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of St . Mary-Ie-Stran 4 was held in the Hall ^ King ' s College , for the purpose of co-operating with the other parishes of the city of Westminster in raising a corps of volunteers . A gentleman opened the proceedings by observing that the meeting was one of the parishioners of St . Mary-le ^ trand , and not of the students of King ' s College , who -were , he understood , about to " raise a corpse * ' for themselves . ( Great laughter among the medical students , owing to the speaker mispronouncing the word corps . ; If tlie parishioners were considered intruders , they would most willingly adjourn to their vestry-nail , and he teg ^ ed leave to move a resolution to that effect . Tne resolution fell to the ground , and eventually it was resolved to form two distinct corps , one for the parish , the other composed of the students , who will contribute at least 300 men . Subscription lists were opened , and Robert Lor , Esq ., of the Strand , was appointed treasurer .
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LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . Ik the Court of Exchequer the case of "Swynfen v . Chelmsford , " on the question of misdirection of trial , is again in process of argument , and is not yet concluded . An action for breach of promise of marriage" Harris v . Thomas "—has been tried in the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday . The plaintiff was the widow of an innkeeper in Wales , and the defendant was the son of a large landed proprietor , and on his fat her ' s death came into . £ 2 , 000 a- year . Wealthy as lie was he could neither read nor write . Soon after his father ' s death he married his cousin , and thus rendered impossible the fulfilment of the promise he had made to the prepossessing widow . Hence the present ' action . The jury gave , £ I , ObO damages .
At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday , Mr . Ernest Charles Jones , the celebrated Chartist , political writer and speaker , has passed his final examination . The Rev . Robert Maguire , a celebrity among the ultraevarigelical Protestant Association section of the London " serious " class , has . been accused of indecent behaviour in a railway -carriage . The " young lady " who was insulted , about whom a good deal was said in a mysterious manner in the beginning of the week , turns out bo be a discharged lady ' s maid ; but at is right to say that , though severely cross-examined , nothing appeared to disparage her character . The alleged assault took place in . the presence
of other passengers ; and this and some other circumstances induced the magistrate to look in the best light upon the clergyman ' s conduct , and to dismiss the charge as untenable . The offer of the defendant tcT compromise the matter , which was sworn to , was taken as the natural impulse of a nervous man ; and great stress was laid upon the young woman ' s crinoline as the cause of this unfortunate mistake , by the eounsel for Mr . Maguire ; the latter was accompanied to the court by a body of his admirers . Mr . Day , the lithographer , appeared before Mr . Hall , at Bow-street Police-court , to defend a summons taken out against his firm , at the instance of the British Museum , involving a question of infringement of the Copyright Act . It was stated that a certain orthographic projection of the world , published by Messrs . Day , came under the
description of a map in terms of the Act , and as sueh a copy ought to have been deposited in the . Museum . The magistrate overruled the defence of Mr . Day that it was a " bird ' s-eye view , " and not a map , and inflicted a penalty of £ 3 . J ) rJ Smethurst has been removed from Horsemonger-lane to Newgate , to await his trial at tlie Centra / Criminal Court for bigamy . His health has much improved since the announcement of his free pa ' rdon . The trial" will probably tals $ place next Wednesday , the 80 th , and rumour assigns Mr . Edwin James , Q . C ., and Mr . Sleigh as counsel for the defence . A carpenter , named Billington , has been charged fceibro Mr . Jardine , at Bow-street Police-court , with mobbing a witness who had been giving evidence at the sessions in a case arising out of the strike . The man was remanded and bail refused .
