Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

S n had a t ni i t , t s houl,a ba rd uld libe . c orgy chine it de" s tore'LP., ssai who were hot the Men to have supported an empirical measure. If, however, by the phrase, it was meant that the measure Was experimental, the country w ou ld, h e believed agree that Wit him that the experiment was greatly successful. Since h time, the country had enjoyed better legislation, greater prosperity, and more internal peace than durin e period of our history. He would gladly have considered one. , a t teaSt during his lifetime, that settlement to be a final t objihis, however he had long felt to be impossible, The grea ect of Refo'rmers ought to be to prevent further altera tion, and it was evident, from the speech of Lord . Stanley, tha t he violated, in the present instance, that impo s r r t a a a n - t Pfinciple, as much as he regarded the future . di f rhisement of the small boroughs as inevitable. lande been of o pi n i on as to reform within the last month ° ao en 'very great. L or d D er b y accepted office for the e l,' w .ed Purpose o f s t emm i ng the torrent of democratic ten the ; yet hi s G overnment had proposed the reduction of the 450 occupancy to £lO, and as a counterpoise proposed i e h e e transfer of the borough . voters,half of which counter -7,77e. without consulting their party,.they had already given the ' lur t heY would violate Conservative_ principles more than Thep present bill. What were the demands of democracy ? ie.._ ballot mantle d suffrage, electoral districts, and vote by l e ) ,i,„ -° ,‘• All there ° provisions of the bill tended to the t 1,"""Sil3I I q X l i OCCpancy, tended to manhood suffrage, f,"„octitalisatioit of voting to electoral districts, the system of e..._(4ng..Papers -to the ballot. The bill showed too much " . ' 7n altY, and was too clever by half. "%plieated bill would have •had a much A be si t m tg le . ch a a n n d ce le o ss f cee 's• /le quoted against the authors of the ea b l i d ll dbeyeetihvee saying of Oliver Cromwell, that "subtlety Pu, hoeesty never would." He would not use e s r u d btl e ety in , 'out 'candidy avow his share in the resolution. , 0, 1" ;: e se d 11 had- consulted him when the bill that T his w not unnatural, seeing shifim-rsstelfintarnod tile noble lord s were the only surviving members n of the had cekraittee which drew up the reform bill. ' B tatee en tothat occasion that he felt strong objections ad the bill, and that he should oppose the second . be • but that the capital objections to it might thembodied into resolutions. He defended the coarse e,p ro seeding by resolution, which - was analagous to i_B e litit i te d pra i en P ioi t int e h d ietirary l , ase year in the case of the India Bill. It ' fl ahlecl the Government to withdraw the bill and to sub in it enabled the house to express its opinion never h e stage. Of the principle of . the . bill he his experience knew . greater unanimityin that housee ia c ondemning the principle of the bill, or a ereater il a tt n o c e,..o! cat rying a good , and usefal measure—thegreater rr"ue XlO occupancy counties, a reductionefthremhots franchise, the disfranchisement within moderate of i i tare: Smeller boroughs, the impartial enfranchisement ea the he believed nd the prohibition of travelling expenses w b e ", secure a good and satisfactory measure w d hich could departed fe _ Passed dining the present session. They . nAna Preseliption during the old Reform Bill, when they w'ePted eb e Chan during clause. Let them not abandon f pe 'Zn'n now ie the boroughs, where it had existedthoer sort erOO .; rhiefl o.The botough votes in the counties were iate wasd to °tain-vai transfer s a e te P r iilPeuortles:airna,_i:avour proposedte the was county as constituencies, pelitimpolitic a s zh au a l d e :o li n e 'e r ils r ao :: fet li e ,Pointed out several ceses in which it wealth v co as n st i tuen h e a i d es i ja,, I.loweriug of 1832, yet the borou e _h t eu . cr s e l e admi l t n ted his th e a p t en in in te g lli s g p e e n ec c h e ' a t n , h d so n ; t li ere fo re : n n lic i - c ed e asz ss ee ; d r u i e i m ris ii f n ished since that time. ee l the boroourg h an fr y ane ß h e ise for . m While ßill teoxperffes this pr his o wn e had lePlance to the ballot, he confessed that . ? n e s t, a l s P re Made great progress throughout the country , th „, garded the voting papers, this would be of f rea t d h y e landf o "'" e nt of c ompulsien for bribing in the hands by th d, we e would cause his agent to go round, ; and, either by th r eats or promises • ould obtain them back again, signed ay j„%tenants. This' would obtain them bac'k agai'n, signed bi 'uhi ll ff would end in rendering the ballot e en - necessary This system of voting payers had en fee. e • th ey One to work co badly in municipal elections that l)ilf• nu, °Y common - consent be l en ti s o t n r s u . ck out in the new These objections wereinttoroduced to regulate those_ elections. ho use t he entire measure, and found fault with the lodging with set ClallSeS. Lodgers were m e et floating population, satisfied with any oftio,,illed habits. He introduced by the new bill. He sho u l d , need franchises if th e : aye felt called upon to oppose the second reading, mildersolutions were not carried which he preferred as a must c°n "e• If the ministry refused d to sel t: e k , e he it w , they eald .nor te r their fate. If they choose to_ dissolve, way, but they woul d r 9w any factious opposition in he At all t he l ot i : f eiZ a r‘.estton. sibility far'heavier t than . had fallen to •ev eet.s. ~ yot eir predecessore in so doing. r eelee eee T . e house must do its duty, regardless of the con e. . object. of said that there was nothing in the Prop osed le n °f teethe right hon. baronet, or the noble lord who a leol resolution, which might not be considered J. e Z ei t i tee• Re characterised the course pursued by Lord itself at as Re If the house had pledged partiall to i coasieer the measure, it was called upon violate e h. to cemnnencement of the session calmly and im and.emb this r,01.,_ arrass the discussion. The bill was . of great im intended only to check t fence, anPelectloguetainh! a resolution, take ' tle e ten n . It had been said that the bill would been .o. ori every be con testeded parts to which objections might not here had hustings the country ; yet t on. ` Jive electionS since its introduction, two of them c elections and all had been favourable to the -Govern /neut. Iva.• , e further•denied that the opinion of . the country e 'lavers adver-- eto the bill. Those meetings which had given sUtfr e 7 ° P i nions had passed resolutions Tor universal 4_, t,t g ::v e e„ , la inienual parliaments, and vote by ballot. lf he 4:ttussell had acted fairly, and met the bill by a direct would not have ' succeeded. The measure I; a s he contended, a safe and sufficient one, creating a very ree, e "te nsion of the suffrage. The way in which it ea ve i s aceee,e_oelsedering the position of the government when 'vvvihseeuutt Wi l li rt 'l?' Mee, was highly ungenerous. The „..ci,ared that the opposition had acted noble them TheeLefoearance ; for that they k the noble could not th ri st year, on the s`l"--e-th.ey had not forgotten the scene o a that as It ion of the motion of Mr. Cardwell. He admtted. rce ohe was a mistake on their part to promise a measure of to I hut having made the promise, they were .t D Pi:''deta it—and they had redeemed e • Lord had erato., but he e had made promises like these, heee not redeemed his promise, and they t had reaqn i ir ° l ll the first the Ministry to propose the second they wge of a reform bill, since the subject was revived,. . ng o: ilie ant r e met by a resolution which, if it mean a ythi ure T he a r efusal of the further consideration of the mew . .