The Week.

the protection order , which prohibited his taking her property , released him also from further maintenance . The magistrate was inclined to agree with the husband , but as the case was new , and one of considerable importance , he hoped the guardians would take the question to be settled by another court . ——A most painful story was told on Monday , in the Salford

Sessions Court . It seems that in January last , a man named Broadbent called at the house of a Mr . Thorpe , who lives in the -neig hbourhood of Halifax , and on the pretence of desiring to do business with him , managed to ingratiate himself with the family . He proposed to Thorpe ' s daughter and was accepted and soon contrived to obtain a loan of £ 12 from the girl ,

which he , of course , never repaid . Broadbent said he intended to emigrate to America , and it was arranged that he and Miss Thorpe should be married at Liverpool , just before starting for the New World , on the 28 th of March . They started ostensibly for Liverpool on the 21 st March , and were accompanied by a man named Fox , who pretended that he too was on his

way to America . Instead of going to Liverpool , however , they all got out at Rochdale , and subsequently came on to Manchester , where the girl was deserted—Fox and Broadbent havingrobbed her of her money and clothes . The poor victim of this disgraceful fraud , heartbroken at the position in which she now found herself , committed various acts of felony with the

deliberate intention of being sent to prison . She was apprehended and sentenced to two months' imprisonment . Her friends were then communicated with , and it was found that Broadbent , who proved to be a married man , was already in gaol for some swindling transactions . Fox was soon afterwards seized by the police , and on Monday he was sentenced to three years penal servitude . An inquest has been held at Poplar , on the body of a man unknown , who dropped down , insensible

on the pavement in Narrow-street , Limehouse , and was conveyed to the police station at Poplar , charged with being drunk and incapable , whereas the poor creature was dying under an attack of apoplexy . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from apoplexy , the result of natural causes ; but the jury at the same time were of opinion that the police ought

to have called in medical assistance sooner , as it might have been of great avail . A fatal accident has occurred at the works of the railway bridge that is now in course of construction over the river at Blackfriars , owing to a portion of the framework giving way . Three men were thrown from their standing position—one fell into the coffer-dam , where a mass of

iron fell upon him and he was instantly killed ; the other two fell into the river and were taken out alive , hut seriously injured . The accident happened about midnight , the works being at present pushed forward night and day by relays of workmen . An inquest has been held , and a verdict of accidental death returned , and the jury recommended that in future more

care should be taken in the selection of timber to be employed on the works . -Another destructive fire has occurred at Hull . On Saturday morning some flax in the warehouse of Messrs . J . T . and N . Hill , merchants , caught fire , and the flames spread rapidly through the building , which , with the adjoining premises of Messrs . Hayes and Whittaker , wine merchants , was

entirely destroyed in the course of an hour or two . Other property in the neighbourhood was much damaged . The total loss is estimated at upwards of £ 30 , 000 . COMMERCIAL . —At the meeting of the London and Westminster Bank a dividend for tho half year at the rate of 6 per cent , per annnm was declared , together with a bonus of 7 per cent . At the yearly meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank a dividend of 5 per cent , was declared . At a meeting of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation

Company , it was stated by the chairman that the draft of the contract for the conveyance of the mails from Galway had- been received . It seems that the clause requiring the mails . to St . John's , Newfoundland , has been withdrawn . The meeting was adjourned for the consideration of the contract to the 3 rd of August . ' '

FOHEISN INTELMGENCE . —The text of the despatch in which Lord Russell submits to Prince Gortchakoff the famous " sis points" relative to the condition of Poland has been published . Iii the opinion of Her Majesty ' s Government the Poles will not be satisfied by mere declarations of good intentions or even the enactment of some wise laws ; arid Russia is asked to concede the following measures as the " bases of pacification : "—1 .

Complete and general amnesty . 2 . National representation , with powers similar to those which are fixed by the charter of the 15 th ( 27 th ) November , 1815 . 3 . Poles to be named to public offices in such a manner as to form a distinct national administration , having the confidence of the country . 4 . Full and entire liberty of conscience ; repeal of the restrictions imposed

on Catholic worship . 5 . The Polish language recognised in the kingdom as the official language , and used as such in the administration of the law and in education . 6 . The establishment of a regular and legal system of recruiting . Her Majesty's Government further recommend a provisional suspension of arms to be proclaimed by the Czar , and a conference of the

eight powers—England , France , Austria , Russia , Prussia , Spain , Sweden , and Portugal—who signed the treaty of Vienna . The notes of France and Austria have also been published , somewhat to the same effect but not so strongly expressed as that of Earl Russell . A letter from Berlin in the Pays says that an individual , who persisted on having an interview alone with

General Mouravieff , having been searched , a revolver : was found in his pocket . The gallant general immediately ordered him . to be hanged . Letters received in Berlin fiom St . Petersburgh state that the Bishop of Wilna , having expressed sympathy

with the insurrection , has been transported to Nigni-Novgorod , whence he will be sent to Wiatka . The Journal de St . Petersburgh publishes official intelligence to the effect that the insurrection in Georgia has already been suppressed . — : — Berlin papers mention a report that the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is about to visit one of the German baths , and

will pass through the Prussian capital on his way . Intelligence received at Cracow states that the Marquis Wielopolski has been . formally dismissed , and is replaced by General Berg . Fresh arrests of priests are taking place in Warsaw . The ecclesiastic who replaced Archbishop Felinski has proclaimed that the churches are to be in mourning . General Mouravieff ' s son is ia

command at Kowno , and is said to be spreading terror , after tbe paternal model , among the inhabitants . New bands of insurgents , described as well armed , have appeared in the district of Plock and in Podlachia . It is stated that the Polish National Government will immediately publish a manifesto , explaining to Europe the motives which prevent its acceptance of the " sis

points . " Some South-German journals have published pov _ tions of . a political correspondence which , if genuine ,-is of the highest importance . It is that which has recently taken place between the Crown Prince and the King of Prussia in reference to the arbitrary and unconstitutional proceedings of the latter . So early as the 23 rd of last May the Prince , it seems , protested

formally and earnestly against the conduct of his father , and he 1 ms since then continued to remonstrate against the unconstitutional and illegal measures which the King has been advised to take . The King appears to have made several efforts to win over his son , but neither appeals nor menaces prevailed . The