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The Week.
the City of London , was answered at the Mansion-house , before Mr . Alderman Cubitt , on AA'ednesday . The ground of complaint was , that a sum of £ 142 15 s . 5 d ., expenses incurred by the commissioners in executing certain ivorks Avhich ought to have been clone by the city , had not been paid on demand . There was some difference of opinion as to the construction to be put upon certain clauses iu the Sewers Acts , but this being settled hi favour of the city , the case ivas adjourned , that the account might be modified in accordance ivith tho decision . A
person calling himself the Rev . Charles Geary , aucl whose clerical toilet was faultless , has heen finally examined at the Lambeth Police-Court , on the charge of fraudulently obtaining money from various persons , in support of a charitable institution that had no existence , and sentenced by Mr . Elliott to three months' imprisonment with hard labour . James Clark and Joseph Smith , Avell-knoii'ii river thieves , were charged at Lambeth Police-court , with having stolen a boat , a large quantity of oatsa number of sacks and other things . Mr . Elliott committed both men for
, trial . At the Central Criminal Court , on Thursday , Frederick Shackleford , schoolmaster , pleaded guilty to embezzling the sum of 1222 ., and other sums , the property of his master . Tire prisoner had . been master of an industrial school at Westminster , and absconded ivith the money , Avhich was the produce of the boys ' earnings . Sentence , three years' penal servitude . On Monday week , Mr . Attorney-general AA'hiteside arrived in Belfast , in order to conduct in person the second trial of the parties charged ivith being members of a secret Riband society .
Mr . Rae , the attorney for the traversers , having vainly endeavoured to persuade Baron Fitzgerald to postpone the trials , that gentleman , following up the tactics at Tralee , has abandoned the defence of his clients , ivith the curt remark , addressed to the court , that he " don't care hoiv the case goes . " The jury , having been locked up all night on AA' ednesday , have been discharged Avithout agreeing to a verdict . There Avere eleven protestants and one catholic on the jury . The prisoners are to standout till next assizes , if they can find bail . At the annual meeting oi the Professional Life Assurance Company on the 23 rd ult ,, the report read Avas
most favourable . The company had issued during the year 1858 , 472 new policies , assuring the SSAAIB . of 148 , 6751 ., producing new premiums 4 , 7031 . The amount paid in settlement of claims had been 11 , 925 ? . There had been an increase in their business of 5 , 000 Z . per annum , aud a reduction in their expenses of 3 , 000 ( 1 . in the same period . The dividend of five per cent ., as usual , was declared . In the House of Lords on Tuesday , Lord Campbell called attention to the accumulation of business in the neiv Divorce Court . The Lord Chancellor agreed Avith Lord Campbell that more judges ivere required to carry on the business of that court .
The Indian Loan Bill ivas on Thursday brought up from the Commons and passeel ; Lord Derby informing the House that , the amount furnished thereby Avas only so much on account , and that a further sum of 5 , 000 , 0002 . ivould be required . He informed the House that a clay of thanksgiving AA'as to be appointed for the Indian victories . He then proceeded to detail the steps which had been taken to reduce the enormous military expenditure . The number of Europeans of all arms in India ivas 112 , 000 , to Avhich a native army of 320 , 000 Avas joined .
