The Express. — London, England, 1868-02-01 00:00:00

.:CUTIVX COMM ITT= itCIAL DISTILEeB at the JUST TIIIIUNITED EXEt T the Mlle, of Sr END of LONDON. CONNTITTE. .1. TY/sonar Somuda, Esq., IL J. Sowthwell, Esq. M.P. The Rev. J. Caparn. Henry Green. Rik The Rev. Brenchley Kingsferd. J. Henry Hoesch= MA- Philip Common, My. • E. H. Carrie, Inn. The Rer. fisptlmus Hansard. C. Hanipden Wigram, tieq. John lisseard, Hay. Robert Wlgrom, The Rev. T. J. Howson T. B. Spence, Esq. Metropolitan 'Visiting and Relief Association. Colonel Bogart's. Society for Relief of Dletreso The Committee, which has been formed puts to resolution of • crinteretwe of the various societlea for the relief of -end un iting held on Monday last, 27th iustmit, with thew f uniting the action of these soctetiei, and of ongooloing, In co operation with the guardians of the poor, an efficient and uniform rystem of relief for coaea of temporary and exceptional diei*g'. have to report that their organisation is complete, and ANTRAL for EC N DS, which may be paid to the following bankers: env.-31 ems. Smith. Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lornbardetreet WEST-F.-NO.-51MM Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, J. STANDISH HALT, Secretary. 8, St. Marthisidon, Trafalgar-woare, Janu ar y 31, IS S. ?AIM EXHIBITION numuss SELVES MIDAL, 1867 . TORN BROODER. °It EIINAL GOLD CHAIN MAN A Y, O lt is. HILNEISTrAdiRigi, oovr.iT4Lsom BROGDSN'S 18-ant GOLD CILIUM JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDENII GOLD ALBERT CHAIM. 'OLIN BROGDIN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. 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Cite OTPreoo* TO CORILLSPONDENTi. advertisements Wooded toe The gipreteerl," London Evening , mut be et the °Mee, 10, bve-atreet, by Two on the day of put:die:M.lov. HATMARKIT. TIM 4 F:wslinte, TIIE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB.—A WIFE WELL WoN. Messrs. So ern, Buckstone, Howe, e lat. lingers, Bradd. Westhersby, sal Mks Robstisen.—After slie.h AN UTTER PER-VERSION OM TIIE BRIGAND. VRINCEAS'S Tlll9 Emmen, TUE COLLEEN HAWN.CEr. and Stns. Noe Bout-Iranll—After which THE srrtErtrs OF LONDON. Mr. Vining, Messrs. Mnrry, Shore, Neville, Vorrester, Melton. ; Misses Elsworthy, E. Harnett, Rachel Sanger. and stre. Addis. irtRAND. Tniq nnaixn. OLD SALT. Mr. Emery and Mi.. Nrlty Nlnore. —After %Welt TIM CALIPH OF II M;DAD Mews. Mateo air: Jame.: NlerAldnies Ads Saranbrorcatvit, Juhnakate, Harland, 11 , a, ex.—And COAL A:4D CIA K. HOLBORN. TtMs Exrwren, TUE FLYING ee 't , D. Menem Atkins. Moe, Garden, trthar, Westland, and Wiltnott ; Mesdames Melinda, ttoodnii, Lennox, a n d maunders —Conclude with VALENTINIC AN II OtLiON. .11.111 e. Montero, Little Regret's., etc. THIS EVENING, DON QUIXOFI7; tilt, SANCRO PANZA AND Ills WIFE TEItEZA. Mrs. Lane. & Ikaaes Edwin& llonth Pun toniiiitists SI evrrii. Desitie, Louis, Neuftwill, and t ickirelll: Slinks C. staiiluso and Miss It.ise Nathan.—An.l WHO DID IT? 111011 WATS& AT LONDOS BRIM& Two nAy —moray. 6b. 7b. 164666aw—Morning. 76. 2:42..--Aitarnooa, 70. Ws. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. Tun tender regard of the law for feeble and un pro:e,:ted infancy has just been touchingly shown in the Court of Exchequer. We refer to the judg- Divot given on Thursday in the mile of " RIDER WoNI KW ELL." Thu plaintiff is a jeweller . _ and silversmith, carrying on business in Bond street. The defendant is a yomig gentleman of good family, the son and brother of a baronet, with a year and a marked taste for jewellery. Two or three years ago ho attained his majority. The name which he bears is familiar in the annals of the Regency, and plays a conspicuous part in those revelations of the manners and customs of the British aristocracy which we owe to the pen of Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY. Tho strong desire of civilized youth to adorn its person with gorgeous apparel, and with gold and precious stones, was not absent from the mind of the infant Womawr.i.L. With the pleasing thoughtlessness of childhood, he procured (we can scarcely say, after the defence he has set up, bought) from Mr. RYDER, of Bond street, a pair of wrist-studs or solitaires set with precious stones, a smelling-bottle, a pair of ear rings, some studs, and a silver-gilt-chased goblet, _ _ _ for which he was charged 671. i 6s. On being sued for this debt after coining of age, Mr. Womu• wm.t. munificently paid into court the sum of 61. Ss., and pleaded as to the remainder of the claim the innocent irresponsibility of his infant years. The jury, however, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, whereupon Mr. \VUMRWELL'M counsel iditained a rule fora nonsuit, on tho ground of misdirection on the part of the LORD CHIEF BARON. The case was heard on Thursday. As it involves points of considerable interest to the jembe,se (lyric of London, and to the tradesmen who do the gild ing of the golden youth, a few words upon it may be useful. According to the law of England, an infant may bind himself by a contract for necessa ries, on the plain ground that if he could not do so he would be unable to obtain credit for them, and so the unfortunate infant might starve. But for articles not necessary he cannot bind himself, otherwise his tender and ingenuous years would be the prey of designing rogues, who might lead him into extravagances. The question then arises— What are necessaries? Were a pair of wrist-studs, or solitaires set with precious stones, price 25L, a I smelling-bottle, a pair of ear-rings, and some studs, strictly necessary to the infant WOMBWELL t Was it indispensable that he should present a silver gilt-chased goblet, worth 15!., to the Marquis of Har,reet--: ? The Barons of the Court of Exche quer sitting in Banco have decided that this present was not strictly necessary; and they have, therefore, made absolute the rule for reducing the verdict by 15t., but have discharged it as to the residue, leaving, however, the discretion of the defen dant free, upon payment:of the costs, to take an absolute rule fora new trial. This is the judg ment of three out of the four Judges—Baron BRAMWELL dissenting from his brethren, and hold ing that the solitaires, and the ear-rings, and the smelling-bottle were just as little necessary to the infant WOMBWELL as the present of a silver-gilt chased goblet to the Marquis of Ruernies. According to the first intention and reason of the law there can be no doubt that he is correct ; but, I according to the precedents of previous decisions, there is plausible ground for the judgment of the majority of the Court. In order that an infant might not be left without the means of subsist ence, he was enabled to make a binding contract, and to pledge his credit for necessaries, strictly so called, as fur food, shelter, and clothing. To save him from being preyed upon by rogues, he could not pledge his credit for articles not strictly neces- itisaa wiry. But modern experience has sow., necessarytoprotectguileleas tradesmen from design- her Melest7's P", ols ing infanta, asinnocenti nfantafrom scheming trades- tw,rh r Star redifft°l men. It might not be physically safe for a pallid a coroner sad denies that he re _ lOsdtsad an d under-grown shopman to refuse credit for is called the Proenreur Imperial in France, and contends studs, or a smellin,g-bottle, or a pair of ear-rings, that he la magnifying an office which is moat useful when to an , athletic infant of twenty, of known good confined to Its legitimate work, and