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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Saturday , the Great Northern Railway accident , which has excited so much interest lately , again turned up ; Mr , Edwin James moved for a writ of attachment against Mr . Lowe , one of the jurymen , on the ground that when the jury-was sent back by the Court , ho said , " I shan't alter my mind or find any other verdict ; " and also on the ground that he was a director of the Crystal Palace Company , which had connexions with the Great Northern Railway Company , and was seen Bitting in court on the day of the trial with Mr . Farquharson , defendants' attorney , and the Chairman of the Crystal Palace Company . Lord Campbell refused the application , and expressed nia surprise that it should have been made . In the Court of Probate on act ion lias been brought hv a ladv claiming to be the widow of a Mr . Jeffrey , for

      the recovery of his property . Evidence was brougnc forward with a view to show that what I » known us a " Scotch marriage" took place between the two parties The defence sot up is thirt there waa no marriage at all ; and altogether the caoe is one of * peculiarly wyP ^ JJJ character . A « agreement ha . been come to between tho plaintiffs and defendant . The Court accordingly decreed Administration to issue to Mrs . Jeffrey . Formal deoree for Judicial separation has been grantod in the cult of " Marchmont v . M . archmont / In the Court of Queen * Bench , the Arguments on a rule nisi that had beon granted for » new trial In tuo

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      POLITICAL FORESHADOWINGS . The Right Hos . W . E . Gladstone .- ^ -We are requested to state that circumstances which have supervened since the acceptance of his mission will probably detain Mr . Gladstone in the Ionian Islands until some time after the commencement of the session . It is hoped , however , that he will return in time for the more important debates ;— Times . Lord George Cavendish , M . P . — At Eyam , in Derbyshire , on Tuesday ; Lord George delivered an address , in the course of which he observed that Mr . Bright had perpetrated a gross calumny upon the higher classes of this counts . He ( Mr . Bright ) said that the higher classes

      cared nothing * about promoting education , and asked what class Was more interested than the aristocracy in keeping the masses of the people in a state of ignorance , and it was only by keeping the people ignorant that they were enabled to hold the position they did . He ( Lord George ) was sure it was a hateful thing to set class against class . To introduce division and strife between one class and another did seem to him to augur an uncharitable and envious mind , and it made it much more uncharitable ,, because it was insinuated that those who were supporters of the poorer

      classes did not openly avow it . No doubt there were many differences of opinion , and always would be in a truly free , great country like ours ; but whatever things were done , one thing would be to awaken ourselves to a sense of our great responsibilities . He hated to hear people speaking of this class and the other class . We were equal in creation ; every one was bom the same ; some are rich , some poor , some with great talents , others with great strength of body , and of mind , and wit ; all have their different characteristics , and all these different qualities were vouchsafed to us . But whether high or low , rich or poor , we must one day give an account of

      the talents which we have given us . : Tower Hamlets . —At a meeting of the Reform Association tnanks were unanimously voted to Mr . Bright for his bill , but it was suggested to the hon . gentleman that instead of dividing the Tower Hamlets into two boroughs of four members each , he should divide it into four boroughs each possessing one representative . Mr . Bbight . ttA conference with Mr . Bright was held at Bradford on Tuesday . The meeting was ~ attended by gentlemen of influence and respectability from various parts of Yorkshire . After several speeches had been delivered , in which members Of the conference freely expressed their own views , and heartily concurred in the general principles of Mr . iB right's bill , that honi gentleman delivered a speech , in which he replied to the observations that had been made , and still further explained the details of his measure . He confined himself , for the most

      part , to an explanation of the principles upon which he had based his proposed redistribution of seats . He then stated that his reason for not equalising the county with the borough franchise , as he had been asked to do , ' was that , in purely agricultural districts the labouring classes manifested no interest whatever in political questions . He urged very strongly that the people should back up their demand for Reform by a continuous holding of public meetings , and by " a grand organisation " of

      petitions . He suggested that a general association should be formed in the West Riding of Yorkshire , having its auxiliaries in every town' and populous neighbourhood . In conclusion , he stated that he had in view the preparation of a clause to enable lodgera to place their names on the register as electors . On the motion of Mr , jForster , a resolution was formed in favour of the immediate formation of such an association , and branch associations , as Mr . Bright had suggested .

