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tt'nie7esrsfitl bangs s---------be had done in America. The Cap-
rem reble eol.,gave about 300/. for her. She was in
il,tosher
a,'"ltion when she came to Scarborough. I
111 the "nen Br I DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT.
lese a Mere at Yer was first called in. I did not tell 1 TINIES.—The vaults of the Invalides will open once.
te te'brout I,die,
hest.iaLoe. The Captain fancied she was : more for a Marshal of Napoleon, and the last of that gi-
Bryer applied a sweating blister gantie nee is now at length to
.be consigned, to his tomia
14tes wereare s foot, at d .
pegs f taken off' it remained on a few days. Her iOn Wednesday last Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dal-
Rau,sre feat. s, , and poultices applied. It was the ' matia and Marshal General of France,... expired peace-
ha, , set, ,e, ee, however, was not a week without fully in the very scenes of his nativite, after a life with
set leg while4*ne.lnare was not lame, but she had rapped scarcely a parallel for eventfulness and danger. It was
ales °I Magathg to Tewkesbury. lam now iu the in 1769, in the yerr which gave .birth to Wellington
saw
Irith •selaitined_e!nleY, of Scarborough. Napoleon, that this famous soldier of fortune fi
So
1, uer triiin, The sweating blister did not interfere the light, at St. Aurans, in the department of Tarn.
la 74, I G Jug at all.
yaa,. atteria e obscure was the descent of one destined to figure amongst
real,. threw. g , the veterinary surgeon, examined the highest dignitaries of his country that little has ever
ailee resitadeaerona__l reside at Northleach, but I for- been said of his parentage or extraction. His military
t(hYlle's mare's Cheltenham. I remember Captain instincts appear to have been developed even before that.
Sea liaery,lB.o being put under my charge on the 15th extraordinary stimulus which such prepossessions
his
Sheappearedherlikea eeal , to me to be ap'
wonderful 'mare. last service was under a Bourbon King At the age of
habdie ie esaeurY good condition when she was brought fifteen he entered the Royal Regiment of Artillery, from
ItesPee, health' 1847. She appeared to be a goad, which corps ho was speedily transferred, with a lieute-
hile She
wuais7p.uetroinattourme,y and was in my opinion nant's commission, to a battalion of Grenadiers. Less.
care for the winter, and advanced, however,. than others in years and experience
I:l4ttletl:,:lheelwta::.orabareirngnainyg.care I exercised and rode her when the convulsions of France opened to ambition and
ateiroe aaeed her occasionally, and I found her a valour all the prizes of the world, he was still learning
fnakted au it did not . her out 9of the stable for the activity from Hoch() and patience from Jhour-
aatee, 4,,-.l,nat lameness went off after she le
into dan while his future colleagues were gat er-
ets vvith to . interfere with her exercise. She in g' more brilliant honours on the banks of
det, aorid,),,.
She
until April, 1847, when she was sent the Po. At Fleurus ho was yet only a Colonel, but
etc tad the
,l, 9he Was then perfectly sound, and I never even in that capacity he found oppertumty.t for
Stai le a;,"ghdest lameness with the exception of that exercising such seasonable discretion that his mill ary
ter,ealer daePlnion she had never suffered from the reputation was established on the field. In those days
ilette°,,it"6‘ the e' In nnY Judgment, from the style of tueeess followed distinction with almost electrical ra-
Ct""n ease lare could do from 14 to 16 miles an pidity. To be noticed in action was to be placed at once
Preautßaeateii ' h rat I never put her to her utmost speed. en the path to honour and renown. Colonel Sault e-
Ittly-at the ne nett by Mr. Jemns—Rest will sometimes came a General of Brigade in 1794, and within four
itesetVita in rvicular disease from being seen, particu- ) ears from that time was intrusted with the command of
stild lea late an incipient state but after ts, speed of a division. His career now lay under the eyes of a man
k, at one_ 18 railes within 'the hour the disease whose glance for such discernment was magicel., and
tits ' 'lleac ulitneke it, appearance, if it really existed. whose judgment was seldom biassed by prejudice or
itellett Ithr nselenalued by Mr. HUDDLESTONE—I feeling. Napoleon detected in an instant the talents of
,ben end far en e", in Gloucestershire. lam an inn- the rising General, and from this moment the name of
ige ter,lB4B ~r'er, and I train my own horses. In Soult is rarely absent from the history of Europe. He
t)q. 4ta resin mare Pidgeon was brought to me, and fought in every war, almost in every field, if not with.
