The Express. — London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SER VICES. —During the storms ot the past twentrtwo m oths th e NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INETTTITTION, by its lifeboats and other means, contd. oo hated to th e sav ing of 1,1118 persons from different wrecks our coed& The Institution also expended L 37,385 in the same peeled on its lifeboat estabilehemulte, seon to granting &t7ll se rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the =foe ASSINTANCIL to enable them to meet the continued deosands co the Initltation's 162 Lifeboat Stallone. ccommetioes are received by the London and Country Bankers bad by the emiebn, Richard Lew'', Esq., at the Institution, 14, Jelusetreet, don. . (*WELTY to ANIMALEL-97 Convictions swiss the pest Iloatk.—The LOYAL BOCIELY for the PRIVIINTION of OItIINLYit ANIBIAIA bet to amootwee their Monthly Retaza or Convictions. COGOWY. I TOWIL I iota Aug 271Oember .. 1-70 1 - 27 — pi — Current Year (14 273 973 All the costa fell upon the gaiety when often ers are coin • witted to poison ; also bean legal esPenses in appeal clew The support of the public is urgently needed to prevent a CM' Unseat of operations. subacriptions and Donations may be Sranmatedby poet. or through aay London or country ter. No. 1111Ietten shouN be addreeeed to 12, Pall-inall, g. W. JOHN COWL Wig be published In a few days, a %ROOD by the ee Nr c Zn ban er. Dean of Westminster, preached at Chapel Royal, in behag of the 'WIN BBOGDIN. O RIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MAN_U FACTORY, 16, RINIJL rr OVZIET INT-Oka! SN, jOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ORAEtO3. -------- 'OEN BROGDEWS GOLD OL &RD CRAINS. VIM BROOME'S GOLD ALBERT CHAIN& ---- rORN BROGDZN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. 0 .... VIIROOATS.—HAMILTON and KIMPTON Ca especial attention to Ur NEW WINTER tiOODB for OVEROOATS, and invite an early Inspection of the sane. N.B. Breinsen garments always on hand. No. 106. Strand. °poodle Exeter Ball (!RILE MEDAL AWARDED.) ALLEN'S PATINT PORTMANTBAUS and TRAVELLING BAGS with pure LAD WARDROBE TIMM% DIULMISIDTAG3, wilh lES Eva Wisp. DISPATCH 130E611. WILTING and DRESSING CASES, and ISO other article' for base yr continental Rowelling. lllnstrated eldnlngess past Dew Also AIM'S Rennet Furniture Catalogue of Portable Bed lsods. Drawers, May Wasbhandatends, Canteens. An. We -st—trei. - 1.11. ALUM. Illsaufsetwer awl Patentee. 57, West Stroud. Oman. W.C. ,T) he ergrtOlS. TO 001RISPONDRNTS. A ver tf t ements intended foe " The &sprees London F.IVIIiOg must be at the Oleos, 10, Bouvertertreet. by Two nClt on the day of publication. HAYMARKET. Tars KVENTNO, THE OVMELAND He Ro ws. Btu:k etone. C. Mathews. end Campton : Mesdames Mathews, Snow dos, MI, Vitight.—Mß o KILLED COCK ROBIN ? Messes. C. Mathews andel:Limeade's. Mrs. Mathewa —And the BALLET. FRINCONS. Tin fygtsl, QUIET LODOINGS.—After whirl IT IS NIVEL TOO LUTZ TO MEND. Wean. Vining. 0. Melville, T. Need. D. Murray, b. Calbsen; F. Villiers. J. 0. &sore, O. Nor m, and E. ClAlmre; Woos L. Moore sad S. liodgem LYCEUM. Talk Xvzsr.so, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. sad ►lrs. C. liorsman.—RUT BLAB. Moira FlChtOf. EMMY, Fitzpatrick, Butter, Raymond, sad Mead: Mesdames Lavenu and Horsman.—And Till ILLUSTEIOUB STRANGER. BILITANNIA. Tins Memo, WARWICK. TIM KING MAKER. Mr. Drum mond. Mn.s Yarnokl.—The King of Gymnssis. —With ROSALIE MORTIMER ; OR, FATE ANA ITS VIC TIMS. Memo. Reynolds mad Cranford ; Mrs. S. LID& HIGH WATT./ AT LONDON-BRIDGS. TWO DAT Morning, 6b. fliot......Afternoon, Mi. ANL To4tozaor —, Weida& DA. 15rn..... Afternoon, U. 41nt. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. WITHIN the last few days the courts of law have contributed two stories at lead of domestic life which illustrate the perils of matrimonial irre gularities. Ardent young gentlemen of good ex pectations, like Mr. De COSTA, must beware of the fascinations of young lace dealers like MARY BERRY, of Campden-hill, Kensington. It is not many who for three long years watch for an opportunity of speaking to the object of their adoration, then eagerly and without hesita tion give the mother a solemn promise to marry her daughter, make arrangements to have the girl properly educated, hire lodgings for her cone-i nience, live with her in Paris, write passionate I letters to her breathing the warmest devotion, presently ruin her and cast her off, and at length conclude by marrying a lady's maid. No doubt Mrs. BERRY thought young De COSTA an excellent match, and seeing that the poor woman had five children and only one bedroom, was happy enough to get rid of one of her daughters at least. Possibly Mr. DA Cone may have speculated upon the idea that the daughter of a poor widow would fall an easier victim to his deceit. But it must be admitted that if the virtue of the girl yielded to the man who had pro mised her marriage, it was proof against all other dangers. If she fell, it was only into the arms of him who ought to have protected her against insult. Nor is it improbable that the jury to whom she appealed for protection, and who re turned • verdict for 2,5001., may have increased the damages as a rebuke to the seducer for attempting to traduce the character of his victim. It can scarcely be supposed that the payment of this sum of money will seriously incommode Mr. De COSTA, although there are signs that this is the sort of punishment which will touch him moat nearly. But at all events let us hope that these 2,5001. may be the means of preserving the poor girl from further folly. In such cases the misfortune is, that the vice of a youth like DA COSTA involves the misery of another. In this instance the money which Misa l l BERRY will receive is probably of much more value than Mr. DA COSTA'S society. But in the other case to which allusion has been made the loss is complete, and falls upon those who were still unborn when the fault was originally committed. It seems that some years ago a person named JOHN WILSON, domiciled in England, gave part of his property to his grand-niece, Miss Hicr,ow, during her life, and after her death to her children. If she had no children, then he gave it to others. This Miss HICKSON, who also lived in England, I and was only sixteen years of age, eloped with a farmer named BtXTON. She was married to him in Manchester, but, being pursued by her friends, she was brought back on the same day, before the honeymoon had commenced. The farmer, Bur- TON, was prosecuted, and imprisoned for three years for the abduction of a female infant ; but at that time a marriage in this country could be dissolved only by Act of Parliament, and although efforts were made to procure the passage of such an Act they failed. The result was that this wretched girl HICKSON, who bad been decoyed away for