withheld from rem. connexions and fortune. It would be offensive to peters with the polite courts. do so, and in most cases, the infant WOMBWELL notwithstanding, it would be absurdly over-cau tious. Therefore, to protect the tradesmen against repudiating infants, the judicial interpretation of the term necessaries has been enlarged so as to include not only articles requisite for subsistence, but articles reasonably suited to the rank in life of the person purchasing or otherwise procuring them. Tho decisions on this delicate question of fitness have been very various. It has been decided, in one case, that a quantity of jewellery, including a fine gold ring, thirty other rings, a gold watch, and gold pins, were necessaries to an acquisitive but parsimonious infant, who had obtained but did not wish to pay for them. It has been de cided that cigars are not necessaries to a healthy infant ; a judgment which Sir FITZROY KELLY justifies on the ground that an article which was unknown in Europe two or three centuries ago cannot be necessary, except medicinally, to any man in any condition. He might say the same of potatoes, which were, we believe, introduced at I the same time as tobacco, and by the same per son, and prove that they have never been ne cessaries to any Irishman. This principle would limit the necessary diet of British infants to acorns and pig-nuts. Obviously, however, an estimate of fitness does not admit of being reduced to rule, and scarcely any one case can form a precedent for any other. Baron BrumwELL is consistent and thorough-going in his view. " A pair of " things called solitaires," costing 25E., cannot be necessary to any infant, he contends, since " studs " fit for the purpose, and such as a gentleman may " well wear, may be bought for a few pence." If the cunning infants who may take advantage of I the learned Baron's view of the law adopt also his I canon of dress, not much harm will be done. We doubt whether tradesmen will consider the one or the other more injurious to them. His lordship urges that if the claim for the solitaires is good, ear-rings for a male, spec tacles for a blind person, or a wild animal—this last illustration was suggested, we sup pose, by some obscure association with the name WomewEra.—might be accounted necessa ries. These absurd illustrations could easily be varied. But they prove nothing. When once the line of strict necessity is overpasaed, it is im possible to lay down any other rule than that of the apparent good faith of the seller, and the re striction of the value of the articles within the limits suitable to the known position, connexions, and presumed fortunes of the purchaser. Wrist studs for himself, and ear-rings for presentation to a lady, and a silver-gilt-chased cup for a gentleman, come within theume category. A man who can afford to invest 251. in a pair of solitaires for his own adornment can afford to make a present of a fifteen guinea cup to a friend, especially if his friend be a marquis. The ground on which the Court dis allowed the latter claim, and allowed the first, does not, therefore, seem to us valid. since de part from the lino of strict necessity, and give scope to the jury's discretionary estimate of cir cumstances and fitness, and there is no alterna- 1 tive but to permit them by their verdicts to protect transactions entered into in good faith by reputable tradesmen from evasion by perfidious infants. At present each verdict of a jury, in a case where the plea of infancy is allowed, is an 1.. e pont facto sumptuary law, which acts as a fine on the ono side and a release for the past on the other, without afford ing guidance for the future. If the present system continues, young men of men of means and family will be obliged, for the satisfaction of tradesmen, to carry about with them certificates of their majo rity, or, in the case of minors, to explain the proportion of their purchases to their incomes, and the use which they intend to make of the articles order. ment to back out • of generalisation. , he did not throw the part of govern , such as it is. WlAl'Elift REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) SAWILUT, FligiUkti 1, $ A.M. I B T. \ W. 1 1' 8 ; c-- 14"." W. 8 ' l i t D. Pairs 77.1;- : —-- - 7 - -- ---- 1 &birdies 44 41 W.B.W. 8 7 N.W. ore 0.28 3 Laub 28 .08 14 B.W. 710 B.W. rb 0.41 t - Axdresna 121.01 1 4i S.W. 811 B.W. el 0.73 8 90100154 1941 W. 1 8 1 B.W. tro 9.99! 8 Cape Clear 90.381 60 W. 1 :0 W.N.W. 03 O.IN 8 Rodidell i 11. 89 W. 8 W.B.W. me 0.48 5 = 29,02110, W. tO B . W. r 0.21 4 _. 29.02 80 W.S.W. 9 B.W. oe SU - Psoasse• -le 10 r 3 ,1 W.&W. 0 W.S.W. mro o.o^ 7 Bra* ...... 29.881 50 W.S.W. 6 S.W. fm - 6 1•28292.....20.9211101 B.W. 4I B.W. or O. 5 11.thelae.Ply ... I 'r. l s: t 5 51 til . . H 1 B.W. 0 0 — ,2 l 7.7....--....,:ri , W.8.W... It! 8.W.. orr illt. 'I Leaden ....SSW 1 1 M.B.W. 10 1 W.B.W. cm 0.01 - Tarrooslie.;lll),l9 I B.W. 8 1 W.S.W. o—' 4 Ilearboromb 2287 10 W. 9 1 W.B.W. cro 0.28 5 8510148 WU 111 W.B.W. 10 W.S.W. r 0.32 4 Bruwe nds b /49 88 .621 8 8 .8 8 ..W w .. - 8 -.. . -_ o o ffirsiboarg - &W. 6 - 1 - c - - Lyons 10.37 , St 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 Barometer corrected and redoced to S 2 deg. at am level The letters r (tieing), f (falling!, s (steady), indicate direction of motionof the memerywithlu last 14 hours. ThermomeUn exposed in shade. Extreme force, with its direction duriug last 24 hours. Z.—cahn. Weather: IL—blue sky ; louds (detached) IL—hail; L—Ughtning ; m.—mlety ; hazy : ; o.—overcast (dull); r--rain ; 6.—ukow ; L.—thunder. Rain tall, mow or hail ;melted). during last 24 bouts. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The barometrical deprenelon reported yesterday evening has continued. and has assumed very large proportiona. In the north the diroinulion In the reading has beers to the extent ‘d nearly nine-tenths of an inch. whilst on our south coast the decrease. though not so vmd. has exceeded half an Inch. There Is a difference of nearly two Inches between the readings at Aberdeen and Lyons. Temperature is very high at all stations, except in the north and west, where it boo began to decrees, A very .trong southoventerly wind was reported last evening an prevailing on the Irish coast ; it has increased to a seven; gale. which has visited all our coasts, and has not yet abated. At the western stations the wind ham veered to tho westward. Much rein has fallen on our north-west coast , where lightning is n•- ported. The eea is high on the Irish coast and in the Channel. V. orange were iaxucd last evening. Latterly a new feature has been added in the Regent's-park. A plot of ground at the southeast corner of the Regent's-park, occupying some 10 or 11 acres, and bounded by three roads on three sides, and the Avenue Gardens on the fourth, has been laid out after • picturesque manner. This plot (says the Gardener's Citron ick) pre viously a tame, ill-drainedoinhiteresting area, encumbered in parts with overcrowded groups of young trees, and cot off from the rest of the park by the roads and avenue just mentioned, has, by the judicious tbinnirg out of the trees, by the clever variation of the surface level, and by the liberal Introduction of groups and masses of ornamental trees and shrubs, been converted from • desolate waste to a really pretty bit of landscape scenery. A few days since a gardener in trenching some meadow land at Highgate, Middlesex, found • vase con taining nearly 7,490 silver coins, consisting of silver pennies (London, York, Middlesex, Bristol, and Canterbury), groats and half-groats, halfpennies, Ac. (Irish and Scotch. Vene tian and foreign, Teutonic), and two gold coins of Edward 111., also an amber rosary. The coins have been partially arranged by Mr. Vaux, of the British Museum. In the Dublin Queen's Bench yesterday. in the case of Augustine E. Costelloe, the Solicitor-General stated that in future no fees should be demanded as • condition precedent to considering whether a fiat should be granted to a writ of error, the court having expressed an opinion that the fee was illegal. A strong feeling of dissatiaraction has been ex cited among the people of Kerry by the firm attitude of loyalty assumed by Bishop Moriarty and some of his clergy. It is stated that unusual opposition has been offered to the collection of the annual dues. Among the recent arrivals in Rome is that of the celebrated American Federal general, known as '' fighting Joe Hooker." His wife is in delicate health. The general himself is recovering from his attack of paralysis a year ago. The Pope has granted audience to the Chevalier Pietro Marietta, and presented a gold medal to him in sign of his Holiness's satisfaction on receiving the first volume of the Gospel printed at the Propaganda-office from the ancient Greek manuscript in the Vatican Library under the chevalier's direction, and the revisal of Fathers Vercellone and Cous. This Vatican Cock,: was written very accurately, apparently in the fourth century, and all cultivators of sacred erudition were desirous of an edition of it which should represent the same quality and form of letter, and the precise number of letters and lines. The first volume contains the Gospel according toSt. Matthew. The entire pnblication will extend to six volume', the last containing notes and dissertations. An American paper gives the following statistics of private libraries in the neighbourhood of Boston :--The library of the late Mr. Everett contains 7,003 vols. ; of the late Mr. Prescott, the historian, 6,000 vols. ; of the late Abbot lAIOTNICO, 10,000 vols. ; of the late Daniel Webster, 5,000 vole. ; of the late Thomas Dowse, the learned leather dresser, 4,000 vols. ; of the late George Livermore, rich in Bibles and biblical works, 4,000 volc ; of the late Theodore Parker, 10,000 vols. ;of the pra t ßufus Choate, 7,000 vole. ;and of Mr. Adams, the American Minister in England, 18,000 vole. The Duke of Edinburgh stayed three weeks in South Australia, and 2003100 people there Lept holiday during that period to celebrate his visit. Twenty-five steamers, containing 10,000 persons, escorted hie ship Galatea up the bay, to Melbourne, in Victoria. 150,000 p ers ons thronged the streets of that city to welc ome hiw. The address of the city to him was presented in the pre sence of 30,000 spectators: 11,000 children song the English National Anthem to him ; a free public banquet was given to 20,000 persons in the open au in honour of the royal visit. Hundreds of address; were presented to the son of the Queen of England, exp G er m a n" and affection. Towns sail villages filled with and Chinese vied with people of English descent in expressions of loyalty and attachment towards the Prince and his mother. Balls, fireworks, and illuminations celebrated the royal visit, and joy fires blazed on every hill for fift y miles round. The Galatea was to be escorted up Sydney Bay by nearly fifty steamers, containing 20,0 00 persons- The Prince laid the foundation stone of • public building with a trowel formed of solid gold, ornam ented with precious stones.-Persona paper. T H E BISHOP OF LONDONS C ONFIRMA TIONS. - The annual series of confirmations for the diocese of Lon don will be taken this year, in near l y o q ual parts, by the Bishop of London and Bishop Anderson, Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral. The Bishop of London's arrangements are as follows :-February 19, Christ Church, Newgate street ; March 2, St. Pancras ;March 4, St. Maryleoone parish church ; March 11, Hi March 15, Spital. fields ; March 18, Harrow School ; March 25, King's Col lege ; March 31, St. Jim's'', Westminster ; April 29, Pop lar ;re May 11 s, St. George's, D ; May 10, St. Andrews, s,Holborn ; May 13, Islington parish church ; May 20, Edmonton ; June 15, St. James a, Paddhigton ; June Pt, Fulham ; June 29, Kensington parish church ; July 6, St. Luke's, Chelsea ; July 8, Sunbury ; July 15, Ealing ; July 19, St. Mary's, Newington-butts ; July 22, Staines ; July 27, West Hsekne; August 3, Great Stoninore. Bishop Anderson will bo ld confirmations as follows :-February 19, St. Mark's, Clerkenwell , and Bt. George's-in-the-Emit ; Feb. 20, Teddington ; March 31, St. Paul's, Walwortb ; April 1, Stoke Newington aad Hampatead ; April 2. Whiteehspel and St. Helen's, Bishopsgate ; April 21, Christ Church, Albany-street, and Wimbledon ; Aril 22, St. Mary's, ton - sq uare, sod Bt. John's, Hoxton ; April Pi, =don ; May 12, Bt. Margaret's, Westminster, and St. Peter's, Pimlioo ; May 13, St. Stephen's. Paddington, and Holy Trinity, Brampton ; May 14, Islington Chapel of Ease and St. John's, Kaatish-town ; June 23, St. Paul's, Ithightebridge, and Ail Souls, Marylebone ; June 24, Barnes and Isleworth ; June Ti, Hadley. In each of the mouths of Octob er , November, and December a time and place for private confirmation will be fixed for any candi dates omitted at the general confirmation who are properly recommended. LECTURE BY PROFESSOR MAIIRICE.--OH ThlllT day evening the Rev. F. D. Maurice, Professor of Moral Philosophy to this University, delivered a lecture in the Barnwell Workmen's Hall, on the " Wealth of eveq. Men." The attendance was not large. The Rev. G. W. Weldon eseepied the chair. The Professor, in some emempore revearks, hepressed apes his hearers that there were sources of wealth possessed by every man, other then the mere possession of property or fortune. Surely it was wealth to have the power of right, of bearing, of convening with one's fellows, sad of retsiaing facts, la.. in one's meager.. He illostisted his organsente, which were very foamy pat, by goofier( some verses from Milton, written after he became blind, showing the use he bad made of his tight when he noisome& it. es depicted inintlegautsite word-painting. The power el maser, he by qeMations frees the poetry of Terw idi t which the laureate's powers of emsocey were played. The lecture was listened to with in throsigh out, h ad at the close • vote of thanks, on the motion of the chairman, was warmly someded to Professor Maurice. --Cambridge Indepradast. . 111 FA 4N d f .1 v/14ILPR S Y . it it is u and *sm zo i a 413 1. 114, Isis& cal 4106 LAI , d es i gn _ her Majesty's gaols ; but what is to be the in these two poor wretches, with " 8.C." burnt into r •ka? g trader- 'rhe Star di ff ers from Dr. Lankesber on ties functions of T 1 • pallid • co • roner and denies that he representa da Begiand wbst T h e repot FEBR 8i 7 3 T ELLIGEN oho • " er is this consolation, that iv ma. 1 syrizi. 