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Court of Bankruptcy (Yesterday).— Tho C(...
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water , the calculation being that it ought to have gained 80 OO 7 . The difference , of course , has been in favour of the contractor . —2 Twnes . '¦ : ' * . - ¦ ' ¦ ' : The Great Hope Cask . —Mr . and Mrs . Hope , after numerous legal proceedings relative to their divorce , . and to the possession of their children before the courts both pf England ajid Prance , came in March , 1855 , to an arrangement that their youngest child , John Henry , should remain with Mrs . Hope , and that the- others , four in number , should go to their father , Mrs . Hope reserving to herself the privilege of seeing and corresponding with her children . The lady , besides , consented to abandon
an application for divorce which she had made in England , and undertook not only not to oppose but to promote the demand for divorce made by him against her in that country . Mr . Hope , a few days ago , applied to the French civil tribunal to order that the child in question should be given up to him . The tribunal decided that as the parties are English , as Mr . Hope refused to receive his wife into his house , though not legally separated from her , and as , besides , the interests of . the child required that he should remain with his mother , it ( the tribunal ) had no jurisdiction in the matter , and that -Mr . Hope ' s application must be dismissed with costs .
The Wkllxnoton Monument . —The judges appointed to examine the models submitted to competition for a snonument to the Duke of Wellington , and exhibited at Westminster , have given in their report to Sir Benjamin Hall . The first premium ( 700 ? . ) is adjudged to Model No . 80 ( Motto : " Most greatly lived this Star of England ! Fortune made his Sword . " Designer : Mr . W . Galder Marshall , R . A . ) The second premium ( 5 O 0 £ ) is awarded to Model No . 66 ( Motto : " Avon . " Designer : Mr . W . F . "Woodington ) . The third premium ( 300 ? . ) falls to Model No . 36 ( Motto : " Passed away . "
Designer : Mr . Edgar G . Papworth ) . The fourth premium ( 20070 is allotted to Model No . 10 ( Motto : " Arno . " Designer : Cav . Giovanni Dupre " , of . Florence ) . The five premiums of lOOi each are divided among MM . Mariano Folcini and Ulisse Cambi , of Florence ( designers of No , 12 ) ; Mr . Alfred Stevena ( TSTo . 18 ) ; Mr . Mathew Noble ( No . 20 ); Herr Ernestus Julies Hannel , of Dresden ( No . 21 ); and Mr . Thomas Thomeycroft ( No . 63 ) . The report is signed— " Lansdowne , H . H . Milman , Overstone , Edward Oust , W . E . Gladstone . " The judges regret having been obliged to exclude some of the models from the competition , owing to their having
exceeded the limits as to space . The Late Fibs : at Edinburgh . —The smouldering embers of the great fire at Edinburgh which we recorded in our last issue again broke into flames on Friday week . The fire soon communicated itself to the Savings Bank , occupying a corner of the block which had hitherto escaped . As on the previous occasion , the operations of the firemen were retarded by the difficulty in obtaining water ; and the interior of the house was completely destroyed . The money and books had been removed on the first outbreak of the conflagration . Thb Close qf the Session . —^ The Ministerial whitebait dinner will take place on Wednesday , the 19 th inst . It is anticipated that Parliament will be up by the 22 nd . The Right Hon . James Stuart Wortijsy , M . P ., is now recovering from his severe attack of illness .
Report ok the Coalwhipperb AcTi ^—The report of the select committee of the House of Commons was published on Tuesday . The committee consider that the present state of the coalwhippers , as a clasB , is deserving of consideration , and that the grievances alleged are partly susceptible of remedy , except so far as relates to an insufficiency of employment and a consequent depression of wages . The committee do not recommend the revival of the Act of 1848 , The public-house grievance is considered worthy of the attention of the Legislature . It is suggested , in conclusion , that each employer keep a register of labour , giving the time and place where each coalwhipper has been paid , with other details , which , shall be open to the constant inspection of the Board of Trade , or the magistrates of the district , The evidence taken before the committee is appended .
EwoiiY Sanpford , the woman who lived with Rush , the Stanfield Hall murderer , and who afterwards emigrated to Australia , is said to have committed suicide by poison ,. The coroner's jury , it is added , returned a verdict otjbto de to . But the story is doubted . The Faia qv the Emperor . —According to the Morning Post , as Prince Albert , on the arrival of Louis Napoleon / " approached the Imperial yacht , the Emperor , in his anxiety to greet hia Royal Highness ,
ascended : the paddlebox , and , on stepping down hastily , missed h ) s , footing and fell violently on the deolc . His Majesty was much shaken , and grazed hia face slightly , but , instantly recovering himself , warmly embraced the Prince Consort . " To this statement' the reporter of the JHmttf who Bays ho was tha only representative of tho press present , gives a flat contradiction . The JPoaf , however , repeats tho story , which ia confirmed by the Morning Herald . It ia added that ' the Emperor was obliged to walk with a stick for a day or two .
