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London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

TEE SUN, .LONDON, S'Avr URD..I EVEN Iz\ G, MARCH 7 1857,

LAW OF LIBEL FOR NEWSPAPERS.

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Closing nines
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Business
this day.

was at Auckland the licences were sent to Mr. Greasly
to be sealed, and handed to him for consideration. When
the licence was handed to him Mr. Burgess's name was not
on it. There was a blank in it for the name. He brought
it to Durham in that state. He took it on the 27th of
September in that state to Mr. Davison's office, Mr.
Davison was secretary to the late bishop. He directed
that gentleman to insert the Reverend George Hart Bar-
ges's name in the licence as incumbent of Christchurch,
West Hartlepool; he was aware that the cemetery had
been consecrated upon the petition of the vicar of Stan-
ton and Mr. Burgers. The name was inserted in his (Mr.
Band's) presence. After it was inserted, he (Ur. Bland)
signed.
Cross-examined byMr. Hill—lt was on his responsibility
that the document was signed. He was aware that tnere
was an unseemly controversy at West Hartlepool.
The Judge said he would not have any religious contro-
versy there.
Re-examined by Mr. Atherton—ln using the term " un-
seemly"lie did not apply it to Mr. Barges.
Mr. Jackson, a clerk in Mr. Davison's office, stated that
he (witness) filled up Mr. Burges's name in the licence.
The learned Judge then expressed his opinion that after
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. was admitted by him to be a respectable
in the very next impression, and would have at once cor-
rected any mistake that the parties had fallen into, chose
to bring this action against the defendants. The, West
Hartlepool commissioners were a public body, appointed
by act of Parliament, and responsible to the ratepayers,
and therefore a body whose proceedings were of interest
to the public and properly reported by the press. This
report, he observed, was objected to as libellous because ,
it was not a report in extenso. But he maintained that
it was a fair condensation of the proceedings. Ho
contended that the report having been sent to the de-
fendants by their reporter, and relating to public matters
not only of interest to the town of Hartlepool, but to the
whole diocese of Durham, they were justified in publishing
it. He remarked that 60 years ago, in the case of Woodfall,
the printer, Lord Mansfield had laid it down that the jury
had not to decide with regard to the libel, but with regard
to its publication. Since that decision, however, an act
had been passed which left it to thejury to declare whether
the publication was a libel or not. He alluded to the case
of " Lord Lucan V. the Publishers of the Daily Nem,"
in which case the conduct of that nobleman had been
severely reflected upon ; but the article having been
published in the interest of the public, the jury gave a
verdict for the defendants. The report in the Durham.
Advertiser was a correct account of the proceedings, and
published in good faith ; and therefore if the jury did give
the plaintiff a verdict, let it be for the smallest coin in the
realm.

DAVISON V. DUNCAN-ONE .FARTHING
DAIAGES.

