The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1866, Page 8

yaee a NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 19. 186%, eee cette atte ft cee : ted by the words om ered that the, original capital of the ofd wa ry ashe fearful offence that must be tmpu' CONTIN’,ED FROM FIRST PAGE. conemadol eboney cf £1000, tach, Which “ape ny | T HE SP {RIT Ss | "an published by « highly regpectable gentleman, as he | ver fh are complained of and moet disietly dows he 8, becribed for. in a Pberal sp rit, by OWFIET jyont prices. s taken out ‘Mr. Kent, and he was bound over to | say, “I him fully from the charges.” And came before the Lord Dave used an expression that had given offence | garter the Bet failures came 60 ‘6 of cight por | app ar at this court But Mr, Kent pledged an honor- | more than that, I and my friend Laced @hioh be Yad nover intended—that the United States, 8 | cent preference shares, and tv's im jie turn, — ‘and declared that in he was no | distinctly state that with regard to two persons 0 are from ¥ ing urgent with us to aiter our Foreigo Eolit.. | was owed, after the faihury of tho expedi- party to pubheation of this libel; that he knew mane 8 given information, whom, , names Senor, info ct rvs et | am Sty et, by ano, gets | gpm N'S LIBEL SULT V% LONDON, | 2 famine shasta hetngat tre | Serato cesar, rel aha on r ~ ent, that both co! je val * vite volo were }e J nt iy t cy ¢ Dytaeak” te anenaman nen hot | Met tie a ace give sssng por Ma | sft gubrhammeeimaaun he tt? cottatcn in| {haves ilo eda he wena Seine ined, 1 Bnlistment acts But, as he understoo?, » cold | to make this latter issue, ane, 1 became obvious that the Yi discouraging an-wer was returned on the, essential | pest plan would be to form “anew company. Accordingly Moint wheiter the United Siatos did or did ¥,ot consider | Messrs, J. S Morgan & Co, have uoiilied that they are hat their taw was so imperfect for its py as to | prepared ‘to receive gibseriptions for shares, in the ire ommendment; and her Majesty’?, government | (Anglo-American Telegraph Company (Limited), Delng sat gstied that our law, which wo hoa nottried, was | whose capital is fixed at £600,000, in Sixty thousand seffcr cious es their. Inw, which they had tried, were | Sivee of “Aid cach, ‘The arrangements for the prosecu- stifle 4 in believing that they could I sly upon that law. | tion of this great tuternational undertaking are fully de- Dr yd vertaiuly been mistaken wher, he had stated from | goribed in the prospectus. The promoters express con- or wry upon a former oreasion that the overture upon | fidence that the renewed effort will be attended with Abe's sityect had been made by our government wecess, more especially as the whole length of 1,212 4 pe the fitting out of the Alsbaraa, and he now found | nautical anne Origin and Progress of the Case in New York. The Libel Bnelosed to Mr. Coleman by a “Leading Banker at New York.” miles of cable Inid from the Great Eastern in art Russell had addressed his communication to | July last, and which it is proposed to raise and complete ms gn the 19th ef Secomber, 1882. To that | jo Newfoundland, continues Prefect, as is also the 1,070 ” ication Mr, Adams, ‘on the part of the Amorican | ‘wiles of cable remaining on board the Great Eastern. overnment, replied that iy the opinion of that govern- | The new company is to provide 1,600 miles of new cable, foncvt thelr law required ‘no amendment. In his des | and to work the undertaking, during the agreement, on paich to Mr, Seward of 13th February, 1863, Mr. Adams | benalf of the old company.” The whole project 1% of stated that he, snould-ay'« the government of this coun- | course a speculation; should it succeed, and the line ary whether they were prepared to propose any change | be laid and work properly, the agreement provides $n the law, as his impression was that if the eilicacy of | that the receipts in each year are to be applied as she American law wes such as had been stated, it would | follow: it beg very umvertain whether they could not have First—In paying to this company one hundred and twenty- been hi as Admitting, and by so doing have failed in | five thousand sper annum. Secoud—In pa: ene getting, a simultaneous alteration. In reply to thgt des- | enty-two thousand pounds annum (representiny pata tlantic "a. existing preference ‘Mr, Astams was informed by his government thatas | Pet cent on the rte ATE ne They bad aoamendment to propose he was to-urce ontho | peck and four percent on thelr ordinary Yio the At ic Telegraph C m {tnd third—The entire balance overaméntof this country the duty of enf their. | ans Telegraph Company. And el Detwees this comparly Ww 88 /aithfully asthe government of the United States Argument of the Lawyers on Mind, Morals and Domestic Happiness. Mr. Sothern Declares the Spiritualists to be Either ‘“Impostors”? or ‘‘Idiots,» and "Spiritualism ‘A Chronicle of Imbe- ellity, Cowardly Terror, Wilful Self-Delusion and Irreligion.» 8 rece! ees | infant cote crease Saat had ezecuted ihe corresponding law on their ‘¥ icleney in respect to the above al He bad not been disappointed in that, He | one year is to be carried forward to another year. was glad, however, to hear that night that after more With reference to the arrangement with the Telegraph ‘experionts on this subject there might be a disposition | Construction and Maintenance Company the prospectus en the part of the United States to join with this country | states as under:— am considering the question. Whether or not analtera- | The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Comprny dyon was made le felt gure that they need not be afraid | will manufacture the now og 5 rer be a fat any danger, for danger only could arise from the | CXecaten ot ie Moree oeeeug of ihe Atiantic Telegraph ‘Pnited States not executing their law in our favor a8 | jines for public business), for a SE xal sum of ), with @ honestly as we endeavored to execute our law for them. | bonus, to be provided be the Atlantic be > Company {Mear, hear.) The question was, should we, or should with this company, of £137, under thetr agreement 1 140, in or ‘we het, pay the price for so valuable a means of carrying | diary shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, payable ‘on the operations of war—viz. : inconvenience to our trade by instalments, extending over fourieen months, in case the LORD DUNDREARY VINDICATED. Ree &eo &e. last year. ucce: con) conti io luring war; or should we east away part of the power | SoG. rtd duriog hat po pleted, and continuee!A | 4+ sho Central Criminal Court, London, March 1, Mr, and armament of the country? (Hear, hear.) If we F. H. Lewis, addressing the Doputy Recorder, said that There is, in addition, a salvage clause, described as under, and the purport of which is that, in case of failure, one-third of the capital is to be saved to the sharehold- the possible contingency of the new cable not being suc- lly aid, £60,000 ouly’ will ye paid fo the Telegraph ‘onstruction ‘and Maintenance Company, and this company: will in that event be entitled to the value of all the unused aud recovered cable (subject to the payment of certain speci+ fied charges thereon), and it is estimated that this arrange- ment will provide, in case of failure, for a return to the shareholders of this company of at least one-third of their ‘were engaged in war we should prosecute it earnestly ‘according to the usages