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to see that they are on a somewhat extensive scale,
and, if only intended for defensive purposes, are of
a nature well calculated to make even the most
timid sleep securely. But, whether meant for de-
fensive or offensive operations, it is rather a comfort
as well as a novelty to know that this time we are
well prepared for whatever eventualities may arise,
and that if unfortunately England be compelled to
take part in the war it will be with such power and
resources at command as will astound the world.
The Crimea has been a severe and bitter lesson ;
but costly as its experience has proved, it has been
invaluable of its kind.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 12.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, and
Justices Erle, Crompton, and Hill.)
GERARD V. ROSS.

Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Kempley showed cause
against a rule obtained last term, calling upon the
plaintiff to show cause why a writ of outlawry issued
against the defendant should not be set aside on the
payment of costs. In November, 1857, the plaintiff
obtained a judgment against the defendant, Captain
Ross, of the 42d Highlanders, now on half pay, for
£1,070, and proceeded to outlawry in Michaelmas
term, 1858. On the 22d of November last a seques-
tration under the Scotch bankruptcy laws was issued
against the defendant, but he had not yet received
his certificate and was residing in the sanctuary at
Holyrood-palace. The defendant was desirous to
dispose of his commission in the army for the benefit
of his creditors, but the Commander-in-Chief de-
clined to allow him to do so until the writ of out-
lawry was reversed.

Mi. Lush and Mt. Honeyman having been heard
in support of the rule,
The Court made the rule absolute, on the under-
standing that the amount obtained by the sale of
the commission should b@ paid to the creditors.

IN RE MARY ANN M'DONNELL-HABEAS CORPUS.
Mr. Evans moved for a writ of habeas corpus,
calling upon Mrs. M'Carthy, a Roman Catholic
schoolmistress, York-street, Westminster, to bring
up the body. of Mary Ann M'Donnell, aged twelve
years, daughter of a porter in the Lord Chamber-
lain's office, with a view to her being restored to the
custody of her father. The child had been placed at
the school of the Rev. Mr. Martin, in the Westmin-
ster-road, and the Rev. Joseph William Roberts, a
Roman Catholic priest, asked the father to remove
her from there and place her at the Roman Catholic
school in Westminster. He refused to do so, and the
child was subse pently removed from the school
without his authority. He discovered that she was in
the Catholic school, and he applied to Mrs. Martin to
give her up to him, but she declined. He then asked
the Rev. Mr. Roberts to obtain the liberation of the
child; but though at first the rev, gentleman ex-
pressed his willingness to assist him, he afterwards
said he knew nothing about her, and that if he did
he should not tell him. On the 12th of April last
the father received a long letter purporting to be
written by his daughter, in which she said, " I am
very comfortable. lam brought up in the Roman
Catholic religion, and I wish to be so, because I like
it, and it was the religion of my mother."
The court granted a writ, to be returnable at
Judges' chambers to-morrow or the next day, this
being the last day of Easter Term.