The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

We are without direct news from Florence, but
the French Constitutionnel of yesterday confirms the
report given in the National of the day preceding of
the flight of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY from Flo•
rence to Sienna in consequence of an emeute, and the
Constitutionnel adds that in conscquenew of the ex-
tension of the emeute to Siennira, the GRAND DUKE
had been forced to quit that city and take refuge in
Piombino.

At Rome there was a large meeting held in the
Theatre Tortmono on the 3d. Loud cries were
raised in favour of a republic.
The emeute of the 29th at Naples is now con-
sidered to have been an affair " got up " by the
police, for the purpose of giving the Government an
excuse for occupying Naples with troops during t'he
time the Chambers are sitting.
Ii Tempo, of January 31, gives the following ver-
sion of the proceedings on the 29th :—" About four
in the afternoon there was observed in the Marine-
street an assemblage composed of the inhabitants
of the different quarters of the capital, but this
assemblage dispersed as soon as the patrols of
the garrison and the police) appeared, and the
streets were soon nearly cleared. Nevertheless,
some groups re-assembled in the vicinity of
Toledo-street. These groups were in turn dispersed
by the patrol, who in some instances fired over the
heads of the people as they retreated. Order was
then re-established without any damage being sus-
tained."

La Liberia says the people showed no disposition
to disorder, only crying out for the Constituent
Assembly; but some stones having been thrown, the
police fired over their heads, without having the effect
of dispersing them ; and the troops having commanded
them three times to disperse, the cavalry then charged,
whereupon the people shouted " Long live the cavalry,
our brothers," on hearing which the cavalry sheathed
their swords, and calm was re-established.
The Chambers were opened at Naples on the Ist
with order and tranquillity.
The Corriere Mercantile, of the 6th instant, says
the Consul-General of England, in Genoa, has called
on the Genoa Gazette to contradict the report that
the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, after a long and confi-
dential conference with the Ambassadors of France
and England, had given his adhesion to the Italian
Constituent. On the contrary, the Minister of Eng-
land, Sir G. HAMILTON, Says that the GRAND DUKE, in
giving his adhesion, put himself in direct opposition to
the advice of the English Minister.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAB'.)
The House sat again to-day to hear Scotch appeals
The Lord Chancellor presided.

CRAIG V. DUFFEY AND OTHERS.

The argun3eJai;:tl;is appeal, which were commenced
yesterday, were resumed this morning, and occupied their
Lordships the whole day. The case (as we stated yes.-
terday) came before their Lordships upon appeal from
the Court of Session in Scotland. The appellant repre-
sented the London, Leic h, and Edinburgh Steam Packet
Company, and the defendants were steam engine-makers.
The sole question between the parties was whether the
company had a right to recover more than a limited
amount of damages for the construction of a steam-engine,
which had been put on board one of the company's boats,
and could not be worked.

Mr. Bethel', with whom was Mr. Gordon, appeared
for the appellant; and Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. An-
derson were counsel for the respondents.

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lords forming the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council sat again to-day in the Council Chamber,
Whitehall, to hear appeals, but no case of interest came
before their Lordships in the course of the morning.

VICE-CHAN CERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
DUNSTON V. DUNSTON.
The argumenis in this case, which came before his
ti-nour upon further direeth.ris and coils, occupied Ihe
Court the whole morning. Th e case is totally devoid of
interest, except to the parties concerned.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
DUNCAN V. LUNTLEY.
The further arguments in this past heard case, which
came before the Court upon demurrer, occupied his
Honour the vs hole day.

