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London, England, 1837-11-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

HIGIIWAY ACT.—Select Committee appointed " to inquire
into the operation of an Act passed in the sth and 6th years of
the reign his late Majesty, relating to Highways in that part of
'Great Britain called England :"—Mr. Barneby, Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, Lord Viscount Lowther, Sir Robert Price, Sir Eard-
ley 'Wilmot, Lord Worsley, Lord Viscount Clive, Sir George
Strickland, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Handley, Mr. Stanley ( Cum-
berland), Mr. Edward Buller, Lord Eliot, Mr. Bowes, Mr.
Tatton Egerton :—Power to send for persons, papers, and re-
cords ; five to be the quorum.
CONTROVERTED ELECTION FEES.—Select Committee ap-
pointed " to inquire into the several Fees charged under
authority of Mr. Speaker, upon the trial of Controverted
Elections; and, to consider how far the public interests may
be promoted by an alteration in or repeal of these Fees :"
Mr. Hume, Mr. Robert Gordon, Sir Thomas Fremantle;
Colonel Davies, Mr. John Parker ( Sheffield), Mr. Lascelies,
Mr. William Smith O'Brien, Sir James Duke, Mr. Aglionby,
Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Guest, Sir Stratford Canning, Mr. Wil-
liams Wynn, Mr. Charles Buller, Captain Pechell :—Power
to send for persons, papers, and records; five to be the quo-
rum :—Reports on Fees (l Ith. April, 1786 ; 23d March and
beh May, 1837); and Petition of Sir Robert Sydney (pre-
sented on Tuesday lest), referred to the Committee.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT AcT.—Select Committee ap-
pointed " tq,inquire into the administrtion of the relief of the
poor, under orders and regulations issued by the Commissioners
appointed under the provisions of the Poor-law Amendment
Act :"—Committee to consist of 21 Members :—Lord J.
Russell, Mr. Fazakerley, Mr. R. Walker, Mr. P. Scrope,
Mr. Baines, Mr. Bolling, Mr. Lister, Sir T. Fremantle, Mr.
Barnebv, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Estcourt ( Devizes), Mr. Ward,
Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Miles
(Somerset), Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. Chichester, Mr. Slaney,
Mr. Freshfield, and Mr. J. Fielclen. Power to send for per-
sens, papers, and records. Five to be the quorum.
RAILROADS.— Select Committee appointed "to consider
the present state of the communications by railroads, so far as
it affects the regularity and convenience of the transmission
of letters, and the Post-office in general; to ascertain on what
terms mails are now conveyed by the railroads in operation ;
and what measures it may be just and expedient to. adopt for
the purpose of securing to the public in future the benefit of
the conveyance of the mails by railroads :"—Mr. Baring, Mr.
Wallace, Mr. Labouchere, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Gil-
lon, Lord Viscount Sandon, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Scholefield,
Mr. Greene, Lord Seymour, Mr. Easthope, Lord G. Somer-
set, Lord C. Fitzroy, Sir R. Fergusson, Mr. Loch. Power
to send for persons, papers, and records. Five to be the
quorum.
PRINTING.—SeIect Committee appointed " to assist Mr.
Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing executed
by order of this House, and for the purpose of selecting and
arranging for printing returns and papers presented in pur-
suance of motions made by Members of this House, which
may be referred to the said Committee :"—Mr. Labouchere,
Mr. Hume, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir T. Fremantle, *Mr. Baring,
Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Strutt.
Power to send for persons, papers, and records. Three to be
the quorum.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings at Nisi Prius before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Corn•

mon Jury.)
LIVEL.-ITARPUR V. EAVES.

The plaintiff in this case is a solicitor, residing at Kenning-
ton, and as trustee in a cause in Chancery he had to pay to the
defendant and others certain dividends out of a fund in the
Court. A misunderstanding, the precise nature of which did
not appear out of the proceedings of this day, arose between
them respecting a dividend which was paid in 1836, and the
defendant had ever since annoyed the plaintiff by sending let-
ters, addressed to him and to others, through the twopenny
post, with abusive and slanderous words, reflecting on the
plaintiff's character, written on the outside. These letters
constituted libels, for which the present action was brought,
and in the course of the trial the Court ruled that the sending
the letters through the twopenny post, with the words com-
plained of on the outside, was a publication of the libels.
The defendant, whose handwriting to the libels was proved,
addressed the Court in person, and made a long rambling
defence, which excited much laughter by its irrelevance, and
in which he was repeatedly interrupted by the Court. Amongst
other things, he complained that the plaintiff bad withheld
from him a certain receipt ; but upon his reading one of his
voluminous documents, the Court pointed out to him, that the
receipt was, in point of fact, embodied in the document which
he had read.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE, on the part of the plaintiff, offered
to take a nominal verdict, and to stay execution until the in-
jury shculd be repeated, upon the defendant's paying the costs
out of pocket, and entering into a rule to the effect proposed.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said that the defendant was treated with
very , great kindness. It was impossible that Mr. Harpur
should allow himself to be annoyed by such letters ; and his
Lordship put it to the defendant whether he did not think he
ought to accede to the very handsome offer of the plaintiff,
as:d undertake to abstain, from writing such letters in future.
The defendant, after a great deal of misapprehension (ow-
ing to his deafness), which caused much laughter in the Court,
at length said, " I thank your Lordship, I cordially agree
with 3 our Lordship's proposition."—( Laughter.)
A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff, subject to a rule
to stay execution until a repetition of the cause of action ; the
plaintiff taking only costs out of pocket.