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The Week.
the Right Hon . AV . Cowper , Her ladyship has , however , declined the honour . The Poor-law Board lias issued circulars to the Metropolitan Poor-laAV Guardians , recommending that several police officers should be employed as assistant relieving ofiicers . This experiment has been tried in Poplar , and ivith great success . The effect appears to be thafc
the bad characters Avho now form so large a proportion of the nightly " casuals" cease to use the Avorkhouses as sleeping places . The police knoiv them , and refuse to give them tickets of admission . A curious ^ case occupied the attention of the judge of the Divorce Court on Saturday last . A Mr . Hyde sued for a divorce from his Avife . Ifc seemed thafc they had been
Mormons , and Avere married by Brigham Young afc Salt Lake City . Mr . Hyde ivas afterwards sent as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands , where he renounced Movmonism and came to England . On the neivs of his apostasy reaching Utah > Brigham Young formally declared a divorce between the petitioner and Mrs . Hyde , and she Avas married to a Mr .
Woodmansee , AA-1 IO is made co-respondent in the suit , and they have several children . Experts Avere called AVIIO said the marriage would be acknoAvledged as legal in the United States . The judge took time to consider the case . The arguments in the case of Charlotte Winsor A \ -ere resumed in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday morning , before a full bench . Mr . Folkard ,
who appeared for the prisoner , cited numerous cases to show thafc , as previous to her conviction , she had been put on her trial , and fche jury , as he contended , Avrongfully discharged , the second trial ivas illegal . The points of law raised were very subtle and complex , and the precedents bearing on the subject exceedingly obscure . The arguments of the learned counsel were , therefore , often interrupted by the judges , AVIIO endeaA-oured to feel their way step by step . Several days will
probably elapse before judgment is pronounced . Prince Ofcho , the third son of the King of Italy , died at Genoa on Monday . The usual official report on the state ofthe French empire lias been published . So far as the telegraph enlightens ns as to its contents ifc presents no striking features . On all foreign subjects ifc is characterised by the same moderation as the Emperor's speech . One sentiment is expressed Avith
Napoleonic point , and will excite a smile . " We went to Mexico to obtain redress , not to proselytise for the cause of monarchy . " A densely crowded meeting Avas held in the Town Hall , Leeds , on Monday evening , to consider the subject of Reform . The Mayor presided - Lord Houghton and Mr . Baines , M . P ., were among the speakers . The proceedings Avere enthusiastic .
The speakers all expressed confidence in Earl Russell and the Government , and congratulated the country on the prospect of a good sound measure of Reform . Afc the Mansion House , on Monday , Mr . John PerneAvan , surgeon , of Redruth , was Drought up on a charge of having forged certain transfers of shares in the Hallenbeagle Mining Company . On a second
Avarrant the prisoner Avas charged with forging an endorsement to a bank cheque for the payment of £ 118 10 s . Evidence having been given as to the manner in which the forgery had been committed , the prisoner was remanded , and bail refused . ——A meeting was held afc Romsey on Tuesday , over which Lord Eversley presided . Its object A \ -as to take steps for erecting a
memorial of Lord Palmerston . It seems Lady Palmerston would wish the memorial to be a figure of the late lord placed in a mortuary chapel in Romsey Abbey . Several of those who propose to subscribe to the monument Avish thafc ifc should be a . statue in the open air . In all probability , however , the Avish of Lady Palmerston will be carried into effect . The Evangelical Alliance has for some time past urged upon Her Majesty's government the necessity for something being done
to lessen the persecution of the Nestorians in Persia . A letter has just been received from the Foreign Office , Avhich states that the efforts of the Government to carry oufc the wishes of the Alliance have been successful . The Shah of Persia lias promised protection fco the Nestorians , and there is a fair prospect of their being freed from the persecution Avhich they have suffered at the hands of the Mahometans . A deputation of gentlemen
waited upon the Lord Mayor , at , the Mansion House , to ask his lordship to give his countenance to a subscription on behalf of the families of those AVIIO Avere losfc in the Zondon . His lordship at once consented , and suggested that the gentlemen present should form themselves into a committee to put before the public definitely the proposal fchey had to make .
