The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

THE SUN,

pus,") ent and
ekexh.l). i- , • , iimark,,t,
Comparison of tha Supplies and Prices of
on kn,,, : t ite, anu sold In ~Init one t •
~ f,.!.
1,1,,0ira!,) Sc.D 2, 1650, and this day, Montlyt Li

Per BiLs., to sink the offals
etr, Dec. 2, 1850. Dec. 1,1851.
kontandinferin s. d. s. d. a. d. s. 6.
I', 4 (1414 4 Beasts es, ... 2 4to 2 6 2 4to 'I. 6
prime
ikr,, , ditto
...
...
...
2 8 210 2 8 210
Nrill% See v4en 3 36 3 0 3 6
ts, .., -. ... ... 0
#1,4,4e and nter; ..
'''
" 3 8 3 1 3 8 310
0
Plisi,, 11:1(1141j3' ditto" Sheet)... •
...210 3 2 2 10, 33 8
414510...0t1i
r;„, toarse,.%,_,, .! ...
... 3 4 3 6 3 —4..o;niudeidttoditto .. 3 8 3103 10 4 0
... ..: 4 0 4 2 4 2 4 4
?Li...coarse 61... .. .. ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14,41,:bNa1l city" . ... . 2 8 3 t, 2 8 3 4, iticlogs I-- .. ... ... 3 8 310 3 6 3 l's Porker.; *** • ••• ... 2 8 3 8 2 6
Beasts.. ... ... ... 310 4 2 3 8
4:,0106,
BbeQ,, .. ~, ••• .. ... ... 5,058
ealv±'. nu Lambs .. ... 24,19 a 23,' 30
Job, Pigs" ' .. ... ... ... I'o 191
44,b—mts 0 ~," ... • • • .. 4, 0 43'
biklidl.4o4 ''''ll-, D. 3, 1849. Beasts, 4,567;
to,-* 4, ,8,,„24.170; Calves I 7 • Pigs, 295
18100, `,"-'•— Beasts, 4 UP • Calves,
and Carobs, ' -lio's, 245. . - . -
1114174,111.%418 ar
litlgi, . .8,000 __l. a LIC.A.DrZELALL.
4, nirt, Nor.,, :a c aes of Mrat, chit fly from Scotlli),
Dill, Sp to ~,‘flamptotishire, arid the West of England,
lir's eu oue'e markets last week The
tretft.,, , r here teqy were very extensive; yet a6' nn3iness was transacted, at full prices.
1,1,,tti.._ at per to by the Carcass.
50i1Z0t.„,... i (Ito s. 1. i a. d. to s.^.
\ Ptiq446 ... 20, { Itutton,int.emr,....
32 60 23 106
t111!'.44Z11.. " 210 ! .-----
prime a.
6.
•• 3 8 1:
k/11ilii .. „ (8) 3 Perk ,slmarau ..: :: :: : : 4 310
11-0tv410:..1. r:11:1:t ?ell ar.irD SPITALFIELDS.
..
port lull average time-of-year supplies
ttLies44 ail arrived coastwis and by land carriag,,
11411411; e:_3.ndition. From abroad the imports haved
ittell,frok ~'4 ,80 tons from R.men, 90 sacks a,i, AO flott A notterd
, 4111, 25 bags from Dordt, and .3
tiktlat;'4l4-crdso3. Selected samples move off freely,
,414kittly "ranee in the quo atiods; but low qualities
bIN very little e.„ ton. „ attention. York Regents, 31 isa3nto,
klaqiiki 3, Sc attention. ditto, 2/ 103 co 31 15a; Kent.
_a
. '4l4itt '5l to 41; ditto Shaw's, 3/ to 3/ ss; Lincoln
:th, 4„wtiies,_2l IN to 3/ 104.
lit -kett 4nd —01.°171,,,a riOP retzLILICET;
' ' .11--Iteti t-- 'New Sussex Pockets having become
" 'AU there' prices have advanced from 2s to 3i per
Q 4hdear a. 11, °Ps of the present year's growth ai e
k
~,,„"eket;':l,6l week, with a steady inquiry New
‘,lsst, kid, in 12s to 6/ 12s; New Kent, 618 s to 81;
l? 5110 1111(1 East Kent, 91 to 121; Yearling',
,L ~ I; Old Olds, 1/ lOs to 4/. per cwt.
ft, ;‘):, lea
~ WOOL.
tillOs, 13-Torts into London were 110 bales from
l'i 01,462'rni Havre. 48 from Antwerp, 151 from
,hiti.4444
f 0 from Teganrog. By private contract
BIO,Z fine Englibh Wool is steady, at full
are i . kinds very little is doing, yet holders
kltte ~L 4114
*UO ''' of Pr. ~ ALLOW.