11/e,ttete (allleti4v,e rt?.alE'ddZitla me ever since. She is in foal invariable fortune at any rate with unchangeable skill.
her freqsantly. When she came He is included in every list of honours and in every ca-
-44,,e4s I 4tr( herd quite sound, but as I did not want talogue of Imperial creations. Though not personally a
ttt's:' eertet i tmy farm In the spring I used favourite of the Emperor's, he was among the first of
11)ttanliaay n'Y I never rode. a faster. She was an the Generals selected for the dignity of Marshal, and
keta She a mare, but I never put her to her full the first of the Marshals advanced to the distinction of
'ld dr3.eesteintiow ill the straw. Peers. It is almost half a century since he received his
44!) her a ecl by Mr. JAMES—I used her as a hack, baton of command, and nearly as long since ho first, as-
teattintaad,
thUY and every where. sumed the coronet of a Duke. Even the honours of our
ibta, mare
by file, veterinary surgeon of Oxford-street, own veteran champion are actually of a more recent
Itl!I
tesre aitrer [IUDDLEsToicE—I remember having date. It we may trust the narratives of garrulous
la 'sr Ice nay care, the property of Mr. Alleyne, and often contradictory biographers, the Emperor ex-
-oe, , sea , ee h
t,' 'ere left a, er name• She came to me in Juno, pressed in his later days a somewhat disparaging
tltlife;,(larine-tetieen t.ne 26. th Ma 'y, 1848. She was at' estimate of &suit's military' capacity; but.formioar
t fats 14ste 6, winter. When she first came to me opinion from historical facts, it will be cliffioult toalt
torn Oel, , 1 UF, I._
'th ' bipt edaeness arising from an injury in such a conclusion. Taking one campaign with
.another,
.aa e Ise . , but she certainly was not suffering there was no Marshal of the Empire whose reputation
It 4 t dil "%tiler d •
Pt rOte • eate is : 'settee. In many cases the her- was so repeatedly
.and so practically confessed by the
Olaet-tlt, but e4eutable, but the mare was not suffer- commands with which he was invested. It was Soult
'''atlticirabiYi a 'srterelain i.efllam.mation of the fetlock joint, who disciplined that immense but manageable mass
cat %as ti 4 broil h did not know that she had which was held in hand on the heights of Boulogne to
abe ta ataiaed gam in the spring of 1847,
Oh a fere i by Mr. J be launched against the cliffs of Kent, and when the in-
.ih i.,,,,f _.,,eg, but
_ aeins—The lameness was vasion of Britain was commuted for the conquest of
tee telly eoueaut she afterwards recovered and be- Austria it was Sault who led the main column of the
Oa a ear for '4 There was nothing the matter grand army, and who on the field of Austerlitz was
eseatlaeaareliege'd amanneuvre
charged with the execution of that mighty
Mr EIIDDLESTONE—I was which decided the fate of the campaign. It was Soult
ett43d,,111 a ;t,her 1:7e;q:1-:
,the jailane_a service ia the year 1847, but lam who secured the semblance of victory at Eylau, and
of Douro. I left Mr. Alleyne whose judment was permitted to influence the
.wavering
;I'e:li:l4)4lst • I had the care of the mare Pidgeon onoresoluti f Napoleon. When the terrible disaster of
a In tea to into Mr. Alleyne's service. She was Moscow had to be repaired by the strategic achieve-
eel IS p .43ter'd h
the ''' j .el in A, ~ roughens, and I sometimes drove ments of Lutzen and Bautzen it was Soult
l't Ntsi 'sea beer'', 1847, and she was then perfectly who was summoned from Castile to the Em-
tht 41 go aecl till °r
t° Mr, Field's myself, with whom peror's side ; and when the rout of
.Vittoria had
r
a crated coed, pie
, spring of 1848. Previousl she cleared the Peninsula of invaders it wits
lie wkr. aielve,et l'ilethoe, but one day I was driving her and who was detached again from the plains of Leipsic for
Ok Ink ds, e, e, when the Captain sent her the protection of uncovered France. There were other
OePtte titled, a'druna the time I had her until then Marshals for whom Napoleon had a greater liking, but
lq,,' ji,lfiereatn in good work daily. I travelled whenever the crisis required a sure right armior hieing
thk ' iii 'tiaerAb tae es with the Captain and Mr. Ken- dependent head the first appeal was to Soa a_
S the er th
!lattlid , sprir 0 mare canting back from Mr. always found in commend of the choicest carps, the
a ek • 'tee fro of 1848; she was
tle/csta 414, els(' e latnene erfectly sound strongest column, or the most important post. Less 'n-
ee MI driv • se. She was put into regular tuitively scientific, perhaps, than Neyor Sachet,
'til° 41. that en in the brougham. She remained out the fiery dash of Launes, the reckless impetuositywitll,
k), klat. Kenai until until she went to Mr. Day's. lof Murat, or the extraordinary tenacity of Massena, he
Var4,la4ta the ed With the mare from the Judge's nevertheless united in himself the various qualities of an
Nt4 erarheteeXi.ee,n's Bench. Mr. Kennedy made independent commander in a greater degree than any
though
'ls ',a ''' after 1.19 hiding-place during the time the his colleagues. His were the fewest mistakes,
tll seldet,very :xnutr; and. I have heard him sa the not the fewest failu.res, for it was his fortune to be
1',..11 wi.tine e_...
