The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-01 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENdE.

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this kind se stimulation. Years of neglect and misrule
doe up in judgment against .us as we behold a generous,
osedulous, and impoverished people In danger of being
bewildered by the artiness at frantic es wicked Wen t gad
the humiliating question ought to be put in silence by
every English statesman to himself : what le the resaon-
able and intelligible alternative of redress and amendment
that we have to offer to the Irish people in the place of
Fenianism
The government, says the Spectator, has refused to allow
the unions to swear in some of their men as special con-
stables, but expresses a firm hope that there will be no
disorder, a hope which, considering that Mr. Walpole has
paralysed the unions, that the procession must be at least
ten miles long—a mile to every 10,000 walking six abreast—
that it will return after dusk, and that the police must
be on duty the whole day, is a trifle sanguine. The work-
men will he orderly enough, but to every man in the pro-
cession there will be at least three eight-seers, of whom
one will be a lad "out for the spree," and ready for any
mischief short of arson or manslaughter. We trust Mr.
Walp•de will not have to repent his weak distrust of
popular aid, and that Mr. Potter will be able to control
his camp followers as well as his soldiery. If he can,
the scene will be a most striking one, the first grand dis-
play of popular physical force since Chartism expired.
As to Fenianism, vigilant repression is, in the opinion of
the Spectator, second only in importance to that of remedy-
ing the grievances which give to insurrection all its real
support. The social system of Ireland must be reformed,
if we are ever to have in the island a class upon whom the
friends of order can rely, and tones can introduce
the necessaly measures even more easily than their
opponents. They will be less resisted by English
squires, less liable to be charged with indif-
ference to property, less likely to arouse that fierce
though half latent dislike of catholicism which lies at the
bottom of half the English inability to cope with the
grievances of Ireland. Till parliament meets the sole duty
is to prevent at any hazard the uprising threatened for
Christmas, but after it has met, the first necessity is to
clear English consciences of the last vestige of unfair Irish
legislation. Religious equality, an impartial magistracy,
and a tenure in accordance with local opinion, are the three
concessions, after which we may, if that misery is reserved
for this generation, fight Ireland with free hearts.

as the latter numbered weeks. Even its failure
was instructive ; and the project Which followed
it for connecting Europe telegraphically
India, by a route partially overland and partially
submarine, prospered. The example of these
smaller successes was an encouragement to grapple
vnce more with the greater enterprise. But the
United States were engaged in a war which taxed
the entire resources of the country ; and, perhaps,
the people had no very strong desire at that moment
for more intimate relations with England. Mr. Claus
FIELD narrates how he went from city to city, and
from capitalist to capitalist, in America, as CO-
LUMBUS went from court to court in Europe, ex-
plaining his project and asking vainly for aid,
until, like his prototype, he found in England the
assistance he needed. The expeditions of 1865
and 1866 are too fresh in the memory of the
world, independently of Mr. FIELD'S interesting
recital, to need re-telling here. After twelve
years of failure and disappointment, British ca-
pital, British science, and British seaman-
ship, accomplished alone the work they
had undertaken in partnership with America.
The people of the United States were, as
we have said, busy in other matters. But even
in 1857 and 1858, before the outbreak of the
civil war, their participation in the common work
had dwindled to comparatively small dimensiona.
The parts taken by the two countries correspond to
their character and circumstances. The United
States, where the people have to contend with great
physical obstacles and mighty distances, is the
natural home of vast projects and ingenious ap-
plications. England, with its accumulated wealth,
its developed science, and its disciplined organiza-
tion, finds the instruments for giving effect to
them. In this, as in other things, the two nations
need each other, and find their strength in prospe-
rity in mutual service.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

Site Court.

(THIS DAY.)

WINDSOR CASTLE. Nov: 30.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Christian and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday after-
noon.
Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Caroline Barring-
ton, drove out to-day, and Prince Leopold went out
walking.
The Queen, with Prince and Princess Christian and
Princess Louise, drove this morning to the Great Western
Railway Station, in Windsor, where a special train was
waiting to convey her Majesty to Wolverhampton, for
the purpose of inaugurating the statue of the Prince
Consort which has been erected there.

