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The Lord Mayor gave a dinner to her Majesty's Ministers on Wed- nesday, at the Mansionhouse, which was brilliantly attended by poli- ticians, diplomatists, merchant Princes, and Members of the Inter- national Statistical Congress. Lord Palmerston made one of his happy speeches ; passing compliments to the hospitality of the city, his Lord- ship touched the question of national defence, and the volunteers :-

It has sometimes been the fashion to say that commerce enervates the mind of a nation ; that it destroys the manly vigour to be found in nations not commercial. The history of the world is full of examples which de- monstrate the fallacy of that opinion ; and if any further proof to the con- trary were wanting, that proof was supplied in the present year, when we saw 130,000 of the youth of this nation, most of them engaged in com- mercial pursuits, all of them employed in the civil avocations of life, sub- mitting to privations and labours to which their previous habits had not ac- customed them, and devoting all the energies with which nature has en- dowed them to the defence of their native land. I think, ladies and gentle- men, that this is the noblest spectacle ever exhibited in any nation of the world. Precedents are not wanting where nations, when danger im- minently threatens, when the enemy is knocking at their gates, have risen like one man, and, tearing themselves away from everything that consti- tutes the pleasures, enjoyments, and business of civil life, have prepared to shed their blood in the defence of their common country. But this is not an instance of that kind. It is said that the lion of the forest snuffs danger from afar, and prepares for resistance ; and so it has been with the youth of Eng- land. An instinctive feeling has possessed them that circumstances might arise which would show that the means of defence previously existing were perhaps not equal to the emergency, and with a spirit almost prophetic though I trust the prophecy may not be accomplished in an evil sense—they have proved their manly energy by arraying themselves in the numbers .1 have already stated, whiel, if there were need, could be doubled, trebled, or even quadrupled. It is an old saying that to preserve peace you should be pre- pared for war. Now, that IS both true and untrue. It is untrue if it be meant that a nation assuming an aggressive attitude should create larger military and naval establishments than are necessary for its defence, and which, being evidently intended for encroachment on its neighbours, excite suspicion, distrust, and alarm. Instead of affording a security for peace, they are more likely to be a provocation to war. But far different is it When a nation acts as we are doing, and contents itself with possessing such an army and making such preparations as are necessary for simple defence, abjuring, not only by words, but by its conduct, all aggressive designs on others. I say that such preparations for a contest purely defensive consti- tute the best guarantee for peace. 1 trust we shall long continuo to enjoy that security, and be in a situation to declare that peace we will have ; be- cause he who attacks us will rue the day when he made the attempt.

M. Munsere Legoyt, international delegate from France, responded for the foreigners :— They rejoiced to have that opportunity of testifying their lively senti- ments of gratitude for the warm and cordial hospitality of which, during their sojourn in this country, they had been the object. He should carry back with him to France a delightful souvenir of the happy days he had spent in this metropolis. It would be both his duty and his privilege to re- port to the Government which had done him the honour of delegating him to that Congress, the profound sympathy which had been evinced towards him and his associates in that great city. It afforded a fresh proof of the cordial esteem with which France was regarded in this country—an esteem which, he ventured to say, France most sincerely reciprocated.

Mr. David Wensyss Jobson appeared before Mr. Arnold, the Magistrate to answer a charge of libel against Sir James Fergusson. Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Herman were called as witnesses. A characteristic passage of arms passed between the defendant and Mr. Disraeli, M.P., who was called, and said :—

" On the 2d of June last I received this letter and envelope, marked 'F. G.'" Defendant—" Have you been sworn according to your creed 1" Witness—" Cer- tainly."

Defendant—" How is it you were not sworn according to the Jewish persuasion, with your hat on ? " Witness—" I am a Christian, as you know, and therefore do not put my hat on while taking the oath."

