The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Deems, ha. Is.
A certain legal missive which has jut fallen wan
the total; of Cork, hu produced a terrible =plain
in the party. Every one remembers the haw ye&
tion against the return of Messrs. Fagsa sad Maryby.
by which the liberal influence in the "beautiful city"
was to be annihilated. It failed; and the Cork torW
are now informed that there is a little bill of 1,07/4
against them, which must be immediately settled, I.
addition toose of about I,OOOL more whisk they bid
already paid. The party are quite indignant at the
• intimation, and tell Colonel Chatteeon, their candi-
date, that if he does not pay his costs himself he need
never again show his face among them • but in reply
to this threat they are told that law proceedings, in-
volving enormous cuts, will forthwith be taken
against them, to bring the affair to a final adjust-
ment. _ _

The tract-distributing case of the "Queen v. M.
A. O'Brenaan " was argued yesterday in the Court
of Queen's Bench, and judgment was postponed.
The snow and frost have again returned with all
their rigour. The snow fell in great quantities yes-
terday, but a small portion only of it has remained
on the maser. Last night there was a severe frost,
and the earth is once more firmly congealed.
A meeting of those who advocate the tenant-right
principles of the north, and support the dews Or
Mr. Sharman Crawford, was held on Tuesday, at
Newtownards. The speakers were the Rev. Mr.
Roger., the Rev. Mr. M'Cullagh, Dr. M'Knight, the
Rev. Mr. Coulter, &c.

Yam sad Mirk Terday, neater= Ball; Friday, dratierd
1110 - at • WNW MI 11.
limars, Ilethrid.beath ; Wedarday, Wattle ; FrEay,Old
Orreard ; , Oegar —at li.
Sri Urea% Fr , Gadayroad Curran; Iletorday, Asi.'
wire—sk 11.
direift.lilimarld Nam; Wedatedey, the Old Vies ;
Mtdr a rearre le 11.
lierley, Whdrill HMI; Faraday. Wart TIMM; Tburoday.
Chaos Old limn ; Salurday, dr Own Lae, Odd= - it a cittarlar
le IL
iiiskrisny Idarbry, Barter Ceerald• ; Teraday. Codinstrua
Orris ; Thursday, dual Dar; Friday, Baltmararra—at • quarter
le 11.

lierwarthipsaity, Swim; Saturday, WO Varian IbR Baz-
4rsa (Lard Warrlateah Iteaday, Maffei Bo Wadies-
AdClaim ; Saturday, !Ambulat—
e Garr ?Ma.lc • .•
Hear;
G. lagraat% AM opus day, Byrklay Lodge—at a quarter

