Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-10 00:00:00

THE " HOPE" DIVORCE CASE.

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Mr, and Mrs. Hope, after numerous legal proceedin,
relative to their divorce and to the nossession of tbeit
children, before the courts both of England and France,
came, in March, 1855, to an arrangement that thete
youngest child, John Henry, should remain with grg.
Hope, and that the others, four in number, should t:
their father, Mrs. Hope reserving to herself the privilege
of seeing and corresponding with her children. 11/.8.
Hope besides consented to abandon an applies'
tion for divorce which she had made in England'
and undertook not only to oppose but to promote tPt-
demand for divorce made by him against her in tb%
country. On Wednesday, Mr. Hope applied to th'
Civil Tribunal at Paris, to order that the child in clues;
tion should be given up to him, and ho based his dernaila
on the ground that the Court of Chancery in England 10
decided that all the children should be placed under 1114
care, and that as the arrangement of March, 1855, was
not legal, he was not bound by it. Mrs. Hope, in re#:,
insisted tbat the interests of the child, who is 0111/
ten years of age, required that he should be left undet
her care; and she represented that as her husband wags
an Englishman, and as she by her marriage to him n 1136„
be considered English also, a French tribunal had 0"
jurisdiction over them in such a matter. She also rePre;
sented that if the arrangement of March, 1855, Was 11(3„1
binding in law, there was nothing to prevent the triban';
from declaring that it was equitable, and that it 5110 tilt
be acted on. Lastly, she urged that as Mr. Hope OOP,
fit to live apart from her, and refuse to fulfil the dude
°f husband towards her, though no separation betifeeil
them had been pronounced in France, he was not war;
ranted in insieing on exercising alone paternal power 0110
all their children. The tribunal decided that as the parts
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are English, as Mr. Hope refused to receive his wife 111.4
his house, though not legally separated from her, and 1:4
besides the interests of the child required that he ell°11:0.
remain with his mother, it (the tribunal) had no juri9dl4t
tion in the:matter, and that Mr. Hope's application 11313
be dismissed with costs.

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A proj ,ct for the canstrueion of a " IVestmal- io
Palace Hotel" is among the new enterprises which I,!tf,
proposed to cerry out on the principle of limited liakcitl:tep
It is designed to establish a first-class hotel near NY e 1,6
minster Abbey, and immediately in connection with lot
houses of Parliament, courts of justice, and Goveronle
offices.
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The Senate of the London University and the Co; 0
of the Royal Society have acceded to the req,les,",go
the Council of the Geographical Society, to use the la for
rooms at Burlington House during the ensuiug sessie°
their ordinary meetings.—Lilerary Gazette. Ti of
With the Parliimentary pipers is printed a petitioepg
John Joseyh Scully, of Abbey View, Cashel, et6tal 0
that he is one of the petitioners who preeentehel;
petition against the return for the borough of Cas:bie
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complaining that such petition was withdrawn with°,°:tiotl,
consent or authority, and withont any commun,a,:-liri
having been made to him on the subject, stating his ue,
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that a large sum of money was paid as an inducentel'
withdrew it, and praying for an inquiry. 4ge
A CAUSE or DiennucE I,—There has been an ever"Pst
increase of 83 deaths per week in London during the leer
three weeks, without any special atmospheric or atrit
general cause to account for it. The Registrar-Generty
shows that this increase is attributable to the constan,
advancing mortality from diarrhoea during that titneo
from 133 to 150, 259, and (last week) 302 cases, of 10310
number 287 deaths occurred amongst children under l!ott
yeas of age. Horribly filthy as is the present conditiot
-of the Thames, this excessive increase of dierrlieea
be fairly attributed to its inflance, since the mortalitVo
not greatest in the districts bordering on the river. to
suspect there is another cause at this time in operratioll,4ol)
which no small portion of the mischief is due, and '1;ot
demands the immediate attenticn of the &Arid efff3e%ito
Ifeellh. It has been a great fruit season, and some t,'„1010
sands of costermongers _daily vend in our _streets cartmoir
of ',bets on the goodly fruits of the earth, which tbef 016
nose of as mellow pears and fine ripe apples. On e/ff'd :of
nation, these are seen to consist chiefly of windfe'''itio
blighted sour trash, quite utifie to he submitted tO,lll
,317,cs,ive efforts of aly Int:tan stomach, and espee'oo
unsuitable for the consumeion of
,young children,hr
principally devour the unwholeiome rubbish, and t"- eel!.
selves fall, unripe and blighted, into the grave.--ia/2, 15
THE CONVICT BACON .—The Lincolnshire Ch,oniel°rd
requested to state thv:c nothing official has as yet tratiggi 0$
as to the carrying out of the sentence. pawed on 13ace-tio;
the late aseiz s, tier is it likely that-any order resrlein
him will be made until the meeting. of the judges,
as is usual whoa sentence of death is recorded ogalos"
prisoner, his case will be dsly considered by their lorjs'i'
We are intiormed that Becoe is at present cog 0'
writing ta, the Secretary of St,,te re:pccting the restl'-
his trial. • at
LEoeentws.—The eight bills purporting to (301'011 oed
certain branches of the criminal law, which were introPero
to the Ho'u'se of Lords only a few dip ago, and rite'
passed throligh th,t hoese with somewhat singular' 1.1'60;
were vitlidrawn in the House of Commons by the
verntnent. They will, no doubt, be again brought t.'o fell
next session, and we hope early enough to ellocr.ie
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discussion of their merits or demerits. Meanichl„ to
will be desirable for the law officers of the crovit; 10
consider how far the Statute Law Commissioners 111'100
tied( rtake the work of amending and altering the DA
which they attempt to consolidate. If the bills "co 01
have been thus withdrawn were merely a consolidatt_°,ol,°
those branches of the law to which they relate, there woo'
have been no difficulty, even at the last moment, in
ing them.—Solicitors' 'l-atonal.

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