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MULTUM IN PARVO. B Prince Alfred is having a new yacht built to race th» ennetta. Certain Massachusets journals have nominated Mr. 'es Sumner for the Presidency. a A black girl at Shelbyville, Indiana, has commence*: a white man for breach of promise of mar bee**8 e(-^or °f the Discussion, of Madrid, has jusi Ijgj^^uteneed to death for articles which he had pub- foJnf '-wp'! 9'' government has just asked the Chambei no j, ee millions of rix dollars for the purchase e^dle gm!S_ Gustave Freytag, the well-known German novel- p i8 a candidate for the representation of Erfurt in tha r ederal parliament. p Tie Danish Government has brought a bill into the h. er of Copenhagen for the destruction of part of the fortifications of that town. of Great.agitation prevails at Carlsruhe in consequence ? e discovery that the crown diamonds of Baden have een stoJen, and replaced by glass. It is stated that the Tay, which in 1854 only yielded p>,269 as rent for the salmon fisheries, now produces nc le-11 than E47, 618; and this large rental is on the increase. At New Orleans, on the 6th, a dinner was given tc ■Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P., editor of the Cork Ex- aminer. Generals Hood and Buckner were among the guests. At the New Year's reception at the White House a solitary negro ventured into the room, and was as cour- teously received by the President as any of his white companions. The United Service Gazette says a public notification has been issued at Woolwich, announcing that a num- ber of strong able-bodied shipwrights are required for the royal navy. The Irish TÙ¡¡t>s states that it has been determined # ?1r°v'<' £ ?a res' <1 ence for His Royal Highnessthe Prince °t Wales in Ireland, where the Prince will in future spend some portion of every year. P ^e.tter from Vienna informs us that a musician, Dr. ■r rancis Lorenz, possesses a warranted lock of Mozart's hair, and a musical autograph, which he would cede to any collector who treasures such relics. The Rev. Asa Bronson, who died recently in Fall •Kirer,.Mass., ig said to have preached 8,500 sermons. Allowing 20 nrinted octavo pages to a sermon, this would amount to 340 volumes of 500 pages each. o The London Review notices" symptoms of a thaw in the Lord Chamberlain's department. The Oriental usic Hall, at Limehouse, has received a dramatic li- cence from the department, subject to conditions. 1 he ladies of the Roman Catholic Church of Norfolk, lrginia, have presented to Mr. Jefferson Davis a cane •^de of the oak of the famous Confederate ram Mer- "Irnae. Mr. Davis's health isjsaid to be greatly improved. ThePrinces? Royal (Princess of Prussia) and Princess hce (Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt) are expected tc pithVe at ^'ndsor Castle, on a visit to Her Majesty, ]Varelia tilt: latter end of February or the beginning of "'s about^rem.antle, chairman of the Board of Customs. Board, ia° ^tire. Mr. Herries, from Inland Revenue the uatned as his'successor; and Mr. Fremantle, Kerrios. eaaury> will accept the"post vacated by Mr. T}ie eontent inP/Tars to 1>e a g°°d deal of distress an(* dis" ProvinCe„ TI Parts of the recently-acquired Venetian V enice nf i or PaPers announce the distribution, ir that cit'v -U'00(*f- given by the King to the poor of TV> Vietrf lnCeanii Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert JT r and Prince George, arrived at Marlborough J ??e 0n Monday afternoon from Sandringham, atten- \r y the Marchioness of Carmarthen, General Knollys, aJ°r Grey, and Mr. Fisher. It is reported that Narvaez intends to suppress the present Senate in Spain by Royal decree, and to re- place it by an hereditary one, compoeed exclusively of the high aristocracy, with perhaps some additions from large landholders and great capitalists. Experiment? made in Dublin, on Saturday, on thE Greek fire recently found by the police in that city, esta. blish the fact that it is a similar substance, and equally destructive, as the composition seized by the Liverpool authorities in the recent crusade against some suspected F enians. We are requested to contradict a statement which haa obtained rather wide currency, that Lady Herbert of Lea has given £10,000 to the Roman Catholic Church, to be applied to the purchase of Priory Park, near Bath. inhere is no foundation whatever for the statement.— Mall Gazette. The Observer says:—"It is understood in well-in- t0rmed quarters that a measure will be brought for- by the Government early in the ensuing session, in Mer p|acP not on]y the existing gas and water com- mies, but all new companies, on certain conditions, Qder the authority of the Board of Works." ^?E VICTORIA CROSS.—The Queen has been pleased be c'T the decoration of the Victoria Cross may onterred ,jn persons serving in the local forces of the 1 Zealand, or who may hereafter be era- in Jh 111 forces raised or which may be raised he colonies and their dependencies generally. „ be cattle disease has at last disappeared in Galli- e" During the six years that it prevailed there, 935 ^^3 and villages, and 7,677 detached farms, with a 1 no, 0f cattle amounting to 440,463 were infected, 38, bead of cattle were attacked with the disease, ,936 recovered, 6,276 died, and 3,890 were destroyed. The Rev. W. J. Butler, says the John Bull, after having consulted with friends and advisers, and espec- lally considering the apparent want of unanimity on the subject among the clergy at Natal, has resolved to Postpone hie acceptance of the bishopric, for more sat- •'sfactory information as to the circumstances of his Section. A Legitimist marriage is announced with some fracas W the Paris Bourbon prints. The young Spanish prince, Carlos, asred 20, son of Don Juan, is to be married the Princess Margaret, daughter of the Duchess of Parma. The ceremony is fixed to take place under the auspices of the Count De Chambourd, at the Chateau e Frodsorff, on February 14. The new French Minister of Marine has given orders, says the Tnd*nendaaice Beige, for the construction of 15 armour plated vessels. Five of them are to be ships of the line on the model of Le Tigre. The remaining ten will be frigates. Marshal Neil, who has completed his Life of Vaubau," has ordered a general inspection of the fortified places in France, in order that he may be assured of their strength. The annual letting of pews in Plymouth Church: Brooklyn, took place on the evening of the 8th instant, before a very l:irge congregation, Mr. Pillsbury ofRcia- ting as auctioneer. The highest premium offered was 550, dols. but several choice pews fetched above 300dols. Premium. The total receipts last year for pew rents aud premium.. amounted to 43,000 dols—this year they will exceed 50,000 dols. All but a few back seats were disposed of at the auction.-New York Times. POST-OFFICE No TIC Rs.-The rate of postage on news- papers, sent via Panama, will be reverted to, the reduc- ed rate of Id. each newspaper, which has been levied since September last, being insufficient to cover the cost of the transit of the newspapers across the Isthmus of Panama. In future, therefore, newspapers for New Zea- land or Australia, sent in A Panama, will be liable to the following rates of postage, which must be paid in ad- vance Not exceeding 4oz., 4d. above 4oz., and not exceeding 4lb, 8d. On the first of February next, and thenceforward, the entire postage, British and foreign, upon letters addressed to the Netherland possessions in the East or West Indies, may be paid in advance, or at the place of destination, at the option ofthe sender. The postage of registered letters must, in all cases be paid in advance, and in addition, there must be paid a regis- tration fee of 4d. each letter. FACTS FOR THK ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. — Five pupils came up for final examination lately at the l'hpological Seminary of the Basle Mission at Akrapong, Gold Coast. They had gone through a course of three years and were examined in Greek and Hebrew, Church fiietory, Logic. Exegesis of the Old and New Testaments in the original languages, &c. Their answers were prompt, distinct, and clear, in evidence that they had well mastered their work. When these young men have served some years as catechists, they will be pre- sented for ordination. It would be very interesting for the members of the Anthopological Society to be present at this examination, which was conducted for the most part in English, so that they could have judged for them- selves whether the negro deserves a place among his covfrei'e* of the Japhetic and Shemetic races. Four out of the five are of the purest negro blood.