Mr. Humphreys here objected to the right honourable gentleman being insulted. Defendant (to Mr. Disraeli)—" Have you not since the removal of the Jewish disabilities returned to Abraham's bosom 1"

Mr. Arnold said he really must put I stop to such questions. It was too late to ask them now. If the defendant had wished to question the validity of the oath the witness had taken, he should have done so sooner.

Defendant—" Then I will put this question to the witness : Do you consider the oath you have just taken binding upon your conscience?" Witness—" I do."

Defendant— That is sufficient ; under these circumstances it matters not whe- ther you have abandoned or adhered to your ancient faith. One more question. When you receive a communication on Parliamentary business asking you to dis- charge a duty, or undertake anything connected with that duty as a representative in Parliament, do you consider yourself justified in showing that communication to the party implicated 7" Witness—" It depends upon the character of the person from whom such communication is received. In the present instance, the person who wrote this letter had been in the habit of sending me letters, some of a threat- ening character, some of a scurrilous character, all of a most absurd character, and I therefore, under the circumstances, thought it proper to give the communication to the person most interested in it, and accordingly gave it to Sir James Fer- gusson '

Defendant—" May I ask to whom you just now referred as the person writing the letters ? " Witness—" To yourself." Defendant—. You are getting exceedingly scurrilous in your remarks."

Mr. Arnold—" Be quiet, sir ; you have brought a very proper rebuke upon your- Humphreys—" Have you any more questions to put to the witness 1"

Defendant—" I could put many more, but am riot allowed. (To witness.) " Have you ever written to me in answer to my letters ?" Witness—" Never ; my secretary may have acknowledged the receipt of any communication sent." Defendant—" Did you not write to me while in New York, thanking me for cut- ting up Lord Palmerston in the New York Republican Review!" Witness (with a smile)—" I never did."

Defendant—" Now, be cautious, for I have letters at home with the Exchequer seal upon them, which may be fetched in half an hour. Do you persist in saying you have never written such letters to me ?" Witness—" I never wrote to you in my life."

Defendant—" Have you never authorized your secretary to write to me 1 " Wit- ness—. Never. I never authorized any one to write ; but it is possible secretaries may have acknowledged the receipt of your letters."

Defendant—" It is not likely your secretary would upon his own responsibility have written to thank nie for cutting up Lord Palmerston. Is not your reason fa. coming here against me my having written long and biting articles upon yourself 1" Witness—" Not that I am aware of. I only know your name by your having writ- ten various letters to me,"

The defendant was then putting another offensive and impertinent question to the right honourable gentleman, when Mr. Arnold again said he must put a stop to such questions.

The defendant was remanded for a week in default of bail.

Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar appeared on Monday to answer the Ken- sington Turnpike Trustees for unlawfully passing through the gate with a chaise drawn by one horse without paying the toll ; exemption being claimed on the ground of duty in her Majesty's service. The Prince was on his way to Kensington Barracks. The vehicle did not belong to her Majesty. Mr. Ingham thought the exemption did not apply to vehicles unless belonging to the Queen, or employed in her service, and he ordered the Prince to pay 3d. toll and 2s. costs.

The indefatigable rector of Christ Church, Blackfriars, the Reverend Joseph Brown, carried away thousands of his poorer parishioners, and

the inmates of the workhouse, accompanied by willing friends, by rail to Gravesend on Monday last. A great pleasure was shared by thousands; the average expenditure was only 9d. per head, yet more than 2001. was contributed to the coffers of Gravesend.

The Field Lane Ragged Schools had their "one day out" at Buckhurst Hill, on Wednesday. One thousand boys and girls and their parents were present.

"A Governor of St. George's Hospital," makes a complaint in a letter to the Times as to the management of that Institution. He states that the Hospital has received, from 1830 to 1859, "legacies,: donations, and lite subscriptions, 22.5,000/., of which 25,000/. was spent in building a new hospital," and the balance, instead of being funded, has been expended 1st current expenses.

