The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

TRUTHS, which all history, confirms, viz., that a papa
moa

is. the cheapest, the most cfficie

ions method by which the resources add energies of
ion can be developed. But, if such'paper Chrrency
ent in the essential attribute of sound and absolute
rtieN it will- be found to

he if rep

,os ruinous, in proportion
tee attached to it. If these

trai❑ of results more or

knees of the guar&

uuquestiouable truth

mind,
bet vef

re kept prominently before the
I very much simplify the questions in debate
myself and your other correspondents. _

A multitude , of words have a tendency to obscure argu-
ment, , and are not necessary to establish great TRUTHS,
when plainly and clearly exhibited, Shine brightest
in their own light— As I agree with nearly all that your.
Other correspondents say, relative to the bad results of the
7 in operation, which are so obvious as to be
patent to all the world, I shall nit waste time by repeat-'
lug them. The great question of the day is, what is the
And it is in the solution of this

system no

best rem

y important question that I d'ff r with your
It is true that,

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r.ous con
to combat the united elf its of a little legion; but, as th
have hitherto been building nroments upon a foundation
which I believe will not lust-fin them, I have not felt much

difficulty in assailing them ; and if, in doing so, I
sometimes touch, unconsciously, rather roughly 'on the
bump of self esteem,. lam sorry for it. My (Ali-et is to
this great question in such a manner as to throw
somil.light upon the difforent theories befcre the public,

. _
and promote .in the monied and trading classes such
a spirit of enquiry and examination, as will qualify and
dispose, them to take the matter into their own hands. This
is the more desirable, because,although the number of houses
interested in maintaining the present currency system is
very limited+ tbev are, nevertheless, very influential. It
is doubtful if any Government would be able to stem the
itrorie under-current that would set against then', if they
dealt fairly and fu ly with the subject, unless they were
urged on and supported by the stronLarm of the mercantile
interest. With such support, I have but little doubt the
ministry of the day would rejoice to be enabled-to iiterOdiiCe
a sothider system ; fOr the present state of things_ is
freq-ently a source of very great embarrassment tcrthem,
an 1 contro'u'i our lore'gn policy to an extent that is little
imagined by the public at large. Is it not odious. that a
system should be pertinaciously•persisted in, which not only,
from time to tint", brings wide spread ruin into the
mercantile community, but also gives power to a few
individuals to determine the question of peace or war,
almost irrespective of the Sovereign or Government !
An A yet, so it is ender the present state of our monetary
1 tws, that a few persons are able so seriously to embarrass,
or relieve, the tnoney market, that they sometimes posses
almost an arbitrary power.
tving made these remarks, I proceed to show that the.
lik^"

. .
- granted
,to the Bank, by Sir Robert Peel's to
issue paper upon approved aecurities,to the extent of fourteen
millions beyond the amount of bullion actually in posses-
sienoteither exposes that establishment to a stoppageof
cash payments, from an excessive demand for gold, nor
does it in any way support the the theoiy of legal tender
notes, not redeemable in specie ! .
Both of these positions have been asserted by your corre-
spondents, who advocate the issue of national irredeemable
paper!

It has been erroneously argued o.7at, because the Bank
issues from eleven to fourteen millions in notes, beyond the
aqmoant of , bullion kept idle in its ceffirs, that therefore the
promise. to pay gold on demsnd- for such notes is illusory ;
that they are,, in fact, not bi-ed on any security; and are
nitre legal tender notes, falsely professing to be something
else.

A few remarks will demonstrate the unsoundness of
such conclusions. Suppose a common case. A merchant
possessed of a capital of thirty thousand pounds,
purchases produce to the extent of sixty thousand pounds,
for which he gives his acceptances, falling due from day
to day ! Will any one presume to doubt his stability and
porter of payment, because, forsooth, he only holds half
thd "amount in cash ? 'Certainly not. Every one knows
that he is daily selling his goods, and that as his notes are
not all payable at once, there can' be no reasonable ;doubt

presented I We should smile at the idea of an estabdsh-
ment always holding cash to the full extent of all its
liabilities for the next three or four months ! It is
sufficient if they hold such a reserve as may rationally be
considered adequate to m,et any unforeseen contingency.
The case of the Bank of England is very similar. They
hold securities for the notes th,y issue in excess of their
gal, and these securities are falling due from day to day,
and'are thus continually supplying them with fresh funds.
In face, these securities, as they fall due,redeem the notes
given for them. _

