The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-04 00:00:00

HESSE CASSEL.

CASSEL, JONI 4.
The estates have been convoked for the 11th
instant.

OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, JrN& 4.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ripon, sailing to-day, takes out 2,6281. in sove-
reigns and half sovereigns for Madras, 500 sove-
reigns for Galle, and 2,8801. in dole. for China.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
MARSEILLES, Rota 4.
The Menageries Imperiales steamer Pelase, with
the above mails, arrived here at 1 cm. to-day.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUTH, Jots 4.

The Union Company's Cape mail steamship
Anglian arrived here this morning, from the Cape
on April 21 ; St. Helena, May 1 ; St. Vincent,
Msy 18. She brings a small mail, 33 pas-
sengers, and 94 military invalids, 23 time-expired
men, 14 women, 18 children, in charge of
Lieutenant Maria, and Dr. Tait, staff assistant-
surgeon ; also a general cargo.
The Anglian's Cape news is four days later than
that brought by the last mail steamer. The settle-
ment of the Basuto war is further confirmed. The
Free State President had returned toßloemfontein,
where there had been great rejoicings. The Free
IState authorities had taken early measures to

• 771. . .w-tterritory acquired from the
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.• • ' toe y treaty of peace.
The Ibilkorisn elections were completed. The
-turns bad ben plotted and British Kaffraria
'had become jp &ftral portion of the Cape
eolony. 4"4e
Another lie had occurred in Cape Town. Mr.
Willemburg's store was burnt and Mr. Dillman'a
partially so.
The barque Prince of the Seas, from London for
Algos Bay, went ashore, near Ceps Receive, on the
17th of April. The captain and four men Aare
saved, but seven of the crew were drowned.
Large quantities of gold are reported to have
been discovered in the vicinity of the Crocodile
River, in the TransvaaL

(11.orsa'a muss.)
THE STATE OF POLAND.
BERLIN, Jugs 2.

Notice has been received from Russia that symp-
toms are visible of renewed agitation upon the part
of Austria in the non-Austrian portions of Poland.
This circumstance will give rise to an increased
concentration of Russian troops upon the Austro-
, Polish frontiers.
Austrian agitators are also occupied in the
Grand Duchy of Posen. The presence of Prince
Curtoryski in this capital, and his intercourse
with many influential Polish nobles, is therefore
viewed with great distrust.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

•
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice and
Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Mee.)
PAU C. ELLII.—LIIIIIL.
This was an action for libel against the Daily Pekin:ph
upon Edwin Parr, the celebrated trainer. It was tried on
Friday last in the Bail Court before Mr. Judie: Lush,
when the jury negatived the inuendo that the article
imputed fraud, but found that the article was libelous, as
itimputed incompetence end negligence, and upon that
they returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40e.
The learned judge then directed a verdict for the defen-
dant with leave to the plaintiff to move the court to
amend the declaration by striking out the inuendo or to
enter a verdict non abstante veicto.
Mr. Huddleaton, Q.C„ accordingly moved for a rule.
He said the libel was a serious reflection upon the plaintiff,
who was a trainer of race homes, end the libel complained
of was published in the Daily Telegraphacal WAS contained
in Hotis letter, which was headed " Turf Topics and
Derby Cracks." The objectionable part that letter was as
follows :—Sedan is a horse whose merit has not been
properly appreciated by either the public or the backers
of horses. He is undoubtedly one of the most compact,
and neatest, and racing-like Derby Dolts we saw out all
last meson. Every inch a stayer to look at, and sure to
be there or thereabouts on the Darby Day, if he does
well through the winter months. During the summer
he ran with varied success, but there is more than a sus-
picion that he was never half trained, and that Parr's pills
and Teiscombe cookery had prevented Lord St. Vincent
from landing several handsome stakes. Nevertheless
Bed" when only just coming into his proper form at
Dcecaeter ran a great horse with Lord Lyon, and ft was
urged that he would have snatched that rue out of the
fire bad a man been on his beck instead of a fashionable
light weight.
The inuendo alleged fraud, but the defendant pleaded,
first, not guilty ; and, swab', that the words did not
bear the meaning imputed to them in the inuendo, and
therefore he asked the court to amend the declaration by
striking out, under the Common Law Procedure Act,
the inuendo from the declaration.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—So as to give you costs. That
we cannot do. We have power to amend where there is
an error or a mistake, but here you ask us to strike out
what has been deliberately pat into the declaration. You
thought proper to go to the jury on the grosser charge,
and, the verdict being against you, you now ask us to do
what we have no power to comply with.
Mr. Huddleaton—The jury have found that no fraud was
charged against the plaintiff, but in consequence of the
manner of feeding Lord St. Vincent lost many stakes.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—You are entitled to your judg-
ment non obstante veredicto and your 40a., but as that
will leave you no octets, the costs of this rule will be much
greater, and, therefore, is it worth your while to take the
ra'e ?
Mr. Huddleston then applied for a rule, on the ground
that the verdict was against evidence.
The court, however, declined to interfere, other than to
enter the judgment non obetante veredicto, the Lord Chief
Justice observing, that if he had been on the jury he
should have put a construction on the libel the same aa
contained in the inuendo, but as it was a matter purely
for the jury, and there being no conflict of testimony, the
court did not consider themselves justified in interfering
with the verdict.