This case, which has attracted much pubic attention,
came on for trial yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice
Crompton, at the Northern Circuit, Durham.
Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Manesty, and Mr. Udall were
counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., Mr. Over-
end, Q.C., Mr. Ferrer, and Mr. Unthank were for the
defence.
The plaintiff in this action was Joseph Davison, a soli-
citor in the city of Durham ; the defendants, W. Duncan
and J. T. Duncan, proprietors and publishers of the Dur-
ham, County Advertiser. The action was brought to re-
cover damages—laid at I,ooDl.—for a libel. The defen-
dants pleaded first, not guilty; secondly, that the facts
were true; and thirdly, that the statement complained of
was a just and true report of what had taken place, and
that they published it without malice.
Mr. Atherton stated that the plaintiff, Mr. Davison,
acted, previously to the resignation of the late Lord Bishop
of Durham, as the secretary of that prelate. The libel of
which Mr. Davison complained was contained in the
number of the Durham Advertiser chted. the 10th of Octo
her last, and the form in which the libel appeared was a
professed report of the proceedings of a meeting alleged to
have been held at Hartlepool by the commissioners of that
place. Now, as one of the pleas of the defendants was
that the injurious and calumnious statements contained in
the report were true, it became necessary that he should
explain how manifestly and egregiously untrue these state-
ments were. Mr. Atherton then entered into a history of
the appointment of commissioners at West Hartlepool,
under the Town Improvement Act of that town, and
showed that by the 50th clause of the act the board was
empowered to construct a cemetery for the use of the town,
and by the 60th clause to appoint as chaplain of the same
the minister for the time being of the district of Christ-
church in that town. The commissioners having deter-
mined to exercise the powers granted to them, a cemetery
was constructed. It then became necessary to get a portion
of the cemetery consecrated, and the first step was to petition
the bishop to consecrate it. The petition was signed by the
Bev. Mr. Ridley, vicar of Stranton : Rev. Mr. Borges, in-
cumbent ot Christchurch ; and affixed to it was the com-
mon seal of the commissioners. The petition was prepared
and the consecration took place accordingly. But pre-
Dr.
vioumslya,ltboy, being
on the 15th of December, 185" i, the late Bishop,
considerably oppressed by infirmity,
finding it difficult, if not impossible, to transact all the
duties of so large a diocese, executed a commission giving
power of performing the duties of the see to the Lord
Bishop of Manchester, the Venerable Archdeacon Bland,
and the Rev. Canon Douglas. The consecration being com-
pleted, it became necessary to appoint a chaplain, and Mr.
Davison prepared the necessary document. He did not sup-
ply the name of the clergyman to be appointed, but sent the
document with a blank space in the proper position to Arch-
deacon Bland. Some little time after the archdeacon came
to the office of Mr. Davison, bringing with' him the li-
cence, and directed that the Rev. John Hart Burges's name
should be inserted in the blank space, he being the in-
cumbent of Christchurch, and the person pointed out
in the act of Parliament. This being done, the archdea-
con put his signature to the document, and properly de-
scribing himself upon the face of the instrument as " com-
missary specially appointed." Now, in the libel complained
of it was affirmed that the bishop confirmed the licence,
that it was presented to him to be executed by Mr. Davi-
son under a false pretence, and accompanied by a deception
practised upon the bishop, who, it was alleged, had been
induced to execute it, not knowing that it was a licence in
favour of the Rev. Mr. Burges. Of course as the bishop
never saw the instrument, this report was egregiously and
preposterously untrue. Mr. Atherton then read the fol-
lowing extract from a report of the proceedings at the
meeting ot the Hartlepool commissioners, which was pub-
lished in the defendants newspaper :
A document in conncteion with the Hartlepool Cemetery,
which had been received by the clerk from Mr. Joseph Davi-
son' was put in and read. It professed to be a licence from
the bishop to the Rev. John Hart Burges, as chaplain to the
cemetery, and reciting in the usual way, that " iu pursuance
of a petition," drc.
On the reading of the document several commissioners ex-
pressed their surprise at its contents. No petition had been
presented either by the town or the commissioners.
The Chairman said he thought it was a clumsy device on
the part of Mr. Davison to get Mr. Barges into the office.
The Rev. Mr. Ridley said he had received on Saturday last
a communication from Mr. Barges, stating that he had re-
ceived a licence from the bishop, (tic. Being at a loss to un-
derstand what was meant by such a communication, he, as
vicar of the part*, wrote to the bishop, and had received the
reply, of which the following is the substance :—" The
bishop desires it to be made known that a document, repre-
sented by Mr. Joseph Davison to bo a mere licence for the
West Hartlepool Cemetery, was laid before him for his signa-
