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      House , to the effect that Mr . Salomons had attended a Papal aggression meeting , and spoken severely against the Catholics . He holds views upon the question quite inconsistent with such conduct . Mr . Mechi entertained a large party at Tiptree-heath Farm on Thursday . They were invited to inspect stock , implements , and farming operations . A select body connected with the agricultural department of the Exposition were present , and some interesting trials of new implements came off . The entertainment was decidedly successful . Among other distinguished guests the papers mention Prince Frederick of Holstein and Lord Ebrington . A large meeting in the Tower Hamlets has carried , a resolution of " confidence " in Mr . George Thompson .

      The Anthenceum records , that Mrs . Jamesons name has been added to the penion list for £ 100 a year . As one who , by her very careful works in the cause of the beautiful and poetical arts , has done much to adorn female authorship , this recognition of Mrs . Jameson is especially -welcome , as occurring in the reign of a female Sovereign . The Emperor of Austria is expected at Milan in August . The King of Naples has conferred the Cross of the Order of St . Janariusupon General Gemeau . According to letters from Rome , the Pope continues at Castel-Gandolfo . Marshall Sebastiani died last week , at the age of 79 . He was a native of Corsica , and the fath' er of the Duchess de Praslin .

      Count Nobili , military commandant of the Austrian forces at Bologna , is making a tour of inspection in Tuscany and the Modenese States . The King of Sardinia and the Duke and Duchess of Genoa have subscribed among them 1500 francs towards paying the expenses of certain workmen whom it is proposed to send to the Exposition . The King and Queen of Saxony are staying at Venice , but observe the most strict incognito . They travel under the name of Hohenstein , and have taken up their residence at the Hotel Danielli . The Stockholm journals state that Mile . Jenny Lind " has just purchased one of the largest estates in Sweden , that of Beckarshoerg , in the province of Nykoping . " On the same authority it is said that "the last letters received by her friends in Sweden contradict positively the leports lately published of her approaching marriage . " Of course !

      Count Bocatme was executed at Mons on the 18 th . Fully expecting a pardon , he was greatly surprised when informed that in two days he would die . His last hours , if we may beiieve the accounts" ; were passed in an alternation of fright and indifference . Finally his courage got the better of his weakness , and he died with great firmness , inarching composedly to the scaffold , coolly complaining that one of the thongs with which he was strapped down cut him , ami looking fixedly on the shining blade of the guillotine before it fell .

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      CRIMIXAL CONVERSATION , DIVORCE , etc . The records of the assizes and of the police courts sometimes furnish stories as dramatic and extravagant as any detailed by the novelist . We have a group of cases before us , which illustrate in a lively manner the state of the relation between the sexes . Edward White , a farmer in Lincolnshire , married a woman who had previously borne to him an illegitimate child . They did not lead a very happy life , nor did Mr . White behave to his wife in the most manly ftshion imaginable . On one occasion , he locked her ovit of the house at night in the winter time ; and on another , he locked her in the coalcellar . She acted passionately , and he brutally : also , they occasionally swore at each other

      respectively . This was the kind of life they lived ut the farm of Silk Willou » hby . At a neighbouring farm lived a Mr . Faulkner , a schoolfellow of the Whites , He was accustomed to come over to Sdk Willoughby , and in her troubles Mrs . White Hew to the Faulknern . The result was , that a close intimacy sprung "up between them . Mr . Faulkner frequently called when Mr . White was out . . Servants peeping through the window between the blind and the wash saw them equivocally situated . One servant called her mistress a name which no woman ever bore with equanimity , except Nell ( Jwynn ; and that servant was of course dismissed . Ultimately , Mrs . White falling ill , and thinking that . she was about to die , confessed , it is said , to her husband , that she hud acted improperly with Mr . Faulkner . The case was ho « ross nil round , Mr . White having attempted to seduce his wife's sister , one of the ( servants being with child , the open intercom we between Mr . Faulkner and Mrs . White , the acknowledged brutality of White himself , were facts ho clearly brought out on the trial , that the judge intimated nothing but nominal damages could be ex - poetod , and only nominal damages were given . Another instance , though of a widely different nature , is Timiished by the assize proceedings at ( , ' iimbriilgt 1 ! . Thin case is very simple . Klizabeth Ann Pair was living with her mother and stepfather , and waited on the undertrraduiites who lodi / cdin the

      house , hhc was only sixteen yours old . On the l . 'kh of March last , she went out to put up the shutters , when a gownsman came up and asked her to tnko a -walk . She said nothing but entered the house . The inun in academics followed , and entering the room of one of the lodgers , bolted the . door , und threw the Kirl on the . bo fa . Sho fought at him , kicked him ; from culling her a " little , angel" ho came to call

