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letter had been opened by the plaintiff, but that he had
suffered it to be taken away so as to prevent its coming
to the knowledge of the proprietors. The question as
to whether the plaintiff had so acted improperly was for
the jury to determine. They were to consider whether

it wits not a report of a case which would not have been
published unless it had interested some person connected
with the paper. Supposing it should be considered one
fit fur publication, then was the report a garbled and
unfair report? His Lordship said that it did not appear
to him to be an unfair account of the proceeding= as
Abridged. The jury were directed to say whether, in
the language of the second plea, there was reasonable
cause for dismissing the plaintiff, and whether, in the
language of the third plea, the matters therein alleged
had beensubstantially proved. His Lordship also wished
the jury to say whether in their opinion the report as
published was a garbled one or not, in order to assist the
Court in case of its being necessary to go before it here-
After on the pleadings. With respect to the damages,
the plaintiff was entitled to be indemnified for his loss if
the defendants had not made out a reasonable ground
for the dismissal.
The jury having retired for an hour andtwentrfive
minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
5001., and stated that they found the report was not a
garbled report.

OTAHEITE, ETC.
The following are papers relating to Otaheite, and to
the Leeward, or Society Islands, in the Pacific (just
presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of
her Majesty):—
VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO COUNT ST. AULAIRE.

Foreign-office, Jan. 20.
M. l'Ambassadeur,--With reference to the verbal
communications which I have had with your Excellency
upon the affairs of Otaheite, I have the honour to state
to your Excellency that I have received from almost
every part of Great Britain the most numerous and
earnest representations, requesting her Majesty's Go-
vernment to obtain from that of France permission that
such of the people of Otaheite as may wish to withdraw
from the island and to remove and settle elsewhere may
do so without molestation ; carrying with them of course
any moveable property which they may possess, or being
allowed to dispose of that or any other property which
they may have in the island, if they wish to do so.
Her Majesty's Government cannot imagine that the
Government of France can have any objection to con-
sent to this request, a compliance with which will afford
very great satisfaction to a large portion of the British
nation, while, at the same time, it would probably put
an end to local differences and contests which must be
more or less embarrassing to the Government of France.
It will afford her Majesty's Government great plea-
sure if your Excellency can enable me to state to the
memorialists that the above-mentioned permission will
be granted by the French Government to the people of
Otaheite.—l am, &c.,

(Signed) PALMERSTON.
COUNT ST. AULAIRE TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
(Trans!ation.)
London, Feb, 1.

The undersigned, &c., has received the note which his
Excellency Viscount Palmerston, &c., addressed to him
on the 20th of January last, and in which he expressed
a desire to learn whether such of the inhabitants of
Otaheite as might wish to quit that island, in order to
establish themselves elsewhere, would be allowed to
depart therefrom without opposition on the part of the
local authorities.
The undersigned is enabled to announce to his Excel-
lency Viscount Palmerston, that as long ago as the 2d
of December last, the Minister of the Marine and Colo-
nies wrote to the Governor of the French establishments
of Oceania, instructing him to offer no obstacle to the
emigration to the islands of the north-west of such of
the natives of Otaheite as might desire to depart from
that island, with the view of withdrawing from the
authority of the Protectorate.
The undersigned therefore congratulates himself on
having to communicate to his Excellency Lord Palmer-
ston a decision which will be satisfactory to him, and in
which his Excellency will see a new proof of the mode-
ration and of the spirit of conciliation which the Govern-
ment of the King will always manifest in its relations
with the natives of Otaheite.—He avails, &c.,
(Signed) ST. AUL AIRE.
DECLARATION OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND FRANCE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE INDE-
PENDENCE OF THE ISLANDS OF }WAHINE, RAIATE 1,
BORABORA, AND OF THE SMALL ISLANDS ADJACENT

THERETO.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of
the French, being desirous of removing a cause of dis-
cussion between their respective Governments, relative
to the islands in the Pacific Ocean which are hereinafter
designated, have thought proper reciprocally to engage:
1. Formally to acknowledge the independence of the
Islands of Huabine, Raiatea, and Borabora (to the lee-
ward of Otaheite), and of the small islands adjacent to
and dependent upon those islands.
2. Never to take possession of the said islands, nor of
any one or more of them, either absolutely, or under the
title of a protectorate, or in any other form whatever.
3. Never to acknowledge that a chief or prince reign-

ing in Otaheite can at the same time reign in any one or
more of the other islands abovementioned; nor, on the
other hand, that a chief or prince reigning in any one or
more of those other islands can reign at the same time
in Otaheite ; the re2iprocal independence of the islands
abovementioned, and of the island of Otaheite and its
dependencies, being established as a principle.
The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Minister
Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French
at the Court of London, being furnished with the neces-
sary powers, hereby declare, in consequence, that their
said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the
present declaration, and hare affixed thereto the seals of
their arms.
Done in duplicate at London, the nineteenth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-seven.

(LS.) PALMERSTON.
(L.S. JARNAC.