• e nobl e • he with their bill, astw;t„. viscount told them to go on , . ,st n .. _, • 1111 811Et1 'llonte• the resolution, in a tone of arrogance in th at aanwagst gentlemen who sat opposite to each . other luip o , .11, Rouse. He gave them advice that it was . _ efterelwie for them to take-advice which, especially if Witt e i eh?. 84 01 a torte he himself could have spurned Vise nulgllation. The ' subsequent reference of the no pe evo l ni n t . to the dissolution was a direct attack upon the * as 41 13 ' e s of the Crown. The Ministry, whatever Nee', out of doors, had never threatened dissolution. Th n_ and for was never intended for them to accept, it was i _ 'aid, a`,Ler the to reject. . It was,. a . s Mr. Whiteside had e ° l lch ea ?Dtensive elution ; it might indeed have been 4 , tte Tee In such terms - as might have been accepted._ - rlru ill e 0 7 u_a,el been ma to place the government on the -, the h ousea Ulletnilla ; that dilemma they refused to adopt. bill• T h e Passed the resolution, they should not . have th o e . th e 'ne Alr.in„..istry did not sit there to do the bidding e by noble would not be fettered t , _ lireli nii _ V iscount ; same spirit, but all t l 7 evo,4,ary conditions the; they t t h h e ey had been fairly met liiety eekii`cru have acted in would''4 e t now say was, that they language which he ' l. • 'VV . aI 1 had d asked them, en et,re g . ter , po e a would not take the reso f fe e et° which I happened to object. It would have bee n ' ue bill 'to pledg e themselves to abandon that feature stigmatised the Part e t for - e u e et e t e, if Mr. Walpole had waited and endeavoured t hat Motives ets views in committee. He declaring I•,.eatn which were prevalent in that house, that it lie defended the eetre, Ouduet of public men had not improved of late 1 44 4 - 4 .intr o duced a large liberal element into the was provisions of the bill, contend e i e n n g . objeeteles, that it disfranchised no . one, and what _ d f I°liable • • Z e nded 4 .1. in it might be amended in committee. He Nuiee th at ` ee identity of franchise as proposed in the bill,. 7 the it was . - founded on principles already affirmed l e `. 4 ite °ll se. Ile especially approved the lodgers' fran "'lL " rr° ne °f the most liberal and safe provisions of the s Uhe e i "-e concluded bv protesting against the resolutions a be :ierrfiadddseconlaering his - eanfi dent eipectationthat it would k r. e., • a. p a i.:i• Gray, moved the adjournment of the debate. on this motion, denied the statement of Sir was Si that the course adopted by Lord J. Russell to niParaerllTl! 4 4 . here e rakington complained out it and irregular, and called on the Speaker % , . e e. eee ?pinion, had declared th at , authority out of doors, which authority that he had referred to' eeualipierareet.solution was at least not in consonance withthe T ice. by w e e SPeaker said that thepower of moving resolutions N ee 1 , of amendment had been restricted rather . than hi s T ,Reu . , by modern r ' actices During the presidency of t le LereQeeeesors fortyPor fifty resolutions ' had been sopu . pon s hint of regularity and order it was not declared I, erd e ,t) take exception to the present resolution. %Natt er i altilerston entered into some explanation as . to the It i, ree l. ~ n dispute between himself and Mr.Whiteside, e e re ; hi te t', i ,,;he re e• of Ital • which wire answered by M • ),, A ei se ' e • . " nie ev a ' s '° l l arose on a dens end made by Mr. Bass,. that Of the dgerStaDding should be come to as to the termination Th e eba te, but no decision we arrived at. itereed t n r rtion fur the adjournment of Te e s • . there av the debate was then roe _olnee Bank (Ireland) Act Contint'ance Bill passed edio,_ teer orders were then disposed of, Theeo e mmittee. . eened at ten minutes to one. an d the House AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THt UROPA. The Cunard steamer Europa arrived here last night with 102 passengers, and about $530,000 in in specie. She sailed from New York on the 16th inst., and brings one day's l a t er news . Th e Cit y o f Washington had arrived at New York on the morning of the 16th inst. From Washington we learn that the Cabinet had a protracted session on the 15th inst., and had under consideration the exhibit submitted by the Post office department. It is very elaborate, and covers a vast deal of ground, presenting the actual condi tion of the department in all its ramifications. There will be a deficiency on the 30th of June of four million three hundred thousand dollars. After discussing matters, and going through with a minute examination of the figures, the Cabinet were unani mous in opinion that an extra session of Congress would be necessary. There are other matters, how ever, that will have to be considered, and the whole subject was postponed. The E'residcnt favours 'the middle of August, and it is highly probable that will be the time fixed. The understanding in Washington that the British frigate ClVacoa will land Lord Lyons at Annapolis, and there await Lord Napier's convenience to return in that vessel to Europe. - The Secretary of fhe Treasury has notified the successful bidders for the late loan, that they need not make any further deposits, unless they choose, government not at present requiring money. It is thought in-financial circles that no call for instal ments will be made before midsummer. , A complaint has been lodged at the State De partment against the British Consul at Galveston. In November, the American ship Thomas Watson, of New York, cleared with a cargo of cotton for Liverpool. The Consul refused to certify . to the clean bill of health given by the Collector of that port, in consequence of which the vessel was 'detained twenty-five. days, and narrowly escaped shipwreck. The allegation is, that the Consul was actuated by a feeling of petty malice and revenge, owing to the attachment of the British schooner Commerce, by the owners of the Watson, for damage done in port during a norther by the former, which was consigned to the British Consul. The owner of the Watson has preferred a claim of ten thousand dollars against the British Government. The Grand Jury found a true bill to-day against Mr. Sickles for murder. They had a long discussion in the jury room as to what ought to be done with Mr. Butterworth. What course they will pursue is not known. Two of them are known to be 'in favour of indicting him as particeps The Secretary of State recently submitted to the Attorney-General the question, whether the Chinese coolie trade, as carried on by American ships, comes within the laws for the suppression of the slave trade ? The Attorney-General decides that it does come within said laws. It is understood that Sim Johnson, connected with the Union 'newspaper s will be appointed Consul at London, in place of Mr. Campbell, and that Mr. Eames, late Minister to Venezuela, takes charge of Union. Hon. C. %V. Jones has declined the Bogota mission The statement in one of the New York papers about Mr. M'Lane, Minister to Mexico, being favour able to Miramon, and having been appointed by influences opposed to the liberal government, is not correct. "The administration would be pleased to see the success of the constitutional party, and will be gratified if that party prove itself strong enough to establish a firm government in Mexico. Additional news has arrived at Washington confirming the statement