of war, with our bands free, and not fetter ourselves @n that ocean upon which we had Kitherto been supreme, (Hear, hear.) Looking to the question as it affected peace, had they not been told to- ght that Commerce was the great antidote to war? Had “mot all the arguments that evening been against the proposition of the honorable meraber? If commerce had the inevitable influence ascribed to it, he wished to it Drouglt to bear against war in the first ins he had an application to make in the case of Robert Cooper, against whom there was an indictment: for having published an alleged libel on Mr. Sothern, His application was that the case should stand adjourned ay er ; Eyer Fe hom do,you r? he Deputy Recorder—For wl a Mr. Lewis--For the défendant. His yok ar aware that there was an indictment against him for an alleged and next in favor of the restoration of peace. i libel against Mr. Sothern, though Mr. Cooper knew Whatever our merchants might say in the piping | "I is'ecamely neceséary to remark that all the directors | Nothing about the bel until it was published. His lord- times of peace, history showed if war | are highly respectable. “The first name on the list is that ship knew that there was a section under which he made arose they would not be unwilling again to | of Mr, George Peabody. the application, as Mr. Cooper would have to bring wit- nesses from Scotland and Ireland for the purpose of his defence, He (the learned counsel) therefore asked th: the case against him should stand over until the next se: sions. aeecoim of the indictment against Mr. Cooper had only been delivered to him (Mr. Lewis) to-day. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, for the prosecution, character- ized the libel as one of the most infamous character, There were circumstances in this case of Mr. Cooper which placed him in such a position that he thought he ought not to oppose any difficulty. If Mr, Cooper was le to show that this matter appeared in his paper with- out his knowledge, he (the learned counsel) should be exceed ngly glad to hear it, and if there was he should be the first to ask his lordship to passa lighter sentence upon him, ‘Dear their share of the risk and cheerfully look the evil ___— #0 the face, and make their preparations so as to enable Another Rumored Revolt in Spain. the government to maintain the national honor, relying | pzMaAND FOR THE INSURGENTS’ EXTRADITION FROM ‘n tiie same material and moral power which enabled PORTUGAL. This country to recover from the depression caused by [Paris (March 6) correspondence London Herald.) war. (Hear, hoar.) They were always hearing of ruin if | qe Avenir National of today publishes intelligence ‘this or that thing were not done. He did not believe in stating that muti revolts have broken out in Spain, Ghose prophecies of ruin. If evil should arise they would | ‘The garrison of Cit Rederigo ts said to have rebelled meet it as they had met it before. There might bea | gna, have withdrawn into Portugal. At- temporary depression of trade, but they might rely upon tempts at sedition are algo reported to have occurred at %, when the war was over, our trade and resources | Aieaia and several sergeants had been arrested, Would survive and be as vigorous and elastic as before. me’ same journal asserts that Spain has demanded Our ships would come back a8 the ships of the United | ine extradition vf the Spanish soldéers who have taken vef- States were now reappearing, Mercantile men were 4ug.4 on the ground of thelr being deserters. in aware of that.’ If, on the other band, these were | Tf, Portuguese goverament hesitated to comply with mot correct views the contrary opinions would ‘The case accordingly stood adjourned. im time prevail. But they must not confound the | ‘8 deman Mr. Lewis then made a Itke application to his lordsbii opinions of those who wished’ for a change with sound Financial and Commercial. in the case of Benjamin Coleman, against whom there is public opinion on the subject. The power of this coun- also an indictment for hbel on Mr. Sothern, In the present case he made his application on an affidavit, The LONDON MONEY MARKET—MARCH 7. try depended on her military and naval operations, * question was whethor those changes were recommended | que rworuas 40 A c0%c, Tihnole Counce Rallmad, Tiaen | Which he would read to the Court, by sound opinion resting on the common sense of man- 27% ; Erie Railroad, 83%. y Affidavit of Benjamin Coleman, of 51 Pembridge villas, Mind, If they rested on the opinions of; Napoleon I., or , Bayswater, Middlesex, gentleman, sworn. LIVERPOOL MARKETS—MARCH 7, Corron—Sales two days 22,000 bales, including 7,000 bales to speculators and exporters. Market firm at 183d. a 19d. for middling uplands. Breapsturrs.—Flour dull and nominal. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn very dull and declined 3d. per quarter; eu the opinions of modern French jurists, who would abolish all national rights not consistent’ with a great military Power, they must be careful, and not confound them With sound publicopinion. (Hear, hear.) He had the utmost faith in, sound publio pinion, and should always be willing to bow to it, ut if public opinion a should not lead to the adoption of the present proposal | mixed 26s, 6d. 4 = tio felt perfectly curo that Kogland would not ba ruined, | . PR9VIsoN®.—Beof active and firm. Pork firm. Bacon and that she would retain to the last her national pros: , Aimer Butter quict. Lard quiet, allow frm at 48s y, That I was served with a summons about atx o'clock in the evening of Monday, tue 19th day of February Inst, to ap- rat the Mansion House of the city of London, on Wed. Hesday, the 2lst day of February inst., to answer’ a charge of libel by Edward Askew Sothern against me. That I was not able to confer with my solicitors, Measrs, Lewis and Lewis, of El; place, touching the said charge, until Tuesday, ‘20th day of February inst, ‘That ou my conference with them on the matters connect- ed with the’ alleged libel they required of me very consid- perity and her national greatness. (Cheers.) overly fi tion, whieh I was then and stilt ble t fe atari Provvce,—Ashes have an upward tendency ; pots 323, | ¢rable in mrige? “i whi +s a +) ni am w ry President Johnson's Veto Message. 6a; pearia 30x.” Sugar firm. ‘Coffes steady. Rive. inac- bee Fe en en ee tive. Rosin dull. Spirits turpentine quict at 468, eis ee and myself thatan application should be made to the pre- q RMSEIE OFS AD | SEEREORED, AE: Sw eee siding magistrate to postpone the hearing of the maid charge TIMES. 