The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-08 00:00:00

THE DANISH. QUESTION.

The peace with Denmark is a peacepu;eeisimple.
It contains the full reservation of the rights of both
parties. The Holsteiners are acknowledg►ed to have
been right in opposing Danish aggression. Foreign
intervention in aid of Denmark is to be permitted in
Schleswig, but not in Holstein, which the Danes will
be allowed to enter only on certain conditions. The
peace is to be ratified by Prussia within a week, by
the German Government within three. The latter
will not be waited for.

The Duchies are preparing for war.
A telegraphic dispatch in the Cologne Gazette,
dated Berlin, the evening of the 6th inst., announces
the ratification by Prussia and Denmark of the pro-
tocol which is annexed to the treaty of peace between
these two states, according to which the convention
of the armistice is at an end.
In five days the Prussian troops will leave the
Duchies. According to intelligence received, the
Schleswig-Holstein troops will then immediately
enter Schleswig.
The German Reform contains a letter from Co-
penhagen which states that on the 30th ult. a Rus-
sian frigate, the Norditiernen cast anchor in that
port. Several officers landed and some even tock
apartments. Amongst the persons who left the ves-
sel was M. DE GALSENAPP, Aide-de-Camp to the
EMPEROR. That offic.r announced that the Russian
fleet bad sailed direct for Alsen.
The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Lu-
beck, stating that the Russian fleet bad left the port
of Cronstadt, and passed on the 13th ult. before the
island of Falstein. The fleet cast anchor near that
island, and consisted of eight ships of the line, two
frigates, and two steamers. "We shall soon learn,"
says the letter, " what the appearance of this fleet on
the coasts of Germany means.

DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
According to commercial advices from Semlin, the
Bulgarian insurrection is at an end. Is hardly ad-
mits of a doubt that the rising has been systemati-
cally organized ; the agitation is notoriously kept up
by foreign emissaries.
Since the entrance of the Russians into Moldavia
they nev,-r had occupied Galatz until on the 14th or
15,h of June, when sixty Cossacks to the astonishment
of the inhabitants of the town took up their quarters
there. It is not exactly known what led to the oc-
currence, but it is reported that it took place at the
instigation of the Guvernor, who had forwarded
reports of the nightly occurring burglaries, and of
the attemp'ed murder of one of the guardians of the
quarantine by an lonian, to Duhatnel, at Jassy. The
British Consul at Galati is said to have entered an
energetic protest against the occupation of the town
by the Russians.

T.,
RARE X 1811.—TWO very rare fish, fine specimens
of the " Cepola rubescens," were taken by his Grace the
Doke of Marlborough, whilst trawling in his yacht, in Ply-
mouth Sound, cn Monday last. ilia Grace has ordered them
to be preserved, and intends, we believe, to present them to
the Natural History Society. It is said that these are the
first specimens of .these species of the finny tribe that have
been taken near our ghnres alive. Some years since, two
were found in this neighbourhood, having washed in from
_l46"'DnenFort Indepoidot.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 6_

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before Loid Chief
Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.)

THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.-BARRY W. REID.

