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T HE CO RNHILL MAGAZINE. No. 4 (for APRIL, 1860), Will be published on WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst. CONTENTS. 1. Lovel, the Widower (with an Illustration). Chapter IV. A Black Sheep. 2. Colour Blindness. 8. Spring. By Thomas Hood. 4. Inside Canton. 5: William Hogarth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher, Essays on,the Man, the Work, and the Time. 111. A Long Ladder, and Hard to Climb. 6. Studies in Animal Life— . Chapter IV.—An extinct animal recognised by its tooth ; how came this to be possible ? -The task of classification - Artificial and natural methods—Lin limits and his baptism of the animal kingdom ; his scheme of classification—What is there underlying all true classifications ?—The chief groups—What is a species ?—Re-statement of the question respecting the .fixity or variability of species—The two hypotheses —lllustration drawn from the Romance languages — Caution to disputants. 7. Strangers Yet I By R. Monckton Mines. 8. Framley Parsonage (with an Illustration). • Chapter X.—Lucy Robarts. „ Xl.—Griselda Grantly. • , xll.—The Little Bill. •. Ideal Houses. 10. Dante. 11. The Last Sketch—Emma (a fragment of a story by the late Charlotte Bronte). 12. Under Chloroform. 13. The How and Why of Long Shots and Straight Shots. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, THIS EVENING, Henry Leslie's Operetta Romance of DICK TURPIN. Messrs. St. Albyn and G. Honey ; Misses Thirlwall and Cruise. After which, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.W. Har rison, Santley, Corti, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne, Pilling, and P. Cruise, Condaotor, Alfred Mellon. Doers open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Bucketone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Bighth Week of the eminently succesful Drama, " A Tale of Two Cities," and Last Week but One of the present season —Thirteenth Night of Mrs. Keeley's Engagement. THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, entitled THE ABBE VAUDREUIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste • Louis XV., Mt_ IL Butler; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. Villiers. Followed by LUCKY STARS. Barbara Bristles (her origi nal character), Mrs. Keeley; John Bristles, Mr. J. Rouse. Concluding with the new Drama of A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by :ii* . James Vining, Walter Lacy Viliacia, uvuec. r orrester, J. Johnstone, rt. ppm. Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks • Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. Commence at 7. ROYAL P R INCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with the favourite comedy tt LONDON ASSURANCE. And TWICE KILLED. Conclumuz with GOOD FOR NOTHING. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and It.nager, Mr. Ben). Webster. THIS EVENING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. Messrs. A. Wigan, Tools, Selby, BilWigton ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Chat terly. After which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Mr. A.Wigan, Mr. Toole, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Laidlaw. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Mies Latdlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours•of the night. THIS BIrENING the performances will commence with LIVING TOO FAST. - Trellowed by BLACK-EYED SUSAN. After which the successful bu-lesque of DIDO. Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, and Mr Charles Young. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, tIICREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). CONCERTS.- Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghin ans. Comb, Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and eantifted, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARcH 22, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.80. WIND, North-Westerly; fresh, and squally, with cloudy weather, inclining to rain. It was very stormy in the Channel yesterday—the equinoctial gales. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS ULT.—Morning, 2h. 7m.—Afternoon, 2h. 20m To-moitßow.-Morning, 2h. 33m.—Afternoon, 2h. 47m -;,:t , • 1 / 4 s , N 44 - e . 4 ,4 lel. ; - /- - 4a ' _ A . "!:_?•5`.,: - _,,: 1 ,-- , t, ~,t tiii i i' ;' ' '''',4. ?1 - 1 , t:: : t • ,,,,/ ---*c '. - .....t t _ , l ' . .no \--- rr „ ---' ' l--.- ,-- -:.• „... .:. 4 t . ,011 1 ,, f te 41. • c ' '' nfiE t 4rl.' ) ~‘, , THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1860. ----~- We insert in another part of The Sun a report of a meeting of paper manufacturers, held yester day at the King's Arms, New Palace-yard. It was indeed a most influential meeting, composed of the principal paper manufacturers of this country. The public will recollect that from the first we denounced the treaty of commerce as being exceed ingly partial in most of its items, but positively destructive in many others. It was a treaty all for the benefit of France, and chiefly all for the detriment of England. The frank and unsuspect ing generosity of Mr. COBDEN was met by the cunning politeness of the best-mannered men in creation. England gave or conceded all—France conceded nothing, but affected to give much. The prohibition on certain articles was rescinded, but heavy countervailing duties were substituted to the tune of 30 per cent. and upwards. Nor was this all, our iron and coal were allowed to go into France free of any charge, while their silks and other articles were admitted into this country free. This was all reciprocity on one side with a will, and on the other with a ven geance ! Then, as to the question of rags ;—much credit was taken the other evening in the House of Commons, on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S announcing that the Emperor NAPOLEON had taken off the prohibition against the exportation of rags, but not one word about the duty of 100 per cent. being substituted on the exportation of common, and some 50 or GO per cent. being laid on that of fine rags. The purpose was to raise a cheer in favour of Imperial liberality—and then to make us pay for our whistle. It was a clever dodge. Now the manoeuvre was a complete piece of thimble-rig ging, for the supposed free exportation of rags was to be at the price of nearly three half= pence on the pound of rags, or ten pounds per ton ! And this was the boasted boon to our paper manufacturers in lieu of our taking of the penny per pound on the importation of French paper! Never was there a grosser illustration of how to hoodwink your neighbour. At the meetinc, yesterdayV WRIGLEY put the whole question in a clear and comprehensive light ; as he did in his excellent letter which we inserted the other day, and another yesterday. Mr. WRIG -I,EY is one of the largest manufacturers, if not the largest, and he is as liberal as intelligent. Be was a thorough free-trader, be said, but he meant free trade based upon jast