The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, UM

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and decided by the House of Commons ten digs
BALMOMAL, mum.
ago. The question at issue 4 wasjor
unreeMvynga very •
Plain one, while the material*
mod 4 The Queen, accompanied by Prisms Hafts,
judgment were
wholeqe
virtuuthaal.
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a.aba awitisaana
houmbyedthempaam.",
Farquharson
Minis, does doers
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case w indeed by
ago, not only by the report of .
posed of two years
• committee specially appointed to inquire into Princre Louise went out riding.
its merits, but by • decisive vote of the House ;
and the proposal made by the Government in The Prins of Wales, attended by Major Ter** rode
Committee of Supply on Monday week was simply en hemehech yesterday morning. The Nine.. of Warn.
the least inconvenient, if not the only method attended by the Countess of MacclerdeLl, took a cam**
temstxtaktaaprild
sad
_of. Wales, attended by the
of giving effect to the previous decision of Perlis- I dri_ve;
went, Under these circumstances, if no new facts ,43:: of.
major Teesdale, honoured the
or arguments were to be brought forward, any , French gallery in Pall-mall with a visit in the afternoon.
attempt to reopen the discussion could do no Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took • drive in an open
possible good, and might do much harm. The I canine.
fact that some personal and some party interests ; Mama. Eno. Kupatt, bad the honour of playing on the
were incidentally involved in the parliamentary Ter- ! pianoforte before the Princes of Wales at Marlborough-
diet, if it failed to impress on the representatives of ihofe-
The Princess
of Wale
honoureded
huzaali
Wood
with
those interests a higb-minded feeling of delicacy iI • sitting for the bust which Mr. Wood is executing of her
and reserve, ought at least to have withheld them! Royal High..
from attempting, by importunate clamour and par- I The prince and Prinotoo of violet honoured with their
tisan appeals,to revenue &decision deliberately arrived presence imt evening the Wandering Minstrels Honoott, at
at by the House, after the fullest inquiry, two the Queen's Cocoon Rooms, Hanover-equare. Their Royal
years ago, and as deliberately confirmed last week. Highneere Hemet,d by the Counter of Marleseeld,
If the question of a Government Contract is to be ind Alfred and Maier Teesdale.
discussed by the House at all, it must obviously be
on the broadest grounds of parliamentary honour
and the public interests. It is of course possible
that in the settlement of disputed questions of this
kind individual interests may now and then be
harshly dealt with, but this is infinitely better than
that Parliament should deliberately lower its high
standard of judgment, or consciously tolerate even
the suspicion of corruption and irregularity in the
management of public affairs.
So far as Parliament is concerned the facts of
the present case lie, as Mr. COBDEN said the other
evening, in a nutshell. Mr. CHIMICHWARD has
had the contract for the portal service between
Dover and Calais for nearly ten years, and has
during that period worked it with ability and
success. Four years ago, in 1859, when Lord
Danny's Government was in power, being dissatis-
fied with the existing conditions of the service, he
pressed on the Admiralty proposals for a renewal
of his contract on more advantageous terms. One
of these referred to an extension of the time
during which the contract was to run—from the
present year, when it would have naturally ex-
pired, to the year 1870. Mr. CHUBCHWAILD
made his proposals shortly before the general elec-
tion, and being at the Admiralty on the eve of
the dissolution he offered his political support to a
Government candidate, and in the same conver-
sation pressed for the renewal of his contract.
Eventually the contract was renewed on the more
liberal basis Mr. CHIIECHWAHD bad proposed, but
his previous offer of political support to a Lord of
the Admiralty having become notorious, when the
new Parliament met • Committee was appointed
to inquire into the matter. That Committee,
after hearing and impartially sifting all
the evidence that could be obtained, reported to
the House " that Mr. CHUHCIIWARD, one of the
" contractors, on the eve of the last general elec-
" tion, at the time when the extension of his con-
" tract was under consideration at the Treasury,
" volunteered his support as an influential elector
" for Dover to the Hon. Captain Came sour., one
"of the Lords of the Admiralty, if he should
" become a candidate for that borough, on the
" expectation that his contract was to be extended,
" and expressed his intention, if required, to vote
" for two Government candidates for Dover."
This was the deliberate verdict of the tribunal to
which the House had formally referred the ques-
tion. But the action of the Committee did not ,
stop here. It proceeded to suggest the I
course which Parliament might feel it
necessary in vindication of its characters
to adopt :—" The Committee submit for the con-
" aideration of the House whether Mr. CHUHCH-
" wxnu in having resorted to corrupt expedients.
" affecting injuriously the character of the re-
" presentation of the people in Parliament, has
" not rendered it impossible for the House of
" Commons, with due regard to its honour and
" dignity, to vote the sums of money necessary
" to fulfil the agreement to extend his contract
" from the 20th of June, 1863, to the 26th of
" April, 1870." Shortly after this report the
question whether Parliament should adopt this
suggestion was directly raised by a motion from the
Conservative benches, and after the fullest dis-
cussion it was decided by • large majority that the
contract ought not to be fulfilled. The Govern-
ment are clearly bound by that decision, and the
motion in Committee last week, that the existing
connexion between the Government and Mr.
CHCHCHWAED should terminate on the expira-
tion of the old contract, was made in
obedience to the expressed will of the
Howe. It is difficult to see how Parliament or the
Government could, with any consistency or self-
respect, have taken any other course. The tri-
banal to which the House had referred the matter, I
after the fullest inquiry, decided that the Contract
was vitiated by the use of corrupt expedients.
That decision may have borne harshly, and in the
judgment of many perhaps unjustly, on an
individual contractor. But his warmest friends and
advocates will hardly deny that his conduct was,
to say the least, sufficiently imprudent to justify,
on public ground., an unfavourable verdict. And,
in any case, the House of Commons could not
hear the evidence and try the whole question
over again. It had no option but to do its plain I
duty. It had to vindicate its own honour, and!
the purity of the public service, by acting on the
resolution of the Committee. The persistent
attempt to reverse this decision on personal
and party grounds, was, in all respects, a most
ill-judged and unhappy movement. Mr. WArsors,
it is true, endeavoured last night to lift the quer
Von into a higher region by discussing points of I
form and Parliamentary usage. But.the attempt
to make mere usage over-ride all higher consider.
bona of principles and ends was a complete failure.
The fallacy of such a line of argument was pointedly
disposed of in a sentence by Mr. GLLIMITONE
" The authority of usage might be very high or
" very low, and that depended in the main on the
" importance of the principle involved. If •
" great principle were involved in usage he agreed
" with him ; but if on the contrary principles
" were to be not compromised but saved by a
" departure from usage, then to set up that high
" doctrine of the authority of usage was not
" political wisdom, but rather approached
" the character of political superstition."
Lord JOHN MANNERS and Lord ROBERT CECIL,
who continued the debate on the Conservative
side, descended at once from the high region of
constitutional usage to the lower ground of party
interests and party passions, and the Hoes. very
properly and very promptly refused to sacrifice
the public interests to any such irrelevant and un- ,
worthy appeal.

