The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-29 00:00:00

ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL.

On Wednesday lest the anneal examination al
the children of this school took place, when the Hem Aram
X.P., presided, before the largest amarly that
ever met within that building. The subjected eaessimilsg
I ware as scripture, history, geography, grammar. eillnoslim
Ike. The examiners were Me s. Ikeda' mid Me.
M.A., of the Borough-read, ad Mr. White, rake
meet Schools, and the were to the tmetiene, be=
boy. and girls, elicited great admiration, and lewd the
thorough training of the *Siren in emy digertennt
education. The gertaidleg of the children wee ma IMF
cuted, and the Mange end median& preyed that
common and send tamp were ea km Maid te. Alter
the children bad dabbed their emalnettna the
addreeed sere eatable remarks to them to Ida nenelthig
nmere, esmemand them for their indsetty, and for
1110‘1111119 Brews to the complicated walk= which berm
mese were pat to them. The old sashes were then kil4r
lona. remeded for good mind In their mayoral um
pekoe More am 100 at these were so encomia.
and abed 40 vases wee the one distributed amen
them, be ems magi Nem Is. to 21s. The chairman, in
Miming thms, re it semi letters of thanks written by
ems at the yang we who had served their
nod ane en daft ansinnt the kW de==
of OM emileer. who went to Maras maw imbed ad-
vice* hatil.lS Illuatil,,ere would Meat him. The
writer a mes Miss Wm, Wart
=that &tea colosy, mealrhemeinever known m
of recovery ta diet Mewl, although coneemption
wee net known them on a illemee. AMe if thanks wee
given to the chairman and to the examinees, wild vas raw
maid to by Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Fitch. The WM grew
*lemon, in doing ro, emceed his gratification et the
improvement of the children, sad highly enlogheillit
teachers and the moral and reheats obosvitor of the eilsok.
He expeamed Ms opinion ma that a lb eeedjutore Ikea no
morn had ever answered the inseam put more nab
or more accurately. It me steed liens et the committee
that during the pee year the Mete cad made up 2,664 aril.
cles of clothing,had done al as ersalig el top end 1M
and that al the laundry week ms dash the hem.
I house was then thrown open to the Makes, awl
old Ozzres
, veined by
sing the WO abbot and all the
, down to a excellent diem.

Tim CALEDONIAN BALL.—The ladies pates:manes
of the Wideman Ball met in committee at Willis's Raney
yesterday afternoon. There were present the Counties ef
Rosebery, the Coamtens of Fife, the Corneae of Errol, the
Counters of Campedown, Lady Anne Mackenzie, Lady Hall
(of Dungen), Ate.; end, in °magma* of her Meisel,
having Lea her first grand concert for the 19th of June. It
was unanimously resolved to postpone this annual imtival
Monday, the Find proximo, when a splendid bell is sad*.
peed. The Counters of Fife and Lady Anna Mahatma
have each agreed to arrange a fancy quadrille—that of the
former, which is invariably (Me of the chief features of the
ball, will this year be entitled the Floral Quadrille.
A resolution was passed yesterday morning at the
Beak Court, associating Mr. Henry Freehand with Mr.
Charles Freehand in the appointment of solicitors I. the
Bank of England, the latter having held the appointment
jointly with the late Mr. lames Freehand, jun., for the last
seveatesn years. In their circular announcing the death d
their brother, Mears. Freehand start—. With a view to
supply ma fax es possible the lea sustained by this sea, we
have made arrangement' for taking into partnership his dile
son, Mr. Wee. Dawes Ficahlold, and Mr. G. O. Newest ,if
whom both have been brought up in our once, and the latter
has held a position of great trust in it for mane years."
BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT IwavtrurioN.—Yester-
day • special general meeting of this institution was held at
the London Travers, for the purpose of electing two panics-
en on the funds, cm., one male and one female, from • lid
of 10 candidata. The president of the charity, Mr. Aida.
mm William Lawrence, presided. The last annual repose
stated that the whemptions and donation. mowed
during the mat twelve months amounted to 1.3.54/. Is.. sad
7001. stock has been added to the rum invested in the Thrall
per Cent. Consols. The president said that the Mamas
was now in a leurielling conditka, but still he hoped that
the fade would woe in more liberally. Tine charity was
ably manned, end if the subscribers would but plata the
name at as disposal of the committee, they would, on the
neat easedon, swished to elect a larger cumber. "I
election was min proceeded with, end at the close the anal
ee was paid to the chairman and the scrutinies.
Thltimendt
er a' Benevolent Inatitution was founded m 11117 10
allow makes to domed master builders end the ether
trades oennereed therewith, end their ',Oars, sad to tom
temporary read to deserving workmen el all roasters
members elder Institution, in cases of accident.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THE DAY.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,
mama fe Berme, at Weetudaster, before Lord Campbell,
rod Judie,. Coleridge, Me, mad Cromptea.)

