The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

A IERMAN GAMBLING-HOUSE.

(Fro►n Travels in Europe and the fast.)
These two magnificent saloons are, twice a week, the
scene of gay bans, where princes, and nob!es, and com-
mons mingle in the merriest dances in which Germans
ever engage, with a si Tinkling of French and English,
with titles ayld without. But now these hails are silent,

though hundreds of men and women are in them. They
are all crowded round a large table—one in the centre of
each room. Not a word is heard. On the sofas around
the walls a few listless loungers are sitting ; but the rest
are standing at the tables, while perhaps 20 are seated.
None may sit down but those who play. The game is
rouge-et-noir. The manager, at the table where we are
standing, sits by a wheel ; the players place their moneys
as much as they please, but not less than a dollar, on
whatever numbers or colour they choose ; the wheel is
whirled, a little had flies out, and falls upon a number ;Abe
manager announces it, and the fate of each player is in-
stanny decided. Some have won, some have lost—more of
the latter than of the former, of course ; for the bank must
win, in the loag run, or it could not pay the great stun
demanded for the licence, and make fortunes for the
managers besides. lam intensely interested in studying
the game and the company. Here, just in front of me,
is a genteel-looking man, with red moustache and clear
white skin, rather too much dressed to be a gentleman :
he is playing high—not with silver ; ho never lays down
less than a Napoleon, and often five, and sometimes more
of them at once. He sins every time; and, thrusting
out his little wooden scraper, draws in his double pile
and adds it to the heap at his side. He loses this time :
he pays but a single coin the next ; loses that, and rises
at once from his seat and leaves the hoese. That men
never plays when he thinks luck is turning against him*
The next to him, on the same side of the table, seems to
be a fixture. But he does not play a] ways. His doctrine of
chances must be a secret ; and he watches the game as if
he could tell just when the right time comes to venture his
silver—for he never risks gold. For an hour he has mad
no gains, but he is hoping to do better, and seems to be
very sure that he will begin to win soon, for be has
been losing so long the tide must change. You never
saw ladies in a gambling-house, did you ? There are
several around this table. Here is one standing at nsY
shoulder, pleading in an under tone of voice with an elderly
man,, who may be her father, or husband, or more likely
than either, her friend, for a fresh supply of florins, as
her purse is empty. He pretends to be absorbed in the
game that the rest are playing, but she is importunl for-
and she turns ; she then has his eye, and looks so ihmerp
lay
ingly that he yields and fills her purse. fiuet
down these florins, two or three of them atiasal, b ;
tering like a frightened pigeon sometimes, revealing
disappointment when she lost, and her joy as clearly
when she won ; but the tide was against her, and before
she quit the table the purse was emptied again ; and there
was no smiling when she took her old man's arm and
marched out of the hall as mad as a March hare. But I
have been watching a woman of rare beauty at the cornet
of the table in front of me. Five hours ago she was there;
she may have heen out in that time for refreshments, britre
she is a habitue of this house. Dressed in rich black
satin,weaid ahned takenwi t h
fee
rn eaa
la
ady, hra,
dstoo,neiaelhesesr,
jaend wellseTyrf,;
but
those bracelets, and chains, and e_haerm, are rather too •
.rehleertioonweasipaeteoeuthaatt. spßleuni
gentleman. is here
rich and many for such a place.
.N
splen-
did who seems
creature. tto ssthaen dp
plays
sa noyni
women will show theftiorrefenee.eingtsh,eanjoinwithi all her effort.
at calmness and indi tell-tale blood, as it
flies
into her face, or rushes back to her heart, leaving ,
her white as warble, discloses the struggle that is heav-
log her bosom. Sbe has not played for five or six
minutes ; her head has rested on her hand ; and her
ivory arm, as it stands up there, has been glanced at even
by
l again,whoylttosa
sehedmietsoes; a
be engrossed in thaesgame. She
band quickly on hersshftoaerkereehsce,oaavdne,dreasdsa, if it achedp.lacelat was
foourtaZulit:hnetrounsiyua;l instantlywantdhe
without a sigh. It was exciting to her. Who was she'
Nobody but a gay, ruined, wretched woman ; one ea
them
swept tubv7;
thousands thronging these watering-places, bankrupt la
fortune and reputation : the least of their vices is gamb-
ling, and if the love of money was the worst of then
passions, they would be pure as they are beautiful. With
the dukes and duchesses, the lords and ladies, the shall"
ere, blacklegs, and pedlars of all sorts, and travellers whAe
resort iu summer time to these fountains of health WTI
°
pleasure, come these gay women ; and as they r.'_
through the streets in their splendid carriages, or sail into
the bail-room at midnight, you might mistake them_ VI
the greatest lassies of the land. "Never buy a bookoll
the cover," said my Irish coachman at Dublin, and
advice is quite as good in Germany.