The usual parade of the household regiments will take
place on the Parade at the Horse Guards on Saturday, June
6, in honour of her Majesty's birthday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued invitations
for &fa-dream dinner party, in celebration of the Queen's
birthday, on Saturday, the 6th June, at his residence on
Carlton House renew.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town re-
tetday from a visit to Lord Taunton at Overstowey, Bridge.
water.

—..
Despatches were seat yesterday from the Odoniatelke
to the Governor ci Osoad►

UNITED Usrvisarrt Chtra.—His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales was elected a member of this club yes-
terday, upon the proposition of the Chancellor of the Ex.
ebequer, seconded by the Right Hoe. Spencer Walpole,
Y.P.

The Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the
French Exhibition with a visit yesterday. Their royal
highways, were received by Mims. Clarkson dtanfiskl,
ILA., Fred. Goodall, A.8.A., and E. Gembart, members of
the committee.

The Royal Artillery Club diviner took place lest
tend•• at walls'. Rooms, Hiog-street, St. James's. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., took the
chair. At 8 o'clock the royal duke and a oompany of 100
officers belonging to that arm of the army sat down to •
11 sumptuous dinner. _

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Primer Mary have returned to their resi-
dence at St James's Palace from Cambridge Cottage, where
they had been pairing the holidays.
A marriage will take place during the present
season between the Hon. Gilbert H. Heathoote, M.P., son
of Lord and Lady Aveland, with Lady Mary Gordon,
daughter of the Marquis asd Marehiooem of Handy..

The Shakespeare Fund was established in 1861 for
the preservation of objects illustrative of the life and works
of Shakespeare at Stratford•upon-Aron. Mr. and Mrs.
Mariam Keen have kindly consented to give recitations from
Shakespeare and other English poets at Bt. James's Hall.
on Friday evening, Jane 26, for the benefit of the fund.
This will be their fret and only reading in London, and
their last public appearance in England prior to their de-
parture for Australi► Committee for this occasion : —His
Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., president ; his Exoel-
lency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G.; the Right Hon. the Earl
Grawrille, K.G. ; the Right Hoe. the Dui of Moravec,
F.R.S.; the Right Hon. the Earl Howe ; the Right Hon.
Lord Loadraborough ; the Right Hoe. Lord Vernon ; the
Eight Hon. Lord J. Manners, M.P.; the Right Hon. Lord
Lindsay ; the Right Hoe. Lord Justice Knight Bruce,
F.R.S.; the Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor of Loudon, M.P.;
the Right Hon. Sir E. Bolwer Lytton, Bait., ALP.; Sir
Charles H. Rouse Boughton, Bart.; Sir Robert Hamilton,
Bart., K.C.8.; Bir Charles Nicholson, Bart.; the Right
Hon. S. H. Walpole, Q.C., M.P.; Sir James Prior, F.S.A.;
B. Bond When, Farb, M.P.; R. 8. Holford, Esq., M.P.;
R. Mooeliton Milne,. Esq.. M.P.; C. N. Newdegate, Faq.,
ILP.; H. B. Sheridan, Fag., M.P.; William Tile, Faq.,
M.P.; E. F. Flower, Eq., Mayor of Stratford-on• Aron ;
C. H. Bracebridge, Req.; General Sabine, President R.S.;
Herman Marlys's, Faq., 0.B.; David Maallse, FAq., R.A.;
W. 0. Macready, Esq ; James Dugdele, Fag.; the Rev.
Alexander Dyce ; Benjamie Webster, Fag.; J. P. Collier,
Req., F.S.A.; the Rev. William Harness, M.A.; Henry
Johnson, Esq.; John Wilkinson, Esq., F.8.A.; Thomas
Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.; F. W. COMB, Faq.; Frederick
Haines, Esq., F.S.A.; J. 0. Helliwell, Esq., F.R.S., hoe.
secretary.

