The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

The case of " Davidson v. Duncan," which 'occurs in our law report of last Saturday, resusci tates a question which we had hoped had long since been at its final rest. It appears that there exists at Hartlepool a small local parliament, having large powers over that busy borough. We have not read the statute under which they act, but, judging from their The West Hartlepool Improvement Com missioners" can probably pull down anybody's house, or pull up anybody's sewer, or stop up any body's road. That they can impose taxes upon all th e property in Hartlepool appears upon the face of the proceedings ; and, even if this were the sole amount of their power, it might appear to justify some curiosity in the inhabitants of this town as to what the Commissioners were saying, and what they were likely to do. To satisfy this very natural curiosity on the part of the people of Hartlepool, the local newspapers published reports of the meet ings of the Hartlepool Commissioners ; and so it happened that no man's house was pulled down in Hartlepool, and no man's sewer was pulled up, and no man's rates were doubled, without those coming events duly casting their shadows before. This happy state of things continued for some time, but these Improvement Commissioners, quite flatus rally,—for it is the nature of Commissioners so to do,—got into a squabble with a neighbouring , power. Collectively they passed some strong reso lutions, and individually they used fierce words— words unpleasant to the ear of an absent gentle. man. The absent gentleman was indignant that such harsh things should be said of him, and he looked about for somebody to puni-h. Rapidly singling out his victim, he brought his action, not against Mr. Commissioner A. or Mr. Commissioner 8., but against the local newspaper which had re ported what they said. The proceeding was very much the same as if a man should see by the aid of a looking-glass that some one was shaking his fist and making other insulting gestures at him behind his back, but should straightway, instead of turning round and knocking down his adversary, raise his walking-stick and demolish the looking-glass. However, the action was brought, and the defen dant pleaded that the report was a fair report of the proceedings at a public meeting, and that the report was without malice. To this plea the plain tiff demurred ; that is to-say, be admitted (for the purpose of the action) that the facts were true, but denied that they amounted to a defence. The Court of Queen's Bench, without hearing argu ment,—for the running conversation between the defendant's counsel and the Court cannot be called an argument,—and without taking any time to consider the point, decided that the plaintiff's de murrer was good, or, in other words, that there is no protection for a fair report of the proceedings of a public body. Now, we very respectfully represent to the Court of Queen's Bench that this case of " Davison v. Duncan" deserved a little more time and attention than it received at their hands. The principle in volved in it is certainly not less important than the principle involved in that great commercial case wherein the Courts have just confessedly miscar ried. The judgment in " Davison v. Duncan " should not have been given without grave delibera tion upon patiently heard argument. We venture to predict that whenever some case similar to this shall be fully argued and well considered this judg meet will be thought to be but doubtful law. We will give our reasons for this opinion, and they shall be strictly such as lawyers should lister. to. At the end of the last century the press was an outlaw. A newspaper was a thing held in equal hatred and terror by the Bench. It was an esta blished principle of law that it had no privileges, and jud4. t es authoritatively ruled that " it was no part of the duty of the editor of a newspaper to report judicial proceedings ; be was a volunteer, and did so at his own risk." We should not carry the attention of the reader with us if we were to deduce through, the various cases the gradual changes in the spirit of judicial decisions upon this important point. Gradually, and step by step, the exigencies of the public won from the Courts a reluctant assent to the proposition that a fair and bona fide report of judicial proceedings was as much protected as the character of a servant, or an answer to an inquiry made by one man of business of another. At present the law, so far as it respects judicial proceedings, is indisputable. We will refer to some of the later cases. Lord Campbell, in " Andrews v. Chapman," reported in the - third volume of " Carrington. and Kirwan's Reports," told the jury that " by the law of England a fair account of what takes. place in a court of justice maybe published," a.nd that the privilege of pub lishing reports of proceedings in courts of justice is " a valuable privilege for the public." Mr. Justice Coleridge, in the case of " Smith v. Smith," re kned in the second volume of " Carrington and irwan's Reports," directed the jury thus :—" If this libel is a correct account of proceedings in a court of justice, you ought to find a verdict for the defendant." In the case of "Hoare v. Silverlock," reported in the ninth volume of the " Common Bench Reports," Chief Justice Wilde and the Puisne Judges of that court solemnly decided that a report of proceedings in a court of justice was a protected publication. "I think it impossible," said Mr. Justice Maule, "at this day to say that a fair account of proceedings in a court of justice not being ex parte, bu tin the hearing of both sides, is not generally speaking, a justifiable publication." Now, w* presume that these decisions and those which preceded them to the same effect depend upon some principle. A decision which has no principle to authorise it is valueless. Lord Camden has told us, in stronger language than we should care to use upon our unaided authority, that the discretion of judges, unguided by principle, is no better than caprice. We find a principle active in all these cases, and recognised ii& several of them. In " Flint v. Pike," reported in the fourth volume of " Barnwell and Cresswell's Reports," it is thus enounced :—" The publication should be for the purpose of giving the public information which it is fit and proper for them to receive." In Sir J. Campbell's elaborate argument in the case of " Stockdale v. Hansard" a host of authorities are cited by that very learned and careful Attorney- General to prove his proposition that "publications for the good of the community have been held pri vileged ; ' and in Lord Campbell's own Libel Act the same principle is recognised in that it is made part of the averment of the plea given by that sta tute " that it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged should be published.' Now, if this be the principle upon which reports of judicial proceedings are protected, we ask con fidently, what public advantage can arise from a report of judicial proceedings which does not equally arise from a report of the proceedings of public bodies which have the power of taxation in their hands ? What interest have the public in knowing the issue in the case of " Nokes v. Styles" which they have not iu knowing whether their houses are to be pulled down or whether their taxes are to be trebled? The immunity as to judicial proceedings cannot be an isolated exception ; for it must then have depended upon some statute. It must proceed from some ge neral principle, and that general principle is the public go ,d. Wherever that principle leads the decision of the Courts, in coin in 0 a sense and in sound law (which we are told is he perfection of common sense), ought to follow, Following up the principle thus enunciated, Mr. Justice Coleridge observed that the privilege accorded in regard to courts of justice was founded upon the fact that " the injury done to individuals was small as com pared with the immense good its exercise conferred upon the public." In addition to this quality—which, after all, is merely an accident—appertaining to the reports of proceedings before a judicial tribunal—there is the theo retical difference between the two cases, that in the law court both parties are nominally present—defendants as well as assailants—and that no ex parte statement can he made without leaving opportunity for a full and instant answer. In the public meeting this spportunity is not always allowed; Attacks may be made against absent individuals, or, even if they were present, there may be no time or poseibili••y for explanations. Therefore, it is urged, the report of speeches at a meeting must be sub jected to a different law, and restrained within narroe.er bounds of licence, than the accounts published of argu ments and evidence produced in the course of trials be fore a legal tribunal. This allegation sounds well no doubt, and is particu larly suited for the atmosphere of a law court. But it breaks down most deplorably upon closer examination. In the first place, it is utterly false that no libellous statement can be promulgated in the course of a legal suit except in the presence of the inculpated party, and with full opportunity afforded him for reply. The very contrary is the fact. Seldom does any action of moment ripen to decision, either before a criminal or civil tri bunal, without involving the most atrocious insinuations against many persons who are either absent or defence. less. What defence—what means of replication—for example, has the witness in any suit against the vile calumnies which counsel " on the other side" are sure to suggest when attempting to damage his evidence ? In a whole class of cases again —the actions for crins. con.