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pews MST CLASS and LONDON PRIZE part of a charade, that would by no means consti- ' LATEST INTELLIGENCE. - . locksmith named Liquier, who was passing by, was ing them from holding office. Negroes are also' THE YELVERTON CASE IN IRELAND.
AM. attracted by the beauty of the sleeping girl,thought excluded from coming into Illinois. --e
warAgutinne and ,111110GDIN tide marriage, though • device of this kind has __—...—..
001,111011THS and JNIMELERS. been had MOWS. to before DOW in order to en- RUSSLL
li. AinekAlrakftsi,Comsagairden, WC. Loam, t was given to-do on the exceptions
her an easy prey, and attacked her. She awoke The New York Evening Post says that rumours ,
en . DUBLIN, Moamar ET/311u.
are current in Washington that Marl Russell has d
agre.Menolituales is sends* • Mins embus; mire aa trap a feeble-minded party. Lord ARDEILLAN THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE , suddenly and resisted, whereupon he stabbed her to the charge of Chief Justice Monaghan on the Vilest«,
*mama" at 1 ann. sent a communication to Mr. Seward, protesting
laid it clearly down, sod it haabeen frequently laid GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE. with a knife, and the wound proved mortal. The
against General Butler's conduct to women in nisi-
UARM 0 N I 1:1 M —NSWB. MODIt L. down before, that words spoken in joke, light words,
A letter from Warn published in the Dresden cries of the victim brought the mother and others New Orleans. The rumour is not confirmed. Mr. Justice Christian and Mr. Justice Keogh held that
WW CRAIEIR. BEAM nad WOOD. WI, Regerseetnal and words of doubtful import, could not be held as w'
to the spot, and the assassin was at once arrested. The Senate has impeached Judge Humphreys, of the imunsptions in reference to the Irish marriage should be
Journal, contains the first detailed statement of
FUN, EVERY WEEK, ONE PENNY. sufficient proof of that mutual consent to marry
the attempt of the 3rd inst. It was written on the A capital canard is given by the Perseverance of Tennessee, for the crimes of high treason and mis- allowed.
Mr. Justice Ball and the Chief Justice were of minion
which the law of Scotland requires. Milan. Francis 11. was, it appears, invited to the demeanour.
--.. ..---_ day, towards midnight, and is as follows : • The Evening Port amp; :—" Foreign intervention that all the exceptions should be overruled.
But beyond that, •a valid union cannot be estab- recent legitimist congress at Lucerne, but having
I hasten to inform you of an infamous attempt, made at can effect no good for the le of America, nor The Coort being equally divided, the verdict stands ;
W; it e erprefsis•
lished, as many erroneously suppose, by an ad- half-past 9 this evening, upon the person of the Grand promised never to leave the Pope, he sent an ex-
.— • mission of marriage made merely to give a colour Duke Constantine. Having arrived yesterday, at sin the cuse, together with his wife and the Count Trani. for the nation which interferes. It could only add but defendant can still bring the CUD before the Court of
another war to the one already in existence, and Error.
~._____ to cohabitation, to escape scandal, or to obtain evening, in excellent health, the Greed Duke received By his absence he missed an important personal 'Tread the area of the war, now confined to the
eanuncer. THE CONSERV_A_ Till LAND SOCIETY.
TI THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Miss access to lodgings and hotels. Major YELVERTON this morning, at the Palace Lazienki, the high civil and communication, which is now made public. The American continent, over every sea. If Europe (THIS DAY.)
TIM—OUR ./C.JIN goggle. Mem Sothern socialises: spoke to the keeper of Craigmillar Castle, and at railitarY authorities, and afterwards visited the Russian Count de Chambord, ha • no child, has magnani- were able to impose peace upon America, by threats
Mrs. Tenni, MissoUmr.—LA CONTRABANDISTA. Pena Nanaor active interference, it would only be a temporary This afternoon the 39th quarterly general meet-
and sneer Newellee—Awl SHOCKING EVENTS, some other places, of the pursuer in this case as his 'tiled"' and the catholic cathedral' wile" the populace abdicated the throne of France in favour
assembled in large numbers, saluting him respectfully. In "mil' cessation of hostilities. There can be but one ing of the above society took place at the offices, 33, Nor-
wife ; but that went for nothing in the opinion of the
mein his PRINCESS'S. royal highness repaired to the of his Bourbon cousin, the ex-King of Naples. It nation in the limits of the United States. No fatatieet, Strand, when the following report was reed and
Tut, TOO MUCH OP A GOOD THING.—LOI7IB ix. the LORD ORDINARY, as it was done " casually," Grand Theatre, where Stradelks was performed. is part of the arrangement that the crown of intervention can alter what is written in geo- adopted . .
4444w5• °lade' ewe I. Y. Callen°. Mx", Z*44444. 4404444. not in the way of distinct declaration, and not to At the end of the second act he entered his carriage to Naples (in rtibus) is to be ceded to the Count graphical formation—what is necessary to the In submitting the thirty-ninth quarterly report, it is
