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baBtoupt , Lyow Samuels , who ^ has- been confinement foirsbme time past for refusing to give certain information . The plea was that'he was insane ; and Mr . Commissionep Gouibumordered his discharge , and adjourned the examination sine die . At the same time , however , he- " said he could not order his discharge from detainers afc civil suits . A Mr ; Collins has obtained , by means of an action in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , damages to the extent of 780 ^ from the South-Eastern Railway Company on account of injuries received by himself and his wife in the accident at Lewisham on the 28 th of last June . In another action , tried yesterday , a verdict was given against the company , with 1204 damages and funeral expenses . Several other cases under the new Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act have been brought before the magistrates during the week .
The examination meeting of Lazarus Samson , merchant , of Hounsditch , took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday . The totals on either side of the balance sheet are 70 , 267 ? . An adjournment was ordered to March 2 nd , with renewed protection to the bankrupt . The bankrupts ' Henry and Cheslyn Hall , the cattledealers of New Boswell-court and elsewhere , came up byadjournment on "Wednesday on the question of certificate . Mr . Lawrence ( who appeared for the assignees ) entered into the complaint of Mr . Dalgleish , and read a voluminous correspondence between the bankrupt , C . Hall , and Mrs ; Jane Caroline Dalgleisb , on the subject of investing on mortgage 1000 Z . three per cent . Bank Annuities , which had been placed in the bankrupts' hands , and which they had misappropriated to their own use . A petition was subsequently presented to the
Vice-Chancellor , and an order was made that the money should be refunded with the costs of the petition , but she had never received a single farthing yet . Mrs . Jane Caroline Dalgleish was then called and examined by Mr . Lawrence ^ She stated that the facts were much stronger than stated in her affidavit and petition to Chancery , but she was told that no court but a criminal one would entertain such a charge . The stronger fact was that when she attended at the bank neither Mr ; Hall nor Mr . Marsden told her , when she signed the paper , that it was to part with money . She was introduced to Mr . Hall by Mr . Baker , a mutual friend of witness and Messrs . Hall . Mr . Lowrie , one of the former trustees , was a defaulting trustee . Other matters having been gone into at great length , the proceedings were further adjourned .
Mr . Commissioner Evans has given judgment in the case of Evans and Hoare , wine and bottled beer merchants , of Great St . Helen ' s . His Honour said : — " This is an application on the part of the bankrupts for their certificates . The granting a certificate to Evans is opposed on the ground that , although in 1854 he was insolvent , he still continued his trade , and took Hoare into partnership . In support of this objection , a balancesheet was put in , by which it appeared there was a balance of a considerable sum- to the debit of Evans . The bankrupt Evans stated that that paper did not contain the whole of the accounts , and that it did not include his private investments . If these had been realized at
the time , he would have had a . surplus , exclusive of 5000 / . received as a bonus from Hoare . In support of his- statement , it was proved that these accounts , and the books of the bankrupt Evans , were examined by a person of the name of Gordon , who was deputed on behalf of Hoare , and that he was so satisfied as to advise Hoare to enter into partnership , to bring in 6000 / ., and to pay Evans a bonus of 50001 . I think this proves that the bankrupt Evans was justified in supposing that lie was solvent at that time . " After reviewing the other facta of the case , the Commissioner concluded by ordering a second-class certificate in the case of both bankrupts .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . NICW MEMUBH . Mr . G . W . Hunt took the oaths nnd his w * l 0 P North Northamptonshire , in the room of Mr . Augustus Stafford , deceased . __„ . „_ ~^ W « WAH £ J 3 &&S ! ££ & , ____„ Iu answer to Mr . Fuknoh , , Sir John Ramsukn mii < l that the person named cavanugh who went through the lined ut Cuwnporo wuu not a sergeant of the 88 th Regiment . The Mr . Cayman referred to wouldprobably receive the Victoria Cro&s . '' tranhfjcii i > v land . In answer to Sir Fitjsuoy JS . KL . uxi the Attoknisv-Gknkhal said , tlmt ho had prepared a 1 > M lor ll " Registration of Titles to Land ; and although that l > n * might not vet bo introduced , yot other < iioanurod i » facilitate tho trunafur of land , would soon bo hud Ueloro , the House by the Lord Chancellor .