-African Times. POLITICAL APATHY IN VENETIA.—A communica- tion to the Paris Presse, from Florence, says I know nothing more lamentable in the history of Italian in- difference to political affairs than the recent electoral proceedings of Venetia. Recently, the electors of the second college of Verona were summoned to return a deputy to parliament. Twocandidates appeared, MM. Ruffoni and Montanari; they had paid the necessary visits, published their profession of faith, and when the great day arrived the two gentlemen awaited, not with- out anxiety, the result of the struggle. In tile urns were found nine votes for M. Ruffoni and six for his competi tor. Total, 15, out of 1,200 electors! The officials alone had voted At Lendinara there was no return, nobody having exercised the franchise. To enjoy liberty, it is necessary to be worthy of it,' says M. Civini, deputy, formerly director of the Diratta, which may serve aa Pendant to a celebrated saying,' Nations have the govern* which they merit.' I A second Hon was conveyed on Saturday morning from the studio of Baron Marochetti, and pkced on the base of the Nelson Monument, m Trafalgar square. Captain Mayne Reid gave An Evening with the Poets" at Hanover Square Rooms, onilonday. Ihe en- tertainment was for the benefit of the suffering poor of the metropolis." The Home Secretary received a deputation on Mon- day, to suggest some legislation by which the enme of infanticide might be lessened. Mr. Walpole stated m reply that a bill would be brought in next session deal- ing with capital punishment, and he could promise no legislation beyond that without much more considera- tion. A NEWSBOY HEIR TO A FORTUNE.—A newsboy of Toronto, named Henry Martin, has fallen heir to 200,00fl dols. in Texas. His father was a farmer, and a resi- dent of Rochester. He was killed in the first battle of Bull's Run. His mother, being unable to support the family, sent Henry to a charitable institution, from which he escaped. The boy's uncle settled in Texas some years ago, and accumulated a large property. He was killed in the battle of Shiloh, fighting for the Con- federacy. A relative had been searching three months for the boy.-New York Herald, The damp we are toia is playing navoc frescoes in the upper waiting Hailsof the Houseaof Par liament. They cost the country some £ o00 each, but are now literally crumbling away from the wall. ^ir W. Havter's picture of the House of Commons on its meeting after the passsng of the Reform Bill, which cost the nation a large sum of money, hangs m an ob- scure committee-room, where the damp rising from the river, daily impairs its colouring. There are plenty of vacant spaces in the building where it could be placed with advantage, and where the colouring would at the rame time be preserved. The now frescoes are ready for nlacing in the Peer's lobby, but it has been deeded to defer ifxing them until the Easter recess. Sunday Gazette. THE QUEEN.—We are gratified to learn that there is every probability of the Queen taking a more active part in public life during the coming season than she has done since the death of the Prince Consort. The hone is materially strengthened by seJeral cidents; such, for example, as the fact that Her Ma- jesty has lately shown undisguised pleasure m the per- formances of Mr. Charles Hal e, who has for the first time since the death of Prince Albert,revived the interest of the Queen in the piano-forte works of the great mas- ters The complete return of Her Majesty to social duties will commence with the opening of Parliament, on which occasion the Royal Speech will, it is said, be delivered by the Queen in person. In the course of the summer, from the attraction exercised by the Paris Exhibition, and other causes, there is good reason to anticipate more than usual movement among royal and distinguished personages, many of whom will unquestionably visit London. The public who desire above all things that the national character for hospitality should be upneld in the reception of eminent visitors, would feel a special pleasure in again seeing the refined and stately splen- dour for which the Court of Queen Victoria was, in the happier years of her life, conspicuous. That desire we believe will not be disappointed, and the inhabitants of the metropolis may confidently anticipate a return of those brilliant seasons from which all classes derived both profit and pleasure.-Daily Telegraph. CURIOUS PHASE OF PARIS LIFE.-There is many a curious phase of Paris life which even a Paris corres- pondent, however well informed he may be, is not made aware of till it comes before the tribunal. Witness the following very strange transaction between Madame la Duchesse de Persignv and her seamstress, or rather her tailor, the celebrated M. Maugas, who, it is to be hoped you are aware, is a personage of European reputation, and only admits crowned heads, together with dukes and a few marquises, to the honour of being his custo- mers. It appears that at the end of last winter M. Maugas sent the Duchess the following billM A. Maugas, Robes et Manteaux de Cour, furnished to Madame It Duchesse de Persigny, January, 18C6—Dress of white silk shot with gold, and trimmed with white satin, chemisette and sleeves of Valenciennes, 800f. = £ 36 • February — Ball dress of chesnut and silver tulle, trimmed with blue and silver butterflies over silk skirt, 1200f,= £ 48 flounced chesnut satin, tulle and silver, ard blue butterflies, 350f.= £ 14; Mal ch-Bhck silk dress trimmed with jet and watered ribbon, 700£.= £28; total, 3050f. The season over, the duchess left town for Charmarande. M. Maugas had previously sent in his bill several times, and at last wrote to the duchess to say that on presenting himself at her house he had been referred to M. Desnagers, the duke's agent, who, to his infinite amazement, had offered to him 2,500f. (£100,) instead of 3050f. He supposed some mistake had occurred. The dresses in question were certainly not at all cheap, but they were of a style which in- volved a considerable outlay. A fortnight later M. Maugas wrote a second time to remind the Duchess that she had made no terms when ordering the goods, and had merely desired they should be as perfect as pos- sible, which her grace admitted them to have been; that although it was by no means the habit of his es- tablishment to have recourse to the strong arm of the law, if he did not receive the money due to him, he would not shrink from this unpleasant alternative. In reply to this declaration of war a I'ovtranc?, M. Des- nagers wrote a most insolent letter to Maugas, the chief accusation therein being that if his customers did not agree beforehand as to the terms on which he undertook to equip them for conquest, it was quite evident he took .ad vantage of their confiding natures to charge double what was his due. M. Desnagers Tnay be right, but the tone of his letter was familiar and sneering The affair was brought before the courts the other day. M. Beaulieu pleaded for M. Maugas. He opened the case by producing the bills of every sove- reign house in Europe, ente* iJig- into minute details as to dresses supplied to empress, queen, and princess in the "AImanachdeCioiha." thereby proving that in comparison to the price of the garments supplied to these high and mighty pergpnages, the duchess's attire was even absurdly then< Why, one of the queens on his books had just paid Ù mt 3,400 fra 'cs-f! 32—for a mere dinner dress; another, an empress, I believe, 3800f.: and so on, and as 10 the Princess Dagmar, the wife of the Czarewitch, her la<-t drees cost7000f.