4
,1 9,, ehandl - having
increased
n' L a""i' h . to upwards of
0,41 utititl era In general operate with extreme
Zlemeteks Setetb Past week, the deliveries amount
Aa', a eater' our market to-day is heavy, at a
AV wt- New P. Y. C. on the spot is sell-
-41)to 87.''d 363 per cwt. Town Tallow remains
' Der cwt. Rough fat, 2s ld per 81bs.

for smug!',. 'flfe," and pr or at,sing that bill.' should ba de-
i•: aaating as stakeholder. I
showed his lei ter to D,re=y, and by his advice I
ansyverfd ;1; I tell aim I ai afraid had made a
foalish het, and es to his styes of service, I lac:ousted to
know what he wcs willing to do. The ansvrerl got
from Alleyne slated that it was too good a thing to
allow mutt' of a compromise, and besides which he had
purteel with mut'b •Jl2 Lhe debt to others. All that he
could advise me was for me to pay immediately 6 5001
but. if I chose to pay the whole amount, namely, 7,3001.,
I shauld la,cem: a halt owner of the mare, and also have
half of two matches for 1,000/. each, in which she was
then engaged, tied that I should not be liable at all for
the keep. I showed this letter to Darcey, and asked
him what I should do, end la, advised me, as those two
matches were on al-Ka-date cnisinty, I should be at least
1,0001. bett,r off than if I paid the smaller sum, and he
urged me strongly to ace..de to the proposal. I wrote
to Holder Alle3ne, telling him that'they were very bad
terms he had off,:ied me, but that I had no choice, and
with as little delay as possible I would send un order to
my bankers to pay 7,3001. to him, as well as 601. which
I owed him on another bet. My agents, whom I en-
e,,ged only on this occasion, were Sir John Kirkman
aid Co., and I seat an order for the money on them to
Holder Alleyne, and my account was afterwards
debited with that sum. Up to this time I
had no knowledge or ground to suppose that the
mare was lime, and I supposed the statements made to
me were all :rue. Ultimately, I left the Queen's service,
in Dccemb,r, 1847, and I afterwards got a cadetship, in
November, 1848, in the East India Company's service. I
left Erglend in January, 1849, and I returned from
India in September, 1850. I never received any bets or
any other produce or advantges from Pidgeon. I first
found out in March, 1847, that the mare was an Ameti-
can, but I suspected that she was lame when I paid the
money, and last January I had proof of it. I saw her
towards the end of the following month at Northbeach,
in the stables of Mr. Isaac Day. She was the same mare
that I saw at Hull. Mr. Bryer, the veterinary surgeon,
was with me at the time, and he pronounced her to be
lame and perfectly unsound. In May, 1847, I first
dis-
covered that she was lame, and before going to India, I
left instructions for proceedings to be taken against
Holder Alleyne, M'Geachy Alleyne, Low Alleyne, and
Captain Darcey. None of the defendants are now in the
army. Low Alleyne is a clergyman nf
_the Established
Church, and he was present on some of the occasions I
have spoken to. He was present when the principal bet
was made.
Cross-examined by Sir F. TIIESIGER—When I first
became acquainted with Holder Alleyne, be appeared to
be 26 years of age, My pay then was 961., and I had
an allowance of 1001. besides. I kept horses and car-
riages at Montreal. I had three horses and two carriages,
ant I was in the habit of frequenting races and gambling
houses.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
.MPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE STAMP
ACT.
THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. BRADBURY AND EVANS.
This was a special case, argued several terms ago
before the Barons of the Exchequer, and on which judg-
ment, owing to a difference of opinion among their
Lordships, had been postponed until to day. Theoqheo
184-7"------- tion submitted for the clloonussidele,oriadtioNnararnadadoeecoifsionf
Court was, whether Currentt
.It, ....
....... 1848. 1849. 1850. i 1851.