Cest Heat. Tuesday. Bologield Park; Friday. Belling* Lees-et
ka=ro.
at
Pa Maim Bormehrinew Heath; Friday, Baden
lma IS,
Ldbire. TessaLagiamait 10.
OeWsi . °Merton ; Thursday,
llgmllutrUt
Uz. IWO"
e& ray, Odlideird.vese Hathatigh; Thursday,
Clidencle•-
OdiolTharuller.ory thoislocheThileri Thogsky,Dusges Oarosr;
li_ser-et a moorlor MIL
11='; ",
NWOJ Zit=
Ulai==ll'll QUM% mat dq tbe weather permits, Hoorn
Xitails-at 11.
DIAS et IlaThod's, Firet Ism the weather permits, Belo* Kept
...sitiXkpast IL
Minim WiaMir sum; Tuesday, Blzkliegtoo ; Thum
dap, Ureic pork. Irdaritsg. Perk Hall-at halt-past 10.
• Ambles deiiiktvflust epta b, Crewlleys Farm-at 11.
Masiligh amosty Weireaq. Irm, Firie ; Frt.
dlataphimaid MIL
Miry, Foz. Librighton-at
lapel N. •
Ike* Therolikit Nisalsr, Moro; Welmodq. Barimem
MC; Pridlam.Tholloil. goer M. Hrspoo-ea Balllo. imet
Therm Theillay, mire*
w=d; itarmilsr. Daerse-etrii=lL
Ilsolimdd (Ur. Ceeleie). Tkereday,
Wridep lkilertey. UMW Ift=lll.
Iterisq, .
110 lOW WM Haft; TWanday, Hansbeath Itill;
ordmm igmeter to
Weembom lark; Bearden InopleWp
Hood
mod,MI
Thealsoi. thmelq. Chatiliam Cod" I
110-0 1 0..
'Ward holt. Tessa & Wasser Ihrogito; Thder--et
Ilise&q. Ambor lady; Thomaog. rompeesd Them I
I, Chrism IleMb-eg • mearesr
H. (Ur. Thlsteb%). Toesdq, Awry Park; Thursday,
• Park; Ihdordap, Its WW gem* to LI.
Weliddidse. Tersi_alloymood ; Thoridey, Mier-
leamdsp.
_ AssieWare. laid=
lad
Lits ts. Holt'
_Teaudiay, Sows
Odra ; TWA% Btaispareed ; Friday, IMAM Oote-.4 halt.
pst 10.
Wleatleod.Thooday, IprottWfl ; Friday, Ledp Omprice-at
pat 10.
Wiltshire loth. First apse Halloo day (Tuesday excepted),
Thor
W. 11.
Mr W. W. Wren's. Woodsy, Imoyd ; Wideman, Llanypell ;
Fri toy, Park ; Saturday, Chariton Wee
-at hal.pau to.
Col. Wset Maeda, Battlettorms lnerday, DommeWood ;
Friday, Imgersball Orere-at Whom' 11.
Wootme, Msuday, Sydrham Loose ; 'Monday, Chipper Bridge
-at halt-post IL
Warvidreare, Itooday. Walesa; Toseday, Hided Bridge ; Thum►
day, ilelatrdad; Friday, Church Tpos -at a games to II
Tort end ably.llooday, Wlggiotoe Bar; Toteday, Street 1100fte I
Thursday, Burton Lessard ; getorday, ditipworth Bridge-at halt.
pam .
harlot Yarborough's, Monday, RaveridaM (tell Roads ; Wedoce.
day, Yatorough Camp; Friday. "WM. ittatioa-at 11.

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Mr. Bona
the Ist* .et i

Brigitte% Ideaday, Patehruil Redm edey, Itsamoune ; Saturday,
Im—aDike4lrrier as 11.
kkeday, Newmarket /Wt; Thursday, Tetemeabe 'rye
—at kall.past le.
8.V., I wesday. Dole's Ash, Heirlems; Saturday, Milbane Port —at
halt-past 11.
Inch Peak, drat day the weather permits, Green Cowden Rouse—
s 11.
Newesstle and Gateshead, Monday, Craworook ; Friday, Tyne-
's/oath—et laNt.past to.
Plysawarh, Davenport, sad Stasellevar, Monday, Home Village—at
haltopeetie
Samkton, Ildlieghera, end Hartlepool„ Monday, Gretuabells;
Thursday, altos—at half-peat 10.
Torttasy, Tuesday, Ship,/ Caftan.

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!TINOS 1/11

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1854,

EQUITY COURTS.—•YESTIZOILY.
MOSS rn LIMO CIAJOBL4O2 AND Tile LOU/ 'MICR Tt211211.
11 TUB COlllllllOlll2l FOB TAXING 041Tite 11
CHANCRIT._
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tetitieouTri for its opinion whether
—loam for taking oaths in
Akers

Charm far Masten Eitrandiaary, gave those the
11111111•_power of going to any plan wtthn their district, se
the Masten Extraordinary possessed, or whether their
poem were confined to taking oaths at their own places
d *shun ; eon* doubt haling been felt on the consult*-
*w of the words of the act.
Their lordship* decided that the intention of the act was
to give the contn.ssiosen the sass powers precisely as the
Masten Extraordinary.

