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      Bolidating and amending the laws relating to county orisons in Ireland . He gave a succinct explanation of its provisions . —Some objections were raised by Colonel Fbescb , which were replied to by Lord Naas , and leave was given to introduce the bill .

      . MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . BIr . Cross moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to municipal elections . The existing provisions for preventing bribery at these elec =-tions he observed , were a dead letter , chiefly owing to the severity of the penalty . He proposed to substitute a small penalty and a summary remedy . —After a few remarks in favour of the object of the bill by Sir G . PechelL , Mr . DiLiAVYN , Mr . Ridley , and Mr . Griffith , leave was given . STATUTE IjAW COMMISSION .

      Mr . L . King , in moving for some returns respecting the Statute Law Commission , complained of the slow progress that had been effected towards consolidating the code f urging that the results hitherto achieved by the Commissioners had not repaid their cost . — -Mr . IIadfield added some observations to a similar effect . —The Home Secretary consented to produce the papers asked for , with some exceptions . He concurred in the opinions expressed regarding the Statute Law Commissioners , whose operations , . he remarked , the Government was considering whether they ought not to suspend for the present .

      Mr . Greek moved for copies of the judgments in the Rolls and Chancery Courts in Ireland in a suit by the Rev . Dr . O'Fay against Major Burke , in relation to an agreement for a lease . — -Lord Naas made a statement explanatory of the case and its circumstances , and Mr . Greek withdrew his motion . Mr . Cobry brought up the Navy Estimates . After some further business , the House adjourned at a quarter to six o ' clock .

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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS .

      In the Common . Pleas , an action . brought by a lodginghouse , kepper against Mr . Tallis , the printer , for a nuisance caused by the working of a steam-engine and printing-machine in Arundel-street , resulted in a nominal verdict of 40 s . for the plaintiff , subject to a reference to an engiheer to see if the nuisance could be removed . In the Court , of Bankruptcy , upon the application for certificates of George and James Prince , who kept the Prince ' s Club , in Regent-street , the Commissioner ordered that certificates of the third class only should issue on the 10 th of June next , that being a period of five years from the date of their bankruptcy , during which time , in consequence principally of the imperfect manner in which the bankrupts had kept their books , they had been before the court . His honour remarked in strong terms upon the gross irregularities by which , the case was characterised .

      At the Middlesex Sessions , Louis Manchot , a Frenchman , has been convicted of stealing a cigar-case and a set of surgical instruments , the property of Robert Harper , in his dwelling- house , and also of another similar robbery . The prisoner ' s practice was to call at the houses of professional gentlemen and taking the opportunity of stealing whatever he could lay his hands upon . The Assistant Judge characterised the prisoner as a wholesale thief , and sentenced him to five years ' penal servitude . The prisoner said he had been at Now York , and should like to bo sent back . The Judge doubted whether ho would bo welcome on the other side of the Atlantic .

      A man who gave the name of William W . Chandler was placed at the bar of Bow-street police-court , charged with a number of forgeries for considerable sums of money on various persons . Evidence was heard iu support of some of the charges , and it was intimated that others would bo brought forward on a future day . The prisoner , reserving his defence , was then remanded . " The Mercantile Loan Fund Association" wove brought on remand before Mr . Oorrio , at Clorkonwoll

      police-court , charged with conspiracy to defraud , The porsons in custody , and who did business for their dupes under the above title , at Woymouth-torraeo , New Northroad , Islington , ar « John Reed , alifts Campbell , Samuel Thompson , Anrt Thompson , and Thomas Smith . Thou operations soom to havo extended all over tho country ; and , under colour of granting loans , they received advances of money for agents' travelling oxponsos to institute inquiry and for other purposos . Tho prisonors arc again remanded .

      lhe Keats divorce oaso has at length come to a termination . Before tho Court of Appeal , on Saturday , arguments wore urged for and against tho plea of condonation . The Lord Chancellor delivered judgment in tavour of Mr . Koats . Tho marriage was then dissolved , follf ° fttS ftePOoIn ff t 0 ftUow hls wlfv } tho HUtn of 150 < t > A somewhat romarkablo trial took plaoo in the Court ori' , xchoquor , on Wednesday . Mr . Kiolumlson , a so"oHor , on behalf of his wife , brought am action for sandor against Dr . OranvlUo , the well-known physician , fl Mr 8 Gmnvillo . Tho latter , who wa * tlia real ilo-• unuant , had made very sorlous imputations upon Mm . ' « uonardBon ' d ohurnutor , and although Ur . MJrnnvlllo

      expressed his great regret at what had been said , that lady felt it to be necessary to vindicate her reputation in a . court of law . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages , 40 s . A curious action has been tried in the Court of Common Pleas , in which a Mrs . Thomas sued Nal Abut Allie , a gentleman connected with the suite of the Prince of Onde , for 231 . for board and lodging . It appeared the defendant met the plaintiff ' s niece On a Sunday , and married her on the Tuesday . He" lavished a good sum of money upon her , and gave her plenty of funds to pay every expense . The defendant ' s counsel said the action \ vas an infamous attempt to rob the defendant , and the jury found a verdict in his favour .