— £ 280. The counsel for the Duchest pl"Md"d in lier defence that she had agreed to a sort of ti.ift', by which her robes were to cost 700f. all round. The C»urt has referred the affair to the expertise of Madame La. Ferriere, before whom the blue butterflv and brown tulle, &c., attire is to be laid, and on her decision as to its intrinsic value this curious case will be decided.—StaA-'s correspondent. MR. GLADSTONE IN PARIS.—Mr. Gladstone having arrived in Paris, en route from Italy to London, the Society of Political Economy of Paris gave him a dinner on Saturday, at the Grand Hotel. The Members of the Society were only warned the day before that the ban- quet was to come off. Mr. Gladstone, said the cir- cular issued, having in passing through Paris, ac- cepted the invitation given to him in the name of the Society of Political Economy, the Bureau informs you that an exceptional dinner will take place to-morrow (Saturday), the 26th, at the Grand Hotel. The mem- bers will assemble at seven o'clock, and will take their places at table at half-past seven." And there was a P.S. The members of the society are earnestly solicited not to make any personal invit.ations." Well, towards seven about 120 members of the society and a few strangers, invited by the Bureau, assembled in a grand saloon on the first floor. At about a quarter past Mr. Gladstone appeared, accompanied by Mr. Cardwell and some other gentlemen. He was introduced by M. Wolowski, one of the vice presidents of the Society, and was re- ceived by M. Passy, the president. Both these gentle- men belong to the Institute, and the latter was at one time Minister of Finance. The first felicitations over, Mr. Gladstone placed himself in a corner, and there several of the more notable members of the Society were introduced to him—among them M. Andre Cochut to whom lie is indebted for much of the high repute in which he is now held in France, that gentleman having written some years back, in the Revue des Deuæ Mondes very remarkable articles about him and his financial policy. At eight o'clock the party descended to the grand ealoon of the hotel, where the table was served. The dinner was simple, like all those of the Economist', costing like them only lOf, (8f .) a head. Towards th- end of it M. Passy, rose, and in :). speodi e\patiat< d on the economic merits of Mr. Gladstone and also of Mr. Cardwell, our illustrious guests, as he called them. He was applauded, not certainly so noisily as the Chair- man at an English feast would have been, but with a warmth which must have proved to the English states- men that the French economists approved of every word that was said in their praise, and wished to make them feel that they did so. Mr. Gladstone rising, answered in English. His speech, which was a little long, turned on the importance of political economy and on its power of uniting nations. He was very heartily applauded at different parts of his discourse, and also at the end. Mr. Cardwell also spoke, and in English. He was less bril- liant than the ex-chancellor, but he was unaffected, and he displayed an emotion which pleased his hearers very greatly. If Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Cardwell were not delighted with their reception they must be haTd to please. Nothing could possibly be more cordial or more flattering. The giving of an exceptional" dinner to them, as the Directing Committee of the society called it was in itself no small honour. The society frequently invites distinguished foreigners who happen to be in Paris on the date of the ordinary monthly meetings, but so far as I can recollect—and my membership dates from 1859-it has very rarely, indeed, offered special banquets, and really it is not too much to say that a mark of de- ference from this Society is a great distinction even for a great statesman of Mr. Gladstone's mark. For its office bearers, in addition to M. Passy and M. Wolowski be- fore mentioned, areM. Michel Chevalier, M. Renouard, judge of the Court of Cassation; M. Horace Say, and M. Joseph Garnier-all men of nosmallrenowniand among r its members, past and present, are not only Frenchmen, but foreigners of scientific and political celebritl, — Paris correspondent of the GLobs. The London Operative Tailors' Association, 24,000 strong, have now informed the executive of the Reform League, that they intend to take no part in the pro- posed reform demonstration. DEATH OF SIR JOHN SHRLLEY RART. Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., late M.P., for Westminster, ex- pired on Saturday, at Maresfield Park, Sussex. He was eldest son of the sixth baronet, whom he succeeded in 1852, and was born in 1808. He was educated at the Charterhouse. In 1832 he married Miss Knight, only daughter of the Rev. S..T. Knight, rector of Welwyn, Herts, and Vicar of Allhallows, Barking. The late baronet sat for Westminster from July, 1852, to .Tulv, 1865. He is succeeded by his brother, the Rev. Frederick Shelley, rector of Beer Ferris, Devon. THH PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR EYRK.—A rumour has reached us that a serious legal hitch has most unexpectedly arisen with regard to the prosecu- tion of Mr. Eyre by the Jamaica Committee. Its exact nature has not been allowed to transpire, but it is re- ported to be of such a character as may not only compel the agitators to desist from extracting funds to attack an officer and servant to the Queen, but may enable Mr. Eyre to indict those promoting it for conspiracy. Cer- tain statutes are said to have been overlooked by those who drew un the case for the counsel's opinion which have a most direct bearing upon the above points.- John Bull. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—A musician belonging to one of the French regiments has just met with an ex- traordinary death at Vera Cruz. He was engaged to play at a ball, and, being very thirsty, went out into the garden, and, finding a water bottle on the terrace, took it up and drank freely. Suddenly he raised cries of agony, and, upon assissance arriving, it was found that an enormous centipede had fixed his mandibles in his throat. The animal had taken up its abode in the neck of the bottle and was washed into his mouth in the act of drinking. A surgeon who was called was obliged to cut it to pieces, but the poison from the bite caused death in a few hours. On the 24th inst.,atthe Parsonage, ITenley-in-Arden Warwickshire, died Mary, the wife of William Howard Russell. L.L.D., the well-known special correspondent of the Times. The deceased was second daughter of Mr. Peter Burrowes, of Kilharrick, county Dublin, a id was married to Mr. Russell in 1846. During the height of the Crimean war she went out to the East to her husband, and was by accident present at the battle of Tcliernaya, where she rendered assistance to the woun- ded Russians. During Mr. Russell's absence in India in 1858 she had a serious illness, from which she never completely recovered and after the death of her last son (born Nov. 14, i860), she sank gradually to her last rest. FALL OF THE HALIFAX NEW INLAND BONDING WAREHOUSE.—On Monday, this building in course of prection by the Halifax Corporation in Gibbet-street. Halifax, was blown down, a strong west wind prevailing it the time. The warehouse is two storeys high, 120 feet long by 80 feet wide. The bottom storey was in- tended for win^s and spirits, and was constructed fire- proof. The building had reached its full height, ex- cept at the front where an ornamental cornice remained to be laid. Nearly the whole of the woodwork of the roof had been erected. The rafters were held in their places by temporary binders. These were insufficient for the purnose, and the wind gathering in the build- ing, blew them down. Thev fell rapidly one by one, dragging after them the scaffolding, and the whole of the south end of the warehouse. The contractors are Messrs. Firth and Co., Queensbury, near Halifax. THE SUCCFSSOR OF HEAD CENTRE STEPHENS.