlot(Thr.-11olders have been disinclined to sell except at rates, and buyers h av e o n ly come f orwar d a t a Oli!ght re duction. Bahia, offered publicly, was taken in at Zsfi6d to 44s f or grey and white, at 34s to 40s for brown ord ao m n a , and at 37s 6d to 41s for damaged yellow. Havannah P ar tlY sold at 37 s 6d t o 42 s for washed. Santa Martha ue_ at 388 to 41s for good and fine yellow, and at 41s to sups for good white. Sound white Havannah was taken in '6:stoats but the washed sold at 25s to 265. seri 41 R•—• ' The demand has been very limited for all de tacit:hoes, and the reports from the foreign markets are not f r Ong- Native has been taken sparingly at 47s to 48s 4 d Oe'd ord. Plantation has been rather firmer privately, at auction low mid and mid was bought in at 578 to 635, e fi n 4 4- at. 57 e ord at 54s to 555, triage at 49s to 525, and pea-berry rates. at° 593 - ,oat the previous Mocha was in more request Alex '' •--There has not been a great deal doing, but prices : lesloeen maintained. Madras has been sold at 9s 6d to • ha s " (I, and some p arce l s were t a k en i n a t 7 s 6d t o 9 s . B enga l it realised IN 6d to 11 s 6d. • .8 t 4 trif t article has been inactive. , ZIo TPE TRR.—There has not been much doing, and the . - " betations have varied but little. Calcutta sold at 27s to , 6elf4 r 1 03 / to 121bs refraction. Madras 14%1bs refrac w- was taken4in at at 26s 6d to 275. Compared with last eVt i this is a slight decline. itea so it "TooT.—St Vincent's has been sold at 6d to B%d, .%• 8 Ire inferior Jamaica at 4%d to 5d per lb. 'aluiPicEs•—Malabar Pepper has realized 3 V 2 d for half-heavy, bas ic3eher parcels have been sold at 3 1 4c1 to 3:r i .d. Pimento tw at t2Atrol.oglvh.t full rates, viz., 5d to 5,0. Nutmegs have been ,s 8d to 2s 9d and 3s. Mace sold at 2s 3d to 2s sd. —P.Y.C. has been very firm at 38s to 38s 3d per ea the spot, and with a fair business doing. T„ rr ° l ‘.—The market has worn a drooping appearance. ealet-,_••--Not much has been done privately, and the public Gluave gone off heavily. • eunh'EP-X Firm—The market for Oranges is not so well ear n ed. • Two cargoes from St. Michael, one from Terceira s a i a Parcel of Lisbon sold by Keeling and Hunt at public pri e, were taken freely by the trade at a slight reduction in - O rah e ' e * Lemons have improved in price. Seville Sour b a es ic in demand. A large cargo of new Smyrna Nuts to whh, from the scarcity of Spanish, will be found a I T ,a l s ubstitute. B arce l ona w ith ou t a lt era ti on . thi u °ll ,, a cco•—Durin g the past month the market has con -1;741 of a quiet character • sales, nevertheless, amounted to isaie ands, viz.; 1 160 hhd; for exportation, 328 hhds for m ho' and 262 hhds for home consumtion. Manufacturers 'e w e rchasedPU in most instances as p in need, and mostly of eTsod ordinary descriptions. Importers have exhibited renat firmness and confidence, and have not appeared in bh2,4 ,to make concessions from current rates, if buyers pro- K'd increasing their purchases. Continental growths ti n j t illta and o utDch Tobacco) have been taken fo/ cut ext7 Purposes some extent, and stock is now Ilearly Z„,_ Masted. Deliveries for home trade and bonding, last rr atll, were 1,081 packages, including Cigar Tobacco; the Vir e PP l lding month of 1850, 871 packages. Deliveries' of tattlla,s, Kentucky, and Maryland, for home-trade and ing Were, last month, 718 hhds ; and in 1850, 780 hhds. ttest advices from New. Orleans state the market firm, with , tiot,lerate business doing. The estimates show a diminu arid 111 , the crop of 1851, pavercomared with 1850, of 20,300 hhds, ;:)'' 38 ,140 hhds on the age of the last ten years. 4 1 , -°, O stated that the quantity of strips to be put It .„„ W ; `'„ l be considerably less than last year, and that deliveries not ' exceed 7,000 hhds. Imports 985 hhds ; le o ; er iss 1,083 hhds against 849 hhds in the corresponding nett of 1860. In Virginia sales have been very moderate, ald er ;ling exceeded 100 hhds ; the market may be conf obtaie4 extremely firm ; and holders speak confidently of thet , ° ,, i4 g higher prices as the season advances; it is . ansume u„e Stock in America is not more than sufficient for be -- *„.„"e consumption. Kentucky leaf and strips sales may ap,i7,,anated at 1,620 hhds, 200 hhds of which were strips dad uu t _hhds of leaf- to the trade, 328 hhds of leaf for resale, the rest for exportation e, to the south of Europe, seari,;! 3' are stated, the trade have purchased very steek -81 and appear determined to exhaust their now L before purchasing ; a very short period will ut required to ascertain, with some degree of accu hiA;Lt",e range of prices for a considerable time. In Mary % ,7" . " have been upwards of 30 hhds at 5%d to lid. In lalt i c,7 ; n ah Tobacco sales have been made to some extent at ' L,... - cee• The demand for fine qualities still continues. kbly v- r 4 „, recently received from Havannah speak very favour advan er tue growing crop, and that prices had experienced a 1 1 ce. Havannah Cigars of recent import have 44rather dull of sale in consequence of th high prices heeede " imaorters. Of good and fine brands a tew cases eh e - een tak e n b y t h e tra d e at extreme rates . M ani ll a kainru o tshave been very, dull of sale; prices, however, re sit*, 4"h anged. A large pareel has recently arrived con -t of Nos. 1,2, 3. Manilla Tobacco nothing done. Th:_' C RA.SbERY.—(THIS DAY.) Ch_-ta being the ifirst Seal after Hilary Term, the Lord Ineellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and heard ap -7,,! tuotions today. The part-heard appeal motion of Haig the arguments in which were commenced before the "`"3, occupied his Lordship the whole morning. utOLLSI COURT. —( THIS DAY.) , 4 tolle. —Qr uship 'the 'Master of the Rolls sat in his court in the l - 1 Afte r rd; Chancery -lane to-day, it being the First Sea day N ., i tarY Terra. His Lordship was occupied the whole 1 !-. 'notions and petitions, but no case of any interest , efore the Court previous to our going to press. te, T he „--4, -cnANcERy.