      Mr . Cqbden . — 'The efforts made in Rochdale to secure the return of this gentleman to Parliament at the next election are considered to be quite successful . The promises of votes in favour of Mr . Cobden much exceed the number which placed Sir A . Ramsay at the head of the poll at the late election . For some time past Mr . Cobden lias been translating a work " Q ' n the probable fall in the value of gold ; the commercial and social consequences which may ensue , and the measure which it invites , " by Michel , Chevalier . Mr . Cobden will shortly send it forth , with a preface from his own pen . Mb . Edward Exmcb , M . P .- " -The member for tho St , Andrew ' s district of Burghs delivered a long address

      to his constituents at Cupar on Monday . The hon . gentleman advocated an extension of the franchise on tho principle of a rental ; he disapproves of any distinction between the borough and county franchise ; ho is willing to have vote by ballot , although h e is not very sanguine as to its good effects ; and ho proposes to substitute for tho rotten boroughs a number of seats without yotes in the House of Commons , apart from any constituency , for some of the subordinate officials of the Government . He volunteered a defence of Lord Palmeraton on the Reform question \ and declared It waa " notorious" that hla Cabinet had remitted the » ubjcot of Reform to a committee who , in their turn , had actually prepared a bill which was about to be

      submitted by the Government at the time of its overthrow . He defended the House of Lords against the strictures of Mr . Bright , and criticised the speeches of the hon . member for Birmingham , especially as related to the redistribution of seats . Having quoted from the speech of Mr . Phillips , M . P . for Bury , in which he avows his sympathy with Mr . Bright , Mr . Eliice , in conclusion , ' said : — Mr . Phillips comes to the extraordinary conclusion that Mr . Bright ' s measures should be adopted . 1 can arrive at no such conclusion . I see the country prosperous , the people contented , the best feeling towards one another existing amongst all classes of the community . All attempts to destroy these good relations- —this general contentment- —have been defeated by : the sound common sense of the people . I am not prepared to disturb such ¦• A . A _' J 1 t il . . .

      a happy state of things by organic changes . The safety and prosperity of this country seems to me greatly to depend upon the active interest taken by the upper and middle classes in the management of its affairs . I desire to amend in a popular sense the Reform Bill of 1832 , clearing away its abuses , remedying its defects , and enlarging the basis of our representative system ; but I will purchase no popularity by undertaking to support measures tending to discourage or overrule those classes in the active performance of their duties to their country . I will be no party to legislating in the sense indicated by Mr . Bright , neither will I countenance what Mr . Roebuck looks forward to as the effect of the reform he advocates—the swamping of the landed aristocracy . If you differ from me in these views—I do not believe you do— -you must find some one else to represent your ¦

      opinions . - •¦ - . Provincial . Movements . —• The Birmingham Reformers appear to think that Municipal Reform ought to go hand in hand with Parliamentary Reform . A Municipal Reform Committee was appointed by the Town Council to consider this matter . That committee has resolved upon a memorial to the Secretary of State on the subject ; that is to say , if the Town Council should approve , which it may not . —Gh Monday a Reform meeting was held at Chatham . A resolution in favour of manhood suffrage , vote by ballot , and more equal electoral districts , was unanimously adopted .- —A meeting at Exeter was presided over by the Mayor > at which resolutions were adopted in favour of such a

      Reform as Mr . Bright proposes . Much was said at this meeting in support of the Ballot . One of the members for the borough attended the meeting , the other sent a letter ; but both appear ready to take the course that may be dictated to them . —In Wick , away in the north , a Reform meeting , almost composed of working men , has accepted a moderate programme , indicating the best feeling on the part of the unenfranchised . — -The Norwich people have been prevented from demonstrating their views on the Reform question by the refusal of the Mayor to call a Common Hall meeting ;—From the Potteries we learn that important Reform meetings have been held in Hanley , Burslem , and Leek . These

      meetings were attended by Mr . E , S . Pryce , of the London Reform Committee . —At Gloucester there has been a demonstration in favour of household suffrage , vote by ballot , and a more equal distribution of seats . Alderman Garden , the Conservative ^ member for the borough , sent excuses for not attending , but Mr . Price , the other member , was present , and expressed his full concurrence in the resolutions which were adopted . —^ At Cockermouth , a meeting has been held in favour of a rating suffrage , the vote by ballot , and the other points of the London Parliamentary Committee ' s programme . —A Reform meeting has been held at South Shields . Resolutions in favour of manhood suffrage , and the vote by ballot , were unanimously adopted .

