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London, England, 1841-08-23 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF 1,0 "S -(THIS DAY.)
the Earl of te-.): his seat on the
Woolsack at Two o'Ci-ok, and the swearing-in of
Peers was then proceeded with. Among these who
took the oath.; and: subscrihe,l the Parlamentary roll
we oleerved —The Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Spen-
ce the Earl of Harrowby, Earl Stanhope, Lord
Kenyon, the Di.k3 of Richmond, the Earl of
Radnor, Lord Montford, Lord Maryborough, the Earl
of Limerick, Lord Ashburton, Lord Hay warden, Lord
Portman, the Duke rf Buccleug,h, the Earl of Selkirk,
the Arehbishp of Canterbury, the Bishop of Litchfield,
the Marquis of Bute,- Earl Brownlow, the Earl of Had-
dington, the Duke of Somerset, thz Marquis of South-
ampton, the Earl Of, Orkney, the Duke of Suther-
land, the Marqu Northampton, Lord Talbot,
tkle Maronis of Conyngham, Lord Exmouth, Earl Caw-
dor, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord
Rolle, Lord Folei-, the Marquis of Anglesea, &c., &e.
Sr. Henry Paraell, now Baron Congleton, was in-
troduced by Lords Yeti en and Vivian, preceded by the
Biz.ck Rod, the Duke of NorAilk, as Earl Marshall, and
Lord Willoughby I.;Eresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain,
and iook the oaths and his. seat.
Sir John Campbell, now Baron Campbell, of St. ,In-
drevi's, in the county of fife, was introduced by Lords
Catmls and Vivian, with the same formalities, and took
the oaths and his seat.

rllzrz.. were several ladies present, to witness the

cere:n' v.

Th nlinber of Peers swell], up to the adjournment
tl:e 11,,use this day, is boot 200.
rs t our &Clock their Lordships adjourned till to-mor-
row at Two o'Cloek.

HOUSE of COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The Speaker took the Chair at a quarter past one
o'c:ock, when the swearing in of Members was pro-
ceeded with. Amongst those sworn we noticed the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Alderman Copeland,
Br. Lef.-oy, Mr. Plumptre,. Captain A'Cuurt, Mr. R.
Palmer, Pringle, Mr. R. Chive, Mr. H.-Baring, Sir
A. Seymour, Sir John Johnstone, Captain Pechel,
Sir William Follett, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Lord
C. ;Ismilton, Sir George grey, Mr. lin
Mr. Fdlice, Sir R. Tiateson, Lord Ernlyn, Sir
W. Rae, Mr.. Ellice, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. - Power,
.111-r. M. O'Connell, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hawkes, Mr.
Mangles, the O'Connor Don, the Hon. William Brown,
Mr. Hogg,. Mr. oSwald, Mr. Hastie. Colonel Connolly,
Mr. Moskinnon, Mr. M. Phillips, W. 0. Stanley,
Mr. E. Fellowe.:, Mr. Tanered, W. W. Wynne, Mr_
I). 0. Dyce Sombre. .3.1 r R. V. Smith, Mr. R. Ramsay,
Mr. Wallace, Mr. Peniberton, Lyall, Mr. Dugdale,
Mr. I.).drymple, Mr. Cobden, 1.4 r. W. Evans, Mr. P.
Scrope, Mr. Horseman, Mr. B. Smith, Lord Courtenay,
Sir James D.tke, Bortliwiek, Mr. B. Wood, Mr.
Rumboll, Mr. Irvine, and Sir J. Tyrrel.
The Ilouiendjuurned shortly after Four o'Clo2k, till
Twelve &Clock to-morrow.

THE FENDS—(CLOSING PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNDS.
B Ink Stock 169 India Stock •
3 per Cent Red. .59 ••
Ditto Bonds 6 pm
3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ...
31 per Cent Red.. 99 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3,1 per Cent 9B,i • Ex. Bills, 1,0001, ...2 -id 14 pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 l5 pm
Long Annuities toexpire Ditt Small l6 pm
Jan. 1860. ...... .. 12 -15-.16 Ban': Stock for Acct —
Oct 1859 — • India Stock for 0pg....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — • Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent
Chilian, t per cent...... Ditto, Metallic..
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2O
Ditto, 1824 .. ..... Ditto, Deferred ..
Danish, 3 per cent....... French, 5 per cent. —l. —c,
Greek, /825, 3 per cent. Exchange f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 percent —f. —c
• Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 514
Peinvian, 1825, 6 per ct. , Ditto, 5 per cent 1013
SHARES