— The New York papers give the following account of the successor of Stephens:—"General Gleason, the succes- sor of Stephens, is a young Irishman, remarkable for his tall stature. He is about 6 feet 6 inches in height, slightly stooped, and has just entered his28th year. He was born in Fishmoy, near Borrisoleigh, in the county of Tipperary, and from his early youth he was connected with the insurrectionary movements in his native county. In the year 1860, during the Italian war, he raised a company of one hundred and nine men to defend the Panal dominions, and he was complimented for his bravery in action by General Lamoriciere. Subsequent- Iv he was taken prisoner at the seige of Ancona by the Sardinian troops, and released after a captivity of six months. He then returned to Ireland, and on the day he arrived in his native town the Sheriff of the county dispossessed him of his estate, his lease having expired. Subsequently he came to New York, and at the begin- ning of the war joined the 69th Regt., and took part in Forty-two general engagements of that organisation. On his return he joined the Fenian brotherhood, and went back to Ireland on a special mission; but while there he was arrested for 'treason,' and lodged in the Mountjoy Prison, at Dublin, where he was incarcerated for six months. He came back to New York immediately after his release, and was a prominent member of the brother- hood up to the moment of his appointment as its chief. During his career in the army of the Potomac, as an officer of the e^th Regiment, he received the rank of brevet brigadier general. CARRIERS AND THEIR LIABILITIES.—The case of Woodyer v. The Great Eastern Railway, which came before the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday, was an lotion brought by a traveller for a jeweller against the defendants, for not delivering to him a box containing jewellery within a reasonable time. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Lush, at Liverpool, when a ver- dict was found for nominal damages. A rule having been obtained calling on the defendants to show cause tvhy the verdict should not be entered for £5ï, the lose claimed on the sale of the jewellery, and for £5 hotel expenses, while waiting two days at Liverpool for the box, which had been sent from Oxford, and did not duly arrive. On the argument it appeared that the jewellery was of a trumpery description, the articles being sold at is each, and a claim for loss on their sale was given up; but it was contended that the plaintiff was entitled to have 95 entered for his expenses during two days at an hotel while waiting the arrival of his box, or to a new trial. The Chief Justice said, looking at the whole tenor of the authorities cited in support of the plaintiff's view, he could not see that the damages claimed could be looked upon as in the contemplation of the parties when the box was sent. There was simplv a box to be carried from Oxford to Liverpool, directed to the plain- tiff, without any notice to the defendants, of the char- acter of its contents, or of any particular necessity for having the box immediately forwarded and delivered. That being so, the only damages the plaintiff was en- titled to recover were such as the Jury might think arose from the miscarriage of this, as of any other parcel.— Mr. Justice Smith was of the same opinion.-Rule dis- sliarged. THE ATLANTIC TELRGRAPH.-The report of the directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph, Limited, congratulates the proprietors on the result of the great enterprise in which their capital has been embarked. The company was constituted on the 2nd March, 1866, with an authorised capital of £600,000. The contract sntered into with the Telegraph Construction and Main- tenance Company was for a payment of £500,000, with further payment of JEI.000,000 contingent on the suc- cessful completion of the cable of 1866, and of £ 137,140 in ordinary shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, contingent on the recovery and completion of the cable of 1865, the contractors engaging to manufacture and use their best efforts to lay the cable of 1866, and to re- cover and complete that of 1865, then broken and thought to be irrecoverably lost at a depth of more than two miles below the surface of the Atlantic. The power of the cables to transmit intelligence had far exceeded the most sanguine anticipation; in the prospectus it was as- sumed for the purpose of estimating probable earnings at from 25 to 40 letters per minute, whereas, practically, 100 letters have been transmitted through each cable iu a single minute; this result had been obtained with. out resorting to appliances which might be availed of if necessary. A t present the capacity of the cable was limited by the power of the human eye and brain to follow and read the transmitted signs. The telegraph communication beyond Heart's Content, and especially through the uninhabited portion of Newfoundland aud across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was found to be very defective; e improvement had already beeu effected, and negotiations were now in progress for the layi g. by the New York and Newfoundland Telegraph of a Mtbmaiirie cable b»i ween Boston and Pktoentia Bay, and thus leaving a distance of about seventy miles of land between that point and the ter- minus of the Atlantic cable at Heart's Content. Ar- rangements had been concluded with the Electric and Magnetic Telegraph Companies, by which separate and independent wires between Valentia and London would be devoted exclusively to Atlantic business, and be worked by the staff of this company; messages would Eass without repetition and instantaneously between iondon and Valentia, and unity of management and ) undivided responsibility between London and New. found land would be secured. The profits of the Com- pany since the opening of the line, on the 28th of July, having been at a rate greater than 25 per cent pei annum on the capital of the Company, the directors had issued warrants, payable on and after the 29th of January, for a dividend on account of jEl per share, or 10 per cent upon the subscribed capital. In the accounts to the 31st of December, no credit was taken for the amounts due to, but not received by this Company for messages transmitted prior to that date; the amount was now ascertained to be j614,066, which added to that published in the accounts, increased the net earnings from £67 ,914, to JE81,880 for the five months. The capital account showed that £610,482 had been re- ceived including £ 10,000 for premiums on shares, and £608,985 expended, leaving a balance of £ 1,447. The revenue account to the 31st of December showed that j664,342 had been received on account of messages, JE10,417, as rebate on through traffic from the 28th of July, to the 28th of Deoember, JS390 for transfer fees. &c., and J6232 interest on deposits — making togethel £ 75,881. The salaries and expenses amounted to £ 5,484, and interest on mortgage bonds to £ 2,083, leav- ing a balance of £ 67,814. A protest" against the supposed ritualistic tenden- cies of the Bishop of Salisbury has just been presented to his Lordship, signed by 500 of the "clergy, magis- trates, gentlemen, yeomen, and others of the diocese." OVEREND, GURNEY, ANDCO.—APPLICATION TO AC" CRPT A COMPOSITION.—On Tuesday, an application was made on the part of the official liquidator in Overeud and Gurney's case, to accept a composition on a deed of assignment from a debtor to £ 20,000. Other credi- tors of the debtor had executed the deed, and the li- quidators wished to obtain the sanction of the Chief Clerk, Mr. Buckley, acting in the matter to the propo- sal. An affidavit was produced to him. The Chiel Clerk (Mr. Buckley) said it was a voluntary winding up, and the liquidator had power to accent an offer made on the part of the debtor, if he thought nroper. In sup- port of the application it was argued that the composi- tion under the deed would be beneficial to the estate and should be taken. The Chief Clerk said he must have an affidavit and facts disclosed which would satisfy him as the parties applied that it would be advantageous to enter into the arrangement, and on that affidavit the application would be granted.