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      Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

      Tras that Messrs . Simpson had until the last moment led Mr . Woodfine to believe he could he examined on his own behalf , and that they had refused and neglected to call any witnesses to prove the amount of his property , which had teen grossly exaggerated by the witnesses for Miss Smith . The chief counsel for Mr . Woodfine in the previous action was the then Attorney-General , Sir Alexander Cockburn , now the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . He gave evidence on the present trial , and said he observed no want of skill or attention on the Messrs . Simpsons' part , and that it was he himself -who determined on calling no witnesses with respect to property . —After a trial of three days , the case was concluded on Wednesday by the withdrawal of a juror . At the Court of Bankruptcy , on Tuesday , an offer of 2 s . 6 d . in the pound , in addition to the Is . 6 d . already paid , in the case of Mr . C . J . Mare , shipbuilder , on condition that the bankruptcy should be annulled , was

      refused . Mr . Maskell , agent of the Protestant Reformation Society , has brought an action in the Court of Exchequer against a Mr . Tebbutt , of Croydon , for false imprisonment . In the course of last October , Mr . Maskell went to Croydon for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Protestant Society which was to be held there , and ^ vith a view to endeavouring to promote the sale of the Society ' s publications as much as possible . On the day of his arrival , he called on an old friend named Hamilton , who was a tailor , but who had also just set up in business as an auctioneer , in which capacity he had entered into partnership -with a Mr . Chilcot . Mr . Maskell spent the evening ¦ with his friend , and passed the night at his house : and , the next morning , Mr- Chilcot , to whom he

      had previously been introduced by Mr . Hamilton , borrowed of his guest a small sum of money , giving him at the same time a draft for 10 ? ., signed ' Hamilton and Chilcot , ' with a request that he would get it cashed , when he might repay himself the few shillings he had lent Mr . Chilcot , and hand him over the balance . Mr . Maskell took the cheque to Mr . Tebbutt , landlord of the Fox and Hounds Inn , to whom he had been recommended by Mr . Chilcot as being the most likely person to accommodate him with the money . Mr . Tebbutt at once cashed the cheque , but , on the same day , Messrs . Hamilton and Chilcot left Croydon , and it was afterwards discovered that the cheque was a fraud , and , that several persons besides Mr . Tebbutt had been swindled in a similar way . Mr . Maskell , nevertheless , paid over

      the balance to Chilcot , and , having finished his business at Croydon , returned to London . A little more than a fortnight after the transaction of the cheque , as the plaintiff and Mr . Hamilton , who at that time was living with him , were walking along the street , they were accosted by a police-constable and informed that they were ' wanted . ' The policeman was accompanied by Mr . Tebbutt , who identified Mr . Maskell as the person who brought him the cheque to get it cashed . He likewise charged his companion , Mr . Hamilton , with being concerned in the business . They were both ^ taken into custody and conveyed to Croydon , where the plaintiff was had up before a magistrate on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences , but was discharged after a remand . The policeman who apprehended Mr .

      Maskell , and the inspector who took the charge , both of whom appeared in court for the defendant , stated that Mr . Tebbutt had only gone with the constable for the purpose of identifying the parties , and that he had signed the charge-sheet entirely by mistake , and at the request of the inspector , owing to the sergeant , who had really made the charge , being absent at the time . Mr . Maskell ' s evidence was also contradicted in many particulars . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant . Lord Mofltyn , on Wednesday , brought an action in the Court of Exchequer against a Mr . and Mrs . Griffiths and a Mr . Edwards for illegally seizing his goods . 1 he defendants ( who were creditors of the plaintiff ) pleaded

      that his Lordship had been adjudged bankrupt , and that the goods -were seized under a judgment . To this , Lord Mostyn rejoined that he was not a trader when the judgment was obtained . The whole case turned upon this point , Lord Mostyn had carried on certain collieries for some years , but had given them up at the time he was made a bankrupt . It therefore remained to be determined whether ho ought to have been made a bankrupt under the circumstances . The Chief Baron inclined to the negative , and tho jury gave a verdict for Lord Mostyn , as they held that the trading was ancillary to the position of landed proprietor , and not for tho purpose of goinlug a livelihood .