a few hours by this man BUXTON, was, according to the law of England, • married woman —bound by a tie which could only be dissolved by death or au Act of Parliament, which, as it ap pears, could not be obtained. Having failed in the attempt to release herself from her matri monial bonds in England, Miss HICKSON deter mined to try what she could do in Scotland. Accordingly it was arranged that Burrow, the farmer, should go to Scotland, should remain there forty days, and should then apply to a Scotch Court for • divorce. This plan was carried into effect. The Scotch divorce was obtained in 1846, and then Miss HICKSON married Mr. Suew, who was • student of Gray's-inn, was afterwards called THFt to the Scotch bar, and resideti 4eotlana his death. It remains only to add t2tit the fain* Burrow and Mr. SHAW died in 1852, and that Mrs. Burrow or SHAW died in 1863, leaving two daugh ters and a son by her husband, Mr. Saxe. Mrs. SHAW, during her life, enjoyed the interest of the property left b y her grand-unole, JOHN Wrusow. When she died it was claimed by these three children, and the question which Vice-Clianoellor Kiwossai,sv had to decide was whether they were entitled to it— in other words, whether they were legitimate. There was no dispute that the original runaway marriage between the farmer Burrow and Miss HICKSON was a legal marriage. Unless, therefore, this marriage was legally dis solved by the decree of divorce pronounced by the Scotch courts, it continued to be a marriage, and the other children of Mrs. Buxrow Or SHAW were illegitimate. And this we* the conclusion at which the Vics-Cnairciuxos arrived. It is well known that there is a standing di s pute between Scotch and Eng lish lawyers upon questions of divorce. According to the doctrine of the Scottish judges residence of one of the married persons in Scotland during 40 days is sufficient to found the jurisdiction. Axording to the doctrine of the English judges the time allowed is too short ; and in this respect it is probable that the English judges adopt the more reasonable view. In the case of the farmer Burrow he was an Englishman by birth and by residence ; his wife, Miss HICKSON, was in the same position. Burros went to Sootland for no other pur pose than to obtain a divorce, and never was domiciled in the country. There can be no doubt, therefore, that, according to English law, the Soottish courts had no jurisdiction which could be recognised by an English court ; and that Miss Iliessow was a married woman when she married Mr. Slow and became the mother of the three children who claimed old WiLsow's property. It was by no fault of these poor children that they were deprived of that property. The childish folly in which a girl of sixteen in dulged for a few hours has been to them of serious consequence. The VICE-CHANCELLOR had no choice to determine otherwise than he did. But it does seem a strange perversion of common sense to maintain, as the English lawyers maintain, the validity of a con tract of marriage concluded by means of a crimi nal conspiracy, and for concluding which the husband has been convicted and punished. It is, perhaps, stranger that the law of England should provide no possible means of dissolving so fraudu lent and criminal a contract. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) AMIMICA. The Times foresees that the plan of the American Secretary of the Tressury to restore the circulation to • specie buds will meet with determined oppositien in the Con press, though there can be little doubt of its wisdom. Mr. M'Cufloch will seek to accomplish his object by a isen. tinuou withdrawal from circulation of Treasury.notee and the rest of the inconvertible currency, paying off as much as he can, and funding the remainder. Next to • return to cash payments he desires a reduction of the national debt, and for this purpose it is sassatial that he should retain • considerable surplus of revenue over expenditure. A simpli fication, however, of the taxing system of the Union is as much a desideratum as the reduction of the debt. At present the production of wealth is wantonly impeded, and the industry of man is hampered by taxes which are really unproductive, sod by customs' duties which tax the Union for the benefit of the menufacturers of the older states. If Mr. M'Cidloch will propose the abolition of unprofitable imposts, and will use his influence to procure the reduction of duties which are strictly protective, he may remain in receipt of as large an income as be enjoys at present, and have the satisfaction of knowing that the progress of his fellowtit'ueas in hindered to as alight an extent as is consistent with the existence of taxes at all. It may be that even then he and his successors will not suoceed in paying off the whole of the debt in 30 years, as Americans fondly hope ; but if he does not achieve this success, he will, at least, have deserved it. The Daily News thinks it encouraging to see the political sagacity of the north awake, at this most critical time. le the elections, and the almost universal support of the Pre 'idiot, we see what all friends of free government should be thankful foe—generosity and fakeer, instead of vindic- tiveness towards the vanquished; a pith of reparation towards the emancipated race ; a patriotic courage in pre. ferring to reinstate the fallen opponents, rather than imperil repu bli c an principles by any exercise of military or other despotism ; end • constitutional fidelity to the established authorities—the executive, the Supreme Court, sad the Congress—which induces a singular harmony at an unparalleled crisis. The alternative is, in fact, between a true, thorough, generous reconstruction of the republic, and the outbreak of • new conflict, after • longer or shorter interval. There are perils in abundance. whatever course is taken ; the sins of a century cannot be expiated in a day ; but, as far as can be discerned at present, the best hope seems to lie in the direction to which the great majority of the American nation gives a stronger sanction from day to day. In another article the Daily News states that from the beginning to the end of the war there were destroyed or bonded by Southern cruisers 4 steamers, 78 ships, 43 trigs, 82 barques, and 68 schooners—in all 275 vessels, of nearly 1,000,000 tons—an amount sf destruction which hu never before been approached by any power having so few naval resources of its own as the government of the late Conic %rate States. JAMAICA. The duties of the government commissioners, as the Telegraph understands them, will not be of a judicial dia meter, but will be limited to the collection of foetal that may afterwards become the hues of official action. With regard to the constitution of the commission, no definite selection has yet been made. The Telegraph is inclined to think that a