FASHIONS FOR JUNE.

(From Le rollet.)

111 the various new mantles for the season, we
notice three styles which appear likely to have the greatest
success. The rotonda, or round retinal; the renegue ; and
the small *Mot. The rotoode, as we have previously
mentioned in our notice on fashion, is tumidly made to
match the dress. We observe, en peasant, that the com-
plete toilette en mite is much worn. The bonnet of crape is
even made to match the shade of the dress, and the para-
sol corresponds in colour. The shades mostly preferred
for these costumes are either a blue shade of violet, or the
leather colour, which is just now so greatly in favour. The
paletot differs but little in shape from the saute-en-barque
of last year, but the style of trimming is more divenited.
The paletot Gandin, and the paletot Monteguarde, for
travelling, are trimmed either with ruches or fringe.
(lasagnes are usually made in a make of black silk called
faye, and trimmed with passementerie guipure. Straight
scarves are also made of this beautiful article, for which
purpose it is well adapted by its extra width.
Rotoodes are much woro, made of the woollen lace called
yak ; others, in anticipation of the wanner weather, are
made of white leo.. Shawls, of white and black lace, with
the upper point rounded, are also being prepared for the
more advanced period of the season. Some are lined with
taffetas. Grenadine barge shawls, with a broad reversible
point of guipure, and trimmed round with Chantilly lace or
llama, are patronised by ladies of the highest circles.
The new patterns in printed muslin are very exquisite and
graceful in design. In this, aa in other materiels, the
leather colour and brown are muck worn. Blue is also a
favourite colour. There are three shades principally in
vogue. One, called the new shade, is rather light ; another.
the corn-flower blue ; anti the third, the deepest shade, is
the imperial blue.
In taffetas there is a good. assortment of new tterns,
but nearly ail in small designs. The new goodspa in this
material, but in larger patterns, are more exclusively em-
ployed for full dress. Since it is now so much the fashion
for the whole of the out-door dream to be made of the same
colour, the manufacturers have prepared a variety of small
patterns in this article, of two or three shades, which pro-
' duce a very distisgur effect. .

Dresses in worked Indian muslin will be fashionable this
swnmer' and worn out of doors with rotoodes to match.
Although the new bonnets have not undergo*. much
*hangs in form, our principal modistes are displaying so
much good taste in the arrangement of trimmings and the
ehoice of materials, that we must certainly allow the bon-
net of the present season to be a decided improvemeut on
that of last year.
. .

Although rather premature as yet to mans soy allusion
to the form of hats, yet as the shape' seem pretty well
determined, we may venture to describe a few of the leading
style.. Thee are mostly high in the crown, and rather
pointed, both behind and in front. Sometimes sue edge is
raised like the old Amazons hat, but never more than on
are side. The other is left flat. We need hardly my that
this style is *illy very partially adopted. The trimmings
are placed in front, whether composed of Bowers or feathers.
If feathers are need, they are generally of two colours.
The loeroyable, Mademoiselle, Henri IIL, and the Mont-
pewter are the favourite shape..

THE EXHIBITION or 1851. —As at present ar-
rangd the order at the premed= at the uocovering of the
memorial of the Exhibiteoa of 1851 at the Royal Horticul-
tural Gardens will beam follows :—Trumpeters ; the mayors,
provosts, mid chief magistrates of cities end towns which In
1851 formed loss! committees ; council of Society of Arta ;
presidents of societies of which his Royal Higher' the
R•olo Omani wan a member; sculptor (L. Joseph Dur-
ham); memorial committee; members of warts and fine
arts committees ; the Lord Mayor of York, Lord Provost
of Portly Lord Prevost of Idislisrgb, and Lord Mayor of
Diddle ; ors Sheriffs of Landes and Middlesex ; toed
•Ma of London •kw Majesty's Conunksioners for the
Mr. Fenwick, Tuesday, will move that an ma sea 1881; eseencil of Royal Hortloul-
bumble address be renovated to her Majesty, praying shit tarsi Society ; executive committee of memorialcommi,
Lord
•
isolic:nwiryillibeotognhavororvasslyfirbPleerisedes,towirthas rovrealw °mei riancreaaingiukm of
roPllrmenLoitomenntet: DacdGt h"otraseaDdithoidr;erthiameir; dißSBYelamatiellifthmlellnetnet'''."l tDe
the *apply of • favourite and nutritious article of food for Prince and Primer of Wales ; members of royal family ;
the benefit cl the public, the respective suited.

LLTEST INTKLLIGINCE

PRUSSIA.

