The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1866. ?.

the Prussian people will stand by their representa-
tives, and that they will consider the Constitution as
sacred as ever. I close the sessionwith the cry, Long
live the King!' " Under the peculiar circumstances
in which he was placed the President could not
have spoken more to the purpose than this. He has
sho*n himself at all times truly alive to the require-
ments of his position, and it must have been with
real regret that he thus took leave of the Assembly,
which was bound to support the cause of liberty and
to defend the rights of the people. Again we wit-
ness the triumph of Herr BISMARCK, bat such suc-
cesses are proverbially short-lived, and his term of
power and office must soon cease. Meanwhile the
German people had better be on the alert, and not per-
mit things to go on too long in this laissez a Her fashiGn,
because it is always a difficult task to retrace steps
and to remodel a Constitution. In the words of
Herr GRABOW, the Prussian people should stand by
their representatives, and they must consider it as
their sacred trust to defend their rights and privi-
leges, if they would have something beyond the
name of freedom left to them.

The declaration of war against Spain by the Re-
public of Peru is by no means unexpected, although
it can hardly be otherwise than welcome to the
friends of liberty and independence. Notwithstand-
ing the gallant resistance made by the Chilian Go-
vernment to the aggression of Spain, in which they
were fully supported by the Chilian people, there
was no doubt that the odds were against the brave
little Republic, unless some extraneous aid was
forthcoming. England and France, accepting those
doctrines of non-intervention, which, carried to their
extreme, mean nothing more than allowing a strong
Power to dismember or annihilate a weak one, have
looked on, contenting themselves with verbal
remonstrances, to which the Cabinet of Madrid, as
might have been expected, paid very little atten-
tion. America herself, not usually so reticent or
cautious as the European Powers, seems to have
been more anxious to avoid a breach of her neu-
trality laws than to protect the interests of the
Southern Republics. What she may do hereafter
is indeed a matter for speculation, and uneasy spe-
culation it must be on the part of the Spaniards,
but meanwhile the Chilians have been left to fight
their own battles. They have hitherto conducted
the war not only with vigour but success, still the
accession of new allies can hardly be unwelcome.
Peru, whose sympathies had all along been warmly
enlisted on behalf of her neighbour, has now come
boldly forward and committed herself unreservedly
to the cause. This addition to the strength of Chili
is very important, since although the combined
fleets of the two Republics, would be quite
unequal to a general engagement with the
Spanish squadron, yet the mischief they can do
by more cautious and vigilant:action by cutting off
the Spanish supplies will be incalculable. It is very
possible that Spain may be found to succumb from
this cause alone, while even if she prolongs the con-
test for a short time, the expense which it will
entail on her empty exchequer will be ruinous.

The enthusiasm manifested at Callao on the
declaration of war against Spain was unanimous,
and the Dictator, when visiting the theatre
accompanied by the Chilian Minister, was
received with thunders of applause. We should
not be suprised if the other South Ame-
rican Republics were to join the alliance,
and they would do wisely in such a case. The old
fable of the united fagots bears a modern applica-
tion, and the band of brave little States, if com-
bined, could present a formidable front to the
common enemy. Spain must be taught to re-
spect their strength as well as to guarantee
their independence, or there will be no peace for
them. Increased prosperity, and a consequent in-
crease of material wealth, will only excite the
cupidity of Spanish financiers, while Spain will be
always ort the watch to take advantage of any tem-
porary disagreement or disunion among them. We
should not be sorry to see the MONROE doctrine for
once put into vigorous practice, and America coming
forward, as she has good right to do, on behalf
of her younger and weaker sisters. Should the great
Republic of the Northern continent choose to bestir
herself in the cause of her Southern followers,
Spain, dignity, ironclads, and all would be very glad
to beat a hasty retreat from the Pacific. The cir-
cumstances of their early history are sufficiently
like her own to enlist the sympathies and interest
of her people, and the rest of the European Powers
would have no objection to see Spain taught a use-
ful lesson by a Power which she dare not insult, and
certainly had better not provoke too far.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN COURESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The Emperor, who seems to make it his study to
consult the wishes and feelings of his people in
minor as well as in important points, has written a
letter to the Minister of the Interior, the Marquis
de La Valette, in which he states that he has per-
sonally visited the garden of the Luxembourg, in
order to form a judgment in regard to the oppo-
sition made to the proposed alienation of a portion.
of the garden. The result of this inspection is thus
stated by his Majesty :—" I am convinced that it
would be advantageous not to. prolong the Rue
FCrou, to leave intact the western portion of that
useful promenade, and only to detach the parts in-
dicated in the enclosed place. (The place enclosed
takes but a very small portion away, and cannot
perceptibly curtail or injure this beautiful garden.)
I beg you, therefore, to take the necessary steps to
modify the plans originally agreed upon." It was
about three months ago that the idea of cutting off a
portion of the garden was suggested, and the result
would have been a considerable improvement on a
thoroughfare which much requires it ; but public
opinion in France, like that in England, is decidedly
against any curtailment of parks or localities re-
quired for fresh air and exercise, and the moment
that general opposition was manifested to the pro-
posal, a communication was made on the part of
the Emperor to the architects and surveyors engaged
to carry into effect the proposed alterations. The
result is the material change which I mention.
General La Marmora has presented to the Italian
Parliament for ratification the treaty of commerce
between Italy and the Zollverein, a fact which seems
to indicate plainly enough that all the German
States comprising that Customs' Association have
recognised the kingdom of Italy. It is believed in
the best-informed circles that the opposition of
Austria will very soon be overcome.
French writers are not in general very accurate
in their appreciation'of England and the English;
but as it may be well that we should occasionally
" see ourselves as others see us," I give you some
portion of the account of Glasgow and Belfast just
published iu the Siecle from the pen of one of its
editors. I may remark, by the way, that French
writers always call Glasgow Caascow. The nar-
rator commences with a comparison of Ireland and
Scotland. In Ireland lie met plenty of beggars,
but never in Scotland was a hand held out to him
for alms. He is astonished at the prodigious deve-
lopment of Glasgow within a century. Glasgow, a
very ancient city, which may be called the Holy
City of Scotland, in 1760 only contained 23,000 in-
habitants. Now its population is estimated at
480,000. The French Revolution materially con-
tributed to this prosperity, for, by setting the Con-
tinent on fire, it left Great Britain the heir to the
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and had operated a wonderful transformation on the

