The Express. — London, England, 1862-07-08 00:00:00

.. • ...„. t . q. • . p. ill ! ~,, - i 2 ME •Vir1)111188, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1862. pews MST CLASS and LONDON PRIZE part of a charade, that would by no means consti- ' LATEST INTELLIGENCE. - . locksmith named Liquier, who was passing by, was ing them from holding office. Negroes are also' THE YELVERTON CASE IN IRELAND. AM. attracted by the beauty of the sleeping girl,thought excluded from coming into Illinois. --e warAgutinne and ,111110GDIN tide marriage, though • device of this kind has __—...—.. 001,111011THS and JNIMELERS. been had MOWS. to before DOW in order to en- RUSSLL li. AinekAlrakftsi,Comsagairden, WC. Loam, t was given to - do on the exceptions her an easy prey, and attacked her. She awoke The New York Evening Post says that rumours , en . DUBLIN , Moamar ET/311u. are current in Washington that Marl Russell has d ag re.Menolituales is sends* • Mins em b us ; mire aa trap a feeble-minded party. Lord ARDEILLAN THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE , suddenly and resisted, whereupon he stabbed her to the charge of Chief Justice Monaghan on the Vilest«, *mama" at 1 ann. sent a communication to Mr. Seward, protesting laid it clearly down, sod it haabeen frequently laid GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE. with a knife, and the wound proved mortal. The against General Butler's conduct to women in nisi- UARM 0 N I 1:1 M —NSWB. MODIt L. down before, that words spoken in joke, light words, A letter from Warn p ublished in the Dresden cries of the victim brought the mother and others New Orleans. The rumour is not con fi rmed. Mr. Justice Christian and Mr. Justice Keogh held that WW CRAIEIR. BEAM nad WOOD. WI, Regerseetnal and words of doubtful import, could not be held as w ' to the spot, and the assassin was at once arrested . The Senate has impeached Judge Humphreys, of the imunsptions in reference to the Irish marriage should be Journal, contains the first detailed statement of FUN, EVERY WEEK, ONE PENNY . sufficient proof of that mutual consent to marry the attempt of the 3rd inst. It was written on the A capital canard is given by the Perseverance of Tennessee, for the crimes of high treason and mis- allowed. Mr. Justice Ball and the Chief Justice were of minion which the law of Scotland requires. Milan. Francis 11. was, it appears, invited to the demeanour. --.. ..---_ day, towards midnight, and is as follows : • The Evening Port amp; :—" Foreign intervention that all the exceptions should be overruled. But beyond that, •a valid union cannot be estab- recent legitimist congress at Lucerne, but having I hasten to inform you of an infamous attempt, made at can effect no good for the le of America, nor The Coort being equally divided, the verdict stands ; W; it e erprefsis• lished, as many erroneously suppose, by an ad- half-past 9 this evening, upon the person of the Grand promised never to leave the Pope, he sent an ex .— • mission of marriage made merely to give a colour D u k e C ons t an ti ne . Having arrived yesterday, at s in the cuse, together with his wife and the Count Trani. for the nation which interferes. It could only add but defendant can still bring the CUD before the Court of another war to the one already in existence, and Error. ~._____ to cohabitation, to escape scandal, or to obtain evening, in excellent health, the Greed Duke received By his absence he missed an important personal 'Tread the area of the war, now confined to the eanuncer. THE CONSERV_A_ Till LAND SOCIETY. TI THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Miss access to lodgings and hotels. Major YELVERTON this morning, at the Palace Lazienki, the high civil and communication, which is now made public. The American continent, over every sea. If Europe (THIS DAY.) TIM—OUR ./C.JIN goggle. Mem Sothern socialises: spoke to the keeper of Craigmillar Castle, and at railitarY authorities , and afterwards visited the Russian Count de Chambord, ha • no child, has magnani- were able to impose peace upon America, by threats Mrs. Tenni, MissoUmr.—LA CONTRABANDISTA. Pena Nanaor active interference, it would only be a temporary This afternoon the 39th quarterly general meet and sneer Newellee—Awl SHOCKING EVENTS , some other places, of the pursuer in this case as his ' tiled" ' and the catholic cathedral ' wile" the populace abdicated the throne of France in favour assembled in large numbers, saluting him respectfully . In "mil ' cessation of hostilities. There can be but one ing of the above society took place at the offices, 33, Nor wife ; but that went for nothing in the opinion of the mein hi s PRINCESS'S. royal highness repaired to the of his Bourbon cousin, the ex-King of Naples . It nation in the limits of the United States. No fatatieet, Strand, when the following report was reed and Tut, TOO MUCH OP A GOOD THING.—LOI7IB ix. the LORD ORDINARY, as it was done " casually," Grand Theatre, where Stradelks was performed. is part of the arrangement that the crown of intervention can alter what is written in geo- adopted . . 4444 w5• °lade' ewe I. Y. Callen°. M x " , Z*44444 . 4404444 . not in the way of distinct declaration, and not to At the end of the second act he entered his carriage to Naples ( in rtibus) is to be ceded to the Count graphical formation—what is necessary to the In submitting the thirty-ninth quarterly report, it is Potter, and Meadows : Ern Chad's to and Misses Chapman. pa with satisfaction that the enmities committee can draw the —dad THRICE MARRIED. persons to whom the introduction of a lady - as his return to the chateau of the Belvidere. At that instant Trani. youn g attention of the shareholders of the Conservative Land or. /AMIE wife could be important or signi fi cant. At • young man approached th e carriage and Bred a pistol Bombs is, therefore, now the rally. preservation and perpetuation of free government ing cry of the French legitimists. m America." Society to the annexed gratifying returns for the Bret nice seas emus. yens THE ROSE—FRIENDS OR roes. Doane Castle he entered their names in the at the Grand Duke, who, on first seeing the thiamin, months at the current financial year, which will end on the Memos George Vials& Dewar, and P. Matthews , Mn. F. . . , ~ thought he was about to present to him a petition. Happily WEATHER REPORT.