The Prussiael ilioniteur announces that' the King
of Prussia hin conferred on Cardinal Antonelliihe
Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle.

rotes by mistake. But there is a better
reason than that. This M. Picard is a
brother of K Picard, the standing counsel of
the Prefect of the Seine in matters of expropria-
tion. There are an immense number of houses in

The Cologne Gazette publishes a lette;addreeeed.:
to it by M. de Onttry, one of the Polish deputies
in the Prussian Chamber, who has been accused of
a conspiracy against the state. M. de Guttry
explains the reasons which have induced
him to leave the country during his trial.
Having been, be says, a state prisoner in 1846, he
knows by experience the value of the guarantees
given by the law to political offenders. He states
that two days after his arrest on that occasion he
was thrown into a cold damp cell in the fortress of
Posen, and his health became injured by the bar-
barous treatment he was subjected to. He was re-
moved from one prison to another, and had to wait
eleven months before he was brought before an exa-
mining magistrate. He was not eventually released
until after a hard captivity of twenty-two months.

(=me. azsaiums.)
THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

CRACOW, MAT 29, 12.10. P.W.

Intelligence to the 26th inst. states that the in-
surgents have gained a victory at Kalisz, in the
palatinate of LA. The Russians suffered consi-
derable loss.

An engagement ham taken place in Slawuta, in
Volhynia
In the government of Mohilew the inaurgenta
have occupied Gorki.

Count Alexander Resnick' bas been banished to
Barstow.

In consequence of orders°, the National Govern-
ment the documents relating to the trial of Dzialynaki
have been abstracted by the national police.

RUSSIA.
Sr. PETERSBURG, MAT 29.

An imperial decree, published to-day, orders the
Bank of Russia to effect another successive diminu-
tion in the price of gold, so that at the close of
the present year it may be at par.
The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day declares
the rumours of an attempted insurrection at
Smolensk and its environs to be entirely unfounded.

THE GREEK THRONE.
COPENHAGEN, MAT 29.

The Fddrelandet cuntains the following :—" It is
said that the question of the acceptance of the
Greek throne, which in Tuesday's sitting of the
Council of Ministers still encountered difficulties
upon the part of Prince Christian, was decided
yesterday.
" Prince William accepts the crown of Greece
for himself and his successors."

The Bourse is heavy. Rente has fallen 10e.,
and Mobilier 12tr. 50e.

DEPARTURE OP THE SECOND THOUSAND
COLONISTS POE THE NEW SETTLEMENT OP
ALBERTLAND, NEW ZEALAND.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning the main body of the second thou-
sand emigrants who are about to colonise the sew settle-
ment ot Albert sad. Auckland, New Zealand (named in
honour of the late Priem Consort), the settling of which
was commenced last year by the emigration of about 1,000
persons from various districts of England, sailed from the
outer basin of the East India Docks, Blackwell. in two
wail-appointed and finely-equipped vessels, the Tyburnia,
A 1, 14 yeses, 2,000 toms, commanded by Captain Coots,
and the Annie Wilson, 1,118 tons, C • Duckett.
Both ships were gaily with bunting, the
Trburnie, which* was the first to leave, being towed out of
the basin into the stream by the tag Caledonia, at 9.30
a.m., flood tide. The Annie Wilson followed her consort
at 9.52 a.m., the tide just turning, end a westerly wind;
she was towed b 7 the Secret.
As the two ships left Blackwell, the passengers gave
several hearty cheers, which were warmly responded to by
their friends and the numerous spectators who crowded the
quay and the pier at Blackwell.
The Tyburuie carries thirty cabin passengers, among
whom are Mr. H. Barton (one of the promoters of the
movement) and family ; Ensign Howard, of the 70th Refit.;
Dr. Nicholson and family ; and the Bev. T. Booker ; she kas
also about 350 steerage and second cabin peessogers. The
Annie Wilson conveys about 300 steerageand cabin pure° gers.
I Both ships are despatched under the flag of News. Shaw,
Savill, and Co.'s passenger line, carry experienced surgeons,
and are well supplied with cows and livestock. The morning
was beautifully fine, and most of the emigrants, consisting of
tradesmen, mechanics, and their families, looked extremely
cheerful as the ships left for °rammed, which they would
reach about 12 o'clock. Many of the emigranui weresocom-
puled to the latter place by their friends. The two emi-
grant reseals, with their passengers, will leave Graveeend
to-morrow about four o'clock.

TEE REPRESENTATION OP THE CITE-PRO-
CLAMATION OP TEE WRITS AT ZEE GUILD-
HALL AND ROYAL EXCHANGE.- (THIS
DAY.) _ __

Precisely at one o'clock this afternoon (Friday)
the Sheriffs of London, Mr. Alderman Lawrence and
Hugh Jones, Faq., who are the returning officers at whs.-
mentary elections for the City of London occurring
during their shrievalty, with Messrs. Farrar and
Macirrell, their under-sheriffs, attended at Guildhall,
to preside at the proclamation of the writ issued
to the citizens of Loudon, commanding them to return
" • lit and discreet citizen to serve them in the parliament
sow holden at Westminster, in the room and stead of
Western Wood, Faq., deceased." The writ was read by
their seekr yeoman and chief usher, Mr. Harker, in • loud
voice. There were but few persons present. Immediately
afterwards the same ceremony took place io the front of the
Royal Exchange, the proceedings terminating with the last
few words of the in " God rye the Queen," which
loyal ejaculation was loudly cheered by all present. Tues-
day next is the day fixed for the nomination.