—the unfortunate party whose character is chiefly at stake, and upon whom the advocates engaged upon one side, and sometimes upon both, endea yours to concentrate the heaviest inculpation, is by the law itself sternly forbidden from saying a word, sr having a word said, in her behalf. These are among the atrocities of our legal system. Is there anything that can transpire at a public meeting which can be—we will not say worse--but anything like so bad? We may not question the law as laid down by the Chief Justice. All that can be said is, that the law must be altered. Upon his own principle, that a "small injury to individuals" should be risked in order to secure au "immense good to the public," the fearful penalty under which the journalist must now prepare his report of a public meeting cannot be allowed to con tinue. Any statement made at such a meeting is promulgated in the presence of the " public," and the newspaper report does but somewhat widen the circle of publicity. The responsibility for the libel—if libel there be—shonid rest with the first author, and not with the innocent agent who happens to put it into type. Otherwise the chief purpose and use of public meetings will be wholly destroyed. In the great majority of cases these gatherings are held to inves tigate charges of neglect or criminality —to give a voice to comp4iuts, and expeee either the wrongdoings of in dividuals, or the groundlessness of the accusations by which wrongdoing is charged against them. All these purposes require the promulgation of statements which, taken by themselves, the law would consider libellous. Yet if it is to the interest of the public that Lhese meetings should be held and these purposes fulfilled, it must like ! wise be useful to afford the proceedings all possible publicity. Even the accused or "libelled" parties would be benefited. None but the guilty could be damaged, or are likely to complain. As for the possible case in which the journalist himself may be instigated by malicious motives, the question then, no doubt, assumes a different aspect. But this is a fact susceptible of distinct proof— 1 and may at all times be safely lett to the jury. If the question related to a branch of permanent re ceipt, there might be a better excuse for reluctance to part with it. Other taxes might be pointed out caus ing injury to commerce and industry, or which the na tion would be very glad to escape, and the alternative would then lie between exemption from one impost or an. other. But in the present case no offer of that kind is pos. Bible. Whether or not, the income tax will drop to sd. some twelve months hence. The whole gain to the Go. vernment is, therefore, limited to a sum of about 9 mil lions, which they would receive this year, and never again, and to obtain which the country must be left suf fering under an intolerable burden until April, 1858, and smarting, besides, from the sense of injustice and broken faith practised upon them by her Majesty's Mi nisters. On so temporary a foundation it is evident that no new adjustment of taxation is possible, and the millions will be extracted from the pockets of the tax payers without hope of reimbursement in any shape. It is a naked act of spoliation, which nothing short of some well proved case of State necessity can justify. Between the public and the Government the prize con. tended for in this crude lump of nine millions. This money cannot be considered revenue in any sense of the word. It passes once into the Treasury, but never again. It is like the contribution levied by so invading general from some captured city. The Government can build no future system of finance upon it. The receipt is spe cial, arid must be devote i to a special purpose if it is to be usefully or sensibly expended. Now does any such special purpose exist ! Are there any particular de mands, or "final payments" to be met during the next financial year, which will require to be stopped by some immediate appliance, and are not likely to recur here after! Can the Chancellor of the Exchequer show that he wants for the year 1857-8 nearly ten millions more than be is likely to require in 1858-9 ! In such contin gency only can the con' inuar.ce of the income tax for the ensuing year be endured. Yet when pushed to the utter twat to make up some decent reply to the deputation on Friday last, Sir Cornewall Lewis could mention but one demand of this character—namely, the two millions of Exchequer Bonds which will fall due in the course of a few months. He forgot at the same time to mention that even if the income tax subsided to the lower scale in April many millions would still accrue frem the collection of past assessmen,s—far more than sufficient to meet the calls upon the Bonds, or any other war bills that may remain outstanding. In fact, the entire half-year's charge at the full rates will still remain due for the service of the year commencing in April next, so that the revenue will practically enjoy the benefit of the war impost until October. Me , ntime, the income tax movement grows and spreads. Every day accounts arrive of great meetin g s in every district of the United Kingdom, at which re solutions are invariably carried denouncing the longer continuance of the war tariff, accompanied in the great m..jority of instances by a demand for the entire abo lition of the impost. On the ground of good faith there can be no question of the course which Government should adopt, unless excused by the plea of a necessity which they cannot show to exist. Unless their filiaW. cial arrangements evince more extravagance or more unskilful husbandry than we are Willing to believe, no difficulty need be experienced in immediately reverting to the status quo ante. This justice the public are entitled to demand, and if they should fail to obtain it at the hands of her Majesty's present Ministers there is every probability of their applying " over the way." BOTAL FLIRTATIONS : A LEAP PROM SPANISH' HISTORY. (FROM MONARCHS RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. EY DR, Doney.) With the accession of Charles IV., Maria Louisa, and Manuel Godoy commliticed to reign. The king was little more than what Louis XVI. had styled him, a mere eipher. There was a man, however, who was almost as much in the way of the unprincipled lovers as the late king himself—viz., the Minister Floridablanca. He in curred the especial hatred of Manuel Godoy and the Queen, by energetically opposing her attempts to ag grandise the former. His last stand was made against the proposal of the Queen that Charles IV. should con fer an estate on Godoy, and at the same time create him Duke de la Alcudia, and a Grandee of Spain. Florida blanca implored the King not to yield to this, and ob• tained the royal consent to refer the matter to the. Cortes of Castile, which body was to pronounce on the legality of settling crown lands on a subject. Florida lslaiLca wrote to the President of the Council, Count Cifuentes, a letter, the object of which was to procure ap answer that should Pave the King's honour and avoid public scandal. Unfortunately the Ceunt died soon after receiving the dispatch, which was discovered among hi 4 papers and secretly transmitted to the Queen. Tha t , lady's talent s f or i ntr i gue were forthwith set in successfull action. All was acccomplished for Godoy that she coulii desire ; and the two together devoted themselves to the destruction of Floridablauca. This object was not long of accomplishment. Private and public crimes were laid to the charge of the Minister. He had counselled his master to join the European coalition against Republican France, and he had been mixed up is some discreditable matters of finance and private scandal. He was pro nounced guilty of embezzlement to a vast extent, and was only released from confinement in the fortress of Pampeluna, to be a prisoner at I , ..rge in his native town of Murcia, Charlt s IV. appointed Count de Aranda the vacant post of Minister. The policy was " pease with France ;" but at the end of seven months Godoy was Prime Minister of Spain (1792) war was declared with France, and disasters succeeded each other, with one ex ception, so rapidly, that to save Spain from becoming the prey of the French Republicans, Godoy patched up that treaty of Basle, for successfully negotiating which he re ceived the title of the Prince of the Peace, and was gives precedence of every nobleman in Spain, save the Princes of the Blood. From this time, Charles IV. esteemed Godoy more warmly than even the Queen herself did His gratitude for his escape from ruin was unbounded ; and though Godoy was, to all intents and purposes, king in Spain, and his administration was far from being either weak or injudicious, Charles could not too profusely at:. knowledge the lucky escape which Spain, had had from being absorbed by French Republicanism. The next step in the greatness of Godoy was to make him a member of the royal family by marriage. Nothing was more easy, or more ardently desired by the Queen. She had not only marked with feelings of jealous anguish the attachment of Godoy to a young lady from Malaga, named Tudo, but hearing that the couple were at supper together, in one of the apartments of the palace where the court was temporarily residing, she suddenly brought the King upon the imprudent pair, to contemplate a sight which was a scandal if the parties were unmarried, and a bate ' act of ingratitude to the Queen if they were married. Godoy being free, the Queen speedily arranged a marriage between him and the Ring's cousin. She was a very plain lady, but then she was a descendant of Louis XIV.; mild by the union,c'Godoy was placed at too great a height to be expected to