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the Press should reason and not revile—that it should argue and not vituperate --that it should move the minds and hearts of the people with facts and with logic, with statistics and with inci dents, and not with only vulgar abuse and de testable scurrilities. Supposing any public man commits an error in the face of Europe, per petrates a crime in the presence of Christendom, —record that error, proclaim that crime, lay them bare to the gaze of the world by the state ment of the smallest detail and the minutest par ticular : but ido not in the name of decency, in the name of reason, in the name of truth, do not prostitute the Liberty of the Press into Licence, by rendering the public journals of England the vehicles of merely eloquent slang and rhetorical Billingsgate! It must at the same time be asserted that the official leader of the French newspapers, the Mo niteur, has within the last few days very materially weakened the position that might otherwise have been assumed, in reference to the insensate con duct of the English Press in his regard, by the head of the Imperial Government. Nothing, let us say at once, is more incomprehensible, as nothing certainly could be more culpable, than the course pursued in this particular by the Moniteur. Surely there was " pick " enough, as the saying is, among the more violent effusions of our contemporaries ! Yet, instead of contenting itself with one or two " elegant extracts" of unquestionable authenticity, the official journal of France must needs go out of its way to garble a quotation from the Times- - -to garble, forsooth, a quotation from the very paper which had originally presented to the reading 1 public the shameful personalities and ferocious sentiments, disgracing the hitherto unsullied, but now degraded, title of "An Englishman." To this instance of bad faith and double-dealing on the part of the Moniteur, we cannot but, refer in the severest terms of reprehension. Sympathising with the indignation very naturally expressed therein, acknowledging the reasonableness of that protest against so many odious calumnies and vituper ations—we must at the same moment allude to the conduct of the Moniteur in this instance in language of the strongest condemnation. and avoiding." But Major BERESFORD will afford no such locus penitentice. He requires no admis sion or acknowledgment. It is sufficient to say that ho has been " attacked," and to designate the language as " most uncourteous," and as an " un founded calumny." He certainly pays a high compliment to the members of the Fourth Estate, when he thus assumes, that anything must be true " because it's in the papers." He appears to have had some stronger evidence than POLLY GRAY, the faithless sweetheart of poor JACK ROBINSON, had of the death of her lover. She assumed it to be a fact, because A remarkable pamphlet *bearing directly upon the question herein considered by ourselves, has within the last few hours been issued from the Press by one of the most keen-sighted politicians of Great Britain, by one of the cleverest men in the country, and one of the ablest of its Liberal statesmen—the Ho nourable Gentleman the Meniber for the West Riding of Yorkshire. We hail the appearance of this pamphlet with unusual satisfaction—coming before the public (in regard to time) so very appro priately, and coming, moreover, with the autho rity always attached to the arguments of RICHARD Connmr—the arguments of one who in his poli tical position, scarcely less than in his personal capacity, commands the observation of his fellow countrymen, leading as he does one of the most intelligent sections of the House of Commons, and representing as he does the largest of our constituencies. We observe that in his three masterly Letters anent 1793 and 1853 letters calmly argued, and to a. considerable ex tent irresistibly convincing—Mr. COBDEN lays par ticular stress upon the circumstance that the in vectives directed nowadays against the French Emperor are similar—nay, almost identical—with those directed sixty years ago against the Con stituent Assembly. In testimony of this, he transcribes the following (sufficiently significant) illustrations : " Some one, somewhere—somehow—said That some one told him he had read In some newspaper as how JACK was dead." Now the Major says he read it himself in some newspaper, but what newspaper that was he omits to specify. On the other hand, he is more vague and uncertain as to the matter than the fickle POLLY. The " death of JACK" was a distinct and positive fact—whereas that " any one who made a per sonal and unfounded attack" is scarcely tangible,un less that of which the unfounded attack" consisted were set forth in substance, at least, if not verbatim. It was in vain that Lord DRUM, A.NRIG declared that several reports of his speeches had appeared in different local papers which had been copied into London journals ; that many of these reports were very incorrect, and until he had before him the actual report alluded to, he could not answer or explain the expressions complained of. In vain he sent a copy of a local journal, in which he was most correctly reported. And, after apologising in the handsomest manner, and in the most unequi vocal terms, for any inadvertence into which he had been betrayed, distinctly denied that he had ever coupled Major BERESFORD' S name with any meditated oppositionto himself in Dumfriesshire." The gallant Major neglected to inform his Lord ship where the objectionable paragraph was to be found, and, although declaring himself " bound to accept the apology" so freely and honourably tendered by Lord DRUAELANRIG, he was still "tan ticene animis ecelestibus tree," virtuously indignant at the supposed imputation )£ hisasing language that might have led to very untoward consequences. The matter has now terminated without being brought to a mortal arbitrament. But it is not to the temperance or forbearance of Major BERES FORD that this fortunate result can be attributed. Had his adversary been as rash and hot-headed as himself, we might have been compelled to comment on the matter , in a very different tone and spirit. We might have had to de plore an event that would have placed two dis tinguished families in mourning that would have prematurely cut off one of the bellige rents, and caused the unceasing misery of the survivor. The practice of duelling is happily obsolete. It cannot be restored under any cir cumstances, more especially on trivial or insufficient grounds. Surely Major BERESFORD has been too long a public man—has interfered in too many elections—to feel such extraordinary sensitiveness at his name being referred to in the heat and ex citement of a canvass. There must certainly be something in electioneering worse than we are acquainted with, or any participation therein would not be so indignantly disclaimed by one so conversant with its minutest details. BURKE, 1790, ENGLISHMAN, 1852, Speaking of the Constituent Speaking of Louis Napoleon. " Assembly. "A se lf- conv i c t e d perjurer, When all the frauds, im- an attainted traitor, a con postures, violence, rapines, spirator successful by the burnings, murders, confisca- foulest treachery, the pur tions, compulsory paper cur- chase of the soldiery, and rencies, and every descrip- the butchery of thousands, tion of tyranny and cruelty he must, if not cut short in employed to bring about and his career, go all length of to uphold this Revolution, tyranny. For him there is have their