— ( THIS DAY.) were ~,, " c e• Chancellors Knight Bruce and Lord Cranworth 'flte ree i e llPied the whole morning with motions of no general Cp (Sit i • -41 vION PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) 'non Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice hums and „ The , a Common Jury.) m nitap ort ' a s u lties before the Court this morning was entirely ( Sitt;' )( CHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) 6 ta at Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF 'BARON and „; a Special Jury.) Thi A guREN . V. TUE LONDON totDCK COMPANY. Kley, whitla occupied the Cou he whole of yest t er .s ease 4 ; 48 llatuned this morning. The proceedings in tupy the t great l engt h , and at present seem l i kely to o CORrt for several days. SP. ps N-i.OND ARIES' "rills DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) „ SCOTT V. MARSH. "It hi ."ItS an action in truver, to recover the value. Both fo"2.t,!titiff and defendant are cab proprietors, and th e ! tai tte i Md lett a horse anti harness with defendTit t whob but as the d o " e nl• Mr. Dimcan appeared for the plaintiff, fa qts w ell4kl i bad suffered judgment to go by defal t, u the ‘ l thle 4 4 11 9 state 4 ; but on the evidence adduced, that for e property was 131., the jury gave a verdict Ther wa a „ t • INT— °lib , one other case for goods. CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.) (lefor e GLD COURT. wELL.) 1111,tioti-z• Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice u llab ab °urer ugul tit.— Samuel Hill, aged 35, described it as a i'n' Placed in the dock, charged with feloniously eoatip 4 e , d an(l slaYing Mous James Barnes, a person who was 114 tned Ainna„lanatic asylum at Peckham , of which a person . kr: e ~.istrong was ihe proprietor. :'Prose,tp.s.4tiasokf; who, with Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the jury, Pr - 1 0 a, after stating the factS of the case to the ti eor to call the following evidence :- 4 esit ktirarneu6.W itness was! cousin to the deceased. im „ Wit: 41rhluisedwealidebwoacisy a th p e a r f a ient in Mr. Armstrong's asy u and ... i kittild 14.1ttleaster Said he had: ,been for nine.,monthss an ettt... _.ttthil Mr. `Armstrong ' s asyliknk. 'The prisoner wa who iveLi_uant • in the infirmary. He had nine or ten patients, e ' - 4e7.-ter4lerhi a-care, in Abe infirmarY ktilvirled.becatne , a patient in the asylum at the end of of the asylum. 1.011 par' ' lB5O . Re died on the 2d of January, in the present 11,9 d WitileS3 first knew that the deceased had been m e ' infai,,, , C 4 ,.....the 27th of last December. Witness received the v? -111,191. f rom the ,prisoner. Witnesa and the prisoner - eat to e . cee 4e a - zamune the_ deceased. The left shoulder of . the de-_ !_ft t i.„" a ppeared as. if , it ,were broken,. or out of joint, and any ,„•'e.rY Mach:swollen. If the prisoner had been aware of l'iave •- •PirY to a patient, it was .the duty of. the prisoner to 146,,t01d either of the two resident medical menin the asy .. , ,0 r ,,Y0 1 0 were Mr. Burton and Mr. Dickenson. , trei t " BB "4,s- mined. by Mr. Cousun-.-The prisoner always ... Op' iel.tile patients with, the greatest kindness, as,far as wit to ....wir-. ..oce.aisienazir it was necessai'y for.the attendant , um.E.tYktlie infirmaxy for ; above. a quartet of an : hour at a • .., : in . " 4„„ _ e *. 1,, Wanes -had never seen ilia prisoner act inan angry ..ii) . '-ter.. sA towards h the deceased, or the other patients. lie ItYq9d, wit forbearance.- a wl j°3 411 Stewart, Burton was then called.and examined tar •ok es . s . limaai the !'medical : , superintendent of Mr. Arm ..iiar‘,g'-c asi'lutu. lie first heard that the deceased taws'43%l hurVen Friday, 27th December last. The prisoner and wituesathe information. The deceased was stripped, • and on looking.at the arm witness saw that it was fractured ) va w k ___as very -much swollen. The deceased's shoulder joint-. dit s wuised and inflamed. Witness ascribed the injuries . the Thee.had received' to violence, and not tnan accident. f e t Prisoner saktheltiew nothing' hbottt how the deceased thewhen witn esaquestioned him on the subject: He thought 111 v ,t iria ° 12 er, whose duty it• was to dress the . deceased, must ' . wit _ been. aware Of the' fall• for some days before he called.ilt, 4,,u,esei,tnsee the deceased, which was on the 27th of Ller in..° • .lt was the Prisoner's duty` to have reported any J..,,r3' which a patient met with to witness. ' . . th i ~ans:s-exitniined by Mr. 0 : thi.7a"! bead on the 26th of December, and then he saw n •labo. Irak,,...,,,,att.t...matter with his shoulder. Barnes, the deceased , ured , 1111 4. r. the delusion that his belly was as big.; as Witness ehad any occasion to complain of -,..e conduct of the r , • whi- A , R r ris ccer who appeared anxious about the —• ''araea 'IQ sus tained. The deceased was Qf as,~ THE 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 he had formerly been the medical superintendent of Mr. Armstrong'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 arose. 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 difted 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 said 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. COLLlER —Generally speaking when a person was insane his memory was affected. Many madmen, were capable of a good deal of dissimulation. Mr. 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 ' WenCio 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 prisoner) 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 had 2s. 6d. a week, finding her own lodging, and supporting a paralytic daughter out of it—jour calendar months' hard labour. John Denley, 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 tabour. THIRD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Thomas Weaver was charged with stealing .- a quantity of potatoes, the property of Mr. 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. SPORTING NOTES. No. VIII. NOTES AND NOTIONS ON THE GREAT NORTH- AMPTONSHIthT; IfANDICAP. " 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 Iife."