The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

LINCOLN RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGR4PII.)

Tame Deer

TRIAL STAKES.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Day.)
THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE.
COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at two o'clock.
Among the peers present were Lord Lyndhurst,
Lord Campbell, Lord Redesdale, Duke of Argyll, Earl
of Derby, Earl Granville, Lord St. Leonard:;, Earl of
Hardwicke, Lord Colchester, Lord Abinger, and Lord
Brougham.
On the motion' of Lord LYNDHURST the House re-
solved itself into a Committee of Privileges, on which
the Lord CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack and took his
seat on the Ministerial side of the House.
Lord REDESDALE then presided.
[LEFT SITTING.]

LA W ITELLIGENCE.—Feb. 11.

EXCtIEQUER COURT.
(B3fore Chief Baron Pollock and a Common Jury.)

ADAMS v. FRANCIS. -
Mr Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Prentice for the defendant.
This was an action brought against the defendant, as
publisher of the A thenceunt, for a libel on the plaintiff,
who is an AMerican author of some reputation,
and who, in his writings, has advocated earnestly
the abolitionist cause contained in that journal
of the 17th February, 1855, imputing to him the
authorship of a novol called "Tit for Tat," or "Ame-
rican Fixings of Ei.glish Humanity," and stating that
the ipladutiff had been irriprisoned in Charleston Gaol,
and that he had published a false report of the proceed-
ings at the dinner given to Americans and English by
Mr. Peabody, alluded to in what is called " the Pea-
body correspondence." The defendant pleaded that the
plaintiff had been imprisoned in Charleston, and that he
did publish the false report in question. The plaintiff ad-
mitted the imprisonment, but alleged that it occurred in
consequence of the part taken by him in assisting the
British Consul in attempting to obtain the release of a
coloured seaman, named 'Manuel Pereira, whom the
authorities at Charleston had imprisoned solely for being
a free negro, and he alleged that the report published by
him was true.

The case, however, did riot proceed, as on Mr. Prentice
expressing, on behalf of the proprietors of the A.the-
na3urn, their apology and regret for any pain they might
have occasioned to the plaintiff by the publication in
question, and withdrawing all justification of the libel,
the plaintiff consented to accept a verdict for 40s. dam-
ages, on thedefendant paying the costs as between attor-
ney and client. The verdict was accordingly entered
for the plaintiff on these terms.

ARRIVAL OF THE COURT AT BUCKING
HAM PALACE.

The Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle at
four o'clock yesterday afternoon. accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred,
the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince
Arthur, and Prince Leoold.
A special train conveyed the royal party to the Pad-
dington terminus, from whence they proceeded in seven
of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a party of the 3d
Light Dragoons, to Buckingham Palace, where the
Queen and Prince arrived at five minutes beforo five
o'clock.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.
Yesterday being the lath anniversary of her Majesty's
wedding day, the bells of St. George's and St. John's
Churches were merrily rang in honour of the day.

The bands of the Ist Grenadier Guards and Ist Life
Guards assembled on the terrace in the afternoon and
performed Mendelssolin's. ‘` Wedding March" beneath
the window of the royal sitting room, at which her Ma-
jesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal
children made their appearance.
To•day royal salutes were fired from the corporation
ordnance in the Bachelors'-acre, at Fort Belvidere, and
from the Royal Adelaide frigate on Virginia Water.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LosnON, Feb. 12. —Wind this day at noon, S. ;
fresh breeze and equally, with rain.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrived
H.M.S. Lapwing, from Cowes.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Merci-
dita. from Monte Video, for Liverpool. '
MILFORD, Feb. 11.—Several- casks of palm oil and
pieces of wreck, apparently but a very short time in the
water, were passed on that 6th Feb., about 60 miles S. by
W:of Ballycotton.
PLTMOUTH, Fob. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kent,
from London, for Melbourne; Cumberland (s.), Wool-
wich, for the Crimea.

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FEBRUARY 12, 1856