But it is urged that, as these notes aro payable on de-
mand,they may be all presented before such securities fall
due, and that then, no resource would remain, but a
repitition of Pitts restriction act ! Such an apprehension
is absurd, for this plain reason—lt would be impossible
for the daily routine of business to go forward with, even
so small a supply of notes as fourteen millions, unless their
place were supplied with gold! And, if gold vvls so plen-
tiful as to do so,all experience shews that there would be no
pressure on the bank. It is evident that, in the orclinery
course of events, not less than fourteen millions of notes
must always be afloat; consequently, it would be folly to
keep an idle stock of gold to meet them. There cannot
be a reasonable doubt that, to the extent of fourteen
millions, the funds will be in hand to meet all demands.
It was such considerations as these which induced the late
Sir R. Peel to limit the issue in excess of gold *o the
amount stated, and it is evident that it gives no
countenance whatever to an extended issue of inconver-
tible paper, It was to demonstrate the latter fact that
have made the foregoing remarks ; not from any desire to
defend the present system, of which I cannot but highly
disapprove. In future correspondence I propose enlarging
upon the system I advocate, contrasting it as I proceed
with the plan now in operation, and the schemes proposed
by your other correspondents. In shOrt, I must endeavour
to stay as many of these TIN ARMOUREDTHILISTINES as
may come forward, not excepting the mighty champion,
with whom I am threatened.—Yours, &c ,
December I, 1856. A CURRENCY REV:MINER.

A CELESTIAL FEAST.—Some Chinese, who had locatod
themselves on the Macquarrie river, Australia, having espied
a dead pig. floating about in the river, quickly took posses-
sion of the Oarease, and, after a great deal of jabbering,
decided to scald it. The tiny camp fires were at once lit,
and tias.and kettles called into requisition, but the scalding
water had,as much effect upon the obstinate bristles as if it
had beem operating upon the'bide•• of a rhincieeros. Nothing
daunted, however, the yellow skins brought' their •knives
into requisition, and the pig was forth With subjected to a
very primitive,shaving process, cut into the smallest imagi-
nable pieces, and stewed down into is odiferous a- flicassee
RS ever delighted the nostrils of a cat or eapaibal.—Austra-
.

Ilan payer.- • , •
DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT RELICS.—There WEL9 found, on
Tuesday last,, close to the base cf the hill of Flodden; me-
morable as the scene of that battle which occupied such a
mepicuous place in the history of our country, a sword
awl steel helmet, embedded about two feet beneath the
s'irfaee of the ground, The weapon is three feet long, the
hilt mooted with silver, bearing on each site the figures
of a thiale, the lion rampant, and the date 1500—ali quite
legible. The head piece is similar in shape to' that worn
by our-cavalry at the present day. Although much cor-
roded, it is apparent they have been rich and 'costly pieces
of workmanship, and- no doubt decorated the head and
g ace the hand of one of'the heroes composing the flower
of Scotland's chivalry, who fell on that fatal day, when
" The flowers o' the forest were a' wede awa'."
They t.ave been much admired by tho3e who have a taste
for objeets of ariti:qtiity, and'it is intended to present them
to the m-usemici 6f Edinburgh.—Kelso
TIIE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PRATER.—The follow-
ing account is given .of the piayei which we on Tuesday
copied from the Staffordshire Advertiser, and which, it
aupears,. was not composed by Sir Robert Peet. In the
early part of 1846, Sir Robert, then Premier, was subjected
in parliament to a series of most ,harrassing party attacks.
Under these it seemed to a portion of the public truly
wonderful that human endurance could hold out.. 'At this
crisis a • Nonconformist minister, residing in one of the
Midland towns, under feelings of deed respect for the great
statesman—respect not unmixed with sympathy;_com_
posed, and privately transmitted to him, the prayer in
question. Its acceptance was requested as a special favon'r,
and at the same time the baronet was entreated not to give
himself the trouble of acknowledging its reception. Nw-
withstaniing this, however, Sir Robert, in a letter, wrote
as follows : Whitehall, January 15, 1846. Sir,—I
have receivel, and I thank you tor the communication with
which you have favoured me.--I am, sir, your cbedient
ervant, ,Robert Peel." -The transaction' has remained
nder the seal of the strieest privacy up to the present
ime, when, with feelings of the deepest interest, the author
f the prayer discovered that the deceased baronet had
placed a value upon this product of his pen on which he had
carcely ventured to calculate.

then r.

