The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-02 00:00:00

THB SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING.

LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT.
(Before the Recorder and a Common Jury.)

THE PLEA OF 'NEVER INDEBTED"---STOKES V. CLARKE

This was an action to recover £lO Bs. 9d. upon a bill of
exchange, and Mr. Henry James (instructed by ➢lr. Pearce,
of Uiltspur-street), appeared for the plaintiff.
. . _

Mr. James said he was at a loss to know what could be
the defence to the present action. Defendant had pleaded
never indebted, but defendant had actually given plaintiff
a bill of exchange for the amount.
Plaintiff said he was a brandy distiller of Snow-hill.
Goods to the amount of £lO Bs. 9d. had been supplied to
defendant, who promised to pay. Subsequently defendant
accepted a bill of exchange, produced. It had been dis-
honoured.

His Lordship—Well, gentlemen, defendant does not
attend here to-day, and you will find for the plaintiff.

_
Verdict for plaintiff.
ANOTHER CASE.-NICRLINSON V. COUSINS.

This was an action to recover £54 Bs. 9d. for butcher's
meat. Mr. Henry James (instructed by Mr. Pearce) ap.,-
peared for plaintiff.
Mr. James said this was another case in which defendant
had pleaded never indebted, and even did not come forward
in support of his plea,

Plaintiff said he was a meat salesman of Newgate Market,
and defendant was a butcher. The whole of the meat had
been supplied.
Verdict for plaintiff.
Of course the defendants in these cases have to pay extra
costs for the time gained by their pleas.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY.
The new year was inaugurated here with a blank after-
noon.

