The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Noticing a leading article in this evening's
Sun upon " Intramural Burials," would you allow
me to state that my shops overlook the burial-
ground of St. Martin's parish, situated in Drury-
lane, and that we are daily witnesses of the dis-
graceful and disgusting way the graves are dug,
and sufferers from the offensive smell arising from
the dampness of the ground • so much so, that
some of my men have been ill, and it has obliged
me to have my lower floor taken up and lime
thrown in. There were two funerals on Sun-
day, and one yesterday, and every foot of
the ground has to be probed before a depth of
three feet can be found to dig the hole. I
have applied to the Board of Health to
see if they had any power to compel its being
closed after the last Act of Parliament, and have
received an official reply that they have not, and
that my only remedy (if any) was in applying to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
I have done so ' • but, after your article of to-day,
am afraid it is hopeless. The top of the graveyard
is upwards of six feet above the level of the kerb-
stone, which I think will fairly prove whatever
could be said of it.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

ALFRED TARRANT.
4, Little Rus.sell-street, Covent-garden,
January 25, 1853.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.—BARDISTERS-AT-LAW, JAN. 27.
The under-mentioned gentlemen were yesterday called
to the degree of Barristers-at-Law by the Hon. Society
of the Middle Temple, and they were sworn in the Mid-
dle Temple Hall before dinner :—Edward Godman Kirk-
patrick, Esq., 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; Wil-
frid Huddlestone Simpson, Esq., 8.A., St. John's
College, Cambridge ; Charles Smith, Esq., 8.A., St.
John's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Martin Leake,
Esq., 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; William
Talfourd Salter, Esq. ; Albany Fonblanque, Esq. ;
Owen Saunders Wilson, Esq. ; James Henry Patteson,
Esq., 8.A., Baliol College, Oxford ; James Maurice,
Esq. ; John Thornley, Esq., 8.A., University of Lon-
don ; John William Grigg, Esq. ; Edmund Macrory,
Esq., 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; Thomas M'En-
teer, Esq. ; Robert Orridge, Esq. ; John Price, Esq, ;
Edward William Hornby, Esq. ; Henry Stephen Hans-
sler, Esq. ; Boswell Hensman, Esq., Gray's Inn Prize-
man ; Roger Gadsden, Esq. ; and George Pringle, Esq.
LINCOLN'S-INN, JAN. 26, 1853.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barris-
ter-at-law, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz.:—
Henry Bonham Carter, Esq., George Norman Maule,
Esq., and Elphinstone Barchard, Esq.

GRAY'S-INN, JAN. 26.—At a Pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Leonard Hill,
Gent,. Esq., was called to the degree of barrister-at-law.
The United States Mail steamer Atlantic, West, com-
mander, sailed from Liverpool yesterday morning, with
55 passengers, and a full cargo on board.
Bun/o/T.—The next published bank account of bul-
lion will show an increase.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JANUARY, 1853.—Informa-
tion having been received that, in consequence of a con-
vention which exists between the Government of the
United States and that of the Sandwich Islands, mails
for the latter place can be forwarded with facility from
San Francisco, in future all letters and newspapers ad-
dressed to the Sandwich Islands, unless the address shall
specify that they are to be forwarded by any other route,
will be sent from this country vie/ Panama, in the closed
mails for San Francisco made up on each dispatch of the
West India mail. Letters for the Sandwich Islands
will be liable to a postage for the conveyance as far as
San Francisco of 2s. 4d., when not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, a,41 so on according to the scale for
charging inland letters ; and newspapers will be liable to
a postage of 2d. each. The postage upon both letters
and newspapers must be paid in advance.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE,
JANUARY, 1853.—Minor Money Order-offies will be
opened at 13allifnline, County Mayo, served from Tuam,
and at Pettigo, County Donegal, served from Enniskillen,
on the Ist February.
CAPE MAIL STEAMERS. —The General Screw Com.

