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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—The Queen's bi...
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bentures . From this order the official manager of the bank appealed to the Vice-Chancellor , who affirmed his decision with costs , and hence the present appeal , which the Lords Justices dismissed . With reference to the recent examinations in bankruptcy in connexion with the Royal British Bank , Mr . Huddlestone , counsel for Mr . John Stapleton , M . P ., has stated before Mr- Commissioner Holroyd that , upon bein" called upon to sign the depositions of his examination ° Mr . Stapleton expressed a wish to attach a short explanation of some of the answers he -had given . Mr . Linklater read the statement , which in substance was as follows : " He proposed that Mr . Matheson should take shares . All that he ( Mr . Stapleton ) had received from the bank in respect of his duties as a director was 80 / . only and that was irrespective of the dividend which he had received on his shares . Since the . bankruptcy , he had paid 2500 / . towards satisfying the liabilities of the bank . " The Commissioner said there could be no objection to the explanation being put on the proceedings . A rule for the Master to review his taxation of an attorney ' s bill of costs , came before the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday . The defendant was the well-known Joseph Smith Wooller , who was tried for murder , and acquitted . The attorney who had conducted his defence , a gentleman named Marshall , then sent in his bill , amounting to 1097 / ., and Mr . " Wooller took steps towards having the bill taxed . The master taxed off a small portion of the bill , and the chief portion so taxed off related to a charge made by the attorney for an analysis of the evidence . The Master made an allowance at a certain rate per folio ; but the attorney now claimed a review of that taxation on the ground that he is entitled to be remunerated , not according to the length of the document , but in proportion to the time and skill employed in its preparation .. Lord Campbell entirely agreed with this view ; but as it appeared that the attorney had accepted payment of the bill as taxed , the Court thought he was precluded from making the present application . The rule was therefore discharged , but without costs . An action has been brought by a Miss Bell , a governess of . the St . John ' s National Infant _ School , Walhamgreen , against Miss Parker , another governess at the same establishment . The latter lady wrote certain letters accusing Miss Bell of cruelty to the children and of otherwise misconducting herself as a governess . It was alleged that Miss Parker had a spite against Miss Bell ; but this was denied by her counsel . The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages , 10 / . A dividend meeting in the case of the bankrupt and convict W . J . Robson was held in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday . Some discussion took place touching the respective rights of the Crystal Palace Company and the other creditors to the bankrupt ' s assets—about 2000 / . It was arranged that after the payment of expenses the assets shall be equally divided between ' the company and the assignees . The question also arose whether the company intended to settle with certain parties who prefer claims against the estate in respect to shares of which they are the holders . The bankrupt , it was alleged , instructed Mr . Clement to buy shares which the company would not recognise , as they did not appear in their books . No information was given on this point . In the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday , Mr . Edwin James applied for a rule , calling upon Mr . James Dare , the printer and publisher of the Wanton Mercury and Central Somerset Herald , to show cause why a criminal information should not bo filed against him for publishing a libel in that journal upon Mr . Joseph Stringfield , a surgeon , practising at Weston-super-Mnre , where he held some oflices . It appeared that the question of supplying the town with music became a subject of debate among the inhabitants . Two bands were proposed , but they unfortunately led to anything but harmony . Mr . . Stringfield took an active part with a large seotion of the townspeople in procuring what was colled a German band , and Mr . Dare , who seemed to have had no benevolent feolinga towards Mr . Stringiiolil , in consoquonco of his having sued him for a bill for medical attendance , joined with another portion of the inhabitants in establishing ' the town bnnd . ' This state of things led to a good deal of warm discussion in the town , and on the 19 th of Muy last , Mr . Dnre thought proper to insert what ho was euro their lordships would think was a mo & t scandalous libel , affecting the private character of Mr . Stringfiuld . It imputed to him most inhuman conduct towards his father . The article containing the libel , after giving the names of several of tho inhabitants , said : — " In giving tho foregoing liats , wo have no idea tluit tho publication will dotor Mr . Joseph Stringilold from pursuing his suicical course—wo believe him lost to all tho feelings which should animate , a good citizon , but wo havo hopes that the few whom ho might havo deceived into supporting his anti-Hocial and pernicious proceedings will sorioiibly n » k thomaolvcs whothor tho prosperity of Woston is moro likoly to bo advancod by the steady exertions of tho gontlomon whoso names appo / ir above , or by the wild follies of Mr . Joseph Stringfielil . " This was followed by an allegory beginning ; '' It vhb a cold , lo day of November , 1 bifid , when an old man , who had evidently booh bettor days , was obsorvod to bo approaohing tho door of a prettily situated Ikiubo iu tho town of Woutwu , tor , which lion upon tho count in one of tho western counties . The wouiy tnivollei' Iiau trudged
