ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Evening Post, Issue 210, 10 October 1865, Page 2

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, it is said, is about to be raised to the peerage. A French squadron, consisting of two ironclad frigates and one gun boat, has arrived in Plymouth, in order to t*ke part in the approaching naval demonstrations at that port Lord Lbrat U to have one of the vacant green ribands of the Order of the Thistle. A new building for the Masonic Institution for Boys was opened on Saturday, July 8» near London. A list has been published of subscriptions to the Coleiißo fund. They now amount to £2800. Alderman Mackay has been unanimously elected as the Lord Mayor of Dublin fur 1866. The beautiful estate of Noranside, in the parish of Feran, extending to 734 acres, has been purchased on account of Major Thomas, Bannatyne House, Newtyle, for the sum of £•22,000. Signor Giuorlini's malady is understood to to be of a kind whi''h leaves no hope of his recovery. A concert for his benefit has been j.ivt-11, at which Madame Grisi assisted. It is said that, in and around London, no le s than about 120 miles of railways are in the course of construction, involving an outlay of 30 millions sterling at the ordinary rate of calculation. At the recent fire in the British Museum the Anglo-Saxon manuscript known as Pope O regory the Great's " Pastorale," given by Alfred the great to Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, was destroyed. Several other manuscripts were injured. An interlocutor in the Breadalbane case has been issued by Lord Barcaple, finding it proved that "John Alexander Gavin Campbell (Glenfalloch), Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, is nearest and lawful heir" to the late Marquis of Breadalbane— to the exclusion of the claim of Charles Wm. Campbell (Boreland). JijrffA balloon of novel construction, oilled the Temperance, ascended from the Luxembourggardens a few evenings since. It was furnished with an ingenious apparatus for steering-, and the inventor, who, together with two friends, was in the car, fully expected that the problem of aerial navigation was about to be solved. This was not, however, the case. Theapparatus produced not the slightest effect an<t the balloon waa carried away at the will of the air In the ordinary manner,\ It is announced that Lady Herbert, and the JEarl of Pembroke have returned to Wilton House from the continent. Since her return, her ladyship has been constant in her attendance at early mass at the Roman Catholic chapel, Salisbury. The birthday of the youthful Earl of Pembroke was recently celebrated. About 150 neighbours and friends sat down to an excellent tea, provided by a committee of ladies. The place was beautifully decorated with banners and wreaths of flowers, and inscriptions with the words "Long life to Lord Pembroke," and " Welcome home, Lady Herbert." A very common and rather curious error, has been pointed out by a New York paper, This is the mistake of spelling the name of a well known Mexican port, " Matamoras" instead of " Matamoros." The true name means " Death to the Moors ;" but, as erroneously sptlt, in telegrams and reports, it signifies " Death to the Moorish women " — an outrage to humanity, as well as orthography. At a recent meeting of the Dublin Corpora tion an address was adopted to her Majesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales, congratulating them on a recent auspicious event. But a question arose as to the actual presentation of the compliment, and the incidental expenses 5 and thereupon there was some rather plain speaking, intermixed with a spirit of economy. Alderman John Reynolds was for contemning the expense, and doing the thing in good style ; but Town Councillor M'Grath, while equally loyal, was more prudent. Did the corporation see what this would lead to r They were making a very dangerous precedent. For his part, he objected to "sending a deputation toLondon on the birth of every child of the royal family, unless there was a precedent. He would pbject to a precedent being made ou this occasion,