414)Le. . ii 14,106 —.---- Events, which was published monthly in connexion with
r
ne 3 3.590 44,527 58,602 70,608 Dickens's _Household Words, and contained a summary
kase-mies td4057, 44s ea 38s Od 373 d to 3730 d
31414141... 27.01 to 4530 d t03836d 378 3d to Os Od
kt,,;t4146.1N4i." 49'41 2,037 2,906 1,914 3,021 narrative of
Act, and liable to be stamped
that period, was a newspaper
al., niei
•. '6lB 52,917 1 47,147 46,952 51,080 the meaning events
sg
duringof the
atN ". 55,02 a 3,922 1 4,2 2 2,593 2,900 as a newspaper..
th, • ".'• 498 78,974 ! 66,301 79,840 85,164 Their Lordships had arranged to sit in banco to-day
4Of peter 4d 473 6d ; 403 Od 393 6d 393 6d in the Bail Court, and a numerous. ar, and a consider
'9 shu b
its ea t g letter states that the total ship-
% sa r question, had as-
4. '285 di ° the 18th ult. were able number of persons interested in theq
decision,
I at) 103,461 casks,ter about half-past ten,
happening to en
'ell • acti, ,at the sa ' tut g /Or , me period in 1850. Five aselmegballedgetehtelreemfaour thepurse of hearing the but
r ettd tr, 440/Idon. The last report for thesimulta-
neous I '' be trade this week. Court. There was immediately a
already
intimated
. that udgment was then being given in the
Nisi Prins
(I!ftlii';--.---- -- ---------- neous rush in that direction, but as the court wass
°fa I: ItEN (1 I-1 attendance was required upon the jury cases,.
Ott -ard c -e•—(T HIS DAY.) crammed with barrister..., jurymen, witnesses, and others,
whose
bkite 1.4% ee "PaEla. and a Special Jury.) eese,,_ it was with the greatest difficulty and inconvenience
that an entrée could be obtained.
t't IN •.,oTIoN of KENNEDY v. ALLEYNE
apls 444 isdie, 41413 OTHER&
.Jekeefeedtua "zeta for a conspiracy to defraud, to Mr. Baron MARTIN, who, heingafttehre juren4rrißegarotne,
.dtbee-
I d his opinion first, said,
kii4 Ise Q C ts
had Pleaded not l`
kattst. r.lei .' with gui .y. to the 6th and 7th Wm. IV., he
different statutes which had been passed
wfraosmeftheepiatiimene
of Anne
'llea "'kale whom was Mr. Bramwell,
s4.l:ttnetide Cigar, kr appeared for the prosecution;
7ekit. acted the : Bumfrey, Q C., and Mr. Hud- imperfectly which
dents. In the course of his judgment, . was very
that judgment ought to be given for the defen-
i4,
se_
.opeeeda7,ilefenee,that it had never been supposed
le 9 bee" do Lae case for the prose ution The the court, b.erved
hoard, owing to the noise and confusion in.
111,44.
.t..his a aeciusii..., were. formerly
:24 , 'to endants he o i
Register,
ein the army,
public events up to the day of its publication—the 31st
that the Annual which gave a narrative of
akR 1400, was in led while serving together in
104,skteategre loft ir,847, and towards the close of
kis Nat Itv.as the'al?arla and came to England.
44
tiss!it, a),
is the 4nt induced to make a bet with of
t the resent publication was not published within
the
fDecems.ber_ —was liable to a stamp, and he considered
ta
2a6sel vspprescribed by the statute, it could not be
treated as a newspaper, though the n.ews might be con-
, %Vs '140,1134a ia
~ rotting feat, which was to be tinued up to the period when it was issued to the public.
sslettelrehPigeol tile pessession of Captain Holder The question seemed to him to turn !Ton the frequency.
;161!tiene.eo aitd eromul_Which the Captain represented
or interval of publication; but what indervailmwtaesbneesceesr.
et ibil%4 ttivue hour,
that 'tahthglish dealer. The terms d sary to constitute a newspaper appeared to h
mare did not trot twelve rounded with great uncertainty. He however, of opi-
-2.lk.ithtiiilatsr!nari 2th°a°,l•ethat she did not trot thirteen
Net`sitilkla tablis woul'el she would not trot fourteendays or less, not-
nion that no publication. could
of 26
a newspaper
unless published at intervals
litvost het trOt trot
6, not trot fifteen miles, 1,4001.
likt.tiettrte..at seeeo"teen miles, and 3,2001. that withstanding it gave the news, occurrences, and events
of the day, and this view seemed to be confirmed by the
114 t h trot „Ittpthe,.‘Ben miles within the hour.
