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The Week.
a verdict of guilty against the whole of the defendants , with a recommendation to mercy of Mr . Stapleton , Mr . Alderman Kennedy , Mr . Owen , and Mr . M'Leod . Lord Campbell passed judgment upon three of the defendants , in the first instance , —namely , Mr . Humphrey Brown , Mr . Edward Esdaile , and Mr . Hugh Innes Cameron—that they be imprisoned for twelve calendar months in the Queen ' s prison , in the first class of misdemeanants ; that Alderman Richard Hartley Kennedy be imprisoned nine months ; that Mr . Owen be imprisoned six months ; that Mr . Henry Dunning M'Leod be imprisoned three months ; arid that Mr . Stapleton be fined Is ., and discharged ; the amount of guilt of the latter
gentle-Pierri . Extenuating circumstances were admitted in favour of Gomez . In consequence , Orsini , Pudio , and Pierri were condemned to suffer the punishment of parricides , and Gomez to hard labour for life . ——The latest accounts from Montenegro , received at Vienna , state that the Turkish villages of Sevra and Kernice , near the lake of Scutari , have recognized the authority of that principality , and have been taken possession of by Senator Fillpon with twenty men . It was thought that the insurrection would spread over all Albania . At home the trials of the British Bank directors , for conspiring to defraud the shareholders , have ended in
man appearing to be more a w ant of moral courage to inform the shareholders of their position , than any desire to deceive them . Mr . Stapleton and Mr . Kennedy appeared to feel most acutely the position in which they were placed . —A parliamentary investigation is going on , at the instance of Mr . Roebuck , into the question whether Mr . Isaac Butt , M . P . for Youghal , did or did not enter into a corrupt agreement with Ali Moorad Khan , one of the Ameers of Scinde , for advocating his cause in Parliament , in consideration of a large sum of money , the result of
which it is impossibleto foresee .- -A diabolical murder has been committed upon one of those unfortunate French females who perambulate the west end , by a young Italian , who appears to have had no other motive for the crime than that of plunder . The assassin was arrested just as he was about to sail for Monte Video . -The railway meetings have been brought to a close , the dividends being generally satisfactory ; and many which were so difficult to obtain two or three months since , are now a comparative drug in the market ; speculation will
therefore , no doubt , be shortly looking up again ; and the newspapers teem with prospectuses of all manner of possible and impossible projects . The annual meeting of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company has been held , the following being the report on the results of the business transacted during the year 1857 : —1 , 033 proposals were received for assuring £ 234 , 000 ; of which 845 policies were issued , assuring £ 181 , 955 ; 68 proposals were declined by the board , £ 18 , 020 ; 101 ditto were not completed , £ 28 , 475 ; 19 ditto are in progress , £ 5 , 550 .
7 , 493 policies are now in force , assuring £ 1 , 519 , 814 . The present annual income is £ 53 , 463 , 18 s . Sixty-nine members have died during the year , and the claims arising therefrom , including bonuses , amounted to £ 16 , 916 . 15 s . 6 d . The total number of deceased members since the commencement of the company is 307 , and the amount paid to their widows or other representatives , £ 62 , 872 . 5 s . 3 d . Mr . Neison , having made a valuation of the company ' s business , reported the divisible profits at £ 35 , 394 , which will have to be apportioned over the various policies .
Boys' School . —The Anniversary Festival of this School takes place on Wednes * day next , the 10 th hist ., the J tight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . GLM ,, presiding . This being the first festival since the new schoohhouse was opened , it is to be hoped the support accorded to tho charity will be more than usually liberal .
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a verdict of guilty against the whole of the defendants , with a recommendation to mercy of Mr . Stapleton , Mr . Alderman Kennedy , Mr . Owen , and Mr . M'Leod . Lord Campbell passed judgment upon three of the defendants , in the first instance , —namely , Mr . Humphrey Brown , Mr . Edward Esdaile , and Mr . Hugh Innes Cameron—that they be imprisoned for twelve calendar months in the Queen ' s prison , in the first class of misdemeanants ; that Alderman Richard Hartley Kennedy be imprisoned nine months ; that Mr . Owen be imprisoned six months ; that Mr . Henry Dunning M'Leod be imprisoned three months ; arid that Mr . Stapleton be fined Is ., and discharged ; the amount of guilt of the latter
gentle-Pierri . Extenuating circumstances were admitted in favour of Gomez . In consequence , Orsini , Pudio , and Pierri were condemned to suffer the punishment of parricides , and Gomez to hard labour for life . ——The latest accounts from Montenegro , received at Vienna , state that the Turkish villages of Sevra and Kernice , near the lake of Scutari , have recognized the authority of that principality , and have been taken possession of by Senator Fillpon with twenty men . It was thought that the insurrection would spread over all Albania . At home the trials of the British Bank directors , for conspiring to defraud the shareholders , have ended in
man appearing to be more a w ant of moral courage to inform the shareholders of their position , than any desire to deceive them . Mr . Stapleton and Mr . Kennedy appeared to feel most acutely the position in which they were placed . —A parliamentary investigation is going on , at the instance of Mr . Roebuck , into the question whether Mr . Isaac Butt , M . P . for Youghal , did or did not enter into a corrupt agreement with Ali Moorad Khan , one of the Ameers of Scinde , for advocating his cause in Parliament , in consideration of a large sum of money , the result of
which it is impossibleto foresee .- -A diabolical murder has been committed upon one of those unfortunate French females who perambulate the west end , by a young Italian , who appears to have had no other motive for the crime than that of plunder . The assassin was arrested just as he was about to sail for Monte Video . -The railway meetings have been brought to a close , the dividends being generally satisfactory ; and many which were so difficult to obtain two or three months since , are now a comparative drug in the market ; speculation will
therefore , no doubt , be shortly looking up again ; and the newspapers teem with prospectuses of all manner of possible and impossible projects . The annual meeting of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company has been held , the following being the report on the results of the business transacted during the year 1857 : —1 , 033 proposals were received for assuring £ 234 , 000 ; of which 845 policies were issued , assuring £ 181 , 955 ; 68 proposals were declined by the board , £ 18 , 020 ; 101 ditto were not completed , £ 28 , 475 ; 19 ditto are in progress , £ 5 , 550 .
7 , 493 policies are now in force , assuring £ 1 , 519 , 814 . The present annual income is £ 53 , 463 , 18 s . Sixty-nine members have died during the year , and the claims arising therefrom , including bonuses , amounted to £ 16 , 916 . 15 s . 6 d . The total number of deceased members since the commencement of the company is 307 , and the amount paid to their widows or other representatives , £ 62 , 872 . 5 s . 3 d . Mr . Neison , having made a valuation of the company ' s business , reported the divisible profits at £ 35 , 394 , which will have to be apportioned over the various policies .
Boys' School . —The Anniversary Festival of this School takes place on Wednes * day next , the 10 th hist ., the J tight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . GLM ,, presiding . This being the first festival since the new schoohhouse was opened , it is to be hoped the support accorded to tho charity will be more than usually liberal .