on that and the preceding day upwards of thirty miles from the chief city of the county , where he had formerly carried on a respectable business , but was now greatly reduced in circumstances—evea to destitution . With tottering steps the old man reached the door , and , with a trembling hand , lifted the knocker . " The narrative then went on to say that tlio old man had au interview with the owner of the house , and then " came forth , with tears fast flowiug down his wrinkled cheeks , whilst the younger of the two , in a towering passion , was harshly bidding him at once to leave the premises , and never again dare approach his presence . The old man made two or three attempts to speak , but convulsive sobs checked his utterance ; at length he said , in half-broken accents , ' Then your poor old father must perish of want . ' ' Starve and be d * ' was the impious response , and . the next moment the door of the younger man ' s house of plenty had reached its fastenings . ' But God tempereth the wind for the shorn lamb . ' As the old man wandered the streets of Westwater , he was recognised by an acquaintance—one who had known him ere adversity had set in—and who now gave him that much needed assistance which his own flesh and blood denied him . In a day or two the old man again reached the city , from whence he had wandered with a father ' s hope , and where he is now comfortably lodged in one of those asylums which the benevolent of times gone by had founded for decayed citizens . Tho son ' s curse , however , still rings in the old man ' s ears , and never does he retire to his humble pallet before on his knees imploring his Maker to change the heart of his unnatural son . " The affidavits showed that this picture of the son ' s conduct was intended to apply to Mr . Stringfield , and the learned counsel characterized the article as one of the most wicked libels which had ever been published . The whole story was entirely fictitious , and he had the affidavit of the father , who stated that he had never been at Westonsuper-Mare , which was evidently the place described in the libel as Westwater . Mr . String field also stated that he contributed to the support of both his father and mother ; and it seemed that his father , who had been a tradesman at Bath , had seen better days , but was now an inmate of a charity in that town , where , however , he only received a portion of what was necessary for his maintenance . —Lord Campbell : " The father denies positively that such au interview with his son ever took place ?"— Mr . E . James : " Most distinctly . "—Lord Campbell : " Take a rule . " A bill for the divorce of Mr . and Mrs . Alexander Campbell , for adultery on the part of the latter , is now before the Ho . use of Lords . The facts have been argued this week , and the deliberations are adjourned . Tho wearisome case of Campbell v . Corley came before the Lords Justices of Appeal on Thursday , when the Lords Justices Knight Bruce , and Turner decided that Mr . Corley must be declared entitled to the whole of the dividends as from the death of his wife . With respect to the costs , it was decreed that the 12 , 500 / . stock , in which Mr . Corley takes a life interest , is reduced by the full amount of all the costs in ' Corley v . Lord Stafford , ' that Mr . Campbell will take the whole of his mother ' s personal estate , and Mr . Corley will pay all the costs of the suit of ' Campbell v . Corley , ' excepting 10 / .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen ' s birthday was celebrated on Tuesday , when an inspection of tho Household troops by the Duke of Cambridge ( accompanied by Prince Lciningen and several officers of distinction ) took place at ten o ' clock on the parade in St . James ' s Park . Several official dinners were given in the evening by the nobility and gentry . At Woolwich , Chatham , and Aldershot , tho troops were also inspected ; and at Portsmouth , Sheerness , Plymouth , Devonport , and Stonehouse , the ships wore dreased out with flags , royal salutes were fired , and tho soldiers wore paraded . Tho illuminations iu London at night wore of tho usual character . Her Majesty attained her thirty-eighth your last Sunday . The Piuncis op Wales in a Coal Pit . —The Prince of Wales , who has recently boon visiting tho Lako district , paid a visit somo days ago to lloughton pit , tho property of tho Earl of Durham , near Newcastle . Accompanied by his suite , ho descended tho shait in a coul tub , and romainod below about an hour and a half . Tun Duke of CAMUiunais hus hired , for a term of years , 0 levering-hall , Suffolk , tho proporty of Mr . Andrew Arcedcekno , lato high shorifl' of tho county . Gluttony Utiliskd . —At the conclusion of tho lato fat cuttle-show at Poissy , near Paris , a duly-constituted 'jury' was ontcrtainod at a dinner whore portions of tho various prizo animals were sorved up , in order that tho learned feeders might riocirio to what broods of tho ronpoctivo beasts tho palm of gastronomic superiority was duo . On each dish tho jurors enmo to a division , tho votes being taken by show of bonds ; nnd tho voting for or against a particular joint or soup Bomotimoa ran nock and nock . In the course of this critical feast , tho doughty trenchermen , thus devotedly etufllng themselves for tho good of Boionco , disposed of eight spocimonu of soup , ditto of mutton , thirteen of roast boof , and an unspecified number of roaat pork . Of oaob of tlicao but a smull portion was tuated and tested ; but botweon the trial courses tbore wore refreshing jutorludos of llbb , fowl , nwootbroads , asparagus , and so forth ; and the whole wua wouutl up with fruits nud pastry . The