pany's mail steamer, Hydaspes, left Southampton Docks
yesterday at 2, p.m., for the Cape of Good Hope and
India. She took out a large number of passengers,
and a considerable cargo. Amongst the latter were
about 500 bottles of quicksilver, and specie to the
value of 20,001. She also took out a number of
fine specimens of sheep, which are intended for the
Cape of Good Hope for breeding purposes. The Hy-
daspes will call at Plymouth for her mails. She is the
first of the General Screw Company's steamers which
has taken her depgrture from Southampton, and excited
a great deal of interest. Southampton dock has been like
a fair for the last two days, in consequence of the bustle
arising from the loading of the emigrant ships and the
Hydaspes and the arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, another
of the General Screw Company's steamers, from India
and the Cape of Good Hope. The Lady Jocelyn brought
home as part of her crew a number of Lascars and
African sailors. The latter have never been seen at the
port of Southampton before, and have excited some
curiosity. They are picked up it appears at Calcutta,
where they are nick-named Leedees. They come from
the north-eastern coast of Africa, and look like a cross
between the Arab and the Negro. Several of them were
seen elevated with drink yesterday, and dancing gro-
tesquely in the streets. Their chief or quarter-master is
a fine tall fellow. They live on rice and fish like the
Lascars, but they are not quite so particular as to their
diet as the latter. They are stronger than the Lascars,
but not so docile.
IRREGULARITY OP THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Great
complaints are made by the merchants in the city at the
constant delays in the transmission of the mails to Aus-
tralia, Victoria, Sydney, New South Wales, Van
Diemen's Land, the Cape of Good Hope, India, the
Western Coast of Africa, &c., by the new system of
mail steam-packets, as not an instance has yet occurred
but they have been detained at Plymouth, in conse-
quence of the derangement of the machinery, or some
accident, which has not only been a delay in the trans-
mission of the letters, but a great inconvenience and
annoyance to the passengers, who expected they would
sail punctually, as announced, instead of being detained
two or three weeks, and more, in fact. Representations
have been made on the subject to the Right Honourable
Viscount Canning, the new Postmaster-General.
UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The ordi-
nary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in this company
was held yesterday at their offices, 5, Finsbury-circus ;
Mr. Maellop presiding. From the report, which was
read by the secretary, it appeared that since the last
half-yearly meeting the company had received a consign-
ment of 20,000 dollars, which, with the other proceeds
of the mines, enabled the directors to declare a dividend
of 4s. per share, leaving about 5,0001. as a rest to meet
contingencies. They had received the most encouraging
reports of the Jesu Maria and Trinidad mines from their
local commissioner, Captain Farrel, and there was every
prospect of their increasing in value. They had relin-
quished the Rayas mine, and had received on account
of its debt 13,099 dols., and there still remained due
223,883 dols. The Aldanha mine was still unlet, and
owed a debt of 101,656 dols. Quicksilver was
rising in price, and one of the company's Haciendas
had recently been let at a rent of 1,000 dols. By the
financial statement it appeared that the assets, Exchequer
Bills, &c., amounted to 14,514/. 11s. 4d., being a surplus
of 9,1191. 18s. 10d., to which must be added the 4,000/.
received by the last packet. The dividend would absorb
8,6001., and the balance would constitute the usual rest.
—The Chairman, in answer to one or two questions,
stated that the part of Mexico in which their mines
were situated was peculiarly tranquil, and that an ini-
quitous claim which had been 'set up against them was
likely to be compromised on easy terms. The resolution
declaring the dividend, and one of thanks to the chair-
man and directors, were unanimously passed, and the
proceedings terminated.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The first experiment of per-
forming the pantomime in the afternoon, for the advan-
tage of the juvenile portion of the population, proved so
successful that another performance took place yesterday.
The grandchildren of the late King Louis Philippe were
among the audience, and occupied the Royal box. So
numerous were the spectators on this occasion, that
there is every reason to look forward to a third enter-
tainment of the sort.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. -- The standing
orders have been declared complied with in the case of
this company's bill. It appeared from the proceedings
before the examiners that the sum of 400,000/. had been
subscribed for the purchase of the estate at Sydenham
of 350 acres, on which was being erected the Great Ex-
hibition building of 1851, with parks, conservatories,
museums for illustration of the arts, sciences, manufac-
tures, and recreation of the people. The present roads
were inconvenient, the estate being intersected by one a
bridle-way, called Thicket's-lane, in bad repair and little
used, the other being part of a public carriage-way
called Penge-road, leading from Penge to Dulwich,
steep and inconvenient, and both roads interfering mate-
rially with the designs for the pleasure grounds and gar-
dens. The company propose, at their own expense, to
substitute better and more commodious roads, to widen
the Norwood and Sydenham-road, and purchase Dulwich
Wood with the consent of.the "Master, Wardens, Fel-
lows, Brethren, Sisters, and Scholars of the College of
God's Gift in Dulwich." The cost of diverting Thicket's-
lane and Penge-road, and widening the Norwood and
Sydenham-road, including purchase
of property and
contingencies, is 17,3201.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLoca.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American
and 1000 Egyptialt were taken on speculation. The
market closed with an upward tendency. The
sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Bahia at 6d.
to 6id., 1,500 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., 500 Surat
at nd. to 4ad., and 30 Sea Island at is. 7d. to
2s. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer.
The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. Bd. per
quarter, and the last week's sales were 114,972
quarters. _ _

