The Press.
London, England, 1854-06-17 00:00:00

DIVORCE BILL.

The Divorce Bill pas sed a second reading in the
Lords on Tuesday. The Loßn CHANCELLOR ex-
plained the object of the measure, which vested the
right of granting divorces a vinculo matrimonii in a
Court of Divorce, consisting of the Lord Chancellor,
the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Master
of the Rolls, and two other persons to be named by
her Majesty. From this court an appeal was to be
permitted to their lordships' house, while in the case
of divorces a manta et thoro he proposed to vest the
jurisdiction in the Court of Chancery.

LOSS OF THE TIGER.
Captain SCOBELL having inquired on Tuesday whether any
official despatches had been received relating to the loss of the
Tiger, and whether there was any objection to their being wade
public?
Sir J. GRAHAM said the Board of Admiralty had received an
official account, given by the first lieutenant of the Tiger, of the
circumstances which attended the unhappy loss of that vessel.
All the oirctunstanzas which really interested the public had,
through the accustomed channels, been made known; but, in
the report of the first lieutenant, there were certain circumstances
of a professional nature relating to the loss of that vessel which,
in the event of an exchange of prisoners, might become the sub-
ject of an investigation before a court martial; and in the opinion
of the Admiralty the publication of those details might prejudice
the trial.

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FRANCE.

The organisation of a fifth division for the army of
the East is announced in the Moniteur de l'Armhe.
It is to be placed under the orders of General Charles
Le Vaillant, and will be composed of the 21st, 42nd,
and 46th Regiments of the line and the sth Regiment
of Light Infantry. Two batteries of artillery and
a company of engineers are to be attached to the
division. One brigade of this division has already
arrived at Toulon, and will be shortly embarked.
General Mayran left Marseilles on Sunday for the
Pirreus, where he will take the command of the allied
troops left there by General Forey.
The candidates for places in the Hundred Imperial
Guards were presented to the Emperor a few days
since at St. Cloud. After examination, seventy of
them were admitted. The whole body will be per-
fectly organised in the course of next month.
The Tilsit, 00 guns, put out of Cherbourg into the
roads on Saturday. The steamers Primaguet and
Fulton have been ordered to be fitted for war. The
screw ship-of-the-line the Wagram, of 650-horse power
and 100 guns, was launched at Lorient on Monday
last.

A gold medal of honour, second class, has been
awarded by the French Government to Captain
Storey, of the brig Titania, of Newcastle, for having,
at the risk of his life, saved and taken on board some
French sailors belonging to the crew of the wrecked
vessel L'Etodie-Antonie. _ _ .

M. Etienne Arago, brother of the late illustrious
astronomer; who fled from France in consequence of
having taking part in the affair of June 13, 1840, has
just received orders from the Belgian Government—
it is said, on the representation of the French Cabinet
—to quit Belgium in ten days, He is accused of
keeping up relations in France, and especially of
having endeavoured to enter into a series of secret
intrigues with some of the troops quartered in the de-
partment of the Nord.