The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS. - MIDDI.EsEX. yerterday, Mr. Sltadvrtil, the barrister appointed I weirs the hats of voters for the county of Middlesex, armed his court at the White Horse, Uxbridge, and pro tected with the districts of Cowley, Ileretleld, Hayes, Hit usgent. lekenham. Heewood. ltuislip, L'abridge, and West Draper TM objections en both sides amount to upwards of a tlruswel, wad then arc numerous claims urged by both the pa p,lttiesl rink, , but a new feature in these proceed mg* • has arisen item the operation c f the act passed in the lest wool of parhemeat, which was introduced by the soils lord the member for the county, which limits the wo o polling to oue day. The Registration of Voters Jai, the 6th and 7th of Viet., e. 18 sec. 36, enabled voters sot nsidest in the county to poll, upon application to the bnrutter, at say broth which might be must convenient to themselves ; and it also enabled voters resident in the county to poll at the booths more imme•liately adjacent to meteors residences, irrespectively of the situation of the property fur which they vote. Thus privilege has not hi therto been !se need to any great extent; but now that tie new act for limiting the pulling to one day comes into fon it sill be found to be an extremely important and sa.a:ary provision, and hence it is that there were yesterday a west somber of these new claims to be allowed to vote at the most convenient and proximate polling places. 31r. T. A. Jones appeared for the conservatives; Mr. W. U. Janus, as hithetto, represented the Middlesex Register teen Odin; mad Merin. Le Breton and Davies represented n w registration society, supported by a section of the hie ral party in the county. Upon the Revising Barrister taking his seat, a gentle man from the (Mee of the Clerk of the Peace produced the lists of voters and new claimants for the barrister to revise. Mr. Joan said that before these lists were received he was salines to call the attention of the revising barrister to • preliminary objection shish he felt it to be his daty to Inge upon the court. The 47th section of the Registration of Voters' Act provided that after the revision of the lists of voters by the barrister, the clerk of the peace should prat and publish a copy of the said lists. The clerk of the peace was further bound to sign and deliver the same into the hands ut the sheriff of the county, as they had been revised by the barrister during his previous revision, in October, on or before the let day of December. He had reason to know thatthis provision of the statute had not been complied swab, and that, in fact, there had bees ao register " printed, sureed, sad published," as prescribed by the leatato. surd at the earliest the 18th January, 1863. The offset of this roc-compliance with the act would be sot eel, to disfran this* 13,000 voters, and to give them ground of action against the clerk of the peace, but he spprebendod that it would have rendered necessary the poising of a special act of parliamoct in the event of an election having takes place between the Ist December, 18-52, and the 18th Jaunty, 1533. The Revising Barrister--Two copies of the register have beta forwarded to me by the clerk of the peace, and I pre sume that the law bas been complied with until the con trary has been proved. It would not be reasonable to sup pose that a few days' delay should vitiate the entice register. I must assume it to be correct until it is proved not to be so. Mr. Jones said then he should propose to ask the clerk of the peace whether the lists hail been printed, signed, and published at the date which the set prescribed. The Clerk of the Peace—l do not feel that lam bound to answer that question. Mr. doses peened that he should be sworn, as be had reason to know that an action-at-law had been commenced against the Clerk of the Peace for his lacks, in this respect. Ile was anxious to raise this objection at the present stage of the proceedings, as it possibly might come hereafter before a committee of the House of Common.. His object was to secure that, in such an event, his locus standi should be reeogaised by the parliamentary committee. The Revising Barrister said that, although the act re quired the lists to be signed and delivered ea or before the Ist day of December, it did not say that a few days' delay would cause them to be null and void. Hs had no doubt in his own mind of their being in full force. (To the Clerk of the Peace)—When were the lists published ? The Clerk of the Peace—l admit that there was a delay of at lent a month, in consequence of the printer failing to supply the proofs at the proper period. The Revising Barrister said he had no doubt, so far a s his province went, that the lists were sufficient for him to act upon. Mr. Jones repeated his belief that in the event of any voters' names being struck off in consequence of the negli gence of the clerk of tke peace there would be good ground of action on their part against that official. Mr. James conelured in this mew. The Lists were then utmost!, and the business of the revision was proceeded with. The only cue of interest erase in the parish of Bluefield, which showed in its result, how small an amount of property suffices in some instances, to confer the county franchise. ----- Meters. John Neat, Charles Neat, and Albert Neat, seve rally claimed to be placed upon the register in respect of ' 4 a freehold rent charge of 40s. per annum, secured open and issuing out of two freehold °setae@ and gardens in the pariah of Hanfleld." Mr. A. Neat, in order to prove the chins, deposed that the cottages wen let at 2s. a week each, that they were the property of his father, and that his collector collected "all the rent be could get for them." Witness had always received for his share after the rats he had usentioned. Mr. James contended that this was not a sufficient qsa-1 lification ; for though undoubtedly 4s. a week gave lor. 88. 1 as the annual value, yet there were charges upon these cottages, in the shape of poor. rates, highways, and semen, which would go to diminish that amount. Another im portant element was, that the upsets in such comes were of a nugatory character, and that when property was let in this manner to weekly tenants, it was clearly a very different thing to property let to substantial residents at an anneal rental. It appeared that these cottages were rated to the poor at only 30s. a year each, and he urged that they were not of 'efficient value to give three root charges of 40s. each, and thus three votes "issuing out of the property." The Revising Banister said that he was not at all dis posed to favour claims of this deolription, but these cottages were let at two shillings a week each, which gave ten pound eight per aanam, and that wee evidently ample, although there might be rates to defray, to pay a rent charge of ii poasds a year, or three rent charges of forty 'Wings each, which amounted to the same thin The clams, therefore, would be allowed. Mr. Jams observed the. the Morn. Neat were certainly very fortunate men to get their county votes oat of weak a property. He bad no doubt they should hear of a rent charge on a wheelbarrow next. (A laugh.) The result of the day's revision was, that the liberals, through Mr. James, sustained fourteen objections, and the conservatives eleven. Several new claims were also allowed on both sides. The new associstioa did not appear to have served any notices of objection upon the overseen, and therefore thew representatives were not is a position to sustain any. OMNIBUS RACING AND MANSLAUGHTER. Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent concluded an inquiry at the Middlesex Hospital touching the death of Jamie Mason, aged 53 years, who died in that institution on last Saturday week from the effects of injuries he received by being ,Issued against a street po° tat the comer of Great Portland-street and Mortimer.street, where he kept an on the previous Saturday, the 17th sit. A great number of witnesses were illumined, the son of mime evidence was the following :—Aboat Ave minutes to n.ne o'clock on the night in question deceased and his son were standing in the gutter behind the stall, opening oysters for customers, when two omnibuses, as Islington and Chel sea, and a Hackney and Clasen one, came along at a furious rate from Regent-street, and in trying to win the turning into Mortimer-street the Islington omnibus an so close to the kerb-stone that before deceased could get out of the way he was caught by the splinter-bar, and squeezed against the poet with such violence as to cause him to vomit blood, according to one witness, nearly the height of the omnibus roof. His eon was also struck, sad was severely but not dangerously hurt. There were plenty of lights at the comer, and one witness called out to the driver to pull up, but was not attended to. The pace seemed to be between eight and nine miles an hour. 'I in deceased had been there continuously for about twelve months, and off and on for the net five years. All the wit. fehill agreed that the accident would not have occurred if the drivers had been going properly along. On the com p' etion of the evidence the coroner summed up, explaining the law relating to such matters, when the jury were left alone, and, after about an hour's consultation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the two driven, Titus May and John Wood, appending the following addendum to their verdict, " And the jury consider it very deairable that the air) nand in Great Portland -street, between Mor timer-street and Gifford street, should be removed to, another locality, end thus allow John-street and Great Portland-street to be u formerly the great line of thorough fare for omnibuses between Chelsea and Islington, by which meats the narrow thoroughfare of Mortimer.strest would be avoided by them, and own:ream similar to the present might be .or the frare prevested." THE CORN TRADE. ee-- `Prom the York Lame Empress.] BRITISH. feeler in guilty and damp in condition as to be totally unfit for shipment The continued rise in the English markets had d considerable enitement, more espe cially as the minds of holden had previou►ly been a good deal influenced by local circumstances, such as the indif ferent yield of wheat and rye, the prstaistne of the potato disease, &c. The very important rise which has taken place in the value of wheat within the last two months has excited con siderable attention, and leading articles have lately ap peared in the daily prints on the subject. The advance is very generally attributed to undue speculation, and a vio lent reaction is confidently predicted. We have no dispo sition to arrogate to ourselves superior knowledge, but at the same time we must differ with those of our contempo raries who can discover no other cause for the upward move ment in prices of grain beyond speculation. In the ab sence of official statistics on this important point. an esti. mate of the result of the harvest can only be formed by careful inquiry; by collecting the opinions of prat. tical men in various parts of the kingdom, and by taking into account the character of the seasons. The work is oae involving considerable trouble, and requiring careful research. Allowances must be made for the bias of parties whose interests may lead them to give a favourable or unfavourable colouring to their reports. The difference in the yield on different kinds of 'oil, or under different modes of cultivation, stc., must be considered ; and after all this, we can scarcely hope to arrive at a very accurate result. It is hardly to be expected thatjournslists who may have occasion to write oa the corn trade once in twelve months can be in a position to obtain the minute information needed to arrive at a con• elusion more accurate than ourselves., whose principal duty it is to investigate And analyse harvest reports and similar documents week after week. The only interest we can possibly have in the matter is to arrive at the truth. The character of this journal depends in a great measure on the truthfulness of its reports. The greatest care cannot insure us against occasional errors ; but, on looking back to the estimates we have given annually respecting the harvests for many years past, there is not much we should wish to alter or recall. Danil4 letters of Tuesday state that 68s. per qr. had been refused for fine heavy qualities of wheat, and that for com mon qualities, weighing GI lbs., equal to 635. per qr. free on board had been paid. Freight to London was 6e. to 6s. 3d. per qr. At Konigsberg, en the 26th instant, good 62 lbs. mixed wheat was quoted 635. 9d., and for 60 to 61 lbs. quality, 58s. to 60e. per qr. free on board had been paid. Of fine ' old red there was none remaining. Stettin letters of Tuesday state that the weather was, and had for some time been, very wet and ungenial, and that the new corn was coming to hand in very bad con dition. The prices asked had been so high as to check business, aad hardly a sale had keen made since the pre ♦ious post-thy. At Rostock, 67.. per qr. free on board was asked on Monday for fine wheat. Stocks were small there, and the supplies from the growers trifling. At Hamburg great excitement prevailed on Tuesday, and extraordinarily high prices were paid, as well for wheat on the spot as for spring shipment from the outports. Barley was in much request there, and 33.. per qr. free on board bad been paid for new Danish of 53tbs. weight. In the Dutch markets prices of wheat appear to have undergone a further rise, and at Rotterdam, on Monday, an advance of 2s. to 3s. per qr. was established. The acaounts from France are not of so lively a character as of late, still much confidence seems to have been show. by holders of wheat and flour, and both articles were rather dearer at Paris on Wednesday than on that day week. In the Mediterranean prices keep up. At Genoa, on the 24th September, Polish Odessa was quoted 585., and Ber dianski, 60s. per qr. At Leghorn, on the 21st ultimo, 601.2 d. to 61e. 6d. per qr. was quoted for Marianopoli wheat. The advices from the Black Sea ports state that the fear of war, and the consequent decrease in the export demand for wheat, had had considerable influence on prices, holders having, under the circumstances, become very anxious to realise. With this preface, we propose to inquire into the causes of the late rise, to test, if possible, how far it has bees warranted by circumstances. Was the breadth of land sown with wheat last autumn short of that usually cultivated i The best authorities have estimated the deficiency from this cause alone at one-fourth That • much larger quantity of rain fell during the winter, 'piing, and the early part of the summer, this in ordixary yean, is capable of proof. That wet seasons are unfaveurable for the growth of wheat is tao well known to ',quire to be dwelt upon. We had, therefore, it appears, a short breadth, an unfavourable seed time, a cold, wet spring, and the weather subsequently not of a character to remedy the original disadvantages. We are compelled, therefore, to take • lower estimate of the yield of the wheat•crop of Great Britain than we have dons for years past, and feel satisfied that the quantity harvested does not amount to three-fourths of an average. We have arrived at this conclusion after a very careful investigation; we have no fear of having over-estimated the deficiency, but much question whether the actual result may not here after prove to be worse than anticipated. The next question of importance is the position of other countries to afford supplies to meet the greatly increased wants of England. On this subject reliable information is very difficult to be