Orders had been sent out to reduce as far as possible " the native troops , and to prohibit new levies . The finances of India could not support this gigantic army , but it must not be reduced too suddenly . On Monday the greater portion of the sitting ivas occupied with a discussion respecting the site for the laiv courts in Lincoln ' s-inn , arising from a motion of Lord Redesdale for a plan of the ground , and plans and elevations of the said courts and buildings . The motion was ultimately agreed to . In the House of Commons on Tuesday , Mr . H . Berkeley
announced that he ivould bring on his motion for the ballot on that clay week . A long discussion took place on the Galway and American line of steamers , to which government have granted a subsidy . On AVednesday Lord Palmerston replied to the charge brought against him by the Earl of Derby , of unconstitutional conduct hi questioning the prerogative of the eroivn to dissolve parliament . He utterly repudiated the charge , and said he had only questioned the conduct of ministers in advising the Queen to dissolve , in the existing state of things . Sir John Pakington noticed the altered tone of the noble viscount , and repeated the assertion that Lord Palmerston had used unconstitutional language on that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
the City of London , was answered at the Mansion-house , before Mr . Alderman Cubitt , on AA'ednesday . The ground of complaint was , that a sum of £ 142 15 s . 5 d ., expenses incurred by the commissioners in executing certain ivorks Avhich ought to have been clone by the city , had not been paid on demand . There was some difference of opinion as to the construction to be put upon certain clauses iu the Sewers Acts , but this being settled hi favour of the city , the case ivas adjourned , that the account might be modified in accordance ivith tho decision . A
person calling himself the Rev . Charles Geary , aucl whose clerical toilet was faultless , has heen finally examined at the Lambeth Police-Court , on the charge of fraudulently obtaining money from various persons , in support of a charitable institution that had no existence , and sentenced by Mr . Elliott to three months' imprisonment with hard labour . James Clark and Joseph Smith , Avell-knoii'ii river thieves , were charged at Lambeth Police-court , with having stolen a boat , a large quantity of oatsa number of sacks and other things . Mr . Elliott committed both men for
, trial . At the Central Criminal Court , on Thursday , Frederick Shackleford , schoolmaster , pleaded guilty to embezzling the sum of 1222 ., and other sums , the property of his master . Tire prisoner had . been master of an industrial school at Westminster , and absconded ivith the money , Avhich was the produce of the boys ' earnings . Sentence , three years' penal servitude . On Monday week , Mr . Attorney-general AA'hiteside arrived in Belfast , in order to conduct in person the second trial of the parties charged ivith being members of a secret Riband society .
Mr . Rae , the attorney for the traversers , having vainly endeavoured to persuade Baron Fitzgerald to postpone the trials , that gentleman , following up the tactics at Tralee , has abandoned the defence of his clients , ivith the curt remark , addressed to the court , that he " don't care hoiv the case goes . " The jury , having been locked up all night on AA' ednesday , have been discharged Avithout agreeing to a verdict . There Avere eleven protestants and one catholic on the jury . The prisoners are to standout till next assizes , if they can find bail . At the annual meeting oi the Professional Life Assurance Company on the 23 rd ult ,, the report read Avas
most favourable . The company had issued during the year 1858 , 472 new policies , assuring the SSAAIB . of 148 , 6751 ., producing new premiums 4 , 7031 . The amount paid in settlement of claims had been 11 , 925 ? . There had been an increase in their business of 5 , 000 Z . per annum , aud a reduction in their expenses of 3 , 000 ( 1 . in the same period . The dividend of five per cent ., as usual , was declared . In the House of Lords on Tuesday , Lord Campbell called attention to the accumulation of business in the neiv Divorce Court . The Lord Chancellor agreed Avith Lord Campbell that more judges ivere required to carry on the business of that court .
The Indian Loan Bill ivas on Thursday brought up from the Commons and passeel ; Lord Derby informing the House that , the amount furnished thereby Avas only so much on account , and that a further sum of 5 , 000 , 0002 . ivould be required . He informed the House that a clay of thanksgiving AA'as to be appointed for the Indian victories . He then proceeded to detail the steps which had been taken to reduce the enormous military expenditure . The number of Europeans of all arms in India ivas 112 , 000 , to Avhich a native army of 320 , 000 Avas joined .
Orders had been sent out to reduce as far as possible " the native troops , and to prohibit new levies . The finances of India could not support this gigantic army , but it must not be reduced too suddenly . On Monday the greater portion of the sitting ivas occupied with a discussion respecting the site for the laiv courts in Lincoln ' s-inn , arising from a motion of Lord Redesdale for a plan of the ground , and plans and elevations of the said courts and buildings . The motion was ultimately agreed to . In the House of Commons on Tuesday , Mr . H . Berkeley
announced that he ivould bring on his motion for the ballot on that clay week . A long discussion took place on the Galway and American line of steamers , to which government have granted a subsidy . On AVednesday Lord Palmerston replied to the charge brought against him by the Earl of Derby , of unconstitutional conduct hi questioning the prerogative of the eroivn to dissolve parliament . He utterly repudiated the charge , and said he had only questioned the conduct of ministers in advising the Queen to dissolve , in the existing state of things . Sir John Pakington noticed the altered tone of the noble viscount , and repeated the assertion that Lord Palmerston had used unconstitutional language on that