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Roman subject who wishes to travel abroad mus
psy lOs for his passport, and an extra fee for the
vi,a A foreigner pays 1/ a year for his carte de
sejour; 2/ for permission to travel during six
months in the flinnains of the Church ; and 1/ lOs
a year for permission to carry prohibited. arms.
The foregoing information is probably perfectly
correct, but if not so, the fault lies with the Roman
correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette, and not

with me.
It is related in well informed circles that Field
Marshal Baron Hess is no lonvr so much in
favour at Court as he was a short time ago, and
the reason given for the decline of his influence
is, that he is averse to Ee plan which has been
drawn up for establishing a chain of fortifications
from Cracow in the west to some point near
Czernowitz (in the Buituvina) in the east. Some
detached forts are . about to be constructed
near Cracow, and when they are completed
the fortress of Cracow will be one of the strongest
in the empire There is reason to believe
that the Vienna Trieste Railroad will at no dis-
tant period•pass into the hands of the Lombardo
Venetian Railroad Company. The price demanded
for it by Government is said to be 70,000,00011.
A. Vienna paper gives the following account of
what will become of Modena•and Parma, in case
of, the death of the Sovereigns of those duchies.
On the demise of the reigning Archduke of Austrian
Este, the Duchy of Modena, with all its appur-
tenances, will fall to the House of Austria. If
Prince Robert of Parma and Piacenza should die,
his heir will be Henry Count of Barth, his brother.
The last news from Modena and Parma is that both
the Princes are somewhat better.
M George Petrovich, the President of the Mon-
tenegrin Senate, is a fugitive. He has left his
family at Cattaro, and come here to complain of
the conduct of his nephew Mirko, who has been
playing sad tricks during the absence of his
brother, Prince Daniel. A certain M. --, who
calls himself a Montenegrin commissary, has also
arrived here, but there is something wrong about
the man, for persons of my acquaintance have had
occasion to remark that he is under surveillance.
This Cabinet insists on the immediate surrender
of ' M. Luca Radovich, who was not long since
seized on the Austrian territory, and carried off to
Cettinye.
Prince Daniel, and Mirko, his brother, have
completely broken with the old Montenegrin
party, which desires to have a Vladika, and not a
temporal ruler. • It is not yet clear to me that
Daniel and Mirko are the reckless tyrants they are
represented to be ; indeed, it is probable that the
report of the tyranny' of the latter has been
purposely spread by the agents of Russia and her
partisans in Montenegro.
Prince Bibesco, ex.Hospodar of Wallachia, and
brother of Prince Stirbey, is gone to take his seat
in the Divan ad hoc at Bucharest. On the 22nd
of March the last Austrian battalion left the
Wallachiau territory. A s the first battalion of the
infantry regiment "Archduke Joseph" was leaving
Giurgevo, Lieutenant Baron Schertl fell between
two tow boats and was drowned. The day after
the accident happened the lifeless body was foun'd_
" clinging" to the tow rope.
Great crowds of people go to the Prater to see
the Empress, who rides .there almost every day.
Her Majesty, who is a first rate horsewoman, wears
a black riding habit and a hat with a large black
'eather.

ITALY

A letter from Turin, of the 31st ult, says that the
agitation observable among the population of
Venice gives considerable- uneasiness to the civil
and military authorities. The disappearance of a
boat laden with gunpowder is spoken of, and various
domiciliary visits have taken place.
A letter from Palermo, of the 20th ult , an-
nounces the arrival there of the Duke of Serra di
Falco. The King had granted. him leave to return
-to' his country—a favour he had long solicited.
The government still detains in prison the
relatives 'of tho'se who have. fled. The political
prisoners in the prisons of Cetalu are said to
undergo great sufferings.
A letter from Venice,of the 25th, contains further
details of the popular movement which took place
in that city on the anniversary of the-22nd- March,
-which during the last few years had passed over
without any demonstration. • The afternoon of that
memorable anniversary .the theatre was filled with
ladies in full dress,- helding in 'their hands bouquets
composed of red, green, and white flowers. The
'Simon Boccanegra of Verdi was given, and the cele-
brated ballet of Bianohi e Neri. At the moment
'when the negroes in the ballet burst their chains
and the slave kills his master, there was one uni-
versal shout carried to the highest pitch. The ladies
applauded. This demonstral ion was so excessive
that a repetition of the ballet was forbidden. Dur-
ing the same afternoon an enormous tri-coloured
balloon, was seen hovering over the quay
Degli Schiavoni. The walls were covered with
placards, such as " Italy for ever i" " Devour,
Prime Minister of Italy for ever !" Emanuel,
King of Italy for ever !" The writer of the letter
adds that it would be difficult to describe the
effect produced on the populace at the sight of
the national flag hoisted on the flag staff. For
two days the excitement was so great as to call
to mind the period which preceded the *volution
of 1848. Such was the state of public feeling
when the Archduke Maximilian arrived. He had
no cortege to follow him, nor any crowd of specta-
tors to cheer him. Silence appeared to be the
order of
,the day, and it was strictly observed.
At night the -boxes of the theatre were crowded
with officials; the pit was nearly empty. When
the Imperial hymn was sung these was the usual
applause. His Highness was accompanied by
Count Hadic and by Signor Bembo, a Venetian,
lately appointed Chamberlain, -A more • audacious
act than that of hoisting the tricoloured flag was
committed on the 25th. The powder m.aaasine of
Quinta Valle was entered by means of falset' keys,
and a quantity of gunpowder sufficient to fill a
large boat was abstracted On the 231 cartridges
were distributed to the troops, and cannon were
placed in the batteries so as to eommand the city.
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TURKEY.