1 out 'any hint of a desire on OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) The mingling of the relief of hunger and the communication of religions knowledge by the East London Mission Is deprec►ted by the Timis, which thinks if there were ever a scene which might deaden the instinct of re ligions controversy, it is that which the East-end of Lon don affords at the present moment. Every vestige of see , tarianLau has been banished from the action of the state, sod to that example the societies which supplement it ought to conform. In other articles the Tim's treats of the speech of AL Michel Chevalier in the French Senate, which though vain for its immediate purpose is memorable for the com prehensive view it opens of the present and future position of France ; the mischief which 'au been done to our trade by the persistence of some of our manufacturers in send ing out adulterated cotton goods to India is pointed out in a third article, and the fact mentioned that the local mills in Lida are now beginning to supersede the worthless fabrics Bent to them from Lancashire. Th e loss of the THE PRINCE AND PRINcEsa OF WALES. — Tbe Ivanhoe, and the report of the Board of Trade thereon, Prince and Princess of Wales will probably close their gives the Times another illustration of the dangerous pros- present visit to Sandringham in the course of the next tier, to which it bad before referred, of sending out met. fortnight. On Wednesday evening their royal highnesses chant ships to sea with heavy loads on the deck. gave a ball at Sandriugham-bouse to a distinguished party. After a ;ening allusion to Mr. Arnold's lively badinage The following is the result of the sport obtained last week on the subject of anarchy and authority, the Daily News on General Hall's estate near Newmarket by the Prince of proceeds to observe that the liberal party in the House Wales, Prince Edward of Bare Weimar, the Earl of of COIIIIIIOO6 has to make its choice between these Leicester, the Earl of Dunmore, Earl Tankerville, the Mar- Bus two pri n ciples , and that the latter can only be quid of Blandford , the Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., Mr. secured by bold, judicious, and conciliatory leader- sell, Major Teesdale, and General Hall :—First day-312 ship. In Mr. Gladstone's favour there is every partridges, 44 hares, 10 rabbits. fieoond day-203 par. point save one ;he has studied every branch of tridges, 43 hares, 1 rabbit. Third day-218 part ri dges, 23 goverauteat except the House of Commons, and he some. hares, 4 rabbits. Fourth day—l6B partridges and 22 hares. times appeared to confound the functions of a leader with The total kill for the four days was thus 9031 partridges, those of a dictator. These are small things but they some. 132 bates, and 13 rabbits, or altogether, 1,07 S head. times outweigh greater ones. All deductions, however, Viscount Jocelyn and Colonel the Hon. Strange being made, leave Mr. Gladstone not only the best, but Jocelyn have arrived in town from visiting the Earl of the only possible liberal leader. Lord Palmerston's be- Roden at Tollymore Park, Ireland. ginning as a parliamentary haler was far less successful The Right lion. the Speaker of the House of than his successor's. It depends on Mr. Gladstone him- Commons and Lady Charlotte Denison will entertain a self to win his way to a political ascendancy as complete succession of friends at Oudngton Park till the meeting of as that of Palmerston or of Peel. Let his followers re- parliament. nouns a temper too critical or exacting, and let Mr. Viscount and Viscountess Halifax will receive a Gladstone learn to humour somewhat a sensititeness in- family circle at Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, shortly before separable from popular assemblies, and the chief difficul. they return to town fog the season. ties in the way of liberal unity will be removed. Discussing the deficiency of our schools in England, the The Duke of Northumberland , accompanie d b y Daily NEWS enters the duchess and their sons, the Lor ds Perc y , have arrived into • variety of detain statistics at the Hotel Bristol, Paris. The Marchioness of Abercorn, with • view of proving that whether we regard mere num. the Earl and Countess of Kiln:my, the Earl of Orford, bets or the quality of the instruction, England is very in aced Riron Alfred de Rothschild are staying at the same ferior to Prussia. house. The Port confines itself to foreign topics such as the North German Confederation, M. Chevalier's speech, sad The banquet proposed to be given by the Royal the affairs of the Prineipalities. Artillery and the Royal Engineers together in honour of The Standard lays that an Irish reform bill is in pre. the new Field-Marsbals, Sir H. D. Roes and Sir J. Dar potation, together with a measure on Irish railways, and goyne, will take place early in March, under the auspices another on the land question. These are altogether ins- of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Field speetive of the work of the Church and Education Com. Marshal Ceninialiffinfin - eklef. missions. No one, then, will be able to charge the govern- The following promotions (says the Army and meat with making the existence of our Irish misfortunes Nov, Gazette) will take plans in eeneetittenee of the death an excuse for inaction. of Lieutenant-General Sir Micheal White, Colonel of the Noticing the carrying out of the sentence of a court- 7th Dragoon Guards, viz., Major-General Sir George Bell, martial at Chatham on two Irish soldiers of the lit Royale colonel of the 32nd Light Infantry, to be lieutenant. on the charge of using treasonable language, the Telegraph general ; Colonel the Hon. Petty Herbert to be major denounces the branding of these men as disgraceful general; Major T. Wickham, late of the 33rd Foot, to be cruelty. As treasonable or seditious malcontents they lientenantaolonel ; and Captain R. VengitMrt Allen, deserved all the penal servitude they have got, and at the Royal Marine Light Infaatry, to be major la the army. expiration of their sentence they should be sent about We (Times) have authority to state that the gold their busineu ; but it was barbarous to brand them far the of Derby has confen• 1 the pia:fleabag. of Magdalen Real utterance of hasty words. Society is not justified in upon the Rev. Richard 11 obeli, 8.D.,wh0 has held the stamping any human being with an ine ff aceable mark of v i sis prinrepalship under the late Dr. latbrid• for nearly ignominy. Ten years hence Ireland may be contented, 20 years. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Spectator says, an invasion of Italy, intended to end i• the divides of the Peninsula into three—North ern, Southern, and Papal Italy—would gratify the priest hood, would satisfy the wounded pride of France, would plant near France three almost dependent states, and would seem to be a revival rather than a formal betrayal of the Napoleonic ideas. The peace of Villahenoa was the Emperor's work, and he has already shed blood in the field to prevent the completion of Italian unification and to protect the papacy, which is now intriguing in every direction, not to resist, but to break up Italy. Ther is but too much reason to fear that such • project would be received with considerable favour in France, That the country itself would resist is certain, but France i desires rather than fears an enemy ; and men well sa -1 *minted with Neapolitan feeling affirm that the appear ance of a French fleet before Naples would be the signal for • Bourbon and clerical explosion which would divert half the strength of Italy to repression. These are the views which there is too much reason to fear a party within the Tuileries are pressing upon the Emperor, which are avowed by all clerical prints, and which have the sympathy, to say DO more, of M. There and those whose latent thought be always contrives to express, the war party of France. Fortunately, they have not yet prevailed with the Emperor, who is not a man to forget his attitude before the historians of