obtained; but, from the steps 'taken by many of the continental governments, it is evident that the crops have not given a good return, and that scarcity is very generally apprehended. We know that the superior wealth of Great Britain will insure her adequate supplies, if a supine of corn exists in any part of the world ; we do not doubt, therefore, that our necessities will be provided for— nay, more, high prices may perhaps draw • larger supply to this country than needed; but, considering that France requires foreign aid quite as urgently as Great Britain, that the harvest hu not been productive in any part of Europe, that the potato has suffered almost everywhere from disease, and that we are threatened with • war in the East, we can scarcely come to the conclusion that the rise in prices of food hu not been warranted by circumstances. Speculation to a certain extent has, no doubt, taken place ; what would be the use of ezperience and foresight, if merchants were to derive no benefit therefrom ? Many, who looked upon higher prices as probable, increased their stocks, and may still be disposed to hold ; but this is not the sort of speculation that ends in a ' • . There hes been nothing like what we witnessed in 1847, when a few indivi duals, whose means were wholly inadequate to enable them to control the gigantic o: , erations they entered into, were the principal holders. The consequence wu that, when a reaction began, everything was forced on to the markets at At Odessa, upon its having become known that the Cur had rejected the Vienna note as modified by the Turkish government, wheat fell 71. to Si. per quarter, war bents looked upon as imminent. At Galata, on the 15th September, business was very dull, owing in a great measure to the obstruction of the Sulina Channel, and the consequent impossibility of vessels getting away with cargoes. The result of the harvest wa s not so favourably spoken of as previously, and it wax the prevailing opinion that the yield of wheat would not exceed an average either in Moldavia or Wallachia. The latest advice. from America inform us that a good deal of business has been done in wheat and flour early in the month, but that the demand had afterwards slackened, and the extreme rates previously paid had not been main tained. The crop of wheat is generally well spoken of, not only in the United States, but also in Canada, and there is reason to expect that America will be enabled to furnish Great Britain with large supplies of breadstuffs. At the same time, we are inclined to think that the public on this side of the Atlantic are disposed to overrate the quantity likely to be derived from that quarter. once, and a crisis followed. The case is now widely different ; prudent men, seeing I the probability of a great rise, provided to meet the same I by increasing their stocks. Some parties, not connected with the trade, have also bought wheat and flour to hold over ; but credit has been cautiously given, and we believe the trade to be in a healthy state. Business at Mark-lane has maintained a very firm tone throughout the weak ; there has, perhaps, not beea quite so much activity as before, but holders have manifesetd more disposition to raise than to lower their pretensions. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into the port of London have been trifling in the extreme, only 790 qrs. having been reported during the week ending this (Saturday) evening. The quantity brought forward by Land.earrisge from the home counties has, meanwhile, been very small ; indeed, beyond a few lots left over from Monday, there was scarcely a sample exhibited on the Essex and Kentish stands either on Wednesday or Friday, The smallness of the quantity, and the want of choice of quality, prevented mach business being done ; but, where sales were made. very full terms were realised. Prices were not generally quoted higher at the clue, than in the beginning of the week, but the turn was certainly against the buyer. The supply of foreign wheat has amounted to only 8,874 qn., and the greater portion of the same arrived in the essely part of the week. The quantity on board ship at this peek sow very moderate, eat holders of greassied pu ede Wear indifferent about realising at present. The Wadi Bello asked have tended to shock basins's, and the weds= have not been so extensive as of late. Needy Imp= have, however, bad to pay very full terms; and I moderately good red wheat could sot sot be enured eithdr ma Wednesday or Friday below Ws to 73e. per qr., whilst Mbar qualities were held at corresponding rates. There have been very few arrivals from the Black Sea off the Nast the last week or two, and for parcels on passage such high rates have been asked as to deter operators; bean, but little has been dons, end we have not heard of a oak for several days past. The Baltic offers have bees mostly withdrawn, ee the lignite raised so as to render business nearly imposible. From the Lower Baltic 70s. per qr., coot and freight, Ms been demanded for fine heavy qualities. The millers have had a tolerably good sale for flour 01 late, notwithstanding the greet rise which has takes plies In prices within the last few weeks. The arrivals of Me article from America have hitherto fallen materially sheet of expectation; this week only 4,131 barrels have beset 14- eeived. Priem of American flour are relatively low as eel pared with quotations if English, sad the article has mit with a fair share of attention since Monday, at rates fully equal to those then current. ffagtOlt barley has come sparingly to hand, and fine malt ing sons have been much sought after. The reports from the principal barley-growing counties in regard to the crop are hardly so favourable as expected ; and, judging from what has hitherto boon brought forward at Mark-lane, we cannot speak favourably of the quality. No further change has .aken place in prices since our last: the rates realised on Friday were fully as high as those current in the be ginning of the week. Foreign barley has been in lively request, more especially the finer kinds of Baltic, and for really fresh heavy quality high prices would have been paid ; but at the moment there is scarcely • sample on the market, hence quotations cannot be given with much accuracy. Malt ►as been held with gnat &anus, at the recently enhanced terms. The arrivals of oats have been exceedingly small, the MUNI supply, including 473 qrs. from abroad, having amounted to only 1,271 qn. The upward movement in prim has continued ; the rates realised on Wednesday were quite Is. per qr. above those previously current, and the advance was well supported oa Friday. Russian oats are now worth 245. to 2.55. per qr., and for the finer kinds of Irish 2ds. per qr. was paid towards the close of the week. Beans and peas have come forward sparingly, and have commanded the extreme rates current in the beginning of the weak. The high terms asked for Indian corn has checked the sale; but good Galata and Odessa afloat could not be se cured below 40s. per qr., eat and freight. FOREIGN. The report' from the northern parts of Europe continue to speak very unfavourably of the result of the harvest in that quarter ; and it may be regarded as certain that there will be less worn to spare for export than in moderately good seasons. Stocks of old wheat are reduced into a very aar row compass at the Upper as well as at the Lower Sallie ports, and the trifling supplies of new which had, up to the demo( the latest accounts, come to hand had proved so in- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1853. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. A lengthy special report of the directors has been received from Canada by the last mail. Alter emphati cally stenying certain rumours im urine divisions to them, the board priec. d to give an elabotate history of their rail way. which they contend had always been treated es form ing a part of that series of main trunk lines which had been projected to pass through the whole length of Canada. They then go on to say :—" Upon the faith of this the directors were enabled to induce English capitalists to embark money in the undertaking, which even then presented great prospects of a remunerative result, although not so great as the existing circernstances now hold out ; and which seemed, by the acts of the Canadian parliament, to be protected against the ado's. lien of a wild and reckless system of competition. The project of en imperial guarantee having failed, it was left to private companies, with the assistance of the provin cial guarantee, to carry out the various sections of the trunk line. Accordingly, the Great Western Railway Company and its friends applied in 18.52 to parliament for authority i to make a railway from Hamilton, their then eastern ter minus, to Toronto, which was granted; the act of parlia ment containing the following words in the 2nd clause, vie.: ' The said railway shall be held to form part of the main trunk line of railway, and the said company shall accord ingly, upon complying with all the provisions of the law in that behalf, be entitled to the benefit of the guarantee of the province, to the extent and in the manner by law pro vided.' The present prime minister of this country had pro. needed to England, after tho passing of the act of 1851, as to a guarantee from the imperial government, and finding that such a scheme could not be carried out, he made some arrangements with a firm cf eminent railway contractors, to construct upon ,certain terms, the portion of the main trunk line from Montreal, through Kingston, to Toronto. In the meantime, however, the governor in council bad, by proclamation, called into existence private companies fur the construction of that part of the line, and the necessary steps to organise the companies had beer taken. It appears that the stock was taken up mainly by Messrs. A. T. Galt, L. H. Holton, and D. L. M'Pherson, who were all three interested in the construction of the line. These gentlemen (Messrs. Holton end Galt especially) strenuously opposed the granting of the present Grand Trunk Act, and not without reason set up their vested rights, called into existence es they had been by the act of the government, under the authority of an act of parlia ment, and expecting as they did to benefit by the construc tion of the line. The proceedings before the railway com mittee are on record, and it appears that despite the °pp°. @Rion of Messrs. Holton and Galt the Grand Trunk bill passed the committee, and was ordered to be reported to the house. The opposition to it was still continued, but at length was suddenly and without the decency of any alleged cause put en end to, to the utter amazement of the country at large, end the names which appear in the Grand Trunk Act include those of Messrs. Galt, Holton, and McPherson, its bitter opponents when before the special committee. In the same session a bill was introduced, the pream ble of which is as follows :—' Au Act to amend the Act incorporating the Toronto and Guelph Railway Com pany.' The Toronto :and Guelph Act had been passed in 18.51, and the new bill was framed for the purpose of amending the provisions of the first act, and removing doubts as to certain bonds which the company had issued. The contractors for constructing the Toronto and Guelph line include Messrs. Galt, Holton, and M•Phenon. Nothing that we could say could express so forcibly as the foregoing facts how the government and the Grand Trunk have outraged the great principle so strongly advocated by Mr. Stephenson, of not sanctioning competing likes, even if they did not make equally plain that the faith of so lemn engagements had been by them altogether disregarded. The history of these extraordinary parliamentary proceed ings is closed by the passing of en act in the first part of the last session, and subsequently emended in the same session, authorising the amalgamation with the grand trunk of any lines which intersect it—thus permitting of amalgama tion with the Toronto end Semi& line, which is virtually to deprive the Great Western of chartered right*, secured by specific act of the tame legislature. So matters rested until April last, the Great Western board feeling assured that the Grand Trunk parties would faith fully and honourably adhere to their promise of not having anything to do with the Guelph and Sarnia line, and feel ing secure in their being a part of the Main Trunk, es no repeatedly end distinctly declared both by parliament end the government. In the month of April, however, the Grand Trunk prospectus was brought forward in England, and the surprise and deep regret of the directors of the Great Western Company may be imagined when they found it to contain the Toronto and Sarnia line, not as a feeder, but as the western section of the Grand Trunk line; and the existence of the Great Western line, the pioneer of railway undertakings in Canada, the legal western part of the main trunk, and the line whose success and prospects had turned the eyes of English capitalists to this country, almost ignored. Nor is the answer of many, that no legislative or other effort can render the Great Western stock other then the beet security and investment io the province, any excuse for such a gross outrage upon this company. The regret of the Great Western board wee much enhanced by finding the direction of the Grand Trunk mainly composed of the members of the very government whew acts from time to time have been here pointed'' oat, as securing to the Great Western as a greet public improvement the privilege conferred upon it by parliament, and in whose faith as well es friendship they had reposed unlimited confidence. It is only due to themselves to state, that the directors of the Greet Western Company took every necessary step to carry out the spirit of the arrangement, concluded by the ' English shareholders, upon the appearance in England of the Grand Trunk prospectus, and that they regret having to report, that when, after some trouble, they obtained en interview with the Grand Trunk board upon the subject, they were informed that the arrangement in question had never been under the consideration of the Grand Trunk direction •, and the tone adopted by the latter practically amounts to an entire repudiation of the whole arrangement. Not only do the Grand Trunk board seek pretexts to break up the London arrangements, made on their behalf by their directors, Messrs. Glyn and Baring, with the assist ance of the president of the company, the Hon. John Ross, attorney-general of the province, who was in England in April (by which arrangement the friends of the Greet Western hoped at least to stop at its then point, the thsestoned injury to this company, as well as the credit d OP province), but they are attempting by every Mans, including a threat to carry traffic from Merle mesas, Uinta gratis, to force this company into an 1111141•MildiS. To so great an extent his t his been tarried, that public meetings have been held at Hamilton end London to protest against any such proceedings. The great efforts which have been made to accomplish the absorption of the Greet Western Railway into the Grand Trunk scheme—efforts which an visible in every net of the latter, ite directors, contraaten , oast arm ia,havit compelled the present appeal to the shareholders of the Great Western line. All that has been attempted in this country by the Grand Trunk party has failed ; the strong assertions and loud threats of the Grand Trunk have failed in shaking the confidence of the Great Western board in the position which they have assumed—the att cajolery of the Canadian shareholders, who know the and the localities, has had no effect, and the voice of the country