"J. 0.," repling in defence of the expenditure of capital, furnishes some curious statistics as to to the contributions from the locality of the hospital;

—" Out of 4000/. a year' the amount of our subscriptions, less than 780/. is

contributed by wealthy Belgravia. Belgrave Square itself, whose 49 man- sions may each be said to represent an income of 10,000/. a year, yields us but 104/., paid by 24 subscribers. Grosvenor Place sends us but IO2/., from 34 subscribers • Eton Square but 71/. from 31 subscribers ; Eaton Place but 941. from 32 subscribers. St. George's Place, Halkin Street, Chapel Street, Chester Street, Wilton Street, Chester Square, Eaton Terrace, tipper Bel- grave Street, Wilton Crescent, Grosvenor Crescent, Wilton Place, William Street, Charles Street, Lowndes Square, Lowndes Street, Chesham Street, Chesham Place, and Cadogan Place, afford us altogether but 371/. from 101 subscribers. Thus from 965 houses in the richest quarter of London, the hospital which.stands in the midst of it receives but 780/., but two houses out of every nine subscribing anything at all, and those that do subscribe averaging but about 31. 108. each.

A deputation, headed by Mr. John Locke, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the President of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the

Clearance Inwards and Liens on Freight Bill, the object of which is to make general provision for continuing the shipowner's lien for freight after the goods have been removed from the ship. If goods are suffering through remaining on board, and their owner fails to land them with all convenient speed, or if the owner of goods fails to land them within the time expressed in the bill of lading, or, where no time is ex- pressed, within forty-eight hours after the report of the ship to the Customs, then the shipowner or master may make entry of and land them and place them at a wharf or warehouse where such goods are usually placed, giving notice in writing of his lien for freight, &c., and the goods shall, in the hands of the wharf or warehouse owner, continue liable to such lien, and if he part with them before it is discharged he shall make good the loss to the shipowner.

A deputation had an interview with Mr. Cowper, at the Board of Works, on Thursday, to enforce the views of the inhabitants of the neigh- bourhood against the new road through Kensington Gardens. Mr. Cow- per did think the objections as to the danger from equestrians, the disturbance to the quiet of the gardens, or the injury to the beauty of the gardens, were sustained. But he confessed he was surprised at the number of memorialists, baying believed that people were in favour of the read: he admitted also that he had not been asked to provide further accommodation. These two facts put together seem to point to the re- storation of the old quiet of the Court suburb.

The disturbances at St. George's-in-the-East continue, and Mr. Rosier, already notorious in connexion with the interruptions to Mr. King, specially distinguished himself last Sunday.

A summons was granted against Mr. Rosier for his part in the disturbances by Mr. Yardley on Monday.

Mr. Rosier applied for a summons against Mr. Thomson, churchwarden, for ejecting him from the church ; the magistrate declined to grant it until he had heard the case against Mr. Rosier.

On Thursday, Mr. Elliot fined Mr. Rosier 31.; the latter gave notice of appeal to the sessions. This is the first conviction under the 23d and 24th Viet., cap. 32, which received the Royal Assent a fortnight ago. It is stated that Mr. Bryan King is to retire from the charge of the parish for one year, and his place is to be supplied by the Reverend Septimus Hansard, one of the curates of 3farylebone.

Mr. Edwin Courtney was charged at the Central Criminal Court with in- decently assaultingJane Harrison, in a railway carriage, on the North Kent line, which left London at nine o'clock. The Common Serjeant very properly condemned the narrow space between the seats of railway carriages, and left the Jury to judge the probability that a respectable mall of high moral character should have committed such an offence. The Jury found a verdict of Acquittal, and accompanied it with an expression of their opinion that the defendant "left the court without a stain on his character." Mr. T. J. Allman, publisher, has been restrained, by an injunction in Chancery, from selling any books labelled with the words " Abres System," " Ahn's Method," " .Ahn's Grammar," or similar words, or title-pages, leading to the belief that such books were compiled or sanctioned by Franz .Alm; but the injunction will not prevent the publication and sale of books compiled on Alm's system, which clearly appear not to be the work of Dr. Ahn, nor prevent the sale of the present stocks published before the filing of the bill.