Clyde. There are no less than 30,000 steam machines
in Glasgow and the environs, producing 630,000
metres of stuffs a day, and annually 200 millions
of metres, producing for that branch of industry
alone 120 millions of francs. Cotton weaving was
commenced in Glasgow towards the end of the last
century. The consumption, which in 1818 was
46,000 bales, is now 120,000 bales, weighing 25
millions of kilogrammes. These results have a
strange corollary. This powerful industry is on its
descent to the second rank, and the " cotton
lords," who took the place of the " tobacco lords,"
will be obliged to share that position, if not to cede
it to the " iron lords," In illustration, the writer
proceeds to refer to the furnaces, which each vomit
20,000 kilogrammes of cast iron per day. Besides
these Glasgow possesses an immense number of
foundries and forges. These also arc the largest
factories of chemical products in the world, among
others t hose of Messrs. Townsend and Messrs. Tenant
and Co. They refer with pride at Glasgow to the
chimney of the former establishment, which is 468
feet high, and which, after the pyramid of Ch6ops,
is the highest monument on the earth, because it is
47 feet higher than the minster of Strasburg. This
chimney, rising with lofty pride, may be perceived
by the whole city, attesting the power of the human
will for the advance of industry, as the spite of
Strasburg attests its power over the arts. Steam
has been a potent element in producing the pros-
perity of Glasgow. There was its cradle. In 1786
Patrick Miller ascended the Clyde in a boat, the
paddles of which were moved by steam. It was the
first boat which combated the waves. Steam was
neglected till 1812, as far as regarded navigation,
and applied to industry only ; it then reappeared.
After the experiments of Fulton in America, Bell
launched a small steamer on the Clyde,
which took definitive possession, and a regular
service was established between Glasgow and
Greenock. This steamer was called the Comet. Its
power was that of three horses, and it was thought
a marvel. " I do not know what became of this toy,
but at Darlington I saw the first machine which
ever drew a train. It is carefully preserved as a
venerable relic. It was manufactured by Stephen-
son at Newcastle." The article professes to describe
Belfast. I see nothing about that, only that the
writer draws a comparison between Ireland and
Scotland, very much to the disadvantage of the
former. " Ireland has lost in 20 years only two
millions of her inhabitants. In Ireland one sees
mendicity, decay, almost degradation. In Scotland
an air of prosperity and well-doing must strike the
stranger. When money leaves Ireland it never
comes back again. Since the commencement of the
present century Ireland has paid to England the
enormous sum of more than eight milliards of francs
without return. This is an enormous tribute, which
must eventually exhaust her. The landlords receives
the money from Ireland, but do not live there. After
this, can we be astonished at the poverty of the soil
and the people ?"
The telegraphic communications between Eng-
land and France have lately experienced con-
siderable interruption and unusual delay. They
have been caused by the defective condition
of one of the submarine cables which connect
the two countries, that of Dieppe, the wires
in which, four in number, have been inert. The
French Administration have given to the com-
pany every possible facility with a view to -enable
them to fulfil their engagements. On the other
hand, the lines prolonged to the interior of England,
in connection with the cables of the Channel, have
from circumstances beyond control become deranged,
and have thus created a new element of trouble and
delay.
An eminent French sailor has just died in Paris,
Vice-Admiral Le Predour, Senator and Grand
Officer of the Legion of Honour. He was born on
the 16th Jan., 1793, and had been in the Navy from
the age of 11 years. He was engaged in all the
naval wars of the Empire. Since 1855 he has been
placed on the reserved list.