---____7-----
, Tuesda, Dee. 2.—,A. teleraphic order
waSOUTHAMPTONs received this afternoon to detain the West India
mail steamer La Plata till the arrival of a Queen's We'
singer with despatches, which are expected to arrive at
7 this evening. These despatches are understood
l ty to
contain the instructions of the Lards of the Admira
to the admiral commanding the West Indian stations in
reference to the contemplated operations against Nevi
Granada.
How's v. CRINOLINE.—Prav insert the enclosed from
the TVeekly Journal, or Saturday Post, April 26, 1718,
for the benefit of your witty contemporary, Punch. It
may give Mr. Leech a hint, which he will know how to
turn to a good account :—" One day last week a gentle-
woman unluckily stopping to buckle her shoe at a linen
draper's shop, her hoop petticoat, of more than ordinterf
circumference, flaw up, and an arch little chimney sweePeil
passing by at that instant immediately conveyed fence
underneath the machine, and with a loud voice cried Per
Sweep, Sweep ; the gentlewoman being affrighted,
leap'd back, the boy struggling to gat out threw neadace
in the dirt, and with much ado at last the devil got
away, and left the lady in no small confusion. 6
and Queries.
TRH GEORGIAN RAILWAY DUELS.—The very foolislif
narrative, describing a series of daels upon the lille b°
railway between the towns of Augusta and Macon, 1311,,
lished some few weeks since by the Times, turns eut put
lisped
be, as every rational man must have foreseen a 111°„6,.
contemptible hoax. In its impression of ye Frances
~,
Willes,
whocontemporarywripublishestes
in
his
,letteroffici
afirocma p
alNcliit.y Forfanoc...esr::
el si•
dent of one of the roads between this city (A-tiguetal
and Macon," and, in reference to this wonderful storl,
says that "it lis not only an exaggeration of eecur.,i
rences that did really take place, but it is false in cleti''
and in general, without even the shadow or set:tibial.
of truth, utterly and absolutely false ; and the schtfre
idea therein contained of the tone and temper of
withPiwi
sentiment and public morals is at utter variance fi
the truth." Mr. Willes adds that "no person haeb,e.%
killed within the State in a duel, nor on or off thelll3
of railroads, within the last ten Nears." .in Of
LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY.—The final winding er by
the affairs of this company is now nearly completed ''
Mr. Quilter, the official manager of the Court of Cba!-
e
eery, who proposee, having ascertained the liabilities to
amount to 6,0001., to declare a dividend of 63. fa_ to
pound ; and should the appeal proposed to be talteTent
the House of Lords, with rolerence to certain favour
rights belonging to the company, be decided ill f'lbie.
of the shareholders, a prospective but at present pro d
inatical dividend will be declared of 20a. in the Punt's.
ESCAPE OF DESERTERS rnors Sr. GF:ORGILS 13,".0n of
theeO
Scotch
c4')
tucthi d air, u
smi l
ioerrns i rw, gh,
oa bhoaudt ninebeen o'clock, tW° in
--
de.
8° deff 1483 ,_,,
sertere were in the guard-house at St. George's
.13arrbse:u't
with two other prisoners, confined for beingoutsideabsent
without leave. The four were permitted to go si.
the guard-houso for the purpose of washing. TelonoB ..",
vantage of the opportunity afforded by the rest_
rl_tel%
men being on parade, they contrived to Vale the 134131,t ~
wall, which is about 14 feet high, and, notwithsta c.ir:t
that they were seen by a police constable on duty,. tang
eluded his vigilance as well as that of the guard; ''.','.e
got clear off. It is understood that ih congequneenec
been
serjeant and corporal of the guard have si_.e
_;„,,,_.
aptiacteherde, under arrest. The names
Hailast depose
Pbahli.lrpaoctkts, andit
wDas,nfoauhlouol
of the men are v.' 'l's,
.thaOtnthinecinlairtyter Im

retaken.

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AND

COWL rk,iT;'R,(l:l T.N7ELT4ICTER;7i

o

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, but firmly, and prices of all descriptions
were unchanged from the current rates of last
Week. The Railway Share Market opened steadily,
but subsequently improved, and clQs?d at a slight
iniprovement on Mon lay's prices.

The commercial advices from Paris report no
change of importance, although increased con-
fidence has been engendered by the prospects of
the money market. At present, however, the
continuance of the discount restrictions prevents
animation, but the commercial public expect a
decided improvement early in the new year.

.•
The number and tonnage of vessels now on the
berth for Australia, New Zealand, Van Diemen's
Land, &c., as compiled by Mr. Miller, of the
Jerusalem Coffee-house, is as follows

Launceston
Hobart Town
New South Wales
Melbourne and Geelong
Adelaide
Swan River
-Auckland, Wellington, Canter-
bury, and Nelson

Vesaels.

