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      Action For Libefi Against Mr. W. S. Land...

      tbem be excused . He asked the jury , however , not to judge Mr . Landor as they would judge a -writer in the vigour -of his manhood , but to estimate him as a gentleman who was educated iu the manners of the fast 8 g <» when free licence was accorded to satire , and literature hud not been purified , and who , with the virtues , had imbibed some , of the vices of the earlier poets-The jury gave a verdict for tlie plaintiff , damages 1000 / . The defendant ' s conduct has been unsparingly castia ' V ^ _^ ¦ . __ . ^ f ^ . m rfM - MbB *^ ' dh * - " - « b * m A I M ^ b _ . . i _ ¦_ _ - ^ __ _ . _ ¦ t

      gated by the press generally . The Daily News concludes a most trenchant article thus : — " The jury have very properly expressed their sense of the .. atrocity of his ofFtiiiee by a verdict for 10 OOJ . damages . ' I 3 ut this is the least part of his punishment . It is right that he should be told , and told plainly , that he has disgraced the literature of his country , and that henceforth his faded laurels can only half hide the stomp of malignant and lecherous slanderer , ineffaceably self-branded on his brow . "

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      America. The Latest Intelligence Informs...

      AMERICA . The latest intelligence informs us that the Canadian Ministry had been constituted , under the Presidency of Mr . James Ross , and Parliament -w- ' as about to be prorogued . The Governor-General had given his sanction to the new tariff bill .. From New York , the news is principally respecting the Atlantic telegraph , the ultimate ' success . of which was still doubted by many . The corporation of New York had , nevertheless , decided that the celebration of its success should take place at iTew York and London on the sa . nne day . Captain / Hudson and XIr . Field were to have a public reception , on their arrival . The receipt of her Majesty ' s message was to be announced by a salute of 100 guns .

      The Fiaser River excitement in San Francisco had slightly abated , but the emigration , nevertheless , continued large . The accounts from the . ' new- ¦ ¦ di ggings were stiLl very encouraging . It was estimated that as many as 30 , 000 persons had emigrated to the new gold fields . , •¦ ., ; . : ; .. \ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• : ., ¦ ¦ . ¦; ¦ - ¦¦ . . ;¦ . ¦ . . " . V . ' ' .. Iu Oregon the Legislature have chosen Joseph Lane and Delazbn Smith United Stales Senators , in . anticipation of the admission of the territory into the Union by the last Congress . The Indians had been tolerably quiet . General Clarke -was organising an active campaign against the savages .

      From New Granada we have news dated at Panama on the 3 rd of August . The most important portion of it is the passage of the Cass-Herran Convention , with the alterations made in it by the Government at Bogota . There were no United States vrar ships , and but one British , at Panama .

      Ireland. The Potato.-—The General Belief...

      IRELAND . The Potato .- —The general belief is that the great bulk of the crop is perfectly safe , and that for cheapness and quality it will have no parallel since the year 1844 . At the same time , ifi ' 3 the popular idea in Ireland that the fatal blight lias taken its stand as a chronic disease in the country , and that it would'be ' -hopeless to expect that the crop -will ever again wholly escape the visitation . ¦ S . tate Of Kuvkennv-. —Perfect order and tranquillity appear to be everywhere restored in the county . Reaping machines and corn mowing arc in operation in every direction , without disturbance of any kind . Cardinal "Wiseman . —On Tuesday this dignitary arrived at Bnllinasloe from Dublin . lie was received in a wnrm , but not in so grand , a style as had been expected . The Cardinal appeared in full costume—red hat and robes , and was followed by his secretary in a violet gown . The event he has chosen to honour with his presence is the consecration of a new chapel . Preparations for religious skirmishing are being made by the Protestants . The Society for Irish Church Missions has despatched to the town a battalion of clergymen and scripture roaders . The Rev . J . C . Walker , rector of the parish , has forwarded a challenge to his eminence to discuss the points at issue between their respective sects ; the cardinal declines this opportunity of distinguishing himself . . In Anticipation of a disturbance ensuing from the fervour of religious zeal a large force ( upwards of 300 ) of the constabulary havo been marched into the town .

      The Late Mk. Hahley. Mr. John Piutt Harl...

