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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1866.

From the French papers we learn that atdespatch
has arrived from Berlin, intimating that the Prus-
sian Government had declined to open negotiations
for the present for a commercial treaty with Austria,
as the latter had proposed to do. What may be the
reason for this refusal it is of course impossible as yet
to ascertain, but it certainly seems very inconsistent
with the friendly intentions that Prussia every-
where proclaims so loudly, and it cannot but
hinder the establishment of that universal peace
and security so very desirable for the distracted
nation of Germany just now. The Chamber of
Deputies in Berlin seem, so far as we can judge,
to be already tired of the encroachments of the
Ministers, and to look suspiciously at any propo-
sition that comes from them in the shape of pro-
visions for the exigencies of the late war, under
cover of that elastic shelter. Count BISMARCK has,
of course, been able to do a great deal, but he may
overreach himself in that as well as in other things
if he does not take heed. The Finance Minister
brought in a bill relative to the pensions an allow-
ances to the leaders of the Prussian army during
the late war. He also asked that one million
and a half thalers might be set apart
out of the war indemnities for disposal
by his Majesty the KING. This bill was
referred to a special committee after a long debate
had taken place upon it. The Budget will be the
next thing considered by the Chamber, and it will
afford some interest to a great many to see whether
the Deputies can contrive to manage it better than
they generally do on these occasions. Perhaps the
excitement and enthusiasm created by the war may
urge them on to meet the Government proposalswith
unanimity, if not with absolute approval, and so the
danger may be warded off for this year; but it says
very little for the goodwill and unity that
will reign in the new German Parliament,
when in a long established Assembly like that at
Berlin, we find so much discordance prevail upon
the most important and mighty matters.
In the Chamber of Deputies at Dresden the State
Minister for Dresden declared that Saxony had
concluded an alliance with Austria either before or
during the war, and he made this statement in the
most positive manner. It appears to have been
much the same thing whether she did so or not, for
all the small States have fared pretty much alike in
the long run, however diferent their apparent cir-
cumstances may be. 'The only aim and object
which Prussia has had has been to get all the power
to herself, and this she has carried out, no matter
who suffered in the working out of her designs. We
regard her refusal to form a treaty of commerce
with Austria as a piece of that bravado which she
is so fond of displaying at all times and in all
places ; and no doubt we should, before long, find
out the full meaning of it in an unsatisfactory
manner.

The intelligence brought by the China is of a
somewhat surprising nature. The Baltimore diffi-
culty, which, according to the news of the last mail,
threatened to become serious, has assumed a new
form, which, notwithstanding the gravity of the
interests involved, possesses some degree of the ludi-
crous. The last news we heard was that the old
Police Commissioners had been formally deposed by
the Governor, and new ones appointed in their
places, who had summoned their predecessors to de-
liver up the station-houses and the property of all
kinds. We were further told that the old
Commissioners had declared that they would
only yield to superior force, but there was
no intimation given of the extraordinary step
they had in view. The China tells us that on the
3d of November the old Police Commissioners
of Baltimore arrested and confined the new Com-
missioners, with the Sheriff, in gaol, charging them
with endeavouring to excite a riot ! The new offi-
cials of course refused to acknowledge the legality
of their arrest, and would not give bail. They were
therefore, on the 6th, the date of the news, still in
gaol. Their counsel applied for a writ of Habeas
Corpus, which it was decided the warder of the gaol
was not bound to give! If it were not for the serious
interests concerned this plotting and counter plot-
ting could hardly fail to raise a smile. It is mere
playing at legislation, or rather it is like children
playing with fire, for as the bonds of civil
order are broken, and the people, already danger- I
ously excited, are taught to throw off all outward
respect for official authority, it is impossible to
foresee the consequences. The difficulty has
been for the present compromised, it is said,
through the intervention of General GRANT,
who visited both the old and the new Commis-
sioners, and endeavoured to effect some arrange-
ment. A Conservative judge and clerk of the elec-
tion has been appointed in each district, in addition
to those already appointed. Some idea of the state
of public feeling in Baltimore may be gained from
the fact that 4,000 muskets have been seized in the
stores of different Conservatives in the city. The
Radical threats had evidently been taken by their
opponents as something more than empty words,
and if we knew the secrets of the Radical stores
we should probably find that the Conserva-
tives were right in their estimation. The
struggle between civil authority and Radical
despotism has thus showed itself in its true colours
at Baltimore, and it is hoped that those who are
not carried away by political excitement will take
warning by the lesson. The Police Commissioners
of Baltimore have been notoriously unscrupulous
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and have throughout
openly declared their intention of resisting the
execution of the Government's orders by force.