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      Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Quoen And ...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Quoen and tho Prince Consort , accompanied : by tho King of tho Belgians , tho Princess Royal , Princess Alice , Princess Charlotte of Belgium , the Prinoo of Wales , Prince Alfred , Prince Frederick William of Prussia , the Count of Flanders , and the Prince of Hohonzollorn Sigmaringon , honoured tlio amateur performance , under tho management of Mr . Charles Dickons , of Mr . Wilkie Collins ' s drama of Tho Frozen Deep , ' at tho Gallery of Illustration , in Rogcnt-Btreet , with their presence last Saturday evoning .--The Queen , on Monday afternoon , made Earl Granvillo and the Marquis of Westminster knights of tho Order of tho Garter , And Lord Kinnaird a knight of tho Order of tho Xhiatle . —In tho evening , tho Qncon honoured tho

      Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff with a visit at the residence of the Legation on Carlton-terrace . H « r Majesty and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Princess Royal , the Princess Charlotte of Belgium , Prince Frederick William of Prussia , the Count of Flanders , and their respective suites , went in state to the Count s mansion , which was brilliantly illuminated . —The Queen , on Thursday evening , gave a state ball at Buckingham Palace , to which above 1900 of the nobility and gentry were invited . _ ,. , General Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton died on Wednesday at his town residence in his eighty-third ye jIR John Bright . —The Liberal electors of Chorltonupon-Medlock , Lancashire , held a meeting on Thursday week to congratulate Mr . John Bright on his return to England .

      _ . , . „ , „ The King of Prussia has forwarded to Mr . Henry Bradbury ( of the well-known printing firm ) the large Prussian gold , medal , in acknowledgment of a presentation copy of the work entitled 'The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland , illustrated by Nature Printing , published by Bradbury and Evans . The South Kensington Museum . —Earl Granvilie s secretary has informed the secretary of the Lord ' s Day Society , by means of a letter , that it is not the intention of the Government to open the South Kensington Museum on Sundays .

      The Western Bank of London . —A circular to the shareholders of the Western Bank of London has been put forth by Mr . J . S . Rymer , whose connexion with that establishment as solicitor has been summarily terminated . Mr . Rymer alleges a number of irregularities on the part of the Board , and that his dismissal has been consequent upon his having protested against them . — Times . The Murder of Mr . Price at Melbourne , Australia . —We cited last week the opinions of some writers to the effect that Mr . Price , the late

      Inspector-General of Convicts at Melbourne , brought his own death on his head by his cruelty to those whom he had to overlook . We expressed no views of our own , having merely chronicled the criticisms of others ; but it is only fair to state that , in the judgment of the majority of the colonists—the men who are probably best able to form an opinion—Mr . Price was a man of eminently just and humane principles , who , though he maintained discipline with a strong hand , was fully alive to the necessity of acting in a considerate manner . In the opinion of these authorities , therefore , Mr . Price was the victim of a relentless and unreasoning fury .

      Her Majesty ' s Counsel . —Mr . Forsyth and Mr . Monck , both of the Northern Circuit , have been promoted to the rank of Queen ' s Counsel . The Duchess of Bedford died on Friday week after a brief illness , in her seventieth year . She was much loved and respected for her many virtues . Crinoline Armour . —A firm in Sheffield has taken an order for forty tons of rolled steel for crinoline , and a foreign order has been given for one ton a week for

      several weeks . Fires . —A large range of premises , belonging to Mr . Fish , tanner , and leatherseller , Tyer ' s Gateway , Bermondsey , caught fire on Tuesday morning , and a large part was burnt down . Four adjacent houses were also severely damaged . —The Claxton Cotton Mills , in St . George ' s-square , Hoxton , were partially burnt down on the forenoon of Wednesday . The total loss will amount to nearly 8000 ? ., and unfortunately the property is uninsured .

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      ¦Leader Office, Saturday, July 11, Last ...

      ¦ Leader Office , Saturday , July 11 , LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . OATHS BILL . Earl Granville moved the second reading of this bill , and urged the obsolete charaotor and absurdity of tho present oaths , for which by tho bill a modernized form had been adopted , and which would entitle Jews to seats in tho Legislature , a step which would for over terminate any barbarous relic or roligious persecution . The Earl of Derby moved the rejection of tho bill . Ho urged that tho Jews woro a distinct nation , who never could thoroughly amalgamate themselves with any other people . Ho contended that tho representation of tho people was not a right but a trust , and that tho admission of Jows to Parliament would unchrietianlze tho Legislature , inasmuch as it was impossible that future legislation should bo wholly basod on Christian ' principles , and boar a Christian character ; tljo Jew being of necessity a standing obstacle to such legislation . Ho doniod that there was any such danger now existing with roforonco to this measure as had at timos compelled statesmen and Parliament to resort to expediency in their measures rather thun hold faat by principles of abstract right and justico . Lord Lyndhurst supported tho bill , and gave an historical slcotoh of tho system of Parliamentary oaths , beginning with tho revolution of 1686 , and polntod out tho progress which had boon made in roligious toleration

      — on . He urged that as Jews were now admitted to offices in the State , and were , admitted to legislative functions in every British colony , it -was impossible to say that their admission , to Parliament would unchristianize the Legis-An animated discussion followed , in which the Dnie of Norfolk , who supported the Bill ; Lord Dun gannon ; the Earl of Shaftesbury , ' who supported the second reading , but who said he would propose in Committee words which would exclude the Jews ; Lord Brougham , the Bishop of Oxford , and the Duke of Argyll took part . Tho House then divided , when there were—For the second reading , 139 ; against it , 173 : majority , 34 . The Bill was consequently lost . The House then adjourned .

