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the copyright of'the paper *? , or whether the mortgagees could recover . the amount , advanced on mortgage . The case was-one entirely depending on the question of repnted ownership at the time of the bankruptcy , it being contended for the petitioner that all the -creditors had been made aware of the state of affairs before the bankruptcy , and had endeavoured to prevent it , bat failed . An adjournment was ordered . Nearly two hundred Irish ' navvies ' applied on Monday to the Southwark magistrate for advice . They said they were out of employ and in want of food , and that they had been refused relief at the ' workhouse . Mr . Combe advised them , to go peaceably , and n ot in a body , to the relieving officer , and express their willingness to be passed to Ireland . He had no doubt they would be properly treated .
An interpleader issue , directed to try the right to certain goods seized by the Sheriff of Middlesex on a judgment obtained by the defendant against the plaintiff , was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Monday . The plaintiff , a Mr . Hare , is a solicitor , who had advanced 2501 . on the goods in question . A certain lieutenant Hare had lived in Hertford-street , May Fair , . with a French lady , named Duffaud , and in May , 1854 , he assigned by deed the lease of the premises and the furniture absolutely to the lady . Subsequently her name ¦ was put on-the rate-book . In . 1857 , Mr . Buller , the family solicitor , advanced 2501 . on the household furniture , of which he took possession , and instructed some auctioneers to sell it . It then turned out tliat a Mr .
Angell had advanced Lieutenant Hare 300 / ., on the security of this same furniture ; and , obtaining a judgment , he put the sheriff in possession . The defence was that the transfer to Mr . Buller was a colourable transaction . The advance of money from Mr . Angell was a month before that from Mr . Buller ; but no imputation was cast on the latter gentleman . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant ( Mr . Angell ); and the Lord Chief Baron commented severely on the conduct of the lieutenant and the lady . —In the course of the trial , one of the witnesses , a poulterer , said that he knew nothing of Madame Duffaud , but that he had heard of a ' Baron De Foe , who he believed had written Robinson Crusoe !"
A servant girl , living in York-street , Lambeth , . got into conversation , a few evenings ago , with a young man whom she accompanied to a coffee-house , where they had some liquor . She soon became insensible , and on the following morning found herself in bed in a strange place . At that moment , the young man was observed to be taking money from the pockets of her dress , and immediately afterwards he disappeared . She then got up , and found that the scoundrel had fled ; but he was subsequently apprehended , and , on being brought up at the Southwark police-office , was sentenced to six months ' hard labour .
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MISCELLAN EO U S . The Court . —The two Houses of Parliament met last Saturday for the purpose of proceeding to ' Buckingham Palace and there presenting to the Queen th « address of congratulation on the marriage of the Princess Royal . The Queen received the two estates in succession at about three o ' clock , and returned to each of them an answer in the terms common to such occasions . —The Queen held a Court on Tuesday afternoon at'Buckingham Palace for the reception on the throne of the addresses of congratulation on the marriage of the Princess Royal . —' The Duchess of 'Kent , attended by Lady Anna Mnria Dawson and Sir George Couper , received on the same day , at her residence , Clarence House , St . James ' s , an address of congratulation on the marriage of her granddaughter from the corporation of the City of London . — The Prince Consort received on Thursday a deputation from the Society of Arts , congratulating him on the marriage of'the ' Princess Roj'al .
'Kkigatb J £ ijeotio ; n . —This election took place last Saturday , when Sir Henry Rawlinson was returned . The numbers were—Rawlinson , 212 ; Doulton , 11 ( 5 ; Monson , 05 . Tho mob was very disorderly , and some of 'Sir Henry Rawlinson ' s supporters were pelted . 'Monomknt to General Havelock . — 'Government has agreed to grant a site for a monument to the late General 6 ir Henry Havelock . The monumont will bo erected on tho opposite side of the'Nclson column to that of ^ Sir Ohatlea Napier ' s otatue . 'R oyatv Geographical Society . —A meeting of the Hoyal Geographical Society was held on Monday evening at the Socioty ' s rooms , for tho purpose of bidding farewell to Dr . Livingstone , and expressing tho good wishes of 'tho Society for his success in the exploring -expeditioTi ^ he ~ i «~ abouMo . ju , ndertaJf ; c , ^ ^ will bo given to the Doctor this duy . ' " ~~"
Tjih Alhambra Palack . —Under this designation , Mr . E . T . Smith , tho lessee of Drury Lane Thontro , l : na opened tho Panopticon , Leicester-square , for a series of religious florvlcos . In tho morning ' , whew there are only a sermon tmd prayers , the admission ]» free ; in the evening , when tho sermon and prayers ore followed by an oratorio , a charge ia made at tho doors . Last Sunday , tho Rev . J . H . Rutherford preachud ; tlio oratorio waa Handd ' a Messiah . The combination i » certainly n strange ono . ' Cq ** yooation .- >— Tho members of both Houses composing > the Convocation of the Province of Cnntorbury
assembled at Westminster oa Wednesday . In rthe Upper House , there . was some discussion as to the proposed changes in the Prayer Hook and the shortening of Church services , to-which their Lordships expressed themselves opposed . In the Lower House , a report on missions at home and abroad was presented by a committee . Its upshot was to recommend increased activity on the part of the Church in order to combat the spread of vice and infidelity . The Upper House did not meet on Thursday . In the Lower House , an address of congratulation to the Queen on the marriage of the Princess Royal was agreed to . A proposal "was made by Canon Wordsworth to add to this address some observations about the sanctity of Christian marriage ; but , as the motion was generally objected to , it was withdrawn .