of Miramon having sustained a repulse. The labourers on the New York and Erie Railroad at the freight depot at Piermont refuse to work until the company pay them two months back pay at the rate of one dollar per day for each 'man. They also say if the company will not comply with their demands, that they will, on the company's paying them all their back pay—two-and-a-half months at ninety cents per day—not interfere with any set of men the company may think proper to put in.their places. During the strike in December, 1857, the men were promised, if they would go to work Again, they should receive, from and after March, 1858, one dollar per day, which promise The company has not fulfilled, but, on the contrary, threatened to make a still further reduction in the per diem of the men. Thus matters stand at present An arrival at New York places us in possession of three weeks later from the Paraguay expedition. The United States war steamers Fulton, Water Witch, Harriet Lane, and= two brigs Dolphin and Perry, 'had called in at Rosario as they were pro ceeding up the river to Paraguay. The remainder of the ,expedition was still at Monte Video. The Governor of Santa Fe was greatly surprised at the appearance of the fleet before Rosario, and sent a message to the commander to learn his business there. Commodore Shrubrick very laconically answered, "to coal." The acute Governor took the hint, and wisely concluded that Uncle Sam's dollars and friendship were more agreeable than opposition. The fleet entered, the steamers coaled, and sailed again between the 12th and 15th for their destination The rumours at Buenos Ayres were that President Lopez would not see the American minister. The inhabitants of that city were at first very favourable to the expedition against Paraguay ; but this feeling seems to have changed. The French and English there were neutral. Though the refusal of Lopez to see the U.S. Minister would precipitate hostilities, and that rumour was current, those who seemed to profess to know better believed that Lopez would resort to some cunning policy to prevent hostilities. The neighbouring governors were all much inter ested in the preparations for hostilities on both sides, COMMERCIAL NEW YORK, March 16. The Money Market is easy, with ample capital awaiting temporary or permanent in vestment. Call Loans, with Government and State loans as collaterals, have been made this week at 4to 41. The hanks are, in many cases, loaning on call at 5 per cent. Prime business paper finds more buyers than sellers at 54 to 6 per cent. We quote for to-day Prime paper, single names, 4 months Do. endorsed do. 5/ 4 to 6 6-4 to Do. do. 6 to 8 months 6' to Loans on Call, first-class collaterals COTTON—NEW Yon', March 16th, 1859: The desire to operate in cotton, which we stated in our last circular as having then become general, has been more fully developed during the week under review ; large transactions have taken place in all the markets in the country, and a further advance has been established. The receipts at the ports continue to decrease, based upon which, and the prospects of future supplies, there is a disposition to reduce the ex treme estimates for crop. _ _ The news per City of Washington will have a favourable effect on the markets, more particularly iu the South, where throughout the season more confidence has existed towards cotton than in this city. in this city we have had an animated market, with large sales, for export to Liverpool and the Continent, on specula tion, and a moderate amount for home consumption. The total sales are estimated at 18,000 bales. the market closing firmly at the annexed quotations, which are fully 1 4 c. above those given on the 7th inst. : Good styles of Middling and above are scarce, and holders demand prices beyond their relative value. The clearances for the week have been— for Liverpool, 7,583 ; Christianstadt, 1,155 ; Bremen, 609 ; Havre, 133 ; Marsala, 110. Total, 9,590 bales. COTTON TRANSITU : The great activity in floating Cotton, mentioned in our last circular as prevailing in the market, has continued and increased during the week under review. The daily sales have been large, and buyers have operated with confidence ; prices have advanced fully ac per lb, and the quantity at pNesent offering for sale is quite small. The sales for the week have amounted to 16,000 bales. Prices have gradually advanced, and we quote on the basis of 15-32 d freight from Nero Orleans, strict middling, 11iF to 12e ; middling, 111 c ; barel middling, 111 c ; low middling, 111,c ; good ordinary, 10tc ; ordinary, 9-1 c to 10c. Mobiles, with freight 13-32 d, strict middlii?s, 111 c ; middling, 11;ic ; low middling, 114-c ; good ordinary, 10-ic ; ordinary, 91c to 10c. Savannah,.swith 11-32 d freight, middling, 11ic to to 11Ic ; low middli ng , 112 c. We may soon expect a large increase to the offering stock. A fair shafo of the recent purchases in Mobile and New Orleans have been made with a view to resale in transit in this market. SOUTHERN MA.nialTs, as reported by mail, are g l,7en in detail. Higher prices, it will be seen, have been made in Charleston and Savannah, with large transactions in th 6 interior markets of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama a further advance has been realized, and prices are also higher. By telegraph from New Orleans and Mobile we have particulars of the week's•bitsiuess, ending on Friday MINISTERIAL CRISIS. last, amounting, in the former to 85,000 bales, and in the latter to 30,500 bales. Prices have advanced Zto lc. per lb. Middling to both places, per lb. The detention of outward bound vessels, caused by the obstruction at the bar of the Mississippi continues. By telegraph the followinc , has been received : NEW ORLEANS, March Receipts for the week, 34,000 bales (net) ; same week last year, 65,000. Sales for the week, 85,000. Middling, 11-1 c per lb. Stock on 'hand 500,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d to 15-32 d per lb. P.M.—Sales to-day, 3,500 bales. Middling, 11-ac per lb. Freights firmer, 15-32 d to id. MOBILE ' March 12 : Receipts for the week, 13 , 000 bales ; same week last year, 18,000. Sales for the week, 30,500. Middling, 112 c per lb Export for the week to Great Britain, 3,600 bales. Stock on hand, 165,000. Exchange on London, 1082 per cent. Freight to Liverpool, 11-32 to I s d per lb. P.M.—Sales to-day, 3,000 bales, market very firm. 15th : Middling, 11-2-c to 111 c. SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M The •Dailp News remarks that the speech of Sir John Pakington, in reply to Sir James Graham, seems to put an end to all chance of accommodation, and to bring matters back to the state in which they were left by Lord Stanley's speech on Monday week. The Times says that after much fluctuation of opinion, Sir J. Pakington has pledged his government to hold itself staked on the issue of the debate ; and the Times adds: This week we trust will decide the fate of Lord Derby's Reform Bill. The Morning Star says : «No one has any other opinion than that ministers will resign office." The Post, however, remarks that the government, obey ing the commands of the majority, may, if permitted, make the bill a good one. They may resign, or they may dissolve. The responsibility in each case must rest with them. The Herald thinks there is still a large number of that which is called the liberal party who remember the tradition of fair play, and that this section will defeat the present attempt of Lord John Russell. LAW INTELLIGENCE . EVITY COURTS.