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      ' Gatherings From The Law And Police Cou...

      about the disreputable house , and in the Insolvency Court , at ad , having received the picture as security for what she owed , handed it to Mr . Smith to take care of for him . In cross-examination , lie said he knew the character of Mrs , Schwendler perfectly -well , and the nature of the business carried on by her in Newmanstreet ; and he confessed that he had been mixed up with a great deal of ' dirty business . ' The jury returned a verdict for the defendant . Mr . Hugh Thomas Cameron , a barrister-at-law , and son of Mr . Cameron , the manager of the Royal British Bank , who was a few days ago captured and brought to London , was on Monday charged before the Southwark magistrate with conveying half a pint of brandy into the Queen ' s Prison , contrary to the rules and regulations . He was fined 3 / .

      The case of Croft v . Lumley and others has been argued this week before the House of Lords sitting in error , decisions ( the second of which was now appealed against ) having been already given in the Court of Queen ' s Behch and the Court of Exchequer Chamber . Faithful Croft , the plaintiff ; is the lessor of Her Majesty ' s Theatre , and the chief defendant , Benjamin Lumley , was formerly the lessee of that theatre . The original action was brought to recover possession of that building on the alleged forfeiture of the lease by reason of alleged breaches of covenant , which were thus stated : — " 1 , that Mr * Lumley , having agreed that he would not convert the Opera House to any other use than for acting and performing operas , plays , concerts , balls ,

      masquerades , assemblies , and such theatrical and other public amusements or entertainments as had usually been given therein , but that he would use his utmost endeavours ' to improve the same for that use and purpose , ' had failed in the performance of his covenant by shutting up the building for a period of three years , extending from 1853 to 1856 ; 2 , that , contrary to his covenant , he had let out certain boxes and stalls to certain persons for a longer time than for one year ; 3 , that , in violation of his covenant , Mr . Lumley had mortgaged or encumbered the theatre by voluntarily giving warrants of attorney ix > confess judgments on debts as collateral security for the repayment of money borrowed . ' ' The Court of Queen's Bench

      decided that the only breach of covenant committed bv Mr . Lumley was the third , with respect to his having encumbered the theatre , but they gave judgment in his " that there had , been a waver of ilie favour oh the gru »»~_ . - ~ ' - v : liavinc reforfeiture on the part of the plaintm vy *** - — ^ ceived rent subsequent to the facts complained of coming to his knowledge . The Court of Exchequer Chamber had affirmed this judgment so far as it was in favour of the defendant , but were of opinion that the defendant had been guilty of no breach of covenant with respect to the third ground , and they therefore did not go into the question of waver of the forfeiture . This latter decision was now appealed against . The case is not yet decided .

      634 The Leader, [No. 380, July 4, 1857.

      634 THE LEADER , [ No . 380 , July 4 , 1857 .

      Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen Has ...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen has appointed the Duke of Cambridge ranger of Richmond Park . —The King of the Belgians arrived on a visit to the Queen yesterday . Emigration ov Discharged Government Artisans . —The John Owen , sailing vessel , left the Royal Arsenal Pier , Woolwich , last Saturday , for Quebec , having on board 392 emigrants , being the fourth party sent out by the Woolwich Committee for Promoting the Emigration of Discharged Government Workmen and their families . The fund is now closed , and the committee will be enabled to eend out 1012 emigrants , instead of 750 , aa originally contemplated . The number of emigrants now on their voyage is 812 .

      A New Comet . —Mr , R . C . Carrington writes to the Timea from the Rodhill Observatory : — " A tolerably bright telescopic comet was discovered on the 22 nd ult . by Dr . Klinkerfues , of Gottingen , about an hour after midnight . By a second notice , which very closely followed the first , it appears that the same object was independently detected at Paris , on the 23 rd , by M . Diem , of the Imperial Observatory . It may not bo unnecessary to add that the appearance and path of the present body offer no similarity to those of the comet of 1556 . " Thb New Bishop of Norwich was installed at Norwich on Friday week .

      The Expedition ujp the Nile , consisting of French , Germans , and Englishmen , has boon obliged to return , owing to dissensions between one of the Nubian chiefs and the explorers . The latter penetrated as far aa Amboukoul , The results of their journey , in a scientj / Io point of view , are said to bq very meagre , and to consist only of confirmations of faots already published by previous travellers . BANVFsniRic Eusction . — Mnjor Gordon ( Liboral ) was returned for Banfibhiro on Tuesday , without opposition .