Potter, and Meadows : Ern Chad's to and Misses Chapman. pa with satisfaction that the enmities committee can draw the
—dad THRICE MARRIED. persons to whom the introduction of a lady -as his return to the chateau of the Belvidere. At that instant Trani. young attention of the shareholders of the Conservative Land
or. /AMIE wife could be important or significant. At • young man approached the carriage and Bred a pistol Bombs is, therefore, now the rally. preservation and perpetuation of free government
ing cry of the French legitimists. m America." Society to the annexed gratifying returns for the Bret nice
seas emus. yens THE ROSE—FRIENDS OR roes. Doane Castle he entered their names in the at the Grand Duke, who, on first seeing the thiamin, months at the current financial year, which will end on the
Memos George Vials& Dewar, and P. Matthews , Mn. F. . . , ~ thought he was about to present to him a petition. Happily WEATHER REPORT.—(THIS DAY.) 30th of September next :
=2, lasses Saida sad Man Turner.—And ram= visitors book as " Mr. and Mrs. x the ball
ep topsaru have
encountered
resistance from
the Shares Shares
" enrols." At various hotels in Scotland AMERICA. Quarters ending in own- Total Receipts.
epaulette. His royal highness was only slightly wounded TOZSDAY, JULY S. S 4.12.
BRITANNIA. they lived together and were received as above the chest. The Grand Duke returned to the —*-- programa pleb& Shares.
Tam BMWs, TEI ROMANCE OP A POOR YOUNG MAN I (szum'a TZLICIRAN.) B. R. IL D. F. 0. I. R. IL _ _._._.
a d.
Mesas. J. Re W. cranked, grdeeed ,Mn a yarnaid. married persons, and permitted on that footing theatre, where a grit dressing of the wound was at oath
—Singing Iv e 8 sad sirs. Othrge—Tint 9.661 A S2lOBB to occupy the same apartment. But even all that effected. A close carriage having been obtained, the prince, (Per Africa, bY telegraph to Halifnx*end rid Queenit°wlL)Dec. 14.1961 WS 41 90 13,6 W 1 4
103 16 If 17,321 1711
OF Tali FuRESE.—And AMERICAN SLAVERY.
wag not held to establish a valid union, inasmuch with a suitable escort, returned in it to the chateau of the NEW YORK, Jon 26. NAGui . .... 19.80 IS 48 W. - b JuneMaxrgoB.22 WS 0 116 17,01112 I
ASTLEY'S. as the MAJOR otherwise appeared as a bachelor, and Belvedere, the residence of the Grand Duchess, who forth- Advice from New Orleans have been received eamlll.l ••• "91 "48 N.W. 4 °
20.79 14 14 W. 1 nt 411 117 6141 41.107 11 4
Tins EtNiMita DIAZIMPA.—After which SCENES IN THE nately had not gone to the theatre. The assassin was in New York to the 18th inst. MEW= . ... E. 66 61 E. 0 Totals to Septa, 1911 11.701 3,701 17.666 MB 10 9
CIRCLE. MOO. Masan—To conclude with a comic Ballet. it was not done on his part by way of a distinct
arrested on the spot, sod was taken by the police to the Annan— 2999 16 68 N. 3
arenoWlNes ast;unnis and ills Wad. 4 the (Ice" S. Ball4L—Cala" acknowledgment of • , but only to further
guaziLhouse of the Saxon-square, where he was seised with Four men have been hung at New Orleans for lean= ._ gum ga es N. 1
Grand totals to Mid-
summer, 1811 14,197 3,907 WM .916 2 1
convenience for illicit intercourse. On these facts „mains. it was unposed that, berme
making the falsely representing themselves as Federal officials, ern" ••••• re.: ri a al-ar. t _
HIGH MATE, AT LORDOI NUDGE. Thu receipts for the current three quirt= of 1862, soar.
TR= DAT —Wands& 10k tir0..... Afternoon, 11h. Om. a P waslea raised that marriage had been oonati- attempt, he had takes •n. He made to drink some searching houses in the city and stealing articles
meeranzowill: mu 0_64 4...7 N.H. 1
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prod with the corresponding nice months of the last year,
To-noasow—Morning. 11h. was— Alessuosn en em. toted by " cohabitation as husband and wife, and milk. On being questioned immediately after auto the therefrom. One of these men was an Englishman. ficammai.... 29716 gg se m.,T.W. . - show an increase of 6t2./. Hs. Id., and both in completed
shares, mid therm in the Midsummer shows a
4. habit and repute." This is a mode of coned- motives which had led him to this mime, be obstinately re- The British, French, and Greek Consuls have re- =I.::: it: 54 Ito ;174 e _
LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 8. toting marriage acknowledged by Scotch law . fused to reply. It is unnecessary to say that at the theatre, presented to General Butler that two commercial tunomn...- 147.:
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~,,,..,&. It 0.6$ ii,,, number than the delay quarter. The total eels
the parties must be on the first news of the attempt, the curtain wee lowered. Sr am of LM to Midsummer, 1862, amounts to 309,0181., being
--o—.. but, to make it out,firms of New Orleans had informed them that 3,000 ecemrsz. .. .et es ad W.N.W. 41 Sr OW an incense over the returns to Midsummer, 1861, of 42,C92r.
The assassin had about his person a poiguard, besides of * 0.t7 The total withdrawals since the formation of the
Winn the tenacity of purpose which the French proved to have treated one another in • hhds. of sugar, which these commercial firms had trnmeure.... as ato a" 14*4 4. •
revolver, all the barrels of which were loaded. or en (Sept., 18521, to Midsummer, 1862 are 175,1031. 87. ea