—Order accordingly. THE LAW AS TO GOODS WHEN IN TRANSITS —In the Court of Chancery, on Monday, a question of importance to the mercantile community was raised by an appeal, Schotsmans v. the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, against a decision of the Master of the Rolls, namely, whether the vendor of goods for which the pur- chaser had not paid was entitled to "ton them in tran- situ, the vendor having delivered them iato a ship which belonged to the purchaser of the goods. The Master of the Rolls held that, inasmuch as the vendor, on hear- ing of the embarrassed circumstances of the purchaser, had by an agent served on the defendants a notice claim ing to stop the goods in transitu, the vendor was entitled to a lien on the goods iT: respect of the unpaid purchase money. The purchaser having since been adjudicated a bankrupt, itwascontendedbythelearnedcounselforthe appellants that the goods had passed to his assignees, the vendor having lost all control over the goods by his deliverv of them into a ship belonging to the purchaser. —The Lord Chancellor said it was of the essence of the doctrine ofstoppage in transitu that during the tronsitus the goods should be in the custody of some third person intermediate between the seller and the buyer who had not yet acquired actual possession. But in this case, by reason of the delivery of the goods into a ship belonging to the buyer, the buyer at once obtained actual posses- sion of them, and the vendor lost all control over them. Therefore, the decree of theMaster of the Rolls must be reversed, and the bill (filed by the vendor) must be dis- missed with costs.—Lord Justice Cairns concurred. THE AMUSEMENTS OF FATHER IONATIUS.—In the Court of Common Pleas, on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Byles, with a common jury, finished the trial of the case of Watnev r. Lyne, which was begun on Monday. The plaintiff is a lady living apart from her husband, and on the 25th of February, 1865, she let a furnished house called The Lodge, at Hambledon, in Hampshire, to the defendant, who has become known to the the public by means of his son, Brother Ignatius." The action was to recover damages for the injury done to the furniture and to the garden during the defendant's occupation. The full particulars of the plaintiff's claims as stated by Mr. Serjeant Parry, and proved in the evidence, has excited a great deal of amusement. The defendant was a gentleman possessed of a considerable property, and having advertised for a house he afterwards took The Lodge" at £100 a-year, and in addition to ordin- ary furniture he was to have the use of the piano and also the basket carriage. The letting was for three years, but there was a proviso that it might be put an end to by three months' notice. The occupation con- tinued until the 29th June last, and when the plaintiff took possession again the house was found to be in a very dirty state, and the furniture was a good deal da- maged. Mr. Lyne had three daughters and two sons, and it appeared that sand had been allowed to be brought into the drawing-room that the young children might play at making gardens. The piano, which was a birth- day present to the plaintiff, had had garden pots placed upon it without saucers for them, and the water put on to the flowers had sunk into the instrument and seriously damaged it. All the kitchen utensils were found piled upon the table and in a dirty state. A soup digester" had been used for cooking pigs' food. There was a very handsome Wedgwood vase, which had been presented to Mrs. Watney's grandfather, and which was worth at least £20 this had been broken, and all that remained were the small fragments upon a table. Another cir- cumstance'complained of was that Brother Ignatius'' visited at the lodge, and he had a couple of magpies in his bedroom. It was alleged against the birds that their personal habits were not altogether such as could be wished, and more particularly that while the magpies took a fancy to pecking holes in the curtains, the owl took up his residence in the vase and broke it. The particulars of demand comprised 133 items.-A verdict was given for the plaintiff for j620. A RAILWAY GUARD AND A POINTSMAN CONVICTED. -At Macclesfield, on Tuesday, Thomas Rhodes, guard, and William Smith, ground pointsman, were charged with wilfully neglecting their duty, whereby the lives of several persons were imperilled. On Friday evening last, an accident occurred on the North Staffordshire Railway, when the 5 30 train from Macclesfield ran into four mineral waggons found standing on the up line of rails. The shock was very violent, and many of the pas- sengers were much shaken and bruised. Mr. J. Rowson, tea dealer, London, had his teeth knocked out, and was obliged to be taken back to Macclesfield; and other passengers were more or less hurt. Both lines were blocked with the mineral stone from the waggons, and in consequence of some of the carriages being thrown off the rails the traffic was impeded two or three hours. It ap- peared that two waggons had been left on a siding to be taken up by the luggage train of which the defendant Rhodes was the guard. When the train was shunted into the siding, two of the trucks broke loose and ran with considerable force against the two waggons waiting to be taken up. Unfortunately, the defendant Smith (who was the pointsman on tIle STJot) had. as he admit- ted, removed the" stop block" from the siding, to faci- litate, he said, though inavery irregular way, the shunt- ing and the consequence was that the four waggons were propelled from the siding, across the down, and on to the up line at the very moment of the passengertrain was due on the same line of rails. Owing to the dark- ness of the evening, neither the driver of the passenger train nor the signal-man in his box could see that the line was not clear, and before the defendants could give warning the collision took place. The defendant Smith admitted having removed the stop block, to expedite the shunting, as the trains were late, and alleged that the stop block was so irnt)ei-fect that he had known waggons shunted on the side with more than the usual impetus to pass over the stop block and run a mile on the main line before stopping; so that (he argued) the accident might have happened if the stop block had been in its place.—The defendant Rhodes sheltered himself under the plel, that if the stop block had been down the waggons could not have left the siding, and that it was not his duty, but the signalman's, to stop the passenger train from coming nn.-The defendants were each fined f)f and costs, c' two mont lu? harrl labour. MAY A PAWNBROKER ILEREIVF. IN PAWN A VOLUN- fERR'S EQUIPMENT ?