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      Anglo-French Marriages. The Following Sc...

      assert that the young ¦ woman was not a desirable tnatch for their son , inasmuch as she lived apart from her mother , and had led an irregular life . They brought the young man from'London , and applied to the tribunal to- declare the marriage void , because their son had not flaked their consent , as he was bound to do by French law , because he had not published it in France as required , and because he had been married in the name of Normand , whereas his real name was Normandin . " Proceedings have accordingly been taken , and the marriage declared null and void . A demand for

      damages , made at the same time by the girl , was refused . With the conflicting testimony brought forward in the course of evidence it is not necessary to deal . The father ' s counsel declared that the Belgian was of bad character , and that he had made this discovery through a young French gentleman , a friend in London . The advocate on the other side declared that it was this same French gentleman who had led the elder Normandin to discountenance the marriage , and that the rejection by the young wife of some infamous proposals he had made her was the reason which induced him to play such a

      despicable part . We may well afford to leave these conflicting statements behind , so as to : arrive at some considerations suggested by the undeniable facts of the case . Here is a Frenchman who , although young , is . no longer a boy , being in fact twenty-four years of age ; and a marriage Which he contracts in England , With a person whom he seems to have loved , is annulled by the French tribunal , because the ceremony was performed without the consent of the bridegroom ' s father ! According to the law of England , the woman in question is still a wife . In France she is a widow , who has never had a husband . Is it not about time for some measure to be adopted ,

      having for its object to prevent such scandals as these ? As the law now stands , a young Frenchman may go ever to England , marry any young girl he meets , and then return to his own country , with the certainty of being released by its tribunals from the engagement he has entered into . Seduction is thus legalised } as it were , and bigamy made easy , by French law . There ought to be an end of this . ¦

      102 The X. E A Deb. W<>> ^ 61 > January ...

      102 THE X . E A DEB . W <>> ^ > January 22 r 1859 .

      Mr. Bright's Reform: Bill, On Monday Eve...

      MR . BRIGHT'S REFORM : BILL , On Monday evening , at a . crowded public meeting in St . . GeprgeVhall ; at Bradford , Mr . Bright announced the principal points in his forthcoming bill . The member for Birmingham repudiates the idea of ' ' advocating or proposing a measure far in advance of public opinion , " and declares , himself desirous rather of " going along ¦ with and acting in harmony with that opinion . " In this spirit he adopts , as the first element of his measure , the 10 £ Occupation Franchise in counties . The county members of the Legislature already number 252 ; and bv Mr . Bright ' s schedules of redistribution they would

      or two . Next , in Schedule F , there are twelve boroug hs of higher population still , reaching to as much as 270 , 000 .. These boroughs are to return four members each . Only one of them does so at present , that , of the City of London . Some of the metropolitan boroughs are included in the four-member schedule , and the Tower Hamlets is divided into' two representations , each with two members . Mr . Bright proposes to give six members each , as we find by the next Schedule , to Manchester , Finsburyj Glasgow , Marylebpne , and Liverpool . The new Boroughs he proposes W make are , Gravesend , Leamington , Burnley , Birkenhead , Chelsea , and Kensington . The two latter to have two members each , the others only one . Now for the counties . By Schedule I , eighteen additional members are to be added to English counties of large : populations ; by Schedule K , eight additional to Irish counties ; and by Schedule L , a little change of no great importance is made in ' respect to Scotch counties .

      be increased to 278 . With the six members for the universities he does not propose to meddle ; we have therefore 284 seats about which no novel change is proposed . Public opinion has been unmistakably pronounced in favour of a 10 ? . County Franchise ; and Mr . Bright but conforms to its behests in taking this as one of the mam pillars of the system he would rear . For the Town Franchise he is able to plead high authority . Household or ratepayirig suffrage is that which was advocated eloquently by Mr . Fox , propounded deliberately by the late Earl Grey , and zealously recommended by Lord Durham , Mr . Bright adheres to Liability to rating as the basis of the suffrage above the SJ . limit .

      From some intimations , however , which were thrown out towards the close of bis speech at Bradford , ¦ we gather that the hon . gentleman will show himself open to further consideration on various points . The Ballot naturally follows the enunciation of the contemplated provisions of Mr . Bright ' s Bill respecting the suffrage . He declares his unshaken conviction that this'concession cannot be much longer delayed . The following is a summary of the Schedules of the Bill : —Schedule A presents a list of fifty-six boroughs in England and Wales which are to coaso to return t \ ny members to Parliament , some pf which now return two members , and some of them only one . This list begins with Arundel , which has a population of 2748 , and ends with Woodstock , with a population of 7083 . Nine Irish , boroughs , with equally limited populations , are

