t The Metropolitan news 'of the week is wholly of

the criminal kind; the trial of the British Blink Directors,- the examination of M. Bernard, and the arrest of a lsookselier, for.pablishing a pamphlet justifyingcty... rannieide. There was to have been a political' meetiMib of the working classes in Hyde Park on &Marto- denounce the Con- spimess Bill and call upon the QUOCH to diSHASS Lord Palmerston ; Mirth° result of the division on Fridey night satisfied 'the promoters of the meet.. ing, and it was counternianded. There were, however, 'considerable numbers of curious persons in the Park, and the " rough.s" and pick- pockets created a disturbance by assailing supposed Frenchmen.

Vice-Chancellor Page Wood delivered judgment in the ease of Spiers versus Brown on Thursday; This was a question of copyright. The Messrs. Longmans published a French :dictionary compiled. by M. Contaeseau. Dr. Spiers, the author of two dictionaries, applied for an injunction ox the ground that M. Contanseau's book was pirated from Dr. Spumes books. The case was fully argued, and the Vice-Chancellor delivered an elaborate judgment. He refused the iujunction, because he was not prepared to say that M. Contanseau had made ea unfair use of the works of Dr. Spiers. He regretted, however, that M. contanseau had not acknowledged the obligations he was under to.Dr. Spiers. With respect to Messrs. Leugmen, there could be no doubt as to their entire belief in the originality of the work brought to them for publication : but, though innocent parties, they must bear the consequences of Ai. Contanseau's conduct in not having made as frank a statement as he shonld love, done, and the Court could not therefore hold them entitled to, any casts: Mr. Justice Coleridge delivered judgment in the Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday in the case of the Reverend T. 0. Soodchild versus the trustees of the poor for the parish of Bt. John's, Hackney. Mr. Goodchild was rated to the poor in respect of his glebe-house, glebe, and tithe commutation rent- charge. He did not object to the former, but he claimed deductions in Iv- sport of the latter. Some of his deductions were conceded as 'usual in such cases. Others were contested.- The Judge deckled that Mr. Goodchild was not liable for the poor-rate, the general lighting, or sewers rates.: An al- lowance ought to be made to'him In respect of the land-tax, lie had HO claim to exemption for what he called "expenses," the nature.of which he did not specify, nor for "personal services " ; but the salary of his curate ought to -be deducted, because the size of the parish rendered the employ- ment of a curate necessary. The Court directed that the rate should be

amended on these points. .

The trial of the British Bank Directors, before the Court of Queen's Bench at Guildhall, has continued all the week. The case for the prosecution did not close until Wednesday. Mr. Paddison was again a principal witness, having appeared in the box eight times. It was shown that as early as the first months of 1855, the Directors must have known that the bank ought to stop. " Pastsdue bills" amounting to 88,8441. were treated as " assets, ' in- terest was charged upon them, and thue was made to swell the "profits." It was shown that Mr. Stapleton never had any accommodation from the bank ; that he acted strictly as a director ; that he got Mr. Brown dismissed, and caused Cameron to resign • and that in 1856 he opposed the declaration of a dividend. Cameron protested against the issue of new shares until the past-due bills were examined. It was shown that the notorious "green ledger" had been under the eyes of several Directors ; that Cameron ob- structed Mr. Valliant when he desired to look into the accounts; that some of the Directors bought back shares from persons who had been induced to buy them by false representations of the state of the bank. Several share- holders were called to prove that they had been deceived by reports issued

by the defendants. • • A strong stand was taken by Mr. Stapleton's counsel in favour of their client. They represented him as one who had been deceived all along. Defences were set up for each of the defendants by their counsel. The counsel for the Directors laid all the blame on Cameron ; the counsel for Cameron said that the bank would have done wellchad his advice been

taken. ' Commissioner Murphy,. in the Insolvency Court, has sledded that under the new stamp-law a penny stamp enftlees for a " receiptin full"; formerly

a ten-shilling stamp was needed. ' •

At the Central. Criminal Court, on Wednesday, :Alfred Feist, late:Master of Newington Workhouse, was tried for illegally.disposhig of the bodies.of paupers for dissectieni for his own profit. The -chief witness against him Was Robert Hogg, the parish undertaker; • whe made a "good thing" by every body thus disposed, of. . Yeist was convicted,; but a number of legal paints were reserved in his favour, and he was liberated on ball.. The Jury expressed their regret' that' illagg had not been prosecuted; but this man had unbosomed himself to The.,-Cluartlians under a prod:11843'er indemnity for his acts : apparently, he Made more by the improper dime:nal of the bodies than Feist dui.