the future ; but the Spectator fears they assist to induce him to press • despotic, or rather a Ossearist policy upon Victor Emmanuel. Many signs com bine to prove that a coup d'tlat is under consideration, more or less serious, and that the King is trying anxiously to effect some compromise with Rome. Treating of " mistress and maid" in the question of dress, the Saturday &rim tomes to the conclusion that • reform in the dress of " lower-Maas females," and maid servants in particular, can only be brought about in one way. The reaction in favour of a neat and simple style must come from above, and not from below ; in the way of example, not precept. When " ladies of position and ' fortune" cease to lavish their thousands on millinery, their copyists in the nursery and kitchen will cease to spend their wages on a similar object. When every one above the rank of a governess dresses in a manner suitable to her station, complaints will be no longer heard about " unbecoming" finery below stairs. The chief incentive to showy dress among the "lower order of females" is unquestionably a desire to ape the extract. gance of their betters. Remove that incentive, and the evil which • "Clergyman's Wife" so forcibly deplores will ■oon cure itself. We hope that she may be induced to turn her reforming zeal into another direction. Instead of indulging in childish projects for putting the Sunday school, and the church singers, and uudd-servants, and the lower order of females generally into uniforms, let her attack the mischief at its root, sad persuade the fine ladies of the earth to curtail their monstrous prodigality and immodest vagaries in dress. Let her add her warning voice to that of the Head of Latin Christianity, who has recently denounced this scandal of the age with the same perennial vigour that characterises his anathemas on the subalpine government. The Examiner says that in France a spirit of bat-blind materialism has got feat hold of the middle classes of the community ; and they will sacrifice nothing of present ease or enjoyment for sake of those who are to come after them. Love of liberty and love of country dwindle and die under the shade of absolutism. In Austria the people rubbed their hands and sneered when they heard of Konigratz ; and there was not a thought or • threat of snatching up arms to defend the country ; it was not their country—only the dominions of their despotic lord. How far constitutionalism may change this sullen and resentful feeling time alone can tell. There are 40,000,000/. of gold in the °offers of the Bank, which, for the present, it will hurt nobody to have set rolling through the vein■ of public employment ; and u to the price which the newly issued Rentes fifteen or twenty years hence may bring—who thinks of that? That is the affair of another generation—perhaps of another dynasty. Cite Court. OSBORNE, JAN. 311 The Queen held a Council yesterday, at half past one o'clock, at which were present the Lord Pre sident of the Council, the Earl of Bradford, Lord John Manners, and the Right lion. Stephen Cave. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. The Duke of Marlborough had an andienoe of her Majesty. The Earl of Bradford presented to the Queen, Mr. Charles Wheatstone, who received the honour of knight hood. The Queen drove out in the afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian, and attended by the Duchess of ►thole. This morning her Majesty went out with Princess Chris tian. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have left Osborne. Prince Leopold is better, but is still very weak. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marl borough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorue Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckin,ghain and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord John Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole. a~ rTELLt THE PRESS 124 FRANCE. The report of the discussion in the Corps Legis- LW on the bill on the press, and mocking com mentaries on the judgment of the Sixth Chamber, which condemned ten journals to fines of 401. each, continue to occupy the columns of the Paris journals. The Dibats leads off with the following : Foreign journals will appreciate in full smutty the speech delivered by M. Thiel", in yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legidatif. We, who do not miry the same privi leges u the journals of London, Berlin, end Vienna, will not run the risk of saying whether in our opinion the orator was above or below himself cm this ocresion. We mast refer the reader to the shorthand report of the Moniteur, with so much of an opinion, if it be allowed to that he will not regret the time and labour he devotes to reading it. The same journal contains an article by John Lemoine, in which that writer says : Now that we are dispensed from making speeches we dispense ourselves from reading them. We may, however, contemplate them in the sacred supplements of the Mon iteur. But since we can no longer occupy ourselves with the dialogues of the living,let ns seek in the dialogues of the dead some reflections on the liberty of thinking, Speaking, and writing. The writer then proceeds to quote from the well known epistle of Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan, from Dr. Johnson, Royer-Collard, Milton, Pascal, and Swedenborg, and winds up by observ ing :—" Truly, after having conversed with these, we can console ourselves at not having to read such and such an orator, whom the Sixth Chamber will not allow us to name. We prefer the Dialogues of the Dead.'" The Arenir National observes : Totell rational beings—You have the right to discuss, but only " within certain limits," when it is impossible to define these limits ; to permit us to judge of a speech with out being able to indicate its bearing ; to support or combat the opinion of a speaker without being able to say what that opinion is—is to outrage common sense and to get us into a net under the delusion of asserting our right. The Liberty remarks that the experience of the governments which succeeded each other from 1789 to 1852 shows that it is impossible to fetter the liberty of the press. " But " it adds, "in spite of evidence, in spite of history, which, it appears, have neither rays of light nor instruction for it, the imperial government persists in believ ing it can be done." The Temps commences an article thus :—" Yes terday's sitting in the Corps Legislatif "—here it breaks off to speak of the proceedings in the Italian parliament. The Union says: We must be mute. To be silent, to be silent again, to be silent always, this is what afflicts us; not on our own account, but on account of the representatives of universal suffrage ; on account of the honour of our country. Even La France joins in as follows : But it would be dangerous to appreciate these speeches, to give the names of those who made them, to refer to the subject of which they treat or to indicate the impression which they have produced. Our readers will supply our forced silence by turning to the report of the sitting. (REVUE'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 26. A revolution has broken out at the province of Santa Ft; (Argentine Confederation), and the town of Rosario is in the hands of the insurgents, who have declared for Urquiza. Cholera is subsiding at Buenos Ayres, but is still very prevalent in the allied camp. RIO JANEIRO, JAR. 9. Advices from the seat of war state that no further fighting had taken place. President Lopez was receiving supplies through the Chasse. Four vessels left Rio yesterday, with troops, and car rying cannon, to force, if necessary, a passage by Rosario. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROM OWE OWN PARIS, FRMAY EVEKING. M. Thiers pronounced yesterday a grand oration in favour of the liberty of the press. It was most carefully studied from beginning to end, and will take rank with the best of his speeches on record. In the mouth of anyone less accustomed than M. Thiers to command attention much of what he said would have been found tedious, for he took his subject ab ors, and sketc hed the history of the world during the last "thirty centuries" for the purpose of showing that a free press was now a necessity in every state pretending to self-govern ment. • He approved of the prohibition of dis cussing such things as the rights of property and the obligations of family ties. But what he wished particularly to insist upon was the absurdity of asking correctional judges to decide whether a discussion on a subject allowed to be controverted had been conducted with sufficient moderation. There was no standard for moderation in argu ment. There was a standard yard measure in the French museums, but who should find a measure for press moderation i They in that chamber, as the elect of universal suffrage, might proudly call themselves the very salt of the nation, and yet which of them could pretend to say that in the heat of argument he would always be just and fair and moderate I And yet this im possible perfection was exacted from journalists, many of whom must necessarily be young and ob scure men. The oldest statesman among them might often take a lesson from a young journalist just out of school. The flashes of genius brought to bear upon publio affairs in the press by young men were in his opinion prices in a lottery of intellect which it was most important to encourage. He had said when he was a minister , th irt y -three y ears ago, that he was for allowing the press " to discuss minis terial acts without restriction, even to calumniate or bring against ministers charges, true or false, and probably more often false than true, and in short to do what now was held so abhorrent—to ex cite to hatred and contempt against them." He was still of that opinion, and he wished to take the opportunity of confessing before the country that whereas many of his friends were less liberal than formerly, he now in his old age was more liberal than he had ever been in his life. There was a time in 1848, when he saw the novel and turbulent composition of an assembly cf 100 deputies, whose speeches were listened to by an audience of 2,000 people in the tribunes, that his heart had to some extent failed him. But the experience of the working of that very assembly, and the way in which it had ulti tastely been brought to hear reason, bad con vinced him that liberty was its cum best corrective. He greatly exalted the example of •Bngland, and concluded by hoping that govern ment would not let slip the decisive moment which called for a large progressive step. Pinard, the new Minister of the Interior, snswered M. Thiess in a speech which will gain no laurels to disturb the atop of M. Senior. It was a dry lawyer's oration, taking up the clauses of the bill and justifying them one by one CITY DISCOUNT COMPANY (LIMITED). (THIS DAY.) ---- The fourth ord.'nary general meeting was held at noon ibis day, at the London Tavern ; Ms. J. A. Mrs. atm:rola in the chair. The following is the directors' report and accounts : "The directors, in presenting the annexed balance. sheet of the company's affairs to the 314 December last, trust that it will merit the approval of the shareholden. The balance available for division (after carryin g 2,000/. to reserve) is 4.535/. 14 $. Od. ; an d out of this the directors recommend that 3,04 W. 13s. 9d. h e se vi t e as e. i p il? to pay al d. a clivfiden ree tio.mf income tax x cen t t a p t e!Aut i tni on be written off pre u reminary expenses (making 1,0: . 1:,/.. I i .. I d. so written off during the year) ; and that the balance. 1,013!. 19s. lid., be carried forward to the next account, The retiring directors, Messrs. Moore and Muggeriage, otter themselves for re-election. The auditors retie, and also offer themselves for re-election. lislance-mbeet to Dec. 31, 1867.—Dr.: To capital ae. count-550 shares with 21. paid, 1,1001. ; 2,450 sharer with 3/. paid, 7,35.1/.; 15,095 shares with 41. paid, rm,:t , tii,; !e,, shares, with 5/. paid, 4,95 W. ; total shares, 19,0..7,_ 73,7801. ; to reserve against doubtful debts, 5,0 0 e1'. ; to deposits, loans, and sundry liabilities, 166,1911.::.. DI. ; to rebate of interest on bills an hand, 2831. 1:o. lid. ; to amount standing at credit of profit and loss amount, ar ter annexed statement, 4,555/.14e. 9.1. ; t0ta1,249,510/.11 , ...1. Cr.: Ily bills discounted, advances, &c., 217,381 1 . !',. 21. by purchase of buminess, and preliminary expenses. balance of account, 14,233/. Is. Id. • by efface furniture, l'::+. p.,. ; by cash at bankers, 18,0921.: 54.4 d.; t o te], 249,810 1 . I !.. :1. ' Profit and Loss Account to 31st December, 151 . .: : T expenses, including salaries, law charges, advertise: :ant . &c., 1,8502. 10s. 3d. • to amount carried to reserve for h,4 and doubtful debts, '2,000f. • to rebate of interest on 1,1;11 on hand, 283/. 15a 11d.; to lialanoe, 4,5&:/. 14s. 9.1.: tot,l. B,oaB/.os. 11d. By balance from last account, 4,8:)2' 1 . 11...,;. : less dividend,2,l462/. 15e.; by amount written off prelim i::.,i y expenses. 5001.-1,:11121. 15a. ; leaving, 1,4961. 16s. , -.1. rebate of interest from list account, 283/. lus. *2l. by gross profits for the half year, 0,9171 . 14a. Id. ; t,, .1. ?4,698/. Os. lid. ; by balance brought down, 4,.5:"6".1. 14m. ..1. by rebate, t 213/. 15s. I Id. The CHAIRMAN stated that the business was gob.; satisfactorily. This company had grown out of the Ei: :.. dal. It had been in existence two years, the first h.,-.:: ; been one of very dear and the other one of very cr.... :, money, so that they had been well tested by ooti: tremes ; and if, under those circumstances, they b_.l . able to go on comfortably and satisfactorily, the y 1, -, reasonably expect to do so under other circa.m.; ..,• That they were increasing in public conti.lcrc.• a. s proved by the addition to the number of shatelll,l,:.. which had increased from 64, which was the numher ts, years ago, to about three times 64, and during tho !,.• . , months there had been an increase of 50. If • :: pointed out the advantage which would result i , . • profits arising from increased deposits,. 1:.. • shareholders to nee their influence in bringing • concluded by moving the adoption of the rep,: declaration of a dividend at the rate of ten iii.r c..