The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

penny.

The Daily News, in considering bow this kind of thing
may best be suppressed, thinks it better not to stop the
sale. " There is but one antidote for all this poison, and
that is the education of the taste of the people ; for until
the mental palate be taught, like the moral one, to dis-
tinguish good from Lad, the inculcation of the ability to
read merely must be the same as putting a razor in the
hands of a madman—to give the poor wildbrain the means
of cutting his own throat."

BOROUGH OF MARYLERONE.—A paragraph has
appeared stating that a fresh election was about to take
place in Marylebone, that both Liberals and Conservative
were preparing for a contest, and it was expected that Mr.
Milner Gibson was to be brought forward. We have
authority for stating that there is not one word of truth
in this statement. It is the pure imagination of the
author.

Lord Stanley has addressed a letter to Mr.
Rassam, wherein he speaks of that gentleman's services in
Abyssinia in the highest terms, and concludes with the fol-
lowing still more satisfactory announcement : —" Th-e buffer-
ings which you all underwent have been deeply deplored
by her Majesty's Government; and as some compensation,
therefore, as well as a testimony of appreciation of good
service, they have resolved to present a sum. of £5,000 to
yourself and sums of £2,000 each to Dr. Blanc and Lieut.
Prideaux."

In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday an action
was brought by Mr. Bardel, one of the Abyssinian cap-
tives, against Mr. Rotten, of Piccadilly, publisher,
to recover damages for a libel contained in his
book, " Abyssinia and its People ; or, Life in the Land
of Prester John ;" the principal passage complained of being
One which alleged that the plaintiff had forged a letter from
King Theodore to the Emperor Napoleon. When the cause
was called on, the counsel for the defendant apologised, and
withdrew the charge
Limited liability companies are bad enough, as
many thousands know to their sorrow, but the case 'of
unlimited corporations is considerably worse ; witness, fot
instance, the case of the " Agricultural Cattle Insurance
Company." Notice has been given in this case, which has
been before the Courts of Chancery for the last twenty
years, that the Master of the Rolls will make a further
call of £250 on each £2O share, and £4 210 s. on each share
of £lO. There is surely room for some reform in the
winding-up business of the country, when scandals such as
these are permitted to exist.—Railway News.
THE NEW PALACE OF JUSTICE.—With regard to
the new Palace of Justice which is one day to grace
London there are told some queer tales. It has been a
joke for some weeks past that one man. only has been
clearing the chosen site. " One whose house commands a
view of the ruins in the Strand" writes to the Daily News
as follows :—"Sir,--It may be interesting to the public to
know that the one man who for some weeks has been en-
dea.vouring to clear the site for the above has at last dis-
appeared, and a solitary disconsolate-looking policeman
may now be seenwandering over the ruins in the Strand."

ANOTHER METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. The
inhabitants of Oxford-street will short'y be asked to ptli43
judgment on a scheme for carrying an underground rail-
way from the Marble Arch, along Oxford-street and
Holborn, to the General Post-office. According to Mr.
Hawkshaw, there would be nine stations on the line, about
s third of a mile apart. The railway would be worked by
stationary engines, and thus, by dispensing with the
locomotive, the vibration would be reduced to a minimum.
It is not proposed to interfere with the traffic of Oxford-
street during the period of the excavations.
The screw steamship Teutonitt. Captain Meyer,
from Ifamburg, left Havre on the 4th instant with mails,
passengers, and cargo fer Has ana and New Orleans.
The North German steamship lines are extend-
ing. One has just been established between Hamburg
and Valparaiso, Chili.
DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re-
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.O —[Ad
vertisement.)

A DELICATE INVESTIGATION,

The judge and jury who are engaged in, the Nisi Prius
Court, at the Manchester Assize, had on Thursday a
delicate case put before them to investigate, in the
shape of an action brought by the Rev. Dr. Garrett,
rector of Christ Church, Greenbeys, Manchester, against
the Rev. Thomas Alfred Stowell, rector of Christ Church,
Salford, and Mr. Robert Whitworth. All the par-
ties bad been connected with the Central Associa-
tion for suppressing the liquor traffic on a Sunday,
but owing to a dispute the plaintiff had withdrawn from the
association. Both the plaintiffs and the defendants pub-
lished statements of the grounds of dispute, and it was com-
plained that, in a letter published in the Alliance News,
the plaintiff bad beon libelled by the defendant.
The defendant simply pleaded not guilty. The plain-
tiff's case having teen stated, Mr. Justice Hayes
pointed out the unsuitability of the Court to go into such a
matter. A verdict was thereupon taken pro forma for the
plaintiff for £5,000, subject to an arbitration.