31 DECEMBER 1859, Page 8

The action brought by Mr. Mears, the bell-founder, against Mr.

E. B. Denison, came yesterday to a conclusion in the Sheriff's Court, which was called upon to assess damages for the libel uttered by Mr. Denison in the matter of the Westminster bell. Mr. Denison said that Mears had supplied a bell with holes in it, stepped by mineral matter and washed over. The result was that Mr. Denison agreed to retract all his injurious animadver- sions on Mr. Mears, and give to him full indemnity for his expenses.