Again I have to notice an extraordinary change
in the weather. It was a sharp frost last night, but
the sun rose brilliantly this morning, and by mid-
day it became really hot. The sun has not been
obscured a moment the whole day. It is satisfac-
tory to add that the frosts of the last three or four
nights have not done any injury to vegetables, as
had been feared. The buds of the rose trees are
ready to burst forth, and the gooseberry and
currant trees also show buds. The bloom on the
peach and apricot trees looks beautiful.

A ball is to be given after Lent by Moreau, a
stock broker, of an original character. All the
gentlemen are to be dressed as soldiers, and the
ladies will wear the peculiar costume adopted by
mursery maids. Perhaps the dress is not inappro-
priate, as soldiers of the infantry have a connection,
in name at least, with children.

Library of Fiction.

(From Punch.)

The Reign of Terror in Jamaica. A Serial, pub-
lished on the arrival of the West India Mail.
Bright, Shammyrumstuff, & Co., Morning Star
Office, Fleet-street. One Penny.
We congratulate our spirited contemporary on
being the first to introduce the feuilleton into a
London newspaper. Under the above title it has
commenced an exciting fiction in the best style of
the penny novelists, and we may fairly say that since
the celebrated Gory Hand in the Dark Cellar, we
have read nothing more sensational than the Reign
of Terror in Jamaica. Under the guise of a special
commissioner, the Fleet-street novelist describes his
horrors with gusto. He begins dashingly—
" I am about to unfold a Tale of Horror 1"

" I know more of the measures taken to suppress the
rebellion than almost any one individual in Jamaica.
* * * The whites are generally ignorant of what lam
about to detail to you. * * * Ido not believe one tithe
of the atrocities have yet been unearthed, as day by day
adds to the detail of horrors."

We have no intention of injuring the success of
this fiction by telling the points. The writer repre-
sents himself as going about among the blacks, and
being inspired by their stories, and any one who
knows the exquisite truthfulness of the negro cha-
racter will feel that a romancer,who lays his hand on
a black informant, in every sense " strikes ile." We
must extract a gem or two in order to increase the
avidity with which this Tale of Horror will be sought
for :

M'Laren deserves a statue of the purest marble. Faith-
ful and true, he was hanged that night. He did not mis-
calculate the nature of the (white) beings who wore
making a Hell upon Earth in Morant Bay."
But this passage is the most brilliant of all. One
of his black heroines—
" Stealthily entered; but imagine her horror when look-
ing up she saw the grisly forms of nine of her neighbours
swinging round responsive to the night blast. A return to
the wood and the wet lair among the frogs was bettor than
this."

A rebel's house is entered by the soldiers while it
is dark. He dashes away, deserting his wife and
children, but a rifle ball hits him on the shoulder.
" Imagine the scene—the poor creatures roused from
sleep by the tramp of armed men, the flash from the ready
rifle, the cry of pain from the husband and father, and the
dark figures of the soldiers dimly seen through the sulphu-
rous smoke."

Without making further extracts, we commend this
romance of Jamaicato all lovers of penny fiction, and
we congratulate the enterprising publishers, Messrs.
Bright and Shammyrunistuff, on the spirit which
induced them to engage the pen of a spicy novelist
rather than to imitate the Times, Daily News, and
Telegraph, who tamely send out gentlemen with no
higher mission than to ascertain facts from credible
witnesses. The writer of the novel is a true artist,
and while giving all these horrors, he is careful to
supply evidence that they are merely the creation of
the sable population with whom he gossips, and he
displays real art in dressing up the crude conceptions
of the blacks into sensational narrative. We trust
the Tale of Horror will be as popular as it deserves
to be.

An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the Provincial Banking Corporation
(Limited), was held to day, for the purpose a con-
firming certain resolutions for alteration of the
articles of association, passed at the extraordinary
general meeting of the shareholders held on the sth
inst. The usual confirmation was giYon.

LATEST IN TELLIGENUL.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, FEB. 22 (Afternoon).

Count von Bismarck has just communicated to
the Chamber of Deputies a royal decree ordering
both houses of the Diet to be closed to-morrow, and
to remain adjourned until the end of the present
session.

FEB. 22 (Evening).

The closing of the Prussian Chambers, which
took place to-day, was entirely unexpected. Even
Herr Grabow, the President of the Chamber of
Deputies, was not aware that this measure was
impending. After the reading of the royal order,
Herr Grabow said :—" I hope that the Prussian
people will stand by their representatives, and that
they will consider the constitution as sacred as ever.
I close the session with the cry, Long live the
"

DENMARK. •
COPENHAGEN, FEB. 23.