Here is an example of insubordinationuaonwd
can
ntowues
conduct set by officials themselves.
expect the disorderly portion of the populace to fail
to take the lesson ? The differences may be arranged
by the mediation of General GRANT, or by a series
of compromises ; but the manner in which the
Radicals have defied order and resisted authority
is painfully suggestive. The same experiment
may be tried on a larger scale with more serious
consequences, and the knowledge that, however
violent or unreasonable their conduct, the
Radicals may safely rely on Congress for
support will embolden them to fling off all restraint
The differences between the Executive and the
Representatives leave the country without one defi-
nite authority to whom to appeal ; and the mania of
party spirit affects the bench, the bar, and the pul-
pit, and the press, so that there is
positively no
public spirited leader of opinion who will dare to
speak and to act on constitutional grounds regard-
less of the consequence to himself or to any par-
ticular kind of politicians.

An open-air meeting has been hell by the Radi-

cals in New York, at which General BUTLER, who
seems to be put forward as an orator now-a-days,
made a speech. On this occasion he was not fortu-
nate in suiting the taste of bis auditory, for he was
hooted and pelted. There has been plenty in
BUTLER'S career to deserve such treatment,
but we are not told what was his particular offence
at the New York Assembly. Fenian indignation
meetings are still being held throughout the
States, though without much effect. It is likely
that the culprits in Canada will obtain a com-
mutation of their sentence.

The news from Mexico is not a little singular.
The EMPEROR set out for Vera Cruz on the
21st, in order to avoid meeting General CASTE-
LNEAN, who arrived in Mexico on the 23d, and
took upon himself the administration of affairs,
as the Mexican Ministry had resigned. All this
tends towards the abandonment by MAXIMILIAN of
his thorny and profitless dignities, and we shall
probably have decisive intelligence to that effect
before long.

It would seem as if the destinies of the
whole continent of America were under some
warlike influence, for from Canada to Para-
guay we have had, within the last few years,
a succession of civil and foreign contentions. Ac-
cording to despatches received at Montevideo from
Paraguayan sources the defeat at Curupaity has
caused complete disunion among the leaders of the
Triple Alliance. General MITRE has evacuated
Curuzu, and left with the rest of the army for
Tuguty, having refused to avail himself of the Bra-
zilian transports offered for the conveyance of his
troops. No fresh enterprise has been attempted by
the Brazilian fleet, which remains stationed at
Curuzu, and the whole conduct of the war seems to
be uncertain and unsatisfactory.

Last Thursday Sir JOHN PAKINGTON had to per-
form a sad but interesting ceremony. The unveil-
ing of the statue of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, is Carlton
Gardens, was one of those impressive events that can
but seldom occur, and much as there is to attract
notice in the tributes thus paid to departed worthies,
we may be allowed to say that a peculiar regard
attached itself to this affair. Perhaps there has
been nothing in our generation more painfully ex-
citing, or more truly affecting than the incidents
which attended the last course of Sir J. FRANKLIN
and his devoted followers. It is right and fit-
ting that a memorial should be raised to him,
in some noteable spot in the metropolis of that
country he served in life and honoured in death.
For this time all disputants are justly well agreed
that it is idle to sacrifice human life and waste time
and money in endeavouring to do too much, and
penetrate into regions which are so unavailable for
habitation, and even for a brief period of sojourn.
This matter does not affect the feelings in which
we hold the memory of the departed hero of the
Arctic Seas. We have now to do with his worth
and his honesty. He set an example to his country-
men that they may well profit by fol-
lowing in every pursuit in which they
are engaged. The steadfast endurance, the
calm resolve, and the unflinching spirit which he
displayed, were indeed worthy of a better cause, and
of a more successful issue. However we know
that it is not always the most deserving who reap
the fairest treasures; and who can say that even as
it is the sufferings of FRANKLIN and his crew have
been for nothing ? In a secondary point of view
they have been the means of preventing others from
following their fatal foot-steps ; but in the first and
most important sense of the matter, they have
displayed what fortitude can do and what per-
severance can accomplish. So long as the name
of England endures, due respect and reverence will
be paid by Englishmen of every class to those
gallant men who have braved the terrors of those
dreary regions to do good service to the cause of
science, and to improve our knowledge of geo-
graphical discovery.
It has often been a matter of just reproach to us
of this country that we do not pay sufficient honour
to the great men who serve us well and faithfully.
Too much fuss is made about those who do but
little, comparatively speaking, and those who
are worthy of all attention. This cannot
be said in the case of FRANKLIN, and we
hold it as a matter of special rejoicing that it
should be so. No pains were spared, and no money
begrudged that was necessary for the purpose of
making search for him, or at least to discover his
remains ; and it is a melancholy sort of satisfaction
that the worst is known, and that his friends are no
longer in doubt to feel the hope that keeps alive de-
spair. As we turn from this memorial to his honour
in the centre of the life and gaiety of the haunts of
civilisation we are not unmindful of the fact
that he whom it seeks to honour lies
far away on a bleak and desolate coast,
and that no friends or relatives can visit their
graves ; but they are perhaps better remembered
than those who are buried in the precincts of home.
Amid the bustling events of every-day existence
they will still be ever and anon recalled to our notice
by a passing mention of their names. Even while
we lament their sad fates we shall reflect that their
courage and constancy were beyond all praise, and
England will not forget that her dead slumber on
the ice-bound shores, and that while we pay homage
to the memory of FRANKLIN in England the " polar
seas are keeping his deathless monument."