—(THIS DAY.) 30th of September next : =2, lasses Saida sad Man Turner.—And ram= visitors book as " Mr. and Mrs. x the ball ep topsaru have encountered resistance from the Shares Shares " enrols." At various hotels in Scotland AMERICA. Quarters ending in own- Total Receipts. epaulette. His royal highness was only slightly wounded TOZSDAY, JULY S. S 4.12. BRITANNIA. they lived together and were received as above the chest. The Grand Duke returned to the —*-- programa pleb& Shares. Tam BMWs, TEI ROMANCE OP A POOR YOUNG MAN I (szum'a TZLICIRAN.) B. R. IL D. F. 0. I. R. IL _ _._._. a d. Mesas. J. Re W. c ran k e d, gr deee d , Mn a ya rna id. married persons, and permitted on that footing theatre, where a grit dressing of the wound was at oath —Singing Iv e 8 sad sirs. Othrge—Tint 9.661 A S2lOBB to occupy the same apartment. But even all that e ff ected. A close carriage having been obtained, the prince, (P er Africa , b Y telegraph to Ha li fnx * end rid Queenit°wlL)Dec. 14.1961 WS 41 90 13,6 W 1 4 103 16 If 17,321 1711 OF Tali FuRESE.—And AMERICAN SLAVERY. wag not held to establish a valid union, inasmuch with a suitable escort, returned in it to the chateau of the NEW YORK, Jon 26. NAGui . .... 19.80 IS 48 W. - b June Max rgo B. 2 2 WS 0 116 17,01112 I ASTLEY'S. as the MAJOR otherwise appeared as a bachelor, and Belvedere, the residence of the Grand Duchess, who forth- Ad v i ce from New Orleans have been received e am lll.l ••• " 91 "48 N.W. 4 ° 20.79 14 14 W. 1 nt 411 117 6141 41.107 11 4 Tins EtNiMita DIAZIMPA.—After which SCENES IN THE nately had not gone to the theatre. The assassin was in New York to the 18th inst. MEW= . ... E. 66 61 E. 0 Totals to Septa, 1911 11.7 01 3,701 17.666 MB 10 9 CIRCLE. MOO. Masan—To conclude with a comic Ballet. it was not done on his part by way of a distinct arrested on the spot, sod was taken by the police to the Annan— 2999 16 68 N. 3 areno WlN e s a s t;unnis and ills Wad. 4 the (Ice" S. Ball4L—Cala " acknowledgment of • , but only to further guaziLhouse of the Saxon-square, where he was seised with Four men have been hung at New Orleans for lean= ._ gum ga es N. 1 Grand totals to Mid summer, 1811 14,197 3,907 WM .916 2 1 convenience for illicit intercourse. On these facts „ m ai ns. it was unposed that, berme making the falsely representing themselves as Federal officials, e r n " ••••• r e. : r i a a l- ar. t _ HIGH MATE, AT LORDOI NUDGE. Thu receipts for the current three quirt= of 1862, s o ar . TR= DAT —Wands& 10k tir0 ..... Afternoon, 11h. Om. a P waslea raised that marriage had been oonati- attempt, he had takes •n. He made to drink some searching houses in the city and stealing articles m eeranzowill : mu 0_64 4 ... 7 N.H. 1 .. 7. prod with the corresponding nice months of the last year, To-noasow—Morning. 11h. was— Alessuosn en em. toted by " cohabitation as husband and wife, and milk. On being questioned immediately after auto the therefrom. One of these men was an Englishman. ficammai.... 29716 gg se m . ,T . W. . - show an increase of 6t2./. Hs. Id., and both in completed shares, mid therm in the Midsummer shows a 4. habit and repute." This is a mode of coned- motives which had led him to this mime , be obstinately re- The British, French, and Greek Consuls have re- = I . ::: i t: 5 4 It o ;174 e _ LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 8. toting marriage acknowledged by Scotch law . fused to reply. It is unnecessary to say that at the theatre, presented to General Butler that two commercial tunomn...- 147 . : • I'l ~. ~,,,..,&. It 0. 6$ ii,,, number than the d el ay quarter. The total eels the part i es must be on the first news of the attempt, the curtain wee lowered. Sr am of LM to Midsummer , 1862, amounts to 309,0181., being --o—.. but, to make it out,firms of New Orleans had informed them that 3,0 0 0 ecemrsz. .. .et es ad W.N.W. 41 Sr OW an incense over the returns to Midsummer, 1861, of 42,C92r. The assassin had about his person a poiguard, besides of * 0.t7 The total withdrawals since the formation of the Winn the tenacity of purpose which the French proved to have treated one another in • hhds. of sugar, which these commercial firms had tr nmeure.. .. a s a to a " 14 * 4 4 . • revolver, all the barrels of which were loaded. or en (Sept., 18521, to Midsummer, 1862 are 175,1031. 87. e a Ewralioß has so often manifested in a singularly manner consistent with the conjugal re- purchased, and which were the property of British, Lawn rage is es W. Sr 0.15 The returns of the register of ihe order of rights are ea fel -- -- 7Aalsotrrft r eventful career has strongly impressed observers, lationship and with no other, and, at the same low :—C ompleted , 4,689 ; drawn, 3,158 ; seniority, 1,661; Nunes menses.) French, and Greek su b jec t s, were not allowed to be g eaneekere k; AL se 81 6 , 16 N X .2 71 4r 0.2 7 less justice has been done to the courageous pro- time, there must also be the habit and repute, taken from the place in which they were stored "num •• •• ne se el NICE. o total, 9,508 ; deduct rights exerased on esates, ka.,7,198 ; - TP A TN • , „ ~.. . .... ~ ..., ~, , 1112Joowin W er 0 . 26 we s ! z e rel i eed rif h 44* ;atm 74..i,it 4 , ............4). , op iir, part of a charade, that would by no means consti tute marriage, though • device of this kind has been had recourse to before now in order to en trap a feeble-minded party. Lord ARDWILLAN laid it clearly down, sod it haabeen frequently laid down before, that words spoken in joke, light words, and words of doubtful import, could not be held as sufficient proof of that mutual consent to marry which the law of Scotland requires. But beyond that, a valid union cannot be estab lished, as many erroneously suppose, by an ad mission of marriage made merely to give a colour to cohabitation, to escape scandal, or to obtain aeons to lodgings and hotels. Major YILVIRTON spoke to the keeper of Craigmillar Castle, and at some other places, of the pursuer in this came as his wife ; but that went for nothing in the opinion of the LORD ORDINARY, as it was done "casually," not in the way of distinct declaration, and not to persons to whom the introduction of a lady •as his wife could be important or significant. At Doane Castle he entered their names in the visitors' book as " Mr. and Mrs. Yet.