Tons.
370

.. 1,088
.. 7,994
2▪ 0,247
• 4,364
▪ 582

3,328

Total
The pressure for money in Lombard-Street and
at the Bank of England continues, but this is fully
accounted_ for by the amount required to-morrow
°3' the commercial couimunitv. Tile amount of
bills falling due on the 4th December is usually
larger than at other periods ; and as many have
deferred obtaining the necessary supplies until the
last moment, there is temporarily increased strin-
ferleY. Seven per cent. is the currant quotation
for the best qualities of commercial paper, and in
'417 few instances is accommodation granted below
that quotation. Under these circumstances it is
scarcely supposed thet the directors of the Bank
Will reduce their minimum to-morrow, and many'
imagine that measure will no iv be postponed until
early in the New Year. On the Stock Exchange,
however, there is some difference of opinion on this
clibject, and prices are partially strengthened by
411 expectation that an alteration will 5e announced.
The position of tke Bank has undoubtedly much
improved, but perhaps the Directors may
deem it advisable to limit their operations
lllltif the various items of the national balance
sheet shall have assumed a still more favour-
41e appearance, because as soon as a change is
toads a very considerable impulse will be given
to
0,, business in all departments. The amount
IL other securities at the date of the
;14t return was still exceedingly large, and a
t/ell greater reduction is desirable before in-
erased facilities are given to discount transactions.
);,hether the position of the establishment has
en Sufficiently strengthened during the last week,
however, to render a reduction in the minimum
desirable, is a matter known only to the authori-
titeB, and the public, therefore, evince much
zi ;44ety for the result of the Bank Court to.mor-
14)W. The steamer Ripon, to leave for India
t.hd China to-morrow, takes out upwards
lit( 800,0001., chiefly in silver, to India.
04170hina the shipments am unt to about 158,000/.
tir Y 3 the rest being transmitted to Bombay, Ma-
aB) Calcutta, and Ceylon. A very small propor-
tion of the aggregate amount on board is in gold.
In English Securities there is a general improve-
bent, but the settlement constitutes the chief
neitess of the day. The speculative transactions
pre numerous, and large amounts of stock have
ert carried over at per cent. Consols have
%en 941 and 941 g for money and to morrow, and
oak for January. The Unfunded Debt has risen
to 413. and Bs. premium. Bank Stock is 2151 217.
The New Three per Cents. are 931 1, and the
41e tluced 924 931. Exchequer Bonds are 983.
Tito transactions in the Foreign Market have not
tlte'nded to more than four securities. Turkish 6
nteCe`Cents. are better, being 951 f 7-; and the 4 per
Sonde
are firm at 102 to 1021. Russian Small
are 97, and Swedish 85.
%tfollowing are the nominal prices of Foreign
oe k 8 Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ;
414"
7, 22 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
44;1. Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per
4.'5 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43/ ; ditto
di-„"r beferred, 23« 24; ditto Certificates, 5 ;
passive, 6
Inoderate business has been transacted in Rail-
-141 Shares, and prices have generally been well
; in some few instances an advace of
414 ato per cent. may be reported. Caledo-
%al; Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire
lorkhire, South Western, and North Eastern
)1:14 are about ss. higher. The French lines
'0.141 also shown an increased firmness, and Great
6t41 of France, and Northern'of France, are
'better. The Canadian, East Indian, and Bel-
hues are also fully supported, at rather im-
7ed rates.
ott:int-stock Bank shares have ruled dull, but
env Bank and Bank of Egypt have been at
chanced quotations.
04.414 IVliscellaneous shares no material alteration
41,1 4be noticed. Peninsular and Oriental Steam
itier
sal Mail Steam were dealt in at fully for-
rats.

4118E1 FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES.

(From the Offietal List.)

„r,sinpe. de a.
4114 Der 1k Stock
.
4
Bbe olit. Reduced Annuities
kihhtn,ee!lt. Consols Annuities 94k al i
$ I t:
1.,,a: `3 Der r!ent. Annuities
37 F 4untiities, expire sth Jan. 1860...
ra.,t
....,
i.j
I►-Ito 30 Years, expire sth jell., 1860 3 1 -t”
tinds, £lOOO . .
liieutt°, under £lOOO 2 d
1_
k,', for Account 9I 4' a i
ClO
--noquer Bills, Lid.
+3O
8 p
11.4zsell
ltte
98
N Bonds, 1858, 3i per Con*
to, 1859
4
14.21 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
.E onds, 5 per Cent. lOOl
tte.,
Itti,,--n 3 per Cent 22
-.an ponds, 1622, I: St., 5 per Cent -:-4--_-
. 3140 small II 9:)41 ,
11u flkids, 3 per c e.nt
Dot New New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
fi -"to A.ccount
lye&
85 x d
Tar 48h 4 per Cent.
~ .ch
bitto “tids n per cent
Account ' Ditto Guaranteed 4 n Cent.
Ditto Account ' ^er
102
........................... • •
11 DiVidenda On the above payable in London.
litch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders 61

C°131019 (Money)
Ditto account, December 4

THREE O'CLOCK.
943
943

ijiord Vivian has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of
1,4 tounty of Cornwall, in the room of Sir William Tro-
d eceased.
Co
aZ°DELIt SUICIDE.--A horrible case of suicide was
7111itted Lover Largo on the night of Saturday
to t' by Elizabeth White and Janet White, twin sis-
_
• about 30 years of age, and weavers by occupation.
4,3' committed the deed about eleven p.m., by tying
-Nle of their own make to the joists of the loom they
Itirou
ght at, and then must have tied it round their necks,
pit`e were both found hanging in the shop about half
it4o4e,leven p.m., by. one of tea neighbours, who went
134 the shop to see what haa hecotrn cf them, dead.
twi,lat afternoon they were seen by their, mother to
)4,3,..," a rope, which was suppose :I to be t.le same as
bite
.%„." in this action, and star-d to her that they
leave
e into the world together, and that they would
41z:tether. The two unfortunate i!irls mere very much.
kirPi 4te'l ; and being steady, sober, a !Id industrio
ait.% there can be no can,e as yet cdvoi for their corn-
. tinr? sui *de —Pifcrshire Journal.
Qtr. et
ClEtihs' PERCIIA HOOPS FOR Lamas.—The
the much latitude, or rather citcureere.nce, DOW
ladiesn
giv'natter of dress, that it is very difficUlt for fashion to
e
the,Blsread enouuli to their garments vvihout subjecting
tav--e to inconveniences not easily overe,etne on narrow
bet.°3ents and nbztructed pa,finwe-isar A new and
beet, article than wh:ilen•ne or distending the dress has
ia IltrOduced. It is A cord nr,de ,:f gutt4a percha, whine(l4 ,8t..0 heavy as whaletiore, is more ible, so that the
and `' n tobte,l close to the p,rsen when necessary,
tiotia"re!etve elasticity enough to re-rimo its proper posi-
beeilerri. For the ia. ies' 5a just the thing
► of
it earl ho 'enitet by ply Lettish the ends
and t‘ %later. There is thf ref •re no springing of the ends
11 ,51qtar re —t f
the dress, Gu'ta percha ill one of the most
a 134 articles known. We ia:No no don ht that the cord
• fct. 071. f,ferred to would make excellent d othes-lines, and
bettor Plug ropes for the young ladieg n othing could be
°r more desirAble."—New York ben zny Post.