.naordinary mare and she belonged selected as the peculiar antagonist of that General before
e'le ad ess ;pat ,
ep
,14118 the
case That cross-examined. whom even the star of his Imperial master wat, to set.
,'t ais re e for the defence. That through a great part of his career he was unsuccess-
-1 tadt ea -Peed ful is no more than saying that he had Englishmen for
skifst4te e l'nELe • his adversaries and Wellington for his opponent. Yet he,
alla-at 4el aa 'summed up the whole case with fought a good fight. If he was surprised at Oporto
"itte-I,4etetesbat;linldnutta,,eheeesos. His Lordship said the in- none could have retreated with more admirable skill; i
Ail 7,36 Are),
with
unto, one charging Holder he was driven from the Pyrennees, none could have
~_it,t.t,,thmelt,lol.; oatt.iti, by
rienpleeosnesnptiirnigng to defraud the pro- defended those passes with
.more redoubtable courage.
that the mare was With the coolness and vigilance which never fors.oo.k
.
i'lttlstd4l;4'Q. thae other charging Holder Allene, him, and which were perhaps his most characteristic
"tit;theenlieetteutlY Alleyne with the same offence but qualities he disputed every inch of French ground
, if, tea heuetee under which thee fraad was :ern- against his advancing enemy, and closed the Peninsular
ditiii''° T4O tale'll and t,'lrtd them with representing that the war under the walls of Toulouse with an action which
(1 4, opt of run the match at a time when she his countrymen are fain to accept as a victory.. Like
Otthe I°n
dieeitt ehorldition and to this tact the jury our own great General he survived to carry into new
ht 1%, hat Or t eir principalattention, and to scenes and capacities the renown and experience of. his
Ile,44elite-i4 Lot:au:in° evidence proved it to their sa- 'professional lite. Attached by predilection and habit to
' and h.,,°11) then read over the whole of the Imperial cause, which he had boldly re•asserted at
44 not concluded when we went to Waterloo, it was not until 1821 that he was confirmed by
I‘lllli the restored dynasty in his military and social honours.
eekhs d-ILEBr, At the revolutionary crisis of 1830 his Republican ne-
tt 4 "'A SESSIONS. stincts or his professional ambition survived in such.
of a canon Cr RIS DAY
lept s elata , a lad,
Ny, .
hints respecting the capacity to which he might possibly
adeae_ eg 171,,,_ a. indicted for stealing a piece
taireaeeater la,us., the property of George Dean. have. been. called under the projected institutions.
~41.1111, et. W -ePe a cook-she and eatin-house however, or his fortune failed him,
`,!►lttk sleet. estmin,,,_p Etther his strength,
atla a !lOy ye a a4h
je,..ter, and the meat charged to for he contentedly accepted a seat in the councils of the
~.„,,,,,,,,,,,,:tilted tha;"o the shop window. Constitutional Monarchy, though his political genius
ytik lialitta, ttntette the
benefWednesday night last he was not of a cast to acquire more than nominal ascend-
ancy in such Cabinets as those of Louis Philippe.
041,411:teasel, arhtohe defendant, called a young man The last catastrophe of all found him past his, time.
o.4ettalleirrieoner
bsevore that he saw the meat stolen, Three revolutions are too much for even French
nality, and it mattered little to the veteran whether the
yki,,t4 hittleurnpfaihti,st,bY a boy named Orr.
