The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA I EVENING, JUNE 5, 1845.

steps to put an end to a system, which if not checked,
must lead to active interference by an armed force of

The defendant pleaded that he did not make the bet, and a special
plea that the bet was illegal.
Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coroner for the City) appeared as counsel
for the defendant, and submitted that, as there was a demurrer
to the last plea, which would probably be argued in the Court of
Common Pleas to-morrow, it would be better to postpone the case.
The UNDER.Samtivr said, that in the event of the Court deciding
the bet was illegal, their proceedings would go fer nothing; there.
fore, the case had better proceed.
Mr. BURN appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case. The
plaintiff Is the landlord of the Robin Hood, in Holborn, and the
defendant of the Bear and Wheatsheaf, Lower Thames-street.
Shortly before the Derby was ran, the parties met at the Blue
Anchor, in Holborn, when a bet was made that Calvarero beat
Orlando. It was well known that Orlando had been pronounced
the winner, and legal decisions had dictated the payment of the
bets in favour of Orlando. Why, therefore, the defendant refused
to pay was more tha,i he could conjecture. He should, however,
1 call a witness to prove the debt.
A witness was called, when a lengthened discussion took place
as to the necessity of producing the betting-book to prove the bet.
The UNDER-SifiltlFY considered that it was absolutely necessary
that the book should be produced. It had been entered by each
party, and the plaintiff ought to produce his own.
Mr. Buss said, unfortunately they had it not in Court.
The UNDER. SHERIFF suggested that the case should stand ever,
by consent, until the demurrer was decided.

Londonderry &Coleraine 24 5%
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% g 2%
Manchester and Leeds.— 73 165 164
_ .

5% ,
61-A
2% 1165

Europeans.
The ix/Tarifa/ of Smyrna gives the following particu-
lars from Beyrout, dated May 13
" We see from here in every direction columns of smoke; Chris-
tians, Druses, and mixed villages are all burned; our gardens are
full of old men, women, and children, who have come to seek a
refuge amongst us. The news we have from the theatre of war Is
very uncertain, but upon the whole it appears that the Christians
have had the advantage until now. At Abea, where they were re-
pulsed, the Convent of the Capuchins (under French protection) was
not respected, and the only inmates, Father Carlo de Loretto and
his servant, were murdered ; the American missionaries were the
only persons unmolested. Wigi Pasha did not move. The popula-
tion of Saida was in a state of revolt, the doors of the town were for
an instant closed; fortunately the Governor and Cadi succeeded in
establishing order, and seized the leaders of the mob. The Cerfe
(French), the Snake (English), and a Turkish frigate departed for
Saida. lteschid Pasha, Major-General of the Army of Arabia,
embarked with a few troops on board of a steamer, and we hope
will prevent any further outrages." _ .

Do. 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Manche:ter and Birmin. 40
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225.......
Midland 100
Do. New
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction .. 25 ...... 54 53
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newests,le and Berwick 11/!
5%'/171/23A lB
Newry and Enniskillen. 21
Newark and SLeffield .. 111,1_2 4% ... .... 4%
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 121/2 lBl4 lBl4
North Kent
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Oxford and Worcester... 2% —
Rugby, Worstr, & Triug 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .. . 51/2 5....
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Devon... l5 ... 27
' South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 4614 453/4
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales 2l/2 5l/
Trent Valley 2 .... . 1943/4
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 4
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
-

The details given in the MalLt Times are of the same
character :

" We have seen letters from Beyrout to the 14th of May, which
give a horrible account of Syria in general, and Mount Lebanon
in particular. For fifteen days previous wholesale murder, burn-
ing, and every possible crime was committed, while the Govern-
ment would put no check to them. The greater part of the vil-
lages and towns in the high lands are in ashes ; the Catholic
clergy have been murdered. Colonel Rosa, our Consul- General, made
a regular sortie, with a small body of troops formed in haste, and
succeeded in saving from destruction about 700 of our fellow.
Christians. The mania for blood has spread to Palestine The
districts near Jerusalem are in arms, and several European travel.
lers have been murdered. Heaven only knows how this terrible
tragedy will end. In the bitterness of our heart we must now
regret the blood and the millions lavished by the Four Great
Powers for the re-conquest of this country, for the sanguinary,
fanatic, and ignorant Government of the Sultan, in 1840. What a
sad return for it, and what a mournful triumph for Mehemet Ali
and Ibrahim Pasha—and France

