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The Week.
A charge of conspiracy to defraud Mr . Samuel Bowles Bigg of a bill of exchange for £ 250 was preferred at tbe Guildhall police court , against James and Terence Charles M'Lean , wholesale wine and spirit merchants . The evidence showed that the accusation arose out of two sums of money to that amount borrowed from the prosecutor . Alderman Mechi ordered an adjournment till Thursday .- — -Mr . Thomas Smethurst has been again brought before the magistrates on the charge of administering poison to Isabella Bankes . A great deal of additional evidence
was heard . Professor Taylor and Dr . Todd were of opinion that arsenical poison had been administered more than once . The case was again adjourned . ¦ The volunteer movement is daily acquiring strength and popularity , but there seeius to be a general opinion that some alteration must be made in the law as to volunteer regiments . At present the whole expense of arms and accoutrements is thrown upon the individuals who offer themselves , the government giving no assistance whatever . The new Parliament will assemble on Tuesday weekand
, after a week or ten days occupied in administering the oaths , the business of the session will be proceeded with . It is expected that the Queen ' s speech will be delivered on the 7 th of June . The days between the 31 st and 7 th will probably be occupied in swearing in the members of both houses . The election of Speaker will take place on the 31 st . No objection to the re-election of Mr . Speaker Denison is anticipated The death of the celebrated Bun Jellaehieli , at Agrain , is mentioned in a letter from A ienna . The Duke of Chartres is at- Casale . On the
Oth tho young prince made a reconnaissance , and sent in his report . The Due d'Amnale has sent his nephew two English horses . The Due de Padone is startling the world with zeal . He has expressed his displeasure towards the editor of a very small Paris paper , for having said that the Empress was about to put a girdle of crinoline round Paris by carrying it out to the fortifications . Sir Andrew Smith , late director of the army medical department , not forgetful of the days passed hy him when a student in the University of Edinburgh , has just presented to its natural history museum his magnificent collection of reptilia . It
einbracesbearly 2 , 000 specimens . The secretary of the Neapolitan exile fund , in Liverpool ; has laid before the committee the total amount of subscriptions , £ 350 Is . 6 rf . The general conference of the States of the German Zollverein is appointed to take place on the 1 st of June . The chief object of the meeting is to fix the tarrifts for three years , from I 860 to 1862 , inclusive . It is expected that the conference will be held at Harzburg . Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy died at Bombay , much regretted , on the 14 th of April , at the age of seventy-six . He
was created a baronet by the British government a feiy years back . His donations to public objects during his successful mercantile career amounted to about £ 300 , 000 , and he has bequeathed a large fortune to his family . -According to private advices from Egypt , an attempt has been made to assassinate the Pacha , and his highness had been living on board his yacht , Faid Gihaad , in consequence . The seamen and shipwrights of Sunderland are demanding an advance of wages . Thoy will obtain their demands , the call for both classes for the royal navy and dockyards having taken away all surplus labour .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . MADAME PENCO , who made her debul at the Covent Garden Opera , in the " Traviata , " is well known by her Parisian reputation , having submitted herself , for the last two or three seasons , to the consideration of the fashionable audiences of the Th & Uve Italian . She ivill take a high position both as a singer and an
actress . Mr . Gye has also engaged Mme . Miolan Carvalho , of the Th & Ure Lyrique , Paris , to sing the principal part in Meyeebeer ' s new opera , "Le Pardon de Ploermel , " which is announced for immediate representation . At Drury Lane , on Tuesday , Mile . Titjen ? appeared in the " Troyatore , " Her singing left nothing
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
A charge of conspiracy to defraud Mr . Samuel Bowles Bigg of a bill of exchange for £ 250 was preferred at tbe Guildhall police court , against James and Terence Charles M'Lean , wholesale wine and spirit merchants . The evidence showed that the accusation arose out of two sums of money to that amount borrowed from the prosecutor . Alderman Mechi ordered an adjournment till Thursday .- — -Mr . Thomas Smethurst has been again brought before the magistrates on the charge of administering poison to Isabella Bankes . A great deal of additional evidence
was heard . Professor Taylor and Dr . Todd were of opinion that arsenical poison had been administered more than once . The case was again adjourned . ¦ The volunteer movement is daily acquiring strength and popularity , but there seeius to be a general opinion that some alteration must be made in the law as to volunteer regiments . At present the whole expense of arms and accoutrements is thrown upon the individuals who offer themselves , the government giving no assistance whatever . The new Parliament will assemble on Tuesday weekand
, after a week or ten days occupied in administering the oaths , the business of the session will be proceeded with . It is expected that the Queen ' s speech will be delivered on the 7 th of June . The days between the 31 st and 7 th will probably be occupied in swearing in the members of both houses . The election of Speaker will take place on the 31 st . No objection to the re-election of Mr . Speaker Denison is anticipated The death of the celebrated Bun Jellaehieli , at Agrain , is mentioned in a letter from A ienna . The Duke of Chartres is at- Casale . On the
Oth tho young prince made a reconnaissance , and sent in his report . The Due d'Amnale has sent his nephew two English horses . The Due de Padone is startling the world with zeal . He has expressed his displeasure towards the editor of a very small Paris paper , for having said that the Empress was about to put a girdle of crinoline round Paris by carrying it out to the fortifications . Sir Andrew Smith , late director of the army medical department , not forgetful of the days passed hy him when a student in the University of Edinburgh , has just presented to its natural history museum his magnificent collection of reptilia . It
einbracesbearly 2 , 000 specimens . The secretary of the Neapolitan exile fund , in Liverpool ; has laid before the committee the total amount of subscriptions , £ 350 Is . 6 rf . The general conference of the States of the German Zollverein is appointed to take place on the 1 st of June . The chief object of the meeting is to fix the tarrifts for three years , from I 860 to 1862 , inclusive . It is expected that the conference will be held at Harzburg . Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy died at Bombay , much regretted , on the 14 th of April , at the age of seventy-six . He
was created a baronet by the British government a feiy years back . His donations to public objects during his successful mercantile career amounted to about £ 300 , 000 , and he has bequeathed a large fortune to his family . -According to private advices from Egypt , an attempt has been made to assassinate the Pacha , and his highness had been living on board his yacht , Faid Gihaad , in consequence . The seamen and shipwrights of Sunderland are demanding an advance of wages . Thoy will obtain their demands , the call for both classes for the royal navy and dockyards having taken away all surplus labour .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . MADAME PENCO , who made her debul at the Covent Garden Opera , in the " Traviata , " is well known by her Parisian reputation , having submitted herself , for the last two or three seasons , to the consideration of the fashionable audiences of the Th & Uve Italian . She ivill take a high position both as a singer and an
actress . Mr . Gye has also engaged Mme . Miolan Carvalho , of the Th & Ure Lyrique , Paris , to sing the principal part in Meyeebeer ' s new opera , "Le Pardon de Ploermel , " which is announced for immediate representation . At Drury Lane , on Tuesday , Mile . Titjen ? appeared in the " Troyatore , " Her singing left nothing