Willa were 'el that this witness and others vConstitution' to which his last allegiance was asked was
sll'lales aeltrioe of the:eluded from the police-court on the twenty-ninth or the thirtieth of the series. With the
•ogle exception of Bernadotte, he may be described,
Opp, :541 goiut,
:prisoner, and wero prevented by
s'l
te ps as the most fortunate of all Napoleon's mar-
Ittta abatioa and s'oteulto give evidence.
Awas emiOf ties ~,sea 01 th© jurors expressed their tiP_he;ls4.- :Ile never, it is true, became either a King or a
tiaatill', called iatts;saleeman's conduct, but one of the Prince, b. ut if he lo.st the prize, he escaped the penalty,
V'tk,4lpith 'he witness-box and denied the and survived to enjoy.exalted raelneks,eaenityaleloinngoopmerei,
remarkable consideration to the
is . period of
tta-t tta eese cora
astost, et the a_ soborated Newman
as credibly related,
was a moment,
nea)tir, u°Y Orr, 's evidence as years, There
, 'th ettvi hold , and not the prisoner, stole when hi braailniithlkese, tahnodsetheafsoetlhdeierrs,wwhaos
eotuntindendebty the
sl e pri rag delib vision o regal
kb otter. crated for a few minutes, Ac-
ltl/4t;tit 11......_ Oporto against a British
ednitvitshioenashsaudmpbteieonn coofntetmhe-
plating at that very mom
eta gee -b' 8--------,
,t,-4 ‘Tp - I:R:pm. , . blown to winds, and from. t
crown of " .Lusitania." Bhuattthtiemsee
Sault
cs)", age, - d Fleate •"-4.1:4 T—( THIS HIS DAY.) reveries
concentrated v'
' e re
soon
5( 4IRY &„Ftts at, 'E.—Joseph Treoilian, a lad, 16
)itll'lVeiet''ith, a eught before Mr. Hard wick. in fore him. That he was a cruel as we . ,
his energies with unswerving fidelity ollnasthaefewrmoridkabhelee
area
her'
foe ne oe te „..
, via en% „e the p .49 °racers belonging to the who once belaboured an obnoxious General in our ,
enemy Spanish history but too loudly testifies, and hose
‘ eata, 'ay. ehote revention of Cruelty to Animals,
Otts•!lts‘lng 4h" is the secretary, charged with might have been reminded that a few
theere
‘,10,,1t ai.'4u that re with the butt end of his whip. they had cheered to the very echo a
mercilesscornYm.eaanrsdebref
kitrlrilea terloo is morning, about half past ten, least of whose deeds of bloodshed surpassed in
r,
1 hit er -place
4,,, th,i , , ,010 was' when his attention was called rigour all that was ever reported from
.Hunga y.
Yitit tiora4a, by driving a horse, attached to an There was some excuse, perhaps, to be found in the
dpe.d-
culiarities of a guerilla campaign; but if what Soult did
ki,;'le4, W:,:aiwnieisaeehl'g him (prisoner) deliberately can be justified, it is clear that everything is permissible1.-
ili, atp,:z. kilo-av going as fast as its miserable in war. Except, however, under the influence of po ih
eada b1e,;413 the it, and with tree butt end of
taa hods about Poor animal w,
itn great force tical agitation, Englishmen are not apt to exercise such
a Practical censure on the military tactics of foreigner.,
IttNa, Itea Y. a-, the head and other parts and when the old antagonist of Wellington actually ap-
taßea,' hell reteeaituesse
went up to the pri•
il \ i,'!, toia 1)10 eaatrated with him tipon his eared in Piccadilly as the representative of France at
ittl 'it ps".hita ,rtiaener abus dhi ml h f lest Pth.e coronation of an English Queen, he was
caretreeived
k shet eraat .0 be d e im in t e ou.