Ittkat,'Pea th,ouetee' bets of 5001. each that she Acts of
reign of George 111. He was there-
re entitled to the
Intitlynta fit' renrc°,. and fifteen miles in various .
at,resa tr, to re,sr ntation of the defendants that
1‘ t: 14514 oottiproettlior a
fore of opinion that the defendants we
udgment'of the Court in their favour.
I Mr. Baron PLATT, who next delivered his judgment
man's life, the prosecutor
said, this information was filed by the Attorne.yh-
No°-411t'es, ).' which __Bo the bet for 7,360/ ; and he
General, and charged the. defendants with
skg tee' name[ ~as afterwards divided between knowingly
ktftt,t7eae,s, a t •'•. three Alleynes and a person • gly and wilfully printing a newspaper. on
paper not properly stamped, by which they
‘alft.l.llfiykwas induce The prosecutor by the
rendered themselves liable to a penalty of 20/., which
Noe'oeti ge end aced to buy the celebrated horse
was imposed by the 6th and 7th of William IV., cap.
Its iolelisrtil I:litho:it°, ere called Caetinette, and his
76, sec. 17. The publcation alleged to be a newspaper
4t .441 the .Q dispes el ended in his utter ruin, and he
entitled the Household Narrative of Current. Events,
vmitig se
is
'4144d tai °, the E.
et of his commission and go out to the 26th April, and related
it lite ,athe , fat India Company. .b. of Parliament, the courts
u the proceediues in the houses. .
was
the 30th Mitch
is t 1) ,C re had been grossly deceived by
lit 41E4 sPcot
4046 tem slim to the trotting match, inas-
o -aw'd during that interval. It was.published in
.
qt, v.% astieney jec't English bred, but a celebrated f law, and other events of public Interest which had
occurred
tattlne itlnde ab enks, while at the time the corn-
tia to tit ' all, He wee et Ch 1 Cheltenham, tenhane, lame, and days, and did not exceed two sheets of paper—twenty-
parts or numbers at intervals exceeding twenty-six
111754% vicar, -se then, be
ticsi4 alai a 01 abase came convinced that. he
sold for a less sum than sixpence. The Attorney-
CDO inches in length and seventeen in breadth—and was
klAtlis 154,,t4nee:47,k conspiracy,tirneh,3w a ett e and
aorn
ahaiise
treed-
aesntioned. This was denied
General contended that
vict.wm chargable to the duties
talt,teitiret erefe" led him and his friends to in- impobseddll thed hAtcs Act shave-mentioned.
the question to be decided wasl
tl4 44. arcs 11110 U against the two Alleynes
iht!tk tso tly. ,2
i ,". ;14, ~.,44roined , „,appended to that Act was certain • ly calculated to raise
lit -41tos, a'oloe 1- "Y Ina BRAMWELL—I am a bwyhettheer thee eup
nab lica' t i o n was so chargeable. The schedule
doubt, but it was dispelled on reviewing the
A ,1,4 2 / ool'se, Kennedy and randson of Sir some
k 114;qtr %.1,11 1 846 26 Nears of age :and course of former le-
father and
Nea.K ate_p
_as ;my several statutes which imposed duties on newspapers,
sad on observing the language
‘Ni"4-014eut Y All. W at Sandhurst College. .
be Ito n'ti ' '
e was a fellow student there. yearthe first Act im-
-161 bi aa eat obtainedae my commission as ensign in
p,,eirig
slation on the subj,ct. The statute passed in the 10th
of the reign of Queen Anne was
12ertly IMa t . Foot, and I went out in theßri- description. His Lordship then
duties of thin.
tli 414 `3llO ° Joie I
ItiVit% tht W•pm • found Holder was
Alleyne teem en.
ted elaborately and in detail upon this and the
44194 Mt 41111a-east:egem
He was a lieutenant inSubsequent statutes, and said he was of opinion that the
li ation in question could not be deemed a newspaper
1kti44411. It thaegattit "d
g°ing to serve in Canada.