LORD LUCII,T AND THE LIBERTY
OF THE PRESS.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER (THIS DAN).

(P,efore the Lord Chief atr,,n and a Special Jury.,
ThH ikeroi,g was ti.),,ciai!y fippointecl for the trial of
" Lord Lucau v. Smith and others," proprietors of the
Daily News, for damages for an alleged libel contained
in an article published in that paper on Nth July last,
in which they criticised his lordship's conduct during
his command in the Crimea. The sufft rings of the Eng-
lish army during the late 1118 Flan war created at the
time much interest, and absorbed public attontkn for a
considerable period. As the public ara aware it gave
rise to much 6iscusE,ion in
.Parliament, and several offi•
cial inquiries took place ; and it was after the issue of
the report of the Chelsea Blard of General Officers that
the article in question appeared in the Daily News. The

defendants plead not gully, and that the article com-
pla,ined of was a fair and bona
,fide comment upon the
conduct of the plaintiff as commander of the Cavalry
Envision in the Crimea, and was printed and published
by the defendants as and for such comment, and without
any malicious intent or motive whatever. About 10
days since the defendants applied to the Court to be
allowed to plead a special plea, but the Court refused
the application, As the defence will mainly rest on it
we subjoin it. It is as follows :
"And for a second plea the defendants say that in and
during the war in the declaration mentioned, and until the
plaintiff was recalled as hereinafter mentioned, he was the
general commanding the Cavalry Division of her Majesty's
forces employed in the said war, and the said Lord Car-
digan, in the declaration mentioned, WAS the general com-
manding the Light Cavalry Brigade, being part of the said
division, and disputes and differences arose and existed be-
tween the plaintiff and the said Lord Cardigan touching
their conduct in such commands respectively, and the
plaintiff and the said Lord Cardigan wrote and sent to the
Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's said forces laters in
which they respectively complained of each other's conduct
in reference to their said commands respectively, and the
adain tiff also wrote letters to the said Commander-in-Chief,
in which he complained of the course of conduct pursued
towands him by the latter in reference to the plaintiff's
said command. And the defendants say that such dis-
putes, differences, and complaints tended to impair the effi-
ciency of the services of the said forces iu the said war.
And the defendants fur her say, that in and during the
said war great sufferings, losses, and" disasters-were under-
gone, sustained, anti happened by and to the said division,
so under the plaintiff's command, as aforesaid, in men and
horses, as well by reason of want of sufficient food, forage,
and shelter, respectively and otherwise, as in operations
undertaken against the enemy, and that such disputes and
differences, complaints, sufferings, losses, and disasters had
become and were before the committing of the grievances
in the declaration mentioned matters of public notoriety,
discussion, and interest amongst and by her Majesty's sub-
jects, and by divers of such subjects complaints were pub-
licly made of alleged misconduct and mismanagement in
reference to the conduct of the said war by those in com-
mand over the said forces, or portions thereof. And the
defendants further say, that the plaintiff was, before the
committing of the said grievances, recalled by her Majesty
from his said command, and afterwards and before the
conamitti ng of the said grievances, made public speeches and
wrote letters reflecting upon the conduct of the said Com-
meader-in-Chief of the said forces, and others, in relation
to the said war, and which sail speeches and letters were
made public. And the defendants further say, that before
the committing of the said grieveuces, her Majesty's Sec-
retary of State for the War Department directed Sir John
M'lsreill and Colonel Tulloch to proceed to the seat of the
said war to inquire into divers of the aforesaid premises,
and amongst others, as to the want of such food and forage,
as aforesaid ; and the said Sir John M`Neill and Colorel I
Tulloch afterwards, and before the committing of such
grievances, duly proceeded .under such instructions, and
made and forwarded to the said Secretary of State their
report, taken under such directions, and statements of the
evidence taken by them upon which the same was founded,
and by which report the conduct of the plaintiff in reference
to his said command was animadverted upon. Anti the de-
fendants further say that afterwards, and before the com-
mitting of the said grievances, her -Majesty the Queen ap-
pointed Sir Alexander Woodford, Sir George Berkeley,
Henry Beauchamp, Earl Beauchamp, Sir John Bell, Sir
William Rowan, Jonathan Peel, EFT, and William Thomas
Knollys, Esq., to be a board to inquire amongst other
things into the said conduct of the plaintiff, and which
said board afterwards, and before the committing of the
said grievances, duly proceeded and made their report under
the said warrant, and humbly laid the same and the whole
examination and proceedings before her Majesty. And the
defendants say that the said reports, statements, proceed-
iogs, and evidence respectively wererespectively published,
and became, and were, matter of public notoriety, discus-
sion, and interest amongst and by the subjects of our lady
the Queen, and that the words in the declaration men-
tioned were, and are, part of an article printed and pub-
lished in the said newspaper in the declaration mentioned,
and which said article so containing the said words in the
declaration mentioned were, and ate, a fair and bona fide
comment upon the several matters and premises therein
contained and referred to, and upon the conduct of the
plaintiff as such commander as in the declaration mentioned
in reference thereto, and were printed and published by
the defendants as and for such comment, and without any
malicious intent or motive whatever."

Before the court was opened a number of perlon7,
notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, had
assembled in Westmiaster-haq, and on the opening of
the dooN the uvt was speedily filled by persons
anxiona to hear the case and have a sight of his lord-
ship, who has become so popular and notosions by the
proceedings that have taken plane with reference to the
army iu the Crimea. Amongst them were several
females.