Majmoa . t—Thq Malta journals of tho 4 th publish a proclamation from Lioutenant-Gonoral Sir John Pennefttthor , commander of tho forces in that island * announcing that , under the provisions of her Majesty ' s commission , 'he has assumed tho administration of the civil government during tho temporary absence of tho Governor , on loava of absence
Coai ^ Pit AccmBNiv—At xriid-day last Saturday a loud report proceeded from one of the Warwick-hill coalpits . A scaffold had been placed about fifteen fathoms from the bottom of the shaft , with the view of two men , Andrew Fulton and William Peel , commencing to * break ' in the door-heads to the ell coaL From the moment the scaffold had been laid , the fire-damp began to accumulate , which , on reachingOthe scaffold , passed up through one of the chinks , lighted on their lamps , and exploded . In a moment the scaffold and the unfortunate men were blown up the shaft , and then dashed to the bottom . When got out , their remains presented a ghastly spectacle . —North British Mail . The Queen of the Nbthbbj ^ anps has been visiting Edinburgh . ¦
___ ...., The Spubstowe Wnx Case ;— -This action , the trial of which has lasted several days at the Chester Assizes , was brought to try the validity of a will , and involved the ownership of property of the value of 160 ? . a year . The case was tried at the last Spring Assizes in Chester , before Mr . Baron Bramwell , but was sent down from the Court of Common Pleas for a new trial , on account of his Lordship having misdirected the jury . The question was whether the will of the late Mr . Sutton , leaving all his property to a Mr . Edward Davenport , thereby cutting off the heir-at-law , was made when the testator was in a sane state of mind . Mr . Sutton had always
been dull and eccentric , and he was given to excessive intoxication ; but it was not proved that he was positively mad . On Wednesday Mr . Grove addressed the jury for the plaintiff in a speech of two hours and a half duration , and was followed by Mr . Evans for the defendant in a speech of an hour and a half . Lord Chief Justice Cockburn occupied six hours in summing-up ; the jury then retired , and , after a consultation which lasted forty minutes , returned into court and gave a verdict for the defendant , thereby establishing the will ;
A Gun Accident . —As the Imperial yacht La Reme Hortense was passing the Royal Victoria Yacht Club at Ryde , ou it 9 departure to H » tj « on Monday , a . salute was fired from the battery of the club . From some defect in sponging the piece , a portion of fire Was left in the bore , and on the introduction of the following cartridge an explosion took place , shattering the right arm of the gunner in such a manner that amputation at the shoulder Was subsequently considered necessary . The signal-man of the club had the thumb of his left hand over the vent , and the limb was blown partly off by the explosion . Subscriptions have been commenced for the sufferers . ' * ¦
A Needful Lesson . —A collier in lhe North of England has been sent to the Wakefield House of Correction for two months , with hard labour , for working with an unguarded lamp . -
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Leader Office , Saturday , August 15 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . MILITIA . The Earl of EiAENBOitouaH drew attention to the subject of the embodiment of the Militia , and at length gave reasons which led him to be of opinion that the whole of the regiments should be embodied , which he believed would not cost more than half a million . Lord Panmdre and Earl Granvzulb in reply , stated the reasons which had been on more than one occasion given on the part of the Government , urging that the preparations which were making for the crisis in India and the defence of the country , were ample for the occasion . After some short discussion , the subject dropped , and a number of Bills which were before the House having been advanced a stage , the House adjourned at seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House held a morning sitting from ten to four o ' clock , during which they were in Committee on the Divorce Bill . The discueaion on the 25 th clause , which declares tho . causes for which marriages shall be dissoluble , was continued with great animation , and at length tho clause was agreed to . ¦ The 26 th clause was still under consideration when the sitting was suspended until oix o'clock . At the evening sitting , the following business whs transacted : —• MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WUWffl ' s SISTER . Mr . Soiinedder presented ninety-nine petitions , signed by three thousand persons , praying for an alteration in the law relating to marriage with a deceased wife's eiater . —Sir J . Shelley , Mr . J . Ewart , and Mr . Ingram presented a great many petitions to tho same effect . FROBATH AND ADMINISTRATION OF BILLS . In answer to Mr . Hadfjbld , tho Attorney-General said ho had been unable to extend the Probate Bill bq aa to make ono probate answer throughout the United Kingdom . ' THH EUPHRATES ROUTE . TO INDIA . Mr . SoTHEKOw Estcouiit brought forward tho subject of the adoption of tho Euphrates route to India . He stated his brother , General Eatcourt , who died in the