Ilt satat ofer foll , and to go and hang him- with a fervour of
.welcome which none other of tled
I,'les ate , his backed up by threatening to lay visitors was permitted to share. This is one of the ad-
Ifiss pste.r4leti)Nener kif he dared to interfere with vantages of protracted life. Warren Hastings survived
to be saluted by the Parliament before which he had
tit. taoti_tble aoacontinued his abuse witness called been for nine years impeached ; Lord Dundonald out-
Ile to etatittlr denied gave him in charge. lived calumny, and now wears his honours without a
'44, htle s, era se the charge, and said the horse blemish; and Soult, the scourge of Castile and the ex-
I tit,'444 ' by
gentletu ane ~
Nr e aa a a would not go at all unless
IkW 108 Whi • terminator of defenceless peasantry, will only be re:
ll°t it .441 amid the PPlng. membered at present as the skilful and chivalrous ants
rti la p prisoner had don© more than g nist of England, the glorious relic of a grand
la led' th the rentle whipping, he had cruelly
e tl) ° eo,. sPirit of s'gLeration, and the oldest hero of a nation of soldiers.
1,,,,k.44, ietya,wantonness, as had been
THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT.
''' ban la_luser. For that offence he (Mr.
DAILY NEWS.—Although the judgment delivered
~. .w 3.) and in default committed him •
br ()(1.---14 yesterday morning in the Court of Exchequer, in the
case of the Queen against Bradbury and another, was
lialtie "a'r ea
/i. ese . ‘-'IRCU L AR. given by a majority of three to one in favour of the de-
Ite,slfor4 rvi and although Dickens's Household Narrative
1 bete Was OSBORNE, DEC. 1. fendants;
of Current Events has thereby escaped the screw pres-
khi -ib,,•ore h Performed yesterday morning sure of the Stamp-office, yet the broad questions in-
-41'/14 iat' the pe:r A.iajesty, his Royal Highness valved, and thus nominally affirmed, are really left in
her'easet:a liaer',„nee of Wales, and the Princess uncertainty. Of the four judges of which the court was
01), a Wee :old a-tle•hi-kaelrotheroe. The suite and composed two averred that a proper construction. of the
Nelliel. Add Acts
to the tat dinner. Acts of Parliament relating to newspapers admitted of
itl4l yeSt:lrd tielt-_______Lag y considerable doubt; Mr. Baron Platt declared that the
dicta of the Inland Revenue Board regarding the law
I'l ' 411'1.(ia•P 4thard had an interview with Earl I was " utterly preposterous;" while All'.. Baron Parke
tAtt4itkr(irto..ll4a al
isothe C. olonial-office. Captain I considered that judgment ought to go in their favour.
lofthe judges, therefore—the Chief Baron and Mr.
) t't ost J. an interview with the Noble
tlt4llol, to4ter.
rs Two
• t •°F t ,"kien
tt It ?14 .. the t eral had an interview with the Baron Martin—accused the statutes of incertitude; while
,1111:1a ZRte (illr_ing-streeti.
N '-)01, •Itehequer yesterday, at his officialthat of the other. The decision
the other two proved.. the accusation by the opinion of the
' one flatly contradicting
I of the three judges, which. allows Mr. Dickens to
ncoeraws-
,Jefat, , Palley arrived in town last evening, 1 month to his readers at interval greater
kllt'qrti"t 40 4°o, Northumberland.of each current
I municate untaxed, in his own pleasant manner, h
1, at 4), n. thm
i;tti ~tti 4 katii,:' ecretary at War, and the
, no comment from us; because we agree with it. The de-
than twenty-six days between each publication, invites
not be so
ii vrts entlane '7 arrived in town on Saturday i cision, however, of the dissentient judge must
the .
0 (~1)kt„ tiviii u.
`ikil Net e arrie .
aisi Were send In town yesterday. at issue—namely, whether a paperh issued at greater.
passed over. over. His main argument in reference to point
üblication, like the
li. Topics' *.tf-ee fo , off yesterdag evenin from tervals than 26 days between eac
a'flth aan "'le Cr `'Vestl a. in law a stampable
ouse to arra z ,
01 481)141C141 n °veneers of the nla B 1 Itl N roe is or is not
10 fro e P • `aorn •so specified, was passed to
tatia, re ta rosy a, nalttee of her Majest' Most 34, in
aper—was, firstly, that, as the 60th. of_ Geo. 111., cap.
which such papers are
hiltiliP (tile 11611"-'0uncil sa esterda Ana p-
t,Pt 4e4 E,, ° e°llrt oftAy ' Y."
of its operation whatever
extend the newspaper stamp duties over a greater surface
than previously, no limitation
,t,, Of
.:-.1- 0 ranomiralty, Burns v.periodicals
A„-t k thq'4 rcl Cr an part heard, was resumed, and could be contemplated by the allusion to pe
Second)y,
eVele Lo d "WOrth givingjudgment published at intervals exceeding 6 days.
