The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

COURT FOR PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL

CAUSES.
(Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Wight's's, and
Mr. &roe CIMINO.)

lITONI T. BTONI AND APPLATON.-A NEW TRIAL ONANTZD.

This morning judgment wee given in this extraordinary
ease which it will be remembered wee heard before the long
nostice. The petitioner wag an Meer in the Indian ser-
vies, and having sned for 'divorce on the ground of adultery
alleged to have been committed by his wife with her medL
attendant, he had obtained a verdict with 2,0001,
damages. The principal evidence against the respondent
was the birth of • child on the 2nd of January, her
husband having returned to her on the 10th of May
—it being contended on the one side and denied
on the other the infant was of mature growth. Dr.
Appleton had also left the pLaoe where Mr. Stone lived
(itudleigh S•lterton, Devonshire), and he had allowed judg-
ment to go by default. Oo behalf of Mrs. Stone, however,
it was urged that she had •othisg to do with Dr. Appleton,
that he had left the country, that the citation had never
been served upon him, ►nd that in point of fact be had never
ever becomeaware of the snit It was also contended that
the state of Mrs. Stone's health a couple of moon.' before
her husband's return was such am to render it exceedingly
improbable that any crime of the eon suggested had been
committed, namely, that the co-respondent had in the
first iostence seduced her while she was under chloroform.
Mr. Justice Wightman now read the judgment of himself
and Mr. ChaneelL They thought that the rule nisi for a
new trial en the ground that the verdict had been against
the weight of evidence should be made absolute.
They regretted to differ from the opinion of the
lamented Judge Ordinary of this court, whose loss to the
public all that knew him must siocenily deplore. Be-
fore, however, the unfortunate accident which had deprived
the public of the service of • most admirable judge, and hie
colleagues of • kind fined, Sir Creaswell Cresswell wee
aware of the opinion they had then formed, and knew that
they were disposed to think that there should bee new trial.
Rule made absolute accordingly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commisidooer Holroyd
MI as TEI MITRE INS,IRANCI COMPANY.
This was as adjourned examinatioe sitting. The bank•
runtsy took place some three year! egO, and Mr. Strousberg
and other of the directors were ordered to prepare &moue*
but they have sever dose so. As the corayeity
in enures of winding.up is one of the Vice•C'har
cellar's courts, the proceediogs here have bon eserely pre
forint. At the last Bitting an adj nutmeat for Az meselka
was ordered. Since then some progress has bees reedit by
the official manager in the winding•up of the ass. The area-
oany's liabilities are stated at between 20.0001. and 25.0001.
On the application of Mr. itedgvnek, the solicitor undo'
the baokroyitcy, another adjournment was ordered.
IN It THE lATUMENIZED PIPE COMPANY (cierruil.
A call of WV. per share was recently mode on the °mkt-
butoriee to this company.
Mr. Lawritece, es behalf of the liquidator. now applied
for what is called a "Wages ardor" against certain of the
eontritintorise who bad eat paid the animist doe from these.
He cited the ere of Mr Jobs Beevor and Itui Warwick