natural effect, no 'halt, for his system no that is, to shock the moral element of either stability sentiments of all virtuous or progress. It is a hopeless and sober minds, the abet- and absolute anachronism." tors of this philosophic sys tem immediately strain their , throats in a declamation against tho old monarchical Government of France." A melancholy parallel—tending, indeed, •to prove the correctness of the assertion that we are not " progressive creatures," but that we do in truth "move in a circle of instincts." But ob- serve the logical application of the parallel—as forced by Mr. COBDEN upon the popular re membrance. Bear in recollection, as ho reminds us, that • " the result of BURKE'S de slamation was a war of twenty-two years—first to put down the French Republic and afterwards Napoleon Bonaparte, both in the interest, of the Bourbons, that the war cost us five hundred millions of debt, and that the result , is, this present year 1853, a Bonaparte, whose family we proscribed, sitting upon, the French throne, and the Bourbons, whom we installed at the Tuileries, fugitives from the soil of France." Yes—the fruits of those coarse and evil invectives, were a bootless (be cause now a resultless) and most atrocious war—saddling this country at the behest of its aristocracy with a debt of FrvE HUNDRED MILLIONS ! Wisely and patriotically has RICHARD COBDEN acted in thrusting facts like these upon the attention of the English multitude. If for nothing else, for this alone he would have de served well of his country. Let England betimes weigh these facts well in her calmer judgment. Let her draw some wisdom at least from ex perience, and, blinded by no despicable passions, and influenced by no malign invectives, and in furiated by no base and criminal insinuations, observe dispassionately the developement of events in France—what though those events be guided by the sceptre of an Emperor in the grasp of a NAPOLEON ! A very long but interesting letter from the Rev JOSEPH THOMPSON addressed by permission to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, on the subject of American Slavery, has just appeared, It is a total contrast in spirit, good taste, and sound sense to the com munications from Milan and New York, and is really worthy of the attention of every English man interested (and who is not ?) in the question of American Slavery. Beginning with some striking corroborations of the complicity of Eng land (sorrowfully admitted by the Stafford-house ladies), in the originating and even forcing negro slavery upon the Americans, he points out the circumstances which compelled 'WASHINGTON, JEF FERSON, JAY, ADA➢LS, FRANKLIN, and other Ame rican patriots, to tolerate it as a temporary evil. JEFFERSON himself, in the draught document he drew up, had enumerated amongst " the crimes of GEORGE III," his having practically stolen and sold men into slavery in his colonies ; he was obliged, however, to yield to the necessity of unit- ing the States in their great conflict. They did, however, as is well known, in their Constitution, utterly refuse to insert the odious word slavery, and used a form of expression, " persons held to labour by the laws of any State," which ought to in t a u p r p e l dy apprentices.only T e r v h e a y n t s w , e o r r e a t a mostso obliged, 3 inn terms of fetecotioormutnitioentdph-l.circumlocution, to legalise .the Slave Tradii, and the sale of slaves for twenty Eng landavtic u r nen e trdg a s iyo ttnefohhdofeertfhdnrc was o oeeu m m b 6 e 9 r 7 e , x i B9 st 7 in t g o l at ,l t 9 h l e ,3 tim o4 e , n th ea ei r r ly e donoustb yeaTs, till 1808 ; in which time the slaves in i- g impl in, ications se thisthe sgcrfde s avN u ta p oldu e r teremvhoeea demand l e d d afv t r eho merchants a disco- bo ur e with Southern planters, till the thing has grown toitssiaprveesryenteaauswfeulnmowaglaiietsu,dea.a Mr. T The strength ir o Ni r. s o ofN the shows, in the " morality of party, n t ra ding spirit." The hindrance which both in th are to every worthy and noble enterprise, we can better appreciate, probably, than Mr. T. appears to sup pose. The pro-slavery party has for a long time maintained its ground, because it was able to turn the scale between the Whigs and the Democrats, although the representatives from slave-holding States are but 89 in number, while the free States send 114 members to Congress. In the Senate, also, the free States, since the adm'ission of Cali fornia, have had a majority. In speaking of the annexation of Texas, by which the slaveholders then regained their lost equilibrium in the Senate, Mr. THOMPSON, American as he is, uses language which surpasses anything we ever wrote, and which, we much fear, will sadly irritate General CASS, and occasion deep regret at Manchester. "It was for this," he writes, "that Mexico was conquered, and a portion of its terri tory seized by a. peace hardly less rapacious than war itself ; and it will be for this—the extension of slavery, the domestic slave-market and the slave holding interest, and the au gmentation of the slave-holding political power—that by violence, fraud, or by negotiation, Cuba will be wrested from Spain under the incoming administration of the United States' Government." Such is the state ment deliberately made to a British Peer, by this calmly-writing and clearly well-informed American minister of the Gospel 1 British and American trade also rivet, as yet, the fetters of the slave. While Manchester is exulting in a Free-trade President elect, and reading lectures to Mr. IN GERSOLL, the friends of the slave in America a lamenting the advent topower of an unscrupu re lously pro-slavery Government, prepared, as its Party has hitherto been, to concede everything, even Cuba itself, to the South. Notwithstanding all, Mr. THOMPSO N is confi dent that all this is merely the result of political combinations. " Leave," he says, " th e moral sense of the Northern and Western States to act upon the simple question whether slavery should continue to exist, and their decision would be almost unanimous tha t slavery should be abolish ed." Hence Mr. T. is prepared to hail the Staf ford-house Address. He thinks it a " beautiful conception that the women of -England should address the women of the United States, and plead with them for the sanctity of the marriage tie, and the family relation, and the boon of edu cation," for the Negroes. He thinks, moreover, they have pleaded for the most appropriate objects ; since, not only can no one defend what they so justly attack, but, grant their prayer, and the syStem would soon fall of itself. It could not exist without the abominations which the ladies deprecate. He assures them also that their Address will meet with a ns c ordial response from the hearts of American females he encourages the employment of the p r ess, and every moral and Christian means for arousing to activity the already awakened conscience of the majority of LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2?6, 1853. Somebody, it will be remembered, once upon a time, christened the Press of this country the Fourth Estate. Could that " somebody " have foreseen the licence shown of late, and wes regret to say for a rather considerable time past, in the language employed by a large portion of the British journalists--it may reasonably be ques tioned whether he would ever have ventured to apply to oar Order a title so peculiarly (tievated and dignified. That circumstance, we believe, has been a matter of profound regret to tile ma jority