which might be followed every eight or ten months." His idea was, that whatever course had been adopted "on the birth of the last five or six children of her Mnjeaty" should be followed now. " Well," said the Lord Mayor (Mr. Barrington,) "if it is the expense that you object to, I'll pay it myself." This handsome proposal of the Lord Mayor was succeeded by the not very handsome remark of Alderman Reynolds, to the effect that " if they had sent deputations to present addresses on the birth of all the children of George 111 , it would have taken a great portion of the national debt to bear the the expense." Eventually the address was adopted, and is to be duly presented to her Majesty and their royal highnesses with all the pomp and < ireumstance of (which the corporation is capable. fjA. Marseilles paper states that no less than % 60*00 men, from the ages of 20 to 40, had met in the space of ground called the the Belle de Mai, and there and then took a solemn oath to abjure matrimony tiil a new order of things is inaugurated— i hat is, a radical change take plitue in the habits and customs of young I ladies. They demand the complete abolition lof showy a>id extravagant toilettes ; also | that expensive idleness should no longer exist. On the contrary, they require an iin- | mediate return to habits of economy and of i housekeeping ; in fact, they insist on an education which will train true mothers and quietly-conducted wiveA^S In the action for damages instituted by Mrs. L^ngworth-Yelverton against the Saturday Review, the following issue has been agreed upon for trial : — " It being admitted that the defenders are proprietors and publishers of the Saturday Review, and that, in that paper on the 30th of July, 1864, an article was published by them entitled ' The Yelverton Case,' and expressed in the terms contained in the schedule hereunto annexed — Whether the whole or any part of the said article is of and concerning the pursuer, and falsely and calumniously represents the pursuer as being a disreputable and immodest person, to the loss, injury, and damage of the pursuer ? Damages laid at £3000." Mr. Coxwell ascended on Monday, 3rd July, 'n his balloon "Research," from the Botanic Gardens at Belfast. He was accompanied by eleven gentlemen, and the ascent was witnessed by about 10,000 persona. The balloon was lowered near the Carnlough Hills. - The voyageurs were in great danger, owing to the valve at the top not acting properly. Several persons were severely bruised, and in one or two instances ribs were broken. All except two gentlemen succeeded in getting out, when the balloon suddenly went up again, carrying the two travellers with it. Ultimately, however, they descended in safety, though much shaken. The balloon was wrecked on the shares of the Bay of Luggah (Way) on Tuesday morning, 4th July. No passengers were in the car ; but there were four coats and two hats, and the Northern Whig of July Ist. Another balloon ascent took place at Bath the other evening, attended with a perilous accident to the aeronaut, Mr. Joseph Simmons, who, it is stated, was thrown out at Warwick. In the descent the balloon got away without him. He was but slightly injured. * The act to " niter and simplify" the law on clerical subscriptions hat been printed. The declaration of assent to be made is set forth in the following words :— " I assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of religion and the Book of Common Prayer, and of the ordering of bishops, priests, and deacons. I believe the doctrines of the United Church of England and Ireland, as therein set forth, to be agreeable to the Word of God, and in public prayer and administration of the sacraments I will use the form in the said book presented and none other, except as shall be ordered by lawful authority." Nothing in the act is to extend to or affect the oath of canonical obedience to the bishop, oi the oath of obedience to the archbishop, taken by bishops on consecration. The aci is to amend the law as to the subscription and declarations to be made and oath to be taken by the clergy of the Established Church of England aud Ireland There are 55 sections in the act, and theauh! scriptions, oaths, and declarations have been " altered and simplified." On the Ist July a provision in the new act to amend the law of evidence and practice in criminal trials took effeot, and forms an important feature in all criminal cases. In every trial for felony or misdemeanour commenced on or after the Ist of July, the presiding judge, at the close of the case for prosecution, is to ask the counsel for each prisoner or defendant defended by counsel, but not otherwise^ whether it is intended to

give evidence ; and, if no eridence is to be given, then the counsel for the prosecution is to " sum up" the evidence adduced, In every trial for felony or misdemeanour, whether the prisoners or defendants are defended by counsel or not, eacli one may open his case ; and, after the evidence given, " sum up" the evidence respectively ; and the right of reply and practice, and course of proceedings, save as now altered, to be same as at present. The object of the new act is to make the law In criminal matters more nearly assimilate with cases at common law.— Home News.