7 to some future la; The President of the United States has just refused his NESE D SADE EEODT, ‘That on the 21st day of Fe inst, Tau red with assent © a bill parsed by both houscs of Congress, and | . The Manchester market is active, with an upwart ten- | py aticitarad the Marion Husse when wad neice Me keas thus brought the Executive and Logisiative powers | S¢ney for goods.and yarna, Serjeaut Ballantine and Mr. Montagit Williams appeared in ‘This action of the President, though unusual, was by Flect—Keinforcements and ‘of the republic into direct collision with cach other, onypert of the prosecutien: This oxereiao of authority he has justified in a long and eye errs set 4 elaborate message, of which it is not, we lriak, too much SOUTH AMERICA. jade gontie= sp olan ena Geeebia etare dap,'on to say'that it extallishes, completely and absolutely, the wise noeepignen eae aamomae= fhe ground that Twas wholly tinprepared with. my Wefence; ahi oe SP , Legter from, the Sent, of Wer om, she | ica tin ciara gah ae ata 5 ‘on that da i a mee, Plate=Movements of the Srazili oc aes ‘vehemently 5 Berjennt Ballantine. rosacul BO Means unexpected; in fact the necessity of opposing ceived by the AllicamParaguayan lieatioi the prose seme barrier to the violence of the radical party in Con- Across the Para: Kirenishe, on the roe ied a a ite termination thereof an that Sty Twas grove had become obvious to the country. As far as we Southern Bank—Strength of the Para- | commit for trial, but bail was ‘san judge from our present information, the exercise of uayan Forces at Passo de le Patris, answer the said charge at the ho Presidential veto has been favorably received. Ac: | ‘Sentdees cone LTT cording to the American constitution the veto might be | (From the ‘Anglo Brazilian Times, Rio Janeiro, Feb. 2.) | “That'l have not up to the time overridden by the of the bill anew, with a The news from the Plate is devoid of interest as wit been enabled to obiain a cop: the y of two-thirds in its favor; but this | regards the progress of the war. The only matter of eenieey rh ily fo may could not be secured; for the nu ce is that the Parana had risen so much as to In the a! the 27th Fel ‘when the attempt wns made, were found to bo ‘the ascent of the heavy iron-clad whieh, | yihat the a iy only thirty to eighteon. Generally, too, it was said the | with three other Brazilian gunboats, had reac Parana | That the subjest matter of t ye public teatified their approval of an act to | on the 22d of January. (Our Rio advices of February 2 the determined op) mn of the to ee ee ene Sere sectional and oppressive ion. Nor should we | fest, and that the Brazilian Was concentrated at expect from the good sense and judgment ofthe | and below Corriente —Ep, Henato.) Admiral Taman- py le. An this coun'ry the gourage and Gect- daré, with four gunboats, two other steamers ‘and some hey vate hg Bion exhibied ty Mr. Johnson will repect im | finta, was to leave Tt ten en while in Ai which his been held, and will ewiie him to | and it was believed that the would undertake some wredit as one of the ablest who have ever con: | important movement soon after his reaching it with x forcement, ‘The jron-clad Barroso had arrived at Montevideo on the 2th, and would proceed without delay to join the juadron. “Siboat 3,500 troops had joined the Brazilian army, and the Argentine forces were further strengthened by some few hundred men, Several steamers and other vessels had arrived with warlike supplies and other neconssarics is with Russvin. TY WITH THR DEMOCRATIC FRATERNIZATION. FBBerlin (Feb. 28) correspondence of the London Times.) Genoral Clay, the American Minister in Ruasia, has at- hereon: suntty of maki with reference Mra, Roberts, necessary, ——— from A\ from Aticrica which were the time to whieh the sat tended another public This time it was the | for the allied army. This amounted to about 44,000 ted therewith, shoul annual banquet of the Naval Club at Cronstadt which | men, the main body lying six to ten miles from Paso do | "het sh'the heartnc ot thee supplied him with an opportunity for proclaiming | Ja Patria, with outposts of Argentine cavalry on the | Serjexnt Ballantine that he that Russia and America are frieuds, and are Flores, with about 4,000 nen, was o| ite | prove that the Mbel complained of wi Sertined "to socoine noes aud more thuimate °as | the fort at Teapiras On the 17th ult aot oe ee a eg Rime progress”. Admirals Lossuffekt and. Popott, Paraguayans crossod t supporied by a , ; who clnmanded the Russian fect iu. the Armeheas | Fucks Dest, and janded in spite of tho'foustance or | Sally denied such charge, fp a some 300 cavalry to them, after some hours Waters in 1564, responded tathis affectionate ey ene yo ac “the | i te verily believe, made 10 pre j 3 withdrawing to the juayan side. 08s rout waa, T dice me in the eyes of the Dublie, and Tam de e fr with all their hearts, I find, however that the ite Obtaining evidence from Ame Ue paper representing the nobil 7 interesis in the Rus- | affair was some eight or ten on each side. A Para- ponte aaa ST ee id in refutation sian prest, has published a critical article upon the after wayan prisoner saye Lopes bad 18,000 men at Paso de Ia | [ire “) a alleged libel, riginator of the suid ever the sume or any of the mattery constituting the said al Libel until the receipt by me through the General Post G of a letter from new York, /rom a bading bunker at New York, dated the dd of Jammary list, which enclosed lo me the article ty published in the New York Snudoy tr ia, Jn Buenos Ayres the qnestions of the municipal elec- tions had been vettiod by Senor Rauson, the Minister of the Interior, by the appointment of some of the princi- pal citizens to the vacant posts, i nner speeches of the American Minister, which, were at only on account of it# marked difference from the Jan uaze of 40 many other Muscovite journals, would repay the trouble of extracting, “America and Russia,” this amiuential organ says: — Tim for the first ime, that “ at time, my attention Age titents, benain, thee ‘coil Wakanah ta ali In Montevideo the uew commercial code was to come | iy 7 ‘Their interests are IVerse phi. | into operation on the Ist of July. ‘That until | have had falt oppartunlty of making yi Ali was quiet in the Confederation and the Banda | in America I cannot decide whether I should put vord ‘ch can neither damage nor benefit | Or ental, & plea of justification of the portion Oo: the raid statement ave noililng at all to say against the pro- | Our Rio Janeiro and provincial news this fortnight ie uf | {ron said Sinday Times, 0 puldixhed as aforesaid. ‘That this application for tine i plead to the said indlet- iMevit, arid also to postpone my trial, i Made bana fide wud NOt for thie purpose of delay, and it fs alvo in justification of my own character, that y not be wrongt ally charged wit the offence of Libel, that I rely on this my application being granted. Mr. Lew's thought these were most rensovable grounds why (he case ehould bo adjourned. His lordship would see that it would give the defendant an opportunsty of setting up @ plea of justification if be was in a position to dose, He (the jearned counsel) understood that the ap- plication would bo opposed by his learned friend Ser- geant Ballantine; bat be thought it would be very un- w Vite moment, Four hundred and twenty-five troops eas America | Have crrived from the north, The iton-clad Kaliia, late pol, as little | Minerva, ison the point of leaving for the Plate, and her owd ogainst | the other iroa-clad and the bomb vessels will, it is pro- and France bad she e@mbrotied herself with tiem. | bable, be ready ina fortnight, A new bawk, called tho hm PR ten La OS Baucd do Comercio do Kio de Janeiro, has boon started Sone Sommmebean and all tts shares subscribed for, ‘The International Emgration Assocation has appvinted a committee to draw os statutes, The Grande telegraph is expected to be in use by the end of this month. Business at Laonos Ayres is brisk and money dear; all hight: 4 Wiravelt in lan i has England nothl Dhraseology, a6 ¥ a Bi freed be ne importers are doing a good trade. Produce from the | reasonable if he did so, It was most important that the Squadron aeainst tne aleve Wade Mee net begh interior is wt-adily increasing, and the receipts of silver | defendant should be able to produce this evidence if he p do her m and lead becoming finportant, Sheep are cheap, and the a could; nor would it be prejudicial to Mr. Sothern that the hher slaves iu a most un paying | camps look well. The arrivals of wool during Janunt stand adjourned for this purpose. He should cunense {00 sent Ey he 4 have boen 660,000 arrobas. The market generally is dull at Mr. rothern would be most auxious that . ! tn the.cauee of tie Good wools are scarce, but common lois abundant. | every means should be tried to have it ascertained ‘87 005; first, 77 a 84; seco j} common, 45 a 60; internatios dz, last price, 39. On exchange abou: 250,000 passed, closing rate $61. Dry ides, 41 reals; salt hides, 31% wheiler this alleged libel was true or not fair What the deendant should have an making the inquiries which he alleged ia. was essential for his de ence he should make, He could not understand why, if Mr. Sothern was so anxious that ‘ n mentality i that General whem travelll ow chiefly vahied by hin country tome oa epee z ba French to meke war against Eagiamé. "Again f av The Montevidean Saladeristas are very active, and can- | his position should stand well with the public, be should Bow that of all ie nati he face of the Bot kl fast enough. Bustuers is good; mouey plenty. | make the smallest opposition. He had adopted means Wool has declines ‘Last sale 60,000 arrobas at from 32 reals to 35 reals, for closing Mr. Coleman's mouth; and the defendant could not, thorefure, himself give any evidence of the ‘circumstances under which he first came into possession of this alleged libel. He asked that the defendant should Bot be prejadiced by being placed in a criminal court. ‘The Deputy Recorder—What is your motion? Mr. Lewis—That it should stand adjourned until May to the Aner o which iy an ofielal docu- ¥ Mr. Seward (o the effect that ympathy with the Freveb than Stote? Tsnot Mr. Seward the Minister from Frou! 4s his instructions ? rom Jamaica. THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY STILL LN PROGRESS—TRIAL GY THR MORANT BAY PROVOST MARSHAL, The steamship Montezuma, from Kingston, Jamaica, March 7, arrived at this port jerday. seanions or next sessions. It was in le that the Tho royal foommission of inquiry into the causes | defendant could plead now, and therefore it would be apd suppreseion of the recent revolt was stil! progressing. SS ‘that the case should be preseed forward at Mrs. Gordon, Wite of Geo. W. Gordon, who was executed sessions. ne the ringleader of the revolt, examined on the The Deputy Recorder—You have not stated what is Oth inst. The examinatioe had now lasted thirty days. the date of the New York (Sunday) Time. The trial of Ramsay, Provort Marshal of Morant Bay Mr. Lewia—Tho dist of mber, last year, 4 ORILPAN PMVATSOR OV A SPAWIEH VROSRL. on (March 1) despatch to the Geudon Shipping Gazette] A Chilean privatecr stexner bas teem dation in with | for atrocities commitied in the di of the duties of | Sergeant Ballautine—Aud the [libel dav te Bie yninanraa as cas cance eee | te Pon, a proc eding before the cel tagniraes, bat | year " a ry th voredings were conducted ip . . Le reseed his belief t b om si by ag, and escaped by Miveting. the English fuged ‘ha been samritiod tote, ee OMe eT ema 5 hat the Upptien ~ freigiee The ASSiZe Course thirty CeveR Of ono More y are @omanding grteonans “pon nor foe Mp me he awwve nawed | charged with participation im the febellion ‘were on trial All was quiet. a ne he ontered on the morit of thi he must beg to refer to what he vaid on the ma’ Mansion Louve, What he really did sav °4* that the arlicle was concocted in Bugland iy eyo * UY Mr. Seth. erm, and rent io those who knew oJ ly well what we to moke of @. He did not e@y that thie person was the party who did it, avd he now say #0, h Movements of Ocean Steamers. PortLaxp, March 18, 1866, The steamship Nova Scotian, Capsain Wylie, sailed at haif-past nine o'clock thie morving, for L The steamebip St. Andrew, Capain 8 gow March 1via Londoaderry, arrived hete at seven Hationale, March 2) n historian, Maneroft hae im- n provently wounded the dignity o! the heuse of Hapsbtes | o'clock last evening. She reports on the Sth paswed (he ethern bed rmanen ue Kk He hoe dared t qualify the Emperor | steamehip Moravian in latitude 63 40, lengitude 2 6. t be (the learn wey illan ox an advouturer; and Fraweis Joseph kas | Op the 1th pamed a steamship with a whias funnal 10 or to make “ “sf t to the Cab | tativade 42 41. longitude The Si. Andrew wilt ‘or | oy anato w » ‘ined to envertaia | Now York about Wednesda: 2, aud wh catied—— . tbe great American republic and ALriwonn, Mareb 18, 1866. interrupt | nd friend. of Austria are at loggerheads, Troeteamer Worrestor, of the Katiinote and Livorpoat - m7. @ cabinet at Vienna tking part Wt | jane, sailed yesterday with a large freight he roan io Thiv & an ereetiont opport “ — a = atetiee, one Le care of defending the ca Died. ) inake strong represe iked. He Mazteniian, who is euch ronneted with Me Lacmas.—At Rahway, ‘atoriay, Meweh | ed fora gent a wtate _ ge of a : VU. Mrs, ARN MeLaciian, wider Mefachian, im | 8 hn ontitted to with all forvign encietence sian , bey 50h year offer atron, weer) wae cad jontaain, yeti The relatives an of the family are invited to | mot eblived to go ¥ \ consary, against tbe Ya e 4 ut further petwe ‘Tee eal: r Lew learned We learn fom iate h deapatehe . thes, Milton, Rah- | friend using eneh lang, ee eat satisfaction at the capital of 3 aah there wee two o'clock.” Car The Deputy Kecorter would heat Mr. Lowie in reply ck the Bapded efter tas takee cde rh m the arrival of | Mr Lewin objected to SBything is learned rend twol wy o'clock tain f ork might sty not in answer to UNE appAcnvon for the posts MteNam @A.--On Sunday, March 18, Prascis MeNs. | ponement of the ean” es : # war | wana, Io Ue 76th year of bis age. Sergeant Bailant ne would ag 4 repeat that hethooght The eX will take place from the residence of his | this was afoul and abominab wonepiracy. He siould son-in-law, AY Holwell, 58 Front street, Brooklyn, on | not hesiiate in ay ng th eo W that Tie de endaut Tuesday afieritgon, at one o'clock, to Cemetery of the | had endeavored to bind the Cabinet at Washington, in Dae it 7 Maximilian of the neccarly of Meliss (he United States, PANY TO CARRY OUT | Holy Crose, the highest honer, y ‘ THRER MILLION DOL opwoath. —On Senday, March 18, at the rosidence | Ierned counsoly hal tents Lang. . n of hor parents, No. 6 Madison avenue, Mos. Crinnes Ro. about the particular ar {Oly artioted London Daily News, Mere) 6.) PWoRTH, ehiest daughter of Jo W, Bock, Beq, | had been going on with re @ The project of th Atlantic Termeraph Company le one } @ weased the @ things had been publ « more broughy forwanty Dus in o wee forg, Ty wai ve Fe MPa Goer Meade ee 8 cond Doge) | appeared iu a payer caued Ui “ saying that his intention was that no further should be taken against him. He Sionigbt a proper course to soe With “regard “to he was In Ireland at the had authorized fully es Mr. hee in Lil be “od ask that tid ho punishment on learned 0 thon referred to the fibel. taelft and said that ta the modern days of the dred there had been no such article look it itn all was a good looking, gay, viv: young hab dal y wife continually won the sym] those were witnesses to her husband’s’'—and then tollowed asterisk. Taking the two things in con- junction, he asked his lordship