      THE LATE MK . HAHLEY . Mr . John Piutt Harlkv for more than forty years has been a principal comedian at the chief London theatres , aijd consequently many a playgoer who considers himself , a veteran , can recollect " Harley" as one of the mirthful phenomena of his childhood . He was a link between the past and present generations , through the circumstance that he was the successor of the famous "Jack Bannister , " and had even been initiated by that "pelebrutcd actor into the business of his most noted part * . His decease , too , so far differs from that of the <> the * heroes of the old school who havo lately put off the . mortal coil , " that ho dies io the midst of his piofeslipnid labours , and , notwithsanding his ( treat oge , in the pleatttude of his vigour . Harley has beon an

      everpresent figure for forty years , and during his last davs , while he gained the respect due to a veteran , lie irequired no concessions to the weakness of old age . Indeed , of late years , compared with those imnietliatelv preceding , he rather roso than declined in importance , for his position at the Princess ' s Theatre enabled liiiu to appear in his true character of a Shakspearean comedian ; whereas , at other houses , devoted to the lighter class of drama , he had previously been forced into the regions of farce and burlesque , which were less congenial , and in which be had many formidable competitors . l To younger critics Mr . Hurley ' s frequent propensity to extravagance , both in gesture and in facial expression , appeared as a defect , for they were unable to find in _ . a ' ^^^^^^^

      nature a prototype for the multifarious grimaces provided for their diversion . The peculiarity , however , belonged , not to the individual , but the school in which he was trained . That naturalness which is so much extolled at the present Hay , was not the aim of the comedian of forty years ago ; and , be it remembered , that Mr . Harley never failed to obtain a-laugh . If some were of opinion that his manner was too artificial , none questioned the fact of Us . drollery ,. and his appearance on tlie stage was at once the signal for joyous recognition . He was a thorough master of all the conventionalities of " fun , " and hence , in those characters which only exist by tradition , his value could not be ' overestimated . ' By moving him fro m the atmosphere of farce and burlesque to that of the Shakspearean drama , Mr . Charles Kean secured for Mr . Harley a second enjoyment of his ancient rank , which had almost 'been forgotten during his less legitimate engagement ? .

      Tlie very last words which Mr . Harley uttered seemed to mark his identity with the old . Shak * nearean drolls . On IViday night , he said to Mr . Ellis , "I have an exposition of sleep come over me , " the ' words used by Bottom in Midsummer Night ' s Dream , and from that moment he remained speechless to the end . Never did the stroke of death occur with more awful suddenness He had acted-. the character of Launcelot Gobbo with more than -wonted vivacity on Friday week , but the roar occasioned by his exit had scarcely subsided when he lay paralysed behind the scenes , deprived of the power of distinct articulation , and terrified those who took his hand by the ici n ess of his grasp .

      Mr . Harley was bom in London about 1790 , and in 1807 adopted the stage as a-Vocation ; .. " His provincial life lasted till 1815 , when he carne out . at the ' Lyceum . In the September of the same year he appeared at Drury Lane , and at once took the position he has since maintained . His character as a man of respectability and integrity always stood exceedingly high , ai » d his tenure of the office of treasurer to the Drury Lane Fund rendered him almost as celebrated in theatrical circles as liis drolleries made him familiar to the larre public—Times . .

      , Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Very Fr...

      , ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A very frightful accident has occurred on the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton line . A " cheap Sunday-School Excursion train" was announced on Monday last to run from Wolverhampton to Worcester and back again . The low rate of fares attracted a vast crowd of passengers , and before it readied Worcester the train consisted of forty-live caniagescontainiiigsome two thousand people . The train was to leave Worcester on its return journey at a quarter-past six . The onHcials at the Worcester station determined on dividing it into two parts . This was accordingly done , and instead of a single monster train of forty-five carriages , drawn by two engines , two trains , one of twent \' -nine and another of sixteen

      carriages , were despatched from Worcester—the heavier of the two a quarter of an hour only in advnneq of the other . When the advanced train reached the Ilound Oiik station , at which it seems there is a steep incline , from some cause as yet unexplained a set of coupling irons broke loo ? e , and about a dozen of the hindennost carriages began to run back down the incline . Loaded as they were , the velocity of their descent rapidly increased , and had attained a fearful rate , when , about mid-wny down the incline , they were observed bearing down upon the second train , which , being lighter than the first , had naturally gained upon it , and was advancing on the same line of rails in tlie opposite direction . The driver of the second train , who saw the first thus fearfully rushing down upon him , had almost succeeded in bringing his carrinres to a standstill

      - , when the crash came . Its consequences were fearful . Tlie guard ' s van and the two carriages next Lo it arc described as having been " split into matchwood . " The fute of the passengers was horrible . Eleven lifeless forms wore discovered among the rubbish , in addition to many frightfully mangled and disfigured , l ' our others have since died , making fifteen deaths . Upwards of ninety others are said to have been more or leas seriously hurt ; and it is probable that among the survivors many deaths will have yet to be enumerated as arising out of this tragedy . Those who escaped from disabling wounds were rushing about distracted amid crushed carriages , mutilated forms , and shrieks of agony , enshrouded in the dust and darkness , which wero the immediate results of the . tremendous collision . It docs not appear to what the rupture of the coupling

      chains is to be attributed . An inquest was held on . the 25 th inst ., but was adjourned for a week . The Times remarks , ' -Such was the result of a day ' s pleasuring to Worcester . ; It is generally to excursion trains that accidents do happen , and for tlie obvious reason that the despatch of an excursion train implies a derangement of the ordinary regulations of the line . " A considerable land-slip took place on the Hne of the Gloucester and Hereford Railway , between Hoss and Faivley , o » Monday afternoon , intercepting the train from Paddington , and causing a delay of three hours , but happily unintended with injury to any person .