t,, tit' Ito etea coca
during the voya. Holder Pwltbhien thef meaning of the Act, upon which the inforina-
tll4`loll"' hiu, istber at Halifax b t Iwent to
hp but e before I
111 . e, a did left that I had considerable , •enactments,
markable that the words " megazine," "review," and
g " had been omitted from all the
kSitthl
.107 flea / not say the amount, because 1 did
„,'' tiled me ~a:rac of age I received about aurde-mtsetnertioned that the: Gentleman's Magazine bad been
Itkili ata eat- -ettnnent at Montreal, and about
S I slhu Men, published for many years
.without any stamp, though
, Nat adsii enry Alleyne joined us. Mr. •
it contained a precisely similar narrative of public events
L ta et ‘,.eutenarit in the same regiment. during the
.mouth. It seemed. to him, on the whole,
ItNetsto pilltarbalceitirest Holder Alleyne came that the object of the Legislature was to treat as news-
qtiliM e ,Ltl 'papers only those publications which contained an ac-
„, Ns end i„aty• I subsequently re•
count of recent events, otherwise the Quarterly Review,
.liiit,eqd. its I;3' June, 1845, leaving the
which gave a summary of events up to the day of pub-
Lkeriste tlt4 Y was aril, 6 my regiment was stationed
lication, would become chargeable under the Act, and
Nit pt, t mare eani an Officer in that regiment,
every single copy sold to the public would have to pay
yid 41-11e),:ewstd the end
Castinette from him. I then dm. It was utterly preposterous to suppose ,bat the
1111elititit!Ilhre'elt was aend of August, 1846, with
T Legislature intended to tax such publications which ap-
eSitaittti; 401deastinett 'bet of 3001., in which e
peered at greater intervals than twenty-six days.
it s( .11 Q -r Ali oto
, gallop three-quarters of a
He considered on those grounds that judgment ought to be
16i Ait out 446 Weot eY,ne s mare Pigeon. It was to •
ib Oth lit t% INi Ine ,aLier the Wedn d of the York
liiket tier [bile 1 chug. Bolder Aelsle ay
' Mr, Baron ARK .
against the Crown.p E
was of opinion that the Crown was
lid , ...ae, as , ene s mare was
11 kt ee cittee, e,ay fifty yards. Darcey, one of entitled to the judgment of the Court. The 6th and 7tb
Will. IV•, cb. 76, was sufficiently plain to show the in-
tgoidl4l4ll 4rd 11 "as present at the making of the . '
I' Into 61der ea,
114.• li. e, taa„ -.eyne say Pigeon was a
th ' she " lila -" he had i•k d from tendon of the Leg islature, especially when taken in con-
the prior statutes. On referring to the House-
t (I,_ e 4,._, 0 said
,_ p (~ e up an
hold Narrative of LurrentEvents, he entertained no doubt.
Eng- junction with. . ,
%et ttSaare had pe, ' he thought she was pretty
yeti etnie 6t this
enr trotted in public. I had not that it f(.,11 within the definition of a newspaper—viz., a
'ltlttille en 4eitithielttle,• IVI.y mare was then at John pubication, thegeneral object of which was to give the
l‘o stitiVistn-tlebei,j'in Yorkshire. She was to run public information as to recent events. It had been said
5014,;','0,1 „"„uli, .'„„tlaill, and I removed her under that the word " news " was indefinite, and that the
N ‘C-' o'le 'uder ""ere she placed in the bar- Legislature had not defined its meaning. That
4 tot-tleiht-natet- the was
and if the Legislaturehad
was no doubt so ;
care of Darcey'e servant.
Iktetttst.iet, ?ite-t-11°.slerilorw• 8.3 intended to define the term used, it would
li d l k hca e to oo at er,
have adopted clear language for that. purpose, and
11:1,1.1ij tnunalia the esetx was cut to the bone. I saw
said what kind of news—events, fordinfishteadnce, occurring
i't4Ntellnlti Bare "ether cete but I never saw her
26 days ago. It was certainlyt
treatedb et
a s news at
awhatnd thisPe
klill'titiiti I) rat tl4leak4' Holder la
a Aolul
et
ePei gaenodn .
Dia wasre s
y nod events should cseLeto
te it to (~:eeey's a. ',saltine. of
ii;4411, Ot , 41•4._ •lKaa. Mulder
theybet; it was otterc-
t,li tion of such perio ic
el. als containing narratives of
perhaps more from the . gistleature not anticipating the
tat mat t'eahat Alleyne was then on publication
Ito tret ~eles,
,L. The bet was 100/. the mare being entered for the Crown.