--MA.Rpu 26. BEFORE THE MASTER OF TILE ROLLS THE IiORTITIRN TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1859 BRADBURY AND EVANS V. DICKENS AND WILLS. The plaintiffs in this cause are the publishers and part proprietors of Household Words, who filed this bill against Mr. Charles Dickens and Mr. Wills for a dissolution of partnership in that periodical. Mr. Roundell Palmer, Q.C., and Mr. A. Smith were counsel for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Hobhouse for the the defendants. Mr. Palmer said that he had to move the court on behalf of the plaintiffs, for an injunction to restrain the defendant, Mr. Charles Dickens, from publishing the notice in question, or any other notice or advertisemant announcin g the discontinuance of the periodical called Household Words, or the substitution of any periodical in place thereof, or in succession thereto, or containing any announcement to the same or similar effects. It appeared that the plaintiffs were jointly interested in the periodical in question, and on the 28th of March, 1858, entered into an agreement for the establishment of the same. The terms of that agreement were that the plaintiffs, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Wills, and Mr. J. Forster, were to be and to continue joint proprietors under certain stipulations, and as such to enjoy any profits realised, or to bear any losses incurred in connection with the periodical. Mr. Dickens was to have one half-part or share, and the plaintiffs one-fourth, and Mr. Forster and Mr. Wills one-eighth respectively. Mr. Dickens was to be editor, and in that capacity to exercise absolute con trol over the literary department, and to have £5OO a 'year, so long as he continued editor, to be paid additional for any articles he might contribute, and to receive a parti cipation of the profits in proportion to his share in the undertaking. The plaintiffs were to be the printers and publishers, as well as general commercial managers. It was further arranged that Mr. Forster should from time to time contribute literary articles without any remuneration, and Mr. Wills, in consideration of his share, should act as sub editor, and receive 18 a week for his services in that capacity. It was moreover stipulated that meetings should take place for the transaction of tho business, and that at any special meeting two of the proprietors, in addition to the plaintiffs, should be present. The publication was established, and proved very success ful, but Mr. Forster retired, and assigned his share to Mr. Dickens. Some time since Mr. Dicken's feelings towards the plaintiffs became altered, and he convened a meeting last November. He was unable to attend, and deputed Mr Forster to represent him, and that gentle man proposed a resolution, which was seconded. by Mr Wills, to the effect that the partnership should be dissolved,' and the publication discontinued on com pletion of the nineteenth volume. That resolution was protested against, and Mr. Dickens served the plaintiffs with a formal resolution to the same effect. Mr. Dickens then issued the announcement which it was now sought to restrain, in which he stated that his new work, All the Year Round would be shortly pub lished, that he would take with him the writers of Household Words, and that that periodical would be discon tinued, and the partnership be dissolved. Previously, however, Mr. Dickens had offered the plaintiffs £l,OOO for their share in the periodical, which had been. refused. The learned counsel contended that the conduct of Mr. Dickens was most unjustifiable, and calculated to inflict a serious in jury on the property of the plaintiffs, who might, not withstanding Mr. Dickens's retirement, be enabled to conduct Household Words with reasonable success. Mr. A. Smith followed on the same side. Mr. Selwyn said that Mr. Dickens was perfectly justified in the course he had adopted by the announcement in question. He had stated nothing that was not true, and it concerned his personal reputation to state that the publication, Household Words, had ceased to be his property, it would have been a fraud on the public to let it 'be supposed that the work came out under his control, or that he was in any way connected with it. Now, what was the fact ? "House hold Words, conducted by Charles Dickens," was the description of the work, and " conducted by Charles Dickens," was as much a part of the title as Household Words. Mr. Palmer : We shall not use his name. Mr. Selwyn : The very essence of the whole thing consisted in Mr. Dickens's name, and that gentleman had the whole control over the literary department. His Honour : Has not an editor exclusive control in that department ? Mr. Selwyn : The position of Mr. Dickens was different to that of editors under ordinary circumstances, because he could not be dismissed by the proprietors. The advertise ment was carefully worded, but still the plaintiffs, from some feelings they entertained, thought fit to bring the case into a court. There was nothing what ever in the contract that prevented Mr. Dickens bringing out a new periodical, and he called that work by another name. His Honour : The slightest word would have done, and if he had used " discontinued by him," It. would linvc been all mac was necessary. Mr Selwyn : " Household Words, conducted by Charles Dickens," was the title ; and it was the work so entitled that he announced would be discontinued. His Honour : Had Mr. Dickens added after "discontinued," in the fourth line, "by him," or " by me," it would have answered all the purposes. The Master of the Rolls said that the property in such cases as this was in the title, and that he could only consider the title to be Household Words. It was not clear that the whole concern was so much associated with Mr. Dickens's name as to be destroyed on his retire ment from it. The only complaint that could be urged against his advertisement was, that it stated absolutely that Household Words was to be discontinued, but he had a right to announce that he would not continue it, and on his undertaking to alter his advertisements, by using the words " will be discontinued by . me," his Honour would make no order on the motion for injunction. Mr. Cobden was at Toronto on the 14th, and paid a visit to the Canadian parliament on that day._ _ Sir Maurice Berkeley writes to his friends at Gloucester that, as he claims an existing peerage, his legal advisers inform, him he ought not to allow himself to be elected a member of the House of Commons. Lord Redesdale has introduced a bill into the House of Lords, intituled, "An Act for preventing the abuse of return tickets on Railways." His Lordship . proposes that the fraudulent sale and transfer of excursion, double, or return tickets shall be punished with a fine, not exceeding (with costs) the sum of £5 ; and, in default of payment, imprisonment with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two months. DISAPPOINTMENT.— A New Hampshire editor, recently travelling, had his wallet abstracted from his pocket by an adroit pickpocket, while indulging in a short nap.. The thief was so disgusted with the result of his exploit that he returned the plunder by express, to the address written in tide the wallet, with the following note :—" You miserabil shank, hears your pockit-book. I don't keep no sich. Fur a man dressed as well as you was to go round with a wellit with nuthin' in it but a lot of noospaper scraps, a ivury tooth-comb, two noospaper stamps, an' a pass from a raleroad directur, is a contemterble impursition on the Public. As I hear your a editor, I return your trash. I never robs any only4,rentlemen."—AMany (AT. Y.) Country Gentleman. A SCENE IN A KENTUCKY CASE.