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      to be , -that . Lord Clyde has so hemmed in the force of the Begum as to give promise of that warlike lady being forced to sue for terms . In the mean time , she has published a Proclamation , written in very choice Persian , the object of yrluch . is to warn the natives of India in general , and the people of Oude in particular , that the word of the Queen of England as given in her Proclamation is not worthy of the smallest credence ; and she appeals to the past history of British India in support of her statements and warnings . As a balance to this , we have a satisfactory account of a great meeting of the merchants and other ¦ influential inhabitants of Bombay , the object of which was to found a " Victoria Gardens and Museum . "

      At home , nothing calling for particular notice in this place has occurred during the week . Attention may , however , be called to the report of a deputation of the Sunday League , which has waited upo - n the Bishop of London for the purpose of soliciting his lordship's co-operation towards obtaining , the opening of the British Museum and other public ^ institutions of the like character on Sundays . One fact was urged upon his lordship with apparently good effect , namel y * that in Protestant Berlin the Government has , within the iast few days , come to the determination of throwing open to the people the national museums and galleries of art .

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      Sunday League . —A deputation from the Sunday League have had an interview with the Bishop of London , with a view to obtain his support to the proposed opening of the various national institutions on Sundays . The Bishop received the deputation with great courtesy , and talked about the question in a very friendly way , without apparently committing himself to any definite opinion . CoLutERY Riots . —There have been some rather

      serious riots at Wigan , arising out of a strike there . So threatening was the aspect of the mob that it was deemed prudent to summon a detachment of military from Salford . There was a good deal of stone-throwing ^ and several of the police were hurt , but not seriously . Summonses had been issued against fourteen of the colliers ; ini the hope , however , that an understanding may be come to between the masters and workmen , the hearing is to stand over for a fortnight .

      SpuRoEON . —The alleged acceptance by this popular entertainer of 10 , 000 ? . iu payment of his engagement with the Transatlantic churches is contradicted by the City Press , on the authority of Mr . Spurgeoh himself , who U declined the offer . " He purposes to set sail for America shortly , but not for the amount above referred to , as he probably will make better terms on the spot . Meanwhile his avant-courier puffs appear in the American journals , couched in the true Barnum phraseology . Here ia one from the New Tork Tribune : — " ' Spurgeon's Gems' may be found at all the book-stores , price one dollar . The popularity of Mr . Spurgeon ' s sermons in this country has been equalled only by the popularity of the preacher himself in his own land . This

      volume of gems will be received with greater favour even than his volumes of sermons . ' Spurgeon ' s Gems ' is published in answer to a call that has been repeatedly made for a volume giving the characteristics of his style , revealing the secret of his mighty power as a preacher of truth , with the peculiarities of manner which arrest the attention , rouse the sympathies , excite the admiration , and impress the feelings of his vast audiences . Buy a copy of 'Spurgeon's Gems . ' Xt will cost you but one dollar . Mr . Spurgeon is rhetorical , descriptive , flowing , and glowing . He blazes and burns along the pathway of his subject , rising ; in flights of imagination , and carrying his hearers along with him in earnest , overwhelming appeals . "

      Aim-Papist MeBTraa .- —On Thursday " a Protestant demonstration" was held at Westbourne-grove in connexion with the West London Protestant Institute . This meeting was held in consequence of " the aggresbJvo attitude " of the Roman Catholics in that locality . Jn other words , several powerful local organisations connected with the Roman Catholic Church have recently sprang into existence , and excited the apprehensions of Mr . Kinnalrd , Canon Stowell , and their colleagues .

      Austrian Loan . —We read \ n the Moffd of Pesth :- — " Tho statement that Austria is about to contract a loan Is confirmed ; J Circulars from the house ' of Rothschild announcing the approaching conclusion of tho matter were circulated on the 18 th at tho Vienna Bourse . According to a despatch from London the convention wiU be signed , either at tho end of tho week or at the beginning of tho next . The loan will be fiftytwo millions of Austrian florins at & per cent . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2278/page/4/