—SHAKSPERE. TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN. have commenced the sporting campaign of 1851 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, had 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 mynsual 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 mightineases' 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 flat 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 Ppaased 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 flat this year," with what success - " The mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can always hit : For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, we're 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 ticalars, 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 liberties with at stiffish odds, re-appeared yesterday at " the corner," and was backed at 40 to 1. Seaman, 7st, one of Day's lot, is in some request at 50 to 1. In the Derby market " the crack" looks tottery at 11 to 2 ; it strikes me very forcibly that Mr. Manning has got the best, or, at least, eventually-will have, in the 6,000/. t o 1,000 bet le staked at Tattersall's a week ago against the Grecian. John Day has another horse in the stable, in my opinion, quite equal to . Grecian-I 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 the mark in health, work, and position in the odds, being 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 firth!) , at about 13 to 1 each ; the Squire's nag is in first-rate fettle, and Scott's r 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 ; she 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, 7, 1 0 1 , e 47 1848, . „ 101, „ 39 1849, 113, „ 42 1850, 91 120, „ 42 1851, It 128 , 97 33 Thiis, 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 Terf Exchange, and as but 83 of the nominators to the Northamptod Handicap have cried content, the book-makers are deterred from opening any very large accounts on this stake, and it of necessity follows 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 yin all probability represent the lot. Tne Duke of Bedford's SL Rosalie, 5 yrs, at Bst 31b, will find supporters in the betting, but has a leetle too much weight allotted to her to please me. Treen's stable comes out in force for this stake, with Rhesus, 5 yrs. Bst (who will not run), Cler mont, aged, 7st 101 b (who must by this time have almost got beyond racing, being far in the seer and yellow leaf); Zadoc, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (who will not like the hill); and The Swindler, 4,yrs, Est 51b, who, if he 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 she, I ex pect, will be reserved for Newmarket. Dawson has Langton, 5 yrs, 7st, '9lb ; Joe Sutherland, 5 yrs, Est 101 b ; and The Cocktail, 5 yrs, - 7st 31b; all the interest, however, centres iu 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, may possibly run very forward. Kissaway, 5 yrs 7st Gib, will be found at the post, and if her clever trainer can-M a k e ought of her, it will be done , but at present neither he' or - Day pulls out t h e B rot h er t o D ou gh, 4 yrs, 7st 51b, a t Myself are over sanguine in the matter. If present rather dubious, I think he might accomplish the task of winning. Lord Exeter accepts with Tophana, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (who will, as usual, run up), and Nutmeg, 4 yrs, Est 31b, a Nery dangerous customer, if she can get the distance. The confederates, Messrs. Payne and Greville, accept with The Mouse, 4 yrs, Tat 21b ( w h o s howed some respectable racing qualities last y ear ) , and Gi nevra , 3 yrs, 4st 101 b, said to be by the Littlet on i ans a " dead certa i n ty." Mooltan, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb, never yet accomplished a feat worth noticing, and not very likely to commence now. "Valentine, at 4st 91b, ran fourth to Sauter-le -Coupe, Get LONDON, FRIDAY 81b, for the last Epsom Alttunin Handicap, then three sears old, with a slight addition of age, and only GAt lib on his back, he'll do very well if he can manage to run into the same position again, more I imagine he cannot do. •_ Torpor, 4 yrs sst 121 b, and flarpsicord, 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. Stebbings has a couple left in—The Cutler, 3 yrs, Gst (who is over weighted), and the colt by John o'Gaunt, 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 Cnmus. Fobert has Cnteus, 3 yrs, sst 71b, and Pandemus, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b, the former a good 10Ibs 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, Cnteus, Miss Etty colt, and Ginevra, would form the lot from which the winner will spring, taking The Cocktail and enwus for choice, should the Brother to Dough be, reserved for Chester; but as this is very round-about, I will give a more decided opinion with my analysis of the Metropolitan Handicap on Friday next. I am, Sir, &cc., 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 Strathmore's Montague—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Padwick na Brother to Dough—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglicton'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 I 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. OAKR. 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 MEETIN G.-SECOND DAY. The Craven stakes.—First Ties. Martinet ht Whiston, Egypt bt Suitor, Racer bt Longitude, Factotum bt Memorandum, Southgrove bt Sergeant Snap. The Ashdown Stakes.—First Ties. Maggie Lauder bt Venus, Whiff bt Signal , Jezabel bt Muette. Manifesto bt Eddy, Leoline bt Ebb (drawn after an undecided course). Noon of Night agst Merry Lass. LINCOLN RACES—TILUaSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 7 soya. each, with 40 added, for three yr-olds, Est 81b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a dis. (14 Subs.) Mr. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (E. Harrison) 1 Mr. Robinson's Post Tempore, 5 yrs, Sat 121b...(Bumby) 2 Mr. Stott's Witchcraft, 4 yrs, Bst 4Th (W. Stringer) 0 Mr. W. Neale's the Calculatsr,3 yrs, Gst 131b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Sibthorpe's the Swift, Ost 3lb (in. 51b ex.) (Holmes) 0 Mr. T. Hesseltine's Louisa, 5 yrs, Bst 91b ...... (C. Smith) 0 Mr. T. Parr's Selina, 5 yrs. 9st ... (G. Hall) 0 Mr. H. Stebbings' Guardsman, Gst 51b (c. 6st7lb)(Basham) 0 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 lib (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Cowley's Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, Gst Mb (Sabin) 0 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 deprived 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 sous. each, 5 ft, &c., with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sous. towards expenses. About four miles. (16 Subs., 7 of whom declared.) Mr. Hutton's Lucy Neale, lOst 1 llb (Taylor) 1 Mr. Carew ' s British Yeoman, list (Mason) 2 Mr. Cunningham's rater Simple, lOst Mb (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 (Green) 0 Betting.