Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-03 00:00:00

BOMBAY COMMERCIAL.

The TimeB has received a despatch, dated Bombay,
Feb. 9th. A new loan was announced on the issue of
Treasury Bills at an interest of öt, per cent. Government
securities had fallen heavily in consequence. The Import
Market was less active ; cotton and oil seeds were lower.
Money very scarce. Freights had slightly improved.
Exchange 2s 1d for credits.

In the Bombay despatch received by the Times, it is
stated that religious riots had occurred in Travancore.
The Grand Jury have ignored the bill against Mr. and
Mrs. Banks, charged with being implicated in the
Andover Murder.

The _Daily News publishes the separate report of Mr.
Lindsay, M.P., one of the Royal Commissioners of

Inquiry on manning the navy

THE MixisTßY.:—The Tunes announces that Lord
Henry Gordon Lennox has resigned his lordship of the
Treasury, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. Peter
Blackburn, M.P. for Stirlingshire.
In the Court of Divorce, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn
delivered judgment in the case of Robinson v. Robinson
and Dr. Lane, and after an elaborate review of the case,
the petition was dismissed. An application for costs on
behalf of Mrs. Lane was refused. On a similar applica-
tion from Dr. Lane, the Lord Chief Justice said he would
give no opinion on the subject. The learned counsel
might renew the application, if he thought it necessary
in the exercise of his discretion.

From abroad we learn that M. Meyerbeer's new work
will be positively brought out at the Opera Comique on
the 15th March. In Turin, Miss Victoire Balfe has made
her debut with brilliant success, at the Theatre Regio, as
Amina in the " Somnambula," having been recalled twice
after every act—nine times in the course of the evening.
Her next part will, we hear, be Catherine, in Meyerbeer's
Etoile du Nord.

Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Gotha, brother of his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who is not unknown
to fame as a composer, has achieved a fresh musical
trinmph. A new opera, composed by his. Highness,'and
called Diana of Solangen, has been prodneed at Dresden
with marked success. The music is described as being
of the modern school, but original and pleasing in its
character. Should the opera maintain its popularity, it
is not improbable that Mr. Gye may give us an oppor-
tnnity of hearing it in London.

Concert-tide in Paris is at high water just now, and
presents a feature this year so amusingly described by M.
Berlioz, that our readers shall share the amusement :
" A new luxury is to be remarked this year in concert
execution. There is hardly an artist who denies himself
the whim of having an orchestra. Four honest first
violins are got together, four very modest second violins,
two poor tremulous violas, four hoarse basses, an innocent
flute, two bleating oboes, some virtuous bassoon in a
brown coat—and that's the orchestra. It accompanies
the concert-giver's concerto, for better, for worse, scrapes
out its overture, and the treat is complete The concert,
with an orchestra, has been given. Only the concert-
giver loses 500 francs more than he used to do, when
humbly, as in former years, he presented himself alone
before the public."

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BREACH OF PROMISE.-Yes-
terday, in the Secondaries Court, London, an extraordinary
breach of promise of marriage case was tried. The case was
Hampton v. Boalth. Mr. Oppenheim appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Hales for the defendant. The defendant
is a poor brother of the Charterhouse, and an officer,
living on his half pay. Mr. Oppenheim stated the case
to the jury, as follows : —ln the year 1842, plaintiff, a
young girl, of poor but respectable family, aged eighteen,
first became acquainted with the defendant, then an
officer in the dragoons. This was a breach of promise
of marriage of a most painful character. The defendant
had seduced the poor girl under a promise of marriage.
The defendant, in the year 1842, met the plaintiff
in the street, and, under a promise of marriage, induced
her to meet him again, and then accompanied him to a
house of ill-fame, where she was seduced. After this, he
persuaded her to go and live with him at his lodgings,
in Norfolk-street, in the Strand. There she resided
for some years, and he finally deserted her, after giving
her a bond securing to her the sum of per week.
He met her some time afterwards, and induced her to give
up the bond, promising to provide her with necessaries
for life. He had not kept his promise. The defendant
was a poor brother of the Charterhouse, and as such
received nightly shelter, but he cared little for the feel-
ings of his victim. The defendant had suffered judgment
to go by default, but had admitted the giving of the bond,
and it would be for the jury to give substantial damages
to the poor girl, who was now obliged to proclaim her
shame to the world. A person named Sutherland was
here called upon his subpoena, and not appearing, the
learned Secondary said he must take the consequence. A
witness stated that the defendant was a captain, retired on
his half-pay, and at present a inmate of the Charter-house.
Mr. Hales said he never heard a case of such a nature, and
one in which the facts were so distorted. There was, in
fact, no seduction, nor was there any long cohabiting.
The defendant did give a bond, but he had the plain-
tiff's receipt for £2O for that very bond. He characterised
it as an attorney's action. Mr. Oppenheim denied this.
The learned Secondary pointed out to the jury that they
must consider what damage the plaintiff had sustained,
and the relative position of the parties in the world.
The jury gave 1001. dainages.