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The Week.
point that Mr . Bell felt it necessary to ask for damages to meet that contingency . The fact of the adultery was clearly proved ; and the jury returned a verdict that the adultery had been committed , assessing the co-respondent in . £ 10 , 000 damages . The Court decreed dissolution of the marriage . The case of "Allen v . Allen and D'Arcy , " which was a suit for a dissolution of marriage by reason of adultery of tho wife with tho co-respondent , and which had occupied the whole of Friday and Saturdaywas resumed . Mr . Justice Hill summed up the evidence
, at great length to the jury , explaining the law as to connivance and condonation , and left six questions to the jury , who after a deliberation of twenty minutes replied to them as follows : —1 . That the respondent had committed adultery with Robert D'Arcy , or some other person . 2 . That the petitioner , Thomas Allen , had connived at such adultery . 3 . The jury were of opinion the adultery was not condoned . 4 . That Thomas Allen had committed adultery with Airs . Claverton . 5 . That i
the petitioner had not committed legal cruelty , ( . That the respondent had condoned the cruelty . Mr . Justice Cresswell said tho Court had no difficulty in decreeing judgment , the jury having found that the petitioner had connived at the adultery of the wi fe , and , having stated tho law as to connivance and collusion , dismissed the petition with costs . At the Middlesex Sessions , Sarah Dyer pleaded guilty to having robbed MessrsShoolbrcdof Tottenham-court-roadof a number of small
. , , articles . This was a very melancholy case , and excited tho deepest feelings in all who heard it . Tho prisoner was a widow , with one child , a boy , apprenticed to a tailor . She had worked incessantly morning , noon , aud night , for many years , to support herself aud son , but from the extreme distress in which she was plunged , was induced to commit tho offence with which she was charged . The statement of her counsel , Mr . Sleigh , was fully made out , aud Mr . Bodkin , tho assistant judge , said sentence
that in this case he should pass no , but order her to be discharged , which was done , on which she thanked the judge on her knees . A subscription of £ -2 was raised and given to her , and some measures are to be taken for her benefit . James Hodgson , town traveller , was charged with robbing Mr . Bell of a watch and money . He ran away with prosecutor's wife , who took the property with her ; but as it did not appear iu evidence that the prisoner himself had taken the property , the assistant judge said he could not be legally convicted , and the jury
acquitted him . Robert Davis , clerk , was convicted of embezzling several sums of money from bis employers and others . He had been ten years in his employers' service , and the reason that was given for the commission of the offence was the cxtravagenco of a woman whom he had married , which , however , the wife denied , and attributed it to gaming , & c . Sentence , eighteen months hard labour . Felix Newman pleaded guilty to stealing a cash-box , containing . £ 232 , from Thornton Moore . Mrs . Moore saw the prisoner take the box and tried to detain
him , but he struggled with such violence to escape that he broke one of Mrs . Moore ' s ribs , and eventually ho got away . The cash-box and its contents were recovered . The police asked for time to learn something more of the prisoner , and sentence was deferred . Au inquiist was held at the City-road , to inquire into the death of a photographic artist named Edmund Shirley and a girl named Rosetta Greenwood who were found dead in bed iu a coli ' ee house on Thursday last , The evidence showed that death resulted in each ease from a dose of and that it had been voluntaril
cyanide of potass , y taken by both the deceased . Family quarrels on the part of the man account for his commission of the act , and the girl , being his sweetheart , had of her own will shared his wretched fate . Atirdiot , " Death from prussic acid while iu an unsound state of mind . " The coroner ' s jury have returned a verdict to the following effect at the close of tho inquest on the body of AA illiam Eaton , alleged to have been poisoned by eating sausages at Kini'sland . That deceased was seized with illness from eating sausages , and died shortly afterwards , the immediate cause being unknown , and the jury thought that there ought to be an addition to the number of
meat inspectors . It was stated m Westminster Hall yesterday morniii « that Sir Henry Keating , the present Solicitor General , has been appointed to succeed the late Mr . Justice Crowder as one of the judges of the ommon Pleas , and that either Air . R . P . Collier , the member for PlymoCh , or Mr . Atherton , of the Northern circuit , will succeed to the Solieito Generalship . INDIA ; CHINA ; AND COLONIES . —Tho telegrams received at present in advance of the overland Indian mail expected this weekcontain
, nothing of importance . From Shanghae there is no political news . From Hong Kong , under date of October 29 , we learn that a destructive fire took place there on the 20 th , when property valued at 100 , 000 dollars was burnt . The Yates Hartley steamer was lost on the rocks nudity miles from Hong Kong , but the crew and treasure were saved . The ship Inhermann , of London , has also been lost . The exchange on London at six months has advanced to-Is . lOd . Advices from