•.:. i.,.. annum, free of income tax, payable on the i;thilo•Ant. Mr. CL:AIO seconded the resolution, which was c.... i ii..l unanimously. The directors and anditorsretiring by rotation I , !Te 1 elected, and the proceis li ngs terminated h the votes of thanks. The Era etatam that Mr. Harry Withlic.)) n') • • a most critical state of health ; and that Mr. 11 u :,. Batty is still seriously indisposed, suffering from Mina Thorne has received a comninnicati. m fr..o the clerk of the Apothecaries' Society, informing fart .t she might now present herself for examination special board of examiners in cuts. He adds:-•• ;ac vent any misapprehension, however. as to the ~f your admission to examination by the special hoar 1 f examiners in arts, I am directed to :all ti. it your admission to this examination must 1., t taken to imply that you will be admitted to evr: tion for the oertiticate of qualification to practic Thorne observes-" The relaxation in the apot'.e. rule as to the examination in arts is a step in Ow direction. The formation of a school for the ti ainin; female students only which shall be recognised by ‘4l, of our licensing bodies, or have the power of diplomas of its own, should be the next movement A LIBERAL CONGREGATION. -The rico Hare-court Chapel, Canonbury (Independent), have been published, and show that the amount raised during the year 1867 was 4,791/. exclusive of the sums rein iv, -u pew rents, which are'aiwigned to the miuister. the I:‘,. Dr. Raleigh, and are over 1,001. It may into re-; tiv.,a who desire to know something of thew erkin. of : the vo luntary principle to mention the purpo for which the money was raised, and how it was applied :-For purpo , ei more immediately connected with Hare-court Chapel there were raised the following amounts : fund, 3S5i. 14s. 93. ; organ fund and alterations in lot/. 11,1.; sacramental fund, 274/. 17s. ; h.lca; and maternal societies , 94/. 12s. ; _classes for iaa young, 30/. 17.. 3d. ; total, Loss/. 2s. 6d. Very neifiy half of the entire amount rand, however, appears la have been devoted to the support and exten•ion if the xiobranch chuhes and missiotat:ess n connexion with the parent church. (ii thew there are five, for which the followin; stn.3 were raised:-Milton-real, stoke Newington, bre 6 church, where a new iron church, capable of seatin.. :•;.1 ersons, was erected during the year, 1,34t7/. 17,, ; Eider-walk, Islington, mission and schools, :;62/. lu , . I! L ; Bermondamr mission and schools, 210/. 13s. ; lio‘ton i tn. gelistic 141. 184. 2.(1. • South lllaccleldstr , iun t, City-road, mission and schools:7:d. 4a ; Domestic Mi- and Benevolent Society, worked in connection with • o te ne of the above, 1671. 14s. 81. ; total, 2,t12/.. 7s. 7,1. addition to the above the following amount , a re also raised :-Home for Little Boys 814/. 1.2., 11 Christmas dinners for the poor, 61/. Ss. ; London I 'on. gregational Chapel-buildiug Society, 37/. ltts. 7d. ; II •,te Missionary Society, 17/. 13s. Id. ; Irish Evan,. .ca/ Society, 17/. 13e . 11. ; Idiot Asylum and Female tentiary (half to each), 651. Ile. 4d. ; New Coll,v, 41/.:r. 4d. ; the Memorial-hall, Ind.; total, 1,..: I!. 14s. 73. The whole of the foregoing amount.. total of 4,442/. 4m. 8(1., was devoted to home objects. The amounts raised for foreign purposes were as f01i05...- London Missionary Society, including Working awl .Ikr, nlie, 245/. Is. 3d.; Evangelical Continental Focht, - aril Italian Mission, 37/. • Colonial Missi o nary Society, 16s. I d.: total, 3491. Oa. 4d. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIc; MEETING.; ' , of: TM: ENDUING WEEK. -Monday : Royal .Institution, a; 2, General Monthly Meeting ; Asiatic, at 3 ; Llitenolcocd , at 7. Tuesday : Royal Institution , a t 3, •' Faralay's Discoveries," Profaner Tyndall ; Syro-Egyptian, 7). " Fragment of Oimenepthah's Tomb (Belzoni)." NIT. Bonomi ; Engineers, at 8 . " Floods in India ." Mr. How. den ; " Freshwater Flood. of Rivers Discussion." Wed* nesday : Society of Arts, at 8 ; Geological. 4 ‘ Stru tore of 11shire " Duke of Argyll ; Parallel 6‘,..h, Glen Roy, Mr. liabbage ; " Surfaces of Limestone at Granite," "Encroachment of Sea, Bristol Channel," " Apparent Oblique Lamination in Granite," Mr. 'l,lclue. tosh. Thursday : Royal Institution, at 1, "Faradly's Discoveries," Professor Tyndall; Chemical, at a, ''l;33 Analy , sis," Dr. Russell ;Royal Academy at 8, " Arcilitets ture,' Mr. Larv a : Linnean, at 8, " at Lightlisitig Coleopterions Larv," Mr. Murray " Anodonta and I • nao. London," Mr. Rich ; **Lipari* Bowkeri," Mr. Ember: Antiquaries, at 8), " Excavations, Cisshury, ginv r," Colonel Fox ; Royal, at Si. Friday : Philological, t 7, "Treatment of Latin Suffixes, Part 2, l'refessor Key; " English Etymologies," &a, Mr. Morris; Royal Invita tion, at g, Etymologies ," between Birds and Reptiles." Pro- fessor Huxley. Saturday : Royal Institution, at 3, •• Now Metallic Elements," Prof essor itosooehemerm ANOTHER CANE Or RATTENING AT SHEFFIELD. On Thursday night, or early yesterday morning, t oo brothers named Marshall, who are scissor grinders, wee rattened, no less than five bands being taken away. They were (miserly members of the Scissor Grinders* Union, but in consequence of the depressed state of trade, and t..; , ) elan of work which they ground, they were unable to ow tinter the contributions, and some few months ago cowl to be members of the union. It is s aid that a ve several times been warned by officials connected withthey htk, union that it would be better for them if they paid. Ilha l , place in which they work ed was properly secured bY finai he ga t e keeper on Thursday night , and the ratteners, D 6 that to be the case, had to climb up a kind of funnelof which is outside the wall and then get through one windows. Battening seems to be again coming into Fe , " n 1 use, and this fact is one which should not be lost sight of in future legislation. TRAFFIC firru Wis.-The traffic receipts of rail. ways in the United Kingdom amounted, for the week ending January 25, on 13,146 miles, to 649,g21L, and for the corresponding week of last y ear, on 12,619 613,4871., showing an incre ase of 29 - 1 miles and of 36,:• 3 f. The gross receipts on the following 14 railway s amowitc3, in the aggregate. on 9,487 miles, to 546,998/., and for ilie corresponding week of 1867, on 9,260 miles, to 119,55 4 .) showing an increase of 237 miles and of 27,410/. The increase on the Great Eastern amounted " to 4,1801. ; on the Greet Southern and Western , 1 , 442/. • on the Great Western to 3461. ; on the Lee cashire and Yorkshire to 2,347/. • on the London awl, North-Western to 2,9811.; on the London, Brighton , en' South Coast to 1,374/.; on the L ondon and South oters to 2, 585 /. ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, ands to 2,650/.; on the Midland to 1,9721. the N o, w., British to 2,311/. ; the North Basins to 5,:5 , ; and on the South Emden to 2,62 M-total, 29,1°c" but from this most beddeducted 3631., the derees, on the Caledonian, 1,4191. on the 6 , 2! Northern, leaving the increase as above, 27,410 i. . 1 '; goods and mineral titan on those lines amoutB. 327,4401., and for the corresponding week of 18 4 W to 314,9991., showing an increase of 12,441/. The seer for passengers, parcels, to., amounted to 219,5•1....* , against 204,589/., showing an increase of 14,9691. t• affia receipts on 52 other lines amounted, on 3. 1 5:, miles, to 102,8231. and for thee , corresponding week,. last year, on 3,589 miles, to 93899 f., showing . 4 6 11 ':, ammo et GO miles and of 8,9241. The total receipts the !pest week show an increase of 3,1341. as compla9 with those of the preeedisi week, ending the 15th 0, January. 114T1 (Tills coMer OF Qi Ni g i Priam sitti iti"— co orr 14 I :4s (j p hi'llurjEuitils an eztrsordins W . t . A. the i s the ,r;e: en officer_ o •,e'tic, and an &lief l et dant is th e Grant nie ecquaintc lived together as -took to do so - the h place between -i-dleged familiarity ultimately l e d to ti of the co-habitatico sow littird her e dela t. The u t h e property which property t lieu thw saUpgi n f a ha visio az no : a. r„ Q.C., a Mr. ' l s le; rammed for the te oountess was i v i n g in Pali&ear I Id! In at I ca th ms t o Eustis: . s i nc e that time I elledwith him in S . a d au ghter Ire uP as Willough o ) , hip. In 1849 be I t, and after that t, ovingson-aqu ar That was at th ut time I had 1, y, which was WWI SeoOrdieg to ou I bad in furnishing thh rceden and Sevres the plate, and ti lie. Defendant Si Ass dying. and I n , month'. 