- " vswrow." At various hotels in Scotland they lived together and were received as married persons, and permitted on that footing to occupy the same apartment. But even all that was not held to establish a valid union, inasmuch as the MAJOR otherwise appeared as a bachelor, and it was not done on his part by way of a distinct acknowledgment of marriage, but only to further convenience for illicit intercourse. On these facts a plea was raised that marriage had been consti tuted by " cohabitation as husband and wife, and " habit and repute." This is a mode of consti tuting marriage acknowledged by Scotch law ; but, to make it out, the parties must be proved to have treated one another in a manner consistent with the conjugal re lationship and with no other, and, at the same time, there must also be the habit and repute, for the one element in this kind of proof will not do without the other. Cohabitation cannot be founded on without habit and repute, nor habit and repute without cohabitation. A marriage may be validly constituted by written agreement, though it be kept perfectly secret, or by mutual consent in the presence of witnesses, though all knowledge pf it be confined to a very few persons ; in such cases habit and repute are not required; but when all such other proof of consent is wanting, then mere cohabitation, to constitute a proof of marriage, must be accompanied by a ge neral belief among friends, relatives, and neighbours that the parties are husband and wife. In Major Yramorrores case this was not proved to exist ; but there have been instances of parties deluded into the erroneous idea they were validly married according to Scotch law by merely staying together in hotels and lodgings as married people. Another point brought out clearly in Lord Aso =LAN's note is the very peculiar state of the law in regard to promise of marriage. If a pro- mise of this kind is proved, and if it has been fol lowed by natural union, then the marriage is legally constituted. This provision, imperfectly understood among the lower classes, is one of the chief causes of the number of illegitimate births in Scotland. The country girls have a vague idea that if they have a promise of marriage, it will be all right ; and they are unaware that the promise on which an action of declaration of mar riage can be founded must be proved by the writ or the oath of the defender. It is not necessary that there be a written promise in existence, but there must be some proof in the defender's writing of a promise having been made. In the case before him the Judge thought there was no proof of such promise having been given. He did not think it legitimate to gather the proof of such a promise inferentially from the whole story taken together, but had it been so be would have come to the conclusion that Major YRLVIXTON " re " misted to a great extent the pursuer's advances, " avoided giving such a promise, and more than " once warned her that he could not, and would " not marry, and that he and she were safest at a " distance from each other." In this conviction the LORD ORDINARY also spoke of the pursuer's 'attars as not such as a lady of very correct and delicate feeling would have written, and as cer tainly not indicating that nothing but marriage was contemplated by the parties ; though her charms, her talent, her misfortune, and the per severing devotedness of her attachment, were all calculated to excite interest, pity, and sympathy. The receipts for the current three quarters of 1862, cum. erred with the corresponding nice months of the last year, 'bow en increase of 6 2 2./. Bs. Id., and both in completed shams, and Mares in progess, the Midsummer shows a law number than the Llpalsy quarter. The total sale of UM to Midsummer, 186'2, amounts to 309,0181., being an increase over the returns to Midsummer, 1861, of 42,0321. The total withdrawals since the formation of the moiety (Sept., 1852), to Midinnumer, 1862 are 175,1031. Ba. Bd. The returns of the retainer of ihe order of rights are ea fol low :—Completed, 4,689 ; drawn, 3,158 ; seniority, 1,661; total, 9,508 ; deduct rights exercised on estates, ins., 7,196 ; unexamised risida, 2,310. The last share *umber on the register by seniority is No. 13,614, and the lest share Mad up to June 24, 1862, was No. 18,184. The advantages ac cruing to holdersof rights of choice werenever more strongly manifested than at the allotment which took place on the 30th April lest ; valuable ground routs on the Boman-road (North Bow) and Battersea estates, besides freehold bottom on the Round-hill.ersomt, Brighton, were offered for sale, ad land on the fourth portion of the Beigbtot; estate, at the 'Mot Rich mood and Princee.roada,with an addl. throat quantityof large plots on the Roehamptos-park Mate. The executive committee may also remark, as to this allot ment, that the Conservative Land Society is now in a posi tion, from it, continued SIMMS, to effort investors oppor tunities of acquiring land in large or small quantities, or ground rests and houses, with a greater variety of selection, every year, in different counties. As regards Roehampton, the works are in pr for the completion of Alton and Baraborough. and throwing open to buyers of land on that Mate =amending views of Richniond-park and the Surrey hills. Impressed with the excellence of the sites, =care has been taken to secure the erection of first Mai, with a sufficiency of land for garden, so that the mansion and park, as well as the neighbourhood, have not deteriorated by the increase of building. The executive committee have the pleasure likewise to announce that an additional frontage to Roehampton-lano has bees acquired for the Putney-heath estate, and the removal of the squatters' cottages in the vicinity will materially improve not only that property, but ale *the Roehampson Maki. The new treatise will be soon offered for Me. The works on the second Toubridge Wells estate, the Nortligate end Beacon Hill estates at Newark, and the Park estate at Weymouth, are actively carried on by the contractors. Siam the last report, two most eligible esters have been par. chard in the northern and southern divisions of Essex. The first property is just out of the town of Colchester, at the south ride, on the reeds to Merles and Berechurch. The sanction of additional barracks at Colchester will cause a demand for houses. independently of the development which mar be expected when