The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 18

PARISIAN RUMOURS.

There are a variety of rumours afloat concerning Prince
Napoleon, his report to the Emperor of the way in
which the war is being conducted, and the probable
consequences of his representations. Some people
profess to know for certain that General Canrobert will
be superseded by General Pelissier, who was to have
left Algiers on the 18th to take the command of a
division in the Crimea. Genet:al Canrobert is of
all the soldiers who took a leading part in
the ooup d'etat perhaps the most popular in the
army, his military genius and exalted personal
character being admitted by officers whose political
sympathies are altogether adverse to the present regime.
It was known long ago that the Emperor looked to him
as the man likely to illustrate the French arms under
his reign. The high command he now wields is a confir-
mation of all that has been said about the Emperor's con-
fidence in him, and I do not believe that confidence is at
this moment in any degree forfeited. But this much is
true :—There is at the Palais Royal a species of tolerated
opposition to the Tuileries. Prince Napo:awl, as you have
seen by the article in the Presse, has put himself upon the
country as a censor of the actual commander of the army
before Sebastopol. That he may have made a report
/Tablet Generel Canrobert is very likely. It is possible
that for reasons of etete an apparent importance may be
allowed to be attached to this report in certain court
crolce. But there is small likelihood it will be acted ,
upon.
It is said M. Magne will shortly be appointed
Minister of Finance in the place, of M. Einean.
whose health is in a desperate state. M. Rouher
is spoken of as likely te be the new Minister
of Public Werke. M. Magne wishes to keep the latter
portfolio mad the affair of Grand Central Railway,
in which he takes a great intereet, is settled. The
general meeting, which it was thought would have been
postponed, was held yesterday. The managetnent asked
for full powers to continue their negotiations with Go-
vernment for the Nevers and several other branch lines.
These powers were granted unanimously. No fresh call
was spoken of, but it was agreed that special bonds
should be created for the execution of the Nevers line.
People pretend that the article in Wednesday's Moni-
teur on the success of the loan was written by the
Emperor.

THE TRADE AND PORT OF LONDON
YIESUS THE DOCK COMPANIZS.

Yesterday afternoon a most influential meeting of the
principal wharfingers, granarymen, up-town warehouse-
men, watermen, and lightermen interested in the port
and trade of London, was held at the Ship Tavern,
Water-lane, Lower Thames-street, for the purpose of
considering and Adopting measures to oppose the bills at
present before Parliament to increase the powers of the
East and West India Dock Companies, as also the Lon-
don and St. Katharine's Docks, to increase their powers
to tax the merchant', traders, wharfingere, warehouse-
keepers, lightermen, anigranarymen of London and the
metropolitan districts.
Mr. J. W. Hall, of the Custom-house and Wool Quays,
was unanimously called to the chair.
Mr. BICILIT, of the Legal and Sufferance Quays Asso-
ciation, having briefly adverted to the objects for which
the meeting had been convened,
Mr. Simeni SMITI, the Secretary to the promoters of
the movement, read a very lengthened, ingenious, and
elaborate statement of the evils •f the proposed enact-
ments by the Dock Companies' Ella to all persons con-
nected with the navigation of the river Thames or the
port of London.
The statement was received and adopted by the meet-
ing with great applause.
Mr. Pillow, Mr. Curling, and several other gentlemen,
having addressed the meeting, resolutions were agreed
te, and a committee formed for the purpose of organ-
ising a general opposition to the measure before Parlia-
ment, and to induce the Government from asnentiog to
their support to the proposed measure ; and after some
general observations, a subscription was entered into to
a large amount to carry into effect the objects of the
meeting.
A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TiILS DAY).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
THE QUEEN V. THE PHARMACEUTICAL lOCIETY.

This matter came before the court in a special case.
The luestien which it waste decide was whether the regis-
trar of the society had properly enrolled two gentlemen,
named Murdock and Abrahams, who had been in busi-
ness as chemists before the society obtained their act of
incorporation. The question was argued at great length
last term, and the court this morning gave judgment,
pronouncing in favour of the registrar, who they held
had acted properly in the discharge of his duty.
The judgment in this case determines the positions of
several hundred gentlemen similarly circumstanced.