Kr. Justice Coleridge in adir-Metng the grand 'my
momiag said them was • class of
'Rh toped to which then services would be very valuable
the sole of immoral prints, sad books, which
raps more then anything elm, was eakulated
nitynPthe minds of the portk of m the commu-
thie was a serious °Mee, and be was tarry to soy it
we. a growing one, as anybody might Fe who would
Mks the trouble of walking through H -street, where
Melt prodocticom erne exposed, for ; and it mast
mks the dimwit of every well regulated mind.
Seem of three Ume were sold to thoughtless youth,
et any eon, sad they ware of • mum oncoleted to
maim ea oho their minds, which it was difficult
IM femme. would be brought before the grand
107 Winn oho parties chargul with this 0510011, sad it
would be their duty to send them for Mal, if they thought
fns orldiroor adduced Wm theta was saddle to joatify that
MEM
ary them Mind to their room.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.
altioxe the Lard Chid Bartz, Mr. hake Wilke, and
Berme Marti* sad %Um.)
The Comet of Greer eat this wombs b the Coat of Bache-
quer is order to give judgment hi the cue of
21IPOSITO P. BOWDEN-Pr-MT Or • ORCLAILATION OP W• 1

Zastke;ViiilleiliiiiitiWrili the judgment of the
court in this owe, maid it wee an action on is charter party,
bought *gated a British merchant who had chartered
a vessel bane the declared= of war with to
go to a Rawl= port, and there put on board
tto be eanveyed to a wt in this country. The
it=
wee whether the bees& out of the war before the
▪ valet the weed at Odom ted as a nullification of
the &mar petty. The delhadantopera pleaded that the declara-
tion of war ereneei him from the peribretaine of his con-
treat, es tt was hopmelblei to carry ft into effect with-
out vieldfag the kw by trading with the Queen's enemies,
The Goat of Queen's Snob bald that this plea was no
answer to the scam. The important mastion tapes which
they had to give an opinka was whether the plea was a
Vunairissa. It wee dearly totablishal that the effect of a
of war wee Myra as end to all intercourse with
the inhebitante of the eatany's country, and to
make all such latemoisree illegaL In 1799 some
foot was thrown upon that principle, but in 1800
Loa= and the Court et Queen's Beach decided that
• of ear we. en absolute interdiction of comma-
hamtouree between Motile countries. A declaration of
wee MI 6U the force of an set of parliament. It was an en-
areas alike mregrive of the mown, sod every authority,
andleld, Sir Christopher Robinson, and
riortioemairl7 Storey, laid down that it had all the force of law,
and was in fact • portion of the law of Rag-
and. Here they had to inquire what wee the effect
ef a declaration of war upon a contract made before and
remaining onetecuted at the time of such declanitios. Au-
thorities were not wanting upon that point. It had been
held by_ Lord Ellentorough, and laid down by Chan-
cellor Heat, that the Mesa of a declaration of
war upon such a contract wee to dissolve the
contract, and excuse the parties from perkaming R.
Ha Brinell subject, not domiciled in an enemy's country,
shipped • cargo in a ueuual vessel from an enemy's port,
be would be trading with the enemy, and violating the
law; and neither au English subject nor an alien Mend
could bring an action against a person for refusing to per-
form a contract containing an undertaking to do so miler war
had been declared.
_ . .

On these grounds the Court were of opinion that the
Judgment of the Court of Qum'. Bench ought to be re-
versed and judgment entered for the defendant.
Judgment for tho defendant.