The Press. — London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

• 30. Russia and the Porte, and the importation of slaves into Cuba, formed the staple of the debates in the Lords. . 31. Lord Lyn§lburvit's Alteration of Oaths B►ll was read a second time In the Lords. Mr. Moore brought the ques• tion of the Irish Church under the consideration of the Commons. Jun. 1. Lordhant's Judges' Exclusion 11111 lost on the (bird reading in the Commons by 224 to 12:1. 2. Lord Lyndhurst's Alteration of Oaths Bill lost on going into committee by $1 t o 61). The hackney Car. ;ages Bill passed the Commons. 3. Sir C. Wood introduced his measure for the future government of India. 8. The war in Burnish discussed in the Lords. The Indian debate resumed and again adjourned in the commons. 10. The Marquis of Westmeath impugned the conduct of Mr. Keogh at the last Westmeath electiun. The Sue, cymbal Duty Bid read a second time in the Commons. 13. India muter discussion in the Lords. 11. Mr. H. Berkeley brought. on his annual motion upon the ballot, which was lost by 232 to 112. The soap duties resolution agreed to in committee. 18. Mr. Keogh made his defence in the Commons, iu repli t the attack in the Lords upon the 10th. IT. 111 e same came referred to ill the Lords, audit warm debate upon it. The Excise Duties on Spirits Bill passed the Commons. 21 The Income-tax hill read a second time in the Lords. The Marquis of Bhindford in the other house brought in his bill relative to episcopal and eapitular pro peaty. 23. Adjourned debate on India Bill continued in the Ctimmons. 2d. Thu house met for the first time this session (ex cept on Wednesdays) at twelve o'clock. The Indian de bate resumed and again'adjourned. 27. The Income-tax Bill passed the Lords. 10. The Duke of Newcastle iutrixhiced several tiovcni ment measures for ameliorating the condition of the Island of Jamaica. The Govenunent of India Bill read a *mond time in the Commons. .1111. Y. 1. The Customs Acts reaolutions agreed to in the Commons, and the IVestminster•bridgt Hill read a third time and passed. A. Mr. 4olllrr introduced a bill to amend the constitu tion of the Ecclesiastical (o n us. Mr. Cobbett brought in a bill for limiting Ote hours of labour of .women, Sc., in factories. 7. The Turkish question discusiied in the Isirds. 11. On.the motion of the Lod Chancellor, the Trans tiortationll was read a second time in the loinls. The tlovernment of India Hill was resumed in committee in the Commons. The Betting-honses Bill introduced. 12. The Merchant Shipping Rill in committee, and the Malt tax under discussion, in the Commons.. 13. The County Bates and Expenditure Rill was aban doned, and the Simony Law Amendment 101 l thrown out, in the Commons. 7- 14. The Universities (Sentland) Rill, and the News paper Stamp Ditties Bill, read a second .time in the Commons. 15. The Earl of Ellenhomngit brought the subject of the Indian army under the attention of the Lords. In the Commons the Merchant Shipping BM went through committee. 18. Russia and Turkey, the mat duty in India, and national education in • Ireland, seversily occupied the attention of the Lords. Mr. Bright brought the subject of the Peterborough elevtion. before the t'ommons. The Succession Duties Rill read a third t• and prised. ' 20. Lord It. Grosvenor's Hilt fur Repealing the Attorneys' Certificate Duty lost on se and reading by to It r.l. • 21. Mr. Munta's .niatien far allowing strangers in the house dining divisions agreed to, ' 72. After * lengthy debate the' Succession Duties. Rill iras read a second time in the Lords. 25. In the Lords the same bill went through com mittee, and the Colonial Church Regulation Hill was read a third time and poised. The Entry of Seamen's Bill went *rough committee in the c ~,,,,, ions. 27. The cabmen's strike attracted the attention of the Commons, and the Hackney t7arriage Duties ( No. 2) Bin was read a second time. The timernment of India Bill finally went through committee. 28.