—This question was raised at the Manchester City Police Court, on Tuesday, by Captain Adjutant Heaton prosecuting a pawnbroker named John Carteris for receiving a government rifle from Private Egan, of the 40th L.R.V. The adjutant stated that it was customary for the rifles to be inspected every six months, and for that purpose they had to be deposited by their owners at the storeroom. Private Egan had Failed so to deposit his piece and upon inquiry it was found that lie had pawned it. The adjutant identified the rifle by its number (433), and declared it to have been issued from the War Office. Mr. Stead, solicitor, who appeared for the pawnbroker, said his client ad- mitted the pawning, and his answer to the complaint was that he had not broken any law. The injunction was laid under the 20th section c. 65, of 26 and 27 Vic. being the Volunteer Act of the year 1863. The clause provided against buying, selling, exchanging, or possess- ing, without satisfactorily accounting therefor, any arma clothing, or appoint ments, b"iug public property issued for the use of a .luuteer; tie- penalty being zC20 for a first offence, am! f r a second or any subsequent offence the same fine, or without six months' imprison- ment and with hard labour. -Mr. Stead, in commenting upon that clause, remarked that receiving in pawn was not specified as one of the offences; and, further- more, he contended the legislature had expressly omit- ted it. He contrasted the Volunteer Act in this respect with the Mutiny (Army) Act and the Mutiny (Marine) Act, in both of which pawning is a distinct offence. As a reason for its omission in the Volunteer Act, he sug- gested that in the inception of the volunteer movement the regimentals and accoutrements were in many cases the private property of the volunteers themselves, and were consequently entirely at their own disposal. More- over in the very Volunteer Act (section 28) there was evidence that the information must be laid, if at all, not against the pawnbroker, but against the volunteer who pawns; the penalty, supposing the property to have been issued by Government, being £5, besides the value of the articles pawned, and costs. Mr. Stead in concluding his case, then quoted from a Guide to Pawnbroking," being a digest of the various statutes bearing upon a pawnbroker's business, published by Mr. Stubbs, clerk to the Liverpool borough magistrates. That writer affirmed in so many words that for a pawn- broker to receive, as in the present case, was not ille- gal. —Mr. Fowler said this was a most important case, and so far as he was aware, the point had not been raised before. Supposing the pawnbroker to be not liable, then the question was one that affected property of great value, perhaps a matter of a quarter of a million of rifles. He would adjourn the case for a fort- night, and suggested their adjutant should communicate with the War Office in the meantime. In any event he (Mr. Fowler) would grant a case" on either side, so that the question might be argued before a superior court, and then the public would know whether the act of parliament was a nullity or not.-The case was ad- journed accordingly. I A HULL SMACK IN THE STORM.—On Saturday morn- ing the fishing smack Courier, Captain Reed, arrived at Hull, and the master reports that a day or two before the Courier was overtaken by a very heavy storm at sea. As Captain Reed and a young man named Tisley, who was twenty years of age, were standing on deck together, a sea struck the smack and washed both men overboard. One of the crew immediately threw over the vessel's side the lead line to which was attached a basket. The captain laid hold of the line and was drawn on board the smack. Tisley, however, made no effort to seize the line, and it is therefore supposed that he had been stunned by the force of the sea by which he was struck. He sank and was not seen again. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE.—Three orders in Council relating to the importation of foreign cattle at the port of Southampton were published in the Lon- don Gazette on Friday night. The orders provide that when foreign cattle are removed from the licensed pens or sheds belonging to the Southampton Dock Company to any market in the metropolis of London, such cattle shall be removed by railway only, and shall be loaded into the trucks belonging to the railway company on the rail leadingfrom the railway to the sheds at the docks in which the said cattle are kept, and in trucks exclu- sively appropriated to this particular traffic, and duly and carefully cleansed and purified after each journey. Those cattle which are to go elsewhere beyond the said town and county of Southampton must, until the 31st of March next, be moved between the hours of six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, and thence- forth between sunriae and sunset in every day, with a store stock licence and certificate of clean health from the officer of customs at the port. PRINCE CHRISTIAN AND THE ARMY.—When some months ago we announced that the appointment of Her Majesty's son in law, Prince Christian, of Schles- wig Holstein, to be a major-general in the army, we expressed our gratification that the rank was to be honorary only, and that therefore the nomination would not impede the progress of the regular officers of the army up to the post of general on the fixed establish- ment. Her Majesty had, in fact, ordered that the nre- cedent of the Prince of Wales should be followed. Now the precedent of the Prince of Wales was this: His Royal Highness was gazetted a general on the day he attained his majority in 1862, but he was not borne on the fixed establishment, did not receive unattached pay, and he displaced or interfered with no one. In a few months, however, the Prince was given the colonelcy of the 10th Hussars, which most materially interfered with the promotion and reward of the cavalry generals— General Gough being an especial sufferer. Bearing this in mind, we are reluctantly forced not to disregard an unpleasant rumour, which has lately come to our ears, to the effect that it is intended to take the earliest op- portunity of giving Prince Christian a colonelcy—that of a household regiment, it is said Such a step would be most unjust, and would create deep and well-founded dissatisfaction throughout the service.—Army and Navy Gazette. PROPOSED LINK OF RAILWAY ALONG THE NORTH AFRICAN COAST.—Mr. A. Blancho, a member of the council general of the province of Oran, makes a pro- posai which if carried out, will deprive the English and Mediterranean Steamship Company of an immense amount of the Levant traffic. Mr. A. Blancho advises, both on economical and political grounds, the great importance of a railway all along the north coast of j Africa—from Alexandria to Tangier. He now says — I In order to counterbalance the transit of her steamers, France will require a railway starting from Alexandria, passing through Tunis, Constantine, Algiers, Oran, &c., to be pushed later on as far as Tangier. A railway to Tangier places America, Spain and Portugal in com- munication with Suez, and the vessels from India, in 60 I hours. Organ at eight hours from Europe becomes the centre of Northern Africa, and acquires a special position on the Mediterranean, on account of its two harbours — Mero-el-Kebir and Oran. I do not see the possibility of competing with the Englishmen otherwise than by co- operative societies organised by the tribe jointly with free trade. Whichever may be the means to employ the natives there can be no doubt but that there will be plenty of work in the construction of the railway. By this peace- ful innovation into the habits of the African tribes, M. Blancho believes that France will gain Morocco by the "economical war." Should the railway along the northern coast of Africa be completed, thesteamers trading up the Mediterranean from Gibraltar and other ports of call, will lose a large quantity of passenger freight or "pilgrim money" every year from the Mahometans, who generally visit the tomb of the prophet at Mecca, taking the railway instead of the steamers. A large decrease will also be caused in the extensive mortality which always prevails amongst the pilgrims to Mecca on board ship, where they generally lie on deck, exposed to the heat of the daytime and the penetrating cold in the night. France, however, will eventually reap a rich harvest should the plan so plausibly proposed by M. Blancho meet the ap- probation of the Emperor of the French. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Hon. Lady Anna Maria Dawson, of Gloucester-place, Port- man-square, was proved in London, on Dec. 27, 1866, by Caroline Stuart Erskine, her niece, the sole execu- trix. The personalty was sworn under JEI6,000 Her ladyship has bequeathed to her nephew, Lionel Dawson Damer, a legacy of j63,000, and also leaves him specific bequests of plate and books. She bequeaths legacies of £1,000 each to four of her nieces; and there are speci- fic bequests to other relatives and ;friends, and liberal legacies to her servants. Her ladyship leaves the large gold bracelet given to her by the Queen, containing the likeness and hair of the dear Duchess of Kent, to her niece Caroline M. Parnell. The residue of her property she leaves to her niece and executrix, Caroline Stuart Erskine, absolutely. The will of Dr. H. Jeaffreson, late of Finsbury-square, was proved in London, on the 16th instant. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. To St. Bartholomew's Hospital he leaves a legacy of £100 for general purposes; and to Sister Elizabeth (Ann Taylor) of that hospital, nineteen guineas. There are a few other legacies-namely, to Dr. Alexander Gordon, M.D., £25; to his brother, John F. Jeaffreson, 100 gui- neas to the nurse of his children, JE50 to his butler, cook, and coachman, each 19 guineas and mourning. He bequeaths to his wife an immediate legacy of £1,000 and all the furniture, &c., and leaves her a life interest in his estate, called Denbigh, at Dorking, together with the interest arising from the residue of the personal estate. The real estate at her decease will devolve to his son, Hy. Gordon Jeaffreson; and from the residue of his personal estate ho leaves to each of his two daughters £ 10,000, and the ultimate residue to his said son, Henry Gordon Jeaffreson.—The will of Bartholomew Claypon, Esq., formerly of Boston, in Lincolnshire, and late of Branch-hill Lodge, Hampstead, was proved in London, by the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £ 180,000. There are three legacies of JE3,000 each to personal friends, and other bequests. The residue of his property he divides into four parts, leaving one-fourth to the children of his late sister, Mrs. Hill; one-fourth to the children of his late sister, Mrs Hudson (his nephew, Septimus Hudson, receiving an annuity of £60 therefrom); one-fourth to the chil- dren of his late sister Charlotte and the remaining fourth to Lady Bellingham, wife of Sir Alan E. Belling- ham, Bart.—the Irish probate of the will of the Hon. Letitia Susannah Le Poer Trench has passed the seal of the London Court.— Illustrated News. THE EARL DE GREY AND RIPON ON THE HOUSE OF PEERS.—At a banquet given by the Mayor of Hull on Friday evening, Earl de Grey and Ripon responded to the toast of the House of Peers.' The Mayor, he said, had proposed the toast of the House of Peers—the oldest deliberative assembly in the world-(applause)-and yet in some sense the youngest- It had survived many as- semblies born under similar circumstances and with equal prospects. It had seen various constitutions rising in various parts of the world, but rising only to set, yet still it remained, with all the accumulated prestige of centuries, and was yet, as he believed, instinct with all the best feelings and influences of the present time. No doubt the House of Lords was not, in the common sense of the word, a representative assembly, and yet none who had read our history rightly, could say, that it had been unaffected by the opinion of the country-(applause) -or it had ever set itself against that Opinion when fairly formed and expressed. In every great change and every advance that had been made in our constitutional arrangements and in legislative enactments, they (the Peers) had been amongst the very foremost advocates, and, therefore, he had a right to say that whilst it was, in age, the oldest deliberate assembly, it was young still in its spirit and the feelings by which it was ani- mated. But why was that so ? How came it that the House of Lords in England had been preserved from the decay which had fallen upon so many aristocracies in other lands ? It had been because the doors of that House had always been open, because it had recruited itself from age to age, almost, he had said, from day to day, with fresh blood and new members, and that it had taken upon itself everything that had been illustrious i a the various branches and professions in the country. Great lawyers, great soldiers, great Churchmen, and great politicians had found their way into the House of Lords, whatever might have been their party, from whatever source they might have sprung -(hear, hear) — and they had strengthened it from age to age, ex- tended its usefulness, and had confirmed its influence. (Applause.) So long as the Houae of Lords continued iu the future to be what it had been in the past—so long as it was not inclined to yield to hasty change and the demands of a moment—so long would it continue to in- crease in its usefulness. (Cheers.) It was, also, ever ready —because all wise men knew such readiness was the truest Conservatism-to admit all necessary change, to widen the basis, strengthen the bulwarks, and extend the form of the Constitution, and act in that spirit which had made England what it was-which had saved her from revolution by timely change combined with the true spirit of progress and the true spirit of Conservatism. While the House of JLords oould QO that he should never fear that it would lose it hold upon the respect and af- fections of the country. If it ever ceased to act in that wise spirit its utility would be at an end. lApplauae.) In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, a deel- sion of some importance to scrap dealers was given. A marine store dealer named Whiteley, had been MB- tenced to two months' imprisonment for being in un- lawful possession" of lead which had been stolen. It had been the practice of the London Magistrates for twenty years to commit marine store dealers for this offence. On Saturday last, the Court of Queen's Benolx quashed the conviction on the ground that it was only the thief, not the receiver, who could be found guilty of an unlawful possession. The only clause to which the marine store dealer, as such, was amenable, was that of buying stolen goods and the guilty knowledge. It wa* stated that this decision would give practical impunitj to the marine store dealers of London, against whom it i e exceedingly difficult to substantiate charges of bay- ing stolen property with a guilty knowledge. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AND ESCAPE.—A singa- lar and most alarming accident occurred at Reading, on Friday, and created great excitement. A stream known as the Holy Brook (in which, it is said, the monks of Reading Abbey were in bygone centuries accustomed to bathe), runs through the town, passing beneath the houses and streets in several parts, and at certain place* I its depth is considerable. Mr. Ball, a tobacconist, with his wife and family, are the occupants of a house in the i High-street, built on arches over the stream, which from that point continues its course under the road ua4 the opposite houses, and, passing at the back of th# King's-road, joins the Kennet ana Avon Canal. Mr*, Ball was engaged in the back part of the premises down- stairs, when the brick floor suddenly collapsed, and Mrs. Ball fell headlong into the rushing stream below, the arch having given way. Her husband, who had narrowly escaped a similar fate, ran into the street and alarmed. the neighbours, who ran to the back garden in the King's-road and fortunately rescued the affrighted lady. who had floated down some distance, supporting herself by a piece of timber, which fell with the brickwork. She was carried home and attended by Dr. Vine, bat she lies in a somewhat precarious state.—Western DoXbj Press. MISADVENTURE OF A SUPPOSED BuMLAX.