couple of clearbeaded Englishmen entreated with liberal powers would suffice to ascertain the truth. Mr. Cordon was a correspondent both of the Duke of Newcastle and of Mr. Cardwell. The dead man, says the Star, cannot speak for himself ; and the men who, like him, occupied responsible positions have been conveniently got out of the way. Every word of complaint which they ever addressed to the home authorities must now see the light of day. What answers were returned to their letters and memorials must also be made known. It is idle to talk of inquiry if half the evidence is to be suppressed ; and Mr. Cardwell owes it to himself and to hie country to lose no time in assisting the public judgment by the immediate production of every scrap of paper which will tend to elucidate the mystery of Jamaica's present condition. With regard to the commission, it would be well if gentlemen wholly unconnected with any of the classes which have been implicated in the late trans actions could be selected—persons who are known to possess the intellectual and moral qualities indispensable for the righteous fulfilment of their weighty mimics. The Star hopes that if any stimulus is wanting in Downing street it will be supplied by the deputation which will this afternoon wait upon Lord Russell and Mr. Cardwell, and which will, to a large extent, represent the philanthropic and religious feeling of thin country. THE SUNDAY QUESTION. In the °pintos of the Tunes, to the common sense of Seglishmen, the Sunday Lowey es mach beyond the mark as the strict Sable/arises. There is a great difference be tween the opening of Hampton Court, Hew-gardens, and eimilar places of outdoor enjoyment, on Sundays, and throw tog open all the London museums sod galleries It may not be a differesee of principle ; but the question is not ow of principle, but of its practicel applioatioe. In throwing open these outdoor places we do not involve the employ anent of the 'eased staff of workpeople about them. In the case of the museums end gellenee, on the ether band, the people who are ordinarily in charge of the ochibition would, foe the ince part, here to be at their poste as SATITBDPit EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1865. LLTBST INTffi•LIOEN'E• -----V+:-- -- I --- Sundays Wish as on Aar days. The lister would W all mew lies the worlds, men qt array os Sundays hem the confinement, the bad sir, and the glum of their eau row courts and crowded rooms, into the peas end into the country.; but don't let them attempt a molest search after quiet sod refreshment in stuffy museums and thronged galleries. Let the exhibitions, se far es possible, like the Royal Academy and the Kensington Munum, be opened in the evening, and there will be nothing on this scored which they can complain. A day of rest is more than • holiday, and let us keep Sunday for the former and not for the latter. The clamour on this subject has no chance of receiving much attention, except so far as it is supposed to express the wishes of the working chum It they are against such a change nobody else is for it. MISCILLASIOUS TOPICS. The Times contrasts the kind of preaching in our churches with the fluent diction to be noted in those of the Conti. neat, and in dissenting chapels. The truth is, we don't attempt eloquence in the church of England. When it has been said that we have one eloquent prelate, two or three m ore who can preach in terestin g sermons, and Mae , doge who are at least sensible, that is all we owe to the bench. There are also in London, or occasionally beard in London, about • dozen other clergymen whge names will draw • oggregstion without the adventitious aid of splendid buildings, full choirs, and special services. Even of these only a part are eloquent. The absolute inter diction of eloquence which was made thirty years ago was a monstrous °occlusion to coins to. No cause can afford to do without it. It is the only way to fill churches, and the best way to fill pulpits, both aid to want filling sadly. It appears f torn a corresponding printed by the Tines, that from all parts of India there are complaints with re spect to a certain clue of English manufactures much in request in the country, and known under the name of d. " g ray goods," which are stated to be internally unsoun and conse quen tly subject to what is called „mildew damage," The consequence is that the native dealers have refused them, or sold them at a lees which has fallen oe the i m porters, and there is, we are assured on the highest authority, a tendency among the people to return to their own native fabrics, to the great and permanent injury of English trade. The discontent and alarm that are felt cannot be wondered at when we find that, of the three classes of grey goods, 21i, 211, and 17} per get. respec il tively were found to be damaged b y mildew. The rilst Plait th e complaint is not confined to India, arid that it regards other fabrics than Manchester goods. On the Con tinent years ago a piece of English broadcloth carried its character with it ; now • buyer would look more closely and suspiciously at it because it was English. Ia the Berry e. Ds Co s t a case, the jury, the Herald says, took the very rational view that the lady had been wronged and imposed upon, and that Mr. Da Costa pro teased honourable intentio ns sufficiently strong to make her trust him, even so far as she did. Beside whh, their verdict was no doubt influenced by dof cross examioation adopted. The defendant endeavoured to prejudice the case of Miss Berry by •• device that cannot be too severely reprehended. Perhaps the verdict will eat as a warning to other learned gentlemen when they find • very disgraceful form of defence suggested in their briefs. The Telegraph declines to hold up the two chief actors in the above story as exceptional specimens of vice or virtue. Mho Berry, to say the lout, met her lover half-way, and both the young lady and her famil y appear to have bad throughout a shrewd eye to the advantages of a wealthy sweetheart. A moths: who allows her daughter to live away from home, permits her to go about with a young man much above her in station .324 fortune, and takes her marriage for greeted without inquiry, is not a model of ma ternal vigilance. At the same time, aoy pity would be wasted en Mr. Da Costa, who has only got his deserts. Sktzvaz or Xs GOILDOII'I4 PROPERTY. The Jamaica papers state that the deputy marshal has taken possession of Cherry Garden, late the property of ( leo. W. Gordon, under a writ of attachment, at the suit of an English firm. The types, presses, and cases of the late Sentinel newspaper-office have also been seized under a similar writ. Tut On Korn. BROIMINT. This regiment, the Kingston papers state, is suffering from sickness, no lees than seventy men having been admitted into the hospital, of whom six bad