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At a Court of Aldermen, held on Tuesday, letters were read from Mr. Walpole and Lord Derby. The former simply transmitted the Queen's approbation of the excellence of the civic arrangements on the day of the state funeraL Lord Derby's letter formally notified to the Lord Mayor, that a project is on foot to erect a monument to the Duke of Wellington. It is proposed "to erect and endow by public subscription a School or College, to bear the name of the Duke of Wellington, for the gratuitous or nearly gratuitous education of orphan children of indigent and meri- torious officers of the Army The execution of the proposed plan, and the scale upon which it can be undertaken, must depend upon the degree of support given by the country to the object contemplated. It may be as- sumed that each capital sum subscribed of 10001., representing a permanent annuity of about 30/. will provide for all time to come, exclusive of the ex- pense of building, for the education of one child ; and a considerable sum will be required for the erection of a building which shall be worthy of the proposed object. No payment will be required until the total sum subscribed shall amount to 100,0001.; when application is proposed to be made for vesting the capital in trustees, to be nominated in the first instance by her Majesty from among the subscribers, and to be incorporated, as in the case of Harrow, Rugby, the Charterhonse, and others. Donations may be made payable by instalments, spread over two, three, er four years. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert have been pleased to signify their approval of the project, and to place their names at the head of the subscription-list for the respective sums of 1000/. and 500/." The Lord Mayor intended to call a meeting of merchants and bankers to consider what it would be advisable to do, and to ask the Common Coun- cil what sum they would contribute towards the same object.

The Graduates of the University of London, as our readers will recol- lect, think they have a strong claim to be placed on a footing with the other Universities. and have a representative of their own in Parliament. A meeting of the Graduates and of persons friendly to their claim was held on Tuesday, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Heywood }LP. took the chair : and six other Members of Parliament were on the platform. The speakers were, Mr. Heywood, Mr. Collier M.P., Mr. M‘Mahon M.P., Mr. Thomely M.P., Mr. Henry Bateman, Dr. Harris, Dr. W. Smith, Professor Carpenter, Dr. Stoner, and Mr. F. H. Goldsmid. A report was read by Dr. Faster, stating at length the claims of the University ; show- ing how the heads of all the parties in the House of Commons had agreed to the principle, and appealing to the country to put it in force. He also read a list of two Peers and twenty-three other Members of Parliament who concurred in the object of the meeting; and he stated that Sir James Graham and Mr. Gladstone promised to give the claim the most favourable consideration. The resolutions set forth, that the time is arrived when the University should become a constituency ; that a committee to pro- mote that object should be formed, consisting of the Members of Parlia- ment, the Members of the Senate, and of the Colleges of the University, and the Graduates and friends in London and the provinces ; and that a subscription to defray expenses should be raised. These resolutions were carried without dissent, together with a petition to the House of Com- mons, praying for representation.

Exeter Hall was completely filled on Wednesday night by a meeting of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of Taxes on Knowledge, and its supporters. Mr. Douglas Jerrold was elected to the chair. He entertained the meeting by an apt and amusing speech. The other speakers, chief among whom were Dr. Watts of Manchester, Mr. Charles Knight, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Wilderspin, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Digby Seymour, travelled over the old ground in moving, seconding, and sup- porting the following resolutions ; which were adopted.

" That the duties on paper and advertisements, and the penny stamp on newspapers, tend to injure literature, to obstruct education, and to hinder the progress of the people in intelligence and morality. "That, as the newspaper stamp produces only a trifling sum to the revenue, and as the advertisement-duty causes a positive loss to the Exchequer, their retention can be attributed only to a desire to restrain the liberty of the press. "That the Government, having given notice to introduce a bill for the amendment of the law relating to stamps on newspapers, this meeting do appoint its Chairman, together with the President and Committee of the As- sociation, and the under-named gentlemen, to form a deputation to wait upon the Prime Minister, in order to bring under the notice of the Govern- ment the pernicious effects of the newspaper stamp, and press the re- peal rather than the amendment of the Newspaper Stamp Act."

