The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-26 00:00:00

MURDER IN BOND STREET Yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in the _locality of t h e above street, in consequence of a report that e All sorts William R ea h a d b een mur d ere d b y a woman, sorts o f rumours in reference to the affair prevailed, but from authentic sources the following facts will be found co rrect :—Th e d eceased ' s name was Will i am Rea, aged a!)out thirty years. He was in the police force, but left 'pout two years ago, in order to take a situation in a spirit /at ilt in Great Howard-street. He remained there for b Somet ime but w as di sc h arge d . H e t h en took a porter ' s badz e , and has been engage d a b ou t +I-- tIP to the p resent t i me. It would appear that !? I 'med an imp roper i nt i macy w i th a female of loose reput d on) named Mary Elizabeth Green, and that on Wednesd Leek they went to live together in a house situate in 22 olirt, Bond -st ree t . O n S aturday n i ght they were d cud on Sunday morning they were not quite sob,. g otne re is on , not stated, they quarrelled on Sunday, b, 7. °111 d app ear t h at the deceased wished to make up th laere nee, and went o u t for some ale. Th e qua rre l w a s afterwards renewed, and in a fit of passion the woman took up a penknife and struck the deceased a terrible 1 1 41° ' in the left side over the region of the _cart. The man fell, and must have died immediately. The wretched woman then ran into the court and gave an a o la tm, when she was arrested by an officer. Sur;eon .aYers, from the Vauxhall Dispensary, was at once sent for, titud was in prompt attendance. He found the deceased blo od on his back in an upper room. There was a pool of ' f ''ed under the body, and the wound was still bleeding. examininz the wound, he found it was only about a i:111411 er of an inch long, but the depth he could not ascer tP: h after he had made em examination but he :ated AUti gS, as death must has seen suede my into 0- steamers rinkinz post mortem examination o have penetrate,] says it mus FURTHER PARTICULARS, D it appears that the real name of the unfortunate woman —na tlY Mason, and her age about 26 years of age. She World W a • n ative of Bath. The real name of the deceased is *oote, a native of Kendal, in Westmoreland. The cir cumstances of the parties were poor. On the zyma:,r arresting the prisoner, he asked her where the knife tam and she replied it was down stairs, and then a man ed Duffy, who lives down stairs, produced it, at her e quest. I t is a common pwket knife with two blades— Zune Mailer than the other. The prisoner pointed out the kalal blade, and said, ,4 that's the blade that done it." She t e l i g . D r• Sayer if the deceased was dead ? and he rep'ied to e — taffirmative. She then fell on the body and began d I'7 uitt erlY at the same time cutting off a portion of the eceased's haiL EX AMINATION OF THE PRISONER. At half th e a Past eleven, yesterday, the prisoner was placed in i d z nelt before M r. M ans fi el d . She i s a b out the ordinary e ' Roo o f femal es i n general, and has a peculiarly mild appear rpt,_e a nd rath er p l eas i ng countenance. She wept bi tterly. r'sues ~,e e to first witness was a man namfd Patrick Duffy, who the same house in which the deceased resided. of ale about seven o ' clock the deceased went for a quart e ' and the prisoner and deceased seemed at that time rd n .qiet and silent ; in a short time the deceased bl eed l nt ° ul'f room, up stairs, and cried out he was fro o ,',, ° F. asked him from where ? and he sal . toe ",c 8 toe. I looked, and said it was not from his zite then said, " Oh, it is from my heart, and d o 'ma done it with a knife ; I am done," and he then fell 40 e w to n t and 4ied at once . I ran f or the police and also the Ive a ab Mansfield: What was he ? Witness :He ?oh au ge - porter lately, but wan formerly a policeman. on her 112 said : When he went in the prisoner was b a r knees kissing the body of deceased. She said she the dtlne it. Mr. Mansfield (to Duffy) : Had you heard 1,01 n quarrelling ? N o , Si r ; t h ey were qu i e t a t th a t ti me . fficer said when he was taking the prisoner to the elation,he she said the knife belonged to the deceased, and t 4 b ie n . d , bee n cutting tobacco with it, and it was on the str uck ,zie had st ruc k h er severa l ti mes , and she said if he did her again, s h e wou ld s t r ik e hi m w ith th e k n if e. li e her a blo w on th e c h ee k, an d s h e too k up th e obse anEvatid stabb e d him. The prisoner did not offer any on, and murders of deceased. he was fully committed for trial for tha wife of LATEST PARTICULARS. Th e • polic e Duffy states, theirtha whilst he Nvs out . for the de eeas ) the prisoner entered oom and . said, before the Ber ry P actually died, " that slie did . it, .and ” was very Rra _, i or it, as she did not intend to kill him. A telte lettPcli%le met,isage wa . 3 sent to the father of the deceased e , exp eete t a whom it is stated is respectable, and he wa de e ,„ 7to arrive immediately. Mrs. Duffy says the titi - 4 1 ,,a9 the prisoner were very quiet, and if they Will b eu, i t An inquest must have been very silently. e held on the body this day. THE OWNERS OF THE EUPHONIA V. THE LIVERPOOL STEAM-TUG COMPANY.—This was an action to recover com pensation ter the damage done to a yeses], through, as was alleged by the plaintiff, the neglectful and careless conduct of the servants of the defendants. On the 22nd of October last, a vessel, the Charlesworth, employed the steam•tug Victoria to ry, I tow her into the rives About six o'clock she passed the light, and came up the river. At that time there were two vessels lying in the river. The pilot on board the Charles worth hailed the pilot on board the tug, telling him to go astern of the second vessel, the Euphonia, but, instead of doing so, he starboarded his helm, and passed between the two vessels, the result of which was that the tide drifted the vessel into the bows of the Euphonia, and was the cause of the injury for damages were sought. On the part of the defendants, it was argued that the order given by the pilot was not under stood. A great number of witnesses were called, and the case lasted the remainder of the day. NISI PRIUS COURT. Mr. Baron .BRAAIWELL entered the court at half past nine clock, and proceeded with the special jury cases. HARRISON AND ANOTHER V. ELLis.—This was an action L policy of insurance effected on a vessel and cargo ng to Messrs. Thomas Harrison and Thomas Rogerson, ants, of this town. The defendant was Mr. London underwriter. Mr. Aspland opened the Hugh Hill, Q.C., stated the case. It from the statement of the learned counsel, that the were about to send out a ship called the Grand he African coast, with a cargo of such goods as ordinarily send out there for the purposes of barter. .nd Mr :o sending out the ship, tho plaintiffs entered into a policy of insu-ance, which was time policy for one year, bear ing date the 30th of July, 1852. The action was brought to recover the amount of a pai tial loss, calculated by the plaintiffs at 65 per cent. The vessel sailed on the 17th of January, 1853, and got outside the bar of Benin on the 24th of Feb. The anchorage at Benin is about ten miles to the seaward of the bar, where such vessels as the Grand Bonny, being about 700 tons burthen, might safely lie. The learned counsel stated that the usual mode in which the African trade was carried on was, that an assorted cargo was sent out, of such classes of articles as were most fit for the purposes of barter with the natives on the coast for palm oil and other articles of African produce. In such a place as the Benin river it was necessary to have a factory upon the coast, and a trader and agent there ; and as the vessel on arriving could not go over the bar, but must anchor outside, the goods which the vessel had brought as her outward cargo wero taken by the agent out of the vessel in boats from time to time, and con veyed up to the factory, where they were exchanged by the agent for native produce, which was conveyed to the vessel, and loaded on board her. It sometimes happened, the learned counsel stated, as a necessary incident in carrying on the trade, that goods might remain for a few days, or even weeks, at the factory ; and it sometimes happened that, before the vessel arrived, the palm oil, or some other produce, had been obtained from native traders on trust, and when the vessel arrived out the articles stipulated for were given in exchange to the natives. The factory of Messrs. Harrison and Co. was about four miles up the river inside the bar, and was construct ed of the hull of an old vessel called the Marquis of Abercorn, which had become embedded in the mud on the side of the river, was roofed over to protect it from the weather, and had some sheds constructed at the back. The trader, or agent of the plaintiffs, a person named Henry, procured a certain