whether, since he had resided at court, or since he had been at the bar of England, he had ever read a fouler thing. This statement having been published, Mr. Sothern would have known nothing at all about ft, but through Mr. Kent’s name and through Mr. Cooper's name. Mr. Kent had suffered in consequence of this per- son very seriously, because his name had been made the means of cireulatiug this scandal. His lordship would find that ten advertisements were sent to the London Times, headed in this way, ‘Sothern and Spiritualism,” andalso two in the Daily waph. These advertisements declared “Sothern and Spiritualism; see the Spiri‘ual Magazine, Kent & Co.,"’ so that this contemptible book would never have been noticed at all but for the circula- jon of two of the est newspapers in the world. ‘pon this taking place, Mr. Sothern wrote a moderate letter to the Time, requesting that the public would withhold their judgment, and stating that he bad only just heard of the libel, until he bad an opportunity of taking legal proceedings to vindicate his character, Then there came a letter, which, in conjunction with this affi- davit, supported the statement which he had made, and with which his learned friend was so extremely indg- nant. The letter in question was addressed to the editor of the Times, and said:—-‘‘Sir—If truth be not a libel, I have nothing to fear from Mr. Sothern’s threatened ac- tion at Jaw; and as I am prepared to justify every word published jn the Spiritual Magazine respecting him, I beg that you and your readers will suspend your judg- ment in this matter until Mr. Sothern puts himself in the witness box. Iam, &c., the Writer of the Article in the Spiri‘ual Magazine.” ¢ The Deputy Recorder—What is the date of the letter? Sergeant Ballantine—February 12, and published in | the Times on the 13th of February. Mr. Sothern, he need not say, put himéelf in the witness box; and much jainst the will of his friend, Mr. Lewis, whose kindness heart was remarkable, the was cross-examined on every subject which had no bearing on the matter. Ho would now call his lordship’s attention to the effect of this application, which he could not help calling a per- fect mockery. The affidavit said that since his commit- tal the defendant had received certain information from certain persons, He did not venture to say that at the time he wrote that letter, on the 12th of February, and at atime when he declared that he was prepared © justify that which he had written, and to prove the truth of every word—in fact, to say that Mr. Sothern was guilty of a rape, and that he and his wife were iiving on bad terms in consequence of his conduct. That was what the defendant said_in the letter which he wrote on the 12th of February, But now, in bis affidavit to post- ne the case, he declared that he had ea received information since his committal upon the subject, and be brought forward two names, Mrs. Roberts and Mr, Jobn Robertson. The Deputy Recorder Who are both here. Ser it Ballantine—Yes, and about whom they had abundant knowledge, Mr. Robertson might figure in an affidavit, but he would undertake to pledge :his profes- sional reputation that he would nover figure in a witness box. The defendant wanted them to postpone the case until May, that he might find out whether what ho had bebe ‘was or was not true. This was the offect of his application. s ¢ Deputy Recorder—Or evidence that it is true. Sergeant Ballantine—So that he an American paper which contained this article, upon the auiheriiy f the American paper he charged Mr. Sothern with this. Tastead of the deicndant paying that he got it from an American Paper, and that it might or mizht not be true, that he should regret Itaf he sad anything which was wrong, that he ex; ee eee it, that he could heating’ tit, he wrote this letter, in ich he declared he could prove every word of it. ‘Then, after he had said that, hecame here and affirmed he had got the information alter his commitial. Mr. Sothern was a public man. He was a mairied man—aud married to a gen! hom everybody Teapected—with three or four children d pendent on his exertions, and who had hereafter to live uw the honor of his name. The defendant had taken der never existed, but because it was 8 v: ‘ous im putation. He (the learned couus:}) shou! i feel quite impeded in the discharge of his duties with such a ever the time might cowe Ne should ask what mercy had prepared to call as wit- were in court then, known, Mr. Sefton in the rame make an affidavit ‘& suggestion never He ‘neod ‘hardly sat it would tre so tar me bole Neutlotge went and totus promend 80 an ir know! wen! their belief, that there was not one ate truth in the . Mrs, Sotl inet his , had insisted upon being present, and desired to state that which was known only in one’s household, and which had never erme, but for those who chose to act in this way, and that without the slightest provocation, because Mr. Sothern did not even know the name of Mr, Cole he did say that he was a public enemy. It could not be for a good or benefit that such a thing, even if true, ld be stated, while it was @ malignant and scandalous thing if faise. Mr, Lewis said that if the charge had been one of mur- Gor, his learned friend might have made the same ver- bore statement. He contended that the application was perfectly reasonable; forthe defendant raid on his oath that he was not with bisdefence, He asked that at least his lordship would postpone it till next sessions. There could be no noubt that when Mr, Sothern wrote Iris lotter he meant to have institated an action at Jaw, and not the present course, His learned friend had said that Mr. Sothern was © public man; but #0 was the nt, who also had & wife and daughter. The honor of Mr. Coleman as dear to them as that of Mr. Sothern to his fasnily. pplication were re- f it would be. a failure of justice, ally as it would be no prejndiceto Mr. Souhérm. The hatter wenla hot be benefited hy the opposition which Sergeant Bal- lantine took in hie name, Sergeant Ballant.ne—I will take care of that, Mr. Lewis—One would almost think that Sergeant Mergent HaDartine--Do a0 ssguine thove thinge; they it tine: ‘not arsume ‘things; Are not prof ssional, Air. Lewis felt himself Justified in making such an ap- Mifergeant'Buluntige-You may. t lant ‘ou as much as bs - do af io pom ro or I. a r. Lewis—I avk for @ postponement ti!l next or May, as the defendant is not in a condition = he “ ren at of Bergees Ballantine, the At the request it ine, aMdavit was then filed. The Recorder t! tit would be - just and mischiorees, exerice of" poser ts, Stine ta ponement of this trial. When iblished Matement of this character ie ahoakd be: sey ° wrong to the prosecutor if the for the pu of the purpose of trying whether it was true or not, what ructed by Moser mt semis of ly place. Ir, Avery, the Cler ral read the indictment which charged the defondant with } “| Sothern, Edward Aske Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then rose and said:-—1 am avxions, before my learned friend Mr, Montaga Cham. bere mak s bis statement, to say, with regard te Nr. Kent (the publieher of the magazine im which the libel appeared), that be has commanteated with our sotieior ina way which shows the thorough truthfulness of his origina! etatement, #0 that I conseut at Owe to having lis tecornizan os discharged. The Deputy Recorder—They are already enlarged. Sergeynt Balinutine—I am aware of that’ What I