THE BRAZILS.
(By telegraph frootLisben.)

• - - iIIENOB AYRES, Aran, 28.
The suppression of the troubles in the interior is
progressing satisfactorily.
The invasion attempted by General Flores has
entirely failed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
cram DAY.)

XQUITY COURT.

the 9th circumscription marked to be pulled down I (Before the Master of the Balls.)
HOWARD V. 00111.
for improvements. Friends of the government of , This wane motion to dimmed,. an injunction te.lrsiaipg
the same class as the author of the paragraph in the pnblioatMe of two letters written by the plaintiff tees
the Conatitutionnei about M. Kcenigawater whisper re the
defendant
slam of the end 16e ZritytooflirLotjidoe Fire aae) wirLet
to the electors of the 9th circumscription, " Vote rAl=llOO Company.
for Picard, and fix your own compensation for your This iojunetson was obtained on the sth instant, egyi
by us oo that day.
houses that are going to be demolished."
defendant, ma Mr. Begpllay, Q.C., and Mr. laze for the
rere ftelwyn, and towel( Webb were for the
K Plichon writes to the sub-prefect of Dunkirk
plaiOtiff.
letter written to Mr. Jamieson, it appeared to isirn to be is
to complain that he (like M. Floquet in the south d the gas said that with reord to tilt
of France) is dogged by police agents wherever he
the nature of a public communication from the solicits,
sow. of the oompaay to a person proposing to invert. That
The mayor of the Bth circumscription in Paris person returned the letter to the then ma
yesterday invaded an electoral meeting and took of the com
could pany, cad, ender these
such s CiTLWM"Wit
notes with a view to a prosecution. Hitherto, it neneieee‘e entitled the p tegarded
laintiff tiff to set Prtupvalaa riosetti
must be admitted, electoral meetings ("toler- property in it. The other letter hardly fell within the
sted," as I told you they were, to a certain extent) rule "to
letters,twi.?r itta:lB in.:LI:I4ZZ, 4. a ra mete
good :.
have enjoyed greater freedom than by the letter of °trio pleintifra. The injunction ranete tharefors,abee dissolved
the infamous laws on the subject they are en-
titled to.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

- - -
Sittiop is Banoo.—(Bdore Lord Chat Bum Pollock and
Baron Bramwell.)

Mr. Cozon movedfor a prohibition, directed to the judge
of the county court at liWcUsfield, to stay further pro.
nestlings in this snit, on the ground that the cause
of action arose in the district of Manchester, sad
therefore beyond hie jurisdiction. The plaint was enteral
to recover MI. 7s. for some samples of silk which the
plaintiff had sent from Macclesfield to the defendant at
Manchester. Some dispute afterwards mope between
them, and the plaintiff demanded either the return of the
articles or the payineot of the money ; but in a letter written
from Newberger the defendant refused to adopt either
course except upon certain eceditiosis. Upon objection
being taken wider these circumstasore to the judge's juris
diction, his Honour said he would not stop the case,
slthouo it was not free from doubt and gave judgment for
the plaintiff. The learned counsel now submitted that the
detention of the goods at Manchester was the maw of
action, and that the suit ought to have been instituted in
the county court for that district.
Rule OM granted.
-

COLLISS £I ANOTIIED r. SUFF.

Mr. G. Taylor moved for an attachment against the
Sheriff of Surrey for sot mills; the goods of the defendear,
t to a judge's order an this cams. On 22nd Apra
Crtiaulri it of IL fa. was issued against the defendant's sends
upon a judgment. The Sheriff of Surrey levied ends,
this writ upon certain goods, and in consequence of
a claim having been set up by Mary OM on
defendant's daughter, under a bill of sale from her father,
he served an interplesder surnmoo", and an interplenler
order wee made by Mr. Baron Wilde in the ordinary form.
A few days afterwards the sheriff informed the plaintiff
that he had been served with a notice that the defendant
bad made himself a bankrupt, sad that Mary Cliff would,
therefore, abandon her claim, and he wished to be in-
stracted to withdrew front pomearion of the goods. The
plaintiff's solicitor said that the subsequent bankruptcy
did not supersede the in leader order, and that if the
claimant did not perform the order on her part he ought to
sell the goods. The claimant not having paid the Timmy
into court, nor given security in pursuance of
the terms of the interpleader order, the nheriff
was summoned before Mr. Baron Wilde to show
cause why he should not pay the plaintiff the amount of
the levy, but after an adjournment for a week, the learned
baron merely decided that the claimant of the goods
was barred, and refused to make any further order.
The learned counsel contended upon these fame that the
sheriff wee bound to obey the order of the court to sell the
goods.
The court granted a rule nisi.