Lord Lucan•arriced at Westminster-ba,ll before ball•
past nine o'clock, and on the opening of the court took

a seat under the witness-box. He declined to take a seat
on the bench, being so personally interested in the case.
General Pollock, the Ciiief Baron's brother, was accom-
modated with a seat on the bench. The Court was oc•
cupied the first hour of the day in finishing a case rela-
tive to a patent for purifying gae.
The special jury was called about a quarter-past 11
o'clock, but eaven only answered to their names ; five
of the common jury were therefore called and answered
to their names, and the case proceeded.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Lush were counsel for the
plaintiff;
Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Hugh 11111, Q.C., and
Mr. Field, fer the defendant.
Sir F. Thesiger, in addressing the jury for the plain-
tiff, said this was not an unimportant ease, and required
their serious consideration. On one hand was a nobleman
of high rank, a distinguished military officer, who claimed
justice at their hands for a serious libel affecting his
honour and character. On the other hand, they had a
newspaper conducted with considerable talent, and
enjoying an extensive circulation, which had thought
proper to attack Lord Lucan in the manner complained
of. Lord Lucan stands before the world with his posi
tion and character known to them ; every circumstance
of his life might be searched out, and it was impossible
for him to conceal himself from any shafts which malice
might choose to direct against him. On the other hand,
there was a concealed opponent, unknown and invisible,
who might be actuated by personal feelings and most
malicious motives, but who could not he detected. If
known it might turn out that the author of the
article was a person whose judgment might have no
weight with others, and whose opinion might be utterly
insignificant, and yet a newspaper appeared to speak
with a weight and authority belonging to a public organ
representing public opinion. If Lard Lucan had felt
disposed to consult his own case he would have sat down
quietly under the stigma, because he (Sir F, Thesiger)
very much feared that this warfare would not end
with this trial, considering the adversary he bad to
contend with, Hereafter all his faults would be
collected, set down' in a note-book, learned, carried
by vote, and thrown in his teeth, and we find he would
have to pay a heavy penalty for the offence of having
called on this portion of the English press to an account
of its conduct in a court ofjustice. It was much the prac-
tice of the day on occasions of this kind to raise the
cry of the " Press in danger," but never was a cry more
misplaced or mistimed than that at the present time, for
never did the press enjoy greater liberty than now. The
danger to the liberty of the press, if there be danger,
arises from the press abusing its powers from a want of
a proper feeling of its responsibilities, regardless of
feelings used their great powers to licentiously assail
the cleatacter of indiaiduale, and if persisted in would
require restriction. The learned gentleman then read
a portion of the article in question containing the alleged
libel, which was as follows :
" 11l as we think of Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan, we
feel convinced that had they been under the orders of a
competent Commander-in-Chief, of one who would have
known and treated them as soldiers only, oven they would
not have disgraced and discredited the name and fame of
England, or would have been obliged to resign. Insolent.,
disorderly as they are—much inclined as they are to abuse
their positions—relying as they do for support on a bad
system of favouritism in high quarters, they are both brave
men, they have both some military spirit and aspirations e
and used as instruments by a firm, vigorous, competent
commander, whose firm will they respected and feared,
something might have been made of them. Not being socbm-
manded,all their natural and acquired vices and defects had
full play, and have introduced into the military history of
their country an episode of the most discreditable de-
scription, which is not to he shuffled out of because the
board of general officers happeni to have hit on the true
cause why supplies could not be conveyed from Baleklava
to the front. No, the Lucan-Cardigan scandal still re-
mains undiminished in real gravity, at once a warning and
an instruction to the Duke of Cambridge as to the heavy
responsibility he has assumed at the Horse Guards. His
first, his imperative duty will be to throw himself upon
the young and energetic officers of the army ; to seek out
and elevate to places of trust true ability and zeal ; to in-
troduce into the service a deeper sense of responsibility, a
more earnest sense of duty, than the truculent insubordi-
nation of the two white-washed peers, and the frivolous tone
of the Report upon which we have been commenting,
proves to prevail among the senior members of the profes-
sion."

plaint.

The learned gentleman then referred to our army being
in the Crimes, and the various official reports thereon,
and raid that the libel in question appeared in the Daily
News in July. In September Lord Lucau's solicitor
v7rW e the Daily News, complaining of the libel, and de-
man:ling an apology to be placed in a conspicuous part
of the paper. A reply, was sent, stating that the editor

was ready to give Lord Lucan an opportunity of justi-
fying his conduct by inserting a letter from him. The
learned gentleman characterised the offer of the editor
as an insult, and revolting to justice and propriety, and
Lord Luca would have disgraced himself by writing a
letter to a newspaper, denying the statements set forth
in the hi el in queation. He then read the correspond-
ence that passed on the occasion, and which is given
below, and in conclusion said the noble lord was before
them fOr such scanty redress as the law would give him
for an atw2k on his character, which was beyond fair
criticism; reserving his other remarks till he bad beard
the nature of the defence,

The newspaper was then put in, and the article com-
plained of containing the extract read by Sir F. Thesiger,
was read to the court and jury.
The Earl of Lucan was then called, and examined by
Mr. Lush. He deposed —I am the plaintiff, and
%as Lieutenant-General Commanding her Majesty's
Cavalry Division in the East. I arrived there in the
end ' April, 1554, and left the Crimea for this country
15th February, 1855. I attended before the Board of
General Officers at Chelsea. The article was pointed

out to me the day of its publication in the United Ser-
vice Club, and I instructed my solicitor the following
day.
By Mr. James—l arrived in England 12 days after I
sailed from the Crimea. I was recalled on the 13th of
February, 1854, by Lord Raglan, and Lord Cardigan,
part of my time, commanded the Light Cavalry Brigade.
By Mr. James—Why were you called on to resign
your command ?