-6 to 4 agst Lucy Neale, 2to 1 agst British Yeoman, 6 to 1 agst Hope, and 20 to 1 agst Peter Simple. Won 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 Sow. 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, 12it 21b ......(Owner) 3 Mr. Harrison's Make-Ready. 5 yrs, list 91b (Leedle) 0 Mr. Richardson's Haphazard, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 91b (J. Whittey) 0 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 `lib (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 unreason ing 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..—RESISTANCE OF FROST BY GOTTA PEIICLIA.—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 feet long, and was furn►shed by Mr. W. Eadon, Palace-street, agent for the London Gutta 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 not 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 Morning Chronicle, Jan. 3. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. PrE SMlTH.—This venerable and illustrious divine 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. He 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 memory 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 which, through a long public 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 let of March next, when the whole of the French lines will be open to the public. THE PROPOSED NEW CENTRAL CATTLE. MARKET. — 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 25,000 of the public have attended the exhibition in less than a week, the great bulk of whom, after having their objects, ins answered, manifested their approbation of this commodious project. In the centre of the room, which, by the way, is 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 prevented, 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 marthenahire, has overflowed its banks, and covered the land n to havea g b r e e e a n t N e , s t e e n d t . b T y he e e rtroi fallsno neighbourho od p o a f a C i e a d r d w i g i a t h thunder and lightning, which have laid under water the lower parts of the town, floating chairs, tables, beds, &c., i n the houses; the torrents carrying everything . before them. p lt a u rt c s l . l damage has, in consequence, been sustain ed in various ABATEMENT OF RENT.—H. D. Stewart, Esq., of Tonderghie, with his usual liberality, allowed his tenants an abatement of 30 per cent. for the half.years ending at Whit munday anti Martinmas, 1850.w.Dutqfries Courier. SUN, EVENING, LAW INTELLIGE,NCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. G. (13,fOre tL LORD CHIEF JUSTICE und a 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 fur a series of alleged libels which were said to have been published in the trechlyDivatch:newspisper, 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 lished respectively on the 26,11 Septeniber, 1847, the 3d October, 1847, the 10th of October, 1847, and the 12th of March, 1848. To the first count the defendant pleaded the statute 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 cave 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 Duke camplained. His anxiety was that be should not be able to do justice to bis Highness, or the great consideration which neces sarily arose out of 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. Harmer, 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 hai 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 necessary 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 venture 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 most unjustifiable and most improper. Now, the libel:published on, the 26th of September, 1847, was to this 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 brief 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 had not at all been mixed up with politics, and yet his name was hero 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, because there was no occasion whatever for introducing his name. In consequence of this libel the Duke of Brunswick thought it necessary to look into the files 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 very 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. Now, the article of which the Duke of Brunswick in 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 not support by a plea of justification. lie would now proceed to detail 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 LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I cannot stop Mr. Cham bers; I see no necessity for it. Mr. CHAMBERS apprehended that all the libels of 1847 distinctly refer7ed to the statement published in 1830; indeed it was sat 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 Lonn 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 most extreme notions of what was called the freedom of the press. It went consider ably beyond the fair limit of political commentary. It stigmatized him as a monster, accused him of robbery— accused him 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, ho would pass to the articles referred to in the subsequent counts, and to which the previous one was a kind of 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, th a t 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 ascertaiu what was the meaning of the charges that were rather insinuated than directly made against him, and having done so he wrote a distinct contradictory astenient to the editor of the Dispatch newspaper, in the expectation that the editor would retract what ho had said, and relieve him self from the consequences of an expression which he had un i n t e ntionally made use of against the Duke of Bruns wick, who at the time was li v i ng qu i te ret i re d un d er t h e protection of the English laws. He expected that his letter would either be published in the newspaper, or that the editor w ould retract any assertion h e had ma d e ten di ng to co lumns of the Dispatch bring him into contempt. Instead of doing that, how ever, the editor, in pretending to give the substance of , did that which was often public journals and, under the don© ne D b u y k t e h 's o c c o o n m d m uc u t n o i r c s a o t communication, n pretence of doing the Duke Justice, he did him an addi tional injustice, by repeating the calumnies which he had written to complain of, and this repetition formed the subject-matter of the libel set out in the third count. secretary, then wrote a seco n d l M et r ier ° t d o dY' the th e e d D it u o i r c , e' fi s finding fault