MANCHESTER. STEEPLECHASE, FLAT, AND
HURDLE RACE MEETING, THURSDAY.
A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 25
sovs added. The winner of any hurdle race or steeple-
chase after the 16th of December, at 10 a.m., 7)b extra.
Second to save his stake. About two miles.
Capt. H. Rhys's Rhcebus, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .. (Mr. Wood) 1
Mr. Wadlow's Pot Pourri, 4 yrs, 10st ..(W. White) 2
Mr. Weyman's The Miller, aged, 9st 101 b .... (R. Sly) 3
The following also ran :—Joe Maley, Mary Stuart, Sher-
wood, and Puss.)
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rheebus, 4to 1 agat Pot Pourri,
and 6 to 1 each agst the Miller, Joe Maley, and Sherwood.
After the lot had settled into their places, Joe Maley and
Sherwood went to the front, the others, headed by Mary
Stuart and Pot-Pourri, following in rather straggling order.
They ran, with but little change, for about a mile and a
half, when Rhcebus and Pot Pourri shot to the van, and all
the others, with the exception of the leaders and the Miller,
were disposed of. Within the distance Rhcebus and Pot
Pourri quitted the Miller, and, after a good race, Rhosbus
won cleverly by three- quarters of a length ; the Miller was
a bad third ; and nothing else passed the post.
The Trial Handicap of 3 soya each, lft, with 20 added, for
all ages. Second to save his stake. The winner of any
flat race after Dec. 16, 51b extra. About one mile on the
flat.
Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, Est 61b .... (Britton) 1
Mr. Bell's Cygnet, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Hobson) 2
Capt. Rhys's Rossmore, 4 yrs, Bst (Griffin) 3
Mr. W. Phillips's Lorette, 3 yrs, Est 21b .... (G. Noble) 4
The following also ran :—Sherwood, Shan Van Vocht,
Puss, Gaiety, Miss Taft, and Rose de Clare.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Golden Drop, 7to 2 agst Lorette, 5
to 1 each agst Cygnet and Rossmore, and 8 to 1 agat any
other (offered).
The lot were despatched to a capital start, those showing
in front on passing the stand being Shan Van Vocht, Golden
Drop, Rossmore, Cygnet, and Lorette ; and the rear was
brought up by Gaiety and Sherwood. They ran thus to the
far side of the course, whore Golden Drop assumed the lead,
and the boy being unable to hold him, he swerved across
the course, but he ultimately won in a canter by 10 lengths.
Cygnet, Rossmore, and Lorette finished close together, a
length dividing the second and third and third and fourth
horses.
The City Steeplechase, of 5 sous each, 1 ft, with 50 added.
The winner of any steeplechase or hurdle race after Dec.
16, at 10 a.m., to carry 71b extra. Second to save his
stake. About three miles and a half.
Mr. Wallace's Lincoln, aged, Oat 41b (Knott) 1
Mr. Coburn's Joe Maley, aged, lOst
Captain Rhys's The Flat, aged, lOst (Mr. Wood) 3
Captain Starkie's Sepoy, aged, lOst 61b .... (Mr. James) 4
The following also ran .—Mytton, Fanny, Leopold g,
Alchymist, The Pony, and Chastisement.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lincoln, sto 1 each agst Sepoy and
The Pony, 6 to 1 agst Joe Maley, and 10 to 1, at first 5 to 2
—agst Mytton. Fanny cut out the work, olosely followed
by Lincoln, The Pony, Leopold, Joe Maley, The Flat,
and Sepoy, the rear being brought up by Chastisement,
Alchymist, and Mytton. They proceeded in this manner
to the fence on going out of the course, where The Pony
Chastisement, Alchymist, and Mytton refused, and were
immediately out of the race. On proceeding along the far
Lincoln, and The
aMnadletyhey ran in this man-
nerFsildaet of the ceotuhresel,eaLdeinopgohldo,taJeose,
on passing the stand the second time round the course.
From this point, just before reaching which Leopold had
refused, the race was confined to Lincoln, Joe Maley, The
Flat, and Sepoy ; and for the next mile Lincoln and Joe
Maley raced for the lead, which was held by Lincoln, who
eventually won in a common canter by six lengths ; ten
lengths separated the second and third horses. The Sepoy
a bad fourth, and nothing else passed the post.
The Selling Stakes of 3 s9vs each, with 20 soya added, if
three run. 3-yr-olds, Bst ; 4-yr-olds, 9st 121 b ; 5 -yr-
olds, lOst 71b ; and upwards, lOst 121 b. Fillies and
winner
geldings
n erto
b
allowed
d3flab;—:l entrance to go to the fund. The
in3o ;
if for £2O allowed 71b, and for
£lO allowed 141 b. The winner to be sold by auction, and
any surplus to go towards expenses. Newmarket rules.
Three-quarters of a mile,
Mr. W. Phillips's b f Lorette, 3 yrs, Est 111 h (G. Noble) 1
Captain Rhys's:b c Rossmore, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Wood) 2
Mr. Smith's b g Tautology, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ..(T. Barlow) 3
Weasel and Rose de Clare also ran,
Betting-5 to 4 agst Lorette, sto 2 each agst Weasel
and Rossmore, and 4to 1 agst Tautology, Won easily by
two lengths ; same between the second and third. Rose de
Clare fell.
The winner was sold to Mr. Peace for £l9 10s.

JANUARY 2, 1883.

TO BE DISPOSED OF.

