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      At the sitting of the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday , Mr . Justice Coleridge took the oaths on his appointment as a member of her Majesty ' s Privy Council . The Judge Ordinary of the Divorce and Matrimonial Court , and a common jury , -were engaged on Monday in investigating a petition for divorce presented by Mrs . Sarah Peacock on the ground of adultery committed hy her husband . It was alleged that Mr . Peacock , who is a silk manufacturer in Spitalflelds , had had a child by his servant maid ; and the girl herself gave evidence to this effect . On the other hand , it was contended that the offence had been condoned by the wife , who , though knowing of the fact , bad , after a short separation , again cohabited with her husband , on his expressing-his contrition , and begging forgiveness . To this the wife replied that she had only returned on the solemn disavowal by her husband , of'the imputed infidelity . Sir Cresswell Cresswell said he did not think the return to

      cohabitstion could be looked on as condonation ; and the jury , after deliberating for two hours and a quarter , returned , a verdict for the petitioner on all the issues . Henry Keene Smithers , secretary to the Commercial Dock Company , has been examined at the Mansion Ho use , and committed for trial , on . a charge of , having embezzled 251 ? . 3 s . 9 d ., the property of the company . Jonathan Mirehouse , a well-dressed young man , employed at Messrs . Knight and Co . ' s shawl and mantle waTehouse , Regent-street , was charged at Guildhall on Monday with being found in the unlawful possession of a gold chronometer , value 482 ., and a gold guard-chain , value 121 ., which had been obtained of Messrs . Parkinson and Frodshano , of Change-alley , Cornhill , by fraudulent means . He has been , committed for trial .

      Tuesday was appointed for a credit and dividend meeting in the Court of Bankruptcy' under the estate of Strahan , Paul , and Co ., formerly bankers in the Strand . A dividend of one shilling in the pound was declared on . the separate estate of Strahan ; but there are not funds in hand sufficient for a dividend on the joint estate . The indictments preferred against Mr . Truelove , publisher in the Strand , and M . Teherwiski , for alleged libels on the Emperor of the French , are fixed for trial next Friday , the 18 th inst ., the first week of the after term sittings . The trials / will take place in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , before Lord Campbell and a special jury . The Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , and Mr . Welsby will conduct the prosecution on behalf of the Crown ; and Mr . Edwin James , Q . C ., Mr . Phinn , Q . C , Mr . Hawkins , and Mr . Simon , have been retained for the defendants .

      Three women have been examined at police-courts this week on charges of attempted suicide . Two of the cases arose from drunkenness ; the third from jealousy . The case of Wilkins v . Roebuck , in connexion with the Western Bank of London , was heard before Vicechancellor Kindersley on Thursday . The plaintiff was a shareholder in the bank , and the bill was filed by him to set aside a certain deed as fraudulent against the shareholders of the bank . Previous to the formation of the company , an arrangement had been made between the intended directors and the defendant , Henry Tucker Clark , that he should be the general manager of the concern at a salary of 1500 J . a year , with the possession of a house and furniture . He was not to be dismissed

      without notice , or for any cause other than misconduct ; but he was in turn to bind himself , under a penalty of 2000 / ., not to take any other similar appointment While employed by the bank . It was also recommended that an additional income should be given to Clark when a bonus of 5 / . per cent , should be declared on the paid-up capital . This bank was duly in _ - corporated , and then a deed wa 9 prepared , in October , 1856 , and engrossments were subsequently made of it . It did not uppear that either of the engrossments in the prepared deed were ever read over to or sanctioned by any general board of the directors . The charter of tha

      bank enabled them to grant a superannuation to their officers , but it was contended that the proposed deed was not within the terms of the bank charter . The seal of the bank was , however , it was stated , affixed by the defendant Roebuck ( the member for Sheffield ) and others to the deed . The plaintiff , on behalf of himself and the shareholders ( other than the defendants ) , sought to have the deed declared fraudulent and void , as contrary to the charter , and unsanctioned hy tho directors of the bank . The bill also charged other circumstances tending « o how a fraudulent concealment of tho arrangement from the general body of the shareholders . The Yice-Chancellor dismissed the bill with costs .

      William Pilcher , formerly a cab-driver , was charged at Lambeth on Thursday with stealing from Charles E « rl a silver -watch . The prosecutor , who described himself as a map mounter , said that on that morning about one ° . « h . e was among a crowd of persons assembled at the Obelisk at tho top of tho Blnckfriars-road , listening to a discussion between two persons , one an inCdcl and the other a Christian , and , having been appealed to , 1 \ a took part with the Christian . Mr . Norton : " Do you mean to Bay that those discussions took place at one « clock in the morning ? " Witness : » Yes , sir ; and there ¦ were a good many present at tho time . While I was arguing m favour of Christianity , Pilcher , who stood close to me , turned me round and said , How much do you get a week for preaching hero ? ' I told him to mind hia own business ; and at that moment I found mat my watch had beon wrenched from tho guard . I