Ewralioß has so often manifested in a singularly manner consistent with the conjugal re- purchased, and which were the property of British, Lawn rage is es W. Sr 0.15 The returns of the register of ihe order of rights are ea fel-
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eventful career has strongly impressed observers, lationship and with no other, and, at the samelow :—Completed, 4,689 ; drawn, 3,158 ; seniority, 1,661;
Nunes menses.) French, and Greek subjects, were not allowed to be geaneekerek; AL se81 6,16 NX.271 4r 0.27
less justice has been done to the courageous pro- time, there must also be the habit and repute, taken from the place in which they were stored "num •• •• ne se el NICE. o total, 9,508 ; deduct rights exerased on esates, ka.,7,198 ;
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part of a charade, that would by no means consti-
tute marriage, though • device of this kind has
been had recourse to before now in order to en-
trap a feeble-minded party. Lord ARDWILLAN
laid it clearly down, sod it haabeen frequently laid
down before, that words spoken in joke, light words,
and words of doubtful import, could not be held as
sufficient proof of that mutual consent to marry
which the law of Scotland requires.
But beyond that, a valid union cannot be estab-
lished, as many erroneously suppose, by an ad-
mission of marriage made merely to give a colour
to cohabitation, to escape scandal, or to obtain
aeons to lodgings and hotels. Major YILVIRTON
spoke to the keeper of Craigmillar Castle, and at
some other places, of the pursuer in this came as his
wife ; but that went for nothing in the opinion of
the LORD ORDINARY, as it was done "casually,"
not in the way of distinct declaration, and not to
persons to whom the introduction of a lady •as his
wife could be important or significant. At
Doane Castle he entered their names in the
visitors' book as " Mr. and Mrs. Yet.-
" vswrow." At various hotels in Scotland
they lived together and were received as
married persons, and permitted on that footing
to occupy the same apartment. But even all that
was not held to establish a valid union, inasmuch
as the MAJOR otherwise appeared as a bachelor, and
it was not done on his part by way of a distinct
acknowledgment of marriage, but only to further
convenience for illicit intercourse. On these facts
a plea was raised that marriage had been consti-
tuted by " cohabitation as husband and wife, and
" habit and repute." This is a mode of consti-
tuting marriage acknowledged by Scotch law ;
but, to make it out, the parties must be
proved to have treated one another in a
manner consistent with the conjugal re-
lationship and with no other, and, at the same
time, there must also be the habit and repute,
for the one element in this kind of proof will not
do without the other. Cohabitation cannot be
founded on without habit and repute, nor habit
and repute without cohabitation. A marriage
may be validly constituted by written agreement,
though it be kept perfectly secret, or by
mutual consent in the presence of witnesses,
though all knowledge pf it be confined to a very
few persons ; in such cases habit and repute are not
required; but when all such other proof of consent is
wanting, then mere cohabitation, to constitute a
proof of marriage, must be accompanied by a ge-
neral belief among friends, relatives, and
neighbours that the parties are husband and wife.
In Major Yramorrores case this was not proved to
exist ; but there have been instances of parties
deluded into the erroneous idea they were validly
married according to Scotch law by merely staying
together in hotels and lodgings as married people.
Another point brought out clearly in Lord Aso-
=LAN's note is the very peculiar state of the
law in regard to promise of marriage. If a pro-
mise of this kind is proved, and if it has been fol-
lowed by natural union, then the marriage is legally
constituted. This provision, imperfectly understood
among the lower classes, is one of the chief
causes of the number of illegitimate births
in Scotland. The country girls have a vague
idea that if they have a promise of marriage, it
will be all right ; and they are unaware that the
promise on which an action of declaration of mar-
riage can be founded must be proved by the writ
or the oath of the defender. It is not necessary
that there be a written promise in existence, but
there must be some proof in the defender's
writing of a promise having been made. In the
case before him the Judge thought there was no
proof of such promise having been given. He did
not think it legitimate to gather the proof of such
a promise inferentially from the whole story taken
together, but had it been so be would have come
to the conclusion that Major YRLVIXTON " re-
" misted to a great extent the pursuer's advances,
" avoided giving such a promise, and more than
" once warned her that he could not, and would
" not marry, and that he and she were safest at a
" distance from each other." In this conviction
the LORD ORDINARY also spoke of the pursuer's
'attars as not such as a lady of very correct and
delicate feeling would have written, and as cer-
tainly not indicating that nothing but marriage
was contemplated by the parties ; though her
charms, her talent, her misfortune, and the per-
severing devotedness of her attachment, were all
calculated to excite interest, pity, and sympathy.