fit,incipies. He had n o o bj ect i on to free trade in paper upon the same principles as were applied to other trades, but, as there was no rule without exception, so he thought the paper trade was peculiar. There was no similarity or ana logy between the raw material of paper and the raw material of any other manufacture. In the case of AU other articles of manufacture and consumption the producer of the raw material had a motive for extending its produetion, and as long as the manu facturer was willing to pay a price bringing a profit he might calculate upon an almost illimitable supply of raw material. But the ordinary rules of demand and supply did not apply to the raw material of paper, as the home supply could not be greatly increased. There was a very great distinction between the raw material of paper and all other articles. Mr. WRIGLEY said he was willing to meet the competition of the world, but let him have all the markets of the world open to him for his supply of raw material, as the cotton manufacturer, the silk manufacturer, and all others had. Unless that was done the result would be utter destruction to all small factories, and what trade remained in this country would be centred in the few large esta blishments like his own, which would be content with a fractional profit on their production. What was there to prevent this country being supplied with paper from the Continent ? Would any one say that the manufacturers of this country could make paper any cheaper after the duty was removed than they did now ? He knew of nothing that would ena ble him to make paper at 1-16th part of a penny less per pound than it cost him at pre sent. It was pardonable for men who, like the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were ignorant of the practical business of paper making, to talk of new fabrics being accessible, but no one had ever yet suggested anything at all to be compared to rags as a material for paper making. Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS fully corroborated this statement for with regard to other substances as " substitutes for rags, he could only say that he was once persuaded to try an article that could be procured for nothing—at only the ex pense of carting—but after a fortnight's trial he found that 100 lb. of material only produced 281 b. of paper, and that at a cost of ls. 6d. per lb. The truth of this was confirmed by the cheers and laughter of the meeting. Nor was this all; —since the free exportation of coal was allowed the price of the article had risen at home, and the foreigner, who got the raw material at a less price and paid lower wages, was working double tides against us, thus making all the profit, and beating us with our own weapons. So much for one-sided free trade ! Surely the House of Commons will not ruin the paper manufacturer at home for the benefit of rivals abroad, who feel no sympathy for us, but inasmuch as they can get all and give nothing. We rejoice to find that the House of Commons has so nobly responded to the appeal of humanity, having carried the second reading of Mr. CROOK'S bill by the triumphant majority of 187 ! After such a decided success the friends of the cause have little reason to doubt that it will pass through the succeeding stages, and become part of the law of the land. The debate last night must have con vinced all unprejudiced members that the argu ments of the opponents of the bill could be satisfac torily answered, while the appeal to humanity and jistice was incontrovertible. The only speech which strongly opposed the principle of the bill was that of Mr. TURNER, the member for Man chester, who moved as an amendment that it should be read that day six months. He contended that the case was different from that of the cotton mills, as in them the machinery could at any momeat be stopped, and the operations resumed next day ; whereas in the bleaching works critical chemical operations had to be performed, the favourable re sult of which depended on a certain amount of time being occupied in them. This assertion was contradicted by Mr. COBBETT, on the evidence of a manager. But, even supposing it to be the case, it affords no plea for the cruel extension of the hours of labour, as relays of workpeople could be obtained, allowing each their fair share of rest. Mr. TURNER brought forward the old arguments as to the evil effects of legislative interference between employer and employed, and declared that if the select com mittee, to whom the question had been referred in 1858, reported against legislation on the subject, it was equally unnecessary at the present time. He threatened the House with the disastrous and ruinous effect which the Bill would have upon trade, and concluded by moving the amendment, which, if carried, would have condemned the sufferers to another year's delay. The speech of Mr. ROEBUCK was in every respect admirable. It was clear and forcible in its reason ing, undeniable in its evidence, fervent and moving in its appeal to the hearts of the members. The calculating and heartless logic of the hon. mem- ber for Manchester was completely disposed of, and the effect upon the House was most convincing. The hon. member for Sheffield, in commencing his speech, referred to the introduction of the Ten Hours' Bill by Lord ASHLEY, and to his own con duct at that time, when he had opposed it as a political economist, although drawing a distinction between the labour of men, and that of women and children. He was mainly influenced in that oppo sition by the statements of the Yorkshire and Lan cashire manufacturers, who asserted that the last half hour was their profit, and that their trade would be ruined by the proposed innovation. The Bill had been carried, and what was the result ? Who could say that the manufacturers of England had suffered ? The same evils are prophesied notv, but the threats have fortunately lost their effect. We fully agree with the hon. member when he said it Were better that the manufacturers should suffer than that the present system should be main tained. With regard to the analogy between the factories and the bleach works, he said justly, t h at if there was analogy in the suffering,it was su ffi c i en t to ca ll f or the same interference and p rotection. Mr. ROEBUCK erference then made a most forcible appeal t o th e sympat hi es of the House. He read evidence given by persons employed in this trade , showing th a t t h ey worked sometimes twenty - four hours in succe ss i on . li e reminded the hon. members that they often com plained of the long hours of that House. They came to the House at four o'clock, and went to dinner at seven, and if after that they were kept till two o'clock in the morning they said they had had a terrible night's work. What then, said he, must be the feelings of a poor child of 12 or 13, not going home to a comfortable repast, not resting on soft cushions, but standing through the long hours of the night, and, at best, resting her poor