of the more reflective and unimpagisioned members of the population. In common with ourselves very many we doubt not have lamented from the purest and highest motives the inde corum and not unfrequently the vulgazity of the vituperations directed against the French people in the person of their accepted--their three-times accepted—SovEßElGN. It is a mere farce to quibble now at the eleventh hour (when the system across the Channel has become estab lished), by asserting that it was the man 'rho was abused, and not the multitude. It is a mere farce, because the man has been chosen three times over by the multitude, and has, therefore, become their virtual representative—their public impersona tion —their political incarnation. In scouting him, through the aid of all the grossest epithets that can be culled from the dictionary, you neces sarily, and by something more than impli cation, cover them, with scurrility. To pretend that our neighbours, as a mass, are regarded only in the present situation with feelings of Pity, is perhaps only to make matters worse : for there are momenta when Pity is more intolerable than Insult. Whoever has watched, even crursorily and superficially, the progress of recent events in France, and the manner in which those events have been commented on in the United Kingdom, needs not surely be reminded that passion rather than reason seems to have dictated the gmerality 9f the remarks uttered upon this subject by most of our contemporaries. Latterly, a show of mo deration has crept in upon the more in sensate vilifiers of the adjacent Goverenment. Phrenzy has yielded ground to better judgment. Scurrilous taunts' are no longer directed against the Base Exceptionl-meaning the only public writer who, in the midst of a general phobi a , con trived to preserve anything like equanimity. Th e fury of the storm has, in some measure, abated, so that nowadays the exceptional journals are those still sustaining the old rant, the brutum fulmen of a blind and brawling rodomontade. * " 1793 and 1853, in Three Letters." By Richard Cob• den, Esq., M.P., Bvo. pp. 140. Ridgway, London : 1853. Aspirants for Senatorial honours, agents, and others in any degree concerned in Electioneering tactics, are duly warned that, henceforward, no allusion is to be made under any circumstances, either during canvassing or at the hustings, to "W. B." as the promoter, or getter up of a contest. The Right Hon. and Gallant Major who rejoices in these well-known initials has re tired from business, and has no longer any con nexion with the old-established firm of which he was once the energetic and efficient manager. Nay, more, the public are bound to notice the fact at their peril. Any hint to, the contrary must be bitterly expiated. The Right Hon. Gentleman is pugnacious, "foenum habet in cornu." He is prepared to vindicate his character " even at the pistol's mouth," and "odds bullets and hair-triggers." Any person calling his name in ques tion, or imputing any interference at elections, must be ready "to eat much dirt," or to accept the pleasing alternative of being left " qui vering on a daisy" some fine morning. It is well that all publicity should be given to this fact, that candidates may not unadvisedly incur danger by trenching on the forbidden ground. The name of " FRAIL" must also be considered as tabooed. It should not even be whispered among divided constituencies, lest, haply, the distin guished tonsor might have announced his inten tion of abandoning Electioneering politics, and sticking, for the future, to his wig-blocks and po matum pots, and be resolved to call to strict ac count every one who should venture to insinuate the reverse. The Major, too, is an awkward customer. He leaves no loophole for escape, but,. more hiber nico, plunges at once /media.; res. He does not waste his time in inquiring whether a report be accurate or otherwise. In deed, he appears to entertain 'a very strong repugnance even to explain what it is he com plains of. His adversary must find that out for himself. The Major can't be expected to gratify his curiosity in these particulars. It is quite suf ficient if he be informed of the time and place at which his alleged observations were made. FA sewhere we have transferred to our columns of this evening, from those of the Weekly Dispatch, a rebuke addressed to the section of the English Press above mentioned, such as, in our opinion, reflects the very highest credit upon the judgment and discretion of our contemporary. What is required at this important juncture from the journalism of the 13nited. Kingdom is not timidity, is not silence, is not in any respect a a y, of its dignity , or derogation dereliction of its principles. GOD forbid that any power or any influence should ever gag the Free Press of Eng land ! But what is needed at all times, and more particularly under the present emergency, is that It is usual, when demanding explanations, to repeat the very words of the objectionable state ment, and the authority on which it is ascribed to the party, that he might have an opportunity either of damrintr ;fa nen - limey or of " confessing Americans. What the power of Congress is Mr. THOMPSON defines with precision. They can prohibit slavery in the district of Columbia, —they can prohibit it in the territories of the United States, TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN VARY 26, `1853. that is in those districts which are.not yet creat_d into independent States, these being solely under the Government of Congress,—and, what we were not aware of before, Congress can prohibit the domestic Slave Trade. It can do this under the Act which legalised the trade only till 1808. With powers like these in the hands of the people's Congress, chosen as it is by universal suffrage, with an immense electoral majority also in the free States, the blame of not using them, and thereby giving a fatal blow to slavery, must lie at the door of the people, and the people of the Free States too. Mr. THOMPSON seams to smile at the threat on the part of the South of a " dissolution of the Union ;" anal he shows that without the support of the whole United States' army they dare not hazard a servile war. Mr. THOMPSON does not advocate immediate emanci pation ; yet he thinks its dangers less than are commonly supposed, and that, accompanied by cautious measures, and plans for the improvement of the Negro, it might be beneficial both to master and servant. The Fugitive Slave Law will, he thinks, after having in reality served the cause of freedom both in the North and in the South, practically become a dead letter on the statute-7 book. Such are some of the most important views of one who shows himself a thorough Ameri can—who severs himself from the. LLOYD GARRI SON Abolitionists—who is evidently master of the whole subject—and who, though a Minister of high standing in the City of New York, does not hesitate to own that the connection of Christian Churches with slavery is one of the chief things which keep it in countenance. He makes one suggestion which we would leave in the hands of Mr. GLADSTONE, that the Anglican Bishops should address a memorial on slavery to the Episcopal brethren in America. He asserts that it would have great weight. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly. The sales comprised . 4,soo American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6-ad. to 7d., 800 Egyptian at 6d. to 9d., 1,300 Surat at 3/d. to 4-id., and 60 Sea Island at ls. 7d. to is. laid. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. The profits of the Union Bank of Australia, it is currently reported, will yield a much larger divi dend next half-year even than at present, and the accounts as to the operations in gold buying, &c., since June last, to which date the balance sheet is made up, certainly justify the expectation. The steamer Asia is not yet reported as having arrived. Shortly there will be two mails monthly from Southampton to India, the new contract of the Peninsular and Oriental Company being about to commence. Java advices state that the Portuguese Govern ment has sold to the Dutch authorities its territory in Timor and the island of Floris. The purchase money is 200,000 florins. There was no general improvement yesterday in the rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated upon tae principal cities of the Continent. P aris, 90 days, was taken at 25, 25 to 27/ ; Amsterdam at 11 18/ to 19 ; Hamburgh, at 13 5 to 61 ; and Trieste at 11 2 to 4. The Mexican Bondholders have held their meet ing this morning, and are still assembled. Sir Lyon Goldsmid's resignation has been accepted, but Mr. Capel has been induced to remain. Several other members of the committee retire. The funds have an upward tendency, and al though occasional sales by parties who bought at lower prices have the effect of retarding a rise, the tone is good. Consols have been 991 /, since 99 i to /, and are now 99k, 1 for transfer. There have been no bargains for account lower than 9911. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 103 k to /, and the Three per Cents. 100 i to 1. Exchequer Bills are 57 5 . to 615., and. India Bonds 675. to 695. premium. South Sea Stock is 109 g. Bank Stock is nominally at the previous rates. Foreign Stocks are very inactive. Spanish Bonds, however, have rallied to 221 . for the De ferred, and the Three per Cents. to 46. The Cer tificate is 4g f. Equador Stock is weaker at si. Chilian Bonds have been at 105 k, and Brazilian New 97-g. Austrian Scrip has been steady at 8 1 premium. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been heavy at 651 The Railway Share market has been very dull, but prices have improved. Great Western, Cale donian, North-Western, and Midland, are rather firmer. Great Northern, York and North Mid land, and South-Eastern, are flat. The French Shares have rallied. The Gold Mine Companies have been. drooping, except Colonial and Australasian, and there is not much doing. The South Australian Land Shares have been lower, but the accounts in the Adelaide Chronicle as to the condition of the company's estate, and the large amount of wheat grown thereon are highly satisfactory. The exports of wheat alone from Adelaide, during 1852, amounted to 800,0001. Joint Stock Bank shares have been neglected, and are nominally at about the former rates. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 1001 i g 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities t , 1034 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6A 7-16 India Bonds, £lOOO 67 9 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 10th February 99a 2 Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lO00. £5OO 6l 57 Small 6l 57 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent BA Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent . . 974 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ... IOSA Equador Bonds Si Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ' Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2 21 : 1 Ditto for the Account 221 j Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 440 Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 6sa 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.... .... . p c MALI*-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto February Account THE SCREW PROPELLER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the subject of the screw propeller is now exciting great interest, and is really of great public im portance, I beg to trouble you with the following re marks on this interesting question. It appears to me that your correspondents, whose letters were published in the Times of the 15th and 20th inst., on the subject of feathering the screw when not at work, are not aware that there is now a screw propeller in operation whose peculiar construction obviates the necessity of feathering when the vessel is under canvass only, and yet gives a greater speed with less vibration and consumption of fuel than has been obtained from any other screw. The two blades of this propeller are not more than one-third the width of those in ordinary use, and when placed in a vertical position, in a line with the stern post offer little (if any) resistance to the water as it flows past the vessel. In a screw on this principle of 12 feet diameter, the points of the blades do not exceed 2 feet 6 inches wide. Its efficiency in propelling has been severely tested, and I need only refer to the results that have been obtained from it when applied to the Lariston and Fore runner. The former, a vessel of 600 tons, with a pro peller of 8 feet 10 inches diameter, made her passage from Plymouth to Teneriffe in December last in six days, the two first of these against a strong head wind and sea, the engines making 34 revolutions per minute. When tried a few weeks before, with an ordinary propeller of 9 feet diameter, and three times the width of blades, the engines made 42 revolutions, with a corresponding increase in the consumption of fuel and wear and tear of machinery. The Forerunner, of 400 tons burden and 50-horse power, fitted with one of these screws of 8 feet 6 inches diameter, which left Falmouth on the 31st of December last, made the passage to Madeira in seven days—the four first against a violent headiwind and sea, the engines making 70 to 75 revolutions per minute ; while, with an ordinary screw of 9 feet diameter and the same pitch, with blades above three times the width at the point, the engines made 99 revolutions per minute, with a less speed of vessel. It may be 'added, that the General Screw Company's ship Propontis, having an ordinary screw, left Plymouth a short time before the Fore runner, and was ten days six hours performing the same voyage. I am, &c. AN ENGINEER, SPORTING! INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY, NEWTON STEEPLECHASE. 7 to 2 agst Shinrone (taken). 4 to 1 agst Heroine (taken). 4 to 1 agst Quickstep taken). NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Contentment (taken). Nothing else backed. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 14 to 1 agst Contentment (taken freely). 22 to 1 agst Redmond O'Hanlon (taken). 25 to 1 agst Pug Orrock (taken). 30 to 1 agst Galvanism (taken). 30 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken). 30 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill (taken). CHESTER CUP. 22 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). 40 to 1 agst Contentment (taken). 40 to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 40 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). DERBY 11 to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Contentment (taken). VISIT OF M. KOSSUTH TO THE MORNING ADVERTISER OFFlCE.—Yesterday M. Kossuth, accompanied by seve ral of his friends, visited the establishment of the Morning Advertiser, and went over and minutely ex. - - amined the whole of the premises. He appeared to be much struck with the magnitude and arrangement of the place, and to take a particular interest in the printing machine, which, when going at full speed, throws off nearly 6,000 impressions in an hour. The illustrious Hungarian, whom we were gratified to find in greatly improved health and in excellent spirits, remained about an hour on the establishment of this journal.