stoop to official duties. A Prince of the Peace who had no responsible vocation, and was burdened with a consort for whom he had no regard, was exactly what the Queen required. The Prince gave up the ad ministration of public affairs, and devoted hi mse lf to t h e service of his roya l mistress. Under this system, Charles remained a cipher, but his ,wife interfered in every de partment of the State. She was eager to promote h er own para s it es w i thout respect to their merits. When the Minister Jovellanos rougLly refused to accede to her demand of a prebendal stall for a favourite who bad never been at a university, the Queen asked, "At what uni versity have you been yourself !" Jovellanos replied, "At Salamanca." "Ah !" said the Queen, " what a pity they forgot to teach you manners." The court intrigues of this period became daily more scandalous, but the King was.the only person who was not in the secret. They were sometimes directed against Godoy himself, whom Charles IV. now loved as a child, of whom the Queen became frantically jealous. She sought his ruin, repented the act, pardoned the unfaithful lover, and plunged into projects of revenge on discovering fresh proofs of his treason. Godoy contrived to defeat all his enemies. He was as active as the lightest gentleman in a Spanish comedy ; and, indeed, there was something of the old licentious comedy in all that was going on. When Godoy became volaqe, the Queen piqued him by selecting new favourites, whose downfall it was his object to ac complish. It was said that tee King slept through the whole comedy ' • but non omn ib us d onmiebat —he was awake without being able to comprehend. There was one Mello, a poor Guardsman, whom the Queen's favour had raised to dishonourabu pre-eminence. One day, as the whole royal family, with Godoy, were on the balcony of the Prado, Mello rode by in great haste. "I wonder how it ie," said the feolish King, " that such a fellow can keep such fine horses." "The reason is," said Godoy, " that the fellow is himself kept by an ugly old woman, whose name," he added, looking at the Queen, " whose name I cannot just now remember." Over this and all other rivals Godoy finally triumphed. Some were impri soned, some were sentinto exile. Meanwhile, Spain was under the heels of the wortblese favourite, the worthless queen, and their creatures. The King slept on, except when he was outshooting. The Queen pulled Spain down into an abyss of ruin. The union of Spain and France was then effected in order to destroy England (on the gpaarr,t however,of Fra po nce) , to broughtsu; b ta : hut u ehhd g e aaafi t nf etnceiaSreinpitanth destruction fleet. dn T t he dap of ot the e T r a fa, mari time- Lord Godoywas raised roaf Admirali S se p d a t n olae annihilated, officepg r a mo t in action , Still Charles IV. continued matters domestic and foreign. Ulu:ad a n w o e e w : dbl w as obsolete te contenthas been b told to show the unparalleled simplicity of this un• king'y King. Therein it is said that the Duke de Fin faotade " was once, with other Grandees, in attendance on the King, when his Majesty, being in high p ing humour, entered i nto a somewhat gay conversation on the fair sex. He descanted at some length on fickle ness and caprice, and laughed at the dangers of hus bands in these southern climates. Having bad his fill of merriment on the topic of Jealousy, h e con hoverer, ws have thaith an s chief s rad vantage iumph, We c rowned head:, above ot h ers, tea; our honour, as they call it, i s s a f e ; for supposing that queens were as much bent on mi sc hi ef as some of Muir King men. Th e court of ngbiti was an e asy tool in u sex, where could they find kin gs an d emperors to fir h S with—eh • became • d? s"g an S uchi stage, a e ,ag nad on which was played ens of the most bustling and ignoble of dramas. The heir -appa rent, Ferdinand, plotted against his parents ; ,Godoy conspired against both ; the King and Queen were as deceiving as they were deceiVed the whole of these per sonages were the humble slaves of Napoleon, and the Emperor of the French looked upon ail with scarcely dissembled scorn, while he prepared the way for placing his brother Joseph on the throne of the imbecile Charles. The latter, alarmed by the aspect of affairs, both domes tic and foreign, as they applied to him, contemplated for A moment, took flight to Mexico. Au insurrection of the people rendered the accomplishment of this project im possible. Godoy was flung into prison ; French troops were pouring into Spain ; the King, terrified for his owe safety, and the Queen, caring for nothing but the rescue of her favourite, thought that their respective objects would be achieved by abdicating. Accordingly, the one in an extremity of terror, the other under the impulse of unbounded hopefulness, descended from the throne, and on the 19th March, 1808, Charles resigned the sceptre to his son Ferdinand. The first feeling that Charles had of his uncrowned condition was on hearing that the new King had ordered all the wolves and foxesto be destroyed, which Charles had preserved for purposes of " sport"-- the only pleasure which, of late years, possessed any at tractions for him. The poor old man made no complaints of his son's policy, but the idea that his son had sup pressed his hunting establishment made him weep heartily. Meanwhile, the subjection of Ferdinand to Napoleon was complete. Not less so was that of Charles. The former asked for the Imperial recognition of his title ; the latter appealed to him to set aside the act of abdication, to which Charles bad consented only under compulsion. Ferdinand repaired to Bayonne to plead his cause, and he found himself a prisoner. Charles, his consort, and Godoy, were ordered to be brought to the same city, and the family fend was only embittered by the parties being in presence of each other. It was the object of Napoleon to rid himself of the pretensions of all. The ohsequiousness of the ex-King furthered, but the obstinacy of Ferdinand retarded the accomplishment of the desired end. Never was Spanish. comedy built up on half so many intrigues as were put in action in order to dethrone the Spanish Bourbons altogether, and to found a Bonaparte dynasty in Spain. The more serious drama lingered, and Napoleon grew impatient. But Napoleon's impatience contrived a striking close to the disreputable affair. On the sz,h of May, 1808, the Emperor visited the Spanish ex-Monarchs. Around the aged Charles and his consort were assembled their se cond son, Carlos ; the evil genius of the family, Godoy ; the Minister Cavallos, and several Grandees. At the end of a conference between the chief of these illustrious personages, Ferdinand was summoned to appear. It was not so easy as had been expected to bring him to consent to the designs of the great conspirators against the country of which he himself was unworthy, and at length a scene ensued such as never has been paralleled in history. The old Queeu, Maria Louisa, unable longer to control her rage, or perhaps desirous to gratify Napo leon, with whom she was partly suspected to have prepared the scene, thus assailed the wretched Ferdi nand :—" Traitor, you have for years meditated the death of the King your father, but, thanks to the vi gilance, the zeal, and the loyalty of the Prince of the Peace, you have not been able to effect your pur pose—neither you, nor any of the infamous traitors who have co-operated with you in your infamous designs. I tell you to your face that you are my son, but not the son of the King ! And yet, without having any other rights to the crown than those of your mother, you have sought to tear it from us by force. But 1 agree and demand that the Emperor Napoleon shall be umpire between us,--Napoleon, to whom we cede and transfer our rights, to the exclusion of our own family. I call on him to punish you and your associates as so many traitors, and I abandon to him the whole Spanish na tion." There is something horrible in the idea of a woman proclaiming her own dishonour in presence of her bus. band and her children. The object she bad in view was, however, attained. Charles surrendered alll his territories to the French Emperor. Ferdinand, as Prince of Astu rias, ultimately renounced all right to the throne; and Joseph Bonaparte became King of Spain. REDUCTION OF THE INCOME TAX. -- There is as much difference between the old case ... ...,... in the "Modern Reports" wherein it was held that to print a writ of prohibition was a libel, and the decision in " Hoare v. Silverlock," which we have mentioned, as there is between the decision in the case "Davison v. Duncan" and that which the convenience of modern society demands. In truth, a newspaper report is but an expan sion of the area through which a voice can travel. The reporter does no more than give to the absent to react what those present, have heard. If there 18 guilt in thes Peech - --adest qui fecit, to punish is 1 the reporter as insensate as it would be to punish the audiesce. We askno impunity for malice, no protection for partiality, no amnesty for gross nrg. ligence occasioningdpemrivaatte wrong ; but we think we are entitled to that important public duties, the discharge of nw:ihnlecshsisorabsolutely neces sary to the every-da 3: l , tio sto a u t l ii d i not expose the Presto conssatiaanttlpaSeotresieect m " hard cases wanton annoyance. It i s .nake had law." Perhaps there iometiiing in the facts of this ease wh a ic y h h" y e been .ed the Court to some inference adverse ra to a tt bave fendant. , If so, it was the plaintiff's fault that ate placed his cars in such a form b e f ore the Court that the malice or bona fides of th e report could not he tried. This little-considered judgment, however, affects all alike—it is burning down a forest to destroy one bad tree. (From the Narniny Chronicle.) The anomalous conditions under which lloglishinPri bold their much-vaunted "liberty of the pres," are curi ous y exemplified by a trial reported in our columns on Saturday. The case originated in the cunntry, where the action was first tried, and the sentence then pronounce.i was brought up to the Court of Queen's Bench upon de murrer, in order that Lord Campbell and other judces of that court sitting in banco might decide a certain point of law. With the special efetails of the case we are there fore unacquainted, nor are they material. What waB left for the Court of Queen'. BercO to decide, and which on Saturday ciat tribunal el .roided in the negative., involved simply the question whether a newspaper is jastified in publishing a fair report of the proceedings at any public inietit, without incurring leg,l liability for any state meats calculated to damage- prlvate individuals, which might b-u promulgated at .list ineetin,;. 