The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-16 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

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IN THE CASE OF MR. BARBER, a rule nisi wag Ob-
tained by Sir Fitzroy Kelly last term for the renewal
of Mr. Barber's certificate to resume the practice of
his profession of an attorney. On Saturday last Sir
Frederick Thesiger showed cause for the Incorporated
Law Society, and strove to weaken the effect of the
new evidence. Sir Fitzroy Kelly (with him Mr. Mac-
Damara) then proceeded to show, point by point, the
direct and complete applicability and force of very
important and remarkable evidence, which appeared
to have been recently obtained, and which Sir Fitzroy
submitted had wholly displaced the grounds of the
former judgment. The learned counsel's address
occupied seven hours, and was throughout delivered
with unusual earnestness. Lord CAMPEELL said :
" The case has been argued with great ability and
propriety. The Court will consider their judgment."

A PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY was on Tuesday
adjudicated against Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co.,
the well known bankers in the Strand. The liabili-
ties of the firm are estimated at 350,000/. Their
assets are understood to be small, and there is no
expectation of any considerable dividend. It has,
indeed, been placed at the very low estimate of 2s.
in the 1/. only. The bank was one of long standing,
having been founded more than 150 years ago, and
included among its customers some of the most
distinguished members of the aristocracy. The
house sometime ago became concerned with a firm
which undertook contracts for the construction of a
railway in Italy—the Lucca and Pistoja—by whom
they were likely to make a loss of 1,5001., to avoid
which they unfortunately embarked in the under-
taking themselves, and this very extensively. Some
very heavy bills were drawn upon them from
abroad, and their acceptances began to figure very
freely in the Wanking circles of the City. Still, as
the house was known to have been solvent two years
ago, no suspicion attached to the circumstance.
One of the present partners, Sir J. D. Paul, Bart.,
is said to be the possessor of landed estates in
Ireland worth 14,0001. per annum, but which are
supposed to be entailed, and therefore not available
to the creditors.

THE IRISH ATTORNEY-GENERAL has, it is stated,
succeeded in obtaining a grant of 2,0001. a year,
which is to be devoted to increasing the emoluments
of counsel holding the office of Crown Prosecutor in
Ireland. This sum is to be apportioned, not in equal
part?, but according to the extent of the district con-
fided to the charge of each official.
MR. GooDLAXE, of Reading, will contest the re-
presentation of Bath at the next vacancy on the
Conservative interest. This gentleman was chiefly
educated in that city, and is connected with some of
the best families of the place.
DETACHMENTS OF THE COLDSTREAM AND FUSILIER
GUARDS, comprising five hunched rank and file of
each regiment, left London on Wednesday for the
camp at Aldershott.
DR. HUMBOLDT, a nephew of the great Humboldt,
has established a hospital at Havanna, to test a
theory of inoculation for the yellow fever, on the
principle of inoculation for smallpox. The inocula-
tion is followed by a moderate fever and illness of
about a week. A number of soldiers have been sub-
mitted to the process, and some Englishmen and
Americans.
GENERAL WYNDHAM will, on the 26th inst., bring
under the consideration of the House of Commons
the state of the supply of troops and artillery horses,
and the effect of the duties levied on stage-carriages
and omnibuses in diminishing the supply of useful
horses for the army, and he will move that "in the
opinion of this house the laws relating to the assess-
ment of duties on stage-carriages in England, Scot-
land, and Wales should be immediately modified."
A DEPUTATION FROM VARIOUS DISSENTING BODIES
had an interview with Lord John Russell on Tuesday
at the Colonial-office, to urge objections to the grant
of 50,0001. for religious purposes contained in the
Victoria Government Bill.
THE twenty-fifth meeting of the British Association
will commence in Glasgow on Wednesday, the 12th
of September next.
THE SEA OF AZOFF, WITH THE SURROUNDING
SHORES, by Mr. Wyld, is a good and carefully pre-
pared map, upon a large scale, of that sea. The
whole of the coast towns from Kaffa and the Straits
of Kertch up to Taganrog and the Gulf of the Don
are accurately marked, and the depth of water given
in feet. The "Geographical and Hydrographizal
Notes" which Mr. Wyld has lately published to ac-
company his maps of the Black Sea and Ottoman
empire will be found extremely useful, not only to
amateurs, but, from the sailing directions which are
given, particularly so to naval officers engaged in
those seas. A very good chart of the Sea of Mar
mora, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azoff, with the
coast soundings and shoals accurately marked, ac.
companies these comprehensive notes.