The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

ACTIONS FOR LIBEL

In the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, judgment was
given in the case of Long v. Barrett, proprietor of the Pilot news-
paper. The Court overruled the exceptions taken to the charge of
the Lord Chief Justice, and gave judgment for the plaintiff'. It is
stated that the defendant has determined to bring a writ of error,
and if necessary, to appeal to the House of Lords.

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In the Court of Exchequer this day judgment was given in the
case of Messrs. Malcomson, cotton-mill owners, against the pro-
prietors of the Warder newspaper. This case was tried before Mr.
Baron Lefroy, at the Spring Assizes for the county Waterford, and
a verdict had for the plaintiff of 5001. damages and costs. During
this term it was brought before the Court, on the application of
counsel, for a new trial, grounded on objections taken to the judge's
charge, upon excessive damages, and upon proofs of the absence of
malice on the part of the defendants. The case was argued at
great length, and the Court this day gave judgment unanimously
that the verdict should not be disturbed.

In the Court of Queen's Bench this day, on the application of
Mr. Meagher, an order for informations for wilful and corrupt
perjury was granted, arising out of the case of Henry Chinnery
Justice the Tipperary Vindicator, against John Donoghue, the
under agent of Mr. Massy Dawson's estates in Tipperary. The
cause of action against the newspaper was a publication respecting
the eviction of tenantry.

GOVERNMENT FUNDS, SATURDAY.—Bank Stock, 2121; Three
per Cent. Consols, shut, 981, money ; Three per Cent. Consols,
shut, 98a, op.
RAILWAYS.—BeIfast and Ballymena, 81; Belfast and County
Down, 4 ; Cork and Bandon, ; Dublin and Belfast Junction,
101 i; Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 24; Dublin
and Drogheda, 98 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5; Great Southern
and Western, 22i; Ditto, Extension, 12i 13 ; Great Western
(Dublin to Mulllngar), 51 ; Irish Great Western, Dublin to
Galway, 41 ; Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction, 8; Lon-
donderry and Enniskillen, 4 ; Waterford and Limerick, 81 ;
Wexford and Carlow, 21 31.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. HUMPHRYS, DEPUTY
CHAIRMAN OF TEE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—
(From a Correspondent.)—lt is with extreme pain I inform you of
the sudden death of a most worthy and esteemed gentleman, Mr.
Ambrose Humphrys, of 22, Upper Wimpole-street, Cavendish.
square, Deputy Chairman of the Great Western Railway, which
cook place at his residence on Saturday, at a quarter past four, P.N.
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He had attended, during the day, to his usual business, and had
proposed an early dinner, with the intention of getting to the Opera,
with his daughter, in good time. When at dinner, he complained
of illness, and retired to the sofa in the dining. room, and was a
corpse in a few minutes. So sudden was his demise, that the family
present thought it a fainting fit only. Drs. Wilson, Leicester, and
Heavyside, were imsoedietely called in, and they pronounced him
dead,

Lady Montgomery and party, Colonel Bryan and
family, the lady of Major Rice and family, and Sir William and
Lady Allan, were among the numerous passengers that arrived at
Blackwall Pier early this morning, by the General Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steam-ship Soho, Captain Cullen, after a rapid
passage of a little over eighteen hours from Antwerp.

