The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-09 00:00:00

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CONVERTS To THE li.te I.LOT. —At a meeting of
libenide is Leeds to-day (Tuesday), Mr. S. Thom won,
M.P. for Whitby in the late parliament, and one of the
defeated candidates for the recent East West 'tiding elec-
tion, stated that he had, during the progrm. of the late
coutert, brume -t convert to the ballot. 'Phis conversion,
he said, was coal lute before the election day, and was not
brought about by his defeat only. Mr. Angus Holden,
the other defeated liberal candidate, expressed his great
pluainue with Mr. Thompon'. declaration. and added
that Ow 'Might lion. Robert Lowe, the new cluoicellor of
the Exchequer. had recently expres.ed to him his favour-
able °Onion of the ballot. Mr. Holden wide,' bin con-
viction that tie new ministry would generally be in favour
of secret voting at elections, which he believed was the
only mode to prevent that undue i11th11,111133 which had
been to freely exercised during the ronlttet in which he
bed been engaged. This statement, AA well an that made
by Mr. 'lleaapism, wan received with general applauie.
Anis Lona.
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LAW INTBLLIGENOI.
00IIRT OF QIIEWS BENQH,--Theo.

After 'Pere Nei Prig. eittiaggs at Weetaahaier.—(Before
the Lord Ode/ Jetties snd a Special Jury.)

numensts.e. norWeim. "
This was an action for goods add ate.vered. The
defendantbed Todd 101. 16i. N. into aad pleaded
%Was to the renialuder of the dais.
Mr. Tike and Mr. lit'Pullew were counsel for the plain-
tiff ; Mr. Meuse, Q.C., and Mr. M'lntyre, were mined for
the defendant.
The plaintiff was the well-known publisher of Pater-
noster-row and Edinburgh, and the defendant was an
undergraduate of Cambridge, and a member of the Port-
land family. His father, before his death, was rector of
Bothal, in Northumberland. The article'in dieputo was
a copy of the Queen's Bible, 2 vols., folio. 60 guineas, the
costly character of the work arising from the illustrations,
the sornes in the Holy Lend having been taken on the
spot by eminent artists. The main question was whether
the bible was ordered in May, 1867! Wore the defendant
was of age, or in the October following, he baring attained
his majorit:i on the 23rd September, 1667.
Mr. -Tod , the plaintiff's agent at Cambridge for the
delivery of books, raid the defendant, in May, having
ordered it from the traveller, he (Todd) wee to keep it tor
him until after he was of age, when he would pay for it.
In croes-esamination he said be was requested to take
beck the book, but he declin ed without the sanction of kis
principal. The matter was brought before the Vies-Chan-
cellor, but he wee not censured for selling the book.
Defendant re-ordered the book in October. In May he
told witness he would not take the bible until October,
when he would be of age.
Mr. Keane, for the defendant, said he was a young gen-
tleman with en income of only 3004 a year during hie
minority, and was possessed only of • fortune of from
7,0001. to 6,000!. The defame was that this, like a 'num-
ber of other articles of luxury, bad been, as it were, forced
epee the defendant, and which had involved him in great
difficulty. He asked the jury whether this was such an
article suitable for the defendant's ration that he could
legally contract for its purchase during his minority.
Evidence was then given for the defines.
Mr. Henry Arthur Hopwood, brother of the defendant,
was called to prove the ddendant's morns.
In answer to questions from aju who had pre-
viously stated he was a native of and who
appeared to sympathies with the tradesmen of
he raid hiel,kot.r was not the heirmt-law to that=
of Portland. It was certainly lot . quite impossible for
him to beeerneee._ _ _ _ _ - -

:The Duke of Portland was my mother's

ileJurymen—Who is the heir now P
Witisere—The dukes brother.
Mr. Keiuse—The title goes to the heirs male of the first
duke.