This was a petition of John Booth, the brother and com-
mittee of a lunatic' named George Booth, praying the era-
firmatiew of the lluter's report under the following circus:-
stances :—Tbe lunatic was one of three sons of John Billiard
Booth, a 'landsman of fortune' residing at Crouch-end.
The lunatic was born in 1809 and became of unsound
mind in 18!3; and always lived with hie father. In
January, 1387, his mother died, leaving a fortune of
120,0001., of which, under a power of appointment, she
devised 38,0001. to her husband, and the remaining 90,0001.
to be divided between her three sons. An application wse
made to the court in March, 1838, that 6001. • year should
be allowed to the lunatic, out of the proceeds of him share of
his mother's legacy for his maintenance, but nothing wee
then sail about part maintenance. In 1840, his father
applied to Lord Cottenham to be allowed payment, at the
rate of 6001. a year, for the period which elapsed between
the time of his mother's death, in January, 1837, and the
making of the order for maintenance in March, 1838, and a
reference was directed to the Muter to find what was due,
which wee to be prosecuted at the applicant's (the father's)
own expense. This order was never prosecuted during the
life of the father, who died in 1849 ; but two or three
years afterwards it was carried on by the exe-
cutors of his' will, by which he left all his
property, not to his children, but to strangers. The Master
found that nothing wee thee for this period in question, and
It was his report the eswiemation of which was now prayed.
Mr. Malin and Ms. Shabbeare appeared in support of
the petition, and aassead that there was no pretence for
seek an epplicatiee, cane separate establishment had been
kept up for the lunatic, and the only ground alleged was
the keeping of another carriage for his par.icnlar use;
besides which, the length of time which had elapsed before
the order for a reference to the Master was prosecuted was
tantamount to its abandonment.
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Hardy, for the exeenton, opposed
the petition, contending that the principal part of the
father's means were derived from his wife, and that his

circumstances were much altered b her death; besides
which, he was a large debtor to the estate', on which
the forune of hie wife, and the I.gacies to his sons were
charged, and that he had arranged to set off his debt against
the lunatic's meintanance ; and that there had been DO
abandonment of the order, but only delay in prosecuting it.
Mr. Kenyon appeared for Mr. Phillip Booth, the nest of
kin, to ask for costs.
heir Lordships were of opinion that there was nothing
in the special circumstanoes of this case to take it out of
the rule that the father of an infant lunatic could not be
allowed anything for past 'maintenance after an allowance
was wade for the lunatic's support oat of his own estate, the
very question in this case having been raised before, and
settle! by Lord Eldon SO years ago.
The petition was therefore allowed, the respondents to
I pay the custa.

112011 TIM XAVIR Or TN! 11011 i
ESTI O. 11111111.

This was a suit for the reocerer of 2,0001. under the fol-
lowing singular circumstances. In 1803 Mr. M. L. Este,
a British officer, who had returned from the Egyptian cam- ,
paiga, met, in Perk, Min Lanka Caroline Smyth, and
renewed an sequsintanee whieh he had previously had will
her. It was agreed that they should marry, that a Freak
contract of marriage should be prepared, and that Mr. IBMs
&could resign his commission and commence business es a
banker in Paris with his brother. The euntrect, which was
dated 23rd March, 1803, was accordingly executed, and is
it the lady's fortune was stkted to be 168,000 francs (7,0001),
6,0001. of which she was entitled under the marriage settle-
ment of her parents, and to t's remaining 2,0001. under the
will of her father. Of this sum 7,000 trance only was to
go " into community," aid by the mirth article the wife
wee to have the disposition ei the separate property after
the expiration of the .. ip," as it was termed in
the contract, weenie.al s die death of the husband or
wife. The ma riap en gskwilied according to the Eng-
lish form in the GIL% Park' and it was
intended that eastliter bin taken place a
few days a fterweeis =IL ougllgnewnlffhave entered
into a civil contract of marriage megedlig to the French law.
Before the time however fixed tit 'be emend ceremony Mr.
Este heard something relatiof In Ni wife which caused Ma
to refuse entreats into the . civil matract, and the parties,
who had, in hey nave lived
MM
agreed to live gap.
rate. Is IS A Ma. Ifeee gagiebge MU, sod she died is
1830. Hp Imi idll die &OW MOWS suer Map her
interest =dew hew yams* setffewmwg awl Mr fladier's will ,
es her son the peewit plalatiff, wili had filed this bill '
agaiast the Weft= to ~enforee pnymeat of the 2,0001
MUM Mitt the will. There we soother snit it
sele MEM isserellag the 6,0001. The husband, however,
amstsoled that he wee entitled to the exclusion of the son,
that the marriage wee valid, bat that the contract in
France was invalid, and that therefore the property of the
wife beeeme his on her death.
His Honour in giving jedgment, said he considered the
Vil valid, and that the contract so far as it related to
property was valid also. There was no law to pre-
agreeing that after marriage their property
shonlrr :egulated &cocain to the laws of France or
thtso; any other country, though it might be singular
should so determine. Here the circumstances ex-
plaiaed why they so acted. Holding the contract to b'
valid, the same the question of construction, and acoord-
big to the evidence which had bees laid before the court of
the Preach law, it appeared that the wife was entitled to
Armee by will of her separate estate. He should there-
, Ms make a declaration that the plaintiff was entitled.
' Mr. Respell and Mr. Bevan appeared for the plaintiff;
Mr. R. Palmer and Mr. Cotton, for Mr. Este, the husband ;
and Mr. Loyd, Mr. Boyle, and Mr. Pearson for the other
--ales interested.