Great Western Railway (05 pail)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 55
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
Hull and Selby (50 paid) 34
London and Brighton (50 paid) 454
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ...... 79
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ......
North Midland. Railway. (100 paid)
Ditto New Shares (40.. paid)
Ditto Third; (10 naid)
94
South East.yrn and Dover (38 paid)... 17i
York and North Midiand Railway (50 paid)
Ditto New Shares (10 paid) • 211.

must know this to be fudge; and as for the other, why in the
world shoall there be any affectation about it? The
Queen is annnyed and mortified at the result of the elee-
Cone, a her epieioe,
show ail the coldness and reougnamte poseihie towards
the Administration which evil co,,ie into power."
It would be indecent in a public Journal to indule.e in
speculations such as these with reference to the conduct
of any lady in similar circumstances, so far as the con-
duct of a subject would admit of comparison with that of
the Queen. But fur such ribalory to be published of
the Sovereign, is insufferable; and would provoke 'hi-
dignation, did.not its ignorance and vulgarity prevent the
feelings cf the reader from rising higher than contempt.
STANDARD.—Conjecture is active in anticipation of
the topics of the Royal Speech to be delivered to morrow,
and of the line which the Conservative majority sh'all
pursue with respect to it. As to the Speech, . the com-
position must be a task of no small difficulty. The cir-
cumstances under which Parliament is called together at
this unusual season, • and under circumstances so peculiar,.
must be explained ; but no explanation can be offered
which shall not refer to the Budget of May, and to
the dissolution ; and any allusion to theta! topics, .or,
indeed, a total naglect of them—which would be more
emphatical than the most distinct reference—would,
challenge froM the Conservative majority an amendment
reiterating the condemnation of the Budget propo.'siti us,
and repeating, with augmented force, the non-confidence
vote of the 4th of June. Such an amendment ‘vou:tl be I
triumphantly carried. How then can Ministers act? Will
they persevere in retaining office in defiance of a vote
of the House of Commons twice repeated, and now re-
inforced by a vote of the House of Lords ? Probably re-
ferring strongly to the violation of the Constitution al-
ready committed, this would be to afford broader and
firmer grounds for an impeachment than was ever offered
by a British Ministry. But can they resign? Lord John.
Russell, in his address to the electors of London, has
pledged the Cabinet to retain office until it shall have
formally and distinctly presented its Budget to the new
Parliament. This plainly means to retain office
until each of the three propositions shall be pro-
posed and debated in succession—a month's work at the
very least. But then to retain office a month, or even
a day, after the adoption by the two Houses of such
an amendment as we may expect to see to-mor-
rOW, would be rather too serious an experiment upon
the patience of the country. Still we do not see how
Ministers are to • get out of the difficulty. They
are in the condition of men who, having embarked
in a criminal. course must persevere in it to
the end, as any pause would be a confession of their
crime.
.If they. ought to resign when defeated,
as they will be, on the Address, they ought to have
resigned on the sth of • June, on the 19th of May?'.
still earlier, upon the defeat of Lord Morpethrs Irish
Registration Bill
_• and if they are bound to resign when'
defeated upon die Address, Lord John Russell., wrs
guilty of wilful and delibrate fraud, in promising for
them, that, as as Ministers, they would again bring. for-
ward their Budget, because he must have been aware at
the time, indeed his letter confesses as much, that de-
feated on the Address they would be.
COURIER—The Manchester Conference of reveren-
dissimi, if not ilhistrissimi, Signori is no more. From
the smoke preceding its entry into functions some fire
might have been suspected in the background, but nothing
of the sort ; the smoke has evaporated into thin air, like
the empty mist of morning, and track of flame is
there none. Mr. Thompson, the original projector, ap-
propriately wound up his own scheme with s funeral dis-
course on the merits of the defect ; and Lord Ducie, a
Nobleman delighting in strangeways, and with man-
sion and grounds corresponding styled Strangeways,
close upon Manchester, assisted as one of the pall bearers
and chief mourners on the solemnly sad occasion. The
Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Hinton Charter-house, near
Bath, read the service for the dead or dying, a novel in-
terpolation, in which was the sober and serious announce-
ment, that. "lie was sorry to say there was a gin-drink-
ing public opinion that wanted to throw out Lord John
Russell." Tide reverend person, by station, is a divine
of the Church of England; from this specimen of the
proprieties of speech he might, but for this advertence,
be mistaken for a high priest of Socialism.