tvh, eualcidart,en`alles within the hour, 2001, she events which bad happened so long before. He was in
favour of judgmentc
1 h a2Oitlttr , 4001. she could not trot fourteen, and I said so after hearing the
l'illts:lo -nt a s'a theu, f‘sen, 1,6001.c0u1d not free from doubt, be
she not trot The Lora GRIEF BARON said the question was
4 ti, tai 'ret a,,,,- "aid not trot seventeen, 500/ she judgment of counsel
1), 4trai within -mean, and 500/she could not trot state that neither the arguments
of his Brother Parke, but he was bound to
k ,1i01.., to the hour making, total of 11,300/periodical was
It, kV: ki4r &tat" off :in or beetorae the Ist of Jan., Learned Brother satisfied him that
for the Crown nor . the judgmenttb of his
p er is'
copsequently he
lcta,liets n wee';oo was to name the time and place, liable to be stamped
St.st'etki °a pa 6 nOtice • and he might withdraw was of opinion that juads.gamennetwsodiaght, to be for the de-
wspaper as given
tNP Ilt 11 that payment of te' forfeit of 5001. There
iltfendants. The definition of a
Anne, c. 19,
t% ~.4 VIY. /is Could claim and I must either win in the 6th and 7th William IV.,
'ks 'ltrotlll Thial 'onn 'Ale 'mare in the stable of from that found in the. 10thdnied not differ much
4 Oa
s_ te to_ et match was never run, but Holder
kla° at'n), "le naneinAnne meant the
iiti4e4ey ,nsonea g the day, and requesting me was passed. Whatever .
sec. 101, which continued in force_ until that Act
Whatever the statute of
1 t *4.' 'B4B 4 ready, I gave that letter up to
lkseth.4ll4Lets / ' and all letter* that had passed be- the duty
statute of William I.V. meant, and neither more nor less;
and he said this because the latter Act reduced.
as
ex
e..
6aNtrt ma eet"ald lay my hands on at the time.
dient to do so ; and if
On newspapers, the preamble reciting that it was
4 tap arrests them from me under a threat
14406 e hit, ed under a ofand "th of
olh 4. . The
, warrant attorney which William
was not liable to duty before the 6th
intention.
of
404711,
tuald be"; letter Holder Alleyue wrote to
the Le, . . IV.,
it was not so now. The-
t‘ie.
•Legis.!iiture a the Household Narialve
Vhe 4ititi(l he ho ca, d3' to trot the match on the Ist that no perio-
ppeared.to him to be,
26 days, shOtlid
10 attad lan to iesP,e" I would have my money ready, I
t Kai published at greater intervals than
10'4411,4Jere0.„ (- I then saw Alexander Dalleery be deemed and taken to be a newsparro though it
tti ,1,44 early iir 1 71:). the subject of the match. This brought up the narrative of public events to very re-
`it
414,14 ii,itai :nary 1 eeenaber. Alexander M. Alle3ne ctnt period. If Mr. Macaulay was to publish.
I hi% 14 t 4 Ina had Laude such a bet, but Ikr ew a history on Saturday, and bring up the
lilt% the oth --4 his brother was. I knew he e d -
th er %,,,• events he diatcribed to that day, in the same
016 te 'etliel •°111" make ,tii w ,
tu 4 Itiek bedwiu fr bets with any body he ay as a wet kly paper gave the news and occurrences
'workwouldnot, in
ltter, b nei, a t, "tn, and he was cer.ain I should up to the period of publication, the
i ale 14 stea 6 day ehe had been in • with h his opinion, be liable to stamp duty. The Annual lie-
kil rl r, or tiv a 4,1 g is .
k, fate Qi,lte 0 previous, in the Tesekesbury- glom, for instance, wt ich consisted chiefly of news, and
laNalkie e'Reor °haw arid Test kesbury, drawn 0y contained the last events of the year, was not treated as
I't'' tea meta% ' and that she had trotted 18 miles
te % be aud d a newspaper and charged with duty. Some of the monthly
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LONDON,

fixed by the law as the criterion, and if
twenty-six days, or less, then the publication was to be
deemed a ne,,qaper, and if more a chronicle or hist,,ry.
In his view of it, the whole vqstion turned on the dis-
tinction between news and histcry, which he thought
had been clearly settled by the Legtsh,zture. Ile agreed
with his Brothers Platt and Martin that judgment ought
to, be given for the defendants. •
Only one Judge disagreeing, the judgment of the
Court was accordingly enteied for the defendants.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The December general sessions were opened this day
at Clerkenwell, with a calendar containing fifty-one
names.