wannrapay. Olt !WItritSDAT.
N. W. tO N.ll, fresh to Normaasr. N. le IL and back to
strong, rain or snow. W.N.W., freak some
W. to N. and L, mo- Wear COLTNL N.N.E. to W.N. W.,
deride OW ,ug, rain fresh to moderate,
partially. some showers.
N. W. to N L and S. L, NOM CoArrli. N. to Z. and to g. L,
moderate to treat moderate, some show-
with some rain era.
Al nest above. BOUTS-EKTL N.L to IX , fresh to
strong.
North-llastmCaltinsess to Lincoln. West=Donemd to Corn-
wall. ilouth.Chansel and Biscay Coasts South-liastmStmlt of
Dover to Lincolushlre and Heligoland.
B.—Barometer corrected and reduced to 31r° at half tide level.
Each ten feet, nf vertical elevation, attain r about one hundredth
of an illah DOMIC110111: and each ten degrees, above kV, mus-
ing nearly three hundredths InCiticanl L —Exposed thermo-
meter In glade. D.—Difference of wet bulb (for evaporation and
dew point). W.—Wind, direction of (2101—twolsoints Lain of
magnetic). 7.—Pores ft to I!—estimated). I.—Extreme form
since last report. Q. —Quarter whence =Una form (NNILny,
to g2=-N). Initials b.—blue sky: c. —elands ;dela=
f. —fog ; ; L--Ightaing ; m.—misty (boxy) ; —•
r.—rain ; s. —snow ; L.—thunder. = "Liptak snow or
hill ,malted), sines Let report 11.—Sea disturbance (1 to 11.
Z.—Car.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAS NOITINGHAW. —On
Snyder evening last an accident of a rather serious nature
occurred on the Midland Railway, near Nottingham. About
5 20 p.m. the passenger train foe Buxton left the Nottingham
station, and upon reaching the Lentoarte, two miles from
the town, the engine struck %bone which bad strayed on to
the line. The shock of the collision was very severe, and
turned the last carriage but one off the line, most fortu•
Dately not upsetting it. This was the only carriage that
left the rade, sad the train was almost immediately stopped.
The train was delayed about an hour and a half in conse-
quence of the accident, hut though some of the passengers
were shaken considerably none of them unstained any
injury. The horse was killed on the spot, its body being cut
to pieces.

M. DURUY AND THE FitiNCH OItrIiZONIHTB.
The following letter, in reply to an invitation to be pre-
sent at an od:rheostat fmrtiral at Choisy-le-Roi, has Men
addressed by the Mixister of Public Instruction to the mayor
of that town :—" I had until the last moment hoped to be
able to accept your invitation, bat my table is covered with
mach a heap of papers that I have no right to afford
myself the pleasure of attending your fete. Re so good sato
express my regret to your 00-operators, and tell them what I
should wish to say to item myself—that the Orpheao
of France in not only a work of amusement but of civilisation,
and one of the great and good iostitutious of the age. Poly.
bitty, moot the ancients with whom 1 have lived en much, has
given as a muse of the downfall of the Greek nation that it
had ceased to cultivate music. If it is with other means
that empires are now paved, music will not the less he one
of the ornaments, and the most noble recreation of modern
moiety. All that is !Moderates. The Orpheon has already
in a thousand places happily modified the manners of the
straightforward workmen of France. It will improve them still
more in proportion as it counts more adherent.. I am
eodeavonring to procure them a still greater number, for I
have just prescribed the study of vocal music in the college.
and ashoola of the emoire. It will limoeforth be classified
in the regular emcee of study is the great educatioad esta-
blishments of France. You perosive that I have reason to
say t►at I shall be present with you to-day in heart."
Tan ENBILLUBMINT Or PARIS—The foHowing
is an of list ef the soma greeted by the state sines 1852.
towards the embellishment of Paris :—Junotion of the
Palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, op to
1858. 62 500,000 fr. ; repairs of historical monuments.
2,170,000 h. ; Palace of the Elys(3., 1,400,000 fr. ;
Boulemrd de Strasbourg. 3.149,003 fr. ; Boulevard de
hastopol (right bank). 23.500.000 fr. ; Monument to Marshal
Hey. 50,000 fr. • Hippodrome of acgohamp, 1.500,000 fr. ;
Tomb of Naisoleoe 1.. (055 000 fr. ; Hotel of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4,500,000 fr. • con-
structions on the Ile des eyries, 428.0010 r. • Palate de
Flndustrie, 14,880,0006. ; Boulevard de ffeb;stopol (left
beak), 12,500.C30fr. ; Pasts dee Isvalidce, and
(Arco* 4.2.50.000 fr. ; Cathedral of Faris, 3.500,0001 r. ;
Wracks. 7,850,000 fr. ; grand week. Saw of 18581.
10.000,0006. ; Now Opera, 28,000,000 fr. Total,
225,012,000 fr.