The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

WYLD'S MAP OF TURKEY.

As might have been confidently anticipated, Mr.
Wyld has again, for the nine hundred and ninety-
ninth time, justified his popularity as one of the
first of living geographers, by issuing a timely and
appropriate map of the Ottoman Empire from his
establishment. It will be eagerly welcomed, and,
we need scarcely add, may be consulted with impli-
cit reliance upon its authenticity in every essential
particular. Undertaking to display to the public at
a glance the whole of the extensive dominions
embraced under the title of " The Ottoman Em-
pire," the map of course spreads far by the north
west into the European, and by the south east into
the Asiatic continent. The Black sea, of course,
appears therein in a very central position, and to
the north the frontiers of Bessarabia distinctly in-
dicate the boundary line between the Turkish-
Russian territories. Nothing could possibly have
come before the community more opportunely. It
will enable those who are as yet ignorant of the re-
lative situation of the places now so often mentioned
in the public journals and in general conversation,
to acquire the necessary knowledge of the coloca-
tion of the Pruth, and the Danube, and the Crimea,
and the Euxine, and Moldavia, and Wallachia., and
Jassy, and Bucharest, and Roumelia, and Adria-
nople, and the Balkan Mountains, and the straits
of the Bosphorus, and the Dardanelles.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings in Banco.)

THE QUEEN (ON THE PROSECUTION OF HENRY ALLSOPP)

V. FRANK JERVIS.- CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Sir Frederick Thesiger applied for a rule to show
cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against a person named Frank Jervis, for a libel very
extensively circulated against Mr. Henry Allsopp, of
Foremark-hall, in the county of Derby. This libel
contained some very serious charges against Mr. All-
sopp, one of these being no less than a charge of the
crime of murder. The authorship had, after some diffi-
culty, been already traced to Mr. Jervis, and, from in-
formation received, they had reason to believe
that several persons had been associated with him
for the purpose of circulating these slanders against Mr.
Allsopp, with the avowed object of driving him out of
the country. This gentleman, Mr. Allsopp, wag a ma-
gistrate and deputy•lieutenant of the county of Stafford,
and also magistrate of the county of Derby, and he car-
ried on a very extensive business as an ale brewer at
Burton-upon-Trent. In the year 1849 he took a lease
of Forem'ark-hall from Sir Robert Burdett; and inas-
much as in the verses which constituted the libel allu-
sion was made to Mr. Allsopp's conduct towards
his tenant farmers, he (Sir F. Shesiger) should
mention that it was a stipulation in the lease that Mr.
Allsopp should continue to preserve the game in the same
way in which it had been preserved during the time Sir
Robert Burdett occupied the property. In consequence
of this strict preservation of the game the holdings of
the farmers and other tenants were let at a very low
rent. Mr. Allsopp bad resided on the estate ever since it
came into his possession, respected and esteemed by all
the neighbourhood, and constantly doing kind and good
offices towards his tenants. On one occasion, for in-
stance, the tenants complained that the rabbits had. in'
creased very much, and an application was made to Mr.
Allsopp to allow them to be destroyed. They only wished
to have the privilege of shooting them during the months
of December and January, but he extended the time
until the 9th of February, and afterwards, when that
was not found to be sufficient, he gave them liberty to
destroy these animals during nine months in the year,
offering to assist them in the work both with men
and nets. On the 16th of August last Mr. All-
sopp received by post the libellous verses in
question. They were printed, but there was no
printer's name affixed to the publication. He had
since ascertained that the verses had been sent to all
the gentlemen in the neighbourhood, and that they had
been extensively circulated throughout the country,
and, according to the statement made by Mr. Jervis
himself, they had been posted up at Nottingham, Lei-
cester, York, and Manchester. Now, Mr. Allsopp was
utterly at a loss to know what cause of offence he had
ever given Mr. Jervis. This Mr. Jervis was a school-
master, and kept a commercial school, near Foremark-
hall. The only circumstance which Mr. Allsopp could
suggest to his own mind, as the ground of Mr. Jervis's
conduct was, that a boy of one of his (Mr. Allsopp's) ser-
vants, had been placed at this school, but thinking,
on inquiry, that he did not make sufficient pro-
gress in his learning, Mr. Allsopp removed him, and
placed him at another school in the same district. This
was the only thing which occurred to Mr. Allsop as
was likely to have produced any irritation in the mind
of Mr. Jervis, for with him Mr. Allsopp had never
had conversation or communication whatever. The
verses were headed " The Marquis of Strichnine."
This was in allusion to a report circulated some time
ago that brewers were in the habit of mixing strichnine
with their ale ; but it happened that an analysis was
made of the ale brewed by Mr. Allsopp by several emi-
nent chemists, who found it was quite unadulterated,
and the consequence was that his business had ever
since very much increased. The learned counsel then
read the libel, which consisted of some well-written
verses, holding up " The Marquis of Strichnine". to
ridicule as a game-preserving and exacting landlord,
hinting how a doleful tale could be related of a man
who had been shot ; and adding—
" But no, let it rest, securely profound,
The silenced witness is safe underground."

The verses then went on to compare "the marquis" to
Legree, in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and to suggest that the
best thing he could do was to immolate himself by fas-
tening the noose which should complete his own de-
struction.

Lord Campbell—flow is the publication of the lael
by the person against whom you apply brought forward
on the affidavits ?

Sir F. Thesiger—By the admission of the party him
self that he was the author.
Lord Campbell —Take a rule.

ACCIDENTS ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—On Saturday a fatal accident occurred to
William Wallace, a plate-layer in the employ of the
London and South Western Company. Wallace was
engaged with other men at his vocation, between the
Waterloo-road and Vauxhall terminus, when the 9.45
train was approaching, from Windsor. The driver of
the engine blew his whistle and shut off the steam, and
his mates called to him, but it is believed he became
confused. He was knocked down and the train passed
over him, cutting his body in half, and severing his legs
from his body, which was conveyed to the vault of St.
John's Church to await an inquest. The second
accident occurred at Wandsworth to a passenger
named Bumby, who lived in the High-street. The
11.20 down traiu from Waterloo road had arrived at
Wandsworth, and, whilst it was still in motion, Mr.
Bumby imprudently jumped out. He slipped between
the carriage and the platform, and the last carriage
passed over his left thigh, causing a compound fracture
of the limb and frightfully lacerating it. Medical aid
was promptly procured, but the sufferer lies in a very
precarious state.