The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

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Tnr. L►an env:es:mon has appointed eleven
o'clock on Wednesday next, at his lordship's resi-
dence, for the reception of the L►rd Mayor and the
other authorities of the city of London, on which
occasion the Lord Chancellor will signify her Ma-
jesty's approval of the L►rd Mayor elect. The L►rd
Chancellor will also, on the same day, at twelve
o'clock, receive the judges, Queen's counsel, ,tc., it
being the first day of Michaeltnas Term.
THERE are no fewer than 131 applications to be
made in Michaelmas Tenn, by 'persons who have
is .rued their articles and passed their examination,
to be admitted attorneys of the superior courts. It
is expected that, in consequenee or the reduction in
the duty on articles of clerkship by the new Stamp
Act, from 1201. to 040/., the number of articled clerks
will also increase. The new duties will become
payable next month.
Os the termination of the long vacation, on Mon-
day last, the law courts exhibited their
arrears. These, however, are almost nominal. The
Court of Queen's Bench, instead of beginning tens
with 200 rules for new trials in the paper, as of old,
showed but five such, with seventeen special cases
and demnrrers, and ten rules enlarged. The ar•rea►s
of the three courts arc as billows :—Court. of Queen's
Bench, 34 ; Common Pleas, 4 ; and Exchequer, S
total 44.
An ACTION ON A REFORM-Ct.r•R DEBENTURE, in-
voking the awn of 131. Ilk. fur five and a half
years' Interest on a roll. security of this description.
was tried at the Westminster County Court. Sir
Benjamin Hall, as one of the " general committee "
of the club, was made defendant, the plaintiff being
a person named Ualloway

It appears that, hi the year INiIR Mr. Alexander fiallowity, an
engineer, since deeearetl, advanced liNg. to the Iteform I lob, for
wb hhe reeeived hair debentures of tog. reel. Two of these lir •
rarities were afterwawbs pad off, att.l the remaining two (on oar
of whkh the proeeediugs were founded) were given by him to his
youngest daughter about twelve iiiii iglus previous to his death.
she transferred then) to her hrot her, and lie sold them to the pre.
rout plaintiff. 'rho Moroni' t'llth refused to limy the interest.
alleging that the executors elitietted the ulebent sires, Mel the re•
seat option was the result. Three of the e‘ecittors were illegiti•
mate eons of the deceased original holder, and they gr.. 1111.11.11
their claims upon the feel of the delientitres loss hug been assigned
by mere delivery, although the bonds state that the interest
should be paid to the " holder." Souse de wits raised to the
daimon the ground that the dm lit was not properly .1 ea.
and afterwarilis it was ',hwled for the defendant that the isliiiiies-
glint referred to a " rhos.• in stetion." and therefor.• toot tostutitits•
able at law. The jury concurred in this slew, mill the pinintifl
was nonsuite.l.

The ease excited considerable interest, and the re.
suit seems clearly to prove that, if the payment of a
Reform-Club debenture be :resisted, sluts an instru-
ment is utterly worthless to the holder.
Ton RESPEeTADLE CRIPPLE who has victimised many
tradesmen in London, Woolwich, Windsor, and else-
where, by passing forged notes, came up for trial on
Wednesday at the Central t'rimiiial t'ourt. Ile
pleaded guilty, but entreated the court to deal 'nevi
fully with him. lie declared that he had always
viewed crime with " high disgust," and he had only
been driven to the commission of these offenees 11
the preluture of poverty and affliction. Two previous
convictions for similar otrenees were shown to be re-
corded against him, and a sentence of twenty years'
transportation was pronounced.
HANNAH 6RINNEV, who is married to a wheel.
right, and lives in I'ark-street, Kennington, was
nearly, if not quite, 'muttered by her husband 4411
Monday last. The daughter, a girl of eightet n.
heard screams at an early hour on that ima Ding.
and on going down stairs found her father cutting
his wife's throat with a knife. She was on the finer.
and the man was kneeling upon her body and cutting
at her throat in a desperate manner. The poor
woman got away once or twiec, and even reached
the street door, but could not open it, and was re
peatedly thrown down by the ruffian, who renewed
his attempt with the knife which lie still held in his
hand. The daughter, according to her stateltient
before the Lambeth magistrate, screamed for help.
but being undressed could not do more. (In hear-
ing her cries from the window two neighbours count'
in, but the man seized another knife and threatened
to run it into them if they interfered. lit' then re
sumed the onslaught on his wife. but .e help
corning in he was at length stopped and gi%eu in
charge to the police. Before the count the primate'
declared that his act was OCCELtiOlled by jealous).
saying that his wife had intended to leave him tot
other men, and that he had cut her first with the
knife as she was in the act of preparing to go away.
He was remanded. Certificates from the hospital to
which the woman was removed state that, notwith-
standing the numerous wounds she received, her
recovery is probable.
A CA:of-Box. containing notes, gold, and property
to the value of nearly 1,0011/., was roma in the pos.
session of Mary Ann Seeley. As the police knew her
to be a thief, she was brought before the magistrate
at Marlborough-street to account for the article :
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