I ,out: for vengeance ;.,%the badness Of
holb warp and.wett, which made• her . ill, and by•which she
Could earn only 14s in three weeks," Mr. Learoyd, being
gallecl,4Y,Mr• i:Pough,„ solicitor for the prosecution, read a
roll of names, Faith amongst them, taken when the notice
was read to.the factory hands two years before, spice which

notice—a written one—had been posted on the
wall. Faith said, " she had been turned away, no notice had
I to her on her re-engagement, and she couldn't
read writing. herself." The last plea was put in by some of
the others. The magistrates thought she knew the rules of
the place on her first finding employment there, refused to
entertain the warp and weft question, and asked the pro-
secutors what they wished to be donein the matter.' Mr.
Clough strongly pressed for co eviction, which would entail
imprisonment for some period not exceeding three months.
.MI the magistrates present (Messrs. Brooke, Willans, and
ilaigb) deprecated.the sending so young a girl t,.) prison.
111 r. Clough thtn.offdred the alternative of an apology—to
be pUbli-hed on the factory walls, and a r.turn to work-with
a fortnight's notice. After a st-uggle, which would have
done honour to one of higher fame or more heroic build,
Faith, with a tingling cheek, submitted, the facto
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did wisely to avoid, the stigma that the
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.wonld have clung to her for lite.

" CHARIVARI" ON TaE N EIIFCH ITEL
QUESTION.

The Charivari contains the following hit, under the h3ad
of "La Diete GEirmanique et Murk Droit," at the claims of
Prussia to the canton of Neufchatel :

("A gentlemanlike man this morning entered the office of
Baron de Rothschildt and accosted him thus: " Monsieur le
Baroi3, you must be aware that I am a great admirer of the
Prussian government,' ' Very good.' 'And that I endea-
vour on. every Occasion to imitate its conduct.' That is
most praiseworthy.' You must also, without doubt, be
acquainted-with the following verses, which have become a
sort of proverb : ,
._ .

(Viand cur une personne on pretend,sc regler
C'ese par ses beaux cute i qu'il lui foot ressembler.
I have sometimes heard them quoted:'.,..` Well, then, I
not 'only oniote them,, but I conform pay conduct to the
lesson which they give. And it is for that reason that,
after the 'ex•imple of Prussia in the Neufchatel question, I
have cores here to call on. you to admit my.right.to your
hotel' and banking capital. You are surelyjestinz, Mon-
sieur • Not in the slightest degree. I follow the Prussian
plan, and that is all.' 'But I have no intention whatever to
give up to you my hotel and,my money. 0, Monsieur le
Baron, Ido not intend to deprive you of them. Be so good
as to follow my.reasoning. Iu the first place, you will have
the goodness to admit my right.'. :Well, suppose • so.
After ?' Once that you haVe done so, I negotiate the
abandoninent of it; you pay me an indemnity, And we are
the best friends in the world." "Go to the. deuce !"
" Take care what you do • it is not I whom you dismiss so
cavalierly, but Prussia; for I make you precisely the same
proposition ,as that Power is making, to the Helvetic
Confederation. She says : You Arai that I have no right
to Neufchatel, and you refuse to abandon it to me. Well, to
tell you the. truth, r have. no great . desire to be,. Prince of
Neufchatel, and so
.we shall be able, ,to .easily, come_ to an
anderstanding,without my abandoning my pretensions. But
first, of all you must admit .my claim,, which means that I
am quite in the right;' I will then consent, provided I
receive an indemnity, to admit that. lam wrong," .But,
Monsieur,' your reasoning is contrary to common .sense.'
' On-the contrary, I 1031 it as superb, for it is an exact
imitation -of what Piuseia does. I said to myself I will imi-
tate that great power, and. going to „AU. de Itothsehild, I
will f ,rce him to admit my right to Lie hotel and capital.
He will, of course, resist, and then we shall have to enter
into ne;ociations, and something, most probably will come
to me." .But you have no right whatever to what you
claim.' " Nor has Prussia to Neuf.hatel.' Bat all you
say is ridiculous.' No doubt it is ; but then I have great
authorities in my favour—namely, the Germanic Diet,
which his declared in favour of Prussia. Once more," ask
AIM; au _Diable, P

you, will you
Well, then,- I slfall immediately Institut(

ecqgmse, rigt

a suit agains

to you as Prussia has said to the 'Helvetic Confederation:
I offered you an excellent method of terminating our
difference, you refused to have it—let the consequences fall
on your own head !' And so, the Gentlemanlike man went
away, telling Miron de Rothschild that he must shortly
expect a summons from him t ) appear before the Germanic
D:et."