In addition to the subject of the arrangements
for Monday's reform demonstration, the Times treats of
the Paris Exhibition and the great inconvenience and
vex►tion which the French Custom-house regulations will
occasion if they are allowed to remain in force. The
Emperor, who has achieved our deliverance from passports,
has now the opportunity of adding to that great
boon the exemption of ordinary travellers from the
customs' examination. It follows as a matter of
course that we should have to do the same,
and it is hard indeed to say whether the absurdity is
greater on this or the other side of the ChanneL Good
cigars, good eau de Cologne, and good brandy are all quite
es dear at Paris as they are here, and this would soon be
found out by the newest and rawest traveller, were be
not put on a false scent by the customs, and made to
fancy the foreign article cheaper or better.
Endeavouring to find in the career of Stephens some
explanation of his extraordinary announcement that he is
about to invade Ireland for the purpose of separating it
from the dominion of the crown, the Times comes to the
conclusion that his long revolutionary experience has made
him an adept in disguise and expedients, and that he may
have persuaded himself that if the worst comes to the
worst he can retire once more with a reputation upon the
whole enhanced by his adventure.
Supposing that even Mr. Sandford will admit that in I
sparing the lives of the Fenian convicts in Canada the
government may be acting for the interests and honour of
the country, the Daily News proceeds to direct his atten-
tion and that of every F.nilishman to another decision of
the ministers in a case where we fear it will be impossible
to come to any other conclusion than that the dignity of
the country has been most seriously compromised, namely,
the acquiescence of Lord Stanley in the refusal to restore
the prisoner Lamirande, who was spirited away from
Canada. This is the first signal experiment which the
French government has been known to make on the
temper of our Foreign-office since the present administra-
tion came into office, and it has completely failed. A
stronger Foreign Secretary than Lord Stanley might have
failed, through the force of adverse circumstances, to Ivo-
cure the restoration of Lamirende as the least satisfaction
due to the outraged honour of the nation, but only a weak
and pusillanimous minister would acquiesce in and justify
a refusal.
In another article the Daily News deals with Lord
Redesdale's proposals as to the principles which should be
adopted by parliament in the case of bills intended for the
1 relief of insolvent railway companies.
The Post more than hints that the government ought to
prevent the circulation in Ireland of the address just
issued by the Irish Reform League. Admitting, it says,
for the sake of argument, that it is all true, the propriety of
speaking the truth at the present moment may still be
extremely doubtful ; and granting that it comes within
the right of discussion, we must not forget that other
rights have been and are suspended to enable the Irish
government to fulfil its paramount obligations.

The Earl of Derby arrived at W indsor Castle e__.u_d raav,
and bad the honour of dining with the Queen aud sue
Royal Family.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Gordon also arrived7yes-
terday.
The Earl of Derby returned to London this evening.

Mr. Arthur Hodgson, of Queensland, h►d an interview
with the Earl of Carnarvon, yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.
The Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mrs. Disraeli returned to town yesterday from
1 Strathfieldsaye.

Her Majesty has been pleased to convey an inti-
mation, through the Earl of Derby, of her intention to
confer the honour of knighthood on the late Lord Mayor,
Mr. Alderman Phillips.
During tho stay of the royal train yesterday at
Eanbuty, on its route to Wolverhampton, an address was.
in accordance with • pre-arrangement, presented to her
Majesty by the High Steward of the borough, Lord Saye
and Sele, Mr. Staveley Hill, D.C.L., Recorder of the
borough, the Mayor and aldermen,the town councillors, and
other officials. The royal train entered the station amid loud
end prolonged cheers from thousands of spectators as-
sembled in the vicinity of the station. On the arrival of
the train, the Recorder, who appeared in Court costume,
approached the royal carriage. The door being opened
her Majesty appeared, and listened with apparent atten-
tion and feeling to the address. The Queen then
said—l thank you kindly for your very loyal address.
The Mayor, Mr. W. R. Harrison, then led his
daughter, Miss Edith Harrison, aged eight years,
to her Majesty, who accepted from her hand a splendid
bouquet and a basket of Banbury cakes, her Majesty very
smilingly saying, " I thank you very kindly, my little
dear." The two princesses and her Majesty very affably
returned the salutations of her loyal subjects, and the
train moved slowly out of the station amidst every kind or
enthusiastic and loyal demonstration, having been de-
tained about eight minutes.
Thu Right Hon. Sir John Pakington entertained
at dinner, on Thursday evening, at his official residence at
the Admiralty—Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne,
K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres,
Rear-Admiral George Henry Seymour, C. 8., Rear-Ad-
miral Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bart., and a sided