—Morning Advertiser. REFORM MEETING AT MANCHESTER. —A social soiree or reunion of the free trade representatives and leading Reformers of Lancashire is to be held at the Manchester Town-hall on the 3d proximo, at which several hundred gentlemen are expected to be present. The representa tives who have accepted invitations are —Messrs. James Heywood, W. Brown, and John Cheetham, members for the connty ; Mr. Gibson and Mr. Bright, members for Manchester ; Mr. Brotherton, member for Salford ; Mr. Kershaw and Mr. Smith, members for Stockport ; Mr. Hindley, member for Ashton ; Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Eccles, members for Blackburn ; Mr. W. J. Fox, member for Oldham ; and Mr. Crook, member for Bolton. Mr. George Hadfield, M.P., of Manchester, will also be present. 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Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Lambert, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Maskell, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING, JAN. 26, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horacastle ; Miss F. Bltker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Ve3tris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss EgEnton, and Miss Rosina Wright A ;l1 appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bona-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 26, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mies Lama Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Auripl • Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, JAN. 26, Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET. Principal charac ters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Harley, Addison, Ryder, J. Vin ing, Meadows, Graham, and Cathcart ; Misses Phillips, Heath, and Daly. To conclude with the new and criglnal Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled WARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR ; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Htdine ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 26, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with 11.011F.0 ANT) JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with gls highly-trained Dogs. Eo;-of - ace open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. Crowded sightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. THIS EVENING, JAN. 2G, And during the Week, the Performances will commence wits UNCLE TOM'S CABIN "57th time). After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Ou THURSDAY, January 27th, another Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, when the Pantomime will be played first—followed by brilliant Scenes in the Cirele, and concluding with a Laughable FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence est Seven. Box-ofilce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Matrager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.. Tau DAY Morning 44 min. after 2 Evening 5 reln.aft. 3 To - Monnow—Morning 22 min. after 3 I Evening 42 min.aft. 3 DAILY WEAIHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.E., gentle breeze—partially clonay. SOIITHAMPTON—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—E., gentle breeze—partially elolld.3r. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STROOD—N.E., calm—overcast, foggy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.E., strong breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock STROOD—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Fine. LANCASTER—N., calm—foggy. DARLINGTON—N.N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy•, sharp frost. SHAD—N., calm overcast. THE WEATHER.-SGN OFFICE, J. 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 34—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 71. WIND, N.E.—Fine frosty breeze, and sunshiny weather. ~~ ,4 ~~~ s! 9 _~ ~_ '~ `.. CY- 411 It /Inr COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 25. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes• terday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co lonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, left Windsor this morning by a special train of the South-Western Railway for London, and returned to the Castle at ten minutes before three o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of Westminster at a quarter before eleven o'clock, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The meeting was held at eleven o'clock. The other commissioners present were :—Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart., Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. T. Bazley, Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. C. W. Dilke, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. P. Pusey, Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P. Mr. Edgar Bowriu,g, seeretary to the commission, was in attendance. The meeting broke up at ten minutes past two o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, left the Palace on his return to Windsor Castle. A deputation from Jamaica had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. A deputation from the grocers and coffee-dealers of London had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Williams, M.P. for Lambeth, and consisted of Mr. James Abbiss, treasurer, Mr. J. E. Newsom, honorary secretary, Messrs. Keen, Hawkins, Strugnell, Miles, Bone, Rus sell, Snowden, Hawley, Lawson, Robinson, Williams, Salmon, Halsey, Sille, and many other members of the trade. The Cathedral Commission had a. meeting yesterday I at their office in Parliament-street—present, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Dodson, Sir John Patteson, Sir NV. P. Wood, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. J. Jack son, the Rev. W. Selwyn, and the Rev. R. Jones (sec retary). Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, had an in terview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Ross had also an interview with the noble duke. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Governor of the Mauritius. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING The steam ship Asia arrived shortly after 10 with New York advices to the 14th inst. She brings about 50 passengers and a considerable amount of specie. The Asia was detained at New York two days beyond her proper day of sailing by a heavy snow storm and dense fog. The new Cunard steamer Arabia, for New York, had put into Halifax on the 13th, short of coals, 12 days out from Liverpool. The steamer Baltic from Liverpool arrived at New York on the 11th inst. The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New York, with 14 days later from California. Provisions were very high throughout California. At Sonora, flour was bringing from 65 to 70 dolss per barrel. There was very little doing in the Californian markets. Money and stocks were easy. Her mails will be despatched to-night. By the Asia we learn that the American steam ship Illinois had arrived at New York with a further sum of over two millions in gold dust. . . The advices from the golden region extend to the 13th ult., and the reports from the mining dis tricts continue flattering. Business good, and imports command high prices. Hundi had declined the Secretaryship, and Moray and Dix had become candidates. Breadstuffs in pretty good demand. Western Canal flour, 5 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 81-c. ; Gennessee wheat, 1 dol. 28c. to 1 dol. 32c. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 60 dols. to 70 dole. ; Indian meal, 3 dols. 87 c. to 4 dols. COTTON.—The cotton tharket at New York was brisk, and with a good demand at slightly advanced prices, say to the extent of a cent. per lb. on the lower qualities. Provisions quiet, but at New York prices were very high. Exchange on London, 1091 to ; Paris, 513 ; Bremen, 77i to 1; and Hamburgh, 361 to 37. THE SMOKE NUISANCE ON THE RIVER.—In another part of to-day's impression will be found a brief report of what took place before the City Sewers Commission yesterday, on the subject of a new and important invention for putting a stop to the steam-boat smoke nuisance on rivers. It will doubtless be remembered, that when Prince Albert visited Liverpool, he experienced the greatest difficulty in examining the noble dock and shipping works on the banks of the Mersey, owing to the dense masses of opaque smoke which the multitude of steamers were continually puffing forth whilst he was there. Now, had this inven tion been known and in use at that time, probably no such inconvenience would have been suffered ; and we shall no doubt be doing a service to the conservators of the Thames, the Mersey, the Clydb, the Humber, and, in fact, all rivers that enjoy' a large steam-boat traffic, in drawing their attention to Mr. Lee Stevens' very useful and ingenious discovery, which certainly, in our opinion, merits the utmost support and encouragement. Mr. Lee Stevens is eminently known as being the author of several other useful inventions, among which is the fan paddle-wheel. ROBBERY OF £1,300. —Messrs. Harrison, Brothers, request us to state that, with reference to the state ment in our impression of yesterday, under this head, it gives them pleasure to inform us that the same is incor rect, no robbery whatever laving been committed on them, and no information, so far as they knew, having been given to that effect. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—A third grand juvenile performance is to be given here to-morrow night. The Pantomime will be given first, and the infant equestrians will afterwards go through their interesting entertain ments. As the holidays are almost at a close, when the young folks must return to school, we have no doubt that to-morrow night the Amphitheatre will present a full array of youthful laughing faces. NEWTON STEEPLECHASES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE GOLBORNE STEEPLECHASE STAKES. Young Lottery Heroine Eight ran. .~ LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.) THE QUEEN (ON THE PROSECUTION OF DR. ACHILLI) V. DR. NEWMAN.—JUDGMENT. This morning having been fixed for giving judgment in this important case, the court was very much crowded , both by the bar and the public. Nearly all the counsel engaged on each side were present. Lord Campbell said—We are of opinion that in this case the rule for a new trial ought to be discharged. The defendant has pleaded two pleas to the information, and we think that on both pleas the verdict must stand for the prosecutor. The defendant having admitted the publication of the libel, and that it contains defamatory charges against the prosecutor, there is no defence under the plea of not guilty. The second plea of the defendant alleges the truth of the matters charged in the libel against the prosecutor, and says that it was for the public benefit that these matters charged should be pub lished. This plea, so framed, rests on the statute of the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 96, sec. 6. Before this enact. ment the truth of the charges contained in a libel was no defence to an indictment for publishing it ; the truth could not enable the defendant to set up a defence under the plea of not guilty, and no special justification on the ground of truth could be foleaded. It was even said " the greater the truth the greater the libel ;" but the Legislature, thinking that such an enactment, misap plied, had brought discredit on the administration of justice, and that, under certain circumstances and under certain modifications, the truth of a libel might advan. tageously be inquired into and be made to constitute a complete defence, it passed the present statute. But this statute provides that, until the defendant gives evidenc3 of the truth of the matters charged in his defence to the indictment or information, it shall be necessam for the defendant pleading to it to allege the truth of the said matters, and further to allege that it was for the public benefit that they should be published, to which plea the prosecutor should be at liberty to reply gene rally, denying the whole thereof. This is quite clear, that when the prosecutor, in reply to such a plea, says that the defendant published the libel without the causes alleged, and when issue has been joined on the replica tion, the prosecutor is entitled to a verdict, unless the defendant proves to the satisfaction of the jury the truth of all the allegations. What the jury have to decide is, whether the whole plea has been proved or not. If they find it is, the defendant is acquitted ; if they think that it is not—that the defendant wrongfully published the libel without the cause alleged—then he is guilty. The Legis lature did not contemplate that any question should be put to them as to how much of the plea is true, for with out the truth of the whole a conviction must take place, and that must be followed by a sentence. Nevertheless the Legislature wisely thought that, although under such circumstances sentence must be passed, a just measure of punishment might depend upon the unsuccessful plea of justification, and the evidence ad duced in support of it. In some cases, where the de fendant has no substantial evidence to support the plea, he may attempt to support it by false testimony. On the other hand, he may have had reasonable grounds for believing that he could prove the whole of it, and he may bring witnesses to substantiate a part of it, while the material part of it may not be substantiated. Where there has been a conviction, after a plea of justification, what course is to be followed, so that justice may be done, and a due measure of punishment meeted out, ac cording to the guilt of the defendant ! It is quite clear the Legislature has enacted that, if, after such a plea, the defendant shall be convicted on such an indictment or information, it shall be competent for the court, pronouncing sentence, to consider whether his guilt is aggravated or mitigated by such plea, and by the evidence given to prove or disprove the same. Such being the existing law on the subject, let us apply it to the present case. The defendant's plea of justification complies fully with the conditions of the statute, for it alleges the truth of all the matters charged in the libel, amounting in the justification to twenty-seven distinct charges, and further alleges that it was for the public benefit that all the said matters should be published. The prosecutor replied, denying the whole of the plea, and thereupon a single issue was joined. After much evidence had been given on both sides, the jury expressed their opinion that only one of the charges mentioned in the plea was proved to their satisfaction; and as to the issue joined on this plea, the verdict was accordingly given for the prosecution. The counsel