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      BBs income was 5007 . a y « ar allowecl 'him , by his "bnihet . . ¦ /¦;¦ ; ' - ¦¦;> .. : ' ¦ ¦ ¦• . - ^ -v ¦ . ' .: ¦ . > : /¦ ::: ) ' - ¦ '' ; -: \ : : * ' . • ; ' --jLn altercation took place -oh Tuesday in the Qqiirt of Queen ' s Bench , arising out of astrange proceeding on the part of the Lord Chief Baron . Jlxl action was brought on a "bill of ^ cban ^ e ;; . ^ rv 6 S £ V ' ' ^ wni'bjr ; . 'tiiiB defendant , accepted by one Richardson , and endorsed to ftaplaraunv The defendant pleaded : that thelill was fraudulently obtained frorb him ^ vithout consideration . After ^ hearing tie witnesses for the plaintiff , and the Summing up of Mr . Edwin James , counsel on that side , the Chief Baron intimated that the defendant had ho case . Mr . Chambers , Q ; O > , who appeared for , the defendant , said he should like to address the conri . The Chief Baron said there was really nothing to go to the jury . In point of law , the plaintiff was : not bound to give any answer . to tie defendant ' s case . Miy ;

      Chambers ::: " T > besyouf Lordship rule tlat I have no right to address tlje jury ? " - —ThevChief Baron : ** I rule that the defendant case does not ; call for any answer . '' Mr . Chambers : y " Withthe greatest desire to submit to your lordshi p permit me to suggest that I ha . ve a right to address : the j ury . " After some further discussion , the Chief Baron , said lie should direct a verdict for the plaintiff ! . Mr . Chambers submitted that the plaintiff ' s -witnesses had made the case worse than before , and continued : | . . May I -ask , my Xord , if all the evidence given 6 n the part of the plaintiff is to be struct but ? " —TThe Chief Baron : "Yes ; it may he struck out ^ Mr . Chambers : " 1 do not consent to have it struck out . I claim the ; right to -address the : jury upon : itv' '— -The Chief Baron : ^ Atid I do not admit your right . " f be jury :. w ^ . then ^ d ' irected , to , ' -givJe '' their Verdict for the plaintiff ; the Chief liaron consenting to reserve leave " - 'and . stay execution . . .-. ¦• . ¦ . ¦; " . '; : ' : ;; ¦" . <^ - - ' - '" .: ¦ : ¦ ¦¦' .: ¦¦^ ¦ : ¦ - ' :.. . ^ ' ' .. -: ' - -. ;

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      : ;\ .::: ;; ::: ¦ ^ . -. JSA ^ AL . ; ANp mixitak ^ . ¦ : .,- : - ; ,-::. - ^ IhB ^ EAT ^ . of last week has occasioned some fatal losses of men and Bhips in the-Channel , and some delays in the regular der partures and arrivals of the mail : packets . ¦ <^ TJi ^ MATtTiAt , in IinoiAv - — liieutenant "William " Ifaeefer JasperiOuseleyy off the 22 nd Jteginient ¦ Bengal /¦ .-Native Irfantry , has been tried at Calcutta on a / chirge vof being drank when , on duty under arms on the out-¦ ] tyjbg picqinets at Dinapore .: He -was found guilty , arid sentenced to be cashiered . The courts however , ret : 6 mmerided him to the favourable consideration of Sir Colin

      Campbell ^ " account of the recent exposure , ¦ hardships , and excessive anxiety of mind he had / undergone ; withoutfood for days , and . Jn the hourly expectation of being mtirdered ; : and also on account of his youth arid inexperience . " The Comm ander-in-Chief refused to regard these circurnstances as palliations of the offencej and even reproved the court for the recominendationtb xnerx 5 y . ~ Another court-martial has been held at Calcutta on two privates of the 10 th Foot , for mutinous and The court found them

      disorderly ^ conduct- guilty ; with \ i 5 ie < 2 Eceptio > n of the mutinous' part of the charge . For this exception , the court has been , reproved by Sir Colin , ¦ w ho , however , conceiving there were palliating circum-Btances , has remitted the punishment of imprisonrnent . Four other privates of the 10 th Foot have been acquitted of a charge of murdering a native Subahdnr-Major ; This finding the Commander-hi-Chiefapproves , but blames the court for the haste and carelessness -with -which the / finding vrta drawn up .