Jeremiah Ratelig; aged 15, was convieted of stealing,
in the dwelling house of Edward Underwood, his master.
a grocer at Islington, a bank-note fur the payment of
101., his property.
A police-constable stated that the prisoner was
chargcd (since his arrest on this occasion) with embez-
zling the money of his previous employer.
Upon this representation the Court deferred pasting
sentence, to give time for inquiry.
William Daley, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a
half-sovereign, the money of William Coleman, or one
piece of metal, purporting to be a halt-sovereign, the pro-
perty of the said W. Coleman, who is the proprietor of
the Paul's Head public-house, in Paul-street, Finsbury.
The wife of the prosecutor stated that on the 9-h
Nov. the prisoner, who had been at a raffle in a room
upstairs in her house from nine o'clock till nearly twelve,
came to the bar with three others, and callcd for a
quartern of pin. He. put down what appeared to be a
half-sovereign, and she gave him 9s. Bd. change, one of
his friends at the same time putting down a six-
pence, and telling her not to change the gold,
but to take the price of the gin out of that,
whilst another friend threw down a sovereign, and said,
" Take it out of that." This friendly altercation about
payment caused some confusion, in which the prisoner
took up and pocketed the change (9s. Bd.), when the
prosecutrix tried his coin, and found it to be very sus-
picious, if not a false half-sovereign. She told the pri-
soner she thought it was bad money, and he snatched it
off her hand and ran away- She rushed out after him,
calling police, and he was soon overtaken and arrested.
The coin was not found on him. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty, and evidence was given of his being a
member of the swell mob, several times convicted at this
and otber courts, an associate of thieves, and a profes-
sional " smasher" from his childhood, notwithstanding
the efforts of respectable parents to keep him out of bad
company and bring him up to industrious habits.
He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

:VI ARLBRO'-STREE T—(THIS DAY.)
ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—Henry May and
Wm Lejeune were placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham,
charged with being drunk and assaulting police-constable
Mould 123 C.
Mould stated that about 12 o'clock on Saturday night
he was on duty in Sheppard-street, when he saw the
prisoner May, who was the worse for liquor, trying to
torte his way into the Duke of Yor
closik public-house house, he . As
the landlord was on the point of ng the
refused to admit the defendant. The latter, however,
persisted in entering the house, and as he would not go
away when desired, witness took him into cus-
tody. The defendant then struck witness a blow in
the face, and at that moment the prisoner Lejeune came
up and attempted to rescue May from his (witness's)
custody. Witness immediately called to a brother con-
stable who was passing, and they were both conveyed to
the station-house. At the latter place Lejeune struck
him a blow on the side of the head with great force.
May, in defence, pleaded intoxication as the cause of
his acting as represented by the officer, and expressed
his sorrow for what he had done.
Lejeune denied the charge, and said the constable had
spoken falsely.
Police constable 320 C said be was present at the
station when the prisoners were brought in, and dis-
tinctly swore seeing Lejeune strike Mould on the aide
of the head.
Mr. BINGHAM thought the prisoners bad acted with
great wrongheadadness, and as a caution fined them 40s.
each.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, Nov. 29.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the Royal Family, walked yesterday morning in
the Park.
The Queen and Prince drove out in the afternoon,
in a pony phaeton.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner parto.y.
No. 3
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the Royal Family, did not leave the grounds at
Osborne yesterday.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party.

Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., transacted business
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday,
at bis official residence in Downing-street.
The Judicial,Conamittee of the Privy Council eat
on Saturday. An appeal from the High Court of
Admiralty, " Somes v. Macbride" kthe Sir George
Seymour), was heard. Lord Cranworth, Sir J.
Knight Bruce, 'the Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas, and Sir Edward Ryan, attended.

TERMINATION OF THE STRIKE OF MR.

MYERS'S WORKMEN.
Last night a general meeting of the masons and other
workmen on the strike took place at the Temperance
Hall, Broadway, Westminster, to consider fresh terms
offered by Mr. Myers, through the deputation which, at
his request, had waited upon him to state the result—
viz., a determination to stand out until the demands wore
complied with unconditionally—of the general meeting
held on the previous day at the Craven Head Tavern,
Drury-lane. The terms now offered by Mr. Myers, and
which were regarded as an unconditional surrender by
the strike committee, were—that the men should be
allowed, if they pleased, to lose as much as one day, or
ten hours per week, without being liable to forfeit the four
o'clock privilege on Saturdays, but not to take any fur-
ther time to themselves without previously applying to
their respective foremen for permission. The hall was
densely crowded, the anxiety manifested, as to the result
of the proceedings being increased by an anticipation
that Mr. Myers would himself attend and address the
meeting. Mr. Myers, however, did not appear, and the
chair was taken, at half-past eight, by Mr. Richard
Pickersgill, who said that the terms above stated had
been agreed to by the men in the employment of Mr.