COURT OF QURF.NI3 BENCH.—YzarraDst.

LORD ChIIPVILL, AXD ILIT/Cll MLR-

mums, caw, am caostrinr.

BRAILUVT V. =Tsar.

PAINCIPLIS OP A

In this ems, which was tried before Lord Campbell at the
Loniloadtdoge after last Wm. and resulted in a verdict for
Iteriff for 224
She.
drelmsamoved be a rule nisi for a new trial,
as yowl that the marl was
mert the weight of
sellitt
See plaintiff was swag el the age of 28,
el a French advents in Braude, sad
el la various dilations la lashed as a geommoes.
Obi amiss splint dm dohnisat, who was the
der at es. Nish**. ta llomenstehliv, to nom
asmpeneadoa far having ham diesimed from kis
went as a governess, altar winolalog in his basis;
month, he having espied her M a salary of 601. a ar,
with the right to three made wiles before
The materiel plea was that the dolindent was ladasii to
man into the owned W baud mid It
appeared that, is 4se last. /la. 31 is want of
a gomessoi, minim* • knew frees the p Mating her
for the sitemtiew, end saying Oat she bad
arrive is ahheeo it uses shunned. proved
that, dam bastiV' ehe balms la Ws or throe slew
dam TM maia repemosnielin. owe, la ths hew was
that ohs bad taws lapdog is the RIMS Whelk drerch,
bat bad Om Mau& up as a postemaat, and ea the wi-
dow, than apposed to be novena& for saying that she
end a£m imeholin Bat he submitted that she must be
Mhos to Woe osproosatod herself to be a seriously pro-
glii= =l-111ho sand be taken to have amalessed
la this sopmestadem that she was of sound reigions gds.
git.. Ossisent 111Monail that eat believed in and sow
amemdi the isby Ilidanew Oho proved on her aummlw
We that alm had - needol lig a lady who nos a mum
ben id Who Audi =I had aonived the GM.
subs of that alholie tenloal la tla =
Ike. lloyeay, haulm residual a Base from a Mrs.
et winouWeisol the Wadi hadi Wed before all IMO Sr
Climb*. tell bar dash. wall sat sit, es, although lbs.
Bombe hid again highly olhershilities, oho hod mid dist
oho seined suedes end trailemalye at family wemfti. end
amine fho maw of tho Mo. llre. Moreyutudi bad,- bow
worm aim* hoe m made ot Combs fo a , fa nobs
ghat abet might mommunleato with her r friss& The malt
glossa Bo the jury ww. whethir she hod teheiy repo.
awneds MO able was a pretaMM t Bre this OW It was I
=V, Mn. Shake that oho had ospieesstbor didedief
Bible. and by her dew, Illbs Jadow. Oat all had
tested in various *invariable' that she th. Ho BM
was an obsess* hack, that dm deism of the proplole were
day-drama, and that is did set bellow la Imo Melody of
our Saviour. A geedesma sued Howard doe proval that
she she had owned that she was ea Ladd. The *MOW
had certainly, both upon her examination in chief, and Os
upon beat needed, wanly desioil all the matudel bon
upon whir lt the ewe masa with eagard to her
priaciples. He thought then oseffil la very lid=
that she we. sahotemellely am enlist elms el Ciemeelapee-
tastants who believed In seddag at. all. and Wailaitho
whole Bible as a fable.
Lord Campbell said that if be lei bees upon the Jam be
should mat undoubtedly have fowl &verdict for the dielhm-
dant, because the represintation der bad mods was that abs
was a protestant, and Si mod tiger polaslidets sad il
the evidence of Mrs. likethe sad Judaea were la be
believed, she was met atcluelast sound renews gds.&
pies ; but, at themes tbajory_liaving found a moat
different from that width Amid have Masashi 11•0811
not wish to disturb it, geadiesisi that, if the Pay Wooed
the pialatiff and did ad lidlom the other three whams.,
dr
or saildod to a moll& Mho had dialed ad that was
Impala la her, both IS 41•041NNOWS11 aad whoa the
tom wailed. He mails 'holt be.. given meal to
Mo. Illsoeho and Met Seism who nth pie Aden*
deals with great ~lsm sad he wild disarm all mo*'
dm whatever tor Voir Warepreendwg the Os*. But,
d the same time, his hod palmed this oat to the
tort',
Hs jury having given meld to tat it
Ito
fed some relsetense is Ibil visig, Nei ild
nbastaase was isomeseldi:=lng Hai NS IPIE ji
, and bad saly roomed Ho small end Off MI.,
fa= a new Uhl weld had la Ha Put INNIO la