N,, ,
it
~.A.a psi affirming
4 ttlit w• r sill
on the that if the Legislature had intended to exempt such
the decree of the I papers, it would have excepted them in express antrda.ihng-
e ‘mniett'klitchellPeal from the High Court of 1 dubitable terms. This inferential mode of construe
was
as
00;ta ted aro v. Bartlett" (the Ann Mitchell), Acts of Parliament can seldom be relied on; and _
4t, t„lttk, teeaa.L. vvas adjourned. Oa' ah ' Ce,------------„ ..ese-e.,....e.e' ,e:a_aal• never so much at fault as when employed by the Learned
Oti le °r art'`'tle. (ThisT------- Mr. Baron Parke. The history of the clause he referred
to, and of the schedule to the latest Newspaper
ens
en.
Ititc4ll,;lne7ed le • DAY) Ministers,
,11,4%,,1\1i,,T14 Ling, e“ “town from their respective seats to Actaprove at once that Learned Judge's Stamp
t, 4i„ q joytt on:It In Council thisat the ' nnsappreh i
was
It happened in the year 1819 when the former Act
at 44 sf Qqa et ' 0 lock. Theafternoon,re were present the re- , passed, that a well-known Weekly publication, known
e .laranis of Lansdowne, the vulgarly as the " Gridiron," but really entitled. Cobbett's
Mel'Aiiriratiroc4erdfro'rn'thii. Earl of Carlisle, the Lord Register, was in the height of its bold and abusive career.
it",'y'tio4(wb,,°,,, Earl ais cow!, to join his colleagues), , At that time the legal definition of a newspaper ea
Lest Leo I,: &Lie rea`lreY, Viscount Palmerston, simply a paper containing
eta, sta,tl ars rd tr,s_ evered from his long and severe "reports of news, in-
,1,4 yera 'Ylhouruu,ghtna de Gyfford Sir Francis T. telligence, and occurrences to publicdispersed or made
he
tit hg re it , area to tile public ;" and manifestly
~ Earl Granville; the Right Hon a paper like Cobbctt's,
til)*lll.!tthil cieliberu, I\ight Hon. Fox AI I The m• • which merely commented upon passing events, could
apace
el 41. anon. at au e. 1-
kter the Qie q the it en we went to press. not be brought within the Stamp Act. Hence the
, Itle se seer n''eller Rolls has, with the approbation 60th of George 111., cap. 34, was passed to include prints
vennal eae,teries e. aPpoitited James Archibald Murra - putting forth " remarks and observations" on public,
-..t aiaaels sin at the es
-.°lle, to the' otiioo of Cleik e3;' , intelligence, arl co.c.L...,LLea L. Cao. ialalbs-r '-}L
'sues clee4 me Courtof
-4a4ect, - Chancery, in the room of 1 the taxed. Had no restriction been pro vided, many
1 respectable and harmless monthly publications then eX-

isting—such as the Gentleman's Magazine, Hansard's
Debates, and several others—which printed either news
or observations on news, or both, would have been,
against the wish of the then Government, saddled with
the stamp. In order therefore to exempt them, a
clause was inserted excusing such periodicals (then
being issued at intervals of 26 days) from the payment
of stamp duty. Therefore, for once, and contrary to
Mr. Baron Parke's opinion, the Legislature actually
said what it meant. By this clause it also took the
Annual Register, the Quarterly Review, and other such
works out of the statute, by defining a limit (26 days)
within which a journal containing news must be pub-
lished to be taxed as a newspaper. As the Chief Baron
aptly remarked, that statute pointed out what was to
be considered as a chronicle or history, and what a
newspaper. Nothing, therefore, can be clearer than
that, although the Government wished to extend the
operation of the Stamp Act over certain obnoxious
weekly periodicals, it purposely exempted the innocuous
monthly publications. Mr. Baron Parke's second point as-
sumed that all Acts of Parliament are framed with a rigid
regard to grammatical accuracy and distinct meaning. If
the Legislature, he in effect argued, had intended to
exempt such publications as the Household Narrative, it
would have stated so much without ambiguity. Such is
the Learned Baron's faith in the lucidity of the wording
of the statutes! This faith would, however, have been
considerably shaken, if he had traced to its origi❑ the
schedule of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 76, upon
which the whole dispute arises; professing, as it does, to
define a newspaper liable to starep duty. A comparison
of it v. ith the schedules of the other Acts will show that
it is a mere collection of each of the latter transplented
bodily, verbatim et literatim, without any attempt at har-
mony or assimilation. Hence, to construe it literally
and to make sense of it is impossible. It first declares
that all newspapers having certain characteristics are
liable to be stamped; and, in a succeeding clause, sets
forth that not only all, but some more than all, are so