      Query—a Toheign Legion ?— A correspondent of the Times , dating Boulogne-sur-Mer , November 29 th , says : — "On Friday evening last , I was on the quay at this place waiting for the boat from London , by which I expected the arrival of a friend from England . The hour for the departure of the boat for London was near , ¦ whe n my attention was attracted by the arrival of several men escorted by several files of French soldiers , guarded / by whom they were embarked for London . I inquired who these men were , and was told they were recruits for the British Foreign Legion . I replied that there must h

      e BOme mistake , as at the present time no Foreign Legion -was being formed in England . My informant became Very ^ vehement , -and his loud tones drew the attention of the bystanders . Not wishing to enter into Sous ^ ' m ° VCd avray : y Thi 8 is certainly bus-Yesset-s Ashohb —The steamer Martello , belonging to tbo Inverness Company , ashore , early last Saturday morning , on the Carr Eock , opposite Crail . No one waft "lljir ed , but jt was found impossible to , get the ship off . ^ About two hours afterwards , the Commodore , belonging to the Aberdeen Company , struck on the same rock , misled , it seems , "by the Tights , of the Martollo . However , she was backed off , and conveyed the crow of the less fortunate ship to Granton .

      Accident to a Steamer . —Her Majesty ' s etcamer Cuckoo met with an accident on Tuesday afternoon , just after embarking at Chatham a largo party of marines for the Renown . Tho force of the current carried the steamer towards the Gun Wbarf , where sue ran aground , and settled d own in tho mud of tho river , with , her atom towards tho middle of the stream . The troops speedily got ashore , and tho baggage was romoved , though not Without aonao of it being damaged . On tho tide rising , tho steamer was almost entirely submerged . Subsequent oflfbrt & to raise her have failed .

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      , ¦; r : ¦ . ; M JtSC ^ ELIiAK 32 JO &^ ' [ .- V - ; y The Cot RT . —Thie Queen left Windsor for London on Wednesday ; in t > raer thatshe might open Parliament in person on the following Say . On krriving in town , she held a rMvy Council { at which ^^ ^ eJEtoyal Speech tv ^ ib approved ) and a Court . -Oh Thursday , ler Majesty opened Rcrliament in state , and afterwards returned to : Windsor ; -V . ; . / - : ¦ .-. ¦ • . ¦ ' ¦ ¦• . ' - ' . ¦ ¦•• ¦ ' ' ¦' . ' . '¦ . ¦ ¦' . ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ' - " : - ' . ¦ ' . ' "¦ : -C ¦ : ¦¦ ¦"¦ : "'¦ ' ¦ '¦ "; -: , - Oiookes in CotrarcDL . —At ' -tlie Privy Conncil . bdd oil Wednesday , two ordersHa . Conncil "wete issued , directing that the Divorce and Matrimonial a \ .-ct and the Probate Act " -. 'shall come into operatidn on ^^ the llth of aeit January . ; - ;^; .. ¦ , ; - : ¦¦ . ¦ ::- . ' : . ' - ; " . ¦ ¦' . ; " . > :: } " . ¦"¦ ' : ¦ .. '' . ; ¦• - . : '' ¦ ^"¦ ¦ r-.- ' - : St . James ' s Home ; fok ' . Reottbijts . ^ W ! e " are mrortned that an asylum has been opened at Whetstohe , Finchleycommon , for the reformation of fallen women of a class somewlat superior , in point of education , social ^ standing and comparative Inex ^ eriernee in vice to I 3 ie great majority of those Tcho are to be foxmd in . most of the existing refuges and penitentiaTies . ; It is to be called the St . James ' s Refuge and Home foT ^ Penitents , as having originated with the parish of St . Jarnes » s , Piccadilly , but it * rill be open indifferently to applicants from all ^ parts of the metropolis or ^ of tn « country . Accomtnodatiqn has been provided for twenty " penitents uader a lady superintendent and an assistahti . ' -: ¦•; .::- r -

      Social Science League . —A ^^ correspondent itiforms ns that a society under this name has been formed Sri London , to collect and disseminate facts in relation to education , the production and distribution of wealth , and the well-being of all classes ; ^ The hew Society held itsthird meeting in the hall of Lyons Inii , ; oh Wednesday last ^ arid purposes to meet the first Wedne 3 day in every month , for the reading of papers and repdrts , arid the discussion . of the objects : ofthe League . Crystal Palace C 0 NCERxs . ^ The Saturday afternoon concerts at the Crystal Palace have commenced "with great success , at a season of the j r ear > yhen a

      concert ir i town would appear an interference yjith the laws xjf riature . At . the : last concert the Prrma , Donna was Mdlle . Finpli ,: a lady of rare . personal ¦ attractions , arid gifted-with a splendid sopfano voice . Shs ? sang a scena from , the Pfqpkete , ¦;' .: and ; : -was' rapturously encored *; A director of ^ the IDttblinPhilharrnonic Society happening to be present ' .. immediately secured the services of Mdlle . iEiripli for the forthcoming grand annual ' concert in that city .: Is Mdlle . Finoli engaged at eithet ¦ - / of | the Opera Houses for next y . ear ? ; Her style is highly dranaatic , and we -invite the attention , of Mr . Gye to talents yf-hich belong tdthe lyricstage . ' . : J ¦' ..:

      -ChemIts MissTBELS .--rThe press has scarcely , we think , done justice to this very amusing and clever band Cif brothers from the States , and we include ourselves in the : charge of rieglecti Nevertheiess , the public has found theiri out , and they have made their own success , which appears to increase nightly . A very pleasarit hour or two is to be spent in their company , at the Polygraphic Hall , King WilliaLm-strect . The entertainment is divided into two parts : tlie jfirst is composed of vocal and instrumental performances by the company , who appear to be all vocalists and instrumentalists . In the Kegrb songs there is a mixture of tlie grotesque and the pathetic , which appeals strangely to the feelings ; and the singing of the sable minstrels is very sweet arid expressive . We cannot say much for the smartriess of the dialogue , which

      fills up the spaces between the melodies , but as the singing is almost incessant , the audience , hasnot the time bo be dull . A Burlesque of the Hritchinson Family is intensely absurd , but it is not appreciated as it mignt be , if any one remembered who and what the Hutchinson Family were ' some ten years since . ' The Burlesque dancing is really funny ; the violin , solo by Mr . Nish shows a singular command of the instrument , and much feeling ; the banjo solo , by Mr . Pierce , is the rtiost characteristic bit in the programme . The Silver Belt Jig , danced by Mr . Joe Brown , is original , but too long . The Burlesque of Jullien ' s Concerts , which concludes the entertainment , is admirable . The antics of the great Charlatan d'Orchestre himself , the fabulously big brass instruments , and the sound and fury of tho music , are imitated to peis , fection .

      Thk Birmik'ghaw Catocx ^ e And Poultrt Show has been on view during the present week . The show of beasts was very large in number and fine iiv quality . Goano . —Some letters from the Kooria Mooria Islands have been published . They show that there is a fine supply of guano there , but a want of men to collect it . Several , however , were expected soon to arrive . Tub Leviathan . —Tho monster Bhip Jhas made further progress towards the ¦ water . Last Saturday and Sunday , she was lowered about twenty-tivo feet . During the night between Saturday and Sunday , she settled down on the ways so deeply that great difficulty

      was experienced on the following day in getting her to move again ; but she further progressed on . Monday until some of the machinery broke . On Tuesday and Wednesday , she remained stationary , nnd on the latter of those days waB visited by tho Prince of Prussia . On Thursday and Friday , Bhe moved again , but chiefly In irregular slips . Since Saturday , she lian moved about sixty-eight feet , but has still upwards of two hundred and thirty feet to traverse—a journey which , it is thought , will take her a fortnight to perform . —On Thursday , another end accident occurred , though not in immediate connexion with tlio slup . A platform on

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      . - .: . '¦'¦ ¦ . ; . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦] ' / : ¦ . ¦; :: LKAi > EjR ; O ) F * rpE ) SaUirdayj ijepember 5 . : ¦ ^; % . U $£ riE ^^ i ^ t ^^^ s ;;¦ ¦ , ¦;¦;¦ : ; : ; ::: v : ;"' - ; ^ use # i ^ rds ; ; V ; ^ f : -T * bb " " Editix , ¦ -of JiuasNaoKOtxsa : gave notice of anotibnibr Monday relative ito thi course taken by the Oovernoiv ( jreaeral of India ^ ion . the aubject ttf the Press , & Ci ? A ' . p &? o *! aI : al & r ^^ Earl of Shaftesbuby and the Bishop of Oxford , thie .- - Bight Reyv Brelate ^ accBsing the nbbl « Earl © f ^ auireptitiously iatroduoi ^ g a bill * w ^^ TOg ^ diatmg P ublic Worship , -vvith a View to getting : it read a , seoond time on Moa « tay . TJie House adjourned at lwdf-past five *

      ;;; , ; . > , _ ;; - ; ^ . ¦; ::: ^ p iJSE : OF : ; COMMO ^ S .:. ^ v .:: ^ T : ; ; r : ' :. : ' -: '' .: y- ' - ' : ' ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ : ' ' ^ ELEGOiAPli / TOi ' IXplA . -i . ' ¦ : 'y < " ^ ' ¦' ¦ ' . . ¦' " . In . answer to > Mr . CrXxtfokdj L 6 r 4 PAiMkitsToi ? sail that the Goyenimerit h ^ d been in communication with . that of Austria with regard to the establishraerit of a telegraph through Austria : to India , but the terms proposed by Austria were such that they Leonid riot b & acceded to , arid the negotiatiori had coriie to an enc ! ,. Still he had hapes tbat the Ari ^ tri an Gbyemrii ent w oul d establish , the pTopbsed line ,. which might be used by this country ; The Turkish < jrovernmerit proposed to estalflisii a : line iroiri Constaritiiiople to the Persian Gj-tlf , which could be in cornmuriication . witli the Aiistrian line , if it was established .. . ; / ¦ ' . '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ : ¦" :, . . ' ¦¦¦¦ ,::: ¦ ¦" : ¦ : ¦ : > : '¦ ¦ - '¦ ..