—The following scene had taken place in a Kentucky law court : - A old political feud has existed for some time between Thomas S. Lowe, of Hawesville, and Cicero Maxwell, of Hartford, Kentucky, the prosecuting attorney for that district. Mr. Lowe had threatened to cowhide Mr. Maxwell on meeting him. On the 2nd of March, while Mr. Maxwell was addressing the court at Hawesville, he was interrupted by Mr. Lowe de nouncing him in grossly insulting language. Mr.. Maxwell and others then fired several shots at Mr. Lowe, wounding him in the thigh and arm, cutting off his thumb, and rid dling his shirt., A general fire of pistols ensued, and John Aldridge, a friend of Mr. LoWe's, was killed, and a Mr. Millner shot through the thigh. Mr. Lowe was committed to gaol for protection from the mob, but on the same night the mob broke into the gaol, seized him, and shot him dead. LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS.—An event occurred a few days since in a village of North East, Shropshire, of a rather romantic character. About two years ago a pious family took up their residence in the village alluded to, and consisted of some very engaging younc , girls. They had not long been there before Cupid began to shoot his arrows at the elder of them, and to make use of a common phrase She was "dreadfully in love." The father, who kept a strict eye over them, soon began to sift the affair, and when he found how the matter stood, raised the strongest objection to the visits of the object of his daughter's choice. No thing daunted, they carried on a regular corres pondence in secret, but the eye of the ever watchful parent soon detected he was being outwitted, and, consequently soon adopted the most stringent measures to put an end to such a state of things ; the young lady was sent from home; but absence, which "makes the heart grow fonder" found the means of carrying on a more direct correspondence, so the delinquent was orered home again. The father still remained unforgiving, and verified the old saying that " the course of true love never did run smooth." For some time matters thus re mained in status qeo, when one morning recently the fair one left home on the pretence of going out for a walk, directing her steps for Wellington, whilst her lover preceded her by train, and, strange to say, by the very train in which her father was travelling to the same town on business, and while the father was transacting business at the bank, the daughter was led to the altar, where she pro nounced the irrevocable " I will," at the early age of sixteen. They then returned to their respective homes, without being observed by any one in particular, and it was not found out till announced in the local papers, when the rage of the "relentless papa," and grief of the family, can be, in newspaper parlance, more easily imagined than described. CABMENS' SOIREE. Last evening, the cab proprietors and drivers of Liver pool, had a soiree and public meeting in Hope Hall. A large number took tea in the lower part of the Hall, and at eight o'clock adjourned to the upper room, which was well filled, there being also a number of females present. Mr. Councillor Job occupied the chair. The meeting was opened by praise and prayer, the latter service being offered up by the Rev. Mr. Follons. The Chairman said it would be observed that he was called upon very unexpectedly to occupy the chair that evening, in the temporary absence as he hoped of Mr. Farnworth—(hear, hear) —for if he made his appearance he would be most happy to vacate the chair for him. He would, however, take the opportunity of expressing his most cordial sympathy with this movement of which he was not aware until that afternoon by a circular from Mr. Matheson, and he was determined to be present to sanction the movement. As a member of the watch committee he was sure they would all cordially rejoice in the moral improvement of the cabmen of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) If he had anything to say in the government he would en deavour to prevent the American mails arriving on Sunday. (Applause.) He had been frequently annoyed at the incon venience of the arrangement. Not only their cabmen were called upon to be employed, but also the clerks in the Post-office, and the porters at railways. However he had no control over that, and he would not occupy their time further. He called upon the secretary— Mr. J. Matheson then read the following statement : "It will be remembered that at this time last year a meeting similar to the present one was held in the Teutonic Hall, Lime-street. It was intended merely as an expression of goodwill towards the cardrivers of Liverpool, and was notintended to have any special reference to the Sabbath question. But such a feeling was manifested when allusion was made to it that it was impossible to mistake the very general desire that some arrangement should be made which would relieve them, at least in some measure, from Sunday labour. Shortly after that meeting the Coach and Car Association was formed, and among other things which this body proposed to watch over was the Sunday question. In the course of the year the men have never lost sight of the matter, and their inquiries have frequently been, " When we are to have our Sabbath ? One of them took the pains to write an appeal on the subject, and his com rades helped him to publish it by mutual subscription. Some 500 copies were distributed. At length, about six weeks ago, our neighbours at Birkenhead took the lead; and at a meeting like this, over which the Rev. Mr. Knox presided, it was announced that the car-owners of Birkenhead had mutually agreed to withdraw from the public stands, at least for the winter months, one-half the usual number of cars each Sunday ; and this arrangement is now happily in force. It is now hoped that a similar arrangement may be immediately carried out in Liverpool, not confined to the winter months, but applicable to the whole year. A large proportion of the car proprietors have signed a paper or declaration, which will now be read, and it only remains by mutual agreement, to give it effect. It is believed that the public will be adequately served if one-half the usual number of cars present themselves for hire on the public stands each Sunday; and as regards the private stables, while the same rule cannot be strictly applied, much may be done, and it is known that by some much is already done, by a system of relays, to give the drivers the same benefit. henceforward, then, let the car-drivers look up. Muck sympathy is felt for them in their necessarily hard toil. Let them strive to maintain the good regard they have already to some extent gained ; and as it is often useful to have a rallying cry in pushing forward a great movement —while it is conceded that the weekly Sabbath is God's gift to the sons of toil, yet, yielding to the necessities of the public, which are so urgent, and 'looking for what is practicable rather than what might be set down as theoretical—let the car-drivers' watchword be Every alternate Sabbath. ' " Mr. Matheson also read a declaration from the Coach and Car Association, on Sabbath observance, bearing the names of 52 car proprietors favourable to the allowance to the cabmen every alternate Sabbath. Loud cheers followed this statement. . . Tha Rev. Mr. Birrell addressed the meeting, after which, The Rev. Mr. Curnock made a speech, in which he re marked that that movement was as much for the interests of the employers as the employed. While they endeavoured to do a great deal for the man, they endeavoured not to do the master any harm. Their