James Rutland, lately a private in the Buffs, was committed for trial on Thursday, for an attempt to murder his wife.

In the Court of Probate, on Thursday, Mrs. Thomas prayed for a judicial separation from her husband upon grounds which were not denied, in fact, by him. But the husband put in a deed of separation containing covenants for restitution of the property in trust, value 1080/., and living in sepa- ration; a deed made after the original cause of complaint in the bill, which cause however continued. The Judge Ordinary said his impression was, that the deed was an answer to the bill, but he took time for consideration, whether a woman can make terms with an unfaithful husland, without con- doning his conduct in the past, and also in the future.

A bill in Chancery has been filed against the Directors of the Union Bank of London by a Mr. Fawcett ; the prayer is for a restraint against the payment of a dividend, and that the directors may be declared personally liable for their wilful default in conducting the business.

Vice-Chancellor Kindersley refuses to restrain the payment of this divi- dend, but reserves the question as to whether future dividends may not be restrained, and also the case generally. The dividend will therefore be paid today.

Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, has suspended the bankruptcy certificates of Bishop and Farbridge, late East India merchants of Cornhill, for three years, and has refused protection for six months ; the ground of suspension 18,"a short and heedless COIIISe of trading," which in three cases the Com- missioner stated was reckless, and in another, "tainted with fraud." John Bamford, "a tall, fine-looking young man, dressed in a uniform as a private of the 10th Hussars, with medals on his breast," was committed this week for trial for robbing Charles Hurd Hall, a young gentleman of ighteen years of age.

enry Billings, a corporal in the Guards, was acquitted of stealing a tch and chain from Henry Smith, in a public house ; he denied that he the thief, although the witnesses identified him through his wearing o medals, Crimean and Turkish, and his good conduct stripes. He received an excellent character from his Sergeant, and the Jury having a very con- kiderable doubt, found in his favour; his medals were returned to him Za. the dock.

Mr. John Twist, of North Allerton, Yorkshire, deseend.ed from a Great

Eorthern train at King's Cross, and on his way to the City, was met by a an who asked the road to the station ; this Mr. Twist did not know, but s questioner walked on with him, and being about to step into a public- house to write a note, asked Mr. Twist to join him in drinking. While so engaged, another man came in intensely excited, announcing that a long pending chancery suit had been decided- in his favour, which would make sum a richer man by 20,000/. Mr. Twist's companion, although not ad- dressed, congratulated the new comer on his good fortune, and they became very friendly : the conversation turned upon the importance of the Volunteer movement amongst the three, and the fortunate litigant declared he could hit a target eighteen times out of twenty. The result was a friendly bet of a bottle of wineL and Mr. Twist's appointment as umpire; an adjournment to a beershop in Bethnal Green took place, but instead of a rifle ground, Mr. Twist was introduced to skittles; a fourth man came in, who offered to bet a single shilling that he would knock down all the pins in four times. After some intermediate trials, Mr. Twist was induced to join in a bet of 10/., which be deposited in the hands of the fourth man, until Mr. Twist had lost 30/. in notes and 401. in gold. A further bet of 40/. being proposed, Mr. Twist deposited his watch and chain, and a slip of paper with a promise to

pay, and and of course lost again. One of the men then accused Mr. Twist of forgery and advised him torun; but Mr. Twist, conscious of innocence, re- fused to do so ; his companions then ran off, but he pursued and captured the first he had met, whom he consigned to a constable. His name was ascertained to be Mullins, a practised skittle sharper, and being brought be- fore Mr. Mansfield, was remanded on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. The prisoner watt discharged on Tuesday, the skittle sharpers having con- trived to make restitution.