      mentioned the fact of my watch having been stolen , when Pilcher , in a sneering tone , said , ' You don ' t say so—I must see if I cannot find it ; ' and began to feel in his pockets . 1 subsequently saw him at the Crown public-house , and gave him into custody on a charge of stealing my watch . " The man was remanded . The certificate meeting in the bankruptcy of Joseph Heldmaira took place on Thursday before Mr . Commissioner Fane . The bankrupt , a German , was a lacemanufacturer of 15 , Gutter-lane , Cheapside , and 23 , Adelaide-road , North , St . John ' s-wood . His accounts , prepared by Mr . Pettis , commence March 1 , 1854 , with an estimated capital of 100 ? ., as brought a short time previously by him from Germany , and close December 24 , 1857 , with unsecured debts 19 , 000 / ., and assets about 1300 ? . The assets include household

      furniture and horse and carriage ( 1543 ? . ) , as estimated to realize 900 ? . Messrs . Oliver and Co ., of Nottingham , for whom the bankrupt acted as London agent are sufferers to the extent of about 16 , 000 ? ., including upwards of 3000 ? ., the result of the bankrupt having sold their goods from October to December , 1857 , at a loss , and concealed the fact by means of making to them false returns of hia sales . Several of the bankrupt ' s letters to Messrs . Oliver were read in court . They show a union of shrewd worldly wisdom arid pretentious piety . An adjournment was ordered to the 21 st instant .

      The town of Worthing has refused to pay a Mr . Friend and his partner the balance of their account ( about 1100 ? . ) for draining the place , and making waterworks . The local Board of Health do not dispute the validity of the defence ; but there is a legal Haw in the contract , and through this they have the in redible meanness to creep out . The case has been brought before the Justices of the Common Pleas ; but they can . do nothing—except express their opinion , which they have done pretty strongly . ' It

      is quite clear , " said Lord Chief Justice Cockburn , "that we must decide this case upon the abstract principles of law brought before us ; but I do not think we go beyond our province in saying that this is a scandalous and dirty defence . " Mr . Justice Willes concurred with the Lord Chief Justice , adding : — " This is not the first instance of fraud proceeding from the same source which has come under my observation . " The townsfolk of Worthing owe it to themselves to take the matter "P . .. . ¦ . ¦ " - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '' - : '¦ - ' ¦ " . - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦

      The iirst , second , and third mates of the UnitedStates ship Gleaner , have been examined at the Cardiff policecourt , on a charge of brutally assaulting the cre ' . v , consisting chiefly of negroes . The cruelty appears to have been of the most savage kind t and it was committed systematically . The three prisoners were committed for trial .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Royal Family left Oaborne on the afternoon of Friday week , and returned to Buckingham Palace , which they reached at seven o ' clock in the evening . Accompanied by Prince Victor of Hoherilohe , her Majesty visited the Haymarket Theatre the same night . —On Saturday the Queen held a Privy Council and Court at Buckingham Palace . At the Council , Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Sir John Taylor Coleridge were sworn of her Majesty ' s Most Honourable Privy Council . The Right Hon . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was sworn her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Colonies . Sir Edward kissed liands upon his appointment , and received from the Queen his Seals of Office . Her Majesty visited tbe Italian Opera in the evening . —The Prince Consort has been visiting the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia at Babelsberg , near Potsdam . —The Hereditary Grand-Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Continent on Monday afternoon , on a visit to the Queen . The Prince Consort left Babelsberg on Sunday evening , and arrived the following day at Dusseldorf , where his Royal Highness visited tho Prince of llohenzollcm . The Prince continued his journey vi& Belgium , and was accompanied by the King of the Belgians from Malin . cs to Oatcnd , where his Royal Highness embarked on board the Vivid on Monday evening about five o ' clock , and arrived at Dover at ten p . m . It is said that , while at Coburg , tho Prince signed a document by which he . makes over his hereditary rights in tho Duchy of Coburg to his second son , in order to avoid the inconvenience of the future King of England being also reigning Duke of Suxe-Coburg and Gothn . The young Prince is shortly expected at Berlin , and will remain some time in Germany to prepare himself for his position as a German ruler . During his stay nbroad , Prince Albert liad a long interview with tho King of Prussia . —Tho Quacn gave , on Wednesday evening , at Buckingham Palace a State Ball , to which a party of about 1000 were invited . An- Expensive Election Contest . —Tho election auditor lias recently made his return of the expenses incurred by Lord Henley and Colonel Cartwright in contesting- the representation of South Northamptonshire . Tho expenditure on account of the former amounted to 5021 / . » s . 6 d ., and of tho latter to 40 G £ >/ . 0 s . Gd . Loui > Elciio ' s Road Biu .. —A mooting of the county of Haddiiigton was liclrt on Friday week for tho purpose of considering Lord Elcho's bill , « ' to enable counties in Scotland to abolish tolb and statute labour ,