Yesterday the French ambassador had a public
audience of the King, and presented to his Majesty
the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for the
Crown Prince of Denmark, together with an auto-
graph letter of the Emperor Napoleon.
His Majesty expressed his warmest thanks for
this mark of friendship.

SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. 22 (Evening).

It is semi-officially stated that Marshal O'Donnell
will not offer any opposition to a reduction in the
estimates of war and of marine, provided the gene-
ral position of affairs in the ensuing year appear to
justify that course.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FEB. 23.

The Prince Imperial has been appointed honorary
President of the Committee of the International
Exhibition, to be held in Paris in 1867. The func-
tions of President will be discharged by the Minister
of State.

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" Intelli-
gence has been received here from Syria, which
holds out hopes of the complete cessation of the dis-
turbances raised by Joseph Karaw."
BOURSE, Feb. 22, Two o'clock.—The Bank of
France has again reduced its rate of discount one-
half, viz., from 41- to 4 per cent. This movement,
together with a reduction of the rate in London, has
had a very favourable effect on the market, which
shows great firmness at generally better quotations.
Threes, for the Account, have advanced 10c.—to
68f. 22ic. Italians have a similar improvement.
Credit Mobilier Shares are sf. higher. Railway
Market firm. Three o'clock.—The market has con-

tinned firm, closing on ti
per Cents 99
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 30
Do. end month 69 30
Credit Mobilier 682 50
Do. end month 685
Bank Shares 3691 25
Credit Fonder 1340
Italian Loan 6l 30
Do. end month 6l 35

Orleans
Northern

Le following quotations :
Roman 69 50
Ottoman Fives 39
Mexican Loan 47 50
Do. Bonds 3lO
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Throes
Home Debt —
Deferred

rATS.
Cash.

Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern

Western

Acct.
... 868 75
... 1113

Eastern

Sardinian .
Austrian

bB3 75
••• 555 ---

566 25

541 25

- -- ... 140 -
- - ... 405 -

Lombard ...
... 402 50
North of Spain — ... 175
Saragossa — ... 233 75
Ditto to Barcelona — ... 100
Roman

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 22.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Feb. 22.

Feb. 15.

Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000
Notes in circulation ... 888,206,025
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 174,158,744 50 169,464,920 03
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 1,718,878 75 2,079,239 75
Discounts and sundry
interests .\ 6,427,693 06 5,854,899 23
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

182,500,000 -

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

4,000,000 -
919,117,925 -

5,091,442 46 5,358,561 51

2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92

6,907,491 8 7,261,965 81

Total
CREDITOR.

Feb. 22. Feb. 15.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 336,836,401 69 . 372,169,866 66
Do. branch banks 298,849,220 317,195,488
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public

831,113 86

7,289,000 -
~853,500 -

Securities..
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
1). branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

11,677,500 -
6,106,700 -

29,562,500 -
19,247,900 -

624,800 -
381,200 -

755,712 32

6,762,400 -
5,361,800 -

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees

11,813,300 -.-
6,280,700 -

29,576,500 -
19,533,000 -

617,400 -
891,800 -

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
56,416,737 91 36,916,737 91

(Law, June 9, 1857) 1007000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 230,010 23 228,408 83
Sundries

8,439,520 -

8,416,623 -

Total 1,389,269,205 72 1,417,953,705 69
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Fran co.
(Signed) ROULAND.

The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis-
count from 4f to 4 per cent.

THE HALIFAX PEERAGE.—Considerable surprise
has been created in Yorkshire, not at the elevation of Sir
Charles Wood to the peerage, but at the title selected. it
is usually the case to select titles which have been at some
time borne by the family, and which may have become ex-
tinct front failuro of issue, attainder, or other causes. That
this has not been the rule followed in the case of Sir Charles
Wood becomes evident when we find that a connection
with the extinct title of Halifax is to be found in the family
of Mr. Montagu, of Melton Park, near Doncaster, whose
father, Mr. Fountayne Wilson, represented the whole of
Yorkshire, with the Hon. W. Duncombo (now Lord
Fevershani), Lord Milton, and Mr. Marshall. It was, we
believe, intended to raise tho late Mr. Fountayne Wilson
to the peerage, by the title of Halifax, and were a Tory
administration in power, a fitter recipient of that title
could not be found than in the person of the present owner
of Melton. Park, with his vast possessions, including the
old Montagu estate in Nottinghamshire ; especially con-
sidering the sacrifices he has made in support of his
party. But as these aro naturally anything but virtues
in the eyes of a Whig Government, we find no fault with
their not elevating him to the peerage. We cannot,
however, acquit the present Government of bad taste
in fixing upon this title of 'V iscount Halifax, which
almost, as it were, belongs to the Montagu family, and con-
ferring it upon Sir Charles Wood, who has no pretence
whatever for adopting it. Surely Sir Charles's representa-
tion of the borough of Halifax cannot be sufficient cause
for his usurping an old title. Why not Viscount Hickleton,
of Hickleton Hall, his country residence ? By such course
an unpleasant, not to say an unfriendly, slight might have
been avoided, the more so as we are aware that, although
political opponents, Mr. Montagu and Sir Chas. Wood have
always beau on the most friendly terms.--Herald.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Before Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.)
31tCALLUM V. BEETON-LIBEL.