"A Staff-officer" writes to the limes, proposing a circular railway for the metropolis, forming a complete cordon round it, at an average dis- tance of fifteen miles from its centre, and he gives two reasons in support of his proposition. 1. "Such a railway, with its electric telegraph, would permit an overwhelming number of men and guns being concentrated at any given point in an incredibly short space of time." 2. "During peace such a railway would be available for purposes of traffic." Moreover, by uniting the suburban districts, our over-crowded streets would be relieved of much of their carriage traffic.

The report of the Royal Commission for the selection of new sites for Law Courts, adopts the Attorney-General's suggestion, for appro- priating the space between Carey Street and the Strand. If the fourteen courts are built contiguously, a vast economy of time will be the result;. one large firm employing seventy clerks, estimate that they would be able to perform all their work with half the number. The scheme is supported by the Lord Chancellor and all the Judges.

A deputation of the workmen lately in the employ of Messrs. Figgins, type-founders of Smithfield, whose premises were destroyed by fire, waited upon Alderman Lawrence' on Saturday, at the Guildhall, to ask for as- sistance, being destitute. The Alderman, regretting the inadequacy of the means at his disposal, urged their claims upon the printers and pressmen of the metropolis. A subscription list is opened.

A meeting of fallen women was held at Crosby Hall, in the City, on Saturday night ; at the close, many of them were taken away in cabs to the "homes" provided. 250 were present.

An extraordinary meeting of the members of the Army and Navy Club has confirmed the temporary expulsion of Mr. Stone, the plaintiff in the libel case against Lord Llanover.

Mr. Gye had a most successful show of roses at his Floral Hall this week.

The gentlemen of the Savage Club, already honourably known for their services to the unfortunate, again come forward with an invitation to the public to witness amateur and professional performances which we pre- dict will satisfy the most critical, of Too Civil to be Rind; The _Last of the _Pigtails; Fitzsmyth of Fitzsmyth Hal!; a scene from the Willow Copse; and the _Enchanted Isle, at Drury Lane on Wednesday next. It is simply necessary for us to say that the effort to be made is intended to benefit the Widow and Children of the late Robert Brough, to whose pen the public were indebted for much of their amusement. Nor are the Savage Club and dramatic professionals to have all the good work to themselves. A grand vocal and instrumental concert for the same good abject, will be given at St. James's Hall, on Friday evening, at which Mesdames Sainton-Dolby, Catherine Hayes, Enderssohn, Weiss. L. Vinning, and Paget; Messrs. Harrison' Wilbye Cooper, Weiss, and Senile), will assist; and Mr. Alfred Mellon will be conductor.

Grand archery meetings took place at the Crystal Palace on Wednes- day and Thursday. Great preparations are made for the Dramatic Col- lege fete today. The fancy fair will offer everything that wants or taste can ask, and amusement-seekers will be glad to hear of a novelty. A wonderful wooden-legged fiddler is to astonish the crowd, some among whom may perhaps remember Mr. Puff's advice to his friends, in wit. nessing the rehearsal of his tragedy, that they should not make too sure the Beefeater was a beefeater. That the fiddler will show himself to be a fiddler, and a remarkably good one, we entertain no doubt ; but whe- ther or not his wooden leg be a genuine appendage or a base assumption for secret purposes only known to him, to Mr. Toole and to Mr. Paul Bedford, we shall not venture to guess. The mystery Will be unravelled, most likely, in time. Messrs. Paul Bedford and Toole are "specially retained" for the occasion by "Aunt Sally."

The weekly return of the Registrar-General reports deaths in the Metro- polis of 1015', being a decrease of 39 on the average of ten years for the cor- responding weeks. Measles carried off 61 children. The births are 1754; 935 boys and 819 girls, being an increase over the average in the corre- sponding weeks in the last ten years of 262.

Sorrn KENSINGTON MrsEcx.—During the week ending 14th July, 1860, the visitors have been as follows:—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, 1941; on Monday and Tuesday-, free evenings, 4635. On the three students' days (admission to the public 6d.) 1924; one students' evening, Wednesday, 200. Total, 12,700. From the opening of the Museum, 1,548,110.