      A ViMjAob wEURj , y Burnt down The village of Roden , about six miles from Shrewsbury , was almost wholly destroyed by firo last Saturday . The names extended fop nearly a quarter of a mllo . The property destroyed included a straw-stuck , two largo ranges of buildings , part of a farmhouse , two cottages , a valuable waggon maro , a curt , and farming implements . The greater part of the property Is Inaurcd . . FinjQS . —On Tuesday night , about half-past nine

      Shipwreck . —The Ocean Queen , of London , has been totally lost on a shoal extending about eight miles to the south , of the island of Bazatuta , in the Mozambique Channel It is feared that most of the crew perished , being thrown on a desolate island , where they have probably died of starvation . The master and a very few of the others escaped in the gig to Sofala . The Earl of Mornington died on Thursday , after a brief illness , at his residence in London , " in his seventieth year .

      Sailing of Ladt Franiclin s Expedition * . —The Fox screw steamer , fitted out at Aberdeen by Lady Franklin , sailed from that port on . Wednesday morning in search of the remains of Sir John Franklin and his crew . Lady Franklin and her niece , Sophia , were present , and it was a rather remarkable ^ coincidence , that , as the Fox got under Aveigh , the Lady Franklin brig and the Sophia , which were both purchased for the Arctic search , under Captain Penny several , years ago , left the harbour under the charge of the same Captain Penny , to pursue the whale fishing during the autumn , and , " wintering in Cumberland Straits , to resume the fishing again in spring . The Fox steamed away to the north , and is expected to make the ice in a week or ten days .

      factory solution . —During the whole of Thursday night , an extensive fire raged at Lewisham , near the railway station , the scene of the accident . The premises belonged to Mr . Smith , of Greenwich , and comprised from eighteen to twenty rooms ; they were not quite finished . A mounted express was despatched to London for the aid of the fire brigade ; but , even with the help of this , the flames were not extinguished till past four o ' clock yesterday morning . The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary .

      o ' clock , a fire broke out at Garraway ' s Coffee-house , Change-alley , Cornhill . Happily , it was soon got under , and in the course of an hour thoroughly extinguished . —A fire occurred at the War-office , Pall-mall , on Sanday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , in that portion of the building formerly the Ordnance-office . It originated in the registry-office , and it was ultimately ascertained that one of the desks containing official documents was totally consumed . On Monday , a strict investigation , was instituted by Lord Panmure , but without am satis-

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      U Offich, Saturday, July 4

      ^ -. U Office , Saturday , July 4 . Ulia ^ . — LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . ROYAL ASSENT . The Royal Assent was given by commission to several bills , among which were the Ministers' Money ( Ireland ) BUI , the Consolidated Fund ( 8 , 000 , 000 / . ) Bill , & c . RATE OF EXCHANG-E IN INDIA . The Earl of Ellenborough called attention to the rate of exchange in India , which had been recently altered , apparently with a view to check the export of silver from England , but which was calculated to subject the revenue of India to great danger . —Earl Granville said the subject was under the consideration of Government , and there was no fear of any drain of the revenue in India .

      IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS . On tho motion of tho Lord Chancellor , an alteration was made in the standing order by which Irish peers established their right to vote on tho election of Representative Peers , tho matter being done through tho agency of tho Lord Chancellor instead of by n Committee of Privileges .

      TIIH MURDER OF MR . PRICE IN AUSTRALIA . Earl Talbot brought forward tho case of Mr . Price , Inspector of Convicts in Australia , who was murdered by tho convicts , and ho pointed out that there wa s groat insubordination in tho bulks in consequence of the convicts having obtained somo knowledge of tho fact that public sympathy had been expressed for tho murderer of a Mr . Melville on a previous occasion . —Earl Granville promised tho attention of the Government to the subjoot .

      LAW OF RKAL PROPERTY , Lord Brougham called attention to the stato of tho law of real property in this country , especially ns regarded the transfer of land , and urged that inoasures should bo adopted for simplifying the conveyanco ofrenl property , for tho registration of titles , and for tho application of tho principle of tho Enoumborod Estates Court in Ireland to unencumbered estates in England . ST . JAMICS ' S I'ABK . Tho Earl of Malmicsiiuky , who had a motion on tho paper to call attention to tho works going on in St . James ' s Park , postponed it in consequence , aa ho aaltl , of there l ) olng a concert at tho Palace .