The receipts for the current three quarters of 1862, cum.
erred with the corresponding nice months of the last year,
'bow en increase of 622./. Bs. Id., and both in completed
shams, and Mares in progess, the Midsummer shows a
law number than the Llpalsy quarter. The total sale
of UM to Midsummer, 186'2, amounts to 309,0181., being
an increase over the returns to Midsummer, 1861, of 42,0321.
The total withdrawals since the formation of the moiety
(Sept., 1852), to Midinnumer, 1862 are 175,1031. Ba. Bd.
The returns of the retainer of ihe order of rights are ea fol-
low :—Completed, 4,689 ; drawn, 3,158 ; seniority, 1,661;
total, 9,508 ; deduct rights exercised on estates, ins., 7,196 ;
unexamised risida, 2,310. The last share *umber on the
register by seniority is No. 13,614, and the lest share Mad
up to June 24, 1862, was No. 18,184. The advantages ac-
cruing to holdersof rights of choice werenever more strongly
manifested than at the allotment which took place on the
30th April lest ; valuable ground routs on the Boman-road
(North Bow) and Battersea estates, besides freehold bottom on
the Round-hill.ersomt, Brighton, were offered for sale,
ad land on the fourth portion of the Beigbtot;
estate, at the 'Mot Rich mood and Princee.roada,with an addl.
throat quantityof large plots on the Roehamptos-park Mate.
The executive committee may also remark, as to this allot-
ment, that the Conservative Land Society is now in a posi-
tion, from it, continued SIMMS, to effort investors oppor-
tunities of acquiring land in large or small quantities, or
ground rests and houses, with a greater variety of selection,
every year, in different counties. As regards Roehampton,
the works are in pr for the completion of Alton and
Baraborough. and throwing open to buyers of land on
that Mate =amending views of Richniond-park and the
Surrey hills. Impressed with the excellence of the sites,
=care has been taken to secure the erection of first
Mai, with a sufficiency of land for garden, so that the
mansion and park, as well as the neighbourhood, have not
deteriorated by the increase of building. The executive
committee have the pleasure likewise to announce that an
additional frontage to Roehampton-lano has bees acquired
for the Putney-heath estate, and the removal of the
squatters' cottages in the vicinity will materially improve
not only that property, but ale*the Roehampson Maki.
The new treatise will be soon offered for Me. The works
on the second Toubridge Wells estate, the Nortligate end
Beacon Hill estates at Newark, and the Park estate at
Weymouth, are actively carried on by the contractors.
Siam the last report, two most eligible esters have been par.
chard in the northern and southern divisions of Essex. The
first property is just out of the town of Colchester, at the
south ride, on the reeds to Merles and Berechurch. The
sanction of additional barracks at Colchester will cause a
demand for houses. independently of the development which
mar be expected when the new railway, b 7 the Stour Valley
branch railroad of the Eastern Union hr tta dation near St..
Botolph's church. The second South Eseex property is the
well-known Woodhouse Mate, Warted, late the residenoe
of Money Wigram, Esq., and In a most healthy situation on
the borders of Epping Forest, with a frontage to Wanstead-
batik, and railroad oommunkation within a short distance
of the three stations at Forest Gate, Stratford, and Low
Leyte°. Woodhouse being within seven miles of St.
Paul's, the property it a valuable acquisition for the society
on the north eastern side of the metropolis. It is intended
to sell or let the residence, with a suitable quantity of the
well•wooded park, leaving the remainder of the land for
division in large or small plow, according to the building
frontages, which are excellent. Purchaser' of land on the
society's estate are reminded that the 20th of July is the
lest day for sending in claims for county votes. The elkottess
who have not yet been registered will be pleased to dilly for-
ward to the solicitor, at the office of the society, in Norfolk-
street, the necessary deeds, to enable him to sustain their
claims before the revising barristers. Any alteration in
residence or qualification should also be intimated at once ;
and holder" of plots of land living et a distance from the
county in which the property is situated, should name the
polling district at which it would be most convenient for
them to vote, so that the claims, when entered at the
specified polling places, may be duly made. The dirtier
are at no expense for this registration, as the society been
the entire charge. The shareholders may be soured that
their electoral privileges are as carefully attended to as their
financial interest', by the executive committee.—(Signed).
RANDLAGH, Chairman. (Countersigned) Clitinga lams
Gauxatem, Secretary."