the Protestants, to whom he attributed every vice
It was very natural that he should do so, for he Wet-
only adopting the tone of the government, whost
scribes have this winter connected assasinatioi,
and Protestantism together. I allude to a pam
phlet which has been freely circulated in NapleF
this winter, and which pamphlet now lies on my,
table.

CHESTER SPRING ASSIZ ES.

BEFORE MR BARON WATSON.
THE BIRKENHEAD MURDER CASE.—SENTENCE OF THE
PRISONER.—At the sitting of the court, yesterday morn-
ing, Thomas Smith, who had been found guilty of the
manslaughter of William Vaughan, a police officer, at
Birkenhead, was called up to receive sentence. The
prisoner being placed at the bar, his Lordship said—
Thdmas Smith; you have been convicted of a very. bad
manslaughter. The slightest difference in the world
would have rendered your life a forfeit to the laws of your
country, and, as certainly as you had been convicted, so
certainly would you have come to an ignominous death.
Without any provocation on the part of the policeman,
on the same night on which you committed a breach
of the peace, you slew the policeman Who appre-
hended lyou. I do not think, from the evidence,
that any unnecess ry violence was used by the deceased.
It cannot be allowed that sharp and murderous weapons
are to be used by one man towards his fellow, except in
the most extreme cases. I cannot allow such crimes as
yours, in such a large community as this, to go unmarked
by a severe punishment ; and the sentence of the court
upon 'you is, that you be transported beyond the seas for
'the space of fourteen years. The Prisoner : " thank
your lordship." He then walked- quietly from the

