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      all times expressed great regard . The validity of these Trills , however , -was disputed by the plaintiff , on the ground of lunacy ; but he was nonsuited . Mr . Commissioner Gonlburn gave judgment in the Bankruptcy Court on Monday , in the case of Gustave Sichel , merchant of New Broad-street . His Honour considered that the bankrupt had been guilty of fraud , and he therefore suspended the certificate for nine months on the general features of the case , and , with respect to one particular complaint of dishonest conduct , he suspended it for three months , without protection . When issued , the certificate will be of the second class . The costs of the opposing creditor were allowed . A Miss Abrhaams , the daughter of a Manchester merchant , has obtained 2501 . damages against a Mr . Rosenberg , also of the Jewish race and faith , in an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought at the Liverpool Assizes on Tuesday . Mr . Rosenberg had for some time been very affectionate to Miss Abrahams , whom he styled his ' darling dumpling ; ' but , finding that the * dumpling' was not quite so robust as her name would seem to imply , he broke off the match . Thence the action , and the good round sum already mentioned in the ' dumpling ' s' pocket . Frederick Farley has pleaded Guilty at " Warwick to a charge of forging a cheque on some Birmingham bankers for 34 . 01 ., and was sentenced to penal servitude for four years . Mr . J . B . Langley , manager of the Morning Star , made a charge at Bow-street , on Wednesday , against a person calling himself Alexander Vitaliamo Borromeo , of obtaining money under false pretences . This individual—who is the Irishman who managed the now notorious ' Italian Conference' hoax . —did not appear in answer to the summons . Mr . Henry ordered a warrant to be issued for the apprehension of the swindler .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Coukt . —Her Majesty held a Court on Monday afternoon at Buckingham Palace . Baron Brunow had an audience of the Queen , and delivered his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Russia . The Queen paid a visit on Tuesday to the camp at Aldershot , returning to Buckingham Palace in the evening . The Queen held a levee on Wednesday afternoon at St . James ' s Palace ; and , on the following afternoon , she held at Buckingham Palace a Chapter of the Order of the Garter , when the Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Devonshire were created Knights of the Order . In the evening , the Queen and Court went to the Olympic Theatre .

      The Chelsea Bridge Tolls . —A deputation of members of Parliament , representatives of the chief metropolitan west-end parishes , and others interested in the subject , waited , on Monday , upon the First Lord of the Treasury and . the Chief Commissioner of Public Works , at their official residence in Downing-street , for the purpose of urging upon them tbe necessity of repealing the Act of 1846 so far as relates to the toll on foot passengers crossing Chelsea New Bridge . Sir John Shelley , M . P ., was the chief spokesman , and be was supported by Mr . Bertolacci , Mr . Byng , M . P ., Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., Mr . Alcock , M . P ., Mr . Tite , M . P ., Mr . Slaney , M . P ., and others . The object was to render the park at Battersea more accessible to the humble

      inhabitants of Chelsea and the adjoining districts by the removal , or the lowering , of the foot passengers' toll on the new bridge . A boon would thus be conferred on the poor , and the value of land about the park would be increased , so that the Government loan would be secured . Lord Derby said that , personally , he had every wish to fulfil the desire of the deputation ; but , if he did so , how was Government to bo repaid the sums advanced , and to bo enabled to keep faith with Parliament ? Chelsea and the neighbouring districts had not paid anything towards the formation of Battersea Park , and , with respect to the new bridge , they are only required to aid in defraying the expenses by paying a toll -when they use it . He could not pledge himself to any course ; but , if any means were shown by which the money could bo repaid , he would be glad to give the

      deputation all the assistance in his power . In reply to it question as to whether , in case the deputation were prepared to ahow that no loss would accrue to the public by the proposed diminution of tolls , the Government would support a bill for the abolition of the foot-passenger tolls , Lord Derby replied thut in that case the bill had bettor bo brought in by the Government . This Lilwall Tribute . —This National Testimonial —for such a character it ought to assume—is , we arc glad to say , progressing satisfactorily . Various bodies of the trading community are taking up the design with a view to standing honourably on the subscription list . A well-attended meeting Was held on Tuesday evening , con » iijtinif-cxol « 8 ivclyr . of _ Citym > vttiohousoinon ,, at-w . hiah resolutions were unanimously paasud recognizing Mr . Lilwull ' s earnest and successful labours on behalf of

      early closing and the half holiday movement , and oxpressing a hope that all in that department of cominnrolal life will ahow , by personal exertion and by thoir liberal subscriptions , that they appreciate Mr . LllwulPd valuable nor vices to themselves nntl to society at largo . Suicide in A Rail-way . —A man , of gentlemanly appearance , who , on Thursday we « k , got into a thirdclass carriugo on the Leeds and Derby Railway ,

      suddenly let down the window , Opened the door , and jumped out . On the train arriving at the next station , the passengers informed the station-master and guards of what had occurred , and one of the guards went back along the line . The body was ultimately discovered , cut to fragments by a train from Derby . It would appear that the man had not been killed by the leap on to the line , but had walked about a quarter of a mile from the spot , and bad then thrown himself beneath the wheels of the approaching engine . The ' Apollo and Maksyas , ' by Raphael . — Among the eminent persons in Paris who have visited Mr . Morris Moore's celebrated Raphael , ' Apollo and Marsyas , ' are the following : —S . A . I . le Prince H " apole ' , de l'lnstitut de France ; M . Ingres , de l'lnstitutde

