The Week.

A case of a very , unusual nature has been brought before the Master of the Rolls . It appears that Lord Robert Montagu has come into possession of a series of letters that had passed between the late Duke and Duchess of Wellington , and from both to Lady Olivia Sparrow , an intimate friend of both duke and duchess , from whom they passed by bequest to Lord

Robert . The ' present Duke of Wellington , hearing that his lordship was offering these letters for sale , wrote to remonstate against this , or against such private documents being shown to others at all , and as the reply was not satisfactory , he applied to the Master of the Rolls for an injunction to restrain him from the sale or publication of the letters . The

Master at once granted an interim injunction . One of the most singular cases that ever came before a court of law was tried before the Lord Chief Baron on the Home Circuit on Tuesday . A woman named Acfcrd brought an action against Lord Hnntingtower for arrears of an annuity lie had consented to pay her . Lord Hnntingtower , who some time since married

a lady by whom he has a family , now pleaded that the plaintiff was his wife by a Scotch marriage ; and the evidence adduced on this point was so strong as to satisfy the judge that there was prima . facie proof of the Scotch marriage , and therefore the plaintiff being a wife could not recover from her husband the reward of their cohabitation . The point of law ,

however , is reserved , the Chief Baron observing that the peer might find it very inconvenient if ilie had to answer a cliarge of bigamy . A case hearing upon the extradition treaty of criminals between this country and France was brought before the police magistrate at Marylebone , on Tuesday . Two Frenchmen were arrested at the Euston-square Railway Station as they were about to start for Liverpool , and one of them confessed that he had robbed his employer at Havre , and was

about to proceed with his companion to New York . But it appears that the extradition treaty only applies to cases of fraudulent bankruptcy , forgery , or robbery . The magistrate therefore declined to proceed under the Extradition Act , but as there was a doubt whether they might not be punished for unlawful possession of stolen property they were remanded to a

future day . The prisoners who are in custody on the charge of the great robberies in the City were again brought before the Lord Mayor on Tuesday—all but the wife of Hurley , who has been delivered of a child in Newgate since the last examination . Several witnesses were examined , and at the close the Lord Mayor again remanded them , refusing bail in each case .

The final examination of the affairs of Mr . Leigh , late one of the metropolitan police magistrates , took place before Mr . Registrar Winslow on Monday . The case , as the Registrar said , was a very painful one . ' With a fixed salary of from £ 1 , 000 to £ 1 , 200 a-year , he had contracted debts to the extent of £ 30 , 000 . But it was not from mere extravagance he became thus

involved . His losses began in the failure of a bank in which he held shares , and to relieve himself he speculated on the Stock Exchange , for which he had neither the requisite knowledge nor capital . Loss succeeded loss , and they were met for a time by loans at a ruinous rate of interest , which completed his fall . The Registrar awarded protection , but ordered that all his

future earnings should belong to his creditors—except , of course , the means of his subsistence—till he had paid five shillings in the pound on his debts . . The inquest on the little boy who was murdered a short time ago by his aunt , who afterwards attempted to . cut her own throat , was resumed on Monday , when a little boy , a playfellow of the deceased , said that two

days before the murder the boy told him him his aunt had attempted to cut his throat . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the woman , who appears to be likely to

recover from her self-inflicted wound . The inquiry into the drowning of the cadets trained on board the Worcester was resumed at the Erith Pier Hotel on Tuesday . Several of the boys who were in the barge when she capsized were examined , as well as some watermen who witneesed the accident , and helped to rescue the survivors , the captain of the ship , and the

sailor who had charge of the boat ; but none of them was able so much as to suggest a probable cause for the capsizing of the boat at the time and in the manner she did . Tbe jury returned a verdict of accidental death . It is sad to state that with the exception of the boy who was brought ashore dead at the time of the accident none of the bodies have been recovered .

Another addition was made on Tuesday to our iron-clad navy afloat . The Pallas was launched at Woolwich . She carries six guns , which are intended to be worked on the end-on principle , but which can be fired from broadside ports if necessary . Mr . E . J . Reed designed the vessel , and it is believed she will prove one of the most effective vessels in the navy . ——A

woman named Martin was brought up on Tuesday at Westminster Police-court , charged with throwing her infant on to a fire . In a state of intoxication she went into the parlour of a public-house in Pimlico and threw her child on to the fire . It rolled off , aud was instantly taken up by some persons who were present . It was very much cut and burnt , and is now in

the hospital . The woman seemed tohave no regret for what she had done . She was remanded . A meeting of delegates from the London Trades Societies was held at the Sussex Hotel , Bouverie-street , on Wednesday , to hear delegates from the ironworkers locked out , and to consider the propriety of relieving the men . Mr . George Potter presided . There was considerable dissension at first in reference to the manner in which the meeting had been called . This was got over ,

however , and then the delegates from the locked-out men delivered addresses . Resolutions were agreed to declaring the conduct of the masters to be cruel and wrong , and promising subscriptions in aid of the men who are locked out . An inquest was held at the Strand workhouse on Wednesday on the body of George Drake , a farmer , of Enfield . On Tuesday week he went to the Gordon Hotel and engaged abed . He was perfectly sober when

he went to bed , but next morning did not rise when called . Waiters entered the room , and he complained of being ill , and was unable to dress himself . On the order of the landlad y he was removed to the police station . He was insensible when he got there . Some time afterwards the divisional surgeon saw him and said he was suffering from the after effects of drink . He was

removed to the workhouse , and died on the Friday following . Dr . Rogers , of the Strand union , said death had been caused by effusion of blood to the brain , and that the man ' s life might perhaps have been saved if he had not been bandied about from place to place on the Wednesday , but been actively treated . The inquest is adjourned .

Mr . Wentworth Buller , one of the members for North Devon , died on Monday night last . The lion , gentleman was a Liberal in politics , and was first elected for the county in 1857 . He had previously sat for a few years for the city of Exeter . Mr . Buller's health has for some time past been in a delicate state , and his death was not unexpected . A case of some

importance to tradesmen was decided by the Master of the Rolls on Wednesday . A ribbon manufacturer advertised his business for sale , and found a purchaser . The amount of profits which the seller guaranteed , and the fact that he was in possession of certain " trade secrets " which he engaged to communicate to the buyer , were all set forth in the deed of purchase . It turned out that the profits were only about one-third of the amount guaranteed , and that there were no trade secrets . Under these