the new railway , b 7 the Stour Valley branch railroad of the Eastern Union hr tta dation near St.. Botolph's church. The second South Eseex property is the well-known Woodhouse Mate, Warted, late the residenoe of Money Wigram, Esq., and In a most healthy situation on the borders of Epping Forest, with a frontage to Wanstead batik, and railroad oommunkation within a short distance of the three stations at Forest Gate, Stratford, and Low Leyte°. Woodhouse being within seven miles of St. Paul's, the property it a valuable acquisition for the society on the north eastern side of the metropolis. It is intended to sell or let the residence, with a suitable quantity of the well•wooded park, leaving the remainder of the land for division in large or small plow, according to the building frontages, which are excellent. Purchaser' of land on the society's estate are reminded that the 20th of July is the lest day for sending in claims for county votes. The elkottess who have not yet been registered will be pleased to dilly for ward to the solicitor, at the office of the society, in Norfolk street, the necessary deeds, to enable him to sustain their claims before the revising barristers. Any alteration in residence or qualification should also be intimated at once ; and holder" of plots of land living et a distance from the county in which the property is situated, should name the polling district at which it would be most convenient for them to vote, so that the claims, when entered at the specified polling places, may be duly made. The dirtier are at no expense for this registration, as the society been the entire charge. The shareholders may be soured that their electoral privileges are as carefully attended to as their financial interest', by the executive committee.—(Signed). RANDLAGH, Chairman. (Countersigned) Clitinga lams Gauxatem, Secretary." presented to General Butler that two commercial firms of New Orleans had informed them that 3,000 hhds. of sugar, which these commercial firms had purchased, and which were the property of British, French, and Greek subjects, were not allowed to be taken from the place in which they were stored without orders from General Butler. The Consuls explained that the sugars were paid for by bills of exchange drawn on the owners of the sugar. They said that the transactions were strictly mercantile, and that the owners had suffered heavy loss by being prevented from shipping the sugar. The Consuls were disposed to waive all past proceedings if an order for the shipment of the sugar were given. WHILE the tenacity of purpose which the French EMPEROR has so often manifested in a singularly eventful career lies strongly impressed observers, less justice has been done to the courageous pru dence with which he makes the sacrifices necessary to extricate him from positions which he has voluntarily taken up, but which events show to be unten►ble. These sacrifices are necessarily greater in the case of an EMPEROR who affects to be his own minister than for a constitutional ruler, and they are increased by the importance assigned •to what is called prestige in LOUIS Neroisow's maxims of government. Yet studious as he is to include the pensive impressible spectator in his plans, he is too shrewd to commit the folly of giving up the reality for mere appearance. Although he reigns over France only on condition of suc ceeding, he does not see in that circumstance the necessity of an unremitting pursuit of every ill chosen end. Those who admire in Louis NAPO mos the sagacious, firm, and skilful ruler must admit that docility is not incompatible with the highest qualifications for government. The Cr- (names rain Axe.) ITALY. RIIMOIJRED DEATH OF CHIAVONE. NAPLES, JULY 7, Eviarnro. A rumour is current that Chimes, with two of his followers, has been killed in a desperate com bat with the French in the Piooo mountains. SPAIN. MADRID, JOLT 7, Emma. M. Mon has tendered his resignation as Presi dent of the Chamber of Deputies. It is asserted that the government has not de cided whether to accept it or not. A decision will be arrived at to-morrow. General Butler replied that the commercial firma mentioned bad been engaged in buying Confederate notes, giving for them sterling exchange, thus trans ferring abroad the credit of rebellious States, and enabling bills to be converted into bullion for the purchase of arms. He stated also that the Confederate notes purchased by this exchange had been need to buy cotton and sugars. The sugar in question was valued at 200,000 dohs., being part of what was bought. " It will not be for a moment contended," con tinues General Butler, " that exchanging specie for Confederate Treasury notes, and sending specie to Europe to enable rebels to buy arms, is not a breach of the blockade, as well as a violation of the neutrality lawn. The only difference in the case is that drawing sterling bills is a more convenient way of eluding the laws than sending bullion in specie, and thus assisting the rebellion in the point of its uttermost need. If done for gain only, and not with a view to aid the rebellion, it would still be a breach of neutrality." Referring to the statement that the Consuls would waive all past proceedings, General Butler says : " What authority exists in the laws of nations or of this country which gives consuls power to use such language to representatives of the United States in quasi-official communications 1" " Con suls are merely commercial agents of a subordinate class." " Consuls have no power to waive or condone proceedings past or present of the government under whose protection they are permitted to reside so long as they behave well. If I have committed any wrong to merchants, consuls have no power to remit the penalty, or prevent them having redress. If merchants have committed any wrong to the Federal government, consuls have still less power to shield them from punishment. In order to prevent future miscon ception, permit me to explain, that I think a foreigner resident here has not one right more than an American citizen, but at least one right less, and that is the right of meddling or interfering by dis cussion, vote, or otherwise with the affairs of the Federal government." The Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, and Swiss Consuls have unanimously protested against the oath demanded by General