      Four hoys were brought at the end of last week to St . Mary ' s Hospital , with symptoms which the surgeon rightly conjectured to arise from some narcotic poison . One was but slightly affected , and was not . taken in , but the other three were severely ill , and two were saved only by the readiness with which extreme remedies ( such as electricity ) are made available in a large hospital . When sufficiently recovered , t he lads confessed to having eaten , in Kensington Gardens , some fruit which they found , thrown away under a heap of timber . It turned oul that they had eaten a quantity of thorn-apples ( datura stramonium ) , a very active poison . It id a very common ornament to gardens , and being out of flower at this season , is cleared away and thrown on -waste heaps .

      Tour gentlemen were drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure-smack on Saturday last , at Emsworth , in Hampshire . The party , consisting of six gentlemen ¦ w ith the master ' of the boat , left that place in the afternoon with a . strong . / wind ' . blowing . ' A heavy squall took the boat , and before tlie master could get hold of the tiller ( one of the gentlemen steering ) , the ill-fated boat capsized , and the Rev . H . Morse , Air . Smith ( solicitor ) , Mr . Moorhead , and Mr . Shean were drowned . The persons saved were Mr . Philip Tyne , the Rev . Ilenry-. Shea . , and James Cribb , master . Mr . Morse

      swam ashore ,. uut in his anxiety to save life he put back again to the wreck , by which he lost hU own life ; it is supposed , he was seized with cramp . The other three lost are single men ; / but Mr . Morse was married and had four children ; and his wife is hourly expecting to he delivered of another . The bodies have all been picked up .

      Criminal Record. Supposed Murder.—On Sat...

      CRIMINAL RECORD . Supposed Murder . —On Saturday the body of a girl , not more than twelve years of age , -was found in the Grand Surrey Canal , under circumstances which led to the inference that she had been cast into the . water and drowned . She was a weekly servant , and went home at - night to sleep . A little before seven on Saturday morning she left home for the purpose of going to her situation , . but nothing more is known . An inquest was held on Monday , but the evidence does not lead to the conclusion that she had met with foul usage .

      -Mulder , a . xd Confession op tub Miibdeeek . William Burgess , employed at the Swansea Docks , was oh Thursday apprehended on a charge of murdering his daughter , aged six years . About a month ago the father fetched the child from her foster-mother , stuting that he was going to take her to Parlock to live . Since that lime the child has not been seen alive , and suspicion being excited , led to the discovery of some portions of the child ' s , dress burnt almost to ashes , and near to a place where the father had been at work were found traces of blood . The father , on leaving with his child , went across the Channel to Swansea , where he was apprehended , and before the officer had time to tell him the charge against him , he ad . nit ted the crime .

      Tub Cormacks . —Two brothers , named Cormack , were , it will be remembered , executed at Nenagh tome months since , having been convicted of the murder of Mr . Ellis , in tlie county of Tipperary . The men died solemnly protesting their inuocence , and that in presence of their priest . They were convicted on the evidence of approvers , and ' circumstances are alleged since to have conic to light which show that the approvers perjured , themselves , and subsequently admitted it . Execution . —Bucknell , the young man who was convicted at the lute assizes of the doable murder of his grandfather and grandmother at Creech , near Taunton , has been h ; i ng « d in front of the county gaol . The condemned denied to the last moment that he had committed anv inurdur .

      Muuubu of a Son . —A woman , named Ann Coulters , who had an illegitimate child , an idiot boy eight years old , was anxious to be married . The boy was an obstacle . To get rid of it she cut her son ' s throat , having first nerved herself to the horrid deed by drink . This occurred on Sunday in Cheshire . The murderess confessed , mid has been committed . Husn . vNi > -KU-M 2 ? G . —A . woman named Webster U in custodj' at Dudley , charged with killing her husbaud in a brutal m miner . They hnd been quarrelling , and she struck him violently on the head with a poker , and kicked him when he foil . He dicil soon after .

      Mtiu > i : ri nicar Picrmr . —At the Brig of Earn , oa . Saturday , a womnn named Campbell was murdered by her nephew of the same name , a sailor . When drunk : he demanded money , which being refused , ho attacked his victim with a knife and killed her in a few minutes . He was apprehended and brought into Perth , by th « time he reached which , something like a consciouancna of the crime he had committed seemed to possess bimf

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 861, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_28081858/page/5/