aching limbs on a wooden bench. He addressed them as fathers, and begged them to reflect how they would feel if their own children were in such a position, and concluded his excellent speech by the following forcible appeal:— " For God's sake, then, I say, don't let us listen to the hon. gentleman I don't want to weary the house, but I appeal to you as men, I appeal to you as fathers, I appeal to you as brothers, and I ask you for God's sake not to be participants in this horrible cruelty. The hon. member nays he is sure you will not go into committee on this bill. I, on the contrary, feel ca.tain that if I know anything of my countrymen we shall go into committee ; that the mea sure will be carried by a triumphant majority, and that we shall not lay our heads upon our pillows to-night, saying, We have deserted those whom God has placed under our charge—the weak, the helpless, the distressed; we think only of ourselves, of the wealthy, and of the great.' The weak and the miserable appeal to you now for compassion awl for aid, and I, their humble advocate, also appeal to you in perfect confidence that you will listen to their prayer and will pass this measure for their relief." Mr. ROEBUCK'S powerful and impressive ad dress was followed by a speech from Mr. COBBETT, the member for Oldham, and his explana tions relative to the select committee took away the last stronghold of the opposition. A com mission had, he said, been issued, and they re ported in favour of a bill. Subsequently a com mittee was appointed, but, in consequence of him self and several other members being prevented from attending it, it fell into the hands of the opponents of the measure. " The committee, in fact, resolved themselves into a bleachers' and manufacturers' committee." He was requested to draw up a report, but the committee refused to adopt it, and substituted one drawn up by the honourable member for Manchester and Mr. KIRK. Thisstatement is a sufficient explanation of the proceedings of th e committee, although, as Lord J. MANNERS ob served, since the manufacturers had not even adopted the suggestions made by the report, its members are absolved from its decisions. Mr. COBBETT stated that he had written to Scotland for information, and the answer is so strong an argument in behalf of the measure that we place it prominently before the public. "He had received a reply that morning, containing a note of the time of females and young persons, for the fortnight ending the 17th March, 1860, at the works of JOHN SANDIEMAN, Esq., in the dyeing department :—Monday, the sth of March, 171 hours ; Tuesday, the 6th, 151 hours ; Wednesday, the 7th, 157 hours; Thursday, the Bth, 151 hours ; Friday, the 9th, 15 hours; and Saturday, the 10th, 7 hours. The next week the hours of work were as follow :—Monday, the 12th, 171 hours ; Tues day, the 13th, 151 hours ; Wednesday, the 14th, 13 hours ; Thursday, the 15th, 151 hours ; Friday, the 16th, 151 hours ; and Saturday, the 17th, 71 hours." These terrible hours of labour are thus even now being exacted from women and children. This very week, while the discussion is pending, the sun is rising and set ting over the feeble frames wearily carrying on their exhausting toil. The hon. member for Old ham said that it had been objected that the worst times of the year were taken as samples, and that the average of the twelve month's labour should be given. But he asked, " Who would work his horse 20 hours a-day and then let him rest a day, then work him 20 hours a-day for two or three days. The horse would die of exhaustion, and it would be no answer to say that he had only worked an average of 11 or 12 hours." Surely, then, the manu facturers can hardly claim from human beings what the owners of cattle would refuse to subject them to. We , feel confident that the Bill will pass triumph antly through committee, and the good work so nobly begun last night by the members of the Legislature will be carried to a conclusion which shall obtain for them the blessings of the suffering and helpless, and the warm approval of the British public. Already the evidence given by witness after witness before the Select Committee upon the Serpentine may be pronounced overwhelming and conclusive. Day by day the facts have been ac cumulating rapidly• in one scale alone—until "the other" has fairly kicked the beam. As the cele brated Mr. SQUEERS said, when in " durance vile" —pronouncing his opinions orthographically as became a schoolmaster—" It is a double 1 AWL, substantive a cobbler's weapon, everything ; u p UP"—with (in the present instance) this absurd scheme of filtration. The Committee can only in reason report against the plan of filtration as, at once, irrational, ineffectual, expensive, and never ending ! The imaginary picture but just now drawn with a master-hand by one of the many clever contributors to DICKENS'S .411 the Year Round—the revoltingly truthful picture drawn thus in pen-and-ink is only too real—it is only, like a certain impertinent conun drum in regard to a certain article in a lady's toilet, " fiction founded upon fact." It is worth repeating here, this little sketch of the Serpentine. Speaking of which charming " Familiar" to every fashionable Londoner, says the writer in Mr. DICKENS'S weekly opuscule :—" Let us fancy our friend without his gay outside, let us imagine his smooth exterior—there is a little scum upon it— removed, and the real depths of his character re vealed, would it not be an astonishing disclosure ? What should we see if the water in the Serpentine could suddenly be drawn off, leaving what lies be neath it now exposed to view ? We should see, first of all, a great black ravine of unequal depth, stretching its pestilent width before us. I fancy that its level would be pretty even, because the holes are so filled up with mud that, except by a slight depression over them, we should hardly know where they were. Into this ooze of filthiness wo should throw the first stone that came to hand, and should watch it as it sank into the fat slime and disappeared from view. There is a long course before it, ere it gets to the bottom. It will travel slowly through .that dense medium, and haply may meet with a bone or two before it has done sinking. And it is beside this black valley, it is on the edge of this abyss of pollution that we are to spend the hot summer afternoons, using the margin of this cesspool for our promenade and daily lounge. It is over this pit that the wherries float with stench at the prow and sewage at the helm. It is to this place that our ladies come from their per fumed bedchambers to take the air." Faugh ! and this is the filthy reservoir of nastiness that we have actually begun to dabble and mess in, and filter and agitate, at a cost of £17,000 to begin with —until fortunately the nasty process was interrupted by the appointment of the Select Committee, now vigorously carrying on its operations under the Chairmanship of the Right Hon. WILLIAM Cow- PER, her