Butler of foreigners. The Consuls stated that since the commencement of the war they had remained neutral, and as neutrals they could not be treated as the conquered popula tion. A conquered people might be submitted to exceptional laws, but neutral foreigners have a right to be treated as they have always been by the Federal government. General Butler replied that the oath was de clared necessary to meet the cases of foreigners who had meddled in the affairs of the rebellion, many of whom also bad concealed the fact of their naturalisation. General Butler, in an elaborate argument, endeavours to prove his proclamation perfectly legal, and says that all rules and regula tions are made to restrain bad men and not good men. Foreigners can refuse to take the oath, but still live quietly and happily in New Orleans, and receive protection from personal violence. If foreigners do not like Federal laws they have an effectual remedy, alike pleasant to themselves and to the Federal authorities. That remedy is to go home at once. Such foreigners came without in vitation, tbey will be parted from without regret. But foreigners must not commit crimes against the Federal laws and expect to go home to escape punishment. . . announces that the Ex rrsoit has revised his Mexican policy. The regeneration of a prematurely decrepid State by Zouavo bayonets is no longer one of his aims. Indeed, it now appears, to the inconvenience of ardent admirers of Imperialism in France and else where, that such a thought was from the first a " mere hypothesis," and never attained to the maturity of a "project" However this may be, leaving the past to history, we are at liberty to congratulate the French nation on the assurance that its Government has at this moment "but " two objects in Mexico : one, the triumph of its " arms, and the other, satisfaction for its tin " doubted grievances." These objects are legiti mate, and they will be attained. The liberal journals of Paris justly claim the right of applauding this new attitude of the Government which they have done so much to produce. The integrity of the press is certainly put to a severe test when public writers are called to discuss a foreign political situation in which the diplomacy and the army of their country is found on one aide and plain justice on the other ; but we think that those of our readers who have followed the course pur sued by such papers as the /ants, the P nese, and the Temps, will be of opinion that it has been as patriotic as it was truthful and dignified. The soundness of their judgment is now vindi cated, and their public spirit is likely to be very fruitful in advantage to their country. Nor could we, at this moment, forget that it is only in virtue of the larger measure of freedom conceded by the EMPRROR to the press that the public writers of France have been able to give good advice. If the EXPZEOR should further reflect that from these consistent Frenchmen he has heard the saving truth, while influential flatterers in England, out of pretended "deference due to an ally, have encouraged him to go forward in a course which they now declare to have been " im " politic and unjust," the result may be favourable to a still further extension of the liberty of the press in France. glie Court. OSBORNE, doer 7. Owing to the unfavourable weather the Queen and Royal family have been unable to leave the home this morning. - A deputation from the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asy lum, consisting of Mr. N. Griffiths, Mr. George Ward, and Mr. }Arvin Beede (of her Majesty's Customs), had an in terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, on the subject of the opening of the new asylum at Suareebrook. A meeting of the finance committee of the Royal Com mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yesterday at the Privy Council-office. There were present : Lord Over. stone, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Sir A. Spearman, Bart., Sir S. Morton Peto, But., and Mr. Edgar Bowring, C.B. (secretary.) A deputation from the Court of Aldermen of the city of London, upon the subject of the Roman Catholic Prisoners Bill, bad an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-offioe. Tut judgment which has just been delivered in the Yiti.vitaro• case by one of the Lord Ordina ries in the Scotch Court of Session is diametri cally opposite to that which was arrived at by the Irish jury. On applying to the ascertained facts the rules of the Scotch law of marriage, Lord AnDmita.as found it impossible to come to any other conolusion than that the pursuer, Mama THERESA LONGWORTH, had not estabb.died that she was the lawful wife of Major YmvszroN. Whatever may be the result of an appeal from this decision to the first division of the Scotch Court, and from thence to the House of Lords, its immediate effect is of course to complicate the question as to whether the two parties are or are not married. Yet when we come to examine the very long and able note attached by the Loup Omniciav to the interlocutor containing his deci tion, it certainly appears that, though marriage in Scotland may be very loose in point of fact, yet the rules of law which govern its constitution are clearly defined. That note is well worthy of perusal on account of the clear manner in which it lays down the law, and the mingled shrewdness and humanity with which it unwinds the tangled thread of the YELVKRTON story ; but it is on the first of these grounds that we now call attention to it, as there exists a good deal of misconception, which it may correct, as to what the Scotch law of marriage exactly is. There is an idea in some quarters that a man may suddenly find himself married in Scotland against his own wishes, and be:ore he is at all aware of it—that, to borrow • provincial phrase, he may unwittingly tie a knot with his tongue which be cannot undo with all his teeth. Such things have happened, and a few young Englishmen, especially, have thus had lasting cause to regret the folly which led them, when residing in the North, to assume an appearance of marriage for the purpose of more convenient cohabitation ; but it may be questioned whether in most of these ogees it could have been established to the satis faction of a Scottish court that • valid mar riage had taken place. It is true that in that favoured portion of