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Mr. John Bentinck Hopwood deposed—l em the de-
fendant. I believe I find saw the bible in May term.
1867. The pthintilr.e traveller came to my room* when
1 was engaged. I had a party. The traveller wan rather
a bore—(laughter)—eo I just signed the paper to got rid
of bins. Ile showed me the prospectus of the bible ; and
seeing there were only to be 170 cooiee published, I
thought it might become valuable in the course of time;
and I alto thought 1 was worth more money than I really
am. I dealt with Todd, the agent, for cigars and tobacco.
1 first RAW a specimen copy iu his .hop. I said I would
have it; and I asked him to keep it for me in my absence
during the long vacation. 1 returned early in October.
but I slid not then call upon Todd, evens for cigars. I
went into the shop one day to order some agars, and
whether I re-ordered the bible, or Mrs. Told offerel it to
use, I cannot any. The bible was afterwards seat t..)
my rooms.
Juryman said that necessaries were regulated by
the p oeiton in life of the party. lie saw many persons in
court with gold ehains and rings on, but they were
luxuries. It was but right in considering this case that
the jury should know the defendant's family oonnexione.
'1 he Lord Chief Justice 'aid he Impel uo jury---not even
a jury of Cambridge tradesmen—would go the extraor-
dinary length of saying that such an expineive article was
a nece..aly for a }Dung man, even though he were the
heir to a dukedom. Ile suppyed if the jury were in
favour of the defendant the hooks would be given "P.
Mr. Keane—Ceitainly, my lord; the plaintiff might now
take them away with him.
The Lord Chief Justice in summing up said this was
altogether a Fed owe with regard to all the transactions
in which the defendant had been concerned, and se to
which be should bare made no remark had it not trans-
pired incidentally in the case that the defendant had con-
tracted numerous debts with Cambridge tradesmen and
others. It was a sad case as instancing the manner in
which a young man, under age,with a limited fortune, by
rash and reckless credit being afforded to him by trades-
men furnishing him with goods instead of being left in
comfortable circumstances the red of his life, might be
reduced to emnparative poverty and want of insane. One
could not but lament that the plaintiff, who was a
respectable tradesman, should have supplied the de-
fendant with anode without having first made
the necessary inquiries, especially with an ar-
ticle of such luxurious extravagance. He agreed
that the law was
in plundering tradesmen, but it was intended to
guard and fence young men with a reasonable amount
of protection in their outset in life before they had ex-
penenced the value and use of money, and by an ex-
travagant and profuse expenditure cripple themselves,
and very often ruin themselves for the remainder of
their lives. It would be impossible for any jury—even
a jury of Cambridge tradtsinien—to say that this book
was a necessary for a young man with a fortune of
between 7,00 W. and B,oooe, a thing which never could by
any chance be used for the primary and principal purl ass
for which the Bible should be pmeured, viz., the u
and studying of holy writ, but for the mere purprepol
luxury and show. Half the young menwho were ruined
at Oxford or Cambridge owes it to the temptations held
out to them by traveller*, and the trademneu who sent
their travellers to the universities to tempt them
were as bad as the tradesmen of Oxford and
Cambridge against whom so much was Raid. The questiou
WAR whether there was a constructive delivery of the honk
in May by reason of the defendant haviug taken to the
book by desiring Todd to hold it as his agent, or whether
at the time he postponed the delivery until he was after
age. He unhesitatingly decided that the book was not a
necessary for a young man in the defendant'. position in
life.

The jury, after cosaulting s short time, sidd they wore
unable to agree. They were eleven to one.
The vlaintiff declined to take the verdict of the eleven.
Ibe jury were then locked up, and eventually they re-
turned a verdict for the 1. ndaJit.

The Lord Chief Judie° thee Rare the plaintiff leave to
move upon the ipiertion of delivery:, whether it WIN in May
or Octor, and stayed execution in the nmantime.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Ilse.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde.)
tisuctsx (BY HEX UUAILDLILNI 11 V. •1111.AY.
This was the wife's petition for a 'vow, on the ground
of her husband's cruelty and adultery. The parties
were married in 1864, the petitioner being at the time 16
and the husband 19 years of age. It was a runaway mar-
riage, and unknown to the girl's parents. It 'owned that
coon after the marriage the young man got into drunken
habits, and ill-torated and abused his wife. In the
end of 1866 be formed the acquaintance of a girl of thu
name of Howard, with whom he was stated to have CoM-
witted adultely. The case was heard before the Judge
Ordinarf.seme three; months ago, when the cruelty was
clearly proved, but further evidence being required an to
the adultery, the case was adjourned for the purpose of
procuring it. This evideuce we,s now forthcoming 1111
the shape of a witness, who proved that in the latter
part of 1865 the respondent lodged at • house in De
Beauvoir-erercent, Islington, with the girl Howard, fur
about six months, and that they lived together wi man
and wife.
The court pronounced a decree nisi with costs.

ELEtTION PETITIONS.—A petition has been pre-
sent..il against the return of Mr. (lower for Bothnia, on
the ground of intimidation, I.e. A petition against the
return of Meson. Fowler and Faetwick an members for
P. nun and Falmouth, on the grounds of bribery, intimi-
datien, sod Corrupt practices, was to be presented yester-
day. A petition against the return of Sir A. 'Rev, the
conservative member for Bewilley, was prevented on Mon-
day. The petition alleges bribery, beating, and intimida-
tion ; and we undentand that very ample evidence will be
produced on all points. ho seat in claimed for Mr. 'Moms.'
1.1°3 d, the liberal candidate. 'rho Maneheiter Rr,,mifier
hays that si petition ageinnt the relent of Molars. (Imlay
and Charley, for Salford, has been despatched to London.
We are authorized to state that the libeniln of Walling-
ford have lodged a petition agaiii4 the return of Mr.
Stanley Vickers.. A petition has been presented against
the return of Mr. Roger Eykyn for Wiminor. The petition
is in the meal jinni. Without specifying can" it allege.;
bribery, intimidation, and other eornipt practices, and
the rest is claimed on behalf of Colonel Robert Richard-
son Gardner, the conservative eandidate,whona Mr. Eykyn
defeated by eight votes. Te'r'm to the seat will open
the way to counter charges t the claimant. The
committee of the Hull Conservative Association have, it
in said, determined to prosecute a petition against Messrs.
Clay and Norwood. We leant by telegraph from Prenten.
that it has been decided to petition against the return of
Sir T. Fermor liesketh and Mr. R. Hermon, elected an
the conservative members, on the ground that they have
been. "by themselves and other persona on their behalf,
guilty of bribery, beating, and undue Influence before,
during, stud after the election."
In 1868 England shipped 70,40.1 tone of rail-
road iron to the United Statue ; in 1147, 137,884 tons, Una
up to the limpet time in 1868, 209,3116

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