died. It is noticed as a curious fact that the troops who took no part in suppressing the insurrection have suffered far more from sickness than those who underwent great exposure and pri vations in the hionklands district. SPAIN AND CHILI. The Panama Star and Herald of Nov. 11, the leading paper of the isthmus, baa the following : Chili, in her present war with Spain, has the sympathy of evert republic on the *east, a sympathy which we have no doubt will be felt by almost every civilised power os the globe. Indeed, the noble sad determined stand which the little republic bas taken spinet her more powerful erg' gressor, and the brave spirit with which in her weakocen she hes resented the insults and unjust demands of Admiral Parejs, resolved to maintain her honour or perish in the attempt, cannot but command universal sympathy and admiration, and the moral support at lead, of every liberal government. The people of the Wham are not behind hand in giving expression to their feelings as the question ; a public meeting was called in this city, not only to express sympathy, bat to devise means for giving all the material support possible to the cause. The meeting took place on the evening of the Bth lust., and was organised by appoint ing Sr. Manuel Mara Diaz chairman, and Dr. Pablo Arose moo& secretary. Resolutions were passed to the following effect :—" That the people of Panama admire and highly sp• prove of the oonduot of the sister republic, Chili. That the cause of Chili should be considered as the common cause of the whole American c ontinent, and that all possible aid s hould be given to it. That a petition, signed by all should at the meeting, should be sent to the executive of the British 'take of Colombia, begging that an order be immediately implied by the government strictly prohibiting the skipping or furnishing in any manner whatever, pro visions or supplies of any kind to the common enemy of America. A committee was then formed to raise subacrip- time, the proceeds of which will be forwarded to the Chilies republic, to assist her in prosecuting the war with the government of Spain. (istrres's mEossma.) THE ICING OF THE BELGIANS. BRUSSELS, Dco. 9. The Moniteu► Belge of this morning publishes the following bulletin respecting the King's health : " A marked change for the worse has manifested itself in his Majesty's general condition. " Wiumaa, . " DE BOUBAIX. I " Palace of Laeken, Dec. 8." SPAIN. MADRID, Dso. 8, Emma. The Espanol of to-day says :—" The present ministry would even jeopardise the dynasty in order to remain in power." The Politica, alluding to the protests of the I ' Spanish bishops against the recognition of Italy, states that they have rendered themselves amenable to the penal law, and that should they persist in the attitude they have taken up, the government would ask the Cortes to suspend the constitutional guarantees protecting the bishops, and claim the right to exile those who have protested. It is asserted in political circles that the real motive owing to which there will be no speech from the throne at the opening of the Cortes is that the Queen does not wish to s p eak of the recognition of Italy. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) sgurry COURT. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) TOT arrOaree-osswita., e. 01111A11, OFFICIAL ASOIGHI to theessurrth.—JUDGSMlT. This We. e m otioa by the Attothey-General at th s e i e Mon of the Chief Registrar is Benkraptey, c ui eg elm Kr. Gabon, one of the Adel magma M the mect, is show am why he thread not pay the chief reeithei s a „.., sum of mosey exeeeding2,oolX.„ retained by firm 0 ,,,, x .1 of fees in certain benkindeise matador to the Beam s * Act of 1861. Previous to the paissan w of that act the, nal assignees were paid bl hole bat the set th e , the plead upon a undone math, of 1, . • yea. A t Ire, lithe el the peados at the set swag bankruptcies e a nd the real questlou now in Me wee th e m. C l = magma were eatilled to their aceustomei Is e Ile these "1 8 6 1 hankraptcles or, in other wordsoud er \the sot of 161 was in respat to them retrestecti,a ony applied to bealauptesee subagent to is e -- pu ' rh tm Mr. Oomenthieser Godbold' had sanctioned the lath s i fess sow robed upon be Mr. Graham. The A l -Gfeneeel, Mr. Sergood, sad Mr. IL & Miller a in support of the maths i Sir H. Can land Kr. ley for W. Graham. e Lord Othocellor no* pee judgment, and rid u m Ithe question was whether Mr. Graham was bound to f a t to the moosust of the mud two seam of 1,6631.7.. 11d, tad 5781. 19s. By the Bankruptcy Act of 1849, media 44, b e remuneration to oaktel mingeme was defined a a ark which with • alight alteration in 1852 was matithedept s the peeing of the act of 1881. by the Mat section el whit it was enacted that gess& ordure should be men tat h se should be taken by the official sawed as bef l at to be amid e o the account of the chid l'egistesz r isk °aid asignes were thenceforth to be paid by s ae e out of the hued@ in the chid lagatraeS 10000, 4 a 11. allowed each date expenses as the court should think le„ but they were sot to be allowed to receive say f l u e remuneration whatever beyond their salaries, m a t i r , Win to make • return of all fees received by then eau ath month& Paratill? to the act of 1861, on the 22al FM, 1862, a general order was made by the coed directim th mode hi which the return of thee should be made, end m the 2od March follow a. letter was &damned by ti e chief registrar to each osl amalgam OSaialaili Oa flit is which the return should be made, and as aesosat al ths i banes does shioothearot of 1861, whether the adjaicelien an d p ar ts d sots, set forth in t he schniale, Mon he badtioeirthatmaa. baatalior." after that act. By B th y e t" proume n" .."` repealed, but that each repeal should not do any AI L the rights existing or penalties incurred before that act. A gaieties had arisen bow bankruptcies pending at a Mao of the cocnieg into °pennon of the act of 1861 a 11th of October of that year were to be dealt att. It seism& to have been held that all sums lama by n s disial saingsese before the act, though not paid , shouts [ takes by them in addition to their salaries. It ma a d that with regard to some of the fees which bed been earned partly before and pertly after id eel a fair apportiosnient should be made, and that so seek • had been actually earned before should be mama tad an amount given to the court of the fees received ,hen the act. Ile (the Lord Chancellor) did not m walk this was r ight or not. In fact, on inv i t tit , pared that Mr. Graham had received shot the llth of October, 18641, • nun of 3241. 18e. in respect of beams dm previous to the act, which be wonder s e, e tie n had received 3961. 