Melbourne are to the 17 th October . The parliament was opened on the 13 th , and Mr . Murphy was elected speaker without opposition . Tho want of confidence debate was to commence on the ISth October , and a majority against tho ministers was considered certain . Trade is dull ; inports are in excess of consumption ; and money is tight . The news irom Sydney is to the 15 th October . The quarter ' s revenue has increased £ 90000 . The capital of the Bank of New South AVales has been
, increased 50 per cent . Government debentures are easy . A resolution against the separation of Moreton Bay has been carried in council . Three Englishmen have been shot in tho French colony of New Caledonia , being in arms against the government . By tho overland mail we tee ndyivC'S and journals from Bombay to the 11 th lilt . The
taxation agitation still continued at Bombay . The AVagbeers had evacuated Dwarka . Lord Canning had arrived atLueknow , and addressed the talookdars . The overland mail also brings us correspondence aud journals from Australia . The dates are—Melbourne , Oct . 17 , and Sydney , Oct . 13 . The Parliament was opened at Melbourne on the 13 th October , and a waut of confidence debate was to commence on the ISth . COMMERCIAL ; AND PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The weekly reviews from the
manufacturing districts speak favourably of the appearance and progress of trade . Although not much activity has been manifested , the course of prices appears encouraging , the tendency having proved altogether healthy . AVith the exception of the department associated with iron there has been a steady business , the orders from the country dealers having increased . The transactions in Halifax and HudderSfield have exhibited better symptoms notwithstanding the approach of the holiday period . The report of tho Manchester market is not discouraging , and
the demand for cloths of costly manufacture has improved . Iu the neighbourhood of Leeds and Leicester the operations are represented to have been more numerous through tho orders to supply fabrics for the volunteer rifle corps . There has been no recovery at Newcastle ; trade is still dull , freights being lower for the southern ports . Tho lace houses at Nottingham have been more fully occupied , and iu the hosiery branches the transactions have been on an enlarged scale . The Sheffield and Wolverhampton reports seem to bo of a less satisfactory character
. In the Irish linen markets the demand has augmented , and the advices Irom Dublin refer to the existence of a more stable position of things . At the meeting of the Bank of British North America , the report and accounts , with a dividend at the rate of six per cent , per annum , free of income tax , were submitted and unanimously adopted . It was stated that tho result of operations compared favourably with those of last year at the same period , an abundant harvest in Canada having given a fresh impulse to trade and general transactions . The completion
of the Grand Trunk line of railway will , it is thought , extend the facilities for the transport of produce , aud the increase of mercantile relations , and , if a favourable harvest should occur in the course of the next twelve months , tho consequence must prove extensively beneficial . At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company , the report and accounts , together with the dividend and distribution at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum , making ( with the 4 per cent , previously declared ) , a total of 11 per cent , per annum , were agreed to . A lengthened discussion took place on many minor points , but the explanations rendered on behalf of the board were generally satisfactory .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SiiAKSrEAKE LODUE ( No . 356 ) . —Bro . Machen , AA . M ., ( not Manchio , as erroneously printed in our number of the 20 th November ) , writes to correct our report of the last meeting of the above Lodge , in which he states , that not only was he not re-elected , but—the election standing for tho next Lodge night—no allusion was made to re-election whatever . A \ e do our best to insure correctness in our reports but cannot always
avoid being misled , unless the Lodges will forward us official reports of their proceedings . As regards proper names , printers cannot bo always correct , it being very difficult to decipher even the signatures of many of our correspondents . AVIXTER LECTURES . —Bro . Donald King , or Bro . Matthew Cooke , will no doubt bo happy to enter into arrangements for musical
lecturesthey are both -well practised in tho art of lecturing . ' ¦ ' A SUBSCBIBJJK . "— The brother you mention is vol a blood relation of the Manager of the Freemasons' Magazine . " P . M . "—The feature is not abandoned . AVe shall come out in full force in tho early part of the year . "P . S . "—You must not listen to every idle rumour . AA e have no
intention of abandoning the Magazine . " E . It . "—The union took place in 1 S 13 . " 3 Amy .. "—Prince Albert is not a Mason . " P . Z . "—A ou have no such authority . "B . " - —AVe dare not publish it , even if we were inclined—which wc
are not . ' ¦ ' A . Youxo MASOX " must learn to obey those placed in authority over him , or ho will be no Afoson at all . "J . J . "—If you have any real ground of complaint you ' can appeal to the Board of General Purposes . Learn to boar aud forbear . "MODIX LOIKIKS . "— A communication from "Z " will appear in our next .