Mr. Sergeant Channell anti Mr. J. Addison conducted
the plaintiff's case ; Mr. Bovill appeared for the de-
fendant.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation in damages fur certain false and slander-
ous words uttered by the defendant, to the injury of the
plaintiff.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a plea of
justification.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL stated the case to the jury.
The plaintiff in this cause is the well-known archi-
tect of the New Palace of Westminster, and the de-
fendant has the direction of the arrangements fur
ventilating that building. It appears that a misun-
derstanding had arisen between the plaintiff and de-
fendant in the year 1845, relative to the arrangements
for ventilating the Houses of Parliament. Mr. Barry,
on one occasion, said it was a pity that so much expense
had been incurred for iron girders and brick work,
as they would be rendered useless by the plans of Dr.
Reid, which he said were incompatible with the mekiug
the building fire proof, which Parliament required him
to do. Two meetings took place betwen the parties in
1845; after these no pessanal interviews took place be-
tween them, but an active correspondence was for some
time kept up. Copies of this correspondence, and mi-
nutes of what took place at the above mentioned meet-
ings, as noted down by a Mr. Meeson, un assistant of
Mr. Barry, were transmitted by the plaintiff to the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests. Subsequently to
this, it being necessary that a personal communication
should take plane 'between the defendant and some
one connected with the architectural arrangements of
the new palace, a meeting took place on the 25th of
April, 1849, between the defendant and Mr. Quorn, the
clerk of the works. Mr. Meeson was also present. Dr.
Reid, on seeing the latter, exclaimed, " I object to
Mr. Meeson being present, on the ground that he, in
conjunction with Mr. Barry, forged a document, which
was forwarded to the Woods and Forests." O❑ hearing
this, Meeson asked him if he was aware what he was
saying? He said that he was well aware of what he had
stated, adding he had said so before, and would repeat it
again. Meesou then said, "If that is the case, I request
you to repeat it; and I call on Mr. Quorn to take notice
of what you say." Dr. Reid then said, " I mean to say
that in 1845 Mr. Meeson, in conjunction with Mr. Barry,
forged a document and transmitted it to the Commis •
stoners of Woods and Forests; and therefore I decline
acting with Mr. Meeson." This was the slander cows
plained of. The document alluled to was a copy of the
minutes made by Mr. Meeson of what took place at the
two meetings above mentioned between the parties. The
Learned Sergeant read from a Parliamentary blue-book
various portions of the correspondence which had taken
place between the parties, and also extracts from the
minutes of the conversation at the two meetings alluded
to, and was entering upon the compatibility of the plans
of Dr. Reid with the provisions in the buildings made by
Mr. Barry, when
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, interrupting him, said,
that he had listened to counsel for a long while, and had
heard much that was totally foreign to the issues before
the jury. The Learned Counsel was now entering upon
the relative merits of the plans of the rival parties, and
the practicability of rendering the building fire-proof, at
the same time securing for it a complete ventilation.
That was a question which ought to be settled by ano-
ther tribunal than this; it ought to go before men con-
versent with science rather than a jury. The only ques-
tion here to be tried was, whether the word " forgery "
was used by Dr. Reid in its most offensive sense, or
simply in the meaning that the document alluded to
stated untruth. He bad well considered all that had
been said by counsel, and it appeared to him that no case
had been made out by the plaintiff. The plea of not
guilty was a perfect answer to the action, because, in
his opinion, the expression used by Dr. Reid at the meet-
ing was in the nature of a privileged communication,
and he should, if necessary, so direct the jury. The action
would seem to have been brought with the purpose
of bringing the plaintiff and defendant with their
disputes before the public; but it was unfair to the
country that a jury should be kept in court tor, perhaps,
two days, listening to a scientific discussion, altogether
irrelevant to the issue they have to try. It was a great
pity that these gentlemen should have engaged in a
dispute, the effect of which is to delay the completion
of the great work they have in hand. The proper course
is to discharge the jury, which will have the effect of
leaving no imputation upon the character of either of
the parties.

Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL—I defer to your Lordship's
r(commendstion.

Mr. BoTILL was quite content to leave his client in the
bands of the Court. Long before this action was
brought, the charge of forgery had been withdrawn by
Dr. Reid. At the same time he must say that Dr.
Reid was quite willing to give Mr. Barry credit for good
intentions, and to admit that he had not wilfully misre-
presented the conversations in the minutes he forwarded
to the Commissioners of Wocds and Forests. But Dr.
Reid still adhered to his statement that Mr. Barry had
made great mistakes. He withdrew the charge that the
misstatements were made wilfully.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL—The charge of forgery
and wilful misrepresentation having been withdrawn by
Mr. Bovill on the part of his cltent, Dr. Reid would
consent to the discharge of the jury.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, addressing the jury, said
it appeared to him that the word " forgery" had only
been used by Dr. Reid in a sense which imputed to the
phintiff a wilful misrepresentatien of facts, and not im-
porting that Mr. limy had been guilty of a felonious
act. The expression had been withdrawn. lie was
sorry the mate; had been brought before a jury. " You
will. therefore," sail he, " find a verdict f.r the defen-
dant upon the issue of nor, guilty, and are discharged
from finding on tt e other issue."
The jury found, accordingly, a verdict for the de-
fendant.

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD 'JUNCTION RAILWAY.—
At a special meeting held at Birmingham, on Saturday, a
resolution was adopted repudiating any exten4ion of the
agreement formerly entered into between this company and
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, with
respect to the sale of the Stratford-upon• Avon navigation,
which contract, although faithfully adhered to by this com-
pany to the last, was now at an end.

EXHIBITION or 1851.—The proprietors of the Po-
lytechnic Institution, at a special general meeting on Satur-
day, voted the sum of 100 guineas bs their contribution to
the funds now raising for carrying into effect the Exhibition
of Industry.
THE Fox CLUB.—The members of this club had
their last meeting this season on Saturday last, when they
dined together at the Trafalgar at Greenwich. The follow-
ing noblemen and gentlemen met on the occasion :—The
Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Strafford, the Earl of Gosford,
the Earl of Scarborough, the E.irl Spencer, the Earl of
Leitrim, Viscount Ebrington, M.P., Lord Dinorben, Lord
James Stuart, M.P., Lord Marcus Hill, M.P., the Right
Hon. Fox Millie, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Ellice,
M.P., the Right Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, M.P., the Right
Hon. Dr. Lushington, the Hon. Colonel Boyle, M.P., the
Hon. E. L. Mostyn, M.P., the Hon. H. Duncan, the Hon.
R S. Carew, M.P., the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish,
M.P., the Hon. H. Tracy, Sir W. Gibson Craig, Bart., M.P.,
Sir Montague J. Cholmeley, Bart, M.P., Sir Robert Heron,
Colonel Ferguson, M.P.; Colonel Bolder°, Mr. Edward Ellice,
M.P., Mr. F. Dundas, Mr. Rowland Alston, Mr. Stephenson,
Mr. A. Stephenson, Mr. E. A. N. Sanford, Sic.