quantity of palm oil for a portion of the cargo of the vessel. A portion of the palm oil, seventy-eight puncheons, obtained by this barter, had been sent on board and loaded in the vessel; 470 puncheons of the same oil were lying in the factory, with 310 puncheons of oil obtained at other periods. A fire took place on the 29th March, at the factory, which destroyed the 470 puncheons of oil, and at the same time destroyed a certain portion of the cargo, which had been brought out by the vessel, and which had been conveyed in boats to the factory for the purpose of being bartered. The learned counsel stated that this fact being essential for the carrying on of the trade, the essential question in this part of the case was whether the terms of the policy covered the goods which were in the factory. The policy contained the words " wi.h liberty to load, re-load, exchange, sell or bartar, all or either goods or property on the Coast of Africa or the African islands." Another portion of the case had reference •_ • • jury sustained by the vessel herself, which prevented her from bringing home a full cargo. The learned counsel stated that on her voyage out she struck upon a rock, but glided off immediately. After she left Benin she had to proceed to the Bonny river, where Messrs. Harrison had a factory. Here the captain thought it prudent to consult with others, as to whether it wouid be safe to have a full cargo, as it was thought probable that she might have received some injury to her bottom, in consequence of touching on the rock. And as there was no means of having her hauled up and surveyed there, it was thought prudent that the vessel should at once proceed home, and that she should bring only 580 tons of oil, whereas she could have brought 150 tons more if she had been in a perfectly safe state. It was found when she came home that the fears regarding her condition were justifiable, inasmuch as she had lost part of her keel, and the worm had began to do her much mischief, Tho plaintiff, therefore, also C laimed to recover for the loss sustained in the vessel not being able to bring home her full cargo. Mr. Attorney-General wles an d Mr. Wild, Q.C.. appeared for the d e f ence . O n tu° S part of the pl a i n tiff, M r . John Jackson, Mr. mined, and Mr. James Aspinall Tobin, were exa lrtion Their ev i dence did not fully bear out some and a of the Opening statement of counsel, with to the custom of receiving palm oil on trust for the a pr e vious to ortabove, the earrval of vessels, As the object of , es was, th at the legal questions involved should be Y the it was agreed that a verdict should .tae defendant, with leave to the plaintiffs to move entered for them. ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCII 44.7 affairs of this society were yesterday again ..,. _ iagarB 're the Judge of the County Court. On this occasion plaintiff , instructed by Mr. Hull, appeared for the plain Ai Brett, instructed by Mr. Martin, for the defendants, a th*lrenlner appeared to watch the case on behalf of one teetai":dre earers.—Mr. Seagar, in opening the coP rtieeti all the circumstances, the result I, ngs for the election of the officers, and also to argue, °rf!rs Parj'atn he j u d ge was invested with under the recent act nt, asking hi s H onour to call ano ti ser meeting, he eZ`g'ng ° aPPothe time and pl ace f or t h e hold i ng of such meeting, and inting a chairman. Mr. Bremner submitted that the fbreeat point to be decided was, did his Honour conceive that o etri n the ther Bd meetin g was a legal meeting, if it was not, then all objec,io ns were not worth going into.—Mr. Brett, aft " a lengthened legal discussion, then went on . to contend that Order,t act did not give the Judge the power of issuing any be served , for, in fact, there was no person on whom an order could a t ti 7 v ed ; for virtually there were no officers, if those elected siooderneeting o n the 7th witchee elected illegally, and the society none in this position that ad no officers, and by the rules for.eould be elected before the 21st of July next, therefore, ~,,hot,ttae_ interest of the society, he thought that those c.,..',ws wetit n_ i t l i been elected be permitted to fill the offic'es. He then h ad _° o to largoe that the clients for whom. Mr. Seagar appeared, J uly : ig . dispute the legality of the meeting of the 7th of 113_7 fils, eprrloorrdteorsthaotf day, they had gained all they deserved by iec a F i t n n g, sttohmatetho,f:y the, court. He also contended that I p id a e rties had taken a part in that had adopted it as an adjourned meeting. he tne" ie g," `Yine length explained what he conceived to be t or i ss *.g of tile act, he denied that this court had the power not ah 4ln g any orders. His Honour wished to know if he had paid, -- ,1 Ntver, what tribunal in the land had ? Mr. Seagar th e "ere was no doubt but that the Court of Chancery had h e l d Pow e d r of directing the time and place for a meeting to be Aft: and fo r the attendance of an officer to take the votes. that r setne a , further legal arguments, in which it was admitted had not society as it present stood had not any officers, and th cbt the power of electing any, although the judge had °Power of ordering that no more funds should be collected t ° i t i! lBPers edo which would tend to the total annihila e:- °f the society. His Honour said he could not f .4.0 himself see how the meeting of the 7th o . it s " at Could be considered as possessing any validity, there Ineetin was no proper authority for calling the Aet be g, and he did deeply regret that some arrangement had en come to by which the annual officers had not been elected. The society hadgot into such difficulties that they ' el3 to uld uot get ottofthem. The question was how were they gett 6 in e t out of the difficulties ? They had not the power of h o g out of them by themselves, then he had to consider b ei ! he could assist them. He then went on to say that lie h l ei ved he did possess the power of making an order, and he Sztt--"'d therefore on that day week direct a meeting to be convened 0 4 convenient place within the borough, and for the purpose of s'h re o v u e lA nt in a g v persons from being present who had no right, he b o ' h e the 114th rule carried out, which prohibited any r lon from attending exeept adults, who bad been members azotw..entY - six weeks, and who were not in arrears. He sl— __ my-six scrutineers to be appointed, and ale *regards the chairman of the meeting, the tel scrutineers, he hoped that each party would decide on so. nt:111:°eso and submit th em to him, if not he should appoin ein hi and Having expressed his determination how to act un der the c i rcumstances, which appeared to gi I‘ , ^ ,lion' the parties all left the court. f the t-wc so teller ers, and CSALYCS It t —The w lOU NORTEI SEA.—SniELDs, Thursday night. eath e , three the past two _ has been exceedingly rough at sea during prevented getting o days, and the herring boats are in the offing thisg, out to the fishing.Pßlt is very boisterous the bar. Th e , h' ir rling, with a strong sea running across putting back this ,I, o "yanee, coal laden, which was away, grounded on the Win g with her sails partly blown be discharged. The sch n o :and, and her cargo will have to has not been recovered, a e ci er Lively, sun k i n the fa i rway, siderable trouble to th e con _ ahe is lik e l y to occasion con laden brig was obser ved in ; herev a tors of the r i ver T yne. A her foretopmast gone. Th e pi h Tnll this afternoon with y hayaetebarner has gone to sea to look after vessels that rna faun REVENUE.—We learn from a ;,en disabled. hatTanaentary paper paid ineutoure just printed, that the net produce of t Irish revenue for e exchequer. 1855 was £6,056,272, which was It Was made up of £1,919.108 collected customs, £2,308,125 of excise, £441,300 stam p s, under the heal of Property and income tax; £26,000 post (~:31,049,808 branches of the hereditary revenue, and 0311,62900 small laneous, including the repayment of advances. m e i s Th scel- Parlia mentary return also contains a n account of am he ex p e nditure (.e5,78,1,689) for the same period ; b ut it adds, that it does not show the whole expenditure for the ualted kingdom on account of Ireland. " LovE LEVELS RANKS." —No fewer than three eloping c ouples have been in custody in Enniskillen within about a week, a n d i n each case the master's daughter had eloped bwet k, the servant man. In one of them there was a fine utt. A girl, named Maguire, from near Trillick, eloped Ilwith her father's servant, came to Ballinamallard, and r_al.lsed the train ; posted into this town, thence to Maguires %::ghtidge, Lisnaskea, and Newtownbutler. Constable Moor t them in Newtownbutler before the luckless lover Iv Illise.to snatch a kits. He recovered a sum of money t' r _ lad bad appropriated from her father's store. ,oevBetOred it along with the fair penitent to the:9wner. ... I, ' er r, alas, is to be prosecuted for leaving his work !