ture. No name was mentioned in the licence, and certainly
not Mr. Barges's. If the name of Mr. Burges had appeared in
the document, the bishop would have refused to sign it."
1 Commissioner remarked that it appeared that the whole
of the proceeding had been a fraud upon the bishop as well
as upon the public on behalf of Mr Burgos.
The Rev. Mr. Ridley said it was a great scandal upon Mr.
Davison.
After some further discussion, a resolution was agreed to,
and a copy ordered to be sent to the bishop, to the effect
that the commissioners did not admit the necessity for any
such document.
Mr. Atherton, having read the foregoing extracts, re-
marked how very grave an imputation this report cast
upon the conduct of Mr. Davison. It amounted to this,
that Mr. Davison, the professional secretary of an aged
and infirm prelate, whom he had served faithfully for so
many year s, had imposed upon him a gross fraud for the
purpose of serving the purpose of his friend Mr. Burges.
In explanation of the letter of Mr. Maltby, the bishop's
son, Mr. Atherton contended that both the father and the
son had clearly been mistaken. Ho urged that when the
proprietors of the Durham. Advertiser received the account
r of this meeting from a reporter, they should have deferred
its publication for at least a week, when they might have
ascertained its truth, and in the same number in which
appeared the bane might also have appeared the antidote.
The defendants, however, published this report on the
10th of the month, the meeting occurring only three
days before. A question might be raised, why did
not Mr. Davison summon the reporter, or the person
who uttered the words complained of, but supposing
Mr. Davison had brought his action against the
latter, he would have been involved in far nicer points
than were involved in the celebrated plea to which he
should presently refer. Mr. Davison lodged his complaint
so early as the 29th of October, but it was not till the 2d
of December that the defendants put their plea upon the
record, and it was this—that the injurious and calumnious
statements were true in very fact. Now, the defendants
had either inquired into the truth of the allegations made
in the report, or they had not. They bad either found that
the allegations were unfounded, in which case the malig-
nancy of the libel was known to them, and they put forward
and deliberately defended these false and injurious state-
ments; or else, without taking the trouble to inquire, they
recklessly, with the means of knowledge before them, shut
their eyes to the truth, and, whether the accusations were
true or untrue, they at haphazard put down, recorded, and
insisted on them as true in substance and in fact. The learn-
ed
,counsel animadverted upon the conduct of the defend-
ants in not apologising as soon as possible after they had
ascertained the falsity of the allegations. They had
pleaded that it was a fair report, and that it was done with-
out malice ; but Mr. Davison had reason to believe that it
was not published without malice. It was a question whe-
ther it was permissible in point of law to give even a con
charactert
be press
cor-
rect report of what took place at a meeting of the Hartle.opr Improvement
nd valuable
se defamervi
services the
of
undoubtedly were in this free country, he had very con-
siderable doubt whether it was to bo permitted or en-
dured that the publishers of journals like the Durham, Ad-
vertiser should give the publicity which their circulation
afforded to the defamation of character, to libel and
slander, quite without foundation, and in many cases
uttered with express malignity. It was true, in some in-
stances, that defamation by some parties was rather a
compliment than otherwise. But when it got into a coun-
try journallike the Durham Advertiser, and thence into the
London papers, if the person calumniated was in a public
poaition,the character of the defamer was perhaps unknown
and in such a case the calumny of one man was just as
fatal as the malice of another. The friends of the person
calumniated could not take the trouble to ascertain the
truth of the charges, and the offence was rendered a hun-
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The Court of Queen's Bench had decided that the plea of
justification was a bad plea, and this was likely to become
one of the causes celebres, owing to the plea which had
been pronounced bad. The conductors of the public press
generally, who were anxious to sanction their own impu-
nity, and perhaps also looked upon the existing law as un-
favourable to the public, had taken up this case of the
Durham. Advertiser, and the question had been discussed
and commented upon. Mr. Atherton then remarked that
there were several inaccuracies in this report of the meet-
ing of the Hartlepool Commissioners, and he dwelt espe-
cially upon the fact that the reporter had omitted either
to give the document itself, which he said was laid be-
fore the commissioners, and that ho bad not even
stated that it was signed by Archdeacon Bland, as the
commissary of the bishop. The suppression of this fact
proved, he contended, that the report was as unfair as the
Court of Queen's Bench had decided the plea was wrong.
The following evidence was produced for the plaintiff's
case