This was agreed to.
The Learned Counsel said, in the mean time they must have a
new writ, as it had not been tested by either of the Chief Justices.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(3117, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday
were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. There was more steadi-
ness in prices. 800 bales Pernambuco went at 41d. ; 200
Egyptian at sid. to Bd. ; and 4,000 bales American at 3id.
to 6d. In Shares less business was done, and prices were lower.
Armagh and Portrush, 21,4 ; Birkenhead and Cheshire
Junction, 10 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,, 71% %;
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 54 ; Belfast and County
Down, 1% % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 ; Cale-
donian, 12 lls ; Ditto Extension, 31,4 3 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 8% % ; Chester and Birkenhead, 551/2 55 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 494 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 271/2 ; Churnet Val-
ley, 5% ;_ Clitheroe Junction, 2% !. Clydesdale Junction,
'94 Ns I Cork and Killarney, 2% ; Coventry, and Nuneaton,
4% ; Dublin and Belfast 'Junction, 11 10% ; Dundee and
Perth, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4% ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 20314 ; Ditto, New Shares, 11 10% ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, %Quarter Shares, 184 ; Edinburgh, London, and
Granton, 16 1,4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 11% % ; Grand
' Junction, New Quarter Shares, 50% 3/4 • Ditto, Eighth
Shares, 213 22 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 44 ; Great
Western, 204 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 45% 46 ; Goole and
Doncaster, 1% 345. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
7% %; Lancaster and Carlisle, 45% 46 ; Leicester and Bir-
mingham, 7/s 1 ; Limerick and Waterford, 94 1% ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, 215 214; Ditto. New Shares, 404 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Bir-
mingham, 32/. Shares, 47% ; Londou and Brighton, 70 ;
Londonderry and Coleraine, 5/4 5; Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, 4% ; London and South-Western, 84 ; London
and York, 33/4 1/2; Direct Northern, 3% Bs. 6d.; Leeds and
Thirsk, 7 1/s ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 83/4 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 61 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10% ;
Ditto, New Quarters, 8 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid-
land, 7 1/.; ; Manchester and Leeds, 164 165 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 741 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8% ; Matlock and
Midland, 534 14 - Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 28 27% ;
Newark and Sheffield, 4%; Newcastle and Berwick, 18
17% ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 6% 3% ; North
Union (A), 152 153; North Wales Mineral, 16 ; North-
Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16% 16 ; Shrews-.
bury and Herefordshire, 12s. 14s. ; Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and Birmingham, 5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
and Cheshire, 5 434 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 114 N ;
South-Eastern and Dover, 46 45% ; Ditto, New Shares,
No. 1, 19 16%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 174 15% ;
Ditto, New Shares. No. 3, 84 % ; Scottish Central, 7 1-As ;
Trent Valley, 19% 20 ; Ulster, 48%; Welsh Midland, 2%
24 ; West Yorkshire, 21,4 ; Worcester and Tring, 54 ; York
and Carlisle, 13 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 2 ; Jamaica and
South Midland,/ ; Northern of France, English (Laffitte's),
5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 2%; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte's), 3/. 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%.
MANCHESTER STOCK EX.CH ANGE,-.JUNE 4.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 8% 4 ; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction, 2 1 9-16 prem. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% 4 ; Caledonian,
12 ; Ditto, Extension, 3 1% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8% % ;
Churnet Valley, 5% 1/2 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3/4 ; Ea-tern
Counties, New, 11 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 24 1% ; Goole,
Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1% 9-16;
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 4% ex new; Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 714 % ; llud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7 4 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 ;
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9•, Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 8% 3/4 ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1 %
prem. ; London and Brighton, 70% ; London and South-
Western, New Shares, 151/, ; London, Worcester, Oxford,
and Rugby, 5% ; London and York, 31/2 ; Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendale, 17%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland Junction, 51/2 ,76 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 61 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation and Welsh Junction, 21/2 ; Midland Railway
Consols, 191 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 27% ; North British, 25 ;
Ditto, New Shares, 7 ; North Eastern, 11,4 3/4 prem. ; North
Wales, 3% ; North Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham
Junction, 2% 31/8 ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3 % ;
Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 9-16 %; Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new ; Shrewsbury and
llerefordshire, 12s. 6d. prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley
Union, 2 9.16 %; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51,i, ;
Southport and Euxton, 2 15-16 ; Trent Valley, 19% % ;
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 % ; Welsh Midland,
2% 1,6 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 2%; Whitehaven and Fur-
ness, 3 % ; York and Carlisle, 1% prem. ; Paris and Lyons
(Ganneron's), 2 13-16.
We are advised respecting th.. i...1--.,--A v....•—= —....1-.A.,
that the arrivals this month consist of three vessels, 3,177
tons, from St. John's, of which one cargo was yarded the
importer, one of 22 inches average was sold at 214 d., and one
of 20 inches at 20kcl. per foot. A cargo in the yard, of large
average, of last year's import, was sold at nearly 20d., buyer
paying all expenses from time of landing. The demand for
all kinds continues good, and the stocks are reducing
rapidly. This is favourable news for the British colonies,
as the above information refers entirely to American pine
timber. Our Australian possessions will receive equally
satisfactory information of the result of the wool
sales here, and for New Zealand, Cape, and East Indian pro-
ducts there is generally a good demand. As to sugar, the
demand has steadily increased since the late reduction of
duty, and there is a gratify ing augmentation in the con-
sumption.
The Funds are rather heavier to-day, but there is very
little doing. Consols realise par for special transfer, and 99
to % for Account. Exchequer-bills realise 61s. to 635. New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1024 to %.
There is more doing in Mexican Bonds, and the quotations
are advancing, especially as regards the Deferred Stock,
which is up to 213/4 to 224, as these securities are likely now
to be placed on a better footing. The Old Bonds have been
38 to 381/. Columbian are 15%34. Spanish have been ne-
glected at 41% 3/4 for the Three per Cents. Portuguese
Converted are 674 to 34. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 63% %.
There is still a large business doing in Railway Shares,
but many of them have receded a little upon the late ad-
vance. Great Western are higher, because of the decision
in favour of its Worcester line ; and Birmingham, from the
same cause, are lower. South-Eastern are less buoyant.
The foreign lines are dull.

Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 - 3041,4 3Ol/
York and Carlisle 4%
fork and North Midland 50 108
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension lq 20311,ii
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux & Alediterran. 2
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's): 4
Jamaica Junction ll/2 414
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... .
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Over Yssel 413 s 4d l5/0i I,c z...
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2.
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris and Rouen
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 .... 11 vi
Verona and Ancona 1

We have received Madrid papers of the 28th ult.
NARVAEZ was still pursuing the war against the jour-
nalists. Senor PRATO, editor of the Pattial, was ar-
rested on the 27th, and sent off, under military escort, to
Cadiz. The greatest excitement prevailed at Madrid, in
consequence of this arbitrary conduct, and the Govern-.
ment paper, therefore, in order to calm the public mind,
had been instructed to state, that those arrests were
made in consequence of a conspiracy formed by the ad-
herents of ESPARTERO. From all accounts this con
spiracy is a pure fabrication, but we give the account of
it as stated in the Herald() :
" We have reason to believe that the Government holds in its
hands proofs of a plot for the overthrow of the existing order of
things. These projects have for a long time been ripening by the
Ayacucho (Esparterist) emigration, which believed the moment
arrived for their execution. The absence of the Court and the
paralysation of public affairs afforded the long desired opportunity of
employing the funds derived from a loan, believed to have been
contracted with some English houses and notabilities of the Aya-
cucho party, whose restoration to power is the ostensible object of
the new conspiracy. It is affirmed that there are refugees in corre-
spondence with the partisans in the capital, and that an English
agent has lately arrived, charged with the necessary funds for
gaining over the troops. This rumour accords with what the Go.
vernment heard lately, of a distribution of arms and munitions
among some of the most devoted friends of Espartero, formerly be-
longing to the National Guard."

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY)
WAY WZAREETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; use-
ful go., 4/ 16s to 513 s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 4s to 5/ 8s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ lOs to 613 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ Is ; Wheat Straw,
2/ 2s to 2l 3s per load. Trade, on the whole, dull, at about
previous rates.
CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 12s ;
useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5l 8s;
Clover Hay, 41 8s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21;
Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average
supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l lOs to 4/ lOs;
useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to
5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6l 4e ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate,
and trails rather dull.

NARVAEZ, who travels with the QUEEN, is said to bo
urged to these despotic acts by Queen CHRISTINA, and
to be acting without the co-operation of MARTINEZ DE
Ls Ross, who is no favourite with that intriguing and
dangerous woman. The following notice appears in the
Madrid Gazette of the 28th :
" The direction of the caisse d'amortissement will pay the inte-
rest, dating from the Ist July, of the sir. months, due the 30th of
June of the receipts, Three per Cents. Interior, existing in Spain
and in foreign countries. The holders who, living abroad, wish to
receive their interest in Paris, at sf. 40c., may present themselves

:o the Spanish Commission of Finances in that capital.''