- The letters by the steamer Asia, from the United
States, are interesting in one or two points which,
hereafter at least, will engage particular attention.
The question of a supply of food to our Australian
Colonies is invested with great importance if we
are to credit one half of what appears in
the local journals, and parties writing over
even express strong apprehensions of famine.
Strictly speaking, there can scarcely in a country
like Australia be a famine, and the nu-
merous flocks and herds afford a resource, if not
an agreeable substitute, for the staff of life. The
reliance, however, appears to be on supplies from
America, and it is a singular circumstance that
in California there is a scarcity, and prices rule
very high. It will be unfortunate if the United
States should be unable to meet the requirements
of the colonies, and will be strong evidence of the
non-existence of such large stocks of grain as
were reported to be held. One can scarcely
believe, however, that, after the excellent
harvest of last year, a surplus is not
available in the United States, and, consequently,
we must not relinquish the hope. The second
matter deserving notice is, that the Asia brings
200,000 dollars in specie, and that there is an
idea we shall now have steady arrivals of the
precious metal. The export of goods we
.have
made to the United States may not establish a
balance of trade in our favour, but there have been
shipments to California for which we must be ex-
pecting returns, and the gold companies formed
here ought to receive dividends either by way of
New York or Panama.

The English Securities have been quiet, but are
firm, and as it is now asserted that instead of a de-
crease there will be a considerable increase in the
Bank of England return to be published to-mor-
row, under the item " bullion." Some of the Austra-
lian gold havingbeen paid in, buyers have more con-
fidence. Consols bring 99k for Transfer, and 99
k for Account. The New 3f per Cents. have been
1031 I, and the 3 per Cents. 100 k to A. Bank Stock
has been well supported at 227' ; East India Stock is
at 270 to 272. Exchequer s are marked 57s to
61s, and India Bonds are 67s to 71s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been without any great
change. Mexican continue heavy at 22i to 23.
Grenada Deferred Bonds are at 11i to 11-. Equador
Stock is at 5 . Buenos Ayres Bonds are at 65k.
Spanish Thy - ) per Cents. have been 461. to 47, and
the Deferred 22H. The Swedish Loan is 1/ dis-
count, and the Turkish k discount. Dutch 4 per
Cents. have been 97i to
The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under

Great Wes tern

North Western..

South Western .

1853. 1852.
17,373 14,973

Brighton
Midland
South Eastern

43,711 38,925

9.,777

8,766

8,603 7,754
21,805 20,182
12,181 10,062

Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,527 15,302
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick 14,286 13,868