—. ma nagh Reporter. Pru I SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY CROWN COURT. (BEFORE ➢IR JUSTICE WILLES.) This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, his Lordship took his seat on the bench. THE BOLTON MURDER.—Betsy M‘Mullen, who was found guilty on Saturday, of having caused the death of her husband. by administering a drug, termed at Bolton, " quietness," was then placed at the bar to receive sen tence. As on the trial, she was dressed in very deep mourning, but did not evince any particular exhibition of feeling that prisoners usually placed in her position have shown. The court was crowded by a number of respectably dressed persons, amongst whom were several females, rela tives of the prisoner, who sobbed Utterly. 114. Lordship said--Betsy M‘Mullen, you have been indicted for the wilful murder of your husband, by administering to him continuous doses of a sickly and poisonous drug with intent to kill him. The jury has found you guilty of manslaughter. They were not satisfied that you had the wicked intention in your mind to murder your husband by giving him that drug. They have found their verdict on the facts before them, and they could find no more. It appears that you were in the habit of administering a drug at various times, and up to a time shortly before his death. There are strong facts to show that, even when the doctor was coming to him daily, and even when he was within three days of his death, when his life might have been spared by your word—when the doctor asked you whether you had not been in the habit of administering a powder to him from time to time, you refused to acknowledge the fact, although by the ad mission of the facts he might have given him such nedicines as might have produced his recovery, I there 'ore cannot think that you had any charitable object in your nind. or that you did it with a good motive. The jury guilty of manslaughter, that is, that you no intention of murder, and I shall act on their verdict, not believe that you did it with any good motive. -- given it to him to save yourself trouble found yc trom him, for the purpose of preventing him from doing acts of violence, perfectly reckless as to the consequences, and to the effect it might produce on his constitution. I can only repeat what I said on Saturday, that a wife adminis tering any drug to her hnsband is in my mind most obnoxio❑s, hateful, and quite inconsistent with the duty a wife owes to her husband—it is most reprehensible, and one that . . not cn!y interferes with the social duties, but is one that must be punished by the law. You have been guilty of a grave offence—you have not only caused the death of your husband by poison, but you have broken the social ties of life in the most important aspect; but I think there is another reason why I cannot pass this case over without inflicting on you the utmost penalty I am allowed for the crime of manslaughter, as I am afraid from what has come out in the course of this trial that there are women who are in the habit of administering drugs to their husbandQ, and that that practice exists to a great extent. I think it necessary, therefore, not alone for the offence you have cam. !flitted, but to put an end to such a dreadful system, to pass upon you the extreme sentence. I have thought over this case in my mind—l have looked over the notes taken at the trial, and I cannot find any grounds by which I can do otherwise. I have also consulted wiser heads than my own, and I have come to the conclusion that I cannot pass any other sentence upon you than that you shall be transported for the term of your life. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. This concluded the criminal business. CIVIL CASES. (BEFORE MR. JUSTICE IVILLES.) MILLIGAN AND On - MRS.—This was an to recover compensation for injuries sustained, e plaintiff alleged, by the wilful carelessness of the defen 's servant, for which they were responsible. Tho defen pleaded not guilty. The claim was for £3OO. Mr. ;east Wilkins, in opening the case, said the plaintiff in this was a porter, who hail been employed for a number of MARRATT 17 years in the town by various merchants, and the defendants were merchants of eminent standing in the town. The evi• t he should adduce to prove this case would be—that on 7th of June the plaintiff received a certain injury, for h he claimed compensation, Toe plaintiffs occupied as houses a portion of a building called Berry's Foundry, on that day he went into one of the warehouses occupied le defendants, when a bale of cotton fell upon him, and he •ceived such injuries that had prevented him from ever arsuing his avocation again. 'Witnesses were called to prove and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. HUGHES V. TONES.—This action was called on, but was POLICE COURT v E STE RDAY (BEFORE _MR., MANSFIELD.) CHILD DESERTION. — CharIes Riley was brought up on a charge of having deserted his four children, and 1 av ing them chargeable to the parish. Mr. Williams, one of the relieving officers, stated, that on the 3rd June last lie heard that four children, belonging to the prisoner, were in a destitute condition, he went to a court in Oriel street, and found the children there in a bad state, and he removed them to the workhouse. The prisoner called some days after, and said his wife had died some time before, and begged that the children might be kept for a week, until he could arrange about them. The children were kept accordingly, and a. 7. the end of the week the prisoner called again, and asked to have them kept for another week. This was also granted, but he did not come again. Mr. Williams found that the prisoner was in good and constant employment all the time. Mr. Mansfield said, it was creditable to the parish to take up such cases, and prevent ruffians like the prisoner from acting so brutally towards their children. He would send the prisoner to gaol for one month, with hard labour, and let a record of the case be kept, and when he came out, if he did not take proper care of his children, he would inflict the severest pun ishment on him. STABBING AGAIN.—A foreign sailor was charged with having stabbed a young man named Daniel Cowan. On Saturday night the prosecutor was passing along Par liament-street, when he saw the prisoner striking two women ; he interfered to prevent him, when the prisoner drew his knife and stabbed the complainlnt in the hand and arm, in a dangero❑s way. The priso:>er was com mitted for trial. (BEFORE sift. BOLTON.) THEFT BY A SIIOP LAD.— Patrick Keely, late a lad engaged at Messrs. Rocklilts, Castle-street, was charged with having stolen some money belonging to the firm. For some time past, small sums of money were missed from the shop, and on Saturday evening Inspector Murphy was called in, and on searching the prisoner, half a sovereign was found in his shoe, and a small knife also, both of which he bad stolen from the shop. He was sent to gaol for one month A BIG Cur OF TEA.—Edward Parry, late in the employment of Mr. Thomas Sayers, tea dealer, Ranclagh-street, was brought up on a charge of having stolen 432 lbs of tea, value £6 15s. It appeared that the prisoner was suspected of dishonesty, and he was dis charged. On Saturday evening he was found in the horse midden, with a bag containing the tea in his pos session. He was remanded for a week. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECI'OI2.—HiII Wilson Willis, late clerk to Messrs. liarmood, Bann( r, & Co., charged with embezzlement before the magistrates, on Saturday, and re manded, was brought before Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and the evidence having been perfected, the prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions, but the magistrate agreed to take two securities, in £2OO each, for his appearance. NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. introduced at the opening of the session of parliament, but was soon withdrawn. A new bill was introduced, but was also withdrawn ; and, sir, 1 was not surprised that the Vice- President of the Board of Trade should show an anxiety to withdraw that bill, for I can conceive nothing more absurd than the course which he took with respect to it. The Vice- President of the Bo trd of Trade said, " I beg to tell honourable members that this bill is not a bill to amend the law of part nership," the bill which he himself introduced bearing that title—(laughter)—but that in the ensuing session of parliament he intended to introduce a bill to amend the law of partnership. A large body of members, without considering the bill, said : " If we are to have a new bill in the next session of parliament to amend the law of partnership, let us reject this one. Why are we to legislate piecemeal, and to take up the time of the house and the country in legislating on the law of partnership, which is again to be brought under our consideration in the next session of parliament ?" That, I know, actuated a large body of members in resisting the progress of the bill. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, a large body of members insisted on the principle of registration ; and when an amendment was proposed in committee, which carried that out in principle, though, I confess, I did not like the wording of it, yet I myself am so strongly in favour of the principle of registration when there is limited liability, that I was one of the majority who voted for the insertion of that clause which led ultimately to the with drawal of the hi 1. And, sir, Ido confess there was another feeling, a feeling perhaps which ought not to operate, but which, I believe, did operate with some members of the House of Commons, in inducing them to vote against the bill, and that was the unpopularity, whether deserved or otherwise it is not for me to say, of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. (Hear, hear.) And I am sure I will not he suspected of any political feeling when I say, that I hone that if her Majesty's government introduce a bill in the next session of parliament to amend the law of partnership, they will entrust that bill, not to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, but to their Attorney-General, who, I am pet feebly convinced, has both the influence and the power to carry a bill which will satisfy the country. The next subject to which the report alludes is the mercantile law amendment bill. There were several suggestions also sent up from the Chamber with reference to that bill, and you have observed, and observed truly, that some of those suggestions were not carried out. Upon that occasion my honourable colleague and myself felt ourselves in considerable difficulty. The most essential feature of that bill we considered to be, and I believe this chamber also so considered, as it was considered by the merchants of London—the most essential feature of that bill was the first clause, which went to repeal the statute of frauds requiring any contract in amount above £lO to be a written contract. It was felt by your chamber, and also by the merchants of London, to be a most important clause, and Mr. Baring, on behalf of those interested, feeling the importance of the ques tion, and doubting the possibility of getting members to attend when a bill is in committee, and apprehensive that the first clause might pass, gave notice to reject the bill altogether on going into committee. That had the effect which he had anti cipated, and which I believe he wished, of inducing the government to offer a compromise, The Vice-President of the Board of Trade, no doubt apprehensive that the measure would be lost, said that if Mr. Baring was prepared to allow the bill to pass, he would withdraw the most objectionable clause. On the faith of that representation Mr. Baring said he accepted the offer, and we did not feel, after such a compromise, at liberty further to oppose the bill, with the view of gaining what would be otherwise desirable. You have thought proper to allude to the Monte Videan loan, and have expressed, and very properly, the thanks of this chamber to Lord Clarendon. It affords me pleasure to have the opportunity of saying, that upon every occasion when I was called upon to communicate, either upon the public business of this town, or upon the private business of individuals, which has not been unfrequently, I have always received from that noble lord the utmost consideration, courtesy, and attention, and I consider that vote eminently duo to him. (Hear, hear.) You have also alluded to the African mail steamers. It is quite true that your members were not suc cessful in accomplishing the wishes of the Chamber, with reference to the transfer of the making up of the mails from London to Liverpool. My honourable colleague, Mr. Wilson, and I accompanied a deputation to Mr. Rowland Hill on the subject, but you have correctly stated the result of our interview, and that government attaches more weight to the number of letters which go to London, than to the large proportion of trade which comes through Liverpool. I think that is an improper view to take of the subject. (Hear hear.) And I shall, in the next session of Parl'ament, press this subject again on the attention of her Majesty's govern ment. (Hear, hear.) I can only take this occasion to express my regret at having lost Lord Canning from the Post Office, for I believe that if he had been there, this measure would have been carried out. You alluded to the bonds remaining uncancelled—bonds which were very properly taken when we were in a state of war, but bands which should have been immediately cancelled when we arrived at a state of peace. (Hear, hear.) What can he more preposterous than when peace is declared, and when every po l itical offender is granted an amnesty, the mercantile interests who are no political offenders, but political martyrs, should yet be subjected to all the inconveniences attendant on a state of war ? I must do justice to the Board of Trade, and say that this is in the department of the Treasury ; and I cin only repeat, that I shall be moat happy to co-operate with my honourable colleague in endeavouring to accomplish the wishes of the chamber in regard to it; but the regulation is so absurd and so preposterous, that I can hardly imagine. after consideration of the subject, that the government will insist on the completion of those bonds. (Hear, hear.) I think these are most of the points alluded to in the report, but I may express a hope that the attention of this chamber will be directed to the constitution of the Board of Trade. The subject has been brought under my notice, not publicly by this chamber or any other body, but by individuals ; and it does appear to me a perfect anomaly, that the commercial interests of this country should be presided over by what is called a board, consisting of a peer and a lawyer. Now, sir, I am quite aware, and I readily acknowledge it, that on every occasion that my honourable colleague and myself had necessity to communicate with Lord Startle:- of Alderley, we were treated by him with the greatest courtesy, and that every representa tion we made to him received the utmost attention ; and here I beg to disclaim any political feeling in this matter. I am speaking of the constitution of the board under every govern ment, and I do think that it ought to be a matter for the con sideration of this chamber, whether the Board of Trade is now what it was ori g inally—what it was i ntended to be, or what it ought to be. hen the board was originally established, so far back as the time of Oliver Cromwell, it was confined to a peer or a lawyer, but there were twenty merchants from different parts of the country associated with it, and I think that if the same principle could be again adopted, the commer cial interests of this country would be benefitted far more than they are. (Herr, hear.) I merely venture to throw out this question for consideration, because the board—consisting, as I maintain it virtually does, of a peer and a lawyer —exercises an amount of influence, of which the chamber has no idea. It is referred to by the foreign office—it is referred to by the colonial office, and almost by every other department, and it is supposed to be acquainted with everything connected with the trade of the country; but its constitution is not, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many others, what it ought to be (Hear, hear.) I believe they have more in their hands than they can attend to ; the variety of measures which occupy their attention is beyond all conception. They have the commercial interests, the manufacturing interests, the interests of water companies, and all other great public undertakings concentra ted in their office. I am not going now to notice any question of local dues, or any question upon which there may be a difference of opinion. Every body here will agree, however, that honesty is the best policy, and, though I am not going to accuse the Board of Trade of any want of honesty, yet I think I must show the Chamber what came under my cognizance in connection with that committee. The local dues bill, as you are aware, proposed not to abrogate the town dues, but to transfer them to the hands of the Board of Trade. I have no doubt, too, that they would propose to relieve you of the dock dues, but they were anxious to alter the dock trust, and what course did they adopt ? They are required to report to every committee sitting on any particular question, what are the facts of the case. Well, they had an object to accomplish —I am not accusing them of want of candour, hut I am accusing them of want of accuracy —and that object was the alteration of the constitution of the Liverpool dock trust. They were anxious to please the gentlemen of Manchester and elsewhere. Let them please those gentlemen, but let them do it fairly, and not by misstatement made through