Myers, but that the assent of the masons of London at
large was necessary, to give full validity to the agree-
ment Mr. Arnott, corresponding secretary of the
mason's society, briefly narrated the nature of the nego-
tiations which had been carried on between Mr. Myers
and the committee, and recommended the acceptance of
the terms now offered. A long discussion followed, in
the course of which the deputation were closely ques-
tioned as to the exact nature of the offers made, accord-
ing to the spirit of Mr. Myers's language, and the result
was looked upon as entirely satisfactory. Finally the
resolution was unanimously adopted, that the terms
offered should be accepted by the men on strike, and a
deputation was appointed to carry the decision of the
meeting to Mr. Myers, and to request his signature, as
promised to the terms. The strike may now, therefore,
be regarded as terminated, after having last-id upwards
of five weeks.—Sunday l'aper.

PRESENTATION Or THE FREEDOM Or DUNDEE TO
LORD DIINCAN, M.P.—On Friday, in terms of a resolution
formerly agreed to, the magistrates and town council of
Dundee met in the Thistle-hall, for the purpose of present-
togLord Duncan, M.P., with the freedom of the town, in 1
token of their approval of his conduct, especially with
regard to his exertions for the abolition of the window-tax.
The hall was crowded ; and amongst those prestnt we ob-
served the Countess of Catnperdown, Lady Henrietta Allan,
Lady Elizabeth Duncan, Master and Miss Duncan (the
son and daughter of Lord Duncan), Mr. Leonard Edmonds,
clerk in the House of Lords; Mr. Clayhill, of Inv er-
gowrie. Lord Duncan, on entering the hall, was loudly
applauded. Provost Thorns, after a complimentary and
appropriate address, presented the Noble Lord with a
burgers ticket, enclosed in a handsome morocco case.
Lord Duncan, who on rising was received with loud and
L6Leiatca applause, Raid he begged to return his fellow-
townsmen his warm and heartfelt thanks for the mark of
consideration which they had had the kindness to bestow
upon him, and which he esteemed the more highly as it
came from those among whom he had been born end brought
up—from those with whom his family had long been asso-
ciated; and, above all, from persons for whom, of all others,
he might say he entertained the deepest respect. His Lord-
ship then proceeded to speak of the progress of commerce
itsin
Dandee, which had now, by the self-relying spirit of
merchants, been raised to the position of the third seat of
commerce in the northern parts of these realms. If any one
thing, he said, could add to his pleasure that day it was to
see present his Honourable Friend Mr. Duncan, who so ably
represented the burgh of Dundee. Many a fight he (Lord
Duncan) had had in the House of Commons, but he had al-
ways had the satisfaction of receiving Mr. Duncan's honest
cheer and supporting vote. After a vote of thanks, moved
by the Provost, to the ladies for their attendance, and a
similar compliment, proposed by Lord Duncan, to the chair-
man, the meeting separated with three cheers for the new
burgess.
BOTANICAL SOCIETY or LONDON.—The fifteenth
anniversary meeting was held ou Saturday evening, at the
society's rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand, Mr. T. Moore,
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—An important legal
question, connected with the liability of retired partners of
joint-stock companies, is likely soon to come before the
courts, an action, we are informed, having been instituted at
the instance of one of the retired partners of the late unfor-
tunate Commercial Exchange Company against certain of
the retired partners, on the ground that at the date of their
withdrawal the company was in a state of bankruptcy. The
question is one of the deepest importance to the shareholders
of all joint-stock companies, and should lead to a more care-
ful investigation than ever into the annual accounts of direc-
tors.—No7th British Daily Mail.
Lleutenant•Cnlonel John Cornell Chads, late of
the Ist West India regiment; is appointed President and
Senior member of Council of the Virgin Islands. Captain
James Richard Booth, is appointed Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Montserrat. Mr. Robert Duncan Wilmot is ap-
pointed Surveyor-General of .\ ew Brunswick. Mr. Richard
Francis Morgan is appointed a member of the Legislative
Council CeYlon.-