The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-22 00:00:00

THE SARDINIAN ARMY.

The following appointments have been confirmed
by the Minister of War respecting the expedition-
ary force :
General Commanding-in-Chief—Alphonse Li.
Marmora.

Head-Quarters Staff—Colonels Petiti, Avet,
Rapalle ; Aides-de-Camp to Commander-in-Chief,
Captains Balbo, 2.
Generals Commanding Divisiens—lst, General
John Durand° ; Chief of Staff, Major Casanova.
2d, General Alexander La Marmora ; Chief of
Staff, Porrino.
Reserve—General James Durand°.
Commandants of Brigades—Colonels Giustiniani,
Montevecchio, Mollard, Cialdini.

Commandant of Cavalry—Colonel SaToiro us.

LORD STANLEY AND THE NEWSPAPER

STAMP.

Lord Stanley has addressed a letter to the Northern
Whig. in reply to souse strictures in that journal on the
proposed changes in the newspaper stamp law. His lord-
ship says:—"As the question is about to be debated in Par-
liament, and as Mr. Gladst me has, in fact, conceded the
chief point in dispute, I shall not attempt a reply to your
argument. Yon are mistaken in supposing that there is
any necessary connection between the repeal of the
stamp duty and the grant of a copyright in news. The
latter question would probably, under any circum-
stances, have been mooted, and the removal of the
stamp can only a little hasten its consideration in Par-
liament. You appear also to think that the copy-
right suggested would be unlimited in point of time.
That has, I believe, never been proposed ; the limit
of time usually mentioned i■ 24 hours. If a
newspaper has gone to great expense in obtaining
information from exclusive sources, I confess I do not see
on what ground the right to derive an exclusive profit
from such information can be disputed. In defining and
limiting such right, difficulty may occur; but similar diffi-
culties may occur, and are overcome, in the case of copy-
rights in books, and still more in that of patents taken out
for inventions. This, however, is a question altogether
separate from that of the stamp. Yon assume an ab-
solute identity of opinion between my views on the
subject of the newspaper press generally, and those of
other members of the ' Association for the Repeal of
Taxes on Knowledge.' Here again you are in error.
I have always objected to the use of the term 'tax'
as applied to the stamp, believing that charge,
though an unjust and unequal one, to be a postal charge,
and not a tax, in the usual sense of the word. The
distinction is carefully drawn in the pamphlet from which
yen quote extracts. Neither have I, in the present state
of fivauce, pledged myself to the repeal of the paper
duty, which is one of the principal demands of the
Association. Ido not wish to make other members of
that body responsible for my ♦iews, nor to become
responsible for theirs. I have thought that so
much notice of your comments was due in reply
to your letter. In what manner you consider
the liberty of the press endangered by the alleviation
and equa'isation of a fiscal change now pressing upon it,
you may, perhaps, be able to explain. Without ex-
planation, the connection between the two is not easy to
understand, any more than your expressed fear lest trial
by jury, which is found sufficient to protect all ()thir
classes and interests in the community, should prove an
indequate defence of the interests ef journalism. I have
not written this note for publication, but yoti may do
with it as you please.
"I remain your obedient servant,
" London, Feb. 17, 1855." " STANLEY.

A letter from Florence, in the Piechnonte of Turin, of
the 14th, states that the cholera has again made its ap-
pearance in the environs of Florence.
Tuairr, FEB. 15.—Sig. Massimo d'A.seglio, a ci-devant
ministerial president, has published an article in the
Piedinontese Gaiette' wherein he comtits the accusation
made in the Papal allocution of violated faith and dis-
honourable misrepresentation.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(TEIS DAY).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH'.
SFIELMAN V. THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE

BANK OF ENGLAND.

- The jury this morning gave their verdict in favour of
the defendants in special form, thereby allowing the
plaintiff the right to move for a new trial.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)

THE CASH OF ICING THE DETECTIVE.

Charles King was again placed at the bar this morn-
ing for his eighth and final examination.
Mr. Bodkin, in opening the proceedings, said he had
to inform the magistrate that inquiries relative to the
system of robbery brought to light by this investigation
were still going on. He thought it would be unjust
towards the prisoner to detain him under remand any
longer, and he therefore asked for a committal on the
three cases which he, on the part of the Crown, had

prepared.
Lockerby, the police-constable, was then called to
confirm the evidence of the two constables who, at the
last examination, deposed to seeing King and the boy
Reeves at the fancy fair held last year at the Wesleyan
Chapel in Camden Town.
Mr. Hall then committed King for trial on the three
cases mentioned by Mr. Bodkin.