• The Succession Duties Hill passed the Lords. The South Sea Annuities Dissentients Hill, and the Govern ment of India Bill, on the report, under discussion in the Lower House. V. The Customs Duties Bill passed the Lonls. The Government of India Bill passed the Commons. Al? MIST. .......... I. Lord Lyndhurst brought the ease of the Harm' de Bode before the Lords. In the l'oultnotis the Navul Coast Volunteers Bill went through conimittee. The Landlord and Tenant (In.land ) finale 'reiiiintCotupen eation (Ireland) Bill, and the Merchant Shipping 11111. were read a third time and pulsed. 2. The occupation of the Ilannbian p►ovinces discussed is the ',unix. . 3. The Na•al Coast Volunteers Bill passed the Commons. The Marquis of 11landlord's Capitula►• Estates Rill was withdrawn, and Mr. C. Berkeley's Expenses of liVleetioos Bill wa4 tl►rewn over. 4. Lord J. Russell made a atateineut Motive to .Janiaios ; and the hotpot then went into committee of supply. The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was read a third time. The order for the se, , oil reading of the Phew/bow Mill waft discharged. A. The Government of India Bill read a seow►►d time in the Lerds. (In the Commons, the war with China, the Tissues embankment, and other interesting questions, *lye discussed as oomatittee of supply. R. Russia and Turkey refired to at come length in the Lords, and with more brevity iu the Commons. The India T•HE PRESS. Bill went through a immittee in the Lords. The Charitable Trusts Bill passed the Commons. ft. The Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland) Bill rend a second time in the Lords, with the understanding that it is not to proceed further in the present session. The Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill passed. In the Cumulous the Transportation Bill went through committee, and sere• rid bills were read a third time and passed. 10. The Smoke Nuisance Bill, the Betting-houses Bill, and others, passed the Commute. 11. Parliament went to the naval review at Spithead, and, in consequence, the Speaker did not take the chair till the unwonted hour of eleven at night. The Friendly Societies Bill, the Metropolitan Sewers Act Continuance Bill, and others, were read a third time and passed. 12. In the Lords an important, interesting, and pro filleted discussion took place upon the affairs of Russia and Turkey. In the Commons the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill, and the Transportation Bill, were read a third time and passed. 13 (Saturday ). The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, and the hand-tax Redemption lfill. paMell the Commons. 15. The Pilotage Bill, and the Universities (Scotland) Bill, went through committee ; and several hills passed the Lords. The Maltese Criminal Code wits under diecussion in the Commons. 16. The Univemitiss (Scotland) Bill passed the Lords. In the Comments an animated debate upon Russia and Turkey, the principal speakers being Lord J. Russell, Mr. Layard, Sir .1. Pakingum, Mr. Cobden, and Lon! Palmerston. IN. The Lord Chancellor laid upon the table the Report upon the l'onsolidation of the Statutes. Several bills mad a thi►d time and passed. 20 (this day ). Parliament pmmbn►ed by comtuissio/t. THE HON. MR. ANI) MRS. NORTO.►N. Tnr. Hon. Mr. Norton was sued in the Westminster County Court for the amount of 491. tis. , being ba lance of a bill due to Messrs. Thrupp, the coach builders of Oxford-street, on account of the Hon. Mrs. Norton. The case excited great interest. Defendant pleaded non-liability, because he had been for many years separated from his wife under a legal settlement. Mrs. Norton, who gave evi&en ce at much length, declared that the allowance seen red to her by her husband had never been fully p aid, or this debt would not have remained unFiettled. Various family quarrels, accusations, and at range ments were somewhat freely expatiated upon in the course of the trial, and the sources of income both to Mr. and Mrs. Norton revealed in remorseltiss : Mrs. Norton stated that she had been subpoenaed to produce the accounts of the plaintilfa for work anti labour supplied to