Lord Morpeth, the Hon. H. Fortescue, and
Mr. Geale, are the trustees to the marriage settlement of
the Countess Fortescue ; and the sum settled On her
Ladyship by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, is
2,0001. per annum.
The Commerce contains accounts from Odessa
announcing that several commercial houses there had
suspended their payments, amongst others that of Eslin-
ger and Co. for 400,000 rubles, and Isais for 200,000.

bury-went to the theatre often together. A clerk used
to come in the daytime bef.re this a t«ir happened, and
utt-nd to Mr. Th,,,,burk,', ' •

in Ci ,7ay's LI n -rottil.

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'Aorfl, in Wandsworth-road.
took loigins from her at that tirrn., at a guinea a week.
Remained three mamba. Mr. Tay doe came daily, and
pretended to be a great gardener. Suspected what was
going on. Could not help it, though • not wishing to
spy or pry into private matters. Mr. Edward Tayioe,
an assistant-surgeon, and brother to Mr. Tayloe, cause
often to the house, but saw nothing improper between
him and Mrs. Thornbury; Mrs. Thornbury took the
lodgings as a lady separated from her husband. Mrs.
Thornbury also came and lodged in witness's house in
Wandsworth-road.
The following letter from Mrs. Thornbury, dated
March 28th, 1838, was then put in and read. It was
addressed to Mrs. Bouchier the lady of the Rev. Mr.
Bouchier, who had exerted himself, with other friends,
with success to induce the defendant to receive back his
wife after her first elopement. It would corup7etely dis-
prove the supposition of condonation dr adultery:—
" Cheam, Surrey. (Post mark, April 6, 1841.)
" Mrs. Bouchier—You have directed a letter to me,
and though most unwilling to intrude my wretched self
on your notice, I cannot remain silent when I see the
error you are in as to my intentions and thoughts ; an
additional motive is the state in which Mr. Thornbury
is at present precludes the probability of your having any
reply from him. As fur as regards your letter to me, I
will fairly and candidly tell you that all your entreaties
are in vain ; there are insuperable bars to my remaining,
with your brother, which nothing but a miracle, I be-
lieve, can remove ; and, in addition to these, you are not,
perhaps, aware that Mr. Thornbury has himself placed
others, in having himself told every ime (I may say all
our acquaintances) what has happened. I ask you, as a
woman, could I live with him after this ? And I ask
Mr. Bouchier, as a man, ought he ever to think of it ?
Again I say I will not remain with him. Were
that miracle I allude to ever to be performed I would
promise to return, and in the meantime I would reside
with my mother ; this, now, is my firm and final deter-
mination, and I would advise both Mr. B. and yourself
to act in the way mostadapted to Mr. T.'s benefit without
further reference to me, except as an inducement to
him to amend his conduct. I must not quit this subject
without alluding to my letter to Mr. Bouchier, and the con-
elusions you have wrongly drawn from it ; and I much
fear I shall but ill explain what I mean, but nevertheless
I must attempt. I intended to express regret and sor-
row for the past, as a crime towards God, • and that if
your brother altered in every respect, I might in time
endeavour to repair the past, hut as it is, never ! I may
say to you as a woman what I could not say to your hus-
band—that I never will again live with Mr. Thornbury
so long as the love I feel fbr another, guilty though it
be, is warm at my heart's core. I feel that it would be,
as it were, a second breaking of my marriage vow, and I
dare not promise more than that if he amends and
changes entirely, I will endeavour to perform my part of
the contract. It was I who put the advertisement in the
Times, having felt the importance of Mr. H. Thornbury's
presence in arranging something for his brother. No-
thing has been written to Mr. Seville, because knowing
the total incapacity of the one brother, frZnn his wretched
state of nerves and health, and of- the other from his
utter stupidity, I have not urged it, though I fully see
the urgent want there is of a sensible friend. I would
beg 'to be pardoned for thus addressing you, but I
thought it would be best to let you see at once what my
intentions were. " J. A. T."
Ann Stanton—Lives in Ampton-street, Gray's-Inn-
road. Resided there in September, 1838. Mrs. Thornbury
took apartments for her mother, Mrs. Bevil', from wit-
ness for three months. Mrs. Thornbury came and lived
two days, when she went away by some coach. Returned
in about seven weeks. Did not know Mr. Tayloe. Never
heard his name mentioned. Two gentlemen occasionally
came, who represented themselves as Mrs. Thornbury's
brothers. Knew Mrs. Thornbury and One- of the gentle-
men on one occasion to be in the drawing-room. They
might have been an hour together. Did entertain some
suspicion as to what was' going on.
Mr. Edmund, surgeon, remembers being called in on
the Ist of April, 1838, to Mr. Thornbury, who had been
a patient of his for fourteen years, during which he was
strongly addicted to habits of intemperance. For a long
time there seemed to be a gradual development of insa-
nity. On April the Ist, 1838, Mr. Thornbury told him
that his wife had run away with his clerk. His words were
that -Janette had run away with Tom. Did not seem to
-feel -the circumstances as a man of susceptible mind
would have done. Witness had often admonished Mr.
Thornbury to abandon his habits of intoxication, or that
otherwise the result would either be insanity or paralysis.
On the Bth of April he again saw him, when he appeared
to be labouring under delirium tremens in one of its
worst forms.