with the previous mis representation, and on the 3d of October, 1847, another libel was published on the Duke, which tended still further to lower him in the estimation of the world, and to hold him up as an object of oislike; and the jury would bear in mind that under the pretence of givin g theta te commentations, and through m which the editor en d eavoured to fix upon the ssu a b l e l sitl t at this-was substance W o f s the d o D ne uke,B Duke which he had never made. In consequence of this, the Duke directed Mr. Oddy to write another letter, which was accordingly done, and which simply pointed out to the editor the mistakes he had fallen into; but in stead of inserting that letter at length, the editor thought proper to give his own colour to the comunication, and make it the medium f or further libel s on th e Duke, Mr. Odd besides holding Yupto rt dicule. The observations which the editor made upon the letter were short, but they were very strong. It began by asserting that which was perfectly true, sanely, that England was the haven of refuge for all political exiles, but gave him leave to observe that if, when these 'banished exiles arrived here, they were to be made the objects of unfair attaoks 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 country afforded them. Well, then, the latter part of the notice of the Duke's letter was a i fie hon objectu un questionably an attack, a gro s s attack, u p on t h e D u k e ' s of dislike, outrage, and a tt ac k. H e character. It said the Duke had h onoure d the English people with ignoble p resenc e; but the ob serva ti on was and of showing course th made in a strain of s a r cas m and irony, thus had now nearly conclud ed w hat he had to s a y, b u t b e f ore sitting down he must meet a topic which h e was t o ld would be urged against hi m. It referr e d t o somet hi ng it whieh had taken place in this case before. Th e D u k e o f meanthe was di s hon o ured Brunswick first brought his action in March, 1848; that action was tried in July, 1849, when a verdict was re turned for the Duke, with 500/. damages; and with 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 ays 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 which actuated the defendant in publishing his former statements. Two days after the trial an article appeared in The Sun newspaper, commenting upon it, and this clearly showed that throughout Mr. Harmer had been actuated by malice. The Learned Counsel than read a portion of this article, which was published in The Sun on the 28th of June, 1848, and has already been before the public on several occasions. Ile contended that it con tained some unfortunate mistatements with regard to the trial, which were calculated to mislead the public. Ile took that opportunity of introducing it for the purpose of showing that the libels were not pub lished in that just and fair spirit which journalists ought to observe when speaking merely of the political or public character of individuals, He might stare, per haps, that an application Was made for a new trial, and that it was again sent down for their consideration; but in consequence of the delay which had taken place a person of the name of Casimir Reinholt, who purchased a copy of the Dispatch newspaper in 1848, which contained the libel of 1830, was not in attendance and could not be procured. Now with reference to the actual publication of the first libel, that was not disputed or challenged by the plea which had been put in, but it was simply said that it was pub• FEBRUARY 7, 1851. lisped more than six years ago, thus taking advantage of the statute of limitations. Tee! close the course which he proposed to take was to enbrmvthe last four libels to their most careful and serious consideration. and to ask them to say w hi -tiler they adverted oe not by inuendos to the statement made in the article of IS3O, and 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 serf, true, the defendant had the power of justifying thew, and showing their truth; and he would leave the de fendant to bring before them his grounds fir having so departed from the ordinary course of fair and just com ment' on the part of public journalists. The Duke f f 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. Harmer should have an op portunity a placing on record the plea of justifier's tion, if he had the power of justifying the strong expressions mid statements he had made, but he had refused to accept the challenge. He simply said he did not publish the lit.els; and us fur as meth es V ere concerned, as fur as malice was concern' d, looking at that which was written by the authority of Mr. [lsmer after the last trial, he submitted that it would be idle and useless fur 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 contained 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 otfences would soon bo 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, it 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 to live on different terms to other people, and 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 bo 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. Ho had endea voured at some length to lay the case fairly before them, and he would now leave it, with confidence, in their hands, believing that they would deal justly towards the Duke of Brunswick, who had, 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 IVeekly Dispatch and The Sun newspapers, the latter 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 September, 1830, as there was no evidence of its having been published within the statute of limitation. Mr. CHAMBERS said ho 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 the first count. The tour last publications were then admitted. The letters of Mr. Oddie, secretary to the Duke of Brunswick's secretary, to Mr. 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 most certainly have been liable ns a criminal prosecution. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. JAIIES—My Lord, before we proceed further, the plaintiff's case being closed, I will take your Lordship', opinion if there is any evidence at all to go to the jury. The inuendoes contained in this declaration lose then 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 they point to the inuendoes, and seek to revive them, which appear in 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 Fut upon them. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE--I think you had better go to the jury. Mr. JAmEs—May it please your Lordship and gen tlemen of the jury, I am counsel in this case on the part 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 particular matters which are charged against the defendant as libels. Now, gentlemen, this is, as my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers correctly stated, a new trial. It is true that upon a previous trial of this action before a special jury, sitting where I have now the honour of addressing you, and acting under the direction of my Lord Denman, found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 5001. damages against Mr. Harmer. It is perfectly true, as my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers has stated, that this verdict was returned against Mr. Harmer upon the 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 up by those who instructed my Learned Friend, because I 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; for now, when we aome hero to investigate the real truth of 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 in its attainment. Gen tlemen, it did create surprise, as my Learned Frierliih7a, truly stated, or rather read from the columns of The Sun ❑ewspaper, that a jury should give 500/. 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 least reflecting upon the Duke of Brunswick's privet( character. but simply referring to him in his capacity of a sovereign prince of the time—written, too, at a moment when scenes were occurring i❑ 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 ono of the surest safeguards of their rights and liberties. The press, gentlemen, I am sure you will agree with rae, has st all times a right freely to comment upon the great events passing in the various states of Europe, and naturally enough it did create surprise, as was stated in 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 get e a verdict for en alleged libel published in 1830, after the statute of limitations had been pleaded, and at a time when the events, which would have juetified the libel— even supposing it was one—could not be brought forward by the defendant, in order to prove that he had published merely the trutb. Gentlemen, I have told you that the statute of limitations was pleaded; but how did tht Duke of Brunswick get over that plea on the first trial of this case? Why, he put into the witness-box the man referred to in The Sun newspaper, named Casimi. Reinhold, who swore in that box, before my Lord Den man and a special jury, that he bought at the Weekly Dispatch office, in IS4B, a copy of the paper which had been published so far back as 1830. That, gentlemen, you see was for the purpose of proving the republication, and upon that evidence the case was placed before the jury, 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 iu 1848, the law required a republication, and this man came forward to swear that he 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 perso❑ who heard it in court, and excited the alarm of journalists, from one end of the country to the other. Gentlemen, my Learned Friend Mr. Chambers was right in stating to you that an applicatio❑ 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 DO allusion to the witness which can justify such a reply as this. Mr. JAMES—What, gentlemen, have you not had read against Mr. Harmer to-day the article which ap peared in The Sun newspaper ? It is as follows:—" 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 tho September of 1830." Well, gentlemen, you have been told that the Court was applied to for a new trial, and what was the decision that their Lordships came to? Why, after hearing the facts 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 law, and hero we are to try the question whether it was not a conspiracy, aye, whether from a morbid love or notoriety, the party most deeply interested in this case has not sought, by means of pacing a man into the witness-box to state falsehoods to extort a verdict in his favour, and yet when they ere challenged to produce the witness, who was brought forward in an unguarded mo testing the trusth o f hi s went, tor the purpose of evidence—when, I say, they arc called upon to bring forth this Casimir Reinhold, who, when the defendant was not prepared fur him, came into the witness-box, and swore to the republication in 1848, they do not prodeee him. lie is not here to-day to keep up the 'Ten' licati on o f 1848, so as to give them a claim on the alleged bbel of IS3O. Do they either account for his absence ? Do they tell you when he Was list seen ? Do they say when he was first missed? He seas the Duke of Brunswick's witness in the box when he 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 1848. Gentlemen, he is not here to-day, and his evi dence 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 former jury gave their verdict were correct; but Casi mir Reinhold is not forthcoming now he knows that those ho were taken by surprise at the former trial ar e a t p resen t f u lly prepared to meet d▪ im. 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 nut f ace t h e part i es whom he has so gross l y injured, they will look back upon that verdict with the dsepest regret, as w ill, no doubt, the Learned judge who tried the case, and all the counsel who were deceived by the evidence of thi s eer j ure d w i tness. Well, gentle men, thi▪ s 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 fur your consideration? Tne 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 this, 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 upcn 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 dues it contain anything for which even the Duke 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 fecdants themselves ought not to be called upon or cable 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 Hof 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 over Europe, inasmuch as at the very time thrones were tottering under kings, and the hearts of kings were failing them through fear of their people rising and dashing asunder the chains that enslaved them. And, gentlemen, this may he said of all the statements pub lished in 1847, and the one pnblished 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. Gentlemen, I feel most 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 