This was an action for libel, by Mr. Peter 111‘Callum, a
printer, carrying on business in Rolls-buildings, Fetter-
lane, against Mr. Beeton, the registered proprietor of the
Sporting Life.

Mr. Digby Seymour, Q:C., opened for the plaintiff, and
said ho was a printer and proprietor of a sportihg publica-
tion called Tatersall's Tissue, and the defendiint the re-
gistered proprietor of the Sporting Life, another racing
newspaper. The plaintiff became the proprietor of Pater-
sail's Tissue in consequence of a bad debt, and in carrying
on the paper he assumed the nom de plume of "James
Hopkins," and to his business in connection with the Tissue
ho united that of a commission agent, a profession that
some of the most celebrated racing men of the day had
carried on. The exact charge against the defendant was,
that ho had in his newspaper accused the plaintiff with
having swindled a poison named Edward Thompson, the
keeper of a co-operative store, at Sunderland, out of £lOO.
The learned gentleman then read a variety of letters from
Mr. Thompson to the plaintiff, asking him to back Gladia-
teur for £lOO for the St. Leger. The bet was laid at 2 to 1,
and a voucher was sent accordingly. A conversation
afterwards took place relative to the merits of Ely and
Regalia for another race at Stockton ; and the defendant,
not wishing to lay out further money, asked the plaintiff
to back the horses for him. The plaintiff said if the
voucher he had sent with respect to Gladiateur
was sent to him he would see what could be done.
The voucher was sent, and then Thompson was tele-
graphed to that, after the strictest inquiry had been made,
he did net think Ely or Regalia were the best horses for
the races at Stockton, but that Exceller and Bandarilla
were much better, and that he should back them if not ad-
vised by Thompson to the contrary. This was done, and
then, both horses having lost, Thompson wrote to plaintiff
demanding the voucher for the Gladiateur bet, which of
course was refused. A long correspondence ensued, and
the result was that the alleged libel appeared in the; Sport-
ing Life calling the plaintiff a swindler.
The first witness called was
Mr. Montague Scott, solicitor for the plaintiff, who pro-
duced a copy of the registration of the Sporting Life. I
have been to Sunderland. I have seen Mr. Thompson. I
never asked him not to come up to London as a witness,
or to keep out of the way. 1 solemnly swear I made no
such communication.
Mr. Peter M'Callum—l am the plaintiff in this case. I
am a printer and publisher, carrying on business in Rolls-
buildings. I am the present proprietor of Tatersall's Tissue.
I did not start it. I contracted for its printing. Mr.
Elliot, of Shoe-lane, was then proprietor. It has been
in circulation since 1864 amongst sporting people. Mr.
Elliot contracted a debt for printing, and agreed with
me to take Tatersall's Tissue in redemption. Mr. Peedie
is the editor. After I had been proprietor I continued
printing it, and added to the business that of a commis-
sion agent in Feb., 1865. The name in which I exe-
cuted commissions was James Hopkins. I adopted that
name six months before I thought of taking commis-
sions. I adopted the name to keep 'all matters con-
nected with the Tissue from my general business. I had
the assistance of clerks, and when letters came to my es-
tablishment, addressed "James Hopkins," only Mr. Peedie
or myself opened them. It is a very usual thing in sport-
ing circles to adopt assumed names. I received the first
letter from Mr. Thompson in May, 1864. In August I
received a letter from Thompson asking me to put on £lOO
on Gladiateur for the St. Leger. It is always usual to
stake the money. I received the money from Thompson,
and the bet was laid. I sent him the ordinary voucher
stating the fact. I produce it. I afterwards went down
to Sunderland as I had to go to Newcastle. I received an
invitation from Mr. Thompson to call on him. ;I did
so. This was before Stockton Races. I was ac-
companied by Mr. Peedie while at Sunderland. Mr.