chief object was to endeavour to make an arrangement, in order that they might have every other Sunday for themselves ; for he believed he was correct in saying that there was not more work than employed one-half the cars on the stands on Sundays. (Hear, hear, and applause.) . The Rev. C. W. Lawrence next addressed the meeting, and called upon them to begin by small things, and resist temptations, especially drink. The Rev- Dr_ Taylor made the next speech. He spoke of the Sabbath question, first, in a physical point of view, and said it was impossible for a man to work seven days in the week without undermining the constitution. He also dealt with it in moral, social, and spiritual points of view, and was loudly applauded. The Rev. V. M. White next addressed the meeting. He said they were met there for the purpose of asserting their duty to observe the Sabbath day. He was sometimes regarded as an extreme person, and he was afraid he would be considered a little extreme that evening. Dr. Taylor had asked three Sabbaths in the month, but he would ask four Sabbaths, and sometimes five Sabbaths, in the month. There was a law which he was bound to preach, and which they were bound to observe and answer for at the last day. That was, " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." He had no authority to ask for less than every Sunday. He trusted it would soon be in Liverpool as it was in Edin burgh, where they observed every Sabbath, and where every man who had a soul to save had an opportunity of worshipping his God. He had watched the details of Sabbath observance in Liverpool, and the result was, he found that every department of pleasure, commerce, and duty, seemed to make the Sabbath a convenience. They had about 1,000 cabmen, and about 1,000 policemen in Liverpool, who had no Sabbath day; about 7,000 are employed every Sabbath day for the sale of intoxicating drinks; more than two railway companies, with two rail way stations, where the sabbath was not remembered ; a channel fleet of twelve steamers, arriving here principally on the Sabbath morning, for the purpose of landing cattle for the Monday's market, employing 600 persons regularly, besides others who were connectd indirectly with this trade. They had steamers that plied upon the river, where they had a number of persons employed. The captain of one of these steamers told him, that for six years he had not set his foot within the walls of a place of worship, unless, perhaps, for half-an-hour, when be was ohliged to leave to mix with everything that was loose and profane, with other Sabbath desecrators. The rev. gentleman then continued to encourage their men in their good object, and concluded by saying that proprietors ought to receive proper fares, and drivers ought to display honesty and fidelity to their masters, and all patties with whom they dealt. He was loudly applauded during his remarks. Some oranges were then distributed, after which* Mr. Andrew Gibson sang " When the Car Conies Home," an original song, and was heartily joined in the chorus. The Rev. Mr. Bowden then addressed the meeting; also The Rev. J. R. Connor briefly, and promised to give a special service to cabmen, if they would attend, on Sabbath evenings. - - . The len. Mr. White said he would not allow Mr. Connor to have all the honour, as he would be very happy also to do the same, and give special services to the men. Mr. Sumners (the cabman's missionary) was called upon, and made a humorous speech. He suggested that sheds should be erected at the principal stands in order to preserve the men from wet, and give them convenience for havinc , their meals. He defended the cabmen from the charge of dishonesty, as . a body; .He appealed to the meeting whether Sabbath work had not very much decreased since their last meeting. This was unanimously responded to in the affirmative by a show of hands, which was asked for. The meeting broke up about eleven o'clock. It is said that in the event of a dissolution, the friends of Sir John Young, the ex-Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, mean to rally round him once more, and return him as the representative of the county of Cavan. The Belfast Whig announces that Mr. W. Carey Dobbs, M.P. for Carrickfergus, will succeed the late Mr. Martley, as judge of the Landed Estates Court ; and adds, "we believe the appointment will be received by professional. men with great satisfaction." TIIE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—On. Saturday afternoon a public meeting was held in Canterbury, under the chairmanship of the Mayor, to take into con sideration an application from the Royal Society of Eng land, respecting the place to be selected for holding the society's country meeting. On opening the proceedings, the chairman remarked that the Roya l Soci e t y of England had invited the Corporation of Canterbury tyo egnred:taspnruorgrt . o es make had arrangements with them for the holding of the meeting of 1860 in the neighbourhood fofarthiactuictittlyi:lelaestTCuhnee'rtnYet o r i f c u latel tur y a e l county ars i a thaend sciencea s vei e . Royal Agri cultural Society an made ag the e uld be of the could be no doubt that the meeting cultural Society in that neighbourhoo9d greatest importance to its inhabitants. Sir. Brook W. Bridges, M.P., said, they were bound to Come forward on such an occasion and put their sho u ld ers to the wheel thoroughly, sohlyt,egreat asto secureto Canterbury and its advantagesneigh bourhood no w o ff ere d . Th e R oya l Agricyiltural Society : of .England had al r eady s h own th e i r chairman that subscri ti disposition to m ee ti ng in that ons t e l o t c h a e li a t y in . 0 a l n t t w o a f s a s bthotuetd :61,000 would P would be requi re d to _ buhdsecureortohoeh. A committee olding of the society's meeting in that neigh appointed to make the necessary arrangements Was arrangements. the prisoner liv and that on the 1 her with stealing J and she was disci] she annoyed 'him. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD and asked Fenwiek He replied he had, him in charge for tl up for a night on t On Sunday evenim ad if she did ii lotined - Orsin a - v was to MASTEP A well-dr( ed by .L keeper with t him.llot nd from few nights a keeper with Mr. Fenwic young ladies, who cec•ur did Inspector Kehoe : thing else but housekell No, but he wanted Mary M'Donald do Mr. - Mansfield : Bat n she ra went for my bonnets and shaw nets on the fire and he do that? satin dress Mr. Is' he bonne d: Why went - to tt of de 3n, and M CI you go he flan and a urea many othe him, but I would not; and this is all spit( field : Why did you refuse to marry him there are too many fancy women following him 1 would not have him, and they all owe me a spite b( I would not do as they did, and it is not likely I'd 1 self be abused by them when I don't deserve it no one who gc racter. Mr. ;otnes out with a : Then why do you _ won't go there any more now that. I have got my th Mr. Mansfield : Very well then, don't go. Idischat ROBBERY OF A FOREIGN foreigners, named John Mar latter described as a German duffer, and the form BY FOREIGNERS and Abraham Wo LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YRSTERDAY DANGEROUS Assauvr.