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mises of a timber merchasfy Hacbney-road . In th « latter case , several adjoining houses were damaged ! General HAVEtiOeKi- —The Athenceum hears that this lamented General has left behind him ' valuable papers more or less autobiograp hical ; papers descriptiveof his feelings as a religious man engaged in war , of his 7 mode of dealing with his troops , and of his relations to great governing officials . Dr . Mora , the Favourite Poet op the Prdtcess Royal . —In proposing a congratulatory address to her Majesty on the occasion of the Princess Royal ' s marriage , in the Court of Common Council , London ,
on Tuesday week , Mr . Parker , Under-sherifF , referring to the Princess Royal , said : — " Her gentle presentee , her expressive features , her' benignant smiles—those outward indications- of the mind's treasures , of the heart ' s stores —will still be present to our mind , memory , and imagination 5 and , though she may continue in the Prussian dominions for many , many years to- come— -as we hope she will—to attract by her graces and win by her virtues , yet shall we say , in the words of her own favourite poet , the late Dr : Moir , of Musselburgh , to whose elegant compositions it is understood her Majesty ' s family are greatly attached : — ' The thoughts of thee are as a pleasant dream ;
Soft , soothing , holy , beautiful , and bright : As of a star that sparkles o ' er a stream , Gemming the dewy coronal of night . ' " The Gardens of Solomon . —The Gardens of Solomon , at Jerusalem , have been let to an Englishman , a Mr . Goldsmith , who is now draining them on the Yorkshire plan , and introducing modern improvements in cultivation , which seem , however , to have entailed the destruction of some interesting monuments of the past . The Late Gales . —Several vessels have been wrecked , or greatly injured , by the gale which swept the coasts at the close of last week . Near the Northumberland coast , it is feared that a vessel has been lost with all hands .
Health of London . —In the week that ended last Saturday , the total number of deaths registered in London was 1363 , showing a . small increase on the rather high mortality of the previous week . In the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in the Weeks corresponding with last week was 1171 ; but , as the deaths in the present return occurred in ari increased population , they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase , when the comparison will show that the number of persons who died last week exceeded by 75 the number who would have died if only the , average rate of mortality had prevailed . — Last week , the births of 880 boys and 870 girls , in all 1750 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1611 . —From the Registrar- General ' s Weekly lieturn .
Authorized Indecency . —A correspondent of the Times writes : — "A young friend of mine , who is at present undergoing hiB examination before the Military Board at Burlington House for a commission , thus describes the manner in which the medical portion of it is managed : Half-a-dozen lads , strangers to each other , are shown into a room , together . The surgeon makes them strip themselves naked—literally , stark nakedand then causes them to walk , run , jump , lie down , and perform sundry gymnastic evolutions together . Surely , sir , this is an unnecessary indecency . " Drunkenness and Suicide . —Miss Catherine Speed , a young lady of twenty-six , lately residing in Graftonstreet East , Fitzroy-aquare , has committed suicide by taking laudanum while in a state of intoxication . The inquest has terminated in a verdict in accordance with the facts .
The Havelock Memorial . —A deputation from the committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund had an interview with Lord Palmerston on Monday morning . Permission was requested to select a site in Trafalgarsquare , on which a monument might bo erected on a base broad enough to record the namea of the officers who accompanied the- General in his expeditions to Cawnpore and Lucknow , and a full reference to tho regiments which were under his command on those occasions . Lord Palmereton expressed his Avarm sympathy with the object proposed , and promised to give an answer in a few days .
of London , presented to the- French Ambassador ; at tire Embassy , on Wednesday , the resolution passed by the Court congratulating the Emperor and' Empress on their late escape . — -The Town Council of Cambridge has refused , by the-casting vote of the Mayor ( the votes being otherwise equal for and against ) to prepare an address of congratulation to the Emperor ; on the ground that the recent speeches of MM . Morny and Persiguy , and the late addresses of the French army , contained insults to England . The Sea Serpent Again ! —Captain Harrington , of the ship Castilian , has communicated to the Times a copy of an extract from the Board' of Trade Meteorological Journal , dated " December 12 th , 1857 ,
northeast end of St . Helena , bearing north-west , distance ten miles . " From this it appears that an immense serpentlike monster had been seen moving slowly through , the water within twenty yards of the ship . The head and neck were about ten or twelve feet out of the water , and they would occasionally dip down , and then reappear . Several of the crew thought that the creature must have been five hundred feet in length . " Its head was shaped like a large nun buoy , and I suppose , " says the captain , " the' diameter to be seven or eight feet in the largest part , with a kind of scroll , or tuft of loose skin , encircling it about two feet from the top . " The colour of the head was dark , and the body was covered with . several white spots . The serpent—if such it wereappeared to be moving towards the island .