      House Of Commons. Irish Militia. In Answ...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . IRISH MILITIA . In answer to Lord Claude Hamilton , Sir J . Ramsden said it was not the intention of the Government to call out any regiment of Irish militia this year . AFFAIRS IN THE EAST . In answer to Sir J . Pakington , Sir C . Wood said that when the last advices left China on the 10 th May , no further hostilities had taken place , but that reinforcements were momentarily expected . No troops going to China had been ordered to India , nor had the Governor-General sent for any troops to Ceylon . In answer to Captain Vivian , Mr . V . Smith said that all the troops going out to India would go in sailing ships . PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BILL . The House went into - committee on this bill , which , mainly occupied the rest of the sitting .

      The Continent. On Wednesday, A Gentleman...

      THE CONTINENT . On Wednesday , a gentleman of large fortune blew his brains out in Paris because he had lost a sum of 30 , 000 francs at the Bourse . Another gentleman walked into a shooting gallery and likewise shot himself . A workman threw himself intotte Seine , and was drowned . On the previous day , three men destroyed themselves byhanging ; two young girls killed themselves by the fumes of charcoal ; an officer on half-pay , aged seventyone , and a workman , destroyed themselves by the same means ; another workman drowned himself , and finally a detected forger threw himself from the gallery of Notre-Dame on to the pavement below . — -Globe .

      A-French Mr . Montague Tigg has been detected by the police . This speculative character had established a caisse which he called the ' Caisse de Speculation , ' and which was created for the purpose of gambling in the public funds on ' unerring principles . ' The public came forward with great relish to the support of these principles , and money flowed into the caisse in abundance . Monsieur' Tigg has fled to Belgium . —Idem . We are informed ( says the Express ) that on Tuesday six persons were arrested at Boulogne on a charge of having used election tickets deficient in the requisite legal formalities . The printer of the tickets was . among the number of the persons seized . Upwards of 20 0 votes were tendered for Carnot at Boulogne . M . Be ' ranger appears to be sinking .

      A supplement of the Neapolitan official journal , of the 5 th , announces that the insurgent band of Sapbir was attacked at Padula by the civic guards , the gendarmerie , and the 7 th regiment of chasseurs . One hunddred insurgents were killed , thirty wounded , and as many taken prisoners . Almost all the insurgent * who had fled were in custody . Calabria was tranquil .

      The Jew Debate En The Lords.-R-While Lor...

      The Jew Debate en the LoRDs .-r-While Lord Lyndhurst was speaking , Lord Derby handed him a glass of -water , which he took , smiling , and said , " That is a Christian act . " Election Committees . — "The Lambeth , Bath , and Galway committees sat for tho first time yesterday ( Friday ) . The Municipal Contests in New York ( say tho last despatches from America ) are drawing to a close . Two of tho many litigations which have sprung out of tho recent conflicts were finally disposed of on tho 26 th ult . Tho charge of contempt against Mayor Wood , in tho case of alleged avoidance , of process of tho superior

      court , was decided by Judge Hoffman . Tho Court , in its opinion , entirely exonerated tho Mayor from any knowledge of tho process , and from any wilful disregard of tho authority of tho law . The proceedings before the otty Judge Russell in tho habeas corpus case wore brought to a conclusion , and resulted in tho discharge of tho Mayor from the warrant of arrost issued by the Rocordor . on tho affidavit of Mr . Conovor , charging Mr . Wood with inciting a riot . In giving his decision , Judge Riisgoll alluded particularly to tho malice of the Rocordor in this matter , and his utter want of Jurisdiction in the oaso .

      Mr . Tiiaoicekay for Oxford . — - Accounts from Oxford state that Mr . Tliaokoray is canvassing ( ho constituency of that city with a view to supply tho vacancy caused by tho unseating of Mr . Noato . Crystal Palaois . —Return of admissions for six days ending Friday , July 10 th , 1857 , including season ticket holders . 86 , 878

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11071857/page/10/