Much interruption was caused in the middle of the proceedings by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Bronterre O'Brian ; who desired that an addition should be made to the first resolution, demanding the repeal of the act which re- quires that securities should be furnished before publication, to answer for libels. This was added. The confusion arose from the extreme lengths on extraneous questions to which the Chartist speakers went in support of their resolution.

A meeting of ladies was held at Stafford House on Friday last week, for the purpose of considering the propriety of sending a memorial from the women of this country to the women of the United States of America on the subject of slavery. Among the ladies present were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Bedford, and the Duchess of Argyll, the Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady Palmerston, Lady Dover, the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Procter, Mrs. Howitt, Mrs. Milman, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Macaulay. The Duchess of Sutherland explained the object of the meeting—the ex- pression to American women of the strong feeling against Negro slavery which prevails among English women—an expression which could not be considered political ; and she read the copy of an address which was pro- posed for adoption—" the affectionate and Christian address of many thousands of the women of England to their sisters the women of the United States of America." The following extract contains the most important portion of the address.

"We do not shut our eyes to the difficulties, nay, the dangers, that might beset the immediate abolition of that long-established system; we see and admit the necessity of preparation for so great an event : but, in speaking of Indispensable preliminaries, we cannot be silent on those laws of your coun- try which, in direct contravention of God's own law, instituted iu the time of man's innocency,' deny in effect to the slave the sanctity of marriage, with all its joys, rights, and obligations; which separate, at the will of the master, the wife from the husband, and the children from the parents. Nor can we be silent on that awful system which, either by statute or by custom, interdicts to any race of man, or any portion of the human family, education in the truths of the Gospel and the ordinances of Christianity. A remedy applied to these two evils alone would commence the amelioration of their sad condition."

After reading the proposed address, the Duchess of Sutherland stated some reasons why it should be presented by women rather than by men ; and then proposed to form a committee for collecting signatures to the address, and for transmitting it to the States. The ladies whose names follow signified their concurrence—The Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, the Marchioness of Stafford, the Countess of Derby, the Countess of Car- lisle, Lady John Russell, the Countess of Lichfield, Viscountess Ebring- ton, the Countess of Cavan, Viscountess Melbourne, Lady Hatherton, Lady Blantyre, Lady Dufferin, Lady Easthope, Mrs. Josiah Conder, the Honourable Mrs. Cowper, Lady Clark, Lady Paxton, Lady Buxton, Lady Inglis, Mrs. Malcolm, Mrs. Seeley, Mrs. Alfred Tennyson, Mrs. Lyon Playfair, Mrs. Charles Dickens, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Charles Knight, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Champneys, and Mrs. Rowland Hill. The office of this Fe- male Anti-Slavery Society is at No. 13, Clifford:Street, Bond Street.

Lord John Russell presided over the dinner in celebration of the hundred-and-eighty-seventh anniversary of the Scottish Hospital, on Tuesday, at the London Tavern. The muster was unusually strong— nearly four hundred ; including the Lord-Advocate, Mr. Ingersoll the American Minister, Lord Erskine, Lord Panmure, Sir John lll‘Taggart, Sir Duncan M'Dougal, Sir James Anderson, Mr. F. Dundas M.P., Sir J. Maxwell, Mr. Cowan M.P., Mr. J. Wilson M.P., Mr. Patrick Robertson M.P., Mr. Scott Russell, and three eminent Americans—Mr. Bancroft Davis, Mr. H. Stevens, and Mr. George Peabody. Besides the loyal toasts, the memory of the Duke of Wellington was drunk, and the health of the President of the United States. The subscriptions of the evening amounted to 8001.

The United Service Club, under the presidenee of the Duke of Cam bridge, gave a grand dinner on Monday last to the foreign officers who attended the funeral of Wellington. Responding to the toast of "the Emperor of Russia," Prince Gortchakoff delivered the following speech— in French, but not borrowed from M. Thiers.