The marriage of the Master of Lovat, eldest son
of Lord Lovat, to Alice Mary, the daughter of Mr. Thos.
`Veld-Blundell, of Ince-Blundell, Lancashire, took place
on Wednesday. The ceremony was solemnised according
to the rites or the Roman Catholic Church in a small
chapel attached to Ince Blundell. The bride was attended
to the altar by eight bridesmaids—the Misses Teresa,
Edith, and Freyda Weld-Blundell, sisters of the bride, the
Hon. Miss Maxwell, the Hon. Miss Fraser, the Hon. Miss
Stourton, Miss Scott Murray, and Miss Mostyn. Captain
Fraser, the brother of the Master of Lovat, officiated as
"best man." After t ceremony the following rela-
tionsanduofnri.eHnry
friends assembled at the wedding breakfast :
Lord and Lady Lovat, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Alister
Fraser,
Fraser, Hon. Miss Fraser, Lord and
Lady 'Terries, the Right Rev. Bishop Vaughan, Lord Staf-
ford, Sir Robert Gerard, Bart., Sir Piers and the Hon.
Lady Mostyn, Mr. Mostyn, Miss Mostyn, the Hon. Misses
Maxwell (2), the Hon. Mrs. Scott Murray' and Mr. Murray,
Miss Scott Murray, Hon. W. P. Stourton, Miss Stourton,
Colonel and Mrs. Vaughan, Sir Matthew Sausse (ox-Chief
Justice of Bombay), Lady Arabella Hesketh (of Rufford),
Mr. and Mrs John Blundell, Major Blundell, Mr. Scrooge,
Mr. Hornyold, Mr. R. Berkeley, Dr. May, Rev.. Canon
Fisher, Rev. Canon Walmsley, Rev. R. Greenough,v
11. Bennett, Rev. Father Maurus, Rev. Mr. Carr, Rev.
Mr. Gibson, etc. A military band played on the lawn.
during the breakfast. About three o'clock the bride and
bridegroom left the hall for S winnerton Park, Staffordshire,
the seat of Mr. Basil Fitzherbert, to pass the honeymoon.'
THE LATE ME. COBDEN, M.P., AND TIIE LAND
QUESTION.—The following is the copy of a letter
forwarded by the late Mr. Cobden, M.P., to Mr. R.
Jones, of the Temple, a gentleman who endeavoured to
form a company for the purchase of land in Ireland :
" Midhurst, 24th December, 1863.—Dear Sir,—l am obliged
by your offer to send me your manuscript upon the subkact
of small landed properties. It is much to be regretted Quat
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the British Land Company, which has bought and..dis-
posed of a great quantity of building land, and I sometimes
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Look at the passing of the Poaching Bill. The farmers
and the middle classes of the rural district are quite power-
less. The large owners rule through the tenants at will,
and the small freeholders have all disappeared. It is diffi-
cult to see how the tendency to monopoly in lan d can be
checked.— I remain, yours truly, RICHARD COX/ IN."