THE WEEKLY PRESS.

- - -
The Saturday .Rerietv treats the coming reform
demonstration with much ridicule, making sport in its
own way with the Home Secretary and the Firs& Com-
missioner of Works, as well as with flr. Potter and Mr.
HartwelL It is not free at the same time from serious
apprehensions. As the shades of early evening fall (says
our contemporary) the whole of the west of London will be
in the keeping of a quarter of a million of men, who by
that time will have degenerated into a footsore weary mob,
wholly incapable of acting, however well disposed, against
the lively spirits of mischief and rapine which such a day
is sure to call (mom evemj slum an•l home of crime.
Speculating on the effect of an Irish rebellion, the Satur-
day &Mew says that the first battle-note sounded on the
Liffey or the Shannon would rouse a resolution little
dreamei of by our neighbours ; and the first slight triumph
of a rebel force over English arms would send a wildfire of
exaspemtion throughout the country which nothing short of
condign punishment could quell. The English in a conflict
and the English looking on at a conflict are two different na-
tions, as different as the actors in the India mutiny and the
writers at home about the Indian mutiny. Those who
have judged of their clemency by the action of the
Jamaica committee, and those who have insidiously tried
to pervert the unfortunate errors of Mr. Eyre into an
argument against the just exercise of executive authority,
would be equally startled by the alacrity with which
Englishmen would rush to a conflict for the vindication of
English honour and greatness. Nor would England fight
the battle single-handed. A struggle begun by the kerns
of Munster would call up the indomitable spirit of the
north ; and Englishmen would find on Irish soil an ally
as staunch and true as themselves, but perhaps less mer-
cifuL
The opinion of the Examiner is that Monday will pass
off without any disturbance beyond what a handful of
mischievous boys can make here and there, and they should
have a prompt and rough handling. The thieves will, of
course, be well watched. While the proceui in is on tl e
march, its force co-operating with the police will secure
order; and while it is in the grounds of Lord Ranclagh,
the mob unconnected • lth it will be clearly marked out,
and so much the more manageable, or punishable if neces-
sary. The only difficulty we apprehend will be upon the
dispersion, but even then every member of the trades
should feel it his duty to aid in the repression of disorder
wherever it may be attempted.
While insisting on the duty of the executive to take care
that the Fenisns do no mischief to themselves or to othems
the Examiner strongly pronounces rgainst the menaces v e
have lately heard of a repetition of the Jamaica massacre.
Were there no other consideration, a sense of self-respect
must restrain politicians of any school that h• es for
power or influence in England, from having recourse to
the usages of martial law in any portion of this United
Kingdom. It would be utterly disgraceful to us to pre-
tend that it could be nemsairy. Constitutional govern-
meut is not worth having if it cannot rule and reign
by other means than this. And it is hardly less disrepu-
table that journalists and politicians should try to daub
the face of government over with the war-paint of savage
vengeance before a shot has been fired, or a crowd beard
to mutter sedition, or a sentinel has been diaarmed. The
conscience of government ought indeed to be smitten
whoa it hears its flatterers and fain friends indulge in