2s. 5c1., earned before the hi hi ow orm of act, and simpering the principle of apportionment Model to be cornet, he hod therefore to deduct 7241. Sahmequeet u the sat be r emind 2,950/., and deducting the move 720. i sum e f 2,1261. remained, of which he had paid ia SO Masi reduced the am retained by him to 1,6601. Of this a mid 2141. was admitted to be an error in calculatith He question arose whether the 2,950/. was properly mad. Part of this he received, not as official sagas, la for baser done under the wieding.ap Ica is official liquidator and in Waimea relating totrustdeok It this ens could have been shown as receited under the statute' no Memo weld attach to Mr. Graham, except the he had misoonetrued the provisions of these ads. Bat tf only a small portion of that sum had been so thug be worm to blame foe nothavingaceountedfor the &Ithaca, tad the question whether he was to be charged Minna respect. He (the Chnotillad wee of opioiou thaths ea. Thee was W. Graham entitled to act on the sanction pm by the commissioners to retain the whole of the fees la re spat to business done in " old bankniptciee," moved be to have retained only on amount of that actally mid before the act of 1861 ? He (the Lord Chancellor) Tr 8 o pi n ion that the Commissioners in acting ea if the Mika had vested rights in the emoluments deemed ha =toes existing before the act of 1861, scat a an erroneous principle and were quite wroth He (th Lord Chancellor) thought be was not so entitled aid Kis the set of 1861 he could not receive a farthing for his at benefit whether the business was begun before or after es me Be was therefore chargeable for the enm of 1.6604,1 a i difference between a ce old fees sad those reared she I the pain of the act, and was bowed to pay it. Thee were, however, two sums of 1641, and 3191. lb. making about 4831., which were portions d the ennolament received by Mr. Graham since the ad of 1861 and which were mid to be petty office apses ' which he was entitled to retain. In this ha might be sae ;batst be an indiry I whether it bed been properly raahted, and it might tau out that he was correct. The pastime of the cone of this : Baden would be reserved until after th is inquiry. THE WORKHOUSES AND THE CASUAL ----- POOR. I COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. —.--- later Term Nil Prins antis. at 'S Hr. Yesterday evening the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, I Juane Lush and Oommon Juries.) M.P. and Mr. J. C. Parkinson made a tour of This was the GM day all the after term nisi RII-mm e t egih Ma g i at Guildhall The list contains 210 causes, several metropolitan workhouses, for the purppse ere rainanat 4 and the remaining 1.33 can user mem a of inspecting their ca sual wards and examining h uge number are marked from special juries. their inmates. The workhouses of St. George's, --- Hanover-square St.. Marylebone, St. Martin's-in- 1 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. the-Fields, Be r mondsey, and St. Olave's, were ' SECOND CoURT. visited, the numbers in each noted, and the dif- Sittiop at Nisi Prins is Leedom—Mehra Mr- hills ference in treatment compared. St. Marylebone Byles and II Common Jury.) CALIMOOTT V. BODOBL—OLABDI E. and St. Martin's were the moat crowded, the cellars I The letetal bed hese a pork butcher etl r , sal hi the in the latter hou se bein g as manifestly unfit ' defendant was a greengrocer at Stepney. s PrM for their present purpose as ever , and their close- the defendant west to the Plaintiff's shop, ini en noes and foul smell still making them horribly nn- to , his foreman that Mrs. Hada , bad basalt tila wholesome and offensive . The mode of receiving tome of lelivasaY's rotten Vila. w hich then stolen. The dander wai repeated en ere tramps at the workhouse of the Strand Union, Tel inns, and tha p l y i p tirs N u eel Sot which, as some readers will remember, is done by he hrd ht emisrosa „ ee i„. e d spec ial danugs. Rea tickets issued from the Bow-street offices, was that having opened the shop in November. 1861, MI trorkia also enquired into, and the casual books at the up the trade until the takings wall from 35/. to 401. a walk; latter place looked through. bat after the slander the amount fell off two or thee . until it was thee than half what it had hese , The night's experience may be briefly summa- pounds t and in end eek theehop was shut up. rised thus : St. George's at 8.30 p.m., wards well lit, warm, comfortable, and partly empty ; St. found o for the plaintiff—damages 151. " N evidence called for she defendade eel iha kg 7 Marylebone at 9.15 p.m., wards in the same -- -...- favourable condition, with a vast number housed in COURT OF EXCHEQUER. them, but with room for more ; St. Martin's at Sittings at Niii Prim at Goildliall.—(l3elore Lord Ng 10.10 p.m., crowded, stuffy, and unwholesome, with Biros Pollock sad a Special Jury.) some wards too full, and a few vacant be ds in others •at 10.30 p.m. the books at Bow-street yeeterdey , rod aim %hie taming, ewer out of th e bid Thi. Wfi ttoo n I. .TlEEhichOot-uLplredlrr theA micodicetticeogro.nrA.7.o it showed that the prescribed number of tickets had g, r uk.hoose, in I s iessees.oguase, on Twiny, F been given out, and several paupers per- last. The plaintiff, Mr. Ward, was an easy eb:i b i; force handed over to the relieving o ffi cer for who occupied th e lower part of he m prethOh._ food and shelter elsewhere than at Cleveland- bad his property insured in timh Commend C o rm Insurance Company, but sot to the full tried a street Workhouse • at 11 p.m. the Bermondsey its velum . wards bad more beds vacant than occupied • and betwees his actual loss cos d the amount he heal Mali at 11.16 the cellars at St. Ohive's had but three or from the company, but also to get back from that : four i n in each. amount they had been called upon to Ply bila' 1161 w sad be sought only to recover the Miasma In no instance were houseless wanderers seen at the workhouse doors, and this fact—apart from the denture elated thatithoeol,ilefeadr, w h th o e s oi ti oA pplied m it s. , l a thei L . its ......g. n r2ol tha y t a " large quan tity renal ad assurances of the masters who are unanimous in cau se d the explosion which led to th e estruetios dda declaring that the houselees are all admitted now— plfs property. speaks significantly and cheeringly of the vast The weasel were, for the plaintiff : M . r , . Bi c v t ill, m o ptageh At im benefits conferred by an act which has only to be "lititY.B?*.Pkitudlanjorakthe43/41:oriii, t i n Bastin properly worked and understood to abolish street g C . , gr. Coleridge. (I x . end Kr _ pi taa eo, mendicancy on the one hand, and to ensure food Te alleged negligence Was in not clang an inlet Om and shelter to every destitute wanderer on the after it had been disooonected with the meter ~,_ other. I Mr. Hawkins, in opening the defence to setif_ iise-----.