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Friday Evening.

The Moniteur ill its bulletin says:—" M. von der
Heydt, Minister of Finance, has presented to the
Prussian Chambers a very satisfactory Budget rela-
tive to the financial condition of Prussia. In spite
of the war the receipts will cover the expenses, and
therefore the Government intends to reduce the
public debt to the amount of $5,300,000."

The health of the Count de Bismark is not re-
established, but he is much better, and it is expected
that he will be able to return to Berlin in the course
of next week and resume the direction_of political
affairs.

A private telegraphic despatch from Undine an-
nounces that the King of Italy had arrived in that
town, and had been received with general enthu-
siasm. His Majesty reviewed the troops and the
National Guard, and was greeted with cordial
cheers.

The Official Gazette of Florence publishes a de-
cree of amnesty in favour of the Venetian soldiers
who were sentenced to various punishments for
desertion previous to the 6th of May last.
An official account given in a St. Petersburg
paper of the marriage of the Princess Dagmar with
the " orthodox Grand Duke Alexandra Alexandro-
vitch and the orthodox Grand Duchess Marie Feo-
dorowna" states that in the evening there was a
ball at the Winter Palace. The only dance was a
Polonaise, and the fete was terminated at 10 o'clock.
Their Majesties then left in a gala carriage with the
newly wedded pair, and proceeded to the Anit-
chkof Palace. The streets were brilliantly illumi-
nated, and the crowd received the party with loud
and joyous acclamations. The Grand Duke and
Duchess will reside for the present at the Anitchkof
Palace.

The following is from the Journal des Debats, and
and is confirmatory of the news I extracted from a
Hungarian paper yesterday :—" The attitude of
Hungary appears to give great uneasiness to the
Austrian Government, which expresses its feelings
in an article in the Vienna Gazette. That paper
abjures the Hungarian Diet to respond to the wishes
and expectations of the advocates of an equitable
compromise, instead of succumbing to the influence
of the Radical party. The official paper admits
that Hungary had the right to be discontented with
the Constitution of February, and the Government
was disposed to give to Hungary every legitimate
satisfaction,' but that country ought not to re-
quire sacrifices incompatible with the unity of the
Monarchy. The Gazette then tells the Hungarian
people that they can only preserve their national
independence by remaining united with Austria,
and that the moderate party will assist them be-
cause it knows the good intentions of the Austrian
Government. The language of a journal (adds the
Journal des Debats) which receives its inspirations
from the Austrian Cabinet, makes it evident that at
Vienna there is no attempt to conceal the gravity
of the struggle which cannot fail to take place at
the meeting of the Diet."
A letter in the Italia of Naples, dated November
10, says :
" We have received serious news from Palermo.
It appears that important documents have been
discovered relative to a dangerous plot, and that
its ramifications extend to Naples. Fresh arrests
have been made there and at the other places. The
authorities are actively engaged in investigations
respecting this dangerous plot."
The Constitutionnel says that public opinion at
Vienna is much excited in regard to the political
plans of M. Beust, the new Minister of Foreign
Affairs. There had been reports that his intention
was to establish a new group of Austrian countries.
This report was contradicted ; but it seems certain
that M. Beust is directing his earnest attention to
the circumstances under which the future relations
between Austria and Italy are to be established.
M. Beust has had frequent interviews, in reference
to this most important point, with Baron de
Kubeck, who, it is believed, will be the future Re-
presentative of Austria at Florence.

Accounts have been received in Paris of the death
of Duke Antonio Litta, Viscount Aresa, at Naples,
aged 47. The Duke ever took an active part in
ameliorating the condition of the working classes,
and in promoting the advance of literature, art, and
science. He will be much regretted in Italy.
This has been a regular winter day. There was
a very cold wind in the morning, and about one
o'clock in the afternoon I saw a few flakes of snow
falling upon the trees in the Tuileries gardens. At
three the rain began, and the rain continued at post
hour. Reaumur's thermometer within doors marked
" temperate ;" but if it be allowed to contradict
such a great authority, I will say that it was very
cold without.

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SUPPRESSION OF THE CANDIAN
INSURRECTION.