11l Navel rote a letter, addree w to make provisiot I the poverty in th was to use if : the end of IKS!. mild live out of Lo ickeoham. wss u li icy deposit, and 711 I employed to rcbaee the holm re d to Caen l e defendant um ~,ided with us e education. I waa I ,ends and family. ro te, n ow Lord Eve fetelants presence a v. him of my Positic he would marry me My daughter was n separation. In 1:46. r ecognise the house Mi. Nicholson, hi. M. Withal:E:on, M because to a marrie 1 old real property i trust. I shout 11,a, will was prepared :,21t:oct,.itesitilon,tried:T.enhfeet0Awb.infyete..ercetoDwptI.11:1:tvi, cod Sittings at Nisi This was the fir. list contains 71 en , marked for special tal:Amytu. es . TII This was an :IC bodily injuries alb ligence of the .1 pleaded not guilty Ms. Kowaley a plaintiff ; Mr. Gin the defendtott. On the 22ud Fel well, was conduct between Londonsl loan " indepenk case, the otunibul 11 and 12 at ni; , , ,cants omnibuses senger near New breaking plaintiff that ,)1 fer r ti e ,l i brouAtn the defendant's checked his hart happened. The Hospital where sonic time he ha the oczurrencc I and escape, but The defence without giving pulled up his ,nd that the I stun his home stances the de the negligence was purely gel Colonel Syk, passenger by t the ordinary ti when it came the opening, mediately 01 recollection the ludicrou when the hors omnibus at th shoulder. Sh was hurt. TI another omnil Three or four Confirmato sengers, and slants' omnib The jury fc COL': LI /WAR] be a dei of the i Itridpol Echo Covent two eo • . The the ho / 4 ...... LA oot NI tor . Loi . cottrei it W" I, in gr” Pk aaid . It , ra c ' e. rottee. aefendenl i e . peso lived t inued t took V . t . allege' di actin It of t i li: i t he de fet 1 ell wi tt w hich ti wade a Ir. W e ' plainti wane lie 001 . live' , Ice 1 since t c elled e ' ugb s t Mrs. ship. t. VP t, 01 r e. .1 . that t tler. W use Iwo te I fun I)reedl o n the ate. I I meet d,,' :. menu t e al na to a I the I' t thew • hould 1 wicket one) d .4. ell erehaa .toved he de aided tcr eau ...lids ary Society, 171. 13s. Id.; trim x r,ii,,, . 17/. 13e. 11. ; Idiot Asylum and Petiole l' , M• stances the de j(half to each), 551, Ile. 4d. ; New Con. ...e, the negligence 4d. ; the Memorial-hall, lad. 135. ; total, 1,..:1 1 . The whole of the foreg oin g amount " . maki :. t was o u ne l SX: ' 4,4421. 4s. Bd., was devoted to home o bject'. The passenger by t te raised for foreign purposes were as folios.— the ordinary Li I Missionary Society, including Working awl I w.c. when it came i LW. 4a. :id. ; Evangelical Continental Smarty kal the opening, Mission, 371. • Colonial Missionary Society, ...s. mediately of : total, 3491. Oa. 40/. recollection t REMIT AND SCIENTIFIO MEETIN(.i Ft'R T:IE the ludicrou to WEEK. —Monday : Royal Institution,. g 1 when the hors d Monthly Meeting; Asiatic, at 3; Dircooleocd , omnibus at th Tuesday : Royal Institution, at 3, •' Fan lay's shoulder. Si aries," rofesaor P Tyndall ; SyrwEgyptian, lt .... was hurt. TI pent of Oiroenepthah's Tomb (Belzoni)." M. I another oronil ii ; Engineers, at 8. " Floods in India," Mr. Bor. Three or four • Freshwater Flood of Rivers Discussion." Wed• Con/innate r : Society of Arts, at 8 ; Geologice, a s r, 4` gine- tenger*, and I Arrellshire," Duke of Argyll ; ' Parallel is As, dents' omnib toy," Mr. Babbage ; " Surfaces of Limestone awl The jury ft te," "Encroachment of Sea, Bristol Channel ckin , . COURT aunt Oblique Lamination in Granite," Mr. Ma Thursday : Royal Institution, at .1, "Family's relies," Professor Tyndall; Chemical, at 8, "GU EDWARDS as," Dr. ou t ; ;Royal Academy, at 8, " Arcliiwo Mr. Scott ; Linnean, at g, ' New Li g ht g . This mom pterous Larva," Mr. MUMMY ; " Anotlont% and I ' wo. summed up i in," Mr. Rich ; **Lipari* Bowiteri," Mr. Bober: the Queens ' males, at gi, " Excavations, Cisshury, sm. , . t," hit behalf. el Fox ; Royal, at . Friday : Philological, The Judgi it of Latin Suffixes, Part 2," Professor Key; the guilt of ;Bah Etymologise Mr. Morris ; Royal Invits. that the pet st g, "Animals between Birds and Reptiles. ..I' l u is wife witl Huxley. Saturday : Royal Institution, at 3,'• Now die Elements," Profess' itcricoe.—Athemeois. 's uite clear • the young el tOTHER CASE OF RATTENINO AT SHEFFIELD .- by the seam 7hursday night, or early yesterday morning, two whatever t ,ers named hlarshall, who are scissor grind ers , yens cohabit. It Seca, no less than five bands being taken away. Thel existed afte formerly members of the Scissor Grinders' twos, taMed his d a consequence of the depressed state of trade, and the Al well as it of work which they ground, they were unable to ` the law, which rate contributions, and some few months ego ce.uol evidence, w members of the union. It is said that they have say that tho el times been warned by officials connected with the counter-chs a that it would be better for them if cured l T he in the Mil lin which they worked was properly by the manner i tee on Thursday night, and the ratteners, finding had been g , to be the case, haat to climb up a kind of funnel whids froni a tc teide the wall and then get through one of the were leadis owe. Battening seems to be again coming into gen e ' them, in si se, and this fact is one which should not bo lost s.,glit number of chastity, r future legislation. FTIC IL ET URNS.—The traffic receipts of rail. court. It EA I in the L7uitcrl Kingdom amounted, for the week since he i! ng January 25, on 13,146 miles, to 649,5121/., awl for he hoped corresponding week of lest year, on 12,619 wiles• to if it was ri 4871., showing an increase of 297 miles and of 35,:. in it with A gross receipts on the following 14 railwa y s amounted, indict. is aggregate, on 9,497 miles, to 516,998/., and for the that the p esponding week of 1867, on 9,260 miles, to 519, 1,, .• could onl3 ring an increase of 7.37 miles and of 27,410/. upon aow increase on the Great Eastern amounted 9 wards left 4,1801. ;on the Greet Southern and Western , le character, .• on the Great Western to 34f.1. ;on the Lie. be a deal lireand Yorkshire to 2,3471. •, on tbe London sal of the cm th-Western to 2,9811.; on the London, Brighton , al Firidport , th Coast to 1,3741 .; on the London and South Wesiez" ~5851. ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnder , 4650/.; on the Midland to 1,9721. • on the NM* ash to 2,311/. ;on the North Eas tern to 5,30 4 on the South &WWII to 2,62lL—total, v,l re.; from this must be deducted 3631., the accede the Caledonian, and 1,419/. on the Cuu t them, leering she increase as above, 27,410/. Tb; ds and mineral truffle on those lines amonnteo 127,4401., and for the corresponding week of ley to Echoer ,9991., showing an increase of 12,4411. The reccir ts Coventi opi WI., passenger', parcels, ke., amounted to -• e „„,, two so old ld inst 204,589/., showing an increase of 14,91191. 1 ,7, a p o R e. So receipts on 52 other lines amounted, on lei; The pi the boos se, to 102,823/. and for the corresponding weet,o I year, on 3 589 miles, to 93,8991., showing . an li a Maims an ot 60 gam god of 8,924/. The total receipt" _, the ate, I pest week show an increase of 3,134/. as compan taming a. those of the preceding week, ending the 16th an Pockets, nary. trousen . , 4. Docks