Sir F. Thesiger objected to the question. (To Lord
Lucan)—Was it in writing

Lord Lucan—Yes.
Mr. James—That makes no matter.

The Chief Baron ruled the question could be put.
Lord Lucan—ln consequence of a letter he wrote after
the report, of Lord Raglan in reference to the battle of
Balaklava ho was called on to resign.

Mr. Jame2—Was that not in effect insubordination
Lord Lucan---Is that a question ?

Mr. James—Yes.

Lord LucatiCertiinly not. I never withdrew that
letter, nor was I ever asked to withdraw it. The Go-
vernment thought that in consequence of that letter
there might not be that perfect good feeling between
me and the Commander-in-Chief, and recalled me.
General Airey did not advise me to with-
draw the letter. The report of Lord Raglan stated
that I had misconceived the orders of the charge at
Balaklava. My first difference of opinion with Lord Car-
digan did not occur until we were on board the" Simla,"
and not at Devna. A difference arose between me and
Lord Cardigan then, relative to some fancied irregu-
larity on his part of my adjutant. I did not write a
letter to Lord Raglan in consequence, dated Kula-
lee. I wrote one when near Varna, in August,
14'4, and had to withdraw it. I never knew of
any difference between me and Lord Cardigan
till after the battle of Alma. Lord Cardigan wrote a
letter complaining of me, which I forwarded to Lord
Raglan with an explanation. Lord Cardigan was under
my command. He complained to Lord Raglan in that
letter, of how I exercised my command over hint. I
complained to Lord Raglan that I had been separated
as much as possible from my division whilst Lord Cardi-
gan had been entrusted with his command ; these com-
plaints and jealousies—though I am not aware of them
—did not continue till my recall. I only wrote
one letter of complaint to Lord Raglan. I complained
in a letter to Lord Raglan that I could not act under
an officer like Lord Cardigan, who had repudiated my
authority altogether. That repudiation first took place
at Devna. Ho refused there to recognise his divi•
sional general, and of reporting direct himself to the
Commander-in-Chief We never had any personal
difference. Lord Cardigan, in a letter dated from the
bivouac on 21st September, after the battle of Alma,
complained that he could not act under me, and in an-
stver to that I did not complain to Lord Raglan of
highly improper conduct on the part of Lord Cardigan
in September, 1854. I sent to him certain facts, but I
made no remarks on it. On being pressed by the learned
Cone sel, Lord Lucan declined to give any positive answers
on the point from length of time ; in that letter, I think
Lord Cardigan complains of my interference in the
command of his brigade, but whether it was a com-
plaint of my "unceasing interference" with him, or not;
I can't recollect. I replied to the Commander-in-Chief,
that certain orders were not attended to, but I made no
complaint. It was not notorious in the army our differ-
ences, and that they were paralysing the service. I
can't recollect any difference between us after Septem-
ber. I did compla,n to General Escott, that Lord
Cardigan had written an insubordinate letter;
it had reference to our differences at Dev-
na, and the Commander-in-Chief informed Lord
Cardigan to report through the Divisional Com-
mander. I referred the matter to General Eseotf, as
Adjutaart,t+e-neral of the- reghnent,.AO not as a coin-

Mr. James proposed to question Lord Lucan on a
reported speech of Lord Lucan's in the House of Lords,
relative to his command being withdrawn, because the
terms he was on would injure the discipline of the army,
and greatly prejudice the service.
The Chief Baron said that Lord Lucan, as a peer,
need not answer that question.
Lord Lucan said he was ready to answer the question.
Mr. James then varied the question.
Lord Lucan said the ground given for my recall was
in consequence of the letter I forwarded to Lord Raglan,
the Government fearing it might lead to differences
between us, and not because they then existed. lam
ignorant of what the Government felt. I can only state
what they apprehended from the letter referred to. On
the letter so stating I was recalled.
The correspondence relative to the article were then
put in and read. The letter of the 6th Sept. was first
read. It was from the noble plaintiff's solicitor to the
propriet nr of the Daily News, pointing out the article
in question, and demanding an apology or an action
would be commenced for libel. To that an answer was
sent regretting his lordship should feel aggrieved at the
article, and offering Lord Lucan the insertion of a letter
denying- the facts. Other letters were put in in which the
noble plaintiff refused the offer, and demanded an apology,
to which the defendant called on the plaintiff to point out
the part complained of, which he declined, and charac-
terised the article as a whole a libel, and informing the
defendants of his intention to proceed against the de.
fendants for a libel.