" Messieurs—Veuillez rccevoir mes remerciements pour la sante que vous avez portee. Monseigneur, agrees mes actions de grace. Permettkz aussi que je vous remercie pour is cordiale hospitalite avec laquelle nous evens ete recta en Angleterre. Et maintenant souffrez, Messieurs, que je vous entre- tienne quelques instants de rillustre capitaine que vous ayes perdu. 14 Due de Wellington Oak un grand homme de guerre et en grand citoyen. L'Em- pereur Nicholas, cc digne emule de Pierre le Grand, avait pour lui use estime partMuliere. Ma presence MI en eat is preuve. Sollicitude constant° pour le hien-etre du aoldat, prudence extreme dans la conduite de is guerre, audace et vigueur pour frapper lea coups decisifs—tels etaient lee pnncipes du Duo de Wellington. J'en appelle it votre temoignage, Messieurs, a vous qui etes sea compagnons d'armes ; I mon digne collegue, le Comte Nostitz, qui a vaillamment combattu avec le Marechal Blucher, 5. cote du Due de Wellington. La system° de guerre du Duo eat celui qui convient le mieux I notre epoque. 11 a ete adopte et justifie par lea capitaines lea plus illustrea du tempa present—en Russia par le Prince de Varsovie, en Autriche par le Comte Radetzky, en Angleterre par le Vicomte Hardinge. Quo je vous remercie encore une fois, Messieurs, pour la confraternite quo vous nous ayes montre, et que je vous dise du plus pro- fond de mon sine—Viva la Reine et la Matson Royale d' Angleterre; viva l'Armee Anglaise ; vive la Marine Anglaise, et son digne representant, le Due de Northumberland! Enfin, Messieurs, vive I jamas In 'milk et glori- euse Angleterre I"

A meeting for the promotion of emigration to New Zealand washeld at the New Zealand Colonists' Rooms, Adelphi Terrace, on Wednesday. Mr. Frederick Young was in the chair. The notable fact of the meeting was the appearance of Mrs. Chisholm, who attended in order to remove the impression that she only felt an interest in Australia. There was a pretty general testimony that New Zealand had made great pro- gress of late in all directions.

The last lecture on the "International Results of the Great Exhi- bition," originally suggested by Prince Albert, was delivered at the So- ciety of Arts on Wednesday, by Mr. Henry Cole.

At a meeting of the Metropolitan Committee for the Holmfirth sub- scription, held at the London Tavern on Wednesday, a resolution was passed as to the disposal of the surplus : eight shillings in the pound will be returned to all subscribers who apply before the end of the present month ; any sum then unclaimed will be given to the sufferers by the fire at Montreal.

The arrangements for the Cattle Show to be held by the Smithfield Club next week were completed on Tuesday. Many new kinds of im- plements have been received. Animals will be more distinctly classified, in order that all breeds may compete only with their own class. The area of the show-yard has been again increased. It is said that Prince Albert will send specimens of cattle, sheep, and pigs. The Judges will make their awards on Monday ; and on Tuesday the show will be opened to the public, until Friday night Some years ago, our readers will recollect, there was a great case before the Court of Arches, called Geils against Geils. Mrs. Geils had separated from her husband, and Mr. Geils instituted a suit for "the restitution of conjugal rights." In her defence, Mrs. Geils set up a plea of cruelty and adultery, and prayed for a separation a memo& et them. The facts alleged in defence were substantially proved, and the Court of Arches granted the sepa- ration in 1848. Mrs. Geils carried the matter into the Scotch Court of Ses- sion, and sued for a divorce "a vinculo matrimonii." Against this Mr. Gelb contended, that her action was barred by the previous decision of the Court of Arches. The Scotch Court, however, decided that the English de- cision was no bar to the action ; and against this Mr. Geils appealed to the House of Lords. The appeal was heard on Monday week, and judgment was moved by the Lord Chancellor on Tuesday last. With the concurrence of the Lords sitting on appeals, he affirmed the decision of the Court of Session, and dismissed the appeal, without costs on either side.