--. I eboukl be prepared to prove that the servant el: " Messrs. Brassey, Fell, and C 0.," says the load the pipe iii the usual 'mac no. co ttrn i ran c el that eare d Bloom, who °' -.: if onitcur, "ore about to commence the weak. for the a eilliard room, thal s rom and ki tchen, on the presoma t railway over Mount Conk. The line will be laid next melt to get cep • ladder and 6 ‘ 66 it out. It Vr—io spring, and in less than fourteen months there will be an posed no that dung a eerie' when it wiz p „..„ A was beteg consumed the index on the outer W.- unbroken railway communication between France and that re thee 0,030 feat had as eel thrott Italy. The time so saved will be three hours in the 75 it, sod Bloom bad 'Quested that this teit o lit,.... kilt:mitres (47 miles) between Sum and S. Michel. The attributed to the escape of Loa from the defecti s y s e •I most serious difficulty presented by the service will seise Bloom wee sot called by the Plaintiff, sat the it _,,.., besa from the large quantities of mow falling from the higher parts of the mountain, but there is every reason to expect given was t tlt be h h e a d d f or bs*: ier . i , g l ed toedgoomo. G I w ar t ; • very common p thin for as who :r e iebeg tm LI that the meatus devised by the company for keeping the line diabooestly towards a gm commie clear will sake to mean) uninterrupted travelling." flexible indiarnhher tubes in order to em•• • ;:e •• 1 that tbea Ob . • A few days ago a young Englishman was arrested gam with*" ma7htg far i t and am' s " — ei OP at Bonn on a charge of homicide. The Solnieehe Zeitunq says that be was attending a theatrical performed with not on a condition to prove that Bloom had employ _,. tahi m t ee p oz.f icm ob . tein oid i d ag ex li p ie lain eet h y v et he an tw ie k te o n u ti : n th to . bell're ; au Eoglish friend, when the latter having been vainly eel which likel y uo was detibtedly cau lad the whosed the exp le dal.l losioe. asked by • German student to take off his hat bad it Inte mall u sed - DIVORCI removed for him In r ather a summary manlier. A quarrel --- en sued, in the coma of which accused is said to have dealt COURT OF PROBATE AND the student • deadly blow with a leaden bludgeon. The (Before the Judge Ordisery.) young Englishmen, whose name is not mentioned, to BILLEIGAT V. BILLING*? AND THOMAS. ~ beardiog in • Bone educational establishment. 1 Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Hayford. for the petalll .... ' the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Spats for the tot t— w es LIFEBOAT SEVICES.—TTENLLA D 4 ay MAIN M , D o ma. Q . C....a Dr . T r ut r am for the co. H. Montgomery, Esq.), with the headset sea that marriage on the ground of hie wife's adultery with H. 7,—Wm b ad 6 mi n.—Timer *mut 7 1 mtamday (Marts ii- ' ? Samuel Howard Billiegsy sued for a disiolutioortie ha boon known is the hay for • Ithg time. Croft Greieway Thomas. from whom he claimed 5, During the gale a vessel was drives ea shore aa damages. The emendate both pleaded not gui lty about half a mils to the out a the lifeboat The petitioner was in the iron trade. 0. ni , tam& The lifeboat a the Nu k es tial I ts ASS t In- Elizabeth A • Oxeyes Arnold in Filidere , _„,, i atitatio• was at thee t out, and on traasport. and there leg ft 'the to a plasm en the beas t onset a Lsw vista, two oorwitscahadAcoordtogbeen toterwree. Deane . the waw a g _i. '"'" -- __..e and then launched in the s h e a the thud and ta the midst foe way ears • most heppy sod affectionate me. Ham; of a Toth heavy rd thre. which the boat wee palled gal- drswhadt telat a t ot hat the petitioner was uof ~..., UAW. The vend was am roached,and the crew days men business. Is en one °deaden be had actiiatn Droved safely en thorn She woe the schooner Daniel impriamed for debt. The respondent. Pith 6 "' - poi O'Connell, bound from Liverpool to Newry, with Indian assisting him, took a situation a matron of a (ensile... L .l corn. heathery at Newcastle oaTine ; sad she afterwards 0081— THE WEST INDIES• ARRIVAL OF OF THE CALIFORNIAN. The West India and Pacific Steam Ship COM• I pany's steamer Californian, Captain Baker, arri unpre ved in the Mersey yest erda y evening, after an ce d en ted run of seventeen days from Kingston, Jamaica. Her dates are, Colon, Nov. 16 ;Sin Martha, 18 ; and Kingston, 24. The Californian reports the arrival of the West India and Pacific Steamship Company's vessels, Hayti, at Kingston, on the 21st November, and the Plantagenet, homeward bound, on the 24th ult. The Kingston papers, in fact all the papers pub hshed in Jamaica, seem to be very quiet on the late rebellion. The following advertisement is published in the Kingston Gleaner : Nov. 13. In order to afford oar employes an opportunity of joining in the reception to be given to the Maroons to-day, no paper will be Mined from our respective offices to-mor row (Tuaday). The following proclamation was published on the 3rd of November in the Kingston papers It is hereby notified, by command of the Oaptain•Gene rel and Governor-in-Chief, that martial law Will cease On Monday, the 13th init., by the operation of the law under which it was called into existence, in the county of Surrey. (By command), EDWARD GORDON, Gov. Bee. Governor Byre, it was understood, had accepted the servioes of the volunteers under Captain Allen, and, at the request of several captains, had also consented to continue the services of the special volunteers for a period longer, and in the mean- I while to consider the proposal for their permanent enrolment. Her Majesty's ship Wolverine bad been ordered to sail for the riarbadoes station. The Galatea was trying to recover the engines of the Bull-dog off Cape Hayti, and the Lily was missing. SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES. The papers contain the full texts of bills, autho rising the Governor to remove aliens and other persons not being natural born subjects from the island, for the regulation of places of worship, and for the prevention of rebellious proceedings. The clauses are very stringent, and the punishments severe, and so far as the following extracts from the Morning Journal of the 21st would lead us to infer, they do not appear to give satisfaction even to the white population. In a leading article the Journal says Let the constitution be amended by all means if it is per ceived that to its unsuitableness the rebellion in, in part, to be attributed, but do not destroy the constitution alto gether ; do not, above all, deprive her Majesty's subjects in this island of their freedom of speech and freedom of religion , . It is absolutely necessary for the good of society that there should be a strong government to deal with that large clam in this country among whom the late rebellion occurred, but the measures that are passing the legislature seems to us to be aimed not, at the rebellions but at the well-affected