her from the year 164:3 to the month of March, 18:141. The work consisted of repairs to my eauriwge. I paid Mr. Thnipp by instalments until Mr. Norton if topped my allowance. We are not residing together, wad have lived apart fir some years, by my wish and choler, because I consider that I have sustained an injury that 'go woman ought to submit to. I believe Mr. Norton's income to be about 3,0001. a year, viz., front his uutgistmcy, his patri monial profits in Scotland, his chambers ir, the Temple, and other sources, altogether amounting to 3,000/. per annum. I was parted from him in the prat. MO, and the following year he offered 600/. a year t rail we cou ld ar range our matters, but made me a coinpr theory allowance of 4001. per annum. He stipulated that J should give up my children, and I said that I would rr,thex starve than lose them. awl I did starve for a time . From the month of March, 18:18, he made me an allowv.nce, and he advertised me in the public papers respectitc the compulsory allow ance. lie paid me WM. a year v ntil ISIS. In reference to this there was an agreement drawn up : he and my brother-in-law, the Hun. E. Pliepps, witnessed it. In the year ISM my mother died, my I she left me some money; but then' are still 6 + 47 1. 10r, due to my creditors, and I have returned from Italy t l . have it paid; and if the de fendant had paid me the treoney he promised by the agree ment I should have r.ettkit with the plaintiffs, but I under stood Mr. Norton's plea tt e be, that, as this paper was made between hint and 'his will., it cannot be binding on hhn ; bat if I bad tire money every one of my creditors would have what is dire to them . Cross-ezaneened by Mr. Needham: Nave you received your income front Mr. Norton regularly up to a period beyond that of the last Kew. March, 18:10? the Hem. Mrs. Norio n : He owes me 6871. Mr. Nteelliam : Hare you not received your allowance under the agreement? The Hon. Mrs. Nor on : 1 received my allowance up to March, 185.2. Mr. 'Needham : Waa your separation from your husband a voluntary one ? The Hon. Mrs. Ng, rton : Mr. Norton seat my little children away, to whit h I very much objected, and I re ceived nothing in the hape of an allowance for two years, and when I parted froze i my husband I had no income. Mr. Needham : Was not the allowance paid into your banker's, first after t he rate of 2001. a year, and subse quently VOL ? The Hon. Mrs. Nort on : No; I have not got my Walker's pass-book with me. 1 • lower had a book at all until It+4B, because I never had si aficient mtmey to make it worth my while to keep au acco, nit there. Yesterday I sent a list of what moneys I had a 4, my banker's. Mr. Needham Dig you refuse to take the nioney after it was paid into Mesa es. Hansom's, the hackers? The Hon. Mrs. Nu rton : 1 refused to do anything whilst my children were tali en from me. Mr. Needham: 1 . believe you had 13,000/. left you by your mother? ' SATURDAY, The Hon. Mrs. Norton : I have the interest of the m o n e y paid to me through my brother. Mr. Needham : Have you also VI. 10s. paid to you by way of pension? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : My father held an appointment at the cape of Good Hope. He died there, and 1 have the pensi• m in consequence. Needham : What, is your lite►ary income ? Is it 501 W. p ear?y TI• ie !Tom Mrs. Norton : You may take it for what you like ; and the only remaining source of income is the assistance fron► my friends and family—any sum that they chino 3e to allow M. Needham : Madam, we have already gut an income o f 1,:1( 1( 11. a year; do you mean to tell the learned judge that .you have no other sources of income ? The Hon•. Mrs. Norton : 1 mean to tell the learned judge the to tth. Mr. Needh am : Is one of those friends from whom you derive an all uwance Lord Bova!, the late Lord Mel bourne? . The Hon. Mrs. Norton ; That is one of the sources. (Tb.e witness mere became much excited, and, rising from her seat, said :) Ido not receive an income ; for his pro perty was atrial y entailed. He lett Ins