Thi3 was the whole of the evidence for the noble
plaintiff, when

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defendants' conduct from a proceeding so unfair and
unjust as to be utterly unexampled, and he hoped
would always be unparalleled. The defendants, by
the course they had pursued on the trial, had
not justified their conduct by showing that Lord
Lucan was guilty of what they charged him with, but
had relied on the article being, as they said, a fair
comment on a public man. The defendants were at
liberty to have gone into the whole of Lord Lucan's
conduct during the time he was in the Crimea, and
to have produced such parts of the reports in evidence
as would justify their conduct ; but they had failed
to do so. That was the course they should have
adopted, and then have appealed to the jury ; but
instead of that they had adopted a most unfair course
by cross-exaruining Lord Lucan from a book (Lord
Luean's published correspondence), to use the answer so
extracted from him to raise a prejudice on the jury's
mind against the noble lord, or to induce them to believe
the article was a fair criticism on the noble lord's con-
duct. No proof of insubordination had been given, or
that the noble lord had disgraced the name or fame of
England, nor of any of the other charges, and the
learned counsel then referred to Lord Lucan's
relations with Lord Cardigan, which, he said, showed
there were no personal differences between them, nor
anything to justify the attack that had 'been made.
Lord Lucan's evidence had shown that his recall was
not based on the grounds relied on by the defendants.
He contended that the defendants had failed to make
out their case ; and called on the jury to vindicate Lord
Lucan's character by giving their verdict for the noble
plaintiff. Before concluding his address, the learned
counsel expressed his opinion that that part of the article
mostly complained of by Lord Lucan, was written by
another pen than the other part ; and in passing paid a
glowing eulogium to the late Lord Raglan, whose life
had probably been shortened by the slanders that
had b: en cast on him without cause, and with which the
article in question abounded. An article of this descrip-
ti=on had a great effect on such men as Lord Lucan.
The leading journal enjoyed an immense circulation,
and the public were disposed to take certain infor-
mation on trust rather_ than_take the trouble to
inqtaro into its truth themselves. Thc isjournai had gone
forth to all parts of the world with a statement, connect-
ing discreditable circumstances with the name of Lucan.
The esteem of our fellow-men was highly prized,
and indignal iod and resentment were, therefore,
aroused to repel any attack on its character,
one of the best possessions a man could have, and
" fame is the spur of noble deeds," and it was well it
should be thought so. The noble plaintiff did not ask

for heavy damages ; all he required was a vindication of
his character from an attack such as that complained of.
James then addressed the jury for the defence.
He commenced by statitg that the counsel for the noble
plaintiff, feeling the weakness of Lord Luean's position,
had directed the jury's attention mainly to what was not
substantially the point in the case. He had dwelt in elo-
quent terms on what he was pleased to call the attacks on
private character from what he called a malicious and a
licentious press. He (Mr. James) would venture to
say that any person who had heard the article read,
because they must take the whole of it into their consi-

deration when they considered the verdict, would find
no attack in it on private character, but that it was the
language of the historian writing for the information of
the► public freely and without control, and that there was

nothing licentious or malicious in the article. It was
an article written on a subject of vital public interest,
and he trusted, in praise of his country, written
freely as an editor had a right to write,
free from control and censureship, and without
private malice or malignity. It was an article, as the
plea stated, a public comment on a question of public
interest, and it was an article written by the
historian on what was past for the benefit
of futurity, and calculated, as he would show
it was, to expose the insubordination and want
of discipline in the army. It was not an article written
on the private character of an individual, but on a
general to whom the public had entrusted
their national honour. Sir F. Thesiger had been
pleased to remark on the unjust and unfair manner in
which the defendant's case was conducted and he was as
full of complaints of him (Mr. James) for it, as his noble
client was of Lord Cardigan. But was his learned friend
not aware of the
,fact that the book from which he
examined Lord Lucan was published by him, and con-
tained his correspondence. This case was of great
importance to Lord Lucan, there could be no doubt,
and it was equally so to the public. The article
in question was written with a bold band as history
ought to be written, and with an unflinching hand. It
pointed out that system of mismanagement under which
the finest army that ever left this country melted like
snow before the sun,— which melted,and dwindled
away, not before the foe, but before mismanagement
and favouritism. By the same right that Sir A. Alison
had stated that Wellington was surprised by Napoleor,
the defendant claimed the right to state that Lord
Lucan was incompetent to the command•. These
Lucan-Cardigan squabbles were a disgrace to the
army. Lord Lucan was of an imperious temper,
and there was not sufficient control exercised
over him at head-quarters, and the article
reflected more on Lord Raglan, to whom it did not say
one unkind word, than to Lord Lucan, and pointed out
Lord Raglan's defieiences, who was deficient in energy,
and did not possess the iron will of Hanibal or Napoleon.
He was a general of a most courteous and kind
disposition, and as brave as the 'sword he wore, but
unfortunately he was not possessed with that fore-
sight and prescience and energy required in a Com-
mander-in-Chief, and the article was written as a matter
of history. The remarks of the learned counsel with
reference to the effect of slander on the late
Lord Raglan was here out of place, because the article
was written after Lord Raglan's death, and it spoke of
him as the historian had a right to speak of him, as in-
competent for his command, and he (Hr. James) had
yet to learn that the public journalist had not a right
freely to comment on a public functionary, whether he
be general, a judge, or a statesman. It had been said
that this article could not be justified, but he relied on
his plea that it was not a libel, and that it required
no apology from an historian writing truthfully and
courageously on facts that were passed, and which had been
the subject of public comment in this country. The
article required no justification, beca&se it did not
touch Lord Lucan's private character, but referred to
Lords Cardigan and Lucan, and that Lord Raglan was
incapable of command. The unseemly differences

between Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan were
known in the army, and when the fate o

Europe rested on an action about to be,
fought, these two officers were writing in the

bivouac on the night before the battle of the
Alma—Lord Cardigan that he could not act under
Lord Lucan, and Lord Lucan that Lord Cardigan
was insubordinate—to the utter destruction of the
whole army. At the time when everything might be
said to have been trembling in the balance, these two
general's, like two great spoilt school girls, were
quarrelling as to which should send his adjutant
here or there. It was a disgrace to the fair fame of
England that their unseemly differences should
have existed, and should have been going on at such a
a time and hour. The evidence of Lord Raglan was
unsatisfactory as to_ his recall, about the misconception
of the order to charge at Balaklava, when that heroic
band fell, and the :brilliancy of which only shed but a
slight justification of their conduct. However much
that charge had shed a lustre on the British arms, many
gallant men were eacaccd in consequence of that mis-
conception. It was a charge unpaialleled in points
of courage and in dauntless hardihood, and equalled
only in the description of the poet :
"Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven,
And louder thank the bolts of heaven
Far flashed the red artillery."