the world no ceremony civil or religious is neessmuy to constitute mar riage, and to that end mutual consent is all that is required; but the consent must be free, serious, and deliberate. Were a lady and gentleman, for instance, to go through a marriage ceremony as Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale entertained a select party at dinner hut evening at Orleans House. Later in the evening ha royal highness bad a theatrical performance. The Earl of Wilton entertained at dinner last erasing, at the family mansion, Grosvenor-square, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince and Princess Hermann of Sue-Weimar, Prince Edward of Sate. Weimar, the Duke of Cambridge, the Count and Countess le Flahault and Miss de Plabault, the Duchess of Manchester, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of Hartiegton, Lord Dunkellin, and Mr. Chas. Leslie. The Earl and Countess of Zetlaud leave town today for Aake end Marsh Hallo, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess Fortescue have arrived at the Dowager Countess Foetescue's, in Grosvenor-square, after a lengthened residence abroad. Earl Fortmeee's health is quit a restored. Consuls are requested not to send argumenta tive protests in a body. If any consul has any thing to offer for consideration, he can easily learn the proper mode of presenting it. As the municipality of Norfolk still refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal govern ment, martial law has been proclaimed. There continue to be numerous petty disturbances in Norfolk between Union men and Secessionists. The Countess of Bective's assembly for July 15 is postponed. Louisa Countess of Seafield and Colonel and lbs. Howard Pre have left the St. George'e Hotel Viscount Cranbourne and Mr. Johnstone left town yesterday for Folkestone. The navigation of the White River is now open to the Federal army. The Federals have entered Arizona, and the Con federates retreated to Rio Grande. The New York prow denounce the remarks made in the British parliament on General Butler's pro clamation in reference to the ladies of New Orleans, and consider that the effect of the proclamation has been good. President Lincoln has returned to Washington after his interview with General Scott at West Point. Lady Duiferin gave a grand ball last evening at Datferia Lode., Highgate. Mr. J. Lewis Ricardo, M.P., has been confined to bb residence in Lowedee-square for some days past by severe indisposition. The marriage of Mr. Richard Arkwright, second moo of the late Mr. Arkwright, of Hampton Court, Here fordshire, with lady Huy Byag, emend daughter of the Earl of Strafford, is sreseged to take piece ea Tueedsy, the 72nd WA, at fit. James's, liaosdilly. In the United States Court at Louisville a negro, who had worked on the Confederate fortifications at Fort Doneloon, was declared free. A house has been fitted up in Louisville for the imprisonment of women who do or say anything to incite to rebellion. Mrs_ Washington Hibbert gave her second grand ball last evening at the family mansion in Dover-street It was most numerously sad fuhionthly minded, there being upwards of 500 parkas present. Comte de Montelambert has arrived at the Ca veodish Hotel, Jermywetreet. Count Andor de Pattie has left the Cavendish Hotel tor A deputation of merchants has gone to Washing ton to protest against the new tariff which subjects goods in bond and on shipboard to new duties. The State of Illinois has adopted resolutions de nying the right of suffrage to negrons, and prohibit- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. POLITICAL TRIAL 01011 0011 OWN PARIS, MONDAY EVINDIG. The trial commenced to-day in the Sixth Cham ber of Correctional Police of 56 political prisoners who have been confined for many months, and whose arrest was mysteriously announced in the Moniker by the statement that the government bad found out a most horrible plot. It turns out, how ever, that the principal reason why this trial has been so long postponed is that it has been found impossible to justify by facts the great importance ' which was attached to the original arrests. All the counts charging a conspiracy against the existing form of government and the safety of the state have been abandoned, and the prisoners are now simply arraigned on the vague charge from which any citizen whatever might find it difficult to defend himself, of " belonging to a secret society." As usual in all state trials under' the Second Empire, the arena of the court was packed with police agents in plain clothes, and, with the exoeptioh of a few privileged people who had influence enough to get tickets, the public was not admitted. In an early stage of the proceedings, however, a curious and novel scene took place. The President, M. Salmon, breaking off his exa amination of the prisoners, said, " I am told that, although the doors of the court are visibly open, nobody belonging to what may be called the real public has been allowed to enter. Justice cannot be rendered in this way. I order the guard to let fifteen or twenty people—the first comers—enter the court immediately." One of the prisoners, em-: boldened by this liberal proclamation, asked that their wives and children might be let in. The President regretted that it was impossible to find room for the relations of so great a number of prisoners. An advocate observed that not only the court, but even the outer doors of the approaches, were barred against the public, and the judge thereupon ordered that the outer doors should be opened, and as many people let in as the corridors could conveniently hold. Great interest attaches to this trial, not so much from its intrinsic im portance as because it will probably be a starting point at the coming elections for a cry for the habeas corpus, and the abolition of the exceptional laws of "public safety." I shall send later in the evening a full extract of the indictment. Viscount Haien de Barreme was sentenced last week by the Correctional Tribunal of Nice to six days' imprisonment and a fine of 100 fr. for a pamphlet written in the Latin language, and entitled "De Libertate," wherein, as it is articled and charged, he " excited to hatred and contempt of the government." Bullier's Correapondence affirms that at • minis terial council held just before the Emperor left Fontainebleau for his tour in