GLASSMA KERS IN THE OLDEN TIME.,—The glassmakers
of Murano were not classed among the artisans ; they
received, as well from the State of Venice as from several
foreign sovereigns, many privileges, remarkable for the
age in which they .were granted. Thu the ,Venetian
patrician might marry the daughters of the, glassmakerswithout derogating in any manner from their dignity, and
the children born from those marriages retained all their
quarterings of nobility. And, further still, when Henry
HI. went to Venice, in 1273, he granted nobility to all
the master
.glassmakers of Murano. It having been
decided, by a resolution of the Corporation of Murano,
"
that a golden book, like the " Libro d'oro of the Vene-
tian nobles, should be established for registering the
names of the original families of Murano, the Senate con-
firmed the: resolution on the 20th August, 1602. This
book still exists in the archives of Murano.
An ORIENTAL • MuaDEL—We• !have received journals
from Batavia to the Ilth of October. The wholesale
murderer Oey Tamba, a Chinese, and his Malay accorii_
plice were hanged on the 7th in front of the Stadt Huis.
The:Malay employe of the Chinese confessed to the perpe-
tration of eighteen murders, for. all which he was paid by
Oey Tamba at the fixed rate of 20 florins each, whilst his
master plundered his victims of many thousands. Oey
Tamba was a man of wealth and influence, and although
long suspected of atrocious crimes, •he until recently
managed.ta elude the vigilance of the Mitch police,,by the
well concocted' system of putting suspicion on others ;
when last in custody on suspicion, he' tried, but was
detected,. tot poison his wretched accomplice ' for fear of
the lattergiying evidence against him.—SinOioreStraits
Times. •

it PETtlx.ous RIDE.—A journeyman hatter; residing
about half a mile from. Plainfield, ;while going.' froni
that Place to his heme, on, Saturday night, being on
the track, at the time an extra coal, train was going upthe
Central Railroad, was caught by the•cow catcher, and
after several'unsuccessful'attempts to, notify. the ,engineer
of his •whereabOuts, he arrived in_ Somervale. He kept
his courage up with the 'ideit. -that 'the' train would stop
at some intermediate station, but'it being Qnly ;1,6:41 train
he Was..ohliged to, go ail thetway thrbugh.'"Hts leg .WAS'
broken, and it, is. a wonder that he was not instantly'
killed.—Trenton American.

„
DETTENING; THE MOUTH. OF THE MastssiPin.--Con-
tracts with the United States Government for this purpose
have been executed by 'Messrs. W. P. Craig and W. R..
Rightor, Of Newport 'Kentucky. They are to. give a
depth of 20 feet below low water, and a width of not less
than 300 feet' to the Southwest' Pass and Pass a' Loutre
for the sum of 125,000 dols. each; the time limited to ten
months from date for .the first named, and 15 months for the
second. They, furthermore agree to maintain said depth
•
and width to said passes for the terni'of four and a half
years thereafter for a further sum of 72,000 dots: This
contract poSeesses more than ordinary interest, from the
fact that 'an entire, new principle in mechanics •is
to be applied instead of scraping and dredging out the
the channel. The main features of this novel' invention
consist -in a peculiar shape and point given to sawed
spiles, so that after the --first . - one, - styled
"beginner,” is driven to its proper bearings, and secured
to a snbstantial and continuous beam, the remaining ones,
unlike the first, styled " followersi" are one after another
placed to the edge of its predecessor, and, successively
driven dawn. Obeying this new mech'anical law, these
followers, in their descent, maintain 'a close contact and
true line, forming a complete' dam Or breakwater as the
work progresses, each being also-fastened to the continu.
ous beam. Aside from' the magnificent results promiSed to
the commerce of the south by the opening of her rivers to
vessels of the largest class, this invention assures a speedy
and effectual stopping:of all crevasses and breaks to the
levees that line the margin of her great rivers.

GOTTA PERCHA HOOPS roa LADIEf3.—The ladies claim
so much latitude, or rather circumference, now, in the
matter of dre=s, that it is very difficult for fashion to giver
spread enough to their garments, without subjecting them
to inconveniences not easily overcome on narrow pavements
and obstructed passage ways. A new and better article
than whalebone for distending the dress has been intro-'
duced. It is a c:rd made of gotta perdu, which is not so
'hem'y as whalebone, is more flexible, so that the dress
Can be ftdded close to the person when necessary, and
preserve elasticity enough to resume its proper position
again. Per the ladies' dresses this is just the thing needed,
and it can be united by simply putting the ends in hot
water. There is, therefore, no springing of the ends -and
tearing of the dress. Gutta percha is w_e of the most
useful articles known. We hare no doubt that the
cord above referred to, would make excellent clothes lines,
and for skipping ropes for the young ladies, nothing could
be better, or more desirable.—.New York Evening Post.