presented to General Butler that two commercial
firms of New Orleans had informed them that 3,000
hhds. of sugar, which these commercial firms had
purchased, and which were the property of British,
French, and Greek subjects, were not allowed to be
taken from the place in which they were stored
without orders from General Butler. The Consuls
explained that the sugars were paid for by bills of
exchange drawn on the owners of the sugar. They
said that the transactions were strictly mercantile,
and that the owners had suffered heavy loss by
being prevented from shipping the sugar. The
Consuls were disposed to waive all past proceedings
if an order for the shipment of the sugar were
given.

WHILE the tenacity of purpose which the French
EMPEROR has so often manifested in a singularly
eventful career lies strongly impressed observers,
less justice has been done to the courageous pru-
dence with which he makes the sacrifices necessary
to extricate him from positions which he has
voluntarily taken up, but which events show to
be unten►ble. These sacrifices are necessarily
greater in the case of an EMPEROR who affects to
be his own minister than for a constitutional ruler,
and they are increased by the importance assigned
•to what is called prestige in LOUIS Neroisow's
maxims of government. Yet studious as he is
to include the pensive impressible spectator in
his plans, he is too shrewd to commit the folly of
giving up the reality for mere appearance. Although
he reigns over France only on condition of suc-
ceeding, he does not see in that circumstance the
necessity of an unremitting pursuit of every
ill-
chosen end. Those who admire in Louis NAPO-
mos the sagacious, firm, and skilful ruler must
admit that docility is not incompatible with the
highest qualifications for government.
The Cr-