liable; that is to say, those which are published at less
ietervals than twenty-six days. Yet Mr. Baron Parke
affirms that the law is quite clear upon the whole
matter, for the curious reason that the law is most
ambiguously expressed ; for if the Legislature had
meant so-and so, it would have expressed itself that
"clearly." This application of the reductio ad absurdum
is uncommonly original. If the framers of Acts of Par-
liament referred to, had expressed themselves " clearly,"
tho dispute his Lordship was called upon to judge in
would not have arisen. If any faith could be placed in
the consistent practice of the omnipotent Board of Inland
Revenue, the proprietors of such publications as that
under discussion need no longer dread the terrors of the
Stamp-office; but those who have felt them will be a
little disgusted to find that they have been victimised in
error, and that there is no hope of redress. The conso-
lation of having suffered, martyrwise, for being in the
right is no greater to editors than to other people. It
will.not rehabilitate them; it will not bring to life their
strangled offspring, nor restore to them their beloved
subscribers. Why, they will ask, were we selected as
the victims of your wrath? We, who not having the
means to contend with you, were obliged to subscribe to
your arbitrary fiat? Why have you for years allowed
unstamped monthly publications to flourish in many
parts of Scotland unmolested? What compensation will
you give us for the losses you have inflicted on us by
your erroneous proceedings? The answer when the
Crown is appealed to in this fashion is—" None."

THE NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The arrangements for the compulsory prepayment,
by stamps, of the postage on all inland letters
posted in the provinces have now been in operation
one month, and no serious difficulty appears
to have arisen to prevent their continuance, or their ulti-
mate extension to the metropolis. The prepayment of
postage on inland letters by stamps in the provinces, will
most materially diminish the expense and labour of
keeping the post-office accounts, and will doubtless be
preliminary to the prepayment by such means of all
kinds of letters in all parts of the kingdom. As a
matter of course the diminution of labour by the new
arrangements, as far as keeping the post-office accounts
is concerned, has been counterbalanced in some degree
by the additional labour thrown upon the provincial
post-cfEces by the increased sale of postage stamps,
especially as a large portion of the public, whose
correspondence is not extensive, cannot be in-
duced to purchase more than single postage stamps
at one time, and an important question has arisen whe-
ther the post-office labour arising from the increased
sale of stamps could be by any means reduced. The
commission allowed to post- office keepers, and sub-dis-
tributors of stamps, on the sale of postage stamps, is
about one per cent. Licensed venders of stamps, who
are supplied by the sub-distributors, refuse, generally
speaking, to sell postage stamps, because they are al-
lowed no commission on them. Almost the whole of
the labour arising from the sale of postage stamps is
thrown, at the present time, on the Post-office depart-
ment, because there is scarcely any other place where
they can be obtained, and perhaps it is as economical
to let the burden rest on the Post-office, as to allow a
remunerative commission to the licensed stamp ven-
ders. But there aro a very largo number of persons in
the country who would voluntarily undertake the
sale of postage stamps, without any remuneration, if
permitted by the Stamp-office to do so. Thus, for in-
stance, almost all hotel keepers would willingly sell
postage stamps to their customers. At the present time
they do not dare sell half a-dozen stamps to a com-
mercial traveller stopping and writing letters at hotels,
for fear of penalties to which they would be liable as
unlicensed stamp venders. A large number of petty
shopkeepers would also gladly sell postage stamps
without any commission, for the sake of drawing cus-
tomers. It must be remembered that there is no fee
charged for a license to sell stumps, so that a licensed
stamp vender is subjected to no expense, and hotel and
shopkeepers are generally under the supervision of the
Inland Revenue officers, who could effectually prevent
forged postage stamps from being circulated. By allow-
ing certain classes of persons throughout the country
to vend postage stamps, great accommodation would
be afforded to the public, and diminish most mate-
rially the expense and labour of the Post-office depart-
ment.

THE CASE OF M. D'EQUEVILLEY.

A L'EDITEUR DU SUN.