At the Newcastle'assizes, now being-leld, before Mr. Russell
Gurney; yoUrtg girl, named' Mary . Glen-dinning; aged
15, was indicted for' 'having Maliciously fired a barn in the
‘decupation of William 'Lee. - 'The,-prosecutor' is a farmer,
residing at Oaksted, iri the pirish of Allafidale,and the prisoner
with.her father on the premises. Oa the evening Of 'the
sth of August the prisoner was • observiclirtiing on the stairs
leading to her father's house, by a son of the prosecutor and
another witness named Charlton. The latter witness saw the'
prisoner rise and go iolhe: 'direetion a person.. would take in
order 'to set the barn on fire. brother of the prisoner, who
was only eight years of age, deposed .that on, the evening the
barn was fired ho was at.home, and his sister locked him in the
house. When she went out, she took Something, from the
'mantelpiece, where they usually kept the matches, but Could
t,t.ot,say whether she took. any. When She returned and
liberated him he saw. the fire. Superintendalit' Stephenson
stated that he apprehended the prisoner at Allandalo Town,
'about two-or three miles from Oaksted, and charged her with fire
raising. o:).the way to Hexham, she enquired what would be
done with her, and -Stephenson .replied that he, did not, know.
She then stated that she had told her father about the fire, and
if she had not done so, the'y would never have )known anything
about it. The prisoner denied this in court. No reason was
assigned for this strange -freak: The: jury, found the prisoner
guilty; but recommended her' to mercy on account, of her teal
der age. Sentence was deferred.

BREACH 'OF PROMISE OF aVIARRIAGE,

DAMAGES, £4OO

This was an action of Crippin v. Farebrother in the Court
of Common Pleas, at Westminster, to recover damages for a
breach of promise of marriage. By his picas, the defendant
denied the promise to marry the plaibtiff, and also asserted
that he had

1 of -perfonning that promise,

meat of, Mews. Walkety Parker, and Co., who were eminent
lead rnrchants, and the defendant was the son of kr. Alder-

• . ~ •
had commenced between the parties when "the plaintiff was
only fiftben years of age, and_ the defendant asked the Permis-
sion of-the 'plaintiff's father ,to pay his attentions to his
(laughter, which request was granted. The defendant had
written a great number of letters` the plaintiff, in some of
which•he had said, '"'My own darling, most dearly and truly
,best beloved. Lucy ;" and he had also signed himself, "Believe
mo your affectionate and sincerely attabh-ed and loving Frank."
In a letter of the 29th June, 1855, he had 'said, " I 'only long
for the day when I can make you my- own dear little wife.'
The parties continued on very .good terms until May; last,
shortl*!preiious to *which' some letters were written by the
defendant, asking for the presents which he had made the
plaintiff to be given hack to him, and several others in the
same tone. The plaintiff's father and two brothers were then
•
called to make out her case, and also the surgeon who had at-
tended her in consequence of in illness, from which it was said
she was suffering at the present time,; through the defendant's
condtict in breaking off the engagement ; and it was also said,.
that the plaintiff had not been able to leave her: room since
the 7th of May last, which was the day on which the engage-
ment was broken off. Mr. Leigh then addressed the jury for
the defendant, and said he thought the loung lady had dealt
rather too hastily with-the defendant and also called evidence
to show that the firm, of which the defendant was a ,partner,
was in a very embarrassed state. His Inrdship having sum-
med up, the jury returned a verdict .for the plaintiff.
Damages, £4OO.

ACTION FOR LIBEL AGAIN•ir THE MITS.

TRATED NEWS

On Wednesday last an action for libel was brought, in
the Court of Common Pleas, by Mr. Smith, an agent of
the Messrs. Buckinaster, the well-known military tailors,
against Mr. Little, the publisher of the Illustrated Loudon
News, for the publication of a libel reflecting on the
character of the plaint►ff, and which had seriously
injured him: The case is similar to the action against the
Times, wherein the plaintiff obtained damages to the
extent of £4OO. It will be recollected that the plaintiff
went to the Crimea in the capacity'of agent and traveller
to his employers, to take orders from the officers in the
Crimea. In a letter sent by the Times' correspondent,
and published in that journal. it was stated that the
Provost Marshal's men had " flogged the representative
of a well-known military tailoring firm in London." The
Illustrated News republished the statement in a part of
the paper under the title of. •'. Notes of the Week."
After some little conversation between counsel, it was
arranged that a nominal verdict should be entered for
the plaintiff, so as to carry costs, and that an apology
should also appear in the _lllustrated News, expressing the
regret of the proprietors at the insertion of the paragraph
in question.