(names rain Axe.)
ITALY.
RIIMOIJRED DEATH OF CHIAVONE.
NAPLES, JULY 7, Eviarnro.

A rumour is current that Chimes, with two of
his followers, has been killed in a desperate com-
bat with the French in the Piooo mountains.

SPAIN.
MADRID, JOLT 7, Emma.
M. Mon has tendered his resignation as Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Deputies.
It is asserted that the government has not de-
cided whether to accept it or not. A decision will
be arrived at to-morrow.

General Butler replied that the commercial firma
mentioned bad been engaged in buying Confederate
notes, giving for them sterling exchange, thus trans-
ferring abroad the credit of rebellious States,
and enabling bills to be converted into bullion for
the purchase of arms. He stated also that the
Confederate notes purchased by this exchange had
been need to buy cotton and sugars. The sugar in
question was valued at 200,000 dohs., being part of
what was bought.
" It will not be for a moment contended," con-
tinues General Butler, " that exchanging specie
for Confederate Treasury notes, and sending specie
to Europe to enable rebels to buy arms, is not a
breach of the blockade, as well as a violation of the
neutrality lawn. The only difference in the case is
that drawing sterling bills is a more convenient
way of eluding the laws than sending bullion in
specie, and thus assisting the rebellion in the point
of its uttermost need. If done for gain only, and
not with a view to aid the rebellion, it would still
be a breach of neutrality."
Referring to the statement that the Consuls would
waive all past proceedings, General Butler says :
" What authority exists in the laws of nations or
of this country which gives consuls power to use
such language to representatives of the United
States in quasi-official communications 1" " Con-
suls are merely commercial agents of a
subordinate class." " Consuls have no power
to waive or condone proceedings past or
present of the government under whose protection
they are permitted to reside so long as they behave
well. If I have committed any wrong to merchants,
consuls have no power to remit the penalty, or
prevent them having redress. If merchants have
committed any wrong to the Federal government,
consuls have still less power to shield them from
punishment. In order to prevent future miscon-
ception, permit me to explain, that I think a
foreigner resident here has not one right more than
an American citizen, but at least one right less, and
that is the right of meddling or interfering by dis-
cussion, vote, or otherwise with the affairs of the
Federal government."
The Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, and Swiss
Consuls have unanimously protested against the
oath demanded by General Butler of foreigners.
The Consuls stated that since the commencement of
the war they had remained neutral, and as neutrals
they could not be treated as the conquered popula-
tion. A conquered people might be submitted to
exceptional laws, but neutral foreigners have a
right to be treated as they have always been by
the Federal government.
General Butler replied that the oath was de-
clared necessary to meet the cases of foreigners
who had meddled in the affairs of the rebellion,
many of whom also bad concealed the fact of their
naturalisation. General Butler, in an elaborate
argument, endeavours to prove his proclamation
perfectly legal, and says that all rules and regula-
tions are made to restrain bad men and not good
men. Foreigners can refuse to take the oath, but
still live quietly and happily in New Orleans, and
receive protection from personal violence. If
foreigners do not like Federal laws they have an
effectual remedy, alike pleasant to themselves
and to the Federal authorities. That remedy is to
go home at once. Such foreigners came without in-
vitation, tbey will be parted from without regret.
But foreigners must not commit crimes against the
Federal laws and expect to go home to escape
punishment.
. .