Mubdee . —A farmer named Reilly has been shot dead by . two men , at present unknown , in the presence of his wife , son , and -servant boy , while on his return with them from Kilbeggan market . The man was fired . at last December .
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Madamk Viardot . —This admirable dramatic artist and highly esteemed lady is on her return to Paris from a triumphant engagement at tho Grand Opom at Warsaw , where sho was literally overwhelmed with honours . She reached Berlin in timo to perform her great part of Widen in Meyerbecr ' a Prop ) ib \ e at the Festival Performance in honour of tho Royal bride . AVe aro glad to hearthat Madaino Viardot may be looked for in England in April . Wo may be permitted to hope that her commanding genius unil consummate art will not bo wanting to tho inauguration of tho new temple of tho lyric drama in Covont Garden .
Consistency and Consistency . — Tho Globe has twitted our nccompliahod contemporary , tho Saturday fievkta , with a shocking luconajfltonoy in its treatment of tho Alien Bill . Your Ministerial Punglotw i » keenly alivo to the virtue of that consistency winelv is Hingularly like servility . Our own readers , wo lmvo tlio right to aay , will bear ua witness that tho aiscua « ioii of tho Refugee question , whenever it bus been lorccu " upouTFb 3 Tf 6 T ? eSgiT ^ GoW ^ the ladder with a moderation that has » ovur nocUou . a aodntivo , and a persistency that hua novov mistaken violence for strength . f Tim IUnkkui'To y ov thk Convict Rkwatii . —« the Court of Bankruptcy yostorday , proof of claim * o tho Great Northern Company . against tho oulato oi Leopold JUodnuth were admitted to tho extent of « 0 ,- «»« . i tho Amount sworn to as tlmt oi' tho bankrupt a lrauuH and forgorlofi . Tho Company will , by thia ue «? l « ion , recolvo 00 , 000 / . out of tho aoaoU in tho UHBitfuoe e handw .
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Leadkk Office , Saturday , February 13 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . The only business transacted was the introduction by Lord Brougham of a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt except in certain cases , and to assimilate the law of bankruptcy and insolvency . HOUSE OF COMMONS . In answer to Mr . Hardy , Sir George Grey said he hoped in the course of the session to introduce a bill for the better regulation of beer-houses and licensing publichouses . ENCUMBERED ESTATES , IRELAND . In answer to Mr . Bagwell , the Attorney-General for Ireland said a bill would be introduced to perpetuate the system of dealing with Encumbered Estates in Ireland , and it _ would be _ extended to Unencumbered Estates . THE REFUGEE QUESTION . In answer to Mr . Warren , Sir G . Grey said that no direct or formal request had been made by the French Government for the prosecution of any person in this country for conspiracy to commit an offence of this kind , but last year a copy of the proceedings taken in France against the parties named was submitted to her Majesty ' s Government unaccompanied by any request for proceedings to be taken . If there had been evidence against the party sufficient to have arrested him in this country , it would have been done . A warrant had been issued against a British subject under the 9 th Geo . IV ., as an accessary before the fact to a murder alleged . to have been committed in France . the Hudson ' s bay company . In answer to 'Mr . Roebuck , Mr . iLabouchere said that the Government , in pursuance of the recommendation of a Committee which sat last year , were about to take possession of the territory of the Hudson ' s Bay Company , granting them the privilege of exclusive trading . THE LEGACY OP NAPOLEON I . TO OANTILLON . Mr . Stirling asked Hie Mrst Lord of the Treasury if it were true , or if he would obtain information from authentic sources as to the facf—that the legacy of 10 , 000 francs , bequeathed to the sub-officer Cantillon , who attempted to assassinate the lute Duke of Wellington , by the late Napoleon Bonaparte , in a codicil of his will , approving and justifying tho attempt , had , since Dec . 