The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-13 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE,

MRS. ELMSLEVS trial has been pending in
the Eons Court to ascertain who was the heir-at-law and
next of kin of Mrs. Mary Elmsley, who was murdered in
Stepney some years ago by a man named Mullens. Mrs.
Elmsley was a miserly and eccentric person, and left a
considerable fortune. The Crown at one time set up a
claim to the property, but, after much conflicting evidence,
the decision of the court has been given in favour of the
children of a half brother and a half sister of the mur-
dered woman.

A WARNING TO TRUSTEES.—In the Vice-Chancellor's
Court a, case has been heard which conveys a serious
warning to trustees, the sons and representatives of a
deceased trustee being held liable, fifty-three years after
the date of a marriage settlement, for their father's
omission to enforce a covenant against the husband. Vice-
Chancellor Stuart held that mere length of time was not a
bar to a claim of this kind, and decreed that the trustees,
by not enforcing payment, had committed a breach of
trust, and were liable to make good the £3,000 in dispute,
with interest at 5 per cent.
A BONA FIDE TRAVELLER•—The traveller question
came before the Court of Common Pleas on Friday,
when an appeal was heard from a judgment of the
Clerkenwell police magistrate. A publican at
Stoke Newington was convicted of opening his
house before legal hours, and appealed against the
decision. The court gave judgment in his favour, on the
ground that he was bound to supply travellers, and the
burden of proving that the persons supplied were not
travellers rested with the police, not with the landlord.
A CASE Or PARENTAL NEGLECT.—At the Lambeth
Police-court, a clerk and his wife, possessing a good
income, were charged with neglecting to provide proper
food for the male prisoner's four children by a former
marriage. They were remanded and bail refused.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—At a meeting of
Volunteer commanding officers on Friday, it was decided
that the Easter Monday Review should take place at
Dover. It will be held either on the undulating ground at
the rear of the Castle, or on the hills between Dover and
Folkestone. It is expected that naval operations will be
combined with the movement of the troops, and that the
regular forces at Shorncliffe, Canterbury, and Walmer
will take part in the review.
CONSULAR COMMERCIAL REPORTS.—Some com-
mercial reports by her Majesty's Consuls in foreign coun-
tries have been published. That relating to Algeria con.
tains some interesting information. It states that the
country has enjoyed perfect tranquillity of late, but that
whilst the territory subject to European colonisation has
greatly improved of late, the Arab territory is still in a
miserable condition. Three years of drought, preceded by
two years of insurrection, accompanied by invasions of
locusts, cholera, and cattle disease, have produced intense
suffering. Great efforts have been made to aid them, but
still the prospect is bad. Great changes have been made
in the system of government all the ports have been de-
clared free, and all custom houses suppressed. The popu-
lation has decreased. Our consul regrets that no distinc-
tion has been drawn between the Arab and the Kabyle,
one of which is irreclaimable ; the other might be made a
great element of progress. Notwithstanding all recent
misfortunes, the trade and finances of Algeria have really
made rapid progress. The imports have risen from
£200,000 in 1830, to £7,000,000 in 1865 ; the exports from
£60,000 in 1830 to £4,000,000 in 1865. Next to France,
Great Britain takes the greatest amount of Algerian' produce. The Marseilles report shows that the trade of
that city, as everywhere else, was in a very depressed
state during 1567. The port and its commerce still suffer
severely from the high railway tariff, and the crimping
system is carried on to a shameful extent. The trade of
Reunion—the lately famous island in the Indian Ocean—
consists chiefly in the importation of provisions for the
supply of the inhabitants, and the exportation of sugar
and coffee. It is never likely to be of much importance,
•wing to the want of a port, the coast being very
dangerous. The Michaelmas fair at Leipsig was favoured
by fine weather. The King of Prussia had just made a
pacific speech, and business assumes a new and long-
forgotten air of briskness. No fair for the last ten years
has been so fully supplied with woollens as this last.