The Railway Share Market has been rather
firmer, and the settlement shows a Bear account.
The " continuation" is very small comparatively.
East Lancashire have started up considerably.
French Shares are very dull, but not lower.
The Gold Mine Market is firm, but not brisk.
Australian Agricultural have advanced 51. to 101.
Messrs. Tredinnick and Co. give the following
report on English mines :
"Devon Great Consols yielded a profit of 9,7281. in
dividends during the past week, upon the two months'
workings, which, upon 1,0241. original outlay, gives a
per tentage of 5,700 per cent., and upon the current
price of shares, 430,0801., 14-15 per cent. per annum,
with every prospect of an increase. Numerous other
instances may be enumerated of like advantages, but our
space at present prevents reference thereto.
"At the sale of copper ore at Truro, on Thursday
last, the standard was 1521. 65., and the produce 7.1,
which was an advance of 20 on the corresponding sale
last month. It is a fact which probably the public
are unacquainted with, that 21. 15s. per ton is de-
ducted from the price of copper ores for return-
ing charges by the smelters : so that if the standard
be 100, and the produce 7, the price would be 41. 14s.
received by the miner ; whilst if the standard was 1521.
6s. at the same produce, the price would be 81. lls. per
ton—so that the practical result to the miner is, with
the same cost of production, he receives 31. 19s. per ton
advance profit on his ore, or equivalent to 75 per cent.
on what he would obtain less than twelve months ago.
" During the past week more than the usual amount
of business has been done, especially in dividend stock,
the progressive mines, which the rise in price of metals
causes to pay cost, and which promise dividends shortly,
have also been in request ; whilst others of a more spe-
culative character, but having capital subscribed to de-
velope them are also in demand • and on the whole we
consider the market to poz,sess a ;one and character con-
sistent with its increased importance, and the enlight-
ened appreciation of the public of this description of
national investment."

The Annual Supplement to the Tithe Commuta-
tion Tables has been completed by Mr. Charles M.
Willich, and shows at sight the corn rent, in
bushels, of wheat, &c. The following we epitomise
from the fuller statement, as being the average
prices for seven years :

To Christmas 1835

Value of Tithe
Rent Charge
of £lOO.
.. £lOO 0 0

To Christmas 1836 9B 13 9/
To Christmas 1837 97 7 11
To Christmas 1838 95 7 9
To Christmas 1839 9B 15 91
To Christmas 1840 lO2 12 5/
To Christmas 1841 lO5 8 24"
To Christmas 1842
To Christmas 1843 lO4 3 45/
To Christmas 1844 lO3 17 11/
To Christmas 1845 lO2 17 8/
To Christmas 1846 99 18 101
To Christmas 1847 lO2 1 0
To Christmas 1848 lOO 3 7/
To Christmas 1849 9B 16 10
To Christmas 1850 96 11 4/
To Christmas 1851 93 16 11/
To Christmas 1852 9l 13 51

17)1697 19 41

General-average for the last 17 years £99 17 n

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(From the Official List.)
Busine:3 none.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ma 3 4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities 1034 i
Long AnnuitieS, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 6 3-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 4
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO 67
• Ditto, under £lOOO 7l -
Consols for Account 10th February 99i i
Exchequer Bills 12d. March. June.
£lOOO.. 6l 57
£5OO 6l 57
Small 6l 57 _
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4a per Cent
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 6SA
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Equador Bonds si
Mexican 3 per Cent 22
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 94 4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 47 6i
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22a fi
Ditto for the Account 22fi
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 541 5h p •
Swedish Loan li d
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 654
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates....
HALI-PAST TWO.
Consols
Ditto February Account

CONVERSIONS.—The Church of St. John, in Liver-
pool, was on the evening of Tuesday the scene of a most
gratifying and impressive public ceremony—six adult
converts having on that occasion renounced the heresies
of Rome, and declared their adhesion to the Church of
England. The sacred edifice was crowded by a most
attentive audience, including a large number of the hum-
bler class, to which some of the converts apparently
belonged. The evening service having been read by the
Rev. Mr. Matthias, one of the curates, the converts were
ranged around the altar, and the customary questions
addressedto them by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent.
Each of the adults having replied to these queries with-
out any reservation, they were accordingly received into
the communion of the English Church. Eight children
—some belonging to the present converts, and others to
Romanists previously converted—were then, at the ex-
press desire of their parents, likewise received into the
Church.—Chester Courant.

BANKERS' CLERKS.—Messrs. Glyn have given their
clerks an increase of pay, which example has been fol-
lowed by Messrs. Grote, London Joint Stock Bank, and
London and County. Banking Company, no doubt in con-
sequence of so many resignations in the banking circles.
The directors of the Blackwall Railway have also raised
the salaries of their 'Dierks.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.)

