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head, which was that of a snake, several times out of the
water, -seemingly to take a survey of the vessel, and at
such times displayed the largest portion of its body and a
pair of, frightful fins or claws several feet in length. His
tail was not seen at any time; but, judging from the di-
mensions of the body, the captain supposes the leviathan
to be About ninety feet in length. Its neck tapered small
from the head to the body, and it appeared to measure
about seven feet across the broadest part of the back.
The colour was that of a dirty brown. When first seen,
it was moving towards the mouth of the • St. John's.
The monster moved from the side of the vessel, and
placed itself athwart its track, in front of her bows; but
Capt. Adams, not feeling partial to an encounter with his
snakeship, ordered the vessel to be kept off.
PAPAL CONSISTORY.—The Pope held a consistory at
'Gaeta on the 20th of April, at which he appointed one
Archbishop and eleven Bishops, and pronounced an allo-
cution on the present condition of the Church and of the
Roman States.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.—The Univers states
that the French Bishops have, in reply to the recent En-
cyclic on this subject, unanimously pronounced themselves
in favour of making the Immaculate Conception of the
Virgin an article of the faith.
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AWFUL MORTALITY .IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—
Upwards of ten thousand of the natives have recently
been carried off by that singular disease, the measles.
It seems to have broken out in Januarl, a month in which
its appearance as an epidemic generally takes place. It
would almost seem as if the native races were to be swept
away, in order that the whites might take possession of
the islands to fulfil some destiny connected with the new
order of things on the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—FRIDAY.
IN RE ISAAC Boour.---The certificate of the bankrupt,
who had carried on , business as a draper at Crewe, was
opposed by Mr. Shipman, of Manchester, on three
grounds c—first, that a sum of £25, stated to have been
paid by the defendant's wife, without the bankrupt's
knowledge, never had been paid by her ; secondly, the
impropriety of the bankrupt carrying on business until
January last, after he had dissolved partnership with Mr.
Benjamin Cotton, in 1848, when he was in a state of in-
solvency, since which time, up to January, his debts were
£1469, and his property to meet them only £974, leaving
a deficiency of £5OO ; thirdly, he objected to a stock book
of the bankrupt's being still missing, the absence of which
had been strongly commented on by Mr. Commissioner
Stevenson on a previous examination, and which, if pro.
duced, would show a deficiency in the valuation. Evi-
dence was then called in support of Mr. Shipman's objec-
tions. The bankrupt was defended by Mr. David Evans,
who cross-examined a messenger of the court, named
Wright, at great length, and his answers were so unsatis-
factory, that Mr. Commissioner Perry made some very
strong remarks upon his testimony, which he completely
discredited. In conclusion the bankrupt's certificate was
allowed.

IN RE HENRY DEAN.—The bankrupt, lately:la spirit
merchant, of Chester, was opposed by Mr. Roberts, of
of that city, and.defended by Mr. David Evans, of Liver-
pool. The grounds of objection were profuse expenditure,
and an expensive action at law, in which the bankrupt had
been engaged. Mr. Roberts urged at great length that
the bankrupt had once offered to pay 15s. in the pound,
but did not carry his proposition out ; and he also stated
that the bankrupt had unnecessarily defended an action at
law. Mr. Evans replied to all the objections of Mr. Ro-
berts, explaining that the bankrupt had not incurred un-
necessary law expenses ; and his creditors had prevented
him from carrying his original intentions into effect. His
honour ultimately deferred his decision till Monday.
IN RE CHRISTOPHER HALL.—The hearing was for
choice of assignees. Bankrupt had been a corn merchant
in Liverpool, and had transactions with Messrs. Watson
and Parkhouse, of London, on whose behalf Mr. Lowndes
tendered proof of a debt of £l9O, which was objected to
by Mr. Bremner, but ultimately allowed on the debt being
explained. Some explanations then took place relative to
several sharebrokers' transactions in which the bankrupt
had been engaged, when Messrs. Atkinson and Bryce
were chosen assignees.

The rule obtained in the case of the Queen v. Bishop
of Exeter (Mr. Gorham's case),:for setting a side the repli-
cations filed by the plaintiff has been discharged by the
Queen's Bench.
WRIT OF ERROR.—SP.IITII O'BRIEN.—ROUSE OF
LORDS.—The arguments in this case commenced on
Thursday. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Napier, Q.C.,
and Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Q.C., (both of the Irish bar)
appeared as counsel for the appellants ; and the Attorney-
General for England. the Attorney-General for Ireland,
Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Welsby represented the Crown.
After the case of the appellants had been fully argued,
the House affirmed the judgment of the Irish Courts,
without calling on the counsel for the Crown to reply.
NEW POWERS TO COUNTY COURTS. —A bill was to be
read a second time in the House of Commons last night,
by which it is proposed to confer new powers on tlie coure y
courts. It relates to charitable trusts. The object of the
measure, introduced by the government, is to provide
means by which directions for the administration of cha-
rities of small amount may be obtained with little expense
and delay, for which purpose judges of county courts are
to have jurisdiction in casts of charities the incomes of
which do not exceed .£.30, and in certain cases the Lord
Chancellor is to order what judge shall have the jurisdic-
tion. Matters now referred to Masters in Chancery may
be heard by county court judges, and where treasurers of
county courts act they are to be deemed trustees. There
are 38 provisions in the bill, of a somewhat similar cha-
racter to clauses which appeared in a bill brought forward
last year and withdrawn towards the close of the session.