      and to maintain their public roads and bridges by assessment . ' A report was unanimously agreed to , approving the principle of the bill , and suggesting for Lord Elcho ' s consideration various amendments in the details . " Tms Red Sea . 'Telegraph Route . —Captain Pullen , in a letter dated "H . M . ship Cyclops , Suez , May Kith , " says ^ : — "I shall proceed , and get as many * soundings as possible on the line proposed along the eastern shores of the sea to as far as Jiddah , thence to the Straits of Babel Mandeb and Aden . From information gained

      here I learn that a route for telegraph wires is practicable and safe along the eastern shores of the Gulf of Suez . I mention this circumstance , as it may possibly be of service to the company , and suggest that in the event of the eastern route being adopted , they ( the wires ) should terminate at a station in one of the small harbours north and east of Ras Mahommed , the pilots stating that Sherms Shikh and Ul Moyah are the best ; thence by cable to Jiddah , or any intermediate port the company may decide on , by which means , I conceive that the distance through the deep water is very much shortened . "

      . Newspapers sent Abxoad . —On the 1 st of next July , and thenceforward , the postage on all newspapers sent abroad must , like the postage on inland newspapers , be prepaid in stamps ; otherwise the newspapers -willnot be forwarded . The late Me . Dymock ' s Cabinet of Coins . —This choice collection , which comprised some : select pieces rarely to be met with , especially in the Saxon series , has just been disposed of by Messrs . Sotheby and Wilkinson at prices much , beyond all piecedent , many of the pennies averaging at the rate of 70 ) 0 ? . per ounce . Thk Corporation Reform Bill .- —A special Court of Common Council was held last Saturday at Guildhall , the Lord Mayor presiding , to receive a report from the Corporation Inquiry Committee relative to the Corporation Reform Bill now before Parliament . This

      report loudly condemned the confiscating and centralizing character of the measure ; and , after considerable discussion , it was unanimously adopted . The Breach of Privilege Case . —Mr . W " ashington Wilks appeared , on Friday week , at a meeting at the Carlisle Athenaeum , to explain his motives and conduct in connexion with his recent collision with the House of Commons . He justified himself by calling attention to the fact that , when his informants refused to come forward to support their statement , and when Mr . Clive denied the truth of that statement , he had withdrawn the imputation ; and he denounced the essential injustice of converting a prisoner into a witness , and interrogating him after the French plan . He had refused to give the names of his informants or to retract the whole of hia article ; and in this he thought he had only acted as a hi an of honour . Mr . Wilks repelled the

      language used towards liim by Mr . Roebuck ( at the mention of whose name there were hisses ) , and acknowledged the obligation he was under to Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Milner Gibson , and others . The second statement which he made was substantially the same as the first ; yet the one wus held to be unsatisfactory , while the other was accepted . " The fact is , " said Mr . Wilks , "I was committed on false pretences and liberated on false pretences . " At the conclusion of > fr- "Willis ' s speech , a resolution , expressive of the approval and satisfaction of the meeting with his conduct , and congratulating him on his liberation and return home , was unanimously passed . A second resolution , which was also carried unanimously , thanked Mr . Gibson , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Ayrton , and the Hon . Mr . Elliott , for their services , and expressed strong disapprobation of the language used by Mr . Roebuck in the debate .

      Suicide . —Mr . John Marlow , a respectable inhabitant of Old "Windsor , about seventy years of age , has terminated his existence in a singular manner . He was being drawn by two boys in an easy chair on the banks of the Thames , when he sent one of the bo ^ 's with a shilling to a noted fishing-house , for same ginger-beer . He then deliberately gave his hat and stick to the other boy , said to him , " Good-by , William , " and q-uietlj rolled himself down the bank into tho river . The lad gave an alarm , and a search was instantly made for the body , but it was not recovered until the following morning , when it was taken out of the water not far from Magna Chnrta Island . '

      San Domingo . —Civil war still rages in the Republic of San Domingo , and Baez is in possession of the port , which his rival Santana is besieging . Tho batteries of the latter having accidentally ncivrl . v sunk a Sardinian vessel , and seriously injured two ships belonging to France and Spain , the Powers in question have made demands for reparation . FuNKHAi ; of a Fkkncu Rei- ' ugkk . —Tho remains of the French refugee , Dr . Qucvnl , were buried on Sunday in tho Kcnsal Green cometerv . The procession started

      from 111 , Wardour-street , with banners inscribed with devices expressive of republican fuel ing ; and , after the corpse was lowered into t lie gruvo , speeches were delivered by ftf . E . Cnuturat , M . Tufl ' ery , and M . Louis Blanc . The last named of these gentlemen said he thought the prospects of the Republic wore beginning to look more hopeful . Opposition is beginning to awiko in Franco , ami the people are beginning to discover that , even in a imperialistic point of view , tho Empire han not benefited them ; that tlioy aro not getting wealthier , but have to

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      No . 429 , June 12 , 1858 . ] THE LEADBE , 561

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 561, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2246/page/9/