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The Week.
point that Mr . Bell felt it necessary to ask for damages to meet that contingency . The fact of the adultery was clearly proved ; and the jury returned a verdict that the adultery had been committed , assessing the co-respondent in . £ 10 , 000 damages . The Court decreed dissolution of the marriage . The case of "Allen v . Allen and D'Arcy , " which was a suit for a dissolution of marriage by reason of adultery of tho wife with tho co-respondent , and which had occupied the whole of Friday and Saturdaywas resumed . Mr . Justice Hill summed up the evidence
, at great length to the jury , explaining the law as to connivance and condonation , and left six questions to the jury , who after a deliberation of twenty minutes replied to them as follows : —1 . That the respondent had committed adultery with Robert D'Arcy , or some other person . 2 . That the petitioner , Thomas Allen , had connived at such adultery . 3 . The jury were of opinion the adultery was not condoned . 4 . That Thomas Allen had committed adultery with Airs . Claverton . 5 . That i
the petitioner had not committed legal cruelty , ( . That the respondent had condoned the cruelty . Mr . Justice Cresswell said tho Court had no difficulty in decreeing judgment , the jury having found that the petitioner had connived at the adultery of the wi fe , and , having stated tho law as to connivance and collusion , dismissed the petition with costs . At the Middlesex Sessions , Sarah Dyer pleaded guilty to having robbed MessrsShoolbrcdof Tottenham-court-roadof a number of small
. , , articles . This was a very melancholy case , and excited tho deepest feelings in all who heard it . Tho prisoner was a widow , with one child , a boy , apprenticed to a tailor . She had worked incessantly morning , noon , aud night , for many years , to support herself aud son , but from the extreme distress in which she was plunged , was induced to commit tho offence with which she was charged . The statement of her counsel , Mr . Sleigh , was fully made out , aud Mr . Bodkin , tho assistant judge , said sentence
that in this case he should pass no , but order her to be discharged , which was done , on which she thanked the judge on her knees . A subscription of £ -2 was raised and given to her , and some measures are to be taken for her benefit . James Hodgson , town traveller , was charged with robbing Mr . Bell of a watch and money . He ran away with prosecutor's wife , who took the property with her ; but as it did not appear iu evidence that the prisoner himself had taken the property , the assistant judge said he could not be legally convicted , and the jury
acquitted him . Robert Davis , clerk , was convicted of embezzling several sums of money from bis employers and others . He had been ten years in his employers' service , and the reason that was given for the commission of the offence was the cxtravagenco of a woman whom he had married , which , however , the wife denied , and attributed it to gaming , & c . Sentence , eighteen months hard labour . Felix Newman pleaded guilty to stealing a cash-box , containing . £ 232 , from Thornton Moore . Mrs . Moore saw the prisoner take the box and tried to detain
him , but he struggled with such violence to escape that he broke one of Mrs . Moore ' s ribs , and eventually ho got away . The cash-box and its contents were recovered . The police asked for time to learn something more of the prisoner , and sentence was deferred . Au inquiist was held at the City-road , to inquire into the death of a photographic artist named Edmund Shirley and a girl named Rosetta Greenwood who were found dead in bed iu a coli ' ee house on Thursday last , The evidence showed that death resulted in each ease from a dose of and that it had been voluntaril
cyanide of potass , y taken by both the deceased . Family quarrels on the part of the man account for his commission of the act , and the girl , being his sweetheart , had of her own will shared his wretched fate . Atirdiot , " Death from prussic acid while iu an unsound state of mind . " The coroner ' s jury have returned a verdict to the following effect at the close of tho inquest on the body of AA illiam Eaton , alleged to have been poisoned by eating sausages at Kini'sland . That deceased was seized with illness from eating sausages , and died shortly afterwards , the immediate cause being unknown , and the jury thought that there ought to be an addition to the number of
meat inspectors . It was stated m Westminster Hall yesterday morniii « that Sir Henry Keating , the present Solicitor General , has been appointed to succeed the late Mr . Justice Crowder as one of the judges of the ommon Pleas , and that either Air . R . P . Collier , the member for PlymoCh , or Mr . Atherton , of the Northern circuit , will succeed to the Solieito Generalship . INDIA ; CHINA ; AND COLONIES . —Tho telegrams received at present in advance of the overland Indian mail expected this weekcontain
, nothing of importance . From Shanghae there is no political news . From Hong Kong , under date of October 29 , we learn that a destructive fire took place there on the 20 th , when property valued at 100 , 000 dollars was burnt . The Yates Hartley steamer was lost on the rocks nudity miles from Hong Kong , but the crew and treasure were saved . The ship Inhermann , of London , has also been lost . The exchange on London at six months has advanced to-Is . lOd . Advices from