and loyal sections of the commit- nit,. The same paper says :—"The several noncon formist clergymen of this city held a meeting yes terday for the purpose of considering wh steps should be taken aga inst the passing of th e bill to regulate places of religious worship." Mr. James Watson, the moderator of the Pres byterian Synod, in a letter to the Jamaica Guar dian, after asserting the loyalty of the dissenters connected with the authorised churches of Great Britain, says A bill of pains and penalties haring express reference to dissenters generally, and to all dissenters, has been introduced, requiring them, at great expense of stamp duties and registration fees, and under heavy penalties of lines and imprisonment, to submit heirto the island secretary their claims to have registered t places of worship, meeting-houses, and school-rooms of every kind and description, those for Sunday-schools included, and under one of the Claute4 confiscation of the chapel or other buildings to the crown is named u the penalty for using it without registratiou. Now who are the dissenters of this island? Are they religionista, who deserve a treatment so contemptuous, humiliating, and injurious? And who are the members of the Church of England, Scotland, and Rome, and what proportion do they form of the copula tion, that they should be exempted from the operation of so monstrous • law? We would not speak invidiously, but, being thus placed on our defence, we ask what in these respects are their deserts from government as com pared with those of the dissenters? Let the conscience of candid religious men answer this. This bill actually pro poses to raise a revenue by taxing with heavy stamp dents every Dissenting place of worship in the island, big and little, every school and Sunday school of Dissenters, while those of the churches of England, Scotland, and Rome era to go free ! The bulk of our population consists of Dis senters- Will such • bill make no unfavourable impression? Is such a bill • safe and expedient measure ? it is easy to disregard the public opinion of England until it be expressed ; but often it has been expressed, as it will be aga inst the proposed bill, in no measured tone ; the boldest will not be able to do it. The causes of the late rebellion have not yet been fully ascertained. We trust that no time will be lost, and that the inquiry will be of the moat thorough and uncomprcr mixing kind. We believe that the causes will be shown to be of a different character from those that have been sup posed or assumed, and that it will be time enough to initiate or pass measures aa subversive of religious liberty when the wed necessity fur them has been established' The Jamaica Guardian says : It is anticipated that on the bill becoming law, should it become so, the action will be unanimous throughout the island, and every dissenting chapel and Sunday and day school will be closed in obedience to it, and the whole re sponsibility will be thrown on the government, without whose sanction the measure cannot become law—whilst several of the most effective speakers from each denomina tion will be prepared to proceed to England, and denounce the interference with religious liberty throughout the length and breadth of the land. A bill to provide for the expenses of extinguish ing the rebellion had been discussed in the House of Assembly, and agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. A very stringent Alien Bill bad also occupied the House of Assembly. The Jamaica Guardian gives the following as ; a draft of the proposed new constitution for the island. 1. That there should be one chamber. 2. That such chamber should be composed partly of the nominees of 1 the crown q uis uali d fi e for qualificationc:funiptemiesbeirns shouldecal and partly of members elected. 3. That t p h m e p o e i rte r o o i o i n . s 61 be rallied. 5 . That the franchise should be raised. 6. That 4.Th oul a d t Mi t e it s hould be lawful for her Maj est y to appoint two om missioners from England to act in lieu of an executive committee. 7. That no person, except one to be nominated i by the governor, should be nominated or elected who held any office of emolument payable out of the public terse. The Guardian rays these principles were even_ tua lly s ubmitted to a large mumbl e of members and acceded to. The government would introduce amendments to their bill in order to carry out these principles. MARTIAL LAW. The bill for the trial and punishment of offences I committed during martial law provides that all offences committed in the violation of the rules and articles of war during the continuance of martial law shall be tried and determined by a military tribunal, in the same manner and form, and with I the same pains and penalties, after the cessation of martial law, as if martial law existed, war the said law for decla ri ng rules and articles of war were in ; force. Ut don• WINDSOR CASTLE, Dim. S. The Queen, with the Princess Helens, Princess L o uise, sod Prince Christian, drove out yesterday after noon in carriage and four, end sp in this morning, accom panied by the Princess Louise, and attended by the Hon. Mary Uncanny. Prince Christian of SleswirHolstein visited the Infantry Beneeks. Countess Gleichen end Ifsjor•General and Lady Emily Seymour bed the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. A deputation from Hateham. consisting of Mr. J. H. Lyon, Mr. J. Pugh, hit. W. Potter, Mr. T. Mugg. Mr. J, Andrew, Dr. Mathew, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Simpson, Dr. Anderson, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Steadman, Mr. Rig', Mr. San ford, Mr. Gush, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Newman, Mr. Carney, and Mr. Steers, had an interview with the Lord President of the Council, at the Privy C ou ncil-office, yesterday, with reference to a nuisance alleged to be created in the neigh bourhood of Hateham, from the method practised there of disposing of the carcases of diseased cattle. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat y day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. Preeent—Lord Chelmsford, Sir J. Coleridge, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Lawrence Peel. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial -office from the Governor of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Falkland Wands. THE COURT AT WINDSOR.--Her Majesty and the royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, are expected to hare Windsor Castle for Osborne some time between the 15th and 20th inst. It is not an ticipated that her Majesty will remain longer than a few I woke in the Isle of Wight, when the Court will again return to Windsor. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALLS.—Yeater day the Prince of Waled continued shooting in the preserves on Lord Suffield's estate at Gunton, Norfolk, and to-day his royal highness and the Princess will return to Searing ham. On Thursday the Prince had a run with Lord Hastings' hounds. Notwithstanding very wet and unfa vourable weather a field of 500 assembled in front of the hall, while there were also some 50 or 60 carriages and gigs in attendance. The Prince on making his appearance was very warmly received. Among the visitors, in addition to the royal guests at the hall, have been the Earl of Leicester and Lady Gertrude Coke, Earl and Countess Spencer, the Earl of Dunmore, Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Viscount Hamilton, Lady Sophia Macnamara, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Mr. Berkeley, M.P., Lord and Lady Rendlesham, the Hon. Colonel Coke, the Hon. Ral p h and Mrs. Harbord, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Randall Burroughs', the. Hon. H. and Mn. Harbord, Mrs. Henry Baring, the Eon. Admiral, Mrs. and the Misses Wodehouse, the Hon. and Rev. John and Mrs. Herbord, Sir Jacob, Lady, and Miss Preston, Colonel F., Kra, and the Mimes Astley, Colonel and Kn. Fitzroy, Colonel Jesyngs, &a It was dated yesterday that a flying visit had been paid by the Prince and Princess to Lord Sondes, at Elosham-halL This was not correct, as the visit will not be made until to-day, when the Prince and Princess will lunch at Blathers, returning afterwards to Sandring ham via Lynn. THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS HELENA.—The preparations for the bridal trousseau of her Royal High ness Prince's Helena have been commenced, and several of the Court tradespeople have received instructions to prepare the numerous articles which will be required. Prince Christian of Sleswig-Holstein, the intended husband of the Prilw.ele Helene, has, since his arrival at Windsor Culls, occasionally accompanied the Queen and princesses on their excursions round the castle. His serene highness is residing in a splendid suite of apartments within King Blwaid la's Tower. No date has yet been announced for the marriage of the prime and princess. Frogmors Lodge has been pointed to as not unlikely to be come the home of their royal highnesses, especially as a number of improvements have been recently carried out at that very pleasant royal retreat. Lord Brougham has been staying at his residence, is Greftoiretreet, since Tuesday last, when he came to town from Brougham HalL The noble and learned lord is expected to leave London in the coarse of the ensuing week for Cannes, to pass the winter. The marriage of the Earl of Sandwich with Lady Blanche Essetee, says the Cambridge independent, is to take pleas at Hsteliford Church. Surrey. oe the 27th inst. Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands has arrived in Lyoss. on her way to the South of France. The cholera has shown itself in the Eastern de partments of France. The Irspiraner of Nancy gives Dome information as to the deaths which have occurred in the Voegea, at itum-l'Etepe. At Naples on the sth there were 12 case, of cho lera sad 9 deaths, ~- ~ - ▪ SiOntir position at two wish . OM HentiamiL After this Sal Lusatia Asylum, 111.6 Bow ;1 tradriii tiost ar eass Ed s. N a 4, ehossuast / nionner made her acquaintan oi r his Brother, wbo was p end while she was in his sexy iffeeted her *Warlike. Treed of the marriage rb Mt Marisa Itasde— he I tle !ham. I was some time age I W e think I Oat knew him vis inite tl Onnion4treet. lederent in the question of peg to me • who person Ormted at;Grovrhall. Iwi ead I wan iatrodnowl to the dila. BMW". Mr. Tho neposdent to me. He Me soother, end said that lire %Thai, she Ma. Bilhngay ha s to r and A d a me information c Thomas oribsd himself t LAM Ormipany, mg he of ble meals. I thiak he tester. The photograph p Therms. Bp the Queen's Advoost eV was • very properly oon By Mr. Denman-1 thou/ mint women I bad ever seen, ever too Late to Mend." to me as • person wbo hdly ormilimi at Grove-tal come of my _ learic writing. Harriet —On the 21 WOW of Mrs. Thomas. She Hampshire ; sad woes pare why was bar oompanion. mynah.° there. Mr. Tho bra{ be was to there he use 19029 read the il sltling-room. (A laugh Mr. and Mrs. Thomas deserter Bade, and I lel Amble, in Northumberlar of Mr. Billings/ =ire the child. Tb deed. The respondents I have • memorandum the child Bessie went to tl I afterwards left for a aho into Mrs. Thomas. metric , I bare a MIIMOTandUM Mr. Thomas came to used to go to bed at it and the respondents used each other's society. Io Mr. Thomas at Alnmouti gay, Bessie, and I weal see us every dry, liar. I once saw 1 lag round the room, dr On the 9th October Bear respondents remained the 24th the responder. Cheltenham. Mr. Tho gay wrote to me ei told me He sent e 436411thetuaaselirL23re: tha t hilldß November I il. to the volunteers'bell they went to Newcastle wasted to write to 11 letters to her at the 1 February he came back Mr. Billnigay there he nary he sent me to Be open in the trace to go en to Edir there. When I see inclosed in • letter wh Thomas. On her hi Thomas bad given her ef ear-rhiffs. On a letter from to me. It asked "Oh the tem▪ ptation in my was It." The same day I have gone into the I have men him witl hag her hind in his, we set off by train to hass York. Theo Mr. Th carriage, but rot him to go home, and Mn. BrMrigay. Wit of the respondent, a In November, It9l professing that ho di Croes-axemined Billiegay was she charge of Dinah BA in my memorandum often played tricks one about her oondi it myself. I kept n I should not have be of any um. By Mr. Denman •• poking fun at Pi bngay was in very I a divorce, but had Myer, who bad tun hem; she accused h see her all the time George Geldred which is about tare lady and pritlemai as the respondent' The gentleman, al (which was near N of that gentleman Ana Little, chi Newcastle, depose las° rionfoised by establishment in Evidence of a Peterborough, wi Mr. Russell, le far Women and C matron of the Ho Often saw Mr. B Craw-examine the Home. Her lodvog. Henry Pain, al with his wife, I happily together Crose•ezemiue petl. Mosier iu 'SS laugh.) Should him thee brougl Eliza Sherwood Kent-road. She petitioner and b sees always them respoudest tome she gave it up. Crowe:smite Homes. The re husband. Be d news never saw in birn. Here Dr. (foists cc by beyond Pb' bad never been solve a marrisi fir. Denman the jury in their thinking feel a deep in the result of release the visit. Thee preetMed an and the elide that she had 1 , bead was iota Deese. [The or IXTILA Janus frr( and address. for ths Lord suicide at G Frank Pol on duty el day morale' dressed, le bridge, se that a nose the stops t water hold Tits water spot, and 'ace had ac Alaimo to the ohm Ha rep% All he rein ea thit hovo — iot came to hi tried to the oarroo slotook might tool his soh& - Aldo= very uto order WO ti~ \ bk him..