      also tq cease to send members ; and so with twenty-one contributing boroughs in Scotland . Schedule B refers to boroughs in the United Kingdom the population of which exceeds 8000 and is under 16 , 000 . They are sixty-nine in number , and in future all of them are to return ono ^ membor e « oh . At present the half of them send two members , each . Schedule 0 is a Hat of forty- * ono in number , jn which no change is to bio made except with regard to three Scotch groups of boroughs that are to be dlvldoc ^ and to JKUkunny , -yvhioh ia to have an additional member . . These boroughs have a population ran ^ rfff fro m 10 , 000 to 20 , QQQ . la Schedule D we find forty-thretf boroughs with a , higher population , up to 64 , 000 each , many of which now only return one member . They are , for the future , all to return fwo * Schedule E gives na twenty" throe boroughs , with a popular tion rariging ^ from 64 , 000 to 127 , 000 , which are to send thwe , mgtabew ctwh . although they now only send om

      The Army And The "Host." A Xktteb From M...

      THE ARMY AND THE " HOST . " A xktteb from Malta informs us that the following garrison order has been the source of much bitterness :- — " All guards to turn out . to the Archbishop of Malta , and all sentries to carry arms and present arms when the Host passes . " Captain Sheffield , of the 21 st Royal North British Fusiliers , having refused , will in all probability be tried by court-martial . Captain Sheffield , it is reported , is ready to submit to any punishment rather than do homage to the Host . This presenting and carrying arms to the Host has long been a cause of complaint with the Protestant soldiers at Malta , particularly the Presbyterians , when Highland regiments have been stationed here . Some years ago General Aitchison , now Governor of Dover Castle , while commanding a company of Artillery at Malta , was dismissed

      the service for refusing to salute the Host . U pon this the Daily News remarks : — - " The British soldier is not now , if he ever was ,, a mere fighting automaton . The glorious records of the Crimean and Indian wars showed us what depths of noble faith and intelligent piety , till then unsuspected , exist in our army . How can we hope that our regiments will be leavened with such praying , bible-reading men as Havelock led to Bithoor , if an order like that issued to the Malta garrison is to be maintained ? A British officer , Captain Sheffield , of the Roj-al North British Fusiliere , a Crimean officer ,

      having refused to obey the order , has been placed under arrest . It is a case of conscience with him , and ' he is ready to submit to any punishment rather than ¦• do homage to the Host . ' We should think he is ; but we ' should like to see who , at the present day , will dare to punish any soldier of the British army , be he officer or private , for refusing to pay religious honours to a priest ' s bit of bread . It is time this nonsense was done with . We have heard a great deal too much lately from the Mediterranean of ignoble truckling to the priesthood both of the Latin and Greek churches . Some whose

      high station and endowments ought to have preserved them from unworthy compliances in this respect have compromised the dignity of their country among the races which inhabit the islands of Southern Europe . The country , however , can take cure of its own honour , eminent public men may expiate their errors with the loss of reputation ; but the soldier , if the rules and orders of the service are against him , is helpless . It is for those who enjoy the protection of the army and the reflected lustre of its glories , to take care that its members shall not be harassed by the imposition of orders which destrpy their self-respect without bringing the least advantage to the country . '"

      Completely Filled. The Cluster Of Stones...

      completely filled . The cluster of stones told of the little children who died a long lifetime ago ; of the sisters Sarah Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth , and of Mr . Quillinan , and his two wives , Dora lying between her husband . and father , arid seeming to occupy her mother ' s rightful place . And Hartley Cpleridge lies next the family group ; , and others press closely round . There is room , however . The large grev stone which bears the name of William Wordsworth has , ample space left for another inscription ; and the grave beneath has ample space also for his faithful life-companion .

      Not one is left now of the eminent persons who rendered that cluster of valleys so eminent as it has been . Dr . Arnold went first in the vigour of his years Southcy died at Keswick , and Hartley Coleridge on the margin of Rydal Lake ; and the Quillinans under the shadow of Loughrigg ; and Professor Wilson disappeared from Elieray ; and the aged Mrs . Fletcher from Lancrigg ; and the three venerable Wordsworths from Rydal Mount . . She who had noted so many last survivors was

      her-DEATH OF MRS- WORDSWORTH . Mrs . Wordswoutk , widow of the Poet , died on Monday night , at eleven o ' clock * . The last thing that would have occurred to Mrs . Wordsworth would have been that her departure , or anything about her , would be publicly noticed , amidst the events-of a stirring time . Those who knew her well regarded her with as true a homage as they ever ron , dered to any member of the household , or to any personage of the remarkable group which will be fur ever traditionally associated with the Lake District : but this reverence , genuine and hearty as it was , would not , in all eyes , be a sufficient reason for recording more than the fact of her death . It is her survivorship of such a group whioh constitutes an undisputed public interest in