Mr. Anderson applied to Vice-Chancellor Stuart, on Wednesday, for an in- junction to restrain a Mr. Collett from proceeding upon a Scotch warrant to en- force the payment of two acceptances obtained in the following manner. In Fe-

bruary 1851, a young nobleman, whose name is withheld, received a voluntary offer from one "H. Wilson" to lend money. The security demanded was an ac- ceptance containing no writing, but the figures of the sum required and the.

signature. Lord — sent one acceptance for 1200/. by post, to whieh be af- fixed date. "H. Wilson" replied that this would not do ; and he sant a

bill-stamp to, be simply filled i with the figures "1000/.," and signed. This was done, and returned to "H. Wilson." But no money was aver sent for these bills. A few months ago, the young nobleman became of age ; and since that data actions have been vainly brought to recover the sauns men- tioned in the bills, in ]rie:lad and Paris. Recourse was now had to the Scotch Courts. The injunction was granted.

Mr. ?Beckett, the Southwark Magistrate, has fined a cabman for plying for hire within the Beath-eastern Railway terminus at London Bridge. The Railway Company have resolved to bring the matter before a higher tri- bunal : the fine will not be paid, the Magistrate will issue a distress-warrant next week, then the Company will replevy, and thus take the case into ano- ther court.

Another driver has been charged befone the Lambeth Magistrate with ply- ing for hire within the Waterloo station. The ease fell to the Found, from the insofficieney of the evidence as to the "plying" and "hiring." The Magistrate appeared to think that there was no illegality in the method-pur- sued at the Waterloo station, which seems to differ in some measure from that adopted at Landon Bridge. On Thursday, Mr. Long, the Ifarylebone Magistrate, gave a decision quite contrary to what Mr. A'Beckett holds to be the correct reading of the law. A. driver was summoned for plying for hire within the Easton .Squaro terminus. There was no doubt about the fact of the hiring. Mr. .ffssniphreys argued the case for the-RailwarCompany at groat length. Mr. sLon g pronounced an elaborate.. judgment, deciding against the summons, HeAncidentally expressed an opinion that a change in the present system -• Weald be disadvantageous to the public. As to the law, he held- that the wordsein the sot meant plying for hire in public places, ark in public places only ; and that the Legislature did not intend in any degree that the act' should apply to or interfere with private property, which railway stations are. The -summons must be dismissed, as the plying for hire in this case was not plyiug for hire within the meaning of the act of Parliament.

Lord Frankfort was tried yesterday, and convicted. It will be recollected - that on the 13th of August last, this nobleman was brought before the Bow-Street Magistrate, charged with circulating certain infamous letters of . a libellous character tending to injure the fame of Lord Henry Lennox. At the afoot of these letters, which were publicly distributed in the streets, were the names of Lord Henry Lennox and othergentlemen, represented as engaged in a dissolute style of life. The case was fully proved in the Police Court, and Lord Frankfort was bound over to appear and answer the charge in the Central (Ciiminal Court. Thence the case was removed to the Court of Queen's

;Bench; and it came an for trial yesterday, before Lord Campbell and a Spa-

- cid jury. The indictment preferred was for conspiracy and libel. The evi- dence del not bear out the former, but was held fully to sustain the latter. [The statement is substantially the same as that which appeared in the . Spectator on the 14th and 21at of August.] A fruitless attempt had been . made to induce Lord Frankfort to come to some arrangement, before the 'Rase was proceeded with. The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty " of defamation ; and the Court, fully concurring in the verdict, sentenced Lord yrankfort to twelve months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Be 'was handed over to the gaoler accordingly.

John Cooper has been convicted, at the Central Criminal Court, of the

aboAelary Mrs. Whittaker and Co.'s. The Jury consulted for three : hems, and reeonimended the prisoner to mercy on account of previous good character. Judgment was postponed till next Sessions; Baron Alderson say- -.lug there were circumstances in the case which made ?his advisable.