Crimea , was one of the officers who formed part of an ex . pedition to explore the Euphrates country , and it was at the request of the commander of the expedition , General Chesney , that he brought forward the subject . He contended that this route was the straightest and most direct to India . It would be a saving of more than nine hundred miles as compared with the route by Suez involving a shortening of the passage-, by from five to ten days . The main question , however , was whether it could be done . You could get the Harbour of Selencia from the Turkish Government for nothing-, and then pass through a country in which there were no engineering difficulties , and the line to Antioch would be finished in twelve months .. You could then pass by Mount Lebanon , and into the plain of Mesopotamia . Youthen reached the Euphrates , which , even , in the shallowest time of the year , was navigable for ships of small burthen . A railway ought then to pass on to the Persian Gulf to Koornah , where there was a regular Indian f lotilla . The Persian Gulf was most favourable
for navigation , and within an easy distance of it was the port of Kurrachee , which was destined to be the greatest port in India . Thence you proceed to Moultan and Lahore , between which and Calcutta there will be railway communication . He urged that this was a great national object which ought to be assisted by the Parliament and Government . Mr . Crawford followed , urging the necessity of telegraphic communication to India , and giving a preference to a line by the Red Sea . . Mr . Gladstone urged that the policy of this country in the East ought to be cautiously regulated so as to
prevent commercial schemes in foreign countries being made a pretext for our interference in the affairs of those countries . He urged that our Government should preserve union and concord of opinion among the powers of Europe on the subject of the East which was established in the late war , and he deprecated the notion of its being stated that the Suez Canal was a scheme which threatened our possessions in India . He then drew attention to the question of tne settlement of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia , and urged that those provinces should be supported as being a barrier between Russia and Turkey .
Six Fitzrot Kelly inquired whether the King of Oude was still a prisoner at Calcutta . Mr . "Veknqn Smith stated the reasons for the King of Oude ' s having been confined , and added that he was still in custody , but treated with every possible respect . Lord Palmerston explained why the Government refused to encourage the Euphrates Valley Railway and the Suez Canal scheme , but said that the Government would pay liberally for the transmission of despatches by electric telegraph t 6 India . With respect to the Principalities , he repeated the explanation he had given on a previous evening with regard to the irregularity of the elections in those provinces , and added that Austria had consented to the amendment of the Moldavian
elections . Mr Stafford made some strong criticisms on the subject of the site chosen for the Military Ho 3 pitaV at Netl « y . Mr . Ayrton made some observations on certain contemplated changes in the judicial system in India . Lord John Russell reverted to the subject of the Principalities , and entered into the difficulties which had arisen , expressing a hope that a speedy settlement of the question would be come to , and that our general diplomatic relations in Europe would be arranged on a more satisfactory basis than they now were . The House then went into committee on tho Divorce Bill , which occupied the remainder of the sitting .
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CHINA . Nothing of importance has occurred at Hong-Kong since the last mail . Lord Elgin had not arrived at the latest date ( June 24 th ) . Tho 5 th and 90 th Regiments are to be diverted to India . The Chinese report that the Emperor has abdicated ; but this is not believed . Trade continues uninterrupted at the northern ports . From the Canton river there are accounts to the 22 nd . The only matter reported thence is , that the Chuenpee Fort waa taken possession of and occupied on tho 18 th inst . by a portion of her Majesty ' s naval forces . The place had been deserted , and tho guns wore all buried . At Hong-Kong all remains quiet .
Court Of Bankruptcy (Yesterday).— Tho C(...
Court of Bankruptcy ( Yesterday ) . — Tho C ( l 5 . waa occupied on Friday with a meeting for proof ot debts and choice of assignees in tho caao of tho wollknown Humphrey Brown , who had recently obtained an adjudication of bankruptcy against himself for tho purpoao of getting released from custody . The court waa crowded to excess with creditors and others taking an interest in the proceedings . Tho total amount proved was between five and six thousand pounds ; and tho dwcharge- of Mr . Brown was ordered . Crystal Falaob . —Roturn of admissions , Including season tickets , for nix days ending Friday , August lltu , 46 , 867 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15081857/page/12/
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