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES.
_ _

(Before the Judge X
Baron °idle
ChelseU.3y, Mr. Justi )ce Wightrase, and

RE BIXBY EDWARD DORIROTON CLOIWORTIIT UPTON r. THE
ATTORNEY•OINTRAL.-110 LEGITIMACY DBCLARATION ACT.
Mr. Montague Smith, Q.C., and Sir George Honyman
were far the petitioner.
The Attorney-General appeared in porno.
This was a petition tiled on behalf of Henry F.. D. C.
Upton, • minor, to declare him the legitimate son of his
MrMr. Smith having briefly opened the eau, called
The Hon. Mn. Upton, who said—l amthe daughter of
the lots Rev. Dr. Muddy, prebendary of Ely, and one of
her Majesty's chaplains. Before I was married to Mr.
Upton I had been married to Mr. Hewitt, a surgeon ex.
traordinary to King William IV. By him I had three
sons. Mr. Hewitt died in the year 1838. In October,
1843, I was married to the Hon. Edward J. Upton, by
Bishop Lamm* at the British embassy in Pans. Ide
not know whether Bishop Lusoombe was then chaplain to
the embassy, but he was our bishop in Paris ; the paper
put in is a certificate signed by him.
By the Attorney-General—My own signature is on the
paper. I wrote it on the day of the marriage. The paper
was in my posseasioa till five or six years ago, when I
heeded it to my solicitor. I can identify the signature as
my own.
The Attorney-Geoersl submitted that the paper was not
evidence in the cause. It could only be treated as • memo-
randum to refresh her memory.
Sir C. Creswell—Precisely so.
Witness—Mrs. Kerr was meant at the marriage. My
husband was the fourth son of the first VisoountTempletown.
We lived a few months in Paris ; afterwards in London
and then for some time on the Rhine. After the death of
Lord Templetowe, we were visited by my husband's family.
Those visits coutinued till Mr. Upton got into pecuniary
difficulties in 1831. I lived with him till his death, on
the 14th of March, 1855. I had a premature
confinement at Cologne in 1850. In January, 1803, Iwu
with my husband at Spa. On the 220 d of the followiag
mouth I left him and Came over to London. I came over
alone ; but a daughter of Mrs. Hubbard's met me on the
steamer to Antwerp, having previously taken lodgiop for
me in Sackville-street Her name was Sarah Hubbard.
She afterwards bonnie my maid. I was °Defined two
months afterwards. I did not expect my confinement to
take place till the end of April or the beginning of
May. I came to England to procure some mosey
for my husband. I think I stayed in Sukville.stext
for a fortnight. I then removed to No. 7, Upper Seymour.
street West, where I stayed until I rejoined my husband in
the following August at Spa. I remained so long on account
of my father • last Meer and death. He died on the I:th
of June. I paid visits while I was in London. I stayed at
Lady Wood's, at Potter's Park, which I left on the
Saturday before the birth of my son. I left Lady
Wood's on account of feeling indisposed ; and Lady
Wood thought I had better go home. I had
intended to return to Spa to be confined ; and I had, in fact,
left there the baby linen which I had prepared. Iwu con-
fined on the 20th of April, 1853. Mrs. Hubbard attended
me as nuns. Mr. Hamerton was my regular medial man,
and he was written for, but he did not come in time. So
one was present at the birth but Mrs. Hubbard. Mr. Wilkie,
a doctor in the neighbourhood, was afterwards sent for, and
he remained in attendance on me till I went to Sea
Mr. Hamertoo came to see me, I think, on the 21st.
The petitioner is the child of which I was delivered.
The letter produced is in the handwriting of my L,te hus-
band. The petitioner haa lived with me ever since bar
birth.
Cress-examined—He is now in court. Beside Mis.
Kerr, my daughter (since dead), Mr. Soulier, a South Ame
Jinn gentleman, and the tutor of my sons, were presentst
the marriage. I have not seen Mr. kinkier fur accord
years. Bishop Lusoombe was a friend of my totters,
who had written to me desiring that the marriage should
be solemeised by him. I did not know him myself. but
Mr. Upton knew him. He wore the episcopal baba.
Mrs. Hubbard had attended me as nurse twice before.
Mn. Hubbard gave confirmatory evidence. A doctor and
&nurse had been called in, but she hat dismissed them be
tunes they appeared to have been drinking.
Sarah Hubbard, Mr. Henry Wilkie, Mr. Hamedoe. Mrs.
Maddv (wife of a cousin german of Mrs. Uptoo), and 3"
Kerr having also been examined,
The Attorney-General said that after the erideoce which
had been given he could not dispute the right of the
petitioner to the declaration be sought.
Sr C. Creswell thought that the case was fully e.,tab.
lished, and that nothing remained but to pronounce the
petitioner to be the legitimate son of Edward John and
Susan Moore Upton.
Decree accordingly.
000112 V. COOKE (CLLR[).—Lermit.
The petitioner, wife of the Rev. James Young Cooke.
rector of Sewer, Norfolk, was married to him iu leZ4. awl
she had had by him eleven children. of whom the youngest
was born in 1850 ; and nine survived. The suit was to ob•
taro a judicial separation, on the ground of cruelty. The
• husband pleaded a denial, • juetilicatioo, and coodocation.
The Judge Ordinary found the issue" for the wife, sod pro-
smoked a decree nisi, from which the respoodest eow