MALTA, Nov. 16.
Her Majesty's ironclad Resistance arrived here
to-day from Canea, having left that place on Tues-
day last. The Resistance reports that no fighting
had taken place within 40 miles of Canea during the
past fortnight.
The insurrection was considered entirely sup-
pressed, notwithstanding all rumours to the contrary.
The Malta-Alexandria Cable has broken near
Ras el Tien. The Hawk leaves Malta to-morrow
to make the necessary repairs.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Nov. 16 (Evening).

Baron Ricasoli has issued a circular to the Italian
Prefects, directing them to authorise all bishops
who are still absent from their dioceses to return to
their sees, whether residing at present at Rome or
elsewhere.

PADUA, Nov. 16 (Evening.)
The King arrived here this evening, and met with
an enthusiastic reception.

ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.
The Peruvian, from Quebec, via Ardrossan, has
arrived here with $lOO,OOO in specie.

THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA-

LIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Capt. J. M. Rogers, has arrived with
these mails, 63 passengers, £469,679 16s. 10d. in
specie, 1,044 bales of silk, and a general cargo.
Among the passengers are Dr. Woodward and
family, and Capt. Munro, from Hong Kong; Lieut.
Wilkinson, from Madras ; Col. Peyton, from Bom-
bay; Capt. Freeling and Lieut. Dundas, from Gib-
raltar, &c.

The Ripon left Alexandria on the 4th inst. ;
Malta, the 7th ; and Gibraltar, the 11th, and has
had fine weather throughout the voyage, with light,
variable winds.

The master and part of the crew of the ship
Princeton, which foundered off Cape de Gatte, on
the 9th inst., have arrived in the Ripon. She was
from Newcastle, with coals, for Alexandria.

H.M.S. Psyche was at Alexandria ; the Victoria,
Prince Consort, Royal Oak, Gibraltar, Enterprise,
Cruiser, Hibernia, and Cossack, at Malta ; and
the Skylark, at Gibraltar. The Resistance and
Arethusa were at the Pirxus ; the Assurance and
Wizard at Candia ; the Caradoc at Constantinople;
the Cockatrice at the Danube ; the Hydra at Sicily;
the Racer on the coast of Syria ; and the Tyrian at
Patras.

Exchanges at Gibraltar were :—London, 492 ;
Paris and Seville, sf. 24c. ; Madrid, 1 dis. ; Malaga,
dis. ; Seville, par.
The steamer Massilia, from Southampton; Grecian,
from Liverpool ; Tbeban, from Glasgow ; Livorno,
from Glasgow ; and Collina, from London, had
arrived out at Gibraltar.

H.M.S. Endymion, Capt. C. Wake, 14 days from
Spithead, arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th, and pro-
ceeded to the eastward.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

MALTA, Nov. 16.
The Tanjore leaves at 4 p.m. for Marseilles,
where she may be expected on the 19th inst.

OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA
MAILS.

The Massilia, from Southampton on the 4thinst.,
arrived at 7 p.m. on the 13th, and left at 2 a.m. on
the 14th for Alexandria.

The Syria, from Marseilles on the 12th instant,
arrived at 7 p.m. on the 14th, and left at noon on
the 15th for Alexandria.

FRANCE.

A floating railway, the invention of M. Freland,
of Bordeaux, has just been patented. It is designed
to assist in loading and unloading vessels in ports
having insufficient quayage accommodation, or
where the depth of water does not permit ships of
heavy tonnage to enter except at high tide.
At the weekly meeting of the Local Marine Board
on Thursday, Nov. 8, a handsome binocular glass
was presented to Captain Thomas Millett, of the
screw steamer Chester, as a mark of gratitude from
the French Government for assistance rendered to
a French fishing vessel during the gale of the 10th
of February last.
BOURSE, Nov. 16.—Two o'clock. —The bi-
monthly settlement on Miscellaneous and Foreign
Stocks and Shares is proceeding. The transfer for
charges or reports are exceedingly cheap, and in
numerous cases there is a deport, which has varied
on Credit Mobilier Shares from lf. 50c. to 2f., and
Italian Fives from 4c. to par. The eours de com-
pensation has been fixed on the following securities :
on Bank of France Shares at 3,625 f., on Credit
Mobilier 630 f., Spanish Mobilier 342 f. 50c., Comp-
toir d'Escompte 897 f. 50c., Austrian 415 f., Lom-
bard 413 f. 75c., Gas 1,595 f., and on Ottoman Fives
33f. 50c. The market is considerably weaker, and
quotations have declined. French Threes, however,
are only sc. lower, at 69f. 45c. ; but Italian Fives
have fallen 55c., to 55f. 35c. ; Credit Mobilier`sf.,
to 628 f. Ottoman Fives firm, without any advance
on yesterday's quotations. Railway Shares are
like wise lower.
Three o'Clock.—The market has closed as fol-
lows :