(Before the Vice. Chancellor MORAN )
SMITH f, (APRON.—JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, which
was argued before him yesterday, upon a demurrer put in
to a bill filed for the specific performance of an agree-
ment to take an assignment of the lease of a house in
Great Ormond-street, which, in 1845, had been grante d
to a Mr. Wakefield by Lord Montesele and Lady Lucy
Standish. The lease had subsequently been assigned by
Wakefield to Mr. Smith, who had subsequently agreed
to assign it to Mr. Capron, who, it was alleged, refused
to accept the lease, upon the ground that the written con-
sent of Lord Monteagle, the surviving lessor, had not
been obtained, which written consent was specifically
required by the original lease.
The point upon which the demurrer turned was, as to
to the sufficiency of the statement in the bill, as to the
consent in writing having been obtained from the sur-
viving lessor, it being argued by the counsel in support
of the bill, that, at all events, enough appeared upon the
face of it to justify the Court in sending the case to the
Master upon the question of title.
His HONOUR, atter going shortly into the case, stated
his opinion to be, that the demurrer could not be sus-
tained, and ordered it to be overruled with costs.'
Mr. Schomberg was counsel in support of the de-
murrer, and Mr. Wood and Mr. Southgall were in de-
fence of the bill.

The Court then proceeded to hear causes and further
directions.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(1111IS DAY.)
(Sittingi at Westminster, before Mr. Justice ERLE and
a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. TURNER.
This was a prosecution, at the instance of a gentle-
man named William Stevens Merewether, against a Mr.
John Turner, for the commission of wilful and corrupt
perjury committed in an affidavit sworn by him in this
Court some time ago. The defendant is the brother of
a Mr. John Turner, a gentleman of considerable pro-
perty, who died in 1829, at the age of 76. Ho had
been twice married—the second time to a lady who had
acted as governess to his former wife. She, however,
died a few months before him. For three years before
his death be had been in ill health, particularly so clue-
ing the last year. Mr. John Turner, the defendant, a
Mr. Ilornb!0 A., and linother gentleman, wore the execu-
tors of the deceased gentleman. Shortly before his
death the prosecutor, who was examined at consider-
able length, accused Air. Turner and Mr. Hornblow
with having obtained the deceased gentleman's signa-
ture to cheques in the middle of the night. This,
it seemed, they did not deny ; but they
added, that no injury should result from this,
as all save two had been destroyed in the presence of
several respectable parties, and that the two had been
used for a necessary purpose, the defendant saying that
it was well they were signed, as his brother was in such
a state that he would never bee able to sign his name
again—meaning that he was in an imbecile state. Dif-
ferences arose between the executors and the other mem-
bers of the family, which led to protracted proceedings
in Chancery, and consequently much ill-feeling. Aftir
some decision had been come to in these Chancery pro-
cee .ings, a pamphlet was published and circulated,
purporting to have been written by a barrister, detailing
the nature of the suit, and containing some strong ob-
servations with respect to the conduct of Mr. Turner, for
which he applied for a rule calling upon the prosecutor's
son, the writer of the pamphlet, to show cause why a
criminal information should not be filed against him.
The alleged perjury was held to have been committed in
the affidavit of Mr. Turner sworn in this court, as pre-
liminary to the application for the rule.
A large number ~xf witnesses have been examined on
both sides, and the case is likely to be a most protracted
one.

EXCHE(QuE R.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Arius at Westminster, before the CHIE7
BA uoN and a Special Jury.)
WAKLEY v. COOKE.
The trial oC this case, which was brought by the
praintiff, the Urironi,r for Middlesex, to recover compen-
sation in (hr.) ages for the publication of libels in the
Medical 7 was resumed this morning.
Mr. Serge ant WiLikiris addressed the jury on the part
of the defer idant, earnestly soliciting their most serious
attention to the observations which he had to address to
them—not, merely for his own sake, for he was entitled
to little ,:cinsideration—not merely for the sake of his
client, but for the sake of the interests necessarily con-
nected With the case, which for magnitude, and in im-
portancti, had of late had no parallel. lle did not in•
tend to imitste the example of the Attorney-General in
ceridu, sting the defence. It mattered little to him whe
ther Healy was accused of being an ignorant and
half. educated man, a stupid lawyer, or a person reduced
to t I le lowest depths of poverty, except so far as such
acct iaation tended to show that the plaintiff had infused
into this action a portion of his own malignant spirit
disposition. Was a man's poverty to be held up
there as a reproach upon his character? In order to
show that he was no ignorant, half educated man, he
wotild refer to passages and sentences in the articles
noYl' before tho Cyurt, which bir. W§kleY glighc d 9