the central depart ments, it was decided that the general elections should not take plane till next year. If this be so I regard the imperial policy as one based. upon a blind waiting upon Providence and an unenlight ened desire to put off an evil day. It is abun dantly clear that the present Corps Legislatif does not represent the liberal principles inaugurated in November, 1860. The Emperor might with a much better grace appeal to the country now than I next year, when, unless be makes soother coup d'etat, he cannot help himself. The unsettled state of his mind with regard to Rome is doubtless the cause of this prejudicial hesitation. A letter from Rome, in the Augsburg Gazette, gives the following news, which has not appeared elsewhere, and which moreover, although it may be true, I should be sorry to guarantee : The 62nd line regiment of the French g►rriaoe, when drawn up to receive the Pope's blaming, cried " Vire Na poleon!" " Vire Italy, with Rome for Its eapitaL" The Pope, greatly offended, quickly left the balcony in which he had appeared. The Bourse has been heavy. Bente fell 15c. for cash and 10c. for account, closing at 68fr. 20c. and 68fr. 40c. Mobilier fell 2fr. 50c., and the Italian Loan 15c. Railways were quite as much depressed as the Bente ; Eastern and Western fell 10fr. each, Orleans Mr., and Lyons Mr. 76c. A horrible case of murder and attempted viola tion, greatly resembling that of Miss Hall in Eng land, has just occurred in the south of France, at Bsstids, near Nimes. On July 4, a woman named Seve, accompanied by her two daughters, went into the fields to cut grass for her cows. One of the daughters, named Elizabeth, a girl of 16, being tired towards the afternoon, laid down to sleep on a heap of the gram which had been out. An itinerant VIEDAY. to K., mode- WIDNINDAY. N.W to S.W.. mode. NOVILAND. rate. some showery. rate. W.S.W. to N.N.W., laa N.W. to N.&, mods light to moderate, rate. One. W. .B.W. to N.W., light W. Curraoi. W. to N., light to mo t* moderate, gene- darate. rally doe. As nest above. IL W.EVOLLND. As next above. N.W. to W.B. W., mo- 8. E. EnoLsw. W.B. W. to N.N.W., dente, showen in moderate. places. N. to W., moderate to Z. ooAer. W. to N. and to N.E., light. moderate to fresh. The review of volunteers at Wimbledon ou Satur day, the 12th instant, will commence between 6 and 6 p.m. Corps which have received the Secre tary's of State for War's permission to attend should be on the ground at 6 o'clock, or as soon after as possible. THIS VICIROY OF EGYPT AS LIU:WOOL —Ris !lighter the Viceroy of Egypt, who arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, spent the greater part of yesterday is visiting the " lions," both public and private, of that town. In thee:anis of the day addreems were presented to the distinguished visitor from the Chamber of Commerce, the East India aad China Association, and the mayor, aldermen, and burgeons of the borough. His Royal Highness was everywhere most wanly received, and the public building, shipping, tee., were pity decorated is his honour. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 7.—His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon arrived at Spithead this morning from the Thames, in the strailacht Prince Jerome. He declined landing, and after steaming about the squadron at fipithead left at 10.30a.m. for Cherbourg. We understand that pre vious to leaving his Highnem paid a visit to the Warrior, iron-eased frigate. _ _ Mr. Gregory, on Thursday, will oak the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any despatches have been received from the Governor of the Bahamas, re lating to the capture, by United States cruisers, of vessels sailing under the British flag ; and, if so, whether he has any objection to produce them ; and whether any complaints have been made by the Governor of the Bahama of the blockade, by United Stone cruisers, of the port of Nsamart? On the same evening. Lord George Lennox will ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the government had received information from their minister at Washing ton that a Mr. Mumford had been hung at New Orleans. for the alleged offence of pulling down a Federal flag in • street riot; and, if they had received such information, whether they bad directed our minister at Washington to protest against it in the name of humanity. . _ . _ Mr. Whiteside intends to move on Friday that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct that the con solidation and expurgation of the statutes affecting Ireland may be undertaken, and completed oontemporaneoluily with the con►olidation and expurgation of the statute law of England. Mr. Lindsay has postponed his resolution which has for its object the recognition of the Confederate States as an independent nation from the 11th till Friday, the 18th. According to a parliamentary return issued this morning, the amount of gross revenue per head of the pope• Wien of the United Kingdom was in 1810-31, 24 4e. 111 d. in 184041,11. 18s. 21d. ; in 185061, 21. la. sd. ; in 188061, 21. Bs. ljd. In two divisions in the House of Commons last night the minority, exclusive of the tellers, consisted of two only. In the Militia Estimates, the motion having been made, " that the Judge• Advocate be one of the members of the select committee on Militia Estimates," 44 members voted in its favour, and Mr. Wm. Cox and Mr. John Greene against it. The division VE4 the lame on the motion that all colonels and lieutenant-colonels commandant of militia be members of the committee. The tellers for the two "noes" were Mr. Hennessy and Mr. kindly. For Mr. Ayr totes clause on the Thames Embankment Bill, the object of which was to secure the admission of the public to the addi tion made to the Temple Gardens, the following members voted :—Messrs. T. Alcock, A. Black, Dr. Brady, Meson. C. S. Butler, W. Con, B. Dalglisli, L. L. Dailey% Lord Fermoy, Capt. Jervis, Meters. W. S. Lindsay, P. W. Mar. tin, G. Onalow, C. Seely, Wit J. V. Shelley, Mews. Anise- Ws Smith, P. A. Taylor, W. Williams, and J. Wyld. Tellers, Messrs. Ayrton and H. Lewis. Against the clause there were 139 votes. The Rev. W. G. Henderson, D.C.L, Principal of Victoria College, Jersey, has been appointed head master of the Leeds Grammar SebooL It is suggested that if every family in England whose circumstances permitted would take one of