both Wes. However, he pvs no opinion as to whether
then should he a rale or not.
Mr. eerjermst Blue said his dont had not defended the
action to save the 201. ; bet, entertaining the opinion which
he did, be wee bound, as a am of conscience and principle,
and a miaister of the church, to defied it.
The Coura after deliberating fur a few momenta, granted
a rale nisi.

VIZ SWIM (oN TM)
SCOTT) S. IMULISON.—C
TIE " TIMIS."

OF THE 110 X. F.
MAUVE LOAINIT

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The Attorney- General, on behalf of the Hon. Francis
Scott iuid seven other gentlemen, directors of the South'
Western Railway Company, renewed the application he had
made on the last day of last term, fora rule for a criminal
information against William Harrison, the printer and pub-
lisher of the TIRO newspaper, for an article published in
that newspaper on the fled November last, most tenses',
reflecting on the character ant conduct of those gentlemen.
In order that the court might understand and appreciate
the meaning of the article, he would briefly state the cir-
cumstances which had given else to it. In the early part
of 18.53 it was intimated that the Great Western Railway
Company intended to apply to parliament fur a bill to
enable them to make a line between Dorchester and Exeter.

The South Western Company ware the proprietors of the
railway from London to Southamnton, and from South-
ampton to Dorchester. The Great Western Company also
bad a Use striking off from their main line at Bristol,
through Somerset, Willa, and Dar et, and the two com-
panies had long been competitors for the line between
Dorchester and E . Great contests had been carried
on between them before parliament in 1846 and 1847,
i which terminated in favour of the South Western Coen-
.