for the defendant, in arguing the rule for a new trial, hardly found any fault with the opinion ex pressed by the jury as to a considerable number of charges mentioned in the plea, several of them being of a very aggravated nature, such as saying that the prosecutor debauched, seduced, and carnally knew Rosa Di Allessandris, then being a chaste woman, and robbed her of her honour, and that he was found guilty of having so debauched, seduced, and carnally known her, and robbed her of her honour, by the Bishop of Viterbo ; such as the Bth charge, that ho car nally knew a certain other woman, then being chaste and unmarried, whose name the defendant was unable to ascertain, and robbed her of her honour ; such as the Bth and 9th charges, which related to similar offences ; such as the 15th charge, that he had been dismissed from the college at Malta, among other things, for offences which the authorities were unwilling to state or describe and which they had hitherto refrained to state or describe specifically ; such as the 20th charge, that the prosecutor, after having debauched, seduced, and car nally known and robbed of her honour the said Rosa Di Allessandris, he was obliged to give large sums of money to her father as hush money, and by way of compensation for the damage sustained by the father, by loss of her services, and that this would be proved by the reports and documents of the police at Viterbo ; such as the 21st charge, that in and by certain documents in the archives of the police, at Naples, it was reported and declared that the prosecutor was known for his habitual incontinency. In support of some of these charges no evidence whatever was offered, and the jury were clearly justified in finding that they were not estab lished. There is no affidavit alleging that any further evidence can be given in support of them, and it is ad mitted that if a new trial be granted, the verdict of the jury must still be that the defendant published the libel without the cause alleged by him in the plea of justifi• cation. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins-1 think your lordship is under a mistake ; we certainly did not make any such admis- sion. Lord Campbell—l apprehend it was admitted. It could not possibly be denied. The Attorney-General—We only admitted the facts which were proved before your lordship. Lord Campbell—There was no affidavit, or any sug gestion as to further evidence being offered in support of these pleas, therefore, it was virtually admitted that there must be a conviction on a new trial, whether there was a direct statement to that effect or not. It was quite clear that a verdict on the issue raised by the pleas of the defendant must inevitably be for the prosecutor. That must be taken as a clear fact in the case. There was no suggestion of surprise, or that the case would be at all amended on a future occasion. I consider, there fore, that if a new trial were granted, the verdict would be that the defendant published the libel without the cause alleged by him in his plea of justification ; so that he would be again convicted, and again brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. The defendant's counsel confined their complaint to the opinion expressed by the jury as to some charges of the prosecu tor. These certainly were of a very heinous character, such, namely, as charges of seducing Eleanor Valenti, at Viterbo, and Maria Principe, at Naples ; of adultery with the wives of Carriboni and Garriboni, at Corfu ; and of having had illicit intercourse with certain females in this country. It has been very powerfully argued that, with respect to all these charges, the jury were wrong in saying they were not true, and that another jury would come to a different conclusion. Now, even if we were of opinion that with respect to any one of those charges the evidence greatly preponderated against the prosecutor, we, I conceive, could not with propriety set the verdict aside and grant a new trial. The only argument at bar w hich led to a different conclusion was, that the plea might be considered as dis tributed, and that the jury were entitled to find a ver dict for the defendant on any part of the libel, which was covered by a corresponding part of the justification, which they found to be true. But this argument pro ceeds on a fallacious assumption. It has been uni formly held that in civil actions for libel, the plea of justification is one and entire plea, It raises only one issue, and unless the whole plea is prove 1, that issue must be found for the plaintiff. Some difference of opini( has prevailed, and it has been held that a partial justifi cation in a civil case ought to operate in the reduction of damages, but all authorities agree that there can be no partial finding for the defendant on the ground of the justification being partially established. In a cri minal prosecution for libel, where the Legislature has given the defendant liberty to plead the truth as a defence, without any special direction in case the whole justification should not be proved, the jury would have no right to find that part of the justifi cation is proved, for there are no damages to be assessed and the sentence to be pronounced rests exclusively with the Court. But all doubt on the subject is removed by the provision made by the Legislature, that wherever there is a conviction after a plea of justification, the Court, in pronouncing sentence, shall consider whe ther the guilt of the defendant is aggravated or mitigated by his plea, and the evidence given to prove or disprove the same. It is for the Court to consider the evidence on one side and the other, and to form their own conclu sions whether it aggravates or mitigates the guilt of the defendant. But their conclusion as to the sentence is to be regulated, not by any declaration of the jury, as to the credit which they think ought to be given to the witnesses examined. It is quite clear that the opinion expressed by the jury as to any particular parts of the plea, as to the whole, for instance, not being proved, could not be entered on the record. It may be reported by the judge who presided at the trial, to the Court hi whom the sentence is pronounced; but still the judges in deliberating upon the sentence are bound to form their conclusions on the evidence, and if it aggravates or mid gates the guilt to apportion the punishment accordingly . The evidence, as it appears on the notes of the judg,r° who conducted the trial, comes in the place of the pr°' duction of affidavits as to the aggravation or mitigatio n of the punishment when sentence is to be pronounced , and it will be much more satisfactory than affidavits , because as the witnesses were examined viva voce, and on opportunity given for oross-examination, what they s 3 l is much more satisfactory, and will afford a b e tter foundation for the sentence that is to be pronounced' Under these circumstances, how can we se t aside the verdict, and grant a new trial That course is adopted only when a different verdic t may be expected ; but here it is admitted that the io n : has been properly formed, and that the jury must fin", that the defendant published the libel without the alleg e ' cause of justification. Again, the defendant must col° before us, and the evidence will have to be consider ed by us in measuring out his punishment. For thesea reasons the rule for a new trial must be discharged, on, sentence must be pronounced. When the defendant i° brought before Court to receive judgment, we will, 111 