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      theinatics , little Latin , and no Greek , may pass such an examination in English , French , Italian , German , geology , and chemistry , that he may stand at the head of the list . " Whether the examinations are to be yearly or half-yearly is left undecided . When the candidate succeeds he will then lie , not a civil servant , but a " civil servant elect , " or probationer , and will have to enter into a new coirrse of study : — " He should , in the first place , make himself well acquainted with the history of India in the largest sense of the word ' history . ' He should study that history , not merely in the words of Orme , Wilts , and of Mill , but also in the travels of Bernier , in the odes of Sir William Jones , and in the journals of Heber . He should he well

      informed about the geography of the country , about its natural productions , about its manufactures , about the physical and moral qualities of the different races which inhabit it , and about the doctrines and rites of those religions which have so powerful an influence on the population . He should trace with peculiar care the progress of the British power . He should understand the constitution of our Government , and the nature of the relations between that Government and its vassals , Mussulman , Mahratta , and Rajpoot . He should consult the most important Parliamentary reports and debates oh Indian affairs . All this may be done with very much greater facility in England than in any part of India , except at the three seats of Government , if , indeed , the three seats of Government ought to be excepted . "

      It is subsequently recommended that every probationer should make himself acquainted with the general principles of jurisprudence , with financial and commercial science , and , as far as possible , with the vernacular languages of India . The subject of language is considered with reference to the Presidency to which the probationer may be sent . The arrangements for the second or final examinations are then laid down : — " The time of probation ought not , we think , to be less than one year , nor more than two years . There should be periodical examinations , at which a probationer of a year's standing may pass , if he can , and at which every probationer of two years' standing must

      pass , on pain of forfeiting his appointment . This examination should , of course , be in the four branches of knowledge already mentioned as those to which the attention of the probationers ought to be specially directed . Marks should be assigned to the different subjects , as at the first examination , and it seems to us reasonable that an equal annual number of marks should be assigned to all the four subjects , on the supposition that each probationer is examined in only one of the vernacular languages of India . Sometimes , however , as we have said , a probationer may study more than one of these vernacular languages of India among which he is at liberty to make his choice , or may , in addition to one or more of the vernacular languages of India , learn Sanscrit or

      Arabic We think it reasonable that to every language in which he offers himself for examination an equal number of marks should be Jissigned . When the marks have been cast up , the probationers who have been examined should be arranged in order of merit . All those who have been two years probationers , and who have , in the opinion of the examiners , used their time well , and made a respectable proficiency , should be declared civil servants of the company . Every probationer who , having been a probationer only one year , has obtained a Jbigher place than some of the two-year men who have passed , should also bo declared a civil servant of the company . All the civiL servants who pass in one year should take rank in the service according to their places In the final examination . "

      It is also recommended that , in the event of the term of age being extended , the students at Hailoybury should be allowed liberties analogous to those of xi college , instead of , as at present , those of a school .

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      AMERICA . Letters received this week give curious accounts . It appears that during the last twelve months nearly 30 , 000 British subjects who had emigrated to the United States have returned to their native land , to the relief of the country which was overstocked with labourers . Wages were falling , and " necessaries" were at famine prices . The news from Mexico represents that country as the prey of faction and internal strife . Tlio despotism of Santa Anna is relished nowhere , and

      tolerated in appearance only in the capital . Constant engagements are taking place between tho troops of the dictator and ihe insurgents of the provinces . On the whole , it is believed that Santa Anna is gradually losing ground , and that when the money which lie received from the United States , by the terms of the Gudsden treaty , is oxhausted , and his sinews of war givu way , lie -will , bo obliged once more to i \ y from the country and give place to a new order of things .

      Although this state of affairs is not encouraging , the example of Santa Anna has been followed by General Currera in Guatemala . Ho has taken tho reins into his hands , and liaa been proclaimed perpetual President , His object is doubtless what it is alleged to bo—tho subjugation of all the states of Central America to his control . Santa Anna is known to favour Ins movements , and perhaps no serious resistance will bo offbred to his progress for sorno time to come . Cnrrora is an Indian , and twenty years ago was utterly illiterate . IIo roso into importance during the desolating war of 1337 .

      Tho Mormons of Utah will probubly give nomo trouble IJrighnm young ' s torn ) an governor has expired , and lio is now J ' wtntus qfficio , though no one is yet appointed in his place . Ho rules , however , without authority from or responsibility to the Government nt VVashiiigton . When the < juo » Uon comes up for appointing his successor thorc will probably bo something said in Congress about tho Mormons , him !