4..hrd.Catautrall ruled that no such right existed, and We are bound to believe that, as the law now stairde, ( Prom the Morning Chronicle.) While the Finance Minister withholds any pledges, and suggests every difficulty, respecting the reduction of the income tax, her Majesty's Opposition are less sera pulous. The arrangement which Mr. Disraali acd his adherents are determined to demand from the Govern• meat, and willing to grant if themselves entrusted with the responsibilities of office, is distinctly announced by the weekly orian of that party. The terms of that ar rangement may be very simply described. They involve an application to domestic finance of that contrivance so often suggested during the war as a solution to political difficulties—a return to the status quo ante. Let the interlude of- war, they propose, be effaced from our 'financial system, so far, at all events, as the income and property tax is concerned. So long as war lasted, the exceptional demands ou our national purse led Co a sudden iuflation of this, among sundry other leas obnoxi ous imposts. Now that peace is restored, we may revert to our fortaer position, not only by reducing the tariff of the tax to the figure at which it stood when velar interposed, but by resuming the process of successive reductionsand ultimate extinction, which was interrupted •io March, 1854. This resumption of anterior engagements is to be de manded on the plain grounds of Ministerial and PArlia uaentiry honesty. The Legislature, as our contemporary observes, is "bound to insist on faith being kept with the public.. The whole scneme of taxation in 1853, espe cially as regards the additional taxes imposed"—videlicet the Succession Duty—" was based upon the assumption that the Income Tax Abolition Act was a reality, and that its stipulations would be observed. Whatever mty he the financial schemes of the Administration in the gaming session, the Opposition is in our opinion bound to insist on faith being kept with the public, on the condi tions of the statute of 1853 being complied with, and OR the reduction of the income tax to sd. in the pound, from the let of April next, with its entire extinction three years subsequently." The position in which the tax was left by Mr. Glad. stone's act, passed in 1853, presents the following fea tures. In the natural order of things the tax imposed would have expired before the end of that year, but the right hon. gentleman, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, having on hand some extensive reductions of Customs and Excise duties, proposed to prolong the income tax at the existing i,ariff, and even to extend the area of its incidence, for two years more —after which period the rate of charge was to be reduced until the whole tax dwindled to nothing by 1860. At the same time, he suggested a new impost, belonging to the series of direct taxes, in the shape of a duty on mimes si,ns to real properly. From this latter source he expected to obtain ultimately a revenue of two mil lions per annum, though the full productiveness of the duty would not be developed for some years ; while another three-quarters of a million was anticipated from au extension of the income tax at a-tariff of sd. in the pound to incomes between 1001. and 1501. These propositions were all accepted by the House. Duties on soap, Lea, stamps, and some assessed taxes were either removed or abolished, at an estimated sacri fice of about 3e millions of revenue, and about enough to replace the loss was obtained by the taxes we have already mentioned, helped out by an additional excite on British spirits. Toe actual result was that the net inc , we of the Exchequer increased more. than a million, the sum accruing in the year ending December 31, 1852, being 53 , 21 0,000/., and in....the following year, before any " war taxes" were thought of, 54,430,0001. A ne v seven ye ars ' l ease was thus obtained for the income tax, but upon exhaustiv e terms. If nothing bad interrupted ,tbn k e r exe cntion of th e act o f ' 53, the tari ff wou ld have it . April, 1855 , to 6d. in the pound ; in April, 1857 ~t o 7 tse C° MiOg April—to 5d.; and have expired al to gara.e:nnt of 2,146,003/ . a-year will dropn April, 1860, when Terminable Anrnities to the be pr ovis i ons of this act are su spend d merely, uo. in. T e The grant* o f a doubl pa e superseded, by the me rea enacted d ur i ng th e war. additional 2d . i n the on tax first, an d afterwards of an statutes, whos e power ceral_,_ .were passed by temporary tification of a treaty haveebeen exchanged." If of pea :: 'n one year after the ra y said not a word, th meet held by their quibble to the nt°tserdmost, the tax will re, and the Govern collapse in April, 1858, from 16d. to expire to is abandonpd, this reducti,m Would take'nl If the quibble and in either contingency the impost ~ : hei next April, 1800, utilees some new act can be extrac"ltedd Legislature giving it a more protracted e l ' uiu Some Ministerial organs have taken advantage this circumstaucc, and attempt to stifle the advant ag e nauvezneut by recommending the public to do ; in t . a t i n g, fur fear of doing harm. Quiets ne movers is their Maxim. To curtail the existence of the " War LATP . INTELLIGENCB.—Jan. 26. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeals.) CARTER V. CROPLEY.-RIGHT TO PRESENT TO TEE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN THE MATTER, OF LOUIE FLATOW. This insolvent, who described himself as a Turkish merchant and commission agent, was oppGsed, on his application to be discharged from prison, by Mr. Dowse for Messrs. Brown and Deleggio, merchants at Constan• tinople. Mr. Sargood supported. There was only one debt in the schedule, contracted in September last, when the ins,.lvent was a resident at Constantinople. He obtained 1201. of pick es of the opposing creditors, which he sold for 601., and 341. of candles, which he sold for 291. The goods were ordered before he obtained them, and the fall in the market before they were delivered caused the loss. With the money the insolvent paid some debts, and spent the remainder in travelling. He came to England to exe cute some orders, and on mentioning to the house in London his intention to return to Constantinople, he was arrested on a judge's order as about to leave the country, on which he petitioned the Court. Mr. Dowse required the names of the parties to whom the articles were sold to be set forth in the schedule, as a telegraphic message would be sent to Constantinople. Mr. Commissioner Phillips ordered the production of a Mr. Gans, on whom the insolvent had drawn a bill for the debt due to the opposing creditors, which he did not accept, on the next occasion, and directed the schedule to be amended as to the sales of the goods. The case was adjourned sine die. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank ; Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Eank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and. Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—B . M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blamlford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwitter Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham— Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath •G. Moger and Son ... Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—•Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon- mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Promage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford. Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co levonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old hank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bowtr and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank GFFaaubvrthieledcrsnkfogh, Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk rdaadomnnßd Bank, nßCaaknoikk,Gaun Guildford—Messrs. Faversham—Hilton f B o r a d n_k m of s IV s r a s t ll a g aa e ny , dd Fona Co.r. Farnham Bank, Farnham G o r i d n a g h ud Granthamoi n n g — BB Bank,aa r n nk e , s , Grantham—Hardy G A o l d e a d i l in e and Co M g e s A r s i e K 1 1 a e n n r s g d hh Co t and Keen Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hild and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Roes and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co BanadnkC,o. Suffolk, t e r t ee and Mistley Ipswich Bu Ip swi c h d Ban k , i B ank, aganhnd dBN aene Ipswich—Baconkc Bank, a i cNeedham Woodbridgean faninrkg ßank, Ipswich— Alexander and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington s a nd Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons - End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C 10,487 61,954 22,378 13,282 2.902 16,320 48,064 30,860 23,459 2,938 17,270 34,945 48,177 7,603 20,125 66,356 8,662 10,000 35,515 27,726 8,277 10,374 69,344 79,520 9,590 48,680 99,193 54,882 46,253 28,624 8,253 11,987 6,687 4,482 13,178 30,468 30,635 15,805 20,637 52,860 5,255 32,252 19,469 22,404 67,828 14,655 25,864 20,712 40,884 9,394 Lane Jim. Harvey and San Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leed..)