• On Thursday,: Henry•Bdwarrd Legge a young num, was tried for enl- liezzling 13004 while Paymaster of the 2d -WoM Surrey Militia. Ttie prisoner, fresh from college,- had-heel:I appointed to an oak° which required the keeping of complicated accounts, badly eheeked by others ; there was a balance, apparently, against Kim aJthiselid of his service • but it was not at all made out that he had emb4liedelie inonfey. The Judie more than once tried to step the case, bat the iJury wished it to 'es on lft ended vsith ewer- dict of ":Sot guilty" Mr. Glovee.s trial at the central Criminal.eiluif oilT aObirie of making a false .deelaretiom to the House pf Ceinniene.hae, bap poetiptied for the third thne,.a burgeon having certifi&athit• he 4.04t 'the hial at preSeet•

would endanger his life. • •

A Government prosecution for iibal on the Emperor of the French wasliti- tiated on,DIonday: Edward Truelove, a bookseller at nusaller, 240Tin the Strand, published a penny pamphlet entitled TrAnnicisIC:,:le it Justifiable ? By W.. E. Adanis." . The Lawsofficers of the Otetsen tenMdered -that this Pa„l_i- plalet was " false, malicious, -Mandalouss,:and-Seclitious 1444" on, t*-g-i- peror,. with 'a view to inoite.divere pextiona,,toiesas4nato,huu. Detective Williameoapurchased -a ,eopy i.stirwarr4nt woo: iesitetis, 41902,Trucloli:e WAs arrested. lie was'produeedbeiore the ,Bol*Sitre44-.Map4rate on lia11433.• .Mr. Bodkin proseentod, liaisaifl that Hagr,,,u-gnu,hao K944 the Paletill' he himself need not give:Ipublicity itelcoetenteshy,reterrin., g spOrtic%asPY to them : there was dembt,thattite.tieseasinetelMlarksr40 •aL*;,,c, .directly advocated. . alceputoliese of4teopybAttangibeproTe4 __"Y'N!* - addressed theMagistrate-forthe pAiaenen. :Ikennt -tipt-Ahe,,E1NrY. was not mentioned in the pamphlet, esinsiot: apiessing Warn' ?"' this inteef9s4eelialevel,sopp being entervi .2P tmpelf brought UP In custokfoen pu,hUokon-Pilucti dogs ,00) 6ontiii "di Telieetion on anOu- niaii bong: '' buinnit with eiSnsideraliTe othtf11/6* tthis it not saihet." If the Magistrate thought it was a libel-0lientlif intight• to here time. tosirepare defence; Mgt' 6*.e he should' a*? for reremand, -defend ant to be edigigett "to ;b141.'llite, °interred 4eçeadant Yras not asked bY.

the officer whether he knetvi alahn,k444 hlfsle4tained. This was differ- ent from the case of Peltier Which was rsonal libel. Mr. Ilenry—" So •

is There- is iaciudontitikabcaitAtati ,,Mr.A3edkin--" It is-not‘eoebiary that the 'mein should‘ inentioneds", . 'Mri,litinry,--" There is3 . internal : evidence as alest:,ita fatiaible.shewing:te Whom iteditides:',' -Mr.:BodkIne- " To mYfeitMeneapplieritierifer time .1 kcal nat Object, nor to the admiseion of defendant bbaU in the !usual amounts ;., tank! pnuet ask my:friead to do Government the justice to remember that if itneirtheir design to be harsh ' they might have indicted the defendauut at quick": Mr. Ilenry—" That was the course adopted in Peltier's case." Mr. Bodkiii—" It is the usual course ; but as a coestitutioual jealousy of that mode of proceeding has arisen, it was thought right to adopt the 'course which has been taken, in Order that if there was anything to be preferred in defendant's favour he might have full opportunity of advancing it." Mr. Sleigh demurred to the sugges- tion that Government had - acted with leniency in the Matter: thee might have takeMout, a summons instead of a, warrant. Mr. Bodkin—" We are going, to have a new Government; but I'hopeneGoverunisnt will know its duty so ill-ae to take -that .0eurse in such a ease.", Defendant was then re- manded ; being admitted to bail in two sureties of 401. and his own. reeogni- Sauceler 100/. - M. Shinn -Bernardi charged with conspiring to inimder the Emperor of-the French, was reExamitied at theBow Street Police Office on Tuesday: tin- portent MidenCe was gjien. Ontrequin; a silk-dealer in Paris,.andhis wife,' proved -the receipt of the paekagesent by Bernard from London :• it contained two-boxes, with a revolver in each ; one hex was taken by " Mr.