—A few nights ago, a great sensation was created in Stamford- street, Waterloo-road, London, by the apprehension of an alleged burglar under the following singular ciroaai* stances: It appeared that the family of a solicitor, named Pittman, residing at 94, Upper-Stamford street, had all retired to rest, when about half past one o'clock that j gentleman and his wife were aroused by bearing a load. moaning below, and oriee of Oh!. my poor husband^ fallen down the area and broken his thign. On opan- ing the window, there were five persons below loonnc down into the area. This area, like all those on the side of the street, has no gate to it, and it would seem in^« possible for any one to get down it. On going to tbi door, Mr. Pittman was informed by a woman that her husband was intoxicated, had dropped his cap down tbt area, and getting down to obtain it had fallen and broken his thigh. The gentleman refused, however, to let any- one come down until a policeman had come. THSY then went into the area, finding first that the bolts,ana locks were injured and there the man undoubtedly was, !7 but neither so drunk no so much hurt as was alleged. It was subsequently found that his wrist was broken. The constable wished Mr. Pittman to charge him, bat motives of compassion induced him not to do so. He then said that he should take him before the magistrate himself, as there had been so many of these oases where caps had mysteriously fallen down areas. On reaching the street, a rescue was attempted, but anotherfoonstabla having come up, the prisoner was removed to Guy's Hospital, where he remained in custody. ROBBERIES FROM THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAT. -At the Leeds Town Hall, on Saturday, William Ward, goods guard on the above railway, was charged with stealing a quantity of valuable ivory and silver-mounted purses, card cases, cigar cases, and ladies' companions, from a box in its transit from London to Newcastle; and Ann Ward, his wife, was also accused of disposing of the same, well knowing them to have been stolen, The articles had been consigned by Messrs. Triefus and Ettlinger, of Paris, to Messrs. Wood Brothers, fancy dealers, of Newcastle but the articles in question haa been taken from a box in the railway truck at the Nof manton Station, and the prisoner's wife was afterwards found pledging and selling them, at Leeds and in York. Ward, whilst locked up in Armley Gaol, implicated hit wife, and both he and his wife were committed to the sessions for trial.-A second charge was then preferred against Ward, that of stealing shirts, which had been dis- patched by rail from J. and H. Jarvis, of Leicester, in execution of an order given by Mr. Bennett, Selby. At I Normanton, when the guard went to his train (for it must be here stated that the prisoner does not appear to have robbed the trains of which he had charge, bat those under the care of his brother guards), he observed the parcel in question in the carriage, and also noticed it had been broken open. It was delivered in that state at Selby, and then it was discovered that six woollen shirts had been stolen from it. Ward, when appre- bended on the other charge, had seven pawntickets in his possession, two of whioh related to four shirts pledged with Mr. Richard Topham, and two at Mr. J. A. Top- ham's, pawnbrokers, Leeds. The wife of the prisoner had in each case pledged the articles on the 38th Decern* ber; and prisoner was wearing another of the shirts when he was taken into custody. On t.hi« charge abtt both man and wife were committed for trial, bail boisa accepted for the appearance of the female prisoner. MR. GEORGE HUDSON IN THE COURT OF CHAN- CERY.—In the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, before the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice Turner, the case of Thompson r. Hudson was heard. This was an appU* cation from the Master of the Rolls. The plaintiffs were the York and North Midland Railway Company, and the defendant was Mr. George Hudson, of railway celebrity. In 1853, three decrees were made in three different suits, in each of which the York and North Midland Railway Company were plaintiffs, and Mr. G. Hudson was defendant. Two of the decrees directed certain accounts to be taken, and by the third Hud- son was ordered to pay £ 54,590 18&. lOd. to the Com- pany on or before the 1st of August, 1854, of which he was to pay into court jE20,000 on the first day of Hilary Term, and the remainder on the first day at Easter term, 1854. The third decree was registered in the Common Pleas and in the North Riding of York- shire. By an agreement in writing, dated the 30th of January, 1854, and made between the company and Hudson, which recited the third decree, and recited that the Company claimed under the first and second de- crees £4,104 and jei4,831 2s. 6d. and that Hudson ad. mitted that they were entitled to recover those sums under the decrees, but that he would, by appeal against the decrees or some of them, have disputed his liability. If the agreement had not been entered into, Hudson, in consideration of the several sums decreed or claimed in the three suits being due to the Company, and the Company forbearing to require immediate payment at the £ 20,000 into Court, and consenting upon the oondi- Itions thereinafter specified to accept fzO,000 (subject to the deductions thereinafter named) in discharge of the sums due to them in the suits, and £1,000 in discharge of costs, agreed to execute within fourteen days a mortgage to the Company, or to trustees for them, of a freehold estate called the Newby Park estate, which he had lately agreed to sell to Lord Downe for £ 190,000, for securing to them the £50,000, and £1,000, with interest at 4 per cent; that on the 6th of April, 1854, being the day fixed for the completion of the sale to Lord Downe, he would pay the Company jE21,000 out of the purohase- money, giving them a mortgage of a freehold estate at Whitby for securing £25,613 15s. (being the remainder of the JE51,000, after deducting the C219000, and the price of certain lands purchased from Hudson by the Company), to be paid by three yearly instalments, such mortgage to be the first charge on the Whitby estate that the agreement should not prejudice the | existing lien of the Company on Hudson's estates, nor the proceedings in the suits, nor their right to continue the same until the total amount therein j agreed to be accepted from Hudson should be wholly discharged; that Hudson would at any time, when required by the Company so to do, consent to a final decree in each of the twofiret suits for the sums therein- before mentioned to be claimed, with costs of suit, and that he would not take any proceedings to avoid or re- verse such decrees or the decree in the third suit, other than by payment of the sums therein before agreed upon, which should be taken to be a satisfaction of the whole amount of such claims; and the company in considera- tion of the said several agreements on Hudson's part. agreed that on his paying and securing the said sums of £ 21,000and £ 25,61315s and interest, in manner aforesaid, I they would accept the same in full discharge of the se- veral sums decreed or claimed to be due to them in the three suits, for principal, interest, and costs, and would at Hudson's expense release their lien upon the Newby Park estate, and execute a proper release and discharge of all their claims upon Hudson; but in case he should not pay and secure the said sums in manner aforesaid, or if a good and satisfactory mortgage should not be ex- ecuted to them for the jE35,613 15s or if Hudson should fail in performing all or any of the stipulations of the agreement on his part, then the Company should be <t liberty to recover the principal sums, interest, and costs decreed or claimed to be due to them in the three suits, and to adopt all such proceedings in the suits, or other- wise, for aiding the recovery of their claims as they might then be advised. This agreement was afterwaras embodied in a formal deed, the plaintiffs being trusted* on the behalf of the Railway Company. Hudson mads default in the performance of some of the terms of the. arrangement, and the question was whether the Com- pany could enforce against Hudson the payment of the arrangement, and the question was whether the Com- pany could enforce against Hudson the payment of the whole of the original balance, or whether they were en- titled to be paid only the smaller sum and the Master of the Rolls was of opinion that they were only so en- titled to the smaller sum. The Company having ap- pealed, the Lord Chancellor was of opinion that the de- cision of the Court below ought to be affirmed. Lord Justice Turner considered that it should be reversed, with a slight modification as to the time from whioh certain accounts were to be taken. Consequently the decree of the Master of the Rolls elands amnned, Abe ject to some modification. J