The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-14 00:00:00

thank God, my heart is true to the principle of free-
dom and liberty—the freedom of all, for all, and
through all—(Cheers)—and while inspired by these
sentiments my head and my heart will be ready at all
times to give effect to those principles which are the
very root of my life.
Kossuth sat down amidst long-continued cheering
and waving of hats.
At the conclusion of the meeting three hearty
cheers were given for Mr. Andrews, the mayor of
Southampton, and Madame Kossuth; and three as
hearty groans for the Times.
Lord DUDLEY STUART reminded the meeting
that the Polish and Hungarian ball was to be held
that night, and called on the ladies to show their
sympathy for the exiles by thronging to the Guild-
hall.—(Cheers.)
The meeting then separated.

THE JUDGE OF THE LIVERPOOL
COUNTY COURT.
PRESTON, Nov. 13.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins hav-
ing brought his address on behalf of Mr. Ramshay to
a conclusion this morning, the first witness called was
Mr. John Stewart, a member of the town council
of Liverpool. He was examined by Mr. Sowler, and
deposed that on the sth of September he was at the
County Court, and heard the case of a landlord
against his tenant. The conduct of the Judge ap-
peared to be perfectly proper and courteous. Some
letters were produced, and the Judge expressed a
strong opinion that no evidence could alter the im-
pression that those letters had produced on his mind.
A discassion arose between the Judge and the solici-
tor for the defendant as to calling witnesses, but it
never amounted to a prohibition, and the trial, in wit-
ness's opinion, was conducted in a very patient man-
ner. The Judge asked witness to take a seat on the
bench, but he declined, and after having been there
about an hour he left the court.
Mr. Hosking, estate agent, was present in the
County Court on one or two occasions. The Judge's
bearing seemed to be quite calm and judicial, and his
decisions clear and satisfactory. Witness now had
eight or nine cases in Mr. Ramshay's court. He was
present when the case " Mercer v. Roskell" was
tried. There was no coercion used towards the jury
by Mr. Ramshay, but he put the case before them in
a proper and regular manner.
Mr. Lawrence Green, solicitor, of Liverpool, ex-
amined by Sergeant Wilkins, deposed that in his opi-
nion Mr. Ramshay is a most admirable judge. An
unfavourable impression had been made on witness's
mind, which, however, was removed by his attending
the court and seeing the manner in which the Judge
conducted the business. The only fault he had to find
was that the Judge was too patient, amounting almost
to tediousness.
Mr. William Morris, for thirteen years managing
clerk to Mr. Bullen, solicitor, of Liverpool, is per-
sonally acquainted with Mr. Ramshay. Had fre-
quently been present in his court, and considered his
conduct to be uniformly calm, cool, and dignified.
Several solicitors practising in Liverpool gave si-
milar testimony, and the examination of witnesses
was proceeding when our report was dispatched.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
M. JELLIES'S ANNUAL SERIES of CONCERTS.
The EXHIBITION QUADRILLE— Signor BOTTESINI.
Signor SIVORI.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
PART I.
Overture, Leonora, Beethoven—Quadrille, the St. Leger Day, de-
scriptive of the Great National Races of England, Jullien—S3,m-
phony, tho Andante, from the Symphony in D, Beethoven—Trio,
without accompaniment, from Robert it Diavolo, Meyerbeer, per-
formed on the Cornet-a-Pistons, Trombone, and Ophicleide, by Herr
Kcenlg, Signor CiofP., and M. Prospere—Solo, Pianoforte, a grand
Fantasia (Billet), performed by Mons. Billet on Erard's Grand
Pianoforte, to which was awarded the Council Medal at the Great
Exhibition, and of which M. Jullien has become the purchaser—
Valse, La Prima Donna, Jullien, composed for the Court Balls—Solo,
Contra-basso, Paganini's celebrated Thema mid Variations, Le Car.
naval do Venise, Paganini, performed by Signor Bottesini—Qua•
drille, the Great Exhibition Quadrille, Jullien, founded on the Great
Exhibition of 11151.

Chenina gint
LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1851.

REJECTION of the MINISTERIAL
ELECTORAL BILL BY THE FRENCH
ASSEMBLY.

At nine o'clock last evening the French Legisla-
tive Assembly rejected, by a majority of seven, the
Bill submitted to them by the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public and his Ministers, for the repeal of the Elec-
toral Law of the 31st of May, 1850, and for the
restoration of Universal Suffrage.
This is a defeat, a crushing defeat, alike to the
PRESIDENT and his Ministers, who have been sub-
jected to the insult of having their measure igno-
miniously rejected without even a first reading
accorded to it, and to the Bourbonists and parti•pretre
fractions of the reactionaries, who cannot hope to
maintain by a narrow majority of seven the dis-
franchisement of 3,000,000 of Frenchmen. The
PRESIDENT and his Ministers are defeated, but with
them the law against which they strove is defeated
also. The law is, as we said a few days since,
doomed ; it can never be carried into execution, and to
the Republicans, the only party which throughout
these contests has acted upon high principle,
untainted by sinister motives or personal
ambitions, the victory now remains. This division is,
to all intents and purposes, a great victory for the
Republicans. The division has put the PRESIDENT
and his Ministers effectually hors de combat, and has
destroyed whatever faint chance the PRESIDENT
might have possessed of obtaining a revision of the
Constitution in time to enable him to become, with-
out a violation of the Constitution, a candidate for
re-election. It remains now for the Republica❑
party to secure that which was refused by the As-
sembly to the PRESIDENT—the repeal, namely, of this
Electoral Law, which 348 representatives of the
people have, by their votes, joined with the PRESIDENT
and his Ministry in declaring is a provocation to civil
war. Various opportunities will occur for enabling
them to attain this very desirable object, and thus to
save France from those dangers into which, to serve
their own personal ambition, the different fractions of
the reactionary and anti•national party—viz., the
clerical fraction, the Bonapartist fraction, the L egiti-
matist fraction, and the Burgraves, are each on-
deavouring to plunge her. If 1852 should
pass over quietly in France it will be entirely owing
to the wisdom, prudence, patriotism, and
dignified forbearance of the Republicans ; for
never have any set so strenuously exerted
themselves to provoke outbreak and insur-
rection as that widely organised conspiracy
which, calling itself the party of order, has been
since 1848 assiduously engaged in endeavouring to
throw everything in France into disorder. We,
however, repose the utmost faith in the firmness and
good sense of the Republicans, and doubt not but that
in the course of a very short time they will procure
the formal repeal of that which it is now impossible
ever to carry into effect—the unconstitutional Elec-
toral Law of the 31st May, 1850.

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