Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

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NEW BANEEMPTCY BILL.—A new bankruptcy bill is in
preparation, and to contain a clause to prevent a• person
embarrassed from making a marriage settlement. The bill
cannot be passed in the present session. It is understood
that the Insolvent Debtors' Court will have an extended
jurisdiction, and that its usefulness in paying creditors will
not be curtailed. About 2.(kg) cases are annually heard by
the Insolvent Debtors' Court.
THE. Duke of Cambridge and Sir John ,Lawrence were
entertained on Wednesday night at a banquet given by the
Groom's' Company. His Royal Highness congratulated the
meeting that the country was at length awakened to the
necessity of taking effectual measures for placing those
kingdoms in the state of defence in which they ought to be,
and that the necessity for giving way to the disgraceful
panics in which we from time to time indulge in, were

'disappearing.
A ROYAL CLA.EuviT.—Those who are interested in
royal scandal will, it is said, before long have their tastes
gratified. I understand that Sir P. Cresswell is likely
before long to be called upon to investigate the rights of a
person who claims to be a de3eendant of the Duke of
Cumberland (the brother of George and who will
apply to the court under that portion of its jurisdiction
which requires it when called upon to make declarations
of legitimacy. The case will, I have some reason to
believe, be rendered still more interesting by scraps from
the correspondence of the most eminent men of the time,
which will form part of the evidence. And unless I
am very much misinformed as to the eminent legal practi-

tioners 'who are to support the claimants' cause, 1 must
suppose it to be both bona fide and plausible. Perhaps,
indeed, it may be too plausible to come to trial ; for it
would hardly be pleasant for the highest pesonage in the
realm to see an unknown stranger enter the royal family.
It looks like a case for compromise.—Correspondence of
Manchester Examiner.

A MAN KILLED AT WOOLWICH. - Between the hours of
twelve and one • o'clock on Wednesday morning, a man,
whose name and residence is at present unknown, was killed
during a street brawl, at Woolwich, by a man named Ewen
M'Gower, who is described as a stoker, without fixed resi-
dence, and is at present in custody on the charge. It
appears that at the time mentioned, both parties, who
were strangers to each other, were walking in the lower
part of High-street, Woolwich, each being accompanied by
a female. The deceased made some remark which M'Gower
considered offensive, and he said, " 1 hay but the use of one
arm, but I will serve you this way." M'Gower then ran at
the deceased in a stooping posture, his head coming in con-
tact with the abdomen of deceased, who fell, and whilst
lying on the pavement, M'Gower kicked him on his body
and head, Police-constable Featherstone,.63 R, and other
officers shortly afterwards arrived, and medical assistance
was instantly procured, but life was extinct. The prisoner,
M'Gower, was placed at the bars before Mr. Seeker, at the
Woolwick Police-court, on Wednesday afternoon, and after
the examination of voriow; witnesses, he,vas
,remanded to
affordtiale . )C.4 *1 examination M the Body
• os oi en
of the deceased by Mr. Stuart, the divisional police,
s trgeon.