      : ; .: . - . ; ... . ;¦ EXPENSES 0 > P JtflimART HOW ) UR 3 . % ; ..-. ' .. ; ; In ; answer to . Cploriel Norxh ; Mr . '"Witibsr .. said that it yas ribw a ' rule that all expenses caused by the x ; onferring of -honours ^ on naiutary ^ officers ^^ suould be paid by the , pubiic . . : ' . - ., _; . v ?; , . - - ¦ - '¦ ' ¦ : ; " } y ^ .:: - " "¦ 'Q- - ]' U : . - i ' - ^ . ' ,.:. ¦ ' , ;¦ ¦ . voteoi" iiiAiiKs to the ai ^ x ; rs in & ia . :. ¦ -..... In . answer to Sir Djs Ijac y Eva ^ ns , LordpAiaLEBSTOx said that sl vote of thanks woudd he given to the Army in India . ¦ ¦ ' ¦' ¦/' . ' :: '' ¦ ¦ '¦' /¦ ¦ - . -: ¦ ¦' . ''¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - . '¦ " . ' " ' ¦' : ' :- " r . ' \ ¦ : ' ¦¦'" - •¦ ' "¦ . ; i :. :

      . ;¦ . ¦;; , ; : . . - . ENGLISH EMSONERS AI- ' -ilAPtKS . ^ V- \ ' / ; Mr . MoNckTON MititEa ^ brought fonvard tie case el the E » glish engineers now detained as '" prisoners rit Naples , haying . 'been already confiried for / five montlis , and inquired if / any measures would be taken in reference to ^ the : case .- —Iiord PAXsiEKST 6 > iir : said it was quite true that the engineers had been imprisoned under tlie circumstances in question . The Gbverriirient had demanded that our Consul at ^ Naples should have access to the prif spners to ascertain ho \ r they tad been treated ; whicli was riecessary , becau s * it was iriow n tbat gxeat barbarities were practised on Neapolitan prisoners . Tho

      Neapolitan Government had refused permission till certain legal proceedings had been gone through . Our Consul urged that there should be access to tliem ; antl , relations being allowed to see tUem , the father of one oi them at Cerioa had be « n brought to Naples at the public expense . An English , clergy man had also scon them , and he found that the prisoners were not improperly lodged , were well fedj had . ' money , and only complained of having no books , which the revereiid gentleman promiaed to got them . At the last adviceo , our Consul had obtained permission to see them . TUis being so , the Government could not do more , nor objoct to tli « ir being tried for the ofience alleged . against them . [

      THE BANK CIIA 31 TBR ACfT . The CHAiwaanLtoR -of tub Exchequer moved for leave to bring in a Bill of Indemnity , for the violation of the Charter of the Bank of England . He traced the history of the Bank Acts , tiamely , that of 1819 and 1844 . The former put an end to the suspension of specie payniontsj and establialed the princip le of the convertibility -of the l > ank-note . EVoin that time the power of issuing saotes was ui » himited , subject onjy to a liability to pay in gold on presentation , and this wqh the case of all banks in England , Scotland , and Ireland . This continued till tho act of 1844 , winch enacted that the Bank of England should be allowed to iasuo notes or securities to the oxtont of fourteen millions ; nnd ia addition to that , they may issue any amount of notes banl &

      which is covered by bullion . English , country J established after the passing of tho act , arc prohibited from issuing notes , and all existing banks aro limited ti > their circulatibu as it then stoo « l . The banks of Iielanu . and Scotland , also , ave limited to tUoir then issue . The note circulation of tho Rank of England ia about twenty millions ; that of the country banks is six millions ; of tho Scotch banks about three millions , and-ot tho Irish banks about Bcven millions . In . round ¦ numbers , tho circulation of tho United Kingdom , is thirtyeight millions . Tho only part of it covered 1 > y bullion is that of tho Bank of England , boyond fourteen millions . Tho object of tho restriction of 1 ho Act of 18 M , w ^ i 0 prevent the overflow of paper currency , and tlio causing of commercial panics . After tho crisis of 1 S 47 , when

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/10/