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police-court on Monday , the 17 th inst ., to answer the charge of libelling Mr . Sothern . In the Spiritual Times a series of gross and filthy libels on Mr . Sothern were printed , tho truth of AA'hich Mr . Sothern in the Avitnessbox emphatically denied . Cooper ivished to be allowed to apologise aud escape punishment , but the magistrate very properly held that to alloAV such a thing Avould be
to encourage most dastardly conduct . Cooper ivas therefore committed for trial , bufc admitted to bail . A railway compensation case was tried before the Lord Chief Baron on Tuesday , the 20 fch inst . A person employed in the Customs Avas seriously injured by the railway collision afc Colney Hatch in August last year , and he is still suffering from debility . It came out in
the evidence that the Midland Railway Company , Avho are responsible for the accident , employed a surgeon to visit the sufferers , Avho carried a blank cheque-book AA'ith him , and settled Avith the patients as to their compensation , if they were so inclined , on tho spot . The plaintiff in this case determined rather to take his chance of the
the law , and the jury—perhaps to reward his confidence in them—aAvardcd him £ 800 . A shocking outrage took place on the canal afc Paddington , early on Tuesday _ morning , the 20 th inst . Some young men were leaning over the canal bridge Avhen a barge Avas draAvn past . The only persons on board Ave : * e a man aud his wife , who were at the time engaged in a violent quarrel .
The young men on the bridge made some remark on the quarrel , on which the bargeman , ivho was greatly excited , Avent to the cabin , brought up a gun loaded Avith shot and discharged ifc . The contents lodged in the head and face of a lad named Lefler , Avho is seriously wounded . An inquest was also held on fche body of a sailor named Groom , AVIIO died from scurvy on board the
St . Andrew ' s Gastle , a vessel ivhich has just arrived from Shaughae . Ifc appears thafc seven men out of a crew of 13 had been disabled by the same dreadful disease ; in addition to Avhich a lady , Avho , with her tAvo youngchildren , Avas tho onl j' passenger on board , Avent mad , . so that the care of the diseased sailors , the insane lady , and the infant children , fell altogether upon
the unfortunate captain The jury in their verdict praised the conduct ; . of the captain of the A * essel . The Gazelle on Tuesday the 20 th inst . announces the elevation of Sir Charles Wood to the second order in
the peerage . The right hon . baronet takes his seat in . the House of Peers as Viscount Halifax . Lord John Hay , a younger son of the Marquis of Tweedale offers himself for the now vacant seat of Ripon . We are sorry to announce the dangerous illness of Mr . Fen wick , M . P ., the new Junior Lord of the Admiralty . The conference of the Chambers of Commerce was continued
on Wednesdaj' , the 21 st inst . The laiv of patents , tribunals of commerce , the registration of trade marks , and international maritime laAv , were the subjects discussed . As to the patent laws it was resolved that they require amendment , but that their abolition is not expedient . The establishment of tribunals of commerce was advocated , and the necessity of a registration of
trade marks . 'A resolution was proposed that international law as regarded the rights of neutrals required amendment . It ivas resolved thafc this was nofc a matter which ought to engage the attention of the conference . Mr . Sothern appeared on Wednesday , the 21 st inst at the Mansion House to prefer a charge of libel against Mr . Benjamin Coleman , proprietor of the Spiritual
Magazine , and Mr . Kent , its publisher . In thafc periodical very nearly the same charges had been made as in the Spiritual Times . Mr . Sothern Avas cross-examined at considerable length . Mr . Kent pleaded that he did not know the contents of the magazine . Both he and Mr . Coleman ivere committed for trial . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —General Prim , from his residence in Portugal , has addressed to the Spaniards along proclamation . It is a document of rather a confused nature , and search would be vainly made in ifc to find any
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political programme of the leader in the last insurrection . Ifc states thafc Prim is completely detached from Queen Isabella , who had , however , loaded him with favours , and had made him Count de Reuss , Marquis de Castillejos , and a grandee of Spain . Ho does not say , or even leave room to guess , with what he Avishes to replace the daughter of Maria Christina . He , hoAvever , declares thafc
he is in favour of revolution , and that the failure of his late attempt has not discouraged him . That passage of the address merits te be quoted . Ifc is as follows : — " Because I have entered Portugal have I terminated my Avork ? Do I acknoAvledge myself vanquished ? No ! a thousand times , no ! The material obstacles which oblige me to stop will soon disappear . The forces of