MAJESTY'S Chief Commissioner of Public Works. The occupancy of that chair by Mr. COWPER is an auspicious commencement of the right hon. gentleman's administrative career as the conservator of our Parks and Palaces. It, is an incident that promises well for his iEdileship. And if these good promises be but fulfilled, no one will rejoice more heartily than ourselves at this t he particular First ?Ministerial Le rd of the Treasury. The C o f the of the Commissioner, in point of fact, has an opportunity afforded him, at the very outset of his labours at the head of the Bo ar d of Works—an enviable op portunityf f occupied threeort hy or rf four b e being e t a h r the back by r Sir ot BENJAMIN show ingtpostiie himself HALL, now Lord LL NOVER. Indeed it is agreeably apparent even now that Afr. CowrEß has no reluctance whatever to take a leaf out of the book of Lord LLANOVER. Insomuch i s this obvious that we have every reason to hope that before we have done with the matter in hand w e shall have it recommended to the House of Commons by the Select Committee of Inquiry, that the same plan which has been carried out so suc cessfully in St. James's Park shall be applied to the larger and fouler sheet of water (river, pool, call it what you will) separating Hyde Park from Kensington Gardens at one part, and extending along the south side of Hyde Park at the other, between Rotten-rOw and the Ring—in other words, THE SIM, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1860, and " not to put too fine a print upon it?' the rf y, sickening, picturesque, but pestilential Serpentine. Several portions of the evidence recently given before the committee of inquiry, by witnesses emi nently qualified to pronounce an opinion upon the matter, such men, for example, as Mr. PAGE and Mr. FOWLER, the civil engineers, may be pro nounced in Yankee phraseology as positively " cautionary." Nothing could be more temperate, at the same time that nothing could well be more crushingly conclusive. Take merely a portion of Mr. FOWLER'S evidence. Having said—" With regard to the plans which have been suggested for supplying the Serpentine with water, I should prefer a supply of fresh water to the process of filtration recommended by Mr. HAWKSLEY," Mr. FOWLER remarked, in answer to Lord FERI(OY, " I do not think that the filtration of 60,000,.000 gallons of water, at the rate of 2,000,000 per diem, would secure the filtration of the whole body of w ater every thirty days. I do not think you could wholly change the water in less than six or twelve months. Mr. HAWKESLEY'S plan is a very good one under certain circumstances, but I am satisfied that be would prefer to have a clean bottom to begin with." Or again, " I must say I do not think that the lake can be kept in a satis factory state unless a constant supply of fresh water is passed through it. The present supply of fresh water is evidently insufficient, or the lake would never have got into the state in which it now is. I do not, think the whole of the mud could be thoroughly dried in a month, but it might be drained, and the crust sufficiently dried to enable a gravel bottom to be formed above it." Mr. PAGE'S evidence may be summed up in that pithy reply of his to an inquiry from Captain ARcaDALE—" I believe that without a fresh supply of welt er you can never make a good job of the Ser pentix le, and if you do provide a fresh supply anda ' clear 'bottom any process of filtration will be ren dered useless." The t, really and truly, says everything that need be said upon the subject. Having quoted these words of Mr. PAGE verbatim, we may here content ourselves for the moment with saying, like the laconic - M.P. told of in the Parliamentary " Joe Miller ~" "Ditto to Mr. BURKE ;" we may say now simply, " Ditto, ditto to Mr. PAGE !" Provide a fresh. supply and a clear bottom to the Serpentine, and you will make a good job of it, and render use less .o,ny process of filtration. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. Ms! Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer EUX. - 2 ie, Captain Babot, with the above mails, has arri-wd. Her dates are Lisbon, 17th ; Vigo, 18th ; and Oporto, 18th. She brings 16 passengers, 34 packLges specie, also 687 half chests oranges, 332 packe , ges sundries, and 559 boxes eggs. At Lisbon were her Majesty's ships Royal Al bert, Edgar, Abouki, Queen, Donegal, Mars, Al giers, her Majesty's frigate Melpensone, and two Dutch frigates. The Minister of Marine, Mauricio Ferri, when spea,lking on the loss of the brig of war Mondego, in the Chambers, was attacked with a paralytic stroke, and died on the 14th inst. He was buried with all the honours attending a Minister of the Crown at sunset on the 15th. The Mondogo was lost in the Indian Ocean. She sailed from Singapore on the 20th December, and foundered on the 22d January, with 144 hands on leard. 66 were saved on beard the American ship Uriel, which took them to the Mauritius. The Milford Haven steamer Brazil, from Rio, when 50 miles north of Cape St. Vincent, was ob liged to make for Lagos Bay on the 14th, having sustained damage to her machinery, and want of fueL She has 80 passengers. Left Rio on the sth February. The steamer Athognia was sent on the 15th to render assistance. Continued disorders are taking place on 'the landing of the British troops, who are annoyed by the fruit vendors and others, resulting in their being robbed of all their money, and left in a shame ful state of drunkenness and nudity. Lisbon exchange quoted-30 days, 531; 60 days, 531 ; 90 days, 531; Rentes, Three per Cent., 47 to 471 ; Coupons, 46 to 44. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 21. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw-steamer Edinburgh, Capt. Ken nedy, from New York on the 10th inst., has arrived. The steamer Nova Scotia, from Liverpool to Port land, put into St. John's on the Bth inst. short of coals. The ship De Witt Clinton, from Liverpool to New York, was ashore, broadside on, at South Squaw Inlet. The passengers were landed safely. The Alfred Thomas, steam-boat, blew up at Easton, killing 10 passengers. The Indians were commit ting horrible outrages on the Mexicans. The people of Chihuahua had invited General Housto■ into their territory as the only means by which order could be restored. The goods saved from the Hungarian were to be sold by auction on the 14th, and the wreck on the 23d, inst. for salvage. NEW YORK, March 9, 6 p.m.—Money easy. Ex change flat. Stocks buoyant, at a further advance. Cotton active, but prices unchanged ; sales 3,000 bales. Flour firns, and some descriptions have ad vanced sc. to 10c, Export during the week to Great Britain, 1,100 barrels. Pork less active, at lower quotatiods. Beef and bacon firm. Coffee and sugar steady: Freights for cotton to Liverpool 9-32; to Bremen, 15-16 c. ; to Havre unchanged. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22. The screw steamer Edinburgh, which touched at Queenstown yesterday, has arrived here. The Canadian Parliament voted 8,000 dollars per voyage to Canadian mail steamers, and 10,000 dollars a year for telegraph to Belleisle. COUR7' CIRCULAR. Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Durham Artillery Militia (com manding Depot Battalion at Parkhurst), Major Cowell, and Major Elphinstone had the honour of dining with the Queen at Osborne on Tuesday. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,. ace(ppanied by the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince Le . opold; the . 'Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, left Osborne at a quarter past ten o'clock yesterday morning, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Iloratia Stopford, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel the Hon. A liar dinge, the Master of the Household, Major Cowell, R.E., and Major Elphinstone, R.E., embarked at Osborne-pier on the Fairy, Royal steam yacht, crossed to Portsmouth Dock yard and left by a special train on the Direct Portsmouth Railway. The Royal party proceeded from the private station at Vauxhall, of the South •Western Railway, in several of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detach ment of Light Dragoons, to Buckingham Palace, where the Queen and Prince arrived at 25 minutes before 3 o'cl ock, and were received by Visount Sydney, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord Cremorne, Lord Waterpark, and Colonel Francis Seymour, C.B. The Queen held a Court in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Vice-Admiral Van Dockum had an audience, and delivered to her Majesty his letters of recal as the Danish Minister at the British Court. M. LOUIS BLANC'S FORTHCOMING LECTURE.-" This distinguished exile, late member of the Provisional Government of France, will deliver a lect u re--his first in this country— a t the St. John's Wood Literary Institute, Blenheim-place, on April the 3d. The subject he intends to treat upon is, " The Mysterious Personages and Agencies in France towards the end of the 18th century." M. Louis Blanc will address his audience in English, Some very curious and highly interesting higtorical reve lations may be expected on this occasion from one who occupies so eminent a place among French historio graphez s, It Is stated that a telegram received at Liverpool this morning from India reports a further rise of £1 in freights, the quotation now being £5. Supposing this to be correct, the explanation is doubtless to be found in the demand for vessels for the China expedition. ? A p r The following telegrams have been received a' Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. M. Steiger, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires at this Court, has presented a circular note to Count Rechburg, in which the Federal Council protests to the Powers who guaranteed the treaties of Vienna, against any measure having for its object the incorporation of Chaublais and Faucigny with the French Empire. Count Rechburg replied, that Austria reserves her definitive reply until she has ascertained the disposition of Europe ; but he re minded M. Steiger that, last year, when the French troops were conveyed by railroad from Culoz to Chambery, the Austrian Cabinet in vain repre sented to Switzerland, as well as to the great Powers, that the neutrality of that part of Savoy should be respected. By the passage of the French troops that neutra lity was openly violated contrary to the treaties of 1815. TURIN, MARcir 22. A deputation from the society of the " Unione Liberale" has paid a visit to the deputation from Nice. The Chevalier Buoncompagni, as president of the society, expressed the sympathies of Italy in the cause of Nice, and encouraged the deputies in their efforts, wishing also the inhabitants of Nice a com plete success. Signori Veram and Bassin returned their thanks PARIS, MARCH 21. The Emperor received the deputation from Savoy at half-past two this afternoon. The deputation presented the addresses. The Emperor expressed his pleasure in receiving the deputation ; and the following is said to be the sense of his Majesty's speech : " The reunion of Savoy and Nice to France has been resolved upon in principle. The assent of Piedmont and the populations has been obtained to this rectification of the frontiers, and the nego tiations with the Powers who signed the treaty of 1815 permit the hope of a favourable examination of the question by the greater part of them. Friend ship for Switzerland had almost caused a cession of territory to be promised, which he believed, would not be contrary to the wishes of Savoy; but as soon as it was known that the population refused that Savoy should be dismembered, France renounced this cession, although wishing to protect the inte rests of Switzerland." On Saturday the deputation will dine at the Tuileries. PARIS, MARCH 22. The Moniteur of this morning contains the speech whieh the Emperor addressed yesterday to the deputation from Savoy, the tenor ,of which agrees with that of the message sent last night. His Majesty said besides— " Everybody in Europe, who does not yield to the spirit of antagonism of another epoch, con siders this annexation of territory as natural and equitable." The Meniteur also contains the circular note of M. Thouvenel, of the 13th of March, explaining to the Powers who signed the treaties of Vienna, that the aggrandisement of Sardinia renders it neces sary f.)r France to obtain more important (serieuse) frontiers. France, he says, does not pursue this annexation in the name of nationalities, but only as a guaran tee for a better frontier. The Moniteur also contains a despatch of M. Thouvenel addressed to M. de Turgot, and replying to the protest of Switzerland. M. Thouvenel expresses his astonishment at the steps taken by Switzerland, and says that Switzer land, who has received so many proofs of the friend ahip of the Emperor, ought to have placed her confidence in Prange. M. Thouvenel then examines the question of right, denies the validity of the treaty of 1503, and says that the neutralisation of Chablais and Faucigny was made in favour of Savoy. The Federal Council interferes without any legitimate reasons in the arrangements which France and Sardinia are about to conclude. M. Thouvenel acknowledges that the Powers could examine the stipulations of the treaties of 1815, and does not hesitate to say that France is disposed to adopt any medium course suggested either for the general interest or, above all, for the interest of Switzerland. The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the in terests of the bons de tresor at 2 and 4 per cent. PARIS, THURSDAY. The C'onstitutionnel publishes an article, signed by M. Grandguillot, of which the following is a summary " The withdrawal of the French troops from Italy must not be considered a sign of coolness be tween France and Sardinia. France leaves Lora bardy because the independence of Italy is irre vocably assured. Austria only intends to act in defence of the