—James Walsh, an ill-looking fellow, was charged with having violently assaulted John Reddy, in a house in Paul-street. It appeared that the complainant lodged in the same house as the prisoner, and on Saturday night the complainant was in bed, when the prisoner came in drunk, and took up a piece of wood, with which he beat the man on the legs in a very severe manner. The complainant jumped out of bed, when the prisoner hit him a desperate blow with an iron bar on the skull, inflicting a serious wound, which a doctor said was most dangerous. Mr. Mansfield : Where is the doctor ? Policeman ; He is not here. Mr. Mansfield : It is quite preposterous to bring such a case here without the doctor, when he says a man is dangerously wounded. Let the case stand- over until to mofrow, and let the doctor be here then. BIDDY KANE AND TIER young woman, named Bridget Kane, was cha. Fenwick, an eating-house keeper and provision de: le Park-lane, for annoying him and threatening his life. Campbell appeared for the complainant, and from his sta, mont and the evidence, it appeared that some time ag I an alarm, and gave her. Tie was locked eny of the 1 Why sh Mi Mar Becau NEW MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS Before even it can be known with certainty thttt there will be a change of Government, it has been all settled at the West-end clubs who is to come in, and what office is to be assigned to each statesman. Acca'rding to the Morning Star it is reported Lord John Russell will make up a Ministry, independently of Lord Palmerston and those who acted with him while in office. Similar rumours give the leadership in the House of Lords to Lord Broughton, who is to be Lord Stanley's successor as Secretary of State for India. The Board of Trade is conferred on Mr. Milner Gibson; the Poor-law Board on Mr. James Clay; the Home Secre taryship on Mr. John Abel Smith ; the Under Secretary . - ship of Home Department on Viscount Meljund. Then, according to the same quid nuncs, Lord Belper is to go to the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Carlisle to Ireland ; the Minister of War is to be Mr. Sidney Herbert; and the Colonial Secretary the Duke of Newcastle. Her Majesty and Court will arrive at Buckingham Palace to-day (Tuesday) from Osborne. The Brighton Railway traffic return shews this week an increase of £842. AUSTRALIAN BISROPRIOS.—The Government have as sented to the creation of the' Bishopric Brisbane and the Bishopric of Guelburn. Mr. J. Norbury, senr., of the firm of James Capel and Co., has been .elected Chairman of the Stock Exchange, and Mr. F. L. Slous, deputy-chairman. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS.—The Times says that France objected to Aix-la-Chapelle as the seat of the proposed Con gress, as being within the territory of Prussia, one of the Powers represented. The Times reports that England will he represented at the Congress by Lord Malmesbury, assisted as second com missioner by Lord Cowley ' • and France by Count Walewski, assisted by M. Drouyn de L'Huys. The _Daily Hews says, the speech of Sir James Graham, on Monday night, was the most damaging that has yet been made against the Government Reform Bill, and calculated to gain many waverers. MAIL NEWS. —The Calcntta and China mails, via Mar seilles, will be delivered in London on Wednesday morning. The Cape Royal mail steamer Dane arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. She left Table Bay February 21; St. Helena, March 3 ; Ascension, March 6. At the Cape prosperity was general. Peace had been maintained along the frontier. COMMERCIAL, The Funds to-day were dull, but not lower in price, not withstanding the uncertain position of politics both at home and abroad, the impending Russian and Indian loans, and the further decided fall which took place to-day in the French Funds. The demand for money to-day was mode rate, but very few bills were discounted below the Bank minimum. There were no further withdrawals of gold from the Bank to-day. At Hamburgh the rate of discount rose on Saturday to 3i per cent., in consequence of the continued demand for silver including , about £300,000 on government account. The shipments of silver by the Calcutta steamer on the 4th April will probably amount to between £600,000 and £700,000. The £116,600 in Australian gold, by the Tornado, has been taken for the Continent. The mail steamer next week, from the West Indies and Mexico, will probably bring about £200,000 in gold and silver. The movement of the Calcutta and China Exchanges, as reported by telegraph, appear to be slightly more unfavour able to this country. At St. Petersbur g , the Exchange is quoted at 36s 5-16d.--Daily Hews City Article, Monday Evening. _ . . - - The English Funds opened this morning without alteration, and owing to flat accounts from Paris a subsequent slight tendency to improvement was ..not maintained. At Vienna, the Bourse contiunes to improve. The rate of discount at Hamburg has advanced to 4 per cent. Silver has declined, and is offered at 62-l i d per oz., or even lower. The only alteration in the Eastern Exchanges, shewn by the telegram of this morning, is in the rate at Hong Kong, which is about 14 per cent. less favourable. The total export of tea for the season is expected to be under sixty million pounds. There were buyers of silk at higher prices. —Times City Article, Monday Been*. Private letters from Venice state, that 2,000 people were taken out of their beds on the nights of the 20th and 21st inst., and put into prison without trial of any kind, as soon as the news of a report that a Congress would be held was received there. Verily these Austrian gentlemen are coming King Bomba over the people in style. A PROLIFIC MOTIIER.—A person residing in the parish of St. Ann's, Soho, London, was delivered, a few days ago, of three female children, who, with the mother, according to the opinion of Mr. Angus, Frith-street, the medical attendant, are likely to do well. Within the period of eighteen years, the mother has had fifteen children at two of the births, twins each time ; at other eight births, single children ; and at the last accouchement three. SUIPWRECK AND MASSACRE OF THREE HUNDRED PERSONS.—The Australian journals jus; received give a few particulars of a frightful tragedy enacted on an island in the South Pacific. A number of Chinese men, women, and children, sailed from Hong Kong for Sydney, gew South Wales, some few months ago. Their number is stated to have been 327, and they shipped themselves as passengers. They proceeded fairly upon their j ourney until the 29th of September, when a squall arose, and the vessel was eventually driven slightly out of her course, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the commander, Cap tain Pennard, totally wrecked on the island of Rossel, in the South Pacific, about 500 miles from New Zealand, on the night of the 30th September last, The means of com munication between the crew and the Chinese passengers were limited in their nature. They thoroughly understood through the medium of a Chinese interpreter the terms of the a g reement into which they had entered, to be co nve y e d t o Sydney, but for other purposes their means of intercourse failed. It was with the greatest difficulty that Capt. Pen nard was enabled to get his shipwrecked passengers on shore, little thinking, as he endeavoured to do so,- the horrible death that was in store for them. As far as it was pos ible, under the circumstances, the necessary provision was made for the comparative comfort of all, and Captain Pen nard and eight of his crew left the island in one of the ship's boats, to endeavour to obtain assistance from any vessel they might fall in with, and so release their unfortunate Chinese passengers from the sad position in which they were placed. These nine heroic men are stated to have undergone the severest privations, and it was not until the 15th October (hay* started on their mission on the 30th September preceding) that they were picked up by the Prince of Denmark schooner, and conveyed to the French settlement of New Caledonia, where they were received with the greatest kindness, The authorities immediately despatched the French steamer Styx to ascertain the fate of the Chinese left on the island, and the vessel arrived there on the Bth of January last. The result of the inquiry reached Sydney on the 25th January, and was to the effect that the whole of the passengers and the remainder of the crew had been killed by the natives, with the exception of one Chinese, who, having been accidently spared, was rescued by the crew of the steamer. The details relating to this horrible butchery have not yet reached us, as unfortunately, no Chinese interpreter was on board the Styx, to whom the inn could make himself understood. riere rife, the and receiver to some one named Smith, were chat, having robbed another German, named Frederick \Va. of gold and silver American coin, to the amb of £23. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution, an Mr. Black for the prisoners. Mr. Cobb, in opening the case, said it was not only one important in itself, but was of great importance to foreign emigrants passing through. Liverpool, as there had:gone abroad a report that no fo reigner could pass through Liverpool, as an emigrant, withont being sure of getting robbed by foreign runners. In this case, it would have a serious affect on the town and trade of Liverpool. The prosecutor was a German named Frederick. Warnick, and he had arrived here from New York by the City of Baltimore on Thursday, an;' lodge at the house of Mr. Hammerstein, 19, En After dinner there, he went out with some other p who had been his fellow passengers, in order to set. sights of Liverpool." They got as far as Paradise-s where they met the two prisoners, who entered into conver sation with them, and they - said - they would shOw them " the sights of Liverpool," as they knew them all well. The other persons who were with the prosecutor went away, and got safely to their lodgings in Earl-street. They (the prisoners and prosecutor) first went to a public-house, and then to another, and although they had been in several before they robbed him, he continued . quite sober all the time, and was not the worse of drink at all. After some time they took him to a place in Great Charlotte-street, ea Parthenon, where there was au exhibition, from what he (Mr. Cobb) had heard of that place, he was surprised the police had not looked alter it more particularly. He described the exhibition, ceeded to say that the prosecutor, before goir house in Great Charlotte-street, h a d his purse in his pocket, with the money all safe in it. 'When they got into this place there was an exhibition, and the prisoners sat at each side of the prosecutor, very close to him. In the course of the exhibition the gas, in order as lie (Mr. Cobb) under stood, to show the affair better in the dark; was lowered, and during that time he felt the two prisoners pressing up against his sides, where his pocket-book- was that contained the money, and imagined something wrong, but did not then suspect that they had robbed him. Wizen the gas was again put up, one of the prisoner went away to get some drink, and in a sb time he returned with an unfortunate female along him. When the prosecutor saw the woman, he but up his coat, fearing that he might lose anything. &mot going there, the prisoners, in order to try what :money he had, asked him to lend them half a sovereign, whi^' did, and they then saw where he had his money, what pocket he put his purse. When they left .the thenon," the prisoners took him to a house in llotham, street, where they had four bottles of wine, and they told him the house was. a very honest and respectable one. ' that the house in Earl-street was a very bad one would lose his money there, at the same time showi, a paper with a paragraph in it, which they-read for him in corroboration of this, but he did not understand - if tunately for him, he had another purse, in which then some hundreds of pounds, but the prisoners did not knr The best thing the .prosecutor thought he coal(' for he had in-' ions, the reet, ed the and al pro nto the )g him the house till roo information of th( ;hat morning the pi same as the p-ri: Dale-street, and hE do then \lr. Cobb) thougbi'if thesel facts were proved, the magistrate must send the parties fol . then called the prosecuter, Frederick Warnick, who . then examined by Mr. Cobb, through Mr. Hartman, the secretary of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, who acted as interpreter, and the witness proved the case in all respects, as opened by Mr. Cobb. The p r ose o c n utA m w . as s : Cross-examined by Mr. Bina: : He arrived sthereret with the Thurs day, and went to a bird-shop in Aft!nh e t there. Two women prisoners; did offer 25 dollars for birds erk mm i i n ey. the Partheno icvaamyenonudt he e f a n th n t e her Parthen o n e lost t a t it l e: th hi n z y b i u n t t t h h e eN went one way a couple of hours after. He felt th handsalsothes believes;eeg iv ho i i i m n took is the s t e h d e i j could not swear it was their hands, 1), were next him,. and no one else could have done it. Kate Dwyer, a lttle girl, said she knew the prisoners, and saw them on Friday morning at Mrs Smith's, ,MarybonP nine o'clock. 'darks had yellow money; it was lil.- , . - rthenon, He did le both la, but at they ancra to Mrs. money, and was the size of a sixpence, a shilli five shilling piece. Marks brings passenger Smith's. Marks was showing the money to Mr To Mr. Bluck She took particular notice of it, was yellow. Tie did not make any secret of it, showing it to Mrs. Smith. gr. Durandu, changer in Dale-street, said he knew the pris changed money for them on Friday, c ons i st i no , s t i w ie o k a n - e h w alf t d h o e li p a r r is i o )i n e e c r e s s . , a ' s ' L h co asiaswbt'oorree:g:n" thalers. Mrs Smith, of Marybone, iv,.as examinee_, and he said he withyde he Marks agd9th o iet n a l ts d e a a y. morning Tii: The witness 13 th: tick s street b e e u t t t n h o e ti d li a n y o. befor e . but spoke English ver well) was cross-examined by Mr. (who g:l i ti s d i c n a a a n de d istii German,vien is nothing.: imyportant transpired. Detective officer arrested Marks and found £8 6s on him • he B sa o i Mr. 'Cobb: What is Marks ? 'lfe He has Mr. Bluck ; What do you mean by nothing ? there no visible means of living. In his pocket-book . . is a good character of him whilst he was at sea. De tective officer Mason said he arrested Wolfe, and found 24s on him. Mr. Durandu said he gave the prisone eleven pounds for the foreign money. Mr. Bluck dressed the bench, and contended that there ne 1 more trumpery charge, or one so utterly unsupported by evidence as the present case. He went over the c and said the boarding-house keeper was at the Ix the whole case, and made the prosecutor go on r case. The prisoners were remanded for further inq Smith xvlenee. jt , of APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN IIiGH Fletcher is to be married early in Easter • to Miss Agnes Wilson, of Chelsea •College. 'The two Miss Bucklers, nieces of the Countess of Ver ulam, arc shor tly to be married ; one to Mr. Disney, and the other to Mr. Elliott. Mr. Peel, son of the late Mr. Yates Peel, is about t o be married to the third daughter of Lord Sudeley. Th e Georgiana Caroline Powys, daughter of Lord Lilford, of Lilford. Park, Northamptonshire, will be married to Mr. Fazakerley the last week in April. Miss Camelia Damaros ;ir Henry Of the Mo'unt, York, will shortly son of Sir George and Lady Strickla