careless. ness or any other cause. I hold in my hand the report of the Board of Trade on the Birkenhead dock bill, and in it they describe the constitution of the Liverpool dock trust : " The bill which is passed fixed the constitution of the dock committee as follows—twelve members are elected by the council of the borough, and twelve by the dock ratepayers, but no person can be elected a member who has not both resided in or within eight miles of Liverpool, for five years, and paid rates to the amount of £25 a-year on his own account, or as an agent for persons residing in or near Liverpool." Now, the very contrary is the fact. Their object was to show that the trust was concentrated in Liver pool, and to meet their views they set forth that the agents must be for persons residing in or near Liverpool, when, in fact, they must be for persons not residing within eight miles of Liverpool. I cannot cunceivo any official document more disgraceful to any department of government. When making a statement of that kind, I should imagine that the Board of Trade would have been particularly cautious, and hem they could put in italics a statement which is so directly at variance with the facts of the ease, I am at a loss to conceive ; but think that when things are done in such a slovenl l the Board of Trade, with re s p ect to y manner atquesti the interest of the port of Liverpool, I, as one of yonsour affecting members, would have been wanti ng i n respect for this Chamber, and the town, and state it, kn o w in k now theseto facts, I did not b ring them before you, wh I be the opinion of manthers as well as myself, t h at the Board of Trade has more y in o its hands than it can attend to, and that we want a searching reform of that board b efore the commercial interests of this y_ mus h.' can be prope r l y or beneficially attended to, (Applause.) :Me report wa s unanimously adopted. W. Brown, 11CP brought u n d er t h e n o tice of the Chamber th e scheme of ' the Honduras Inter-oceanic Railwily, for a railway between the Atlantic) and Pacific Oceans, through the Republic of Honduras, through Puerto Cabello to the bay of Forseea, The honourable gentleman briefly explained all the advantages, in a commercial and political sense, which would be derived from the construction of this line, and moved a resolution, pledging the Chamber to support, BOROUGH SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY, The general quarter sessions for this borough opened at 10 o'clock yesterday, in the Sheriff's Court, St. George's Hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., recorder. The following gentlemen were sworn as a grand jury:— Edward Tertius Kearsley, coal merchant, Shaw street, foreman ; Jos. Armstrong, broker, South Chapel-street ; Robert Levin Bolton, merchant, Brunswick -street; Jas. Jenkinson Bibby, merchant, Water-street ; Thos. Boyd, merchant, Sweeting-street ; Francis Boult, merchant, Castle-street ; Robert Christie, junior, merchant, Old hall-street ; John Carmichael, merchant, Rumford street ; Wm. Carson, broker, Sweeting-street ; Richard Derbyshire, merchant, South John-street ; Thos. Britten Forwood, merchant, do.; George Glynn, broker, Mary land-street; Michael Harnett, broker, Fenwiek-street ; John Herd, merchant, Brunswick-street ; Richard Johnson Lockett, merchant, King-street; Charles Mel huish, merchant, Cook-street; John Blayds Molyneux broker, ; Dale-street James Hardy MaCrae, b ro k er , H ae ! kin's-hey ; George Prevost Oxley, merchant, Rumford place ; and Thomas Powell, broker, Exchange-alley North. The Recorder said : Gentlemen of the grand jury, the interval since the last sessions has been but short, and the cases, therefore, for trial are few. Forty—three names appear on the list, and, perhaps, the most serious felony is one in which a house was entered in the absence of the family, and a collection of rare and curious coins, valued at £2OO, stolen from it. There is another case in which a warehouse was entered in the night time by breaking a pane of glass, and a quantity of tea stolen. The tea was shortly afterwards found upon the man, who was stopped and taken into custody by a vigilant policeman. There is also a charge of stealing palm oil from the dock quay, but the prisoner has been so recently committed that the name does not appear in the printed calendar, and I have not yet seen the depositions. With these exceptions, the character of the cases of felony is light, and probably many of the accused would not have been .sent for trial, had it not been known that they were persons who had long pur sued a course of petty depredation. I may mention one case, in which two women are charged with ste ling some shawls. The shawls were not removed from the shop where the offence is alleged to have taken place, but they fell on the floor. Nevertheless, if you should be satisfied that either of the women had the shawls in her possession, with the intent of stealing them, even a momentary possession of them will suffice to complete the offence in point of law. The calendar still indicates a prevalence of outrages and violence inflicted with sharp instruments. Many cases in which blood has been spilt will come before you. No less than fifteen persons, being more than one-third of the whole number in the calendar, are charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding others. Judging by the instances here, the offence seems to have been confined to drunkards and the very dregs of society, but it is no less the duty of the law to search out these offences, and to endeavour to suppress them, by patient investigation in every case, and severe punishment of all who are proved to be offenders. A form of oath will be delivered to you, which will enable you to perform the duty imposed upon you by the act of parliament of the lag session, which requires, that the forem in, or in his absence, some other member of the grand jury acting on his behalf, shall administer an oath to all persons appearing to give evidence before you, and to write his initials on the back of the indictment against the name of every witness so sworn and examined. The grand jury then proceeded to consider their SERIOUS CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT AGAINST A SHERIFF'S OFFICER. Yesterday, before Messrs. R. Gladstone and Heywood , at the police court, a small ill-favoured looking man, named George Nelson, late a sheriff's officer, was brought up by detective Sullivan, on a charge of having committed a criminal assault on a young girl, named Anne Garrity. Mr. Snowball appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. Mr. Snow ball opened the case, by stating that the prisoner was a person employed at St. George's Hall during the assizes, as a sheriff's bailiff, and resides in Manchester. On Monday last, three girls, named Anne Garrity, Fanny Keneally, and Kate Sullivan, who were in the employ ment of Messrs. Cope Brothers, cigar makers, went to St. George's Hall, about five o'clock in the evening. The prisoner saw them, and after some conversation, he asked them if they had ever been up stairs to see the glass ? They said they never had, and he then asked them to go up to the refreshment room, and they went. He gave them sandwiches, and then said he would take them up separately, as the policeman might object to all going up at one time. Fanny Keneally went up first with the prisoner, and came back in a short time, and Anne Garrity then went up with the prisoner. On reaching the top, he took her into a room, put his hand on her mouth, and knocked her down. He then com mitted the offence. He offered her 6cl, but she refused to take it. She subsequently told the other two girls what had taken place, and the affair got whispered about at Mr. Cope's, and Mr. Robinson, who manages that concern, took up the transaction on the part of the girl, by the directions of Messrs. Cope, who wished to protect their apprentices. Mr. Robinson went to the hall and saw the prisoner, and told him the charge, when he denied that his name was George Nelson, and said it was another man who committed the offence. The prisoner also denied to detective officer Sullivan, that his name was Nelson, and locked himself up in a room, and changed his clothes. In support of the case, Mr. Snowball called the prosecutrix, a pretty and interesting girl, of 13, (very well developed for her age,) the girl Keneally, Mr. Robinson, and detective Sullivan. These witnesses corroborated the opening statement in every particular, and proved all the facts connected with the case, as detailed by Mr. Snowball. The defence was ably conducted by Mr. Bluck, who repudiated the capital charge, and cross-examined the witnesses at length, and with his usual ability. He contended that the most that could be made of the case, was a common assault; and that he could not contend against, in con sequence of the evidence. In reply to Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Robinson said the character of the prosecutrix and the other girls, was excellent, and they had been in the employment of Messrs. Cope for two years—that firm resolved to protect them from insult and indignity. Mr. Heywood said it was quite right, and highly proper, on the part of the firm, to protect the young girls. Mr. Bluck contended that the case must be dealt with as an assault only. The magistrates, after consulting a short time, convicted the prisoner of a common assault, and fined him £5, or in default of payment, two months imprisonment. The money was not paid at the rising of the court. [The wife of the prisoner, who is a pretty young woman, and who held a fine child in her arms, was present, and cried bitterly all the time.] LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF GMAT ERCE. The half-yearly meeting of this body was held at one o'clock yesterday, Mr. Charles Holland, president, in the chair. There were also present —NIT-. William Brown, M.P. ; Mr. T. B Horsfall, M.P. ; Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P. ; Mr. J. Torr, Mr. R. Sheil, Mr. C. Bushell, Mr. Danson, Mr. Clint, Mr. Walker, Mr. Brebner, Mr. Arnott, Mr. Sellar, Mr. King, and Mr. Tomlinson. The Secretary (Mr. Touson), read the following REPORT BILL TO AMEND THE L.IW OF PARTNERSHIP.