dock. '
TnaJ, L. BOGART CASE.—Peter Campbell was then
placed in the dock, on ,a charge of shooting James
Chess,ie, at. Birkenhead, on the 19 hof January. Mr
Beavan, dr. Brandt, and Mr. 11,iratio Lloyd conducted
the case on behalf of the prosecution, and the prisoner
was defended by Mr. M'lntyre. Mr. Beavan having stated
the facts of the case. • proceeded to call witnesses.
Charles Vanderpole : I am a seaman, at present living at
Liverpool; on Saturday evening, the 18-h January, I
went on board a boat to go to the Robin Hood, but was
taken to the James L. Bogart ; it was between 10 and 11
o'clock *at night ; I saw the prisoner standing on the
gangway ; I asked whether I should take any thing to
le forecastle ; the prisoner was the second mate ;- the
name of the mate was Furber ; the vessel was lying near
to the Cheshire side. I was awoke the folloa hag morning
between five and six, by the second boatswain, and sent to•
clean the top gallant forecastle ; the prisoner then called
us to breakfast. After breakfast we were standing up,
and he told the second boatswain to go to the forecastle ;
and take some men with him ; and I went on the top of
the'deck house. A man named Chrystie came on deck
with me ; Chrystie came on deck after me ; -the prisoner
was standing behind him. Chrystie told the second mate
we did not ship for that vessel ; the prisoner laid
hold of him by the back of the neck ; Chrystie ran away.
The second mate (the prisoner) had a pistol in his hand, it
had six barrels. Furber, the chief mate, then picked up a
billet of wood to strike Chrystie. with ; he threw it at the
latter, and th,ot picked it up again ; the prisoner was
chasing Chrystie as well ; the prisoner then cried out,
" shoot the —if they won't work;" the prisener
fired three times at Chrystie; the chief mate fired as
well ' • after firing they went off ; Chrystie then came and
steed by me ; the prisoner andithe chief mate came to us ;
the prisoner then said, "Will you work ?" we replied,
" We will, if you will treat us like men ;" the prisoner
then fired at me, but did not hit me ; I. heard a ball
whistle past; he then fired at Chrystie, and the
cried out, "Oh, God, I'm stint'," before firing the
prisoner said, " shoot every one of you ;" Chrystie
stood still after being shot; one of the men then struck
the chief mate, and. he fell on the deck ; the chief mate
was struck with a handspike; when he fell he was bleed-
ing very much ; the prisoner then went aft, the men
following after; the pilot and steward then ran up a
signal of distress, and soon after the officers came on board ;
the chief mate and Chrystie were taken to the hospital.
Cross-examined; I do not know the steward; I can real; I
belong to the Virgin Islands in the West ladies ; we did not
refuse to work after breakfast ; I did hear the chief mate order
the second mate to put Chrystie in chains for mutiny ; I sup-
pose I was ordered to be put in chains as well ; I had a hand-
spike in my hand ; Chrystie had a handspike, he had a knife
as well ; the others had handspikes in their hands ; they had
the spikes in their hands before the first shot was fired :
Chrystie had the sheath knife in his hand when he was
ordered to go to work ; the prisoner ordered Chrystie to put
it up before ho shot ; Mr. Harrison, the pilot, was on deck,
aft, part of the time ; as soon as the officer came on deck we
(the men)' were accused of mutiny; the cabin boy (a white
lad) was on deck at the time ; when the chief mate fell I saw
blood flow freely from him ; the men followed the mates across
the vessel, bet did not throw anything at them which I could
see. James Chrystie : On the 18th of January last I went
on board the James L. Bogart, at six o'clock in:the morning ; I
saw the prisoner there ; I had my breakfast on board ; after
breakfast the boatswain came on deck and counted us; I told
the prisoner that I did not ship for that vessel, and I would
not work ; prisoner then laid hold of me and said " What
did you say ?" I again repeated what I said before, when
the chief mate (who was standing by) said " put the son of
a b-- in irons ;" I said " you won't put me in irons." I
got away from them and ran round the house ; both mates
came atter me, but they could not catch me; they ared five
or six times at me ;j I went to the top of the top gallant
forecastle, when both mates came up to the and presented
each a pistol at my head. One hal a sword as well as a
pistol ; the prisoner had the sword ; when he presented
the pistol he asked me to work; 1 said I would not;
he then said " if you don't I will shoot you ;" he then fired
and shot me in the the thigh; he fired at me twice on the
top gallant forecastle ; , the first shot did not take
effect, the second did and lodged itself in my left
leg ; I then shouted out " I'm shot ;" before I was shot
the crew were at work; I did not see before that disturbance
any handspikes used; after I was shot the pilot and
steward hoisted a flag of distress. Before I was shot I
had a knife in my hand for the purpose of unlashing some
spars; I had no knife in my hand when I was shot ; I was
taken to the hospital, where I was attended to by the
surgeon. Cross-examined. The spars were not loose but
were lashed ; all the men were not standing by me when
I refused to work • when the prisoner laid of me I caught
hold of his arm hand' did not strike him ; at that time I had
a knife, in my ; the second mate told me to put it
away and I did so ; I did not strike at either of the mates ;
when I was shot saw the Otto!-awe lying on the deck;
I did not strike him down; I can't swear exactly
which mate shot me, but I believe it was the prisoner'
from the position in which he stood; the crew were all
given into'custody for mutiny; I did not notice whether
the cabin boy was on deck. John Robinson, John Welsley
(coloured seamen), and Joseph Harrison (who was the
pilot), gave evidence corroborating that of the two whose
examination we have given at length. The constable and
' the house surgeon of the Infirmary where the wounded
men were taken to were next examined. Mr. Macintyre
addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. His Lord-
ship in summing up put three questions to the jury.
First, was the prisoner guilty of an intent to murder ; or,
secondly, was he guilty of an intent to do grievous bodily
harm; or thirdly, was he guilty of unlawful wounding?
-The jury, after deliberating upwards of an hour and a half,
found the prisoner guilty of an attempt to do grievous
bodily harm. His lordship, in passing sentence upon
the prisoner, said : Peter Campbell, without the
slightest excuse for ao acting, you walked up and
down the deck of the James L. Bogart, firing upon
the unfortunate crew. If had been found guilty en the
first count in the indictment, your life would have been
forfeited to the laws of your country. It was by God's
mercy only that you were prevented from effecting the
most awful and serious of crimes, It cannot be allowed
that in this country such a crime as yours must be allowed
to go unrewarded by a severe punishment. I shall inflict
upon you the highest punishment allowed by the law.
The sentence of the court upon yeti is, that you he trans
ported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life.
CONSPIRACY TO OBTAIN GOODS TINDER FALSE Pae.-
Terices.—Peter James Goulding, William Goulding, Ellen
Goulding, and James liidgway, were charged with conspiracy,
in ohtaining goods from various parts of the country under
false pretences. Mr. Reay, on the part cif the Liverpool
Guardian Society, attended to instruct counsel on behalf of
the prosecution, The prisoners were all found guilty, and
sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. This ease
brought the business of the assizes to a conclusion a few
minutes before eight o'clock.
•