announces that the Ex-
rrsoit has revised his Mexican policy. The
regeneration of a prematurely decrepid State by
Zouavo bayonets is no longer one of his aims.
Indeed, it now appears, to the inconvenience of
ardent admirers of Imperialism in France and else-
where, that such a thought was from the first a
" mere hypothesis," and never attained to the
maturity of a "project" However this may be,
leaving the past to history, we are at liberty to
congratulate the French nation on the assurance
that its Government has at this moment "but
" two objects in Mexico : one, the triumph of its
" arms, and the other, satisfaction for its tin-
" doubted grievances." These objects are legiti-
mate, and they will be attained.

The liberal journals of Paris justly claim the right
of applauding this new attitude of the Government
which they have done so much to produce. The
integrity of the press is certainly put to a severe test
when public writers are called to discuss a foreign
political situation in which the diplomacy and the
army of their country is found on one aide and
plain justice on the other ; but we think that those
of our readers who have followed the course pur-
sued by such papers as the /ants, the P nese, and
the Temps, will be of opinion that it has
been as patriotic as it was truthful and dignified.
The soundness of their judgment is now vindi-
cated, and their public spirit is likely to be very
fruitful in advantage to their country. Nor could
we, at this moment, forget that it is only in
virtue of the larger measure of freedom conceded
by the EMPRROR to the press that the public
writers of France have been able to give good
advice. If the EXPZEOR should further reflect
that from these consistent Frenchmen he has heard
the saving truth, while influential flatterers in
England, out of pretended "deference due to an
ally, have encouraged him to go forward in a
course which they now declare to have been " im-
" politic and unjust," the result may be favourable
to a still further extension of the liberty of the
press in France.

glie Court.

OSBORNE, doer 7.

Owing to the unfavourable weather the Queen
and Royal family have been unable to leave the home this
morning. -

A deputation from the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asy-
lum, consisting of Mr. N. Griffiths, Mr. George Ward, and
Mr. }Arvin Beede (of her Majesty's Customs), had an in-
terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, on the subject
of the opening of the new asylum at Suareebrook.
A meeting of the finance committee of the Royal Com-
mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yesterday at
the Privy Council-office. There were present : Lord Over.
stone, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Sir A. Spearman,
Bart., Sir S. Morton Peto, But., and Mr. Edgar Bowring,
C.B. (secretary.)
A deputation from the Court of Aldermen of the city of
London, upon the subject of the Roman Catholic Prisoners
Bill, bad an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey
yesterday at the Home-offioe.

Tut judgment which has just been delivered in
the Yiti.vitaro• case by one of the Lord Ordina-
ries in the Scotch Court of Session is diametri-
cally opposite to that which was arrived at by the
Irish jury. On applying to the ascertained facts
the rules of the Scotch law of marriage, Lord
AnDmita.as found it impossible to come to any
other conolusion than that the pursuer, Mama
THERESA LONGWORTH, had not estabb.died that
she was the lawful wife of Major YmvszroN.
Whatever may be the result of an appeal from
this decision to the first division of the Scotch
Court, and from thence to the House of Lords,
its immediate effect is of course to complicate the
question as to whether the two parties are or
are not married. Yet when we come to examine
the very long and able note attached by the Loup
Omniciav to the interlocutor containing his deci-
tion, it certainly appears that, though marriage in
Scotland may be very loose in point of fact, yet
the rules of law which govern its constitution are
clearly defined. That note is well worthy of
perusal on account of the clear manner in which it
lays down the law, and the mingled shrewdness
and humanity with which it unwinds the tangled
thread of the YELVKRTON story ; but it is on the
first of these grounds that we now call attention
to it, as there exists a good deal of misconception,
which it may correct, as to what the Scotch law
of marriage exactly is.
There is an idea in some quarters that a man
may suddenly find himself married in Scotland
against his own wishes, and be:ore he is at all
aware of it—that, to borrow • provincial phrase, he
may unwittingly tie a knot with his tongue which
be cannot undo with all his teeth. Such things
have happened, and a few young Englishmen,
especially, have thus had lasting cause to regret
the folly which led them, when residing in the
North, to assume an appearance of marriage for
the purpose of more convenient cohabitation ; but
it may be questioned whether in most of these
ogees it could have been established to the satis-
faction of a Scottish court that • valid mar-
riage had taken place. It is true that in
that favoured portion of the world no ceremony
civil or religious is neessmuy to constitute mar-
riage, and to that end mutual consent is all that
is required; but the consent must be free, serious,
and deliberate. Were a lady and gentleman, for
instance, to go through a marriage ceremony as