solemn declaration, arc a dying 1211112, and gave his word of honour, that Mr. Norton's accusation against me, when I was a young thing at home, alis a false one. Mr. Needham : I ask you whether it was not upon the express assertion , at the time that agreement was signed, that you received nothing from Lord Melbourne, that Mr. Norton was to make you the allowance? The Hon. Mrs. Norton: I did receive nothing from Lord Melbourne. Mr. Needham: Ind you say that you neither did then, nor could ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : I did not, thr I never expected to receive any hints. Mr. Needham : you mean to say that on your oath ? The Hun. Mrs. Norton (with great emphasis): I say it upon my oath—man—what ? Mr. Needham: Madam, that may be very tragical; but it is not very polite. The Hon. Mrs. Norton : lam sorry not to be polite. I am in a very tragioal state. Mr. Needham : From what time—up to what time— have you received MU a year? The Hon. Mrs. Norton: You have my voucher-book at home. _ Mr. Needham : Who paid it ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : Lady Palmerston ; I don't know how it is paid. Mr. Needhain: When did you receive the last? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : It was in June or July. Lady Palmerston gave me something this year. Nobody is bound to give me anything. Mr. Needham: Have you received 600/. a year up to July in the present year? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : I have not had 0011/. a year. i. don't know how much my income falls short of that; but I have not received that. Mr. Needham : In January, 1852, did you have 29.11.55. on the account of Lord Melbourne placed to your sect bunt ? Tbe Hon. Mrs. Norton : I dare say I did. You have the look. Mr. Needham : Now, in July of the same year, per Lord Melbourne, the sum of 2911. Did you have that? The Hon. Mrs. Norton : Yes. But Lord Melbourne is dead. No one is bound to give me one farthing. We are disenssii tg simply whether my creditors are or are not to be paid. After a vast many questions bearing upon the domestic relationship of the plaintiff and defendant, and some other witnesses having been examined, The Ju4e said that at the opening stage the case was ex parte, and decreed for a nonsuit, upon which Mr. Nortoit pressed for a hearing, in explanation of the allegations made against him by his wife. The learned Judge remarked that, as the whole case was quite ex parte, the public could only attach such weight as was due to any time under such circumstances. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, August 16. - - BANKRUPTCY ANNI'LLED—SAMUEL CLARKE, Exeter and Torquay. Devonshire, hardwareman. BANKRUPTS—JOHN COLI.ETT JACRAION and ADOLPHI•s FRUSTA!. HARRISON. URIOIt-court, City, merchants--FREDERICK WM. STRICKLAND, Kensiiiirton-crescent, Kensington, and Sy mond's-inn, Chancery-lane, wine merchant —Wm. SMITH, High street, Shadwell, licensed BARTON, Rosemary Branch Taveni, Islington, licensed victualler—RonEnT LEA, Grantham, Lincolnshire. draper —JOHN WILLIAMS, Lower Wookey Mills, near Wells, Somemetshire, paper maker—Toms consist', Tiverton, Devonshire, gmeer—Wm. Lkycocs, Brad ford, Yorkshire, innkeeper--Jons TATE, Darlington, Durham, iron merchant. SCOT(' II S EQU EST ILATION—WILIAA m - HENRY, Dundee, boot maker. ---•• Friday, Augwd 19. BANKRUPTS—WILLIAN HENRY DEE, Cambridge, _ i , lumber —Ronturr Dams, StuTey, builder—Jamas POLLII7, Manches ter. picker JOHN ROBEIRTRHAW. Church, Lancashire, iron foundet—Joutt linannuity, 31useley-road, Worcestershire, dealer in copper ores WILLIS:II I 1 ARO ROVE, Birtuingluum, brass totuider. LANCASTER AND CARLT:iLE RAILWAY...-A subscriber, signing himself "A Copserrative," points out an error in an article in our last impression entitled "The Railroad Bungle." It was there stated that the premium on Lancaster and Carlisle 501. Shares (paid up) was 451., and the premium per cent. '45. The premium should have been stated at 541., and the premium per cent. at 10S. The latest price is 104 to 100 on the 50/. share.