—[n accorlarice with the resolution passed at the spacial general meeting in Fe ruary last, your council appointed a committee with full powers to carry cut the opinions then expressed hy the cht.mber ; Ind, acting there on, a dr•putatio❑ waited on the Vice.presifent of the Hoard of Trade ti enforce the views of the chamber on the government. A petition against the bill, signed by the president, was forwarthid to Mr. Hors fall, M.P., and prese ted by him to the House of Commons. It will, of course, be in the knowledge of members that the measure w s withdrawn. While referring to the law of partnership, it may be st 'ter! that the council in reply to a request from the Manchester Commercial Association, have given their opinion in favour of a compulsory registration of the names of all persons composing part nerships. JOINT STOCK COMPANIRS BtLL.—Your council acted upon the resolution of the chamber by peiitioiiing parliament fir further time being given for the consideration of the numerous clauses contained in this bill. The measure passed th - ough several reprints before its third reading in the House of Commons ; an I Jour council took every opportunity of intro ueing such amendments as appeared desirable. Though all the suggestions made by the council were n, t adopted, it is satisfactory to know that the most intlyirtant were emoodied in the act—such as power to the° Local Courts of Bank ruptcy instead of Chancery, to wind up Joint stock Companies, and more especially the appointment of official liquidators by the credi tors ar shareholders, in addition to those to be appointed by the court. JO.NT STOCK COMPANIES WINDINC-UP ACTS AMENDMENT BILL, —This measure confers power on creditors to meet and choose a person to represent them in ail proceedings for winding up compa. vies not coming un ler the act named in the preceding paragraph. The principle being similar to that suggested by your council, they supported the bill. ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND AFFECT ING TRADE AND COMNIERCE.—ThiS measure is one for the purpose of assimilating certain of the mercantile laws of England and Ireland to those of Scotland; and, being in general accordance with the views expressed by the Mercantile Law Committee of your chamber. when consulted by the commission, it met the approval of your council with tw i exceptions—viz., Ist. The proposes repeal of the Statute of Frauds which requires contracts for a sum of £lO and upwards to be in writing; and, 2ndly, the clause making a guarantee 0:or fors firm to cease upon a charige in the fi.m. The former xception was met by the withdrawal of the clause ; but the latt-r, your council regret to say, was not modified in the way they con sidered necea.ary for the safety of merchants or others receiving guarantees. But ore of the clauses to which your council attached much value, was, unfortunately, thrown out in committee of the House of Lords, Its intent may be gathered from the healing— viz., " Presentment of Bill of Exchange, if unacceptei, to be an assignment to holder of the debt owing from drawer to drawer." Had this measure passed, it would have given additional security to the Bill of Exchange; and, as your council believe that whatever adds to the validity of the Bill of Exena,geis beneficial to comm erce generally, they regret th at the clause miscarried. JUDGMENTS, EXECUTiON, &c., BILL.—A measure to "enable executions to issue in any part of the United Kingdom under judg ments obtained in either England, Ireland, or Scotland." Your council regret that this bill was withdrawn, as the object of it is one which would be highly advantae,eous to the commercial community. But it is understood that it will be introduced again next session. In connection with this subject your Council are about taking steps to obtain the introduction of a bill. "to enable parties to bring actions in any part of the United Kingdom where the cause of actions arose against parties residing in any other part of the same," and the desirableness of which was strongly urged by the Chamber, in a report made by it to the Commission on the assimilation, of the Mercantile Laws of England, Ireland, and Scotland, so far back as 1854. Through the London Law Amendment Society (of which the Chamber has become a member) a draft of the bill has been prepared ; an t your directors will act in conjunction with that society for forwarding the measure. Tian DRAFTS ON BANKERS' BILLS.—To explain the law as t 4 crossed cheques, received the support of your council, and has become law. BANK CHARTER ACT, AND MONETARY SYSTEM.—The com mittee appointed to consider these questions have come to certain resolutions, but as the subject is of such a wide and important character, they are not yet prepared to submit a report. Mean time, it appears that•governmeut have not taken any steps for terminating the Bank Charter, and it is not improbable that a parliamentary committee will again have to examine the whole question, before any action is taken upon it. SOUND Dos., —The appointment of a parliamentary committee "to enquire into the operation of these dues, and to consider in what degree they are detrimental to the commerce of the country," afforded your C , ,uncil the opportunity of pressing upon the legisla ture the views entertained by the Chamber; and two members went up to support thosa views before the committee. The report, which has lately been published by the House of Commons, justifies, in a grea: measure, the opinions of this Chamber, by declaring that "these dues are the cause of annoyance and injury to niitish commerce, and that it is theref .re highly desirable th e y should be abolished ; and that, " th e longer the settlement is delayed, the larger will p obabiy be the receipts by Denmark, for which, compensation will be demanded " HONDu Ens INTER -OCEANIC RAILWAY.—Your Council have been requested to sanction the applintinent of V•,e President of the Citatnber, as a member of any provisional committee that may be formed for promoting the Honduras Inter-oceanic Railway, with a view to investigate the merits of the undertaking • and, if approved of, to rec ommen d i t to the support of the Chamber wth the MONTR VIDEAN LOAN OF 1845.—Following up the steps taken by your Council in referenee to this subject —as detailed in the last annual re,ort—they have now the satisfaction of stating that a settlement of the claims of the creditors have been effected mainly at the instance and through the intervention of the government; and, according to the last accounts received from the Foreign Office, matters were proceeding very satls 4 actorily. Your Council have already expressed to the Earl of Clarendon their best thanks, which they now beg to repeat, for the attention which has been bestowed by her Majesty's government and Mr. Thornton (the British Charge d'Affai-es at Monte Video), on the representations which this Chamber has been called upon to make in this matter. FRES TRADE CONGRESS.—Your Counc 1 have received an invi. tation to send a deputy to the approaching Free Trade Congress at Brussels. As the object of the congress may, perhaps, be con sidered as coming within the scope of a political question, sod see ing that the laws of the Chamber do not permit of the discussion of such matter, ft has been considered desirable that the opinion of the Chamber at large should be taken upon it before a reply be given. POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS.—Your council have repeated their representations to the treasury and the admiralty in favour of the establisement of a regular postal service with Australia. A con tract has been entered into with government for it, and it is to be hoped that the Australian colonies will now no longer suffer from the want of such a necessary establishment. Applications have also been made to government for the appointment of Liverpool as a packet station for the West Coast of African mails; but they have been refused on the ground that, although the trade of this district with that quarter is the largest of any other in the kingdom, the number of letters going to and from London is gre ,ter. Not withstandihg this decision, the proprietors of the steamers which have the contract, have a lopted Liverpool as the port of landing and discharging, though Plymouth is stilt retained for the receipt and departure, ot . the mails.—The council have also g ven their attention to the subject of the postal arrangements of the town and with the north ; and they have Oa pleasure of reporting that the local deliveries by letter-carters have been for some time past commenced at an earlier hour in the morning, say at half.past seven, which cannot fail to give general satisfaction. As respects the mail to and from Scotland, tne miter is not lost sight of, and your council wi 1 not omit to take the first opportunity of promoting the wishes of the Chamber. Under this head, it may be observed that, al hough the additional accommodation which has been recently provided at the present Post-office may meet the wants Of the next three or fou • years, there can be no doubt that the require ments of the service will ere long render it necessary that a building of greatly increased size should be erected. Your council name the snbject thus eerly in order that a good site may be suggested. It has occurred to the Postal Committee that one might be provided nearer the Exchange, which would combine the advantages of being easily accessible to the railway termini!, the centre of business, and th, Landing -stage, and which would, at the same time, tend very greatly to the improvement of a district where such is much needed. Beyond this the committee do not feel justified in interfering, as the question is one which will have to be dealt with by the local and Post-office authorities. When the time arrives that a site should be suggested to government, your committee will be prepared to offer their opinion. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH HOLYHEAD.—Your council regret to observe that as yet but little progress has been made towards the establishment of a system of electric telegraph with Holyhead and the intermediate coast. It would appear that some legal difficulty prevents the ace smplishmei,t; out your council trust the Dock Committee will not omit the earliest opportunity of making such an important provision for the benefit both to the shipp i ng and th e dock estate. BXPORT BOND S . —At th e request of many parties interested, your council put themselves in communication with the Members for the Borough and Mr. Brown, M.P., with a view, if possible, to induce the government to cancel the bonds which had been given during the late war on the export of certain goods. So far, how ever, these efforts have not been fully successful, though some relaxation has been afforded. Your council, nevertheless, finding that a, very large numb er of these bonds (some thousands) is still in Force, in respect to !many of which the proper certificates are not likely to be returned from abroad, for some cause or other will keep their attention directed to the subject, in the hope of obtaining a further increase of relief. LIDHARY.—It is understood that a r2port will shortly be made by the special committee on the subject, recommending the pur chase of certain works which will form the nucleus of a useful library, and not cost too much. CONCLUSION.—The Council have great satisfaction in again referring to the very valuable aid rendered to the Chamber by the members of Parliament for the borough and the southern division of the county, which they feel sure will be duly appreciated by the members of the Chamber. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, begged briefly to advert to some of the subjects to which it referred. As to the law of partnership, they would recollect that the bill which the government had brought in on the subject had, after having gone through several stages, been withdrawn, and that the question had, for the present, consequently terminated. It was fair to presume, however, that some further action, at a future period, would be taken, in regard to se important a question. (Hear, hear.) And the council concurred in the opinion of the Commercial Association of Manchester, that, as a preliminary to any bill that should be brought forward on the subject, the registration of the names of all partners, in all commercial concerns, should be secured ; for it was obvious to every man engaged in business that, at present, there was the greatest difficulty and uncertainty as to who really were the parties with whom they were doing business in their transactions. As to the joint stock companies bill, two very important improvements had been introduced into it, and, he believed, mainly at the suggestion of the Chamber. He alluded to the substitution of the local courts, where such existed, in cases of winding up any insolvent companies for the Court of Chancery, and the appointment of a trade liquidator, to be named by the trade creditors, or shareholder contributories, and to act conjointly with the official liquidator in the winding up of the company. (Hear, hear.) As to the bank charter act, it had not yet arrived at the stage that it could be presented to the Chamber, and less impatience would th erefore be felt, th oug h t h e quest i on was one o f great interest, that th e l a b ours of the committee, in regard to it, had not yet terminated. Th e Ch a i rman t h en d we l t on the absurd and vexatious regulations of the government, in regard to the cancelling of the bonds given during the late war, on the exportation of iron and warlike stores ; and, after urging the propriety of making Liverpool the port of departure and landing of the mails from the west coast of Africa, concluded by movi ng th e a d opt i on o f t h e report. ...Mr. T. B. H orsfa ll , M.P., seconded the motion. He said You have gone Mr. President, so fully into the various questions alluded to in the report, that it will be only neces sary that I should say a very few words with reference to them. The first subject alluded to is the bill which was introduced in the late session of parliament, having reference to the law of partnership. You seem, I think, somewhat at a loss to account for the rejection of that bill. lam of opinion that, whether it was a good bill or whether it was a bad bill, it was lost entirely by the mismanagement of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. (Hear, hear.) A bill was eliginally it, on coesideratlen, they deemed it all that he pronounced it to be. Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., seconded the motion. He said that he had the pleasure of dining with Mr. Brown in London, and of meeting, on the occasion, Mr. Squier, the Honduras Minister. They had had a long discussion about the project, and there could be no doubt tint it would ho a desirable thing for all countries if a railway were made there, when guaranteed by England, France, and America. (Hear, hear ) He only hoped they might live to see it effected, although they all knew that in such great undertakings it would require a length of time, and great exertion on the part of those who took the warm inters: in which Mr. Brown did. As respected the general report, the Chahar) an and his friend, Mr. Horsfall, hal ;one to fully into it, that it was scarcely necessary for him to occupy the Chamber with any remarks It was well known to the Chairman, and many members of the Chamber, that he had always been in favou r of some act for limited lia bility. He thought, however, thst in the Joint Stock Companies bill, as pateedi there were some defects, hut they would yet derive experience from its welkin, and he only hoped that it would confer on the country generally those benefits which the promoters anticipated from it. As respected the partnership bill, he was most strongly opposed to one clause. He thought the law of partnership required amendment, but he certainly could not vote for that clause which enabled partners under the act to come in, in case of the failure of the concern, as general creditors. He was of opinion that it was desirable that arty person who joined a concern should have his stake limited by act of parliament ; but when such a person enjoyed the profits from it, he thought that the property which he invested should he liable to the very utmost in case of insolvency. (Hear, hear.) He was, therefore, glad that that bill had bee❑ thrown our. He was not going to speak a great deal about the Vice President of the Board of Trade, but he agreed very much in the renisrks ah'eli