the revolution remain the same , and a change is just as indispensable as ever . Courage . Spaniards ! The day of redemption is approaching . We have on our side strength and right . We have commenced the struggle for the nation and by tho nation , which cannot die . Our adversaries cannot count on themselves ; they only hope in our weakness . A single victory will lead to _ our and fche national i
triumph . Liberty , progress , sover e gnty for ever ! Prim also explains Avhy his undertaking did not succeed ; he counted on several regiments , and two only came—those of Calatrava and Ba }* len . He waited in vain for ten days in the environs of Madrid , expecting the support whieh had been promised him . Nothing appeared , and he then only decided on withdrawing into Portugal . AMERICA . —The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society , whichif not the oldest association of the kind in the
, United States , has certainly been the most active , held its annual meeting on fche 25 th January . The society has now reached its thirty-fifth year of existence , thirtyfive years of agitation ancl boisterous action . Ifc has done very much to keep alive the opposition to slavery Avhich formerly existed in America , and it has seen the triumph of the principles Avhich . were advocated by its of
members by violent and unexpected means . Some the members of this association believe that its mission is ended , aud they Avould gladly retire from a contest in which for many years they fought courageously against the prejudices of their countrymen with little hope . William Lloyd Garrison , who has been foremost among these agitators , who in his time has borne more abuse United
and misrepresentation than any man iu the States , is one of those who believe that the object for Avhich he has so long struggled has been attained , and he would fain rest from his labours , and enjoy his remaining years of life in quietness . He advocated the dissolution of the society because it had no work to do . Wendell Phillips , on the contrary , insisted that the conthat the freedmen
tinuance of the society was necessary , required assistance and counsel , and that until their just rights as men Avere fully obtained the society should continue its administrations in their behalf . Between the friends and opponents of dissolution there was a contest , and the latter triumphed . New officers were elected , and the society is to be continued . Mr . Phillips will henceforth be the leading spirit . Mr . Garrison , it may be presumed , -will retire from active participation in its affairs .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
*«* All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , Loudon , W . C . AA ' e regret to be compelled to request brethren from whom outstanding amounts are due to respond to the above notice . Some of our Colonial Subscribers are especially reticent in this respect ; ancl our exchequer is not only impoverished through the non-receipt of amounts overdue , but Ave have also been put to the trouble and expense of writing and postages without even producing the bare courtesy of a reply . S . L . —We have prepared replies to some of your queries , but are compelled to defertheir insertion until our next issue .
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police-court on Monday , the 17 th inst ., to answer the charge of libelling Mr . Sothern . In the Spiritual Times a series of gross and filthy libels on Mr . Sothern were printed , tho truth of AA'hich Mr . Sothern in the Avitnessbox emphatically denied . Cooper ivished to be allowed to apologise aud escape punishment , but the magistrate very properly held that to alloAV such a thing Avould be
to encourage most dastardly conduct . Cooper ivas therefore committed for trial , bufc admitted to bail . A railway compensation case was tried before the Lord Chief Baron on Tuesday , the 20 fch inst . A person employed in the Customs Avas seriously injured by the railway collision afc Colney Hatch in August last year , and he is still suffering from debility . It came out in
the evidence that the Midland Railway Company , Avho are responsible for the accident , employed a surgeon to visit the sufferers , Avho carried a blank cheque-book AA'ith him , and settled Avith the patients as to their compensation , if they were so inclined , on tho spot . The plaintiff in this case determined rather to take his chance of the
the law , and the jury—perhaps to reward his confidence in them—aAvardcd him £ 800 . A shocking outrage took place on the canal afc Paddington , early on Tuesday _ morning , the 20 th inst . Some young men were leaning over the canal bridge Avhen a barge Avas draAvn past . The only persons on board Ave : * e a man aud his wife , who were at the time engaged in a violent quarrel .
