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THE ROYAL VISIT.

CORK.—The Mayor has received the following letter:—
"24th July, 1319.
"My dear Mayor,—Her Majesty will reach the har-
bour on Friday, the 3d August, and will land in Cork
on Siturday, the 4J). They start on Wednesday—re-
main that night at Falmouth.
" Believe me to be truly yours,
" WILLIAM FAGAN.

"The Riht Worshipful the Mayor of Cork."
Very extensive preparations are being made by the
Committee for the arrival of her Majesty. The Corn-
cetttee has 1,0001. at its disposal, which is to be expended
za the election of triumphal arches in the streets
through which the Queen is expected to pasc, in the
fitting up of use Custom House, where the steamer will
lie, and in providing a steam-vessel for the Corpora-
tion to pass up and down the river. It is expected her
Majesty will arrive in Cove on the night of Sunday
the sth August, and come into the city the following
day. Mr. Fletcher has got an order to ornament
the Custom House, under the directions of Mr. Benson,
C.E., the entire northern quay of which is to be covered
with scarlet cloth, and the shed to have an ornamental
archway. There are to be seven triumphal arches in the
streets—one crossing from Warren's-place to Anglcsea-
bridge; the second from Old George's-street to Tuckey-
street ; third, across the entrance to Great G eorge's-
street ; fourth, on Western-road, near George IV. bridge;
fifth, across western entrance of Patrick-street; sixth, in
centre of Patrick-street; and seventh, at Patrick's-bridge;
the Dyke is to be strikingly ornamented. It is hoped that
her Mejesty will consent to the route suggested by the
Committee—to land on the north quay of Custom-house
pass through southern gate to Lepp's-quay, along South
Mall, Grand Parade, Great George'a-street,Western -road,
Dyke, Mardyke- street, Great George's-street, Patrick-
street, Merchant's-quay, and back to Custom-house. Five
hundred ticket: are to be issued to ladies for admission into
the Custom-house to witness her Majesty's landing. It is
intended that the Corporation proceed to Cove in a special
steamer to accompany the Queen up the river, and on
landing a procession in carriages will then formed. A
naval officer was in this city yesterday, making arrange-
ments for telegraphing the arrival of the royal yacht off
the harbour. There was a meeting of the magistrates
yesterday to adopt measures for the preservation of the
peace, which was attended by county-inspector Fox and
sub•inspector Walker, at which it was resolved to draft
200 police from the county into the city force of 112.
The general of the district has issued orders for the
marching of two regiments of infantry into the city, as
the entire route of the procession is to be lined on either
side by the military, and every effort will be made to
prevent the moving of spectators. The houses along the
line are letting their windows at high rates, ranging
from 10/. the single window, downwards, according to
position.
A letter has been received in the city from a gentleman
at present is London, who has had opportunities of know-
ing somewhat of the proceedings of royalty. He professes
to write for the purpose of allaying the fears of certain Cork
folk, who expect that titles may be thrust upon them on
the auspicious occasion. He says that it is not etiquette
for Majesty to confer knighthood except at levee, and
that baronetcies are only conferred upon recommenda-
tions of Ministers, and granted by letters patent, the
taking out of which is rather expensive. Some anxiety
is at present evinced by members of the Corporation in
respect to the position bis Worship the Mayor will be
enabled to take in the procession. The Corporation de-
clare that the Mayor is entitled to immediately precede
the Queen, but it appears that T. Ronayne Sarsfield,
Esq., High Sheriff of the city, has a claim to that position,
on the ground of his ancester, Thomas Sarsfield, being
chief standard-bearer in Ireland to Henry IL The ques-
tion will have to be decided at the proper office in London.
—Cork Constitution.
ROYAL VISIT TO KILLARNEY.—Captain Beechy, R.N.,
has arrived in Cork from Bristol; and it is reported that
his object is to arrange for her Majesty's travelling to
Killarney.—Cork Examiner.

ARCHIEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
SALISBURY, JULY 27.—The members of this body
cf antiquaries are now holding their annual gather-
ing in this city, under the presidency of the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. The opening meeting
was held at the Assembly-rooms on Tuesday last, after
which the mayor and corporation received the mem-
bers and visitors at the Council Chamber, when an
elegant dejeuner was provided. On Wednesday an
excursion was made to some of the Wiltshire barrows,
Stonehenge, Old Sarum, &c. Sectional meetings
were held in the evening and on the following day.
The papers on this day were peculiarly valuable and
interesting ; they all bore reference to our beautiful
cathedral. Sir R. Westmacott, A.R.A., led the way,
by a very beautifully written paper on monumental
effigies, as illustrated in the case of Salisbury Cathe-
dral. The learned Professor discussed this subject in
general terms, in his own eloquent and forcible style.
Professor Cockerel!, F.R.S., followed, with an in-
teresting disquisition on the decorative sculpture of
the cathedral, illustrated by numerous well executed
drawings. The great treat of the day, and indeed
of the whole meeting, was the lecture on the archi-
tectural history and characteristics of Salisbury
Cathedral. Ample justice was done to the subject ;
and it was clearly apparent that the distinguished
archaeologist who had lectured so successfully on
six cathedrals at the successive meetings of the
society was fully equal to his task in the present
instance. Never was a more concise, clear, and, at
the same time, luminous criticism bestowed on this
edifice by the numerous writers who have taken up
the subject. The tasteless, not to say barbarous,
alterations of Wyatt, under Bishop Barrington, were
justly designated, and in this the feeling of the
audience was evidently with the lecturer. The lec-
ture was further continued at the cathedral after the
evening service, when a large company followed the
Professor in his tour of the building.
On Friday morning a meeting of the historical
section was held at the Council-room, at which papers
were read by distinguished members; after which,
on the invitation of the Right Hon. President, the
members and visitors proceeded on an excursion to
Wilton-house, the ancient seat of the Pembrokes.
Vehicles of all descriptions were on the road, and
the utmost resources of the posting houses were put
into requisition to supply the needful means of transit.
Previous to their departure, a pamphlet by Mr.
Charles Newton, M.A., of the department of antiqui-
ties in the British Museum, on the sculptures at
Wilton-house, was circulated amongst the members.
Shortly after three o'clock a very numerous and
gay party had assembled in the cloisters of the Abbey,
amongst whom we recognised the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert and Mrs. Herbert, and a distinguished party
of visitors; Lord Bruce, the Marquis of North-
ampton, the Dean of Hereford; Dr. Ingram, Pre-
sidmenr.
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valuable and
interesting lecture on th e various marbles, busts, bas-
reliefs, and antiquities of The audience followed that celebrated collection.
him in his tour of the clois-
ters, alike charmed by his eloquence and instructed
by his erudition.
At the close of the lecture the library was thrown
open to the company, and a splendid collation
served to about 200 guests. A further portion was
, accommodated in the splendid dining-room, where
the superb plate covering the sideboard was the theme
of general admiration. The tables were covered
with a profusion of the choicest delicacies, and the cel-
-1 lars of the princely establishment yielded an ample

supply. In the dining-room the health of the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert was proposed by the Rev. R.
M. Chatfield, and drunk with enthusiasm. The
party then dispersed to view the beautiful grounds
and park; after which a visit was paid to the splendid
new Byzantine church lately erected by the munifi•
cence of the noble occupant of this rich domain.
Every part of this tasteful and admirably embA-
lished structure was minutely inspected, and yielded
great delight to those who visited it for the first time.
The prevalence of cholera in the city has rendered
the attendance more meagre than usual, and the same
circumstance has prevented the usual dinner of the
society and the anticipated reception of the members
at the palace by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.

DESTRUCTIVE COLLISION ON

THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY.

