The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

THE GREAT SLANDER CASE.

There are at length symptoms of the approaching
finale to the case of " Strevens v. Campion." Yes-
terday counsel for the defendant spoke to evidence.
Not having concluded his address when the Court
rose, the learned gentleman will resume this morn-
ing, and will probably conclude this evening ; so
that upon the whole it is likely the trial will not
run into the ensuing Hilary term.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

T hpe
riens
idu
egnutr a; 1 aLdodrrde sjsodhenli vRe ruest buy, Lo 11., 13 rsoiurgjh
oahron,
Pakington, Baronet, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P.,
and Sir Benjamin Brodie, Baronet, F.R.S., toge-,
ther with the sermon by the Rev. Sydney
Turner. Revised by the authors and published
by authority. John W. Parker and Son, West
Strand.
At the time the association was formed we no-
ticed its various meetings, and adverted more or
less fully to these addresses reported by the press.
We need not therefore enlarge again upon their
contents. We are glad to see them, however, in an
authorised and revised form, and cannot doubt that
they will be acceptable to many readers. The ser-
mon we had not seen before ; it is very appropriate
to the subject, calling attention to " Responsi-
bility in means and aims." Lord Brougham's was
the inaugural address, and by universal consent
could not have been ussigued with more propriety
to any one than to the veteran Educationist and Law
Reformer. Lord John Russell's address was on
Jurisprudence and the Amendment of the Law ;
he being president of the section which had charge
of those topics. He acquitted himself so well on a
professional subject, that one is almost tempted to
believe he would not have acquitted himself so
badly in command of the Channel Fleet, an office,
from which according to the well-known remark of
the Whig wit he would not shrink. Sir John
Pakington took Education, as Jurisprudence fell to
Lord John, and Lord Stanley took charge. of the
Public Health, leaving Sir Benjamin Brodie the
non-medical topic of Social Economy. W:.rae in
per-
ceive that the transactions of the association
the press, and will, we presume, soon make their P"
pearance.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—The Opinione of Tani!'
has the following from Milan As Count Brernbati,
of ILrgamo, was on the 19th coming out of a house
situated in the quarter of San Damian°, at Miss, he
suddenly received a blow from behind on his hat, by
which it was forced down over his eyes;
he then got a
stab in the neck with a stiletto, and a blow with a loaded
bludgeon on his side, which brought on a discharga of
tilled from the mouth. The assassin fled without
a: t& rnpting to rifle the pockets of his victim, whose cries
soon brought people to his assistance. Upon examina-
tion it was found that the stiletto had inflicted but a
slight wound, owing to the protection of the heavy
winter garments worn by the Count. The police have
arrested some persons on suspicion.
THE Moo TEA FRAUDS.—It is stated in one-of the
local papers that Belfast is not yet done with the
disre-
putable revelations in connexion with John J. Moore is
ingenious frauds on the Customs. It is deemed prudent
for the present to withhold particulars, but there is a
strung rumour that a very patiett investigation has
enabled the Customs' officials to trace tea on which no
duty has been paid to several other houses in the town,
and the loss to persons is expected to be very great.