At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, Miss Ann Campbell was tried on an indictment for stealing jewellery belonging to Mrs. Phi/lips. The case came to an unlocked-for conelusion. The particulars have been -already men- tioned, when the young lady appeared at the Pollee Court. Mr. Bodkin 'opened the case for the prosecution. He admitted that there-were diffftrences in the family of Mrs. Phillips ; two of her daughters were uuhappy there, and wished to leave their home ; the mother had all the property left by her deceased husband, Mrs. Phillips went out of town, leaving Miss e.ampbell's mother in charge of her house Miss Campbell took sonic jewels from a ease, and left London. When arrested, she said she had taken them for the two elder dauoahters of Mrs. Phillips not to appropriate them for her own use. The jewels were in the same stale as when taken away. Miss Campbell ex- plained, that the jewels were to be used to get the two young ladies into a -convent. Mr. Sergeant Adams consulted with Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Batten- tine, who appeared for the defence : Mr. Bodkin said he was not prepared to carry the case further than he had stated—he believed that Miss Campbell had no intent to "appropriate" the property in the ordinary felonious way. Eventually he declined to call any witnesses. The Jury had seemed disin- clined to returna verdiet without hearing evidence, merely on the strength of the counsel's and the Aasiskuit Judge's opinion ; but when the prosecuting counsel formally withdrew, by refusing to call witnesses, they returned a verdiet of "Not guilty."

Apology was tendered for the "indiscretion" of young Mr. Templeman, sson of the solicitor to Mrs. Phillipa, in permitting certain letters to be taken tiros' Miss Campbell's pocket-book and published in the newspapers.

'Mr. Oliveira, Member for Pontefract, preferred a charge of assault before Mr. Henry at Bow Street, on Wednesday, against Mr. Butler Johnstone, Member for Canterbury. A large bevy of Members were present ha the court. There are two versions of the atory. According to M. Oliveira, be and Mr. Beaumont Coles were returning from the House of Coma:toes on Saturday morning after the diviaien; and as it rained, they _celled a cabCookspur Street. Three other Members were on before them. When the - cals'a came up, one of these pushed Mr. Oliveira violently on one side, and 'Ves-g_etting Into the cab, when Ur. Oliveira stack him "slightly" on the s shoulders, and, telling him it was ungentlemanlike conduct, continued on -his course." He had not gone ten or twelve paces before he was knocked 'down from behind, and lay there insensible. When he came to himself, he 'found some gentlemen and Policemen round him, and Mr. Johnstone was abusing him, calling him a blackguard, and striving to strike him. Irri- tated at this, he struck Mr. Johnstone over the hat with a cane. Both par- ties were now restrained from further violence. Mr. Alexander Hastie, Member for Glasgow, witnessed the actual assault, and saw Mr. Johnstone kick Mr. Oliveira when he was down. The other version was given by Viscoont Drumlanrig and Mr. Walter Stirling, both Members, accompanying Mr. Ioluistone. They hailed the cab; heard it claimed both by Mr. Oliveira and Mr. Johnstone,- saw some one trying to get into the cab, whom Lord Drumlanrig thought to be Mr. Stirlinoa ; did not see Mr. Johnstone push Mr. Oliveira—indeed he could not, for M-r. Walter Stirling was between the two. Suddenly, Mr. Oliveira struck Mr. Johnstone " sharply," "two hearty stripes on that part of his person out of the cab," and "ran away" with "remarkable speed," closely followed by Mr. JOhnatone. Mr. Oliveira de- nied the evasion ; Mr. dohnstone'a friends do not explain the kicks, In

the early part of the hearing, Mr. Henry tried in vain to get the gentlemen to settle their differences in private ; but it appeared that the Speaker of the House of Commons had recommended the Police Court. Mr. Henry, con- sidering the contradictory state of the evidence, thought it best to send the case to the Sessions. It was remarked that Mr. Beaumont Coles, who was with Mr. Oliveira at the time of the assault, was not present at the Police Court.