MoNsiEun,—On me communique a l'instant le numero
do votro journal du 25 courant. J'y trouve mon nom
accolo a celui de M. de Cassagnac a propos d' un article
provocateur sign do lui, et publie dans to Constitutionnel
du 22.
Si j'ai etc condaran6 a la suite du malheureux duel
ou succomba M. Dujarrier contre le beau-fiere de
M. Cassagnac, depuis justice m'a 6:6 rendue ; j'ai it 6
a2quitte par tousles hommes de ecear, et mis en aerie
par ordro des d6legu6s du PEUPLE—de toes les souve-
rains, le plus juste et le plus magnanirne—dont la
grand° et puissante voix se fesait entendre le 24 Fev-
rier, 1848.
Jo doll a mes amis, a l'arm6e Espanol° a la
quelle je n'ai pas cease d'appartenir, do protester contre
une accusation que vows n'auriez pas renouveliCe contre
moi, si vous aviez pris la, poine do lire les documents
authentiques que contient le volume que je vous envoie,
et dont les journaux Espaguols, Franc iis, Allemands, et
quelques Anglais out deja rendu compte.
Vcuillez recevoir, Monsieur 1' Editeur, l'assuranco
de mes sentiments fraternels et distingues.
VT. D'EQUEVILLEY.

1, Welbeek-street, Cavendish-square,
November 29, 1851.
[The work referred to in the above letter contains a
memorial addressed to the representatives of the French
people by M. d'Equevilley, impugning the evidence
given on his trial, and protesting against the conduct of
the Judge who presided; copies of several official
family documents proving his right to assume the title
of Vicomte d'Equevilley; numerous testimonials from
generals and officers in the Spanish service (among
them are testimonials from Generals Prim, Serrano,
Lopez, Ortega, Oraa and others), with whom ho had
served against the Carlists from the time of the battle of
Mendigorria up to the end of the war; and an account of
the liberation of himself and M. do Beauvallon after the
revolution of 1848 by MM. Caussidiere and Sobrier, who
were at that time placed at the head of the police by the
Provisional Government. The petition for the libera-
tion was signed by all the officers, sub-officers, and men
of the 7th legion of the Parisian National Guard, and by
M. Crtuere, the director of the prison in which they were
detained.—En. Sun.]

THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—Mr. Pollock, the newly-
appointed Judge of the County Court, took his seat on
the bench this morning, at ten o'clock precisely. The
court was very crowded, and the new judge was most
respectfully received. Immediately on his taking his
seat the ordinary business of the Court was proceeded
with. This caused some disappointment, as several per-
sons had assembled under the idea that Mr. Ramshay
would present himself, and that there would be " a
scene in court." No allusion was made to the former
Judge, and Mr. Pollock commenced his duties, seem-
ingly as much at home as if he had been County Court
Judge for a much longer period.
The following letter, ;addressed to "W. Statham,
Esq., County Court, Liverpool," was received by that
gentleman, through the post, yesterday morning :
" Temple, Saturday, Nov. 29,
" Sir,—l hereby adjourn the County Court until
Monday, December 29th, 1851. You will also adjourn
it to the same day for the whole business now standing
undisposed of.—" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" WM. RAMSHAY,
" Judge of the County Court of Lancashire,
holden at Liverpool.
ThisC letterou t County
was
surnto ot troLaidv eirnp ool."
court,
" To W. Statham, Esq., the Clerk of the
nor, so far as we
could see, was any notice taken of it.

It has been resolved in the French Assembly that
the concession for the proposed railway between Lyons and
Avignon shall be offered to public competition. A disposition,
however, is still intimated to withhold a return of the caution
moneys advanced by the parties to whom the original con-
cession was granted, and which was abandoned in 1847, with
the avowed concurrence of the Government. Under these
circumstances, notwithstanding the assertion that a party of
English capitalists have been negotiating to undertake the
work, there can be no prospect whatever that it will find
any support among the mercantile body in London, Belgium,
and Spain, in the case of concessions which were rendered
valueless by the commercial crisis of the period, both de-
clined to pursue the course which is now adopted by France,
and an unfavourable contrast of this kind must greatly aug-
ment the indisposition with which, from other considerations,
all persons at the present moment must regard the contem•
plated enterprise.
MODERATORSTHP OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE FREE Cituitcn.—The JVitness states that Dr. Ma-
kellar is to be proposed for the Moan, tor'a chair at the next
Assembly.