A '" gentleman" was fined £ 4 , at Westminster Police-court , for smashing windows with stones , at one o ' clock in the morning , in Belgmvia . A ratepayer of the parish of St . Stephen ' s , ColomantBtreet , was summoned before the magistrate , at Guildhnll , for refusing to pay the church * rate levied by the vestry . As the defendant objectod that the rate was applied to other purposes than ohuroh repairs , the summons was dismissed . At the Middlesex Sessions on Tuesday the appeal of William Perhana , a mason , was heard against a conYfcjtion and sentence of two months' imprison " m < m % . for intimidation . The evidence formerly flWM , before M * . Corrlp , at Qlerk / onwell , was reqapjk w *« wfe Ana'the case ably argued on both sides , m we ena tho convlption was unanimously confirmed » y a n » u bench , and the applicant was accordingly
committed to the House of Correction for two months ; Mr . Edwin James afterwards applied to the Court of Queen ' s Bench for a writ of habeas corpus , that the defendant might be-brought up and discharged on the ground that the commitment was bad ;' but that Court also on Wednesday delivered an adverse judgment on the motion . Mr . Justice Hill having reviewed the evidence in connexion with the Act in question , said the Court was of opinion that the conviction was right , and refused the rule . Perham will therefore remain in the House of Correction for the term of the sentence passed on himviz ., two months . The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have received a further respite , until the 26 th day of December next , for the convict Annois , under sentence of death in Newgate .
Thomas Brooks , who has been examined at tho Mansion-house on a charge of forging an order for a cheque book from the London Joint-stock Bank , by means of which he is said to have defrauded many tradesmen , has been committed for trial . A seaman , named Francis Boland , was committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder , by Mr . Selfe , at Thames Police-court . The crime was committed at Lagos , on the -west coast of Africa , in the month of July , the victim being Edward Hyland , another
seaman . A very important and influential deputation met the Premier and the Attorney-General on Tuesday , with a view to press upon Government the necessity of introducing a Bankruptcy Reform measure , based upon the same principles as the bill of Lord John Russell of last session . Lord Palmerston , while concurring in the general reform contemplated , remarked that those who read the newspapers would see that Lord John Russell had his hands full of the business of his own department , arisihg from the present position , of affairs in every quarter of the globe . Tlie Attorney-General then proceeded to explain , the principles of Bankruptcy to the
Reform in a way that was acceptable deputation . The Premier also gives his word that the next session 'shall not be allowed to pass without some satisfactory arrangement for disposing of it . Sir Richard Betheil speaks of repealing all existing statutes , and replacing them by a single comprehensive Act . He recognises the important principle for which the mercantile community lias so long contented , that while the legal relations of the debtor and creditor are things for the legal court to care for , the realisation and distribution of the bankrupt ' s estate can best be carried out by the creditors themselves . Of course , the Attorney-General was compelled to speak with much reserve
of the features' of his proposed measure , but if he gives effect to the cardinal doctrine just noticed , and provides creditors in bankruptcy with every facility for administering the estates of bankrupts on strictly business principles out of court , he will have accomplished an important measure of legal reform . A telegram received at Lloyd ' s states that the divers engaged at the wreck of the Royal Charter , recovered oh Tuesday about 1 , 200 sovereigns . No bars were found . The weather being bad the diving operations were afterwards suspended .
A number of the young thieves who infest Covent-garden Market have committed a robbery which has brought with it a condign and alarming punishment . It appears that a hamper containing two jars of syrup of belladonna became an object of plunder , and , under the impression that the . stuff was liquorice , they helped themselves freely to it , upwards of eighteen boys having shared in the booty . The consequence is that a number of them are seriously ill , and there is little doubt but that several deaths will be the result ,
The inquest on tho body of . William Eaton , said to have died from eating poisonous- ' sausages , was resumed this week , and Dr . Lotheby , in reporting on his analysis , said he found the intestines to be La a state of high inflammation , caused by some powerful irritant , and sufficient to account for death . Another adjournment till Monday was ordered . . m At an-inqnest held by Mr . Humphreys , on Saturday , on the body of an old lady who met her death at the Bow station of the North London Railway In getting out of a carriage , the jury expressed an opinion that there was blame attributable to the company ' s servants .