Application Avas made in the Court of Exchequer on the 23 rd inst . for a rule for a new trial of the case in which Mr . Emery , the actor , was the plaintiff and the publisher of an evening paper the defendant . Mr . Emery , it will be remembered , complained of the criticism of a writer in the paper who said thafc he did not know his part in apiece at the Lyceum . The judges
held that the charges turned on a matter of fact and not of opinion , and that therefore the verdict of the jury must stand . A policeman was set upon by a mob of ruffians in Drury-lane on last Saturday night , andso injured thafc hediedonthe 23 rdinsfc . The Foreign Secretary has thought a letter which he had received from a Mr . Kirwan J . Ferule , Avho dates from Norway
of sufficient importance to be published . Ifc relates to the cattle plague , Avhich Mr . Fernie thinks arises from decomposition of the blood . The remedy he suggests is the administration of doses of flower of sulphur . An influential meeting ivas held afc the Mansion House , Wednesday , to take steps to preserve for the public use the open spaces about the metropolis . The Lord Mayor presided , and several Members of
Parliament Avere present . Resolutions were passed and speeches delivered , declaring it to be essential that the commons and open spaces should be preserved . Ifc was also resolved to support the society which had been formed for carrying oufc the objects for Avhich the meeting Avas held . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —A telegram states that the Papal Government has accepted the proposition of France in reference
to the Pontifical debt . The French Chambers Avere opened on . Monday by the Emperor . In his speech he congratulates the members on the progress of pacific counsels . As to Germany , he intends to maintain strict neutrality . Italy has done Avell in making Florence her capital , and has given fco France good grounds for reckoning on the scrupulous execution of fche treaty
of September and on " the indispensable maintenance of the power of the Holy Father . " The recent visits of fche rulers of Spain and Portugal to France have bound these countries closer to France . The assassination of Mr . Lincoln and the death of the King of the Belgians are noticed Avith regret , and the next paragraph of the speech deals with Mexico .
The Government there , " founded by the will of the people , " is being consolidated , and has already been productive of so much good that the trade between France and Mexico has increased from twenty-one to seventy-seven millions . Arrangements are being made for the AvithilraAval of the French troops as soon as that can be done Avith safety to the French
interests Avhich they were sent there to protect . The angry feeling produced in the United States by the presence of fche French troops in Mexico will , says fche Emperor , "become pacified by the frankness of our declarations . " Tbe American people will understand tiiat the expedition is not opposed to their interests . The state of Algeria and France is depicted in roseate colours . A bill for the encouragement of co-operative societies is promised . The finances are flourishing , but to en
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The Week.
the Right Hon . AV . Cowper , Her ladyship has , however , declined the honour . The Poor-law Board lias issued circulars to the Metropolitan Poor-laAV Guardians , recommending that several police officers should be employed as assistant relieving ofiicers . This experiment has been tried in Poplar , and ivith great success . The effect appears to be thafc
the bad characters Avho now form so large a proportion of the nightly " casuals" cease to use the Avorkhouses as sleeping places . The police knoiv them , and refuse to give them tickets of admission . A curious ^ case occupied the attention of the judge of the Divorce Court on Saturday last . A Mr . Hyde sued for a divorce from his Avife . Ifc seemed thafc they had been
Mormons , and Avere married by Brigham Young afc Salt Lake City . Mr . Hyde ivas afterwards sent as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands , where he renounced Movmonism and came to England . On the neivs of his apostasy reaching Utah > Brigham Young formally declared a divorce between the petitioner and Mrs . Hyde , and she Avas married to a Mr .
Woodmansee , AA-1 IO is made co-respondent in the suit , and they have several children . Experts Avere called AVIIO said the marriage would be acknoAvledged as legal in the United States . The judge took time to consider the case . The arguments in the case of Charlotte Winsor A \ -ere resumed in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday morning , before a full bench . Mr . Folkard ,
who appeared for the prisoner , cited numerous cases to show thafc , as previous to her conviction , she had been put on her trial , and fche jury , as he contended , Avrongfully discharged , the second trial ivas illegal . The points of law raised were very subtle and complex , and the precedents bearing on the subject exceedingly obscure . The arguments of the learned counsel were , therefore , often interrupted by the judges , AVIIO endeaA-oured to feel their way step by step . Several days will
probably elapse before judgment is pronounced . Prince Ofcho , the third son of the King of Italy , died at Genoa on Monday . The usual official report on the state ofthe French empire lias been published . So far as the telegraph enlightens ns as to its contents ifc presents no striking features . On all foreign subjects ifc is characterised by the same moderation as the Emperor's speech . One sentiment is expressed Avith
Napoleonic point , and will excite a smile . " We went to Mexico to obtain redress , not to proselytise for the cause of monarchy . " A densely crowded meeting Avas held in the Town Hall , Leeds , on Monday evening , to consider the subject of Reform . The Mayor presided - Lord Houghton and Mr . Baines , M . P ., were among the speakers . The proceedings Avere enthusiastic .