      France ; M . Flandrin , ditto ; M . Gatteaux , ditto ; M . Martinet , ditto ; M . Le Bas , ditto ; M . Forster , ditto ; M . Ravesson , ditto ; M . Delacroix , ditto ; M . Robert Fleury , ditto ; M . Ch . Lenormand , de l'Acade ' Francaise ; M . Merimee , de FAcade ' mie Francaise et Inspecteur General des Monuments Historiques et Antiques de France ; M . Victor Cousin , de l'Academie Francaise ; M . Guizot , de l'Academie Francaise ; M . Desire" Nisard , de FAcade ' mie Francaise' et Inspecteur General de l'Universite ; M . Vitet , de l'Academie Franchise ; Le Baron de Barante , de ^ l'Academie Francaise ; M . Edouard Bertin , M . Rigault , Le Marquis et la Marquise de Selvo , Le Cotnte de la Batie , Le Comte

      de la Redorte , La Duchesse d'Albufera , La Comtesse de la Redorte , M . de Mercey , du Ministere d'Etat ; La Princesse Julie Bonaparte , Victor de Tracey , Le Comte de Morny , La Duchesse de Cres , Le Comte de St . Aignan , La Marechale Duchesse d'AlbufieYa , Le Comte Duchatel , Casimir Pe ' rier , Le Comte de Cornonville , Le Baron Wappers , Le Due d'Abrantes , La Vicomtesse de Clermont-Tonnere , Le Comte de Laborde , Le General Baron de St . Joseph , Le Duchesse de Sagan et de Talleyrand , Princesse de Courlande ; Le Due de Valencay , Le Vicomte Burge , M . Dumas , Senateur ; La Duchesse de Galliero , Le Comte MarescalcLi , M . Auguste Dumont , ex-Ministre ; Bf . Bertrand de St . Germain , La Comtesse de Hannonville , M . Ernest de Sahune , &c .

      The Unemployed Spitalfields Weavers . — A deputation from the unemployed Spitalfields weavers had an interview with the Right Hon . J . W . Henley , President of tbe Board of Trade , last Saturday . A memorial was presented , setting forth the decline of prices for Spitalfields goods , many of which , during the last few years , have fallen to one-half their former price , a result which the memorialists attributed chiefly to foreign competition . The memorial prayed for an act of Parliament for the establishment of local Boards of Trade . Mr . Henley said that , though he sympathized deeply with the distress of the memorialists , he could not hold out any hope that the Government would make any alteration in the laws .

      The Social , Evil . —The report of the Marylebone deputation to the Home Secretary on the subject of the social evil , ' was brought up last Saturday at the weekly meeting of tlie Representative Council . The Rev . Thomas Gamier , rector of Trinity , denied an assertion that he wished to give the police power to arrest streetwalkers and to make forcible entry into disorderly houses . He considered that such things would bo most un-English , tyrannical , and brutal . Since his attempt to reform the present abuses , he had received most disgusting and even threatening anonymous letters , which

      bore evidence of having been written by people in the upper ranks of society . From the lower classes he had met with the deepest sympathy . His object was not to persecute the poor women who fill our streets , but to aid and rescue them . A committee was appointed to consider and report upon the memorial on the subject presented to the vestry by certain ratepayers . A vestry of St . James ' s , Westminster , was held on Thursday , at which a long report , touching some matters in dispute between the vestry and that of Marylebone , on the ' groat social evil' question , was road and adopted . much leasure