One of the most distinguished poets of France, M.
Leon Halevy, has been struck, in common with the
majority of his fellow countrymen, with the absence of a
good dramatic denouement in Shakespeare's " Macbeth."
He has, therefore, written an appendix to his translation
of that tragedy, in which he satisfies the classical taste of
his readers. The French critics are enchanted with this
appendix, which they declare to be " a sincere and inge-
nious ei'ort to develope tho beauties of the original.
according to the tendencies of the French stage, which
prefers dramatic d6lottements to the epic denouements of
the English poet." The said appendix, which represents
an improvement on Shakespeare's fifth act, assumes that
a child of Macduff has been saved and secretly brought
up by Lady Macbeth. In the combat scene, this interest-
ing youth rushes between Macbeth ar.d Macduif, who
therefore take breath, and commence arguing the parent-
age of thp child like two bigwigs of Doctors' Commons.
The dramatic denouement is this--111acheth dies defending
the child, who is immediately recognised by his father,
Macduff. And who dares assert that literary taste or
critical accumen have deserted the land of Racine land
Voltaire ?

SPRING ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.

BEFORE mr. BARON NIP,RTIN

MILLER AND ANOTHER V. FLETCHER AND ANOTHER
This case which was opened last evening, was a claim for
damages, through imperfect workmanship, in repairing an
iron ship called the Conflict. Mr. Edward James, and
Mr. Brown, were for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Wylde and
Mr Blackbnrne for the defendants. The history of the
case was, that, the plaintiffs are a company chiefly resi-
ding in Liverpool, and owners of the iron ship Conflict ;
the defendants are iron ship builders, at. Limehouse. near
London, The action was to lecoeer damages to the amours
of £70,000, consequent upon the imperfect repairs, in the
first instance of a few rivets, in the ship Conflict. The
Conflict was built in 1854-5 by Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.,
tinder special superintendence of Lloyd's surveyor, and, as
the jury wous:i be a rare, ves,e's so built, classed higher at
Lloyds. The vessel was constructed upon the most
approved principles, and was as strong and staunch a boat as
was built at that time. She was filled for the voyage in 1855,
and sailed with a cargo of iron and Manchester goods for
Bombay. She met with some violent and boisterous weather,
but she arrived at her destination in safety. It was found, on
examination then, that only two rivets had leaked. She
returned with a cargo of cotton and saltpetre, and arrived in
London in September, 1855. She still leaked some little, but
her cargo was uninjured. Application was made to Messrs.
Fletcher and Co. to repair the vessel. She was examined,
when some twenty three or twenty four rivets at the starboard
bow, and some twenty at the port side, and different positions,
were found to be rather defective. Mr. Smith, one of the
Plaintiffs, was present when the vessel was in the defendants
graving dock, and he spoke several times to the defendants upon
the necessity of setting clever and experienced workmen to the
work. The defendants assured him it., was all right. When-
the water was let into the Graving Dock, the rivets that
had been replaced still leaked. This was repeated three
times before the vessel was fit to leave the dock, and a
delay of nine days ensued. Oa putting to sea, the vessel
made so much water that the passengers had to assist at
the pumps. The ship got as far as 38 degrees north on
her voyage to Bombay, when she had to put back on the
sth March. She returned to the Mersey on the 22nd,
and had to be put into the Graving Dock on the 29th,
when she was surveyed by many perns. He w uld call
evidence before them to show that the leakage which took
place, and increased, was through the rivetting of the
defendants, and to show that, except to a very trifling
extent, the original rivetting of the builder did not leak.
Mr. James proceeded to state the various expellees and
annoyances incurred from first to last, compensation for
which was now sought. After a conversation with counsel
on both sides, which lasted half an hour, Mr. James
announced to the judge that counsel had eome to a
mutual arrangement to refer the cas?. to Mr. Hindmarsh
the barrister. His lordship then instructed the jury to
return a verdict for £l,OOO, and 40s. costs, subject to this
reverence to ascertain the dainsge sustained by the
plaintiffs.
EJECTMENT—HOLME AND ANOTHER V. BECKLEV.—T bis
was an action for ejectment which came before Mr. Justice
Crompton a few days ago, when it was partially agreed
that the defendant and Mr. Blair should have a conver-
sation to endeavour to arrange the matter. They failed
in doing so, and the trial came on this day. An attempt
had been made to eject the defendant from some house
in West Derby, and the defendant, who conducted his
own case, denied the plaintiffs right to the property in
question ; part of the property belonging to the Earl of
Sefton, wbo had not joined the plaintiffs in this action,
and that the plaintiffs had no substantial r ght or title to
l!is property. A verdict was returned foe the plaintiffs.
SPECIAL JURYMEN FINED.—At the commencement of
the first spacial jury cases this morning, the following
gentlemen of the special juries not answering to their
names, were fined £lO each, viz.,—Edward Johnson.
Samuel Miller, Thomas Wilkinson, Thomas Backland,
S. Leach, Peter u ff, William Lawson, and Ed ward
Glazebrook, the latter gentleman having subsequently
appeared before the swearing of the jury, the fine was
remitted
INERIGING A PATENT —WILKINSON V. TEALL.—This
action was commenced against the defendant for infring-
ing a patent. Messrs. Atherton and Webster appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hintlmarsh and Mr. Manesty
for tha defendant. The plaintiff is a manufacturer of
woollen cloth at Leeds. The defendant was also a manu-