EDLISTON Y. COLLINS.

This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor
Turner granting a decree of foreclosure in favour of the
paintiff on a mortgage of 6001., advanced at various
periods, on a copyhold estate in Cambridge, held by
Mrs. Smith, the defendant, during the lifetime of her
former husband, Thomas Collins. It appeared that the
defendant and her former husband had taken the estate
in their own hands, and wishing to cultivate it, had
found it necessary to raise various sums of money,
amounting in all, the plaintiff alleged, to 6001. For this
purpose a surrender of the copyhold was effected, before
the deputy steward of the manor, to Mr. Adcock, a soli-
citor of Cambridge, the real plaintiff in the case, for such
uses as Mr. Collins, the husband, should direct—a form
of proceeding adopted to save the expense of admitting
the husband—and this power was used at various times
to raise money as occasion required. -After the death of
Collins, his wife married again, and on application being
made for repayment of the advance, she refused, alledg-
ing that not more than 100./. had been raised on the
security of the estate. A bill, asking for a decree of
foreclosure, was then filed, which, being granted by Vice
Chancellor Turner, an appeal was then carried to the full
court. The defence set up was, first, that the deputy-
steward of the manor, before whom the surrender had
been executed, was a minor at the time, and, therefore,
that all acts done by him, were null and void ; and,
secondly, that Mrs. Smith had been ,imposed on at the
time of the surrender ; that she was not aware of its im-
port, and merely intended by it to give power to receive
100/.

The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, said, with
regard to the first point of the defence, the minority of
the steward, that although Lord Coke had laid
it down as a principle that infants could not be
stewards, yet that must be read with the qualifica-
tion
which he afterwards stated, that whatever things
were performed by a steward, who might be held to be
incompetent by reason of minority, lunacy, outlawry,
excommunication, or any other reason, could not after-
wards be set aside, and that if in appearance they seemed
good, that was sufficient. It was one of those things of
which it might be said, Jeri non debet, factum valet.
Ile (the Lord Chancellor) thought that to set aside the
act of a steward on the ground of such incompetency,
would be introducing difficulties, the amount of which it
would be impossible to calculate ; and he had no hesita-
tion in coming to the conclusion that this legal objection
could not be sustained. With respect to the second
point, he was of opinion that the weight of evidence
went to show, that not only was Mrs. Collins aware of
the nature and extent of the surrender, and of the differ-
ent sums of money borrowed on it, but that she was
inetrumental in borrowing them. The decree below
must, therefore, be sustained.

Lord Justice Turner concurred, intimating an opinion
that the only manner in which the defendant could pro-
perly impeach the surrender, was by filing a cross-bill.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce intimated that he had not
come to a decision on the questions raised in this case,
but finding the majority of the Court had made up their
minds, he had not thought it right to delay the decision.
The judgment of the Court below was therefore
affirmed.

QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice
Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Wightman.)

THE QUEEN V. THE AMBEEGATE RAILWAY COMPANY.-

JUDGMEN r.

This was a writ of mandamus commanding the com-
pany to exercise the compulsory powers conferred upon
them by act of Parliament to purchase land, and to
make a complete line of railway between Ambergate and
another place.

Lord -Campbell, in delivering judgment this morning,
said the Court were of opinion that a sufficient answer
had been given to the mandamus in the return made by
the defendants, which stated the capital the company
was empowered to raise :for making the railway had
never been subscribed for, and that the company had
never been and was not now able to procure the whole
of the said capital. The Court thought the company was
not bound to undertake the works, because it was shown
that without any default on its part, it had never been
in a situation to exercise the powers conferred by
the Legislature. Under those circumstances, judg-
ment on the demurrer to the 12th plea would
be for the defendant. As to the demurrer to the 3d,
11th, and 15th pleas, the Court thought judgment ought
to be entered for the prosecutors. It was unnecessary to
enter at length into these pleas, as the judgment already
given was a bar to the prayer for a peremptory man-
damus.

Judgment accordingly.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-EXPARTE GEO. LEWIS.