party.
The general manager of the Great Western Rail-
way int mates to the noblemen and gentlemen hunting
with her Majesty's stsghounds that a special train will
run at 9.39 on such days as the " meats" will be too dis-
tant to snake the 10.15 train available.
On the 24th ult. the Countess of Charlemont
gave birth prematurely to a daughter, stillborn.
The Secretary of Inland Revenue publishes a
lithographical letter which h►s been addressed to officers
of that department by • money-lender. It is the practice,
he states, of money-lenders to send their alluring letters
chiefly to officers newly appointed, who, being for the
moat part strangers from the country and mere youths,
are peculiarly open to their temptation. He can state,
from his own official knowledge, that ruin is almost in-
variably the consequence to those unfortunate persona who
have recourse to the money lender.
The premises of the old Asa and Masterman's
Bank, in Nicholas-lane, Lumbard-street, covering a very
large area, were put up at auction yesterday, but bought
in. It has been suggested that these premises, from their
peculiar situation and extent, comprising • frontage in
Lombard-street as well as Nicholas-lane and Clement's-
lane, would form a site for the City post-office, which is at
present confined to very inconvenient dimensions.
We (Herald) understand that the opinion on the
ritual case taken by the English Church Union is at List
complete, and will be made public in a few hours. In ad-
dition to the counsel formerly named Mr. W. M. James,
Q.C., has given an opinion on the case. We are glad to
learn that Sir Wm. Bovill's elevation to the bench has not
prevented his giving an opinion on all the points submitted,
as was the case with the Chief Baran.
The Army and A ary Gazette states that a com-
mittee baa been appointed for the purpose of considering
the application of martial law under cer•sia circumstances
and to define the duties of the civil and military antho:
rities where disturbances may arise. The committee con.
sista of Sir Edward Lngard, Lord William Paulet, Sir
Henry Storks, Mr. Elliot, tinder-Secretary for the Colo-
nies, and Mr. Vernon Lushington, Deputy Judge-Advo-
cate-General.
The new Council of the Royal Society comprises
the following President, General Sabine; Treasurer, Dr.
W. A. Miller ; Secretaries, Dr. Sharpey and Prof. Stokes ;
Foreign Secretary, Prof. W. H. Miller; Dr. Beak, Mr.
Bowman, Commander Evans, Dr. Frankland, Dr. Glad-
stone, Mr. W. R. Grove, Mr. Huggins, Prof. Huxley, Mr.
Laasell, Prof. A. C. Ramsay, CoL Smythe, Mr. Spottis-
woode, Dr. T. Thomson, Mr. Tite, Vice-Chancellor Sir W.
Page Wood, and Lord Wrottesley.
A letter from Zng to the Lausanne Gazette says :
—" The village of Walchwyl was the theatre of • very sad
event last week. A runaway horse dashed, with • carriage
containing five persons, into the lake, in the middle of the
day. A charming young lady, Rose Hurtmann, and her
nephew, a child of three years old, sank with the horse
and carriage, but the other three persons were saved."
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THE CRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1866.

WHAT THE "HEW YORK HERALD "' OATS
OF THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.'
The New York Herald of the 20th ult. thus
treats of "the Alabama claims--Canada and the
Fenian :"
It Is time that the Alabama claims 'gehapt England
should be finally settled by the prompt payment of the
money, without any further negotiations, commissions or
or technicalities of any kind. Our government, or
rather the state department, has been fooling
too long over the matter, and the British go-
vernment has, of course, taken advantage of the
fact. But there are indications now, both in the language
of members of the British cabinet and the liattaings of
the English press, that the question is ripe for settlement.
And why should it not be settled? We are in a position
to exact from Great Britain the payment of these claims
to the uttermost farthing. It is exhibiting a weakness
which is not inherent in the condition of the
country to hesitate for a single day in insisting upon
the satisfaction of these just claims. With an army
of fifty thousand men, which would instantly be
increased to 100,000 by Fenian volunteers, we can seize
upon Canada as a material guarantee in case of refusal or
delay on the part of the British cabinet ; or we can seize
British property wherever we find it, as a fa;•• reprisal for
the injuries done to our commerce under the shelter of
British connivance during the war. The subject of raising
an army of 150,000 men by congress for the purpose of
firmly carrying out a policy for the reconsti action
of the country, if such a measure should become neces-
sary, is already broached. A very small portion of this
force only would be required to overran Canada and sweep
the flag of England from every point of her American
colonies within six weeks. Thisis the precise period allotted
for that work by General Sherman, and it may take less
time to do it with the aid of the already organised
force of Feeling. This body, it is well known, has
not abandoned its designs on Canada. On the contrary,
its militia,' resources are daily receiving additional
strength in money, arms, and munitions of war, and the
circles all over the country are being formed into
regiments of infantry and squadrons of cavalry and
batteries of artillery, regularly officered and uniformed.
At a hint from the government they would be ready to
join any force of the regular or volunteer army detailed
for the subjection of the British provinces.