BOURSE.-Three per Cents. for cash, 33 ; for the ac-
count, 33i. Five per Cents. for cash, 23k; for account, 24

The Paris papers publish extracts from the Ocianie
Francaise of the 12th January, the Government journal
of Otaheite, from which it appears that Queen POMARE
would hold no communication with the French Admiral
lately sent out to that station ; that she had retired to
a distant island, and, in consequence, Admiral HAMELIN,
with the consent of several chiefs, had appointed one of
them, named PARAITA, regent. Various means had
been tried to overcome her obstinacy, and, among others,
an announcement was made that King LOUIS PHILIPPE
had addressed a letter to her, but all is vain. Governor
BRUAT intimated to the chiefs that they should assemble
on the Bth, in order to deliberate on the affairs of the
country. After this convention, the Protectorate flag
was hoisted in front of the Regent's palace, and a
salute of twenty-one guns fired. The Oceanie also
states that two English vessels of war were in
the roads, but they did not salute the flag, though
the English officer in command recognised the pro-
tectorate. We have no doubt Governor BRUAT, Ad-
miral HAMELIN, and indeed the entire French colony
would be heartily glad to get rid of this foolish business
without delay. Dispatches had also been received by
the French Government from Marshal BUCEAUD to the
13th of May. ABD-EL-KADER was again is the field.
and several rather serious skirmishes had taken place
between the Kabyles and the French troops. Two suc-
cessful razzias had also been made. According to ac-
counts from Seida, ABD-F.L-KADER was marching to-
wards the east, pursued by General LAMORICIERE. The
Journal des Debats contains an article on the new treaty
for suppressing the slave-trade, of which it highly ap-
proves. M. GUIZOT, we are glad to learn, has recovered
from his late illness, and was expected to announce to
the Chamber in person the ratification of the treaty.
The following particulars on ,these subjects appear in
the Presse

" The journals which have announced that the Minister of Fo.
reign Affairs will not resume his portfolio until after the close of
the session, are misinformed. The health of M. Guisot is entirely
re-established, and we have reason to believe that this day, very
probably, the interim confided to the Minister of the Interior will
cease. M. Guizot makes a point of affixing his signature to the
treaty of the 29th of May. The ratifications are to be exchanged
within the ten days, and the delay will therefore expire on sun.
day. It is believed that between this time and then the new con.
•ention will be brought before the Chamber of Deputies, by means
of a Bill, or a credit of ten millions, which will be presented by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This credit is destined to place
France in a condition, within the briefest delay, to complete the
number of 26 vessels, of which the French cruising fore is to be
composed." _ _ .

ONE CLOSINc,
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3i per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 31% per Cents .................. 10214v4 102 M
Long Annuities toexDireJan.lB6o 11% 11 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
South Sea Stock

The same journal announces the approaching marriage
of the Duke of BORDEAUX with a daughter of the Duke
Of MODINA.

On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 95c. ; the
Five per Cents. at 122 f. 55c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares at
1,232 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,106 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 82Gf. 25c. ; Havre,
8961. 25c.; Avignon, 1,0501. ; Basle, 273 f. 75c. ; Spanish
Three per Cents, 42f. ; Spanish Passives, 73/4.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—

Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account.... ....... ••••••• 99% 99
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/, I%d GI 63
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small 64
Ditto Advertised 5B

99
99
pm. 63
pm. -
pm. 64
pm. 58

Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium ; Boulogne, 135 f.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 60f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 21f. 25c.; ditto (Calon), If. 50c.; ditto (Gan-
neron), 7f. 50c. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 30f. ; ditto
(Rosamel), 9f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ;
ditto ( Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto
(Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe),
15f. ; ditto (Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridio-
nale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie),
50c. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 17f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quen-
tin, If. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Austrian, 5 per Cent. 116 116
Brazilian Bonds —
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B7l/2
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15%3/ 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 38%
Ditto, Account 3Bl/2361/t 38%
Ditto Deferred .........20 22 213/4 221/4 217 21
_-
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67,14
671 A 67M
Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... •••••• 6, 3/4
Portuguese 4 per Cents. — —'
Ditto, Account — 673%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
41% Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ...
Ditto, Account 417i% 41%
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Belgian Scrip, 21% per Cent
Dutch, 21A per Cent
9142 6354
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic•—• 98 i4l/2
Ditto, Account ..... 98% 98%
PRICES OF ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
II VILWAY SHARES PAID. . PRICES
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and .
Portrush l% ..... 21A 2............2 %
135
Binning. and Gloucesterloo ..... .
Ditto 1/2 Shares ...... 3 ...... 4% 4
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ......... 2 ...... 7 6 7
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
... „
Ditto Extension ...... 2%... ..• 3%278
Ca'nbridge and Lincoln 1% ...„, 81/s 7% 8
Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... 17 16%
Churnet Valley ......... 2 ...... 5%%%
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc 212...... 11 10%
Dublin and Galway....,, 21/2 .. . ...
Dundalk & Enniskille 21%...... —
Eastern Counties 141. 168....... 20% 21
Ditto New 41. 165...... 6%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, iv o. 1....51. 13s. 4d .......
Ditto ditto, N 0.2 . l3s. 4d... 0%.*
Eastern Union l5
... .-- ............. •
Ditto Extension .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 ...............
Ditto, New Quarters 2l/„ ..... 61 ...... .....
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
10 ...... ---- .•• ............
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100 ...... 247% 245
Ditto New 5 ...... 66% ...............
Ditto New 2 ...... 34% 33% 34...
Great Western BO ......212 215 209 ...