— W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and C 0... 20, 478 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough--Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. . 5,275 53,143 37,053 28,889 23,880 69,979 7,183 Lynn ryaß ß naßd e n gi ka s ikrkr a ba n lneym d edko L o.u. i s.t n .wh. c .,e o .s. ln .tpr. s y.i h .y. i o.m r . e Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co 13,139 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklnhurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan _...-- ner and CO Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 0 QA n Son lop tf s ,. Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co ... : Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey s ar e d aso ß rd id a d n el d l 24,162 Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Monmouth o n m o u th Monmouthshire c i.d Agricultur alßank, m onin Ie yo a u n at d nh dßcano k..:.8. Commercial.r. . 6: 29,139 Bank, and Ross and Hererordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 14,037 a m mc s r h i i d r s e d oa 1 Bank,:.k a.i.l is. d Smith Co. .t.ohleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 21,546 Newmarlo!t Bank Newmarket—Eaton, H am . and N ,k o o rl s ol a k or: B m_ a_n ß k Eirie N nrse o ot r nt wi :np c d h a -- r6Boo G n. u .sr, - N Newark e N w e a w rk a r Bank, a n ß i idka Bank k l N e , aesfwo Newark—Godfrey k i — a Bank, dfr and eY mond, and C 0........................... . ...... Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 48,979 . Hart, Fellows, and Co .. 111.t.8h-allarls 102,194 and Co. . ................................ n 2 No t t Nuneaton t t i i nugh Norw ich gha a ra m B a ßank, a n n d No nc., . . C . i .. ............................................... . and Co. O Navalsw e s t westry—Croxon and Co . O N : w ord Sa O ru id m ßa ß n a k n C an li d ne C h e a . Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching .............. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. w'• Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull OW Bank k : N N u o n o t e t t a i t n i t n o g g n h h —a and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0.... Penzance Bank, Penz.r._ico—Batten and C 0.... Peterborough Bank and Oune Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and . C 0. ............... Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverford.west—J. and 16,858 20,260 10,710 . 3,416 21,594 8,180 31,258 11,664 30,891 9,311 10,605 48,111 10,287 9,392 W. Walters ......... Reading Bank, Reading—Si m onds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale —Clement, Royds, and ........... Rochester, Cha tham, anStrood Co , Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and 50n..... : Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Poadret, &Co Rosi Old Bank, Herigf,rdshire, Ros Allaway and `lacdouga ,Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co 12,966 30,672 29,620 6,750 3,940 8,042 14,237 9,186 13,841 - rl,..tels of flosl per ton n.t e. d Bebside's Hartley 15 0 Davison's West Hartley 15 0 Hastings' Hartley l4 9; flolywell l6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton l5 0 1 Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 Oi Canfield Moor l4 0 fanfield Moor Butos 14 0 Victoria 15 hi Walker Primrose l3 6 West Riding Hartley 14 6 West Hartley Oreys l4 6 wallsend. sr, Acorn Close l7 3 Bell's Primrose l4 0 Eden Main l7 6' Braddyll l7 9 Framwellgate l7 0 , Haswell 18 6 ihlps at market...l43 4,014 BIRTHS. op A SO& 34,916 Q 7.,; : TEE SUN , LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27 , 185 7. _ ______ ____ _ _ _ ____ .... ...., - -- - - - THE LAW OF .LIBEL. his decision is unimpugnable. Whatever a journalist I ninepence "short of its legal term in April twelvemonth, deceivi n g as they were deceited the whole of these per. from the Cape of Good 11013 e, when the defendant would 1 BANK _RETURNS. ; Country Markets, way print, therefore, when reporting the speeches 1 a new act will be requir e d ; and if once such an act is son ages were the humble slaves of Napoleon, and the be charged again with the offences. 1 —a.- 1 _____--- 0 . (Prom the Times,) at a public meeting, h e must publish suo periculo , before the house, who knows what insidious arrange- Emperor of the French looked upon all with f Lewis (Lewis and Lewis) referred to the defend- ' • • of " Davidson v. Duncan," which If the k h as h azar d e d lib e ll o us s t a tement- + • 9 T, • • • - 1 M . pc, •ti spea maker r law report of last Saturday, resusci- and to be libellous in le g al acceptation there !is nn iiec , eB .' to leave things as they are. With this recommen d ation his b rother J osep h on the throne of the imbecile Charles. si lady, and intended to reside in London within ' Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Too wheat trede was dell, at a veil a pe of 2s. to 3s. per tion which we had hoped had long since ; city that it s h ou ld b e f a l se -th e newspaper in which hie we will venture to declare that the public are in n o hu- Th e l atter , a l arme d by the aspect of affairs, both domes- the jut isdiction of the c ,,tirt H e su b m i t t e d N o t es o f th e severa l B an k s o f I ssue i n E ng l a nd and quarter. Best barleys the turn cheaper, with little de inal rest. speech is reproduced becomes viable to action for libel, moor to agree. The Disraelite Opposition are qu i t e ti e an d f ore i gn , as th e y appli e d to him, contemplated for that t h e ver y reason a ll ege d on the o th er side Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur- Ina" All else unaltered in value. day, the 10ta day of January, 1857 :- Wheat, white, old, per a. R. R. 8. s that there exists at Hartlepool a small just as if the assertion complained of had been promulgated ready to lead the attack on the Ministerial position if a m omen t, took flight to Mexico. A u insurre c ti on of the that the defendant had committed offences in Parts Average qr. 34 72 Oats, per qr "4 30 neat, having large powers over th a t upon its own authority or emanated from its own writers , any resistance is offered. But when public opinion is peopl e rendered the accomplidiment of thi s project im. abroad, would induce him to reside in the country. It PRIVATE BANKS. new 37 71 Peas, Partridge 41 43 Amount. ;11. We have not read the statute In the case before us' it seems that at a Public meeting , once roused to the extent and depth of its present pos s ibl e . God o y was flung into p r i son ; F renc h tr o ops would appear from the affidavits that the defendant left red, old .. '...32 6 White 39 46 a they act, but, judging from their of the Hartlepool Improvement Commissioners some- i agitation the people of England need never be in want w ere pouring into Spain ; the King, terrifi e d f or hi s owe the Cape voluntarily, and was induced to leave from a new.... 34 62 Boiling 4O 47 thing was said calculated to lacerate the feelings or of leaders , safety, and the Qu e en, caring for nothing but the rescue communication made by the Attorney-General of the Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,746 Barley 33 44 37 39 West Hartlepool Improvement Com- Dun can probably pull down anybody's rests of theplain tiff , whose damage the Th int . . name is If the question related to a branch of permanent re- of her favourite, thought that their respective objects colony. Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman ---- Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. .. ... 10,827 32,350 Chevalier ........... 38 52 Beans, Tisk .36 40 Duncan. roce e ed se in sayings a w l ere l printed in the general ceipt, there might be a better excuse for reluctance to would be achi e v e d by abdicating. Accordingly, the one Mr. Eadie cited a case in which it was held that a Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt Grinding ... ....... 33 44 Harrow tick, 40 48 all up anybody's sewer, or stop up an Duncan . Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Malt 73 77 journal, the Durham part with it. Other taxes might be pointed out cans- in an extremity of terror, the other under the impulse of mere denial that a man did not intend to abscond was Mazagan 35 37 . That they can impose taxes upon all report rt e n e f un p ty Advertiser, b , y and oca thereupon Mr. Duncan, ins injury to commerce and industry, or which the na- unbound e d hopefulness, descended from the thron e and not sfficient. The alleged pretended marriage was a Bank. Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co ---- Chevalier 75 79 Ditto, new .., 35 38 yin Hartlepool appears upon the face of leaving the original author of the libel untouched so far tion would be very glad to escape, and the alternative on the 19th March 1808, Charles 'g d the ' ptee merc y retence and too absurd to be believed. Barns taple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co. 8,783 --- lin • Bugs , and, even if this were the sole as appears, brought his action against the journal, would then lie between exemption from one impost or L e . t o hi s s on Ferdinand.: The first f e elT i Zt Charles h a d Mr! ) Lewis said it was no pretence, and he could prove Basinestoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke - COLCHESTER- JAN. 24. heir power, it mi g ht appear to j us tify w hich merely reproduced it among other particulars of i other. But in the present case no offer of that kind i s po, o f hi s tmerowne d condition was on befring that the new it but of coarse did not wish to be a partisan in the s ' Lamb, d 20,606 The wheat trade was d eymour, an Co. sty in the inhabitants of this town as to what transpired at the meeting. In itself the libel, as 1 Bible. Whether or not, the income tax will drop t o sd. King had ordered all the wolves and foxesto be destroyed, matter. Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 34,013 decline of ls. per quarter on best and 2s. on secondary par lommissioners were saying, anal what Lord Campbell acknowledged, "was very mild ;'' yet some twelve months hence. The whol e ga i n to t h e G o. w hi c h Ch ar l es h a d preserved for ur oses of "s ort"-- Mr. Justice Crompton was of opinion that the appli- P P P Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, cell. Barley is lower and the demand slack. Beans and 10,521 peas about the serve as last noted. kely to do. To satisfy this very natural his lordship parsed judgment against the defendant, ac- vernment is, therefore, limited to a sum of about 9 mil. the on ly pl easure which, of late years, possessed any at- cetien for discharge should be granted. He should have and. Co the part of the people of Hartlepool, cth°omlP"Ying his sentence with the following expose of lions, which they would receive this yea r , a n d n e v er tractio ns for him . The poor old man made no complaints wished to have detained the defendant, but it would Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oidord Prices to-day were as follow :-Wheat, white, 62, to 74,; wspapers published reports of the meet " Ul7eraa, i t now . stands in relation to the question .- again, and to obtain which the country mo s t b e l e ft su f. of his son's p o licy, but the idea that his son had sup. appear that this country was the best place in which to Bank, Bicester-B .M. and G. Tubb 14,200 red, 58s to 645; barley, 44s to 528 ; oats, 23s to 28s ; beans, Mazagan, 368 to 33a ; middle and small, 3,'s to 44s ; peas, the existing law a fair account of what took faring under an intolerable burde n un til Ap r il 1858 press e d his hunting establish men t m a d e bi m weep take up his domicile if the allegations were true. Hie Birmingham Bank Birmingham--Atty, - oods, Hartlepool Commissioners • and so it 23,315 white, 40s to 44b ; grey, 40s to 425. $ place in a court f' t . •'1 ed Th' tdm t' b besides f h • 1 ' • the • • - orderedthe defendantbe discharged. ' o jus ice was pr ivi eg . is was a mos an sar mg, est es, rom t e sense of injustrce and heartily. Meanwhile, subjection of Ferdinand to lordship at no man's house was pulled down in ben . eficial provision because the public had a great broken faith practised upon them b h Majesty ' s M' Napoleon complete. Nob I Charles. A application was then made to Mr Justice Willes • em y her 1- was lase so was that of n h d Warwickshire Bank Bir Birming am an f 9,379 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received and no man's sewer was pulled up, and interest in knowin ' what passed there under the con- nesters. On detainerby creditor . d ' so temporary a foundation it is evident The former asked for the Imperial recognition of his in the case on a a named Re ergius , , mingha,m-J. L. Moilliet and Sons ~ ~...,, in the port of London, from the following ports, from es were doubled, without those coming tr .,' of the jud g T • ' ' whichthat ge. he inconvenience arose no new adjustment of taxation i s possibl e , a n d th e title ; the latter appealed to him to set aside the act of and the matter was strongly opposed, at d Mr• R°Y s Blanclford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. casting their shadows before. This from allowing such a privilege was infinitesimally million s w ill be extracted from the pockets of the t ax . a bdi ca ti on , to w hi c h Charles had consented only under affidavit again read. On the part of , tbe defendant it Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 69,928 of things continued for some time, but small compared with tbe benefit which it conferred ; but payers without hope o f reimb ursemen t i n any shape . It c o m p u l s i on Ferdinand repair e d t o B a y onne t o lead was said that the object was to detain the defendant on Boston Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co. 148,92 .1 ~..., ~..; . al . •• )vement Commissioners, quite Datil-- as yet th e p r i v il ege h a d not b een ex t en d e d generally to is a naked act of spoliation, which nothing his * found himself ' - Charles , his d information . There pretence that n Bridgwaterßank, 'd Jand J. L . short of some cau se , an d hea prisoner. - . is the nature of Commissioners so to public meetings. He was not aware that the doctrine well proved case of State necessity can justify. consort, and Godoy, were ordered to be brought to the offence had been committed in this country. Seale) , to a squabble with a neighbouring that the same p r i v il ege a ppli e d to public meetings had, Between the public and the Gover nmen t the prize con . sa me city, and the family feud was only embittered by Mr. Justice Willes was inclined to refer the matter to Bristol - Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 36,774 —-- - lectively they passed some strong reso- until now, ever been contended for in a court of justice, tended for in this crude lump of n i ne milli ons . Thi s ' th e p a rti es b e i ng in presence of each othe r . It Was the the Court, but after consulting with Mr. Justice CromP - Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Colchester - 200 -- 53 23 200 individually they used fierce words-- and it certainly would, if established, extend the privilege money cannot be considered revenue in any sense of the o bj ec t o f Napoleon to rid himself of the pretensions of ton ordered the discharge. Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy- Harwich ' 611 30 485 -23 - 430 isant to the ear of an absent gentle- to an alarming width, and he did not think it could be word. It passes once int o the Treas ur y, but n e v er again, a ll. The obs e quiousness of the ea-Sing furthered, but Subsequently a similar application was made to Mr. cott, and Co. . 17,207 Leigh - - 147 - - absent gentleman was indignant that sanctioned without some guards to protect private cha. It is like th e co n t r ib u ti on levied by se, invading general the obstinacy of Ferdinand retarded the accomplishment Baron Bramwell, before whom three summonses were Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par- Malden 1146 111 250 1 5 (708 170; 107 things should be said of him, and he meter. If the plea were .. good , . a fair account of what from some captured city. The Govern men t can b u ild o f th e d es i re d en d. Never was Spanish. comedy built up made returnable. The case of a creditor named Ross and rott, and Co. KIRKCALDY-JAN. 24. t for somebody to punish . Rapidly took place att any.Pnblic .t meeting might lawfully be pub- no future system of finance upon it. The receipt i s s p e . on half so many intrigues as were put in action in order another was gone into, and occupied the learned Baron ~,,,. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and There was a fair supply of wheat, which sold slowly at a his victim, he brought his action not lisped, e ' whatever ainadvievridiunjlarY Imig h t do to the priv a t e nha- cial, arid must be devote Ito a special purpose if it is to to dethrone the Spanish Bourbons altogether, and to till nearly six o'clock. Mr. Eadie opposed, and Jur. Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds -70,474 reduction of 2s. per qr. Barley and oats in rather small racier o aa : To lay down such a doctrine be usefully or sensibly expended. Now does any such found a Bonaparte dynasty in Spain. The more serious Lewis supported. Three learned judges had already Oakes, Bevan, and Co, Commissioner A. or I Vlr.Commissioner would be most alarming, for many things ' - Gillet, Tawney, supply, and both are le. per qr. dearer. art the local new s paper which had re- at a meeting very injurious to the character at private mends, or " fina; payment s " to b e m e t & arm '- • • e contrived a cl os e t o the Mr. Baron Bramwell considered the case of so much g the next Napoleon s impatienc and Co. they said . The First Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,617 proceeding was very individuals, and the mere fact of the meeting having financial year, which will require to b e stopped by some disrep u t a bl e affair On the 5-h of strik in g fla y, 1808, the importance that he should refer it to the Court. The Banbury _ Second me as if a man should see by the aid of a been a public one, and of the proceedings being fairly immediate appliance, and are not lik e l y - here - V. . - visitedthe . S apish ' - - . to recur Bath City Bank, Bath G. oger Son ... Third 2Bs Od I 33s 0.1 I 228 od 1 os tl. , a that some one wasshaken g his fist and reported, would exonerate the printer or publisher of a ft er ! Can the Chancellor of the Exchequer show that aged Charles and his consort were assembled their se• mained in custody. Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton sr insulting gestures at him behind his the journal in which the report appeared. In what he wants for the year 1857-8 nearly ten millions more cond so n , C ar l os ; the evil genius of the family, Godoy ; --- Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co . 