appialed.
Dr. Spioks and Mr. Murphy appeared for the petitioner :
thilLtten's lidvoca to sod Mr. Staveley Hill for the re-
4.
Sir 0. Cromwell was reading his notes of the evideete
when we west to press.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburul
RE LONG.
The bankrupt had formerly been valet to the Mite ,f
Beaufort, sod was subsequently a brush maker in .lern.vs•
street. St. Jimmies. Ho now applied for his order of do-

chArlii•
Kr. Lawrence opposed for the assignees. The bud*
rapt owed 1,300/. without a farthing of assets, and hi• career
tthroughout bad been marked by the %desalt rerklemeo•
ihrated that bankrupt bad bees guilty of uojaatn•

most be narrowly watched, as they from their very position
bad peculiar faalitim for obtaining credit. He would look
j,mugh the proceeding's and deliver the judgment of the
mot on the Bth of June.

II LAWS.-HIATT TAILORS OF A NV= AND SPIRIT

MERCHANT.

This was an adjournerr applicatirlll for an order of dis-
charge under the bankruptcy of James Snead Laws, for-
merly of Great Tower-street, and since of 80. 9, Miooiot•
lane, and 4, Richmond-tonna, Clapham-road, wine and
spirit merchant.
The adjudication took place on the sth of May, 1862,
upon the bankrupt's own petition, he attributing his failure
'amply to want of capital. From the statement of
accounts prepared by lir. Joseph Hart, the accountant
appointed by the court, the following figures are extracted :
—Dr.- To creditors, unsecured. 14,8431. 17e. 3d. ; credi-
tors holding security, 17,8191. 16e. 4d. ; liabilities on bins
receivable. 2,238/. 9s. Id. ; expected to rank against the
estate, 1281. 9.. 6d • creditors to be paid in 1061.
is. 9d. • total, *B9Bl. Its. 10d. Cr.—By debtors, good,
1,9601. le. 6d. ; ditto, doubtful, 841. 18s. Bd. ; property
Owe up to mignon, 1,7791. 3.. 2d. ; ditto in the bends of
creditors, 21,4111. 15s. 10a. ; deficient, 7,6721. 12e. Bd. ,•
total, 32,8961. Ils. 10d. A dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound
Ism already bean paid to the creditors, among whom are
some of the principal city merchants.
Mr. Sargood, for the amigo..., now applied for an ad-
journment for two months. The bankrupt had been prose-
cuted for fraudulently obtaining goods and pawning them
within three mouths of his bankruptcy. He bad been com-
mitted for trial on those charges.
. . .

Mr. Lwracoe, for op . creditors, also concurred in
the application for an purnment.
The Commissioner said, as the bankrupt had been com-
mitted for trial there must be an adjournment until the
result of the trial wan known.

Mr. Sargood rid the awniteee now asked for a formal
order to prosecute the bankrupt for a misdemeanour.
Wine Commissioner said of course he would now make the
order. He adhered to his opinion, that before any costs
were thrown on an estate, the bankrupt should be taken
before a magistrate sad a prima facie can made out.
An adjournment for two months was then directed.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THD3 DAY.)

SOUTHWARK.
TAR ORANGE GIRLS AT LONDON•BRIDGE.

Mr. Borchelt% was occupied a keg time in inrest*atAng
charges against nine women, natives of the Emerald Isle,
who were summoned by direction of the commiriours of
police for obstructing the pavement and thorough:47lZ
selling or= near the entrance of the railway
Loodon-
Police-oonstable 473 A said he bad been oti special duty for
some weeks in Wellington-street, Borough, and had had greet
trouble in controlling the orange girls, who obstructed the
pavement to the great annoyance of passengers going by
railway. On Sunday morning last the conduct of these
women was impudent in the extreme. Four of the defend-
sate more especially miacooducted themselves, so that be
was compelled to report them to his superiors, who directed
the present proceedings to be taken.
Mr. Burcham asked what they were doing to break the
law? _ _ .

The mutable replied that they had baskets coo
oranges in front of them and were endeavouring=
them. Two of the defendant, rushed among the pairere-by,
and annoyed them very much, so that they complained to
him.

Kr. Burnham--Now have you not taken these proceed.
lugs became they were selling theme oranges on a Sunday?
Witnese—No, sir, not exactly ; although complaints are
Wag cestinually Made b 7 the authorities of St. Olave's
parish of the Sunday troche( in the streete.
Mr. Bur:ham—You say two of these women ware only
selling their oranges by the kerb I don't see how you out
construe that into an obstruction or a nuisance. It seems
to me very like persecution to bring these poor creatures
before me, because they were endeavouring to gain an boned
livelihood in the street, I should say much to the Wean
of the public. One of the defemlsnts has been fined by me
before for Macooduct, end as eke hes really broken the
law I mast bee her is. and meta, but as for the others they
are discharged.
. . .

Polioe.coOstable 475 A gave similar evidence against the
other five young women. They bad bukets of oranges in
front of them by the edge of the kerb, end by that means
obstructed the footpath.
Mr. Burnham-1 cannot punish these women unless
there le a breach of the law committed. That is not proved
to my satisfaction, therefore they are discharged ; I must,
however, caution them to pay a little obedience to the police
for the future, and not obstruct the public.