The young men on the bridge made some remark on the quarrel , on which the bargeman , ivho was greatly excited , Avent to the cabin , brought up a gun loaded Avith shot and discharged ifc . The contents lodged in the head and face of a lad named Lefler , Avho is seriously wounded . An inquest was also held on fche body of a sailor named Groom , AVIIO died from scurvy on board the
St . Andrew ' s Gastle , a vessel ivhich has just arrived from Shaughae . Ifc appears thafc seven men out of a crew of 13 had been disabled by the same dreadful disease ; in addition to Avhich a lady , Avho , with her tAvo youngchildren , Avas tho onl j' passenger on board , Avent mad , . so that the care of the diseased sailors , the insane lady , and the infant children , fell altogether upon
the unfortunate captain The jury in their verdict praised the conduct ; . of the captain of the A * essel . The Gazelle on Tuesday the 20 th inst . announces the elevation of Sir Charles Wood to the second order in
the peerage . The right hon . baronet takes his seat in . the House of Peers as Viscount Halifax . Lord John Hay , a younger son of the Marquis of Tweedale offers himself for the now vacant seat of Ripon . We are sorry to announce the dangerous illness of Mr . Fen wick , M . P ., the new Junior Lord of the Admiralty . The conference of the Chambers of Commerce was continued
on Wednesdaj' , the 21 st inst . The laiv of patents , tribunals of commerce , the registration of trade marks , and international maritime laAv , were the subjects discussed . As to the patent laws it was resolved that they require amendment , but that their abolition is not expedient . The establishment of tribunals of commerce was advocated , and the necessity of a registration of
trade marks . 'A resolution was proposed that international law as regarded the rights of neutrals required amendment . It ivas resolved thafc this was nofc a matter which ought to engage the attention of the conference . Mr . Sothern appeared on Wednesday , the 21 st inst at the Mansion House to prefer a charge of libel against Mr . Benjamin Coleman , proprietor of the Spiritual
Magazine , and Mr . Kent , its publisher . In thafc periodical very nearly the same charges had been made as in the Spiritual Times . Mr . Sothern Avas cross-examined at considerable length . Mr . Kent pleaded that he did not know the contents of the magazine . Both he and Mr . Coleman ivere committed for trial . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —General Prim , from his residence in Portugal , has addressed to the Spaniards along proclamation . It is a document of rather a confused nature , and search would be vainly made in ifc to find any
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political programme of the leader in the last insurrection . Ifc states thafc Prim is completely detached from Queen Isabella , who had , however , loaded him with favours , and had made him Count de Reuss , Marquis de Castillejos , and a grandee of Spain . Ho does not say , or even leave room to guess , with what he Avishes to replace the daughter of Maria Christina . He , hoAvever , declares thafc
he is in favour of revolution , and that the failure of his late attempt has not discouraged him . That passage of the address merits te be quoted . Ifc is as follows : — " Because I have entered Portugal have I terminated my Avork ? Do I acknoAvledge myself vanquished ? No ! a thousand times , no ! The material obstacles which oblige me to stop will soon disappear . The forces of
the revolution remain the same , and a change is just as indispensable as ever . Courage . Spaniards ! The day of redemption is approaching . We have on our side strength and right . We have commenced the struggle for the nation and by tho nation , which cannot die . Our adversaries cannot count on themselves ; they only hope in our weakness . A single victory will lead to _ our and fche national i
triumph . Liberty , progress , sover e gnty for ever ! Prim also explains Avhy his undertaking did not succeed ; he counted on several regiments , and two only came—those of Calatrava and Ba }* len . He waited in vain for ten days in the environs of Madrid , expecting the support whieh had been promised him . Nothing appeared , and he then only decided on withdrawing into Portugal . AMERICA . —The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society , whichif not the oldest association of the kind in the
, United States , has certainly been the most active , held its annual meeting on fche 25 th January . The society has now reached its thirty-fifth year of existence , thirtyfive years of agitation ancl boisterous action . Ifc has done very much to keep alive the opposition to slavery Avhich formerly existed in America , and it has seen the triumph of the principles Avhich . were advocated by its of
members by violent and unexpected means . Some the members of this association believe that its mission is ended , aud they Avould gladly retire from a contest in which for many years they fought courageously against the prejudices of their countrymen with little hope . William Lloyd Garrison , who has been foremost among these agitators , who in his time has borne more abuse United
and misrepresentation than any man iu the States , is one of those who believe that the object for Avhich he has so long struggled has been attained , and he would fain rest from his labours , and enjoy his remaining years of life in quietness . He advocated the dissolution of the society because it had no work to do . Wendell Phillips , on the contrary , insisted that the conthat the freedmen
tinuance of the society was necessary , required assistance and counsel , and that until their just rights as men Avere fully obtained the society should continue its administrations in their behalf . Between the friends and opponents of dissolution there was a contest , and the latter triumphed . New officers were elected , and the society is to be continued . Mr . Phillips will henceforth be the leading spirit . Mr . Garrison , it may be presumed , -will retire from active participation in its affairs .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
*«* All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , Loudon , W . C . AA ' e regret to be compelled to request brethren from whom outstanding amounts are due to respond to the above notice . Some of our Colonial Subscribers are especially reticent in this respect ; ancl our exchequer is not only impoverished through the non-receipt of amounts overdue , but Ave have also been put to the trouble and expense of writing and postages without even producing the bare courtesy of a reply . S . L . —We have prepared replies to some of your queries , but are compelled to defertheir insertion until our next issue .