is universally condemning the proceedings which are beteg resorted to to destroy the independence of this company. Still the efforts continue, and finding that all else has failed, we are now assured on natives** able aatialwity that the Grand Trunk agents have mat to Emend to offer an amalgamation of the two siMin at a emaiderable premium cm the Great Waters AIM This Nip *lbw Grand Trunk has made the MOM* ap peal te Wee dierebeiders Impossible to be avoided. sad is tisejudgment glebe diseeters it is rendered the mere air money en amnia gl the expectations understood to be en tertained by the Grand Trunk party that they will be able to Wham* (if not something worse) some of the leading ' railway** ia England now connected with the Great Weetersot report which is evidently calculated to damage' our awe as essentially, however much we ourselves ma repose that esafidence in our friends in England which their conalatsael and devotion to our cause in times of greater ty ought unquestionably to justify." Appended te the report are a number of maps illustrating the case of the board. They add: "On the whole, the directors must express their strong and decided opinion, founded on extensive local knowledge and many years familiar acquaintance with the tricts and traffic which are an soon to be served by the Great Western, that nothing but amalgamation with the Or ank Trunk line can do us any vital injury. The Great Western line will, it is confidently expected, be in operation from Niagara Falls to Hamilton on the let of November ; it will be extended to London by the beginning of the following month, and by the Ist of January, 1854, will be opened for its entire length. Its prospects are then about to be realised, and the directors cannot believe that the shareholders will be so blind to their own interests as to listen to any suggestion for merging those prospects into a gigantic scheme, for which a spade has hardly been put into the ground west of Montreal. A reference to Map No. 2 will show a system of lateral lines, running from the north and south into the Great Western line. They consist of a short branch to connect Malden (opposite the Southern Michigan line) with the main line—a line diverging at London South to Port Stanley on Lake Erie, and another northwards, through some of the richest townships in Upper Canada, to the point where the Sable empties itself into Lake Huron—a line running south from Woodstock, and pain ing through a fine lumbering country to Port Burwell— Another southern lateral line, leaving the Great Western at its junction with the Galt branch, placing Brantford in direct connexion with Hamilton, and continuing to Simcoe and Port Dover, thus giving to the fine agricultural districts through which it passes communication both to the east and west, and also to the north ; another cross line is from Niagara to Chippewa. the importance of which the board cannot too strongly urge upon the consideration of the pro prietors. All the foregoing lines the directors feel it is the interest and duty of the company to aid the localities in constructing by every means in their power, provided parliament and the government will adopt and carry out the principle upon which they are baud. The adoption of this system would of necessity involve the abandonment of lines of railway which have been agitated merely for the purpose of creating in this country competition, and would necessitate the abandon ment of the connexion between the Grand Trunk and the Toronto and Sarnia lines, which it has been shown is in defiance of the pledges of parliament, the government, and the pArties themselves. This would enable that com pany to turn their line northwards, through the splendid tract of country stretching to the Georgian Bay—it would provide, wtthout the evils of competition, railway com munication with all the prominent points on the western frontier of Canada, viz., the Singes; Qoderich, Sarnia, RESULTS OF THE HARVEST. With the exception of lame - beans, and here and there a very late piece of wheat, the harvest may be con sidered to be concluded ; and from all the accounts we re ceive, the results are as far from satisfactory as was antici pated. Every farmer who has thrashed any wheat is die-' appointed with the yield, even from crops the appearance of which when standing promised well. The sheaves, how ever, were universally light, betokening an indifferent yield. In one instance, on an extensive farm in Essex, the wheat crop of last year yielded an average of five quarters to the acre ; this year, one of the best pieces has been thrashed, and the yield has scarcely amounted to two and a half quarters per acre. Early in the week the price of wheat in Mark-lane rose 41. to ss. per quarter; but subsequently the markets have been more quiet, though still advancing. Some of the best samples sold fur 60;. per quarter and upwards. Other price', too, are tending upwards. Part of this increase of price must be attributed to the threatening aspect of Eastern politics, from which a stoppage of some of our supplies is apprehended. The French buyers have Elio again visited our markets. That we have a short crop of wheat is undoubted, and it is neither useful nor right to deny or conceal it, for the best remedy in cuoh case is as much and as early economy in consumption as is practicable ; but we incline to think that opinion as to the el< ficient yield may have somewhat outrun the reality, for all comparisons are made with the yield of last year's crop, which, though badly harvested, was unquestionably one of the largest ever grown in this coun try. It is stated that large purchases of wheat and dour have been made in New York for shipment to this country as well as to France, and as the American crops are extremely good, it is certain that our present prices will draw large supplies from that quarter. In Canada West, a fertile and rapidly-improving district, the harvest has been bountiful. Many of the Canadian far mers are said, by competent observers, to be decidedly superior to those of the States. Though potatoes are much affected by disease, it seems to be more partial than at one time appeared likely, and such is the case in Ireland, where, as growers say, the crop is iligant," consequently some loss may be sustained without so much injury as was anticipated. At the great Michaelmas cheese fair at Reading, the quantity was little more than half that pitched last year, and ;wrier was kali. The domed ta meet is rather checked by the uncer teletyefmeting pesspests, but live stock and meat of all kinds seshisee le esil estreesely well. Per as °aphelia beam as present year mast prove moss profitable, them& etilleelties will be experienced by those who have mote teed them their means enable them to rzsWhen, however , me eseheetivpiers of land net in ik.? Nothing bent a mesa favourable season gives seek Warn any Amen of Ineetis.