the Lancashire factory girls now out of work into their houses, and train them as domestic servants, their services would in most cases be well worth food, trouble, and some plain clothing. They would learn an occupation by which "they could earn their bread respectably, either here or in the colonies, make them more useful as housewives here after, and not incapacitate them from going back to cotton spinning when the famine passed away." The Princess Maria Pia, the future Queen of Portugal, was born on the 16th October, 1847. She is the god-daughter of Pope Pius IL, whose nano s h e h em . Sh e is said to be remarkable for her beauty, and her father has always shown a decided partiality for her. A new comet was discovered on the 3rd at Mar seilles, by IL Tempel, in the constellation of Caasiopea. It is rapidly journeying towards the polar star, and will soon, it is believed, be visible to the naked eye. The wife of the celebrated "medium," Mr. Home, sad sister of the Countess de KoncheleffHeshorodka, died three days ago, at the Chateau of LA Roche, near Peti gueux (Dordogne), of a eomplanot of the chest. . _ The Mar - pus Pepoli lies been fixed on, it is said, as the repressetative of Italy at Bt. Petersburg, at the re quest of Russia herself. In a report issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Dome Had (Weetphalks), the diminished preopmily al that coustry le attributed not only to the hordes ef the taxa, but' also to the large number of young men perkdt only taken away for military samba la Prussia. All pre feesioos and dames of the population, soya the repot* cm alder this state of Wags as loroodal to both 1 6 ,1411 and intellectual activity, and, if the eery is set Maned sad the additional war taxes abolished, it will be abeolatefy haps sible to re-establish the required proportion■ between pro duction and consumption, and to levy the taxes in ►suitable and profitable manner. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) To-day the half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at the offices, Gresham Home, Mr. Jonas Wnisos in the chair. The statement of the soconnts, furnished by the directors, was to the following effect : 7 Dr.-Profit and Loa-To 39th dividend of 1/. 74. ld. per cent. (or 54. sd. per share) on 861,5401. stock, 11,666 i. 13s. 9d. ; to tattoos, 3401. 12.. 9d.-12,0071. 6s. 6d.; to iatarart, 10,2061.; to half-year's annuity to J. Nash, 71.10.; to gaunt exposers, 3841. la. 6d. ; to inoome-tax, 4611. A. 3d. ; to tattoos, 11,9134 144. 7d.; tol, 2'3,0021.6.. 7s. Cr.: By balance of profit sad Ices to 31st December, 1851 4 , 12,0071. 6s. 6d. ; by Waxes, 340/. 12a. 9d. ; by South Eastern Railway, half ear's rental, 22,5001. • by traria fess, 81. • by balance of interest account, 1531. 13.. 10d.; total, 2 3,00 21 . 6s. 7d. By balance, 11,9431. 144. 7d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the fareeing, mid be had not say statement to add to it. Thar line, as they all knew, was slatted line, and they regularly re ceived their rent (45,0001. per annum) from the South Eastern comptay. After paying all expenses there was applicable to among a sum of 11,943/. 14a 73., which was sufficient to pay the usual dividend of se. sd. per share, or 11. 7.. ld. per amt. on the company's stock, and enable them to carry forward to the account of the current half-year the sum of 2771. 01 10d. The motion Saving been seconded, was uoanimoualy spp proved of, and the dividend declared, when the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. THE WOMAN SHOT BY HER HUSBAND AT samrozb: At the Salford Poltee-eourt, yesterday, Charles Knott was brought before Mr. Tedford and Mr. Alderman Kay, es the charge of shooting hie wife, oa Sunday, at 000 a. The prisonsr is a shoemaker, 25 years of age, and lives et 22, Back Id ualinstt-street, Salford. He appeared rather sane. when placed in the dock. The witnesses °tandoori were the policeman who took the prisoner into custody, Mr. Larroutb. ▪ ; and Thomas Derbyshire. It was stated that on Sunday the prisoner, with his wife, a man, named Hoary Abbott, and the witness Derbyshire, were having dinner, after liniehiog which the prisoner asked his wife for taro• pesos, fora gill of ale, which she refused to give him. The primmer got °a a chair, and reached down a gun from over the fireplace, and, pointing it towards the floor, fired, as he said, only to frighten her. The poor woman dropped dorm on the floor before the prisoner fired, and the shot front the gun entered her side. She immediately said. " 01, my good God, Charley, thou but shot me." She asked for some water to drink. which was given her. Ida' matioe was given to Police-officer No. 2, of the Salford eonstabulary, who went to the house, and charged the prisoner with shooting his wife, and soon after took him to the police-office. The officer sew the wife yester day morning, and he stated that she was rather bMter. Mr. Larmuth, the surgeon who was first soot for to atteod to the woman, stated that she was in a very dangerous state. and not fit to appear in court. Derbyshire, to whom the grin belonged, stated that be did not think the prisoner knew the gun was loaded, or intended to shoot her. Ironer distely on the prisoner's touching the gun it went off. mid the prisoner's wife dropped under the table. Witneak thought the prisoner was only joking. The woman war standing, and droppesi down before the prisoner Bred. thinking to evade the shot in this way. Mr. Trafford. re' forcing to the wife's deposition ( taken on Sunday), said lilt statemeet was that it was an accident, and that the psi' , softer did not know the gun was loaded. He (the negistralo) said he hoped the prisoner could find bail to answer the charge that day week. Mr. Trafford added : 1 Leber you did not know the gun was loaded. The prisoner cad that he, bin wife, and the others bad been joking over their dinner, sod when he reached the gun down, he pointed it to the floor, and if she had never moved the shot would have never touched her. The magistrate said it was • very tits' serous thing for a_ gm to be left knifed in the house, whit" to the prisoner : Yon had no behests' to poist the gum I° her. The primer : I thoaOt them was no Amor "We there was only a cap on it. The magistrate said he would accept hail, in two sureties of 901. each, for the prisoner tot appear next Monday. 104