41 per Cents 97 75

15o: and month —

3 per Cents. 69 40
Do. end month 69 37i

Credit Mobilier 627 56
Do. end month 622 50
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1385

Bank Shares 3615
Italian Loan 55 40
Do. end month 55 25
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

'AYR.

. _
For Account.
Orleans
Northern llB2 50

Lyons and Mediterranean 915
Southern 587 50
Western —
Eastern
Sardinian , —
Austrian
Lombard 4ll 75
North of Spain ll7 50
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman. —

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
OTTAWAY V. OTTAWAY.

This was a petition presented by the wife for dissolution
of marriage on the ground of cruelty and adultery.
Mrs. Eliza Ottaway, the petitioner in the cause, said—
After her marriage in 1855 she resided at various places,
the last of which was 23, Stock Orchard Villas, Holloway.
Her husband never treated her well ; they were always
quarrelling in consequence of his dissolute habits and his
remaining from home for two or three days. Ile had fre-
quently committed acts of violence, and struck her on various
parts of the body, he was not at all particular where. On
one occasion she was in the pantry in the kitchen, at
Stock Orchard Villas, when, in consequence of something
not being done to his liking, he took up the shovel and
struck her on the head with it. On one occasion
she (witness) came home with her husband in a cab, about
9 o'clock in the morning. Words arose, which ended in
a quarrel, during which he struck her a violent blow in
the face, which knocked her down and rendered her quite
senseless. He also struck her with a stick which he bad
in his hand. On another occasion they were_together
in the breakfast parlour, when her husband threw
the poker at her because she directed breakfast
to be served when he objected. Her husband
had frequently given her black eyes, and her mouth had
been so much cut about that she suffered the greatest pain.
Her husband introduced a person named Annie Brenchley
to her as his cousin. She afterwards discovered that that
was not the fact ; and on telling her husband that she had
discovered whom the person was, and also that she had
learned that he had seduced her, he did not deny it, but on
contrary, said it was the fact. From that time she had
not cohabited with the respondent.
Susan Cramp said she formerly was in the service of
Mr. and Mrs. Otway. He treated his wife very cruelly
during the 12 months she lived with them. She saw the
quarrel that took place in the breakfast parlour ; after Mr.
Ottway threw the poker at his wife he struck her with so
much violence that she became insensible. She recollected
Mr. and Mrs. Ottway coming home one morning in a cab ;
they quarrelled on that occasion, and eventually ho
knocked her down. The quarrel arose through Miss
Brenchley, who frequently visited the house with Mr,
Ottway. She frequently came by herself, and she
believed her to be Mr. Ottway's cousin. She
had taken a letter by direction of Mr. Ottway
to a Miss Hinds, who, she afterwards found out, was the
person who passed as Miss Brenchley. She told Mrs.
Ottaway of the matter, and quarrels arose in consequence.
She knew a Mrs. Masters; she had seen her at Mr. Otte-
way's house.

Mrs. Masters said she was a single woman, and let out
lodgings in a house she formerly occupied in St. James's-
road, Upper Holloway. A gentleman named Smith came
and took a room in her house. He used to have Miss
Hinds to breakfast with him, and represented himself as
a single man. On one occasion she found a lady's night-
dress in his bedroom. The witness here detailed other
matters to bear out the allegations in the petition.
Decree nisi with costs.

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Dasent.)
THE FRIENDS OF LABOUR LOAN SOCIETY V. PERRY AND

MARTIN.

This was an action against two sureties to recover the
balance of a loan, which had been left unpaid by the
borrower.

Mr. Clinkscales, the secretary to the society, said that
defendants had been surety for a borrower, who was now
a defaulter.

Mr. G. 0. Nash asked how long it was since the loan
was granted ? and the witness said between three and
four years. He had not neglected to make applications to
the borrower, who, the witness believed, had now gone
abroad.