Melbourne are to the 17 th October . The parliament was opened on the 13 th , and Mr . Murphy was elected speaker without opposition . Tho want of confidence debate was to commence on the ISth October , and a majority against tho ministers was considered certain . Trade is dull ; inports are in excess of consumption ; and money is tight . The news irom Sydney is to the 15 th October . The quarter ' s revenue has increased £ 90000 . The capital of the Bank of New South AVales has been
, increased 50 per cent . Government debentures are easy . A resolution against the separation of Moreton Bay has been carried in council . Three Englishmen have been shot in tho French colony of New Caledonia , being in arms against the government . By tho overland mail we tee ndyivC'S and journals from Bombay to the 11 th lilt . The
taxation agitation still continued at Bombay . The AVagbeers had evacuated Dwarka . Lord Canning had arrived atLueknow , and addressed the talookdars . The overland mail also brings us correspondence aud journals from Australia . The dates are—Melbourne , Oct . 17 , and Sydney , Oct . 13 . The Parliament was opened at Melbourne on the 13 th October , and a waut of confidence debate was to commence on the ISth . COMMERCIAL ; AND PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The weekly reviews from the
manufacturing districts speak favourably of the appearance and progress of trade . Although not much activity has been manifested , the course of prices appears encouraging , the tendency having proved altogether healthy . AVith the exception of the department associated with iron there has been a steady business , the orders from the country dealers having increased . The transactions in Halifax and HudderSfield have exhibited better symptoms notwithstanding the approach of the holiday period . The report of tho Manchester market is not discouraging , and
the demand for cloths of costly manufacture has improved . Iu the neighbourhood of Leeds and Leicester the operations are represented to have been more numerous through tho orders to supply fabrics for the volunteer rifle corps . There has been no recovery at Newcastle ; trade is still dull , freights being lower for the southern ports . Tho lace houses at Nottingham have been more fully occupied , and iu the hosiery branches the transactions have been on an enlarged scale . The Sheffield and Wolverhampton reports seem to bo of a less satisfactory character
. In the Irish linen markets the demand has augmented , and the advices Irom Dublin refer to the existence of a more stable position of things . At the meeting of the Bank of British North America , the report and accounts , with a dividend at the rate of six per cent , per annum , free of income tax , were submitted and unanimously adopted . It was stated that tho result of operations compared favourably with those of last year at the same period , an abundant harvest in Canada having given a fresh impulse to trade and general transactions . The completion
of the Grand Trunk line of railway will , it is thought , extend the facilities for the transport of produce , aud the increase of mercantile relations , and , if a favourable harvest should occur in the course of the next twelve months , tho consequence must prove extensively beneficial . At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company , the report and accounts , together with the dividend and distribution at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum , making ( with the 4 per cent , previously declared ) , a total of 11 per cent , per annum , were agreed to . A lengthened discussion took place on many minor points , but the explanations rendered on behalf of the board were generally satisfactory .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SiiAKSrEAKE LODUE ( No . 356 ) . —Bro . Machen , AA . M ., ( not Manchio , as erroneously printed in our number of the 20 th November ) , writes to correct our report of the last meeting of the above Lodge , in which he states , that not only was he not re-elected , but—the election standing for tho next Lodge night—no allusion was made to re-election whatever . A \ e do our best to insure correctness in our reports but cannot always
avoid being misled , unless the Lodges will forward us official reports of their proceedings . As regards proper names , printers cannot bo always correct , it being very difficult to decipher even the signatures of many of our correspondents . AVIXTER LECTURES . —Bro . Donald King , or Bro . Matthew Cooke , will no doubt bo happy to enter into arrangements for musical
lecturesthey are both -well practised in tho art of lecturing . ' ¦ ' A SUBSCBIBJJK . "— The brother you mention is vol a blood relation of the Manager of the Freemasons' Magazine . " P . M . "—The feature is not abandoned . AVe shall come out in full force in tho early part of the year . "P . S . "—You must not listen to every idle rumour . AA e have no
intention of abandoning the Magazine . " E . It . "—The union took place in 1 S 13 . " 3 Amy .. "—Prince Albert is not a Mason . " P . Z . "—A ou have no such authority . "B . " - —AVe dare not publish it , even if we were inclined—which wc
are not . ' ¦ ' A . Youxo MASOX " must learn to obey those placed in authority over him , or ho will be no Afoson at all . "J . J . "—If you have any real ground of complaint you ' can appeal to the Board of General Purposes . Learn to boar aud forbear . "MODIX LOIKIKS . "— A communication from "Z " will appear in our next .