facturer and cotton dealer at Waksfield and Rochdale.
On the 10th of August, 1855, the plaintiff took out letters
patent for a machine used for the purpose of extracting
oil from cotton and woollen waste, also in cleaning
machinery. The design of tis machine was not only to
extract the oil which these wastes contained, and which
oil was again used for greasing machinery, but it also
rendered the wastes available for manufacturing purposes.
The defendant, it was alleged, had constructed a similar
machine, which he used, by the aid of beat and pressure.
for the same purpose, to the injury of the plaintiff's patent.,
and hence the action. Models at' the machine were pro-
duced by the plaintiff, as also of the machine used by the
defendant. Many witnesses were called on both sides,
the defendant contending that their machine and the
process which the wastes underwent, were dissimilar to
these of the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence
given that the wastes when cleaned were used
for the purpose of manufacturing a common cloth called
" shoddy." After a lengthy hearing of the case, which
was of no interat, except to the parties concerned, his
lordship considered there was no case for the jury, and
advised an arrangement of the case between the counsel,
which was egreed to.
email v. LONG.—This was an issue from the Court of
Chancery, to try whether the defendant stied, a secretary
of the United Service Company, was liable to pay the
amount of an insurance upon the life of one Alfred Smith.
There were two policies effected. It had been originally
intended to have insured for £l,OOO ; bet, in order to
effect a saving by the stamps, two policies wero effected
upon Smith's life for an annual sum of £499
each. Toe jury was a special one. Mr. Attor-
ney General Knowles, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Quane,
and Mr. Patchett appeared for the defendant ; and Mr.
Overend, Mr. Sowler, and Mr, Malcolm were for the
plaintiff. The eh oumstanees of the case were, that on the
2nd of March, 1852, these policies were granted upon the
life of Alfred Smith, a person who, it was alleged, was at
the time living in Manchester, anti a man of dissolute
habits. He was brother to the plaintiff, Dr. Smith, a
medical man, residing in Oheltenham, who had effected the
policies previona in his brother. Alfred going to Australia.
Alfred Smith met with an accident at Adelaide in May.
1554, and the following December he died. A certificate
was read from Mr. Nash, a surgeon at Adelaide, stating
that the deceased had died from an affection of the chest,
and not from the effects of the accident. Previous to
the policies being granted Dr. Smith end his brother Alfred
borrowed from a Itire. Price, of Cheltenham, considerable
sums of money upon their joint promissory note, and the
policies were deposited with her as an additional security.
The directors of_ the United Service Insurance resisted the
payment of the money on the policies, on the ground that
they were obtained by fraud, concealment, and misrepre-
sentation ; that at the time he insured he had then a
disease of the chest, and was a man of very intemperate
habits, although, in the proposals made to the society, it
was stated otherwise. Counsel contended that if these
alleged facts were proved, the society ought to be relieved
from the payment of the sum insured. Several witnesses
were called, who had known Alfred Smith in Manchester,
and who spoke of his drunken habits, and, also,
that before he was insured with the United Service, his life
had been declined by of her offices. Letters, pro and con , were
put in from D:. Smith, and the company, relative to the
proposal for insurance, when it was avowed that the deceased
Alfred Smith, was a man of temperee habits and of good health,
as also the deed of assignment of the policies from Dr. Smith
to Mrs, Price. Persons intimately conversant with the
deceased's habits state that. before the insurance he was affected
with spiking of blood and other maladies.—Collins, a shop-
keeper, of Manchester, said that the deceased, Alfred Smith,
kept a public house at Hulme, near Manchester. Before he
went to Australia he was affected with a constitutional cough,
and spat a large quantity of phelgtu and blood. The deceased
Smith, sometime before he went to Australia, was under the
care of a Homeophatic doctor, of Manchester, named Mathews.
This witness though, lie saw the deceased very often whilst
he was in the City Arms, did not recollect that
he was ever so ill as to be unable to follow his usual occupa-
tion, and he walked very much. Another witness who had
also lodged with the deceased, said that he was in the habit of
taking cod liver oil for his complaint, and had frequently been
out with him on the " sprge." This case being an issue from
the Court of Chancery, contrary to the usual custom in trials,
the defendants case was taken first. Mr. Rowley, surgeon, of
Manchester, and medical referee to the Britannia Life Assur-
ance Company said: In consequence of a proposal for insurance
for £999 on the life of Alfred Smith, Mr. Smith, called upon
him on the 7th of Msrch, 1853, when he examined him,
with the spirometer, and more minutely with the stethose
cope, and discovered that his lungs were affected. Mr.
Smith objected to being closely examined about the chest,
and becoming passionate, left the room, He reported the
following day to the office that so* far as he could see, the
life of Smith was ineligible.
eaWnaLlkifeer
Manchester, and referee to the European
Company, was
,waited upOn by Alfred Smith on the 15th
of March, 1853. He had carefully • a
'Asssuurgraenocne
examine_ him at that
time, and found that lie had a great sucking at the right
side of the chest, which was not natural. The lungs
were also diseased. In his report to the company on the
following day, he had pronounced the life ineligible.
He was drunk when he came to the examination.
The entire burden of the evidence produced for the defence