The French Passport System . —A notification has been issued from the Foreign Office , in which we read : — " The Ambassador of his Majesty the Emperor of the French having notified to the Earl of Clarendon , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , that the Consul-General and other consular officers of his Imperial Majest y in the United Kingdom will no longer grant passports to other than subjects of his Imperial Majesty , notice is hereby given that , in order to facilitate the obtaining of passports by British subjects desiring to proceed to the Continent , the conditions of the fifth regulation , under which such passports have hitherto been issued at the Foreign Office , will be extended as hereinafter described . " Then follows a statement of the conditions , which have , reference chiefly to the obtaining of certificates of recommendation from Mayors , Magistrates , or Justices of the Peace .
The Moorfields Burial-ground . —The City Commissioners of Sewers unanimously determined , at n meeting on Tuesday , with respect to the recent disturbance of the Moorftelds burial-ground , and the proceedings instituted in connexion with * the same , " that , the required works having been done by the defendants , the prosecution against Messrs . Piper and Young be discontinued . " The gentlemen in question appeared on Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court to answer the indictment , when a verdict of Not Guilty was agreed to . and the case came to an end , Dr . Livingstone . —Tuesday night ' s Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed David Livingstone , Esq ., to be her Majesty ' s Consul in the districts of Quillimane , Senna , and Tete , in Africa .
Red Sea Telegraph . —It is with very great satisfaction that we announce the early inauguration of this important means of communication with our Eastern possessions . The Court of Directors having given tlieir guarantee tp this line , it only remains to receive tire sanction of the controlling powers . We trust that they may not be more dilatory than usual . — Allen ' s Indian Mail .
MISCELLANEOUS . Thb Court : —Tho Queen held a Drawing-room last Saturday afternoon at St . James ' s Palace , for the purpose of receiving congratulations on the marriage of the Priwcesa Royal . The Court was very numerously and brilliantly attended . . There was afterwards a banquet and an evening party . —Prince Albort of Prussia embarked at Dover on Thursday for Calais . Dr . Livingstone . —This celebrated African traveller and discoverer is at present on a visit to Mr . James Aspinall Turner , M . P ., Manchester . We understand that Dr , Livingstone intends to take his departure for the East Coast of Africa about the middle of February i » a eteamer bound for Ceylon , which will touch at the ___ jg > outhjDf _ the Zambesi River and there leave the oxpedi" """ Bon , which will ascendn ^ l ^ ZaTnlJelPiinr'Stnairateamer taken out in parts on board the vessel bound for Coylon . >—Manchester' Guardian . TJUK WliSTMINSTJHSK AlWJSY SERVICES .- —TllO fifth of these services was held last Sunday , when there was again a very crowded congregation . The preacher was the Kev . C . J . Phipps Eyre , M . A ., Hector bf Marylobone . The overflow of visitors found accommodation in tho neighbouring St . Margaret ' s Church . „ tFiKBB , — -Two eerioua , flros occurred last Saturday night in tho metropolis—on 0 at tho house of Messrs . JUxlgo , nnd Co ., taflors , Huggin-lono , Wood-street , City ; tho ; othoc ( which was much more expensive ) on the
pro-Austhai . lv . —The linat advicea from Australia report an uneasy condition of trade , owing to a glut of imports from England . Sir William Denlson , tho Governor of Melbourne , has met with a serious accident . Ho was returning to Government House from a lecture which he had been delivering on the Pitcuirn Inlanders , when a stag of the red deer tribe , which wan kept in tho domain surrounding the houso , attacked Sir William , and gored hlnr-in-the—thlghr- * -Tho- 'Stag- "appeara- <; o-have-been-a savage animal , aa ho had previously attacked others of his own species . The Governor , though a good deal hurt , was fast recovering when the accounts loft for England . - STius Rhadinchroom of thm British Muskum . — This magnificent room wan visited for the Unit time on Thursday afternoon by hqr Majeaty and tho Prince Consort , who wore accompanied by tho Princo of Wales and tho Princess Alice .
Anothkk City Addrichs on this Ahsassinatiom Pjcot . —The I'Ord Mayor , accompanied by a numerout body of the Commissioners of Lleutominoy ot tho City
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Leadeu Office , Saturday , February 0 . LAST NIGHTS PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . A congratulatory addrosB to the Queen on the marriage of the Princess Royal was moved and ugreed to . Lord BROuaiiABi introduced a bill to amend the Law of Bankruptcy . The Archbishop of Cantkrbuuy brought m a bill to extend tho powers of Prolutes of the Church of England with respect to the performance of public worship in other places than churches and chapels . The House adjourned at six o ' clock .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 6, 1858, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2229/page/10/
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