On Wednesday morning last, a little before four
o'clock, a collision of a serious and destructive character
occurred on the North Union line of railway, about 300
yards from the Golden Hill station, at Leyland. The
circumstances connected with this accident, as far as we
have been able to ascertain, are nearly as follows:—
Captain Laws, one of the managing directors of the
Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, who is at present re-
siding at Lytham, being labouring under severe indispo-
sition, a messenger was dispatched to Manchester to
secure the professional services of two eminent medical
gentlemen of that town. A special engine and carriage
were immediately got in readiness and dispateteed. On
their return, on Wednesday morning, and when at the
place above alluded to, the engine and carriage, from
some yet unexp!ained circumstance, were thrown from
their position on the line, and across the down line.
A train of trucks, all laden with goods, was coming
up at the time towards Prestos, and the driver did
not perceive the obstruction before a concus-
sion was inevitable. He and his attendant saved
themselves by jumping from the train, and in a mo-
ment or two afterwards, the whole of the carriages were
a complete mass of splinters: the engines, too, we are
informed, have sustained considerable damage; but it is
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shock, from which he speedily recovered, and was soon
enabled to proceed on his journey. Some conception
may be formed of the violence of the shock, when we
state that the ground was literally ploughed up, and
the hedges, on both sides, for a considerable distance,
completely swept away. We have heard various con-
jectures as to the cause of the special train being thrown
out of its position; but the most probable that has been
suggested to us is the rapidity with which it was pro •
cued:rig, combined with the circumstance of there being
only one carriage connected %%ALI it, thereby rendering
it more light cud easy to be dislodged.
Persons were immediately dispatched to warn the in-
coming trains of the circumstance, and little inconveni-
ence, beyond the delay of some of the trains, was thereby
experieaced.—Preston Chrenicle.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, July 28.
HARDEY v. CREEN.—IMPORTANT CASE.
This case, which occupied the Court all Friday, was
resumed on Saturday. It was a suit instituted by Mr.
James Josiah Hardey, as trustee and next fri, nel of a
married lady, named Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin, and
that lady herself, against Mr. James Brooke Irwin,
her husband, and Mr. George Green, the official
assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy (the hus-
band having become a bankrupt), preying that the
niarliage, articles executed before the marriage, and
dated the 29th June, 1843, and certain deeds executed
in pursuance thereof, and dated the 9th and 221 October,
1846, might be established and decreed valid against the
fondant Green, the assignee, and the creditors under
the bankruptcy. It appeared that on the 30th of June,
1843, the plaintiff, Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin (then Miss
Edzabeth Beavan), who was a young lady of consider-
able expectations, and heiress to estates in Wales, mar-
ric d her husband, the defendant, Mr. James Brooke Irwin,
who was an officer in the army, but not possessed of any
property, his whole income consisting of an allowance
made to him by his mother, a lady of family and distinc.
tion, and his brother, who held a high appointment in
India. By the marriage articles, executed before the
marriage, and dated the 29th of June, 1843, it was
agreed that all property whatever, real or personal, to
which Miss Elizabeth Beavan, the intended wife, then
was, or at way time thereafter should become entitled,
for any estate or interest whatsoever, should be conveyed
and assigned to trustees upon trust for such person and
persons and in such manner as the intended wife, not-
withstanding coverture, should appoint, as if she were
sole and unmarried, and so as to free her from the debts
or engagements of her husband; and in default of ap-
pointment for the children of the marriage, if
any, and if none, then for the next of kin
of the intended wife. And it was also agreed
that in the intended settlement should be contained
a covenant on the part of the intended husband, Mr. J. B.
Irwin, that all property to which he should at any time
thereafter become entitled should be settled and limited
to the same uses and upon the same trusts as were
thereinbefore mentioned with respect to the property of
the intended wife. A few hours after the execution of
the articles the marriage was solemnized, and it was
admitted that the husband was at least in embarrassed,
(it not in insolvent) circumstances at the time.
On the 6th of November, 1843, about five months
after the marriage, the husband, Mr. J. B. Irwio, filed
his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy, under the pro-
visions of the Act of sth and 6th Vice, chap. 116. At
this time Mr. J. B. Irwin was not possessed of any pro-