went to show that the deceased was very intemperate, and of
unsound health ; but his lordship ruled that this did not bear
upon the issue to be tried, unless it were shown that Alfred
Smith was a party to the contract entered into with the
Assurance Company. The only persons who appeared to be
pu•ties to this contract were Dr. Smith, the brother of the
deceased, and Mrs. Price, who had first corresponded, and
made proposals to the company fur effecting the policy, and
however fraudulent or dishonest the third party, on whose life
the policy was effected, should be, so long as the true party or
parties to the contract continued faithful and honest to their part
tLereof, the company, he held, were responsible for the amount of
the policy, unless it were shown that the company had
stipulated that the contracts should be void in the event
of " decep'ion, fraud, misrepresentation, and conceal:
meat" on the part of the third person should be proved,
which stipulation did not exist, apparently, in this case.
Mr. Qaaine here put in a paper showing that several
proposals were made in 1853, in various Insurance offices,
in each of which there was a different statement to the
other. Among others were the Professional, Britannia,
and Clerical, and Medical insurance offices, each of which
was for £999. His lordship took note of the various and
diserepant statements pointed out by the learned counsel.
This being the case for the defence, the court adjourned,
a few minutes after six o'clock, the further hearing of the
issue.

BLANE v. WILLOUGHBY.—This case which was an action
for damages sustained by the, plaintiff falling from the steps of
B rkenhead Ferry on to the shore► did not terminate until a
very late hour last night. The jury having been locked up for
about four hours, ultimately returned a verdict of £lO damages
for the plaintiff.