Thompson asked me to make two bets, 1 for 50 on Regalia
and another for t 0 on Ely, provided I could get 2 to 1 and
a certainty of a start. I was to make the bets at Stockton
racecourse. I told him Regalia might not run, and that
Ely, if it did run, 2to 1 could not be got. We spoke of
Exceller being a stable companion to Regalia, and very
likely if they did not moan Regalia, it would be no doubt
thought that Exceller could win. He wanted me to back
Ely and Regalia, but I was to advance the money. I told
him I could not do that. I then told him that the Gladia-
teur bet not being about to come off for some time, that if
he were very anxious to invest at Stockton, I could set that
money free by cancelling the bet. He consented to that,
and said he had not got the voucher by him, but ho would
send it to me in London. He did so. The voucher I pro-
duce is he same as I sent to Sunderland. Thompson's in-
structions were to take 2 to 1 about both horses, Ely and
Regalia. I was to back Exceller, if that horse ran, instead
of Regalia ; and in reference to Ely's race, I was to back
her if 2 to 1 could be got; if not, I was to back the next best
thing in the race. I then went over to Stockton, and, on
getting there, I found it currently reported that Regalia
would not run. I made very earnest inquiries about Re-
galia. I did not believe, from what I heard, that Regalia
would run, and I telegraphed to Thompson what I thought,
and told him that 1 should back the next best thing if
not directed to the contrary. I sent another telegraph,
stating I should back Exceller. Exceller ran, but came in
third. I tried to get the odds of 2to 1 against Ely. 1
found the bets were on Ely and not against her. I then
took 500 to 50 on Bandarilla. 1 backed the horse, because
I thought Ely would not win. I telegraphed to Thompson,
telling him what I had done. Both bets were lost.
Lord Chief Justice—Whore was Bandarilla in the race ?
Witness—Third horse, my lord.
A number of letters and copies of the telegrams and libel
were here put into court.
Examined by Mr. Temple for the defendant—l first took
interest in turf transactions at the beginning of the year
1865. I started the common business in February of that
year, but I have been connected as printer of the Sporting
Life before. I did not ask Elliot, when I bought the paper,
why it was called TatersalPs Tissue. I supposed the
paper was so continued in order to convey to the public
that the Tissue was purely a racing paper. I don't for one
moment suppose the people ever thought that Messrs.
Tattersall were at all connected with the paper. A " tis-
sue" is a slip of paper issued by racing agents. It contains
purely racing intelligence. I had nothing to do with
betting until I took the tissue. I take the name of Hopkins
merely to keep the racing particulars reported from my
general printing business. If I had not done co it would
have "jumbled up" sporting with my other general busi-
ness. I know other papers in which assumed names are
used. It is a very common practice. I cannot call to mind
at this moment any commission agent carrying on business
under a feigned name. The use of assumed names is very
common in newspapers. I swear that I was empowered to
back the horses I thought best in the event of Ely
and Regalia not being, backed. I cannot recollect
who first spoke about Exceller, whether it was Mr.
Peedie or Mr. Thompson, but I swear it was talked
about for some minutes. Exceller was looked upon as
a good horse. I swear I said the money could only
be raised by cancelling the bet about Gladiateur. That I
distinctly swear. Thompson was to write to me at Stock-
ton Post-office during the races. I went there frequently,
but I did not get a single letter.
Mr. Temple—Who made the bet with Gladiateur ?
Witness—l did.
Lord Chief-Justice—You laid him the 200 to 100 yourself ?
Witness —Yes.
Mr. Temple—Did you do this secretly ?
Witness—No.

Mr. Temple—You did not communicate to Thompson
that you were the person laying the Gladiateur money ?
Witness -No, but he must have known all about it.
Mr. Temple—Did you not receive a letter from Mr.
Thompson at the Stockton Post-office telling you to keep
the Gladiateur bet sacred ?

Witness—No, I swear I did not.
The Lord Chief Justice—And you went to tho post-
office while at Stockton ?

Witness —Yes, my lord.
Mr. Temple—Who did you lay the money out on Ban-
darilla ? •

Witness —I cannot say. It was divided between five or
six. I don't keep a record of bets.
Mr. Temple—Have you a betting book ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Temple—Don't you enter the names of the parties
with whom you lay your money ?
• Witness—No.

To Mr. Temple—l laid the money with men with whom
I have no knowledge, but I got a voucher from them. If
the horse backed lost the race the voucher was of no use,
and I always destroy the vouchers.
The Lord Chief Justice—How were you to get the
money, supposing the horse won, if you did not know the
parties ; you might never see the persons again ?

Witness—The betting men are all well known to every
person frequenting a race-course. I did not enter the bet
in a book. I put Mr. Thompson's name on the back of the
card I got when I made the Bandarilla bet; and when the
rase was run and Bandarilla, lost, the card became of no
further 'use and was destroyed. The only way a bet is
ever completed on a race-course is by voucher. I make
the bet, pay the money, get a card, and if the horse wins I
get the money. I did precisely the same with the Exceller
bet.