mean ig that Ido not wich to give him and his solicitors the trouble of coming bere even to have them discharged He hoe given ts every information, and bas behaved in & most satisfuetory and honorable manner. Mr. bers then rove and sald—T Lave the | ort with my learned (rlond on beliall of Mr. Colman. Upon our advies, and with eorrence, he has deemed it gulity to this Indictment, Thi tee nical objecsions to one or other of the count ty the substance of the charge it yas imposeible that re Coveman could bi fered y to the py biieation of the Hib Ie, had the case been gone inte, ti con en of pom fave bee x Q agg deed, befor 1 proceed shortiy metanc: under © Nbeilo s parsing ix: or art ned of, Twill a |, in a8 clear ond wr cn ha “08 porsi'y make wee of, ¢ Hat Fon investigation 9 r, Cowmen distinctly Kimevuwe ang juvepiun we guage Mr Sotuerm Will tae ng the charges against Mr, Sothern, their statements show that they were unfounded, and that “hey could not have been proved, Ithink this much % due to Mr. Sothern, Another matter which Imus’ mention is that Mr. Sothern has already submitto~, himself to cross-examina- tion. He has come forward at more than one police court for that purpose, a.nd it would be an idle waste of time if he and Mrs, Sothern had been obliged to f° through the same ceremony in this court, because I dis- tinctly state that upon the charges which are made in the os in the imputed libel I would not have asked Troms asingle question. It would have been my duty to abstain from doing 80, Having now stated, in the most unequivocal terms, the desire which is entertained by Mr. Coleman thus to exonerate Mr, Sothern, let me pro- ceed, as the Court will have to see what sentence gues to be passed, as shortly and as plainly as ble, to give an account of the circumstances under which the anf tunate passages which are referred to in this libel have been introduced, The Court are not probably aware of this, that, so far as the libel is concerned, it is extracted from ey long article in the February number of the fagazine, and that most of that production con- of matters entirely connected with that which bas excited very A Hged sensation in America and some dis- cussion in this country. I mean the doctrine of epir- itualism. That article will be found to have treated of spiritualism, and of ‘a controversy in which Mr. ern had been engaged with regard to the troth- fulness or with Tegare to the incorrcetness of the ideas entertained upon that subject. But, unior- at the conciusion of that article Mr, Cole- is neither the editor nor the proprietor of the Sp. ine, and he desires me to state that most emphatically—introduced a etter which he had received from a friend, whose name he will w*ntion, and whose letter he will hand up to the Court should it be necessary to do 0, introduc:ng a commentary upon a lettor written by Mr. Sothern to a Glasgow mewsnaper. When I come to show the es complained of, front which, on the part of Mr. Coleman, I entirely exonerate Mr. Sothern, as to there boing any foundation for them, the Court will see the whole grievance and complaint arises from this letter, which had been transmitied from New York, Mr. Coleman desires me to say, and he will be able to prove it most distinctly, that in the report which was circulated, and the assertion which was made, perhaps upon misin- formation, he had nothing whatever to do—that he neither concocted that letter, sent it to New York, nor knew anything about it till it was sent to this country, The assertion that he knew anything about it is absolutely unfounded, and he he would be able to prove that. Now, with reference to the affidavit made two days ago, I have to advert to a portion of it, in revard to those two persons whose names were mentioned there; but in the aifidavit thero was also a paragraph stating that Mr. Coleman was desirous of putting off the tral, because, among other matters, he would be able to establish, if communication could be made with New York, most distinctly that he had nothing to do with the letter which wis tanemiled @ frie whose name was meutioned, Advert ng, hen, to the fact that th» article containing the libel had not been read in court in extenso, though it was always the custom to do 0, and giving as illustration the fact that on one occasion a whole canto of “Don-dean’’ had been so read to show the tenor and current of the article, though only a few es had been complained of, the learned counsel went on to say, the whole of this matter, unfortunately, originates rightly or wrongly in that which Mr. Sothern may be imagined he was right im do- ing. It would appear that h course of last year Mr. Sothern and a Mr. Addison had’upon a public stage given some exhibition, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected to this matter bei brought before the court, and said that if his Tearned friend persisted he should be oblized strongly to address the court on what could only be bi justification of the libel, instead of doing, as he was most anxious to do after the defendant’s plea, remain silent on the subject. Mr. Montagu Chambers said—The object is not justifi- cation. So far from doing harm, I am simply, in miti- gition, about to state the cirevmstances under Which this unfortunate mistake was made of introduc ug the pas- sages complained of from a letter which had been in- served in a New York newsy I know not..ing of the doctrines of what is called spiritualism, but I do know that a great controversy has alien on the subj-ct, and thata very extraorditary impression has prevailed in America and in many parts of this country; and I am only anxious to show that, so ar as Mr. Coleman is con- cerned, he is, rightly or wrongly, under a strong con viction that the phenomena which have been ex- hibited from time to time are a'tributable, to other than ordinary causes, and that he, to the ftil extent, ts rmpresied wit the trutifulnes of :pirvualiom. Mr. & Wwrn, on the other hand, I sure well not deny ‘ha’ ne da'ed ‘hat ke had de‘ecied the falla-ies or deep ion prac- Maed Ly ihe Davenpor: Bre‘hers, and tha’ he veranly did write a biter io a Glisgow newspaper, in whih We de lism asa dreepion an very strong lan- ovege. that was party the et of the Romerous articies which appeared in ths, a spiritual Magazine, a work appitcabie only to these matters, apprehend, therefore, there can be no harm n my slating, without giving the whole accountof 1, that the commencement was a statement by Mr. Sothern that fie had at Scarboro or elsewhere, exliibited whut he was to call the deceptions of the Davenport Brothers’ his Jed to observations from time to time in the Spirit al Ma, , ending in thig very long article, 0 which the ubel is an extract. My statement, without inte the whol: controversy, is ply this: that for some reason oF on com. is — e te time is magazine; uitimaiely cam out that article, at pele Sprest Sea tenet ly ) Fecvived From New ¥« In that jeter, whih dealt with ritualism and matters conne:ted with spirit ere were unfort ately and must improperly two para- eray most damaging and destructive to tupeha:acter of Mr. Sothern, who most properly, I admit, iffmed.mel, took measures with reference to the Spur.t al jingasine, Mr. Coleman unfortunately said he was prepared to prove that which was ublisied He desires me now to Say that when he wrote that letter he meant to say he was to prove all thore matters connected with spirit Oe ak ibaa inte pared fo