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff liniment.
TIE HURD Of BRUNiWICE V. HILNER—LIBEL
This was an action brought by his Serene Highness the Duke of
Brunswick against the publisher of the Lancaster Guardian, for
libel. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
His Serene Highness appeared to plead his own case, assisted by
Mr. Thomas, the barrister. His Serene Highness read his address
to the jury. The libel was contained in the Lancaster Guardian
of the 17th September, 1842, and consisted of a detail of the
arrest of his Serene Highness on suspicion of being one of
the swell mob. The libel was copied at the time
in almost every newspaper in the United Kingdom,
and was headed " Arrest of the Ex-Duke of Brunswick on sus-
picion of being one of the swell mob." It went into details of the
arrest of his Serene Highness at an hotel on the charge of having
picked the pocket of a Mr. Marquis, at the celebration of the
Preston Guild, held in September, 1842, but concluded by stating
that the error being discovered, his Serene Highness was over-
whelmed with apologies, which he accepted. His Serene
Highness said that the libel was not confined to this
kingdom, but was an European libel, and he had
spent 6,0001. in carrying on actions, and would prosecute them
against every paper in which it had appeared. He then went into
a complete history of his life, and urging that he was the victim of
unrelenting persecution on the pal tof the high and noble in the
land, and that these libels were a part cf the system. He com-
mented in unmeasured terms on the conduct of his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, who had been his nominal guardian.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF frequently urged on his Serene
Highness to confine his address to the matters charged in the
record, and more especially that such reflections should not be
passed on the absent.
His Serene Highness said he had offered to forego proceedings
against the publishers of the libel if they would give up the name
of the real author. The defendant had urged that he was not ac-
tuated by malice. But if not, could he explain why this libel
should have been inserted, when there was not even the fact to de.
pend upon, that any person, much lees himself, had been charged
in the manner set forth in the libel. His character, his reputation,
and his honour were dearer to him than his life, and he trusted
that the verdict of the jury would deter others from publishing ca.
lumny and slander against him. His Serene Highness called—
Mr. Samuel Bannister, High Constable of Preston, Lancashire,
who deposed that no such occurrence as that set forth in the libel
took place.
Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—Preston Guild was a
great feast, only occurring once in twenty years. People went
from all parts of the world. Mr. Marquis had been robbed. His
Serene Highness was at Preston.
This was the only evidence adduced.
Mr. WORDSWORTH then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He urged that the main fact of the robbery had been proved, the
assertion of his Serene Highness being charged was disproved, and
indeed the article itself proved that the charge had been discovered
to be erroneous. He contended that there was no ground for the im-
putation of malice,and that the defendant had done everything in his
power to do justice to the honour and feelings of his Serene Highness.
He urged at great length that his Serene Highness had not received
any real injury in reputation, and that it would have been consis-
tent with the honour and dignity of his Serene Highness to have
summed
were
responsible
accepted the apology which had been made.
The UNDER-SIIRRIFF th e nponusle pihHfoerstahide that the
they
-
duetors of public journals
inserted,
nrited, and were bound to inquire into their truth. An apology
was
sufficient, and had he been counsel for the plaintiff he would
certainly have advised him not to accept one h t u to appeal to a Jury,
, and thus to have his honour vindicated.
I The jury consulted about ten •
for the plaintiff—Damages 200!.
THORPE V. einem/al.—is RUNNING GRIN casa.
This was an action brought to recover the of sum lOl., the
amount of a wager laid 00 the Derby of 1044...

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