PARIS•

(mom ()us ow, oolusroiruerr.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings at Nisi Prina.—(Before the Lord Chief J.%
and a Special Jury.)
Burr= V. BHAILPE.-11142..
The further hearing of this cats was retuned Skits.„
lug. The same learned counsel appeared in the ems;Z
the former occasion.
Mr. Kerslake said he was unprepared to fad that
Coleridge relied for a verdict for the plaintiff wiiil:
ferenee to that part of the libel which ailed dto th.
Merrick's charge. When the plaintiff applied is ilk
court to know what the defence was to be the tong kik
that the allusion to Mrs. Merrick was no part of %Id
and that there was no fear of any such svidett.
given by the plaintiff or received by the court.

PARIS. FRIDAY Evonse.
The trial of the libel case, " King of Prussia v.
the Memorial Diplontatique," came on to-day before
the Tribunal of Correctional Police. M. Lachaud,
the great criminal advocate, whose laurels have
been gained as prisoners' counsel, appeared on this
occasion for the royal prosecutor. M. Dufaure
was for the defence. The French law, in its wis- I
dom, allows no report of libel cases. It will be
remembered, however, that the Memorial Diplo-
matique charged the King of Prussia with having
during the war in Bohemia "looted" a flock of
choice Merino sheep, which he thought would
be suitable for his private fold ; and accused
one of his generals with having appropri-
ated to his own use a couple of valuable carriage
horses, which he found in the stables of a lady of
rank in whose country house he was quartered,
and to which he took a fancy. Whether M. La-
chaud dealt with these charges by way of absolute
denial, or confession and avoidance, I am Ardor-
; tunately (no reporters being present) not informed.
It would not be difficult to show that cattle
driving was ono of the very earliest rights of war ;
and if in the days of Frederick the Great a
Prussian general had astonished the streets of
Berlin by a dashing turn-out it would
never have occurred to anybody to object
that the horses admired had been pounced
upon during a foray in an enemy's country. But
in these scrupulous times a notion has grown np
that an invading army is only to do the utmost
harm it can to its enemy in arms ; that provisions
and all other necessaries taken from civilians should
be paid for at a reasonable rate, and that no officer
or soldier is justified in confiscating private pro-
perty for his own individual use. These principles
are now so universally recognised in the civilised
world that it is not to be thought of that a great
sovereign prince, commanding his army in person,
and one of his principal generals, could pos-
sibly have infringed them for their own
benefit. I therefore take it for granted
that although the statutes of the French
empire prohibit reports of libel cases, the King of
Prussia must have had a short-hand writer present
at the trial of this day ; and that, in his kingdom,
where more liberal laws prevail, a full report will be
published with all convenient speed, from which
the falsity of the allegations of the Memorial
Diplornatique will be made plain to all the world.
Meanwhile the meagre note of the proceedings'
furnished to me merely states that the trial
lasted from noon to half-past 4 ; that MM.
Lachaud and Dufaure fought the battle very
hard ; that the public minister in a speech
professing extreme impartiality rather leant to the
side of the defence than to that of the prosecution ;
and that ultimately the defendants, M. 011ivry,
the manager of the Memorial Diplomatique, and M.
Boutet, the signer of the article incriminated,
were found guilty and sentenced each to a month's
imprisonment and a fine of 100 fr. This is a light
sentence for a grave libel upon a king. The
printer, although the King of Prussia's counsel
desired to withdraw from the prosecution as
against him, was held by the court to be
within its jurisdiction in such a manner that
he could not be withdrawn from it, and the nomi-
nal sentence of 100 fr. fine was passed upon him.
I repeat that further particulars of this case
must, in the nature of things, be eagerly looked for
and certainly forthcoming.
The presiding judge at the above trial was M.
Delesveaux. Baron de Goltz, the Prussian Ambas-
sador, at whose instance the prosecution was
instituted, sat upon the bench, and thus had an
opportunity of criticising the justice rendered to
his royal master who is now swift to promise
France the most liberal reciprocity in like cases.
At the Bourse the Rente closed, with an improve-
ment of 15a. for cash and sc. for account, at 691 r.
65e., and 691 r. 60c. ; but Mobilier fell 3fr. 75c. ;
Credit Foncier, 2fr. 50c. ; and Italian 15c. There
was no remarkable feature.