Thourria the • other by his friend,. " Isierey " or Pierri. "Mr. Phonies Mleop' was really travelling; with•ft passport in which he was'deSig,mited 'as Alison. lele." Bodkin' PromiseS to prove that the passport was issued to the real Allsop.] M. Ontreipliirtutil become acquainted with Bernard: while visiting London ; Bernard, a chemist, oderin,s- to assist him in- experiments in dyeing. Bermanlitent-aletter by -Orsini introducing:him to the silkadealer.' Oraroquin had alsci- bit?'-one .:Oceasicur -callerkoma:Mr. Dodgein Paris, apparently in consequence efaaionversation with Bernard. Hodge also had- in company with-Orsini.- AA Mr: Hodge has been arrested. at •Genoa- for complicity in the attaila ,orethe Empearirlf Bernard -led diutrequin to believe that he was gaing*oimnke money-ha selling the pistols to " Allsep ;:,and Allsop in turivrepresented.that he expected Pierri would buy them. itl. Morond proved that.Orsinidodged with him at Paris as" Mr.- Allsopi"on the night of theietterupt, Orsini went out with Pierre, Gomez, andanother ; and- he,retuined den -With his face covered with blood. Mr. Bodkin asked a remandlat swat*: ,s Mr. Sleigh described the evidence orfirred tie tlieu most meugre he had ever heard. He asked that Bernard should be admitted to bail. On aprevions occasion he had appliodto a Judge hi Chamber% but the Judge had-declined to interfere withthe discretion of the Magistrate. "Why was defendant to be treated with, less kindness than our nwocountrymen Was it because he was a foreigner.? Were we afraid of anyforeigu power " [Ifere there was an caplet:4M' of cheering in the court.-] Mr: .Jardine said that he saw more cause than ever to refuse bail. Bernard was remanded for a week, in order to give the French witnesses time to go to Paris, attend the trial there, and return.

Several "roughs." and thieves were brought before the Marlborough Street Magistrate on Monday.: • Some had been:engaged in their predatory vocation; some had committed assaults in HYdePark. on Sunday. One-case was very bad. . A fellow got up hehind an open carriage, Wok tbe hat from the head of a gentleman in it, and beat .hint on his bare head ; the-mob pelt- • • big its victim with stones. The.pntlemart seemed te -be a;foreigner. . After he had decided on the cases., Mr. Bearloneaaid-=`! Bad as. these people are who conunitattokoffences,. I for one am ofdepinion that tlaoee ivho, calling themselves respectable, draw together a mob consisting of tinc,h rnftlants and thieves as I-have had before me thismerning, and that too on e Sunday, annoying and.plaeing in danger those, who Aro IpepReahly enjoying the quiet of the Parks, -are morally equally guilty with the - wretched people,it .hiss

been my duty to punish, and a disgrace to. society.'? .,e

The attention of the Lambeth Magistrate was :called on Tuesdayto a bard case. Flora Augusta Noun, the mother of one child and the probable 'ne- ther of another, told the Magistrate that-four years age she was-married to a M. Charles d'Ilasle, teacher of the Freneh languaga; iii 18,56, they went. to Paris, and there it was discovered that M. dHaelei.waea,priest, so that his marriage was null and void ; -trHaale- deserted his wife, and went into the-Monastery of La Trappefor nine-Months ; he then rejoined her, and they came to England, where he staid with-her two months, and then returned to -La Trappe. Shewas thus left-without-a friend.'. Mr. Elliot-relieved her for the time, and directed her to call On him again.

A troublesome addition has been made to the duties of the Police Magis- trates by the -new passport regulations: maify persons apply for the Magis- trates' recommendation who are personally Unknown to them, and they are

refused, uulesathey can produce somebody knoWn to the Magistrates. • . .

Louise Tobin, an "unfortunate," lodging in Arundel Court, Haymarket, has been found murdered—strangled.She :Appears to have . been robbed. Suspicion has fallen upon a young Italian, who is believed to have been last in her company : the police are seeking him-