The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-29 00:00:00

14irtRiebard
.'resumed his argnmetat for -t ,;••-,, •
[Pigoo..:. 4appellant re rep y.
tiktEß,ll 5" the " '•
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This case has been already reported in The San.
nomarr, ..a.pollroarr arevam.
At the tottnitlbioo errAti,tc.trgstuiet an of duelist.' the • -
handed down to posterity the chronicles d ettaticb!Lr reserveli judgment.
the mighty gauze. In a contest between two such Arr Ell, IN FEEGII—LEASPIAW V. SETIFOUR.
Powers it is most prnbable that the virtues and-! Mr. Cohen and Mr. earke, counsel for the appellant
314 respondent in this easy,
,appeared at the' far of the
vices, the acts of heroism and of perfidy
house and stated te- the LordehancrAlar that of consent
aide, were very si tni lar in kind end degree. Carthage,
hoverer, was worsted, and " Punie faith" has re- I these 2b°614 be a i'dgille"r• tk"dete"aat in error ;
hamcd.rnta,,,at the judgment of the Court' below should be
inain-d a t,rm of opprobrium from the days of
Scipio to the days of Napoleon. Had Engl:;nd Tr e 'o:d t.,haucehor ass:nts3, and ordered accord-
been defeated in her great struggle with Imperial isoF,
France, an i had the inventions and. indignant' APPEAL IN ERROII-II'MAHOIPT SIR I'. B. LENNAII6 BART • philippics of the French chroniclers of that day Thefurther hearing of this hupor.aot appeal sod .
writ
.1 stray, an Li ,' ?f—ilcelifltirticiiiraltitigiurnt of th
remained the only records upon which the opinion.
of posterity could have been formed, !ve should. Exchequer Clia.Lber ' Irrlac.i, was ts3etned this more- •
at 11 o'ciock, and was expected to lest the whole
have been the hetoes of no pleasant page in theiug
annals of the human race. If the first Napoleon I day-
could have razed London to the ground, have made •
the whole ishnd desolate, and removed the inha-
bitants to perish iu ‘swamps and mines, such,
undoubtedly, would have been Vie Historical
impression concerning our forefathers to all
tim But th se Oarth:-.ginisns carried on com-
merce with greater spirit ilia • any ut er
nation of the a••cieut. worll. Trey travelled
anorer they knew more of what was redly worth
knowing, than their • rivals. Intelligence and
treachery do not teem to ger hand in hand, as
far as our own immeetate experience has ensbli d
us to form an opinion upon the point. There is,
perhaps, scarcely-;any pa ion of antiquity . which
prison's such rerun., kable problems to the hismti.
cal inquirer as these Carthaginians. They 'were
among the most, powerful races cf ,which we have
'any record ; the'ir.struggle with 11-me provrs it.
Iu peace they Must have been highly civilised, for
Their ships traded with the Syrian cotta ott't he one
side,, and passed through ti;e Pillars of Herctyes
on the o her. In war they rawt have been intel-
ligent as well as f;r toy can claim a their
clown one of the :thron.great nerals of antiquity.
But of their winds we knnsv next to no,hiog.
Their literature- was pro,,ab.y of do. gr••at--serNyttrt-
for that of Rorie was but little IVO-11th at the Bats
when Carthage toll, Still, o,ne would inogine tln-re
must be' sorirthing whictitiWght now' be bt ought
to light. A few chapters torn the "pages •of Los-
historians; u few splendid stanzas frerna hos
tile pnet•—;-bsyond, this what do we know of this
grand people ?