Mr. tierjeant Parry said that Mr. Coleridp, is it
&dims to the jury, celled particular &Menai* is 11,
passages which referred to it.
The Lord Chief Justice said the best course voili
wayo thed
liidbelentifyy:isaginsmedfie yet
,11,
to take the opinion of the jury as to what was iiguk
to be conveyed in that part of the libel, or Midlevel%
mtbteennityldtyht7linfish:ctenithetertrehbi
thatas
no
evidence
hid
bss
gat
to support the justification on that point, they Mt hi
for the plaintiff, and on that lie would give the dduk
leave to move.

The Lord Chief Justice then proceeded to san
serving that from the importance of the CM W
deemed it advisable that they should come frssbteaaa
sideration of the cue rather than they should
on last night when tired out, having sat ao malt
in a vitiated atmosphere, and probably mask wog
The ease was one of considerable impeetegik
the plaintiff, because upon their ele,fig
depend his petifeasional sauna as wells' hispst
and private character. If it be true that he was a
and an impostor, his character was irretrievably gest ly
case was also one of considerable impartarm, a y
voicing more or less the principle which inheenige
conduct of public writers and their rupee*
for what they write. It was alio ineideablj g
importance how far the character and dignity g y
honourable profession might be tarnished by rum*
bad to a system of advertising and pubic mom
no doubt that unless the statement could be judge
the score of tenth or privilege it was a libel, sad bay
article was directed against Dr. Hunter be being lag
by name. There war also a reference to the Wan*
case of Mrs. Merrick and to hie New York sad Clegg
diplomas. In fact the defendant had not diegiedia
be intended the article to apply to the pLintill. TEM.
fendant had taken two grounds of defence—fint,fieigg
had been written and published was true, sad as
by the law of England, was not a libel, he was *kik
what be had done ; and, secondly, that if 6 hit ia
that, looking to all the circumstances of be
the inference was that the plaintiff lad lea
from bad motives and mischievous &km al
it being a matter of public comma, k
justified in writing on such a .matter and inn*
the inferences be had set forth in the article. Nam
against the plaintiff was that in dealing witlimedb
most fatal diseases known to mankind ill lb
intention and object of obtaining pin mai pdk
he commenced, by hie book and advertem6
unnecusaaily and wantonly exciting the fan if im
who read them, and on going to him he held tel y I
lusive hope and prospect of a recovery or as al keel.
and which be knew to be delusive, tampering lib k
health of his patients, and aggravating Oa am
stances. If that were a true charge, one call heli
conceive anything worse, and the article, timeline
tionably strung, and of exceeding severity, mum
so than the circumstances of the case required. It at
contrary, it was untrue, the plaintiff had engin*
plain and had a right to expect damages at the bake
jury. Bel had been acquitted on Mrs. Mukha*
and though the article was inepportue I I
respect, it bad not done him any barna. 11 wit
pity the writer should have adverted te 6 a
cumatance of that charge, whilst isome
tt was peceeedigm
•
assuming it to be a charge having o
stance, but in theory it had done the planing nadalim
mien
The main question between the parties was Melierk
plaintiff's system which ho had propounded mai
an honest medical writer and practitioner weelikele
forward for enlightening the profession or besettill
P
er was it a system of quackery, ultra
and dishonesty, put forward and asided
those who might be the victims of 6la
II
lusion, and for the purpose of putting money in
pockets of the person who punned it ; this vell 11"
depended on the character of the book and tie
tuents which referred to it. The plaintiff ptetentill
he was the only person who underling ,
true nature of consumption and bad bunt
a cure for that which the medial 1011"
had abandoned as hopelessly incurable. 'fin 00'
tiff, in his book, entered into a description d
were the MUMS of the complaint which were it'd
with the recognised opinion. of the medicalploi
and he proposed a remcdy by the application eV
by inhalation, which the medical Mario *
sidered as entirely useless, and bad 01140.1.
The main and pimvpal questions were--wteli
plaintiff had put forward this book for the barei4o
of benefiting the profession and mankind or of VAN
money into his pocket, and whether tbe mita II!
article had written it from a bons
that he was discharging a public dety
benefit of the profession and suffering bun,
exposing what he honestly considered to be a
attack upon a high and honourable protean, ye.
the author of the book and advertisements bail
money into his pocket.
Verdict for plaintiff. Damages, one finial*
sidTehre jury
vreterireddimat 25 minutes Tut 12 nob 0
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in August,lB6.s,leaving pperty worth betimes
4,000 f. He He hail made a will in 1655, by which be.
the whole of his estate in equal share! amonels
The testator,Wm. J. Sinies, brewer,
dreu ; but in April, 1861, he left hie favontat_ ao
hire. Chappell, who had been his nurse annals!!
a property worth 1,800 f., directing the moo
divided amongst the rest. This latter will WO
Mr. James Simes, one of the brotbere,ol._!:
tumid grounds. Tn person was himself e:
air
wyD D MIS
he gave his evidence in such a reckleo
.n!0"7
counsel, Mr. Serjeant Parry, threwl•4l 1,7
pressed his deep regret that he eh.o did iF Cu
been made the instrument of throwingor,sutras
0,01.
against Mrs. Chappell and the solicitor of MN
The jury then found for the defendant.