      OBHOENH PUBLICATIONS DILL . Lord CAMi'iim . L having oppressed liin surprise at tho opposition this bill had mot with , flaid ho had modi Hod It to meet the objections made to It , and all it now ( lid woo to cnablo a mngifltrutc , on aflldavit , to Issue a

      warrant to search houses where obscene publications are suffered to be sold . —The bill passed through committee . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at a quarter past seven .

      House Of Commons. The Tewkesbury Electio...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE TEWKESBURY ELECTION . Mr . E . Ellice reported that the committee appointed to inquire into the election at Tewkesbury had declared Mr . Martin , the sitting member , duly elected . p ostal communication ; with Ireland . In answer to Mr . Corry , Mr . Wilson said that arrangements had been made between the London and North-Western Railway and the Post-office for the conveyance of the mail from London to Dublin . The eea passage could be performed in rather less than four hours , and tlie whole service between London and . Kingston would occupy eleven hours , aad between London and Dublin eleven hours and a half .

      IMMIGRATION TO THE WEST UWIES . In answer to Mr . T . Baring , Hr . Labouciieku stated that every means wouldjbe adopted to encourage the immigration of free labourers into the West I . udiu Colonies ; though precautions were necessary to prevent free immigration being converted into a surreptitious renewal of the slave trade . With regard to Chinese labourers , Lord Elgin had been instructed to obtain information , and to make every arrangement to facilitate the transit of immigrants from China , to the West Indies .

      THE INDIAN BUDGET . In reply to Mr . Dukdas , Mr . Visenon Smith said that lie was prepared to bring on the Indian Budget on the first unoccupied day . PONTEFRACT ELECTION . Mr . Headlam brought up the report of the Pontefract Election Committee , declaring Mr . Woodd , the sitting member , duly elected .

      ISSUING OF WRITS . Lord Palmerston rose to move , " That , in all cases when the seat of any member has been declared void . by an election committee on the grounds of bribery or treating , no motion for the issuing of a hew writ shall be made without seven days' previous notice being given in the votes . "—Mr . Disraeli- suggested that this should not be clone except iu cases where a Committee made a special repork—A discussion followed , which resulted in the postponement of the consideration of the subject until next Monday .

      " The « on « ijsn went into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimate *' , WJudiffiSluiy occupied tho rest of the sitting .

      Conspiracies Against The French Emperor....

      CONSPIRACIES AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPEROR . The conspiracy of a certain number of Italians against , the life of the Emperor , to which I alluded some days ago , seems to be marked by a more serious character than was originally supposed . The persons taken into custody arc also more numerous ; successive arrests , either in consequence of disclosures made by accomplices or obtained from papers found at tlieir lodgings , have increased the number from three to fwenty-one ; 1 doubt whether it will rest hero . They belong to the same school as Pianori , and tlieir object is tho same . They are also said to bo connected with tho conspirators arrested in Genoa , who proposed to proclaim tho Republic in that city . —Timea of to-day .

      Revolutionary Movements In Italy. Tho Fo...

      REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN ITALY . Tho following telegraphic despatches have boon printed by our contemporaries : — u Paris July 2 . " Revolutionary movements took place this morning at Leghorn and . Naples . In both plncos the attempts were put down immediately . " Turin , July 2 . " The insurrectionary attempt at Leghorn lias been put down . Tho political prisoners who escaped from the Island of Pouza were about three hundred in number . In conjunction with tho insurgents from on board tho Cngliari , they attacked tho Neapolitan gendarmerie ! in tho province of Salorno , but worn dispersed , and many of thorn taken . The remainder fled . "

      Sardinia. Tho Chamber Of Deputies At Tur...

      SARDINIA . Tho Chamber of Deputies at Turin , in . its Bitting of tho 20 th ult ., voted tho bill for piercing a tunnel through Mount Oonis by a majority of 08 to 528 . Tho Sonato was also anguged in tlie diHOus & lon of tlie bill for transferring tho maritime ? nrsonala to La . Spo / . ia

      The Glasgow Poisoning Cask.—Tlie Gentlem...

      The Glasgow Poisoning Cask . —Tlie gentleman to whom Miss Smith was engaged in tho second inntaneo , la sntd to have oxprosuod M » determination to marry lior at onco , in the event of her acquittal , Crystal Pa la on . —Return of « d missions for six < lay ending Eriday , July 8 rd . 88 , 118 .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 634, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_04071857/page/10/