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale entertained a select party at dinner hut evening
at Orleans House. Later in the evening ha royal highness
bad a theatrical performance.
The Earl of Wilton entertained at dinner last
erasing, at the family mansion, Grosvenor-square, the
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince and Princess
Hermann of Sue-Weimar, Prince Edward of Sate. Weimar,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Count and Countess le Flahault
and Miss de Plabault, the Duchess of Manchester, Maria
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby,
the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Viscount Sydney,
the Marquis of Hartiegton, Lord Dunkellin, and Mr. Chas.
Leslie.
The Earl and Countess of Zetlaud leave town
today for Aake end Marsh Hallo, Yorkshire.
The Earl and Countess Fortescue have arrived at
the Dowager Countess Foetescue's, in Grosvenor-square,
after a lengthened residence abroad. Earl Fortmeee's
health is quit a restored.

Consuls are requested not to send argumenta-
tive protests in a body. If any consul has any-
thing to offer for consideration, he can easily learn
the proper mode of presenting it.
As the municipality of Norfolk still refuse to
take the oath of allegiance to the Federal govern-
ment, martial law has been proclaimed. There
continue to be numerous petty disturbances in
Norfolk between Union men and Secessionists.

The Countess of Bective's assembly for July 15
is postponed.
Louisa Countess of Seafield and Colonel and
lbs. Howard Pre have left the St. George'e Hotel
Viscount Cranbourne and Mr. Johnstone left
town yesterday for Folkestone.

The navigation of the White River is now open
to the Federal army.
The Federals have entered Arizona, and the Con-
federates retreated to Rio Grande.

The New York prow denounce the remarks made
in the British parliament on General Butler's pro-
clamation in reference to the ladies of New Orleans,
and consider that the effect of the proclamation has
been good.
President Lincoln has returned to Washington
after his interview with General Scott at West
Point.

Lady Duiferin gave a grand ball last evening at
Datferia Lode., Highgate.

Mr. J. Lewis Ricardo, M.P., has been confined
to bb residence in Lowedee-square for some days past by
severe indisposition.

The marriage of Mr. Richard Arkwright, second
moo of the late Mr. Arkwright, of Hampton Court, Here-
fordshire, with lady Huy Byag, emend daughter of the
Earl of Strafford, is sreseged to take piece ea Tueedsy, the
72nd WA, at fit. James's, liaosdilly.

In the United States Court at Louisville a negro,
who had worked on the Confederate fortifications
at Fort Doneloon, was declared free.
A house has been fitted up in Louisville for the
imprisonment of women who do or say anything to
incite to rebellion.

Mrs_ Washington Hibbert gave her second grand
ball last evening at the family mansion in Dover-street It
was most numerously sad fuhionthly minded, there being
upwards of 500 parkas present.
Comte de Montelambert has arrived at the Ca-
veodish Hotel, Jermywetreet.
Count Andor de Pattie has left the Cavendish
Hotel tor

A deputation of merchants has gone to Washing-
ton to protest against the new tariff which subjects
goods in bond and on shipboard to new duties.
The State of Illinois has adopted resolutions de-
nying the right of suffrage to negrons, and prohibit-