frontiers of Venetia. The loyalty of the French policy could not occasion her any em barrassment on this subject. The withdrawal of our army from Italy is therefore a sign of an approaching solution of the question of Italy, and not a signal of complications, which the wisdom as well as the interest, of Piedmont will know how to prevent." TURIN, MARCH 21. It is asserted that Count Cavour will take the Portfolio of the Marine. The Opinione states that Prince Crrignan will leave for Florence on the 26th inst. MILAN, MARCH 21. The French army has to-day commenced its re turn movement to France. The 80th Regiment of the Line, by way of Susa, one company leaving per day. The 2d Regiment of the Line, by way of Nice, one battalion departing daily. ROME, MARCH 20. Yesterday evening certain disturbers of the public pease attempted a manifestation against the police, which was immediately repressed. Order and tranquillity have been preserved without any incident to record. ITALY. " Our correspondent at Turin," says the Union, " informs us that the bull of excommunication of Victor Emmanuel arrived in the Sardinian capital on the 16th, and that it was delivered to the 111inio ster of Justice by the Archiepiscopal pro-Vicar. The Council of State was immediately consulted, and the resolution come to was not to prevent the publication of the bull, but to add to it a declara tion of nullity. Our correspondent confirms what has been already said relative to the annexation of Savoy and the county of Nice to France— namely, that the cession of the two provinces of the kingdom of Sardinia will be made by a treaty ; that no appeal will be made to the people by means of universal suffrage ; that th• municipal and divisional councils will alone ex press their opinions, and that the whole will be announced to Europe by a manifesto of the Pied• , -wow esc Governmen.t. The .ic I , :iffes of the arrange-. mont, Lt.; be entered into arc awi to have bee - ii definitively decided on." The Official Gazette of Turin, of the 19th, gives a detailed account of the reception of M. Farini at Turin, and of his audience of his Majesty Victor Em manuel. The Genoa railway terminus was elegantly decked out, and tricoloured flags were waving all along the Piazza Carlo Felice, the Via di Porta Nuova, the Piazza San Carlo, the Via Nuova and Piazza Castello, which were lined with national guards. Chevalier Farini arrived at a quarter past twelve, where he was received by the syndic and municipality, and afterwards proceeded in an op en carriage to the Hotel Trombetta, accompanied by the cheers of an exulting'multitude. About four p.m. Marquis Breme, Master of the Ceremonies, arrived at the hotel, and accompanied Chevalier Farini to the Royal Palace. The King was seated on his throne with the Prince of Carignan by his side, and surrounded by the Knights of the Order of the Annunciation, the Ministers, the Presidents of the Council of State, and other high functionaries. Chevalier Farini spoke as follows : " Sire !—I have the honour to deposit into your Majesty's hands the legal documents of Universal Suffrage of the people of the Emilian Provinces. May your Majesty, who mercifully heard their cries of grief, now graciously receive their pledge of gratitude and faith. Their legitimate wishes being fulfilled, those populations, Sire, will have no other desire save that of deserving well of your Majesty and Italy, by emulating the other peoples of your constitutional Monarchy in their civil and military virtues." His Majesty then delivered the speech already given by telegraph, and affixed his signature to the decree of annexation. This act was an nounced to the public by a salvo of 101 guns, who responded by enthusiastic cheers of " Viva it Re ! Viva l'Unione !" The King appeared on the bal cony of the palace, and was greeted with vehement applause. Chevalier Farini was afterwards re escorted to the hotel amid the acclamations of the multitude. A Turin letter of the 18th says : " General Fanti will probably be promoted to the rank of marshal, as well as General de Lamar mora. General Fanti will leave certainly the Mi nistry of War, and take the command of all the troops of Central Italy. An attache of our em bassy at Constantinople, who was here on leave, has lately left in great haste and most unexpectedly for his post. It is supposed that his departure is connected with a project of making General Du rando, the Sardinian Ambassador to the Sultan, Minister of War, an office which he held during the war in the Crimea. All the difficulties relating to She annexation are so nearly terminated that orders have been given to have everything in readiness for the opening of the Chamber on the 2d April, instead of the 12th, which was the time fixed some days ago." The following is the text of the King of Sar dinia's decree for the annexation of Parma, Mo dena, and Romagna, collectively called the Emilian Provinces : " VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., King of Sardinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, &c., &c., " Whereas the result of the Universal Suffrage taken in the Emilian Provinces shows that it is the general wish of those populations to be united to our State; " Having heard our Council of Ministers, we have decreed, and do hereby decree as follows " Art. L—The Emilian Provinces shall form an integral part of the State from the date of the pre sent decree. " Art. ll.—The present decree shall be presented to Parliament in order to be converted into a law. Our Ministers are charged with the execution of the present decree, which, stamped with the seal of the State, shall be inserted in the collection of the aets of the Government, and published in the Emi lian Provinces. " Given at Turin, on the 18th of March, 1860. " VICTOR EMMANUEL." (Countersigned) " The President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and provisionally entrusted with the Ministry of the Interior, " C. CAVOUR. " The Minister of Grace and Justice, 6 ' G. B. CASSINIS. " The Minister of War and Marine, M. FANTI. " The Minister of Finance, F. S. VEGEZZI. "'The Minister of Publi c Instruction, T. MAMIANI. " The Minister of Public Works, JACINI." Next follows a decree appointing sixteen senators, amongst whom we find Professor Charles Matteucci. A third decree convokes the electoral colleges of the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli, Massa, and Carrara, Modena, Piacenza, Ravenna, and Reggio for the 25th, and fixes a second voting, if necessary, for the 29th. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the 16th inst., in the Borsenhalle, says : Our Cabinet has forwarded to Paris, relative to the Savoy question, a declaration which explains, while waiting for those of the other Powers, its objections on the subject of the incorporation of Savoy and Nice. The observations made in this document refer partly to principles, partly to mate rial facts. As regards principles, Prussia points out how dangerous appear to it the application of theories of natural frontiers,' universal suffrage,' &c. As regards the fact itself, Prussia declares openly that the cession of the slopes of the Alps to France seri ously weakens the security of the frontiers of Swit zerland and Germany. Of course, this communication, which is isolated, and not supported by any ether Power, is couched in very moderate terms ; it cannot be looked upon as a protest against the annexation. FRANCE. According to the official return published in the Moniteur, the receipts of the customs' revenue for the month of February have amounted to 13,237,248 f. being a decrease of 586,584£ as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The receipts of the first two months of 1860 show an improvement of 406,406 f. over the corresponding ones of 1859, the totals being respectively 26,818,485 f. and 26,412,079 f. BOURSE, March 21.—The market continues dull, but prices remain about the same. Threes varied from 68f to 67f 90c ; Mobilier, 746 f 25c to 743 f 75c; Austrian. 500 f to 498 f 75c; Lombard, 535 f to 533 f 75c ; Lyons, 897 f 50c to 895 f ; Orleans, 1,397 f 50c to 1,395 f; Southern, 498 f 75c to 497 f 50c ; Westerd, 585 f to 582 f 50c ; Northern, 927 f 50c to 925 f. The following are the last quotationst -4- per Cents. ..... 95 95 ; Credit Foncier 750 — Lio. end month .. 95 75 I Belgian 4t 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 90 Roma?). BO 75 Bank Shares - Credit Mobilier .. 742 50 Spanish Threes Do. Acceunt ..... 741 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern B3O 930 •. 925 . N.. 836 25 eonsi and 890 Ly Moditerranean .. 892 50 Geneva 471 25 .. 4 67 50 Southern - .. 497 50 Western 585 -- .. 582 50 Eastern Sardinian 50 400 ...... .. Austrian Lombard . Exchangeon London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c • money, 25f. 71c. ; three mmif1 ...._ 1g.,24f, 8 1101 _______ money, 24f 85c. 3IR. BENJ.A MIN IVES §TER. " The Dead Heart" has iven place to one of the finest dramas which has " ever been produced in Dunlop. styeet —" Janet P r id e "— an d M r. Benjamin Webster is its great a tt ract i on. O n the side of morality it i s a lay sermon; in favour of tempe rance, one produ c ti on of it is worth a twelvemonth's lecturing. Bands of Hope should see it, and direc tors of local inst i tutions at war with brandy and crime should en masse witness the able lessee of the London Ade]phi act Richard Pride, the too faithful lik eness of thousands, in this age of mis sionaries and civilisation. This great drama—for it is one —presents to us with terrible vividness the distorted features of our national self, for it mirrors that part of modern customs which leads youth to the grave, manhood to the hulks, and age to the workhouse. It is sufficient to state, that all lovers of the legitimate drama have in it soraeth , :n g thoroughly to please; and that with- Be; jamin Webster as the horrid debauchee and reckless cri minal, " Janet Pride" goes far, on the stage, to serve the cause of social reform. Thus much for the ten dency and character of the drama, which to read would be tame, just as lectures and sermons are. It is an acting drama, and may never be seen in Glasgow to such advantage again if once Mr. Webster goes away. His Richard Pride is a study —a character to admire—a piece of acting to ap plaud unreservedly—a consummate effort. We en dorse every word said of him by Jerrold, quoted in the play-bill, and cannot presume, when such a great critic has "pronounced," to say more. It simply remains for us in this connection to ad d that every morali s t, ever y inebriate, every tempe rance reformer, and every admirer of great acting should go and crowd the theatre this week.--Glas gow Daily Bulletin. r ) ELIAI I I.6.S TA B Y COMUTTEr • THE SERPENTINE. The committee r e- assem bl e d thi s morn i ng —M r. Caner in the chair. Mr. Williams, of the Royal Humane Society, was r e • called, and, in answer to questions, said since lime had been put into the Serpentine the water had been much improved. He had never seen soft places on the ice to denote warm springs. The soft places were occasioned by the shelter from the wind. By the Chairman—He thought n the water were purer the number of bathers would be very much increased. By Mr. Walter—Formerly the higher classes used to bathe in the Serpentine, but such was not the case now. Dr. Woolley, formerly chief medical officer of th: Hu mane Society, said—About seven or eight years ago the smell from the Serpentione was so bad that he had directed the men of the society to smoke tobacco while out on duty. The smell produced violent nausea. The disagreeable state of the water was partly from stagnation, partly frora mud, and partly from the overflow of sewage. The whole of the deaths from drowning in the Ser pentine came under his notice, the mud entering the nostrils and air passages, would render the effort to restore life still more difficult. A drowning person swallowed a great quantity of water. He had known seve ral cases of persons who would have been saved, after they had been rescued, from death had the bottom of the Serpen tine been hard, instead of soft. Persons frequently sunk several feet in the mud, at the bottom, and there remained fast. He thought the purification of the water would greatly increase the number of bathers. He was not competent to giTe a suggestion for the best mode of improving the bottom. He thought if the sides of the river were made so shallow that a child could not be drowned it would be a very good ar rangement. Mr. T. Braithwaite, C.E., said he had great experience in the construction of wells in the metropolis. The gravel strata under Westminister would give an unlimited supply of water. He had once sunk a well at Charing-cross, near the Union Club House, and found the water so plentiful that an engine of 100-horse power would have been incapable to cope with the supply. The well in question was only 14 feet deep. He had latterly become acquainted with the well of Duck Island ; he was convinced that there was plenty of water to meet any supply if the area was increased. One million of gallons per diem for a month would produce no sensible diminution. The water was beautiful. It was called spring water ; it was hard but very pure, and such as might be coisumed by any person. By Sir J. Shelley—lf the water from gas companies got into the wells the companies would be liable to action for permitting such a circumstance. The water in Duck Island was not, as has been stated, objectionably impure. It was possible that at some time it might have been con taminated when the sewers had been improperly m sde. Sewers are generally made above gravel strata. If the foundation of some of the houses in Queen -street had been injured, in his opinion it was attributable to the Victoria sewer, and not to the pumping at Duck Island. He did not agree with Mr. Simpson in his report to the Commissioners of Sewers, in which he attributed the injury to the foundation of the