At the Mansionhouse, last week, a ntunber of intending emigrants, accom- panied by Captain Lean, the Emigration Agent, complained that after they had paid passage-money to Mr. Hutchinson for berths in the ship Progress, that vessel was not to sail, there being a dispute about ownership, or some- thing of that kind. Mr. Hutchinson stated that he was only an agent in the matter, not the owner of the ship. After -some discussion, it was ar- ranged that Captain Lean and Mr. Hutchinson should make some arrange- ment for the people. On Tuesday this week, Captain Lean announced to the Lord Mayor that Mr. Hutchinson had repaid the money, with compensation for the delay, and that berths had been obtained in other ships for those who were anxious for an immediate departure for Australis. The matter came before the Lord Mayor in another shape on a subsequent day ; when Mr. Hutchinson accused Mr. W. G. Claremont, a young gentle- man, with assaulting him. Mr. Claremont had paid 701. for cabin-passages in the Progress for himself and sister ; he wrote an angry letter to the Tunes; Mr. Hutchinson-was much annoyed at this, and talked of "horse-whipping" the writer. The broker refused compensation to Mr. Claremont, as he was a cabin-passenger ; on Tuesday, he gave bun a cheek for 701. in_ repayment of his passage-money ; Mr. Claremont then produced a switch, demanded an apology front Mr. Hutchinson, or that he should then "horsewhip" him with the switch. The broker refused either alternative; and the young man then slightly struck him. This was the assault. All parties were much excited; Mr. Claremont's brother-in-law, a barrister, declared that the broker used very gross language to the defendant. The Lord Mayor wished the case had been stopped early ; regretted that the letter had-been written ; but marked his sense of the provocation the defendant had received for the assault, by fining him a shilling only.

Emanuel Nathan, keeper of a coffeehouse in Jermyn Street, and Charles Williams, his waiter, were charged before the Marlborough Street Magistrate, on Monday, with an offence against the Excise-laws. Nathan was suspected of selling brandy on Sunday mornings, after the public-houses had been closed at midnight. Policemen in plain clothes were sent to the house ; and they saw brandy and water served in coffee-cups. Mr. Hardwick took time to consider the case.

At the Marylebone Police Office, on Saturday, George Bellamy, a young fellow of twenty-one, was, committed for stealing jewellery worth 5000/, A girl who was arrested with him was liberated, as there was no evidence to prove her connexion with the robbery. Mrs. Goodwin, of York Plats, Port- man Square—a very aged and infirm& lady—on leaving England for the Con- tinent, deposited her jewellery in a cellar, the door of which was secured by two locks, and seals were attached. The butler was left in charge of the house. Bellamy had formerly been in the lady's service ; he visited the butler, got possession of the keys, furtively opened the collar, seized the box of jewellery, relocked the door, joineeLthe broken seals with Chinese glue, and returned the keys to their usual place. Nothing amiss was observed, and the adroit rogue got away from the house unsuspected. One day the butler was startled by the Police informing him that the valuable property had been stolen. Bellamy, after selling some of the plunder in London, went to Dublin. There he attempted to-dispose of a-quantity of broken gold settings ; the Pollee were informed; and he was arrested with. the remainder- of the jewellery, whole or broken, in .his- possession. He confessed the steal- ng, and described the manner.

The Reverend Daniel Donovan, a Roman Catholic priest at Bermondsey, has been held to bail to appear at the8essiona to-answer a charge of assault- mg Mary Murphy..

Buckle, a guard on the Great Western Railway, is in custody for stealing property from a carpet-bag and portmanteau belonging to Mr. Foley,. of Prestwood. Buckle had been suspected for some time. A number of the articles stolen were found at the guard's house, anti he wore a waistcoat that he had purloined. A cart-load of property of a varied description, probably all stolen, was also found at Buckle's.

Cornelius Loughlin, a smart young man, is in custody for robbing his ein- ployers, Messrs. Hunt and Basked, the well-known jewellers. When, ar- rested be had fifty-three ounces of stolen silver in his possession. Be, has confessed his many offences and it seems that a taste for betting led, him astray.

The Clerkenwell Magistrate has sent Mary Ann Seabright, a fashionably- dressed middle-aged woman, to prison for fourteen days, for "obtaining money under false pretences," or in other words for fortune-telling. She has driven a roaring trade. The Police sent two women to have their des- tiny foretold to obtain evidence against the offender: some of the superna- tural information vouchsafed was laughably inconsistent with present facts.

The premises of Messrs. Deane and Co., in King William Street, London Bridge, were last week plundered of watches and other articles to the value of 17001. The burglar had easily obtained entrance; apparently, a man mounted on another's shoulders had got upon the coping over the shop-front, and then entered by an unprotected window.

Six seamen who have arrived from Australia have brought amongst them no less than 2500/. worth of gold-dust of their own digging. Fortunately, these wealthy tars took up -their temporary abode in the Sailors' Home, Well Street ; and the officers of that institution undertook to get the dust con- verted into money for the owners.