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patsy ; but, in ousequesos of the state of the money mar-
ket linos that period, they bad not completed the line. In
1853, the Great Western Compan being about to apply
again to parliament, the South Western directors called
the attention of the shareholders to the contemplated
invasion of the rights of the company at the general half-
yeuly meeting, in February, 1853. A resolution was then
passed, requesting the directors to watch carefully the pro-
ject of the other company, and to take suck steps as they
thought expedient to protect the intern's of their own corn-
pony. Tbe bill of the Great Western Company was
brought began parliament, and the directors of the South-
Western Compemy them evened a special emend meeting
en the 20th of May, at which they pointed out in their 1
report the genres which they considered the company
ought to adept—vix., to proceed with the construction of
the narrow gauge extension between Dorchester and
Swiss. The meeting then passed a resolution, authorising
the dime:wale pledge the company to apply to parliament,
at the earliest period, for powers to construct the Dor-
chatter and Exeter line, as the interests of the company
were deeoy concerned in theirrailway being extended to
Exeter. Tin number of votes polled in favour of this re-
solution was 20,616; against it, 3,44 l—the majority being
17,206. TM value of the stock polled in favour of the
Ithethithin was 3,774,4401.; inst it, 570,5801.—majority,
=rWhen the Grea Western bill came before par-
, Mr. &vit, as chairman of the South-Western
Ompsay, wont before the committee, and on behalf of the
them to apply to parliament next session
risillirol= Ohm to make the line from Dorchester
te=ster. At the dare of the chairman of the committee.
he pat the promise into writing, sad the committee reported '
to the house that, although they thought it desirable to have
the line made, they thought it ought to be a uniform gauge,
and therefore (cave the preference to the South-Western
selisme, and rejected the Great Western bill. This was
yowled to the next half. early meeting of the shareheithu
he when a rcoeootion was unanimously vaned, mow
Oahe whet bed been awe by the directors. Another ler
ad posed maim wit convened on the 15th November,
le elder to eeeskies what further steps should be takes;
bat le the meantime a great change had, from tome cause
ar another, taken place in the sentiments of a majority of
the shareholders, for the directors then met with consider-
able opposition. Adverse resolutions and amendments were
proposed, and the result wail, that the number of votes
polled for an amendment against the resolution favourable
to the extension of the line was 13,914, against it, 13,911,
being a majority of three sgainst the extension line. The
value of the stock polled for the amendment was 2,050,5691. ;
against it, 2,673.8291. Majorityi of stock in favour of the
resolution, 623,2601. No one could doubt that it was com-
petent to a majority of the shareholders to give their votes
exactly as they pleased, or that a question involving the in-
terests of a great public body like the South-Western Com-
pany was a fur subject for public discussion in the columns
of public journals.
Lord Campbell•—Railway directors may be considered as
public functionaries whose conduct may be canvassed and
tenured in the same way as the conduct of judges and