The wheat crop of the United States this year it
is estimated will be 180,000,000 bushels; of oats, 272,000,0110
bushels ; of rye, 21,000,000; and of barley, 11,500,000.
FATHER LACORDAIRE'S WILL.—The Cage of the
will of Father Lacordaire has just come before the Impe.
rial Court of Toulouse. As may be remembered, that
learned Dominican at his death appointed by testament
Father Jandel, also a memktr of the same commurity, to
be hi; universal legatee. The will Was attacked by the
brother of the deceased on the ground that Father Jandel
was in reality only a trustee, and that the property was
left to the order of Dominicans, which being a non-recog-
nised religious corporation, could not legally inherit. A
sentence annulling the will was delivered at the Court of
Castres, and the second suit was an appeal made by Father
Jamie', who engaged M. Berryer as counsel, whilst the
former judgment was defended by M. Albert on behalf of
M. LouC Lacordaire. The court fully confirmed the former
judgment, and declared the will to be null and void.
A COLOURED SCHOOL.—The annual examination
of the Philadelphia Institute for the education of coloured
youth took place last week. The teachers of the institute
are coloured males and females, and the education con-
sists of Latin and Greek classics, mathematics, history,
geography, and composition. Coloured children of both
sexes, between the ages of 12 and 19, were rapidly ex-
amined in Xenophon's " Anabasis " the Greek Testament,
Virgil's " .Enid," Cicero's orations, Horace's 'poetry,
plain and spherical trigonometry, Legendre's geometry,
algebra, mental arithmetic, history and geography. We
heard during the two days' examination compositions read
and declamations delivered upon such themes as "The
essential feature of a republic," Music as an element of
worship," " The education of women," " The age of
Pericles," "The American congress," "The province of
poetry," " Individual effort," The new Rome," " The
two Caesars." These performances were original and
marked with thought of a high grade of excellence in the
use of language and the structure of sentences, and were
full of generous feeling and morality.—New York paper,
Nov. 17.
THE EMPEROR MA.XTMILIAN.—By latest advices
from Vera Cruz, viii New Orleans, Maximilian was still at
Orizaba, and in improved health, it is said. The improve-
ment is attributed to his recent sea voyage, which was
undertaken, we now learn, for the sake of MS health, and
not with the view of abandoning the country. Verily,
this Mexican business is a muddle. One day we hear of
abdication ; the next day's despatches tell us of the very
opposite ;and thus it goes on—an endless roundof counter-
statements and mutual contradictions. The public must
be consoled with the hope that it will be all cleared up in
time. The attack on Matamoros, of which we have advices,
seems to have left the situation unchanged, except as the
failure shows a want of confidence iu Cortinas. General
Tapia's death loses Juarez a valuable leader.—New York
Tribune, Nov. 19.
AN INDIAN MASSACRIC—Andrew Brockmann,