      At the Court of Bankruptcy an inquiry was instituted into the conduct of Messrs . Sleaman and Keen , silk manufacturers , of Cheapside , with reference to their obtaining silk in bulk from several wholesale houses , and obtaining advances upon the warrants of the same from the London Joint-stock Bank , The inquiry resulted in Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque suspending the certificate ( second class ) of Sleaman for twelve months , and that of Keen ( third class ) for two years . We are glad to find that under the provisions of the new Medical Registration Act there is a prospect of rooting out some of the quacks who prey upon the public at present . A case has been tried in the Westminster County Court—MaryScafctergood v . 3 . Q .

      Bennett , alias Dr . Coulston—in which the plaintiff sought to recover 51 . 5 s . from the defendant , a notorious quack , trading under various aliases . The amount had been ' obtained from the plaintiff ( who was only one of numerous victims ) under the pretext of curing her of deafness . ¦ Having given her a bottle of mixture ( totally useless ) , receiving five guineas . for the same , thesoi-disant " Dr . Coulston " was from that time invisible on her repeated calls for further advice . Two years afterwards she accidentally discovered him under the title of " Dr . Walter ? , " and brought this action . The defendant and his brother carried on an extensive trade in advertising nostrums for nervousness , deafness , &c . The remedy for nervousness , upon the receipt of . many postage Stamps , consisted of a pill made up of new bread and

      plums , dusted over with flourj and ordered to be taken with caution , one at a time . In an advertisement inserted in a . weekly paper it was set forth that , in return for six postage stamps , a preparation would be sent making ladies' skins like that of children of ten years of age . He also passed by the names' of "Dr . Singleton and " Dr . Ludies . " In his defence he swore that he had never seen the plaintiff before in his life , and that there was a real , existent " Dr . Coulston , " to whom his brother had acted as an assistant , and that Goulston had been' subpoenaed to give evidence on the present occasion ; no suoh person , however , appeared . The Judge said there could be no doubt but that there had been a conspiracy and fraud committed , and lie should issue a verdict for the plaintiff , the dafendant at the same time to be taken into custody for perjury .

      The case of Mallalue v . Lyon , which has been tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench before Lord Campbell , presents some singular features . The facts arc as follow : —In 1848 , Mr . Lyon , a gentleman of fortune , married a daughter of Lady Charlotte Bury , at Florence , and settled upon her ah income of 300 £ . per annum . They returned to England , and lived happily together for a few years , when it was discovered that Mrs . Lyon had contracted an unfortunate taste for stimulants . The propensity gained such an asceudancy over her that in the wintor of 1852 it was beyond all control , and for some mysterious purpose she pledged her husband ' s plate to the extent of 8500 / . In tho beginning of 1853 tho lady was placed' at Torquav , apart from her

      husband , under tho care of a medical gentleman named Deakin . In the autumn of the same year her intellect , which had boon in a very impaired condition , was so far recovered that she executed , in , tho presence of her mother , a deed of separation , by which Mr . Lyon granted her an annuity of 1-300 / ., making , witli the 300 / . per annum already secured by the marriago settlement , a clear income of 1600 / . per annum . In 1858 Mrs . Lyon instituted a suit in tho Divorce Court for a restitution of conjugal rights , and liar husband consented to a decree . By this proceeding tho deed was , of courso , repudiated on both sides . Tho subsequent conduct of the husband was malignant . Ho took a

      houao iu Glouooator-placo to receive his wife , but obstinately treated hor as still insane , and placed her under th , o guard of two female koepors , forbidding them to allow her mothor to cross tho threshold . In oonsoquonco of this treatment , tho lady , who had only entered the house on tho 26 th of last May , quitted on the 1 st of tho following month , ami has resided with hor mothor ever since . A ladios' outfitter , named Mallaluo , botwoon tho beginning of April , 1857 , and the end of Juno , 1858 , supplied goods to Mrs . Lyon . Tho balance- duo to him on account of those transactions amounted to SOU ., which lie sought to recover from Mr . Lyon by tills action . Tho jury found a verdict against Mr . Lyon for VtM .