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The Counsel for the prosecution not having cross-
examined the witness, this closed th© case for the de-
fendant.

His LORDSHIP briefly summed up. He chiefly dwelt
or the point, that if the Jury were satisfied that Mrs.
Thornburg committed adultery after leaving her hus-
band's house a second time, the circumstance of his
having received ker back after his knowledge of her pre-
vious criminal intercourse, could not be held as render-
ing him liable for her maintenance.

7fhe Jury almost immediately returned a verdict for
the defendant.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, August 21.
(Before Me. Baron MAW).
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—FRENCH V. HATCH.
Counsel for the plaintiff Mr. Sergeant Bompas, and
Mr. Stone ; for the defendant, Mr. Cockburn and Mr.
Carrc.,w.,
-Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS stated the Case. He said the
plaintiff was a milliner and dressmaker, carrying on a re-
spectable business in Bristol, and was about. twenty-five
years of age. She had been acquainted with the
defendant during the whole of her life; but about
October, 1839, their Acquaintance ripened into an
intimacy, when the defendant being ivell acquainted
with the circumstances of the plaintiff, determined
on making her his wife. From this time the de-
fendant continued to pay her the strictest attention ;
fie was about 40 years of age, and had formerly •
been a shoemaker, but had retired from business on a
handsome competency, considering his station in life, so
that the friends of the plaintiff considered it would be a
desirable match for her. He (the Learned Sergeant)
should be able to . satisfy the Jury that the 'defendant
fully intended 'to make the plaintiff his wife, and it
Could not -be supposed that a person who had reached
his age had done so without duly considering all
the circumstances. The marriage was accordingly fixed
to take place in the spring of, 1840. Early in that year,
however, without the slightest apparent cause, the defen-
dant conducted himself in such a way as to lead Miss
French to suppose that he did not intend to fulfil his en-.
gagement,and a formal communication was consequently
made to him by the attorney in .the present cause, to ac-
count for his conduct. On that occasion, however, the
defendant excused his conduction the ground that he had
been very much harassed by his friends, and from other
Hcauses ; but he said it was his full intention to keep his
engagement with the plaintiff... In pursuance of this,
intention he did everything in his pewer to allay the
foelings of the lady, and to convince her of his determi-
nation to act in the most honourable manner. Subse-
quently all the arrangements were completed, the banns
were published, the bridesmaid chosen, and the 21st of
June was the day fixed for the marriage. But, strange
to say, after making all these arrangarw-nts, and without
any reason, the defendant again appeared determined
not to fulfil his engagement, as would appear from the
followinr, letter, dated June 5, 1840
"My dear Miss French,--I suppose you will be sur-
prised at receiving this from me ; but I was so very weak
and low last night, that I could not muster courage to
mention the subject to you, and I have therefore adopted
this mode of writing to you. I am.in such an ill state of
health that lain afraid I shall go in -a bad way. I have
Consulted my man, and he tells me to keep my mind free
from anxiety and care. I have been much harassed in
my mind of late, and I am afraid, if I cannot get rid of
my present uncomfortable state of mind, that I shall come
to an untimely end. My oh:ect in sending you this
letter is to beg you to release me from my engagement,
and any reasonable compensation I shall be happy to
make you."
In reply to this, the plaintiff wrote, expressing her
sorrow that the defendant should have renewed his en-
gagement with no other intention than to deceive her,
and she hoped that, after having gone so far as to pub-
lish the banns, he would not break his doubly-pledged
promise, and expressing a wish that he would give her
an interview. The defendant again wrote to the plain-
tiff as follows :
" Miss Mary Frenck-,-In answer to your note, it is
not convenient for me to keep my engagement. I too
unwell to marry, and it is not convenient for you to Call
on me. " T. H."
After this Miss French felt that she had but one course
to pursue, and the present action was accordin3ly com-
menced.
Martha French, sister of the plaintiff,. was called to
prove the terms of intimacy upon which the parties were.
The witness was engaged to be bridesmaid.
Mr. Cockburn addressed the Jury for the defendant
in a very able speech.
The Jury then retired for a short time, and returned a
verdict for the plaintiff; damages 50/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.