The correspondence published by the Federal
• Government contains the two following letters
respecting negro deportation. On the 30th of
Sept. Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Adams (London) as
follows :—" Some foreign Governments situated
within the tropics, and others having colonies or
dependencies there, have intimated to the President
a desire to receive such 'accessions to their popula-
tion upon conditions favourable to the welfare,
prosperity, and happiness of the emigrants. In
view of these facts the President has authorised me
to enter into negotiations upon the subject with the
Government, of Great Britain, if it shall be inclined
to such a course. It is not within the purposes of
this communication to present the project of a con-
vention, but simply to state some of the general
principles which this Government supposes proper
to be recognised in any treaties which may be con-
tracted with reference to the objects which 1 have
presented. First, that all emigration of persons of
African derivation to take place under the stipula-
tions of the treaty shall be perfectly free and volun-
tary on the part of the adults, and with the full and
expressed consent of parents and guardians for
minor children and wards. Secondly, the agents
of the Government desiring to receive such emi-
grants shall be recognised by this Government and
authorised co solicit such emigration, but such agents
shall be appointed by such Government, or with its
sanction. Their names, with the dates of their ap-
pointments, and the terms for which they are to
continue, shall be made known to this Government,
which shall engage to protect them while peace-
fully and inoffensively pursuing their occupations,
but shall have always a right to require the dis-
missal of any such agent whose conduct or deport-
ment shall be found injurious to the peace, safety,
or welfare of the United States. You are autho-
rised to bring this subject to the attention of Earl
Russell, and to inquire whether the British Go-
vernment has a desire to enter into such a negotia-
tion. Should an affirmative answer be given, you
may transmit to this department any suggestions
that Earl Russell may desire to make in the pre-
mises, and you will, upon due consideration of the
same, be furnished with a draught of convention. It
should be understood that it is not desired by the
United States to give to any State a monopoly of
the proposed emigration ; but to open its benefits
on equal terms to all States within the tropics or
having colonies there, which, maintaining free con-
stitutional Governments, shall desire those benefits.
As it might be expedient to fix•upon a definite pe-
riod for the duration of the proposed treaty, you
may suggest ten years as the term, with the privi-
lege. after that term, of terminating it at the ex-
piration of one year's notice to that effect." Mr.
Adams replied to this communication of the 30th of
October thus :—" Immediately after the reception
of your No. 360, of the 30th of September (negro
deportation scheme), I applied to Lord Russell for
an interview, which I obtained this morning at
half-past 10 o'clock. I then stated to his lordship
the substance of your communication, so far as was
necessary to put him in a position to reply to the
preliminary inquiry, whether his Government was
disposed to negotiate about it at all. He replied in
the negative. I gathered from what he said, that
the whole matter had been under consideration with
the Ministers for some time back, and that the
Duke of Newcastle had had much correspondence
with the authorities in the West India colonies
about it. The conclusion had been that, on the
whole, it might be the means of entangling them
in some way or other with the difficulties in the
United States, by possible reclamation of fugitives,
or in some way, a danger which they were most
desirous to avoid. Hence they should not be in-
clined to enter upon negotiations, and least of all
to adopt the form of a convention. I explained the
reasons why we had wished to take this course, our
object simply being to secure for those persons vo-
luntarily disposed to emigrate (and we did not
mean to include any others), the enjoyment of
the rights to which they would be justly en-
titled as colonists. His Lordship seemed so to
understand it. But he remarked that some time
ago an agent had been sent from the West Indies
to the United States to see if sufficient induce.
ments could be held out to the free negroes
to emigrate, but he had found them so com-
fortable and earning so much a higher rate of
wages than could be obtained at the place he came
from that any transfer of them seemed out of the
question. I then referred to an application that
had been made to me by a private individual here,
named Davis, styling himself the representative of
much landed property in the island of Jamaica, to
obtain as many as 5,000 families, to whom he would
be ready to assign lands if the expense of trans-
portation could be paid for. I had answered the
gentleman by referring him to my own Government,
and that only after he should have made his own
aware of his object and ready to approve it. His
lordship said he supposed that the grant of land
would be only in consideration of labour. He
thought it very likely that many of these people
might ultimately find their way over from the
United States, but he did not consider it expedient
just now to make any provision about it. He ex-
pressed a little surprise that Hayti had not been
preferred. I observed that efforts had been made
in that direction, and some emigrants had actually
gone, but the negroes were sluggish to move, and
they were deterred by the difference of language
and habits. I had thought fewer obstacles would
be found to removal to the English islands than to
any other after it should once be set agoing. His
lordship admitted it as very possible, at least to
those of them where there was a sensible deficiency
of labour; but the rate of wages, though rising,
wad still quite low. Under these circumstances, I
remarked that it seemed of no use for me to press
the point further. I should, accordingly, make
report of his lordship's answer as definitely closing
the matter."