      her a " little devil . " The doorbell then rang , and the under-graduate jumped up from the sofa , the two went out and met Elizabeth Parr ' s mother on the stairs . On being told by her daughter that a " gentleman " had detained her . in one of the rooms , she called her husband , and both went in pursuit . In the street the " gownsman stood " with his gown wrapped round him . " Miller , the husband , asked what he had been doing in his house . Gownsman

      said , " Nothing . A policeman was appealed to , but declined to pursue the gown-wearer , who ran away . Miller followed , ascertained that the gownsman was named Henry Winteringham , had him arrested , and finally tried . The jury found him guilty , not of an attempt to commit a rape , but of a common assault . He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the borough gaol for three months—a severe lesson , most decidedly needed , for the undergraduates" of both Universities .

      In support of the Webster Divorce Bill , now before the House of Lords , some very striking points in the personal history of Mrs . Webster have been brought out . She went to India as the wife of a gentleman named Mellish , her maiden name being unknown . When Mr . Mellish died , leaving two children , Captain Fitzroy Somerset , soon afterwards killed at Ferozeshah , married Mrs . Mellish : and in 1850 , at Paris , Mr . Webster made her his wife- As the friends of Mr . Webster and his wife could not agree , it was resolved to go on a cruise in the Zephyretta , a yacht belonging to Mr . Webster , up the Mediterranean :

      and a party was selected , consisting of two male friends , the daughter of Mrs . ] Webster , and her governess . One of these friends , Mr . Wingfield , was " a very intimate friend" of Mr . Webster . As the cruise proceeded a coolness arose on the part of Mrs . Webster . She refused to sleep with him ; she called him an idiot and a brute ; she damned him . It was observed that in proportion as she grew enraged with her husband , she showed unwarrantable tenderness for Mr . Wingfield . This tenderness developed itself in very questionable shapes ; and , as the servants were on the look out , sights were seen which led to the departure of Mr . Wingfield and Mrs . Webster , to the action for adultery , and the present bill of divorce . The Nemesis of servants , which attends

      illicit lovers , was never more curiously illustrated than in this case . Elizabeth Davies said that while the yacht lay at Naples : i party had been arranged for the opera . Mr . Wingfield and Mrs . Webster contrived to be left behind . Elizabeth Davies saw Mr . Wingfield in Mrs . Webster ' s cabin . She went for " needlework . " Mr . Wingfield opened the door , which was locked . Mrs . Webster was sitting on the sofa undressed . On another occasion the governess did not go to the opera , and Elizabeth Davies was instructed to persuade her to go to bed . The game need for needlework impelled her again to Mrs . Webster ' s cabin . Again she found the door locked . Mrs . Webster opened it this time , with her dress disordered , and her hair hanging loose over her shoulders . The cushions of the sofa were thrown about . The valet spying down through a skylight was a witness to a scene in the cabin , which , he next day described to Mr . Webster , who was much " astonished and surprised . " We have one case of breach of promise of marriage . Captain Boughey , a « ay soldier in a marching regiment , was quartered at Hull , and there he fell in love with Sarah Ann Johnston , the pretty daughter of the landlord of the Itoyal Hotel . The parents discovering this sent Sarah Ann away to Chase , in Lincolnshire ; whereupon Captain Boughey declared he would follow and make love to her there . In this state of things , the anxious parents thought it best to bring Sarah Ann back , and have the lovers under their own eyes . She came back ; the gallant captain made a formal offer , was accepted , presented the

      hidv with a rim * and othrrwiMn ))<>> niv < -rl no <> lady with a nn £ , and otherwise behaved as a good and true lover should . Unfortunately the regiment went to Berwick , and Captain Uoughey went with it . Here he suddenly found that his means were not great enough to authorize him to marry j and a project he had conceived , of exchanging into a Canada regiment , fell through ; and he found that his friends bitterly opposed the match ; in short , lie found himself in a dreadful scrape , without the courage to do his duty , brave the . dimculticB , and the

      marry girl . The course he took in this juncture was to pay a visit to Miss Johnston , and get from her the ling aforesaid . This was not accomplished without dilliculty , many tears , and great suffering < m the part of the victimized girl . But the gallant captain did triumph in the end—over the woman to whonii . he- had avowed his love , over her angry mother and indignant father . Yes he carried oil" tho ring . An action was brought at York , on the 18 th to recover damages by Mr . Johnston ; and the iurv gave . £ ; 5 (> 0 . J J