—Beavoisiet. THE BURGLAIT LT ILIVOWSLET-HALL. We briefly anarallatd is our kilt that a daring burglary had been committed at an early hoar on Monday morning at Knowsley-hall, the seat of the Earl of Derby. The burglars, it appears, carried off some money and a number of valuable articles from the dressing rooms of the earl and countess. The burglars in the first instance ef fected an entreat* through the window of the cooking house, In which two equates of glass were broken to ad mit of their ingress. Subsequently, oa finding that the door leading to the hall was well secured, they were in duced to retrace their steps, and adopt some other mode of entrance, by which their object—that of gaining scene to some of the principal rooms in the hall— might be accomplished. They then made a second at tempt, and succeeded in entering the ball by • window opening into the corridor leading to Lord and Lady Derby's bed and dressing rooms. The window had been left unfastened. The burglars entered the apartment where the earl and countess were asleep, and passed thence to the dressing rooms, where they took every article of value that came within their reach. From his lordship's dressing-room they stole, out of a dressing case, a large bunch of seals and the silver tops of various toilet articles; • pencil case and some other small but valuable articles were also taken, and a purse, containing six sovereigns, from a table where his lordship had placed it the previous evening. A number of articles of a kind similar to those above enumerated were taken from her ladyship's dressing room. The burglars retired with their booty without making the slightest disturbance, and got clear off. Two massive silver candlesticks, which they took from the dressing-rooms, were left in the lower part of the hall, near where they made their final exit. While the burglars were in the hall they passed • room where not Ins that 16,000 ounces of plate is usually depo sited, under the charge of the butler. His lord ship, on rising the following morning, noticed the bedroom door being open, and called her ladyship's atten tion to it ; she closed the door, and no further notice was taken of the circumstance until the discovery of the rob bery at a later period of the day. There are two watch men, whose duty it is to keep guard at the hall in the night time, and this service has been confined to the mem bers of one family for several generations. It appears that, in consequence of the violence of the gale on Sunday night and Monday morning, these guardians took refuge in an outhouse, where they fell asleep, and were absent from two o'clock to a quarter past fear. It is considered very pro bable that during their absence from duty the burglary was committed. A cheek is kept upon the watchmen by means of what are called peg clocks. These clocks are erected at various stations about the premises, and the watchmen are required to move the pegs at certain intervals during their rounds. As it was ascertained that no pegs had been placed between the hours of 2 and a quarter past 4, an investigation took place, when the watchmen admitted that they were absent at the time previously I stated. They pleaded, as an excuse for their neglect of duty, that the terrific character of the storm had induced them to seek shelter in a neighbouring building, where they accidentally fell asleep. Most of the property stolen coasisted of articles belonging to the late Earl of Derby, and which, independenuy of their intrinsic value, were esteemed as family relics. Immediately on the discovery of the robbery information was forwarded to the police office at Liverpool, and Murphy sod Sullivan, two detec tive officers, were at once despatched to Knowsley. They made a very minute examination of the premises, and afterwards returned to town. The county police were also put in possession of the circumstances; but as yet, we understand, no clue has been obtained to the perpetrators of the burglary.—Liverpool Mercury. Tug POTATO DISEASE.—The &IMO has proved very extensive in many parts of this county. In some grounds, usually productive of large quantities for consump tion, there is scarcely enough of sound potatoes for teed.— Northaeopton Houk. Windsor ' and Malden; and it would afford to the various towns and districts bet•er accommodation thin • series of competing parallel lines, each attempting to vie with and ruin the other. It would have the effect of benefit ing the Grand Trunk, 17 procuring for it the hearty co operattun of this company, in exchangiag with it, at its legitimate teruiiiiat,uie at otonto, its ersper proportion of the great travel which must RAW on to the Great Western line at its western termini, and would save the Grand Trunk the necessity of working an unremunerstive line of 170 miles, and, after all, not getting any of the through travel, if they force us into a state of competition. It would ensure at an early date the doubling of the Great Western line from London to Toronto, a measure which the vast traffic will, under any circumstances, soon render indispensable. All that is wanted to accomplish this is, that the sharehold ers, the men who provide the means to carry these great works into execution, should assert the power which they posse's, regardless of the interested clamours of contractors, who having got very heavy prices for their work, are uatu rally anxious to get as much of it to do as possible." In conclusion the board say that " nothing would give them greater pleasure than to have the English share holders send out two or three of the best and most impar tial men that could be selected, to inquire into the present position and policy of this company, to inform themselves thoroughly as to the facts herein detailed, and to examine into the prospects of this company's fulfilliog the expectations which we now hold ou t. To such a cum:aisle° fairly and impartially selected, the board would be most happy mad ready to afford every possible assistance and in formation. The Great Western has truth and justice on its side, and only needs that truth to b e ana i yse d and inves tigated to place the company in the p os iti on w hi c h it ought to occupy; and the board are satisfied that no other effect can Cellos" the strictest investigation into the Great West ern, its position sad prospects, than to place it mo r e firmly and securely in the public favour." SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday a meeting of some shareholders in this company was held at Morley's Hotel, to consider what steps should be taken in reference to the contemplated extension to Exeter, and the formation of a double line from DJV cheater. fhe meeting was composed out of the members of a committee of shareholders formed in accordance with a suggestion contained ins circular of Mr. Snell's, which de precated the proposed extension. Mr. SNELL having takenthe chair explained the purpose (or which the meeting had been called. The committee which had been formed since the issue of his circular of the 31st of August consisted of eighty-six shareholders. The chairman of the company in reply to that circular taunted him with calling on the shareholders to break the pledge which they had given at the meeting of the 19th of May with respect to the extension of the line. The resolution which had been:then come to was based on the statement which had been laid before them, that the Dorchester and Southamp ton lino returned 31 per cent. Now, that was an incorrect representation, and therefore the resolution, which was baud upon it, ought not to be binding upon the share holders. So far from that line producing a return of 31 per cent., it was a positive loss. Ile was prepared to prove that it did not produce 31 per cent., and he challenged con tradiction to that statement. He objected to the creation of a preference stock at 4 per cent., which would reduce the dividend of the original shareholders 2 per cent. This preference stock might be a very good thing for large capitalists, who had money to lend, but it would not do tor the general body of shareholders. He understood that the directors were prepared to raise money, whether at 2 or 10 per cent., and that they were to meet on Thursday for the purpose of considering the means of raising the money. It would be necessary for them, therefore, to take speedy steps in order to lay the views of the committee before them. He was anxious that a pacific policy should be adopted towards the Great Western Company. Ile had received several letters commenting in severe terms on the conduct of the directors. He, however, would recommend them to adopt a temperate but firm course, and by pursuing such a course, and by union amongst themselves, he had no doubt that they would carry their point. Mr. Swirls said that as it was of importance that they should be accurate in