one of the victims of the Indian massacre at New Ulm
Mountain in 180, has arrived at St. Louis. Re experi-
enced the tortures of seeing his wife and four children
murdered, and was then horribly mutilated, his tongue
cut out, hamstring severed, his fingers cut, his hands
maimed, his scalp torn reeking from his head, which had
previously been perforated with three bullets ; but despite
these wounds the unfortunate man survived, and was
carried to Salt Lake City, when, he remak-ed in hospital
for three years.—New York Times, Nov. 20.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENLACING WEEK.—Monday—Royal Institution, at 2, Gene-
ral Monthly Meeting- Entomological, at 7 ; Royal Academy,
at 8, " Anatomy," lir. Partridge ; Architects, at 8. Tues-
day—Horticultural, at 3, General Meeting and Lecture ;
Engineers, at 8, " Light Railways " " Communication
between Passengers and Guards on Railways," Mr. Preece.
Wednesday—Literature, at 44, Meeting of Council • Geo-
logitnl, at " First Cataract, Upper Egypt," Mr. ilawk-
shaw ; " Echincalermata from Sinai," Dr. Dunn ; " Drift
of the North of England," Mr. Curry ; Society of Arta, at
8, "Trade in Foreign Cattle," Mr. Irwin. Thursday—
Linnean, at 8, " Diatoms. elevates's, from Sword-fish,"
Dr. Cobhold ; " Morphology of Malvacete," Dr. Masters ;
"Pauropus, a New Type of Centipedes," Sir J. Lubbock ;
Chemical, at 8, " Synthesis of Formic Acid," Mr. Chap-
man ; " Alloys of Magnesium," Mr. Parkinson ; Royal, at
84; Antiguan's, at 8.. Friday—Philological, at Si,
" Palmotyps : Representation of. Sounds by Ancient
Ty ;" " The Dipthong Oy," Mr. ; Botanic, 3g.—
Atheneum.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(TfilS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
ASSALLTING AS OFFICER. OF A 1001111,,
A powerful young man, who gave the csVili ,
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Dodd, was chaged with violently
Tb
constable of the r
City of lon,lon 4
evidence went to show that let s b
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presented himself at the checkotake s
entering the theatre some time SA
after
ske tie
meut of the performance, and when ad. for
said that he bad not renewed one
courae could not, therefore, furnish one.
worse for liquor, sonic trouble was tako
search in his pocket, but he refused, an
and very noisy. At length it beam(
Rawooon, himself a tall and pow'
attached to the theatre, and wean%
denoting it. This, however, had node
Dodd, who, on an attempt being
denly struck Rawson a blow with his
the violence of which could nth di
was now clearly evinced by of
Defendant laud that he was extreme
occurred; be certainly was the wore '
The fact stood thus. He had gone
begged pardon, the wrong house.
the evening he visited the Cent.
when he entered the theatre actual!,
for the other, he being then in an ,
should not occur again.
Rawson aid he hoped not.
Mr. Ellison remarked that, under
assault was a bad one, and most
was not an excuse for it. A fine
meat of 21 days must be ndicted.
Mr. Dodd could not find the
was oannsitted to piteous.

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