The learned judge then summed up, stating his opinion
that the expressions made use of at the meeting clearly
contained libellous matter. Reporters and newspaper
proprietors were private individuals performing very use-
ful and important functions, but if they circulated
slanders they must be held responsible, as other private
individuals were.

The jury retired for a short time, and at two o'clock re-
turned with a verdict for the plaintiff—ono farthing da-
mages.

ARKET NEWS.—(This ay.)

COVENT GARDEN.
The supplies of fruit and vegetables were only moderate,
and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows :

Pineapples, peril). 6s Od to lOs
Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od
Grapes, per 1b... l 2s Od to 20s
Foreign do Os Od to Os Od
Melons, each 3B Od to 5s Od
Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od
Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od
Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od
Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs
Orange; per 100. 3s 6d to 9
Lemons, p. doz. Os 9d to 2s Oc
Apri cots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Oc
Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Oc
VEGE

'Filberts, per 1b.....1s to is 4d
Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s
Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od
Walnuts, per 100 Gd to is Od
Figs, per 'doz Is to 3s Od
Strawberries, per
• pottle Od to Od
Gooseberries, per
half sieve ...Ms Od to Os Od
Currants, p. do. Os 01 to Os Od
Plums, per do. 2s at to tis Od
Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od
Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od
'ABLE!".

Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 3a6d
Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d
Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s Od
Cauliflowers, do. ?sOd to 5s Odl
Brocoli, p. bun, is 0,1 to is
Potatoes, per ton 60s to 130,
New do., per do Osto ()-
Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od
Turnips, per bunch 2d to 6,1
Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d
Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od
Garlic, per lb .....6d to Os tzd
Sorrel, per sieve Od to O.
Spinach, p. Od to 2s 64
Brussels sprouts, per
half do 2s Od to 3s Od
Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 4a 9d
New do., per bunch 4d to 6d
French beans, per
100 2s 6d to 4s Od
Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d

Shallots, per lb. 6d to 83
Rorseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s
Parsley, per (10. 3d to 4d
Celery, per do Os 9d to is 61
Beet, per doz. is 01 to 2s Od
Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os
Small salad, p. pun. 21 to 3d
Mushrooms, p. ptl.2Bolto2s 3d
Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d
Lettuces, per score 91 to is 31
Endive, per score ls 6d to 3s
Radishes, per bunch 21 to 3d
Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s 01
Walnuts per 100...0s 81 to is
Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d
Capsicums, per 1001 s 01 to 2s
Rhubarb, p. bun. 91 to is 6d
Asparagus, per 100 6s 01 to 9s
Sea kail, per pun. Os 01 to Os
Turnip greens, per
bush

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 5s Od to 10s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 8s 01 each ;
Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2101 each ;
wild do., 10d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 10(1 to is 3d each ' • large
Surrey Fowls, Gs to 12s ; barn-door do., 3s 6d to 5s Gd ; Chick-
ens, 5s Od to 9s Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares,
2s 6d to 386 d ; Grouse, 2s 3a to 3s Oil each ; Pheasants,
3s to 4s 6d ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s Od
to 3s 6(1 ; Snipes, is Gd to is 9d; Teal, is Gd to is 9d; Wild
Ducks, is 91 to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 15 to is ad ; Plovers, is 6d
to Is9d each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s
Od to lOs Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to • s Od ;
English do., 15s Od to 18s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs,
9s to lOs ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s per 120; Leverets, 2s (id
to 3s Od each.

NEWPORT.
Boef, from 38 4d to 4s 6,1 ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1; ♦cal,
4s Od to 58 01; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs., by the car-
case.

WHITECHAPEL.

Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 101; veal,
4s 0 Ito 5s Od ; pork, 34 8d to 5s per Blbs., by the carcase.
BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, ls 01 to I2s ; Brills, 2s Oil to 7s each ; Salmon,
is 9d to 23 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, is 61 to 7s each ; Soles, 4d
to 23 6d per pair ; Trout, Is 01 to Os per lb ; Lobsters, 2s to
42 6d; Crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 7s per doz. ;
Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh. ;
Mackerel, 608 to —s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per doz. ;
Skato, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ;
B'oaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 4s
to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 5s Od to Os Od pel
bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 10s per
doz. ; Pike, 6d Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os;
Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut,
I'd per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish,
Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
Sid to 9d; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 54d to 41; Glib to 721 b, !Sid
to 5 d ; 721 b to 801 b, Sid to Gd ; 801 b to BSlb, Cd to 6 d ;
881 b to 961 b, Gad to 7d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 7d to 74(1; 1041 b
to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides,
103 thl to Os Od ; Caif skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto
full, Os Gd to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, lOs thl to 12s Od ; Bents,
Ss rid to lOs; Half-breds, Ss 61 to lOs 0 i ; Downs, Gs 6d to
8s Od ; Shearlings, Is 4d to Is 5,1 ; Lart.bs, Os Od.
HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 Os ; clover do.,
3l lOs to 51 03; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load.
A full average supply and a sluggish demand.
CUMEERLAND• —Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s ; clover
do., 3/ Vs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 93 per load,
Supply tolerably good and trade steady.
%VHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 03 ; clover
do., 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load.
Trade dull, et late rates.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.)

LONDON, March 7.—Wind this day at noon, W. ;
moderate breeze and cloudy weather.
FALMOUTH, March 6. —Wind W. N. W. —Arrived —Ma-
tilda, from Rio Janeiro ; M. W. Babbage, Vera Croz.
DARTMOUTH, March 6.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Cla-
rendon (s.s.), for the Cape of Good Hope and India.
TORBAY, March 6.—Sailed—Berlin, for New York.
BONOHURCH, 1.W., March 6. —Off the port—Annan-
dale, from Mauritius, for Bremen.
SwerrsrcA, March 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Bella
Donna, from Coquimbo; Mary, Riva da Sella. Sailed...-.
FI iends, for Malta.

CARDIFF, March s.—Two steamers came in collision in
Penarth Roads to-day, and one of them sunk.
CHRISTIANSAND, Feb. 23.-- rhe Constance, from Stock-
holm, for England, which was towed up here previous to
the 30th after being on shore to the eastward of this
place on the Nov.,2th Nov., has been discharged and surveyed,
and found to be so much injured that she was abandoned,
and will be sold.