An accident of an alarming character , and attended with fatal consequences , has occured at an extensive iron rolling-mill , near Wolwhampton , In the course of some alterations it appears that the driving wheel , of several tons' weight , flew in pieces , killing one man and injuring many others , and reducing tho place to ruins , Another crinoline suicide has taken placo at Huddcrsfleld . The unfortunate victim or finery , named Sarah Steel , was dressing her hair before the flre when her distended garments by an' unlucky turn were set in a blaze . A man in the house burst into tho room to vAA her , but he only
succeeded in burning his hands frightfully with the steel wires which served as flame ; conductors . The deceased was a strong woman , and . rushed by his son and himself , although , he tried to get a rug round her . She ran into the street , where in a few moments all her clothing was burnt . off her person but her stays , and those a man cut loose . She was then dragged in again , where she died within sixteen hours . ' ¦¦ ¦ ' . A disastrous boiler explosion occurred on Wednesday at the works of Messrs . Glydon arid Shorthouse metal rollers , Eyre-street , Springhill , by which six or seven persons received serious injuries , and much valuable property was destroyed . — ^ — _ ^ ^
• The fog on Wednesday is supposed to have been the cause of an accident which occurred on the South-Western Railway , at the Fleetpond station . The driver of the express down train could not see the signals , nor were the parties at the station aware of the approach of that train ; for without any warning the express rushed past the station at a rapid rate , and ran into the back portion of a goods train . The collision was fearful , and it is surprising that the lives of a large number of persons were not
sacrificed . The locomotive belonging to the express train wrfis broken to pieces . The tender and guard ' s van of the express train were also destroyed , as were likewise a number of the trucks belonging to the goods train . It was found that although the passengers had received a terrible shaking , several were more or less bruised , rio loss of life had occurred . Some of the trucks of the goods" train were heavily laden with ¦ timber , the weight of which -materially assisted to check the impetus of tlie express train , and thus prevented much further miscliief .
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The Court . —The birthday of the Princess Royal was celebrated at Windsor on Monday by a grand dinner and evening party , to which the Queen had invited a large number of guests . The Prince of Wales came from Oxford on Saturday to greet his sister , and returned to' his . studies " on Tuesday morning . On Wednesday evening the first of the Gastle theatrical representations took place , employing the abilities of the best actors of the Hay market and the Olympic . There were about seventy guests of the Queen present as spectators ; there hove also been a great many visitors stopping at the Castle this week . It ' " 'announced that , on tlie $ th proximo , her Majesty and the Prince Consort , accompanied by the Prince and Princess Frederick William , and their other children , will leave the Castle for Osborne . The Court will remain there until the 24 th , when her Majesty will return to Windsor for the Christmas holidays . The Pbince op Wales .- —His Royal Highness has been present at the debate on universal suffrage by the Union Society at Oxford . Tho Prince , in addition to his being a member of the Oxford University Boat Club , has also become a member of the Christ Church Boat Club and the Christ Church Cricket Club . During the past week lie visited Russell ' s Tennis Court aud Tolley ' s Uacquot Court , and played in each . . . Lonju Cowley . —Tho British minister at Pans has arrived-in England , and has visited the Queen , at Windsor , besides holding several consultations with the heads of tho Government . It w thought in many quarters that Lord Cowlcy visits England to confer w . ith lus Government on the subject of the naval and military preparations in both countries—some go so far na to add that a simultaneous disarmament has been proposed . ( The Gjlouoksteb Election Committkk . —llus bpdy has resumed its sittings , not in tho corrupt city itself , but in a Committee-room of theJIouse of Commons . Such witnesses as Sir K . W . Cnrden and Sir W . G . Haytor wore recalled and subjected to sovero , but not unjustifiable examination , lbero two individuals still persist In denying any acpia . ntance with corrupt cburees , and the groat iwvunoes whioh Sir R . Carden gave were to have boon , in 1 » s estimation , applied to purposes purely and entirely legitimate Yet the defeated . aldennan «*>«>* - ledges that his ignorance was acquired , or was rather , to speak more perfectly , the result of boing determined not to have knowledge communicated to his mind . It was , therefore , a cunning and © on niving ignorance on tho part of this honourable and upright gentloman . ( l m ,.,, Tno &KIKB . —The Building Nowa says :-- 1 JJ master builders , although , as is assorted , they I > avo hold two meetings since our last , have not yotro turned a definite answer as to tho withdrawal ot ww declaration , either to tho masons , in reply toiiwj fresh propositions , or to tho Conference , in rffXhto tlw intimation that the strike at the cBtnblljh mono of the Messrs . Trollope ' s had been wUlidiajn , It is stated , however , that n special gonorul » noy » g of the members of the Central Association of Mussw Builders will bo held this ( Friday ) nftornoon , wneu
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1859, page 1290, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2322/page/6/
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