the most prominent points of this case. What is the case? I defy any one to look at this first extract which ass 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 s to fly to this country for refuge, and living here under the protection of our free constitution, he is not o he subject to the remarks of a free press? Does he imagine that as a king, against whom nis subjects hare rebelled, that his name is not to be nentioned by journalists in their comments upon events which may be passing in Europe at the time? I cannot understand it at all. Ho 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 ho is a king who has been dis missed by his subjects. It is most absurd. Instead of oeing animated by feelings of gratitude towards the country which gives him shelter, he repays her kind ness 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, doss 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 ad according to its politics bas a right to refer o political events, taking its own peculiar view of .hem, commenting on the conduct of the people on one side and the king on the other. One journal, in taking inc political view, may say that the people rebelled against the king; another, that the king rebelled sgaiust the people. In the present instance, the matters ,n question were matters of history, and a fair subject of comment. Dues 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 bush imagines he covers his whole body, and having come to England, fancies that he is entirely freed from all notice. It is a ,noet extraordinary notion of his, and one, perhaps, that might have done in former days, when he was in Bruns- Nick, and may have been the cause of his dismissal from that country; but ho 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 +)y his outraged subjects. He may live in this country quietly and in peace, if he likes, and indulge his habits to any extent, provided that he confines them to his own establishment; but he 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 morarch who was driven from his throne, and fur that comparison he now comes before a jury to demand compensation in damages. Why, the fact of the Duke of Brunswick having been expelled in like manner was a matter of history, everybody knew it, and a journalist, in the exercise of his functions, had as much right to comment upon it as Mr. Macaulay !lad upon Charles L But now we come to what is calledtho second libel, and what is the course pursued there? I venture to say it surpasses everything that is charged to the defendant in this action. fhe Date of Brunswick writes by hici gr. Oddie, to the editor of the Dispatch, and availed himself of the statements which had appeared in the tlipatch, to endeavour to get into this paper false and malicious libels upon the memory of George the Fourth, *i,ck_ased, and 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 severe punish ment. Mr. Oddie's letters contained statements of the 4russest nature upon individuals deceased, which the Duke wished to publish by the medium of the Dispatch. Lord CAMPBELL.—You may assume that it would have been highly criminal fur the Weekly Dispatch to have published that letter. Mr. JAMES—Then, I say, that the course which the Duke took was most untair. He writes this letter by eLr. Oddie in defence of himself, as he states, but which contains a base attack upon other individuals, and thinks from the politics of the IVcchly Dispatch, and from the view which they took of the ctaaracter of the late 'larch, 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 Wee lacrynio. 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 round and charges it with libelling. But I trust that the Duke n of Brunswick will this day learn, and he has had s everal lessons before, from the verdict of an En jury, that his conduct as a l publictter is of the is a fair subject of comment. The neettheat the editor 10th October, and in his comments upon ay more regard begins by recommending Mr. Oddie to p English h ha s racter gentleman spells with a view to the of trash to orthography and correct spi:lllnfg a 7 government he spells cultivation of a better style; zo o r_ f serene' sereen,' and the reins t o the alleged on t h o the comments on that ' reigns,' and in feet the from beginning to e nd. lying slumbering Weekly Dispatch office. Mr. Oddie 0 which was then . wßhuotleinletter is a piec e libel of 183 , letter there is not the slightest reference and the comme nts his writing, goes on Weekly Dispatch. They have been read to you, dusty shelves of the in the and you will see them, and I ask you if a single word is said in them about the attacks of 1830, t h o ugh in the declaration in the present action the whole gravamen of the charge is made to consist in the repetition of the libel of 1830. I think I ought not to occupy your time with my remarks. There is not a single line in the whole of the articles, from one end to the other, which refers by inuendo even to anything which has gone before. My Learned Friend Mr. Chambers was quite right in telling you that the Duke of Brunswick has a right to compensation in damages for any libel which has been illegally and un lawfully directed against him. But is this a libel? I say it is not. As an evidence of malice, my Learned Friend has produced the article in The Sun newspaper; but that was made the subject 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 before you again, for the purpose of acquiring an unenviable notoriety, hating ample funds at his command. But he is mistaken if he thinks he can harass the Dress much longer by these attacks, or if he supposes that an English jury will allow him to amuse himself in this way Nag impunity. I think the Duke of Brunswick mistkee 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 it; ho may lead what course of life he likes, as long as he con fines his pl easures and luxuries to, his own domestic circle ; but it he ima g i nes that in this country, the freedom ' . of which he now enjoys, alon g w ith many other reugees, the press i s t o b e st i fled 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 character as a deposed mo narch, and, therefore, I confidently trust you will, by your verdict, vindicate the right of the prese, whose free dom has been struggled for by juries and the reople in past times, to publish strictures of this nature on the public conduct of an