33,434 Oatmeal, -s to -a per bag of 2801 b. . rould straightway, instead of turning situation would the calumniated man be I The falseness than he is likely to requir e in 1858.9 !I n such eontin. the Minister Cavallos, and several Grandees. At the INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and - ---a------ of the accusation would be 30,548 JOA.I. ta.A.RIiET,--J.A.N. 26. mocking down his adversary, raise his no ground for an action, and gency only can the coniinuaece of the income tax for the end of a conference between the chief of these illustrious (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) Lloyds ____ _ ___ _ k and demolish the looking-glass. be would have no opportunity of redeeming his charac. ensuing year be endured. Yet when pushed to the utter- personages. Ferdinand was summoned tn annaar If .... ..... •I. - __. to action was teers,-,,sei. -a .4.- a-r..._ ter." ET -JAN. 26. the close of the roarko. Wallsond, etc. • i . 8 ' • ffetton lB 6 Hetton Lyons Main l6 6 Lambton lB 0 Lumley 17 6 Pensher l7 0 Russell's Hetton 17 9 South Hetton 18 3 , 3towart's Whitwell . l6 0 Cassop l7 6 Hartlepool lB 0 Hartlepool Hetton l7 t Hough Hall 17 0 Hunwick l6 6 South Kelloe 17 6 Tees lB 6 Whitworth l6 6 Coundon Tees l6 6 f 4old SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mail remains open until the day following ; except in the case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made sip the previous evening.] FOB FROM Made up at Whence By what When By wha t the des- Vessel. expected Vessel Post-Office, patched. --....-- -- Lisbon,..... i 7th,l7th, & South- Spain •• M 27th of the} Madrid Jan. 24 bra. Gibraltar .. ampton Ilam month. Gibraltar •.1 Malta .. • • .. Egy,t ...• .. I 4th & 20th 4th and South - Ceylon •. M of thelndus 20th of I °lnn *. India ...... mont h . ampton the Mauritius month. 1 , viaCeylon)J China Penang .. .• i M the South - Indus Feb. 4.. Colom bo 1 Singapore A ustralia(viai At } South- Mornhli/ the Cape) Cape of Good Hope .. •• Mauritius .. E Feb. 5.. • . Dart- Harbin- mouth ger Jan. 25 England Ceylon .... India Lisbon Madeira .....1 CapedeVerds Brazil ampton South- BuenosAyres Medway Feb.. 12 Avon f Falkland Is- I ,I. lantls J Wes., Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). Ist and 2d and 17th Venezuela - 16th of Grev Town 2l of the month. , ampton Parana the Atrat o New Granada Chill . Peru...... California .. i month. * Honduras -IvtF b 17 / South- 16 th of Nassau .... e - • • ampton Month, • H Mexico . .... r _, r . south. . } eb. 2.... ampt on Parana F e b . 1 avana .. Atrato Madeira .. .. I' eneriffe .. Feb. 23 ..} Ply- W C.of Africa mo. th Liver- •• •• Feb 6 Ethiope British North America .. Every Fri.} United States pool Europa Tan. 26 Niagara. United States f Feb. 3 and arr. 260 BritiQt North alternate Liver .. • • Jut. 29 .....• • • America .. l'nescht) a. pool United States British North f3l Feb. 25 .. } South- Herman .Feb. 19 Area. America .. ampton Canada .... I E fan. 27 7 Liver- Anglo- Feb. 4r • Aire pool Saxon Nowa._ 3 1—Morning. E—Evening. LOOAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26. *MON EXCHANGE.—The market is quiet, at stead)? prices. Caledonian, 30$ —Eastern Counties, 94—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 96$—London and North Western, 1064—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34j—Midland, 82i—North-Eastern, 21—South-Eastern, 244—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 6 per cent, stock, 110i- - * Birmingham Guaranteed, 75—Great Western of Canada, 24i 8 • ETER, . 26. STOOK EXOtIA NA NG NCH E.—The S re was JAN a quiet market, with out chang e i n pr i ces. Leeds Northern, No. 1, 3 i p. —East lAncashire, 23 9-16 —SheiThilds, 341 Caledonians, 399-16 —Londons, 106,i—Great Western of Canada, 2413-16 Dovers, 221 —Manchester Assurance, 7 p.—Midlands, 821 —Eastern Counties, 9t. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 26 STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was steady to-day, and prices firm. North Staffoxas, 4i—Great Western, 65 &j —London and North-Western, 106 1064—Birming• ham and Stour Valley, 8i 9. 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Their lordships delivered their judgment in this case, which was an appeal front the decision of Vice-Chancellor iindersley, whereby he had determined that the right of election and of presentation of a clergyman to the per petual curacy of Clerkenwell had, by the effect of the late statutes—viz., the 18th and 19th Vict c. 120, and 19 and 20th Vict., c. 112, being the acts passed for the better Local Management of the Metropolis—been trans ferred from the parishioners and inhabitants of the pa rish, paying tithes, rates, and assessments to the church and poor, to a select vestry of the parishioners, consti tuted in manner directed by first of those acts. The case was beard before the Vice-Chancellor, upon motion for an injunction to restrain the trustees of the living and the select vestry from presenting, and the Bishop of London from inducting the Rev. Robert Maguire, who had been elected by the select vestry, to the living. The motion had been refused by the Ytce-Chancellor, with costs. Their lordships reversed the decision of the Vice- Chancellor. The consequence is that there will be a decree declaring that the right of election or presentation has not been altered or affected by the late statutes ; and that the election of the Rev. Robert Maguire was null and void, and directing that an injunction should issue restraining the vestry from presenting him to the bishop for a license as a candidate duly elected. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings hi Banco.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge and Erle.) IN RB THE EMIL BRITISH JAM Rules were obtained by Mr. Lush against two share holden' in the Royal British Bank, calling upon them to show cause why execution should not issue against them in respect of judgments obtained against the bank. He stated that the circumstances were precisely the same as those which had been mentioned in other cases in this court. Rules granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Justices Cresswell and Williams.) MOORE v. WESS.-POLLUTING A WATERCOURSE. The plaintiff in this case has a farm in Suffolk, through which flaws a stream which he had been in the habit of using for his cattle upon the farm. The defendant was a tanner, and had premises some distance up the stream. He was in the habit of using the water of the.stream in his business and returning it back again into the stream, and he justified his right to use the stream for the pur poses of his business. To this plea there was a new assignment by the plaintiff, that the defendant had used the stream to an extent beyond which his right ex tended. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Cole ridge, who directed a verdict for the defendant; but subsequently a rule was obtained for a new trial, upon the grou n ds that his lordship was wrong in h o ldin g th a t the defendant's pl ea setting up hi s r i g ht to use the stream was proved, and that there was no evidence of the plaintiff's new assignment. To-day cause was shown against the rule being made absolute. Mr. Serjeant Bylee, Mr. O'Malley, and Mr. Couch appeared to show cause ; and Mr. Knowles, Mr. Pren dergast, Mr. Serjeant Wells, and Mr. Honyman to support the rule. The case occupied their lordships the whole day. The Court ultimately directed the rule for a new trial to be made absolute. Rute absolute. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ;Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall. —Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and Common Juries.) LAB) 'V. THE GENERAL A POTHECARIES COMPANY.- ALLEGED BREACH 07 CONTRACT Mr. Doyle was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Overend conducted the defence. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Dr. Lard, against the defendants, the General Apothecaries Company (which had been established for the purpose of supplying the public witk pure drugs), for a b rea ch o f contract. The d e f en dantilenied having made the con tract as alleged. It appeared that in September last the defendants announced that they were about to pub lish 15,000 copies of a circular, which they called atten tion to as offering important advantages to advertisers who insert their advertisements therein. The plaintiff at this time being about to publish a work, offered the defendants 51. for inserting his advertisement, upon which they replied by letter, requesting him to forward his advertisement as soon as convenient. This he accordingly did, but notwithstanding the arrangement the plaintiff's advertisement did not appear, but the circular contained an advertisement about a similar work which had been published by another person. The plaintiff, in consequence of this alleged breach of con tract, had brought this action. Mr. Overend, on behalf of the defendants, contended that there was no case to go to the jury, and that, there fore, thy plaintiff must be nonsuited. There was no breach of contract, as no contract existed. The plaintiff had offered to insert his advertisement in circulars of the defendants, and they had merely requested him to send it to them, which even did not amount to an acceptance, as it was not compulsory on a nenpaper or other advertising medium to insert an adveßi cement which might be prejudicial to tlieir interests, particularly when no money had passed between the parties. Mr. Baron Bramwell was of opinion that the objection was good, as there had avid Gritty been no contract be tween the parties. The plaint iff must either be nonsuited, or the verdict must pass for t be defendants. The verdict was then entered for the defendants. JUDGES' Cl [AMBERS. SCOTT V. LANGFIELD, ALIAS MONTEFIORE. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF F. lEGERY AT THE MANSION HOUSE. This case, which has attract ed a good deal of " public attenti.m,” came before M . r. istice Crompton, on an ap plication on the part of the di .ifencla lit for his discharge from Whitecross-street Priso a. It, will be recollected that Mr. Justice Coleridge otc Jere d the discharge at the suit of a gentleman named Hew At, who arrested the defendant as he was about le , Avir ig the Mansion-house, where he was charged wjth :forgery on the CApe of Good Hope Bank. After the arre st on a judge's order live detainers were lodged against I ,irn, and as many ,-um• mouses were nsade returnable to -day by adjournment, in all of which the question was raised whether the defend ant intended to abf-cnrd. Mr. Eadie appeared AS coma el to oppose the applica tion, and read an afEi :avit fro; 11 Mr. Roy, the solicitor for the London and Weattnins te; ? Bank, setting forth the arrest, by Scott, the detective,. .at Gravesend, and the several examinations before the Lord Mayor. lie alleged that the pretence of an intended marriage was not to be credited, and that t he defendant would leave the country. He expected 89079 further information OP A DAUGLITICEL On the 25th lost., at Lowestoft, Suffolk, the wife of Thomas Lucas, Esq. On the 26th inst., at 12, Walton-place, Upper Chelsea, the wife of Henry William Crippa, Esq. MARRIED. On the sth of November last, at St. James's Cathedral, Port Louis, Mauritius, Edmund J. Johnstone, Esq., Com missariat Staff, third son of the late Richard Johnstone, Esq., to Agnes Isabel, daughter of Thomas Dale Gulliver, Esq., Paymaster Royal Navy. At Southweald Church, Essex, George Simpson, Esq., surgeon, eldest son of G. Simpson, Esq., F.h,C.S., of Gower-street, Bedford-square, to Jane Campbell, of Tor quay, eldest daughter of the late Hugh Campbell, Esq. , and niece of William Murdoch, Esq., of Halifax, INTova Scotia. DIED. On the 19th inst., at Odihana, Hants, Lient.-Colone l Charles William Short, late of the Coldstream Guards, age , l 58. On the 22d inst., at the Oaks, Rock Ferry, Elizabeth, widow of Richard Addison, Esq., of Liverpool. On the 23d inst., at Ramsgat e Isle of Thanet, Grace Callander, wid ow of Sir Murray Maxwell, aged 77 On the 24th inst., at Hull, Charles Bamford, jon., Esq.' merchant, aged 42. On the 25th inst., Miss Jane Foster, of Mark ,House lane, Walthamstow, aged 80. On the 2 - )th inst at Sevanoaks, Kent, Sarah, tits be loved wif e o f Mr. It ' . E. Adams. OA On the 25th inst., Montagu. younger son of Mr. Thoit A. Rush, of Hereford-street, Brow pton, aged 14. On the 25th inst. at 1, Brunswick-square, Mrs. Mall . Silk, relict of the late Alexander Silk, Esq., aged 75. On the 26th inst., at 17, Montpelier-row, Blackheath , Charlott e Richardson, late of Ashburnham-house , daughter of the late Juhn Inman Richardson, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO . 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the c ouoty of Middlesex, Tuesday, January 27, 1857. POLICE INTEGLIGENC.E—Jan. 26. MANSION-HOUSE —Henry Stein, an Italian, was charged with having stolen a handkerchief. A person who was pa4sing along King William-street, on Saturday, saw the prisoner take the handkerchief out of a gentleman's pocket, and put it into his own. The prisoner—Yes, I took it, as I had not eaten a bit for several dap, and was almost starved. Alderman Hale—You have been here before, for something of the same kind. Priesuer—Yes, I did it before for the same reason. Alderman Hale—You must go to bard labour for three months for this offence. Prisoner—l hope the work won't be hard. Alderman Hale—lt will. Prieener—l'd rather you'd send me home to Rome, but, if you wish, I'll ga to prison, and I hope you will send me home when you have punished me. CLERKENWELL.—A great number of reecbanio, labourers, and others, assembled in the front of this court to seek the advice and assistance of Mr. Corrie, in consequence of their having been refused relief by the parish authorities of Islington. The complaining parties had formed part of a large meeting yesterday in Smith• field of unemployed artisans, &c., after which they pro ceeded in strong bodies to the parishes of Clerkenwell and Islington to seek relies, where their number.] caused some alarm. George Bent, a man of respectable appearance, said he, with a Mr. Kendall, was there, in the absence of Mr. Macheath, to represent the aggrieved unemployed. He (Bent) resided in George-:street, Bagnigge-weds-road, St. Pancras. Mr. Corrie directed that those who wished to com plain should be admitted into the court, when a rush was made, and it was instantly crowded to excess. Bent said they had applied to Islington parish, and were refused relief, but some were relieved at Cierken well. They applied to his worship for advice to get relief and assistance in a legal and peaceable way. Mr. Kendall, a decorative painter, said be was unemployed four and five days a week. He bad a wile and three children, and they were starving. They applied with others to Islington parish, and were told they could not be relieved except from 9 to 12 o'clock in the forenoon. Hugh Pierce, a joiner, of 12, Caledonian-street, Is lington, said he was not in actual distress, but he did not know how soon he might be. He came as the re• presentative of those who were unemployed ; because, if such things continued, they would lead to a revolution in the country. Henry Hunt, a painter and glazier, of Rosoman-street North, said he was out of work, with a wife and three- children. He had not a morsel of food at home, nor looney to procure it, or he would not apply to the parish. He applied to the parish of Islington, and was refused relief. Mr. Corrie—Yours is a case that I can practically deal with. Is there any other c a s e h ere . _ A Yoice—Yee, sir, 600 here, and as many more ou side the court. Other statements of an equally painful nature were made. Mr. Corrie ordered an officer to go instantly and re quest the immediate.attendance at the court of oae of the parish officers of Islington. Mr. Hicks, a relieving officer, attended just before the closing of the court with Mr. Bayliss, the chief usher. Mr. Corrie suggested that the applicants should be properly attended to and relieved, according to their necessities. Mr. Hicks said he would attend instantly to the mos. urgent. The applicants then left the court to go to the work. house. WORSHIP-STREET.— James P 7 allbey, alias Ph lips, alias the Countryman, 20 years of age, well dresed, and describing himself as a polisher, was charged befo►e Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing two gold watches, value 271., from the shop window of a jeweller and watchmaker, named Wagstaff, in Brown's-lane, Spitalfields. The prosecutor's wife proved that while sitting in a parlour at the rear of their shop, about 11 o'clock on Saturday night last, she heard a sudden smash of glass, and running forward, perceived the prisoner outside with one hand through a large broken pane of the win dow ; he ran off with the property named, which she now identified ; both watches were much damaged. Geo. Baker, a wheelwright, deposed that at the hour named he heard repeated cries of "Stop thief," and a loud clamour of feet. Prisoner darted by him at the top of his speed in Montague street. Witness doubled back and pursued, finally catching him in his arms. Prisoner then said, "Let me go, it's all right." Wit ness replied, " Yes, it is all right now." Prisoner strug gled, in vain declaring it was only a lark, but was finally given into the hands of a constable. Williamson, H division, was on duty and also heard the cry ; he caught the first man who was running ; the prisoner quickly followed, and then the crowd who came up said the thief had escaped. Witness let go his capture and pursued the prisoner, whom he found strug gling with Baker. TVvo other witnesses, named Mottle and James, were heard in evidence ; the former seeing prisoner throw away one watch, and James picking up the other on the spot where the accused was taken. Watts, of the N division, said he knew the prisoner, who had been convicted of a. watch robbery some time back, and received two years' imprisonment ; he was an old hand. Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded him for depositiorm. CRISTAL PALACE —ONE SHILLING DAY.—MONDAY, ,Jan. 26 —Admissions on payment, 387; ditto, by season tickets, 79 ; total. 466. THE IRON DISCOVERIES AT SEEND. The disco veries of iron in the neighbourhood of Seend, Wiltshire, go on, and several furnaces are about to be erected at once. Various persons are testifying their belief in the value of these discoveries by offering fabulous prices for land at Seend and the neighbourhood. The Duke of Somerset and the trustees of the late Mr. Ludlow Bruges own about half the land at Seend where the richest ore is found, and the Duke's agent is collecting the best information that can be obtainel in reference to the extent and value of the iron which has been discoveried. _ - I. II.;;VERTISEMENT.]- Holloway's Ointm en t an d Pi lls c fo h r em th i e st C o u f re A o ltim, f Erys i pelas in the Legs.—Mr. Knight, informed Profes•zor Holloway that Mrs. Elizotbeth Otben, of Binstead, bad been suffering for inure than twelve months with erysipelas in the kg, and could get no relief whatever, notwithstanding that she had persisted in the use of a great variety of remedies. Ho sever, at this juncture she bad recourse to Hollo way's ointment and pills, which affor led her .p.edy re lief, and ultimately effected a sound and permanent cure These remedies are strongly recommended for all dis eases of the skin, i mpur i ty of the blood, and scorbutic affectioSoid by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Lo n d on, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. MuirStampa, Const antinople; E. tl-uidicy, Smfrna ;• and E. , Malta,