EXCHEQUER.
BOYLE V. WISEMAN.

The facts of this case will be familiar to the realer.
It was an action for libel arising out of a letter written
by Cardinal Wiseman to L'Universe and L'Aeri de Reli-
gion, two Paris papers, and afterwards copied into the
Catholic Standard. The letter, it was allegs,l, reflected
most severely and unjustly upon the character of the
plaintiff, who is a Roman Catholic priest ; but at the
trial, which took place at the last Croydon afs:zes, it.
turned out that the Abbe Conyers, who had charge of
the original letter, refused to produce it ; and the Abbe
being beyond the jurisdiction of the court, there was no
legal authority to compel bins to produce it. It was
therefore proposed to put in secondary evidence of the
contents and authorship of the letter, but the Lord
Chief Baron, who tried the case, refused to receive it.
This secondary evidence failing, it was next proposed to
call the Cardinal himself ; but this also the Chief Baron
refused, upon the recognised rule of law that a man
cannot criminate hi►aself. it the trial it was contended
that it would be time enough to set up that objection
after the Cardinal had been sworn, and an improper
question put to him ; but the Chief Baron con-
tinued resolute in his determination not to let
the Cardinal be sworn ; and there being, cense-
quently, no sufficient evidence of the authorship or
contents of the letter, the plaintiff was non-suited.
This being the state of matters last term, Mr. James,
Q.C., moved for and obtained a rule, calling upoa the
defendant to show cause why a new trial should not be
bad, on the ground that the Lord Chief Baron was
wrong in rejecting the secondary evidence, and not al-
lowing the Cardinal to be sworn. The rule came on
for argument before the full Court on Tuesday, and Mr.
Serjeant She*, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., mei Mr. Badderly
were heard at some length against it, while Mr. James,
Q.C., and Mr. Lush argued in support of the rule.
The Court gave judgment this morning, caking the
rule absolute on both points.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
(Sittings at Guildhall before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
CORSILLAS V. TURIBR.-A QUIET-TO•RIDE MIRE.

This was an action to recover the sum of 281., paid
ley the plaintiff as purchase money for a mare, with
whom a warranty had been given.

Mr. Sergeant Wilkins And Mr. Robinson were for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Gifford for the
defendant.

The plaintiff in the case is a solicitor, living at
Wandsworth, and the defendant an innkeeper and
horse dealer at Kingston, and &heat the latter
end of October last plaintiff bought of de-
fendant a mare, which was warranted a quiet-to-
ride mare, and fit for a lady. As soon as they got it
home, plaintiff put it into the hands of his groom, who
found that it was very tricky, and given to biting, cross-
ing the road, and finally, when checked, would come to
a dead stand-still, but the moment she turned towards
home would return at the speed of an express
train. She had also a peculiar distaste to
facing a rising ground, and it would appear
that her character was well known to nearly all
the people in the neighbourhood. As soon as Mrs.
Corsellas tried to ride her she experienced the tricks
complained of. Mr. Corsellas, who it appeared 'wss
not a very experienced horseman, tried the mare, and
she bolted with him. He then returned the mare to de-
fendant, after keeping it three weeks, and de-
fendant was to get plaintiff another one, but it
would seem did not do so for some time, and plaintiff
bought another one. The defendant went upon two
occasions to plaintiff's upon the mare, when she went
through all the bad habits complained of. Ultimately
the defendant offered to return 241., but plaintiff refus-
ing to accede to that, the mare was taken to plaintiff's
and there tied up and left. Plaintiff upon that sent it
to the pound, aid from there it was sent to Smithfield
and sold for 141.

For the defence it was shown that the mare was all
that was requisite, and that the conduct complained of
was occasioned solely by the extreme incapability of the
plaintiff and his wife to ride or manage a horse.
The case was proceeding when wo went to press, and
will occupy the entire day.