An important decision was given in the Court of Com-
mon Pleas on Monday, in the case of a Mr. Richards,
who, at a trial at Guildhall, had obtained a verdict of
£l5O damages against the Brighton Railway Company,
being the value of a dressing-case, containing valuable
jewellery. his wife, who was in ill health, lost on a journey
from Woodgate station to London. It appears she was
placed in one of the company's carriages, and the dressing
case in question, placed by a Hyman who had driven her
to the station, under her seat. Her servant-maid tra-
velled i❑ the same carriage with her, and they did not
leave the carriage until their arrival at the company's sta-
tion in Southwark. On their arrival at the station, the
attention of the lady's servant was taken up with remov-
ing her to a cab, as she had to be carried ; and a porter
named Baptiste said to them, " Don't trouble yourselves
about the luggage ;we will see about that." There was
evidence that all the luggage which was put into the cab
arrived at the plaintiff's residence in Cambridge-terrace,
but the dressing-case was missing. The servants of the
company received no gratuity for removing the luggage.
Serjeant Talfourd attempted to upset the trial, on the
ground that there was no evidence to support the first
count, involving the delivery of the dressing-case to the
company, but the court decided that there was, and gave
judgment for the plaintiff.
ILLEGALITY OF CONCERTS.—Mr. Sergeant Adams,
chairman of the Middlesex sessions, on Thursday, re-
commended the postponement of some information against
the Walhalla and the other Cassinos, for infringement of
the law as regards music and dancing, because if these
cases were to go trial, it would be necessary for him to
enter more fully into the various bearings of the act. But
as these matters at present stood, if its provisions were to
be enforced, every individual who gave, or performed at,
a morning concert, rendered herself or himself liable to
an indictment, whilst those who engaged to sing at morn-
ing concerts were liable to an indictment, as well as to
an action for penalties. So long as this statute remained
in force, even the admirable Jenny Lind was open to an
indictment, whilst those who engaged her to sing at
morning concerts were liable, and might be charged in
that court as keepers of disorderly houses. It might not
be, and in all probability was not known, that this par-
ticular act expressly declared it to be an indictable offence
for any person to give a public concert before five o'clock
in the afternoon. It was quite impossible in the present
state of society that such an enactment could be much
longer permitted to remain on the statute book of the
country. The matter was postponed to the 25th of May,
upon an understanding that a satisfactory arrangement
would be come to in the meantime.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—A commission de lunatic's
inquirendo was opened on Monday week, at Croydon, to
ascertain the state of mind of Philippa, widow of the late
T. Chollet, Esq., of Grove Park, near Croydon, a lady
aged 86, and possessed of property amounting to about
£120,000. It appeared from the evidence that the unfor-
tunate lady, was in the daily habit of giving away vast
sums of money, as much as twelve millions of pounds, in
two cheques for six millions each. She also fancied that
she was the Queen of England, as well as the Queen of
other countries, and sometimes called herself Lady Chol-
let. From her bodily infirmities she was unable to leave
her bed, and she frequently declared that she had been in
the same room and the same bed for 50 and even 200 years.
At the conclusion of the evidence, a deputation of the
Jury, with the Learned Commissioner, proceeded to the
lady's residence, in the centre of Grove Park. Being
unable to rise from her bed, she received the Jury in her
chamber. She recognised several of the party, but her
answers to the Commissioner were of such a nature, that
after a very brief interview the deputation returned to the
Court, and a verdict was unanimously returned—" That
Philippa Chollet is now of unsound mind, and incapable
of managing herself and her affairs, and has been so since
the Ist of May, 1845."
ARCHES' COURT, WEDNESDAY.--(BCfOre Sir H. J.
Fustd—Conolly v. Conolly.—This was a suit for the
restitution of conjugal rights, instituted by the husband
against the wife. A libel having been given in, and ad-
mitted on his part, a responsive allegation was now ten-
dered on behalf of Mrs. Conolly. The parties were
American subjects, and were married in that country in
1831. Mr. Conolly was then a clergyman of the Episcopal
Church of America, but, with his wife, afterwards em-
braced the principles of the Church of Rome. They
entered into a mutual agreement to cease cohabitation,
and visited Rome to obtain a separation from the Pope.
It was pleaded that this was granted by Gregory XVI.,
upon which Mr. Conolly became a Roman Catholic priest,
and Mrs. Conolly a nun. The latter subsequently esta-
blished a religious order at Derby, which has since been
removed to Hastings. Mr. Conolly, it was suggested in
argument, had again professed the Protestant faith, and
Mrs. Conolly refusing to return him, the present suit was
instituted. It would be premature, in the present stage
of the proCeedings, to enter into further details. Dr.
Bayford and Dr. R. Phillimore having been heard against
the admissibility of the allegation, and Dr. Addams and
Dr. Robertson in support of it, the learned judge said
that it was his intention to have the case fully argued ;
he would not, therefore, enter either into the facts or the
law applicable to them. The sentence obtained at R
had not been
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