other public functionaries.
The Attorney-Oenerel—Every man invested with public
functions was amenable to public opinion, but a journalist,
while he had a right discuss the conduct pursued by pub-
lic
functionaries, was not entitled to ascribo to them unwor-
thy or dissroditable motives unless his observations MEN
Masud on truth. The learned Attorney-General then read
the article complained of, which was of considerable length.
It onanasamodi by commending the spirit and prudence of
the shareholders in taking the managent of their attain into
their own bands, and not allowing their line to be extended.
Ice eamemating upon the vote of the meeting which sanc-
tioned the extension, the following passages occurred :
" We have surely heard of such a thing as tampering wiih
some votes and creating others of a fictitious character for
the purpose of carrying out a scheme on which the directors
have set their hearts." "If the Hoc. F. Scott made it (the
pledge) in defiance of the wishes of his constituents, of
course the transaction is a mere swindle, and there is an
end of it." It was also said that the directors had probably
acted under the influence of the "demon of speculation,
but it was to be hoped that it was no worse." Putting on
one side all that related to the policy of the proposed exten-
sion, he complained of the motives here assigned to the
conduct of the directors. It was said that in order to carry
oat a scheme on which they had set their hearts, they had
tampered with some:votes, and created other fictitious ones,
and that the pledge they had given to parliament amounted
to nothing more nor less than a swindle.
Lord Campbell said there did not appear to be any direct
and positive charge against the directors.
The Attorney-General said there could be no doubt that
the intention of the article was to convey the impression
that the directors bad tampered with votes, and made a
pledge to parliament in bad faith.
Lord Campbell—Giving the most ample scope to the pri-
vilege of commenting on the conduct of directors, there are
expressions here that admit of a construction that traud and
fraudulent conduct are imputed to them, and therefore we
think you may take a rule to show cause. I suppose you
have affidavits from Mr. Scott and the other directors?
The Attorney-General said they entirely denied the im-
putations OUT upon them.
Rule nisi.
THE EUZIN V. CLATTON.—CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
In this case a rule nisi hal been obtained for a criminal
information against Mr. O'Shea, a surgeon in London, and
Mr. Clayton, the London agent of a Dublin newspaper
called the Weekly Telegraph, for a libel which bad appeared
in that journal, containing serious imputations upon the
prosecutor, Dr. O'Connor. The article appeared in the
shape of 'letter from Mr. O'Shea.
Mr. Lush, who now appeared for the defendants, said
that the article arose out of an angry political correspon-
dence, and imputed to Mr. O'Connor that he had assumed
the title of M.D. without having any right to it. Mr.
O'Shea now stated that although at the time of writing
the letter be believed this to be true, he had since disco-
vered that it was utterly unfounded, as Mr. O'Connor was
sot oaly an M.D., bat also a laseniser of the College of
Surgeons of London, end of several other learned societies.
He had, therefore, 'greed to write a letter, which would
be inserted in the seat Wash/ Telegraph that would be
published. Ike learned a then read the letter,which
contained the faint possible retraction of, and apology for,
the charges which the writer, Mr. O'Shea, had brought
against Dr. O'Connor. This apology Dr. O'Connor had
consisted to main on the usual terms as to costs. Mr.
Clayton had also apologised for having assisted in circa-
lanai the libel. The editor of the newspaper would also
insert a paragraph, expressing his regret fez having allowed
the libel to appear, and his disbelief in the charges it con-
tained.
Mr. Woolett having, on behalf of Mr. O'Connor, accepted
the retraction and apology which had been made,
Lord Campbell said, Dr. O'Connor was folly justified in
applying to this court for protection; but there Ud been a
very ample retraction and apology, which were very credit-
able to those who had given them ; and Dr. O'Connor bad
done well to swept them.
Rule discharged on payment of costs.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—YzerziwAY.
=MOS at ain PIM at W10110311M1.-10011 pa. IMION MATT
AND • MOPS MIT.
WISTOW 0. CALlelilit.—BlLL DISCOI:NTING.
This was an action to recover 751., under the peculiar cir-
cunutanees detailed below.
Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins were counsel for the
plaintiff; Mr. Watson and Mr. Mande represented the de-1
dant.
Mr. James, In stating the case, said the plaintiff, Mr.
Westin, was the ooffee-house steward at the Army and
Navy Club, Pali-mall, and the defendant, Mr. Julius Ca-
thber, wan a discounter of bills of enchant*. The plaintiff
bed been applied to by Sir Arthur Rombold to redeem a
tralubie brooch, which bad been deposited by Sir Arthur
with the delesidant as a security for au advance of 2501.
rude by him to that gentleman. He might mention that
Sir Arthur wee Whined to the plaintiff to the extent of
about 461. for various mall RIM of money advanced by
him, and it was asigegled by Sir Arthur that if the plain-
tiff wssM redeus lhe brooch it would be purchased by
Lady Anse Pail Ow 4001., and he then could repay him-
self, not only Iss the 2601., the redemption money, bat the
461. in which Oh Arthur was indebted to him. Mr. We►
seserdlagty west to Mr. Calisher and paid the en
*e uniusianding that if Lady Alice Peel declined to par-
ches, the breech Mr. Canner would take it back and ee
tarn the messy. Lady Alice Peel did decline to purchase
the brooth, end it was accordingly sent back to Mr. Ca-
Usher, whit ass declined to advance more than 2251. on it.
lir Arthur Eumbild, who, throughout the transaction, had
lusted well. Ohba the plaintiff's brother.in-law, who acted
as his he the nutter, to take the 2251. and he
would himwr make up the 261., the difference
between the es advanced by the plaintiff and that
wbt* the dehadaat was then willing to make. The
ass wee neeardingly accepted and Mr. Calisher
ageaibreesiving_th en e brooch, psiu 1601. in money, and gave
for HA two jewellers at Birmingham, making
the lust. whisk* was willing to advance. The cheque weal
wee libilowisitarma
" Birmingham, lit Sept, 1863.
"Mums. /feudal and Barnett, Birmingham.—Please
pay the bearer seventy five pounds.—Julias Celßher."