William Lancaster, who described himself as a waiter
end in-door boots out of • situation, was again chested
before Mr. D'Eyneourt with having ottempted to destroy
himself by taking • quantity of poems at St. Luke's.
Fyfe, who has taken some trouble in the matter,
stated that he had writtea to Stork's Hotel, Birmiasham.
and had received a letter from the proprietor of that estab-
lishment. That go/disco= dated that the prisoner wee a
good servant when sober, but that instead of leering
that hotel through having words with the other ser-
vants, he was discharged because he got the worse
for liquor, end mad* a disturbance. He (Mr.
Fyfe) had also understood that the prisoner had
been in custody at Birmingham for threatening
to destroy himself with oxalic acid. He had had other com-
munications about the prisoner, and one was from Mr.
Grove, ooffenhouse keeper, of the Harrow-road, who offered
to take the prisoner iota his employ if he was found to be
of good character.
The prisoner sapwood contrition for what Le had dose,
sad said he would take care that he never committed him-
self any more.
Xr. D'Eynoturt stated that the prisoner had brought all
his troubles on himself through giving way to ha-
bits of intoxication. He had received some mosey
for the prisoner which be should not at present
allow the prisoner to have, for if be did the punter
portion of it would be spent. If it was ascertained
that persona who were in distress had only to attempt to
commit suicide to have subscriptions raised for their
benefit, more than ball the time of the oourt would be
taken up by the cases of self-murder. He should allow
the prisoner to have 10a. of the money that had bees sent,
but that he was sadly afraid was more than be deserved,
foe the greater portion of it would be spent in a publichouse.
He wished the benevolent poisons who bad sent the money
for the prisoner to understand that they would have their
money returned if they wished it, but if they did not express
any wish in the matter, it would be placed in the poor-box.
The prisoner would now be discharged, and if after the lapse
of some months he could show that be bad been leading en
honest, respectable, sober life, he might apply to hum, and
be would then see what could be dome to assist him.
The following donations have been received by the magis-
trate, with • request that they might be acknowledged-by
the press: —T. IL, 10s. ; Oryffydd sp Cynan, • post-office
order for lf. ; and M. S., postage stamps, ls. 6d.

THE VOTE OE THE CHITILOHWAILD CONTRACT.
The only liberal members who supported Mr. Walpole last
night with their votes were Mr. W. Cox, Sir J. Doke, Mr.
Linday, sod Alderman Sidney. The O'Doooghue, and a
few other members of the Irish Catholic party, also voted
against the government. Mr. Antrobus, Lord A. Hervey,
and Major Ugh, were the only members of the opposition
who voted with the ministers.
The next examination for direct commissions will
commence on Monday, the 3rd of August. The list of can-
didates for this examination is complete. _ _

A Berlin correspondent writes :—" A commercial
trigs is on the point of breaking oat among the mining and
banking firms of Westphalia. An agent of !be Berlin bank
has been despatched to Dortmund to assist as many of the
larger firms s can be saved by timely support."
Great excitement is canoed in the racing circles
of Parr by tie cosies &Teat of next Sunday. There am
81 entries, including 48 English, 26 French, 3 German, and
4 Italian 'tome, for the Prix de Paris (groom value 6,0004),
sad about twenty starters are expected to appear at the
poet. The French mare La Vacuum is first favourite : but
at the Circle, in the Rae de Gramont, they are backlog
Ssocharometer, and, in a lesser degree, Lord Clifden.

An emigration society on a large scale has been
formed among the factory operatives of TAVlCalthire. They
propose that the society should be established on a perms.
Dent basil, not merely to serve the purposes of and relieve
the existing distress, but to keep up a continuous stream of
emigration. It is recocomeoded that the members pay a
penny a week to the general fund, and that imbecriptione
for emigration purposes be raised without delay. A delegate
meeting will be held on the 7th of June, to complete the
regulations of the association.

SHAKIESPEARICAN TRZCZNIIINARY.—A meeting I
was held at Stratford•upon-Avon yesterday, for the pur-
pose of deciding upon the moaner of celebrating the ter-
centenary of Shakespeare's birthday is 1864. The their
was occupied by the lord-lieutenant of the county, Lard
Leigh, and the meeting was one of the largest held in
Stratford for several years. It was agreed. " That a na-
tional memorial shall be raised to Shakespeare in SEW,
feed-upoo-Avon," es the place of his birth. For thin pur-
pose money will be sought throughout the country. After
some animated discumion as to the best mode of ale-
Wing the tercentenary, it was resolved :-1. To extend
the educational advantages of the Free Grammar School of
Kiag Edward VL, Stratford, in which Shakespeare wee
educated, and to found and establish one or more scholar.
ships and exhibitioas at the I:Diversities, in connection with
the schooL 2. To found a triennial prize for the best
poem or essay on Shakespeare, to be open to public come-
Waits. 3. To lay out New-place Gardena, and copes
them to the public, and otherwise properly celebrate the
teresatenery at Stratford.