Mr. Nash then urged that his clients ought not to be
called upon to pay this money. His Honour would remem-
ber that the loan was granted some time ago, and the 9th
rule of the society said that the instalments were to be paid
weekly. Now it could not be denied that the society had
allowed the borrower to become a defaulter, and that it
had not enforced the payment at a time when the borrower
was in a position to meet the bill, and in addition to this it
had not given the sureties timely notice of the default.
His Honour said that the sureties had signed the bill
with their eyes open, and must be bound by its terms. It
was perfectly clear that the sureties were bound to pay in
the event of there being default, and the verdict in this
case would be for the plaintiffs.
Mr. Nash remarked that the borrower had some stock
in the society, and
Mr. Clinkscales said that would be cheerfully deducted
from the amount due.

The verdict then passed for the plaintiff for the amount
claimed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Th's Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A BEGGAR BY COMPULSION.—John Casey, a boy, was
charged before Mr. Knox with begging.
Thomas Evans, 113 C, proved seeing the yesterday
evening bogging in the Regent Circus, and, having seen
him receive money from different persons, he took him into
eustody. The boy on Tuesday last having been in the
House of Detention for three weeks, under remand on the
charge of begging, was discharged at that court. (Mr.
Tyrwhitt discharged the boy, there being no Roman Catho-
lic place to send him to.)
The boy said he was not begging at all.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the boy said he was a Roman
Catholic. He had got friends, but did not know where they
were, neither did he know where his father, who had been
a soldier, was.
Inspector Harrison said that when the boy was dis-
charged by the magistrate on the last occasion, he made
the remark that he was going to do the same thing again.

Mr. Knox observed that it was a case for the Roman
Catholic Reformatory at Mount St. Bernard, Leicestershire.
Welsh, the office-keeper, said the boy had been at the
Roman Catholic Industrial School, Walthamton, for three
years, and he has expressed a strong wish to go to sea,
but there were no means of sending him.
Mr. Knox remarked that the ship Cornwall was entirely
for Protestants.
Welsh said that was the case.
Mr. Knox said that he would take a few days to consider
what could be done with the boy and remanded him.,

Tan Lar
ki .

HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
drove out yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty,
with Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this
morning.

The Princess of Wales and Princess Christian
went out driving.

Princess Louise rode in the Home-park.
The llon. Lady Biddulph had the honour of din-
ing with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday
Mr. G. D. Engleheart has arrived at the Castle.

The Chrysanthemums in the Temple

Gardens.

The splendid show of chrysanthemums, which gr.
Broome, the head gardener to the Hon. Society of
the Inner Temple, annually provides for the grati-
fication of the lovers of flowers, is this year of the
greatest excellence. This fine collection, which
embraces every known variety of this now favourite
though once neglected flower, is now in full beauty
of bloom, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable
weather that prevailed during the months of August
and September, they are as perfect in shape and
pure in colour as could well be desired. Such 3
result could only have been produced by the most
incessant care and attention on the part of Mr.
Broome, and the universal praise and commendation
that the show elicits from every spectator must
to him be the source of pride and gratification.
The great favourites, Beverley and Vesta, flower°
of the purest white, come out beautifully, so also
does the deep rich crimson Progne. Hercules is
another splendid variety, remarkable alike for both
size and colour, whilst Jardin des Plantes, the most
brilliant amongst the great variety of yellows, is more
than ordinarily remarkable for its deep golden hue.
Oliver Cromwell is a splendid flower, and Gem well
sustains its name. Prince Alfred, a fine lilac, i°
worthy of special commendation ; indeed, there is
not a single flower in this vast collection but that
bears the impress of the greatest attention. Nest
to fine flowers, taste in their array is absolutely
necessary to produce a good display ; and here,
again, we have to compliment Mr. Broome, for a finer
admixture of colour has certainly never been effected.
The rich crimsons, the pure white, the delicate pink,
lilacs, and blushes, the brilliant yellows, and deep
rose, all are so arranged that a perfect harmony of
colour is obtained which perfectly enchants the eye.
The show has already been visited by some thou'
sands of persons, and for the next fortnight the
chrysanthemums of the Temple-gardens will be the
theme of praise and admiration from the myriads of
persons who will flock thither to witness the brilliant
display of one of Flora's choicest gifts.