SUSPECTED PARRICIDE.—The Carlisle Journal
states that Mr. John Graham, an opulent turner, residing at
Kirk Andrew, has been taken into custody on a charge of
poisoning his wife and his father. The bodies have been ex-
humed, and the circumstances attending the death of each case
are at present under investigation before the coroner.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—L'XTENSI V E SEISUBE.—
About eight o'clock on Saturday evening an extensive seisure of
illicit spirits was made. and two private stills were discovered, on
the premises, 64, Silver-street, Stepney, by George George, and
John Diver, officers of Customs. Suspicion was first excited by
complaints made in the neighbourhood that by some means or
other the supply of water had been most inconvenienily reduced,
which fact was ultimately explained by the discovery of a new
pump at the " distillery," which diverted the water away for
the purpose of cooling the worms. The place had been taken
for the ostensible purpose of a blacking manufactory, and undar
that pretext the spirit was carried away in a cart through a gate-
way, being at the back of the premises. The officers came in the
nick of time, just as the cart was leaving the premiles. It was
driven by a person named John Cherry, who, together with the
horse and cart, were left in the custody of Bonner, a constable of
the K division, whilst the officers searched the premises. In what
was the back parlour they found two complete stills, one capable of
working ninety and the other between thirty and forty gallons,
and two worms running through a hundred gallon tub or cooler,
for the supply of which the dearth of water which led to the detec-
tion had taken place. During the time the officers were forcing an
entrance the person who was working the still contrived to make
his escape. Fifteen gallons of spirits, under proof, with all the
paraphernalia of a large distillery, were found upon the premises.
In the cart, which bore the inscription Wm. Cherry, Old-street.
road, St. Luke's, there was found 20 gallons of spirits 25 degrees
above proof, in carboys and tin cans, packed away like blacking in
hampers.

THE LATE DUEL AT PORTSMOUTH.—There are lots
of flying reports at Portsmouth about Mr. Hawkey, the surviving
principal in the late duel, but no reliance is to be placed on any of
them. One states that on the evening of the duel Mr. Hawkey
entered the house of a friend at Gosport, and said," For God's sake,
give me protection! I have shot Seton in a duel, and lam afraid
he is dead." He slept there that night, and departed fur Cher.
bourg. At that place it Is said that he has been confined by the
British Consul; that having arrived there with a passport
made out in a false name, and wishing to proceed, he applied to
the Consul for one in his own name of Hawkey, and that he was
detained in consequence. Another report is, that a letter has been
received at Portsmouth, stating that is is the intention of both
Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Pym to surrender about the middle of July,
to stand their trial at Winchester. A third report says that Mr.
Hawkey has never been live miles from Portsmouth since the affair.

DEATH IN PARIS OF ONE OF THE FEMALE lOWAY
IND/ANL—The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss, 0-ke-
our.roi, the wife of Little Wolf, died on Thursday, of an affec-
tion of the lungs, brought on by grief for the death of' her young
child in London. Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours
to console her and restore her to the love of live, but she constantly
replied—" No ! no! My four children recal me. I see them by
the side of the Great Spirit. They stretch out their arms to me,
and are astonished that Ido not join them." The Little Wolf has
not appeared at the exhibition since Monday, not having quitted
his dying wife for a minute, watching over her night and day, and
suffering no one else but himself to perform the offices of tenderness
which her condition required. She charged him to make her ac.
knowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended her,
directed the dress she was to be buried in, and requested that a
medal o' the Virgin Mother of the Great Spirit of the Christians,
which she wore round her neck, might lilt be removed. The three
other women wept over her corpse, although she belonged to a
different tribe, the Sioux. who were enemies to the loways.
THE RIVER STEAMERS.—The crowded state of the
steamboats which ply on the river Thames, particularly above
gesteamcoerriatrest eposnedneinntgstatothoeus
ttnhiante o'clock,hewent Day-
light callnicde, imperatively for some powerful or legislative interfer-
A
inspired down the river. At Nine Elms,
the crowded state of the vessel,
with the noise and confusion, him with
so much alarm,
that he with the greatest difficu
imminent danger to himself and family, indeed, and with the most
Lambeth ; but notwithstanding succeeded in landing at
the frightful
vessel encountered, by being so 0,, I. danger which the
sengers were there permitted to go on baud, numbers of pas.
the purpose of
proceeding to the lower parts of the river. Tit is nierous statements which reach pals one among nu.
dailyalmost
will this
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main disregarded by the Government. glumly, titil ipsrobably re. '
some legislative endeavour should be made to proe:ittn: that
life against such proceeding; on the part of steam-boats com human
pani.
—Advertiser.
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