houses in Westminster to the pumping. Supposing the Government were decided to supply the Serpentine with water from the Dusk Island. well, it would be the best that could be got short of Thames water. The Chairman—Of course you mean above Teddington Lock ? Mr. Braithwaite—Yes. The Chairman—lf you were asked to get a large supply of water from Paddington you would be sure of getting it? Witness—Yes, certainly. I don't think I should prefer getting the high level for the Serpentine to that of taking it from Duck Island. The draining of the parks and Ken sington Gardens would yield comparatively nothing—not oven sufficient to supply the loss of water to the Serpentine by evaporation. lie thought the best mode of improving the Serpentine was to get rid of the semi-fluid mud, and then cover it with gravel, forming a bed with a graduating circle round the sides from two to five deep. The opposite bank of the circles from the edge of the water would be about 100 feet or so from the shore. A bank would hero be formed, beyond which deep water would exist in the centre. There would be a continuous flow of water round the circle, but it would nut be very great. The Chairman—How do you propose to get rid of the semi-fluid mud ? Witness—By pumping; any common pump would effect the purpose. The Chairman—And its ultimate disposal would be— Witness—lnto the sewers or the Thames. It would neither stop up the former, nor interfere with the naviga tion of the latter. By Lord Fermoy—The plan he proposed would not con tinue the danger to all bathers. Those who swam over the distance would go into deep water. If a million of gallon o of pure water were put into the Serpentine daily, and thsC quantity of foul taken away, it would greatly improve the water. The water take, away would be from the surfaCJ► which was always the most impure. If this practice 0 4 kept up the Serpentine would become purer and purer every day. LA IF INTELLIGENCE.—(I7is DaY.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-APPEAL. (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworthy Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingston, and other peers.) TOOLEY'S CILARITIES.—JEITRIES ET AL V. ALXXANDEIII EX PARTE IS TO CERTAIN RESPONDENTS. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., resumed and concluded his argument for the appellant, and contended that the deeds executed by the testator were mortis causa deeds for charitable purposes without valuable consideration, and null and void under the statute of mortmain, and formed no charge against his real estate. Mr. Elmslie, Q.C., followed on the same side for the next of kin, and submitted that under the statute there was a total nullification of the two deeds executed by the testator. The testator, Benjamin Brame, Esq., by his will and codicil charged his real and personal estate (after payment of all his debts and legacies) amounting to between £430,00() an& £70,000, with the support of charities for the benefit of the poor of the parish of Ipswich. The Master of the Rolls sustained thewill butdisannullei the codicil. The Lords Justices, with the assistance of the law judges, sustained both will and codicil. Against this decision the appellants appealed. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Remilly.) ALSOP T. BELL-JUDGMBITT. His Honour said—l am of opinion that the respondent has been led into a misapprehension of my decree on the original hearing. lam of opinion that whether the will of 1815 or the will of 1818 is a ♦alid will of the testator, or whoever is entitled under the one will or the other to the reversionary rents, Mrs. Mary Ann Alsop is entitled to the surplus rents which have accrued during her lifetime with the interest due on such'rents, and when the accounts are takes I decree that the plaintiff is entitled to payment accord ingly with costs.. His Honour said if all parties consented he would grant an issue to ttry the validity of the wills of 1815 and 1818 before a jury, but declined to determine the claims of the defendant under these wills. His Honour declined to make any order on this motion, and to save ex pense suggested a compromise, and directed the cause to come before him for further consideration on Monday as to the sale of the property- 'without prejudice to the claims if the defendants. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE J. LIVIS. This bankrupt was described as of the Lock tavern, Old.. street, licensed victualler, and to. day came up to pass his last examination. Mr. Buchanan, Basinghall-atreet, solicitor to the as' signees, did not oppose, and the bankrupt passed his (Wl' mination. SHERIFF'S COURT. THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY V. BOARDS. This was an action to recover calls upon 40 shares held bi defendant. Mr. Leverson, solicitor to the company, stated that out of 3,500 shareholders, there were only thirty defaulters, and most of those had paid the calls made upon them. The Registrar proved that the shares stood in the auras of defendant on the register. Mr. Yates, the secretary, proved giving orders to send out allotment letters, and consigned the number to de' fendant. Ile also proved the directors' minute ordering al* call. The application for shares signed by defendant, subject 0 the conditions in the prospectus, was then put in. Mr. Yates was then asked by defendant what was ill ° amount of the capit a l ? _ _ Mr. Yates—£33o,ooo in shares of £1 each. At the W e of defendant's being placed on the register 260,000 shar e° , had been subsc r ib e d f or . U p t o th e present t i me 300 , Uw had been subscribed for. It was then contended that the full amount not hail been taken up, th e con t rac t b e t ween t h e plaintiffs and defendant was void. A case was quoted in support of this argument, and A Mr. Leverson said he beli eve d it h a d b een ovencl e "; But, until defend an t was ta k en off the register he could °. support the objection. Defendant said he had never accepted the shares. I D applled for shares in the expectation that the capital ad been £330,000, an d fi n di ng i t was only £226,000, refu sed ' t° have anything to do with the company. Mr. Leverson—You never said so. If you entertain ' the point I must ask for an adjournment to produce authorities' His Honour did not think the case quoted by the de fendant had been overruled, and was against plaintiffs 011 the point, but if the case was to be argued gr. Leveirs9ll was entitled to an adjournment. Mr. Leverson—l may say that there is hardly a compa n y in London in which the capital is paid up fully. would Defendant said h e h a d never s i gne d th e deed which complete the acceptance of the shares. t t he Ghee! Mr. Leverson said that defendant might accep either by signing the deed or by any means resolved uP°' by the directors from time to time. jected Hisf e eei r t Honour ehit b t e h i e n n g p s u u t ed upo a n s h h e is hadnotesnetl:vart deee shares. 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