      her decease . With her closes a remarkable scene in tho history of the literature of our century . Tho wellknown cottage , mount , and garden at Itydalwill be regarded with other eyes , when shut up , or transferred to now occupants . With Mrs . Wordsworth , an old world has passed away before the eyes of the inhabitunts of the district , and a new one succeeds which may have its own delights , Holomnitiw , honours , and graces , but whioh can never replace the familiar one that is gone . There wast something mournful in tho lingering of this aged lady— 'blind , deaf , and bereaved in her latter yoars j but s / tevtaa not mournful , anymore than she was inaensiblo . Age did not blUnt her feellngB , nor UoaUon her interest in . tho e . yonta of tho day . Tho question commonly asked by visitors to Graamoro churchyard waw—whore would * M be laid when two tlrao came , the space was so

      self tlie last of a company more venerable than eagles , or ravens , or old-world yeomen , or antique customs . She would not in any case be the first forgotten . As it is , her honoured name wjll live for generations in the traditions of the valleys round . If she was studied as the poet ' s wife , she came out so well from that investigation that she was contemplated for herself ; and the image so received is her true monument . It will be better preserved in her old-fashioned neighbourhood than many monuments which make a greater shovr . —JJaily Mews . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . '¦¦ " ¦ ¦

      Tiger Hunt.—Captain Graham, Superintende...

      Tiger Hunt . —Captain Graham , Superintendent of Police at Broach , had received information about the middle of the day that a large tiger had taken up his position in a village near , and had just killed a woman and severely mauled a man . Graham sent off a sowar to ask the men ia Broach to eonie out , saying that he would wait , till five o ' clock , and then , if no one came , he would attack himself . As the place was fourteen miles on the other side of the river , and horses and giins not read y * the Broach men thought it useless to go that night , and resolved to start next morning . Graham waited till five , and then set put with a riaique and six Sepoys of the armed police , and some peons . As they were going through a cotton field the tiger sprang up and charged

      Graham , who galloped off , and . the tiger retreated . Graham ordered his men to load , and taking liis rifle , gave chase to the tiger . When he got within fifty yards he pulled up and made a beautiful shot from the saddle , his grey Arab standing as steadily as a rock . The ball passed , through the tiger ' s neck and brought him down . Graham waited till his men came up and then gave him another shot , on which the tiger , roaring furioualy , charged right down on the Sepoys , who received him with a volley , which did not stop him . lie rushed pn a coolie police Sepoy , who with the utmost coolness and courage received him with the bayonet , inflicting a severe wound on the head . But the tiger bore down , the Sepoy ' s defence , and seized the end of the

      musket in his jaws . The musket and bayonet were bent to a right angle , and the marks of his teeth are visibly grooved out in the barrel . Seizing the Sepoy he clawed him fearfully . Graham could not get his second gun for a miuute ; seeing which the peons , Mussulmans , drew their swords , and so gallantly attacked tho tiger that lie left the man , when Graham put a ball through his heart . The Sepoy was sent into the hospital , and the doctor thought he would recover , as no large vessel appeared to bo injured , though he was frightfully lacerated . He asked for four hairs from tho tigers whiskers , which he said wore a churm to cure him if tied round his wrist . However , in the night ho began to sink ,, and to the great regret of all he died . lie was a moat gallant t & Wow .- * -Bombay Standard .

      Aduwkhaxion o *» Foop ajnd Sams ov Poisons . — A moating was held at Manchester ou Monday to take these questions into consideration . Tho following resolutions woro carried : —" That inasmuch as . tho indiscriinJnato sale of poisons has frequently lod to serious and fatal results , it is the opinion of this mooting ( duo regard being had to tho caso of individuals already established in trade ) that no person should bo jicrmiUud to aell drugs or ilisjion & o medicines without a cortiilcato of competency from somo duly constituted public authority ; nnd that in all eases the sale of poisons ought to bo rogulatod by Act of Parliament . " Tho second

      resolution was : — " That tho adultorution of food having boon proved , to exist to a very largo extunt , and tho consoquoncofl resulting therefrom being moat injurious to the public both in sanitary and commercial points of view , and groat benefit having horotoforo resulted from inspection of certain articles of food ,. it is tho opinion of thlu mooting that the corporate and other load authorities ought to possoss tho power of inspecting all food oflbrod for sale , and that tlie vendorn of food Injuriously ndultomtpd Hhould bo Bubjootoil to a penalty . " It w < lfl resolved , that petitions to Parliament uhutihl bo fljtmdod ou tlieso resolutions . Tanc Gmcic . N Uihanj > . —Lord AU » a to to bo tho now Knight of tho Thistle , in tho place of tho Jatu Jiurl wf HadUiDfiton . — Morning Herald .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22011859/page/6/