PACKAGES FOR HER MAJESTY.—The Lords of the
Treasury having caused Mr. Hayter, one of their Lordships'
secretaries, to inform the Commissioners of Customs that
Colonel Phipps having stated to their Lordships that a pack-
age containing biscuits, &c., from the confectionary of the
Queen of the Belgians, would be sent weekly from Brussels,
via Ostend and Thver, under official seals, being for her
➢lajesty's own consumption, and that he was, therefore, to
desire that the respective packages on their arrival may be
delivered on the application of Colonel Phipps without any
further special directions from their Lordships in each case,
the Customs authorities have given directions to their officers
to take care that their Lordships' wishes be duly obeyed.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basioghall-street.

W. Star, Lynn, Norfolk, currier and leather-seller,
July 27, at twelve—W. Robarts, Burnham, Buckingham-
shire, apothecary, July 27, at half past twelve—W.
Gootch, Bath-street, Clerkenwell, grocer, July 24, st
eleven—Charlotte Cooper, Northampton, dealer in Ber-
lin wool, July 24, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
W. Perkin, Utoxeter, Staffordshire, timber merchant,
July 29, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. P. Collins,
Bristol, tailor and draper, July 31, at twelve, at the Court,
Bristol—W. Hague, Manchester, smallware dealer, July
29, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Smith and
William Dart)) shire, Manchester and Egerton within
Turton, Lancashire, dyers, July 26, at. twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—W. Dar byshire, Manchester and
Egerton within Turton, Lancashire, dyer, July 26, at
eleven, at the Court, Manchester-1. Newton, Ashton-
under-Lyne, innkeeper, July 26, at eleven, at the Court,
Manchester—D. H. Berestord, Stockport, Cheshire,
linen& aper, July 26, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester
—J. Woraley, Preston, cotton-spinner, July 26, at twelve,
at the Court, Manchester—G. Wilson, Wakefield, York-
shire, draper, July 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
H. Hard), Bradford, Yorkshire, tea dealer, July 26, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Wenham, Beckley, Sussex, tailor and draper,
Is. 2id., on Saturday, July 6, or any three subsequent
Slturdays' between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Edwards, Satabrook court, Basinghall-street.
T. D. Hammond, Kingston-tiron-Hull, druggist and
seed crusher, Is. 7id , on Friday, July 5, or any subse-
quent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Carrick, Hull.
J. Garrison, Helperby, grocer, ls., any day on or after
July 2, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Young, Leeds.
W. Puleston, Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper, 5,., on
Monday, July 8, or any subsequent Monday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
T. B. Molyneux and P. Witherby, Liverpool, 81, on
Wednesday, July 10, or any subsequent Wednesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan,
Liverpool,
E. S. Boult, Liverpool, stock and share broker, 7d.,
and first dividend of 44d., on new proofs, on Wednes-
day, July 10, or any subsequent Wednesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
W. R. Piggott, Goldsmith-street, carpet warehouse-
man, lid., on Saturday next and three subsequent Sa-
turday!, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abehtirch-lane.

C. Vyse, Ludgate-street, straw-bonnet maker, lid., on
Saturday next, or any three subiequeut Saturdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

J. Bradshaw, Sr. Alban's, tailor, 6id., payable to new
proofs, on Saturday nest a'id three subsfiquent Satur-
days, between eleve❑ and two, at tho ofW2e of Mr.
Groom, A bet) urch• labe.

J. Starkly, Old-street, St. Luhe'v, carpenter and
budder, 6d., on Saturday, July 6, and three subse-
quent i•-aturd.r.) s, 13,,tween ilt-ven and two, at the office
of Mr. Edwards, Sflinbt oDk coun, Basingball-street.
Naish and Glenitie, Firringdon-street, ironmongers,
Bk., on Saturday, July 6, and three subsequent Satur-
days, Uetwe,n eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed-
wards, Stinabrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. R. Fisher, Regent-street, chinamar, 341, on Satur-
day, July 6, and three subsequent Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-
court, Bxsinghall-street.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basicghall-street.
E. bile and J. Wonfor, Battersea, manufacturing
chemists, July 26, at eleven.
In the Country. •
R. D. Evans and D. M. Evans, Wrexham, Denbigh-
Aire, draper, July 26, nt eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool--R. KeAley, Cheltenham, budder, July 31, at
twelve, au the Court, Bristol—W. ligue, Munehetter,
smallware dealer, July 29, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester—T. Gardiner, Holt, Worcestershire, hotel-
keeper, July 29, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birming-
ham.