THE HERRING TRADE.—Tuultso, JULY I.—We
havo little or nothing to report in the herring trade for
the past fortnight. The quantity of fish in the bay, of
which there were some good appearances a week or two
ago, have disappeared. The fishermen are still prose-
cuting the fishing, but without much success, The few
they are getting are either sold in the to wn or used as
bait for cod. Of the latter the fishermen are some
days getting fair quantities, as many as 100 per boat.
From Wick, we learn that on Thursday morning two
boats had fourteen crans of herrings betwixt them—one
had ten and the other four crans.—Caithness Chronicle.

JENNY LIND.—The prevailing enthusiasm regard-
ing the Sweedish nightingale has already begun to mani-
fest itself in this quarter. We are informed that from
one town in the neighbourhood application has been
made for no less than 200 guinea tickets of admission to
the Music-hall on the night of her performance here,
and from various other quarters the demand has been
nearly as great. In Manchester tickets for Mdlle.
Lind's performances there have been selling at from half
a guinea to a guinea and a half ; and will doubtless in-
crease in value as it draws nearer the time of her ap-
pearance.—Scotsman.
IMPORTS or GRAlN.—During the week beginning
on Thursday, June 25, and ending Thursday, July 1,
no less than 25,362 quarters of grain were imported into
Leith. We alluded to this large importation in our last,
but from want of room were then unable to give parti-
culars. Of this quantity, there were 4,6821 quarters
of wheat, 3,892 quarters of barley, 16,211 quarters of
oats, and 5701 of pease. The following are the vessels
by which these large supplies arrived : Anna, 546
quarters wheat ; Mary, 635 ditto ; Rebecca, 920
ditto ; Wihelmine, 270 ditto ; John and Jean,
367 ditto ; Posiedon, 411 ditto ; De Jonge Klaas,
, 307 ditto ; Lady Duff, 740 ditto ; De Vrow Antje,
486 ditto. Victoria, 875 barley ; Scotch Lassie, 974
ditto ; Arab, 755 ditto ; Wanderer, 1,020 ditto ; Sylph,
101 ditto; Wilhelmine, 167 ditto. Hesperus, 1,500 oats;
Five Sodskende, M 8 ditto ; Stirlingshire, 1,400 ditto ;
Elizabeth and Mary, 700 ditto ; Robert Nicol, 1.661
ditto ; Minerva, 270 ditto ; Friendsbury, 575'1 ditto ;
Helena, 1,300 ditto ; Wanderer, 250 ditto ; Centurion,
1,800 ditto ; Margaret Scott, 1,312 ditto ; Edward, 1,177
ditto ; Sylph, 1,000 ditto ; John Black, 1,670 ditto ;
Wilhelmine, 84 ditto ; Dart, 1,000 ditto. Stirlingshire,
280 pease ; Victoria, 14 ditto ; Minerva, 54,i ditto ;
Friendsbury, 16 ditto ; John and Jean, 145 ditto ;
Conside (s), 61 do. There have also arrived 70 tons
Norwegian potatoes by the Phoenix from Drontheim.
There have also been considerable arrivals of grain, &c.,
into other ports in the Firth, and on the east coast,
chiefly from Riga.—Scotsman.
I FEARFUL OCCURRENCE IN LONG-ACRE.—Yester-
day morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a most
fearful accident occurred at the corner of Endell-street,

Long-acre, by which four persons had a very narrow
escape of their lives, and, as it is, one of the individuals
has sustained such serious injuries as to render his re-
covery extremely dubious. It seems that at the above
period a number of workmen were employed in pulling
down the old wall of a building, when the foundation
suddenly gave way, and four of the labourers being at
the time beneath, were completely buried under the
bricks and rubbish. Owing to the active assistance
afforded, three of the poor fellows, namely, Murphy,
Junes, and Johnson, were soon extricated, but not before
they had each received considerable injuries, though
happily not such as to cause any serious apprehensions.
it is, however, to be regretted that Timothy Sullivan.
aged 25, was removed in a horribly mutilated state. On
being taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, he was placed
under Mr. Young, the resident medical officer, who dis-
covered that he had sustained a fracture of the right
clavicle, a dislocation of the collar bone, a compound
fracture of the left leg, and other dangerous wounds. lie
remains in a most distressing condition.
We state, from undoubted authority, that Mr. C.
Carus Wilson has abandoned his lung suit, in the Court
of Exchequer, wherein he claimed 3001. a damages from
Mr. J. Kandish, governor of the public gaol of this
island, for false imprisonment.—Jersey Times.h
Bishop
A person reading in a newspap that the
of London had refused to grant a license
htoat
h.e i
was not
chapel on the river Thames, cried out
at all surprised at his f.ordship's refusal'
tfor," says he, '
" the chapel does not float in his see.'
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. Yesterday evening
a special court of governors was held in the hospital, at
Brampton, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the following resolution of the committee of manage-
ment:—That in grateful acknowledgement of the inte-
rest and support received by the charity, at the late an-
niversary
festival, the. committee were of opinion that the
heneii ts of the institT.,l .; should bs. immediately extended
to a larger number c , .I".:llr,rd P Cotton, Esq
M.D., in the chair. The resolution was carried unani-
mously; and some other business having been disposed
of, giveting separated.