      Iho moat rcmarkublo case in one which the police court brings out into the light of day . Minn Annie lowler , " u lady-like person about thirty years old " advertised for a situation two years ago , and bcinir answered by a Dr . Uerrington , who kept u Wo scholastic establishment in Buckinghamshire she consulted hor Jittornoy , who entered into n

      negotiation with the doctor ; and , on the recommendation of her professional adviser , agreed to advance £ 200 to Dr . Berrington , and entered into his service as manager of his household . The reverend doctor ' s afiaira becoming more involved , he was obliged eventually to break up his establishment , and became an inmate of Whiteeross-street prison , when his maintenance , and that of his unfortunate children ( six in number ) , in part devolved upon her } and subsequently to Ms release from that place , she had kept and sheltered the children for four months at one time , and frequently relieved him and them with money . But Dr . Berrington had a wifewho seduced and

      , ran away with a pupil in the school ; and this woman , finding out Miss Fowler , haunted her house , demanding money , accusing her of cohabiting with the doctor , and making a great disturbance . For this Miss Fowler was at last obliged to give her into custody , and she was brought before Mr . Combe at Clerkenweli . The scene in court -was very striking . Mr . Combe asked why Miss Fowler kept the children , and whether she was sure Dr . Berrington was a doctor in divinity . She replied that she kept the children from motives of compasion , and that she was convinced the doctor was in holy orders :-

      —' * Mrs . Berrington ( mournfully ) : Oh ! thank you for treating my children with kindness , certainly ; but why keep and conceal my husband from me ? " Miss Fowler said she did not , adding : * I have often , out of charity , given my money to send to you when you know you had no claim upon him , you having left his home with and seduced one of his pupils . ' ( Sensation . ) " Mr . Combe ( surprised ) : Is that a fact ? " Mrs . Berrington ( hanging down her head ) : Yesj I own it is too true .

      " Mr . Combe : Then , surely , you have not much reason to find fault . What business have you , then , to go and annoy this young woman ? " Mr 3 . Berrington said it was in consequence of a letter from one of her sons . " Mr . Combe asked the age of the defendant ' s eldest child . " Miss Fowler said if was nearly twenty . " Mr . Combe remarked that it was a most lamentable and profligate case . Here was a woman—a wife of more than twenty years , and the mother of a numerous offspring , deserting them and a home for and with a lad who had been placed under her care to act a mother ' s part . And what was the consequence of her profligacy ? Why , her present appearance showed too plainly a most just retribution . " No improper behaviour could be proved against Miss Fowler , who declared that she never saw Dr . Berrington unless he wanted money . The issue was that Mrs . Berrington , unable to find bail , was sent to prison .

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      LABOUR AFFRAY . In the village of Rueholme , near Manchester , there is a brick-field belonging to Mr . Farr . For two years he has been in a state of constant hostility with the members of the Brickmakers' Trades' Union . Several times during that period they have invaded his field , thrown down his banks of bricks arranged for drying , and trampled out of ehape the soft , or newly made bricks . To repel these attacks or prevent them , he has lately employed watchmen , and armed them with old fowling-pieces , loaded with bullets and round shot . On Saturday morning , about half-past twelve , a . m ., the watchers heard the trampling of feet and the murmurs of voices , evidently proceeding from a large body of men . The sentinels were soon aware of the approach of an armed force , estimated at 100 . who ent ered the field

      and began a random tire of musketry upon the watchers , while their comrades commenced overthrowing and . destroying the bricks . Tho sentinels , protected by the darkness and the shadow of the kilns returned the fire , which was answered on the part of their assailants by a shout of derision . But , in addition to the ordinary means of defence , Mr . Farr had mounted a small swivel cumiou on a wall of dried bricks in such a way an to sweep the " ilats " of bricks . This piece of ordnance was fired with great effect ; for either by the noise it made , or the execution it did upon the foe , most likel y both , it made them bent a rapid retreat . The police arrived too late . In the morning one dead man was found , a Unionist , who must have been killed by his comrades , and by a discharge at six paces . He was shot dead . Tho jury returned , however , a verdict of " Wilful murder . " A private watcher reports , that a body of men bearing a wounded companion , passed him on liin beat near . some unfinished houses . Nono of the invaders have been arrested .

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      JKWIHH OATHS . Bnron Ilothnchild met hia constituents on Thursday , at tho London Tavern . There were twenty members of Parliament on tlie platform ,-und numerous City notahilitieH . The tone of the meeting wu « very high-spirited , and the resolutions und petition emphatic and decided . The Baron offered to resign ; but hia offer was rejected . Mr . HaikcA Currie . M . P ., was In the chair . The Speakers were—Mr . John Dillon , Mr . J . J . Travers , Mr . Bernal Osbornc , M . P ., Mr . F . Bennock , Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Sir Henry Batemun , Mr . Aglionby , M . P ., Mr . Anstey , Ml ' ., and Alderman Salomons : the last

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1851, page 700, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1893/page/8/