2 , 1851 , been paid , with interest up to the date of payment , by the Emperor of tho French , —Lord Palmerston denied that tho facts were such as were alleged by tho hon . gentleman . Between 1823 and 182 ( i the executors of Napoleon paid part of the legacy to Cantillon ; but tho commissioners appointed by the present Emperor to discharge tho bequests under his uncle's will rofused to pay the widow of Cantillon tho balance of tho legacy which remained , on tho ground that the testator must have boon suffering from an aberration of intellect when he made tho bequest . OH 1 NA .. In answer to Lord John ltusauLL , Lord Palmbrston said that tho Government liad received tho terms proposed by Lord Elgin to Ych , ami tho substance of Yah'a answer , but there hud not boon time before the last mail loft to translate tho whole of it . REFORM OK THJU 1 COI » 1 » OBATION OV LONDON BILL . This bill wan read a second time , and referred to a "Select-Oommttteo ; ¦« , ; , _^ GOVERNMENT OV INDIA HILL . Lord Palmerston moved lor leave to bring in a bill to transfer from tho East India Company to tho Crown tho government of lier Majesty ' s East India dominions . Ho stated tlutb an anomalous state of affairs hud grown up in Iiulin , by which a commercial company hail gradually itcquircd important political functions , but not without nttracting tho attention of tlio Lcgltiluture . Aa early as 178-1 hud legislation on this subject tnUen plat'O ; mid again , in lttliU , a groat uhungo hud boon m-ado . iil tlio powers of the East' India Company , which since thon liad only boon tho phantom
of its former self . After describing the . present system of the double . government by the 13 oard of Control and the Board of Directors , and pointing . out some of the practical inconveniences which , came from it , he proceeded to say that in order to the simplification of this cumbrous machine , her Majesty ' s Ministers should have a complete control over administrative proceedings , for which they were responsible to Parliament . He proposed to effect this by the present Act which was only directed to the system of the home government of India . With the functionaries in Hindostan . of every sort he had no intention of interfering . So far as they were concerned the only change would be the si gnature of the despatches they received . In conducting the government of India , and in negotiating with native
Princes , tlie name of the Sovereign would prove far more effectual than that of a trading corporation , lie proposed to abolish the present Court of Directors , and to substituted President and Council for the administration of India . The President would be a member of the Government of the day , responsible to Parliament in the fullest sense of the word . The Council woultl consist of eight members , appointed by the Crown for a period of eight years , but two of them would retire by rotation every second year . These Councillors must have been Directors of the Cotnpany , or resident for a certain period in India . They were to have 1000 / . per annum salary , but not to be eligible for seats in the House of Commons . The President would have the attributes of a Secrutary of State , and be assisted by an Under-Secretary sitting
in the House of Commons . Iu the Council , the opinion of the President was to be paramount azul final , except with regard to questions affecting revenue , to which he must obtain the concurrence of at least four of the members . On the question of patronage , he said that no privilege of that description could fall into the hands of the new President , or his colleagues , or the Executive Government . With regard to the army there would be fewer native troops and the English troops in India would be paid out of the revenue of that country . This was an outline of the measure—apart from certain details which did not affect the general principle . —Mr . Baring moved an amendment that it was riot expedient at present to legislate for the government of India . —Sir E . Perry supported , and Mr . M . IMilnes opposed the bill .
After a lengthened debate , in which several members took part , the principal speakers being the Ciia . ncei . loii of the Exchequer and Mr . Mangles , the further discussion , on the motion of Mr . Koebuck , was adjourned to Monday next . The House soon after adjourned .
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THE CONTINENT . The lithographed correspondence of M . Bullier , which is sent into the French departments every evening , contained a few days ago a paragraph remarking that England , -which would never yield to Napoleon I ., has made a concession to Napoleon III . which neither Charles X . nor Louis Philippe would have obtained . " it is after a circular from our Foreign Minister , and in presence ot the threatening addresses of our army , that Lord Pulmerston has at length consented to modify the right of asylum which neither his predecessors nor himself would ever before change in . compliance with . complainte from the Continent . " Count do Koynoval , lato Ambassador of Franco at Rome , and subsequently appointed to St . Petersburg , has died auddenty . Tho Dutch Minister has laid before tho Chamber of Deputies a bill for the emancipation of tho slaves in the Dutch colonies .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2230/page/10/
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