      New Indian Director . —We have p in stating that Lord Ellenborough has recalled Lieu tenant-General Sir G . Pollock to the Board of Direction of tho East India Company . Sir G : Pollock succeeds Sir Lawrence Peel , whose term of appointment expires in April next , and who docs not wish to be reappointed . —Homeward Mail . Another Prosecution for Lhjel on the Fui ^ oh Emperor . —Stanislaus Tchorsowitki , a Polish bookseller living in Rupert-street , Haymarket , was examined at Bow-street on Tuesday on a charge of publishing a pamphlet ( issued by tho revolutionary committee , Pyat , Beason , and Talundter ) having for its object tho incitement to assassination of Louis Nnpolcon . Some

      passages were roa < l in court : they -were of a very violent character , anil clearly implied that tho Emperor may be justly killed by any one . A remand was granted , but JMr ., Jnrdiij « . Ml ( kh , tt , w . W ^ ottered himself ; but , as he turned out to bo tho printer of tho pamphlet , Mr . Bodkin objected to him . Mr . Leverson ( who appeared fcr tho accused ) then suid ho should bo forced to send for ' the greatest philosopher of tho age , ' Mr . John Stuart Mill , who ho , know would become bail ; nml ho denounuod thoso prosecutions as ominous for tho liberties of the country . —Tho acousod won aguin examined on Thursday , and committed for trial . Mr . Levorson , then udinitttxi that , on tho previous occasion , ho hod made uso of Mr . Milla ' u name , in tho

      excitement of his indignation , without authority ; but satisfactory bail was now produced , and the prisoner was set at liberty . Thk Marchioness of Londonderry , on Sundayweek , opened the new Sunday Schools , at Seaham , and delivered an excellent address . They have been built at her sole expense , for the benefit of her workpeople in the neighbourhood . Discussion Foetjm . '—Mr . William Carpenter , the chairman of the debating society alluded to in M . laGuerroniere ' s Napoleonic pamphlet , has written a letter to the Emperor , denying that , as asserted , he was a paid chairman , and stating that the question , ' Is regicide justifiable under certain circumstances ? ' was simply discussed as an abstract historical theme . So far from the opinions of the members of the society being revolutionary , they are of a directly opposite nature , the patrons of the society being chiefly substantial tradesmen and men of business . In answer to this communication Mr . Carpenter has received a letter from the private secretary of the Emperor , in which he states that his Imperial master has commanded him to thank Mr . Carpenter for the information he had communicated , and to express his regret that the writer of the pamphlet should have misconstrued a circumstance now so satisfactorily explained . Alderman Fakebrother died on Monday morning , after a long and painful illness , in his seventieth year . He was elected alderman of Lime-street ward in 1826 , and was Lord Mayor in 1833-4 . The Earl of Ranfurley died on Sunday at his seat near Dungannon , Ireland , in the seventy-second year of his age .

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      Leadkk Office , Saturday , March 27 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . Lord Panmure moved for returns respecting military barracks , with regard to which , he said , great misapprehension prevailed . A discussion followed , initiated by Lord Gre y , and the returns were agreed to . Some bills were advanced a stage , and the lioyal Assent was given to the Mutiny Bill . The House adjourned at seven o'clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . CHELSEA NEW BlUDGE . In rnswer to Sir John Shelley , Lord John Man hers said that Chelsea New Bridge would be opened for traffic on Monday next , but with the tolls as at present , although the Government proposed to bring in a bill t 6 mitigate the amount of foot-tolls . WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND . In answer to Mr . Brady , the Li > iu > Advocate said that there were no materials before liiin to enable him to prosecute the Directors of the Western Bank of Scotland . COMPENSATIONS IN THE LATE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS . In answer to Sir William Hjsathcote , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the claims for compensation of persons connected with the late Ecclesiastical Courts amounted to half a million , and he had appointed a Commission to inquire into them . In committee of supply , several votes of money on account were granted for nrmy estimates and other departments . THE BUDGET . In answer to Mr . Williams , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he should produce the Budget as soon after Easter as possible .

      THE INDIA BILL . The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to move for leave to bring in a bill for tho better government of India . Ho said that the vote of the House on the 18 th February , deciding that tho East India Company was to cease , hud causod the present Ministry to adopt ia their bill the principle of transferring from tho East India Company to her Majesty tho home government of India . He defended an alleged inconsistency of tho Ministry in adopting a principle which they bad opposed out of office , and he cited precedents which justified such a course . Ho eulogized tho East India Company , and said thut its fall had not bepn produced by any inherent fault of its own , but by the influonco of change and progress . Tho form of government for India which , the bill proposed was , that there should bo a Minister of tho Crown , to hold tho rank and position of a Secretary of State , who wus to bo called tho President of tho Council of India , with power to appoint a Vice-President . Tho Council over which ho was to l ^ irdo "' lvaT ^ o ' ~ conli 8 t ^ 6 f ^ elghtcon' -perflonsr-hnlf--ofwhich should bo nominated by tho Crown , and tho other half bo oloctivo . Tho nominated members should each of thorn represent some groat interest in India , four of them chosen out of tho . civil services in each Presidency , who must have served ton years . One of the members wan to bo aoquaintod with tho condition of tho native Princes and people , and must have , paasod llvo of thoir ton yoara' service In lndiu aa Roaldont at some nfttlvo Court . Tho four other nominated

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1858, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2236/page/9/