A copy of the telegram received by the defendant from
the plaintiff at Stockton was here put in, in which it was
stated that Exceller and Bandarilla, had been "booked."

The plaintiff—l never wrote the word " booked," it would
have been absurd. I wrote the word "backed."

Mr. Temple—The telegram I have put into your hand is
the one we received from you.
Mr. D. Seymour—The telegram you now have in your
hand is merely a copy of the original you wrote at Stock-
ton.
Plaintiff—Yes.

Mr. D. Seymour —We have written to the Telegraph
Company, and have produced that which we received from
the company.
Witness— I wrote the original in the Telegraph Office at
Stockton.

Mr. D. Seymour—When you lay a bet for instance of
40 at a race course you lay it with more than one person?

Witness— Yes, it is safer and bettor to lay £5 with on.
and £5 with another. •

Lord Chief Justice—Then is the money all put down ?
Witness—No, my lord, the man who lays the smaller
sum has to stake his alone.

Lord Chief Justice—You pay before you lose.
Witness—Yes ?
Lord Chief Justice—lf the money is lost?
Witness—l have no more to do with the matter ?
Mr. D. Seymour—lf won ?

Witness—l go for the money and got it.
Lord Chief Justice—The man who takes the odds then
stakes his money ?

Witness Yes, my lord.

Mr. James Peedio—l am the editor of Tatersalrs Tissue
and have been so for a year and a half. I was with the
plaintiff when the conversation between Mr. Thompson
and Mr. M'Callum relative to the cancelling of the Gladia"
tour bet took place. I can say who first proposed the
matter. I know Mr. MiCallum demurred to do so as it was
irregular. Eventually it was agreed that the bet should be
off, and Mr. Thompson said he would send the voucher to
London as a proof that the bet was null and void. The
voucher was sent. Mr. Thompson said if he won at

Stockton ho should put the £lOO again on Gladiataur•
When he found he was in possession of the money, Thomp-
son said ho wished to back Ely and Regalia for the Great
Northern Leger and the Claret Stakes. The conditions
Thompson laid down were that we were to get 2 to 1, and
both horses were run. Tho bets were to be laid at
the post. Mr. M'Callum said it was possible
one or both would not run, and that 2 to 1 could
not be got about Ely. In that case Thompson said .we
were to invest on the races, and I perfectly recollect he
said, " Oh, well do the best you can for me." Exceller was
mentioned about the middle of the conversation, and 1 am
certain that Mr. Thompson said if Regalia did not run WO
were to back her stable companion, and if the odds could
not be got about Ely we were to back something else in the
race. I went to Stockton with the plaintiff, and from what
we heard the money was not put either upon Ely or Re-
galia. Exceller and Bandarilla were both placed in the
race.

Cross-examined by Mr. Temple—The bets were to be
made at the post, when the numbers of the horses were put
up. Gladiateur was in August at 2to 1. I will positively
swear that Exceller was mentioned during the conversa-
tion. I don't know the reason why the plaintiff's paper is
called " Tatersall's Tissue." I know that the word "
tersall" was not used to induce the public to believe it was
connected with the Messrs. Tattersall's of Hyde-park.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Temple then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He then called

Mr. Edward Tattersall—l am a member of the firm at
Knightsbridge. I fi; st became aware of the existence of
the plaintiff's paper about four or five months ago. I did
not take any steps to prevent the circulation, but I wrote a
letter to the Sporting Life, repudiating any connection-with
it. The plaintiff saw the letter, because his answer to it
appeared in the same paper.
Letter read. It declared that the Messrs. Tattersall ro-
pudiated all connection with the "Tissue;" that the assump-
tion of the name of Tattersall was considered by them to
be a piece of impertinence.

Examination continued—l did not then know the defen-
dant at all. He is not a member of Tattersall's. I don't
know anything of betting, but that connected with our
room. lam quite sure if one of the gentlemen of our room
used an alias he would be turned out. I know that there
are assumed names used on the turf.

By Lord Chief Justice —I don't know that the publishers
of sporting papers bet as commissioners.
Mr. Edward Thompson—l am the manager of a co-oPe"
rative store at Sunderland. I first corresponded with the
plaintiff in 1865. The first time I became aware that the
plaintiff's name was not James Hopkins was from the
Sporting Life. On the 22d August I received a voucher
relative to the Gladiateur bet. When the plaintiff came to
Sunderland I went to the hotel to him, as I did not wish
him to come to the store, as it might Cause suspicion that
I was betting. 'When I went to the hotel I asked for
James Hopkins, and I saw the plaintiff. I told him he
had made mo a debtor to him of over £2O, and
I said, What de you mean by it ? Plaintiff bad
no other answer but that the commission I had given him
was a difficult one. I told him 1 had sent him a letter to
London, and he asked me what it was about. I said I
wanted to make up some of my losses, and as Ely and
Regalia were entered for the Stockton races, he might, if
he chose, back these horses from Ito 50 each. I told him
I had no more money to speculate with, and asked him
if he would deposit the money for me, as I considered the
St. Leger bet a very safe one.
Lord Chief-Justice—You wanted him to advance the
money on the strength of that bet on Gladiatour ?