had fallen from Mr. Horsfall. The Vice President of the Board of Trade was now in the United States ; for a'l he (qr. Ewart) knew, he went there for the purpose of ascert Lining how limited liability acts answered, but whatever his object, it was to be hoped he would come hack a much improved and better man. (Hear, hear, and I 'tighter.) With respect to the African mails, his friend, Mr. Horsfall, who was so deeply interested in the trade to that country, and himself, had taken great pains to endeavour to have the depar ture and landing of them transferred to Liverpool. The matter rested very much with Mr. Wilson, but he was sorry to say that that gentleman took entirely a postal view of the question. They showed him by statistics that there was every great difference of trade in favour of Liverpool—that it was six times as large as all the rest of the country—but with every exertion they could not induce him to alter the port. As respected the export bonds, they also took very great trouble with Mr. Wilson in regard to them. They saw him a great many times on the subject, and they succeeded in obtaining some relaxation, so far as that he would not require certificates from consols in many ports to which the articles were shipped, but would be satisfied with strong and reasonable evidence of the goods having arrived in the country for which they were intended. He (Mr. Ewart) had in vain endeavoured to convince him that the very fact of the vessel having arrived at the port of desti nation, ought to be quite sufficient to justify him in ordering the bonds to be cancelled. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to say they had not succeeded to the extent they wished, but he hoped that they would still be able to secure additional relax ations. He and Mr. Horsfall intended to see the collector of customs at this port, to ascertain what the impediments were which wet e thrown in the way of the cancelling of those bonds, and to see if they could not devise some means of relieving the exporters from the great annoyance to which they were sub, jected. As regarded the constitution of the Board of Trade, he agreed with his colleague. It had a great deal too much to do, and it was quite impossible that they could attend to particular insasures in the way in which they ought to do, (Hear, hear.) He agreed with Mr. Horsfall, also, as to Lord Stanley of Alderley, but he did not think that a person in his position should be at the head of the Board of Trade. They should have there a man conversant with the general interests of commerce. (Hear, hear.) But at the same time, he should say of Lord Stanley, that whenever he had business to transact at the board, he had always received from him every attention. In reference to the Monte Videati loan, he would take the o r rportunity of saying, that in the interviews which he had had with Lord Clarendon nu those foreign questions, he had always met from him the greatest consideration, and an anxiety to assist them in any redress which they were endeavouring to obtain. (Hear, hear.) Ile could not also allow the opportunity to pass bye without expressing his sincere thanks to his excellent colleague, for the great and cordial assistance he had given to him, for the short time he had the honour of being the representative of Liverpool. He had the misfortune to differ with Mr. [lsmael' on souse points, but he was happy to say they were not many, and in matters of trade they had most cordially co-operated in every question which affected the commercial prosperity and general interests of the town of Liverpool. (Applause.) Mr. Brown, M.P,, begged to express that had been said regarding Clarendon s concurrence in all Lord Canning, and Lord '1 he motion was unanimously agreed to. In reference to the erection of a now Post-office, Mr. Bushel said that he had an interview with Mr. Banning, and that that gentleman was of opinion that the time was approaching when they should erect a new post-office to meet the requirements of the place. The public offices were about to be removed to Dale Street, and he (Mr. Bushell) thought it would be advisable for the council to have a consultation with the health committee, as to the propriety and feasibility of having the public offices and post-office in the same building. No resolutio❑ was moved in the matter. Mr. Dixon moved, in accordance with the notice—" That it be a rule of the Chamber, that when the Chamber wishes to advocate any measure, respecting which the council holds & different opinion to the Chamber, the Chamber shall appoint its own committee to carry out its views." After some discussion, the resolution was put to the vote, and lost by a majority of one. Mr. Henry Thompson brought under the notice 0' the Chamber the injury which small dealers were likely to suffer, from their names, and the amounts and quantities of goods on which they daily paid duty at the Custom-house, being published in the bill of entry. Ho warmly complained of this practice, and Con tended that frauds on the part of the clerks could be checked without it. The Collector was hound to give a receipt, i❑ the form of a duplicate warrant, for all monies paid in duty, and if that warrant were always made out, the object which it professed to be, only sought by the publication of the names and amounts, would ha fully attained. He did not suffer himself from it, but he knew that it would seriously injure small traders. It would prevent them from getting credit —it served merely as a cheap advertisement for two or three large houses, and he, therefore, opposed it on principle. How wr,uld it be it payment on all taxes were published ? AO_ yet the publication of the income tax would be as great Ps the publi cation of the amounts in this instance. T l aey had counsel's opinion in the matter, and if the Collector of Customs did not cease 'the publication of such names, they would have recourse to another tribunal for redress. Mr. Bushell did not at all concur with Mr. Thompson, whose statements, however, would be fully considered by the council. The matter was an experiment, and he did not believe that it would be injurious to the small trader, The Chairman spoke to the same effect, and assured Mr. Thompson that the collector believed that the duplicate warrant would not check the frauda complained of by thn merchants, The matter then dropped. On the motion of Mr. Horsfall, thanks were voted to, OA Chairman, after which the meeting separated. It was announced in Friday night's Gazette, that the trade and shipping of the Two Sicilies will henceforth have the benefit of the provisions of the act, intituled "An act to enable her Majesty to abolish, otherwise than t by treaty or condition of reciprocity, differential dues on foreign, ships." WITNICARDS BEWARE. The revival of stocks for drunkards is projected in Sunderland. Three weeks ago, the magistrates made enquiries from the bench regard , : ng the condition of the stocks, with a v i ew t o bringing them into use. At Middlesborough, the overseers have received positive orders to prepare the old-fashlor.ed torture —the magistrates finding that the drunken delinquents of that town earn such good wages, that they are able to pay the fines with ease, and the consequence is, they soon reappear at the police court. FATAL LEAP FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN. --011 Thursday afternoon, a deserter from th e Bth Hussars, lost his ursd life is a daring attempt to escape from a railway carriage He pened,bheat was in the custody of two soldiers of the was being conveyed by the express t • regiment, '.1114 rain from Birming- B ha a m rt o t n o st Y at o i r o k n . , he lea Barton-on -Trent and the window of the carriage. The step of the succeeding L e c en uffed as he was, through carriage caught him in its progress, and inflicted such serious injuri es, as to cause death shortly afterwards. A VERY REMARKABLE TB EORY.—A Mr. Mooney has been which delivering a le c t ure on the origin of gold, concconcerninghe p r opounded the followi ng novel theory set out by declaring my belief that gold is the petrified, remains of matter which was once animate ; and accom panied as it generally is by ocean pebbles, quartz, crystal, and other saline and marine debris, I am of opinion that gold is the petrified fat or marrow of a peculiar fish which once floated over the gold fields wh.cin those fields were beds and bottoms of the world's great ocean. In proof of the hypothesis that gold is nothing more than the Petri. fled fat of a peculiar fish, the lecturer showed specimens of quartz in which marine shells were embedded. Mr. Mooney also alluded to the fact that iron exists in the human blood, and argued from that position, that gold m i g ht be educed from the marrow of fishes.—ifelbournes Argits• M IS S MARIAN AMERICAN ENCHANTRESS, AT THR QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET, ON MONDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER IsT