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      HOPE v . AGUADO . Ik the Queen ' s Bench a ease has been partially heard , and postponed on account of the illness of the Attorney-General ( who appeared for the defendant ) to the 12 th February . It is an ordinary ease of crim . con ., which , however , exhibits some unusual circumstances . Mr . and Mrs . Hope had been living together in the most affectionate and exemplary manner , and were , moreover , the parents of eight children . Sir I ? . Thesiger conducted the case for the plaintiff . He commenced by deprecating such legal proceedings , but he declared that the law left the injured party no alternative .

      The plaintiff , Mr . Adrian Hope , was the second son of the late Mr . Hope , the eminent banker , and better known as the author of " Ahastasius . " Mrs . Hope , the unhappy subject of this inquiry , was the only child of General Count Rapp , who , as the jury probably well remembered , was aide-de-camp to Napoleon I ., Emperor of the French . The parties were married by special license on the 21 st July , 1836 , in the house of Mr . Hope's eldest brother , in Duchess-street , Portland-place . Mr . Hope was at that time twenty-five years of age , and Mrs . Hope nineteen . There had been eight children born after the marriage , but only five survived—three daughters and two sons . The eldest daughter was born in 1837 , and the youngest son and child in the month of

      May , 1847— -a date which the jury would find to be significant in . the course of this inquiry . After the marriage , they lived in Carlton-terrace , and occasionally on the Continent . Mr . Hope had a great farm in Holland which rendered his presence there occasionally necessary . The utmost happiness existed until nearly the period mentioned above , and itcould . be proved , not from the evidence of friends before whom famil y differences were always hidden , but from the evidence of servants from whom nothing could be long concealed , and also from letters , which were unfailing tests . He would merely read two of these . The first was a letter from ' ' . Mrs . Hope to her husband , and was dated seven years after their marriage . It was dated July 21 , 1843 , and was in these terms : —

      "My dearest Love , —To-day is seven years since we bel onged to each other , and I cannot let it pass without writing to you . Let us hope we may pass many moTe as happily and united as we have passed these seven years . The child is well again , but as cross as two sticks . —Yours most affectionately . " M . H . " Another letter was dated November 29 , 1844 : : — "My dearest Adrian , —I turn round my head to look at the clock . I dare say you are at Carlton Gardens . I hope to God you are comfortable ; and near a nice fire

      and Hvucii tired . My dear husband , how I wish you were with me . There is not a day I don ' t wish to join you . The only fear I- have is , if I do get with you , that , having ine so near you , you will keep long in England . I want you to come back to our poor chicks . You will do your utmost to come back as soon as possible . The children love you , and I cherish you and press you to my heart with all the strength of affection and peace . God bless and protect you , and may He soon bring you back to ine safe and welL—Ever yours most affectionately , « M . H . "

      Mr . Hope took up liis residence in the Quai d'Orsay , in Paris , in the year 1846 . It was in the beginning of that year that the family first became acquainted with the defendant , the Count Aguado , who , lie understood , was a son of the Marquis Agiuido , who was formerly a banker in Spain . Count Aguado was then residing with his family in the Place VendOme . From tho evidence which he would lay before the jury , he thought they would entertain no doubt at all that from an early period after Count Aguado ' s acquaintance with Mr . and Mrs . Hope , too close an intimacy grow up between the count and Mrs . Hope—that so early as the year 1840 a criminal intercourse had taken place between them . Tlie

      discovery of that fatal state of things was made almost accidentally . In tho year 1858 , in consequence of differences which had arisen between Mr . and Mrs . Hope , he separated from her , and brought to England three daughters , leaving tlie other children ( two boys ) with Mra . Hope . A question arose before the tribunal of this country and of France with regard to the custody of those children . Mr . Hope , of course , resorted to professional advice , and was desirous of showing that Mrs . Ilopo was not a fit person to be the guardian of these boys . In tho course of the inquiries necessarily inudo , the whole matter was exposed , and tho connivance of various servants was ascertained . In tho month