kOTION OF LIBEL AGNIN'ST THE "DAILY

NE WS ~,

In yesterday's publication, we briefly alluded to the
above case ; and now supply a condensed report of the
trial,
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chrqu.r. Mr. Lush opened the case, stating the grounds
of the libel, and the pleas, viz., the general issue, the
article complained of, not exceeding the limits of fair
criticism, and not being dictated by malice. Mr. F.
Thesiger then addressed the jury for the plaintiff. His
client, as they were aware, was a nobleman of high
military position, and who, feeling that he bad been un.
justly assailed, came forward to vindicate his character.
On the other hand they had a newspaper, conducted
with great talent, and having an extensive circulation,
and the plaintiff was placed in a most disadvantageous
position. He (Lord Lucan) stood before the world,
and an opportunity was afforded of canvassing every
circumstance of his life, and he could not conceal him.
self from any shafts of malice that might be directed
against him. Opposed to him was a person unknown
and invisible, and who might be actuated by personal
motives and most malicious feelings, and whose opinion;
if be were known, would be very insignificant, but who
spoke with the authority that belonged to a powerful
organ of public opinion. Perhaps in adopting the
preSent proceedings, the noble lord would not be consult-
ing his future ease, and would have to suffer the penalty
of having assailed one portion of the press ; but the
•noble lord, satisfi d as to the rectitude .of his con-
duct, was determined' to appeal to the justice of a
jury, and he believed that that appeal would not
be in vain. The cry might be raised, that the
liberty of the press was in
_.danger, but there
never was a time when such a cry should less be
raised, because there was no time when that liberty was
less endangered. That, liberty could only be endangered
by the licentiousness of the press and its unjustly as.
sailing individuals. . The danger would be further
increased if a jury were appealed to in vain. The
learned counsel, having referred to the report of the
commissioners sent to the Crimea, as well as the subse;
quant -proceedings, which gave rise to the,comments
complained of, tlien read the libel. The learned counsel
also stated that when a demand for an' apology was
made, it was' refused except Under certain conditions.
.Lard'' Lucan, examined by Sir Federick Thesiger.
proved the'position in the array which he occupied; and
that be was in the East in April and left in February,
1855.

Cross-examined by Mr. James: He had been recalled
from the service, the reason assigned being, that it was
fell., that a letter which he had written, on the dispatch
of Lord. Raglan, stating that he had acted under the mis
conception of it was calculated to be injurious to the
public service, anti the
discipline
of the army. That
letter he was never called on. to retract. Did not know
what other motives the government in recalling him
might have, he could only speak as to the motive
assigned. The matter was brought before the House of
Lords. Lord Cardigan was in command of the light
brigade of the cavalry division, and was under his
personal command. No correspondence passed between
them, but he was aware that Lord Cardigan complained
of the manner in which he exercised his COM.
mind. He admitted that he comPlainea of Paving
been detained too long at Devna, but' be never
found fault with Lord Cardigan except ou the
question of a divisional order, and his having refused
to recognise him (Lord Lucan) as his divisional ()Meer,
and applying indirectly to Lord Raglan. Lord Car-
digan had complained of .his interfering, but could not
swear whether or. no the words used were not " un-.
necessary interference." After some further examina-
tion to•thesame effect, the correspondence between the
solicitors of Lord Lucan and the party representing the
Daily News and the alleged libel were read and put in as
evidence. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr.
Edwin James then addressed the jury for the defend..
ants. The learned counsel contended, that so far from
there being any undue license taken by the defendants,
they were only acZing the part of correct historians in com -
menting boldly on the conduct of the plaintiff. It could .
not, be denied that there had been mismanagement
in the conduct of the affairs in the Crimea, and it was
proved that this mismanagement was traceable .to the
favouritism which placed in command such men as Lord
Lucan and Lord Cardigan, both of whom had shown
that they were • exempt from the position- which' they
occupied. The learned council concluded an eloquent
address by appealing to the jury to protect the press in
the discharge of its duty. The Lord Chief Baron having
fully explained the law bearing on the case, the jury
retired, and, after a short absence, returned a verdict for
the defendants,