Tepe anything to those two para- graphs. ir, Coleman also Soe that he thought—bat Nery injudictously in my judzment—that by putti them into asterixks the imputations would be iaken of It was absurd to think #0; for the moment any lawyer, or, indeed, any person of common sense, looks at Ul paragraphs, he would see at once that the asterisks by ho means take off the sting of the impatatons, Bui, however, he distinctly says that what he meant to prove Was not the statemeuts contined in these paragraphs, but simply what he bimself had written, Mr. Sergeant Baliantine here handed a letter to the learned counsel for his perusal. Mr. Montagu ( bambers hay ng reed the letter, went on to say—My learned friend lias been kind enough to show mM letter Whi b appeared in the Times. Mr. ‘ vleman, as the Court will perceive, had written a very long arti: cle upon spiritualism, and upon the controversy gong on between Mr. Sothern and the spiritualist, and what he said is, “I can justify al! Ihave publ shed myseif,” Meaning “all that I have written with reference to the truthfulness of spiritualism I am prepared to justify,” He may be over sangusne and lave an erroneous convic- tion, but he desires me distinetly to say thet. [tis my duty to call the attention of the Court to the existenc» of this controversy, and I have no docbt they will take it intetheir consideration, The Deputy Reorder—Before you pass on T wish to ask did the lotier in the Glasgow newspaper, besides eritt ising sp ritualism a8 & aystem, itn docirines and ite Practices, con'a n any personal imputacions against those who practived it? Sergeant Ballantine explained that the letter in the Glasgow newspaper was, wMhout making allusions to An answer to an attack made upoo Mr. Sothern in the Sprri wal Magacin-, Mr. Movtagu Chambers—I will tell you how it was, It is perfectly true Mr. Sothern stated that he in the course Of atour had exhibited thé fallacies of Spiritual m, hav. ing, with the aid of his friends, verified the deceptions that were practixed. Deputy Recorder—That he im fart cow'd produce the ome @ the Spiriualios, but with ut atiribu'- apa sgwentecioens fontagu Chambers—I will answor that prosently, Tt is a ringuiar fact that Mr. Coleman wae so convinced of the truth of Spiritualiem that in that article he says: “If Mr. Sothern and bis friends achieved these ex- traordinary matters they are what are called mediuma, ‘and I must be convinced that they are not mediums If are done what they have stated I ascribe it only to their being strong mediums " All that was introduced in commenting t Mr. sethern had done, and certainly ’ Lag strong conviction of the truth. doctrines of Spiritualism. The Court of seeing what was written by Mr. Sothern. is letter to the Glasgow newspaper. done, ba gaye and the sae burlesques of tbh 1 lon ther an tonposter or an tot. regan ry F eahelitor 0 money by Nis exhibitions asa : things that these people do are not done by piritaal or super- natural wenns, I Know (bat; [have prow it all that they can do, and more. The his sem" in this country and America | chronicle of imbectlity, concardly terror of the rmernuteral mdi-dcharion, and tre ligtan ened on the her, se pete a td dent eh icaneryy mal etephrmous inlecemey, {x ‘oo one there ore vol “more thing Arennied of an our philoso) resnl! of aneh a practical Inve LT believe few other men bar fearlessly denounce it as & mo: ad » swindle, Now, in consequence of that letter, perhay, the con- versy became a little bot and etron the fntredaetion Into that long art © the sub. Je tof the present jndictinent the wnjustiqatte charges ft, Bothern's private character and comtuct, bat withdrawa in the most unequiwenl Inn gard to this controversy it seem there vertisement, which was complained of, insened imes and the Deity Trieyroph wewepapers, sat ug amphiet was ip be publicbed containing the tat. ter that bad appeared in ¢ ‘wal Megariw, Now, 1 fm desired to aay that with tat adveriisoment and wih he publication of that pamphiet, Mn Coleman had potliing whatever todo. Ay 'T ave drat Mr. Colemam is neither the editor RI med the Spiritual Mogorine nor bee be any or it. however, bavine #mtten to the Times on Mr. the sebject of the advertisement, unfortunately Mr. Coleman being too eager vo virdicate binneel!, tmerted the letter which Wie been belbre the eotrt, in which he stated he contd prove everything tom be had | pabliel d, we ead of say ne ibat he vo ld prove every. Marg Lat Le bad eriitey with refercnee only Wo spirit nght forward as a Adverting taken place, and to cal in the minds spiritualism at the learned passages in Spiritual Magazine. warmth of the controversy that had the natural irritation that would be of sincere believers in the being feo eaded agevintion: re council pieaded as some littl t! * line that had been taken in the courses Pet ey By that; very effol ment, confession and acknowled, the wrong, and to relieve the person of the impuiation cast upon ry iariy ut. bim, they will say that the criminal law is ve vindicated without administering heavy pun‘simo: As I have already Mr. Coleman thoroughly science, or philosophical inquiry, whatever it may be, and therefore that what he has written in connection with spiritualism is in the course of following ot his belief. Inthe end I say what Idid at the commence- ment, that if there is any other mode by which, on the part of Mr. Coleman, I can set Mr. Sovhern right’ in the public estimation, that mode most clearly shall be adopted with reference to that of which he has just cause of complaint. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine addressed the Court, and after paying a Ligh compliment to the positon and profes- sional conduct of Mr. Montagu Chambers, said: ~Whon my friend withdrew, as I understood him to do, not oniy every impatation, it declared his own op.nion that there is not a single word of trith in (hese caluinnious imputations upon Mr. Sothern, I felt that everything which at this stage of the proceedings could be done bi been effected by my learned friend. Some topics had been taadnental which Ido not propose to say more than a brief word ortwo. Iam not going to enter into the question of spiritualism, its truth or 8 falseliood. I am a@raid am somewhat @ sceptical person, ard that T have not so much faith as probably would be good for me, and I very mich, if not entirely, share Mr. sothern’s belief on the s:bject. 