individual, even though that individual may be the Duke of Brunswick. It' encouraged in these sort of persecutions he, no doubt, will tring action after action against the press ; but let me tell him that if he is misled by his great 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 has taken advantage of. We say, therefore, gentlemen, that this publication is no libel at all; that it is a more comment on events which occurred, in which he fi gu r e d largely, and th a t nojusti fication is necessa r y—th a t it i s 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 said— Gentlemen of the jury, whatever charge may be brought against the Duke of Brunswick, it certainly cannot be that of acquiescing silently in the attacks which are made upon him in his lifetime; because it appears from the evidence to-day that on several occasions he had 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 most 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 lam 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 observation, that 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 touching reference to the late Lord Chief Justice), a verdict of 5004 was returned, which was no doubt a just verdict on the evidence then proved; but . affidavits were subseq ue ntly l a id b e f ore th i s court, 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 evidenco 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 he swore falsely. Ile possibly might have imposed on the Duke cf 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. Birmer. 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 intelligent Englishmen, exercising the important functions which the constitution has as signed to you, consider that in tho alleged libels of the eeth of September, 1847, the 3d of October, 1847, the 10th of October, 1847, and the 12th of March, 1848, there is anything reflecting 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 were made by the journalist, or whether the comments were not made maliciously as attacks on his own private character. If the latter, 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; but 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 bad no such tendency, because it is merely an article 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 iu that article, Mr. Harmer being responsi ble for it, which shows any disposition 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 an opinion, which I believe you will all concur in, that if these letters had been published in the Weekly Dispatch, Mr. Harmer would have been guilty of a crime for which, as proprietor, he might have been pro secuted and punished; for not only does it contain gross vituperation, directed against a particular newspaper—against the press of England generally, and against some of the subjects of the Duke, but it is most libellous on the memory of George the Fourth, not on his public conduct, which would offer a subject of fair comment, but it says ho was engaged 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 propriety— 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 tnero 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 publications into your consideration, and say whether all or any of them aro libels. If you think they contain any calumnious representation on the private character of the Duke of Brunswick, you will find a verdict for the plaintiff, giving such damages as you may consider he is entitled to receive under the circumstances; but if you think they contain no such 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 minutes in the box, were about to give their verdict, when t ia WaS Lord ship's MONTAGUE CIAMBEIts intimated M that i h intention to tend er a b i ll of excep tions to ship's summing up. a loss to know how h e Lord CAMPBELL s a id ho was -- nt ., i th at i n which could put the case in any otherrtisP light than Lns the jury would be so good as to suspend t h eir he had already d one , but Pc deliberations f or a few moments. 9 —Your Lordship has left it to the private ch aracter. Mr. CiusisEn her the articles are an attack upon the jury to say whet. JUSTICE--110Vi Would you have me put the c ase? , to put it in this way—ls it a bond fi de com unszo3 wou ld h umbly suggest to your Du T k h o e oL o ß a r D un cE s li w ßz i s t k ' j : Lordship P tified by the occasion on the public character of r il hi nr D cit Duke? It is entirely for the jury to find whether it is libellous upon the face of it or not. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You wish me to say that, do you, because I have already done so. Mr. CHAMBERS —If your Lordship pleases. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, turning to the jury aad recalling their attention, said—" I leave it for you to say, gentlemen, whether these publications, or any of them, are libellous." The Foreman—We understood your Lordship 10 direct us so before. The LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE—Certainly, I did, go; tlemen. Thi s i s t h e most s i ngu l ar way o f tendering bill of exceptions I ever heard of. in their box, and th en re t urne d a ver di ct f or t h e de fe ndant. The jury a ga i n t urne d roun d f or a m oment The result was r e c e iv e d w i t h man if e sts t i o us of applause by a crowded court. The director of the Dublin Trinity College Mu seum contradicts the statements published in the Liinerich Chronicle, that the college had purchased or possessed at all the sword worn at the battle of the Boyne by king William. The only ground, he says, that could have origivated such a statement is, that there is a sword in the Museum of' the time of William and Mary, whose heads are chased on its hilt, but it is even doubtful if this was a sword used by King William himself. " There is," says the Macclesfield Courier, "at this time residing in this tows an Irishman, whose __grand father died some twelve years ago, at the age of 99. Daring his life he had been the husband of five wives, by whom he became the father of 37 children. Of these 37 children, 32 were sons, and of these 32 sons, 31 enlisted in the army. The thirty-second, who did not en li st, occup i es a s i tuat i on in u i r on foundry in Rotherham, and is the father of a hags family. One of the daughters, aged 46, lives in London, lan d is the mother of 21 children." 1 V 4 . ilth 4° ostr bO g t , 0 ? 0' our 0 0 01 ' iob ° Of ex ° isol°