The speakers all expressed confidence in Earl Russell and the Government , and congratulated the country on the prospect of a good sound measure of Reform . Afc the Mansion House , on Monday , Mr . John PerneAvan , surgeon , of Redruth , was Drought up on a charge of having forged certain transfers of shares in the Hallenbeagle Mining Company . On a second
Avarrant the prisoner Avas charged with forging an endorsement to a bank cheque for the payment of £ 118 10 s . Evidence having been given as to the manner in which the forgery had been committed , the prisoner was remanded , and bail refused . ——A meeting was held afc Romsey on Tuesday , over which Lord Eversley presided . Its object A \ -as to take steps for erecting a
memorial of Lord Palmerston . It seems Lady Palmerston would wish the memorial to be a figure of the late lord placed in a mortuary chapel in Romsey Abbey . Several of those who propose to subscribe to the monument Avish thafc ifc should be a . statue in the open air . In all probability , however , the Avish of Lady Palmerston will be carried into effect . The Evangelical Alliance has for some time past urged upon Her Majesty's government the necessity for something being done
to lessen the persecution of the Nestorians in Persia . A letter has just been received from the Foreign Office , Avhich states that the efforts of the Government to carry oufc the wishes of the Alliance have been successful . The Shah of Persia lias promised protection fco the Nestorians , and there is a fair prospect of their being freed from the persecution Avhich they have suffered at the hands of the Mahometans . A deputation of gentlemen
waited upon the Lord Mayor , at , the Mansion House , to ask his lordship to give his countenance to a subscription on behalf of the families of those AVIIO Avere losfc in the Zondon . His lordship at once consented , and suggested that the gentlemen present should form themselves into a committee to put before the public definitely the proposal fchey had to make .
Application Avas made in the Court of Exchequer on the 23 rd inst . for a rule for a new trial of the case in which Mr . Emery , the actor , was the plaintiff and the publisher of an evening paper the defendant . Mr . Emery , it will be remembered , complained of the criticism of a writer in the paper who said thafc he did not know his part in apiece at the Lyceum . The judges
held that the charges turned on a matter of fact and not of opinion , and that therefore the verdict of the jury must stand . A policeman was set upon by a mob of ruffians in Drury-lane on last Saturday night , andso injured thafc hediedonthe 23 rdinsfc . The Foreign Secretary has thought a letter which he had received from a Mr . Kirwan J . Ferule , Avho dates from Norway
of sufficient importance to be published . Ifc relates to the cattle plague , Avhich Mr . Fernie thinks arises from decomposition of the blood . The remedy he suggests is the administration of doses of flower of sulphur . An influential meeting ivas held afc the Mansion House , Wednesday , to take steps to preserve for the public use the open spaces about the metropolis . The Lord Mayor presided , and several Members of
Parliament Avere present . Resolutions were passed and speeches delivered , declaring it to be essential that the commons and open spaces should be preserved . Ifc was also resolved to support the society which had been formed for carrying oufc the objects for Avhich the meeting Avas held . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —A telegram states that the Papal Government has accepted the proposition of France in reference
to the Pontifical debt . The French Chambers Avere opened on . Monday by the Emperor . In his speech he congratulates the members on the progress of pacific counsels . As to Germany , he intends to maintain strict neutrality . Italy has done Avell in making Florence her capital , and has given fco France good grounds for reckoning on the scrupulous execution of fche treaty
of September and on " the indispensable maintenance of the power of the Holy Father . " The recent visits of fche rulers of Spain and Portugal to France have bound these countries closer to France . The assassination of Mr . Lincoln and the death of the King of the Belgians are noticed Avith regret , and the next paragraph of the speech deals with Mexico .
The Government there , " founded by the will of the people , " is being consolidated , and has already been productive of so much good that the trade between France and Mexico has increased from twenty-one to seventy-seven millions . Arrangements are being made for the AvithilraAval of the French troops as soon as that can be done Avith safety to the French
interests Avhich they were sent there to protect . The angry feeling produced in the United States by the presence of fche French troops in Mexico will , says fche Emperor , "become pacified by the frankness of our declarations . " Tbe American people will understand tiiat the expedition is not opposed to their interests . The state of Algeria and France is depicted in roseate colours . A bill for the encouragement of co-operative societies is promised . The finances are flourishing , but to en