The publication of the paper was admitted.
Mr. W. W. Brunton, clerk to the West Hartlepool Com-
missioners, stated that be attended a meeting of that board
on the 7th Oct. Produced a copy of Mr. Burges's licence.
Believe _l that the document was read by the chairman at
the meeting. It was dated the 27th September and was
a licencl from the Bishop, signed by Archdeacon Bland,
empowering Mr. Burges to inter bodies in the consecrated
portion of the New Cemetery.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hill—lt was read by the chair-
man, Mr. R. Ward Jackson. Several commissioners, whose
names he gave, were present. Mr. Jackson, after reading
the document, said it is with the bishop's seal specially at-
tested. After it was read several of the commissioners ex-
pressed their surprise and astonishment. Several of the
commissioners asked of witness if he bad made an applica-
tion for the licence, and he replied to them, " No petition
had either been sent by the commissioners or the town."
Several of them said that they could not understand the
necessity for such a document, as the burial ground had
already been consecrated. The chairman said that Mr.
Ridley, the vicar of Stranton, was the proper person to
inter Mr. bodDavi i
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andto that
give . rt. the
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Ridley,devi c et
the
vicar of the parish, remarked that be (Mr. Ridley) had
written to the bishop, and that he had received an answer
from the bishop that Mr. Davison's document had been
laid before him by that gentleman, but that Mr. Burger's
name was not in it. If it bad been he would not have
signed it. The letter to him, lie saiii, was signed by the
Rev. Canon Maltby. One of the commissioners said it was
a fraud.P Another that it was a scandal upon the Church.
Mr. Ridley replied he did not see that. It was a scandal
upon Mr. Jos. Davison, the late bishop's secretary. The
commissioners repudiated the document. The commis-
sioners are elected by the owners of property in the town.
The meetings are held fortnightly. For the last year and
a half they have been attended by the reporters, and the
proceedings reported.
Mr. Peel, the next witness, produced a petition for con-
secrating the cemetery at West Hartlepool. It was siassed
by the Revs. Ridley and Burges, and was sealed by the
commissioners. The Bishop of Manchester consecrated the
ground.
The Rev. Mr. Buries produced the original licence to
him under the seal hop,
abpisphooinpiedan.,ldstigwneatills'ig`
nGeedorogne
was then called, and proved that he
h
rsary. He was at Bishop Auckland
intßhal A reasSn2aedc7pph't amnfbwtme: rndei , spßscwtaoel when the licence, with others, was handed
to hire by the bishop's steward, Mr. Greasly. When he

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 9.30 a.m.
Wind W. fine.
Arrived—Jura, steamer, from Liverpool ; Rapid, Sun-
derland ; Pearl, Cardiff; Charlotte and Undine, Wood-
bridge; Water Nymph, Sunderland.
Sailed—Elizabeth, for Cardiff; Barkley, Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.N.W.
Arrived—Syria, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Ti-
tania, Taragona.
Sailed—Ennerdale, for Pernambuco; Africa (a), New
York; Circassian (a), Newfoundland.
QUEENSTOWN, March 5.
Wind S.W.
Arrived—Detroit, from Callao. •
(BY SUBMARINE AND BRIT] S iITELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.16 a.m.
Wind W.N.W. ; four hours' flood • fine.
Arrived, the 6th—Meteor, from Table Bay; Earl Mul-
grave, Nassau ; May Flower, Demerara; Cybelle, Bar-
bie° ; Vizeano, Ilavannah; Invanhoe, Calcutta; Adelaide,
Odessa.

-Arrived, the 7th—Harries, from Dunkirk ; Ocean, Dun-
kizk ; Albatross, Rotterdam ; J. K. L., Singapore.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m.
Wind N.W., moderate.
Passed the Downs on the sth—Floke, from Shields, for
Vonedag. _

' Passed— Blackfriars, from Madras, for London; Land-
scape, Ibrail, London ; King John, Llanelly, London ;
Dorothy, Taganrog, Neptune, Australia, Dundee.
Anchored—Susan, from London, for Rouen ; Alicia,
Shields, New York ; Lelia, London, St. Thomas.

The committee appointed by the House of Lords to
consider what improvements might be made in the print-
ing of the minutes of the house, amongst other things,
recommend that the divisions be taken and printed in
the same way as those of the House of Commons.
The wreck of the Northern Belle in foggy weather is
a very dangerous obstacle to navigation. A few days
ago a ship had a narrow escape by striking it,
It is understood to be in contemplation by mutual
arrangements between the South Western Railway and
the Steam Packet Company, to land passengers from
Jersey and Havre free of all dock charges,

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SUN OFFP IE, Six o'ol,ock

TI:E BALTIC.

HAMBURG, March s.—The Hamburg and New
York mail-steamer Borussia arrived in the Elbe
yesterday morning from New York, after a run of
16 days and 9 hours, and averaging 9i knots the
hour throughout her trip. She brought a general
cargo and 54 passengers, and will leave again on
the 16th inst. for the same place.
The shipping trade has been very brisk during
the last few days, and a great number of ships from
various parts have entered the port.