their statements, he wished to know if the statement as to the return of 31 per cent. was for the last year only, or an average for the time the line was opened. The Cwalaitate said his statement was made in reference to the year 1&52. Mr. WRIGHT laid that in calculating the cost of the line, they left out the law charges, the engineering, and other expenses. He then moved a resolution deprecating the contemplated extension in the present state of the money market as mischievous. Mr. H. Rags seconded the resolution, which passed. Mr. SPENCER moved a resolution to the effect that the attempt to press rival lines to the west beyond those of the Great Western, besides reducing the dividend and depre ciating the value of the stock by the creation of preference shares, would lead to hostile measures on the part of the Great Western Company. If they had given a promise or • pledge under false pretences they were not bound by it. He did not think it was for the r interest to proceed with this extension, as he hut good reason fur believing that the Great Western Company were ready to enter into a com promise with them. Mr. WILSON seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. Dnuce proposed the next resolution, calling on the shareholders who Law the evil to warn others of the mis chievous consequences of the avowed policy of the directors. Mr. BANNISTER proposed, and Mr. STAFFORD seconded, a resolution rccemmeading a pacific policy in treating with the Great Western Company ; for the abstinence of all con flicting undertakings and consolidating a board of directors would give effect to inch a policy. The C nut ARAN then moved, and Mr. ROBINSON seconded, a resolution declaring the present committee permanent, and nominating an acting committee, who were to repre sent their views to the South Western directors. The meeting then separated. THE CHOLERA. (Fnin the Board of Hea(tb.) LONDON. A second fatal case of cholera occurred on Friday last in Vauxhall•sguare, Lambeth, an unwholesome and neglected locality. Diarrhoea was present for two or three days before the patient applied for me dical aid. Other inmates of the house have been affected with bowel complaints. A special meeting of the board of guardians of St. Mary, Lambeth, is convened for to-morrow (Tues day). It appears that eleven fatal cases have occurred in Bermondsey, and choleraic diarrhma is repre sented to be extensively prevalent in Stepney. This last affec- den is stated to have prevailed among troops stationed at Portsmouth, which, however, has been checked by prompt treatment. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Cholera ... Diarrhcea . Ovroßia 2. --- Cholera Diarrhcca On Saturday there were also 186 cases of diarrhces reported, eight approaching to cholera. On Sun day there were 127 cases of diarrhcca, 6 approaching to cholera. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhcca in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,392. In the same period (viz., the first 32 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 233. GATESHEAD. Delius. Sept. 30.—Cholera Oct. I.—Cholera Diarrhoea . Oct. 2.—Cholera ... The number of cases of diarrhoea reported during the day has been 212, of which eleven were ap proaching cholera. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Gateshead to the present date has been 385. During the like period (viz., the first twentpsix days) in 1831-32, the deaths amounted to 139. TYNEMOUTH (Wallsend District). DEATHS. Sept. 30.—Cholera DARLINGTON. Sept. 30.—Cholera Oct. 2.—Cholera BOW DEN PANS. Oct. I.—Cholera STOCKTON. Sept. 24 and 29.—Cholera Tynemouth and South Shields, which include many populous townships, collieries, and large manu factories, &c., were visited last week by Mr. Grainger. It appears that in all these districts a large amount of diarrhcoa was very generally prevalent, in some instances to an enormous extent, putting on the true choleraic character—rice water discharges, cramps, and extreme physical depression. TILE EMPRESS OP TOE FRERCII.—The Scotsman commenting on the imperial visit to Boulogne, says The Empress seems to have come in for a large share of the ad miration and acclamations, praises of her beauty and amiability tbeing in the mouths of ad, both French and English, who have had toe hotrour of a smilo from her perial Highness What a curious example it is of the whim sical turas of the " whirlizist of time," that a Spanish lady, who has mints and cousins in Kirkcudbrights h ire , sh o u ld have stood on Monday last, as the wife of a French Em peror, surveying the cliffs of England from the foot of the column erected by the great Napoleon to commemorate his happily only' intended' conquest of Britain:" SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S—NIoNDAY. The room was num. rous:y attended, hut although the subjeioed list preterits a good!j array of figures, bathos§ was remarkably dull, and the taansactions, eri.e;t tc two ur three instences, were only on a small stare. TUB CESARZWITCII.—The hostile demonsri,tion which tome parties Lad made against King Pepin since the clue of the Fiist October Meeting was no longer maintained. The current offer throughout the afternoon sets 'Mr 6 ter 1, and at half a point more a few investments we re b , uktd. 7 to ' 1 would have been taken freely. Indian Warriur was in con siderable demand, and was backed tor a good ?eel of money at 15 and :4 to 1. Next in request were 'lnc Nabob end Torment, the former at 12, 13, and 14 t..) 1 ; tae Latter at 10 to 1. 700 to 50, and 350 to 2.3 were the list !hst were booked about Nabob. Nancy receded to 25 to 1 offered—a movement which is, perhaps, to be attributed to an impres sion that she will run fur the Chester Handicap on Wed nesday. In all probability, however, ler pl,ce will be amongst the non-starters. Songstress was "looking up "at 20 to I, and Mr. Sykes at 25 to 1. 22 and 23 in 1 in ponies were taken about Nutpecker, and 1090 to 30 about Nutshill. lly the way, a catalogue, just issued from" The Corner," announces that these two buries, tog..ther with several others belonging to Lord Exeter, are to be -ul2 by suntans un the Wednesday in the Houghton M. etiug. CAMBItIDGVBIIIRE Steins.-23 and 25 to 1 taken 'bind Balrowuie, 625 to 23 about Mistletoe, and 1,099 to 30abent Coustant;ne. _ _ _ Dantii.-350 to 50 taken about Autocrat, 1000 to 1.. twice about King Tom, 700 to 200 about the two; 1. I to 45 about Acrobat ; 62.1 to 25 about Marl•y Mil, and 975 to 25 about Bemis ; lOW to 30 was talon twice, and 900 to 30 , mee about Mr. Knowles's lot, bar 31.041.55. The prices at the close were as ((anon& : CHESTER HANDICAP STAKES 5 to 2 agst Baroa Rothschild's Hungetford (t) CESAREWITCH. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's King Pepin (13 to 2 t) 14 to 1 Mr. Morris's Indian Wotrior (t) 14 to 1 Mr. Drinkald's Nabob (!) 16 to 1 Mr. Grerille's Torment (t) 18 to 1 Mr. l'arker's Joe Miller (t) 20 to 1 Mr. John Scott's Songstress (t) 20 to 1 Mr. J. Brown's Nancy (off) 20 to 1 Mr.Megson's Weathergage (t) 22 to 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Teddiagton (t) 25 to 1 Mr. Barber's Goinkah (t) 25 to 1 Lord Exeter's Nutpeeker (.) 25 to 1 Mr. E. It. Clark's Mr. Sykes (t) 33 to 1 Lord Ezeter's Nutshell (t) 40 to 1 Mr. Duff's Oliuder (t) CLEARWELL STAKES. 3 to 1 apt Mr. Knowles's Mursyst (!) to 1 Lord Exeter's Delia (t) 5 to 1 Duke of Bedford's Hesse (;) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKI - •:. 25 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Balrownie (•) 25 to 1 Mr. Pedley's Mistletoe (t) 33 to 1 Lurd Clitden's Constantine 0) DERBY. 7to 1 apt Mr. It. E. Cooper's Autocrat (t) 10 to 1 Baron Rothschild's King Tow it) 1000 to .15 Lord Derby's Acrobat (t and t th.rati) tc.s to 1 Mr. Bowes's Marley 11.11 (•) 3.5 to 1 Mr. Oreeille's Bessus (') 700 to 200 Autocrat and King Torn (coupled) 30 and 33 to 1 agat Mr. Knowles's lot, her Mmiya- (t) lIEItEFOItD CITY PLATE.