perty, but on the sth Dee., 1845, his brother died in
India intestate, unmarried, and without issue; and upon
that event Mr. J. B. Irwin, as the heir-at-law and next
of kin of his brother, became entitled to considerable
real estates in the counties of Westmeath and
Fermanagh, in Ireland, and to considerable
property in England and India. By deeds of the 9th
and 22d October, 1846, the defendant, James Brooke
Irwin, conveyed and assigned all this property to the
plaintiff Hardey, upon the trusts of the marriage
articles of 29th June, 1813; and these deeds were duly
registered in Ireland on the 11th February, 1847;
the defendant Green registered in Ireland his
claim as official assignee. The plaintiff Hardey, as
trustee of the marriage articles and deeds of Oct., 1846,
claimed the whole of this property for the separate use
of the wife, under the marriage articles of the 29th
June, 1843, and the deeds of October, 1846, executed
in pursuance thereof ; while, on the other hand, the
defendant Green, the official assignee, claimed to be en-
titled to it under the provisions of the Act of sth and 6th
Vic., c. 116, for the benefit of the creditors of the husband.
The important question in this case being whether a
man in embarrassed or insolvent circumstances could
upon his marriage settle all his future property for the
separate use of his wife, and in fact in such a manner as
to deprive himself of the means of paying his debts.
Mr. Turner, Q.C., Mr. Jervis, and Mr. James Dunne,
for the plaintiffs, contended that the marriage articles
being executed before marriage, and founded upon va-
luable consideration, were good against the husband,
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the husband was contrary to public policy, and should,
at least he held to mean such- property only as the hus-
band was entitled to after payment of his debts, and that
the property had passed to the official assignee under
the Act of sth and 6th Vic., and that he was entitled to
it for the benefit of the creditors of the husband.
Mr. Lewen, Mr. Flather, and Mr. Hoare, appeared
for the other defendants.
The MASTER of the ROLLS said he had not the least
doubt as to the decision he should give in this case. It
was not alleged, or even insinuated, that the lady or her
trustees or advisers had been guilty of anything like
fraud or improper conduct, nor was there any attempt
made to impeach the marriage articles. It was admitted
that they had been executed, and that their execution had
preceded the marriage; but it was said that the covenant to
settle all the future property of the husband for the
separate use of the wife was a most unusual covenant,
and a very imprudent one for tho husband to enter into.
With that he had nothing to do; what might have been
an imprudent contract on the part of the husband
might be, and was, a most prudent one on the part of
the wife. But the articles had been entered into
between the husband and wife previous to the marriage,
and it was to be inferred that she would not
have married him without such articles being
executed. There was nothing ambiguous on the
face of the articles, their intention and language was
clear and distinct; they had evidently been framed by
an experienced man, and with perhaps a more than or-
dinary degree of care to protect the rights and interests
of the wife. But he saw nothing unreasonable in the
articles, and he thought that, under the circumstances of
the case, the friends or advisers of the lady were quite
justified in requiring such to be entered into. At all
events they had been entered into, and for the valuable
consideration of marriage. How, therefore, could he
refuse the lady the benefit of this solemn contract, which
she and her husband bad entered into before marriage.
It was alleged that all the property had passed to the
provisional assignee under the Act; but, even if this
were the case at law, it was clear that in evity the
assignee must take it subject to all its prior obligations
and liabilities, and therefore subject to the marriage
articles. He must therefore decree in favour of the
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So!icitors for the plaintiffs, Messrs. Walter, Pember-
ton, and Co.; for the defendant Green, Messrs. Patter-
son and Son; and for the other defendants, Messrs.
Teesdale, Symes, and Co., Mr. Knox and Mr. Walker.

HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS TIIROUGII GLASGOW.
Arriving at the Broomielaw in one of the royal yachts,
the Queen could land magnificently at the new quay on
the south side of the river, and thence across the
Broomielaw Bridge, at the end of which a grand
triumphal arch might be erected, and the keys of the
city presented to her Majesty; thence up Jamaica_
street, through Argyle-street, arid the Trongate to the
Cross : thence up the High-street to the College,
through George's-street to Queen-street and the Royal
Exchange ; thence to Buclnnan-street, and than step-
ping into the Western Club, where apartments, we
have nu doubt, will be provided, with regal splendour,
for the Queen, worthy of the taste of the merchant
princes of Glasgow.—Reformers' Garette.