      of Augutit , 1 H-4 G , Mr « . Hope expressed awtah to take to tho 1-Uiguo heir son , who , ho believed , wan then Buffering from a scrofulous affection . Mr . Ilopo gave bur pormisaion to go , and hIho arrived at tho lYuscati Hotel , at the Hague , in tho mmo month . Tho Aguado family and tho defendant , Count Aguado , wcto at the Frnscnti Ilotol at that timo . Whether Mrs . Ilopo wan aware of that fuctor not boforo « ho wont to the Hnguo , tho jury would possibly bo tibia to j udgo after they had hoard tho evidence which would bo produced . Hut bo that hh it might , nho found tho Count Aguudo there . Various familiarities wore undeniable , and thorc wuh oho ini-ttnnco which wan npokon to by ono witnofw , which wan conclusive upon the subject . It appeared that thoro wnt * a ball at tho Frauoati Hotel , and after that bull ono of the

      servants , who was going up-stairs to her room , observed Count Aguado enter Mrs . Hope's bedroom . That was at two o ' clock in the morning . The servant watched for some time to see , whether he would come out again : ; and whilst she was watching , fatigued , she fell asle « p , and remained asleep until four o ' clock . She then retired , and a . t seven o'clock in the morning , as she was going round to the different rooms for the purpose of taking away the boots and shoes to be cleaned , she observed the Count Aguado go undressed from Mrs . Hope's bedroom to his own bedroom . She observed that the door of Mrs . Hope ' s bedroom was ajar ; slie eutered , and observed the count ' s slippers by the bed . Subsequently , in Paris , Mr . and Mrs . Hope had separate

      bedrooms , and an incident occurred at that time which would be spoken to by a witness , who would depose that , one day in the month of October , 1846 , Mrs . Hope , about noon , requested Mr . Hope to go and take a walk . Mrs . Hope was then in bed . She also told the nurse to take the children out for a -walk , and the witness to go down to her luncheon . But , rather surprised at these various preparations , she did not go down stairs , but went into a room adjoining Mrs . Hope's bedroom . In a very short time after Mr . Hope was gone , and the nurse had taken the children out , Count Aguado came into the house , went into Mrs . Hope ' s bedroom , and was there nearly an hour . In May , 1847 , just nine months after Mrs . Hope ' s visit to the Hague , the

      youngest' chad was born , and he ( Sir F . Thesiger ) thought the jury would have very little doubt in their minds that at all events the Count Aguado believed himself to be the father of that child , and Mr . Hope had this distressing pain to endure , that , in addition to the injury which he had received from Count Aguado , the seed of an adulterer was mixed with his own legitimate offspring . the particulars up to 1850 are of a similar character . In that year they were both at Havre , and on one occasion the count had gone to the hotel , and was told by the-, servant that Mrs . Hope had gone to bafhe , and had desired that he should follow her . The servant , prompted by curiosity , Watched . the count to the beach , and there he observed the count , having undressed

      himself in his own tent , join Mrs . Hope ; they both swam out together , and when they returned , and got into shallow water , they walked on hand-in-hand togetherand then the count having politely handed Mrs . Hope into her tent , passed on to liis oSvn . Incidents of the same nature occurred up to the period of the separation , when Mrs . Hope removed to the Rue du Faubourg St . Honore , where the count was frequently and openly seen ,, being perhaps no longer deteired by the presence of tho husband . Sir Frederick said he had now come to the close of this distressing case . He had . told them that he desired to discharge this part of his duty by merely opening , simply and . plainly , the facts of the case , and he would keep his word .

      "Various witnesses were then examined , and also on a subsequent day , but cross-examination did not materially affect the evidence . The trial was , by consent of both parties , adjourned to the 12 th of February .

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      THE NEW DANISH PARLIAMENT . This new Parliament has been opened , and some little variety in incidents appears probable . The now Ministry announced their intention of dealing with the old question of the settlement of tho Danish monarchy , which has been so longunderdiscussion ; . — " Ministers ooncoivo it to bo a matter of most pressing urgency to bring this question to an end with tho least . possible loss of time , to calm the public mind , and

      remove any doubts that may oxJst of their patriotism or the honesty of tlicir intentions . In doing bo they will bo simply fulfilling strictly to tho lottor tho instructions contained in tho royal decree of tho 28 th of January , 1892 , for tho legal development and improvement «> f tho constitutional clomontfor tho whok oxtont of tho Danish monarchy , and carrying out tho objeuts therein mentioned and set forth , viz ,, tho perfect union of tho different jmrtH of the kingdom into ono organ bod whole , to bo kept ( together und strengthened by one joint constitution . "

      This announcement was received with great acclamations . Former proposals for impeaching tho lato Ministry for issuing unconstitutional edicts , &c , will probably bo again discussed .

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      December 30 , 1854 . ] THE LEADEE . 1231

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 30, 1854, page 1231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2071/page/7/