Witness—Yes.
The Lord Chief Justice—Ho was not disposed to do
that ? _

Witness—No. Peedie suggested that the bet on Gladia-
teur should be off, and that Ely and Regalia should be
backed, and that I agreed to. The arrangement was en"
tered in a book Mr. Peedie had in his pocket.

The Lord Chief Justice—That book ought to be pro-
duced.

Mr. Seymour—We say nothing of the kind cccurred.
The Lord Chief Justice—Was anything said about other
bets ?

Witness—No; nothing was said about the bet on Gladia-
teur being connected. .
Lord Chief Justice—What were you to return the voucher
for ?

Witness —As security, supposing the two horses left.
No names of any other horses were mentioned.
Lord Chief Justice—That I understand you distinctly
to state. No such name as Dweller was mentioned at that
interview ?

Witness —Certainly. 1 afterwards wrote to the plaintiff,
telling him to keep the Gladiateur bet sacred. Before
writing to the Sporting Life I had written to the plaintiff,
asking him to return Gladiateur's voucher on the 18th of
August. After the Leger I don't recollect making any
application for my money. I told a person named Bred"
laugh to write to him about it. I recollect seeing Mr:
Montague Scott, the attorney, at Sunderland. He showed
me some letters and telegrams, and asked me if they wer°,
°'
in my handwriting. He asked me about the society
which I was manager, and then left. He came to me and
I told him I did not expect that I should ever hear an/
more about it. He said I need not fight the battle of the
Sporting Life, as it would not put sixpence in my pocket. I
said if I was supcenied 1 should have to go to London, end
if I went there I should state the truth. I looked upon
a subpoena like a summons to attend. Scott said, " I nee
not go to London that I might feign illness or a thousand
things that I could get out of the way::
Lord Chief Justice—Do you mean to say that all that
passed between you and Mr. Scott ?

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Temple—Do you pay anything towards the defe"a
of this suit ?

Witness—No. am paid to come up.
Cross-examined--I When plaint ff, Peedie, and myself
met, we had dinner together, and we talked about sporting
matters: We were talking about three horses, and 1 swear
we never mentioned the names of any other horses nj
connection with Stockton Races but Ely and Regalia•
don't know anything about Wright's Handicap Book:
I don't know what a handicap book is. Data
Hopkins and Peedie demurred to the proposal to open

the Gladiateur bet. _
Mr. D. Seymour—Did you not, in the course of 100 f
transactions with the plaintiff, transmit to him a cheque
for X 259?

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Seymour—Where did you get it from ?
Witness—From a friend.
Mr. Seymour—Who ?
Witness—A Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Seymour—Who is he ?
Witness—A large provision merchant.
Mr. Seymour— Did you tellhim what you wanted it f°r?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Seymour—Did you tell him it was to be used ill
betting ?

Witness—No.
Mr. Seymour—Did you not tell him it was for the pur-
pose of you and your wife opening a Temperance 11001?

Why—l did.
The Lord Chief Justice—The facilities given by eon:
mission agents for such transactions was much to be
re'
grotted.
Mr. Seymour—No doubt, my lord. lam not here to
justify betting by parsons in the position of the witnosa•
Mr. Temple then addressed the jury for the defendsl.l"
and contended that the evidence had fully justified tr
publication of the strictures in the Sporting Life, and t:
words complained of were fully justified by the circus'"
stances connected with the case.
(We shall continue the case in a later edition.)

The following remarks upon the silk sales, Which',
commenced yesterday, are from the circular el
Messrs. Durant and Co.:—" The quantity offered
was 1,400 bales Bengal, 4,000 bales China, 700
bales Japan, and 1,500 bales Canton silk. (ilia°
whole was allowed to pass without biddings,
sua
the actual business done is even less than übio
In the general market we have a continuation a the
inactivity has
inactivity and indisposition to purchase,
existed more or less during the last three n3auths'
hence, with the exceptidn of one or two forced sal,e,a!
transactions are of the most limited character. Il*
deliveries have fallen back to the scale el
December."
During the last few days there has been less Ott"
Colo;
Colo-
vity exhibited in the markets for Foreign and
nial Produce. Sugars have been in some instances
a shade cheaper, and coffee has been dealt in t°
limited extent at a decline of 6d. to ls. per 0"
Ricc, fruit, and spices have remained without rote;
rial change as regards valdes, and there has beellid.
fair amount of business reported in tallow at steady
quotations for both present and forward dolivoli*