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SLIERIFIV COURT.
(Be'nre Mr. Piendert is', Q C.; and a Jury )
LEVY V. LtWIS.—AN AMBIGUoUS-DOCUMENT
Mr. 11. JdineA stmehred fur the piaiataff, and Mr.
Francis for the thfentlAut.

foie was a new trio', and occupied nearly the whale
'i of !kf onday. Plaintiff is the proprietor of a loan ofileer
in C herifie-str, et, Stilted, and defendant is the mans-
ger of a loan office it. Pelt, r-lane, ated the present action,
was brought to recover ill. se, for one quart ,r. rent of
',remises held by (J• feedaut plaintiff, In If'etter.4o4".
Toete vrernises were, at one tune, muse celebrated as .
epuegieg-houee; in tee euenpatton of plaintiff, who wee,
at that tune, a file. rifle officer, aed have been, ever eines,
belt be ii&endaet—i, belie of cantentiou between Wm .
and plaintidl Several-actions have entire elf, and many
divntvs i;risen between the parties, until at length the -
prepeni action may be leuked upon as a clincher. '
Da.a.dant'e cenneet, pleaded a, set off againet .the
aecoun% which set off proved to be taxes paid by die
fondant under pretest, welch taxes ;mount to cou.ider.
ably more than plantiff's dales. Now there eilsted be.
tween the parties one of thee. eeenliaily anin4u Jur, lewd
docinan nt.•imilich ere M Dorados to the la':vyers, and
whien were, to %veiled tii.4t, it would have added at
least ten year. eo-thesge.of Ooke orßetekstenti to ferret
olika Nuf.m.,b.e patty. 'LOIN beautiful agettineut was
drew., up by Mr. Lawre..e,, son ADO solicitor to
plaintiff, f pleiiitiff, and by Mr. Gregnatt for defendant.
Olceerse, 1%.r. James was surprised that sail one could
for case riveatelit reface to see that plaintiff was entitled
to recover, and, on the other handeMr;Prancis.put al° . •
any rea“elsible man if the doentnent did.not etpreasir
cl-ar [be :!eCetdan!.. from all reepontibility. On a for•
cner cccast..l, i tie jury found for defendant; and blamed
the lawyer. for drawing up such a document. • On the • T •
present trit Mr. James contended that defendant could
-not recover for taaae paid by him unless deduc;ed at the
time, hut it app-arefl- that defendant in a great .tnea...-' •
sire pa:d therm under compoleine. Plaintiff, it was
alleged, die rained upon one of defendant's tenant.,
who in turn sued oefendant, and,, in tact, the pre-
'Diets at Fetter lane appear to have been a very
of wealth- to gentlemen ef the legal profession. One
novel point arose in the case, and that was the
production of Mr. Pearce the counsel to give evidence
against plaintiff, he (Mr. Pearce) having been in the pre.
vioos actions counsel for defendant. The evidence was
very s o stradicory, and the jury had the "legal!! docu-
ment handed in. It was- read, and re-read, read out
loud for the beneqt of all, an read to each for the single
heneffe The more it was read the more obscure did it:
bee nue, moil at length it was thrown aside, and a ver-
dict gietn fur defendant, with 4/.

7 We cadattention: subject at this time, be-
cause tt is highly to be desired 'that the present
Gr _merriment sh`ould be made aware of how deeply
the British people aro interested in the result of
di!coveries of this kind. The subject is one whith
lies so completely out of the pale of polttical strife
that we would keep tt entirely clear of any temark
which might be dissorteds into a tatty meaning.
We may, however, Fay that , our historical students
owe much grati:nde to Lord Palmerston and to
Lord Stratford de Reticliffe, • for the cordial,and
unvarying support' which they have ever affirdel
to -enterprises. of this description. All men of libeint
educatiun, iii their position and. with their oppor-
tunities, would n doubt have" acted in the same
spirit, and certainly a Cabinet which contains two
narn,-, so eini new in literature as those of Bulwer
and-Disinvit is not likely to flinch from the dtuyt:f
diking up the utnnutti ent; of CarthAgo, Cnidus,andt
Hale triiassus. Until the present time the htsiness
,is entirely- iu our own hands. Neither France nor'
any, other nation is. int-Tforing with us ; hut, no
dou'ot, if we hang back others will eagerly rust; in
to tale advuntage of the. golden opportunity.---
Times.