After some remarks, in which the learned counsel
said that the charge was only equalled in that of Mar-
rall% and Thermopyle, he said that unfortunately Lord
Raglan was not a man of that iron rule for such insub-
ordinate cfficers as these. Would the Duke of Welling-
ton or Napoleon have allowed such conduct ? No.
But a divisional order would have been issued the next
day dismissing them from the service. They were aware of
Lord Raglan's affability, courtesy, and hiskind and gen-
tlemanly feelings, and hence the unseemly squabbles be-
tween them. Was not such conduct a disgrace to the
name and fame of England and England's generals
who were paid by the people of England and
entrusted to them the national honour. It
was a scandal and a disgrace to find that
two generals could so conduct themselves before
an enemy. The learned counsel then proceeded to com-
ment on the several paragraphs i❑ the article, and said
he would not then say anything of a general sleeping in
his yacht unlike Napoleon at Eylau and Wagram.
The Chief Baron —Lord Cardigan is not here, and I
think you ought not to mention him in this ease.
Mr. James said, under the circumstances he should
abstain from making remarks on him other than by say-
ing that he thought hie lordship a person of too much
sense to bring a similar action. The learned gentleman
then made some eloquent remarks on the truth and just-
ness of the article in question, and concluded amidst
loud applause. During the delivery of his address the
learned gentleman was frequently cheered.
The Learned Judge having summed up, the jury re-
tired to consider their verdict.

After au absence of half-an-hour they returned into
court and gave a verdict for the defendants, that of " Not
Guilty" on the whole of the pleas, which was received
with loud applause.

SAILING OF TFIE BRITISH DISCOVERY
SHIP RESOLUTE FOR ENGLAND.

The British discovery barque Resolute sailed on
the 13th ult., at noon, from the Brooklyn navy
yard, under the command of Captain H. J. Har-
stein, one of the cfficers of thelate Arctic expedition,
for Portsmouth, England, where she will be deli-
vered into the hands of her Majesty's Government
as a present from the Government of the United
States. Captain Harstein, in command of the
English barque Resolute, has been fully instructed
by the Navy Department relative to the course to
ba pursued by him in the execution of his trust,
and takes out a letter to Lord Clarendon from the
the State Department, closing the joint resolution
of Congress for the purchase of that vessel from
the American crew who found it, and presentation
of it to the British Government, and expressing the
gratification of the Administration on behalf of the
people of the United States in tendering this token
of the friendly feelings by which our country is
actuated. The time for this national courtesy is
considered here to be- opportune, in view of the
settlement of the Central American question. The
singular history of the Resolute must be fresh in the
recollection of eur readers. It will be remembered
that she was despatched by the British Government
in search of Sir John Franklin, and was frozen in
among the icebergs ; that her officers and crew
had to abandon her, leaving all their effects
on board ; that she was found several months ago
by the crew of a whaling vessel belonging to New
London, Connecticut, having drifted about 1,200
miles from the spot where she was abandoned.
Nor will it be forgotten that the sum of $40,000
was appropriated by our own Government for the
purpose of purchasing her from the fortunate
whalers of New London—the English Government
having waived all claim to her • nor that she has
been repaired and fitted with the utmost care at
the expense of our Government, with the design of
restoring her to the Queen in at least as good a
condition as she was in at the time the exigencies
of their situation compelled her crow to abandon
her. With such completeness and attention to de-
tail has this work been performed, that not only
has everthing found on board been preserved, even
to the books in the captain's library, the pictures
in his cabin, and a musical-box and organ belong-
ing to other officers, but new British flags have been
manufactured in the Navy-yard to take the place
of those which had' rotted during the long time
she was without a living soul on board. From
stem to stern she has been repainted ; her sails
and much of her rigging are entirely now, the
muskets, swords, telescopes, nautical instruments,
ika, which she contained, have been cleaned and
put in perfect order. Nothing has been overlooked
or neglected that was necessary to her most complete
and thorough renovation. Several thousand pounds
t
of powder which were found on board will • bed
taken back to England, somewhat deteriorated in
quality, but still good enough for ordinary pur-
poses, such as firing salutes. Her massive build
surprised every one of her numerous visitors while
she remained at the Navy-yard. Her upper deck
and between-decks are double planked throughout,
-while her bows and sides are of three thicknesses.
Her builders had regard to the comfort of her
officers and crew in the Arctic seas. Under every
berth runs a steampipe, and through the entire
length of the cabins and between decks are rows of
pipes three feet in diameter, which must have
effectually heated the vessel even when the ther-
mometer fell to 60 or 70 deg. below zero. The
pipes in question connected with a huge furnace,
which also served as a cooking range. The officers
appointed by the Government to conduct the Reso-
lute to England are, Commander H. J. Harstein,
Lieutenants C. H. Wells, E. E. Stone, and Hun-
ter Davidson. The surgeon is Mr R. T. Maccoum,
and the secretary, Mr. Otis. The Resolute is un-
doubtedly a slow sailer, and it is not expected that
she will reach Portsmouth under 40 days. The
reception which will be *given to her officers and
crew will, undoubtedly, beeworthy of the generous
conduct of the American people. —Neu, York
Times.