4 the discharge of our sacred duty, consider whether hi { guilt has been aggravated or mitigated by his plea °° justification, and the evidence given to prove or disprov; it ; and by so doing we conceive that the intentions the Legislature will be strictly fulfilled, and that the CO i9 of justice will be fully answered. Rule discharged. Sir F. Thesig er applied to the Court to certify that 00 prosecutor should b e i n d emn ifi e d i n respec t t o th e CO s observing that, under th e ac t a ll u d e d t o i n th e judgin e . , l ' the prosecutor, wh en a ver di c t was f oun d i n hi s favn_ . . e ' was entitled to recover from the defendant the costs s w' tamed by reason of his plea of justification. The Attorney-General trusted, as he had another e j gagement, that the question of costs would be defe r/. until a future occasion. Lord Campbell—We shall give no opinion on the ° tI ect until we hear both sides. Sir F. Thesiger said he understood it would be 09- venient for Dr. Newman to attend to receive the judg inc o t of the Court on Monday next, and perhaps the C o would fix that day for passing sentence upon him. Lord Campbell—Very well. ba It was then arranged that Dr. Newman shoo- t o brought up for judgment on Monday, an d that question of costs should be deferred until then. , for' Lord Campbell suggested that, in ord er t o avoid ther expense, it would be better to dispense with , c 0 davits in mitigation or aggravation of the sen te tif so having reference to the evidence at the trial. Of c ° to t additional affidavits would be produced if any new 23° could be urged on either side. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) , THE EFFECT OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION.-- 11 v. TRENDALL. 3 5 This was an action to recover the su m of 7 1 'l , balance of an account for goods so ld and delivered Mr. Lucas appeared as cou nse l f or the L.6tr:' Qbe stated that plaintiff resided B Ism iir i u n ar ß y uc t k o in N gt v account extended f rom F e emb er ' 1 S-46" consequently, if it could not be shown that th ey ° r or been an ad m i ss i on i n writing of the debt being.i th e unless a p a y ment h ad been made on account will o till; prescribed period, the demand was extinguished. case, he should be a bl e t o s h ow th a t th e defend o to paid on account Plaintiff was • called, and -roved that as the col)6' t cane., . pro a. was closed in November, defendant paid him 11 ' lei cember of the same year, after which he left his r es t in Sprigg's-alley, Oxfordshire, and went to Lee ds l,e only returned in time to receive the writ within t' years. 006 The whole of the case rested on the testinionY. plaintiff and defendant—the payment of the 1 1 . 1- , cember bringing it within one month of the statu te t e The jury, without hesitation, found for the 0 61 the amount claimed. NELSON V. BROOME. • id This was an action against Harry Broome fo r j _ expenses and preparing accounts. • ~A O F4 Mr. Duncan appeared for the plaintiff, but an „ fc 1 1" ment was come to between the parties, and e ' taken by consent. des ot The court was crowded to excess by parties - of hearing the case, who went away evidentlf pointed. oil MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY') , 0 John Taylor, aged 8, and Thomas Styant, ao - ear'es placed at the bar charged with stealing several b r e , til l ornamental brass from shop-fronts in Regent-stre c "' Piccadilly. to!' Regent-strew' '° It appeared from the evidence of Mitchell an 0 t two active officers of the A and C divisions, that ° t ee" previous afternoon they were on duty in Regent 4 , o 4 when their attention was attracted to the two 10, 1° e - d el i : who were standing close to the shop front 264, P ° O, street, and after watching them for some time the.7o,lc Taylor unscrew three pieces of brass from thugol, plate ; Styant at the same time covering him. t i as he had got it off they ran away, followed ' ef f; officers, who caught them in Oxford-street, and oaj,Lori ing them the brass produced was found under ' ,l - 3 1, cape. Another piece of brass, stolen from the o° ll 4 of Mr. Jones, 43, Piccadilly, was also found upo e j tl l , The prisoners when taken into custody, admitte they had previously stolen some pieces of brago oor other shop fronts, which they had sold to a, marinV dealer named Nimrod Soffe, of 22, Robert-street , 6 venor-square. e oaj li ,l3 Mr. Hardwick in strong terms condemned the - _,th of certain marine-store dealers, whom he considertV out temptations to such lads as the prisoner to n e , e Til con e s b tab y l s es w robberies, in order that they might fatten upon t ef t s . theirduce o p f ar th en ei t r s, th an ef d ts t . he and search the man Soffe's premises. e s di er r e e t c h te e d n htc.rgdoedaft. OP"- After a short time the officers returned with tn e tP' d in custody, and Mitchell informed the m ag istrat e Jvj but 4 he had s earc h e d the prisoner's premises, fen' tO brass. He then went into a back parlour, and P 2 of about 301b s o f wax an d mou ld c an dl es, and 0 6 ;Pr o f them si x a lt ar can dl es, a b ou t s i x f eet hi g h. a bout to t ,e j hundredw e i g ht o f h orse h a i r , an d a gre at nun' 0 51' 6 1 parliamentary blue books, quite new. Witness ai 6 him where he got the property from, but as he co i f,/ give any satisfactory account as to how the artini t ''' into his possession, witness took him into custody Mr. Thomas Cross, who appeared for the de fe ' addressed the Court at some length, contendinfr there was not the slightest evidence to warran t 1 # detaining his client. de ci e lf Mr. Hardwick thought different, and reman prisoner for a week, but agreed to accept bail, i t VT in 1001., and two sureties in 801. each. Bail an forthcoming, prisoner was locked up. • THE WONDERS OF OMNIBUS TRAFFIC. -- 1 1 112 04 daily plying through the streets of London 3, 00 V, 0(9 buses, each carrying 300 passengers daily, or o ' o o, week, which makes for the entire omnibuses 6 , 0 : 45 / a-week, or the enormous number of 300,000,000 Yip? gers a-year. Supposing each passenger paid penny fare, the amount expended annually uP ° ',",clorol buses would be 3,000,039/. An omnibus CO6vioce driving an omnibus 60 miles a-day—which is h e istY average—although he may not drive a greater .00/ than five miles each journey, yet passing t h ‘,o ol3 of ground over and over again, he would in the e ° seven years perform the extraordinary d ist „! 173,880 miles, or 521,640 miles in twenty -O n which several coachmen have done without varPi, route—say from Chelsea to the Bank. And 3 75 40 1 i ,t all this labour, and a ll thi s t rave lli ng , although eaten ch they carry in thei r b an d s , f rom eight ' a.m. P c f fa d hundred and a half weight (the supposed we'g oet strain upon the horses,) they have not, but •:, p 8 1 , 1 4. instances, saved sufficient to pay their funeral e,l' O ':0' 1 ,01 The manual labour employed comprises the fc" l , O V —Coachmen and conductors, 6,000 ; 11„°11,0e -3,000 ; occasional drivers and hangers-ori, 4, ". b 10 7 j or'i 11,000. The value of the metropolitanj 11 1 , lishments is estimated at 962,0001., viz., h ° „ rs o c or.i 1. 1 . °f 800,000/. ; omnibuses, 300,000/. ; harness, 6,", 7 , o oe'ioUr l sundries, 2,0001. The expenditure figura 78 "ci O r d corn, 225,000/. for straw, 750,0001. for hay, 1 for s ior for hors e - s h oe i n g ; to which are added 156,000 ' ~ ,0 19 ,ef and tear, and 180,000/. for harness, exclusive and its accidentals. The Government duth at mile : amounts to 393,756/. 1