The Attorney-General said he was instructed on the
part of Mr. Geo. Lewis, who was secretary to the
Master of the Horse to her Majesty, and superintendent
of the department belonging to that officer, to move for
a rule calling on Mr. Kay Dinsdale, to show cause why
a criminal information should not be filed against him
for publishing a libel on Mr. Lewis. The libel arose
out of circumstances, which he should briefly state,
Mr. Kay Dinsdale carried on the business of a saddler
and harness maker, in Oxford-street, and in the
course of last year he was honoured by the com-
mands of her Majesty to supply to the royal stables a
set of harness for two ponies and two outriders. The
harness was made and delivered, and Mr. Dinsdale sent
in a bill for the articles making a charge of as much as 5851.
It was the duty of Mr.i Lewis, on behalf of the Master of
the Horse, to examine and pass all bills for goods sup-
plied to her Majesty, before they could be paid ; and in
the discharge of that duty, he refused to pass a bill
making a demand of such an extravagant and exorbi-
tant nature, but he wrote to Mr. Dinsdale, proposing
that it should be referred to some competent persons in
the trade, who should look into the matter, and settle
the account, to which he was entitled. When Mr.
Dinsdale received the letter, instead of intimating to Mr.
Lewis that he agreed to the proposal, he called in three
saddlers, and made a statement, favourable to himself,
to them, as to the labour expended on the harness, and
the cost of the materials, and he then wrote to Mr.
Lewis, stating that he had• adopted the course he
had suggested, and that the individuals whose opinions
he had takenhad cut down the amount to 510/. Mr.
Lewis expressed his surprise at this mode of arbitration,
which was not what he contemplated, and again pro-
posed that each party should name an individual to go
through the accounts, and that an umpire should be
called in if necessary. This brought an angry letter for
Mr. Dinsdale, and finding that he could do nothing with
him, Mr. Lewis placed the matter in the hands of
Messrs. Price and Bolton, the solicitors of the Master of
the Horse, in order to bring it to a train of settlement.
It appeared that Mr. Dinsdale had, on his application,
received 1001. on account, for the purpose of paying his
workmens' wages, but this was given without any pre-
judice on the part of Mr. Lewis. On the 4th of Dec.,
he wrote demanding the payment of the balance, and
said if he did not receive it he should be under
the painful necessity of serving a writ on her
Majesty without further notice and that if she
was not liable, he would sue Prince Albert. His
correspondence was altogether of a very hostile cha-
racter, and showed an absence of respectful feeling to-
wards her Majesty and her illustrious Consort. At the
end of another letter to Mr. Lewis, dated the 31st Dec.,
he said, " What a fool you made yourself in sending for
a policeman to take into custody a tradesman of her Ma-
jesty." It seemed that on one occasion he was so offen-
sive in his manner, that Mr. Lewis was under the neces-
sity of sending for a constable, but on that functionary
appearing, he quietly went away. On the first day of
the New Year he wrote again, describing the trans-
action as to his bill as disgraceful and unprincipled,
and saying he supposed Mr. Lewis intended it as a new
way of paying old debts: Mr. Lewis did not complain
of these letters, but another was received, dated the sth
January, which contained the alleged libel, and was one
of the most outrageous and atrocious productions which
had ever been sent from one man to another. It was as
follows :

" Mr: Geo. Lewis,—Yon are the proudest tyrant, and
greatest knave, and most unprincipled fellow I ever met
with. lam sorry I ever condescended to have spoken to
you. Your character is the lowest, and appears to be
generally known. An intimate personal friend of yours
called upon me on Monday, and remarked that he was not
surprised of any action of yours, for you were the greatest
blackguard he ever met with. What a pity it is so respect-
able an office should be filled by so unworthy a wretch.
There is no boy in your stable who does not bear a better
character than you do. You vile scoundrel. Your conduct
may come to the knowledge of your royal mistress, and
general will be the rejoicing if you are turned out of your
situation. Your family I pity.—Your superior,
" KAY DINSDALE."
The learned counsel said he apprehended the Court
would consider this was a very scandalous and outrageous
libel.
Lord Campbell—Take a rule.