1 believe it ie perfectly true, as Mr. Sothern has shown upon different occasions, that these matiers of pretended supernatural agency are in po nt of tact simply mechan- ical tricks, 1 have no doubt that when Mr, shower ve wouders to be mere impo: tures thé aut, whe, though a practical man of business, as I under- stund, fully believes im these th’ ay, for anght L know, have been extremely annoyed at having exposed that which he had faith in, Idon’t propose to say a word about the libel You have bad the matter filly discussed before, and you are the value of my learned friend's : the part of Mr, Sothern, while I gannot say anythi in support of my learned friend’s application, I wil not say one word in opposition. Mr Sothern ‘is here surrounded by friends in court to-day, wo were fellow- actors with him up to the period when ‘hese transactions @ taken place, There are ladis who in America, who are ready, if it had been necessary, to say that the whole thing 1s a doliberate, wanton, wicked falsehood, for which there is nu founda- | tion or shadow of foundation, I lay, moreover, im court at this moment Mr. oihern’s wie, to wbom be communicated this matter immediately that the libel ap- peared, who has gone through muca grief and much wiffermy, as you may believe, at sich staements being made of ‘her husband; but who is here to say that she is abuppy wife, liviog with a good husband \n a domestic | eiréle into which no feeling but that which ought to enter into a man’s home has ever ‘niroded since the pertod. of their first connection. Mr. Sothern is one who, while determined to vindicate his character, hag long been known as a kind-hearted as weil as honorable and upright gentleman, and the last wish to enter hie mind wovid be to now press heavily on an erring fellow creature, (Some little applause fuliowed the conclusion of the jearnd gentleman's remarks.) ‘The Depnty Recorder, in passing sentence, said you nd convicied, on your Own vont Bs ed @ libel concerning the pros one here will differ from me when 1 sa: bel, indeed—one calculated, under and with reference to any person, to yn, but still more so when the per-on Eied is a married man with a famiiy, who also fits a pro- m'nent situation be‘ore the public eye. On the one hand, therefore, there cannot b« the bast doubt of the serious chara ter of the libel any more (han tere is of Whe fact that you were the publisher of that tit! So far I think every Ove must agree with me that)! wes a matier which | it was quite impossible for the cuter to overlook cotsistently with his charweter, his domestic happiness and bis puble position, He had ne aliernative but by every means which the law aliows ‘0 wake these steps for his own pragection, which he «gs bound to do, not onl! with reference to his own personal ‘ectings, but with ref- | eren e to those whose feelings ought w be wore precious to him chan bis own. No ove can complain o the course Mr. Sothern bas taken, Nobody can be more sentibio than you are now that this libel is one caic: lated to inflict most serious imjury op any man, but wore espec ally on @ man in bis position. The question) not whether the Hibet was: Lageeiagaee es rig 11 is faise and scandalous, or whether you pi it, because hat is all admitted. ‘The only questivn is, what View I aim wv take as to pun- ishment. On that every word your Ta ae aal said on getli ‘out of orn Sheng om Ta the grep r i or psycho! }, metaphysical and philoso- ical discussion. Ido not think fi was immaterial to show the course which that controversy bas taken-—how it gradually beeame wartmer ili it culminated in overstepping ali bounds o decorum im any contro- — whatever, But I did think it material to bear What was stated on your behalf in (hat respect. It plain that you did oversiep the limits o fair controversy, and there is jess excuse for it, imasmuch as on philozo- phical and scientific sul controversy is allowed the: widest limits. The public derive the greatest advantage from the freest criticism on such subjects im the press, because by such meaus truth iseheied. \'r. Sothern’s own letter to the G! bewspaper is 4 str king exam- pie o the freedom and of the extent to which such criti- cism may go. He has gone probabiy as far ux he could well bave goue to keep within the thu: jaw. He bas used the s rongest epithets to de ye cbaracter of the periormances and those « bas pat himself before the p from his (un perwonal expuine, ‘experiment, has tesied and proved « lb | whic: you held w te true. Upon that I offer no | opinion at all, I don’t know thw I quite go the length of the learned counsel im the sceptical views he has ex |, for I am rather a beliver, But I never saw apy spritual mani estations, so 1 dows know what my views might be I do think, however, that the mode in whieh ail these ie are alacked is exceed ingly unphilosophi al and violent. Wheua th ng is done which @ person cannot \ udersiand it ix not uncommon for him to get a little angry wnd denounce tis an impos } ture. Nevertheless, Mr. ~otuern, hah free in bie | criticism, kept within the Timts of p! iowophie and set entilic discussion; and 80 did you for along time. But you did otherwise the fystant you introd.ced direct per- | Boval attacks upon the individval agi pricae character ©. the crite whose opin.ons you were ausweriug, that insiant you brought yourself within the re The libel you have ad on the controversy, and to be intrody: ry you were prepared to prove a plea of justle alse dctring | showing that MW was te th pd or fai, and that it became moment for the pubtic rest that (he truth should own lean weil stand how a mad, bellevi the tratt: of what defeuding, should feet b ue view is exposed. The point whi the finish of a tong and angry continued to get warmer aod warwer, th ee stronger and stronger expressions on the performnoce and the performers themselves, you wbo had defended our views at jast—to use the eloquent words of (he Lord Utet Justice—“taid aside the Fins OF the Warrior and took the weapons of the asassin,”” aud in the per tonal stab which you gave Mir. rotherd you put yourwif without the pale of philosophical and ecient Le criticnan, Ipis, however, is pot @ libel publisued from personal, individual malice against Mr. Sothern, Norisit a libel Which yoo put into a newspaper for the purpose of galie ing any emolument or profit to yoursel. It is not one of those libels which used to be publisued in the Age and the Sairis, of a time gone by, which were purely for gratifying personal vindict.veness, o to oblain @ profit by the sale of publications filed with personal slander. On the other hand, you were gradually pro- voked, and it ended in pub! ching what Lam youare how neither prepared nor des.rous of justity: Every ove must be satisfied that as against |r. Sotuern pe tn putation can lie with regard to these falsehoods, Under there circumstances | have to cousiier what is (he proper your offence, and I bave considered hot the slightest apprehension that | ever age p have any reason to compla.n y of those who apes with you; therefore T dow't think reoognizances at all n@eossary tn’ your eae, At the same time, im order to mark my eatimate of the very eerous nature of this imputation, aud of the very serious error you bave commited fu overstepping the bounds of phil yh discussion by a personal auack On private character, ay duty is to pass upon you sentence, that you pay a five of fity ae | to her Me Jesty and be inprisoned until that fine be paid. The fine was subsequentiy paid, aud the defendant was discharged, st. P Day tn Baltimore. Battorons, March 18, 1806. St. Patrick's Day wae observed here with the urvel ree Hgious ceremonies, The distribution of prizes at the Hibernian Free School took place as usual. rhe MISCELLAN HULU Hl HOUSEHOLD WORD —BASSFORD'S CELED RATED 6 Ketrigerators, warranted the best in wee, for fale at f D. BASAPORD great Huaackecper's Banect, China, Gtees and Crockery Kmporiam, Cooper (natiuute Building Sign of iden Kettia- —METCALFE'S GREAT RHEUMATIC RENEDY Ia certaly the wonder of the Thousands © ie Ld ite magion effect, and the first dootarm of the city ory te: tients an the only wure cure or Rhourstiem ever ktawn bo man. ALIA OBTAINED WITHOUT | ved by law, withont fem till woe HOW ES Nessa str D'vorcrs LE Welty for ary case Ie gained. Coayaeilor, Pa: > vistr arg MN be provided with jer o tabitehinent. $5 rue aH vt tne depo Io Theis, parchs ns, 5 ‘wi vy OF) ort. secording f “ BV. 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