Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Lords last night several clauses
in the Divorce Bill were agreed to, and an amend-
ment by the Lord Chancellor to the effect that
instead of an action for crim con, the woman and
her paramour should be brought concurrently
before the court, and in the event of a di-
vorce being granted, that a decree should
issue against the paramour for the payment of costs,
in addition to the fine fixed by the court, was or-
dered to be inserted. An amendment, proposed
by the Bishop of Oxford, to ad 4 imprisonment of
adulterer, led to some discussion, and was
A rried against the government, upon a division, by
to 33.

In the House of Commons the new member for
Leeds, Mr. Beecroft, took his seat. Several private
bills were read, amongst which we notice << St.
Philip' Church (Liverpool) Bill." Mr. Roebuck
gave notice that on that day week he should 'move
that, in the opinion of the house, it is expedient to
to abolish the office of the Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland. Respecting the attack of a French
man-of war upon an English schooner in the
Straits of Belle Isle, whereby one man killed, Lord
Palmerston said the accounts as they appeared
in the newspapers was substantially correct, but
that the schooner John and Edward had done
wrong in entering Belle Isle without colours. Count
Walewski had volunteered, of his own accordance,
a most sstisfactory and handsome regret at
the occurrence, and stated that orders
had been given to dismiss the officer from the
service who had given the order to fire into the
schooner; and, in addition to this, the French
government were about to inquire in what way
they could mitigate the affliction of the friends of
the man who was killed. Leave was given to the
Lord Advocate to bring in a bill to alter and
amend the laws respecting lunatics in Scotland.
It will no doubt be remembered by our readers
that some two years ego an alleged case of adultery,
Evans v Evans, was tried at the Liverpool assizes
The marriage took place on the 4th of
_November,
1850, at Cheltenham, where both the parties were
resident. The cohabition only continued till the
following March, when Mr. Evans, who had pre-
viously been engaging himself in field sports in
Leicestershire, proposed to return to Cheltenham
and live with his mother. Mrs. Evans declined to
reside with her mother-in-law in any capacity but
that of a visitor, and a quarrel thereupon ensuing,
a separation took place. Mr. Carrington, Mrs
Evans's father, represented to her that she was
wrong, and persuaded her to write a letter of sub-
mission to her husband. He took the letter him-
self to Mr. Evans, and endeavoured to bring about
a reconciliation, but Mr. Evans refused, and the
parties had never cohabited since. At the London
Arches Court, yesterday, Sir John Dodson del!-
vered judgment in the case, which had
now assumed a suit of divorce, by
?eason of adultery, promoted by the husband
against his wife. Sir John Dodson, in giving
udgment, reviewed the case as tried at Liverpool
Lt great length, and came to the decision that he
must pronounce Mr. Evans to have failed in estab-
lishing his case, and must therefore dismiss Mrs.
Evans from the further observance of justice. The
divorce was accordingly refused.
In local matters to-day, there is but little calling
for attention in this column.

Mr. J. T. Towson, Examiner and Secretary to
the Local Marine Board of Liverpool, was yester-
day presented with £l,OOO, which consisted of " a
subscription from the principal shipowners and
captains of the port, chiefly those connected with
the Australian trade, who had derived great benefit
from the information and advice they had obtained
from Mr. Towson, and to whom it was suggested
that they should seiza the opportunity of making
some substantial acknowledgment for the great
service they admitted to have received from him."

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At the Police Court yesterday, an attorney
named Shartock, was charged with forgery. The
case was adjourned till to-day.

special-meetifig of the West Derby Guardians
was held yesterday, to consider what steps should
be taken in connection with the formation or
establishment of a separate Union for the parish of
West Derby, but no definite conclusion was arrived

The inquest in the ease of the child poisoning
in Shaw-street, has resulted in a verdict of " Chance
Medley," saainst Paul Strange, assistant to Mr.
Jackson, Chemist, Everton.

The foundering of the ship, John Calvin, at sea,
will be found detailed at full length in another
column.

Mr. Russell delivered his second lecture on the
Crimean War, Past night, to a very respectable and
well filled house. A synopsis wilt be found else-
where.

Our intelligence from the Continent, this morn
ing, is not of much importance,

In France the electiona are aaaaming more and