heroism of the knife and fork was perhaps never carried further . The Crops . —The accounts from , all parts of . the country concur iu stating that the recent rains , comrbined with a warm air , and alternating with sunshine , have done immense good to the young wheats , and indeed to all the crops . Vegetation , which was unusually backward until the last few weeks , has taken a sudden and remarkably rapid start forward ; and the open country now presents every appearance of the richest summer verdure . The Duty on Currants . —A deputation consisting of Messrs . C . W . Martin , M . P ., J . Whatman , MJE \ , lLW . Wickb . am , M . P ., — Ridley , M . P ., D . NicholL M . P ., J . Ewart , M . P ., and other Members of Parliament , together with several gentlemen connected with , the currant trade , waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Downing-stroet last Saturday , in order to urge a reduction of the duty on currants . Mr . Crawford , M . P ., opened the subject , and said they wished to show the inequality existing between the duty upon currants and the duty upon raisins . A circumstance had occurred which gave additional weight to their arguments . A new tariff comes into force next month inthe United States , which will reduce the duty on currants from forty per cent , ad valorem to eight per cent . This will place us at a disadvantage . In former tim « s , currants were a luxury ; but now they are a necessary of life . The Chancellor of the Exchequer : " How can they be considered a necessary of life ? '' Mr . Cravrford : " When meat is dear , the working classes mix them with their bread . That practice particularly prevails in the northern districts . " After some further conversation , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he could not undertake , during the present session , to make any alteration , in the rate of duty . The Nawab of Surat . — -Some further correspondence between Meer Jafer Ali Khan and the Directors of the East India Company , respecting the property of the late Nawab of Surat , was published last Saturday , by order of the House of Commons . It refers exclusively to arrangements respecting the Nawab ' s private property , and to proposals made by him with a view to a settlement of the question . Jafer Ali , on the 30 th of last March , wrote a letter accepting the proposal of the Court of Directors to fix the sum of 1 , 50 , 000 rupees a year as a life pension for the family and descendants of the late Nawab , to raise the pension of the two widows from 14 , 400 to 20 , 000 rupees each , to continue the pensions of the servants and dependents of the late Nawab , and to divide the balance , 1 , 00 , 000 rupees ( 10 , 000 / . ) , equally between himself ( Jafer Ali ) and his two daughters for life . Jafer Ali , however , accepts this proposal of necessity , " worn out , as he is , in the unequal and protracted struggle to obtain justice at the hands of the British Government . "—Times . Monster Blast at Holyheau . —This magnificent operation took place with complete success on Thursday week , when , with an aggregate charge of 21 , 0001 b . of powder , a section of Holyhead mountain , amounting in measurement to 160 , 000 tons of the hardest quartz rock , was dislodged . The Lundhill Colliery Explosion . —The inquest on the one hundred and eighty-nine sufferers by this explosion was brought to a close on Friday week , when , after an elaborate summing up , by Mr . Badger , the coroner , of the eleven days' evidence , the jury returned the 'following verdict : —" The jury are of opinion that Abraham Turner , Thomas Grey , and others , met with their deaths from the effects consequent upon an exploeion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Lundhill coal mine , on tho 19 th day of February last , but tho immediate cause of sucU explosion there is not any conclusive or sufficient evidence to show . The jury cannot como to the conclusion that it was criminally negligent , but accidental ; they , however , must condemn the laxity of the discipline and the non-observance of tho rules allowed by the manager and his deputies at the Lundhill mine . The jury also beg to add that they fully concur in the remarks made by Mr . Wood , Mr . Elliott , and Mr , Woodhouso , that an improved system of ventilation and . a better subdivision thereof is requisite to be adopted , especially whore day and night shifts are worked ; they also approve generally tho remarks of those gentlemen in reforeuoe to safety lumps , and other valuable suggestions made by them in their evidence yesterday . Tn © jury are also glad that , although tho subject of tbo education of tho working minors was not alluded to by the before-montiouod gentlemen , yet that omission has been remedied in the able charge of the coroner , and tho jury cannot too forcibly recommond that every practical effort should bo resorted to to raise the minors to a higher moral and mental condition than is now unhappily too prevalent . Tho jury ulao bug to report their udinirution and approval of tha horolo conduct of Messrs . Webster , Maddison and others , in their arduous and clangorous efforts to recover tbo bodies . Tho jury cannot close their remarks on this awfully disastrous accident without expressing their deep and bourtfolt sympathy for tho boruaved eufforors . They are of opinion that tbo proprietors of tho colliery wero not cognisant of the laxity of tho oouduot of thoir undervlowor , doputioa , iu » d wortfr '"Tub Loiu >'» Division Rimt .-TIio Lords havn , wHWn tho laat fow days , consented for tho llr « t tlmo J ' g their division lists . Previously to thl * , huwovur , Hade
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Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30051857/page/11/
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