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water , the calculation being that it ought to have gained 3000 / . The difference , of course , has been in favour of the contractor . — - ¦ Times , The Gbeat 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 of England and ! France , 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 lier children . The lady , besides , consented to abandon
an application for divorce which she had made m 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 hia 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 Wellington Monument . —The judges appointed to examine the models submitted to competition for a monument 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 1 Fortune made his Sword . " Designer : Mr . W . Colder Marshall , R . A . ) The second premium ( 500 / . ) is awarded to Model No . 56 ( Motto : " Avon . " Designer : Mr . W . F . Wbodington ) . The third premium ( 3007 . ) falls to Model No . 36 ( Motto : " Passed away . " Designer : Mr . Edgar G . Papworth ) . The fourth premium
( 200 / . ) is allotted to Model No . 10 ( Motto : " Arno . " Designer : Cav . Giovanni Dupre " , of Florence ) . The five premiums of 1007 . each are divided among MM . Mariano Folcini and Ulisse Cambi , of Florence ( designers of No . 12 ) ; Mr . Alfred Stevens ( No . 18 ) ; Mr . Mathew Noble ( No . 20 ); Heir ErnestuS Julies Hannel , of Dresden ( No . 21 ); and Mr . Thomas Thorneycroft ( 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 ItAte Fire 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 . The Close of 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 " Wortley , M . P ., is now recovering 'from his severe attack of illness .
Report of the Coalwhippers Act .- —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 class , 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 xegjister of labour , giving the time and place where each coalwhipper has been paid , with other details , -which shall bo open to the constant inspection of the Board of Trade , or the magistrates of the district . The evidence taken before the committee is appended .
Emily . Sandford , 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 io added , returned a verdict otjilo de 50 . But the story is doubted . The ' Fall of tub 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 his Royal Highness , ascended the paddlebox , and , on stepping down hastily , mlosed his footing and fell violently on the deck . Hia Majesty wag much shaken , and grazed , his face slightly , but , instantly recovering himself , warmly embraced the Prince Consort . " To this atatepnont the reporter of the Timea , who saya he was the only representative of the press present , gives a flat contradiction . The Poat , however , repeats tho story , which is confirmed by the JMorn-* t > ff Herald , It is added that tho Emperor was obliged to walk with a stick for a day or two .
MALTA-T-iThe Malta journals of the 4 th publish a proclamation from I 4 eu , tenant-Gonoral Sir John , Ponne-Jfathor , commander of the forces in that Island , announcing that , under the provisions of her Majesty ' s commission ho haa assumed the administration of the civil government during' the temporary absence of the Governor , on leave of absence .
The Spubstowe Wn . ii 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 Spr ing 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 hia 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 __ . ....
Cqal-Pit Acqident . —At mid-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 mien , 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 reaching the scaffold , passed up through one of the chinks , lig hted 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 Netherlands has been visiting Edinburgh .
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 Reine
Hortense was passing the Royal Victoria Yacht Club at Ryde , on its departure to Havre 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 NebdfiNu 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 NIGHTS PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . MILITIA . The Earl of Ellenborouoh 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 Panmurk and Earl Granville 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 discussion on the 25 th clause , which declares the causes for which marriages shall be dissoluble , was continued with great animation , and at length the clause was agreed to . The 26 th clause was still under consideration when the sitting waa suspended until tAx , o'clock . At the evening sitting , the following business was transacted :- — . MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE ' S SISTER . Mr . Schneider presented ninety-nine petitions , signed by three thousand persons , praying for an alteration in the law relating to marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister . —Sir J . Shellev-, Mr . J . Swart , and , Mr . Inoram presented a great many petitions to tho same effect .
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION OF BILLS . In answer to Mr . Hadfield , the AxroRNBY-GENKnAL said he had been unable to extend the Probate Bill bo as to make one probate anwwor throughout the United Kingdom . '
TUB KUPHRATB 3 ROUTE TO INDIA . Mr . Sothbkon Ebtcourt brought forward the subject of the adoption of the Euphrates routo to India . He statod hia brother , General Estconrt , -who died in tho
Crimea , was one of the officers who formed part of an ex pedition to explore the Euphrates country , and it was a the request Of the commander of the expedition , Genera Chesney , that he brought forward the subject . He con tended that this route was the straightest and mos direct to India . It would be a saving of more than nin < hundred miles as compared with the route by Suez , involving a shortening of the passage by from five to tei days . The main question , however , was whether ii could be done . You could get the Harbour of Seleucis
from the Turkish Government for nothing , and thet 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 . You ther 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 flotilla . The Persian Gulf was most favourable
for navigation , and within an easy distance of if 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 aa 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 oi 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 the settlement of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia , and urged that those provinces should be supported as being a barrier betweer Russia and Turkey . Sir Fitzroy Kelly inquired whether the King o Oude was still a prisoner at Calcutta .
Mr . Vernon 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 Palmebston 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 to India . With respect to the Principalities , he repeated the explanation he bad 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 Hospital at Netlay . 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 hopo 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 the 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 maty . Lord Elgin had not arrived at the latest date ( June 24 th ) . The 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 tho Chuenpee Fort was taken possession of and occupied on the 18 th inst . by ft portion of her Majesty's naval forces . Tho place had been deserted , and the guns were all buried . At Hong-Kong all remains quiet .
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Court of Bankruptcy ( Yesterday ) . — -Tho Court was occupied on Friday with a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees in tho case of tho wellknown Humphrey Brown , who had recently obtained ftn adjudication of bankruptcy against himself for tho purpose of getting released from custody . Tho court ffW crowded to excess with creditors and others taking a « J interest in tho proceedings . The total amount proved was between five and six thousand pounds ; and tho discharge of Mr . Brown was ordered , Crtstal Palace . —Return of admissions , including season tickets , for six days ending Friday , August Htn , 46 , 857 .
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780 ! PflB LIliBIK [ No . 386 , Attctost 15 , 1857 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 780, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2205/page/12/
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