—MT. Davies, the owner of Minerva, receive:4 the stakes and forfeits. The 30/. public money is withheld. WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. —*— The session of 1833-4 commenced yes' erday, when the intioductery lecture was delivered at 1.. e hospital by Mr. Guthrie, who stated, in the course of his oh servations,—ln the SC6lliOll 1830.51, 1,044 students were re gistered at the College of Surgeons as studying ih London ; 370 obtained the diploma in that year. In 1851-52, 1,141 registered; 404 received the diploma. In the last year, 18,52.53, 1,103 were registered ; 476 obtained the diploma— ' which number of diplomas granted M each year includes gentlemen who studied out bi London—so that, as t:,c pre ceding three years were nearly alike, it appears that, of all the students educating in the different schools recognised by the College, very many go forth to the world at large without a certificate of competency in the profession of sur gery, of which they take the title, and thus impose upon;the public, for it may not for a moment be understood that all these gentlemen would not obtain such certitic rte of compe -1 tatty, or diploma, if they had the information required to give in exchange for it. This is a lamentable state of ;hinge, demanding the attention of the legislature, for although 1 have no desire to interfere with the liberty of the subject, nor of preventing any persons from employing whomsoever they please to cure or kill them, I would gettainly pre vent any and every person from taking a medical designa tion who was not entitled to it; nor would I permit any man to hold any public office who was not duly qualified, nor any one not qualified to obtain remuneration in a court of law for his services, nor have any indulgence or :Limn nities whatsoever granted him. I would allow no uiqua lifted persons to offer to kill or core for lucre without an annual licence, describing them as irregular unqualified practitioners. No man may try to kill a partridge .n this country without a licence, why should he be allowed te kill a man any more than a bird ? The greater the civili sation of the country, the greeter must be the despotism of the law, is a maxim I maintain all should quietly submit to for the public good. Until this last year, 1852-3, there were no authorised examinations to test the qualification of surgeons or apothecaries in midwifery, and horrible dis asters were and are continually recurring, from the igno rance of unqualified persons who practice in it. The College of Surgeons have instituted ouch examinatiocs, and grant a certificate of qualification, which has been obtained by 93 gentlemen, all members of the college. It is to be hoped the legislature will insist upon every man who shall com mence practice after this year having a certificate of qualifi cation. I contend more for this than for the practice of surgery. Mr. Guthrie they went oa to speak of the neces sity of delivering lectures annually at the various hospitals and after rime general observations upon the vast import ance of a proper organisation of medical schools, both as regarded the pupils and the teachers, he concluded by saying, I am desirous to relieve your minds from some false im pressions which are generally promulgated, with regard to the Court of Examiners of the College of Surgeons. The members divide into four parts, or tables, two of which ex amine in anatomy, two in surgery, and each table reports that the student is good, bad, or indifferent. if on the ag gregate of the four there is one indifferent, it is considered as nothing. Two indifferents causes the person to undergo a written examination on the subsequent week ; one bad does the same ; but it requires the feu , tables to report against a man to cause his immediate rejection. The pre sident, at the written examination, gives the questions, and three hours are allowed for answering them, more :it de sired; they are then read, and the decision is that of the whole court. It is obvious that no one examiner can then reject an individual, as students are very apt to suppose ; and they may be assured a rejection is always a matter of regret to the examiners, which they would willingly avoid, if consistent with their duty. JENNINGS v. THE SCREW SHIP COMPANY. On Saturday a ease of great importance to the shipping interest of England came before Mr. Itylaud, who presides at the Sheriff's County Court, Guildhall. The case is, per se, a simple one; but a great principle with respect to the construction of an act of parliament is involved. We may premise that by what was considered the custom of the trade, engineers and firemen on board steam-vessels going foreign voyages are entitled to a percentage or cummussion on &limas shipped at foreign stations in the course of the voyage. To this charge, which amounts to and is claimed at Is. per ton upon all coals shipped during the voyage, whe ther put on board by the labours of the engineers and fire men, by the crew of the vessel, or by any other persons, great objections were made by the great steam companies, who considered that all they ought to pay was the wages that were agreed upon, and in order to test this question, it was resolved by the men that one of their own members should bring an action. An action was accord ingly brought by a man of the name of George Jennings, a fireman on board the Mauritius steamer, which belongs to the General Screw Ship Company. It appears that this Teasel sailed from Southampton under the command of Ben jamin James Elder, and was bound for Calcutta, and that during the voyage she took in coals at St. Vincent, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, and on her homeward voyage took in coals at Colon, the Mauritius ' Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and St. Vincent. By the plaintiff, as representative of the engineers and firemen, it was contended that on every ton of coals taken in at foreign stations they were entitled to Is. per ton. Tho number of tons taken during the outward and homeward voyage was 4,575, the amount on which. at Is. per ton, would be 2281. 155., of which sum 33/. is. had been paid to the seamen, and the remaining sum of 1951. Ils. was claimed by the engineers and firemen. Mr. Smith, attorney for the plaintiff; stated that the plain tiff claimed 101. Is. as his share, with 19 others, of the sum of 1951. Ils. According to the newel arrangements of the trade, the engineers and firemen were entitled to Is. on coals shipped et foreign ports, whether they had assisted in getting the teals into the ship or not. Mr. Sleigh contended, on the other side, that the plaintiff should be noosuited. The claim was not tenable, because a release of ail claims due to the plaintiff had been given by himself. He was engaged at 41. a month, with a special reservation that it case of his giving a release he should be bound to abide by it. Upon returning to Southampton he gave that release, and he contended that the release being in conformity with the 93th section of the act of parlia ment, the plaintiff had no further claim against the cora- Pan A fter a great deal of discussion, the Judge (Mr. Ryland) decided that the act of parliament left him uo discretion, and the su.nmons must be dismissed. By this decision, a question affecting several thousands a year has for the present bees set at rest. IRI9II BANIMUPTB.—John Paul, of Duncan-street, city of Cork, groca and accountant, dealer anti chapman, to surrender oz 'fuesday, Oct. 11, and on Friday. Nov. 11. I Andrew Clew:Ming, of Rosemary-street, Belfast, county Antrim, haberdasher, dealer and chapman, to surrender on Tuesday, Oct. 11, and on Friday, Nov. 11. Michael Daly, of Sunday's•well. city of Cork, timber merchant, dealer and autumn°, to surrender on Tuesday, Oct. 11, and on Friday, Nov. 11. 1 (