      I he appoais from tljo , decision of tho'JTnstor of the Uolls In tho extraordinary ease of Tholluaaon v . Thollusson oamo buforq tho llouso of Lords on Tliurailay . There wns a grunt muatui * of tlio noblo law loi-tls present , and muiiv of tho common law judges uttundotl , -whoso

      assistance bad been requested . The hearing was riot completed . ¦ An action for libel , brought by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson against the . Earl of Wilton , was tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday . The Earl was Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Militiaj and the plaintiff was Lieutenant-Colonel . The libel Complained Of was contained in a letter written to Lord Combermere ,, the Governor of the Tower , by the . defendant , in which he charged the plaintiff with having misappropriated part of the sums subscribed for the purposes of the mess , and added that Colonel Dickson's conduct was such that he appeared to be a mere spy , by his reporting the conduct of the other officers of the regiment , and that therefore he ( Lord Wilton ) advised Colonel Dickson ' s removal from the regiment . The case occupied the whole day , and was not concluded . . .

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      CRIMINAL RECORD . Frauds to a considerable amount are discovered to have been perpetrated by Mr . James . Purssell , who was formerly connected with the firm of Messrs . Purssell , the confectioners , in Cornhill . As exaggerated rumours are afloat it may be useful to istate the facts . It appears that having received genuine leases from two of the City companies , he proceeded to procure copies of them , and affixing forged seals obtained advances- thereon in various directions . The amount of . his frauds is found to be about 30 , 000 / ., but fortunately is is spread over a wide circle , and in no individual instance is the loss considerable . The property the delinquent leaves behind him has been promptly taken possession of by his creditors , and will of course reduce the claims in question . ¦ . .

      A young ; girl , named Hall , who had been on terms of intimacy with the national schoolmaster at Winjaton , in Northumberland , became enceinte . She was sent to Darlington for the purpose of being confined , but soon after her arrival there she fell ill , and died . Her remains were sent back to Winlaton for interment , and were on Wednesday about to be consigned to the grave ; As the funeral procession was proceeding thrquga the village to the churchyard , the mourners were abruptly stopped b }* the police , and ordered to return with the corpse . Suspicions , it was understood , pointed to the administration of poisonous drugs , with the object of procuring abortion . The Schoolmaster was taken into custodj-v

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      IRELAND . On Tuesday , Mr . Edmund Hayes , Q . C ., was sworn in a Justice of the Queen ' s Bench , Mr . Francis Fitzgerald as a Baron of the Exchequer , and Mr . John George as Solicitor-General . Extensive preparations are making for a Tipperary demonstration in favour of Reform , the ballot , and tenant-right . It is to come off at Thurles , and is to be , according to promise , a revival of the O'Connell monster meetings . Eight or ten members of Parliament are expected to attend . The proceedings are . to be concluded with a banquet to the O'Donoghue , the representative for the county .

      The recent relaxation of the statutes of Trinity College , by which tlie Roman Catholic youth are no longer debarred from some share in the substantial honours of the University , is beginning to tell favourably , and a little more liberality in tho same direction would , no doubt , put an end to all rivalry between Alma Mater and tho essentially sectarian establishment of ArchbishopCullen , the Catholic university . Lord EgHntoun has contributed 100 / . to the fund for the purchase of works of art for the new National Gallery of Ireland . Preparations are in progress for tho establishment of the Bank of Dublin . The prospectus is to appear shortly , underit is said , favourable auspices .

      , The pursuit after Dulany , tho murderer of Mr . Ely , was taken up on Wodnosday by forty of tho Watcrford police . They proceeded to Kilmeaden , crossed ^ over to Mount Congi'ovo , and scoured the woods , having been informod that ho had oai'thod thoro . They wore accompanied by a mounted policeman , and after a fatiguing day ' s chase , thoy returned in tho evening without tho gamo . Next morning a similar number , ronowod tho hunt , and wore alike unsuccessful .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A collision took placo in St . Goorgo ' s Channel oa Monday betwoon tho Prince Patrick iHoamor and tho iron schoonor Ellin . Tho latter immediately sank , ami tho master , his wife and child , and two seamen went down with her and perished . A correspondent of tho Times gives an account of d fearful accident in the Scottish Highlands . Ho says : " It will probably intorost many who may bo familial : with tho Crlnau Canal , when taking this pioturosquo route to Oban and tho North Highlands , to hoar the particulars of tho l . Uo disaster , which in loss tl-nn hall an hour ha 3 noarly destroyed this gronfc ivorlt . Its loss will very much alVoct llio rising prosperity o ; thin part of ( lio wont count , «« well « h tho ooiivyiilumio of nuillitudua of tourlcls . Among tho hills which hum iu thifl

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      No . 464 , February 12 , 1859 . ] THE L E A I > "E "EL 197

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2281/page/5/